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Form 10-12G STRATUS CAPITAL CORP

September 9, 2019 11:41 AM EDT

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 

FORM 10

 

GENERAL FORM FOR REGISTRATION OF SECURITIES

PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

STRATUS CAPITAL CORP.

(Exact name of the registrant as specified in its charter)

 

     
Delaware   83-1161556

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)

 

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

 

8480 East Orchard Road, Suite 1100, Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111

  (Address of Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code)

 

(720) 214-5000

(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

Securities to be registered under Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class to be so registered:   Name of each exchange on which each class is to be registered:
N/A   N/A

 

Securities to be registered under Section 12(g) of the Act:

 

Common Stock, $0.0001 Par Value

(Title of Class)

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

 

             
Large accelerated filer     Accelerated filer  
Non-accelerated filer        Smaller reporting company   X
        Emerging growth company   X

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Securities Act.   

 

 
 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

    PAGE
ITEM 1 DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS 1
     
ITEM 1A RISK FACTORS 8
     
ITEM 2 FINANCIAL INFORMATION  17
     
ITEM 3 PROPERTIES 26
     
ITEM 4 SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT  26
     
ITEM 5 DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS  28
     
ITEM 6 EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION  30
     
ITEM 7 CERTAIN BENEFICIAL RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS  30
     
ITEM 8 LEGAL PROCEEDINGS  32
     
ITEM 9 MARKET PRICE OF AND DIVIDENDS ON THE REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS  32
     
ITEM 10 RECENT SALES OF UNREGISTERED SECURITIES  33
     
ITEM 11 DESCRIPTION OF REGISTRANT'S SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED  33
     
ITEM 12 INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS  34
     
ITEM 13 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA  35
     
ITEM 14 CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE  35
     
ITEM 15 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS  35
     
  SIGNATURES 36
     
   EXHIBIT INDEX 37
     
  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 38

 

 
 

ITEM 1: DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS

 

Our History

 

Stratus Capital Corp., a Delaware corporation, (“Stratus,” “we," "us" or “our”) was incorporated in Delaware on April 13, 2018, which was a result of a Delaware holding company reorganization from a predecessor corporation, Ashcroft Homes Corporation, formerly a Colorado corporation which was merged into a subsidiary and thereupon divested. Our principal executive offices are located at 8480 East Orchard Road, Suite 1100, Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111 and the telephone number is (720) 214-5000. We maintain a website at www.StratusCapCorp.com, which website is not incorporated herein.

 

Reports to Security Holders

 

Upon effectiveness of this Registration Statement, we will be subject to the reporting requirements of Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act, and as such, we intend to file all required disclosures.

 

You may read and copy any materials we file with the SEC in the SEC’s Public Reference Section, Room 1580, 100 F Street N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. You may obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Section by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. Additionally, the SEC maintains an Internet site that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC, which can be found at http://www.sec.gov.

 

Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act

 

We qualify as an “emerging growth company” as defined in Section 101 of the Jumpstart our Business Startups Act (“JOBS Act”) as we did not have more than $1,000,000,000 in annual gross revenue and did not have such amount as of December 31, 2018, our last fiscal year.

 

We may lose our status as an emerging growth company on the last day of our fiscal year during which (i) our annual gross revenue exceeds $1,000,000,000 or (ii) we issue more than $1,000,000,000 in non-convertible debt in a three-year period. We will lose our status as an emerging growth company if at any time we are deemed to be a large accelerated filer. We will lose our status as an emerging growth company on the last day of our fiscal year following the fifth anniversary of the date of the first sale of common equity securities pursuant to an effective registration statement.

 

As an emerging growth company, we may take advantage of specified reduced reporting and other burdens that are otherwise applicable to generally reporting companies. These provisions include:

 

  - A requirement to have only two years of audited financial statement and only two years of related Management Discussion and Analysis Disclosures:

 

  - Reduced disclosure about the emerging growth company’s executive compensation arrangements; and

 

  - No non-binding advisory votes on executive compensation or golden parachute arrangements.

 

As an emerging growth company, we are exempt from Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and Section 14A(a) and (b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such sections are provided below:

 

Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 requires a public company’s auditor to attest to, and report on, management’s assessment of its internal controls.

 

Sections 14A(a) and (b) of the Securities and Exchange Act, implemented by Section 951 of the Dodd-Frank Act, require companies to hold shareholder advisory votes on executive compensation and golden parachute compensation.

 

We have already taken advantage of these reduced reporting burdens in this registration statement, which are also available to us as a smaller reporting company as defined under Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).

 

As long as we qualify as an emerging growth company, we will not be required to comply with the requirements of Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and Section 14A(a) and (b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

In addition, Section 107 of the JOBS Act also provides that an emerging growth company can take advantage of the extended transition period provided in Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) for complying with new or revised accounting standards.  We are choosing to irrevocably opt in to the extended transition period for complying with new or revised accounting standards under Section 102(b)(2) of the JOBS Act.

 

CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Form 10 contains forward-looking statements that may be affected by matters outside our control that could cause materially different results.

Some of the information in this Form 10 contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933. These statements express, or are based on, our expectations about future events. Forward-looking statements give our current expectations or forecasts of future events. Forward-looking statements generally can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology, such as, "may", "will", "expect", "intend", "project", "estimate", "anticipate", "believe" or "continue" or the negative thereof or similar terminology. They include statements regarding our:

/_/financial position,
/_/business plans,
/_/budgets,
/_/amount, nature and timing of capital expenditures,
/_/cash flow and anticipated liquidity,
/_/future operations of unknown nature costs,
/_/acquisition and development of other technology,
/_/future demand for any products and services acquired,
/_/operating costs and other expenses.

Although we believe the expectations and forecasts reflected in these and other forward-looking statements are reasonable, we can give no assurance they will prove to have been correct. They can be affected by inaccurate assumptions or by known or unknown risks and uncertainties. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from expected results are described under "Risk Factors" and include:

 

/_/general economic conditions,
/_/our cost of operations,
/_/our ability to generate sufficient cash flows to operate,
/_/availability of capital,
/_/the strength and financial resources of our competitors,
/_/our ability to find and retain skilled personnel, and
/_/ the lack of liquidity of our common stock.

 

Any of the factors listed above and other factors contained in this Form 10 could cause our actual results to differ materially from the results implied by these or any other forward-looking statements made by us or on our behalf. We cannot assure you that our future results will meet our expectations. When you consider these forward-looking statements, you should keep in mind these risk factors and the other cautionary statements in this Form 10. Our forward-looking statements speak only as of the date made.

 

General Overview

 

We intend to be engaged in the real estate and land development business in the United States. We intend to develop a portfolio of development opportunities in various stages along with opportunistic acquisitions and partnerships in our core-markets. We operate under Stratus Capital Corp. We have historical presence and management experience in the mid-west and south-east regions. We plan to organize our business into the following operating segments:

 

  • Early Stage Land Development
  • In-fill Development of Single-Family Attached and Multi-Family Product
  • Opportunistic Joint-Ventures, Partnerships, and Lending

 

Organizational Structure

      Stratus Capital Corporation
      Organizational Structure
                         
                         
      LAND DEVELOPMENT     COMMERCIAL, RESIDENTIAL & MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT   JOINT-VENTURES, PARTNERSHIPS AND LENDING
                         
        ENTITLEMENT     SINGLE & MULTI FAMILY PRODUCT   INFILL JOINT-VENTURES
                         
        ASSET REPOSITIONING     SENIOR HOUSING   STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS
                         
        DEVELOPMENT     CONSTRUCTION SERVICES   STRATEGIC LENDING

 

Business Strategy

 

Our long-term strategy:

 

   
Pursuing opportunities within our core markets;

   
Developing high-quality relationships with our asset partners;

   
Maintaining a cost-efficient culture; and

   
Appropriately balancing risk and opportunity.

 

We are committed to improving the communities we work within and enhancing the lifestyle of our neighborhoods. Delivering on this involves thoughtful planning to accommodate the needs of our various customers, homeowners and the surrounding community. We engage unaffiliated civil and architectural firms to develop and augment existing plans in order to ensure that our developments reflect current market updates to complement our surrounding communities.

 

We intend to acquire our assets in core locations where we can target maximizing long-term shareholder value and operate our business to capitalize on market appreciation and mitigate risks from economic downturns as we recognize the cyclical nature of the national real estate market. We intend to regularly assess our capital allocation strategy to drive shareholder return. We also take advantage of joint venture opportunities, partnerships and lending opportunities as they arise in order to secure asset allocations to share risk and maximize returns.

 

We intend to execute this strategy by:

 

           Increasing our existing land supply through expanding market presence;

   
Combining land acquisition and development expertise with development operations;

   
Maintaining an efficient capital structure;

   
Selectively investing in joint-ventures, partnerships and lending opportunities; and

   
Employing and retaining a highly experienced management team with a strong operating track record.

 

Land and Development Strategies

 

Community development includes the acquisition and development of communities, which may include obtaining significant planning and entitlement approvals and completing construction of off-site and on-site utilities and infrastructure. We intend to generally operate as small community developers, but in some communities, we operate solely as merchant builders, in which case, we acquire fully planned and entitled lots and may construct on-site improvements or in-fill opportunities.

 

In order to maximize our expected risk-adjusted return, the allocation of capital for land investment is performed in the discretion of our management (2 persons) at the corporate level with a disciplined approach to overall portfolio management. Macro and micro indices, including but not limited to employment, housing starts, new home sales, re-sales and foreclosures, along with market related shifts in competition, land availability and consumer preferences, are carefully analyzed to determine our land and homebuilding strategy. Our long-term plan is compared on an ongoing basis to current conditions in the marketplace as they evolve and is adjusted to the extent necessary.

 

 

Community Integration

 

We intend to complement each community or neighborhood and governing municipality we interact with, beginning with an overall community master plan and then determining the specific asset opportunity to maximize returns for our shareholders and the stakeholders of the area. After necessary governmental and other approvals have been obtained, we intend to improve the assets as planned.

 

The life cycle of an asset generally ranges from two to five years, commencing with the acquisition or investment in the asset and continuing through the development phase, concluding with the sale, construction or delivery of product types. The actual life cycle will vary based on the asset type, the development cycle and the general market conditions.

 

Sources and Availability of Raw Materials

 

When we commence our business plan of development, based on local market practices, we either directly, or indirectly through our subcontractors, intend to purchase drywall, cement, steel, lumber, insulation and the other building materials necessary to construct the various residential product asset classes we develop. While these materials are generally widely available from a variety of sources, from time to time we may experience material shortages on a localized basis which can substantially increase the price for such materials and our construction process can be slowed. We have multiple sources for the materials we intend to purchase, which will decrease the likelihood that we would experience significant delays due to unavailability of necessary materials.

 

Trades and Labor

 

Our construction, land and purchasing teams will coordinate subcontracting services and supervise all aspects of construction work and quality control. We intend to act as a general contractor for residential projects.

 

Subcontractors perform construction and land development scopes of work, generally under fixed-price contracts. The availability of labor, specifically as it relates to qualified tradespeople, at reasonable prices can be challenging in some markets as the supply chain responds to uneven industry growth and other economic factors that affect the number of people in the workforce.

 

Procurement and Construction

 

We plan to have a comprehensive procurement program that leverages our size and regional presence to achieve efficiencies and cost savings. Our procurement objective is to maximize cost and process efficiencies to ensure consistent utilization of established contractual arrangements.

 

Sales and Marketing

 

Our marketing program will be built out utilizing a balanced approach of corporate support and local expertise to attract potential lot buyers or homebuyers in a focused, efficient and cost-effective manner. Our sales and marketing teams will provide a generalized marketing framework across our regional operations. We hope to maintain product and price level differentiation through market and customer research to meet the need of our homebuilders and homebuyers.

 

The central element of our marketing platform is our web presence at www.StratusCapCorp.com. The main purpose of these websites is to connect with potential customers.

 

Competition

 

The land development and homebuilding business is highly competitive and fragmented. We compete with numerous national and local competitors of varying sizes, most of which have greater sales and financial resources

than us. We compete primarily on the basis of location, lot availability, product design, quality, service, price and reputation.

 

In order to maximize our sales volumes, profitability and product strategy, we strive to understand our competition and their pricing, product and sales volume strategies and results. Competition among residential land developers and homebuilders of all sizes is based on a number of interrelated factors, including location, lot sizes, reputation, amenities, floor plans, design, quality and price.

 

Seasonality

 

We expect to experience variability in our results on a quarterly basis therefore our results may fluctuate significantly on a quarterly basis, and we must maintain sufficient liquidity to meet short-term operating requirements. Factors expected to contribute to these fluctuations include, but are not limited to:

 

   
the timing of the introduction and start of construction of new projects;

   
the timing of sales;

   
the timing of closings of homes, lots and parcels;

   
the timing of receipt of regulatory approvals for development and construction;

   
the condition of the real estate market and general economic conditions in the areas in which we operate;

   
Joint-venture, partnerships and loan and investment opportunities;

   
construction timetables;

   
the cost and availability of materials and labor; and

   
weather conditions in the markets in which we develop and build.

 

Regulation, Environmental, Health and Safety Matters

 

Regulatory

 

We are subject to various local, state and federal statutes, ordinances, rules and regulations concerning zoning, building design, construction and similar matters, including local regulations that impose restrictive zoning and density requirements in order to limit the number of homes that can eventually be built within the boundaries of a particular property or locality. In a number of our markets, there has been an increase in state and local legislation requiring the dedication of land as open space. In addition, we are subject to various licensing, registration and filing requirements in connection with the construction, advertisement and sale of homes in our communities. The impact of these laws has been to increase our overall costs and may delay the opening of communities or cause us to conclude that development of particular communities would not be economically feasible, even if any or all necessary governmental approvals are obtained. We also may be subject to periodic delays or may be precluded entirely from developing communities due to building moratoriums in one or more of the areas in which we operate, including development of building lots for clients. Generally, such moratoriums relate to insufficient water, power, drainage or sewage facilities or inadequate road capacity.

 

In order to secure certain approvals in some areas, we may be required to provide affordable housing at below market sales prices of residential product or price certain percentage of building lots to meet these requirements. In addition, local and state governments have broad discretion regarding the imposition of development fees for projects under their jurisdictions, as well as requiring concessions or that the developer or builder construct certain

improvements to public places such as parks and streets or fund schools. The impact of these requirements on us depends on how the various state and local governments in the areas in which we engage, or intend to engage, in development implement their programs. To date, these restrictions have not had a material impact on us.

 

We are subject to various state and federal statutes, rules and regulations, including those that relate to licensing, lending operations and other areas of mortgage origination and financing. The impact of those statutes, rules and regulations can increase our homebuyers’ cost of financing, increase our cost of doing business, as well as restrict our homebuyers’ access to some types of loans. Certain requirements provided for by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act ("Dodd-Frank Act") have not yet been finalized or fully implemented. The effect of such provisions on our financial services business will depend on the rules that are ultimately enacted. The title and settlement services provided by Inspired Title are subject to various regulations, including regulation by state banking and insurance regulators.

 

In order for our homebuyers to finance their home purchases with FHA-insured, Veterans Administration-guaranteed or U.S. Department of Agriculture-guaranteed mortgages, we are required to build such homes in accordance with the regulatory requirements of those agencies.

 

Some states have statutory disclosure requirements or other pre-approval requirements or limitations governing the marketing and sale of new homes. These requirements vary widely from state to state.

 

Some states require us to be registered as a licensed contractor, a licensed real estate broker and in some markets our sales agents are additionally required to be registered as licensed real estate agents.

 

Environmental

 

We also are subject to a variety of local, state and federal statutes, ordinances, rules and regulations concerning protection of public health and the environment (collectively, “environmental laws”). For example, environmental laws may affect: how we manage storm water runoff, wastewater discharges, and dust; how we develop or operate on properties on or affecting resources such as wetlands, endangered species, cultural resources, or areas subject to preservation laws; and how we address contamination. The particular environmental laws that apply to any given community vary greatly according to the location and environmental condition of the site and the present and former uses of the site. Complying with these environmental laws may result in delays, may cause us to incur substantial compliance and other costs, and/or may prohibit or severely restrict development in certain environmentally sensitive regions or areas. Noncompliance with environmental laws could result in fines and penalties, obligations to remediate, permit revocation, and other sanctions; and contamination or other environmental conditions at or in the vicinity of our developments could result in claims against us for personal injury, property damage, or other losses.

 

As part of the land acquisition due diligence process, we intend to utilize environmental assessments to identify environmental conditions that may exist on potential acquisition properties.

 

We intend to manage compliance with environmental laws at the division level with assistance from the local consultants.

 

Health and Safety

 

We are committed to maintaining high standards in health and safety at all of our sites. Key areas of focus are on site conditions meeting exacting health and safety standards, and on subcontractor performance throughout our operating areas meeting or exceeding expectations.

 

Intellectual Property

 

We own certain logos and trademarks that are important to our overall branding and sales strategy. Our consumer logos are designed to draw on our recognized homebuilding heritage while emphasizing a customer-centric focus.

 

Employees, Subcontractors and Consultants

 

As of date hereof, September 3, 2019, we employ no persons except our officers serve on a part-time basis. Of these, all are engaged in land development, administration and construction operations, senior management facilitate joint-ventures, partnerships or loan investments. As of this date we were not subject to collective bargaining agreements. We consider our employee relations to be good.

 

We will act as a general contractor at times, or as project manager engaging local general contractors with all construction operations. We will use independent consultants and contractors for land planning, civil engineering, architectural, advertising and legal services.

 

Revenue

 

We have not recorded any revenue from June 28, 2018 (Inception) through December 31, 2018 or for the period from December 31, 2018 through the date of this filing. We had no revenues in the quarter ending March 31, 2019.

 

Investment Company Act 1940

 

Although we will be subject to regulation under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the 1934 Act, we believe we will not be subject to regulation under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) insofar as we will not be engaged in the business of investing or trading in securities. In the event we engage in business combinations that result in us holding passive investment interests in a number of entities, we could be subject to regulation under the 1940 Act. In such event, we would be required to register as an investment company and incur significant registration and compliance costs. We have obtained no formal determination from the SEC as to our status under the 1940 Act and, consequently, any violation of the 1940 Act would subject us to material adverse consequences. We believe that, currently, we are exempt under Regulation 3a-2 of the 1940 Act.

 

Factors Effecting Future Performance

The factors affecting our future performance are listed and explained below under the section “Risk Factors” below:

 

ITEM 1A: RISK FACTORS

 

We need to find financing for our business idea which is uncertain and risky.

 

We believe we are an insignificant participant among the land development and home building firms. There are many established land development and home building firms that have significantly greater financial and personnel resources and technical expertise than we have. In view of our limited financial resources and limited management availability, we will continue to be at a significant competitive disadvantage compared to our competitors.

 

You should be aware that there are various risks associated with our business, including the risks discussed below. You should carefully consider these risk factors, as well as the other information contained in this Registration Statement, in evaluating our business and us.

 

Rather than our previous operating business, our business is now to seek to raise the debt and/or equity to meet our ongoing operating expenses and attempt to merge with another entity with experienced management and opportunities for growth in return for shares of our common stock to create value for our shareholders. There can be no assurance that this series of events will be successfully completed or that any stockholder will realize any return on their shares after the new business plan has been implemented.

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

This Form 10 contains or incorporates by reference “forward-looking statements,” as that term is used in federal securities laws, about our financial condition, results of operations and business. These statements include, among others:

 

- statements concerning the benefits that we expect will result from our business activities and certain transactions that we have completed, such as increased revenues, decreased expenses and avoided expenses and expenditures; and

 

- statements of our expectations, beliefs, future plans and strategies, anticipated developments and other matters that are not historical facts.

 

These statements may be made expressly in this document or may be incorporated by reference to other documents that we will file with the SEC. You can find many of these statements by looking for words such as “believes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “estimates” or similar expressions used in this report or incorporated by reference in this report.

 

These forward-looking statements are subject to numerous assumptions, risks and uncertainties that may cause our actual results to be materially different from any future results expressed or implied by us in those statements. Because the statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied. We caution you not to put undue reliance on these statements, which speak only as of the date of this report. Further, the information contained in this document or incorporated herein by reference is a statement of our present intention, is based on present facts and assumptions and may change at any time and without notice based on changes in such facts or assumptions.

 

A few of the uncertainties that could affect the accuracy of forward-looking statements, besides the specific “Risk Factors” identified below, include:

 

·        The extent and duration of the current economic environment, especially in the Colorado and Florida markets;

 

·         Any change in interest rates;

 

·         The willingness and ability of third parties to honor their contractual commitments;

 

·         Our ability to raise additional capital, as it may be affected by current conditions in the stock market and competition in the home building industry for risk capital;

 

·         Our costs and the pricing of our services;

 

·         Environmental and other regulations, as the same presently exist and may hereafter be amended;

 

·         Our ability to identify, finance and integrate other acquisitions; and

 

·         Volatility of our stock price.

 

 

We undertake no responsibility or obligation to update publicly these forward-looking statements but may do so in the future in written or oral statements. Investors should take note of any future statements made by or on our behalf.

 

RISKS RELATED TO OUR COMPANY

 

WE HAVE INCURRED SIGNIFICANT LOSSES AND ANTICIPATE FUTURE LOSSES

 

As of December 31, 2018, we had retained earnings of $42,465 and a stockholders’ deficit of approximately $49,961.

 

Future losses are likely to occur as, until we have opportunities for growth in return for shares of our common stock to create value for our shareholders as we have no sources of income to meet our operating expenses. As a result of these, among other factors, we received from our registered independent public accountants in their report for the financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2018, an explanatory paragraph stating that there is substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.

 

OUR EXISTING FINANCIAL RESOURCES ARE INSUFFICIENT TO MEET OUR ONGOING OPERATING EXPENSES

 

We have no sources of income at this time and no existing cash balances to meet our ongoing operating expenses. In the short term, unless we are able to raise additional debt and/or equity we shall be unable to meet our ongoing operating expenses. On a longer-term basis, we intend to raise the debt and/or equity to meet our ongoing operating expenses and merge with another entity with experienced management and opportunities for growth in return for shares of our common stock to create value for our shareholders. There can be no assurance that this series of events will be successfully completed.

 

WE MAY BE NEGATIVELY AFFECTED BY ADVERSE GENERAL ECONOMIC CONDITIONS

 

Current conditions in domestic and global economies are extremely uncertain. Adverse changes may occur as a result of softening global economies, wavering consumer confidence caused by the threat of terrorism and war, and other factors capable of affecting economic conditions. Such changes could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

 

OUR DIRECTORS MAY HAVE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST WHICH MAY NOT BE RESOLVED FAVORABLY TO US.

 

Certain conflicts of interest may exist between our directors and us. Our Directors have other business interests to which they devote their attention and may be expected to continue to do so although management time should be devoted to our business. As a result, conflicts of interest may arise that can be resolved only through exercise of such judgment as is consistent with fiduciary duties to us. See "Directors and Executive Officers" (page 32 below), and "Conflicts of Interest." (page 32 below).

 

WE MAY DEPEND UPON OUTSIDE ADVISORS; WHO MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE ON REASONABLE TERMS AND AS NEEDED.

 

To supplement the business experience of our officers and directors, we may be required to employ accountants, technical experts, appraisers, attorneys, or other consultants or advisors. Our Board without any input from stockholders will make the selection of any such advisors. Furthermore, it is anticipated that such persons may be engaged on an "as needed" basis without a continuing fiduciary or other obligation to us. In the event we consider it necessary to hire outside advisors, we may elect to hire persons who are affiliates, if they are able to provide the required services.

 

10 

WE ARE NOT A REPORTING COMPANY AT THIS TIME BUT WILL BECOME ONE DUE TO THE FILING OF THIS FORM 10.

 

Upon the successful filing of this Form 10, we will be subject to the reporting requirements under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934. As a result, shareholders will have access to the information required to be reported by publicly held companies under the Exchange Act and the regulations thereunder. We intend to provide our shareholders with quarterly unaudited reports and annual reports containing financial information prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles audited by independent certified public accountants and intend to register under the Securities Exchange Act, Section12(g). There can be no assurance that we shall be able to file this Form 10 successfully or that we shall become a reporting company.

 

WE ARE AN “EMERGING GROWTH COMPANY,” AND ANY DECISION ON OUR PART TO COMPLY ONLY WITH CERTAIN REDUCED DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO “EMERGING GROWTH COMPANIES” COULD MAKE OUR COMMON STOCK LESS ATTRACTIVE TO INVESTORS.

 

We are an “emerging growth company,” as defined in the JOBS Act, and, for as long as we continue to be an “emerging growth company,” we expect and fully intend to take advantage of exemptions from various reporting requirements applicable to other public companies but not to “emerging growth companies,” including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and shareholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved. We could be an “emerging growth company” for up to five years, or until the earliest of (i) the last day of the first fiscal year in which our annual gross revenues exceed $1 billion, (ii) the date that we become a “large accelerated filer” as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act, which would occur if the market value of our common stock that is held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the last business day of our most recently completed second fiscal quarter, or (iii) the date on which we have issued more than $1 billion in non-convertible debt during the preceding three year period.

 

In addition, Section 107 of the JOBS Act also provides that an “emerging growth company” can take advantage of the extended transition period provided in Section 7(a)2(B) of the Securities Act for complying with new or revised accounting standards. In other words, an “emerging growth company” can delay the adoption of certain accounting standards until those standards would otherwise apply to private companies. We have elected to opt in to the extended transition period for complying with the revised accounting standards. We have elected to rely on these exemptions and reduced disclosure requirements applicable to “emerging growth companies” and expect to continue to do so.

 

WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO MEET THE FILING AND INTERNAL CONTROL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS IMPOSED BY THE SEC WHICH MAY RESULT IN A DECLINE IN THE PRICE OF OUR COMMON SHARES AND AN INABILITY TO OBTAIN FUTURE FINANCING.

 

As directed by Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, as amended by SEC Release No. 33-8934 on June 26, 2008, the SEC adopted rules requiring each public company to include a report of management on the company’s internal controls over financial reporting in its annual reports. In addition, the independent registered public accounting firm auditing a company’s financial statements may have to also attest to and report on management’s assessment of the effectiveness of the company’s internal controls over financial reporting. We may be required to include a report of management on its internal control over financial reporting. The internal control report must include a statement

 

·Of management’s responsibility for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over its financial reporting;

 

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·Of management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting as of year-end; and

 

·Of the framework used by management to evaluate the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting.

 

Furthermore, our independent registered public accounting firm may be required to file its attestation on whether it believes that we have maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting.

 

REPORTING REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE EXCHANGE ACT AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002, INCLUDING ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING ACCEPTABLE INTERNAL CONTROLS OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING, ARE COSTLY AND MAY INCREASE SUBSTANTIALLY.

 

The rules and regulations of the SEC require a public company to prepare and file periodic reports under the Exchange Act, which will require that the Company engage legal, accounting, auditing and other professional services. The engagement of such services is costly. Additionally, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”) requires, among other things, that we design, implement and maintain adequate internal controls and procedures over financial reporting. The costs of complying with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the limited technically qualified personnel we have may make it difficult for us to design, implement and maintain adequate internal controls over financial reporting. In the event that we fail to maintain an effective system of internal controls or discover material weaknesses in our internal controls, we may not be able to produce reliable financial reports or report fraud, which may harm our overall financial condition and result in loss of investor confidence and a decline in our share price.

 

As a public company, we will be subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010 and other applicable securities rules and regulations. Despite recent reforms made possible by the JOBS Act, compliance with these rules and regulations will nonetheless increase our legal and financial compliance costs, make some activities more difficult, time-consuming or costly and increase demand on our systems and resources, particularly after we are no longer an “emerging growth company.” The Exchange Act requires, among other things, that we file annual, quarterly, and current reports with respect to our business and operating results.

 

We are working with our legal, accounting and financial advisors to identify those areas in which changes should be made to our financial and management control systems to manage our growth and our obligations as a public company. These areas include corporate governance, corporate control, disclosure controls and procedures and financial reporting and accounting systems. We have made, and will continue to make, changes in these and other areas. However, we anticipate that the expenses that will be required in order to adequately prepare for being a public company could be material. We estimate that the aggregate cost of increased legal services; accounting and audit functions; personnel, such as a chief financial officer familiar with the obligations of public company reporting; consultants to design and implement internal controls; and financial printing alone will be a few hundred thousand dollars per year and could be several hundred thousand dollars per year. In addition, if and when we retain independent directors and/or additional members of senior management, we may incur additional expenses related to director compensation and/or premiums for directors’ and officers’ liability insurance, the costs of which we cannot estimate at this time. We may also incur additional expenses associated with investor relations and similar functions, the cost of which we also cannot estimate at this time. However, these additional expenses individually, or in the aggregate, may also be material.

 

In addition, being a public company could make it more difficult or more costly for us to obtain certain types of insurance, including directors’ and officers’ liability insurance, and we may be forced to accept reduced policy limits and coverage or incur substantially higher costs to obtain the same or similar coverage. The impact of these events could also make it more difficult for us to attract and retain qualified persons to serve on our board of directors, our board committees or as executive officers.

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The increased costs associated with operating as a public company may decrease our net income or increase our net loss and may cause us to reduce costs in other areas of our business or increase the prices of our products or services to offset the effect of such increased costs. Additionally, if these requirements divert our management’s attention from other business concerns, they could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

THE JOBS ACT ALLOWS US TO DELAY THE ADOPTION OF NEW OR REVISED ACCOUNTING STANDARDS THAT HAVE DIFFERENT EFFECTIVE DATES FOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COMPANIES.

 

Since, we have elected to use the extended transition period for complying with new or revised accounting standards under Section 102(b)(1) of the JOBS Act, this election allows us to delay the adoption of new or revised accounting standards that have different effective dates for public and private companies until those standards apply to private companies. As a result of this election, our financial statements may not be comparable to companies that comply with public company effective dates.

 

WE HAVE A MATERIAL WEAKNESS IN OUR CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

We have conducted an evaluation of our internal control over financial reporting based on the framework in “Internal Control Integrated Framework” issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations for the Treadway Commission (“COSO”) and published in 2013, and subsequent guidance prepared by COSO specifically for smaller public companies. Based on that evaluation, management concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was not sufficient as of December 31, 2018 for the reasons discussed below:

 

A significant deficiency is a deficiency, or combination of deficiencies in internal control over financial reporting, that adversely affects the entity’s ability to initiate, authorize, record, process, or report financial data reliably in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles such that there is more than a remote likelihood that a misstatement of the entity’s financial statements that is more than inconsequential will not be prevented or detected by the entity’s internal control.

 

A material weakness is a deficiency or a combination of deficiencies in internal control over financial reporting such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the annual or interim consolidated financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.

 

Management identified the following material weakness and significant deficiencies in its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2018:

 

·The Company did not maintain effective controls over certain aspects of the financial reporting process because we lacked personnel with accounting expertise to meet our financial reporting requirements.

 

·Material Weakness – Inadequate segregation of duties.

 

The management of the Company believes that these material weaknesses will remain until such time that the Company has the resources to increase the number of personnel committed to the performance of its financial duties that such weaknesses can be specifically addressed. This will include, but not limited to, the following:

 

·Hiring of additional personnel to adequately segregate financial reporting duties.

 

·The retention of outside consultants to review our controls and procedures.

 

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CONTINUING WATER SHORTAGES IN COLORADO HAS CAUSED SEVERAL MUNICIPALITIES IN THE DENVER AREA TO CURB THE NUMBER OF WATER TAPS AVAILABLE FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OR FLUCTUATE PRICING DRAMATICALLY.

 

The State of Colorado, where the Company is centered has experienced a shortage of water from its traditional sources, rain and snowmelt for the last few years. While precipitation in recent years have improved, there is no assurance that the future will continue that pattern and that existing resources will be sufficient. As a result, several municipalities have adopted measures to moderate development in an effort to save water. Almost all government jurisdictions have adopted rules restricting outdoor watering, including some restrictions on installing new lawns and other forms of landscaping. These and other possible restrictions may affect consumers’ desire to acquire new homes and may adversely affect the Company’s operations in the future by limiting the number of homes it is able to build and sell or a continuing cost in utility services.

 

IF WE PURSUE OUR OBJECTIVES OF EXPANDING OUR OPERATIONS THROUGH ACQUISITIONS, WE MAY BE UNABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY MANAGE THOSE ACQUISITIONS.

 

In connection with our anticipated acquisitions and new market expansion, we may face risks commonly encountered with growth through acquisitions and expansions. These risks include the incurrence of higher than anticipated capital expenditures and operating expenses, the adverse impact on our ongoing business resulting from greater attention of management to the acquired businesses or new market operations and difficulties encountered in integrating the operations and personnel of the acquired business. There can be no assurance that we will be successful in overcoming these risks or any other problems encountered with acquisitions or expansions. To the extent the Company does not successfully avoid or overcome the risks or problems related to its acquisitions or expansions, the Company's results of operations and financial condition could be adversely affected.

 

To the extent that the Company expands into new markets or through acquisition, it will need to employ or consult with personnel that are knowledgeable in such markets. In addition, the success of any particular acquisition may be significantly dependent on retaining key members of the acquired company's existing management. There can be no assurance that the Company will be able to employ or retain the necessary personnel, that the Company will be able to successfully implement its management process and culture with local management or that the Company's expansion efforts will be successful.

 

WE ARE DEPENDENT ON THE EFFORTS OF OUR MANAGEMENT TEAM TO CONTINUE OUR OPERATIONS.

 

The Company's future success depends on the continued services of its executive and senior officers, especially our president, Richard Dean and Pedro Gonzalez. The loss of the services of one or more key personnel could have a material adverse effect upon the Company's operations. The Company's success also depends on its ability to attract and retain qualified personnel. There can be no assurances that the Company will be successful in attracting and retaining such personnel.

 

 

RISKS RELATED TO OUR SECURITIES

 

THERE IS A VERY LIMITED TRADING MARKET FOR OUR COMMON STOCK AND INVESTORS ARE NOT ASSURED OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO SELL THEIR STOCK, SHOULD THEY DESIRE TO DO SO.

 

Our common stock currently trades on the OTC Market. However, that stock has traded in very limited quantities in the past. We believe a significant factor in the limited market is our limited capitalization and liquidity, results of operation and the characterization of our stock as a “penny stock.” We hope to remedy our financial condition and results of operation in the future. This, in turn, may assist us in obtaining listing of our stock on the OTC-QB,

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Nasdaq or AMEX. However, there is no assurance that any of these objectives will be met or that the market will ever increase to a point where investors could sell their stock at a desirable price, should they desire to do so.

 

REDUCTION OF PERCENTAGE SHARE OWNERSHIP FOLLOWING BUSINESS COMBINATION AND DILUTION TO STOCKHOLDERS

 

Our primary plan of operation is based upon a business combination with a private concern which, in all likelihood, would result in us issuing securities to stockholders of such private company. The issuance of previously authorized and unissued shares of our common stock would result in reduction in percentage of shares owned by present and prospective stockholders and may result in a change in control or management. In addition, any merger or acquisition can be expected to have a significant dilutive effect on the percentage of the shares held our stockholders.

 

THE REGULATION OF PENNY STOCKS BY SEC AND NASD MAY HAVE AN EFFECT ON THE TRADABILITY OF OUR SECURITIES.

 

Our securities are currently listed on the OTC PINK. Our shares are subject to a Securities and Exchange Commission rule that imposes special sales practice requirements upon broker-dealers who sell such securities to persons other than established customers or accredited investors. For purposes of the rule, the phrase "accredited investors" means, in general terms, institutions with assets in excess of $5,000,000, or individuals having a net worth in excess of $1,000,000 or having an annual income that exceeds $200,000 (or that, when combined with a spouse's income, exceeds $300,000).

 

For transactions covered by the rule, the broker-dealer must make a special suitability determination for the purchaser and receive the purchaser's written agreement to the transaction prior to the sale. Consequently, the rule may affect the ability of broker-dealers to sell our securities and also may affect the ability of purchasers in this offering to sell their securities in any market that might develop therefore.

 

In addition, the Securities and Exchange Commission has adopted a number of rules to regulate "penny stocks." Such rules include Rules 3a51-1, 15g-1, 15g-2, 15g-3, 15g-4, 15g-5, 15g-6, 15g-7, and 15g-9 under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Because our securities constitute "penny stocks" within the meaning of the rules, the rules would apply to us and to our securities. The rules may further affect the ability of owners of Shares to sell our securities in any market that might develop for them.

 

Shareholders should be aware that, according to Securities and Exchange Commission, the market for penny stocks has suffered in recent years from patterns of fraud and abuse. Such patterns include (i) control of the market for the security by one or a few broker-dealers that are often related to the promoter or issuer; (ii) manipulation of prices through prearranged matching of purchases and sales and false and misleading press releases; (iii) "boiler room" practices involving high-pressure sales tactics and unrealistic price projections by inexperienced sales persons; (iv) excessive and undisclosed bid-ask differentials and markups by selling broker-dealers; and (v) the wholesale dumping of the same securities by promoters and broker-dealers after prices have been manipulated to a desired consequent investor losses. Our management is aware of the abuses that have occurred historically in the penny stock market. Although we do not expect to be in a position to dictate the behavior of the market or of broker-dealers who participate in the market, management will strive within the confines of practical limitations to prevent the described patterns from being established with respect to our securities.

 

The shares of our common stock may be thinly-traded on the Pink Sheets, meaning that the number of persons interested in purchasing our shares of common stock at or near ask prices at any given time may be relatively small or non-existent. This situation is attributable to a number of factors, including the fact that we are a small company which is relatively unknown to stock analysts, stock brokers, institutional investors and others in the investment community that generate or influence sales volume, and that even if we came to the attention of such persons, they tend to be risk-averse and would be reluctant to follow an unproven, early stage company such as ours or purchase or recommend the purchase of our shares of common stock until such time as we became more seasoned and viable. As a consequence, there may be periods of several days or more when trading activity in our shares of common

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stock is minimal or non-existent, as compared to a seasoned issuer which has a large and steady volume of trading activity that will generally support continuous sales without an adverse effect on Securities price.

 

OUR STOCK IS GOING TO BE CLASSIFIED UNDER THE “SHELL” STATUS OF RULE 144(i) AND WILL NOT BE TRADEABLE EXCEPT UNDER LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES.

 

Until and unless the Company meets certain criteria under Rule 144(i), our shares will not be tradeable for 1 year after we are no longer a “shell” defined as having minimal operations, and cash assets only, unless we file and pursue to effectiveness an Offering Statement on Form 1A or a Registration Statement on Form S-1. We also must remain current in our SEC filings under Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act.

 

OUR STOCK WILL IN ALL LIKELIHOOD BE THINLY TRADED AND AS A RESULT YOU MAY BE UNABLE TO SELL AT OR NEAR ASK PRICES OR AT ALL IF YOU NEED TO LIQUIDATE YOUR SHARES.

 

We cannot give you any assurance that a broader or more active public trading market for our shares of Common Stock will develop or be sustained, or that any trading levels will be sustained. Due to these conditions, we can give investors no assurance that they will be able to sell their shares of common stock at or near ask prices or at all if you need money or otherwise desire to liquidate your shares of common stock of our Company.

 

RULE 144 SALES IN THE FUTURE MAY HAVE A DEPRESSIVE EFFECT ON OUR STOCK PRICE.

 

All of the outstanding shares of common stock held by our present officers, directors, and affiliate stockholders are "restricted securities" within the meaning of Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. As restricted shares, these shares may be resold only pursuant to an effective registration statement or under the requirements of Rule 144 or other applicable exemptions from registration under the Act and as required under applicable state securities laws. We are registering all of our outstanding shares so officers, directors and affiliates will be able to sell their shares if this Registration Statement becomes effective. Rule 144 provides in essence that a person who has held restricted securities for one year may, under certain conditions, sell every three months, in brokerage transactions, a number of shares that does not exceed the greater of 1.0% of a company's outstanding common stock or the average weekly trading volume during the four calendar weeks prior to the sale. There is no limit on the amount of restricted securities that may be sold by a nonaffiliate after the owner has held the restricted securities for a period of two years. A sale under Rule 144 or under any other exemption from the Act, may have a depressive effect upon the price of the common stock in any market that may develop.

 

THE PRICE OF OUR COMMON STOCK COULD BE HIGHLY VOLATILE

 

Our shares of common stock are listed on the Over the Counter Bulletin Board. It is likely that our common stock will be subject to price volatility, low volumes of trades and large spreads in bid and ask prices quoted by market makers. Due to the low volume of shares traded on any trading day, persons buying or selling in relatively small quantities may easily influence prices of our common stock. This low volume of trades could also cause the price of our stock to fluctuate greatly, with large percentage changes in price occurring in any trading day session. Holders of our common stock may also not be able to readily liquidate their investment or may be forced to sell at depressed prices due to low volume trading. If high spreads between the bid and ask prices of our common stock exist at the time of a purchase, the stock would have to appreciate substantially on a relative percentage basis for an investor to recoup their investment. Broad market fluctuations and general economic and political conditions may also adversely affect the market price of our common stock. No assurance can be given that an active market in our common stock will be sustained. If an active market does not continue, holders of our common stock may be unable to readily sell the shares they hold or may not be able to sell their shares at all.

 

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LOSS OF CONTROL BY OUR PRESENT MANAGEMENT AND STOCKHOLDERS MAY OCCUR UPON ISSUANCE OF ADDITIONAL SHARES.

 

We may issue further shares as consideration for the cash or assets or services out of our authorized but unissued common stock that would, upon issuance, represent a majority of our voting power and equity. The result of such an issuance would be those new stockholders and management would control us, and persons unknown could replace our management at this time. Such an occurrence would result in a greatly reduced percentage of ownership of us by our current shareholders.

 

IF THE REGISTRATION OF OUR COMMON STOCK IS REVOKED IN THE FUTURE, OUR BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES WILL CEASE TO EXIST

 

In the event our securities registration was to be revoked, we would not have the ability to raise money through the issuance of shares and would lose the ability to continue the business plan set out in this filing. Common stock issued and outstanding at that time would no longer be tradable.

 

WE DO NOT ANTICIPATE PAYING CASH DIVIDENDS ON OUR COMMON STOCK

 

We do not anticipate paying any cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future.

 

ITEM 2: FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

This registration statement on Form 10 and other reports filed by us from time to time with the SEC (collectively, the "Filings") contain or may contain forward-looking statements and information that are based upon beliefs of, and information currently available to, our management as well as estimates and assumptions made by our management. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which are only predictions and speak only as of the date hereof. When used in the Filings, the words "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "expect," "future," "intend," "plan," or the negative of these terms and similar expressions as they relate to us or our management identify forward-looking statements. Such statements reflect our current view with respect to future events and are subject to risks, uncertainties, assumptions, and other factors, including the risks relating to our business, industry, and our operations and results of operations. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should the underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may differ significantly from those anticipated, believed, estimated, expected, intended, or planned.

Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance, or achievements. Except as required by applicable law, including the securities laws of the United States, we do not intend to update any of the forward-looking statements to conform these statements to actual results.

Our financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States ("GAAP"). These accounting principles require us to make certain estimates, judgments and assumptions. We believe that the estimates, judgments and assumptions upon which we rely are reasonable based upon information available to us at the time that these estimates, judgments and assumptions are made. These estimates, judgments and assumptions can affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities as of the date of the financial statements as well as the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the periods presented. Our financial statements would be affected to the extent there are material differences between these estimates and actual results. In many cases, the accounting treatment of a particular transaction is specifically dictated by GAAP and does not require management's judgment in its application. There are also areas in which management's judgment in selecting any available alternative would not produce a materially different result. The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our financial statements and notes thereto appearing elsewhere in this report.

 

The following discussion of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our financial statements and the notes to those statements included elsewhere in this prospectus.  In addition to the

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historical financial information, the following discussion and analysis contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties.  Our actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors, including those set forth under "Risk Factors" and elsewhere in this prospectus.

 

OVERVIEW

 

Stratus Capital Corp., a Delaware corporation, (“Stratus,” “we," "us" or “our”) was incorporated in Delaware on April 13, 2018, which was a result of a Delaware holding company reorganization from a predecessor corporation, Ashcroft Homes Corporation, formerly a Colorado corporation which was merged into a subsidiary and thereupon divested. Our principal executive offices are located at 8480 East Orchard Road, Suite 1100, Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111 and the telephone number is (720) 214-5000. We maintain a website at www.StratusCapCorp.com, which website is not incorporated herein.

 

We are engaged in the real estate and land development business in the United States. We intend to develop a portfolio of development opportunities in various stages along with opportunistic acquisitions and partnerships in our core-markets. We have historical presence and management experience in the mid-west and south-east regions. Our business is organized into the following operating segments:

 

  • Early Stage Land Development
  • In-fill Development of Single-Family Attached and Multi-Family Product
  • Opportunistic Joint-Ventures, Partnerships, and Lending

PLAN OF OPERATION

 

Our plan of operations is to raise debt and/or equity to meet our ongoing operating expenses with opportunities for growth in return for shares of our common stock to create value for our shareholders. There can be no assurance that we will successfully complete this series of transactions. In particular, there is no assurance that any stockholder will realize any return on their shares after such a transaction. Any merger or acquisition completed by us can be expected to have a significant dilutive effect on the percentage of shares held by our current stockholders.

 

Our intended general and administrative budget for the next twelve months is as follows: 

 

   Q3 financial year ended December 31, 2019  Q4 financial year ended December 31, 2019  Q1 financial year ended December 31, 2020  Q2 financial year ended December 31, 2020  Twelve Month
Total
Accounting  $4,000   $4,000   $4,000   $4,000   $16,000 
Legal   5,000    5,000    5,000    5,000    20,000 
Other fees   1,000    1,000    1,000    1,000    4,000 
General and administrative   1,500    1,500    1,500    1,500    6,000 
Miscellaneous   500    500    500    500    2,000 
Salaries   18,000    18,000    18,000    18,000    72,000 
Total Operating Expenses  $30,000   $30,000   $30,000   $30,000   $120,000 

 

At this time, we have minimal cash on hand and no committed resources of debt or equity to fund these losses and will rely, potentially, on advances from our principal shareholder or our directors and officers. There can be no guarantee that we will be able to obtain sufficient funding these sources.

 

We believe we are an insignificant participant among the firms which engage in the acquisition of business opportunities. There are many established venture capital and financial concerns that have significantly greater

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financial and personnel resources and technical expertise than we have. In view of our limited financial resources and limited management availability, we will continue to be at a significant competitive disadvantage compared to our competitors.

 

We intend to seek, investigate and, if such investigation warrants, acquire an interest in business opportunities presented to us by persons or firms which desire to seek the advantages of an issuer who has complied with the Securities Act of 1934 (the “1934 Act”). We will not restrict our search to any specific business, industry or geographical location, and we may participate in business ventures of virtually any nature. This discussion of our proposed business is purposefully general and is not meant to be restrictive of our virtually unlimited discretion to search for and enter into potential real estate development and construction opportunities. We anticipate that we may be able to participate in only a few projects initially because of our lack of financial resources.

 

We may seek a business opportunity with entities which have recently commenced operations, or that desire to utilize the public marketplace in order to raise additional capital in order to expand into new products or markets, to develop a new product or service, or for other corporate purposes. We may acquire assets and establish wholly owned subsidiaries in various businesses or acquire existing businesses as subsidiaries.

 

We expect that the selection of a business opportunity will be complex and risky. Due to general economic conditions, rapid technological advances being made in some industries and shortages of available capital, we believe that there are numerous firms seeking the benefits of an issuer who has complied with the 1934 Act. Such benefits may include facilitating or improving the terms on which additional equity financing may be sought, providing liquidity for incentive stock options or similar benefits to key employees, providing liquidity (subject to restrictions of applicable statutes) for all stockholders and other factors. Potentially, available business opportunities may occur in many different industries and at various stages of development, all of which will make the task of comparative investigation and analysis of such business opportunities extremely difficult and complex. We have, and will continue to have, essentially no assets to provide the owners of business opportunities. However, we will be able to offer owners of acquisition candidates the opportunity to acquire a controlling ownership interest in an issuer who has complied with the 1934 Act without incurring the cost and time required to conduct an initial public offering.

 

The analysis of new business opportunities will be undertaken by, or under the supervision of, our sole director. We intend to concentrate on identifying preliminary prospective business opportunities which may be brought to our attention through present associations of our director, professional advisors or by our stockholders. In analyzing prospective business opportunities, we will consider such matters as (i) available technical, financial and managerial resources; (ii) working capital and other financial requirements; (iii) history of operations, if any, and prospects for the future; (iv) nature of present and expected competition; (v) quality, experience and depth of management services; (vi) potential for further research, development or exploration; (vii) specific risk factors not now foreseeable but that may be anticipated to impact the proposed activities of the company; (viii) potential for growth or expansion; (ix) potential for profit; (x) public recognition and acceptance of products, services or trades; (xi) name identification; and (xii) other factors that we consider relevant. As part of our investigation of the business opportunity, we expect to meet personally with management and key personnel. To the extent possible, we intend to utilize written reports and personal investigation to evaluate the above factors.

 

We will not acquire or merge with any company for which audited financial statements cannot be obtained within a reasonable period of time after closing of the proposed transaction.

 

 

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2019

 

We are a publicly quoted real estate development company seeking to develop or redevelop residential, commercial or mixed used properties

 

Revenue

 

We recognized no revenue during the three months ended March 31, 2019 as we had no revenue generating activities during this period.

 

General and Administrative Expenses

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2019, we incurred general and administrative expenses of $111,512 comprising officers’ compensation of $93,500, accounting, legal and share transfer agent fees totaling $17,250 and sundry office expenses of $762.

 

Operating Loss

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2019, we incurred an operating loss of $111,512 due to the factors discussed above.

 

Interest and Other Income (Expenses) Net

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2019, we incurred $674 in related party interest expense on a working capital loan provided to us by one of our directors and officers.

 

Loss before Income Tax

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2019, we incurred a loss before income taxes of $112,186 due to the factors discussed above.

 

Provision for Income Tax

 

No provision for income taxes was recorded during the three months ended March 31, 2019, as we incurred a taxable loss in the period.

 

Net Loss

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2019, we incurred a net loss of $112,186, due to the factors discussed above.

 

CASH FLOW

 

At March 31, 2019, we had cash of $298, no other assets, no revenue generating activities or other source of income and outstanding liabilities of $76,945 and a stockholders’ deficit of $76,647.

 

Consequently, we are dependent on raising additional equity and/or debt to meet our ongoing operating expenses. There is no assurance that we will be able to raise the necessary equity and/or debt that we will need to fund our ongoing operating expenses.

 

It is our current intention to develop a profitable real estate development business seeking to develop or redevelop residential, commercial or mixed used properties that will allow us to meet our ongoing operating expenses and liabilities as they fall due. There is no assurance that we will be successful in creating such a successful business.

 

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Future losses are likely to occur as, until we are able to develop a profitable real estate business, we have no sources of income to meet our ongoing operating expenses. As a result of these, among other factors, we received from our registered independent public accountants in their report for the financial statements for the period from June 28, 2018 (inception) to December 31, 2018, an explanatory paragraph stating that there is substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.

 

   Three months ended
March 31, 2019
    
Net Cash Used in Operating Activities  $(18,386)
Net Cash Used in Investing Activities   —   
Net Cash Provided by Financing Activities   18,684 
Net Movement in Cash and Cash Equivalents   298 
      

 

Operating Activities

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2019, we incurred a net loss of $36,686 which included a $18,674 increase in accrued expenses – related parties, partially offset by a $374 decrease in accounts payable resulting in net cash of $18,386 used in operations.

 

Investing Activities

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2019, we neither generated nor used funds in investing activities.

 

Financing Activities

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2019, we received $10,000 from the sale of 1,000,000 share of Series A Preferred Stock to one of our directors and officers, $9,084 by way of loan from one of our directors and officers and repaid $400 in respect of our previously overdraw bank account resulting in a total of $18,684 generated from financing operations.

 

We are dependent upon the receipt of capital investment or other financing to fund our ongoing operations and to execute our business plan to become a profitable real estate development company seeking to develop or redevelop residential, commercial or mixed used properties. In addition, we are dependent upon our controlling shareholder to provide continued funding and capital resources. If continued funding and capital resources are unavailable at reasonable terms, we may not be able to implement our plan of operations.

 

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS FOR PERIOD FROM JUNE 28, 2018 (INCEPTION) TO DECEMBER 31, 2018

 

We are a publicly quoted real estate development company seeking to develop or redevelop residential, commercial or mixed used properties

 

Revenue

 

We recognized no revenue during the period from June 28, 2018 (Inception) to December 31, 2018 as we had no revenue generating activities during this period.

 

 

 

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General and Administrative Expenses

 

During the period from June 28, 2018 (Inception) to December 31, 2018, we incurred general and administrative expenses of $268,478 comprising officers’ compensation of $238,000, accounting, auditing, legal and share transfer agent fees totaling $27,484 and sundry office expenses of $2,994.

 

Operating Loss

 

During the period from June 28, 2018 (Inception) to December 31, 2018, we incurred an operating loss of $128,478 due to the factors discussed above.

 

Interest and Other Income (Expenses) Net

 

During the period from June 28, 2018 (Inception) to December 31, 2018, we incurred $483 in related party interest expense on a working capital loan provided to us by one of our directors and officers, and a $311,426 gain on the sale of our subsidiary.

 

Loss before Income Tax

 

During the period from June 28, 2018 (Inception) to December 31, 2018, we earned a net income before income taxes of $42,465 due to the factors discussed above.

 

Provision for Income Tax

 

No provision for income taxes was recorded during the period from June 28, 2018 (Inception) to December 31, 2018, as after adjusting for the non-taxable gain on the disposal of our subsidiary company, we incurred a taxable loss in the period

 

Net Loss

 

During the period from June 28, 2018 (Inception) to December 31, 2018, we earned a net income of $42,465, due to the factors discussed above.

 

CASH FLOW

 

At December 31, 2018, we did not have any cash or cash equivalents, no assets, no revenue generating activities or other source of income and we had some outstanding liabilities and retained earnings of $42,465.

 

Consequently, we are dependent on raising additional equity and/or debt to meet our ongoing operating expenses. There is no assurance that we will be able to raise the necessary equity and/or debt that we will need to fund our ongoing operating expenses.

 

It is our current intention to develop a profitable real estate development business seeking to develop or redevelop residential, commercial or mixed used properties that will allow us to meet our ongoing operating expenses and liabilities as they fall due. There is no assurance that we will be successful in creating such a successful business.

 

Future losses are likely to occur as, until we are able to develop a profitable real estate business, we have no sources of income to meet our ongoing operating expenses. As a result of these, among other factors, we received from our registered independent public accountants in their report for the financial statements for the period from June 28, 2018 (Inception) to December 31, 2018, an explanatory paragraph stating that there is substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.

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   Period From
June 28, 2018 (Inception) to
   December 31, 2018
Net Cash Used in Operating Activities  $(29,757)
Net Cash Used in Investing Activities   (1,000)
Net Cash Provided by Financing Activities   30,757 
Net Movement in Cash and Cash Equivalents   —   

 

Operating Activities

 

During the period from June 28, 2018 (Inception) to December 31, 2018, we earned a net income of $42,465 which included $220,000 in non-cash, stock-based compensation, an increase in accounts payable of $721 and an increase in accrued expenses – related parties of $18,483 resulting in net cash of $29,757 being used in operations.

 

Investing Activities

 

During the period from June 28, 2018 (Inception) to December 31, 2018, we paid $1,000 as an inducement for the purchaser of Ashcroft Operations, Inc. to acquire the subsidiary company.

 

Financing Activities

 

During the period from June 28, 2018 (Inception) to December 31, 2018, we received $30,357 by way of loan from one of our directors and officers and overdrew our bank account by $400 resulting in a total of $30,757 generated from financing operations.

 

We are dependent upon the receipt of capital investment or other financing to fund our ongoing operations and to execute our business plan to become a profitable real estate development company seeking to develop or redevelop residential, commercial or mixed used properties. In addition, we are dependent upon our controlling shareholder to provide continued funding and capital resources. If continued funding and capital resources are unavailable at reasonable terms, we may not be able to implement our plan of operations.

 

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

All companies are required to include a discussion of critical accounting policies and estimates used in the preparation of their financial statements. On an on-going basis, we evaluate our critical accounting policies and estimates. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form our basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

 

Our significant accounting policies are described in Note 3 of our Financial Statements on page F-10. These policies were selected because they represent the more significant accounting policies and methods that are broadly applied in the preparation of our financial statements.

 

Inflation

 

In the opinion of management, inflation has not and will not have a material effect on our operations in the immediate future.

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Management will continue to monitor inflation and evaluate the possible future effects of inflation on our business and operations.

 

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

Per SEC regulations, we are required to disclose our off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition, such as changes in financial condition, revenues, expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures, or capital resources that are material to investors. As of December 31, 2018, we have no off-balance sheet arrangements.

 

Share-based Compensation

 

In accordance with ASC 718, Compensation – Stock Based Compensation, and ASC 505, Equity Based Payments to Non-Employees, we account for share-based payment using the fair value method. Common shares issued to third parties for non-cash consideration are valued based on the fair market value of the services provided or the fair market value of the common stock on the measurement date, whichever is readily determinable.

 

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

 

In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-15, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230) Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments. ASU 2016-15 eliminates the diversity in practice related to the classification of certain cash receipts and payments for debt prepayment or extinguishment costs, the maturing of a zero-coupon bond, the settlement of contingent liabilities arising from a business combination, proceeds from insurance settlements, distributions from certain equity method investees and beneficial interests obtained in a financial asset securitization. ASU 2016-15 designates the appropriate cash flow classification, including requirements to allocate certain components of these cash receipts and payments among operating, investing and financing activities. The guidance is effective for us beginning after December 15, 2017, although early adoption is permitted. We currently in the process of evaluating the impact of the adoption on its financial statements.

 

In November 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-18, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230) Restricted Cash a consensus of the FASB Emerging Issues Task Force. ASU 2016-18 requires restricted cash and cash equivalents to be included with cash and cash equivalents on the statement cash flows. The new standard is expected to be effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2017, with early adoption permitted. We currently in the process of evaluating the impact of the adoption on its financial statements.

 

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-01, Business Combinations (Topic 805) Clarifying the Definition of a Business. The amendments in this Update is to clarify the definition of a business with the objective of adding guidance to assist entities with evaluating whether transactions should be accounted for as acquisitions (or disposals) of assets or businesses. The definition of a business affects many areas of accounting including acquisitions, disposals, goodwill, and consolidation. The guidance is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within those periods. We currently in the process of evaluating the impact of the adoption on its financial statements.

 

In May 2017, the FASB issued ASU No 2017-09 “Compensation-Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Scope of Modification Accounting”. ASU 2017-09 provides clarity and reduces both (i) diversity in practice and (ii) cost and complexity when applying the guidance in Topic 718, Compensation-Stock Compensation, to a change to the terms or conditions of a share-based payment award. The amendments in ASU 2017-09 provide guidance about which changes to the terms or conditions of a share-based payment award require an entity to apply modification accounting in Topic 718. An entity should account for the effects of a modification unless all three of the following are met: (1) The fair value (or calculated value or intrinsic value, if such an alternative measurement method is used) of the modified award is the same as the fair value (or calculated value or intrinsic value, if such an alternative measurement is used) of the original award immediately before the original award is modified. If the modification

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does not affect any of the inputs to the valuation technique that the entity uses to value the award, the entity is not required to estimate the value immediately before and after the modification. (2) The vesting conditions of the modified award are the same as the vesting conditions of the original award immediately before the original award is modified. (3) The classification of the modified award as an equity instrument or a liability instrument is the same as the classification of the original award immediately before the original award is modified. Note that the current disclosure requirements in Topic 718 apply regardless of whether an entity is required to apply modification accounting under the amendments in ASU 2017-09. ASU 2017-09 is effective for all annual periods, and interim periods within those annual periods, beginning after December 15, 2017, with early adoption permitted. We are currently evaluating the effects of ASU 2017-09 on our audited financial statements.

Management has evaluated other recently issued accounting pronouncements and does not believe that any of these pronouncements will have a significant impact on our financial statements and related disclosures.

 

CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

Our management conducted an evaluation, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer, who is our principal executive officer and our principal financial and accounting officer, of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) as of the end of the period covered by this registration statement on Form 10. Based on that evaluation, we concluded that because of the material weakness and significant deficiencies in our internal control over financial reporting described below, our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of December 31, 2018 or March 31, 2019.

 

Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

 

Management is responsible for the preparation of our financial statements and related information. Management uses its best judgment to ensure that the financial statements present accurately, in material respects, our financial position and results of operations in fairness and conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.

 

Management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting as defined in the Exchange Act. These internal controls are designed to provide reasonable assurance that the reported financial information is presented fairly, that disclosures are adequate, and that the assumptions and opinions in the preparation of financial statements are reasonable. There are inherent limitations in the effectiveness of any system of internal controls, including the possibility of human error and overriding of controls. Consequently, an ineffective internal control system can only provide reasonable, not absolute, assurance with respect to reporting financial information.

 

Our internal control over financial reporting includes policies and procedures that: (i) pertain to maintaining records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect our transactions; (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary for preparation of our financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and that the receipts and expenditures of company assets are made in accordance with our management’s and directors’ authorization; and (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding the prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of assets that could have a material effect on our financial statements.

 

We conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting, based on the framework in “Internal Control Integrated Framework” issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“COSO”) and published in 2013, and subsequent guidance prepared by COSO specifically for smaller public companies. Based on that evaluation, management concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was not effective as of December 31, 2018 for the reasons discussed below.

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A significant deficiency is a deficiency, or combination of deficiencies in internal control over financial reporting, that adversely affects the entity’s ability to initiate, authorize, record, process, or report financial data reliably in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles such that there is more than a remote likelihood that a misstatement of the entity’s financial statements that is more than inconsequential will not be prevented or detected by the entity’s internal control. A material weakness is a deficiency or a combination of deficiencies in internal control over financial reporting such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the annual or interim consolidated financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. Management identified the following material weakness and significant deficiencies in its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2018:

 

·The Company did not maintain effective controls over certain aspects of the financial reporting process because we lacked personnel with accounting expertise and an adequate supervisory review structure that is commensurate with our financial reporting requirements.

 

·Material Weakness – Inadequate segregation of duties.

 

We expect to be materially dependent on a third party that can provide us with accounting consulting services for the foreseeable future. Until such time as we have a chief financial officer with the requisite expertise in U.S. GAAP, there are no assurances that the material weaknesses and significant deficiencies in our disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting will not result in errors in our financial statements, which could lead to a restatement of those financial statements. Our management does not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures or our internal controls will prevent all error and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well conceived and maintained, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Further, the design of a control system must account for resource constraints. In addition, the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Due to the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, can and will be detected.

 

This registration statement on Form 10 does not include an attestation report from our registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting. Management’s report was not subject to attestation by the Company’s registered public accounting firm pursuant to rules of the Commission that permit us to provide only management’s report in this registration statement on Form 10.

 

Changes in Internal Controls over Financial Reporting

 

There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during June 28, 2018 (inception) to March 31, 2019 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

 

ITEM 3: PROPERTIES

 

We rent a storage unit on a month to month basis for $120 per month as storage for our historic books and records.

 

ITEM 4: SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT

 

The following table sets forth as of September 3, 2019 the number and percentage of the outstanding shares of common stock, which according to the information available to us, were beneficially owned by:

(i)each person who is currently a director,
(ii)each executive officer,
(iii)all current directors and executive officers as a group, and
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(iv)each person who is known by us to own beneficially more than 5% of our outstanding common stock.

Except as otherwise indicated, the persons named in the table have sole voting and dispositive power with respect to all shares beneficially owned, subject to community property laws where applicable.

 

Title of Class 

Name and Address of

Beneficial Owners6

  Amount and Nature
of Beneficial Ownership
  Percent of Class
 Common  

Richard O. Dean1

 

   6,971,330    32.39%
 Common  

Reagan K. Dean3

 

   2,017,271    9.37%
     Total2   8,989,051    41.76%
                
                
 Preferred  

Richard O. Dean1,4, 5

 

   675,000    67.5%
 Preferred   Reagan K. Dean3   325,000    32.5%
     Total2   1,000,000    100%
                
          
 Common  

Pedro C. Gonzalez1

 

   2,836,984    13.18%
 Common  

Willamette Group Trust8

 

   121,545    0.56%
     Total7   2,958,529    13.74%
                
                
 Common  

Casablanca Homes

   1,200,0000    5.75%
          
 Common   All officers and directors as a group (2 persons)2,7   11,947,580    55.5%
 Preferred   All officers and directors as a group (1 person)2,4   1,000,000    100%


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(1)Officer or director of the Company.

 

(2)Includes shares held by Mr. Dean’s wife.

 

(3)Shares held by Mr. Dean’s wife.

 

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(4)The record Holders of the Series A Preferred Super Majority Voting Stock shall have the right to vote on any matter with holders of Common Stock and may vote as required on any action, which Delaware law provides may or must be approved by vote or consent of the holders of the specific series of voting preferred shares and the holders of common shares. The Record Holders of the Series A Preferred Shares shall have that number of votes equal to that number of common shares which is not less than 60% of the vote required to approve any action, which Delaware law provides may or must be approved by vote or consent of the holders of other series of voting preferred shares and the holders of common shares or the holders of other securities entitled to vote, if any.

 

(5)Includes 325,000 Preferred Shares held by Mr. Dean’s wife, Reagan K. Dean. (Series A Preferred Shares votes 60% equivalent of common).

 

(6)8480 East Orchard Road, Suite 1100, Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111.

 

(7)Includes 121,545 Willamette Group Trust shares.

 

(8)Beneficially owned by Pedro C. Gonzalez, an officer and director of our Company.

 

(9)Beneficially owned by John Chen, deceased.

 

ITEM 5: DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

Directors and Executive Officers

The following table sets forth the names, ages, and positions with us for each of our directors and officers as of September 3, 2019:

Name   Age   Position   Since
Richard O. Dean     62   Chief Executive Officer, President, Chairman of the Board and Director   June 28, 2018 (Inception)
Pedro C. Gonzalez     45   Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Director   June 28, 2018 (Inception)
               

Richard O. Dean

Mr. Dean was Chairman and CEO of Ashcroft, predecessor and successor for the last 20 years, Mr. Dean became CEO and founder of Stratus Capital Corporation upon the reorganization of Ashcroft into a holding company and has been an active real estate developer and member of the Denver Metro community over the last 40 years. Mr. Dean has held various senior management capacities in the land, commercial, multifamily and homebuilding industries. Mr. Dean has built greater than 2,000 single family units, entitled over 20 subdivisions resulting in 10,000 lots and has managed significant commercial and multi-family development. Mr. Dean is responsible for overseeing all phases of the companies’ land acquisition, entitlement and growth directives. Simultaneous with Ashcroft management Mr. Dean has been the Managing Partner for Stratus Companies since 2000 to current, Stratus Companies is a real estate development and holding company.

Pedro C. Gonzalez

Mr. Gonzalez was Director, Secretary and Chief Financial Officer of Ashcroft, predecessor and successor since 2003, and became Director, Secretary and Chief Financial Officer of Stratus Capital Corporation upon the

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reorganization of Ashcroft into a holding company. Mr. Gonzalez’s responsibilities include operations oversight, compliance, reporting and key metric management for our business operations.  Prior to joining the Company Mr. Gonzalez has held management positions with private equity, public institutional REIT’s, homebuilding and asset management organizations since 2002.  Mr. Gonzalez’s focus on portfolio growth, management and disposition on a national basis to provide operational stability and financial growth for our shareholders and stakeholders. Simultaneous with Ashcroft management Mr. Gonzalez has been the General Partner for Allegiance Group, LP since 2008 to current, Allegiance Group is an opportunity fund with focus in real estate and lending.

No family relationships exist between any of the officers or Directors of the Company.

CONFLICTS OF INTEREST - GENERAL.

 

Our directors and officers are, or may become, in their individual capacities, officers, directors, controlling shareholder and/or partners of other entities engaged in a variety of businesses. Thus, there exist potential conflicts of interest including, among other things, time, efforts and corporation opportunity, involved in participation with such other business entities. While our sole officer and director of our business is engaged in business activities outside of our business, he devotes to our business such time as he believes to be necessary.

 

CONFLICTS OF INTEREST - CORPORATE OPPORTUNITIES

 

Presently no requirement contained in our Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws, or minutes which requires officers and directors of our business to disclose to us business opportunities which come to their attention. Our officers and directors do, however, have a fiduciary duty of loyalty to us to disclose to us any business opportunities which come to their attention, in their capacity as an officer and/or director or otherwise. Excluded from this duty would be opportunities which the person learns about through his involvement as an officer and director of another company. We have no intention of merging with or acquiring an affiliate, associate person or business opportunity from any affiliate or any client of any such person.

 

COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

In the ordinary course of business, the board of directors maintains a compensation committee and an audit committee.

 

The primary function of the compensation committee is to review and make recommendations to the board of directors with respect to the compensation, including bonuses, of our officers and to administer the grants under our stock option plan.

 

The functions of the audit committee are to review the scope of the audit procedures employed by our independent auditors, to review with the independent auditors our accounting practices and policies and recommend to whom reports should be submitted, to review with the independent auditors their final audit reports, to review with our internal and independent auditors our overall accounting and financial controls, to be available to the independent auditors during the year for consultation, to approve the audit fee charged by the independent auditors, to report to the board of directors with respect to such matters and to recommend the selection of the independent auditors.

 

In the absence of a separate audit committee our board of directors’ functions as audit committee and performs some of the same functions of an audit committee, such as recommending a firm of independent certified public accountants to audit the annual financial statements; reviewing the independent auditor’s independence, the financial statements and their audit report; and reviewing management's administration of the system of internal accounting controls.

 

 

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ITEM 6: EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

 

Executive compensation during the period of June 28, 2018 (inception) through December 31, 2018, was as follows:

 

NAME AND PRINCIPAL POSITION  YEAR  SALARY  BONUS 

STOCK AWARDS

(1)

 

OPTIONS

AWARDS ($)

 

NONQUALI-FIED DEFERRED COMPENS-

ATION ($)

 

ALL OTHER COMP

 

  TOTAL
Richard O. Dean,
Director, Chief Executive Officer, President
   2018   $36,000   $0   $137,500   $0   $0   $0   $173,500 
                                         
Pedro C. Gonzalez
Director, VP, COO and Chief Financial Officer
   2018   $36,000   $0   $82,500   $0   $0   $0   $118,500 
                                         
(1) 4,000,000 shares were issued in total, 2,500,000 to Richard Dean and 1,500,000 to Pedro Gonzalez. The shares were valued at $220,000 based on the grant date share price of $0.055.

 

Employment Agreements

 

Executive officers Richard O. Dean and Pedro C. Gonzalez have employment agreements, each annually renewable.

 

Mr. Dean, President and Chief Executive Officer, receives a base salary of $36,000 annually and is entitled to receive a minimal annual increase of 6.5%. The entirety of the Employment Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1.

 

Mr. Gonzalez, Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, receives a base salary of $36,000 annually and is entitled to receive a minimal annual increase of 6.5%. The entirety of the Employment Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.2.

ITEM 7: CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS

Directors and Officers Remuneration

Effective September 30, 2018, we issued 4,000,000 shares of common stock as compensation to two directors and officers. We valued the stock at $220,000 based on the share price of $0.055 on the grant date.

Related Party Loan

During the period June 28, 2019 (Inception) to December 31, 2018, a partnership controlled by one of our directors and officers, who is also our principal shareholder, advanced to us $30,357 by way of a promissory note to finance our expenses.

Preferred Share Issuance

 

Effective January 17, 2019, we issued 1,000,000 shares of Series A Super Majority Voting Preferred Stock for cash consideration of $10,000 and compensation for services totaling $75,500 to one of our directors and officers and his wife who is also our principal shareholder. Series A Preferred can vote equivalent of 60% of common stock at all times. The stock was valued using a market approach at $85,500 by an independent valuation firm.

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Employment Agreements

 

Executive officers Richard O. Dean and Pedro C. Gonzalez have employment agreements, each annually renewable.

 

Mr. Dean, President and Chief Executive Officer, receives a base salary of $36,000 annually and is entitled to receive a minimal annual increase of 6.5%. The entirety of the Employment Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1.

 

Mr. Gonzalez, Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, receives a base salary of $36,000 annually and is entitled to receive a minimal annual increase of 6.5%. The entirety of the Employment Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.2.

 

Reorganization Summary

 

The predecessor of Ashcroft Homes Corporation became inactive in 2004 and withdrew its registration as an SEC 12(g) reporting company, and thereafter in 2018, completed a merger to redomicile with its newly formed Delaware subsidiary, Ashcroft Homes Merger Co. (AHMC).  The company then formed Ashcroft Operations, Inc. and Stratus Capital Corp. in May 2018, as wholly owned subsidiaries.  The Articles of each subsidiary recorded in Delaware made stock provisions identical to those of the Ashcroft homes Merger Co., so that it could perform a Holding Company reorganization (Stratus Capital Corp. becoming the holding company) under Delaware General Corporation Laws, Section 251(g), as further explained below.

 

    • Reorganization into a Holding Company Structure - Pursuant to the Delaware Holding Company formation statute, DGCL Section 251(g), Ashcroft Homes Merger Co. (AHMC) entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization into a Holding Company with Stratus Capital Corp. (SCC) and Ashcroft Operations, Inc., (Ashcroft Operations, Inc.), wholly-owned subsidiaries of AHMC in June 2018. The Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization into a Holding Company provided for the merger of AHMC with and into Ashcroft Operations, Inc., with Ashcroft Operations, Inc. being the surviving corporation in the merger, as a subsidiary. The shareholders of AHMC are converted, by the holding company reorganization, under the Agreement, to shareholders of SCC on a one for one basis pursuant to the Agreement. Ashcroft Operations, Inc. was the surviving company of the merger with AHMC, Ashcroft Operations, Inc. being immediately thereafter, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SCC, the holding company. SCC became the parent holding company resulting under the Agreement, pursuant to Delaware General Corporation Law section 251(g), with its wholly owned subsidiary company, Ashcroft Operations, Inc., the surviving company of the merger with AHMC.  As a result of the Holding Company Reorganization, shareholders in publicly quoted AHMC (formerly the shareholders of Ashcroft Homes, Inc.) became shareholders in the publicly quoted SCC. AHMC ceased to exist as an independent legal entity following its merger with Ashcroft Operations, Inc. Ashcroft Operations, Inc. became a subsidiary company of SCC with Ashcroft Operations, Inc. owning the subsidiary companies formerly owned by AHMC (CCHL).
    • The Reorganization has been accounted for so as to reflect the fact that both AHMC and SCC were under common control at the date of the Reorganization, similar to a reverse acquisition of AHMC and its subsidiary companies by SCC. On June 29, 2018, SCC sold 100% of the issued share capital of its subsidiary, Ashcroft Operations, Inc., to an unrelated third party.

Stock Options

 

We have an incentive stock option plan, which provides for the granting by the Board of Directors of stock options to directors and officers for the purchase of authorized but unissued common shares. Please see Exhibit 4.2.

 

As of date of this filing, no stock options were issued and outstanding.

 

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ITEM 8: LEGAL PROCEEDINGS 

 

Neither we nor any of our officers, directors or holders of five percent or more of its common stock is a party to any pending legal proceedings and to the best of our knowledge, no such proceedings by or against us or our officers, or directors or holders of five percent or more of its common stock have been threatened or is pending against us.

 

ITEM 9: MARKET PRICE OF AND DIVIDENDS ON THE REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED SRUS MATTERS

 

Market Price and Stockholder Matters

 

Shares of our common stock trade on the OTC PINK and quotations for the common stock are listed by the OTC Markets under the symbol "SRUS." On September 25, 2018 the symbol changed from “ASHC” to “SRUS” after a holding company reorganization.

 

The following table sets forth for the respective periods indicated the prices of our common stock in this market as reported and summarized by the National Quotation Bureau. Such prices are based on inter-dealer bid and asked prices, without markup, markdown, commissions, or adjustments and may not represent actual transactions.

 

During the quarter ended March 31, 2019 and the fiscal years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, we (and our predecessor Ashcroft Homes) had a trading history as follows:

 

   HIGH  LOW
 Quarter Ended:           
             
 March 31, 2019   $0.04   $0.023 
             
 March 31, 2018   $0.02   $0.005 
 June 30, 2018   $0.005   $0.005 
 September 30, 2018   $0.055   $0.005 
 December 31, 2018   $0.055   $0.022 
             
 March 31, 2017   $0.012   $0.012 
 June 30, 2017   $0.04   $0.12 
 September 30, 2017   $0.027   $0.02 
 December 31, 2017   $0.02   $0.02 

Last Reported Price.

On September 3, 2019, the last reported bid price of our shares of common stock reported on the OTC PINK was $0.02 per share.

 

Record Holders.

 

There were 271 holders of record as of September 3, 2019. In many instances, a registered stockholder is a broker or other entity holding shares in street name for one or more customers who beneficially own the shares.

 

Our transfer agent is Corporate Stock Transfer, 3200 Cherry Creek Drive South, Suite 430, Denver, Colorado 80209. Their telephone number is (303) 282-4800.

 

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Dividend Policy

 

We have never paid cash dividends and have no plans to do so in the foreseeable future. Our future dividend policy will be determined by our board of directors and will depend upon a number of factors, including our financial condition and performance, our cash needs and expansion plans, income tax consequences, and the restrictions that applicable laws, any future preferred stock instruments, and any future credit arrangements may then impose.

 

Penny Stock.

 

Penny Stock Regulation Broker-dealer practices in connection with transactions in "penny stocks" are regulated by certain penny stock rules adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Penny stocks generally are equity securities with a price of less than $5.00. Excluded from the penny stock designation are securities registered on certain national securities exchanges or quoted on NASDAQ, provided that current price and volume information with respect to transactions in such securities is provided by the exchange/system or sold to established customers or accredited investors.

 

The penny stock rules require a broker-dealer, prior to a transaction in a penny stock not otherwise exempt from the rules, to deliver a standardized risk disclosure document that provides information about penny stocks and the risks in the penny stock market. The broker-dealer also must provide the customer with current bid and offer quotations for the penny stock, the compensation of the broker-dealer and its salesperson in connection with the transaction, and the monthly account statements showing the market value of each penny stock held in the customer's account. In addition, the penny stock rules generally require that prior to a transaction in a penny stock, the broker-dealer must make a special written determination that the penny stock is a suitable investment for the purchaser and receive the purchaser's written agreement to the transaction.

 

These disclosure requirements may have the effect of reducing the level of trading activity in the secondary market for a stock that becomes subject to the penny stock rules. As our securities have become subject to the penny stock rules, investors may find it more difficult to sell their securities.

 

ITEM 10: RECENT SALES OF UNREGISTERED SECURITIES

 

Shares of Common Stock

 

We have sold no unregulated securities in the past three years, except:

 

Effective September 30, 2018, we issued 4,000,000 shares of common stock as compensation to two directors and officers. We valued the stock at $220,000 based on the share price of $0.055 on the grant date.

 

Effective January 17, 2019, we issued 1,000,000 shares of Series A Super Majority Voting Preferred Stock for cash consideration of $10,000 and compensation for services rendered totaling $75,500 to one of our directors and officers who is also our principal shareholder. It can vote equivalent of 60% of common stock at all times. The stock was valued at $85,500 by an independent valuation firm using a market approach.

 

The transactions were exempt from Registration under Section 4(a)2 of the Securities Act of 1933.

 

ITEM 11: DESCRIPTION OF REGISTRANT'S SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED

 

Description of Common Stock

 

We are authorized to issue 25,000,000 shares of our Common Stock, $0.0001 par value (the "Common Stock"). Each share of the Common Stock is entitled to share equally with each other share of Common Stock in dividends from sources legally available therefore, when, and if, declared by our board of directors and, upon our liquidation or dissolution, whether voluntary or involuntary, to share equally in the assets of the Company that are available for

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distribution to the holders of the Common Stock. Each holder of Common Stock is entitled to one vote per share for all purposes, except that in the election of directors, each holder shall have the right to vote such number of shares for as many persons as there are directors to be elected. Cumulative voting shall not be allowed in the election of directors or for any other purpose, and the holders of Common Stock have no preemptive rights, redemption rights or rights of conversion with respect to the Common Stock. Our board of directors is authorized to issue additional shares of our Common Stock within the limits authorized by our Articles of Incorporation and without stockholder action. All shares of Common Stock have equal voting rights, and voting rights are not cumulative.

 

Description of Preferred Stock

 

We are authorized to issue 10,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock with $0.0001 par value (the "Preferred Stock") with such relative rights, preferences and designations as may be determined by our Board of Directors in its sole discretion upon the issuance of any shares of Preferred Stock.

 

1,000,000 shares of Series A Super Majority Voting Preferred Stock are issued and outstanding.

 

A total of 21,525,481 shares of common stock are currently outstanding on the date of this Form 10 registration statement.

 

Transfer Agent

 

Our transfer agent is Corporate Stock Transfer, 3200 Cherry Creek Drive South, Suite 430, Denver, Colorado 80209. Their telephone number is (303) 282-4800.

 

ITEM 12: INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

 

The Delaware General Corporation Law requires us to indemnify officers and directors for any expenses incurred by any officer or director in connection with any actions or proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative, brought against such officer or director because of his or her status as an officer or director, to the extent that the director or officer has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of the action or proceeding. The Delaware General Corporation Law permits a corporation to indemnify an officer or director, even in the absence of an agreement to do so, for expenses incurred in connection with any action or proceeding if such officer or director acted in good faith and in a manner in which he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of us and such indemnification is authorized by the stockholders, by a quorum of disinterested directors, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion authorized by a majority vote of a quorum of directors consisting of disinterested directors, or by independent legal counsel in a written opinion if a quorum of disinterested directors cannot be obtained.

 

The Delaware General Corporation Law prohibits indemnification of a director or officer if a final adjudication establishes that the officer's or director's acts or omissions involved intentional misconduct, fraud, or a knowing violation of the law and were material to the cause of action. Despite the foregoing limitations on indemnification, the Delaware General Corporation Law may permit an officer or director to apply to the court for approval of indemnification even if the officer or director is adjudged to have committed intentional misconduct, fraud, or a knowing violation of the law.

 

The Delaware General Corporation Law also provides that indemnification of directors is not permitted for the unlawful payment of distributions, except for those directors registering their dissent to the payment of the distribution.

 

According to our bylaws, we are authorized to indemnify its directors to the fullest extent authorized under Delaware subject to certain specified limitations.

 

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Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Act") may be permitted to directors, officers and persons controlling us pursuant to the foregoing provisions or otherwise, we are advised that, in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.

 

ITEM 13: FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

 

Our audited financial statements for the period June 28, 2018 (inception) to December 31, 2018 appear at the end of this registration statement on pages F-1 though F-14. Our unaudited financial statements for the three months ended March 31, 2019 appear as pages F-15-F-26.

 

ITEM 14: CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

 

On August 30, 2018, we appointed Heaton & Company, PLLC, dba Pinnacle Accountancy Group of Utah, as our independent auditors.

 

There have been no disagreements with the independent registered public accounting firm regarding accounting and financial disclosure.

 

ITEM 15: FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

 

Financial Statements

 

Our audited financial statements for the period June 28, 2018 (inception) to December 31, 2018 appear at the end of this registration statement on pages F-1 though F-14. Our unaudited financial statements for the three months ended March 31, 2019 appear as pages F-15-F-26.

 

Exhibits

 

See the Exhibit Index following the signature page.

 

 

 

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SIGNATURES

In accordance with Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

    Stratus Capital Corporation
         
Date:   September 9, 2019       By:    /s/ Richard O. Dean
               

Richard O. Dean

Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer), President, Chairman of the Board and Director

 

         
Date:   September 9, 2019       By:    /s/ Pedro C. Gonzalez
               

Pedro C. Gonzalez

Chief Financial Officer (Principal Accounting Officer), Secretary and Director

 

 

 

 

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Exhibit Index

 

Copies of the following documents are included as exhibits to this registration statement.

 

Exhibit No.   Title of Document
     
     
3.(i).1   Certification of Incorporation - Delaware - Stratus Capital Corp. – 4.13.18
     
3.(ii).1   Bylaws  
     
4.1   Certificate of Designation of Series A Preferred Super Majority Voting Stock
4.2   Stratus Capital Corp. 2019 Stock Option and Award Plan
     
10.1 Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization into Holding Company Structure – Ashcroft Homes Merger Corp., Ashcroft Operations, Inc. and Stratus Capital Corp.
     
10.2   Richard O. Dean Employment Agreement
     
10.3   Pedro C. Gonzalez Employment Agreement
     
10.4   Richard O. Dean Revised Employment Agreement
     
10.5   Pedro C. Gonzalez Revised Employment Agreement
     
23.1   Consent of Independent Registered Public Auditing Firm
     

 

 

 

 

 

 

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STRATUS CAPITAL CORPORATION

 

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

C O N T E N T S

 

 

AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE PERIOD JUNE 28, 2018 (INCEPTION) TO DECEMBER 31, 2018

 

COVER PAGE F-1
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM F-3
BALANCE SHEET as of December 31, 2018 F-4
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS for the period June 28, 2018 (inception) to December 31, 2018 F-5
STATEMENT OF CHANGES SHAREHOLDERS’ DEFICIT for the period June 28, 2018 (inception) to December 31, 2018 F-6
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS for the period June 28, 2018 (inception) to December 31, 2018 F-7
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS F-8 -F-14
   

 

 

 

CONDENSED UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE THREE-MONTH PERIOD ENDED MARCH 31, 2019

 

 COVER PAGE F-15
   
CONDENSED UNAUDITED BALANCE SHEETS AS OF MARCH 31, 2019 AND DECEMBER 31, 2018 F-17
   
CONDENSED UNAUDITED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2019 F-18
   
CONDENSED UNAUDITED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ DEFICIT FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2019 F-19
   
CONDENSED UNAUDITED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2019 F-20
   
NOTES TO CONDENSED UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS F-21-F-26

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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STRATUS CAPITAL CORPORATION

 

AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

FOR THE PERIOD JUNE 28, 2018 (INCEPTION) TO DECEMBER 31, 2018

 

 

 

 

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STRATUS CAPITAL CORPORATION

 

AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

C O N T E N T S

 

 

 
  PAGE
   
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM F-3
   
BALANCE SHEET AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2018 F-4
   
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS FOR THE PERIOD JUNE 28, 2018 (INCEPTION) TO DECEMBER 31, 2018 F-5
   
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ DEFICIT FOR THE PERIOD JUNE 28, 2018 (INCEPTION) TO DECEMBER 31, 2018 F-6
   
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS FOR THE PERIOD JUNE 28, 2018 (INCEPTION) TO DECEMBER 31, 2018 F-7
   
NOTES TO AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE PERIOD JUNE 28, 2018 (INCEPTION) TO DECEMBER 31, 2018 F-8

 

 

 

 

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of Stratus Capital Corp.:

 

Opinion on the Financial Statements

 

We have audited the accompanying balance sheet of Stratus Capital Corp. (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2018, the related statements of operations, changes in shareholders’ deficit, and cash flows for the period of June 28, 2018 (Inception) to December 31, 2018, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31 2018, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the period of June 28, 2018 (Inception) to December 31, 2018, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

Consideration of the Company’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern

 

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. The Company has incurred losses since inception, has accumulated a significant deficit, has negative cash flows from operations, and currently has no revenues. These factors raise substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern. Management's plans in regard to these matters are described in Note 2. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

 

Basis for Opinion

 

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

 

Our audit included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the 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 presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

/s/ Pinnacle Accountancy Group of Utah

 

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2018.

 

Farmington, UT

September 4, 2019

 

 

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STRATUS CAPITAL CORPORATION
BALANCE SHEET
    
   DECEMBER 31,
   2018
    
ASSETS   
    
Current Assets     
Cash and Cash Equivalents  $—   
      
Total Current Assets   —   
      
Total Assets  $—   
      
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' DEFICIT     
      
Current Liabilities     
Checks Drawn in Excess of Bank Balance  $400 
Accounts Payable   721 
Accruals - Related Parties   18,483 
Note Payable - Related Party   30,357 
      
Total Current Liabilities   49,961 
      
Total Liabilities   49,961 
      
Commitments and Contingencies (Note 8)   —   
      
Shareholders' Deficit     
Preferred Stock, $0.0001 par value, 10,000,000 shares     
authorized, 0 issued or outstanding   —   
Common Stock, $0.0001 par value, 25,000,000 shares     
authorized, 21,525,481 issued and outstanding   2,153 
Additional Paid in Capital   (94,579)
Retained Earnings   42,465 
      
Total Shareholders' Deficit   (49,961)
      
Total Liabilities and Shareholders' Deficit  $—   
      
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these audited financial statements

 

 

 

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STRATUS CAPITAL CORPORATION
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
    
   FOR THE PERIOD
   FROM JUNE 28, 2018 (Inception)
   TO DECEMBER 31, 2018
    
REVENUE  $—   
      
EXPENSES     
General and administrative expenses   268,478 
      
Total Expenses   268,478 
      
OPERATING LOSS   (268,478)
      
OTHER (INCOME) EXPENSE     
Gain on sale of subsidiary company   (311,426)
Interest - related party   483 
      
Total Other (Income) Expense   (310,943)
      
INCOME (LOSS) BEFORE TAXES   42,465 
      
TAXES   —   
      
NET INCOME (LOSS)  $42,465 
      
Net Income (Loss) per Common Share: Basic and Diluted  $0.00 
      
Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding: Basic and Diluted   19,503,976 
      
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these audited financial statements

 

 

 

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STRATUS CAPITAL CORPORATION
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS' DEFICIT
                
         Additional      
   Common Shares  Paid-In  Retained   
   Shares  Amount  Capital  Earnings  Total
                
Balance at June 28, 2018 (Inception)   —     $—     $—     $—     $—   
                          
Reverse recapitalization   17,525,481    1,753    (314,179)   —      (312,426)
                          
Shares issued as officers' compensation   4,000,000    400    219,600    —      220,000 
                          
Net income for the period   —      —      —      42,465    42,465 
                          
Balance at December 31, 2018   21,525,481   $2,153   $(94,579)  $42,465   $(49,961)
                          
                          
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these audited financial statements

 

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STRATUS CAPITAL CORPORATION
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOW
    
   FOR THE PERIOD
   FROM JUNE 28, 2018 (Inception)
   TO DECEMBER 31, 2018
    
Cash Flow from Operating Activities:     
      
Net Income  $42,465 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to     
net cash used in operating activities     
Stock based compensation   220,000 
Gain on disposal of subsidiary company   (311,426)
      
Changes in working capital items:     
Accounts payable   721 
Accruals - related parties   18,483 
      
Net Cash Used in Operating Activities   (29,757)
      
Net Cash Used in Investing Activities     
Payment on disposal of subsidiary company   (1,000)
      
Net Cash Flow from Investing Activities   (1,000)
      
Net Cash Flow from Financing Activities     
Checks drawn in excess of bank balance   400 
Advances under note payable - related party   30,357 
      
Net Cash Provided by Financing Activities   30,757 
      
Net Change in Cash:   —   
      
Beginning Cash:  $—   
      
Ending Cash:  $—   
      
Supplemental Disclosures of Cash Flow Information:     
Cash paid for interest  $—   
Cash paid for tax  $—   
      
Non Cash Financing Activities:     
      
Settlement of liabilities through disposal of subsidiary company  $312,426 
      
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these audited financial statements
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STRATUS CAPITAL CORPORATION

NOTES TO AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE PERIOD JUNE 28, 2018 (INCEPTION) TO DECEMBER 31, 2018

 

 

NOTE 1. NATURE OF OPERATIONS

 

Nature of Business

 

Stratus Capital Corporation., a Delaware corporation, (“Status Capital”, “the Company”, “We", "Us" or “Our’) is a publicly quoted real estate development company seeking to develop or redevelop residential, commercial or mixed used properties.

 

History

 

Stratus Capital was incorporated in Delaware on April 13, 2018.

 

Effective June 28, 2018, following a corporate reorganization as described below (‘the Holding Company Reorganization” or ‘the reverse recapitalization”), Stratus Capital became the reorganized successor to Ashcroft Homes Corporation, a publicly quoted real estate company that ceased trading in 2004.

 

Reorganization into a Holding Company Structure for Stratus Capital Corp, Inc., reorganization successor to Ashcroft Homes Corporation.

 

In May 2018, Ashcroft Homes Corporation, a Colorado corporation, redomiciled to Delaware by merging with its wholly owned subsidiary, Ashcroft Homes Merger Co. (“ASHMC”), effective on June 15, 2018.

 

Pursuant to the Delaware Holding Company formation statute, DGCL Section 251(g), ASHMC entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization into a Holding Company with Stratus Capital Corporation (“Stratus Capital”) and Ashcroft Operations, Inc., (Ashcroft Operations, Inc.), wholly-owned subsidiaries of ASHMC, effective June 28, 2018.

 

The Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization into a Holding Company provided for the merger of ASHMC with and into Ashcroft Operations, Inc., with Ashcroft Operations, Inc. being the surviving corporation in the merger, as a subsidiary to Stratus Capital.

 

ASHMC ceased to exist as an independent legal entity following its merger with Ashcroft Operations, Inc.

 

The shareholders of ASHMC were converted, by the holding company reorganization, under the Agreement, to shareholders of Stratus Capital on a one for one basis pursuant to the Agreement and the Delaware Statute Sec. 251(g).

 

Ashcroft Operations, Inc., the surviving company of the merger with ASHMC, became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Stratus Capital, the holding company.

 

Stratus Capital became the parent holding company resulting under the Agreement, pursuant to Delaware General Corporation Law section 251(g), with its wholly owned subsidiary company, Ashcroft Operations, Inc., the surviving company of the merger with ASHMC.

 

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As a result of the Holding Company Reorganization, shareholders in publicly quoted ASHMC (formerly the shareholders of Ashcroft Homes Corporation as of the date of the reorganization) became shareholders in the publicly quoted Stratus Capital.

 

Ashcroft Operations, Inc, being the direct successor by the merger with ASHMC, became a subsidiary company of Stratus Capital.

 

Disposal of Ashcroft Operations, Inc.

 

Effective June 29, 2018, Stratus Capital disposed of 100% of the issued share capital of its sole subsidiary company, Ashcroft Operations, Inc., to an unrelated third party for a $1,000 payment made to the purchaser to assume ownership of the subsidiary company with outstanding liabilities.


The Holding Company Reorganization has been accounted for so as to reflect the fact that both AHMC and Stratus Capital were under common control at the date of the Holding Company Reorganization.

 

NOTE 2. GOING CONCERN

 

Our financial statements are prepared using accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America applicable to a going concern, which contemplates the realization of assets and the liquidation of liabilities in the normal course of business. We have no ongoing business or income and had a shareholders’ deficit of $49,961 as of December 31, 2018. These conditions raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. The financial statements do not include any adjustments to reflect the possible future effects on the recoverability and classification of assets or the amounts and classification of liabilities that may result from the outcome of these uncertainties. Our ability to continue as a going concern is dependent upon our ability to raise additional debt or equity funding to meet our ongoing operating expenses and ultimately in merging with another entity with experienced management and profitable operations. No assurances can be given that we will be successful in achieving these objectives.

 

NOTE 3. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

Basis of Presentation

 

The summary of significant accounting policies is presented to assist in the understanding of the financial statements. These policies conform to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and have been consistently applied. The accompanying financial statement reflect the operations of Stratus Capital Corporation, the sole surviving entity as a result of the reorganization and disposal activities described in Note 1, from its inception on June 28, 2018 through December 31, 2018. The Company has selected December 31 as its financial year end. The Company has not earned any revenue to date.

 

Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents

 

We maintain cash balances in a non-interest-bearing account that currently does not exceed federally insured limits. For the purpose of the statements of cash flows, all highly liquid investments with a maturity of three months or less are considered to be cash equivalents. As of December 31, 2018, our cash balance was $0.

 

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Related Party Transactions:

 

A related party is generally defined as (i) any person that holds 10% or more of our membership interests including such person's immediate families, (ii) our management, (iii) someone that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by or is under common control with us, or (iv) anyone who can significantly influence our financial and operating decisions. A transaction is considered to be a related party transaction when there is a transfer of resources or obligations between related parties. See Notes 5, 6 and 9 below for details of related party transactions in the period presented.

 

Fixed Assets:

 

We owned no fixed assets as of December 31, 2018.

 

Income Taxes:

 

The provision for income taxes is computed using the asset and liability method, under which deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the expected future tax consequences of temporary differences between the financial reporting and tax bases of assets and liabilities, and for operating losses and tax credit carry-forwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using the currently enacted tax rates that apply to taxable income in effect for the years in which those tax assets are expected to be realized or settled. We record a valuation allowance to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount that is believed more likely than not to be realized.

 

Uncertain Tax Positions:

 

We evaluate tax positions in a two-step process. We first determine whether it is more likely than not that a tax position will be sustained upon examination, based on the technical merits of the position. If a tax position meets the more-likely-than-not recognition threshold it is then measured to determine the amount of benefit to recognize in the financial statements. The tax position is measured as the largest amount of benefit that is greater than 50% likely of being realized upon ultimate settlement. We classify gross interest and penalties and unrecognized tax benefits that are not expected to result in payment or receipt of cash within one year as long term liabilities in the financial statements.

 

Revenue Recognition:

 

In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers. Since that date, the FASB has issued additional ASUs providing further revenue recognition guidance (collectively, “Topic 606”). Topic 606 clarifies the principles for recognizing revenues and costs related to obtaining and fulfilling customer contracts, with the objective of improving financial reporting. The core principle of Topic 606 is to recognize revenues when promised goods or services are transferred to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration the Company expects to receive in exchange for those goods or services. Topic 606 defines a five-step process to achieve this core principle, and more judgment and estimates are required under Topic 606 than were required under the prior generally accepted accounting principles of Topic 605, Revenue Recognition (“Topic 605”). In accordance with Topic 606, service revenues are recognized as the services are performed in proportion to the transfer of control to the customer and real estate revenues are recognized at the time of sale when consideration has been exchanged and title has been conveyed to the buyer.

 

During the period from June 28, 2018 (Inception) to December 31, 2018, we did not recognize any revenue.

 

Advertising Costs:

 

We expense advertising costs when advertisements occur.  No advertising costs were incurred during the period June 28, 2018 (Inception) to December 31, 2018.

 

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Stock Based Compensation:

 

The cost of equity instruments issued to non-employees in return for goods and services is measured by the fair value of the goods or services received or the measurement date fair value of the equity instruments issued, whichever is the more readily determinable, in accordance with ASC 505 Equity-Based Payments to Non-Employees. Measurement date for non-employees is the earlier of performance commitment date or the completion of services. The cost of employee services received in exchange for equity instruments is based on the grant date fair value of the equity instruments issued, in accordance with ASC 718 Compensation - Stock Compensation.

 

Net Loss per Share Calculation:

 

Basic net loss per common share ("EPS") is computed by dividing loss available to common stockholders by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted earnings per share is computed by dividing net income by the weighted average shares outstanding, assuming all dilutive potential common shares were issued. Dilutive loss per share excludes all potential common shares if their effect is anti-dilutive.

 

No potentially dilutive debt or equity instruments were issued or outstanding during the period June 28, 2018 to December 31, 2018.

 

Recently Accounting Pronouncements: 

 

We have reviewed all the recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting pronouncements and do not believe any of these pronouncements will have a material impact on our financial statements.

 

NOTE 4. GAIN ON DISPOSAL OF SUBSIDIARY COMPANY

 

Effective June 28, 2018, we disposed of 100% of the issued and outstanding share capital of our subsidiary company, Ashcroft Operations, Inc. to an independent third party (the “Purchaser”).

 

As of June 28, 2018, Ashcroft Operations, Inc. had no ongoing business or operations, no assets and liabilities totaling $312,426, $296,423 due under an IRS lien and $16,003 due to a related party.

 

As an inducement for the Purchaser to acquire Ashcroft Operations, Inc. with outstanding net liabilities of $312,426, we paid the Purchaser $1,000.

 

Accordingly, we recognized a net gain of $311,426 in respect of the disposal of the subsidiary company as Other Income in our statement of operations.

 

NOTE 5. ACCRUALS - RELATED PARTIES

 

As of December 31, 2018, a balance of $18,000 accrued compensation was due to our current officers and directors and $483 in accrued interest on the loan made to us by a partnership controlled by one of our directors and officers who is also our principal shareholder.

 

NOTE 6. NOTE PAYABLE – RELATED PARTY

 

During the period June 28, 2018 (Inception) to December 31, 2018, a partnership controlled by one of our directors and officers, who is also our principal shareholder, advanced to us $30,357 by way of a promissory note to finance our working capital requirements.

 

The promissory note is unsecured, due on demand and bears interest at 8% per annum.

 

As at December 31, 2018, the balance outstanding under the promissory note was $30,357.

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NOTE 7. INCOME TAXES

 

We did not provide any current or deferred US federal income tax provision or benefit for any of the period June 28, 2018 to December 31, 2018 as, after adjusting for the non-taxable gain on the sale of our subsidiary company, we incurred tax losses during the period.  When it is more likely than not, that a tax asset cannot be realized through future income, we must record an allowance against any future potential future tax benefit.  We have provided a full valuation allowance against the net deferred tax asset, consisting of net operating loss carry forwards, because management has determined that it is more likely than not that we will not earn income sufficient to realize the deferred tax assets during the carry forward periods.

 

The Company has not taken a tax position that, if challenged, would have a material effect on the financial statements for the period June 28, 2018 (Inception) to December 31, 2018 as defined under ASC 740, "Accounting for Income Taxes."  We did not recognize any adjustment to the liability for uncertain tax position and therefore did not record any adjustment to the beginning balance of the accumulated deficit on the balance sheet.

 

The provision for income taxes differs from the amount computed by applying the statutory federal income tax rate to income before provision for income taxes.

 

The sources and tax effects of the differences for the periods presented are as follows:

 

   Period from June 28, 2018 (Inception) to December 31, 2018
Statutory U.S. Federal Income Tax Rate   21%
State Income Taxes   5%
Change in Valuation Allowance   (26)%
Effective Income Tax Rate   0%

 

A reconciliation of the income taxes computed at the statutory rate is as follows:

 

   Period from June 28, 2018 (Inception) to December 31, 2018
Tax credit (expense) at statutory rate (26%)  $(11,041)
Non taxable gain on sale of subsidiary company   80,971 
Increase in valuation allowance   (69,930)
Net deferred tax assets  $—   

 

As of December 31, 2018, the Company had a federal net operating loss carryforward of approximately $268,961, which expire beginning in 2038. The annual offset of this carryforward loss against any future taxable profits may be limited under the provisions of Internal Revenue Code Section 381 upon any future change(s) in control of the Company.

 

NOTE 8. COMMITMENTS & CONTINGENCIES

 

Legal Proceedings

 

We were not subject to any legal proceedings during the period June 28, 2018 (Inception) to December 31, 2018, and, to the best of our knowledge, no legal proceedings are pending or threatened.

 

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Contractual Obligations

 

We rent a storage unit for $120 per month under a month to month agreement.

 

Effective October 1, 2018, we entered into three-year employment agreements with two of our directors and officers. Each individual is entitled to a salary of $36,000 per year and bonuses and stock options to be determined and issued at a later date.

 

NOTE 9. SHAREHOLDERS’ DEFICIT

 

Preferred Stock

 

As of December 31, 2018, we were authorized to issue 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock with a par value of $0.0001.

 

No shares of preferred stock were issued and outstanding as of June 28, 2018 (Inception), the effective date of the Holding Company Reorganization.

 

No shares of preferred stock were issued and outstanding during the period June 28, 2018 (Inception) to December 31, 2018.

 

No series of preferred stock or rights for preferred stock had been designated at December 31, 2018.

 

Common Stock

 

As of December 31, 2018, we were authorized to issue 25,000,000 shares of common stock with a par value of $0.0001.

 

As of June 28, 2018, the effective date of the reverse recapitalization, 17,525,481 shares of common stock were issued and outstanding in our predecessor company with a total par value of $1,753 and negative balance of additional paid in capital totaling $(314,179).

 

Effective September 30, 2018, we issued 4,000,000 shares of common stock as compensation to two of our directors and officers. We valued this stock issuance at $220,000 based on the share price of $0.055 as of the grant date.

 

As of December 31, 2018, 21,525,481 shares of common stock were issued and outstanding.

 

Warrants

 

No warrants were issued or outstanding during the period June 28, 2018 (Inception) to December 31, 2018.

 

Stock Options

 

We have an incentive stock option plan, which provides for the granting by the Board of Directors of stock options to directors and officers for the purchase of authorized but unissued common shares.

 

As of date of this filing, no stock options were issued and outstanding.

 

NOTE 10. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

 

The Company evaluated subsequent events after December 31, 2018, in accordance with FASB ASC 855 Subsequent Events, through the date of the issuance of these financial statements and has determined there have been no subsequent events for which disclosure is required other than as discussed below:

 

Effective January 17, 2019, we issued 1,000,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock, valued by an independent third-party

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valuation firm at $85,500 using a market approach, for consideration of $10,000 cash and $75,500 compensation expense to one of our directors and officers who is also our principal shareholder.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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STRATUS CAPITAL CORPORATION

 

CONDENSED UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

FOR THE THREE-MONTH PERIOD ENDED MARCH 31, 2019

 

 

 

 

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STRATUS CAPITAL CORPORATION

 

CONDENSED UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2019

 

C O N T E N T S

 

 

 
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CONDENSED UNAUDITED BALANCE SHEETS AS OF MARCH 31, 2019 AND DECEMBER 31, 2018 F-17
   
CONDENSED UNAUDITED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2019 F-18
   
CONDENSED UNAUDITED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ DEFICIT FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2019 F-19
   
CONDENSED UNAUDITED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2019 F-20
   
NOTES TO CONDENSED UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS F-21-F-26

 

 

 

 

 

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STRATUS CAPITAL CORPORATION
CONDENSED UNAUDITED BALANCE SHEETS
       
       
   MARCH 31,  DECEMBER 31,
   2019  2018
       
ASSETS   
       
Current Assets          
Cash and Cash Equivalents  $298   $—   
           
Total Current Assets   298    —   
           
Total Assets  $298   $—   
           
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' DEFICIT          
           
Current Liabilities          
Checks Drawn in Excess of Bank Balance  $—     $400 
Accounts Payable   347    721 
Accruals - Related Parties   37,157    18,483 
Note Payable - Related Party   39,441    30,357 
           
Total Current Liabilities   76,945    49,961 
           
Total Liabilities   76,945    49,961 
           
Commitments and Contingencies (Note 6)   —      —   
           
Shareholders' Deficit          
Preferred Stock, $0.0001 par value, 9,000,000 shares          
authorized, 0 issued and outstanding   —      —   
Series A Preferred Stock, $0.0001 par value, 1,000,000 shares          
authorized, 1,000,000 and 0 issued and outstanding, respectively   85,500    —   
Common Stock, $0.0001 par value, 25,000,000 shares          
authorized, 21,525,481 issued and outstanding   2,153    2,153 
Additional Paid in Capital   (94,579)   (94,579)
Retained Earnings (Accumulated Deficit)   (69,721)   42,465 
           
Total Shareholders' Deficit   (76,647)   (49,961)
           
Total Liabilities and Shareholders' Deficit  $298   $—   
           
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed unaudited financial statements

 

 

 

 

 

 

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STRATUS CAPITAL CORPORATION
CONDENSED UNAUDITED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
    
   THREE-MONTHS ENDED
   MARCH, 31
   2019
    
REVENUE  $—   
      
EXPENSES     
General and administrative expenses   111,512 
      
Total Expenses   111,512 
      
OPERATING LOSS   (111,512)
      
OTHER (INCOME) EXPENSE     
Interest - related party   674 
      
INCOME (LOSS) BEFORE TAXES   (112,186)
      
TAXES   —   
      
NET INCOME (LOSS)  $(112,186)
      
Net Income (Loss) per Common Share: Basic and Diluted  $(0.01)
      
Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding: Basic and Diluted   21,525,481 
      
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed unaudited financial statements

 

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STRATUS CAPITAL CORPORATION
CONDENSED UNAUDITED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS' DEFICIT
                      
                  Retained   
               Additional  Earnings /   
   Preferred Shares  Common Shares  Paid-In  (Accumulated   
   Shares  Amount  Shares  Amount  Capital  Deficit)  Total
                      
Balance at December 31, 2018   —     $—      21,525,481   $2,153   $(94,579)  $42,465   $(49,961)
                                    
Issuance of preferred shares   1,000,000    85,500    —      —      —      —      85,500 
                                    
Net loss for the quarter   —      —      —      —      —      (112,186)   (112,186)
                                    
Balance at March 31, 2019   1,000,000   $85,500    21,525,481   $2,153   $(94,579)  $(69,721)  $(76,647)
                                    
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed unaudited financial statements

 

 

 

 

 

 

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STRATUS CAPITAL CORPORATION
CONDENSED UNAUDITED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
    
   FOR THE
   THREE-MONTHS ENDED
   MARCH 31, 2019
    
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:     
      
Net (Loss)  $(112,186)
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) to     
net cash used in operating activities   —   
Preferred stock issued as compensation   75,500 
      
Changes in working capital items:     
Accounts payable   (374)
Accruals - related parties   18,674 
      
Net Cash Flows Used in Operating Activities   (18,386)
      
Net Cash Flows from Investing Activities   —   
      
Net Cash Flows from Financing Activities     
Checks drawn in excess of bank balance   (400)
Advances under note payable - related party   9,084 
Preferred stock issued for cash   10,000 
      
Net Cash Flows Provided by Financing Activities   18,684 
      
Net Change in Cash:   298 
      
Beginning Cash:  $—   
      
Ending Cash :  $298 
      
Supplemental Disclosures of Cash Flow Information:     
Cash paid for interest  $—   
Cash paid for tax  $—   
      
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed unaudited financial statements

 

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STRATUS CAPITAL CORPORATION

NOTES TO CONDENSED UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE THREE-MONTH PERIOD ENDED MARCH 31, 2019

 

NOTE 1. NATURE OF OPERATIONS

 

Nature of Business

 

Stratus Capital Corporation, a Delaware corporation, (“Stratus Capital,” “the Company,” “We," "Us" or “Our’) is a publicly-quoted real estate development company seeking to develop or redevelop residential, commercial or mixed-use properties.

 

History

 

Stratus Capital was incorporated in Delaware on April 13, 2018.

 

Effective June 28, 2018, following a corporate reorganization as described below (‘the Holding Company Reorganization” or ‘the reverse recapitalization”), Stratus Capital became the reorganized successor to Ashcroft Homes Corporation, a publicly-quoted real estate company that ceased trading in 2004.

 

Reorganization into a Holding Company Structure for Stratus Capital Corp, Inc., reorganization successor to Ashcroft Homes Corporation.

 

In May 2018, Ashcroft Homes Corporation, a Colorado corporation, redomiciled to Delaware by merging with its wholly-owned subsidiary, Ashcroft Homes Merger Co. (“ASHMC”), effective on June 15, 2018.

 

Pursuant to the Delaware Holding Company formation statute, DGCL Section 251(g), ASHMC entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization into a Holding Company with Stratus Capital Corporation (“Stratus Capital”) and Ashcroft Operations, Inc., (Ashcroft Operations, Inc.), wholly-owned subsidiaries of ASHMC, effective June 28, 2018.

 

The Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization into a Holding Company provided for the merger of ASHMC with and into Ashcroft Operations, Inc., with Ashcroft Operations, Inc. being the surviving corporation in the merger, as a subsidiary to Stratus Capital.

 

ASHMC ceased to exist as an independent legal entity following its merger with Ashcroft Operations, Inc.

 

The shareholders of ASHMC were converted, by the holding company reorganization, under the Agreement, to shareholders of Stratus Capital on a one for one basis pursuant to the Agreement and the Delaware Statute Sec. 251(g).

 

Ashcroft Operations, Inc., the surviving company of the merger with ASHMC, became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Stratus Capital, the holding company.

 

Stratus Capital became the parent holding company resulting under the Agreement, pursuant to Delaware General Corporation Law section 251(g), with its wholly owned subsidiary company, Ashcroft Operations, Inc., the surviving company of the merger with ASHMC.

 

As a result of the Holding Company Reorganization, shareholders in publicly quoted ASHMC (formerly the shareholders of Ashcroft Homes Corporation as of the date of the reorganization) became shareholders in the publicly quoted Stratus Capital.

 

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Ashcroft Operations, Inc, being the direct successor by the merger with ASHMC., became a subsidiary company of Stratus Capital.

 

Divestiture of Ashcroft Operations, Inc.

 

Effective June 29, 2018, Stratus Capital disposed of 100% of the issued share capital of its sole subsidiary company, Ashcroft Operations, Inc., to an unrelated third party for a $1,000 payment made to the purchaser to assume ownership of the subsidiary company with outstanding liabilities.


The Holding Company Reorganization has been accounted for so as to reflect the fact that both AHMC and Stratus Capital were under common control at the date of the Holding Company Reorganization.

 

NOTE 2. GOING CONCERN

 

Our financial statements are prepared using accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America applicable to a going concern, which contemplates the realization of assets and the liquidation of liabilities in the normal course of business. We have no ongoing business or income and for the three-month period ended March 31, 2019 incurred a loss of $112,186 and had an accumulated deficit of $69,721 as of March 31, 2019. These conditions raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. The financial statements do not include any adjustments to reflect the possible future effects on the recoverability and classification of assets or the amounts and classification of liabilities that may result from the outcome of these uncertainties. Our ability to continue as a going concern is dependent upon our ability to raise additional debt or equity funding to meet our ongoing operating expenses and ultimately in merging with another entity with experienced management and profitable operations. No assurances can be given that we will be successful in achieving these objectives.

 

NOTE 3. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

Basis of Presentation and Consolidation

 

The summary of significant accounting policies is presented to assist in the understanding of the financial statements. These policies conform to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and have been consistently applied. The accompanying financial statements reflect the operations of Stratus Capital Corporation, the sole surviving entity as a result of the reorganization and disposal activities described in Note 1, from its inception on June 28, 2018 through March 31, 2019. The Company has selected December 31 December as its financial year end. The Company has not earned any revenue to date.

 

Interim Financial Statements

 

The accompanying unaudited interim condensed financial statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP for interim financial information in accordance with Article 8 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. The accompanying condensed financial statements have been prepared by the Company without audit. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (which include only normal recurring adjustments) necessary to present fairly the financial position, results of operations, and cash flows at March 31, 2019 and for the related periods presented, have been included. The results for the three-month period ended March 31, 2019 are not necessarily indicative of the results of operations for the full year. These financial statements and related footnotes should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and footnotes thereto for the period from June 28, 2018 (Inception) to December 31, 2018.

 

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Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents

 

We maintain cash balances in a non-interest-bearing account that currently do not exceed federally insured limits. For the purpose of the statements of cash flows, all highly liquid investments with a maturity of three months or less are considered to be cash equivalents. As of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, our cash balance were $298 and $0, respectively.

 

Fair Value Measurements: 

 

ASC Topic 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures ("ASC 820"), provides a comprehensive framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosures which are required about fair value measurements.  Specifically, ASC 820 sets forth a definition of fair value and establishes a hierarchy prioritizing the inputs to valuation techniques, giving the highest priority to quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities and the lowest priority to unobservable value inputs.  ASC 820 defines the hierarchy as follows:

 

Level 1 – Quoted prices are available in active markets for identical assets or liabilities as of the reported date. The types of assets and liabilities included in Level 1 are highly liquid and actively traded instruments with quoted prices, such as equities listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

 

Level 2 – Pricing inputs are other than quoted prices in active markets but are either directly or indirectly observable as of the reported date.  The types of assets and liabilities in Level 2 are typically either comparable to actively traded securities or contracts or priced with models using highly observable inputs.

 

Level 3 – Significant inputs to pricing that are unobservable as of the reporting date.  The types of assets and liabilities included in Level 3 are those with inputs requiring significant management judgment or estimation, such as complex and subjective models and forecasts used to determine the fair value of financial transmission rights.

 

Our financial instruments consist of our cash, bank overdraft, accounts payable, accrued expenses - related parties and note payable – related party. The carrying amount of our bank overdraft, accounts payable, accrued expenses- related parties and note payable – related party approximates their fair values because of the short-term maturities of these instruments

 

Related Party Transactions:

 

A related party is generally defined as (i) any person that holds 10% or more of our membership interests including such person's immediate families, (ii) our management, (iii) someone that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by or is under common control with us, or (iv) anyone who can significantly influence our financial and operating decisions. A transaction is considered to be a related party transaction when there is a transfer of resources or obligations between related parties. See Notes 4, 5 and 8 below for details of related party transactions in the period presented.

 

Fixed Assets:

 

We owned no fixed assets as of March 31, 2019 or December 31, 2018.

 

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Income Taxes:

 

The provision for income taxes is computed using the asset and liability method, under which deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the expected future tax consequences of temporary differences between the financial reporting and tax bases of assets and liabilities, and for operating losses and tax credit carry-forwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using the currently enacted tax rates that apply to taxable income in effect for the years in which those tax assets are expected to be realized or settled. We record a valuation allowance to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount that is believed more likely than not to be realized.

 

Uncertain Tax Positions:

 

We evaluate tax positions in a two-step process. We first determine whether it is more likely than not that a tax position will be sustained upon examination, based on the technical merits of the position. If a tax position meets the more-likely-than-not recognition threshold, it is then measured to determine the amount of benefit to recognize in the financial statements. The tax position is measured as the largest amount of benefit that is greater than 50% likely of being realized upon ultimate settlement. We classify gross interest and penalties and unrecognized tax benefits that are not expected to result in payment or receipt of cash within one year as long-term liabilities in the financial statements.

 

Revenue Recognition:

 

In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers. Since that date, the FASB has issued additional ASUs providing further revenue recognition guidance (collectively, “Topic 606”). Topic 606 clarifies the principles for recognizing revenues and costs related to obtaining and fulfilling customer contracts, with the objective of improving financial reporting. The core principle of Topic 606 is to recognize revenues when promised goods or services are transferred to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration the Company expects to receive in exchange for those goods or services. Topic 606 defines a five-step process to achieve this core principle, and more judgment and estimates are required under Topic 606 than were required under the prior generally accepted accounting principles of Topic 605, Revenue Recognition. In accordance with Topic 606, service revenues are recognized as the services are performed in proportion to the transfer of control to the customer and real estate revenues are recognized at the time of sale when consideration has been exchanged and title has been conveyed to the buyer.

 

During the three-month period ended March 31, 2019, we did not recognize any revenue.

 

Advertising Costs:

 

We expense advertising costs when advertisements occur. No advertising costs were incurred during the three-month period ended March 31, 2019.

 

Stock-Based Compensation:

 

The cost of equity instruments issued to non-employees in return for goods and services is measured by the fair value of the goods or services received or the measurement date fair value of the equity instruments issued, whichever is the more readily determinable, in accordance with ASC 505 Equity-Based Payments to Non-Employees. Measurement date for non-employees is the earlier of performance commitment date or the completion of services. The cost of employee services received in exchange for equity instruments is based on the grant date fair value of the equity instruments issued, in accordance with ASC 718 Compensation - Stock Compensation.

 

Net Loss per Share Calculation:

 

Basic net loss per common share ("EPS") is computed by dividing loss available to common stockholders by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted earnings per share is computed by dividing net income by the weighted average shares outstanding, assuming all potentially dilutive common shares were

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issued. Dilutive loss per share excludes all potential common shares if their effect is anti-dilutive.

 

There were no potentially dilutive securities issued or outstanding during the three-months ended March 31, 2019.

 

Recently Accounting Pronouncements: 

 

We have reviewed all the recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting pronouncements and do not believe any of these pronouncements will have a material impact on our financial statements.

 

NOTE 4. ACCRUED EXPENSES - RELATED PARTIES

 

As of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, balances of $36,000 and $18,000, respectively, in accrued compensation were due to our current officers and directors. Further, $1,157 and $483, respectively, in accrued interest was accrued in respect of the loan made to us by a partnership controlled by one of our directors and officers who is also our principal shareholder (Note 5).

 

NOTE 5. NOTE PAYABLE – RELATED PARTY

 

During the three-month period ended March 31, 2019, a partnership controlled by one of our directors and officers, who is also our principal shareholder, advanced to us $9,084 by way of a promissory note to finance our working capital requirements.

 

The promissory note is unsecured, due on demand and bears interest at 8% per annum.

 

As of March 31, 2019, and December 31, 2018, the balance outstanding under the promissory note was $39,441 and $30,357, respectively.

 

NOTE 6. COMMITMENTS & CONTINGENCIES

 

Legal Proceedings

 

We were not subject to any legal proceedings during the three-month period ended March 31, 2019, and, to the best of our knowledge, no legal proceedings are pending or threatened.

 

Contractual Obligations

 

We rent a storage unit for $120 per month under a month to month agreement.

 

Effective October 1, 2018, we entered into three-year employment agreements with two of our directors and officers. Each individual is entitled to a salary of $36,000 per year and bonuses and stock options to be determined and issued at a later date.

 

NOTE 7. SHAREHOLDERS’ DEFICIT

 

Preferred Stock

 

As of March 31, 2019, we were authorized to issue 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock with a par value of $0.0001.

 

No shares of preferred stock were issued or outstanding as of December 31, 2018.

 

Series A Preferred Stock

 

Effective January 17, 2019, we issued 1,000,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock, valued by an independent third-party

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valuation firm using a market approach at $85,500, to one of our directors and officers who is also our principal shareholder, for cash consideration of $10,000 and services rendered of $75,500.

 

The shares of Series A Preferred Stock carry super majority voting rights such that they can vote the equivalent of 60% of common stock at all times.

 

As of March 31, 2019, 1,000,000 shares of Series A preferred stock were issued and outstanding.

 

No other series of preferred stock had been designated at March 31, 2019.

 

Common Stock

 

The Company is authorized to issue 25,000,000 shares of common stock with a par value of $0.0001.

 

As of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, 21,525,481 shares of common stock were issued and outstanding.

 

Stock Options

 

We have an incentive stock option plan, which provides for the granting by the Board of Directors of stock options to directors and officers for the purchase of authorized but unissued common shares. No stock options have been granted under this plan since its inception.

 

NOTE 8. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

 

The Company evaluated subsequent events after March 31, 2019, in accordance with FASB ASC 855 Subsequent Events, through the date of the issuance of these financial statements, and has determined there have been no subsequent events for which disclosure is required

 

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EXHIBIT 3.1

EXHIBIT 3.2 

 

BYLAWS

OF

STRATUS CAPITAL CORP.

 

Article I

SHAREHOLDERS

 

1. ANNUAL SHAREHOLDERS' MEETING. The annual shareholders' meeting shall be held on the date and at the time and place fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors.

 

2. SPECIAL SHAREHOLDERS' MEETING. A special shareholders' meeting for any purpose or purposes, may be called by the Board of Directors or the president. The Corporation shall also hold a special shareholders' meeting in the event it receives, in the manner specified in Article VII, Section 3, one or more written demands for the meeting, stating the purpose or purposes for which it is to be held, signed and dated by the holders of shares representing not less than one-tenth of all of the votes entitled to be cast on any issue at the meeting. Special meetings shall be held at the principal office of the Corporation or at such other place as the Board of Directors or the president may determine.

 

3. RECORD DATE FOR DETERMINATION OF SHAREHOLDERS.

 

(a) In order to make a determination of shareholders (1) entitled to notice of or to vote at any shareholders' meeting or at any adjournment of a shareholders' meeting, (2) entitled to demand a special shareholders' meeting, (3) entitled to take any other action, (4) entitled to receive payment of a share dividend or a distribution, or (5) for any other purpose; the Board of Directors may fix a future date as the record date for such determination of shareholders provided that the record date may be fixed not more than seventy days before the date of the proposed action.

 

(b) Unless otherwise specified when the record date is fixed, the time of day for determination of shareholders shall be as of the Corporation's close of business on the record date.

 

(c) A determination of shareholders entitled to be given notice of or to vote at a shareholders' meeting is effective for any adjournment of the meeting unless the Board of Directors fixes a new record date, which the Board shall do if the meeting is adjourned to a date more than one hundred twenty days after the date fixed for the original meeting.

 

(d) If no record date is otherwise fixed, the record date for determining shareholders entitled to be given notice of and to vote at an annual or special shareholders' meeting is the day before the first notice is given to shareholders.

 

(e) The record date for determining shareholders entitled to take action without a meeting pursuant to Article I, Section 10 is the date a written notice upon which the

 

action is taken is first received by the Corporation.

 

4. VOTING LIST.

 

(a) After a record date is fixed for a shareholders' meeting, the secretary shall prepare a list of the names of all its shareholders who are entitled to be given notice of the meeting. The list shall be arranged by voting groups and within each voting group by class or series of shares, shall be alphabetical within each class or series, and shall show the address of, and the number of shares of each such class and series that are held by, each shareholder.

 

(b) The shareholders' list shall be available for inspection by any shareholder, beginning the earlier of ten days before the meeting for which the list was prepared or two business days after notice of the meeting is given and continuing through the meeting, and any adjournment thereof, at the Corporation's principal office or at a place identified in the notice of the meeting in the city where the meeting will be held.

 

(c) The secretary shall make the shareholders' list available at the meeting, and any shareholder or agent or attorney of a shareholder is entitled to inspect the list at any time during the meeting or any adjournment.

 

5. NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

 

(a) The secretary shall give notice to shareholders of the date, time, and place of each annual and special shareholders' meeting no fewer than ten nor more than sixty days before the date of the meeting; except that, if the articles of incorporation are to be amended to increase the number of authorized shares, at least thirty days' notice shall be given. Except as otherwise required by the Delaware General Corporation Law, the secretary shall be required to give such notice only to shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting.

 

(b) Notice of an annual shareholders' meeting need not include a description of the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called unless a purpose of the meeting is to consider an amendment to the articles of incorporation, a restatement of the articles of incorporation, a plan of merger or share exchange, disposition of substantially all of the property of the Corporation, consent by the Corporation to the disposition of property by another entity, or dissolution of the Corporation.

 

(c) Notice of a special shareholders' meeting shall include a description of the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called.

 

(d) Notice of a shareholders' meeting shall be in writing and shall be given

 

 

(1) by deposit in the United States mail, properly addressed to the shareholder's address shown in the Corporation's current record of shareholders, first class postage prepaid, and, if so given, shall be effective when mailed; or

 

(2) by telegraph, teletype, electronically transmitted facsimile, electronic mail, mail, or private carrier or by personal delivery to the shareholder, and, if so given, shall be effective when actually received by the shareholder.

 

(e) If an annual or special shareholders' meeting is adjourned to a different date, time, or place, notice need not be given of the new date, time, or place if the new date, time, or place is announced at the meeting before adjournment; provided, however, that, if a new record date for the adjourned meeting is fixed pursuant to Article I, Section 3(c), notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to persons who are shareholders as of the new record date.

 

(f) If three successive notices are given by the Corporation, whether with respect to a shareholders' meeting or otherwise, to a shareholder and are returned as undeliverable, no further notices to such shareholder shall be necessary until another address for the shareholder is made known to the Corporation.

 

6. QUORUM. Shares entitled to vote as a separate voting group may take action on a matter at a meeting only if a quorum of those shares exists with respect to that matter. One-third of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter by the voting group shall constitute a quorum of that voting group for action on the matter. If a quorum does not exist with respect to any voting group, the president or any shareholder or proxy that is present at the meeting, whether or not a member of that voting group, may adjourn the meeting to a different date, time, or place, and (subject to the next sentence) notice need not be given of the new date, time, or place if the new date, time, or place is announced at the meeting before adjournment. If a new record date for the adjourned meeting is or must be fixed pursuant to Article I, Section 3(c), notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given pursuant to Article I, Section 5 to persons who are shareholders as of the new record date. At any adjourned meeting at which a quorum exists, any matter may be acted upon that could have been acted upon at the meeting originally called; provided, however, that, if new notice is given of the adjourned meeting, then such notice shall state the purpose or purposes of the adjourned meeting sufficiently to permit action on such matters. Once a share is represented for any purpose at a meeting, including the purpose of determining that a quorum exists, it is deemed present for quorum purposes for the remainder of the meeting and for any adjournment of that meeting unless a new record date is or shall be set for that adjourned meeting.

 

7. VOTING ENTITLEMENT OF SHARES. Except as stated in the articles of incorporation, each outstanding share, regardless of class, is entitled to one vote, and each fractional share is entitled to a corresponding fractional vote, on each matter voted on at a shareholders' meeting.

 

 

8. PROXIES; ACCEPTANCE OF VOTES AND CONSENTS.

 

(a) A shareholder may vote either in person or by proxy.

 

(b) An appointment of a proxy is not effective against the Corporation until the appointment is received by the Corporation. An appointment is valid for eleven months unless a different period is expressly provided in the appointment form.

 

(c) The Corporation may accept or reject any appointment of a proxy, revocation of appointment of a proxy, vote, consent, waiver, or other writing purportedly signed by or for a shareholder, if such acceptance or rejection is in accordance with the provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law.

 

9. WAIVER OF NOTICE.

 

(a) A shareholder may waive any notice required by the Delaware General Corporation Law, the articles of incorporation or these bylaws, whether before or after the date or time stated in the notice as the date or time when any action will occur or has occurred. The waiver shall be in writing, be signed by the shareholder entitled to the notice, and be delivered to the Corporation for inclusion in the minutes or filing with the corporate records, but such delivery and filing shall not be conditions of the effectiveness of the waiver.

 

(b) A shareholder's attendance at a meeting waives objection to lack of notice or defective notice of the meeting, unless the shareholder at the beginning of the meeting objects to holding the meeting or transacting business at the meeting because of lack of notice or defective notice, and waives objection to consideration of a particular matter at the meeting that is not within the purpose or purposes described in the meeting notice, unless the shareholder objects to considering the matter when it is presented.

 

10. ACTION BY SHAREHOLDERS WITHOUT A MEETING. Whenever the vote of stockholders at a meeting thereof is required or permitted to be taken in connection with corporate action, by any provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law or the Certificate of Incorporation, the meeting and vote of stockholders may be dispensed with, if a majority of the stockholders who would have been entitled to vote upon the action if such meeting were held, shall consent in writing to such corporate action being taken, as allowed. Action taken pursuant to this section shall be effective when the Corporation has received writings that describe and consent to the action, signed by a majority of the shareholders entitled to vote thereon. Action taken pursuant to this section shall be effective as of the date the last writing necessary to effect the action is received by the Corporation, unless all of the writings necessary to effect the action specify another date, which may be before or after the date the writings are received by the Corporation. Such action shall have the same effect as action taken at a meeting of shareholders

 

and may be described as such in any document. Any shareholder who has signed a writing describing and consenting to action taken pursuant to this section may revoke such consent by a writing signed by the shareholder describing the action and stating that the shareholder's prior consent thereto is revoked, if such writing is received by the Corporation before the effectiveness of the action.

 

11. MEETINGS BY TELECOMMUNICATIONS. To the extent provided by resolution of the Board of Directors or in the notice of the meeting, any or all of the shareholders may participate in an annual or special shareholders' meeting by, or the meeting may be conducted through the use of, any means of communication by which all persons participating in the meeting may hear each other during the meeting. A shareholder participating in a meeting by this means is deemed to be present in person at the meeting.

 

Article II

DIRECTORS

 

1. AUTHORITY OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. The corporate powers shall be exercised by or under the authority of, and the business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed under the direction of, a Board of Directors.

 

2. NUMBER. Subject to the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation, the number of directors shall be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors from time to time and may be increased or decreased by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors from time to time, but no decrease in the number of directors shall have the effect of shortening the term of any incumbent director. The number of directors shall be no less than three directors in order to carry out any business other than appointment of a replacement director to fill a vacancy on the Board.

 

3. QUALIFICATION. Directors shall be natural persons at least eighteen years old but need not be residents of the State of Delaware or shareholders of the Corporation.

 

4. ELECTION. The Board of Directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of the shareholders or at a special meeting called for that purpose.

 

5. TERM. Each director shall be elected to hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until the director's successor is elected and qualified unless the directors are appointed to staggered terms as provided in the Articles of Incorporation. In such case, the terms of the directors shall expire as set forth in the Articles of Incorporation

 

6. RESIGNATION. A director may resign at any time by giving written notice of his or her resignation to any other director or (if the director is not also the secretary) to the secretary. The resignation shall be effective when it is received by the other director or secretary, as the case may be, unless the notice of resignation specifies a later effective date. Acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective unless the notice so provides.

 

 

7. REMOVAL. Any director may be removed by the shareholders of the voting group that elected the director, with or without cause, at a meeting called, Notice of which includesthat purpose. The notice of the meeting shall state that the purpose, or one of the purposes, of the meeting is removal of the director. A director may be removed only if the number of votes cast in favor of removal exceeds the number of votes cast against removal.

 

8. VACANCIES.

 

(a) If a vacancy occurs on the Board of Directors, including a vacancy resulting from an increase in the number of directors:

 

(1) The shareholders may fill the vacancy at the next annual meeting or at a special meeting called for that purpose; or

 

(2) The Board of Directors may fill the vacancy; or

 

(3) If the directors remaining in office constitute fewer than a quorum of the Board, they may fill the vacancy by the affirmative vote of a majority of all the directors remaining in office.

 

(b) Notwithstanding Article II, Section 8(a), if the vacant office was held by a director elected by a voting group of shareholders, then, if one or more of the remaining directors were elected by the same voting group, only such directors are entitled to vote to fill the vacancy if it is filled by directors, and they may do so by the affirmative vote of a majority of such directors remaining in office; and only the holders of shares of that voting group are entitled to vote to fill the vacancy if it is filled by the shareholders.

 

(c) A vacancy that will occur at a specific later date, by reason of a resignation that will become effective at a later date under Article II, Section 6 or otherwise, may be filled before the vacancy occurs, but the new director may not take office until the vacancy occurs.

 

9. MEETINGS. The Board of Directors may hold regular or special meetings in or out of Delaware. A regular meeting shall be held in the principal office of the Corporation or at such other place, on such date or dates, and at such time as may be established by resolution of the Board of Directors. If the Board shall establish a date and time for a regular meeting of the Board, such meeting may be held without notice of the date, time, place, or purpose of the meeting The Board of Directors may, by resolution, establish other dates, times and places for additional regular meetings, which may thereafter be held without further notice. Special meetings may be called by the president or by any two directors and shall be held at the principal office of the Corporation unless another place is consented to by every director. At any time when the Board consists of a single director, that director may act at any time, date, or place

 

without notice.

 

10. NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING. Notice of a special meeting shall be given to every director at least twenty four hours before the time of the meeting, stating the date, time, and place of the meeting. The notice need not describe the purpose of the meeting. Notice may be given orally to the director, personally or by telephone or other wire or wireless communication. Notice may also be given in writing by telegraph, teletype, electronically transmitted facsimile, electronic mail, mail, or private carrier. Notice shall be effective at the earliest of the time it is received; five days after it is deposited in the United States mail, properly addressed to the last address for the director shown on the records of the Corporation, first class postage prepaid; or the date shown on the return receipt if mailed by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, in the United States mail and if the return receipt is signed by the director to which the notice is addressed.

 

11. QUORUM. Except as provided in Article II, Section 8, a majority of the number of directors fixed in accordance with these Bylaws shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at all meetings of the Board of Directors. The act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors, except as otherwise specifically required by law.

 

12. WAIVER OF NOTICE.

 

(a) A director may waive any notice of a meeting before or after the time and date of the meeting stated in the notice. Except as provided by Article II, Section 12(b), the waiver shall be in writing and shall be signed by the director. Such waiver shall be delivered to the secretary for filing with the corporate records, but such delivery and filing shall not be conditions of the effectiveness of the waiver.

 

(b) A director's attendance at or participation in a meeting waives any required notice to him or her of the meeting unless, at the beginning of the meeting or promptly upon his or her later arrival, the director objects to holding the meeting or transacting business at the meeting because of lack of notice or defective notice and does not thereafter vote for or assent to action taken at the meeting.

 

13. ATTENDANCE BY TELEPHONE. One or more directors may participate in a regular or special meeting by, or conduct the meeting through the use of, any means of communication by which all directors participating may hear each other during the meeting. A director participating in a meeting by this means is deemed to be present in person at the meeting.

 

14. DEEMED ASSENT TO ACTION. A director who is present at a meeting of the Board of Directors when corporate action is taken shall be deemed to have assented to all action taken at the meeting unless:

 

 

(1) The director objects at the beginning of the meeting, or promptly upon his or her arrival, to holding the meeting or transacting business at the meeting and does not thereafter vote for or assent to any action taken at the meeting;

 

(2) The director contemporaneously requests that his or her dissent or abstention as to any specific action taken be entered in the minutes of the meeting; or

 

(3) The director causes written notice of his or her dissent or abstention as to any specific action to be received by the presiding officer of the meeting before adjournment of the meeting or by the secretary (or, if the director is the secretary, by another director) promptly after adjournment of the meeting. The right of dissent or abstention pursuant to this Article II, Section 14 as to a specific action is not available to a director who votes in favor of the action taken.

 

15. ACTION BY DIRECTORS WITHOUT A MEETING. Any action required or permitted by law to be taken at a Board of Directors' meeting may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board consent to such action in writing. Action shall be deemed to have been so taken by the Board at the time the last director signs a written consent the action taken, unless, before such time, any director has revoked his or her consent by a written notice of revocation by the director and received by the secretary or any other person authorized by the bylaws or the Board of Directors to receive such a revocation. Such action shall be effective at the time and date it is so taken unless the directors establish a different effective time or date. Such action has the same effect as action taken at a meeting of directors and may be described as such in any document.

 

16. NOMINATIONS OF DIRECTORS.

 

(a) The Board of Directors may nominate persons to stand for election to the Board of Directors at any time prior to a meeting of shareholders at which directors are to be elected.

 

(b) Any shareholder may nominate a person to stand for election to the Board of Directors provided such shareholder provides written notification of the intention to nominate such persons at the next shareholder meeting not less than 90 days in advance of such meeting, and provided further such notice is accompanied by information regarding the proposed nominee meeting the requirements of part III of SEC Regulation SB or Regulation SK and information regarding all direct and indirect business or personal relationships between the shareholder and the proposed nominee.

 

 

Article III

COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

1. COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

 

(a) Subject to the provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the Board of Directors may create one or more committees and appoint one or more members of the Board of Directors to serve on them. The creation of a committee and appointment of members to it shall require the approval of a majority of all the directors in office when the action is taken, whether or not those directors constitute a quorum of the Board.

 

(b) The provisions of these bylaws governing meetings, action without meeting, notice, waiver of notice, and quorum and voting requirements of the Board of Directors apply to committees and their members as well.

 

(c) To the extent specified by resolution adopted from time to time by a majority of all the directors in office when the resolution is adopted, whether or not those directors constitute a quorum of the Board, each committee shall exercise the authority of the Board of Directors with respect to the corporate powers and the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation; except that a committee shall not:

 

(1) Authorize distributions;

 

(2) Approve or propose to shareholders action that the Delaware General Corporation Law requires to be approved by shareholders;

 

(3) Fill vacancies on the Board of Directors or on any of its committees;

 

(4) Amend the articles of incorporation pursuant to the Delaware General Corporation Law;

 

(5) Adopt, amend, or repeal bylaws;

 

(6) Approve a plan of merger not requiring shareholder approval;

 

(7) Authorize or approve reacquisition of shares, except according to a formula or method prescribed by the Board of Directors; or

 

(8) Authorize or approve the issuance or sale of shares, or a contract for the sale of shares, or determine the designation and relative rights, preferences, and limitations of a class or series of shares; except that the Board of Directors may authorize a committee or an officer to do so within limits specifically

 

prescribed by the Board of Directors.

 

(d) The creation of, delegation of authority to, or action by, a committee does not alone constitute compliance by a director with applicable standards of conduct.

 

Article IV

OFFICERS

 

1. GENERAL.

 

(a) The Corporation shall have as officers a president and a secretary, each of whom who shall be appointed by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may appoint as additional officers a chairman and other officers of the Board.

 

(b) The Board of Directors, the president, and such other subordinate officers as the Board of Directors may authorize from time to time, acting singly, may appoint as additional officers one or more vice presidents, assistant secretaries, assistant treasurers, and such other subordinate officers as the Board of Directors, the president, or such other appointing officers deem necessary or appropriate.

 

(c) The officers of the Corporation shall hold their offices for such terms and shall exercise such authority and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by these Bylaws, the Board of Directors, or (with respect to officers whom are appointed by the president or other appointing officers) the persons appointing them; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may change the term of offices and the authority of any officer appointed by the president or other appointing officers.

 

(d) Any two or more offices may be held by the same person. The officers of the Corporation shall be natural persons at least eighteen years old.

 

2. TERM. Each officer shall hold office from the time of appointment until the time of removal or resignation pursuant to Article IV, Section 3 or until the officer's death.

 

3. REMOVAL AND RESIGNATION. Any officer appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed at any time by the Board of Directors. Any officer appointed by the president or other appointing officer may be removed at any time by the Board of Directors or by the person appointing the officer. Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice of resignation to any director (or to any director other than the resigning officer if the officer is also a director), to the president, to the secretary, or to the officer who appointed the officer. Acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective, unless the notice so provides.

 

4. PRESIDENT. The president shall preside at all meetings of shareholders, and shall also

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preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors unless the Board of Directors has appointed a chairman, vice chairman, or other officer of the Board and has authorized such person to preside at meetings of the Board of Directors instead of the president. Subject to the direction and control of the Board of Directors, the president of the Corporation shall have general and active management of the business of the Corporation and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect. The president may negotiate, enter into, and execute contracts, deeds, and other instruments on behalf of the Corporation as are necessary and appropriate to the conduct to the business and affairs of the Corporation or as are approved by the Board of Directors. The president shall have such additional authority and duties as are appropriate and customary for the office of president, except as the same may be expanded or limited by the Board of Directors from time to time.

 

5. VICE PRESIDENT. The vice president, if any, or, if there are more than one, the vice presidents in the order determined by the Board of Directors or the president (or, if no such determination is made, in the order of their appointment), shall be the officer or officers next in seniority after the president. Each vice president shall have such authority and duties as are prescribed by the Board of Directors or president. Upon the death, absence, or disability of the president, the vice president, if any, or, if there are more than one, the vice presidents in the order determined by the Board of Directors or the president, shall have the authority and duties of the president.

 

6. SECRETARY. The secretary shall be responsible for the preparation and maintenance of minutes of the meetings of the Board of Directors and of the shareholders and of the other records and information required to be kept by the Corporation under the Delaware General Corporation Law and for authenticating records of the corporation. The secretary shall also give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the shareholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors, keep the minutes of such meetings, have charge of the corporate seal, if any, and have authority to affix the corporate seal to any instrument requiring it (and, when so affixed, it may be attested by the secretary's signature), be responsible for the maintenance of all other corporate records and files and for the preparation and filing of reports to governmental agencies (other than tax returns), and have such other authority and duties as are appropriate and customary for the office of secretary, except as the same may be expanded or limited by the Board of Directors from time to time.

 

7. ASSISTANT SECRETARY. The assistant secretary, if any, or, if there are more than one, the assistant secretaries in the order determined by the Board of Directors or the secretary (or, if no such determination is made, in the order of their appointment) shall, under the supervision of the secretary, perform such duties and have such authority as may be prescribed from time to time by the Board of Directors or the secretary. Upon the death, absence, or disability of the secretary, the assistant secretary, if any, or, if there are more than one, the assistant secretaries in the order designated by the Board of Directors or the secretary (or, if no such determination is made, in the order of their appointment), shall have the authority and duties of the secretary.

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8. TREASURER. The treasurer, if any, shall have control of the funds and the care and custody of all stocks, bonds, and other securities owned by the Corporation, and shall be responsible for the preparation and filing of tax returns. The treasurer shall receive all moneys paid to the Corporation and, subject to any limits imposed by the Board of Directors, shall have authority to give receipts and vouchers, to sign and endorse checks and warrants in the Corporation's name and on the Corporation's behalf, and give full discharge for the same. The treasurer shall also have charge of disbursement of funds of the Corporation, shall keep full and accurate records of the receipts and disbursements, and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in such depositories as shall be designated by the Board of Directors. The treasurer shall have such additional authority and duties as are appropriate and customary for the office of treasurer, except as the same may be expanded or limited by the Board of Directors from time to time.

 

9. COMPENSATION. Officers shall receive such compensation for their services as may be authorized or ratified by the Board of Directors. Election or appointment of an officer shall not of itself create a contractual right to compensation for services performed as such officer.

 

Article V

INDEMNIFICATION

 

1. DEFINITIONS. As used in this article:

 

(a) "Corporation" includes any domestic or foreign entity that is a predecessor of the Corporation by reason of a merger or other transaction in which the predecessor's existence ceased upon consummation of the transaction.

 

(b) "Director" means an individual who is or was a director of the Corporation or an individual who, while a director of the Corporation, is or was serving at the Corporation's request as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee, fiduciary, or agent of another domestic or foreign corporation or other person or of an employee benefit plan. A director is considered to be serving an employee benefit plan at the Corporation's request if his or her duties to the Corporation also impose duties on, or otherwise involve services by, the director to the plan or to participants in or beneficiaries of the plan. "Director" includes, unless the context requires otherwise, the estate or personal representative of a director.

 

(c) "Expenses" includes counsel fees.

 

(d) "Liability" means the obligation incurred with respect to a proceeding to pay a judgment, settlement, penalty, fine, including an excise tax assessed with respect to an employee benefit plan, or reasonable expenses.

 

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(e) "Official capacity" means, when used with respect to a director, the office of director in the Corporation and, when used with respect to a person other than a director as contemplated in Article V, Section 2(a), the office in the Corporation held by the officer or the employment, fiduciary, or agency relationship undertaken by the employee, fiduciary, or agent on behalf of the Corporation. "Official capacity" does not include service for any other domestic or foreign corporation or other person or employee benefit plan.

 

(f) "Party" includes a person who was, is, or is threatened to be made a named defendant or respondent in a proceeding.

 

(g) "Proceeding" means any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative and whether formal or informal.

 

2. AUTHORITY TO INDEMNIFY DIRECTORS.

 

(a) Except as provided in Article V, Section 2(d), the Corporation may indemnify a person made a party to a proceeding because the person is or was a director against liability incurred in the proceeding if:

 

(1) The person conducted himself or herself in good faith; and

 

(2) The person reasonably believed:

 

(A) In the case of conduct in an official capacity with the Corporation, that his or her conduct was in the Corporation's best interests; and

 

(B) In all other cases, that his or her conduct was at least not opposed to the Corporation's best interests; and

 

(3) In the case of any criminal proceeding, the person had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.

 

(b) A director's conduct with respect to an employee benefit plan for a purpose the director reasonably believed to be in the interests of the participants in or beneficiaries of the plan is conduct that satisfies the requirement of Article V, Section 2(a)(2)(B). A director's conduct with respect to an employee benefit plan for a purpose that the director did not reasonably believe to be in the interests of the participants in or beneficiaries of the plan shall be deemed not to satisfy the requirements of Article V, Section 2(a)(1).

 

(c) The termination of a proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or

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upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent is not, of itself, determinative that the director did not meet the standard of conduct described in this Article V, Section 2.

 

(d) The Corporation may not indemnify a director under this Article V, Section 2:

 

(1) In connection with a proceeding by or in the right of the Corporation in which the director was adjudged liable to the Corporation; or

 

(2) In connection with any other proceeding charging that the director derived an improper personal benefit, whether or not involving action in an official capacity, in which proceeding the director was adjudged liable on the basis that he or she derived an improper personal benefit.

 

(e) Indemnification permitted under this Article V, Section 2 in connection with a proceeding by or in the right of the Corporation is limited to reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the proceeding.

 

3. MANDATORY INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS. The Corporation shall indemnify a person who was wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding to which the person was a party because the person is or was a director, against reasonable expenses incurred by him or her in connection with the proceeding.

 

4. ADVANCE OF EXPENSES TO DIRECTORS.

 

(a) The Corporation may pay for or reimburse the reasonable expenses incurred by a director who is a party to a proceeding in advance of final disposition of the proceeding if:

 

(1) The director furnishes to the Corporation a written affirmation of the director's good faith belief that he or she has met the standard of conduct described in Article V, Section 2.

 

(2) The director furnishes to the Corporation a written undertaking, executed personally or on the director's behalf, to repay the advance if it is ultimately determined that he or she did not meet the standard of conduct; and

 

(3) A determination is made that the facts then known to those making the determination would not preclude indemnification under this article.

 

(b) The undertaking required by Article V, Section 4(a)(2) shall be an unlimited general obligation of the director but need not be secured and may be accepted without reference to financial ability to make repayment.

 

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(c) Determinations and authorizations of payments under this Article V, Section 4 shall be made in the manner specified in Article V, Section 6.

 

5. COURT-ORDERED INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS. A director who is or was a party to a proceeding may apply for indemnification to the court conducting the proceeding or to another court of competent jurisdiction. On receipt of an application, the court, after giving any notice the court considers necessary, may order indemnification in the following manner:

 

(1) If it determines that the director is entitled to mandatory indemnification under Article V, Section 3, the court shall order indemnification, in which case the court shall also order the Corporation to pay the director's reasonable expenses incurred to obtain court-ordered indemnification.

 

(2) If it determines that the director is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification in view of all the relevant circumstances, whether or not the director met the standard of conduct set forth in Article V, Section 2(a) or was adjudged liable in the circumstances described in Article V, Section 2(d), the court may order such indemnification as the court deems proper; except that the indemnification with respect to any proceeding in which liability shall have been adjudged in the circumstances described in Article V, Section 2(d) is limited to reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the proceeding and reasonable expenses incurred to obtain court-ordered indemnification.

 

6. DETERMINATION AND AUTHORIZATION OF INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS.

 

(a) The Corporation may not indemnify a director under Article V, Section 2 unless authorized in the specific case after a determination has been made that indemnification of the director is permissible in the circumstances because the director has met the standard of conduct set forth in Article V, Section 2. The Corporation shall not advance expenses to a director under Article V, Section 4 unless authorized in the specific case after the written affirmation and undertaking required by Article V, Section 4(a)(1) and 4(a)(2) are received and the determination required by Article V, Section 4(a)(3) has been made.

 

(b) The determinations required by Article V, Section 6(a) shall be made:

 

(1) By the Board of Directors by a majority vote of those present at a meeting at which a quorum is present, and only those directors not parties to the proceeding shall be counted in satisfying the quorum; or

 

(2) If a quorum cannot be obtained, by a majority vote of a committee of the Board of Directors designated by the Board of Directors, which committee shall consist of two or more directors not parties to the proceeding; except that

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directors who are parties to the proceeding may participate in the designation of directors for the committee.

 

(c) If a quorum cannot be obtained as contemplated in Article V, Section 6(b)(1), and a committee cannot be established under Article V, Section 6(b)(2) if a quorum is obtained or a committee is designated, if a majority of the directors constituting such quorum or such committee so directs, the determination required to be made by Article V, Section 6(a) shall be made:

 

(1) By independent legal counsel selected by a vote of the Board of Directors or the committee in the manner specified in Article V, Section 6(b)(1) or 6(b)(2), or, if a quorum of the full Board cannot be obtained and a committee cannot be established, by independent legal counsel selected by a majority vote of the full Board of Directors; or

 

(2) By the shareholders.

 

(d) Authorization of indemnification and advance of expenses shall be made in the same manner as the determination that indemnification or advance of expenses is permissible; except that, if the determination that indemnification or advance of expenses is permissible is made by independent legal counsel, authorization of indemnification and advance of expenses shall be made by the body that selected such counsel.

 

7. INDEMNIFICATION OF OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, FIDUCIARIES, AND AGENTS.

 

(a) An officer is entitled to mandatory indemnification under Article V, Section 3 and is entitled to apply for court-ordered indemnification under Article V, Section 5, in each case to the same extent as a director;

 

(b) The Corporation may indemnify and advance expenses to an officer, employee, fiduciary, or agent of the Corporation to the same extent as to a director; and

 

(c) The Corporation may also indemnify and advance expenses to an officer, employee, fiduciary, or agent who is not a director to a greater extent than is provided in these bylaws, if not inconsistent with public policy, and if provided for by general or specific action of its Board of Directors or shareholders or by contract.

 

8. INSURANCE. The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of a person who is or was a director, officer, employee, fiduciary, or agent of the Corporation, or who, while a director, officer, employee, fiduciary, or agent of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee, fiduciary, or agent of another domestic or foreign corporation or other person or of an employee benefit plan, against

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liability asserted against or incurred by the person in that capacity or arising from his or her status as a director, officer, employee, fiduciary, or agent, whether or not the Corporation would have power to indemnify the person against the same liability under Article V, Sections 2, 3, or 7. Any such insurance may be procured from any insurance company designated by the Board of Directors, whether such insurance company is formed under the laws of this state or any other jurisdiction of the United States or elsewhere, including any insurance company in which the Corporation has an equity or any other interest through stock ownership or otherwise.

 

9. NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS OF INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTOR. If the Corporation indemnifies or advances expenses to a director under this article in connection with a proceeding by or in the right of the Corporation, the Corporation shall give written notice of the indemnification or advance to the shareholders with or before the notice of the next shareholders' meeting. If the next shareholder action is taken without a meeting at the instigation of the Board of Directors, such notice shall be given to the shareholders at or before the time the first shareholder signs a writing consenting to such action.

 

Article VI

SHARES

 

1. CERTIFICATES. Certificates representing shares of the capital stock of the Corporation shall be in such form as is approved by the Board of Directors and shall be signed by the chairman or vice chairman of the Board of Directors (if any), or the president and by the secretary or an assistant secretary or the treasurer or an assistant treasurer. All certificates shall be consecutively numbered, and the names of the owners, the number of shares, and the date of issue shall be entered on the books of the Corporation. Each certificate representing shares shall state upon its face

 

(a) That the Corporation is organized under the laws of the State of Delaware;

 

(b) The name of the person to whom issued;

 

(c) The number and class of the shares and the designation of the series, if any, that the certificate represents;

 

(d) The par value, if any, of each share represented by the certificate;

 

(e) Any restrictions imposed by the Corporation upon the transfer of the shares represented by the certificate; and

 

(f) Other matters required to be stated on the certificates by the Delaware General Corporation Law, ss. 7-106-206 and other applicable sections.

 

2. FACSIMILE SIGNATURES. Where a certificate is signed

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(a) By a transfer agent other than the Corporation or its employee, or

 

(b) By a registrar other than the Corporation or its employee, any or all of the officers' signatures on the certificate required by Article VI, Section 1 may be a facsimile. If any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed, or whose facsimile signature or signatures have been placed upon, any certificate, shall cease to be such officer, transfer agent, or registrar, whether because of death, resignation, or otherwise, before the certificate is issued by the Corporation, it may nevertheless be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if he or she were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.

 

3. TRANSFERS OF SHARES. Transfers of shares shall be made on the books of the Corporation only upon presentation of the certificate or certificates representing such shares properly endorsed by the person or persons appearing upon the face of such certificate to be the owner, or accompanied by a proper transfer or assignment separate from the certificate, except as may otherwise be expressly provided by the statutes of the State of Delaware or by order of a court of competent jurisdiction. The officers or transfer agents of the Corporation may, in their discretion, require a signature guaranty before making any transfer. The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the person in whose name any shares are registered on its books as the owner of those shares for all purposes and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim or interest in the shares on the part of any other person, whether or not the Corporation shall have notice of such claim or interest.

 

4. SHARES HELD FOR ACCOUNT OF ANOTHER. The Board of Directors may adopt by resolution a procedure whereby a shareholder of the Corporation may certify in writing to the Corporation that all or a portion of the shares registered in the name of such shareholder are held for the account of a specified person or persons. The resolution shall set forth

 

(a) The classification of shareholders who may certify;

 

(b) The purpose or purposes for which the certification may be made;

 

(c) The form of certification and information to be contained herein;

 

(d) If the certification is with respect to a record date or closing of the stock transfer books, the time after the record date or the closing of the stock transfer books within which the certification must be received by the Corporation; and

 

(e) Such other provisions with respect to the procedure as are deemed necessary or desirable. Upon receipt by the Corporation of a certification complying with the procedure, the persons specified in the certification shall be deemed, for the purpose or purposes set forth in the certification, to be the holders of record of the number of shares

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specified in place of the shareholder making the certification.

 

Article VII

MISCELLANEOUS

 

1. CORPORATE SEAL. The Board of Directors may adopt a seal, circular in form and bearing the name of the Corporation and the words "SEAL" and "DELAWARE," which, when adopted, shall constitute the seal of the Corporation. The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile of it to be impressed, affixed, manually reproduced, or rubber stamped with indelible ink. Even if the Corporation has adopted a corporate seal, properly authorized actions of the Corporation are effective whether or not any writing evidencing such action is sealed.

 

2. FISCAL YEAR. The Board of Directors may, by resolution, adopt a fiscal year for the Corporation.

 

3. RECEIPT OF NOTICES BY THE CORPORATION. Notices, shareholder writings consenting to action, and other documents or writings shall be deemed to have been received by the Corporation when they are received

 

(a) At the registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware;

 

(b) At the principal office of the Corporation (as that office is designated in the most recent document filed by the Corporation with the Secretary of State for the State of Delaware designating a principal office) addressed to the attention of the secretary of the Corporation;

 

(c) By the secretary of the corporation wherever the secretary may be found; or

 

(d) By any other person authorized from time to time by the Board of Directors, the president, or the secretary to receive such writings, wherever such person is found.

 

4. FACSIMILE SIGNATURE. Where, under these Bylaws or under the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended, a signature of a director, officer or shareholder of the Corporation is required, such signature may be presented either in original form or by a facsimile copy thereof, to the extent permitted by law.

 

5. AMENDMENT OF BYLAWS. These Bylaws may at any time and from time to time be amended, supplemented, or repealed by the Board of Directors.

 

Duly adopted ________________, 2018

 

By: _____________________________

Richard Dean, Chief Executive Officer and Director

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EXHIBIT 4.2

 

 

 

 

 

2019 STRATUS CAPITAL CORP.

 

STOCK OPTION AND AWARD INCENTIVE PLAN

 

 
 

SECTION 1: GENERAL PURPOSE OF PLAN

 

The name of this plan is the STRATUS CAPITAL CORP. STOCK OPTION AND AWARD INCENTIVE PLAN (the "Plan"). The purpose of the Plan is to enable STRATUS CAPITAL CORP., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and any Parent or any Subsidiary to obtain and retain the services of the types of Employees, Consultants and Directors who will contribute to the Company's long range success and to provide incentives which are linked directly to increases in share value which will inure to the benefit of all stockholders of the Company.

 

SECTION 2: DEFINITIONS

 

For purposes of the Plan, the following terms shall be defined as set forth below:

 

"Administrator" shall have the meaning as set forth in Section 3, hereof.

 

"Board" means the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

"Cause" means (i) failure by an Eligible Person to substantially perform his or her duties and obligations to the Company (other than any such failure resulting from his or her incapacity due to physical or mental illness); (ii) engaging in misconduct or a fiduciary breach which is or potentially is materially injurious to the Company or its stockholders; (iii) commission of a felony; (iv) the commission of a crime against the Company which is or potentially is materially injurious to the Company; or (v) as otherwise provided in the Stock Option Agreement or Stock Purchase Agreement. For purposes of this Plan, the existence of Cause shall be determined by the Administrator in its sole discretion.

 

"Change in Control" shall mean:

 

The consummation of a merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another entity or any other corporate reorganization, if more than 50% of the combined voting power (which voting power shall be calculated by assuming the conversion of all equity securities convertible (immediately or at some future time) into shares entitled to vote, but not assuming the exercise of any warrant or right to subscribe to or purchase those shares) of the continuing or Surviving Entity's securities outstanding immediately after such merger, consolidation or other reorganization is owned, directly or indirectly, by persons who were not stockholders of the Company immediately prior to such merger, consolidation or other reorganization; provided, however, that in making the determination of ownership by the stockholders of the Company, immediately after the reorganization, equity securities which persons own immediately before the reorganization as stockholders of another party to the transaction shall be disregarded; or

 

The sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Company's assets.

 

A transaction shall not constitute a Change in Control if its sole purpose is to change the state of the Company's incorporation or to create a holding company that will be owned in substantially the same proportions by the persons who held the Company's securities immediately before such transaction.

 

 

 

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"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

 

"Committee" means a committee of the Board designated by the Board to administer the Plan.

 

"Company" means STRATUS CAPITAL CORP., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (or any successor corporation).

 

"Consultant" means a consultant or advisor who is a natural person or a legal entity and who provides bona fide services to the Company, a Parent or a Subsidiary; provided such services are not in connection with the offer or sale of securities in a capital-raising transaction and do not directly or indirectly promote or maintain a market for the Company's securities.

 

"Date of Grant" means the date on which the Administrator adopts a resolution expressly granting a Right to a Participant or, if a different date is set forth in such resolution as the Date of Grant, then such date as is set forth in such resolution.

 

"Director" means a member of the Board.

 

"Disability" means that the Optionee is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment; provided, however, for purposes of determining the term of an ISO pursuant to Section 6.6 hereof, the term Disability shall have the meaning ascribed to it under Code Section 22(e)(3). The determination of whether an individual has a Disability shall be determined under procedures established by the Plan Administrator.

 

"Eligible Person" means an Employee, Consultant or Director of the Company, any Parent or any Subsidiary.

 

"Employee" shall mean any individual who is a common-law employee (including officers) of the Company, a Parent or a Subsidiary.

 

"Exercise Price" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.3 hereof.

 

"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

"Fair Market Value" shall mean the fair market value of a Share, determined as follows: (i) if the Stock is listed on any established stock exchange or a national market system, including without limitation, the NASDAQ National Market, the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock shall be the closing sales price for such stock (or the closing bid, if no sales were reported) as quoted on such system or exchange (or the exchange with the greatest volume of trading in the Stock) on the last market trading day prior to the day of determination, as reported in the Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Administrator deems reliable; (ii) if the Stock is quoted on the NASDAQ System (but not on the NASDAQ National Market) or any similar system whereby the stock is regularly quoted by a recognized securities dealer but closing sale prices are not reported, the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock shall be the mean between the bid and asked prices for the Stock on the last market trading day prior to the day of determination, as reported in the Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Administrator deems reliable; or (iii) in the absence of an established market for the Stock, the Fair Market Value shall be determined in good faith by the Administrator and such determination shall be conclusive and binding on all persons.

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"First Refusal Right" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.7 hereof.

 

"ISO" means a Stock Option intended to qualify as an "incentive stock option" as that term is defined in Section 422(b) of the Code.

 

"Non-Employee Director" means a member of the Board who is not an Employee of the Company, a Parent or Subsidiary, who satisfies the requirements of such term as defined in Rule 16b-3(b)(3)(i) promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

"Non-Qualified Stock Option" means a Stock Option not described in Section 422(b) of the Code.

 

"Offeree" means a Participant who is granted a Purchase Right pursuant to the Plan.

 

"Optionee" means a Participant who is granted a Stock Option pursuant to the Plan.

 

"Outside Director" means a member of the Board who is not an Employee of the Company, a Parent or Subsidiary, who satisfies the requirements of such term as defined in Treasury Regulations (26 Code of Federal Regulation Section 1.162-27(e)(3)).

 

"Parent" means any corporation (other than the Company) in an unbroken chain of corporations ending with the Company, if each of the corporations other than the Company owns stock possessing 50% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such chain. A corporation that attains the status of a Parent on a date after the adoption of the Plan shall be considered a Parent commencing as of such date.

 

"Participant" means any Eligible Person selected by the Administrator, pursuant to the Administrator's authority in Section 3, to receive grants of Rights.

 

"Plan" means this STRATUS CAPITAL CORP. STOCK OPTION AND AWARD INCENTIVE PLAN, as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time.

 

"Purchase Price" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.3.

 

"Purchase Right" means the right to purchase Stock granted pursuant to Section 7.

 

"Rights" means Stock Options and Purchase Rights.

 

"Repurchase Right" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.8 of the Plan.

 

"Service" shall mean service as an Employee, Director or Consultant.

 

"Stock" means Common Stock of the Company.

 

"Stock Option" or "Option" means an option to purchase shares of Stock granted pursuant to Section 6.

 

"Stock Option Agreement" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1.

 

"Stock Purchase Agreement" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.1.

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“Subsidiary" means any corporation (other than the Company) in an unbroken chain of corporations beginning with the Company, if each of the corporations other than the last corporation in the unbroken chain owns stock possessing 50% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such chain. A corporation that attains the status of a Subsidiary on a date after the adoption of the Plan shall be considered a Subsidiary commencing as of such date.

 

"Surviving Entity" means the Company if immediately following any merger, consolidation or similar transaction, the holders of outstanding voting securities of the Company immediately prior to the merger or consolidation own equity securities possessing more than 50% of the voting power of the corporation existing following the merger, consolidation or similar transaction. In all other cases, the other entity to the transaction and not the Company shall be the Surviving Entity. In making the determination of ownership by the stockholders of an entity immediately after the merger, consolidation or similar transaction, equity securities which the stockholders owned immediately before the merger, consolidation or similar transaction as stockholders of another party to the transaction shall be disregarded. Further, outstanding voting securities of an entity shall be calculated by assuming the conversion of all equity securities convertible (immediately or at some future time) into shares entitled to vote.

 

"Ten Percent Stockholder" means a person who on the Date of Grant owns, either directly or through attribution as provided in Section 424 of the Code, Stock constituting more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of his or her employer corporation or of any Parent or Subsidiary.

 

SECTION 3: ADMINISTRATION

 

3.1 Administrator. The Plan shall be administered by either (i) the Board, or (ii) a Committee appointed by the Board (the group that administers the Plan is referred to as the "Administrator").

 

3.2 Powers in General. The Administrator shall have the power and authority to grant to Eligible Persons, pursuant to the terms of the Plan, (i) Stock Options, (ii) Purchase Rights or (iii) any combination of the foregoing.

 

3.3 Specific Powers. In particular, the Administrator shall have the authority: (i) to construe and interpret the Plan and apply its provisions; (ii) to promulgate, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to the administration of the Plan; (iii) to authorize any person to execute, on behalf of the Company, any instrument required to carry out the purposes of the Plan; (iv) to determine when Rights are to be granted under the Plan; (v) from time to time to select, subject to the limitations set forth in this Plan, those Eligible Persons to whom Rights shall be granted; (vi) to determine the number of shares of Stock to be made subject to each Right; (vii) to determine whether each Stock Option is to be an ISO or a Non-Qualified Stock Option; (viii) to prescribe the terms and conditions of each Stock Option and Purchase Right, including, without limitation, the Purchase Price and medium of payment, vesting provisions and repurchase provisions, and to specify the provisions of the Stock Option Agreement or Stock Purchase Agreement relating to such grant or sale; (ix) to amend any outstanding Rights for the purpose of modifying the time or manner of vesting, the Purchase Price or Exercise Price, as the case may be, subject to applicable legal restrictions and to the consent of the other party to such agreement; (x) to determine the duration and purpose of leaves of absences which may be granted to a Participant without constituting termination of their employment for purposes of the Plan; (xi) to make decisions with respect to outstanding Stock Options that may become necessary upon a

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change in corporate control or an event that triggers anti-dilution adjustments; and (xii) to make any and all other determinations which it determines to be necessary or advisable for administration of the Plan.

 

3.4 Decisions Final. All decisions made by the Administrator pursuant to the provisions of the Plan shall be final and binding on the Company and the Participants.

 

3.5 The Committee. The Board may, in its sole and absolute discretion, from time to time, and at any period of time during which the Company's Stock is registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act, delegate any or all of its duties and authority with respect to the Plan to the Committee whose members are to be appointed by and to serve at the pleasure of the Board. From time to time, the Board may increase or decrease the size of the Committee, add additional members to, remove members (with or without cause) from, appoint new members in substitution therefor, and fill vacancies, however caused, in the Committee. The Committee shall act pursuant to a vote of the majority of its members or, in the case of a committee comprised of only two members, the unanimous consent of its members, whether present or not, or by the unanimous written consent of the majority of its members and minutes shall be kept of all of its meetings and copies thereof shall be provided to the Board. Subject to the limitations prescribed by the Plan and the Board, the Committee may establish and follow such rules and regulations for the conduct of its business as it may determine to be advisable. During any period of time during which the Company's Stock is registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act, all members of the Committee shall be Non-Employee Directors and Outside Directors.

 

3.6 Indemnification. In addition to such other rights of indemnification as they may have as Directors or members of the Committee, and to the extent allowed by applicable law, the Administrator and each of the Administrator's consultants shall be indemnified by the Company against the reasonable expenses, including attorney's fees, actually incurred in connection with any action, suit or proceeding or in connection with any appeal therein, to which the Administrator or any of its consultants may be party by reason of any action taken or failure to act under or in connection with the Plan or any option granted under the Plan, and against all amounts paid by the Administrator or any of its consultants in settlement thereof (provided that the settlement has been approved by the Company, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld) or paid by the Administrator or any of its consultants in satisfaction of a judgment in any such action, suit or proceeding, except in relation to matters as to which it shall be adjudged in such action, suit or proceeding that such Administrator or any of its consultants did not act in good faith and in a manner which such person reasonably believed to be in the best interests of the Company, or was grossly negligent, and in the case of a criminal proceeding, had no reason to believe that the conduct complained of was unlawful; provided, however, that within 60 days after institution of any such action, suit or proceeding, such Administrator or any of its consultants shall, in writing, offer the Company the opportunity at its own expense to handle and defend such action, suit or proceeding.

 

SECTION 4: STOCK SUBJECT TO THE PLAN

 

4.1 Stock Subject to the Plan. Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 9, Four Million (4,000,000) shares of Common Stock shall be reserved and available for issuance under the Plan. Stock reserved hereunder may consist, in whole or in part, of authorized and unissued shares or treasury shares.

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4.2 Basic Limitation. The number of shares that are subject to Rights under the Plan shall not exceed the number of shares that then remain available for issuance under the Plan. The Company, during the term of the Plan, shall at all times reserve and keep available a sufficient number of shares to satisfy the requirements of the Plan.

 

4.3 Additional Shares. In the event that any outstanding Option or other right for any reason expires or is canceled or otherwise terminated, the shares allocable to the unexercised portion of such Option or other right shall again be available for the purposes of the Plan. In the event that shares issued under the Plan are reacquired by the Company pursuant to the terms of any forfeiture provision, right of repurchase or right of first refusal, such shares shall again be available for the purposes of the Plan.

 

SECTION 5: ELIGIBILITY

 

Eligible Persons who are selected by the Administrator shall be eligible to be granted Rights hereunder subject to limitations set forth in this Plan; provided, however, that only Employees shall be eligible to be granted ISOs hereunder.

 

SECTION 6: TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF OPTIONS.

 

6.1 Stock Option Agreement. Each grant of an Option under the Plan shall be evidenced by a Stock Option Agreement between the Optionee and the Company. Such Option shall be subject to all applicable terms and conditions of the Plan and may be subject to any other terms and conditions which are not inconsistent with the Plan and which the Administrator deems appropriate for inclusion in a Stock Option Agreement. The provisions of the various Stock Option Agreements entered into under the Plan need not be identical.

 

6.2 Number of Shares. Each Stock Option Agreement shall specify the number of shares of Stock that are subject to the Option and shall provide for the adjustment of such number in accordance with Section 9, hereof. The Stock Option Agreement shall also specify whether the Option is an ISO or a Non-Qualified Stock Option.

 

6.3 Exercise Price.

 

6.3.1 In General. Each Stock Option Agreement shall state the price at which shares subject to the Stock Option may be purchased (the "Exercise Price"), which shall, with respect to Incentive Stock Options, be not less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of the Stock on the Date of Grant. In the case of Non-Qualified Stock Options, the Exercise Price shall be determined in the sole discretion of the Administrator.

 

6.3.2 Payment. The Exercise Price shall be payable in a form described in Section 8 hereof.

 

6.4 Withholding Taxes. As a condition to the exercise of an Option, the Optionee shall make such arrangements as the Board may require for the satisfaction of any federal, state, local or foreign withholding tax obligations that may arise in connection with such exercise or with the disposition of shares acquired by exercising an Option.

 

6.5 Exercisability. Each Stock Option Agreement shall specify the date when all or any installment of the Option becomes exercisable. In the case of an Optionee who is not an officer of the Company, a Director or a Consultant, an Option shall become exercisable at a rate of no more

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than 25% per year over a four-year period commencing on January 1 following the Date of Grant and 25% each year thereafter on January 1. Subject to the preceding sentence, the exercise provisions of any Stock Option Agreement shall be determined by the Administrator, in its sole discretion.

 

6.6 Term. The Stock Option Agreement shall specify the term of the Option. No Option shall be exercised after the expiration of ten years after the date the Option is granted. Unless otherwise provided in the Stock Option Agreement, no Option may be exercised (i) three months after the date the Optionee's Service with the Company, its Parent or its Subsidiaries terminates if such termination is for any reason other than death, Disability or Cause, (ii) one year after the date the Optionee's Service with the Company, its Parent or its subsidiaries terminates if such termination is a result of death or Disability, and (iii) if the Optionee's Service with the Company, its Parent, or its Subsidiaries terminates for Cause, all outstanding Options granted to such Optionee shall expire as of the commencement of business on the date of such termination. The Administrator may, in its sole discretion, waive the accelerated expiration provided for in (i) or (ii). Outstanding Options that are not exercisable at the time of termination of employment for any reason shall expire at the close of business on the date of such termination.

 

6.7 Leaves of Absence. For purposes of Section 6.6 above, to the extent required by applicable law, Service shall be deemed to continue while the Optionee is on a bona fide leave of absence. To the extent applicable law does not require such a leave to be deemed to continue while the Optionee is on a bona fide leave of absence, such leave shall be deemed to continue if, and only if, expressly provided in writing by the Administrator or a duly authorized officer of the Company, Parent, or Subsidiary for whom Optionee provides his or her services.

 

6.8 Modification, Extension and Assumption of Options. Within the limitations of the Plan, the Administrator may modify, extend or assume outstanding Options (whether granted by the Company or another issuer) or may accept the cancellation of outstanding Options (whether granted by the Company or another issuer) in return for the grant of new Options for the same or a different number of shares and at the same or a different Exercise Price. Without limiting the foregoing, the Administrator may amend a previously granted Option to fully accelerate the exercise schedule of such Option and provide that upon the exercise of such Option, the Optionee shall receive shares of Restricted Stock that are subject to repurchase by the Company at the Exercise Price paid for the Option in accordance with Section 8.8.1 with such Company's right to repurchase at such price lapsing at the same rate as the exercise provisions set forth in Optionee's Stock Option Agreement. The foregoing notwithstanding, no modification of an Option shall, without the consent of the Optionee, impair the Optionee's rights or increase the Optionee's obligations under such Option. However, a termination of the Option in which the Optionee receives a cash payment equal to the difference between the Fair Market Value and the Exercise Price for all shares subject to exercise under any outstanding Option shall not be deemed to impair any rights of the Optionee or increase the Optionee's obligations under such Option.

 

SECTION 7: TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF AWARDS OR SALES

 

7.1 Stock Purchase Agreement. Each award or sale of shares under the Plan (other than upon exercise of an Option) shall be evidenced by a Stock Purchase Agreement between the Purchaser and the Company. Such award or sale shall be subject to all applicable terms and conditions of the Plan and may be subject to any other terms and conditions which are not inconsistent with the Plan and which the Board deems appropriate for inclusion in a Stock Purchase Agreement. The provisions of the various Stock Purchase Agreements entered into under the Plan need not be identical.

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7.2 Duration of Offers. Unless otherwise provided in the Stock Purchase Agreement, any right to acquire shares under the Plan (other than an Option) shall automatically expire if not exercised by the Purchaser within 15 days after the grant of such right was communicated to the Purchaser by the Company.

 

7.3 Purchase Price.

 

7.3.1 In General. Each Stock Purchase Agreement shall state the price at which the Stock subject to such Stock Purchase Agreement may be purchased (the "Purchase Price"), which, with respect to Stock Purchase Rights, shall be determined in the sole discretion of the Administrator.

 

7.3.2 Payment of Purchase Price. The Purchase Price shall be payable in a form described in Section 8.

 

7.4 Withholding Taxes. As a condition to the purchase of shares, the Purchaser shall make such arrangements as the Board may require for the satisfaction of any federal, state, local or foreign withholding tax obligations that may arise in connection with such purchase.

 

SECTION 8: PAYMENT; RESTRICTIONS

 

8.1 General Rule. The entire Purchase Price or Exercise Price of shares issued under the Plan shall be payable in full by, as applicable, cash or certified check for an amount equal to the aggregate Purchase Price or Exercise Price for the number of shares being purchased, or in the discretion of the Administrator, upon such terms as the Administrator shall approve, (i) in the case of an Option and provided the Company's stock is publicly traded, by a copy of instructions to a broker directing such broker to sell the Stock for which such Option is exercised, and to remit to the Company the aggregate Exercise Price of such Options (a "cashless exercise"), (ii) in the case of an Option or a sale of Stock, by paying all or a portion of the Exercise Price or Purchase Price for the number of shares being purchased by tendering Stock owned by the Optionee, duly endorsed for transfer to the Company, with a Fair Market Value on the date of delivery equal to the aggregate Purchase Price of the Stock with respect to which such Option or portion thereof is thereby exercised or Stock acquired (a "stock-for-stock exercise") or (iii) by a stock-for-stock exercise by means of attestation whereby the Optionee identifies for delivery specific shares of Stock already owned by Optionee and receives a number of shares of Stock equal to the difference between the Option shares thereby exercised and the identified attestation shares of Stock (an "attestation exercise").

 

8.2 Withholding Payment. The Purchase Price or Exercise Price shall include payment of the amount of all federal, state, local or other income, excise or employment taxes subject to withholding (if any) by the Company or any parent or subsidiary corporation as a result of the exercise of a Stock Option. The Optionee may pay all or a portion of the tax withholding by cash or check payable to the Company, or, at the discretion of the Administrator, upon such terms as the Administrator shall approve, by (i) cashless exercise or attestation exercise; (ii) stock-for-stock exercise; (iii) in the case of an Option, by paying all or a portion of the tax withholding for the number of shares being purchased by withholding shares from any transfer or payment to the Optionee ("Stock withholding"); or (iv) a combination of one or more of the foregoing payment methods. Any shares issued pursuant to the exercise of an Option and transferred by the Optionee to the Company for the purpose of satisfying any withholding obligation shall not again be available for purposes of the Plan. The Fair Market Value of the number of shares subject to

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Stock withholding shall not exceed an amount equal to the applicable minimum required tax withholding rates.

 

8.3 Services Rendered. At the discretion of the Administrator, shares may be awarded under the Plan in consideration of services rendered to the Company, a Parent or a Subsidiary prior to the award.

 

8.4 Promissory Note. To the extent that a Stock Option Agreement or Stock Purchase Agreement so provides, in the discretion of the Administrator, upon such terms as the Administrator shall approve, all or a portion of the Exercise Price or Purchase Price (as the case may be) of shares issued under the Plan may be paid with a full-recourse promissory note. However, in the event there is a stated par value of the shares and applicable law requires, the par value of the shares, if newly issued, shall be paid in cash or cash equivalents. The shares shall be pledged as security for payment of the principal amount of the promissory note and interest thereon, and held in the possession of the Company until said amounts are repaid in full. The interest rate payable under the terms of the promissory note shall not be less than the minimum rate (if any) required to avoid the imputation of additional interest under the Code. Subject to the foregoing, the Administrator (at its sole discretion) shall specify the term, interest rate, amortization requirements (if any) and other provisions of such note. Unless the Administrator determines otherwise, shares of Stock having a Fair Market Value at least equal to the principal amount of the loan shall be pledged by the holder to the Company as security for payment of the unpaid balance of the loan and such pledge shall be evidenced by a pledge agreement, the terms of which shall be determined by the Administrator, in its discretion; provided, however, that each loan shall comply with all applicable laws, regulations and rules of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and any other governmental agency having jurisdiction.

 

8.5 Exercise/Pledge. To the extent that a Stock Option Agreement or Stock Purchase Agreement so allows and if Stock is publicly traded, in the discretion of the Administrator, upon such terms as the Administrator shall approve, payment may be made all or in part by the delivery (on a form prescribed by the Administrator) of an irrevocable direction to pledge shares to a securities broker or lender approved by the Company, as security for a loan, and to deliver all or part of the loan proceeds to the Company in payment of all or part of the Exercise Price and any withholding taxes.

 

8.6 Written Notice. The purchaser shall deliver a written notice to the Administrator requesting that the Company direct the transfer agent to issue to the purchaser (or to his designee) a certificate for the number of shares of Common Stock being exercised or purchased or, in the case of a cashless exercise or share withholding exercise, for any shares that were not sold in the cashless exercise or withheld.

 

8.7 First Refusal Right. Each Stock Option Agreement and Stock Purchase Agreement may provide that the Company shall have the right of first refusal (the "First Refusal Right"), exercisable in connection with any proposed sale, hypothecation or other disposition of the Stock purchased by the Optionee or Offeree pursuant to a Stock Option Agreement or Stock Purchase Agreement; and in the event the holder of such Stock desires to accept a bona fide third-party offer for any or all of such Stock, the Stock shall first be offered to the Company upon the same terms and conditions as are set forth in the bona fide offer.

 

8.8 Repurchase Rights. Following a termination of the Participant's Service, the Company may repurchase the Participant's Rights as provided in this Section 8.8 (the "Repurchase Right").

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8.8.1 Repurchase Price. Following a termination of the Participant's Service the Repurchase Right shall be exercisable at a price equal to (i) the Fair Market Value of vested Stock or, in the case of exercisable options, the Fair Market Value of the Stock underlying such unexercised options less the Exercise Price, or (ii) the Purchase Price or Exercise Price, as the case may be, of unvested Stock; provided, however, the right to repurchase unvested stock as described in Section 8.8.1(ii) shall lapse at a rate of at least 33.33% per year over three years from the date the Right is granted.

 

8.8.2 Exercise of Repurchase Right. A Repurchase Right may be exercised only within 90 days after the termination of the Participant's Service (or in the case of Stock issued upon exercise of an Option or after the date of termination or the purchase of Stock under a Stock Purchase Agreement after the date of termination, within 90 days after the date of the exercise or Stock purchase, whichever is applicable) for cash or for cancellation of indebtedness incurred in purchasing the shares.

 

8.9 Termination of Repurchase and First Refusal Rights. Each Stock Option Agreement and Stock Purchase Agreement shall provide that the Repurchase Rights and First Refusal Rights shall have no effect with respect to, or shall lapse and cease to have effect when the issuer's securities become publicly traded or a determination is made by counsel for the Company that such Repurchase Rights and First Refusal Rights are not permitted under applicable federal or state securities laws.

 

8.10 No Transferability. Except as provided herein, a Participant may not assign, sell or transfer Rights, in whole or in part, other than by testament or by operation of the laws of descent and distribution.

 

8.10.1 Permitted Transfer of Non-Qualified Option. The Administrator, in its sole discretion may permit the transfer of a Non-Qualified Option (but not an ISO or Stock Purchase Right) as follows: (i) by gift to a member of the Participant's immediate family, or (ii) by transfer by instrument to a trust providing that the Option is to be passed to beneficiaries upon death of the Settlor (either or both (i) or (ii) referred to as a "Permitted Transferee"). For purposes of this Section 8.10.1, "immediate family" shall mean the Optionee's spouse (including a former spouse subject to terms of a domestic relations order); child, stepchild, grandchild, child-in-law; parent, stepparent, grandparent, parent-in-law; sibling and sibling-in-law, and shall include adoptive relationships.

 

8.10.2 Conditions of Permitted Transfer. A transfer permitted under this Section 8.10 hereof may be made only upon written notice to and approval thereof by Administrator. A Permitted Transferee may not further assign, sell or transfer the transferred Option, in whole or in part, other than by testament or by operation of the laws of descent and distribution. A Permitted Transferee shall agree in writing to be bound by the provisions of this Plan, which a copy of said agreement shall be provided to the Administrator for approval prior to the transfer.

 

SECTION 9: ADJUSTMENTS; MARKET STAND-OFF

 

9.1 Effect of Certain Changes.

 

9.1.1 Stock Dividends, Splits, Etc. If there is any change in the number of outstanding shares of Stock by reason of a stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, combination or reclassification, then (i) the number of shares of Stock

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available for Rights, (ii) the number of shares of Stock covered by outstanding Rights, and (iii) the Exercise Price or Purchase Price of any Stock Option or Purchase Right, in effect prior to such change, shall be proportionately adjusted by the Administrator to reflect any increase or decrease in the number of issued shares of Stock; provided, however, that any fractional shares resulting from the adjustment shall be eliminated.

 

9.1.2 Liquidation, Dissolution, Merger or Consolidation. In the event of a dissolution or liquidation of the Company, or any corporate separation or division, including, but not limited to, a split-up, a split-off or a spin-off, or a sale of substantially all of the assets of the Company; a merger or consolidation in which the Company is not the Surviving Entity; or a reverse merger in which the Company is the Surviving Entity, but the shares of Company stock outstanding immediately preceding the merger are converted by virtue of the merger into other property, whether in the form of securities, cash or otherwise, then, the Company, to the extent permitted by applicable law, but otherwise in its sole discretion may provide for: (i) the continuation of outstanding Rights by the Company (if the Company is the Surviving Entity); (ii) the assumption of the Plan and such outstanding Rights by the Surviving Entity or its parent; (iii) the substitution by the Surviving Entity or its parent of Rights with substantially the same terms for such outstanding Rights; or (iv) the cancellation of such outstanding Rights without payment of any consideration, provided that if such Rights would be canceled in accordance with the foregoing, the Participant shall have the right, exercisable during the later of the ten-day period ending on the fifth day prior to such merger or consolidation or ten days after the Administrator provides the Rights holder a notice of cancellation, to exercise such Rights in whole or in part without regard to any installment exercise provisions in the Rights agreement.

 

9.1.3 Par Value Changes. In the event of a change in the Stock of the Company as presently constituted which is limited to a change of all of its authorized shares with par value, into the same number of shares without par value, or a change in the par value, the shares resulting from any such change shall be "Stock" within the meaning of the Plan.

 

9.2 Decision of Administrator Final. To the extent that the foregoing adjustments relate to stock or securities of the Company, such adjustments shall be made by the Administrator, whose determination in that respect shall be final, binding and conclusive; provided, however, that each ISO granted pursuant to the Plan shall not be adjusted in a manner that causes such Stock Option to fail to continue to qualify as an ISO without the prior consent of the Optionee thereof.

 

9.3 No Other Rights. Except as hereinbefore expressly provided in this Section 9, no Participant shall have any rights by reason of any subdivision or consolidation of shares of Company stock or the payment of any dividend or any other increase or decrease in the number of shares of Company stock of any class or by reason of any of the events described in Section 9.1, above, or any other issue by the Company of shares of stock of any class, or securities convertible into shares of stock of any class; and, except as provided in this Section 9, none of the foregoing events shall affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with respect to, the number or price of shares of Stock subject to Rights. The grant of a Right pursuant to the Plan shall not affect in any way the right or power of the Company to make adjustments, reclassifications, reorganizations or changes of its capital or business structures or to merge or to consolidate or to dissolve, liquidate or sell, or transfer all or part of its business or assets.

 

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9.4 Market Stand-Off. Each Stock Option Agreement and Stock Purchase Agreement shall provide that, in connection with any underwritten public offering by the Company of its equity securities pursuant to an effective registration statement filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, including the Company's initial public offering, the Participant shall agree not to sell, make any short sale of, loan, hypothecate, pledge, grant any option for the repurchase of, or otherwise dispose or transfer for value or otherwise agree to engage in any of the foregoing transactions with respect to any Stock without the prior written consent of the Company or its underwriters, for such period of time from and after the effective date of such registration statement as may be requested by the Company or such underwriters (the "Market Stand-Off").

 

SECTION 10: AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION

 

The Board may amend, suspend or terminate the Plan at any time and for any reason. At the time of such amendment, the Board shall determine, upon advice from counsel, whether such amendment will be contingent on stockholder approval.

 

SECTION 11: GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

11.1 General Restrictions.

 

11.1.1 No View to Distribute. The Administrator may require each person acquiring shares of Stock pursuant to the Plan to represent to and agree with the Company in writing that such person is acquiring the shares without a view towards distribution thereof. The certificates for such shares may include any legend that the Administrator deems appropriate to reflect any restrictions on transfer.

 

11.1.2 Legends. All certificates for shares of Stock delivered under the Plan shall be subject to such stop transfer orders and other restrictions as the Administrator may deem advisable under the rules, regulations and other requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, any stock exchange upon which the Stock is then listed and any applicable federal or state securities laws, and the Administrator may cause a legend or legends to be put on any such certificates to make appropriate reference to such restrictions.

 

11.1.3 No Rights as Stockholder. Except as specifically provided in this Plan, a Participant or a transferee of a Right shall have no rights as a stockholder with respect to any shares covered by the Rights until the date of the issuance of a Stock certificate to him or her for such shares, and no adjustment shall be made for dividends (ordinary or extraordinary, whether in cash, securities or other property) or distributions of other rights for which the record date is prior to the date such Stock certificate is issued, except as provided in Section 9.1, hereof.

 

11.2 Other Compensation Arrangements. Nothing contained in this Plan shall prevent the Board from adopting other or additional compensation arrangements, subject to stockholder approval if such approval is required; and such arrangements may be either generally applicable or applicable only in specific cases.

 

11.3 Disqualifying Dispositions. Any Participant who shall make a "disposition" (as defined in Section 424 of the Code) of all or any portion of an ISO within two years from the date of grant of such ISO or within one year after the issuance of the shares of Stock acquired upon

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exercise of such ISO shall be required to immediately advise the Company in writing as to the occurrence of the sale and the price realized upon the sale of such shares of Stock.

 

11.4 Regulatory Matters. Each Stock Option Agreement and Stock Purchase Agreement shall provide that no shares shall be purchased or sold thereunder unless and until (i) any then applicable requirements of state or federal laws and regulatory agencies shall have been fully complied with to the satisfaction of the Company and its counsel and (ii) if required to do so by the Company, the Optionee or Offeree shall have executed and delivered to the Company a letter of investment intent in such form and containing such provisions as the Board or Committee may require.

 

11.5 Recapitalizations. Each Stock Option Agreement and Stock Purchase Agreement shall contain provisions required to reflect the provisions of Section 9.

 

11.6 Delivery. Upon exercise of a Right granted under this Plan, the Company shall issue Stock or pay any amounts due within a reasonable period of time thereafter. Subject to any statutory obligations the Company may otherwise have, for purposes of this Plan, thirty days shall be considered a reasonable period of time.

 

11.7 Other Provisions. The Stock Option Agreements and Stock Purchase Agreements authorized under the Plan may contain such other provisions not inconsistent with this Plan, including, without limitation, restrictions upon the exercise of the Rights, as the Administrator may deem advisable.

 

SECTION 12: INFORMATION TO PARTICIPANTS

 

To the extent necessary to comply with Delaware law, the Company each year shall furnish to Participants its balance sheet and income statement unless such Participants are limited to key Employees whose duties with the Company assure them access to equivalent information.

 

SECTION 13: STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT

 

As a condition to the transfer of Stock pursuant to a Right granted under this Plan, the Administrator, in its sole and absolute discretion, may require the Participant to execute and become a party to any agreement by and among the Company and any of its stockholders which exists on or after the Date of Grant (the "Stockholders Agreement"). If the Participant becomes a party to a Stockholders Agreement, in addition to the terms of this Plan and the Stock Option Agreement or Stock Purchase Agreement (whichever is applicable) pursuant to which the Stock is transferred, the terms and conditions of the Stockholders Agreement shall govern Participant's rights in and to the Stock; and if there is any conflict between the provisions of the Stockholders Agreement and this Plan or any conflict between the provisions of the Stockholders Agreement and the Stock Option Agreement or Stock Purchase Agreement (whichever is applicable) pursuant to which the Stock is transferred, the provisions of the Stockholders Agreement shall be controlling. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 13, if the Stockholders Agreement contains any provisions which would violate the Delaware Corporations Code if applied to the Participant, the terms of this Plan and the Stock Option Agreement or Stock Purchase Agreement (whichever is applicable) pursuant to which the Stock is transferred shall govern the Participant's rights with respect to such provisions.

 

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SECTION 14: EFFECTIVE DATE OF PLAN

 

The effective date of this Plan is May 7, 2019. The adoption of the Plan is subject to approval by the Company's stockholders, which approval must be obtained within 12 months from the date the Plan is adopted by the Board. In the event that the stockholders fail to approve the Plan within 12 months after its adoption by the Board, any grants of Options or sales or awards of shares that have already occurred shall be rescinded, and no additional grants, sales or awards shall be made thereafter under the Plan.

 

SECTION 15: TERM OF PLAN

 

The Plan shall terminate automatically on May 7, 2029, but no later than the tenth (10th) anniversary of the effective date. No Right shall be granted pursuant to the Plan after such date, but Rights theretofore granted may extend beyond that date. The Plan may be terminated on any earlier date pursuant to Section 10 hereof.

 

SECTION 16: EXECUTION

 

To record the adoption of the Plan by the Board, the Company has caused its authorized officer to execute the same as of May 7, 2019.

 

 

 

STRATUS CAPITAL CORP.

 

 

By:/s/ Richard O. Dean

__________________________________________

Richard O. Dean, Chief Executive Officer

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STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

STRATUS CAPITAL CORP.

STOCK OPTION AND INCENTIVE AWARD PLAN

Notice Of Stock Option Grant

 

You have been granted the following option to purchase Common Stock of STRATUS CAPITAL CORP. (the "Company"):

 

Name of Optionee:

 

Total Number of Shares Granted:

 

Type of Option:

 

Exercise Price Per Share:

 

Date of Grant:

 

Vesting Commencement Date:

 

Vesting Schedule:

 

Expiration Date:

 

By your signature and the signature of the Company's authorized representative below, you and the Company agree that this option is granted under and governed by the terms and conditions of the STRATUS CAPITAL CORP. STOCK OPTION AND AWARD INCENTIVE PLAN and the STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT, both of which are attached hereto and are incorporated herein by reference. Optionee hereby represents that both the option and any shares acquired upon exercise of the option have been or will be acquired for investment for his own account and not with a view to or for sale in connection with any distribution or resale of the security.

 

Optionee: STRATUS CAPITAL CORP.
By: By:
Name: Richard O. Dean
  CEO

 

 

 

 

 

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ANNEX I

 

 

THE OPTION GRANTED PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE SHARES ISSUABLE UPON THE EXERCISE THEREOF HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, PLEDGED, OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED WITHOUT AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION THEREOF UNDER SUCH ACT OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY AND ITS COUNSEL, THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED.

 

 

STRATUS CAPITAL CORP.

STOCK OPTION AND AWARD INCENTIVE PLAN:

STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

 

SECTION 1: GRANT OF OPTION

 

1.1 Option. On the terms and conditions set forth in the notice of stock option grant to which this agreement (the "Agreement") is attached (the "Notice of Stock Option Grant") and this agreement, the Company grants to the individual named in the Notice of Stock Option Grant (the "Optionee") the option to purchase at the exercise price specified in the Notice of Stock Option Grant (the "Exercise Price") the number of Shares set forth in the Notice of Stock Option Grant. This option is intended to be either an ISO or a Non-Qualified Stock Option, as provided in the Notice of Stock Option Grant.

 

1.2 Stock Plan and Defined Terms. This option is granted pursuant to and subject to the terms of the STRATUS CAPITAL CORP. STOCK OPTION AND AWARD INCENTIVE PLAN, as in effect on the date specified in the Notice of Stock Option Grant (which date shall be the later of (i) the date on which the Board resolved to grant this option, or (ii) the first day of the Optionee's Service) and as amended from time to time (the "Plan"), a copy of which is attached hereto and which the Optionee acknowledges having received. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Agreement have the definitions ascribed to them in the Plan.

 

SECTION 2: RIGHT TO EXERCISE

 

2.1 Exercisability. Subject to Sections 2.2 and 2.3 below and the other conditions set forth in this Agreement, all or part of this option may be exercised prior to its expiration at the time or times set forth in the Notice of Stock Option Grant. Shares purchased by exercising this option may be subject to the Right of Repurchase under Section 7. In addition, all of the remaining unexercised options shall become vested and fully exercisable if (i) a Change in Control occurs before the Optionee's Service terminates, and (ii) the option is not assumed or an equivalent option is not substituted by the successor entity that employs the Optionee immediately after the Change in Control or by its parent or subsidiary.

 

2.2 Limitation. If this option is designated as an ISO in the Notice of Stock Option Grant, then to the extent (and only to the extent) the Optionee's right to exercise this option causes this option (in whole or in part) to not be treated as an ISO by reason of the $100,000 annual limitation under Section 422(d) of the Code, such options shall be treated as Non-Qualified Stock

Options, but shall be exercisable by their terms. The determination of options to be treated as Non-Qualified Stock Options shall be made by taking options into account in the order in which they are granted. If the terms of this option cause the $100,000 annual limitation under Section

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422(d) of the Code to be exceeded, a pro rata portion of each exercise shall be treated as the exercise of a Non-Qualified Stock Option.

 

2.3 Stockholder Approval. Any other provision of this Agreement notwithstanding, no portion of this option shall be exercisable at any time prior to the approval of the Plan by the Company's stockholders.

 

SECTION 3: NO TRANSFER OR ASSIGNMENT OF OPTION

 

Except as provided herein, an Optionee may not assign, sell or transfer the option, in whole or in part, other than by testament or by operation of the laws of descent and distribution. The Administrator, in its sole discretion may permit the transfer of a Non-Qualified Option (but not an ISO) as follows: (i) by gift to a member of the Participant's immediate family, or (ii) by transfer by instrument to a trust providing that the Option is to be passed to beneficiaries upon death of the Settlor (either or both (i) or (ii) referred to as a "Permitted Transferee"). For purposes of this Section 3, "immediate family" shall mean the Optionee's spouse (including a former spouse subject to terms of a domestic relations order); child, stepchild, grandchild, child-in-law; parent, stepparent, grandparent, parent-in-law; sibling and sibling-in-law, and shall include adoptive relationships. A transfer permitted under this Section 3 hereof may be made only upon written notice to and approval thereof by Administrator. A Permitted Transferee may not further assign, sell or transfer the transferred option, in whole or in part, other than by testament or by operation of the laws of descent and distribution. A Permitted Transferee shall agree in writing to be bound by the provisions of this Plan, which agreement shall be submitted to and approved by the Administrator before the transfer.

 

SECTION 4: EXERCISE PROCEDURES

 

4.1 Notice of Exercise. The Optionee or the Optionee's representative may exercise this option by delivering a written notice in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto ("Notice of Exercise") to the Company in the manner specified pursuant to Section 14.4 hereof. Such Notice of Exercise shall specify the election to exercise this option, the number of Shares for which it is being exercised and the form of payment, which must comply with Section 5. The Notice of Exercise shall be signed by the person who is entitled to exercise this option. In the event that this option is to be exercised by the Optionee's representative, the notice shall be accompanied by proof (satisfactory to the Company) of the representative's right to exercise this option.

 

4.2 Issuance of Shares. After receiving a proper Notice of Exercise, the Company shall cause to be issued a certificate or certificates for the Shares as to which this option has been exercised, registered in the name of the person exercising this option (or in the names of such person and his or her spouse as community property or as joint tenants with right of survivorship). The Company shall cause such certificate or certificates to be deposited in escrow or delivered to or upon the order of the person exercising this option.

 

4.3 Withholding Taxes. In the event that the Company determines that it is required to withhold any tax as a result of the exercise of this option, the Optionee, as a condition to the exercise of this option, shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Company to enable it to satisfy all withholding requirements. The Optionee shall also make arrangements satisfactory to the Company to enable it to satisfy any withholding requirements that may arise in connection with the vesting or disposition of Shares purchased by exercising this option, and shall provide to the Company his/her/its social security number or employment identification number.

 

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SECTION 5: PAYMENT FOR STOCK

 

5.1 General Rule. The entire Exercise Price of Shares issued under the Plan shall be payable in full by cash or cashier's check for an amount equal to the aggregate Exercise Price for the number of shares being purchased. Alternatively, in the sole discretion of the Plan Administrator and upon such terms as the Plan Administrator shall approve, the Exercise Price may be paid by:

 

5.1.1 Cashless Exercise. Provided the Company's Common Stock is publicly traded, a copy of instructions to a broker directing such broker to sell the Shares for which this option is exercised, and to remit to the Company the aggregate Exercise Price of such option ("Cashless Exercise");

 

5.1.2 Stock-For-Stock Exercise. Paying all or a portion of the Exercise Price for the number of Shares being purchased by tendering Shares owned by the Optionee, duly endorsed for transfer to the Company, with a Fair Market Value on the date of delivery equal to the Exercise Price multiplied by the number of Shares with respect to which this option is being exercised (the "Purchase Price") or the aggregate Purchase Price of the shares with respect to which this option or portion hereof is exercised ("Stock-for-Stock Exercise"); or

 

5.1.3 Attestation Exercise. By a stock for stock exercise by means of attestation whereby the Optionee identifies for delivery specific Shares already owned by Optionee and receives a number of Shares equal to the difference between the Option Shares thereby exercised and the identified attestation Shares ("Attestation Exercise").

 

5.2 Withholding Payment. The Exercise Price shall include payment of the amount of all federal, state, local or other income, excise or employment taxes subject to withholding (if any) by the Company or any parent or subsidiary corporation as a result of the exercise of a Stock Option. The Optionee may pay all or a portion of the tax withholding by cash or check payable to the Company, or, at the discretion of the Administrator, upon such terms as the Administrator shall approve, by (i) Cashless Exercise or Attestation Exercise; (ii) Stock-for-Stock Exercise; (iii) in the case of an Option, by paying all or a portion of the tax withholding for the number of shares being purchased by withholding shares from any transfer or payment to the Optionee ("Stock withholding"); or (iv) a combination of one or more of the foregoing payment methods. Any shares issued pursuant to the exercise of an Option and transferred by the Optionee to the Company for the purpose of satisfying any withholding obligation shall not again be available for purposes of the Plan. The fair market value of the number of shares subject to Stock withholding shall not exceed an amount equal to the applicable minimum required tax withholding rates.

 

5.3 Promissory Note. The Plan Administrator, in its sole discretion, upon such terms as the Plan Administrator shall approve, may permit all or a portion of the Exercise Price of Shares issued under the Plan to be paid with a full-recourse promissory note. However, in the event there is a stated par value of the shares and applicable law requires, the par value of the shares, if newly issued, shall be paid in cash or cash equivalents. The Shares shall be pledged as security for payment of the principal amount of the promissory note and interest thereon, and shall be held in the possession of the Company until the promissory note is repaid in full. Subject to the foregoing, the Plan Administrator (at its sole discretion) shall specify the term, interest rate, amortization requirements (if any) and other provisions of such note.

 

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5.4 Exercise/Pledge. In the discretion of the Plan Administrator, upon such terms as the Plan Administrator shall approve, payment may be made all or in part by the delivery (on a form prescribed by the Plan Administrator) of an irrevocable direction to pledge Shares to a securities broker or lender approved by the Company, as security for a loan, and to deliver all or part of the loan proceeds to the Company in payment of all or part of the Exercise Price and any withholding taxes.

 

SECTION 6: TERM AND EXPIRATION

 

6.1 Basic Term. This option shall expire and shall not be exercisable after the expiration of the earliest of (i) the Expiration Date specified in the Notice of Stock Option Grant, (ii) three months after the date the Optionee's Service with the Company and its Subsidiaries terminates if such termination is for any reason other than death, Disability or Cause, (iii) one year after the date the Optionee's Service with the Company and its Subsidiaries terminates if such termination is a result of death or Disability, and (iv) if the Optionee's Service with the Company and its Subsidiaries terminates for Cause, all outstanding Options granted to such Optionee shall expire as of the commencement of business on the date of such termination. Outstanding Options that are not exercisable at the time of termination of employment for any reason shall expire at the close of business on the date of such termination. The Plan Administrator shall have the sole discretion to determine when this option is to expire. For any purpose under this Agreement, Service shall be deemed to continue while the Optionee is on a bona fide leave of absence, if such leave to the extent required by applicable law. To the extent applicable law does not require such a leave to be deemed to continue while the Optionee is on a bona fide leave of absence, such leave shall be deemed to continue if, and only if, expressly provided in writing by the Administrator or a duly authorized officer of the Company, Parent or Subsidiary for whom Optionee provides his or her services.

 

6.2 Exercise After Death. All or part of this option may be exercised at any time before its expiration under Section 6.1 above by the executors or administrators of the Optionee's estate or by any person who has acquired this option directly from the Optionee by beneficiary designation, bequest or inheritance, but only to the extent that this option had become exercisable before the Optionee's death. When the Optionee dies, this option shall expire immediately with respect to the number of Shares for which this option is not yet exercisable and with respect to any Share that is subject to the Right of Repurchase (as such term is defined in below) (the "Restricted Stock").

 

6.3 Notice Concerning ISO Treatment. If this option is designated as an ISO in the Notice of Stock Option Grant, it ceases to qualify for favorable tax treatment as an ISO to the extent it is exercised (i) more than three months after the date the Optionee ceases to be an Employee for any reason other than death or permanent and total disability (as defined in Section 22(e)(3) of the Code), (ii) more than 12 months after the date the Optionee ceases to be an Employee by reason of such permanent and total disability, or (iii) after the Optionee has been on a leave of absence for more than 90 days, unless the Optionee's reemployment rights are guaranteed by statute or by contract.

 

 

 

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SECTION 7: RIGHT OF REPURCHASE

 

7.1 Option Repurchase Right. Following a termination of the Optionee's Service, the Company shall have the option to repurchase the Optionee's vested and exercisable options at a price equal to the Fair Market Value of the Stock underlying such options, less the Exercise Price (the "Option Repurchase Right").

 

7.2 Stock Repurchase Right. Unless they have become vested in accordance with the Notice of Stock Option Grant and Section 7.4 below, the stock acquired under this Agreement initially shall be Restricted Stock and shall be subject to a right (but not an obligation) of repurchase by the Company, which shall be exercisable at a price equal to the Exercise Price paid for the Restricted Stock (the "Stock Repurchase Right"). Vested stock acquired under this Agreement shall be subject to a right (but not an obligation) of repurchase by the Company, which shall be exercisable at a price equal to the Fair Market Value of the vested Stock.

 

7.3 Condition Precedent to Exercise. The Option Repurchase Right and Stock Repurchase Rights (collectively, the "Right of Repurchase") shall be exercisable over Restricted Stock only during the 90-day period next following the later of:

 

7.3.1 The date when the Optionee's Service terminates for any reason, with or without Cause, including (without limitation) death or disability; or

 

7.3.2 The date when this option was exercised by the Optionee, the executors or administrators of the Optionee's estate, or any person who has acquired this option directly from the Optionee by bequest, inheritance or beneficiary designation.

 

7.4 Lapse of Right of Repurchase. The Right of Repurchase shall lapse with respect to the Shares subject to this option in accordance with the vesting schedule set forth in the Notice of Stock Option Grant. In addition, the Right of Repurchase shall lapse and all of the remaining Restricted Stock shall become vested if (i) a Change in Control occurs before the Optionee's Service terminates, and (ii) the Right of Repurchase is not assigned to the entity that employs the Optionee immediately after the Change in Control or to its parent or subsidiary. The Right of Repurchase shall lapse with respect to (i) Shares that are registered under a then currently effective registration statement under applicable federal securities laws and the issuer is subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or becomes an investment company registered or required to be registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, or (ii) Shares for which a determination is made by counsel for the Company that such Exercise Price restrictions are not required in the circumstances under applicable federal or state securities laws.

 

7.5 Exercise of Right of Repurchase. The Company shall exercise the Right of Repurchase by written notice delivered to the Optionee prior to the expiration of the 90-day period specified in Section 7.3 above. The notice shall set forth the date on which the repurchase is to be effected, which must occur within 31 days of the notice. The certificate(s) representing the Restricted Stock to be repurchased shall, prior to the close of business on the date specified for the repurchase, be delivered to the Company properly endorsed for transfer. The Company shall, concurrently with the receipt of such certificate(s), pay to the Optionee the Purchase Price determined according to this Section 7. Payment shall be made in cash or cash equivalents or by canceling indebtedness to the Company incurred by the Optionee in the purchase of the Restricted Stock. The Right of Repurchase shall terminate with respect to any Restricted Stock for which it has not been timely exercised pursuant to this Section 7.5.

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7.6 Rights of Repurchase Adjustments. If there is any change in the number of outstanding shares of Stock by reason of a stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend, an extraordinary dividend payable in a form other than stock, recapitalization, combination or reclassification, or a similar transaction affecting the Company's outstanding securities without receipt of consideration, then (i) any new, substituted or additional securities or other property (including money paid other than as an ordinary cash dividend) distributed with respect to any Restricted Stock (or into which such Restricted Stock thereby become convertible) shall immediately be subject to the Right of Repurchase; and (ii) appropriate adjustments to reflect the distribution of such securities or property shall be made to the number and/or class of the Restricted Stock and to the price per share to be paid upon the exercise of the Right of Repurchase; provided, however, that the aggregate Purchase Price payable for the Restricted Stock shall remain the same.

 

7.7 Termination of Rights as Stockholder. If the Company makes available, at the time and place and in the amount and form provided in this Agreement, the consideration for the Restricted Stock to be repurchased in accordance with this Section 7, then after such time the person from whom such Restricted Stock is to be repurchased shall no longer have any rights as a holder of such Restricted Stock (other than the right to receive payment of such consideration in accordance with this Agreement). Such Restricted Stock shall be deemed to have been repurchased in accordance with the applicable provisions hereof, whether or not the certificate(s) therefore have been delivered as required by this Agreement.

 

7.8 Escrow. Upon issuance, the certificates for Restricted Stock shall be deposited in escrow with the Company to be held in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. Any new, substituted or additional securities or other property described in Section 7.6 above shall immediately be delivered to the Company to be held in escrow, but only to the extent the Shares are at the time Restricted Stock. All regular cash dividends on Restricted Stock (or other securities at the time held in escrow) shall be paid directly to the Optionee and shall not be held in escrow. Restricted Stock, together with any other assets or securities held in escrow hereunder, shall be (i) surrendered to the Company for repurchase and cancellation upon the Company's exercise of its Right of Repurchase or Right of First Refusal or (ii) released to the Optionee upon the Optionee's request to the extent the Shares are no longer Restricted Stock (but not more frequently than once every six months). In any event, all Shares which have vested (and any other vested assets and securities attributable thereto) shall be released within 60 days after the earlier of (i) the Optionee's cessation of Service or (ii) the lapse of the Right of First Refusal.

 

SECTION 8: RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL

 

8.1 Right of First Refusal. In the event that the Company's stock is not readily tradable on an established securities market and the Optionee proposes to sell, pledge or otherwise transfer to a third party any Shares acquired under this Agreement, or any interest in such Shares, to any person, entity or organization (the "Transferee") the Company shall have the Right of First Refusal with respect to all (and not less than all) of such Shares (the "Right of First Refusal"). If the Optionee desires to transfer Shares acquired under this Agreement, the Optionee shall give a written transfer notice ("Transfer Notice") to the Company describing fully the proposed transfer, including the number of Shares proposed to be transferred, the proposed transfer price, the name and address of the proposed Transferee and proof satisfactory to the Company that the proposed sale or transfer will not violate any applicable federal or state securities laws. The Transfer Notice shall be signed both by the Optionee and by the proposed Transferee and must constitute a binding commitment of both parties to the transfer of the Shares. The Company shall have the right to purchase all, and not less than all, of the Shares on the terms of the proposal described in

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the Transfer Notice by delivery of a notice of exercise of the Right of First Refusal within 30 days after the date when the Transfer Notice was received by the Company. The Company's rights under this Section 8.1 shall be freely assignable, in whole or in part.

 

8.2 Additional Shares or Substituted Securities. In the event of the declaration of a stock dividend, the declaration of an extraordinary dividend payable in a form other than stock, a spin-off, a stock split, an adjustment in conversion ratio, a recapitalization or a similar transaction affecting the Company's outstanding securities without receipt of consideration, any new, substituted or additional securities or other property (including money paid other than as an ordinary cash dividend) which are by reason of such transaction distributed with respect to any Shares subject to this Section 8 or into which such Shares thereby become convertible shall immediately be subject to this Section 8. Appropriate adjustments to reflect the distribution of such securities or property shall be made to the number and/or class of the Shares subject to this Section 8.

 

8.3 Termination of Right of First Refusal. Any other provision of this Section 8 notwithstanding, in the event that the Stock is readily tradable on an established securities market when the Optionee desires to transfer Shares, the Company shall have no Right of First Refusal, and the Optionee shall have no obligation to comply with the procedures prescribed by this Section 8.

 

8.4 Permitted Transfers. This Section 8 shall not apply to a transfer (i) by gift to a member of the Participant's immediate family or (ii) by transfer by instrument to a trust providing that the Option is to be passed to beneficiaries upon death of the Settlor. For purposes of this Section 8.4, "immediate family" shall mean the Optionee's spouse (including a former spouse subject to terms of a domestic relations order); child, stepchild, grandchild, child-in-law; parent, stepparent, grandparent, parent-in-law; sibling and sibling-in-law, and shall include adoptive relationships.

 

8.5 Termination of Rights as Stockholder. If the Company makes available, at the time and place and in the amount and form provided in this Agreement, the consideration for the Shares to be purchased in accordance with this Section 8, then after such time the person from whom such Shares are to be purchased shall no longer have any rights as a holder of such Shares (other than the right to receive payment of such consideration in accordance with this Agreement). Such Shares shall be deemed to have been purchased in accordance with the applicable provisions hereof, whether or not the certificate(s) therefore have been delivered as required by this Agreement.

 

SECTION 9: OBLIGATION TO SELL.

 

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at any time following Optionee's acquisition of Shares hereunder, stockholders of the Company owning 51% or more of the shares of the Company (on a fully diluted basis) (the "Control Sellers") enter into an agreement (including any agreement in principal) to transfer all of their shares to any person or group of persons who are not affiliated with the Control Sellers, such Control Sellers may require each stockholder who is not a Control Seller (a "Non-Control Seller") to sell all of their shares to such person or group of persons at a price and on terms and conditions the same as those on which such Control Sellers have agreed to sell their shares, other than terms and conditions relating to the performance or non-performance of services. For the purposes of the preceding sentence, an affiliate of a Control Seller is a person who controls, which is controlled by, or which is under common control with, the Control Seller.

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SECTION 10: STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT

 

As a condition to the transfer of Stock pursuant to this Stock Option Agreement, the Administrator, in its sole and absolute discretion, may require the Participant to execute and become a party to any agreement by and among the Company and any of its stockholders which exists on or after the Date of Grant (the "Stockholders Agreement"). If the Participant becomes a party to a Stockholders Agreement, in addition to the terms of the Plan and this Stock Option Agreement, the terms and conditions of Stockholders Agreement shall govern Participant's rights in and to the Stock; and if there is any conflict between the provisions of the Stockholders Agreement and the Plan or any conflict between the provisions of the Stockholders Agreement and this Stock Option Agreement, the provisions of the Stockholders Agreement shall be controlling. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 10, if the Stockholders Agreement contains any provisions which would violate Delaware corporate law if applied to the Participant, the terms of the Plan and this Stock Option Agreement shall govern the Participant's rights with respect to such provisions.

 

SECTION 11: LEGALITY OF INITIAL ISSUANCE

 

No Shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this option unless and until the Company has determined that:

 

11.1 It and the Optionee have taken any actions required to register the Shares, provided the Stock is publicly traded, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or to perfect an exemption from the registration requirements thereof;

 

11.2 Any applicable listing requirement of any stock exchange on which Stock is listed has been satisfied; and

 

11.3 Any other applicable provision of state or federal law has been satisfied.

 

SECTION 12: NO REGISTRATION RIGHTS

 

The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, register or qualify the sale of Shares under the Securities Act or any other applicable law. The Company shall not be obligated to take any affirmative action in order to cause the sale of Shares under this Agreement to comply with any law.

 

SECTION 13: RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER

 

13.1 Securities Law Restrictions. Regardless of whether the offering and sale of Shares under the Plan have been registered under the Securities Act or have been registered or qualified under the securities laws of any state, the Company, at its discretion, may impose restrictions upon the sale, pledge or other transfer of such Shares (including the placement of appropriate legends on stock certificates or the imposition of stop-transfer instructions) if, in the judgment of the Company, such restrictions are necessary or desirable in order to achieve compliance with the Securities Act, the securities laws of any state or any other law.

 

13.2 Market Stand-Off. In the event of an underwritten public offering by the Company of its equity securities pursuant to an effective registration statement filed under the Act, including the Company's initial public offering (a "Public Offering"), the Optionee shall not transfer for value any shares of Stock without the prior written consent of the Company or its

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underwriters, for such period of time from and after the effective date of such registration statement as may be requested by the Company or such underwriters (the "Market Stand-Off"). The Market Stand-off shall be in effect for such period of time following the date of the final prospectus for the offering as may be requested by the Company or such underwriters. In the event of the declaration of a stock dividend, a spin-off, a stock split, an adjustment in conversion ratio, a recapitalization or a similar transaction affecting the Company's outstanding securities without receipt of consideration, any new, substituted or additional securities which are by reason of such transaction distributed with respect to any Shares subject to the Market Stand-Off, or into which such Shares thereby become convertible, shall immediately be subject to the Market Stand-Off. In order to enforce the Market Stand-Off, the Company may impose stop-transfer instructions with respect to the Shares acquired under this Agreement until the end of the applicable stand-off period.

 

13.3 Investment Intent at Grant. The Optionee represents and agrees that the Shares to be acquired upon exercising this option will be acquired for investment, and not with a view to the sale or distribution thereof.

 

13.4 Investment Intent at Exercise. In the event that the sale of Shares under the Plan is not registered under the Securities Act but an exemption is available which requires an investment representation or other representation, the Optionee shall represent and agree at the time of exercise that the Shares being acquired upon exercising this option are being acquired for investment, and not with a view to the sale or distribution thereof, and shall make such other representations as are deemed necessary or appropriate by the Company and its counsel.

 

13.5 Legends. All certificates evidencing Shares purchased under this Agreement in an unregistered transaction shall bear the following legend (and such other restrictive legends as are required or deemed advisable under the provisions of any applicable law):

 

"THE SHARES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, PLEDGED, OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED WITHOUT AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION THEREOF UNDER SUCH ACT OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY AND ITS COUNSEL, THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED."

 

13.6 Removal of Legends. If, in the opinion of the Company and its counsel, any legend placed on a stock certificate representing Shares sold under this Agreement no longer is required, the holder of such certificate shall be entitled to exchange such certificate for a certificate representing the same number of Shares but without such legend.

 

13.7 Administration. Any determination by the Company and its counsel in connection with any of the matters set forth in this Section 13 shall be conclusive and binding on the Optionee and all other persons.

 

SECTION 14: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

 

14.1 Rights as a Stockholder. Neither the Optionee nor the Optionee's representative shall have any rights as a stockholder with respect to any Shares subject to this option until the Optionee or the Optionee's representative becomes entitled to receive such Shares by filing a notice of exercise and paying the Exercise Price pursuant to Section 4 and Section 5 hereof.

 

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14.2 Adjustments. If there is any change in the number of outstanding shares of Stock by reason of a stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, combination or reclassification, then (i) the number of shares subject to this option and (ii) the Exercise Price of this option, in effect prior to such change, shall be proportionately adjusted to reflect any increase or decrease in the number of issued shares of Stock; provided, however, that any fractional shares resulting from the adjustment shall be eliminated.

 

14.3 No Retention Rights. Nothing in this option or in the Plan shall confer upon the Optionee any right to continue in Service for any period of specific duration or interfere with or otherwise restrict in any way the rights of the Company (or any Parent or Subsidiary employing or retaining the Optionee) or of the Optionee, which rights are hereby expressly reserved by each, to terminate his or her Service at any time and for any reason, with or without Cause.

 

14.4 Notice. Any notice required by the terms of this Agreement shall be given in writing and shall be deemed effective upon personal delivery or upon deposit with the United States Postal Service, by registered or certified mail, with postage and fees prepaid. Notice shall be addressed the Optionee at the address set forth in the records of the Company. Notice shall be addressed to the Company at:

 

STRATUS CAPITAL CORP.

Attn: Richard O. Dean, CEO

8480 East Orchard Road, Suite 1100

Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111

 

14.5 Entire Agreement. The Notice of Stock Option Grant, this Agreement and the Plan constitute the entire contract between the parties hereto with regard to the subject matter hereof. They supersede any other agreements, representations or understandings (whether oral or written and whether express or implied) that relate to the subject matter hereof.

 

14.6 Choice of Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE WITHOUT REGARD TO ITS CHOICE OF LAWS PROVISIONS, AS DELAWARE LAWS ARE APPLIED TO CONTRACTS ENTERED INTO AND PERFORMED IN SUCH STATE.

 

14.7 Attorneys' Fees. In the event that any action, suit or proceeding is instituted upon any breach of this Agreement, the prevailing party shall be paid by the other party thereto an amount equal to all of the prevailing party's costs and expenses, including attorneys' fees incurred in each and every such action, suit or proceeding (including any and all appeals or petitions therefrom). As used in this Agreement, "attorneys' fees" shall mean the full and actual cost of any legal services actually performed in connection with the matter involved calculated on the basis of the usual fee charged by the attorney performing such services and shall not be limited to "reasonable attorneys' fees" as defined in any statute or rule of court.

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EXHIBIT A

TO

STRATUS CAPITAL CORP.

STOCK OPTION AND AWARD INCENTIVE PLAN:

STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

ANNEX I

 

 

NOTICE OF EXERCISE

 

(To be signed only upon exercise of the Option)

 

STRATUS CAPITAL CORP.

Attn: Richard O. Dean, CEO

8480 East Orchard Road, Suite 1100

Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111

 

The undersigned, the holder of the enclosed Stock Option Agreement, hereby irrevocably elects to exercise the purchase rights represented by the Option and to purchase thereunder __________* shares of Common Stock of STRATUS CAPITAL CORP. (the "Company"), and herewith encloses payment of $_______ and/or _________ shares of the Company's common stock in full payment of the purchase price of such shares being purchased.

 

 

Dated:

 

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NOTICE: YOUR STOCK MAY BE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS AND FORFEITABLE UNDER THE NOTICE OF STOCK OPTION GRANT AND STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

 

(Signature must conform in all respects to name of holder as specified on the face of the Option)

 

 

 

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(Please Print Name)

 

 

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(Address)

 

 

* Insert here the number of shares called for on the face of the Option, or, in the case of a partial exercise, the number of shares being exercised, in either case without making any adjustment for additional Common Stock of the Company, other securities or property that, pursuant to the adjustment provisions of the Option, may be deliverable upon exercise.

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FORM OF RESOLUTIONS FOR OPTION GRANTS

 

 

RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY UNANIMOUS WRITTEN CONSENT

OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF

STRATUS CAPITAL CORP.

 

As of ______________, 20__

 

The undersigned directors, constituting the entire board of directors (the "Board") of STRATUS CAPITAL CORP., a Delaware Corporation (the "Company"), hereby take the following actions, adopt the following resolutions, and transact the following business, by written consent without a meeting, as of the date above written, pursuant to the applicable corporate laws of the State of Delaware and the Company's Bylaws.

 

WHEREAS, the Company previously adopted the STRATUS CAPITAL CORP. STOCK OPTION AND AWARD INCENTIVE PLAN (the "Plan"), and has delegated the responsibility to administer the Plan to the Board;

 

WHEREAS, Four Million (4,000,000) shares of Common Stock of the Company were originally reserved for issuance under the Plan;

 

WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, _____________ shares remain available for issuance under the Plan; and

 

WHEREAS, the Board has determined that it is in the best interests of this Company and its stockholders to provide, under the Plan, equity incentives to those employees, directors and/or consultants of the Company identified below.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the persons listed on the Exhibit A, which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference, which exhibit was reviewed by the Board and shall be included with this Consent, are hereby granted, as of the date hereof, an option (the "Option") to purchase the number of shares with the vesting schedule and exercise price as set forth in Exhibit A;

 

RESOLVED FURTHER, that each of the Options shall be either a Non-Qualified Stock Option or an ISO (as such terms are defined in the Plan) as specified in Exhibit A;

 

RESOLVED FURTHER, that the Options shall be evidenced by stock option agreements and be subject to the restrictions (including transfer and/or repurchase rights), if any, set forth in such stock option agreements;

 

RESOLVED FURTHER, that the Options shall be granted pursuant to the exemptions provided under Section 701 of the Securities Act Rules and Delaware Securities Laws;

 

RESOLVED FURTHER, that there is hereby reserved and set aside under the Plan the number of shares adequate to cover the shares underlying the Options granted herein; and

 

RESOLVED FURTHER, that the officers of this Company, and each of them, be, and they hereby are, authorized, directed and empowered for and on behalf of the Company to do or cause to be done all such acts and things and to sign, deliver and/or file all such documents and notices

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as any of such officers may deem necessary or advisable in order to carry out and perform the foregoing resolutions and the intention thereof.

 

The Secretary of the Corporation is directed to file the original executed copy of this Consent with the minutes of proceedings of the Board.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this consent as of the date first written above.

 

DIRECTORS:

 

     
Richard O. Dean, Director   Pedro C. Gonzalez, Director
     
     
     

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT A

TO

FORM OF RESOLUTIONS FOR OPTION GRANTS

 

 

 

Stock Option Grant Information

 

Name No. Shares ISO or NQSO Exercise Price* Vesting Schedule
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         

 

 

* In the case of an ISO, the per share exercise price must be at least 100% of the Fair Market Value (as such term is defined in the Plan) of the underlying share as of the date of grant. In the case of a NQSO, the per share exercise price must be at least 85% of the Fair Market Value of the underlying share as of the date of grant.

 

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STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

 

 

 

 

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STOCK PURCHASE CERTIFICATE

 

THIS IS TO CERTIFY that STRATUS CAPITAL CORP., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), has offered you (the "Purchaser") the right to purchase Common Stock (the "Stock" or "Shares") of the Company under its STRATUS CAPITAL CORP. STOCK OPTION AND AWARD INCENTIVE PLAN (the "Plan"), as follows:

 

Name of Purchaser:  
Address of Purchaser:  
   
Number of Shares:  
Purchase Price: $
Offer Grant Date:  
Offer Expiration Date: 15 days after the Offer Grant Date
Vesting Commencement Date:  
Vesting Schedule:  
   

 

 

By your signature and the signature of the Company's representative below, you and the Company agree to be bound by all of the terms and conditions of the Stock Purchase Agreement, which is attached hereto as Annex I and the Plan (both incorporated herein by this reference as if set forth in full in this document). By executing this Agreement, Purchaser hereby irrevocably elects to exercise the purchase rights granted pursuant to the Stock Purchase Agreement and to purchase ________ shares of Stock of STRATUS CAPITAL CORP., and herewith encloses payment of $____________ in payment of the purchase price of the shares being purchased.

 

PURCHASER: STRATUS CAPITAL CORP.

 

By:_________________________________ By:______________________

Richard O. Dean

Print Name:_________________________ Its: CEO

 

 

 

 

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ANNEX I

to

STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

 

THE STOCK GRANTED PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, PLEDGED, OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED WITHOUT AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY AND ITS COUNSEL, THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED.

 

 

STRATUS CAPITAL CORP.

STOCK OPTION AND AWARD INCENTIVE PLAN:

STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

This Stock Purchase Agreement (this "Agreement") is made and entered into on the execution date of the Stock Purchase Certificate to which it is attached (the "Certificate"), by and between STRATUS CAPITAL CORP., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and the Director, Employee or Consultant ("Purchaser") named in the Certificate.

 

Pursuant to the STRATUS CAPITAL CORP. STOCK OPTION AND AWARD INCENTIVE PLAN (the "Plan"), the Administrator of the Plan has authorized the grant to Purchaser of the right to purchase shares of the Company's Common Stock, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement and in the Plan. Capitalized terms not otherwise defied herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Plan.

 

SECTION 1: THE OFFER.

 

1.1 Offer of the Stock. The Company hereby offers to sell to purchaser the number of shares of stock set forth in the certificate at the price and subject to the restrictions set forth in this Agreement (the shares of stock which you purchase under this agreement are referred to as the "Stock" or "Shares").

 

1.2 Purchase Price. The Purchase Price for the Stock is set forth in the Certificate.

 

1.3 Payment For The Stock. Purchaser may pay for the stock by delivering to the company the purchase price in the form of either (i) cash or cashier's check or (ii) your promissory note, in the form of the Promissory Note attached to this agreement as Exhibit A. If Purchaser pays for the stock by delivery of the Promissory Note, Purchaser must also deliver to the company at the same time one executed copy of both the Security Agreement attached as Exhibit B and the Stock Assignment attached as Exhibit C.

 

1.4 Expiration of Offer. This offer expires at 5:00 o'clock p.m. on the date set forth in the certificate.

 

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SECTION 2: ACCEPTANCE OF THE OFFER.

 

There is no obligation to exercise the rights granted to you under this Agreement, in whole or in part. Purchaser may purchase fewer shares than the number offered to Purchaser in this Agreement. If Purchaser decides to accept the offer and purchase any shares offered, Purchaser must do the following:

 

2.1 Complete Documents. Complete, sign and date one copy of the Certificate, and, if Purchaser is paying by delivery of a promissory note, one copy each of the attached Promissory Note, Security Agreement and Stock Assignment;

 

2.2 Spousal Consent. If Purchaser is married, Purchaser must have his or her spouse sign and date one copy of the attached Spousal Consent; and

 

2.3 Deliver to Company. Deliver to the Company on or before the time the offer expires, the signed copy of this Agreement, the Spousal Consent, and payment for the Stock, in cash, by cashier's check or by the Promissory Note. If Purchaser is paying for the stock by the Promissory Note, Purchaser must also deliver to the Company the executed original Promissory Note, Security Agreement and Stock Assignment.

 

Purchaser should retain a copy of all of the signed documents for his or her files, and if Purchaser does so, Purchaser should mark the retained copy of the Promissory Note "COPY." THE SIGNED PROMISSORY NOTE IS A NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENT AND IS ENFORCEABLE AGAINST PURCHASER BY ANY HOLDER OF THE PROMISSORY NOTE, AND ANY ADDITIONAL SIGNED COPIES WHICH ARE NOT MARKED "COPY" MAY ALSO BE NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS WHICH ARE ENFORCEABLE AGAINST PURCHASER BY THEIR HOLDER.

 

SECTION 3: RESTRICTIONS ON THE STOCK.

 

3.1 Restrictions on Transfer of Shares. Purchaser shall not sell, make any short sale of, loan, hypothecate, pledge, grant any option for the repurchase of, or otherwise dispose or transfer for value (each a "Transfer") or otherwise agree to engage in any of the foregoing transactions with respect to any shares of Stock. The Company shall not be required to register any such Transfer and the Company may instruct its transfer agent not to register any such Transfer, unless and until all of the following events shall have occurred:

 

3.1.1 The Company has declined to exercise the right of first refusal provided for in Section 5 hereof;

 

3.1.2 The Shares are Transferred pursuant to and in conformity with: (i) (x) an effective registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act") or (y) an exemption from registration under the Act; and (ii) the securities laws of any state of the United States; and

 

3.1.3 Purchaser has, prior to the Transfer of such Shares, and if requested by the Company, provided all relevant information to the Company's counsel so that upon the Company's request, the Company's counsel is able to deliver, and actually prepares and delivers to the Company a written opinion that the proposed Transfer is: (i) (x) pursuant to a registration statement which has been filed with the Commission and is then effective

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or (y) exempt from registration under the Act as then in effect, and the Rules and Regulations of the Commission thereunder; and (ii) is either qualified or registered under any applicable state securities laws, or exempt from such qualification or registration. The Company shall bear all reasonable costs of preparing such opinion.

 

3.2 Additional Restrictions on Transfer of Non-Vested Shares. Purchaser agrees, for himself or herself and for his or her heirs, successors and assigns, that Purchaser shall have no right or power under any circumstance to Transfer any interest in shares of the Stock which are "Non-Vested Shares," as determined by the schedule set forth in the Certificate, except to the Company. As used in this Agreement, "Vested Shares" means all shares of the Stock which Purchaser has the right to Transfer at a specified point in time and "Non-Vested Shares" means all shares of the Stock which Purchaser does not have the right to Transfer at a specified point in time. The Certificate sets forth the vesting schedule.

 

3.3 Company's Repurchase Right.

 

3.3.1 Scope of Repurchase Right. Unless they have become vested, the Shares acquired under this Agreement initially shall be "Restricted Stock" and shall be subject to a right (but not an obligation) of repurchase by the Company (the "Repurchase Right"). The Purchaser shall not transfer, assign, encumber or otherwise dispose of any Restricted Stock, except as provided in the following sentence. The Purchaser may transfer Restricted Stock:

 

3.3.1.1 By testament or intestate succession or by transfer by instrument to a trust providing that the Restricted Stock is to be passed to one or more beneficiaries upon death of the Settlor; or

 

3.3.1.2 To the Purchaser's "immediate family," as that term is defined in the Plan (together, "Transferee").

 

Provided, however, in either case the Transferee must agree in writing on a form prescribed by the Company to be bound by all provisions of this Agreement. If the Purchaser transfers any Restricted Stock, then this Section 3 will apply to the Transferee to the same extent as to the Purchaser.

 

3.3.2 Exercise Period. The Repurchase Right shall be exercisable only during the 90-day period following the later of the date when the Purchaser's service as an Employee, outside Director or Consultant ("Service") terminates for any reason, with or without cause, including (without limitation) death or disability.

 

3.3.3 Non Applicability and Lapse of Repurchase Right. The Repurchase Right shall lapse with respect to the Shares in accordance with the vesting schedule set forth in the Certificate. In addition, the Repurchase Right shall lapse and all of such Stock shall become vested if (i) a Change in Control occurs before the Purchaser's Service terminates and (ii) the options are not assumed by, or Repurchase Right is not assigned to, the entity that employs the Participant immediately after the Change in Control or to its parent or subsidiary.

 

The Repurchase Right shall not exist with respect to shares of Stock that have been registered under a then currently effective registration statement under applicable federal securities laws and the issuer is subject to the reporting requirements of Section

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13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or becomes an investment company registered or required to be registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, or (ii) a determination is made by counsel for the Company that such Exercise Price restrictions are not required in the circumstances under applicable federal or state securities laws.

 

3.3.4 Repurchase Price. Following a termination of the Participant's Service, which does not result from the Company's termination of Service for Cause, the Repurchase Right shall be exercisable at a price equal to (i) the Fair Market Value of vested Stock and (ii) the Purchase Price of unvested Stock. Following the termination of the Participant's Service for Cause, the Repurchase Right shall be exercisable as to both vested and unvested Shares at a price equal to the Purchase Price as set forth in the Certificate.

 

3.3.5 Rights of Repurchase Adjustments. If there is any change in the number of outstanding shares of Stock by reason of a stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend, an extraordinary dividend payable in a form other than stock, recapitalization, combination or reclassification, or a similar transaction affecting the Company's outstanding securities without receipt of consideration, then (i) any new, substituted or additional securities or other property (including money paid other than as an ordinary cash dividend) distributed with respect to any Restricted Stock (or into which such Restricted Stock thereby become convertible) shall immediately be subject to the Right of Repurchase; and (ii) appropriate adjustments to reflect the distribution of such securities or property shall be made to the number and/or class of the Restricted Stock and to the price per share to be paid upon the exercise of the Right of Repurchase; provided, however, that the aggregate Purchase Price payable for the Restricted Stock shall remain the same.

 

3.3.6 Escrow. Upon issuance, the certificates for Restricted Stock shall be deposited in escrow with the Company to be held in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. Any new, substituted or additional securities or other property described in Section 3.3.5 above shall immediately be delivered to the Company to be held in escrow, but only to the extent the Shares are at the time Restricted Stock. All regular cash dividends on Restricted Stock (or other securities at the time held in escrow) shall be paid directly to the Purchaser and shall not be held in escrow. Restricted Stock, together with any other assets or securities held in escrow hereunder, shall be (i) surrendered to the Company for repurchase and cancellation upon the Company's exercise of its Right of Repurchase or Right of First Refusal or (ii) released to the Purchaser upon the Purchaser's request to the extent the Shares are no longer Restricted Stock (but not more frequently than once every six months). In any event, all Shares which have vested (and any other vested assets and securities attributable thereto) shall be released within 60 days after the earlier of (i) the Purchaser's cessation of Service or (ii) the lapse of the Right of First Refusal.

 

3.4 Retention of Non-Vested Shares. Purchaser shall immediately deliver to the Company each certificate representing Non-Vested Shares issued to Purchaser hereunder, or deemed to be issued to Purchaser hereunder, together with the collateral instruments of transfer executed in blank, to be held by the Company until such time as all shares represented by that certificate are Vested Shares and any indebtedness with respect to those shares has been paid in full; provided, however, that if the Company holds a certificate representing Vested Shares and Non-Vested Shares, and any indebtedness with respect to the Vested Shares has been paid in full, upon Purchaser's request the Company will cause a certificate representing the Vested Shares to be

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delivered to Purchaser, but the Company will retain any certificate representing the Non-Vested Shares.

 

3.5 Non-Complying Transfers. Every attempted Transfer of any shares of the Stock in violation of this Section 3 shall be null and void ab initio, and of no force or effect.

 

SECTION 4: LEGENDS ON STOCK CERTIFICATES.

 

Purchaser agrees that the Company may place on each certificate representing Shares the following legend:

 

"THE SECURITIES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED, ASSIGNED, PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE ISSUER AND THE REGISTERED HOLDER OF THIS CERTIFICATE, WHICH AGREEMENT PROVIDES, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE ISSUER HAS A RIGHT TO REPURCHASE THE SECURITIES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE. A COPY OF THAT AGREEMENT IS ON FILE AT THE PRINCIPAL OFFICE OF THE ISSUER."

 

SECTION 5: RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL.

 

5.1 Right of First Refusal. In the event that the Stock is not readily tradable on an established securities market and the Purchaser proposes to sell, pledge or otherwise transfer to a third party any Shares acquired under this Agreement, or any interest in such Shares, to any person, entity or organization (the "Transferee") the Company shall have the Right of First Refusal with respect to all (and not less than all) of such Shares (the "Right of First Refusal"). If the Purchaser desires to transfer Shares acquired under this Agreement, the Purchaser shall give a written transfer notice ("Transfer Notice") to the Company describing fully the proposed transfer, including the number of Shares proposed to be transferred, the proposed transfer price, the name and address of the proposed Transferee and proof satisfactory to the Company that the proposed sale or transfer will not violate any applicable federal or state securities laws. The Transfer Notice shall be signed both by the Purchaser and by the proposed Transferee and must constitute a binding commitment of both parties to the transfer of the Shares. The Company shall have the right to purchase all, and not less than all, of the Shares on the terms of the proposal described in the Transfer Notice by delivery of a notice of exercise of the Right of First Refusal within 30 days after the date when the Transfer Notice was received by the Company. The Company's rights under this Section 5 shall be freely assignable, in whole or in part.

 

5.2 Additional Shares or Substituted Securities. In the event of the declaration of a stock dividend, the declaration of an extraordinary dividend payable in a form other than stock, a spin-off, a stock split, an adjustment in conversion ratio, a recapitalization or a similar transaction affecting the Company's outstanding securities without receipt of consideration, any new, substituted or additional securities or other property (including money paid other than as an ordinary cash dividend) which are by reason of such transaction distributed with respect to any Shares subject to this Section 5 or into which such Shares thereby become convertible shall immediately be subject to this Section 5. Appropriate adjustments to reflect the distribution of such securities or property shall be made to the number and/or class of the Shares subject to this Section 5.

 

5.3 Termination of Right of First Refusal. Any other provision of this Section 5 notwithstanding, in the event that the Stock is readily tradable on an established securities market

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when the Purchaser desires to transfer Shares, the Company shall have no Right of First Refusal, and the Purchaser shall have no obligation to comply with the procedures prescribed by this Section 5.

 

5.4 Permitted Transfers. This Section 5 shall not apply to a transfer (i) by gift to a member of the Participant's immediate family or (ii) by transfer by instrument to a trust providing that the Shares is to be passed to beneficiaries upon death of the Settlor. For purposes of this Section 5.4, "immediate family" shall mean the Purchaser's spouse (including a former spouse subject to terms of a domestic relations order); child, stepchild, grandchild, child-in-law; parent, stepparent, grandparent, parent-in-law; sibling and sibling-in-law, and shall include adoptive relationships.

 

5.5 Termination of Rights as Stockholder. If the Company makes available, at the time and place and in the amount and form provided in this Agreement, the consideration for the Shares to be purchased in accordance with this Section 5, then after such time the person from whom such Shares are to be purchased shall no longer have any rights as a holder of such Shares (other than the right to receive payment of such consideration in accordance with this Agreement). Such Shares shall be deemed to have been purchased in accordance with the applicable provisions hereof, whether or not the certificate(s) therefor have been delivered as required by this Agreement.

 

SECTION 6: OBLIGATION TO SELL.

 

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at any time following Purchaser's acquisition of Shares hereunder, stockholders of the Company owning 51% or more of the shares of the Company (on a fully diluted basis) (the "Control Sellers") enter into an agreement (including any agreement in principal) to transfer all of their shares to any person or group of persons who are not affiliated with the Control Sellers, such Control Sellers may require each stockholder who is not a Control Seller (a "Non-Control Seller") to sell all of their shares to such person or group of persons at a price and on terms and conditions the same as those on which such Control Sellers have agreed to sell their shares, other than terms and conditions relating to the performance or non-performance of services. For the purposes of the preceding sentence, an affiliate of a Control Seller is a person who controls, which is controlled by, or which is under common control with, the Control Seller.

 

SECTION 7: STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT.

 

As a condition to the transfer of Stock pursuant to this Stock Purchase Agreement, the Administrator, in its sole and absolute discretion, may require the Participant to execute and become a party to any agreement by and among the Company and any of its stockholders which exists on or after the Date of Grant (the "Stockholders Agreement"). If the Participant becomes a party to a Stockholders Agreement, in addition to the terms of the Plan and this Stock Purchase Agreement, the terms and conditions of Stockholders Agreement shall govern Participant's rights in and to the Stock; and if there is any conflict between the provisions of the Stockholders Agreement and the Plan or any conflict between the provisions of the Stockholders Agreement and this Stock Purchase Agreement, the provisions of the Stockholders Agreement shall be controlling. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 7, if the Stockholders Agreement contains any provisions which would violate Delaware law if applied to the Participant, the terms of the Plan and this Stock Purchase Agreement shall govern the Participant's rights with respect to such provisions.

 

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SECTION 8: WAIVER OF RIGHTS TO PURCHASE STOCK.

 

By signing this Agreement, Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that neither the Company nor any other person or entity is under any obligation to sell or transfer to Purchaser any option or equity security of the Company, other than the shares of Stock subject to this Agreement and any other right or option to purchase Stock which was previously granted in writing to Purchaser by the Board (or a committee thereof). By signing this Agreement, except as provided in the immediately preceding sentence, Purchaser specifically waives all rights he or she may have had prior to the date of this Agreement to receive any option or equity security of the Company.

 

SECTION 9: INVESTMENT INTENT.

 

Purchaser represents and agrees that if he or she purchases the Stock in whole or in part and if at the time of such purchase the Stock has not been registered under the Act, that he or she will acquire the Stock upon such purchase for the purpose of investment and not with a view to the distribution of such Stock and upon each purchase, he or she will furnish to the Company a written statement to such effect.

 

SECTION 10: GENERAL PROVISIONS.

 

10.1 Further Assurances. Purchaser shall promptly take all actions and execute all documents requested by the Company which the Company deems to be reasonably necessary to effectuate the terms and intent of this Agreement. Any sale or transfer of the Stock to Purchaser by the Company shall be made free of any and all claims, encumbrances, liens and restrictions of every kind, other than those imposed by this Agreement.

 

10.2 Notices. All notices, requests, demands and other communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be given to the parties hereto as follows:

 

10.2.1 If to the Company, to:

 

STRATUS CAPITAL CORP.

Attn: Richard O. Dean, CEO

8480 East Orchard Road, Suite 1100

Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111

10.2.2 If to Purchaser, to the address set forth in the records of the Company.

 

10.2.3 Any such notice request, demand or other communication shall be effective (i) if given by mail, 72 hours after such communication is deposited in the mail by first-class certified mail, return receipt requested, postage pre-paid, addressed as aforesaid, or (ii) if given by any other means, when delivered at the address specified in this Section 10.2.

 

10.3 Transfer of Rights under this Agreement. The Company may at any time transfer and assign its rights and delegate its obligations under this Agreement to any other person, Company, firm or entity, including its officers, Directors and stockholders, with or without consideration.

 

10.4 Purchase Rights Non Transferable. Purchaser may not sell, transfer, assign or otherwise dispose of any rights hereunder except by testament or the laws of descent and

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distribution and the rights hereunder may be exercised during the lifetime of Purchaser only by the Purchaser or by his or her guardian or legal representative.

 

10.5 Market Stand-Off. In the event of an underwritten public offering by the Company of its equity securities pursuant to an effective registration statement filed under the Act, including the Company's initial public offering (a "Public Offering"), Purchaser shall not transfer for value any shares of Stock without the prior written consent of the Company or its underwriters, for such period of time from and after the effective date of such registration statement as may be requested by the Company or such underwriters (the "Market Stand-Off"). The Market Stand-Off shall be in effect for such period of time following the date of the final prospectus for the offering as may be requested by the Company or such underwriters. In the event of the declaration of a stock dividend, a spin-off, a stock split, an adjustment in conversion ratio, a recapitalization or a similar transaction affecting the Company's outstanding securities without receipt of consideration, any new, substituted or additional securities which are by reason of such transaction distributed with respect to any Shares subject to the Market Stand-Off, or into which such Shares thereby become convertible, shall immediately be subject to the Market Stand-Off. In order to enforce the Market Stand-Off, the Company may impose stop-transfer instructions with respect to the Shares acquired under this Agreement until the end of the applicable stand-off period.

 

10.6 Adjustment. If there is any change in the number of outstanding shares of Stock by reason of a stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend, an extraordinary dividend payable in a form other than stock, recapitalization, combination or reclassification, or a similar transaction affecting the Company's outstanding securities without receipt of consideration, then (i) any new, substituted or additional securities or other property (including money paid other than as an ordinary cash dividend) distributed with respect to any Restricted Stock (or into which such Restricted Stock thereby become convertible) shall immediately be subject to the Repurchase Right; and (ii) appropriate adjustments to reflect the distribution of such securities or property shall be made to the number and/or class of the Restricted Stock and to the price per share to be paid upon the exercise of the Repurchase Right; provided, however, that the aggregate purchase price payable for the Restricted Stock shall remain the same.

 

10.7 Successors and Assigns. Except to the extent this Agreement is specifically limited by the terms and provisions of this Agreement, this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successor, assigns, heirs and personal representatives.

 

10.8 Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, WITHOUT REGARD TO ITS CHOICE OF LAW PROVISIONS, AS DELAWARE LAWS ARE APPLIED TO CONTRACTS ENTERED INTO AND PERFORMED IN SUCH STATE.

 

10.9 Severability. Should any paragraph or any part of a paragraph within this Stock Purchase Agreement be rendered void, invalid or unenforceable by any court of law for any reason, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not void or render invalid or unenforceable any other paragraph or part of a paragraph in this Stock Purchase Agreement.

 

10.10 Attorneys' Fees. In the event that any action, suit or proceeding is instituted upon any breach of this Agreement, the prevailing party shall be paid by the other party thereto an amount equal to all of the prevailing party's costs and expenses, including attorneys' fees incurred in each and every such action, suit or proceeding (including any and all appeals or petitions

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therefrom). As used in this Agreement, "attorneys' fees" shall mean the full and actual cost of any legal services actually performed in connection with the matter involved calculated on the basis of the usual fee charged by the attorney performing such services and shall not be limited to "reasonable attorneys' fees" as defined in any statute or rule of court.

 

10.11 The Plan. This Agreement is made pursuant to the Plan, and it is intended, and shall be interpreted in a manner, to comply herewith. Any provision of this Agreement inconsistent with the Plan shall be superseded and governed by the Plan.

 

10.12 Miscellaneous. Title and captions contained in this Agreement are inserted for convenience and reference only and do not constitute a part of this Agreement for any purpose.

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SPOUSAL CONSENT

 

The undersigned spouse of __________________________ does hereby consent to the execution of the foregoing Agreement by _____________________, and the performance by him (or her) of his (or her) obligations thereunder.

 

Dated:_______________    
    Signature

 

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EXHIBIT A

to

ANNEX I

of

STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

PROMISSORY NOTE

 

 

$   Date:

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned promises to pay to STRATUS CAPITAL CORP., a Delaware corporation, 8480 East Orchard Road, Suite 1100, Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111

(the "Company"), the principal sum of $_______________ with interest from the date hereof on the unpaid principal balance at the rate of _______% per annum, compounded annually. Accrued but unpaid interest under this Note shall be due and payable annually on the date immediately preceding the anniversary of this Note, at the rate of ____% per annum, and the unpaid principal balance and any remaining accrued but unpaid interest shall be due and payable on _______________, _____.

 

All sums paid hereunder shall be paid in lawful money of the United States of America at the principal executive offices of the Company or at such other place as the holder of this Note shall have designated to the undersigned in writing. The principal amount of this Note may be paid in whole or in part (in either case with any interest accrued through the date of payment) at any time or from time to time, prior to maturity, without penalty or charge for prepayment. All sums paid hereunder shall be applied first to any unpaid interest and then to the principal amount then outstanding.

 

If service of the undersigned with the Company is terminated for any reason, with or without cause, the holder of this Note shall be entitled at its option to demand payment of the full principal amount of this Note then unpaid, together with all interest accrued thereon to the date of payment, by delivery to the undersigned of written demand. Not later than 30 days after delivery of such demand the undersigned shall pay the principal amount together with all accrued interest.

 

The undersigned shall pay to the holder of this Note reasonable attorneys' fees and all costs and other expenses (including, without limitation, fees, costs and expenses of litigation) incurred by the holder in enforcing this Note. This Note is secured by a Security Agreement of even date herewith between the Company and the undersigned. The holder of this Note is entitled to the benefits of the Security Agreement and may enforce the agreements of the undersigned contained therein and exercise the remedies provided for thereby or otherwise available with respect to this Note.

 

 

Borrower:

 

 

Print name and Address:

 

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EXHIBIT B

to

ANNEX I

of

STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

 

THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT (the "Security Agreement") is made and entered into as of the ___ day of ______________, ____, between STRATUS CAPITAL CORP., a Delaware corporation ("Lender") and ___________________ ("Debtor").

 

WHEREAS, Debtor has concurrently herewith purchased from Lender _____ shares of Lender's Stock (the "Stock") pursuant to that certain Stock Purchase Agreement, dated ________________, ____, between Lender and Debtor (the "Purchase Agreement") and has made payment therefor by delivery of Debtor's promissory note of even date herewith (the "Note"); and

 

WHEREAS, Debtor and Lender desire to have Debtor grant to Lender a security interest in the collateral described below as security for Debtor's performance of the terms and conditions of the Purchase Agreement, the Note and this Security Agreement.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, on the basis of the above facts and in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements set forth below, Lender and Debtor agree as follows:

 

SECTION 1: GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST.

 

As security for Debtor's full and faithful performance of each and all of its obligations and liabilities under the Note, and any and all modifications, extensions or renewals thereof, the Purchase Agreement and this Security Agreement, Debtor hereby grants and assigns to Lender a continuing security interest in and to the Stock, and all stock dividends, cash dividends, liquidating dividends, new securities and all other property, moneys and rights to which Debtor may become entitled on account thereof (the "Collateral").

 

SECTION 2: PERFECTION OF SECURITY INTEREST.

 

To perfect Lender's security interest in and lien on the Collateral, Debtor shall, upon the execution of this Agreement, immediately deliver to Lender, together with collateral instruments of transfer executed in blank, all certificates representing the Stock to be held by Lender until released pursuant to Section 6 hereof.

 

SECTION 3: DEFAULT.

 

At the sole and exclusive option of Lender, upon an Event of Default (as defined in Section 3.2 below) Lender may exercise any or all of the rights and remedies of a secured party under the Delaware Uniform Commercial Code, as amended from time to time. All rights and remedies of Lender shall be cumulative and may be exercised successively or concurrently and without impairment of Lender's interest in the Collateral.

 

 

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As used herein, an Event of Default ("Event of Default") shall mean any of the following:

 

The failure of Debtor to perform any of its obligations under the Purchase Agreement, the Note or this Security Agreement; or

 

The occurrence of one or more of the following: (i) Debtor becoming the subject of any case or action or order for relief under the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978; (ii) the filing by Debtor of a petition or answer to take advantage of any bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, readjustment of debts, dissolution or liquidation law or statute, or the filing of any answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against Debtor in any proceeding under any such law or the taking of any action by Debtor for the purpose of effecting the foregoing; the appointment of a trustee, receiver or custodian of Debtor or any of Debtor's material assets or properties; (iii) Debtor making an assignment for the benefit of creditors; or (iv) the occurrence of any other act by Debtor or Debtor's creditors which Lender reasonably determines may jeopardize Debtor's ability to pay the Note or perform Debtor's obligations under the Purchase Agreement or this Security Agreement.

 

SECTION 4: WARRANTIES AND REPRESENTATIONS OF DEBTOR.

 

Debtor hereby represents and warrants that the Collateral is free and clear of any security interest, lien, restriction or encumbrance and that he has the full right and power to transfer the Collateral to Lender free and clear thereof and to enter into and carry out the Purchase Agreement, the Note and this Security Agreement.

 

SECTION 5: POWER OF ATTORNEY.

 

Debtor hereby appoints Lender's Secretary as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact to transfer the Collateral or cause it to be transferred on Lender's books whenever Lender determines in its sole and absolute discretion that such transfer is necessary or advisable to protect its rights or interests under this Security Agreement.

 

SECTION 6: RELEASE OF THE COLLATERAL.

 

Within five days following receipt by Lender of the unpaid principal amount of the Note from Debtor, Lender shall release from its security interest hereunder and deliver or cause to be delivered to Debtor the Stock.

 

SECTION 7: WAIVERS.

 

No waiver by Lender of any breach or default by Debtor under the Purchase Agreement, the Note or this Security Agreement shall be deemed a waiver of any breach or default thereafter occurring, and the taking of any action by Lender shall not be deemed an election of that action in exclusion of any other action. The rights, privileges, remedies and options granted to Lender under this Security Agreement or under any applicable law shall be deemed cumulative and may be exercised successively or concurrently.

 

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SECTION 8: GENERAL PROVISIONS.

 

8.1 Notices. All notices, requests, demands or other communications under this Security Agreement shall be in writing and shall be given to parties hereto as follows: If to the Company, to:

 

STRATUS CAPITAL CORP.

Attn: Richard O. Dean, CEO

8480 East Orchard Road, Suite 1100

Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111

 

If to Debtor, to the address set forth in the records of the Company, or such other address as may be furnished by either such party in writing to the other party hereto.

 

Any such notice, request, demand or other communication shall be effective (i) if given by mail, 72 hours after such communication is deposited in the mail by first-class certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed as aforesaid, or (ii) if given by any other means, when delivered at the address specified in this Paragraph 8.

 

8.2 Successors and Assigns. This Security Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors, assigns, heirs and personal representatives.

 

8.3 Severability. Should any paragraph or any part of a paragraph within this Security Agreement be rendered void, invalid or unenforceable by any court of law for any reason, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not void or render invalid or unenforceable any other paragraph or part of a paragraph in this Security Agreement.

 

8.4 Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE WITHOUT REGARD TO ITS CHOICE OF LAW PROVISIONS, AS DELAWARE LAWS ARE APPLIED TO CONTRACTS ENTERED INTO AND PERFORMED IN SUCH STATE.

 

8.5 Attorneys' Fees. In the event that any action, suit or proceeding is instituted upon any breach of this Security Agreement, the prevailing party shall be paid by the other party thereto an amount equal to all of the prevailing party's costs and expenses, including attorneys' fees incurred in each and every such action, suit or proceeding (including any and all appeals or petitions therefrom). As used in this Agreement, "Attorneys' Fees" shall mean the full and actual cost of any legal services actually performed in connection with the matter involved calculated on the basis of the usual fee charged by the attorney performing such services and shall not be limited to "reasonable attorneys' fees" as defined in any statute or rule of court.

 

8.6 Entire Agreement. The making, execution and delivery of this Security Agreement by the parties hereto have been induced by no representations, statements, warranties or agreements other than those herein expressed. This Security Agreement, the Purchase Agreement and the Note embody the entire understanding of the parties and there are no further or other agreements or understandings, written or oral, in effect between the parties relating to the subject matter hereof, unless expressly referred to by reference herein.

 

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8.7 Miscellaneous. Titles and captions contained in this Security Agreement are inserted for convenience of reference only and do not constitute part of this Security Agreement for any other purpose.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed and delivered this Security Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

 

DEBTOR:   LENDER: STRATUS CAPITAL CORP.
    By:
(Sign)   Richard O. Dean
    Its: CEO
(Please print name and address)    
     
     
     

 

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EXHIBIT C

to

ANNEX I

of

STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

STOCK ASSIGNMENT

SEPARATE FROM CERTIFICATE

 

 

For Value Received, _________________________________ ("Holder") hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto ____________________________________ (________) shares (the "Shares") of the Stock of STRATUS CAPITAL CORP., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), held of record by Holder and represented by Certificate No. ______, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints as Holder's attorney to transfer the Shares on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.

 

The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name written upon the face of the Certificate in every particular without any alteration or addition or any other change.

 

Dated

 

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(Signature of Holder)

 

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(Please print name and address)

 

 

SIGNATURE GUARANTEED BY:

 

(Holder's signature must be guaranteed by a

bank, a trust company or a brokerage firm):

 

 

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LETTER REGARDING

FEDERAL AND _________ TAX CONSEQUENCES

 

STRATUS CAPITAL CORP.

8480 East Orchard Road, Suite 1100

Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111

 

 

[Purchaser]

 

 

Dear :

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This letter is to notify you of certain federal and ___________ income tax consequences to you as a result of your purchase of shares (the "Shares") of Common Stock of STRATUS CAPITAL CORP. (the "Company") pursuant to the Stock Purchase Agreement dated __________, 20__ between you and the Company.

 

The conclusion of this letter is that, if the purchase price for the Shares equals their fair market value on the date you sign the Stock Purchase Agreement, you should send copies of the attached form (the "Section 83 Form") relating to Section 83 ("Section 83") of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the "Internal Revenue Code"), to the Internal Revenue Service and the Company, not later than 30 days after the date of the Stock Purchase Agreement. If the purchase price for the Shares is less than their fair market value on the date you sign the Stock Purchase Agreement, you should consider carefully whether or not you should file the Section 83 Form within 30 days after you sign the Stock Purchase Agreement.

 

Federal Income Tax Consequences

 

Certain federal income tax consequences to you in connection with your purchase of the Shares are determined in accordance with Section 83.

 

Section 83(a). Under Section 83(a), a person to whom property is transferred in connection with the performance of services ("Section 83 property") must recognize ordinary income in the year the property is transferred in an amount equal to the fair market value of the Section 83 property at the time it is transferred less the amount, if any, paid for the Section 83 property, unless the Section 83 property is not transferable and is subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture (collectively, a "Restriction on Transfer"). If there is a Restriction on Transfer, then the person acquiring Section 83 property will not recognize income until the Restriction on Transfer lapses (unless a Section 83(b) election is made - see below), at which time the person must recognize as ordinary income the fair market value of the Section 83 property at that time less the amount, if any, paid for the Section 83 property.

 

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Your purchase of the Shares probably constitutes a transfer of Section 83 property. Further, the Stock Purchase Agreement provides that, if you cease to be employed by the Company for any reason, the Company must repurchase from you and you must sell to the Company all Non-Vested Shares (as defined in the Stock Purchase Agreement) for an amount which may be less than their fair market value. Under Regulations promulgated under Section 83, these provisions probably constitute a Restriction on Transfer over your Non-Vested Shares. Thus, under Section 83(a), you would not be required to recognize any income as a result of your purchase of the Shares until they vest; when they vest, you would be required under Section 83(a) to recognize as ordinary income the excess, if any, of the fair market value of the Shares (as of the day they vest) over the price you paid for those Shares under the Stock Purchase Agreement. If the price of the Company's Common Stock is greater when the Shares vest than when you purchased them, you could have a substantial tax liability in connection with your purchase of the Shares when they vest.

 

Section 83(b) Election. Section 83(b) provides an alternative method for taxing Section 83 property. Under Section 83(b), a person may elect to recognize ordinary income in the year Section 83 property is transferred to him or her, rather then waiting until it vests. Thus, if you make a Section 83(b) election, you will be required to recognize as ordinary income in the year you purchase the Shares the difference, if any, between the fair market value of the Shares on the date you sign the Stock Purchase Agreement and the purchase price you pay for the Shares. For example, if you make the Section 83(b) election and you paid a purchase price for the Shares equal to their fair market value, you will not pay any taxes in the year of the purchase in connection with your purchase of the Shares. On the other hand, if you make the Section 83(b) election and the purchase price of the Shares is less than their fair market value on the date you sign the Stock Purchase Agreement, you will be required to pay taxes on the difference between those amounts in the year of the purchase. In either case, however, if you make the Section 83(b) election, you will not be required to recognize any income when the Shares vest.

 

To make the Section 83(b) election, you must file the Section 83 Form with both the Company and the Internal Revenue Service office where you file federal income tax returns. You must file the Section 83(b) Form within 30 days after you sign the Stock Purchase Agreement. In addition, you must attach a copy of the Section 83(b) Form to your income tax return that covers the year in which you filed the Form.

 

Sale of Section 83 Property. If a person sells Section 83 property after the Restriction on Transfer lapses (or after making a Section 83(b) election), he or she will recognize taxable gain or loss equal to the difference between the amount realized upon the sale of the Section 83 property and the person's "adjusted basis" for the Section 83 property. The person's adjusted basis for the Section 83 property will be (i) the amount paid for the Section 83 property plus (ii) any amount which the person has included in gross income pursuant to the Section 83(b) election. Thus, upon sale, you will recognize taxable gain or loss equal to the difference between the sale price of the Shares and your adjusted basis for the Shares.

 

In general, the gain or loss you recognize will be capital gain or loss if the following "Capital Gain Requirements" are met: (i) the Section 83 property is a capital asset and (ii) the Section 83 property is held for more than 12 months from either the date the Restrictions on Transfer lapse or, if a Section 83(b) election is made, the date the Section 83 property is acquired. Thus, as the Shares are probably a capital asset in your hands, you will recognize capital gain or loss upon their sale if you hold them for more than 12 months from either the date they vest or, if you make the Section 83(b) election, from the date you sign the Stock Purchase Agreement.

 

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Forfeiture of Section 83 Property. If a person's interest in Section 83 property is forfeited, the person will recognize gain or loss equal to the difference between the amount realized upon forfeiture and the amount paid for the Section 83 property. In your case, if your employment with the Company is terminated before all of the Shares have vested, the Company is obligated to repurchase from you, and you are obligated to sell to the Company, any Non-Vested Shares at the price you paid for them. As there would be no difference between the amount realized upon forfeiture and the amount paid for the Shares, you would not be required to recognize any gain or loss at that time. However, upon forfeiture, you would not be able to recoup any taxes you pay pursuant to a Section 83(b) election.

 

Delaware Income Tax Consequences.

 

The Delaware income tax consequences to you in connection with your purchase of the Shares are identical to the federal income tax consequences. To make the Section 83(b) election in Delaware, you must file the Section 83(b) Form with the Internal Revenue Service, as described above; there are no extra filing requirements for making the Section 83(b) election in Delaware.

 

If you have any questions concerning the tax consequences described in this letter, please feel free to call me.

 

Sincerely,

 

STRATUS CAPITAL CORP.

 

By: __________________________________________________

Richard O. Dean

Its: CEO

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ELECTION TO INCLUDE IN GROSS INCOME IN

YEAR OF TRANSFER PURSUANT TO SECTION 83(b)

OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE

 

 

The undersigned hereby makes an election pursuant to the provisions of Section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue promulgated thereunder, with respect to the Section 83 property described below, and supplies the following information in connection with that election:

 

The name, address, taxable year and taxpayer identification number of the undersigned are:

 

Name:    
     
Address:    
     
     
     
     
Taxable Year ________   Taxpayer I.D. No.__________

 

The description of the Section 83 property with respect to which the undersigned is making the election is as follows:

 

_______________ (_____) shares (the "Subject Shares") of the Common Stock of STRATUS CAPITAL CORP., a Delaware corporation (the "Company").

 

 

The date upon which the Subject Shares were transferred to, and acquired by, the undersigned was ____________, ________.

 

The Subject Shares are subject to restrictions under a ___________ vesting period. If the undersigned's employment terminates, the Company is obligated to purchase and the undersigned is obligated to sell to the Company all Subject Shares that are not vested for a purchase price, which in certain circumstances may be less than the fair market value of the Subject Shares.

 

The fair market value of the Subject Shares at the time of the transfer to, and acquisition by, the undersigned (determined without regard to any restrictions other than restrictions which by their terms will never lapse) was $_____ per share.

 

The amount paid by the undersigned for the Subject Shares was $____ per share.

 

The undersigned has furnished a copy of this election to the Company.

 

 

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Dated:

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(Signature)

 

Make 4 copies

 

(1) IRS (to be filed at the IRS where you ordinarily file your returns) within 30 days of the purchase

(1) IRS (to be filed with your income tax return)

(1) STRATUS CAPITAL CORP.

(1) Copy for purchaser

 

 

 

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FORM OF RESOLUTIONS FOR PURCHASE RIGHTS GRANTS

 

 

RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY UNANIMOUS WRITTEN CONSENT

OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF

STRATUS CAPITAL CORP.

 

As of __________________, 20__

 

 

 

The undersigned directors, constituting the entire board of directors (the "Board") of STRATUS CAPITAL CORP., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), hereby take the following actions, adopt the following resolutions, and transact the following business, by written consent without a meeting, as of the date above written, pursuant to the applicable corporate laws of the State of Delaware and the Company's Bylaws.

 

WHEREAS, The Company Previously Adopted the STRATUS CAPITAL CORP. STOCK OPTION AND AWARD INCENTIVE PLAN (The "Plan"), and has delegated the responsibility to administer the Plan to the Board;

 

WHEREAS, Four Million (4,000,000) shares of Common Stock of the Company were originally reserved for issuance under the Plan;

 

WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, _____________ shares remain available for issuance under the Plan; and

 

WHEREAS, the Board has determined that it is in the best interests of this company and its stockholders to provide, under the plan, equity incentives to those employees of the company identified below.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the persons listed on the Exhibit A, which exhibit was reviewed by the Board and shall be included with this Consent, are hereby granted, as of the date hereof, the current right to purchase (the "Purchase Right") the number of shares at the per share purchase price as set forth in Exhibit A at any time on or prior to the date which is 15 days from the date this grant is first communicated to each recipient;

 

RESOLVED FURTHER, that this Company be, and it hereby is, authorized to accept a promissory note from each purchaser as consideration for the stock so purchased, in such form (including security for the obligation thereunder) heretofore approved by the Board;

 

RESOLVED FURTHER, that the officers of this Company, and each of them, be, and they hereby are, authorized, directed and empowered for and on behalf of this Company to prepare or cause to be prepared a stock purchase agreement, promissory note and/or security agreement (the "Purchase Agreements") to represent the rights granted at this meeting substantially in the form, and containing the terms and provisions, heretofore approved by the Board, and containing such other terms and provisions as such officers shall, upon advice of counsel, determine to be necessary or appropriate, their execution of such Purchase Agreements to conclusively evidence such determination;

 

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RESOLVED FURTHER, that the Purchase Rights shall be evidenced by stock purchase agreements and be subject to the restrictions (including transfer and/or repurchase rights), if any, set forth in such stock purchase agreements;

 

RESOLVED FURTHER, that the Purchase Rights shall be granted pursuant to the exemptions provided under Section 701 of the Securities Act Rules and Delaware Corporate Securities Laws;

 

RESOLVED FURTHER, that there is hereby reserved and set aside under the Plan the number of shares adequate to cover the shares underlying the Purchase Rights granted herein;

 

RESOLVED FURTHER, that upon receipt of executed Purchase Agreements from the person or persons granted rights hereunder, the officers of this Company, and each of them, be, and they hereby are, authorized, directed and empowered for and on behalf of this Company to issue the stock so purchased, and to do or cause to be done all such further acts and things and to sign, deliver and/or file all such documents and notices as any of such officers may deem necessary or advisable in order to carry out and perform the foregoing resolutions and the intention thereof; and

 

RESOLVED FURTHER, that the officers of this Company, and each of them, be, and they hereby are, authorized, directed and empowered for and on behalf of the Company to do or cause to be done all such acts and things and to sign, deliver and/or file all such documents and notices as any of such officers may deem necessary or advisable in order to carry out and perform the foregoing resolutions and the intention thereof.

 

The Secretary of the Corporation is directed to file the original executed copy of this Consent with the minutes of proceedings of the Board.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this consent as of the date first written above.

 

DIRECTORS:

 

     
Richard O. Dean, Director   Pedro C. Gonzalez, Director
     
     
     

 

 

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

 

Purchase Rights Grant Information

 

Name No. Shares Purchase Price*
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

 

 

* The per share purchase price must be at least 85% of the Fair Market Value (as such term is defined in the Plan) of the underlying share as of the date of grant.

 

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EXHIBIT 10.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT 10.2

 

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

 

This EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") is made and entered into as of October 1, 2018 (the "Effective Date"), by and between Stratus Capital Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and Richard O. Dean, (the "Employee").

 

Recitals

 

A.       Prior to the date of this Agreement, Employee has held various positions with the Company.

 

B.       The Company desires to employ the Employee from the date set forth above (the "Effective Date") until expiration of the term of this Agreement, and Employee is willing to be employed by Company during that period, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, In consideration of the mutual covenants and promises of the parties, the Company and Employee covenant and agree as follows:

 

1.       Duties. During the term of this Agreement, Employee will be employed by the Company to serve as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. The Employee will devote such amount of business time to the conduct of the business of the Company as may be reasonably required to effectively discharge Employee's duties under this Agreement and, subject to the supervision and direction of the Company's Board of Directors (the "Board"), will perform those duties and have such authority and powers as are customarily associated with the offices of a President and Chief Executive Officer of a company engaged in a business that is similar to the business of the Company, including (without limitation) (a) the authority to direct and manage the day-to-day operations and affairs of the Company, and (b) the authority to hire and discharge employees of the Company. Unless the parties agree otherwise in writing, during the term of this Agreement, Employee will not be required to perform services under this Agreement other than at Company's principal place of business in Englewood, Colorado; provided, however, that Company may, from time to time, require Employee to travel temporarily to other locations on the Company's business. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Agreement is to be construed as prohibiting Employee from continuing to serve as a director or member of various professional, charitable and civic organizations in the same manner as immediately prior to the execution of this Agreement.

 

2.       Term of Employment

 

2.1       Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement the following terms have the following meanings:

 

(a)       "Termination for Cause" means termination by Company of Employee's employment (i) by reason of Employee's willful dishonesty towards,

 

fraud upon, or deliberate injury or attempted injury to, the Company, (ii) by reason of Employee's material breach of this Agreement or (iii) by reason of Employee's gross negligence or intentional misconduct with respect to the performance of Employee's duties under this Agreement; provided, however, that no such termination will be deemed to be a Termination for Cause unless the Company has provided Employee with written notice of what it reasonably believes are the grounds for any Termination for Cause and Employee fails to take appropriate remedial actions during the 30th day period following receipt of such written notice.

 

(b)        "Termination Other than For Cause" means termination by the Company of Employee's employment by the Company for reasons other than those which constitute Termination for Cause.

 

(c)        "Voluntary Termination" means termination by the Employee of the Employee's employment with the Company, excluding termination by reason of Employee's death or disability as described in Sections 2.5 and 2.6.

 

2.2       Basic Term. The term of employment of Employee as President and Chief Executive Officer by the Company will commence on the Effective Date and will extend through the period ending no later than thirty-six (36) months after the Effective Date, (the "Termination Date"). Company and Employee may extend the term of this Agreement by mutual written agreement.

 

2.3       Termination for Cause. Termination for Cause may be effected by Company at any time during the term of this Agreement and may be effected by written notification to Employee; provided, however, that no Termination for Cause will be effective unless Employee has been provided with the prior written notice and opportunity for remedial action described in Section 2.1. Upon Termination for Cause, Employee is to be immediately paid all accrued salary, incentive compensation to the extent earned, vested deferred compensation (other than pension plan or profit sharing plan benefits, which will be paid in accordance with the applicable plan), and accrued vacation pay, all to the date of termination, but Employee will not be paid any severance compensation.

 

2.4       Termination Other Than for Cause. Notwithstanding anything else in this Agreement, Company may effect a Termination Other Than for Cause at any time upon giving notice to Employee of such Termination Other Than for Cause. Upon any Termination Other Than for Cause, Employee will immediately be paid all accrued salary, all incentive compensation to the extent earned, severance compensation as provided in Section 4, vested deferred compensation (other than pension plan or profit sharing plan benefits, which will be paid in accordance with the applicable plan), and accrued vacation pay, all to the date of termination.

 

2.5       Termination Due to Disability. In the event that, during the term of this Agreement, Employee should, in the reasonable judgment of the Board, fail to perform

 

Employee's duties under this Agreement because of illness or physical or mental incapacity ("Disability"), and such Disability continues for a period of more than three (3) consecutive months, Company will have the right to terminate Employee's employment under this Agreement by written notification to Employee and payment to Employee of all accrued salary and incentive compensation to the extent earned, severance compensation as provided in Section 4, vested deferred compensation (other than pension plan or profit sharing plan benefits, which will be paid in accordance with the applicable plan), and all accrued vacation pay, all to the date of termination. Any determination by the Board with respect to Employee's Disability must be based on a determination of competent medical authority or authorities, a copy of which determination must be delivered to the Employee at the time it is delivered to the Board. In the event the Employee disagrees with the determination described in the previous sentence, Employee will have the right to submit to the Board a determination by a competent medical authority or authorities of Employee's own choosing to the effect that the aforesaid determination is incorrect and that Employee is capable of performing Employee's duties under this Agreement. If, upon receipt of such determination, the Board wishes to continue to seek to terminate this Agreement under the provisions of this section, the parties will submit the issue of Employee's Disability to arbitration in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

 

2.6       Death. In the event of Employee's death during the term of this Agreement, Employee's employment is to be deemed to have terminated as of the last day of the month during which Employee's death occurred, and Company will pay to Employee's estate accrued salary, incentive compensation to the extent earned, vested deferred compensation (other than pension plan or profit sharing plan benefits, which will be paid in accordance with the applicable plan), and accrued vacation pay, all to the date of termination.

 

2.7       Voluntary Termination. In the event of a Voluntary Termination, Company will immediately pay to Employee all accrued salary, all incentive compensation to the extent earned, vested deferred compensation (other than pension plan or profit sharing plan benefits, which will be paid in accordance with the applicable plan), and accrued vacation pay, all to the date of termination, but Employee will not be paid any severance compensation.

 

2.8       Effect of Termination on Option Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, any termination of Employee's employment by the Company will have no effect on Employee's rights under that certain Stock Option Agreement granted to Employee pursuant to the Company's Employee-Shareholder Performance Stock Option Plan, which agreement was entered into between the Employee and the Company as of the Effective Date.

 

3.       Salary, Benefits and Other Compensation.

 

3.1       Base Salary. As payment for the services to be rendered by Employee as provided in Section 1 and subject to the terms and conditions of Section 2, Company

 

agrees to pay to Employee a "Base Salary," payable in equal installments consistent with Company payroll policies. The Base Salary payable to Employee under this Section will initially be $36,000.00. Employee will be entitled to regular salary reviews and raises during the term of this Agreement in the same general manner as other officers of the Company; provided, however, that Employee is entitled to receive a minimum annual increase in Employee's Base Salary of five percent (6.5%) per annum computed on the prior year's Base Salary. Furthermore, the Company and Employee acknowledge that, subject to the actual financial performance of the Company during the term of this Agreement, during the term of this Agreement it is the mutual intent of the parties that the Base Salary increase to a level that is commensurate with the level of compensation received by Employee for services rendered in an executive capacity for other entities within similar industries prior to the commencement of Employee's employment with the Company.

 

3.2       Incentive Bonus Plan. During the term of his employment under this Agreement, Employee will be eligible to participate in all bonus and incentive plans established by the Board including, without limitation, the Company's 2019 Management Bonus Plan. It is the intention of the Company’s to develop and implement the 2019 Management Bonus Plan no later than June 30, 2019.

 

3.3       Incentive Options Plan. During the term of employment under this Agreement, Employee will participate in incentive option plan established by the Board including, without limitation, the Company's 2019 Option Plan. Employee will receive common stock options exercisable at $1.00 per share to be vested on the following schedule: 30% immediately, 30% in Year 1, 30% in Year 2 and 10% in Year 3.

 

3.4       Benefit Plans. During the term of Employee's employment under this Agreement, the Employee is to be eligible to participate in all employee benefit plans to the extent maintained by the Company, including (without limitation) any life, disability, health, accident and other insurance programs, paid vacations, auto and similar plans or programs, subject in each case to the generally applicable terms and conditions of the plan or program in question and to the determinations of any committee administering such plan or program. On termination of the Employee for any reason, the Employee will retain all of Employee's rights to benefits that have vested under such plan, but the Employee's rights to participate in those plans will cease on the Employee's termination unless the termination is a Termination Other Than for Cause, in which case Employee's rights of participation will continue for a period of one (1) year following Employee's termination.

 

3.5       Withholding of Taxes. The Employee understands that the services to be rendered by Employee under this Agreement will cause the Employee to recognize taxable income, which is considered under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and applicable regulations thereunder as compensation income subject to the withholding of income tax (and Social Security or other employment taxes). The Employee hereby consents to the withholding of such taxes as are required by the Company.

 

 

3.6       Vacation. During the term of this Agreement, Employee will be entitled to four (4) weeks paid vacation time per year.

 

3.7       Expenses. During the term of this Agreement, Company will reimburse Employee for Employee's reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with Company's business, including travel expenses, food, and lodging while away from home, subject to such policies as Company may from time to time reasonably establish for its employees.

 

4.       Severance Compensation

 

4.1       Termination Other Than for Cause; Payment in Lieu of Notice. In the event Employee's employment is terminated in a Termination Other Than for Cause, Employee will be paid as severance pay Employee's Base Salary for the period commencing on the date that Employee's employment is terminated and ending on the date which is one (1) year thereafter, on the dates specified in Section 3.1 for payment of Employee's Base Salary.

 

4.2       Termination for Disability. In the event Employee's employment is terminated because of Employee's disability pursuant to Section 2.5, Employee will be paid as severance pay Employee's Base Salary for the period commencing on the date that Employee's employment is terminated and ending on the date which is three (3) months thereafter, on the dates specified in Section 3.1 for payment of Employee's Base Salary.

 

4.3       Other Termination. In the event of a Voluntary Termination, Termination for Cause or Death, Employee or Employee's estate will not be entitled to any severance pay.

 

5.       Confidentiality and Noncompetition

 

5.1       Confidentiality. Because of Employee's employment by Company, Employee will have access to trade secrets and confidential information about Company, its products, its customers, and its methods of doing business (the "Confidential Information"). During and after the termination of Employee's employment by the Company, Employee may not directly or indirectly disclose or use any such Confidential Information; provided, that Employee will not incur any liability for disclosure of information which (a) is required in the course of Employee's employment by the Company, (b) was permitted in writing by the Board or (c) is within the public domain or comes within the public domain without any breach of this Agreement.

 

5.2       Noncompetition. In consideration of Employee's access to the Confidential Information, Employee agrees that for a period of two (2) years after termination of Employee's employment, and only in the case of Termination Without Cause, Employee will not, directly or indirectly, use such Confidential Information to

 

compete with the business of the Company, as the business of the Company may then be constituted, within any state, region or locality in which the Company is then doing business or marketing its products. Employee understands and agrees that direct competition means development, production, promotion, or sale of products or services competitive with those of Company. Indirect competition means employment by any competitor or third party providing products competing with Company's products, for whom Employee will perform the same or similar function as he performs for Company. In addition, for a period of two (2) years after termination of Employee's employment, Employee will not induce or attempt to induce any employee of the Company to discontinue his or her employment with the Company for the purpose of becoming employed by any competitor of Company, nor will Employee initiate discussions, negotiations or contacts with persons known by Employee to be a customer or supplier of the Company at the time of Employee's termination of employment for the purpose of competing with the Company.

 

6.       Assignment of Inventions. All processes, inventions, patents, copyrights, trademarks, and other intangible rights (collectively the "Inventions") that may be conceived or developed by Employee, either alone or with others, during the term of Employee's employment, whether or not conceived or developed during Employee's working hours, and with respect to which the equipment, supplies, facilities, or trade secret information of Company was used, or that relate at the time of conception or reduction to practice of the Invention to the business of the Company or to Company's actual or demonstrably anticipated research and development, or that result from any work performed by Employee for Company, will be the sole property of Company, and Employee hereby assigns to the Company all of Employee's right, title and interest in and to such Inventions. Employee must disclose to Company all inventions conceived during the term of employment, whether or not the invention constitutes property of Company under the terms of the preceding sentence, but such disclosure will be received by Company in confidence. Employee must execute all documents, including patent applications and assignments, required by Company to establish Company's rights under this Section.

 

7.Miscellaneous.

 

7.1       Waiver. The waiver of any breach of any provision of this Agreement will not operate or be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach of the same or other provision of this Agreement.

 

7.2       Entire Agreement; Modification. Except as otherwise provided in the Agreement and in the Option Agreement, this Agreement represents the entire understanding among the parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement, and this Agreement supersedes any and all prior understandings, agreements, plans, and negotiations, whether written or oral, with respect to the subject matter hereof, including without limitation, any understandings, agreements, or obligations respecting any past or future compensation, bonuses, reimbursements, or other payments to Employee from

 

Company. All modifications to the Agreement must be in writing and signed by the party against whom enforcement of such modification is sought.

 

7.3       Notice. All notices and other communications under this Agreement must be in writing and must be given by personal delivery, telecopier or telegram, or first class mail, certified or registered with return receipt requested, and will be deemed to have been duly given upon receipt if personally delivered, five (5) days after mailing, if mailed, or eight (8) hours after transmission, if delivered by telecopies or telegram, to the respective persons named below:

 

If to Company:

 

Stratus Capital Corporation

8480 East Orchard Road

Suite 11100

Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111

  

 

If to Employee:

 

Richard O. Dean

1842 Montane Drive

Golden, CO 80401

 

 

Any party may change such party's address for notices by notice duly given pursuant to this Section.

 

7.4       Headings. The Section headings of this Agreement are intended for reference and may not by themselves determine the construction or interpretation of this Agreement.

 

7.5       Governing Law. This Agreement is to be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Colorado applicable to contracts entered into and wholly to be performed within the State of Colorado by Colorado residents. Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or breach of this Agreement (except any controversy or claim with respect to Section 5 or 6), is to be settled by arbitration in Denver, Colorado in accordance with the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association, and judgment on the award rendered by the arbitrators may be entered in any court having jurisdiction. There must be three arbitrators, one to be chosen directly by each party at will, and the third arbitrator to be selected by the two arbitrators so chosen. Each party will pay the fees of the arbitrator he or she selects and his or her own attorneys, and the expenses of his or her witnesses and all other expenses connected with presenting his or her case. Other costs of the arbitration, including the cost of any record or transcripts of the arbitration, administrative fees, the fee of the third arbitrator, and all other fees and costs, will be borne equally by the parties. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if any controversy or claim arises between the parties under Section 5 or 6 of this Agreement, the Company will not be required to arbitrate that controversy or claim but

 

the Company will have the right to institute judicial proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction with respect to such controversy or claim. If such judicial proceedings are instituted, the parties agree that such proceedings will not be stayed or delayed pending the outcome of any arbitration proceeding under this Agreement.

 

7.6       Successors and Assigns. This Agreement will be binding on, and inure to the benefit of, the executors, administrators, heirs, successors, and assigns of the parties; provided, however, that except as expressly provided in this Agreement, this Agreement may not be assigned either by Company or by Employee.

 

7.7       Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, all of which taken together will constitute one and the same Agreement.

 

7.8       Withholdings. All sums payable to Employee under this Agreement will be reduced by all federal, state, local, and other withholdings and similar taxes and payments required by applicable law.

 

7.9       Enforcement. If any portion of this Agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable, that portion of this Agreement will be adjusted, rather than voided, to achieve the intent of the parties under this Agreement.

 

7.10       Indemnification. The Company agrees that it will indemnify and hold the Employee harmless to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law from and against any loss, cost, expense or liability resulting from or by reason of the fact of the Employee's employment hereunder, whether as an officer, employee, agent, fiduciary, director or other official of the Company, except to the extent of any expenses, costs, judgments, fines or settlement amounts which result from conduct which is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be knowingly fraudulent or deliberately dishonest or to constitute some other type of willful misconduct.

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

COMPANY:

 

STRATUS CAPITAL CORPORATION

 

 

/s/ Peter C. Gonzalez

 

Peter C. Gonzalez

Operations Officer & Secretary

 

 

 

EMPLOYEE:

 

 

/s/ Richard Dean

 

Richard Dean

 

 

EXHIBIT 10.3

 

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

 

This EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") is made and entered into as of October 1, 2018 (the "Effective Date"), by and between Stratus Capital Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and Peter C. Gonzalez, (the "Employee").

 

Recitals

 

A.       Prior to the date of this Agreement, Employee has held various positions with the Company.

 

B.       The Company desires to employ the Employee from the date set forth above (the "Effective Date") until expiration of the term of this Agreement, and Employee is willing to be employed by Company during that period, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, In consideration of the mutual covenants and promises of the parties, the Company and Employee covenant and agree as follows:

 

1.       Duties. During the term of this Agreement, Employee will be employed by the Company to serve as Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Company. The Employee will devote such amount of business time to the conduct of the business of the Company as may be reasonably required to effectively discharge Employee's duties under this Agreement and, subject to the supervision and direction of the Company's Board of Directors (the "Board"), will perform those duties and have such authority and powers as are customarily associated with the offices of a of a company engaged in a business that is similar to the business of the Company, including (without limitation) (a) the authority to direct and manage the day-to-day operations and affairs of the Company, and (b) the authority to hire and discharge employees of the Company. Unless the parties agree otherwise in writing, during the term of this Agreement, Employee will not be required to perform services under this Agreement other than at Company's principal place of business in Englewood, Colorado; provided, however, that Company may, from time to time, require Employee to travel temporarily to other locations on the Company's business. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Agreement is to be construed as prohibiting Employee from continuing to serve as a director or member of various professional, charitable and civic organizations in the same manner as immediately prior to the execution of this Agreement.

 

2.       Term of Employment

 

2.1       Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement the following terms have the following meanings:

 

(a)       "Termination for Cause" means termination by Company of Employee's employment (i) by reason of Employee's willful dishonesty towards,

 

fraud upon, or deliberate injury or attempted injury to, the Company, (ii) by reason of Employee's material breach of this Agreement or (iii) by reason of Employee's gross negligence or intentional misconduct with respect to the performance of Employee's duties under this Agreement; provided, however, that no such termination will be deemed to be a Termination for Cause unless the Company has provided Employee with written notice of what it reasonably believes are the grounds for any Termination for Cause and Employee fails to take appropriate remedial actions during the 30th day period following receipt of such written notice.

 

(b)        "Termination Other than For Cause" means termination by the Company of Employee's employment by the Company for reasons other than those which constitute Termination for Cause.

 

(c)        "Voluntary Termination" means termination by the Employee of the Employee's employment with the Company, excluding termination by reason of Employee's death or disability as described in Sections 2.5 and 2.6.

 

2.2       Basic Term. The term of employment will commence on the Effective Date and will extend through the period ending no later than thirty-six (36) months after the Effective Date, (the "Termination Date"). Company and Employee may extend the term of this Agreement by mutual written agreement.

 

2.3       Termination for Cause. Termination for Cause may be effected by Company at any time during the term of this Agreement and may be effected by written notification to Employee; provided, however, that no Termination for Cause will be effective unless Employee has been provided with the prior written notice and opportunity for remedial action described in Section 2.1. Upon Termination for Cause, Employee is to be immediately paid all accrued salary, incentive compensation to the extent earned, vested deferred compensation (other than pension plan or profit sharing plan benefits, which will be paid in accordance with the applicable plan), and accrued vacation pay, all to the date of termination, but Employee will not be paid any severance compensation.

 

2.4       Termination Other Than for Cause. Notwithstanding anything else in this Agreement, Company may effect a Termination Other Than for Cause at any time upon giving notice to Employee of such Termination Other Than for Cause. Upon any Termination Other Than for Cause, Employee will immediately be paid all accrued salary, all incentive compensation to the extent earned, severance compensation as provided in Section 4, vested deferred compensation (other than pension plan or profit sharing plan benefits, which will be paid in accordance with the applicable plan), and accrued vacation pay, all to the date of termination.

 

2.5       Termination Due to Disability. In the event that, during the term of this Agreement, Employee should, in the reasonable judgment of the Board, fail to perform Employee's duties under this Agreement because of illness or physical or mental

 

incapacity ("Disability"), and such Disability continues for a period of more than three (3) consecutive months, Company will have the right to terminate Employee's employment under this Agreement by written notification to Employee and payment to Employee of all accrued salary and incentive compensation to the extent earned, severance compensation as provided in Section 4, vested deferred compensation (other than pension plan or profit sharing plan benefits, which will be paid in accordance with the applicable plan), and all accrued vacation pay, all to the date of termination. Any determination by the Board with respect to Employee's Disability must be based on a determination of competent medical authority or authorities, a copy of which determination must be delivered to the Employee at the time it is delivered to the Board. In the event the Employee disagrees with the determination described in the previous sentence, Employee will have the right to submit to the Board a determination by a competent medical authority or authorities of Employee's own choosing to the effect that the aforesaid determination is incorrect and that Employee is capable of performing Employee's duties under this Agreement. If, upon receipt of such determination, the Board wishes to continue to seek to terminate this Agreement under the provisions of this section, the parties will submit the issue of Employee's Disability to arbitration in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

 

2.6       Death. In the event of Employee's death during the term of this Agreement, Employee's employment is to be deemed to have terminated as of the last day of the month during which Employee's death occurred, and Company will pay to Employee's estate accrued salary, incentive compensation to the extent earned, vested deferred compensation (other than pension plan or profit sharing plan benefits, which will be paid in accordance with the applicable plan), and accrued vacation pay, all to the date of termination.

 

2.7       Voluntary Termination. In the event of a Voluntary Termination, Company will immediately pay to Employee all accrued salary, all incentive compensation to the extent earned, vested deferred compensation (other than pension plan or profit sharing plan benefits, which will be paid in accordance with the applicable plan), and accrued vacation pay, all to the date of termination, but Employee will not be paid any severance compensation.

 

2.8       Effect of Termination on Option Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, any termination of Employee's employment by the Company will have no effect on Employee's rights under that certain Stock Option Agreement granted to Employee pursuant to the Company's Employee-Shareholder Performance Stock Option Plan, which agreement was entered into between the Employee and the Company as of the Effective Date.

 

3.       Salary, Benefits and Other Compensation.

 

3.1       Base Salary. As payment for the services to be rendered by Employee as provided in Section 1 and subject to the terms and conditions of Section 2, Company agrees to pay to Employee a "Base Salary," payable in equal installments consistent with

 

Company payroll policies. The Base Salary payable to Employee under this Section will initially be $36,000.00. Employee will be entitled to regular salary reviews and raises during the term of this Agreement in the same general manner as other officers of the Company; provided, however, that Employee is entitled to receive a minimum annual increase in Employee's Base Salary of five percent (6.5%) per annum computed on the prior year's Base Salary. Furthermore, the Company and Employee acknowledge that, subject to the actual financial performance of the Company during the term of this Agreement, during the term of this Agreement it is the mutual intent of the parties that the Base Salary increase to a level that is commensurate with the level of compensation received by Employee for services rendered in an executive capacity for other entities within similar industries prior to the commencement of Employee's employment with the Company.

 

3.2       Incentive Bonus Plan. During the term of his employment under this Agreement, Employee will be eligible to participate in all bonus and incentive plans established by the Board including, without limitation, the Company's 2019 Management Bonus Plan. It is the intention of the Company’s to develop and implement the 2019 Management Bonus Plan no later than June 30, 2019.

 

3.3       Incentive Options Plan. During the term of employment under this Agreement, Employee will participate in incentive option plan established by the Board including, without limitation, the Company's 2019 Option Plan. Employee will receive common stock options exercisable at $1.00 per share to be vested on the following schedule: 30% immediately, 30% in Year 1, 30% in Year 2 and 10% in Year 3.

 

3.4       Benefit Plans. During the term of Employee's employment under this Agreement, the Employee is to be eligible to participate in all employee benefit plans to the extent maintained by the Company, including (without limitation) any life, disability, health, accident and other insurance programs, paid vacations, auto and similar plans or programs, subject in each case to the generally applicable terms and conditions of the plan or program in question and to the determinations of any committee administering such plan or program. On termination of the Employee for any reason, the Employee will retain all of Employee's rights to benefits that have vested under such plan, but the Employee's rights to participate in those plans will cease on the Employee's termination unless the termination is a Termination Other Than for Cause, in which case Employee's rights of participation will continue for a period of one (1) year following Employee's termination.

 

3.5       Withholding of Taxes. The Employee understands that the services to be rendered by Employee under this Agreement will cause the Employee to recognize taxable income, which is considered under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and applicable regulations thereunder as compensation income subject to the withholding of income tax (and Social Security or other employment taxes). The Employee hereby consents to the withholding of such taxes as are required by the Company.

 

 

3.6       Vacation. During the term of this Agreement, Employee will be entitled to four (4) weeks paid vacation time per year.

 

3.7       Expenses. During the term of this Agreement, Company will reimburse Employee for Employee's reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with Company's business, including travel expenses, food, and lodging while away from home, subject to such policies as Company may from time to time reasonably establish for its employees.

 

4.       Severance Compensation

 

4.1       Termination Other Than for Cause; Payment in Lieu of Notice. In the event Employee's employment is terminated in a Termination Other Than for Cause, Employee will be paid as severance pay Employee's Base Salary for the period commencing on the date that Employee's employment is terminated and ending on the date which is one (1) year thereafter, on the dates specified in Section 3.1 for payment of Employee's Base Salary.

 

4.2       Termination for Disability. In the event Employee's employment is terminated because of Employee's disability pursuant to Section 2.5, Employee will be paid as severance pay Employee's Base Salary for the period commencing on the date that Employee's employment is terminated and ending on the date which is three (3) months thereafter, on the dates specified in Section 3.1 for payment of Employee's Base Salary.

 

4.3       Other Termination. In the event of a Voluntary Termination, Termination for Cause or Death, Employee or Employee's estate will not be entitled to any severance pay.

 

5.       Confidentiality and Noncompetition

 

5.1       Confidentiality. Because of Employee's employment by Company, Employee will have access to trade secrets and confidential information about Company, its products, its customers, and its methods of doing business (the "Confidential Information"). During and after the termination of Employee's employment by the Company, Employee may not directly or indirectly disclose or use any such Confidential Information; provided, that Employee will not incur any liability for disclosure of information which (a) is required in the course of Employee's employment by the Company, (b) was permitted in writing by the Board or (c) is within the public domain or comes within the public domain without any breach of this Agreement.

 

5.2       Noncompetition. In consideration of Employee's access to the Confidential Information, Employee agrees that for a period of two (2) years after termination of Employee's employment, and only in the case of Termination Without Cause, Employee will not, directly or indirectly, use such Confidential Information to compete with the business of the Company, as the business of the Company may then be

 

constituted, within any state, region or locality in which the Company is then doing business or marketing its products. Employee understands and agrees that direct competition means development, production, promotion, or sale of products or services competitive with those of Company. Indirect competition means employment by any competitor or third party providing products competing with Company's products, for whom Employee will perform the same or similar function as he performs for Company. In addition, for a period of two (2) years after termination of Employee's employment, Employee will not induce or attempt to induce any employee of the Company to discontinue his or her employment with the Company for the purpose of becoming employed by any competitor of Company, nor will Employee initiate discussions, negotiations or contacts with persons known by Employee to be a customer or supplier of the Company at the time of Employee's termination of employment for the purpose of competing with the Company.

 

6.       Assignment of Inventions. All processes, inventions, patents, copyrights, trademarks, and other intangible rights (collectively the "Inventions") that may be conceived or developed by Employee, either alone or with others, during the term of Employee's employment, whether or not conceived or developed during Employee's working hours, and with respect to which the equipment, supplies, facilities, or trade secret information of Company was used, or that relate at the time of conception or reduction to practice of the Invention to the business of the Company or to Company's actual or demonstrably anticipated research and development, or that result from any work performed by Employee for Company, will be the sole property of Company, and Employee hereby assigns to the Company all of Employee's right, title and interest in and to such Inventions. Employee must disclose to Company all inventions conceived during the term of employment, whether or not the invention constitutes property of Company under the terms of the preceding sentence, but such disclosure will be received by Company in confidence. Employee must execute all documents, including patent applications and assignments, required by Company to establish Company's rights under this Section.

 

7.Miscellaneous.

 

7.1       Waiver. The waiver of any breach of any provision of this Agreement will not operate or be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach of the same or other provision of this Agreement.

 

7.2       Entire Agreement; Modification. Except as otherwise provided in the Agreement and in the Option Agreement, this Agreement represents the entire understanding among the parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement, and this Agreement supersedes any and all prior understandings, agreements, plans, and negotiations, whether written or oral, with respect to the subject matter hereof, including without limitation, any understandings, agreements, or obligations respecting any past or future compensation, bonuses, reimbursements, or other payments to Employee from Company. All modifications to the Agreement must be in writing and signed by the party against whom enforcement of such modification is sought.

 

 

7.3       Notice. All notices and other communications under this Agreement must be in writing and must be given by personal delivery, telecopier or telegram, or first class mail, certified or registered with return receipt requested, and will be deemed to have been duly given upon receipt if personally delivered, five (5) days after mailing, if mailed, or eight (8) hours after transmission, if delivered by telecopies or telegram, to the respective persons named below:

 

If to Company:

 

Stratus Capital Corporation

8480 East Orchard Road

Suite 1100

Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111

  

If to Employee:

 

Peter C. Gonzalez

9227 Lincoln Avenue

Lone Tree, CO 80124

 

 

Any party may change such party's address for notices by notice duly given pursuant to this Section.

 

7.4       Headings. The Section headings of this Agreement are intended for reference and may not by themselves determine the construction or interpretation of this Agreement.

 

7.5       Governing Law. This Agreement is to be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Colorado applicable to contracts entered into and wholly to be performed within the State of Colorado by Colorado residents. Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or breach of this Agreement (except any controversy or claim with respect to Section 5 or 6), is to be settled by arbitration in Denver, Colorado in accordance with the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association, and judgment on the award rendered by the arbitrators may be entered in any court having jurisdiction. There must be three arbitrators, one to be chosen directly by each party at will, and the third arbitrator to be selected by the two arbitrators so chosen. Each party will pay the fees of the arbitrator he or she selects and his or her own attorneys, and the expenses of his or her witnesses and all other expenses connected with presenting his or her case. Other costs of the arbitration, including the cost of any record or transcripts of the arbitration, administrative fees, the fee of the third arbitrator, and all other fees and costs, will be borne equally by the parties. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if any controversy or claim arises between the parties under Section 5 or 6 of this Agreement, the Company will not be required to arbitrate that controversy or claim but the Company will have the right to institute judicial proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction with respect to such controversy or claim. If such judicial

 

proceedings are instituted, the parties agree that such proceedings will not be stayed or delayed pending the outcome of any arbitration proceeding under this Agreement.

 

7.6       Successors and Assigns. This Agreement will be binding on, and inure to the benefit of, the executors, administrators, heirs, successors, and assigns of the parties; provided, however, that except as expressly provided in this Agreement, this Agreement may not be assigned either by Company or by Employee.

 

7.7       Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, all of which taken together will constitute one and the same Agreement.

 

7.8       Withholdings. All sums payable to Employee under this Agreement will be reduced by all federal, state, local, and other withholdings and similar taxes and payments required by applicable law.

 

7.9       Enforcement. If any portion of this Agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable, that portion of this Agreement will be adjusted, rather than voided, to achieve the intent of the parties under this Agreement.

 

7.10       Indemnification. The Company agrees that it will indemnify and hold the Employee harmless to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law from and against any loss, cost, expense or liability resulting from or by reason of the fact of the Employee's employment hereunder, whether as an officer, employee, agent, fiduciary, director or other official of the Company, except to the extent of any expenses, costs, judgments, fines or settlement amounts which result from conduct which is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be knowingly fraudulent or deliberately dishonest or to constitute some other type of willful misconduct.

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

COMPANY:

 

STRATUS CAPITAL CORPORATION

 

 

/s/ Richard Dean

 

Richard Dean

President & Chairman

 

 

 

EMPLOYEE:

 

 

/s/ Peter C. Gonazalez

 

Peter C. Gonzalez

 

 

EXHIBIT 10.4

 

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (AMENDED)

 

This EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") is made and entered into as of October 1, 2018 (the "Effective Date"), by and between Stratus Capital Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and Richard O. Dean, (the "Employee").

 

Recitals

 

A.       Prior to the date of this Agreement, Employee has held various positions with the Company.

 

B.       The Company desires to employ the Employee from the date set forth above (the "Effective Date") until expiration of the term of this Agreement, and Employee is willing to be employed by Company during that period, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, In consideration of the mutual covenants and promises of the parties, the Company and Employee covenant and agree as follows:

 

1.       Duties. During the term of this Agreement, Employee will be employed by the Company to serve as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. The Employee will devote such amount of business time to the conduct of the business of the Company as may be reasonably required to effectively discharge Employee's duties under this Agreement and, subject to the supervision and direction of the Company's Board of Directors (the "Board"), will perform those duties and have such authority and powers as are customarily associated with the offices of a President and Chief Executive Officer of a company engaged in a business that is similar to the business of the Company, including (without limitation) (a) the authority to direct and manage the day-to-day operations and affairs of the Company, and (b) the authority to hire and discharge employees of the Company. Unless the parties agree otherwise in writing, during the term of this Agreement, Employee will not be required to perform services under this Agreement other than at Company's principal place of business in Englewood, Colorado; provided, however, that Company may, from time to time, require Employee to travel temporarily to other locations on the Company's business. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Agreement is to be construed as prohibiting Employee from continuing to serve as a director or member of various professional, charitable and civic organizations in the same manner as immediately prior to the execution of this Agreement.

 

2.       Term of Employment

 

2.1       Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement the following terms have the following meanings:

 

(a)       "Termination for Cause" means termination by Company of Employee's employment (i) by reason of Employee's willful dishonesty towards,

 

fraud upon, or deliberate injury or attempted injury to, the Company, (ii) by reason of Employee's material breach of this Agreement or (iii) by reason of Employee's gross negligence or intentional misconduct with respect to the performance of Employee's duties under this Agreement; provided, however, that no such termination will be deemed to be a Termination for Cause unless the Company has provided Employee with written notice of what it reasonably believes are the grounds for any Termination for Cause and Employee fails to take appropriate remedial actions during the 30th day period following receipt of such written notice.

 

(b)        "Termination Other than For Cause" means termination by the Company of Employee's employment by the Company for reasons other than those which constitute Termination for Cause.

 

(c)        "Voluntary Termination" means termination by the Employee of the Employee's employment with the Company, excluding termination by reason of Employee's death or disability as described in Sections 2.5 and 2.6.

 

2.2       Basic Term. The term of employment of Employee as President and Chief Executive Officer by the Company will commence on the Effective Date and will extend through the period ending no later than thirty-six (36) months after the Effective Date, (the "Termination Date"). Company and Employee may extend the term of this Agreement by mutual written agreement.

 

2.3       Termination for Cause. Termination for Cause may be effected by Company at any time during the term of this Agreement and may be effected by written notification to Employee; provided, however, that no Termination for Cause will be effective unless Employee has been provided with the prior written notice and opportunity for remedial action described in Section 2.1. Upon Termination for Cause, Employee is to be immediately paid all accrued salary, incentive compensation to the extent earned, vested deferred compensation (other than pension plan or profit sharing plan benefits, which will be paid in accordance with the applicable plan), and accrued vacation pay, all to the date of termination, but Employee will not be paid any severance compensation.

 

2.4       Termination Other Than for Cause. Notwithstanding anything else in this Agreement, Company may effect a Termination Other Than for Cause at any time upon giving notice to Employee of such Termination Other Than for Cause. Upon any Termination Other Than for Cause, Employee will immediately be paid all accrued salary, all incentive compensation to the extent earned, severance compensation as provided in Section 4, vested deferred compensation (other than pension plan or profit sharing plan benefits, which will be paid in accordance with the applicable plan), and accrued vacation pay, all to the date of termination.

 

2.5       Termination Due to Disability. In the event that, during the term of this Agreement, Employee should, in the reasonable judgment of the Board, fail to perform

 

Employee's duties under this Agreement because of illness or physical or mental incapacity ("Disability"), and such Disability continues for a period of more than three (3) consecutive months, Company will have the right to terminate Employee's employment under this Agreement by written notification to Employee and payment to Employee of all accrued salary and incentive compensation to the extent earned, severance compensation as provided in Section 4, vested deferred compensation (other than pension plan or profit sharing plan benefits, which will be paid in accordance with the applicable plan), and all accrued vacation pay, all to the date of termination. Any determination by the Board with respect to Employee's Disability must be based on a determination of competent medical authority or authorities, a copy of which determination must be delivered to the Employee at the time it is delivered to the Board. In the event the Employee disagrees with the determination described in the previous sentence, Employee will have the right to submit to the Board a determination by a competent medical authority or authorities of Employee's own choosing to the effect that the aforesaid determination is incorrect and that Employee is capable of performing Employee's duties under this Agreement. If, upon receipt of such determination, the Board wishes to continue to seek to terminate this Agreement under the provisions of this section, the parties will submit the issue of Employee's Disability to arbitration in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

 

2.6       Death. In the event of Employee's death during the term of this Agreement, Employee's employment is to be deemed to have terminated as of the last day of the month during which Employee's death occurred, and Company will pay to Employee's estate accrued salary, incentive compensation to the extent earned, vested deferred compensation (other than pension plan or profit sharing plan benefits, which will be paid in accordance with the applicable plan), and accrued vacation pay, all to the date of termination.

 

2.7       Voluntary Termination. In the event of a Voluntary Termination, Company will immediately pay to Employee all accrued salary, all incentive compensation to the extent earned, vested deferred compensation (other than pension plan or profit sharing plan benefits, which will be paid in accordance with the applicable plan), and accrued vacation pay, all to the date of termination, but Employee will not be paid any severance compensation.

 

2.8       Effect of Termination on Option Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, any termination of Employee's employment by the Company will have no effect on Employee's rights under that certain Stock Option Agreement granted to Employee pursuant to the Company's Employee-Shareholder Performance Stock Option Plan, which agreement was entered into between the Employee and the Company as of the Effective Date.

 

3.       Salary, Benefits and Other Compensation.

 

3.1       Base Salary. As payment for the services to be rendered by Employee as provided in Section 1 and subject to the terms and conditions of Section 2, Company

 

agrees to pay to Employee a "Base Salary," payable in equal installments consistent with Company payroll policies. The Base Salary payable to Employee under this Section will initially be $36,000.00. Employee will be entitled to regular salary reviews and raises during the term of this Agreement in the same general manner as other officers of the Company; provided, however, that Employee is entitled to receive a minimum annual increase in Employee's Base Salary of six and one-half percent (6.5%) per annum computed on the prior year's Base Salary. Furthermore, the Company and Employee acknowledge that, subject to the actual financial performance of the Company during the term of this Agreement, during the term of this Agreement it is the mutual intent of the parties that the Base Salary increase to a level that is commensurate with the level of compensation received by Employee for services rendered in an executive capacity for other entities within similar industries prior to the commencement of Employee's employment with the Company.

 

3.2       Incentive Bonus Plan. During the term of his employment under this Agreement, Employee will be eligible to participate in all bonus and incentive plans established by the Board including, without limitation, the Company's 2019 Management Bonus Plan. It is the intention of the Company’s to develop and implement the 2019 Management Bonus Plan no later than June 30, 2019.

 

3.3       Incentive Options Plan. During the term of employment under this Agreement, Employee will participate in incentive option plan established by the Board including, without limitation, the Company's 2019 Option Plan. Employee will receive common stock options exercisable at $1.00 per share to be vested on the following schedule: 30% immediately, 30% in Year 1, 30% in Year 2 and 10% in Year 3.

 

3.4       Benefit Plans. During the term of Employee's employment under this Agreement, the Employee is to be eligible to participate in all employee benefit plans to the extent maintained by the Company, including (without limitation) any life, disability, health, accident and other insurance programs, paid vacations, auto and similar plans or programs, subject in each case to the generally applicable terms and conditions of the plan or program in question and to the determinations of any committee administering such plan or program. On termination of the Employee for any reason, the Employee will retain all of Employee's rights to benefits that have vested under such plan, but the Employee's rights to participate in those plans will cease on the Employee's termination unless the termination is a Termination Other Than for Cause, in which case Employee's rights of participation will continue for a period of one (1) year following Employee's termination.

 

3.5       Withholding of Taxes. The Employee understands that the services to be rendered by Employee under this Agreement will cause the Employee to recognize taxable income, which is considered under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and applicable regulations thereunder as compensation income subject to the withholding of income tax (and Social Security or other employment taxes). The Employee hereby consents to the withholding of such taxes as are required by the Company.

 

 

3.6       Vacation. During the term of this Agreement, Employee will be entitled to four (4) weeks paid vacation time per year.

 

3.7       Expenses. During the term of this Agreement, Company will reimburse Employee for Employee's reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with Company's business, including travel expenses, food, and lodging while away from home, subject to such policies as Company may from time to time reasonably establish for its employees.

 

4.       Severance Compensation

 

4.1       Termination Other Than for Cause; Payment in Lieu of Notice. In the event Employee's employment is terminated in a Termination Other Than for Cause, Employee will be paid as severance pay Employee's Base Salary for the period commencing on the date that Employee's employment is terminated and ending on the date which is one (1) year thereafter, on the dates specified in Section 3.1 for payment of Employee's Base Salary.

 

4.2       Termination for Disability. In the event Employee's employment is terminated because of Employee's disability pursuant to Section 2.5, Employee will be paid as severance pay Employee's Base Salary for the period commencing on the date that Employee's employment is terminated and ending on the date which is three (3) months thereafter, on the dates specified in Section 3.1 for payment of Employee's Base Salary.

 

4.3       Other Termination. In the event of a Voluntary Termination, Termination for Cause or Death, Employee or Employee's estate will not be entitled to any severance pay.

 

5.       Confidentiality and Noncompetition

 

5.1       Confidentiality. Because of Employee's employment by Company, Employee will have access to trade secrets and confidential information about Company, its products, its customers, and its methods of doing business (the "Confidential Information"). During and after the termination of Employee's employment by the Company, Employee may not directly or indirectly disclose or use any such Confidential Information; provided, that Employee will not incur any liability for disclosure of information which (a) is required in the course of Employee's employment by the Company, (b) was permitted in writing by the Board or (c) is within the public domain or comes within the public domain without any breach of this Agreement.

 

5.2       Noncompetition. In consideration of Employee's access to the Confidential Information, Employee agrees that for a period of two (2) years after termination of Employee's employment, and only in the case of Termination Without Cause, Employee will not, directly or indirectly, use such Confidential Information to

 

compete with the business of the Company, as the business of the Company may then be constituted, within any state, region or locality in which the Company is then doing business or marketing its products. Employee understands and agrees that direct competition means development, production, promotion, or sale of products or services competitive with those of Company. Indirect competition means employment by any competitor or third party providing products competing with Company's products, for whom Employee will perform the same or similar function as he performs for Company. In addition, for a period of two (2) years after termination of Employee's employment, Employee will not induce or attempt to induce any employee of the Company to discontinue his or her employment with the Company for the purpose of becoming employed by any competitor of Company, nor will Employee initiate discussions, negotiations or contacts with persons known by Employee to be a customer or supplier of the Company at the time of Employee's termination of employment for the purpose of competing with the Company.

 

6.       Assignment of Inventions. All processes, inventions, patents, copyrights, trademarks, and other intangible rights (collectively the "Inventions") that may be conceived or developed by Employee, either alone or with others, during the term of Employee's employment, whether or not conceived or developed during Employee's working hours, and with respect to which the equipment, supplies, facilities, or trade secret information of Company was used, or that relate at the time of conception or reduction to practice of the Invention to the business of the Company or to Company's actual or demonstrably anticipated research and development, or that result from any work performed by Employee for Company, will be the sole property of Company, and Employee hereby assigns to the Company all of Employee's right, title and interest in and to such Inventions. Employee must disclose to Company all inventions conceived during the term of employment, whether or not the invention constitutes property of Company under the terms of the preceding sentence, but such disclosure will be received by Company in confidence. Employee must execute all documents, including patent applications and assignments, required by Company to establish Company's rights under this Section.

 

7.Miscellaneous.

 

7.1       Waiver. The waiver of any breach of any provision of this Agreement will not operate or be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach of the same or other provision of this Agreement.

 

7.2       Entire Agreement; Modification. Except as otherwise provided in the Agreement and in the Option Agreement, this Agreement represents the entire understanding among the parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement, and this Agreement supersedes any and all prior understandings, agreements, plans, and negotiations, whether written or oral, with respect to the subject matter hereof, including without limitation, any understandings, agreements, or obligations respecting any past or future compensation, bonuses, reimbursements, or other payments to Employee from

 

Company. All modifications to the Agreement must be in writing and signed by the party against whom enforcement of such modification is sought.

 

7.3       Notice. All notices and other communications under this Agreement must be in writing and must be given by personal delivery, telecopier or telegram, or first class mail, certified or registered with return receipt requested, and will be deemed to have been duly given upon receipt if personally delivered, five (5) days after mailing, if mailed, or eight (8) hours after transmission, if delivered by telecopies or telegram, to the respective persons named below:

 

If to Company:

 

Stratus Capital Corporation

8480 East Orchard Road

Suite 11100

Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111

  

 

If to Employee:

 

Richard O. Dean

1842 Montane Drive

Golden, CO 80401

 

 

Any party may change such party's address for notices by notice duly given pursuant to this Section.

 

7.4       Headings. The Section headings of this Agreement are intended for reference and may not by themselves determine the construction or interpretation of this Agreement.

 

7.5       Governing Law. This Agreement is to be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Colorado applicable to contracts entered into and wholly to be performed within the State of Colorado by Colorado residents. Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or breach of this Agreement (except any controversy or claim with respect to Section 5 or 6), is to be settled by arbitration in Denver, Colorado in accordance with the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association, and judgment on the award rendered by the arbitrators may be entered in any court having jurisdiction. There must be three arbitrators, one to be chosen directly by each party at will, and the third arbitrator to be selected by the two arbitrators so chosen. Each party will pay the fees of the arbitrator he or she selects and his or her own attorneys, and the expenses of his or her witnesses and all other expenses connected with presenting his or her case. Other costs of the arbitration, including the cost of any record or transcripts of the arbitration, administrative fees, the fee of the third arbitrator, and all other fees and costs, will be borne equally by the parties. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if any controversy or claim arises between the parties under Section 5 or 6 of this Agreement, the Company will not be required to arbitrate that controversy or claim but

 

the Company will have the right to institute judicial proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction with respect to such controversy or claim. If such judicial proceedings are instituted, the parties agree that such proceedings will not be stayed or delayed pending the outcome of any arbitration proceeding under this Agreement.

 

7.6       Successors and Assigns. This Agreement will be binding on, and inure to the benefit of, the executors, administrators, heirs, successors, and assigns of the parties; provided, however, that except as expressly provided in this Agreement, this Agreement may not be assigned either by Company or by Employee.

 

7.7       Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, all of which taken together will constitute one and the same Agreement.

 

7.8       Withholdings. All sums payable to Employee under this Agreement will be reduced by all federal, state, local, and other withholdings and similar taxes and payments required by applicable law.

 

7.9       Enforcement. If any portion of this Agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable, that portion of this Agreement will be adjusted, rather than voided, to achieve the intent of the parties under this Agreement.

 

7.10       Indemnification. The Company agrees that it will indemnify and hold the Employee harmless to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law from and against any loss, cost, expense or liability resulting from or by reason of the fact of the Employee's employment hereunder, whether as an officer, employee, agent, fiduciary, director or other official of the Company, except to the extent of any expenses, costs, judgments, fines or settlement amounts which result from conduct which is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be knowingly fraudulent or deliberately dishonest or to constitute some other type of willful misconduct.

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

COMPANY:

 

STRATUS CAPITAL CORPORATION

 

 

/s/ Peter C. Gonzalez

 

Peter C. Gonzalez

Operations Officer & Secretary

 

 

 

EMPLOYEE:

 

 

/s/ Richard Dean

 

Richard Dean

 

 

EXHIBIT 10.5

 

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (AMENDED)

 

This EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") is made and entered into as of October 1, 2018 (the "Effective Date"), by and between Stratus Capital Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and Peter C. Gonzalez, (the "Employee").

 

Recitals

 

A.       Prior to the date of this Agreement, Employee has held various positions with the Company.

 

B.       The Company desires to employ the Employee from the date set forth above (the "Effective Date") until expiration of the term of this Agreement, and Employee is willing to be employed by Company during that period, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, In consideration of the mutual covenants and promises of the parties, the Company and Employee covenant and agree as follows:

 

1.       Duties. During the term of this Agreement, Employee will be employed by the Company to serve as Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Company. The Employee will devote such amount of business time to the conduct of the business of the Company as may be reasonably required to effectively discharge Employee's duties under this Agreement and, subject to the supervision and direction of the Company's Board of Directors (the "Board"), will perform those duties and have such authority and powers as are customarily associated with the offices of a of a company engaged in a business that is similar to the business of the Company, including (without limitation) (a) the authority to direct and manage the day-to-day operations and affairs of the Company, and (b) the authority to hire and discharge employees of the Company. Unless the parties agree otherwise in writing, during the term of this Agreement, Employee will not be required to perform services under this Agreement other than at Company's principal place of business in Englewood, Colorado; provided, however, that Company may, from time to time, require Employee to travel temporarily to other locations on the Company's business. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Agreement is to be construed as prohibiting Employee from continuing to serve as a director or member of various professional, charitable and civic organizations in the same manner as immediately prior to the execution of this Agreement.

 

2.       Term of Employment

 

2.1       Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement the following terms have the following meanings:

 

(a)       "Termination for Cause" means termination by Company of Employee's employment (i) by reason of Employee's willful dishonesty towards,

 

fraud upon, or deliberate injury or attempted injury to, the Company, (ii) by reason of Employee's material breach of this Agreement or (iii) by reason of Employee's gross negligence or intentional misconduct with respect to the performance of Employee's duties under this Agreement; provided, however, that no such termination will be deemed to be a Termination for Cause unless the Company has provided Employee with written notice of what it reasonably believes are the grounds for any Termination for Cause and Employee fails to take appropriate remedial actions during the 30th day period following receipt of such written notice.

 

(b)        "Termination Other than For Cause" means termination by the Company of Employee's employment by the Company for reasons other than those which constitute Termination for Cause.

 

(c)        "Voluntary Termination" means termination by the Employee of the Employee's employment with the Company, excluding termination by reason of Employee's death or disability as described in Sections 2.5 and 2.6.

 

2.2       Basic Term. The term of employment will commence on the Effective Date and will extend through the period ending no later than thirty-six (36) months after the Effective Date, (the "Termination Date"). Company and Employee may extend the term of this Agreement by mutual written agreement.

 

2.3       Termination for Cause. Termination for Cause may be effected by Company at any time during the term of this Agreement and may be effected by written notification to Employee; provided, however, that no Termination for Cause will be effective unless Employee has been provided with the prior written notice and opportunity for remedial action described in Section 2.1. Upon Termination for Cause, Employee is to be immediately paid all accrued salary, incentive compensation to the extent earned, vested deferred compensation (other than pension plan or profit sharing plan benefits, which will be paid in accordance with the applicable plan), and accrued vacation pay, all to the date of termination, but Employee will not be paid any severance compensation.

 

2.4       Termination Other Than for Cause. Notwithstanding anything else in this Agreement, Company may effect a Termination Other Than for Cause at any time upon giving notice to Employee of such Termination Other Than for Cause. Upon any Termination Other Than for Cause, Employee will immediately be paid all accrued salary, all incentive compensation to the extent earned, severance compensation as provided in Section 4, vested deferred compensation (other than pension plan or profit sharing plan benefits, which will be paid in accordance with the applicable plan), and accrued vacation pay, all to the date of termination.

 

2.5       Termination Due to Disability. In the event that, during the term of this Agreement, Employee should, in the reasonable judgment of the Board, fail to perform Employee's duties under this Agreement because of illness or physical or mental

 

incapacity ("Disability"), and such Disability continues for a period of more than three (3) consecutive months, Company will have the right to terminate Employee's employment under this Agreement by written notification to Employee and payment to Employee of all accrued salary and incentive compensation to the extent earned, severance compensation as provided in Section 4, vested deferred compensation (other than pension plan or profit sharing plan benefits, which will be paid in accordance with the applicable plan), and all accrued vacation pay, all to the date of termination. Any determination by the Board with respect to Employee's Disability must be based on a determination of competent medical authority or authorities, a copy of which determination must be delivered to the Employee at the time it is delivered to the Board. In the event the Employee disagrees with the determination described in the previous sentence, Employee will have the right to submit to the Board a determination by a competent medical authority or authorities of Employee's own choosing to the effect that the aforesaid determination is incorrect and that Employee is capable of performing Employee's duties under this Agreement. If, upon receipt of such determination, the Board wishes to continue to seek to terminate this Agreement under the provisions of this section, the parties will submit the issue of Employee's Disability to arbitration in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

 

2.6       Death. In the event of Employee's death during the term of this Agreement, Employee's employment is to be deemed to have terminated as of the last day of the month during which Employee's death occurred, and Company will pay to Employee's estate accrued salary, incentive compensation to the extent earned, vested deferred compensation (other than pension plan or profit sharing plan benefits, which will be paid in accordance with the applicable plan), and accrued vacation pay, all to the date of termination.

 

2.7       Voluntary Termination. In the event of a Voluntary Termination, Company will immediately pay to Employee all accrued salary, all incentive compensation to the extent earned, vested deferred compensation (other than pension plan or profit sharing plan benefits, which will be paid in accordance with the applicable plan), and accrued vacation pay, all to the date of termination, but Employee will not be paid any severance compensation.

 

2.8       Effect of Termination on Option Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, any termination of Employee's employment by the Company will have no effect on Employee's rights under that certain Stock Option Agreement granted to Employee pursuant to the Company's Employee-Shareholder Performance Stock Option Plan, which agreement was entered into between the Employee and the Company as of the Effective Date.

 

3.       Salary, Benefits and Other Compensation.

 

3.1       Base Salary. As payment for the services to be rendered by Employee as provided in Section 1 and subject to the terms and conditions of Section 2, Company agrees to pay to Employee a "Base Salary," payable in equal installments consistent with

 

Company payroll policies. The Base Salary payable to Employee under this Section will initially be $36,000.00. Employee will be entitled to regular salary reviews and raises during the term of this Agreement in the same general manner as other officers of the Company; provided, however, that Employee is entitled to receive a minimum annual increase in Employee's Base Salary of six and one-half percent (6.5%) per annum computed on the prior year's Base Salary. Furthermore, the Company and Employee acknowledge that, subject to the actual financial performance of the Company during the term of this Agreement, during the term of this Agreement it is the mutual intent of the parties that the Base Salary increase to a level that is commensurate with the level of compensation received by Employee for services rendered in an executive capacity for other entities within similar industries prior to the commencement of Employee's employment with the Company.

 

3.2       Incentive Bonus Plan. During the term of his employment under this Agreement, Employee will be eligible to participate in all bonus and incentive plans established by the Board including, without limitation, the Company's 2019 Management Bonus Plan. It is the intention of the Company’s to develop and implement the 2019 Management Bonus Plan no later than June 30, 2019.

 

3.3       Incentive Options Plan. During the term of employment under this Agreement, Employee will participate in incentive option plan established by the Board including, without limitation, the Company's 2019 Option Plan. Employee will receive common stock options exercisable at $1.00 per share to be vested on the following schedule: 30% immediately, 30% in Year 1, 30% in Year 2 and 10% in Year 3.

 

3.4       Benefit Plans. During the term of Employee's employment under this Agreement, the Employee is to be eligible to participate in all employee benefit plans to the extent maintained by the Company, including (without limitation) any life, disability, health, accident and other insurance programs, paid vacations, auto and similar plans or programs, subject in each case to the generally applicable terms and conditions of the plan or program in question and to the determinations of any committee administering such plan or program. On termination of the Employee for any reason, the Employee will retain all of Employee's rights to benefits that have vested under such plan, but the Employee's rights to participate in those plans will cease on the Employee's termination unless the termination is a Termination Other Than for Cause, in which case Employee's rights of participation will continue for a period of one (1) year following Employee's termination.

 

3.5       Withholding of Taxes. The Employee understands that the services to be rendered by Employee under this Agreement will cause the Employee to recognize taxable income, which is considered under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and applicable regulations thereunder as compensation income subject to the withholding of income tax (and Social Security or other employment taxes). The Employee hereby consents to the withholding of such taxes as are required by the Company.

 

 

3.6       Vacation. During the term of this Agreement, Employee will be entitled to four (4) weeks paid vacation time per year.

 

3.7       Expenses. During the term of this Agreement, Company will reimburse Employee for Employee's reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with Company's business, including travel expenses, food, and lodging while away from home, subject to such policies as Company may from time to time reasonably establish for its employees.

 

4.       Severance Compensation

 

4.1       Termination Other Than for Cause; Payment in Lieu of Notice. In the event Employee's employment is terminated in a Termination Other Than for Cause, Employee will be paid as severance pay Employee's Base Salary for the period commencing on the date that Employee's employment is terminated and ending on the date which is one (1) year thereafter, on the dates specified in Section 3.1 for payment of Employee's Base Salary.

 

4.2       Termination for Disability. In the event Employee's employment is terminated because of Employee's disability pursuant to Section 2.5, Employee will be paid as severance pay Employee's Base Salary for the period commencing on the date that Employee's employment is terminated and ending on the date which is three (3) months thereafter, on the dates specified in Section 3.1 for payment of Employee's Base Salary.

 

4.3       Other Termination. In the event of a Voluntary Termination, Termination for Cause or Death, Employee or Employee's estate will not be entitled to any severance pay.

 

5.       Confidentiality and Noncompetition

 

5.1       Confidentiality. Because of Employee's employment by Company, Employee will have access to trade secrets and confidential information about Company, its products, its customers, and its methods of doing business (the "Confidential Information"). During and after the termination of Employee's employment by the Company, Employee may not directly or indirectly disclose or use any such Confidential Information; provided, that Employee will not incur any liability for disclosure of information which (a) is required in the course of Employee's employment by the Company, (b) was permitted in writing by the Board or (c) is within the public domain or comes within the public domain without any breach of this Agreement.

 

5.2       Noncompetition. In consideration of Employee's access to the Confidential Information, Employee agrees that for a period of two (2) years after termination of Employee's employment, and only in the case of Termination Without Cause, Employee will not, directly or indirectly, use such Confidential Information to compete with the business of the Company, as the business of the Company may then be

 

constituted, within any state, region or locality in which the Company is then doing business or marketing its products. Employee understands and agrees that direct competition means development, production, promotion, or sale of products or services competitive with those of Company. Indirect competition means employment by any competitor or third party providing products competing with Company's products, for whom Employee will perform the same or similar function as he performs for Company. In addition, for a period of two (2) years after termination of Employee's employment, Employee will not induce or attempt to induce any employee of the Company to discontinue his or her employment with the Company for the purpose of becoming employed by any competitor of Company, nor will Employee initiate discussions, negotiations or contacts with persons known by Employee to be a customer or supplier of the Company at the time of Employee's termination of employment for the purpose of competing with the Company.

 

6.       Assignment of Inventions. All processes, inventions, patents, copyrights, trademarks, and other intangible rights (collectively the "Inventions") that may be conceived or developed by Employee, either alone or with others, during the term of Employee's employment, whether or not conceived or developed during Employee's working hours, and with respect to which the equipment, supplies, facilities, or trade secret information of Company was used, or that relate at the time of conception or reduction to practice of the Invention to the business of the Company or to Company's actual or demonstrably anticipated research and development, or that result from any work performed by Employee for Company, will be the sole property of Company, and Employee hereby assigns to the Company all of Employee's right, title and interest in and to such Inventions. Employee must disclose to Company all inventions conceived during the term of employment, whether or not the invention constitutes property of Company under the terms of the preceding sentence, but such disclosure will be received by Company in confidence. Employee must execute all documents, including patent applications and assignments, required by Company to establish Company's rights under this Section.

 

7.Miscellaneous.

 

7.1       Waiver. The waiver of any breach of any provision of this Agreement will not operate or be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach of the same or other provision of this Agreement.

 

7.2       Entire Agreement; Modification. Except as otherwise provided in the Agreement and in the Option Agreement, this Agreement represents the entire understanding among the parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement, and this Agreement supersedes any and all prior understandings, agreements, plans, and negotiations, whether written or oral, with respect to the subject matter hereof, including without limitation, any understandings, agreements, or obligations respecting any past or future compensation, bonuses, reimbursements, or other payments to Employee from Company. All modifications to the Agreement must be in writing and signed by the party against whom enforcement of such modification is sought.

 

 

7.3       Notice. All notices and other communications under this Agreement must be in writing and must be given by personal delivery, telecopier or telegram, or first class mail, certified or registered with return receipt requested, and will be deemed to have been duly given upon receipt if personally delivered, five (5) days after mailing, if mailed, or eight (8) hours after transmission, if delivered by telecopies or telegram, to the respective persons named below:

 

If to Company:

 

Stratus Capital Corporation

8480 East Orchard Road

Suite 1100

Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111

 

 

 

If to Employee:

 

Peter C. Gonzalez

9227 Lincoln Avenue

Lone Tree, CO 80124

 

 

Any party may change such party's address for notices by notice duly given pursuant to this Section.

 

7.4       Headings. The Section headings of this Agreement are intended for reference and may not by themselves determine the construction or interpretation of this Agreement.

 

7.5       Governing Law. This Agreement is to be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Colorado applicable to contracts entered into and wholly to be performed within the State of Colorado by Colorado residents. Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or breach of this Agreement (except any controversy or claim with respect to Section 5 or 6), is to be settled by arbitration in Denver, Colorado in accordance with the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association, and judgment on the award rendered by the arbitrators may be entered in any court having jurisdiction. There must be three arbitrators, one to be chosen directly by each party at will, and the third arbitrator to be selected by the two arbitrators so chosen. Each party will pay the fees of the arbitrator he or she selects and his or her own attorneys, and the expenses of his or her witnesses and all other expenses connected with presenting his or her case. Other costs of the arbitration, including the cost of any record or transcripts of the arbitration, administrative fees, the fee of the third arbitrator, and all other fees and costs, will be borne equally by the parties. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if any controversy or claim arises between the parties under Section 5 or 6 of this Agreement, the Company will not be required to arbitrate that controversy or claim but the Company will have the right to institute judicial proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction with respect to such controversy or claim. If such judicial

 

proceedings are instituted, the parties agree that such proceedings will not be stayed or delayed pending the outcome of any arbitration proceeding under this Agreement.

 

7.6       Successors and Assigns. This Agreement will be binding on, and inure to the benefit of, the executors, administrators, heirs, successors, and assigns of the parties; provided, however, that except as expressly provided in this Agreement, this Agreement may not be assigned either by Company or by Employee.

 

7.7       Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, all of which taken together will constitute one and the same Agreement.

 

7.8       Withholdings. All sums payable to Employee under this Agreement will be reduced by all federal, state, local, and other withholdings and similar taxes and payments required by applicable law.

 

7.9       Enforcement. If any portion of this Agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable, that portion of this Agreement will be adjusted, rather than voided, to achieve the intent of the parties under this Agreement.

 

7.10       Indemnification. The Company agrees that it will indemnify and hold the Employee harmless to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law from and against any loss, cost, expense or liability resulting from or by reason of the fact of the Employee's employment hereunder, whether as an officer, employee, agent, fiduciary, director or other official of the Company, except to the extent of any expenses, costs, judgments, fines or settlement amounts which result from conduct which is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be knowingly fraudulent or deliberately dishonest or to constitute some other type of willful misconduct.

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

COMPANY:

 

STRATUS CAPITAL CORPORATION

 

 

/s/ Richard Dean

 

Richard Dean

President & Chairman

 

 

 

EMPLOYEE:

 

 

/s/ Peter C. Gonzalez

 

Peter C. Gonzalez

 

 

EXHIBIT 23.1

 

 

 

To Whom It May Concern:

 

We hereby consent to the use in the Registration Statement of Stratus Capital Corp. on Form 10, filed on or about September 6, 2019, of our Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, dated September 4, 2019, on the balance sheet of Stratus Capital Corp. as of December 31, 2018 and the related statements of operations, changes in shareholders' deficit and cash flows for the period of June 28, 2018 (Inception) to December 31, 2018 and the related notes, which appear in such Registration Statement.

 

We also consent to the references to us under the headings “Experts” in such Registration Statement.

 

/s/ Pinnacle Accountancy Group of Utah                       

 

Pinnacle Accountancy Group of Utah

Farmington, UT

September 6, 2019

 



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