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NOTE 5 – INVESTMENTS
The components of investments are summarized as follows:
Edyza
The Company has a strategic investment in Edyza, Inc. (“Edyza”), a hardware and software technology company that enables dense sensor networks in agriculture, healthcare, and other environments that require precise micro-climate monitoring. The Company measures this investment at cost, less any impairment changes resulting from observable price changes in orderly transactions for an identical or similar investment of the same issuer.
XS Financial
On October 30, 2021, the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary UGFS, LLC, a Colorado limited liability company (“UGFS”), participated in a convertible note offering of Xtraction Services, Inc., a/k/a XS Financial Inc. (CSE: XSF) (OTCQB: XSHLF) (“XSF”), a specialty finance company providing CAPEX financing solutions, including equipment leasing, to Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) companies in the United States. UGFS, LLC invested $2,500,000 of a total $43,500,000 raised by XSF. The investment is convertible into equity and incurs 9.50% interest payable in cash (8.0%) and payment-in-kind Notes (1.5%) prior to any Nasdaq listing and 8.0% interest after any listing, pursuant to the Note Purchase Agreement. The debt matures on October 28, 2023, with a one-year option to extend the maturity date at the option of XSF. In addition, UGFS received 1,250,000 warrants with a CAD$exercise price pursuant to the Warrant instrument. No value was attributed to the warrants at the time of the investment in XFS.
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