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SIGNIFICANT BUSINESS DEVELOPMENTS

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SIGNIFICANT BUSINESS DEVELOPMENTS
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2017
Significant Business Developments [Abstract]  
SIGNIFICANT BUSINESS DEVELOPMENTS

NOTE 2. SIGNIFICANT BUSINESS DEVEVELOPMENTS

Resignation of Chairman, Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and President.  On July 24, 2017, Robert B. Saucier resigned from his positions as Chairman of the Board, CEO and President in order to aid us in our expanded regulatory jurisdictional ambitions.  Concurrently with Mr. Saucier’s resignation, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) appointed Mr. Saucier to serve as Executive Vice President of Business Development and Chief Product Officer.  In these new positions, he receives an annual salary of $225,000 and is eligible to receive performance-based bonuses and incentives, as well as employee benefits and other perquisites.  Mr. Saucier’s resignation was not the result of any disagreements with the Company, and he remains a member of the Board.

Appointment of new President and CEO.  Effective July 24, 2017, the Board appointed Todd P. Cravens to serve as President and CEO.  Mr. Cravens was previously serving as our Vice President of Business Development, a position he had held since January 1, 2017.  

Mr. Cravens’ employment agreement related to his position as Vice President of Business Development was terminated and superseded with a new employment agreement to reflect his new positions and responsibilities.

Pursuant to the new employment agreement (the “Cravens Employment Agreement”), Mr. Cravens receives an annual base salary of $230,000, is eligible for bonuses if and as approved by the Compensation Committee of the Board and was granted options to purchase our common stock.  See Note 14 for further detail on the options granted. The term of the Cravens Employment Agreement is through July 26, 2020.  Mr. Cravens is entitled to certain severance payments in the event his employment with us is terminated by us without cause following a change of control, or following termination of the Cravens Employment Agreement by Mr. Cravens.

Appointment of new Director.  On July 26, 2017, the Board appointed Mark A. Lipparelli as a member of the Board to fill a newly-created board seat and elected Mr. Lipparelli to serve as Chairman of the Board. On August 31, 2017, we entered into a Board of Directors Services Agreement (the “Lipparelli Agreement”), pursuant to which Mr. Lipparelli receives monthly compensation of $7,500 and all customary and usual fringe benefits generally available to non-employee directors of the Board, and was granted shares of restricted common stock of the Company. See Note 12 for further detail on the restricted common stock granted.

Voting and dispositive control transfer agreements. On September 22, 2017, the Nevada Gaming Commission (the “NGC”) granted us licensure as a manufacturer and distributor of gaming products, which approval triggered the effectiveness of five Voting and Dispositive Control Transfer Agreements (the “VDCTA Agreements”).  The VDCTA Agreements collectively served to transfer voting and dispositive control of certain shares owned of record by Triangulum Partners, LLC, a New Mexico limited liability company (“Triangulum”) to named recipients (each a “Recipient” and collectively, the “Recipients”).

We and the Recipients (named below) previously entered into the VDCTA Agreements on August 18, 2017. However, the VDCTA Agreements did not become effective until September 22, 2017, concurrently with the NGC granting us a license as a manufacturer and distributor of gaming products in accordance with the stated terms of the VDCTA Agreements. The term of the VDCTA Agreements is while Mr. Saucier’s application for licensure with the NGC is pending.

The VDCTA Agreements were made and entered into by and among Triangulum, a limited liability company of which the managing member is Mr. Saucier, and each of the Recipients. Prior to the VDCTA Agreements, Triangulum owned and controlled shares equal to approximately 60.12% of our total issued and outstanding common stock.

The Recipients of the voting and dispositive control of the shares under the VDCTA Agreements are as follows:

 

Name

 

Number of shares

 

Percentage of total outstanding*

 

Mark Lipparelli

 

1,269,161 shares

 

 

3.22%

 

Bryan Waters

 

1,269,161 shares

 

 

3.22%

 

Norm DesRosiers

 

1,269,161 shares

 

 

3.22%

 

William Zender

 

1,269,161 shares

 

 

3.22%

 

John Connelly

 

1,269,161 shares

 

 

3.22%

 

  Total

 

6,345,805 shares

 

 

16.12%

 

 

* The percentages listed in the table are based on 39,365,591 total outstanding shares and do not include other shares held by such Recipients.

Messrs. Lipparelli, Waters, DesRosiers and Zender are members of our Board.  During the term of the VDCTA Agreements, Triangulum granted an irrevocable proxy to each of the Recipients to vote the shares of our common stock covered by the VDCTA Agreements, and conveyed to each Recipient the right to “Transfer” the shares, defined as a “sale, transfer, tender, assignment, encumbrance, gift, pledge, hedge, swap, or other disposition, directly or indirectly” of the shares or any right or interest therein.