Micromem Technologies Inc.
Notes to Unaudited Condensed Interim Consolidated Financial Statements
For the three months ended January 31, 2021 and 2020
(Expressed in United States dollars, unless otherwise noted)
16. Key management compensation and related party transactions (continued)
(c) Convertible debentures
In May 2019, the CEO of the Company provided for a short-term loan of $15,000 CDN ($11,450 USD). At October 31, 2019, $10,000 CDN ($7,582 USD) in loan principal was outstanding. In 2020, the remaining amount of loan principal was extinguished by participation of the CEO in the private placement which the Company completed at the time (Note 10(b)). The extinguishment of the debt for the shares received in the private placement resulted in an a loss on conversion of $14,000 CDN ($10,600 USD).
In January 2018, the CEO of the Company provided for a convertible debenture of $150,000 CDN ($114,086 USD). As at January 31, 2021, $10,001 CDN ($7,825 USD)(October 31, 2020 - $10,001 CDN, $7,509 USD) in loan principal remains outstanding.
17. Contingencies
(a) The Company has agreed to indemnify its directors and officers and certain of its employees in accordance with the Company's by- laws. The Company maintains insurance policies that may provide coverage against certain claims.
(b) The Company has previously reported on:
(i) The lawsuit filed by Mr. Steven Van Fleet against Micromem and MAST seeking payment of $214,574 plus interest relating to alleged remuneration and expense reimbursements due to him prior to his resignation as an officer and director of Micromem and MAST on August 17, 2018.
(ii) The Company’s response to the complaint whereby it denied the allegations in Mr. Van Fleet’s claims and additionally its counterclaims again Mr. Van Fleet seeking damages of no less than 2.75 million and other remedies.
Counsel for the parties agreed that Mr. Van Fleet’s deposition would proceed on July 31, 2020. The day before the deposition, Mr. Van Fleet’s counsel advised the Company’s counsel that if Mr. Van Fleet were to appear at the deposition, he would invoke his Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate himself with respect to the Company’s counterclaims, and that rather than doing so, Mr. Van Fleet had chosen not to appear for his deposition and would never appear for his deposition in the future.
In light of this development, on September 25, 2020 the Company’s counsel moved for default, asking the court to strike Mr. Van Fleet’s claims and to enter a judgment in the Company’s favor on its counterclaims. Mr. Van Fleet did not submit any opposition to the motion. Mr Van Fleet’s counsel resigned in October 2020. The deadline for Mr Van Fleet to appeal the Company’s motion was January 11, 2021; Mr Van Fleet did not appear nor was he represented by legal counsel in court on January 11th. Micromem’s motion for dismissal is now uncontested and we are currently awaiting the court’s decision on potential damages that Micromem may be awarded against Mr Van Fleet.
18. Financial risk management
(a) Currency risk
Currency risk is the risk that the fair value of, or future cash flows from, the Company's financial instruments will significantly fluctuate due to changes in foreign exchange rates. The Company is exposed to currency risk to the extent that it incurs expenses and issues convertible debentures denominated in Canadian dollars (CDN). The Company manages currency risk by monitoring the Canadian position of these monetary financial instruments on a periodic basis throughout the course of the reporting period.
As at January 31, 2021, balances that are denominated in CDN are as follows:
| | CDN | |
Cash | $ | 11,077 | |
Prepaid expenses and other receivables | $ | 23,853 | |
Trade payables and other liabilities | $ | 65,458 | |
Convertible debentures | $ | 1,614,914 | |
Derivative liabilities | $ | 1,183,193 | |