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MOBIQUITY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-K10-K/A

(Amendment No. 2)

 

xANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31 2019, 2021

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from _____ to _____

COMMISSION FILE NUMBER: 000-51160001-41117

 

MOBIQUITY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

New York11-3427886

(State of jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

(I.R.S. Employee

Identification Number)

  
35 Torrington Lane Shoreham, NY11786
(Address of principal executive offices)(Zip Code)
  
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:(516)246-9422

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each classTrading SymbolName of each exchange on which registered
N/A

Common Stock, $.001 par value

N/AMOBQ

The NasdaqStock Market LLC

Common Stock Purchase WarrantsMOBQWThe Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

Common Stock, $.0001 Par Value

(Title of each class)

_________________None

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes o☐ Nox

 

Check whether the Registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.o Yes ☐  No

 

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports) and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yesx Noo

 

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant has submitted electronically, every Interactive data file required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yesx Noo

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer”, “smaller reporting company”, and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one)

 

Large accelerated fileroAccelerated filero
Non-accelerated filerxSmaller reporting companyx
Emerging growth companyo  

 

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.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report.

 

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes o☐ Nox

 

As of June 28, 2019,30, 2021, the number of shares of Common Stock held by non-affiliates was approximately 361,209,2452,382,100 shares based upon 772,926,0003,100,782 post-split shares of Common Stock outstanding. The approximate market value based on the last sale (i.e. $0.14$9.50 per share as of June 28, 2019)30, 2021) of the Company’s Common Stock held by non-affiliates was approximately $50,569,000.$22,629,950.

 

The number of shares outstanding of the Registrant’s Common Stock as of March 25, 2020,2022, was 947,492,6406,560,751.

 

On September 9, 2020, the Company effected a one-for-400 reverse stock split. All share and per share amounts set forth herein give retroactive effect to such stock split unless the context indicates otherwise.

   

 

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

We believe this annual report contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties and are based on the beliefs and assumptions of our management, based on information currently available to our management. When we use words such as "believes," "expects," "anticipates," "intends," "plans," "estimates," "should," "likely" or similar expressions, we are making forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include information concerning our possible or assumed future results of operations set forth under "Business" and/or "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations." Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of performance. They involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Our future results and stockholder values may differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements. Many of the factors that will determine these results and values are beyond our ability to control or predict. Stockholders are cautioned not to put undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. For those statements, we claim the protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. For a discussion of some of the factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from those suggested by the forward-looking statements, please read carefully the information under "Risk Factors." In addition to the Risk Factors and other important factors discussed elsewhere in this annual report, you should understand that other risks and uncertainties and our public announcements and filings under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended could affect our future results and could cause results to differ materially from those suggested by the forward-looking statements.

 

Among others, the forward-looking statements appearing in this Report that may not occur include, but are not limited to, statements regarding plans to remediate the material weakness with respect to the Company’s internal control over financial reporting and the impact of these matters on the outlook of the Company and the restatement on the Company’s previously issued financial statements for the Affected Period.

As used in this Form 10-K, the terms “we,” “our,” “us,” “Mobiquity Technologies” or “the Company” refer to Mobiquity Technologies, Inc. and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, unless the context otherwise requires it.

 

Our financial statements are stated in United States dollars (US$) and are prepared in accordance with United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. All references to “common stock” refer to the common shares in our capital stock.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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PART I1
Item 1 Business1
Item 1A Risk Factors713
Item 1B Unresolved Staff Comments1932
Item 2 Properties1932
Item 3 Legal Proceedings1933
Item 4 Mine Safety Disclosures1933
  
PART II34
Item 5 Market for Common Equity, related Stockholders Matters, and Issuer2034
Item 6 Selected Financial Data2336
Item 7 Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations2336
Item 7A Qualitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk2741
Item 8 Financial Statements2741
Item 9 Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure2983
Item 9A Controls and Procedures2983
Item 9B Other Information2984
  
PART III85
Item 10 Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance3085
Item 11 Executive Compensation3593
Item 12 Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters42103
Item 13 Certain Relationships and Related Transactions and Director Independence43104
Item 14 Principal Accountant Fees and Services43106
  
PART IV107
Item 15 Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules45107

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

Mobiquity Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) filed its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on March 30, 2022 (the “Original Form 10-K”). Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-K ("Amendment No. 1" or "Form 10-K/A No. 1") was filed May 23, 2022 to restate the Company’s previously issued consolidated financial statements and financial information as of and for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, contained in the Original Form 10-K, and to amend the Company’s conclusions and disclosures included in Item 9A Controls and Procedures of the Original Form 10-K related to disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting. This Amendment No. 2 on Form 10-K (“Amendment No. 2” or “Form 10-K/A No. 2”) is being filed to amend previously restated and issued consolidated financial statements and financial information as of and for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, contained in the Amendment No. 1, and to restate previously issued consolidated financial statements and financial information for quarterly periods within fiscal 2020 and 2021.

Background of Restatement

Subsequent to the filing of the Amendment No. 1, management identified certain accounting errors primarily relating to the accounting for the sale of capital stock of the Company for cash, conversions of debt to equity, exercises of common stock warrants, and vesting of stock-based compensation expense in connection with the issuance of common stock warrants to employees. In connection with this restatement, management has also elected to reclassify certain presentations within the consolidated balance sheets, statements of operations, statements of stockholders’ equity and statements of cash flows to better reflect the nature of the transactions.

Finally, certain grammatical and technical corrections were made. These changes did not affect the restated balances herein.

On November 28, 2022, the audit committee of the Company's board of directors concluded, after discussion with the Company’s management, that the previously issued and amended financial statements as of and for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 should no longer be relied upon due to these errors and require restatement. This Amendment No. 2 reflects the changes discussed above as of and for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, restates the Company’s consolidated financial statements for these periods, with expanded financial and other disclosures in lieu of filing separate amended Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2020, and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q/A for each of the quarters ended March 31, 2020, June 30, 2020, September 30, 2020, March 31, 2021, June 30, 2021, and September 30, 2021. We believe that the filing of this expanded annual report enables us to provide information to investors in a more efficient manner than separately filing each of the amended filings described above.

As discussed in further detail below and in Note 3 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements, the restatements of the prior filings are the result of the following summarized transactions:

1.During 2020 and 2021, certain holders of the Company’s convertible debt converted debt principal into shares of common stock, or the Company sold shares of its stock for cash. For certain of these transactions, the Company recorded a “loss on sale of stock" representing the difference in the per share sale or conversion price of the stock and the per share market value of the stock at the date of the transactions. For these types of transactions, the Company should not have recorded any gain or loss for the difference in the per share issuance price and market value. The converted or sold value should be netted against the debt amount settled at original conversion terms, or cash received, with the offset recorded to additional paid-in capital.

2.During Q2 2019, the Company granted a total of 23 million (57,500 post 1-for-400 reverse stock split) warrant shares to three employees which vested over a graded two-year period. The Company had been expensing, upon each graded vesting date, the fair value of the vested options as opposed to recognizing the expense straight-line over the entire vesting period for each vesting tranche. Further, the option was being expensed over a three-year period, erroneously, as opposed to the contractual graded two-year vesting term. This resulted in significant differences in the timing of stock-based compensation recognition on an annual and quarterly basis.

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3.The Company had warrants outstanding at December 31, 2019 that were issued in conjunction with its AAA Preferred Stock (the "AAA warrants”) that were sold for cash. In early 2020, the warrant holders exercised 11,755,200 (29,388 post 1-for-400 reverse stock split) warrant shares. The Company proceeded to record "warrant expense" for the fair value of the warrants on the date they were exercised. Per generally accepted accounting principles, the accounting for such warrants should be done as of their grant date, not their exercise date. When warrants are exercised for cash under the original terms of the warrant agreement, assuming they are classified as equity when issued, the Company should record common stock and additional paid-in capital only for the amount of proceeds received. In addition to the AAA warrants, certain warrants were exercised by two non-affiliated individuals. The Company subsequently issued additional common shares to the non-affiliated individuals under the warrant exercises based on a lower strike price, resulting in additional shares issued to the warrant holders. Any value associated with the modification of the warrant terms would be considered a deemed dividend and reflected within stockholders’ equity and not to other expense.

4.During 2021, several debt holders received shares of common stock or an “equity kicker” in connection with the issuance of short-term promissory notes. The estimated value of the shares issued was reflected on the consolidated statements of operations as “loss on sale of stock". This should be presented as interest expense since the shares were issued with short-term promissory notes.

Items Amended in this Amendment

This Amendment No. 2 sets forth the Amendment No. 1, as modified and superseded where necessary to reflect the restatement considerations. Accordingly, the following items included in the Amendment No. 1 have been amended:

· Part I, Item 1A, Risk Factors

· Part II, Item 7, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

· Part II, Item 8, Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

· Part IV, Item 15, Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules

Additionally, in accordance with Rule 12b-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Company is including with this Amendment No. 2 currently dated certifications from its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer. These certifications are filed or furnished, as applicable, as Exhibits 31.1, 31.2, 32.1 and 32.2.

Except as described above, this Amendment No. 2 does not amend, update or change any other disclosures in the Original Form 10-K or Amendment No. 1. In addition, the information contained in this Amendment No. 2 does not reflect events occurring after the Original Form 10-K or Amendment No. 1 and does not modify or update the disclosures therein, except to reflect the effects of the restatement. This Amendment No. 2 should be read in conjunction with the Company’s other filings with the SEC.

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PART I

 

Item 1. Business

 

IntroductionCompany Background

 

Mobiquity Technologies, Inc., is a New York corporation (the “Company”) owns 100%next-generation marketing and advertising technology and data intelligence company which operates through our proprietary software platforms in the programmatic advertising space. Our product solutions are comprised of Advangelists, LLC (“Advangelists”) and 100% of Mobiquity Networks, Inc. (“Mobiquity Network”) as wholly owned subsidiaries.two proprietary software platforms:

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Our advertising technology operating system (or ATOS) platform; and

·Our data intelligence platform.

Our Products

 

Advangelists OverviewThe ATOS Platform

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’Our ATOS platform blends artificial intelligence (or AI) and machine learning (ML) based optimization technology for automatic ad serving that manages and runs digital advertising inventory and campaigns.

The ATOS platform:

 

·creates an automated marketplace of advertisers and publishers on digital media outlets to host online auctions to facilitate the sale of digital advertising (known as digital real estate) targeted at users while engaged on their connectedinternet-connected TV, laptop, tablet, desktop computer, mobile, and OTT devices,over-the-top (or OTT) streaming media devices; and
  
·gives advertisers the capability to understand and interact with their audiences and engage them in a meaningful way by using ads in both image and video formats (known as rich media) to increase their awareness, customer base and foot traffic to their e-commerce site, voting site or physical locations.

 

Advangelists’ marketplaceOur ATOS platform engages with approximately 2010 billion advertisement opportunities per day.day, based on our daily logs. Our sales and marketing strategy for our ATOS platform is focused on creatingproviding a de-fragmented operating system that makes itfacilitates a considerably more efficient and effective way for advertisers and publishers to transact with each other. Our goal is to create a standardizedbecome the programmatic display advertising industry standard for small and transparent medium.medium sized advertisers.

 

Advangelists'Our ATOS technology is proprietary and has all beenprimarily consists of know-how and trade secrets developed internally. We own all of our technology. internally, as well as certain open-source software.

 

Users of the ATOS platform get access to benefits including among other things:

 

·ease of set upup;
  

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targeting features based on audience profiles and location through an in-house data management platform (or DMP),

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·Inventory management and yield optimization,
·support for all rich media creators’ ad tags,
·machine learning and AI powered optimization delivering greater than the average click through rate on ad links,
optimization;

 

 

 

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·support for all rich media creators’ ad tags;
·machine learning and AI powered optimization which aids in delivering a higher click through rate on ad links;
·support for third-party trackers and Custom Scriptscustom scripts for MOATmake-the-most-of-your media (or MOAT) analytics, IAS,Integral Ad Science (or IAS), and forensics to enable independent verification by advertisers for transparency,transparency;
  
·detailed campaign wrap upwrap-up reporting that gives a breakdown on publishers, categories, demonstrations, and devices to better understand advertisement campaign performance,performance;
  
·access to business intelligence via an analytics dashboard,dashboard;
  
·advanced ad targeting,targeting;
  
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easy campaign uploading,uploading;

  
·automated performance optimization,optimization;
  
·real time reporting,reporting;
  
·fraud prevention tools,tools; and
  
·24x7 support, along with guided managed services to enable users to rapidly harness and operate all the features of the ATOS platform.

 

Our ATOS platform includes:

 

·Adserver,·Adserver;
  
·Demand Side Platform,Platform;
  
·Advertisement quality tools,tools;
  
·Analytics dashboard,dashboard;
  
·Avails Engine,
Engine;

 

 

 

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·Advertisement prediction and delivery tools,tools;
  
·Supply quality tools,tools;
  
·Private marketplace tools,tools;
  
·Audience and location targeting,targeting;
  
·Wrap up reports,reports;
  
·An Advertisement software development kit (or SDK),;
·Prebid adaptor;
·contextual targeting;
·identity graph capabilities;
·cookie syncing; and
  
·Prebid adaptor.

We also completed the following development project in the second half of 2019:

·contextual targeting,
 
·identity graph capabilities,
·cookie syncing, and
·the nextupdated version of our quality and security tools, among other things for our ATOS platform.

 

Plan of OperationThe Data Intelligence Platform

 

Mobiquity will hire several new sales and sales support individuals to help generate additional revenue through the use of the Advangelists platform. Mobiquity’s sales team focuses on Advertising Agencies, Brands and publishers to help increase both supply and demand across the Advangelists platform. The Advangelists platform creates three revenue streams for Mobiquity. The first is licensing the Advangelists platform as a white-label product for use by Advertising Agencies, DSP’s, Brands and Publishers. Under the White-Label scenario, the user licenses the technology and is responsible for running its own business operations and is billed a percentage of volume run through the platform. The second revenue stream is a managed services model, in which, the user is billed a higher percentage of revenue run through the platform, but all services are managed by the Mobiquity/Advangelists team. The third revenue model is a seat model, whereas the user is billed a percentage of revenue run through the platform and business operations are shared between the user and the Mobiquity/Advangelists team. The goal of the sales team is to inform potential users of the benefits in efficiency and effectiveness of utilizing the end-to-end, fully integrated ATOS created by Advangelists.

Intellectual Property

Advangelists' technology is proprietary and has all been developed internally. We own all of our technology and protect it though trade secrets and each employee signing an agreement agreeing to keep the proprietary information confidential and assigning any improvements to the technology to Advangelists.

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Mobiquity Networks Overview

The Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, 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 locationOur data intelligence company. Mobiquity Networksplatform provides precise unique, at-scale data and insights on consumer’s real-world behavior and trends for use in marketing and research. Mobiquity Networks providesWe believe, based on our experience in our industry, that we provide one of the most accurate and scaled solutionsolutions for data collection and analysis, utilizing multiple proprietary technologies. Mobiquity Networks’Our data intelligence platform technology allows for the ingestion and normalization of various data sources, such as location data, transactional data, contextual data, and search data to reach the right target audience with the right message. Utilizing massively parallel cluster computing and machine learning algorithms and technology, Mobiquity Networks, makesour data intelligence solutions make available actionable data for marketers, researchers and application publishers through an automated platform. Mobiquity Networks isWe are seeking to execute ongenerate several revenue streams from itsour data collection and analysis, including, but not limited to; Advertising,Data Licensing, Footfall Reporting, Attribution Reporting,among other things; advertising, data licensing, attribution reporting, and Custom Research.custom research.

 

Mobiquity Networks

Mobiquity Revenue Streams

Advertising

Mobiquity’s AudiencesWe also offer a self-service alternative through our MobiExchange product, which is a SaaS fee model. MobiExchange is a data focused technology solution that enables advertisersindividuals and companies to create specific profiles based on user’s real-world behaviors. Utilizing specific Point-of-Interest locationrapidly build actionable data from over 16,000 individual brandsand insights for their own use or for resale. MobiExchange’s easy-to-use, self-service tools allow users to understand consumer behaviorreduce the complex technical and affinity, the platformfinancial barriers typically associated with turning offline data, and other business data, into actionable digital products and services. MobiExchange provides unparalleled accuracyout-of-the-box private labeling, flexible branding, content management, user management, user communications, subscriptions, payment, invoices, reporting, gateways to third party platforms, and precision due to the volume of user data points and our understanding of path, speed, visitation, frequency and dwell time.

Use Cases for Mobiquity Audiences:

·Retrieve millions of existing profiles based on visitation to specific locations, brands and retailers;

·Includes brand affinity, presumed, home/work and pathing into your audiences;

·Create custom audiences or use our standard taxonomy, such as: brand loyalist, in-market buyers, and consumers within a defined zip code/DMAs

Data Licensing

Mobiquity’s Location Data Feed provides clients with millions of unique devices and billions of associated data points.

With location data feeds, clients have access to:

Data from tens of millions of devices;

Scheduled feed by preference which can be real-time, daily or, monthly; and

Includes data on operating system, timestamp, latitude, longitude and other relevant data.

help desk among other things.

 

 

 

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Various ReportsWe believe, based on our experience in our industry, that we provide one of the most accurate and scaled solutions for data collection and analysis, utilizing multiple proprietary technologies. MobiExchange is a data focused technology solution that enables individuals and companies to rapidly build actionable data and insights for its own use or for resale. MobiExchange’s easy-to-use, self-service tools allow anyone to reduce the complex technical and financial barriers typically associated with turning offline data, and other business data, into actionable digital products and services. MobiExchange provides out-of-the box private labeling, flexible branding, content management, user management, user communications, subscriptions, payment, invoices, reporting, gateways to third party platforms, and help desk, among other things.

 

Footfall, attribution and customized reports provide clients with a deeper understanding of consumer behaviors, store location performance, new store site selection and marketing strategy.

Reports include:

Campaign effectiveness, was an action taken post campaign;

Visit analysis and trends by time day, week and month;

Distance traveled from presumed home/work to brand locations;

Performance, trends, and comparisons of store locations;

Dwell time and frequency comparisons by store locations;

Competitive analysis; Brand A versus Brand B:

Locations visited before and after the desired points of interest(“POI”); and

Correlation between POIs visited and distance from other key locations

Uniqueness of Mobiquity Networks’ data:

Massive Scale;

Proprietary Places Database;

Data Density;
Spatial Precision;
Verified Visits;
Diverse Data; and
Privacy Compliant.

Strategy

Mobiquity Networks derives its revenue utilizing the revenue streams mentioned above. All the products used to derive revenue for the Company are reliant on the collection or use of data. To achieve management’s revenue goals moving forward, we have developed a strategy to increase the number of devices we see by increasing our direct relationships with publishers. To continue to grow the total number of unique devices we can see on a monthly basis, we need to increase our partnerships. We believe our unique offering to potential partners gives us a competitive advantage over others in the industry. The task of partnering to increase the number of devices we see is handled internally by our business development team.

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In 2019, we had approximately 6,000,000 Places in our proprietary Places database. We have been able to steadily increase the number of locations available in our Places database through the use of both open source and proprietary technologies. The task of growing our Places database is handled by our internal technology team. The Company currently utilizes both internal and outsourced resources to market and sell its product offerings.

Owner Proprietary Technology Platform

Mobiquity Networks has developed a highly accurate and scalable proprietary cloud-based platform to allow millions of connected devices to easily and securely log billions of events per day and receive user notifications in real or near real-time.

Mobiquity Networks’ platform analyzes a combination of raw location signal when collecting mobileOur data to identify user patterns in densely populated urban areas, indoor specific locations or desired points of interest. This data is additionally analyzed and enriched with how often users visit specific locations, and how much time they spend at each location. The resulting combined contextual data ensures clients receive highly accurate insights into consumers’ offline behavior.

Mobiquity Networks’intelligence platform is hosted and managed on Amazon Web Service (AWS) and takes full advantage of open standards for processing, storage, security and big data technology. Specifically, the Mobiquity Networksour data intelligence platform uses the following AWS services: EC2, Lambda, Kafka, Kinesis, S3, Storm, Spark, Machine Learning, RDS, Redshift, Elastic Map Reduction, CloudWatch, DataBricks, and Elastic Search Service with built-in Kibana integration.

 

Mobiquity Networks’ unique approach to validating mobile device location produces extremely precise and accurate location data.Our Strategy

 

Our strategy in the programmatic advertising space is to provide small- to medium-sized enterprises with an efficient and effective end-to-end, fully integrated ATOS platform. We believe that our ATOS platform gives users in these markets the capability of running marketing and branding campaigns without the need for an extensive marketing team, which enables them to better compete with their larger competitors who have greater marketing financial and human capital resources. Our sales and marketing approach is focused on providing a de-fragmented operating system that facilitates a considerably more efficient and effective way for advertisers and publishers to transact with each other. Our goal is to become the programmatic display advertising industry standard for small- and medium-sized advertisers. Mobiquity plans to hire several new sales and sales support individuals to help generate additional revenue through the use of our ATOS platform.

Our strategy is based on a problem we perceived in the advertising technology industry as it has rapidly grown over the last 10 years. We viewed the technology in the industry to be highly fragmented and thus inefficient. Many advertisers have had to mix multiple vendors’ different technologies, or bolt-on third-party technology to legacy technology, in an effort to create an integrated solution. Often this has resulted in the absence of a central source to address problems with an integrated system that arise. The Mobiquity Networks’ proprietary intelligence provides all the existing location manager functionality plus adds the following benefits:flaws that this type of stacked technology ecosystem has includes:

 

advanced location·Increased cost -- this results from integration costs, technology capabilities;management costs and revenue sharing arrangements among vendors providing different components of the system.

automatic venue recognition;

·Decreased speed -- the automated buying and selling of digital advertising space happens in micro-seconds and when the technology stack comprising the system has to work through several distinct vendor components, the system is inherently slower than a single vendor all-inclusive platform.
·Lack of transparency – a digital programmatic advertising campaign is comprised of a multitude of metrics each of which can be optimized by the advertiser according to its needs. Lack of transparency occurs when the digital programmatic advertising campaign jumps from its primary platform to the add-on vendors’ platform and the advertiser is unable to see or access certain of the metrics covered by a particular vendor’s component. The user thus loses the ability to physical address and venue map database; and

a detailed location analytics.optimize that part of the campaign. This is exacerbated as more add-on technologies are added to the system.

 

Mobiquity Networks has assembledWe believe our products address and solve the flaws of a comprehensive database to convert geographical coordinates to a physical address in the real world. This database includes the street level venue storefronts and entrance for businesses in the U.S., addresses, building polygons, venue polygons, and other related points of interest information. Currently this database has approximately 6 million locations and continues to be populated thereby improving the platforms’ algorithm for user accuracy.

Utilizing massively parallel cluster computing and machine learning algorithms and technology, Mobiquity Networks processes user dwell-time and frequency of visitation data within all location signals available to segment highly targetable audiences for marketing and research. This data processing provides valuable, actionable data for marketers, researchers and application publishers and made available through an automated platform.

The Mobiquity Networks platform automatically synchronizes audience data to various Data Management Providers (DMP), Demand Side Providers (DSP), trading desks and other partners using its marketplace connection application programmer interfaces (API).

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ClientsA typical digital advertising campaign requires the following components:

·Data Management Platform (or DMP)
·Demand-Side Platform (or DSP)
·Supply-Side Platform (or DSP)
·Bidder
·Ad Server
·Ad Network
·Supply Quality Tools
·Fraud Detection
·Analytical Tools
·Reporting Dashboard

Many of the companies we target have between 50-70% of the above components and Publishing partnersoutsource the rest to vendors who bolt-on technology to those companies’ legacy technology which often results in the flaws discussed above. We provide a single-vendor end-to-end solution integrating the required components from a single source that work together because they are given accessbuilt together, in an effective and cost-efficient way. Our ATOS platform decreases the effective cost-basis for users by integrating all the necessary capabilities at no additional cost: DSP and bidding technologies, AdCop™ Fraud Protection, rich media and ad serving, attribution, reporting dashboard and DMP are all included.

Our Revenue Streams

We target brands, advertising agencies and other advertising technology companies as our audience for our ATOS platform products. The ATOS platform creates three revenue streams.

·The first is licensing the ATOS platform as a white-label product for use by advertising agencies, demand-side platforms (or DSP’s), brands and publishers. Under the white-label scenario, the user licenses the ATOS platform from us and is responsible for running its own business operations and is billed a percentage of amounts spent on advertising run through the platform.
·The second revenue stream is a managed services model, in which, the user is billed a higher percentage of revenue run through the platform, but all services are managed by us.
·The third revenue model is a seat model in which our customer uses our platform and we provide customer service but the customer does everything else, where the user is billed a percentage of revenue run through the platform and business operations are shared between the user and us.

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Our data intelligence revenue is driven by managed services for advertising agencies; brands; market researchers; university research departments; healthcare; and financial, sports, pet, civil planning, transportation, and other data and technology companies. Often-times sales to a comprehensive dashboardusers of our data intelligence platform will lead to viewthem to our ATOS platform as well.

Our Intellectual Property

Our portfolio of technology consists of various intellectual property including proprietary source code, trade secrets and know-how that we have developed internally. We own our technology, although we use open source software for certain aspects, and we protect it though trade secrets and confidentiality requirements set out in our employee handbook which each employee acknowledges, and assigning any technology creations and improvements to us. We also have two patents that relate to our location-based mobile device trafficadvertising technology business which we are not operating. These patents and audience information. This information can be both viewed and access via APIpatents pending are not material to, incorporate into internal client systems.or used in, our ATOS or data intelligence related technology that we use in our current operations.

 

Governmental Regulations

 

Federal, state and international laws and regulations govern the collection, use, retention, sharing and security of data that we collect. We strive to comply with all applicable laws, regulations, self-regulatory requirements and legal obligations relating to privacy, data protection and consumer protection, including those relating to the use of data for marketing purposes. As we develop and provide solutions that address new market segments, we may become subject to additional laws and regulations, which could create unexpected liabilities for us, cause us to incur additional costs or restrict our operations. From time to time, we may be notified of or otherwise become aware of additional laws and regulations that governmental organizations or others may claim should be applicable to our business. Our failure to anticipate the application of these laws and regulations accurately, or other failure to comply, could create liability for us, result in adverse publicity or cause us to alter our business practices, which could cause our net revenues to decrease, our costs to increase or our business otherwise to be harmed. See “Risk Factors.“Item 1A.

  

We are subject to general business regulations and laws as well as regulations and laws specifically governing the internet, e-commerce and m-commerce in a number of jurisdictions around the world. Existing and future regulations and laws could impede the growth of the Internet, e-commerce, m-commerce or other online services. These regulations and laws may involve taxation, tariffs, privacy and data security, anti-spam, data protection, content, copyrights, distribution, electronic contracts, electronic communications and consumer protection. It is not clear how existing laws and regulations governing issues such as property ownership, sales and other taxes, libel and personal privacy apply to the Internet as the vast majority of these laws and regulations were adopted prior to the advent of the Internet and do not contemplate or address the unique issues raised by the Internet, e-commerce or m-commerce. It is possible that general business regulations and laws, or those specifically governing the Internet, e-commerce or m-commerce may be interpreted and applied in a manner that is inconsistent from one jurisdiction to another and may conflict with other rules or our practices. See “Risk Factors.“Item 1A.

 

Competition

 

We compete in the data, marketing and research business and in all other facets of our business against small, medium and large companies throughout the United States. Some examples include companies such as Placed, FactualLiveramp, Groundtruth and Foursquare.Nielsen. Although we can give no assurance that our business will be able to compete against other companies with greater experience and resources, we believe we have a competitive advantage with our proprietary Places Database, software and technology platform.platform based on our view that our competitor’s products do not provide the end-to-end solutions that our product solutions do, and their minimum fees are substantially higher than ours for a comparative suite of solutions. See “Item 1A.”

 

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Employees and Contractors

 

As of March 1, 2020,December 31, 2021, we have 18 full time13 employees, including executive management, technical personnel, salespeople, and support staff employees. We also utilize several additional firms/persons who provide services to us on a non-exclusive basis as independent consultants.

Customers

During 2020, sales of our products to four customers generated approximately 36% of our revenues. During 2021, sales of our products to four customers generated approximately 31% of our revenues. Our contracts with our customers generally do not obligate them to a specified term and they can generally terminate their relationship with us at any time with a minimal amount of notice.

Debt and Receivables Purchase Financing

We have the following debt financing in place:

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. Dr. Salkind’s principal debt was reduced to $2,562,500 in December 2021. See “Item 13.”

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

·Pursuant to a Merchant Agreement dated July 28, 2021, Business Capital Providers purchased $405,000 of future receivables for a purchase price of $300,000. Under the agreement, the Company agrees to have all receivables collected be deposited into a bank account from which the purchased receivables are remitted to Business Capital Providers daily, at the daily percentage of 9% of the daily banking deposits, or daily amounts of $2,531.25, for the term of 160 days. The Company is responsible for ensuring there are sufficient funds in the account to cover the daily payments. Under the agreement, the Company paid an origination fee of 5% of the purchase price. In the event of a default under the agreement, Business Capital Providers may institute an action to enforce its rights, including recovery of its costs of enforcement. Events of default under the agreement include, among others: the Company’s breach of any provision or representation under the agreement; failure to give 24 hours’ notice there will be insufficient funds to cover a daily remittance; the Company offers for sale or sells a substantial portion of its assets or its business; the Company uses other depository accounts, or closes or changes its depository account from which daily remittances are made; a material change in the Company’s operations; loss of a key employee, customer or supplier of the Company; any change in stock float, voting rights or issuance of voting shares; the Company’s failure to renew a real property lease; any Company default under another agreement with Business Capital Providers; or any form of bankruptcy filing or declaration by or for the Company. The Agreement further provides that in the event of a default, lieu of personal guarantees by any Company principals, or if otherwise mutually agreed, Business Capital Providers may convert any portion of amounts payable to it into shares of common stock of the Company at a price equal to 85% of the lowest volume weighted average price for each of the five trading days preceding the conversion date; provided that Business Capital Providers will not convert into shares that will result in it owning more than 4.99% of the Company’s then outstanding shares of common stock.

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·Pursuant to a Merchant Agreement dated April 29, 2021, purchased $405,000 of future receivables for a purchase price of $300,000 on terms which are substantially the same as the July 28, 2021, Merchant Agreement, except that the daily percentage is 13% and the daily payment is $2,700 per day for a term of 150 business days.
·In the fourth quarter of 2021, Business Capital Providers assigned its Merchant Agreement and related debt described in this paragraph to non-affiliated third parties, which subsequently converted $89,100 in outstanding indebtedness into 13,103 common shares pursuant to its terms.
·The Company previously entered into separate Merchant Agreements with Business Capital Providers on eight occasions prior to the April 29, 2021, Merchant Agreement, starting in June 2019, for an aggregate of $1,060,000 in financing, at varying purchase amounts, daily percentages and daily payments, all of which were satisfied in full.

19 private lender-investors, who were unaffiliated shareholders of the Company and accredited investors as provided under Regulation D Rule 501 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, provided us convertible debt financing during the period May 2021 through September 2021 pursuant to subscription agreements as described below. (Certain of these investors provided us multiple investments in one or more of these convertible debt structures.):

·Nine of the lender-investors provided us an aggregate of $668,000 in convertible debt financing on the following terms:

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

oThe debt maturity date is October 31, 2021. If the Company receives debt or 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.

oThe 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.

·Three of the lender-investors provided us an aggregate of $200,000 in convertible debt financing on the following terms:

oThe 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 if less than $100,000 is loaned (effectively 6% of the amount loaned) as original issue discount.

oThe 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.

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

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·Eleven of the lender-investors provided us an aggregate of $819,500 in convertible debt financing on the following terms:

oThe investment amounts included a 10% original issue discount. Accordingly, the total net principal proceeds of this debt that we received was $745,000.

oThe debt maturity date is June 30, 2022.

oThe investors 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 not repaid, or converted by the investor, prior to then.

oAll of these investors converted a total of $819,500 of this convertible debt into a total of 156,761 shares of common stock.

·Four of the lender-investors provided us $130,000 in convertible debt financing on the following terms:

oInterest at the annual rate of 10%.

oThe debt maturity date is June 30, 2022.

oThe 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 not repaid, or converted by the investor, prior to then.

oOne 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.

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On September 20, 2021, the Company entered into securities purchase agreements, 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:

·Interest at the annual rate of 10%.
·The notes carry original issue discount of $112,500 in the aggregate. Accordingly, the total net principal of this debt was $1,012,500.
·The Company is required to make interim payments to the holders in the aggregate amount of $225,000, on or before March 18, 2022, towards the repayment of the balance of the notes. The Company may prepay the principal sum under the notes then outstanding plus accrued and unpaid interest in full at any time without any prepayment premium; however, the Company is required to pay a minimum amount of the first 12 months of interest under the notes
·The holders may convert the notes and exercise the warrants into the Company’s common stock (subject to contractual beneficial ownership limitations of 4.99%). The holders have the right to convert the notes at any time into shares of common stock at a conversion price of $5.00 per share; provided, however, if the Company consummates a so-called uplisting offering to a national exchange within 180 days after the closing date, then the Note conversion price shall adjust to equal 70% of the price per share of common stock in that offering. The warrants may also be exercised at any time from date of issuance over a period of five years at the exercise price then in effect. The initial warrant exercise price shall equal $10.00 per share; provided however, if the Company consummates the uplisting offering within the 180-day period noted above, then the exercise price shall adjust to equal 130% of the price per share in that offering. The warrants contain cashless exercise provisions. Both the notes and the warrants contain customary anti-dilution provisions which could cause an adjustment to the conversion price of the notes and the exercise price of the warrants.
·The Company is required to make interim payments to the holders in the aggregate amount of $225,000, on or before March 18, 2022, towards the repayment of the balance of the notes. The Company may prepay the principal sum under the notes then outstanding plus accrued and unpaid interest in full at any time without any prepayment premium; however, the Company is required to pay a minimum amount of the first 12 months of interest under the notes.
·The holders may convert the notes and exercise the warrants into the Company’s common stock (subject to contractual beneficial ownership limitations of 4.99%). The holders have the right to convert the notes at any time into shares of common stock at a conversion price of $5.00 per share; provided, however, if the Company consummates a so-called uplisting offering to a national exchange within 180 days after the closing date, then the Note conversion price shall adjust to equal 70% of the price per share of common stock in that offering. The warrants may also be exercised at any time from date of issuance over a period of five years at the exercise price then in effect. The initial warrant exercise price shall equal $10.00 per share; provided however, if the Company consummates the uplisting offering within the 180-day period noted above, then the exercise price shall adjust to equal 130% of the price per share in that offering. The warrants contain cashless exercise provisions. Both the notes and the warrants contain customary anti-dilution provisions which could cause an adjustment to the conversion price of the notes and the exercise price of the warrants.

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·The notes provide that so long as the Company has any obligations under the Notes, the Company will not, among other things:
oIncur or guarantee any indebtedness which is senior or equal to the notes.
oRedeem or repurchase any shares of stock, warrants, rights or options without the holders’ consent.
oSell, lease or otherwise dispose of a significant portion of its assets without the holders’ consent.

·The notes contain customary events of default relating to, among other things, payment defaults, breach of representations and warranties, and breach of provisions of the notes or security purchase agreements.
·In an event of default under the notes, which has not been cured within any applicable cure period, if any, the notes shall become immediately due and payable and the Company shall pay to the holders an amount equal to the principal sum then outstanding plus accrued interest, multiplied by 125%. Additionally, upon the occurrence of an event of default, additional interest will accrue from the date of the event of default at the rate equal to the lower of 16% per annum or the highest rate permitted by law.

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).

On October 19, 2021, the Company filed a Form S-1 Registration Statement (File no. 333-260364) with the Securities and Exchange Commission to raise over $10 million dollars in an underwritten public offering. The next day the Company filed an application to list our common stock on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol “MOBQ.” This offering was completed on December 13, 2021, and the Company retired the loans of, Talos Victory Fund, LLC and Blue Lake Partners LLC out of the gross proceeds it received of approximately $10.3 million. Also, Talos Victory Fund, LLC and Blue Lake Partners, LLC converted all of their warrants on a cashless basis into 24,692 common shares and 24,692 common shares, respectively.

Corporate Structure

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

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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:

·Mobiquity issued warrants for 269,384 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $56 per share to the pre-merger Advangelsts’ members, and, in February 2019, upon the attainment of the vesting threshold of Advangelists’ combined revenues for the months of December 2018 and January 2019 being at least $250,000, the Company transferred 9,209,722 shares of Gopher Protocol, Inc. common stock to the pre-merger Advangelists members. The Mobiquity warrants were valued at a total of $3,844,444, and the Gopher shares of common stock were valued at a total of $6,155,556.
·Glen Eagles paid the pre-merger Advangelists members $10 million. $500,000 was paid at closing in cash (which the Company advanced on behalf of Glen Eagles without any agreement regarding repayment of the advance), and $9,500,000 was paid by Glen Eagles’ promissory note to Deepanker Katyal, as representative of pre-merger Advangelists members, payable in 19 monthly installments of $500,000 each.

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 Deepanker 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:

·$5,250,000 of the principal was payable in 65,625 shares of the Company’s Class E Preferred Stock, which is convertible into 164,062.50 shares the Company’s common stock, plus warrants to purchase 82,031.25 Company shares of common stock, at an exercise price of $48 per share; and
·$1,530,000 of the principal balance, plus all accrued and unpaid interest under the promissory note was payable in three monthly installments of $510,000 each.

The promissory note was paid in full in November 2019.

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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.

Reports to Securities Holders

We provide an annual report that includes audited financial information to our shareholders. We make our financial information equally available to any interested parties or investors through compliance with the disclosure rules for a small business issuer under the Exchange Act. We are subject to disclosure filing requirements including filing Annual Reports on Form 10-K annually and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q quarterly. In addition, we will file Current Reports on Form 8-K and other proxy and information statements from time to time as required. We do not intend to voluntarily file the above reports in the event that our obligation to file such reports is suspended under the Exchange Act. The public may read and copy any materials that we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K and registration statements and proxy and information statements, at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 20549, or you can read our SEC filings over the Internet at the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

The public may obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330.

 

Item 1A. Risk Factors

 

InvestingAn investment in our common stocksecurities is highly speculative, involves a high degree of risk. Before deciding to invest in our company or deciding to maintain or increase your investment, yourisk and should be made only by investors who can afford a complete loss. You should carefully consider carefully the risks and uncertainties described below,following risk factors, together with allthe other information in this Amendment No. 2 on Form 10-K, including our consolidated financial statements and the related notes.notes, before you decide to buy our securities. If one or moreany of the following risks are realized,actually occurs, then our business, financial condition or results of operations and prospects could be materially and adversely affected. In that event,affected, the market price fortrading of our common stock and warrants could decline, and you may lose all or part of your investment.investment therein. In addition to the risks outlined below, risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently consider immaterial may also impair our business operations. Potential risks and uncertainties that could affect our operating results and financial condition include, without limitation, the following:

 

In this Amendment No. 2, we reached a determination to restate our previously issued December 31, 2021 consolidated financial statements and related disclosures as filed on Form 10-K/A and quarterly periods within fiscal years 2021 and 2020 as filed on Form 10-Q. The restatement primarily related to the following:

·The recording of expense for common stock and warrants issued in an equity financings. The warrants were a direct offering cost and should have been recorded as a reduction in additional paid-in capital,
·The recording of the sale of warrants for cash that should have increased additional paid-in capital and not other income,
·The recording of a mark to market adjustment for stock sold to a third party. The Company recognized a gain as a part of other income and a decrease to additional paid-in capital, this entry was made in error as the Company was not a holder of an investment of its own stock, and
·Various reclassifications throughout our balance sheets, statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows to better reflect the nature or classification of each transaction.

 

 

 

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The restatement of the consolidated financial statements does not affect the Company’s previously reported total assets, total liabilities or revenues. Additionally, there are no compliance matters with any lender or other third parties as a result of the restatement.

In addition, management has concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of December 31, 2021 and that the Company’s internal control over financial reporting was not effective as of December 31, 2021 solely as a result of a material weakness in controls related to the aforementioned.

As a result, we have incurred unanticipated costs for accounting and legal fees in connection with or related to the restatement and may become subject to additional risks and uncertainties related to the restatement, such as a negative impact on investor confidence in the accuracy of our financial disclosures and may raise reputational risks for our business.

Risks Relating to our Business Operations

We have a history of operating losses, and our management has concluded that factors raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern and our auditor has included an explanatory paragraph relating to our ability to continue as a going concern in its audit report for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2021, and 2020.

To date, we have not been profitable and have incurred significant losses and cash flow deficits. For the fiscal years ended December 31, 2021, and 2020, we reported net losses of $18,333,383and $11,745,835 (as restated), respectively, and net cash used in operating activities of $6,717,324 and $3,286,764 (as restated), respectively. As of December 31, 2021, we had an aggregate accumulated deficit of $202,444,894. Our operating losses for the past several years are primarily attributable to the transformation of our company into an advertising technology corporation. We can provide no assurances that our operations will generate consistent or predictable revenue or be profitable in the foreseeable future. Our management has concluded that our historical recurring losses from operations and negative cash flows from operations as well as our dependence on private equity and other financings raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern, and our auditor has included an explanatory paragraph relating to our ability to continue as a going concern in its audit report for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, and 2020.

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Risks RelatingOur consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty. These adjustments would likely include substantial impairment of the carrying amount of our assets and potential contingent liabilities that may arise if we are unable to fulfill various operational commitments. In addition, the value of our securities, including common stock issued in this offering, would be greatly impaired. Our ability to continue as a going concern is dependent upon generating sufficient cash flow from operations and obtaining additional capital and financing, including funds to be raised in this offering. If our ability to generate cash flow from operations is delayed or reduced and we are unable to raise additional funding from other sources, we may be unable to continue in business even if this offering is successful. For further discussion about our ability to continue as a going concern and our plan for future liquidity, see “Item 7.”

We cannot predict our future capital needs and we may not be able to secure additional financing.

From January 2013 through December 2021, we raised a total of over $60 million in private equity and debt financing to support our transformation from an integrated marketing company to a technology company. Since we might be unable to generate recurring or predictable revenue or cash flow to fund our operations, we will likely need to seek additional (perhaps substantial) equity or debt financing even following this offering to provide the capital required to maintain or expand our operations. We expect that we will also need additional funding for developing products and services, increasing our sales and marketing capabilities, and acquiring complementary companies, technologies and assets (there being no such acquisitions which we have identified or are pursuing as of the date of this Form 10-K), as well as for working capital requirements and other operating and general corporate purposes. We cannot predict our future capital needs with precision, and we may not be able to secure additional financing on terms satisfactory to us, if at all, which could lead to termination of our business.

If we elect to raise additional funds or additional funds are required, we may seek to raise funds from time to time through public or private equity offerings, debt financings or other financing alternatives. Additional equity or debt financing may not be available on acceptable terms, if at all. If we are unable to raise additional capital in sufficient amounts or on terms acceptable to us, we will be prevented from pursuing operational development and commercialization efforts and our ability to generate revenues and achieve or sustain profitability will be substantially harmed.

If we raise additional funds by issuing equity securities, our shareholders will experience dilution. Debt financing, if available, would result in increased fixed payment obligations and may involve agreements that include covenants limiting or restricting our ability to take specific actions, such as incurring additional debt, making capital expenditures or declaring dividends. Any debt financing or additional equity that we raise may contain terms, such as liquidation and other preferences, which are not favorable to us or our stockholders. If we raise additional funds through collaboration and licensing arrangements with third parties, it may be necessary to relinquish valuable rights to our Businesstechnologies, future revenue streams or product candidates or to grant licenses on terms that may not be favorable to us. Should the financing we require to sustain our working capital needs be unavailable or prohibitively expensive when we require it, our business, operating results, financial condition and prospects could be materially and adversely affected, and we may be unable to continue our operations. Failure to secure additional financing on favorable terms could have severe adverse consequences to us.

 

ImpactsThe Company’s financial condition and results of operations have been and may continue to be adversely affected by the COVID-19 to Business and the general economypandemic.

Since March 2020, COVID -19 has recently 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 current 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.

 

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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 thenthe 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 in excess of one million dollars with a 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 year 2020.years 2022 and 2023.

 

We can provide no assurance that Advangelists’ business will be able to maintain a competitive technology advantage in the future. Advangelists’ ability to generate revenues is based upon its proprietary intellectual property that we own and protect through trade secrets and agreements withForecasts of our employees to maintain ownership of any improvements to our intellectual property. Advangelists’ ability to generate revenues now and in the future is based upon maintaining a competitive technology advantage over its competition. We can provide no assurances that we will be able to maintain a competitive technology advance in the future over our competitors, which have significantly more experience andrevenue are better capitalized than us.difficult.

 

No assurances can be given that we will be able to keep up with a rapidly changing technology market or that we can prevent unauthorized access to our customer data. Failure to keep up with rapidly changing technologies and marketing practices could causeWhen purchasing our products and services, our clients and prospects are often faced with a significant commitment of capital, the need to become lessintegrate new software and/or hardware platforms and other changes in company-wide operational procedures, all of which result in cautious deliberation and evaluation by prospective clients, longer sales cycles and delays in completing transactions. Additional delays result from the significant up-front expenses and substantial time, effort and other resources necessary for our clients to implement our solutions. For example, depending on the size of a prospective client’s business and its needs, a sales cycle can range from two weeks to 12 months. Because of these longer sales cycles, revenues and operating results may vary significantly from period to period. As a result, it is often difficult to accurately forecast our revenues for any fiscal period as it is not always possible for us to predict the fiscal period in which sales will actually be completed. This difficulty in predicting revenue, combined with the revenue fluctuations we may experience from period to period, can adversely affect and cause substantial fluctuations in our stock price.

The reliability of our product solutions is dependent on data from third parties and the integrity and quality of that data.

Much of the data that we use is licensed from third-party data suppliers, and we are dependent upon our ability to obtain necessary data licenses on commercially reasonable terms. We could suffer material adverse consequences if our data suppliers were to withhold their data from us. For example, data suppliers could withhold their data from us if there is a competitive reason to do so; if we breach our contract with a supplier; if they are acquired by one of our competitors; if legislation is passed restricting the use or obsolete,dissemination of the data they provide; or if judicial interpretations are issued restricting use of such data. Additionally, we could terminate relationships with our data suppliers if they fail to adhere to our data quality standards. If a substantial number of data suppliers were to withdraw or withhold their data from us, or if we sever ties with our data suppliers based on their inability to meet our data standards, our ability to provide products and services to our clients could be materially adversely impacted, which could result in lossdecreased revenues.

The reliability of market shareour solutions depends upon the integrity and revenues. Advancesquality of the data in information technology are changingour database. A failure in the way our clients use and purchase information products and services. Maintainingintegrity or a reduction in the technological competitivenessquality of our data products, processing functionality, software systems and services is keycould cause a loss of customer confidence in our solutions, resulting in harm to our continued success. However, the complexity and uncertainty regarding the developmentbrand, loss of new technologies and the extent and timing of market acceptance of innovative products and services create difficulties in maintaining this competitiveness. Without the timely introduction of new products, services and enhancements, our products and services will become technologically or commercially obsolete over time, in which case our revenue and operating results would suffer. Consumer needsexposure to legal claims. We may experience an increase in risks to the integrity of our database and quality of our data as we move toward real-time, non-identifiable, consumer-powered data through our products. We must continue to invest in our database to improve and maintain the business information industry as a wholequality, timeliness and coverage of the data if we are in a constant state of change. Our ability to continually improve our current processes and products in response to changes in technology and to develop new products and services are essential in maintainingmaintain our competitive position and meeting the increasingly sophisticated requirements of our clients. If we failposition. Failure to enhance our current products and services or fail to develop new products in light of emerging technologies and industry standards, we could lose clients to current or future competitors, whichdo so could result in impairmenta material adverse effect on our business, growth and revenue prospects.

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Our business practices with respect to data and consumer protection could give rise to liabilities or reputational harm as a result of governmental regulation, legal requirements or industry standards relating to consumer privacy, data protection and consumer protection.

Federal, state and international laws and regulations govern the collection, use, retention, sharing and security of data that we collect. We strive to comply with all applicable laws, regulations, self-regulatory requirements and legal obligations relating to privacy, data protection and consumer protection, including those relating to the use of data for marketing purposes. It is possible, however, that these requirements may be interpreted and applied in a manner that is inconsistent from one jurisdiction to another and may conflict with other rules or our practices. We cannot assure you that our practices have complied, comply, or will comply fully with all such laws, regulations, requirements and obligations. Any failure, or perceived failure, by us to comply with federal, state or international laws or regulations, including laws and regulations regulating privacy, data security, marketing communications or consumer protection, or other policies, self-regulatory requirements or legal obligations could result in harm to our reputation, a loss in business, and proceedings or actions against us by governmental entities, consumers, retailers or others. We may also be contractually liable to indemnify and hold harmless performance marketing networks or other third parties from the costs or consequences of noncompliance with any laws, regulations, self-regulatory requirements or other legal obligations relating to privacy, data protection and consumer protection or any inadvertent or unauthorized use or disclosure of data that we store or handle as part of operating our business. Any such proceeding or action, and any related indemnification obligation, could hurt our reputation, force us to incur significant expenses in defense of these proceedings, distract our management, increase our costs of doing business and cause consumers and retailers to decrease their use of our growth prospectsmarketplace, and revenues. may result in the imposition of monetary liability. Furthermore, the costs of compliance with, and other burdens imposed by, the data and privacy laws, regulations, standards and policies that are applicable to the businesses of our clients may limit the use and adoption of, and reduce the overall demand for, our products.

A significant breach of the confidentiality of the information we hold or of the security of our or our customers’, suppliers’, or other partners’ computer systems could be detrimental to our business, reputation and results of operations. Our business requires the storage, transmission and utilization of data. Although we have security and associated procedures, our databases may be subject to unauthorized access by third parties. Such third parties could attempt to gain entry to our systems for the purpose of stealing data or disrupting the systems. We believe we have taken appropriate measures to protect our systems from intrusion, but we cannot be certain that advances in criminal capabilities, discovery of new vulnerabilities in our systems and attempts to exploit those vulnerabilities, physical system or facility break-ins and data thefts or other developments will not compromise or breach the technology protecting our systems and the information we possess. Furthermore, we face increasing cyber security risks as we receive and collect data from new sources, and as we and our customers continue to develop and operate in cloud-based information technology environments. In the event that our protection efforts are unsuccessful, and we experience an unauthorized disclosure of confidential information or the security of such information or our systems are compromised, we could suffer substantial harm. Any breach could result in one or more third parties obtaining unauthorized access to our customers’ data or our data, including personally identifiable information, intellectual property and other confidential business information. Such a security breach could result in operational disruptions that impair our ability to meet our clients’ requirements, which could result in decreased revenues. Also, whether there is an actual or a perceived breach of our security, our reputation could suffer irreparable harm, causing our current and prospective clients to reject our products and services in the future and deterring data suppliers from supplying us data. Further, we could be forced to expend significant resources in response to a security breach, including repairing system damage, increasing cyber security protection costs by deploying additional personnel and protection technologies, and litigating and resolving legal claims, all of which could divert the attention of our management and key personnel away from our business operations. In any event, a significant security breach could materially harm our business, financial condition and operating results.

 

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The regulatory framework in which our Company operates is constantly evolving and privacy concerns could adversely affect our operation results. The regulatory framework for privacy issues worldwide is currently evolving and is likely to remain uncertain for the foreseeable future. The occurrence of unanticipated events often rapidly drives the adoption of legislation or regulation affecting the use of data and the manner in which we conduct our business. Restrictions could be placed upon the collection, management, aggregation and use of information, which could result in a material increase in the cost of collecting certain kinds of data. In all of the non-U.S. locations in which we do business, legislation restricting the collection and use of personal data already exists or is presently contemplated. For example, on April 14, 2016, the European Parliament formally adopted the General Data Protection Regulation (the “GDPR”), which established a new framework for data protection in Europe when it became effective in May 2018. The GDPR imposes more stringent operational requirements for entities processing personal information, such as stronger safeguards for data transfers to countries outside the European Union (“EU”), reliance on express consent from data subjects (as opposed to assumed or implied consent), a right to require data processors to delete personal data, and stronger enforcement authorities and mechanisms. In the U.S., non-sensitive data about a consumer is generally usable under current rules and regulations so long as the person does not affirmatively “opt-out” of the collection of such data. In Europe, the reverse is true. If the European “opt-in” model adopted in the U.S. (see California Consumer Protection Act)., less data could be available. Furthermore, the costs of compliance with, and other burdens imposed by, the laws, regulations, standards and policies that are applicable to the businesses of our clients may limit the use and adoption of, and reduce the overall demand for, our platform. Privacy concerns, whether valid or not valid, may inhibit market adoption of our platform particularly in certain industries and foreign countries. Unfavorable publicity and negative public perception about our industry could adversely affect our business and operating results.

Significant system disruptions, loss of data center capacity or interruption of telecommunication links could adversely affect our business and results of operations. The loss or prolonged absence of our highly trained and qualified personnel could adversely affect our operations.Mobiquity Networks’ platform is

Our product platforms are hosted and managed on Amazon Web Service (AWS) and takes full advantage of open standards for processing, storage, security and big data technology. Significant system disruptions, loss of data center capacity or interruption of telecommunication links could adversely affect our business, and results of operations.operations and financial condition. Our business is heavily dependent upon highly complex data processing capability. The ability of our platform hosts and managers to protect these data centers against damage or interruption from fire, flood, tornadoes, power loss, telecommunications or equipment failure or other disasters and eventsis beyond our control and is critical to success. Such events could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and operating results. Each of our business segments is subject to substantial competition from a diverse group of competitors. Each of our business segments faces significant competition in all its offerings and within each of its markets. The resources we allocate to each market in which we compete vary, as do the number and size of our competitors across these markets. These competitors may be in a better position to develop new products and pricing strategies that more quickly and effectively respond to changes in customer requirements in these markets. Such introduction of competent, competitive products, pricing strategies or other technologies by our competitors that are superior to or that achieve greater market acceptance than our products and services could adversely affect our business. Our failure to meet a client’s expectations in any type of contract may result in an unprofitable engagement, which could adversely affect our operating results and result in future rejection of our products and services by current and prospective clients. The failure to recruit and retain qualified personnel could hinder our ability to successfully manage our business, which could have a material adverse effect on our financial position and operating results. Our growth strategy and future success depend in large part on our ability to attract and retain technical, client services, sales, consulting, research and development, marketing, administrative and management personnel. The complexity of our data products, processing functionality, software systems and services require highly trained professionals. While we presently have a sophisticated, dedicated and experienced team of associates who have a deep understanding of our business and in many cases have been with Mobiquity Technologies for years, the labor market for these individuals has historically been very competitive due to the limited number of people available with the necessary technical skills and understanding, compensation strategies, general economic conditions and various other factors. As the business information and marketing industries continue to become more technologically advanced, we anticipate increased competition for qualified personnel. The loss or prolonged absence of the services of highly trained personnel like the Company’s current team of associates, or the inability to recruit and retain additional, qualified associates, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial position or operating results.succeed.

 

 

 

 

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Processing errors or delays in completing service level requirements could result in loss of client confidence, harm to our reputation and negative financial consequences. Processing errors, or significant errors and defects in our products, can be harmful to our business and result in increases in operating costs. Such errors may result in the issuance of credits to clients, re-performance of work, payment of damages, future rejection of our products and services by current and prospective clients and irreparable harm to our reputation. Likewise, the failure to meet contractual service level requirements or to meet specified goals within contractual timeframes could result in monetary penalties or lost revenue. Taken together, these issues could result in loss of revenue as service and support costs increase. Data suppliers may withdraw data that we have previously collected or withhold data from us in the future, leading to our inability to provide products and services to our clients, which could lead to a decrease in revenue and loss of client confidence. Much of the data that we use is licensed from third-party data suppliers, and we are dependent upon our ability to obtain necessary data licenses on commercially reasonable terms. We could suffer material adverse consequences if our data suppliers were to withhold their data from us. For example, data suppliers could withhold their data from us if there is a competitive reason to do so, if we breach our contract with a supplier, if they are acquired by one of our competitors, if legislation is passed restricting the use or dissemination of the data they provide or if judicial interpretations are issued restricting use of such data. Additionally, we could terminate relationships with our data suppliers if they fail to adhere to our data quality standards. If a substantial number of data suppliers were to withdraw or withhold their data from us, or if we sever ties with our data suppliers based on their inability to meet our data standards, our ability to provide products and services to our clients could be materially adversely impacted, which could result in decreased revenues. A failure in the integrity or a reduction in the quality of our data could harm our brand and result in a loss of revenue and an increase in legal claims. The reliability of our solutions depends upon the integrity and quality of the data in our database. A failure in the integrity of our database, whether inadvertently or through the actions of a third party, or a reduction in the quality of our data could harm us by exposing us to client or third-party claims or by causing a loss of client confidence in our solutions. We may experience an increase in risks to the integrity of our database and quality of our data as we move toward real-time, non-identifiable, consumer-powered data through our Platform. We must continue to invest in our database to improve and maintain the quality, timeliness and coverage of the data if we are to maintain our competitive position. Failure to do so could result in significant harm to our reputation and growth prospects, as well as a loss of revenue.

Dependence on Contracts. The loss of a contract upon which we rely for a significant portion of our revenues could adversely affect our operating results. In addition, our contracts contain provisions allowing the client to terminate prior to the end of the term upon giving advance notice. Even if renewed by these clients, the terms of the renewal contracts may not have a term as long as, or may otherwise be on terms less favorable than, the original contract. Revenue from clients with long-term contracts is not necessarily “fixed” or guaranteed as portions of the revenue from these clients is volume driven. Therefore, we must engage in continual sales efforts to maintain revenue and future growth with all our clients or our operating results will suffer. If a significant client fails to renew a contract or renews the contract on terms less favorable to us than before, our business could be negatively impacted if additional business were not obtained to replace or supplement that which was lost.

Quarterly revenue predictions are difficult to predict. When purchasing our products and services, our clients and prospects are often faced with a significant commitment of capital, the need to integrate new software and/or hardware platforms and other changes in company-wide operational procedures, all of which result in cautious deliberation and evaluation by prospective clients, longer sales cycles and delays in completing transactions. Additional delays result from the significant up-front expenses and substantial time, effort and other resources necessary for our clients to implement our solutions. For example, depending on the size of a prospective client’s business and its needs, a sales cycle can range from two weeks to twelve months. Because of these longer sales cycles, revenues and operating results may vary significantly from period to period. As a result, it is often difficult to accurately forecast our revenues on a quarterly basis as it is not always possible for us to predict the quarter in which sales will actually be completed. This difficulty in predicting revenue, combined with the revenue fluctuations we may experience from quarter to quarter, can adversely affect and cause substantial fluctuations in our stock price.

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We need to protect our intellectual property or our operating results may suffer. Third parties may claim that we are infringing their intellectual property and we could suffer significant litigation or licensing expenses or be prevented from selling products or services. Additionally, third parties may infringe our intellectual property and we may suffer competitive injury or expend significant resources enforcing our rights. As our business is focused on data-driven results and analytics, we rely heavily on proprietary information technology. From time to time, third parties may claim that one or more of our products or services infringe their intellectual property rights. We analyze and take action in response to such claims on a case-by-case basis. Any dispute or litigation regarding patents or other intellectual property could be costly and time-consuming due to the complexity of our technology and the uncertainty of intellectual property litigation, which could divert the attention of our management and key personnel away from our business operations. A claim of intellectual property infringement could force us to enter into a costly or restrictive license agreement, which might not be available under acceptable terms or at all, or could subject us to significant damages or to an injunction against development and sale of certain of our products or services. Our proprietary portfolio consists of various intellectual property including patents, databases, source code, trade secrets, know-how, confidentiality provisions and licensing arrangements. The extent to which such rights can be protected varies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. If we do not enforce our intellectual property rights vigorously and successfully, our competitive position may suffer which could harm our operating results.

We need to protect our brand and reputation as a competitive strength. Our brand and reputation are key assets and competitive strengths of our Company, and our business may be adversely affected if events occur that could cause us to be negatively perceived in the marketplace. Our ability to attract and retain clients is highly dependent upon the external perceptions of our level of data quality, our ability to deliver consumer insights, our enterprise data management and analytical capabilities, the competence of our current associate team, and our ability to meet contractual service level requirements in a timely manner. Negative perceptions or publicity regarding these matters could damage our reputation with prospective clients and the public generally. Adverse developments with respect to our industry may also, by association, negatively impact our reputation, or result in higher regulatory or legislative scrutiny. Any damage to our brand or reputation could have a material adverse effect on our business and operating results.

We may be required to invest significant monies upfront in capital intensive project(s) which we may be unable to recover. Failure to recover significant, up-front capital investments required by certain client contracts could be harmful to the Company’s financial condition and operating results. Certain of our client contracts require significant investment in the early stages, which we expect to recover through billings over the life of the contract. These contracts may involve the construction of new computer systems and communications networks or the development and deployment of new technologies. Substantial performance risk exists in each contract with these characteristics, and some or all elements of service delivery under these contracts are dependent upon successful completion of the development, construction and deployment phases. Failure to successfully meet our contractual requirements under these contracts over their life increases the possibility that we may not recover our capital investments in these contracts. Failure to recover our capital investments could be detrimental to the particular engagement as well as our operating results.

Other Risks Relating to Our Business

We have a history of operating losses and may not in the future generate consistent revenues or profits.Since our inception, we have experienced a continued history of operating losses and an accumulated deficit of $171,136,522 at December 31, 2019. We have incurred net losses from continuing operations for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 of $43,747,375 and $58,510,729, respectively. Our operating losses for the past several years are primarily attributable to the transformation of our company into an advertising technology corporation. We can provide no assurances that our operations will generate consistent or predictable revenue or be profitable in the future.

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Prior to fiscal 2019, we received limited revenues from our new businesses, and we cannot accurately predict the volume or timing of any future revenues.We may be unable to capture revenue from our new businesses and product offerings in the manner in which we anticipate. As such, we cannot accurately predict the volume or timing of any future revenues.

Our Mobiquity Network business is dependent upon our relationships with various mobile applications, website, and CTV publishers to collect and analyze data and create product offerings from the data collected.For us to create and expand our business model, we are dependent upon entering into agreements with various third-party publishers. The greater the number of publishers, the greater amount of original data we can collect and analyze. We currently have entered into agreements with a limited number of publishers. There is a risk that we will be unable to expand our publisher network on terms satisfactory to us, or at all, and if we are unable to do so, our results of operations and overall business prospects would suffer.

The location-based mobile marketing industry is evolving, and our competition may become extensive.Currently, we have not generated significant revenue from this new and unproven segment of our business. While we intend to market our Mobiquity products and services, there is a risk that our location-based mobile data collection and analysis will be unable to compete with large, medium and small competitors that are in (or may enter) the industry with substantially larger resources and management experience.

We expect to derive substantially all of our future revenues from our principal technology, which leaves us subject to the risk of reliance on such technology. Further, our principal technology is subject to pending patent applications which could be rejected by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.We expect to derive substantially all of our future revenues from Mobiquity Networks. As such, any factor adversely affecting our ability to offer and implement our solution to new customers, including regulatory issues, market acceptance, competition, performance and reliability, reputation, price competition and economic and market conditions, would likely harm our operating results.

If our Mobiquity Networks technology fails to satisfy current or future customer requirements, we may be required to make significant expenditures to redesign the technology, and we may have insufficient resources to do so.Our Mobiquity Networks solution is designed to address an evolving marketplace and must comply with current and evolving customer requirements in order to gain market acceptance. There is a risk that we will not meet anticipated customer requirements or desires. If we are required to redesign our technologies to address customer demands or otherwise modify our business model, we may incur significant unanticipated expenses and losses, and we may be left with insufficient resources to engage in such activities. If we are unable to redesign our technology, develop new technology or modify our business model to meet customer desires or any other customer requirements that may emerge, our operating results would be materially and adversely affected.

If we fail to respond quickly to technological developments, our service may become uncompetitive and obsolete.The data collection and analysis market in which we plan to compete is expected to experience rapid technology developments, changes in industry standards, changes in customer requirements and frequent new improvements. If we are unable to respond quickly to these developments, we may lose competitive position, and our technologies may become uncompetitive or obsolete, causing revenues and operating results to suffer. In order to compete, we may be required to develop or acquire new technology and improve our existing technology and processes on a schedule that keeps pace with technological developments. We must also be able to support a range of changing customer preferences. We cannot guarantee that we will be successful in any manner in these efforts.

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We cannot predict our future capital needs and we may not be able to secure additional financing.Between January 2013 and December 2019, we raised over $37 million in private equity and debt financing to support our transformation from an integrated marketing company to a technology company. Since we might be unable to generate recurring or predictable revenue or cash flow to fund our operations, we will likely need to seek additional (perhaps substantial) equity or debt financing even following this offering to provide the capital required to maintain or expand our operations. We may also need additional funding for developing products and services, increasing our sales and marketing capabilities and acquiring complementary companies, technologies and assets, as well as for working capital requirements and other operating and general corporate purposes. We cannot predict our future capital needs with precision, and we may not be able to secure additional financing on terms satisfactory to us, if at all, which could lead to termination of our business.

When we elect to raise additional funds or additional funds are required, we may raise such funds from time to time through public or private equity offerings, debt financings or other financing alternatives. Additional equity or debt financing may not be available on acceptable terms, if at all. If we are unable to raise additional capital in sufficient amounts or on terms acceptable to us, we will be prevented from pursuing operational development and commercialization efforts and our ability to generate revenues and achieve or sustain profitability will be substantially harmed.

If we raise additional funds by issuing equity securities, our stockholders will experience dilution. Debt financing, if available, would result in increased fixed payment obligations and may involve agreements that include covenants limiting or restricting our ability to take specific actions, such as incurring additional debt, making capital expenditures or declaring dividends. Any debt financing or additional equity that we raise may contain terms, such as liquidation and other preferences, which are not favorable to us or our stockholders. If we raise additional funds through collaboration and licensing arrangements with third parties, it may be necessary to relinquish valuable rights to our technologies, future revenue streams or product candidates or to grant licenses on terms that may not be favorable to us. Should the financing we require to sustain our working capital needs be unavailable or prohibitively expensive when we require it, our business, operating results, financial condition and prospects could be materially and adversely affected, and we may be unable to continue our operations. Failure to secure additional financing on favorable terms could have severe adverse consequences to us.

Our future performance is materially dependent upon our management and their ability to manage our growth.Our future performance is substantially dependent upon the efforts and abilities of members of our existing management. The loss of the services of our management personnel could have a material adverse effect on our business. We currently lack “key man” life insurance policies on any of our officers or employees. Competition for additional qualified management is intense, and we may be unable to attract and retain additional key personnel. The number of management personnel is currently limited, and they may be unable to manage our expansion successfully and the failure to do so could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

If our management team does not remain with us in the future, our business, operating results and financial condition could be adversely affected.Our future success depends in large part on our current senior management team and our ability to attract and retain additional high-quality management and operating personnel. Our senior management team’s in-depth knowledge of and deep relationships with the participants in our industry are extremely valuable to us. Our business also requires skilled technical and marketing personnel, who are in high demand and are often subject to competing offers. Competition for qualified employees is intense in our industry, and the loss of even a few qualified employees, or an inability to attract, retain and motivate additional highly skilled employees required for the planned expansion of our business, could harm our operating results and impair our ability to grow. To attract and retain key personnel, we use various measures, including an equity incentive program and incentive bonuses for executive officers and other employees. These measures may not be enough to attract and retain the personnel we require to operate our business effectively. We also have a number of employees who were granted stock options over the past few years that have an exercise price per share that is lower than the current fair market value. If we are successful as a public company, of which there can be no assurances, these employees may choose to exercise their options and sell the shares, recognizing a substantial gain. As a result, it may be difficult for us to retain such employees.

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If we are unable to attract additional management and sales representatives, or if a significant number of our manager or sales representatives leave us, our ability to increase our net revenues could be negatively impacted.Our ability to expand our business will depend, in part, on our ability to attract additional management and sales representatives. Competition for qualified managers and sales representatives can be intense, and we may be unable to hire additional team members when we need them or at all. Any difficulties we experience in attracting additional managers or sales representatives could have a negative impact on our ability to expand our retailer base, increase net revenues and continue our growth. In addition, we must retain our current management and sales representatives and properly incentivize them to obtain new relationships. If a significant number of our managers and sales representatives were to leave us, our net revenues could be negatively impacted. In certain circumstances, we have entered into agreements with our managers and sales representatives that contain non-compete provisions to mitigate this risk, but we may need to litigate to enforce our rights under these agreements, which could be time-consuming, expensive and ineffective. A significant increase in the turnover rate among our current managers or sales representatives could also increase our recruiting costs and decrease our operating efficiency, which could lead to a decline in our net revenues and profitability.

Our Mobiquity solution contains and is dependent upon open source software, which may pose particular risks to our proprietary software and solutions.We use open source software in our solutions and will use open source software in the future. Some licenses governing our use of open source software contain requirements that we make available source code for modifications or derivative works we create based upon the open source software, and that we license such modifications or derivative works under the terms of a particular open source license or other license granting third parties certain rights of further use. By the terms of certain open source licenses, we could be required to release the source code of our proprietary software, and to make our proprietary software available under open source licenses, if we combine our proprietary software with open source software in certain manners. Although we monitor our use of open source software, we cannot assure you that all open source software is reviewed prior to use in our solutions, that our programmers have not incorporated open source software into our solutions, or that they will not do so in the future. Additionally, the terms of many open source licenses to which we are subject have not been interpreted by U.S. or foreign courts. There is a risk that open source software licenses could be construed in a manner that imposes unanticipated conditions or restrictions on our ability to market or provide our solutions. In addition, the terms of open source software licenses may require us to provide software that we develop using such open source software to others on unfavorable license terms. As a result of our current or future use of open source software, we may face claims or litigation, be required to release our proprietary source code, pay damages for breach of contract, re-engineer our solutions, discontinue making our solutions available in the event re-engineering cannot be accomplished on a timely basis or take other remedial action. Any such re-engineering or other remedial efforts could require significant additional research and development resources, and we may not be able to successfully complete any such re-engineering or other remedial efforts. Further, in addition to risks related to license requirements, use of certain open source software can lead to greater risks than use of third-party commercial software, as open source licensors generally do not provide warranties or controls on the origin of software. Any of these risks could be difficult to eliminate or manage, and, if not addressed, could have a negative effect on our business, financial condition and operating results.

We rely on information technology to operate our business and maintain competitiveness, and any failure to adapt to technological developments or industry trends could harm our business.

We depend on the use of information technologies and systems. As our operations grow in size and scope, we will be required to continuously improve and upgrade our systems and infrastructure while maintaining or improving the reliability and integrity of our infrastructure. Our future success also depends on our ability to adapt our systems and infrastructure to meet rapidly evolving consumer trends and demands while continuing to improve the performance, features and reliability of our solutions in response to competitive services and product offerings. The emergence of alternative platforms will require new investment in technology. New developments in other areas, such as cloud computing, could also make it easier for competition to enter our markets due to lower up-front technology costs. In addition, we may not be able to maintain our existing systems or replace or introduce new technologies and systems as quickly as we would like or in a cost-effective manner.

 

Our technology and associated business processes may contain undetected errors, which could limit our ability to provide our services and diminish the attractiveness of our offerings.

Our Mobiquity technology may contain undetected errors, defects or bugs. As a result, our customers or end users may discover errors or defects in our technology or the systems incorporating our technology may not operate as expected. We may discover significant errors or defects in the future that we may not be able to fix. Our inability to fix any of those errors could limit our ability to provide our solution, impair the reputation of our brand and diminish the attractiveness of our product offerings to our customers.  In addition, we may utilize third party technology or components in our products, and we rely on those third parties to provide support services to us. Failure of those third parties to provide necessary support services could materially adversely impact our business.

 

We need to protect our intellectual property, or our operating results may suffer.

Third parties may infringe our intellectual property and we may suffer competitive injury or expend significant resources enforcing our rights. As our business is focused on data-driven results and analytics, we rely heavily on proprietary information technology. Our proprietary portfolio consists of various intellectual property including source code, trade secrets, and know-how. The extent to which such rights can be protected is substantially based on federal, state and common law rights as well as contractual restrictions. The steps we have taken to protect our intellectual property may not prevent the misappropriation of our proprietary information or deter independent development of similar technologies by others. If we do not enforce our intellectual property rights vigorously and successfully, our competitive position may suffer which could harm our operating results.

We could incur substantial costs and disruption to our business as a result of any claim of infringement of another party’s intellectual property rights, which could harm our business and operating results.

From time to time, third parties may claim that one or more of our products or services infringe their intellectual property rights. We analyze and take action in response to such claims on a case-by-case basis. Any dispute or litigation regarding patents or other intellectual property could be costly and time-consuming due to the complexity of our technology and the uncertainty of intellectual property litigation, which could divert the attention of our management and key personnel away from our business operations. A claim of intellectual property infringement could force us to enter into a costly or restrictive license agreement, which might not be available under acceptable terms or at all, or could subject us to significant damages or to an injunction against development and sale of certain of our products or services.

 

 

 

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We face intense and growing competition, which could result in reduced sales and reduced operating margins, and limit our market share.

We compete in the data, marketing and research business and in all other facets of our business against small, medium and large companies throughout the United States. Some examples include companies such as LiveRamp, Beeswax and TradeDesk. If we are unable to successfully compete for new business our revenue growth and operating margins may decline. The market for our advertising and marketing technology operating system platform is competitive. We believe that our competitors’ product offerings do not provide the end-to-end solutions our product solutions do, and their minimum fees are substantially higher than ours for a comparative suite of solutions. However, barriers to entry in our markets are relatively low. With the introduction of new technologies and market entrants, we expect competition to intensify in the future. Some of these competitors may be in a better position to develop new products and strategies that more quickly and effectively respond to changes in customer requirements in our markets. The introduction of competent, competitive products, pricing strategies or other technologies by our competitors that are superior to or that achieve greater market acceptance than our products and services could adversely affect our business. Our failure to meet a client’s expectations in any type of contract may result in an unprofitable engagement, which could adversely affect our operating results and result in future rejection of our products and services by current and prospective clients. Some of our principal competitors offer their products at a lower price, which may result in pricing pressures. These pricing pressures and increased competition generally could result in reduced sales, reduced margins or the failure of our product and service offerings to achieve or maintain more widespread market acceptance.

Many of our competitors are substantially larger than we are and have significantly greater financial, technical and marketing resources, and established direct and indirect channels of distribution. As a result, they are able to devote greater resources to the development, promotion and sale of their products than we can.

We can provide no assurance that our business will be able to maintain a competitive technology advantage in the future.

Our ability to generate revenues is substantially based upon our proprietary intellectual property that we own and protect through trade secrets and agreements with our employees to maintain ownership of any improvements to our intellectual property. Our ability to generate revenues now and in the future is based upon maintaining a competitive technology advantage over our competition. We can provide no assurances that we will be able to maintain a competitive technology advantage in the future over our competitors, many of whom have significantly more experience, more extensive infrastructure and are better capitalized than us.

No assurances can be given that we will be able to keep up with a rapidly changing business information market.

Consumer needs and the business information industry as a whole are in a constant state of change. Our ability to continually improve our current processes and products in response to these changes and to develop new products and services to meet those needs are essential in maintaining our competitive position and meeting the increasingly sophisticated requirements of our customers. If we fail to enhance our current products and services or fail to develop new products in light of emerging industry standards and information requirements, we could lose customers to current or future competitors, which could result in impairment of our growth prospects and revenues.

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The market for programmatic advertising campaigns is relatively new and evolving. If this market develops slower or differently than we expect, our business, growth prospects and financial condition would be adversely affected.

A substantial portion of our revenue has been derived from customers that programmatically purchase and sell advertising inventory through our platform. We expect that spending on programmatic ad buying and selling will continue to be a significant source of revenue for the foreseeable future, and that our revenue growth will largely depend on increasing spend through our platform. The market for programmatic ad buying is an emerging market, and our current and potential customers may not shift quickly enough to programmatic ad buying from other buying methods, reducing our growth potential. Because our industry is relatively new, we will encounter risks and difficulties frequently encountered by early-stage companies in similarly rapidly evolving industries, including the need to:

·Maintain our reputation and build trust with advertisers and digital media property owners;
·Offer competitive pricing to publishers, advertisers, and digital media agencies;
·Maintain quality and expand quantity of our advertising inventory;
·Continue to develop, launch and upgrade the technologies that enable us to provide our solutions;
·Respond to evolving government regulations relating to the internet, telecommunications, mobile, privacy, marketing and advertising aspects of our business;
·Identify, attract, retain and motivate qualified personnel; and
·Cost-effectively manage our operations, including our international operations.

If the market for programmatic ad buying deteriorates or develops more slowly than we expect, it could reduce demand for our platform, and our business, growth prospects and financial condition would be adversely affected.

Our failure to maintain and grow the customer base on our platform may negatively impact our revenue and business.

To sustain or increase our revenue, we must regularly add both new advertiser customers and publishers, while simultaneously keeping existing customers to maintain or increase the amount of advertising inventory purchased through our platform and adopt new features and functionalities that we add to our platform. If our competitors introduce lower cost or differentiated offerings that compete with or are perceived to compete with ours, our ability to sell access to our platform to new or existing customers could be impaired. Our agreements with our customers allow them to change the amount of spending on our platform or terminate our services with limited notice. Our customers typically have relationships with different providers and there is limited cost to moving budgets to our competitors. As a result, we may have limited visibility as to our future advertising revenue streams. We cannot assure you that our customers will continue to use our platform or that we will be able to replace, in a timely or effective manner, departing customers with new customers that generate comparable revenue. If a major customer representing a significant portion of our business decides to materially reduce its use of our platform or to cease using our platform altogether, it is possible that our revenue could be significantly reduced.

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We rely substantially on a limited number of customers for a significant percentage of our sales.

During the year ended December 31, 2021, sales of our products to four customers generated 31% of our revenues. Our contracts with our customers generally do not obligate them to a specified term and they can generally terminate their relationship with us at any time with a minimal amount of notice. If we lose any of our customers, or any of them decide to scale back on purchases of our products, it will have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and prospects. Therefore, we must engage in continual sales efforts to maintain revenue, sustain our customer relationships and expand our client base or our operating results will suffer. If a significant client fails to renew a contract or renews the contract on terms less favorable to us than before, our business could be negatively impacted if additional business is not obtained to replace or supplement that which was lost. We may require additional financial resources to expand our internal and external sales capabilities, although we plan to use a portion of the net proceeds from our December 2021 public offering for this purpose. We cannot assure that we will be able to sustain our customer relationships and expand our client base. The loss of any of our current customers or our inability to expand our customer base will have a material adverse effect on our business plans and prospects.

If we fail to innovate and make the right investment decisions in our offerings and platform, we may not attract and retain advertisers and publishers and our revenue and results of operations may decline.

Our industry is subject to rapid and frequent changes in technology, evolving customer needs and the frequent introduction by our competitors of new and enhanced offerings. We must constantly make investment decisions regarding our offerings and technology to meet customer demand and evolving industry standards. We may make wrong decisions regarding these investments. If new or existing competitors have more attractive offerings or functionalities, we may lose customers or customers may decrease their use of our platform. New customer demands, superior competitive offerings or new industry standards could require us to make unanticipated and costly changes to our platform or business model. If we fail to adapt to our rapidly changing industry or to evolving customer needs, demand for our platform could decrease and our business, financial condition and operating results may be adversely affected.

We may not be able to integrate, maintain and enhance our advertising solutions to keep pace with technological and market developments.

The market for digital video advertising solutions is characterized by rapid technological change, evolving industry standards and frequent introductions of new products and services. To keep pace with technological developments, satisfy increasing publisher and advertiser requirements, maintain the attractiveness and competitiveness of our advertising solutions and ensure compatibility with evolving industry standards and protocols, we will need to anticipate and respond to varying product lifecycles, regularly enhance our current advertising solutions and develop and introduce new solutions and functionality on a timely basis. This requires significant investment of financial and other resources. For example, we will need to invest significant resources into expanding and developing our platforms in order to maintain a comprehensive solution. Ad exchanges and other technological developments may displace us or introduce an additional intermediate layer between us and our customers and digital media properties that could impair our relationships with those customers.

If we fail to detect advertising fraud, we could harm our reputation and hurt our ability to execute our business plan.

As we are in the business of providing services to publishers, advertisers and agencies, we must deliver effective digital advertising campaigns. Despite our efforts to implement fraud protection techniques in our platforms, some of our advertising and agency campaigns may experience fraudulent and other invalid impressions, clicks or conversions that advertisers may perceive as undesirable, such as non-human traffic generated by computers designed to simulate human users and artificially inflate user traffic on websites. These activities could overstate the performance of any given digital advertising campaign and could harm our reputation. It may be difficult for us to detect fraudulent or malicious activity because we do not own content and rely in part on our digital media propertiesto control such activity. Industry self-regulatory bodies, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and certain influential members of Congress have increased their scrutiny and awareness of, and have taken recent actions to address, advertising fraud and other malicious activity. If we fail to detect or prevent fraudulent or other malicious activity, the affected advertisers may experience or perceive a reduced return on their investment and our reputation may be harmed. High levels of fraudulent or malicious activity could lead to dissatisfaction with our solutions, refusals to pay, refund or future credit demands or withdrawal of future business.

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The loss of advertisers and publishers as customers could significantly harm our business, operating results and financial condition. 

Our customer base consists primarily of advertisers and publishers. We do not have exclusive relationships with advertising agencies, companies that are advertisers, or publishers, such that we largely depend on agencies to work with us as they embark on advertising campaigns for advertisers. The loss of agencies as customers and referral sources could significantly harm our business, operating results and financial condition. If we fail to maintain satisfactory relationships with an advertising agency, we risk losing business from the advertisers represented by that agency.

Furthermore, advertisers and publishers may change advertising agencies. If an advertiser switches from an agency that utilizes our platform to one that does not, we will lose revenue from that advertiser. In addition, some advertising agencies have their own relationships with publishers that are different than our relationships, such that they might directly connect advertisers with such publishers. Our business may suffer to the extent that advertising agencies and inventory suppliers purchase and sell advertising inventory directly from one another or through intermediaries other than us.

Our sales efforts with advertisers and publishers require significant time and expense.

Attracting new advertisers and publishers requires substantial time and expense, and we may not be successful in establishing new relationships or in maintaining or advancing our current relationships.

Our solutions, including our programmatic solutions, and our business model often requires us to spend substantial time and effort educating our own sales force and potential advertisers, advertising agencies, supply side platforms and digital media properties about our offerings, including providing demonstrations and comparisons against other available solutions. This process is costly and time-consuming. If we are not successful in targeting, supporting and streamlining our sales processes, our ability to grow our business may be adversely affected.

Changes in consumer sentiment or laws, rules or regulations regarding tracking technologies and other privacy matters could have a material adverse effect on our ability to generate net revenues and could adversely affect our ability to collect data on consumer shopping behavior.

The collection and use of electronic information about userusers is an important element of our Mobiquitydata intelligence technology and solutions. However, consumers may become increasingly resistant to the collection, use and sharing of information, including information used to deliver advertising and to attribute credit to publishers in performance marketing programs, and take steps to prevent such collection, use and sharing of information. For example, consumer complaints and/or lawsuits regarding advertising or other tracking technologies in general and our practices specifically could adversely impact our business. In addition to this change in consumer preferences, if retailers or brands perceive significant negative consumer reaction to targeted advertising or the tracking of consumers’ activities, they may determine that such advertising or tracking has the potential to negatively impact their brand. In that case, advertisers may limit or stop the use of our solutions, and our operating results and financial condition would be adversely affected.

 

Our business practices with respect to data and consumer protection could give rise to liabilities or reputational harm as a result of governmental regulation, legal requirements or industry standards relating to consumer privacy, data protection and consumer protection.Federal, state and international laws and regulations govern the collection, use, retention, sharing and security of data that we collect. We strive to comply with all applicable laws, regulations, self-regulatory requirements and legal obligations relating to privacy, data protection and consumer protection, including those relating to the use of data for marketing purposes. It is possible, however, that these requirements may be interpreted and applied in a manner that is inconsistent from one jurisdiction to another and may conflict with other rules or our practices. We cannot assure you that our practices have complied, comply, or will comply fully with all such laws, regulations, requirements and obligations. Any failure, or perceived failure, by us to comply with federal, state or international laws or regulations, including laws and regulations regulating privacy, data security, marketing communications or consumer protection, or other policies, self-regulatory requirements or legal obligations could result in harm to our reputation, a loss in business, and proceedings or actions against us by governmental entities, consumers, retailers or others. We may also be contractually liable to indemnify and hold harmless performance marketing networks or other third parties from the costs or consequences of noncompliance with any laws, regulations, self-regulatory requirements or other legal obligations relating to privacy, data protection and consumer protection or any inadvertent or unauthorized use or disclosure of data that we store or handle as part of operating our business. Any such proceeding or action, and any related indemnification obligation, could hurt our reputation, force us to incur significant expenses in defense of these proceedings, distract our management, increase our costs of doing business and cause consumers and retailers to decrease their use of our marketplace, and may result in the imposition of monetary liability.

As we develop and provide solutions, we may be subject to additional and unexpected regulations, which could increase our costs or otherwise harm our business.As we develop and provide solutions that address new market segments, we may become subject to additional laws and regulations, which could create unexpected liabilities for us, cause us to incur additional costs or restrict our operations. From time to time, we may be notified of or otherwise become aware of additional laws and regulations that governmental organizations or others may claim should be applicable to our business. Our failure to anticipate the application of these laws and regulations accurately, or other failure to comply, could create liability for us, result in adverse publicity or cause us to alter our business practices, which could cause our net revenues to decrease, our costs to increase or our business otherwise to be harmed.

We rely on information technology to operate our business and maintain competitiveness, and any failure to adapt to technological developments or industry trends could harm our business.We depend on the use of information technologies and systems. As our operations grow in size and scope, we must continuously improve and upgrade our systems and infrastructure while maintaining or improving the reliability and integrity of our infrastructure. Our future success also depends on our ability to adapt our systems and infrastructure to meet rapidly evolving consumer trends and demands while continuing to improve the performance, features and reliability of our solutions in response to competitive services and product offerings. In addition, we may not be able to maintain our existing systems or replace or introduce new technologies and systems as quickly as we would like or in a cost-effective manner.

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Government regulation of the Internet, e-commerce and m-commerce is evolving, and unfavorable changes or failure by us to comply with these laws and regulations could substantially harm our business and results of operations.

We are subject to general business regulations and laws as well as regulations and laws specifically governing the Internet, e-commerce and m-commerce in a number of jurisdictions around the world. Existing and future regulations and laws could impede the growth of the Internet, e-commerce, m-commerce or other online services. These regulations and laws may involve taxation, tariffs, privacy and data security, anti-spam, data protection, content, copyrights, distribution, electronic contracts, electronic communications and consumer protection. It is not clear how existing laws and regulations governing issues such as property ownership, sales and other taxes, libel and personal privacy apply to the Internet as the vast majority of these laws and regulations were adopted prior to the advent of the Internet and do not contemplate or address the unique issues raised by the Internet, e-commerce or m-commerce. It is possible that general business regulations and laws, or those specifically governing the Internet, e-commerce or m-commerce may be interpreted and applied in a manner that is inconsistent from one jurisdiction to another and may conflict with other rules or our practices. We cannot assure you that our practices have complied, comply or will comply fully with all such laws and regulations. Any failure, or perceived failure, by us to comply with any of these laws or regulations could result in damage to our reputation, a loss in business, and proceedings or actions against us by governmental entities or others. Any such proceeding or action could hurt our reputation, force us to spend significant resources in defense of these proceedings, distract our management, increase our costs of doing business, and cause consumers and retailers to decrease their use of our marketplace, and may result in the imposition of monetary liability. We may also be contractually liable to indemnify and hold harmless third parties from the costs or consequences of noncompliance with any such laws or regulations. In addition, it is possible that governments of one or more countries may seek to censor content available on our websites and mobile applications or may even attempt to completely block access to our marketplace. Adverse legal or regulatory developments could substantially harm our business. In particular, in the event that we are restricted, in whole or in part, from operating in one or more countries, our ability to retain or increase our customer base may be adversely affected and we may not be able to maintain or grow our net revenues as anticipated.

 

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ThereWe may be limitations on the effectiveness of our internal controls, and a failure of our control systemsrequired to prevent error or fraud may materially harm our company.Proper systems of internal controls over financial accounting and disclosure are critical to the operation of a public company. We have a limited accounting and finance staff, and such staff has relatively limited experienceinvest significant monies upfront in operating the accounting function of a growing public company. As such,capital intensive project(s) which we may be unable to effectively establish, implementrecover.

Failure to recover significant, up-front capital investments required by certain client contracts could be harmful to the Company’s financial condition and updateoperating results. Certain of our internal control systems. Thisclient contracts require significant investment in the early stages, which we expect to recover through billings over the life of the contract. These contracts may involve the construction of new computer systems and communications networks or the development and deployment of new technologies. Substantial performance risk exists in each contract with these characteristics, and some or all elements of service delivery under these contracts are dependent upon successful completion of the development, construction and deployment phases. Failure to successfully meet our contractual requirements under these contracts over their life increases the possibility that we may not recover our capital investments in these contracts. Failure to recover our capital investments could be detrimental to the particular engagement as well as our operating results.

We are subject to payment-related risks and, if our customers do not pay or dispute their invoices, our business, financial condition and operating results may be adversely affected.

We may be involved in disputes with agencies and their advertisers over the operation of our platform, the terms of our agreements or our billings for purchases made by them through our platform. If we are unable to collect or make adjustments to bills to customers, we could incur write-offs for bad debt, which could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations for the periods in which the write-offs occur. In the future, bad debt may exceed reserves for such contingencies and our bad debt exposure may increase over time. Any increase in write-offs for bad debt could have a materially negative effect on our business, financial condition and operating results. Even if we are not paid by our customers on time or at all, we are still obligated to pay for the advertising inventory we have purchased for the advertising campaign, and as a consequence, our results of operations and financial condition would leavebe adversely impacted.

If we default on our credit obligations, our operations may be interrupted, and our business and financial results could be adversely affected.

Publishers extend us withoutcredit terms for the abilitypurchase of advertising inventory. We currently have outstanding payables to reliably assimilateexisting publishers. If we are unable to pay our publishers in a timely fashion, they may elect to no longer sell us inventory to provide for sale to advertisers. Also, it may be necessary for us to incur additional indebtedness to maintain operations of the Company. If we default on our credit obligations, our lenders and compile financial information aboutdebt financing holders may, among other things:

·require repayment of any outstanding obligations or amounts drawn on our credit facilities;
·terminate our credit;
·stop delivery of ordered equipment;
·discontinue our ability to acquire inventory that is sold to advertisers;
·require us to accrue interest at higher rates; or
·require us to pay significant damages.

If some or all of these events were to occur, our companyoperations may be interrupted and significantly impair our ability to prevent errorfund our operations or obligations, as well as our business, financial results, and detect fraud, allfinancial condition, could be adversely affected.

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Our failure to recruit or the loss of management and highly trained and qualified personnel could adversely affect our operations.

Our future success depends in large part on our current senior management team and our ability to attract and retain additional high-quality management and operating personnel. Our senior management team’s in-depth knowledge of and deep relationships with the participants in our industry are extremely valuable to us. Our business also requires skilled technical and marketing personnel, who are in high demand and are often subject to competing offers. Our failure to recruit and retain qualified personnel could hinder our ability to successfully develop and operate our business, which wouldcould have a negative impactmaterial adverse effect on our company from many perspectives. Moreover,financial position and operating results.

The complexity of our data products, processing functionality, software systems and services require highly trained professionals to operate, maintain, improve and repair them. While we do not expect that disclosure controls or internal control over financial reporting, even if properly in place, will prevent all errorpresently have a sophisticated, dedicated and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well designedexperienced team of associates who have a deep understanding of our business, some of whom have been with Mobiquity for years, the labor market for these individuals has historically been, and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance thatis currently, very competitive due to the control system’s objectives will be met. Further,limited number of people available with the design of a control system must reflectnecessary technical skills and understanding, compensation strategies, general economic conditions and various other factors. As the fact that there are resource constraintsbusiness information and the benefits of controls must be considered relativemarketing industries continue to their costs. Becausebecome more technologically advanced, we anticipate increased competition for qualified personnel. The loss of the inherent limitationsservices of highly trained personnel like the Company’s current team of associates, or the inability to recruit and retain additional, qualified associates, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial position or operating results.

Our substantial amount of indebtedness may adversely affect our cash flow and our ability to operate our business, remain in all control systems, no evaluationcompliance with debt covenants and make payments on our indebtedness.

Our substantial level of controls can provide absolute assuranceindebtedness increases the possibility that all control issues and instanceswe may be unable to generate cash sufficient to pay, when due, the principal of, fraud, if any,interest on or other amounts due with respect to our indebtedness. Our indebtedness could have been detected. Failureother important consequences to you as a shareholder. For example, it could:

·make it more difficult for us to satisfy our obligations with respect to our indebtedness and any failure to comply with the obligations of any of our debt instruments could result in an event of default under our debt financing agreements;
·make us more vulnerable to adverse changes in general economic, industry and competitive conditions and adverse changes in government regulation;
·require us to dedicate a substantial portion of our cash flow from operations to payments on our indebtedness, thereby reducing the availability of our cash flows to fund working capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions and other general corporate purposes;
·limit our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in our business and the industry in which we operate;
·place us at a competitive disadvantage compared to our competitors that have less debt; and
·limit our ability to borrow additional amounts for working capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions, debt service requirements, execution of our business strategy or other purposes.

Any of our control systems to prevent error or fraudthe above listed factors could materially and adversely affect our business, reputation, stock pricefinancial condition and results of operations.

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Risks Relating to An Investment in Our Securities

 

Our common stock and warrants are listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market. There can be no assurance that we will be able to comply with Nasdaq Capital Market’s continued listing standards.

Our common stock in the past has been thinly traded on the over -the- counter OTCQB market. As a condition to consummating our December 2021 public offering of over $10 million, our common stock and warrants have become listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market. There can be no assurance any broker will be interested in trading our stock and warrants. Therefore, it may be difficult to sell your shares of common stock or warrants if you desire or need to sell them. Our underwriters of our December 2021 offering in which we raised over $10 million in gross proceeds are not obligated to make a market in our common stock or warrants, and even if it makes a market, it can discontinue market making at any time without notice. We can provide no assurance that an active and liquid trading market in our common stock and/or warrants will develop or, if developed, that such market will continue.

Our common stock and warrants are listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market. However, there is no guarantee that we will be able to maintain such listing for any period of time by perpetually satisfying Nasdaq Capital Market’s continued listing requirements. Our failure to continue to meet these requirements may result in our common stock and warrants being delisted from Nasdaq Capital Market.

The market price of our common stock and warrants is likely to be highly volatile because of several factors, including a limited public float.

The market price of our common stock has been volatile in the past and the market price of our common stock and our warrants is likely to be highly volatile in the future. You may not be able to resell shares of our common stock or our warrants following periods of volatility because of the market’s adverse reaction to volatility.

Other factors that could cause such volatility may include, among other things:

·actual or anticipated fluctuations in our operating results;
·the absence of securities analysts covering us and distributing research and recommendations about us;
·we may have a low trading volume for a number of reasons, including that a large portion of our stock is closely held;
·overall stock market fluctuations;
·announcements concerning our business or those of our competitors;
·actual or perceived limitations on our ability to raise capital when we require it, and to raise such capital on favorable terms;

·conditions or trends in the industry;
·litigation;
·changes in market valuations of other similar companies;
·future sales of common stock;
·departure of key personnel or failure to hire key personnel; and
·general market conditions.

Any of these factors could have a significant and adverse impact on the market price of our common stock and/or warrants. In addition, the stock market in general has at times experienced extreme volatility and rapid decline that has often been unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of particular companies. These broad market fluctuations may adversely affect the trading price of our common stock and/or warrants, regardless of our actual operating performance.

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Our future sales of common stock by management and other stockholders may have an adverse effect on the then prevailing market price of our common stock.

In the event a public market for our common stock is sustained in the future, sales of our common stock may be made by holders of our public float or by holders of restricted securities in compliance with the provisions of Rule 144 of the Securities Act of 1933. In general, under Rule 144, a non-affiliated person who has satisfied a six-month holding period in a fully reporting company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, may, sell their restricted common stock without volume limitation, so long as the issuer is current with all reports under the Exchange Act in order for there to be adequate common public information. Affiliated persons may also sell their common shares held for at least six months, but affiliated persons will be required to meet certain other requirements, including manner of sale, notice requirements and volume limitations. Non-affiliated persons who hold their common shares for at least one year will be able to sell their common stock without the need for there to be current public information in the hands of the public. Future sales of shares of our public float or by restricted common stock made in compliance with Rule 144 may have an adverse effect on the then prevailing market price, if any, of our common stock.

 

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A significant portion of our total outstanding shares are eligible to be sold into the market in the near future, which could cause the market price of our common shares to drop significantly, even if our business is doing well.A significant portion

We currently have approximately 4.2 million shares of common stock free trading out of a total of 6.5 million outstanding common shares. Any increase in freely trading shares or the perception that such securities will or could come onto the market could have an adverse effect on the trading price of the securities. No prediction can be made as to the effect, if any, that sales of these securities, or the availability of such securities for sale, will have on the market prices prevailing from time to time. Nevertheless, the possibility that substantial amounts of common stock and warrants may be sold in the public market may adversely affect prevailing market prices for our common stock and could impair our ability to raise capital through the sale of our total outstandingequity securities or impair our shareholders’ ability to sell on the open market. Additionally, any substantial increase of our shares that are eligible to be sold into the market in the near future which could cause the market price of our common shares to drop significantly, even if our business is doing well. Sales

Our common stock and our warrants (forming part of the units offered hereby) may be subject to the “penny stock” rules in the future. It may be more difficult to resell securities classified as “penny stock.”

Our common stock and warrants may be subject to “penny stock” rules (generally defined as non-exchange traded stock with a substantial number ofper-share price below $5.00) in the future. While our common sharesstock and warrants are currently not considered “penny stock” since they are listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market, if we are unable to maintain that listing and our common stock and warrants are no longer listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market, unless we maintain a per-share price above $5.00, our common stock and warrants will become “penny stock.” These rules impose additional sales practice requirements on broker-dealers that recommend the purchase or sale of penny stocks to persons other than those who qualify as “established customers” or “accredited investors.” For example, broker-dealers must determine the appropriateness for non-qualifying persons of investments in penny stocks. Broker-dealers must also provide, prior to a transaction in a penny stock not otherwise exempt from the rules, a standardized risk disclosure document that provides information about penny stocks and the risks in the public market, orpenny stock market. The broker-dealer also must provide the perceptioncustomer with current bid and offer quotations for the penny stock, disclose the compensation of the broker-dealer and its salesperson in the transaction, furnish monthly account statements showing the market value of each penny stock held in the customer’s account, provide a special written determination that the holderspenny stock is a suitable investment for the purchaser, and receive the purchaser’s written agreement to the transaction.

Legal remedies available to an investor in “penny stocks” may include the following:

·If a “penny stock” is sold to the investor in violation of the requirements listed above, or other federal or states securities laws, the investor may be able to cancel the purchase and receive a refund of the investment.
·If a “penny stock” is sold to the investor in a fraudulent manner, the investor may be able to sue the persons and firms that committed the fraud for damages.

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These requirements may have the effect of reducing the level of trading activity, if any, in the secondary market for a large number of shareholders intendsecurity that becomes subject to sell sharesthe penny stock rules. The additional burdens imposed upon broker-dealers by such requirements may discourage broker-dealers from effecting transactions in our securities, which could reduceseverely limit the market price and liquidity of our securities. These requirements may restrict the ability of broker-dealers to sell our common shares.stock or our warrants and may affect your ability to resell our common stock and our warrants.

Many brokerage firms will discourage or refrain from recommending investments in penny stocks. Most institutional investors will not invest in penny stocks. In addition, many individual investors will not invest in penny stocks due, among other reasons, to the increased financial risk generally associated with these investments.

For these reasons, penny stocks may have a limited market and, consequently, limited liquidity. We can give no assurance at what time, if ever, our common stock or our warrants will not be classified as a “penny stock” in the future.

 

We do not intend to pay dividends.dividends for the foreseeable future and thus you must rely on stock appreciation for any return on your investment.

We do not anticipate paying cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future. We may not have sufficient funds to legally pay dividends. Even if funds are legally available to pay dividends, we may nevertheless decide in our sole discretion not to pay dividends. The declaration, payment and amount of any future dividends will be made at the discretion of our board of directors, and will depend upon, among other things, the results of our operations, cash flows and financial condition, operating and capital requirements, and other factors our board of directors may consider relevant. There is no assurance that we will pay any dividends in the future, and, if dividends are paid, there is no assurance with respect to the amount of any such dividend.

We lack an established As a result, you must rely on stock appreciation and a liquid trading market for our common stock,any return on your investment. If an active and liquid trading market does not develop, you may be unable to sell your shares of common stock at attractive prices or above the price in this offering at all.There is currently a limited trading market for our common stock on the OTCQB under the symbol “MOBQ.” There can be no assurances given that an established public market will be obtained for our common stock or that any public market will last. As a result, we cannot assuretime you that you will be ablewould like to sell your common stock at attractive prices or at all.

The market price for our securities may be highly volatile.The market price for our securities may be highly volatile. A variety of factors may have a significant impact on the market price of our common stock, including:

·the publication of earnings estimates or other research reports and speculation in the press or investment community;
·changes in our industry and competitors;
·our financial condition, results of operations and prospects;
·any future issuances of our common stock, which may include primary offerings for cash, and the grant or exercise of stock options from time to time;
·general market and economic conditions; and
·any outbreak or escalation of hostilities, which could cause a recession or downturn in the U.S. economy.

In addition, the markets in general can experience extreme price and volume fluctuations that can be unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of the companies listed or quoted. Broad market and industry factors may negatively affect the market price of our common stock, regardless of actual operating performance. In the past, following periods of volatility in the market price of a company’s securities, securities class action litigation has often been instituted against companies. This type of litigation, if instituted, could result in substantial costs and a diversion of management’s attention and resources, which would harm our business.

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Our principal stockholders, directors and executive officers have a material level of control over us, which could delay or prevent a change in our corporate control favored by our other stockholders.

As of the date of this Form 10-K, our principal stockholders, directors and executive officers beneficially own, in the aggregate, more than 50%approximately 37% of our outstanding common stock. The interests of our current directors and executive officers may differ from the interests of other stockholders. As a result, these current directors and officers could have the ability to exercise material influence over all corporate actions requiring stockholder approval, irrespective of how our other stockholders may vote, including the following actions:

 

 ·approval of certain mergers and other significant corporate transactions, including a sale of substantially all of our assets and material financing transactions;
   
 ·election of directors;
   
 ·adoption of or amendments to stock option plans;
   
 ·amendment of charter documents; or
   
 ·issuance of “blank check” preferred stock.

 

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Our certificate of incorporation grants our board of directors the authority to issue a new series of preferred stock without further approval by our shareholders, which could adversely affect the rights of the holders of our common shares.

Our board of directors has the power to fix and determine the relative rights and preferences of preferred stock. Our board of directors also has the power to issue preferred stock without further shareholder approval, subject to applicable listing regulations. As a result, our board of directors could authorize the issuance of new series of preferred stock that would grant to holders thereof certain preferred rights to (i) our assets upon liquidation: (ii) receive dividend payments ahead of holders of common shares; (iii) and the redemption of the shares, together with a premium, priorin preference to the redemptionrights of our common shares. stockholders to:

·our assets upon liquidation;
·receive dividend payments ahead of holders of common shares;
·the redemption of the shares, together with a premium, prior to the redemption of our common shares;
·vote to approve matters as a separate class or have more votes per share relative to shares of common stock.

In addition, our board of directors could authorize the issuance of new series of preferred stock that is convertible into our common shares, or may also authorize the sale of additional shares of authorized common stock, which could decrease the relative voting power of our common shares or result in dilution to our existing shareholders.

 

Research analysts do not currently publish research about our business, limiting information available to shareholders, and if this continues to be the case or if analysts do publish unfavorable commentary or downgrade our common shares it could adversely affect our stock price and trading volume.The trading market for our common shares will depend, in part, on the research and reports that research analysts publish about us and our business and industry. The price of our common shares could decline if one or more research analysts downgrade our stock or if those analysts issue other unfavorable commentary or cease publishing reports about us or our business. If one or more of the research analysts ceases coverage of our company or fails to publish reports on us regularly, demand for our common shares could decrease, which could cause our stock price or trading volume to decline.

As a public company, we are subject to complex legal and accounting requirements that will require us to incur significant expenses and will expose us to risk of non-compliance.

As a public company, we are subject to numerous legal and accounting requirements, and the maintenance listing requirements if we become listed on NASDAQ, that do not apply to private companies. The cost of compliance with many of these requirements is material, not only in absolute terms but, more importantly, in relation to the overall scope of the operations of a small company. Our management team is relatively inexperienced in complying with these requirements, and our management resources are limited, which may lead to errors in our accounting and financial statements, and which may impair our operations. This inexperience and lack of resources may also increase the cost of compliance and may also increase the risk that we will fail to comply. Failure to comply with these requirements can have numerous adverse consequences including, but not limited to, our inability to file required periodic reports on a timely basis or comply with NASDAQ listing requirements, resulting in loss of market confidence and/or governmental or private actions against us.us, or delisting from NASDAQ. We cannot assure you that we will be able to comply with all of these requirements or that the cost of such compliance will not prove to be a substantial competitive disadvantage vis-à-vis our privately held and larger public competitors.

 

We may becould become subject to shareholder litigation, thereby diverting our resources that may have a material effect on our profitability and results of operations.

The market for our common sharessecurities may be characterized by significant price volatility when compared to seasoned issuers, and we expect that our share price may continue to be more volatile than a seasoned issuer for the indefinite future.  In the past, plaintiffs have often initiated securities class action litigation against a company following periods of volatility in the market price of its securities. We may become the target of similar litigation. Securities litigation will result in substantial costs and liabilities and will divert management’s attention and resources.

 

 

 

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We have had to restate our previously issued consolidated financial statements and as part of that process have identified a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2021. If we are unable to develop and maintain an effective system of internal control over financial reporting, we may not be able to accurately report our financial results in a timely manner, which may adversely affect investor confidence in us and materially and adversely affect our business and operating results.

On May 19, 2022, our Audit Committee concluded, after discussion with the Company’s management and independent registered public accounting firm BF Borgers, CPA PC, that the previously issued financial statements during the Affected Period (1) should no longer be relied upon due to:

·The recording of compensation expense for warrants issued in an equity financing. The warrants were a direct offering cost and should have been recorded as a reduction in additional paid-in capital,
·The recording of the sale of warrants for cash that should have increased additional paid-in capital and not other income,
·The recording of a mark to market adjustment for stock sold to a third party. The Company recognized a gain as a part of other income and a decrease to additional paid-in capital, this entry was made in error as the Company was not a holder of an investment of its own stock,
·The reduction of our net operating loss carryforward and related deferred tax assets; and
·Various reclassifications throughout our balance sheet, statement of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows to better reflect the nature or classification of each transaction.

As part of the restatement process, we have identified a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting.

A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of our annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected and corrected on a timely basis. Effective internal controls are necessary for us to provide reliable financial reports and prevent fraud. We continue to evaluate steps to remediate the material weakness. These remediation measures may be time consuming and costly and there is no assurance that these initiatives will ultimately have the intended effects.

Any failure to maintain effective internal controls could adversely impact our ability to report our financial position and results from operations on a timely and accurate basis. If our financial statements are not accurate, investors may not have a complete understanding of our operations. Likewise, if our financial statements are not filed on a timely basis, we could be subject to sanctions or investigations by the stock exchange on which our ordinary shares and other securities are listed, the SEC or other regulatory authorities. In either case, there could result a material adverse effect on our business. Ineffective internal controls could also cause investors to lose confidence in our reported financial information which could have a negative effect on the trading price of our stock.

We can give no assurance that the measures we have taken and plan to take in the future will remediate the material weakness identified or that any additional material weaknesses or restatements of financial results will not arise in the future due to a failure to implement and maintain adequate internal control over financial reporting or circumvention of these controls. In addition, even if we are successful in strengthening our controls and procedures, in the future those controls and procedures may not be adequate to prevent or identify irregularities or errors or to facilitate the fair presentation of our consolidated financial statements.

We may face litigation and other risks as a result of the restatement and material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting.

As part of the Restatement, we identified material weaknesses in our internal controls over financial reporting. As a result of such material weakness and the restatement, we face potential for litigation or other disputes which may include, among others, claims invoking the federal and state securities laws, contractual claims or other claims arising from the Restatement and the material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting and the preparation of our financial statements. As of the date of this Report, we have no knowledge of any such litigation or dispute. However, we can provide no assurance that such litigation or dispute will not arise in the future. Any such litigation or dispute, whether successful or not, could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

 

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We in the past identified significant deficiencies in our internal control over financial reporting that, if not corrected, could result in material misstatements of our financial statements.

We have concluded that we have not maintained effective internal control over financial reporting through the years ended December 31, 2021, and December 31, 2020. The Company determined that it has deficiencies over financial statements recording in areas of recording revenue and expenses in proper cut off as well as proper classification of accounts. Significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in our internal control could have a material adverse effect on us. Due to these deficiencies, there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the Company’s annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. We are working to remediate these deficiencies and material weaknesses. We are taking steps to enhance our internal control environment to establish and maintain effective disclosure and financial controls and procedures, internal control over financial reporting and changes in corporate governance. In this regard, the Company in December 2021 adopted several corporate governance policies, and it has established various committees of the Board of Directors, including an Audit Committee comprised of three independent directors in accordance with Nasdaq Rule 5605(c)(2). One of the Audit Committee’s priorities will be to begin the process of segregating tasks and processes to ensure proper internal controls. In connection with this process, the Company plans to implement the following initiatives under the oversight of the Audit committee.

·Hire additional staff both internally and externally to the Finance department with sufficient GAAP and public company financial reporting experience.
·Implement ongoing training in U.S. GAAP requirements for our CFO and accounting and other finance personnel.
·Hire a consultant to assist in internal control review, testing of procedures and processes, and analysis as described in “Item 9A”.
·Initiate a preliminary assessment of management’s internal controls over financial reporting.
·Improve documentation of existing internal controls and procedures and train personnel to help ensure they are properly followed.

We have hired Refidential One - SOX Consultants who have set up a time table to review testing procedures and analysis as follows:

Phase 1, which shall be completed on or about the Company filing its form 10-K for December 31, 2021, will be to identify the gaps and suggested remediations in 2021.

Phase 2, to be completed on or about June 30,2022, (contingent upon the Company implementing remediation plan) will have all the narratives updated and risk control matrixes (“RCM”) created and available for testing.

Phase 3, to commence on or about July 15th, 2021 and to be completed for the third quarter ending September 30,2022, will include the testing of all the key controls identified, implemented in Phases 1 and 2 above.

Phase 4, if necessary, will be to retest the failures in Phase 3. Phase 4 testing enables MOBI to rectify any fails from Phase 3 testing, thus reducing the likelihood of significant deficiencies.

Although we plan to undertake and complete this remediation process as quickly as possible, we are unable, at this time to estimate how long it will take; and our efforts may not be successful in remediating the deficiencies or material weaknesses.

A material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting could adversely impact our ability to provide timely and accurate financial information, and to timely or accurately report our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows or maintain effective disclosure controls and procedures. If we are unable to report financial information timely and accurately or to maintain effective disclosure controls and procedures, we could be subject to, among other things, regulatory or enforcement actions by the SEC, any one of which could adversely affect our business prospects.

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Compliance with changing regulation of corporate governance and public disclosure will result in additional expenses and pose challengesIf an active, liquid trading market for our management. Changing laws, regulations and standards relatingpublicly held warrants does not develop, you may not be able to corporate governance and public disclosure, including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and SEC regulations, have created uncertainty for public companies and significantly increased the costs and risks associated with accessing the U.S. public markets. Our management team will need to devote significant time and financial resources to comply with both existing and evolving standards for public companies, which will lead to increased general and administrative expenses andsell your warrants quickly or at a diversion of management time and attention from revenue generating activities to compliance activities.desirable price.

 

Our common stock may be considered “penny stock”publicly held warrants are immediately exercisable and may be difficult to trade.expire on December 13, 2026. The SEC has adopted regulations that generally define “penny stock” to bewarrants will have an equity security that has a market orinitial exercise price of less than $5.00 per share subjectequal to specific exemptions.  The market$4.98. In the event that the stock price of our common stock does not exceed the exercise price of the warrants during the period when the warrants are exercisable, the warrants may not have any value.

There is no established trading market for the warrants sold in this offering, and the market for the warrants may be less than $5.00 per share and, therefore,highly volatile or may decline regardless of our operating performance. Our warrants trade on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “MOBQW”. However, an active public market for our warrants may not develop or be sustained. We cannot predict the extent to which investor interest in our company will lead to the development of an active trading market in our warrants or how liquid that market might become. If a market does not develop or is not sustained, it may be designateddifficult for you to sell your warrants at the time you wish to sell them, at a price that is attractive to you, or at all.

Holders of our publicly held warrants will have no rights as a “penny stock” according to SEC rules, unlesscommon stockholder until they acquire our common stock.

Until you acquire shares are trading on a national exchange. This designation requires any broker or dealer selling these securities to disclose certain information concerning the transaction, obtain a written agreement from the purchaser and determine that the purchaser is reasonably suitable to purchase the securities. These rules may restrict the ability of brokers or dealers to sell our common stock upon exercise of your publicly held warrants, you will have no rights with respect to the common stock issuable upon exercise of such warrants. Upon exercise of your warrants, you will be entitled to exercise the rights of a common stockholder only as to matters for which the record date occurs after the exercise date.

General Risk Factors

Certain provisions of our certificate of incorporation, bylaws and New York law make it more difficult for a third party to acquire us and make a takeover more difficult to complete, even if such a transaction were in the stockholders’ interest.

Our restated certificate of incorporation, as amended, and by-laws and New York law contain provisions that are intended to deter coercive takeover practices and inadequate takeover bids by making such practices or bids unacceptably expensive to the raider and to encourage prospective acquirers to negotiate with our board of directors rather than to attempt a hostile takeover. In addition, provisions of our restated certificate of incorporation, as amended, by-laws and New York law impose various procedural and other requirements, which could make it more difficult for shareholders to effect certain corporate actions. These provisions include, among others:

·the inability of our shareholders to call a special meeting;
·rules regarding how shareholders may present proposals or nominate directors for election at shareholder meetings;
·the right of our Board to issue preferred stock without shareholder approval; and
·the ability of our directors, and not shareholders, to fill vacancies on our Board.

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We believe these provisions may affecthelp protect our shareholders from coercive or otherwise unfair takeover tactics by requiring potential acquirers to negotiate with our Board and by providing our Board with more time to assess any acquisition proposal. These provisions are not intended to make our Company immune from takeovers. In addition, although we believe these provisions collectively provide for an opportunity to receive higher bids by requiring potential acquirers to negotiate with our Board, they would apply even if the abilityoffer may be considered beneficial by some shareholders. These provisions may also frustrate or prevent any attempts by our shareholders to replace or remove our current management team by making it more difficult for shareholders to replace members of investorsour Board, which is responsible for appointing the members of our management.

Our bylaws provide for limitations of director liability and indemnification of directors and officers and employees.

Our bylaws provide that we will indemnify our directors, officers and employees to sellthe fullest extent permitted by law. Our bylaws also provide that we are obligated to advance expenses incurred by a director or officer in advance of the final disposition of any action or proceeding. We believe that these provisions are necessary to attract and retain qualified persons as directors and officers.

Section 402(b) of the BCL permits a New York corporation to include in its certificate of incorporation a provision eliminating the potential monetary liability of a director to the corporation or its shareholders for breach of fiduciary duty as a director; provided that this provision may not eliminate the liability of a director (i) for acts or omissions in bad faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (ii) for any transaction from which the director receives an improper personal benefit or (iii) for any acts in violation of Section 719 of the BCL. Section 719 provides that a director who votes or concurs in a corporate action will be liable to the corporation for the benefit of its creditors and shareholders for any damages suffered as a result of an action approving (i) an improper payment of a dividend, (ii) an improper redemption or purchase by the corporation of shares of the corporation, (iii) an improper distribution of assets to shareholders after dissolution of the corporation without adequately providing for all known liabilities of the corporation or (iv) the making of an improper loan to a director of the corporation.

The limitation of liability in our bylaws may discourage stockholders from bringing a lawsuit against directors for breach of their common shares.fiduciary duties. They may also reduce the likelihood of derivative litigation against directors and officers, even though an action, if successful, might provide a benefit to us and our stockholders. Our results of operations and financial condition may be harmed to the extent we pay the costs of settlement and damage awards against directors and officers pursuant to these indemnification provisions.

 

Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments

 

None.

 

Item 2. Properties

 

The Company is presently utilizing the office space of its Chief Financial Officer as its principal executive office located at 35 Torrington Lane, Shoreham, NY 11786. The Company iswas leasing on a month-to-month basis a fully furnished executive suite in Manhattan at a monthly cost of approximately $9,000. The executive suite iswas located at 61 Broadway, 11th Floor, Suite 1105, New York, NY 10006. Since COVID-19 we have not been able to use the space nor been responsible to pay rent for the period April 2020 through January 2021 when we terminated this office lease.

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Item 3. Legal Proceedings

 

We are not a party to any pending material legal proceedings, except as follow:proceedings. The following matters were settled in the past two fiscal years.

 

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. Plaintiff allegesStates 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. Plaintiff is seekingWPG sought a judgment from the Courtcourt to collect saidthe claimed unpaid rent plus attorneys’ fees and other costs of collection. The Company does not believe that it owes any money on these leasesdisputed 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 the Company intends to vigorously defend itself in connection with this lawsuit.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, countyCounty of Nassau, Carter, Deluca & Farrell LP,a law firm filed a summons and Complaint against the Company seeking $113,654 in past due legal fees allegedly owed. The Company disputesdisputed the amount owed to saidthat 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. In March 2022, this lawsuit was settled with the Company paying $120,000 to Plaintiff.

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 legal 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.

 

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

 

Not applicable.

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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PART II

 

Item 5. Market for Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters, and Issuer

 

Purchases of Equity Securities.Common Stock

 

OurIn the past, our Common Stock tradestraded on the OTCQB under the symbol "MOBQ" (formerly “AMKT”) on a limited basis. The OTCQB marketplace has effectively replacedIn October 2021, our Board of Directors approved the FINRA operated OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB) asfiling, and we submitted an application in compliance with the primary marketNASDAQ rules and regulations to list and trade our Company’s securities on the NASDAQ Capital Market. Trading commenced for SEC reporting securities that trade off exchanges.our common stock and warrants on December 9, 2021. The following table sets forth the range of high and low sales prices of our Common Stock for the last two fiscal years. On September 9, 2020, the Company effected a one-for-400 reverse stock split. All share and per share amounts set forth herein give retroactive effect to the stock split unless the context indicates otherwise.

 

Quarters Ended  High  Low 
March 31, 2018  $.05  $.02 
June 30, 2018   .12   .03 
September 30, 2018   .12   .04 
December 31, 2018   .17   .08 
March 31, 2019   .24   .10 
June 30, 2019   .19   .10 
September 30, 2019   .18   .07 
December 31, 2019   .16   .07 
Quarters Ended High Low
March 31, 2020 $48.00  $8.00 
June 30, 2020  16.00   8.00 
June 30, 2020  16.00   4.00 
December 31, 2020  11.00   5.50 
March 31, 2021  10.95   6.15 
June 30, 2021  9.50   5.50 
September 30, 2021  10.25   6.45 
December 31, 2021  9.50   2.01 

 

The closing sales price on December 31, 20192021, was $0.08$2.13 per share. All quotations provided herein reflect inter-dealer prices, without retail mark-up, markdown or commissions.

 

In the event a public market for our common stock is sustained in the future, sales of our common stock may be made by holders of our public float or by holders of restricted securities in compliance with the provisions of Rule 144 of the Securities Act of 1933. In general, under Rule 144, a non-affiliated person who has satisfied a six-month holding period in a fully reporting company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as amended, may, sell their restricted Common Stock without volume limitation, so long as the issuer is current with all reports under the Exchange Act in order for there to be adequate common public information.information disclosed. Affiliated persons may also sell their common shares held for at least six months, but affiliated persons will be required to meet certain other requirements, including manner of sale, notice requirements and volume limitations. Non-affiliated persons who hold their common shares for at least one year will be able to sell their common stockshares without the need for there to be current public information in the hands of the public. Future sales of shares of our public float or by restricted common stock made in compliance with Rule 144 may have an adverse effect on the then prevailing market price, if any, of our common stock. See "Risk Factors."“Item 1A.”

 

AsPublicly Held Warrants

Our publicly held warrants commenced trading on the NASDAQ Capital Market on December 9, 2021, under the symbol “MOBQW.” The high and low sales price of our warrants was $0.915 and $0.50, respectively, for the period December 9, 2021, through December 31, 2019, there were 203 holders2021. The closing sales price of record of our common stock and 1,027 additional beneficial holders based upon a record date ofon December 31, 2019.

DIVIDEND POLICY

We have never paid any cash dividends and intend, for the foreseeable future, to retain any future earnings for the development of our business. Our Board of Directors will determine our future dividend policy on the basis of various factors, including our results of operations, financial condition, capital requirements and investment opportunities.

2021, was $0.55 per warrant. All quotations provided herein reflect inter-dealer prices, without retail mark-up, markdown or commissions.

 

 

 

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Holders of Record

As of March 11, 2022, there were 257 active holders of record of our common stock. The number of record holders was determined from the records of our transfer agent and does not include beneficial owners of common stock whose shares are held in the names of various security brokers, dealers, and registered clearing agencies. As of March 1, 2022, the Company has a list consisting of 1,211 beneficial (“NOBO”) holders who do not object to having their names provided to the Company. The transfer agent of our common stock is Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, New York NY.

DIVIDEND POLICY

The Company has not paid any cash dividends to date and does not anticipate or contemplate paying cash dividends on our capital stock in the foreseeable future. It is the present intention of management to utilize all available funds and future earnings for the development of the Company’s business. Any future determination to declare cash dividends will be made at the discretion of our Board of Directors, subject to applicable laws, and will depend on our financial condition, results of operations, capital requirements, general business conditions and other factors that our Board of Directors may deem relevant. Our future ability to pay cash dividends on our capital stock may be limited by any future debt instruments or preferred securities.

RECENT SALES OF UNREGISTERED SECURITIES

 

(a) In fiscal 20182020 and 2019,2021, we made sales or issuances of unregistered securities listed in the table below:

 

Date of Sale Title of Security Number Sold Consideration Received and Description of Underwriting or Other Discounts to Market Price or Convertible Security, Afforded to Purchasers Exemption from

Registration Claimed
 If Option, Warrant or Convertible Security, terms of exercise or conversion
           
2018Convertible notes and Common Stock$1,375,000 in principal and 11,500,000 common shares$1,375,000 received, $105,500 in commissionsRule 506Not applicable
2018Preferred Stock and Common Stock Warrants1,000 preferred; 10,000,000 common and 15,000,000 warrants10,000,000 Gopher Protocol Inc. common stockSection 4(2)Preferred, convertible into 100,000,000 common and 150,000,000 warrants, exercisable at $.12 per share
20182020 Common Stock 150,000,000340,786 shares $460,000 cash and 4,500,000 shares of Gopher Protocol common stock; 15,000 origination shares issuedRule 506Section 4(2)   N/A

2018
Common stock10,325,000 sharesServices rendered;
No commissions paid
Section 4(2)Not applicable
Common stock16,000,001 sharesCash received $960,000Rule 50650 % Warrants coverage exercisable at $.12 to $.14 per share through September 30, 2023
Common stock20,000,000 sharesConversion of AAAA Preferred stock to commonSection 3(a)(9)Converted 200 shares conversion to common at 100,000 per share of AAAA Preferred
Common stock158,632,999 sharesNote conversionsSection 3(a)(9)Converted secured notes plus interest and unsecured notes to common stock

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Preferred stock Series C1,500 sharesNote conversionConverted senior secured notes to Preferred Series C

2019

Common Stock

49,215,137 shares; 24,369,834 warrants

Cash consideration

$3,629,500;

Commissions paid $195,0003,600,424

 Rule 506; Section 4(2) 

Warrants with an exercise price of $0.12 to $0.18 expiring September 30,2023N/A

 

           
20192020 Common stock 

6,835,090

38,125 shares

 Services rendered; no commissions paid Section 4(2)Services rendered, valued at $547,451 N/A
           
20192020Common stock9,843 shares and 4,921 warrants Preferred stock Series E65,625 sharesNote conversion $5,250,000resulting in transfer from preferred stock to common stock of $324,802 Section 3(a)(9) Converted senior secured note to Preferred3,937 Series E preferred shares
           
20192020 Warrant conversion 45,232,180 warrants converted to 77,220 common shares 

Cash consideration $1,132,210$873,473

 

 Section 4(2) Warrants exercised at $.05$13.00 to $06$16.00 per share.share including some cashless exercise
2019

Common stock and

warrants

104,417,500

Shares and

104,417,500

warrants

Conversion of

Series AAA

Preferred stock

Section 3(a)(9)

Section 3(a)(9); converted

1,044,175 shares of

Series AAA

Preferred stock on the basis of 100 shares of common for each share

of preferred, with 100% matching warrants, exercisable at $.05 per share

2019Common stock and warrants

80 million shares and 120 million warrants

Conversion of Series AAAA Preferred stockSection 3(a)(9)Converted 800 shares of AAAA Preferred stock on the basis of 100,000 shares of common for each share of preferred, with 150% matching warrants exercisable at $0.12 expiration date June 7, 2024
re
2019

Secured

Convertible

notes

$2,300,000 senior secured note

$2,150,000 received;

$150,000 in commissions

Rule 506

Rule 506; notes convertible until 9/30/2029 at a conversion price of $,08 per share. 50% warrants issued to lender are at $.08 per share with an

expiration date of Sept 29, 2029

 

 

 

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2020

$50,000 Convertible note

1,919 common shares

Paid $20,000 cash; converted $30,000 balance to common stock

Section 4(2)/Section 3(a)(9)

Conversion of notes into common stock at an effective price of $26.05 per share

2021

Common stock

265,000 shares

Services rendered

Rule 506; Section 4(2)

Not applicable

2021

Common Stock

236,768 shares

Note conversion

Section 3(a)(9)

Not applicable

2021

Common Stock

49,384 shares

Warrant conversions cashless exercise

Section 3(a)(9)

Each warrant exercise

Price$5.395, expiration

Date 9/17/2026

2021

Common Stock

375,000 shares

Series C Preferred Stock conversion

Section 3(a)(9)

(1)

2021

Common Stock

2,631,764 shares

Shares sold for cash

Rule 506; Section 4(2)

Not applicable

2021

Common Stock

92,900 shares

Original issue discount

Rule 506;Section 4(2)

Not applicable

2021

Common Stock

6,250 shares

Series AAA Preferred Stock conversion

Rule 506;Section 4(2)

Not applicable

(1)1,500 Series C Warrants were converted into 375,000 common shares and a like number of warrants, exercisable at $48.00 per share through September 2023.

RECENT PURCHASES OF SECURITIES

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.

 

In 20192021 and 2018,2020, we had no repurchases of our Common Stock, except as described above.

 

Item 6. Selected Financial Data

 

Not Applicable.The information required by Item 6 is not required by issuers that satisfy the definition of “smaller reporting company” under SEC rules.

 

Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

 

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our financial statements and the notes thereto appearing elsewhere in this Form 10-K. All statements contained herein that are not historical facts, including, but not limited to, statements regarding anticipated future capital requirements, our future plan of operations, our ability to obtain debt, equity or other financing, and our ability to generate cash from operations, are based on current expectations. These statements are forward-looking in nature and involve a number of risks and uncertainties that may cause the Company's actual results in future periods to differ materially from forecasted results.

This “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” has been amended and restated to give effect to the restatement of our financial statements, as more fully described in Note 3 to our financial statements entitled “Restatement of Financial Statements”. For further detail regarding the restatement, see “Explanatory Note” and “Item 9A. Controls and Procedures.”

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Company Overview

Mobiquity Technologies, Inc. is a next-generation marketing and advertising technology and data intelligence company which operates through our proprietary software platforms in the programmatic advertising space.

Our product solutions are comprised of two proprietary software platforms:

·Our advertising technology operating system (or ATOS) platform; and
·Our data intelligence platform.

Our ATOS platform blends artificial intelligence (or AI) and machine learning (ML) based optimization technology for automatic ad serving that manages digital advertising inventory and campaigns. Our data intelligence platform provides precise data and insights on consumer’s real-world behavior and trends for use in marketing and research.

We operate our business through two wholly-owned subsidiaries. Advangelists LLC operates our ATOS platform business, and Mobiquity Networks, Inc. operates our data intelligence platform business.

 

Critical Accounting Policies

 

Our discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are based upon our financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States. The preparation of financial statements requires management to make estimates and disclosures on the date of the financial statements. On an on-going basis, we evaluate our estimates including, but not limited to, those related to revenue recognition. We use authoritative pronouncements, historical experience and other assumptions as the basis for making judgments. Actual results could differ from those estimates. We believe that the following critical accounting policies affect our more significant judgments and estimates in the preparation of our financial statements.

 

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.

 

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

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Reported revenue will not be 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.

 

There are also certain considerations related to accounting policies, business processes and internal control over financial reporting that are associated with implementing Topic 606. The Company has evaluated its policies, processes, and control framework for revenue recognition, and identified and implemented the changes needed in response to the new guidance.

 

Lastly, disclosure requirements under the new guidance in Topic 606 have been significantly expanded in comparison to the disclosure requirements under the current guidance, including disclosures related to disaggregation of revenue into appropriate categories, performance obligations, the judgments made in revenue recognition determinations, adjustments to revenue which relate to activities from previous quarters or years, any significant reversals of revenue, and costs to obtain or fulfill contract.

 

The Company generates revenue from service contracts with certain customers. These contracts are accounted for under the proportional performance method. Under this method, revenue is recognized in proportion to the value provided to the customer for each project as of each reporting date. We recognize revenues in the period in which the data transmission is provided to the licensee.

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Allowance for Doubtful Accounts.

We are required to make judgments as to the realizability of our accounts receivable. We make these assessments based on the following factors: (a) historical experience, (b) customer concentrations, (c) customer credit worthiness, (d) current economic conditions, and (e) changes in customer payment terms.

 

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.

 

Goodwill and Intangible Assets

 

Goodwill represents the future economic benefit arising from other assets acquired that could not be individually identified and separately recognized. The goodwill arising from the Company’s acquisitions is attributable to the value of the potential expanded market opportunity with new customers. Intangible assets have either an identifiable or indefinite useful life. Intangible assets with identifiable useful lives are amortized on a straight-line basis over their economic or legal life, whichever is shorter. The Company’s amortizable intangible assets consist of customer relationships and non-compete agreements. Their useful lives range from 1.5 to 10 years. The Company’s indefinite-lived intangible assets consist of trade names.

 

 

 

 

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Goodwill and indefinite-lived assets are not amortized but are subject to annual impairment testing unless circumstances dictate more frequent assessments. The Company performs an annual impairment assessment for goodwill during the fourth quarter of each year and more frequently whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the fair value of the asset may be less than the carrying amount. Goodwill impairment testing is a two-step process performed at the reporting unit level. Step one compares the fair value of the reporting unit to its carrying amount. The fair value of the reporting unit is determined by considering both the income approach and market approaches. The fair values calculated under the income approach and market approaches are weighted based on circumstances surrounding the reporting unit. Under the income approach, the Company determines fair value based on estimated future cash flows of the reporting unit, which are discounted to the present value using discount factors that consider the timing and risk of cash flows. For the discount rate, the Company relies on the capital asset pricing model approach, which includes an assessment of the risk-free interest rate, the rate of return from publicly traded stocks, the Company’s risk relative to the overall market, the Company’s size and industry and other Company specific risks. Other significant assumptions used in the income approach include the terminal value, growth rates, future capital expenditures and changes in future working capital requirements. The market approaches use key multiples from guideline businesses that are comparable and are traded on a public market. If the fair value of the reporting unit is greater than its carrying amount, there is no impairment. If the reporting unit’s carrying amount exceeds its fair value, then the second step must be completed to measure the amount of impairment, if any. Step two calculates the implied fair value of goodwill by deducting the fair value of all tangible and intangible net assets of the reporting unit from the fair value of the reporting unit as calculated in step one. In this step, the fair value of the reporting unit is allocated to all of the reporting unit’s assets and liabilities in a hypothetical purchase price allocation as if the reporting unit had been acquired on that date. If the carrying amount of goodwill exceeds the implied fair value of goodwill, an impairment loss is recognized in an amount equal to the excess.

 

Determining the fair value of a reporting unit is judgmental in nature and requires the use of significant estimates and assumptions, including revenue growth rates, strategic plans and future market conditions, among others. There can be no assurance that the Company’s estimates and assumptions made for purposes of the goodwill impairment testing will prove to be accurate predictions of the future. Changes in assumptions and estimates could cause the Company to perform impairment testtesting prior to scheduled annual impairment tests.

 

The Company performed its annual fair value assessment at December 31, 2019 and 2018 on its subsidiaries with material goodwill and intangible asset amounts on their respective balance sheets and determined that no2021, there was a $3,600,000 impairment exists.during the year. For the year ended December 31, 2020, there was a $4,000,000 impairment.

 

Plan of Operation

 

Mobiquity intends to hire several new sales and sales support individuals to help generate additional revenue through the use of the Advangelists platform. Mobiquity’s sales team will focus on Advertising Agencies, Brands and publishers to help increase both supply and demand across the Advangelists platform. The Advangelists platform creates three revenue streams for Mobiquity. The first is licensing the Advangelists platform as a white-label product for use by Advertising Agencies, DSP’s, Publishers and Brands. Under the White-Label scenario, the user licenses the technology and is responsible for running its own business operations and is billed a percentage of volume run through the platform. The second revenue stream is a managed services model in which the user is billed a higher percentage of revenue run through the platform, but all services are managed by the Mobiquity/Advangelists team. The third revenue model is a seat model, whereaswhere the user is billed a percentage of revenue run through the platform and business operations are shared between the user and the Mobiquity/Advangelists team. The goal of the sales team is to inform potential users of the benefits in efficiency and effectiveness of utilizing the end-to-end, fully integrated ATOS created by Advangelists.

 

 

 

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Results of Operations

 

Year Ended December 31, 20192021, versus Year Ended December 31, 20182020

The following table sets forth certain selected condensedconsolidated statement of operations data for the periodsyears indicated in dollars. In addition, we note that the period-to-periodyear-to-year comparison may not be indicative of future performance.

 

  Year Ended December 31 
  2019  2018 
Revenue $9,717,796  $1,474,392 
Cost of Revenues  7,297,550   1,043,616 
Gross Income  2,420,246   430,776 
Operating Expenses  15,882,475   5,213,423 
Loss from operations  (13,462,229)  (4,782,647)
Net Loss (43,747,375)  (58,510,729)
Loss from operations per common share  (0.05)  (0.16)
Net Loss per common share  (0.06)  (0.18)
Weighted average common shares outstanding  781,015,355   375,477,797 
  Year Ended (As Restated)
  December 31,
2021
 December 31,
2020
Revenue $2,672,615  $6,184,010 
Cost of Revenues  1,954,383   4,360,645 
Gross Profit  718,232   1,823,365 
Operating Expenses  13,607,759   8,850,929 
Loss from operations  (12,889,527)  (7,027,564)

 

We generated revenues of $9,717,796$2,672,615 in fiscal 20192021 as compared to $1,474,392$6,184,010 in the same period for fiscal 2018,2020, a change in revenues of $8,243,404, which is an increase of over 650%. Increased revenues from the acquisition of Advangelists and additions$3,511,395. The nationwide economic shutdown due to our sales force and additional customers added to our organization all using our new revenue streams.COVID-19 during 2021 severely reduced current operations.

 

Cost of revenues was $7,297,550$1,954,383 or 75.1%71% of revenues in fiscal 20192021 as compared to $1,043,616$4,360,645 or 70.1%71% of revenues in the same fiscal period of fiscal 2018.2020. Cost of revenues include web services for storage and processing of our data and web engineers who are building and maintaining our platforms. TheOur ability to capture and store data for sales does not translate to increased costs, on a percentage basis, arise with our increased sales and our additional sales offerings.cost of sales.

 

Gross Incomeprofit was $2,420,246$718,232 or 27% of revenues for fiscal 2019 or 24.9% of net revenues2021 as compared to $430,776$1,823,365 in the same fiscal period of 20182020 or 29.1%29% of revenues. The decrease in grossWhen the country comes out of COVID-19 and the economy begins to turn around we anticipate income margin from fiscal year 2018 to 2019 pertains to discounts given to our current customer base with some introductory rates for the new services we designed.increase.

 

Selling, general, and administrativeRestated operating expenses were $15,882,475$13,607,759 for fiscal 20192021 compared to 5,213,423$8,850,929 in the comparable period of the prior year, an increase of $10,669,052. Such$4,756,830. Increased operating cost increasescosts include acquisitioncash and non-cash expenses for professional fees of $1,141,848, non-cash operating costs technology integration costs, new hires, payrollalso include stock and related expenses, commissions, insurance, rents, professional (consulting)share-based compensation of $4,635,224, and public awareness fees. Non-cash stock-based compensation increased $6,271,595 along with amortization of debt discount and issue costs of $1,483,348, which accounted for approximately 73% of the increase in operating costs.$780,081.

 

The restated net loss from operations for 20192021 was $13,462,229$12,889,527 as compared to $4,782,647$7,027,564 for the comparable period of the prior year, a $8,679,582 increase.an increase of $5,861,963. The loss from operations included the non-cash increase inprimarily includes stock-based compensation of $6,271,595,$4,635,224, stock issued for services of $1,158,025, bad debt expense of $434,390, amortization of intangible assets of $800,735, and amortization of debt discount/issue costs of $1,483,348, cost of professional fees paid in stock of $727,619. Cash costs include an increase in salaries with the additions to our sales force of $1,684,210.

$780,081. The net loss for 2019 was $43,747,375 as compared to $58,510,729 for the comparable period of the prior year, a 26.9% decrease from the previous year. The netcontinuing operating loss is attributable to the acquisition of an entity and our focused effortseffort in creating the infrastructure required to move forward with our business. Net loss from 2019 include noncash expenses totaling $28,613,682 including $20,858,739 in warrant expense, stock-based compensation of $6,271,595Mobiquity and amortization costs of $1,483,348. Increased cash costs include additional salaries of $1,731,381 and travel costs of $163,552 and $234,969 in license and permit costs. In 2018 the costs included $9,074,080 in acquisition costs, derivatives of $8,905,784 and loss on sale of investments held of $14,732,825.Advangelists network business.

 

No benefit for income taxes is provided for in the reported periods due to the full valuation allowance on the net deferred tax assets. Our ability to be profitable in the future is dependent upon the successful introduction and usage of our data collection and analysis including Advertising, Data Licensing, Footfall Reporting, Attribution Reporting, Real Estate Planning, Financial Forecasting and Custom Research services.

 

Liquidity

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Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

We have a history of operating losses and our management has concluded that factors raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern and our auditor has included an explanatory paragraph relating to our ability to continue as a going concern in its audit report for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2021, and 2020

We had cash and cash equivalents of $1,240,064$5,385,245 at December 31, 2019. Cash2021. Restated cash used byin operating activities for the year ended December 31, 20192021, was $8,342,506.$6,717,324. This resulted from a restated net loss of $44,027,719,$18,333,383, partially offset by non-cash expenses, including depreciation and amortization of $1,528,644,$808,300, stock-based compensation of $6,599,000,$4,635,224, stock issued for service of $1,158,025, and warrantimpairment expense of $3,153,991, other warrant costs from$3,600,000.

For the conversion/issuanceyear ended December 31, 2021, cash used in investing activities was $6,472 related to the purchase of debt of $23,213,197. Cashproperty and equipment.

Restated cash provided by financing activities of $9,017,551$11,506,860 was the result of issuance of notes proceeds from the issuancetotaling $4,143,000 and repayments of commonnotes totaling $2,840,337, as well as stock salesand warrants issued for cash net of investments, and notes from bank.direct offering costs of $10,204,197.

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We had cash and cash equivalents of $624,338$602,182 at December 31, 2018.2020. Cash used byin operating activities for the year ended December 31, 20182020 was $50,580,239.$3,286,764 (as restated). This primarily resulted from a net loss of $58,510,729,$11,745,835 (as restated), partially offset by non-cash expenses, including depreciation and amortization of $42,866,$1,807,007, stock-based compensation of $327,405, stock issued for services of $2,269,740, change in derivatives of $10,672,672,$993,512 (as restated), and warrantimpairment expense of $24,176,958.$4,000,000. Cash provided by financing activities of $67,633,006$2,655,481 (as restated) was the result of issuance of notes proceeds from the issuance ofpayable and common stock, net, offset by cash received from bank notes.payments on notes outstanding.

 

Our company commenced operations in 1998 and was initially funded by our three founders, each of whom has made demand loans to our company that have been repaid. Since 1999, we have relied on equity financing and borrowings from outside investors to supplement our cash flow from operations and expect this to continue in 20202022 and beyond until cash flow from our proximity marketing operations become substantial.

 

Recent Financings

 

In 2018On October 19, 2021, the Company filed a Form S-1 Registration Statement (File no. 333-260364) with the Securities and 2019, weExchange Commission to raise over $10 million dollars in an underwritten public offering. The next day the Company filed an application to list our common stock on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol “MOBQ.” This offering was completed debton December 13, 2021, and equitythe Company retired the loans of Talos Victory Fund, LLC and Blue Lake Partners LLC out of the gross proceeds it received of approximately $10.3 million. Also, Talos Victory Fund, LLC and Blue Lake Partners, LLC converted all of their warrants on a cashless basis into 24,692 common shares and 24,692 common shares, respectively.

We have completed various financings. See Item 5other financings as described under “Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities” and “Note 5” in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

As of December 31, 2021, we did not have any off-balance-sheet arrangements, as defined in Item 303(a)(4)(ii) of Regulation S-K.

  

Item 7A. Qualitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

 

Market risk is the risk of loss arising from adverse changes in market rates and prices, such as interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates and commodity prices. Our primary exposure to market risk is interest rate risk associated with our short-term money market investments. The Company does not have any financial instruments held for trading or other speculative purposes and does not invest in derivative financial instruments, interest rate swaps or other investments that alter interest rate exposure. The Company does not have any credit facilities with variable interest rates.

 

Item 8. Financial Statements

 

Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

 

The report of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, Financial Statements and Schedules are set forth herein.

 

 

 

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Index to Financial Statements

CONTENTS
YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2019 AND 2018PAGES
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting FirmF-1
Consolidated Balance SheetsF-2
Consolidated Statements of OperationsF-3
Consolidated Statement of Stockholders' EquityF-4
Consolidated Statements of Cash FlowsF-6
Notes to Consolidated Financial StatementsF-7


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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the shareholders and the board of directors of Mobiquity Technologies, Inc.

 

Opinion on the Financial Statements

 

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Mobiquity Technologies, Inc. as of December 31, 20192021, and 2018,2020, the related statements of operations, stockholders' equity (deficit), and cash flows for the years then ended, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the "financial statements"). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 20192021, and 2018,2020, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the years then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.

Restatement of December 31, 2021 Financial Statements

As discussed in Note 3 to the financial statements, the financial statements have been restated to correct certain misstatements.

Substantial Doubt about the Company’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 1 to the financial statements, the Company has suffered recurring losses from operations and has a significant accumulated deficit. In addition, the Company continues to experience negative cash flows from operations. These factors raise substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. Management's plans in regard to these matters are also described in Note 1. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

 

Basis for Opinion

 

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company's financial statements based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) ("PCAOB") and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

 

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

 

Our audit included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audit also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

Substantial Doubt about the Company’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern

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Critical Audit Matter

 

The accompanyingcritical audit matter communicated below is a matter arising from the current-period audit of the financial statements have been prepared assuming that was communicated or required to be communicated to the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 1audit committee and that (1) relates to accounts or disclosures that are material to the financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. The communication of critical audit matters does not alter in any way our opinion on the Company’s significant operating losses raise substantial doubt about its ability to continuefinancial statements, taken as a going concern. The financial statements dowhole, and we are not, include any adjustments that might result fromby communicating the outcome of this uncertainty.critical audit matter below, providing a separate opinion on the critical audit matter or on the accounts or disclosures to which it relates.

 

Revenue recognition — identification of contractual terms in certain customer arrangements

As described in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements, management assesses relevant contractual terms in its customer arrangements to determine the transaction price and recognizes revenue upon transfer of control of the promised goods or services in an amount that reflects the consideration the Company expects to receive in exchange for those products or services. Management applies judgment in determining the transaction price which is dependent on the contractual terms. In order to determine the transaction price, management may be required to estimate variable consideration when determining the amount and timing of revenue recognition.

The principal considerations for our determination that performing procedures relating to the identification of contractual terms in customer arrangements to determine the transaction price is a critical audit matter are there was significant judgment by management in identifying contractual terms due to the volume and customized nature of the Company’s customer arrangements. This in turn led to significant effort in performing our audit procedures which were designed to evaluate whether the contractual terms used in the determination of the transaction price and the timing of revenue recognition were appropriately identified and determined by management and to evaluate the reasonableness of management’s estimates.

Addressing the matter involved performing procedures and evaluating audit evidence in connection with forming our overall opinion on the consolidated financial statements. These procedures included testing the effectiveness of controls relating to the revenue recognition process, including those related to the identification of contractual terms in customer arrangements that impact the determination of the transaction price and revenue recognition. These procedures also included, among others, (i) testing the completeness and accuracy of management’s identification of the contractual terms by examining customer arrangements on a test basis, and (ii) testing management’s process for determining the appropriate amount and timing of revenue recognition based on the contractual terms identified in the customer arrangements.

/S S/ BF Borgers CPA PC

BF Borgers CPA PC

(PCAOB ID 5041)

We have served as the Company's auditor since 2018.from 2018 to 2022

Lakewood, CO

March 24, 202029, 2022, except for the effects of the restatement disclosed in Note 3, as to which the date is November 28, 2022

 

 

 

  

 

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Mobiquity Technology,Technologies, Inc.

Consolidated Balance Sheets

(As Restated)

       
  

December 31, 2021
(Restated)

  December 31, 2020
(Restated)
 
       
Assets        
Current Assets        
Cash $5,385,245  $602,182 
Accounts receivable, net  388,112   1,698,719 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets  11,700   46,396 
Total Current Assets  5,785,057   2,347,297 
         
Property and equipment (net of accumulated depreciation of $20,200 and $12,635, respectively)  20,335   21,428 
Goodwill  1,352,865   1,352,865 
Intangible assets (net of accumulated amortization of $4,156,657 and $3,355,922, respectively)  1,247,019   5,647,754 
         
Other assets        
Security deposits     9,000 
Investment in corporate stock     91 
         
Total Assets $8,405,276  $9,378,435 
         
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity        
Current Liabilities        
Accounts payable and accrued expenses $2,367,600  $3,140,467 
Notes payable  656,504   901,283 
Total Current Liabilities  3,024,104   4,041,750 
         
Long term portion convertible notes, net  2,462,500   2,450,000 
         
Total Liabilities  5,486,604   6,491,750 
         
Stockholders' Deficit        
AAA Preferred stock; 4,930,000 and 5,000,000 authorized; $0.0001 par value 31,413 and 56,413 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020  493,869   868,869 
Preferred stock Series C; $.0001 par value; 1,500 shares authorized 0 and 1,500 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020     15,000 
Preferred stock Series E; 70,000 authorized; $80 par value 61,688 and 61,688 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020  4,935,040   4,935,040 
Common stock: 100,000,000 authorized; $0.0001 par value 6,460,751 and 2,803,685 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020  652   282 
Treasury stock $0.0001 par value 37,500 and 37,500 shares outstanding at December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020  (1,350,000)  (1,350,000)
Additional paid in capital  201,284,007   182,529,005 
Accumulated deficit  (202,444,894)  (184,111,511)
Total Stockholders' Equity  2,918,672   2,886,685 
Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity $8,405,276  $9,378,435 

 

See notes to consolidated financial statements

  December 31,  December 31, 
  2019  2018 
       
Assets        
Current Assets        
Cash $1,240,064  $624,338 
Accounts receivable, net  3,611,378   2,479,363 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets  20,200   11,700 
Total Current Assets  4,871,642   3,115,401 
         
Property and equipment (net of accumulated depreciation of $6,364 and $1,967, respectively)  21,100   6,662 
Goodwill  1,352,865   7,425,433 
Intangibles assets (net of accumulated amortization of $1,555,618 and $30,939, respectively)  11,448,490   1,825,419 
         
Other assets        
Security deposits  9,000   9,000 
Member's Loan     131,649 
Investment in corporate stock  3,100   4,284,444 
         
Total Assets $17,706,197  $16,798,008 
         
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity        
Current Liabilities        
Accounts payable $2,958,108  $1,255,437 
Accrued expenses  960,734   975,359 
Notes payable  566,250   150,000 
Total Current Liabilities  4,485,092   2,380,796 
         
Long term portion of notes payable, net  2,300,000    
         
Total Liabilities  6,785,092   2,380,796 
         
Commitments and contingencies      
         
Stockholders' Deficit        
AAA Preferred stock; 4,930,000 and 5,000,000 authorized; $0.0001 par value 56,413 and 1,090,588 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018  714,869   11,552,513 
         
AAAA Preferred Stock; $.0001 par value; 1,250 shares authorized zero and 800 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018     8,000 
         
Preferred stock Series C; $.0001 par value; 1,500 shares authorized 1,500 and 1,500 issued and outstanding at December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018  15,000   15,000 
         
Preferred stock Series E; 70,000 authorized; $80 par value 65,625 and zero shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018  5,250,000    
         
Common stock: 2,000,000,000 authorized; $0.0001 par value 945,072,040 and 629,066,933 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018  93,453   62,922 
         
Treasury stock $.09 par value; 15,000,000 and zero outstanding at December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018  (1,350,000)   
         
Additional paid in capital  177,334,305   129,223,402 
Accumulated deficit  (171,136,522)  (127,108,803)
Non-controlling interest     664,178 
Total Stockholders' Equity  10,921,105   14,417,212 
Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity $17,706,197  $16,798,008 

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Consolidated Statements of Operations of Comprehensive Loss

(As Restated)

       
  Year Ended 
  December 31, 
  

2021

  2020 
  Restated  Restated 
       
Revenue $2,672,615  $6,184,010 
         
Cost of Revenues  1,954,383   4,360,645 
         
Gross Profit  718,232   1,823,365 
         
General and administrative expenses  13,607,759   8,850,929 
         
Loss from operations  (12,889,527)  (7,027,564)
         
Other Income (Expenses)        
Impairment expense  (3,600,000)  (4,000,000)
Interest Expense  (1,417,268)  (715,262)
Amortization of debt discount/issue costs  (692,430)   
Forgiveness of SBA – PPP loan  265,842    
Unrealized gain (loss) on investments     (3,009)
Total Other Income (Expense)  (5,443,856)  (4,718,271)
         
Net Loss $(18,333,383) $(11,745,835)
         
Net Loss Per Common Share:        
Basic and Diluted $(5.47) $(4.63)
         
Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding, basic and diluted  3,351,335   2,537,811 

 

See notes to consolidated financial statements

 

 F-245 

 

Mobiquity Technology, Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Operations

  For the Year Ended December 31, 
  2019  2018 
       
Revenue $9,717,796  $1,474,392 
         
Cost of Revenues  7,297,550   1,043,616 
         
Gross Profit  2,420,246   430,776 
         
Operating Expenses        
Selling, general and administrative  5,867,884   3,201,808 
Salaries  3,415,591   1,684,210 
Stock based compensation  6,599,000   327,405 
Total Operating Expenses  (15,882,475)  (5,213,423)
         
Loss from operations  (13,462,229)  (4,782,647)
         
Other Income (Expenses)        
Interest Expense  (346,204)  (2,304,401)
Change in derivative liability     (8,905,784)
Acquisition expense  (2,970,364)  (12,044,444)
Loss on sale of warrants     (2,222,500)
Warrant cost from conversion/issuance of debt  (23,213,197)  (2,354,458)
Loss on sale of investments  (3,755,381)  (14,732,825)
Initial derivative expense     (559,728)
Gain / Loss on settlement of debt     (10,603,942)
Total Other Income (Expense)  (30,285,146)  (53,728,082)
         
Net loss $(43,747,375) $(58,510,729)
         
Other Comprehensive Income        
Unrealized holding (loss) arising during period  (280,344)  (7,194,479)
Less net gain attributable to non-controlling interest     (113,880)
         
Net Comprehensive Loss $(44,027,719) $(65,819,088)
         
Net Comprehensive Loss Per Common Share:        
For continued operations, basic and diluted  (0.06)  (0.18)
         
Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding, basic and diluted  781,015,355   375,477,797 

See notes to consolidated financial statements

F-3

Mobiquity Technology, Inc.

Consolidated Statement of Stockholders' Equity

  AAAA  Mezzanine  Series E Preferred Stock  Series C Preferred Stock       
  Preferred Stock  Preferred Stock  Preferred Stock  Preferred Stock  Preferred Stock 
  Shares  Amount  Shares  Amount  Shares  Amount  Shares  Amount  Shares  Amount 
Balance, at December 31, 2017    $   850,588  $11,552,538     $     $   240,000  $25 
Common stock issued in exchange for interest                              
Common stock issued for services                              
Purchase of common stock                              
AAAA preferred conversion  (200)  (2,000)                        
Stock based compensation                              
Note conversion                              
Preferred stock series C                    1,500   15,000       
Warrant conversions                              
Warrants issued                              
Derivative conversions                              
Default shares        240,000                  (240,000)  (25)
Exchange shares  1,000   10,000                         
Net Loss                              
Balance, at December 31, 2018  800  $8,000   1,090,588  $11,552,513     $   1,500  $15,000     $ 

  Common Stock  

Additional

Paid-in

  Non Controlling  Treasury Shares  Accumulated  Total Stockholders' 
  Shares  Amount  Capital  Interest  Shares  Amount  Deficit  Deficit 
Balance, at December 31, 2017  198,375,600  $19,850  $44,776,029  $     $  $(61,298,474) $(4,950,032)
Common stock issued in exchange for interest  11,500,000   1,150   405,225               406,375 
Common stock issued for services  24,725,000   2,472   2,267,268               2,269,740 
Purchase of common stock  235,583,334   23,561   24,093,106               24,116,667 
AAAA preferred conversion  20,000,000   2,000   2,200,000               2,200,000 
Stock based compensation        327,405               327,405 
Note conversion  108,632,999   10,864   10,194,677               10,205,541 
Preferred stock series C                       15,000 
Warrant conversions  30,250,000   3,025   3,631,975               3,635,000 
Warrants issued        20,578,626               20,578,626 
Derivative conversions        10,779,066               10,779,066 
Default shares        25                
Exchange shares        9,970,000               9,980,000 
Net Loss           664,178         (65,810,329)  (65,146,151)
Balance, at December 31, 2018  629,066,933  $62,922  $129,223,402  $664,178     $  $(127,108,803) $14,417,212 

See notes to consolidated financial statements

F-4

 

Mobiquity Technology,Technologies, Inc.

Consolidated Statement of Stockholders' Equity

(continued)(As Restated)

 

  AAAA  Mezzanine  Series E Preferred Stock  Series C Preferred Stock       
  Preferred Stock  Preferred Stock  Preferred Stock  Preferred Stock  Preferred Stock 
  Shares  Amount  Shares  Amount  Shares  Amount  Shares  Amount  Shares  Amount 
Balance, at December 31, 2018  800  $8,000   1,090,588  $11,552,513     $   1,500  $15,000     $ 
Common stock issued for services                              
Treasury shares                              
Purchase of common stock                              
Preferred stock series E              65,625   5,250,000             
Stock based compensation                              
Exchange shares  (800)  (8,000)  (1,044,175)  (10,837,644)                  
Warrant cost from conversion/issuance of debt                              
Warrants issued                              
Net Loss                              
Balance, at December 31, 2019    $   46,413  $714,869   65,625  $5,250,000   1,500  $15,000     $ 
                                             
  Series AAA
Preferred Stock
          Series C
Preferred Stock
  Series E
Preferred Stock
  Common Stock  Additional Paid-in 
  Shares  Amount          Shares  Amount  Shares  Amount  Shares  Amount  Capital 
December 31, 2020 (as restated)  56,413  $868,869      868,869   1,500  $15,000   61,688  $4,935,040   2,803,685  $282  $182,529,005 
Stock issued for services                            265,000   25   1,158,001 
Stock issued for cash and warrants - net of offering costs of $974,000 (as restated)                           2,631,764   264   10,203,933 
Stock based compensation (as restated)                                  4,635,224 
Conversion of convertible debt to common stock                            236,768   24   1,347,134 
Stock issued with debt recorded as a debt discount                            92,900   14   700,567 
Warrants issued for interest expense (as restated)                                  320,188 
Exercise of warrants for common stock (as restated)                            49,384   4   (4)
Conversion of Series AAA, preferred stock  (25,000)  (375,000)                     6,250   1   374,999 
Conversion of Series C, preferred stock                (1,500)  (15,000)        375,000   38   14,962 
Net loss (as restated)                                   
December 31, 2021 (as restated)  31,413  $493,869           $   61,688  $4,935,040   6,460,751  $652  $201,284,007 

 

                                             
          Mezzanine  Series C
Preferred Stock
  Series E
Preferred Stock
        Additional 
          Preferred Stock  Preferred Stock  Preferred Stock  Common Stock  Paid-in 
          Shares  Amount  Shares  Amount  Shares  Amount  Shares  Amount  Capital 
Balance, at January 1, 2020 (as restated)         46,413  $714,869   1,500  $15,000   65,625  $52,50,000   2,335,792  $234  $178,656,678 
Common stock issued for services                            38,125   3   547,448 
Common stock issued for note conversion                            1,919      30,794 
Common stock issued for cash                            340,786   40   1,477,000 
Preferred stock series E         10,000   154,000       (3,937  (314,960  9,843   1   160,959 
Warrant conversions                            77,220   4   662,754 
Stock based compensation                                  993,512 
Net Loss                                   
Balance, at December 31, 2020 (as restated)        56,413  $868,869   1,500  $15,000   61,688  $49,35,040   2,803,685  $282  $182,529,005 

 

 

 

  Common Stock  

Additional

Paid-in

  Non Controlling  Treasury Shares  Accumulated  Total Stockholders' 
  Shares  Amount  Capital  Interest  Shares  Amount  Deficit  Deficit 
Balance, at December 31, 2018  629,066,933  $62,922  $129,223,402  $664,178     $  $(127,108,803) $14,417,212 
Common stock issued for services  6,385,090   639   716,938               717,577 
Treasury shares              15,000,000   (1,350,000)     (1,350,000)
Purchase of common stock  49,215,137   4,924   3,624,576               3,629,500 
Preferred stock series E                       5,250,000 
Stock based compensation        6,599,000               6,599,000 
Exchange shares  204,417,500   20,444   10,807,725               (17,475)
Warrant conversions  45,232,180   4,524   3,149,467               3,153,991 
Warrants issued        23,213,197               23,213,197 
Net Loss           (664,178)        (44,027,719)  (44,691,897)
Balance, at December 31, 2019  934,316,840  $93,453  $177,334,305  $   15,000,000  $(1,350,000) $(171,136,522) $10,921,105 
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           Total 
  Treasury Stock  Accumulated  Stockholders' 
  Shares  Amount  Deficit  Deficit 
December 31, 2020 (as restated)  37,500  $(1,350,000) $(184,111,511)  2,886,685 
Stock issued for services           1,158,026 
Stock issued for cash and warrants - net of offering costs of $974,000 (as restated)           10,204,197 
Stock based compensation (as restated)           4,635,224 
Conversion of debt           2,004,432 
Stock issued with debt recorded as a debt discount           700,581 
Warrants issued for interest expense (as restated)           320,188 
Exercise of warrants for common stock (as restated)            
Conversion of Series AAA, preferred stock            
Conversion of Series C, preferred stock            
Net loss (as restated)        (18,333,383)  (18,333,383)
December 31, 2021 (as restated)  37,500  $(1,350,000) $(202,444,894)  2,918,672 

  Treasury Shares  Accumulated  Total Stockholders’ 
  Shares  Amount  Deficit  Deficit 
Balance, at January 1, 2020 (as restated)  37,500   (1,350,000) $(172,365,676) $10,921,105 
Common stock issued for services           547,451 
Common stock issued for note conversion           30,794 
Common stock issued for cash           1,477,000 
Preferred stock series E            
Warrant conversions           662,758 
Stock based compensation           993,512 
Net Loss        (11,745,835)  (11,745,835)
Balance, at December 31, 2020 (as restated)  37,500  $(1,350,000) $(184,111,511) $2,886,685 

 

 

See notes to consolidated financial statements

 

 F-547 

Mobiquity Technology,Technologies, Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(As Restated)

 

  Year Ended 
  December 31, 
  2019  2018 
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:        
Net loss $(44,027,719) $(58,510,729)
         
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:        
Depreciation expense  4,397   1,967 
Allowance for uncollectible receivables     80,600 
Amortization- Intangible Assets  1,524,247   40,899 
Amortization- Debt discount     234,502 
Change in derivative instrument     10,672,672 
Stock based compensation  6,599,000   327,405 
Common stock issued for services  717,577   2,269,740 
Warrant expense  3,153,991   24,176,958 
Warrant cost from the conversion/issuance of debt  23,213,197    
Initial derivative expense     (559,728)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities        
Accounts receivable  (1,132,015)  (2,541,387)
Prepaid expenses and other assets  (8,500)  8,213 
Investment in corporate stock     (27,818,436)
Accounts payable  1,702,671   797,157 
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities  (7,816)  320,834 
Accrued interest  (81,536)  (80,906)
Total Adjustments  35,685,213   7,930,490 
Net Cash in Operating activities  (8,342,506)  (50,580,239)
         
Cash Flows from Investing Activities        
Purchase of property and equipment  (18,835)  (8,629)
Proceeds from the sale of investments  167,400    
Issuance of preferred stock  5,250,000    
Addition to Goodwill and Intangibles  (5,074,750)  (9,281,791)
Net cash used in Investing Activities  323,815   (9,290,420)
         
Cash Flows from Financing Activities        
Proceeds from the issuance of convertible notes  2,550,000   1,243,351 
Proceeds from issuance of common stock  3,629,500   9,120,000 
Loss on sale of company stock  2,483,600   9,051,192 
Loss on sale of investment     23,533,992 
Notes converted to preferred stock     (2,997,500)
Common stock issued in exchange for interest     406,375 
Accrued interest converted to note  74,727    
Notes converted to common stock     14,576,184 
Preferred stock converted to common stock  (17,475)  2,224,999 
Non-controlling interest     559,057 
Issuance of preferred stock for investment     9,970,000 
Cash received from bank notes  750,000   209,454 
Cash paid on bank notes  (452,101)  (264,098)
Net cash from Financing Activities  9,018,251   67,633,006 
         
Net change in Cash and Cash Equivalents  999,560   7,762,347 
Cash and Cash Equivalents, Beginning of period  624,338   56,470 
Non-controlling interest  (664,178)   
Unrealized holding change on securities  280,344   (7,194,479)
Cash and Cash Equivalents, end of period  1,240,064   624,338 
         
Supplemental Disclosure Information        
Cash paid for interest $2,524  $5,681 
Cash paid for taxes      
         
Non-cash Disclosures:        
Common stock issued for interest $  $406,375 
Conversion of notes and interest into AAA & AAAA Preferred and Common Stock $  $5,609,000 

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Year Ended

December 31,

 
  2021 2020 
  (As Restated)  (As Restated) 
Operating activities      
Net loss $(18,333,383) $(11,745,835)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operations        
Bad debt expense  434,390   306,000 
Depreciation  7,565   6,271 
Amortization of intangibles  800,735   1,800,736 
Amortization of debt discount/issue costs  780,081    
Recognition of share based compensation  4,635,224   993,512 
Stock issued for services  1,158,026   547,451 
Warrants issued for interest expense  320,188    
Impairment of intangibles  3,600,000   4,000,000 
Gain on forgiveness of PPP loan  (265,842)   
Change in fair value of marketable securities     3,009 
Changes in operating assets and liabilities        
(Increase) decrease in        
Accounts receivable  876,217   1,606,659 
Prepaids and other  43,788   (26,196)
Increase (decrease) in        
Accounts payable and accrued expenses  (774,311)  (778,371)
Net cash used in operating activities  (6,717,324)  (3,286,764)
         
Investing activities        
Purchase of property and equipment  (6,472)  (6,599)
Net cash used in investing activities  (6,472)  (6,599)
         
Financing activities        
Proceeds from issuance of notes payable - net  4,143,000   1,005,842 
Repayments on notes payable  (2,840,337)  (490,115)
Proceeds from exercise of common stock warrants     662,754 
Proceeds from stock and warrants issued for cash - net of offering costs  10,204,197   1,477,000 
Net cash provided by financing activities  11,506,860   2,655,481 
         
Net increase (decrease) in cash  4,783,063   (637,882)
         
Cash - beginning of year  602,182   1,240,064 
         
Cash - end of year $5,385,245  $602,182 
         
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information        
Cash paid for interest $424,616  $442,326 
Cash paid for income tax $2,065  $7,272 
         
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities        
Conversion of Series AAA preferred stock to common stock $375,000  $ 
Conversion of Series C preferred stock into common stock $15,000  $ 
Conversion of Series E preferred stock into common stock $  $314,960 
Exercise of warrants for common stock $4  $ 
Conversion of convertible debt into common stock $2,004,432  $30,694 

 

See notes to consolidated financial statements

 

 F-648 

MOBIQUITY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND 2020 (AS RESTATED)

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:

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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:

·Mobiquity issued warrants for 269,384 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $56 per share to the pre-merger Advangelists’ members, and, in February 2019, upon the attainment of the vesting threshold of Advangelists’ combined revenues for the months of December 2018 and January 2019 being at least $250,000, the Company transferred 9,209,722 shares of Gopher Protocol, Inc. common stock to the pre-merger Advangelists members. The Mobiquity warrants were valued at a total of $3,844,444, and the Gopher shares of common stock were valued at a total of $6,155,556.

·Glen Eagles paid the pre-merger Advangelists members $10 million. $500,000 was paid at closing in cash (which the Company advanced on behalf of Glen Eagles without any agreement regarding repayment of the advance), and $9,500,000 was paid by Glen Eagles’ promissory note to Deepankar Katyal, as representative of pre-merger Advangelists members, payable in 19 monthly installments of $500,000 each.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND 2020 (AS RESTATED)

The Company acquired 3% of the Advangelists’ membership interests from Glen Eagles in April 2019 AND 2018in 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:

·$5,250,000 of the principal was payable in 65,625 shares of the Company’s Class E Preferred Stock, which is convertible into 164,062.50 shares the Company’s common stock, plus warrants to purchase 82,031.25 Company shares of common stock, at an exercise price of $48 per share: and
·$1,530,000 of the principal balance, plus all accrued and unpaid interest under the promissory note was payable in three monthly installments of $510,000 each.

The promissory note was paid in full in November 2019.

Mobiquity Networks, Inc.

 

NOTE 1:ORGANIZATION AND GOING CONCERNWe 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. WeThe 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 December 31, 2021, and 2020, the Company had an accumulated deficit (as restated) of $202,444,894 and $184,111,511, respectively. The Company incurred net losses from operations of $12,462,229$18,333,383 and $11,745,835 for the yearyears ended December 31, 2019, $4,782,6472021 and 2020, respectively. These factors raise substantial doubt regarding the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern for a period of one year from the year ended December 31, 2018.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. Whichbasis, 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.

 

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MOBIQUITY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND 2020 (AS RESTATED)

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 of 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 2022 and 2023.

NOTE 2: SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

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;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.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND 2020 (AS RESTATED)

The ATOS platform:

 

·creates an automated marketplace of advertisers and publishers on digital media outlets to host online auctions to facilitate the sale of ad time slots (known as digital real estate) targeted at users while engaged on their connected TV, computer or mobile device, and
  
·gives advertisers the capability to understand and interact with their audiences and engage them in a meaningful way by the using ads in both image and video formats (known as rich media) to increase their customer base and foot traffic to their physical locations.

 

Advangelists’ marketplace engages with approximately 2010 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.

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Recent Developments and Employment Agreement with Deepanker Katyal

Deepanker 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:

·A bonus, payable in cash or common stock of the Company, equal to 1% of the Company’s gross revenue (the “Gross Revenue”) for each completed fiscal month during the 2019 fiscal year, subject to certain revenue thresholds as set forth in the Katyal Amendment;

·Commissions equal to 10% of the Net Revenues (as defined in the Katyal Amendment) of all New Katyal Managed Accounts (as defined in the Katyal Amendment);

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·Options to purchase 15,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.09 per share, of which 10,000,000 vest on the date of the Katyal Amendment, and of which 5,000,000 vest on the one year anniversary of the Katyal Amendment.

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:

·A bonus, payable in cash or common stock of the Company, equal to 1% of the Company’s Gross Revenue for each completed fiscal month during the 2019 fiscal year, subject to certain revenue thresholds as set forth in the Mehta Amendment;

·Commissions equal to 5% of the Net Revenues (as defined in the Mehta Amendment) of all New Katyal Managed Accounts (as defined in the Katyal Amendment);

·Options to purchase 15,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.09 per share, of which 10,000,000 vest on the date of the Mehta Amendment, and of which 5,000,000 vest on the one year anniversary of the Mehta Amendment.

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.

 

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:parties as of December 31, 2021:

 

Dean Julia - Principal Executive Officer President and Director

Sean McDonnell - Chief Financial Officer

Deepanker Katyal, Chief Executive Officer of Advangelists

Sean Trepeta – President of Mobiquity Networks and Secretary of the Company

Dr. Gene Salkind – Chairman of the Board of Directors

Deepankar Katyal – Board of Directors

Dr. Eugene SalkindMichael Wright – Board of Directors

 

Anthony Iacovone – Board of Directors

Peter Zurkow – Board of Directors

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND 2020 (AS RESTATED)

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 subsidiaries,subsidiary, Mobiquity Networks, Inc. and its wholly- owned subsidiary, Advangelists, LLC. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

 

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.

 

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FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

The Company measures assets and liabilities at fair value based on an expected exit price as defined by the authoritative guidance on fair value measurements, which represents the amount that would be received on the sale of an asset or paid to transfer a liability, as the case may be, in an orderly transaction between market participants. As such, fair value may be based on assumptions that market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability. The authoritative guidance on fair value measurements establishes a consistent framework for measuring fair value on either a recurring or nonrecurring basis whereby inputs, used in valuation techniques, are assigned a hierarchical level.

The following are the hierarchical levels of inputs to measure fair value:

·Level 1 - Observable inputs that reflect quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
·Level 2 - Inputs reflect quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in markets that are not active; quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets; inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities; or inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means.
·

Level 3 - Unobservable inputs reflecting the Company's assumptions incorporated in valuation techniques used to determine fair value. These assumptions are required to be consistent with market participant assumptions that are reasonably available.

The carrying amounts of the Company's financial assets and liabilities, such as cash, prepaid expenses, other current assets, accounts payable & accrued expenses, certain notes payable and notes payable - related party, convertible debt, approximate their fair values because of the short maturity of these instruments for years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018.

  Level 1  Level 2  Level 3  Total 
Fair value of derivatives $  $  $  $ 

EMBEDDED CONVERSION FEATURES

The Company evaluates embedded conversion features within convertible debt under ASC 815 "Derivatives and Hedging" to determine whether the embedded conversion feature(s) should be bifurcated from the host instrument and accounted for as a derivative at fair value with changes in fair value recorded in earnings. If the conversion feature does not require derivative treatment under ASC 815, the instrument is evaluated under ASC 470-20 "Debt with Conversion and Other Options" for consideration of any beneficial conversion feature.

DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

The Company has financial instruments that are considered derivatives or contain embedded features subject to derivative accountingrelated to 22 convertible notes issued totaling $4,234,000 which included a ratchet provision in the conversion price of $.02 or $.30 or $.035 or a price equal to the last equity transaction completed by the Company as part of a subscription agreement. The notes have maturity dates ranging from February 11, 2018 –July 31, 2018. The Company also has financial instruments that are considered derivatives or contain embedded features subject to derivative accountingrelated to 3,200,000 warrants which included a ratchet provision in the conversion price of $.50 as part of a conversion of preferred AAA shares, and 1,000,000 warrants which included a ratchet provision in the conversion price of $.055 as part of a placement fee related to a note.Embedded derivatives are valued separately from the host instrument and are recognized as derivative liabilities in the Company’s balance sheet. The Company measures these instruments at their estimated fair value and recognizes changes in their estimated fair value in results of operations during the period of change. All notes were extinguished on November 30, 2018 ending the derivative functions due to sequencing under ASC 815-40. The Company has estimated the fair value of these embedded derivatives for convertible debentures and associated warrants using a multinomial lattice model as of December 31, 2018. The fair values of the derivative instruments are measured each quarter, which resulted in a loss of $8,299,622 and derivative expense of $509,729 during the year ended December 31, 2018. As of December 31, 2018, the fair market value of the derivatives aggregated $0using the following assumptions: estimated 0.08 to 4.8-year term, estimated volatility of 163.71% to 394.26%, and a discount rate of 0.00% to 2.83%. All derivative instruments were liquidated during the fourth quarter of 2018.

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CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS - The Company considers all highly liquid debt instruments with a maturity of three months or less as well as bank money market accounts,at the time of issuance to be cash equivalents. As of December 31, 2019, and December 31, 2018, the balances are $1,240,064 and $624,338, respectively.

 

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 December 31, 20192021 consist of 47%55% held by foursix of our largest customers. Our current receivables at December 31, 2018 receivables2020 consist of 57%58% held by fivesix 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 December 31, 2019,2021, and December 31, 2018,2020, the Company exceeded FDIC limits by $749,037$5,103,273, and $170,762,$114,986, respectively.

 

REVENUE RECOGNITION – On May 28, 2014, the

The Company accounts for revenue recognition in accordance with accounting guidance codified as FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09, RevenueASC 606 “Revenue from Contracts with CustomersCustomers” (“TopicASC 606”), to update the financial reporting requirements foras amended, regarding 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 oncustomers. Under the principle thatstandard an entity shouldis required to recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised 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.goods.

 

In preparation for adoption of the standard, the Company evaluated each of the five steps in TopicUnder ASC 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 revenueis recognized 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 (i.e., performance obligations). In evaluating our contracts with the customer. Additionally, the Company does not expect the accountingour customers under ASC 606, we have determined that there is no future performance obligation once delivery has occurred.


The Company’s revenues are primarily derived from consideration paid by customers. There are no material upfront costs
for fulfillment costs or costsoperations that are incurred to obtain a contract to be affected materially in any period due to the adoption of Topic 606.from contracts with customers.

 

The Company’s rights to payments for services transferred to customers are conditional only on the passage of time and not on any other criteria. Payment terms and conditions vary by contract, although terms generally include a requirement of payment within 30 to 90 days.

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 December 31, 2019,2021, and December 31, 2018,2020, allowance for doubtful accounts were $80,600$820,990, and $80,600,$386,600, respectively.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND 2020 (AS RESTATED)

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.

 

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LONG LIVED ASSETSIn 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 noan impairment lossescharge of $3,600,000 and $4,000,000 for the periodperiods ended September 30, 2019.December 31, 2021, and December 31, 2020, respectively.

 

Transactions with major customers

 

During the year ended December 31, 2019,2021, four customers accounted for approximately 47%31% of revenues and forrevenues. During the year ended December 31, 2018, three2020, five customers accounted for 78% ourapproximately 42% of revenues.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2021, five customers accounted for approximately 55% of receivables. During the year ended December 31, 2020, six customers accounted for approximately 58% of receivables.

ADVERTISING COSTS - Advertising costs are expensed as incurred. For the year ended December 31, 20192021, and for the year ended December 31, 2018,2020, there were advertising costs of $70,042$1,454 and $1,453,$1,400 respectively.

 

ACCOUNTING FOR STOCK BASED COMPENSATION.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 79 “Stock Option Plans” in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in this report for a more detailed discussion.

 

OFFERING COSTS (RESTATED) – Offering costs consist of legal, accounting, underwriting fees and other costs incurred in connection with the sale of the Company’s common stock. These costs are deducted from the total proceeds raised with a charge to additional paid-in capital.

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.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND 2020 (AS RESTATED)

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 December 10, 2019,31, 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.

 

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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 347,772,333 because they4,925,000 common stock equivalents since these are anti-dilutive, as a result of a net loss for the year ended December 31, 2019.2021.

 

NOTE 3: ACQUISITION OF ADVANGELISTS, LLCRECLASSIFICATIONS (RESTATED)

 

In December 2018, pursuantCertain prior year amounts have been reclassified for consistency with the current year presentation due 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:

Purchase Price

$9,500,000 Promissory note $9,500,000 
Cash  500,000 
Mobiquity Technologies, Inc. warrants  3,844,444 
Gopher Protocol Inc. common stock  6,155,556 
  $20,000,000 

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.restatement.

 

 

 

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OnMOBIQUITY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND 2020 (AS RESTATED)

NOTE 3: RESTATEMENT

The Company concluded it should restate its previously issued financial statements by amending its Amendment No. 1 to its Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the SEC on May 8, 2019,23, 2022.

The restated financial statements are indicated as “Restated” in the Company entered into a Membership Purchase Agreement with Gopher Protocol, Inc. to acquirefinancial statements and accompanying notes, as applicable.

The restatements of the 49% interest of Advangelists, LLC which it contemporaneously purchased from GEAL. The purchase price was paid byprior filings are 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:summarized transactions:

 

 ·At any time at the optionDuring 2020 and 2021, certain holders of the Lenders, the outstandingCompany’s convertible debt converted debt principal under the Notes will be converted into shares of common stock, ofor the Company atsold shares of its stock for cash. For certain of these transactions, the Company recorded a “loss on sale of stock" and increased additional paid-in capital representing the difference in the per share sale or conversion price of $0.08the stock and the per share (the “Conversion Price”).

·at any time that the trailing thirty (30) day volume weighted average price per share (as more particularly described in the Notes)market value of the Company’s common stock is above $1.00 per share, until the Notes are no longer outstanding, the Company may convert the entire unpaid un-converted principal amount of the Notes, plus all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, into shares of the Company’s common stock at the Conversion Price.

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 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 $0.12 per 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:

·A bonus, payable in cash or common stock of the Company, equal to 1% of the Company’s gross revenue (the “Gross Revenue”) for each completed fiscal month during the 2019 fiscal year, subject to certain revenue thresholds as set forth in the Katyal Amendment;

·Commissions equal to 10% of the Net Revenues (as defined in the Katyal Amendment) of all New Katyal Managed Accounts (as defined in the Katyal Amendment);

·Options to purchase 15,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.09 per share, of which 10,000,000 vest on the date of the Katyal Amendment,transactions. For these types of transactions, the Company should not have recorded any gain or loss for the difference in the per share issuance price and market value. The converted or sold value should be netted against the debt amount settled at original conversion terms, or cash received, with the offset recorded to additional paid-in capital. The restatement resulted in a reduction of net loss and additional paid-in capital.  
During Q2 2019, the Company granted a total of 23 million (57,500 post a 1-for-400 reverse stock split) warrant shares to three individuals which 5,000,000 vest over a graded two-year period. The Company had been expensing, upon each graded vesting date, the fair value of the vested options as opposed to recognizing the expense straight-line over the entire vesting period for each vesting tranche. Further, the option was being expensed over a three-year vesting period, erroneously, as opposed to the contractual graded two-year vesting period. This resulted in significant differences in the timing of stock-based compensation recognition on an annual and quarterly basis.  
The Company had warrants outstanding at December 31, 2019 that were issued in conjunction with its AAA Preferred Stock (the "AAA warrants”). In early 2020, the warrant holders exercised 11,755,200 (29,388 post a 1-for-400 reverse stock split) warrant shares. The Company proceeded to record "warrant expense" for the fair value of the warrants on the one year anniversarydate they were exercised. Per generally accepted accounting principles, the accounting for such warrants should be done as of their grant date, not their exercise date. When warrants are exercised for cash under the original terms of the Katyal Amendment.warrant agreement, assuming they are classified as equity when issued, the Company should record common stock and additional paid-in capital only for the amount of proceeds received. In addition to the AAA warrants, certain warrants were exercised by two non-affiliated individuals. The Company subsequently issued additional common shares to the non-affiliated individuals under the warrant exercises based on a lower strike price, resulting in additional shares issued to the warrant holders. Any value associated with the modification of the warrant terms would be considered a deemed dividend and reflected within stockholders’ equity and not to other expense.  
During 2021, several debt holders received shares of common stock or an “equity kicker” in connection with the issuance of short-term promissory notes. The estimated value of the shares issued was reflected on the consolidated statements of operations as “loss on sale of stock". This should be presented as interest expense since the shares were issued with short-term promissory notes.

 

 

 

 F-1456 
 

MOBIQUITY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

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.NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND 2020 (AS RESTATED)

In May 2019, the Company assumed a promissory note (the “AVNG Note”) payable to Deepankar Katyal (the “Payee”), as representative

Impact 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:Restatement – December 31, 2020

   

·$5,250,000 of the principal balance remaining due under the Second Amended AVNG Note is payable by the delivery of (i) 65,625 shares of the Company’s newly designated Class E Preferred Stock, which is convertible into 65,625,000 shares the Company’s common stock, and (ii) common stock purchase warrants to purchase 32,812,500 shares of the Company’s common stock, at an exercise price of $0.12 per share (the “AVNG Warrant”).
Schedule of condensed financial statements            
  As of December 31, 2020 
Balance Sheet Data As Previously Reported  Adjustment  As Restated 
Additional paid in capital $184,586,420  $(2,057,415) $182,529,005 
Accumulated deficit $(186,168,926) $2,057,415  $(184,111,511)
Total Stockholders' Equity $2,886,685  $  $2,886,685 

 

·$1,530,000 of the principal balance, inclusive of all accrued and unpaid interest, remaining due under the Second Amended AVNG Note in three equal consecutive monthly installments of $510,000, commencing on September 15, 2019 and on the 15th day of each month thereafter until paid in full.
             
  Year Ended December 31, 2020 
Statement of Operations Data As Previously Reported  Adjustment  As Restated 
General and administrative $9,204,465  $(353,536) $8,850,929 
Total operating expenses $9,204,465  $(353,536) $8,850,929 
Loss from operations $(7,381,100) $353,536  $(7,027,564)
Proceeds from sale of warrants $662,758  $(662,758) $ 
Warrant income (expense) $(598,894) $598,894  $ 
Loss on sale of company stock $(2,996,897) $2,996,897  $ 
Unrealized gain (loss) on investments $  $(3,009) $(3,009)
Total other income (expense) - net $(7,648,295) $2,930,024  $(4,718,271)
Net loss $(15,032,404) $3,286,569  $(11,745,835)
Net loss per share - basic and diluted $(5.92)     $(4.63)

 

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.

Merger

Mobiquity entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with Glen Eagles Acquisition LP (“GEAL”) (which at the time owned 165,000,000 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:

·The number of warrants to purchase shares of Mobiquity’s common stock issuable as part of the merger consideration was changed from 90,000,000 shares to 107,753,750 shares, and the exercise price of the warrants was changed from $0.09 per share to $0.14 per share; and

·The number of shares of Gopher Protocol Inc.’s common stock to be transferred by Mobiquity as part of the merger consideration changed from 11,111,111 to 9,209,722 shares.

             
  Year Ended December 31, 2020 
Cash Flow Data As Previously Reported  Adjustment  As Restated 
Net loss $(15,032,404) $3,286,569  $(11,745,835)
Stock-based compensation $1,347,048  $(353,536) $993,512 
Warrant expense $1,472,368  $(1,472,368) $ 
Loss on conversion of debt to common stock $30,694  $(30,694) $ 
Accounts payable and accrued expenses $(778,375) $4  $(778,371)
Net cash used in operating activities $(4,716,739) $1,429,975  $(3,286,764)
Proceeds from exercise of warrants $  $662,754  $662,754 
Repayments on notes payable $(520,809) $30,694  $(490,115)
Common stock issued for cash, net $3,600,423  $(2,123,423) $1,477,000 
Net cash provided by financing activities $4,085,456  $(1,429,975) $2,655,481 
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities            
Common stock issued for conversion of convertible notes $  $30,694  $30,694 
Conversion of Series E preferred stock to shares of common stock $  $314,960  $314,960 

 

 

 

 F-1557 
 

MOBIQUITY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Under the Merger Agreement and the Amendment, in consideration for the Merger:NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

·Mobiquity issued warrants for 107,753,750 shares of Mobiquity common stock at an exercise price of $0.14 per share and, subject to the vesting threshold described below, Mobiquity transferred 9,209,722 shares of Gopher Protocol, Inc. common stock, to the pre-merger Advangelists members. The Gopher common stock was unvested at the time of transfer subject to vesting in February 2019 only if Advangelists’ combined revenues for the months of December 2018 and January 2019 were at least $250,000. The vesting threshold was met.
·GEAL paid the pre-merger Advangelists members $10 million in cash. $500,000 was paid at closing and $9,500,000 will be paid under a promissory note that was issued at closing, in 19 monthly installments of $500,000 each, commencing on January 6, 2019.

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.YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND 2020 (AS RESTATED)

 

As a result

Impact of Mobiquity having 100% control over Advangelists as ofthe Restatement – 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. 2021

 

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.

  As of December 31, 2021 
Balance Sheet Data (Unaudited) As Previously Reported  Adjustment  As Restated 
Additional paid in capital $204,373,816  $(3,089,809) $201,284,007 
Accumulated deficit $(205,534,703) $3,089,809  $(202,444,894)
Total Stockholders' Equity (Deficit) $2,918,672  $  $2,918,672 

          
  Year Ended December 31, 2021 
Statement of Operations Data (Unaudited) As Previously Reported  Adjustment  As Restated 
General and administrative expenses $13,982,877  $(375,118) $13,607,759 
Loss from operations $(13,264,645) $375,118  $(12,889,527)
Loss on debt extinguishment $(657,276) $657,276  $ 
Total other income (expense) - net $(6,101,132) $657,276  $(5,443,856)
Net loss $(19,365,777) $1,032,394  $(18,333,383)
Net loss per share - basic and diluted $(5.78)     $(5.47)

          
  Year Ended December 31, 2021 
Cash Flow Data (Unaudited) As Previously Reported  Adjustment  As Restated 
Net loss $(19,365,777) $1,032,394  $(18,333,383)
Stock-based compensation $5,010,342  $(375,118) $4,635,224 
Loss on conversion of debt to common stock $655,832  $(655,832) $ 
Net cash used in operating activities $(6,717,324) $  $(6,717,324)
Net cash provided by investing activities $(6,472) $  $(6,472)
Net cash provided by financing activities $11,506,860  $  $11,506,860 

 

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’s 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:

Financial assets:    
Cash and cash equivalents $216,799 
Accounts receivable, net  2,679,698 
Property and equipment, net  20,335 
Intangible assets (a)  10,000,000 
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities  (2,871,673)
Purchase price expensed  9,954,841 
  $20,000,000 

 

 

 

 

 F-1658 
 

MOBIQUITY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND 2020 (AS RESTATED)

Impact of the Restatement - Quarterly Interim Periods (Unaudited)

Schedule of balance sheet data            
  As of March 31, 2020 
Balance Sheet Data (Unaudited) As Previously Reported  Adjustment  As Restated 
Additional paid in capital $178,560,444  $1,604,482  $180,164,926 
Accumulated deficit $(173,572,315) $(1,604,482 $(175,176,797)
Total Stockholders' Equity $9,303,275  $  $9,303,275 

             
  As of June 30, 2020 
Balance Sheet Data (Unaudited) As Previously Reported  Adjustment  As Restated 
Additional paid in capital $180,625,860  $(68,575) $180,557,285 
Accumulated deficit $(178,155,775) $68,575  $(178,087,200)
Total Stockholders' Equity $6,939,234  $  $6,939,234 

             
  As of September 30, 2020 
Balance Sheet Data (Unaudited) As Previously Reported  Adjustment  As Restated 
Additional paid in capital $184,231,046  $(2,101,143) $182,129,903 
Accumulated deficit $(182,116,945) $2,101,143  $(180,015,802)
Total Stockholders' Equity $6,583,288  $  $6,583,288 

             
  As of March 31, 2021 
Balance Sheet Data (Unaudited) As Previously Reported  Adjustment  As Restated 
Additional paid in capital $185,234,064  $1,932,033  $183,302,031 
Accumulated deficit $(188,398,702) $(1,932,033 $(186,466,669)
Total Stockholders' Equity $1,304,563  $  $1,304,563 

             
  As of June 30, 2021 
Balance Sheet Data (Unaudited) As Previously Reported  Adjustment  As Restated 
Additional paid in capital $187,117,663  $(2,652,133) $184,465,530 
Accumulated deficit $(190,992,325) $2,652,133  $(188,340,192)
Total Stockholders' Equity $594,559  $  $594,559 

             
  As of September 30, 2021 
Balance Sheet Data (Unaudited) As Previously Reported  Adjustment  As Restated 
Additional paid in capital $189,498,056  $(3,088,538) $186,409,518 
Accumulated deficit $(194,904,072) $3,088,538  $(191,815,534)
Total Stockholders' Equity (Deficit) $(951,735) $  $(951,735)

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MOBIQUITY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND 2020 (AS RESTATED)

Schedule of operations            
  Three Months Ended March 31, 2020 
Statement of Operations Data (Unaudited) As Previously Reported  Adjustment  As Restated 
Selling, general and administrative $1,485,080  $(80,750) $1,404,330 
Stock-based compensation $  $490,468  $490,468 
Total operating expenses $2,381,928  $409,718  $2,791,646 
Loss from operations $(2,225,740) $(409,718) $(2,635,458)
Loss on sale of company stock $(34,390) $34,390  $ 
Unrealized gain (loss) on investments $  $(3,038) $(3,038)
Total other income (expense) - net $(207,015) $31,352  $(175,663)
Net loss $(2,435,793) $(375,328) $(2,811,121)
Net loss per share - basic and diluted $(0.00)     $(0.00)

             
  Three Months Ended June 30, 2020 
Statement of Operations Data (Unaudited) As Previously Reported  Adjustment  As Restated 
Stock-based compensation $1,276,870  $(1,015,388) $261,482 
Total operating expenses $3,553,285  $(1,015,388) $2,537,897 
Loss from operations $(3,767,016) $1,015,388  $(2,751,628)
Warrant expense $(598,894) $598,894  $ 
Loss on sale of company stock $(58,775) $58,775  $ 
Unrealized gain (loss) on investments $  $28  $28 
Total other income (expense) - net $(816,472) $657,697  $(158,775)
Net loss $(4,583,460) $1,673,057  $(2,910,403)
Net loss per share - basic and diluted $(0.00)     $(0.00)

             
  Six Months Ended June 30, 2020 
Statement of Operations Data (Unaudited) As Previously Reported  Adjustment  As Restated 
Selling, general and administrative $3,149,691  $(80,750) $3,068,941 
Stock-based compensation $1,276,870  $(524,920) $751,950 
Total operating expenses $5,935,213  $(605,670) $5,329,543 
Loss from operations $(5,992,756) $605,670  $(5,387,086)
Warrant expense $(598,894) $598,894  $ 
Loss on sale of company stock $(93,165) $93,165  $ 
Unrealized gain (loss) on investments $  $(3,010) $(3,010)
Total other income (expense) - net $(1,023,487) $689,049  $(334,438)
Net loss $(7,019,253) $1,297,729  $(5,721,524)
Net loss per share - basic and diluted $(0.01)     $(0.01)

             
  Three Months Ended September 30, 2020 
Statement of Operations Data (Unaudited) As Previously Reported  Adjustment  As Restated 
Stock-based compensation $54,589  $126,067  $180,656 
Total operating expenses $2,078,382  $126,067  $2,204,449 
Loss from operations $(1,601,465) $(126,067) $(1,727,532)
Warrant income (expense) $662,758  $(662,758) $ 
Loss on sale of company stock $(2,821,393) $2,821,393  $ 
Unrealized gain (loss) on investments $  $(23) $(23)
Total other income (expense) - net $(2,359,682) $2,158,612  $(201,070)
Net loss $(3,961,170) $2,032,568  $(1,928,602)
Net loss per share - basic and diluted $(1.43)     $(0.70)

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND 2020 (AS RESTATED)

             
  Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020 
Statement of Operations Data (Unaudited) As Previously Reported  Adjustment  As Restated 
Stock-based compensation $1,331,459  $(479,603) $851,856 
Total operating expenses $8,013,595  $(479,603) $7,533,992 
Loss from operations $(7,594,221) $479,603  $(7,114,618)
Warrant income (expense) $63,864  $(63,864) $ 
Loss on sale of company stock $(2,914,558) $2,914,558  $ 
Unrealized gain (loss) on investments $  $(3,033) $(3,033)
Total other income (expense) - net $(3,383,169) $2,847,661  $(535,508)
Net loss $(10,980,423) $3,330,297  $(7,650,126)
Net loss per share - basic and diluted $(3.99)     $(2.78)

             
  Three Months Ended March 31, 2021 
Statement of Operations Data (Unaudited) As Previously Reported  Adjustment  As Restated 
Stock-based compensation $16,839  $125,382  $142,221 
Total operating expenses $1,626,394  $125,382  $1,751,776 
Loss from operations $(2,041,801) $(125,382) $(2,167,183)
Unrealized gain (loss) on investments $  $40  $40 
Total other income (expense) - net $(188,015) $40  $(187,975)
Net loss $(2,229,776) $(125,382) $(2,355,158)
Net loss per share - basic and diluted $(0.78)     $(0.82)

             
  Three Months Ended June 30, 2021 
Statement of Operations Data (Unaudited) As Previously Reported  Adjustment  As Restated 
Stock-based compensation $555,892  $(500,500) $55,392 
Total operating expenses $2,047,428  $(500,500) $1,546,928 
Loss from operations $(2,156,513) $500,500  $(1,656,013)
Interest expense $(215,162) $(310,150) $(525,312)
Original issue discount $(110,000) $110,000  $ 
Loss on sale of company stock $(419,750) $419,750  $ 
Unrealized gain (loss) on investments $  $(40) $(40)
Loan forgiveness - SBA $  $265,842  $265,842 
Total other income (expense) - net $(744,912) $485,402  $(259,510)
Net loss $(2,593,623) $720,100  $(1,873,523)
Net loss per share - basic and diluted $(0.87)     $(0.63)

             
  Six Months Ended June 30, 2021 
Statement of Operations Data (Unaudited) As Previously Reported  Adjustment  As Restated 
Stock-based compensation $572,731  $(375,118 $197,613 
Total operating expenses $3,631,822  $(375,118 $3,256,704 
Loss from operations $(4,156,314) $375,118  $(3,781,196)
Interest expense $(403,177) $(310,150) $(713,327)
Original issue discount $(110,000) $110,000  $ 
Loan forgiveness - SBA $  $265,842  $265,842 
Loss on sale of company stock $(419,750) $419,750  $ 
Total other income (expense) - net $(932,927) $485,442  $(447,485)
Net loss $(4,823,399) $594,718  $(4,228,681)
Net loss per share - basic and diluted $(1.65)     $(1.45)

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND 2020 (AS RESTATED)

             
  Three Months Ended September 30, 2021 
Statement of Operations Data (Unaudited) As Previously Reported  Adjustment  As Restated 
Interest expense $(203,436) $(605,880) $(809,316)
Original issue discount $(605,880) $605,880  $ 
Loss on sale of company stock $(436,405) $436,405  $ 
Total other income (expense) - net $(1,245,703) $436,405  $(809,298)
Net loss $(3,911,747) $436,405  $(3,475,342)
Net loss per share - basic and diluted $(1.22)     $(1.09)

             
  Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021 
Statement of Operations Data (Unaudited) As Previously Reported  Adjustment  As Restated 
Stock-based compensation $1,289,899  $(375,118 $914,781 
Total operating expenses $6,179,909  $(375,118 $5,804,791 
Loss from operations $(6,822,358) $375,118  $(6,447,240)
Interest expense $(606,613) $(916,030) $(1,522,643)
Original issue discount $(715,880) $715,880  $ 
Loss on sale of company stock $(856,155) $856,155  $ 
Total other income (expense) - net $(2,178,630) $656,005  $(1,522,625)
Net loss $(8,735,146) $1,031,123  $(7,704,023)
Net loss per share - basic and diluted $(2.89)     $(2.54)

Schedule of cash flow            
  Three Months Ended March 31, 2020 
Cash Flow Data (Unaudited) As Previously Reported  Adjustment  As Restated 
Net loss $(2,435,793) $(375,328) $(2,811,121)
Stock-based compensation $  $490,468  $490,468 
Warrant expense $403,268  $(403,268) $ 
Accounts payable and accrued expenses $(639,237) $(103,074) $(742,311)
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities $(93,063) $93,063  $ 
Accrued interest $(10,011) $10,011  $ 
Net cash used in operating activities $(836,696) $(288,128) $(1,124,824)
Series E preferred stock exchange for common stock $(314,960) $314,960  $ 
Note conversion to common stock $30,695  $(30,695) $ 
Net cash used in investing activities $(284,265) $284,265  $ 
Preferred stock converted to common stock $314,960  $(314,960) $ 
Common stock issued under exercise of warrants $  $288,128  $288,128 
Cash paid on bank notes $(263,173) $30,695  $(232,478)
Net cash provided by financing activities $301,787  $3,863  $305,650 
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities            
Common stock issued for conversion of convertible notes $  $30,695  $30,695 
Conversion of Series E preferred stock to shares of common stock $  $314,960  $314,960 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND 2020 (AS RESTATED)

             
  Six Months Ended June 30, 2020 
Cash Flow Data (Unaudited) As Previously Reported  Adjustment  As Restated 
Net loss $(7,019,253) $1,297,729  $(5,721,524)
Stock-based compensation $1,276,870  $(524,920) $751,950 
Warrant expense $1,354,817  $(1,354,817) $ 
Accounts payable and accrued expenses $(625,562) $(4,370) $(629,932)
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities $(89,671) $89,671  $ 
Accrued interest $85,301  $(85,301) $ 
Net cash used in operating activities $(1,116,388) $(582,008) $(1,698,396)
Note conversion to common stock $30,695  $(30,695) $ 
Net cash provided by investing activities $30,695  $(30,695) $ 
Common stock issued under exercise of warrants $  $582,008  $582,008 
Cash paid on bank notes $(462,694) $30,695  $(431,999)
Net cash provided by financing activities $282,694  $612,703  $895,397 
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities            
Common stock issued for conversion of convertible notes $  $30,695  $30,695 
Conversion of Series E preferred stock to shares of common stock $  $314,960  $314,960 

             
  Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020 
Cash Flow Data (Unaudited) As Previously Reported  Adjustment  As Restated 
Net loss $(10,980,423) $3,330,297  $(7,650,126)
Stock-based compensation $1,331,459  $(479,603) $851,856 
Warrant expense $1,472,368  $(1,472,368) $ 
Accounts payable and accrued expenses $(629,419) $86,203  $(543,216)
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities $(95,310) $95,310  $ 
Accrued interest $181,513  $(181,513) $ 
Net cash used in operating activities $(4,490,623) $1,378,326  $(3,112,297)
Common stock issued for cash, net $3,338,084  $(3,338,084) $ 
Note conversion to common stock $30,695  $(30,695) $ 
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities $3,362,180  $(3,368,779) $(6,599)
Common stock issued under exercise of warrants $  $662,758  $662,758 
Common stock issued for cash, net $  $1,297,000  $1,297,000 
Cash paid on bank notes $(490,739) $30,695  $(460,044)
Net cash provided by financing activities $425,103  $1,990,453  $2,415,556 
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities            
Common stock issued for conversion of convertible notes $  $30,695  $30,695 
Conversion of Series E preferred stock to shares of common stock $  $314,960  $314,960 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND 2020 (AS RESTATED)

             
  Three Months Ended March 31, 2021 
Cash Flow Data (Unaudited) As Previously Reported  Adjustment  As Restated 
Net loss $(2,229,776) $(125,382) $(2,355,158)
Stock-based compensation $16,839  $125,382  $142,221 
Accounts payable and accrued expenses $(275,686) $99,552  $(176,134)
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities $4,715  $(4,715) $ 
Accrued interest $94,837  $(94,837) $ 
Net cash used in operating activities $(1,079,181) $  $(1,079,181)
Common stock issued for cash, net $548,990  $(548,990) $ 
Net cash provided by investing activities $548,990  $(548,990) $ 
Common stock issued for cash, net $  $548,990  $548,990 
Net cash provided by financing activities $140,016  $548,990  $689,006 

             
  Six Months Ended June 30, 2021 
Cash Flow Data (Unaudited) As Previously Reported  Adjustment  As Restated 
Net loss $(4,823,399) $594,718  $(4,228,681)
Stock-based compensation $572,731  $(375,118 $197,613 
Stock issued with short-term convertible notes $  $310,150     
Gain on forgiveness of debt $  $(265,842) $(265,842)
Accounts payable and accrued expenses $(519,474) $176,339  $(343,135)
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities $(19,473) $19,473  $ 
Accrued interest $195,810  $(195,810) $ 
Net cash used in operating activities $(2,712,694) $263,910  $(2,448,784)
Common stock issued for cash, net $898,990  $(898,990) $ 
Original issue discount shares $268,150  $(268,150) $ 
Note conversion to common stock $671,602  $(671,602) $ 
Net cash provided by investing activities $1,838,742  $(1,838,742) $ 
Common stock issued for cash, net $  $898,990  $898,990 
Proceeds from issuance of notes payable, net $1,310,000  $510,000  $1,820,000 
Gain on forgiveness of debt $(265,842) $265,842  $ 
Repayment of notes payable $(598,816) $(100,000) $(698,816)
Net cash provided by financing activities $445,342  $1,574,832  $2,020,174 
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities            
Common stock issued for conversion of convertible notes $419,750  $(419,750) $ 
Common stock issued for services $110,000  $(110,000) $ 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND 2020 (AS RESTATED)

             
  Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021 
Cash Flow Data (Unaudited) As Previously Reported  Adjustment  As Restated 
Net loss $(8,735,146) $1,031,123  $(7,704,023)
Stock-based compensation $1,289,899  $(375,118 $914,781 
Stock issued with short-term convertible notes $  $1,753,032  $1,753,032 
Gain on forgiveness of debt $  $(265,842) $(265,842)
Accounts payable and accrued expenses $(474,650) $273,037  $(201,613)
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities $(28,882) $28,882  $ 
Accrued interest $301,919  $(301,919) $ 
Net cash used in operating activities $(5,060,535) $2,143,195  $(2,917,340)
Common stock issued for cash, net $898,990  $(898,990) $ 
Original issue discount shares $724,031  $(724,031) $ 
Note conversion to common stock $1,810,506  $(1,810,506) $ 
Net cash provided by investing activities $3,433,527  $(3,433,527) $ 
Common stock issued for cash, net $  $898,990  $898,990 
Proceeds from issuance of notes payable, net $2,643,000  $225,500  $2,868,500 
Gain on forgiveness of debt $(265,842) $265,842  $ 
Repayment of notes payable $(616,918) $(100,000) $(716,918)
Net cash provided by financing activities $1,760,240  $1,290,332  $3,050,572 
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities            
Common stock issued for conversion of convertible notes $419,750  $(419,750) $ 

NOTE 4: INTANGIBLE ASSETS

 

The ATOS platform:

 

·

creates an automated marketplace of advertisers and publishers on digital media outlets to host online auctions to facilitate the sale of ad time slots (known as digital real estate) targeted at users while engaged on their connected TV, computer, or mobile device, and

  
·

gives advertisers the capability to understand and interact with their audiences and engage them in a meaningful way by the using ads in both image and video formats (known as rich media) to increase their customer base and foot traffic to their physical locations.

 

The Company tests goodwill for impairment at least annually on December 31st 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.

 

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YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND 2020 (AS RESTATED)

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 noThe Company recognized an impairment charges duringcharge of $3,600,000 and $4,000,000 for the yearperiods ended December 31, 2019

Intangible Assets2021, and December 31, 2020 respectively.

 

At December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018,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.

  Useful Lives 2019  2018 
         
Customer relationships 5 years $3,003,676  $1,856,358 
ATOS Platform 5 years  10,000,000    
     13,003,676   1,856,358 
Less accumulated amortization    (1,555,186)  (30,939)
Net carrying value   $11,448,490  $1,825,419 

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Schedule of intangible assets        
  Useful Lives December 30, 2021  December 31, 2020 
         
Customer relationships 5 years $3,003,676  $3,003,676 
ATOS Platform 5 years  2,400,000   6,000,000 
     5,403,676   9,003,676 
Less accumulated amortization    (4,156,657)  (3,355,922)
Net carrying value   $1,247,019  $5,647,754 

  

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

Schedule of future accumulated amortization schedule   
2022 $603,976 
2023  572,584 
2024  70,459 
Total $1,247,019 

 

2020 $2,600,736 
2021 $2,600,736 
2022 $2,600,736 
2023 $2,600,736 
2024 $1,045,546 
Thereafter $ 

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YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND 2020 (AS RESTATED)

 

NOTE 4: 5: NOTES PAYABLE AND DERIVATIVE LIABILITIES

Summary of Notes payable:        
Summary of Notes payable:      
  December 31,
2021
  December 31,
2020
 
Mob-Fox US LLC (b) $  $30,000 
Dr. Salkind, et al (f)  2,562,500   2,550,000 
Small Business Administration (a)  150,000   415,842 
Subscription Agreements (d)  250,000    
Blue Lake Partners LLC Talos Victory Fund LLC (e)      
Business Capital Providers (c)  156,504   355,441 
Total Debt  3,119,004   3,351,283 
Current portion of debt  656,504   901,283 
Long-term portion of debt $2,462,500  $2,450,000 

__________________ 

Summary of Notes payable:

  

December 31,

2019

  

December 31,

2018

 
CAVU Notes, net $  $100,000 
Berg Notes (a)  50,000   50,000 
Dr. Salkind, et al  2,550,000    
Business Capital Providers  266,250    
         
Total Debt  2,866,250   150,000 
Current portion of debt  566,250   150,000 
Long-term portion of debt $2,300,000  $ 
(a)In May of 2020, the Companies applied and received Small Business Administration Cares Act loans due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Each loan carries a five-year term, carrying a one percent interest rate. The loans turn into grants if the funds are use the for the SBA accepted purposes. The window to use the funds for the SBA specific purposes is a twenty-four-week period. If the funds are used for the allotted expenses the loans turn into grants with each loan being forgiven. The Company also received an Economic Injury Disaster Loan from the SBA which carries a thirty-year term, carrying a three-point seven five percent interest rate. During second quarter 2021 the Company applied for and received forgiveness for $265,842.
(b)In October of 2020, the Company entered into an agreement with a vendor to accept $65,000 in full settlement of our payable due. A down payment of $15,000 at the signing of the agreement and five payments of $10,000 each, the loan was paid in full.

 

 (a)(c)Between August and December 2015,Business Capital Providers, Inc. purchased certain future receivables from the Company borrowed $3,675,000at a 26% discount under the following agreements on the following terms:
Pursuant to a Merchant Agreement dated July 28, 2021, Business Capital Providers purchased $405,000 of future receivables for a purchase price of $300,000. Under the agreement, the Company agrees to have all receivables collected be deposited into a bank account from accredited investors. These loanswhich the purchased receivables are due and payableremitted to Business Capital Providers daily, at the earlierdaily percentage of December 31, 2016 or the completion of an equity financing of at least $2,500,000. Upon the sale9% of the unsecured promissory notes,daily banking deposits, or daily amounts of $2,531.25, for the term of 160 days. The Company is responsible for ensuring there are sufficient funds in the account to cover the daily payments. Under the agreement, the Company issued $1paid an origination fee of principal, one share5% of commonthe purchase price. In the event of a default under the agreement, Business Capital Providers may institute an action to enforce its rights, including recovery of its costs of enforcement. Events of default under the agreement include, among others: the Company’s breach of any provision or representation under the agreement; failure to give 24 hours’ notice there will be insufficient funds to cover a daily remittance; the Company offers for sale or sells a substantial portion of its assets or its business; the Company uses other depository accounts, or closes or changes its depository account from which daily remittances are made; a material change in the Company’s operations; loss of a key employee, customer or supplier of the Company; any change in stock andfloat, voting rights or issuance of voting shares; the Company’s failure to renew a warrantreal property lease; any Company default under another agreement with Business Capital Providers; or any form of bankruptcy filing or declaration by or for the Company. The Agreement further provides that in the event of a default, lieu of personal guarantees by any Company principals, or if otherwise mutually agreed, Business Capital Providers may convert any portion of amounts payable to purchase one share of common stock at an exercise price of $0.40 per share through August 31, 2017. Accordingly, an aggregate of 3,675,000it into shares of common stock and warrants to purchase a like amount were issued in the last six months of 2015. Each noteholder has the right to convert the principal of their note and accrued interest thereon at a conversion price of $0.30 per share or at the noteholder’s option, into equity securities of the Company at a price equal to 85% of the lowest volume weighted average price for each of the five trading days preceding the conversion date; provided that Business Capital Providers will not convert into shares that will result in it owning more than 4.99% of the Company’s then outstanding shares of common stock.
Pursuant to a Merchant Agreement dated April 29, 2021, purchased $405,000 of future receivables for a purchase price of $300,000 on terms which are substantially the same terms as the last equity transaction completed byJuly 28, 2021, Merchant Agreement, except that the daily percentage is 13% and the daily payment is $2,700 per day for a term of 150 business days all of which is fully satisfied.
The Company previously entered into separate Merchant Agreements with Business Capital Providers on eight occasions prior to each respective conversion date. All other notes have been converted to equity.the April 29, 2021, Merchant Agreement, starting in June 2019, for an aggregate of $2,100,000 in financing, for a total cost of $2,835,000 at daily percentages, and daily payments, all of which were satisfied in full.

 

In

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YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND 2020 (AS RESTATED)

On February 20, 2020, the Company entered into a fourth merchant agreement with Business Capital Providers, Inc. in the amount of $250,000 payable daily at $2,556.82, per payment for the term of 132 business days, loan paid in full.

On June 12, 2020, the Company entered into a fifth merchant agreement with Business Capital Providers, Inc. in the amount of $250,000 payable daily at $2,556.82, per payment for the term of 132 business days.

On August 11, 2020, the Company entered into a sixth merchant agreement with Business Capital Providers, Inc. in the amount of $250,000 payable daily at $2,556.82, per payment for a term of 132 business days, loan paid in full.

On November 25, 2020, the Company entered into a seventh merchant agreement with Business Capital Providers, Inc. in the amount of $310,000 payable daily at $2,700.00, per payment for the term of 155 business days.

On February 19, 2021, the Company entered into an eight-merchant agreement with Business Capital Providers, Inc. in the amount of $250,000 payable daily at $2,556.82, per payment for the term of 132 business days, loan is paid in full.

On April 29, 2021, the Company entered into a ninth-merchant agreement with Business Capital Providers, Inc. in the amount of $300,000 payable daily at $2,700.00, per payment for the term of 150 business days.

On July 28, 2021, the Company entered into a tenth-merchant agreement with Business Capital Providers, Inc. in the amount of $300,000 payable daily at $2,531.25, per payment for the term of 160 business days.

(d)Nineteen private investors, who were unaffiliated shareholders of the Company and accredited investors as provided under Regulation D Rule 501 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, provided us convertible debt financing during the period May 2021 through September 2021 pursuant to subscription agreements as described below. (Certain of these investors provided us multiple investments in one or more of these convertible debt structures.):

Nine of the first quarterlender-investors provided us an aggregate of 2018,$668,000 in convertible debt financing 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 enteredreceives 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 agreements to receive $1,000,000shares of short term securedCompany common stock at a conversion price of $6 per share at any time at the investor’ option until the maturity date.

Three of the lender-investors provided us an aggregate of $200,000 in convertible debt financing in four monthly tranches. Dr. Gene Salkind made these investments and he would becomeon the following terms:

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 directorpro-rata basis is less than $100,000 is loaned (effectively 6% of the Company on January 1, 2019. amount loaned) as original issue discount.

The Company issued in connection with each tranche, a six-month secureddebt is convertible promissory note. In connection with this transaction, the Company agreed to issue an origination fee of 1,000,000into shares of restrictedCompany common stock. Alexander Capital L.P. acted as Placement Agent and Advisor for this transaction. Eachstock at a conversion price of these new notes are on$6 per share at any time at the terms ofinvestor’s option until the Company's 10% Senior Secured debt.maturity date.

 

In the second quarterThese investors converted all of 2018, the Company borrowed $375,000, including $125,000 from Thomas Arnost, Chairman, and $250,000 from two non-affiliated persons. The investors received 3,500,000this convertible debt into a total of 40,000 shares of common stock each as an origination fee and in lieugenerating a non-cash charge to the financials of interest. During the fourth quarter 2018 the notes were converted to equity.$154,500.

 

 

 

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND 2020 (AS RESTATED)

Eleven of the lender-investors provided us an aggregate of $819,500 in convertible debt financing on the following terms:

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.

Four of the lender-investors provided us $130,000 in convertible debt financing on the following terms:

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 with a non-cash charge of $17,771.

 

On May 10, 2019,April 14, 2021, through September 7, 2021, the Company entered into a $7,512,500 Promissorytwenty-nine subscription convertible note with Deepankar Katyal, et al, foragreements totaling $1,943,000, twelve of the acquisitionnotes included original issue discounts totaling $74,500. During 2021, sixteen of the notes totaling $1,149,500 were converted to common stock, one note of $100,000 was paid in full.

(e)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:

Interest at the annual rate of 10%.

The notes carry original issue discount of $112,500 in the aggregate. Accordingly, the total net principal of this debt was $1,012,500.

The Company is required to make interim payments to the holders in the aggregate amount of $225,000, on or before March 18, 2022, towards the repayment of the balance of Advangelists, LLC, requiring six monthly paymentsthe notes. The Company may prepay the principal sum under the notes then outstanding plus accrued and unpaid interest in full at any time without any prepayment premium; however, the Company is required to pay a minimum amount of $250,000 starting May 15, 2019 through October 6, 2019, a paymentthe first 12 months of $1,500,000 on December 6, 2019, and beginning in January of 2020, ten monthly payments of $500,000 each until October of 2020, with a stated interest rate of 1.5%.under the notes.

 

On June 26, 2019, the Company entered into a merchant agreement with Business Capital Providers, Inc. in the amount of $250,000 payable daily at $2,556.82, per payment for the term of 132 business days.

 

On August 1, 2019, the Company entered into a second merchant agreement with Business Capital Providers, Inc. in the amount of $250,000 payable daily at $2,556.82, per payment for the term of 132 business days.

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YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND 2020 (AS RESTATED)

 

On September 13, 2019, Dr. Gene Salkind, who is a director of the Company, and an affiliate of Dr. Salkind (collectively, the “Lenders”) subscribed for convertible promissory notes (the “Notes”) and loaned to the Company an aggregate of $2,300,000 (the “Loans”) on a secured basis payable in three installments in September 13 received net $720.000, balance received October and November 2019.

 

The holders may convert the notes and exercise the warrants into the Company’s common stock (subject to contractual beneficial ownership limitations of 4.99%). The holders have the right to convert the notes at any time into shares of common stock at a conversion price of $5.00 per share; provided, however, if the Company consummates a so-called up-listing offering to a national exchange within 180 days after the closing date, then the Note conversion price shall adjust to equal 70% of the price per share of common stock in that offering. The warrants may also be exercised at any time from date of issuance over a period of five years at the exercise price then in effect. The initial warrant exercise price shall equal $10.00 per share; provided however, if the Company consummates the up-listing offering within the 180-day period noted above, then the exercise price shall adjust to equal 130% of the price per share in that offering. The warrants contain cashless exercise provisions. Both the notes and the warrants contain customary anti-dilution provisions which could cause an adjustment to the conversion price of the notes and the exercise price of the warrants.

The note holders were repaid in full in December of 2021. In December of 2021, each note holder exercised their warrants into a total of 104,262 shares of the Company’s common stock.

The notes provide that so long as the Company has any obligations under the Notes, the Company will not, among other things:

·Incur or guarantee any indebtedness which is senior or equal to the notes.

·Redeem or repurchase any shares of stock, warrants, rights or options without the holders’ consent.

·Sell, lease or otherwise dispose of a significant portion of its assets without the holders’ consent.

·The notes contain customary events of default relating to, among other things, payment defaults, breach of representations and warranties, and breach of provisions of the notes or securities purchase agreements.

·In an event of default under the notes, which has not been cured within any applicable cure period, if any, the notes shall become immediately due and payable and the Company shall pay to the holders an amount equal to the principal sum then outstanding plus accrued interest, multiplied by 125%. Additionally, upon the occurrence of an event of default, additional interest will accrue from the date of the event of default at the rate equal to the lower of 16% per annum or the highest rate permitted by law.

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). On October 19, 2021, the Company filed a Form S-1 Registration Statement (File no. 333-260364) with the Securities and Exchange Commission to raise over $10 million dollars in an underwritten public offering. The next day the Company filed an application to list our common stock on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol “MOBQ.” This offering was completed on December 13, 2021, and the Company retired the loans of, Talos Victory Fund, LLC and Blue Lake Partners LLC out of the gross proceeds it received of approximately $10.3 million. Also, all warrants issued to Talos and Blue Lake were converted on a cashless exercise basis into 24,692 common shares and 24,692 common shares, respectively.

In the fourth quarter of 2021, Business Capital Providers assigned one of its Merchant Agreements and related debt described above to non-affiliated third parties, which subsequently converted $89,100 in outstanding indebtedness into 13,103 common shares pursuant to their terms. In the fourth quarter of 2021, the Company borrowed from a non-affiliated person $312,500 on a non-convertible three-month loan with 20% original issue discount less fees of $30,000.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND 2020 (AS RESTATED)

(f)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, which was paid down to $2,562,500 in December 2021.

The notes, as amended and restated, bear annual interest at a fixed rate of 15% per annum, computed based on a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months and will bewhich is payable monthly in arrears. Interest on the Notes is payable in cash or, at the Lenders’Salkind lenders’ option, in shares of the Company’s common stock. The principal amount due under the Notes will be payableis due on September 30, 2029, and the interim payment is payable on December 31, 2021, unless, in either case, earlier converted pursuant tointo shares of our common stock under the terms of the Notes.notes, as described below.

 

Subject toThe outstanding principal plus any accrued and unpaid interest, and the Company obtaining prior approval frominterim payment under the Company’s shareholders for the issuance ofnotes, are convertible into shares of Company common stock uponat a conversion price of $4 per share at any time, until 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 eventsnotes are fully converted, on the following terms:

 

 ·AtThe Salkind lenders may convert the notes at any time at the option of the Lenders, the outstanding principal under the Notes will be converted into shares of common stock of the Company at a conversion price of $0.08 per share (the “Conversion Price”).time.

 

 ·The Company may convert the notes at any time that the trailing thirty (30) day volume weighted average price per share (as more particularly described in the Notes) of the Company’s common stock is above $1.00$400 per share, until the Notes are no longer outstanding, the Company may convert the entire unpaid un-converted principal amount of the Notes, plus all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, into shares of the Company’s common stock at the Conversion Price.share.

 

The Notesnotes contain customary events of default, which, if uncured, entitle the Lenders thereofholders to accelerate the due datepayment of the unpaid principal amount of, and all accrued and unpaid interest on,under their Notes.notes.

 

In connection with the subscription of the Notes,notes and upon conversion thereof (if at all), the Company issuedwill issue to each LenderSalkind 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 $0.12$48 per share (the “Lender Warrants”).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. In December 2021, we paid $400,000 of accrued interest owed to Dr. Salkind and an affiliated entity.

 

 

 

 

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MOBIQUITY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND 2020 (AS RESTATED)

NOTE 6: INCOME TAXES

The provision for income taxes for the years ended December 31, 2021, and 2020 is summarized as follows:

Provision for income taxes        
   2021   2020 
Current:        
Federal $  $ 
State      
Total Current      
Deferred:        
Federal      
State      
Total Deferred $  $ 

The Company has federal net operating loss carryforwards (“NOL’s) of $197,813,237 and $178,447,460, respectively, which will be available to reduce future taxable income.

The tax effects of temporary differences which give rise to deferred tax assets (liabilities) are summarized as follows:

Schedule of deferred tax assets      
  YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 
  2021  2020 
Deferred Tax Assets $(14,691,000) $(12,528,000)
Less: Valuation Allowance  14,691,000   12,528,000 
Net Deferred Tax Asset $  $ 

A reconciliation of the federal statutory rate to the Company’s effective tax rate is as follows:

Reconciliation of federal statutory rate      
  YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 
  2021  2020 
Federal Statutory Tax Rate  21.00%   21.00% 
State Taxes, net of Federal benefit  5.00%   5.00% 
Change in Valuation Allowance  (26.00%)  (26.00%)
Total Tax Expense  0.00%   0.00% 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND 2020 (AS RESTATED)

NOTE 7: STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT)

Shares Issued for Services

During 2020, the Company issued 38,125 post-split shares of common stock, at $7.20 to $40.00 per share for $547,451 in exchange for services rendered. During 2021, the Company issued 265,000 shares of common stock, at $3.21 to $9.73 per share for $1,158,026 in exchange for services rendered.

Shares issued for interest:

During the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company did not issue any shares for interest.

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

During 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 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 2023. During 2021, a shareholder of our Series AAA Preferred Stock converted 25,000 shares to 6,250 shares of our common stock.

During 2020, 77,220, post-split, warrants were converted to common stock, at $8.00 to $28.00 per share. During 2021 two Warrant holders converted in a cashless exercise their warrants into 49,384 common shares.

During 2020, one note holder converted $30,694 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 2021, seventeen of the lender-investors provided us an aggregate of $1,243,600 in convertible debt financing converted their debt into a total of 236,768 shares of common stock at a conversion price at $4.81 to $7.25 per share.

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.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND 2020 (AS RESTATED)

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 16, 2019,10, 2021, the Company assumedreceived a promissoryshort-term $100,000 loan from one investor. The Company issued a $105,000 note (the “AVNG Note”) payable to Deepankar Katyal (the “Payee”),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 representativea 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 former ownersnotes.

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 AVNG,$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.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND 2020 (AS RESTATED)

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.

In the fourth quarter of 2021, Business Capital Providers assigned one of its Merchant Agreements and related debt described above to non-affiliated third parties, which atsubsequently converted $89,100 in outstanding indebtedness into 13,103 common shares pursuant to their terms.

On October 19, 2021, the time of assumption hadCompany filed a remaining principal balance of $7,512,500. SimultaneouslyForm S-1 Registration Statement (File no. 333-260364) with the assumptionSecurities and Exchange Commission to raise over $10 million dollars in an underwritten public offering. The next day the Company filed an application to list our common stock on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol “MOBQ.” This offering was completed on December 13, 2021 and the Company retired the loans of, Talos Victory Fund, LLC and Blue Lake Partners LLC out of the AVNG Note,gross proceeds it received of approximately $10.3 million. All warrants issued to Talos and Blue Lake were converted on a cashless exercise basis into 24,692 common shares and 24,692 common shares, respectively. The Company issued 2,481,928 common shares and 2,807,937 warrants in connection with the AVNG Note was amended and restated (the “First Amended AVNG Note”). Effectivepublic offering with the warrants exercisable at $4.98 per share. The Company also issued 5-year warrants to purchase 74,458 common shares to the Underwriters exercisable at $5.1875 per share.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND 2020 (AS RESTATED)

The following are outstanding commitments 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:December 31, 2021:

 

 ·$5,250,000 of the principal balance remaining due under the Second Amended AVNG Note is payable by the delivery of (i) 65,625 shares of the Company’s newly designated Class E Preferred Stock, which is convertible into 65,625,000164,063 post-split shares the Company’s common stock, and (ii) common stock purchase warrants to purchase 32,812,50082,032 shares of the Company’s common stock, at an exercise price of $0.12$48.00 post-split per share (the “AVNG Warrant”).

·$1,530,000 In February of 2020 one Class E Preferred Stock shareholder converted 3,937 shares were exchanged for 9,348, post-split shares of the principal balance, inclusive of all accrued and unpaid interest, remaining due under the Second Amended AVNG Note in three equal consecutive monthly installments of $510,000, commencing on September 15, 2019 and on the 15th day of each month thereafter until paid in full.Company’s Common Stock.

 

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.Consulting Agreements

FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS- The Company measures assets and liabilities at fair value based on an expected exit price as defined by the authoritative guidance on fair value measurements, which represents the amount that would be received on the sale of an asset or paid to transfer a liability, as the case may be, in an orderly transaction between market participants. As such, fair value may be based on assumptions that market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability. The authoritative guidance on fair value measurements establishes a consistent framework for measuring fair value on either a recurring or nonrecurring basis whereby inputs, used in valuation techniques, are assigned a hierarchical level. 

The following are the hierarchical levels of inputs to measure fair value: 

·Level 1 - Observable inputs that reflect quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
·

Level 2 - Inputs reflect quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in markets that are not active; quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets; inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities; or inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means.

·

Level 3 - Unobservable inputs reflecting the Company's assumptions incorporated in valuation techniques used to determine fair value. These assumptions are required to be consistent with market participant assumptions that are reasonably available.

The carrying amounts of the Company's financial assets and liabilities, such as cash, prepaid expenses, other current assets, accounts payable & accrued expenses, certain notes payable and notes payable - related party, approximate their fair values because of the short maturity of these instruments. 

A recap of the derivative instruments is as follows:

Derivative Liability 2018
Beginning balance $(666,123)
New Issuances   
Discount on new derivative in excess of note face value   
Effect on debt extinguishment  666,123 
Ending balance $ 

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NOTE 5: INCOME TAXES

The provision for income taxes for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 is summarized as follows:

  2019  2018 
Current:        
Federal $  $ 
State      
       
Deferred:        
Federal      
State      
  $  $ 

The Company has federal net operating loss carryforwards (“NOL’s) of $162,134,640 and $119,387,265, respectively, which will be available to reduce future taxable income.

The tax effects of temporary differences which give rise to deferred tax assets (liabilities) are summarized as follows:

  YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 
  2019  2018 
Net operating loss carryforwards $(42,155,000) $(31,073,000)
Stock based compensation – options/warrants  4,257,000   2,541,000 
Stock issued for services  971,000   971,000 
Gain loss on derivative instrument  781,000   781,000 
Disallowed entertainment expense  50,000   43,000 
Charitable contribution limitation  7,000   7,000 
Preferred Stock  25,000   25,000 
Bad debt expense & reserves  33,000   33,000 
Penalties  3,000   1,000 
Loss on extinguishment of debt  1,133,000   1,133,000 
Beneficial conversion features  77,000   77,000 
Mobiquity-Spain – net loss  540,000   540,000 
Impairment of long-lived assets  58,000   58,000 
Stock issued for interest  245,000   245,000 
Nondeductible insurance  13,000   10,000 
Stock incentives  15,000   15,000 
Derivative expense  480,000   480,000 
Professional Fees  774,000   2,835,000 
Gain / Loss on stock for investment  4,456,000   3,831,000 
Gain / Loss on company stock  2,757,000   2,757,000 
Gain / Loss on sale of warrants  6,931,000   1,190,000 
Unrealized loss on securities  1,943,000   1,871,000 
Acquisition expense  3,904,000   3,132,000 
Amortization of debt discount  2,058,000   2,058,000 
Deferred Tax Assets  (10,644,000)  (6,439,000)
Less Valuation Allowance  10,644,000   6,439,000 
Net Deferred Tax Asset $  $ 

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A reconciliation of the federal statutory rate to the Company’s effective tax rate is as follows:

  YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 
  2019  2018 
Federal Statutory Tax Rate  21.00%   21.00% 
State Taxes, net of Federal benefit  5.00%   5.00% 
Change in Valuation Allowance  (26.00%)  (26.00%)
Total Tax Expense  0.00%   0.00% 

NOTE 6: STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT)

During the year ended December 31, 2018, the Company issued 11,500,000 common stock at a price per share between $0.03 and $0.05 for original issue discount on receipt of $406,375 in unsecured convertible promissory notes.

In September 2018, Gopher Protocol Inc. (the “Gopher”) andOn May 28, 2021, the Company entered an Agreement (the “MOBQ Agreement”) pursuantinto a consulting agreement with Sterling Asset Management to whichprovide business advisory services. The company will provide assistance and recommendations to help build strategic partnerships, to provide the parties exchanged equity interest inCompany 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 companies. In accordance with the Agreement, Gopher will receive 1,000 shares of the Company’s restricted Series AAAA Preferred Stock (the “the Company Preferred Stock”) in consideration of Gopher’s concurrent saleagreement and issuance to$75,000 cash payments.

On December 13, 2021, the Company of 10,000,000 shares of Gopher’s restricted Common Stock (the “Gopher Common Stock”). The shares of Company Preferred Stock are convertibleentered into an aggregate of upa consulting agreement with 622 Capital LLC to 100,000,000 shares of the Company common stock (the “Company Common Stock”) and 150,000,000 common stock purchase warrants (the “Company Warrants”). The Company Warrants shall haveprovide business advisory services over a term of 5-years from the date of grant and shall be exercisable at a price of $0.12 per share and thesix months. The consultant received 100,000 shares of restricted shares after the execution of the agreement. Also in December 2021, the Company Preferred Stock shall not be convertibleentered into a consulting agreement with Alchemy Advisory LLC to provide business advisory services over a term of six months. The consultant received 100,000 shares of restricted shares after the execution of the agreement. On December 29, 2021, the Company Common Stock andentered into a consulting agreement with Pastel Holdings Inc. to provide business advisory services over a term of 18 months commencing January 1, 2022. The Company is required to pay a $5,000 per month consulting fee during the Company Warrants shall not be contemporaneously granted until after the Company’s Board of Directors and stockholders shall have increased the authorized number of sharesterm of the Company’s common stock to a number sufficient to accommodate a reserve in Gopher’s favor of 250,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock. The Company Preferred Stock shall have immediate voting rights equal to the number of shares of the Company Common Stock into which they may be converted, not including the shares of the Company’s common stock underlying the Company Warrants (the “Company Warrant Shares”). A fee of 10,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stockagreement and it issued five-year warrants to purchase 15,000,000 shares was issued in connection with the transaction. The closing occurred on September 4, 2018.

The Company agreed that for a period beginning immediately upon the six (6)-month anniversary of the date hereof and ending on the twenty-four (24)-month anniversary of the date hereof (the “Leak-Out Period”), The Company shall have the right to sell or otherwise transfer into the public markets on any given day up to 20,000 shares of Gopher Common Stock.  The Company may transfer all or a portion of the shares of Gopher Common Stock otherwise at any time, so long as the receiving party adheres to the above Leak-Out Period.

In the fourth quarter of 2018, Gopher converted 200 shares of its Series AAAA Preferred Stock into 20,000,000 shares of15,000 common stock and warrants to purchase 30,000,000 shares at an exercise price of $.12$4.565 per share. The 30,000,000 warrants were converted in a cashless exercise transaction in which Gopher submitted to the Company 10,000,000 shares of its common stock valued at $3,600,000 in full payment of the warrants.

In the fourth quarter of 2018, the Company received equity subscription agreements totaling $960,000, which include 50% warrant coverage, at an exercise price of $0.12 with an expiration date of September 30, 2023. The Company issued 16,000,001 shares of common stock and 8,000,000 warrants in connection with these transactions. Of the $960,000, $200,000 was invested by Thomas Arnost, Chairman of the Board.

In 2019, the Company sold 49,215,137 shares of common stock with 24,369,834 warrants to purchase common stock, exercisable between $0.12 to $0.18 expiring on September 30, 2023 in exchange for cash consideration of $3,434,500, net. In 2019, the Company issued 6,835,090 shares of common stock in exchange for services rendered. In 2019, the Company issued 65,625 shares of preferred stock series E for the exchange of a $5,250,000 senior secured note. The Company received cash consideration of $1,132,210 in exchange for the conversion of warrants issued previously. The company issued 80 million common stock with 150% matching warrants for the conversion of series AAAA preferred stock.

In 2019, holders of Series AAA preferred stock converted their preferred stock into 104,417,500 shares of common stock and warrants to purchase 104,417,500 shares, with each warrant exercisable at $.05 per share through December 31, 2019.

As approved by the Company’s Board of Directors on September 10, 2019, the Company filed a Certificate of Amendment to its Certificate of Incorporation (the “Certificate of Amendment”) with the Secretary of State of the State of New York to designate the rights, preferences and limitations of 70,000 shares of the Company’s authorized 5,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, $.0001 par value, as Class E Preferred Stock, $0.0001 per share (“Class E Preferred Stock”). Of the 70,000 shares of Class E Preferred Stock, 65,625 shares were issued to nine persons, including 25,675 were issued to Mr. Katyal and 25,020 shares were issued to Mr. Mehta.

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In 2019, holders of warrants expiring December 31, 2019 exercised 11,755,200 warrants and the Company received cash consideration of $146,940 in January 2020 and notes receivable totaling $440,820, which have maturity dates in 2020.

Consulting Agreements

Upon consummation of the Merger, Mobiquity entered into consulting agreements (the “Consulting Agreements”) with certain employees and contractors of Advangelists (the “Consultants”), pursuant to which Mobiquity (i) issued to the Consultants warrants to purchase an aggregate of 22,246,250 shares of its common stock and (ii) agreed to transfer to the Consultants an aggregate of 1,901,389 shares of common stock of Gopher Protocol Inc. The terms of the Consultant’s warrants are substantially similar to the terms of the warrants issued in the merger.

 

NOTE 7: 8: OPTIONS AND WARRANTS (restated)

 

The Company’s results for the years ended December 31, 20192021, and 20182020 include employee share-based compensation expense totaling $29,812,197$4,635,224 and $327,405,$993,512, respectively. Such amounts have been included in the Statementsconsolidated statements of Operationsoperations 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 years ended December 31, 20192021, and 2018:2020:

Schedule of stock based compensation expense      
  Years Ended December 31, 
  2021  2020 
Employee stock-based compensation – option grants $4,635,224  $993,512 

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  Years Ended December 31, 
  2019  2018 
Employee stock-based compensation – option grants $6,599,000  $273,945 
Employee stock-based compensation-stock grants      
Non-Employee stock-based compensation – option grants     53,460 
Non-Employee stock-based compensation-stock grants      
Non-Employee stock-based compensation-warrants for retirement of debt  23,213,197   2,354,458 
  $29,812,197  $2,681,863 

MOBIQUITY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND 2020 (AS RESTATED)

 

NOTE 8: 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 2,000,0005,000 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 4,000,000.10,000 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 4,000,00010,0000 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 10,000,000.25,000 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 20,000,00050,000 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 10,000,00025,000 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. Thethe stockholders ratified the 2018 Employee Benefit and Consulting Services Compensation Plan covering 30,000,00075,000 post-split shares (the “2018 Plan”). On April 2, 2019, the CompanyBoard approved the 2019 Plan“2019 Plan” identical to the 2018 Plan, except that the 2019 Plan covers 60 million150,000 post-split shares. The 2019 Plan requiresrequired stockholder approval by April 2, 2020, in order to be able to grant incentive stock options.options under the 2019 Plan. On October 13, 2021, the Board approved the “2021 Plan” identical to the 2018 Plan, except that the 2019 Plan covers 1,100,000 post-split shares. The 2005, 2009, 2016, 2018, 2019 and 20192021 plans are collectively referred to as the “Plans.”

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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 I”(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 account 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 years ended December 31, 20192021, and 20182020 are as follows:

  Years Ended December 31, 
  2019  2018 
Expected volatility  242.39%   181.8% 
Expected dividend yield      
Risk-free interest rate  2.32%   2.83% 
Expected term (in years)  6.00   5.00 

  Share  Weighted Average ExercisePrice  Weighted Average Remaining ContractualTerm  AggregateIntrinsic Value 
Outstanding, January 1, 2018  17,515,001  $0.39   4.43  $ 
Granted  36,250,000  $0.06   4.39  $2,887,500 
Exercised            
Cancelled / Expired  (11,765,001)         
                 
Outstanding, December 31, 2018  42,000,000  $0.10   4.38  $2.981.875 
                 
Options exercisable, December 31, 2018  42,000,000  $0.10   4.38  $2.981.875 
                 
Outstanding, January 1, 2019  42,000,000  $0.10   4.38  $2,981,875 
Granted  70,700,000  $0.13   7.88    
Exercised            
Cancelled / Expired  (300,000)         
                 
Outstanding, December 31, 2019  112,400,000  $0.12   6.15  $769,500 
                 
Options exercisable, December 31, 2019  95,375,000  $0.12   5.95  $ 
Assumptions used      
  Years Ended
December 31
 
  2021  2020 
Expected volatility  116.39%   592.89% 
Expected dividend yield      
Risk-free interest rate  1.28%   0.74% 
Expected term (in years)  10.00   5.00 

 

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YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND 2020 (AS RESTATED)

Schedule of options outstanding            
  Shares  Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
  Weighted
Average
Remaining Contractual
Term
  

Aggregate

Intrinsic
Value

 
Outstanding, January 1, 2021  302,849  $45.85   4.65  $ 
Granted  835,000   19.85   2.90    
Exercised            
Cancelled & Expired  (1,940)         
Outstanding, December 31, 2021  1,135,909  $16.69   8.39  $ 
Options exercisable, December 31, 2021  1,124,619  $16.59   8.39  $ 

The weighted-average grant-date fair value of options granted during the years ended December 31, 20192021, and 20182020 was $0.13 $19.85 and $0.11,$35.75, respectively.

The aggregate intrinsic value of options outstanding and options exercisable aton December 31, 2019 and 20182021, is calculated as the difference between the exercise price of the underlying options and the market price of the Company’sCompany's common stock for the shares that had exercise prices, that were lower than the $0.08$2.13 closing price of the Company’sCompany's common stock on December 31, 2019.2021.

 

As of December 31, 2019,2021, the fair value of unamortized compensation cost related to unvested stock option awards was $2,272,000.is $545,458.

 

The option information provided above includes options granted outside of the Plans, which total 1,825,000 and 2,075,000 as of December 31, 2019 and 2018.

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The weighted average assumptions made in calculating the fair value of warrants granted during the years ended December 31, 20192021, and 20182020 are as follows:

Assumptions used      
  

Years Ended

December 31,

 
  2021  2020 
Expected volatility  175.52%   449.47% 
Expected dividend yield      
Risk-free interest rate  1.14%   0.91% 
Expected term (in years)  5.83   5.83 

Schedule of warrants outstanding            
  Shares  Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
  Weighted
Average
Remaining Contractual
Term
  

Aggregate

Intrinsic
Value

 
Outstanding, January 1, 2021  471,557  $52.52   6.31  $ 
Granted  3,439,157   9.46   4.30    
Exercised  (104,262)         
Expired  (6,250)         
Outstanding, December 31, 2021  3,800,202  $15.19   4.68  $ 
Warrants exercisable, December 31, 2021  3,800,202  $15.19   4.68  $ 

 

  Years Ended 
  2019  2018 
Expected volatility  164.85%   173.58% 
Expected dividend yield      
Risk-free interest rate  7.48%   2.88% 
Expected term (in years)  3.20   5.42 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND 2020 (AS RESTATED)

 

        Weighted    
     Weighted  Average    
     Average  Remaining  Aggregate 
     Exercise  Contractual  Intrinsic 
  Share  Price  Term  Value 
Outstanding, January 1, 2018  11,814,167  $0.20   2.58  $ 
Granted  164,752,034  $0.13   8.80  $904,784 
Exercised            
Cancelled / Expired  (1,040,000)         
Outstanding, December 31, 2018  175,526,201  $0.14   8.37  $1,504,784 
                 
Warrants exercisable, December 31, 2018  175,526,201  $0.14   8.37  $1,504,784 
                 
Outstanding, January 1, 2019  175,526,201  $0.14   8.37  $1,504,784 
Granted  246,244,634  $0.02   0.38  $2,318,002 
Exercised  (178,857,666)         
Cancelled/Expired  (7,540,836)         
Outstanding, December 31, 2019  235,372,333  $0.11   5.81  $2,500,502 
                 
Warrants exercisable, December 31, 2019  235,372,333  $0.11   5.81  $2,500,502 

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 through the completion of our December 2021 public offering. 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. As of December 17, 2021, all employees’ salaries were restored to pre-pandemic levels.

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 automatically renewed for an additional two years in January 2020 since the Company failed to terminate the agreement at least 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 1st 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 or 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.

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YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND 2020 (AS RESTATED)

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.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND 2020 (AS RESTATED)

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:

·a bonus, payable in cash or common stock of the Company, equal to 1% of the Company’s gross revenue for each month during the 2019 fiscal year, subject to certain revenue thresholds as set forth in the agreement. Those revenue thresholds were not attained, and this bonus was not earned;

·commissions equal to 10% of the net revenues derived from all New Katyal Managed Accounts (as defined in the agreement – being accounts directly introduced by Mr. Katyal or assigned to Employee in writing by the Manager of the Company);
·options to purchase 37,500 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $36.00 per share, of which 25,000 vested on September 13, 2019, the date Mr. Katyal’s employment agreement was amended, and 12,500 vested on September 13, 2020: and
·one share of Company Series B Preferred Stock which was issued to Mr. Katyal. The Series B Preferred Stock, as a class, provided cash dividend rights, payable in cash, to the holders thereof in an aggregate amount equivalent to 10% of the annual gross revenue of Advangelists or the Company, whichever is higher, up to a maximum aggregate annual amount of $1,200,000, for each of its 2019 and 2020 fiscal years. As a holder of 50% of the Series B Preferred Stock, the maximum amount of annual dividends that Mr. Katyal would be entitled to $600,000. The Series B Preferred Stock rights, privileges, preferences, and restrictions was to terminate by its terms as of December 31, 2020; and, immediately upon declaration and payment of the dividend in respect of Mobiquity's 2020 fiscal year, Mobiquity was to withdraw such class from its authorized capital. The Series B Preferred Stock was subject to cancellation if Mr. Katyal terminated his employment without good reason or the Company terminated his employment for cause. Mr. Katyal did not receive any Series B Preferred Stock dividends and the Series B Preferred Stock was redeemed by the Company from Mr. Katyal in consideration for entering into the amendment of his employment agreement on September 13, 2019, and for no other consideration.

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.

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YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND 2020 (AS RESTATED)

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 9: 11: LITIGATION

 

We are not a party to any pending material legal proceedings, except as follow:proceedings. The following matters were settled in the past two fiscal years.

 

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. Plaintiff allegesStates 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. Plaintiff is seekingWPG sought a judgment from the Courtcourt to collect saidthe claimed unpaid rent plus attorneys’ fees and other costs of collection. The Company does not believe that it owes any money on these leasesdisputed 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 the Company intends to vigorously defend itself in connection with this lawsuit.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, countyCounty of Nassau, Carter, Deluca & Farrell LP,a law firm filed a summons and Complaint against the Company seeking $113,654 in past due legal fees allegedly owed. The Company disputesdisputed the amount owed to saidthat 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. In March 2022, this lawsuit was settled with the Company paying $120,000 to Plaintiff.

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 legal 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.

 

 

 

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NOTE 10: COMMITMENTS:NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND 2020 (AS RESTATED)

·$5,250,000 of the principal balance remaining due under the Second Amended AVNG Note is payable by the delivery of (i) 65,625 shares of the Company’s newly designated Class E Preferred Stock, which is convertible into 65,625,000 shares the Company’s common stock, and (ii) common stock purchase warrants to purchase 32,812,500 shares of the Company’s common stock, at an exercise price of $0.12 per share (the “AVNG Warrant”).

·$1,530,000 of the principal balance, inclusive of all accrued and unpaid interest, remaining due under the Second Amended AVNG Note in three equal consecutive monthly installments of $510,000, commencing on September 15, 2019 and on the 15th day of each month thereafter until paid in full.

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 11: 12: SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

 

InOn January 2020,4, 2022, Don Walker (“Trey”) Barrett III accepted the position of Chief Operations and Strategy Officer of Mobiquity Technologies, Inc. The Company entered into an Employment Agreement with Mr. Barrett, effective as of January 1, 2022, for an initial term of two years, which may be renewed for successive one-year terms, with an annual salary of $275,000. Mr. Barrett will be entitled to an annual bonus of up to 100% of his annual salary each year based on the attainment of performance standards, targets or goals which will be mutually agreed upon by the Company amended its notes with its secured lender (Gene Salkind)and Mr. Barrett. Mr. Barrett was granted non-statutory options to providepurchase up to 150,000 shares of common stock, at a price of $4.565 per share out of the Company’s 2021 Employee Benefit and Consulting Services Compensation Plan. The options will vest in three substantially equal annual installments of 50,000 shares each on the first, second and third anniversaries of the date of the Employment Agreement provided Mr. Barrett is employed by the Company on those dates, subject to acceleration if Mr. Barrett is terminated without cause, he resigns for good reason, or certain change of control events occur. Additionally, Mr. Barrett was granted 25,000 shares of restricted stock as a signing bonus pursuant to his Employment Agreement, and not out of any other plan, which will vest in full on the six-month anniversary of the date of his Employment Agreement provided he is employed by the Corporation on that date. Mr. Barrett’s employment Agreement contains customary provisions permitting the Company to terminate Mr. Barrett’s employment for cause or Mr. Barrett’s disability and entitling Mr. Barrett to terminate his employment for good reason, before the end of the contractual employment period. Under the Employment Agreement, Mr. Barrett would be entitled to payment of an amount equivalent to his annual salary for a balloon interestperiod of 12 months after termination if his employment is terminated by the Company without cause or due to his disability, or Mr. Barrett terminates his employment for good reason. Additionally, if Mr. Barrett’s employment is not renewed at the end of the initial employment period or any renewal period, Mr. Barrett would be entitled to payment of $250,000, representing unpaid interestan amount equivalent to his annual salary for 2019, payable December 31, 2020.a period of nine months after termination.

On January 4, 2022, the Company entered into a new one-year employment agreement with Deepankar Katyal. His compensation and benefits under the new contract have not changed from the Agreement summarized in Note 10 above.

On March 18, 2022, the Company terminated the Employment Agreement of Don (Trey) W. Barrett III for cause, and it will not incur any material early termination penalties (due to the fact the termination was for cause). His employment Agreement is summarized above.

On March 17, 2022, Anthony Iacovone resigned from the Company’s board of directors for personal reasons.

On March 18, 2022, Anne S. Provost was elected to the board of directors to serve as an independent director and as a financial expert. Ms. Provost was also nominated to replace Mr. Iacovone on all three board committees, which consist of an Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.

On March 18, 2022, the board of directors approved the payment of $1,000 per month to be paid to each member of the board of directors for serving on the board and any committees thereof.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 9A. Controls and Procedures.

 

UnderAs required by Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15 under the supervision and with the participation ofExchange Act, our management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer we have evaluated the effectiveness of ourthe disclosure controls and procedures as required by Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(b) as of the end of the period covered byDecember 31, 2021. Based upon this report. Based on that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that theseour disclosure controls and procedures arewere not effective.effective as of December 31, 2021, due solely to the material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting primarily related to the accounting for direct offering costs paid in an equity financing, the sale of warrants and the mark to market of our common stock sold to third parties as described below in “Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting.”

In light of this material weakness, we performed additional analysis as deemed necessary to ensure that our financial statements were prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Accordingly, management believes that the financial statements included in the Amendment No. 1 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K/A present fairly in all material respects our financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the period presented.

 

Report of Management on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

 

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting for the Company. Internal control over financial reporting is a process to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of our financial reporting for external purposes in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Internal control over financial reporting includes maintaining records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect our transactions; providing reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary for preparation of our financial statements; providing reasonable assurance that receipts and expenditures of company assets are made in accordance with management authorization; and providing reasonable assurance that unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of company assets that could have a material effect on our financial statements would be prevented or detected on a timely basis. Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting is not intended to provide absolute assurance that a misstatement of our financial statements would be prevented or detected.

 

A material weakness is a deficiency, or combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of our company’s annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. In its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2019, our company determined that there were control deficiencies that constituted material weaknesses, as described below:

We did not maintain appropriate financial reporting controls – As of December 31, 2019, our company has not maintained sufficient internal controls over financial reporting for the financial reporting process. As at December 31, 2018, our company did not have sufficient financial reporting controls with respect to timely financial reporting and the ability to process complex accounting issues such as debt conversions. Subsequent to December 31, 2018, our company has obtained the necessary assistance to ensure that the performance of complex accounting issues can be performed accurately and on a timely basis.

Management conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting based on the framework inInternal Control – Integrated Framework (2013)issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. Based on this evaluation, management concluded that the company’s internal control over financial reporting was not effective as of December 31, 2018.2021. There were no significant changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the year ended December 31, 20182021 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting. Our independent auditors have not audited and are not required to audit this assessment of our internal control over financial reporting for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019.2021.

 

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Internal Controls Remediation Efforts

We are working to remediate the deficiencies and material weaknesses in our internal controls. We are taking steps to enhance our internal control environment establish and maintain effective disclosure and financial controls and procedures, internal control over financial reporting and changes in corporate governance., In this regard, the Company will be adopting several corporate governance policies and it has established various committees of the Board of Directors, including an Audit Committee comprised of three independent directors in accordance with Nasdaq Rule 5605(c)(2), which will take effect at the time that our registration statement of which this prospectus is a part becomes effective. One of the Audit Committee’s priorities will be to begin the process of segregating tasks and processes to ensure proper internal controls. In connection with this process, the Company plans to implement the following initiatives under the oversight of the Audit committee.

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Hire additional staff both internally and externally to the Finance department with sufficient GAAP and public company financial reporting experience.

·Implement ongoing training in U.S. GAAP requirements for our CFO and accounting and other finance personnel.
·Hire a consultant to assist in internal control review, testing of procedures and processes, and analysis as described below.
·Initiate a preliminary assessment of management’s internal controls over financial reporting.
·Improve documentation of existing internal controls and procedures and train personnel to help ensure they are properly followed.

We have hired Refidential One - SOX Consultants who have set up a time table to review testing procedures and analysis as follows:

Phase 1, which shall be completed on or about the Company filing its form 10-K for December 31, 2021, will be to identify the gaps and suggested remediations in 2021.

Phase 2, to be completed on or about June 30,2022, (contingent upon the Company implementing remediation plan) will have all the narratives updated and risk control matrixes (“RCM”) created and available for testing.

Phase 3, to commence on or about July 15th, 2021 and to be completed for the third quarter ending September 30,2022, will include the testing of all the key controls identified, implemented in Phases 1 and 2 above

Phase 4, if necessary, will be to retest the failures in Phase 3. Phase 4 testing enables MOBI to rectify any fails from Phase 3 testing, thus reducing the likelihood of significant deficiencies.

Although we plan to undertake and complete this remediation process as quickly as possible, we are unable, at this time to estimate how long it will take; and our efforts may not be successful in remediating the deficiencies or material weaknesses.

Item 9B. Other Information.

 

Not applicable.

 

 

 

 

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PART III

 

Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance

 

Our executiveThe following table presents information with respect to our officers, and directors, and their respective ages and positionssignificant employees as of the date of this Form 10-K are:10-K:

 

NAME AGE POSITION
     
Dean L. Julia 5154 Chief Executive Officer/President/Treasurer/Director/Co-FounderCo-Founder/Secretary
Paul Bauersfeld 5658 Chief Technology Officer
Sean J. McDonnell, CPA 5861 Chief Financial Officer
Sean Trepeta 5154 President of Mobiquity Networks and director/Secretary of the Company
Dr. Gene Salkind, M.D. 6569 DirectorChairman of the Board of Directors
Deepanker Katyal 3336 Director and CEOChief Executive Officer of Advangelists

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Our Company is governed by our board. Directors are elected at the annual meeting of stockholders and hold office until the following annual meeting. The terms of all officers expire at the annual meeting of directors following the annual stockholders meeting. Officers serve at the pleasure of our board of directors and may be removed, either with or without cause, by our board of directors, and a successor elected by a majority vote of our board of directors, at any time. Nevertheless, the foregoing is subject to the employment contracts of our executive officers.

 

Executive OfficersIndependent Directors

 

Currently we have three independent directors identified in the table below and all standing committees of our board of directors will be composed either entirely of independent directors, in each case under NASDAQ’s independence definition applicable to boards of directors, or a majority of independent directors with a non-independent director as and to the extent permitted under NASDAQ’s listing rules.

NAMEAGEPOSITION
Peter L. Zurkow68Director
Michael A. Wright59Director
Anne S. Provost57Director

For a director to be considered independent, our board of directors must determine that the director has no relationship which, in the opinion of our board, would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director.

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Business Experience of our Directors, Officers and Significant Employees

Dean L. Julia.Mr. Julia works at Mobiquity Technologies, Inc. where he has served as its Chief Executive Officer of Mobiquity since December 2000. In 1998, Mr. Julia co-founded Mobiquity and became an officer, director and principal stockholder of our company.in 1998. Mr. Julia is responsible for establishing our overall strategy and fostering key relationships with technology partners and developers. Mr. Julia has also served as COO of Mobiquity’s wholly-owned subsidiary,works at Mobiquity Networks, Inc., Mobiquity’s wholly owned subsidiary, since its formation in January 2011, where he2011. Mr. Julia is responsible for the integration of the sales and intellectual property departments of Mobiquity. From September 1996 through February 1998, Mr. Julia served as President and Chief Executive Officer of DLJ Consulting, a financial intermediary consultant for public and private companies. Mr. Julia is a founder of our company and has served on the board since its inception. He is expected to resign from the board on the listing date of our common stock on the NYSE MKT. Mr. Julia received hisis a graduate of Hofstra University with a Bachelor of Business Administration from Hofstra University in 1990. Except for Mobiquity Technologies, Inc., Mr. Julia does not hold, and has not previously held, any directorships in any publicly traded reporting companies.

 

Paul Bauersfeld. Mr. Bauersfeld works at Mobiquity Technologies, Inc. where he has served as the Chief Technology Officer of our company since June 2013. Mr. Bauersfeld is a technology executive and engineer with over 20 years of experience in software product development and entrepreneurial organizations. InFrom 2003 Mr. Bauersfeld foundedto 2013, he worked at Varsity Networks, a leadingan online media and services company dedicated to serving the local sports market through technology. Hetechnology, which he founded and where he served as CEO of Varsity Networks from its formation through 2013,Chief Executive Officer. From 2000 to 2001, he worked at MessageOne, where he was responsible for expanding the networkserved as its Chief Executive Officer. From 1999 to include2000, he worked at Ziff-Davies where he served as its Vice President of eCommerce. From 1997 to 1999, he worked at Viacom’s Nickelodeon Online, where he served as its Technology Director. From 1996 to 1997, he worked at GiftOne, where he served as its President. From 1988 to 1993, he worked at Apple Computer where he served in various engineering positions. From 1986 to 1988 he worked at Xerox Corporation. Mr. Bauersfeld brings over 10,000 local sports communities with millions20 years of monthly visitors. Prior to his positions at Varsity Network, he held positions at a number of Fortune 100knowledge and startup companiesexperience as an executive, engineer and entrepreneur in the technology, and mediasoftware product development industries. His experience in these industries will help the company develop its products and technologies. Mr. Bauersfeld has also acted as an advisor tois a numbergraduate of technology developmental corporations. His roles have included Co-founder and CEO of MessageOne from 2000 to 2001, which enterprise was later acquired by Dell Computer Corp., VP of ecommerce at Ziff-Davis from 1999 to 2000, Technology Director at Viacom’s Nickelodeon Online from 1997 to 1999, Founder of GiftOne in 1996, where he served in the position of President, which entity was acquired by Skymall 1997, as well as engineering positions at Apple Computer from 1998 to 1993 and Xerox Corporation from 1986 to 1988. He has a BS in Electrical Engineering from Rochester Institute of Technology which degree he receivedwith a B.S. in Electrical Engineering in 1986. Mr. Bauersfeld does not hold, and has not previously held, any directorships in any publicly traded reporting companies.

 

Sean J. McDonnell, CPA. Mr. McDonnell works at Mobiquity Technologies, Inc. where he has been ourserved as the Chief Financial Officer since January 2005. SinceFrom January 1990 Mr. McDonnellto present, he has also owned and operated Sean J. McDonnell CPA, P.C., a private accounting and tax practice handling many different types of business entities and associations. Mr. McDonnell has spent much of his time helping his customers grow their companies and acquire financing for the purchase of buildings and equipment. Priorpractice. From 1985 to starting his own practice,1990, he was employed from 1985 through 1990worked at Breiner & Bodian CPAs where he served as a senior staff member atmember. Mr. McDonnell brings knowledge and experience in the accounting, firmfinance and tax industries. Mr. McDonnell is a graduate of Breiner & Bodian CPA's. After graduating from Dowling College in 1984 with a bachelor’sBachelor of Business Administration in business administration, he was employed by Kenneth Silver C.P.A. from 1984 to 1985.1984. Mr. McDonnell does not hold, and has been a certified public accountant for more than 30 years.not previously held, any directorships in any reporting companies.

 

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Sean Trepeta. Mr. Trepeta works at our wholly owned subsidiary, Mobiquity Networks, Inc. where he has been a director of our companyserved as President since DecemberJanuary 2011. Mr. TrepetaHe is also serving as Presidentthe Secretary of Mobiquitythe Company since November 2021. From 2007 to 2011, he worked at Varsity Networks where he is responsible for sales and marketing strategies. Mr. Trepeta continues to foster strategic relationships with agencies and national brands. Prior to joining the Mobiquity Networks team in May 2011, Mr. Trepeta was President of Varsity Networks, a leading online portal dedicated to serving the High School sports market, from 2007 to 2011. Prior to this, fromserved as its President. From 1998 to 2007, Mr. Trepeta was the President and Co-Founder ofworked at OPEX Communications, Inc., a leading telecommunication service provider which was located in Chicago, specializing in traditional long-distance, wireless, and dedicated services. Before OPEX, fromservices, where he served as its President. From 1996 to 1998 Mr. Trepeta was the vice president of sales and marketing for the UShe worked at U.S. Buying Group, Inc. (USBG), where he served as Vice President of Sales and Marketing and was responsible for developing a small business-buying program, which included value added services such as overnight shipping, office supplies, and computer software products, as well as a full line of telecommunications services. Mr. Trepeta also developed and implemented the agent and carrier divisions of USBG. Prior to joining USBG, he was with MCI Telecommunications and NYNEX in New York City. AsU.S. Buying Group. Mr. Trepeta holdsbrings 25 years of knowledge and experience in sales and marketing to our Company to help us grow sales and develop marketing strategies. Mr. Trepeta is a Bachelorgraduate of Science degree from the State University of New York at Cortland.Cortland with a B.S. in Education in 1990. Except for Mobiquity Technologies, Inc., Mr. Trepeta does not hold, and has not previously held, any directorships in any publicly traded reporting companies. We plan to have a board of directors comprised of five members, including three independent directors if and when we are approved to have our common stock listed on the NASDAQ Capital Market. Mr. Trepeta is expected to resign from the board if this occurs, on the listing date of our common stock on the NYSE MKT.Nasdaq Capital Market to accommodate this board restructure.

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Dr. Gene Salkind, M.D.,Dr. Salkind has served as a director of Mobiquity since January 2019 and Chairman of our board of directors since October 2019. Dr. Salkind isa prominent practicing neurosurgeon, professor, and techhe has been a shareholder and has worked as President of Bruno & Salkind M.D. P.C. since 1985. He has also worked at Holy Redeemer Hospital where he is the Chief of Neurosurgery, a position he has held since 2001. Dr. Salkind is board certified in neurological surgery by the American Board of Neurological Surgery. He served as Chief of Neurosurgery of Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia from 1997 to 2002, and of Jeanes Hospital in Philadelphia from 1990 to 2000. In addition to Dr. Salkind’s medical career, he is a tech-company investor, with experience guiding small and micro-cap companies in their development and growth, including up-listings to national securities exchanges. His experience will help the next level, including up-listing toCompany with its business growth and corporate finance strategies. Dr. Salkind is a national exchange. Previous investments include Intuitive Surgical, Pharmalytics (acquired by Abbvie for $250 per share after growing from less than $1/share), and Centocor, onegraduate of Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University with a Doctor of Medicine in 1979. Dr. Salkind is a graduate of the nation's largest biotechnology companies,University of Pennsylvania with a B.A. in Biology, cum laude in 1974. From 2021 to present, Dr. Salkind has served as a director at Grove Holdings, Inc., which was acquired by Johnson & Johnson for $4.9 billionexpects to be a publicly traded company in stock. He is currently Chief of Neurosurgerysixty to ninety days. From 2018 to present, Dr. Salkind has served as a director at Holy Redeemer Hospital and surgical practice. He also sits on the Board of Directors of Cure Pharmaceuticals, Inc. andCURE Pharmaceutical Holding Corp., a publicly traded company. From 2014 to 2020, Dr. Salkind served as a director at Dermtech Intl., a publicly traded company.

Deepanker Katyal,Katyal. became a director ofMr. Katyal works at the Company in December 2018. From October 2017 to the present,Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, Advangelists, LLC where he has served as the Chief Executive Officer since the 2017 (prior to the Company’s acquisition of Advangelists.  Following the recentan interest in Advangelists by merger between Mobiquity Technologies and Advangelists, he joined us to provide advanced product and engineering knowledge. An ad tech veteran who built the Advangelists platform, Mr. Katyal maintains his role of advancing the integration of the Advangelists platform across the entire suite of Mobiquity Technologies capabilities and partnerships. Deep Katyal brings extensive background in software engineering and product development as well as strong business leadership and knowledge of the industry’s infrastructure.

November 2018). From January 2017 to the present, he has also served as an advisor and providing business and product advice to Q1media. FromQ1media, a digital media services company. Additionally, from 2016 to the present, he alsohas served as a strategic advisor to Silicon Valley Stealth Mode Products.Products, a private company. From May 2016 to April 2017, he served as a strategic advisor to Airupt Inc., a mobile marketing platform for brands. From May 2016 to March 2017, he was head of Partnership and Strategy for Adtile Technologies, where his responsibilities included leading business development efforts, strategic partnerships, product strategya mobile publishing and working with the ad tech echo system for integrations of various network fronts. From April 2014 to May 2016, at Opera Mediaworks he served as a member of the innovation team.advertising solution company. From November 2015 to 2016, he served as a strategic advisor to Moonraft Innovation Labs, a company that creates customer experiences to differentiate the entitiesentities’ clients in the market by creating and designing interactive experiences across physical and digital customer touch points. From April 2014 to May 2016, he also served as a member of the innovation team at Opera Mediaworks, a mobile advertising platform company. Mr. Katyal brings knowledge and experience in software engineering, leading business development efforts, strategic partnerships, and product development and strategy. His experience will help the Company grow and develop its technology and product strategies. Mr. Katyal was a director of our Company from December 2018 following our merger transaction with Advangelists until May 2020, when he stepped down from that position to attend to family matters and focus his working-time commitment on running the day-to-day operations of Advangelists. He does not hold any directorships in any publicly traded reporting companies.

Business Experience of our Independent Directors

Peter L. Zurkow. Mr. Zurkow serves as a consultant to Sustainability Industries since 2019. From 2014 to 2019, he worked at Perpetual Recycling Solutions LLC where he served as the Chief Executive Officer and the head of sales and raw materials procurement. From 2011 to 2013, Mr. Zurkow worked at Britton Hill Capital where he served as Managing Director and Head of Corporate Finance. From 2010 to 2012, Mr. Zurkow worked at Advanced Brain Technologies where he served as Acting EVP and Director of Finance and Business Development. Prior to that Mr. Zurkow worked in management positions in investment banking, fixed income and asset management as various securities firms and funds. Mr. Zurkow brings knowledge and experience in corporate finance, financial matters, and investments, with a background in law. His experience will help the Company with its corporate financing strategies and financial matters. Mr. Zurkow is a graduate of Harvard College, with an A.B., cum laude, in 1975 and a graduate of Syracuse University College of Law, with a J.D., magna cum laude, in 1978. From 2012 to 2014, Mr. Zurkow served as a director and member of the audit committee for National Holdings Corporation, a public company until it was acquired by Fortress Biotech. From 1992 through 2005 Mr. Zurkow served as director (and Chairman of the Board from 1999 to 2002) of Penn Traffic, a public company until it acquired by Giant Eagle and Tops Markets. From 1996 to 1998 he served as a Director of Streamline, Inc., a former public company. From 1994 through 1996 Mr. Zurkow served as a director and representative of majority investor for Kash n’ Karry Supermarkets, then a public company.

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Michael A. Wright. Mr. Wright works at Seiden Krieger Associates, where he has served as an Executive Vice President and the head of Human Resources and Diversity Practice since 2021. From 2009 to 2019, Mr. Wright worked at Covanta Holding Corporation where he served as Chief Human Resources Officer. From 1984 to 2008, Mr. Wright worked at the Atria family of companies (Kraft and Philip Morris) where he served in various roles including Vice President of Human Resources and HR Technology. Mr. Wright brings knowledge and experience in human resources, human resources technology and diversity. Mr. Wright is a graduate of North Carolina State University, with a B.S. in 1984, and a graduate of Columbia University with an MBA in 1996. Mr. Wright currently serves as the Chair of the HR/Legal committee and Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of the YMCA of Greater Monmouth County. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees and President of the Advisory Council for Lunch Break.

Anne S. Provost has been employed full-time with TNR Technical, Inc. in various capacities since 1996. She has served as its Chief Financial Officer since 2008 and was recently elected as Acting President. Prior to TNR, she worked as a Business Manager with the Orlando Business Journal. She graduated from the University of Central Florida in 1991 with a BSBA, Accounting. She completed her undergraduate degree while working full-time in the accounting departments of various Orlando law firms. In 2008, she obtained an Executive MBA from the University of Central Florida.

Family Relationships

There are no family relationships among any of our executive officers and directors.

Director Attendance at Meetings

Our board of directors conducts its business through meetings, both in person and telephonic, and by actions taken by written consent in lieu of meetings. During the year ended December 31, 2021, our board of directors held meetings and acted through unanimous written consents.

Our board of directors encourages all directors to attend our future annual meetings of stockholders unless it is not reasonably practicable for a director to do so.

 

Corporate Governance

 

Our business, property and affairs are managed by, or under the direction of, our Board, in accordance with the GeneralNew York Business Corporation Law of the State of New York and our By-Laws.by-laws. Members of the Board are kept informed of our business through discussions with the Chief Executive OfficersOfficer and other key members of management, by reviewing materials provided to them by management.

 

We continue to review our corporate governance policies and practices by comparing our policies and practices with those suggested by various groups or authorities active in evaluating or setting best practices for corporate governance of public companies. Based on this review, we have adopted, and will continue to adopt, changes that the Board believes are the appropriate corporate governance policies and practices for our Company. We have adopted changes and will continue to adopt changes, as appropriate, to comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and subsequent rule changes made by the SEC, and the listing rules of the NASDAQ Capital Market and any applicable securities exchange.

 

 

 

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Director Qualifications and Diversity

 

The board seeks independent directors who represent a diversity of backgrounds and experiences that will enhance the quality of the board’s deliberations and decisions. Candidates shall have substantial experience with one or more publicly traded companies or shall have achieved a high level of distinction in their chosen fields. The board is particularly interested in maintaining a mix that includes individuals who are active or retired executive officers and senior executives, particularly those with experience in the finance and capital market industries.

 

In evaluating nominations to the Boardboard of Directors,directors, our Boardboard also looks for certain personal attributes, such as integrity, ability and willingness to apply sound and independent business judgment, comprehensive understanding of a director’s role in corporate governance, availability for meetings and consultation on Company matters, and the willingness to assume and carry out fiduciary responsibilities. Qualified candidates for membership on the Boardboard will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, ancestry, national origin, or disability.

 

Oversight of Risk OversightManagement

 

EnterpriseRisk is inherent with every business, and how well a business manages risk can ultimately determine its success. We face a number of risks, are identifiedincluding economic risks, financial risks, legal and prioritizedregulatory risks and others, such as the impact of competition. Management is responsible for the day-to-day management of the risks that we face, while our board, as a whole and through its committees, has responsibility for the oversight of risk management. In its risk oversight role, our board of directors is responsible for satisfying itself that the risk management processes designed and implemented by management are adequate and each prioritizedfunctioning as designed. Our board of directors assesses major risks facing our Company and options for their mitigation in order to promote our stockholders’ interests in the long-term health of our Company and our overall success and financial strength. A fundamental part of risk management is not only understanding the risks a company faces and what steps management is taking to manage those risks, but also understanding what level of risk is assignedappropriate for us. The involvement of our full board of directors in the risk oversight process allows our board of directors to assess management’s appetite for risk and also determine what constitutes an appropriate level of risk for our Company. Our board of directors regularly includes agenda items at its meetings relating to its risk oversight role and meets with various members of management on a range of topics, including corporate governance and regulatory obligations, operations and significant transactions, risk management, insurance, pending and threatened litigation and significant commercial disputes.

While our board of directors is ultimately responsible for risk oversight, we plan to establish various committees of our board of directors to oversee risk management in their respective areas and regularly report on their activities to our entire board of directors. In particular, the Audit Committee will have the primary responsibility for the oversight of financial risks facing our Company. The Audit Committee’s charter will provide that it will discuss our major financial risk exposures and the steps we have taken to monitor and control such exposures. Our board of directors will also delegate primary responsibility for the oversight of all executive compensation and our employee benefit programs to the full board for oversight. These risks include, without limitation, the following:Compensation Committee. The Compensation Committee will strive to create incentives that encourage a level of risk-taking behavior consistent with our business strategy.

 

RisksWe believe the division of risk management responsibilities described above is an effective approach for addressing the risks facing our Company and exposuresthat our board’s leadership structure provides appropriate checks and balances against undue risk taking.

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Code of Business Conduct and Ethics

Our board of directors has adopted a code of ethical conduct that applies to our principal executive officer, principal financial officer and senior financial management. This code of ethical conduct is embodied within our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, which applies to all persons associated with strategic,our Company, including our directors, officers and employees (including our principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer and execution riskscontroller). In order to satisfy our disclosure requirements under the Exchange Act, we will disclose amendments to, or waivers of, certain provisions of our Code of Business Conduct and other current matters that may present material riskEthics relating to our operations, plans, prospectschief executive officer, chief financial officer, chief accounting officer, controller or reputation.

Riskspersons performing similar functions on our website promptly following the adoption of any such amendment or waiver. The Code of Business Conduct and exposures associated with financial matters, particularly financial reporting, tax, accounting, disclosure, internal control over financial reporting, financial policies, investment guidelinesEthics provides that any waivers of, or changes to, the code that apply to the Company’s executive officers or directors may be made only by the Audit Committee. In addition, the Code of Business Conduct and credit and liquidity matters.

Risks and exposures relatingEthics includes updated procedures for non-executive officer employees to corporate governance; and management and director succession planning.

Risks and exposures associated with leadership assessment, and compensation programs and arrangements, including incentive plans.seek waivers of the code.

 

Board Leadership Structure

 

In accordance with the Company's By-Laws,by-laws, the Chairman of the Board which position is vacant, presides at all meetings of the Board.board. Currently, the Chief Executive Officer is acting ChairmanTheheld by a person who is not the Chairman. The Company has no fixed policy with respect to the separation of these titles. Mr. Thomas Arnost, our former chairman resigned from the board on October 29, 2019 for personal reasons.

 

IndemnificationCommittees of our board of directors

Our board of directors has established and delegated certain responsibilities to its Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, effective December 8, 2021.

Audit Committee

On December 8, 2021, we have established a separately designated Audit Committee in accordance with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Exchange Act. The Audit Committee’s primary duties and responsibilities include monitoring the integrity of our financial statements, monitoring the independence and performance of our external auditors, and monitoring our compliance with applicable legal and regulatory requirements. The functions of the Audit Committee also include reviewing periodically with our independent registered public accounting firm the performance of the services for which they are engaged, including reviewing the scope of the annual audit and its results, reviewing with management and the auditors the adequacy of our internal accounting controls, reviewing with management and the auditors the financial results prior to the filing of quarterly and annual reports, reviewing fees charged by our independent registered public accounting firm and reviewing any transactions between our Company and related parties. Our independent registered public accounting firm reports directly and is accountable solely to the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee has the sole authority to hire and fire the independent registered public accounting firm and is responsible for the oversight of the performance of their duties, including ensuring the independence of the independent registered public accounting firm. The Audit Committee also approves in advance the retention of, and all fees to be paid to, the independent registered public accounting firm. The rendering of any auditing services and all non-auditing services by the independent registered public accounting firm is subject to prior approval of the Audit Committee.

 

The New York Business Corporation Law contains provisions permittingAudit Committee will operate under a written charter. The Audit Committee is required to be composed of directors who are independent under the rules of the SEC and in some situations, requiring New York corporations to provide indemnification to their officers and directors for losses and litigation expense incurred in connection with their service to the corporation. Our certificatelisting standards of incorporation and bylaws contain provisions requiring our indemnificationthe NASDAQ Stock Market. The SEC’s independence requirement provides that members of the Audit Committee may not accept directly or indirectly any consulting, advisory or other compensatory fee from us or any of our directors and officers andsubsidiaries other persons acting inthan their corporate capacities.

directors’ compensation. In addition, we may enter into agreements with our directors providing contractually for indemnification consistent withunder SEC rules, an Audit Committee member who is an affiliate of the certificate of incorporation and bylaws. Currently, we have no such agreements. The New York Business Corporation Law also authorizes usissuer (other than through service as a director) cannot be deemed to purchase insurance for our directors and officers insuring them against risks as to which we may be unable lawfully to indemnify them. We intend to obtain limited insurance coverage for our officers and directors as well as insurance coverage to reimburse us for potential costs of our corporate indemnification of officers and directors.

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As far as exculpation or indemnification for liabilities arising underThe members of the Securities ActAudit Committee are Peter Zurkow, the Chairperson of 1933 may be permitted forthe Audit Committee, Michael Wright and Anne S. Provost These directors and officers and controlling persons, we have been advised that indetermined by the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such exculpation or indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.

LACK OF INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS

In 2019, the Company had two independent directors, namely, Anthony Iacovone, who resigned from the board in May of 2019 and Gene Salkind, whose beneficial ownership interest in the Company has increased to over 47%. Currently the Company does not consider itself to have any independent directors due to Mr. Salkind’s substantial ownership percentage of the Company and first secured position in the assets of the Company on loans of $2,550,000 at December 31, 2020.

Under the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations definition, an “independent director” means a person other than an officer or employee of the Company or its subsidiaries or any other individuals having a relationship that, in the opinion of the Company’s board of directors would interfere with the exercise ofto be independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of the director. The board’s discretion in determining director independence is not completely unfettered. Further, under the NASDAQ definition, an independent director is a person who (1) is not currently (or whose immediate family members are not currently),listing standards and has not been over the past three years (or whose immediate family members have not been over the past three years), employedrules adopted by the company; (2)SEC applicable to audit committee members when they become directors. The board of directors has not (or whose immediate family members have not) been paid more than $120,000 during the current or past three fiscal years;  (3) has not (or whose immediately family has not) been a partner in or controlling shareholder or executive officer of an organization which the company made, or from which the company received, payments in excess of the greater of $200,000 or 5% ofdetermined that organizations consolidated gross revenues, in any of the most recent three fiscal years; (4) has not (or whose immediate family members have not), over the past three years been employedMr. Zurkow qualifies as an executive officer of a company in which an executive officer of Mobiquity has served on that company’s compensation committee; or (5) is not currently (or whose immediate family members are not currently),“audit committee financial expert” under the rules adopted by the SEC and has not been over the past three years (or whose immediate family members have not been over the past three years) a partner of Mobiquity’s outside auditor.

It is the Company’s goal in the future to have independent directors, at least one of which would be a financial expert.Sarbanes Oxley Act. The term “Financial Expert” is defined under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 as amended, as a person who has the following attributes: an understanding of generally accepted accounting principles and financial statements; has the ability to assess the general application of such principles in connection with the accounting for estimates, accruals and reserves; experience preparing, auditing, analyzing or evaluating financial statements that present a breadth and level of complexity of accounting issues that are generally comparable to the breadth and complexity of issues that can reasonably be expected to be raised by the company’s financial statements, or experience actively supervising one or more persons engaged in such activities; an understanding of internal controls and procedures for financial reporting; and an understanding of audit committee functions. The Audit Committee held its first meeting in March 2022 prior to the filing of this Form 10-K.

 

COMMITTEESCompensation Committee

 

On March 7, 2019,Through the efforts of our Compensation Committee, the Company formed has partnered with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), a multinational professional services network and one of the Big Four accounting firms, to provide the Company with advice and support for its Executive Compensation Committee and Board of Directors Nominating Committee, each with Anthony Iacovone and Dr. Gene Salkindprogram. PwC will assess Mobiquity’s compensation philosophy as well as its independent directors. Since Mr. Iacovone has resignedexecutive compensation programs in an effort to ensure the competitiveness and Mr. Salkind is no longer considered independent, these committees are no longer functioning, The Company is seeking to add to the board independent directors who will serve on a Compensation Committee, Nominating Committee and Audit Committee.strategic alignment of executive pay.

 

The primary duties and responsibilities of the Compensation Committee are to review, modify and approve the overall compensation policies for the Company, is seekingincluding the compensation of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and other senior management; establish and assess the adequacy of director compensation; and approve the adoption, amendment and termination of the Company’s stock option plans, pension and profit-sharing plans, bonus plans and similar programs. The Compensation Committee may delegate to engage an independentone or more officers the authority to make grants of options and restricted stock to eligible individuals other than officers and directors, subject to certain limitations. Additionally, the Compensation Committee will have the authority to form subcommittees and to delegate authority to any such subcommittee. The Compensation Committee will also have the authority, in its sole discretion, to select, retain and obtain, at the expense of the Company, advice and assistance from internal or external legal, accounting or other advisors and consultants. Moreover, the Compensation Committee will have the sole authority to retain and terminate any compensation consultant to assist in the evaluation of director, who is a “financial expert”Chief Executive Officer or senior executive compensation, including sole authority to approve such consultant’s reasonable fees and other retention terms, all at that time, we would form an Auditthe Company’s expense.

The Compensation Committee to consist of three independent directors. In the event an audit committee is established, of which there can be no assurances given, its first responsibility would be to adoptwill operate under a written charter. Such charter would be expectedAll members of the Compensation Committee must satisfy the independence requirements of NASDAQ applicable to include, among other things:Compensation Committee members. In determining the independence of members of the Compensation Committee, NASDAQ listing standards require our board of directors to consider certain factors, including, but not limited to:

 

 ·being directly responsible for the appointment,source of compensation of the director, including any consulting, advisory or other compensatory fee paid by us to the director; and oversight
·whether the director is affiliated with us, one of our independent auditor, which shall report directly to the audit committee, including resolutionsubsidiaries or an affiliate of disagreements between management and the auditors regarding financial reporting for the purposeone of preparing or issuing an audit report or related work;our subsidiaries.

 

Under our planned Compensation Committee Charter, members of the Compensation Committee also must qualify as “outside directors” for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and as “non-employee directors” for purposes of Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act.

 

 

 

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·annually reviewing and reassessing the adequacy of the committee’s formal charter;

On December 8, 2021, the Compensation Committee was established, and it now consists of Michael Wright, Peter Zurkow and Anne S. Provost. Mr. Wright is the Chairperson of the Compensation Committee. Each of the Compensation Committee members has been determined by the board of directors to be independent under NASDAQ listing standards applicable to compensation committee members, outside directors under the Internal Revenue Code, and non-employee directors under Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act. The new Compensation Committee is expected to hold its first meeting after the filing of this Form 10-K.

·reviewing the annual audited financial statements with our management and the independent auditors and the adequacy of our internal accounting controls;

·reviewing analyses prepared by our management and independent auditors concerning significant financial reporting issues and judgments made in connection with the preparation of our financial statements;

·reviewing the independence of the independent auditors;

·reviewing our auditing and accounting principles and practices with the independent auditors and reviewing major changes to our auditing and accounting principles and practices as suggested by the independent auditor or its management;

·reviewing all related party transactions on an ongoing basis for potential conflict of interest situations; and

·all responsibilities given to the audit committee by virtue of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, which was signed into law by President George W. Bush on July 30, 2002.

 

CODE OF ETHICSNominating and Corporate Governance Committee

On December 8, 2021, we have established a separately designated Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee identifies, reviews and evaluates candidates to serve on the Board; reviews and assesses the performance of the board of directors and the committees of the Board; and assesses the independence of our directors. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is also responsible for reviewing the composition of the Board’s committees and making recommendations to the entire board of directors regarding the chairpersonship and membership of each committee. In addition, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is responsible for developing corporate governance principles and periodically reviewing and assessing such principles, as well as periodically reviewing the Company’s policy statements to determine their adherence to the Company’s Code of Business Conduct and Ethics.

 

The Company hasNominating and Corporate Governance Committee will operate under a new codewritten charter that identifies the procedures whereby Board of ethicsDirector candidates are identified primarily through suggestions made by directors, management and stockholders of the Company. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will consider director nominees recommended by stockholders that appliesare submitted in writing to the Company'sCompany’s Corporate Secretary in a timely manner and which provide necessary biographical and business experience information regarding the nominee. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee does not intend to alter the manner in which it evaluates candidates, including the criteria considered by the Nominating Committee, based on whether or not the candidate was recommended by a stockholder. The board of directors does not prescribe any minimum qualifications for director candidates, and all candidates for director will be evaluated based on their qualifications, diversity, age, skill and such other factors as deemed appropriate by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee given the current needs of the board of directors, the committees of the board of directors and officersthe Company. Although the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee does not have a specific policy on diversity, it considers the criteria noted above in selecting nominees for directors, including members from diverse backgrounds who combine a broad spectrum of experience and expertise. Absent other factors which has been designedmay be material to deter wrongdoingits evaluation of a candidate, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee expects to promote:recommend to the board of directors for selection incumbent directors who express an interest in continuing to serve on the Board. Following its evaluation of a proposed director’s candidacy, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will make a recommendation as to whether the board of directors should nominate the proposed director candidate for election by the stockholders of the Company.

 

No member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee may be an employee of the Company, and each member must satisfy the independence requirements of NASDAQ and the SEC, except that the committee may have one member who does not meet the Nasdaq independent standards if that committee member is not a current executive officer or employee of the Company or a family member of any current executive officer of the Company, and the Board determines, under exceptional and limited circumstances, that the director’s membership on the Committee is in the best interests of the Company and its Shareholders.

 ·93Honest and ethical conduct, including the ethical handling of actual or apparent conflicts of interest between personal and professional relationships;

 

·Full, fair, accurate, timely and understandable disclosure in reports and documents that the Company files with, or submits to, the SEC and in other public communications made by the Company;

·Compliance with applicable governmental law, rules and regulations;

·The prompt internal reporting of violations of the code of ethics to an appropriate pre-identified person; and

·Accountability for adherence to the code of ethics.

 

A copyOn December 8, 2021, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee was established and consisted of Anthony Iacovone, who was the Chairperson of the Codecommittee, Peter Zurkow and Michael Wright. On March 17, 2022, Mr. Iacovone resigned from the Board and was replaced by Anne S. Provost both as a Director and Chairperson of Ethics was filed as Exhibit 14the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. The aforesaid directors have been determined by the board of directors to ourbe independent under NASDAQ listing standards. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee held its first meeting on March 18, 2022 prior to the filing of this Form 10-K to recommend Ms. Provost fill the vacancy left by the resignation of Mr. Iacovone.

We have implemented no material changes in the past year to the procedures by which stockholders may recommend nominees for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014.Board.

 

COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 16(A) OF THE EXCHANGE ACT

 

Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, requires our officers and directors, and persons who own more than ten percent of a registered class of our equity securities, to file reports of ownership and changes in ownership with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"). Officers, directors and greater than ten percent stockholders are required by the Commission's regulations to furnish us with copies of all Section 16(a) forms they file. During fiscal 2019,2021, to the best of the knowledge of the Company’s directors and officers, no form 3’s, form 4’s or form 5’s were filed late with the Commission by officers or directors, except as follows: _________________________________.late.

 

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Item 11. Executive Compensation.

 

The following table sets forth the overall compensation earned over the fiscal years ended December 31, 20182021, and 2019 by (1) 2020 by:

·each person who served as the principal executive officer of the company during fiscal year 2021 and 2020;
·the Company’s most highly compensated (up to a maximum of two) executive officers as of December 31, 2021, and 2020 with compensation during fiscal years 2021 and 2020 of $100,000 or more; and
·those two individuals, if any, who would have otherwise been in included in bullet point above but for the fact that they were not serving as an executive of the company as of December 31, 2021.

Name and Principal    Salary  Bonus  Stock  Option Awards  All Other Compensation  Total
Position Year  ($)  ($)  Awards  ($)(1)  ($)(2)(3)  ($)
Dean L. Julia  2020  $275,539  $65,318     $  $61,716  $402,573
CEO of the company  2021  $286,615  $     $925,200  $58,590  $1,270,405
                            
Deepanker Katyal  2020  $306,154  $7,622     $  $38,119  $351,895
CEO of Advangelists  2021  $324,616  $     $  $39,702  $364,318
                            
Paul Bauersfeld  2020  $229,616  $39,970     $  $30,533  $300,119
Chief Technology Officer  2021  $238,846  $     $514,000  $27,365  $780,211

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(1)    The options and restricted stock awards presented in this table for fiscal years 2021 and 2020 reflect the full grant date fair value, as if the total dollar amount were earned in the year of grant. The stock awards are valued based on the fair market value of such shares on the date of grant and are charged to compensation expense over the related vesting period. The options are valued at the date of grant based upon the Black-Scholes method of valuation, which is expensed over the service period over which the options become vested. As a general rule, for time-in-service-based options, the company will immediately expense any option or portion thereof which is vested upon grant, while expensing the balance on a pro rata basis over the remaining vesting term of the option.

(2)    Includes all other compensation not reported in the preceding columns, including (i) perquisites and other personal benefits, or property, unless the aggregate amount of such compensation is less than $10,000; (ii) any “gross-ups” or other amounts reimbursed during the fiscal year for the payment of taxes; (iii) discounts from market price with respect to securities purchased from the company except to the extent available generally to all security holders or to all salaried employees; (iv) any amounts paid or accrued in connection with any termination (including without limitation through retirement, resignation, severance or constructive termination, including change of responsibilities) or change in control; (v) contributions to vested and unvested defined contribution plans; (vi) any insurance premiums paid by, or on behalf of, the company during fiscal year 2018 and 2019; (2) the Company’s most highly compensated (uprelating to a maximum of two) executive officers as of December 31, 2019 and 2018 with compensation during fiscal years 2019 and 2018 of $100,000 or more; and (3) those two individuals, if any, who would have otherwise been in included in section (2) above butlife insurance for the fact that they were not serving as an executivebenefit of the company as of December 31, 2019.named executive officer; and (vii) any dividends or other earnings paid on stock or option awards that are not factored into the grant date fair value required to be reported in a preceding column.

 

Name and Principal    Salary  Bonus  Stock  Option Awards  All Other Compensation  Total 
Position Year  ($)  ($)  Awards  ($)(1)  ($)(2)(3)  ($) 
Dean L. Julia  2018  $360,000  $     $  $50,156  $410,156 
CEO of the company  2019  $360,000   15,900      3,575,000   70,474   4,021,374 
                             
Deepanker Katyal  2018  $240,000  $     $  $28,754  $268,754 
CEO of
Advangelists
  2019  $400,000            29,799   429,799 
                             
Paul Bauersfeld  2018  $300,000  $     $  $28,435  $328,435 
Chief Technology Officer  2019  $300,000  $7,950      500,500   35,166   835,666 

(3)    Includes compensation for service as a director described under Director Compensation, below.

 

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(1)The options and restricted stock awards presented in this table for fiscal 2018 and 2019 reflect the full grant date fair value, as if the total dollar amount were earned in the year of grant. The stock awards are valued based on the fair market value of such Shares on the date of grant and are charged to compensation expense over the related vesting period. The options are valued at the date of grant based upon the Black-Scholes method of valuation, which is expensed over the service period over which the options become vested. As a general rule, for time-in-service-based options, the company will immediately expense any option or portion thereof which is vested upon grant, while expensing the balance on a pro rata basis over the remaining vesting term of the option.

(2)Includes all other compensation not reported in the preceding columns, including (i) perquisites and other personal benefits, or property, unless the aggregate amount of such compensation is less than $10,000; (ii) any “gross-ups” or other amounts reimbursed during the fiscal year for the payment of taxes; (iii) discounts from market price with respect to securities purchased from the company except to the extent available generally to all security holders or to all salaried employees; (iv) any amounts paid or accrued in connection with any termination (including without limitation through retirement, resignation, severance or constructive termination, including change of responsibilities) or change in control; (v) contributions to vested and unvested defined contribution plans; (vi) any insurance premiums paid by, or on behalf of, the company relating to life insurance for the benefit of the named executive officer; and (vii) any dividends or other earnings paid on stock or option awards that are not factored into the grant date fair value required to be reported in a preceding column.

(3)Includes compensation for service as a director described under Director Compensation, below.

For a description of the material terms of each named executive officers’ employment agreement, including the terms of the terms of any common share purchase option grants, see that section of this Form 10-K captioned “Employment Agreements.”

 

No outstanding common share purchase option or other equity-based award granted to or held by any named executive officer in the past two years were re-priced or otherwise materially modified, including extension of exercise periods, the change of vesting or forfeiture conditions, the change or elimination of applicable performance criteria, or the change of the bases upon which returns are determined, nor was there any waiver or modification of any specified performance target, goal or condition to payout, except as follows:

 

For a description of the material terms of any contract, agreement, plan or other arrangement that provides for any payment to a named executive officer in connection with his or her resignation, retirement or other termination, or a change in control of the company see “Employment Agreements”. in this Form 10-K.

 

The number of shares of common stock referred to in this “Executive Compensation” section gives effect to the one-for 400 share reverse stock split that we effectuated on September 9, 2020, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

 

 

 

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Executive Officer Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End

 

The following table provides certain information concerning any common share purchase options, stock awards or equity incentive plan awards held by each of our named executive officers that were outstanding as of December 31, 2019.2021.

 

Option AwardsOption Awards   Stock Awards Option Awards  Stock Awards
Name Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options(#) Exercisable  Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options(#) Unexercisable  Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Unearned Options (#)  Option Exercise Price
($)
  Option Expiration Date  Number of Shares or Units of Stock That Have Not Vested (#)  

Market

Value of

Shares

or

Units of

Stock That

Have

Not

Vested

 

Equity

Incentive

Plan

Awards:

Number

of

Unearned

Shares,

Units or

Other

Rights

That

Have

Not

Vested

 

Equity

Incentive Plan

Awards:

Market or

Payout Value

of

Unearned

Shares, Units or

Other Rights

That Have Not

Vested

  Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options(#) Exercisable Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options(#) Unexercisable Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Unearned Options (#)  Option Exercise Price
($)
 Option Expiration Date Number of Shares or Units of Stock That Have Not Vested (#)  

Market

Value of

Shares

or

Units of

Stock That

Have

Not

Vested

  

Equity

Incentive

Plan

Awards:

Number

of

Unearned

Shares,

Units or

Other

Rights

That

Have

Not

Vested

  

Equity

Incentive Plan

Awards:

Market or

Payout Value

of

Unearned

Shares, Units or

Other Rights

That Have Not

Vested

Dean L.  4,900,000        $.05   01/24/23              12,250   $20.00 01/24/23       
Julia (1)  5,000,000        $.07   11/20/23              12,500   $28.00 11/20/23       
  25,000,000        $.15   4/2/29              62,500   $60.00 4/2/29       
                                     225,000   $4.565 12/08/31      
Deepanker  51,406,875        $.14   12/6/28              128,517   $56.00 12/6/28       
Katyal (1)  10,000,000        $.09   09/13/24              25,000   $36.00 09/13/24       
                                     12,500   $36.00 09/13/25       
Paul  4,000,000        $.05   01/24/23              10,000   $20.00 01/24/23       
Bauersfeld(1)  3,000,000        $.07   11/20/23              7,500   $28.00 11/20/23       
(1)  10,000,000        $.15   4/2/29             
 25,000   $60.00 04/2/29       
 125,000   $4.565 12/08/31      

 

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(1)All options contain cashless exercise provisions.

 

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Employment Agreements

 

EachIn April of 2020, due to the following executive officers isCOVID-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 party20% reduction where it stands through December 17, 2021, employees’ salaries were returned to an employment agreement with the company (except for Sean McDonnell, who is an employee at will) with the following compensation arrangements:full pay.

Name Position Monthly Salary  Bonus/Other Compensation 
Dean L. Julia Chief Executive Officer of Company $30,000   (1) 
Sean Trepeta President of Mobiquity Networks  20,000   (2) 
Paul Bauersfeld Chief Technology Officer  25,000   (3) 
Deepanker Katyal CEO – Advangelists  33,333   (4) 
Sean McDonnell Chief Financial Officer  11,000   (5) 

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(1)In addition to the Mr. Julia’s Base Salary, he shall be entitled to a quarterly bonus (the "Quarterly Bonus") of at least 1% of Gross Revenue (as defined under generally accepted accounting principles) for each completed fiscal quarter, so long as Gross Revenue meets or exceeds seventy-five (75%) percent of managements stated goal. The Quarterly Bonus shall be paid no later than fourteen (14) days from Company's filing of the form 10-Q, either in cash, common stock or stock options, at the election of Mr. Julia. Should his Employment Agreement be terminated prior to the end of any fiscal year for any reason other than that provided in the Agreement, a pro rata portion of the Quarterly Bonus shall be paid within 30 days of such termination. For each subsequent calendar year, the Company's Board of Directors, will confirm a new revenue goal for the upcoming year for the purpose of calculating the Quarterly Bonus. In the event that the Company is acquired through a board of directors approved (i) change in control of at least 50% of the outstanding voting stock or (ii) the sale of all or substantially all of the assets, Mr. Julia shall be entitled to receive a payment in-kind equal to three (3%) percent of the consideration paid in connection with said transaction. He also received a signing bonus of options to purchase 25 million shares, exercisable at $.15 per share, over a term of 10 years.

(2)In addition to the Mr. Trepeta’s Base Salary, he shall be entitled to a quarterly bonus (the "Quarterly Bonus") of 1% of Gross Revenue (as defined under generally accepted accounting principles) for each completed fiscal quarter, so long as Gross Revenue meets or exceeds managements stated goal. The Quarterly Bonus shall be paid no later than fourteen (14) days from Company's filing of the Form 10-Q, either in cash, common stock or stock options, at the election of Mr. Trepeta. Should his Employment Agreement be terminated prior to the end of any fiscal year for any reason other than that provided in the Agreement, a pro rata portion of the Quarterly Bonus shall be paid within 30 days of such termination. Mr. Trepeta also received a signing bonus of options to purchase 10 million shares of common stock with 35% immediately vested, 35% vesting in one year and remaining 30% vesting after two years.

(3)In addition to the Mr. Bauersfeld’s Base Salary, he shall be entitled to a quarterly bonus (the "Quarterly Bonus") of .5% of Gross Revenue (as defined under generally accepted accounting principles) for each completed fiscal quarter, so long as Gross Revenue meets or exceeds managements stated goal. The Quarterly Bonus shall be paid no later than fourteen (14) days from Company's filing of the form 10-Q, either in cash, common stock or stock options, at the election of Mr. Bauersfeld. Should his Employment Agreement be terminated prior to the end of any fiscal year for any reason other than that provided in the Agreement, a pro rata portion of the Quarterly Bonus shall be paid within 30 days of such termination. Mr. Bauersfeld also received a signing bonus of options to purchase 10 million shares of common stock with 35% immediately vested, 35% vesting in one year and remaining 30% vesting after two years.

 

 

 

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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. In January 2022, his employment agreement automatically was renewed for a period of an additional two years. 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 1st 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.

Don Walker “Trey” Barrett, III

On January 4, 2022, Don Walker (“Trey”) W. Barrett III accepted the position of Chief Operations and Strategy Officer of Mobiquity Technologies, Inc. The Company entered into an Employment Agreement with Mr. Barrett, effective as of January 1, 2022, for an initial term of two years, which may be renewed for successive one-year terms, with an annual salary of $275,000. Mr. Barrett will be entitled to an annual bonus of up to 100% of his annual salary each year based on the attainment of performance standards, targets or goals which will be mutually agreed upon by the Company and Mr. Barrett. Mr. Barrett was granted non-statutory options to purchase up to 150,000 shares of common stock, at a price of $4.565 per share out of the Company’s 2021 Employee Benefit and Consulting Services Compensation Plan. The options will vest in three substantially equal annual installments of 50,000 shares each on the first, second and third anniversaries of the date of the Employment Agreement provided Mr. Barrett is employed by the Company on those dates, subject to acceleration if Mr. Barrett is terminated without cause, he resigns for good reason, or certain change of control events occur. Additionally, Mr. Barrett was granted 25,000 shares of restricted stock as a signing bonus pursuant to his Employment Agreement, and not out of any other plan, which will vest in full on the six-month anniversary of the date of his Employment Agreement provided he is employed by the Corporation on that date. Mr. Barrett’s employment Agreement contains customary provisions permitting the Company to terminate Mr. Barrett’s employment for cause or Mr. Barrett’s disability, and entitling Mr. Barrett to terminate his employment for good reason, before the end of the contractual employment period. Under the Employment Agreement, Mr. Barrett would be entitled to payment of an amount equivalent to his annual salary for a period of 12 months after termination if his employment is terminated by the Company without cause or due to his disability, or Mr. Barrett terminates his employment for good reason. Additionally, if Mr. Barrett’s employment is not renewed at the end of the initial employment period or any renewal period, Mr. Barrett would be entitled to payment of an amount equivalent to his annual salary for a period of nine months after termination.

(4)The Company issued one share of Mr. Katyal Preferred Stock to Mr. Katyal.The Series B Preferred Stock shall provide dividend rights, payable in cash, to the holders thereof in an amount equivalent to 10% of the gross revenue of Mobiquity or the Company, whichever is higher, for each of its 2019 and 2020 fiscal years. Such dividends (i) shall be declared and paid not later than seventy five (75) days following the end of each such fiscal quarter and (ii) shall not exceed an aggregate of Six Hundred Thousand Dollars ($600,000) per year per holder for all holders of Class B Preferred Stock (i.e., an aggregate of no more than One Million Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,200,000) to the two holders of the Series B Preferred Stock per annum cumulatively). Subject to the dividend rights in favor of the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock, all rights, privileges, preferences, and restrictions set forth in Mobiquity's Certificate of Amendment shall terminate as of December 31, 2020, and, immediately upon declaration and payment of the dividend in respect of Mobiquity's 2020 fiscal year, Mobiquity shall withdraw such class from its authorized capital. Other than the above-referenced dividend rights, the Series B Preferred Stock shall not confer any rights upon the holders thereof. Mr. Katyal and Lokesh Mehta, a non-executive officer of Advangelists, will be the only holders of Mobiquity's Series B Preferred Stock.
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On March 18, 2022, the Company terminated the Employment Agreement of Don (Trey) W. Barrett III for cause and it will not incur any material early termination penalties (due to the fact the termination was for cause). Mr. Barrett served as Chief Operations and Strategy Officer since January 4, 2022. As a result of his termination, Mr. Barrett forfeited his right to retain 25,000 shares of restricted common stock and options to purchase 150,000 shares which had not vested.

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.

 

In the event that the Mr. Katyal's employment is terminated by Mr. Katyal's resignation without Good Reason, or by the Company pursuant to Section 3(b) prior to the December 31, 2020, the Series B Stock issued to Mr. Katyal shall be canceled on the date of the Mr. Katyal's resignation or on the Termination Date, as applicable, as it relates to dividends relating to the fiscal quarters ending after such resignation date or Termination Date.

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Deepanker Katyal

Deepanker 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. Mr. Katyal’s annual base salary is $400,000. Mr. Katyal’s employment agreement, as amended, also provides the following compensation:

 

 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, 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:

··Aa bonus, payable in cash or common stock of the Company, equal to 1% of the Company’s gross revenue (the “Gross Revenue”) for each completed fiscal month during the 2019 fiscal year, subject to certain revenue thresholds as set forth in the Katyal Amendment;agreement. Those revenue thresholds were not attained, and this bonus was not earned;

 ·Commissions
·commissions equal to 10% of the Net Revenues (as defined in the Katyal Amendment) ofnet revenues derived from all New Katyal Managed Accounts (as defined in the agreement – being accounts directly introduced by Mr. Katyal Amendment)or assigned to Employee in writing by the Manager of the Company);

 

 ·Optionsoptions to purchase 15,000,00037,500 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.09$36.00 per share, of which 10,000,000 vest25,000 vested on September 13, 2019, the date Mr. Katyal’s employment agreement was amended, and 12,500 vested on September 13, 2020; and
·one share of Company Series B Preferred Stock which was issued to Mr. Katyal. The Series B Preferred Stock, as a class, provided cash dividend rights, payable in cash, to the holders thereof in an aggregate amount equivalent to 10% of the Katyal Amendment,annual gross revenue of Advangelists or the Company, whichever is higher, up to a maximum aggregate annual amount of $1,200,000, for each of its 2019 and 2020 fiscal years. As a holder of which 5,000,000 vest on the one year anniversary50% of the Series B Preferred Stock, the maximum amount of annual dividends that Mr. Katyal Amendment.would be entitled to $600,000. The Series B Preferred Stock rights, privileges, preferences, and restrictions was to terminate by its terms as of December 31, 2020; and, immediately upon declaration and payment of the dividend in respect of Mobiquity's 2020 fiscal year, Mobiquity was to withdraw such class from its authorized capital. The Series B Preferred Stock was subject to cancellation if Mr. Katyal terminated his employment without good reason or the Company terminated his employment for cause. Mr. Katyal did not receive any Series B Preferred Stock dividends and the Series B Preferred Stock was redeemed by the Company from Mr. Katyal in consideration for entering into the amendment of his employment agreement on September 13, 2019, and for no other consideration.

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.

 

 

 

 

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(5)Mr. McDonnell is eligible to receive options and other bonuses at

During the discretion of the board. Mr. McDonnell is an employee at will without an employment agreement.

A summary of the other pertinent employment provisions is as follows:

The term of Dean Julia’s employment is for a term of three years from April 2, 2019. The agreement shall be automatically extended for an additional term of two years, unless terminated 90 days prior to the termination of the initial term of the agreement. Mr. Julia’s employment agreement, contains certain non-compete and non-solicitation provisions during the terms of the agreement. HeMr. Katyal is also entitled to receive on April 1sta monthly allowance of each year commencing April 1, 2020, optionsup to $550 per month to cover lease or purchase finance costs of an additional 5,000,000 shares of common stock. He is also entitled to paid disability insurance and term life insurance at a cost not to exceed $15,000 per annum. He is also entitled to receive health, dental and 401(k) benefits as is customaryautomobile. Mr. Katyal’s employment agreement provides for other executive officers as well as indemnification by the Company to the fullest extent permitted by law,the Company’s certificate of incorporation and bylaws, as well as a company lease to own Company automobile.

Messrs. Trepeta and Bauersfeld are each an employee at will. Each employment agreement contains certain non-compete and non-solicitation provisions during the term of the agreement and for a period of one year thereafter. Each officer is entitled to receive health, dental and 401(k) benefits as is customary for other executive officers as well as indemnification to the fullest extent permitted by law.

Mr. 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 CompanyAdvangelists to its employees, including medical, dental, life insurance, disability and 401(k) participation. TheMr. Katyal’s employment agreement providescontains customary non-solicitation of Company customers or employees provisions during the term of the agreement and for termination for causeone year after giving employee 30 days’ prior written notice.termination. The agreement provides for termination by the CompanyAdvangelists for cause upon 30 days’ prior written notice; and without cause after 60 days’ prior written notice with severance pay as described in his agreement. Hisnotice. The employment agreement terminates automatically upon Mr. Katyal’s death, and it may also providesbe terminated by Advangelists if Mr. Katyal is disabled for termination by disability for a period of more than six consecutive months in any 12-month period,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 employeeAdvangelists 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 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 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.

On January 4, 2022, the Company entered into a new one-year employment agreement with Deepankar Katyal. His compensation and benefits under the new contract have not changed from the Agreement summarized above.

Sean McDonnell

Sean McDonnell is employed as defined in the agreementCompany’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 restrictive covenants for a periodhe is eligible to receive options and other bonuses at the discretion of one year following the termination date.board.

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DIRECTOR COMPENSATION

 

Currently, four directorsone director of the Company areis an executive officersofficer of the Company. TheirHe receives compensation isas an officer as described herein. The Company is not currently paying Dr. Gene Salkindabove under the heading “Executive Compensation” and as a Director. All Board members received Options under our 2021 Compensation Plan as described elsewhere in this Form 10-K. On March 18, 2022, the board of directors approved the payment of $1,000 per month to servebe paid to each member of the board of directors for serving on the board orand any committees thereof. Future compensation of board members/committee members are at the discretion of the board.

 

Employee Benefit and Consulting Services Compensation Plans

 

On January 3, 2005, our company established anthe 2005 Employee Benefit and Consulting Services Compensation Plan (the “2005 Plan”) covering 2,000,0005,000 shares, which 2005 Plan was ratified by our stockholdersshareholders in February 2005. On August 12, 2005, the company’s stockholders approved a 2,000,000 share5,000-share increase in the 2005 Plan to 4,000,00010,000 shares. On August 28, 2009, the Board adopted the “2009 Plan”2009 Employee Benefit and Consulting Services Compensation Plan identical to the 2005 Plan with 4,000,000 shares under the 2009 Plan.covering 10,000 shares. In September 2013, the Company’s stockholders ratified a board amendment to increase the number of shares covered by the 2009 Plan to 10,000,00025,000 shares. All references to “the Plans” include the 2005 Plan and 2009 Plan. As the 2005 and 2009 Plans are identical other than the number of shares covered by each Plan, it is the Company’s intention to first utilizedutilize the number of shares issuable (available) under the 2005 Plan prior to issuing shares under the 2009 Plan. In February 2015, the Board approved an increase in the number of shares covered by the 2009 Plan from 10,000,00025,000 shares to 20,000,00050,000 shares, subject to stockholdershareholder approval within one year. However, sinceshareholder approval was not obtained within the requisite time period, and the Board established athe 2016 Employee Benefit and Consulting Services Compensation Plan covering 10,000,00025,000 shares which is otherwise identical to the 2005 and 2009 Plans. All options granted under the 2009 Plan, which exceed the Plan limits, have been moved to the 2016 Plan. In December 2018, the Company approved athe 2018 Employee Benefit and Consulting Services Compensation Plan identical to the other Plans described above, except for the number of shares covered by the Plan is 30,000,000.75,000. The “2018”2018 Plan was ratified by stockholdersshareholders in February 2019. On April 2, 2019, the Board approved a “2019 Plan”the 2019 Employee Benefit and Consulting Services Compensation Plan identical to the other Plans described above, except for the number of shares covered by the Plan is 60,000,000.150,000. Approval of the 2019 Plan was not approved by the shareholders within one year in order to grant incentive stock options under said Plan, and it remains unratified by our shareholders. On October 13, 2021, the Board approved the Employee Benefit and Consulting Services Compensation Plan identical to the 2019 Plan except that the number of shares underlying the Plan is 1,100,000. The 20192021 Plan must be approved by stockholdersthe shareholders within one year in order to grant incentive stock options under said Plan. TheWe refer to the 2005, 2009, 2016, 2018, 2019 and 20192021 Plans are collectively herein referred to as the “Plan.”“Plans”.

 

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Administration

 

Our board of directors administers the Plans, has the authority to determine and designate officers, employees, directors and consultants to whom awards shall be mademade; and the terms, conditions and restrictions applicable to each award (including, but not limited to,among other things, the option price, any restriction or limitation, any vesting schedule or acceleration thereof,of vesting, and any forfeiture restrictions). The board may, in its sole discretion, accelerate the vesting of awards.

 

Types of Awards

 

The Plans are designed to enable us to offer certain officers, employees, directors and consultants of us and our subsidiaries equity interests in us and other incentive awards in order to attract, retain and reward such individuals and to strengthen the mutuality of interests between such individuals and our stockholders. In furtherance of this purpose, the Plans contain provisions for granting non-statutory stock options and incentive stock options and common stock awards.

 

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Stock Options.

A “stock option” is a contractual right to purchase a number of shares of common stock at a price determined on the date the option is granted. An incentive stock option is an option granted under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to our employees with certain tax advantages to the grantee over non-statutory stock options. The option price per share of common stock purchasable upon exercise of a stock option and the time or times at which such options shall be exercisable shall be determined by the Board at the time of grant. Such option price in the case of incentive stock options shall not be less than 100% of the fair market value of the common stock on the date of grant and may be granted below fair market value in the case of non-statutory stock options. Incentive stock options granted to owners of 10% or more of our common stock must be granted at an exercise price of at least 110% of the fair market value of our common stock and may not have a term greater than five years. Also, the value of incentive options vesting to any employee cannot exceed $100,000 in any calendar year. The option price of our options must be paid in cash, money order, check or common stock of the company. The non-statutory stock options may also contain at the time of grant, at the discretion of the board, certain other cashless exercise provisions. These cashless exercise provisions are included in the currently outstanding non-statutory stock options granted by the board.

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Options shall be exercisable at the times and subject to the conditions determined by the Board at the date of grant, but no option may be exercisable more than ten years after the date it is granted. If the optionee ceases to be an employee of our company for any reason other than death, any incentive stock option exercisable on the date of the termination of employment may be exercised for a period of thirty days or until the expiration of the stated term of the option, whichever period is shorter. In the event of the optionee’s death, any incentive stock option exercisable at the date of death may be exercised by the legal heirs of the optionee from the date of death until the expiration of the stated term of the option or six months from the date of death, whichever event first occurs. In the event of disability of the optionee, any incentive stock options shall expire on the stated date that the Option would otherwise have expired or 12 months from the date of disability, whichever event first occurs. The termination and other provisions of a non-statutory stock option shall be fixed by the board of directors at the date of grant of each respective option.

 

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Common Stock Award.

Common stock awards are shares of common stock that will be issued to a recipient at the end of a restriction period, if any, specified by the board if he or she continues to be an employee, director or consultant of us. If the recipient remains an employee, director or consultant at the end of the restriction period, the applicable restrictions will lapse and we will issue a stock certificate representing such shares of common stock to the participant. If the recipient ceases to be an employee, director or consultant of us for any reason (including death, disability or retirement) before the end of the restriction period unless otherwise determined by the board, the restricted stock award will be terminated.

 

Awards

As of December 31, 2019,2021, the Company has granted a total of 1,109,159 options under the Plans and a total of 110,575,00026,750 options and outside the Plans, a total of 1,825,000 options or a total of options to purchase 112,400,0001,135,909 shares of the Company’s Common Stock with a weighted average exercise price of $0.12$16.69 per share. The board has granted options with varying terms.The Company has also granted to various officers, directors and employees of Advangelists, warrants to purchase an aggregate of 109,976,675166,017 shares at varying terms.

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It is not possible to predict the individuals who will receive future awards under the Plans or outside the Plans or the number of shares of Common Stock covered by any future award because such awards are wholly within the discretion of the Board. The table below contains information as of December 31, 20192021, on the known benefits provided to certain persons and group of persons who own options under or outside the Plans.

 

 

Number of Shares

Subject to Options/Warrants

 

Average Exercise

Price ($) per Share

 

Value of

Unexercised

Options/

Warrants at

Dec. 31, 2019 (1)

  

Number of Shares

Subject to Options/Warrants

 

Average Exercise

Price ($) per Share

 

Value of

Unexercised

Options/

Warrants at

Dec. 31, 2021 (1)

Dean L. Julia  34,900,000   0.12  $197,000   337,250   20.38  $ 
Sean McDonnell  1,200,000   0.06  $26,000   28,000   6.58  $ 
Don Walker “Trey” Barrett, III       $ 
Sean Trepeta  16,700,000   0.11  $141,000   166,750   14.79  $ 
Thomas Arnost  8,833,333   0.08  $108,750 
Paul Bauersfeld  17,000,000   0.11  $150,000   167,500   14.81  $ 
Deepanker Katyal  61,406,875   0.13      166,017   51.48  $ 
Six Executive Officers as a group  140,040,208   0.12  $622,750 
Executive Officers as a group  865,517   23.74  $ 
Gene Salkind
  425,625   44.43  $ 
Three Independent Directors as a group  78,125   6.30  $ 

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(1)Value is normally calculated by multiplying (a) the difference between the market value per share at period end (i.e. $0.08 based upon a last sale on (or the last trade date before) December 31, 2019) and the option exercise price by (b) the number of shares of Common Stock underlying the option.

(1)    Value is normally calculated by multiplying (a) the difference between the market value per share at period end (i.e. $2.13 based upon a last sale on (or the last trade date before) December 31, 2021) and the option exercise price by (b) the number of shares of Common Stock underlying the option.

 

In the past, the Company has granted certain employees and consultants, stock awards for services for the prior year with vesting to occur after the passage of an additional 12 months.months from grant. These awards totaled 45,000 Sharesthe following:

112 shares for 2008, subject to continued services with the Company through December 31, 2009. These awards totaled 51,000 Shares

127 shares for 2009 subject to continued services with the Company through December 31, 2010. These awards totaled 105,000 Shares

262 shares for 2010 subject to continued services with the Company through December 31, 2011. These awards totaled 45,000

112 shares for 2011, subject to continued services with the Company through December 31, 2012.

A total of 203,500509 shares were issued under the 2005 Plan pursuant to the stock award program described above (net of cancellations). No stock awards were granted in fiscal 2012 through fiscal 2019.2021.

 

Eligibility

 

Our officers, employees, directors and consultants of Mobiquity and our subsidiaries are eligible to be granted stock options, and common stock awards.

 

Termination or Amendment of the Plans

 

The board may at any time amend, discontinue, or terminate all or any part of the Plans, provided, however, that unless otherwise required by law, the rights of a participant may not be impaired without his or her consent, and provided that we will seek the approval of our stockholders for any amendment if such approval is necessary to comply with any applicable federal or state securities laws or rules or regulations.

 

 

 

 

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Options granted under the 2021 Plan

Under the 2021 Plan, the Board approved effective December 8, 2021 the granting of 10 year options to purchase an aggregate of 810,000 shares to various Board members and executive officers, employees with the options exercisable commencing February 7, 2022 at an exercise price equal $4.565 per share. The following table reflects the number of options granted to each officer and/or director:

NameAmount
Dean L. Julia225,000
Paul Bauersferld125,000
Sean J. McDonnell, CPA25,000
Sean Trepeta125,000
Dr. Gene Salkind, M.D.35,000
Peter L. Zurkow25,000
Michael A. Wright25,000
Anthony Iacovone25,000

On January 4, 2022, Mr. Barrett was granted options to purchase up to 150,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $4.465 per share to vest in three equal annual installments of 50,000 shares on the first, second and third anniversaries of the date of the employment agreement provided Mr. Barrett is employed by the Company on those dates, subject to acceleration if Mr. Barrett is terminated without cause, he resigned for good reason or certain changes in control event On March 18, 2022, the Company terminated the Employment Agreement of Don (Trey) W. Barrett III for cause and Mr. Barrett forfeited his right to retain options to purchase 150,000 shares which had not vested.

Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.Matters.

 

The following table sets forth certain information regarding beneficial ownership of our voting stock as of March 6, 202025, 2022 based upon 6,560,751. common shares outstanding and by:

 

●       
·each person or group of affiliated persons known by us to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of any class of our voting stock;

·each “named executive officer” of the Company;

·each of our directors; and

·all executive officers and directors as a group.

●       each “named executive officer” of the Company,

●       each of our directors; and

●       all executive officers and directors as a group.

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Unless otherwise noted below, the address of each person listed on the table is c/o Mobiquity Technologies, Inc. at the address set forth herein. To our knowledge, each person listed below has sole voting and investment power over the shares shown as beneficially owned except to the extent jointly owned with spouses or otherwise noted below.

Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the SEC. The information does not necessarily indicate ownership for any other purpose. Under these rules, shares of stock which a person has the right to acquire (i.e., by the exercise of any option or the conversion of such person’s outstanding Preferred Stock) within 60 days after February __, 2020March 25, 2022 are deemed to be beneficially owned and outstanding for purposes of calculating the number of shares and the percentage beneficially owned by that person. However, these shares are not deemed to be beneficially owned and outstanding for purposes of computing the percentage beneficially owned by any other person. The percentage of shares owned as of March 6, 202025, 2022 is based upon 923,689,1146,560,751 shares of Common Stock outstanding on that date. The number of shares in this “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters” section gives effect to the one-for 400 share reverse stock split that we effectuated on September 9, 2020.

 

Name and Address of Beneficial Owner Shares of
Common
Stock
 Number of
Shares
Underlying
Convertible
Preferred
Stock, Notes
Options and
Warrants
 Total
Shares
Beneficially
Owned
 Percentage
of
Shares
Beneficially
Owned (%)
  Shares of
Common
Stock
 Number of
Shares
Underlying
Convertible
Preferred
Stock, Notes
Options and
Warrants
 Total
Shares
Beneficially
Owned
 Percentage
of
Shares
Beneficially
Owned (%)
Stockholders         
Clyde Berg/Carl Berg and affiliated entities 97,376,699 46,360,034 143,736,733 14.8 
Norman Kravetz 61,089,488 2,083,334   63,172,822 6.8 
Lokesh Mehta 848,868 60,171,875 61,020,743 6.2 
Thomas Arnost 60,832,117 8,833,335 69,665,452 7.4 
         
Directors and Executive Officers                         
Paul Bauersfeld 100,000 17,000,000 17,100,000 1.8   250   167,500   167,750   2.5 
Dean L. Julia 1,953,500 34,900,000 36,853,500 3.8   4,884   337,500   342,384   5.0 
Sean Trepeta 1,010,001 16,700,000 17,710,001 1.9   2,525   166,750   169,275   2.5 
Sean McDonnell 166,667 1,200,000 1,366,667 *   417   28,000   28,417   * 
Deepanker Katyal 871,134 61,406,875 62,278,009 6.3   0   166,017   166,017   2.5 
Michael Wright  0   25,000   25,000   * 
Gene Salkind 253,908,335 360,625,000 614,533,335 47.8   1,116,021   1,066,250   2,182,271   28.6 
All Officers and directors as a group (six persons)         
______________________         
Anne S. Provost  0   25,000   25,000   * 
Peter Zurkow  0   25,000   25,000   * 
All Officers and directors as a group (nine persons)  1,124,097   2,007,017   3,131,114   36.5 

* Less than one percent.

*Less than one percent.

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Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions and Director Independence.

 

We describe below all transactions and series of similar transactions, other than compensation arrangements, during our last three fiscal years, to which we were a party or will be a party in which:

 

 ·the amounts exceeded or will exceed $120,000; and

 
·any of our directors, executive officers or holders of more than 5% of our capital stock, or any member of the immediate family of the foregoing persons, had or will have a direct or indirect material interest.

 

Compensation arrangements for our directors and named executive officers are described elsewhere in this Form 10-K.under “Item 12.”

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Employment Agreements and Executive Compensation

 

We have entered into various employment agreements as described under Item 11.the heading “Executive Compensation”. These agreements also provide for us to indemnify such officers and/or directors to the maximum extent permitted by law. We also carry directors’ and officers’ liability insurance which protects each of our officers and directors up to the policy maximum of $4.0$1.5 million, subject to a $1.5 million deductible of $100,000 for securities claims and $75,000 for other claims. For more information regarding our employment agreements and indemnification provisions, see “Executive Compensation.“Item 12.

Related Party Debt Financing

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 Salkind lenders may convert the notes at any time.
·The Company may convert the notes at any time that the trailing thirty (30) day volume weighted average price per share (as more particularly described in the Notes) of the Company’s common stock is above $400 per share.

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 and upon conversion thereof (if at all), the Company will issue 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. See “Risk Factors – Impacts of COVID-19 to business and the general economy.” Dr. Salkind and his affiliate have not declared a default under the Notes due to the non-payment of interest. They have the right to declare the Notes in default at any time if we do not cure the non-payment. On December 17, 2021, the Company paid Dr. Salkind and his affiliate an aggregate of $400,000 in accrued interest and the Company paid down principal of $137,500 to reduce the outstanding principal to $2,562,500 and unpaid interest to $256,850. Since January 2022, the Company is making timely payments of $31,875 per month toward accrued interest.

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Notes to the Financial Statements and Other Disclosures

 

The disclosures contained in this Form 10-K, in particular in the notes to our consolidated financial statements as well as Item 11 herein,under “Item 12,” describe various other transactions between the Company’s and its officers, directors and principal stockholders. Further, Dr. Gene Salkind, a director and principal stockholder, has a first security interest in substantially all of the consolidated assets of the Company. shareholders.

All related party transactions described elsewhere in this Form 10-K are incorporated herein this Item 13 by reference.

Director Independence

Reference is made to “Item 10” for details pertaining to lack of independent directors on the Company’s board of directors as of the filing date of this Form 10-K. Dr. Gene Salkind, a director of the Company, who has never served as an executive officer of the Company, is a secured creditor and a controlling stockholder. For these reasons, the Company has taken the position that it is not considering Dr. Salkind an independent director.

 

Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

 

On July 16, 2018, the Company engaged BF Borgers CPA PC as our registered independent public accountants. Their fees are described in the table below.

 

  Year Ended December 31, 
  2019  2018 
Audit fees $48,600  $48,600 
Audit- related fees  32,400   25,800 
Tax fees      
All other fees     5,663 
Total fees $81,000  $80,063 

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  Year Ended December 31,
  2020 2021
Audit fees $48,600  $48,600 
Audit- related fees  32,400   32,400 
Tax fees      
All other fees     37,800 
Total fees $81,000  $118,800 

 

Policy on Board Pre-Approval of Services of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

Our Board has responsibility for appointing, setting compensation and overseeing the work of the independent registered public accounting firm. In recognition of this responsibility, the Board has established a policy to pre-approve all audit and permissible non-audit services provided by the independent registered public accounting firm. Prior to engagement of the independent registered public accounting firm for the following year’s audit, management will submit to the Board for approval a description of services expected to be rendered during that year for each of following categories of services:

 

Audit services include audit work performed in the preparation and audit of the annual financial statements, review of quarterly financial statements, reading of annual, quarterly and current reports, as well as work that generally only the independent auditor can reasonably be expected to provide, such as the provision of consents and comfort letters in connection with the filing of registration statements.

  

Audit-related services are for assurance and related services that are traditionally performed by the independent auditor, including due diligence related to mergers and acquisitions and special procedures required to meet certain regulatory requirements.

 

Tax services consist principally of assistance with tax compliance and reporting, as well as certain tax planning consultations.

 

Other servicesare those associated with services not captured in the other categories. We generally do not request such services from our independent auditor.

 

Prior to the engagement, the Board pre-approves these services by category of service. The fees are budgeted, and the Board requires the independent registered public accounting firm and management to report actual fees versus the budget periodically throughout the year by category of service. During the year, circumstances may arise when it may become necessary to engage the independent registered public accounting firm for additional services not contemplated in the original pre-approval. In those instances, the Board requires specific pre-approval before engaging the independent registered public accounting firm.

 

The Board may delegate pre-approval authority to one or more of its members. The member to whom such authority is delegated must report, for informational purposes only, any pre-approval decisions to the audit Board at its next scheduled meeting.

 

None of the services described above provided by our auditors were approved by the Board pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.

  

 

 

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PART IV

 

 

Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules

 

(a)  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

The following documents are filed under ITEM 8 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS as the financial statements of the Company for the years ended December 31, 20192021, and 2018:2020:

 

Reports of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firms

Consolidated Balance Sheets

Consolidated Statements of Operations

Consolidated Statement of Stockholders' Equity

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

  

(b)  EXHIBITS

  

Exhibit  
Number Exhibit Title
2.1 Agreement and Plan of Merger dated November 20, 2018 between Mobiquity Technologies, Inc., Glen Eagles Acquisition LP, Avng Acquisition Sub, LLC, Advangelists, LLC, and Deepankar Katyal as Member Representative (the “Advangelists Merger Agreement”) (Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K dated December 11, 2018.)(25)
2.2 First Amendment to Exhibit 2.1(25)
3.1Certificate of Incorporation filed March 26, 1998(1)
3.2Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation filed June 10, 1999(1)
3.3Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation approved by stockholders in 2005(1)
3.4Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation dated September 11, 2008(11)
3.5Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation dated October 7, 2009(11)
3.6Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation dated May 18, 2012(11)
3.7Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation dated September 10, 2013(17)
3.8Amended By-Laws(1)
3.92014 Amendment to By-Laws(19)
3.10Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation filed December 22, 2015(23)
3.11Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation dated March 24, 2016(21)
3.12Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation(22)
3.13Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation – September 2018(26)
3.14Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation – February 2019(26)
3.15Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation – December 17, 2018(26)
3.16Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation – December 4, 2018(26)
3.17Restated Certificate of Incorporation(30)
3.18Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation (32)
4.1Registration Rights Agreement(18)
10.1Left blank intentionally
10.2Employment Agreement - Dean Julia(2)
10.3Left blank intentionally
10.4Amendments to Employment Agreement - Dean L. Julia(5)(7)
10.5Amendment to Exhibits 10.3 and 10.4 dated April 7, 2010(10)
10.6Amendment to Employment Agreement – Dean L. Julia(11)
10.7Left blank intentionally
10.8Amendment to Dean L. Julia’s Employment Agreement(16)
10.9Left blank intentionally
10.10Employment Agreement – Sean Trepeta(19)
10.11Employment Agreement – Paul Bauersfeld(19)
10.12Employment Agreement – Thomas Arnost(20)
10.13Left blank intentionally
10.14Form of Consulting Agreement and Form of Warrant to purchase common stock - Deepankar Katyal(25)

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Exhibit
NumberExhibit Title
10.15Employment Agreement dated April 2, 2019 – Dean L. Julia(30)
10.16Employment Agreement dated April 2, 2019 – Sean Trepeta(30)
10.17Employment Agreement dated April 2, 2019 – Paul Bauersfeld(30)
10.18Employmentthe Advangelists Merger Agreement dated December 7,6, 2018 – Deepanker Katyal(Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K dated December 11, 2018.)(30)
10.192.3 Membership Interest Purchase Agreement dated as of April 30, 2019 between Mobiquity Technologies, Inc. and Glen Eagles Acquisition LP (Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K dated April 30, 2019.)(28)
10.202.4 Membership Interest Purchase Agreement, effective as of May 8, 2019 between Mobiquity Technologies, Inc. and Gopher Protocol, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K dated May 10, 2019.)(29)
10.212.5Assignment and Assumption Agreement effective as of May 8, 2019 between Mobiquity Technologies, Inc. and Gopher Protocol, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K dated May 10, 2019.)
2.6Stock Purchase Agreement, effective as of September 13, 2019, by and between Mobiquity Technologies, Inc. and GBT Technologies, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K dated September 13, 2019.)
2.7Subscription Agreement, dated as of September 13, 2019, by and between Mobiquity Technologies, Inc. and Dr. Gene Salkind (Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K/A dated September 13, 2019.)
2.8Subscription Agreement, dated as of September 13, 2019, by and between Mobiquity Technologies, Inc. and Marital Trust GST Subject U/W/O Leopold Salkind (Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K/A dated September 13, 2019.)
2.9Securities Purchase Agreement dated September 20, 2021 by and between Mobiquity Technologies, Inc. and Talos Victory Fund, LLC (Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K dated September 20, 2021.)
2.10Securities Purchase Agreement dated September 20, 2021 by and between Mobiquity Technologies, Inc. and Blue Lake Partners LLC (Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K dated September 20, 2021.)
3.1Certificate of Incorporation filed March 26, 1998 (Incorporated by reference to Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 10-SB as filed with the Commission on February 10, 2005)
3.2Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation filed June 10, 1999 (Incorporated by reference to Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 10-SB as filed with the Commission on February 10, 2005)
3.3Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation approved by stockholders in 2005(Incorporated by reference to Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 10-SB as filed with the Commission on February 10, 2005)
3.4Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation dated September 11, 2008 (Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended December 31, 2012.)
3.5Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation dated October 7, 2009 (Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended December 31, 2012.)

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3.6Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation dated May 18, 2012 (Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended December 31, 2012.)
3.7Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation dated September 10, 2013 (Incorporated by reference to Registrant’s Form 8-K filed on September 11, 2013.)
3.8Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation filed December 22, 2015 (Incorporated by reference to Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015.)
3.9Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation dated March 23, 2016 (Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K dated March 24, 2016.)
3.10Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation (Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K dated March 1, 2017.)
3.11Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation – September 2018 (Incorporated by reference to Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018.)
3.12Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation – February 2019 (Incorporated by reference to Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018.)
3.13Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation – December 17, 2018 (Incorporated by reference to Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018.)
3.14Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation – December 4, 2018 (Incorporated by reference to Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018.)
3.15Restated Certificate of Incorporation (Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K dated July 15, 2019.)
3.16Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation-Series E preferred Stock**
3.17Amended By-Laws (Incorporated by reference to Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 10-SB as filed with the Commission on February 10, 2005)
3.182014 Amendment to By-Laws (Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 24, 2014.)
3.19November 2021 Amendment to By-Laws**
4.1 Amended and Restated $7,512,500 Promissory Note dated as of May 10, 2019 from Mobiquity Technologies, Inc. to Deepanker Katyal, as representative of the former members of Advangelists, LLC (Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K dated May 10, 2019.)(29)
10.22Assignment and Assumption Agreement effective as of May 8. 2019 between Mobiquity Technologies, Inc. and Gopher Protocol, Inc.(29)
10.23Stock Purchase Agreement, effective as of September 13, 2019, by and between Mobiquity Technologies, Inc. and GBT Technologies, Inc. (31)
10.24Amendment No. 1 to Employment Agreement, dated as of September 13, 2019, by and between Advaneglists, LLC and Deepankar Katyal (31)
10.25Class B Preferred Stock Redemption Agreement, dated as of September 13, 2019, by and between Mobiquity Technologies, Inc. and Deepankar Katyal (31)
10.26Amendment No. 1 to Employment Agreement, dated as of September 13, 2019, by and between Advaneglists, LLC and Lokesh Mehta (31)
10.27Class B Preferred Stock Redemption Agreement, dated as of September 13, 2019, by and between Mobiquity Technologies, Inc. and Lokseh Mehta (31)
10.28Subscription Agreement, dated as of September 13, 2019, by and between Mobiquity Technologies, Inc. and Dr. Gene Salkind (32)
10.29Convertible Promissory Note in favor of Dr. Gene Salkind, dated as of September 13, 2019 (32)
10.30Subscription Agreement, dated as of September 13, 2019, by and between Mobiquity Technologies, Inc. and Marital Trust GST Subject U/W/O Leopold Salkind (32)
10.31Convertible Promissory Note in favor of Marital Trust GST Subject U/W/O Leopold Salkind, dated as of September 13, 2019 (32)
10.32Form of Lender Warrant (32)
10.334.2 Second Amended and Restated Promissory Note, dated as of September 13, 2019, by and between Mobiquity Technologies, Inc. and Deepankar Katyal, as representative of the former owners of Advangelists, LLC (Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K dated September 13, 2019.) (31)
10.344.3 Form of Common Stock Purchase Warrant (31)
11.1Statement re: Computation of per share earnings. SeeStatement of OperationsandNotes to Financial Statements
14.1Code of Ethics/Code of Conduct(Incorporated by reference to Form 10-K for the year ended8-K dated September 13, 2019.)
4.4Convertible Promissory Note in favor of Dr. Gene Salkind, dated as of September 13, 2019 (Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K/A dated September 13, 2019.)
4.5Amended and Restated Convertible Promissory Note in favor of Dr. Gene Salkind, dated as of December 31, 2014)2019**
4.6Second Amended and Restated Convertible Promissory Note in favor of Dr. Gene Salkind, dated as of April 1, 2019**
4.7Convertible Promissory Note in favor of Marital Trust GST Subject U/W/O Leopold Salkind, dated as of September 13, 2019 (Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K/A dated September 13, 2019.)
4.8Amended and Restated Convertible Promissory Note in favor of Marital Trust GST Subject U/W/O Leopold Salkind, dated as of December 31, 2019**
4.9Second Amended and Restated Convertible Promissory Note in favor of Marital Trust GST Subject U/W/O Leopold Salkind, dated as of April 1, 2019**
4.10Form of Lender Warrant (Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K/A dated September 13, 2019.)
4.11Promissory Note in favor of Talos Victory Fund, LLC dated September 20, 2021 (Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K dated September 20, 2021.)
4.12Promissory Note in favor of Blue Lake Partners LLC dated September 20, 2021 (Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K dated September 20, 2021.)
4.13Common Stock Purchase Warrant dated September 20, 2021 issued to Talos Victory Fund, LLC (Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K dated September 20, 2021.)
4.14Common Stock Purchase Warrant dated September 20, 2021 issued to Blue Lake Partners LLC (Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K dated September 20, 2021.)
4.15Form of Representative’s Warrant**

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4.16Form of Warrant Agent Agreement by and between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company**
4.17Form of Warrant (Annex C to the Form of Warrant Agent Agreement attached as Exhibit 4.16)**
10.1Employment Agreement dated April 2, 2019 – Dean L. Julia (Incorporated by reference to Form 10-K/A filed with the SEC on April 26, 2019.)
10.2Employment Agreement dated April 2, 2019 – Sean Trepeta (Incorporated by reference to Form 10-K/A filed with the SEC on April 26, 2019.)
10.3Employment Agreement dated April 2, 2019 – Paul Bauersfeld (Incorporated by reference to Form 10-K/A filed with the SEC on April 26, 2019.)
10.4Employment Agreement dated December 7, 2018 – Deepanker Katyal (Incorporated by reference to Form 10-K/A filed with the SEC on April 26, 2019.)
10.5Amendment No. 1 to Employment Agreement, dated as of September 13, 2019, by and between Advangelists, LLC and Deepankar Katyal (Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K dated September 13, 2019.)
10.6Class B Preferred Stock Redemption Agreement, dated as of September 13, 2019, by and between Mobiquity Technologies, Inc. and Deepankar Katyal (Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K dated September 13, 2019.)
10.7Merchant Agreement dated April 29, 2021, 2021 by and between Mobiquity Technologies, Inc. and Business Capital Providers, Inc.**
10.8Merchant Agreement dated July 28, 2021 by and between Mobiquity Technologies, Inc. and Business Capital Providers, Inc.**
10.9Form of Investor Convertible Debt Subscription Agreement (5% Original Issue Discount)**
10.10Form of Investor Convertible Debt Subscription Agreement (10% Original Issue Discount)**

10.11

Form of Investor Convertible Debt Subscription Agreement (10% Annual Interest)**

10.12Employment Agreement dated January 4, 2022 – Deepanker Katyal (incorporated by reference to Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 30, 2022).*
10.13Employment Agreement dated January 4, 2022 – Don Walker (“Trey”) Barrett, III (incorporated by reference to Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 6, 2022).
21.1 Subsidiaries of the Issuer(26) (Incorporated by reference to Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018.)
31.1 Rule 13a-14(a) Certification in accordance with Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002(*)
31.2 Rule 13a-14(a) Certification in accordance with Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002(*)
32.1 Certification pursuant to 18. U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002(*)
32.2 Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002(*)
99.1 2005 Employee Benefit and Consulting Services Compensation Plan(2)
99.2Amendment to 2005 Plan(4)
99.32009 Employee Benefit and Consulting Services Compensation Plan(3)
99.42018 Employee Benefit and Consulting Services Compensation Plan.(Incorporated by reference to Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the SEC on January 11, 2019.)
101.INSXBRL Instance Document *
101.SCHDocument, XBRL Taxonomy Extension *
101.CALCalculation Linkbase, XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition *
101.DEFLinkbase, XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels *
101.LABLinkbase, XBRL Taxonomy Extension *
101.PREPresentation Linkbase *

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* Filed herewith.

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(1)Incorporated by reference to Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 10-SB as filed with the Commission on February 10, 2005.
(2)Incorporated (Incorporated by reference to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 10-SB/A filed with the Commission March 21, 2005.)
(3)99.2Incorporated by referenceAmendment to Form 10-K filed for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009.
(4)Incorporated2005 Plan (Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Form 10-QSB/A filed with the Commission on August 15, 2005.)
(5)99.3Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Form 10-KSB for its fiscal year ended December 31, 2005.
(6)Left blank intentionally.
(7)Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Form 8-K dated September 21, 2007.
(8)Left blank intentionally.
(9)Left blank intentionally.
(10)Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2011.
(11)Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended December 31, 2012.
(12)Left blank intentionally.
(13)Left blank intentionally.
(14)Left blank intentionally.
(15)Left blank intentionally.
(16)Incorporated2009 Employee Benefit and Consulting Services Compensation Plan (Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K10-K filed June 6, 2013.
(17)Left blank intentionally.
(18)Left blank intentionally.
(19)Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 24, 2014.

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(21)

Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K dated December 19, 2014.

Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K dated March 24, 2016.

(22)Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K dated March 1, 2017.
(23)Incorporated by reference to Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015.2009.)
(24)99.4Incorporated2018 Employee Benefit and Consulting Services Compensation Plan. (Incorporated by reference to Form 10-K forDefinitive Proxy Statement filed with the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016.SEC on January 11, 2019.)
(25)99.5Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K2021 Employee Benefit and Consulting Compensation Plan**
99.6Press release dated December 11, 2018.1, 2022 *

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101.INS

Incorporated by reference to

Inline XBRL Instance Document *
101.SCHInline Document, XBRL Taxonomy Extension *
101.CALInline Calculation Linkbase, XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition *
101.DEFInline Linkbase, XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels *
101.LABInline Linkbase, XBRL Taxonomy Extension *
101.PREInline Presentation Linkbase *

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*Filed herewith

**Previously filed under Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018.

Incorporated by reference to Form 10-K/A for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018.

Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K dated April 30, 2019.

Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K dated May 10, 2019.

Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K dated July 15, 2019.

Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K dated September 13, 2019.

Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K/A dated September 13, 2019 and filed on November 6, 2019.

S-1 Registration Statement, File No. 333-260364.

 

(c)  FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES

 

We are not filing any financial statement schedules as part of this Form 10-K because such schedules are either not applicable or the required information is included in the financial statements or notes thereto.

 

 

 

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

 MOBIQUITY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
   
 By:/s/ Dean L. Julia
  Dean L. Julia,
  Principal Executive Officer

 

Dated: Shoreham, New York

March 25, 2020December 1, 2022

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this Report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated:

 

SignaturesName Title Date
 Date 
/s/ Dean L. Julia Principal Executive Officer President and Director March 25, 2020December 1, 2022
Dean L. Julia     
     
/s/ Sean McDonnellAnne S. Provost Principal Financial OfficerDirector March 25, 2020December 1, 2022
Sean McDonnellAnne S. Provost    
     
/s/ Sean TrepetaPeter Zurkow Director March 25, 2020December 1, 2022
Sean TrepetaPeter Zurkow    
     
/s/ Gene SalkindSean J. McDonnell, CPA DirectorPrincipal Financial Officer March 25, 2020December 1, 2022
Dr. Gene SalkindSean J. McDonnell    
     
/s/ Deepanker KatyalMichael Wright Director March 25, 2020December 1, 2022
Deepanker KatyalMichael Wright    
     
/s/Gene SalkindChairman of the BoardDecember 1, 2022
Gene Salkind

  

Dean L. Julia, Sean Trepeta,Anne S. Provost, Peter Zurkow, Michael Wright and Dr. Gene Salkind and Deepanker Katyal represent all the current members of the Board of Directors. 

 

 

 

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