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Business and Corporate History
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2014
Business and Corporate History.  
Business and Corporate History

1.                                      Business and Corporate History

 

RestorGenex Corporation (“Company”) is a specialty biopharmaceutical company initially focused on developing products for dermatology, ophthalmology and women’s health.  The Company is and will continue to review its products and technologies.

 

Prior to the Company repositioning itself as a specialty biopharmaceutical company, the Company operated various entertainment and sports events which it acquired in a series of acquisitions beginning in March 2008.

 

On March 14, 2008, pursuant to an agreement and plan of merger dated August 20, 2007 between Feris International, Inc. (“Feris”) and Pro Sports & Entertainment, Inc. (“PSEI”), Feris issued 49,500,000 shares of its common stock for all issued and outstanding shares of PSEI, resulting in PSEI becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of Feris and the surviving entity for accounting purposes.  In July 2008, Feris’ corporate name was changed to Stratus Media Group, Inc. PSEI was organized on November 23, 1998 and specialized in various entertainment and sports events that it owned and operated. PSEI also owned Stratus Rewards LLC (“Stratus White”) that planned to operate a credit card rewards program.

 

In June 2011, the Company acquired series A convertible preferred stock of ProElite, Inc. (“ProElite”), that organized and promoted mixed martial arts (“MMA”) matches.  These holdings of series A convertible preferred stock provided the Company voting rights on an as-converted basis equivalent to a 95% ownership in ProElite.  On February 5, 2009, ProElite entered into an asset purchase agreement and other related agreements with Explosion Entertainment, LLC (“Strikeforce”).  Under the terms of the asset purchase agreement, Strikeforce acquired from ProElite certain fighter contracts, a library of televised ProElite events and specified related assets.  Consideration paid for the assets consisted of (i) $3,000,000 in cash paid at closing, (ii) the assumption of certain liabilities relating to the assets sold and (iii) contingent consideration in the form of rights to receive a portion of the license fee earned by Strikeforce under a distribution agreement between Strikeforce and Showtime Networks Inc. (“Showtime”). ProElite was informed in March 2013 that Strikeforce was no longer conducting these Showtime events and there would be no further license fees received by ProElite.  During the first quarter of 2013, the Company decided to focus on the MMA business and temporarily suspended development of its other businesses.  Because of lack of working capital, effective June 30, 2013, the Company suspended operations of ProElite.  Subsequent to June 30, 2013, following the Company’s repositioning as a specialty biopharmaceutical company, the Company’s Board of Directors voted to discontinue operations of ProElite effective March 31, 2014.

 

The Company initiated its efforts to reposition itself as a special biopharmaceutical company with its acquisition of two businesses in November 2013 and then acquired two additional businesses in March 2014.

 

Effective September 30, 2013, the Company entered into an agreement and plan of merger with Canterbury Acquisition LLC, Hygeia Acquisition, Inc., Canterbury Laboratories, LLC (“Canterbury”), Hygeia Therapeutics, Inc. (“Hygeia”) and Yael Schwartz, Ph.D., as holder representative, pursuant to which the Company agreed to acquire by virtue of two mergers all of the outstanding capital stock of Canterbury and Hygeia, with Canterbury and Hygeia becoming wholly owned subsidiaries of the Company.  The consideration paid by the Company in connection with such mergers was the issuance by the Company of an aggregate of 1,150,116 shares of common stock issued to the stakeholders of Canterbury and Hygeia.  Effective November 18, 2013, the mergers were completed, and Canterbury and Hygeia became wholly owned subsidiaries of the Company.

 

On March 3, 2014, the Company entered into an agreement and plan of merger with Paloma Acquisition, Inc., Paloma Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Paloma”) and David Sherris, Ph.D., as founding stockholder and holder representative, pursuant to which the Company agreed to acquire by virtue of a merger all of the outstanding capital stock of Paloma, with Paloma becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.  On March 28, 2014, the merger with Paloma was effected and the Company issued an aggregate of 2,500,000 shares of common stock to the holders of Paloma’s common stock and its derivative securities and assumed promissory notes of Paloma in the aggregate amount (including both principal amount and accrued interest) of approximately $1,130,500, to be paid on the first anniversary of the closing date of the Paloma merger.

 

Also on March 3, 2014, the Company entered into an agreement and plan of merger with VasculoMedics Acquisition, Inc., VasculoMedics, Inc. (“VasculoMedics”) and Dr. Sherris pursuant to which the Company agreed to acquire by merger all of the outstanding capital stock of VasculoMedics, with VasculoMedics becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.  The VasculoMedics merger was concurrently closed with and as a condition to the closing of the Paloma merger on March 28, 2014, with the Company issuing an aggregate of 220,000 shares of common stock to the VasculoMedics stockholders.

 

On March 7, 2014, the Company effected a reverse stock split of one-for-100 with respect to its common stock and changed its corporate name from Stratus Media Group, Inc. to RestorGenex Corporation.  All share data has been adjusted for all periods presented to reflect the reverse stock split.

 

As part of the Company’s repositioning itself as a specialty biopharmaceutical company, effective March 5, 2014, the Company appointed Stephen M. Simes as Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and effective May 27, 2014, the Company appointed Phillip B. Donenberg as Chief Financial Officer of the Company.