UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13D/A-8
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
KonaTel, Inc.
Common Stock
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Leonard W. Burningham, Esq.
P.O. Box 521844
Salt Lake City, UT 84152-1844
(801)-363-7411
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(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications) |
September 17, 2024
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If the filing person has previously filed a statement
on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of §§240.13d-1(e),
240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box. ¨.
Note. Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed
original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See Rule 13d-7(b) for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.
* The remainder of this cover page shall be filled
out for a reporting person’s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent
amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.
The information required on the remainder of
this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(“Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act, but shall be subject to all other provisions
of the Act (however, see the Notes).
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NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
D. Sean McEwen |
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CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
(see instructions)
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SEC USE ONLY
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SOURCE OF FUNDS (see instructions)
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CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
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NUMBER OF
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SOLE VOTING POWER
16,559,262 |
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SHARED VOTING POWER
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SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
16,559,262 |
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SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
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PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 11
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TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (see instructions)
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(1) The
aggregate amount of shares beneficially owned is 16,559,262 shares of direct ownership; and 375,000 shares underlying vested
non-compensatory stock options that are directly owned by Mr. McEwen. On September 17, 2024, the Company’s Board of Directors
adopted resolutions to extend Mr. McEwen’s expiration dates on his last two (2) 187,500 share option tranches by one (1) year
or to respectively expire at midnight on September 17, 2025, and December 17, 2025.
(2)
Based on the 43,489,245 shares of Common Stock of the Company outstanding as of August 14, 2024, as reported in the Quarterly Report
of the Company for the quarter ended June 30, 2024, which was filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“SEC”) on August 14, 2024, together with 1,300,000 shares underlying the referenced vested incentive stock
options that are owned by others, and 375,000 shares underlying vested non-compensatory stock options that are directly owned by Mr.
McEwen, and can be exercised within sixty (60) days of the date of this Schedule 13D/A-8, the outstanding shares amount to an
aggregate total of 45,164,245 outstanding shares.
Item 1. Security and Issuer
The class of equity securities to which
this statement on Schedule 13DA-8 (hereinafter, this “Schedule 13D”) relates is the Common Stock, $0.001 per share
par value (the “Common Stock”), of KonaTel, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), formerly
known as Dala Petroleum Corp, with its principal executive offices at 500 N. Central Expressway, Suite 202, Plano, Texas 75074.
Item 2. Identity and Background
The following information is presented
in response to this Item:
(a) This Schedule
13D is filed by D. Sean McEwen.
(b) The principal
business address of Mr. McEwen is 500 N. Central Expressway, Suite 202, Plano, Texas 75074.
(c) The principal
business of Mr. McEwen is the Chairman and CEO of the Company. See Items 3 and 4 below.
(d) During the last
five years, the Reporting Person has not been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors).
(e) During the last
five years, the Reporting Person has not been a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction
which resulted in a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to,
federal or state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws.
(f) Mr. McEwen is
a citizen of the United States.
Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or
Other Consideration
Effective December 18, 2017, the Company
completed an Agreement and Plan of Merger whereby a newly formed wholly-owned subsidiary merged with and into KonaTel, Inc., a Nevada
corporation (respectively, “KonaTel Nevada” and the “KonaTel Nevada Merger”), and under which KonaTel
Nevada was the surviving corporation and became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. Mr. McEwen was the sole shareholder of KonaTel
Nevada and received merger consideration of 13,500,000 shares of Common Stock and 1,500,000 non-compensatory stock options to purchase
Common Stock of the Company under the KonaTel Nevada Merger. Mr. Mark Savage, as the then sole member of the Board of Directors of the
Company, adopted Board resolutions of the Company on November 15, 2017, resolving that all securities issued under the KonaTel Merger
would be exempt from the provisions of Rule 16b-3(d)(1) adopted pursuant to Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
which Board resolutions were adopted prior to the closing of the KonaTel Nevada Merger. For additional information about the KonaTel Nevada
Merger, see the Company’s 8-KA-1 Current Report dated November 15, 2017, and filed with the SEC on December 20, 2017; and the Company’s
8-KA-2 Current Report dated November 15, 2017, and filed with the SEC on April 17, 2018. Copies of these Current Reports are incorporated
herein by reference in Item 7 hereof and may be accessed by Hyperlink.
On September 17, 2024, the
Company’s Board of Directors adopted to extend Mr. McEwen’s expiration dates on his last two (2) tranches by one (1)
year. Therefore, his midnight September 17, 2024, expiration date was extended to midnight September 17, 2025, and his midnight
December 17, 2024, expiration date was extended to midnight December 17, 2025.
Item 4. Purpose of Transaction
See Item 3.
Item 5. Interest in Securities of the
Issuer
The following information is presented
in response to this Item:
(a) See the footnotes
to Sections 8, 9, 11 and 13 above.
(b) Mr. McEwen has
the sole power to vote 16,437,500 shares, and the sole power to dispose of 16,437,500 shares of Common Stock of the Company beneficially
owned by him.
(c) On October 20,
2020, Mr. McEwen purchased 2,000,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock at a price of $0.10 per share, in a private transaction.
(d) Other than
the transactions described herein, the Reporting Person has not effected any transaction in the Common Stock of the Company during
the past 60 days. Mr. McEwen received 1,500,000 non-compensatory stock options in the KonaTel Nevada Merger. These stock options
vest (or have vested and been exercised as indicated below) on the following dates and are exercisable in the following tranches,
and do not expire for a period of five years from the date of vesting: 187,500 shares exercisable March 18, 2018, June 18, 2018,
September 18, 2018, December 18, 2018, March 18, 2019, June 18, 2019, September 18, 2019, and December 18, 2019. Mr. McEwen has
exercised his first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth tranches of 187,500 non-compensatory stock options to purchase 187,500
shares of Common Stock as outlined herein. See Item 3 for information on the extension of the respective expiration dates of this
last two (2) 187,500 share tranches.
(e) Except as specifically
set forth in this Item 5, to the knowledge of the Reporting Person, no person other than the Reporting Person has the right to receive
or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of the shares of Common Stock of the Company that
are beneficially owned directly by the Reporting Person.
(f) Not applicable.
Item 6. Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings
or Relationships with Respect to Securities of the Issuer
To the knowledge of the Reporting Person,
there are no contracts, arrangements, understandings or relationships between any person with respect to any securities of the Company,
including but not limited to transfer or voting of any of the securities, finder’s fees, joint ventures, loan or option arrangement,
puts or calls, guarantees of profits, division of profits or loss, or the giving or withholding of proxies.
Item 7. Material to be Filed as Exhibits.
Incorporated herein by reference:
8-KA-1 Current Report dated November 15, 2017, and filed with the SEC on December 20, 2017.
8-KA-2 Current Report dated November 15, 2017, and filed with the SEC on April 17, 2018.
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| After reasonable inquiry and to the best of the undersigned’s knowledge and belief, the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct. |
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| Dated: September 19, 2024 |
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D. Sean McEwen |
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By: /s/D. Sean McEwen |
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D. Sean McEwen |
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Chairman and CEO |
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