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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
9 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2021
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES  
Note - 11 COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

NOTE 11 – COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

 

In May 2019, the Company entered into an endorsement agreement with a professional athlete. The term of the agreement is through December 31, 2022 and is tied to performance of the athlete in so many professional events annually, and also includes promotion of the Company via social media, wearing of logo during competition, requirements to provide production days for advertising creation and attendance of meet and greets. The potential payments, if all services are provided, in aggregate is $4,900,000 and is paid based on the services above for the period ending: December 2019 - $400,000, December 2020 - $800,000, December 2021 - $1,800,000, and December 2022 - $1,900,000. In light of the impact of COVID-19 on events, the Company and professional athlete mutually agreed to suspend payments from March 2020 through June 2020. Effective July 1, 2020, the parties entered into a new endorsement agreement amending certain of the contract terms which superseded the original agreement. Under the current endorsement agreement potential payments to the professional athlete are as follows from July 2020 to December 2022 – up to $2,867,000 to be paid in common stock in three issuances, based on a Volume Weighed Average Price (“VWAP”) calculation, of which the last two issuances can be paid in cash at the Company’s option - $1,400,000 paid in July 2020, $800,000 paid between July 2021 and December 2021, and $667,000 paid between July 2022 and December 2022. The Company will make monthly cash payments as follows from: July 2020 to December 2020 - $40,000, from January 2021 to June 2021 - $50,000, from July 2021 to December 2021 - $75,000, from January 2022 to June 2022 - $85,000, and from July 2022 to December 2022 - $100,000. In March 2021, the parties entered into an additional amendment to the endorsement agreement whereby the Company issued the professional athlete 180,000 common shares to completely satisfy the $800,000 payment options between July 2021 and December 2021. The Company has recorded expense of $222,309 and $0 for the three months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively and $749,245 and $283,334 for the nine months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020.

 

In October 2019, the Company entered into a sponsorship agreement with Feld Motor Sports to be an official sponsor of the Monster Energy Cup events, the United States AMA Supercross, the FIM World Championship events and US Supercross Futures event through 2021. The sponsorship includes various media, marketing, and promotion activities. The payments in aggregate are $1,750,000 and are to be paid for the periods ending: December 2019 - $150,000, December 2020 -$800,000 and December 2021 - $800,000. In light of the impact of COVID-19 on these events, both parties entered into an amendment to the sponsorship agreement during October 2020. The revised total aggregate payments are $1,013,625 during the term of the contract, ending May 2021, and are to be paid for periods ending: 2019 Season - $150,000, 2020 Season - $503,625 and December 2021 - $360,000. The Company has recorded expenses related to this agreement of $257,145 and $298,957 for the three months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively and $360,003 and $528,831 for the nine months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

 

In May 2021, cbdMD signed an exclusive sponsorship agreement to be the Official CBD Partner of the NOBULL CrossFit Games in 2021.