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Form 10-K United Cannabis Corp For: Dec 31

March 28, 2019 12:03 PM EDT


 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

  

FORM 10-K

  

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ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018

 

or

 

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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1934

 

For the transition period from ____________ to ____________

 

Commission File Number: 000-54582

 

United Cannabis Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Colorado

46-5221947

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

(IRS Employer Identification Number)


301 Commercial Road, Unit D, Golden, CO 80401

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 

(303) 386-7104

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)


Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act - None

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act - Common Stock, no par value


Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.  Yes ¨  No þ

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Act.  Yes ¨  No þ

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.  Yes þ  No ¨

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit files).  Yes þ  No ¨

 

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of the registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.  þ

 

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

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Accelerated filer

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Non-accelerated filer

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Smaller reporting company

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Emerging growth company

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


Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).   Yes ¨   No þ

 

As of June 30, 2018, the market value of shares held by non-affiliates was approximately $24,262,000.


The number of shares outstanding of the registrants common stock as of March 28, 2019 was 77,476,980.


List hereunder the following documents if incorporated by reference and the Part of the Form 10-K (e.g., Part I, Part II, etc.) into which the document is incorporated: (1) Any annual report to security holders; (2) Any proxy or information statement; and (3) Any prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) or (c) under the Securities Act of 1933.

 

 

 




 


PART I

 

ITEM 1.

BUSINESS.


Background


United Cannabis Corporation (‘we” “our”, “us”, “UCANN”, or “the Company”) a Colorado corporation, was originally formed as a California corporation under the name MySkin, Inc. on November 15, 2007. MySkin was engaged in the business of providing management services to a medical spa in Los Angeles, California which provided various advanced skin care services until March 31, 2014, when this business was sold to the prior President of the Company.


In early 2014 we decided to exit the medical spa management business and change our focus to providing products, services and intellectual property to the cannabis industry.


On March 26, 2014, we entered into a License Agreement with Earnest Blackmon, Tony Verzura and Chad Ruby pursuant to which Messrs. Blackmon, Verzura and Ruby licensed certain intellectual property to us in exchange for 38,690,000 shares of our common stock.


The intellectual property we licensed includes know-how relating to the design and buildout of cultivation facilities, growing/cultivation systems, seed-to-sale protocols and procedures, products, access to a genetic catalogue including over 150 different strains, an advanced (non-psychoactive) cannabinoid sequencing therapy program utilizing patent-pending Prana Bio Nutrient Medicinals called the A.C.T. Now Program (“ACT Now” or “ACT Now Program”), security, regulatory compliance, and other methods and processes which relate to the cannabis industry.


In May 2014 we changed our corporate domicile from California to Colorado and changed our name to United Cannabis Corporation.


United Cannabis Corporation is focused on extracting products from industrial hemp plants, which we wholesale to manufacturers, and which we use to create unique therapeutics for a wide range of diseases that can be utilized by patients globally. We own distinct intellectual property relating to the legalized growth, production, manufacture, marketing, management, utilization and distribution of medical and recreational marijuana and marijuana infused products. We license our intellectual property to businesses in the cannabis industry.


Patent


On August 15, 2017, the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued to the Company US Patent #9730911 (the “Patent”) granting exclusive rights to its proprietary formulations based on compounds extracted from cannabis plant materials; more specifically the composition of matter pertaining to the use of phytocannabinoids, cannabinoids, and specific terpene profiles in liquid form. This composition of matter Patent provides protection for our proprietary formulations. The Patent protects the use of suspending both phytocannabinoids and cannabinoids with specific combinations of cannabis derived terpenes in liquid forms with an array of delivery methods including capsule, sublingual, topical, oral, suppository, and vaporization. Cannabinoids referenced in the application include ratios of tetrahydrocannabinolic acid (THCa), cannabidiolic acid (CBDa), tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), cannabinol (CBN), cannabidiol (CBD), cannabichromenic acid (CBCa), and cannabichromene (CBC). At August 15, 2017, we classified the costs associated with research, legal fees, application costs incurred in the process of being granted the Patent on our consolidated balance sheet in the amount of $142,317, and we began amortizing such cost of the Patent on a straight-line basis over a 15-year period. Amortization expense of the Patent is $7,116 and $2,679 for the year ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively, and accumulated amortization is $9,795 and $2,679 at December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively.


Industrial Hemp Extraction Program


In early 2018, we elected to focus a significant portion of our assets, human resources and financial capital on the manufacturing and selling of a variety of cannabidiol centric products derived from industrial hemp plants. We constructed a pilot industrial hemp extraction facility in Weldona, Colorado. We hired and trained specialized extraction personnel and laboratory technicians that enable us to convert components of industrial hemp flower to finished CBD products.




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The Weldona extraction facility opened in April 2018, and during the 10 months that the Weldona extraction facility has been in operation, it has generated approximately $10,000,000 of revenues from the sale of the CBD finished goods produced at the facility. The revenue amount of $10,000,000 includes approximately $3,300,000 of revenue from CBD sales during the first two months of 2019.


Based upon the positive financial results of the Weldona extraction facility and the passage of the 2018 Farm Bill, which legalized the cultivation, sale and distribution of products derived from the hemp plant, we decided in late 2018 to greatly expand our industrial hemp extraction program in order to capitalize on the growing world-wide demand that we see for CBD extracted products. Our first step in this expansion program is the construction of our new industrial hemp extraction facility in Mead, Colorado. Upon completion in April 2019, the Mead facility will have a production capacity ten (10) times greater than our Weldona facility.


Our expansion program also includes operating industrial hemp extraction facilities that are geographically dispersed throughout the United States. These facilities will be a replica of our Mead facility, with the same production capacity. Our first undertaking in that regard is a joint venture we have formed to construct an industrial hemp extraction facility in South Carolina that is scheduled to begin construction between May and July of 2019.


Our expansion program includes plans to open extraction facilities in California, Florida, Illinois, Tennessee New York, and in either Oregon or Washington to serve the pacific northwest.


We are presently researching agricultural acreage and physical plant locations in Jamaica, where we plan to open an industrial hemp extraction facility, and where we plan to cultivate hundreds of acres of industrial hemp in conjunction with our 50% owned Jamaican subsidiary, Cannabinoid Research Development Company, Limited.  If an extraction facility is built in Jamaica, it is our intent to export CBD products throughout the Caribbean and to export CBD products to Canada and Europe. It is our understanding that there is a strong demand for CBD products in the Caribbean, Canada and the European countries.


In order to help provide a consistent supply of industrial hemp flower for our extraction facilities, we purchased farming equipment and leased hundreds of acres of farm land on which we grew a crop of industrial hemp. It is our intent to grow at least one crop of industrial hemp plants per calendar year and to harvest a sufficient amount of industrial hemp flower from our crop to supply our extraction facility on a vertically integrated basis. It is also our intent to partner with industrial hemp farmers and to purchase industrial hemp on the open market to supply raw material for our industrial hemp extraction facilities.


2018 Farm Bill Legalizing Hemp


On December 12, 2018, Congress passed the 2018 Farm Bill, which was signed into law by President Trump the following week.


The bill includes the following important provisions:


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The 2018 Farm Bill defines hemp as the plant Cannabis sativa L and any part of the plant with a delta-9 THC concentration of not more than 0.3 percent by dry weight. This definition is consistent with the definition of industrial hemp in the 2014 bill, which created a limited agricultural pilot program regarding research into industrial hemp.


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The 2018 Farm Bill removes hemp from the Controlled Substances Act, paving the way for the wholly legal cultivation, possession, sale and distribution of the hemp plant.


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The 2018 Farm Bill delegates to states and Indian tribes the broad authority to regulate and limit the production and sale of hemp and hemp products within their borders. States and Indian tribes cannot, however, limit the transportation or shipment of hemp and hemp products through their respective jurisdictions.


The Brightfield Group, a Chicago, Illinois based predictive analytics and market research firm for the legal cannabis and CBD industry, estimates that the passage of the 2018 Farm Bill will help expand the CBD market such that the market will reach $22 billion by 2022.




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Prana Bio Nutrient Medicinal Products


One of our primary goals is to advance the use of phytocannabinoids therapeutics in medicine through research, product development and education. We are dedicated to improving the lives of patients. We provide the intellectual property, patented technology, trusted brands, clinical data, technical training, sales tools and methodologies necessary to assist our clients’ businesses for success. Our ACT Now Program utilizes our patented Prana Bio Nutrient Medicinals with a HIPPAA compliant electronic health record (“EHR”) software that enables physicians to create comprehensive sequencing charts specific to their patients’ medical aliments. The ACT Now EHR software allows for global monitoring, patient management, and effective cannabinoid therapy protocols.


Our Prana Bio Nutrient Medicinal products are designed to help supplement deficiencies related to the endocannabinoid system including pain, neuropathy, arthritis, MS, IBS, autism, seizures, eczema, sleep, anxiety, head trauma, opioid dependency and clinical endocannabinoid deficiencies. The endocannabinoid system is a signaling system within the human body that utilizes hundreds of receptors to help maintain homeostasis between the central nervous system and the immune system.


Our Prana Aromatherapy Transdermal Roll-on line uses a proprietary blend of essential oils infused with cannabinoids designed to provide targeted and large surface relief with combinations of aromatherapy. The transdermal is a part of the complete patented Prana Bio Nutrient Medicinals line, which is offered in 5 categories (P1, P2, P3, P4, P5), with three delivery methods (sublingual, capsules, topical). Dosages range from 1mg to 50mg, are available in both raw and activated formulations, and paired with specific cannabis derived terpene profiles.


Prana Therapeutics, Inc


In furtherance of our long-term plan, on July 14, 2017, we acquired 95% of the voting interests of Prana Therapeutics, Inc. (“Prana” or “PTI”), in consideration for the issuance of 5,730,000 shares of our common stock. The acquisition of Prana broadens our foundation in plant-based drug development. Prana is a biotech company focused on developing targeted therapeutics for the prevention of the negative side effects of chemotherapy, management of rheumatoid arthritis and treatment of brain cancer.


Similar to the use of the compounds found in the cannabis plant to create our Prana Bio Medicinal products, Prana identifies novel combinations of botanical compounds to address unmet medical needs. Prana’s principal drug, Epidiferphane™, is a leading example of how combinatorial targeting can be used to address complex and difficult-to-treat diseases.


On August 3, 2018, PTI received notice that its licensed flagship product, EDP™, received approval on an Investigational New Drug application from the FDA for a clinical investigation for breast cancer. The clinical investigation will include a dose escalation, safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetic, and efficacy trial. The Phase 1 trial will test the potential toxicity of EDP™ at two targeted dosages and will measure safety levels, side effects, optimal dosage, and formulation. The Phase 2 trial will focus on whether or not EDP™ passes efficacy evaluations by reducing side effects of chemotherapy in patients.


Prana was founded by Dr. Brent Reynolds, a professor of Medical Research in the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Florida, College of Medicine and Dr. Dennis Steindler, a professor at Tufts University as well as, Dr. Loic Deleyrolle, a research assistant at McKnight Brain Institute at the University of Florida. Prana’s business model is based on technology developed there. Drs. Reynolds and Steindler have filed on behalf of the University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (“University of Florida”) patents related to the composition of matter and use claims on this technology in the United States and internationally. Prana owns the exclusive, world-wide license to the technology through a licensing agreement with the University of Florida. Both Drs. Reynolds and Deleyrolle continue as consultants to Prana, while also serving as professors and performing research at the University of Florida. Dr. Steindler does not have any ongoing affiliation with Prana, and Prana is operated as a stand-alone, majority owned subsidiary of the Company.


We purchased Prana based upon our belief in the potential of Epidiferphane™ to help with the negative side effects of chemotherapy, inflammation and brain tumors;




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The Negative Side Effects of Chemotherapy


An estimated 650,000 patients undergo chemotherapy each year, in the US alone, at a cost of approximately $12 billion. There are several protocols to minimize the side effects associated with chemotherapy, there is currently no protocol that prevents these symptoms. Preclinical data have shown Epidiferphane to be effective in preventing Anemia (low red blood cells), Neutropenia (low white blood cells), attenuating Chemotherapy Induced Peripheral Neuropathy, and protecting the endogenous neural stem cell population that is associated with Chemofog (memory problems). At least one of these conditions are experienced by 90% of patients going through chemotherapy.


Inflammatory Disease


Approximately 150 million patients suffer from inflammation and pain associated with arthritis and back-centric conditions, spending in excess of $30 billion on treatments, many of which have significant side effects. Epidiferphane™ in combination with nutritional ketosis reduces levels of cytokines that contribute to inflammatory diseases and in a small cohort of patients has been reported to reduce pain, morning stiffness and improve sleep.


Brain Tumors


There are approximately 80,000 new brain cancer diagnoses in the US each year; Glioblastoma, the most common type, has a survival diagnosis of approximately 12 months. In pre-clinical rodent testing, Epidiferphane™, in conjunction with a nutritional ketosis, has been shown to double the mean life expectancy, increase the effectiveness of chemotherapy, and sensitize chemotherapy resistant tumors to standard of care drugs.



Cannabinoid Research Development Company Limited (“CRD”)


In August 2014, we acquired 50% of the capital stock of CRD and we agreed to fund the operations of CRD on terms mutually agreed upon by us and CRD. As of the date of this annual report, CRD had ten employees and had applied to the Jamaican government for a license to conduct research on the benefits of cannabis which will be grown by CRD in Jamaica.


On March 16, 2018 Jamaica’s University of the West Indies’ Ethics Committee approved our proposal to conduct clinical trials on our Prana Bio Nutrient Medicinals P1 Capsules for the treatment of chronic pain. The study was conducted in conjunction with CRD at the Centre For Cannabis Research at the University of West Indies, Mona Campus, in Jamaica. The clinical research study has been completed for enrollment, patient dosing, and blood analysis. Data is being analyzed by outside biostatisticians. A peer-reviewed publication is expected in 2019.


ACT Now Program


One of our primary goals is to advance the use of cannabinoids in medicine through research, product development and education. Our intellectual property includes our ACT Now Program which is a comprehensive full spectrum cannabinoid therapy guide that utilizes the entire cannabis plant by controlling specific cannabinoid ratios, accurate dosing and multiple non-invasive delivery methods. Our ACT Now Program offers a wide range of affordable patient driven programs with limitless combinations of cannabinoid-based products and nutritional recommendations to assist patients suffering from chronic pain, opiate dependency, inflammation, glaucoma, PTSD, neuropathy, multiple sclerosis, fibromyalgia, Crohn’s, IBS, seizures, epilepsy, paralysis, autoimmune, autism, tumors, HIV/AIDS and many types of cancer.


We own certain proprietary formulations, processes and other intellectual property which can be used to produce our Prana Bio Nutrient Medicinals in connection with our ACT Now Program. These products, which are made with unique combinations of pharmaceutically active cannabinoids, provide a comprehensive solution designed to enable physicians and patients to design, implement and monitor effective therapy protocols.


Competition


The recent growth in the industry has attracted many businesses trying to enter the market. Some of our competitors have greater capital resources and facilities which may enable them to compete more effectively in this market. Due to this competition, there is no assurance that we will not encounter difficulties in generating revenues. Our inability to successfully compete with existing companies and new entrants to the market will have a negative impact on our business and financial condition.



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Government Regulation

 

Marijuana is a Schedule-I controlled substance and is illegal under federal law. Even in those states in which the use of marijuana has been legalized, its use remains a violation of federal law.

 

A Schedule I controlled substance is defined as a substance that has no currently accepted medical use in the United States, a lack of safety for use under medical supervision and a high potential for abuse. The Department of Justice  (“DOJ”)defines Schedule 1 controlled substances as “the most dangerous drugs of all the drug schedules with potentially severe psychological or physical dependence.” If the federal government decides to enforce the Controlled Substances Act in Colorado with respect to marijuana, persons that are charged with distributing, possessing with intent to distribute, or growing marijuana could be subject to fines and terms of imprisonment, the maximum being life imprisonment and a $50 million fine.

 

As of March 28, 2019, 30 states and the District of Columbia allowed their citizens to use medical marijuana. Additionally, 10 states and the District of Columbia have legalized cannabis for recreational use by adults. The state laws are in conflict with the federal Controlled Substances Act (“CSA”), which makes marijuana use and possession illegal on a national level.


The previous administration under President Obama had effectively stated that it was not an efficient use of resources to direct federal law enforcement agencies to prosecute those lawfully abiding by state-designated laws allowing the use and distribution of medical cannabis. In this regard, the prior DOJ Deputy Attorney General of the Obama administration issued a memorandum (the “Cole Memo”) to all United States Attorneys providing updated guidance to federal prosecutors concerning cannabis enforcement under the CSA.


The Cole Memo noted that the DOJ is committed to using its investigative and prosecutorial resources to address the most significant threats in the most effective, consistent, and rational way. In furtherance of those objectives, the Cole Memo provided guidance to DOJ attorneys and law enforcement to focus their enforcement resources on persons or organizations whose conduct interferes with any one or more of the following in preventing:


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the distribution of cannabis to minors;

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revenue from the sale of cannabis from going to criminal enterprises, gangs and cartels;

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the diversion of cannabis from states where it is legal under state law in some for to other states;

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state-authorized cannabis activity from being used as a cover or pretext for the trafficking of other illegal drugs or other illegal activity;

·

violence and the use of firearms in the cultivation and distribution of cannabis;

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drugged driving and the exacerbation of other adverse public health consequences associated with cannabis use;

·

the growing of cannabis on public lands and the attendant public safety and environmental dangers posed by cannabis production on public lands; and

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cannabis possession or use on federal property.


On January 4, 2018, the U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued the Sessions Memo stating that the Cole Memo was rescinded effectively immediately. In particular, Mr. Sessions stated that “prosecutors should follow the well-established principles that govern all federal prosecutions,” which require “federal prosecutors deciding which cases to prosecute to weigh all relevant considerations, including federal law enforcement priorities set by the Attorney General, the seriousness of the crime, the deterrent effect of criminal prosecution, and the cumulative impact of particular crimes on the community.” Mr. Sessions went on to state in the memorandum that “previous nationwide guidance specific to marijuana is unnecessary and is rescinded, effective immediately.”


It is unclear at this time whether the Sessions Memo indicates that the Trump administration will strongly enforce the federal laws applicable to cannabis or what types of activities will be targeted for enforcement.


However, on March 31, 2018 President Trump signed a $1.3 trillion budget bill that includes a provision that prevents the Justice Department, including the Drug Enforcement Administration, from using funds to arrest or prosecute patients, caregivers and businesses that are acting in compliance with state medical marijuana laws. This provision, known as the Rohrabacher-Blumenauer Amendment, prohibits the Justice Department from using federal funds to interfere with state medical marijuana programs.


Compliance with federal, state, and local laws and regulations has not had, and is not expected to have, an adverse effect on our capital expenditures, competitive position, financial condition, or results of operations.



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Intellectual Property


Our intellectual property includes our management’s knowledge and know-how relating to the legalized growth, production, manufacture, marketing, management, utilization and distribution of medical and recreational marijuana and marijuana infused products. It also includes a genetic catalogue including over 150 different strains of marijuana, and an advanced cannabinoid therapy program called “A.C.T. Now.”


On August 15, 2017, the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued to us U.S. Patent #9730911 granting exclusive rights to our proprietary formulations based on compounds extracted from cannabis plant materials; more specifically the composition of matter pertaining to the use of phytocannabinoids, cannabinoids, and specific terpene profiles in liquid form. This composition of matter Patent provides protection for our proprietary formulations. The Patent protects the use of suspending both phytocannabinoids and cannabinoids with specific combinations of cannabis derived terpenes in liquid forms with an array of delivery methods including capsule, sublingual, topical, oral, suppository, and vaporization. Cannabinoids referenced in the application include ratios of tetra- hydrocannabinolic acid (THCa), cannabidiolic acid (CBDa), tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), cannabinol (CBN), cannabidiol (CBD), cannabichromenic acid (CBCa), and cannabichromene (CBC).


Employees


As of March 28, 2019, we had 65 employees. There is no union representation of our employees, and we have never experienced an involuntary work stoppage. We believe that our continued success depends, in part, on our ability to attract and retain qualified personnel. We consider our relations with our employees to be good.


Effect of Environmental Laws


We are subject to federal, state, and local environmental laws and regulations, as well as the environmental laws and regulations of the foreign federal and local jurisdictions in which we have operations. We believe we are in material compliance with all such applicable laws and regulations.


Website Access


Our website address is www.unitedcannabis.us. We make available, free of charge on our website, our Annual Report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K, and all amendments to these reports as soon as reasonably practicable after filing such reports with, or furnishing them to, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Such reports are also available at www.sec.gov. Information contained on our website is not incorporated by reference in, or otherwise part of, this prospectus or any of our other filings with the SEC.


Offices


Effective August 1, 2017, we leased approximately 9,990 square feet of commercial space in Golden, Colorado, where our administrative offices and hemp laboratory are located. The term of the lease expires on July 31, 2020. Basic rent is $3,302, $3,500 and $3,800 per month for the years ending July 31, 2018, 2019 and 2020, respectively. We are also responsible for the payment of all utilities for this space.


ITEM 1A.

RISK FACTORS.

 

As a smaller reporting company, we are not required to provide the information required by this Item 1A.


ITEM 1B.

UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS.

 

None.

 

ITEM 2.

PROPERTIES.


See Item 1 of this report.




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ITEM 3.

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.


On May 8, 2018, H2, LLC (“H2”) and the Company executed a letter of intent formalizing their intent to enter into a joint venture. The parties subsequently made monetary advances in anticipation of formalizing the joint venture through a definitive agreement. However, the joint venture was never formalized, and the letter of intent was terminated pursuant to its terms. Under the terms of the provisions in the letter of intent that survived its termination, the Company has the option to either provide H2 with 25% of the industrial hemp seeds purchased with $650,000 advanced by H2, or to refund the $650,000 advanced by H2. Pursuant to another provision in the letter of intent that survived termination, disputes are to be resolved via arbitration in Denver, Colorado. On August 10, 2018, H2 filed a lawsuit in the state of California naming the Company, as well as, naming Earnest Blackmon, our Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, and John Walsh, our Treasurer and Principal Accounting Officer. The lawsuit asserts various claims, including rescission of any purported contract or joint venture and asks for $16,500,000 in damages. Our counsel and Management believe the suit is without merit, and we will vigorously defend against the lawsuit. We filed with the court a motion to compel arbitration and stay the litigation against Mr. Blackmon and Mr. Walsh. On December 20, 2018, the court granted our motion and ordered H2 to arbitrate its dispute with the Company in Denver, Colorado, and stayed the litigation against Mr. Blackmon and Mr. Walsh pending the arbitration. The Company and H2 are currently in discussions regarding resolution of the dispute either via arbitration or by agreement.


On July 30, 2018, the Company filed a complaint for patent infringement and a demand for jury trial against Pure Hemp Collective Inc. (“Pure Hemp”) in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado. The Company contends that Pure Hemp has willfully and directly infringed the Company’s 9730911 Patent and seeks damages from Pure Hemp, among other relief. On October 29, 2018, Pure Hemp filed its answer, defenses and counterclaims, in which Pure Hemp contends the ‘911 Patent is not infringed by Pure Hemp and is invalid and unenforceable. Pure Hemp has also asserted a counterclaim under the Sherman Act against the Company in which it alleges the lawsuit is objectively baseless and requests the court enter an order awarding it its costs and attorneys’ fees as well as treble damages. The Company believes the Sherman Act counterclaim has no merit, and it is impossible to quantify the amount of any alleged damages allegedly suffered by Pure Hemp, or what its costs and fees in this case will be. The case is currently pending in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado.

 

ITEM 4.

MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES.

 

Not applicable.



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PART II

 

ITEM 5.

MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES.

 

Market Information

 

Our common stock is quoted on the OTC Markets Group, Inc.’s OTCQB tier under the symbol “CNAB.” The following is a summary of the high and low sales prices of our common stock for the periods indicated, as reported by the OTC Markets Group, Inc. The quotations reflect inter-dealer prices, without retail mark-up, mark-down or commissions and may not necessarily represent actual transactions.

 

Year ended December 31, 2017

 

High

 

Low

First Quarter

 

$2.40

 

$1.33

Second Quarter

 

$1.59

 

$0.56

Third Quarter

 

$1.15

 

$0.73

Fourth Quarter

 

$2.02

 

$0.56

 

 

 

 

 

Year ended December 31, 2018

 

High

 

Low

First Quarter

 

$2.09

 

$0.96

Second Quarter

 

$1.30

 

$0.75

Third Quarter

 

$0.72

 

$0.47

Fourth Quarter

 

$0.78

 

$0.31


On March 27, 2019, the closing price of our common stock was $0.375.


Stockholders


As of March 28, 2019, we had 23,423 shareholders (including shareholders holding their shares with their brokers) of record and 77,466,980 outstanding shares of common stock.

 

Dividends


We have not declared or paid any cash dividends on our capital stock in our history as a public company. We currently intend to retain all future earnings to finance our business and do not anticipate paying cash or other dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future.

 

Transfer Agent


Our transfer agent is Issuer Direct Corporation located at 500 Perimeter Park Drive, Morrisville, NC 27560 Tel: 919-481-4000.


 ITEM 6. 

SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA.

 

Not applicable.


ITEM 7.

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.

 

Certain statements set forth below under this caption constitute forward-looking statements. See “Forward-Looking Statements” in the Prospectus Summary.


You should read the following discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and related notes appearing elsewhere in this Prospectus.


Overview


We were originally formed as a California corporation under the name MySkin, Inc. on November 15, 2007. MySkin was engaged in the business of providing management services to a medical spa in Los Angeles, California, which provided various advanced skin care services until March 31, 2014, when this business was sold to the prior President of the Company.



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Following this sale, we changed our focus to providing products, services and intellectual property to the cannabis industry.


Results of Operations

 

Material changes in line items in our Statement of Operations for the year ended December 31, 2018, as compared to the same period last year, are discussed below:


Item

 

Increase (I)

or

Decrease (D)

 

Reason

 

 

 

 

 

Revenues

 

I

 

Increase is a result of the sales of our industrial hemp products that were put in place during the year ended December 31, 2018. Revenues for the year ended December 31, 2017 are comprised for the most part of licensing fees to non-related third parties and to related parties and do not include any revenues from the sales of our industrial hemp products.

Gross profit, as a % of revenue

 

D

 

Decreased because the cost of revenues for the year ended December 31, 2018 includes raw material costs and manufacturing costs for our industrial hemp products, while there were no industrial hemp products produced during the year ended December 31, 2017.  Revenues and cost of revenues for the year ended December 31, 2017 were substantially comprised of license fees to non-related third parties and to related parties that have no applicable cost of goods sold.

Operating expenses

 

I

 

Greater amounts were spent on (i) research and development, (ii) legal, accounting, consulting and public reporting, and (iii) general and administrative expenses. Share-based compensation of $15,722,239 was incurred during the year ended December 31, 2018, which included options granted to officers, directors and employees that were fair valued at $14,890,347, while share-based compensation for the same period last year was $3,286,565, which included options granted to officers, directors and employees of $2,661,159. Research and development increased $746,297 over the same period for 2017 due to the costs incurred in developing our pilot extraction facility and program.

Non-Operating expenses

 

I

 

Our other non-operating expenses were $3,068,088 and $1,015,446 for the year ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. The increase in other non-operating expenses is substantially due to (i) $1,992,105 of losses due to discounts incurred in the issuance of common stock compared to $582,881 incurred in the prior year, and (ii) $825,067 of losses incurred upon the conversion of debt compared to no such conversion losses in the prior year, and (iii) reduced by a loss of $248,892 on the early extinguishment of debt and the repurchase of warrants, plus a loss of $122,139 incurred in the settlement of a disputed in the prior year that were not incurred during the year ended December 31, 2018.   


The factors that will most significantly affect future operating results will be:


 

·

State by state regulatory changes with respect to marijuana in the United States; and

 

·

Rescheduling of marijuana by the federal government.


Other than the foregoing we do not know of any trends, events or uncertainties that have had, or are reasonably expected to have, a material impact on our revenues or expenses.




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Capital Resources and Liquidity


During the year ended December 31, 2018, we incurred losses of $24,318,870 and used cash in operating activities of $7,246,729, compared to $6,203,604 of losses and $1,878,276 of cash used in our operating activities for the year ended December 31, 2017. At December 31, 2018 and 2017, we had a working capital deficit of $2,079,917 and $288,438, respectively, and an accumulated deficit of $39,374,396 at December 31, 2018. Our ability to continue as a going concern is dependent upon our ability to generate profitable operations in the future and, or, obtaining the necessary financing to meet our obligations and repay our liabilities arising from normal business operations when they come due. There is no assurance that these events will be satisfactorily completed.


Net cash used in operating activities for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, was $7,246,729 and $1,878,276 respectively. This increase in cash used in operating activities was primarily due to the negative impact in our operating cash flows resulting from an increase in general and administrative expenses during the year ended December 31, 2018 as compared to the same period in 2017.


Net cash used in investing activities for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 was $2,713,838 and $508,261, respectively. This increase was due for the most part to payments made for construction in process at our cultivation and extractions facilities and purchase of equipment in the amount of $2,529,520. The increase was also due to the purchase of intangible assets and deposits in the amount of $184,317 during the year ended December 31, 2018.


Net cash provided by financing activities for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 was $9,799,492 and $3,099,561, respectively. The increase was primarily due to (i) the increase of $6,091,090 in proceeds from the issuance of common stock under our equity financing line, (ii) net proceeds from the issuance of notes payable in the amount of $1,500,000, (iii) net proceeds from the issuance of convertible notes in the amount of $845,000, (iv) proceeds received from a proposed joint venture that was never formed that is now in arbitration in the amount of $650,000, and (v) the increase in proceeds from notes payable to and advances from officers and directors in the amount of $583,687 during the year ended December 31, 2018.


Future minimum amounts the Company is required to pay under the terms of its operating leases are, as shown below:


 

 

2019

 

 

2020

 

 

2021

 

 

2022

 

 

2023

 

Cultivation and extraction facility in Weldona, Colorado

 

$

90,000

 

 

$

90,000

 

 

$

90,000

 

 

$

67,500

 

 

$

 

Extraction facility in Mead, CO

 

 

152,664

 

 

 

157,244

 

 

 

161,960

 

 

 

166,820

 

 

 

113,416

 

Administrative offices in Golden, Colorado

 

 

43,498

 

 

 

26,597

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Testing laboratory in Golden, Colorado

 

 

35,938

 

 

 

30,490

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cultivation and extraction facility in Jamaica

 

 

1

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

$

322,101

 

 

$

304,332

 

 

$

251,961

 

 

$

234,321

 

 

$

113,417

 


The future minimum payments under the terms of our material contractual obligations are, as shown below:


 

 

2019

 

 

2020

 

 

2021

 

 

2022

 

 

2023

 

Operating leases

 

$

322,101

 

 

$

304,332

 

 

$

251,961

 

 

$

234,321

 

 

$

113,417

 

Research laboratory at the University of Florida School of Medicine

 

 

700,000

 

 

 

900,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clinical trials at the West Indies School of Medicine

 

 

51,182

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

1,073,283

 

 

$

1,204,332

 

 

$

251,961

 

 

$

234,321

 

 

$

113,417

 




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On November 8, 2018, the Company agreed to borrow $1,575,000 from Tangiers Global, LLC (“Tangiers” or “Holder”). The loan is evidenced by a promissory note, which bears interest at 5% per year “(Note”).


The Note was funded in three tranches:


 

 

 

 

Less

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Original

 

Net

 

 

Date of

 

Principal

 

Issue

 

Amount

 

Maturity

Funding

 

Amount

 

Discount

 

Funded

 

Date

11/05/2018

 

$525,000

 

$(25,000)

 

$500,000

 

5/04/2019

12/05/2018

 

$525,000

 

$(25,000)

 

$500,000

 

6/03/2019

12/26/2018

 

$525,000

 

$(25,000)

 

$500,000

 

6/24/2019


The Company may pay the Note at any time prior to the Maturity Date. Until the 60th day after the date of each funding, the Company may pay the principal of the Note, plus a premium of 10%, in addition to outstanding interest, without the Holder’s consent. From the 61st day after the date of each funding to the 120th date after the date of each funding, the Company may pay the principal of the Note, plus a premium of 20%, in addition to outstanding interest, without the Holder’s consent. From the 121st day after the date of each funding to the 180th day after the date of each funding, the Company may pay the principal of the Note, plus a premium of 30%, in addition to outstanding interest, without the Holder’s consent. After the Maturity Date, the Note may only be paid with the Holder’s consent.


Tangiers is entitled, at its option, at any time, after the Maturity Date of each funding to convert all or any part of the unpaid principal of the Note into shares of the Company’s common stock at a price per share equal to 70% of the average of the two lowest trading prices of the Company’s common stock during the 15 consecutive trading days ending on the latest complete trading day prior to the conversion date.


On February 11, 2019, the Company agreed to borrow up to $1,575,000 from Tangiers. The loan is evidenced by a promissory note which will be funded in a series of tranches, each of which will bear interest at 5% per year. The first tranche was funded on February 13, 2019.


 

 

 

 

Less

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Original

 

Net

 

 

Date of

 

Principal

 

Issue

 

Amount

 

Maturity

Funding

 

Amount

 

Discount

 

Funded

 

Date

2/13/2019

 

525,000

 

$(25,000)

 

$500,000

 

8/10/2019


The Company may pay the Note at any time prior to the Maturity Date. Until the 60th day after the date of each funding, the Company may pay the principal of the Note, plus a premium of 10%, in addition to outstanding interest, without the Holder’s consent. From the 61st day after the date of each funding to the 120th date after the date of each funding, the Company may pay the principal of the Note, plus a premium of 20%, in addition to outstanding interest, without the Holder’s consent. From the 121st day after the date of each funding to the 180th day after the date of each funding, the Company may pay the principal of the Note, plus a premium of 30%, in addition to outstanding interest, without the Holder’s consent. After the Maturity Date, the Note may only be paid with the Holder’s consent.


Tangiers is entitled, at its option, at any time, after the Maturity Date of each funding to convert all or any part of the unpaid principal of the Note into shares of the Company’s common stock at a price per share equal to 70% of the average of the two lowest trading prices of the Company’s common stock during the 15 consecutive trading days ending on the latest complete trading day prior to the conversion date.


In connection with the issuance of the notes referred to above the Company relied upon the exemption provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933. The holder of the notes was a sophisticated investor and was provided full information regarding the Company’s business and operations. There was no general solicitation in connection with the issuance of the notes. No commission was paid to any person in connection with the issuance of the notes.


In addition to the above disclosed material contractual obligations, we may also incur significant sales, marketing, research and development expenses during the next twelve months, and we expect to spend approximately (i) $35,000,000 to construct, open and operate five (5) to seven (7) regional industrial hemp extraction facilities in various parts of the United States (ii) $2,500,000 to expand our production capacity in Jamaica through advances to our 50% owned subsidiary, Cannibinoid Research Development Company, Limited, (iii) $1,800,000 for legal fees for patent infringement litigation brought against certain entities whom we believe have wrongfully infringed upon our patents (iv) $500,000 on pursing licensing and patent applications for products developed and licensed to our recently acquired 95% owned subsidiary, Prana Therapeutics, Inc., and (v) $500,000 on solidifying agreements with potential licensees who might be utilizing or want to utilize our patented formulations and processes.



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Other than as disclosed above, we do not know of any:


·

trends, demands, commitments, events or uncertainties that will result in, or that are reasonable likely to result in, our liquidity increasing or decreasing in any material way; or

·

any significant changes in our expected sources and uses of cash.


Lease Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted


In February 2016, the FASB issued an Accounting Starndard Update (“ASU”) amending the accounting for leases. The new guidance requires the recognition of lease assets and liabilities for operating leases with terms of more than 12 months. The ASU is effective for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2018, with early adoption permitted. We will adopt this ASU on January 1, 2019 with an immaterial cumulative adjustment to retained earnings rather than retrospectively adjusting prior periods. This adoption approach will result in a balance sheet presentation that will not be comparable to the prior period in the first year of adoption. The adoption of this ASU will result in the recognition of operating lease assets and liabilities of approximately $1.1 million.


ITEM 7A.

QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK.

 

Not applicable.


ITEM 8.

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA.


See the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes included with this report.


ITEM 9.

CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE.

 

Not applicable.


ITEM 9A.

CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.


Disclosure Controls and Procedures


Disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports filed or submitted under the Securities Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time period specified in the SEC rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to management, including our Chief Exeutive Officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures. Our management necessarily applied its judgment in assessing the costs and benefits of such controls and procedures, which, by their nature, can provide only reasonable assurance regarding management's control objectives.


Our management, with the participation of our Chief Exectuvie Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this Annual Report. Based upon this evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of December 31, 2018, because of the identification of a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting which is described below. We intend to continue to review and document our disclosure controls and procedures, including our internal controls over financial reporting, and may from time to time make changes aimed at enhancing their effectiveness and to ensure that our systems evolve with our business.


Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting


Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Exchange Rule 13a-15(f). Our internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance to our management and board of directors regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of the financial statements for external purposes in accordance with U.S. Generally Accpeted Accunting Procedures (“GAAP”).



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Our internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of our assets; (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP and our receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorizations of our management and directors; and (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of our assets that could have a material effect on our consolidated financial statements.


Our management assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2018. In making this assessment, we used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission in their Internal Control-Integrated Framework, updated in May 2013. Based on this evaluation, our management concluded that that our internal control over financial reporting was not effective as of December 31, 2018.


Our Chief Executive Officer concluded we have a material weakness due to: (i) lack of a functioning audit committee due to a lack of a majority of independent members and a lack of a majority of outside directors on our board of directors, resulting in ineffective oversight in the establishment and monitoring of required internal controls and procedures; (ii) inadequate segregation of duties consistent with control objectives; and (iii) ineffective controls over period end financial disclosure and reporting processes. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of control deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of our annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.


While we strive to segregate duties as much as practicable, there is an insufficient volume of transactions at this point in time to justify additional full-time staff. We believe that this is typical in many start-up companies. We may not be able to fully remediate our material weaknesses until we increase our operations at which time, we would expect to hire more staff and consider increasing the number of directors on our board. We will continue to monitor and assess the costs and benefits of additional staffing. We have increased services and related staffing through our business and financial consulting contractor to remedy existing internal control and disclosure control deficiencies.


While we have not yet remediated these material weaknesses, we will continue our remediation efforts during fiscal 2019.


Notwithstanding the identified material weaknesses, our management believes the consolidated financial statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K fairly represent in all material respects our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows at and for the periods presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP.


This Annual Report does not include an attestation report of our registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting. Management's report was not subjected to attestation by our registered public accounting firm pursuant to the SEC rules that permit us to provide only management's report in this Annual Report.


Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting


There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the year ended December 31, 2018, that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.


Limitations on Controls and Procedures


Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. All internal control systems, no matter how well designed, have inherent limitations, including the possibility of human error and the circumvention of overriding controls. Accordingly, even effective internal control over financial reporting can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to financial statement preparation. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

 

ITEM 9B.

OTHER INFORMATION.

 

See Items 7 and 10 of this report.




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PART III

 

ITEM 10.

DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE.

 

Our executive officers and directors are listed below. Directors are generally elected at our annual shareholders’ meeting and hold office until the next annual shareholders’ meeting, or until their successors are elected and qualified. Our executive officers are elected by our directors and serve at the board’s discretion.

 

Name

 

Age

 

Positions

 

 

 

 

 

Earnie Blackmon

 

46

 

Chief Executive Officer, President, and director

Chad Ruby

 

43

 

Chief Operating Officer, Secretary, and director

John Walsh

 

73

 

Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer


The following is a brief summary of the background of each officer and director including their principal occupation during the five preceding years. Neither of these persons is a financial expert as that term is defined by the SEC. All directors will serve until their successors are elected and qualified or until they are removed.


Earnest Blackmon has been a director since April 2014. He was elected President in March 2014 and was elected Chief Executive Officer in June 2014. Mr. Blackmon has been the President and owner of Blue River Inc., which is engaged in creating and retailing aroma therapy products since February 2015. He has served as the master grower and Chief Technical Officer/Member of RiverRock LLC, which is engaged in growing and selling medical and recreational marijuana from November of 2009 to July 2015. He served as the Chief Operating Officer/Owner of Sweet Lawn and Landscaping in Tampa, Florida from January of 2004 to June of 2008 and from July 2008 until October 2009 he consulted with several collectives in California on their cultivation methods. Mr. Blackmon attended John’s Hopkins University from 1991 to 1992. We believe that his twenty years of experience in the commercial horticulture industry and more specifically in growing marijuana and his six years in the cannabis industry enable him to make valuable contributions to our board of directors.


Chad Ruby has been a director since April 2014. He was elected Chief Operating Officer in March 2014 and was elected Secretary and Treasurer in August 2014. He has been a portfolio manager, real estate broker and appraiser for the last 15 years. He started with Hudson Appraisals, Inc. in 2002 and became a partner and Chief Operating Officer in February of 2005, and he resigned as Chief Operating Officer in June of 2008. Mr. Ruby was employed by NRT REO Experts, LLC, Orlando, Florida, as a portfolio manager from June of 2008 until April 2014. During 2013 and 2014 he was a part-time consultant for RiverRock LLC, which is engaged in growing and selling medical and recreational marijuana. Mr. Ruby graduated from the University of Central Florida in 2010 with a B.S. in Finance. We believe that Mr. Ruby’s thirteen years of real estate and business experience combined with his college degree in finance and his consulting experience with RiverRock LLC qualify him to serve as a member of our board of directors.


John Walsh has been our Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer since August 2017. Mr. Walsh is a former partner of the international accounting firm of Touche Ross & CO. (now Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited) and has over 40 years of experience in the accounting and financial services industry, including reporting requirements and GAAP oversight for publicly registered companies. Subsequent to his professional association with Deloitte, he has provided independent consulting services to such companies as AT&T Broadband (now Comcast), the Casualty Insurance Division of CNA Financial, the Construction Division of Lafarge North America, and Crown Media (the Hallmark cable and movie channel). At Crown Media, Mr. Walsh served as its interim Chief Financial Officer for a three-year period. Prior to joining us as a consultant in February 2016, he served as a GAAP consultant (January 2014 to November 2016) to a public company that provided cultivation facility leasing and fulfilment services to licensed holders of retail and medical marijuana outlets in the state of Colorado.


Tony Verzura resigned as an officer and a director effective March 21, 2019.


None of the directors are independent directors as that term is defined in Section 803 of the NYSE AMERICAN  Company Guide.


Employment Agreements

 

We currently do not have any employment agreements with any of our executive officers.




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Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance


During the year ended December 31, 2018, all of our executive officers and directors complied with all Section 16(a) filing requirements, with the exception of Earnest Blackmon, who filed five Form 4’s covering twelve transactions after their due dates, and Tony Verzura, who filed two Form 4’s covering four transactions after their due dates.


Code of Ethics

 

We have adopted a code of ethics that applies to our principal executive officers, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions. A copy of our code of ethics may be obtained free of charge by contacting us.


Stockholder Communications


Our board has determined not to adopt a formal methodology for communications from stockholders on the belief that any communication would be brought to the board’s attention by each of our officers or directors.


Audit Committee and Audit Committee Financial Expert


We do not currently have an audit committee or a committee performing similar functions. Our board as a whole participates in the review of financial statements and disclosure. We also do not have an audit committee financial expert.


Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation


None of our executive officers served as a member of the compensation committee or as a director of another entity one of whose executive officers served on our compensation committee or as one of our directors.


ITEM 11.

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION.

 

The following Summary Compensation Table sets forth for fiscal 2018 and 2017, the compensation awarded to, paid to, or earned by our executive officers.


Name and Principal Position

 

Year

 

 

Salary

($)

 

 

Option Awards

($)

 

 

All other

Compensation

($)

 

 

Total

($)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnie Blackmon

 

2018

 

 

308,833

 

 

1,703,461

 

 

 

 

2,012,294

 

Chief Executive Officer  , President

 

2017

 

 

250,000

 

 

   274,750

 

 

 

 

   524,750

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chad Ruby

 

2018

 

 

302,098

 

 

5,536,247

 

 

 

 

5,838,345

 

Chief Operating Officer, Secretary

 

2017

 

 

250,000

 

 

1,618,750

 

 

 

 

1,868,750

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tony Verzura

 

2018

 

 

216,000

 

 

1,277,595

 

 

 

 

1,493,595

 

Vice President, Chief Technical Officer (1)

 

2017

 

 

250,000

 

 

274,570

 

 

 

 

   524,570

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

John Walsh

 

2018

 

 

270,833

 

 

1,703,461

 

 

 

 

1,974,294

 

Principal Financial and Accounting Officer

 

2017

 

 

  74,000

 

 

   274,500

 

 

 

 

   348,750

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brent Reynolds

 

2018

 

 

       —

 

 

          —

 

 

 

 

          —

 

Chief Research Officer

 

2017

 

 

 60,000

 

 

     12,000

 

 

 

 

     72 000

 

———————

(1) Tony Verzura resigned as an officer and a director effective March 21, 2019.


On January 3, 2016, Messrs. Blackmon and Verzura each agreed to forego $70,000 of 2015 salary in lieu of 350,000 stock options each under the Equity Incentive Plan and Mr. Ruby agreed to forego $56,000 of 2015 salary in lieu of 280,000 stock options under the Equity Incentive Plan. The options were granted on January 15, 2016, were fully vested at the time of grant and gave the option holder the right to purchase shares of our common stock at $0.20 per share during the ten-year term.




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The following shows the amounts we expect to pay to our officers during the year ending December 31, 2019, and the amount of time these persons expect to devote to our business.


Name

 

Compensation

 

devoted to our business

 

 

 

 

 

Earnie Blackmon

 

$360,000

 

100%

Chad Ruby

 

$360,000

 

100%

John Walsh

 

$360,000

 

100%


Stock Incentive Plans


We have three Stock Incentive Plans. The terms and conditions of any stock issued and the terms and conditions of any options granted, including the price of the shares of common stock issuable on the exercise of options, are governed by the provisions of our Stock Incentive Plans and any agreements with the Plan participants.


On January 23, 2018 we adopted our 2018 Stock Incentive Plan. On February 2, 2018 we granted options to the persons shown below pursuant to this plan.


Name

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares issuable

Upon Exercise

of Option

 

 

Option

Exercise Price

 

 

Expiration

Date

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnie Blackmon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

$0.43

 

 

2/2/2028

 

Chad Ruby

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,250,000

 

 

$0.43

 

 

2/2/2028

 

Tony Verzura

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   750,000

 

 

$0.43

 

 

2/2/2028

 

John Walsh

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

$0.43

 

 

2/2/2028

 


On June 29, 2018 we granted options to the persons shown below pursuant to the 2018 Stock Incentive Plan.


Name

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares issuable

Upon Exercise

of Option

 

 

Option

Exercise Price

 

 

Expiration

Date

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnie Blackmon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,750,000

 

 

$0.43

 

 

6/26/2028

 

Chad Ruby

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,250,000

 

 

$0.43

 

 

6/26/2028

 

Tony Verzura

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,250,000

 

 

$0.43

 

 

6/26/2028

 

John Walsh

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   500,000

 

 

$0.43

 

 

6/26/2028

 

Others

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   429,000

 

 

$0.43

 

 

6/26/2023

 


The following lists, as of March 28, 2019, the options and shares granted pursuant to the Stock Incentive Plans. Each option represents the right to purchase one share of our common stock.


Name of Plan

 

Total

Shares

Reserved

Under Plan

 

 

Shares

Reserved for

Outstanding

Options

 

 

Shares

Options

Exercised

 

 

Shares

Issued as

Stock Bonus

 

 

Remaining

Options/Shares

Under Plan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2014 Stock Incentive Plan

 

  4,000,000

 

 

  2,996,916

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

 

 

       3,084

 

2017 Stock Incentive Plan

 

  6,000,000

 

 

  4,566,000

 

 

   600,000

 

 

533,658

 

 

   300,342

 

2018 Stock Incentive Plan

 

25,000,000

 

 

20,199,800

 

 

 

 

859,160

 

 

3,941,040

 


Pursuant to the Plans, awards may be in the form of Incentive Stock Options, Non-Qualified Stock Options, or Stock Bonuses.


Incentive Stock Options


All of our employees of the Company are eligible to be granted Incentive Stock Options pursuant to the Plans as may be determined by our Board of Directors which administers the Plans.


Options granted pursuant to the Plans terminate at such time as may be specified when the option is granted.




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The total fair market value of the shares of common stock (determined at the time of the grant of the option) for which any employee may be granted options which are first exercisable in any calendar year may not exceed $100,000.


At the discretion of the Board of Directors, options granted pursuant to the Plans may include installment exercise terms for any option such that the option becomes fully exercisable in a series of cumulating portions. The Board of Directors may also accelerate the date upon which any option (or any part of any option) is first exercisable. However, no option, or any portion thereof may be exercisable until one year following the date of grant. In no event shall an option granted to an employee then owning more than 10% of our common stock be exercisable by its terms after the expiration of five years from the date of grant, nor shall any other option granted pursuant to the Plans be exercisable by its terms after the expiration of ten years from the date of grant.


Non-Qualified Stock Options


Our employees, directors and officers, and consultants or advisors are eligible to be granted Non-Qualified Stock Options pursuant to the Plans as may be determined by our Board of Directors which administers the Plans, provided however that bona fide services must be rendered by such consultants or advisors and such services must not be in connection with a capital-raising transaction or promoting our common stock.


Options granted pursuant to the Plans terminate at such time as may be specified when the option is granted.


At the discretion of the Board of Directors options granted pursuant to the Plans may include installment exercise terms for any option such that the option becomes fully exercisable in a series of cumulating portions. The Board of Directors may also accelerate the date upon which any option (or any part of any option) is first exercisable. In no event shall an option be exercisable by its terms after the expiration of ten years from the date of grant.


Stock Bonuses


Our employees, directors and officers, and consultants or advisors are eligible to receive a grant of our shares, provided however that bona fide services must be rendered by such consultants or advisors and such services must not be in connection with a capital-raising transaction or promoting our common stock. The grant of the shares rests entirely with our Board of Directors, which administer the Plans. It is also left to the Board of Directors to decide the type of vesting and transfer restrictions which will be placed on the shares.


Outstanding Equity Awards

 

Outstanding equity awards as of December 31, 2018 are as follows: 


Name

 

Number of securities

underlying unexercised options

 

Option exercise

 Price ($)

 

Option

expiration date

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnie Blackmon

 

     200,000

 

$0.43

 

1/06/2025

 

 

 

       50,000

 

$0.20

 

1/09/2026

 

 

 

     100,000

 

$0.43

 

5/30/2027

 

 

 

     250,000

 

$0.43

 

12/08/2027

 

 

 

  1,000,000

 

$0.43

 

1/31/2028

 

 

 

  6,750,000

 

$0.43

 

6/26/2028

 

 

 

  8,350,000

 

 

 

 

 


Chad Ruby

 

     200,000

 

$0.43

 

1/06/2025

 

 

 

     980,000

 

$0.20

 

1/09/2026

 

 

 

  2,500,000

 

$0.43

 

5/30/2027

 

 

 

     250,000

 

$0.43

 

12/08/2027

 

 

 

  3,250,000

 

$0.43

 

1/31/2028

 

 

 

  5,250,000

 

$0.43

 

6/26/2028

 

 

 

12,430,000

 

 

 

 

 




















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Name

 

Number of securities

underlying unexercised options

 

Option exercise

 Price ($)

 

Option

expiration date

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tony Verzura

 

     200,000

 

$0.43

 

1/06/2025

 

 

 

  1,050,000

 

$0.20

 

1/09/2026

 

 

 

     100,000

 

$0.43

 

5/30/2027

 

 

 

     250,000

 

$0.43

 

12/08/2027

 

 

 

     750,000

 

$0.43

 

1/31/2028

 

 

 

  1,250,000

 

$0.43

 

6/26/2028

 

 

 

  3,600,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

John Walsh

 

     100,000

 

$0.43

 

5/30/2027

 

 

 

     250,000

 

$0.43

 

12/08/2027

 

 

 

  1,000,000

 

$0.43

 

1/31/2028

 

 

 

     500,000

 

$0.43

 

6/26/2028

 

 

 

  1,850,000

 

 

 

 

 


John Walsh also holds warrants to purchase 641,000 shares of our common stock. The warrants are exercisable at prices between $0.19 and $1.25 and expire at various dates prior to April 30, 2022.


Securities Authorized for Issuance under Stock Incentive Plans

 

The following table shows information with respect to each Stock Incentive Plan under which our common stock is authorized for issuance as of December 31, 2018:


Plan Category

 

Number of Securities

to be Issued

upon Exercise of

Outstanding Options

 

Weighted-Average

Exercise Price of

Outstanding Options,

Warrants, and Rights

 

Number of Securities

Remaining Available for

Future Issuance Under

Equity Compensation Plans

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity Incentive Plan

 

  2,966,916

 

$0.31

 

       3,084

2017 Stock Incentive Plan

 

  4,566,000

 

$0.43

 

   300,342

2018 Stock Incentive Plan

 

20,199,800

 

$0.43

 

3,941,040


Employee Pension, Profit Sharing or other Retirement Plans


We do not have a defined benefit, pension plan, profit sharing or other retirement plan, although we may adopt one or more of such plans in the future.


Compensation of Directors


During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 we did not compensate our directors for acting as such. However, the directors were compensated for serving as officers of the Company during the year ended December 31, 2018.





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ITEM 12.

SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS.

 

The following table shows the ownership of our common stock and Series A preferred stock as of March 28, 2019, by (i) each person whom we know beneficially owns more than 5% of the outstanding shares of our common stock or preferred stock; (ii) each of our executive officers; (iii) each of our directors; and (iv) all of our executive officers and directors as a group. Unless otherwise indicated, to our knowledge each of the stockholders listed below has sole voting and investment power over the shares beneficially owned. Unless otherwise specified, the address of each of the persons set forth below is in care of UCANN at 301 Commercial Road, Unit D, Golden, CO 80401.


Common Stock


 

 

Number of

 

Percentage

Name

 

Shares Owned

 

of Class

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnie Blackmon

 

29,691,243

 (1)

 

34.7%

Chad Ruby

 

13,113,722

 (2)

 

14.6%

John Walsh

 

2,566,000

 (3)

 

  3.2%

Tony Verzura

 

16,260,992

 (4)

 

23.4%

All executive officers and directors as a group (three persons)

 

45,370,965

 

 

52.5%

———————

(1)

Includes 8,350,000 shares underlying currently exercisable stock options held by Mr. Blackmon.

(2)

Includes 12,530,000 shares underlying currently exercisable stock options held by Mr. Ruby.

(3)

Includes 2,491,000 shares underlying currently exercisable stock options and warrants held by Mr. Walsh.

(4)

Includes 3,600,000 shares underlying currently exercisable stock options held by Mr. Verzura


Series A Preferred Stock


 

 

Series A

 

Percentage

Name

 

Preferred Shares

 

of Class

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnie Blackmon

 

2,000

 

 

670%

Chad Ruby

 

1,500

 

 

  33%


Each preferred share is entitled to 15,000 votes on all matters submitted to the vote of our shareholders, is entitled to an annual dividend of $0.05 per share when, as, and if declared by our directors, and is convertible at any time, at the option of the holder of the preferred shares, into one share of our common stock.


ITEM 13.

CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE.


During the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, Mr. Blackmon paid obligations and expenses on behalf of us with his personal funds. These payments have been recorded in our consolidated balance sheets as a component of Notes payable to and advances from officers and directors.


We have licensed our Prana products to Advesa, Inc. (“Advesa”), which is wholly owned by Tony Verzura, a former officer and director and one of our principal shareholders. Advesa has an exclusive right for five years to sell our Prana products in certain cities in California. In consideration for the exclusive license, Advesa is obligated to pay us a royalty on all Prana products sold by Advesa equal to the sale price of the Prana products, minus the cost of goods sold (computed without regard to depreciation, amortization, other non-cash items or allocation of overhead, general and administrative expenses or similar items). In addition, Advesa pays us a management fee of five percent of all Advesa gross revenue, minus the Prana royalty payable to us with respect to the sales of our Prana products.


We have licensed Prana Hemp products, manufactured in our facility in Golden, CO, to NutriMed, LLC (“NutriMed”), which is controlled by two of our major shareholders, one of our officers and a consultant to the Company (Earnie Blackmon, Chad Ruby, John Walsh, and Jonathan Pirkl). NutriMed has a non-exclusive right to sell Prana Hemp in certain situations where the sale is to be completed through the use of a credit card associated with a merchant account owned and/or controlled by NutriMed. In consideration for the non-exclusive license granted to NutriMed under the agreement, NutriMed is obligated to pay us a royalty on all Prana Hemp products sold by NutriMed equal to 20% of the wholesale gross sale price of the Prana Hemp products.




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ITEM 14. 

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES.

 

The following table sets forth fees billed to us by our independent registered public accounting firms during the fiscal years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017.


 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

BF Borgers

 

 

 

 

 

 

Audit fees

 

$

64,800

 

 

$

36,400

 

Audit related fees

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tax fees

 

 

 

 

 

12,900

 

All other fees

 

 

 

 

 

 


Audit fees represent amounts invoiced for professional services rendered for the audit of our annual financial statements and the reviews of the financial statements included in our Form 10-Q Reports. Audit related fees pertain to reviews of our 1933 and 1934 Act filings.


Policy on Audit Committee Pre-Approval of Audit and Permissible Non-Audit Services of Independent Auditors


We do not have an audit committee to oversee the external audit process, which includes approving engagement letters, estimated fees and solely pre-approving all permitted audit and non-audit work performed by our principal accountant. Our entire board of directors oversees this process and has pre-approved all fees for audit and non-audit work performed.






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PART IV

 

ITEM 15.

EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES.

 

(A)

Financial Statement Schedules for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2017 have been omitted because they are either not required or the information is included in the financial statements and notes thereto.

 

(B)

Exhibits


The following exhibits are filed with this Annual Report on Form 10-K:


Exhibit

 

Description

2

 

Plan of Merger dated April 10, 2014 (1)

3.1

 

Articles of Incorporation (2)

3.2

 

Bylaws (3)

4.1

 

Warrant issued to Sláinte Ventures, LLC (9)

4.2

 

2017 Stock Incentive Plan (10)

4.3

 

2018 Stock Incentive Plan (11)

10.1

 

License Agreement with Earnest Blackmon, Tony Verzura and Chad Ruby dated March 26, 2014 (4)

10.2

 

Asset Assignment and Purchase Agreement dated March 31, 2014 (5)

10.3

 

(Reserved)

10.5

 

Promissory Note, dated April 6, 2016, payable to Earnest Blackmon (6)

10.6

 

Promissory Note, dated April 6, 2016, payable to Tony Verzura (7)

10.7

 

Agreement with Cannibinoid Research and Development Company Limited (12)

10.12

 

2016 Investment Agreements with Tangiers Global, LLC (13)

10.13

 

Licensing Agreement – Advesa (14)

10.14

 

2018 Investment Agreement with Tangiers Global, LLC (15)

10.15

 

License Agreement (Harborside) (16)

10.16

 

License Agreement (Lasco) (17)

10.18

 

November 2018 Promissory Notes (as amended) payable to Tangiers Global, LLC

10.19

 

February 11, 2019 Promissory Note payable to Tangiers Global, LLC

21

 

Subsidiaries (8)

23

 

Consent of Accountants

31

 

Certification of the Chief Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

32

 

Certification of the Chief Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

101.INS

 

XBRL Instance Document

101.SCH

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document

101.CAL

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document

101.DEF

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document

101.LAB

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document 

101.PRE

 

XBRL Taxonomy Presentation Linkbase Document

———————

(1)

Incorporated by reference to Appendix A of the Registrant’s Definitive Schedule 14C dated April 11, 2014, filed on April 11, 2014.

(2)

Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to the Registrant’s 10-K report filed on April 15, 2015.

(3)

Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.5 to the Registrant’s Form 10-K filed on April 15, 2015.

(4)

Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10 to the Registrant’s Form 8-K filed on March 28, 2014.

(5)

Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Form 8-K filed on April 3, 2014.

(6)

Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the Registrant’s Form 8-K filed on April 13, 2016.

(7)

Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to the Registrant’s Form 8-K filed on April 13, 2016.

(8)

Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 21.1 filed with the Registrant’s 10-K report for the year ended December 31, 2014.

(9)

Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant’s Form 8-K filed on March 24, 2016.

(10)

Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(c) filed with the Registrant’s S-8 Registration Statement (file number 333-219134).

(11)

Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(b) filed with the Registrant’s S-8 Registration Statement (file number 333-222997).

(12)

Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 filed with the Registrant’s S-1 Registration Statement (file 333-216222).

(13)

Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12 filed with the Registrant’s S-1 Registration Statement (file 333-216222).

(14)

Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.13 filed with the Registrant’s S-1 Registration Statement (file 333-223101).

(15)

Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.14 filed with the Registrant’s S-1 Registration Statement (file 333-223101).

(16)

Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.15 filed with the Registrant’s S-1 Registration Statement (file 333-223101).

(17)

Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.16 filed with the Registrant’s S-1 Registration Statement (file 333-223101).




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UNITED CANNABIS CORPORATION

Audited Financial Statements


TABLE OF CONTENTS


 

 

Page

 

 

 

 

 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

F-2

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Balance Sheets

 

F-3

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Statements of Operations

 

F-4

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity

 

F-5

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

 

F-6

 

 

 

 

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

F-8

 








F-1



 


REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

 

To the shareholders and the board of directors of United Cannabis Corporation:


Opinion on the Financial Statements


We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of United Cannabis Corporation and its subsidiaries (the "Company") as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for the years then ended, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the "financial statements"). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the years then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.


Going concern uncertainty


The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 3 to the financial statements, the Company incurred recurring losses from operations, has net current liabilities and an accumulated deficit that raise substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s plans in regard to these matters are also described in Note 3. 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 audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.


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



/s/ B F Borgers CPA PC


We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2016.


Lakewood, Colorado

March 28, 2019

 




F-2



 


UNITED CANNABIS CORPORATION

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS


 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

ASSETS

  

                      

  

  

                      

  

Current assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

664,570

 

 

$

825,645

 

Accounts receivable, net

 

 

171,747

 

 

 

 

Due from related parties

 

 

86,971

 

 

 

 

Inventory

 

 

2,552,118

 

 

 

43,200

 

Other current assets

 

 

34,932

 

 

 

23,028

 

Total current assets

 

 

3,510,338

 

 

 

891,873

 

Construction in process – extraction facilities

 

 

1,937,187

 

 

 

832,697

 

Cultivation facility and laboratory equipment and office furniture and fixtures, net of accumulated amortization and depreciation of $433,148 and $39,385 at December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively

 

 

2,119,745

 

 

 

199,821

 

Granted patents, net of accumulated amortization of $9,795 and $2,679 for December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively

 

 

132,522

 

 

 

139,638

 

Intangible assets

 

 

270,508

 

 

 

170,519

 

Other Assets

 

 

84,329

 

 

 

 

Goodwill

 

 

4,838,603

 

 

 

4,838,603

 

Total assets

 

$

12,893,232

 

 

$

7,073,151

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable

 

$

1,163,398

 

 

$

371,711

 

Accrued expenses

 

 

139,103

 

 

 

10,184

 

Construction contracts payable

 

 

888,686

 

 

 

 

Installment loans payable

 

 

57,799

 

 

 

46,667

 

Current portion of deferred revenue

 

 

23,750

 

 

 

180,000

 

Accrued wages payable to officers and directors

 

 

 

 

 

310,401

 

Notes payable for advances from and prior wages payable to officers and directors

 

 

1,155,436

 

 

 

261,348

 

Notes payable, net of a $62,917 debt discount

 

 

1,512,083

 

 

 

 

Arbitration reserve

 

 

650,000

 

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

 

 

5,590,255

 

 

 

1,180,311

 

Long term liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deferred revenue, net of current portion

 

 

 

 

 

23,750

 

Total liabilities

 

 

5,590,255

 

 

 

1,204,061

 

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES – Note 21

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred stock, 10,000,000 shares authorized; 2,000 Series A shares outstanding at December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively

 

 

2,200

 

 

 

2,200

 

Common stock, 100,000,000 shares authorized; 77,467,980 and 62,862,066 outstanding at December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively

 

 

46,939,646

 

 

 

21,186,888

 

Accumulated deficit

 

 

(39,374,396

)

 

 

(15,269,845

)

Total equity attributable to stockholders of the Company

 

 

7,567,450

 

 

 

5,919,243

 

Non-controlling interest (deficit)

 

 

(264,473

)

 

 

(50,153

Total stockholders’ equity

 

 

7,302,977

 

 

 

5,869,090

 

Total liabilities and stockholders' equity

 

$

12,893,232

 

 

$

7,073,151

 




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




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UNITED CANNABIS CORPORATION

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS


 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

Revenues:

  

                      

  

  

                      

  

Product revenues

 

$

6,867,593

 

 

$

 

Licensing fees

 

 

180,000

 

 

 

180,000

 

Revenues, affiliate

 

 

197,032

 

 

 

182,323

 

Total revenues

 

 

7,244,625

 

 

 

362,323

 

Cost of revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of revenues

 

 

5,840,613

 

 

 

134,795

 

Gross profit

 

 

1,404,012

 

 

 

227,528

 

Operating expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Marketing, advertising and new business development

 

 

277,705

 

 

 

142,094

 

Research and development

 

 

1,040,265

 

 

 

293,968

 

Legal, accounting, consulting and public reporting

 

 

1,595,740

 

 

 

878,257

 

General and administrative

 

 

4,850,738

 

 

 

1,440,208

 

Share-based expense for stock options granted to officers, directors and employees

 

 

14,890,347

 

 

 

2,661,159

 

Total operating expenses

 

 

22,654,795

 

 

 

5,415,686

 

Loss from operations

 

 

(21,250,783

)

 

 

(5,188,158

)

Other income (expense):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense

 

 

(195,082

)

 

 

(61,534

)

Amortization of debt discount

 

 

(55,833

 

 

 

Loss on extinguishment of debt and repurchase of warrants

 

 

 

 

 

(248,892

)

Loss on settlement of dispute

 

 

 

 

 

(122,139

Loss on conversion of note

 

 

(825,067

)

 

 

 

Loss on issuance of common stock

 

 

(1,992,105

)

 

 

(582,881

Loss before taxes on income

 

 

(24,318,870

)

 

 

(6,203,604

)

Provision for taxes on income

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Loss

 

 

(24,318,870

)

 

 

(6,203,604

)

Loss attributable to non-controlling interests

 

 

214,319

 

 

 

296,092

 

Net Loss attributable to common shareholders

 

$

(24,104,551

)

 

$

(5,907,512

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic and diluted net loss per share:

 

$

(0.35

)

 

$

(0.11

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic and diluted weighted-average common shares outstanding:

 

 

69,060,355

 

 

 

54,261,197

 

 








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






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UNITED CANNABIS CORPORATION

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred Stock

 

 

Common Stock

 

 

Accumulated

 

 

Controlling

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares

 

 

Amount

 

 

Shares

 

 

Amount

 

 

Deficit

 

 

Interests

 

 

Total

 

December 31, 2016

 

 

 

 

$

 

 

 

50,650,994

 

 

$

8,885,674

 

 

$

(9,362,333

)

 

$

 

 

$

(476,659

)

Issuance of preferred stock

 

 

2,000

 

 

 

2,200

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,200

 

Consolidation of Cannabinoid Research Development Limited as a 50% variable interest entity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(18,872

)

 

 

(18,872

)

Shares issued for payables and accrued expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

66,000

 

 

 

93,002

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

93,002

 

Conversion of note

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

379,100

 

 

 

381,576

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

381,576

 

Shares issued for advisory board services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

111,173

 

 

 

113,336

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

113,336

 

Shares issued for professional services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

239,700

 

 

 

249,833

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

249,833

 

Options and warrants issued to officers and directors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,660,159

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,660,159

 

Shares issued as compensation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

163,534

 

 

 

170,233

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

170,233

 

Shares issued in settlement of disputes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

100,000

 

 

 

102,139

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

102,139

 

Sale of common stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

271,136

 

 

 

208,982

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

208,982

 

Shares issued - draws under our equity line of credit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,714,238

 

 

 

3,228,954

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,228,954

 

Shares issued to acquire Prana Therapeutics, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,730,000

 

 

 

4,870,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

264,811

 

 

 

5,135,311

 

Exercise of options and warrants

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,436,191

 

 

 

222,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

222,500

 

Net Loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(5,907,512

)

 

 

 

 

 

(5,907,512

)

Non-Controlling Interests – Cannabinoid Research Development Limited

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(291,918

)

 

 

(291,918)

 

Non-Controlling Interest – Prana Therapeutics, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(4,174

)

 

 

(4,174

)

December 31, 2017

 

 

2,000

 

 

$

2,200

 

 

 

62,862,066

 

 

$

21,186,888

 

 

$

(15,269,845

)

 

$

(50,153

)

 

$

5,869,090

 

Conversion of notes payable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,077,801

 

 

 

1,828,741

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,828,741

 

Options and warrants issued to officers and directors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14,890,347

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14,890,347

 

Shares issued - draws under our equity line of credit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10,212,426

 

 

 

8,048,981

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8,048,981

 

Sale of common stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

192,799

 

 

 

152,797

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

152,797

 

Shares issued for advisory board services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

147,227

 

 

 

96,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

96,000

 

Warrants issued for advisory board services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

102,640

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

102,640

 

Shares issued for professional services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

611,497

 

 

 

335,852

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

335,852

 

Shares issued as compensation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

363,163

 

 

 

297,400

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

297,400

 

Net Loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(24,104,551

)

 

 

 

 

 

(24,104,551

)

Non-Controlling Interests – Cannabinoid Research Development Limited

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(181,689

)

 

 

(181,689

)

Non-Controlling Interest – Prana Therapeutics, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(32,631

)

 

 

(32,631

)

December 31, 2018

 

 

2,000

 

 

$

2,200

 

 

 

77,466,979

 

 

$

46,939,646

 

 

$

(39,374,396

)

 

$

(264,473

)

 

$

7,302,977

 



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




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UNITED CANNABIS CORPORATION

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS


 

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

Cash flows from operating activities:

  

                      

  

  

                      

 

Net loss

 

$

(24,318,870

)

 

$

(6,203,604

)

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amortization of debt discount

 

 

55,833

 

 

 

30,453

 

Non-cash interest expense

 

 

104,010

 

 

 

61,534

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

400,907

 

 

 

40,161

 

Share-based compensation, net

 

 

15,722,239

 

 

 

3,286,565

 

Discount on issuance of shares of common stock

 

 

1,992,104

 

 

 

582,881

 

Loss on settlement of dispute

 

 

 

 

 

122,139

 

Loss on conversion of convertible notes

 

 

825,067

 

 

 

 

Loss on extinguishment of debt and repurchase of warrants

 

 

 

 

 

248,892

 

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Inventory

 

 

(2,508,918

)

 

 

(43,200

)

Accounts receivable

 

 

(171,747

)

 

 

24,484

 

Other current assets

 

 

(11,904

)

 

 

(23,028

)

Due from related party

 

 

(86,971

)

 

 

(26,775

)

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

 

 

931,521

 

 

 

(89,860

)

Deferred revenue

 

 

(180,000

)

 

 

(180,000

)

Accrued wages payable to officers and directors

 

 

 

 

 

213,698

 

Notes payable to and advances from officers and directors

 

 

 

 

 

77,384

 

Net cash used in operating activities

 

 

(7,246,729

)

 

 

(1,878,276

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash acquired upon acquisition of subsidiary

 

 

 

 

 

363,134

 

Improvements to cultivation and extraction facilities and purchase of equipment

 

 

(2,529,520

)

 

 

(621,731

)

Purchase of intangible assets

 

 

(99,989

)

 

 

(197,164

)

Deposits and return of deposit

 

 

(84,329

)

 

 

(32,500

)

Cash portion of settlement of dispute

 

 

 

 

 

(20,000

)

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

 

 

(2,713,838

)

 

 

(508,261

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from issuance of common stock – equity financing line

 

 

6,091,090

 

 

 

2,682,750

 

Net proceeds from issuance of notes payable

 

 

1,500,000

 

 

 

 

Net proceeds from issuance of convertible debt

 

 

845,000

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from proposed joint venture that was never formed – arbitration reserve

 

 

650,000

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from advances from officers and directors

 

 

583,687

 

 

 

254,942

 

Repayment of convertible debt and notes payable

 

 

 

 

 

(31,000

)

Proceeds from issuance of common shares and exercise of warrants

 

 

118,583

 

 

 

192,869

 

Proceeds from installment note

 

 

76,715

 

 

 

 

Payments on installment loans

 

 

(65,583

)

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

 

 

9,799,492

 

 

 

3,099,561

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in cash

 

 

(161,075

)

 

 

713,024

 

Cash, beginning of period

 

 

825,645

 

 

 

112,621

 

Cash, end of period

 

$

664,570

 

 

$

825,645

 




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



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UNITED CANNABIS CORPORATION

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS


 

 

Years Ended December 31,

 

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

Supplemental schedule of cash flow information:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash paid for interest

 

$

 

 

$

 

Cash paid for income taxes

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common shares issued in the acquisition of Prana Therapeutics, Inc.

 

$

 

 

$

4,870,500

 

Common stock issued upon exercise of cashless warrants

 

$

 

 

$

350,000

 

Reduction of convertible notes payable due to the conversion by Tangiers Global

 

$

888,750

 

 

$

 

Issuance of common stock upon conversion of debt and loss on extinguishment of debt

 

$

 

 

$

381,576

 

Conversion to notes payable for advances from officers and directors

 

$

310,401

 

 

$

 

Acquisition of equipment from related party

 

$

 

 

$

99,200

 






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






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UNITED CANNABIS CORPORATION

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 


NOTE 1 –BUSINESS ORGANIZATION AND NATURE OF OPERATIONS


United Cannabis Corporation ("we", "our", "us", "UCANN", or “the Company”) a Colorado corporation, was originally formed as a California corporation under the name MySkin, Inc. on November 15, 2007. MySkin was engaged in the business of providing management services to a medical spa in Los Angeles, California which provided various advanced skin care services until March 31, 2014, when this business was sold to the prior President of the Company.


In early 2014 we decided to exit the medical spa management business and change our focus to providing products, services and intellectual property to the cannabis industry.


On March 26, 2014, we entered into a License Agreement with Earnest Blackmon, Tony Verzura and Chad Ruby pursuant to which Messrs. Blackmon, Verzura and Ruby licensed certain intellectual property to us in exchange for a total of 38,690,000 shares of our common stock.


In connection with this transaction:


·

Messrs. Blackmon, Verzura and Ruby licensed to us all of their knowledge and know-how relating to the design and buildout of cultivation facilities, growing/cultivation systems, seed-to-sale protocols and procedures, products, a genetic catalogue including over 150 different strains, an advanced (non-psychoactive) cannabinoid therapy program called "A.C.T. Now", security, regulatory compliance, and other methods and processes which relate to the cannabis industry.

 

 

·

The territory for this license is the entire world and the license runs in perpetuity. There are no royalty payments under the License Agreement.

 

 

·

Messrs. Blackmon, Verzura and Ruby were appointed to our board of directors effective April 7, 2014.

 

 

·

Mr. Blackmon was elected as our President, Mr. Ruby was elected as Chief Operating Officer and Mr. Verzura was elected as Vice President.

 

 

·

A total of 41,690,000 previously outstanding shares of common stock were cancelled resulting in a total of 43,620,000 shares of common stock outstanding on March 26, 2014.


UCANN was formed as a Colorado corporation on March 25, 2014, and on May 2, 2014, MySkin, Inc. merged into UCANN, a wholly-owned subsidiary of MySkin, Inc., for the purpose of changing domicile from California to Colorado and changing the corporation's name to United Cannabis Corporation.


On March 31, 2014, we sold all right, title and interest in the tangible and intangible assets, trademarks, customer lists, intellectual property and rights, which we owned and were related to our advanced skin care business since we entered into a new business and no longer had any use for these assets. The assets were sold to MySkin Services, Inc. (“MTA”), a business partly owned by Marichelle Stoppenhagen, our former officer and director, in exchange for the $15,000 payable which we owed to Ms. Stoppenhagen and/or MTA. In addition, MTA assumed all costs associated with these assets starting on March 31, 2014.


On July 14, 2017, we completed the acquisition of Prana Therapeutics, Inc. (“Prana”) in a one-for-one exchange of 5,730,000 shares of common stock of the Company for 5,730,000 of common stock of Prana. The purchase price had a fair market value of $5,070,500, based upon the closing price of $0.85 per share on the OTC QB exchange on July 14, 2017, including the cost to purchase 400,000 shares of Prana common stock for $200,000. Prana is a polymolecular botanical drug development company focused on developing targeted therapeutics for prevention of the negative side effects of chemotherapy, management of rheumatoid arthritis and treatment of brain cancer. Management elected to purchase Prana, because of the successful indication of the effectiveness of their Epidiferphane™ chemical formulation in the treatment of (i) the negative side effects of chemotherapy, (ii) inflammation and pain associated with arthritis and back-centric pain, and (iii) the potential shrinkage of brain tumors. Recently, we elected to focus a significant portion of our assets, human resources and financial capital on the manufacturing and selling of a variety of cannabidiol centric products derived from industrial hemp plants. We constructed a state-of-the-art extraction facility; and, hired and trained specialized extraction personnel and laboratory technicians that enable us to convert components of industrial hemp flower to finished CBD products. In order to help provide a consistent supply of industrial hemp flower for our extraction facility, we purchased farming equipment and leased hundreds of acres of farm land on which we are growing a crop of industrial hemp. It is our intent to grow at least one crop of industrial hemp plants per calendar year and to harvest a sufficient amount of industrial hemp flower from our crop to supply our extraction facility on a vertically integrated basis. As of December 31, 2018, we have expended approximately $2,800,000 on facilities, farm equipment and crop planting and cultivation, as a result of electing to vertically integrate the hemp centric portion of our business




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UNITED CANNABIS CORPORATION

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 


Government Regulation - Marijuana is a Schedule-I controlled substance and is illegal under federal law. Even in those states in which the use of marijuana has been legalized, its use remains a violation of federal laws. As of December 31, 2018, 30 states and the District of Columbia allow their citizens to use medical marijuana, and voters in the states of California, Colorado, Washington, Nevada, Oregon, Alaska, Maine, Massachusetts, Vermont and the District of Columbia have approved ballot measures to legalize cannabis for adult recreational use. The state laws are in conflict with the federal Controlled Substances Act, which makes marijuana use and possession illegal on a national level. The former Obama administration had effectively stated that it was not an efficient use of resources to direct federal law enforcement agencies to prosecute those lawfully abiding by state-designated laws allowing the use and distribution of medical and recreational marijuana under what colloquially became known as the “Cole memo”. However, on January 4, 2018, Attorney General Jeffery Sessions rescinded the “Cole memo,” and issued a new memo in its place that reaffirms the Department of Justice’s stance of potentially prosecuting violators of federal marijuana laws. On April 13, 2018, President Trump pledged to support federalism-based legislation regarding marijuana and promised not to pursue federal prosecution despite the Attorney General’s actions. It appears that the current administration will not elect to vigorously enforce federal laws, but such future enforcement may cause significant financial damage to us.


NOTE 2 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES


Principles of Consolidation – Our consolidated financial statements include our accounts and the accounts of our wholly-owned subsidiaries UCANN California Corporation, UC Colorado Corporation and UC Oregon Corporation, the ninety-five percent (95%) owned subsidiary Prana Therapeutics, Inc. (“PTI”), and the fifty percent (50%) owned subsidiary Cannabinoid Research Development Company Limited (“CRD”). All intercompany accounts and transactions of our subsidiaries have been eliminated. Our consolidated financial statements are stated in United States dollars and have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”).


At March 31, 2017, we concluded that we had established a variable interest entity relationship with CRD, because we are the primary beneficiary, in accordance with GAAP. As a result, we elected to consolidate the assets and liabilities of CRD in our consolidated balance sheet at March 31, 2017. PTI was purchased on July 14, 2017, and its assets and liabilities are included in the consolidated balance sheets at December 31, 2018 and 2017, and their results of operations are included in the consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017.


Use of Estimates – The preparation of our consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires us to make estimates, assumptions and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of our consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the periods presented.


We make our estimate of the ultimate outcome for these items based on historical trends and other information available when our consolidated financial statements are prepared. We recognize changes in estimates in accordance with the accounting rules for the estimate, which is typically in the period when new information becomes available. We believe that our significant estimates, assumptions and judgments are reasonable, based upon information available at the time they were made. Our actual results could differ from these estimates, making it possible that a change in these estimates could occur in the near term.

 

Fair Value of Financial Instruments – Our financial instruments consist principally of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, non-marketable equity securities, accounts payable, notes payable and other current assets and liabilities. We value our financial assets and liabilities using fair value measurements. Fair value is based on the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. Assets and liabilities measured at fair value are categorized based on whether the inputs are observable in the market and the degree that the inputs are observable. The categorization of financial instruments within the valuation hierarchy is based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The hierarchy is prioritized into three levels (with Level 3 being the lowest) defined as follows:


Level 1: Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the entity has the ability to access.


Level 2: Observable inputs other than prices included in Level 1, such as quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar assets and liabilities in markets that are not active; or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated with observable market data.



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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 


Level 3: Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets and liabilities. This includes certain pricing models, discounted cash flow methodologies, and similar techniques that use significant unobservable inputs.


The carrying amount of our cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and other current assets and liabilities in our consolidated financial statements approximates fair value because of the short-term nature of the instruments. Investments in non-marketable equity securities are carried at cost less other-than-temporary impairments. The carrying amount of our notes payable and convertible debt at December 31, 2018, approximates their fair values based on our incremental borrowing rates.


There have been no changes in Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3 categorizations and no changes in valuation techniques for these assets or liabilities for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017.


Cash and Cash Equivalents – We consider investments with original maturities of 90 days or less to be cash equivalents.


Accounts Receivable, Net – Our accounts receivable consists primarily of trade accounts arising in the normal course of business. No interest is charged on past due accounts. Accounts for which no payments have been received after 30 days are considered delinquent and customary collection efforts are initiated. Accounts receivable are carried at original invoice amount less a reserve made for doubtful accounts based on a review of all outstanding amounts on a monthly basis. We determine our allowance for doubtful accounts by regularly evaluating individual customer receivables and considering the customer’s financial condition and credit history, and current economic conditions. We recorded no bad debt expense during the year ended period ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, and we have no allowance for doubtful accounts as of December 2018 or December 31, 2017.


Inventory – Inventory is stated at the lower of cost or net realizable value using the last-in-first-out method. Included in inventory is our industrial hemp crop under cultivation on farm acreage leased by us. The cost of the industrial hemp crop under cultivation is determined based upon costs to purchase industrial hemp seed and industrial hemp cuttings, plus farm labor, fertilizer, water and power, and the cost to harvest and store the industrial hemp crop. The costs of planting, cultivating and harvesting our industrial hemp crop are capitalized to industrial hemp crop under cultivation, when incurred. The cost of farming equipment is amortized and depreciated to operating expense on a straight-line basis and is not capitalized as a component of industrial hemp crop. Upon completion of harvesting the industrial hemp crop, all incurred applicable costs are classified as raw materials. The cost of the raw materials inventory includes the cost of the industrial hemp crop plus the cost to purchase industrial hemp biomass from independent brokers and industrial hemp farmers. The cost of finished goods includes the cost of raw materials plus costs for labor, processing costs, packaging and the allocated costs of our facilities infrastructure. The cost of finished goods also includes the cost of purchasing manufactured products from independent processors. We recognize inventory costs as a charge to cost of revenues based upon an average cost per unit sold. We periodically review the value of our inventory and provide a write-down of inventory based on our assessment of the market conditions. Any write-down is charged to cost of revenues. There have been no such write-downs during the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017.


Property, Plant and Equipment, net – Our property and equipment is recorded at cost. Maintenance and repairs are expensed as incurred. Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method over estimated useful lives of three to five years, and amortization is computed using the straight-line method over the life of the applicable lease. At the time of retirement or other disposition of property and equipment, the cost and accumulated depreciation are removed from our accounts and any resulting gain or loss is reflected in our consolidated statements of operations.


Granted Patents, Net – Our patent was granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office on August 15, 2017. The patent covers the extraction of pharmaceutically active components from cannabis plant materials, for incorporation into medicines. The cost of the patents is being amortized on the straight-line method over a 15-year period.


Intangible Assets – Our intangible assets, consisting of applications for trademarks, design mark and provisional patents, are recorded at cost, and once approved, will be amortized using the straight-line method over an estimated useful life of 10 to 15 years.




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UNITED CANNABIS CORPORATION

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 


Long-Lived Assets Impairment Assessment – Our intangible assets and other long-lived assets are subject to an impairment test if there is an indicator of impairment. The carrying value and ultimate realization of these assets is dependent upon our estimates of future earnings and benefits that we expect to generate from their use. If our expectations of future results and cash flows are significantly diminished, intangible assets and other long-lived assets may be impaired and the resulting charge to operations may be material. When we determine that the carrying value of intangibles or other long-lived assets may not be recoverable based upon the existence of one or more indicators of impairment, we use the projected undiscounted cash flow method to determine whether an impairment exists, and then measure the impairment using discounted cash flows.


We have not recorded any impairment charges related to long-lived assets as of December 31, 2018 or December 31, 2017.


Goodwill Our goodwill, which consists of our interest in a ninety-five percent owned subsidiary, Prana Therapeutics, Inc. (“PTI”) and a fifty percent owned subsidiary, Cannabinoid Research Development Company Limited (“CRD”), is not amortized, but is evaluated for impairment annually, or when indicators of a potential impairment are present. The annual evaluation for impairment of goodwill is based on valuation models that incorporate assumptions and internal projections of expected future cash ows and operating plans. We believe such assumptions are also comparable to those that would be used by other marketplace participants. Our total goodwill of $4,838,603 consists of $4,731,729 for PTI and $106,874 for CRD at December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017. See Note 8 – Purchase of Prana Therapeutics, Inc.


Purchase Price Allocation The acquisition method of accounting is based on ASC Subtopic 805-10, “Business Combinations,” and uses the fair value concepts defined in ASC Subtopic 820-10, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures”. The price for the purchase of Prana Therapeutics, Inc., was allocated to the net tangible and intangible assets based upon their fair values as of the acquisition date, July 14, 2017. The allocation of the purchase price of $5,070,500 was based upon a valuation and the estimates and assumptions are subject to change within the measurement period. The excess of the purchase price over the fair values of the net tangible assets and intangible assets was recorded as goodwill in the amount of $4,731,729 and is generally driven by our expectations of our ability to commercialize the several drugs invented by Prana Therapeutics, Inc. See Note 8 – Purchase of Prana Therapeutics, Inc.


Deferred Revenue – We defer revenue for which product or service has not yet been delivered or is subject to refund until such time that we and our customer jointly determine that the product or service has been delivered or no refund will be required.


Revenue Recognition We recognize revenue in accordance with the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, which requires that five basic steps be followed to recognize revenue: (1) a legally enforceable contract that meets criterial standards as to composition and substance is identified; (2) performance obligations relating to provision of goods or services to the customer are identified; (3) the transaction price, with consideration given to any variable, noncash, or other relevant consideration, is determined; (4) the transaction price is allocated to the performance obligations; and (5) revenue is recognized when control of goods or services is transferred to the customer with consideration given, whether that control happens over time or not. Determination of criteria (3) and (4) are based on our management's judgments regarding the fixed nature of the selling prices of the products and services delivered and the collectability of those amounts. There was no material impact to our revenue recognition process because of the implementation of FASB ASC 606 as of December 31, 2018.


Revenue from product sales is recognized when an order has been obtained, the price is fixed and determinable, the product is shipped, title has transferred, and collectability is reasonably assured.


Revenue Recognition – Affiliate We have licensed our Prana products to Advesa, Inc. (“Advesa”), which is controlled by one of our major shareholders. Advesa has an exclusive right for five (5) consecutive one (1) year periods to sell our Prana products in certain cities in the state of California. In consideration for the exclusive license granted to Advesa under the agreement, Advesa is obligated to pay us a royalty on all Prana products sold by Advesa equal to 20% of the wholesale gross sale price of the Prana products. We recognize revenue on all Prana sales consistent with the criteria described above for all sales in accordance with ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers.




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UNITED CANNABIS CORPORATION

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 


We have licensed Prana Hemp to NutriMed, LLC (“NutriMed”), which is controlled by two of our major shareholders, one of our officers and a consultant to the Company. NutriMed has a non-exclusive right to sell Prana Hemp in certain situations where the sale is to be completed through the use of a credit card associated with a merchant account owned and/or controlled by NutriMed. In consideration for the non-exclusive license granted to NutriMed under the agreement, NutriMed is obligated to pay us a royalty on all Prana Hemp products sold by NutriMed equal to 20% of the wholesale gross sale price of the Prana Hemp products. We recognize revenue on all Prana Hemp sales consistent with the criteria described above for all sales in accordance with ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers.


Cost of Revenues – Our policy is to recognize cost of revenues in the same manner as, and in conjunction with, revenue recognition. Our cost of revenues includes the costs directly attributable to revenue recognized and includes expenses related to the production, packaging and labeling of our Prana medicinal products; personnel-related costs, fees for third-party services, travel and other consulting costs related to our advisory services; direct material and labor costs related to the production of CBD isolate extracted in our extraction facility; and direct labor, equipment, machinery, tools, supplies, seed and fertilizers, and other agricultural expenses attributable to the farming and harvesting of raw industrial hemp plant material.


Research and Development Expenses Research and development (“R&D”) costs are charged to expense as incurred. Our R&D expenses include, but are not limited to, consulting service fees and materials and supplies used in the development of our proprietary products and services.


General and Administrative Expenses – General and administrative expenses consist primarily of personnel-related costs, fees for professional and consulting services, travel costs, rent, bad debt expense, general corporate costs, and other costs of administration such as human resources, finance and administrative roles.


Stock-Based Compensation – We periodically issue shares of our common stock to non-employees in non-capital raising transactions for fees and services. We account for stock issued to non-employees in accordance with ASC 505, Equity, whereas the value of the stock compensation is based upon the measurement date as determined at either (a) the date at which a performance commitment is reached, or (b) at the date at which the necessary performance to earn the equity instruments is complete.


We account for stock option grants issued and vesting to employees based on ASC 718, Compensation – Stock Compensation, whereas the award is measured at its fair value at the date of grant and is amortized ratably over the vesting period. Accounting for stock-based compensation to employees requires the measurement and recognition of compensation expense for all share-based payment awards made to employees based on estimated fair values. We estimate the fair value of all stock option awards on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes-Merton pricing model, which is affected by our stock price, as well as assumptions regarding a number of complex and subjective variables. These variables include our expected stock price volatility over the term of the awards, actual and projected employee option exercise behaviors, risk free interest rates and expected dividends. We also estimate forfeitures at the time of grant and revise those estimates in subsequent periods if actual forfeitures differ from our estimates.


Income Taxes – Income taxes are recorded using the asset and liability method. Under the asset and liability method, tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the tax consequences attributable to differences between financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. Future tax assets and liabilities are measured using the enacted tax rates expected to apply when the asset is realized, or the liability settled. The effect on future tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that enactment occurs. To the extent that we do not consider it more likely than not that a future tax asset will be recovered, we will provide a valuation allowance against the excess.

 

We follow the provisions of ASC 740, Income Taxes. Because of ASC 740, we make a comprehensive review of our portfolio of tax positions in accordance with recognition standards established by ASC 740. As a result of the implementation of ASC 740, we recognized no material adjustments to liabilities or stockholders’ equity.





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UNITED CANNABIS CORPORATION

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 


When tax returns are filed, it is highly certain that some positions taken would be sustained upon examination by the taxing authorities, while others are subject to uncertainty about the merits of the position taken or the amount of the position that would be ultimately sustained. The benefit of a tax position is recognized in our consolidated financial statements in the period during which, based on all available evidence, we believe it is more likely than not that the position will be sustained upon examination, including the resolution of appeals or litigation processes, if any. Tax positions taken are not offset or aggregated with other positions. Tax positions that meet the more-likely-than-not recognition threshold are measured as the largest amount of tax benefit that is more than 50 percent likely of being realized upon settlement with the applicable taxing authority. The portion of the benefits associated with tax positions taken that exceeds the amount measured as described above is reflected as a liability for unrecognized tax benefits in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets along with any associated interest and penalties that would be payable to the taxing authorities upon examination.


Interest and penalties associated with unrecognized tax benefits, if any, are classified as interest expense and penalties and are included in selling, general and administrative expenses in our consolidated statements of operations.


On December 22, 2017, the U.S. Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was enacted. U.S. tax reform introduced many changes, including lowering the U.S. corporate tax rate to 21 percent, changes in incentives, provisions to prevent U.S. base erosion and significant changes in the taxation of international income, including provisions which allow for the repatriation of foreign earnings without U.S. tax. The enactment of U.S. tax reform had no impact on our income taxes for the years ended December 31, 2018 or 2017, respectively.


Commitments and Contingencies – Certain conditions may exist as of the date our consolidated financial statements are issued, which may result in a loss but which will only be resolved when one or more future events occur or fail to occur. We assess such contingent liabilities, and such assessment inherently involves an exercise of judgment. In assessing loss contingencies related to legal proceedings that are pending against us or unasserted claims that may result in such proceedings, we evaluate the perceived merits of the legal proceedings or unasserted claims as well as the perceived merits of the amount of relief sought or expected to be sought.


If the assessment of a contingency indicates that it is probable that a material loss has been incurred and the amount of the liability can be estimated, the estimated liability would be accrued in our consolidated financial statements. If the assessment indicates that a potentially material loss contingency is not probable, but is reasonably possible, or is probable but cannot be estimated, then the nature of the contingent liability, together with an estimate of the range of possible loss if determinable and material, would be disclosed.


Loss contingencies considered remote are generally not disclosed unless they involve guarantees, in which case the nature of the guarantee would be disclosed.


Net Loss Per Share – We compute net loss per share in accordance with ASC 260, Earnings per Share. Under the provisions of ASC 260, basic net loss per share includes no dilution and is computed by dividing the net loss available to common stockholders for the period by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period. Diluted net loss per share takes into consideration shares of common stock outstanding (computed under basic net loss per share) and potentially dilutive securities that are not anti-dilutive.


Potentially dilutive securities outlined in the table below have been excluded from the computation of diluted net loss per share, because the effect of their inclusion would have been anti-dilutive.


 

 

Years Ended December 31,

 

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

Warrants to purchase common stock

 

 

1,309,033

 

 

 

1,209,025

 

Stock options

 

 

26,837,300

 

 

 

6,637,500

 

 

 

 

28,146,333

 

 

 

7,846,525

 


Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) – We report as other comprehensive income (loss) those revenues, gains and losses not included in the determination of net income. During the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, we did not have any gains or losses resulting from activities or transactions that resulted in other comprehensive income or loss.




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UNITED CANNABIS CORPORATION

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 


Concentration of Credit Risk – Financial instruments that potentially subject us to credit risk consist of cash. We maintain our cash with high credit quality financial institutions; at times, such balances with any one financial institution may not be insured by the FDIC.


Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements – From time to time, the FASB or other standards setting bodies issue new accounting pronouncements. Updates to the FASB ASCs are communicated through issuance of an Accounting Standards Update ("ASU"). Unless otherwise discussed, we believe that the impact of recently issued guidance, whether adopted or to be adopted in the future, is not expected to have a material impact on our condensed consolidated financial statements upon adoption.


In February 2016, the FASB issued an ASU No. 2016-02 Leases (Topic 842) amending the accounting for leases. The new guidance requires the recognition of amount, timing, and uncertainty of cash flows arising from leases. and liabilities for operating leases with terms of more than 12 months. These disclosures include qualitative and quantitative information lease assets The ASU is effective for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2018, with early adoption permitted. . We will adopt this ASU on January 1, 2019 with an immaterial cumulative adjustment to retained earnings rather than retrospectively adjusting prior periods. This adoption approach will result in a balance sheet presentation that will not be comparable to the prior period in the first year of adoption. The adoption of this ASU will result in the recognition of operating lease assets and liabilities of approximately $1.1 million.


In June 2018, the FASB issued updated ASU 2018-07 – Compensation – Stock Compensation (Topic 718) on accounting for nonemployee share-based award payments granted to acquire goods and services to be used or consumed in the grantor’s own operations. This guidance does not apply in the case that the share-based payment was made to provide financing to the issuer, or in the case that the awards are made in conjunction with selling goods and services to customer under a contract accounted for under Topic 606 – Revenue from Contracts with Customers. The stated objectives of this update are part of FASB’s simplification Initiative, and provisions affecting publicly held companies include simplifying (1) the method that nonemployee share-based awards are measured; (2) the method used to arrive at the measurement date; (3) accounting for share-based awards with performance conditions; and (4) the classification reassessment of share-base awards in certain situations. The new guidance will be effective for us at the beginning of fiscal year 2019.  Early adoption is permitted. We are in the process of evaluating the impact the adoption of this guidance will have on our consolidated financial statements and related disclosures. We will adopt this ASU on January 1, 2019.


Reclassification – Certain reclassifications have been made to the prior period amounts to conform to the current period's presentation.


NOTE 3 – GOING CONCERN


Our consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which assumes we will be able to realize our assets and discharge our liabilities in the normal course of business for the foreseeable future. During the year ended December 31, 2018, we incurred losses of $24,318,870, used cash of $7,246,729 in our operating activities, had a working capital deficit of $2,079,917 and had an accumulated deficit of $39,374,396 at December 31, 2018. Our ability to continue as a going concern is dependent upon our ability to generate profitable operations in the future and, or, obtaining the necessary financing to meet our obligations and repay our liabilities arising from normal business operations when they come due. There is no assurance that these events will be satisfactorily completed.


NOTE 4 – DUE FROM RELATED PARTY


Under the terms of licensing agreements, we completed sales to related parties, Advesa, Inc. and NutriMed, LLC, in the aggregate amount of $197,032 and $182,323 for the years ended December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively.


Amounts due from related from related parties include the following:


 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

Advesa, Inc.

 

$

42,349

 

 

$

 

NutriMed, LLC

 

 

44,622

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

86,971

 

 

$

 




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UNITED CANNABIS CORPORATION

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 


In the normal course of business, we make non-interest-bearing advances to Advesa, Inc. (“Advesa’), which is controlled by one of our officers and directors, and we receive licensing fees from the sale of products licensed to Advesa by the Company.


In the normal course of business, we sell products to NutriMed, LLC, which is controlled by two of our officers and directors. The products that we sell to NutriMed, LLC are at a price equivalent to the whole sale price that we charge to unrelated, third party distributors.


NOTE 5 – OPERATING LEASES


Administrative Offices and Hemp Laboratory – Golden, Colorado


Effective August 1, 2017, we entered into a triple net lease of approximately 9,882 square feet of commercial space in Golden, Colorado in which our administrative offices and hemp laboratory are located. The term of the lease expires on July 31, 2020 and has no option for renewal. Basic rent is $3,302, $3,500 and $3,800 per month through, July 31, 2018, 2019 and 2020, respectively, plus we are responsible for all utilities. It is our intent presently, to renew the lease annual throughout the term of the lease.


Extraction and Cultivation Facility – Fort Morgan, Colorado


Effective October 1, 2017, we entered into a triple net lease of approximately 40,000 square feet of industrial space located on five (5) acres of land in Weldona, Colorado that we us as our hemp extraction facility and hemp cultivation center. The term of the lease expires on September 31, 2018, with an annual option to renew the lease on an annual basis, that expires on September 30, 2022. The rent is $7,500 per month throughout the term of the lease, plus we are responsible for all utilities.


Extraction Facility – Mead, Colorado


Effective August 15, 2018, we entered into a triple net lease of approximately 14,300 square feet of industrial space in located in Mead, Colorado that, upon completion tenant modification and installation of extraction equipment, we will use the facility as our main extraction facility in Colorado. The initial term of the lease expires on August 31, 2019, with an annual option to renew the lease for an additional three-year period, on an annual basis. We have made $75,000 security deposit with the landlord in connection with the lease.  The monthly lease amount for the initial lease period is $12,596 per month and will increase annually by 3.0% or accordance with a consumer price index calculation, whichever is greater.


Testing Lab – Golden, Colorado


Effective November 1, 2018, we entered into a triple net lease of approximately 2,100 square feet of commercial space located in Golden, Colorado that we use as our testing laboratory.  The term of the lease expires on October 31, 2020, with an option to renew for an additional two-year term exercisable prior to 90 days before the end of the initial term. The basic rent is $2,161 and $2,226 per month through October 31, 2019 and 2020, respectively, plus we are responsible for all utilities.  


Extraction and Cultivation Facility - Jamaica


Our fifty percent (50%) owned subsidiary Cannabinoid Research Development Company Limited (“CRD”) leases approximately 28 acres of land upon which their cultivation and extraction facility is located near Kingston, Jamaica. The land is leased for $1 per year from the father of one of the directors and members of CRD.


Future minimum payments for these leases are:


For the twelve Months Ending December 31,

2019

 

2020

 

2021

 

2022

 

2023

$322,101

 

$304,332

 

$251,961

 

$234,321

 

$113,417




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UNITED CANNABIS CORPORATION

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 


NOTE 6 - INVENTORY


At December 31, 2018 and 2017, our inventory was, as follows:


 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

Raw materials

 

$

1,813,880

 

 

$

15,000

 

Work-in-process

 

 

666,845

 

 

 

 

Finished goods

 

 

71,393

 

 

 

28,200

 

 

 

$

2,552,118

 

 

$

43,200

 


NOTE 7 – PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET


 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

Cost of construction in process - extraction facility

  

 

 

 

 

  

Weldona, Colorado extraction facility:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equipment and leasehold improvements

 

$

 

 

$

647,947

 

Mead, Colorado extraction facility

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equipment and leasehold improvements

 

 

1,743,223

 

 

 

 

Jamaica cultivation and extraction facility:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Leasehold improvements - laboratory

 

 

75,000

 

 

 

75,000

 

Leasehold improvements - cultivation

 

 

118,964

 

 

 

109,750

 

 

 

$

1,937,187

 

 

$

832,697

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

 

2018

 

 

 

2017

 

Extraction facility, laboratory equipment, and office furniture and fixtures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weldona extraction facility

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equipment and machinery

 

$

1,269,734

 

 

$

 

Furniture and fixtures

 

 

64,955

 

 

 

 

Leasehold improvements

 

 

237,581

 

 

 

 

Transportation equipment

 

 

60,228

 

 

 

 

Farm Equipment

 

 

531,245

 

 

 

 

Golden, Colorado administrative offices:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Furniture and fixtures

 

 

49,282

 

 

 

21,668

 

Leasehold improvements

 

 

 

 

 

2,000

 

Transportation equipment

 

 

200,704

 

 

 

81,667

 

Golden, Colorado industrial hemp laboratory - equipment

 

 

39,944

 

 

 

34,651

 

Remote laboratory equipment

 

 

99,220

 

 

 

99,220

 

 

 

 

2,552,893

 

 

 

239,206

 

Accumulated amortization and depreciation

 

 

(433,148

)

 

 

(39,385

)

 

 

$

2,119,745

 

 

$

199,821

 

 

The amount of depreciation and amortization expense for the year ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 is $393,763 and $39,385 respectively.




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UNITED CANNABIS CORPORATION

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 


NOTE 8 – PURCHASE OF PRANA THERAPUETICS, INC.


On June 8, 2017, we entered into an agreement to purchase 400,000 shares of Prana Therapeutics, Inc. (“Prana”), in a private offering of their common shares, for a total consideration of $200,000 (“Subscription Agreement’). In accordance with the terms of the Subscription Agreement, we paid Prana $50,000, upon execution of the Subscription Agreement, and committed to remit $50,000 to Prana on September 30, 2017, December 31, 2017 and March 31, 2018, respectively. Subsequently, on July 14, 2017, we completed the acquisition of Prana in a one-for-one exchange of 5,730,000 shares of our common stock for 5,730,000 shares of common stock of Prana. The purchase price had a fair market value of $5,070,500, based upon the closing price of $0.85 per share of our common stock on the OTC QB exchange on July 14, 2017, including the cost to purchase 400,000 shares of Prana for $200,000.


The purchase price for Prana was allocated to the net tangible and intangible assets based upon their fair values as of the acquisition date. The excess of the purchase price over the fair values of the net tangible assets and intangible assets was recorded as goodwill and is generally driven by management’s expectations and ability to realize synergies and achieve strategic growth. The allocation of the purchase price was, as follows:


 

December 31,
2018

Patents

$

52,596

Net assets

 

522,761

Goodwill

 

4,495,143

Total

$

5,070,500


NOTE 9 – GRANTED PATENT


On August 15, 2017, the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued to the Company US Patent #9730911 (the “Patent”) granting exclusive rights to its proprietary formulations based on compounds extracted from cannabis plant materials; more specifically the composition of matter pertaining to the use of phytocannabinoids, cannabinoids, and specific terpene profiles in liquid form. This composition of matter Patent provides protection for our proprietary formulations. The Patent protects the use of suspending both phytocannabinoids and cannabinoids with specific combinations of cannabis derived terpenes in liquid forms with an array of delivery methods including capsule, sublingual, topical, oral, suppository, and vaporization. Cannabinoids referenced in the application include ratios of tetrahydrocannabinolic acid (THCa), cannabidiolic acid (CBDa), tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), cannabinol (CBN), cannabidiol (CBD), cannabichromenic acid (CBCa), and cannabichromene (CBC). At August 15, 2017, we classified the costs associated with research, legal fees, application costs incurred in the process of being granted the Patent on our consolidated balance sheet in the amount of $142,317, and we began amortizing such cost of the Patent on a straight-line basis over a 15-year period. Amortization expense of the Patent is $7,116 and $2,679 for the year ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively, and accumulated amortization is $9,795 and $2,679 at December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively.


NOTE 10 – INTANGIBLE ASSETS


Our intangible assets are comprised of the costs incurred in pursuing provisional patent applications and applications for design mark and trademarks, which have presently not been approved or issued. The costs associated with our intangible assets are amortized on a straight-line basis over estimated useful lives of 15 years for patents and 10 years for design marks and trademarks, once the applications are approved. Costs associated with applications that are not approved will be expensed in the period that the application is rejected or abandoned.


NOTE 11 – ACCRUED EXPENSES


Our accrued expenses consist of:


 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

Accrued wages and related expenses

 

126,345

 

 

10,184

 

Accrued interest expense

 

 

2,572

 

 

 

 

Other accrued expenses

 

 

10,186

 

 

 

 

Total accrued expenses

 

$

139,103

 

 

$

10,184

 




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UNITED CANNABIS CORPORATION

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 


NOTE 12 – INSTALLMENT LOANS PAYABLE


Installment loans payable consist of a 48-month installment loan for the purchase of a truck that is used at our extraction facility, as well as a 36-month installment loan for the purchase an SUV used for Company purposes. The outstanding balance on the 48-month installment loan was $0 and $46,667 at December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. The terms of the 48-month installment loan specify monthly payments of $955; however, we are making payments of $6,955 per month to pay the loan off in a nine-month period. As a result of our intentions to pay the loan off in nine months, the entire balance of the 48-month installment loan has been classified as a current liability; this installment loan was fully paid at December 31, 2018. The outstanding balance on the 36-month installment loan was $57,799 and $0 at December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. The terms of the 36-month installment loan specify monthly payments of $2,160, however, we are making payments of $6,500 per month to pay the loan off within a one-year period. As a result of our intentions to pay off the loan within one year, the entire balance of the 36-month installment loan has been classified as a current liability.  


NOTE 13 – DEFERRED REVENUE


Our deferred revenue consists of:


 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

Deferred revenue – WeedMD

 

$

23,750

 

 

$

203,750

 

Less – current portion

 

 

(23,750

)

 

 

(180,000

)

Deferred revenue, net of current portion

 

$

 

 

$

23,750

 


On June 9, 2014, we received 1,187,500 common shares and 3,000,000 warrants to purchase common shares of WMD in exchange for future consulting services and use of our intellectual property. We recorded the $893,750 fair value of these securities as deferred revenue and we recognized $150,000 of this amount as revenue during the period July 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014, based upon our initial three-year estimate of the service period involved. Based on recent discussions with WMD, we now expect to deliver the remaining consulting services and use of our intellectual property to WMD on a relatively consistent monthly basis during the four-year period January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2018. Accordingly, we are now recognizing $15,000 of deferred revenue per month. We recognized $180,000 of revenue applicable to this arrangement, in each of the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017.


NOTE 14 – NOTE PAYABLE


During the year ended December 31, 2018, we issued a note to an unaffiliated third party, Tangiers Global, LLC (“Tangiers”), in the amount of $1,575,000 (“Note”), the terms of which allow us to draw down on the Note in tranches, upon our election. The proceeds of the Note were used to purchase equipment and for general working capital purposes. The debt discount on the Note are amortized on a straight-line basis from the issue date, which approximates the effective interest rate method, over the term of the note, and this amortization is included in interest expense in our consolidated statements of operations.


The Company may pay the Note at any time prior to the Maturity Date. Until the 60th day after the date of each funding, the Company may pay the principal of the Note, plus a premium of 10%, in addition to outstanding interest, without the Holder’s consent. From the 61st day after the date of each funding to the 120th date after the date of each funding, the Company may pay the principal of the Note, plus a premium of 20%, in addition to outstanding interest, without the Holder’s consent. From the 121st day after the date of each funding to the 180th day after the date of each funding, the Company may pay the principal of the Note, plus a premium of 30%, in addition to outstanding interest, without the Holder’s consent. After the Maturity Date, the Note may only be paid with the Holder’s consent.


Tangiers is entitled, at its option, at any time, after the Maturity Date of each funding to convert all or any part of the unpaid principal of the Note into shares of the Company’s common stock at a price per share equal to 70% of the average of the two lowest trading prices of the Company’s common stock during the 15 consecutive trading days ending on the latest complete trading day prior to the conversion date.


On February 11, 2019, the Company agreed to borrow up to $1,575,000 from Tangiers. The loan is evidenced by a promissory note which will be funded in a series of tranches, each of which will bear interest at 5% per year. The first tranche was funded on February 13, 2019.



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UNITED CANNABIS CORPORATION

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 


The following table summarizes the Note outstanding as of December 31, 2018 and 2017:


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31,

 

Issue Date

 

 

Security

 

Maturity Date

 

Interest Rate

 

Draws Under the Note

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

11/05/2018

 

 

Unsecured

 

5/04/2019

 

 

5%

 

First Tranche

 

$

525,000

 

 

$

 

12/05/2018

 

 

Unsecured

 

6/3/2019

 

 

5%

 

Second Tranche

 

 

525,000

 

 

 

 

12/26/2018

 

 

Unsecured

 

6/24/2019

 

 

5%

 

Third Tranche

 

 

525,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Less unamortized discount

 

 

(62,917

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      

 

$

1,512,083

 

 

$

 


Upon default, the Note is payable in cash in an amount equal to 130% of the principal balance “Mandatory Default Amount,” plus additional interest on the Mandatory Default Amount from the date of issuance at a rate of 12%. The noteholder may elect to convert Mandatory Default Amount into shares of our common stock at a conversion price equal to 70% of the average of the two lowest trading prices during the 15-day consecutive Trading Days prior to the date the noteholder elects to convert.


On September 29, 2018, we converted a $600,000 convertible note and recognized a loss of $466,744 on the conversion of such convertible note for the year ended December 31, 2018.


On September 29, 2018, we converted a $288,750 convertible note and recognized a loss of $358,323 on the conversion of such convertible note for the year ended December 31, 2018.


During the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 we recognized $55,833 and $30,453 of amortization of debt discounts, respectively. These amounts are included in interest expense in our consolidated statements of operations. Additionally, we recognized $2,572 and $0.00 of interest expense applicable to the Note during the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. As of December 31, 2018, and 2017, $2,572 and $0.00, respectively, of this interest carried as accrued expenses on our consolidated balance sheets.


NOTE 15 – NOTES PAYABLE TO AND ADVANCES FROM OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS


Notes payable to and advance from officers and directors consisted of the following, at December 31, 2018 and 2017:


 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

Note payable to Earnie Blackmon, an officer and director

 

$

840,807

 

 

$

246,459

 

Note payable to Tony Verzura, an officer and director

 

 

160,247

 

 

 

14,889

 

Note payable to Chad Ruby, an office and director

 

 

154,382

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

1,155,436

 

 

$

261,348

 


On April 6, 2016, we borrowed $25,000 from Ernest Blackmon and $25,000 from Tony Verzura and used the proceeds to repay principal and interest applicable on our $102,000 convertible promissory note dated October 12, 2015, to JSJ Investments Inc. The loans, together with interest at 12% per year, are payable on December 30, 2016. We may prepay the loans at any time. If the loans are repaid on or before September 30, 2016, the principal amount, which is being repaid, will increase by 10%. If the loans are repaid after September 30, 2016, the principal amount, which is being repaid will increase by 15%. As of December 31, 2016, the loans were not repaid, when they were due, per the terms of the notes, and thus, the principal balance of the notes at that date was increased to $57,500 in the aggregate, with the addition to the principal balance charged to interest expense.


Historically, Messrs. Blackmon, Verzura and Ruby, who are officers and directors of the Company, have paid obligations and expenses on behalf of the Company from their own individual, personal funds. Such payments have been recorded in the consolidated balance sheets as a component of Notes payable to and advances from officers and directors. During year ended December 31, 2018, Mr. Blackmon, the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of the Company paid $419,729, net of reimbursements, of obligations and expenses of the Company from his own personal funds. These payments have been recorded in the consolidated balance sheets as a component of Notes payable to and advances from officers and directors.




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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 


On July 1, 2018, we elected to convert all accrued and unpaid wages owed to Messrs. Blackmon, Verzura, and Ruby in the aggregate amount of $310,408 as notes payable to them. Thus, $310,408 is classified as Notes Payable for Advances from and Prior Wages Payable to Officers and Directors on the consolidated balance sheet of the Company at December 31, 2018. Interest on the notes is at a rate of 15% for the principal amount due Mr. Blackmon, and at a rate of 12.5% for on the principal amount owed Messrs. Verzura and Ruby.


Effective March 21, 2019, Tony Verzura resigned as an officer and director of the Company.


NOTE 16 – ARBITRATION AND LITIGATION RESERVE  


On May 8, 2018, H2, LLC (“H2”) and the Company executed a letter of intent formalizing their intent to enter into a joint venture. The parties subsequently made monetary advances in anticipation of formalizing the joint venture through a definitive agreement. However, the joint venture was never formalized, and the letter of intent was terminated pursuant to its terms. Under the terms of the provisions in the letter of intent that survived its termination, the Company has the option to either provide H2 with 25% of the industrial hemp seeds purchased with $650,000 advanced by H2, or to refund the $650,000 advanced by H2. Pursuant to another provision in the letter of intent that survived termination, disputes are to be resolved via arbitration in Denver, Colorado. On August 10, 2018, H2 filed a lawsuit in the state of California naming the Company, as well as, naming Earnest Blackmon, our Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, and John Walsh, our Treasurer and Principal Accounting Officer. The lawsuit asserts various claims, including rescission of any purported contract or joint venture and asks for $16,500,000 in damages. Our counsel and Management believe the suit is without merit, and we will vigorously defend against the lawsuit. We filed with the court a motion to compel arbitration and stay the litigation against Mr. Blackmon and Mr. Walsh. On December 20, 2018, the court granted our motion and ordered H2 to arbitrate its dispute with the Company in Denver, Colorado, and stayed the litigation against Mr. Blackmon and Mr. Walsh pending the arbitration. The Company and H2 are currently in discussions regarding resolution of the dispute either via arbitration or by agreement.


On July 30, 2018, the Company filed a complaint for patent infringement and a demand for jury trial against Pure Hemp Collective Inc. (“Pure Hemp”) in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado. The Company contends that Pure Hemp has willfully and directly infringed the Company’s 9730911 Patent and seeks damages from Pure Hemp, among other relief. On October 29, 2018, Pure Hemp filed its answer, defenses and counterclaims, in which Pure Hemp contends the 9730911 Patent is not infringed by Pure Hemp and is invalid and unenforceable. Pure Hemp has also asserted a counterclaim under the Sherman Act against the Company in which it alleges the lawsuit is objectively baseless and requests the court enter an order awarding it its costs and attorneys’ fees as well as treble damages. The Company believes the Sherman Act counterclaim has no merit, and it is impossible to quantify the amount of any alleged damages allegedly suffered by Pure Hemp, or what its costs and fees in this case will be. The case is currently pending in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado.


NOTE 17 – STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY


Preferred Stock


On July 18, 2017, the Board of Directors adopted a resolution creating a series of Preferred Shares, no par value per share, designated as the Series A Preferred Shares. We subsequently issued 2,000 shares of our Series A Preferred Shares for $2,200 to our officers and directors. On March 20, 2019, we issued 2,000 additional shares of our Series A Preferred Shares to two officers and directors. Each preferred share is entitled to 15,000 votes on all matters submitted to the vote of our shareholders, is entitled to an annual dividend of $0.05 per share when, as, and if declared by our directors, and is convertible at any time, at the option of the holder of the preferred shares, into one share of our common stock. The holders of our Series A Preferred Shares have 15,000 votes for each share of the Series A Preferred Shares.


Equity offerings


February 14, 2018, we sold 65,440 shares of our common stock to an accredited investor for $57,083. Such shares were valued at $76,798 based on the previous trading day’s closing price. The difference between the proceeds received of $57,083 and the value of our common stock of $76,798 was recorded as loss on the issuance of common stock.




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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 


August 20 2018, we sold 27,359 shares of our common stock to an accredited investor for $10,000. Such shares were valued at $13,249 based on the previous trading day’s closing price. The difference between the proceeds received of $10,000 and the value of our common stock of $13,249 was recorded as loss on the issuance of common stock.


August 31, 2018, we sold 100,000 shares of our common stock to an accredited investor for $51,500. Such shares were valued at $62,750 based on the previous trading day’s closing price. The difference between the proceeds received of $51,500 and the value of our common stock of $62,750 was recorded as loss on the issuance of common stock.


Common Stock Issued for Services


On December 31, 2018, we issued 251,497 shares of common stock valued at $75,700, based on the previous trading day’s closing price, as annual incentive bonuses for certain employees. We recorded the $75,700 value of the common stock as share-based compensation expense and included this in general and administrative expenses in our consolidated statements of operations.


At various times throughout the year ended December 31, 2018, we issued 50,000 shares of our common stock valued at $36,156 for marketing services, and we recorded the value of the shares as share based compensation and recorded this in marketing, advertising and new business development expenses in our consolidated statements of operations.


At various times throughout the year ended December 31, 2018, we issued 310,000 shares of our common stock valued at $223,996 for legal services, and we recorded the value of the shares as share based compensation and in legal, accounting and new business development in our consolidated statements of operations.


At various times throughout the year ended December 31, 2018, we issued 363,163 shares of our common stock valued at $297,400 as compensation to employees, and we recorded the value of the shares as share based compensation, which we recorded in general and administrative expenses in our consolidated statements of operations.


On December 31, 2018, we issued 147,227 shares of common stock valued at $96,000, based on the applicable previous trading day’s closing price, as a component of employee compensation.  We recorded the $96,000 value of the common stock as share-based compensation expense and included this in general and administrative expenses in our consolidated statements of operations.


Common Shares Issued for Equity Funding Line


In connection with a $10,000,000 equity funding line entered into on December 28, 2016, we received proceeds of $1,380,830 and issued 1,285,762 of our common shares to Tangiers Global, LLC (“Tangiers”) during the year ended December 31, 2018. We recorded a loss of $536,345 of on the issuance of the 1,285,762 shares, which has been recorded a Loss on issuance of common stock in our consolidated statement of operations.


In connection with a $9,000,000 equity funding line entered into on January 23, 2018 we received proceeds of $4,710,259 and issued 9,000,000 of our common shares to Tangiers during the year ended December 31, 2018. We recorded a loss of $1,421,545 of on the issuance of the 9,000,000 shares, which has been recorded a Loss on issuance of common stock in our consolidated statement of operations.


Common Shares Issued Upon Conversion of Notes


On September 29, 2018, we issued 1,956,522 shares of our common stock to Tangiers upon the conversion of a $600,000 convertible note. We recognized a loss of $466,744 on the conversion of this convertible note for the year ended December 31, 2018.


On September 29, 2018, we issued 1,121,279 shares of our common stock to Tangiers upon the conversion of a $288,750 convertible note. We recognized a loss of $358,323 on the conversion of this convertible note for the year ended December 31, 2018.




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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 


Warrants:

 

The following table summarizes our share warrants outstanding as of December 31, 2018 and 2017:

 

 

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

 

 

Number of

Shares

 

 

Weighted

Average

Exercise

Price

 

 

Number of

Shares

 

 

Weighted

Average

Exercise

Price

 

Warrants outstanding, beginning of period

 

 

1,209,025

 

 

$

0.21

 

 

$

1,551,356

 

 

$

0.18

 

Warrants issued to consultants

 

 

100,008

 

 

 

0.89

 

 

 

132,669

 

 

 

0.89

 

Cashless warrants issued upon conversion of Slainte note

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Warrants exercised

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(475,000

)

 

 

 

Expired

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Warrants outstanding, end of period

 

 

1,309,033

 

 

$

0.27

 

 

 

1,209,025

 

 

$

0.21

 

Warrants exercisable, end of period

 

 

1,309,033

 

 

$

0.27

 

 

 

1,209,025

 

 

$

0.21

 


The weighted-average remaining contractual life for warrants outstanding and exercisable at December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, is 3.6 years and 3.0 years, respectively; and the aggregate intrinsic value of warrants outstanding and exercisable at December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017 is $0.


132,669 warrants issued during the year 2017, respectively, were valued utilizing the Black Scholes option pricing model and the following range of assumptions on the date of valuation:


Stock price

 

$

0.16 - $2.18

 

Exercise price

 

$

0.18

 

Risk free interest rate

 

 

1.01% - 1.37

%

Expected term (years)

 

 

5

 

Expected volatility

 

 

322% - 504

%

Expected dividends

 

 

0

%


100,008 warrants issued during the year ended December 31, 2018 were valued utilizing the Black Scholes option pricing model and the following range of assumptions on the date of valuation:


Stock price

 

$

0.16 - $2.18

 

Exercise price

 

$

0.18

 

Risk free interest rate

 

 

1.01% - 1.37

%

Expected term (years)

 

 

5

 

Expected volatility

 

 

322% - 504

%

Expected dividends

 

 

0

%


2014 Equity Incentive Plan


On November 20, 2014, our board of directors approved our 2014 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) and the Plan became effective on November 19, 2015. The Plan provides officers, directors, selected employees and outside consultants an opportunity to acquire or increase a direct ownership interest in our operations and future success. Our board of directors currently administers the Plan and makes all decisions concerning which officers, directors, employees and other persons are granted awards, how many to grant to each recipient, when awards are granted, the terms and conditions applicable to awards, how the Plan should be interpreted, whether to amend or terminate the Plan and whether to delegate administration of the Plan to a committee. A maximum of 4,000,000 common shares are subject to the Plan. The Plan provides for the grant of stock options, stock awards, restricted stock units and stock appreciation rights. Stock options may be non-qualified stock options or incentive stock options except that stock options granted to outside directors, consultants or advisers providing services to us shall in all cases be non-qualified stock options. The Plan will terminate on November 20, 2024, unless the administrator terminates the Plan earlier. As of December 31, 2018, no common shares were available for issue under the Plan.




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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 


2017 Equity Incentive Plan


On May 31, 2017, our board of directors approved our 2017 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) and the Plan became effective on May 31, 2017. The Plan provides officers, directors, selected employees and outside consultants an opportunity to acquire or increase a direct ownership interest in our operations and future success. Our board of directors currently administers the Plan and makes all decisions concerning which officers, directors, employees and other persons are granted awards, how many to grant to each recipient, when awards are granted, the terms and conditions applicable to awards, how the Plan should be interpreted, whether to amend or terminate the Plan and whether to delegate administration of the Plan to a committee. A maximum of 6,000,000 common shares are subject to the Plan. The Plan provides for the grant of stock options, stock awards, restricted stock units and stock appreciation rights. Stock options may be non-qualified stock options or incentive stock options except that stock options granted to outside directors, consultants or advisers providing services to us shall in all cases be non-qualified stock options. The Plan will terminate on May 31, 2027, unless the administrator terminates the Plan earlier. As of December 31, 2018, 900,342 common shares were available for issue under the Plan.


2018 Equity Incentive Plan


On January 31, 2018, our board of directors approved our 2018 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) and the Plan became effective on January 31, 2018. On June 21, 2018, our board of directors amended the Plan to increase the maximum number of our shares of common shares subject to the plan from 12,500,000 to 25,000,000. The Plan provides officers, directors, selected employees and outside consultants an opportunity to acquire or increase a direct ownership interest in our operations and future success. Our board of directors currently administers the Plan and makes all decisions concerning which officers, directors, employees and other persons are granted awards, how many to grant to each recipient, when awards are granted, the terms and conditions applicable to awards, how the Plan should be interpreted, whether to amend or terminate the Plan and whether to delegate administration of the Plan to a committee. The Plan provides for the grant of stock options, stock awards, restricted stock units and stock appreciation rights. Stock options may be non-qualified stock options or incentive stock options except that stock options granted to outside directors, consultants or advisers providing services to us shall in all cases be non-qualified stock options. The Plan will terminate on January 31, 2028, unless the administrator terminates the Plan earlier. As of December 31, 2018, 3,941,040 common shares were available for issue under the Plan.


Stock Options


On January 12, 2016, we awarded 1,050,000 stock options to each of Messrs. Blackmon and Verzura and 980,000 stock options to Mr. Ruby under our 2014 Stock Incentive Plan. The options were fully vested at the time of grant and give the option holder the right to purchase shares of our common stock at $0.20 per share during the ten-year term of the option.


We calculated the fair value of each option to be approximately $0.20 per option utilizing the Black Scholes option pricing model and the following assumptions on the date of valuation:


Stock price

 

$

0.20

 

Exercise price

 

$

0.20

 

Risk free interest rate

 

 

1.98

%

Expected term (years)

 

 

10.0

 

Expected volatility

 

 

173

%

Expected dividends

 

 

0

%


On February 28, 2018, we awarded 6,000,000 stock options to various employees under our 2017 Stock Incentive Plan. Of these options, 5,125,000 were fully vested at the time of grant with the remaining 875,000 vesting quarterly through December 31, 2019. The awarded options give the option holder the right to purchase shares of our common stock at $1.08 per share during the ten-year term of the option.




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We calculated the fair value of each option to be approximately $0.91 per option utilizing the Black Scholes option pricing model and the following range of assumptions on the date of valuation:


Stock price

 

$

1.05

 

Exercise price

 

$

1.08

 

Risk free interest rate

 

 

2.8

%

Expected term (years)

 

 

5-10

 

Expected volatility

 

 

197

%

Expected dividends

 

 

0

%


The total grant-date fair value of these options was approximately $6,146,000. Stock-based compensation expense related to these stock options included in operating expenses for the twelve months ended December 31, 2018 was approximately $5,785,348.


On June 29, 2018, we awarded 14,195,000 stock options to various employees under our 2018 Stock Incentive Plan. Of these options, 13,250,000 were fully vested at the time of grant with the remaining 945,000 vesting quarterly through July 1, 2022. The awarded options give the option holder the right to purchase shares of our common stock at $0.705 per share during the ten-year term of the option.


We calculated the fair value of each option to be approximately $0.59 per option utilizing the Black Scholes option pricing model and the following range of assumptions on the date of valuation:


Stock price

 

$

0.705

 

Exercise price

 

$

0.705

 

Risk free interest rate

 

 

2.73% - 2.81

%

Expected term (years)

 

 

5

 

Expected volatility

 

 

427% - 505

%

Expected dividends

 

 

0

%


The total grant-date fair value of these options was approximately $9,711,400. Stock-based compensation expense related to these stock options included in operating expenses for the twelve months ended December 31, 2018 was approximately $9,104,999.


The following table summarizes our stock options outstanding as of both December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively:


 

 

Number of
Shares

 

 

Weighted
Average
Remaining
Life (Years)

 

 

Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price

 

Stock options outstanding at December 31, 2016

 

 

3,680,000

 

 

 

8.9

 

 

$

0.28

 

Issued

 

 

3,957,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

 

 

Exercised

 

 

(1,000,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expired

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stock options outstanding at December 31, 2017

 

 

6,637,500

 

 

 

8.7

 

 

$

0.57

 

Issued

 

 

20,199,800

 

 

 

9.3

 

 

 

0.43

 

Exercised

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expired

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stock options outstanding at December 31, 2018

 

 

26,837,300

 

 

 

9.2

 

 

$

0.42

 

Stock options exercisable at December 31, 2018

 

 

25,162,500

 

 

 

9.0

 

 

$

0.41

 


The total price to exercise all outstanding stock options is $11,051,639. The weighted-average remaining contractual life for stock options outstanding and exercisable at December 31, 2018, is 8.7 years, and the aggregate intrinsic value of options outstanding and exercisable at December 31, 2018 is $0.




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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 


On July 25, 2018, we repriced the exercise price per share from $1.08 to $0.58 per share for the stock options to purchase 6,000,000 shares of our common stock that were granted on March 28, 2018 and repriced the exercise price per share from $0.705 to $0.58 per share for the stock options to purchase 14,195,000 of our common stock that were granted on June 29, 2018. No adjustment to shared-based compensation in the consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2018 was necessary as a result of the repricing of the stock options. On August 17, 2018, we repriced the exercise price per share (i) from $0.70 to $0.43 for per share for stock options to purchase 600,000 shares of our common stock that were granted on January 1, 2015 (ii) from 0.56 to $0.43 for per share for stock options to purchase 2,900,000 shares of our common stock that were granted on January 12, 2016 (iii) from $0.92 to $0.43 for 57,500 per share for stock options to purchase 57,500 shares of our common stock that were granted on July 27, 2017 (iv) from $0.875 to $0.43 per share for stock options to purchase 1,000,000 shares of our common stock that were granted on December 8, 2017  (v) from $.058 to $0.43 per share for stock options to purchase 6,000,000 shares of our common stock that were granted on March 28, 2018 and (vi) from $0.58 to $0.43 per share for stock options to purchase 14,195,000 of our common stock that were granted on June 29, 2018. No adjustment to shared-based compensation in the consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2018 was necessary as a result of the repricing of the stock options.


NOTE 18 – SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION


Share-based Compensation


We recognize share-based compensation expense in cost of revenues, sales and marketing expenses, R&D expenses, general and administrative expenses, and other income and expenses, based on the fair value of common shares issued for services. In addition, we accrue share-based compensation expense for estimated share-based awards earned during the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, under our 2017 Equity Incentive Plan and our 2018 Equity Incentive Plan. Share-based compensation expense for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 is, as follows:


 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

Warrants issued for consulting and other services

 

$

102,640

 

 

$

249,835

 

Common stock issued for accounts payable and accrued expenses

 

 

 

 

 

93,002

 

Common stock issued for services

 

 

495,151

 

 

 

 

Common stock issued for advisory board fees

 

 

96,000

 

 

 

113,336

 

Common stock issued as compensation to employees

 

 

138,101

 

 

 

170,233

 

Stock options issued to officers and directors and employees

 

 

14,890,347

 

 

 

2,660,159

 

 

 

$

15,722,239

 

 

$

3,286,565

 


NOTE 19 – INCOME TAXES


The Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”) allows net operating losses (“NOL's”) to be carried forward and applied against future profits for a period of twenty years. The change of ownership following our merger with MySkin may limit our ability to utilize these NOLs under the terms of IRC Section 381.


We did not provide any current or deferred federal income tax provision or benefit for any of the periods presented in our consolidated financial statements because we have experienced losses since our inception. When it is more likely than not, that a tax asset cannot be realized through future income, we must record an allowance against any potential future tax benefit. We provided a full valuation allowance against our net deferred tax assets, consisting of net operating loss carry forwards, because we 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.


We have not taken a tax position that, if challenged, would have a material effect on our consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, as defined under ASC 740. We did not recognize any adjustment to our liability for uncertain tax positions and therefore did not record any adjustment to the beginning balance of our accumulated deficit on our consolidated balance sheets.




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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 


Our 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:


 

 

Years Ended December 31,

 

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

Statutory U.S. federal tax rate

 

 

21

%

 

 

39

%

Effect of increase in valuation allowance

 

 

(21

%)

 

 

(39

%)

 

 

 

%

 

 

%


Changes in our cumulative net deferred tax assets consist of the following:


 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

Net loss carry-forward

 

$

11,042,420

 

 

$

4,923,492

 

Valuation allowance

 

 

(11,042,420

)

 

 

(4,923,492

)

 

 

$

 

 

$

 


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


 

 

Years Ended December 31,

 

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

Tax benefit at statutory rate

 

$

2,318,908

 

 

$

2,023,555

 

Valuation allowance

 

 

(2,318,908

)

 

 

(2,023,555

)

 

 

$

 

 

$

 


NOTE 20 – SIGNIFICANT CUSTOMER INFORMATION AND ECONOMIC DEPENDENCY


The following tables show significant concentrations in our revenues and accounts receivable for the periods indicated:


Percentage of Revenue:


 

 

Year Ended

December 31,

 

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

Customer A

 

12%

 

 

98%

 

Customer B

 

12%

 

 

2%

 

Customer C

 

8%

 

 

%

 


Percentage of Accounts Receivable:


 

 

Year Ended

December 31,

 

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

Customer D

 

98%

 

 

—%

 

Customer E

 

2%

 

 

—%

 

Customer F

 

—%

 

 

—%

 


The following tables show significant concentrations in our expenses and accounts payable for the periods indicated:




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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 


Percentage of Expenses:


 

 

Year Ended

December 31,

 

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

Vendor A

 

7%

 

 

26%

 

Vendor B

 

6%

 

 

21%

 

Vendor C

 

5%

 

 

14%

 


Percentage of Accounts Payable:


 

 

Year Ended

December 31,

 

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

Vendor D

 

25%

 

 

33%

 

Vendor E

 

22%

 

 

26%

 

Vendor F

 

7%

 

 

26%

 


NOTE 21 – COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES


Contractual Obligations and Commercial Commitments


Clinical Trial Funding Commitment


On August 3, 2018, our 95% owned subsidiary, Prana Therapeutics, Inc. (“PTI”) received approval of an Investigational New Drug (“IND”) application from the Department of Health and Human Services’ Food and Drug Administration for a clinical investigation for breast cancer of PTI’s licensed flagship product, Epidiferphane™ (EDP™). We have committed to spend approximately $300,000 during 2019 and 2020 to fund phase I and phase II clinical trials in connection with the IND approval.


Clinical Trial Agreement


Under the terms of an agreement dated November 11, 2017, we committed to pay the costs to perform clinical trials with The University of the West Indies through the Topical Metabolism Research Unit of the Caribbean Institute for Health Research located in Kingston, Jamaica. The clinical trial was completed in February 2019, and thus, a final instalment of $51,182 is due and payable to the University of West Indies. We have agreed to reimburse The University of the West Indies for care and treatment of patients suffering adverse reactions or injury sustained by a patient, as a direct result of the clinical trial.


Research Laboratory


In October 2017, our 95% owned subsidiary, Prana Therapeutics, Inc (“PTI”), entered into a research agreement with the University of Florida Trustees (“UFT”). Under the terms of the research agreement PTI committed to pay UFT $303,544 in four (4) installments, of which $75,886 is owed as of December 31, 2018. Additionally, PTI is negotiating a research agreement with UFT for 2019 and 2020. Under the terms of the draft research agreement, PTI would pay UFT $700,000 in 2019 and $900,000 in 2020 in varying quarterly installments, beginning in April 2019.


Hemp Crop Under Cultivation


We entered into a farm lease for acreage on which the Company is growing an industrial hemp crop. The rent for the acreage under the terms of the farm lease is in an amount per acre predicated upon the total weight in pounds of industrial hemp flower harvested at a rate of $2 per pound (dry weight, after thrashing to remove seeds), with a minimum of $1,000 per acre. The rent is payable in three (3) installments; (i) one third on November 15, 2018, (ii) one third on December 31, 2018 and (iii) the remainder of all rents is payable on February 15, 2019. At December 31, 2018, $380,000 is outstanding under the terms of the farm lease and is included in Accounts payable on our Consolidated Balance Sheets.




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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 


Industrial Hemp Crop Under Cultivation – Transaction with and Commitment to a Related Party


Approximately 30% of the farm acreage on which we were growing our industrial hemp crop, is contractually controlled by a joint venture, NEC Agri Services, LLC (“NEC”). Our Principal Financial Officer is one of the managing members and owners of NEC. In exchange for supplying the farm acreage along with certain farm equipment, infrastructure and our lead farmer and farm management, the Company agreed to pay NEC a stipulated dollar amount per weight in pounds of industrial hemp flower harvested on the NEC farm acreage (dry weight after thrashing for the removal of seeds), reduced by a ratable allocation per acre of total farming costs for the industrial hemp crop under cultivation. We believe the stipulated dollar amount per weight in pounds is commensurate to the fair market value that we could have received from an independent farmer and land owner.


NOTE 22 – SUBSEQUENT EVENTS


On February 11, 2019, we issued a note to an unaffiliated third party, Tangiers Global, LLC, in the amount of $1,575,000 (“Note”), the terms of which allow us to draw down on the Note in tranches, upon our election. We drew down $500,000 on the Note, net of a debt discount of $25,000, the proceeds of which were used to purchase equipment and for general working capital purposes. The debt discount on the Note is amortized on a straight-line basis from the issue date, which approximates the effective interest rate method, over the term of the note, and this amortization will be included in interest expense in our consolidated statements of operations.


On March 20, 2019, we issued 1,500 additional shares of our Series A Preferred Shares to two officers and directors. Tony Verzura, who resigned as an officer and director of the Company effective March 21, 2019, agreed to the cancellation of his 500 shares of preferred stock.


In accordance with ASC 855-10 we have analyzed our operations subsequent to December 31, 2018 to the date these consolidated financial statements were issued, and have determined that, other than as disclosed above, we do not have any material subsequent events to disclose in these consolidated financial statements.





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SIGNATURES


Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this Annual Report on Form 10-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.


 

UNITED CANNABIS CORPORATION

 

 

 

Date: March 28, 2019

By:

/s/ Earnest Blackmon

 

 

Earnest Blackmon

 

 

Chief Executive Officer



Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this Annual Report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.


Signature

 

Title

 

Date

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Earnest Blackmon

 

Chief Executive Officer and Director

 

March 28, 2019

Earnest Blackmon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ John Walsh

 

Principal Financial and Accounting Officer

 

March 28, 2019

John Walsh

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Chadwick Ruby

 

Director

 

March 28, 2019

Chadwick Ruby

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 








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EXHIBIT 23


CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM





We have issued our Auditors’ report, dated March 28, 2019, accompanying the audited consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 of United Cannabis Corporation. We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference of such report in the Company’s registration statements on Form S-8 (File No’s. 333-214253, 333-219134 and 333-222997).  





/S/ B F Borgers CPA PC


B F Borgers CPA PC

Lakewood, Colorado

March 28, 2019





EXHIBIT 31


CERTIFICATIONS


I, Earnest Blackmon, certify that;


1.

I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of United Cannabis Corporation;


2.

Based on my knowledge, this report, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by the report;


3.

Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;


4.

The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:


a)

Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;


b)

Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;


c)

Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and


d)

Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and


5.

The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):


a)

All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and


b)

Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.



March 28, 2019

By:

/s/ Earnest Blackmon

 

 

Earnest Blackmon, Principal Executive Officer









CERTIFICATIONS


I, John Walsh, certify that;


1.

I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of United Cannabis Corporation;


2.

Based on my knowledge, this report, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by the report;


3.

Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;


4.

The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:


a)

Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;


b)

Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;


c)

Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and


d)

Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and


5.

The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):


a)

All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and


b)

Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.



March 28, 2019

By:

/s/ John Walsh

 

 

John Walsh, Principal Financial Officer









 


EXHIBIT 32


In connection with the Annual Report of United Cannabis Corporation (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the period ending December 31, 2018 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Report”), Earnest Blackmon, the Principal Executive Officer of the Company, certifies, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to the best of their knowledge:


(1)

The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and


(2)

The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects the financial condition and results of the Company.



March 28, 2019

By:

/s/ Earnest Blackmon

 

 

Earnest Blackmon, Principal Executive Officer











 


In connection with the Annual Report of United Cannabis Corporation (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the period ending December 31, 2018 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Report”), John Walsh, the Principal Financial Officer of the Company, certifies, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to the best of their knowledge:


(3)

The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and


(4)

The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects the financial condition and results of the Company.



March 28, 2019

By:

/s/ John Walsh

 

 

John Walsh, Principal Financial Officer







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