Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

INVESTMENTS

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INVESTMENTS
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2022
Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract]  
INVESTMENTS

NOTE 5 – INVESTMENTS

 

The components of investments are summarized as follows:

 

                 
    Edyza     XS Financial  
Balances at December 31, 2021   $ 1,710,358     $ 2,500,000  
Impairment     (1,710,358 )     -  
PIK interest     -       46,574  
Balances at September 30, 2022   $ -     $ 2,546,574  

 

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.

 

During the three months ended September 30, 2022, the Company has fully impaired this investment. The Company notes that the intent and ability to retain its investment for a period of time sufficient to allow for any anticipated recovery has passed, causing an “other than temporary loss.” The Company will continue to monitor any future changes to this impairment and seek to recover any remaining value of its 19.5% ownership. The loss recorded in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 was $1.7 million.

 

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 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 (“PIK”) (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$0.45 exercise price pursuant to the Warrant instrument. No value was attributed to the warrants at the time of the investment in XFS.