MOBQ Mobiquity Technologies Inc (PK)

Item 1. Financial Statements

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements 

MOBIQUITY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Notes to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements
September 30, 2021

(Unaudited)

NOTE 1: ORGANIZATION AND GOING CONCERN

We operate our business through two wholly owned subsidiaries, Advangelists, LLC and Mobiquity Networks, Inc. Our corporate structure is as follows:

Subsidiaries

Advangelists, LLC

Advangelists LLC operates our ATOS platform business.

We originally acquired a 48% membership interest and Glen Eagles Acquisition LP acquired a 52% membership interest in Advangelists in a merger transaction in December 2018 for consideration valued at $20 Million. At the time Glen Eagles was a shareholder of the Company, owning 412,500 shares of our common stock. The Company became, and remains, the sole manager of Advangelists following the merger with sole management power. In consideration for the merger:

The Company acquired 3% of the Advangelists’ membership interests from Glen Eagles in April 2019 in satisfaction of the Company’s $500,000 closing payment advance to Glen Eagles, resulting in Mobiquity owning 51% and Glen Eagles owning 49% of Advangelists.

In May 2019 the Company acquired the remaining 49% of Advangelists’ membership interests from Glen Eagles, becoming the 100% owner of Advangelists, in a transaction involving the Company, Glen Eagles, and Gopher Protocol, Inc. In that transaction, Gopher acquired the 49% Advangelists membership interest from Glen Eagles and assumed Glen Eagles’ promissory note to Deepankar Katyal, as representative of the pre-merger Advangelists owners, which had a remaining balance of $7,512,500, in satisfaction of indebtedness owed by Glen Eagles to Gopher. Concurrently with that transaction, the Company acquired the 49% of Advangelists membership interest from Gopher and assumed the promissory note in consideration. Additionally, warrants for 300,000 shares of Company common stock which are issuable upon the conversion of Mobiquity Class AAA preferred stock owned by Gopher were amended to provide for a cashless exercise. In September 2019, the assumed note, which then had a principal balance of $6,780,000, was amended and restated to provide that:

The promissory note was paid in full in November 2019.

Mobiquity Networks, Inc.

We have established Mobiquity Networks, Inc and have operated it since January 2011. Mobiquity Networks started and developed as a mobile advertising technology company focused on driving foot-traffic throughout its indoor network and has evolved and grown into a next generation data intelligence company. Mobiquity Networks operates our data intelligence platform business.

Going Concern

These condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which implies the Company will continue to realize its assets and discharge its liabilities in the normal course of business. We have a history of losses and may continue to incur losses in the future, which could negatively impact the trading value of our common stock. The continuation of the Company as a going concern is dependent upon the continued financial support from its shareholders, the ability of management to raise additional equity capital through private and public offerings of its common stock, and the attainment of profitable operations. As of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company had an accumulated deficit of $194,904,072 and $186,168,926. These factors raise substantial doubt regarding the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern for a period of one year from the issuance of these financial statements. We may continue to incur operating and net losses in future periods. These losses may increase, and we may never achieve profitability for a variety of reasons, including increased competition, decreased growth in the unified advertising industry and other factors described elsewhere in this “Risk Factors” section. If we cannot achieve sustained profitability, our stockholders may lose all or a portion of their investment in our company.

These consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which implies the Company will continue to realize its assets and discharge its liabilities in the normal course of business. The recently acquired Advangelists LLC has also incurred losses and experienced negative cash flows from operations during the most recent fiscal year. The continuation of the Company as a going concern is dependent upon the continued financial support from its shareholders, the ability of management to raise additional capital through private and public offerings of its common stock, and the attainment of profitable operations. These financial statements do not include any adjustments to the recoverability and classification of recorded asset amounts and classification of liabilities that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern.

Reverse Stock Split

In September 2020, the Company filed a Certificate of Amendment the Articles of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the state of New York to implement a 1 for 400 reverse stock- split of its common stock effective September 9, 2020. The reverse stock split did not cause an adjustment to the par value of common stock. As a result of the reverse stock split, the Company adjusted the share amounts under its employee incentive plans, outstanding options and common stock warrant agreements, treasury shares and preferred shares.

Impacts of COVID-19 to Business and the general economy

The Company’s financial condition and results of operations have been and may continue to be adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Since March 2020, COVID -19 has caused a material and substantial adverse impact on our general economy and our business operations. It has caused there to be a substantial decrease in our sales, cancellations of purchase orders and has resulted in accounts receivables not being timely paid as anticipated. Further, it has caused us to have concerns about our ability to meet our obligations as they become due and payable. In this respect, our business is directly dependent upon and correlates closely to the marketing levels and ongoing business activities of our existing clients. If material adverse developments in domestic and global economic and market conditions adversely affect our clients’ businesses, such as COVID-19, our business and results of operations could (and in the case of COVID-19) equally suffer. Our results of operations are affected directly by the level of business activity of our clients, which in turn is affected by the level of economic activity in the industries and markets that they serve. COVID-19 future widespread economic slowdowns in any of these markets, particularly in the United States, may negatively affect the businesses, purchasing decisions and spending of our clients and prospective clients, and payment of accounts receivable due us, which could result in reductions in our existing business as well as our new business development and difficulties in meeting our cash obligations as they become due. In the event of continued widespread economic downturn caused by COVID-19, we will likely continue to experience a reduction in projects, longer sales and collection cycles, deferral or delay of purchase commitments for our data products, processing functionality, software systems and services, and increased price competition, all of which could substantially adversely affect revenue and our ability to remain a going concern. In the event we remain a going concern, the impacts of the global emergence of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on our business, sources of revenues and then general economy, are currently not fully known. We are conducting business as usual with some modifications to employee work locations, and cancellation of certain marketing events, among other modifications. We lost a purchase order more than one million dollars with major US sports organization. We have observed other companies taking precautionary and preemptive actions to address COVID-19 and companies may take further actions that alter their normal business operations. We will continue to actively monitor the situation and may take further actions that alter our business operations as may be required by federal, state, or local authorities or that we determine are in the best interests of our employees, customers, partners, suppliers and stockholders. It is not clear what the potential effects any such alterations or modifications may have on our business, including the effects on our customers and prospects, although we do anticipate it to continue to negatively impact our financial results during fiscal years 2021 and 2022. 

NOTE 2: SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial statements of the Company should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020. In the opinion of management, the accompanying financial statements reflect all adjustments of a recurring nature considered necessary to present fairly the Company’s financial position and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the periods shown.

NATURE OF OPERATIONS – Mobiquity Technologies, Inc., a New York corporation (the “Company”), is the parent company of its operating subsidiaries; Mobiquity Networks, Inc. (“Mobiquity Networks”) and Advangelists, LLC (Advangelists). Mobiquity Networks has evolved and grown from a mobile advertising technology company focused on driving Foot-traffic throughout its indoor network, into a next generation location data intelligence company. Mobiquity Networks provides precise unique, at-scale location data and insights on consumer’s real-world behavior and trends for use in marketing and research. Mobiquity Networks provides one of the most accurate and scaled solution for mobile data collection and analysis, utilizing multiple geo-location technologies. Mobiquity Networks is seeking to implement several new revenue streams from its data collection and analysis, including, but not limited to, Advertising, Data Licensing, Footfall Reporting, Attribution Reporting, Real Estate Planning, Financial Forecasting and Custom Research. Advangelists is a developer of advertising and marketing technology focused on the creation, automation, and maintenance of an advertising technology operating system (or ATOS). Advangelists’ ATOS platform blends artificial intelligence (or AI) and machine learning (ML) based optimization technology for automatic ad serving that manages and runs digital advertising campaigns.

The ATOS platform:

Advangelists’ marketplace engages with approximately 20 billion advertisement opportunities per day. Our sales and marketing strategy is focused on creating a de-fragmented operating system that makes it considerably more efficient and effective for advertisers and publishers to transact with each other. Our goal is to create a standardized and transparent medium.

Advangelists' technology is proprietary and has all been developed internally. We own all of our technology.

Risks Related to Our Financial Results and Financing Plans

Management has plans to address the Company’s financial situation as follows:

In the near term, management plans to continue to focus on raising the funds necessary to implement the Company’s business plan related to technology. Management will continue to seek out equity and/or debt financing to obtain the capital required to meet the Company’s financial obligations. There is no assurance, however, that lenders and investors will continue to advance capital to the Company or that the new business operations will be profitable.

In the long term, management believes that the Company’s projects and initiatives will be successful and will provide cash flow to the Company that will be used to finance the Company’s future growth. However, there can be no assurances that the Company’s efforts to raise equity and debt at acceptable terms or that the planned activities will be successful, or that the Company will ultimately attain profitability. The Company’s long-term viability depends on its ability to obtain adequate sources of debt or equity funding to meet current commitments and fund the continuation of its business operations, and the ability of the Company to achieve adequate profitability and cash flows from operations to sustain its operations.

Related Parties

Related parties are any entities or individuals that, through employment, ownership or other means, possess the ability to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of the Company. We disclose related party transactions that are outside of normal compensatory agreements, such as salaries or board of director fees. We consider the following individuals / companies to be related parties:

Dean Julia - Principal Executive Officer President and Director

Sean McDonnell - Chief Financial Officer

Sean Trepeta - Board Member

Dr. Gene Salkind – Chairman of the Board of Directors

PRINCIPLES OF CONSOLIDATION – The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Mobiquity Technologies, Inc., formerly known as Ace Marketing& Promotions, Inc., and its wholly owned subsidiary, Mobiquity Networks, Inc. and its wholly- owned subsidiary, Advangelists, LLC. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

The Condensed consolidated balance sheets as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, the Condensed consolidated statements of stockholders’ equity for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 and the Condensed consolidated statements of cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 have been prepared by us without audit, and in accordance with the requirements of Form 10-Q and, therefore, they do not include all information and footnotes necessary for a fair presentation of financial position, results of operations, and cash flows in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. In our opinion, the accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements contain all adjustments necessary to present fairly in all material respects our financial position as of September 30, 2021, results of operations for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2021, and 2020 and cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2021, and 2020. All such adjustments are of a normal recurring nature. The results of operations and cash flows for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2021, are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year. We have evaluated subsequent events through the filing of this Form 10-Q with the SEC and determined there have not been any events that have occurred that would require adjustments to our unaudited Condensed consolidated financial statements.

ESTIMATES – The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles 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 and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS – The Company considers all highly liquid debt instruments with a maturity of three months or less at the time of issuance to be cash equivalents.

CONCENTRATION OF CREDIT RISK – Financial instruments, which potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk, consist principally of trade receivables and cash and cash equivalents.

Concentration of credit risk with respect to trade receivables is generally diversified due to the large number of entities comprising the Company’s customer base and their dispersion across geographic areas principally within the United States. The Company routinely addresses the financial strength of its customers and, consequently, believes that its receivable credit risk exposure is limited. Our current receivables at September 30, 2021 consist of 55% held by six of our largest customers. Our current receivables at December 31, 2020 consist of 58% held by six of our largest customers.

The Company places its temporary cash investments with high credit quality financial institutions. At times, the Company maintains bank account balances, which exceed FDIC limits. As of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company exceeded FDIC limits by $472,082, and $114,986, respectively.

REVENUE RECOGNITION – On May 28, 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (“Topic 606”), to update the financial reporting requirements for revenue recognition. Topic 606 outlines a single comprehensive model for entities to use in accounting for revenue arising from contracts with customers and supersedes most current revenue recognition guidance, including industry-specific guidance. The guidance is based on the principle that an entity should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. The guidance also requires additional disclosure about the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from customer contracts, including significant judgments and changes in judgments and assets recognized from costs incurred to fulfill a contract. This guidance became effective for the Company beginning on January 1, 2018, and entities have the option of using either a full retrospective or a modified retrospective approach for the adoption of the new standard. The Company adopted this standard using the modified retrospective approach on January 1, 2018.

In preparation for adoption of the standard, the Company evaluated each of the five steps in Topic 606, which are as follows: 1) Identify the contract with the customer; 2) Identify the performance obligations in the contract; 3) Determine the transaction price; 4) Allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations; and 5) Recognize revenue when (or as) performance obligations are satisfied.

Reported revenue was not affected materially in any period due to the adoption of ASC Topic 606 because: (1) the Company expects to identify similar performance obligations under Topic 606 as compared with deliverables and separate units of account previously identified; (2) the Company has determined the transaction price to be consistent; and (3) the Company records revenue at the same point in time, upon delivery of services, under both ASC Topic 605 and Topic 606, as applicable under the terms of the contract with the customer. Additionally, the Company does not expect the accounting for fulfillment costs or costs incurred to obtain a contract to be affected materially in any period due to the adoption of Topic 606.

ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS – Management must make estimates of the collectability of accounts receivable. Management specifically analyzes accounts receivable and analyzes historical bad debts, customer concentrations, customer creditworthiness, current economic trends and changes in customer payment terms when evaluating the adequacy of the allowance for doubtful accounts. As of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, allowance for doubtful accounts were $386,600, and $386,600, respectively.

PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT – Property and equipment are stated at cost. Depreciation is expensed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the related assets. Leasehold improvements are being amortized using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the related assets or the remaining term of the lease. The costs of additions and improvements, which substantially extend the useful life of a particular asset, are capitalized. Repair and maintenance costs are charged to expense. When assets are sold or otherwise disposed of, the cost and related accumulated depreciation are removed from the account and the gain or loss on disposition is reflected in operating income.

LONG LIVED ASSETS – In accordance with ASC 360, “Property, Plant and Equipment”, the Company tests long-lived assets or asset groups for recoverability when events or changes in circumstances indicate that their carrying amount may not be recoverable. Circumstances which could trigger a review include, but are not limited to: significant decreases in the market price of the asset; significant adverse changes in the business climate or legal factors; accumulation of costs significantly in excess of the amount originally expected for the acquisition or construction of the asset; current period cash flow or operating losses combined with a history of losses or a forecast of continuing losses associated with the use of the asset; and current expectation that the asset will more likely than not be sold or disposed significantly before the end of its estimated useful life. Recoverability is assessed based on the carrying amount of the asset and its fair value, which is generally determined based on the sum of the undiscounted cash flows expected to result from the use and the eventual disposal of the asset, as well as specific appraisal in certain instances. An impairment loss is recognized when the carrying amount is not recoverable and exceeds fair value. The Company recognized an impairment loss of $4,000,000 for the period ended December 31, 2020.

Transactions with major customers

During the nine months ended September 30, 2021, four customers accounted for approximately 36% of revenues and for the nine months ended September 30, 2020, four customers accounted for 48% our revenues. During the year ended December 31, 2020, five customers accounted for approximately 42% of revenues.

ADVERTISING COSTS – Advertising costs are expensed as incurred. For the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and for the year ended December 31, 2020, there were advertising costs of $159 and $1,400 respectively.

ACCOUNTING FOR STOCK BASED COMPENSATION – Stock based compensation cost is measured at the grant date fair value of the award and is recognized as expense over the requisite service period. The Company uses the Black-Sholes option-pricing model to determine fair value of the awards, which involves certain subjective assumptions. These assumptions include estimating the length of time employees will retain their vested stock options before exercising them (“expected term”), the estimated volatility of the Company’s common stock price over the expected term (“volatility”) and the number of options for which vesting requirements will not be completed (“forfeitures”). Changes in the subjective assumptions can materially affect estimates of fair value stock-based compensation, and the related amount recognized on the consolidated statements of operations. Refer to Note 7 “Stock Option Plans” in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in this report for a more detailed discussion.

BENEFICIAL CONVERSION FEATURES – Debt instruments that contain a beneficial conversion feature are recorded as deemed interest to the holders of the convertible debt instruments. The beneficial conversion is calculated as the difference between the fair values of the underlying common stock less the proceeds that have been received for the debt instrument limited to the value received.

INCOME TAXES – Deferred income taxes are recognized for temporary differences between financial statement and income tax basis of assets and liabilities for which income tax or tax benefits are expected to be realized in future years. A valuation allowance is established to reduce deferred tax assets, if it is more likely than not, that all or some portion of such deferred tax assets will not be realized. The effect on deferred taxes of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date.

RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

We adopted the lease standard ACS 842 effective January 1, 2019 and have elected to use January 1, 2019 as our date of initial application. Consequently, financial information will not be updated, and disclosures required under the new standard will not be provided for periods presented before January 1, 2019 as these prior periods conform to the Accounting Standards Codification 840. We elected the package of practical expedients permitted under the transition guidance within the new standard. By adopting these practical expedients, we were not required to reassess (1) whether an existing contract meets the definition of a lease; (2) the lease classification for existing leases; or (3) costs previously capitalized as initial direct costs. As of September 30, 2021, we are not a lessor or lessee under any lease arrangements.

We have reviewed the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) accounting pronouncements and interpretations thereof that have effectiveness dates during the periods reported and in future periods. The Company has carefully considered the new pronouncements that alter previous generally accepted accounting principles and does not believe that any new or modified principles will have a material impact on the corporation’s reported financial position or operations in the near term. The applicability of any standard is subject to the formal review of our financial management and certain standards are under consideration.

The Company has implemented all new accounting pronouncements that are in effect and that may impact its financial statements and does not believe that there are any other new accounting pronouncements that have been issued that might have a material impact on its financial position or result of operations.

NET LOSS PER SHARE

Basic net loss per share is computed by dividing income available to common shareholders by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding. Diluted earnings per share reflect, in periods in which they have a dilutive effect, the impact of common shares issuable upon exercise of stock options and warrants. The number of common shares potentially issuable upon the exercise of certain options and warrants that were excluded from the diluted loss per common share calculation was approximately 1,230,669 because they are anti-dilutive, as a result of a net loss for the quarter ended and nine months ended September 30, 2021.

NOTE 3: ACQUISITION OF ADVANGELISTS, LLC

In December 2018, pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with Glen Eagles Acquisition LP (“GEAL”) and Mobiquity Technologies, Inc. purchased of all the issued and outstanding capital stock and membership interest of Advangelists LLC. The Company closed and completed the acquisition on December 6, 2018.

The purchase price paid includes the assumption of certain assets, liabilities and contracts associated with Advangelists, LLC, at closing the sellers received $500,000 cash, warrants and stock and the issuance of a nineteen- month promissory note in aggregate principal amount of $9,500,000.

The following table summarizes the allocation of the purchase price as of the acquisition date: 

On April 30, 2019, the Company entered into a Membership Interest Purchase Agreement with GEAL, which the Company acquired from GEAL 3% of the membership interest of Advangelists, LLC for $600,000 in cash. Giving the Company a 51% interest.

On May 8, 2019, the Company entered into a Membership Purchase Agreement with Gopher Protocol, Inc. to acquire the 49% interest of Advangelists, LLC which it contemporaneously purchased from GEAL. The purchase price was paid by the issuance of a $7,512,500 promissory note. As a result of the transaction, the Company owns 100% of Advangelists LLC.

On September 13, 2019, the Company repurchased fifteen million shares of common stock for the aggregate by exchanging 110,000 shares of GTCH common stock held for investment purposes.

On September 13, 2019, Dr. Gene Salkind, is a related party who is a director of the Company, and an affiliate of Dr. Salkind (collectively, the “Lenders”) subscribed for convertible promissory notes (the “Note”) and loaned to the Company an aggregate of $2,300,000 (the “Loans”) on a secured basis.

The Notes bear interest at a fixed rate of 15% per annum, computed based on a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months and will be payable monthly in arrears. Interest on the Notes is payable in cash, or, at the Lenders’ option, in shares of the Company’s common stock. The principal amount due under the Notes will be payable on September 30, 2029, unless earlier converted pursuant to the terms of the Notes.

Subject to the Company obtaining prior approval from the Company’s shareholders for the issuance of shares of common stock upon conversion of the Notes, if and to the extent required by the New York Business Corporation Law, the Notes will be convertible into equity of the Company upon the following events on the following terms:

The Notes contain customary events of default, which, if uncured, entitle the Lenders thereof to accelerate the due date of the unpaid principal amount of, and all accrued and unpaid interest on, their Notes.

In connection with the subscription of the Notes, the Company issued to each Lender a warrant to purchase 400 post-split shares of the Company’s common stock for every two shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes, at an exercise price of $48.00 per post-split share (the “Lender Warrants”).

On September 13, 2019, Advangelists, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“AVNG”), entered into Amendment No. 1 to Employment Agreement (the “Katyal Amendment”) with Deepankar Katyal, who is a related party and the CEO of AVNG, which amends Mr. Katyal’s original employment agreement (the “Original Katyal Agreement”), dated as of December 7, 2018. Pursuant to the Katyal Amendment, among other things, (i) the Company agreed to indemnify Mr. Katyal to the extent provided in the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation (the “Certificate”) and By-laws and to include Mr. Katyal as an insured under the Company’s applicable directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies; (ii) AVNG agreed to provide Mr. Katyal with an automobile allowance of $550.00 per month, and (iii) the non-compete restrictive covenants contained in the Original Katyal Agreement ceased. In addition, the Katyal Amendment provides for the Company to redeem the shares of the Company’s Class B Preferred Stock (the “Class B Stock”) owned by Mr. Katyal, and entitles Mr. Katyal to the following additional compensation:

In connection with the Katyal Amendment, on September 13, 2019, the Company entered into a Class B Preferred stock Redemption Agreement (the “Katyal Redemption Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company redeemed the Company’s Class B Stock owned by Katyal.

In May 2019, the Company assumed a promissory note (the “AVNG Note”) payable to Deepankar Katyal (the “Payee”), as representative of the former owners of AVNG, which at the time of assumption had a remaining principal balance of $7,512,500. Simultaneously with the assumption of the AVNG Note, the AVNG Note was amended and restated as disclosed in the May 8-K (the “First Amended AVNG Note”). Effective as of September 13, 2019, the Company and Payee entered into a Second Amended and Restated Promissory Note (the “Second Amended AVNG Note”), in the principal amount of $6,750,000, pursuant to which the repayment terms under the First Amended AVNG Note were amended and restated as follows:

The Second Amended AVNG Note provides that upon an Event of Default (as defined in the Second Amended AVNG Note), and upon the election of the Payee, (i) the shares of Class E Preferred Stock issuable pursuant to the terms of the Second Amended AVNG Note, and any shares of the Company’s common stock issued upon the conversion of the Class E Preferred Stock, shall be cancelled and cease to issued and outstanding, (ii) the AVNG Warrants (as defined below), to the extent unexercised, shall be cancelled, and (iii) the Second Amended AVNG Note shall be cancelled and the repayment of the principal amount remaining due to Payee shall be paid in accordance with the terms of the First Amended AVNG Note.

In May of 2020, Deepankar Katyal resigned from the board to spend more time necessary to run the day-to-day operations of Advangelists, LLC focusing on technology and revenue growth.

Merger

Mobiquity entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with Glen Eagles Acquisition LP (“GEAL”) (which at the time owned 412,000 post-split shares of common stock of Mobiquity, equivalent to approximately 29.6% of the outstanding shares), AVNG Acquisition Sub, LLC (“Merger Sub”) and Advangelists, LLC (“Advangelists”) on November 20, 2018 which provided for Merger Sub to merge into Advangelists, with Advangelists as the surviving company following the merger.

On December 6, 2018, Mobiquity and the other parties to the Merger Agreement entered into the First Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Amendment”) which amended the Merger Agreement as follows:

Under the Merger Agreement and the Amendment, in consideration for the Merger:

The transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement were consummated on December 7, 2018, upon the filing of a Certificate of Merger by Advangelists. As a result of the merger, Mobiquity owned 48% and GEAL owned 52% of Advangelists; and Mobiquity is the sole manager of, and controls, Advangelists at that time.

As a result of Mobiquity having 100% control over Advangelists as of December 31, 2018, ASC 810-10-05-3 states “that for LLCs with managing and non-managing members, a managing member is the functional equivalent of a general partner, and a non-managing member is the functional equivalent of a limited partner. In this case, a reporting entity with an interest in an LLC (which is not a VIE) would likely apply the consolidation model for limited partnerships if the managing member has the right to make the significant operating and financial decisions of the LLC.” In this case Mobiquity has the right to make the significant operating and financial decisions of Advangelists resulting in consolidation of Advangelists. 

On April 30, 2019, the Company entered into a Membership Interest Purchase Agreement with GEAL, pursuant to which the Company acquired from GEAL 3% of the membership interests of Advangelists, for cash in the amount of $600,000 (the “Purchase Price”). The Purchase Price was paid by the Company to GEAL on May 3, 2019. As a result of the Transaction, the Company then owned 51% of the membership interests of Advangelists, with GEAL owning 49% of the membership interests of Advangelists.

On May 10, 2019, the Company entered into a Membership Purchase Agreement effective as of May 8, 2019, with Gopher Protocol, Inc. to acquire the 49% interest of Advangelists, which it contemporaneously purchased from GEAL. As a result of this transaction, the Company owns 100% of Advangelists’ Membership Interests.

The acquisition of the 49% of Advangelists membership interests was accomplished in a transaction involving Mobiquity, Glen Eagles Acquisition LP, and Gopher Protocol, Inc.

Recognized amount of identifiable assets acquired, liabilities assumed, and consideration expensed:  

The ATOS platform:

The Company tests goodwill for impairment at least annually on December 31^st and whenever events or circumstances change that indicate impairment may have occurred. A significant amount of judgement is involved in determining if an indicator of impairment has occurred. Such indicators may include, among others: a significant decline in the Company’s expected future cash flows; a significant adverse change in legal factors or in the business climate; unanticipated competition; and slower growth rates. Any adverse change in these factors could have a significant impact on the recoverability of goodwill and the Company’s consolidated financial results.

Our goodwill balance is not amortized to expense, instead it is tested for impairment at least annually. We perform our annual goodwill impairment analysis at the end of the fourth quarter. If events or indicators of impairment occur between annual impairment analyses, we perform an impairment analysis of goodwill at that date. These events or circumstances could include a significant change in the business climate, legal factors, operating performance indicators, competition, or sale or disposition of a significant asset. In testing for a potential impairment of goodwill, we: (1) verify there are no changes to our reporting units with goodwill balances; (2) allocate goodwill to our various reporting units to which the acquired goodwill relates; (3) determine the carrying value, or book value, of our reporting units, as some of the assets and liabilities related to each reporting unit are held by a corporate function; (4) estimate the fair value of each reporting unit using a discounted cash flow model; (5) reconcile the fair value of our reporting units in total to our market capitalization adjusted for a subjectively estimated control premium and other identifiable factors; (6) compare the fair value of each reporting unit to its carrying value; and (7) if the estimated fair value of a reporting unit is less than the carrying value, we must estimate the fair value of all identifiable assets and liabilities of that reporting unit, in a manner similar to a purchase price allocation for an acquired business to calculate the implied fair value of the reporting unit’s goodwill and recognize an impairment charge if the implied fair value of the reporting unit’s goodwill is less than the carrying value. There were no impairment charges during the year ended December 31, 2019, for the year ended December 31, 2020, there was a $4,000,000 impairment.

Intangible Assets

At each balance sheet date herein, definite-lived intangible assets primarily consist of customer relationships which are being amortized over their estimated useful lives of five years.

The Company periodically evaluates the reasonableness of the useful lives of these assets. Once these assets are fully amortized, they will be removed from the accounts. These assets are reviewed for impairment or obsolescence when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable. If impaired, intangible assets are written down to fair value based on discounted cash flows or other valuation techniques. The Company has no intangibles with indefinite lives.  

Future amortization, for the years ending December 31, is as follows:  

On September 13, 2019, Dr. Gene Salkind, who is a director of the Company, and an affiliate of Dr. Salkind subscribed for 15% Senior Secured Convertible Promissory Notes and loaned the Company an aggregate of $2,300,000. These notes were amended and restated on December 31, 2019, by Amended and Restated 15% Senior Secured Convertible Promissory Notes which deferred interest payments from the date of the original notes to December 31, 2020 and added an aggregate interim payment of $250,000 payable on December 31, 2020 that covered the deferred interest payments. These notes were again amended and restated on April 1, 2021, by the Second Amended and Restated 15% Senior Secured Convertible Promissory Notes which reflected an additional principal amount of $150,000 loaned by Dr. Salkind, and also amended the interim payment date to December 31, 2021, and the conversion price from $32 to $4 per share. The notes are secured by the assets of the Company and its subsidiaries. The total amount loaned under the notes, as amended and restated, including the principal amount and the interim payment amount is $2,700,000.

The notes, as amended and restated, bear annual interest at 15% which is payable monthly in cash or, at the Salkind lenders’ option, in shares of the Company’s common stock. The principal amount under the Notes is due on September 30, 2029, and the interim payment is payable on December 31, 2021, unless, in either case, earlier converted into shares of our common stock under the terms of the notes, as described below.

The outstanding principal plus any accrued and unpaid interest, and the interim payment under the notes, are convertible into shares of Company common stock at a conversion price of $4 per share at any time, until the notes are fully converted, on the following terms:

The notes contain customary events of default, which, if uncured, entitle the holders to accelerate payment of the principal and all accrued and unpaid interest under their notes.

In connection with the subscription of the notes, the Company issued to each Salkind lender a warrant to purchase one share of the Company’s common stock for every two shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes, at an exercise price of $48 per share. The warrant exercise price was amended to 4 per share.

In the second quarter of 2020, we halted required interest payments under the September 2019 and June 30, 2021, Notes to Dr. Salkind and his affiliate due to economic hardships stemming from a downturn in our business and the related decline of our revenue resulting from the COVID 19 pandemic.

On May 16, 2019, the Company assumed a promissory note (the “AVNG Note”) payable to Deepankar Katyal (the “Payee”), as representative of the former owners of AVNG, which at the time of assumption had a remaining principal balance of $7,512,500. Simultaneously with the assumption of the AVNG Note, the AVNG Note was amended and restated (the “First Amended AVNG Note”). Effective as of September 13, 2019, the Company and Payee entered into a Second Amended and Restated Promissory Note (the “Second Amended AVNG Note”), in the principal amount of $6,750,000, pursuant to which the repayment terms under the First Amended AVNG Note were amended and restated as follows:

The Second Amended AVNG Note provides that upon an Event of Default (as defined in the Second Amended AVNG Note), and upon the election of the Payee, (i) the shares of Class E Preferred Stock issuable pursuant to the terms of the Second Amended AVNG Note, and any shares of the Company’s common stock issued upon the conversion of the Class E Preferred Stock, shall be cancelled and cease to issued and outstanding, (ii) the AVNG Warrants (as defined below), to the extent unexercised, shall be cancelled, and (iii) the Second Amended AVNG Note shall be cancelled and the repayment of the principal amount remaining due to Payee shall be paid in accordance with the terms of the First Amended AVNG Note.

NOTE 5: INCOME TAXES

The Company 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 Company records a valuation allowance to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount that is believed more likely than not to be realized.

The Company conducts business, and files federal and state income, franchise or net worth, tax returns in the United States, in various states within the United States. The Company determines its filing obligations in a jurisdiction in accordance with existing statutory and case law. The Company may be subject to a reassessment of federal and provincial income taxes by tax authorities for a period of three years from the date of the original notice of assessment in respect of any particular taxation year statutes of limitations for income tax assessment vary from state to state. Tax authorities of the U.S. have not audited any of the Company’s, or its subsidiaries’, income tax returns for the open taxation years.

NOTE 6: DEBT AND RECEIVABLES PURCHASE FINANCING

Debt and Receivables Purchase Financing

We have the following debt financing in place:

Dr. Gene Salkind, who is our Chairman of the Board and one of our directors, and his affiliate provided us an aggregate of $2,700,000 in convertible debt financing for convertible promissory notes and common stock purchase warrants.

Business Capital Providers, Inc. purchased certain future receivables from the Company at a 26% discount under the following agreements on the following terms:

The lender-investors were issued shares of Company common stock valued at $6 per share equal to 5% of their investments as original issue discount.

The debt maturity date is October 31, 2021. If the Company receives debt of equity financing of $200,000 or more, the debt is payable within two business days after the Company receives those funds. The maturity dates of six of these investors’ convertible debt was extended to December 31, 2021.

The debt is convertible into shares of Company common stock at a conversion price of $6 per share at any time at the investor’s option until the maturity date.

The lender-investors were issued shares of Company common stock valued at $6 per share equal to 6,000 per $100,000 of principal loan, or on a pro-rata basis is less than $100,000 is loaned (effectively 6% of the amount loaned) as original issue discount.

The debt is convertible into shares of Company common stock at a conversion price of $6 per share at any time at the investor’s option until the maturity date.

These investors converted all of this convertible debt into a total of 40,000 shares of common stock.

The investment amounts included 10% original issue discount. Accordingly, the total net principal proceeds of this debt that we received was $745,000. The maturity date is June 30, 2022.

The investor may convert the debt at any time through the maturity date at a 30% discount to the volume weighted average price per share over the 60-day period prior to conversion, with a floor conversion price of $4 per share. The debt will automatically convert on July 1, 2022, at $4 per share if it is not repaid, or converted by the investor, prior to then. All of these investors converted a total of $819,500 of this convertible debt into a total of 156,761 shares of common stock.

Interest at the annual rate of 10%, debt maturity date is June 30, 2022. The investor may convert the debt at any time through the maturity date at a 30% discount to the volume weighted average price per share over the 60-day period prior to conversion, with a floor conversion price of $4 per share. The debt will automatically convert on July 1, 2022, at $4 per share if it is not repaid, or converted by the investor, prior to then. One of these investors converted a total of $30,000 of this convertible debt into a total of 5,904 shares of common stock.

In May of 2020, the Company received Small Business Administration Cares Act loan of $265,842 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This loan carried a five-year term, with interests at the annual rate of 1%. During second fiscal quarter of 2021 the Cares Act loan was forgiven in full under the SBA Cares Act loan rules.

In June 2020, the Company received a $150,000 Economic Injury Disaster Loan from the SBA which carries a 30-year term, payable in monthly installments of principal plus interest at the annual rate of 3.75%. This loan is secured by all the assets of the Company. The loan proceeds were used for working capital to alleviate economic injury cause by disaster in January 2020 and after that as required by the loan agreement.

In September 2021, the Company entered into securities purchase agreements 2021, with two accredited investors, Talos Victory Fund, LLC, and Blue Lake Partners LLC, pursuant to which the Company issued 10% promissory notes with a maturity date of September 20, 2022, in the aggregate principal amount of $1,125,000. In addition, the Company issued warrants to purchase an aggregate of 56,250 shares of its common stock to these holders. Spartan Capital Securities LLC and Revere Securities LLC acted as placement agents on this transaction. The promissory notes include the following terms:

On the closing date of this financing, the holders delivered the net amount of $910,000 of the purchase price to the Company in exchange for the notes (which was net of the original issue discount and other fees, and expenses relate to this financing).

NOTE 7: STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT)

Shares Issued for Services

During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company issued 25,625 post-split shares of common stock, at $8.00 to $40.00 per share for $470,000 in exchange for services rendered. During the nine months ended September 30, 2021, the Company issued 22,500 shares of common stock, at $6.65 to $9.73 per share for $173,300 in exchange for services rendered.

Shares issued for interest:

During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, and September 30, 2021, the Company did not issue any shares for interest.

Shares issued for upon conversion of warrants, notes and/or preferred stock:

In the nine months ended September 30, 2020, one holder of our Series E Preferred Stock converted 3,937 shares to 9,843 post-split shares of our common stock and 4,921 warrants at an exercise price of $48.00 per share with an expiration date of January 8, 2025. During the nine months ended September 30, 2021, the single holder of our Series C Preferred Stock converted 1,500 shares to 375,000 shares of our common stock and 375,000 warrants at an exercise price of $48.00 with an expiration date of September 30, 2023.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, 77,220, post-split, warrants were converted to common stock, at $8.00 to $28.00 per share. No warrants were converted during the nine months ended September 30, 2021.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, one note holder converted $30,695 of their note into 1,919 post-split common shares at a conversion rate of $16 per post-split share and cash payment of $5,000. During the nine months ended September 30, 2021, sixteen of the lender-investors provided us an aggregate of $1,154,500 in convertible debt financing converted their debt into a total of 223,665 shares of common stock at a conversion price at $4.81 to $7.25 per share.

On September 30,2021, a director and principal stockholder converted 1500 shares of Series C Preferred Stock into 375,000 common shares and 375,000 warrants exercisable at $48.00 per share through September 2023.

Stock and Loan Transactions for Cash

On April 8, 2021, the Company sold 16,667 shares of its restricted common stock at $6.00 per share to one investor.

On April 14, 2021, the Company received a short-term $100,000 loan from one investor. The Company issued a $100,000 note and 2,500 restricted shares of common stock as a loan origination fee.

On April 16, 2021, the Company sold 41,667 shares of restricted common stock at $6.00 per share to one investor.

On April 21, 2021, the $100,000 loan from April 14, 2021, was retired out of the proceeds and sale by the Company of 41,667 shares of its common stock at $6.00 per share.

On April 30, 2021, the Company issued a two-month loan to an investor in exchange for $100,000. The principal of the note together with an origination fee and accrued interest thereon totaling $105,000 and 10,000 shares of restricted common stock is due on June 30, 2021.

On May 10, 2021, the Company received a short-term $100,000 loan from one investor. The Company issued a $105,000 note which includes a $5,000 loan origination fee. On September 13, 2021, this Note was exchanged for a short term $110,000 note which includes $10,000 loan origination fee. On September 30, 2021, this loan was converted into 19,744 shares of common stock.

On May 17, 2021, the Company received a short-term $100,000 loan from one investor. The Company issued a $100,000 note and 6,000 restricted common stock as a loan origination fee.

On May 18, 2021, the Company received a short-term $100,000 loan from one investor. The Company issued a $100,000 note and 5,000 restricted common stock as a loan origination fee.

On May 19, 2021, the Company received a short-term $50,000 loan from one investor. The Company issued a $50,000 note and 3,000 restricted common stock as a loan origination fee.

On May 24, 2021, the Company received a short-term $50,000 loan from one investor. The Company issued a $50,000 note and 3,000 restricted common stock as a loan origination fee.

On June 9, 2021, the Company received short-term $400,000 loans from three investors. The Company issued $420,000 notes including $20,000 loan origination fee and 10,000 restricted common stock as a loan origination fees.

On June 18, 2021, the Company received short-term $120,000 loans from two investors. The Company issued $132,000 notes including $12,000 loan origination fees.

On July 8, 2021, the Company received short-term $80,000 loans from two investors. The Company issued $85,000 notes including $5,000 loan origination fee and a 10% rate on one of the notes.

On July 14, 2021, the Company received short-term $75,000 loans from two investors. The Company issued $82,500 notes including $7,500 loan origination fees.

On July 15, 2021, the Company received short-term $150,000 loans from two investors. The Company issued $155,000 notes including $5,000 loan origination fee and 5,000 restricted common stock as a loan origination fee.

On July 29, 2021, the Company received a short term note of $300,000 payable at $2,531.25 for 160 payments.

On August 11, 2021, the Company received short-term $25,000 loan from one investor. The Company issued 1,250 restricted common stock as a loan origination fee.

On August 12, 2021, the Company received short-term $200,000 loans from two investors. The Company issued 10,000 restricted common stock as loan origination fees.

On August 16, 2021, the Company received short-term $50,000 loan form one investor. The note carries a 10% interest rate.

On August 25, 2021, the Company received short-term $43,000 loans from two investors. The Company issued 2,150 restricted common stock as loan origination fees.

On September 2, 2021, the Company received short-term $25,000 loan from one investor. The note carries a 10% interest rate.

On September 7, 2021, the Company received short-term $50,000 loan from one investor. The Company issued $55,000 note including $5,000 loan origination fee.

On September 10, 2021, the Company received short-term $25,000 loan from one investor. The note carries a 10% interest rate.

On September 15, 2021, the Company received short-term $50,000 loan from one investor. The Company issued $55,000 note including $5,000 loan origination fee.

On September 16, 2021, the Company received short-term $50,000 loan from one investor. The Company issued $55,000 note including $5,000 loan origination fee.

On September 30, 2021, Dr. Salkind, Chairman of the Board and principal stockholder, converted his 1500 shares of Series C Preferred Stock into 375,000 common shares and warrants to purchase 375,000 common shares exercisable at $48.00 per share through September 2023.

Consulting Agreements

On May 28, 2021, the Company entered into a consulting agreement with Sterling Asset Management to provide business advisory services. The company will provide assistance and recommendations to help build strategic partnerships, to provide the Company with advice regarding revenue opportunities, mergers and acquisitions. The six- month engagement commenced on May 28, 2021. The consultant receives 2,500 restricted common shares each month of the agreement and $75,000 cash payments. 

NOTE 8: OPTIONS AND WARRANTS

The Company’s results for the quarters ended September 30, 2021, and September 30, 2020, include employee share-based compensation expense totaling $717,168 and $54,589, respectively. Such amounts have been included in the Statements of Operations within selling, general and administrative expenses and other expenses. No income tax benefit has been recognized in the statement of operations for share-based compensation arrangements due to a history of operating losses.

The following table summarizes stock-based compensation expense for the quarters ended September 30, 2021, and 2020:  

The Company’s results for the nine months ended September 30, 2021, and September 30, 2020, include employee share-based compensation expense totaling $1,289,899 and $1,930,353, respectively. Such amounts have been included in the Statements of Operations within selling, general and administrative expenses and other expenses. No income tax benefit has been recognized in the statement of operations for share-based compensation arrangements due to a history of operating losses.

The following table summarizes stock-based compensation expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2021, and 2020:

NOTE 9: STOCK OPTION PLANS

During Fiscal 2005, the Company established, and the stockholders approved, an Employee Benefit and Consulting Services Compensation Plan (the “2005 Plan”) for the granting of up to 5,000 post-split non-statutory and incentive stock options and stock awards to directors, officers, consultants and key employees of the Company. On June 9, 2005, the Board of Directors amended the Plan to increase the number of stock options and awards to be granted under the Plan to 10,000 post-split shares. During Fiscal 2009, the Company established a plan of long-term stock-based compensation incentives for selected Eligible Participants of the Company covering 10,0000 post-split shares. This plan was adopted by the Board of Directors and approved by stockholders in October 2009 and shall be known as the 2009 Employee Benefit and Consulting Services Compensation Plan (the “2009 Plan”). In September 2013, the Company’s stockholders approved an increase in the number of shares covered by the 2009 Plan to 25,000 post-split shares. In February 2015, the Board approved, subject to stockholder approval within one year, an increase in the number of shares under the 2009 Plan to 50,000 post-split shares; however, stockholder approval was not obtained within the requisite one year and the anticipated increase in the 2009 Plan was canceled. In the first quarter of 2016, the Board approved, and stockholders ratified a 2016 Employee Benefit and Consulting Services Compensation Plan covering 25,000 post-split shares (the “2016 Plan”) and approving moving all options which exceeded the 2009 Plan limits to the 2016 Plan. In December 2018, the Board of Directors adopted and in February 2019. the stockholders ratified the 2018 Employee Benefit and Consulting Services Compensation Plan covering 75,000 post-split shares (the “2018 Plan”). On April 2, 2019, the Board approved the “2019 Plan” identical to the 2018 Plan, except that the 2019 Plan covers 150,000 post-split shares. The 2019 Plan required stockholder approval by April 2, 2020 in order to be able to grant incentive stock options under the 2019 Plan. Stockholder approval of the 2019 Plan was not obtained. Accordingly, only non-statutory stock options can be issued under the 2019 Plan. The 2005, 2009, 2016, 2018 and 2019 plans are collectively referred to as the “Plans.”

All stock options under the Plans are granted at or above the fair market value of the common stock at the grant date. Employee and non-employee stock options vest over varying periods and generally expire either 5 or 10 years from the grant date. The fair value of options at the date of grant was estimated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. For option grants, the Company will take into consideration payments subject to the provisions of ASC 718 “Stock Compensation”, previously Revised SFAS No. 123 “Share-Based Payment” (“SFAS 123 (R)”). The fair values of these restricted stock awards are equal to the market value of the Company’s stock on the date of grant, after taking into certain discounts. The expected volatility is based upon historical volatility of our stock and other contributing factors. The expected term is based upon observation of actual time elapsed between date of grant and exercise of options for all employees. Previously, such assumptions were determined based on historical data. The weighted average assumptions made in calculating the fair values of options granted during the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2021, and September 30, 2020, are as follows:  

The weighted-average grant-date fair value of options granted during the nine months ended September 30, 2021, and 2020 was $0 and $0, respectively.

The aggregate intrinsic value of options outstanding and options exercisable at September 30, 2021 is calculated as the difference between the exercise price of the underlying options and the market price of the Company's common stock for the shares that had exercise prices, that were lower than the $7.25 closing price of the Company's common stock on September 30, 2021.

As of September 30, 2021, the fair value of unamortized compensation cost related to unvested stock option awards is $1,209,692.

The weighted average assumptions made in calculating the fair value of warrants granted during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, and 2020 are as follows:   

Note 10: EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

Effect of Pandemic

As a result of our declining revenue, during the COVID-19 pandemic, our management team decided it was necessary to reduce overhead In April of 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic all employees’ salaries were reduced by 40% and we terminated one employee. In October of 2020, the employees pay reduction was reduced to a 20% reduction where it stands as of the date hereof. Several employees were laid-off or resigned, all travel and advertising were suspended, and office space rent was suspended, allowing the entire staff to work remotely.

Employment Agreements of Executives

Dean Julia

Dean Julia is employed as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer under an employment agreement with an initial term of three years which commenced on April 2, 2019. The agreement will automatically renew for an additional two years, unless terminated 90 days before termination of the initial term. Mr. Julia’s annual base salary is $360,000. In addition to his base salary, Mr. Julia is entitled to a quarterly bonus of at least 1% of gross revenue for each completed fiscal quarter, so long as the Company’s gross revenue meets or exceeds 75% of management’s stated goal. The quarterly bonus may be paid either in cash, common stock or stock options, at Mr. Julia’s election. Should his employment agreement be terminated prior to the end of any fiscal year for any reason, other than for cause by the Company, a pro rata portion of the quarterly bonus shall be paid within 30 days of termination. The Company's board of directors will determine a revenue target each year for the purpose of calculating the quarterly bonus in that year. Mr. Julia also received a signing bonus of vested 10-year options to purchase 62,500 shares, exercisable at $60 per share. Additionally, he is also entitled to 10-year options to purchase an additional 12,500 shares of common stock, exercisable at $60 per share, annually on April 1^st of each year which commenced on April 1, 2020. Additionally, if the Company is acquired through a board of directors-approved change in control of at least 50% of the Company’s outstanding voting stock, or the sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, Mr. Julia shall be entitled to receive a payment in-kind equal to 3% of the consideration paid in connection with that transaction. He is also entitled to paid disability insurance and term life insurance at an annual cost of not more than $15,000. Additionally, he is also entitled to receive health, dental and 401(k) benefits as is made available by the Company for its other senior officers, as well as indemnification by the Company to the fullest extent permitted by law, and the Company’s certificate of incorporation and bylaws. Mr. Julia also has the use of a Company-leased or -owned automobile. Mr. Julia’s employment agreement contains customary non-competition and non-solicitation of Company customers or employees’ provisions during the term of the agreement. The Company may terminate Mr. Julia’s employment for cause, and Mr. Julia may terminate his employment at any time on three-months’ notice. Also, the Company may terminate Mr. Julia’s employment agreement on Mr. Julia’s death or disability – disability being unable to perform his essential functions for four consecutive months due to physical, mental of emotional incapacity resulting from sickness, disease, or injury. In each of these termination cases, the Company is obligated only to pay Mr. Julia amounts that were due or accrued prior to termination, plus, other than in a for-cause-termination, any pro-rata quarterly bonus described above.

Paul Bauersfeld

Paul Bauersfeld is employed as the Company’s Chief Technology Officer under an at-will employment agreement which commenced on April 2, 2019. Mr. Bauersfeld’s monthly salary is $25,000. Mr. Bauersfeld is entitled to a quarterly bonus of at least 1% of gross revenue for each completed fiscal quarter, so long as the Company’s gross revenue meets or exceeds management’s stated goal. The quarterly bonus may be paid either in cash, common stock or stock options, at Mr. Bauersfeld’s election. Should his employment agreement be terminated prior to the end of any fiscal year for any reason, other than for cause by the Company, a pro rata portion of the quarterly bonus shall be paid within 30 days of termination. The Company's board of directors will determine a revenue target each year for the purpose of calculating the quarterly bonus in that year. Mr. Bauersfeld also received a signing bonus of 10-year options to purchase 25,000 shares, exercisable at $60 per share; 35% of which vested immediately, 35% of which vested on April 2, 2020, and 30% of which vested on April 2, 2021. Mr. Bauersfeld is entitled to participate in the Company’s health plans as well as indemnification by the Company to the fullest extent permitted by law, and the Company’s certificate of incorporation and bylaws. Mr. Bauersfeld’s employment agreement contains customary non-competition and non-solicitation of Company customers or employees’ provisions during the term of the agreement. Although Mr. Bauersfeld’s employment agreement is at-will, the Company may terminate Mr. Bauersfeld’s employment for cause. In the event Mr. Bauersfeld’s employment agreement is terminated other than for cause by the Company, the Company will pay Mr. Bauersfeld severance pay equal to three months of his salary.

Sean Trepeta

Sean Trepeta is employed as President of our wholly owned subsidiary, Mobiquity Networks, Inc. under an at-will employment agreement which commenced on April 2, 2019. Mr. Trepeta’s monthly salary is $20,000. Mr. Trepeta is entitled to a quarterly bonus of at least 1% of gross revenue for each completed fiscal quarter, so long as the Company’s gross revenue meets or exceeds management’s stated goal. The quarterly bonus may be paid either in cash, common stock, or stock options, at Mr. Trepeta’s election. Should his employment agreement be terminated prior to the end of any fiscal year for any reason, other than for cause by the Company, a pro rata portion of the quarterly bonus shall be paid within 30 days of termination. The Company's board of directors will determine a revenue target each year for the purpose of calculating the quarterly bonus in that year. Mr. Trepeta also received a signing bonus of 10-year options to purchase 25,000 shares, exercisable at $60 per share; 35% of which vested immediately, 35% of which vested on April 2, 2020, and 30% of which vested on April 2, 2021. Mr. Trepeta is entitled to participate in the Company’s health plans as well as indemnification by the Company to the fullest extent permitted by law, and the Company’s certificate of incorporation and bylaws. Mr. Trepeta’s employment agreement contains customary non-competition and non-solicitation of Company customers or employees’ provisions during the term of the agreement. Although Mr. Trepeta’s employment agreement is at-will, the Company may terminate Mr. Trepeta’s employment for cause. In the event Mr. Trepeta’s employment agreement is terminated other than for cause by the Company, the Company will pay Mr. Trepeta severance pay equal to three months of his salary.

Deepankar Katyal

Deepankar Katyal is employed as Chief Executive Officer of our wholly owned subsidiary, Advangelists, LLC under employment agreement with Advangelists with a term of three years which commenced on December 7, 2018. The agreement was amended on September 13, 2019. (See Note 12 below.) Mr. Katyal’s annual base salary is $400,000. Mr. Katyal’s employment agreement, as amended, also provides the following compensation:

During the term of the employment agreement, Mr. Katyal is entitled to a monthly allowance of up to $550 per month to cover lease or purchase finance costs of an automobile. Mr. Katyal’s employment agreement provides for indemnification by the Company to the fullest extent permitted by the Company’s certificate of incorporation and bylaws, as well as participation in all benefit plans, programs and perquisites as are generally provided by Advangelists to its employees, including medical, dental, life insurance, disability and 401(k) participation. Mr. Katyal’s employment agreement contains customary non-solicitation of Company customers or employees’ provisions during the term of the agreement and for one year after termination. The agreement provides for termination by Advangelists for cause upon 30 days’ prior written notice: and without cause after 60 days’ prior written notice. The employment agreement terminates automatically upon Mr. Katyal’s death, and it may also be terminated by Advangelists if Mr. Katyal is disabled for more than six consecutive months in any 12-month period—disability being the inability to substantially perform Mr. Katyal's duties and responsibilities by reason of mental or physical illness or injury. Mr. Katyal is entitled to terminate the agreement for “good reason”. If Mr. Katyal is terminated by Advangelists for cause, Advangelists is obligated only to pay Mr. Katyal amounts of base salary and expense reimbursements that were due or accrued prior to the termination date. If Mr. Katyal is terminated by Advangelists without cause, and provided Mr. Katyal is not in breach under the agreement, Advangelists is obligated to pay Mr. Katyal his compensation and expense reimbursements that would be payable to Mr. Katyal for the remainder of the contractual employment term had Mr. Katyal remained an employee. If Mr. Katyal’s employment is terminated as a result of his death, Advangelists is obligated to pay Mr. Katyal his salary though the date of termination, and his other compensation for the remainder of the contractual employment term had Mr. Katyal remained an employee. If Mr. Katyal’s employment is terminated as a result of his disability, provided Mr. Katyal provides a general release, Advangelists is obligated to pay Mr. Katyal his salary though the date of termination, and his other compensation for the remainder of the contractual employment term had Mr. Katyal remained an employee. If Mr. Katyal terminates his employment for good reason, and provided Mr. Katyal provides a general release, Advangelists is obligated to pay Mr. Katyal his compensation and expense reimbursements that would be payable to Mr. Katyal for the remainder of the contractual employment term had Mr. Katyal remained an employee. Mr. Kaytal’s employment agreement provides for assignment of ownership rights regarding intellectual property created by Mr. Katyal relating to the Company’s business. 

Sean McDonnell

Sean McDonnell is employed as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer on a non-full-time basis as an employee at-will with no employment agreement. He has a monthly base salary of $11,000 and he is eligible to receive options and other bonuses at the discretion of the board.

NOTE 11: AGREEMENTS WITH KATYAL

Other Recent Developments with Deepankar Katyal

Deepankar Katyal’s employment agreement which commenced December 7, 2018, has a term of three years. Mr. Katyal is required to devote at least 40 hours per week pursuant to his responsibility as CEO of Advangelists. The agreement provides for full indemnification and participation in all benefit plans, programs and perquisites as are generally provided by the Company to its employees, including medical, dental, life insurance, disability and 401(k) participation. The agreement provides for termination for cause after giving employee 30 days’ prior written notice. The agreement provides for termination by the Company without cause after 60 days’ prior written notice with severance pay as described in his agreement. His employment agreement also provides for termination by disability for a period of more than six consecutive months in any 12-month period, termination by employee for good reason as defined in the agreement and restrictive covenants for a period of one year following the termination date.

Effective as of September 13, 2019, Mobiquity Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement (the “GTECH SPA”) with GBT Technologies, Inc. (“GTECH”), pursuant to which the Company acquired from GTECH 15,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock that was owned by GTECH (the “MOBQ Shares”). In consideration for the purchase of the MOBQ Shares from GTECH, the Company transferred to GTECH 110,000 shares of GTECH’s common stock that was owned by the Company.

On September 13, 2019, Advangelists, LLC (“AVNG”), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, entered into Amendment No. 1 to Employment Agreement (the “Katyal Amendment”) with Deepankar Katyal, the CEO of AVNG, which amends Mr. Katyal’s original employment agreement (the “Original Katyal Agreement”), dated as of December 7, 2018. Pursuant to the Katyal Amendment, among other things, (i) the Company agreed to indemnify Mr. Katyal to the extent provided in the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation (the “Certificate”) and By-laws and to include Mr. Katyal as an insured under the Company’s applicable directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies; (ii) AVNG agreed to provide Mr. Katyal with an automobile allowance of $550.00 per month, and (iii) the non-compete restrictive covenants contained in the Original Katyal Agreement ceased. In addition, the Katyal Amendment provides for the Company to redeem the shares of the Company’s Class B Preferred Stock (the “Class B Stock”) owned by Mr. Katyal, and entitles Mr. Katyal to the following additional compensation:

In connection with the Katyal Amendment, on September 13, 2019, the Company entered into a Class B Preferred Stock Redemption Agreement (the “Katyal Redemption Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company redeemed the Company’s Class B Stock owned by Katyal.

On September 13, 2019, AVNG entered into Amendment No. 1 to Employment Agreement (the “Katyal Amendment”) with Lokesh Mehta, which amends Mr. Mehta’s original employment agreement (the “Original Mehta Agreement”), dated as of December 7, 2018. Pursuant to the Mehta Amendment, among other things, (i) the Company agreed to indemnify Mr. Mehta to the extent provided in the Company’s Certificate and By-laws and to include Mr. Mehta as an insured under the Company’s applicable directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies; (ii) AVNG agreed to provide Mr. Mehta with an automobile allowance of $550.00 per month, and (iii) the non-compete restrictive covenants contained in the Original Mehta Agreement ceased. In addition, the Mehta Amendment provides for the Company to redeem the shares of the Company’s Class B Preferred Stock (the “Class B Stock”) owned by Mr. Mehta, and entitles Mr. Mehta to the following additional compensation:

In connection with the Mehta Amendment, on September 13, 2019, the Company entered into a Class B Preferred Stock Redemption Agreement (the “Mehta Redemption Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company redeemed the Company’s Class B Stock owned by Mehta in exchange for an employment agreement and other good and valuable consideration including an automobile allowance.

NOTE 12: LITIGATION

We are not a party to any pending material legal proceedings, except as follows:

Washington Prime Group, Inc. (“WPG”), a successor in interest to Simon Property Group, L.P., commenced an action in the Marion Superior Court, County of Marion, State of Indiana against the Company in February 2020 alleging default on 36 commercial leases which the Company had entered into in 36 separate shopping mall locations across the United States for the placement of Mobiquity’s Bluetooth messaging system equipment in the shopping malls to send advertisements through to shoppers’ phones as they walked through mall common areas. WPG alleged damages from unpaid rent of $892,332. WPG sought a judgment from the court to collect the claimed unpaid rent plus attorneys’ fees and other costs of collection. The Company disputed the claim. On September 18, 2020, the parties entered into a settlement agreement with respect to this lawsuit. Under the settlement agreement, Mobiquity paid WPG $100,000.00 in five $20,000 monthly installments ending in January 2021 and mutual general releases were exchanged.

In December 2019, Carter, Deluca & Farrell LP, a law firm, commenced an action in the Supreme Court of New York, County of Nassau, against the Company seeking $113,654 in past due legal fees allegedly owed. The Company disputed the amount owed to that firm. On March 13, 2021, the Company entered into a settlement agreement with the law firm and paid them $60,000 to settle the lawsuit.

In July 2020, Fyber Monetization, an Israeli company in the business of digital advertising, commenced an action against the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary Advangelists LLC in the Magistrate’s Court in Tel Aviv, Israel. In its statement of claim, Fyber alleged that Advangelists owes Fyber license fees of $584,945 invoiced in June through November 3, of 2019 under a February 1, 2017, license agreement for the use of Fyber’s RTB technology and e-commerce platform with connects digital advertising media buyers and media sellers. Advangelists has disputed the claims and is defending this lawsuit. Due to uncertainties inherent in litigation, we cannot predict the outcome on this action with any certainty. If we do not settle this action on terms favorable to us, or at all and Fyber is successful in its claim against Advangelists, the obligation to pay substantial monetary damages could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and funds available to pursue our business plans. See “Risk Factors -- Our subsidiary Advangelists, LLC is party to litigation, the outcome of which could have a material adverse effect on us if it is not settled on terms favorable to us, or at all and the plaintiff is successful in its claims.”

In October 2020, FunCorp Limited, a Cypriot company which owns and operates social networking websites and mobile applications, commenced an action against the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary Advangelists LLC in Superior Court, State of Washington, County of King alleging Advangelists owed FunCorp for unpaid amounts due under an insertion order for placement of Advangelists’ advertisements on FunCorp’s iFunny website totaling $42,464 plus attorney’s fees. Advangelists disputed the claim. In September 2021 the action was settled in payment of $44,000 and the exchange of general releases, without Advangelists admitting any liability. The settlement agreement provides that the terms of the settlement agreement and FunCorp’s allegations are confidential and may not be disclosed except as required by law, court order or subpoena with certain limitations.

NOTE 13: COMMITMENTS

The following are outstanding commitments as of September 30, 2021: