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Note 1 - Organization and Description of Business
12 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2020
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Organization and Description of Business

Note 1 – Organization and Description of Business

 

Kaival Brands Innovations Group, Inc. (the “Company,” the “Registrant,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), formerly known as Quick Start Holdings, Inc., was incorporated on September 4, 2018 in the State of Delaware.

 

USSE Corp. and USSE Delaware Merger

 

USSE Corp., a Nevada Corporation (“USSE Nevada”), formerly known as Quick Start Holdings, Inc., was incorporated with the Nevada Secretary of State on July 8, 1998 under the original name C&A Restaurants, Inc. (“C&A Restaurants”). On June 15, 2009, C&A Restaurants changed its name to USSE Corp.

 

Effective September 19, 2018, USSE Nevada re-domiciled from Nevada to Delaware pursuant to a merger of USSE Nevada with and into USSE Delaware, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“USSE Delaware”), with USSE Delaware as the surviving entity (the “Re-domestication Merger”). Each share of USSE Nevada’s common stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective date of the Re-domestication Merger was automatically converted into one fully paid and nonassessable share of USSE Delaware.

 

Immediately following the Re-domestication Merger, USSE Delaware was authorized to issue up to 1,005,000,000 shares, which consisted of: (i) 1,000,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of which 66,397,574 shares were issued and outstanding at such date; (ii) 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share, of which (a) 1,000,000 shares were designated as Convertible Series A, all of which were issued and outstanding at that date; and (b) 500,000 shares were designated as Convertible Series B, of which 71,700 Convertible Series B preferred shares were issued and outstanding at that date.

 

Holding Company Reorganization

 

On September 4, 2018, USSE Delaware acquired 1,000 shares of common stock of the Company, which represented 100% of the Company’s then-outstanding shares of common stock, for no consideration, resulting in the Company becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of USSE Delaware. Also, immediately prior to the Holding Company Reorganization (as defined below), USSE Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“USSE Merger Sub”), was the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary.

 

On September 19, 2018 (the “Effective Time”), and in accordance with the provisions set forth in Section 251(g) of the Delaware General Corporation Law (“DGCL”), USSE Merger Sub, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of USSE Delaware and the Company’s direct wholly-owned subsidiary merged with and into USSE Delaware, the Company’s then parent (the “Holding Company Reorganization”). USSE Delaware was the surviving corporation and the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary. USSE Delaware also changed its name to USSE Corp. following the Holding Company Reorganization.

 

Upon completion of the Holding Company Reorganization, by virtue of the merger, and without any action on the part of the holder thereof, each share of USSE Delaware’s common stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time of the Holding Company Reorganization was automatically converted into one validly issued, fully paid, and non-assessable share of the Company’s common stock. Additionally, each share of USSE Delaware’s preferred stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time was converted into one validly issued, fully paid, and non-assessable share of the Company’s preferred stock, having the same designations, rights, powers, and preferences, and the qualifications, limitations, and restrictions thereof, as the corresponding share of USSE Delaware’s preferred stock. Each share of the Company’s common stock issued and outstanding and held by USSE Delaware immediately prior to the Effective Time was cancelled.

 

This resulted in the Company being authorized to issue up to 1,005,000,000 shares, which consisted of: (i) 1,000,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of which 66,397,574 shares were issued and outstanding; (ii) 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share, of which (a) 1,000,000 shares were designated as Convertible Series A, all of which were issued and outstanding; and (b) 500,000 shares were designated as Convertible Series B, of which 71,700 shares of Convertible Series B preferred stock were issued and outstanding.

 

Post-Holding Company Reorganization

 

On October 19, 2018, the Company issued 500,000,000 shares of restricted common stock and 400,000 shares of Convertible Series B Preferred Stock to GMRZ Holdings LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (“GRMZ”), for services rendered to the Company.

 

Commensurate with the filing of the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation with the Delaware Secretary of State on October 22, 2018, every issued and outstanding share of Convertible Series A preferred stock was converted into 1.25 shares of common stock with shareholders’ economic rights preserved. Additionally, at the same time, every share of Convertible Series B preferred stock, issued and outstanding was converted into ten shares of common stock with stockholders’ economic rights adversely affected in the conversion. Immediately following the conversion of the aforementioned shares, and upon filing of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the authorized and unissued shares of Convertible Series A and Convertible Series B preferred stock were cancelled. As of October 22, 2018, Convertible Series A and Series B preferred stock were removed from the status of authorized but unissued preferred stock.

 

On February 6, 2019, the Company entered into a non-binding Share Purchase Agreement (the “Agreement”), by and among the Company, GMRZ, and Kaival Holdings, LLC (formerly known as Kaival Brands Innovations Group, LLC) (“KH”), a Delaware limited liability company, pursuant to which, on February 20, 2019, GMRZ sold 504,000,000 shares of the Company’s restricted common stock, representing approximately 88.06 percent of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares of common stock, to KH, and KH paid GMRZ consideration in the amount set forth in the Agreement (the “Purchase Price”). The consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Agreement resulted in a change in control of the Company, with KH becoming the Company’s largest controlling stockholder. The sole members of KH are Nirajkumar Patel and Eric Mosser. The Purchase Price was paid with personal funds of the members of KH.

 

Effective July 12, 2019, we changed our corporate name from Quick Start Holdings, Inc. to Kaival Brands Innovations Group, Inc. The name change was effected through a parent/subsidiary short-form merger of Kaival Brands Innovations Group, Inc., our wholly-owned Delaware subsidiary formed solely for the purpose of the name change, with and into us. We were the surviving entity.

 

On the effective date of the merger, our name was changed to “Kaival Brands Innovations Group, Inc.” and our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (the “Charter”), was further amended to reflect our new legal name.

 

On August 19, 2020, upon approval by the Company’s Board of Directors, the Company filed a Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights, and Limitations of the Series A Preferred Stock (the “Certificate of Designation”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, which authorizes a total of 3,000,000 shares, par value $0.01 per share, of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series A Preferred Stock”).

On August 19, 2020, the Company entered into a Share Cancellation and Exchange Agreement (the “Agreement”) with KH. Prior to entering into the Agreement, KH owned 504,000,000 shares of the common stock, which constituted approximately 87.42% of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares of the common stock.

Pursuant to the Agreement, on August 19, 2020, KH voluntarily returned to the Company 300,000,000 shares of the common stock (the “Cancellation Shares”), which Cancellation Shares were cancelled and retired by the Company.

As a result of the cancellation and retirement of the Cancellation Shares, at October 31, 2020, the Company had 277,282,630 shares of the common stock issued and outstanding, of which 204,000,000 shares are held by the KH, constituting approximately 73.57% of the issued and outstanding shares of the common stock. 

In exchange for the Cancellation Shares the Company issued 3,000,000 shares (the “Preferred Shares”) of the Series A Preferred Stock to KH. The exchange of the Cancellation Shares and the issuance of the Preferred Shares was intended to comply with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), in that the issuance is exempt from the registration requirements of the Act because the exchange of the Cancellation Shares for the Preferred Shares was an exchange between the Company, as issuer, with an existing stockholder, and no commission or other remuneration was paid or given directly for the exchange. The Series A Preferred Stock have no voting rights and each share of Series A Preferred Stock is convertible into 100 shares of common stock. The holders have the Series A Preferred Stock may convert their Series A Preferred Stock at any time on or after November 1, 2023. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock may convert their shares of Series A Preferred Stock prior to November 1, 2023 if a change of control (as provided for in the Certificate of Designation) or upon the occurrence of any other event as determined and agreed to by the Company and the holders holding a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock. The shares of common stock to be issued upon conversion will bear a restricted legend.

 

Description of Business

 

The Company is focused on growing and incubating innovative and profitable products into mature, dominant brands. In March 2020, the Company commenced business operations as a result of becoming an exclusive distributor of certain electronic nicotine delivery systems and related components (the “Products”) manufactured by Bidi Vapor, LLC (“Bidi”), a Florida limited liability company, a related party company that is also owned by Nirajkumar Patel, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Company.

 

On March 9, 2020, the Company entered into an exclusive distribution agreement (the “Distribution Agreement”) with Bidi, a related party company, which Distribution Agreement was amended and restated on May 21, 2020 (the “A&R Distribution Agreement”) in order to clarify some of the provisions. Pursuant to the A&R Distribution Agreement, Bidi granted the Company an exclusive worldwide right to distribute the Products for sale and resale to both retail level customers and non-retail level customers. Currently, the Products consist primarily of the “Bidi Stick.”

  

In connection with the A&R Distribution Agreement, the Company entered into non-exclusive sub-distribution agreements, some of which were subsequently amended and restated by the parties in order to clarify certain provisions (all such agreements, as amended and restated, are collectively referred to as the “A&R Sub-Distribution Agreements”), whereby the Company appointed the counterparties as non-exclusive sub-distributors. Pursuant to the A&R Sub-Distribution Agreements, the sub-distributors agreed to purchase for resale the Products in such quantities as they should need to properly service non-retail customers within the continental United States (the “Territory”).

 

On August 31, 2020 the Company formed Kaival Labs, Inc., a Delaware corporation (herein referred to as “Kaival Labs”) as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.

 

Recent Developments

 

In January 2020, the World Health Organization (the “WHO”) announced a global health emergency because of a new strain of coronavirus (“COVID-19”) originating in Wuhan, China and the risks to the international community as the virus spread globally beyond its point of origin. In March 2020, the WHO classified the COVID-19 outbreak as a pandemic based on the rapid increase in global exposure.

 

Our operations have not been significantly impacted. No impairments were recorded as of October 31, 2020 and no triggering events or changes in circumstances had occurred. However, the full impact of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to evolve subsequent to the fiscal year ended October 31, 2020 and as of the date these consolidated financial statements are issued. As such, the full magnitude of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the resulting impact, if any, on the Company’s financial condition, liquidity, and future results of operations is uncertain. Management is actively monitoring the global situation on our financial condition, liquidity, operations, suppliers, industry, and customers. Reduced demand for products or impaired ability to meet customer demand (including as a result of disruptions at the Company’s suppliers) could have a material adverse effect on its business operations and financial performance. Given the daily evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic and the global responses to curb its spread, the Company is not presently able to estimate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on its results of operations, financial condition, or liquidity for the current fiscal year. As of the date of this filing, the Company’s recently commenced business operations have not been impacted.