Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Services and Employee Leasing Agreement

 

On June 1, 2011, the Company entered into a Services and Employee Leasing Agreement (the “Agreement”) with MJI Resource Management Corp. (“MJI”) pursuant to which the Company had agreed to pay MJI $15,000 a month and MJI agreed to make available to the Company six of its employees, including Mr. Bleak, for the purpose of performing management, operations, legal, accounting and resource location services. On August 1, 2011, the Company amended this Agreement whereby the Company had agreed to pay MJI $25,000 per month. On October 1, 2011, the Company entered into a third amendment of Agreement. Such amendment specifies the services and associated expenses in consideration for $25,000 a month as defined in the amended Agreement. Associated expenses include general administrative costs, rent, utilities and office supplies. The term of this Agreement was to commence for a period of 5 years. This Agreement may be terminated at any time by either party by giving a written notice to the other party and shall terminate 180 days following the delivery of such notice. Mr. Eckersley, one of the Company’s directors, was the former President of MJI, and Mr. Bleak serves as the sole Officer and Chairman of the Board for MJI. During the year ended December 31, 2013, 2012, and for the period from April 25, 2011 (inception) to December 31, 2013, the Company incurred $225,000, $300,000 and $525,000, respectively, of management fees. On November 8, 2013, this Agreement was terminated.

 

On November 8, 2013, contemporaneously with the termination of the Services and Employee Leasing Agreement with MJI, the Company entered into a debt forgiveness agreement with MJI, pursuant to which MJI forgave (i) $1,264,253 owed to them pursuant to outstanding invoices less $175,000 and (ii) all other debt incurred by the Company from January 1, 2011 through the November 8, 2013. The Company agreed to pay MJI $175,000 upon the closing of its future purchase of all or substantially all of the assets of a privately held or public operating company and simultaneous capital raising transaction (the “Financing”) as (i) a cash payment, (ii) conversion into the applicable dollar amount of securities issued by the Company in the Financing upon the same terms provided to the other investors in the Financing or (iii) a combination of (i) and (ii).

 

Accordingly, during the year ended December 31, 2013, the Company recognized gain on settlement of debt of $1,089,253 in connection with this debt forgiveness agreement with MJI.

 

Debt forgiveness agreement

 

On November 8, 2013, the Company entered into a debt forgiveness agreement with Bond Media Group, Inc. (“Bond”), pursuant to which Bond forgave $196,619 owed to it pursuant to outstanding invoices and all other debt incurred by the Company from January 1, 2011 through the November 8, 2013. Accordingly, during the year ended December 31, 2013, the Company recognized gain on settlement of debt of $196,619 in connection with this debt forgiveness agreement with Bond Media Group, Inc.

Litigation

 

On January 20, 2012, a default judgment was entered against the Company in the Circuit Court of the Sixth Judicial Circuit in and for Pinellas County, Florida, for the amount of $47,362 stemming from a complaint filed against us on November 7, 2011 by Brimmer, Burke & Keelan, LLP., for non -payment of accounting services provided to the Company’s predecessor World Energy Solutions, Inc. in 2008. Such amount is included in accounts payable and accrued expenses as reflected in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.