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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.20549

 

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

 

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACTOF 1934

For the quarterly period ended

September 30, 2020

or

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

 

For the quarterly period ended

September 30, 2021

or

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

For the transition period from

to

 

to

 

Commission File No.

0-55108001-41051

 

BLACKBOXSTOCKS INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Nevada

45-3598066

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

5430 LBJ Freeway, Suite 1485,, Dallas, Texas

75240

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

(75297240) 726-9203

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

(972) 726-9203

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year if changed since last report)

 

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

 

Title of each class

Trading Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on which registered

NoneCommon Stock, par value $0.001 per share

N/ABLBX

N/AThe Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

 

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. Yes ☒ No ☐

 

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). Yes ☒ No ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a 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.

 

Large accelerated filer ☐Accelerated filer ☐
  
Non-accelerated filer ☒Smaller reporting company ☒
 Emerging growth company ☒

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.                                                                ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☒

 

The number of shares outstanding of the registrant’s Common Stock as of November 12, 202011, 2021 was 8,341,130.10,525,323.

 


 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

   

Page

INTRODUCTORY COMMENT

1

CAUTION REGARDING FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

1

  

PART I –FINANCIAL INFORMATION

2

Item 1.

Financial Statements

2

 

Balance Sheets as of September 30, 20202021 (Unaudited) and December 31, 20192020

2

 

Statements of Operations for the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 20202021 and 20192020 (Unaudited)

3

 

Statement of Stockholders’ Deficit for the the Nine Months Ended September 30, 20202021 and 20192020 (Unaudited)

4

 

Statements of Cash Flows for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 20202021 and 20192020 (Unaudited)

5

 

Notes to Financial Statements for the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021 and 2020

6

Item 2.

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

1411

Item 3.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

1613

Item 4.

Controls and Procedures

1613

 

PART II – OTHER INFORMATION

1714

Item 1.

Legal Proceedings

1714

Item 1A.

Risk Factors

1714

Item 2.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

1714

Item 3.

Defaults Upon Senior Securities

1814

Item 4.

Mine Safety Disclosures

1914

Item 5.

Other Information

1914

Item 6.

Exhibits

1915

 

SignaturesSIGNATURES

2015

 

 

 

 

INTRODUCTORY COMMENT

 

Throughout this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, the terms “we,” “us,” “our,” “Blackboxstocks,” or the “Company” refers to Blackboxstocks Inc., a Nevada corporation.

 

CAUTION REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

Our prospects are subject to uncertainties and risks. In this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (the “Report”), we make forward-looking statements that involve substantial uncertainties and risks. TheseWhen used in this Report, the words “may,” “will,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “continue,” “estimate,” “intend,” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements are based uponwithin the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”) and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) regarding events, conditions and financial trends which may affect our current expectations, estimatesfuture plans of operations, business strategy, operating results and projections about our business, and reflect our beliefs and assumptions based upon information available to us at the date of this Report. In some cases, you can identify these statements by words such as “if,” “may,” “might,” “will, “should,” “expects,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential,” “continue,” and other similar terms. These forward-looking statements include, among other things, plans for proposed operations, descriptions of our strategies, our service and market development plans, and other objectives, expectations and intentions, the trends we anticipate in our business and the markets in which we operate, and the competitive nature and anticipated growth of those markets.

We caution readers that forward-looking statements are predictions based on our current expectations about future events. These forward-lookingfinancial position. Such statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to risks and uncertainties described herein and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Our actual results performance or achievements couldmay differ materially from those expressed or implied byincluded within the forward-looking statements as a result of a number ofstatements. Additional factors including, but not limited to, the risks and uncertainties discussedare described in our other public reports and filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”(the “SEC”). Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. We undertake no obligation to revisepublicly release the result of any revision of these forward-looking statements to reflect events or updatecircumstances after the date they are made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

This Report contains certain estimates and plans related to us and the industry in which we operate, which assume certain events, trends and activities will occur and the projected information based on those assumptions. We do not know that all of our assumptions are accurate. If our assumptions are wrong about any forward-looking statementevents, trends and activities, then our estimates for future growth for our business may also be wrong. There can be no assurance that any reason.of our estimates as to our business growth will be achieved.

The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with our financial statements and the notes associated with them contained elsewhere in this Report. This discussion should not be construed to imply that the results discussed in this Report will necessarily continue into the future or that any conclusion reached in this Report will necessarily be indicative of actual operating results in the future. The discussion represents only the best assessment of management.

 

1

 

PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Item 1.Financial Statements

 

Blackboxstocks Inc.

Balance Sheets

As of September 30,, 2020 2021 (Unaudited) and December 31, 20192020

 

 

September 30,

  

December 31,

  

September 30,

 

December 31

 
 

2020

  

2019

  

2021

  

2020

 

Assets

        

Assets

 

Current assets:

         

Cash

 $165,477  $21,172  $420,400  $972,825 

Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $68,589 at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively

  20,234   5,745 

Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $68,589 at September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively

 16,698  17,990 

Inventory

  14,757   -  23,457  17,661 

Other current assets

 1,804  0 

Prepaid expenses

 112,914  44,643 

Prepaid expenses, related party (Note 5)

  36,700   36,700 

Total current assets

  200,468   26,917   611,973   1,089,819 
         

Property and equipment:

         

Office, computer and related equipment, net of depreciation of $45,200 and $39,526 at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively

  3,952   9,626 

Domain name, net of amortization of $13,849 and $9,551 at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively

  3,343   7,641 

Right of use lease, net of amortization of $86,958 and $51,009 at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively

  73,115   109,064 

Office, computer and related equipment, net of depreciation of $76,426 and $61,961 at September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively

 51,827  5,682 

Right of use lease, net of amortization of $135,029 and $97,725 at September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively

  414,070   62,348 

Total property and equipment

  80,410   126,331   465,897   68,030 
         

Long term assets:

        

Advances receivable, related parties (Note 5)

  -   9,823 

Prepaid expenses

  80,868   80,868 

Prepaid expenses, related party (Note 5)

  36,700   36,700 

Total long term assets

  117,568   127,391 
        

Total Assets

 $398,446  $280,639 

Total assets

 $1,077,870  $1,157,849 
         

Liabilities and Stockholders' Deficit

        

Liabilities and Stockholders' Deficit

 
 

Current liabilities:

         

Accounts payable

 $581,523  $632,287  $533,782  $352,545 

Accrued interest

  30,665   42,566  6,296  10,425 

Accrued interest, related party

  27,640   16,680 

Unearned subscriptions

  416,741   189,007  773,139  1,016,157 

Lease liability right of use, current

  42,177   46,124  60,092  40,473 

Other liabilities

  180,000   180,000  0  180,000 

Convertible notes payable, net of discount of $335,512 and $13,859 at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively (Note 6)

  383,699   593,891 

Notes payable, net of note discount of $7,049 and $38,294 at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively (Note 6)

  250,641   218,138 

Notes payable, related party (Note 6)

  121,509   228,000 

Derivative liability

  34,999   1,405,530 

Senior secured note payable, current

 10,000  10,000 

Convertible notes payable, net of discount of $-0- and $194,267 at September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively (Note 7)

 35,220  257,150 

Notes payable (Note 7)

 96,795  131,605 

Notes payable, related party (Note 7)

  0   859 

Total current liabilities

  2,069,594   3,552,223   1,515,324   1,999,214 
         

Long term liabilities:

 

Senior secured note payable, long term, net of debt issuance costs of $59,911 and $99,852 at September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively

 930,089  890,148 

Lease liability right of use, long term

  35,798   66,715   353,978   26,241 

Total long term liabilities

  1,284,067   916,389 
         

Commitments and contingencies (Note 8)

               
         

Stockholders' Deficit:

        

Preferred stock, $0.001 par value, 5,000,000 shares authorized; no shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively

  -   - 

Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value, 5,000,000 shares authorized; 5,000,000 issued and outstanding at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively

  5,000   5,000 

Common stock, $0.001 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized: 8,171,187 and 7,908,231 issued and outstanding at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively

  8,171   7,908 

Stockholders' deficit

 

Preferred stock, $0.001 par value, 5,000,000 shares authorized; no shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively

 0  0 

Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value, 5,000,000 shares authorized; 3,269,998 and 5,000,000 issued and outstanding at September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively

 3,270  5,000 

Common stock, $0.001 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized: 10,320,879 and 8,410,386 issued and outstanding at September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively

 10,321  8,410 

Common stock, subscribed

  35,060   35,060  0  12,500 

Additional paid in capital

  4,910,784   3,443,640  6,186,463  5,401,154 

Accumulated deficit

  (6,665,961)  (6,829,907)  (7,921,575)  (7,184,818)

Total Stockholders' Deficit

  (1,706,946)  (3,338,299)

Total stockholders' deficit

  (1,721,521)  (1,757,754)
         

Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Deficit

 $398,446  $280,639 

Total liabilities and stockholders' deficit

 $1,077,870  $1,157,849 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

2

 

Blackboxstocks Inc.

Statements of Operations

For the Three and NineMonths Ended September 30,, 2020 2021 and 20192020

(Unaudited)

 

 

For the three months

  

For the nine months

  

For the three months ended

 

For the nine months ended

 
 

ended September 30,

  

ended September 30,

  

September 30,

 

September 30,

 
 

2020

  

2019

  

2020

  

2019

  

2021

  

2020

  

2021

  

2020

 

Revenue:

                 

Subscriptions

 $1,093,245  $289,632  $2,306,094  $755,244  $1,466,363  $1,093,245  $4,412,536  $2,306,094 

Other revenues

  7,050   6,700   18,300   21,245   5,451   7,084   12,552   18,334 

Merchandise sales

  34   -   34   - 

Total revenues

  1,100,329   296,332   2,324,428   776,489   1,471,814   1,100,329   4,425,088   2,324,428 
                 

Cost of operations

  288,213   159,216   700,723   438,168 

Cost of revenues

  469,601   288,213   1,274,953   700,723 
                 

Gross margin

  812,116   137,116   1,623,705   338,321   1,002,213   812,116   3,150,135   1,623,705 
                 

Expenses:

                

Operating expenses:

 

Software development costs

  83,705   27,140   175,950   102,489  111,898  83,705  445,591  175,950 

Selling, general and administrative

  466,224   290,713   1,131,661   789,088  1,098,427  466,225  2,320,841  1,131,661 

Advertising and marketing

  173,559   62,549   404,635   201,299  286,057  173,559  840,557  404,635 

Depreciation and amortization

  3,144   4,196   9,972   14,128   4,760   3,144   14,465   9,972 

Total operating expenses

  726,632   384,598   1,722,218   1,107,004   1,501,142   726,633   3,621,454   1,722,218 
                 

Operating income (loss)

  85,484   (247,482)  (98,513)  (768,683)  (498,929)  85,483   (471,319)  (98,513)
                 

Other (income) expense:

 

Interest expense

  33,469   37,373   128,229   94,078  30,281  33,469  104,576  128,229 

Convertible note financing

  -   -   500,469   -  0  0  0  500,469 

Gain on derivative liability

  (10,757)  -   (1,166,242)  -  0  (10,757) 0  (1,166,242)

Default expense

  -   -   24,750   -  0  0  0  24,750 

Amortization of debt discount

  135,482   223,004   250,335   293,379  10,171  135,482  194,267  250,335 

Gain on forgiveness of note payable

  (33,405)  0   (33,405)  0 

Total other (income) expense

  7,047   158,194   265,438   (262,459)
                 

Income (loss) before income taxes

  (72,710)  (507,859)  163,946   (1,156,140)  (505,976)  (72,711)  (736,757)  163,946 
                 

Income taxes

  -   -   -   - 

Income Taxes

  0   0   0   0 
                 

Net income (loss)

 $(72,710) $(507,859) $163,946  $(1,156,140)  (505,976)  (72,711)  (736,757)  163,946 
                 

Weighted average number of common shares outstanding - basic

  8,116,112   7,788,008   8,006,006   7,701,581 

Weighted average number of common

 

shares outstanding - basic

  9,717,580   8,116,112   8,942,024   8,006,006 

shares outstanding - fully diluted

 0 0 0   13,084,927 
                 

Net income (loss) per share - basic

 $(0.01) $(0.07) $0.02  $(0.15) $(0.05) $(0.01) $(0.08) $0.02 

Net income per share - fully diluted

 0 0 0  $0.01 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Blackboxstocks Inc.

Statement of Stockholders’Stockholders Deficit

For the Nine Months Ended September 30,, 2020 2021 and 2019 2020

(Unaudited)

 

       Common Additional      

Preferred Stock

  

Series A
Preferred Stock

  

Common Stock

  

Common Stock

 

Additional

 

Accumulated

    
 

Series A Preferred Stock

  

Preferred Stock

  

Common Stock

  

Stock

  

Paid-in

  

Accumulated

      

Shares

 

Amount

 

Shares

 

Amount

 

Shares

 

Amount

 

Subscribed

 

Paid in Capital

 

Deficit

 

Total

 
 

Shares

  

Amount

  

Shares

  

Amount

  

Shares

  

Amount

  

Subscribed

  

Capital

  

Deficit

  

Total

                      

Balances, December 31, 2019

 0  $0  5,000,000  $5,000  7,908,231  $7,908  $35,060  $3,443,640  $(6,829,907) $(3,338,299)
                                                             

Balance at December 31, 2018

  5,000,000  $5,000   -  $-   7,678,047  $7,678  $144,060  $2,543,264  $(3,846,469) $(1,146,467)

Issuance of shares in settlement of expenses

 0  0  0  0  50,005  50  0  99,950  0  100,000 
                                                             

Issuance of shares for cash

  -   -   -   -   191,354   191   (109,000)  381,356   -   272,547 

Net income

 -  0  -  0  -  0  0  0  42,829  42,829 
                                                              

Issuance of shares in settlement of accrued expenses

  -   -   -   -   13,830   14   -   127,986   -   128,000 

Balances, March 31, 2020

 0  0  5,000,000  5,000  7,958,236  7,958  35,060  3,543,590  (6,787,078) (3,195,470)
                                                             

Imputed discount on convertible notes payable (Note 6)

  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   423,726   -   423,726 

Warrants issued for amendment of convertible notes payable

 -  0  -  0  -  0  0  282,693  0  282,693 
                                                             

Net loss

  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   (1,156,140)  (1,156,140)

Net income

 -  0  -  0  -  0  0  0  193,828  193,828 
                                                              

Balance at September 30, 2019

  5,000,000  $5,000   -  $-   7,883,231  $7,883  $35,060  $3,476,332  $(5,002,609) $(1,478,334)
                                        
                                        

Balance at December 31, 2019

  5,000,000  $5,000   -  $-   7,908,231  $7,908  $35,060  $3,443,640  $(6,829,907) $(3,338,299)

Balances, June 30, 2020

 0  0  5,000,000  5,000  7,958,236  7,958  35,060  3,826,283  (6,593,250) (2,718,949)
                                                             

Issuance of shares for cash

  -   -   -   -   184,617   185   -   135,971   -   136,156  0  0  0  0  184,617  185  0  135,971  0  136,156 
                                                             

Issuance of shares in settlement of expenses

  -   -   -   -   53,339   53   -   106,447   -   106,500  0  0  0  0  3,334  3  0  6,497  0  6,500 
                                                             

Issuance of shares in exchange for services

  -   -   -   -   25,000   25   -   48,725   -   48,750  0  0  0  0  25,000  25  0  48,725  0  48,750 
                                                             

Convertible note forbearance extinguishment of derivative liability

  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   522,065   -   522,065  -  0  -  0  -  0  0  522,065  0  522,065 
                                                             

Warrants issued for amendment of convertible notes payable

  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   653,936   -   653,936  -  0  -  0  -  0  0  371,243  0  371,243 
                                                             

Net loss

  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   163,946   163,946  -  0  -  0  -  0  0  0  (72,711) (72,711)
                                                              

Balance at September 30, 2020

  5,000,000  $5,000   -  $-   8,171,187  $8,171  $35,060  $4,910,784  $(6,665,961) $(1,706,946)

Balances, September 30, 2020

  0  $0  5,000,000  $5,000  8,171,187  $8,171  $35,060  $4,910,784  $(6,665,961) $(1,706,946)
                     

Balances, December 31, 2020

 0  $0  5,000,000  $5,000  8,410,386  $8,410  $12,500  $5,401,154  $(7,184,818) $(1,757,754)
                     

Issuance of shares for cash

 0  0  0  0  70,772  71  0  137,935  0  138,006 
                     

Issuance of subscribed shares

 0  0  0  0  6,411  6  (12,500) 12,494  0  0 
                     

Issuance of shares in settlement of liabilities

 0  0  0  0  92,308  93  0  179,907  0  180,000 
                     

Net income

 -  0  -  0  -  0  0  0  12,555  12,555 
                      

Balances, March 31, 2021

 0  0  5,000,000  5,000  8,579,877  8,580  0  5,731,490  (7,172,263) (1,427,193)
                     

Issuance of in settlement of services

 0  0  0  0  11,000  11  0  21,439  0  21,450 
                     

Net loss

 -  0  -  0  -  0  0  0  (243,336) (243,336)
                      

Balances, June 30, 2021

 0  0  5,000,000  5,000  8,590,877  8,591  0  5,752,929  (7,415,599) (1,649,079)
                     

Issuance of common shares from conversion of Series A preferred shares

 0  0  (1,730,002) (1,730) 1,730,002  1,730  0  0  0  0 
                     

Issuance of warrants for compensation

 -  0  -  0  -  0  0  10,635  0  10,635 
                     

Issuance of options for compensation

 -  0  -  0  -  0  0  422,899  0  422,899 
                     

Net loss

 -  0  -  0  -  0  0  0  (505,976) (505,976)
                      

Balances, September 30, 2021

  0  $0  3,269,998  $3,270  10,320,879  $10,321  $0  $6,186,463  $(7,921,575) $(1,721,521)

 

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Blackboxstocks Inc.

Statements of Cash Flows

For the Nine Months EndedSeptember 30,, 2020 2021 and 20192020

(Unaudited)

 

  

2020

  

2019

  

For the nine months ended

 

Cash flows from operating activities

         
 

September 30,

 
 

2021

  

2020

 

Cash flows from operating activities:

        

Net income (loss)

Net income (loss)

 $163,946  $(1,156,140) $(736,757) $163,946 

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by operating activities:

         

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:

     

Depreciation and amortization expense

Depreciation and amortization expense

  9,972   14,128  14,465  9,972 

Amortization of note discount

  250,335   346,088 

Amortization of note discount and issuance costs

 234,208  250,335 

Shares issued in settlement of financing costs

Shares issued in settlement of financing costs

  100,000   -  0  100,000 

Shares issued in settlement of services

Shares issued in settlement of services

  55,250   -  21,450  55,250 

Stock based compensation

 433,534  0 

Expenses paid by lender

Expenses paid by lender

  6,030   24,984  0  6,030 

Convertible note financing

Convertible note financing

  500,469   -  0  500,469 

Change in fair value of derivative liability

Change in fair value of derivative liability

  (1,166,242)  -  0  (1,166,242)

Convertible note default expense

Convertible note default expense

  24,750   -  0  24,750 

Financing cost

  -   26,275 

Lease expense

  1,086   - 

Gain on forgiveness of note payable

 (33,405) 0 

Right of use lease

 (4,366) 1,086 

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

              

Investments, market testing

  -   (12)

Accounts receivable

Accounts receivable

  (14,489)  (40) 1,292  (14,489)

Inventory

Inventory

  (14,757)  -  (5,796) (14,757)

Other current assets

 (1,804) 0 

Prepaid expenses

 (68,271) 0 

Accounts payable

Accounts payable

  (50,764)  34,387  181,237  (50,764)

Accrued interest

Accrued interest

  (11,901)  23,143  (4,129) (11,901)

Accrued interest, related party

Accrued interest, related party

  10,960   10,920  0  10,960 

Unearned subscriptions

Unearned subscriptions

  227,734   18,343   (243,018)  227,734 

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

  92,379   (657,924)  (211,360)  92,379 
              

Cash flows from investing activities

         

Cash advances to related parties

  -   (134,673)

Cash flows from investing activities:

        

Purchase of property and equipment

 (60,610) 0 

Cash repayments from related parties

Cash repayments from related parties

  6,890   93,442   0   6,890 

Purchases of property and equipment

  -   (1,587)

Net cash used in investing activities

Net cash used in investing activities

  6,890   (42,818)  (60,610)  6,890 
              

Cash flows from financing activities

         

Cash flows from financing activities:

        

Common stock issued for cash

Common stock issued for cash

  136,156   272,547  138,006  136,156 

Common stock subscribed

  -   - 

Proceeds from notes payable

  127,100   175,684 

Proceeds from convertible notes payable

  100,000   473,725 

Proceeds from Payroll Protection Program Loan

  130,200   - 

Repayment of notes payable

  (331,573)  (225,214)

Repayment of convertible notes payable

  (13,289)  - 

Advances from others

  -   11,100 

Repayment of notes payable, related parties

  (103,558)  - 

Net cash provided by financing activities

  45,036   707,842 

Proceeds from issuance of notes payable

 0  127,100 

Proceeds from issuance of convertible notes payable

 0  100,000 

Proceeds from Payroll Protection Program

 0  130,200 

Principal payments on notes payable

 (1,405) (331,573)

Principal payments on convertible notes payable

 (416,197) (13,289)

Principal payments on notes payable, related parties

  (859)  (103,558)

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

  (280,455)  45,036 
              

Net increase in cash

  144,305   7,100 
         

Cash - beginning of period

  21,172   28,001 

Net increase (decrease) in cash

 $(552,425) $144,305 

Cash - beginning of year

  972,825   21,172 

Cash - end of period

Cash - end of period

 $165,477  $35,101  $420,400  $165,477 
              

Supplemental disclosures

         

Supplemental disclosures:

        

Interest paid

Interest paid

 $-  $-  $108,705  $0 

Income taxes paid

Income taxes paid

 $-  $-  $0  $0 
     

Non-cash investing and financing activities:

Non-cash investing and financing activities:

                 

Repayment of note in exchange for note payable

Repayment of note in exchange for note payable

 $(39,370) $-  $0  $39,370 

Common stock issued in settlement of accrued expenses

 $-  $128,000 

Lease, right of use and liability

 $-  $160,073 

Common stock issued in settlement of accrued liabilities

 $180,000  $0 

Discount on notes payable

Discount on notes payable

 $69,500  $52,845  $0  $69,500 

Discount on convertible notes payable

 $-  $473,725 

Repayment of note payable, related party in exchange for advances

Repayment of note payable, related party in exchange for advances

 $2,933  $-  $0  $2,933 

Issuance of warrants for forbearance agreements

Issuance of warrants for forbearance agreements

 $371,243  $-  $0  $371,243 

Preferred Series A shares converted to common shares

 $1,730  $0 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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BlackboxstocksBlackboxstocks Inc.

Notes to Financial Statements

For the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30,, 2020 2021 and 20192020

 

 

1.Organization Organization

 

Blackboxstocks Inc. (the “Company”) was incorporated on October 4, 2011 under the laws of the State of Nevada under the name SMSA Ballinger Acquisition Corp. to effect the reincorporation of Senior Management Services of Heritage Oaks at Ballinger, Inc., a Texas corporation, mandated by a Plan of Reorganization confirmed by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code.

 

The Company changed its name to Blackboxstocks, Inc. and began operating as a financial technology and social media platform in March 2016. The platform offers real-time proprietary analytics and news for stock and options traders of all levels. The Company’sCompany believes its web-based software employs “predictive technology” enhanced by artificial intelligence to find volatility and unusual market activity that may result in the rapid change in the price of a stock or option. The software continuously scans the NASDAQ, New York Stock Exchange, CBOE, and other options markets, analyzing over 8,000 stocks and up to 900,0001,000,000 options contracts multiple times per second. The Company also provides users with a fully interactive social media platform that is integrated into our dashboard, enabling users to exchange information and ideas quickly and efficiently through a common network. Recently, the Company also introduced a live audio/video feature that allows members to broadcast on their own channels to share trade strategies and market insight within the community. The platform was initially made available to subscribers in September 2016. Subscriptions for the use of the platform are sold on a monthly and/or annual subscription basis to individual consumers through the Company website at http://www.blackboxstocks.com.

 

 

2.Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

 

The accompanying interim unaudited financial statements and footnotes of Blackboxstocks Inc. have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and the instructions to Rule 10-0110-01 of Regulation S-XS-X of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, these unaudited consolidated financial statements contain all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments, considered necessary for a fair presentation of the results of the interim periods, but are not necessarily indicative of the results of operations to be anticipated for the full year ending December 31, 2020. 2021. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and the notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019.2020.

 

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared in assumption of the continuation of the Company as a going concern, which is dependent upon the Company's ability to obtain sufficient financing or establish itself as a profitable business. At September 30, 2020, the Company had an accumulated deficit of $6,665,961 and for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 the Company incurred net income of $163,946 and a net loss of $1,156,140, respectively. These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 9, subsequent events, on November 12, 2020 the Company executed a Loan Agreement with certain lenders (the “Lenders”) and FVP Servicing LLC, (“FVP”), as agent for the Lenders in connection with the issuance of a Note in the amount of $1,000,000 bearing interest at 12% per annum with an initial maturity of November 12, 2022. Simultaneously, with the execution of the Loan Agreement, the Company repaid an existing secured note payable in the amount of $100,000 along with accrued interest and certain outstanding trade payables in the amount of $133,880. In addition, the Company granted the Lender a security interest in substantially all of its assets. Excluding transaction costs, the Company will receive net proceeds of approximately $766,000 after repayment of the notes and payables described above. Management believes that this will be sufficient to fund its operations and service its debt for the next twelve months. In addition, management may continue to raise additional debt or equity capital in order to improve liquidity or finance more aggressive growth or development. There can be no assurance that the Company will be able to raise additional capital or on what terms. The financial statements do not include adjustments relating to the recoverability and realization of assets and classification of liabilities that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue in operation.

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Use of Estimates - The Company’s financial statement preparation requires that management make estimates and assumptions which affect the reporting of assets and liabilities and the related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities in order to report these financial statements in conformity with GAAP. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

Cash - Cash includes all highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to known amounts of cash and have original maturities at the date of purchase of three months or less.

 

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements - During the nine months ended September 30, 2020 2021 there were several new accounting pronouncements issued by the FASB. Each of the new pronouncements, as applicable, has been or will be adopted by the Company. Management does not believe the adoption of any of these accounting pronouncements has had or will have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements.

 

Earnings or (Loss) (Loss) Per Share - Basic earnings per share (or loss per share), is computed by dividing the earnings (loss) for the period by the weighted average number of common stock shares outstanding for the period.  Diluted earnings per share reflects the potential dilution of securities by including other potentially issuable shares of common stock, including shares issuable upon conversion of convertible securities or exercise of outstanding stock options and warrants, in the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the period.  Therefore, because including shares issuable upon conversion of convertible securities and/or exercise of outstanding options and warrants would have an anti-dilutive effect on the loss per share, only the basic earnings (loss) per share is reported in the accompanying financial statements for period of loss.

 

Revenue Recognition -Revenue is recognized from the sale of subscriptions for the use of the Blackbox System web application, on a monthly or annual basis. Revenue generally is recognized net of allowances for returns and any taxes collected from customers and subsequently remitted to governmental authorities. The performance obligation by the Company is in exchange for the monthly subscription fee, the subscriber is allowed access to the Blackbox System on the website for the calendar month. Revenue related to annual subscriptions is recognized each month with unearned subscriptions reflected as a current liability.

 

Reclassification - Affiliate referral expenses totaling $173,999 as

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3.   Stockholders’Stockholders Deficit

 

The Company has authorized 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock at $0.001 par value, 5,000,000 of which are designated as “Series A Convertible Preferred Stock” at $0.001 par value and 100,000,000 authorized shares of common stock at $0.001 par value (“Common Stock”).

 

Shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock do not accumulate dividends, have no liquidation preferences and are convertible into shares of Common Stock on a one-for-one1-for-one basis. Additionally, each share entitles the holder to 100 votes and, with respect to dividend and liquidation rights, the shares rank pari passu with the Company’s Common Stock. AllUntil May 27, 2021 all shares arewere held by Gust C. Kepler, Director, Chief Executive Officer, and President and Chief Financial OfficersOfficer (“Mr. Kepler”). On May 27, 2021 Mr. Kepler sold and transferred 1,130,002 shares of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, all of which were converted into 1,130,002 shares of common stock during July 2021. During August 2021, Mr. Kepler converted an additional 600,000 shares of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock into 600,000 shares of common stock. As of September 30, 2021 Mr. Kepler held 3,269,998 shares.

 

On January 28, 2020 During the nine months ended September 30, 2021, the Company exchanged a liability of $180,000 for the purchase of a Simple Agreement for Future Tokens into 92,308 shares of common stock at $1.95 per share.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2021, the Company sold 70,772 shares of common stock to third parties for $138,006 and issued 6,411 shares of common stock previously subscribed for $12,500.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2021, the Company issued 50,00011,000 shares of its Common Stockcommon stock at a value of $2.00 to a third party in conjunction with the financing arrangement executed on January 27, 2020 (Note 6).

On July 6, 2020, warrants to purchase 115,385 shares of Common Stock, issued in conjunction with Amended Convertible Promissory Notes, as described in Note 6, were exercised at $0.01$1.95 per share for aggregate cash consideration of $1,154.

On August 27, 2020 the Company sold 5,129 shares of Common Stock to a third party for $10,001.

On August 28, 2020 the Company issued 3,334 shares of its Common Stock at a value of $1.95 to a third party in settlement of services provided for marketing and advertising.

On September 25, 2020to the Company issued 25,000 shares of its Common Stock at a value of $1.95totaling $21,450 to a third party in conjunction with a consulting services agreement (Note 8).Winspear Investments LLC.

During the quarter ended September 30, 2020 the Company sold 64,103 shares of Common Stock and Warrants, exercisable for a period of 5 years, to purchase 32,053 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $1.95 per share, to third parties for aggregate consideration of $125,000.

 

 

4. Warrants to Purchase Common Stock Options and Warrants

 

Costs attributable to the issuance of stock options and sharewarrants to purchase warrantscommon stock are measured at fair value at the date of issuance and offset with a corresponding increase in ‘Additional Paid in Capital’ at the time of issuance. The

Until January 1, 2021, the fair value cost iswas computed utilizing the Black-Scholes model and assuming volatilityusing the following inputs: the price of the Company’s common stock on the date of issuance, a risk-free interest rate based on U.S. Treasury yieldapplicable treasury rates, for a similar period. The costand expected volatility of these warrants was not recognized in the financial statements because they were granted in connection with raising capital forCompany’s common stock of based on historical volatility, various exercise prices, and terms reflecting the Company. Whenterm of the options or warrants are exercised, the receipt of consideration will be reported as an increase in stockholders’ equity.warrant issued.

 

Concurrently with the execution of certain securities purchase agreements entered into,during 2020, the Company issued warrants to purchase the Company’s Common Stock were issued to the subscribers.Stock. Each warrant is exercisable for a period of one to five years from the date of the securities purchase agreement at an exercise price of $1.95 per share (Note 3).agreement. The fair value cost at the date of issuance of these warrants was $614,805.$639,194.

 

In conjunction with the issuance of convertible notes payable as described in Note 6,7, a warrant for the purchase of up to 115,385 shares of Commoncommon Stock exercisable for a one-yearone-year period was issued at an exercise price of $0.01 per share and another warrant for the purchase of up to 360,000 shares of Common Stock exercisable for a five-yearfive-year period was issued at an exercise price of $1.00 per share.

Beginning January 1, 2021, the Company computes fair value cost using the Cox-Ross-Rubinstein binomial model. During the quarterperiod ended September 30, 2020,2021, the Company estimated the fair value of the warrants forbased on assumptions used in the purchaseCox-Ross-Rubinstein binomial pricing model using the following inputs: the price of 115,385 sharesthe Company’s common stock on the date of Common Stock were exercised at $0.01issuance, a risk-free interest rate of 1.30%, and asexpected volatility of September 30, 2020, there are warrants fo50% based on the purchasevolatility of comparable publicly traded entities, various exercise prices, and terms of up to 476,348 shares of Common Stock outstanding.

  

Number of Shares

  

Exercise Price

  

Weighted Average

Remaining Life (in years)

 

Warrants as of December 31, 2018

  -   -     

Issued during 2019

  84,295  $1.95     

Warrants as of December 31, 2019

  84,295  $1.95   4.53 

Issued during 2020

  115,385  $0.01     
Issued during 2020  32,053  $1.95     
Issued during 2020  360,000  $1.00     
Exercised during 2020  (115,385) $0.01     
Warrants as of September 30, 2020  476,348  $0.97   8.57 

5.  Related Party Transactions10 years.

 

As of January 1, 2020 On September 11, 2021, the Company was owed $9,823 from Gust C. Kepler, a Director, President, Chief Executive Officer,issued Robert Winspear, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Secretarya director of the Company. DuringCompany, a warrant to purchase up to 100,000 shares of common stock exercisable for a ten-year period at an exercise price of $1.95. The warrants vest monthly over 36 months after the nine months ended September 30, 2020 Mr. Kepler repaid $6,890 and agreed to offset $2,933issuance date. The fair value of these warrants at the advancesissuance date was $382,571, which is being expensed as partial settlement of the note payable to him (Note 6).vesting occurs.

 

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The following table presents the Company’s warrants as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020:

  

Number of Shares

  

Weighted Average

Exercise Price

  

Weighted Average Remaining Life

(in years)

 

Warrants as of December 31, 2019

  84,295  $1.95   4.45 

Issued

  510,644  $0.84   5.00 

Exercised

  (115,385) $0.01   - 

Warrants as of December 31, 2020

  479,554  $1.24   4.34 

Issued

  152,602  $1.80   10.00 

Exercised

  0  $0   - 

Warrants as of September 30, 2021

  632,156  $1.37   4.64 

At September 30, 2021, warrants for the purchase of 534,937 shares were vested and warrants for the purchase of 97,219 shares remained unvested. The Company expects to incur expenses for the unvested warrants totaling $371,936 as they vest.

5. Incentive Stock Plan

On August 11, 2021, the Company filed an information statement with the SEC disclosing that the Company had created the 2021 Blackboxstocks, Inc. Incentive Stock Plan (the “Plan”). The Plan provides for the grant of stock options and restricted stock grants to employees, directors and certain non-employee consultants. The Plan is administered by the Company’s board of directors or a committee thereof. 750,000 shares of the common stock are reserved for issuance under the plan.

 

During the yearperiod ended December 31, 2019 September 30, 2021, the Company advanced $1,500 to its VP/Directorestimated the fair value of Operationsthe options based on assumptions used in the Cox-Ross-Rubinstein binomial pricing model using the following inputs: the price of the Company’s common stock on the date of issuance; a risk-free interest rate of 1.30%, and expected volatility of 50% based on the balance remains outstanding, is unsecuredvolatility of comparable publicly traded entities, various exercise prices, and bears no interest.terms of 10 years.

 

On August 31, 2021, options to purchase up to 597,500 shares of common stock exercisable for a ten-year period were issued at an exercise price of $2.99. The fair value of these options at the issuance date was $1,076,340, which is being expensed as vesting occurs over the applicable service periods.

On September 11, 2021, options to purchase up to 15,000 shares of common stock exercisable for a ten-year period were issued at an exercise price of $4.96. The fair value of these options at the issuance date was $44,823, which is being expensed as vesting occurs over the applicable service periods. In addition, 6,048 shares of restricted common stock were granted on Spetember 11,2021 and vest monthly over twelve months. As of September 30, 2021, none of the restricted common stock shares have vested or been issued.

The following table presents the Company’s options as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020:

  

Number of Shares

  

Weighted Average

Exercise Price

  

Weighted Average

Remaining Life

(in years)

 

Options as of December 31, 2020

  0  $0   - 

Issued

  612,500  $3.04   10.00 

Exercised

  0  $0   - 

Options as of September 30, 2021

  612,500  $3.04   9.92 

At September 30, 2021, options to purchase 222,085 shares were vested and options to purchase 390,415 shares remained unvested. The Company expects to incur expenses for the unvested options totaling $698,264 as they vest.

6.Related Party Transactions

G2 International, Inc. (“(G2”), which does business as IPA Tech Group (“IPA”), is a company wholly owned by Gust C. Kepler, a Director, President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer Mr. Kepler. As of September 30, 2021 and Secretary of2020 the Company and the Company’s controlling stockholder. As of both September 30, 2020 and 2019 the Company hashad a prepaid balance of $36,700 for public relations and marketing services with G2/IPA. These funds are reserved in anticipation of a future campaignexpected to movebe used over the Company’s stocknext three to listing on a national exchange.six months.

 

 

6. 7.Debt

 

A summary of the Company’s debt at September 30, 2020 2021 and December 31, 2019, 2020, by counterparty, is as follows:

 

    

Shares if

  

Interest

   

Balance

 

Origination

Maturity

Convertible

 

Converted

  

Rate

   

9/30/2020

  

12/31/2019

 
                    

Noteholder 1

                 

08/08/2018

11/20/2018

No

  -   12%

a

 $100,000  $100,000 
                    

Noteholder 2

                  

09/13/2019

08/12/2020

No

  -     

b

  -   79,270 

10/04/2019

06/03/2020

No

  -     

b

  (1,624)  45,053 

10/30/2019

06/03/2020

No

  -     

b

  -   27,690 

03/13/2020

08/13/2020

No

  -     

b

  -   - 

01/27/2020

11/03/2020

No

  -     

b

  26,910   - 
                    

Noteholder 3

                  

05/01/2020

05/01/2022

No

  -   1%

c

  130,200   - 
                    

Noteholder 4

                  

06/21/2018

05/22/2021

No

  -   18%

d

  2,204   4,419 
                    

Noteholder 5, related party

                 

11/09/2018

05/01/2024

No

  -   12%

e

  120,000   120,000 

12/06/2018

11/30/2020

No

  -   - 

f

  1,509   108,000 
                   

Noteholder 6

                  
05/21/201911/21/2019Yes  285,585   18%g  436,231   442,750 
                    

Noteholder 7

                  
07/17/201901/17/2020Yes  119,791   18%h  182,981   165,000 
                    

Noteholder 8

                  

03/23/2020

03/25/2021

Yes

  38,462   52%

I

  75,000   - 
                    

Noteholder 9

                  

03/23/2020

03/25/2021

Yes

  12,821   52%

j

  25,000   - 
                    
     456,659        1,098,411   1,092,182 

Less unamortized discount

           (342,561)  (52,153)
             $755,850  $1,040,029 

  

9/30/2021

  

12/31/2020

 

$1,000,000 12% Senior secured note due November 12 2022

 $1,000,000  $1,000,000 

$130,200 loan bearing interest at 1% per annum maturing May 1, 2022 issued under the Payroll Protection Program

  96,795   130,200 

$108,000 related party note payable due November 30, 2020

  -   859 

$385,000 8% convertible note payable due July 2021

  35,220   318,012 

$165,000 8% convertible note payable due July 2021

  0   133,405 

Miscellaneous equipment loans

  -   1,405 
   1,132,015   1,583,881 

Less unamortized discount and debt issuance costs

  (59,911)  (294,119)

Total notes payable

 $1,072,104  $1,289,762 

Current portion of long-term debt

  142,015   399,614 

Long-term portion

 $930,089  $890,148 

 

Notes Payable

a – On August 8, 2018 a third party advanced $200,000 to the Company in exchange for a secured promissory note, bearing interest at the rate of 12% per annum with a maturity date of November 20, 2018. The note is secured by a Security Agreement providing for a continuing lien and first priority security interest in the assets of the Company and by a personal Guaranty Agreement with Gust Kepler, a Director, President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of the Company, and the Company’s controlling stockholder. On December 6, 2018, Mr. Kepler made a payment on the note in the amount of $100,000 plus accrued interest of $8,000 for an aggregate of $108,000. The principal balance of $100,000 remains outstanding and was in default as of September 30, 2020. This note was repaid on Novermber 12, 2020. See Note 9.

b – On September 13, 2019 a third party advanced $90,000 to the Company in exchange for quasi-factoring financing arrangements to be repaid in daily installments of $490, through August 18, 2020. The related note discount of $27,000 was amortized as interest expense over the term of the agreement.

In October 2019 third parties advanced $80,000 to the Company in exchange for quasi-factoring financing arrangements to be repaid in daily installments of $761 through June 2020. Approximately $39,000 of this funding was settled with proceeds of the January 27, 2020 financing described in a later paragraph. The related note discount of $31,600 was amortized as interest expense over the term of the agreement.

 

On March 13, 2020 a third party advanced $35,000 to the Company in exchange for quasi-factoring financing arrangements to be repaid in daily installments of $291.67, through August 31, 2020. The related note discount of $12,500 was amortized as interest expense over the term of the agreement

On January 27, 2020 a third party advanced $207,000 to the Company in exchange for quasi-factoring financing arrangements to be repaid in daily installments of $1,035, and the debt was fully paid on November 5, 2020. The related note discount of $57,000 is being amortized over the term of the agreement for a total of $49,951 in interest expense as of September 30, 2020. A portion of the proceeds of this financing settled the balance of approximately $39,000 of previous funding from the third party with an original due date of June 3, 2020.

c – On May 1, 2020, pursuant to the Paycheck Protection Program under the Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”) the Company was awarded a loan of $130,200. The loan carries an interest rate of 1% and matures on May 1, 2022. By December 31, 2020, During August 2021, the Company may apply forreceived partial loan forgiveness followingfrom the SBA guidelines and a portion or all ofreducing the loan may be forgiven.

Notes Payable, related party

e- On November 9, 2018, Mr. Kepler, advanced $120,000 to the Company in exchange for a promissory note bearing interest at 12% per annum for a ninety-day period, maturing on January 28, 2019. On November 12, 2020 Mr. Kepler and the Company agreed to waive the deault and extend the maturity to the earlier of May 1, 2024 or such time as the senior secured note issued contemporaneously with the waiver is repaid (see Note 9). Accrued interest due on the note is $27,640 as of September 30, 2020.

f- On December 6, 2018, Mr.Kepler, advanced $108,000 to the Company for payment to a third party note holder (Note 6) in exchange for an unsecured promissory note. During the nine months ended September 30, 2020 the Company repaid $103,558 in principal and Mr. Kepler agreed to offset previous cash advances of $2,933 to him as additional repaymentbalance of the note reducing the balance due as of September 30, 2020 to $1,509.

Convertible Notes Payable

g- On May 21, 2019, the Company issued an 8% Fixed Convertible Promissory Note payable to a third party for a $350,000, which included an original issue discount of 10% on the investment amount. The note specified that the note holder retain an original issue discount of 10% of any consideration, bore interest of 8%, and matured 180 days from the effective date. The note provided a redemption premium of 115% if retired after the 91st day. As the note was not retired on or before the maturity date, the note-holder was entitled to convert a portion or all the outstanding principal into shares of the Company’s Common Stock at a variable conversion price which equals the lower of the fixed conversion price of $1.95 per share or 65% of the lowest closing bid price during the 15 consecutive trading days prior to the date of the note holder’s election to convert. The note was in default and the Company recorded a default fee of $57,750 which was added to the principal balance. The note included a conversion feature recorded at inception of $207,308.

h - On July 17, 2019, the Company issued an 8% Fixed Convertible Promissory Note payable to a third party for a total face value of $165,000, which included an original issue discount of 10% on the investment amount of $150,000. The note specified that the note holder shall retain an original issue discount of 10% of any consideration, bore interest of 8%, and matured 180 days from the effective date. The note provided for a redemption premium of 115% if retired after the 91st day. As the note was not retired on or before the maturity date, the note holder was entitled to convert a portion or all the outstanding principal into shares of the Company’s Common Stock at a variable conversion price which equals the lower of the fixed conversion price of $1.95per share or 65% of the lowest closing bid price during the 15 consecutive trading days prior to the date of the note holder’s election to convert. The note was in default and the Company recorded a default fee of $24,750 which was added to the principal balance. The note included a conversion feature recorded at inception of $135,000.$96,795.

 

On July 10, 2020, the Company entered into Forbearance and Note Settlement Agreements (“Agreements”) with the third parties agreeing to take no further action to avail themselves of the remedies of default defined in the Notes. The Agreements stipulate the Company will remit payment of all accrued interest and principal outstanding beginning on July 20, 2020 for thirteen agreed upon payments and until the note is repaid in full. Upon execution of these Agreements, effectively extinguishing the above described notes, the Company recognized a cancellation of the derivative liability previously related to the conversion feature of $522,065. As additional consideration for the Agreements, the Holders were issued warrants to purchase up to 360,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock at a price of $1.00 per share, exercisable beginning January 10, 2021 and expiring on July 10, 2025. The fair value cost at the date of issuance of the warrants was $371,243, reflected in paid in capital and the related debt discount is being amortized over the term of the Agreements.

i - On March 23, 2020 third parties advanced $75,000 and $25,000 to the Company in exchange for Convertible Promissory Notes, bearing interest at 52% per annum to be paid monthly in arrears beginning April 30, 2020, secured by the Company’s assets, with rights to convert into the Company’s Common Stock at $0.60, and maturing on March 25, 2021. On June 23, 2020 the Company amended the notes changing the provision for conversion into the Company’s Common Stock from $0.60 to $1.95. Additional consideration for the amended and restated notes included the issuance of warrants for the purchase of up to 115,385 shares of Common Stock at a price of $0.01. On July 6, 2020 the holders exercised their warrants. In the event the notes are not converted prior to the maturity date, the Company has the right to repurchase one warrant share for each $0.8666 of unconverted principal. The Company recognized a derivative liability in the amount of $34,999 as of September 30, 2020. As discussed in Note 9, the holders of these notes elected to convert the notes into common stock.

7. Derivative Liabilities

On March 23, 2020 notes payable in the principal amount of $100,000 were issued as convertible debt and qualified as derivative liabilities. As of September 30, 2020 the aggregate fair value of the outstanding derivative liability for these notes using the Black-Scholes option pricing model used the following key assumptions:

Volatility

76%

Risk-free interest rate

0.11%

Expected dividends

-

Expected term (in years)

.5

The Company determines the fair values of its financial instruments based on the fair value hierarchy, which requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. The following three levels of inputs may be used to measure fair value:

Level 1 inputs utilize unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Company has the ability to access;

Level 2 inputs utilize other-than-quoted prices that are observable, either directly or indirectly and include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, and inputs such as interest rates and yield curves that are observable at commonly quoted intervals; and

Level 3 inputs are unobservable and are typically based on our own assumptions, including situations where there is little, if any, market activity.

The following table presents the Company’s liabilities that were measured and recognized at fair value as of September 30, 2020:

  Level 1  Level 2  Level 3 
Balance January 1, 2019  -   -   - 
Additions  -   -  $1,321,764 
Change in Fair Value  -   -   83,766 
Balance at December 31, 2019 $-  $-  $1,405,530 
Additions  -   -   317,776 
Amendments          (224,066)
Retirements          (522,065)
Change in Fair Value          (942,176)
Balance at June 30, 2020 $   $   $34,999 

8. Commitments and Contingencies

On August 11, 2020 the Company entered into a letter agreement with Winspear Investments, LLC (“Winspear”), pursuant to which the Company retained Winspear to provide strategic advisory services for financial and business matters. The agreement provides for a minimum three-month term and that Winspear would be compensated with the grant of 20,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock at inception and an additional 5,000 shares per month for the initial term. In the event Winspear continues to provide services, Winspear shall be compensated an additional grant of 3,000 shares per month for a total of twelve-months and such grants shall not exceed an aggregate issuance of 71,000 shares. The agreement also provides that Winspear shall be granted 80,000 shares if the Company achieves a listing with NASDAQ. The total shares issuable under the agreement shall not be less than a minimum of 35,000 and not exceed a maximum of 151,000 shares.

The Company is not currently a defendant in any material litigation or any threatened litigation that could have a material effect on the Company’s financial statements.

9. Subsequent Events

On October 7, 2020 the Company repaid $35,060 to a third party to cancel a previous unexecuted subscription for 35,200 shares of Common Stock dated May 24, 2018, which shares were not issued.

On October 14, 2020 the Company entered into a subscription agreement to sell 12,820 shares of Common Stock at $1.95 per share, to a third party, for aggregate consideration of $24,999.

On October 15, 2020 the Company entered into subscription agreements to sell 77,300 shares of Common Stock at $1.95 per share, to a third party, for aggregate consideration of $150,735.

On November 3, 2020 the Company entered into subscription agreements to sell 25,641 shares of Common Stock at $1.95 per share, to a third party, for aggregate consideration of $49,996.

On November 12, 2020, the Company executed a Loan Agreement with certain Lenders (“the Lenders”) and FVP Servicing LLC, as agent for the Lenders in connection with the issuance of a Note in the amount of $1,000,000 bearing interest at 12% per annum with an initial maturity of November 12, 2022. Simultaneously, with the execution of the Loan Agreement, the Company also entered into an agreement with an affiliate of FVP to provide certain credit and debit card processing services for the Company, which services will continue for a period of one year after the loan is repaid and contains a right of first refusal to continue to provide such services in the future subject to certain limitations. Mr. Kepler executed a guaranty in favor of FVP in connection with the loan. Proceeds from the loan will bewere used to repay anthe existing senior secured note payable in the amountloan balance of $100,000 along with accrued interest, certain outstanding trade payables in the amount of $133,880 and for general working capital purposes. In addition, the Company granted the Lender a security interest in substantially all of its assets.

 

Notes Payable, related party

On November 12,December 6, 2018, Mr. Kepler, advanced $108,000 to the Company for payment to a third party note holder in exchange for an unsecured promissory note. During the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and year ended December 31, 2020the Company repaid $859 and $107,141, respectively, reducing the balance due as of September 30, 2021 to $0.

Convertible Notes Payable

On May 21, 2019, the Company issued an 8% Fixed Convertible Promissory Note payable to a third party with a face value of $385,000, which included an original issue discount of 10% on the investment amount. On July 17, 2019, the Company issued another 8% Fixed Convertible Promissory Note with a face value of $165,000 which also included an original discount of 10% on the investment amount. The two notes contain substantially identical terms. The Company recorded the value of the notes conversion feature in the amount of $342,308 at inception. The Company defaulted on the notes and incurred default fees of $57,750 and $24,750 for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2020, respectively which amounts were added to the principal balance.

On July 10, 2020, the Company entered into Forbearance and Note Settlement Agreements (“Agreements”) with the holders of certain amended and restated convertible promissory notes dated June 23, 2020 electedthe 8% Fixed Convertible Promissory Notes agreeing to convert obligations under such notestake no further action to avail themselves of the remedies of default defined in the aggregateNotes. The Agreements stipulate the Company remit payment of all accrued interest and principal amotunoutstanding beginning on July 20, 2020 for thirteen agreed upon payments and until the note is repaid in full. Upon execution of $100,000 intothese Agreements, effectively extinguishing the above-described notes, the Company recognized a cancellation of the derivative liability previously related to the conversion feature of $522,065. As additional consideration for the Agreements, the holders were issued warrants to purchase up to 360,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock.Stock at a price of $1.00 per share, exercisable beginning January 10, 2021 and expiring on July 10, 2025. The fair value of the warrants at the date of issuance was $371,243, and was reflected in paid in capital and the related debt discount was amortized over the term of the Agreements.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2021, the Company repaid $133,405 of the principal on the July 17, 2019 note, reducing the balance due as of September 30, 2021 to $0. During the nine months ended September 30, 2021, the Company repaid $282,792 of the principal on the May 21, 2019 note, reducing the balance due as of September 30, 2021 to $35,220.

 

 

8. Commitments and Contingencies

On August 11, 2020 the Company entered into a letter agreement with Winspear Investments, LLC (“Winspear”), an entity controlled by Robert Winspear, Winspear, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and a director of the Company, pursuant to which the Company retained Winspear to provide strategic advisory services for financial and business matters. The agreement provided for a minimum three-month term and that Winspear would be compensated with the grant of 20,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at inception and an additional 5,000 shares per month for the initial three months and an additional grant of 3,000 shares per month thereafter. The agreement also provides that Winspear shall be granted 80,000 shares if the Company achieves a listing with NASDAQ. As of September 30, 2021, 59,000 common shares have been issued and 9,000 shares remain payable to Winspear. On November 9, 2021, the Company was approved for listing on the NASDAQ Capital Market and the remaining 80,000 shares became payable to Winspear (see Note 9 Subsequent Events).

On February 22, 2021 the Company amended its lease with Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (“TIAA”) to expand its space by approximately 847 square feet for a total of 2,685 square feet and extended the expiration date to September 30, 2025. On April 14, 2021, the Company amended its lease with TIAA extending the lease expiration until September 30, 2028.

The table below shows the future lease payment obligations:

Year Ending

December 31,

 

Amount

 

2021

 $22,291 

2022

  88,792 

2023

  87,934 

2024

  89,948 

2025

  9,112 

Thereafter

  260,781 
  $558,858 

The Company is not currently a defendant in any material litigation or any threatened litigation that could have a material effect on the Company’s financial statements.

9. Subsequent Events

On November 9, 2021 the Company entered into an underwriting agreement with Alexander Capital LP as representative for the underwriters named therein, pursuant to which the Company sold 2,400,000 shares of its Common Stock at an offering price of $5.00 in an underwritten public offering upon which its shares became listed on the NASDAQ Capital Market. Net proceeds to the Company after underwring discounts and offering expenses were approximately $10,610,000.  The underwriting agreement grants the underwriter(s) an over-allotment option whereby they may purchase up to 360,000 additional shares of the Company’s Common Stock at $5.00 per share for a period of 45 days. The Company also granted the underwriter a warrant to purchase up to 6% of the total shares offered (144,000 shares) at a price equal to 125% of the oferring price for a period term of five years.The agreement also includes standard indemnification provisions between the Company and the Underwriter.

On November 1, 2021, the Company issued 204,444 shares of common stock undrer the cashless exercise provision of warrants exercisable for the purchase of 240,000 shares of Common Stock.

 

Item 2. ManagementManagement’ss Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

 

We urge you to read the following discussion in conjunction with management’s discussion and analysis contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019,2020 as well as with our condensed financial statements and the notes thereto included elsewhere herein.

 

Overview

 

Blackboxstocks, Inc. is a financial technology and social media hybrid platform offering real-time proprietary analytics and news for stock and options traders of all levels. Our web-based software (the “Blackbox System”) employs “predictive technology” enhanced by artificial intelligence to find volatility and unusual market activity that may result in the rapid change in the trading price of a stock or option. BlackboxWe continuously scansscan the NASDAQ, New York Stock Exchange CBOE,(“NYSE”), NASDAQ, Chicago Board Options Exchange (the “CBOE”) and other options markets, analyzing over 8,000 stocks and up to 900,000over 1,000,000 options contracts multiple times per second. We also provide our users with a fully interactive social media platform that is integrated into our dashboard, enabling our users to exchange information and ideas quickly and efficiently through a common network. We recently introduced a live audio/video feature that allows our members to broadcast on their own channels to share tradetrading strategies and market insight within the Blackbox community. We employ a subscription based Software as a Service (“SaaS”) business model and maintain a growing base of users that spans 42 countries.

The Blackbox System is a unique and disruptive financial technology platform combining proprietary analytics and broadcast enabled social media to connect traders of all types worldwide on an intuitive, user-friendly system. The complexity of our backend analytics is neatly hidden from the end user by our simple and easy to navigate dashboard which includes real-time alerts, scanners, financial news, institutional grade charting and proprietary analytics.

 

We launched our platformthe Blackbox System web application for domestic use and made it available to subscribers in September 2016. Subscriptions for the use of the platformBlackbox System web application are sold on a monthly and/or annual subscription basis to individual consumers through our website at http://www.blackboxstocks.com.

 

Our principal office is located at 5430 LBJ Freeway, Suite 1485, Dallas, Texas 75240 and our telephone number is (972) 726-9203. Our Common Stock is quoted on the OTC Pink tier of the OTC Markets Group, Inc.Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (the “OTC Pink”“Nasdaq”) under the symbol “BLBX.” Our corporate website is located at http://www.blackboxstocks.com. We are not including the information contained in our website as part of, or incorporating it by reference into, this Report on Form 10-Q.

 

Basis of Presentation of Financial Information

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”), which contemplate continuation of the Company as a going concern, which is dependent upon the Company's ability to establish itself as a profitable business. At September 30, 2020, the Company had an accumulated deficit of $6,665,961 and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, reported a net loss of $72,710 and net income of $163,946, respectively. By contrast, at September 30, 2019, the Company had an accumulated deficit of $5,002,609 and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, incurred net losses of $507,859 and $1,156,140, respectively. Management expects that the Company may need to raise additional capital to sustain operations until such time as the Company can achieve consistent profitability. However, there can be no assurance that management will be successful in obtaining additional funding or in attaining profitable operations on a consistent basis.

The financial statements do not include adjustments relating to the recoverability and realization of assets and classification of liabilities that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue in operation.

Significant Accounting Policies

 

There have been no changes from the Summary of Significant Accounting Policies described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 16, 2020.March 31, 2021.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

At September 30, 2020, the Company2021, we had a cash balance of $165,477$420,400 and a working capital deficit of $1,869,126. Although the Company experienced substantial increases in revenues during 2020$903,351 as compared to 2019a cash balance of $972,825 and significantly lower losses from operations and net losses, there can be no assurance that such trends will continue. The company has current debt outstanding in the amounta working capital deficit of $1,098,411. As a result of its financial position, the Company may not be able to generate sufficient$990,738 at December 31, 2020. Our cash flows from operations to sustain its operations and service its debt. These factors raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern and the accompanying financial statements do not include any adjustments related to the recoverability or classification of asset carrying amounts or the amounts and classification of liabilities that may result should we be unable to continue as a going concern.

On November 12, 2020, the Company executed a Loan Agreement with certain lenders (the “Lenders”) and FVP Servicing LLC, (“FVP”), as agentwere ($211,360) for the Lenders in connection with the issuance of a Note (the “FPV Note”) in the amount of $1,000,000 bearing interest at 12% per annum with an initial maturity of November 12, 2022. Simultaneously, with the execution of the Loan Agreement, the Company repaid an existing secured note payable in the amount of $100,000 along with accrued interest and certain outstanding trade payables in the amount of $133,880. In addition, the Company granted the Lender a security interest in substantially all of its assets. Excluding transaction costs, the Company will receive net proceeds of approximately $666,000 after repayment of the notes and payables described above. Management believes that this will be sufficientnine months ended September 30, 2021 as compared to fund its operations and service its debt$92,379 for the next twelve months. In addition, management may continue to raise additionalprior year period. For the nine months ended September 30, 2021, the net loss was largely offset by amortization of debt or equity capital in order to improve liquidity or finance more aggressive growth or development. There can be no assurance that the Company will be able to raise additional capital or on what terms.

Sale of Common Stockdiscount and Warrants

debt issuance costs as well as stock based compensation. During the nine months ended SepemberSeptember 30, 2020,2021, the Company received subscriptions foralso incurred capital expenditures in the amount of $60,610 related primarily to the purchase of 69,232new servers. We do not expect this level of capital expenditures to continue for the next twelve months.

Net cash used in financing activities was $280,455 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021. This consisted of $418,461 of principal repayments that was partially offset by $138,006 in stock issuances. The Company has only $35,220 in principal payments remaining on its convertible notes payable which are expected to be paid in the fourth quarter of 2021. Principal payments on our $1,000,000 senior debt begin in December 2021 at $10,000 per month until its maturity in November 2022, which can be extended. As a result of retiring our convertible notes payable, the Company’s debt service requirements will be significantly lower for the next twelve months.

On November 9, 2021 the Company enter into an underwriting ageeement pursuant to which it sold 2,400,000 shares of its Common Stock at a cashan offering price of $1.95 per share$5.00 in an underwritten public offering upon which our shares became listed on the NASDAQ Capital Market. Net proceeds to the Company after underwring discounts and offering expenses were approximately $11,610,000. We expect to use proceeds from this offering to further develop our Blackbox System platform, expand our product offerings, fund marketing efforts to grow our subscriber base, as well as for an aggregategeneral and administration expenses and other general corporate purposes.

We believe that the Company has sufficient capital resources to fund current operations and debt service requirements.

Results of Operations

 

Comparison of Three Months Ended September 30, 20202021 and 20192020

For the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, the Company’s revenue totaled $1,100,329 and $296,332, respectively, for which our respective costs of operations totaled $288,213 and $159,216. The $803,997 increase in revenue resulted from growth in our user base which is primarily attributable to a consistent daily advertising spend during the period. The majority of the costs of operations are data feed expenses for exchange information totaling approximately $121,650 for the three months ended September 30, 2020 and customer retention expenditures of $92,547. Other costs of operations include $46,497 for website maintenance.

 

For the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, our revenue was $1,471,814 and $1,100,329, respectively, an increase of 34%. The $371,485 increase in revenue resulted from growth in our subscriber base which we beleve resultred from additional marketing and advertising expenditures and continued subscriber acceptance and use of our platform. Cost of revenues for the Company hadthree months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 were $469,601 and $288,213, resulting in gross margins of 68% and 74%, respectively. The primary components of cost of revenues include costs related to data and news feed expenses for exchange information which comprise the majority of the costs, as well as the costs for program moderators. Costs for online program moderators increased 44% for the quarter ended September 30, 2021 as compared to the 2020 period and comprise the second largest portion of our cost of revenues. We do not expect our gross margins to change significantly from their current level unless we add additional products with different margins or incur unexpected cost increases.

For the three months ended September 30, 2021, operating expenses totaling $726,632were $1,501,142 compared to $384,598$726,633 for the same period in 2019,2020, an increase of $342,034. This change is primarily a result$774,509 or 107%. We experienced significantly higher expenditures in most of our expense categories for the 2021 period. Selling, general and administrative expenses increased from $466,225 for the three months ended September 30, 2020 compared to $1,098,427 for the three months ended September 30, 2021, an increase of 136%. The increase in selling, general and administrative expenses of $175,511, from $290,713$632,202 was the largest dollar value component of the operating expense increase. The primary components of the increase were increases in referral expenses, professional and outside consulting services, and salary and stock based compensation. Stock based compensation expense was $433,544 for the three months ended SeptemberSpetember 30, 2019 compared to $466,224 for2021. Advertising and marketing expenses increased by $112,498 or 65% from $173,559 in the three months ended September 30, 2020 as a result of increases of $44,928 for referral expenses, salary and related employee expenses of $37,122, consulting and businessto $286,057 in the three months ended September 30, 2021. Software development expense of $92,439 and $1,022costs also increased by $28,193 or 34% from $83,705 in aggregate other general and administrative expenses. We also incurred increased advertising and marketing expenses by $111,010 to $173,559 from $62,549 for the three months ended September 30, 2020 as compared to $111,898 in same period in 2021. The increased software development costs were incurred for improvements to our platform including our online social media component, development of a native application and new product development.

We expect to continue to incur increases in our operating costs for the foreseeable future. Expense increases for advertising and marketing activities should correlate most closely to sales growth, but as seen in the 2021 quarter, will not necessarily be directly correlated. Software development costs were relatively low in the quarter ended September 30, 2020 due to limited capital resources of the Company at that time. We anticipate that software development costs will remain relatively consistent with their current level through the balance of calendar 2021 and that any significant increases will be attributable to new product development.

Loss from operations for the three months ended September 30, 2020. Software development costs2021 was $498,929 as compared to income from operations of $85,483 for the prior year period due to higher sales and gross margins being offset by increased operating expenses as delineated above with stock based compensation of $433,544 accounting for approximately 74% of the change. Non-operating expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2021 consisted of interest expense of $30,281 and amortization of debt discount of $10,171, as well as non-operating income of $33,405 from the gain on forgiveness of notes payable, resulting in a net loss for the period of $505,976. Non-operating expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2020 included interest expense of 33,469 and amortization of debt discount of $135,482. In addition, during the 2020 period we also increased by $56,565had a gain on derivative liabilities of 10,757. These non-recurring losses offset the gain from operations and result in net loss for the period of $72,711. The amortization of debt discount has declined in the third quarter of 2021 and will be eliminated with the retirement of the related debt resulting in net interest expense that should remain consistent at its current levels for the next year.

Comparison of Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021 and 2020

For the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, the our revenue was $4,425,088 and $2,324,428, respectively, an increase of 90%. The $2,100,660 increase in revenue resulted from growth in our subscriber base which we believe resulted from additional marketing and advertising expenditures and continued subscriber acceptance and use of our platform throughout the year. Relative growth was stronger in the first quarter of 2021 than the second quarter as a resultthe first quarter of platform enhancement2020 was when the Company’s aggressive growth began, as well as significant gains in the first quarter of 2021 which we believe may have been attributable to unusual market activity in stocks such as Gamestop and related data feed expense.AMC which we believe could have drove short term subscriptions. Cost of revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 were $1,274,953 and $700,723 resulting in gross margins of 71% and 70%, respectively. As noted above, we do not expect our gross margins to change significantly from their current level unless we add additional products with different margins or incur unexpected cost increases.

 

 

ComparisonFor the nine months ended September 30, 2021, we incurred operating expenses totaling $3,621,454 compared to $1,722,218 for the same period in 2020, an increase of Nine Months Ended $1,899,236 or 110%. We experienced significantly higher expenditures in most of our expense categories for the 2021 period. Selling, general and administrative expenses increased from $1,722,218 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 to $3,621,454 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021, an increase of 105%. The primary components of the $1,189,180 increase were increases in referral expenses, professional and 2019outside consulting services, and salary and stock based compensation. Advertising and marketing expenses increased by $435,922 or 108% from $404,635 in the nine months ended September 30, 2020 to $840,557 in the nine months ended September 30, 2021. Software development costs also significantly increased by $269,641 or 153% from $175,950 in the nine months ended September 30, 2020 as compared to $445,591 in same period in 2021. As noted above, the increased software development costs were incurred for improvements to our platform including our online social media component, development of a native application and new product development.

 

For the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, the Company’s revenue totaled $2,324,428 and $776,489, respectively, for which our respective costs2021 we recorded a loss from operations of operations totaled $700,723 and $438,168. The $1,547,939 increase in revenue resulted from growth in our user base which is primarily attributable$471,319 as compared to a consistent daily advertising spend during the period. The majorityloss from operations of the costs of operations are data feed expenses for exchange information totaling approximately $307,564$98,513 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020, and customer retention expenditures of $241,403. Other costs of operations included $92,314 for website maintenance and other costs of $59,442.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2020 the Company had operating expenses totaling $1,722,218 compared to $1,107,004 for the same period in 2019, an increase of $615,214. This change is primarily a result of an increase in selling, general and administrative$372,806 due to increased operating expenses. Non-operating expenses of $342,573, from $789,088 for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 compared to $1,131,6612021 consisted of interest expense of $104,576, amortization of debt discount of $194,267, and a gain on the foregiveness of a note payable of $33,405 resulting in a net loss for the period of $736,757. Non-operating expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 as a result of increases of $86,497 for referral expenses, salary and related of $70,389, consulting and business developmentincluded interest expense of $156,125, investment$128,229, amortization of debt discount of $250,335, and financingdefault expense of $20,037, internet$24,750. In addition, during 2020, we incurred $500,469 of convertible debt expense and computera gain on derivative liabilities of $1,166,242. These non-recurring items more than offset the loss from operations as well as interest expense and amortization of $46,235 and other general and administrative expense of $18,429 netted with a decreasedebt discount to result in professional fees of $55,140. We also incurred increased advertising and marketing expenses of $203,336, from $201,299net income for the three months ended September 30, 2019 compared to $404,635 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020. Software development costs also increased by $73,461 as a resultperiod of the enhancements to the platform and the related increased data feed expense.$163,946.

 

Off Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

As of September 30, 2020,2021, we did not have any material off-balance sheet arrangements.

 

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

 

Our Company isWe are a “smaller reporting company” as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act, and as such, iswe are not required to provide the information required under this Item.

 

Item 4. 4. Controls and Procedures

 

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

Gust Kepler, our principal executive officer and Robert Winspear, our principal financial officer, conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company's disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) promulgated under the Exchange Act) as of September 30, 2020,2021, pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 13a-15. Such disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company is accumulated and communicated to the appropriate management on a basis that permits timely decisions regarding disclosure. Based upon that evaluation, the Company'sour principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that the Company's disclosure controls and procedures as of September 30, 20202021, were not effective to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed in the Company’s periodic filings under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

 

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

 

ThereOn September 11, 2021 the Company appointed Robert Winspear as its Chief Financial Officer and Secretary. This appointment provides for additional segregation of duties as both of these offices were previously held by our Chief Executive Officer.  In addition, the Company also appointed three new independent directors and created an audit committee, compensation committee and a nominating and governance committee. Part of Mr. Winspear’s responsibilities will be to design and implement improved internal controls. Except as provided above, there were no other changes in our internal controls over financial reporting during the quarter ended September 30, 20202021 that have materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially affect our internal controls over financial reporting.

 

 

Limitations on the Effectiveness of Controls

 

Our disclosure controls and procedures provide our principal executive officer and principal financial officer with reasonable assurances that our disclosure controls and procedures will achieve their objectives. However, our management does not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures or our internal control over financial reporting can or will prevent all human error. A control system, no matter how well designed and implemented, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Furthermore, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are internal resource constraints, and the benefit of controls must be weighed relative to their corresponding costs. Because of the limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide complete assurance that all control issues and instances of error, if any, within our company are detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty, and that breakdowns can occur due to human error or mistake. Additionally, controls, no matter how well designed, could be circumvented by the individual acts of specific persons within the organization. The design of any system of controls is also based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated objectives under all potential future conditions.

 

Management is aware that there is a lack of segregation of duties at the Company due to the fact that the Company only has one director and executive officer dealing with general administrative and financial matters. This constitutes a material weakness in the internal controls. Management has decided that considering the officer/director involved, the control procedures in place, and the outsourcing of certain financial functions, the risks associated with such lack of segregation were low and the potential benefits of adding additional employees to clearly segregate duties did not justify the expenses associated with such increases. Management periodically reevaluates this situation. In light of the Company’s current cash flow situation, the Company does not intend to increase staffing to mitigate the current lack of segregation of duties within the general administrative and financial functions.

 

PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item 1.Legal Proceedings

 

None.

 

IItem 1A.tem 1A.  RiskRisk Factors

 

Our Company isWe are a “smaller reporting company” as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act, and as such, iswe are not required to provide the information required under this Item.

 

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

 

On July 6, 2020, warrants toAugust 31, 2021, our Board of Directors granted stock options for the purchase 115,385of an aggregate of 597,500 shares of Commoncommon stock to certain employees and consultants and on September 11, 2021 granted options on an additional 15,000 shares to our independent directors under the terms of our 2021 Stock issued in conjunction with Amended Convertible Promissory Notes were exercised at $0.01 per share for aggregate cash consideration of $1,154.Incentive Plan.

 

On July 10, 2020September 11, 2021, we issued a warrant to Robert Winspear for the Company sold 25,641purchase of 100,000 shares of Common Stock and a Warrant, exercisable for a period of 5 years, to purchase 12,821 shares ofour Common Stock at an exercise price of $1.95 per share, to third parties for aggregate considerationshare. The warrant vests ratably over 36 months and has a term of $49,995. A sales commission of $6,000 is payable in connection with the sale.

On July 31, 2020 the Company sold 25,641 shares of Common Stock and a Warrant, exercisable for a period of 5 years, to purchase 12,821 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $1.95 per share, to third parties for aggregate consideration of $49,995. A sales commission of $6,000 is payable in connection with the sale.

On August 14, 2020 the Company sold 12,821 shares of Common Stock and a Warrant, exercisable for a period of 5 years, to purchase 6,411 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $1.95 per share, to third parties for aggregate consideration of $25,001. A sales commission of $1,750 is payable in connection with the sale..

On August 27, 2020 the Company sold 5,129 shares of Common Stock to a third party for $10,001.

On August 28, 2020 the Company issued 3,334 shares of its Common Stock at a value of $1.95 to a third party in settlement of services provided for marketing and advertising.

On September 25, 2020 the Company issued 25,000 shares of its Common Stock at a value of $1.95 to a third party in conjunction with a consulting services agreement.ten years.

 

The securities described above were privately offered and sold in reliance upon exemptions from registration pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) under the Securities Act. The CompanyWe reasonably believed that each of the purchasers of such securities had access to information concerning its operations and financial condition, were acquiring the securities for their own account and not with a view to the distribution thereof, and each investor qualified as an "accredited investor" as such term is defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act. Furthermore, no "general solicitation" was made by the Company with respect to sale of any of the securities. At the time of their issuance, the securities described above were deemed to be restricted securities for purposes of the Securities Act and the documentation representing the securities bear legends and/or non-transfer provisions to that effect.

 

All of the Company’sour other sales of unregistered securities during the period covered by the Report have been previously reported as required in Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and/or current reports on Form 8-K.

 

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

 

On August 8, 2018 a third party advanced $200,000 to the Company in exchange for a secured promissory note, bearing interest at the rate of 12% per annum with a maturity date of November 20, 2018. The note is secured by a Security Agreement providing for a continuing lien and first priority security interest in the assets of the Company and by a personal Guaranty Agreement with Gust Kepler, a Director, President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of the Company, and the Company’s controlling stockholder. On December 6, 2018, Mr. Kepler made a payment on the note in the amount of $100,000 plus accrued interest of $8,000 for an aggregate of $108,000. This note was in default on Spetember 30, 2020 but was subsequently repaid on November 12, 2020.None.

 

On November 9, 2018, Gust C. Kepler, a Director, President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of the Company advanced $120,000 to the Company in exchange for a promissory note bearing interest at 12% per annum for a ninety-day period, maturing on January 28, 2019. The note remains unpaid as of September 30, 2020. On November 12, 2020 Mr. Kepler and the Company agreed to waive the deault and extend the maturity to the earlier of May 1, 2024 or such time as the FPV Note issued contemporaneously with the waiver is repaid.Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

 

On May 21, 2019, the Company issued an 8% Fixed Convertible Promissory Note payable to a third party for a total face value up to $550,000, which included an original issue discount of 10% on the investment amount of up to $500,000. The note specifies that the note holder shall retain an original issue discount of 10% of any consideration, bears interest of 8%, and matured 180 days from the effective date. The note provides for a redemption premium of 115% if retired after the 91st day. The noteholder paid the first consideration of $350,000 and no further consideration was remitted within the allowed thirty days. As the note was not retired on or before the maturity date, the noteholder is entitled to convert a portion or all the outstanding principle into shares of the Company’s Common Stock at a variable conversion price which equals the lower of the fixed conversion price of $1.95 per share or 65% of the lowest closing bid price during the 15 consecutive trading days prior to the date of the noteholder’s election to convert. As of September 30, 2020 the note is in default.Not applicable.

Item 5. Other Information

None.

 

 

On July 17, 2019, the Company issued an 8% Fixed Convertible Promissory Note payable to a third party for a total face value of $165,000, which included an original issue discount of 10% on the investment amount of $150,000. The note specifies that the noteholder shall retain an original issue discount of 10% of any consideration, bears interest of 8%, and matures 180 days from the effective date. The note provides for a redemption premium of 115% if retired after the 91st day. Until maturity, the noteholder may convert all or a portion of the outstanding principal into shares of Common Stock of the Company at a fixed conversion price equal to $1.95 per share. If the note is not retired on or before the maturity date, the note holder is entitled to convert a portion or all the outstanding principle into shares of the Company’s common stock at a variable conversion price which equals the lower of the fixed conversion price or 65% of the lowest closing bid price during the 15 consecutive trading days prior to the date of the noteholder’s election to convert. As of September 30, 2020 the note is in default.

On July 10, 2020, the Company entered into Forbearance and Note Settlement Agreements (“Agreements”) with the third parties agreeing to take no further action to avail themselves of the remedies of default defined in the Notes. The Agreements stipulate the Company will remit payment of all accrued interest and principal outstanding beginning on July 20, 2020 for thirteen agreed upon payments and until the note is repaid in full. Upon execution of these Agreements, effectively extinguishing the above described notes, the Company recognized a cancellation of the derivative liability previously related to the conversion feature of $522,065. As additional consideration for the Agreements, the Holders were issued warrants to purchase up to 360,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock at a price of $1.00 per share, exercisable beginning January 10, 2021 and expiring on July 10, 2025.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

Not applicable.

Item 5.Other Information

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement and Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation

On November 12, 2020, the Company executed a Loan Agreement with certain Lenders and FVP Servicing LLC (“FPV”), as agent for the Lenders in connection with the issuance of a Note in the amount of $1,000,000 bearing interest at 12% per annum with an initial maturity of November 12, 2022. Simultaneously, with the execution of the Loan Agreement, the Company also entered into an Exclusivity Agreement with Feenix Payment Systems, LLC, an affiliate of FVP to provide certain credit and debit card processing services for the Company, which services will continue for a period of one year after the loan is repaid and contains a right of first refusal to continue to provide such services in the future subject to certain limitations. Gust C. Kepler, a Director, President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of the Company executed a Guaranty in favor of FVP in connection with the Loan Agreement. Proceeds from the loan will be to repay an existing secured note payable in the amount of $100,000 along with accrued interest, certain outstanding trade payables in the amount of $133,880 and for general working capital purposes. In addition, the Company entered into a Security Agreement pursuant to which it granted the Lender a security interest in substantially all of its assets as collateral for the loan obligations.

Item 6.Exhibits 6. Exhibits

 

The following exhibits are filed with this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or are incorporated by reference as described below.

 

Exhibit

Description

10.1

Loan Agreement dated November 12, 2020 between FPV Servicing LLC and Blackboxstocks, Inc.*

10.2

Note dated November 12, 2020 payable to Feenix Venture Partners Opportunity Fund II LP*

10.3

Security Agreement dated November 12, 2020 between FPV Servicing LLC and Blackboxstocks, Inc.*

31.1

Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14a/Rule 14d-14(a)*

31.2

Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14a/Rule 14d-14(a)*

32.1

Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350**

32.2

Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350**

101.1

Inline Interactive data files pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T*

104Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101).

*          Filed herewith.

**       Furnished herewith

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

November 16, 202015, 2021

BLACKBOXSTOCKS INC.

   

By:

/s/      /s/ Gust Kepler

 

Gust Kepler

 

President, Chief Executive Officer and Secretary (Principal

(Principal Executive Officer)

 By:

      /s/ Robert Winspear

Robert Winspear

Chief Financial Officer and PrincipalSecretary (Principal Financial

and Accounting Officer)

 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

Description

10.1

Loan Agreement dated November 12, 2020 between FPV Servicing LLC and Blackboxstocks, Inc.*

10.2

Note dated November 12, 2020 payable to Feenix Venture Partners Opportunity Fund II LP*

10.3

Security Agreement dated November 12, 2020 between FPV Servicing LLC and Blackboxstocks, Inc.*

31.1

Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14a/Rule 14d-14(a)*

31.2

Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14a/Rule 14d-14(a)*

32.1

Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350**

32.2

Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350**

101.1

Inline Interactive data files pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T*

104Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101).

*          Filed herewith.

**       Furnished herewith

 

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