Blueprint
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
on
September 18, 2018
Registration No. 333-211255
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
AMENDMENT
NO. 1
TO
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
GROWLIFE, INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
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5261
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90-0821083
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(State
or other jurisdiction of incorporation or
organization)
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(Primary
Standard Industrial Classification Code Number)
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(I.R.S.
Employer Identification No.)
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5400 Carillon Point
Kirkland, WA 98033
(866) 781-5559
(Address,
including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
registrant's principal executive offices)
Marco Hegyi
Chief Executive Officer
GrowLife, Inc. 5400 Carillon Point
Kirkland, Washington 98033
(Name,
address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area
code, of agent for service)
Copies
to:
Lawrence
W. Horwitz, Esq.
Jessica
M. Lockett, Esq.
Horwitz
+ Armstrong, A Professional Law Corporation
14
Orchard, Suite 200
Lake
Forest, California 92630
(949)
540-6540
Approximate
date of commencement of proposed sale to public: As soon as practicable after this Registration
Statement is declared effective.
If any
of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered
on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under
the Securities Act of 1933, check the following
box. ☒
If this
Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, check the
following box and list the Securities Act registration statement
number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same
offering. ☐
If this
Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to
Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box
and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the
earlier effective registration statement for the same
offering. ☐
If this
Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to
Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box
and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the
earlier effective registration statement for the same
offering. ☐
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer,
an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller
reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated
filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting 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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(do not
check if smaller reporting company)
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Emerging growth
company
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If an emerging growth company, indicated 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 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities
Act. ☐
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of each
class of securities to be registered
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Proposed maximum
aggregate offering price (1)
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Amount of
registration fee
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Units
consisting of shares of the Registrant’s common stock,
$0.0001 par value per share (“Common Stock”), and
warrants to purchase shares of Common Stock
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$
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6,000,000
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$
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747.00
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Non-transferable
Rights to purchase Units (2)
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—
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—
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Warrants to
purchase Common Stock included as part of the
Units (3)
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Included
with units
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Common
Stock included as part of the Units
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Included
with units
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Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the
warrants
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10,500,000
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1,307.25
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Total: (4)
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$
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16,500,000
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$
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2,054.25
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(1)
Estimated
solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the
registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(o) under the
Securities Act.
(2)
Non-transferable
Rights to purchase Units are being issued without consideration.
Pursuant to Rule 457(g) under the Securities Act, no separate
registration fee is required for the Rights because the Rights are
being registered in the same registration statement as the
securities of the Registrant underlying the Rights.
(3)
Pursuant
to Rule 457(g) under the Securities Act, no separate registration
fee is required for the Warrants because the Warrants are being
registered in the same registration statement as the securities of
the Registrant underlying the Warrants.
(4)
Pursuant
to Rule 416 under the Securities Act, the securities being
registered hereunder include such indeterminate number of
additional securities as may be issuable to prevent dilution
resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar
transactions.
THE REGISTRANT HEREBY AMENDS THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON SUCH
DATE OR DATES AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO DELAY ITS EFFECTIVE DATE UNTIL
THE REGISTRANT SHALL FILE A FURTHER AMENDMENT WHICH SPECIFICALLY
STATES THAT THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL THEREAFTER BECOME
EFFECTIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8(A) OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933, AS AMENDED, OR UNTIL THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL BECOME
EFFECTIVE ON SUCH DATE AS THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION,
ACTING PURSUANT TO SAID SECTION 8(A), MAY DETERMINE.
The information in this preliminary prospectus is not complete and
may be changed. We may not sell these securities until the
registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission is effective. This preliminary prospectus is not an
offer to sell these securities and we are not soliciting offers to
buy these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is
not permitted.
SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED SEPTEMBER 18,
2018
PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS
GrowLife, Inc.
Non-transferable Subscription Rights to Purchase
Units
Consisting of an Aggregate of Up to 500,000,000 Shares of Common
Stock at a Subscription Price of $0.012 Per Unit and Warrants to
Purchase Up to 250,000,000 Shares of Common Stock at an exercise
price of $0.018 and Warrants to Purchase Up to 250,000,000 Shares
of Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.024
We are distributing to holders of our common stock, at no charge,
non-transferable subscription rights to purchase Units. Each Unit
consists of one share of our common stock, par value $0.0001 per
share, which we refer to as Common Stock and two ½
warrants, consisting of one ½ warrant
which will be exercisable for one share of our Common
Stock at an exercise price of $0.018 per share
and one ½ warrant exercisable for one share of our
Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.024, which we refer
to collectively as the Warrant. We refer to the
offering of Units through the subscription right that is the
subject of this prospectus as the Rights Offering. In the Rights
Offering, you will receive one subscription right for each share of
Common Stock owned or deemed owned as of October 12,
2018, the Record Date for the Rights Offering. The Common
Stock and Warrants comprising the Units will be separate upon the
closing of the Rights Offering and will be issued separately,
however, they may only be purchased as a Unit, and the Unit will
not trade as a separate security. The subscription rights will not
be tradeable
Each subscription right will entitle you to purchase one Unit at a
subscription price of $0.012 per Unit. If you fully
exercise your basic subscription right, you may also exercise an
over-subscription right to purchase additional Units that remain
unsubscribed to at the expiration of the Rights Offering, subject
to the availability and pro rata allocation of Units among
participants exercising this over-subscription right and subject to
ownership limitations. Unless waived by us in our sole discretion,
in no event may any holder purchase Units in the Rights Offering
that, when aggregated with all the shares of Common Stock otherwise
beneficially owned by such holder and its affiliates, would
immediately following the closing of the Rights Offering represent
25% or more of our issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock.
No fractional shares or warrants will be issued upon exercise of
subscription rights in the Rights Offering.
The Company will accept subscriptions for up to
500,000,000 units for a total purchase price of
approximately $6,000,000. We are not requiring a
minimum subscription amount to complete the Rights Offering.
However, we reserve the right to cancel the Rights Offering for any
reason at any time before it expires. If we cancel the Rights
Offering, all subscription payments received will be returned as
soon as practicable, without interest or penalty.
The subscription rights will expire if they are not exercised
by 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time on November 12, 2018, unless we extend
the subscription period of the Rights Offering in our sole
discretion. You should carefully consider whether to exercise your
subscription right prior to the expiration of the Rights Offering.
All exercises of subscription rights are irrevocable, even if we
extend the Rights Offering.
Our board of directors is making no recommendation regarding your
exercise of the subscription rights. The subscription rights may
not be sold, transferred or assigned and will not be listed for
trading on any stock exchange or market.
We have not entered into any standby purchase agreement or other
similar arrangement in connection with this Rights Offering. The
Rights Offering is being conducted on a best-efforts
basis.
Direct Transfer, LLC will serve as the Subscription
Agent and the Information Agent for the Rights Offering. The
Subscription Agent will hold in escrow the funds we receive from
subscribers until we complete or terminate the Rights Offering. If
you want to participate in the Rights Offering and you are the
owner or deemed owner of your shares, we recommend that you submit
your subscription documents to the Subscription Agent before the
deadline. If you want to participate in the Rights Offering and you
hold your shares through your broker, dealer, bank or other
nominee, you should promptly contact your nominee and submit your
subscription documents in accordance with the instructions and
within the time period specified by the nominee. For additional
information, please read “The Rights Offering — The
Subscription Rights.”
Our common stock is listed and trades on the OTC Bulletin Board
under the symbol “PHOT.” On September 14,
2018, the last reported sale price for our Common Stock on the
OTCBB was $0.014 per share.
INVESTING IN OUR SECURITIES INVOLVES A HIGH DEGREE OF RISK.
SEE THE SECTION ENTITLED "RISK FACTORS" BEGINNING ON PAGE 14
IN THIS PROSPECTUS AS WELL AS ANY OTHER RISK FACTORS AND
OTHER INFORMATION CONTAINED IN ANY OTHER OCUMENT THAT IS
INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE HEREIN.
NEITHER THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION NOR ANY STATE
SECURITIES COMMISSION HAS APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED OF THESE
SECURITIES OR DETERMINED IF THIS PROSPECTUS IS TRUTHFUL OR
COMPLETE. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL
OFFENSE.
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Subscription
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$ 0.012
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$ 6,000,000
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Estimated
expenses
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$50,000
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Net Proceeds to
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$ 0.012
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$ 5,950,000
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(1) Assumes
the Rights Offering is fully subscribed.
(2)
In connection with this Rights Offering, we have agreed to pay to
the subscription agent/information agent a cash fee equal to
0.0016% of the gross proceeds received by us directly from
exercises of the subscription rights or $50,000. We will
reimburse subscription agent for expenses incurred in connection
with the Rights Offering.
The date of this Prospectus is [______], 2018.
TABLE
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Unless otherwise stated or the context otherwise
requires, references in this prospectus to the terms "we," "us,"
"our," and the “Company" refer to
GrowLife, Inc.
You should read this prospectus, any applicable prospectus
supplement and the information incorporated by reference in this
prospectus before making an investment in the securities of
GrowLife, Inc. Please read “Where You Can Find Additional
Information” on page 53 for more information. We have not
authorized anyone to provide you with any information or to make
any representation, other than those contained in this prospectus
or any free writing prospectus we have prepared. We take no
responsibility for, and provide no assurance as to the reliability
of, any other information that others may give you. This prospectus
is an offer to sell only the Units offered hereby, but only in
circumstances and in jurisdictions where it is lawful to so do. The
information contained in this prospectus or any prospectus
supplement, as well as information we have previously filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, is accurate only as of its date, regardless of
the time of delivery of this prospectus or of any sale of our
Units. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and
prospects may have changed since those dates. You should not
consider any information in this prospectus, or in any related
prospectus supplement, to be investment, legal or tax advice. We
encourage you to consult your own counsel, accountant and other
advisors for legal, tax, business, financial and related advice
regarding an investment in our securities.
For investors outside the United States: Neither we nor the
Subscription Agent nor Information Agent has done anything that
would permit this offering or possession or distribution of this
prospectus in any jurisdiction where action for that purpose is
required, other than in the United States. Persons outside the
United States who come into possession of this prospectus must
inform themselves about, and observe any restrictions relating to,
the offering of securities and the distribution of this prospectus
outside the United States.
Unless
otherwise indicated, information contained in this prospectus
concerning our industry and the markets in which we operate,
including our general expectations and market position, market
opportunity and market share, is based on information from our own
management estimates and research, as well as from industry and
general publications and research, surveys and studies conducted by
third parties. Management estimates are derived from publicly
available information, our knowledge of our industry and
assumptions based on such information and knowledge, which we
believe to be reasonable. Our management estimates have not been
verified by any independent source, and we have not independently
verified any third-party information. In addition, assumptions and
estimates of our and our industry's future performance are
necessarily subject to a high degree of uncertainty and risk due to
a variety of factors, including those described in "Risk Factors".
These and other factors could cause our future performance to
differ materially from our assumptions and estimates. See "Special
Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements".
GrowLife,
Inc. is our trademark that is used in this prospectus. This
prospectus also includes trademarks, tradenames and service marks
that are the property of other organizations. Solely for
convenience, trademarks and tradenames referred to in this
prospectus appear without the ® and ™ symbols, but those
references are not intended to indicate, in any way, that we will
not assert, to the fullest extent under applicable law, our rights
or that the applicable owner will not assert its rights, to these
trademarks and tradenames.
CAUTIONARY
NOTICE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This
prospectus and the documents and reports that we have filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, that are
incorporated herein by reference contain “forward-looking
statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act, and
Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, or the Exchange Act. We intend such forward-looking
statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions for
forward-looking statements
In some
cases, these forward-looking statements can be identified by the
use of forward-looking terminology, including the terms "believes",
"estimates", "anticipates", "expects", "plans", "intends", "may",
"could", "might", "will", "should", "approximately" or, in each
case, their negative or other variations thereon or comparable
terminology, although not all forward-looking statements contain
these words. They appear in a number of places throughout this
prospectus and include statements regarding our intentions,
beliefs, projections, outlook, analyses or current expectations
concerning, among other things, our results of operations,
financial condition, liquidity, prospects, growth and strategies,
the length of time that we will be able to continue to fund our
operating expenses and capital expenditures, our expected financing
needs and sources of financing, the industry in which we operate
and the trends that may affect the industry or us.
By
their nature, forward-looking statements involve risks and
uncertainties because they relate to events, competitive dynamics,
and market developments and depend on the economic circumstances
that may or may not occur in the future or may occur on longer or
shorter timelines than anticipated. Although we believe that we
have a reasonable basis for each forward-looking statement
contained in this prospectus, we caution you that forward-looking
statements are not guarantees of future performance and that our
actual results of operations, financial condition and liquidity,
and the development of the industry in which we operate may differ
materially from the forward-looking statements contained in this
prospectus. In addition, even if our results of operations,
financial condition and liquidity, and the development of the
industry in which we operate are consistent with the
forward-looking statements contained in this prospectus, they may
not be predictive of results or developments in future
periods.
Any
forward-looking statements that we make in this prospectus speak
only as of the date of such statement, and we undertake no
obligation to update such statements to reflect events or
circumstances after the date of this prospectus.
You
should also read carefully the factors described in the "Risk
Factors" section of this prospectus to better understand the risks
and uncertainties inherent in our business and underlying any
forward-looking statements. As a result of these factors, we cannot
assure you that the forward-looking statements in this prospectus
will prove to be accurate. Furthermore, if our forward-looking
statements prove to be inaccurate, the inaccuracy may be material.
In light of the significant uncertainties in these forward-looking
statements, you should not regard these statements as a
representation or warranty by us or any other person that we will
achieve our objectives and plans in any specified timeframe, or at
all. You
should read this prospectus and the documents that we reference and
have filed as exhibits to the registration statement of which this
prospectus is a part with the understanding that we cannot
guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or
achievements. We disclaim any obligation to update or revise
any forward-looking statement as a result of new information,
future events or for any other reason, except as may be required under applicable
securities laws.
We qualify all of the forward-looking statements in this
prospectus by these cautionary statements.
This summary highlights information contained elsewhere in this
prospectus or incorporated by reference herein. This summary is not
complete and may not contain all of the information that you should
consider before deciding whether or not you should exercise your
rights. You should read the entire prospectus carefully, including
the section entitled "Risk Factors" of this prospectus, the
financial statements, and all other information included or
incorporated by reference in this prospectus in its entirety before
you decide whether to exercise your rights.
GrowLife, Inc.
GrowLife,
Inc. (“GrowLife” or the “Company”) is
incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware and is
headquartered in Kirkland, Washington.
GrowLife’s
goal is to become the nation’s largest cultivation facility
service provider for the production of organics, herbs and greens
and plant-based medicines. GrowLife provides essential and
hard-to-find goods including growing media, industry-leading
hydroponics equipment, organic plant nutrients, and thousands more
products through its knowledgeable representatives and our
distribution channels, to specialty grow operations across the
United States and Canada. We primarily sell supplies through our
e-commerce distribution channels, ShopGrowLife.com, Greners.com and
GrowLifeEco.com, as well as through GrowLife licensed retail
storefronts. GrowLife and its business units are organized and
directed to operate strictly in accordance with all applicable
state and federal laws.
The
GrowLife mission is to measure its success by its customer’s
success; serving cultivators of all sizes as a reliable business
partner and its shareholders with value and trust.
The
‘their success is our success’ focus has helped us
understand the pains and needs our customers are enduring and the
many products and services we can provide to help them grow. The
indoor cultivation industry, primarily driven by indoor Cannabis
farming, is in its formative stages where it is developing a
recurring track record. Due to the conflicting laws and policies
throughout the United States our customers consist mostly of
smaller, early-stage companies that face unusual challenges not
experienced in most larger established industries. As a result,
agility takes the place over predictability and trust surpasses
price and convenience.
We seek
to support the mission of GrowLife helping its customers be
successful by minimizing the operating costs of indoor
cultivators of fruits, vegetables and Cannabis so they can better
serve their markets and customers. To profitably achieve such a
goal, we see GrowLife building out five strategic pillars. These
pillars represent unfulfilled needs, which if capitalized upon, can
provide PHOT investors with a lasting diversified portfolio of
products and services. GrowLife’s five pillars of planned
growth are 1) direct commercial sales, 2) products, 3) online
markets, 4) consumer GrowLife Cube, and 5) retail --- organized
across audience-centric divisions.
For a complete description of our business, financial condition,
results of operations and other important information, we refer you
to our filings with the SEC that are incorporated by reference in
this prospectus, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the year ended December 31, 2017. For instructions on how to
find copies of these documents, see the sections entitled
“Where You Can Find More Information” and
“Incorporation of Certain Information by
Reference.”
Company Information
GrowLife, Inc. is incorporated under the laws of the State of
Delaware. We were founded in 2012 with the Closing of the Agreement
and Plan of Merger with SGT Merger Corporation. Our principal
executive offices are located at 5400 Carillon Point,
Kirkland, WA 98033, and our telephone number at that location is
(866) 781-5559. Our website is http://growlifeinc.com/.
Except for the documents incorporated by reference in this
prospectus, the information contained on our website is not part of
this prospectus and should not be relied upon in connection with
making an investment decision.
Securities Offered
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We are
distributing, at no charge, to holders of our outstanding common
stock non-transferable subscription rights to purchase one Unit at
a subscription price of $0.012 per Unit for every
share of Common Stock that you owned or were deemed to own as of
the Record Date. Each Unit consists of one share of our Common
Stock and two ½ Warrants. Shares of Common Stock
and Warrants included in the Units sold in the Rights Offering will
be issued only in book-entry form. The Common Stock and Warrants
comprising the Units will be separate upon the closing of the
Rights Offering and will be issued separately, however, they may
only be purchased as a Unit, and the Unit will not trade as a
separate security.
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Warrants
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For
each Unit purchased, a subscriber shall receive two ½
warrants: one ½ warrant which
will be exercisable for one share of our
Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.018 per share
and one ½ warrant exercisable for one share of our
Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.024. Each Warrant
will be exercisable upon issuance and will expire
three years from the date of issuance, unless
otherwise accelerated. The Warrants will be exercisable for
cash, or, solely during any period when a registration statement
for the exercise of the Warrants is not in effect, on a cashless
basis, at any time after the date of issuance. This prospectus also
relates to the offering of shares of Common Stock issuable upon
exercise of the Warrants. We may redeem the Warrants for
$0.0001 per Warrant if the volume weighted average
price of our common stock is above $0.03 for ten
consecutive trading days, provided that we may not do so prior to
six months after the issuance date. The expiration date of
the Warrants may be accelerated upon 30 days’ notice from
Company to older if the closing trading price of the
Company’s Common Stock is above $0.0325 for ten consecutive
trading days. We do not intend to list the Warrants on any
national securities exchange or nationally recognized trading
system. Please read “Description of Securities —
Warrants Included in Units Issuable in the Rights
Offering.”
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Size of Offering
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500,000,000
subscription rights/Units for aggregate gross proceeds of up to
$6,000,000.
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Subscription Price
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$0.012
per Unit. To be effective, any payment for the exercise of a right
must clear before the expiration of the Rights
Offering.
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Basic Subscription Right
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Each
subscription right will entitle you to purchase one Unit at a
subscription price of $0.012 per Unit, which we refer
to as the basic subscription right. Please read “The Rights
Offering — The Subscription Rights — Basic Subscription
Right.”
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Over-Subscription Right
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If you
fully exercise your basic subscription right (other than those
subscription rights to acquire less than one whole Unit, which
cannot be exercised) and other stockholders do not fully exercise
their basic subscription right, you may also exercise an
over-subscription right to purchase additional Units that remain
unsubscribed at the expiration of the subscription period, subject
to availability and ownership limitations.
If the
number of unsubscribed Units is not sufficient to satisfy all of
the properly exercised over-subscription right requests, the
available Units will be prorated among those who properly exercised
over-subscription rights in proportion to their respective basic
subscription right. Please read “The Rights Offering —
The Subscription Rights — Over-Subscription
Right.”
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Record Date
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6:00
p.m. Eastern Time, on October 12, 2018.
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Expiration of the Offering Period
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6:00
p.m. Eastern Time, on November
12, 2018. We may extend the expiration of the
offering period for exercising your subscription right, in our sole
discretion.
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Use of Proceeds
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We
intend the net proceeds from the Rights Offering to be used for
working capital and general corporate purposes, including
development and enhancement of our products, capital expenditures
and expansion of our operations, and new product development.
Please read “Use of Proceeds.”
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Non-Transferability of Subscription Rights
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The
subscription rights issued in the Rights Offering may not be sold,
transferred, assigned or given away under any circumstances, and
will not be listed on any stock exchange or
market.
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Transferability of Warrants
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The
Warrants will be separately transferable following their
issuance.
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No Board of Directors Recommendation
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Our
board of directors is making no recommendation regarding your
exercise of the subscription rights. You are urged to make your
decision based on your own assessment of our business and the
Rights Offering. Please read “Risk Factors” for a
discussion of some of the risks involved in investing in Units in
the Rights Offering.
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No Revocation
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All
exercises of subscription rights are irrevocable, even if you later
learn information that you consider to be unfavorable to the
exercise of your subscription right, or if the market price of
Common Stock falls below the subscription price of
$0.012 per Unit, or if the Rights Offering is extended
by the board of directors. You should not exercise your
subscription right unless you are certain that you wish to purchase
Units at a subscription price of $0.012 per
Unit.
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U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations
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For
U.S. federal income tax purposes, you generally should not
recognize income or loss in connection with the receipt or exercise
of your subscription right. You are urged to consult your own tax
advisor as to your particular tax consequences resulting from the
receipt and the disposition or exercise of subscription rights and
the receipt, ownership and disposition of Common Stock. For further
information, please read “Certain United States Federal
Income Tax Considerations.”
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Amendment, Extension and Termination
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We may extend the offering period for additional time in our sole
discretion. The board of directors may cancel the Rights Offering
at any time before its expiration for any reason.
The board of directors also reserves the right to amend the terms
of the Rights Offering for any reason, including, without
limitation, in order to increase participation in the Rights
Offering. Such amendments may include a change in the subscription
price, although no such change is presently
contemplated.
If we should make any fundamental change to the terms set forth in
this prospectus, we will file a post-effective amendment to the
registration statement in which this prospectus is included, offer
potential purchasers who have subscribed for rights the opportunity
to cancel such subscriptions and issue a refund of any money
advanced by such stockholder and recirculate an updated prospectus
after the post-effective amendment is declared effective with the
SEC. In addition, upon such event, we may extend the expiration
date of the subscription period to allow holders of rights ample
time to make new investment decisions and for us to recirculate
updated documentation. Please read “The Rights Offering
— Expiration Date, Extension, and
Amendments.”
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Procedures for Exercising Rights
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To exercise your subscription right, you must complete the rights
certificate and deliver it to the Subscription Agent, together with
full payment for all the subscription rights you elect to exercise
under the basic subscription right and over-subscription right,
before the expiration of the offering period. Please read
“The Rights Offering” for detailed information on the
procedure and requirements for exercising your subscription right.
You may deliver the documents and payments by mail or commercial
carrier. If regular mail is used for this purpose, we recommend
using registered mail, properly insured, with return receipt
requested.
If you are a beneficial owner of shares that are registered in the
name of a broker, dealer, bank or other nominee, you should
instruct your nominee to exercise your subscription right on your
behalf and deliver all required documents and payment before the
expiration of the offering period.
If you cannot deliver your rights certificate to the Subscription
Agent before the expiration of the subscription period, you may
follow the guaranteed delivery procedures described in “The
Rights Offering — Guaranteed Delivery
Procedures”.
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Limitation on Exercise
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Unless waived by us in our sole discretion, no holder may purchase
Units in the Rights Offering that, when aggregated with all the
shares of Common Stock otherwise beneficially owned by such holder
and its affiliates, would immediately following the closing of the
Rights Offering represent 25% or more of our issued and outstanding
shares of Common Stock.
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Minimum Subscription Requirement
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There is no minimum subscription requirement. We may consummate the
Rights Offering regardless of the amount raised from the exercise
of basic and over-subscription rights by the expiration
date.
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Subscription Agent and Information Agent
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Direct Transfer, LLC, 500 Perimeter Park Drive
Suite D, Morrisville NC 27560.
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Shares Outstanding Before the Rights Offering
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Prior to the rights offering, as of September 17,
2018, there were 2,997,279,413 shares of Common Stock
issued and outstanding and 595,000,000 shares of
Common Stock were issuable upon the exercise of our outstanding
warrants.
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Shares Outstanding After Completion of the Rights
Offering
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Assuming that all subscription rights offered
hereby are exercised, and excluding the exercise of the Warrants
offered hereby, we expect 3,497,279,413 shares of
Common Stock will be outstanding immediately after completion of
the Rights Offering, and 4,592,279,413 shares if all
of our outstanding warrants, including the Warrants offered hereby,
were exercised. The number of shares of
Common Stock expected to be outstanding
excludes: (i) 63,000,000
shares of
Common Stock issuable pursuant to incentive stock options
and (ii) 109
million shares related to convertible debt that
can be converted at $0.002535 per share. In addition, we have
an unknown number of common shares to be issued under
the Chicago Venture Partners, L.P. See
“Description of Capital Stock” below for more
information regarding our outstanding warrants.
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Delivery of Shares and Warrants
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Within five business days after the expiration of the Rights
Offering, we expect to close on subscriptions and for the
Subscription Agent to arrange for the issuance of the shares of
Common Stock and Warrants purchased pursuant to the Rights
Offering. All shares of Common Stock and Warrants that are
purchased in the Rights Offering will be issued in book-entry, or
uncertificated form, meaning that you will receive an
account statement from our transfer agent reflecting ownership of
these securities if you are a holder of record of shares. If you
hold your shares of Common Stock in the name of a bank, broker,
dealer, or other nominee, DTC will credit your account with your
nominee with the securities you purchased in the Rights
Offering.
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Fees and Expenses
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We will pay the fees and expenses we incur related to the Rights
Offering.
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Market for Common Stock
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Our Common Stock is listed on the OTCQB under the symbol
“PHOT.” We will not list the subscription rights on any
stock exchange or market.
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Market for Warrants
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There is no established public trading market for our Warrants, and
we do not expect a market to develop. We do not intend to list the
Warrants on any national securities exchange or nationally
recognized trading system.
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Risk Factors
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Before you exercise your subscription right and purchase Units in
the Rights Offering, you should be aware that there are risks
associated with these transactions, including the risks described
in the section entitled “Risk Factors” beginning on
page 14 of this prospectus and in our Annual Report on Form 10-K,
as amended, for the year ended December 31, 2017, filed March 28,
2018. You should carefully read and consider these risk factors
together with all of the other information included in or
incorporated by reference into this prospectus before you decide to
exercise your subscription right to purchase
Units.
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Questions
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If you have any questions about the Rights
Offering, including questions about subscription procedures and
requests for additional copies of this prospectus or other
documents, please contact the Subscription Agent, Direct
Transfer, LLC by telephone toll-free at (888)
301-2498 or corporate-actions@issuerdirect.com
for additional questions you can contact the company through
its investor relations/public relations contact, CMW Media,
directly at (206) 483-0059 or
investors@growlifeinc.com.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT
THE RIGHTS OFFERING
The following are examples of what we anticipate will be common
questions about the Rights Offering. The answers are based on
selected information included elsewhere in this prospectus. The
following questions and answers do not contain all of the
information that may be important to you and may not address all of
the questions that you may have about the Rights Offering. This
prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference herein
contain more detailed descriptions of the terms and conditions of
the Rights Offering and provide additional information about us and
our business, including potential risks related to the Rights
Offering, the securities offered hereby, and our business.
Exercising the subscription rights and investing in our securities
involves a high degree of risk. Before you decide whether to
exercise your subscription right, we urge you to read this entire
prospectus, our financial statements and related notes, the section
entitled “Risk Factors” contained herein or
incorporated by reference herein and the other information
incorporated by reference herein as described in
“Incorporation of Certain Information by
Reference.”
What is the Rights Offering?
We are distributing to holders of our Common Stock as of the Record
Date, October 12, 2018, at no charge,
non-transferable subscription rights to purchase Units. We have
granted to you, as a stockholder on the Record Date, 6:00 p.m.
Eastern Time, on October 12, 2018, one
subscription right for each share of Common Stock that you owned or
were deemed to own at such time. If you hold your shares of Common
Stock in the name of a broker, dealer, bank or other nominee who
uses the services of The Depository Trust Company, or DTC, one
subscription right will be issued by DTC to the nominee for each
share of Common Stock that you own or are deemed to own at the
Record Date. Each subscription right will entitle the holder to a
basic subscription right and if the basic subscription right is
exercised in full, an over-subscription right.
Why is the Company conducting the Rights
Offering?
We are conducting the Rights Offering to raise additional capital
for working capital and general corporate purposes, including
development and enhancement of our products, capital expenditures
and expansion of operations, and new product development. Please
read “Use of Proceeds.”
What is the basic subscription right?
The basic subscription right gives our stockholders the opportunity
to purchase one Unit at a subscription price of $0.012
per Unit. Each Unit consists of one share of our Common Stock and
two ½ warrants, one ½ warrant which will be
exercisable for one share of our Common Stock at an exercise price
of $0.018 per share and one ½ warrant exercisable for
one share of our Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.024. Each
Warrant will be exercisable upon issuance and will expire three
years from the date of issuance, unless accelerated.
For example: if you subscribe for 100 Units you will receive 100
common stock shares and 100 warrants (50 of which will be
exercisable at $0.018 and 50 of which will be exercisable at
$0.024). The shares of Common
Stock and Warrants will be immediately separable upon closing of
the Rights Offering. You may exercise all or a portion of your
basic subscription right, or you may choose not to exercise any
subscription rights. However, if you exercisefewer than all of your
basic subscription right, you will not be entitled to purchase any
additional Units pursuant to the over-subscription right. No
fractional shares or warrants will be issued upon exercise of
subscription rights in the Rights Offering.
What is the over-subscription right?
We do not expect all of our stockholders to exercise all of such
holder’s basic subscription right. If you fully exercise your
basic subscription right (other than those subscription rights to
acquire less than one whole Unit, which cannot be exercised) and
other stockholders do not fully exercise their basic subscription
right, you may also exercise an over-subscription right to purchase
additional Units that remain unsubscribed at the expiration of the
Rights Offering, subject to availability, at the same subscription
price of $0.012 per Unit. To the extent the number of
unsubscribed Units is insufficient to satisfy all of the properly
exercised over-subscription right requests, the available Units
will be prorated among those who properly exercised
over-subscription rights in proportion to their respective basic
subscription right. Any excess payments will be returned without
interest or penalty as soon as practicable after the expiration of
the Rights Offering.
In order to properly exercise your over-subscription right, you
must deliver the subscription payment for exercise of your
over-subscription right before the expiration of the Rights
Offering. Because we will not know the total number of unsubscribed
Units before the expiration of the Rights Offering, if you wish to
maximize the number of Units you purchase pursuant to your
over-subscription right, you will need to deliver payment in an
amount equal to the aggregate subscription price for the maximum
number of Units available, assuming that no stockholder other than
you has purchased any Units pursuant to their basic subscription
right and over-subscription right. Please read “The Rights
Offering — The Subscription Rights — Over-Subscription
Right.”
May the subscription rights that I exercise be reduced for any
reason?
Yes. While we are distributing to holders of our Common Stock one
subscription right for every share of Common Stock owned or deemed
owned on the Record Date, we are only seeking to raise
$6,000,000 dollars in gross proceeds in this Rights
Offering. As a result, based on 2,997,279,413 shares
of Common Stock outstanding as of September 17, 2018;
we are granting subscription rights to acquire approximately
2,997,279,413 Units but will only accept subscriptions for
500,000,000 Units. Accordingly, sufficient Units may
not be available to honor your subscription in full. If exercises
of basic subscription rights exceed the number of Units available
in the Rights Offering, we will allocate the available Units pro
rata among the record holders exercising the basic subscription
rights in proportion to the number of shares of our Common Stock
each of those record holders owned or were deemed to own on the
Record Date, relative to the number of shares owned on the Record
Date by all record holders exercising the basic subscription right.
If this pro rata allocation results in any record holders receiving
a greater number of Units than the recordholder subscribed for
pursuant to the exercise of the basic subscription rights, then
such record holder will be allocated only that number of Units for
which the record holder subscribed, and the remaining Units will be
allocated among all other record holders exercising their basic
subscription rights on the same pro rata basis described above. The
proration process will be repeated until all Units have been
allocated. Please see “The Rights Offering—The
Subscription Rights—Over-Subscription Right” for a
description of potential proration as to the over-subscription
right and certain stock ownership limitations.
If for any reason the amount of Units allocated to you is less than
you have subscribed for, then the excess funds held by the
Subscription Agent on your behalf will be returned to you, without
interest, as soon as practicable after the Rights Offering has
expired and all prorating calculations and reductions contemplated
by the terms of the Rights Offering have been effected, and we will
have no further obligations to you.
How was the subscription price determined?
In determining the subscription price for exercising the rights,
the board of directors considered a number of factors, including
the likely cost of capital from other sources, our business
prospects, historical and current trading prices of our Common
Stock, the value of the Warrants being issued as components of the
Unit, general conditions of the securities markets, and our need
for liquidity and capital. The subscription price is not
necessarily related to our book value, net worth or any other
established criteria of value. After the date of this prospectus,
our Common Stock may trade at a price below the subscription price
for each Unit. In that event, the board of directors, in its sole
discretion, may determine to cancel or otherwise alter the terms of
the Rights Offering.
Will fractional shares of Common Stock be issued upon exercise of
the subscription rights?
No. We will not issue fractional shares of Common Stock or
Warrants. If the number of subscription rights you exercise would
otherwise permit you to purchase a fractional share of Common Stock
or Warrant, the number of shares of Common Stock and number of
Warrants that you may purchase will be rounded down to the nearest
whole share or Warrant, as applicable.
Am I required to exercise all of the subscription rights I receive
in the Rights Offering?
No. You may exercise any whole number of your subscription rights,
or you may choose not to exercise any subscription rights. If you
do not exercise your basic subscription right in full, you will not
be entitled to participate in the over-subscription
right.
May I transfer my subscription rights?
No. You may not sell, transfer or assign your subscription right to
anyone. Subscription rights will not be listed for trading on any
stock exchange or market. Rights certificates may only be completed
by the stockholder who receives them.
Will holders of our equity awards to employees, officers and
directors receive rights in the Rights Offering?
Holders of our equity awards to employees, officers and directors,
including outstanding stock options, will not receive rights in the
Rights Offering in connection with such equity awards, but will
receive subscription rights in connection with any shares of our
Common Stock held as of the Record Date.
How much will the Company receive in net proceeds from the Rights
Offering?
We expect the aggregate proceeds, net of expenses and fees, from
the Rights Offering will be approximately $5.95
million, assuming all subscription rights are exercised and
after paying an estimated $50,000 in fees associated with the
Rights Offering. Please see “Use of
Proceeds.”
Are there any limitations on the number of my rights that I may
exercise?
Yes. Unless waived by us in our sole discretion, in no event may
any subscriber purchase Units in the Rights Offering that, when
aggregated with all of the shares of Common Stock otherwise
beneficially owned (as defined by Rule 13(d) of the Exchange Act)
by the subscriber and its affiliates, would immediately following
the closing of this Rights Offering represent 25% or more of our
issued and outstanding shares. If the amount of subscription rights
that you exercise is limited, any amount not used for purchases
will be refunded.
How soon must I act to exercise my subscription
rights?
If you received a rights certificate, the subscription rights may
be exercised at any time before the expiration of the Rights
Offering, which is on November 12, 2018, at 6:00 p.m.
Eastern Time. Please read “The Rights Offering” for
detailed information on the procedure and requirements for
exercising your subscription right. If you elect to exercise any
rights, the Subscription Agent must actually receive all required
documents from you, and your payment must have cleared, before that
time. If your required subscription exercise documentation is
received by the Subscription Agent after the expiration of the
Rights Offering, we may, in our sole discretion, choose to accept
your subscription, but will be under no obligation to do
so.
If you hold your shares of Common Stock in name of a broker,
dealer, bank, or other nominee, your nominee may establish a
deadline before the expiration of the Rights Offering by which you
must provide such nominee with your instructions to exercise your
subscription right along with the required payment. We reserve the
option of extending the expiration of the subscription period in
our sole discretion.
How do I exercise my subscription rights?
If you wish to participate in the Rights Offering, you
must:
1.
Deliver
payment to the Subscription Agent using one of the methods outlined
under the section entitled “The Rights Offering —
Method of Exercising Subscription Rights” and “—
Form of Payment”, which payment must have cleared before 6:00
p.m. Eastern Time, on November 12, 2018; and
2.
Deliver
a properly completed rights certificate to the Subscription Agent
before the expiration of the offering period, which is
November 12 ,
2018.
Any stockholder who cannot deliver its rights certificate to the
Subscription Agent before the expiration time may use the
procedures for guaranteed delivery described under the section
entitled “The Rights Offering—Guaranteed Delivery
Procedures.” In some cases, you may be required to provide
additional documentation.
If you hold your shares of Common Stock through a broker, dealer,
bank or other nominee as record holder, complete and return to your
record holder the form entitled “Beneficial Owner Election
Form” or such other appropriate documents as provided by your
nominee related to your subscription right prior to the deadline
established by your nominee.
To whom should I send my forms and payment?
If your shares are held in the name of a broker, dealer, bank or
other nominee as record holder, then you should send your
subscription documents, rights certificate, notices of guaranteed
delivery (if applicable) and subscription payment to that
nominee.
If you are the record holder, then you should send your
subscription documents, rights certificate, notices of guaranteed
delivery (if applicable) and subscription payment by hand delivery,
first class mail or courier service to the Subscription Agent,
Direct Transfer, LLC:
By mail:
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By hand or overnight courier:
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Direct
Transfer, LLC
Attn: Rights Offering
500 Perimeter Park Drive Suite D,
Morrisville NC 27560
Tel:
(888) 301-2498
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Direct Transfer, LLC
Attn: Rights Offering
500 Perimeter Park Drive Suite D,
Morrisville NC 27560
Tel:
(888) 301-2498
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You are solely responsible for completing delivery of your
subscription documents, rights certificate and payment to the
Subscription Agent or, if you are not a record holder to your
broker, dealer, custodian bank or other nominee. We urge you to
allow sufficient time for delivery of your subscription materials
to the Subscription Agent or your broker, dealer, custodian bank or
other nominee. If you send a payment that is insufficient to
purchase the number of Units you requested, or if the number of
Units you requested is not specified in the forms, the payment
received will be applied to exercise your subscription right to the
fullest extent possible based on the amount of the payment
received.
After I send in my payment and rights certificate, may I cancel or
revoke my exercise of subscription rights?
No. All exercises of subscription rights are irrevocable, even if
you later learn information that you consider to be unfavorable to
the exercise of your subscription right, or the market price of
Common Stock falls below the subscription price of the Units,
including during any extension of the subscription period. However,
if we amend the Rights Offering to make a material change to the
terms set forth in this prospectus, you may cancel your
subscription and receive a refund of any money you have advanced.
You should not exercise your subscription right unless you are
certain that you wish to purchase Units at a subscription price
of $0.012 per Unit.
What should I do if I want to participate in the Rights Offering
but my shares are held in the name of my broker, dealer, bank or
other nominee?
If you hold your shares of Common Stock in the name of a broker,
dealer, bank or other nominee as record holder, then your broker,
dealer, bank or other nominee is the record holder of the shares
you own or are deemed to own and the record holder must exercise
the subscription rights on your behalf for the Units that you wish
to purchase. If you wish to participate in the Rights Offering and
purchase Units, contact your broker, dealer, bank or other nominee
promptly. You should complete and return to your nominee the form
entitled “Beneficial Owner Election Form.” You should
receive this form from your broker, dealer, bank or other nominee
with the other Rights Offering materials. You should contact your
broker, dealer, bank, or other nominee if you believe that you are
entitled to participate in the Rights Offering but have not
received any Rights Offering materials.
Will holders of our warrants be permitted to participate in the
Rights Offering?
Certain holders of our warrants to purchase Common Stock will have
the right to participate in the Rights Offering, such warrants are
exercised prior to the Record Date. As of the Record Date, there
are warrants to purchase 595,000,000 shares of Common
Stock issued and outstanding.
What will happen if I do not exercise my subscription
rights?
If you do not exercise any subscription rights or choose not to
exercise your subscription right in full, the number of shares of
Common Stock that you own will not change; however, you will own a
smaller proportional interest of Common Stock than if you had
timely exercised all or a portion of your subscription right. If
other stockholders fully exercise their subscription rights or
exercise a greater proportion of their subscription rights than you
exercise, the percentage of our Common Stock owned by these other
stockholders will increase relative to your ownership percentage,
and your voting and other rights in the Company will likewise be
diluted. Further, the shares issuable upon the exercise of the
Warrants to be issued pursuant to the Rights Offering will dilute
the ownership interest of stockholders not participating in this
Rights Offering. Subscription rights not exercised prior to the
expiration of the Rights Offering will expire.
Are there risks in exercising my subscription
rights?
Yes. Exercising your subscription right involves the purchase of
Units and should be considered as carefully as you would consider
any other investment. Stockholders who exercise subscription rights
risk investment loss on new money invested. We cannot assure you
that anyone purchasing Units at the subscription price will be able
to sell the shares of Common Stock or shares issued upon the
exercise of the Warrants included in the Unit in the future at the
same price or a higher price. Among other things, you should
carefully consider the risks described under the heading
“Risk Factors” in this prospectus and the documents
incorporated by reference herein.
How and when will I receive my shares of Common Stock and Warrants
purchased in the Rights Offering?
Shares of Common Stock and Warrants included in the Units purchased
in the Rights Offering will be issued only in book-entry form (i.e.
no physical stock certificates will be issued). If you are the
holder of record of Common Stock (whether you hold share
certificates or your shares are maintained in book-entry form by
our transfer agent, Direct Transfer, LLC), you will
receive a statement of ownership reflecting the shares of Common
Stock and Warrants included in the Units purchased in the offering
as soon as practicable after the expiration of the Rights Offering.
If your shares of Common Stock are registered in the name of a
broker, dealer, bank or other nominee, your shares of Common Stock
and Warrants included in the Units will be issued to the same
account, and you may request a statement of ownership from the
nominee following the expiration of the Rights
Offering.
If the Rights Offering is not completed, will my subscription
payment be refunded to me?
Yes. The Subscription Agent will hold all funds it receives in
escrow until completion of the Rights Offering. If the Rights
Offering is not completed, all subscription payments received by
the Subscription Agent will be returned, without interest, as soon
as practicable. If you hold your shares of Common Stock through a
broker, dealer, bank or other nominee as record holder, the
Subscription Agent will return payments to the record holder of the
shares.
How do I exercise my subscription rights if I live outside the
United States?
We will not mail this prospectus or the rights certificates to
stockholders whose addresses are outside the United States or who
have an army post office or foreign post office address, because
their exercise of rights may be prohibited by the laws of the
country in which they live. Instead, the Subscription Agent will
hold the rights certificates for their account. To exercise
subscription rights, our foreign stockholders must notify the
Subscription Agent on or before 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time, on
November 12, 2018 and timely follow the procedures
described in the section entitled “The Rights Offering
— Foreign Stockholders.”
What fees or charges apply to me if I exercise
rights?
We are not charging any fee or sales commission to issue
subscription rights to you or to issue shares of Common Stock and
Warrants to you if you exercise your subscription right. However,
if you exercise your subscription right through the record holder
of your shares, or if you exercise the Warrants included in the
Units, you are responsible for paying any fees your nominee may
charge you.
Will I receive interest on any funds I deposit with the
Subscription Agent?
No. You will not be entitled to any interest on any funds that are
deposited with the Subscription Agent pending completion or
cancellation of the Rights Offering. If the Rights Offering is
cancelled for any reason, the Subscription Agent will return this
money to subscribers, without interest or penalty, as soon as
practicable.
What are the U.S. federal income tax consequences of exercising
subscription rights?
For U.S. federal income tax purposes, you generally should not
recognize income or loss in connection with the receipt or exercise
of subscription rights. You are urged to consult your own tax
advisor as to your particular tax consequences resulting from the
receipt and exercise of subscription rights and the receipt,
ownership and disposition of Units and the Common Stock and
Warrants included in the Units. For further information, please
read “Certain United States Federal Income Tax
Considerations.”
Is the Company requiring a minimum subscription to complete the
Rights Offering?
No.
Will the Company’s directors or officers participate in the
Rights Offering?
All holders of Common Stock as of the Record Date for the Rights
Offering will receive, at no charge, non-transferable subscription
rights to purchase Units as described in this prospectus. To the
extent that our directors and officers held shares of Common Stock
holders as of the Record Date, they will receive the subscription
rights and, while they are under no obligation to do so, will be
entitled to participate in the Rights Offering.
Has the board of directors made a recommendation to our
stockholders regarding the Rights Offering?
No. The board of directors does not make any recommendation to
stockholder’s holders regarding the exercise of
rights under the Rights Offering. You should make an independent
investment decision about whether or not to exercise your rights
based on your own assessment of our business and the Rights
Offering.
How many shares of Common Stock will be outstanding after the
Rights Offering?
We expect that, as of the Record Date, we will have
approximately 2,997,279,413 shares of Common
Stock issued and outstanding and the numbers set forth in this
paragraph are based on that expectation. If all of our outstanding
warrants as of the Record Date are exercised, we will have
approximately 3,997,279,413 shares of Common Stock
issued and outstanding as of the Record Date. If the Rights
Offering is fully subscribed, meaning that we issue the maximum
possible number of Units upon exercise of rights, we will issue an
aggregate of 500,000,000 Units, each Unit consisting
of one share of Common Stock and two ½ Warrants
in exchange for an exercise price of $0.012 per Unit,
or aggregate gross proceeds of
$6,000,000.
Can the Company extend, cancel or amend the Rights
Offering?
Yes. We reserve the option to extend the Rights Offering and the
offering period for exercising your subscription right, in our sole
discretion. If we elect to extend the expiration of the Rights
Offering, we will issue a press release announcing such extension
no later than the next business day after the most recently
announced expiration of the Rights Offering. We will extend the
duration of the Rights Offering as required by applicable law or
regulation and may choose to extend it if we decide to give
investors more time to exercise their subscription rights in the
Rights Offering.
The board of directors may cancel the Rights Offering at any time
before the expiration of the Rights Offering for any reason. In the
event that the Rights Offering is cancelled, we will issue a press
release notifying stockholders of the cancellation and all
subscription payments received by the Subscription Agent will be
returned, without interest or penalty, as soon as practicable. If
you own shares through a broker, dealer, bank or other nominee as
record holder, it may take longer for you to receive your
subscription payment because the Subscription Agent will return
payments through the record holder of your shares.
We may amend or modify the terms of the Rights Offering for any
reason, including, without limitation, in order to increase
participation in the Rights Offering, in our sole discretion. Such
amendments or modifications may include a change in the
subscription price, although no such change is presently
contemplated.
If we should make any fundamental changes to the terms set forth in
this prospectus, we will file a post-effective amendment to the
registration statement in which this prospectus is included, offer
potential purchasers who have subscribed for rights the opportunity
to cancel their subscriptions, issue a refund of any money advanced
by such stockholder and recirculate an updated prospectus after the
post-effective amendment is declared effective by the SEC. In
addition, upon such event, we may extend the expiration date of the
Rights Offering to allow holders of rights ample time to make new
investment decisions and for us to recirculate updated
documentation. Promptly following any such occurrence, we will
issue a press release announcing any changes and the new expiration
date.
Whom should I contact if I have other questions?
If you have other questions or need assistance, please contact the
Information Agent, Direct Transfer, LLC or the company
through its investor relations/public relations contact, CMW
Media, directly at (206) 483-0059 or investors@growlifeinc.com.
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Direct Transfer,
LLC
Attn: Rights
Offering
500 Perimeter Park Drive Suite D,
Morrisville NC 27560
Tel: (888)
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Direct Transfer,
LLC
Attn: Rights
Offering
500 Perimeter Park Drive Suite D,
Morrisville NC 27560
Tel: (888)
301-2498
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Investing in our Units, Common Stock and Warrants involves a number
of risks. You should not invest unless you are able to bear the
complete loss of your investment. You should carefully consider the
risks described below and discussed under the section entitled
“Risk Factors” in our most recent Annual Report on Form
10-K, as amended, as well as any amendment or updates to our risk
factors reflected in subsequent filings under the Exchange Act,
including but not limited to our most recent Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q, as amended, which are incorporated herein by reference
in their entirety, together with other information in this
prospectus and the information and documents incorporated by
reference in this prospectus. These risks and uncertainties
described below or otherwise incorporated herein by reference are
not the only risks and uncertainties we face. Additional risks and
uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently deem
immaterial also may impair our business operations. If any of the
following risks actually occur, our business could be harmed. In
such case, the trading price of our Common Stock could decline and
investors could lose all or a part of the money paid to buy our
Units. Our actual results could differ materially from those
anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of
these and other factors.
Risks Relating to the Rights Offering and Common Stock
The price of our common stock is volatile and may decline following
receipt and/or exercise of the rights.
Pursuant to the Rights Offering, our shareholders will be entitled
to purchase Units at a subscription price of $0.012 per Unit. Our stock
price has been and may continue to be subject to significant
volatility. Since January 1, 2018, the daily closing price of our
common stock has ranged from a high of $0.037 per share to a low of
$0.013 per share. Our stock price may decline in the time period
following the receipt and/or exercise of the rights and there is no
guarantee that our common stock will trade at a level equal to or
greater than the subscription price. There are numerous factors
which may affect the price of our common stock, some of which are
out of our control or may have little or nothing to do with us or
our financial performance. These factors include, among other
things:
●
our quarterly or annual earnings or those of other companies in our
industry;
●
actual or anticipated fluctuations in our operating results and
cash flow;
●
business conditions in our markets and the demand for tourism
generally;
●
increased fuel and travel costs; and
●
general economic factors, including the current economic recession
and the current state of the securities markets.
Your relative ownership interest may experience significant
dilution as a result of this Rights Offering or due to other
transactions.
Stockholders who do not fully exercise their subscription rights
should expect that they will, at the completion of this offering,
own a smaller proportional interest in the Company than would
otherwise be the case had they fully exercised their subscription
rights. The shares issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants to be
issued pursuant to the Rights Offering will further dilute the
ownership interest of stockholders not participating in the Rights
Offering or holders of Warrants who have not exercised
them.
As of June 30, 2018, there were approximately 2.954 billion shares of our common stock
issued and outstanding. In addition, as of June 30, 2018, there are also (i) stock
option grants outstanding for the purchase of 63 million common shares at a $0.009
average exercise price; (ii) warrants for the purchase of
595 million common shares at a
$0.031 average exercise price; and (iii) 109.1 million shares related to convertible debt that can be
converted at 0.002535 per share.
In addition, we have an unknown number of common shares to be
issued under the Chicago Venture financing agreements because the
number of shares ultimately issued to Chicago Venture depends on
the price at which Chicago Venture converts its debt to shares. The
lower the conversion price, the more shares that will be issued to
Chicago Venture upon the conversion of debt to shares. We
won’t know the exact number of shares of stock issued to
Chicago Venture until the debt is actually converted to
equity. If all stock option grant and warrant and contingent
shares are issued, approximately 3.721.8 billion of our currently
authorized 6 billion shares of common stock will be issued and
outstanding. For purposes
of estimating the number of shares issuable upon the
exercise/conversion of all stock options, warrants and contingent
shares, we assumed the number of shares and average share prices
detailed above.
The conversion or exercise of all or a portion of these warrants or
options, or the Warrants included in the Units sold in this Rights
Offering would result in additional dilution to your ownership
interest. Additionally, if we do not increase our revenue or reduce
our expenses, we may need to raise additional capital, which may
result in further dilution to our stockholders.
Some of our convertible debentures may require adjustment in the
conversion price.
Our
Convertible Notes Payable may require an adjustment in the current
conversion price of $0.002535 per share if we issue common stock,
warrants or equity below the price that is reflected in the
convertible notes payable. The conversion price of the convertible
notes will have an impact on the market price of our common stock.
Specifically, if under the terms of the convertible notes the
conversion price goes down, then the market price, and ultimately
the trading price, of our common stock will go down. If under the
terms of the convertible notes the conversion price goes up, then
the market price, and ultimately the trading price, of our common
stock will likely go up. In other words, as the conversion price
goes down, so does the market price of our stock. As the conversion
price goes up, so presumably does the market price of our stock.
The more the conversion price goes down, the more shares are issued
upon conversion of the debt which ultimately means the more stock
that might flood into the market, potentially causing a further
depression of our stock.
We do not anticipate paying any cash dividends on our capital stock
in the foreseeable future.
We have
never declared or paid cash dividends on our capital stock. We
currently intend to retain all of our future earnings, if any, to
finance the growth and development of our business, and we do not
anticipate paying any cash dividends on our capital stock in the
foreseeable future. In addition, the terms of any future debt
agreements may preclude us from paying dividends.
Anti-takeover provisions may limit the ability of another party to
acquire our company, which could cause our stock price to
decline.
Our
certificate of incorporation, as amended, our bylaws and Delaware
law contain provisions that could discourage, delay or prevent a
third party from acquiring our company, even if doing so may be
beneficial to our stockholders. In addition, these provisions could
limit the price investors would be willing to pay in the future for
shares of our common stock.
We may issue preferred stock that could have rights that are
preferential to the rights of common stock that could discourage
potentially beneficially transactions to our common
shareholders.
An
issuance of additional shares of preferred stock could result in a
class of outstanding securities that would have preferences with
respect to voting rights and dividends and in liquidation over our
common stock and could, upon conversion or otherwise, have all of
the rights of our common stock. Our Board of Directors'
authority to issue preferred stock could discourage potential
takeover attempts or could delay or prevent a change in control
through merger, tender offer, proxy contest or otherwise by making
these attempts more difficult or costly to achieve. The
issuance of preferred stock could impair the voting, dividend and
liquidation rights of common stockholders without their
approval.
The subscription rights are not transferable, and there is no
market for the subscription rights.
You may not sell,
give away, or otherwise transfer your subscription rights. The
subscription rights are only transferable by operation of law.
Because the subscription rights are non-transferable, there is no
market or other means for you to directly realize any value
associated with the subscription rights.
The subscription price determined for the Rights Offering is not
necessarily an indication of the fair value of our common
stock.
Our board of
directors determined the subscription price for the Units offered
in this Rights
Offering, after carefully
considering numerous factors, including, among
others:
●
the likely cost of capital from other sources;
● the price at which our
shareholders might be willing to participate in the
Rights
Offering;
● historical and current trading
prices of our common stock;
● our need for capital and
liquidity; and
● our desire to provide an
opportunity for our shareholders to participate in the
Rights
Offering on a
pro rata basis.
The subscription
price is $0.012 per
Unit. The subscription price is not intended to bear any
relationship to the book value of our assets or our past
operations, cash flows, losses, financial condition, net worth, or
any other established criteria used to value securities. You should
not consider the subscription price to be an indication of the fair
value of the common stock to be offered in the Rights
Offering. After the date of
this prospectus, our common stock may trade at prices significantly
above or below the subscription price.
The market price of Common Stock may decrease before or after the
subscription rights expire.
The
market price of Common Stock could be subject to wide fluctuations
in response to numerous factors, some of which are beyond our
control. These factors include, among other things, macroeconomic
conditions, industry trends, regulatory approvals, customer
demands, and competition. We cannot assure you that the market
price of Common Stock will not decline after you elect to exercise
your subscription right. If that occurs, you may have committed to
buy Units which include shares of Common Stock and Warrants in the
Rights Offering at a price greater than the prevailing market
price, and could have an immediate unrealized loss. Moreover, we
cannot assure you that following the exercise of your subscription
right you will be able to sell your Common Stock or shares issued
upon exercise of the Warrants at a price equal to or greater than
the subscription price.
The
number of shares of Common Stock and Warrants we could issue if the
Rights Offering is completed or the adjustments to certain warrants
as a result of the Rights Offering may result in an immediate
decrease in the trading price of our Common Stock. This decrease
may continue after the completion of the Rights Offering. If that
occurs, your purchase of Units in the Rights Offering may be at a
price greater than the prevailing trading price of Common Stock
following the completion of the Rights Offering. Further, if a
substantial number of subscription rights are exercised, and the
holders of the shares received upon exercise of those subscription
rights or upon exercise of the Warrants choose to sell some or all
of those shares, the resulting sales could depress the market price
of Common Stock.
Our common stock is traded on the OTCQB under the symbol "PHOT" and
the last reported sales price of our common stock on the OTCQB on
September 14, 2018, was $0.014 per
share.
You must act promptly and follow instructions carefully if you want
to exercise your rights.
Eligible participants and, if applicable, brokers, dealers, banks
or other nominees acting on their behalf, who desire to purchase
Units in the Rights Offering must act promptly to ensure that all
required certificates and payments are actually received by the
Subscription Agent prior to the expiration of the Rights Offering
on November
12, 2018, at 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The time period
to exercise rights is limited. If you or your broker fail to
complete and sign the required rights certificate, send an
incorrect payment amount or otherwise fail to follow the procedures
that apply to the exercise of your rights, we may, depending on the
circumstances, reject your exercise of rights or accept it only to
the extent of the payment received. Neither we nor the Subscription
Agent undertakes to contact you concerning, or attempt to correct,
an incomplete or incorrect rights certificate or payment or contact
you concerning whether a broker, dealer bank or other nominee holds
rights on your behalf. We have the sole discretion to determine
whether an exercise properly follows the procedures that apply to
the exercise of your rights.
We may terminate the Rights Offering at any time prior to the
expiration of the offer period, and neither we nor the Subscription
Agent will have any obligation to you except to return your
exercise payments.
We may, in our sole discretion, decide not to continue with the
Rights Offering or terminate the Rights Offering prior to the
expiration of the offer period. If we withdraw or terminate this
offering, neither we nor the Subscription Agent will have any
obligation with respect to rights that have been exercised except
to return as soon as practicable any subscription payments, without
interest or penalty, the Subscription Agent received from
you.
You will not receive interest on any subscription payments returned
to you.
If we cancel the Rights Offering, neither we nor the Subscription
Agent will have any obligation with respect to the subscription
rights except to return, without interest or deduction, any
subscription payments to you.
We may amend or modify the terms of the Rights Offering at any time
before the expiration of the Rights Offering in our sole
discretion.
The board of directors reserves the right to amend the terms of the
Rights Offering in its sole discretion. We may choose to amend the
terms of the Rights Offering for any reason, including, without
limitation, in order to increase participation in the Rights
Offering. Any such amendment that is not fundamental enough for us
to have to return your subscription payment may nonetheless affect
your rights, including any anticipated return on your investment,
adversely.
You may not receive all of the Units for which you
oversubscribe.
Eligible participants who fully exercise their basic subscription
right (other than those subscription rights to acquire less than
one whole Unit, which cannot be exercised) will be entitled to
subscribe for an additional number of Units by exercising an
over-subscription right. Over-subscription rights will generally be
allocated pro rata among rights holders who oversubscribe, based on
the number of basic subscription Units to which they have
subscribed, although the allocation of over-subscription rights
among investors who may become 5% holders, who are 5% holders that
have not properly filed any required forms with the SEC, or who
would own in excess of 25% of the Company’s shares may be
reduced. We cannot guarantee that you will receive any or the
entire number of Units for which you oversubscribed. If the
prorated number of Units allocated to you in connection with your
over-subscription right is less than your request, then the excess
funds held by the Subscription Agent on your behalf will be
returned to you, without interest, as soon as practicable after the
Rights Offering has expired and all prorating calculations and
reductions contemplated by the terms of the Rights Offering have
been effected, and we will have no further obligation to
you.
Completion of the Rights Offering is not subject to us raising a
minimum offering amount.
Completion of the Rights Offering is not subject to us raising a
minimum offering amount and, therefore, proceeds may be
insufficient to meet our objectives, thereby increasing the risk to
investors in the offering, including investing in a company that
continues to require capital. We will incur substantial expenses in
connection with the Rights Offering, and insufficient proceeds from
the Rights Offering may result in offering related expenses in
excess of proceeds received from the Rights Offering. Please read
“Use of Proceeds.”
You may not revoke your subscription exercise, even if we extend
the expiration of the Rights Offering, and you could be committed
to buying Units above the prevailing market price.
Once you exercise your subscription right, you may not revoke the
exercise of such rights. If we decide to extend the expiration of
the Rights Offering, you still may not revoke the exercise of your
subscription right. The public trading market price of our Common
Stock may decline before the subscription rights expire. If you
exercise your subscription right and, afterwards, the public
trading market price of our Common Stock decreases below the
subscription price of each Unit, you will have committed to buying
Units, including shares of Common Stock and Warrants, at a price
above the prevailing market price. Our Common Stock is traded on
the OTCQB Market under the symbol “PHOT.” The last
reported sales price of our Common Stock on September
14, 2018 was $0.014 per share. Following the
exercise of your rights, you may be unable to sell your shares of
Common Stock or Warrants at a price equal to or greater than the
subscription price you paid for the Unit, and you may lose all or
part of your investment in the Unit or our Common
Stock.
If you make payment of the subscription price by uncertified check,
your check may not clear in sufficient time to enable you to
purchase Units in this Rights Offering.
Any uncertified check used to pay for Units to be issued in this
Rights Offering must clear prior to the expiration date of this
Rights Offering, and the clearing process may require seven or more
business days. If you choose to exercise your subscription right,
in whole or in part, and to pay for Units by uncertified check and
your check has not cleared prior to the expiration date of this
Rights Offering, you will not have satisfied the conditions to
exercise your subscription right and will not receive the Units you
wish to purchase.
Exercising the subscription right limits your ability to engage in
certain hedging transactions that could provide you with financial
benefits.
By exercising the subscription rights, you are representing to us
that you have not entered into any short sale or similar
transaction with respect to our Common Stock since the Record Date
for the Rights Offering. These requirements prevent you from
pursuing certain investment strategies that could provide you
greater financial benefits than you might have realized if the
subscription rights did not contain these
requirements.
The subscription rights are not transferable, and there is no
market for the subscription rights.
You may not sell, transfer, assign or give away your subscription
right. Because the subscription rights are non-transferable, there
is no market or other means for you to directly realize any value
associated with the subscription rights. You must exercise the
subscription rights to realize any potential value from your
subscription right.
There is no public market for the Warrants included in the
Units.
There is no established public trading market for our Warrants, and
we do not expect a market to develop. We do not intend to list the
Warrants on any national securities exchange or nationally
recognized trading system.
The subscription price for the Units sold in the Rights Offering is
not an indication of the value of our Common Stock.
The subscription price is not necessarily related to our book
value, net worth or any other established criteria of value and may
or may not be considered the fair value of the Units to be offered
in the Rights Offering. We cannot give any assurance that Common
Stock will trade at or above the subscription price of each Unit in
any given time period. After the date of this prospectus, our
Common Stock may trade at prices above or below the subscription
price of each Unit.
The market price of our Common Stock may never exceed the exercise
price of the Warrants issued in connection with this Rights
Offering.
The Warrants being issued in connection with this offering become
exercisable upon issuance and will expire three years
from the date of issuance. The market price of our Common Stock may
never exceed the exercise price of the Warrants prior to their date
of expiration. The expiration date of the Warrants may
be accelerated in the Company’s sole discretion upon 30
days’ notice from Company to older if the closing trading
price of the Company’s Common Stock is above $0.0325 for ten
consecutive trading days. Any
Warrants not exercised by their date of expiration will expire
worthless and we will be under no further obligation to the Warrant
holder.
The Warrants contain features that may reduce your economic benefit
from owning them.
The Warrants contain features that allow us to redeem all of the
Warrants no earlier than six months after the date of issuance for
$0.0001 per Warrant once the volume weighted average
price of our common stock has equaled or exceeded
$0.03 per share, subject to adjustment, for five
consecutive trading days. To redeem the Warrants, we must provide
not less than 30 days’ prior written notice, which notice
could come at a time when it is not advisable or possible for you
to exercise the Warrants. As a result, you may be unable to fully
benefit from owning the Warrants being redeemed.
Except for certain contractual participation rights, Holders of our
Warrants will have no rights as a common stockholder until such
holders exercise their Warrants and acquire our Common
Stock.
Until holders of Warrants acquire shares of our Common Stock upon
exercise of the Warrants, holders of Warrants will have no rights
with respect to the shares of our Common Stock underlying such
Warrants, except for certain contractual participation
rights.
You may not be able to immediately resell any shares of Common
Stock or Warrants that you purchase pursuant to the exercise of
subscription rights upon expiration of the subscription
period.
If you exercise subscription rights, you may not be able to resell
the Common Stock or Warrants included in the Unit purchased by
exercising your subscription right until you, or your broker,
custodian bank or other nominee, if applicable, have received those
shares or Warrants. Moreover, you will have no rights as a
stockholder in the shares included in the Units you purchased in
the Rights Offering until the shares are issued to you. Although we
will endeavor to issue the shares and Warrants as soon as
practicable after completion of the Rights Offering and after all
necessary calculations have been completed, there may be a delay
between the expiration date of the Rights Offering and the time
that the shares and Warrants are issued.
Our share price may be volatile, which could subject us to
securities class action litigation and prevent you from being able
to sell your shares at or above the offering price.
Our Common Stock market price has been and is likely in the future
to be volatile; the price may be subject to wide fluctuation in
response to many risk factors listed in this section or
incorporated by reference into this prospectus, and others beyond
our control, including:
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Market
acceptance and commercialization of our products;
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Our
being able to timely demonstrate achievement of milestones,
including those related to revenue generation, cost control, cost
effective source supply, and regulatory approvals;
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Announcements
by us regarding liquidity, legal proceedings, significant
acquisitions, equity investments and divestitures, strategic
relationships, addition or loss of significant customers and
contracts, capital expenditure commitments, loan, note payable and
agreement defaults, loss of our subsidiaries and impairment of
assets,
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Our
ability to remain listed on the OTCQB;
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Our
ability to continue trading as the result of a halt by the SEC or
FINRA;
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Results
and timing of our submissions with the regulatory
authorities;
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Regulatory
developments or enforcements in the United States and non-U.S.
countries with respect to our products or our competitors’
products;
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Failure
to achieve pricing acceptable to the market;
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Actual
or anticipated fluctuations in our financial condition and
operating results, or our continuing to sustain operating
losses;
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Competition
from existing products or new products that may
emerge;
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Announcements
by us or our competitors of significant acquisitions, strategic
partnerships, joint ventures, collaborations, or capital
commitments;
●
Issuance
of new or updated research or reports by securities
analysts;
●
Announcement
or expectation of additional financing efforts, particularly if our
cash available for operations significantly decreases or if the
financing efforts result in a price adjustment to certain
warrants;
●
Fluctuations
in the valuation of companies perceived by investors to be
comparable to us;
●
Share
price and volume fluctuations attributable to inconsistent trading
volume levels of our shares;
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Additions
or departures of key management or personnel;
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Disputes
or other developments related to proprietary rights, litigation
matters, and our ability to obtain protection for our intellectual
property;
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Entry
by us into any material litigation or other
proceedings;
●
Sales
of our Common Stock by us, our insiders, or our other
stockholders;
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Exercise
of outstanding warrants, including the Warrants issued in this
Rights Offering;
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Market
conditions for stocks in general; and
●
General
economic and market conditions unrelated to our
performance.
Furthermore, the stock markets have experienced extreme price and
volume fluctuations that have affected and continue to affect the
market prices of equity securities of many companies. These
fluctuations may be unrelated or disproportionate to the operating
performance of those companies. These broad market and industry
fluctuations, as well as general economic, political, and market
conditions such as recessions, interest rate changes, or
international currency fluctuations, may negatively impact the
market price of shares of our Common Stock. In addition, such
fluctuations could subject us to securities class action
litigation, which could result in substantial costs and divert our
management’s attention from other business concerns, which
could seriously harm our business. If the market price of shares of
our Common Stock after this offering does not exceed the
subscription price of the Unit, you may not realize any return on
your investment in us and may lose some or all of your
investment.
CANX and Chicago Venture could have significant influence over
matters submitted to stockholders for approval.
CANX and Logic Works
As of
June 30, 2018, CANX holds warrants representing approximately 15.5%
of our common stock on a fully-converted basis and could be
considered a control group for purposes of SEC rules. However,
their agreements limit their ownership to 4.99% individually and
each of the parties disclaims its status as a control group or a
beneficial owner due to the fact that their beneficial ownership is
limited to 4.99% per their agreements. Beneficial ownership
includes shares over which an individual or entity has investment
or voting power and includes shares that could be issued upon the
exercise of options and warrants within 60 days after the date
of determination.
Chicago Venture
As a
result of funding from Chicago Venture as previously detailed, they
exercise significant control over us.
If
these persons were to choose to act together, they would be able to
significantly influence all matters submitted to our stockholders
for approval, as well as our officers, directors, management and
affairs. For example, these persons, if they choose to act
together, could significantly influence the election of directors
and approval of any merger, consolidation or sale of all or
substantially all of our assets. This concentration of voting power
could delay or prevent an acquisition of us on terms that other
stockholders may desire.
Trading in our stock is limited by the SEC’s penny stock
regulations.
Our
stock is categorized as a penny stock The SEC has adopted Rule
15g-9 which generally defines "penny stock" to be any equity
security that has a market price (as defined) less than US$ 5.00
per share or an exercise price of less than US $5.00 per share,
subject to certain exclusions (e.g., net tangible assets in excess
of $2,000,000 or average revenue of at least $6,000,000 for the
last three years). The penny stock rules impose additional sales
practice requirements on broker-dealers who sell to persons other
than established customers and accredited investors. The penny
stock rules require a broker-dealer, prior to a transaction in a
penny stock not otherwise exempt from the rules, to deliver a
standardized risk disclosure document in a form prepared by the
SEC, which provides information about penny stocks and the nature
and level of risks in the penny stock market. The broker-dealer
also must provide the customer with current bid and offer
quotations for the penny stock, the compensation of the
broker-dealer and its salesperson in the transaction, and monthly
account statements showing the market value of each penny stock
held in the customer's account. The bid and offer quotations, and
the broker-dealer and salesperson compensation information, must be
given to the customer orally or in writing prior to effecting the
transaction and must be given to the customer in writing before or
with the customer's confirmation. In addition, the penny stock
rules require that prior to a transaction in a penny stock not
otherwise exempt from these rules, the broker-dealer must make a
special written determination that the penny stock is a suitable
investment for the purchaser and receive the purchaser's written
agreement to the transaction. Finally, broker-dealers may not
handle penny stocks under $0.10 per share.
These
disclosure requirements reduce the level of trading activity in the
secondary market for the stock that is subject to these penny stock
rules. Consequently, these penny stock rules would affect the
ability of broker-dealers to trade our securities if we become
subject to them in the future. The penny stock rules also could
discourage investor interest in and limit the marketability of our
common stock to future investors, resulting in limited ability for
investors to sell their shares.
FINRA sales practice requirements may also limit a
shareholder’s ability to buy and sell our stock.
In
addition to the “penny stock” rules described above,
FINRA has adopted rules that require that in recommending an
investment to a customer, a broker-dealer must have reasonable
grounds for believing that the investment is suitable for that
customer. Prior to recommending speculative low priced securities
to their non-institutional customers, broker-dealers must make
reasonable efforts to obtain information about the customer’s
financial status, tax status, investment objectives and other
information. Under interpretations of these rules, FINRA believes
that there is a high probability that speculative low priced
securities will not be suitable for at least some customers. The
FINRA requirements make it more difficult for broker-dealers to
recommend that their customers buy our common stock, which may
limit your ability to buy and sell our stock and have an adverse
effect on the market for our shares.
If securities or industry analysts do not publish research or
publish inaccurate or unfavorable research about our business, our
stock price and trading volume could decline.
The trading market for our securities is impacted by the research
and reports that securities or industry analysts publish about us
or our business. We do not have any control over these analysts. We
cannot assure that analysts will continue to cover us or provide
favorable coverage. If one or more of the analysts who cover us
downgrade our stock or change their opinion of our stock, our share
price would likely decline. If one or more of these analysts cease
coverage of us or fail to regularly publish reports on us, we could
lose visibility in the financial markets, which could cause our
stock price or trading volume to decline.
The tax treatment of the Rights Offering is uncertain and it may be
treated as a taxable event to our stockholders.
If the Rights Offering is deemed to be part of a
“disproportionate distribution” under Code Section 305,
our stockholders may recognize taxable income for U.S. federal
income tax purposes in connection with the receipt of subscription
rights in the Rights Offering depending on our current and
accumulated earnings and profits and your tax basis in our Common
Stock. A “disproportionate distribution” is a
distribution or a series of distributions, including deemed
distributions, that has the effect of the receipt of cash or other
property by some stockholders or holders of debt instruments
convertible into stock and an increase in the proportionate
interest of other stockholders in a company’s assets or
earnings and profits. The disproportionate distribution rules are
complicated, however, and their application is uncertain. Please
read “Certain United States Federal Income Tax
Considerations” for further information on the treatment of
the Rights Offering.
The Rights
Offering could impair or limit our net operating loss
carryforwards.
As of December 31, 2017, we had net operating losses, or NOLs of
$5.3 million pretax and accumulated NOLs of approximately $18
million for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Under the Code, an
“ownership change” with respect to a corporation could
limit the amount of pre-ownership change NOLs and certain other tax
assets that the corporation may utilize after the ownership change
to offset future taxable income, possibly reducing the amount of
cash available to the corporation to satisfy its obligations. An
ownership change generally should occur if the aggregate stock
ownership of beneficial owners of at least 5% of our stock
increases by more than 50 percentage points over the preceding
three-year period. Because not all stockholders may exercise their
basic subscription right in full, the purchase of Units could
result in a shift in this beneficial ownership that could trigger
an ownership change with respect to our stock. Please read the
section entitled “Certain United States Federal Income Tax
Considerations” for further information.
You may be required to allocate a portion of your tax basis in our
Common Stock to the subscription rights received in the
offering.
You will be required to allocate a portion of your tax basis in
your Common Stock to the subscription rights we distribute to you
in the offering (which will carry over and become part of the tax
basis in any of our Common Stock acquired upon exercise of the
rights) if you determine the value of the stock rights equals or
exceeds 15% of the fair market value of our Common Stock on the
date we distribute the rights to you, or if you so elect to
allocate a portion of your tax basis to the rights. We are not
required to, nor do we intend to, provide you with an appraisal
setting forth the estimated fair market value of the rights. Please
read “Certain United States Federal Income Tax
Considerations” for further information on the treatment of
the Rights Offering.
We have broad discretion in the use of the net proceeds from this
offering and may not use them effectively.
We currently intend to allocate the net proceeds that we will
receive from this offering as described in this prospectus under
the “Use of Proceeds” section of this prospectus.
However, our management will have broad discretion in the actual
application of the net proceeds, and we may elect to allocate
proceeds differently from that described herein if we believe it
would be in the best interest of the Company to do so. Our
stockholders may not agree with the manner in which our management
chooses to allocate and spend the net proceeds. The failure by our
management to apply these funds effectively could have a material
adverse effect on our business. Pending their use, we may invest
the net proceeds from this offering in a manner that does not
produce income or that loses value.
Risks Related to Our Business
There are certain inherent risks which will have an effect on the
Company’s development in the future and the most
significant risks and uncertainties known and identified by our
management are described below.
Risks Associated with Securities Purchase Agreement with Chicago
Venture
The
Securities Purchase Agreement with Chicago Venture will terminate
if we file protection from its creditors, a Registration Statement
on Form S-1 is not effective, and our market capitalization or the
trading volume of our common stock does not reach certain levels.
If terminated, we will be unable to draw down all or substantially
all of our Chicago Venture Notes.
Our
ability to require Chicago Venture to fund the Chicago Venture Note
is at our discretion, subject to certain limitations. Chicago
Venture is obligated to fund if each of the following conditions
are met; (i) the average and median daily dollar volumes of our
common stock for the twenty (20) and sixty (60) trading days
immediately preceding the funding date are greater than $100,000;
(ii) our market capitalization on the funding date is greater than
$17,000,000; (iii) we are not in default with respect to share
delivery obligations under the note as of the funding date; and
(iv) we are current in our reporting obligations.
There
is no guarantee that we will be able to meet the foregoing
conditions or any other conditions under the Securities Purchase
Agreement and/or Chicago Venture Note or that we will be able to
draw down any portion of the amounts available under the Securities
Purchase Agreement and/or Chicago Venture Note.
If we
not able to draw down all due under the Securities Purchase
Agreement or if the Securities Purchase Agreement is terminated, we
may be forced to curtail the scope of our operations or alter our
business plan if other financing is not available to
us.
Suspension of trading of the Company’s
securities.
On
April 10, 2014, we received notice from the SEC that trading of our
common stock on the OTCBB was to be suspended from April 10, 2014
through April 24, 2014 pursuant to Section 12(k) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934. According to the notice from the SEC the
suspension of trading was. due to concerns regarding the accuracy
and adequacy of information in the marketplace and potentially
manipulative transactions in our common stock.” We never
received notice from the SEC that we were formally being
investigated.
The
suspension of trading eliminated our market makers, resulted in our
trading on the grey sheets, resulted in legal proceedings and
restricted our access to capital.
On
October 17, 2017, we were informed by Alpine Securities Corporation
(“Alpine”) that Alpine has demonstrated compliance with
the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”)
Rule 6432 and Rule 15c2-11 under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934. We filed an amended application with the OTC Markets to list
the Company’s common stock on the OTCQB and begin to trade on
this market as of March 20, 2018.
This
action had a material adverse effect on our business, financial
condition and results of operations. If we are unable to obtain
additional financing when it is needed, we will need to restructure
our operations, and divest all or a portion of our
business.
We are involved in Legal Proceedings.
We are
involved in the disputes and legal proceedings as discussed in the
section title “Legal Proceedings” within our Form 10-K
for year ended December 31, 2017. In addition, as a public company,
we are also potentially susceptible to litigation, such as claims
asserting violations of securities laws. Any such claims, with or
without merit, if not resolved, could be time-consuming and result
in costly litigation. There can be no assurance that an adverse
result in any future proceeding would not have a potentially
material adverse on our business, results of operations or
financial condition.
Our Joint Venture Agreement with CANX USA, LLC and Logic Works may
be important to our operations.
On
November 19, 2013, we entered into a Joint Venture Agreement with
CANX, a Nevada limited liability company. Under the
terms of the Joint Venture Agreement, the Company and CANX formed
Organic Growth International, LLC (“OGI”), a Nevada
limited liability company, for the purpose of expanding our
operations in its current retail hydroponic businesses and in other
synergistic business verticals and facilitating additional funding
for commercially financeable transactions of up to
$40,000,000.
We
initially owned a non-dilutive 45% share of OGI and the Company
could acquire a controlling share of OGI as provided in the Joint
Venture Agreement. In accordance with the Joint Venture Agreement,
the Company and CANX entered into a Warrant Agreement whereby we
delivered to CANX a warrant to purchase 140,000,000 shares of our
common stock that is convertible at $0.033 per share, subject to
adjustment as provided in the warrant. The five-year warrant
expires November 18, 2018. Also in accordance with the Joint
Venture Agreement, on February 7, 2014, the Company issued an
additional warrant to purchase 100,000,000 shares of our common
stock that is convertible at $0.033 per share, subject to
adjustment as provided in the warrant. The five-year warrant
expires February 6, 2019.
GrowLife
received the $1 million as a convertible note in December 2013,
received the $1.3 million commitment but not executed and by
January 2014 OGI had Letters of Intent with four investment and
acquisition transactions valued at $96 million. Before the deals
could close, the SEC put a trading halt on our stock on April 10,
2014, which resulted in the withdrawal of all transactions. The
business disruption from the trading halt and the resulting class
action and derivative lawsuits ceased further investments with the
OGI joint venture. The Convertible Note was converted into our
common stock as of the year ended December 31, 2016.
On July
10, 2014, we closed a Waiver and Modification Agreement, Amended
and Restated Joint Venture Agreement, Secured Credit Facility and
Secured Convertible Note with CANX and Logic Works LLC, a former
lender and current shareholder of the Company.
The
Amended and Restated Joint Venture Agreement with CANX modified the
Joint Venture Agreement dated November 19, 2013 to provide for (i)
up to $12,000,000 in conditional financing subject to review by
GrowLife and approval by OGI for business growth development
opportunities in the legal cannabis industry for up to nine months,
subject to extension; (ii) up to $10,000,000 in working capital
loans with each loaning requiring approval in advance by CANX;
(iii) confirmed that the five year warrants, subject to adjustment,
at $0.033 per share for the purchase of 140,000,000 and 100,000,000
were fully earned and were not considered compensation for tax
purposes by the Company; (iv) granted CANX five year warrants,
subject to adjustment, to purchase 300,000,000 shares of common
stock at the fair market price of $0.033 per share as determined by
an independent appraisal; (v) warrants as defined in the Agreement
related to the achievement of OGI milestones; and (vi) a four year
term, subject to adjustment.
Failure
to operate in accordance with the Agreements with CANX could result
in the cancellation of these agreements, result in foreclosure on
our assets in event of default and would have a material adverse
effect on our business, results of operations or financial
condition.
We may engage in acquisitions, mergers, strategic alliances, joint
ventures and divestures that could result in final results that are
different than expected.
In the normal course of business, we engage in discussions relating
to possible acquisitions, equity investments, mergers, strategic
alliances, joint ventures and divestitures. Such transactions are
accompanied by a number of risks, including the use of significant
amounts of cash, potentially dilutive issuances of equity
securities, incurrence of
debt on potentially unfavorable terms as well as impairment
expenses related to goodwill and amortization expenses related to
other intangible assets, the possibility that we may pay too much
cash or issue too many of our shares as the purchase price for an
acquisition relative to the economic benefits that we ultimately
derive from such acquisition, and various potential difficulties
involved in integrating acquired businesses into our
operations.
From time to time, we have also engaged in discussions with
candidates regarding the potential acquisitions of our product
lines, technologies and businesses. If a divestiture such as this
does occur, we cannot be certain that our business, operating
results and financial condition will not be materially and
adversely affected. A successful divestiture depends on various
factors, including our ability to effectively transfer liabilities,
contracts, facilities and employees to any purchaser; identify and
separate the intellectual property to be divested from the
intellectual property that we wish to retain; reduce fixed costs
previously associated with the divested assets or business; and
collect the proceeds from any divestitures.
If we do not realize the expected benefits of any acquisition or
divestiture transaction, our financial position, results of
operations, cash flows and stock price could be negatively
impacted.
Our proposed business is dependent
on laws pertaining to the marijuana industry.
Continued
development of the marijuana industry is dependent upon continued
legislative authorization of the use and cultivation of marijuana
at the state level. Any number of factors could slow or
halt progress in this area. Further, progress, while
encouraging, is not assured. While there may be ample
public support for legislative action, numerous factors impact
the legislative process. Any one of these factors could
slow or halt use of marijuana, which would negatively impact our
proposed business.
Currently,
thirty states and the District of Columbia allow its citizens to
use medical cannabis. Additionally, eight states and the
District of Columbia have legalized cannabis for adult
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 Obama administration previously
effectively stated that it is not an efficient use of resources to
direct law federal law enforcement agencies to prosecute those
lawfully abiding by state-designated laws allowing the use and
distribution of medical marijuana. The Trump
administration position is unknown. However, there is no
guarantee that the Trump administration will not change current
policy regarding the low-priority enforcement of federal
laws. Additionally, any new administration that follows
could change this policy and decide to enforce the federal laws
strongly. Any such change in the federal
government’s enforcement of current federal laws could cause
significant financial damage to us and its
shareholders.
Further,
while we do not harvest, distribute or sell marijuana, by supplying
products to growers of marijuana, we could be deemed to be
participating in marijuana cultivation, which remains illegal under
federal law, and exposes us to potential criminal liability, with
the additional risk that our business could be subject to civil
forfeiture proceedings.
The marijuana industry faces strong opposition.
It is
believed by many that large, well-funded businesses may have a
strong economic opposition to the marijuana industry. We
believe that the pharmaceutical industry clearly does not want to
cede control of any product that could generate significant
revenue. For example, medical marijuana will likely
adversely impact the existing market for the current
“marijuana pill” sold by mainstream pharmaceutical
companies. Further, the medical marijuana industry could
face a material threat from the pharmaceutical industry, should
marijuana displace other drugs or encroach upon the pharmaceutical
industry’s products. The pharmaceutical industry
is well funded with a strong and experienced lobby that eclipses
the funding of the medical marijuana movement. Any
inroads the pharmaceutical industry could make in halting or
impeding the marijuana industry harm our business, prospects,
results of operation and financial condition.
Marijuana remains illegal under Federal
law.
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. Since federal law criminalizing the use of
marijuana preempts state laws that legalize its use, strict
enforcement of federal law regarding marijuana would harm our
business, prospects, results of operation and financial
condition.
Closing of bank accounts could have a material adverse effect on
our business, financial condition and/or results of
operations.
As a
result of the regulatory environment, we have experienced the
closing of several of our bank accounts since March 2014. We have
been able to open other bank accounts. However, we may have other
banking accounts closed. These factors impact management and could
have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition
and/or results of operations.
Federal regulation and enforcement may adversely affect the
implementation of medical marijuana laws and regulations may
negatively impact our revenues and profits.
Currently,
there are thirty states plus the District of Columbia that have
laws and/or regulation that recognize in one form or another
legitimate medical uses for cannabis and consumer use of cannabis
in connection with medical treatment. Many other states are
considering legislation to similar effect. As of the date of this
writing, the policy and regulations of the Federal government and
its agencies is that cannabis has no medical benefit and a range of
activities including cultivation and use of cannabis for personal
use is prohibited on the basis of federal law and may or may not be
permitted on the basis of state law. Active enforcement of the
current federal regulatory position on cannabis on a regional or
national basis may directly and adversely affect the willingness of
customers of GrowLife to invest in or buy products from GrowLife
that may be used in connection with cannabis. Active enforcement of
the current federal regulatory position on cannabis may thus
indirectly and adversely affect revenues and profits of the
GrowLife companies.
Our history of net losses has raised substantial doubt regarding
our ability to continue as a going concern. If we do not continue
as a going concern, investors could lose their entire
investment.
Our
history of net losses has raised substantial doubt about our
ability to continue as a going concern, and as a result, our
independent registered public accounting firm included an
explanatory paragraph in its report on our financial statements as
of and for the year ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 with
respect to this uncertainty. Accordingly, our ability to continue
as a going concern will require us to seek alternative financing to
fund our operations. This going concern opinion could materially
limit our ability to raise additional funds through the issuance of
new debt or equity securities or otherwise. Future reports on our
financial statements may include an explanatory paragraph with
respect to our ability to continue as a going concern.
We have a history of operating losses and there can be no assurance
that we can again achieve or maintain profitability.
We have
experienced net losses since inception. As of June 30, 2018, we had
an accumulated deficit of $136.1 million. There can be no assurance
that we will achieve or maintain profitability.
We are subject to corporate governance and internal control
reporting requirements, and our costs related to compliance with,
or our failure to comply with existing and future requirements,
could adversely affect our business.
We must
comply with corporate governance requirements under the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the Dodd–Frank Wall Street
Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, as well as additional
rules and regulations currently in place and that may be
subsequently adopted by the SEC and the Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board. These laws, rules, and regulations continue to
evolve and may become increasingly stringent in the future. We are
required to include management’s report on internal controls
as part of our annual report pursuant to Section 404 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act. We strive to continuously evaluate and improve
our control structure to help ensure that we comply with Section
404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The financial cost of compliance
with these laws, rules, and regulations is expected to remain
substantial.
We
cannot assure you that we will be able to fully comply with these
laws, rules, and regulations that address corporate governance,
internal control reporting, and similar matters. Failure to comply
with these laws, rules and regulations could materially adversely
affect our reputation, financial condition, and the value of our
securities.
Our inability or failure to effectively manage our growth could
harm our business and materially and adversely affect our operating
results and financial condition.
Our
strategy envisions growing our business. We plan to expand our
product, sales, administrative and marketing organizations. Any
growth in or expansion of our business is likely to continue to
place a strain on our management and administrative resources,
infrastructure and systems. As with other growing businesses, we
expect that we will need to further refine and expand our business
development capabilities, our systems and processes and our access
to financing sources. We also will need to hire, train, supervise
and manage new and retain contributing employees. These processes
are time consuming and expensive, will increase management
responsibilities and will divert management attention. We cannot
assure you that we will be able to:
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Our
operating results may fluctuate significantly based on customer
acceptance of our products. As a result, period-to-period
comparisons of our results of operations are unlikely to provide a
good indication of our future performance. Management expects that
we will experience substantial variations in our net sales and
operating results from quarter to quarter due to customer
acceptance of our products. If customers don’t accept our
products, our sales and revenues will decline, resulting in a
reduction in our operating income.
Customer
interest for our products could also be impacted by the timing of
our introduction of new products. If our competitors introduce new
products around the same time that we issue new products, and if
such competing products are superior to our own, customers’
desire for our products could decrease, resulting in a decrease in
our sales and revenues. To the extent that we introduce new
products and customers decide not to migrate to our new products
from our older products, our revenues could be negatively impacted
due to the loss of revenue from those customers. In the event that
our newer products do not sell as well as our older products, we
could also experience a reduction in our revenues and operating
income.
If we do not successfully generate additional products and
services, or if such products and services are developed but not
successfully commercialized, we could lose revenue
opportunities.
Our
future success depends, in part, on our ability to expand our
product and service offerings. To that end we have engaged in the
process of identifying new product opportunities to provide
additional products and related services to our customers. The
process of identifying and commercializing new products is complex
and uncertain, and if we fail to accurately predict
customers’ changing needs and emerging technological trends
our business could be harmed. We may have to commit significant
resources to commercializing new products before knowing whether
our investments will result in products the market will accept.
Furthermore, we may not execute successfully on commercializing
those products because of errors in product planning or timing,
technical hurdles that we fail to overcome in a timely fashion, or
a lack of appropriate resources. This could result in competitors
providing those solutions before we do and a reduction in net sales
and earnings.
The
success of new products depends on several factors, including
proper new product definition, timely completion and introduction
of these products, differentiation of new products from those of
our competitors, and market acceptance of these products. There can
be no assurance that we will successfully identify new product
opportunities, develop and bring new products to market in a timely
manner, or achieve market acceptance of our products or that
products and technologies developed by others will not render our
products or technologies obsolete or noncompetitive.
Our future success depends on our ability to grow and expand our
customer base. Our failure to achieve such growth or
expansion could materially harm our business.
To
date, our revenue growth has been derived primarily from the sale
of our products and through the purchase of existing businesses.
Our success and the planned growth and expansion of our business
depend on us achieving greater and broader acceptance of our
products and expanding our customer base. There can be no assurance
that customers will purchase our products or that we will continue
to expand our customer base. If we are unable to effectively market
or expand our product offerings, we will be unable to grow and
expand our business or implement our business strategy. This could
materially impair our ability to increase sales and revenue and
materially and adversely affect our margins, which could harm our
business and cause our stock price to decline.
If we
incur substantial liability from litigation, complaints, or
enforcement actions resulting from misconduct by our distributors,
our financial condition could suffer. We will require that our
distributors comply with applicable law and with our policies and
procedures. Although we will use various means to address
misconduct by our distributors, including maintaining these
policies and procedures to govern the conduct of our distributors
and conducting training seminars, it will still be difficult to
detect and correct all instances of misconduct. Violations of
applicable law or our policies and procedures by our distributors
could lead to litigation, formal or informal complaints,
enforcement actions, and inquiries by various federal, state, or
foreign regulatory authorities against us and/or our distributors.
and could consume considerable amounts of financial and other
corporate resources, which could have a negative impact on our
sales, revenue, profitability and growth prospects. As we are
currently in the process of implementing our direct sales
distributor program, we have not been, and are not currently,
subject to any material litigation, complaint or enforcement action
regarding distributor misconduct by any federal, state or foreign
regulatory authority.
Our
future manufacturers could fail to fulfill our orders for products,
which would disrupt our business, increase our costs, harm our
reputation and potentially cause us to lose our
market.
We may
depend on contract manufacturers in the future to produce our
products. These manufacturers could fail to produce products to our
specifications or in a workmanlike manner and may not deliver the
units on a timely basis. Our manufacturers may also have to obtain
inventories of the necessary parts and tools for production. Any
change in manufacturers to resolve production issues could disrupt
our ability to fulfill orders. Any change in manufacturers to
resolve production issues could also disrupt our business due to
delays in finding new manufacturers, providing specifications and
testing initial production. Such disruptions in our business and/or
delays in fulfilling orders would harm our reputation and would
potentially cause us to lose our market.
Our inability to effectively protect our intellectual property
would adversely affect our ability to compete effectively, our
revenue, our financial condition and our results of
operations.
We may
be unable to obtain intellectual property rights to effectively
protect our business. Our ability to compete effectively may be
affected by the nature and breadth of our intellectual property
rights. While we intend to defend against any threats to our
intellectual property rights, there can be no assurance that any
such actions will adequately protect our interests. If we are
unable to secure intellectual property rights to effectively
protect our technology, our revenue and earnings, financial
condition, and/or results of operations would be adversely
affected.
We may
also rely on nondisclosure and non-competition agreements to
protect portions of our technology. There can be no assurance that
these agreements will not be breached, that we will have adequate
remedies for any breach, that third parties will not otherwise gain
access to our trade secrets or proprietary knowledge, or that third
parties will not independently develop the technology.
We do
not warrant any opinion as to non-infringement of any patent,
trademark, or copyright by us or any of our affiliates, providers,
or distributors. Nor do we warrant any opinion as to invalidity of
any third-party patent or unpatentability of any third-party
pending patent application.
Our industry is highly competitive and we have less capital and
resources than many of our competitors, which may give them an
advantage in developing and marketing products similar to ours or
make our products obsolete.
We are
involved in a highly competitive industry where we may compete with
numerous other companies who offer alternative methods or
approaches, may have far greater resources, more experience, and
personnel perhaps more qualified than we do. Such resources may
give our competitors an advantage in developing and marketing
products similar to ours or products that make our products
obsolete. There can be no assurance that we will be able to
successfully compete against these other entities.
We are dependent on key personnel
Our
success depends to a significant degree upon the continued
contributions of key management and other personnel, some of whom
could be difficult to replace. We do not maintain key man life
insurance covering our officers. Our success will depend on the
performance of our officers and key management and other personnel,
our ability to retain and motivate our officers, our ability to
integrate new officers and key management and other personnel into
our operations, and the ability of all personnel to work together
effectively as a team. Our failure to retain and recruit
officers and other key personnel could have a material adverse
effect on our business, financial condition and results of
operations.
We have limited insurance.
We have
limited directors’ and officers’ liability insurance
and limited commercial liability insurance policies. Any
significant claims would have a material adverse effect on our
business, financial condition and results of
operations.
The gross proceeds that we receive from the Rights Offering will
depend upon the number of rights exercised. If all of the
subscription rights offered are exercised, we will receive gross
cash proceeds of approximately $6,000,000. We intend the net
proceeds from the Rights Offering to be used for working capital
and general corporate purposes, including the following
estimates:
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Between
$1.75 million on
our commercialization efforts of our products, nationwide
multi-channel sales marketing;
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Between
$890 thousand on
development and enhancement of our vertical
grow room product;
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$1.75
million on mergers and acquisitions; and
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Up to
$1.61 million on general corporate purposes, including
potential working capital, expenses and financing
costs.
If we receive substantially less than the maximum proceeds in this
Rights Offering, we intend to use such proceeds for working capital
and general corporate purposes, prioritizing on our
commercialization efforts, and the development and enhancement of
our products. The expected use of the net proceeds from this Rights
Offering represents our intentions based upon our current plans and
business conditions, which could change in the future as our plans
and business conditions evolve. The amounts and timing of our
actual expenditures will depend on numerous factors, including the
progress of our product development efforts, timing of regulatory
approvals and market acceptance of our products. As a result, our
management will have broad discretion in applying the net proceeds
from this offering.
If you invest in our Units in this offering, you will experience an
immediate dilution of the net tangible book value per share of our
Common Stock. Our historical net tangible book value as of June 30,
2018 was approximately $(2.580) million, or $(0.001) per share of
Common Stock. Our historical net tangible book value is the amount
of our total tangible assets less our total liabilities. Historical
net tangible book value per share is our historical net tangible
book value divided by the weighted average number of shares of
Common Stock outstanding as of June 30,
2018.
After giving effect to the sale of Units in this offering, at an
assumed subscription price of $0.012 per Unit (and
assuming no exercise of the Warrants), and after deducting the
estimated offering expenses and fees payable by us, our as adjusted
net tangible book value as of June 30, 2018 would have been
approximately $5.224 million, or
$0.002 per share of Common Stock. This represents an
immediate increase in net tangible book value of
$0.003 per share to existing stockholders and an
immediate dilution in net tangible book value of
$0.010 per share to new investors purchasing Units in
this offering. The following table illustrates this dilution on a
per share basis:
Subscription
price
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Historical net
tangible book value per share as of June 30, 2018
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As adjusted
increase in net tangible book value per share attributable to
Rights Offering
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As adjusted net
tangible book value per share as of June 30, 2018, after giving
effect to the Rights Offering
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Dilution in net
tangible book value per share to participants in the Rights
Offering
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The foregoing tables and calculations as of June 30, 2018 exclude
the following potentially dilutive shares of Common
Stock:
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stock
option grants outstanding for the purchase of 63 million common
shares at a $0.009 average exercise price;;
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warrants for the
purchase of 595 million common shares at a $0.031 average exercise
price;
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109 million
shares related to convertible debt
that can be converted at $0.002535 per share;
and
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an unknown number of common shares to be issued
under the Chicago Venture Partners, L.P. financing agreements.
To
the extent that any outstanding Common Stock options and Common
Stock warrants are exercised or there are additional issuances of
Common Stock options, Common Stock warrants or shares of our Common
Stock in the future, there will be further dilution to investors
participating in this offering.
MARKET PRICE OF OUR
COMMON STOCK
Our Common Stock is traded on the OTCQB under the symbol
“PHOT.” Our Common Stock has, from time to time, traded
on a limited, sporadic or volatile basis. As of
September
14, 2018, our Common Stock was held by approximately
120 stockholders of record. The following tables show the high and
low sales prices for our Common Stock for the periods indicated, as
reported on the OTC Markets Group.
Period
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Quarter ending
September 30, 2018*
|
0.019
|
0.013
|
Quarter ended June
30, 2018
|
0.024
|
0.015
|
Quarter ended March
31, 2018
|
0.038
|
0.014
|
Quarter ended
December 31, 2017
|
0.037
|
0.001
|
Quarter ended
September 30, 2017
|
0.012
|
0.002
|
Quarter ended June
30, 2017
|
0.007
|
0.001
|
Quarter ended March
31, 2017
|
0.020
|
0.005
|
Quarter ended
December 31, 2016
|
0.021
|
0.007
|
* Ending
on
September
14, 2018.
On April 10, 2014, as a result of the SEC suspension
in the trading of our securities, we lost all market makers and
traded on the grey market of OTCBB through February 17, 2016. On
February 18, 2016 we resumed unsolicited quotation on the OTC Bulletin Board
after receiving clearance from the FINRA on our Form
15c2-11. On October 17, 2017, we were informed by Alpine
that they had demonstrated compliance with FINRA Rule 6432 and Rule
15c2-11 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. We filed an
amended application with the OTC Markets to list the
Company’s common stock on the OTCQB and begin to trade on
this market as of March 20, 2018.
We have never declared or paid any cash dividends on our Common
Stock. We currently intend to retain all available funds and any
future earnings to support our operations and finance the growth
and development of our business. We do not intend to pay cash
dividends on our Common Stock for the foreseeable future. Any
future determination related to our dividend policy will be made at
the discretion of our board of directors and will depend upon,
among other factors, our results of operations, financial
condition, capital requirements, contractual restrictions, business
prospects and other factors our board of directors may deem
relevant.
Set forth below is our cash and liquid assets and capitalization as
of June 30, 2018:
●
on an
actual basis; and
●
on an as adjusted
basis, reflecting the issuance of shares of Common Stock and
Warrants included in the Units offered by this prospectus, at a
subscription price of $0.012 per Units, assuming net
proceeds of approximately $5.95 million, after offering
expenses and fees payable by us.
The information below should be read in conjunction with our
unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for the three
months ended June 30, 2018 and our audited consolidated financial
statements for the year ended December 31, 2017, all of which are
incorporated by reference in this prospectus and any additional
reports incorporated by reference herein. Our financial statements
should also be read in conjunction with the
“Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations,” which is included in
our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2017, as amended and our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended June 30, 2018, as amended, and incorporated by
reference in this prospectus. Please read “Where You Can Find
Additional Information” and “Incorporation of Certain
Information by Reference.”
As
of June 30, 2018 (unaudited) (in thousands, except share and per
share data)
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash, cash
equivalents
|
$136
|
$
|
$
|
Inventory,
net
|
466
|
|
|
Deposits
|
24
|
|
$
|
Total Current
Assets
|
596
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Current
Liabilities
|
3,698
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stockholders’
deficit:
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|
|
|
Preferred stock - $0.0001 par value, 10,000,000 shares authorized,
no shares issued and outstanding
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-
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|
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Common stock -
$0.0001 par value, 6,000,000,000 shares authorized, 2,954,764,989
and 2,367,634,022 shares issued and
outstanding at 6/30/2018 and 12/31/2017,
respectively
|
295
|
|
|
Additional paid-in
capital
|
133,180
|
|
|
Accumulated
deficit
|
(136,055)
|
|
|
Total
stockholders’ deficit
|
(2,580)
|
|
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Total
capitalization
|
$1,118
|
$
|
$
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(1) The as adjusted balance sheet amount reflects (i) the same of
shares of our common stock in this offering at an assumed offering
price of
$0.012 per share, after deducting commissions and
estimated offering expenses payable by us.
(2) The shares of Common Stock outstanding as of June 30, 2018
exclude the following potentially dilutive shares of Common
Stock:
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●
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63
million shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of stock
options outstanding as of June 30, 2018, at a weighted average
exercise price of $0.009 per share;
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|
●
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109
million shares related to convertible Debt that can be converted at
average price of $0.002535 per share;
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|
●
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595
million shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of
outstanding Common Stock warrants as of June 14, 2018, at a
weighted-average exercise price of $0.031per share (see
“Description of Capital Stock — Outstanding
Warrants”); and
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●
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an unknown number of common shares to be issued under the
Chicago Venture Partners, L.P. financing agreements.
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To
the extent that any outstanding Common Stock options and Common
Stock warrants are exercised or there are additional issuances of
Common Stock options, Common Stock warrants or shares of our Common
Stock in the future, there will be further dilution to investors
participating in this offering.
The Subscription Rights
We are distributing, at no charge, to
holders of Common Stock as of the Record Date, up to
1,000,000,000 non-transferable subscription rights to
purchase in the aggregate up to 500,000,000 Units at a
subscription price of $0.012 per Unit, for an aggregate purchase price
of $6,000,000. Each eligible
holder will receive one subscription right for each share of Common
Stock owned or deemed to be owned at 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time, on
October 12, 2018, the Record Date for
the Rights Offering. Each subscription right will entitle a holder
to purchase one Unit at a subscription price of $0.012 per Unit, which we refer to as the “basic
subscription right.” Each basic subscription right will
entitle each holder to purchase one share of our Common Stock and
two ½
Warrants consisting of one ½
warrant which will be exercisable for one share of our
Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.018 and one ½
warrant which with an exercise price of $0.024 per share, exercisable from the date of issuance
through the expiration three years from the date of issuance.
Please read “Description of Securities — Warrants
Included in Units Issuable in the Rights
Offering”.
Basic
Subscription Right. Your
basic subscription right allows you to purchase one Unit per
subscription right, subject to proration as described below, upon
delivery of the required documents and payment of the subscription
price of $0.012 per Unit, before the expiration of the Rights
Offering. For example, if you owned or were deemed to own 100
shares of Common Stock as of the Record Date, you would receive 100
subscription rights and would have the right to purchase 100 Units
for $0.012
per Unit with your
basic subscription right.
We will not issue fractional shares of Common Stock or Warrants
upon the exercise of subscription rights in the Rights Offering. If
the number of subscription rights you exercise would otherwise
permit you to purchase a fractional share of Common Stock or
Warrant, the number of shares of Common Stock and number of
Warrants that you may purchase will be rounded down to the nearest
whole share or Warrant, as applicable. You may exercise all or a
portion of your basic subscription right, or you may choose not to
exercise any subscription rights. If you exercise less than your
full basic subscription right (other than those subscription rights
to acquire less than one Unit, which cannot be exercised), you will
not be entitled to purchase Units pursuant to your
over-subscription right.
While each subscription right entitles
you to purchase one Unit, we are only seeking to raise
$6,000,000
dollars in gross proceeds in this
Rights Offering. As a result, based on 2,997,279,413
shares of Common Stock expected to be outstanding as
of October 12, 2018; we are granting subscription
rights to acquire approximately 2,997,279,413 Units
but will only accept subscriptions for 500,000,000
Units. Accordingly, sufficient Units may not be available to honor
your subscription infull. If exercises of basic subscription rights
exceed the number of Units available in the Rights Offering, we
will allocate the available Units pro rata among the record holders
exercising the basic subscription rights in proportion to the
number of shares of our Common Stock each of those record holders
owned or were deemed to own on the Record Date, relative to the
number of shares owned on the Record Date by all record holders
exercising the basic subscription right. If this prorata allocation
resultsin any record holders receiving a greater number of Units
than the record holder subscribed for pursuant to the exercise of
the basic subscription rights, then such record holder will be
allocated only that number of Units for which the record holder
subscribed, and the remaining Units will be allocated among all
other record holders exercising their basic subscription rights on
the same pro rata basis described
above.
If for any reason the amount of Units allocated to you is less than
you have subscribed for, then the excess funds held by the
Subscription Agent on your behalf will be returned to you, without
interest, as soon as practicable after the Rights Offering has
expired and all prorating calculations and reductions contemplated
by the terms of the Rights Offering have been effected, and we will
have no further obligations to you.
Over-Subscription Right. The over-subscription right provides stockholders
who exercise in full their basic subscription right, the
opportunity to purchase the Units that are not purchased by other
stockholders. If you fully exercise your basic subscription right
(other than those subscription rights to acquire less than one
whole Unit, which cannot be exercised) and other stockholders do
not fully exercise their basic subscription right, you may also
exercise an over-subscription right to purchase additional Units
that remain unsubscribed at the expiration of the Rights Offering,
subject to availability. To the extent the number of the
unsubscribed Units are not sufficient to satisfy all of the
properly exercised over-subscription rights requests, the available
Units will be prorated among those who properly exercised
over-subscription rights in proportion to their respective basic
subscription right. To the extent any stockholders properly
exercise their over-subscription right for an aggregate amount of
Units that is less than the number of the unsubscribed Units, such
stockholders will be allocated the full number of unsubscribed
Units for which each actually paid in connection with the
over-subscription right. The remaining Units will be allocated
among all other persons exercising the over-subscription right on
the same pro rata basis described above.
In order to properly exercise your over-subscription right, you
must deliver the subscription payment related to your
over-subscription right before the expiration of the Rights
Offering. Because we will not know the total number of unsubscribed
Units before the expiration of the Rights Offering, if you wish to
maximize the number of Units you purchase pursuant to your
over-subscription right, you will need to deliver payment in an
amount equal to the aggregate subscription price for the maximum
number of Units, assuming that no stockholder other than you has
purchased any Units pursuant to their basic subscription right and
over-subscription right.
We can provide no assurances that you will actually be entitled to
purchase the number of Units issuable upon the exercise of your
over-subscription right in full, or at all, at the expiration of
the Rights Offering. We will not be able to satisfy your exercise
of the over-subscription right if all of our stockholders exercise
their basic subscription right in full, and we will only honor an
over-subscription right to the extent sufficient unsubscribed Units
are available following the exercise of the basic subscription
right.
To the extent the aggregate subscription price of the maximum
number of unsubscribed Units available to you pursuant to the
over-subscription right is less than the amount you actually paid
in connection with the exercise of the over-subscription right, you
will be allocated only the number of unsubscribed Units available
to you, and any excess subscription payments received by the
Subscription Agent will be returned, without interest or penalty,
as soon as practicable.
Limitation on Exercise. Unless waived by us in our sole discretion, no
holder may purchase Units in the Rights Offering that, when
aggregated with all the shares of Common Stock otherwise
beneficially owned (as defined by Rule 13(d) of the Exchange Act)
by such holder and its affiliates, would immediately following the
closing of the Rights Offering represent 25% or more of our issued
and outstanding shares of Common Stock. If the amount of
subscription rights that you exercise is limited, any amount not
used for purchases also will be refunded.
Reasons for the Rights Offering
We are conducting the Rights Offering to raise additional capital
for general corporate purposes, including for our commercialization
efforts. Please read “Use of Proceeds.” We believe that
the Rights Offering will strengthen our financial condition by
generating additional cash and increasing our stockholders’
equity. In authorizing the Rights Offering, the board of directors
carefully evaluated our need for liquidity, financial flexibility
and additional capital. The board of directors considered several
alternatives before concluding that the Rights Offering was the
appropriate alternative in the circumstances for a number of
reasons, including that it provides an opportunity to our existing
stockholders to limit ownership dilution by buying
Units.
Determination of Subscription Price
The subscription price was established at a price of
$0.012 per Unit. In determining the subscription
price, the board of directors considered a number of factors,
including the likely cost of capital from other sources, our
business prospects, historical and current trading prices of Common
Stock, the value of the Warrants being issued as components of the
Unit, general conditions of the securities markets, and our need
for liquidity and capital. The subscription price is not
necessarily related to our book value, net worth or any other
established criteria of value. We cannot assure you that the market
price of Common Stock during the offering period will be equal or
above the subscription price of the Units. You should obtain a
current quote for our Common Stock before deciding whether to
exercise your subscription right to purchase Units.
No Short Sales
By exercising the subscription right, you are representing to us
that you have not entered into any short sale or similar
transaction with respect to our Common Stock since the Record Date
for the Rights Offering. In addition, the subscription right
provides that, upon exercise of the subscription right, you
represent that you have not since the Record Date and agree to not
to enter into any short sale or similar transaction with respect to
our Common Stock. These requirements prevent you from pursuing
certain investment strategies that could provide you greater
financial benefits than you might have realized if the subscription
rights did not contain these requirements.
Method of Exercising Subscription Rights
You may exercise your subscription right as follows:
1.
Subscription
by Registered Holders. You may exercise
your subscription right by properly completing and executing the
rights certificate together with any required signature guarantees,
a notice of guaranteed delivery (if applicable) and an IRS Form W-9
and forwarding them, together with your full subscription payment
for a whole number of Units, to the Subscription Agent at the
address set forth below under “Subscription Agent,”
before the expiration of the Rights
Offering.
2.
Subscription by DTC
Participants. We expect that the exercise of your subscription
right may be made through the facilities of DTC. If your
subscription right is held of record through DTC, you may exercise
your subscription right by instructing DTC, or having your broker
instruct DTC, to transfer your subscription right from your account
to the account of the Subscription Agent, together with
certification as to the aggregate number of subscription rights you
are exercising and the number of Units you are subscribing for
under your basic subscription right and your over-subscription
right, if any, and your full subscription
payment.
3.
Subscription
by Beneficial Owners.
If you are a beneficial owner of shares of Common
Stock that are registered in the name of a broker, dealer, bank or
other nominee, or if you hold Common Stock and would prefer to have
an institution conduct the transaction relating to the subscription
rights on your behalf, you should instruct your broker, dealer,
bank or other nominee to exercise your subscription right and
deliver all documents and payment on your behalf before the
expiration of the Rights Offering. Your subscription right will not
be considered exercised unless the Subscription Agent receives from
you or such other party all of the required documents and your full
subscription payment (in good, cleared funds) by that date. Your
nominee may establish a deadline that may be before the 6:00 p.m.
Eastern Time, on November 12, 2018 expiration date that we have
established for the Rights Offering. If you are not contacted by
your nominee, you should promptly contact your broker, dealer, bank
or other nominee if you wish to subscribe for Units in the Rights
Offering.
Form of Payment
As described in the instructions accompanying the rights
certificate, all payments submitted to the Subscription Agent must
be made in full United States currency by personal, cashier’s
or certified check payable to the Subscription Agent, drawn upon a
United States bank; U.S. postal or express money order; or wire
transfer of immediately available funds. If you elect to exercise
your subscription right, we urge you to consider using a certified
or cashier’s check, U.S. money order, or wire transfer of
funds to ensure that the Subscription Agent receives your funds
before the expiration of the Rights Offering. If payment is issued
by check, payment will be deemed to have been received by the
Subscription Agent only upon the Subscription Agent’s receipt
and clearance of such check. Funds paid by uncertified personal
check may take at least seven business days to clear. If you wish
to pay by means of uncertified personal check, we urge you to make
payment sufficiently in advance of the expiration of the Rights
Offering to ensure that the Subscription Agent receives cleared
funds before the expiration of the Rights Offering. Payment
received after the expiration of the Rights Offering may not be
honored, and the Subscription Agent will return your payment to
you, without interest or penalty, as soon as
practicable.
You should read and follow the instructions accompanying the rights
certificate carefully. As described in the instructions
accompanying the rights certificate, in certain cases additional
documentation or signature guarantees may be required.
The method of delivery of payments of the subscription amount to
the Subscription Agent will be at the risk of the holders of
subscription rights. If sent by mail, we recommend that you send
those documents and payments by registered mail, properly insured,
with return receipt requested, and that a sufficient number of days
be allowed to ensure timely delivery to the Subscription
Agent. Do not send or deliver these
materials to the Company.
There is no sales fee or commission payable by you in connection
with the issuance of subscription rights or the issuance of shares
of Common Stock and Warrants underlying the Units if you exercise
your subscription right (other than the subscription price). We
will pay all fees charged by the Subscription Agent. However, if
you exercise your subscription right through a custodian bank,
broker, dealer or other nominee, or if you exercise the Warrants
included in the Units, you are responsible for paying any other
commissions, fees, taxes or other expenses your nominee may charge
you in connection with the exercise of the subscription right or
Warrant.
Where to Submit Subscriptions
The address to which subscription documents, rights certificates,
notices of guaranteed delivery (if applicable) and subscription
payments other than wire transfers should be mailed or delivered
is:
By mail:
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By hand or overnight courier:
|
Direct
Transfer, LLC
Attn:
Rights Offering
500 Perimeter Park Drive Suite D,
Morrisville NC 27560
Tel:(888) 301-2498
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Direct
Transfer, LLC
Attn:
Rights Offering
500 Perimeter Park Drive Suite D,
Morrisville NC 27560
Tel:(888) 301-2498
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If you deliver subscription documents, rights certificates or
notices of guaranteed delivery in a manner different than that
described in this prospectus, we may not honor the exercise of your
subscription right.
You
should direct any questions or requests for assistance to the
Subscription Agent, Direct Transfer, LLC by telephone
at (888) 301-2498 or email at
corporate-actions@issuerdirect.com.
Missing or Incomplete Subscription Information
If you do not indicate the number of subscription rights being
exercised, or the Subscription Agent does not receive the full
subscription payment for the number of subscription rights that you
indicate are being exercised, then you will be deemed to have
exercised the maximum number of subscription rights that may be
exercised with the aggregate subscription payment you delivered to
the Subscription Agent. If we do not apply your full subscription
payment to your purchase of Units, any excess subscription payment
received by the Subscription Agent will be returned, without
interest or penalty, as soon as practicable.
Delivery of Subscriptions
You should read the instruction letter accompanying the rights
certificate carefully and strictly follow
it. Do
not send your rights certificates or payments to the
Company. Except as described
below under “Guaranteed Delivery Procedures,” we will
not consider your subscription received until the Subscription
Agent has received delivery of a properly completed and duly
executed rights certificate and the full subscription amount,
payment of which has cleared. The risk of delivery of all documents
and payments is borne by you or your nominee, not by the
Subscription Agent or us.
The method of delivery of rights certificates and payment of the
subscription amount to the Subscription Agent will be at the risk
of the holders of the subscription right. If sent by mail, we
recommend that you send those certificates and payments by
overnight courier or by registered mail, properly insured, with
return receipt requested, and that a sufficient number of days be
allowed to ensure delivery to the Subscription Agent and clearance
of payment before the expiration of the Rights
Offering.
Notice to Nominees
If you are a broker, dealer, bank or other nominee that holds
shares of Common Stock for the account of others on the Record
Date, you should notify the beneficial owners of the shares or
warrants for whom you are the nominee of the Rights Offering as
soon as possible to learn their intentions with respect to
exercising their subscription right. You should obtain instructions
from the beneficial owner as set forth in the instructions we have
provided to you for your distribution to beneficial owners. If the
beneficial owner so instructs, you should complete the appropriate
rights certificate and submit it to the Subscription Agent with the
proper subscription payment. If you hold shares of Common Stock for
the account(s) of more than one beneficial owner, you may exercise
the number of subscription rights to which all beneficial owners in
the aggregate otherwise would have been entitled had they been
direct holders of Common Stock on the Record Date, provided that
you, as a nominee record holder, make a proper showing to the
Subscription Agent by submitting the form entitled “Nominee
Holder Certification,” which is provided with your Rights
Offering materials. If you did not receive this form, you should
contact the Subscription Agent to request a copy.
Beneficial Owners
If you are a beneficial owner of shares of Common Stock that are
held of record in the name of a broker, dealer, bank or other
nominee, we will ask your broker, dealer, bank or other nominee to
notify you of the Rights Offering. Instead of receiving a rights
certificate, you will receive your subscription right through your
broker, dealer, bank or other nominee. If you wish to exercise your
subscription right, you will need to have your broker, dealer, bank
or other nominee act for you. To exercise your subscription right,
you should complete and return to your broker, dealer, bank or
other nominee the form entitled “Beneficial Owner Election
Form.” You should receive such form from your broker, dealer,
bank or other nominee with the other Rights Offering materials. You
should contact your broker, bank or other nominee if you do not
receive this form and other Rights Offering material but you
believe you are entitled to participate in the Rights Offering. We
are not responsible if you do not receive the form from your
broker, dealer, bank or other nominee or if you receive it without
sufficient time to respond by the deadline established by your
nominee, which deadline may be prior to 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time, on
November 12, 2018.
If you hold certificates of Common Stock directly and received a
rights certificate but would prefer to have your broker, dealer,
bank or other nominee act for you, you should contact your nominee
and request such nominee to effect the transactions for
you.
Guaranteed Delivery Procedures
If you wish to exercise your subscription right but you do not have
sufficient time to deliver the rights certificate evidencing your
subscription right to the Subscription Agent before the expiration
of the Rights Offering, 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time, on
November
12, 2018, you may exercise your subscription right by
the following guaranteed delivery procedures:
●
deliver
to the Subscription Agent before the expiration of the Rights
Offering the subscription payment for each Unit you elected to
purchase pursuant to the exercise of subscription rights in the
manner set forth above under “Method of Exercising
Subscription Rights;”
●
deliver
to the Subscription Agent before the expiration of the Rights
Offering the form entitled “Notice of Guaranteed
Delivery;” and
●
deliver
the properly completed rights certificate evidencing your
subscription right being exercised and the related nominee holder
certification, if applicable, with any required signatures
guaranteed, to the Subscription Agent within three business days
following the date you submit your Notice of Guaranteed
Delivery.
Your Notice of Guaranteed Delivery must be delivered in
substantially the same form provided with the “Form of
Instructions for Use of The GrowLife, Inc. Subscription Right
Certificate,” which will be distributed to you with your
rights certificate. Your Notice of Guaranteed Delivery must include
a signature guarantee from an eligible institution acceptable to
the Subscription Agent. A form of that guarantee is included with
the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.
In your Notice of Guaranteed Delivery, you must
provide:
●
the
number of subscription rights represented by your rights
certificate, the number of Units for which you are subscribing
under your basic subscription right, and the number of Units for
which you are subscribing under your over-subscription right, if
any; and
●
your
guarantee that you will deliver to the Subscription Agent a rights
certificate evidencing the subscription right you are exercising
within three business days following the date the Subscription
Agent receives your Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.
You
may deliver your Notice of Guaranteed Delivery to the Subscription
Agent in the same manner as your rights certificate at the address
set forth above under “Subscription Agent.” The
Subscription Agent will send you additional copies of the form of
Notice of Guaranteed Delivery if you need them. You should contact
the Subscription Agent, Direct Transfer, LLC, by
telephone at (888) 301-2498 to request additional
copies of the form of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery. For additional
questions you can contact the company directly at 206-483-0059 or
investors@growlifeinc.com.
Recombination
The Common Stock and Warrants comprising the Units will separate
upon the exercise of the Subscription Rights, and the Units will
not trade as a separate security. Holders may not recombine shares
of Common Stock and Warrants to receive a Unit.
Non-Transferability of Subscription Rights
The subscription rights are non-transferable (other than by
operation of law), and as a result, you may not sell, transfer,
assign or give away your subscription right to anyone. The
subscription rights will not be listed for trading on any stock
exchange or market.
No Fractional Shares
We will not issue fractional shares of Common Stock or Warrants
upon the exercise of the subscription rights in the Rights
Offering. If the number of subscription rights you exercise would
otherwise permit you to purchase a fractional share of Common Stock
or Warrant, the number of shares of Common Stock and number of
Warrants that you may purchase will be rounded down to the nearest
whole share or Warrant, as applicable. Any excess subscription
payments received by the Subscription Agent will be returned,
without interest, as soon as practicable.
Validity of Subscriptions
We will resolve all questions regarding the validity and form of
the exercise of your subscription right, including time of receipt
and eligibility to participate in the Rights Offering. In resolving
all such questions, we will review the relevant facts, consult with
our legal advisors and may request input from the relevant parties.
Our determination will be final and binding. Once made,
subscriptions and directions are irrevocable, even if you later
learn information that you consider to be unfavorable to the
exercise of your subscription right and even if the Rights Offering
is extended by the board of directors, and we will not accept any
alternative, conditional or contingent subscriptions or directions.
We reserve the absolute right to reject any subscriptions or
directions not properly submitted or the acceptance of which would
be unlawful. You must resolve any irregularities in connection with
your subscriptions before the subscription period expires, unless
waived by us in our sole discretion. Neither we nor the
Subscription Agent will be under any duty to notify you or your
representative of any defect in your subscription. A subscription
will be considered accepted, subject to our right to terminate the
Rights Offering, only when a properly completed and duly executed
rights certificate and any other required documents and the full
subscription payment have been received by the Subscription Agent.
Our interpretations of the terms and conditions of the Rights
Offering will be final and binding.
Escrow Arrangements; Return of Funds
The Subscription Agent will hold funds received in payment for
Units in a segregated account pending completion of the Rights
Offering. The Subscription Agent will hold this money in escrow
until the Rights Offering is completed or is withdrawn and
canceled. If the Rights Offering is canceled for any reason, all
subscription payments received by the Subscription Agent will be
returned, without interest or penalty, as soon as practicable. In
addition, all subscription payments received by the Subscription
Agent will be returned, without interest or penalty, as soon as
practicable, if subscribers decide to cancel their subscription
right in the event that there is a fundamental change to the Rights
Offering.
Expiration Date, Extension and Amendments
The subscription period, during which you may exercise your
subscription right, expires at 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time, on
November 12, 2018, which is the expiration of the
Rights Offering. If you do not exercise your subscription right
before that time, your subscription right will expire and will no
longer be exercisable. We will not be required to issue shares of
Common Stock and Warrants to you if the Subscription Agent receives
your rights certificate or your subscription payment (in good,
cleared funds) after that time, regardless of when the rights
certificate and subscription payment were sent, unless you send the
documents in compliance with the guaranteed delivery procedures
described herein.
In our sole discretion, we may extend the expiration of the Rights
Offering by giving written notice to the Subscription Agent before
the expiration of the Rights Offering. If we elect to extend the
expiration of the Rights Offering, we will issue a press release
announcing such extension no later than the next business day after
the most recently announced expiration of the Rights Offering. We
will extend the duration of the Rights Offering as required by
applicable law or regulation and may choose to extend it if we
decide to give investors more time to exercise their subscription
rights in the Rights Offering.
The board of directors also reserves the right to amend the terms
of the Rights Offering. We may choose to amend the terms of the
Rights Offering for any reason, including, without limitation, in
order to increase participation in the Rights Offering. Such
amendments or modifications may include a change in the
subscription price, although no such change is presently
contemplated. If we should make any fundamental changes to the
terms set forth in this prospectus, we will file a post-effective
amendment to the registration statement in which this prospectus is
included, offer potential purchasers who have subscribed for rights
the opportunity to cancel such subscriptions and issue a refund of
any money advanced by such stockholder and recirculate an updated
prospectus after the post-effective amendment is declared effective
with the SEC. In addition, upon such event, we may extend the
expiration date of the Rights Offering to allow holders of rights
ample time to make new investment decisions and for us to
recirculate updated documentation. Promptly following any such
occurrence, we will issue a press release announcing any changes
with respect to the Rights Offering and the new expiration date.
The terms of the Rights Offering cannot be modified or amended
after the expiration date of the Rights Offering.
Conditions and Termination
There is no minimum subscription requirement to complete the Rights
Offering. We may consummate the Rights Offering regardless of the
amount raised. We reserve the right to terminate the Rights
Offering before its expiration for any reason. In particular, we
may terminate the Rights Offering, in whole or in part, if at any
time before completion of the Rights Offering there is any
judgment, order, decree, injunction, statute, law or regulation
entered, enacted, amended or held to be applicable to the Rights
Offering that in the sole judgment of the board of directors would
or might make the Rights Offering or its completion, whether in
whole or in part, illegal or otherwise restrict or prohibit
completion of the Rights Offering. We may waive any of these
conditions and choose to proceed with the Rights Offering even if
one or more of these events occur. If we terminate the Rights
Offering in whole or in part, we will issue a press release
notifying the stockholders of such event, all affected subscription
rights will expire without value, and all excess subscription
payments received by the Subscription Agent will be returned,
without interest or penalty, as soon as practicable following such
termination.
No Revocation or Change
Your exercise of your subscription right is irrevocable and may not
be cancelled or modified, even if you later learn information that
you consider to be unfavorable to the exercise of your subscription
right, if the market price of the Common Stock falls below the
subscription price of $0.012 per Unit, or if the
Rights Offering is extended by the board of directors. However, if
we amend the Rights Offering to make a fundamental change to the
terms set forth in this prospectus, you may cancel your
subscription and receive a refund of any money you have
advanced.
Dilutive Effects of the Rights Offerings
If you do not exercise any subscription rights, the number of
shares of Common Stock that you own will not change but you will
own a smaller proportional interest in our Company than would
otherwise be the case had you fully exercised your subscription
right. Even if you fully exercise your subscription right, your
proportionate voting interest may be reduced due to the
participation of others. Further, the shares issuable upon the
exercise of the Warrants to be issued pursuant to the Rights
Offering will dilute the ownership interest of stockholders not
participating in the Rights Offering or holders of Warrants who
have not exercised them.
Stockholder Rights
You
will have no rights as a holder of the shares of Common Stock
included in the Units you purchase in the Rights Offering, if any,
until such shares are issued to you or, if you hold shares through
a broker, dealer, bank or other nominee, your broker or bank has
received the shares. You will have no right to revoke your
subscriptions after you deliver your completed rights certificate,
the full subscription payment and any other required documents to
the Subscription Agent.
Issuance of Shares and Warrants Acquired in the Rights Offering;
Trading Market
Shares
of Common Stock and Warrants purchased in the Rights Offering will
be issued only in book-entry form, and no physical stock
certificates will be issued for such shares or Warrants. If you are
the holder of record of Common Stock (whether you hold share
certificates or your shares are maintained in book-entry form by
our transfer agent, Transfer Online, Inc.), you will receive a
statement of ownership reflecting the shares of Common Stock and
Warrants purchased in the offering, as soon as practicable after
the expiration of the Rights Offering. If you hold your shares of
Common Stock through a broker, dealer, bank or other nominee, you
may request a statement of ownership from the holder of your shares
following the expiration of the Rights Offering. We will not issue
fractional shares or Warrants upon exerciseof the subscription
rights. If the number of subscription rights you exercise would
otherwise permit you to purchase a fractional share of Common Stock
or Warrant, the number of shares of Common Stock and number of
Warrants that you may purchase will be rounded down to the nearest
whole share or Warrant, as applicable. Any excess subscription
payments received by the Subscription Agent will be returned,
without interest, as soon as practicable. The subscription rights
may not be sold, transferred, assigned or given away to anyone, and
will not be listed for trading on any stock exchange or
market.
Warrant Agent
The warrant agent for the Warrants is Direct Transfer,
LLC.
Foreign Stockholders
We will not mail this prospectus or rights certificates to
stockholders with addresses that are outside the United States or
that have an army post office or foreign post office address. The
Subscription Agent will hold rights certificates for the account of
such stockholders. To exercise their subscription right, our
foreign stockholders must notify the Subscription Agent before 6:00
p.m. Eastern Time, at least three business days before the
expiration of the Rights Offering and demonstrate to the
satisfaction of the Subscription Agent that the exercise of such
subscription right does not violate the laws of the jurisdiction of
such stockholder. The deadlines for delivery of subscription
materials and payment described above also apply.
Regulatory Limitation
We will not be required to issue to you shares of Common Stock and
Warrants pursuant to the Rights Offering if, in our opinion, you
are required to obtain prior clearance or approval from any state
or federal regulatory authorities to own or control such shares or
Warrants and if, at the time the Rights Offering expires, you have
not obtained such clearance or approval.
Fees and Expenses
We will pay all fees due to the Subscription Agent, as well as any
other expenses we incur in connection with the Rights Offering. You
are responsible for paying any other commissions, fees, taxes or
other expenses incurred by you in connection with the exercise of
your subscription right and in connection with the exercise of the
Warrants issued pursuant to the Rights Offering.
No Board of Directors Recommendation to Rights Holders
The board of directors is making no recommendation regarding your
exercise of the subscription rights. You are urged to make your
decision based on your own assessment of our business and the
Rights Offering. Please read “Risk Factors” for a
discussion of some of the risks involved in investing in Units in
the Rights Offering.
U.S. Federal Income Tax Treatment of Rights Offering
For U.S. federal income tax purposes, we do not believe holders of
shares of Common Stock should recognize income or loss upon receipt
or exercise of a subscription right. Please read “Certain
United States Federal Income Tax
Considerations.”
Other Matters
We are not making the Rights Offering in any state or other
jurisdiction in which it is unlawful to do so, nor are we
distributing or accepting any offers to purchase any Units from
subscription right holders who are residents of those states or
other jurisdictions or who are otherwise prohibited by federal or
state laws or regulations from accepting or exercising the
subscription rights. We may delay the commencement of the Rights
Offering in those states or other jurisdictions, or change the
terms of the Rights Offering, in whole or in part, in order to
comply with the securities laws or other legal requirements of
those states or other jurisdictions. Subject to state securities
laws and regulations, we also have the discretion to delay
allocation and distribution of any shares of Common Stock and
Warrants you may elect to purchase by exercise of your subscription
right in order to comply with state securities laws. We may decline
to make modifications to the terms of the Rights Offering requested
by those states or other jurisdictions, in which case, if you are a
resident in those states or jurisdictions or if you are otherwise
prohibited by federal or state laws or regulations from accepting
or exercising the subscription right, you will not be eligible to
participate in the Rights Offering. However, we are not currently
aware of any states or jurisdictions that would preclude
participation in the Rights Offering.
CERTAIN UNITED STATES
FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS
The following is a discussion of certain U.S. federal income tax
considerations, as of the date of this prospectus, to U.S. holders
(as defined below) of our Common Stock of the receipt, sale and
exercise (or expiration) of the subscription right acquired through
the Rights Offering and the receipt, ownership and sale of the
Common Stock received upon exercise of the basic subscription right
or, if applicable, the over-subscription right.
This summary does not provide a complete analysis of all potential
tax considerations. It applies to you only if you are a U.S.
holder, acquire your subscription right by distribution from the
Company in the Rights Offering and hold the Common Stock issued to
you upon exercise of the subscription right or, if applicable, the
over-subscription right, as capital assets within the meaning of
section 1221 of the Code. This section does not apply to you if you
are not a U.S. holder or if you are a member of a special class of
holders subject to special rules, including, without limitation,
financial institutions, regulated investment companies, real estate
investment trusts, holders who are dealers in securities or foreign
currency, traders in securities that elect to use a mark-to-market
method of accounting for securities holdings, tax-exempt
organizations, insurance companies, persons liable for alternative
minimum tax, holders who hold such stock as part of a hedge,
straddle, conversion, constructive sale or other integrated
security transaction, holders whose functional currency is not the
U.S. dollar, or holders who received our Common Stock on which the
subscription rights are distributed in satisfaction of our
indebtedness or as compensation. Additionally, this discussion does
not address U.S. holders who beneficially own our shares through
either a “foreign financial institution” (as such term
is defined in Section 1471(d) (4) of the Code) or certain other
non-U.S. entities specified in Section 1472 of the
Code.
This section is based upon the Code, the Treasury Regulations
promulgated thereunder, legislative history, judicial authority and
published rulings, any of which may subsequently be changed,
possibly retroactively, or subject to different interpretations.
Changes in these authorities may cause the U.S. federal income tax
consequences to vary substantially from the consequences discussed
below. The discussion that follows neither binds the IRS nor
precludes the IRS from adopting a position contrary to that
expressed in this prospectus, and we cannot assure you that such a
contrary position could not be asserted successfully by the IRS or
adopted by a court if the position was litigated. We have not
sought, and will not seek, a ruling from the IRS regarding the
Rights Offering. This summary does not deal with any U.S. federal
non-income, state, local or foreign tax consequences, estate or
gift tax consequences, or alternative minimum tax consequences, nor
does it address any tax considerations to persons other than U.S.
holders.
You are a U.S. holder if you are a beneficial owner of subscription
rights or Common Stock and you are:
●
An individual who
is a U.S. citizen or U.S. resident alien,
●
A corporation (or
entity treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax
purposes) created or organized, or treated as created or organized,
in or under the laws of the United Sates, any state thereof or the
District of Columbia,
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An estate whose
income is subject to U.S. federal income tax regardless of its
source, or
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A trust that either
is subject to the supervision of a U.S. court and has one or more
U.S. persons authorized to control all of its substantial decisions
or has a valid election in effect under applicable Treasury
Regulations to be treated as a U.S. person.
If a partnership (including any entity or arrangement treated as a
partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes) receives a
distribution of subscription rights or holds Common Stock received
upon exercise of the subscription rights or, if applicable, the
over-subscription right, the tax treatment of a partner in such
partnership generally will depend upon the status of the partner
and the activities of the partnership. Such a partner or
partnership is urged to consult its own tax advisor as to the U.S.
federal income tax consequences of receiving, selling or exercising
the subscription rights and acquiring, holding or disposing of our
Common Stock.
EACH HOLDER OF OUR COMMON STOCK IS URGED TO CONSULT ITS OWN TAX
ADVISOR REGARDING THE SPECIFIC FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL AND FOREIGN
INCOME AND OTHER TAX CONSIDERATIONS OF THE RECEIPT AND EXERCISE (OR
EXPIRATION) OF SUBSCRIPTION RIGHTS AND THE RECEIPT, OWNERSHIP AND
DISPOSITION OF THE COMMON STOCK.
Receipt, Exercise and Expiration of the Subscription Right; Tax
Basis and Holding Period of Common Stock Received upon Exercise of
the Subscription Right
Receipt of the Distribution of Subscription
Rights
The U.S. federal income tax consequences of the Rights Offering
will depend on whether the Rights Offering is considered part of a
“disproportionate distribution” within the meaning of
Section 305 of the Code. Your receipt of the distribution of
subscription rights in the Rights Offering should be treated as a
nontaxable distribution with respect to your existing Common Stock
for U.S. federal income tax purposes provided that the Rights
Offering is not part of a disproportionate distribution. A
disproportionate distribution is a distribution or a series of
distributions, including deemed distributions, from a corporation
that has the effect of the receipt of cash or other property by
some stockholders and an increase in the proportionate interest of
other stockholders in the corporation’s assets or earnings
and profits. For purposes of the above, “stockholder”
generally includes holders of rights to acquire stock (such as
warrants and options) and holders of convertible securities. The
distribution of rights should not result in the receipt by any
stockholders of cash or property from the Company. Accordingly, we
believe and intend to take the position, and the following
discussion assumes (unless explicitly stated otherwise), that the
subscription rights issued in the Rights Offering are not part of a
disproportionate distribution and, thus, we will not treat the
distribution of the subscription rights to you as a dividend of our
earnings and profits that is taxable to you for U.S. federal income
tax purposes. However, the disproportionate distribution tax rules
are complex, the determination is highly dependent on the existence
or non-existence of certain facts and the interpretation of such
facts or absence thereof, and, as a result, their application is
uncertain. Further, the determination of whether the distribution
of the subscription rights for our Common Stock results in the
receipt of a dividend depends, in part, on the presence of certain
facts and the determination of whether such facts exist cannot be
made until the close of our taxable year. Finally, it is possible
that the IRS, which is not bound by our determination, could
challenge our position. For a discussion of the U.S. federal income
tax consequences to you if the Rights Offering were to be
considered part of a disproportionate distribution, please read
“Consequences if the Rights Offering Is Considered Part of a
Disproportionate Distribution” below.
EACH HOLDER OF SUBSCRIPTION RIGHTS SHOULD CONSULT ITS OWN TAX
ADVISOR WITH RESPECT TO THE TAX CONSEQUENCES OF THE DISTRIBUTION,
EXERCISE (OR EXPIRATION), OR DISPOSITION OF SUBSCRIPTION RIGHTS,
INCLUDING WHETHER THE RIGHTS OFFERING WERE TAXABLE AS A
“DISPROPORTIONATE DISTRIBUTION” WITHIN THE MEANING OF
CODE SECTION 305.
Tax Basis in the Subscription Right
If the fair market value of the subscription right distributed to
you is less than 15% of the fair market value of your Common Stock
on the date you receive your subscription right, your subscription
right will be allocated a zero tax basis for U.S. federal income
tax purposes, unless you elect to allocate tax basis between your
existing Common Stock and your subscription right in proportion to
their relative fair market values determined on the date you
receive your subscription right. If you choose to allocate tax
basis between your existing Common Stock and your subscription
right, you must make this election on a statement included with
your tax return for the taxable year in which you receive your
subscription right. Such an election is irrevocable.
If the fair market value of the subscription right distributed to
you is 15% or more of the fair market value of your existing Common
Stock on the date you receive your subscription right, you must
allocate your tax basis in your existing Common Stock between your
existing Common Stock and your subscription right in proportion to
their relative fair market values determined on the date you
receive your subscription right.
The fair market value of the subscription right on the date the
subscription right will be distributed is uncertain, and we have
not obtained, and do not intend to obtain, an appraisal of that
fair market value. In determining the fair market value of the
subscription right, you should consider all relevant facts and
circumstances, including any difference between the subscription
price of the subscription right and the trading price of our Common
Stock on the date that the subscription rights are distributed, and
the length of the period during which the subscription right may be
exercised.
Exercise and Expiration of the Subscription
Rights
You should not recognize any gain or loss upon the exercise of
subscription rights distributed to you in the Rights Offering, and
the tax basis of the shares of our Common Stock acquired through
exercise of the subscription rights should equal the sum of the
subscription price for the shares plus your tax basis, if any, in
the subscription rights. The holding period for the shares of
Common Stock acquired through exercise of the subscription rights
will begin on the date the subscription rights are
exercised.
If you allow subscription rights received in the Rights Offering to
expire, you generally should not recognize any gain or loss upon
that expiration. If you have tax basis in the subscription rights
and you allow the subscription rights to expire, the tax basis of
our Common Stock owned by you with respect to which such
subscription rights were distributed will be restored to the tax
basis of such Common Stock immediately before the receipt of the
subscription rights in the Rights Offering.
If, at the time of the receipt or exercise of a subscription right
distributed to you in the Rights Offering, you no longer hold the
share of our Common Stock with respect to which such subscription
right is received, certain aspects of the tax treatment of the
exercise of the subscription right are unclear, including (1) the
allocation of tax basis between the Common Stock previously sold
and the subscription right, (2) the impact of such allocation on
the amount and timing of gain or loss recognized with respect to
the Common Stock previously sold, and (3) the impact of such
allocation on the tax basis of Common Stock acquired through the
exercise of the subscription right. If you exercise a subscription
right distributed to you in the Rights Offering after disposing of
the Common Stock with respect to which the subscription right is
received, you should consult your tax advisor as to these
uncertainties.
Sale or Other Disposition of the Subscription
Rights
If you sell or otherwise dispose of subscription rights distributed
to you before the expiration date, you will recognize capital gain
or loss equal to the difference between (i) the amount of cash and
the fair market value of any property received by you in exchange
for the rights and (ii) your tax basis, if any, in the subscription
rights sold or otherwise disposed. Any capital gain or loss will be
long-term capital gain or loss if the holding period for the
subscription rights exceeds one year at the time of sale or
disposition. For this purpose, your holding period in subscription
rights distributed to you will include your holding period in the
shares of Common Stock with respect to which the subscription
rights were distributed.
Consequences if the Rights Offering Is Considered Part of a
Disproportionate Distribution
If the Rights Offering is part of a “disproportionate
distribution” within the meaning of Section 305 of the Code,
the distribution of subscription rights would be treated as a
distribution with respect to your underlying Common Stock equal to
the fair market value of the subscription rights you received and
would be taxable to you as a dividend to the extent that such fair
market value is allocable to our current or accumulated earnings
and profits for the taxable year in which the subscription rights
are distributed. We cannot determine, before the consummation of
the Rights Offering, the extent to which we will have sufficient
current and accumulated earnings and profits to cause any
distribution to be treated as a dividend. Dividends received by
corporate holders of our Common Stock are taxable at ordinary
corporate tax rates subject to any applicable dividends-received
deduction. Subject to the discussion of the tax on net investment
income set forth below (please read “— Additional Tax
on Net Investment Income”), dividends received by
noncorporate holders of our Common Stock are generally taxed at
preferential rates provided that the holder meets applicable
holding period and certain other requirements. Any such
distribution in excess of our current and accumulated earnings and
profits would be treated first as a tax-free return of your basis
in our Common Stock and thereafter as gain from the sale or
exchange of your Common Stock. Regardless of whether the
distribution of subscription rights is treated as a dividend, as a
tax-free return of basis or as gain from the sale or exchange of
our Common Stock, your tax basis in the subscription rights you
receive will be their fair market value.
If the receipt of subscription rights is taxable to you as
described in the previous paragraph and you allow subscription
rights received in the Rights Offering to expire, you should
recognize a capital loss equal to your tax basis in the expired
subscription rights. Your ability to use any capital loss is
subject to certain limitations. You should not recognize any gain
or loss upon the exercise of the subscription rights, and the tax
basis of the shares of Common Stock acquired through exercise of
the subscription rights should equal the sum of the subscription
price for the shares and your tax basis in the subscription rights.
The holding period for the shares of Common Stock acquired through
exercise of the subscription rights will begin on the date the
subscription rights are exercised.
Ownership and Disposition of Common Stock Acquired Through Exercise
of the Subscription Rights
Distributions on Common Stock Acquired Through Exercise of the
Subscription Rights
Cash distributions on Common Stock will be dividends for U.S.
federal income tax purposes to the extent of our current or
accumulated earnings and profits, as determined for U.S. federal
income tax purposes, and will be taxable as ordinary income,
although possibly at reduced rates as discussed below. To the
extent that the amount of any distribution paid with respect to
Common Stock exceeds our current or accumulated earnings and
profits, the excess will be treated first as a nontaxable return of
capital to the extent of your adjusted tax basis in the Common
Stock and then as capital gain.
Distributions on Common Stock taxable as dividends received by
corporate U.S. holders generally will be eligible for the dividends
received deduction, subject to various conditions and limitations.
Subject to certain exceptions for short-term and hedged positions
and provided that certain holding period and other requirements are
met, distributions constituting “qualified dividend
income” received by non-corporate U.S. holders in respect of
Common Stock generally are currently subject to a reduced maximum
tax rate of 20% plus the additional tax on net investment income
described below under “—Additional Tax on Net
Investment Income,” if applicable.
You should consult your own tax advisor regarding the availability
of the reduced dividend tax rate or the dividends received
deduction in light of your particular circumstances.
Sale or Other Disposition
A sale, exchange, or other disposition of the Common Stock
generally will result in gain or loss equal to the difference
between the amount realized upon the disposition (not including any
proceeds attributable to declared and unpaid dividends, which will
be taxable as described above to you if you have not previously
included such dividends in income) and your adjusted tax basis in
the Common Stock. The gain or loss will be long-term capital gain
or loss if you held the Common Stock more than one year at the time
of sale, exchange, or other disposition. Under current law,
long-term capital gains of individuals, estates, and trusts
generally are subject to a reduced maximum federal income tax rate
of 20% plus the additional tax on net investment income described
below under “— Additional Tax on Net Investment
Income,” if applicable.
Additional Tax on Net Investment Income
Certain U.S. citizens and residents and certain estates and trusts
are subject to a 3.8% tax on certain net investment income,
including dividends and capital gain from the disposition of
property, such as the subscription rights and the Common Stock. You
should consult your tax advisor with respect to this additional
tax.
Information Reporting and Backup Withholding
You may be subject to information reporting and/or backup
withholding with respect to dividend payments on or the gross
proceeds from the disposition of Common Stock acquired through the
exercise of subscription rights. The current rate for backup
withholding is 24% but is subject to change. Backup withholding may
apply under certain circumstances if (1) you fail to furnish your
social security or other taxpayer identification number
(“TIN”), (2) you furnish an incorrect TIN, (3) you fail
to report interest or dividends properly, (4) you fail to provide a
certified statement, signed under penalty of perjury, that the TIN
provided is correct, that you are not subject to backup withholding
and that you are a U.S. person or (5) the IRS notifies us that you
are otherwise subject to backup withholding. Backup withholding is
not an additional tax. Any amount withheld from a payment under the
backup withholding rules is allowable as a credit against (and may
entitle you to a refund with respect to) your U.S. federal income
tax liability, provided that the required information is timely
furnished to the IRS. You may obtain a refund of any excess amounts
withheld under the backup withholding rules by timely filing the
appropriate claim for refund with the IRS and furnishing any
required information. Certain persons are exempt from backup
withholding, including corporations.
THE PRECEDING DISCUSSION OF CERTAIN UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME
TAX CONSIDERATIONS IS NOT TAX ADVICE. HOLDERS OF SUBSCRIPTION
RIGHTS, SHARES OF OUR COMMON STOCK SHOULD CONSULT THEIR OWN TAX
ADVISORS REGARDING THE APPLICATION OF THE U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX
LAWS TO THEIR PARTICULAR SITUATIONS AND THE CONSEQUENCES UNDER
FEDERAL ESTATE AND GIFT TAX LAWS, FOREIGN, STATE AND LOCAL LAWS AND
TAX TREATIES OF THE RECEIPT, OWNERSHIP AND EXERCISE OF SUBSCRIPTION
RIGHTS AND THE ACQUISITION, OWNERSHIP AND DISPOSITION OF SHARES OF
OUR COMMON STOCK ACQUIRED UPON EXERCISE OF SUBSCRIPTION
RIGHTS.
DESCRIPTION OF
SECURITIES
In this Rights Offering, we are accepting subscriptions for
up to 500,000,000 Units, with each Unit consisting of
one share of our Common Stock and two ½ Warrants,
consisting of one ½ warrant which will be exercisable for one
share of our Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.018 per share
and one ½ warrant exercisable for one share of our Common
Stock at an exercise price of $0.024 (collectively referred to as
the Warrant). Each Warrant will be exercisable for one share
of our Common Stock. The shares of Common Stock and Warrants
comprising the Units are immediately separable and will be issued
separately, but will be purchased together in this Rights Offering.
We are also registering the shares of Common Stock issuable upon
exercise of the Warrants.
Common Stock
The material terms and provisions of our Common Stock are described
herein under the caption “Description of Capital
Stock.”
Warrants
The following summary of certain terms and provisions of Warrants
that are being offered hereby is not complete and is subject to,
and qualified in its entirety by, the provisions of the Warrant,
the form of which is filed as an exhibit to the registration
statement of which this prospectus is a part. You should carefully
review the terms and provisions of the form of Warrant for a
complete description of the terms and conditions of the
Warrants.
Warrants Included in Units Issuable in the Rights
Offering
Subject to a holder’s right to elect to receive a warrant in
certificated form, all Warrants that are purchased in the Rights
Offering as part of the Units will be initially issued in
book-entry, or uncertificated, form meaning that you will receive a
DRS account statement from our transfer agent reflecting ownership
of Warrants if you are a holder of record. The Subscription Agent
will arrange for the issuance of the Warrants as soon as
practicable after the Closing. At Closing, all prorating
calculations and reductions contemplated by the terms of the Rights
Offering will have been effected and payment to us for the
subscribed-for Units will have cleared. If you hold your shares of
Common Stock, as applicable, in the name of a bank, broker, dealer,
or other nominee, DTC will credit your account with your nominee
with the Warrants you purchased in the Rights
Offering.
The Warrants to be issued as a part of this Rights Offering will be
separately transferable following their issuance. Each Warrant will
entitle the holder to purchase one share of our Common
Stock.
Duration and Exercise Price. One half of
the warrants issued will have an exercise price
of $0.018 per share and one half will have an
exercise price of $0.024 per share; all Warrants are
exercisable upon issuance. The warrants will expire three years
from the date of issuance.
Adjustment. For so long as the
warrants remain outstanding, the exercise price and number of
shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the warrant is
subject to adjustment as follows: (a) as the Company’s board
of directors deems appropriate, or (b) upon subdivision (by stock
spilt, stock dividend, recapitalization, or otherwise) or
combination (by reverse stock split or otherwise) of shares of
Common Stock. The Company has filed notice of its 2018 Annual
Meeting of Shareholders which will take place December 6, 2018 for
shareholders of record on October 12, 2018; on the agenda is a vote
to approve a reverse split of the issued and outstanding common
stock of the Company.
Acceleration
of Expiration Date. If at
any time after the issuance date, the closing trading price of the
Company’s Common Stock on the OTCQB or its then principal
trading market is greater than $0.0325 per Common Stock share for a
period of ten (10) consecutive Trading Days, then the Company may
give notice to the Holder and the Expiration Date of the Warrant
shall be 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the 30th day after the date
on which such notice is deemed to have been given by the Company to
the Holder.
Rights upon Distribution of Assets. In the event that the Company declares or makes
any dividend or other distribution of its assets to holders of its
Common Stock, the warrant holder will be entitled to participate in
such distribution to the same extent that such holder would have
participated therein if the holder had held the number of shares of
Common Stock acquirable upon exercise of the
warrant.
Fundamental Transaction. In the
event of a Fundamental Transaction, as described in the warrants
and generally including the sale, transfer or other disposition of
all or substantially all of our properties or assets, our
consolidation or merger with or into another person,
recapitalization or reclassification or the acquisition of our
outstanding Common Stock which results in any person or group
becoming the beneficial owner of 50% of the voting power
represented by our outstanding Common Stock, the holders of the
warrants will be entitled to receive upon exercise of the warrants
the kind and amount of securities, cash, assets or other property
that the holders would have received had they exercised the
warrants immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction. Subject
to certain limitations, in the event of a Fundamental Transaction
the warrant holder may at its option require the Company or any
Successor Entity to purchase the warrant from the holder by paying
to the holder an amount of cash equal to the Black Scholes Value of
the remaining unexercised portion of the warrant on the date of the
consummation of the Fundamental
Transaction.
Purchase Right. Any time that
the Company grants, issues, or sells any securities pro rata to all
of the record holders of the Common Stock (the “Purchase
Right”), the holder of the warrant will be entitled to
acquire the aggregate Purchase Rights which the holder could have
acquired if the holder had held the number of shares of Common
Stock acquirable upon exercise of the warrant.
Transferability. Subject to
applicable laws and restrictions on transfer, the warrant may be
transferred at the option of the holder. The warrants are not
listed on any securities exchange or nationally recognized trading
system.
Redemption Right.
We may
redeem the Warrants for $0.0001 per Warrant if the
volume weighted average of our common stock closes for each of ten
consecutive trading days exceeds $0.03 per share,
subject to certain conditions and limitations, provided that we may
not do so prior to the date that is six months after the issuance
date. The redemption price is subject to adjustment as
follows: (a) as the Company’s board of directors deems
appropriate, or (b) upon subdivision (by stock spilt, stock
dividend, recapitalization, or otherwise) or combination (by
reverse stock split or otherwise) of shares of Common
Stock.
Exercisability. The warrants
will be exercisable, at the option of each holder, in whole or in
part, by delivering to us a duly executed exercise notice
accompanied by payment in full for the number of shares of our
Common Stock purchased upon such exercise. If, at the time a holder
exercises its warrant, a registration statement registering the
issuance of the shares of Common Stock underlying the warrants
under the Securities Act is not then effective for the issuance or
resale of such shares, then in lieu of making the cash payment
otherwise contemplated to be made to us upon such exercise in
payment of the aggregate exercise price, the holder may elect
instead to receive upon such exercise (either in whole or in part)
the net number of shares of Common Stock determined according to a
formula set forth in the warrant.
Limitations on Exercise. A
holder (together with its affiliates as determined in accordance
with the warrant) may not exercise any portion of the warrant to
the extent that the holder would own more than 4.99% of the
outstanding Common Stock after exercise, except that upon at least
61 days’ prior notice from the holder to us, the holder may
increase the amount of ownership of outstanding stock after
exercising the holder’s warrants up to 9.99% of the number of
shares of our Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving
effect to the exercise, as such percentage ownership is determined
in accordance with the terms of the warrants. A holder may also
decrease the applicable percentage. No fractional shares of Common
Stock will be issued in connection with the exercise of a warrant
but rather the number of shares to be issued shall be rounded up to
the nearest whole number.
Right as a Stockholder. Except
as otherwise provided in the warrants or by virtue of such
holder’s ownership of shares of our Common Stock, the holders
of the warrants do not have the rights or privileges of holders of
our Common Stock, including any voting rights, unless and until
they exercise their warrants.
Waivers and Amendments. Subject
to certain exceptions, any term of the warrants may be amended or
waived with our written consent and the written consent of the
holders of warrants covering 66% of the shares of Common Stock
issuable upon exercise of the warrants, provided that the Company
may not amend the exercise price, expiration date, or number of
warrant shares into which the warrant is exercisable without the
consent of the holder, or if the warrant is held in global form
through DTC (or any successor depository), the beneficial owner of
the warrant.
Failure to Timely Deliver Securities. Upon exercise of the warrant by the holder, if the
Company or its transfer agent fails to deliver the securities to
holder by the required share delivery date set forth in the
warrant, then, generally, the holder may require the Company to pay
to the holder an amount in cash to cover the loss the holder
otherwise would incur as a result of short selling shares of Common
Stock in anticipation of timely settling that sale with warrant
shares. The Company may also be required to pay liquidated damages
to the holder for each trading day after the required share
delivery date until the securities are
delivered.
DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL
STOCK
General
The descriptions of our capital stock and certain provisions of our
amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and
restated bylaws are summaries and are qualified by reference to the
amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and
restated bylaws that are currently in effect. Copies of these
documents have been filed with the SEC and are incorporated by
reference herein.
Authorized Capital Stock
We have authorized 6,010,000,000 shares of capital stock, of which
6,000,000,000 are shares of voting common stock, par value $0.0001
per share, and 10,000,000 are shares of preferred stock, par value
$0.0001 per share.
Capital Stock Issued and Outstanding
As
of June 30, 2018, we have issued and
outstanding securities on a fully diluted basis consisting
of:
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2.954 billion
shares of common
stock;
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Stock option
grants for the purchase of 63 million
shares of common stock at average
exercise price of $0.009;
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Warrants
to purchase an aggregate of 595,000,000 shares of common stock
with expiration dates between November 2018 (subject to
extension) and October 2023 at an exercise price of
$0.031 per share;
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109
million shares of common stock to be issued for the conversion
of Convertible Notes Payables at a conversion price of $0.0026
per share; and
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An unknown
number of common shares to be issued under the Chicago Venture
Partners, L.P. financing agreements.
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stock option grants
outstanding for the purchase of 63 million common shares at a
$0.009 average exercise price;
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warrants for the
purchase of 595 million common shares at a $0.031 average exercise
price;
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109 million
shares related to convertible debt
that can be converted at $0.002535 per share;
and
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an unknown number of common shares to be issued
under the Chicago Venture Partners, L.P. financing agreements.
Certificate of Elimination for Series B and C Preferred
Stock
On October 24, 2017, the Company filed a Certificate of Elimination
with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware to eliminate
the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock and Series C Preferred
Stock of the Company. None of the authorized shares of either the
Series B or Series C Preferred Stock were outstanding.
The Certificate of Elimination, effective upon filing, had the
effect of eliminating from the Company's Certificate of
Incorporation, as amended, all matters set forth in the Certificate
of Designations of the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock and
Series C Preferred Stock with respect to each respective series,
which were both previously filed by the Company with the Secretary
of State on October 22, 2015. Accordingly, the 150,000 shares
of Series B Preferred Stock and 51 shares of Series C Preferred
Stock previously reserved for issuance under their respective
Certificates of Designation resumed their status as authorized but
unissued shares of undesignated preferred stock of the Company upon
filing of the Certificate of Elimination.
Voting Common Stock
Holders of our common stock are entitled to one vote for each share
held on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders and do not
have cumulative voting rights. An election of directors by our
stockholders shall be determined by a plurality of the votes cast
by the stockholders entitled to vote on the election. On all other
matters, the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the
stock present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to
vote is required for approval, unless otherwise provided in our
articles of incorporation, bylaws or applicable law. Holders of
common stock are entitled to receive proportionately any dividends
as may be declared by our board of directors, subject to any
preferential dividend rights of outstanding preferred
stock.
In the event of our liquidation or dissolution, the holders of
common stock are entitled to receive proportionately all assets
available for distribution to stockholders after the payment of all
debts and other liabilities and subject to the prior rights of any
outstanding preferred stock. Holders of common stock have no
preemptive, subscription, redemption or conversion rights. The
rights, preferences and privileges of holders of common stock are
subject to and may be adversely affected by the rights of the
holders of shares of any series of preferred stock that we may
designate and issue in the future.
Non-Voting Preferred Stock
Under the terms of our articles of incorporation, our board of
directors is authorized to issue shares of non-voting preferred
stock in one or more series without stockholder approval. Our board
of directors has the discretion to determine the rights,
preferences, privileges and restrictions, dividend rights,
conversion rights, redemption privileges and liquidation
preferences, of each series of non-voting preferred
stock.
The purpose of authorizing our board of directors to issue
non-voting preferred stock and determine our rights and preferences
is to eliminate delays associated with a stockholder vote on
specific issuances. The issuance of non-voting preferred stock,
while providing flexibility in connection with possible
acquisitions, future financings and other corporate purposes, could
have the effect of making it more difficult for a third party to
acquire or could discourage a third party from seeking to acquire,
a majority of our outstanding voting stock. Other than the Series B
and C Preferred Stock discussed below, there are no shares of
non-voting preferred stock presently outstanding and we have no
present plans to issue any shares of preferred stock.
Warrants to Purchase Common Stock
As June 30, 2018, we had warrants to purchase
595,000,000 shares of common stock with expiration dates
between November 2018 (subject to extension) and October
2023 at an exercise price of $0.031 per
share.
Options to Purchase Common Stock
On October 23, 2017, our shareholders voted to approve the 2017
Stock Incentive Plan., increasing to 100,000,000 the maximum
allowable shares of the Company’s common stock allocated to
the 2017 Stock Incentive Plan. We have 44,000,000 shares available
for issuance. We have outstanding unexercised stock option grants
totaling 55,000,000 shares at an average exercise price of $0.007
per share as of December 31, 2017. We filed a registration
statement on Form S-8 to register 100,000,000 shares of
Company’s common stock related to the 2017 Stock Incentive
Plan.
Dividend Policy
We have not previously paid any cash dividends on our common stock
and do not anticipate or contemplate paying dividends on our common
stock in the foreseeable future. We currently intend to use all of
our available funds to develop our business. We can give no
assurances that we will ever have excess funds available to pay
dividends.
Change in Control Provisions
Our articles of incorporation and by-laws provide for a maximum of
nine directors, and the size of the Board cannot be increased by
more than three directors in any calendar year. There is
no provision for classification or staggered terms for the members
of the Board of Directors.
Our articles of incorporation also provide that except to the
extent the provisions of Delaware General Corporation Law require a
greater voting requirement, any action, including the amendment of
the Company’s articles or bylaws, the approval of a plan of
merger or share exchange, the sale, lease, exchange or other
disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s
property other than in the usual and regular course of business,
shall be authorized if approved by a simple majority of
stockholders, and if a separate voting group is required or
entitled to vote thereon, by a simple majority of all the votes
entitled to be cast by that voting group.
Our bylaws provide that only the Chief Executive Officer or a
majority of the Board of Directors may call a special
meeting. The bylaws do not permit the stockholders of
the Company to call a special meeting of the stockholders for any
purpose.
Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws Provisions
Our articles of incorporation, as amended, and bylaws contain
provisions that could have the effect of discouraging potential
acquisition proposals or tender offers or delaying or preventing a
change in control, including changes a stockholder might consider
favorable. In particular, our articles of incorporation and bylaws
among other things:
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permit
our board of directors to alter our bylaws without stockholder
approval; and
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provide
that vacancies on our board of directors may be filled by a
majority of directors in office, although less than a
quorum.
Such provisions may have the effect of discouraging a third party
from acquiring us, even if doing so would be beneficial to our
stockholders. These provisions are intended to enhance the
likelihood of continuity and stability in the composition of our
board of directors and in the policies formulated by them, and to
discourage some types of transactions that may involve an actual or
threatened change in control of our company. These provisions are
designed to reduce our vulnerability to an unsolicited acquisition
proposal and to discourage some tactics that may be used in proxy
fights. We believe that the benefits of increased protection of our
potential ability to negotiate with the proponent of an unfriendly
or unsolicited proposal to acquire or restructure our company
outweigh the disadvantages of discouraging such proposals because,
among other things, negotiation of such proposals could result in
an improvement of their terms.
However, these provisions could have the effect of discouraging
others from making tender offers for our shares that could result
from actual or rumored takeover attempts. These provisions also may
have the effect of preventing changes in our
management.
Choice of Forum
Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that
the Courts of the State of Delaware is the exclusive forum for any
derivative action or proceeding brought on our behalf; any action
asserting a claim of a breach of fiduciary duty owed by any
director, officer or other employee to the Company or the
Company’s stockholders; any action asserting a claim against
us or any of our directors, officers or other employees arising
pursuant to the Delaware General Corporation Law, our amended and
restated certificate of incorporation or our amended and restated
bylaws; or any action or proceeding asserting a claim against us or
any of our directors, officers or other employees that is governed
by the internal affairs doctrine.
Listing of our Common Stock
Our Common Stock is listed on the OTCQB under the symbol
“PHOT.”
Transfer Agent and Registrar
The transfer agent and registrar for our Common Stock is
Direct Transfer, LLC. The transfer agent and
registrar’s address is 500 Perimeter Park Drive Suite D,
Morrisville NC 27560.
We will distribute rights certificates and copies of this
prospectus to those persons who were holders of our Common Stock
on October 12, 2018, the Record Date for the
Rights Offering, promptly following the effective date of the
registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part. We
are offering the rights and the shares of Common Stock underlying
the rights directly to you. Those directors and officers of the
Company who may assist in the Rights Offering will not register
with the SEC as brokers in reliance on certain safe harbor
provisions contained in Rule 3a4-1 under the Exchange Act.
Direct Transfer, LLC is acting as our Subscription
Agent to effect the exercise of the rights and the issuance of the
underlying Common Stock. Therefore, while certain of our director,
officers or employees may solicit responses from you, they will not
receive any commissions or compensation for those
services.
Delivery of Subscription Documents
If your shares are held in the name of a broker, dealer, custodian
bank or other nominee as record holder, then you should send your
subscription documents and subscription payment to that nominee. If
you are the record holder, then you should send your subscription
documents, rights certificate, notice of guaranteed delivery and
subscription payment to the address provided below. If sent by
mail, we recommend that you send documents and payments by
registered mail, properly insured, with return receipt requested,
and that a sufficient number of days be allowed to ensure delivery
to the Subscription Agent. Do not send or deliver these
materials to the Company.
By mail:
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By hand or overnight courier:
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Direct
Transfer, LLC
Attn:
Rights Offering
500 Perimeter Park Drive Suite D,
Morrisville NC 27560
Tel: (888) 301-2498
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Direct
Transfer, LLC
Attn:
Rights Offering
500 Perimeter Park Drive Suite D,
Morrisville NC 27560
Tel: (888) 301-2498
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Please read “The Rights Offering—Method
of Exercising Subscription Rights.” If you have any questions regarding the
Rights Offering, or you have any questions regarding completing a
rights certificate or submitting payment in the Rights Offering,
please contact the Subscription Agent, Direct Transfer,
LLC, by telephone at (888) 301-2498 or
corporate-actions@issuerdirect.com.
Delivery of Common Stock and Warrants
As
soon as practicable after the expiration of the Rights Offering,
and within five business days thereof, we expect to close on
subscriptions and for the Subscription Agent to arrange for the
issuance of the shares of Common Stock and Warrants purchased
pursuant to the Rights Offering. All shares and Warrants that are
purchased in the Rights Offering will be issued in book-entry, or
uncertificated, form meaning that you will receive an account
statement from our transfer agent reflecting ownership of these
securities if you are a holder of record of shares of Common Stock
or Warrants. If you hold your shares of Common Stock in the name of
a bank, broker, dealer, or other nominee, DTC will credit your
account with your nominee with the securities you purchased in the
Rights Offering.
Notice to Prospective Investors in Canada
This prospectus constitutes an “exempt offering
document” as defined in and for the purposes of applicable
Canadian securities laws. No prospectus has been filed with any
securities commission or similar regulatory authority in Canada in
connection with the offer and sale of the shares. No securities
commission or similar regulatory authority in Canada has reviewed
or in any way passed upon this prospectus or on the merits of the
shares and any representation to the contrary is an
offence.
Canadian investors are advised that
this prospectus has been prepared in reliance on section 3A.3 of
National Instrument 33-105 Underwriting
Conflicts (“NI
33-105”). Pursuant to section 3A.3 of NI 33-105, this
prospectus is exempt from the requirement that the Company and the
underwriter(s) provide Canadian investors with certain conflicts of
interest disclosure pertaining to “connected issuer”
and/or “related issuer” relationships that may exist
between the Company and the underwriter(s) as would otherwise be
required pursuant to subsection 2.1(1) of NI
33-105.
Resale Restrictions
The offer and sale of the shares in Canada is being made on a
private placement basis only and is exempt from the requirement
that the Company prepares and files a prospectus under applicable
Canadian securities laws. Any resale of shares acquired by a
Canadian investor in this offering must be made in accordance with
applicable Canadian securities laws, which may vary depending on
the relevant jurisdiction, and which may require resales to be made
in accordance with Canadian prospectus requirements, pursuant to a
statutory exemption from the prospectus requirements, in a
transaction exempt from the prospectus requirements or otherwise
under a discretionary exemption from the prospectus requirements
granted by the applicable local Canadian securities regulatory
authority. These resale restrictions may under certain
circumstances apply to resales of the shares outside of
Canada.
Representations of Purchasers
Each Canadian investor who purchases shares will be deemed to have
represented to the Company, the underwriters and to each dealer
from whom a purchase confirmation is received, as applicable, that
the investor is (i) purchasing as principal, or is deemed to be
purchasing as principal in accordance with applicable Canadian
securities laws, for investment only and not with a view to resale
or redistribution; (ii) an “accredited investor” as
such term is defined in section 1.1 of National Instrument
45-106 Prospectus
Exemptions or, in Ontario,
as such term is defined in section 73.3(1) of
the Securities
Act (Ontario); and (iii)
is a “permitted client” as such term is defined in
section 1.1 of National Instrument 31-103 Registration Requirements,
Exemptions and Ongoing Registrant Obligations.
Taxation and Eligibility for Investment
Any discussion of taxation and related matters contained in this
prospectus does not purport to be a comprehensive description of
all of the tax considerations that may be relevant to a Canadian
investor when deciding to purchase the shares and, in particular,
does not address any Canadian tax considerations. No representation
or warranty is hereby made as to the tax consequences to a
resident, or deemed resident, of Canada of an investment in the
shares or with respect to the eligibility of the shares for
investment by such investor under relevant Canadian federal and
provincial legislation and regulations.
Rights of Action for Damages or Rescission
Securities legislation in certain of the Canadian jurisdictions
provides certain purchasers of securities pursuant to an offering
memorandum (such as this prospectus), including where the
distribution involves an “eligible foreign security” as
such term is defined in Ontario Securities Commission Rule 45-501
Ontario Prospectus and Registration Exemptions and in Multilateral
Instrument 45-107 Listing Representation and Statutory Rights of
Action Disclosure Exemptions, as applicable, with a remedy for
damages or rescission, or both, in addition to any other rights
they may have at law, where the offering memorandum, or other
offering document that constitutes an offering memorandum, and any
amendment thereto, contains a “misrepresentation” as
defined under applicable Canadian securities laws. These remedies,
or notice with respect to these remedies, must be exercised or
delivered, as the case may be, by the purchaser within the time
limits prescribed under, and are subject to limitations and
defenses under, applicable Canadian securities legislation. In
addition, these remedies are in addition to and without derogation
from any other right or remedy available at law to the
investor.
Language of Documents
Upon receipt of this document, each Canadian investor hereby
confirms that it has expressly requested that all documents
evidencing or relating in any way to the sale of the securities
described herein (including for greater certainty any purchase
confirmation or any notice) be drawn up in the English language
only. Par la réception de ce document, chaque investisseur
canadien confirme par les présentes qu’il a
expressément exigé que tous les documents faisant foi ou
se rapportant de quelque manière que ce soit à la vente
des valeurs mobilières décrites aux présentes
(incluant, pour plus de certitude, toute confirmation d’achat
ou tout avis) soient rédigés en anglais
seulement.
The validity of the shares of Common Stock being offered hereby
will be passed upon for us by Horwitz + Armstrong, A Professional
Law Corporation of Lake Forest, California.
The financial statements at December 31, 2017 and 2016, and for the
years then ended incorporated by reference in this prospectus have
been so incorporated in reliance on the report of SD Mayer &
Associates LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm,
given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and
accounting.
WHERE YOU CAN FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The Company files annual, quarterly and special reports, proxy
statements and other information with the SEC. You may read and
copy any document filed by the Company at the SEC’s Public
Reference Room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549.
Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on
the public reference room. Statements contained in this prospectus
as to the contents of any contract or any other document referred
to are not necessarily complete, and in each instance, we refer you
to the copy of the contract or other document filed as an exhibit
to the registration statement. Each of these statements is
qualified in all respects by this reference.
INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN
INFORMATION BY REFERENCE
We “incorporate by reference” certain information into
this prospectus, which means that we disclose important information
to you by referring you to another document filed separately with
the SEC. The information incorporated by reference is deemed to be
part of this prospectus, and relying on the Fixing America’s
Surface Transportation Act, or the FAST Act, as a smaller reporting
company, subsequent information that we file with the SEC will
automatically update and supersede that information. Any statement
contained in a previously filed document incorporated by reference
will be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this
prospectus to the extent that a statement contained in this
prospectus modifies or replaces that statement.
We incorporate by reference our documents listed below and any
future filings made by us with the SEC under Sections 13(a), 13(c),
14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the termination of the
offering, including documents we may file with the SEC after the
date of the initial registration statement and prior to
effectiveness of the registration statement. We are not, however,
incorporating by reference any documents or portions thereof,
whether specifically listed below or filed in the future, that are
not deemed “filed” with the SEC, including any
information furnished pursuant to Items 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K or
related exhibits furnished pursuant to Item 9.01 of Form 8-K. This
prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto incorporate by
reference the documents set forth below that have previously been
filed with the SEC:
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Our Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, filed
with the SEC on March 28, 2018, as amended by our Annual Report on
Form and 10-K/A filed with the SEC on July 9, 2018;
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Our Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2018
filed with the SEC on May 1, 2018;
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Our Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2018
filed with the SEC on August 2, 2018;
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Our Current Report
on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 23, 2018 and August 16,
2018, and
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The description of
our capital stock contained in our registration statement on Form
S-1 filed with the SEC on May 10 , 2016, including any amendments
or reports filed for the purpose of updating such
description.
You may request a free copy of any or all of the reports or
documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus (other than
exhibits, unless they are specifically incorporated by reference in
the documents) by writing or telephoning us at the following
address:
GrowLife, Inc.
5400 Carillon Point
Kirkland, WA 98033
Attn: Secretary (866) 781-5559
We also maintain a website at www.growlifeinc.com where
incorporated reports or other documents filed with the SEC may be
accessed. We have not incorporated by reference into this
prospectus the information contained in, or that can be accessed
through, our website, and you should not consider it to be part of
this prospectus.
GrowLife, Inc.
Non-transferable Subscription Rights to Purchase
Units
Consisting of an Aggregate of Up to 500,000,000 Shares of Common
Stock at a Subscription Price of $0.012 Per Unit and Warrants to
Purchase Up to 250,000,000 Shares of Common Stock at an exercise
price of $0.018 and Warrants to Purchase Up to 250,000,000 Shares
of Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.024
PROSPECTUS
[___________],
2018
PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
Item 13. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.
The following table sets forth the anticipated costs and expenses
payable by GrowLife, Inc. (other than commissions and fees) in
connection with the sale of the securities being registered. All
amounts shown are estimates except for the SEC registration
fee.
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$2,100
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Legal fees and
expenses
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15,000
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Accounting fees and
expenses
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10,000
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Subscription,
Transfer and Warrant Agent fees
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10,000
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Printing and
miscellaneous expenses
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17,900
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Total
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$55,000
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Item 14. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The Registrant incorporated under the laws of the State of
Delaware. Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law
provides that a Delaware corporation may indemnify any persons who
were, are, or are threatened to be made, parties to any threatened,
pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by
or in the right of such corporation), by reason of the fact that
such person is or was an officer, director, employee or agent of
such corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such
corporation as an officer, director, employee or agent of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise.
The indemnification may include expenses (including
attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in
settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in
connection with defending or settling such action, suit or
proceeding, provided that such person acted in good faith and in a
manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the
corporation’s best interests except that no indemnification
is permitted without judicial approval if the officer or director
is adjudged to be liable to the corporation. Where an officer or
director is successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of
any action referred to above, the corporation must indemnify him or
her against the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually
and reasonably incurred.
The Registrant’s amended and restated certificate of
incorporation and amended and restated bylaws provide for the
indemnification of its directors and officers to the fullest extent
permitted under the Delaware General Corporation Law.
Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law permits a
corporation to provide in its certificate of incorporation that a
director of the corporation shall not be personally liable to the
corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of
fiduciary duties as a director, except for liability for
any:
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Breach
of director’s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its
stockholders.
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Act or
omission not in good faith or that involves intentional misconduct
or a knowing violation of law;
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Unlawful
payment of dividends or unlawful purchase or redemption of shares;
or
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Transaction
from which the director derives an improper personal
benefit;
The Registrant’s amended and restated certificate of
incorporation includes such a provision. Expenses incurred by any
officer or director in defending any such action, suit or
proceeding in advance of its final disposition shall be paid by the
Registrant upon delivery to it of an undertaking, by or on behalf
of such director or officer, to repay all amounts so advanced if it
shall ultimately be determined that such director or officer is not
entitled to be indemnified by the Registrant.
Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides, among
other things, that a director who willfully or negligently approves
of an unlawful payment of dividends or an unlawful stock purchase
or redemption, may be held jointly and severally liable for such
actions. A director who was either absent when the unlawful actions
were approved or dissented at the time may avoid liability by
causing his or her dissent to such actions to be entered in the
books containing minutes of the meetings of the board of directors
at the time such action occurred or immediately after such absent
director receives notice of the unlawful acts.
As permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, the
Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with each of
its directors and executive officers, that require the Registrant
to indemnify such persons against any and all costs and expenses
(including attorneys’, witness or other professional fees)
actually and reasonably incurred by such persons in connection with
any action, suit or proceeding (including derivative actions),
whether actual or threatened, to which any such person may be made
a party by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director
or officer or is or was acting or serving as an officer, director,
employee or agent of the Registrant or any of its affiliated
enterprises. Under these agreements, the Registrant is not required
to provide indemnification for certain matters,
including:
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Indemnification
for expenses or losses with respect to proceedings initiated by the
director or officer, including any proceedings against the
Registrant or its directors, officers, employees or other
indemnitees and not by way of defense, with certain
exceptions;
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Indemnification
for any proceeding if a final decision by a court of competent
jurisdiction determines that such indemnification is prohibited by
applicable law;
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Indemnification
for the disgorgement of profits arising from the purchase or sale
by the director or officer of securities of the Registrant in
violation of Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, or any similar
successor statute; or
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Indemnification
for the director or officer’s reimbursement to the Registrant
of any bonus or other incentive-based or equity-based compensation
previously received by the director or officer or payment of any
profits realized by the director or officer from the sale of
securities of the Registrant, as required in each case under the
Exchange Act.
The indemnification agreements also set forth certain procedures
that will apply in the event of a claim for indemnification
thereunder. Except as otherwise disclosed under the headings
“Part I. — Item 3. Legal Proceedings” in our
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017 and
“Part II. Other Information — Item 1. Legal
Proceedings” in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended June 30, 2018, there is at present no pending
litigation or proceeding involving any of the Registrant’s
directors or executive officers as to which indemnification is
required or permitted, and the Registrant is not aware of any
threatened litigation or proceeding that may result in a claim for
indemnification.
The Registrant has an insurance policy in place, that covers its
officers and directors with respect to certain liabilities,
including liabilities arising under the Securities Act or
otherwise. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under
the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and
controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in
the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable.
Item 15. Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities.
The following sets forth information regarding all securities sold
or granted by the Registrant within the past three years that were
not registered under the Securities Act, and the consideration, if
any, received by the Registrant for such securities. The securities
were offered and sold in reliance on the exemption from
registration afforded by Section 4(a)(2) or Rule 506(b) of
Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act, which exempt
transactions by an issuer not involving any public offering. The
purchasers were “accredited investors” as such term is
defined in Regulation D. The securities are non-transferable in the
absence of an effective registration statement under the Act or an
available exemption therefrom, and all certificates and instruments
issued are imprinted with a restrictive legend to that
effect.
During the six months ended June 30, 2018, the Company had had the
following sales of unregistered of equity securities to accredited
investors unless otherwise indicated:
On
February 7, 2018, the Company issued 7,660,274 shares to three
directors. The shares were valued at the fair market price of
$0.020 per share or $153,205. The shares were issued for annual
director service to the Company.
On
February 12, 2018, the Company received a Notice of Conversion from
Forglen LLC converting principal and interest of $321,945 owed
under that certain 7% Convertible Note as amended June 19, 2014
into 127,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock with a
fair value of $2,235,200.
On
February 16, 2018, the Company issued 900,000 shares of its common
stock to a service provider pursuant to a conversion of debt
totaling $18,000. The shares were valued at the fair market price
of $0.020 per share.
On
March 13, 2018, the Company, received a Notice of Conversion from
Logic Works LLC converting principal and interest of $41,690 owed
under that a 6% Convertible Note into 16,445,609 shares of our
common stock with a fair value of $248,329. As of March 13, 2018,
the outstanding balance on the Convertible Note was
$0.
During
the six months ended June 30, 2018, Chicago Venture converted
principal and interest of $2,082,668 into 369,948,266 shares of our
common stock at a per share conversion price of $0.0056 with a fair
value of $5,698.731. The Company recognized $3,616,063 of loss on
debt conversions during the six months ended June 30, 2018. The
Company has $250,000 in available under this debt
financing.
Securities Purchase Agreements with St. George Investments,
LLC
On February 9, 2018, the Company executed the following agreements
with St. George Investments LLC, a Utah limited liability company:
(i) Securities Purchase Agreement; and (ii) Warrant to Purchase
Shares of Common Stock. The Company entered into the St. George
Agreements with the intent to acquire working capital to grow the
Company’s businesses.
Pursuant to the St. George Agreements, the Company agreed to sell
and to issue to St. George for an aggregate purchase price of
$1,000,000: (a) 48,687,862 Shares of newly issued restricted Common
Stock of the Company; and (b) the Warrant. St. George has paid the
entire Purchase Price for the Securities.
The Warrant is exercisable for a period of five (5) years from the
Closing, for the purchase of up to 48,687,862 shares of the
Company’s Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.05 per
share of Common Stock. The Warrant is subject to a cashless
exercise option at the election of St. George and other adjustments
as detailed in the Warrant.
On
March 20, 2018, the Company entered into and closed on a Common
Stock Purchase Agreement with St. George Investments, LLC, a Utah
limited liability company.
The
Company sold and agreed to issue to St. George 6,410,256 shares of
newly issued restricted Common Stock of the Company at a purchase
price of $0.0156 per share. The Purchase Price was paid at Closing
and the Shares shall be issued upon the satisfaction of the Share
Delivery Conditions as set forth in the Agreement.
On
April 26, 2018, the Company entered into and closed on a Common
Stock Purchase Agreement with St. George Investments, LLC, Pursuant
to the St. George Agreements, the Company sold and agreed to issue
to St. George 4,950,495 shares of newly issued restricted Common
Stock of the Company at a purchase price of $0.0202 per
share.
On May
25, 2018, the Company entered into and closed on a Common Stock
Purchase Agreement with St. George Investments, LLC, Pursuant to
the St. George Agreements, the Company sold and agreed to issue to
St. George 5,128,205 shares of newly issued restricted Common Stock
of the Company at a purchase price of $0.0195 per
share.
During the year ended December 31, 2017, the Company had had the
following sales of unregistered of equity securities to accredited
investors unless otherwise indicated:
On
February 28, 2017, Logic Works converted principal and interest of
$291,044 into 82,640,392 shares of the Company’s common stock
at a per share conversion price of $0.004.
During the year ended December 31, 2017, five vendors
converted debt of $559,408 into 64,869,517 shares of the
Company’s common stock at the fair market price of $0.0086
per share.
During the year ended December 31, 2017, four directors were
issued 10,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at the
fair market price of $0.0076 per share for 2017 director
services.
During
the year ended December 31, 2017, Chicago Venture converted
principal and accrued interest of $2,688,000 into 554,044,030
shares of the Company’s common stock at a per share
conversion price of $0.0049.
During the year ended December 31, 2016, the Company had had the
following sales of unregistered of equity securities to accredited
investors unless otherwise indicated:
On
January 4, 2016, the Company issued 3,000,000 shares of its common
stock to an entity affiliated with Mark E. Scott, our Chief
Financial Officer, pursuant to a conversion of accrued consulting
fees and expenses for $30,000. The shares were valued at the fair
market price of $0.01 per share. On October 21, 2016, an entity
affiliated with Mr. Scott converted $40,000 in accrued consulting
fees and expenses into 4,000,000 shares of the Company’s
common stock at $0.01 per share. The price per share was based on
the thirty-day trailing average. On October 21, 2016, an entity
affiliated with Mr. Scott was granted 6,000,000 shares of the
Company’s common stock at $0.01 per share. The price per
share was based on the thirty-day trailing average. On October 21,
2016, an entity affiliated with Mr. Scott cancelled stock option
grants totaling 12,000,000 shares of the Company’s common
stock at $0.01 per share.
On
January 27, 2016, the Company issued 1,500,000 shares of its common
stock to Michael E. Fasci, a Board Director, pursuant to a service
award for $15,000. The shares were valued at the fair market price
of $0.01 per share. On May 25, 2016, the Company issued 2,500,000
shares of its common stock to Michael E. Fasci pursuant to a
service award for $50,000. The shares were valued at the fair
market price of $0.02 per share.
In consideration for advisory services provided by TCA to the
Company, the Company issued 15,000,000 shares of Common Stock
during the year ending December 31, 2015. As the common
stock was conditionally redeemable, the Company recorded the common
stock as mezzanine equity in the accompanying consolidated balance
sheet as of December 31, 2015. As of
September 30, 2016, the shares are no longer conditionally
redeemable and were recorded as issued and outstanding common
stock.
The Company issued $2 million in common stock or 115,141,048 shares
of our common stock on April 6, 2016 pursuant to the settlement of
the Consolidated Class Action and Derivative Action lawsuits
alleging violations of federal securities laws that were filed
against the Company in United States District Court, Central
District of California. The Company accrued $2,000,000 as loss on
class action lawsuits and contingent liabilities during the year
ending December 31, 2015.
On
April 15, 2016, the Company issued 1,000,000 shares of its common
stock to an entity affiliated with Marco Hegyi, our Chief Executive
Officer, pursuant to a conversion of debt for $20,000. The shares
were valued at the fair market price of $0.02 per share. On October
12, 2016, the Company issued 4,000,000 shares of its common stock
to an entity affiliated with Marco Hegyi, pursuant to a conversion
of debt for $40,000. The shares were valued at the fair market
price of $0.01 per share.
On July
13, 2016, the Company issued 6,000,000 shares of common stock
pursuant to Settlement Agreement and
Release with Mr. Robert Hunt, a former executive, which were
valued at the fair market price of $0.010 per share.
On
October 21, 2016, the Company issued 5,020,000 shares to two former
directors and a supplier (unaccredited) for services provided. The
Company valued the 5,020,000 shares at $0.01 per share or
$50,200.
During
the year ended December 31. 2016, the Company issued 6,400,000
shares of its common stock to two service providers (one
unaccredited) pursuant to conversions of debt totaling $64,000. The
shares were valued at the fair market price of $0.010 per
share.
During
the year ended December 31. 2016, Holders of the Company’s
Convertible Notes Payables, converted principal and accrued
interest of $1,080,247 into 186,119,285 shares of the
Company’s common stock at a per share conversion price of
$0.006.
During
the year ended December 31. 2016, Old Main converted principal and
accrued interest of $757,208 into 144,650,951 shares of our common
stock at a per share conversion price of $0.0052.
During
the year ended December 31. 2016, Chicago Venture converted
principal and accrued interest of $1,403,599 into 264,672,323
shares of our common stock at a per share conversion price of
$0.0053.
Item 16. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules.
The exhibits to the Registration Statement are listed in the
Exhibit Index attached hereto and incorporated by reference
herein.
Item 17. Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned
registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration
statement:
(i) To
include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act;
(ii) To
reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that
which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of
the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form
of prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the
aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than
20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
“Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the
effective registration statement; and
(iii) To
include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement
or any material change to such information in the registration
statement.
(2) That,
for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities
Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein,
and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to
be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To
remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any
of the securities being registered that remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.
(4) That,
for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act
to any purchaser: If the registrant is subject to Rule 430C, each
prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) as part of a registration
statement relating to an offering, other than registration
statements relying on Rule 430B or other than prospectuses filed in
reliance on Rule 430A, shall be deemed to be part of and included
in the registration statement as of the date it is first used after
effectiveness. Provided, however, that no statement made in a
registration statement or prospectus that is part of the
registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed
incorporated by reference into the registration statement or
prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a
purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such first use,
supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration
statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement
or made in any such document immediately prior to such date of
first use.
(5) For
the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the
Securities Act to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the
securities, that in a primary offering of securities of the
undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement,
regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities
to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such
purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the
undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will
be considered to offer or sell such securities to such
purchaser:
(i) Any
preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant
relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule
424;
(ii) Any
free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on
behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the
undersigned registrant;
(iii) The
portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the
offering containing material information about the undersigned
registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the
undersigned registrant; and
(iv) Any
other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the
undersigned registrant to the purchaser.
(b) The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to section
13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and,
where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s
annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration
statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of
such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.
(c) The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to supplement the
prospectus, after the expiration of the subscription period, to set
forth the results of the subscription offer, the transactions by
the underwriters during the subscription period, the amount of
unsubscribed securities to be purchased by the underwriters, and
the terms of any subsequent reoffering thereof. If any public
offering by the underwriters is to be made on terms differing from
those set forth on the cover page of the prospectus, a
post-effective amendment will be filed to set forth the terms of
such offering.
(d) The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to deliver or cause to be
delivered with the prospectus, to each person to whom the
prospectus is sent or given, the latest annual report to security
holders that is incorporated by reference in the prospectus and
furnished pursuant to and meeting the requirements of Rule 14a-3 or
Rule 14c-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and, where
interim financial information required to be presented by Article 3
of Regulation S-X are not set forth in the prospectus, to deliver,
or cause to be delivered to each person to whom the prospectus is
sent or given, the latest quarterly report that is specifically
incorporated by reference in the prospectus to provide such interim
financial information.
(e) Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of
the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise,
the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that
a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than
the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a
director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit, or proceeding) is asserted
by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with
the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the
opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by
the final adjudication of such issue.
(f) For
purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, the
information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of
this registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and
contained in a form of prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant
to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall
be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the time
it was declared effective.
(g) For
the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act,
each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at
that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant has duly caused
this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Kirkland,
State of Washington, on the 18th day of
September, 2018.
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GROWLIFE, INC.
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By:
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/s/ Marco
Hegyi
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Marco
Hegyi
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Chief Executive Officer
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in
the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURES
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TITLE
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DATE
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/s/ Marco Hegyi
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Chief Executive Officer and Director
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September 18, 2018
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Marco Hegyi
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(Principal Executive Officer)
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/s/ Mark E. Scott
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Chief Financial Officer, Director and Secretary
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September 18, 2018
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Mark E. Scott
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(Principal Financial/Accounting Officer)
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/s/ Michael E. Fasci
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Director
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September 18, 2018
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Michael
E. Fasci
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/s/ Katherine McLain
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Director
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September 18, 2018
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Katherine
McLain
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/s/ Thom Kozik
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Director
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September 18, 2018
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Thom
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/s/ Marco
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Attorney in
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September
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By: Marco Hegyi
(a)
Exhibits
Exhibt No.
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Description
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Certificate
of Incorporation. Filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Form
10-SB General Form for Registration of Securities of Small Business
Issuers filed with the SEC on December 7, 2007, and hereby
incorporated by reference.
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Amended
and Restated Bylaws. Filed as an exhibit to the Company’s
Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 9, 2014, and hereby
incorporated by reference.
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Second
Amended and Restated Bylaws of GrowLife, Inc. dated October 16,
2015. Filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Form 8-K and filed
with the SEC on October 26, 2015, and hereby incorporated by
reference.
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Certificate
of Designation for Series B Preferred Stock. Filed as an exhibit to
the Company’s Form 8-K and filed with the SEC on October 29,
2015, and hereby incorporated by reference.
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Certificate
of Designation for Series C Preferred Stock. Filed as an exhibit to
the Company’s Form 8-K and filed with the SEC on October 29,
2015, and hereby incorporated by reference.
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Certificate of Elimination of Certificate of Designation,
Preferences, and Rights of GrowLife, Inc. dated October 19, 2017
eliminating the Series B Preferred Stock and Series C Preferred
Stock. Filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Form 8-K and
filed with the SEC on October 24, 2017, and hereby incorporated by
reference.
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Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of
GrowLife, Inc. dated October 23, 2017 to increase the authorized
shares of Common Stock from 3,000,000,000 to 6,000,000,000 shares.
Filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Form 8-K and filed with
the SEC on October 24, 2017, and hereby incorporated by
reference.
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GrowLife,
Inc. 2017 Stock Incentive Plan filed as an Annex 1 to the
Company’s Preliminary Schedule 14A filed with the SEC on June
30, 2017, and hereby incorporated by reference.
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Form
of Subscription Agent Agreement by and between GrowLife, Inc. and
Direct Transfer, LLC.
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Form
of Non-Transferable Rights Certificate
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Form
of Warrant, exercise price $0.018.
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Form
of Warrant, exercise price of $0.024.
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Opinion
of Horwitz + Armstrong, A Prof. Law Corp. regarding the legality of
the securities being registered
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Legal
Opinion of Horwitz + Armstrong, A Prof. Law Corp relating to U.S.
Tax Matters
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Joint
Venture Agreement dated November 19, 2013 by and between GrowLife,
Inc. and CANX USA LLC. Filed as an exhibit to the Company’s
Form 8-K and filed with the SEC on November 21, 2013, and hereby
incorporated by reference.
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Warrant
Agreement by and between GrowLife, Inc. and CANX USA LLC. Filed as
an exhibit to the Company’s Form 8-K and filed with the SEC
on November 21, 2013, and hereby incorporated by reference.
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Commercial Lease Agreement dated March 8, 2013 by and between
Evergreen Garden Center LLC and William C. Rowell Family Limited
Partnership for our Portland, Maine store. Filed as an exhibit
to the Company’s Form 10-K dated December 31, 2014 and filed
with the SEC on September 30, 2015, and incorporated by
reference.
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Letter
by and between GrowLife, Inc. and Mark Scott Consulting Letter
dated July 31, 2014. Filed as an exhibit to the Company’s
Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 6, 2014, and hereby
incorporated by reference.
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Waiver
and Modification Agreement dated June 25, 2014 by and between
GrowLife, Inc. and Logic Works LLC. Filed as an Exhibit to the
Company’s Form 8-K/A and filed with the SEC on August 18,
2014, and hereby incorporated by reference.
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Amended
and Restated Joint Venture Agreement dated July 1, 2013 by and
between GrowLife, Inc. and CANX USA LLC. Filed as an Exhibit to the
Company’s Form 8-K/A and filed with the SEC on August 18,
2014, and hereby incorporated by reference.
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Secured
Credit Facility and Secured Convertible Note dated June 25, 2014 by
and between GrowLife, Inc. and Logic Works LLC. Filed as an Exhibit
to the Company’s Form 8-K/A and filed with the SEC on August
18, 2014, and hereby incorporated by reference.
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Closing
Certificate dated July 10, 2014 by and between GrowLife, Inc. and
CANX USA LLC and Logic Works LLC. Filed as an Exhibit to the
Company’s Form 8-K/A and filed with the SEC on August 18,
2014, and hereby incorporated by reference.
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Form
of Warrant by and between GrowLife, Inc. and CANX USA LLC. Filed as
an exhibit to the Company’s Form 8-K/A and filed with the SEC
on August 18, 2014, and hereby incorporated by reference.
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Settlement
Agreement and Waiver of Default dated June 19, 2014 by and between
GrowLife, Inc. and Forglen LLC. Filed as an exhibit to the
Company’s Form 8-K and filed with the SEC on July 18, 2014,
and hereby incorporated by reference.
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Joseph
Barnes Promotion Letter dated October 10, 2014. Filed as an exhibit
to the Company’s Form 8-K and filed with the SEC on October
14, 2014, and hereby incorporated by reference.
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Securities
Purchase Agreement, dated April 5, 2016, entered into by and among
GrowLife, Inc., and Chicago Venture Partners, LP Filed as an
exhibit to the Company’s Form 8-K and filed with the SEC
April 11, 2016, and hereby incorporated by reference.
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Convertible
Promissory Note, dated April 5, 2016, entered into by and between
GrowLife, Inc. and Chicago Venture Partners, LP. Filed as an
exhibit to the Company’s Form 8-K and filed with the SEC on
April 11, 2016, and hereby incorporated by reference.
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Form
of Secured Investor Note, dated April 5, 2016, entered into by and
between GrowLife, Inc. and Chicago Venture Partners, LP. Filed as
an exhibit to the Company’s Form 8-K and filed with the SEC
on April 11, 2016, and hereby incorporated by reference.
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Exchange
Agreement dated August 17, 2016, entered into by and between
GrowLife, Inc. and Chicago Venture Partners, L.P. Filed as an
exhibit to the Company’s Form 8-K and filed with the SEC on
August 30, 2016, and hereby incorporated by reference.
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Marco
Hegyi Employment Agreement and Warrants dated October 21, 2016.
Filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Form 8-K and filed with
the SEC on October 27, 2016, and hereby incorporated by
reference.
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Consent
to Judgement and Settlement Agreement dated December 7, 2016 by and
between Evergreen Garden Center LLC and GrowLife
Hydroponics, Inc. and William C. Rowell Family Limited
Partnership for our Portland, Maine store. Filed as an exhibit
to the Company’s Form 10-k and filed with the SEC on March
31, 2018, and hereby incorporated by reference
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Compilation of Securities Purchase Agreement, Secured Promissory
Notes, Membership Interest Pledge Agreement and Security Agreement.
dated February 1, 2017, entered into by and between GrowLife, Inc.
and Chicago Venture Partners, L.P. Filed as an exhibit to the
Company’s Form 8-K and filed with the SEC on February 7,
2017, and hereby incorporated by reference.
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Compilation of Securities Purchase Agreement, Secured Promissory
Notes, and Security Agreement dated August 11, 2017, entered into
by and between GrowLife, Inc. and Chicago Venture Partners, L.P.
Filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Form 8-K and filed with
the SEC on August 17, 2017, and hereby incorporated by
reference.
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10.20***
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Lease
Amending Agreement dated October 1, 2017 by and between GrowLife,
Inc. and Berezan Management (Alta) Ltd.
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10.21***
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Offer
Letter dated October 1, 2017 by and between GrowLife, Inc. and
David Reichwein
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10.22***
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Asset
Purchase Agreement dated as of October 2, 2017 amongst Growlife,
Inc. and David Reichwein, GIP International Ltd and DPR
International LLC.
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10.23***
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Texas
commercial Lease Agreement dated October 9, 2017 by and between
GrowLife Innovations, Inc. and All Commercial Flooring Inc.
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Share
Exchange Agreement amongst GrowLife, Inc., GrowLife Hydroponics,
Inc. and Soja, Inc. dated October 19, 2017. Filed as an exhibit to
the Company’s Form 8-K and filed with the SEC on October 24,
2017, and hereby incorporated by reference.
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10.25***
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Compilation
of Securities Purchase Agreement, Secured Promissory Notes, and
Security Agreement December 22, 2017, entered into by and between
GrowLife, Inc. and Chicago Venture Partners, L.P.
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Compilation of Securities Purchase Agreement and Warrant to
Purchase Common Stock dated February 9, 2018, entered into by and
between GrowLife, Inc. and St. George Investments LLC. Filed as an
exhibit to the Company’s Form 8-K and filed with the SEC on
February 15, 2018, and hereby incorporated by
reference.
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First Addendum to Asset Purchase Agreement and Employment Agreement
dated February 18, 2018 amongst Growlife, Inc. and David Reichwein,
GIP International Ltd and DPR International LLC. Filed as an
exhibit to the Company’s Form 10-Q and filed with the SEC on
August 2, 2018, and hereby incorporated by reference..
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Second
Amendment to Forglen LLC 7% Convertible Promissory Note. Filed as
an exhibit to the Company’s Form 8-K and filed with the SEC
on March 16, 2018, and hereby incorporated by reference.
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Common
Stock Purchase Agreement dated March 20, 2018 entered into by and
between GrowLife, Inc. and St. George Investments LLC. Filed as an
exhibit to the Company’s Form 8-K and filed with the SEC on
March 23, 2018, and hereby incorporated by reference.
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Code
of Conduct and Ethics dated May 15, 2014. Attached as an exhibit to
the Company’s Form 8-K filed and with the SEC on June 9,
2014, and hereby incorporated by reference.
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Consent of SD Mayer, & Associates, independent registered
public accounting firm
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Consent of Horwitz + Armstrong, A Professional Law Corporation
(contained in Exhibit 5.1)
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Consent of Horwitz + Armstrong, A Professional Law Corporation
(contained in Exhibit 8.1)
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Power of Attorney (incorporated by reference to the signature
page of the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1, filed
with the SEC on August 31, 2018 (File No.
333-227171)).
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Form of Instructions as to Use of Subscription Right
Certificate
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Form of Letter to Shareholders Who are Record Holders
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Form of Letter to Brokers, Dealers, Banks and Other Nominees
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Form of Broker Letter to Clients Who are Beneficial Holders
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Form of Beneficial Owner Election Form
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Form of Nominee Holder Certification
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Form of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery
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**
To
be filed by amendment or as an exhibit to a report filed under the
Exchange Act and incorporated herein by
reference.
***
Filed
as an exhibit to the Company’s Form 10-K dated December 31,
2017 and filed with the SEC on March 28, 2018, and incorporated by
reference
(b)
Financial
Statement Schedules
No
financial statement schedules are provided because the information
called for is not required or is shown either in the financial
statements or the notes thereto, which are incorporated by
reference herein.