UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-K

 

(Mark One)

ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
   
  For the fiscal year ended: October 31, 2020
   
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

       

For the transition period from _____________ to _____________

 

Commission file number: 333-179212

 

Puget Technologies, Inc.


(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Nevada   01-0959140
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

1200 North Federal Highway, Suite 200-A; Boca Raton, Florida 33432 


(Address of principal executive offices)

 

1 561 210 8535 


(Registrant s telephone number, including area code)

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.

Yes  ☐  No  ☒

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

Yes  ☐  No  ☒

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the past 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Yes  ☐  No  ☒

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Website, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).

Yes  ☐  No  ☒

 

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.

☒ 

 

 

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of the “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “non-accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large Accelerated Filer  ☐   Accelerated Filer ☐ 
Non-Accelerated Filer  ☒   Smaller Reporting Company ☒ 
      Emerging Growth Company ☒ 

  

If an emerging growth company, indicate 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 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report.  ☒

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes  ☒  No  ☐

 

As of the last business day of the Registrant’s most recently completed quarter (January 31, 2021), the aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates of the Registrant was $8,865,038.182 based upon the closing price January 29, 2021 that date of the Common Stock of the Registrant on the Pink Open Market system ($0.0022) and a public float of 4,029,562,810 shares of Common Stock, the Registrant’s only currently traded securities. For purposes of this response, the Registrant has assumed that its directors, executive officers and beneficial owners of 5% or more of its Common Stock are deemed affiliates of the Registrant.

 

The number of shares outstanding of all of the Registrant’s classes of common equity as of January 31, 2021 is as follows:

 

Class of Securities  Shares Outstanding January 31, 2021
Common Stock, $0.001 par value, 4,990,000,000 shares authorized   4,745,728,041 
Series A Super Majority Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value, 500,000 shares authorized   500,000 
Class B Convertible Preferred Stock, , $0.001 par value, 5,000,000 shares authorized   3,001,904 
Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value, currently without designations, 4,500,000 share authorized   0 

  

Documents incorporated by reference: Not Applicable.

 

XBRL Explanatory Note

 

Pursuant to Rule 406T of Regulation S-T, the XBRL files contained in Exhibit 101 hereto are deemed not filed or part of a registration statement or prospectus for purposes of Sections 11 or 12 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, are deemed not filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and otherwise are not subject to liability under those sections.

 

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Table of Contents

 

  Page
Forward Looking Statements 3
Reports to Shareholders 3
Item 1 Description of Business 4
Item 1A Risk Factors     9
Item 2 Properties   12
Item 3 Legal Proceedings   12
Item 4 Mine Safety Disclosures   12
Item 5 Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Registrant Purchases of Equity Securities 13
Item 6 Selected Financial Data 18
Item 7 Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations 18
Item 7A Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk 21
Item 8 Financial Statements and Supplementary Data   21
Item 9 Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure 22
Item 9A Controls and Procedures 22
Item 10 Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance 24
Item 11 Executive Compensation 28
Item 12 Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters 29
Item 13 Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence 31
Item 14 Principal Accountant Fees and Services 36
Item 15 Exhibit and Financial Statement Schedules 36
Exhibit Index 36
Signatures 38

 

Forward Looking Statements

 

This annual report on Form 10-K contains forward-looking information. This document contains forward-looking statements. Any statements contained in this document that are not statements of historical fact may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. You can identify forward-looking statements as those that are not historical in nature, particularly those that use terminology such as “may”, “will”, “should”, “expects”, “anticipates”, “contemplates”, “estimates”, “believes”, “plans”, “projects”, “predicts”, “potential” or “continue” or the negative of these similar terms. In evaluating these forward-looking statements, you should consider various factors, including the following: (a) those risks and uncertainties related to general economic conditions, (b) whether the Registrant is able to manage its planned growth efficiently and operate profitably, (c) whether it is able to generate sufficient revenues or obtain financing to sustain and grow its operations, and (d) whether it is able to successfully fulfill its primary requirements for cash. The Registrant’s actual results may differ significantly from the results projected in the forward-looking statements. The Registrant assumes no obligation to update forward-looking statements.

 

Reports to Shareholders

 

The Registrant is required to file reports with the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act. These reports include annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K. Due to lack of funds, during the past five years the Registrant has been unable to maintain current in its reporting obligations; however, curing that deficiency is current management’s highest priority. The Registrant intends to file delinquent reports in reverse chronological order in order to assure that the most current information is the first available but with priority for filing reports as they become due. Interested persons may obtain copies of these reports from the Commission’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549, on official business days during the hours of 10 A.M. to 3 P.M., on the Commission’s website, at www.sec.gov or on the Registrant’s website at https://www.pugettechnologies.com/. You may obtain information on the operation of the Commission’s Public Reference Room by calling the Commission at 1-800-Commission-0330.

 

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PART I

 

Item 1.Business.

 

Corporate Background and Business Overview

 

Puget Technologies, Inc. (the “Registrant”) is a publicly held corporation incorporated in the State of Nevada on March 17, 2010, and, since May 25, 2012, when its registration statement on Form S-1 pursuant to Section 5 of the Securities Act was declared effective by the Commission, has been subject to reporting requirements pursuant to Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act. It was initially organized to engage in the distribution of luxury wool bedding products produced in Germany. Its principal executive offices, originally in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, are currently located at 1200 North Federal Highway, Suite 200-A; Boca Raton, Florida 33432. Its telephone number is 1 (561) 210 8535. Its website address is https://www.pugettechnologies.com/ and copies of all principal corporate documents and filings with the Commission are available at such website.

 

The Registrant has never filed for bankruptcy, receivership or similar proceedings nor, since the date of the last annual report on Form 10-K filed (for the fiscal year 2014), has it been involved in any reclassification, merger, consolidation, or purchase or sale of a significant amount of assets not in the ordinary course of business. From 2015 until July of 2020, the Registrant was inactive as its prior management resigned leaving it indebted and without business operations. Consequently, during such period it lacked the funds required to comply with its reporting obligations under the Exchange Act. Since July of 2020, with the assistance of its Parent (“a person that directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by, or is under common control with, the person specified”, Rule 405 of Commission Regulation C) and strategic consultant, Qest Consulting Group, Inc., a Colorado corporation (“Qest”), the Registrant has eliminated most of its debt and resumed filing of reports to the Commission. Most of the Registrant’s efforts during the period from 2015 until July of 2020 involved first, repudiation of the series of 8% convertible notes issued by prior management under terms which current management considered toxic (the “Convertible Notes”) but, after the Registrant and its management were sued by two of the noteholders in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Case No. 15-cv-08860 entitled Adar Bays LLC v Puget Technologies Inc. and Hermann Burckhardt and Case No. 15-cv-09542 entitled Union Capital LLC v Puget Technologies Inc. and Herman Burckhardt), lacking adequate funds to defend such actions the Registrant entered into settlement agreements and until July of 2020, was active only in conjunction with seeking to discharge such liabilities. As a material subsequent event, the 8% Convertible Notes payable have been either converted, paid or otherwise resolved, consequently, the Registrant is no longer indebted under the terms of any of the aforementioned notes nor is there is any outstanding or threatened related litigation.

 

On October 22, 2020, the Registrant entered into a retainer and consulting agreement with Qest (the “Qest Agreement”) and in conjunction therewith, in order to induce Qest to defer the cash portion of its compensation, the Registrant’s officers and directors (who are also the principal stockholders, officers and directors of Qest), contributed all of their securities in the Registrant, including rights to compensation in the form of securities, to Qest. The terms of the Qest Agreement are summarized in Item 7 hereof, “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence”). In conjunction with its role under the Qest Agreement, Qest advanced the Registrant funds used to pay for auditing and legal fees in conjunction with this annual report, to pay balances due to the Registrant’s transfer agent and to settle remaining obligations under the Convertible Notes. Qest is also temporarily providing the Registrant with office space, utilities and the use of its personnel.

 

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During October of 2020, the Registrant, at the suggestion of Qest, decided to implement a new business model as a holding company operating through subsidiaries in four different albeit related areas. These include acquisition of promising operating companies but also assisting promising operating companies to attain independent public company status. In order to properly implement the following described business plan, the Registrant’s current management has been directed to recruit conduct a nationwide search for new members of its Board of Directors and replacement officers prior to the next scheduled annual meeting of its stockholders currently anticipated for February of 2022. As disclosed in a current report filed by the Registrant with the Commission on January 15, 2021, Qest has recommended that the Registrant’s Board of Directors be expanded to nine or more members, at least three of whom should be independent so that audit, nominating and compensation committees could be implemented as envisioned by the Registrant’s articles of incorporation and bylaws. In terms of experience, Qest has recommended that the new board of directors continue to employ persons with investment banking and accounting experience but also with experience with mutual funds, the insurance industry, innovative technologies (e.g., alternative energy), the medical industry, intellectual property and regulatory compliance. In order to recruit qualified personnel, the Registrant will recommend that its stockholders ratify qualified and non-qualified stock option plans at its next annual meeting and has authorized a limited offering of its securities on reliance on Rule 506(b) of Regulation D, the proceeds of which will be used for, among other things, obtaining officers and directors liability insurance, discharging all remaining corporate debt, primarily owed to Qest (approximately $100,000 involving expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business), payment of legal and auditing expenses required to bring and maintain the Registrant current with its reporting obligations under the Exchange Act and provide initial working capital. Significant additional funding will be required in order to implement the Registrant’s business plan summarized below and it is expected that Qest will assist the Registrant in that regard since it is anticipated that, although the Registrant’s current officers and directors would not continue in their current roles with the Registrant following the 2022 annual meeting of stockholders, they would continue to be indirectly involved as Qest is expected to remain as the Registrant’s strategic consultant for at least the next three years.

 

The four diverse areas in which the Registrant intends to concentrate through subsidiaries are, in the order in which it is anticipated projects will be undertaken, as follows:

 

1. Through traditional acquisition of development stage operating companies that the Registrant’s Board of Directors determines provide positive business opportunities. In that regard, the Registrant is considering the acquisition of a consolidated company currently engaged in the operation of behavioral health clinics in the State of Florida and is considering a joint venture in the solar energy industry involving proprietary nanotechnologies with current members of its Board of Advisors;
   
2. Through acquisition of promising privately held operating companies that eventually want to attain independent publicly traded status after a an incubation period as subsidiaries of the Registrant, during which time they would control most of their own operations but learn the intricacies of being regulated under state and federal securities regulation. The Registrant would control all legal and accounting operations and seek to generate savings and synergy by coordinating activities (e.g., purchases, marketing, warehousing, etc., among its subsidiaries);
   
3. Through organization and operation of a Business Development Company under the limited exemptive provisions of Sections 54(a) through 65 of the Investment Company Act; and
   
4. By formation of specialty acquisition vehicles for operating companies that desire to become public.

 

In addition to the foregoing, given the experience that the Registrant’s president has with tax related benefits of doing business in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Registrant intends to explore opportunities for potential subsidiaries there.

 

The Registrant’s Proposed Program for Consolidated Operating Subsidiaries

 

The Registrant proposes to seek out business opportunities its management deems promising and which its Board of Directors feels it can supervise and develop. For illustrative purposes only, initially, these may involve ownership and operation of behavioral health clinics in the State of Florida. Furthermore, the Registrant has formed a Board of Advisors whose members have discussed the possibility of entering into a joint venture or other business structure with the Registrant in the solar energy industry involving proprietary nanotechnologies. None of such projects are close to fruition but the Registrant believes that with the assistance of its Advisory Board, its strategic consultant, Qest, and the efforts of its officers, it can find projects of interest that can be developed into diverse lines of business, with the Registrant itself serving as a resource center for its diverse subsidiaries, providing savings in operational expenditures based on size and coordinated efforts and generating synergy among its corporate family.

 

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The Registrant’s Proposed Program for Operating Incubator Subsidiaries

 

The Registrant proposes a program for promising privately held operating companies that eventually want to attain independent publicly traded status but realize that subjection to regulation under federal and state securities laws as well involvement with investors and the investment banking community has as many pitfalls as benefits and thus justify a period of supervised mentoring. The Registrant proposes to acquire such companies through reorganizations complying with the tax free exchange provisions of Section 368 of the Code but to assure their owners that for the most part, they will be able to continue to grow and manage their businesses on their own through the grant of a proxy to vote such subsidiary’s capital stock subject to the following conditions: the Registrant will have the right to designate one member of the subsidiary’s board of directors, the Registrant will control, with the advice and input of the subsidiary’s management, the subsidiary’s legal and auditing matters, and the subsidiary will contribute along with all other subsidiaries, a proportional share of its net-after tax profits to the Registrant for payment of administrative and overhead expenses. After at least a two-and-a-half year period as a subsidiary of the Registrant during which time the subsidiary’s management would learn the intricacies of being regulated under state and federal securities regulation, the subsidiary’s original stockholders or their successor’s in interest would, if they so elect, have the right to spin out as independent public companies. That would be accomplished by having 15% of their common stock transferred as a stock dividend to the Registrant’s stockholders, registered for such transfer with the Commission pursuant to Section 5 of the Securities Act, making them reporting companies with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act. Ten percent of the subsidiary’s securities would be temporarily retained by the Registrant and either sold off or conveyed to the subsidiary operating as a Small Business Development Company, and the rest would be returned to the operating subsidiary’s original stockholders in exchange for 75% of the Registrant’s securities issued to acquire the operating subsidiary. To the extent the subsidiary’s original stockholders had disposed of the Registrant stock received in the reorganization, they would have to either reacquire it for tender to the Registrant, or forfeit their spinout options. In the event the original stockholders could not or did not elect to exercise their spinout rights, the Registrant would elect to either retain the operating subsidiary as wholly owned, or, spin it out in whole or in part to its stockholders through a registered dividend distribution procedure similar to the one described above anyway.

 

Business Development Companies

 

Assuming success in implanting the initial two stages of its proposed plan of operation, the Registrant expects that it would next move on to the organization and operation of a business development company which it believes would generate significant synergy with the operating subsidiaries program described above. For example, the Registrant must not accumulate investment securities or else it will be subject to regulation as an investment company. By having a business development company subsidiary, it can transfer the balance of the securities remaining when it spins off a subsidiary to the business development company eliminating such risk as well as helping capitalize the business development company.

 

It is anticipated that such project would not be initiated prior to 2023. The following summary information with regard to business development companies was excerpted from a post in Investopedia encaptioned “Business Development Company (business development company):

 

The United States Congress created business development companies in 1980 to fuel job growth and assist emerging United States businesses in raising funds. Business development companies are closely involved in providing advice about the operations of their portfolio companies. Many business development companies make investments in private companies and sometimes in small public firms that have low trading volumes. They provide permanent capital to these businesses by taking advantage of a wide variety of sources, such as equity, debt, and hybrid financial instruments.

 

A business development company is a type of closed-end fund that makes investments in developing and financially distressed firms. Many business development companies are publicly traded and are open to retail investors. Business development companies offer investors high dividend yields and some capital appreciation potential. Business development companies’ heavy use of leverage and targeting of small or distressed companies makes them relatively high-risk investments.

 

To qualify as a business development company, a company must be a domestic company whose class of securities is registered with the Commission in compliance with Section 54 of the Investment Company Act pursuant to the more limited regulatory provisions of Sections 54(a) through 65 thereof. The business development company must invest at least 70% of its assets in private or public United States firms with market values of less than US$250 million. Such companies are often young businesses, seeking financing, or firms that are suffering or emerging from financial difficulties. Also, the business development company must provide managerial assistance to the companies in its portfolio.

 

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If business development companies sound similar to venture capital funds, they are. However, there are some key differences. One relates to the nature of the investors each seeks. Venture capital funds are available mostly to large institutions and wealthy individuals through Limited Offerings. In contrast, business development companies allow smaller, non- accredited investors to invest in them, and by extension, in small growth companies.

 

Venture capital funds keep a limited number of investors and must meet certain asset-related tests to avoid being classified as regulated investment companies. Business development company shares, on the other hand, are typically traded on stock exchanges and are constantly available as investments for the public. Business development companies that decline to list on an exchange are still required to follow the same regulations as listed business development companies. Less stringent provisions for the amount of borrowing, related-party transactions, and equity-based compensation make the business development company an appealing form of incorporation to venture capitalists who were previously unwilling to assume the burdensome regulation of an investment company.

 

Business development companies provide investors with exposure to debt and equity investments in predominantly private companies—typically closed to investments. Because business development companies are regulated investment companies, they must distribute over 90% of their profits to shareholders. That regulated investment company status, though, means they don’t pay corporate income tax on profits before they distribute them to shareholders. The result is above-average dividend yields. According to “business development companyInvestor.com,” as of May 2019, the ten highest-yielding business development companies were posting anywhere from 10.82% to 14.04%.

 

Investors receiving dividends will pay taxes on them at their tax rate for ordinary income. Also, business development company investments may diversify an investor’s portfolio with securities that can display substantially different returns from stocks and bonds. Of course, the fact that they trade on public exchanges gives them a fair amount of liquidity and transparency.

 

Although a business development company itself is liquid, many of its holdings are not. The portfolio holdings are primarily private firms or small, thinly-traded public companies. Because most business development company holdings are typically invested in illiquid securities, a business development company’s portfolio has subjective fair-value estimates and may experience sudden and quick losses. These losses can be magnified because business development companies often employ leverage—that is, they borrow the money they invest or loan to their target companies. Leverage can improve the rate of return on investment, but it can also cause cash-flow problems if the leveraged asset declines in value.

 

The business development company-invested target companies typically have no track records or troubling track records. There is always the chance they could go under or default on a loan. A rise in interest rates—making it more expensive to borrow funds—can impede a business development company’s profit margins as well. In short, business development companies invest aggressively in companies that offer both incomes now and capital appreciation later; as such, they register somewhat high on the risk scale.

 

Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (“SPAC”)

 

Subsequent to organization of a business development company subsidiary, assuming success in doing so, the Registrant plans to organize a sequential series special purpose acquisition companies which its current management and Qest believe will complement the other three proposed segments of its proposed business plans providing an additional, more independent option for more seasoned companies that desire to attain publicly traded status. As in the foregoing case, the Registrant would either distribute securities it retains in SPACs it organizes to its shareholders in the form of stock dividends, or distribute them to its business development company subsidiary avoiding direct regulation as an investment company.

 

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A special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), is a “blank check” shell corporation designed to take companies public without going through the traditional IPO process. SPACs allow retail investors to invest in private equity type transactions, particularly leveraged buyouts. According to the Commission, a SPAC is created specifically to pool funds in order to finance a merger or acquisition opportunity within a set timeframe. The opportunity usually has yet to be identified. In the United States, the SPAC public offering structure is governed by the Commission. A public offering for a SPAC is typically filed with the Commission under an S-1 registration statement (or an F-1 for a foreign private issuer) and is classified by the Commission under SIC code 6770 - Blank Checks. Full disclosure of the SPAC structure, target industries or geographic regions, management team biographies, share ownership, potential conflicts of interest and risk factors are standard topics included in the S-1 registration statement. It is believed that the Commission has studied SPACs to determine whether they require special regulations to ensure that these vehicles are not abused like blind pool trusts and blank-check corporations have been over the years. Many believe that SPACs do have corporate governance mechanisms in place to protect shareholders. SPACs listed on the American Stock Exchange are required to be Sarbanes-Oxley compliant at the time of the offering including such mandatory requirements as a majority of the board of directors being independent and audit and compensation committees[1].

 

Caveat

 

The foregoing plans and business models are speculative, totally reliant on the experience of the Registrant’s management and independent consultants and contractor’s to be recruited and retained by the Registrant, and on market conditions beyond the Registrant’s control, and, on the Registrant’s ability to obtain significant additional financing, as to which there can be no assurances. In addition, the Registrant is likely to encounter significant competition in its quest for desirable acquisition candidates and thereafter, even if successful, in the operations of the acquired companies. Consequently, no assurances can be provided that the Registrant’s ambitious current business plans can or will be implemented as envisioned, or that even if implemented, they will prove successful.

 

Principal products or services and their markets

 

The Registrant at present has no products or services and thus no information is provided with respect to distribution methods of products or services; status of any publicly announced new product or service; sources and availability of raw materials and names of principal suppliers. Given that it has no customers at present, the Registrant is not dependence on one or a few major customers. The Registrant currently has no patents, trademarks, licenses, franchises, concessions, royalty agreements or labor contracts. However, it is probable that as it implements its proposed business plans all of the foregoing topics will become relevant.

 

Need for any government approval of principal products or services

 

Given that the Registrant currently has no principal products or services, it currently has no need for any related government approvals. However, every aspect of its proposed business operations is replete with the possibility of government regulation and oversight. Every segment of its proposed operations will involve regulation by the Commission in conjunction with acquisitions in exchange for the Registrant’s securities, with respect to spinoffs and stock dividends, with respect to formation, funding, operation and divesting of special purpose acquisition vehicles and especially with respect to operation of the proposed business development company. In addition, every operating subsidiary will be subject to the full panoply of regulations of a federal, state and local level applicable to operating companies, with specialized regulation depending on the industries involved. Intellectual property regulation and regulation of international trade is likely to be of special importance. Thus, while the nature of regulation is impossible to accurately predict at this time, the consequences will assuredly involve significant legal and administrative expenses risks of litigation and penalties, and of delays that will affect the competiveness of the Registrant and its affiliates.

 


[1] Information extracted from Wikipedia article “Special-purpose acquisition company”.

 

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Costs and effects of compliance with environmental laws (federal, state and local)

 

Given that the Registrant currently has no principal products, services or operations, it is impossible to predict the costs, effects and impacts of compliance with federal state and local environmental regulations other than to acknowledge, as is the case in the preceding section, that it will assuredly involve significant legal and administrative expenses risks of litigation and penalties, and of delays that will affect the competiveness of the Registrant and its affiliates.

 

Number of total employees and number of full-time employees

 

Other than its two current officers and directors, the Registrant currently has no employees of any kind. However, as indicated above, the Registrant is actively seeking to recruit employees capable of implanting its proposed business plans, as well as of related independent contractors and other consultants. In the latter regard, pursuant to the Qest Agreement, Qest will be responsible for assembling and supervising teams of independent contractors to assist the Registrant in every aspect of its operations during the pendency of such agreement, thereby hopefully limiting the Registrant’s employment related expenses.

 

Competitive business conditions and the Registrant’s competitive position in the industry and methods of competition

 

While the Registrant knows of no other company currently combining the four different segments of its proposed business plan, many experienced and very well-funded companies are involved in each such segment in which the Registrant proposes to participate and, ironically, many of them, or of their nature, are companies with which the Registrant will need to establish relationships in order to succeed in its proposed lines of businesses. Competitors will include investment banking firms, venture capital firms, the consulting branches of major auditing and law firms. Additionally, given the nature of the competition, the Registrant will probably have to engage in riskier and less developed acquisition ventures with less seasoned companies and in each such case the acquired companies will probably also be faced with intense competition. While the Registrant will seek niche industries where competition is not as intensive, there is no assurances that it will initially be able to successfully compete at any level.

 

Item 1A.Risk Factors.

 

Although smaller reporting companies like the Registrant are not required to respond to this item, the Registrant has elected to do so in the interest of full disclosure.

 

General

 

The following risk factors relating to the Registrant, the industries in which it operates, general economic factors together with the other information and financial data available concerning the Registrant, its history and its activities which is available through the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (the “Commission”) EDGAR system, available at the Commission’s Internet web site (www.sec.gov) should be carefully considered.

 

Historical Failure to Comply with Reporting Obligations

 

Since 2015 the Registrant has been unable to comply with its reporting obligations under Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act due to lack of resources and problems with accounting for “toxic notes” entered into by prior management. Current management has eliminated all debt under such toxic notes and the Registrant has raised funds to help correct filing deficiencies with the Commission which it intends to do in reverse chronological order as it deems the most recent information to be the most relevant. While future compliance with all legal obligations is a major priority of the Registrant’s current management, no assurances can be provided, given its limited current operations that the Registrant will be financially capable of complying with its reporting obligations in the future. Failure to comply with reporting obligations to the Commission severely limits the liquidity of the Registrant’s securities and subjects the Registrant to possible regulatory actions.

 

Development Stage Company

 

The Registrant is classified, for accounting purposes, as a development stage company.

 

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Dependence on Future Financing

 

The proceeds currently available to the Registrant are very limited and sufficient only to start to bring the Registrant current with its reporting obligations under the Exchange Act, to discharge all debt other than that created pursuant to a proposed limited offering of up to $250,000 in debt securities (as well as up to an additional $250,000 in equity securities and up to an additional $600,000 upon exercise of conversion rights and warrants) and to seek a new management team necessary to reinitiate operations. Implementation of its ambitious development plans will require significant additional capital which the Registrant will seek during the next three years through limited or public offerings of at least $25,000,000. However, there can be no assurance that the Registrant will succeed in obtaining such additional proceeds.

 

Control of the Registrant.

 

Under any reasonably anticipated circumstances, Qest, an Affiliate of the Registrant controlled by its management, will for the foreseeable future, control enough votes through its ownership of Series A Super Majority Preferred Stock (5,000,000,000 votes as well as Class B Convertible Preferred Stock (over 2,000,000,000 votes), to control all corporate action, including, without limitation, election of directors, amendment of its articles of incorporation, etc.

 

Potential Future Sales Pursuant To Rule 144.

 

Approximately 2,938,482,793 of the 3,545,540,022 outstanding shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock as of October 31, 2020 issued to the Current Stockholders were free trading. 607,057,229 shares are restricted securities and may be publicly sold only if registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission and appropriate state regulatory authorities, or are sold in reliance on applicable exemptions from federal and state registration requirements. The sale of the Registrant’s securities into public markets will increase the amount of the Registrant’s securities available for public purchase and consequently, may adversely affect the market price for the Registrant’s Common Stock, should a trading market therefore be maintained.

 

Limitation of Liability and Indemnification of Officers and Directors

 

Officers and directors of the Registrant are required to exercise good faith and high integrity in the management of its affairs. The Registrant’s certificate of incorporation and bylaws, however, provide, that the officers and directors will have no liability to the shareholders for losses sustained or liabilities incurred which arise from any transaction in their respective managerial capacities unless they violated their duty of loyalty, did not act in good faith, engaged in intentional misconduct, knowingly violated the law, approved an improper dividend or stock repurchase, or derived an improper benefit from a transaction under their control. As a result its securities holders have more limited rights of action than he, she or it would have had if such provision were not present. The Registrant’s certificate of incorporation and bylaws also provide for the indemnification by the Registrant of its officers and directors against any losses or liabilities they may incur as a result of the manner in which they operate the Registrant’s business or conduct its internal affairs, provided that in connection therewith they reasonably believe them to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Registrant, and their conduct does not constitute gross negligence, misconduct or breach of fiduciary obligations.

 

Trading Market for the Registrant’s Securities

 

Due to the difficulties experienced by the Registrant during the past five years with reference to compliance with its reporting requirements under the Exchange Act and the demise of its business operations during 2015 (when prior management left it as a deeply indebted shell), the Registrant’s securities have only traded over the Pink Open Market (operated by the OTC Markets Group), the lowest and most speculative tier of the three marketplaces for the trading of over-the-counter stocks. As the Registrant becomes current in its securities reporting requirements and begins implementation of its new business model, its management will endeavor to move trading of its securities to more closely regulated and exigent markets, aspiring by the end of 2021 to have its securities traded on the OTCQX®, the top tier over the counter marketplace where many of the biggest and best over the counter companies trade. All issuers there are required to meet both financial and reporting criteria and to undergo a management review. They must also be sponsored by an accredited third-party investment bank or attorney adviser. Approximately 370 securities trade on this marketplace. If the Registrant’s business plans prove as successful as management hopes, it subsequently aspires to list its securities for trading in one of the major exchanges (i.e., the NYSE or NASDAQ). Aspirations, of course, are not always realized, despite best efforts, and thus, no assurances can be provided that the Registrant will be successful in improving the markets on which its securities trade.

 

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Dividends

 

The Class B Convertible Preferred Stock is entitled to dividends on a preferential basis compared to the Common Stock, however, the Registrant has never paid dividends on its Capital Stock and the payment of dividends in the future rests within the discretion of the Registrant’s Board of Directors. Payment of cash dividends will depend on the existence of substantial earnings, the Registrant’s financial requirements and other factors. The Registrant’s current business plans call for the distribution of dividends in the form of securities of future subsidiaries that desire to spin out and become independent public companies as well as distributions of annual profits generated by its proposed Business Development Company subsidiary, however, no assurances can be provided that the Registrant will attain success in such endeavors.

 

Competition

 

All of the fields in which the Registrant intends to engage contain active and well capitalized competitors, including major national concerns. Consequently, the Registrant’s management cannot provide assurances that it will be able to compete for acquisitions, labor, supplies, trademarks or customers against the marketing ability of other established competitors. See prior discussion of competition in Item 1.

 

Government Regulation.

 

The Registrant is subject to applicable provisions of federal and state securities laws, especially with reference to periodic reporting requirements. Operation of a Business Development Company through a subsidiary will involve significant additional regulation as will the creation, development and funding of a SPAC. The operations of the Registrant’s subsidiaries will be subject to regulation normally incident to business operations (e.g., occupational safety & health acts, workmen’s compensation statutes, unemployment insurance legislation and income tax and social security related regulations). The Registrant’s operations are expected to be highly dependent on its protection under and compliance with state and federal laws regulating intellectual property rights, including copyrights, patents, service marks, trademarks and trade secrets. Although the Registrant will make every effort to comply with applicable regulations, it can provide no assurance of its ability to do so, nor can it predict the effect of these regulations on its proposed activities. Failure of the Registrant to comply with applicable laws, regulations or rules of sanctioning bodies could have a materially adverse impact on the business of the Registrant.

 

Need for Additional Financing

 

The Registrant’s proposed development plans require additional financing for formation of a Business Development Company and a SPAC as well as in conjunction with anticipated acquisitions, increased marketing and further product development and the Registrant may encounter difficulty obtaining required funds. Even if financing were to become available there can be no assurance that it would be available on satisfactory terms or that the Registrant would thereafter be successful.

 

Reliance upon Key Personnel

 

The success of the Registrant is currently dependent upon the continuing availability of its current officers, Hermann Burckhardt and Thomas Jaspers and its relationship with its affiliate which they control, Qest. The Registrant does not currently maintain key man life insurance for anyone and there can be no guarantee that its current positive relationship with Qest will be maintained. Notwithstanding the foregoing, as disclosed in Item 1, the Registrant is currently involved in materially supplementing its management and the members of its boards of directors and advisors and in anticipation thereof, will use its best efforts to obtain officers and directors liability insurance and has adopted qualified incentive stock option plans and non-qualified incentive stock option plans in order to incentivize potential candidates. At such time as current management believes that the Registrant has recruited appropriate supplemental management, directors and advisors, its current members intend to resign and to participate with the Registrant through their roles in Qest, where current management of the Registrant also serves as officers and directors. Notwithstanding the best efforts and good faith of current management however, no assurances can be provided that its quest for replacement management will prove successful or that even if successful, replacement management, directors and advisors will perform as anticipated.

 

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Potential Conflicts of Interest

 

The Registrant’s current officers hold all of the seats on the Registrant’s Board of Directors and also, through their control of Qest, control a majority of the votes appurtenant to the Registrant’s voting securities. Consequently, they will be in a position to control their own compensation and to approve dealings, if any, by the Registrant with other entities with which they are also involved. Although the Registrant’s Principals intend to act fairly and in full compliance with their fiduciary obligations, there can be no assurance that the Registrant will not, as a result of the conflict of interest described above, sometimes enter into arrangements under terms less beneficial to the Registrant than it could have obtained had it been dealing with unrelated persons. It is in part because of the foregoing that the Registrant’s current management intends to resign at such time as suitable replacements are recruited and assume their offices.

 

No Independent Members of the Registrant’s Board of Directors

 

Because both of the current members of the Registrant’s Board of Directors are officers and controlling stockholders there are no independent members such as would be required for audit, nomination and compensation committees should the Registrant seek to list its securities on major exchanges, nor to assure by their presences and their votes that conflicts of interest would be independently resolved. The Registrant has chartered a board of advisors (see “Board of Advisors”) from which it eventually hopes to recruit competent, talented and well connected independent members for its Board of Directors, however, because the Registrant’s current directors have a majority of votes at any stockholders meetings, they would have the ability to prevent the election of any person of whom they did not approve. The Board of Advisors will have committees including independent members to deal with audit and compensation matters but all recommendations of the Board of Advisors must be approved by the Registrant’s Board of Directors, thus, to some extent, negating the impact of such committees. Notwithstanding the foregoing, as disclosed above, the Registrant is currently seeking qualified additional directors, one third of whom are expected to be independent thus remedying the foregoing situation. No assurances, however, can be provided, given the Registrant’s precarious financial position, that such efforts will prove successful.

 

Item 2.Properties.

 

The Registrant neither owns not leases any real property. It shares offices facilities with its Parent and strategic consultant Qest Consulting Group, Inc. in Boca Raton, Florida, temporarily on a rent free basis. It is anticipated that it will continue to share such facilities with Qest until its new management and board of directors assume their offices at which time appropriate facilities will be leased. Given that the search for new corporate personnel is national in scope, it is not possible at this time to predict where the Registrant’s offices will be located once new management assumes control. It is anticipated that Puget will share office expense equally with Qest at such time as funds become available for such purpose.

 

Item 3.Legal Proceedings.

 

During November and December of 2015 two law suits were filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Case No. 15-cv-08860 entitled Adar Bays LLC v Puget Technologies Inc. and Hermann Burckhardt and Case No. 15-cv-09542 entitled Union Capital LLC v Puget Technologies Inc. and Herman Burckhardt) against the Registrant and its management by the holders of two of the Registrant’s 8% convertible notes issued by prior management and repudiated by the Registrant’s current president as invalid “toxic notes” (the “Convertible Notes”). Because the Registrant had been left by prior management without funds, the Registrant was unable to contest the litigation and both cases were settled with the Registrant’s allegations formally withdrawn and the cases settled during May through July of 2017, subject to the courts’ continuing jurisdiction to enforce the terms of the settlement agreements. In all cases involving the Convertible Notes, the Registrant was contractually and judicially deprived of the ability to contest the validity of conversions and subsequent sales of Common Stock by being required to honor irrevocable written instructions to its transfer agent issued by prior management. As a material subsequent event, by January 31, 2021, the 8% Convertible Notes payable have been either converted, paid or otherwise resolved, consequently, the Registrant is no longer indebted under the terms of any of the aforementioned notes nor is there is any outstanding or threatened related litigation. thus, as of the date of this annual report, the Registrant is subject to no legal proceedings nor does its management know of any basis for any material legal proceedings against the Registrant.

 

ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

 

Not currently applicable.

 

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PART II

 

Item 5.Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Registrant Purchases of Equity Securities.

 

Market information.

 

The Registrant’s Common Stock is traded over the Pink Open Market under the trading symbol “PUGE”. Over-the-counter market quotations reflect inter-dealer prices, without retail mark-up, mark-down or commission and may not necessarily represent actual transactions. The current transfer agent for the Registrant’s securities is Issuer Direct Corporation with offices at One Glenwood Ave, Suite 1001; Raleigh, North Carolina 27603. Its telephone number is 1.919.481.4000; its fax number is +1.919.481.6222; and, its email address is info@issuerdirect.com.

 

Trading Market for the Registrant’s Securities

 

Due to the difficulties experienced by the Registrant during the past five years with reference to compliance with its reporting requirements under the Exchange Act and the demise of its business operations during 2015 (when prior management left it as a deeply indebted shell), the Registrant’s securities have only traded over the Pink Open Market (operated by the OTC Markets Group), the lowest and most speculative tier of the three marketplaces for the trading of over-the-counter stocks. As the Registrant becomes current in its securities reporting requirements, filing of tax returns and elimination of existing debt, and as it begins implementation of its new business model, its management will endeavor to move trading of its securities to more closely regulated and exigent markets, aspiring by the end of 2021 to have its securities traded on the OTCQX®, the top tier over the counter marketplace where many of the biggest and best over the counter companies trade. All issuers there are required to meet both financial and reporting criteria and undergo a management review. They must also be sponsored by an accredited third-party investment bank or attorney adviser. Approximately 370 securities trade on this marketplace. If the Registrant’s business plans prove as successful as management hopes, it subsequently aspires to list its securities for trading in one of the major exchanges (i.e., the NYSE or NASDAQ). Aspirations, of course, are not always realized, despite best efforts, and thus, no assurances can be provided that the Registrant will be successful in improving the markets on which its securities trade.

 

Price Range of Common Stock

 

The following chart discloses the high and low closing transaction reports the Registrant’s common stock, as reported in the Pink Open Market (operated by the OTC Markets Group) for the calendar quarters indicated. These quotations were obtained from market makers, are between dealers and do not include retail mark-ups, mark-downs or other fees and commissions.

 

Quarter ended  Low close  High close
       
January 31, 2019    0.0003    0.0009 
April 30, 2019    0.0002    0.0006 
July 31, 2019    0.0002    0.0004 
October 31, 2019    0.0001    0.0003 
January 31, 2020    0.0001    0.0002 
April 30, 2020    0.0001    0.0002 
July 31, 2020    0.0001    0.0003 
October 31, 2020    0.0001    0.0008 

 

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Shares Eligible for Future Sale

 

Of the 4,990,000,000 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock authorized, there were 4,745,728,041 shares outstanding as of January 31, 2021 of which 4,029,562,810 are free trading shares, 10,515,472 are held in reserve accounts pending release, and the additional 233,756,487 are possibly eligible for sale as free trading shares under the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(a)(1) of the Securities Act.

 

None of the shares of Class B Convertible Preferred Stock heretofore issued have been registered under Section 5 of the Securities Act, rather, they were issued pursuant to the exemptive provisions of Sections 3(a)(9) or 4(a)(2) thereof as either exchanges of securities of the same issuer without payment of any additional compensation. Additionally, it is anticipated that some will be issued in an anticipated limited offering expected to be effected in reliance on Rule 506(b) of Regulation D promulgated under authority of Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act. Consequently, there is currently no public market for the Registrant’s Class B Convertible Preferred Stock. However, such shares are convertible into Common Stock after December 31, 2021 on a one for ten basis (ten shares of Common Stock for every share of Class B Convertible Preferred Stock) and such conversion rate will not be reduced without the consent of the holders of a majority of the Class B Convertible Preferred Stock despite any recapitalization (e.g., reverse stock splits of the Common Stock). There are currently 3,001,904 shares of Class B Convertible Preferred Stock outstanding of 5,000,000 authorized which would, after one year following their issuance but no earlier that January 1, 2022, be convertible into 30,000,000 shares of Common Stock. If all of the unit components of the securities which it is currently anticipated may be offered pursuant to the contemplated limited offering described above were sequentially converted into Common Stock, a right they all ultimately share, then up to an additional 9,796,875 shares of Common Stock would be outstanding, although, because the conversion rights of the Class B Convertible Preferred Stock are subject to rights limiting the effects of reverse splits of the Common Stock, in the event of a reverse split of the Common Stock the number of shares of Common Stock into which the Class B Convertible Preferred Stock could be converted would remain constant and thus the percentage ownership of Common Stock as a class would increase in favor of the Class B Convertible Preferred Stock subsequently exercised.

 

In conjunction with the contemplated limited offering discussed above, the Registrant has authorized a class of two year, 5% convertible subordinated debentures denominated as the “Series 2021 Class B Preferred Convertible, Subordinated Debentures” as well as warrants to purchase shares of the Class B Convertible Preferred Stock (Warrants”). The Series 2021 Class B Preferred Convertible, Subordinated Debentures are convertible into shares of Class B Convertible Preferred Stock and the Warrants are, of course, exercisable for shares of the Class B Convertible Preferred Stock and in both cases, that stock is in turn convertible into shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock as described above. Conversion and exercise of all such securities could result in the issuance of up to an additional 958,334 shares of Class B Convertible Preferred Stock, in turn convertible into an additional 9,583,334 shares of Common Stock (but unaffected by any reverse splits, etc.).

 

The Registrant is considering the issuance of a dividend to the holders of the Registrant’s Common Stock in shares of the Class B Convertible Preferred Stock and in such event, provided the Registrant complies with Commission Rule 10b-17 under the Exchange Act and related requirements of FINRA, it is possible but not assured that a public market could develop for the Class B Convertible Preferred Stock. If a public market for the Class B Convertible Preferred Stock should develop, holders could only sell their Shares of Class B Convertible Preferred Stock into such market if they were first registered with the Commission pursuant to Section 5 of the Securities Act or an exemption from such registration requirement were available.

 

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The principle exemption from registration requirements for resales of securities is provided by Section 4(a)(1) under the Securities Act for transactions made by persons who are not issuers, underwriters or dealers and thus not involved in a “distribution”. That in turn requires a subjective determination that when acquired, it was not the intent of the recipient to immediately resell the subject securities. Because significant uncertainty existed as a result of Commission interpretations and judicial decisions, the Commission promulgated Rule 144, a specific, non-exclusive rule concerning transactions in reliance on Section 4(a)(1) under the Securities Act in the form of a “safe harbor”. Safe harbor means that although not mandatory, compliance with the conditions of the rule assure that the Section 4(a)(1) exemption has been complied with. The requirements for compliance with Rule 144 differ substantially depending on whether or not the Seller is an Affiliate and depending on the nature of the issuer. Rule 144 is not available for securities of issuers that have become “shell” companies, such as the Registrant, until one year after they have ceased to be “shell” companies. Additionally, they are not available for issuer’s such as the Registrant that are delinquent in their filing obligations with the Commission until one year after they have become current. Because Rule 144 is not the exclusive method for complying with Section 4(a)(1) of the Securities Act, holders in substantial compliance with such rule can still resell their securities relying on what has come to be known as the Section 4(1½) exemption. However, broker dealers and market makers much prefer transaction in full compliance with Rule 144 and Section 4(1½) transactions are more expensive and time consuming, generally requiring legal opinions based on detailed affidavits concerning prior transactions and associations with the issuer.

 

Whether relying on Rule 144 or the Section 4(1½) exemption, before restricted securities can be publicly sold, they must be held for a certain period of time now varying between six months for non-Affiliates of a reporting issuer current in its reporting obligations, to one year. In either case, there must be adequate current information about the issuing company publicly available before the sale can be made. For reporting companies, this generally means that the companies have complied with the periodic reporting requirements of the Exchange Act. For non-reporting companies or delinquent reporting companies, that means that certain company information, including information regarding the nature of its business, the identity of its officers and directors, and its financial statements, is publicly available.

 

There are additional requirements for Affiliates of the issuer. The quantity of securities that an affiliate can sell during any three-month period cannot exceed the greater of 1% of the outstanding shares of the same class being sold, or if the class is listed on a stock exchange, the greater of 1% or the average reported weekly trading volume during the four weeks preceding the filing of a notice of sale on Form 144. Over-the-counter stocks such as those of the Registrant can only be sold using the 1% measurement. Furthermore, sales must be handled in all respects as routine trading transactions, and brokers may not receive more than a normal commission. Neither the seller nor the broker can solicit orders to buy the securities. Finally, a notice on Commission Form 144 must be filed for transactions relying on Rule 144 if the sale involves more than 5,000 shares or the aggregate dollar amount is greater than $50,000 in any three-month period. It is not anticipated that any of the Subscribers to this Limited Offering will be Affiliates of the Registrant unless all the Units are not subscribed and become available for Affiliate purchases.

 

Penny Stock Rules

 

The Commission has adopted rules that regulate broker-dealer practices in connection with transactions in penny stocks. Penny stocks are generally equity securities with a price of less than $5.00 (other than securities registered on certain national securities exchanges). The Registrant’s currently trading shares of Common Stock constitute a penny stock under the Exchange Act. The classification of penny stock makes it more difficult for a broker-dealer to sell the stock into a secondary market, which makes it more difficult for a purchaser to liquidate his/her investment. Any broker-dealer engaged by a purchaser for the purpose of selling his or her shares in the Registrant will be subject to Rules 15g-1 through 15g-10 of the Exchange Act. Rather than creating a need to comply with those rules, most broker-dealers will refuse to attempt to sell penny stocks.

 

The penny stock rules require a broker-dealer, prior to a transaction not otherwise exempt to deliver a standardized risk disclosure document which contains a description of the nature and level of risk in the market for penny stock in both public offerings and secondary trading; contains a description of the broker’s or dealer’s duties to customers and the rights and remedies available to customers with respect to a violation of such duties or other requirements of the Exchange Act; contains a brief, clear, narrative description of a dealer market, including “bid” and “ask” prices for penny stocks and the significance of the spread between the bid and ask price; contains a toll-free telephone number for inquiries on disciplinary actions; defines significant terms in the disclosure document or in the conduct of trading penny stocks; and, contains other information and is in such form (including language, type, size and format) as the Commission requires by rule or regulation.

 

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The broker-dealer must also provide potential purchasers prior to effecting any transaction in a penny stock, its bid and offer quotations; the compensation to be paid to the broker-dealer in the transaction; the number of shares to which such bid and ask prices apply, other comparable information relating to the depth and liquidity of the market for such stock; and, monthly account statements showing the market value of each penny stock held in the customer’s account. In addition, the penny stock rules require that prior to a transaction in a penny stock not otherwise exempt from those 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 acknowledgment of the receipt of a risk disclosure statement, a written agreement to transactions involving penny stocks, and a signed and dated copy of a written suitability statement. Such disclosure requirements reduce the trading activity in the secondary market for the Registrant’s stock because it is currently subject to the penny stock rules.

 

Holders of the Registrant’s Equity Securities

 

Of the 4,990,000,000 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock authorized, there are 4,745,728,041 shares outstanding as of January 31, 2021 of which 4,029,562,810 are free trading shares, 10,515,472 are held in reserve accounts pending release, and the additional 233,756,487 are possibly eligible for sale as free trading shares under the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(a)(1) of the Securities Act. In addition, there are 500,000 shares of Series A Super Voting Preferred Stock authorized and outstanding all of which are held by Qest, and 3,001,904 shares of Class B Convertible Preferred Stock outstanding of 5,000,000 shares authorized, all held by Qest and Alpere, Inc., a Colorado corporation, and Alejandro Funes, Esquire. All shares held by Qest are attributable to the Registrant’s current officers and directors who control Qest.

 

Dividend Policy

 

Cash Dividends

 

The Class B Convertible Preferred Stock includes among its attributes a preference in payment of cash dividends as follows:

 

The holders of Class B Convertible Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive dividends or distributions on a pro rata basis according to their holdings of shares of Class B Convertible Preferred Stock when and if declared by the Board of Directors of the Registrant in the sum of twenty (20%) percent of the Corporation’s net, after tax profits per year. Dividends shall be paid in cash. Dividends shall be cumulative. No cash dividends or distributions shall be declared or paid or set apart for payment on the Common Stock in any calendar year unless cash dividends or distributions on the Class B Convertible Preferred Stock for such calendar year are likewise declared and paid or set apart for payment. No declared and unpaid dividends shall bear or accrue interest.

 

Nonetheless, the Registrant has never paid any cash dividends and there can be no assurance that funds for payment of dividends will ever be available, or that even if available. The payment of dividends in the future will depend on the existence of substantial earnings, the Registrant’s financial requirements and other factors.

 

Stock Dividends

 

The Registrant is considering the possibility of declaring d a stock dividend to the holders of the Registrant’s Common Stock in shares of the Class B Convertible Preferred Stock and in such event, provided the Registrant complies with Commission Rule 10b-17 under the Exchange Act and related requirements of FINRA, it is likely but not assured that such a market could develop, provided the shares had been held for a period of at least one year or were registered under the Exchange Act.

 

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The Registrant’s current business plan includes a program for promising privately held operating companies that eventually want to attain publicly traded status but realize that subjection to regulation under federal and state securities laws as well as involvement with investors and the investment banking community has as many pitfalls as benefits and thus justify a period of supervised mentoring. After a two-and-a-half year period as subsidiaries of the Registrant during which time the subsidiary’s management would learn the intricacies of being regulated under state and federal securities laws, the subsidiary’s original stockholders or their successor’s in interest would, if they so elect, have the right to spin out as independent public companies by having 15% of their common stock transferred as a stock dividend to the Registrant’s stockholders, registered for such transfer with the Commission pursuant to Section 5 of the Securities Act making them reporting companies with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act. In the event the original stockholders could not or did not elect to exercise their spinout rights, the Registrant would elect to either retain the operating subsidiary as wholly owned, or, spin it out in whole or in part to its stockholders through a registered dividend distribution procedure similar to the one described above anyway.

 

If the Registrant is successful in the foregoing, then periodic stock dividends would be effected. However, there is no assurance that the Registrant’s proposed plans will come to fruition or that, even if they did, the spun off subsidiaries would be successful as independent entities and even if they were, that such success would result in favorable stock prices.

 

Dividends through Business Development Company Subsidiary

 

Additional current plans of the Registrant call for it to form and operate a Business Development Company through a subsidiary. Because business development companies are regulated investment companies, they must distribute over 90% of their profits to stockholders. While they don’t pay corporate income tax on profits before they distribute them to shareholders, stockholders receiving dividends will pay taxes on them at their tax rate for ordinary income. If the Registrant is successful in forming and operating a Business Development Company, then its stockholders would receive periodic stock or cash dividends, however, there are no assurances that the Registrant will be successful in forming a Business Development Company and even if it is, that such subsidiary would be successful.

 

Caveat

 

Notwithstanding the Registrant’s aspirations as disclosed above, there is no assurance that they will be attained and thus, no assurances that the Registrant will ever pay any cash or stock dividends, despite its current plans.

 

Securities authorized for issuance under equity compensation plans.

 

As of October 31, 2020, the Registrant had no equity compensation plans in place other than commitments under its employment agreement with its president, Hermann Burckhardt and with Qest (see “Item 13, Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence - Agreement with Qest; Agreement with Messrs. Burckhardt, Jaspers and Alpere, Inc.”).

 

The terms of Mr. Burckhardt’s employment agreement with the Registrant (as reported on a current report filed with the Commission on October 1, 2015) call for him to retain a preemptive right to 10% of the Registrant’s capital stock but, due to required reserves for the Conversion Notes discussed above and an inadequate quantity of authorized capital stock, Mr. Burckhardt has never received the capital stock to which he is contractually entitled. Mr. Burckhardt has assigned his rights to such compensation to Qest.

 

Pursuant to its consulting agreement with the Registrant, as disclosed in a current report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on October 15, 2020, during the initial three year term of the Qest Agreement, Qest is entitled to receive:

 

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“Incentive Non-Qualified Stock Options” (as that term is defined for purposes of the Internal Revenue Code entitling Qest to purchase 4.9% of the Registrant’s outstanding and reserved securities (measured assuming exercise of all of the Incentive Non-Qualified Stock Options) of every kind which the Registrant is authorized to issue, at an exercise price equal to 110% of the fair market price of the underlying securities on the date of grant and, if no trading market exists for the Registrant’s securities on such date, at an exercise price equal to 110% of the book value of the applicable securities on such date, and, if no book value exists for the Registrant’s securities on such date, at an exercise price equal to 110% of the par value of the applicable securities on such date. The Incentive Non-Qualified Stock Options would be entitled to preemptive rights and thus, any time the Registrant issues additional securities during the term of the Qest Agreement or renewals thereof, additional Incentive Non-Qualified Stock Options shall concurrently be issued to Qest in an amount equal to 4.9% of the additional securities issued. The Incentive Non-Qualified Stock Options and the securities issuable on exercise thereof shall be included in any registration or qualification statements filed by the Registrant with the Commission or any state securities regulatory authorities, registering any of its securities for sale or distribution. The Registrant has been informed by Qest that, subject to compliance with applicable legal requirements, a portion of the Incentive Non-Qualified Stock Options to be issued to Qest would probably be transferred by Qest its officers, directors, employees or to third party independent contractors, all of whom would assist Qest in the performance of its duties to the Registrant.

 

For the same reasons that securities due to the Registrant’s president have not been issued, Qest has deferred its right to receipt of the foregoing until such time as the Registrant’s authorized capitalization is adequate to both its current requirements and issuance of the subject securities.

 

Equity securities of the Registrant sold by the Registrant during the period commencing on November 1, 2019 and ending on October 31, 2020

 

The only securities sold by the Registrant during the period commencing on November 1, 2019 and ending on October 31, 2020 involved conversion of preexisting debt securities and debts in each case in reliance on the exemptions from registration requirements provided by Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act. In conjunction therewith, the Registrant designated 5,000,000 shares of its Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value as Class B Convertible Preferred Stock and issued 3,000,000 of such shares to Qest and Alpere, Inc., in a debt to equity conversion involving $3,282,695.69. In addition, 118,839,180 shares of its Common Stock were issued upon exercise of conversion rights pertaining to its 8% Convertible Notes. The Registrant has never made repurchases of its securities although, subject to availability of funds, it may do so in the future in order to obtain securities for equity compensation plans ratified by the shareholders. As a subsequent event, an additional 1,904 shares of Class B Convertible Preferred Stock were issued during January of 2021 to Alejandro Funes, Esquire, an attorney who had performed legal work for the Registrant.

 

Item 6.Selected Financial Data.

 

Because the Registrant is a smaller reporting company as defined by Item §229.10(f)(1), i.e., an “issuer that is not an investment company, an asset-backed issuer (as defined in § 229.1101), or a majority-owned subsidiary of a parent that is not a smaller reporting company and that … [h]ad a public float of less than $250 million, it is not required to respond to this item and has elected not to do so. The Registrant’s election is based in part on the fact that its limited operations during the period involved minimized the relevancy of such information.

 

Item 7.Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

 

Corporate Background and Business Overview

 

This section of the annual report includes a number of forward-looking statements that reflect the Registrant’s current views with respect to future events and financial performance. Forward-looking statements are often identified by words like: “believe,” “expect,” “estimate,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “project” and similar expressions, or words that, by their nature, refer to future events. You should not place undue certainty on these forward-looking statements, which apply only as of the date of this annual report. These forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from historical results or predictions.

  

The Registrant’s financial statements are stated in United States dollars (USD or US$) and are prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles. All references to “common stock” refer to the common shares in its capital stock.

 

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Reference is made to the disclosure contained in Item 1, Description of Business. Going forward, the Registrant intends to seek, investigate and, if such investigation warrants, engage in business combinations with private entities whose businesses present opportunities for its shareholders, to organize a business development company and to organize one or more special purpose acquisition companies as heretofore described with respect to the Registrant’s current business plans. No specific assets or businesses have been definitively identified and there is no certainty that any such assets or business will be identified or that any transactions will be consummated. The Registrant may seek investors to purchase its securities in order to provide it with capital to fund its operations. Thereafter, it will seek to establish or acquire businesses or assets with additional funds raised either through the issuance of its debt or equity securities or by traditional or non-traditional forms of borrowing. There can be no assurance that additional capital will be available to the Registrant at all or on acceptable terms. The Registrant does not currently have any binding agreements, arrangements or understandings with any person to obtain funds through bank loans, lines of credit or any other sources. Since it has no such arrangements or plans currently in effect, its inability to raise funds would have a severe negative impact on its ability to remain viable.

  

The Registrant does not expect to generate any revenues over the next 12 months unless it is able to enter into a business combination with an operating company. Its principal business objective for the next 12 months will be to seek, investigate and, if such investigation warrants, engage in a business combination with a private entity whose business presents an opportunity for its shareholders. During the next 12 months the Registrant anticipates incurring costs related to filing of Exchange Act reports, and possible costs relating to consummating an acquisition or combination. It believes that it will be able to meet such costs through use of funds loaned by or invested by its stockholders, management or other investors. The Registrant currently has no material debts other than advances from its officers, directors and Qest and expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business, e.g., transfer agency fees. It estimates that, assuming it does not complete a business combination, the level of working capital needed for general and administrative costs for the next twelve months will be approximately $100,000. However, this estimate is subject to change, depending on the number of transactions in which the Registrant ultimately becomes involved.

 

The Registrant intends to contract out certain technical and administrative functions on an as-needed basis in order to conduct its operating activities. Its management, with the assistance of Qest, will select and hire such contractors and manage and evaluate their work performance.

  

The Registrant has no revenues and limited cash on hand. The Registrant has sustained losses since inception. The Registrant has never declared bankruptcy, been in receivership, nor is it currently involved in any kind of legal proceeding. It does not currently have any subsidiaries although it is anticipated that it will operate as a holding company through subsidiaries in the future.

 

Results of Operations

 

Year Ended October 31, 2020 Compared to Year Ended October 31, 2019

 

The Registrant did not have any material operations in either 2020 or 2019 thus all its costs and expenses were related to maintaining its corporate existence.

  

Revenues and Other Income

 

During the years ended October 31, 2020 and 2019, the Registrant did not realize any revenues from operations.

  

Operating Expenses

  

The Registrant had operating expenses during 2020 and 2019 of costs related to maintenance of its corporate existence which were $1,378,110 and $605,667, respectively.

 

Net Losses

  

As a result of the foregoing, the Registrant incurred a net loss $1,378,110 and $605,667 for 2020 and 2019, respectively

 

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Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

As of the date of this report, the Registrant had yet to generate any revenues from its business operations. At October 31, 2020 and 2019 the Registrant had cash on hand of $55 and $97, respectively. The Registrant anticipates that its current liquidity is not sufficient to meet the obligations associated with being fully reporting with the Commission. To date, the Registrant has managed to keep its monthly cash flow requirement low for two reasons. First, its officers have not received any cash for any accrued wages and second, the Registrant has been operating from the home offices of its officers or from facilities made available to it by Qest.

 

The Registrant currently has no external sources of liquidity such as arrangements with credit institutions or off-balance sheet arrangements that will have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on its financial condition or immediate access to capital. All of the cash receipts for 2020 and 2019 were provided by its officers and by its parent company, Qest.

  

The Registrant’s financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”), which contemplate its continuation as a going concern. The Registrant has not yet generated any revenue and has incurred losses to date of $6,066,566. In addition, at October 31, 2020 its current liabilities exceeded its current assets by $324,092. Such factors raise substantial doubt about the Registrant’s ability to continue operating as a going concern. The Registrant’s ability to continue its operations as a going concern, to realize the carrying value of its assets, and to discharge its liabilities in the normal course of business is dependent upon its ability to raise capital sufficient to fund its commitments and ongoing losses, and ultimately generate profitable operations. As a material subsequent event, since October 31, 2020, the Registrant has eliminated all of its long term debt and its current liabilities as of the date of this report ($95,619) are all owed to Qest or to its officers and directors.

 

Cash Flows

 

For 2020 and 2019, the Registrant had a deficit cash flow of $55 and $97, respectively.

 

Investing Activities

  

The Registrant did not use any funds for investing activities during the years ended October 31, 2020 and 2019.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

  

From time to time, new accounting pronouncements are issued that the Registrant adopts as of a specified effective date. The Registrant believes that the impact of recently issued standards that are not yet effective may have an impact on its results of operations and financial position. For a description of the Registrant’s recent accounting pronouncements, see “Note 2 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies”.

 

Critical Accounting Policies

  

The Registrant’s financial statements and accompanying notes have been prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. The Registrant regularly evaluates the accounting policies and estimates that it uses use to prepare its financial statements. A complete summary of such policies is included in the notes to the Registrant’s financial statements. In general, management’s estimates are based on historical experience, on information from third party professionals, and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the facts and circumstances. Actual results could differ from estimates made by management.

 

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The financial statements evaluate the Registrant’s continuation as a going concern. The Registrant has not as yet generated any revenue and has incurred losses to date of $6,066,566. In addition, the Registrant’s liabilities as of October 31, 2020 exceeded its current assets by $324,092. To date, the Registrant has funded its operations through advances from stockholders, the sale of equity securities (i.e., Common and Preferred Stock) and through the issuance of the 8% Convertible Notes (see Item 1, Business). The Registrant intends to finance development activities and short term working capital needs largely from the sale of its equity and debt securities with additional funding from other traditional financing sources until such time as funds provided by operations are sufficient to fund working capital requirements. These factors raise substantial doubt about the Registrant’s ability to continue operating as a going concern. The Registrant’s ability to continue its operations as a going concern, realize the carrying value of its assets, and discharge its liabilities in the normal course of business is dependent upon its ability to raise capital sufficient to fund its commitments and ongoing losses, and ultimately generate profitable operations.

  

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

The Registrant has no significant off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on its financial condition, changes in its financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources that are material to its shareholders.

 

Contractual Obligations

 

During the last five years, due to the unavailability of funds to pay for required accounting, audits and related legal fees the Registrant has been unable to comply on a timely basis with its reporting obligations under the Exchange Act and briefly during this year, with its reporting obligations under the corporate law of the State of Nevada. Such lack of liquidity was directly related to the failure of the Registrant’s original business operations for which it incurred previously reported material obligations to a number of investors that provided loans to the Registrant in the form of the 8% Convertible Notes (see Item 1, Business). Based on the foregoing, during October of this year the Registrant determined that it required substantial assistance to bring its reporting obligations current, to settle its outstanding liabilities and to explore and implement new business opportunities and thus negotiated a three year retainer and consulting agreement with Qest (see “Item 13, Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence - Agreement with Qest; Agreement with Messrs. Burckhardt, Jaspers and Alpere, Inc.”).

 

Item 7A.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk.

 

Because the Registrant is a smaller reporting company as defined by Item §229.10(f)(1) [i.e., an “issuer that is not an investment company, an asset-backed issuer (as defined in § 229.1101), or a majority-owned subsidiary of a parent that is not a smaller reporting company and that … [h]ad a public float of less than $250 million], it is not required to respond to this item and has elected not to do so. The Registrant’s election is based in part on the fact that because of its limited operations during the period the information requested is not applicable.

 

Item 8.Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.

 

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Puget Technologies, Inc.

INDEX TO AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2020 AND 2019

 

    Page  
       
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm   F-2  
         
Balance Sheets at October 31, 2020 and 2019     F-3  
         
Statements of Operations for the year ended October 31, 2020 and 2019     F-4  
         
Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Deficit for the year ended October 31, 2020 and 2019     F-5  
         
Statements of Cash Flows for the year ended October 31, 2020 and 2019     F-6  
         
Notes to the Financial Statements     F-7  

 

F-1 

 

 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

 

To the shareholders and the board of directors of Puget Technologies, Inc.

 

Opinion on the Financial Statements

 

We have audited the accompanying balance sheets of Puget Technologies, Inc. as of October 31, 2020 and 2019, the related statements of operations, stockholders’ equity (deficit), and cash flows for the years then ended, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of October 31, 2020 and 2019, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the years then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.

 

Basis for Opinion

 

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

 

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

 

Our audit included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audit also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

Substantial Doubt about the Company’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern

 

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 1 to the financial statements, the Company has suffered recurring losses from operations and has a significant accumulated deficit. In addition, the Company continues to experience negative cash flows from operations. These factors raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s plans in regard to these matters are also described in Note 1. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

 

/s/ BF Borgers CPA PC

BF Borgers CPA PC

 

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2015

Lakewood, CO

February 12, 2021

  

F-2 

 

 

Puget Technologies, Inc.

Balance Sheet

 

   October 31, 2020  October 31, 2019
   (Audited)  (Audited)
Assets          
Current assets:          
Cash  $55   $97 
Total current assets   55    97 
Total assets  $55   $97 
           
Liabilities          
Current liabilities:          
Accounts payable and accrued expenses   36,971    33,431 
Accrued wages       1,332,000 
Related party debt   120,964    475,314 
Current portion of Notes Payable   99,674    813,180 
Accrued interest on Current portion of Notes Payable   66,538    590,901 
Total current liabilities   324,147    3,244,826 
           
Long-term liabilities:          
Notes payable        
Total long-term liabilities        
           
Total liabilities   324,147    3,244,826 
           
Stockholders’ Equity          
Common stock, $.001 par value;          
Authorized - 2020 - 4,990,000,000, 2019 - 2,990,000,000; Issued - 2020 - 3,545,540,022, 2019 - 843,490,790   3,545,540    843,491 
Preferred A - $.001 par value; Authorized and Issued - 500,000   500    500 
Preferred B - $.001 par value; Authorized - 5,000,000;          
Issued - 2020 - 3,001,904, 2019 - 0   3,000     
Paid in Capital   2,193,434    599,736 
Deficit accumulated during the development stage   (6,066,566)   (4,688,456)
Total stockholders’ equity/(deficit)   (324,092)   (3,244,729)
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity  $55   $97 

 

F-3 

 

 

Puget Technologies, Inc.

Statement of Operations

 

   For the Year Ended  For the Year Ended
   October 31, 2020  October 31, 2019
   (Audited)  (Audited)
       
Sales  $   $ 
           
Cost of Sales        
           
Gross profit        
           
General and administrative expenses          
Interest expense   936,177    229,621 
Wages accrued for officers   433,692    366,030 
Legal and professional fees   7,940    9,690 
Other general and administrative   301    326 
Total expenses  $1,378,110   $605,667 
           
(Loss) from operations  $(1,378,110)  $(605,667)
           
Provision (credit) for taxes on income        
Net (loss)  $(1,378,110)  $(605,667)
           
Weighted average number of shares outstanding   1,008,310,703    575,491,930 
           
Basic earnings (loss) per common share  $(0.001367)  $(0.001052)

 

F-4 

 

 

Puget Technologies, Inc.

Statement of Stockholders’ Equity (Deficiency)

 

         Preferred         
   Shares  Amount  A  B  Additional Paid-In Capital  Accumulated Deficit  Total Equity
                      
Balance, October 31, 2018   240,462,687   $240,463   $500        $1,030,901   $(4,082,789)  $(2,810,925)
                                    
Issued for debt conversions   548,207,366    548,207              (382,375)        165,832 
Issued for stock compensation   54,820,737    54,821              (48,790)        6,031 
Net income (loss)                            (605,667)   (605,667)
                                    
Balance, October 31, 2019   843,490,790    843,491    500         599,736    (4,688,456)   (3,244,729)
                                    
Advance converted to Preferred B                  3,000    2,063,348         2,066,348 
Issued for debt conversions   2,456,408,393    2,456,408              (297,701)        2,158,707 
Issued for stock compensation   245,640,839    245,641              (171,949)        73,692 
Net income (loss)                            (1,378,110)   (1,378,110)
                                    
Balance, October 31, 2020   3,545,540,022   $3,545,540   $500   $3,000   $2,193,434   $(6,066,566)  $(324,092)

 

F-5 

 

 

Puget Technologies, Inc.

Statement of Cash Flows

 

   For the Year Ended  For the Year Ended
   October 31, 2020  October 31, 2019
       
       
Cash flows from operations:          
Net (loss)  $(1,378,110)  $(605,667)
           
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) to cash provided (used) by activities:          
Stock compensation   73,692    6,031 
Conversion Interest Expense   795,322    88,901 
Change in current assets and liabilities:          
Expenses paid by related parties   4,020     
Accounts payable and accrued expenses   504,394    498,660 
Net cash flows from operations:   (682)   (12,075)
           
Cash flows from financing activities:          
Proceeds from sale of common stock         
Paid in capital         
Advances from shareholders and related parties   640    11,776 
Proceeds/(Payment) of notes payable        
           
Net cash flows from financing activities   640    11,776 
Net cash flows   (42)   (299)
           
Cash and equivalents, beginning of period   97    396 
Cash and equivalents, end of period  $55   $97 
           
Supplemental cash flow disclosures:          
Cash paid for interest  $   $ 
Cash paid for income taxes  $   $ 
           
Supplemental non-cash transaction disclosures:          
Shares issued for services  $73,692   $6,031 
Debt converted to equity  $3,429,733   $76,931 

 

F-6 

 

  

Puget Technologies, Inc.
Notes to Financial Statements
October 31, 2020

 

1.        Organization and Business Operations

 

Puget Technologies, Inc. (the “Registrant”) is a publicly held corporation incorporated in the State of Nevada on March 17, 2010, and, since May 25, 2012, when its registration statement on Form S-1 pursuant to Section 5 of the Securities Act was declared effective by the Commission, has been subject to reporting requirements pursuant to Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act. It was initially organized to engage in the distribution of luxury wool bedding products produced in Germany. Its principal executive offices, originally in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, are currently located at 1200 North Federal Highway, Suite 200-A; Boca Raton, Florida 33432.

 

The Registrant has never filed for bankruptcy, receivership or similar proceedings nor, since the date of the last annual report on Form 10-K filed (for the calendar year 2014), nor has it been involved in any reclassification, merger, consolidation, or purchase or sale of a significant amount of assets not in the ordinary course of business.

 

From 2015 until July of 2020, the Registrant was inactive and without business operations. Consequently, during such period it lacked the funds required to comply with its reporting obligations under the Exchange Act. Since July of 2020, with the assistance of its Parent (“a person that directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by, or is under common control with, the person specified”, Rule 405 of Commission Regulation C) and strategic consultant, Qest Consulting Group, Inc., a Colorado corporation (“Qest”), the Registrant has eliminated most of its debt and resumed filing of reports to the Commission. Most of the Registrant’s efforts during the period from 2015 until July of 2020 involved first, repudiation of the series of 8% convertible notes issued by prior management under terms which current management considered toxic (the “Convertible Notes”) but, after the Registrant and its management were sued by two of the noteholders in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Case No. 15-cv-08860 entitled Adar Bays LLC v Puget Technologies Inc. and Hermann Burckhardt and Case No. 15-cv-09542 entitled Union Capital LLC v Puget Technologies Inc. and Herman Burckhardt), lacking adequate funds to defend such actions the Registrant entered into settlement agreements and until July of 2020, was active only in conjunction with seeking to discharge such liabilities. As a material subsequent event, all Convertible Note liabilities were discharged during the period from July of 2020 through January of 2021.

 

On October 22, 2020, the Registrant entered into a retainer and consulting agreement with Qest and in conjunction therewith, in order to induce Qest to defer cash compensation, the Registrant’s officers and directors (who are also the principal stockholders, officers and directors of Qest), contributed all of their securities in the Registrant, including rights to compensation in the form of securities, to Qest. In conjunction with its role under the Qest Agreement, Qest advanced the Registrant funds to pay for auditing and legal fees in conjunction with this annual report, to pay balances due to the Registrant’s transfer agent and to settle remaining obligations under the Convertible Notes and is temporarily providing it with office space, utilities and the use of its personnel.

 

The Registrant is accounting for transactions related to its prior business activities as Discontinued Operations in the financial statements. The Registrant has generated limited revenue to date and consequently its operations are subject to all risks inherent in the establishment of a new business enterprise. For the period from inception on March 17, 2010 through October 31, 2020 the Registrant has an accumulated deficit of $6,066,566. 

 

Going Concern

 

The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which assumes the Registrant will be able to realize its assets and discharge its liabilities in the normal course of business for the foreseeable future. The Registrant has incurred losses since inception resulting in an accumulated deficit of $6,066,566 as of October 31, 2020 and further losses are anticipated in the development of its business raising substantial doubt about the Registrant’s ability to continue as a going concern. The ability to continue as a going concern is dependent upon the Registrant generating profitable operations in the future and/or to obtain the necessary financing to meet its obligations and repay its liabilities arising from normal business operations when they come due. Management intends to finance operating costs over the next twelve months with existing cash on hand and loans from directors or third parties and or private placement of common stock.

 

F-7 

 

 

2.        Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

 

Basis of Presentation

 

The financial statements of the Registrant have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America and are presented in US dollars.

 

Principles of Consolidation

 

The Registrant does not currently have any subsidiaries.

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents

 

The Registrant considers all highly liquid instruments with a maturity of three months or less at the time of issuance to be cash equivalents. The Registrant had $55 and $97 cash and cash equivalents as of October 31, 2020 and 2019.

 

Use of Estimates and Assumptions

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements as well as the reported amount of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

Foreign Currency Translation

 

The Registrant’s functional currency and its reporting currency is the United States dollar.

 

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

 

The Registrant’s financial statements consist primarily of cash, accounts payable, related party loans, and notes payable. The carrying amounts of such financial instruments approximate their respective estimated fair value due to the short-term maturities and approximate market interest rates of those instruments.

 

Concentrations of Credit Risks

 

The Registrant’s financial instruments that are exposed to concentrations of credit risk primarily consist of its cash and cash equivalents. The Registrant places its cash and cash equivalents with financial institutions of high creditworthiness. The Registrant’s management plans to assess the financial strength and credit worthiness of any parties to which it extends funds, and as such, it believes that any associated credit risk exposures are limited.

 

Share-Based Expense

 

ASC 718, “Compensation – Stock Compensation,” prescribes accounting and reporting standards for all share-based payment transactions in which employee services are acquired. Transactions include incurring liabilities, or issuing or offering to issue shares, options, and other equity instruments such as employee stock ownership plans and stock appreciation rights. Share-based payments to employees, including grants of employee stock options, are recognized as compensation expense in the financial statements based on their fair values. That expense is recognized over the period during which an employee is required to provide services in exchange for the award, known as the requisite service period (usually the vesting period).

 

F-8 

 

 

The Registrant accounts for stock-based compensation issued to non-employees and consultants in accordance with the provisions of ASC 505-50, “Equity – Based Payments to Non-Employees.” Measurement of share-based payment transactions with non-employees is based on the fair value of whichever is more reliably measurable: (a) the goods or services received; or (b) the equity instruments issued. The fair value of the share-based payment transaction is determined at the earlier of performance commitment date or performance completion date.

 

Related Parties

 

The Registrant follows subtopic 850-10 of the FASB Accounting Standards Codification for the identification of related parties and disclosure of related party transactions. Pursuant to Section 850-10-20 the related parties include: a. affiliates of the Registrant; b. entities for which investments in their equity securities would be required, absent the election of the fair value option under the Fair Value Option Subsection of Section 825–10–15, to be accounted for by the equity method by the investing entity; c. trusts for the benefit of employees, such as pension and profit-sharing trusts that are managed by or under the trusteeship of management; d. principal owners of the Registrant; e. management of the Registrant; f. other parties with which the Registrant may deal if one party controls or can significantly influence the management or operating policies of the other to an extent that one of the transacting parties might be prevented from fully pursuing its own separate interests; and g. other parties that can significantly influence the management or operating policies of the transacting parties or that have an ownership interest in one of the transacting parties and can significantly influence the other to an extent that one or more of the transacting parties might be prevented from fully pursuing its own separate interests.

 

The financial statements will include disclosures of material related party transactions, other than compensation arrangements, expense allowances, and other similar items in the ordinary course of business. However, disclosure of transactions that are eliminated in the preparation of consolidated or combined financial statements is not required in those statements. The disclosures will include: a. the nature of the relationship(s) involved; b. description of the transactions, including transactions to which no amounts or nominal amounts were ascribed, for each of the periods for which income statements are presented, and such other information deemed necessary to an understanding of the effects of the transactions on the financial statements; c. the dollar amounts of transactions for each of the periods for which income statements are presented and the effects of any change in the method of establishing the terms from that used in the preceding period; and d. amounts due from or to related parties as of the date of each balance sheet presented and, if not otherwise apparent, the terms and manner of settlement.

 

Income Taxes

 

The Registrant accounts for income taxes using the asset and liability method in accordance with ASC 740, “Accounting for Income Taxes”. The asset and liability method provides that deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the expected future tax consequences of temporary differences between the financial reporting and tax bases of assets and liabilities and for operating loss and tax credit carry forwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using the currently enacted tax rates and laws that will be in effect when the differences are expected to reverse. The Registrant records a valuation allowance to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount that is believed more likely than not to be realized. As at October 31, 2020 and 2019, the Registrant did not have any amounts recorded pertaining to uncertain tax positions.

 

Earnings (Loss) per Share

 

The Registrant computes loss per share in accordance with ASC 260, “Earnings per Share,” which requires presentation of both basic and diluted earnings per share on the face of the statement of operations. Basic loss per share is computed by dividing net loss available to common shareholders by the weighted average number of outstanding common shares during the period. Diluted loss per share gives effect to all dilutive potential common shares outstanding during the period. 

 

Fiscal Periods

 

The Registrant’s fiscal year end is October 31.

 

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Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

 

The Registrant has reviewed all recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting pronouncements and does not believe the future adoption of any such pronouncements may be expected to cause a material impact on its financial statements.

 

3.        Notes Payable

 

A summary of notes payable for the years ended October 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, excluding related party transactions (see note 7), is as follows:

 

Notes Payable  Adar  LG  Union  Vis Vires  Shield  Total
Balance 10/31/2018  $118,000   $21,256   $128,600   $14,460   $600,000   $882,316 
Conversions   (8,736)        (60,400)             (69,136)
                               
Balance 10/31/2019   109,264    21,256    68,200    14,460    600,000    813,180 
                               
Conversions   (100,165)        (13,341)        (600,000)   (713,506)
                               
Balance 10/31/2020  $9,099   $21,256   $54,859   $14,460   $   $99,674 
                               
Accrued Interest                              
                               
Balance 10/31/2018  $21,217   $19,594   $26,624   $3,040   $400,981   $471,456 
Accruals   5,600    5,840    7,800         108,000    127,240 
Conversions            (7,795)             (7,795)
                               
Balance 10/31/2019   26,817    25,434    26,629    3,040    508,981    590,901 
                               
Accruals   5,600    5,840    6,710         108,000    126,150 
Conversions   (27,122)        (6,410)        (616,981)   (650,513)
                               
Balance 10/31/2020  $5,295   $31,274   $26,929   $3,040   $   $66,538 

 

Note Payable Adar

 

On February 2, 2015, the Registrant issued an unsecured 8% Convertible Redeemable Note # 1, in the amount of $75,000, which was due January 30, 2016 with interest on the unpaid principal balance thereof at the rate of eight percent (8%) per annum, whether at maturity or upon acceleration or by prepayment or otherwise. The principal and any accrued interest was convertible into shares of common stock at the discretion of the note holder. The conversion price was 57.5% multiplied by the Market Price (as defined therein) representing a discount rate of 42.5%. During 2015 a law suit was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Case No. 15-CV-08860 entitled Adar Bays LLC v Puget Technologies Inc. and Hermann Burckhardt against the Registrant and its management by Adar because successor management had repudiated the note as an invalid “toxic note”. The Registrant was unable to contest the litigation due to lack of funds and the case was settled during 2017 with the Registrant’s allegations formally withdrawn, subject to the courts’ continuing jurisdiction to enforce the terms of the settlement agreement. The Registrant recognized an additional $64,600 in debt related to the settlement. Pursuant to the terms of the settlement the Registrant was deprived of the ability to contest the validity of conversions and subsequent sales of Common Stock due to irrevocable written instructions issued by prior management to its transfer agent.

 

At October 31, 2018 the Registrant had a principal balance owed of $118,000 and accrued interest of $21,217. During fiscal 2019, 141,927,829 shares were issued to Adar to convert $8,736 in principal and $0.00 in accrued interest. Interest expense of $5,600 was recognized. At October 31, 2019, the Registrant had a balance principal balance owed of $9,099 and accrued interest of $5,295. During fiscal 2020, 2,112,921,739 shares were issued to Adar to convert $100,165 in principal and $27,122 in accrued interest. Interest expense of $5,600 was recognized. At October 31, 2020, the Registrant had a balance principal balance owed of $109,264 and accrued interest of $26,817. In the first quarter of fiscal 2021, 186,518,261 shares were issued to Adar to convert $9,099 in principal and $5,295 in accrued interest and a cash payment was made of $132.54. As a material subsequent event, by January of 2021, all of the Registrant’s obligations pertaining to the Convertible Notes had been discharged through conversions and a cash payment of $132.54. Over the course of this note, a total of 2,447,366,770 shares were issued and $132.54 was paid to cover $139,600 in principal and $32,417 of interest.

 

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Note Payable LG

 

On February 2, 2015, the Registrant finalized a second 8% Convertible Note in the amount of $53,500, which was due January 28, 2016 with interest on the unpaid principal balance thereof at the rate of eight percent (8%) per annum whether at maturity or upon acceleration or by prepayment or otherwise. The principal and any accrued interest was convertible into shares of common stock at the discretion of the note holder. The conversion price was 54% multiplied by the Market Price (as defined therein) representing a discount rate of 46%. At October 31, 2018 the Registrant had a balance principal balance owed of $21,256 and accrued interest of $19,594. During fiscal 2019, interest expense of $5,840 was recognized. At October 31, 2019, the Registrant had a balance principal balance owed of $21,256 and accrued interest of $25,434. During fiscal 2020, interest expense of $5,840 was recognized. At October 31, 2020, the Registrant had a balance principal balance owed of $21,256 and accrued interest of $31,274. As a material subsequent event, during January of 2021, 52,530,000 shares were issued to LG to convert $21,256 in principal and $31,274 in accrued interest. At January 31, 2021, the Registrant had a balance principal balance owed of $0 and accrued interest of $0. Over the course of this note, a total of 64,142,007 shares were issued to cover $53,500 in principal and $32,746 of interest.

 

Note Payable Union

 

On February 2, 2015, the Registrant finalized a third 8% Convertible Note in the amount of $75,000, which was due January 30, 2016 with interest on the unpaid principal balance thereof at the rate of eight percent (8%) per annum whether at maturity or upon acceleration or by prepayment or otherwise. The principal and any accrued interest was convertible into shares of common stock at the discretion of the note holder. The conversion price was 57.5% multiplied by the Market Price (as defined therein) representing a discount rate of 42.5%.

 

During 2015 a law suit was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York Case No. 15-cv-09542 entitled Union Capital LLC v Puget Technologies Inc. and Herman Burckhardt) against the Registrant and its management by Union because, as in the case of Adar, successor management had repudiated the note as an invalid “toxic note”. The Registrant was unable to contest the litigation due to lack of funds and the case was settled during 2017 with the Registrant’s allegations formally withdrawn, subject to the courts’ continuing jurisdiction to enforce the terms of the settlement agreement. The Registrant recognized an additional $81,980 in debt related to the settlement, paid a forbearance payment of $8,000 in cash and transferred 5,000,000 common shares as an additional forbearance payment, of which 1,027 shares were from the Registrant and 4,998,973 were borrowed from Qest. Pursuant to the terms of the settlement the Registrant was deprived of the ability to contest the validity of conversions and subsequent sales of Common Stock due to irrevocable written instructions issued by prior management to its transfer agent.

 

At October 31, 2018 the Registrant had a balance principal balance owed of $128,600 and accrued interest of $26,624. During fiscal 2019, 406,279,540 shares were issued to Union to convert $60,400 in principal and $7,795 in accrued interest. Interest expense of $7,800 was recognized. At October 31, 2019, the Registrant had a balance principal balance owed of $68,200 and accrued interest of $26,629. During fiscal 2020, 343,486,654 shares were issued to Union to convert $13,341 in principal and $6,410 in accrued interest. Interest expense of $6,710 was recognized. At October 31, 2020, the Registrant had a balance principal balance owed of $54,859 and accrued interest of $26,929. During January of 2021, 733,192,576 shares were issued to Union to convert $54,859 in principal and $26,929 in accrued interest. As a material subsequent event, by January 31 of 2021, all of the Registrant’s obligations pertaining to Union had been discharged through conversions or payments. Over the course of this note, a total of 1,515,989,330 shares were issued to cover $156,980 in principal and $42,741 of interest.

 

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Note Payable Vis Vires

 

On February 27, 2015, the Registrant finalized a fourth 8% Convertible Note in the amount of $50,000, which was due December 3, 2015 with interest on the unpaid principal balance thereof at the rate of eight percent (8%) per annum whether at maturity or upon acceleration or by prepayment or otherwise. The principal and any accrued interest was convertible into shares of common stock at the discretion of the note holder. The conversion price was 58% multiplied by the Market Price (as defined therein) representing a discount rate of 42%. At October 31, 2018 the Registrant had a balance principal balance owed of $14,460 and accrued interest of $3,040. During fiscal 2019, interest expense of $0 was recognized. At October 31, 2019, the Registrant had a balance principal balance owed of $14,460 and accrued interest of $3,040. During fiscal 2020, interest expense of $0 was recognized. At October 31, 2020, the Registrant had a balance principal balance owed of $14,460 and accrued interest of $3,040. During January of 2021, $17,500 was paid in cash to the Holder to convert $14,460 in principal and $3,040 in accrued interest. At January 31, 2021, the Registrant had a balance principal balance owed of $0 and accrued interest of $0. Over the course of this note, a total of 12,087,383 shares were issued to cover $20,540 in principal, and $32,500 was paid in cash to cover $29,460 in principal and $3,040 of interest.

 

Note Payable Shield

 

During 2013, the Registrant’s prior management entered into a Master Credit Agreement under which $775,000 was advanced to the Registrant. Funds advanced under the terms of that note bear interest at 12% for the first year from advancement and 18% thereafter. The note was subsequently acquired by an unaffiliated party. In February 2015, the note was amended to allow for conversion of balances from time to time into shares of the Registrant’s common stock as follows:

 

The conversion price (the “Conversion Price”) shall equal the Variable Conversion Price (as defined herein) (subject to equitable adjustments for stock splits, stock dividends or rights offerings by the Borrower relating to the Borrower’s securities or the securities of any subsidiary of the Borrower, combinations, recapitalization, reclassifications, extraordinary distributions and similar events). The “Variable Conversion Price” shall mean 58% multiplied by the Market Price (as defined herein) (representing a discount rate of 42%). “Market Price” means the average of the lowest three (3) Trading Prices (as defined below) for the Common Stock during the ten (10) Trading Day period ending on the latest complete Trading Day prior to the Conversion Date. “Trading Price” means, for any security as of any date, the price at which trades occurred on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board, Pink Sheets electronic quotation system or applicable trading market (the “OTC”) as reported by OTC Markets on their website or, if the OTC is not the principal trading market for such security, the closing bid price of such security on the principal securities exchange or trading market where such security is listed or traded or, if no closing bid price of such security is available in any of the foregoing manners, the average of the closing bid prices of any market makers for such security that are listed in the “pink sheets”. If the Trading Price cannot be calculated for such security on such date in the manner provided above, the Trading Price shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Borrower and the holders of a majority in interest of the Notes being converted for which the calculation of the Trading Price is required in order to determine the Conversion Price of such Notes. “Trading Day” shall mean any day on which the Common Stock is tradable for any period on the OTC, or on the principal securities exchange or other securities market on which the Common Stock is then being traded. In all cases, the Conversion Price cannot be below a floor price of $.0005 per share.

 

At October 31, 2018 the Registrant had a balance principal balance owed of $600,000 and accrued interest of $400,981. During fiscal 2019, interest expense of $108,000 was recognized. At October 31, 2019, the Registrant had a balance principal balance owed of $600,000 and accrued interest of $508,981. During fiscal 2020, interest expense of $108,000 was recognized. On October 31, 2020, $600,000 in principal and $616,981 in accrued interest was converted by the Holder into 633,518 Preferred B shares thus as of October 31, 2020 the Registrant had a balance principal balance owed of $0 and accrued interest of $0.

Over the course of this note, a total of 9,822,607 common shares were issued to cover $175,000 in principal, and $38,251 of interest and 633,518 Preferred B shares were issued to cover $600,000 in principal and $616,981.

 

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4.        Capital Stock

 

Common Stock:

 

The authorized common stock capital par value $0.001 per share of the Registrant was 4,990,000,000 as of October 31, 2020 and 2,990,000,000 as of October 31, 2019. Shares issued during 2020 and 2019 were as follows: 2020: For debt conversions - 2,456,408,393 shares; for executive compensation - 245,640,839 shares. 2019: For debt conversions - 548,207,366 shares; for executive compensation - 54,820,737 shares. There were 240,462,687 shares outstanding at October 31, 2018, 843,490,790 shares outstanding at October 31, 2019 and 3,545,540,022 shares outstanding at October 31, 2020.

 

Preferred Stock:

 

The Registrant has 10,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value, authorized with attributes to be designated from time to time by its Board of Directors. To date, attributes have been designated for 500,000 shares of Series A-Super Voting Preferred Stock and 5,000,000 shares of Class B Convertible Preferred Stock.

 

All of the Series A-Super Voting Preferred Stock authorized was issued and outstanding during the fiscal years ended October 31, 2018, 2019 1nd 2020. Each share is entitled to 10,000 votes (5,000,000,000 in the aggregate). There are no provisions with respect to redemption or dividends.

 

The shares of Class B Convertible Preferred Stock were designated during 2020 and consequently, none were issued during 2018 or 2019. 3,000,000 were issued and outstanding at October 31, 2020. The shares of Class B Convertible Preferred Stock have the following attributes:

 

1. Voting. Each share of the Class B Convertible Preferred Stock shall have 1,000 times the number of votes on all matters submitted to the shareholders than do shares of the Corporation’s common stock, $0.001 par value (the “Common Stock”), 4,990,000,000 shares of which are currently authorized and into which shares of Class B Convertible Preferred Stock are convertible, as provided in Section 4, at the record date for the determination of the shareholders entitled to vote on such matters or, if no such record date is established, at the date such vote is taken or any written consent of such shareholders is effected.
   
2. Dividends. The holders of Class B Convertible Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive dividends or distributions on a pro rata basis according to their holdings of shares of Class B Convertible Preferred Stock when and if declared by the Board of Directors of the Registrant in the sum of twenty (20%) percent of the Corporation’s net, after tax profits per year. Dividends shall be paid in cash. Dividends shall be cumulative. No cash dividends or distributions shall be declared or paid or set apart for payment on the Common Stock in any calendar year unless cash dividends or distributions on the Class B Convertible Preferred Stock for such calendar year are likewise declared and paid or set apart for payment. No declared and unpaid dividends shall bear or accrue interest.
   
3. Liquidation Preference. Upon the liquidation, dissolution and winding up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, the holders of the Class B Convertible Preferred Stock then outstanding shall be entitled to receive out of the assets of the Corporation, whether from capital or from earnings available for distribution to its shareholders, before any amount shall be paid to the holders of Common Stock, ten times that sum available for distribution to Common Stock holders.
   
4. Conversion. The holders of shares of Class B Convertible Preferred Stock shall, on and after January 1, 2022, have the right to convert each share of Class B Convertible Preferred Stock into fully-paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock. Each share of Class B Convertible Preferred Stock shall be convertible at a Conversion Rate of 10 shares of Common Stock, subject to the terms set forth in this Section 4.

 

(a)Certain Adjustments for Stock Splits, Mergers, Reorganizations, Etc.

 

(1)In the event the outstanding shares of Common Stock shall, after the filing of this Resolution, be combined (reverse split) by reclassification or otherwise, or in the event of a reclassification, reorganization or exchange or any merger, acquisition, consolidation or reorganization of the Corporation with another Corporation, no such event which shall have the effect of reducing the number of shares of the Corporation’s Common Stock or increasing their par value or otherwise reducing the number of shares of Common Stock into which the shares of Class B Convertible Preferred Stock are or would be convertible shall negatively impact the conversion ratio of ten shares of Common Stock for each share of Class B Convertible Preferred Stock converted (e.g., for purposes of illustration, should the Company’s Common Stock be combined [reverse split] so that each current share becomes a fraction of a share, the conversion ratio will remain ten for one whole share of Common Stock) shall be effected without the prior consent of the holders of a majority of the Class B Convertible Preferred Stock.

 

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(2)However, should the shares of Common Stock be multiplied in any such case, e.g., each Share of Common Stock converted into multiple shares, then the conversion rights of the holders of the Class B Convertible Preferred Stock shall be correspondingly multiplied (e.g., for purposes of illustration, should the Company’s Common Stock be multiplied [forward split] so that each share becomes ten, then the conversion ratio will be multiplied so that each share of Class B Convertible Preferred Stock shall be convertible for one hundred shares of Common Stock.

 

(3)In addition to the foregoing, no reduction in the authorized shares of the Class B Convertible Preferred Stock (for example, pursuant to a reverse stock split) may be affected without the prior consent of the holders of a majority of the Class B Convertible Preferred Stock.

 

(b)Conversion Notice. The Holder of a share of Class B Convertible Preferred Stock may exercise its conversion right after December 31, 2021 by giving a written conversion notice in the form of Exhibit A hereto (the “Conversion Notice”) (1) by electronic mail to the Corporation’s transfer agent for its Common Stock, as designated by the Corporation from time to time (the “Transfer Agent”), confirmed by a telephone call and (2) by overnight delivery service, with a copy by electronic mail to the Corporation and to its counsel, as designated by the Corporation from time to time. The Holder must also surrender the certificate for the Class B Convertible Preferred Stock to the Corporation at its principal office (or such other office or agency of the Corporation may designate by notice in writing to the Holder) at any time during its usual business hours on the date set forth in the Conversion Notice.

  

5.       Income Taxes

 

The Registrant did not have any current or deferred United States federal income tax provision or benefit for any of the periods presented because the Registrant has experienced losses since inception. Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes when it is more likely than not that a tax asset cannot be realized through future income thus the Registrant must allow for this future tax benefit.

 

The Registrant provided a full valuation allowance on the net deferred tax asset, consisting of net operating loss carry forwards, because management has determined that it is more likely than not that the Registrant will not earn income sufficient to realize the deferred tax assets during the carry forward period.

 

The components of the Registrant’s deferred tax asset and reconciliation of income taxes computed at the statutory rate to the income tax amount recorded as of October 31, 2020 and 2019 are as follows:

 

   2020  2019
       
Net operating loss carryforward  $(6,066,566)  $(4,688,456)
Effective tax rate   21%   21%
           
Deferred Tax Asset   1,273,979    984,576 
Valuation Allowance   (1,273,979)   (984,576)
           
Net Deferred Tax Asset  $   $ 

 

As of October 31, 2020, the Registrant had approximately $6,066,566 in net operating losses that may be available to offset future taxable income, which begin to expire 2037. Net operating losses generated in tax years prior to July 31, 2018 can be carryforward for twenty years whereas net operating losses generated after July 31, 2018 can be carryforward indefinitely. In accordance with Section 382 of the United States Internal Revenue Code, the usage of the Registrant’s net operating loss carry forwards are subject to annual limitations following greater than 50% ownership changes.

 

The Registrant’s tax returns are subject to examination by tax authorities for the years ended October 31, 2015 through October 31, 2020.

 

6.       Stock Compensation

 

The employment contract for the Registrant’s CEO includes a provision that he is to receive 10% of the common stock in the Registrant and that the position will not be diluted by subsequent issuances. The following shares were issued during 2020 and 2019:

 

2020 - 245,640,839 shares, valued at $73,692

2019 - 54,820,737 shares, valued at $6,031

 

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7.        Related Party Transactions

 

As of October 31, 2018, 2019 and 2020, the Registrant was indebted to its officers and Parent company as follows:

 

   Qest  Advances   
   Notes  Account  Accrued  From   
   Payable  Payable  Interest  Officers  Total
                
Balance October 31, 2018  $41,845   $4,999   $43,810   $359,405   $450,059 
                          
2019 Additions                         
Accrued Interest            13,480        13,480 
Cash Advanced                 11,775   11,775 
Balance October 31, 2019  41,845   4,999   57,290   371,180   475,314 
                          
2020 Additions                         
Accrued Interest            14,705        14,705 
Cash Advanced                 4,660   4,660 
                          
2020 Reductions                         
Converted To Equity                 (373,715)  (373,715)
Balance October 31, 2020  $41,845   $4,999   $71,995   $2,125   $120,964 

  

On June 26, 2015, the Registrant finalized an 8% Convertible Note to Qest in the amount of $21,845.07, which was due June 25, 2016 with interest on the unpaid principal balance thereof at the rate of eight percent (8%) per annum whether at maturity or upon acceleration or by prepayment or otherwise. The principal and any accrued interest was convertible into shares of common stock at the discretion of the note holder. The conversion price was 57.5% multiplied by the Market Price (as defined therein) representing a discount rate of 42.5%. At October 31, 2018 the Registrant had a balance principal balance owed of $21,845.07 and accrued interest of $21,360.00. During fiscal 2019, interest expense of $6,280.00 was recognized. At October 31, 2019, the Registrant had a balance principal balance owed of $21,845.07 and accrued interest of $27,460.00. During fiscal 2020, interest expense of $6,852.88 was recognized. At October 31, 2020, the Registrant had a balance principal balance owed of $21,845.07 and accrued interest of $34,492.88. As a material subsequent event, during November of 2020, 56,337,950 common shares were issued to Qest to convert $21,845.07 in principal and $34,492.88 in accrued interest. At January 31, 2021, the Registrant had a balance principal balance owed of $0 and accrued interest of $0.

 

On July 31, 2015, the Registrant finalized a second 8% Convertible Note to Qest in the amount of $20,000, which was due June 25, 2016 with interest on the unpaid principal balance thereof at the rate of eight percent (8%) per annum whether at maturity or upon acceleration or by prepayment or otherwise. The principal and any accrued interest was convertible into shares of common stock at the discretion of the note holder. The conversion price was 57.5% multiplied by the Market Price (as defined therein) representing a discount rate of 42.5%. At October 31, 2018 the Registrant had a balance principal balance owed of $20,000.00 and accrued interest of $19,570.00. During fiscal 2019, interest expense of $5,760.00 was recognized. At October 31, 2019, the Registrant had a balance principal balance owed of $20,000.00 and accrued interest of $25,330.00. During fiscal 2020, interest expense of $6,281.88 was recognized. At October 31, 2020, the Registrant had a balance principal balance owed of $20,000.00 and accrued interest of $31,611.88. As a material subsequent event, during November of 2020, 51,611,880 shares were issued to Qest to convert $20,000.00 in principal and $31,611.88 in accrued interest. At January 31, 2021, the Registrant had a balance principal balance owed of $0 and accrued interest of $0.

  

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The account payable resulted from Qest returning 4,998,973 common shares in 2016 in furtherance of Registrants obligation to deliver 5,000,000 common shares to Union Capital, LLC as a forbearance payment at the conclusion of the litigation related to that note payable. The return of the shares was valued at .001 per share (par value), the account payable of $4,998.97 resulted therefrom. Interest was calculated at the same rate as the prior two notes. At October 31, 2018 the Registrant had a balance principal balance owed of $4,998.97 and accrued interest of $2,880.00. During fiscal 2019, interest expense of $1,440.00 was recognized. At October 31, 2019, the Registrant had a balance principal balance owed of $4,998.97 and accrued interest of $4,320.00. During fiscal 2020, interest expense of $1,570.38 was recognized. At October 31, 2020, the Registrant had a balance principal balance owed of $4,998.97 and accrued interest of $5,890.38. As a material subsequent event, during November of 2020, 10,889,350 shares were issued to Qest to convert $4,998.97 in principal and $5,890.38 in accrued interest. At January 31, 2021, the Registrant had a balance principal balance owed of $0 and accrued interest of $0.

 

Advances from Officers are short term advances from Registrant’s officers, interest has not been calculated thereon. On October 31, 2020, $373,715 was converted into 428,128 Class B Preferred shares. At October 31, 2020, $2,125 remained unpaid.

 

8.        Subsequent Events

 

The Registrant has evaluated all events that occurred after the balance sheet date through the date when the financial statements were issued to determine if they must be reported. There were no material subsequent events through February 12, 2021 which needed to be disclosed in the accompanying financial statements other than the following:

 

The 8% Convertible Notes payable have been either converted, paid or otherwise resolved, consequently, the Registrant is no longer indebted under the terms of any of the aforementioned notes nor is there is any outstanding or threatened related litigation.

 

Qest Consulting Corporation, the Registrant’s Parent, converted $46,844 of principal and $71,995 of accrued interest owed to it by the Registrant into 118,839,180 common shares on November 30, 2020. The Registrant received $57,000 of advances from its Parent subsequent to October 31, 2020.

 

As a material subsequent event, in contemplation of a limited offering in reliance on Rule 506(b) of Commission Regulation D, the Registrant has authorized two indentures, one authorizing $250,000 in 5%, two year subordinated debentures convertible into shares of the Registrant’s Class B Convertible Preferred Stock at a conversion price of $1.75 per share; and, one authorizing warrants for the purchase of up to 500,000 shares of the Registrant’s Class B Convertible Preferred Stock at a conversion price of $1.75 per share. In the event such limited offering is undertaken, the Registrant will file an electronic Form D with the Commission within 15 days after the initial sale thereunder. Copies of the two indentures are filed as exhibits to this annual report.

 

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Item 9.Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.

 

There have been no disagreements with accountants on accounting and financial disclosure.

 

Effective as of November 3, 2020, the Registrant engaged B F Borgers, CPA, PC (“Borgers”) as the Registrant’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2020 and 2019 fiscal years. Borgers has been the Registrant’s auditor of record since 2015.

 

During the Registrant’s two most recent fiscal years, neither the Registrant nor anyone on its behalf has consulted with Borgers regarding either (a) the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed, or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on the Registrant’s financial statements, and neither a written report was provided nor oral advice was provided to the Registrant that Borgers concluded was an important factor considered by the Registrant in reaching a decision as to the accounting, auditing or financial reporting issue; or (b) any matter that was either the subject of a disagreement (as defined in paragraph 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K and the related instructions thereto) or a reportable event (as described in paragraph 304(a)(1)(v)) of Regulation S-K).

 

Item 9A.Controls and Procedures.

 

Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

The Registrant maintains disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and Rule 15d-15(e) promulgated under the Exchange Act that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by it in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms and that such information is accumulated and communicated to its senior management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

 

The Registrant carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of its senior management, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of its disclosure controls and procedures as of October 31, 2020. Based on the evaluation of these disclosure controls and procedures, and in light of the material weaknesses found in its internal controls over financial reporting, the Registrant has concluded that its disclosure controls and procedures were not effective.

 

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Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

 

The Registrant’s management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting. Internal control over financial reporting is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) or 15d-15(f) promulgated under the Exchange Act as a process designed by, or under the supervision of, its principal executive and principal financial officers and effected by its Board, management and other personnel, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and includes those policies and procedures that:

 

Pertain to the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the Registrant’s assets;

 

Provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and that receipts and expenditures of the Registrant are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the Registrant; and

 

Provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the Registrant’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

 

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. All internal control systems, no matter how well designed, have inherent limitations. Therefore, even those systems determined to be effective can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to financial statement preparation and presentation. Because of the inherent limitations of internal control, there is a risk that material misstatements may not be prevented or detected on a timely basis by internal control over financial reporting. However, these inherent limitations are known features of the financial reporting process. Therefore, it is possible to design into the process safeguards to reduce, though not eliminate, this risk.

 

As of October 31, 2020, the Registrant’s management assessed the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting based on the criteria for effective internal control over financial reporting established in Internal Control--Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission in 2013 and Commission guidance on conducting such assessments. Based on that evaluation, the Registrant believes that, during the period covered by this report, such internal controls and procedures were not effective to detect the inappropriate application of GAAP rules as more fully described below. This was due to deficiencies that existed in the design or operation of its internal controls over financial reporting that adversely affected its internal controls and that may be considered to be material weaknesses.

 

The matters involving internal controls and procedures that the Registrant’s management considered to be material weaknesses under the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board were: (1) lack of a functioning audit committee and a lack of independent directors on its Board, resulting in ineffective oversight in the establishment and monitoring of required internal controls and procedures; (2) inadequate segregation of duties consistent with control objectives; and (3) ineffective controls over period end financial disclosure and reporting processes. The aforementioned material weaknesses were in connection with the audit of the Registrant’s financial statements as of October 31, 2020.

 

Management believes that the material weaknesses set forth in items (2) and (3) above did not have an effect on the Registrant’s financial results. However, management believes that the lack of a functioning audit committee and the lack of independent directors on its Board results in ineffective oversight in the establishment and monitoring of required internal controls and procedures, which could result in a material misstatement in the Registrant’s financial statements in future periods.

 

Management’s Remediation Initiatives

 

In an effort to remediate the identified material weaknesses and other deficiencies and enhance its internal controls, the Registrant has initiated, or plans to initiate, the following series of measures:

 

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Assuming the Registrant is able to secure additional working capital, it will create a position to segregate duties consistent with control objectives and will increase its personnel resources and technical accounting expertise within the accounting function when funds are available. The Registrant also plans to appoint one or more outside directors to its Board who will be appointed to an audit committee resulting in a fully functioning audit committee which will undertake the oversight in the establishment and monitoring of required internal controls and procedures such as reviewing and approving estimates and assumptions made by management. Management believes that the appointment of one or more independent directors to a fully functioning audit committee will remedy the lack of a functioning audit committee and a lack of independent directors on its Board. The Registrant anticipates that these initiatives will be implemented in conjunction with the growth of its business.

 

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

 

There has been no change in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting identified in connection with its evaluation of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting as of October 31, 2020 that occurred during its fourth quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, its internal control over financial reporting.

 

Part III

 

Item 10.Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.

 

Directors hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders (currently expected to be held during February of 2022) and until their successors are elected and qualified. Officers hold office until the first meeting of directors following the annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are elected and qualified, subject to earlier removal by the Board of Directors. There are currently no committees of the Board of Directors although at such point as the Board of Directors is expanded to include independent directors, audit and compensation committees are expected to be formed and staffed (see “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management – Changes in Control”). The Registrant’s management and Board of Directors are assisted in their functions by a Board of Advisors described below.

 

The Registrant currently has only two officers both of whom are also currently the only members of its Board of Directors. They are Hermann Burckhardt, age 70, the Registrant’s president and chief executive officer since 2015, and, Thomas Jaspers, age 67, the Registrant’s secretary, treasurer and chief financial officer since 2015. Prior to that time Mr. Jaspers briefly served as the Registrant’s interim president. Messrs. Burckhardt and Jaspers intend to seek new qualified officers and directors for the Registrant to replace themselves prior to the 2022 annual meeting but will continue to be involved in the Registrant’s affairs through their roles as officers and directors of Qest (see “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management – Changes in Control”). Messrs. Burckhardt and Jaspers are expected to be re-nominated for election to the Registrant’s Board of Directors at the 2021 annual meeting of the Registrant’s stockholders expected to be held after March of 2021.

 

Other than its officers, the Registrant has no significant employees. However, it is party to a retainer and consulting agreement with Qest, the Registrant’s “Parent” as that term is defines in Rule 405 of Commission Regulation C, pursuant to which diverse services are provided on an as needed basis. To date, such services have principally involved provision of office facilities, negotiations with creditors, development of the Registrant’s current plan of operations, assistance in preparation of corporate documents, indentures and agreements, and assistance in preparation and filing of reports to the Commission. It is anticipated that Qest’s services will expand significantly once it acquires operating subsidiaries.

 

There are no family relationships among the Registrant’s officers and directors.

 

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Business Experience of Officers and Directors

 

Hermann Burckhardt

 

For longer than the last five years, after coming out of semi-retirement, Mr. Burckhardt has been the Registrant’s president, the chairman of its Board of Directors and its chief executive officer. Over that period of time he has been primarily involved in resolving the Registrant’s debt, principally involving the 8% Convertible Notes. Mr. Burckhardt is also president, chairman and chief executive officer of Qest, the Registrant’s parent and strategic consultant, a Colorado corporation organized to provide diversified consulting services to emerging growth companies through teams of independent contractors.

 

Thomas Jaspers

 

For longer than the past five years, Thomas Jaspers has served as an officer and director of the Registrant, initially as its interim president but since October of 2015, as its secretary, treasurer and chief financial officer. His functions involve the Registrant’s financial affairs and regulatory compliance. He was involved with Mr. Burkhardt in resolving the Registrant’s debt and in the recent restructuring of the Registrant’s operations and was the founder of Qest and serves as its secretary, treasurer and chief financial officer. For longer than the past five years he has engaged in the free-lance provision of accounting services to diverse clients.

 

Board of Advisors

 

As a material subsequent event, noting that the Registrant’s current lack of resources made it impossible to retain all of the personnel it required in order to address all of the important factors needed to develop a multifaceted venture of the type contemplated by the Registrant and also, that its lack of independent directors made it impossible to develop certain mechanisms of corporate best practices from which the Registrant could benefit, during early November of this year Qest suggested to the Registrant’s Board of Directors that outside advisors might at least assist in fulfilling some of the functions contemplated. Based on such recommendations, on November 10, 2020 the Registrant’s Board of Directors chartered an advisory board, a copy of which was filed with the Commission in a related report of special event on Form 8-K and is also available at the Registrant’s website located at https://pugettechnologies.com/.

 

The Board of Advisors does not have decision making authority as all recommendations require ratification by the Registrant’s Board of Directors. The Board of Advisors will be divided into specifically tasked committees of three kinds: standing (permanent); special temporary committees assuming roles that will be returned to the Board of Directors when its membership includes sufficient independent members; and, ad hoc, special purposes committees with limited scope and duration. The functions of the diverse committees may be combined if appropriate, practical and economically efficient. Standing Committees will include an acquisition evaluation committee; a business development committee; a technology and innovations committee; a stockholder and investment relations committee; a finance committee tasked with assisting management in securing and maintain adequate sources of credit and investment, most particularly for its subsidiaries; and, a personnel recruitment committee. Special temporary committees will include an audit committee and a compensation committee. All committee members will also be members of the Board of Advisors which will meet in plenary session at least annually, concurrently with and as a component of the annual meeting of stockholders.

 

Members of the Board of Advisors will be eligible for compensation in the form of five year, restricted non-qualified stock options vesting at the conclusion of two years of service on the Board of Advisors, the quantity of which will be determined by the Registrant’s Board of Directors on a case by case basis based on recommendation of management and, for so long as it is retained as the Registrant’s strategic consultant, by Qest acting in the role of a de facto member of the compensation committee until such time as the Registrant’s Board of Directors has sufficient independent members to constitute a Compensation Committee as envisioned in the Bylaws. All such options will be exercisable at a price of not less than 110% of the market price for the subject underlying securities on the date of grant. Other than the foregoing, no member of the Board of Advisors or of any committee thereof will be entitled as a result of such role to any compensation from the Registrant.

 

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Board of Advisors members may include directors, officers or employees of the Registrant’s subsidiaries (at such time as it has subsidiaries) and may also, assuming qualified stockholders are interested in serving in such role, include persons who have been stockholders of the Registrant for at least one year. The Registrant’s president or his designee will serve as the chair of the Board of Advisors and of all of its committees. The Registrant’s management and Qest are considering potential candidates for membership on the Board of Advisors with backgrounds in healthcare, intellectual property and in innovative environmental technologies but the Registrant’s requirements for competent advisors are varied and competition for qualified advisors is intense. The Registrant’s current financial situation makes recruitment challenging and for the time being, will be based on the personal contacts heretofore developed by its management and Qest. Competition for competent advisors includes many companies, organizations and universities that are well funded and well recognized, thus, there can be no assurance that the Registrant will be able to find competent advisors to serve on its Board of Advisors on the terms it is currently able to offer. It is anticipated by the Registrant’s management that future members of the Registrant’s Board of Directors will be recruited from members of the Board of Advisors.

 

The Registrant’s Board of Advisors is currently comprised of two individuals: David E. Burnett, a Michigan resident, and, Andrew Spencer, a Connecticut resident. Copies of their agreements with the Registrant as well as biographical data was filed with the Commission in a current report on Form 8-K or o about November 30, 2020 accessible through the Commission’s Internet website located at www.sec.gov (in its EDGAR archives) and at the Registrant’s website located at https://pugettechnologies.com/.

 

Involvement in certain legal proceedings

 

None. See “Item 13, Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence - Involvement in Certain Legal Proceedings”).

 

Code of Ethics

 

As a material subsequent event, the Registrant’s Board of Directors adopted a code of ethics that applies to its principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions on the 8th day of February, 2021. The code of ethics will be submitted to the Registrant’s shareholders for ratification at the next annual meeting of shareholders and such ratification is probable given that the Registrant’s current directors control enough votes to assure such ratification.

 

Pursuant to Item 406 of Commission Regulation S-K, the term code of ethics means written standards that are reasonably designed to deter wrongdoing and to promote:

 

(1)Honest and ethical conduct, including the ethical handling of actual or apparent conflicts of interest between personal and professional relationships;
  
(2)Full, fair, accurate, timely, and understandable disclosure in reports and documents that a registrant files with, or submits to, the Commission and in other public communications made by the registrant;
  
(3)Compliance with applicable governmental laws, rules and regulations;
  
(4)The prompt internal reporting of violations of the code to an appropriate person or persons identified in the code; and
  
(5)Accountability for adherence to the code.

 

A copy of the Registrant’s code of ethics is filed with this annual report and is also available on the Registrant’s website at https://www.pugettechnologies.com/.

 

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Nominating Committee

 

The Registrant does not have a standing nominating committee or committee performing similar functions because as of October 31, 2020, its Board of Directors was comprised of only two persons, both of whom were officers of the Registrant. However, on October 31, 2020, the Registrant amended and restated its bylaws authorizing creation of a standing nominating committee at such time as independent members of its Board of Directors were elected. Since current management and the current members of the Registrant’s Board of Directors assumed their offices in 2015, they have as the Registrant’s controlling shareholders caused themselves to be reelected as officers and directors given that the Registrant lacked resources to recruit and retain anyone else. As a material subsequent event, at the suggestion of Qest, a nationwide search for independent and other directors as well as new management has been authorized by the Registrant’s current Board of Directors because its current officers and directors have indicated that, assuming qualified replacements can be recruited, they will not stand for reelection at the 2022 meeting of the Registrant’s stockholders, instead, continuing to assist in the Registrant’s development through their roles in Qest (the Registrant’s Parent as that term is defined in Rule 405 of Commission Regulation C). In part, that decision is based on a desire to eliminate conflicts of interest in existence since Qest became the Registrant’s strategic consultant. Once enough additional members of the Registrant’s Board of Directors are elected, they will be requested to adopt charters for audit, compensation and nominating committees and thereafter, to select members thereof, a majority of whom should be independent directors.

 

The Registrant’s current Board of Directors does not yet have policies with regard to the consideration of any director candidates recommended by security holders, although, in fact, the Registrant’s current officers and directors, as the holders of a majority of the voting power of the Registrant’s equity securities, exercise such role. In conjunction with the above disclosed current search for new directors, the current Board of Directors has determined that the successor board of directors should be comprised of nine or more members, at least three of whom should be independent so that audit, nominating and compensation committees can be implemented as envisioned by the Registrant’s articles of incorporation and bylaws. In terms of experience, Qest has recommended that the new board of directors continue to employ persons with investment banking and accounting experience but also with experience with mutual funds, the insurance industry, innovative technologies (e.g., alternative energy), the medical industry, intellectual property and regulatory compliance. It will not consider factors associated with diversity in making such decisions but will focus strictly on merit and willingness to implement the Registrant’s recently adopted operating program without regard to race, religion, gender, nationality, political perspectives or sexual orientation. Nonetheless, it is noted that one half of the current membership of the Board of Directors is Hispanic. In order to recruit qualified personnel, the Registrant will recommend that the shareholders at their next annual meeting expected to be called after March of this year adopt qualified and non-qualified incentive stock option plans and, using proceeds it hopes to derive from a limited offering of its securities pursuant to Rule 506 of Commission Regulation D, it plans to obtain officers’ and directors’ liability insurance. It is anticipated that Qest and the Registrant’s recently appointed Board of Advisors will play important roles in recruiting qualified candidates for management and membership on the Board of Directors.

 

Because the Registrant is not registered with the Commission under Section12 (b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act, it has not solicited proxies in conjunction with votes of its securities holders thus, it has no policies with respect to selection of nominees for inclusion in proxy cards.

 

Audit Committee

 

The Registrant is not a “listed issuer”, however, for the same reasons described above with respect to a nominating committee, the Registrant’s Board of Directors does not currently have an audit committee but hopes to add one in the near future. Assuming the Registrant’s entire two man Board of Directors serves as the audit committee, then Thomas Jaspers, a member thereof and the Registrant’s chief financial officer, an accountant, might be deemed its “financial expert” but would not be deemed as independent.

 

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Item 11.Executive Compensation.

 

Compensation of the Registrant’s Current Executive Officers and Directors

 

The officers and directors of the Registrant have remained constant during the past five years. The current officers and directors and their compensation, annual and to date, is disclosed below. However, it should be noted that all such compensation as well as related loans to the Registrant have been converted into Shares of the Registrant’s Class B Convertible Preferred Stock (see “Item 13, Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence - Agreement with Messrs. Burckhardt, Jaspers and Alpere, Inc.”)

 

Name and Address  Offices held  Date of First election  Aggregate compensation to October 31, 2020  Aggregate funds loaned to Registrant  Current balance owed by Registrant
Hermann Burckhardt  President, Chief Executive Officer and Director  October 1, 2015  $1,102,602   $2,125   $0 
Thomas Jaspers  Treasurer, Secretary, Chief Financial Officer and Director, formerly President, Chief Executive Officer  November 21, 2014  $1,106,615   $515,279   $0 
Total        $2,209,217   $517,404   $0 

 

* All cash compensation has been accrued and subsequently exchanged for shares of the Registrant’s Class B Convertible Preferred Stock.

 

Name and principal position  Year  Salary ($) **  Bonus ($)  Stock awards ($)  Option awards ($) ***  Non-equity incentive plan compensation ($)  value and nonqualified deferred compensation  All other compensation ($)  Total ($)
    (1)  $180,000    *   $73,692   *  ***  *  *  $253,692 
Hermann Burckhardt, President,   (2)  $180,000    *   $6,030   *  ***  *  *  $186,030 
Chief Executive Officer and   (3)  $180,000    *   $2,238   *  ***  *  *  $182,238 
Director   (4)  $151,500    *    *   *  ***  *  *  $151,500 
    (5)  $150,000    *    *   *  ***  *  *  $150,000 
                                
    (1)  $180,000    *    *   *  *  *  *  $180,000 
Thomas Jaspers, Treasurer,   (2)  $180,000    *    *   *  *  *  *  $180,000 
Secretary, Chief Financial    (3)  $196,900    *    *   *  *  *  *  $196,900 
Officer and Director   (4)  $177,900    *    *   *  *  *  *  $177,900 
    (5)  $179,800    *    *   *  *  *  *  $179,800 

  

*None or not applicable.
  
***The terms of Mr. Burckhardt’s employment agreement with the Registrant (as reported on a current report filed with the Commission on October 1, 2015) call for him to retain a preemptive right to 10% of the Registrant’s capital stock but, due to required reserves for the Conversion Notes discussed above and an inadequate quantity of authorized capital stock, Mr. Burckhardt has never received the capital stock to which he is contractually entitled.

 

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**As with all other compensation to date, the required payments have been accrued without interest.

 

(1)       The fiscal year ending October 31, 2020.

(2)       The fiscal year ending October 31, 2019.

(3)       The fiscal year ending October 31, 2018.

(4)       The fiscal year ending October 31, 2017.

(5)       The fiscal year ending October 31, 2016.

 

While, through Qest, they are holders of shares of the Registrant’s Common and Super Voting Preferred Stock, no current officer or director has ever sold any of his securities in the Registrant.

 

Compensation committee

 

For the same reasons described above with respect to a nominating and an audit committee, the Registrant’s Board of Directors does not currently have a compensation committee but hopes to add one in the near future.

 

Item 12.Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.

 

Securities authorized for issuance under equity compensation plans

 

As of October 31, 2020, the Registrant had no equity compensation plans although it provided for equity compensation in its employment agreement with the Registrant’s president entered into during 2015 in an amount equal to 10% of the Registrant’s capital stock of all kinds, subject to antidilutive provisions, and in its retainer and consulting agreement with Qest, which provides for compensation in the form of non-qualified incentive stock options to purchase 4.9% of the Registrant’s capital stock of all kinds, subject to antidilutive provisions at an exercise price equal to 110% of the market price therefore on the date of issuance.

 

Security ownership of certain beneficial owners and management

 

As of October 31, 2020, the Registrant’s only outstanding voting securities are 3,545,540,022 shares of Common Stock. As of December 14, 2017, the most current date for which the Registrant has information, the Registrant had approximately 3,283 registered Common Stock holders of record and holders whose securities are registered in “street name” (e.g., held in the names of brokers or dealers in securities or their designees, the Depository Trust Company, etc.). As of October 31, 2020, the Registrant had 500,000 authorized shares of Series A - Super Voting Preferred Stock having voting rights equivalent to those of 5,000,000,000 shares of Common Stock, all of which are held by Qest having received them from Thomas Jaspers, the Registrant’s chief financial officer, and the 3,001,904 currently outstanding shares of Class B Convertible Preferred Stock having voting rights equivalent to those of 3,001,904,000 shares of Common Stock, most of which are held by Qest having received them from the Registrant’s current officers and directors. The following table disclose information concerning ownership of the Registrant’s voting securities by officers, directors and principal stockholders (holders of 5% or more of the Registrant’s Capital Stock). The Registrant’s currently outstanding shares of Capital Stock, for purposes of these calculations, are calculated based on information available as of October 31, 2020, and includes both currently outstanding securities and securities which a named person has a right to acquire within 60 days following the date of this annual report.

 

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Name and Address of Holder  Class  Quantity of Shares Held  Percentage of Shares Held
Hermann Burckhardt, 9796 NW 51 Terrace,   Common   *    * 
Doral, Florida 33178  Series A Preferred   *    * 
   Class B Preferred   *    * 
Thomas Jaspers, 4675 S Yosemite Street, Unit 204;  Common   *    * 
Denver Colorado 80237  Series A Preferred   *    * 
   Class B Preferred   *    * 
Alpere, Inc., 6618 Rhine Drive;   Common   5,034,116    0.00001 
Corpus Christi Texas 78412  Series A Preferred          
   Class B Preferred   633,518    21.10%
Qest, 1200 North Federal Highway, Suite 200;   Common   431,988,049    12.20%
Boca Raton, Florida 33432  Series A Preferred   500,000    100.00%
   Class B Preferred   2,366,482    78.90%

 

*Because Messrs. Burckhardt and Jaspers collectively own a majority of Qest’s common stock, they should be deemed to control all shares owned by Qest. As previously noted (see “Securities authorized for issuance under equity compensation plans”), the employment agreement with the Registrant’s president entered into during 2015 provides that he is entitled to 10% of the Registrant’s capital stock of all kinds, subject to antidilutive provisions, and in its retainer and consulting agreement with Qest, to compensation in the form of non-qualified incentive stock options to purchase 4.9% of the Registrant’s capital stock of all kinds, subject to antidilutive provisions at an exercise price equal to 110% of the market price therefore on the date of issuance. None of such securities have yet been issued and are thus issuable within the next 60 days.

 

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners

 

As of October 31, 2020, the persons described in the foregoing table (including any “group”) other than Alpere, Inc., are, based on information available to the Registrant, beneficial owners of more than five percent of the Registrant’s voting securities. Of the number of shares shown in column 3, the associated footnotes indicate the amount of shares with respect to which such persons have the right to acquire beneficial ownership as specified in Commission Rule 13(d)(1), within 60 days following the date of this annual report.

 

Security Ownership of Management

 

As of October 31, 2020, the following Table discloses the Registrant’s voting equity securities beneficially owned by all directors and nominees, naming them each; each of the named executive officers as defined in Item 402(a) of Commission Regulation S-K; and, all directors and executive officers of the Registrant as a group, without naming them. The table shows in column 3 the total number of shares beneficially owned, in column 4 the number of voted appurtenant to such shares and in column 5 the percent owned. Of the number of shares shown in column 2, the associated footnotes indicate the amount of shares, if any, with respect to which such persons have the right to acquire beneficial ownership as specified in Commission Rule 13(d)(1), within 60 days following the date of this annual report. For purposes of this Table, 3,545,540,022 shares of the Registrant’s common stock are assumed to be outstanding, including securities subject to conversion rights or options to acquire shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock exercisable within the next 60 days.

 

Name and Address of Holder  Class or Series  Quantity of Shares Held  Votes  Percentage of Class
Hermann Burckhardt; 9796 NW 51  Common   *,(4)        * 
Terrace, Doral, Florida 33178.  Series A Preferred (1)               
   Class B Preferred (2)               
Thomas Jaspers; 4675 S Yosemite  Common   *,(4)        * 
Street, Unit 204; Denver Colorado  Series A Preferred (1)               
80237  Class B Preferred (2)               
Qest Consulting Group, Inc.; 1200  Common   431,988,049    431,988,049    12.2000%
North Federal Highway, Suite 200;  Series A Preferred (1)   500,000 (3)   5,000,000,000    100.0000%
Boca Raton, Florida 33432  Class B Preferred (2)   2,366,482 (3)   2,366,482,000    78.9000%
All officers and directors as a group  Common   431,988,049    431,988,049    12.2000%
   Series A Preferred (1)   500,000 (4)   5,000,000,000    100.0000%
   Class B Preferred (2)   2,366,482 (4)   2,366,482,000    78.9000%

 

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*Because Messrs. Burckhardt and Jaspers collectively own a majority of Qest’s common stock, they should be deemed to control all shares owned by Qest.
(1)Series A Super Voting Preferred Stock.
(2)Class B Convertible Preferred Stock.
(3)Record and beneficial ownership.
(4)Actual control and beneficial ownership.

 

As previously noted (see “Securities authorized for issuance under equity compensation plans”), the employment agreement with the Registrant’s president entered into during 2015 provides that he is entitled to 10% of the Registrant’s capital stock of all kinds, subject to antidilutive provisions, and in its retainer and consulting agreement with Qest, to compensation in the form of non-qualified incentive stock options to purchase 4.9% of the Registrant’s capital stock of all kinds, subject to antidilutive provisions at an exercise price equal to 110% of the market price therefore on the date of issuance. None of such securities have yet been issued and are thus issuable within the next 60 days.

 

Changes in control

 

At Qest’s recommendation, the Registrant’s current officers and directors intend to initiate a nationwide search during calendar year 2021 for new officers and directors as well as to add new members to its Board of Advisors with the goal of assembling the best corporate team possible for implementation of the Registrant’s new operational plan. It is hoped that new the officers will replace the current board of directors and management during the next eighteen months allowing the members of current management to shift their focus to Qest where they also serve as officers and directors, thus eliminating existing conflicts of interest. The newly recruited board members would be subject to ratification by the Registrant’s shareholders at the next annual meeting expected to be held during February of 2022.

 

Qest has recommended that the Registrant’s board of directors be expanded to nine or more members, at least three of whom should be independent so that audit, nominating and compensation committees could be implemented as envisioned by the Registrant’s articles of incorporation and bylaws. In terms of experience, Qest has recommended that the new board of directors continue to employ persons with investment banking and accounting experience but also with experience with mutual funds, the insurance industry, innovative technologies (e.g., alternative energy), the medical industry, intellectual property and regulatory compliance. In order to recruit qualified personnel, the Registrant will recommend that its shareholders adopt qualified and non-qualified stock option plans at its next annual meeting of shareholders, currently expected to be held after March of 2021, and proceeds from a currently contemplated limited offering of its securities in reliance on Rule 506(b) of Commission Regulation D will be used for, among other things, obtaining officers’ and directors’ liability insurance.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Registrant’s current officers and directors will continue to be involved in the Registrant’s affairs through their role as officers and directors of Qest, the Registrant’s Parent and strategic consultant (See “Certain Transactions – Parents”).

 

Item 13.Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence.

 

Transactions with related persons

 

The Registrant was not involved in any transaction during the last fiscal year nor is there any proposed transaction exceeding $120,000 in value in which any related person had or will have a direct or indirect material interest except with reference to the transactions with Qest described below (“Agreement with Qest”), and the debt owed to the Registrant’s officers and directors which was converted to equity, also described below (“Agreement with Messrs. Burckhardt, Jaspers and Alpere, Inc.”).

 

Family Relationships

 

No family relationships currently exist among the Registrant’s officers and directors or between the Registrant and any of its current businesses or business relationships. However, the Registrant is considering entering the behavioral health field either through an acquisition or by organizing its own subsidiary in that field and both the wife of the Registrant’s president and daughter of its current secretary, treasurer and chief financial officer have substantial experience in that area and may become associated with the Registrant in any such venture.

 

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Materially Adverse Proceedings

 

All heretofore existing litigation against the Registrant and its management has been settled. The litigation that previously existed involved suits by convertible noteholders in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (the “Court”) in Case No. 15-cv-08860 entitled Adar Bays LLC v the Registrant Technologies Inc. and Hermann Burckhardt and Case No. 15-cv-09542 entitled Union Capital LLC v the Registrant Technologies Inc. and Herman Burckhardt. The Registrant knows of no material adverse proceedings either pending or threatened against it or its management.

 

Involvement in Certain Legal Proceedings

 

During the ten year period ended on October 31, 2020, no current director, person nominated to become a director, executive officer, promoter or control person of the Registrant has been a party to or the subject of:

 

*Any bankruptcy petition filed by or against any business of which such person was a general partner or executive officer either at the time of the bankruptcy or within two years prior to that time;
*Any conviction in a criminal proceeding or pending criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations and other minor offenses);
*Any order, judgment, or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any court of competent jurisdiction, permanently or temporarily enjoining, barring, suspending or otherwise limiting their involvement in any type of business, securities or banking activities; or,
*Been found by a court of competent jurisdiction (in a civil action), the Commission or the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to have violated a federal or state securities or commodities law, and the judgment has not been reversed, suspended, or vacated.

 

Parents

 

As defined in Rule 405 of Commission Regulation C, a “parent” of a specified person is an affiliate controlling such person directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries. The same rule defines an affiliate as a person that directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by, or is under common control with, the person specified. Based on such definitions, Qest and its principal stockholders who are also the Registrant’s current officers and directors should be considered as the Registrant’s parents. Through its ownership of all 500,000 shares of Series A Super Voting Preferred Stock previously held by Thomas Jaspers, an officer and director of the Registrant and of 2,366,482 shares of the Class B Convertible Preferred Stock issued to the Registrant’s officers and directors in exchange for existing debt, and without taking into account the Common Stock in the Registrant held by Qest, it controls 7,366,482,000 votes at shareholder meetings out of a possible 11,509,411,038 votes represented by all of the Registrant’s securities outstanding as of October 31, 2020 (i.e., 64%).

 

Certain Business Relationships

 

During the last fiscal year none of the Registrant’s directors or nominees for director:

 

(1)Is, or during the last fiscal year has been, an executive officer of, or owns, or during the last fiscal year has owned, of record or beneficially in excess of ten percent equity interest in, any business or professional entity that has made during the last full fiscal year, or proposes to make during the current fiscal year, payments to the Registrant for property or services in excess of five percent of the Registrant’s consolidated gross revenues for its last full fiscal year, or (ii) the other entity’s consolidated gross revenues for its last full fiscal year;

 

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(2)Except with respect to Qest, is, or during the last fiscal year has been, an executive officer of, or owns, or during the last fiscal year has owned, of record or beneficially in excess of ten percent equity interest in, any business or professional entity to which the Registrant or its subsidiaries has made during the last full fiscal year, or proposes to make during the current fiscal year, payments for property or services in excess of five percent of (i) the Registrant’s consolidated gross revenues for its last full fiscal year, or (ii) the other entity’s consolidated gross revenues for its last full fiscal year. With respect to Qest, as previously disclosed in reports of current events, Qest is entitled to monthly payments of $10,000 but has deferred such fees until the Registrant has recovered economically in consideration for the transfer by the Registrant’s current directors to Qest of all the Registrant’s securities they theretofore owned. The Registrant’s current directors own a controlling interest in Qest, thus, such transfers did not impact control of the Registrant;
  
(3)Except with respect to Qest, is, or during the last fiscal year has been, an executive officer of, or owns, or during the last fiscal year has owned, of record or beneficially in excess of ten percent equity interest in, any business or professional entity to which the Registrant or its subsidiaries was indebted at the end of the last full fiscal year in an aggregate amount in excess of five percent of the Registrant’s total consolidated assets at the end of such fiscal year. Qest has loaned the Registrant approximately $57,000 during the current fiscal year and has continued to make loans to the Registrant since October 31, 2020, as required for the Registrant to discharge its toxic note related obligations, to comply with annual report, corporate filing and registration fees to the States of Nevada and Florida and to advance funds for legal and auditing fees associated with the preparation and filing of this report.;
  
(4)Is, or during the last fiscal year has been, a member of, or of counsel to, a law firm that the issuer has retained during the last fiscal year or proposes to retain during the current fiscal year, which has or is expected to result in payment of fees exceeding five percent of the law firm’s gross revenues for that firm’s last full fiscal year;
  
(5)Except as disclosed below with respect to Qest, is, or during the last fiscal year has been, a partner or executive officer of any investment banking firm that has performed services for the Registrant, other than as a participating underwriter in a syndicate, during the last fiscal year or that the Registrant proposes to have perform services during the current year and the dollar amount of compensation received by an investment banking firm exceeded or is expected to exceed five percent of the investment banking firm’s consolidated gross revenues for that firm’s last full fiscal year; or
  
(6)Is, or during the last fiscal year has been involved in any other relationships of which the Registrant is aware of between the nominee or director and the Registrant that is or was substantially similar in nature and scope to those relationships listed in paragraphs (1) through (5).

 

Agreement with Qest

 

During the last five years the Registrant has been unable to comply on a timely basis with its reporting obligations under the Exchange Act and briefly during this year, under the corporate law of the State of Nevada, due to the unavailability of funds to pay for required accounting, audits and related legal fees. Such lack of liquidity was directly related to the failure of the Registrant’s original business operations for which it incurred previously reported material obligations to a number of investors that provided loans to the Registrant in the form of convertible notes (see report of current events on Commission Form 8-K dated April 19, 2017, and the hereinafter described 2016 Pre Proxy Statement; hereinafter generically referred to as the “Conversion Notes”). Based on the foregoing, during July of 2020 the Registrant determined that it required substantial assistance to bring its reporting obligations current, to settle its outstanding liabilities and to explore and implement new business opportunities and thus negotiated a three year retainer and consulting agreement with Qest.

 

Principals of Qest include the Registrant’s officers and directors resulting in potential conflicts of interest, however, given the Registrant’s lack of liquidity and current prospects, the Registrant felt compelled to accept the possibility of such conflict, relying on the good faith of its current officers and directors with respect to negotiation and implementation of such agreement. In this regard, it should be noted that the Registrant’s current officers and directors accrued all of their rights to salary from the Registrant, have converted all such rights to equity and have never sold any of their securities in the Registrant.

 

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Pursuant to the initial terms of the proposed Qest Agreement, Qest, through its principals and by assemblage of a team of third party consultants under its leadership and direction would assist the Registrant in development and implementation of strategic plans through consulting services in the areas of corporate structure, organization and reorganization; finance, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures; financial and equity analysis; marketing strategy and analysis; corporate communication, business plan development and implementation; executive and professional recruitment; coordination and supervision of professional services; and, development and implementation of regulatory compliance procedures. Specifically, Qest advised the Registrant that its initial priorities must be: first, assuring that it is current with its annual reports, filings and fees due the State of Florida to qualify to do business in such state; second, that it must conduct an audit of its corporate records to assure that they are complete, accurate and up to date, and then, that it should consider amendments to its articles of incorporation and bylaws and adoption of incentive compensation plans making the Registrant more operationally efficient; third, that it must prioritize bringing its filings with the Commission up to date; fourth, that it should call a personal meeting of stockholders without requesting proxies to secure their ratification of structural corporate changes recommended by Qest and soliciting opinions concerning the most appropriate future direction of the Registrant and selection of additional officers and directors with the requisite backgrounds, experience and motivation to assist the Registrant in developing or acquiring desirable business operations; and finally, that only then should it engage in meaningful and definitive negotiations to generate new business opportunities.

 

As compensation for its services Qest was to be paid a non-refundable monthly retainer fee, payable in advance on the first day of each month during the pendency of the agreement of $10,000, provided, however, that such fee would be accrued until the Registrant discharged all of it current liabilities and was earning adequate operating income to pay such fee. In addition to the monthly retainer, the Registrant would promptly advance to Qest all funds required to pay for services rendered by third parties contracted by Qest (e.g., licensed broker dealers in securities, investment bankers, attorneys, accountants, public relations experts, marketers, strategic planners, etc.) to provide services to the Registrant and for all related out of pocket expenses, provided, only, that the Registrant had approved the retainer of such third parties by Qest, in advance. It was understood that prior to incurring such expenses, the Registrant, with the assistance of Qest, would arrange required financing. In addition to the foregoing, during the initial three year term of the Qest Agreement, the Registrant would grant to Qest “Incentive Non-Qualified Stock Options” (as that term is defined for purposes of the Internal Revenue Code entitling Qest to purchase 4.9% of the Registrant’s outstanding and reserved securities (measured assuming exercise of all of the Incentive Non-Qualified Stock Options) of every kind which the Registrant was authorized to issue, at an exercise price equal to 110% of the fair market price of the underlying securities on the date of grant and, if no trading market existed for the Registrant’s securities on such date, at an exercise price equal to 110% of the book value of the applicable securities on such date, and, if no book value existed for the Registrant’s securities on such date, at an exercise price equal to 110% of the par value of the applicable securities on such date. The Incentive Non-Qualified Stock Options would be entitled to preemptive rights and thus, any time the Registrant issued additional securities during the term of the Qest Agreement or renewals thereof, additional Incentive Non-Qualified Stock Options would concurrently be issued to Qest in an amount equal to 4.9% of the additional securities issued. The Incentive Non-Qualified Stock Options and the securities issuable on exercise thereof would be included in any registration or qualification statements filed by the Registrant with the Commission or any state securities regulatory authorities, registering any of its securities for sale or distribution. The Registrant was informed by Qest that, subject to compliance with applicable legal requirements, a portion of the Incentive Non-Qualified Stock Options to be issued to Qest would probably be transferred by Qest to its officers, directors, employees or to third party independent contractors, all of whom would assist Qest in the performance of its duties to the Registrant. In addition to the compensation described above, subject to compliance with then applicable licensing and other legal requirements (essential given that Qest is not a licensed entity):

 

In the event that Qest arranged or provides funding for the Registrant on terms more beneficial than those reflected in the Registrant’s current principal financing agreements, Qest would be entitled, at its election, to either a fee equal to 25% of such savings, on a continuing basis, or if equity funding was provided directly by Qest or any affiliates thereof, a discount of 25% from the price for the subject equity securities paid by any other contemporaneous subscribers; or, if funding was provided by any person or group of persons introduced to the Registrant by Qest or persons associated with Qest, directly or indirectly, but not by Qest or its principals as described in the preceding subsection, then Qest would be entitled to an introduction fee equal to 5% of the aggregate proceeds so obtained. The parties agreed to obtain appropriate legal advice and opinions in each instance indicating such payments or discounts would not violate applicable laws, including applicable securities laws and such payments or discounts would be deemed waived if such opinions are adverse.

 

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In the event that Qest generated business for the Registrant, then, on any sales resulting therefrom, Qest would be entitled to a commission equal to 5% of the gross income derived by the Registrant therefrom, on a continuing basis. In the event that Qest or any affiliate thereof arranged for an acquisition by or of the Registrant (regardless of how structured), then Qest would be entitled to compensation equal to 5% of the total of all compensation paid for such acquisition, in addition to any compensation negotiated and received from the acquired or acquiring entity or its affiliates by Qest or its affiliates, such compensation to be paid concurrently with the first payments made in conjunction with such acquisition.

 

In addition to payment of fees, the Registrant would be responsible for payment of all costs and disbursements associated with Qest’s services not theretofore specified either involving less than $50 per item and $200 in the aggregate during the preceding 30 day period; or, reflected in an operating budget approved by the Registrant; or, approved in writing by the Registrant; provided, however, that the refusal by the Registrant to approve expenditures required for the proper performance of Qest’s services would excuse performance of such services.

 

On October 22, 2020 the Registrant entered into the retainer and consulting agreement with Quest, however, it was substantially modified from the negotiation copy initially filed with the Commission. The modifications primarily involve the agreement of the Registrant’s president and chief executive officer, Hermann Burckhardt and its treasurer, secretary and chief financial officer, Thomas Jaspers, who occupy corresponding positions in Qest, to convey all of their securities in the Registrant to Qest in exchange for Qest’s agreement to indefinitely defer the Registrant’s payment of cash fees under such agreement. As a result of the foregoing, although Messrs. Burckhardt and Jaspers remain as the Registrant’s controlling stockholders, they now do so indirectly through their control of Qest, in which they own two-thirds of the outstanding capital stock. As indicated above, the dual relationship of Messrs. Burckhardt and Jaspers with Qest and the Registrant creates inevitable conflicts of interest, however, given its lack of liquidity and current prospects, the Registrant felt compelled to accept the possibility of such conflict, relying on the good faith of its current officers and directors with respect to negotiation and implementation of such agreement. In this regard, it should be noted that at the suggestion of Qest and as described below with respect to the agreement also entered into on October 22, 2020 between the Registrant, Messrs. Burckhardt and Jaspers and Alpere, Inc., a Colorado corporation (“Alpere”) and the Registrant’s major creditor as of such date, Messrs. Burckhardt and Jaspers and Alpere converted all of the Registrant’s outstanding debt to them into shares of the Registrant’s then newly designated Class B Convertible Preferred Stock, waiving all interest.

 

Agreement with Messrs. Burckhardt, Jaspers and Alpere, Inc.

 

On October 22, 2020, concurrently with the execution of the agreement with Qest described above, at the recommendation of Qest the Registrant entered into an agreement with Messrs. Burckhardt and Jaspers and Alpere pursuant to which they converted all amounts due them into shares of Class B Convertible Preferred Stock, waiving all interest, as indicated in the following table extracted from the subject agreement (hereinafter the “Conversion Agreement”):

 

Conditionally Converting Creditor  Principal of Debt and Accrued but unpaid Salaries Converted  Accrued Interest of Debt Converted  Shares of Class B Convertible Preferred Stock Issued
Burckhardt  $819,000   Waived   864,751 
Jaspers  $1,422,279   Waived   1,501,731 
Alpere  $500,000   Waived   633,518 
Totals  $2,841,279   Waived   3,000,000 

 

All of the Registrant securities held by its officers and directors has been contributed to Qest as an inducement for Qest to defer cash payments due under its consulting agreement with the Registrant described above. Qest has also converted most of the Registrant’s past due debt involving advances since 2016 into shares of the Registrant’s Class B Convertible Preferred Stock.

 

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ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES

 

Audit Fees

 

The aggregate fees billed during fiscal 2020 and 2019 for professional services rendered by the principal accountant for the audit of the Registrant’s financial statements and review of financial statements included in the Registrant’s quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and services that are normally provided by the accountant in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements for these fiscal periods were as $0.00.

 

Audit Related Fees

 

Since the Registrant has not filed a Form 10K or 10Q since the second quarter of 2015, there were no fees for audit related services for the 2018 and 2019 fiscal years recorded in the financial statements. The fee for the audit of the 2020 Form 10K per the engagement letter is $20,000 which will be recognized as an expense in fiscal 2021.

 

Tax Fees

 

For the Registrant’s fiscal years ended October 31, 2020 and 2019, it was were billed $0 for professional services rendered for tax return preparation.

 

All Other Fees

 

The Registrant did not incur any other fees related to services rendered by its principal accountant for the fiscal years ended October 31, 2020 and 2019.

 

Audit Committee Pre-Approval of Audit and Permissible Non-Audit Services of Independent Auditors

 

Given the small size of the Registrant’s Board as well as the Registrant’s limited activities, its Board of Directors acts as its audit committee. The Registrant’s Board pre-approves all audit and permissible non-audit services. These services may include audit services, audit-related services, tax services, and other services. The Registrant’s Board approves these services on a case-by-case basis.

 

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Item 15.Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules

 

1. Financial Statements and Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
2. Financial Statement Schedules: None

 

The following exhibits are included as part of this report:

 

Exhibit No. Description
 
3(i) Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation (1)
3(ii) Amended and Restated Bylaws (2)
4.01 Warrant Indenture
4.02 Debenture Indenture
10.01 Retainer and Consulting Agreement with Qest Consulting Group, Inc. (3)
10.02 Agreement with Messrs. Burckhardt, Jaspers and Alpere, Inc. (4)
14 Code of Ethics
31.1 Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and Rule 13a-14(A) or 15d-14(A) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
31.2 Certification of Principal Accounting and Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and Rule 13a-14(A) or 15d-14(A) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
32.1 Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

32.2 Certification of Principal Accounting and Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
99.02 Board of Advisors Charter (5)
101.INS XBRL Instance Document
101.SCH XBRL Schema Document
101.CAL XBRL Calculation Linkbase Document
101.DEF XBRL Definition Linkbase Document
101.LAB XBRL Label Linkbase Document
101.PRE XBRL Presentation Linkbase Document

 

(1) Incorporated by reference from report of current events on Form 8-K filed on November 6, 2020 (exhibit 3(i))

(2) Incorporated by reference from report of current events on Form 8-K filed on November 6, 2020 (exhibit 3(ii))

(3) Incorporated by reference from report of current events on Form 8-K filed on October 26, 2020 (exhibit 10.1)

(4) Incorporated by reference from report of current events on Form 8-K filed on October 26, 2020 (exhibit 10.2)

(5) Incorporated by reference from report of current events on Form 8-K filed on November 12, 2020 (exhibit 99.1)

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

Puget Technologies, Inc.

 

By /s/ Hermann Burckhardt

Hermann Burckhardt

President, Chief Executive Officer and Director

Dated: February 12, 2021

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

By /s/ Hermann Burckhardt

Hermann Burckhardt

President, Chief Executive Officer and Director

Dated: February 12, 2021

 

By /s/ Thomas Jaspers

Thomas Jaspers

Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, Secretary and Director

Dated: February 12, 2021

 

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Exhibit 4.01 

 

Warrant Indenture

 

This Warrant Indenture (the “Indenture”), dated effective as of March 1, 2021 and executed pursuant to duly granted corporate authority and in accordance with its articles of incorporation and bylaws, and in accordance with the corporate laws of the State of Nevada, is hereby promulgated by Puget Technologies, Inc. a publicly held Nevada corporation subject to reporting obligations under §13 and §15(d) of the Exchange Act (“Puget”)::

 

Preamble:

 

Whereas, Puget is proposing to issue Warrants to purchase up to 500,000 shares of Puget’s Common Stock pursuant to this Indenture; and

 

Whereas, pursuant to this Indenture, each Warrant will, subject to adjustment, entitle the holder thereof to acquire one share of Puget’s Class B Convertible Preferred Stock upon payment of the Exercise Price upon the terms and conditions herein set forth; and

 

Whereas, all acts and deeds necessary have been done and performed to make the Warrants, when created and issued as provided in this Indenture, legal, valid and binding upon Puget with the benefits and subject to the terms of this Indenture; and

 

Whereas, the foregoing recitals are made as representations and statements of fact by Puget and not by the Warrant Agent:

 

Now therefore, Puget’s chief financial officer is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to recruit and retain a transfer agent registered as a transfer agency with the Commission and authorized to carry on business in all states of the United States as the initial warrant agent hereunder (the “Warrant Agent”) to hold the rights, interests and benefits contained herein for and on behalf of those persons who from time to time become the holders of Warrants issued pursuant to this Indenture, pursuant to the following terms and provisions::

 

Witnesseth:

 

  Table of Contents  
    Page Number
  Article 1: Interpretation  
     
§1.1 Definitions. 4
§1.2 Gender and Number. 8
§1.3 Headings, Etc. 8
§1.4 Day not a Business Day. 8
§1.5 Time of the Essence. 8
§1.6 Monetary References. 8
§1.7 Applicable Law, Venue & Dispute Resolution. 8
     
  Article 2: Issue of Warrants 9
     
§2.1 Creation and Issue of Warrants. 9
§2.2 Terms of Warrants. 9
§2.3 Warrantholder not a Shareholder. 10
§2.4 Warrants to Rank Pari Passu. 10
§2.5 Form of Warrants. 10
§2.6 Book Entry Only Warrants and Global Warrant. 10
§2.7 Authentication. 12
§2.8 Legends. 13
§2.9 Register of Warrants. 14

 

Puget Technologies, Inc. * 1200 North Federal Highway, Suite 200-A; Boca Raton, Florida 33432 * 561 210 8535

info@pugettechnologies.com * https://pugettechnologies.com/

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§2.10 Issue in Substitution for Warrant Certificates Lost, etc. 15
§2.11 Exchange of Warrant Certificates. 16
§2.12 Transfer and Ownership of Warrants. 16
§2.13 Cancellation of Surrendered Warrants.  
     
  Article 3: Exercise of Warrants 17
     
§3.1 Right of Exercise. 17
§3.2 Warrant Exercise. 17
§3.3 Trading Markets for Puget Securities. 19
§3.4 Transfer Fees and Taxes. 20
§3.5 Warrant Agency. 20
§3.6 Effect of Exercise of Warrants. 20
§3.7 Partial Exercise of Warrants; Fractions. 21
§3.8 Expiration of Warrants. 21
§3.9 Accounting and Recording. 21
§3.10 Securities Restrictions. 21
     
  Article 4: Adjustment of Number of Shares and Exercise Price 21
     
§4.1 Adjustment of Number of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares and Exercise Price. 21
§4.2 Entitlement to Class B Convertible Preferred Shares on Exercise of Warrant. 25
§4.3 No Adjustment for Certain Transactions. 25
§4.4 Determination by Independent Firm. 25
§4.5 Proceedings Prior to any Action Requiring Adjustment. 25
§4.6 Certificate of Adjustment. 26
§4.7 Notice of Special Matters. 26
§4.8 No Action after Notice. 26
§4.9 Other Action. 26
§4.10 Protection of Warrant Agent. 26
§4.11 Participation by Warrantholder. 27
     
  Article 5: Rights and Obligations of Puget 27
     
§5.1 Optional Purchases by Puget. 27
§5.2 General Obligations. 27
§5.3 Warrant Agent’s Remuneration and Expenses. 28
§5.4 Performance by Warrant Agent. 28
§5.5 Enforceability of Warrants. 28
     
  Article 6: Enforcement 28
     
§6.1 Suits by Registered Warrantholders. 28
§6.2 Suits by Puget. 28
§6.3 Immunity of Shareholders, etc. 28
§6.4 Waiver of Default. 29
     
  Article 7: Meetings of Registered Warrantholders 29
     
§7.1 Right to Convene Meetings. 29
§7.2 Notice. 29
§7.3 Chairman. 30
§7.4 Quorum. 30
§7.5 Power to Adjourn. 30
§7.6 Show of Hands. 30
§7.7 Poll and Voting. 30

 

Puget Technologies, Inc. * 1200 North Federal Highway, Suite 200-A; Boca Raton, Florida 33432 * 561 210 8535

info@pugettechnologies.com * https://pugettechnologies.com/

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§7.8 Regulations. 31
§7.9 Puget and Warrant Agent May be Represented. 31
§7.10 Powers Exercisable by Extraordinary Resolution. 31
§7.11 Meaning of Extraordinary Resolution. 32
§7.12 Powers Cumulative. 32
§7.13 Minutes. 32
§7.14 Instruments in Writing. 32
§7.15 Binding Effect of Resolutions. 33
§7.16 Holdings by Puget Disregarded. 33
     
  Article 8: Supplemental Indentures 33
     
§8.1 Provision for Supplemental Indentures for Certain Purposes. 33
§8.2 Successor Entities. 34
     
  Article 9: Concerning The Warrant Agent 34
     
§9.1 Trust Indenture Legislation. 34
§9.2 Rights and Duties of Warrant Agent. 34
§9.3 Evidence, Experts and Advisors. 35
§9.4 Documents, Funds, etc. Held by Warrant Agent. 35
§9.5 Actions by Warrant Agent to Protect Interest. 35
§9.6 Warrant Agent Not Required to Give Security. 36
§9.7 Protection of Warrant Agent. 36
§9.8 Replacement of Warrant Agent; Successor by Merger. 36
§9.9 Conflict of Interest. 37
§9.10 Acceptance of Agency. 37
§9.11 Warrant Agent Not to be Appointed Receiver. 37
§9.12 Warrant Agent Not Required to Give Notice of Default. 37
§9.13 Anti-Money Laundering. 38
§9.14 Compliance with Privacy Code. 38
§9.15 Securities Exchange Commission Certification. 38
     
  Article 10: General 39
     
§10.1 Notice to Puget and the Warrant Agent. 39
§10.2 Notice to Registered Warrantholders. 39
§10.3 Ownership of Warrants. 40
§10.4 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. 40
§10.5 Beneficiaries. 40
§10.6 Class B Convertible Preferred Shares or Warrants Owned by Puget or its Subsidiaries 41
§10.7 Severability & Reformation. 41
§10.8 Force Majeure. 41
§10.9 Assignment, Successors and Assigns. 41
§10.10 Rights of Rescission and Withdrawal for Holders. 41
§10.11 License for use of Form. 42
     
Schedules “A”: Form of Warrant 43
  “B”: Exercise Form 49
  “C”: Form of Declaration for Removal of Legend 51

 

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Article 1: Interpretation

 

§1.1      Definitions.

 

In this Indenture, including the recitals and schedules hereto, and in all indentures supplemental hereto:

 

“Adjustment Period” means the period from the Effective Date up to and including the Expiry Time;

 

Affiliate” means any Person controlled by, controlling or under the common control of by or with another Person.

 

Applicable Legislation” means any statute of the United States or state thereof, and the regulations under any such named or other statute, relating to warrant indentures or to the rights, duties and obligations of warrant agents under warrant indentures, to the extent that such provisions are at the time in force and applicable to this Indenture;

 

Auditors” means BF Borgers CPA PC or such other firm of certified public accountants duly appointed as auditors of Puget, from time to time;

 

“Authenticated” means (a) with respect to the issuance of a Warrant Certificate, one which has been duly signed by Puget and authenticated by manual signature of an authorized officer of the Warrant Agent, (b) with respect to the issuance of an Uncertificated Warrant, one in respect of which the Warrant Agent has completed all Internal Procedures such that the particulars of such Uncertificated Warrant as required by §2.7 are entered in the register of holders of Warrants, “Authenticate”, “Authenticating” and “Authentication” have the appropriate correlative meanings;

 

Board of Directors” shall mean the duly elected and serving board of Directors of Puget acting in compliance with Puget’s articles of incorporation, bylaws and the internal rules of the Board of Directors;

 

Book Entry Only Participants” or “Participants” means institutions that participate directly or indirectly in the Depository’s book entry registration system for the Warrants;

 

Book Entry Only Warrants” means Warrants that are to be held only by or on behalf of the Depository;

 

Business Day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or a statutory or civic holiday, or any other day on which banks are not open for business in the United States, and will be a day on which the Pink Open Market is open for trading;

 

Capital Stock” means shares of any of Puget’s equity securities including, without limitation, shares of its common stock, Class b Convertible Preferred Stock, etc.

 

Certificated Warrant” means a Warrant evidenced by a writing or writings substantially in the form of Schedule “A”, attached hereto;

 

Class B Convertible Preferred Shares” means, subject to Article 4, fully paid and non-assessable shares of Puget’s Class B Convertible Preferred Stock as presently constituted;

 

Class B Convertible Preferred Share Reorganization” has the meaning set forth in §4.1;

 

Code” means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and the regulations thereunder;

 

Commission” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission; 

 

Common Stock” means the shares of Puget’s common stock, $0.001 par value currently traded on the Pink Open Market.

 

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Counsel” means a duly licensed attorney-at-law retained by the Warrant Agent or retained by Puget, which may or may not be counsel for Puget;

 

Current Market Price” of the Class B Convertible Preferred Shares at any date means the volume weighted average trading price per Class B Convertible Preferred Share for the twenty (20) consecutive Trading Days ending five (5) Trading Days prior to such date on the Pink Open Market or if on such date the Class B Convertible Preferred Shares are not traded on the Pink Open Market, on such market or stock exchange upon which such Class B Convertible Preferred Shares are then traded and as selected by Puget’s Board of Directors, or, if such Class B Convertible Preferred Shares are not then traded or listed on any stock exchange or market, then on such reasonable basis as may be selected for such purpose by Puget’s Board of Directors;

 

Depository” means the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation such other person as is designated in writing by Puget to act as depository in respect of the Warrants issued in electronic rather than physical form;

 

Dividends” means any dividends paid by Puget in respect of the Class B Convertible Preferred Shares;

 

Dividends paid in the ordinary course” means cash dividends paid on the Class B Convertible Preferred Shares in any financial year of Puget to the extent that the amount or value of such dividends in the aggregate does not exceed the greater of (i) 100% of the aggregate amount or value of dividends paid by Puget on the Class B Convertible Preferred Shares in its immediately preceding financial year in which a dividend was paid, and (ii) the consolidated net earnings from continuing operations of Puget, before any extraordinary items, for the 12-month period ending immediately prior to the first day of such financial year (such consolidated net earnings from continuing operations to be computed in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America);

 

Effective Date” means the date of this Indenture;

 

Exchange Act” means the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended;

 

Exchange Rate” means the number of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares subject to the right of purchase under each Warrant, which, as at the Effective Date, is one (1) Class B Convertible Preferred Share for one (1) Warrant;

 

Exercise Date” means, in relation to a Warrant, the Business Day on which such Warrant is validly exercised or deemed to be validly exercised in accordance with Article 3 hereof;

 

Exercise Notice” has the meaning set forth in §3.2(1);

 

Exercise Price” at any time means the price at which a whole Class B Convertible Preferred Share may be purchased by the exercise of a whole Warrant, which is initially $1.75 per Class B Convertible Preferred Share, payable in immediately available United States dollars, subject to adjustment in accordance with the provisions of §4.1;

 

Expiry Date” means February 28, 2023, subject to extension in the sole discretion of Puget;

 

Expiry Time” means 4:30p.m. (New York City time) on the Expiry Date;

 

Extraordinary Resolution” has the meaning set forth in 7.11(1);

 

First Closing Date” means a date after March 1, 2021 when the Warrants are first issued to investors in a proposed private placement of units of Puget’s securities based on meeting minimum placement requirements or such other date as Puget and the Agent will determine;

 

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Global Warrant” means a warrant certificate in global form that is deposited with the Depositary or with the Warrant Agent as custodian for the Depositary. Book entry is a system of tracking ownership of securities where no certificate is given to investors. In the case of book-entry-only issues, while investors do not receive certificates, a custodian holds one or more global certificates. Most investors who use an online broker or even a regular full-service broker will have their shares held in book-entry form. On August 8, 2006, the Commission approved a rule changed by NASDAQ, NYSE and AMEX requiring all listed securities (except certain debt securities) to be eligible for a direct registration system as of March 31, 2008. Direct registration is an entirely electronic book-entry style system that does not involve physical stock certificates. The rule change does not eliminate physical certificates, but requires issuers to be eligible for entirely electronic recording of securities ownership. Book-entry securities are settled by the Depository Trust Company which is the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation’s central securities depository;

 

Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended;

 

Internal Procedures” means in respect of the making of any one or more entries to, changes in or deletions of any one or more entries in the register at any time (including without limitation, original issuance or registration of transfer of ownership) the minimum number of the Warrant Agent’s internal procedures customary at such time for the entry, change or deletion made to be complete under the operating procedures followed at the time by the Warrant Agent, it being understood that neither preparation and issuance will constitute part of such procedures for any purpose of this definition;

 

Issue Date” means the date the Warrants are issued in connection with a Closing Date;

 

Global Warrants” means Warrants representing all or a portion of the aggregate number of Warrants issued in the name of the Depository represented by an Uncertificated Warrant, or if requested by the Depository or Puget, by a Warrant Certificate (see “Global Warrant”);

 

Mutatis Mutandis” means making necessary alterations while not affecting the main point at issue.

 

Party” or “Parties” means Puget and any Person who accepts benefits or responsibilities pursuant to this Indenture, including, without limitation, the Warrant Agent and the Warrant holders;

 

Person” means an individual, body corporate, partnership, trust, warrant agent, executor, administrator, legal representative or any unincorporated organization;

 

Pink Open Market” means the platform for transparent trading and best execution in any security owned and operated by the OTC Markets Group. There are no financial standards or disclosure requirements. A wide spectrum of companies are traded on this market, including foreign companies that limit their disclosure in the U.S., penny stocks and shells, as well as distressed, delinquent, and dark companies not willing or able to provide information to investors. The Pink Market is for professional and sophisticated investors with a high risk-tolerance for trading companies with limited information available and limited regulatory oversight.

 

Register” means the one set of records and accounts maintained by the Warrant Agent pursuant to §2.9:

 

Registered Warrantholders” means the persons who are registered owners of Warrants as such names appear on the register, and for greater certainty, will include the Depository as well as the holders of Certificated Warrants and/or Uncertificated Warrants appearing on the register of the Warrant Agent;

 

Regulation A” means Regulation A as promulgated by the Commission under the Securities Act;

 

Regulation D” means Regulation D as promulgated by the Commission under the Securities Act;

 

Regulation S” means Regulation S as promulgated by the Commission under the Securities Act;

 

Rights Offering” has the meaning set forth in §4.1;

 

Subsequent Closing Date” means any date after the First Closing Date on which units of Puget’s securities that include the Warrants are subscribed for as advised by Puget;

 

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended:

 

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Service” means the United States Internal Revenue Service;

 

Shareholders” means holders of shares of Puget’s Capital Stock, whether common, preferred or otherwise;

 

This Warrant Indenture”, “this Indenture”, “this Agreement”, “hereto” “herein”, “hereby”, “hereof” and similar expressions mean and refer to this Indenture and any indenture, deed or instrument supplemental hereto; and the expressions “Article”, “§“, “subsection” and “paragraph” followed by a number, letter or both mean and refer to the specified article, section, subsection or paragraph of this Indenture;

 

Trading Day” means, with respect to the Pink Open Market, a day on which such market is open for the transaction of business;

 

Uncertificated Warrant” means any Warrant which is not a Certificated Warrant;

 

Unit” means the units issued in connection with the Offering, each consisting of one Series 2020 Convertible Subordinated Debenture in the principal amount of $1,000 dollars, 1,000 Class B Convertible Preferred Shares and Warrants to purchase an additional 2,000 shares of Class B Convertible Preferred Stock;

 

United States” means the United States of America, its territories and possessions, any state of the United States, and the District of Columbia;

 

U.S. Person” has the meaning set forth in Rule 902(k) of Regulation S;

 

U.S. Purchaser” means an original purchaser of the units of which the Warrants comprise a part who was, at the time of purchase, (a) a U.S. Person, (b) any person purchasing such units on behalf of, or for the account or benefit of, any U.S. Person or any person in the United States, (c) any person who receives or received an offer to acquire such units while in the United States, and (d) any person who was in the United States at the time such person’s buy order was made or the subscription agreement pursuant to which such units were acquired was executed or delivered;

 

U.S. Warrantholder” means any Warrantholder that is (a) is a U.S. Person, (b) is in the United States, (c) received an offer to acquire Warrants while in the United States, or (d) was in the United States at the time such Warrantholder’s buy order was made or such Warrantholder executed or delivered its purchase order for the Warrants;

 

Warrants” means the Class B Convertible Preferred Share purchase warrants created by and authorized by and issuable under this Indenture, to be issued and countersigned hereunder as a Certificated Warrant and/or Uncertificated Warrant held through the book entry registration system on a no certificate issued basis, entitling the holder or holders thereof to purchase up to 500,000 Class B Convertible Preferred Shares (subject to adjustment as herein provided) at the Exercise Price prior to the Expiry Time and, where the context so requires, also means the warrants issued and Authenticated hereunder, whether by way of Warrant Certificate or Uncertificated Warrant;

 

Warrant Agency” means the principal office of the then serving Warrant Agent or such other place as may be designated in accordance with §3.5;

 

Warrant Agent” the entity responsible for transfers and transactions in the Warrants as defined in this Indenture as appointed by Puget;

 

Warrant Certificate” means a certificate, substantially in the form set forth in Schedule “A” hereto, to evidence Certificated Warrants;

 

Warrantholders”, or “holders” means Registered Warrantholders and the owners of Warrants who beneficially hold securities entitlements in respect of the Warrants registered in the name of the Depository or through a Book Entry Only Participant;

 

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Warrantholders’ Request” means an instrument signed in one or more counterparts by Registered Warrantholders entitled to acquire in the aggregate not less than 51% of the aggregate number of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares which could be acquired pursuant to all Warrants then unexercised and outstanding, requesting the Warrant Agent to take some action or proceeding specified therein; and

 

Written order of Puget”, “written request of Puget”, “written consent of “Puget”, “Officer’s Certificate” and “certificate of Puget” mean, respectively, a written order, request, consent and certificate signed in the name of Puget by any duly authorized signatory of Puget and may consist of one or more instruments so executed.

 

§1.2      Gender and Number.

 

Words importing the singular number or masculine gender will include the plural number or the feminine or neuter genders, and vice versa.

 

§1.3      Headings, etc.

 

The division of this Indenture into Articles and §s, the provision of a Table of Contents and the insertion of headings are for convenience of reference only and will not affect the construction or interpretation of this Indenture or of the Warrants.

 

§1.4      Day not a Business Day.

 

If any day on or before which any action or notice is required to be taken or given hereunder is not a Business Day, then such action or notice will be required to be taken or given on or before the requisite time on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day.

 

§1.5      Time of the Essence.

 

Time will be of the essence of this Indenture.

 

§1.6      Monetary References.

 

Whenever any amounts of money are referred to herein, such amounts will be deemed to be in lawful money of the United States of America unless otherwise expressed.

 

§1.7       Applicable Law, Venue & Dispute Resolution.

 

By accepting the role of Warrant Agent or, execution and delivery of the subscription agreement pursuant to which Warrants will be issued, Puget, the Warrant Agent and the Subscriber(s) will have irrevocably agreed that:

 

(1)Any matters pertaining to this Indenture and the Warrants issuable hereunder and the Class B Convertible Preferred Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Nevada but any proceedings arising hereunder shall be adjudicated before a forum located within the county in which Puget maintains its principal legal offices, or in the absence of any such offices, its principal administrative offices.

 

(2)In the event any provision of this Indenture shall be deemed unenforceable under the laws binding on a tribunal adjudicating its validity, then the Parties will have requested that such tribunal reform the Warrant issuable pursuant to this Indenture in such manner as will most closely accomplish its purpose without violating applicable laws or public policies.

 

(3)Puget, the Warrant Agent and each of the Subscribers will be deemed to have irrevocably accepted and submitted, for themselves and anyone claiming interest under them, generally and unconditionally, to the in personam jurisdiction of any tribunal meeting the requirements for venue set forth above.

 

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(4)(a)Puget, the Warrant Agent and each of the Subscribers will have irrevocably consented to service of any summons and/or legal process by registered or certified United States air mail, postage prepaid, to the Party served at the address determined in the manner hereinbefore set forth in this Indenture for the provision of notice, such method of service to constitute, in every respect, sufficient and effective service of process in any such legal action or proceeding.

 

(b)Nothing in this Agreement shall affect the right to service of process in any other manner permitted by law.

 

(c)Puget, the Warrant Agent and each of the Subscribers will have further agreed that final judgment against any of them in any legal action, suit or proceeding complying with the foregoing provisions shall be conclusive and may be enforced in any other jurisdiction, within or outside the United States of America, by suit on the judgment, a certified or exemplified copy of which shall be conclusive evidence of the fact and the amount of the subject Party’s liability.

 

(5)Notwithstanding the foregoing, all disputes, misunderstandings, conflicts or required interpretations arising hereunder which Warrant holders pursue will be resolved in the following manner, first, through mediation and then, if mediation is not successful after 60 days, through binding arbitration in accordance with the rules and procedures of the American Arbitration Association’s® Miami Regional Office.

 

Article 2: Issue of Warrants

 

§2.1      Creation and Issue of Warrants.

 

(1)A maximum of 500,000 Warrants (subject to adjustment as herein provided) are hereby created and authorized to be issued in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof.

 

(2)By written order of Puget, the Warrant Agent will deliver Warrant Certificates to Registered Warrantholders and record the name of the Registered Warrantholders on the Warrant register.

 

(3)Registration of interests in Warrants held by the Depository may be evidenced by a position appearing on the register for Warrants of the Warrant Agent for an amount representing the aggregate number of such Warrants outstanding from time to time.

 

§2.2       Terms of Warrants.

 

(1)Subject to the applicable conditions for exercise set out in Article 3 having been satisfied and subject to adjustment in accordance with §4.1, each Warrant will entitle each Warrantholder thereof, upon exercise at any time after the Issue Date and prior to the Expiry Time, to acquire one (1) Class B Convertible Preferred Share upon payment of the Exercise Price.

 

(2)No fractional Warrants will be issued or otherwise provided for hereunder and Warrants may only be exercised in a sufficient number to acquire whole numbers of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares.

 

(3)Each Warrant will entitle the holder thereof to such other rights and privileges as are set forth in this Indenture.

 

(4)The number of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares which may be purchased pursuant to the Warrants and the Exercise Price therefor will be adjusted upon the events and in the manner specified in §4.1.

 

§2.3      Warrantholder not a Shareholder.

 

Except as may be specifically provided herein, nothing in this Indenture or in the holding of a Warrant Certificate, entitlement to a Warrant or otherwise, will, in itself, confer or be construed as conferring upon a Warrantholder any right or interest whatsoever as a Shareholder, including, but not limited to, the right to vote at, to receive notice of, or to attend, meetings of Shareholders or any other proceedings of Puget, or the right to Dividends and other allocations.

 

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§2.4       Warrants to Rank Pari Passu.

 

All Warrants will rank equally and without preference over each other, whatever may be the actual date of issue thereof.

 

§2.5       Form of Warrants.

 

(1)The Warrants may be issued in both certificated and uncertificated form.

 

(2)Each Warrant originally issued to a U.S. Purchaser will be evidenced in certificated form only and bear the applicable legends as set forth in Schedule “A” hereto.

 

(3)All Warrants issued in certificated form will be evidenced by a Warrant Certificate (including all replacements issued in accordance with this Indenture), substantially in the form set out in §2.8 and Schedule “A” hereto, which will be dated as of the Issue Date, will bear such distinguishing letters and numbers as Puget may prescribe, and will be issuable in any denomination excluding fractions.

 

(4)All Warrants issued to the Depository may be in either a certificated or uncertificated form, such uncertificated form being evidenced by a book position on the register of Warrantholders to be maintained by the Warrant Agent in accordance with §2.6.

 

§2.6       Book Entry Only Warrants and Global Warrant.

 

(1)(a)Reregistration of beneficial interests in and transfers of Warrants held by the Depository will be made only through the book entry registration system and no Warrant Certificates will be issued in respect of such Warrants except where physical certificates evidencing ownership in such securities are required or as set out herein or as may be requested by the Depository or as determined by Puget from time to time.

 

(b)Except as provided in this §2.6, owners of beneficial interests in any Book Entry Only Warrants or Global Warrants will not be entitled to have Warrants registered in their names and will not receive or be entitled to receive Warrants in definitive form or to have their names appear in the register referred to in §2.9 herein.

 

(c)Notwithstanding any terms set out herein, Warrants having any legend set forth in §2.8 herein and held in the name of the Depository may only be held in the form of Uncertificated Warrants with the prior consent of the Warrant Agent and in accordance with the internal procedures of the Warrant Agent.

 

(2)Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, no Book Entry Only Warrants or Global Warrants may be exchanged or transferred in whole or in part for Warrants registered, and no transfer of any Book Entry Only Warrants or Global Warrants in whole or in part may be registered in the name of any person other than the Depository for such Global Warrants or Book Entry Only Warrants or a nominee thereof unless:

 

(a)The Depository notifies Puget that it is unwilling or unable to continue to act as depository in connection with the Book Entry Only Warrants or the Global Warrants and Puget is unable to locate a qualified successor;

 

(b)Puget determines that the Depository is no longer willing, able or qualified to discharge properly its responsibilities as holder of the Book Entry Only Warrant or Global Warrants and Puget is unable to locate a qualified successor;

 

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(c)The Depository ceases to be a transfer agency or otherwise ceases to be eligible to be a depository and Puget is unable to locate a qualified successor;

 

(d)Puget determines that the Warrants will no longer be held as Book Entry Only Warrants through the Depository;

 

(e)Such right is required by Applicable Law, as determined by Puget and Puget’s Counsel;

 

(f)The Warrant is to be Authenticated to or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Warrantholder; or

 

(g)Upon request of a Book Entry Only Participant of a beneficial holder and such registration is effected in accordance with the internal procedures of the Depository and the Warrant Agent,

 

following which, Warrants for those holders requesting the same will be registered and issued to the beneficial owners of such Warrants or their nominees as directed by the holder; provided that, Puget will provide an Officer’s Certificate giving notice to the Warrant Agent of the occurrence of any event outlined in this §2.6 (2)(a)–(g).

 

(3)(a)Subject to the provisions of this §2.6, any exchange of an Global Warrant for Warrants which are not an Global Warrant may be made in whole or in part in accordance with the provisions of §2.11, mutatis mutandis.

 

(b)All such Warrants issued in exchange for an Global Warrant or any portion thereof will be registered in such names as the Depository will direct and will be entitled to the same benefits and subject to the same terms and conditions (except insofar as they relate specifically to Global Warrant) as the Global Warrant or portion thereof surrendered upon such exchange.

 

(4)Every Warrant that is Authenticated upon registration or transfer of an Global Warrant or in exchange for or in lieu of an Global Warrant or any portion thereof, whether pursuant to this §2.6, or otherwise, will be Authenticated in the form of, and will be, an Global Warrant unless such Warrant is registered in the name of a person other than the Depository for such Global Warrant or a nominee thereof.

 

(5)Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture, subject to applicable law, the Global Warrant will be issued as an Uncertificated Warrant unless otherwise requested in writing by the Depository or Puget.

 

(6)The rights of beneficial owners of Warrants who hold securities entitlements in respect of the Warrants through the book entry registration system will be limited to those established by applicable law and agreements between the Depository and the Book Entry Only Participants and between such Book Entry Only Participants and the beneficial owners of Warrants who hold securities entitlements in respect of the Warrants through the book entry registration system, and such rights must be exercised through a Book Entry Only Participant in accordance with the rules and procedures of the Depository.

 

(7)Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, neither Puget nor the Warrant Agent nor any agent thereof will have any responsibility or liability for:

 

(a)the electronic records maintained by the Depository relating to any ownership interests or any other interests in the Warrants or the depository system maintained by the Depository or payments made on account of any ownership interest or any other interest of any person in any Warrant represented by an electronic position in the book entry registration system (other than the Depository or its nominee);

 

(b)maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records of the Depository or any Book Entry Only Participant relating to any such interest; or

 

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(c)any advice or representation made or given by the Depository or those contained herein that relate to the rules and regulations of the Depository or any action to be taken by the Depository on its own direction or at the direction of any Book Entry Only Participant.

 

(8)Puget may terminate the application of this §2.6 in its sole discretion in which case all Warrants will be evidenced by Warrant Certificates registered in the name of a Person other than the Depository.

 

§2.7        Authentication.

 

(1)(a)For Warrants issued in certificated form, the form of certificate representing Warrants will be substantially as set out in Schedule “A” hereto or such other form as is authorized from time to time by the Warrant Agent.

 

(b)Each Warrant Certificate will be Authenticated manually on behalf of the Warrant Agent.

 

(c)Each Warrant Certificate will be signed by any two duly authorized signatories of Puget; whose signature will appear on the Warrant Certificate and may be printed, lithographed or otherwise mechanically reproduced thereon and, in such event, certificates so signed are as valid and binding upon Puget as if it had been signed manually.

 

(d)Any Warrant Certificate which has two signatures as hereinbefore provided will be valid notwithstanding that one or more of the persons whose signature is printed, lithographed or mechanically reproduced no longer holds office at the date of issuance of such certificate.

 

(e)The Warrant Certificates may be engraved, printed or lithographed, or partly in one form and partly in another, as the Warrant Agent may determine.

 

(2)(a)The Warrant Agent will Authenticate Uncertificated Warrants (whether upon original issuance, exchange, registration of transfer, partial payment, or otherwise) by completing its Internal Procedures and Puget will, and hereby acknowledges that it will, thereupon be deemed to have duly and validly issued such Uncertificated Warrants under this Indenture.

 

(b)Such Authentication will be conclusive evidence that such Uncertificated Warrant has been duly issued hereunder and that the holder or holders are entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.

 

(c)The register will be final and conclusive evidence as to all matters relating to Uncertificated Warrants with respect to which this Indenture requires the Warrant Agent to maintain records or accounts.

 

(d)In case of differences between the register at any time and any other time the register at the later time will be controlling, absent manifest error and such Uncertificated Warrants are binding on Puget.

 

(3)Any Warrant Certificate validly issued in accordance with the terms of this Indenture in effect at the time of issue of such Warrant Certificate will, subject to the terms of this Indenture and applicable law, validly entitle the holder to acquire Class B Convertible Preferred Shares, notwithstanding that the form of such Warrant Certificate may not be in the form currently required by this Indenture.

 

(4)(a)No Warrant will be considered issued and will be valid or obligatory or will entitle the holder thereof to the benefits of this Indenture, until it has been Authenticated by the Warrant Agent.

 

(b)Authentication by the Warrant Agent, including by way of entry on the register, will not be construed as a representation or warranty by the Warrant Agent as to the validity of this Indenture or of such Warrant Certificates or Uncertificated Warrants (except the due Authentication thereof) or as to the performance by Puget of its obligations under this Indenture and the Warrant Agent will in no respect be liable or answerable for the use made of the Warrants or any of them or of the consideration thereof.

 

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(c)Authentication by the Warrant Agent will be conclusive evidence as against Puget that the Warrants so Authenticated have been duly issued hereunder and that the holder thereof is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.

 

(5)(a)No Certificated Warrant will be considered issued and Authenticated or, if Authenticated, will be obligatory or will entitle the holder thereof to the benefits of this Indenture, until it has been Authenticated by manual signature by or on behalf of the Warrant Agent substantially in the form of the Warrant set out in Schedule “A” hereto.

 

(b)Such Authentication on any such Certificated Warrant will be conclusive evidence that such Certificated Warrant is duly Authenticated and is valid and a binding obligation of Puget and that the holder is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.

 

(6)(a)No Uncertificated Warrant will be considered issued and will be obligatory or will entitle the holder thereof to the benefits of this Indenture, until it has been Authenticated by entry on the register of the particulars of the Uncertificated Warrant.

 

(b)Such entry on the register of the particulars of an Uncertificated Warrant will be conclusive evidence that such Uncertificated Warrant is a valid and binding obligation of Puget and that the holder is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.

 

(7)The Authentication by the Warrant Agent of any Warrants whether by way of entry on the register or otherwise will not be construed as a representation or warranty by the Warrant Agent as to the validity of the Indenture or such Warrants (except the due Authentication thereof) or as to the performance by Puget of its obligations under this Indenture and the Warrant Agent will in no respect be liable or answerable for the use made of the Warrants or any of them or the proceeds thereof.

 

§2.8        Legends

 

(1)(a)Neither the Warrants nor the Class B Convertible Preferred Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants have been or will be registered under the Securities Act or under any United States state securities laws.

 

(b)Each Warrant Certificate originally issued to a U.S. Purchaser and each Warrant Certificate issued in exchange therefor or in substitution thereof will bear, for so long as required by the Securities Act or applicable state securities laws, the following legend or such variations thereof as Puget may prescribe from time to time:

 

“This warrant and the securities deliverable upon the exercise thereof have not been registered under the united states securities act of 1933, as amended or under the securities laws of any state. The holder hereof, by purchasing such securities, agrees for the benefit of the issuer of such securities and its successors (“Puget”) that such securities may be offered, sold, pledged or otherwise transferred, directly or indirectly, only (a) to Puget; (b) outside the United States in accordance with Commission Rule 904 of Regulation S and in compliance with local laws and regulations; (c) in accordance with the exemption from registration provided by Commission Rule 144 or Rule 144A thereunder, if available, and in compliance with applicable state securities laws; or (d), in a transaction that does not require registration under the Securities Act or any applicable state securities laws, and, in the case of paragraph (c) or (d), the seller has prior to such transfer furnished to Puget an opinion of counsel of recognized standing in form and substance satisfactory to Puget to such effect.”

 

Puget Technologies, Inc. * 1200 North Federal Highway, Suite 200-A; Boca Raton, Florida 33432 * 561 210 8535

info@pugettechnologies.com * https://pugettechnologies.com/

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(c)If the Warrants are being sold in compliance with the requirements of Rule 904 of Regulation S and in compliance with applicable local laws and regulations, the legend above may be removed by providing a declaration to the Warrant Agent, substantially in the form set forth in Schedule “C” (or in such other form as Puget may prescribe from time to time), together with such other evidence of the availability of an exemption (which may, without limitation, include an opinion of counsel, of recognized standing reasonably satisfactory to Puget) as the Warrant Agent may reasonably require; provided that if any Warrants are being sold pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, the above legend may be removed by delivery to the Warrant Agent of an opinion of counsel, of recognized standing reasonably satisfactory to Puget, to the effect that such legend is no longer required under applicable requirements of the Securities Act.

 

(d)The Warrant Agent will be entitled to request any other documents that it may require in accordance with its internal policies for the removal of the legend set forth above.

 

(2)Each Global Warrant originally issued in the United States of America and held by the Depository, and each Global Warrant issued in exchange therefor or in substitution thereof will bear or be deemed to bear the following legend or such variations thereof as Puget may prescribe from time to time:

 

“Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of the Warrant Agent to Puget Technologies, Inc. (the “issuer”) or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any certificate issued in respect thereof is registered in the name of the Warrant Agent, or in such other name as is requested by an authorized representative of the Warrant Agent (and any payment is made to such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of the Warrant Agent), any transfer, pledge or other use hereof for value or otherwise by or to any person is wrongful since the registered holder hereof, the Warrant Agent has a property interest in the securities represented by this certificate herein and it is a violation of its rights for another person to hold, transfer or deal with this certificate.”

 

(3)Each Certificated Warrant and each Global Warrant held by the Depository on the First Closing Date or any Subsequent Closing Date, as applicable (and each such Certificated Warrant or Global Warrant, as the case may be, issued in exchange therefore or in substitution thereof prior to the date that is 365 days after the First Closing Date or a Subsequent Closing Date, as applicable) will bear or be deemed to bear the following legend or such variations thereof as Puget my prescribe from time to time:

 

Unless permitted under applicable securities legislation, the holder of this security must not trade the security before [insert the date that is 365 days after the first closing date or a Subsequent closing date, as applicable].”

 

§2.9      Register of Warrants

 

(1)(a)The Warrant Agent will maintain records and accounts concerning the Warrants, whether certificated or uncertificated, which will contain the information called for below with respect to each Warrant, together with such other information as may be required by law or as the Warrant Agent may elect to record.

 

(b)All such information will be kept in one set of accounts and records which the Warrant Agent will designate (in such manner as will permit it to be so identified as such by an unaffiliated party) as the register of the holders of Warrants.

 

(c)The information to be entered for each account in the register of Warrants at any time will include (without limitation):

 

1.the name and address of the holder of the Warrants, the date of Authentication thereof and the number of Warrants;

 

Puget Technologies, Inc. * 1200 North Federal Highway, Suite 200-A; Boca Raton, Florida 33432 * 561 210 8535

info@pugettechnologies.com * https://pugettechnologies.com/

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2.whether such Warrant is a Certificated Warrant or an Uncertificated Warrant and, if a Warrant Certificate, the unique number or code assigned to and imprinted thereupon and, if an Uncertificated Warrant, the unique number or code assigned thereto if any;

 

3.whether such Warrant has been cancelled; and

 

4.a register of transfers in which all transfers of Warrants and the date and other particulars of each transfer will be entered.

 

  (d)1.The register will be available for inspection by Puget and or any Warrantholder during the Warrant Agent’s regular business hours on a Business Day and upon payment to the Warrant Agent of its reasonable fees.

 

2.Any Warrantholder exercising such right of inspection will first provide an affidavit in form satisfactory to Puget and the Warrant Agent stating the name and address of the Warrantholder and agreeing not to use the information therein except in connection with an effort to call a meeting of Warrantholders or to influence the voting of Warrantholders at any meeting of Warrantholders.

 

(2)(a)Once an Uncertificated Warrant has been Authenticated, the information set forth in the register with respect thereto at the time of Authentication may be altered, modified, amended, supplemented or otherwise changed only to reflect exercise or proper instructions to the Warrant Agent from the holder as provided herein, except that the Warrant Agent may act unilaterally to make purely administrative changes internal to the Warrant Agent and changes to correct errors.

 

(b)Each person who becomes a holder of an Uncertificated Warrant, by his, her or its acquisition thereof will be deemed to have irrevocably (i) consented to the foregoing authority of the Warrant Agent to make such minor error corrections and (ii) agreed to pay to the Warrant Agent, promptly upon written demand, the full amount of all loss and expense (including without limitation reasonable legal fees of Puget and the Warrant Agent plus interest, at an appropriate then prevailing rate of interest to the Warrant Agent), sustained by Puget or the Warrant Agent as a proximate result of such error if but only if and only to the extent that such present or former holder realized any benefit as a result of such error and could reasonably have prevented, forestalled or minimized such loss and expense by prompt reporting of the error or avoidance of accepting benefits thereof whether or not such error is or should have been timely detected and corrected by the Warrant Agent; provided, that no person who is a bona fide purchaser will have any such obligation to Puget or to the Warrant Agent.

 

§2.10    Issue in Substitution for Warrant Certificates Lost, etc.

 

(1)If any Warrant Certificate becomes mutilated or is lost, destroyed or stolen, Puget, subject to applicable law, will issue and thereupon the Warrant Agent will certify and deliver, a new Warrant Certificate of like tenor, and bearing the same legend, if applicable, as the one mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen in exchange for and in place of and upon cancellation of such mutilated Warrant Certificate, or in lieu of and in substitution for such lost, destroyed or stolen Warrant Certificate, and the substituted Warrant Certificate will be in a form approved by the Warrant Agent and the Warrants evidenced thereby will be entitled to the benefits hereof and will rank equally in accordance with its terms with all other Warrants issued or to be issued hereunder.

 

(2)The applicant for the issue of a new Warrant Certificate pursuant to this §2.10 will bear the cost of the issue thereof and in case of loss, destruction or theft will, as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, furnish to Puget and to the Warrant Agent such evidence of ownership and of the loss, destruction or theft of the Warrant Certificate so lost, destroyed or stolen as will be satisfactory to Puget and to the Warrant Agent, in their sole discretion, and such applicant will also be required to furnish an indemnity and surety bond in amount and form satisfactory to Puget and the Warrant Agent, in their sole discretion, and will pay the reasonable charges of Puget and the Warrant Agent in connection therewith.

 

Puget Technologies, Inc. * 1200 North Federal Highway, Suite 200-A; Boca Raton, Florida 33432 * 561 210 8535

info@pugettechnologies.com * https://pugettechnologies.com/

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§2.11    Exchange of Warrant Certificates.

 

(1)Any one or more Warrant Certificates representing any number of Warrants may, upon compliance with the reasonable requirements of the Warrant Agent (including compliance with applicable securities legislation), be exchanged for one or more other Warrant Certificates representing the same aggregate number of Warrants, and bearing the same legend, if applicable, as represented by the Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates so exchanged.

 

(2)Warrant Certificates may be exchanged only at the Warrant Agency or at any other place that is designated by Puget.

 

(3)Any Warrant Certificate from the holder (or such other instructions, in form satisfactory to the Warrant Agent), tendered for exchange will be surrendered to the Warrant Agency and cancelled by the Warrant Agent.

 

(4)Warrant Certificates exchanged for Warrant Certificates that bear the legend(s) set forth in §2.8 will bear the same legend(s).

 

§2.12     Transfer and Ownership of Warrants.

 

(1)The Warrants may only be transferred on the register kept by the Warrant Agent at the Warrant Agency by the holder or its legal representatives or its attorney duly appointed by an instrument in writing in form and execution satisfactory to the Warrant Agent only upon:

 

(a)in the case of a Warrant Certificate, surrendering to the Warrant Agent at the Warrant Agency the Warrant Certificates representing the Warrants to be transferred together with a duly executed transfer form as set forth in Schedule A;

 

(b)in the case of Book Entry Only Warrants, in accordance with procedures prescribed by the Depository under the book entry registration system: and

 

(c)upon compliance with:

 

1.the conditions herein;

 

2.such reasonable requirements as the Warrant Agent may prescribe; and

 

3.all applicable securities legislation and requirements of regulatory authorities;

 

(2)Such transfer will be duly noted in such register by the Warrant Agent.

 

(3)Upon compliance with such requirements, the Warrant Agent will issue to the transferee of a Warrant Certificate, or the Warrant Agent will Authenticate and deliver a Warrant Certificate upon request that part of the Global Warrant be certificated.

 

(4)Transfers within the systems of the Depository are not the responsibility of the Warrant Agent and will not be noted on the register maintained by the Warrant Agent.

 

(5)If a Warrant Certificate tendered for transfer bears the legend set forth in §2.8(1), the Warrant Agent will not register such transfer unless the transferor has provided the Warrant Agent with the Warrant Certificate and (A) the transfer is made to Puget, (B) the transfer is made outside of the United States in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 904 of Regulation S and in compliance with applicable local laws and regulations and the transferor delivers to the Warrant Agent a declaration substantially in the form set forth in Schedule “C” to this Warrant Indenture, or in such other form as Puget may from time to time prescribe, together with such other evidence of the availability of an exemption (which may, without limitation, include an opinion of counsel of recognized standing reasonably satisfactory to Puget) as the Warrant Agent may reasonably require, or (C) the transfer is made pursuant to the exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act provided by (i) Rule 144 thereunder or (ii) Rule 144A thereunder, if available, and in each case in accordance with any applicable state securities or “blue sky” laws, or (D) the transfer is made in another transaction that does not require registration under the Securities Act or any applicable state securities laws; provided that, it has prior to any transfer pursuant to §s 2.12(2)(C) or 2.12(2)(D) furnished to Puget an opinion of counsel or other evidence, in either case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Puget, to such effect.

 

Puget Technologies, Inc. * 1200 North Federal Highway, Suite 200-A; Boca Raton, Florida 33432 * 561 210 8535

info@pugettechnologies.com * https://pugettechnologies.com/

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(6)In relation to a transfer under (C) or (D) above, unless Puget and the Warrant Agent receive an opinion of counsel of recognized standing in form and substance to the effect that the U.S. restrictive legend set forth in subsection 2.8(1) is no longer required on the Warrant Certificates representing the transferred Warrants, the Warrant Certificates received by the transferee will continue to bear the legend set forth in §2.8(1).

 

(7)Subject to the provisions of this Indenture, Applicable Legislation and applicable law, the Warrantholder will be entitled to the rights and privileges attaching to the Warrants, and the issue of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares by Puget upon the exercise of Warrants in accordance with the terms and conditions herein contained will discharge all responsibilities of Puget and the Warrant Agent with respect to such Warrants and neither Puget nor the Warrant Agent will be bound to inquire into the title of any such holder.

 

§2.13    Cancellation of Surrendered Warrants.

 

All Warrant Certificates surrendered pursuant to §3.2 will be cancelled by the Warrant Agent, and in the case of exercises pursuant to §3.2 by holders of Uncertificated Warrants will be deemed cancelled and so noted on the register by the Warrant Agent. Upon request by Puget, the Warrant Agent will furnish to Puget a cancellation certificate identifying the Warrant Certificates so cancelled, the number of Warrants evidenced thereby, the number of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares, if any, issued pursuant to such Warrants and the details of any Warrant Certificates issued in substitution or exchange for such Warrant Certificates cancelled.

 

Article 3 Exercise of Warrants

 

§3.1       Right of Exercise.

 

Subject to the provisions hereof, each Registered Warrantholder may exercise the right conferred on such holder to subscribe for and purchase one (1) Class B Convertible Preferred Share for each Warrant after the Issue Date and prior to the Expiry Time and in accordance with the conditions herein.

 

§3.2      Warrant Exercise.

 

(1)(a)Registered Warrantholders of Warrant Certificates who wish to exercise the Warrants held by them in order to acquire Class B Convertible Preferred Shares must complete the exercise form (the “Exercise Notice”) attached to the Warrant Certificate(s) which form is attached hereto as Schedule “B”, which may be amended by Puget if such amendment does not, in the reasonable opinion of Puget, which may be based on the advice of Counsel, materially and adversely affect the rights, entitlements and interests of the Warrantholders, and deliver such certificate(s), the executed Exercise Notice, and other information or documents required thereby, and a certified check, bank draft or money order payable to or to the order of Puget for the aggregate Exercise Price to the Warrant Agent at the Warrant Agency.

 

(b)The Warrants represented by a Warrant Certificate will be deemed to be surrendered upon personal delivery of such certificate, Exercise Notice and aggregate Exercise Price or, if such documents are sent by mail or other means of transmission, upon actual receipt thereof by the Warrant Agent at the office referred to above.

 

Puget Technologies, Inc. * 1200 North Federal Highway, Suite 200-A; Boca Raton, Florida 33432 * 561 210 8535

info@pugettechnologies.com * https://pugettechnologies.com/

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(2)(a)A Registered Warrantholder of Uncertificated Warrants evidenced by a security entitlement in respect of Warrants must complete the Exercise Notice and deliver the executed Exercise Notice and a certified check, bank draft or money order payable to or to the order of Puget for the aggregate Exercise Price to the Warrant Agent at the Warrant Agency.

 

(b)The Uncertificated Warrants will be deemed to be surrendered upon receipt of the Exercise Notice and aggregate Exercise Price or, if such documents are sent by mail or other means of transmission, upon actual receipt thereof by the Warrant Agent at the office referred to above.

 

(3)(a)A beneficial owner of Warrants issued in uncertificated form evidenced by a security entitlement in respect of Warrants in the book entry registration system who desires to exercise his or her Warrants must do so by causing a Book Entry Only Participant to deliver to the Depository on behalf of the entitlement holder, notice of the owner’s intention to exercise Warrants in a manner acceptable to the Depository.

 

(b)Forthwith upon receipt by the Depository of such notice, as well as payment for the aggregate Exercise Price, the Depository will deliver to the Warrant Agent confirmation of its intention to exercise Warrants (a “Confirmation”) in a manner acceptable to the Warrant Agent, including by electronic means through a book based registration system.

 

(c)An electronic exercise of the Warrants initiated by the Book Entry Only Participant through a book based registration system will constitute a representation to both Puget and the Warrant Agent that the beneficial owner at the time of exercise of such Warrants (a) is not in the United States; (b) is not a U.S. Person and is not exercising such Warrants on behalf of, or for the account or benefit of, a U.S. Person or a person in the United States; (c) did not acquire the Warrants in the United States or on behalf of, or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person or a person in the United States; (d) did not receive an offer to exercise the Warrant in the United States; (e) did not execute or deliver the notice of the owner’s intention to exercise such Warrants in the United States; and (f) has, in all other respects, complied with the terms of Regulation S in connection with such exercise. 

 

(d)If the Book Entry Only Participant is not able to make or deliver the foregoing representation by initiating the electronic exercise of the Warrants, then such Warrants will be withdrawn from the book based registration system by the Book Entry Only Participant and an individually registered Warrant Certificate will be issued by the Warrant Agent to such Beneficial Owner or Book Entry Only Participant and the exercise procedures set forth in §3.2(1) will be followed.

 

(4)(a)Payment representing the aggregate Exercise Price must be provided to the appropriate office of the Book Entry Only Participant in a manner acceptable to it.

 

(b)A notice in form acceptable to the Book Entry Only Participant and payment from such beneficial holder should be provided to the Book Entry Only Participant sufficiently in advance so as to permit the Book Entry Only Participant to deliver notice and payment to the Depository and for the Depository in turn to deliver notice and payment to the Warrant Agent prior to Expiry Time.

 

(c)The Depository will initiate the exercise by way of the Confirmation and forward the aggregate Exercise Price electronically to the Warrant Agent and the Warrant Agent will execute the exercise by issuing to the Depository through the book entry registration system the Class B Convertible Preferred Shares to which the exercising Warrantholder is entitled pursuant to the exercise.

 

(d)Any expense associated with the exercise process will be for the account of the entitlement holder exercising the Warrants and/or the Book Entry Only Participant exercising the Warrants on its behalf.

 

Puget Technologies, Inc. * 1200 North Federal Highway, Suite 200-A; Boca Raton, Florida 33432 * 561 210 8535

info@pugettechnologies.com * https://pugettechnologies.com/

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(5)By causing a Book Entry Only Participant to deliver notice to the Depository, a Warrantholder will be deemed to have irrevocably surrendered his or her Warrants so exercised and appointed such Book Entry Only Participant to act as his or her exclusive settlement agent with respect to the exercise and the receipt of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares in connection with the obligations arising from such exercise.

 

(6)(a)Any notice which the Depository determines to be incomplete, not in proper form or not duly executed will for all purposes be void and of no effect and the exercise to which it relates will be considered for all purposes not to have been exercised thereby.

 

(b)A failure by a Book Entry Only Participant to exercise or to give effect to the settlement thereof in accordance with the Warrantholder’s instructions will not give rise to any obligations or liability on the part of Puget or Warrant Agent to the Book Entry Only Participant or the Warrantholder.

 

(7)Any exercise form or Exercise Notice referred to in this §3.2 will be signed by the Registered Warrantholder, or its executors or administrators or other legal representatives or an attorney of the Registered Warrantholder, duly appointed by an instrument in writing satisfactory to the Warrant Agent but such exercise form need not be executed by the Depository.

 

(8)Any exercise referred to in this §3.2 will require that the entire Exercise Price for Class B Convertible Preferred Shares subscribed must be paid at the time of subscription and such Exercise Price and original Exercise Notice executed by the Registered Warrantholder or the Confirmation from the Depository must be received by the Warrant Agent prior to the Expiry Time.

 

(9)Warrants may only be exercised pursuant to this §3.2 by or on behalf of a Registered Warrantholder, as applicable, who makes the certifications set forth on, and delivers any other information or documents required pursuant to, the Exercise Notice set out in Schedule B or as provided herein.

 

(10)If the form of Exercise Notice set forth in the Warrant Certificate will have been amended, Puget will cause the amended Exercise Notice to be forwarded to all Registered Warrantholders.

 

(11)Exercise Notices and Confirmations must be delivered to the Warrant Agent at any time during the Warrant Agent’s actual business hours on any Business Day prior to the Expiry Time. Any Exercise Notice or Confirmations received by the Warrant Agent after business hours on any Business Day other than the Expiry Date will be deemed to have been received by the Warrant Agent on the next following Business Day.

 

(12)Any Warrant with respect to which an Exercise Notice and Confirmation is not received by the Warrant Agent before the Expiry Time will be deemed to have expired and become void and all rights with respect to such Warrants will terminate and be cancelled.

 

§3.3       Trading Markets for Puget Securities.

 

(1)There are currently no public trading markets for the Warrants or the Class B Convertible Preferred Shares into which the Warrants may be exercised, the only current market for Puget securities being the Pink Open Market on which free trading shares of Puget’s Common Stock are currently traded.

 

(2)Each of the Class B Convertible Preferred Shares into which the Warrants may be exercised are convertible into ten shares of Puget’s Common Stock but as provided in this Indenture, cannot be freely traded except pursuant prior registration with the Commission or the availability of applicable exemptions from registration requirements.

 

(3)Puget aspires to the eventual development of a trading market for its Class B Convertible Preferred Shares and it is possible that eventually, a public trading market for the Warrants may also develop, however, no assurances with respect to such development can be provided.

 

Puget Technologies, Inc. * 1200 North Federal Highway, Suite 200-A; Boca Raton, Florida 33432 * 561 210 8535

info@pugettechnologies.com * https://pugettechnologies.com/

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(4)Puget also aspires to the development of trading markets for its securities in markets or exchanges other than the Pink Open Market but no assurances with respect to such development can be provided.

 

§3.4       Transfer Fees and Taxes.

 

If any of the Class B Convertible Preferred Shares subscribed for are to be issued to a person or persons other than the Registered Warrantholder, the Registered Warrantholder will execute the form of transfer and will comply with such reasonable requirements as the Warrant Agent may stipulate and will pay to Puget or the Warrant Agent on behalf of Puget, all applicable transfer or similar taxes and Puget will not be required to issue or deliver certificates evidencing Class B Convertible Preferred Shares unless or until such Warrantholder will have paid to Puget or the Warrant Agent on behalf of Puget, the amount of such tax or will have established to the satisfaction of Puget and the Warrant Agent that such tax has been paid or that no tax is due.

 

§3.5      Warrant Agency.

 

(1)To facilitate the exchange, transfer or exercise of Warrants and compliance with such other terms and conditions hereof as may be required, Puget has appointed the Warrant Agency, as the agency at which Warrants may be surrendered for exchange or transfer or at which Warrants may be exercised and the Warrant Agent has accepted such appointment.

 

(2)Puget may from time to time designate alternate or additional places as the Warrant Agency and will give notice to the Warrant Agent of any proposed change of the Warrant Agency.

 

(3)Branch registers will also be kept at such other place or places, if any, as Puget may designate.

 

(4)The Warrant Agent will from time to time when requested to do so by Puget or any Registered Warrantholder, upon payment of the Warrant Agent’s reasonable charges, furnish a list of the names and addresses of Registered Warrantholders showing the number of Warrants held by each such Registered Warrantholder.

 

§3.6       Effect of Exercise of Warrants.

 

(1)(a)Upon the exercise of Warrants pursuant to and in compliance with §3.2 and subject to §3.4, the Class B Convertible Preferred Shares to be issued pursuant to Warrant exercise will be deemed to have been issued and the person or persons to whom such Class B Convertible Preferred Shares are to be issued will be deemed to have become the holder or holders of such Class B Convertible Preferred Shares within five Business Days of the Exercise Date unless the register will be closed on such date, in which case the Class B Convertible Preferred Shares subscribed for will be deemed to have been issued and such person or persons deemed to have become the holder or holders of record of such Class B Convertible Preferred Shares, on the date on which such register is reopened.

 

(b)It is hereby understood that in order for persons to whom Class B Convertible Preferred Shares are to be issued, to become holders of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares on record on the Exercise Date, beneficial holders must commence the exercise process sufficiently in advance so that the Warrant Agent is in receipt of all items of exercise at least one Business Day prior to such Exercise Date.

 

(2)Within five Business Days after the Exercise Date with respect to a Warrant, the Warrant Agent will cause to be delivered or mailed to the person or persons in whose name or names the Warrant is registered or, if so specified in writing by the holder, cause to be delivered to such person or persons at the Warrant Agency where the Warrant Certificate was surrendered, a certificate or certificates for the appropriate number of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares subscribed for, or any other appropriate evidence of the issuance of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares to such person or persons in respect of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares issued under the book entry registration system.

 

Puget Technologies, Inc. * 1200 North Federal Highway, Suite 200-A; Boca Raton, Florida 33432 * 561 210 8535

info@pugettechnologies.com * https://pugettechnologies.com/

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§3.7      Partial Exercise of Warrants; Fractions.

 

(1)The holder of any Warrants may exercise his right to acquire a number of whole Class B Convertible Preferred Shares less than the aggregate number which the holder is entitled to acquire.

 

(2)In the event of any exercise of a number of Warrants less than the number which the holder is entitled to exercise, the holder of Warrants upon such exercise will, in addition, be entitled to receive, without charge therefor, a new Warrant Certificate(s), bearing the same legend, if applicable, or other appropriate evidence of Warrants, in respect of the balance of the Warrants held by such holder and which were not then exercised.

 

(3)Notwithstanding anything herein contained including any adjustment provided for in §4.1, Puget will not be required, upon the exercise of any Warrants, to issue fractions of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares.

 

(4)Warrants may only be exercised in a sufficient number to acquire whole numbers of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares.

 

§3.8      Expiration of Warrants.

 

Immediately after the Expiry Time, all rights under any Warrant in respect of which the right of acquisition provided for herein will not have been exercised will cease and terminate and each Warrant will be void and of no further force or effect.

 

§3.9      Accounting and Recording.

 

(1)The Warrant Agent will promptly account to Puget with respect to Warrants exercised, and will promptly forward to Puget (or into an account or accounts of Puget with the bank or financial institution designated by Puget for that purpose), all funds received by the Warrant Agent on the subscription of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares through the exercise of Warrants.

 

(2)All such funds and any securities or other instruments, from time to time received by the Warrant Agent, will be received in trust for, and will be segregated and kept apart by the Warrant Agent, the Warrantholders and Puget as their interests may appear

 

(3)The Warrant Agent will record the particulars of Warrants exercised, which particulars will include the names and addresses of the persons who become holders of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares on exercise and the Exercise Date, in respect thereof. The Warrant Agent will provide such particulars in writing to Puget within five Business Days of any request by Puget therefor.

 

§3.10     Securities Restrictions.

 

Notwithstanding anything herein contained, Class B Convertible Preferred Shares will be issued upon exercise of a Warrant only in compliance with the securities laws of any applicable jurisdiction.

 

Article 4 Adjustment of Number of Shares and Exercise Price

 

§4.1       Adjustment of Number of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares and Exercise Price.

 

The subscription rights in effect under the Warrants for Class B Convertible Preferred Shares issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants will be subject to adjustment from time to time as follows:

 

(1)(a)if, at any time during the Adjustment Period, Puget will:

 

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(1)subdivide, re-divide or change its outstanding Class B Convertible Preferred Shares into a greater number of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares;

 

(2)reduce, combine or consolidate its outstanding Class B Convertible Preferred Shares into a lesser number of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares; or

 

(3)issue Class B Convertible Preferred Shares or securities exchangeable for, or convertible into, Class B Convertible Preferred Shares to all or substantially all of the holders of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares by way of stock dividend or other distribution (other than a dividend paid in the ordinary course or a distribution of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares upon the exercise of Warrants or any outstanding options);

 

then the Exercise Price will be adjusted as of the effective date or record date of such subdivision, re-division, change, reduction, combination, consolidation or distribution, as the case may be.

 

(b)In the case of the events referred to in (a)(1) or (a)(3) above, the Exercise Price will be decreased in proportion to the number of outstanding Class B Convertible Preferred Shares resulting from such subdivision, re-division, change or distribution, or will, in the case of the events referred to in (a)(2) above, be increased in proportion to the number of outstanding Class B Convertible Preferred Shares resulting from such reduction, combination or consolidation by multiplying the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such effective date or record date by a fraction, the numerator of which will be the number of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares outstanding on such effective date or record date before giving effect to such Class B Convertible Preferred Share Reorganization and the denominator of which will be the number of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares outstanding as of the effective date or record date after giving effect to such Class B Convertible Preferred Share Reorganization (including, in the case where securities exchangeable for or convertible into Class B Convertible Preferred Shares are distributed, the number of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares that would have been outstanding had such securities been exchanged for or converted into Class B Convertible Preferred Shares on such record date or effective date).

 

(c)Such adjustment will be made successively whenever any event referred to in this §4.1(1) will occur.

 

(d)Upon any adjustment of the Exercise Price pursuant to §4.1(1), the Exchange Rate will be contemporaneously adjusted by multiplying the number of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares theretofore obtainable on the exercise thereof by a fraction of which the numerator will be the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment and the denominator will be the Exercise Price resulting from such adjustment;

 

(2)(a)If and whenever at any time during the Adjustment Period, Puget will fix a record date for the issuance of rights, options or warrants to all or substantially all the holders of its outstanding Class B Convertible Preferred Shares entitling them, for a period expiring not more than 45 days after such record date, to subscribe for or purchase Class B Convertible Preferred Shares (or securities convertible or exchangeable into Class B Convertible Preferred Shares) at a price per Class B Convertible Preferred Share (or having a conversion or exchange price per Class B Convertible Preferred Share) less than 100% of the Current Market Price on such record date (a “Rights Offering”), the Exercise Price will be adjusted immediately after such record date so that it will equal the amount determined by multiplying the Exercise Price in effect on such record date by a fraction, of which the numerator will be the total number of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares outstanding on such record date plus a number of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares equal to the number arrived at by dividing the aggregate price of the total number of additional Class B Convertible Preferred Shares offered for subscription or purchase (or the aggregate conversion or exchange price of the convertible or exchangeable securities so offered) by the Current Market Price, and of which the denominator will be the total number of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares outstanding on such record date plus the total number of additional Class B Convertible Preferred Shares offered for subscription or purchase or into which the convertible or exchangeable securities so offered are convertible or exchangeable;

 

Puget Technologies, Inc. * 1200 North Federal Highway, Suite 200-A; Boca Raton, Florida 33432 * 561 210 8535

info@pugettechnologies.com * https://pugettechnologies.com/

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(b)Any Class B Convertible Preferred Shares owned by or held for the account of Puget will be deemed not to be outstanding for the purpose of any such computation; such adjustment will be made successively whenever such a record date is fixed;

 

(c)To the extent that no such rights or warrants are exercised prior to the expiration thereof, the Exercise Price will be readjusted to the Exercise Price which would then be in effect if such record date had not been fixed or, if any such rights or warrants are exercised, to the Exercise Price which would then be in effect based upon the number of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares (or securities convertible or exchangeable into Class B Convertible Preferred Shares) actually issued upon the exercise of such rights or warrants, as the case may be.

 

(d)Upon any adjustment of the Exercise Price pursuant to this §4.1(2), the Exchange Rate will be adjusted immediately after such record date so that it will equal the rate determined by multiplying the Exchange Rate in effect on such record date by a fraction, of which the numerator will be the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment and the denominator will be the Exercise Price resulting from such adjustment.

 

(e)Such adjustment will be made successively whenever such a record date is fixed, provided that if two or more such record dates or record dates referred to in this §4.1(2) are fixed within a period of 25 Trading Days, such adjustment will be made successively as if each of such record dates occurred on the earliest of such record dates.

 

(3)(a)If and whenever at any time during the Adjustment Period Puget will fix a record date for the making of a distribution to all or substantially all the holders of its outstanding Class B Convertible Preferred Shares of (i) securities of any class, whether of Puget or any other entity (other than Class B Convertible Preferred Shares), (ii) rights, options or warrants to subscribe for or purchase Class B Convertible Preferred Shares (or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for Class B Convertible Preferred Shares), other than pursuant to a Rights Offering; (iii) evidences of its indebtedness or (iv) any property or other assets (other than dividends paid in the ordinary course) and if such issue or distribution does not constitute a Class B Convertible Preferred Share Reorganization, a Rights Offering or a distribution of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares upon the exercise of Warrants or any outstanding options, then, in each such case, the Exercise Price will be adjusted immediately after such record date so that it will equal the price determined by multiplying the Exercise Price in effect on such record date by a fraction, of which the numerator will be the total number of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares outstanding on such record date multiplied by the Current Market Price on such record date, less the excess, if any, of the fair market value on such record date, as determined by Puget (whose determination will be conclusive), of such securities or other assets so issued or distributed over the fair market value of any consideration received therefor by Puget from the holders of the Class B Convertible Preferred Shares, and of which the denominator will be the total number of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares outstanding on such record date multiplied by the Current Market Price;

 

(b)Class B Convertible Preferred Shares owned by or held for the account of Puget will be deemed not to be outstanding for the purpose of any such computation; such adjustment will be made successively whenever such a record date is fixed;

 

(c)To the extent that such distribution is not so made, the Exercise Price will be readjusted to the Exercise Price which would then be in effect if such record date had not been fixed. Upon any adjustment of the Exercise Price pursuant to this §4.1(3), the Exchange Rate will be adjusted immediately after such record date so that it will equal the rate determined by multiplying the Exchange Rate in effect on such record date by a fraction, of which the numerator will be the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment and the denominator will be the Exercise Price resulting from such adjustment;

 

Puget Technologies, Inc. * 1200 North Federal Highway, Suite 200-A; Boca Raton, Florida 33432 * 561 210 8535

info@pugettechnologies.com * https://pugettechnologies.com/

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(4)(a)If and whenever at any time during the Adjustment Period, there is a reclassification of the Class B Convertible Preferred Shares or a capital reorganization of Puget other than as described in §4.1(1) or a consolidation, amalgamation, arrangement or merger of Puget with or into any other body corporate, trust, partnership or other entity, or a sale or conveyance of the property and assets of Puget as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to any other body corporate, trust, partnership or other entity, any Registered Warrantholder who has not exercised its Warrants prior to the effective date of such reclassification, capital reorganization, consolidation, amalgamation, arrangement or merger, sale or conveyance, upon the exercise of such Warrant thereafter, will be entitled to receive upon payment of the Exercise Price and will accept, in lieu of the number of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares that prior to such effective date the Registered Warrantholder would have been entitled to receive, the number of shares or other securities or property of Puget or of the body corporate, trust, partnership or other entity resulting from such merger, amalgamation or consolidation, or to which such sale or conveyance may be made, as the case may be, that such Registered Warrantholder would have been entitled to receive on such reclassification, capital reorganization, consolidation, amalgamation, arrangement or merger, sale or conveyance, if, on the effective date thereof, as the case may be, the Registered Warrantholder had been the registered holder of the number of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares to which prior to such effective date it was entitled to acquire upon the exercise of the Warrants.

 

(b)If determined appropriate by the Warrant Agent, relying on advice of Counsel, to give effect to or to evidence the provisions of this §4.1(4), Puget, its successor, or such purchasing body corporate, partnership, trust or other entity, as the case may be, will, prior to or contemporaneously with any such reclassification, capital reorganization, consolidation, amalgamation, arrangement, merger, sale or conveyance, enter into an indenture which will provide, to the extent possible, for the application of the provisions set forth in this Indenture with respect to the rights and interests thereafter of the Registered Warrantholders to the end that the provisions set forth in this Indenture will thereafter correspondingly be made applicable, as nearly as may reasonably be, with respect to any shares, other securities or property to which a Registered Warrantholder is entitled on the exercise of its acquisition rights thereafter.

 

(c)Any indenture entered into between Puget and the Warrant Agent pursuant to the provisions of this §4.1(4) will be a supplemental indenture entered into pursuant to the provisions of Article 8 hereof.

 

(d)Any indenture entered into between Puget, any successor to Puget or such purchasing body corporate, partnership, trust or other entity and the Warrant Agent will provide for adjustments which will be as nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the adjustments provided in this §4.1 and which will apply to successive reclassifications, capital reorganizations, consolidations, amalgamations, arrangements, mergers, sales or conveyances.

 

(5)In any case in which this §4.1 will require that an adjustment will become effective immediately after a record date for an event referred to herein, Puget may defer, until the occurrence of such event, issuing to the Registered Warrantholder of any Warrant exercised after the record date and prior to completion of such event the additional Class B Convertible Preferred Shares issuable by reason of the adjustment required by such event before giving effect to such adjustment; provided, however, that Puget will deliver to such Registered Warrantholder an appropriate instrument evidencing such Registered Warrantholder’s right to receive such additional Class B Convertible Preferred Shares upon the occurrence of the event requiring such adjustment and the right to receive any distributions made on such additional Class B Convertible Preferred Shares declared in favor of holders of record of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares on and after the relevant date of exercise or such later date as such Registered Warrantholder would, but for the provisions of this §4.1(5), have become the holder of record of such additional Class B Convertible Preferred Shares pursuant to §4.1.

 

Puget Technologies, Inc. * 1200 North Federal Highway, Suite 200-A; Boca Raton, Florida 33432 * 561 210 8535

info@pugettechnologies.com * https://pugettechnologies.com/

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(6)In any case in which §4.1(1)(c), §4.1(2) or §4.1(3) require that an adjustment be made to the Exercise Price, no such adjustment will be made if the Registered Warrantholders of the outstanding Warrants receive, subject to any required stock exchange or regulatory approval, the rights or warrants referred to in §4.1(1)(c), §4.1(2) or the shares, rights, options, warrants, evidences of indebtedness or assets referred to in §4.1(3), as the case may be, in such kind and number as they would have received if they had been holders of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares on the applicable record date or effective date, as the case may be, by virtue of their outstanding Warrant having then been exercised into Class B Convertible Preferred Shares at the Exercise Price in effect on the applicable record date or effective date, as the case may be.

 

(7)The adjustments provided for in this §4.1 are cumulative, and will, in the case of adjustments to the Exercise Price be computed to the nearest whole cent and will apply to successive subdivisions, re-divisions, reductions, combinations, consolidations, distributions, issues or other events resulting in any adjustment under the provisions of this §4.1, provided that, notwithstanding any other provision of this §, no adjustment of the Exercise Price will be required unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least 5% in the Exercise Price then in effect; provided, however, that any adjustments which by reason of this §4.1(7) are not required to be made will be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment.

 

(8)After any adjustment pursuant to this §4.1, the term “Class B Convertible Preferred Shares” where used in this Indenture will be interpreted to mean securities of any class or classes which, as a result of such adjustment and all prior adjustments pursuant to this §4.1, the Registered Warrantholder is entitled to receive upon the exercise of his Warrant, and the number of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares indicated by any exercise made pursuant to a Warrant will be interpreted to mean the number of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares or other property or securities a Registered Warrantholder is entitled to receive, as a result of such adjustment and all prior adjustments pursuant to this §4.1, upon the full exercise of a Warrant.

 

§4.2      Entitlement to Class B Convertible Preferred Shares on Exercise of Warrant.

 

All Class B Convertible Preferred Shares or shares of any class or other securities which a Registered Warrantholder is at the time in question entitled to receive on the exercise of its Warrant, whether or not as a result of adjustments made pursuant to this Article 4, will, for the purposes of the interpretation of this Indenture, be deemed to be Class B Convertible Preferred Shares which such Registered Warrantholder is entitled to acquire pursuant to such Warrant.

 

§4.3      No Adjustment for Certain Transactions.

 

Notwithstanding anything in this Article 4, no adjustment will be made in the acquisition rights attached to the Warrants if the issue of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares is being made pursuant to this Indenture or in connection with (a) any share incentive plan or restricted share plan or share purchase plan in force from time to time for directors, officers, employees, consultants or other service providers of Puget; in conjunction with the private placement pursuant to which the Warrants were subscribed for; or (c), the satisfaction of existing instruments issued at the date hereof or concurrently herewith.

 

§4.4      Determination by Independent Firm.

 

In the event of any question arising with respect to the adjustments provided for in this Article 4 such question will be conclusively determined by an independent firm of certified public accountants other than the Auditors paid for by the person or persons requesting the determination who will have access to all necessary records of Puget, and such determination will be binding upon Puget, the Warrant Agent, all holders and all other persons interested therein.

 

§4.5      Proceedings Prior to any Action Requiring Adjustment.

 

As a condition precedent to the taking of any action which would require an adjustment in any of the acquisition rights pursuant to any of the Warrants, including the number of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares which are to be received upon the exercise thereof, Puget will take any action which may, in the opinion of Counsel, be necessary in order that Puget has unissued and reserved in its authorized capital and may validly and legally issue as fully paid and non-assessable all the Class B Convertible Preferred Shares which the holders of such Warrants are entitled to receive on the full exercise thereof in accordance with the provisions hereof.

 

Puget Technologies, Inc. * 1200 North Federal Highway, Suite 200-A; Boca Raton, Florida 33432 * 561 210 8535

info@pugettechnologies.com * https://pugettechnologies.com/

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§4.6      Certificate of Adjustment.

 

(1)Puget will from time to time promptly after the occurrence of any event which requires an adjustment or readjustment as provided in §4.1, deliver a certificate of Puget to the Warrant Agent specifying the nature of the event requiring the same and the amount of the adjustment or readjustment necessitated thereby and setting forth in reasonable detail the method of calculation and the facts upon which such calculation is based, which certificate will be supported by a certificate of Puget’s Auditors verifying such calculation.

 

(2)The Warrant Agent will rely, and will be protected in so doing, upon the certificate of Puget or of Puget’s Auditor and any other document filed by Puget pursuant to this Article 4 for all purposes.

 

§4.7       Notice of Special Matters.

 

(1)So long as any Warrants remain outstanding Puget will give notice to the Warrant Agent and to the Registered Warrantholders of its intention to fix a record date or effective date that is prior to the Expiry Date for any matter for which an adjustment may be required pursuant to §4.1.

 

(2)Such notice will specify the particulars of such event and the record date for such event, provided that Puget will only be required to specify in the notice such particulars of the event as will have been fixed and determined on the date on which the notice is given.

 

(3)The notice will be given in each case not less than 14 days prior to such applicable record date or effective date.

 

(4)If notice has been given and the adjustment is not then determinable, Puget will promptly, after the adjustment is determinable, file with the Warrant Agent a computation of the adjustment and give notice to the Registered Warrantholders of such adjustment computation.

 

§4.8      No Action after Notice.

 

Puget will not close its transfer books or take any other corporate action which might deprive the Registered Warrantholder of the opportunity to exercise its right of acquisition pursuant thereto during the period of 14 days after the giving of the certificate or notices set forth in §4.6 and §4.7.

 

§4.9       Other Action.

 

If Puget, after the date hereof, will take any action affecting the Class B Convertible Preferred Shares other than action described in §4.1, which in the reasonable opinion of Puget’s Board of Directors would materially affect the rights of Registered Warrantholders, the Exercise Price and/or Exchange Rate, the number of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares which may be acquired upon exercise of the Warrants will be adjusted in such manner and at such time, by action of Puget’s Board of Directors, acting reasonably and in good faith, in their sole discretion as they may determine to be equitable to the Registered Warrantholders in the circumstances, provided that no such adjustment will be made unless any requisite prior approval of any stock exchange on which the Class B Convertible Preferred Shares are listed for trading has been obtained.

 

§4.10   Protection of Warrant Agent.

 

The Warrant Agent will not: (i) at any time be under any duty or responsibility to any Registered Warrantholder to determine whether any facts exist which may require any adjustment contemplated by §4.1, or with respect to the nature or extent of any such adjustment when made, or with respect to the method employed in making the same; (ii) be accountable with respect to the validity or value (or the kind or amount) of any Class B Convertible Preferred Shares or of any other securities or property which may at any time be issued or delivered upon the exercise of the rights attaching to any Warrant; (iii) be responsible for any failure of Puget to issue, transfer or deliver Class B Convertible Preferred Shares or certificates for the same upon the surrender of any Warrants for the purpose of the exercise of such rights or to comply with any of the undertakings contained in this Article; or (iv), incur any liability or be in any way responsible for the consequences of any breach on the part of Puget of any of the representations, warranties or undertakings herein contained or of any acts of Puget’s Board of Directors, officers, employees, agents or servants of Puget.

 

Puget Technologies, Inc. * 1200 North Federal Highway, Suite 200-A; Boca Raton, Florida 33432 * 561 210 8535

info@pugettechnologies.com * https://pugettechnologies.com/

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§4.11     Participation by Warrantholder.

 

No adjustments will be made pursuant to this Article 4 if the Registered Warrantholders are entitled to participate in any event described in this Article 4 on the same terms, mutatis mutandis, as if the Registered Warrantholders had exercised their Warrants prior to, or on the effective date or record date of, such event.

 

Article 5: Rights and Obligations of Puget

 

§5.1      Optional Purchases by Puget.

 

(1)Subject to compliance with applicable securities legislation and approval of applicable regulatory authorities, if any, Puget may from time to time purchase by private contract or otherwise any of the Warrants.

 

(2)Any such purchase will be made at the lowest price or prices at which, in the opinion of Puget’s Board of Directors, such Warrants are then obtainable, plus reasonable costs of purchase, and may be made in such manner, from such persons and on such other terms as Puget, in its sole discretion, may determine.

 

(3)In the case of Certificated Warrants, Warrant Certificates representing the Warrants purchased pursuant to this §5.1 will forthwith be delivered to and cancelled by the Warrant Agent and reflected accordingly on the register of Warrants.

 

(4)In the case of Uncertificated Warrants, the Warrants purchased pursuant to this §5.1 will be reflected accordingly on the register of Warrants and in accordance with procedures prescribed by the Depository under the book entry registration system.

 

(5)No Warrants will be issued in replacement thereof.

 

§5.2       General Obligations.

 

So long as any Warrants remain outstanding:

 

(1)Puget will reserve and keep available a sufficient number of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares for the purpose of enabling it to satisfy its obligations to issue Class B Convertible Preferred Shares upon the exercise of the Warrants;

 

(2)Puget will cause the Class B Convertible Preferred Shares from time to time acquired pursuant to the exercise of the Warrants to be duly issued and delivered in accordance with the Warrants and the terms hereof;

 

(3)All Class B Convertible Preferred Shares issued upon proper exercise of the right to acquire provided for herein will be fully paid and non-assessable;

 

(4)Puget will use reasonable commercial efforts to maintain its existence and carry on its business in the ordinary course;

 

(6)Puget will use commercially reasonable efforts to make all requisite filings under applicable United States securities legislation including those necessary to remain a reporting issuer not in default in each of the provinces and other United States jurisdictions where it is or becomes a reporting issuer;

 

Puget Technologies, Inc. * 1200 North Federal Highway, Suite 200-A; Boca Raton, Florida 33432 * 561 210 8535

info@pugettechnologies.com * https://pugettechnologies.com/

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(7)Puget will use reasonable best efforts to perform and carry out all of the acts or things to be done by it as provided in this Indenture; and

 

(8)Puget will promptly notify the Warrant Agent and the Warrantholders in writing of any material default under the terms of this Warrant Indenture which remains unrectified for more than five Business Days following its occurrence.

 

§5.3      Warrant Agent’s Remuneration and Expenses.

 

Puget will pay to the Warrant Agent from time to time reasonable remuneration for its services hereunder and will pay or reimburse the Warrant Agent upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Warrant Agent in the administration or execution of the trusts hereby created until all duties of the Warrant Agent hereunder will be finally and fully performed.

 

§5.4      Performance by Warrant Agent.

 

If Puget fails to perform any of its obligations contained in this Indenture, the Warrant Agent may notify the Registered Warrantholders of such failure and may itself perform any of the obligations capable of being performed by it but, subject to §9.2, will be under no obligation to perform them or to notify the Registered Warrantholders of such performance by it.

 

§5.5       Enforceability of Warrants.

 

Puget represents and warrants that it is duly authorized to create and issue the Warrants to be issued hereunder and that the Warrants, when issued and Authenticated as herein provided, will be valid and enforceable against Puget in accordance with the provisions hereof and the terms hereof and that, subject to the provisions of this Indenture, Puget will cause the Class B Convertible Preferred Shares from time to time acquired upon exercise of Warrants issued under this Indenture to be duly issued and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.

 

Article 6: Enforcement

 

§6.1       Suits by Registered Warrantholders.

 

Subject to the provisions of §1.7, all or any of the rights conferred upon any Registered Warrantholder by any of the terms of this Indenture may be enforced by the Registered Warrantholder by appropriate proceedings but without prejudice to the right which is hereby conferred upon the Warrant Agent to proceed in its own name to enforce each and all of the provisions herein contained for the benefit of the Registered Warrantholders.

 

§6.2      Suits by Puget.

 

Puget will have the right to enforce full payment of the Exercise Price of all Class B Convertible Preferred Shares issued by the Warrant Agent to a Registered Warrantholder hereunder and will be entitled to demand such payment from the Registered Warrantholder or alternatively to instruct the Warrant Agent to cancel the share certificates and amend the securities register accordingly.

 

§6.3      Immunity of Shareholders, etc.

 

Subject to applicable law, the Warrant Agent and, by the acceptance of the Warrant Certificates and as part of the consideration for the issue of the Warrants, the Warrantholders hereby waive and release any right, cause of action or remedy now or hereafter existing in any jurisdiction against any person in his capacity as an incorporator or any past, present or future Shareholder or other security holder, director, officer, employee or agent of Puget or any successor entity for the creation and issue of the Warrant Shares pursuant to any Warrant or for any undertaking, agreement, representation or warranty by Puget herein or contained in the Warrant Certificates.

 

Puget Technologies, Inc. * 1200 North Federal Highway, Suite 200-A; Boca Raton, Florida 33432 * 561 210 8535

info@pugettechnologies.com * https://pugettechnologies.com/

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§6.4       Waiver of Default.

 

Upon the happening of any default hereunder:

 

(1)the Registered Warrantholders of not less than 51% of the Warrants then outstanding will have power (in addition to the powers exercisable by Extraordinary Resolution) by requisition in writing to instruct the Warrant Agent to waive any default hereunder and the Warrant Agent will thereupon waive the default upon such terms and conditions as will be prescribed in such requisition; or

 

(2)the Warrant Agent will have power to waive any default hereunder upon such terms and conditions as the Warrant Agent may deem advisable, on the advice of Counsel, if, in the Warrant Agent’s opinion, based on the advice of Counsel, the same will have been cured or adequate provision made therefor;

 

provided that no delay or omission of the Warrant Agent or of the Registered Warrantholders to exercise any right or power accruing upon any default will impair any such right or power or will be construed to be a waiver of any such default or acquiescence therein and provided further that no act or omission either of the Warrant Agent or of the Registered Warrantholders in the premises will extend to or be taken in any manner whatsoever to affect any subsequent default hereunder of the rights resulting therefrom.

 

Article 7: Meetings of Registered Warrantholders

 

§7.1      Right to Convene Meetings.

 

(1)The Warrant Agent may at any time and from time to time, and will on receipt of a written request of Puget or of a Warrantholders’ Request and upon being indemnified and funded to its reasonable satisfaction by Puget or by the Registered Warrantholders signing such Warrantholders’ Request against the costs which may be incurred in connection with the calling and holding of such meeting, convene a meeting of the Registered Warrantholders.

 

(2)If the Warrant Agent fails to so call a meeting within seven days after receipt of such written request of Puget or such Warrantholders’ Request and the indemnity and funding given as aforesaid, Puget or such Registered Warrantholders, as the case may be, may convene such meeting.

 

(3)Every such meeting will be held in the City of Palm Beach, Florida or at such other place as may be approved or determined mutual agreement among the Warrant Agent and Puget.

 

§7.2       Notice.

 

(1)At least 21 days’ prior written notice of any meeting of Registered Warrantholders will be given to the Registered Warrantholders in the manner provided for in §10.2 and a copy of such notice will be sent by certified mail and electronic mail to the Warrant Agent (unless the meeting has been called by the Warrant Agent) and to Puget (unless the meeting has been called by Puget).

 

(2)Such notice will state the time when and the place where the meeting is to be held, will state briefly the general nature of the business to be transacted thereat and will contain such information as is reasonably necessary to enable the Registered Warrantholders to make a reasoned decision on the matter, but it will not be necessary for any such notice to set out the terms of any resolution to be proposed or any of the provisions of this §7.2.

 

Puget Technologies, Inc. * 1200 North Federal Highway, Suite 200-A; Boca Raton, Florida 33432 * 561 210 8535

info@pugettechnologies.com * https://pugettechnologies.com/

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§7.3      Chairman.

 

An individual (who must be a Registered Warrantholder) designated in writing by the Warrant Agent will be chairman of the meeting and if no individual is so designated, or if the individual so designated is not present within fifteen minutes from the time fixed for the holding of the meeting, the Registered Warrantholders present in person or by proxy will choose a Warrant holder present to be chairman.

 

§7.4      Quorum.

 

(1)Subject to the provisions of §7.11, at any meeting of the Registered Warrantholders a quorum will consist of Registered Warrantholder(s) present in person or by proxy and entitled to purchase at least 50+% of the aggregate number of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares which could be acquired pursuant to all the then outstanding Warrants.

 

(2)If a quorum of the Registered Warrantholders is not be present within thirty minutes from the time fixed for holding any meeting, the meeting, if summoned by Registered Warrantholders or on a Warrantholders’ Request, will be dissolved; but in any other case the meeting will be adjourned to the same day in the next week (unless such day is not a Business Day, in which case it will be adjourned to the next following Business Day) at the same time and place and no notice of the adjournment need be given.

 

(3)Any business may be brought before or dealt with at an adjourned meeting which might have been dealt with at the original meeting in accordance with the notice calling the same, provided that a quorum is attained.

 

(4)No business will be transacted at any meeting unless a quorum be present throughout the meeting.

 

§7.5      Power to Adjourn.

 

The chairman of any meeting at which a quorum of the Registered Warrantholders is present may, with the consent of the meeting, adjourn any such meeting, and no notice of such adjournment need be given except such notice, if any, as the meeting may prescribe.

 

§7.6       Show of Hands.

 

(1)Every question submitted to a meeting will be decided in the first place by a majority of the votes given on a show of hands except that votes on an Extraordinary Resolution will be given in the manner hereinafter provided.

 

(2)At any such meeting, unless a poll is duly demanded as herein provided, a declaration by the chairman that a resolution has been carried or carried unanimously or by a particular majority or lost or not carried by a particular majority will be conclusive evidence of the fact.

 

§7.7       Poll and Voting.

 

(1)On every Extraordinary Resolution, and on any other question submitted to a meeting and after a vote by show of hands when demanded by the chairman or by one or more of the Registered Warrantholders acting in person or by proxy and entitled to acquire in the aggregate at least 5% of the aggregate number of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares which could be acquired pursuant to all the Warrants then outstanding, a poll will be taken in such manner as the chairman will direct.

 

(2)Questions other than those required to be determined by Extraordinary Resolution will be decided by a majority of the votes cast on the poll.

 

(3)On a show of hands, every person who is present and entitled to vote, whether as a Registered Warrantholder or as proxy for one or more absent Registered Warrantholders, or both, will have one vote.

 

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(4)On a poll, each Registered Warrantholder present in person or represented by a proxy duly appointed by instrument in writing will be entitled to one vote in respect of each Warrant then held or represented by it. A proxy need not be a Registered Warrantholder.

 

(5)The chairman of any meeting will be entitled, both on a show of hands and on a poll, to vote in respect of the Warrants, if any, held or represented by him.

 

§7.8      Regulations.

 

(1)Puget may, from time to time, make or vary such regulations as finds appropriate for the setting of the record date for a meeting for the purpose of determining Registered Warrantholders entitled to receive notice of and to vote at the meeting.

 

(2)Any regulations so made will be binding and effective and the votes given in accordance therewith will be valid and will be counted.

 

(3)Save as such regulations may provide, the only persons who will be recognized at any meeting as a Registered Warrantholder, or be entitled to vote or be present at the meeting in respect thereof (subject to §7.9), will be Registered Warrantholders or proxies of Registered Warrantholders.

 

§7.9      Puget and Warrant Agent May be Represented.

 

Puget and the Warrant Agent, by their respective directors, officers, agents, and employees and the Counsel for Puget and for the Warrant Agent may attend any meeting of the Registered Warrantholders.

 

§7.10    Powers Exercisable by Extraordinary Resolution.

 

In addition to all other powers conferred upon them by any other provisions of this Indenture or by law, the Registered Warrantholders at a meeting will, subject to the provisions of §7.11, have the power exercisable from time to time by Extraordinary Resolution:

 

(1)To agree to any modification, abrogation, alteration, compromise or arrangement of the rights of Registered Warrantholders or the Warrant Agent in its capacity as warrant agent hereunder or on behalf of the Registered Warrantholders against Puget whether such rights arise under this Indenture or otherwise;

 

(2)To amend, alter or repeal any Extraordinary Resolution previously passed or sanctioned by the Registered Warrantholders;

 

(3)To direct or to authorize the Warrant Agent, subject to §9.2(2) hereof, to enforce any of the undertakings on the part of Puget contained in this Indenture or to enforce any of the rights of the Registered Warrantholders in any manner specified in such Extraordinary Resolution or to refrain from enforcing any such undertaking or right;

 

(4)To waive, and to direct the Warrant Agent to waive, any default on the part of Puget in complying with any provisions of this Indenture either unconditionally or upon any conditions specified in such Extraordinary Resolution;

 

(5)To restrain any Registered Warrantholder from taking or instituting any suit, action or proceeding against Puget for the enforcement of any of the undertakings on the part of Puget in this Indenture or to enforce any of the rights of the Registered Warrantholders;

 

(6)To direct any Registered Warrantholder who, as such, has brought any suit, action or proceeding to stay or to discontinue or otherwise to deal with the same upon payment of the costs, charges and expenses reasonably and properly incurred by such Registered Warrantholder in connection therewith;

 

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(7)To assent to any change in or omission from the provisions contained in this Indenture or any ancillary or supplemental instrument which may be agreed to by Puget, and to authorize the Warrant Agent to concur in and execute any ancillary or supplemental indenture embodying the change or omission;

 

(8)With the consent of Puget, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, to remove the Warrant Agent or its successor in office and to appoint a new warrant agent or warrant agents to take the place of the Warrant Agent so removed; and

 

(9)To assent to any compromise or arrangement with any creditor or creditors or any class or classes of creditors, whether secured or otherwise, and with holders of any shares or other securities of Puget.

 

§7.11    Meaning of Extraordinary Resolution.

 

(1)The expression “Extraordinary Resolution” when used in this Indenture means, subject as hereinafter provided in this §7.11 and in §7.14, will be a resolution proposed at a meeting of Registered Warrantholders duly convened for that purpose and held in accordance with the provisions of this Article 7 at which there are present in person or by proxy Registered Warrantholders holding at least 51% of the aggregate number of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares that could be acquired and passed by the affirmative votes of Registered Warrantholders holding not less than 75% of the aggregate number of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares that could be acquired at the meeting and voted on the poll upon such resolution.

 

(2)Not less than 14 days’ prior notice will be given of the time and place of such meeting in the manner provided for in §10.2.

 

(3)Subject to §7.14, votes on an Extraordinary Resolution will always be given on a poll and no demand for a poll on an Extraordinary Resolution will be necessary.

 

§7.12    Powers Cumulative.

 

Any one or more of the powers or any combination of the powers in this Indenture stated to be exercisable by the Registered Warrantholders by Extraordinary Resolution or otherwise may be exercised from time to time and the exercise of any one or more of such powers or any combination of powers from time to time will not be deemed to exhaust the right of the Registered Warrantholders to exercise such power or powers or combination of powers then or thereafter from time to time.

 

§7.13    Minutes.

 

Minutes of all resolutions and proceedings at every meeting of Registered Warrantholders will be made and duly entered in books to be provided from time to time for that purpose by the Warrant Agent and any such minutes as aforesaid, if signed by the chairman or the secretary of the meeting at which such resolutions were passed or proceedings had will be prima facie evidence of the matters therein stated and, until the contrary is proved, every such meeting in respect of the proceedings of which minutes will have been made will be deemed to have been duly convened and held, and all resolutions passed thereat or proceedings taken will be deemed to have been duly passed and taken.

 

§7.14    Instruments in Writing.

 

All actions which may be taken and all powers that may be exercised by the Registered Warrantholders at a meeting held as provided in this Article 7 may also be taken and exercised by Registered Warrantholders holding not less than 75% of the aggregate number of all of the then outstanding Warrants by an instrument in writing signed in one or more counterparts by such Registered Warrantholders in person or by attorney duly appointed in writing, and the expression “Extraordinary Resolution” when used in this Indenture will include an instrument so signed.

 

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§7.15     Binding Effect of Resolutions.

 

Every resolution and every Extraordinary Resolution passed in accordance with the provisions of this Article 7 at a meeting of Registered Warrantholders will be binding upon all the Warrantholders, whether present at or absent from such meeting, and every instrument in writing signed by Registered Warrantholders in accordance with §7.14 will be binding upon all the Warrantholders, whether signatories thereto or not, and each and every Warrantholder and the Warrant Agent (subject to the provisions for indemnity herein contained) will be bound to give effect accordingly to every such resolution and instrument in writing.

 

§7.16    Holdings by Puget Disregarded.

 

In determining whether Registered Warrantholders holding Warrants evidencing the entitlement to acquire the required number of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares are present at a meeting of Registered Warrantholders for the purpose of determining a quorum or have concurred in any consent, waiver, Extraordinary Resolution, Warrantholders’ Request or other action under this Indenture, Warrants owned legally or beneficially by Puget will be disregarded in accordance with the provisions of §10.6.

 

Article 8: Supplemental Indentures

 

§8.1       Provision for Supplemental Indentures for Certain Purposes.

 

From time to time, Puget may, subject to the provisions hereof, and they will, when so directed in accordance with the provisions hereof, execute and deliver by their proper officers, indentures or instruments supplemental hereto, which thereafter will form part hereof, for any one or more or all of the following purposes:

 

(1)Setting forth any adjustments resulting from the application of the provisions of Article 4;

 

(2)Adding to the provisions hereof such additional undertakings and enforcement provisions as, in the opinion of Counsel, are necessary or advisable in the premises, provided that the same are not prejudicial to the interests of the Registered Warrantholders;

 

(3)Giving effect to any Extraordinary Resolution passed as provided in §7.11;

 

(4)Making such provisions not inconsistent with this Indenture as may be necessary or desirable with respect to matters or questions arising hereunder or for the purpose of obtaining a listing or quotation of the Warrants on any stock market or exchange, provided that such provisions are not prejudicial to the interests of the Registered Warrantholders;

 

(5)Adding to or altering the provisions hereof in respect of the transfer of Warrants, making provision for the exchange of Warrants, and making any modification in the form of the Warrant Certificates which does not affect the substance thereof;

 

(6)Modifying any of the provisions of this Indenture, including relieving Puget from any of the obligations, conditions or restrictions herein contained, provided that such modification or relief will be or become operative or effective only if, relying on the advice of Counsel, such modification or relief in no way prejudices any of the rights of the Registered Warrantholders or of the Warrant Agent, and provided further that the Warrant Agent may in its sole discretion decline to enter into any such supplemental indenture which in its opinion may not afford adequate protection to the Warrant Agent when the same will become operative;

 

(7)Providing for the issuance of additional Warrants hereunder, including Warrants in excess of the number set out in §2.1 and any consequential amendments hereto as may be required by the Warrant Agent relying on the advice of Counsel;

 

(8)Making any modifications required to comply with applicable laws; and

 

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(9)For any other purpose not inconsistent with the terms of this Indenture, including the correction or rectification of any ambiguities, defective or inconsistent provisions, errors, mistakes or omissions herein, provided that the rights of the Warrant Agent and of the Registered Warrantholders are in no way prejudiced thereby.

 

§8.2       Successor Entities.

 

In the case of the consolidation, amalgamation, arrangement, merger or transfer of the undertaking or assets of Puget as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to or with another entity (“successor entity”), the successor entity resulting from such consolidation, amalgamation, arrangement, merger or transfer (if not Puget) will expressly assume, by supplemental indenture the due and punctual performance and observance of each and every undertaking and condition of this Indenture to be performed and observed by Puget.

 

Article 9: Concerning the Warrant Agent

 

§9.1       Trust Indenture Legislation.

 

(1)If and to the extent that any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with a mandatory requirement of Applicable Legislation, such mandatory requirement will prevail.

 

(2)Puget and the Warrant Agent will, at all times in relation to this Indenture and any action to be taken hereunder, observe and comply with and be entitled to the benefits of Applicable Legislation.

 

§9.2      Rights and Duties of Warrant Agent.

 

(1)In the exercise of the rights and duties prescribed or conferred by the terms of this Indenture, the Warrant Agent will exercise that degree of care, diligence and skill that a reasonably prudent warrant agent would exercise in comparable circumstances.

 

(2)No provision of this Indenture will be construed to relieve the Warrant Agent from liability for its own gross negligent action, willful misconduct, bad faith or fraud under this Indenture.

 

(3)The obligation of the Warrant Agent to commence or continue any act, action or proceeding for the purpose of enforcing any rights of the Warrant Agent or the Registered Warrantholders hereunder will be conditional upon the Registered Warrantholders furnishing, when required by notice by the Warrant Agent, sufficient funds to commence or to continue such act, action or proceeding and an indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Warrant Agent to protect and to hold harmless the Warrant Agent and its officers, directors, employees and agents, against the costs, charges and expenses and liabilities to be incurred thereby and any loss and damage it may suffer by reason thereof.

 

(4)None of the provisions contained in this Indenture will require the Warrant Agent to expend or to risk its own funds or otherwise to incur financial liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers unless indemnified and funded as aforesaid.

 

(5)The Warrant Agent may, before commencing or at any time during the continuance of any such act, action or proceeding, require the Registered Warrantholders, at whose instance it is acting to deposit with the Warrant Agent the Warrant Certificates held by them, for which Warrants the Warrant Agent will issue receipts.

 

(4)Every provision of this Indenture that by its terms relieves the Warrant Agent of liability or entitles it to rely upon any evidence submitted to it is subject to the provisions of Applicable Legislation.

 

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§9.3      Evidence, Experts and Advisers.

 

(1)In addition to the reports, certificates, opinions and other evidence required by this Indenture, Puget will furnish to the Warrant Agent such additional evidence of compliance with any provision hereof, and in such form, as may be prescribed by Applicable Legislation or as the Warrant Agent may reasonably require by written notice to Puget.

 

(2)In the exercise of its rights and duties hereunder, the Warrant Agent may, if it is acting in good faith, rely as to the truth of the statements and the accuracy of the opinions expressed in statutory declarations, opinions, reports, written requests, consents, or orders of Puget, certificates of Puget or other evidence furnished to the Warrant Agent pursuant to a request of the Warrant Agent, provided that such evidence complies with Applicable Legislation and that the Warrant Agent complies with Applicable Legislation and that the Warrant Agent examines the same and determines that such evidence complies with the applicable requirements of this Indenture.

 

(3)Whenever it is provided in this Indenture or under Applicable Legislation that Puget will deposit with the Warrant Agent resolutions, certificates, reports, opinions, requests, orders or other documents, it is intended that the truth, accuracy and good faith on the effective date thereof and the facts and opinions stated in all such documents so deposited will, in each and every such case, be conditions precedent to the right of Puget to have the Warrant Agent take the action to be based thereon.

 

(4)The Warrant Agent may employ or retain such Counsel, accountants, appraisers or other experts or advisers as it may reasonably require for the purpose of discharging its duties hereunder and will not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any such experts or advisers who have been appointed with due care by the Warrant Agent.

 

(5)The Warrant Agent may act and rely and will be protected in acting and relying in good faith on the opinion or advice of or information obtained from any Counsel, accountant, appraiser, engineer or other expert or adviser, whether retained or employed by Puget or by the Warrant Agent, in relation to any matter arising in the administration of the agency hereof.

 

§9.4      Documents, Funds, etc. Held by Warrant Agent.

 

(1)Any funds, securities, documents of title or other instruments that may at any time be held by the Warrant Agent on behalf of Puget or the Warrantholders will be placed in the deposit vaults of the Warrant Agent or of any United States chartered bank or deposited for safekeeping with any such bank.

 

(2)Any funds held pending the application or withdrawal thereof under any provisions of this Indenture, will be held, invested and reinvested in “Permitted Investments” as directed in writing by Puget.

 

(3)“Permitted Investments” will be treasury bills guaranteed by the Government of the United States of America having a term to maturity not to exceed ninety (90) days, or term deposits or bankers’ acceptances of a United States chartered bank having a term to maturity not to exceed ninety (90) days.

 

(4)Unless otherwise specifically provided herein, all interest or other income received by the Warrant Agent in respect of such deposits and investments will belong to Puget.

 

(5)Any written direction for the investment or release of funds received will be received by the Warrant Agent by 9:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the Business Day on which such investment or release is to be made, failing which such direction will be handled on a commercially reasonable efforts basis and may result in funds being invested or released on the next Business Day.

 

§9.5      Actions by Warrant Agent to Protect Interest.

 

The Warrant Agent will have power to institute and to maintain such actions and proceedings as it may consider necessary or expedient to preserve, protect or enforce its interests and the interests of the Registered Warrantholders.

 

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§9.6      Warrant Agent Not Required to Give Security.

 

The Warrant Agent will not be required to give any bond or security in respect of the execution of the agency and powers of this Indenture or otherwise in respect of the premises.

 

§9.7       Protection of Warrant Agent.

 

By way of supplement to the provisions of any law for the time being relating to the Warrant Agent it is expressly declared and agreed, subject to any contrary obligations imposed by applicable laws, as follows:

 

(1)The Warrant Agent will not be liable for or by reason of any statements of fact or recitals in this Indenture or in the Warrant Certificates (except the representation contained in §9.9 or in the authentication of the Warrant Agent on the Warrant Certificates) or be required to verify the same, but all such statements or recitals are and will be deemed to be made by Puget;

 

(2)Nothing herein contained will impose any obligation on the Warrant Agent to see to or to require evidence of the registration or filing (or renewal thereof) of this Indenture or any instrument ancillary or supplemental hereto;

 

(3)The Warrant Agent will not be bound to give notice to any person or persons of the execution hereof;

 

(4)The Warrant Agent will not incur any liability or responsibility whatsoever or be in any way responsible for the consequence of any breach on the part of Puget of any of its undertakings herein contained or of any acts of any directors, officers, employees, agents or servants of Puget.

 

§9.8      Replacement of Warrant Agent; Successor by Merger.

 

(1)The Warrant Agent may resign its agency and be discharged from all further duties and liabilities hereunder, subject to this §9.8, by giving to Puget not less than 60 days’ prior notice in writing or such shorter prior notice as Puget may accept as sufficient.

 

(2)The Registered Warrantholders by Extraordinary Resolution will have power at any time to remove the existing Warrant Agent and to appoint a new warrant agent.

 

(3)Puget may remove, replace or supplement the Warrant Agent, with or without cause, in its sole discretion, but any such removal or replacement shall not impact any fees or reimbursement then due the Warrant Agent.

 

(4)In the event of the Warrant Agent resigning or being removed as aforesaid or being dissolved, becoming bankrupt, going into liquidation or otherwise becoming incapable of acting hereunder, Puget will forthwith appoint a new warrant agent unless a new warrant agent has already been appointed by the Registered Warrantholders.

 

(5)Failing such appointment by Puget, the retiring Warrant Agent or any Registered Warrantholder may apply to a judge of a court of competent jurisdiction in Palm Beach County, Florida, on such notice as such judge may direct, for the appointment of a new warrant agent; but any new warrant agent so appointed by Puget or by the Court will be subject to removal as aforesaid by the Registered Warrantholders.

 

(6)Any new warrant agent appointed under any provision of this §9.8 will be an entity authorized to carry on the business of a transfer agency throughout the United States.

 

(7)On any such appointment the new warrant agent will be vested with the same powers, rights, duties and responsibilities as if it had been originally named herein as Warrant Agent hereunder.

 

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(8)Upon the appointment of a successor warrant agent, Puget will promptly notify the Registered Warrantholders thereof in the manner provided for in §10.

 

(9)Any Warrant Certificates Authenticated but not delivered by a predecessor Warrant Agent may be Authenticated by the successor Warrant Agent in the name of the predecessor or successor Warrant Agent.

 

(10)Any corporation into which the Warrant Agent may be merged or consolidated or amalgamated, or any corporation resulting therefrom to which the Warrant Agent will be a party, or any corporation succeeding to substantially all of the transfer agency business of the Warrant Agent will be the successor to the Warrant Agent hereunder without any further act on its part or any of the Parties, provided that such corporation would be eligible for appointment as successor Warrant Agent under this §9.8.

 

§9.9       Conflict of Interest.

 

(1)The Warrant Agent by acceptance of its responsibilities and rights hereunder will be deemed to have represented to Puget that at the time of execution and delivery hereof no material conflict of interest exists between its role as a Warrant Agent hereunder and its role in any other capacity and agrees that in the event of a material conflict of interest arising hereafter it will, within 90 days after ascertaining that it has such material conflict of interest, either eliminate the same or assign its agency hereunder to a successor Warrant Agent approved by Puget and meeting the requirements set forth in §9.8. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this §9.9(1), if any such material conflict of interest exists or hereafter will exist, the validity and enforceability of this Indenture and the Warrant Certificate will not be affected in any manner whatsoever by reason thereof.

 

(2)Subject to §9.9(1), the Warrant Agent, in its personal or any other capacity, may buy, lend upon and deal in securities of Puget and generally may contract and enter into financial transactions with Puget without being liable to account for any profit made thereby.

 

§9.10     Acceptance of Agency

 

By acceptance of any of the rights or responsibilities under this Indenture, the Warrant Agent will be irrevocably deemed to have accepted the agency in this Indenture declared and provided for and to have agreed to perform the same upon the terms and conditions herein set forth.

 

§9.11     Warrant Agent not to be Appointed Receiver.

 

Neither the Warrant Agent nor any person related to the Warrant Agent will be appointed a receiver, a receiver and manager or liquidator of all or any part of the assets or undertakings of Puget.

 

§9.12    Warrant Agent Not Required to Give Notice of Default.

 

(1)The Warrant Agent will not be bound to give any notice or do or take any act, action or proceeding by virtue of the powers conferred on it hereby unless and until it will have been required so to do under the terms hereof nor will the Warrant Agent be required to take notice of any default hereunder unless and until notified in writing of such default, which notice will distinctly specify the default desired to be brought to the attention of the Warrant Agent and in the absence of any such notice the Warrant Agent may for all purposes of this Indenture conclusively assume that no default has been made in the observance or performance of any of the representations, warranties, undertakings, agreements or conditions contained herein.

 

(2)Any such notice will in no way limit any discretion herein given to the Warrant Agent to determine whether or not the Warrant Agent will take action with respect to any default.

 

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§9.13     Anti-Money Laundering.

 

(1)Puget hereby represents to the Warrant Agent that any account to be opened by, or interest to be held by the Warrant Agent in connection with this Indenture, for or to the credit of Puget either (i) is not intended to be used by or on behalf of any third party; or (ii) is intended to be used by or on behalf of a third party, in which case such party will promptly complete and execute forthwith a declaration in the Warrant Agent’s prescribed form as to the particulars of such third party.

 

(2)The Warrant Agent will retain the right not to act and will not be liable for refusing to act if, due to a lack of information or for any other reason whatsoever, the Warrant Agent, in its sole judgment, determines that such act might cause it to be in non-compliance with any applicable anti-money laundering, anti-terrorist or economic sanctions legislation, regulation or guideline.

 

(3)Further, should the Warrant Agent, in its sole judgment, determine at any time that its acting under this Indenture has resulted in its being in non-compliance with any applicable anti-money laundering, anti-terrorist or economic sanctions legislation, regulation or guideline, then it will have the right to resign on ten (10) days written notice to the other parties to this Indenture, provided (i) that the Warrant Agent’s written notice will describe the circumstances of such non-compliance; and (ii) that if such circumstances are rectified to the Warrant Agent’s satisfaction within such ten (10) day period, then such resignation will not be effective.

 

§9.14     Compliance with Privacy Code.

 

Puget acknowledges and agrees that

 

(1)The Warrant Agent may, in the course of providing services hereunder, collect or receive financial and other personal information about those to whom it provides services hereunder and use such information for the following purposes:

 

(a)To provide the services required under this Indenture and other services that may be requested from time to time;

 

(b)To help the Warrant Agent manage its servicing relationships with such individuals;

 

(c)To meet the Warrant Agent’s legal and regulatory requirements; and

 

(d)To perform tax reporting and to assist in verification of an individual’s identity for security purposes.

 

(2)The Warrant Agent may receive, collect, use and disclose personal information provided to it or acquired by it in the course of its acting as agent hereunder for the purposes described above and, generally, in the manner and on the terms described in its Privacy Code, which the Warrant Agent will make available on its website or upon request, including revisions thereto.

 

(3)Some of such personal information may be transferred to service providers in the United States for data processing and/or storage.

 

(4)Further, Puget agrees that it will not provide or cause to be provided to the Warrant Agent any personal information relating to an individual who is not a party to this Indenture unless Puget has assured itself that such individual understands and has consented to the aforementioned uses and disclosures.

 

§9.15    Securities Exchange Commission Certification.

 

(1)Puget confirms that as at the date of execution of this Indenture it does not have a class of securities registered pursuant to §12 of the Exchange Act but does have reporting obligations pursuant to Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

 

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(2)In the event that if any class of Puget’s securities is registered pursuant to §12 of the Exchange Act or any such registration or reporting obligation is suspended or terminated by Puget in accordance with the Exchange Act, Puget will promptly deliver to the Warrant Agent an officers’ certificate notifying the Warrant Agent of such registration or termination and such other information as the Warrant Agent may require at the applicable time.

 

(3)Puget acknowledges that the Warrant Agent is relying upon the foregoing representation and undertakings in order to meet certain Commission obligations with respect to those clients who are required to file reports under the Exchange Act.

 

Article 10: General

 

§10.1     Notice to Puget and the Warrant Agent.

 

(1)Unless herein otherwise expressly provided, any notice to be given hereunder to Puget or the Warrant Agent will be deemed to be validly given if delivered, sent by registered letter, postage prepaid or if faxed:

 

(a)If to Puget: Thomas Jaspers, Chief Financial Officer; Puget Technologies, Inc.; 1200 North Federal Highway, Suite 200-A; Boca Raton, Florida 33432, with a copy by electronic mail to info@pugettechnologies.com.

 

(b)If to the Warrant Agent: at such address as the then serving Warrant Agent has provided to Puget in writing and is reflected on Puget’s website https://pugettechnologies.com/.

 

and any such notice delivered in accordance with the foregoing will be deemed to have been received and given on the date of delivery or, if mailed, on the fifth Business Day following the date of mailing such notice or, if by electronic mail, on the next day following the date of transmission.

 

(2)Puget or the Warrant Agent, as the case may be, may from time to time notify the other in the manner provided in §10.1(1) of a change of address which, from the effective date of such notice and until changed by like notice, will be the address of Puget or the Warrant Agent, as the case may be, for all purposes of this Indenture.

 

(3)If, by reason of a strike, lockout or other work stoppage, actual or threatened, involving postal employees, any notice to be given to the Warrant Agent or to Puget hereunder could reasonably be considered unlikely to reach its destination, such notice will be valid and effective only if it is delivered to the named officer of the party to which it is addressed, as provided in §10.1(1), or given by electronic mail or other means of prepaid, transmitted and recorded communication.

 

§10.2    Notice to Registered Warrantholders.

 

(1)Unless otherwise provided herein, notice to the Registered Warrantholders under the provisions of this Indenture will be valid and effective if delivered or sent by ordinary prepaid post addressed to such holders at their post office addresses appearing on the register hereinbefore mentioned and will be deemed to have been effectively received and given on the date of delivery or, if mailed, on the third Business Day following the date of mailing such notice.

 

(2)In the event that Warrants are held in the name of the Depository, a copy of such notice will also be sent by electronic communication to the Depository and will be deemed received and given on the day following the day it is so sent.

 

(3)If, by reason of a strike, lockout or other work stoppage, actual or threatened, involving postal employees, any notice to be given to the Registered Warrantholders hereunder could reasonably be considered unlikely to reach its destination, such notice will be valid and effective only if it is delivered to such Registered Warrantholders to the address for such Registered Warrantholders contained in the register maintained by the Warrant Agent or such notice may be given, at Puget’s expense, by means of publication in any daily newspaper or newspapers of general circulation in the United States of America, in each two successive weeks, the first such notice to be published within 5 Business Days of such event, and any notice so published will be deemed to have been received and given on the latest date the publication takes place.

 

Puget Technologies, Inc. * 1200 North Federal Highway, Suite 200-A; Boca Raton, Florida 33432 * 561 210 8535

info@pugettechnologies.com * https://pugettechnologies.com/

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(4)Notice by electronic communication at an electronic address provided by a recipient and not subsequently modified will also be valid and will be deemed received the day following the date on which it was sent.

 

§10.3     Ownership of Warrants.

 

(1)Puget and the Warrant Agent may deem and treat the Registered Warrantholders as the absolute owners thereof for all purposes, and Puget and the Warrant Agent will not be affected by any notice or knowledge to the contrary except where Puget or the Warrant Agent is required to take notice by statute or by order of a court of competent jurisdiction.

 

(2)The receipt by any Registered Warrantholder of the Class B Convertible Preferred Shares which may be acquired pursuant thereto will discharge Puget and the Warrant Agent with reference thereto and neither Puget nor the Warrant Agent will be bound to inquire into the title of any such holder except where Puget or the Warrant Agent is required to take notice by statute or by order of a court of competent jurisdiction.

 

§10.4    Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.

 

(1)This Indenture will cease to be of further effect upon the earlier to occur of:

 

(a)The date by which there will have been delivered to the Warrant Agent for exercise or cancellation all Warrants theretofore Authenticated hereunder in the case of Certificated Warrants (or such other instructions, in a form satisfactory to the Warrant Agent) and in the case of Uncertificated Warrants, or by way of standard processing through the book entry only system in the case of an Global Warrant; or

 

(b)The Expiry Time, and

 

(c)If all certificates or other entries on the register representing Class B Convertible Preferred Shares required to be issued in compliance with the provisions hereof have been issued and delivered hereunder or to the Warrant Agent in accordance with such provisions.

 

(3)Upon delivery to the Warrant Agent of a certificate of Puget stating that all conditions precedent to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with the Warrant Agent will execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction of and discharging this Indenture.

 

§10.5Beneficiaries.

 

(1)Nothing in this Indenture or in the Warrants, expressed or implied, will give or be construed to give to any person other than Puget, the Warrant Agent and the Registered Warrantholders, as the case may be, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture, or under any undertaking or provision herein or therein contained, all such undertakings and provisions being for the sole benefit of Puget, the Warrant Agent and the Registered Warrantholders.

 

(2)In amplification of the foregoing, other than the Warrant Agent and the Warrantholders, no person shall be deemed a third party beneficiary of this Indenture.

 

Puget Technologies, Inc. * 1200 North Federal Highway, Suite 200-A; Boca Raton, Florida 33432 * 561 210 8535

info@pugettechnologies.com * https://pugettechnologies.com/

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§10.6Class B Convertible Preferred Shares or Warrants Owned by Puget or its Subsidiaries

 

(1)The Parties anticipate that no Warrants will be owned directly by Puget but that certain Affiliates of Puget such as its officers or directors or officers or directors of Puget subsidiaries or their family members may own and engage in transactions involving the Warrants.

 

(2)For the purpose of disregarding any Warrants owned legally or beneficially by Puget in §7.16, Puget will provide to the Warrant Agent, from time to time, a certificate of Puget setting forth as at the date of such certificate:

 

(a)The names (other than the name of Puget) of the Registered Warrantholders which, to the knowledge of Puget, are owned by or held for the account of Puget; and

 

(b)The number of Warrants owned legally or beneficially by Puget.

 

(3)The Warrant Agent, in making the computations in §7.16, will be entitled to rely on such certificate without any additional evidence.

 

§10.7    Severability & Reformation

 

(1)If, in any jurisdiction, any provision of this Indenture or its application to any party or circumstance is restricted, prohibited or unenforceable, such provision will, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective only to the extent of such restriction, prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions of this Indenture and without affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction or without affecting its application to other parties or circumstances.

 

(2)To the extent any provision of this Indenture is found unenforceable, voidable, void or against public policy by any tribunal having jurisdiction over the premises, then it shall be conclusively presumed that the parties to such proceeding have requested and empowered such tribunal, at the request of any party thereto, to reform the provisions found deficient by modifying them to conform with applicable law while most closely representing the objectives of Puget in this Indenture.

 

§10.8     Force Majeure

 

(1)Neither Puget nor the Warrant Agent will be liable to the other or to the Warrantholders or held in breach of this Indenture, if prevented, hindered, or delayed in the performance or observance of any provision contained herein by reason of act of God, riots, terrorism, acts of war, epidemics, governmental action or judicial order, earthquakes, or any other similar causes (including, but not limited to, mechanical, electronic or communication interruptions, disruptions or failures).

 

(2)Performance times under this Indenture will be extended for a period of time equivalent to the time lost because of any delay that is excusable under this §10.8.

 

§10.9    Assignment, Successors and Assigns

 

This Indenture will enure to the benefit of and be binding upon Puget, the Warrant Agent, any successor Warrant agent, the Warrant holders and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

 

§10.10 Rights of Rescission and Withdrawal for Holders

 

(1)Should a holder of Warrants exercise any legal, statutory, contractual or other right of withdrawal or rescission that may be available to it and the holder’s funds which were paid on exercise have already been released to Puget by the Warrant Agent, the Warrant Agent will not be responsible for ensuring the exercise is cancelled and a refund is paid back to the holder.

 

Puget Technologies, Inc. * 1200 North Federal Highway, Suite 200-A; Boca Raton, Florida 33432 * 561 210 8535

info@pugettechnologies.com * https://pugettechnologies.com/

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(2)In such cases, the holder will seek a refund directly from Puget and subsequently, Puget, upon surrender to Puget or the Warrant Agent of any Class B Convertible Preferred Shares that may have been issued, or such other procedure as agreed to by the Parties, will instruct the Warrant Agent in writing, to cancel the exercise transaction and any such Class B Convertible Preferred Shares on the register, which may have already been issued upon the Warrant exercise.

 

(3)In the event that any payment is received from Puget by virtue of the holder being a holder for such Warrants that were subsequently rescinded, such payment must be returned to Puget by such holder.

 

(4)The Warrant Agent will not be under any duty or obligation to take any steps to ensure or enforce that the funds are returned pursuant to this §10.10 nor will the Warrant Agent be in any other way responsible in the event that any payment is not delivered or received pursuant to this §10.10.

 

(5)Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that Puget provides the refund to the Warrant Agent for distribution to the holder, the Warrant Agent will return such funds to the holder as soon as reasonably practicable, and in so doing, the Warrant Agent will incur no liability with respect to the delivery or non-delivery of any such funds.

 

§10.11License for use of Form

 

(1)This form of indenture is the property of Qest Consulting Group, Inc., a Colorado corporation that serves as a strategic consultant to Puget (“Qest”) and the use hereof by Puget, the Warrant Agent or any of the Warrant holders is authorized hereby solely for purposes of this transaction.

 

(2)The use of this form or of any derivation thereof without Qest’ prior written permission is prohibited.

 

(3)This Indenture will not be more strictly interpreted against Puget as a result of its authorship.

 

(4)Puget, the Warrant Agent and the Warrant holders by engaging in the transactions contemplated hereby will be deemed to have acknowledged that Qest has acted as scrivener in this transaction but that Qest is neither a law firm nor an agency subject to any professional regulation or oversight.

 

(5)Because of the inherent conflict of interests involved, the Warrant Agent and all Warrant holders are advised to retain independent legal counsel to review this Indenture and its schedules and incorporated materials on their behalf.

 

(6)The decision by any person not to use the services of legal counsel in conjunction with this transaction will be solely at their own risk.

 

In witness whereof, Puget has caused this Indenture to be executed by its duly authorized officers, all as of the last date set forth below:

 

Signed, sealed and delivered in our presence:      
      PUGET TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
       
       
    By:  
      Hermann Burckhardt, President
Dated: Effective as of March 1, 2021      
    Attest:  
{Corporate Seal}     Thomas Jaspers, Secretary

 

Puget Technologies, Inc. * 1200 North Federal Highway, Suite 200-A; Boca Raton, Florida 33432 * 561 210 8535

info@pugettechnologies.com * https://pugettechnologies.com/

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Schedule “A”

 

Form of Warrant

 

The Warrants evidenced hereby are exercisable at or before 4:30 p.m. (New York City time) on February 28, 2023, after which time the warrants evidenced hereby will be deemed to be void and of no further force or effect.

 

For all Warrants include the following legend until such time as it is no longer required in accordance with applicable United States securities laws and Pink Open Market policies:

 

Unless permitted under securities legislation, the holder of this security must not trade the security before [insert the date that is 365 after the First Closing Date or a Subsequent Closing Date, as applicable].

 

For all Warrants sold outside the United States and registered in the name of the Depository, also include the following legend:

 

(Insert if being issued to [Warrant Agent]) 

 

“Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of the Warrant Agent to Puget Technologies, Inc. (the “issuer”) or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any certificate issued in respect thereof is registered in the name of the Warrant Agent, or in such other name as is requested by an authorized representative of the Warrant Agent (and any payment is made to such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of the Warrant Agent), any transfer, pledge or other use hereof for value or otherwise by or to any person is wrongful since the registered holder hereof has a property interest in the securities represented by this certificate herein and it is a violation of its rights for another person to hold, transfer or deal with this certificate.”

 

For Warrants required to bear the legend set forth in §2.8(1) of the Warrant Indenture also include the following legend:

 

This warrant and the securities deliverable upon the exercise thereof have not been registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended or under the securities laws of any state. The holder hereof, by purchasing such securities, agrees for the benefit of the issuer of such securities and its successors (“Puget”) that such securities may be offered, sold, pledged or otherwise transferred, directly or indirectly, only (a) to Puget; (b) outside the United States in accordance with Commission Rule 904 of Regulation S and in compliance with local laws and regulations; (c) in accordance with the exemption from registration provided by Commission Rule 144 or Rule 144A thereunder, if available, and in compliance with applicable state securities laws; or (d) in a transaction that does not require registration under the Securities Act or any applicable state securities laws, and, in the case of paragraph (c) or (d), the seller has prior to such transfer furnished to Puget an opinion of counsel of recognized standing in form and substance satisfactory to Puget to such effect.

 

Puget Technologies, Inc. * 1200 North Federal Highway, Suite 200-A; Boca Raton, Florida 33432 * 561 210 8535

info@pugettechnologies.com * https://pugettechnologies.com/

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Warrant

 

To acquire Class B Convertible Preferred Shares of

Puget Technologies, Inc.

(Organized under the laws of the State of Nevada)

 

Warrant Certificate No. [*]

[Number of shares of Puget’s Class B Convertible Preferred Stock to which this Warrant applies]
  Certificate for Warrants, each entitling the holder to acquire one Class B Convertible Preferred Share (subject to adjustment as provided for in the Warrant Indenture (as defined below)
CUSIP [*]
ISIN CA [*]

 

This is to certify that, for value received, [Name of Warrantholder] (the “Warrantholder”) is the registered holder of the number of Class B Convertible Preferred Share purchase warrants (the “Warrants”) of Puget Technologies, Inc. (Puget”) specified above, and is entitled, on exercise of these Warrants upon and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Warrant Indenture, to purchase at any time before 4:30 p.m. (New York City time) (the “Expiry Time”) on February 28, 2023, (the “Expiry Date”), one fully paid and non-assessable Class B Convertible Preferred Share, $0.001 par value in the capital of Puget as constituted on the date hereof (a “Class B Convertible Preferred Share”) for each Warrant subject to adjustment in accordance with the terms of the Warrant Indenture.

 

The right to purchase Class B Convertible Preferred Shares may only be exercised by the Warrantholder within the time set forth above by:

 

(a)Duly completing and executing the exercise form (the “Exercise Form”) attached hereto; and

 

(b)Surrendering this warrant certificate (the “Warrant Certificate”), with the Exercise Form, and any other information or documents required thereby, to the Warrant Agent at the principal office of the Warrant Agent, together with a certified check, bank draft or money order in the lawful money of the United States of America payable to or to the order of Puget in an amount equal to the aggregate Exercise Price (as defined below) of the Class B Convertible Preferred Shares so subscribed for.

 

The surrender of this Warrant Certificate, the duly completed Exercise Form and payment as provided above will be deemed to have been effected only on personal delivery thereof to, or if sent by mail or other means of transmission on actual receipt thereof by, the Warrant Agent at its principal office as set out above.

 

Subject to adjustment thereof in the events and in the manner set forth in the Warrant Indenture hereinafter referred to, the exercise price payable for each Class B Convertible Preferred Share upon the exercise of Warrants will be $1.75 per Class B Convertible Preferred Share (the “Exercise Price”).

 

Certificates for the Class B Convertible Preferred Shares subscribed for will be mailed to the persons specified in the Exercise Form at their respective addresses specified therein or, if so specified in the Exercise Form, delivered to such persons at the office of the Warrant Agent where this Warrant Certificate is surrendered. If fewer Class B Convertible Preferred Shares are purchased than the number that can be purchased pursuant to this Warrant Certificate, the holder hereof will be entitled to receive without charge a new Warrant Certificate in respect of the balance of the Class B Convertible Preferred Shares not so purchased. No fractional Class B Convertible Preferred Shares will be issued upon exercise of any Warrant.

 

This Warrant Certificate evidences Warrants of Puget issued or issuable under the provisions of a warrant indenture (which indenture together with all other instruments supplemental or ancillary thereto is herein referred to as the “Warrant Indenture”) dated as of March 1, 2021 between Puget and its then serving Warrant Agent, to which Warrant Indenture reference is hereby made for particulars of the rights of the holders of Warrants, Puget and the Warrant Agent in respect thereof and the terms and conditions on which the Warrants are issued and held, all to the same effect as if the provisions of the Warrant Indenture were herein set forth, to all of which the holder, by acceptance hereof, assents. The Warrant Indenture has been filed with the Commission and a copy thereof is available at the Commission’s EDGAR website as well as in Puget’s website at https://pugettechnologies.com/. The definitions contained in Article 1 of the Indenture are hereby incorporated by reference herein. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Warrant Certificate and the Warrant Indenture, the provisions of the Warrant Indenture will govern.

 

Puget Technologies, Inc. * 1200 North Federal Highway, Suite 200-A; Boca Raton, Florida 33432 * 561 210 8535

info@pugettechnologies.com * https://pugettechnologies.com/

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On presentation at the principal office of the Warrant Agent as set out above, subject to the provisions of the Warrant Indenture and on compliance with the reasonable requirements of the Warrant Agent, one or more Warrant Certificates may be exchanged for one or more Warrant Certificates entitling the holder thereof to purchase in the aggregate an equal number of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares as are purchasable under the Warrant Certificate(s) so exchanged.

 

Neither the Warrants nor the Class B Convertible Preferred Shares issuable upon exercise hereof have been or will be registered under the Securities Act or any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States. The Warrants may not be exercised in the United States, or by or on behalf of, or for the account or benefit of, a U.S. person or a person in the United States, unless (i) this Warrant and such Class B Convertible Preferred Shares have been registered under the Securities Act and the applicable laws of any such state, or (ii) an exemption from such registration requirements is available and the requirements set forth in the Exercise Form have been satisfied. “United States” and “U.S. person” are as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act.

 

The Warrant Indenture contains provisions for the adjustment of the Exercise Price payable for each Class B Convertible Preferred Share upon the exercise of Warrants and the number of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares issuable upon the exercise of Warrants in the events and in the manner set forth therein.

 

The Warrant Indenture also contains provisions making binding on all holders of Warrants outstanding thereunder resolutions passed at meetings of holders of Warrants held in accordance with the provisions of the Warrant Indenture and instruments in writing signed by Warrantholders of Warrants entitled to purchase a specific majority of the Class B Convertible Preferred Shares that can be purchased pursuant to such Warrants.

 

Nothing contained in this Warrant Certificate, the Warrant Indenture or elsewhere will be construed as conferring upon the holder hereof any right or interest whatsoever as a holder of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares or any other right or interest except as herein and in the Warrant Indenture expressly provided. In the event of any discrepancy between anything contained in this Warrant Certificate and the terms and conditions of the Warrant Indenture, the terms and conditions of the Warrant Indenture will govern.

 

Warrants may only be transferred in compliance with the conditions of the Warrant Indenture on the register to be kept by the Warrant Agent or such other registrar as Puget may appoint at such other place or places, if any, as may be designated, upon surrender of this Warrant Certificate to the Warrant Agent or other registrar accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form and execution satisfactory to the Warrant Agent or other registrar and upon compliance with the conditions prescribed in the Warrant Indenture and with such reasonable requirements as the Warrant Agent or other registrar may prescribe and upon the transfer being duly noted thereon by the Warrant Agent or other registrar. Time is of the essence hereof.

 

The Warrants and the Warrant Indenture will be governed by and performed, construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Nevada and the federal laws of the United States of America applicable therein and will be treated in all respects as Contracts entered into under the substantive and procedural law of the State of Nevada other than with respect to choice of law.

 

This Warrant Certificate will not be valid for any purpose until it has been countersigned by or on behalf of the Warrant Agent from time to time under the Warrant Indenture.

 

Puget Technologies, Inc. * 1200 North Federal Highway, Suite 200-A; Boca Raton, Florida 33432 * 561 210 8535

info@pugettechnologies.com * https://pugettechnologies.com/

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In witness whereof Puget has caused this Warrant Certificate to be duly executed as of ____, 2021.

 

        Puget Technologies, Inc.
  Countersigned and Registered by:      
  [the Warrant Agent]   By:  
        Authorized Signatory
By:        
  Authorized Signatory   By:  
        Authorized Signatory

 

Puget Technologies, Inc. * 1200 North Federal Highway, Suite 200-A; Boca Raton, Florida 33432 * 561 210 8535

info@pugettechnologies.com * https://pugettechnologies.com/

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Form of Transfer

 

To: [the Warrant Agent]


FOR VALUE RECEIVED the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers to:

 

_____________________________________________________________________________________

 

_____________________________________________________________________________________

 

(Print name and address)

 

the Warrants represented by this Warrant Certificate and hereby irrevocable constitutes and appoints [Warrant Agent] as its attorney-in-fact with full power of substitution to transfer the said securities on the appropriate register of the Warrant Agent. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the warrant indenture dated as of March 1, 2021 between Puget Technologies, Inc., a publicly held Nevada corporation and [Warrant Agent].

 

In the case of a Warrant Certificate that contains a U.S. restrictive legend substantially in the form set forth in §2.8(1) of the Warrant Indenture, the undersigned hereby represents, warrants and certifies that (one (only) of the following must be checked):

 

☐  the transfer is being made only to Puget; or

 

☐  the transfer is being made outside the United States in accordance with Rule 904 of Regulation S under the Securities Act, and in compliance with any applicable local securities laws and regulations and the holder has provided herewith the Declaration for Removal of Legend attached as Schedule “C” to the Warrant Indenture, or

 

☐  the transfer is being made pursuant to the exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act provided by (i) Rule 144 under the Securities Act or (ii) Rule 144A under the Securities Act, and in either case in accordance with applicable state securities laws; or

 

☐  the transfer is being made in another transaction that does not require registration under the Securities Act or any applicable state securities laws.

 

In the case of a transfer in accordance with (C) or (D) above, Puget will first have received an opinion of counsel of recognized standing, or other evidence, in either case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Puget, to such effect.

 

Dated this ____ day of_________________, 20____.

 

Space for guarantees of signatures (below)    
     
    Signature of Transferor
     
     
Guarantor’s Signature/Stamp   Name of Transferor

 

Reason for Transfer – For United States of America Citizens or Residents only (where the individual(s) or corporation receiving the securities is a United States of America citizen or resident). Please select only one (see instructions below).

 

☐  Gift ☐  Estate ☐  Private Sale ☐  Other (or no change in ownership)

 

Puget Technologies, Inc. * 1200 North Federal Highway, Suite 200-A; Boca Raton, Florida 33432 * 561 210 8535

info@pugettechnologies.com * https://pugettechnologies.com/

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Date of Event (Date of gift, death or sale):   Value per Warrant on the date of event:
     

 

Certain requirements relating to transfers – read carefully

 

The signature(s) of the transferor(s) must correspond with the name(s) as written upon the face of this certificate(s), in every particular, without alteration or enlargement, or any change whatsoever. All Warrantholders or a legally authorized representative must sign this form. The signature(s) on this form must be guaranteed in accordance with the Warrant Agent’s then current guidelines and requirements at the time of transfer. Notarized or witnessed signatures are not acceptable as guaranteed signatures. As at the time of transfer, you may choose one of the following methods (although subject to change in accordance with industry practice and standards):

 

The United States of America: A Medallion Signature Guarantee obtained from a member of an acceptable Medallion Signature Guarantee Program (STAMP, SEMP, NYSE, MSP). Many commercial banks, savings banks, credit unions, and all broker dealers participate in a Medallion Signature Guarantee Program. The Guarantor must affix a stamp bearing the actual words “Medallion Guaranteed”, with the correct prefix covering the face value of the certificate.

 

Outside The United States of America: For holders located outside The United States of America, present the certificates(s) and/or document(s) that require a guarantee to a local financial institution that has a corresponding United States or American Affiliate which is a member of an acceptable Medallion Signature Guarantee Program. The corresponding Affiliate will arrange for the signature to be over-guaranteed.

 

Reason for transfer – for citizens or residents of the United States of America only

 

Consistent with United States Internal Revenue Service regulations, the Warrant Agent is required to request cost basis information from United States of America Warrantholders. Please indicate the reason for requesting the transfer as well as the date of event relating to the reason. The event date is not the day in which the transfer is finalized, but rather the date of the event which led to the transfer request (i.e., date of gift, date of death of the Warrantholder, or the date the private sale took place).

 

Puget Technologies, Inc. * 1200 North Federal Highway, Suite 200-A; Boca Raton, Florida 33432 * 561 210 8535

info@pugettechnologies.com * https://pugettechnologies.com/

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SCHEDULE “B”

 

Exercise Form

 

TO:Puget Technologies, Inc., 1200 North Federal Highway, Suite 200-A; Boca Raton, Florida 33432
  
AND TO:[Warrant Agent]

  

The undersigned holder of the Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate hereby exercises the right to acquire ____________ (A) Class B Convertible Preferred Shares of Puget Technologies, Inc., a publicly held Nevada corporation.

 

Exercise Price Payable: __________________________________________________

 

((A) multiplied by $1.75, subject to adjustment)

 

The undersigned hereby exercises the right of such holder to be issued, and hereby subscribes for, Class B Convertible Preferred Shares that are issuable pursuant to the exercise of such Warrants on the terms specified in such Warrant Certificate and in the Warrant Indenture.

 

The undersigned hereby acknowledges that the undersigned is aware that the Class B Convertible Preferred Shares received on exercise may be subject to restrictions on resale under applicable securities legislation.

 

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the warrant indenture dated as of March 1, 2021 between Puget Technologies, Inc., a publicly held Nevada corporation and [Warrant Agent].

 

The undersigned represents, warrants and certifies as follows (one (only) of the following must be checked):

 

☐  He, she or it is not in the United States (as defined in Regulation S (“Regulation S”) under the Securities Act; (ii) is not a U.S. Person as defined in Regulation S; (iii) is not exercising the Warrants on behalf of, or for the account or benefit of, a U.S. Person or a person in the United States; (iv) did not acquire the Warrants in the United States or on behalf of, or for the account or benefit of, a U.S. Person or a person in the United States; (v) did not receive an offer to exercise the Warrants in the United States; and (vi) did not execute or deliver this Exercise Form in the United States, and has, in all other respects, complied with the terms of Regulation S in connection herewith.

 

☐  He, she or it is the original purchaser from Puget of the Warrants being exercised and at the time of such acquisition was a U.S. Person or was in the United States (or was acting on behalf of, or for the account or benefit of, a U.S. Person or a person in the United States), and confirms, as of the date of hereof, each of the representations, warranties, certifications and agreements made by it in connection with its acquisition of such Warrants, including, without limitation, its status as an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a) of Regulation D under the Securities Act, as though such representations, warranties, certifications and agreements were made on the date hereof and in respect of the acquisition of the Class B Convertible Preferred Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants being exercised.

 

☐  An exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and all applicable state securities laws is available for the exercise of the Warrants, and attached hereto is a written opinion of U.S. counsel or other evidence in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Puget to that effect.

 

It is understood that Puget and the Warrant Agent may require evidence to verify the foregoing representations.

  

Notes: (1) Class B Convertible Preferred Shares will not be registered or delivered to an address in the United States unless Box B or C above is checked and the applicable requirements have been satisfied.

 

Puget Technologies, Inc. * 1200 North Federal Highway, Suite 200-A; Boca Raton, Florida 33432 * 561 210 8535

info@pugettechnologies.com * https://pugettechnologies.com/

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  (2) If Box C above is checked, holders are encouraged to consult with Puget and the Warrant Agent in advance to determine that the legal opinion or other evidence tendered in connection with the exercise will be satisfactory in form and substance to Puget.

 

(3)“United States” and “U.S. Person” are as defined in Rule 902 of Regulation S under the Securities Act.

 

The undersigned hereby irrevocably directs that the said Class B Convertible Preferred Shares be issued, registered and delivered as follows:

 

Name(s) in full and Social Security number(s) if applicable)   Address(es)   Number of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares
         
         
         
         
         

 

Please print full name in which certificates representing the Class B Convertible Preferred Shares are to be issued. If any Class B Convertible Preferred Shares are to be issued to a person or persons other than the registered holder, the registered holder must pay to the Warrant Agent all transfer taxes or other government charges, if any, and the Form of Transfer must be duly executed.

 

Once completed and executed, this Exercise Form must be mailed or delivered to [Warrant Agent].

 

Dated this __day of __________________, 20__.

 

         
Witnesses (2) (Signature of Warrantholder, to be the same as
appears on the face of this Warrant Certificate)
       
      Name of Registered Warrantholder

 

☐  Please check if the certificates representing the Class B Convertible Preferred Shares are to be delivered at the office where this Warrant Certificate is surrendered, failing which such certificates will be mailed to the address set out above. Certificates will be delivered or mailed as soon as practicable after the surrender of this Warrant Certificate to the Warrant Agent.

 

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SCHEDULE “C”

 

Form of Declaration for Removal of Legend

 

To:Puget Technologies, Inc., 1200 North Federal Highway, Suite 200-A; Boca Raton, Florida 33432
  
And To:[Warrant Agent], as registrar and transfer agent for the Warrants and Class B Convertible Preferred Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants of Puget Technologies, Inc., a publicly held Nevada corporation

 

The undersigned (a) acknowledges that the sale of the securities of Puget Technologies, Inc., (“Puget”) to which this declaration relates is being made in reliance on Rule 904 of Regulation S under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and (b) certifies that (1) the undersigned is not an Affiliate of Puget as that term is defined in the 1933 Act, (2) the offer of such securities was not made to a person in the United States and either (A) at the time the buy order was originated, the buyer was outside the United States, or the seller and any person acting on its behalf reasonably believed that the buyer was outside the United States, or (B) the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of The New York City Stock Exchange or any other designated offshore securities market as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act and neither the seller nor any person acting on its behalf knows that the transaction has been prearranged with a buyer in the United States, (3) neither the seller nor any Affiliate of the seller nor any person acting on any of their behalf has engaged or will engage in any directed selling efforts in the United States in connection with the offer and sale of such securities, (4) the sale is bona fide and not for the purpose of “washing off” the resale restrictions imposed because the securities are “restricted securities” (as such term is defined in Rule 144(a)(3) under the Securities Act), (5) the seller does not intend to replace the securities sold in reliance on Rule 904 of the Securities Act with fungible unrestricted securities and (6) the contemplated sale is not a transaction, or part of a series of transactions which, although in technical compliance with Regulation S, is part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration provisions of the Securities Act. Terms used herein have the meanings given to them by Regulation S.

 

Dated this __day of _____________, 20__.

 

         
Witnesses (2)     (Name of Seller)
    By:  
      Name:
[*]
      Title:
[*]

 

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Exhibit 4.02 

 

Series 2021 Class B Preferred Convertible, Subordinated Debenture Indenture

 

This Series 2021 Class B Preferred Convertible, Subordinated Debenture Indenture (the “Indenture”), dated effective as of March 1, 2021 and executed pursuant to duly granted corporate authority and in accordance with its articles of incorporation and bylaws, and in accordance with the corporate laws of the State of Nevada, is hereby promulgated by Puget Technologies, Inc. a publicly held Nevada corporation subject to reporting obligations under §13 and §15(d) of the Exchange Act (“Puget”):

 

Preamble:

 

Whereas, Puget is proposing to issue up to $250,000 in principal of the Debentures (as defined herein) pursuant to this Indenture; and

 

Whereas, pursuant to this Indenture, each Debenture will, subject to adjustment, entitle the holder thereof to convert the principal and accrued interest of the Debenture into shares of Puget’s Class B Convertible Preferred Shares at a conversion rate of $1.75 per share; and

 

Whereas, all acts and deeds necessary have been done and performed to make the Debentures, when created and issued as provided in this Indenture, legal, valid and binding upon Puget with the benefits and subject to the terms of this Indenture; and

 

Whereas, the foregoing recitals are made as representations and statements of fact by Puget and not by the Debenture Agent:

 

Now therefore, Puget’s chief financial officer is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to recruit and retain a transfer agent registered as a transfer agency with the Commission and authorized to carry on business in all states of the United States as the initial Debenture agent hereunder (the “Debenture Agent”) to hold the rights, interests and benefits contained herein for and on behalf of those persons who from time to time become the holders of Debentures issued pursuant to this Indenture, pursuant to the following terms and provisions:

 

Series 2021 Class B Preferred Convertible, Subordinated Debentures

 

Puget hereby authorizes the issuance of up to $250,000 in subordinated, convertible debentures pursuant to which it promises to pay to the order of the holders the sums indicated, subject to the terms, conditions and covenants set forth below.

 

Witnesseth:

 

  Table of Contents  
    Page Number
  Article 1: Interpretation  
     
§1.1 Definitions. 4
§1.2 Gender and Number. 8
§1.3 Headings, Etc. 8
§1.4 Day not a Business Day. 9
§1.5 Time of the Essence. 9
§1.6 Monetary References. 9
§1.7 Applicable Law, Venue & Dispute Resolution. 9
     
  Article 2: Basic Terms 10
     
§2.1 Creation and Issue of Debentures. 10
§2.2 Security and Subordination. 11
§2.3 Prior Payment of Senior Indebtedness upon Acceleration of Debentures. 12

 

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§2.4 No Payment when Senior Indebtedness in Default. 12
§2.5 Subrogation to Rights of Holders of Senior Indebtedness. 13
§2.6 Prepayment. 13
§2.7 Additional Terms of Debentures. 14
§2.8 Debenture Holder not a Shareholder. 14
§2.9 Debentures to Rank Pari Passu. 14
§2.10 Provisions Solely to Define Relative Rights. 14
§2.11 Puget to Effectuate Subordination. 14
§2.12 No Waiver of Subordination Provisions. 14
§2.13 Notice to holder. 15
§2.14 Reliance on Judicial Order or Certificate of Liquidating Agent. 15
§2.15 Puget Not Fiduciary for holders of Senior Indebtedness. 16
§2.16 Certain Conversions Deemed Payment. 16
     
  Article 3: Conversion, Trading, Exemptions from Registration 16
     
§3.1 Conversion. 16
§3.2 Trading, Exemptions from Registration. 16
     
  Article 4: Indenture Act 18
     
§4.1 Exemption from Provisions of Trust Indenture Act of 1939. 18
§4.2 Reliance on this Indenture. 18
     
  Article 5: Filing of Securities Act Registration Statement 18
     
§5.1 Piggyback Registration. 18
§5.2 Report of Current Event on Commission Form 8-K. 18
     
  Article 6: Form of Debentures 19
     
§6.1 Form of Debentures. 19
§6.2 Book Entry Only Debentures and Global Debenture. 19
§6.3 Authentication. 21
§6.4 Legends. 22
§6.5 Register of Debentures. 23
§6.6 Issue in Substitution for Debenture Certificates Lost, etc. 24
§6.7 Exchange of Debenture Certificates. 25
§6.8 Transfer and Ownership of Debentures. 25
§6.9 Cancellation of Surrendered Debentures. 26
     
  Article 7: Conversion of Debentures 26
     
§7.1 Right of Conversion. 26
§7.2 Debenture Conversion. 26
§7.3 Prohibition on Conversion; Legended Certificates. 28
§7.4 Transfer Fees and Taxes. 29
§7.5 Debenture Agency. 29
§7.6 Effect of Conversion of Debentures. 29
§7.7 Partial Conversion of Debentures; Fractions. 30
§7.8 Expiration of Debenture Conversion Rights. 30
§7.9 Accounting and Recording. 30
§7.10 Securities Restrictions. 31
§7.11 Trading Markets for Puget Securities. 31
     

 

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  Article 8: Adjustment of Number of Shares and Conversion Price 31
     
§8.1 Adjustment of Number of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares and Conversion Price. 31
§8.2 Entitlement to Class B Convertible Preferred Shares on Conversion of Debenture. 35
§8.3 No Adjustment for Certain Transactions. 35
§8.4 Determination by Independent Firm. 35
§8.5 Proceedings Prior to any Action Requiring Adjustment. 35
§8.6 Certificate of Adjustment. 35
§8.7 Notice of Special Matters. 35
§8.8 No Action after Notice. 36
§8.9 Other Action. 36
§8.10 Protection of Debenture Agent. 36
§8.11 Participation by Debenture holder. 36
     
  Article 9: Rights of Puget and Covenants 37
     
§9.1 Optional Purchases by Puget. 37
§9.2 General Covenants. 37
§9.3 Debenture Agent’s Remuneration and Expenses. 37
§9.4 Performance of Covenants by Debenture Agent. 38
§9.5 Enforceability of Debentures. 38
     
  Article 10: Enforcement 38
     
§10.1 Suits by Registered Debenture holders. 38
§10.2 Suits by Puget. 38
§10.3 Immunity. 38
§10.4 Waiver of Default. 38
     
  Article 11: Meetings of Registered Debenture holders 39
     
§11.1 Right to Convene Meetings. 39
§11.2 Notice. 39
§11.3 Chairman. 39
§11.4 Quorum. 39
§11.5 Power to Adjourn. 40
§11.6 Show of Hands. 40
§11.7 Poll and Voting. 40
§11.8 Regulations. 41
§11.9 Puget and Debenture Agent May be Represented. 41
§11.10 Powers Exercisable by Extraordinary Resolution. 41
§11.11 Meaning of Extraordinary Resolution. 42
§11.12 Powers Cumulative. 42
§11.13 Minutes. 42
§11.14 Instruments in Writing. 42
§11.15 Binding Effect of Resolutions. 42
§11.16 Holdings by Puget Disregarded. 43
     
  Article 12: Supplemental Indentures 43
     
§12.1 Provision for Supplemental Indentures for Certain Purposes. 43
§12.2 Successor Entities. 44
     
  Article 13: Concerning The Debenture Agent 44
     
§13.1 Initial Debenture Agent. 44
§13.2 Rights and Duties of Debenture Agent. 44

 

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§13.3 Evidence, Experts and Advisors. 44
§13.4 Documents, Funds, etc. Held by Debenture Agent. 45
§13.5 Actions by Debenture Agent to Protect Interest. 45
§13.6 Debenture Agent Not Required to Give Security. 45
§13.7 Protection of Debenture Agent. 46
§13.8 Replacement of Debenture Agent; Successor by Merger. 46
§13.9 Conflict of Interest. 47
§13.10 Acceptance of Agency. 47
§13.11 Debenture Agent not to be Appointed Receiver. 47
§13.12 Debenture Agent not Required to Give Notice of Default. 47
§13.13 Anti-Money Laundering. 47
§13.14 Compliance with Privacy Code. 48
§13.15 Securities Exchange Commission Certification. 48
     
  Article 14: General 50
     
§14.1 Notice to Puget and the Debenture Agent. 50
§14.2 Notice to Registered Debenture holders. 50
§14.3 Ownership of Debentures. 50
§14.4 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. 50
§14.5 Provisions of Indenture and Debentures for the Sole Benefit of Puget, the Debenture Agent and Registered Debenture holders. 50
§14.6 Class B Convertible Preferred Shares or Debentures Owned by Puget or its Subsidiaries – Certificate to be Provided. 50
§14.7 Severability & Reformation. 51
§14.8 Force Majeure. 51
§14.9 Assignment, Successors and Assigns. 51
§14.10 Rights of Rescission and Withdrawal for Holders. 51
§14.11 License for use of Form. 52
     
Schedules “A”: Form of Debenture 53
  “B”: Form for Transfer 58
  “C”: Conversion Form 60
  “D”: Form of Declaration for Removal of Legend 62

 

Article 1: Interpretation

 

§1.1        Definitions.

 

In this Indenture, including the recitals and schedules hereto, and in all indentures supplemental hereto:

 

“Adjustment Period” means the period from the Effective Date up to and including the Expiry Time;

 

Affiliate” means any Person controlled by, controlling or under the common control of by or with another Person.

 

Applicable Legislation” means any statute of the United States or state thereof, and the regulations under any such named or other statute, relating to Debenture indenture or to the rights, duties and obligations of Debenture agents under Debenture indentures, to the extent that such provisions are at the time in force and applicable to this Indenture;

 

Auditors” means BF Borgers CPA PC or such other firm of certified public accountants duly appointed as auditors of Puget, from time to time;

 

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“Authenticated” means (a) with respect to the issuance of a Debenture Certificate, one which has been duly signed by Puget and authenticated by manual signature of an authorized officer of the Debenture Agent, (b) with respect to the issuance of an Uncertificated Debenture, one in respect of which the Debenture Agent has completed all Internal Procedures such that the particulars of such Uncertificated Debenture as required by §6.3 are entered in the register of holders of Debentures, “Authenticate”, “Authenticating” and “Authentication” have the appropriate correlative meanings;

 

Board of Directors” means Puget’s duly elected and serving board of directors acting in compliance with Puget’s then applicable articles of incorporation and bylaws and the internal rules of such board of directors.

 

Book Entry Only Participants” or “Participants” means institutions that participate directly or indirectly in the Depository’s book entry registration system for the Debentures;

 

Book Entry Only Debentures” means Debentures that are to be held only by or on behalf of the Depository;

 

Business Day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or a statutory or civic holiday, or any other day on which banks are not open for business in the United States, and will be a day on which the Pink Open Market is open for trading;

 

Capital Stock” means shares of any of Puget’s equity securities including, without limitation, shares of its Common Stock, Class B Convertible Preferred Stock, etc.

 

Certificated Debenture” means a Debenture evidenced by a writing or writings substantially in the form of Schedule “A”, attached hereto;

 

Class B Convertible Preferred Shares” means, subject to Article 8, fully paid and non-assessable shares of Puget’s Class B Convertible Preferred Stock as presently constituted;

 

Class B Convertible Preferred Share Reorganization” has the meaning set forth in §8.1;

 

Code” means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and the regulations thereunder;

 

Commission” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission; 

 

Common Stock” means the shares of Puget’s common stock, $0.001 par value, currently traded on the Pink Open Market.

 

Counsel” means a duly licensed attorney-at-law retained by the Debenture Agent or retained by Puget, which may or may not be counsel for Puget;

 

Current Market Price” of the Class B Convertible Preferred Shares at any date means the volume weighted average trading price per Class B Convertible Preferred Share for the twenty (20) consecutive Trading Days ending five (5) Trading Days prior to such date on the Pink Open Market or if on such date the Class B Convertible Preferred Shares are not traded on the Pink Open Market, on such market or stock exchange upon which such Class B Convertible Preferred Shares are then traded and as selected by Puget’s Board of Directors, or, if such Class B Convertible Preferred Shares are not then traded or listed on any stock exchange or market, then on such reasonable basis as may be selected for such purpose by Puget’s Board of Directors;

 

Debentures” means the Series 2021 Class B Convertible Preferred Share Debentures created by and authorized by and issuable under this Indenture, to be issued and countersigned hereunder as a Certificated Debenture or Uncertificated Debenture held through the book entry registration system on a no certificate issued basis, entitling the holder or holders thereof to purchase up to an aggregate of $250,000 in principal of 2021 Class B Convertible Preferred Share Debentures convertible into shares of Puget’s Class B Convertible Preferred Shares (subject to adjustment as herein provided) at the Conversion Price prior to the Expiry Time and, where the context so requires, also means the Debentures issued and Authenticated hereunder, whether by way of Debenture Certificate or Uncertificated Debenture;

 

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Debenture Agency” means the principal office of the then serving Debenture Agent or such other place as may be designated in accordance with §7.5;

 

Debenture Agent” initially means the transfer agency selected by Puget to act as the transfer agent for the Debentures, or its successors from time to time;

 

Debenture Certificate” means a certificate, substantially in the form set forth in Schedule “A” hereto, to evidence Certificated Debentures;

 

Debenture holders”, or “holders” means Registered Debenture holders and the owners of Debentures who beneficially hold securities entitlements in respect of the Debentures registered in the name of the Depository or through a Book Entry Only Participant;

 

Debenture holders’ Request” means an instrument signed in one or more counterparts by Registered Debenture holders entitled to acquire in the aggregate not less than 51% of the aggregate number of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares which could be acquired pursuant to all Debentures then unconverted and outstanding, requesting the Debenture Agent to take some action or proceeding specified therein.

 

Depository” means the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation or such other person as is designated in writing by Puget to act as depository in respect of the Debentures;

 

Dividends” means any dividends paid by Puget in respect of the Class B Convertible Preferred Shares;

 

Dividends paid in the ordinary course” means cash dividends paid on the Class B Convertible Preferred Shares in any financial year of Puget to the extent that the amount or value of such dividends in the aggregate does not exceed the greater of (i) 100% of the aggregate amount or value of dividends paid by Puget on the Class B Convertible Preferred Shares in its immediately preceding financial year in which a dividend was paid, and (ii) the consolidated net earnings from continuing operations of Puget, before any extraordinary items, for the 12-month period ending immediately prior to the first day of such financial year (such consolidated net earnings from continuing operations to be computed in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America);

 

Effective Date” means the date of this Indenture;

 

Exchange Act” means the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended;

 

Conversion Rate” means the number of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares subject to the right of purchase under each Debenture, which, as at the Effective Date, is one (1) Class B Convertible Preferred Share for each $1.75 of principal and accrued interest represented by the Debenture;

 

Conversion Date” means, in relation to a Debenture, the Business Day on which such Debenture is validly converted or deemed to be validly converted in accordance with Article 7 hereof;

 

Conversion Notice” has the meaning set forth in §7.2(1);

 

Conversion Price” means the price at which a whole Class B Convertible Preferred Share may be acquired upon the conversion of a Debenture, which is initially $1.75 per Class B Convertible Preferred Share, subject to adjustment in accordance with the provisions of §8.1;

 

Expiry Date” means the 730th day following payment for the Debenture but no earlier than February 28, 2023, subject to extension in the sole discretion of Puget;

 

Expiry Time” means 4:30 p.m. (New York City time) on the Expiry Date;

 

Extraordinary Resolution” has the meaning set forth in 7.11(1);

 

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First Closing Date” means a date after March 1, 2021 when the Debentures are first issued to investors in a proposed private placement of units of Puget’s securities based on meeting minimum placement requirements or such other date as Puget and the Agent will determine;

 

Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended;

 

Internal Procedures” means in respect of the making of any one or more entries to, changes in or deletions of any one or more entries in the register at any time (including without limitation, original issuance or registration of transfer of ownership) the minimum number of the Debenture Agent’s internal procedures customary at such time for the entry, change or deletion made to be complete under the operating procedures followed at the time by the Debenture Agent, it being understood that neither preparation and issuance will constitute part of such procedures for any purpose of this definition;

 

Issue Date” means the date the Debentures are issued in connection with the First Closing Date and any Subsequent Closing Date;

 

Global Debentures” means Debentures representing all or a portion of the aggregate number of Debentures issued in the name of the Depository represented by an Uncertificated Debenture, or if requested by the Depository or Puget, by a Debenture Certificate;

 

Maturity Date” means the 730th day (end of the second year) following the date on which a subscriber has tendered the total subscription price for his, her, it is or their Debenture, to Puget, in cleared and immediately available funds;

 

Mutatis Mutandis” means making necessary alterations while not affecting the main point at issue.

 

Party” or “Parties” means Puget and any Person who accepts benefits or responsibilities pursuant to this Indenture, including, without limitation, the Debenture Agent and the Debenture holders;

 

Person” means an individual, body corporate, partnership, trust, debenture agent, executor, administrator, legal representative or any unincorporated organization;

 

Pink Open Market” means the platform for transparent trading and best execution in any security owned and operated by the OTC Markets Group. There are no financial standards or disclosure requirements. A wide spectrum of companies are traded on this market, including foreign companies that limit their disclosure in the U.S., penny stocks and shells, as well as distressed, delinquent, and dark companies not willing or able to provide information to investors. The Pink Market is for professional and sophisticated investors with a high risk-tolerance for trading companies with limited information available and limited regulatory oversight.

 

Register” means the one set of records and accounts maintained by the Debenture Agent pursuant to §6.5:

 

Registered Debenture holders” means the persons who are registered owners of Debentures as such names appear on the register, and for greater certainty, will include the Depository as well as the holders of Certificated Debentures or Uncertificated Debentures appearing on the register of the Debenture Agent;

 

Regulation A” means Regulation A as promulgated by the Commission under the Securities Act;

 

Regulation D” means Regulation D as promulgated by the Commission under the Securities Act;

 

Regulation S” means Regulation S as promulgated by the Commission under the Securities Act;

 

Rights Offering” has the meaning set forth in §8.1;

 

Subsequent Closing Date” means any day after the First Closing Date on which a closing takes place for units of Puget’s securities that include the Debentures, or such other date as Puget advises;

 

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Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended:

 

Service” means the United States Internal Revenue Service;

 

Shareholders” means holders of shares of Puget’s Capital Stock, whether common, preferred or otherwise;

 

Subscriber” means a person who applies to purchase a Debenture;

 

This Debenture Indenture”, “this Indenture”, “this Agreement”, “hereto” “herein”, “hereby”, “hereof” and similar expressions mean and refer to this Indenture and any indenture, deed or instrument supplemental hereto; and the expressions “Article”, “§”, “subsection” and “paragraph” followed by a number, letter or both mean and refer to the specified article, section, subsection or paragraph of this Indenture;

 

Trading Day” means, with respect to the Pink Open Market, a day on which such market is open for the transaction of business;

 

Uncertificated Debenture” means any Debenture which is not a Certificated Debenture;

 

Unit” means the units issued in connection with the proposed private placement of Puget securities each consisting of one Debenture in the principal amount of $1,000 dollars, 1,000 Class B Convertible Preferred Shares and Warrants to purchase an additional 2,000 Class B Convertible Preferred Shares at an exercise price of $1.75 on or before February 28, 2023;

 

United States” means the United States of America, its territories and possessions, any state of the United States, and the District of Columbia;

 

U.S. Person” has the meaning set forth in Rule 902(k) of Regulation S;

 

U.S. Purchaser” means an original purchaser of the units of which the Debentures comprise a part who was, at the time of purchase, (a) a U.S. Person, (b) any person purchasing such units on behalf of, or for the account or benefit of, any U.S. Person or any person in the United States, (c) any person who receives or received an offer to acquire such units while in the United States, and (d) any person who was in the United States at the time such person’s buy order was made or the subscription agreement pursuant to which such units were acquired was executed or delivered;

 

U.S. Debenture holder” means any Debenture holder that is (a) is a U.S. Person, (b) is in the United States, (c) received an offer to acquire Debentures while in the United States, or (d) was in the United States at the time such Debenture holder’s buy order was made or such Debenture holder executed or delivered its purchase order for the Debentures; and

 

Written order of Puget”, “written request of Puget”, “written consent of “Puget”, “Officer’s Certificate” and “certificate of Puget” mean, respectively, a written order, request, consent and certificate signed in the name of Puget by any duly authorized signatory of Puget and may consist of one or more instruments so executed.

 

§1.2        Gender and Number.

 

Words importing the singular number or masculine gender will include the plural number or the feminine or neuter genders, and vice versa.

 

§1.3        Headings, etc.

 

The division of this Indenture into Articles and Sections (§), the provision of a Table of Contents and the insertion of headings are for convenience of reference only and will not affect the construction or interpretation of this Indenture or of the Debentures.

 

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§1.4        Day not a Business Day.

 

If any day on or before which any action or notice is required to be taken or given hereunder is not a Business Day, then such action or notice will be required to be taken or given on or before the requisite time on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day.

 

§1.5        Time of the Essence.

 

Unless waived by Puget, time will be of the essence of this Indenture.

 

§1.6       Monetary References.

 

Whenever any amounts of money are referred to herein, such amounts will be deemed to be in lawful money of the United States of America unless otherwise expressed.

 

§1.7       Applicable Law, Venue & Dispute Resolution.

 

By accepting the role of Debenture Agent or, execution and delivery of the subscription agreement pursuant to which Debentures will be issued, Puget, the Debenture Agent and the Subscriber(s) will have irrevocably agreed that:

 

(1)Any matters pertaining to this Indenture and the Debentures issuable hereunder and the Class B Convertible Preferred Stock issuable upon conversion of the Debentures shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Nevada but any proceedings arising hereunder shall be adjudicated before a forum located within the county in which Puget maintains its principal legal offices, or in the absence of any such offices, its principal administrative offices.

 

(2)In the event any provision of this Indenture shall be deemed unenforceable under the laws binding on a tribunal adjudicating its validity, then the Parties will have requested that such tribunal reform the Debenture issuable pursuant to this Indenture in such manner as will most closely accomplish its purpose without violating applicable laws or public policies.

 

(3)Puget, the Debenture Agent and each of the Subscribers will be deemed to have irrevocably accepted and submitted, for themselves and anyone claiming interest under them, generally and unconditionally, to the in personam jurisdiction of any tribunal meeting the requirements for venue set forth above.

 

(4)(a)Puget, the Debenture Agent and each of the Subscribers will have irrevocably consented to service of any summons and/or legal process by registered or certified United States air mail, postage prepaid, to the party served at the address determined in the manner hereinbefore set forth in this Indenture for the provision of notice, such method of service to constitute, in every respect, sufficient and effective service of process in any such legal action or proceeding.

 

(b)Nothing in this Agreement shall affect the right to service of process in any other manner permitted by law.

 

(c)Puget, the Debenture Agent and each of the Subscribers will have further agreed that final judgment against any of them in any legal action, suit or proceeding complying with the foregoing provisions shall be conclusive and may be enforced in any other jurisdiction, within or outside the United States of America, by suit on the judgment, a certified or exemplified copy of which shall be conclusive evidence of the fact and the amount of the subject party’s liability.

 

(5)Notwithstanding the foregoing, all disputes, misunderstandings, conflicts or required interpretations arising hereunder which Debenture holders pursue will be resolved in the following manner, first, through mediation and then, if mediation is not successful after 60 days, through binding arbitration in accordance with the rules and procedures of the American Arbitration Association’s® Miami Regional Office.

 

Puget Technologies, Inc. * 1200 North Federal Highway, Suite 200-A; Boca Raton, Florida 33432 * 561 210 8535

info@pugettechnologies.com * https://pugettechnologies.com/

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Article 2: Basic Terms

 

§2.1        Creation and Issue of Debentures.

 

(1)A maximum of $250,000 in principal of Debentures (subject to adjustment as herein provided) are hereby created and authorized to be issued in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof.

 

(2)By written order of Puget, the Debenture Agent will deliver Debenture Certificates to Registered Debenture holders and record the name of the Registered Debenture holders on the Debenture register.

 

(3)Registration of interests in Debentures held by the Depository may be evidenced by a position appearing on the register for Debentures of the Debenture Agent for an amount representing the aggregate number of such Debentures outstanding from time to time.

 

(4)The Series 2021 Class B Preferred Convertible, Subordinated Debentures (the “Debentures”) will be issued in the aggregate principal amount of up to $250,000 through private placements pursuant to the provisions of 15 U.S. Code § 77d - Exempted transactions, Sections 4(a)(2) or 4(a)(5) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and Rule 506(b) of Regulation D promulgated thereunder.

 

(5)Each Debenture shall be payable as follows:

 

(a)Interest at the annual rate of 5%, compounded annually, shall be payable in one aggregate payment on the Maturity Date of the Debenture, subject to tender of the Debenture for cancellation and payment in the manner hereinafter provided therefore.

 

(b)Except in the event of a default on payment after presentation therefor, interest shall cease on the Maturity Date.

 

(c)Principal on the Debentures shall be payable on the 730th day (end of the second year) following the date on which a subscriber has tendered the total subscription price for his, her, it is or their Debenture, to Puget, in cleared and immediately available funds.

 

(6)The Debenture holder may elect to subdivide the Debentures acquired into two or more separate obligations, at his, her or its option, provided, however, that each separate resulting instrument must be in an amount of at least $1,000 in principal and must be divisible by 1,000 without resulting fraction, except as to one single certificate which will be in such amount as is required to accurately reflect the principal balance and accrued interest then due.

 

(7)Transfers or divisions of Debentures will be affected by the Debenture Agent at the written request of the Debenture holder, including appropriate signature guarantees (but payment of bond transfer fees and taxes shall be the responsibility of the Debenture holder) provided, however, that unless the Debentures are properly registered pursuant to Section 5 of the Securities Act and comparable Blue Sky Laws in the state of the transferee’s domicile, no transfers will be effected unless an opinion of legal counsel acceptable to Puget is provided by the holder attesting to the fact that the transfer will not violate applicable laws and detailing the factual and legal basis for such opinion.

 

(8)Upon issuance of a Debenture, Puget shall immediately instruct its transfer agent to reserve the quantity of Class B Convertible Preferred Stock required to be issued in the event of conversion of the Debenture and shall require its transfer agent to maintain such reserved stock until the Debentures are either paid in full or converted.

 

(9)By accepting any of the rights granted under this Indenture, the Debenture holder and all of the Debenture holder’s successors in interest to any rights under this Indenture shall be conclusively presumed to have accepted all obligations set forth herein as applying to Debenture holders, such acceptance constituting a condition precedent to any obligations of Puget to the Debenture holder or his, her or its successor in interest arising from the transaction reflected in this Indenture.

 

Puget Technologies, Inc. * 1200 North Federal Highway, Suite 200-A; Boca Raton, Florida 33432 * 561 210 8535

info@pugettechnologies.com * https://pugettechnologies.com/

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§2.2        Security and Subordination.

 

(1)The Debentures issuable pursuant to this Indenture are unsecured, general obligations of Puget subordinate to Senior Indebtedness.

 

(a)Puget covenants and agrees and each Debenture holder, by his acceptance thereof likewise covenants and agrees that, to the extent and in the manner hereinafter set forth in this Section 2, the indebtedness represented by the Debentures and the payment of the principal of and interest on each and all of the Debentures are hereby expressly made subordinate and subject in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness.

 

(b)“Senior Indebtedness” means all liabilities, contingent or otherwise, of Puget (1) for borrowed money (but only if the recourse of the lender is secured by any assets of Puget) and (2) with respect to letters of credit, bankers acceptances, or similar instruments issued or accepted by banks (“Indebtedness”) incurred by Puget prior to or after the date of the Debenture and any replacement, renewal, refinancing, and extension (whether direct or indirect) thereof; provided, however, that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture, Senior Indebtedness does not include (i) any Indebtedness of Puget that by its terms or the terms of the instrument creating or evidencing it expressly provides that such Indebtedness is subordinate in right of payment to, or pari passu in right of payment with, the Debentures issuable hereunder, and (ii), any Indebtedness that ranks subordinate in right of payment to any other Indebtedness of Puget; provided that the limitation set forth in this clause (ii) shall not apply to distinctions between categories of Senior Indebtedness that exist by reason of any liens arising or created in respect of some but not all Senior Indebtedness.

 

(2)In the event of any:

 

(a)Insolvency or bankruptcy case or proceeding, or any receivership, liquidation, reorganization or other similar case or proceeding in connection therewith, relative to Puget or to its creditors, as such, or to its assets;

 

(b)Liquidation, dissolution or other winding up of Puget, whether voluntary or involuntary and whether or not involving insolvency or bankruptcy; or

 

(c)Assignment for the benefit of creditors or any other marshaling of assets and liabilities of Puget,

 

then and in any such event the holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled to receive payment in full of all amounts due or to become due on or in respect of all Senior Indebtedness, or provision shall be made for such payment in money or money’s worth, before the Debentures holders are entitled to receive any payment on account of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on the Debentures, and to that end the holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled to receive, for application to the payment thereof, any payment or distribution of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, which may be payable or deliverable in respect of the Debentures in any such case, proceeding, dissolution, liquidation or other winding up or event.

 

(3)In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this §2.2, the holder of any Debenture shall have received any payment or distribution of assets of Puget of any kind or character, whether in case, property or securities, before all Senior Indebtedness is paid in full or payment thereof provided for, and if such fact shall, at or prior to the time of such payment or distribution, have been made known to such holder, then and in such event such payment or distribution shall be paid over by the Debenture holder or delivered forthwith to the trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, liquidating trustee, custodian, assignee, agent or other Person making payment or distribution of assets of Puget for application to the payment of all Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid, to the extent necessary to pay all Senior Indebtedness in full, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to or for the holders of Senior Indebtedness.

 

Puget Technologies, Inc. * 1200 North Federal Highway, Suite 200-A; Boca Raton, Florida 33432 * 561 210 8535

info@pugettechnologies.com * https://pugettechnologies.com/

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(4)The consolidation of Puget with, or the merger of Puget into, another Person or the liquidation or dissolution of Puget following the conveyance or transfer of its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to another Person shall not be deemed a dissolution, winding up, liquidation, reorganization, assignment for the benefit of creditors or marshaling of assets and liabilities of Puget for the purposes of this §2.2 if the Person formed by such consolidation or into which Puget is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance or transfer such properties and assets substantially as an entirety, as the case may be, shall, as a part of such consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer, agree to comply with Puget’s obligations under the Senior Indebtedness.

 

§2.3        Prior Payment of Senior Indebtedness upon Acceleration of Debentures.

 

(1)In the event that any Debentures are declared due and payable before their Stated Maturity, then and in such event the holders of Senior Indebtedness shall, if required pursuant to the terms of any Senior Indebtedness, be entitled to receive payment in full of all amounts due or to become due on or in respect of all Senior Indebtedness, or provision shall be made for such payment in money or money’s worth, before the holders of the Debentures are entitled to receive any payment by Puget on account of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on the Debentures or on account of the purchase or other acquisition of Debentures.

 

(2)In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, Puget shall make any payment to the holder of any Debenture prohibited by the foregoing provisions of this §2.3, such holder, then and in such event such payment shall be paid over and delivered forthwith to Puget.

 

(3)The provisions of this §2.3 shall not apply to any payment with respect to which §2.2 would be applicable.

 

§2.4        No Payment when Senior Indebtedness in Default.

 

(1)In the event and during the continuation of (1) any default in the payment of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Senior Indebtedness beyond any applicable grace period with respect thereto, or in the event that any event of default with respect to any Senior Indebtedness shall have occurred and be continuing permitting the holders of such Senior Indebtedness (or a trustee on behalf of the holders thereof to declare such Senior Indebtedness due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise have become due and payable, unless and until such event of default shall have been cured or waived or shall have ceased to exist, or (2) in the event any judicial proceeding shall be pending with respect to any such default, then no payment shall be made by Puget on account of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on the Debentures or on account of the purchase or other acquisition of Debentures.

 

(2)In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, Puget shall make any payment to the holder of any Debenture prohibited by the foregoing provisions of this §2.4, and if such fact shall, at or prior to the time of such payment, have been made known to such holder, then and in such event such payment shall be paid over and delivered forthwith to Puget.

 

(3)The provisions of this §2.4 shall not apply to any payment with respect to which §2.2 would be applicable.

 

(4)       Nothing contained in this §2.4 or elsewhere in the Debentures shall prevent:

 

(a)Puget, at any time except during the pendency of any case, proceeding dissolution, liquidation or other winding up, assignment for the benefit of creditors or other marshaling of assets and liabilities of Puget referred to in §2.2 or under the conditions described in §2.3 or §2.4, from making payments at any time of principal of (and premiums, if any) or interest on the Debentures; or

 

(b)The retention of such payment by the holders, if, at the time it did not have knowledge that such payment would have been prohibited by the provisions of this Article 2.

 

Puget Technologies, Inc. * 1200 North Federal Highway, Suite 200-A; Boca Raton, Florida 33432 * 561 210 8535

info@pugettechnologies.com * https://pugettechnologies.com/

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§2.5        Subrogation to Rights of Holders of Senior Indebtedness.

 

(1)Subject to the payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness, the holders of the Debentures shall be subrogated to the extent of the payments or distributions made to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness pursuant to the provisions of this Article 2 (equally and ratably with the holders of all indebtedness of Puget which by its express terms is subordinated to indebtedness of Puget to substantially the same extent as the Debentures are subordinated and is entitled to like rights of subrogation) to the rights of the holders of such Senior Indebtedness to receive payments and distributions of cash, property and securities applicable to the Senior Indebtedness until the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Debentures shall be paid in full.

 

(2)For purposes of such subrogation, no payments or distributions to the holders of the Senior Indebtedness of any cash, property or securities to which the holders of the Debentures would be entitled except for the provisions of this Article 2, and no payments over pursuant to the provisions of this Article 2 to the holders of Senior Indebtedness by holders of the Debentures shall, as among Puget, its creditors other than holders of Senior Indebtedness and the holders of the Debentures, be deemed to be a payment or distribution by Puget to or on account of the Senior Indebtedness.

 

§2.6        Prepayment.

 

The Debenture is pre-payable, in whole or in part, at the sole election of Puget, at any time, without prepayment penalties, subject to the following requirements:

 

(1)Puget may not selectively prepay the Debentures but rather, unless it has elected to prepay all of the Series 2021 Class B Preferred Convertible, Subordinated Debentures, it must notify all Series 2021 Class B Preferred Convertible, Subordinated Debenture holders (the “Prepayment Notice”), either as hereinafter provided by United States 1st Class Mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the address set forth on the face hereof or such other address as the Debenture holder has provided to Puget and Puget has listed in its securities registry records; or, at Puget’s option, in the manner hereinbefore set forth for notice of intent to file a registration statement with the SEC, of its intention to partially prepay the Debentures, specifying the terms of prepayment, and advising all Debenture holders who desire to voluntarily accept prepayment to notify Puget on or before a specified date no earlier than the tenth business day following the date of the Prepayment Notice, in writing in the manner hereinafter set forth for providing notice to Puget, of such fact (the “Prepayment Request Notice”).

 

(2)Puget shall first prepay the Debentures held by persons who have provided timely Prepayment Request Notices and if such Debenture holders held Debentures with an aggregate balance due exceeding the amount specified for prepayment, Puget may, in its sole discretion, either elect to increase the amount due which it is prepared to prepay in order to prepay all of them; elect to prepay the Debentures based on first paying Debenture holders of Debentures with the largest aggregate amount due; or, elect to prepay the Debentures by random selection of Debenture serial numbers.

 

(3)In the event that the aggregate amount due to the holder of Debentures that have provided Prepayment request Notices is less than the amount that the amount specified for prepayment, Puget may, in its sole discretion, either elect to decrease the amount due which it is prepared to prepay in order to limit prepayment to the Debentures held by those Debenture holders that provided the Prepayment Request Notice; elect to prepay the balance of the Debentures to be prepaid based on first paying holders of Debentures with the smallest aggregate amount due; or, elect to prepay the Debentures by random selection of Debenture serial numbers.

 

(4)In all cases, the holders of Debentures will be provided until not earlier than the 30th day following the date of the Prepayment Notice, with the option of converting all (but not less than all) of the Debentures held by them, directly or indirectly, into shares of Puget’s Class B Convertible Preferred Stock, in the manner hereinbefore provided.

 

Puget Technologies, Inc. * 1200 North Federal Highway, Suite 200-A; Boca Raton, Florida 33432 * 561 210 8535

info@pugettechnologies.com * https://pugettechnologies.com/

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§2.7        Additional Terms of Debentures.

 

(1)No fractional shares of Puget’s Class B Convertible Preferred Stock will be issued or otherwise provided for hereunder and Debentures may only be converted in a sufficient number to acquire whole numbers of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares.

 

(2)Each Debenture will entitle the holder thereof to such other rights and privileges as are set forth in this Indenture.

 

(3)The number of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares which may be acquired pursuant to conversion of the Debentures and the Conversion Price therefor will be adjusted upon the events and in the manner specified in §8.1.

 

§2.8        Debenture holder not a Shareholder.

 

Except as may be specifically provided herein, nothing in this Indenture or in the holding of a Debenture Certificate, entitlement to a Debenture or otherwise, will, in itself, confer or be construed as conferring upon a Debenture holder any right or interest whatsoever as a Shareholder, including, but not limited to, the right to vote at, to receive notice of, or to attend, meetings of Shareholders or any other proceedings of Puget, or the right to Dividends and other allocations.

 

§2.9      Debentures to Rank Pari Passu.

 

All Debentures will rank equally and without preference over each other, whatever may be the actual date of issue thereof.

 

§2.10     Provisions Solely to Define Relative Rights.

 

(1)The provisions of this Article 2 are and are intended solely for the purpose of defining the relative rights of the holders of the Debentures on the one hand and the holders of Senior Indebtedness on the other hand.

 

(2)Nothing contained in this of this Article 2 or elsewhere in the Debentures is intended to or shall (1) impair, as among Puget, its creditors other than holders of Senior Indebtedness and the holders of the Debentures, the obligation of Puget, which is absolute and unconditional (and which, subject to the rights under this of this Article 2 of the holders of Senior Indebtedness, is intended to rank equally with all other general obligations of Puget), to pay to the holders of the Debentures the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Debentures as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with their terms; or (2) affect the relative rights against Puget of the holders of the Debentures and creditors of Puget other than the holders of Senior Indebtedness; or (3) prevent the holder of any Debenture from exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law upon default under this Indenture, subject to the rights, if any, under this of this Article 2 of the holders of Senior Indebtedness to receive cash, property and securities otherwise payable or deliverable to such holder.

 

§2.11     Puget to Effectuate Subordination.

 

Each holder of a Debenture by his acceptance thereof authorizes and directs Puget on his behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination provided in this Article 2 and appoints any designee of Puget his attorney in fact for any and all such purposes.

 

Puget Technologies, Inc. * 1200 North Federal Highway, Suite 200-A; Boca Raton, Florida 33432 * 561 210 8535

info@pugettechnologies.com * https://pugettechnologies.com/

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§2.12     No Waiver of Subordination Provisions.

 

(1)No right of any present or future holder of any Senior Indebtedness to enforce subordination as herein provided shall at any time in any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of Puget or by any act or failure to act, in good faith, by any such holder, or by any noncompliance by Puget with the terms, provisions and covenants of this Indenture, regardless of any knowledge thereof any such holder may have or be otherwise charged with.

 

(2)Without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing paragraph, the holders of Senior Indebtedness may, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of or notice to the holders of the Debentures, without incurring responsibility to the holders of the Debentures and without impairing or releasing the subordination provided in this Article 2 or the obligation hereunder of the holders of the Debentures to the holders of Senior Indebtedness, do any one or more of the following: (1) change the manner, place or terms of payment or extend the time of payment of, or renew or alter, Senior Indebtedness, or otherwise amend or supplement in any manner Senior Indebtedness or any instrument evidencing the same or any agreement under which Senior Indebtedness is outstanding; (2) sell, exchange, release or otherwise deal with any property pledged, mortgaged or otherwise securing Senior Indebtedness; (3) release any Person liable in any manner for the collection of Senior Indebtedness; and (4) exercise or refrain from exercising any rights against Puget and any other Person.

 

§2.13     Notice to holder.

 

(1)Puget shall give prompt written notice to the holder of any fact known to Puget which would prohibit the making of any payment to or by the holder in respect of the Debentures.

 

(2)Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article 2 or any other provision of this Indenture, the holder shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence of any facts which would prohibit the making of any payment to or by the holder in respect of the Debentures, unless and until the holder shall have received written notice thereof from Puget or a holder of Senior Indebtedness or from any trustee therefor; and, prior to the receipt of any such written notice, the holder shall be entitled in all respects to assume that no such facts exist; provided, however, that if the holder shall not have received the notice provided for in this Article 2 at least ten business days prior to the date upon which by the terms hereof any money may become payable for any purpose (including, without limitation, the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Debenture), then, anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding, the holder shall have full power and authority to receive such money and to apply the same to the purpose for which such money was received and shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary which may be received by it within ten business days prior to such date.

 

(3)Puget shall be entitled to rely on the delivery to it of a written notice by a Person representing himself to be a holder of Senior Indebtedness (or a trustee therefor) to establish that such notice has been given by a holder of Senior Indebtedness (or a trustee therefor).

 

(4)In the event that Puget determines in good faith that further evidence is required with respect to the right of any Person as a holder of Senior Indebtedness to participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to this Article 2, Puget may request such Person to furnish evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of Puget as to the amount of Senior Indebtedness held by such Person, the extent to which such Person is entitled to participate in such Payment or distribution and any other facts pertinent to the rights of such Person under this Article 2, and if such evidence is not furnished, Puget may defer any payment to such Person pending judicial determination as to the right of such Person to receive such payment.

 

§2.14     Reliance on Judicial Order or Certificate of Liquidating Agent.

 

Upon any payment or distribution of assets of Puget referred to in this Article 2, the holders of the Debentures shall be entitled to rely upon any order or decree entered by any court of competent jurisdiction in which such insolvency, bankruptcy, receivership, liquidation, reorganization, dissolution, winding up or similar case or proceeding is pending, or a certificate of the trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, liquidating trustee, custodian, assignee for the benefit of creditors, agent or other Person making such payment or distribution, delivered to the holders of Debentures, for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such payment or distribution, the holders of the Senior Indebtedness and other indebtedness of Puget, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article 2.

 

Puget Technologies, Inc. * 1200 North Federal Highway, Suite 200-A; Boca Raton, Florida 33432 * 561 210 8535

info@pugettechnologies.com * https://pugettechnologies.com/

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§2.15     Puget Not Fiduciary for holders of Senior Indebtedness.

 

(1)No implied covenants or obligations with respect to holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be read into this Indenture against Puget.

 

(2)Puget shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders of Senior Indebtedness and shall not be liable to any such holders if it shall in good faith mistakenly pay over or distribute to holders of Debentures or to Puget or to any other Person cash, property or securities to which any holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled by virtue of this Article 2 or otherwise.

 

§2.16:    Certain Conversions Deemed Payment.

 

(1)For the purposes of this Article 2 only, (1) the issuance and delivery of Class B Convertible Preferred Stock upon conversion of Debentures as provided for in this Indenture shall not be deemed to constitute a payment or distribution on account of the principal of or premium or interest on Debentures or on account of the purchase or other acquisition of Debentures but (2) the payment, issuance or delivery of cash, property or securities (other than Class B Convertible Preferred Stock) upon conversion of a Debenture shall be deemed to constitute payment on account of the principal of such Debenture.

 

(2)For the purposes of this Article 2, the term junior securities means (1) shares of any stock of any class of Puget and (2) securities of Puget which are subordinated in right of payment to all Senior Indebtedness which may be outstanding at the time of issuance or delivery of such securities to substantially the same extent as, or to a greater extent than, the Debentures are so subordinated as provided in this Article 2.

 

(3)Nothing contained in this Article 2 or elsewhere in the Debentures is intended to or shall impair, as among Puget, its creditors other than holders of Senior Indebtedness and the holders of the Debentures, the right, which is absolute and unconditional, of the holder of any Debenture to convert such Debenture in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.

 

Article 3 Conversion, Trading, Exemptions from Registration

 

§3.1        Conversion.

 

The Debenture shall, at the Debenture holder’s option, be convertible into shares of Puget’s Class B Convertible Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value per share, at a conversion price of $1.75 per share unless Puget shall have split or reverse split its Class B Convertible Preferred Stock subsequent to the date of the Debenture, in which case, the exercise price shall be adjusted in inverse ratio to such reverse or forward split (e.g., in the event of a three for one split, the Debenture holder shall be entitled to three shares of Class B Convertible Preferred Stock for each $1.75 in principal and accrued interest, whereas in the event of a one share for three reverse split, the Debenture holder shall be entitled to one third of a share of Class B Convertible Preferred Stock for each $1.75 in principal and accrued interest.

 

§3.2        Trading, Exemptions from Registration.

 

(1)Unless the Debenture shall have been registered under Section 5 of the Securities Act and any applicable Blue Sky Laws it shall be issued in reliance on the exemptions provided by Sections 4(a)(2) and 4(a)(5) of the Securities Act and Rule 506(b) of Regulation D promulgated thereunder.

 

(2)Except for up to 35 non-accredited investors, all other subscribers for Debentures must have confirmed to Puget that he, she or it meets one of the following definitions of an “accredited investor” contained in SEC Rule 501(a) of Regulation D, and by acceptance of the Debenture, the Debenture holder thereby confirms such assertion under penalty of perjury:

 

Puget Technologies, Inc. * 1200 North Federal Highway, Suite 200-A; Boca Raton, Florida 33432 * 561 210 8535

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The term “accredited investor” is defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as:

 

A bank, insurance company, registered investment company, business development company, or small business investment company.

 

An employee benefit plan, within the meaning of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, if a bank, insurance company, or registered investment adviser makes the investment decisions, or if the plan has total assets in excess of $5 million.

 

A charitable organization, corporation, or partnership with assets exceeding $5 million.

 

A director, executive officer, or general partner of the company selling the securities.

 

A business in which all the equity owners are accredited investors.

 

natural person who has individual net worth, or joint net worth with the person’s spouse, that exceeds $1 million at the time of the purchase, or has assets under management of $1 million or above, excluding the value of the individual’s primary residence.

 

A natural person with income exceeding $200,000 in each of the two most recent years or joint income with a spouse exceeding $300,000 for those years and a reasonable expectation of the same income level in the current year.

 

trust with assets in excess of $5 million, not formed to acquire the securities offered, whose purchases a sophisticated person makes.

 

natural person who has certain professional certifications, designations or credentials or other credentials issued by an accredited educational institution, which the Commission may designate from time to time. Presently holders in good standing of the Series 7, Series 65, and Series 82 licenses.

 

0. Natural persons who are “knowledgeable employees” of a fund with respect to private investments.
1. Limited liability companies with $5 million in assets may be accredited investors.
2. SEC- and state-registered investment advisers, exempt reporting advisers, and rural business investment companies may qualify.
3. Indian tribes, governmental bodies, funds, and entities organized under the laws of foreign countries, that own “investments,” as defined in Rule 2a51-1(b) under the Investment Company Act, in excess of $5 million and that was not formed for the specific purpose of investing in the securities offered.
4. Family offices with at least $5 million in assets under management and their “family clients,” as each term is defined under the Investment Advisers Act.
5. “Spousal equivalent” to the accredited investor definition, so that spousal equivalents may pool their finances for the purpose of qualifying as accredited investors.

 

(3)The persons subscribing for Debentures under this Indenture, by acceptance of the Debenture subscribed for, hereby confirm that

 

(a)He, she or it has reviewed all of Puget’s filings under the Exchange Act currently posted on the SEC’s Internet web site during the past 12 months, has had the opportunity to question officers and directors of Puget concerning its business, history, personnel and, unless the Debentures have been registered or qualified for issuance under the Securities Act and applicable Blue Sky Laws, the terms of the private placement pursuant to which the Debenture was issued;

 

(b)Because neither the Debenture nor the shares of Class B Convertible Preferred Stock issuable in the event of its conversion have been registered with the SEC or any state securities regulatory authorities, the Debenture holder has acknowledged that:

 

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1.The Debenture and the shares of Class B Convertible Preferred Stock issuable upon conversion will bear legends restricting their transfer, sale, conveyance or hypothecation unless they are either registered under the provisions of Section 5 of the Securities Act and the securities laws of the Debenture holders state of domicile, or an opinion of legal counsel, in form and substance satisfactory to legal counsel to Puget is provided by the Debenture holder to the effect that such registration is not required as a result of applicable exemptions therefrom; provided that Puget and the subscribers for the Debentures acknowledge that it is their understanding that because the exchange of the Debenture on conversion is solely in consideration for shares of Puget’s Class B Convertible Preferred Stock, the holding period applicable prior to resale under SEC Rule 144(d) will commence on the date of the Debenture, pursuant to the exchange of securities provisions of Rule 144(d)(3)(ii).

 

2.Puget’s transfer agent shall be instructed not to transfer the Debenture or any of the Class B Convertible Preferred Stock issued on conversion hereof unless Puget advises it that such transfer is in compliance with all applicable laws; and

 

3.The Debenture holder will be acquiring the Debenture for his, her or its own account, for investment purposes only, and not with a view to further sale or distribution.

 

Article 4 Indenture Act

 

§4.1        Exemption from Provisions of Trust Indenture Act of 1939.

 

The Series 2021 Class B Preferred Convertible, Subordinated Debentures will not be subject to the protective features of the Indenture Act, as amended (the “Indenture Act”) pertaining to required use of an approved form of trust indenture and the employment of an independent trustee to protect the interests of the Debenture holders, pursuant to exemptive provisions of Sections 304(a)(9) of the Indenture Act and Rule 4a-1 adopted thereunder (Reg. § 260.4a-3).

 

Exempted securities under Section 304(a)(9)

 

“The provisions of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 shall not apply to any security which has been or is to be issued under an indenture which limits the aggregate principal amount of securities at any time outstanding thereunder to $10,000,000 or less, but this exemption shall not be applied within a period of thirty-six consecutive months to more than $10,000,000 aggregate principal amount of securities of the same issuer.”

 

§4.2        Reliance on this Indenture.

 

Because the Debentures are not afforded many of the safeguards applicable under the Indenture Act, all of the terms of the Series 2021 Class B Preferred Convertible, Subordinated Debentures are contained in this instrument, consequently, its detailed terms are of substantial importance to Puget, the Debenture Agent and to the Debenture holders.

 

Article 5 Filing of Securities Act Registration Statement

 

§5.1Piggyback Registration.

 

In the event Puget files a registration statement during the term of this Indenture, it shall notify all of the original Debenture holders of the series of the Series 2021 Class B Preferred Convertible, Subordinated Debentures in writing, and their successors in interest either in writing or by publication in a newspaper of national circulation (e.g., USA Today or the Wall Street Journal) of such intent and shall, at the request of any of them but at their expense, register their Debenture(s) and the shares of Class B Convertible Preferred Stock underlying the conversion rights described herein, in such registration statement.

 

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§5.2        Report of Current Event on Commission Form 8-K.

 

Subscribers for Debentures hereby acknowledge that while Puget intends to file a copy of this Indenture with the SEC as an exhibit under the Exchange Act, such filing does not imply compliance with registration requirements under the Securities Act.

 

Article 6: Form of Debentures

 

§6.1       Form of Debentures.

 

(1)The Debentures may be issued in both certificated and uncertificated form.

 

(2)Each Debenture originally issued to a U.S. Purchaser will be evidenced in certificated form only and bear the applicable legends as set forth in Schedule “A” hereto.

 

(3)All Debentures issued in certificated form will be evidenced by a Debenture Certificate (including all replacements issued in accordance with this Indenture), substantially in the form set out in §Article 6 and Schedule “A” hereto, which will be dated as of the Issue Date, will bear such distinguishing letters and numbers as Puget may prescribe, and will be issuable in any denomination excluding fractions.

 

(4)All Debentures issued to the Depository may be in either a certificated or uncertificated form, such uncertificated form being evidenced by a book position on the register of Debenture holders to be maintained by the Debenture Agent in accordance with §6.2.

 

§6.2       Book Entry Only Debentures and Global Debenture.

 

(1)(a)Reregistration of beneficial interests in, and transfers of, Debentures held by the Depository will be made only through the book entry registration system and no Debenture Certificates will be issued in respect of such Debentures except where physical certificates evidencing ownership in such securities are required or as set out herein or as may be requested by the Depository or as determined by Puget, from time to time.

 

(b)Except as provided in this §6.2, owners of beneficial interests in any Book Entry Only Debentures or Global Debentures will not be entitled to have Debentures registered in their names and will not receive or be entitled to receive Debentures in definitive form or to have their names appear in the register referred to in §6.5 herein.

 

(c)Notwithstanding any terms set out herein, Debentures having any legend set forth in §6.4 herein and held in the name of the Depository may only be held in the form of Uncertificated Debentures with the prior consent of the Debenture Agent and in accordance with the internal procedures of the Debenture Agent.

 

(2)Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, no Book Entry Only Debentures or Global Debentures may be exchanged or transferred in whole or in part for Debentures registered, and no transfer of any Book Entry Only Debentures or Global Debentures in whole or in part may be registered, in the name of any person other than the Depository for such Global Debentures or Book Entry Only Debentures or a nominee thereof unless:

 

(a)The Depository notifies Puget that it is unwilling or unable to continue to act as depository in connection with the Book Entry Only Debentures or the Global Debentures and Puget is unable to locate a qualified successor;

 

(b)Puget determines that the Depository is no longer willing, able or qualified to discharge properly its responsibilities as holder of the Book Entry Only Debenture or Global Debentures and Puget is unable to locate a qualified successor;

 

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(c)The Depository ceases to be a transfer agency or otherwise ceases to be eligible to be a depository and Puget is unable to locate a qualified successor;

 

(d)Puget determines that the Debentures will no longer be held as Book Entry Only Debentures through the Depository;

 

(e)Such right is required by Applicable Law, as determined by Puget and Puget’s Counsel;

 

(f)The Debenture is to be Authenticated to or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Debenture holder; or

 

(g)Upon request of a Book Entry Only Participant of a beneficial holder and such registration is effected in accordance with the internal procedures of the Depository and the Debenture Agent,

 

following which, Debentures for those holders requesting the same will be registered and issued to the beneficial owners of such Debentures or their nominees as directed by the holder; provided that, Puget will provide an Officer’s Certificate giving notice to the Debenture Agent of the occurrence of any event outlined in this §6.2 (2)(a)–(g).

 

(3)(a)Subject to the provisions of this §6.2, any exchange of an Global Debenture for Debentures which are not an Global Debenture may be made in whole or in part in accordance with the provisions of §6.7, mutatis mutandis.

 

(b)All such Debentures issued in exchange for an Global Debenture or any portion thereof will be registered in such names as the Depository will direct and will be entitled to the same benefits and subject to the same terms and conditions (except insofar as they relate specifically to Global Debenture) as the Global Debenture or portion thereof surrendered upon such exchange.

 

(4)Every Debenture that is Authenticated upon registration or transfer of an Global Debenture, or in exchange for or in lieu of an Global Debenture or any portion thereof, whether pursuant to this §6.2, or otherwise, will be Authenticated in the form of, and will be, an Global Debenture, unless such Debenture is registered in the name of a person other than the Depository for such Global Debenture or a nominee thereof.

 

(5)Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture, subject to applicable law, the Global Debenture will be issued as an Uncertificated Debenture, unless otherwise requested in writing by the Depository or Puget.

 

(6)The rights of beneficial owners of Debentures who hold securities entitlements in respect of the Debentures through the book entry registration system will be limited to those established by applicable law and agreements between the Depository and the Book Entry Only Participants and between such Book Entry Only Participants and the beneficial owners of Debentures who hold securities entitlements in respect of the Debentures through the book entry registration system, and such rights must be exercised through a Book Entry Only Participant in accordance with the rules and procedures of the Depository.

 

(7)Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, neither Puget nor the Debenture Agent nor any agent thereof will have any responsibility or liability for:

 

(a)the electronic records maintained by the Depository relating to any ownership interests or any other interests in the Debentures or the depository system maintained by the Depository, or payments made on account of any ownership interest or any other interest of any person in any Debenture represented by an electronic position in the book entry registration system (other than the Depository or its nominee);

 

(b)maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records of the Depository or any Book Entry Only Participant relating to any such interest; or

 

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(c)any advice or representation made or given by the Depository or those contained herein that relate to the rules and regulations of the Depository or any action to be taken by the Depository on its own direction or at the direction of any Book Entry Only Participant.

 

(8)Puget may terminate the application of this §6.2 in its sole discretion in which case all Debentures will be evidenced by Debenture Certificates registered in the name of a Person other than the Depository.

 

§6.3       Authentication.

 

(1)(a)For Debentures issued in certificated form, the form of certificate representing Debentures will be substantially as set out in Schedule “A” hereto or such other form as is authorized from time to time by the Debenture Agent.

 

(b)Each Debenture Certificate will be Authenticated manually on behalf of the Debenture Agent.

 

(c)Each Debenture Certificate will be signed by any two duly authorized signatories of Puget; whose signature will appear on the Debenture Certificate and may be printed, lithographed or otherwise mechanically reproduced thereon and, in such event, certificates so signed are as valid and binding upon Puget as if it had been signed manually.

 

(d)Any Debenture Certificate which has two signatures as hereinbefore provided will be valid notwithstanding that one or more of the persons whose signature is printed, lithographed or mechanically reproduced no longer holds office at the date of issuance of such certificate.

 

(e)The Debenture Certificates may be engraved, printed or lithographed, or partly in one form and partly in another, as the Debenture Agent may determine.

 

(2)(a)The Debenture Agent will Authenticate Uncertificated Debentures (whether upon original issuance, exchange, registration of transfer, partial payment, or otherwise) by completing its Internal Procedures and Puget will, and hereby acknowledges that it will, thereupon be deemed to have duly and validly issued such Uncertificated Debentures under this Indenture.

 

(b)Such Authentication will be conclusive evidence that such Uncertificated Debenture has been duly issued hereunder and that the holder or holders are entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.

 

(c)The register will be final and conclusive evidence as to all matters relating to Uncertificated Debentures with respect to which this Indenture requires the Debenture Agent to maintain records or accounts.

 

(d)In case of differences between the register at any time and any other time the register at the later time will be controlling, absent manifest error and such Uncertificated Debentures are binding on Puget.

 

(3)Any Debenture Certificate validly issued in accordance with the terms of this Indenture in effect at the time of issue of such Debenture Certificate will, subject to the terms of this Indenture and applicable law, validly entitle the holder to acquire Class B Convertible Preferred Shares, notwithstanding that the form of such Debenture Certificate may not be in the form currently required by this Indenture.

 

(4)(a)No Debenture will be considered issued and will be valid or obligatory or will entitle the holder thereof to the benefits of this Indenture, until it has been Authenticated by the Debenture Agent.

 

(b)Authentication by the Debenture Agent, including by way of entry on the register, will not be construed as a representation or warranty by the Debenture Agent as to the validity of this Indenture or of such Debenture Certificates or Uncertificated Debentures (except the due Authentication thereof) or as to the performance by Puget of its obligations under this Indenture and the Debenture Agent will in no respect be liable or answerable for the use made of the Debentures or any of them or of the consideration thereof.

 

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(c)Authentication by the Debenture Agent will be conclusive evidence as against Puget that the Debentures so Authenticated have been duly issued hereunder and that the holder thereof is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.

 

(5)(a)No Certificated Debenture will be considered issued and Authenticated or, if Authenticated, will be obligatory or will entitle the holder thereof to the benefits of this Indenture, until it has been Authenticated by manual signature by or on behalf of the Debenture Agent substantially in the form of the Debenture set out in Schedule “A” hereto.

 

(b)Such Authentication on any such Certificated Debenture will be conclusive evidence that such Certificated Debenture is duly Authenticated and is valid and a binding obligation of Puget and that the holder is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.

 

(6)(a)No Uncertificated Debenture will be considered issued and will be obligatory or will entitle the holder thereof to the benefits of this Indenture, until it has been Authenticated by entry on the register of the particulars of the Uncertificated Debenture.

 

(b)Such entry on the register of the particulars of an Uncertificated Debenture will be conclusive evidence that such Uncertificated Debenture is a valid and binding obligation of Puget and that the holder is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.

 

(7)The Authentication by the Debenture Agent of any Debentures whether by way of entry on the register or otherwise will not be construed as a representation or warranty by the Debenture Agent as to the validity of the Indenture or such Debentures (except the due Authentication thereof) or as to the performance by Puget of its obligations under this Indenture and the Debenture Agent will in no respect be liable or answerable for the use made of the Debentures or any of them or the proceeds thereof.

 

§6.4        Legends.

 

(1)(a)Neither the Debentures nor the Class B Convertible Preferred Shares issuable upon conversion of the Debentures have been or will be registered under the Securities Act or under any United States state securities laws.

 

(b)Each Debenture Certificate originally issued to a U.S. Purchaser and each Debenture Certificate issued in exchange therefor or in substitution thereof will bear, for so long as required by the Securities Act or applicable state securities laws, the following legend or such variations thereof as Puget may prescribe from time to time:

 

“This Debenture and the securities deliverable upon the conversion thereof have not been registered under the united states securities act of 1933, as amended or under the securities laws of any state. The holder hereof, by purchasing such securities, agrees for the benefit of the issuer of such securities and its successors (“Puget”) that such securities may be offered, sold, pledged or otherwise transferred, directly or indirectly, only (a) to Puget; (b) outside the United States in accordance with Commission Rule 904 of Regulation S and in compliance with local laws and regulations; (c) in accordance with the exemption from registration provided by Commission Rule 144 or Rule 144A thereunder, if available, and in compliance with applicable state securities laws; or (d) in a transaction that does not require registration under the Securities Act or any applicable state securities laws, and, in the case of paragraph (c) or (d), the seller has prior to such transfer furnished to Puget an opinion of counsel of recognized standing in form and substance satisfactory to Puget to such effect.”

 

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(c)If the Debentures are being sold in compliance with the requirements of Rule 904 of Regulation S and in compliance with applicable local laws and regulations, the legend above may be removed by providing a declaration to the Debenture Agent, substantially in the form set forth in Schedule “D” (or in such other form as Puget may prescribe from time to time), together with such other evidence of the availability of an exemption (which may, without limitation, include an opinion of counsel, of recognized standing reasonably satisfactory to Puget) as the Debenture Agent may reasonably require; provided that if any Debentures are being sold pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, the above legend may be removed by delivery to the Debenture Agent of an opinion of counsel, of recognized standing reasonably satisfactory to Puget, to the effect that such legend is no longer required under applicable requirements of the Securities Act.

 

(d)The Debenture Agent will be entitled to request any other documents that it may require in accordance with its internal policies for the removal of the legend set forth above.

 

(2)Each Global Debenture originally issued in the United States of America and held by the Depository, and each Global Debenture issued in exchange therefor or in substitution thereof will bear or be deemed to bear the following legend or such variations thereof as Puget may prescribe from time to time:

 

“Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of the Debenture Agent selected by Puget Technologies, Inc. (the “issuer”) or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any certificate issued in respect thereof is registered in the name of the Debenture Agent or in such other name as is requested by an authorized representative of the Debenture Agent (and any payment is made to such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of the Debenture Agent), any transfer, pledge or other use hereof for value or otherwise by or to any person is wrongful since the registered holder hereof has a property interest in the securities represented by this certificate herein and it is a violation of its rights for another person to hold, transfer or deal with this certificate.”

 

(3)Each Certificated Debenture and each Global Debenture held by the Depository on the First Closing Date or a Subsequent Closing Date, as applicable (and each such Certificated Debenture or Global Debenture, as the case may be, issued in exchange therefore or in substitution thereof prior to the date that is 365 days after the First Closing Date or a Subsequent Closing Date, as applicable) will bear or be deemed to bear the following legend or such variations thereof as Puget my prescribe from time to time:

 

Unless permitted under applicable securities legislation, the holder of this security must not trade the security before [insert the date that is 365 days after the first closing date or a Subsequent Closing Date, as applicable].”

 

§6.5       Register of Debentures.

 

(1)(a)The Debenture Agent will maintain records and accounts concerning the Debentures, whether certificated or uncertificated, which will contain the information called for below with respect to each Debenture, together with such other information as may be required by law or as the Debenture Agent may elect to record.

 

(b)All such information will be kept in one set of accounts and records which the Debenture Agent will designate (in such manner as will permit it to be so identified as such by an unaffiliated party) as the register of the holders of Debentures.

 

(c)The information to be entered for each account in the register of Debentures at any time will include (without limitation):

 

1.the name and address of the holder of the Debentures, the date of Authentication thereof and the number of Debentures;

 

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2.whether such Debenture is a Certificated Debenture or an Uncertificated Debenture and, if a Debenture Certificate, the unique number or code assigned to and imprinted thereupon and, if an Uncertificated Debenture, the unique number or code assigned thereto if any;

 

3.whether such Debenture has been cancelled; and

 

4.a register of transfers in which all transfers of Debentures and the date and other particulars of each transfer will be entered.

 

  (d)1.The register will be available for inspection by Puget and or any Debenture holder during the Debenture Agent’s regular business hours on a Business Day and upon payment to the Debenture Agent of its reasonable fees.

 

2.Any Debenture holder exercising such right of inspection will first provide an affidavit in form satisfactory to Puget and the Debenture Agent stating the name and address of the Debenture holder and agreeing not to use the information therein except in connection with an effort to call a meeting of Debenture holders or to influence the voting of Debenture holders at any meeting of Debenture holders.

 

(2)(a)Once an Uncertificated Debenture has been Authenticated, the information set forth in the register with respect thereto at the time of Authentication may be altered, modified, amended, supplemented or otherwise changed only to reflect conversion or proper instructions to the Debenture Agent from the holder as provided herein, except that the Debenture Agent may act unilaterally to make purely administrative changes internal to the Debenture Agent and changes to correct errors.

 

(b)Each person who becomes a holder of an Uncertificated Debenture, by his, her or its acquisition thereof will be deemed to have irrevocably (i) consented to the foregoing authority of the Debenture Agent to make such minor error corrections and (ii) agreed to pay to the Debenture Agent, promptly upon written demand, the full amount of all loss and expense (including without limitation reasonable legal fees of Puget and the Debenture Agent plus interest, at an appropriate then prevailing rate of interest to the Debenture Agent), sustained by Puget or the Debenture Agent as a proximate result of such error if but only if and only to the extent that such present or former holder realized any benefit as a result of such error and could reasonably have prevented, forestalled or minimized such loss and expense by prompt reporting of the error or avoidance of accepting benefits thereof whether or not such error is or should have been timely detected and corrected by the Debenture Agent; provided, that no person who is a bona fide purchaser will have any such obligation to Puget or to the Debenture Agent.

 

§6.6       Issue in Substitution for Debenture Certificates Lost, etc.

 

(1)If any Debenture Certificate becomes mutilated or is lost, destroyed or stolen, Puget, subject to applicable law, will cause to be issued and thereupon the Debenture Agent will certify and deliver, a new Debenture Certificate of like tenor, and bearing the same legend, if applicable, as the one mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen in exchange for and in place of and upon cancellation of such mutilated Debenture Certificate, or in lieu of and in substitution for such lost, destroyed or stolen Debenture Certificate, and the substituted Debenture Certificate will be in a form approved by the Debenture Agent and the Debentures evidenced thereby will be entitled to the benefits hereof and will rank equally in accordance with its terms with all other Debentures issued or to be issued hereunder.

 

(2)The applicant for the issue of a new Debenture Certificate pursuant to this §6.6 will bear the cost of the issue thereof and in case of loss, destruction or theft will, as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, furnish to Puget and to the Debenture Agent such evidence of ownership and of the loss, destruction or theft of the Debenture Certificate so lost, destroyed or stolen as will be satisfactory to Puget and to the Debenture Agent, in their sole discretion, and such applicant will also be required to furnish an indemnity and surety bond in amount and form satisfactory to Puget and the Debenture Agent, in their sole discretion, and will pay the reasonable charges of Puget and the Debenture Agent in connection therewith.

 

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§6.7       Exchange of Debenture Certificates.

 

(1)Any one or more Debenture Certificates representing any number of Debentures may, upon compliance with the reasonable requirements of the Debenture Agent (including compliance with applicable securities legislation), be exchanged for one or more other Debenture Certificates representing the same aggregate number of Debentures, and bearing the same legend, if applicable, as represented by the Debenture Certificate or Debenture Certificates so exchanged.

 

(2)Debenture Certificates may be exchanged only at the Debenture Agency or at any other place that is designated by Puget.

 

(3)Any Debenture Certificate from the holder (or such other instructions, in form satisfactory to the Debenture Agent), tendered for exchange will be surrendered to the Debenture Agency and cancelled by the Debenture Agent.

 

(4)Debenture Certificates exchanged for Debenture Certificates that bear the legend(s) set forth in §6.4 will bear the same legend(s).

 

§6.8       Transfer and Ownership of Debentures.

 

(1)The Debentures may only be transferred on the register kept by the Debenture Agent at the Debenture Agency by the holder or its legal representatives or its attorney duly appointed by an instrument in writing in form and execution satisfactory to the Debenture Agent only upon:

 

(a)in the case of a Debenture Certificate, surrendering to the Debenture Agent at the Debenture Agency the Debenture Certificates representing the Debentures to be transferred together with a duly executed transfer form as set forth in Schedule B;

 

(b)in the case of Book Entry Only Debentures, in accordance with procedures prescribed by the Depository under the book entry registration system: and

 

(c)upon compliance with:

 

1.the conditions herein;

 

2.such reasonable requirements as the Debenture Agent may prescribe; and

 

3.all applicable securities legislation and requirements of regulatory authorities.

 

(2)Such transfer will be duly noted in such register by the Debenture Agent.

 

(3)Upon compliance with such requirements, the Debenture Agent will issue to the transferee of a Debenture Certificate, or the Debenture Agent will Authenticate and deliver a Debenture Certificate upon request that part of the Global Debenture be certificated.

 

(4)Transfers within the systems of the Depository are not the responsibility of the Debenture Agent and will not be noted on the register maintained by the Debenture Agent.

 

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(5)If a Debenture Certificate tendered for transfer bears the legend set forth in §6.4(1), the Debenture Agent will not register such transfer unless the transferor has provided the Debenture Agent with the Debenture Certificate and (A) the transfer is made to Puget, (B) the transfer is made outside of the United States in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 904 of Regulation S and in compliance with applicable local laws and regulations and the transferor delivers to the Debenture Agent a declaration substantially in the form set forth in Schedule “D” to this Debenture Indenture, or in such other form as Puget may from time to time prescribe, together with such other evidence of the availability of an exemption (which may, without limitation, include an opinion of counsel of recognized standing reasonably satisfactory to Puget) as the Debenture Agent may reasonably require, or (C) the transfer is made pursuant to the exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act provided by (i) Rule 144 thereunder or (ii) Rule 144A thereunder, if available, and in each case in accordance with any applicable state securities or “blue sky” laws, or (D) the transfer is made in another transaction that does not require registration under the Securities Act or any applicable state securities laws; provided that, it has furnished to Puget an opinion of counsel or other evidence, in either case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Puget, to such effect.

 

(6)In relation to a transfer under (C) or (D) above, unless Puget and the Debenture Agent receive an opinion of counsel of recognized standing in form and substance to the effect that the U.S. restrictive legend set forth in §6.4(1) is no longer required on the Debenture Certificates representing the transferred Debentures, the Debenture Certificates received by the transferee will continue to bear the legend set forth in §6.4(1).

 

(7)Subject to the provisions of this Indenture, Applicable Legislation and applicable law, the Debenture holder will be entitled to the rights and privileges attaching to the Debentures, and the issue of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares by Puget upon the conversion of Debentures in accordance with the terms and conditions herein contained will discharge all responsibilities of Puget and the Debenture Agent with respect to such Debentures and neither Puget nor the Debenture Agent will be bound to inquire into the title of any such holder.

 

§6.9       Cancellation of Surrendered Debentures.

 

(1)All Debenture Certificates surrendered pursuant to §7.2 will be cancelled by the Debenture Agent, and in the case of conversions pursuant to §7.2 by holders of Uncertificated Debentures will be deemed cancelled and so noted on the register by the Debenture Agent.

 

(2)Upon request by Puget, the Debenture Agent will furnish to Puget a cancellation certificate identifying the Debenture Certificates so cancelled, the number of Debentures evidenced thereby, the number of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares, if any, issued pursuant to such Debentures and the details of any Debenture Certificates issued in substitution or exchange for such Debenture Certificates cancelled.

 

Article 7 Conversion of Debentures

 

§7.1        Right of Conversion.

 

Subject to the provisions hereof, each Registered Debenture holder may exercise the right conferred on such holder to convert such Debenture prior to the Expiry Time and in accordance with the conditions herein into shares of Puget’s Class B Convertible Preferred Stock at a conversion rate of $1.75 per share, thus, for example, at the end of the first year, the principal balance of a $1,000 Debenture plus accrued interest would be $1,050 entitling the holder to convert such Debenture for 875 shares of Class B Convertible Preferred Stock.

 

§7.2       Debenture Conversion.

 

(1)(a)Registered holders of Debenture Certificates who wish to convert the Debentures held by them in order to acquire Class B Convertible Preferred Shares must complete the conversion form (the “Conversion Notice”) attached to the Debenture Certificate(s) which form is attached hereto as Schedule “C”, which may be amended by Puget if such amendment does not, in the reasonable opinion of Puget, which may be based on the advice of Counsel, materially and adversely affect the rights, entitlements and interests of the Debenture holders, and deliver such certificate(s), the executed Conversion Notice, and other information or documents required thereby, and a certified check, bank draft or money order payable to or to the order of Puget for the aggregate Conversion Price to the Debenture Agent at the Debenture Agency.

 

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(b)The Debentures represented by a Debenture Certificate will be deemed to be surrendered upon personal delivery of such certificate, Conversion Notice and aggregate Conversion Price or, if such documents are sent by mail or other means of transmission, upon actual receipt thereof by the Debenture Agent at the office referred to above.

 

(2)(a)A Registered holder of Uncertificated Debentures evidenced by a security entitlement in respect of Debentures must complete the Conversion Notice and deliver the executed Conversion Notice and a certified check, bank draft or money order payable to or to the order of Puget for the aggregate Conversion Price to the Debenture Agent at the Debenture Agency.

 

(b)The Uncertificated Debentures will be deemed to be surrendered upon receipt of the Conversion Notice and aggregate Conversion Price or, if such documents are sent by mail or other means of transmission, upon actual receipt thereof by the Debenture Agent at the office referred to above.

 

(3)(a)A beneficial owner of Debentures issued in uncertificated form evidenced by a security entitlement in respect of Debentures in the book entry registration system who desires to convert his or her Debentures must do so by causing a Book Entry Only Participant to deliver to the Depository on behalf of the entitlement holder, notice of the owner’s intention to convert Debentures in a manner acceptable to the Depository.

 

(b)Forthwith upon receipt by the Depository of such notice, as well as payment for the aggregate Conversion Price, the Depository will deliver to the Debenture Agent confirmation of its intention to convert Debentures (a “Confirmation”) in a manner acceptable to the Debenture Agent, including by electronic means through a book based registration system.

 

(c)An electronic conversion of the Debentures initiated by the Book Entry Only Participant through a book based registration system will constitute a representation to both Puget and the Debenture Agent that the beneficial owner at the time of conversion of such Debentures (a) is not in the United States; (b) is not a U.S. Person and is not exercising such Debentures on behalf of, or for the account or benefit of, a U.S. Person or a person in the United States; (c) did not acquire the Debentures in the United States or on behalf of, or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person or a person in the United States; (d) did not receive an offer to convert the Debenture in the United States; (e) did not execute or deliver the notice of the owner’s intention to convert such Debentures in the United States; and (f) has, in all other respects, complied with the terms of Regulation S in connection with such conversion. 

 

(d)If the Book Entry Only Participant is not able to make or deliver the foregoing representation by initiating the electronic conversion of the Debentures, then such Debentures will be withdrawn from the book based registration system by the Book Entry Only Participant and an individually registered Debenture Certificate will be issued by the Debenture Agent to such Beneficial Owner or Book Entry Only Participant and the conversion procedures set forth in §7.2(1) will be followed.

 

(4)Conversions of Debentures into shares of Puget’s Class B Convertible Preferred Stock will be effected in reliance on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act provided by Section 3(a)(9) thereof and consequently it is assumed that the holding period under applicable securities laws for the Class B Convertible Preferred Stock received on conversion will relate back to the date the Debenture was originally acquired by the converting holder, and, in the event that the Class B Convertible Preferred Stock is in turn converted into shares of Puget’s Common Stock, that Section 3(a)(9) will again apply to permit tacking of the prior holding periods.

 

(5)By causing a Book Entry Only Participant to deliver notice to the Depository, a Debenture holder will be deemed to have irrevocably surrendered his or her Debentures so converted and appointed such Book Entry Only Participant to act as his or her exclusive settlement agent with respect to the conversion and the receipt of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares in connection with the obligations arising from such conversion.

 

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(6)(a)Any notice which the Depository determines to be incomplete, not in proper form or not duly executed will for all purposes be void and of no effect and the conversion to which it relates will be considered for all purposes not to have been exercised thereby.

 

(b)A failure by a Book Entry Only Participant to convert or to give effect to the settlement thereof in accordance with the Debenture holder’s instructions will not give rise to any obligations or liability on the part of Puget or Debenture Agent to the Book Entry Only Participant or the Debenture holder.

 

(7)Any conversion form or Conversion Notice referred to in this §7.2 will be signed by the Registered Debenture holder, or his, her or its executors or administrators or other legal representatives or an attorney of the Registered Debenture holder, duly appointed by an instrument in writing satisfactory to the Debenture Agent but such conversion form need not be executed by the Depository.

 

(8)Unless extended by Puget in its sole discretion, any conversion referred to in this §7.2 requires that the original Conversion Notice executed by the Registered Debenture holder or the Confirmation from the Depository be received by the Debenture Agent prior to the Expiry Time.

 

(9)Debentures may only be converted pursuant to this §7.2 by or on behalf of a Registered Debenture holder, as applicable, who makes the certifications set forth on, and delivers any other information or documents required pursuant to, the Conversion Notice set out in Schedule B or as provided herein.

 

(10)If the form of Conversion Notice set forth in the Debenture Certificate will have been amended, Puget will cause the amended Conversion Notice to be forwarded to all Registered Debenture holders.

 

(11)Conversion Notices and Confirmations must be delivered to the Debenture Agent at any time during the Debenture Agent’s actual business hours on any Business Day prior to the Expiry Time. Any Conversion Notice or Confirmations received by the Debenture Agent after business hours on any Business Day other than the Expiry Date will be deemed to have been received by the Debenture Agent on the next following Business Day.

 

§7.3       Prohibition on Conversion; Legended Certificates.

 

(1)The Debentures have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws, but may not be converted by or on behalf of, or for the account or benefit of, a U.S. Person or a person in the United States pursuant to the exemptive provisions of Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act.

 

(2)Securities received on conversion of the Debentures in reliance on Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act will be restricted securities and transfers thereof may not be effected unless the subject shares have been registered pursuant to Section 5 of the Securities Act or an exemption from such registration requirements is available under Sections 3 or 4 of the Act or Regulations promulgated thereunder by the Commission (e.g., Regulation A).

 

(3)Certificates representing Class B Convertible Preferred Shares issued upon the conversion of Debentures which bear the legend set forth in 6.4(1) and those which are issued and delivered pursuant to §7.3(2) will bear the following legend:

 

“The securities represented hereby have not been registered under the Securities Act or under the securities laws of any state. The holder hereof, by purchasing such securities, agrees for the benefit of Puget that such securities may be offered, sold, pledged or otherwise transferred, directly or indirectly, only (a) to Puget; (b) outside the United States in accordance with Commission Rule 904 of Regulation S and in compliance with local laws and regulations; (c) in accordance with the exemption from registration under the Securities Act provided by Commission Rules 144 or 144A thereunder, if available, and in compliance with applicable state securities laws; or (d) in a transaction that does not require registration under Securities Act or any applicable state securities laws, and, in the case of paragraph (c) or (d), the seller has prior to such transfer furnished to Puget an opinion of counsel of recognized standing in form and substance satisfactory to the corporation to such effect.”

 

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(4)Certificates representing Class B Convertible Preferred Shares issued upon the conversion of Debenture Certificates (and issued in substitution or exchange therefor) prior to the date that is 365 days after the date First Closing Date or a Subsequent Closing Date, as applicable, will bear the following legend:

 

Unless permitted under applicable securities legislation, the holder of this security must not trade the security before [insert the date that is 365 days after the first closing date or a Subsequent Closing Date, as applicable].”

 

§7.4        Transfer Fees and Taxes.

 

In addition to restrictions imposed under applicable securities laws, if any of the Class B Convertible Preferred Shares received on conversion are to be issued to a person or persons other than the Registered Debenture holder, the Registered Debenture holder will execute the form of transfer and will comply with such reasonable requirements as the Debenture Agent may stipulate and will pay to Puget or the Debenture Agent on behalf of Puget, all applicable transfer or similar taxes and Puget will not be required to issue or deliver certificates evidencing Class B Convertible Preferred Shares unless or until such Debenture holder will have paid to Puget or the Debenture Agent on behalf of Puget, the amount of such tax or will have established to the satisfaction of Puget and the Debenture Agent that such tax has been paid or that no tax is due.

 

§7.5       Debenture Agency.

 

(1)To facilitate the exchange, transfer or conversion of Debentures and compliance with such other terms and conditions hereof as may be required, Puget has hereby appointed the Debenture Agency as the agency at which Debentures may be surrendered for exchange or transfer or at which Debentures may be converted and the Debenture Agent has accepted such appointment.

 

(2)Puget may from time to time designate alternate or additional organizations as the Debenture Agency and will give notice to the Debenture Agent of any proposed change of the Debenture Agency.

 

(3)Branch registers will also be kept at such other place or places, if any, as Puget may designate.

 

(4)The Debenture Agent will from time to time when requested to do so by Puget or any Registered Debenture holder, upon payment of the Debenture Agent’s reasonable charges, furnish a list of the names and addresses of Registered Debenture holders showing the number of Debentures held by each such Registered Debenture holder.

 

§7.6       Effect of Conversion of Debentures.

 

(1)(a)Upon the conversion of Debentures pursuant to and in compliance with §7.2 and subject to §7.3 and §7.4, the Class B Convertible Preferred Shares to be issued pursuant to the Debentures converted will be deemed to have been issued and the person or persons to whom such Class B Convertible Preferred Shares are to be issued will be deemed to have become the holder or holders of such Class B Convertible Preferred Shares within five Business Days of the Conversion Date unless the register will be closed on such date, in which case the Class B Convertible Preferred Shares subscribed for will be deemed to have been issued and such person or persons deemed to have become the holder or holders of record of such Class B Convertible Preferred Shares, on the date on which such register is reopened.

 

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(b)It is hereby understood that in order for persons to whom Class B Convertible Preferred Shares are to be issued, to become holders of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares on record on the Conversion Date, beneficial holders must commence the conversion process sufficiently in advance so that the Debenture Agent is in receipt of all items of conversion at least one Business Day prior to such Conversion Date.

 

(2)Within five Business Days after the Conversion Date with respect to a Debenture, the Debenture Agent will cause to be delivered or mailed to the person or persons in whose name or names the Debenture is registered or, if so specified in writing by the holder, cause to be delivered to such person or persons at the Debenture Agency where the Debenture Certificate was surrendered, a certificate or certificates for the appropriate number of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares subscribed for, or any other appropriate evidence of the issuance of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares to such person or persons in respect of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares issued under the book entry registration system.

 

§7.7Partial Conversion of Debentures; Fractions.

 

(1)The holder of any Debentures may exercise his right to acquire a number of whole Class B Convertible Preferred Shares less than the aggregate number which the holder is entitled to acquire.

 

(2)In the event of any conversion of a number of Debentures less than the number which the holder is entitled to convert, the holder of Debentures upon such conversion will, in addition, be entitled to receive, without charge therefor, a new Debenture Certificate(s), bearing the same legend, if applicable, or other appropriate evidence of Debentures, in respect of the balance of the Debentures held by such holder and which were not then converted.

 

(3)Notwithstanding anything herein contained including any adjustment provided for in §8.1, Puget will not be required, upon the conversion of any Debentures, to issue fractions of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares.

 

(4)Debentures may only be converted in a sufficient number to acquire whole numbers of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares.

 

§7.8       Expiration of Debenture Conversion Rights.

 

Unless extended in the sole discretion of Puget, immediately after the Expiry Time, all rights under any Debenture in respect of which the right of conversion provided for herein will not have been exercised will cease and terminate and be of no further force or effect.

 

§7.9        Accounting and Recording.

 

(1)The Debenture Agent will promptly account to Puget with respect to Debentures converted, and will promptly forward to Puget notification of such conversion and of the cancellation of the subject Debenture.

 

(2)The Debenture Agent will record the particulars of Debentures converted, which particulars will include the names and addresses of the persons who become holders of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares on conversion and the Conversion Date, in respect thereof.

 

(3)The Debenture Agent will provide such particulars in writing together with the cancelled Debenture to Puget within five Business Days of any request by Puget therefor.

 

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§7.10    Securities Restrictions.

 

Notwithstanding anything herein contained, Class B Convertible Preferred Shares will be issued upon exercise of a Debenture subject to the restrictions and conditions imposed by the securities laws of any applicable jurisdiction.

 

§7.11     Trading Markets for Puget Securities.

 

(1)There are currently no public trading markets for the Debentures or the Class B Convertible Preferred Shares into which the Debentures may be converted, the only current market for Puget securities being the Pink Open Market on which free trading shares of Puget’s Common Stock are currently traded.

 

(2)Each of the Class B Convertible Preferred Shares into which the Debentures may be exercised are convertible into ten shares of Puget’s Common Stock but, as provided in this Indenture, cannot be freely traded except pursuant prior registration with the Commission or the availability of applicable exemptions from registration requirements.

 

(3)Puget aspires to the eventual development of a trading market for its Class B Convertible Preferred Shares and it is possible that eventually, a public trading market for the Debentures may also develop, however, no assurances with respect to such development can be provided.

 

(4)Puget also aspires to the development of trading markets for its securities in markets or exchanges other than the Pink Open Market but no assurances with respect to such development can be provided.

 

Article 8 Adjustment of Number of Shares and Conversion Price

 

§8.1        Adjustment of Number of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares and Conversion Price.

 

The conversion rights in effect under the Debentures for Class B Convertible Preferred Shares issuable upon the conversion of the Debentures will be subject to adjustment from time to time as follows:

 

(1)(a)if, at any time during the Adjustment Period, Puget will:

 

(1)subdivide, re-divide or change its outstanding Class B Convertible Preferred Shares into a greater number of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares;

 

(2)reduce, combine or consolidate its outstanding Class B Convertible Preferred Shares into a lesser number of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares; or

 

(3)issue Class B Convertible Preferred Shares or securities exchangeable for, or convertible into, Class B Convertible Preferred Shares to all or substantially all of the holders of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares by way of stock dividend or other distribution (other than a dividend paid in the ordinary course or a distribution of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares upon the exercise of warrants (other than the Warrants comprising the Units in which the Debentures are included) or any outstanding options);

 

then the Conversion Price will be adjusted as of the effective date or record date of such subdivision, re-division, change, reduction, combination, consolidation or distribution, as the case may be.

 

(b)In the case of the events referred to in (a)(1) or (a)(3) above, the Conversion Price will be decreased in proportion to the number of outstanding Class B Convertible Preferred Shares resulting from such subdivision, re-division, change or distribution, or will, in the case of the events referred to in (a)(2) above, be increased in proportion to the number of outstanding Class B Convertible Preferred Shares resulting from such reduction, combination or consolidation by multiplying the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such effective date or record date by a fraction, the numerator of which will be the number of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares outstanding on such effective date or record date before giving effect to such Class B Convertible Preferred Share Reorganization and the denominator of which will be the number of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares outstanding as of the effective date or record date after giving effect to such Class B Convertible Preferred Share Reorganization (including, in the case where securities exchangeable for or convertible into Class B Convertible Preferred Shares are distributed, the number of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares that would have been outstanding had such securities been exchanged for or converted into Class B Convertible Preferred Shares on such record date or effective date).

 

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(c)Such adjustment will be made successively whenever any event referred to in this §8.1(1) will occur.

 

(d)Upon any adjustment of the Conversion Price pursuant to §8.1(1), the Conversion Rate will be contemporaneously adjusted by multiplying the number of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares theretofore obtainable on the conversion thereof by a fraction of which the numerator will be the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment and the denominator will be the Conversion Price resulting from such adjustment;

 

(2)(a)If and whenever at any time during the Adjustment Period, Puget will fix a record date for the issuance of rights, options or warrants to all or substantially all the holders of its outstanding Class B Convertible Preferred Shares entitling them, for a period expiring not more than 45 days after such record date, to subscribe for or purchase Class B Convertible Preferred Shares (or securities convertible or exchangeable into Class B Convertible Preferred Shares) at a price per Class B Convertible Preferred Share (or having a conversion or exchange price per Class B Convertible Preferred Share) less than 100% of the Current Market Price on such record date (a “Rights Offering”), the Conversion Price will be adjusted immediately after such record date so that it will equal the amount determined by multiplying the Conversion Price in effect on such record date by a fraction, of which the numerator will be the total number of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares outstanding on such record date plus a number of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares equal to the number arrived at by dividing the aggregate price of the total number of additional Class B Convertible Preferred Shares offered for subscription or purchase (or the aggregate conversion or exchange price of the convertible or exchangeable securities so offered) by the Current Market Price, and of which the denominator will be the total number of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares outstanding on such record date plus the total number of additional Class B Convertible Preferred Shares offered for subscription or purchase or into which the convertible or exchangeable securities so offered are convertible or exchangeable;

 

(b)Any Class B Convertible Preferred Shares owned by or held for the account of Puget will be deemed not to be outstanding for the purpose of any such computation; such adjustment will be made successively whenever such a record date is fixed;

 

(c)To the extent that no such rights or warrants are exercised prior to the expiration thereof, the Conversion Price will be readjusted to the Conversion Price which would then be in effect if such record date had not been fixed or, if any such rights or Debentures are converted, to the Conversion Price which would then be in effect based upon the number of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares (or securities convertible or exchangeable into Class B Convertible Preferred Shares) actually issued upon the exercise of such rights or Debentures, as the case may be.

 

(d)Upon any adjustment of the Conversion Price pursuant to this §8.1(2), the Conversion Rate will be adjusted immediately after such record date so that it will equal the rate determined by multiplying the Conversion Rate in effect on such record date by a fraction, of which the numerator will be the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment and the denominator will be the Conversion Price resulting from such adjustment.

 

(e)Such adjustment will be made successively whenever such a record date is fixed, provided that if two or more such record dates or record dates referred to in this §8.1(2) are fixed within a period of 25 Trading Days, such adjustment will be made successively as if each of such record dates occurred on the earliest of such record dates.

 

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(3)(a)If and whenever at any time during the Adjustment Period Puget will fix a record date for the making of a distribution to all or substantially all the holders of its outstanding Class B Convertible Preferred Shares of (i) securities of any class, whether of Puget or any other entity (other than Class B Convertible Preferred Shares), (ii) rights, options or warrants to subscribe for or purchase Class B Convertible Preferred Shares (or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for Class B Convertible Preferred Shares), other than pursuant to a Rights Offering; (iii) evidences of its indebtedness or (iv) any property or other assets (other than dividends paid in the ordinary course) and if such issue or distribution does not constitute a Class B Convertible Preferred Share Reorganization, a Rights Offering or a distribution of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares upon the conversion of Debentures or any outstanding options, then, in each such case, the Conversion Price will be adjusted immediately after such record date so that it will equal the price determined by multiplying the Conversion Price in effect on such record date by a fraction, of which the numerator will be the total number of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares outstanding on such record date multiplied by the Current Market Price on such record date, less the excess, if any, of the fair market value on such record date, as determined by Puget (whose determination will be conclusive), of such securities or other assets so issued or distributed over the fair market value of any consideration received therefor by Puget from the holders of the Class B Convertible Preferred Shares, and of which the denominator will be the total number of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares outstanding on such record date multiplied by the Current Market Price;

 

(b)Class B Convertible Preferred Shares owned by or held for the account of Puget will be deemed not to be outstanding for the purpose of any such computation; such adjustment will be made successively whenever such a record date is fixed;

 

(c)To the extent that such distribution is not so made, the Conversion Price will be readjusted to the Conversion Price which would then be in effect if such record date had not been fixed.

 

(d)Upon any adjustment of the Conversion Price pursuant to this §8.1(3), the Conversion Rate will be adjusted immediately after such record date so that it will equal the rate determined by multiplying the Conversion Rate in effect on such record date by a fraction, of which the numerator will be the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment and the denominator will be the Conversion Price resulting from such adjustment.

 

(4)(a)If and whenever at any time during the Adjustment Period, there is a reclassification of the Class B Convertible Preferred Shares or a capital reorganization of Puget other than as described in §8.1(1) or a consolidation, amalgamation, arrangement or merger of Puget with or into any other body corporate, trust, partnership or other entity, or a sale or conveyance of the property and assets of Puget as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to any other body corporate, trust, partnership or other entity, any Registered Debenture holder who has not converted its Debentures prior to the effective date of such reclassification, capital reorganization, consolidation, amalgamation, arrangement or merger, sale or conveyance, upon the conversion of such Debenture thereafter, will be entitled to convert the subject Debentures but accept, in lieu of the number of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares that prior to such effective date the Registered Debenture holder would have been entitled to receive, the number of shares or other securities or property of Puget or of the body corporate, trust, partnership or other entity resulting from such merger, amalgamation or consolidation, or to which such sale or conveyance may be made, as the case may be, that such Registered Debenture holder would have been entitled to receive on such reclassification, capital reorganization, consolidation, amalgamation, arrangement or merger, sale or conveyance, if, on the effective date thereof, as the case may be, the Registered Debenture holder had been the registered holder of the number of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares to which prior to such effective date it was entitled to acquire upon the conversion of the Debentures.

 

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(b)If determined appropriate by the Debenture Agent, relying on advice of Counsel, to give effect to or to evidence the provisions of this §8.1(4), Puget, its successor, or such purchasing body corporate, partnership, trust or other entity, as the case may be, will, prior to or contemporaneously with any such reclassification, capital reorganization, consolidation, amalgamation, arrangement, merger, sale or conveyance, enter into an indenture which will provide, to the extent possible, for the application of the provisions set forth in this Indenture with respect to the rights and interests thereafter of the Registered Debenture holders to the end that the provisions set forth in this Indenture will thereafter correspondingly be made applicable, as nearly as may reasonably be, with respect to any shares, other securities or property to which a Registered Debenture holder is entitled on the exercise of his, her or its conversion rights thereafter.

 

(c)Any indenture entered into between Puget and the Debenture Agent pursuant to the provisions of this §8.1(4) will be a supplemental indenture entered into pursuant to the provisions of Article 12 hereof.

 

(d)Any indenture entered into between Puget, any successor to Puget or such purchasing body corporate, partnership, trust or other entity and the Debenture Agent will provide for adjustments which will be as nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the adjustments provided in this §8.1 and which will apply to successive reclassifications, capital reorganizations, consolidations, amalgamations, arrangements, mergers, sales or conveyances.

 

(5)In any case in which this §8.1 will require that an adjustment will become effective immediately after a record date for an event referred to herein, Puget may defer, until the occurrence of such event, issuing to the Registered Debenture holder of any Debenture converted after the record date and prior to completion of such event the additional Class B Convertible Preferred Shares issuable by reason of the adjustment required by such event before giving effect to such adjustment; provided, however, that Puget will deliver to such Registered Debenture holder an appropriate instrument evidencing such Registered Debenture holder’s right to receive such additional Class B Convertible Preferred Shares upon the occurrence of the event requiring such adjustment and the right to receive any distributions made on such additional Class B Convertible Preferred Shares declared in favor of holders of record of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares on and after the relevant date of conversion or such later date as such Registered Debenture holder would, but for the provisions of this §8.1(5), have become the holder of record of such additional Class B Convertible Preferred Shares pursuant to §8.1.

 

(6)In any case in which §8.1(1)(c), §8.1(2) or §8.1(3) require that an adjustment be made to the Conversion Price, no such adjustment will be made if the Registered Debenture holders of the outstanding Debentures receive, subject to any required stock exchange or regulatory approval, the rights or warrants referred to in §8.1(1)(c), §8.1(2) or the shares, rights, options, warrants, evidences of indebtedness or assets referred to in §8.1(3), as the case may be, in such kind and number as they would have received if they had been holders of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares on the applicable record date or effective date, as the case may be, by virtue of their outstanding Debenture having then been converted into Class B Convertible Preferred Shares at the Conversion Price in effect on the applicable record date or effective date, as the case may be.

 

(7)The adjustments provided for in this §8.1 are cumulative, and will, in the case of adjustments to the Conversion Price be computed to the nearest whole cent and will apply to successive subdivisions, re-divisions, reductions, combinations, consolidations, distributions, issues or other events resulting in any adjustment under the provisions of this §8.1, provided that, notwithstanding any other provision of this §, no adjustment of the Conversion Price will be required unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least 5% in the Conversion Price then in effect; provided, however, that any adjustments which by reason of this §8.1(7) are not required to be made will be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment.

 

(8)After any adjustment pursuant to this §8.1, the term “Class B Convertible Preferred Shares” where used in this Indenture will be interpreted to mean securities of any class or classes which, as a result of such adjustment and all prior adjustments pursuant to this §8.1, the Registered Debenture holder is entitled to receive upon the conversion of his Debenture, and the number of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares indicated by any conversion made pursuant to a Debenture will be interpreted to mean the number of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares or other property or securities a Registered Debenture holder is entitled to receive, as a result of such adjustment and all prior adjustments pursuant to this §8.1, upon the full conversion of a Debenture.

 

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§8.2        Entitlement to Class B Convertible Preferred Shares on Conversion of Debenture.

 

All Class B Convertible Preferred Shares or shares of any class or other securities which a Registered Debenture holder is at the time in question entitled to receive on the conversion of his, her or its Debenture, whether or not as a result of adjustments made pursuant to this Article 8, will, for the purposes of the interpretation of this Indenture, be deemed to be Class B Convertible Preferred Shares which such Registered Debenture holder is entitled to acquire pursuant to such Debenture.

 

§8.3       No Adjustment for Certain Transactions.

 

Notwithstanding anything in this Article 8, no adjustment will be made in the conversion rights attached to the Debentures if the issue of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares is being made pursuant to the private placement for which this Indenture was created or in connection with (a) any share incentive plan or restricted share plan or share purchase plan in force from time to time for directors, officers, employees, consultants or other service providers of Puget; or (b) the satisfaction of existing instruments issued at the date hereof.

 

§8.4       Determination by Independent Firm.

 

(1)In the event of any question arising with respect to the adjustments provided for in this Article 8 such question will be conclusively determined by an independent firm of certified public accountants other than the Auditors, who will have access to all necessary records of Puget, and such determination will be binding upon Puget, the Debenture Agent, all holders and all other persons interested therein.

 

(2)The costs of such determination shall be born equally by Puget on the one hand and the persons demanding such determination unless it is clear that the request was made without a reasonable basis, in which case the costs will be borne by the parties making such request.

 

§8.5       Proceedings Prior to any Action Requiring Adjustment.

 

As a condition precedent to the taking of any action which would require an adjustment in any of the acquisition rights pursuant to any of the Debentures, including the number of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares which are to be received upon the conversion thereof, Puget will take any action which may, in the opinion of Counsel, be necessary in order that Puget has unissued and reserved in its authorized capital and may validly and legally issue as fully paid and non-assessable all the Class B Convertible Preferred Shares which the holders of such Debentures are entitled to receive on the full conversion thereof in accordance with the provisions hereof.

 

§8.6       Certificate of Adjustment.

 

(1)Puget will from time to time immediately after the occurrence of any event which requires an adjustment or readjustment as provided in §8.1, deliver a certificate to the Debenture Agent specifying the nature of the event requiring the same and the amount of the adjustment or readjustment necessitated thereby and setting forth in reasonable detail the method of calculation and the facts upon which such calculation is based, which certificate will be supported by a certificate of Puget’s Auditors verifying such calculation.

 

(2)The Debenture Agent will rely, and will be protected in so doing, upon the certificate of Puget or of Puget’s Auditor and any other document filed by Puget pursuant to this Article 8 for all purposes.

 

§8.7       Notice of Special Matters.

 

(1)Puget covenants with the Debenture Agent that, so long as any Debentures remain outstanding, it will give notice to the Debenture Agent and to the Registered Debenture holders of its intention to fix a record date or effective date that is prior to the Expiry Date for any matter for which an adjustment may be required pursuant to §8.1.

 

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(2)Such notice will specify the particulars of such event and the record date for such event, provided that Puget will only be required to specify in the notice such particulars of the event as will have been fixed and determined on the date on which the notice is given.

 

(3)The notice will be given in each case not less than 14 days prior to such applicable record date or effective date.

 

(4)If notice has been given and the adjustment is not then determinable, Puget will promptly, after the adjustment is determinable, file with the Debenture Agent a computation of the adjustment and give notice to the Registered Debenture holders of such adjustment computation.

 

§8.8       No Action after Notice.

 

Puget covenants with the Debenture Agent that it will not close its transfer books or take any other corporate action which might deprive the Registered Debenture holder of the opportunity to exercise their right of acquisition pursuant thereto during the period of 14 days after the giving of the certificate or notices set forth in §8.6 and §8.7.

 

§8.9        Other Action.

 

If Puget, after the date hereof, will take any action affecting the Class B Convertible Preferred Shares other than action described in §8.1 which in the reasonable opinion of Puget’s Board of Directors would materially affect the rights of Registered Debenture holders, the Conversion Price or Conversion Rate, the number of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares which may be acquired upon conversion of the Debentures will be adjusted in such manner and at such time, by action of Puget’s Board of Directors, acting reasonably and in good faith, in their sole discretion as they may determine to be equitable to the Registered Debenture holders in the circumstances, provided that no such adjustment will be made unless any requisite prior approval of any stock exchange on which the Class B Convertible Preferred Shares are listed for trading has been obtained.

 

§8.10     Protection of Debenture Agent.

 

The Debenture Agent will not: (i) at any time be under any duty or responsibility to any Registered Debenture holder to determine whether any facts exist which may require any adjustment contemplated by §8.1, or with respect to the nature or extent of any such adjustment when made, or with respect to the method employed in making the same; (ii) be accountable with respect to the validity or value (or the kind or amount) of any Class B Convertible Preferred Shares or of any other securities or property which may at any time be issued or delivered upon the exercise of the rights attaching to any Debenture; (iii) be responsible for any failure of Puget to issue, transfer or deliver Class B Convertible Preferred Shares or certificates for the same upon the surrender of any Debentures for the purpose of the exercise of such rights or to comply with any of the covenants contained in this Article; or (iv), incur any liability or be in any way responsible for the consequences of any breach on the part of Puget of any of the representations, warranties or covenants herein contained or of any acts of the directors, officers, employees, agents or servants of Puget.

 

§8.11     Participation by Debenture holder.

 

No adjustments will be made pursuant to this Article 8 if the Registered Debenture holders are entitled to participate in any event described in this Article 8 on the same terms, mutatis mutandis, as if the Registered Debenture holders had converted their Debentures prior to, or on the effective date or record date of, such event.

 

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Article 9: Rights of Puget and Covenants

 

§9.1       Optional Purchases by Puget.

 

(1)Subject to compliance with applicable securities legislation and approval of applicable regulatory authorities, if any, Puget may from time to time purchase by private contract or otherwise any of the Debentures.

 

(2)Any such purchase will be made at the lowest price or prices at which, in the opinion of Puget’s Board of Directors, such Debentures are then obtainable, plus reasonable costs of purchase, and may be made in such manner, from such persons and on such other terms as Puget, in its sole discretion, may determine.

 

(3)In the case of Certificated Debentures, Debenture Certificates representing the Debentures purchased pursuant to this §9.1 will forthwith be delivered to and cancelled by the Debenture Agent and reflected accordingly on the register of Debentures.

 

(4)In the case of Uncertificated Debentures, the Debentures purchased pursuant to this §9.1 will be reflected accordingly on the register of Debentures and in accordance with procedures prescribed by the Depository under the book entry registration system.

 

(5)No Debentures will be issued in replacement thereof.

 

§9.2       General Covenants.

 

Puget covenants that so long as any Debentures remain outstanding and convertible:

 

(1)It will reserve and keep available a sufficient number of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares for the purpose of enabling it to satisfy its obligations to issue Class B Convertible Preferred Shares upon the conversion of the Debentures;

 

(2)It will cause the Class B Convertible Preferred Shares from time to time acquired pursuant to the conversion of the Debentures to be duly issued and delivered in accordance with the Debentures and the terms hereof;

 

(3)All Class B Convertible Preferred Shares which will be issued upon exercise of the right to acquire provided for herein will be fully paid and non-assessable;

 

(4)It will use reasonable commercial efforts to maintain its existence and carry on its business in the ordinary course;

 

(6)It will use commercially reasonable efforts to make all requisite filings under applicable United States securities legislation including those necessary to remain a reporting issuer not in default in each of the provinces and other United States jurisdictions where it is or becomes a reporting issuer;

 

(7)Generally, it will well and truly perform and carry out all of the acts or things to be done by it as provided in this Indenture; and

 

(8)It will promptly notify the Debenture Agent and the Debenture holders in writing of any default under the terms of this Debenture Indenture which remains unrectified for more than five Business Days following its occurrence.

 

§9.3        Debenture Agent’s Remuneration and Expenses.

 

Puget will pay to the Debenture Agent from time to time reasonable remuneration for its services hereunder and will pay or reimburse the Debenture Agent upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Debenture Agent in the administration or execution of the trusts hereby created until all duties of the Debenture Agent hereunder will be finally and fully performed.

 

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§9.4       Performance of Covenants by Debenture Agent.

 

If Puget will fail to perform any of its covenants contained in this Indenture, the Debenture Agent may notify the Registered Debenture holders of such failure on the part of Puget and may itself perform any of the covenants capable of being performed by it but, subject to §13.2, will be under no obligation to perform said covenants or to notify the Registered Debenture holders of such performance by it.

 

§9.5        Enforceability of Debentures.

 

Puget covenants and agrees that it is duly authorized to create and issue the Debentures to be issued hereunder and that the Debentures, when issued and Authenticated as herein provided, will be valid and enforceable against Puget in accordance with the provisions terms hereof and that, subject to the provisions of this Indenture, Puget will facilitate the issuance and delivery by the Debenture Agent of the Class B Convertible Preferred Shares due upon conversion of Debentures issued under this Indenture t in accordance with its terms.

 

Article 10: Enforcement

 

§10.1    Suits by Registered Debenture holders.

 

(1)All or any of the rights conferred upon any Registered Debenture holder by any of the terms of this Indenture may be enforced by the Registered Debenture holder by appropriate proceedings but without prejudice to the right which is hereby conferred upon the Debenture Agent to proceed in its own name to enforce each and all of the provisions herein contained for the benefit of the Registered Debenture holders.

 

(2)Notwithstanding the foregoing, all disputes, misunderstandings, conflicts or required interpretations arising hereunder which Debenture holders pursue will be resolved in the following manner, first, through mediation and then, if mediation is not successful after 60 days, through binding arbitration in accordance with the rules and procedures of the American Arbitration Association’s® Miami Regional Office.

 

§10.2     Suits by Puget.

 

Puget will have the right to enforce full payment of the Conversion Price of all Class B Convertible Preferred Shares issued by the Debenture Agent to a Registered Debenture holder hereunder and will be entitled to demand such payment from the Registered Debenture holder or alternatively to instruct the Debenture Agent to cancel the share certificates and amend the securities register accordingly.

 

§10.3     Immunity.

 

Subject to applicable law, the Debenture Agent and, by acceptance of the Debenture Certificates and as part of the consideration for the issue of the Debentures, each of the Debenture holders hereby waives and releases any right, cause of action or remedy now or hereafter existing in any jurisdiction against any person in his capacity as an incorporator or any past, present or future shareholder or other security holder, director, officer, employee or agent of Puget or any successor entity for the creation and issue of the Debentures pursuant to any indenture, covenant, agreement, representation or warranty by Puget herein or contained in the Debenture Certificates.

 

§10.4     Waiver of Default.

 

Upon the happening of any default hereunder:

 

(1)The Registered Debenture holders of not less than 51% of the Debentures then outstanding will have power (in addition to the powers exercisable by Extraordinary Resolution) to instruct the Debenture Agent in writing to waive any default hereunder and the Debenture Agent will thereupon waive the default upon such terms and conditions as will be prescribed in such requisition; or

 

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(2)The Debenture Agent will have power to waive any default hereunder upon such terms and conditions as the Debenture Agent may deem advisable, on the advice of Counsel, if, in the Debenture Agent’s opinion, based on the advice of Counsel, the same will have been cured or adequate provision made therefor;

 

provided that no delay or omission of the Debenture Agent or of the Registered Debenture holders in exercising any right or power accruing upon any default will impair any such right or power or will be construed to be a waiver of any such default or acquiescence therein and provided further that no act or omission either of the Debenture Agent or of the Registered Debenture holders in the premises will extend to or be taken in any manner whatsoever to affect any subsequent default hereunder of the rights resulting therefrom.

 

Article 11: Meetings of Registered Debenture holders

 

§11.1     Right to Convene Meetings.

 

(1)The Debenture Agent may at any time and from time to time, and will on receipt of a written request from Puget or from a Debenture holders’ Request (as herein defined), upon being indemnified and funded to its reasonable satisfaction by Puget or by the Registered Debenture holders signing such Debenture holders’ Request against the costs which may be incurred in connection with the calling and holding of such meeting, convene a meeting of the Registered Debenture holders.

 

(2)If the Debenture Agent fails to so call a meeting within seven days after receipt of such written request from Puget or a Debenture holders’ Request and the indemnity and funding given as aforesaid, Puget or such Registered Debenture holders, as the case may be, may convene such meeting.

 

(3)Every such meeting will be held in the City of Palm Beach, Florida or at such other place as may be approved or determined mutual agreement among the Debenture Agent and Puget.

 

§11.2      Notice.

 

(1)At least 21 days’ prior written notice of any meeting of Registered Debenture holders will be given to the Registered Debenture holders in the manner provided for in §14.2 and a copy of such notice will be sent by certified mail and electronic mail to the Debenture Agent (unless the meeting has been called by the Debenture Agent) and to Puget (unless the meeting has been called by Puget).

 

(2)Such notice will state the time when and the place where the meeting is to be held, will state briefly the general nature of the business to be transacted thereat and will contain such information as is reasonably necessary to enable the Registered Debenture holders to make a reasoned decision on the matter, but it will not be necessary for any such notice to set out the terms of any resolution to be proposed or any of the provisions of this §11.2.

 

§11.3     Chairman.

 

An individual (who need not be a Registered Debenture holder) designated in writing by the Debenture Agent will be chairman of the meeting and if no individual is so designated, or if the individual so designated is not present within fifteen minutes from the time fixed for the holding of the meeting, the Registered Debenture holders present in person or by proxy will choose an individual present to be chairman.

 

§11.4     Quorum.

 

(1)Subject to the provisions of §11.11, at any meeting of the Registered Debenture holders a quorum will consist of Registered Debenture holder(s) present in person or by proxy and entitled to purchase at least 50+% of the aggregate number of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares which could be acquired pursuant to all the then outstanding Debentures.

 

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(2)If a quorum of the Registered Debenture holders is not present within thirty minutes from the time fixed for holding any meeting, the meeting, if summoned by Registered Debenture holders or on a Debenture holders’ Request, will be dissolved; but in any other case the meeting will be adjourned to the same day in the next week (unless such day is not a Business Day, in which case it will be adjourned to the next following Business Day) at the same time and place and no notice of the adjournment need be given.

 

(3)Any business may be brought before or dealt with at an adjourned meeting which might have been dealt with at the original meeting in accordance with the notice calling the same, provided that a quorum is attained.

 

(4)No business will be transacted at any meeting unless a quorum be present throughout the meeting.

 

§11.5     Power to Adjourn.

 

The chairman of any meeting at which a quorum of the Registered Debenture holders is present may, with the consent of the meeting, adjourn any such meeting, and no notice of such adjournment need be given except such notice, if any, as the meeting may prescribe.

 

§11.6     Show of Hands.

 

(1)Every question submitted to a meeting will be decided in the first place by a majority of the votes given on a show of hands except that votes on an Extraordinary Resolution will be given in the manner hereinafter provided.

 

(2)At any such meeting, unless a poll is duly demanded as herein provided, a declaration by the chairman that a resolution has been carried or carried unanimously or by a particular majority or lost or not carried by a particular majority will be conclusive evidence of the fact.

 

§11.7    Poll and Voting.

 

(1)On every Extraordinary Resolution, and on any other question submitted to a meeting and after a vote by show of hands when demanded by the chairman or by one or more of the Registered Debenture holders acting in person or by proxy and entitled to acquire in the aggregate at least 5% of the aggregate number of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares which could be acquired pursuant to all the Debentures then outstanding, a poll will be taken in such manner as the chairman will direct.

 

(2)Questions other than those required to be determined by Extraordinary Resolution will be decided by a majority of the votes eligible to be cast on the poll.

 

(3)On a show of hands, every person who is present and entitled to vote, whether as a Registered Debenture holder or as proxy for one or more absent Registered Debenture holders, or both, will have a vote equal to the percentage of the total outstanding principal of the Debentures held.

 

(4)On a poll, each Registered Debenture holder present in person or represented by a proxy duly appointed by instrument in writing will be entitled to o a vote equal to the percentage of the total outstanding principal of the Debentures held or represented by him, her or it.

 

(5)A proxy need not be a Registered Debenture holder.

 

(6)The chairman of any meeting will be entitled, both on a show of hands and on a poll, to vote in respect of the Debentures, if any, held or represented by him.

 

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§11.8     Regulations.

 

(1)Puget may from time to time make and from time to time vary such regulations as it will think fit for the setting of the record date for a meeting for the purpose of determining Registered Debenture holders entitled to receive notice of and to vote at the meeting.

 

(2)Any regulations so made will be binding and effective and the votes given in accordance therewith will be valid and will be counted.

 

(3)Save as such regulations may provide, the only persons who will be recognized at any meeting as a Registered Debenture holder, or be entitled to vote or be present at the meeting in respect thereof (subject to §11.9), will be Registered Debenture holders or proxies of Registered Debenture holders.

 

§11.9    Puget and Debenture Agent May be Represented.

 

Puget and the Debenture Agent, by their respective directors, officers, agents, and employees and the Counsel for Puget and for the Debenture Agent may attend any meeting of the Registered Debenture holders.

 

§11.10   Powers Exercisable by Extraordinary Resolution.

 

In addition to all other powers conferred upon them by any other provisions of this Indenture or by law, the Registered Debenture holders at a meeting will, subject to the provisions of §11.11, have the power exercisable from time to time by Extraordinary Resolution:

 

(1)To agree to any modification, abrogation, alteration, compromise or arrangement of the rights of Registered Debenture holders or the Debenture Agent in its capacity as Debenture agent hereunder or on behalf of the Registered Debenture holders against Puget whether such rights arise under this Indenture or otherwise;

 

(2)To amend, alter or repeal any Extraordinary Resolution previously passed or sanctioned by the Registered Debenture holders;

 

(3)To direct or to authorize the Debenture Agent, subject to §13.2(2) hereof, to enforce any of the covenants on the part of Puget contained in this Indenture or to enforce any of the rights of the Registered Debenture holders in any manner specified in such Extraordinary Resolution or to refrain from enforcing any such covenant or right;

 

(4)To waive, and to direct the Debenture Agent to waive, any default on the part of Puget in complying with any provisions of this Indenture either unconditionally or upon any conditions specified in such Extraordinary Resolution;

 

(5)To restrain any Registered Debenture holder from taking or instituting any suit, action or proceeding against Puget for the enforcement of any of the covenants on the part of Puget in this Indenture or to enforce any of the rights of the Registered Debenture holders;

 

(6)To direct any Registered Debenture holder who, as such, has brought any suit, action or proceeding to stay or to discontinue or otherwise to deal with the same;

 

(7)To assent to any change in or omission from the provisions contained in this Indenture or any ancillary or supplemental instrument which may be agreed to by Puget, and to authorize the Debenture Agent to concur in and execute any ancillary or supplemental indenture embodying the change or omission;

 

(8)With the consent of Puget, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, to remove the Debenture Agent or its successor in office and to appoint a new Debenture agent or Debenture agents to take the place of the Debenture Agent so removed; and

 

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(9)To assent to any compromise or arrangement with any creditor or creditors or any class or classes of creditors, whether secured or otherwise, and with holders of any shares or other securities of Puget.

 

§11.11   Meaning of Extraordinary Resolution.

 

(1)The expression “Extraordinary Resolution” when used in this Indenture means, subject as hereinafter provided in this §11.11 and in §11.14, will be a resolution proposed at a meeting of Registered Debenture holders duly convened for that purpose and held in accordance with the provisions of this Article 11 at which there are present in person or by proxy Registered Debenture holders holding at least 51% of the aggregate number of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares that could then be acquired upon conversion and passed by the affirmative votes of Registered Debenture holders holding not less than 75% of the aggregate number of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares that could then be upon conversion acquired at the meeting and voted on the poll upon such resolution.

 

(2)Not less than 14 days’ prior notice will be given of the time and place of such meeting in the manner provided for in §14.2.

 

(3)Subject to §11.14, votes on an Extraordinary Resolution will always be given on a poll and no demand for a poll on an Extraordinary Resolution will be necessary.

 

§11.12   Powers Cumulative.

 

Any one or more of the powers or any combination of the powers in this Indenture stated to be exercisable by the Registered Debenture holders by Extraordinary Resolution or otherwise may be exercised from time to time and the exercise of any one or more of such powers or any combination of powers from time to time will not be deemed to exhaust the right of the Registered Debenture holders to exercise such power or powers or combination of powers then or thereafter from time to time.

 

§11.13   Minutes.

 

(1)Minutes of all resolutions and proceedings at every meeting of Registered Debenture holders will be made and duly entered in books to be provided from time to time for that purpose by the Debenture Agent at the expense of the person or persons requiring the call of the meeting, and any such minutes as aforesaid, if signed by the chairman or the secretary of the meeting at which such resolutions were passed or proceedings had will be prima facie evidence of the matters therein stated and, until the contrary is proved.

 

(2)Every such meeting in respect of the proceedings of which minutes will have been made will be deemed to have been duly convened and held, and all resolutions passed thereat or proceedings taken will be deemed to have been duly passed and taken.

 

§11.14  Instruments in Writing.

 

All actions which may be taken and all powers that may be exercised by the Registered Debenture holders at a meeting held as provided in this Article 11 may also be taken and exercised by Registered Debenture holders holding not less than 75% of the aggregate in principal of all of the then outstanding Debentures by an instrument in writing signed in one or more counterparts by such Registered Debenture holders in person or by attorney duly appointed in writing, and the expression “Extraordinary Resolution” when used in this Indenture will include an instrument so signed.

 

§11.15  Binding Effect of Resolutions.

 

Every resolution and every Extraordinary Resolution passed in accordance with the provisions of this Article 11 at a meeting of Registered Debenture holders will be binding upon all the Debenture holders, whether present at or absent from such meeting, and every instrument in writing signed by Registered Debenture holders in accordance with §11.14 will be binding upon all the Debenture holders, whether signatories thereto or not, and each and every Debenture holder and the Debenture Agent (subject to the provisions for indemnity herein contained) will be bound to give effect accordingly to every such resolution and instrument in writing.

 

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§11.16  Holdings by Puget Disregarded.

 

In determining whether Registered Debenture holders holding Debentures evidencing the entitlement to acquire the required number of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares are present at a meeting of Registered Debenture holders for the purpose of determining a quorum or have concurred in any consent, waiver, Extraordinary Resolution, Debenture holders’ Request or other action under this Indenture, Debentures owned legally or beneficially by Puget will be disregarded in accordance with the provisions of §14.6.

 

Article 12: Supplemental Indentures

 

§12.1 Provision for Supplemental Indentures for Certain Purposes.

 

From time to time, Puget (when authorized by action of its Board of Directors) may, subject to the provisions hereof, and it will, when so directed in accordance with the provisions hereof, execute and deliver by its proper officers, indentures or instruments supplemental hereto, which thereafter will form part hereof, for any one or more or all of the following purposes:

 

(1)Setting forth any adjustments resulting from the application of the provisions of Article 8;

 

(2)Adding to the provisions hereof such additional covenants and enforcement provisions as, in the opinion of Counsel, are necessary or advisable in the premises;

 

(3)Giving effect to any Extraordinary Resolution passed as provided in §11.11;

 

(4)Making such provisions not inconsistent with this Indenture as may be necessary or desirable with respect to matters or questions arising hereunder or for the purpose of obtaining a listing or quotation of the Debentures on any stock market or exchange, provided that such provisions are not prejudicial to the interests of the Registered Debenture holders;

 

(5)Adding to or altering the provisions hereof in respect of the transfer of Debentures, making provision for the exchange of Debentures, and making any modification in the form of the Debenture Certificates which does not affect the substance thereof;

 

(6)Modifying any of the provisions of this Indenture, including relieving Puget from any of the obligations, conditions or restrictions herein contained, provided that such modification or relief will be or become operative or effective only if such modification or relief in no way prejudices any of the rights of the Registered Debenture holders or of the Debenture Agent;

 

(7)Providing for the issuance of additional Debentures hereunder, including Debentures in excess of the number set out in §6.1 and any consequential amendments hereto as may be requested by the Debenture Agent relying on the advice of Counsel;

 

(8)Making any modifications required to comply with applicable laws; and

 

(9)For any other purpose not inconsistent with the terms of this Indenture, including the correction or rectification of any ambiguities, defective or inconsistent provisions, errors, mistakes or omissions herein, provided that the rights of the Debenture Agent and of the Registered Debenture holders are in no way prejudiced thereby.

 

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§12.2     Successor Entities.

 

In the case of the consolidation, amalgamation, arrangement, merger or transfer of the undertaking or assets of Puget as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to or with another entity (“successor entity”), the successor entity resulting from such consolidation, amalgamation, arrangement, merger or transfer (if not Puget) will expressly assume, by supplemental indenture satisfactory in form to the then serving Debenture Agent and executed and delivered to such Debenture Agent, the due and punctual performance and observance of each and every covenant and condition of this Indenture to be performed and observed by Puget.

 

Article 13: Concerning the Debenture Agent

 

§13.1     Initial Debenture Agent

 

The initial indenture agent shall be Puget’s transfer agent on the First Closing Date.

 

§13.2Rights and Duties of Debenture Agent.

 

(1)In the exercise of the rights and duties prescribed or conferred by the terms of this Indenture, the Debenture Agent will exercise that degree of care, diligence and skill that a reasonably prudent Debenture agent would exercise in comparable circumstances.

 

(2)No provision of this Indenture will be construed to relieve the Debenture Agent from liability for its own gross negligent action, willful misconduct, bad faith or fraud under this Indenture.

 

(3)The obligation of the Debenture Agent to commence or continue any act, action or proceeding for the purpose of enforcing any rights of the Debenture Agent or the Registered Debenture holders hereunder will be conditional upon the Registered Debenture holders furnishing, when required by notice from the Debenture Agent, sufficient funds to commence or to continue such act, action or proceeding and an indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Debenture Agent to protect and to hold harmless the Debenture Agent and its officers, directors, employees and agents, against the costs, charges and expenses and liabilities to be incurred thereby and any loss and damage it may suffer by reason thereof.

 

(4)None of the provisions contained in this Indenture will require the Debenture Agent to expend or to risk its own funds or otherwise to incur financial liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers unless indemnified and funded as aforesaid.

 

(5)The Debenture Agent may, before commencing or at any time during the continuance of any such act, action or proceeding, require the Registered Debenture holders, at whose instance it is acting to deposit with the Debenture Agent the Debenture Certificates held by them, for which Debentures the Debenture Agent will issue receipts.

 

(4)Every provision of this Indenture that by its terms relieves the Debenture Agent of liability or entitles it to rely upon any evidence submitted to it is subject to the provisions of Applicable Legislation.

 

§13.3     Evidence, Experts and Advisers.

 

(1)In addition to the reports, certificates, opinions and other evidence required by this Indenture, Puget will furnish to the Debenture Agent such additional evidence of compliance with any provision hereof, and in such form, as may be prescribed by Applicable Legislation or as the Debenture Agent may reasonably request by written notice to Puget.

 

(2)In the exercise of its rights and duties hereunder, the Debenture Agent may, if it is acting in good faith, rely as to the truth of the statements and the accuracy of the opinions expressed in statutory declarations, opinions, reports, written requests, consents, or orders of Puget, certificates of Puget or other evidence furnished to the Debenture Agent pursuant to a request of the Debenture Agent, provided that such evidence complies with Applicable Legislation and that the Debenture Agent complies with Applicable Legislation and that the Debenture Agent examines the same and determines that such evidence complies with the applicable requirements of this Indenture.

 

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(3)Whenever it is provided in this Indenture or under Applicable Legislation that Puget will deposit with the Debenture Agent resolutions, certificates, reports, opinions, requests, orders or other documents, it is intended that the truth, accuracy and good faith on the effective date thereof and the facts and opinions stated in all such documents so deposited will, in each and every such case, be conditions precedent to the right of Puget to have the Debenture Agent take the action to be based thereon.

 

(4)The Debenture Agent may employ or retain such Counsel, accountants, appraisers or other experts or advisers as it may reasonably require for the purpose of discharging its duties hereunder and will not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any such experts or advisers who have been appointed with due care by the Debenture Agent.

 

(5)The Debenture Agent may act and rely and will be protected in acting and relying in good faith on the opinion or advice of or information obtained from any Counsel, accountant, appraiser, engineer or other expert or adviser, whether retained or employed by Puget or by the Debenture Agent, in relation to any matter arising in the administration of the agency hereof.

 

§13.4    Documents, Funds, etc. Held by Debenture Agent.

 

(1)Any funds, securities, documents of title or other instruments that may at any time be held by the Debenture Agent on behalf of Puget or the Debenture holders will be placed in the deposit vaults of the Debenture Agent or of any United States chartered bank or deposited for safekeeping with any such bank.

 

(2)Any funds held pending the application or withdrawal thereof under any provisions of this Indenture, will be held, invested and reinvested in “Permitted Investments” as directed in writing by Puget.

 

(3)“Permitted Investments” will be treasury bills guaranteed by the Government of the United States of America having a term to maturity not to exceed ninety (90) days, or term deposits or bankers’ acceptances of a United States chartered bank having a term to maturity not to exceed ninety (90) days.

 

(4)Unless otherwise specifically provided herein, all interest or other income received by the Debenture Agent in respect of such deposits and investments will belong to Puget.

 

(5)Any written direction for the investment or release of funds received will be received by the Debenture Agent by 9:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the Business Day on which such investment or release is to be made, failing which such direction will be handled on a commercially reasonable efforts basis and may result in funds being invested or released on the next Business Day.

 

§13.5    Actions by Debenture Agent to Protect Interest.

 

The Debenture Agent will have power to institute and to maintain such actions and proceedings as it may consider necessary or expedient to preserve, protect or enforce its interests and the interests of the Registered Debenture holders.

 

§13.6     Debenture Agent Not Required to Give Security.

 

The Debenture Agent will not be required to give any bond or security in respect of the execution of the agency and powers of this Indenture or otherwise in respect of the premises.

 

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§13.7     Protection of Debenture Agent.

 

By way of supplement to the provisions of any law for the time being relating to the Debenture Agent it is expressly declared and agreed, subject to any contrary obligations imposed by applicable laws, as follows:

 

(1)The Debenture Agent will not be liable for or by reason of any statements of fact or recitals in this Indenture or in the Debenture Certificates (except the representation contained in §13.9 or in the authentication of the Debenture Agent on the Debenture Certificates) or be required to verify the same, but all such statements or recitals are and will be deemed to be made by Puget;

 

(2)Nothing herein contained will impose any obligation on the Debenture Agent to see to or to require evidence of the registration or filing (or renewal thereof) of this Indenture or any instrument ancillary or supplemental hereto;

 

(3)The Debenture Agent will not be bound to give notice to any person or persons of the execution hereof;

 

(4)The Debenture Agent will not incur any liability or responsibility whatsoever or be in any way responsible for the consequence of any breach on the part of Puget of any of its covenants herein contained or of any acts of any directors, officers, employees, agents or servants of Puget.

 

§13.8     Replacement of Debenture Agent; Successor by Merger.

 

(1)The Debenture Agent may resign its agency and be discharged from all further duties and liabilities hereunder, subject to this §13.8, by giving to Puget not less than 90 days’ prior notice in writing or such shorter prior notice as Puget may accept as sufficient.

 

(2)The Registered Debenture holders by Extraordinary Resolution will have power at any time to remove the existing Debenture Agent and to appoint a new Debenture agent.

 

(3)Puget may remove, replace or supplement the Debenture Agent, with or without cause, in its sole discretion, but any such removal or replacement shall not impact any fees or reimbursement then due the Debenture Agent.

 

(4)In the event of the Debenture Agent resigning or being removed as aforesaid or being dissolved, becoming bankrupt, going into liquidation or otherwise becoming incapable of acting hereunder, Puget will forthwith appoint a new Debenture agent unless a new Debenture agent has already been appointed by the Registered Debenture holders.

 

(5)Failing such appointment by Puget, the retiring Debenture Agent or any Registered Debenture holder may apply to a judge of a court of competent jurisdiction in Palm Beach County, Florida, on such notice as such judge may direct, for the appointment of a new Debenture agent; but any new Debenture agent so appointed by Puget or by the Court will be subject to removal as aforesaid by the Registered Debenture holders.

 

(6)Any new Debenture agent appointed under any provision of this §13.8 will be an entity authorized to carry on the business of a transfer agency throughout the United States.

 

(7)On any such appointment the new Debenture agent will be vested with the same powers, rights, duties and responsibilities as if it had been originally named herein as Debenture Agent hereunder.

 

(8)Upon the appointment of a successor Debenture agent, Puget will promptly notify the Registered Debenture holders thereof in the manner provided for in §14.

 

(9)Any Debenture Certificates Authenticated but not delivered by a predecessor Debenture Agent may be Authenticated by the successor Debenture Agent in the name of the predecessor or successor Debenture Agent.

 

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(10)Any corporation into which the Debenture Agent may be merged or consolidated or amalgamated, or any corporation resulting therefrom to which the Debenture Agent will be a party, or any corporation succeeding to substantially all of the transfer agency business of the Debenture Agent will be the successor to the Debenture Agent hereunder without any further act on its part, provided that such corporation would be eligible for appointment as successor Debenture Agent under this §13.8.

 

§13.9     Conflict of Interest.

 

(1)The Debenture Agent by acceptance of its responsibilities and rights hereunder be deemed to have represented to Puget that, to the best of its knowledge, no material conflict of interest exists between its role as a Debenture Agent hereunder and its role in any other capacity and agrees that in the event of a material conflict of interest arising hereafter it will, within 30 days after ascertaining that it has such material conflict of interest, either eliminate the same or assign its agency hereunder to a successor Debenture Agent approved by Puget and meeting the requirements set forth in §13.8.

 

(2)Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this §13.9(1), if any such material conflict of interest exists or hereafter will exist, the validity and enforceability of this Indenture and the Debenture Certificate will not be affected in any manner whatsoever by reason thereof.

 

(3)Subject to §13.9(1), the Debenture Agent, in its personal or any other capacity, may buy, lend upon and deal in securities of Puget and generally may contract and enter into financial transactions with Puget without being liable to account for any profit made thereby.

 

§13.10   Acceptance of Agency

 

By acceptance of any of the rights or responsibilities under this Indenture, the Debenture Agent will be irrevocably deemed to have accepted the agency in this Indenture declared and provided for and to have agreed to perform the same upon the terms and conditions herein set forth.

 

§13.11   Debenture Agent not to be Appointed Receiver.

 

Neither the Debenture Agent nor any person related to the Debenture Agent will be appointed a receiver, a receiver and manager or liquidator of all or any part of the assets or undertakings of Puget.

 

§13.12  Debenture Agent not Required to Give Notice of Default.

 

(1)The Debenture Agent will not be bound to give any notice or do or take any act, action or proceeding by virtue of the powers conferred on it hereby unless and until it will have been required so to do under the terms hereof nor will the Debenture Agent be required to take notice of any default hereunder unless and until notified in writing of such default, which notice will distinctly specify the default desired to be brought to the attention of the Debenture Agent and in the absence of any such notice the Debenture Agent may for all purposes of this Indenture conclusively assume that no default has been made in the observance or performance of any of the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements or conditions contained herein.

 

(2)Any such notice will in no way limit any discretion herein given to the Debenture Agent to determine whether or not the Debenture Agent will take action with respect to any default.

 

§13.13   Anti-Money Laundering.

 

(1)Puget hereby represents to the Debenture Agent that any account to be opened by, or interest to be held by the Debenture Agent in connection with this Indenture, for or to the credit of Puget either (i) is not intended to be used by or on behalf of any third party; or (ii) is intended to be used by or on behalf of a third party, in which case such party will promptly complete and execute forthwith a declaration in the Debenture Agent’s prescribed form as to the particulars of such third party.

 

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(2)The Debenture Agent will retain the right not to act and will not be liable for refusing to act if, due to a lack of information or for any other reason whatsoever, the Debenture Agent, in its sole judgment, determines that such act might cause it to be in non-compliance with any applicable anti-money laundering, anti-terrorist or economic sanctions legislation, regulation or guideline.

 

(3)Further, should the Debenture Agent, in its sole judgment, determine at any time that its acting under this Indenture has resulted in its being in non-compliance with any applicable anti-money laundering, anti-terrorist or economic sanctions legislation, regulation or guideline, then it will have the right to resign on 30 days written notice to Puget, provided (i) that the Debenture Agent’s written notice will describe the circumstances of such non-compliance; and (ii) that if such circumstances are rectified to the Debenture Agent’s satisfaction within such 30 day period, then such resignation will not be effective.

 

§13.14  Compliance with Privacy Code.

 

Puget acknowledges and agrees that

 

(1)The Debenture Agent may, in the course of providing services hereunder, collect or receive financial and other personal information about those to whom it provides services hereunder and use such information for the following purposes:

 

(a)To provide the services required under this Indenture and other services that may be requested from time to time;

 

(b)To help the Debenture Agent manage its servicing relationships with such individuals;

 

(c)To meet the Debenture Agent’s legal and regulatory requirements; and

 

(d)To perform tax reporting and to assist in verification of an individual’s identity for security purposes.

 

(2)The Debenture Agent may receive, collect, use and disclose personal information provided to it or acquired by it in the course of its acting as agent hereunder for the purposes described above and, generally, in the manner and on the terms described in its Privacy Code, which the Debenture Agent will make available on its website or upon request, including revisions thereto.

 

(3)Some of such personal information may be transferred to service providers in the United States for data processing or storage.

 

(4)Further, Puget agrees that it will not provide or cause to be provided to the Debenture Agent any personal information relating to an individual who is not a party to this Indenture unless Puget has assured itself that such individual understands and has consented to the aforementioned uses and disclosures.

 

§13.15  Securities Exchange Commission Certification.

 

(1)Puget confirms that as at the date of execution of this Indenture it does not have a class of securities registered pursuant to §12 of the Exchange Act but does have reporting obligations pursuant to Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

 

(2)Puget covenants that in the event any class of its securities is registered pursuant to §12 of the Exchange Act or any such registration or reporting obligation is suspended or terminated by Puget in accordance with the Exchange Act, Puget will promptly deliver to the Debenture Agent an officers’ certificate notifying the Debenture Agent of such registration or termination and such other information as the Debenture Agent may require at the applicable time.

 

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(3)Puget acknowledges that the Debenture Agent will rely upon the foregoing representation and covenants in order to meet certain Commission obligations with respect to those clients who are required to file reports under the Exchange Act.

 

Article 14: General

 

§14.1     Notice to Puget and the Debenture Agent.

 

(1)Unless herein otherwise expressly provided, any notice to be given hereunder to Puget or the Debenture Agent will be deemed to be validly given if delivered, sent by registered letter, postage prepaid or if faxed:

 

(a)If to Puget: Thomas Jaspers, Chief Financial Officer; Puget Technologies, Inc.; 1200 North Federal Highway, Suite 200-A; Boca Raton, Florida 33432. With a copy by electronic mail to info@pugettechnologies.com.

 

(b)If to the Debenture Agent: at such address as the then serving Debenture Agent has provided to Puget in writing and is reflected on Puget’s website https://pugettechnologies.com/.

 

and any such notice delivered in accordance with the foregoing will be deemed to have been received and given on the date of delivery or, if mailed, on the fifth Business Day following the date of mailing such notice or, if by electronic mail, on the next Business Day following the date of transmission.

 

(2)Puget or the Debenture Agent, as the case may be, may from time to time notify the other in the manner provided in §14.1(1) of a change of address which, from the effective date of such notice and until changed by like notice, will be the address of Puget or the Debenture Agent, as the case may be, for all purposes of this Indenture.

 

(3)If, by reason of a strike, lockout or other work stoppage, actual or threatened, involving postal employees, any notice to be given to the Debenture Agent or to Puget hereunder could reasonably be considered unlikely to reach its destination, such notice will be valid and effective only if it is delivered to the named officer of the party to which it is addressed, as provided in §14.1(1), or given by electronic mail or other means of prepaid, transmitted and recorded communication.

 

§14.2    Notice to Registered Debenture holders.

 

(1)Unless otherwise provided herein, notice to the Registered Debenture holders under the provisions of this Indenture will be valid and effective if delivered or sent by ordinary prepaid post addressed to such holders at their post office addresses appearing on the register hereinbefore mentioned and will be deemed to have been effectively received and given on the date of delivery or, if mailed, on the third Business Day following the date of mailing such notice.

 

(2)In the event that Debentures are held in the name of the Depository, a copy of such notice will also be sent by electronic communication to the Depository and will be deemed received and given on the day it is so sent.

 

(3)If, by reason of a strike, lockout or other work stoppage, actual or threatened, involving postal employees, any notice to be given to the Registered Debenture holders hereunder could reasonably be considered unlikely to reach its destination, such notice will be valid and effective only if it is delivered to such Registered Debenture holders to the address for such Registered Debenture holders contained in the register maintained by the Debenture Agent or such notice may be given, at Puget’s expense, by means of publication in any daily newspaper or newspapers of general circulation in the United States of America, in each two successive weeks, the first such notice to be published within 5 Business Days of such event, and any notice so published will be deemed to have been received and given on the latest date the publication takes place.

 

Puget Technologies, Inc. * 1200 North Federal Highway, Suite 200-A; Boca Raton, Florida 33432 * 561 210 8535

info@pugettechnologies.com * https://pugettechnologies.com/

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§14.3     Ownership of Debentures.

 

(1)Puget and the Debenture Agent may deem and treat the Registered Debenture holders as the absolute owners thereof for all purposes, and Puget and the Debenture Agent will not be affected by any notice or knowledge to the contrary except where Puget or the Debenture Agent is required to take notice by statute or by order of a court of competent jurisdiction.

 

(2)The receipt by any Registered Debenture holder of the Class B Convertible Preferred Shares which may be acquired pursuant conversion of his, her or its Debentures will discharge Puget and the Debenture Agent with reference thereto and neither Puget nor the Debenture Agent will be bound to inquire into the title of any such holder except where Puget or the Debenture Agent is required to take notice by statute or by order of a court of competent jurisdiction.

 

§14.4     Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.

 

(1)Upon the earlier of:

 

(a)The date by which there will have been delivered to the Debenture Agent for conversion or cancellation all Debentures theretofore Authenticated hereunder, in the case of Certificated Debentures (or such other instructions, in a form satisfactory to the Debenture Agent), in the case of Uncertificated Debentures, or by way of standard processing through the book entry only system in the case of an Global Debenture; or

 

(b)The Expiry Time and full payment by Puget of all balances due on the Debentures.

 

(2)If all certificates or other entries on the register representing Class B Convertible Preferred Shares required to be issued in compliance with the provisions hereof have been issued and delivered hereunder or to the Debenture Agent in accordance with such provisions, this Indenture will cease to be of further effect and upon delivery to the Debenture Agent of a certificate of Puget stating that all conditions precedent to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with, the Debenture Agent will execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction of and discharging this Indenture.

 

§14.5Provisions of Indenture and Debentures for the Sole Benefit of Puget, the Debenture Agent and Registered Debenture holders.

 

(1)Nothing in this Indenture or in the Debentures, expressed or implied, will give or be construed to give to any person other than Puget, the Debenture Agent and the Registered Debenture holders, as the case may be, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture, or under any covenant or provision herein or therein contained, all such covenants and provisions being for the sole benefit of Puget, the Debenture Agent and the Registered Debenture holders.

 

(2)In amplification of the foregoing, other than the Debenture Agent and the Debenture holders, no person shall be deemed a third party beneficiary of this Indenture.

 

§14.6Class B Convertible Preferred Shares or Debentures Owned by Puget or its Subsidiaries - Certificate to be Provided.

 

(1)It is not anticipated that any of the Debentures will be owned directly by Puget but that certain Affiliates of Puget, such as its officers or directors or officers or directors of Puget subsidiaries or their family members, may own and engage in transactions involving the Debentures.

 

(2)For the purpose of disregarding any Debentures owned legally or beneficially by Puget in §11.16, Puget will provide to the Debenture Agent, from time to time, a certificate of Puget setting forth as at the date of such certificate:

 

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(a)The names (other than the name of Puget) of the Registered Debenture holders which, to the knowledge of Puget, are owned by or held for the account of Puget; and

 

(b)The number of Debentures owned legally or beneficially by Puget.

 

(3)The Debenture Agent, in making the computations in §11.16, will be entitled to rely on such certificate without any additional evidence.

 

§14.7     Severability & Reformation.

 

(1)If, in any jurisdiction, any provision of this Indenture or its application to any party or circumstance is restricted, prohibited or unenforceable, such provision will, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective only to the extent of such restriction, prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions of this Indenture and without affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction or without affecting its application to other parties or circumstances.

 

(2)To the extent any provision of this Indenture is found unenforceable, voidable, void or against public policy by any tribunal having jurisdiction over the premises, then it shall be conclusively presumed that the parties to such proceeding have requested and empowered such tribunal, at the request of any party thereto, to reform the provisions found deficient by modifying them to conform with applicable law while most closely representing the objectives of Puget in this Indenture.

 

§14.8     Force Majeure.

 

(1)Neither Puget nor the Debenture Agent will be liable to the other or to the Debenture holders or held in breach of this Indenture, if prevented, hindered, or delayed in the performance or observance of any provision contained herein by reason of act of God, riots, terrorism, acts of war, epidemics, governmental action or judicial order, earthquakes, or any other similar causes (including, but not limited to, mechanical, electronic or communication interruptions, disruptions or failures).

 

(2)Performance times under this Indenture will be extended for a period of time equivalent to the time lost because of any delay that is excusable under this §14.8.

 

§14.9    Assignment, Successors and Assigns.

 

This Indenture will enure to the benefit of and be binding upon Puget, the Debenture Agent, any successor Debenture Agent, the Debenture holders and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

 

§14.10   Rights of Rescission and Withdrawal for Holders.

 

(1)Should a holder of Debentures exercise any legal, statutory, contractual or other right of withdrawal or rescission that may be available to it the Debenture Agent will not be responsible for ensuring the conversion is cancelled and the obligations under the Debenture restored to the holder.

 

(2)In such cases, the holder will seek restoration of the Debenture directly from Puget and subsequently, Puget, upon surrender to Puget or the Debenture Agent of any Class B Convertible Preferred Shares that may have been issued, or such other procedure as agreed to by the parties, will instruct the Debenture Agent in writing, to cancel the conversion transaction and any such Class B Convertible Preferred Shares on the register, which may have already been issued upon the Debenture conversion.

 

(3)The Debenture Agent will not be under any duty or obligation to take any steps to ensure or enforce that the Debentures are restored pursuant to this §14.10, nor will the Debenture Agent be in any other way responsible in the event that any payment is not delivered or received pursuant to this §14.10.

 

(4)Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that Puget provides payments due under the Debenture Agent for distribution to the holder, the Debenture Agent will pay such funds to the holder as soon as reasonably practicable, and in so doing, the Debenture Agent will incur no liability with respect to the delivery or non-delivery of any such funds.

 

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§14.11License for use of Form.

 

(1)This form of indenture is the property of Qest Consulting Group, Inc., a Colorado corporation that serves as a strategic consultant to Puget (“Qest”) and the use hereof by Puget, the Debenture Agent or any of the Debenture holders is authorized hereby solely for purposes of this transaction.

 

(2)The use of this form or of any derivation thereof without Qest’ prior written permission is prohibited.

 

(3)This Indenture will not be more strictly interpreted against Puget as a result of its authorship.

 

(4)Puget, the Debenture Agent and the Debenture holders by engaging in the transactions contemplated hereby will be deemed to have acknowledged that Qest has acted as scrivener in this transaction but that Qest is neither a law firm nor an agency subject to any professional regulation or oversight.

 

(5)Because of the inherent conflict of interests involved, the Debenture Agent and all Debenture holders are advised to retain independent legal counsel to review this Indenture and its schedules and incorporated materials on their behalf.

 

(6)The decision by any person not to use the services of legal counsel in conjunction with this transaction will be solely at their own risk.

 

In witness whereof, Puget has caused this Indenture to be executed by its duly authorized officers, all as of the last date set forth below:

 

Signed, sealed and delivered in our presence:      
      PUGET TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
       
    By:  
      Hermann Burckhardt, President
Dated: Effective as of March 1, 2021      
    Attest:  
{Corporate Seal}     Thomas Jaspers, Secretary

 

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Schedule “A”

Form of Debenture

 

For all Debentures include the following legend until such time as it is no longer required in accordance with applicable United States securities laws and Pink Open Market policies:

 

Unless permitted under securities legislation, the holder of this security must not trade the security before [insert the date that is 365 after the First Closing Date or a Subsequent Closing Date, as applicable].

 

For all Debentures sold outside the United States and registered in the name of the Depository, also include the following legend:

 

(Insert if being issued to issuer direct) 

 

“Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of the Debenture Agent to Puget Technologies, Inc. (the “issuer”) or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any certificate issued in respect thereof is registered in the name of [Debenture Agent], or in such other name as is requested by an authorized representative of [Debenture Agent] (and any payment is made to such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of I[Debenture Agent]), any transfer, pledge or other use hereof for value or otherwise by or to any person is wrongful since the registered holder hereof has a property interest in the securities represented by this certificate herein and it is a violation of its rights for another person to hold, transfer or deal with this certificate.”

 

For Debentures required to bear the legend set forth in §6.4(1) of the Debenture Indenture also include the following legend:

 

This Debenture and the securities deliverable upon the conversion thereof have not been registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended or under the securities laws of any state. The holder hereof, by purchasing such securities, agrees for the benefit of the issuer of such securities and its successors (“Puget”) that such securities may be offered, sold, pledged or otherwise transferred, directly or indirectly, only (a) to Puget; (b) outside the United States in accordance with Commission Rule 904 of Regulation S and in compliance with local laws and regulations; (c) in accordance with the exemption from registration provided by Commission Rule 144 or Rule 144A thereunder, if available, and in compliance with applicable state securities laws; or (d) in a transaction that does not require registration under the Securities Act or any applicable state securities laws, and, in the case of paragraph (c) or (d), the seller has prior to such transfer furnished to Puget an opinion of counsel of recognized standing in form and substance satisfactory to Puget to such effect.

 

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Puget Technologies, Inc.

(A publicly held Nevada corporation)

 

Debenture Certificate number 000

Series 2021 Class B Preferred Convertible, Subordinated Debentures

 

$250,000.00 ______________, 2021

  

For Value Received, Puget Technologies, Inc., a publicly held Nevada corporation (the “Puget”) subject to reporting obligations under Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) and with offices at 1200 North Federal Highway, Suite 200-A; Boca Raton, Florida 33432 (“Puget”), pursuant to authorization reflected in a Debenture Indenture authorized by its Board of Directors effective as of the 1st day of March, 2021, a copy of which has been filed with the Commission and is available at the Commission’s EDGAR website and on Puget’s website located at https://pugettechnologies.com/ and a further copy of which is retained at the offices of its transfer agent, the provisions of which are hereby incorporated by reference herein and made a part hereof (the “Indenture”), hereby issues to

 

___________________________________________

Type Name

 

___________________________________________

Type Address

 

___________________________________________

Type Social Security or Federal Employer Identification Number

 

Pursuant to this certificate, Puget hereby promises to pay the foregoing described Debenture Holder, hereinafter collectively referred to with his, her or its successors in interest and Puget as the “Parties”), the principal sum of $_____________, together with interest thereon at the annual rate of 5%, compounded annually, and payable in one balloon installment at Maturity, through the offices of Puget’s then serving transfer agent or such other address as Puget may provide for such purpose, subject to the following terms:

 

Terms

 

1.            Basic Terms:

 

(a)This Debenture is one of that series of debentures in the aggregate principal amount of $250,000, identical in all material terms to this one, privately placed by Puget solely to accredited investors and up to 35 non-accredited investors, pursuant to the provisions of Sections 4(a)(2) and 4(a)(5) of the Securities Act and Rule 506(b) of Regulation D promulgated thereunder, and designated as the Series 2021 Class B Preferred Convertible, Subordinated Debentures.

 

(b)This Debenture shall be payable as follows:

 

(1)Interest at the annual rate of 5%, compounded annually, and principal shall be payable in one aggregate balloon payment on the Maturity Date of the Debenture, subject to tender of the Debenture for cancellation and payment in the manner hereinafter provided therefore.

 

(2)Except in the event of a default on payment after presentation therefor, interest shall cease on the Maturity Date.

 

(3)The Maturity Date of this Debenture shall be the 730th day following the later of its execution by Puget, as evinced by the date hereon, or the tender of the total price for this Debenture by Puget in cleared and immediately available funds.

 

Puget Technologies, Inc. * 1200 North Federal Highway, Suite 200-A; Boca Raton, Florida 33432 * 561 210 8535

info@pugettechnologies.com * https://pugettechnologies.com/

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(c)The Debenture Holder may elect to subdivide this Debenture into two or more separate obligations, at his, her or its option, provided, however, that each separate resulting instrument must be in an amount of at least $1,000 in principal and must be divisible by 1,000 without resulting fraction, except as to one single certificate which will be in such amount as is required to accurately reflect the principal balance then due.

 

(d)Transfers or divisions of Debentures will be affected by Puget at the written request of the Debenture Holder, including appropriate signature guarantees (but payment of bond transfer fees and taxes shall be the responsibility of the Debenture Holder); provided, however, that unless the Debentures are properly registered pursuant to Section 5 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and comparable state blue sky laws in the state of the transferee’s domicile, no transfers will be effected unless accompanied by an opinion of legal counsel acceptable to Puget is providing attesting to the fact that the transfer will not violate applicable laws and detailing the factual and legal basis for such opinion.

 

(e)Puget has instructed its transfer agent to reserve the quantity of Class B Convertible Preferred Stock required to be issued in the event of conversion of the Debentures and shall require its transfer agent to maintain such reserved stock until the Debentures are either paid in full or converted.

 

2.       Security and Subordination

 

This Debenture is an unsecured, general obligation of Puget.

 

3.       Restrictions on transferability

 

(a)Neither the Debentures nor the Class B Convertible Preferred Shares issuable upon conversion hereof have been or will be registered under the Securities Act or any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States.

 

(b)Conversion of the Debentures may be affected under the laws of the United States in reliance on the exemptive provisions of Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act, however, the shares of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares received on conversion will be restricted securities and may not be transferred unless registered pursuant to Section 5 of the Securities Act or pursuant to an exemption from such registration requirement pursuant to exemptive provisions provided under Sections 3 and 4 thereof.

 

(c)The foregoing also applies with respect to conversion of shares of Class B Convertible Preferred Stock into shares of Common Stock.

 

(d)Non-United States persons may convert their Debentures and the Class B Convertible Preferred Shares in compliance with Commission Regulation S and the laws of their respective jurisdictions.

 

(e)“The securities represented by this certificate were issued without registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or comparable state laws in reliance on the provisions of Sections 4(a)(2) and 4(a)(5) of such act and Rule 506(b) of Regulation D promulgated thereunder, and comparable state law provisions. These securities may not be transferred pledged or hypothecated unless they are first registered under applicable federal, state or foreign laws, or the transaction is demonstrated to be exempt from such requirements to Puget’s satisfaction.”

 

4.       Conversion

 

The right to purchase Class B Convertible Preferred Shares by conversion may only be exercised by the Debenture holder within the time set forth above by:

 

(a)Duly completing and executing the conversion form (the “Conversion Form”) attached hereto; and

 

(b)Surrendering this Debenture certificate (the “Debenture Certificate”), with the Conversion Form, and any other information or documents required thereby, to the Debenture Agent at its principal office together with a certified check, bank draft or money order in the lawful money of the United States of America payable to or to the order of Puget in an amount equal to the aggregate Conversion Price (as defined below) of the Class B Convertible Preferred Shares so subscribed for.

 

Puget Technologies, Inc. * 1200 North Federal Highway, Suite 200-A; Boca Raton, Florida 33432 * 561 210 8535

info@pugettechnologies.com * https://pugettechnologies.com/

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(c)The surrender of this Debenture Certificate, the duly completed Conversion Form and payment as provided above will be deemed to have been effected only on personal delivery thereof to, or if sent by mail or other means of transmission on actual receipt thereof by, the Debenture Agent at its principal office as set out above.

 

(d)Subject to adjustment thereof in the events and in the manner set forth in the Debenture Indenture hereinafter referred to, the conversion price for each Class B Convertible Preferred Share upon the conversion of Debentures will be $1.75 per Class B Convertible Preferred Share (the “Conversion Price”).

 

(e)Certificates for the Class B Convertible Preferred Shares subscribed for will be mailed to the persons specified in the Conversion Form at their respective addresses specified therein or, if so specified in the Conversion Form, delivered to such persons at the office of the Debenture Agent where this Debenture Certificate is surrendered. If fewer Class B Convertible Preferred Shares are purchased than the number that can be purchased pursuant to this Debenture Certificate, the holder hereof will be entitled to receive without charge a new Debenture Certificate in respect of the balance of the Class B Convertible Preferred Shares not so purchased. No fractional Class B Convertible Preferred Shares will be issued upon conversion of any Debenture.

 

5.Debenture Indenture

 

(a)This Debenture Certificate evidences Debentures of Puget issued or issuable under the provisions of a Debenture indenture (which indenture together with all other instruments supplemental or ancillary thereto is herein referred to as the “Debenture Indenture”) dated as of March 1, 2021 between Puget and [Debenture Agent], as Debenture Agent, to which Debenture Indenture reference is hereby made for particulars of the rights of the holders of Debentures, Puget and the Debenture Agent in respect thereof and the terms and conditions on which the Debentures are issued and held, all to the same effect as if the provisions of the Debenture Indenture were herein set forth, to all of which the holder, by acceptance hereof, assents.

 

(b)The Debenture Indenture has been filed with the Commission and a copy thereof is available at the Commission’s EDGAR website (www.sec.gov) as well as in Puget’s website at https://pugettechnologies.com/.

 

(c)The definitions contained in Article 9 of the Indenture are hereby incorporated by reference herein. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Debenture Certificate and the Debenture Indenture, the provisions of the Debenture Indenture will govern.

 

6.Subdivision and Transfer of Debentures

 

(a)On presentation at the principal office of the Debenture Agent as set out above, subject to the provisions of the Debenture Indenture and on compliance with the reasonable requirements of the Debenture Agent, one or more Debenture Certificates may be exchanged for one or more Debenture Certificates all but one of which must be divisible by $1,999 United States dollars in principal.

 

(b)Debentures may only be transferred in compliance with the conditions of the Debenture Indenture on the register to be kept by the Debenture Agent or such other registrar as Puget may appoint at such other place or places, if any, as may be designated, upon surrender of this Debenture Certificate to the Debenture Agent or other registrar accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form and execution satisfactory to the Debenture Agent or other registrar and upon compliance with the conditions prescribed in the Debenture Indenture and with such reasonable requirements as the Debenture Agent or other registrar may prescribe and upon the transfer being duly noted thereon by the Debenture Agent or other registrar. Time is of the essence hereof.

 

Puget Technologies, Inc. * 1200 North Federal Highway, Suite 200-A; Boca Raton, Florida 33432 * 561 210 8535

info@pugettechnologies.com * https://pugettechnologies.com/

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7.Adjustments in Conversion Price

 

The Debenture Indenture contains provisions for the adjustment of the Conversion Price payable for each Class B Convertible Preferred Share upon the conversion of Debentures and the number of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares issuable upon the conversion of Debentures in the events and in the manner set forth therein.

 

8.            Binding Nature of Debenture Holder Resolutions

 

The Debenture Indenture contains provisions making binding on all holders of Debentures outstanding thereunder resolutions passed at meetings of holders of Debentures held in accordance with the provisions of the Debenture Indenture and instruments in writing signed by Debenture holders of Debentures entitled to purchase a specific majority of the Class B Convertible Preferred Shares that can be purchased pursuant to such Debentures.

 

9.No Rights as Shareholders

 

Nothing contained in this Debenture Certificate, the Debenture Indenture or elsewhere will be construed as conferring upon the holder hereof any right or interest whatsoever as a holder of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares or any other right or interest except as herein and in the Debenture Indenture expressly provided.

 

14.          Governing Provisions, Governing Law & Validity

 

(a)In the event of any discrepancy between anything contained in this Debenture Certificate and the terms and conditions of the Debenture Indenture, the terms and conditions of the Debenture Indenture will govern, consequently, it is essential that all subscribers and their advisors carefully review all the terms and provisions of such Indenture.

 

(b)The Debentures and the Debenture Indenture (including all documents relating thereto will be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Nevada (except with respect of choice of law provisions) and the federal laws applicable therein and will be treated in all respects as Nevada contracts.

 

(c)Each of the Parties, which will include the Debenture Agent and the Debenture holders as third party beneficiaries, irrevocably attorns to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of Florida with respect to all matters arising out of this Indenture and the transactions contemplated herein and any proceedings related thereto will be held in Palm Beach County, Florida.

 

(d)Notwithstanding the foregoing, all disputes or required interpretations arising directly or indirectly under this Indenture shall be resolved through mediation, and if unsuccessful, through binding arbitration, as hereinafter provided.

 

(e)This Debenture Certificate will not be valid for any purpose until it has been countersigned by or on behalf of the Debenture Agent from time to time under the Debenture Indenture.

 

In Witness Whereof, Puget has executed this instrument on this __ day of _________, 2021.

 

    PUGET TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
     
  By:  
    Hermann Burckhardt, President
[Corporate Seal]    
  Attest:  
    Thomas Jaspers, Secretary

 

Puget Technologies, Inc. * 1200 North Federal Highway, Suite 200-A; Boca Raton, Florida 33432 * 561 210 8535

info@pugettechnologies.com * https://pugettechnologies.com/

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Schedule “B”

Form for Transfer

 

To: [Debenture Agent]


For value received the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers to

 

_____________________________________________________________________________________

 

_______________________________________________________________________ (print name and address) the Debentures represented by this Debenture Certificate and hereby irrevocable constitutes and appoints the Debenture Agent as its attorney-in-fact with full power of substitution to transfer the said securities on the appropriate register of the Debenture Agent.

 

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Debenture indenture dated as of March 1, 2021 between Puget Technologies, Inc., a publicly held Nevada corporation and [Debenture Agent].

 

In the case of a Debenture Certificate that contains a U.S. restrictive legend substantially in the form set forth in §6.4(1) of the Debenture Indenture, the undersigned hereby represents, Debentures and certifies that (one (only) of the following must be checked):

 

☐  the transfer is being made only to Puget; or

 

☐  the transfer is being made outside the United States in accordance with Rule 904 of Regulation S under the Securities Act, and in compliance with any applicable local securities laws and regulations and the holder has provided herewith the Declaration for Removal of Legend attached as Schedule “D” to the Debenture Indenture, or

 

☐  the transfer is being made pursuant to the exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act provided by (i) Rule 144 under the Securities Act or (ii) Rule 144A under the Securities Act, and in either case in accordance with applicable state securities laws; or

 

☐  the transfer is being made in another transaction that does not require registration under the Securities Act or any applicable state securities laws.

 

In the case of a transfer in accordance with (C) or (D) above, Puget will first have received an opinion of counsel of recognized standing, or other evidence, in either case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Puget, to such effect.

 

Dated this ____ day of_________________, 20____.

 

Space for Guarantees of Signatures (Below)    
     
    Signature of Transferor
     
Guarantor’s Signature/Stamp   Name of Transferor

 

Reason for Transfer – For United States of America Citizens or Residents only (where the individual(s) or corporation receiving the securities is a United States of America citizen or resident). Please select only one (see instructions below).

 

☐  Gift ☐  Estate ☐  Private Sale ☐  Other (or no change in ownership)

  

Puget Technologies, Inc. * 1200 North Federal Highway, Suite 200-A; Boca Raton, Florida 33432 * 561 210 8535

info@pugettechnologies.com * https://pugettechnologies.com/

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Date of Event (Date of gift, death or sale):   Value per Warrant on the date of event:
     

 

Certain requirements relating to transfers – read carefully

 

The signature(s) of the transferor(s) must correspond with the name(s) as written upon the face of this certificate(s), in every particular, without alteration or enlargement, or any change whatsoever. All Debenture holders or a legally authorized representative must sign this form. The signature(s) on this form must be guaranteed in accordance with the Debenture Agent’s then current guidelines and requirements at the time of transfer. Notarized or witnessed signatures are not acceptable as guaranteed signatures. As at the time of transfer, you may choose one of the following methods (although subject to change in accordance with industry practice and standards):

 

The United States of America: A Medallion Signature Guarantee obtained from a member of an acceptable Medallion Signature Guarantee Program (STAMP, SEMP, NYSE, MSP). Many commercial banks, savings banks, credit unions, and all broker dealers participate in a Medallion Signature Guarantee Program. The Guarantor must affix a stamp bearing the actual words “Medallion Guaranteed”, with the correct prefix covering the face value of the certificate.

 

Outside The United States of America: For holders located outside The United States of America, present the certificates(s) or document(s) that require a guarantee to a local financial institution that has a corresponding United States or American Affiliate which is a member of an acceptable Medallion Signature Guarantee Program. The corresponding Affiliate will arrange for the signature to be over-guaranteed.

 

Reason for transfer – for citizens or residents of the United States of America only

 

Consistent with United States Internal Revenue Service regulations, the Debenture Agent is required to request cost basis information from United States of America Debenture holders. Please indicate the reason for requesting the transfer as well as the date of event relating to the reason. The event date is not the day in which the transfer is finalized, but rather the date of the event which led to the transfer request (i.e., date of gift, date of death of the Debenture holder, or the date the private sale took place).

 

Puget Technologies, Inc. * 1200 North Federal Highway, Suite 200-A; Boca Raton, Florida 33432 * 561 210 8535

info@pugettechnologies.com * https://pugettechnologies.com/

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Schedule “C”

Conversion Form

 

TO:Puget Technologies, Inc., 1200 North Federal Highway, Suite 200-A; Boca Raton, Florida 33432
  
AND TO:[Debenture Agent]

 

The undersigned holder of the Debentures evidenced by this Debenture Certificate hereby exercises the right to acquire ____________ (A) Class B Convertible Preferred Shares of Puget Technologies, Inc., a publicly held Nevada corporation.

 

Conversion Price Deductible from balance due on Debenture: $_______________
  (A) multiplied by $1.75, subject to adjustment

  

The undersigned hereby exercises the right of such holder to be issued, and hereby subscribes for, Class B Convertible Preferred Shares that are issuable pursuant to the conversion of such Debentures on the terms specified in such Debenture Certificate and in the Debenture Indenture.

 

The undersigned hereby acknowledges that the undersigned is aware that the Class B Convertible Preferred Shares received on conversion may be subject to restrictions on resale under applicable securities legislation.

 

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Debenture indenture dated as of March 1, 2021 between Puget Technologies, Inc., a publicly held Nevada corporation and [Debenture Agent].

 

The undersigned represents, Debentures and certifies as follows (one (only) of the following must be checked):

 

☐  He, she or it is not in the United States (as defined in Regulation S (“Regulation S”) under the Securities Act; (ii) is not a U.S. Person as defined in Regulation S; (iii) is not exercising the Debentures on behalf of, or for the account or benefit of, a U.S. Person or a person in the United States; (iv) did not acquire the Debentures in the United States or on behalf of, or for the account or benefit of, a U.S. Person or a person in the United States; (v) did not receive an offer to convert the Debentures in the United States; and (vi) did not execute or deliver this Conversion Form in the United States, and has, in all other respects, complied with the terms of Regulation S in connection herewith.

 

☐  He, she or it is the original purchaser from Puget of the Debentures being converted and at the time of such acquisition was a U.S. Person or was in the United States (or was acting on behalf of, or for the account or benefit of, a U.S. Person or a person in the United States), and confirms, as of the date of hereof, each of the representations, warranties, certifications and agreements made by it in connection with its acquisition of such Debentures, including, without limitation, its status as an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a) of Regulation D under the Securities Act, as though such representations, warranties, certifications and agreements were made on the date hereof and in respect of the acquisition of the Class B Convertible Preferred Shares issuable upon conversion of the Debentures being converted.

 

☐  An exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and all applicable state securities laws is available for the conversion of the Debentures, and attached hereto is a written opinion of U.S. counsel or other evidence in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Puget to that effect.

 

It is understood that Puget and the Debenture Agent may require evidence to verify the foregoing representations.

 

Notes:(1)Class B Convertible Preferred Shares will not be registered or delivered to an address in the United States unless Box B or C above is checked and the applicable requirements have been satisfied.
   
(2)If Box C above is checked, holders are encouraged to consult with Puget and the Debenture Agent in advance to determine that the legal opinion or other evidence tendered in connection with the conversion will be satisfactory in form and substance to Puget.

 

Puget Technologies, Inc. * 1200 North Federal Highway, Suite 200-A; Boca Raton, Florida 33432 * 561 210 8535

info@pugettechnologies.com * https://pugettechnologies.com/

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(3)“United States” and “U.S. Person” are as defined in Rule 902 of Regulation S under the Securities Act.

 

The undersigned hereby irrevocably directs that the said Class B Convertible Preferred Shares be issued, registered and delivered as follows:

 

Name(s) in full and Social Security number(s) (if applicable)   Address(es)   Number of Class B Convertible Preferred Shares
         
         
         
         
         

 

Please print full name in which certificates representing the Class B Convertible Preferred Shares are to be issued. If any Class B Convertible Preferred Shares are to be issued to a person or persons other than the registered holder, the registered holder must pay to the Debenture Agent all transfer taxes or other government charges, if any, and the Form of Transfer must be duly executed.

 

Once completed and executed, this Conversion Form must be mailed or delivered to [Debenture Agent].

 

DATED this ____day of _____, 20__.

 

         
Witnesses (2) (Signature of Debenture holder, to be the same as
appears on the face of this Debenture Certificate)
       
      Name of Registered Debenture holder

 

☐  Please check if the certificates representing the Class B Convertible Preferred Shares are to be delivered at the office where this Debenture Certificate is surrendered, failing which such certificates will be mailed to the address set out above. Certificates will be delivered or mailed as soon as practicable after the surrender of this Debenture Certificate to the Debenture Agent.

 

Puget Technologies, Inc. * 1200 North Federal Highway, Suite 200-A; Boca Raton, Florida 33432 * 561 210 8535

info@pugettechnologies.com * https://pugettechnologies.com/

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Schedule “D”

Form Of Declaration For Removal Of Legend

 

To:Puget Technologies, Inc., 1200 North Federal Highway, Suite 200-A; Boca Raton, Florida 33432
  
And To:[Debenture Agent], as registrar and transfer agent for the Debentures and Class B Convertible Preferred Shares issuable upon conversion of the Debentures of Puget Technologies, Inc., a publicly held Nevada corporation

 

The undersigned (a) acknowledges that the sale of the securities of Puget Technologies, Inc., (“Puget”) to which this declaration relates is being made in reliance on Rule 904 of Regulation S under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and (b) certifies that (1) the undersigned is not an Affiliate of Puget as that term is defined in the 1933 Act, (2) the offer of such securities was not made to a person in the United States and either (A) at the time the buy order was originated, the buyer was outside the United States, or the seller and any person acting on its behalf reasonably believed that the buyer was outside the United States, or (B) the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of The New York City Stock Exchange or any other designated offshore securities market as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act and neither the seller nor any person acting on its behalf knows that the transaction has been prearranged with a buyer in the United States, (3) neither the seller nor any Affiliate of the seller nor any person acting on any of their behalf has engaged or will engage in any directed selling efforts in the United States in connection with the offer and sale of such securities, (4) the sale is bona fide and not for the purpose of “washing off” the resale restrictions imposed because the securities are “restricted securities” (as such term is defined in Rule 144(a)(3) under the Securities Act), (5) the seller does not intend to replace the securities sold in reliance on Rule 904 of the Securities Act with fungible unrestricted securities and (6) the contemplated sale is not a transaction, or part of a series of transactions which, although in technical compliance with Regulation S, is part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration provisions of the Securities Act. Terms used herein have the meanings given to them by Regulation S.

 

Dated this ____day of _____________, 20__.

 

         
Witnesses (2)     (Name of Seller)
    By:      
          Name:
      Title:

 

Puget Technologies, Inc. * 1200 North Federal Highway, Suite 200-A; Boca Raton, Florida 33432 * 561 210 8535

info@pugettechnologies.com * https://pugettechnologies.com/

 

 


 

 

Exhibit 14 

 

Puget Technologies, Inc.

A publicly held Nevada corporation subject to the reporting requirements f Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)

 

Code of Business Conduct and Ethics and Whistleblower Policy

 

Adopted at the Special Meeting of Directors by Written Consent in Lieu of Meeting dated February 8, 2021, as authorized by Nevada Revised Statutes Section 78.0821, subject to ratification at the next meeting of shareholders.

 

Introduction:

 

Puget Technologies, Inc. (“Puget”) is committed to the highest standards of legal and ethical business conduct. This Code of Business Conduct and Ethics and Whistleblower Policy (the “Code”) summarizes the legal, ethical and regulatory standards that Puget must follow and is a reminder to its directors, officers and employees of the seriousness of that commitment. Compliance with this Code and high standards of business conduct is mandatory for every director, officer, employee, and consultant of Puget and its subsidiaries. This Code is intended to comply with the requirements of United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) Regulation S-K, Item 406.

 

As Puget reinitiates its active business operations as a holding Puget with diverse operating subsidiaries which may be domiciled in diverse state and countries it will be subject to a broad and dynamic range of rules, regulations, laws and local traditions with which it must strive to comply under sometimes conflicting and contradictory contexts. To help its directors, officers, consultants and employees understand what is expected of them and to carry out their responsibilities, Puget has created this Code. Its Compliance Officer will have the primary responsibility of overseeing adherence to the Code. Thomas Jaspers has been appointed as Puget’s initial Compliance Officer. You should address any questions to Mr. Jaspers and also, if appropriate, notify Puget’s independent director.

 

This Code is not intended to be a comprehensive guide to all of its policies or to all your responsibilities under law or regulation. It provides general parameters to help you resolve the ethical and legal issues you encounter in conducting its business. Think of this Code as a guideline, or a minimum requirement that must always be followed. If you have any questions about anything in the Code or appropriate actions in light of the Code, you may contact Puget’s Compliance Officer.

 

This Code should be read in conjunction with Puget’s other corporate policies as adopted from time to time. If you have questions about this Code, other Puget policies, or how to comply with the law in a certain situation, it is important that you immediately bring your questions to the Compliance Officer or any of Puget’s executive officers. If you are in or observe a situation that you believe may violate or lead to a violation of this Code, you should refer to Section D of this Code for guidance on how to report questionable behavior.

 

Anyone who violates the standards of this Code will be subject to disciplinary action. Such action may include immediate termination of employment.

 

For the purpose of this Code the term “Puget” should be interpreted to apply to Puget Technologies, Inc., (a Nevada corporation) and the terms “Puget,” “its,” “us” and similar terms refer to Puget and the terms “you” and “your” refer to the directors, officers, employees, and consultants of Puget.

 

Puget Technologies, Inc.

1200 North Federal Highway, Suite 200-A; Boca Raton, Florida 33432; Telephone: 1 561 2108535; Email: info@ pugettechnologies.com
Website: https://www.pugettechnologies.com/

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A.       Compliance with All Laws, Rules and Regulations

 

Puget requires that all of its directors, officers, employees, and consultants strictly adhere to all applicable local, state and federal laws. If you have questions about what laws Puget are subject to, or about how to comply with certain laws, it is important that you alert an officer of Puget to your question. Puget rely on you not only to act ethically, but also to assist your fellow employees, consultants and management in following the law.

 

When appropriate, Puget will provide information and training to promote compliance with laws, rules and regulations, including insider-trading laws.

 

B.       Ethical Conduct, Conflicts of Interest and Related Party Transactions

 

Puget’s employees, consultants, officers and directors are expected to make or participate in business decisions and actions based on the best interests of Puget as a whole, and not based on personal relationships or personal gain. A “conflict of interest” exists when a person’s private interest interferes in any way with the interest of Puget, or even when a private interest creates an appearance of impropriety. A conflict situation can arise when you have interests that make it difficult for you to perform your work objectively, or when a director, officer, employee, or consultant receives improper personal benefits as a result of his or her position with Puget.

 

It is almost always a conflict of interest for a Puget employee or consultant to work simultaneously for a competitor, customer or supplier.

 

It is also almost always a conflict of interest for a full-time Puget employee to have a second job elsewhere, whether or not with a competitor, customer or supplier unless you have notified the president of Puget of the second job, and the president approves.

 

You should avoid any relationship that would cause a conflict of interest with your duties and responsibilities at Puget. All directors, officers, employees, and consultants are expected to disclose to management any situations that may involve potentially inappropriate or improper conflicts of interests affecting them personally or affecting other directors, officers, employees, and consultants or those with whom Puget conduct business.

 

Members of Puget’s Board of Directors have a special responsibility to Puget and to its stockholders. To avoid conflicts of interest, directors are required to disclose to their fellow directors any personal interest they may have in a transaction being considered by the Board of Directors and, when appropriate, to recuse themselves from any decision involving a conflict of interest. Unless and until such responsibility is delegated to a committee of the Board of Directors, the Board of Directors as a whole is charged with reviewing and approving all related party transactions and potential conflict of interest situations. Waivers of a conflict of interest or this Code involving executive officers and directors require approval by the Board of Directors. Any such waiver will be disclosed to its stockholders within four business days, along with the reasons for the waiver, through the filing of a Form 8-K. Any discovery of a potential or existing conflict of interest should be immediately disclosed to management in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section D of this Code.

 

Puget Technologies, Inc.

1200 North Federal Highway, Suite 200-A; Boca Raton, Florida 33432; Telephone: 1 561 2108535; Email: info@ pugettechnologies.com
Website: https://www.pugettechnologies.com/

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C.       Its Commitment to Full, Fair, Accurate, Timely and Plain English Disclosure

 

As a publicly held company, it is critical that Puget’s filings with the Commission be complete, timely and accurate in all material respects. At Puget, all its employees, consultants, officers and directors are charged with the responsibility of providing management with accurate and complete information to assure Puget are complying with its public disclosure requirements and its commitment to its stockholders.

 

Commensurate with such special duties, all executive officers, directors, consultants and employees each agree that he or she will:

 

1.Act honestly and ethically in the performance of their duties at Puget, avoiding actual or apparent conflicts of interest in personal and professional relationships.

 

2.Provide information that is accurate, complete, objective, relevant, timely and understandable to ensure full, fair, accurate, timely and understandable disclosure in reports and documents filed with or submitted to the Commission or used in other public communications by Puget.

 

3.Comply with applicable rules and regulations of federal, state, provincial, departmental, local and overseas governments, as well as those of other appropriate private and public regulatory agencies that affect the conduct of Puget’s business and Puget’s financial reporting.

 

4.Act in good faith, responsibly, with due care, competence and diligence, without misrepresenting material facts or allowing one’s independent judgment to be subordinated.

 

5.Respect the confidentiality of information acquired in the course of one’s work, except when authorized or otherwise legally obligated to disclose such information. Further, confidential information acquired in the course of performing one’s duties for Puget will not be used for personal advantage.

 

6.Share knowledge and maintain skills relevant to carrying out the member’s duties within Puget.

 

7.Proactively promote and set an example of ethical behavior as a responsible partner among peers and colleagues in the work environment and community.

 

8.Achieve responsible use of and control over all assets and resources of Puget to which they are entrusted.

 

9.Promptly bring to the attention of Puget’s Compliance Officer any information concerning (a) any conduct believed to be a violation of law or business ethics, or this Code, including any transaction or relationship that reasonably could be expected to give rise to such a conflict, (b) significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal controls which could adversely affect Puget’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data, (c) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees or consultants who have a significant role in Puget’s financial reporting, disclosures or internal controls, and (d), any inappropriate or offensive interpersonal conduct.

 

Puget Technologies, Inc.

1200 North Federal Highway, Suite 200-A; Boca Raton, Florida 33432; Telephone: 1 561 2108535; Email: info@ pugettechnologies.com
Website: https://www.pugettechnologies.com/

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D.       Puget’s Enforcement Mechanisms and Open Door Policy on Reporting Violations

 

Puget’s employees and consultants are encouraged to talk to senior management about observed illegal or unethical behavior and to ask questions when in doubt as to how to comply with this Code, its policies, and the law. Any person who has complaints or concerns about Puget’s accounting, internal accounting controls or auditing matters, who becomes aware of questionable accounting or auditing matters, or who becomes aware of any violation by any person of law or Puget policies, is strongly encouraged to report such matters to the Compliance Officer.

 

To protect persons reporting questionable behavior, it is the policy of Puget not to allow retaliation for reports of misconduct by others made in good faith by its employees or consultants. Further, employees, consultants, officers and directors, are expected to cooperate and be forthcoming with information during an internal or regulatory investigation of misconduct. Any employee, consultant, officer or director may submit a good faith concern regarding questionable accounting or auditing matters without fear of dismissal or retaliation of any kind.

 

In order to facilitate a complete investigation, employees, consultants, directors and officers should be prepared to provide as many details as possible, including a description of the questionable practice or behavior, the names of any persons involved, the names of possible witnesses, dates, times, places and any other available details. Puget encourages all employees and consultants with complaints or concerns to come forward with information and prohibits retaliation against employees and consultants raising concerns. Nonetheless, if an employee or consultant feels more comfortable doing so, reports may be made confidentially and/or anonymously to the Compliance Officer or to the Board of Directors.

 

At Puget, everyone is expected to work as a team to ensure prompt and consistent action against violations of this Code or applicable laws. To establish clear and objective standards for compliance and a fair process by which to determine violations, this procedure should be followed:

 

1.Gather Facts. In the event some behavior or action raises a question as to your own or someone else’s compliance with this Code, the first step is to collect all available facts, as time permits.

 

2.Clarify the Circumstances at Issue. In most situations, there is shared responsibility. It may help to get others involved to discuss a perceived problem.

 

3.Discuss the Problem with Management. This is your most basic responsibility. If you have a concern, discuss it with its Compliance Officer.

 

4.You May Report Violations in Confidence Without Fear of Retaliation. If the situation requires that your identity be kept secret, your anonymity will be protected to the extent permitted by law.

 

5.Ask First, Then Act. If you are unsure of what to do in any situation, seek guidance before you act.

 

Given the broad scope of this Code, violations may occur in differing degrees. In most cases, management is charged with enforcement of this Code. In other cases, a committee of the Board of Directors may be involved. To ensure consistency, management will take the following steps when it receives information that there has been a violation of this Code and/or the law:

 

Reports Related to Financial Practices: Complaints, questions or concerns related to its financial practices should be addressed to its Compliance Officer.

 

Puget Technologies, Inc.

1200 North Federal Highway, Suite 200-A; Boca Raton, Florida 33432; Telephone: 1 561 2108535; Email: info@ pugettechnologies.com
Website: https://www.pugettechnologies.com/

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Questions Related to General Business Practices: If after reviewing a complaint or question, management reasonably believes a material violation of this Code may have occurred, management will either begin an internal investigation, or where appropriate, engage the services of an independent, outside professional to conduct an investigation. If the results of an investigation indicate that a violation of the Code and/or the law has occurred, management will take appropriate disciplinary action. Such disciplinary action, which may include termination of employment, will take into account the seriousness of the violation, whether the conduct was willful or inadvertent, applicable laws related to employee rights, and general industry standards.

 

E.       Confidentiality and Corporate Assets

 

Puget’s directors, officers, consultants and employees are entrusted with its confidential information and with the confidential information of its business partners. This information may include: (1) technical or other information about current and future projects or endeavors; (2) business or marketing plans or projections; (3) earnings and other internal financial data; (4) personnel information; (5) lists of current, past and potential customers, clients, patients or business partners; and (6) other non-public information that, if disclosed, might be of use to its competitors, or harmful to its business partners. This information is its property, or the property of its business partners, and in many cases was developed at great expense. Unless authorized by written approval or required by applicable law, its directors, officers, consultants and employees shall not:

 

1.Discuss confidential information with or in the presence of any unauthorized persons, including family members and friends.

 

2.Use confidential information for illegitimate business purposes or for personal gain.

 

3.Disclose confidential information to unauthorized third parties.

 

4.Use Puget property or resources for any personal benefit or the personal benefit of anyone else. Puget’s property includes, without limitation, Puget’s internet, email and voicemail services, which should be used only for business related activities, and which may be monitored by Puget at any time without notice.

 

F.       Hedging of Puget’s Securities

 

Section 955 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act added Section 14(j) to the Exchange Act which requires each issuer (including Puget) to disclose whether any employee, consultant, officer or member of the Board of Directors, or any designee of any employee, consultant, officer or board member, is permitted to purchase hedges on Puget’s securities—that is, financial instruments that are designed to hedge or offset against any decrease in the market price for Puget’s securities. The Board of Directors has concluded that it is inappropriate for employees, consultants, officers or members of the Board of Directors, or any designee of such persons, to purchase hedges.

 

G.       Acknowledgement.

 

Each employee, consultant, officer, and director of Puget must acknowledge that he or she has received a copy of this Code of Ethics and has reviewed this Code of Ethics. This acknowledgement will be maintained in Puget’s files.

 

Puget Technologies, Inc.

1200 North Federal Highway, Suite 200-A; Boca Raton, Florida 33432; Telephone: 1 561 2108535; Email: info@ pugettechnologies.com
Website: https://www.pugettechnologies.com/

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The foregoing is hereby certified as being the true, accurate and complete corporate code of ethics adopted at Puget’s special meeting of the Board of Directors held by written consent in lieu of meeting, as permitted by Nevada Revised Statutes Section 78.0821, on the 8th day of February, 2021.

 

  By:  
    Hermann Burckhardt, President and Director
{Corporate Seal}    
  Attest:  
    Thomas Jaspers, Secretary and Director

 

Messrs. Burckhardt and Jaspers being the sole currently elected and serving members of Puget’s Board of Directors

 

Puget Technologies, Inc.

1200 North Federal Highway, Suite 200-A; Boca Raton, Florida 33432; Telephone: 1 561 2108535; Email: info@ pugettechnologies.com
Website: https://www.pugettechnologies.com/

 

 


 

 

Exhibit 31.1

 

CERTIFICATION

 

I, Hermann Burckhardt, certify that:

 

1.   I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended October 31, 2020 of Puget Technologies, Inc. (the “registrant”);

 

2.   Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3.   Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4.  The registrant’s other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

 

a. Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

b. Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

c. Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

d. Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.  The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

a. All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

b. Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: February 12, 2021 /s/ Hermann Burckhardt
  Hermann Burckhardt
  President, Chief Executive Officer and Director

 

 

 


 

 

Exhibit 31.2

 

CERTIFICATION

 

I, Thomas Jaspers, certify that:

 

1.   I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended October 31, 2020 of Puget Technologies, Inc. (the “registrant”);

 

2.  Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3.  Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4.  The registrant’s other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

 

a. Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

b. Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

c. Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

d. Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.  The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

a. All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

b. Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: February 12, 2021 /s/ Thomas Jaspers
  Thomas Jaspers
  Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, Secretary and Director

 

 

 


 

 

Exhibit 32.1

 

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 

In connection with the Annual Report of Puget Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-K pursuant for the year ended October 31, 2020, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Hermann Burckhardt, President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

 

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

 

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

 

Date: February 12, 2021

 

  /s/ Hermann Burckhardt
  Hermann Burckhardt
  President, Chief Executive Officer and Director

 

 


 

 

Exhibit 32.2

 

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 

In connection with the Annual Report of Puget Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the year ended October 31, 2020, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Thomas Jaspers, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, Secretary and Director of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

 

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

 

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

 

Date: February 12, 2021

 

  /s/ Thomas Jaspers
  Thomas Jaspers
  Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, Secretary and Director

 

 

 


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