United States
Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
Current Report
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934
Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): January 8,
2021
Puget Technologies, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Nevada |
(State
of Incorporation) |
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333-179212 |
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01-0959140 |
Commission
File Number |
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(I.R.S.
Employer Identification No.) |
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1200
North Federal Highway, Suite 200-A;
Boca
Raton, Florida
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33432 |
(Address
of Principal Executive Offices) |
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(Zip
Code) |
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1
561 2108535 |
(Registrant’s
Telephone Number, Including Area Code) |
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended
to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant
under any of the following provisions:
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communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act
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material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth
company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of
1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company ☒
If
an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the
registrant has elected not to use the extended
transition period for complying with any new or revised
financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a)
of the Exchange Act. ☐
Section 2 - Financial
Information
Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
The
Registrant has fully complied with all of its obligations under the
series of 8% Convertible Notes entered into by prior management
during 2015 - 2017 and in conjunction therewith is free of related
debt and litigation. Its focus now is on completing its audit and
related filings with the Commission as recommended by Qest
Consulting Group, Inc. (“Qest”). Qest, which serves as the
Registrant’s strategic consultant, is an Affiliate of the
Registrant as well as its current Parent, as that term is defined
in Rule 405 of Commission Regulation C (“…an affiliate
controlling such person directly or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries … [as well] as a person that directly or
indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is
controlled by, or is under common control with, the person
specified”).
Section 3 - Securities
and Trading Markets
Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.
As
of the date of this report of special event, all of the 8%
Convertible Notes have been fully converted or paid. The original
issuance of the 8% Convertible Notes during 2015, 2016 and 2017
relied on the exemption from registration provided by Section
4(a)(2) of the Securities Act. Conversion of the 8% Convertible
Notes into shares of Common Stock was effected in reliance on
Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act. The formula for conversion
of the 8% Convertible Notes was disclosed in a report of current
event filed with the Commission on November 30, 2020 and is
incorporated herein by reference.
Section 5 - Corporate
Governance and Management
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election
of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory
Arrangements of Certain Officers.
At
Qest’s recommendation, the Registrant’s current officers and
directors intend to initiate a nationwide search during calendar
year 2021 for new officers and directors as well as to add new
members to its Board of Advisors with the goal of assembling the
best corporate team possible for implementation of the Registrant’s
new operational plan (summarized below). It is hoped that new the
officers will replace the current board of directors and management
during the next eighteen months allowing the members of current
management to shift their focus to Qest where they also serve as
officers and directors, and thus eliminating existing conflicts of
interest. The newly recruited board members would be subject to
ratification by the Registrant’s shareholders at the next annual
meeting expected to be held during February of 2022.
Qest
has recommended that the Registrant’s board of directors be
expanded to seven or more members, at least three of whom should be
independent so that audit and compensation committees could be
implemented as envisioned by the Registrant’s articles of
incorporation and bylaws. In terms of experience, Qest has
recommended that the new board of directors continue to employ
persons with investment banking and accounting experience but also
with experience with mutual funds, the insurance industry,
innovative technologies (e.g., alternative energy), the
medical industry, intellectual property and regulatory compliance.
In order to recruit qualified personnel, the Registrant is adopting
qualified and non-qualified stock option plans and will undertake a
limited offering of its securities on reliance on Rule 506(b) of
Regulation D, the proceeds of which will be used for, among other
things, obtaining officers and directors liability insurance,
discharging all remaining corporate debt (approximately $100,000
involving expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business),
payment of legal and auditing expenses required to bring and
maintain the Registrant current with its reporting obligations
under the Exchange Act and provide initial working capital.
Significant additional funding will be required in order to
implement the Registrant’s business plan summarized below and it is
expected that Qest will assist the Registrant in that regard since
it is anticipated that, although the Registrant’s current officers
and directors would not continue in their current roles with the
Registrant, they would continue to be indirectly involved as Qest
is expected to remain as the Registrant’s strategic consultant for
at least the next three years.
Puget Technologies, Inc., current report on Commission Form 8-K,
Page 2
With
reference to anticipated future operations under the new officers
and directors, the Registrant, at the suggestion of Qest, has
adopted a new business model as a holding company operating through
subsidiaries in four different albeit related areas. These would
primarily involve assisting promising operating companies to attain
independent public company status. The four diverse areas in which
it intends to concentrate through subsidiaries are, in the order in
which it is anticipated projects will be undertaken:
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Through traditional acquisition
of development stage operating companies that the Registrant’s
Board of Directors determines provide positive business
opportunities. In that regard, the Registrant is considering the
acquisition of a consolidated company currently engaged in the
operation of behavioral health clinics in the State of Florida and
is considering a joint venture in the solar energy industry
involving proprietary nanotechnologies with current members of its
Board of Advisors; |
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Through acquisition of promising
privately held operating companies that eventually want to attain
publicly traded status after a two-and-a-half to four and a half
year period as subsidiaries of the Registrant during which time
they would control most of their own operations but learn the
intricacies of being regulated under state and federal securities
regulation. The Registrant would control all legal and accounting
operations and seek to generate savings and synergy by coordinating
activities (e.g., purchases, marketing, warehousing,
etc., among its subsidiaries; |
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Through organization and
operation of a Business Development Company under the limited
exemptive provisions of Sections 54(a) through 65 of the Investment
Company Act; and |
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By formation of specialty
acquisition vehicles for operating companies that desire to become
public. |
In
addition to the foregoing, given the experience that the
Registrant’s current president has with tax related benefits of
doing business in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Qest has also
recommended that the Registrant explore opportunities for potential
subsidiaries there.
Section 8 - Other
Events
Item 8.01 Other Events.
The
Registrant has upgraded its website at
https://pugettechnologies.com/ and expects to have it activated by
Friday, January 15, 2021. It will include a restricted subsite for
accredited investors available on a password protected basis. Such
limitation is required in order to avoid “general solicitation” in
conjunction with the proposed limited offering of the Registrant’s
securities. All other aspects of the website including posting of
its reports filed with the Commission, principal corporate
documents (e.g., articles of incorporation, bylaws,
documents defining the rights of securities holders, securities
based compensation plans and its agreement with Qest), press
releases, articles of interest to shareholders, disclosure
concerning the Registrant and contact information will be freely
accessible.
Puget Technologies, Inc., current report on Commission Form 8-K,
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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Puget Technologies, Inc. |
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By: |
/s/Hermann
Burckhardt |
Date:
January 13, 2021 |
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Hermann
Burckhardt, President and Chief Executive Officer |
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By: |
/s/Thomas
Jaspers |
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Thomas
Jaspers, Treasurer, Secretary and Chief Financial
Officer |
Puget Technologies, Inc., current report on Commission Form 8-K,
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