Organization, Nature of Business, Going Concern and Management Plans

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2023

Organization, Nature of Business, Going Concern and Management Plans

Organization, Nature of Business, Going Concern and Management Plans

1.     Organization, Nature of Business, Going Concern and Management Plans

Organization and Nature of Business

Target Group Inc. (“Target Group” or the  “Company”) was incorporated on July 2, 2013, under the laws of the state of Delaware,  to engage in any lawful corporate undertaking, including, but not limited to, selected mergers and acquisitions. On July 3, 2018, the Company filed an amendment in its Certificate of Incorporation to change its name to Target Group Inc., and he Company  secured the OTC Bulletin Board symbol CBDY from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA).

Target Group is a diversified, vertically integrated, progressive company with a focus nationally and internationally . The Company wholly owns and operates Canary Rx Inc, a Canadian licensed producer (“Canary”), regulated under The Cannabis Act (Bill C-45). Canary, operates a 44,000 square foot facility located in Norfolk County, Ontario. The Company has an ongoing strategic partnership  with Dutch breeder, Serious Seeds B.V. (“Serious Seeds”), to cultivate exclusive, world-class proprietary genetics. The Company has structured multiple international production and distribution platforms and continues to expand its global footprint,  focused on building an iconic brand portfolio with cutting-edge intellectual property  in both the medical and recreational cannabis markets. Target Group is committed to building industry-leading companies that transform the perception of cannabis and responsibly elevate the overall patient and consumer experience.

The Company’s core business is  producing, manufacturing, distributing, and selling of cannabis products. As of the current year to date period end, Canary has produced and sold cannabis products of $1,805,211 (Period ended September 30, 2022: $nil).

Joint Venture Agreement Termination; Consolidation of JVCo with Canary

Effective May 14, 2020, Canary entered into a Joint Venture Agreement (“Joint Venture”) with 9258159 Canada Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the Province of Ontario, Canada (referred to herein as “Thrive Cannabis”) and 2755757 Ontario Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the Province of Ontario, Canada (referred to herein as “JVCo”). Canary and Thrive each held 50% of the voting equity interest in JVCo. The term of the Joint Venture was five (5) years from its effective date of May 14, 2020.

On April 27, 2023, Canary and Thrive Cannabis entered into a Release and Settlement Agreement (“Settlement Agreement”) in which Thrive Cannabis  transferred its shares in the capital of JVCo and rights of assets held by JVCo, paid Canary $1,051,000 to release Thrive Cannabis from any mortgages, charges, pledges, security interests, liens, encumbrances, writs of execution, actions, claims, demands and equities of any nature related to JVCo from their share of ownership of JVCo.

Following the completion of the Settlement Agreement, Canary’s equity interest in JVCo increased from 50% to 100%. Effective April 28, 2023, the Company started consolidating results of operations of the JVCo and eliminated any intercompany transactions and balances between the Company (Target and Canary) and JVCo.

During the term of the Joint Venture, the Company accounted for the transactoins using the equity method under ASC 323 Investments — Equity Method and Joint Ventures. As a consequence of the Settlement Agreement, as the JVCo becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of the company as of April 27, 2023, the Company now uses the acquisition method of accounting (using a step acquisition method) under ASC 805 Business Combination.

CL Investors Debt Purchase and Assignment Agreement

On June 15, 2020, the Company, its first–tier subsidiaries Visava Inc. (“Visava”) CannaKorp Inc. (“CannaKorp”), and the Company’s second-tier subsidiary, Canary  entered into a Debt Purchase and Assignment Agreement (“Debt Agreement”) with CL Investors Inc. , a corporation organized under the laws of the Province of Ontario, Canada (“CLI”). While June 15, 2023 was the preliminary date of the Debt Agreement, it was not finalized until the later date as indicated below. The CEO and director of the Company is a shareholder and the Secretary of CLI, and the brother of the CEO is the President and sole director of CLI therefore the below loan from CLI is classified under related party transactions.

Pursuant to the Debt Agreement, CLI purchased from the Company for the sum of $2,144,840 (CAD $2,900,000) a debt obligation owing from Canary to the Company in the principal balance of $7,839,760 (CAD $10,600,000 (“Canary Debt”)). Upon receipt of the

consideration, the Company loaned the full sum to Canary under terms of an unsecured, non-interest-bearing promissory note (“Note”), subject to a covenant by the Company not to take any collection action so long as the Canary Debt remains unpaid to CLI. As of September 30, 2023, $3,698 (CAD $5,000) is still outstanding from CLI which is presented as other receivable on the unaudited condensed consolidated interim balance sheet.

As a condition of the closing of the Debt Agreement, the terms of the Canary Debt were amended to provide for interest at 5% per annum with a maturity date of 60 months from the date of the Debt Agreement (“Term”). The Canary Debt was to be repaid according to the following schedule:

a) In the first year of the Term, Canary will pay CLI the greater of $835,748 (CAD 1,130,000) and fifty percent (50%) of the Net Revenue (hereinafter defined), provided that where the latter amount exceeds the former amount, Canary will, by the end of such first year, pay CLI no less than the former amount and Canary will, within thirty (30) days following the end of such first year, pay CLI the balance of such amount owing for such first year;

b) In the second year of the Term, Canary will pay CLI the greater of $1,553,160 (CAD 2,100,000) and fifty percent (50%) of the Net Revenue, by way of twelve (12) consecutive monthly installments payable on the 14th day of each month commencing on August 14, 2021, provided that where the latter amount exceeds the former amount, Canary will, within thirty (30) days following the end of such second year, pay CLI the balance of such amount owing for such second year;

c) In the third year of the Term, Canary will pay CLI the greater of $2,381,512 (CAD 3,220,000) and fifty percent (50%) of the Net Revenue, by way of twelve (12) consecutive monthly installments payable on the 14th day of each month commencing on August 14, 2022, provided that where the latter amount exceeds the former amount, Canary will, by the end of such third year, pay CLI no less than the former amount and Canary will, within thirty (30) days following the end of such third year, pay CLI the balance of such payments owing for such third year;

d) In the fourth year of the Term, Canary will pay CLI the greater of $2,277,968 (CAD 3,080,000) and fifty percent (50%) of the Net Revenue, by way of twelve (12) consecutive monthly installments payable on the 14th day of each month commencing on August 14, 2023, provided that where the latter amount exceeds the former amount, Canary will, within thirty (30) days following the end of such fourth year, pay CLI the balance of such amount owing for such fourth year; and

e) In the fifth year of the Term, Canary will pay CLI the balance owing under this Note, by way of twelve (12) consecutive monthly installments payable on the 14th day of each month commencing on August 14, 2024, for an amount calculated by dividing twelve (12) into the sum of all amounts owing under this Note at the beginning of the fifth year of the Term on account of Principal and Interest, provided that where further amounts are owing under this Note at the end of such fifth year, Canary will pay CLI all such further amounts within five (5) days following the end of such fifth year.

For the purpose of the Note, “Net Revenue” means any and all revenue generated from Canary’s Licensed Facility (hereinafter defined) to which it is entitled to net of applicable taxes and third-party expenses.

The repayment of the Canary Debt, as amended, was guaranteed by the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiaries Vivasa and CannaKorp. and secured by (i) a general security interest in the assets of the Company, Canary, Visava and CannaKorp, respectively; and (ii) a pledge by the Company of all of the issued and outstanding common stock of Canary, Visava and CannaKorp, held by the Company. In addition to the foregoing guarantees, security interest and stock pledge, CLI was granted an option, in lieu of repayment of the amended Canary Debt, to demand, in its sole and absolute discretion the transfer, assignment and conveyance of 75% of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Visava and Canary. Furthermore, the President and sole director of CLI was granted an option to acquire the remaining 25% of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Visava and Canary.

Effective August 14, 2020, the Debt Agreement was amended (“Amendment”) to provide that CLI would purchase from Rubin Schindermann, a director of the Company, 500,000 shares of the Company’s Series A Preferred Stock in consideration of the payment by CLI to Rubin Schindermann of $73,960 (CAD $100,000) and the issuance to Schindermann of 10,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock. In consideration of the foregoing, Mr. Schindermann resigned as a director of the Company and from any and all administrative and executive positions with the Company’s subsidiaries Visava, Canary and CannaKorp, respectively. In addition, the Company issued Common Stock Purchase Warrant for 10,000,000 shares of Target Group’s common stock to CLI as consideration for the Debt Agreement (“CLI Warrants”). Refer to Note 11 for additional details on the CLI Warrants. The combined impact of both

transactions resulted in debt issuance cost of $251,518. This debt issuance cost will be amortized over the term of the debt on a straight-line basis.

The transactions contemplated by the Debt Agreement and the Amendment closed on August 14, 2020.

cGreen, Inc. Exclusive License Agreement

Effective August 8, 2019, the Company entered into an Exclusive License Agreement (“License Agreement”) with cGreen, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“cGreen”). The License Agreement granted to the Company an exclusive license to manufacture and distribute the patent-pending THC antidote True Focus(TM) in the United States, Europe and the Caribbean. The term of the license was ten (10) years and four (4) months from the effective date of August 8, 2019. In consideration of the license, the Company would issue 10,000,000 shares of its common stock as follows: (i) 3,500,000 within ten (10) days of the effective date; (ii) 3,500,000 shares on January 10, 2020; and (iii) 3,000,000 shares not later than June 10, 2020. In addition, the Company would pay cGreen royalties of 7% of the net sales of the licensed products and 7% of all sublicensing revenues collected by the Company. The Company would pay cGreen an advance royalty of $300,000 within ten (10) days of the effective date; $300,000 on January 10, 2020; and $400,000 on or before June 10, 2020, and $500,000 on or before November 10, 2020. All advance royalty payments would be credited against the royalties owed by the Company through December 31, 2020. During the quarter ended December 31, 2019, the intangible asset was written off based on management’s review and evaluation of its recoverability.

During the quarter ended June 30, 2020, the Company was in arbitration with cGreen for the breaches of the terms of the License Agreement, however, through an early mediation, the parties reached a settlement of their claims and counterclaims on July 27, 2020 (“Effective Date”). As per the settlement agreement, the License Agreement was terminated, and the Company did not have to issue the 10 million shares nor pay the outstanding royalty payable in the amount of $1,191,860. As consideration, the Company paid $130,000 within 30 days of the Effective Date and started paying $100,000 in monthly installments of $10,000 commencing in April 2021 to cGreen resulting in a gain on settlement in the amount of $1,704,860.

As at September 30, 2023, there was no outstanding balance, the balance was paid in full and the claim was closed during the quarter ended March 31, 2022 (December 31, 2021: $10,000).

Going Concern

The Company has earned minimal revenue since inception to date and has sustained operating losses during the nine months ended September 30, 2023. The Company had a working capital deficit of $5,825,589 and an accumulated deficit of $30,922,383 as of September 30, 2023. The Company’s continuation as a going concern is dependent on its ability to generate sufficient cash flows from operations to meet its obligations and/or obtaining additional financing from its members or other sources, as may be required.

The unaudited accompanying condensed consolidated interim financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern up to at least 12 months from the balance sheet date; however, the above condition raises substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to do so. The unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements do not include any adjustments to reflect the possible future effects on the recoverability and classification of assets or the amounts and classifications of liabilities that may result should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern.

In order to maintain its current level of operations, the Company will require additional working capital from either cash flow from operations, sale of its equity or issuance of debt. If the Company is unable to acquire additional working capital, it will be required to significantly reduce its current level of operations.