COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES | NOTE 9 – COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES Basalt America and RAW Energy Materials Corp., Global Energy Sciences, LLC, and RAW LLC On April 18, 2018, Basalt America and the Company received a letter from counsel representing RAW LLC providing formal notice that Basalt America and the Company had breached and/or violated several sections of its license agreement and amendments, and that RAW LLC was immediately terminating all agreements and amendments. See Legal Matters below in this Note 9. Territory Joint Ventures During the second quarter of 2017, the Company entered into a term sheet for a Joint Venture with accredited investors for the management of Basalt America Territory 1, LLC, for the exclusive rights to manage sales for Dade, Broward and Monroe Counties in the State of Florida. In conjunction with entering into the Joint Venture, the investors provided total proceeds of $502,500 which was used for the purchase of inventory from May to August 2017. The Company initially owned 55.3% of the joint venture and the investors owned 44.7% of the joint venture. Through December 31, 2018, the Company entered into financing term sheets for this Joint Venture with a related party for $288,750 and five accredited investors for a total of $213,750. The funds were used as a deposit to purchase inventory. On February 12, 2019, as a result of the termination of the RAW License Agreement, the Company agreed to settle with the non-controlling investors in Basalt America Territory 1, LLC to unwind this investment. In the settlement, the Company agreed to issue 2,010,000 restricted common shares at a value representing the original investment of $502,500 ($0.25 per share). The non-controlling investors were issued these shares on March 21, 2019 and the Company took control of the previous 44.7% of Basalt America Territory 1, LLC formerly representing the non-controlling interest as of December 31, 2018 in the accompanying consolidated financial statements. Legal Matters On March 31, 2014, the Company received a “Notice of Default” letter from legal counsel representing the California State Teachers Retirement System (“CalSTRS”) (the landlord for the Company’s past office space) indicating that the Company was in default of its lease for failure to pay monthly rent for the office space located at 2400 East Commercial Boulevard, Suite 612, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304. The letter demanded immediate payment of $41,937 for rent past due rent due as of April 1, 2014. The landlord currently holds security deposits from the Company in the amount of $31,407. The Company had indicated in writing its intention to cooperate with the landlord while trying to resolve the matter. On February 11, 2015, the landlord, through its attorneys, filed a motion for summary judgment. The motion asked for $376,424 in unpaid rent, recovery of abated rents and tenant improvements and $12,442 in attorney’s costs incurred by the landlord and the Company has reserved the entire amount. On April 22, 2015 the motion for unpaid rent, recovery of abated rents and tenant improvements and attorney’s costs was granted by the Circuit Court of the 17th Judicial Circuit in and for Broward County. As previously disclosed, the Company has accrued the full amount of rent and attorney costs in its audited financial statements. The Company intends to continue its efforts to work with the landlord to reach a mutually agreeable solution and is currently attempting to raise additional capital to address the default, as well its other outstanding obligations and working capital requirements. On December 15, 2016, a third-party driver drove his car through the Company’s previous retail storefront located at 2599 North Federal Highway, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33305. The accident caused severe damage to the building. The city of Fort Lauderdale declared the building an unsafe structure, and the Company had to vacate the premises and as a result, the lease terminated. This incident severely impacted the Company’s ability to sell to and service its customers. The damaged storefront eliminated sales at the location and effectively terminated the business. The Company is pursuing a claim for the damages sustained for lost sales and the writing off of the leasehold improvements at the location. The company is presently in suit for all damages suffered. The case is set for a jury trial on August 19, 2019. While the Company is optimistic of a recovery, there can be no assurances as to the result of the suit. On October 25, 2018, the Company was informed that RAW Materials filed an action for declaratory relief in Broward County, Florida, in the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit Court, titled Raw Energy Materials, Corp, v. Rockstar Acquisitions, LLC, Paymeon, Inc., and Basalt America, LLC, CASE NO.: CACE 18-020596. The nature of this case is a contractual dispute over an existing licensing agreement, and related sales of goods. The Company and all of the defendants in this case are contesting this case vigorously. While the parties have reached an agreement to cancel and invalidate the existing license agreement, the parties will continue to litigate damages arising from the dispute. RAW Materials has recently amended the case to add a count under the Florida consumer protection statute and the Company has requested an immediate dismissal, that motion to dismiss was heard on March 27, 2019 and was denied. Rockstar likewise anticipates bringing a counterclaim against RAW Materials and may also attempt to pursue a similar claim against RAW Materials principal, Don Smith. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company and all the defendants intend to seek a favorable out of court settlement. Given the current state of the evidence it is not possible to estimate the potential value of RAW Materials claim; however, to date, little to no evidence, has been produced to support the claim and the Company and all the defendants believes that its counterclaim will off-set any potential recovery by RAW Materials. The Company, during the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, feels that it did comply with the license agreement, first amendment to the license agreement and the post-closing letter agreement (“the Agreements”) in all material respects and determined to continue to honor the language and acts as required under the Agreements throughout the remainder of 2018. The Board of Directors of the Company had met and decided that the Company had acted in good faith and to appropriately honor the Agreements, despite RAW Materials and their affiliated entities not honoring their commitments under the Agreements. As part of complying with the Agreements, the Company properly accrued obligations related to the Agreements on its books, including continuing to accrue amounts due under the consulting agreements with RAW, LLC and Yellow Turtle Design, LLC as well as commissions on sales. |