CIMG (IMG) 10-Q 2016 Q1 Quarterly report

UNITEDSTATES 

SECURITIESAND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON,D.C. 20549 

FORM 10-Q 

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

Forthe quarterly period ended December 31,2015 

¨TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from to 

CommissionFile No. 333-176684 

NUZEE,INC. 
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(exactname of registrant as specified in its charter) 

Nevada                                                      38-3849791
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(Stateor other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) 

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(I.R.S.Employer Identification Number) 

2865 Scott Street, Suite 101, Vista, CA, 92081

 ____________________________________________________________________

(Addressof principal executive offices) (zip code) 

(760)295-2408ortoll free (844) 936-8933 

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(Registrant’stelephone number, including area code) Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: 

Titlesof eachclass                                                    Nameof eachexchange on which registered None                                                                            N/A 

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Indicateby 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 xNo ¨

Indicateby check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted 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 and post such files).                 Yes xNo ¨

 

Indicateby check mark whether the registrant is a  large accelerated  filer, an accelerated  filer, a  non-accelerated filer or a  smaller reporting company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. 

Largeaccelerated filer	¨		Acceleratedfiler	¨
Non-acceleratedfiler	¨	(Donot check if smaller reporting company)	Smallerreporting company	x

Indicatebycheckmarkwhethertheregistrantisa shell company(asdefinedinRule12b-2of theExchange Act).        Yes ¨No x

APPLICABLEONLY TO REGISTRANTS INVOLVED IN BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS DURING THEPRECEDING FIVE YEARS: 

Indicateby check mark whether the registrant has filed all documents and reports required to be filed by Section 12, 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange        Act       of                   1934subsequent                to      the               distribution    of        securities       undera                     plan     confirmed       by                   a       court. 

Yes ¨No ¨

(APPLICABLEONLY TO CORPORATE REGISTRANTS) 

Indicatethe number of shares outstanding of each of the registrant’s classes of common stock,as of the latest practicable date. As of February 11, 2016,NuZee, Inc. had 30,464,951shares of common stock outstanding. 

Tableof Contents 

PARTI. 
     

Item1.        Financial Statements. 

(a)Balance Sheets as at December 31, 2015 (Unaudited) and September 30, 2014 

(b)Statement of Operations for the three and ninemonths ended December 31, 2015 and 2014 (Unaudited). 

(c)Statement of Cash Flows for the nine months ended December 31, 2015 and 2014 (Unaudited). 

(d)Notes toFinancialStatements (Unaudited). 

Item2.        Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations. 

Item 3.       Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk. 

Item4.        Controls and Procedures 

PARTII. 

Item1.        Legal Proceedings 

Item 1A. Risk Factors 

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Item2.         UnregisteredSales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds 

Item 3.        Defaults Upon Senior Securities 

Item4.        Mine Safety Disclosures 

Item 5.        OtherInformation 

Item6.        Exhibits 

FORWARD-LOOKINGINFORMATION 

ThisQuarterly Report on Form 10-Q of NuZee, Inc.contains “forward-looking statements” that may state our management’s plans, future events, objectives, current expectations, estimates,forecasts, assumptions or projections about the company and its business. Any statement in this report that is not a statement of historical fact is a forward-looking statement, andin some cases, words such as “believes,” “estimates,” “projects,” “expects,” “intends,” “may,” “anticipates,” “plans,” “seeks,” and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual outcomes and results to differ materially fromthe anticipated outcomes or results. These statements are not guarantees of future performance, and undue reliance should not be placed on these statements. It is important to note that our actual results could differ materially from whatis expressed in our forward-looking statements due to the risk factors described in the section of our Form 10-K filed on January 13,2016 entitled “Risk Factors.” 

Weundertake no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. 

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PARTI. 

Item1. Financial Statements. 

Nuzee, Inc. BALANCE SHEET (Unaudited)
						December 31, 2015	September 30, 2015
	ASSETS
		Current assets:
			Cash			$ 47,252	$ 107,678
			Accounts receivable			14,345	18,205
			Inventories			181,112	201,764
			Prepaid expenses and deposits			21,708	21,532
					Total current assets	264,417	349,179
			Equipment, net			184,145	192,103
		Total assets				$ 448,562	$ 541,282
	LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIT)
		Current liabilities:
			Accounts payable			$ 77,620	$ 65,522
			Convertible notes payable-related party			600,000	600,000
			Other current liabilities			387	607
					Total current liabilities	678,007	666,129
		Stockholders' equity (deficit):
			Preferred stock; 100,000,000 shares authorized, $0.00001 par value; 0 shares issued and outstanding			-	-
			Common stock; 100,000,000 shares authorized, $0.00001 par value; 30,404,951 and 30,124,951 shares issued and outstanding			304	301
			Additional paid in capital			6,145,335	5,940,337
			Accumulated deficit			(6,297,718)	(5,988,119)
			Less: treasury stock, at cost (2,016,000 shares held in treasury as of December 31, 2015 and September 30, 2015 )			(77,366)	(77,366)
				Total stockholders' equity (deficit)		(229,445)	(124,847)
		Total liabilities and stockholders' equity (deficit)				$ 448,562	$ 541,282

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited financial statements.
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Nuzee, Inc. STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (Unaudited)
			Three Months Ended December 31 ,2015	Three Months Ended December 31 ,2014
	Revenues		$ 44,460	$ 41,016
	Cost of sales		29,065	35,517
		Gross Profit	15,395	5,499
	Operating expenses		321,573	306,980
	Loss from operations		(306,178)	(301,481)
	Other income		228	-
	Other expense		(3,649)	(800)
	Net loss		$ (309,599)	$ (302,281)
	Basic and diluted loss per common share		$ (0.01)	$ (0.01)
	Basic and diluted weighted average number of common stock outstanding		30,330,494	28,099,371

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited financial statements.
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Nuzee, Inc. STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Unaudited)
			Three Months Ended December 31, 2015	Three Months Ended December 31, 2014
	Operating activities:
		Net loss	$ (309,599)	$ (302,281)
	Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash
		used by operating activities:
		Depreciation	10,488	1,618
		Option expense	-	17,992
		Warrant expense	-	9,134
	Change in operating assets and liabilities:
		Accounts receivable	3,860	321
		Inventories	20,652	(33,082)
		Prepaid expenses and deposits	(176)	24,473
		Accounts payable	12,098	(5,004)
		Other current liabilities	(220)	672
		Net cash used by operating activities	(262,897)	(286,157)
	Investing activities:
		Purchase of equipment	(2,529)	-
		Net cash used by investing activities	(2,529)	-
	Financing activities:
		Proceeds from issuance of common stock	205,000	13,200
		Proceeds from issuance of treasury stock	-	174,000
		Net cash provided by financing activities	205,000	187,200
	Net change in cash		(60,426)	(98,957)
	Cash, beginning of period		107,678	238,160
	Cash, end of period		$ 47,252	$ 139,203
	Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
		Cash paid for interest	$ -	$ -
		Cash paid for taxes	$ 800	$ -

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited financial statements.
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Nuzee,Inc. 

NOTESTO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 

(Unaudited)

December 31, 2015 

1. BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The accompanying unaudited interim financial statements of Nuzee, Inc. have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”), and rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and notes thereto contained in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015 as filed with the SEC. In the opinion of management, all adjustments, consisting of recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair presentation of financial position and the results of operations for the interim periods presented have been reflected herein. The results of operations for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year. Notes to the financial statements which would substantially duplicate the disclosure contained in the audited financial statements as reported in the annual report on Form 10-K have been omitted.

Going Concern

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, which contemplates continuation of the Company as a going concern. The Company has had recurring losses, large accumulated deficits, is dependent on the shareholder to provide additional funding for operating expenses and has no recurring revenues. These items raise substantial doubts about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

2. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

During February 2015, the Company issued a secured convertible promissory note in the sum of $600,000 to Masateru Higashida, the Company’s major shareholder.  Interest calculated at the annual rate of zero percent (0%) for the period until April 2016. If the outstanding principle and all accrued and unpaid interest on the debt hereof (the “Debt”) is not repaid by the Company in full by the Repayment Date, the Debt or any portion thereof may be converted at the option of the Holder, upon written notice to the Company at any time after the Repayment Date, into that number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock equal to the Debt or that portion thereof that the Holder elects to convert, divided by price per share of $0.51. This note shall by cancelled on the date of conversion of the entirety of the Debt

3. COMMON STOCK  

During October 2015, the Company sold 140,000 shares of common stock at $0.70 per share, for an aggregate purchase price of $98,000.

During November 2015, the Company sold 50,000 shares of common stock at $0.70 per share, for an aggregate purchase price of $35,000.

During December 2015, the Company sold 90,000 shares of common stock at $0.80 per share, for an aggregate purchase price of $72,000

4. STOCK OPTIONS

During three months ended 2015, the Company  committed to issue 242,500 options to employees and consultant for the services the next time the board approves for issuance.

The new method of determination of granted is simplified method and no more usage of the Black-Scholes model.

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The following table summarizes common stock options issued and outstanding:

	Stock Options	Exercise price	Intrinsic value
Outstanding at September 30, 2015	2,833,333	$0.60	-
Granted	-	-	-
Excised	-	-	-
Forfeited	-	-	-
Expired	-	-	-
Outstanding at December 31, 2015	(2,833,333)	$0.60	-
Total	-	-	-

 As of December 31, 2015, there were no options exercisable or outstanding.

5. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

   During January 2016, the Company granted 50,000 shares of treasury stock to a consultant at $0.30 per share, for an aggregate purchase price of $15,000.

   During January 2016, the Company sold 60,000 shares of common stock at $0.80 per share for an aggregate purchase price of $48, 000

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Item2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations. 

Thefollowing plan of operation provides information which management believes is relevant to anassessment and understanding of our results of operations and financial condition.The discussion should be readalong with our financial statements and notes thereto. This section includes a number of forward-looking statements that reflect our current views with respect to future events and financial performance. Forward-looking statements are often identified by words like believe, expect, estimate,anticipate, intend, project and similar expressions, or words which, by their nature, refer to future events. You should not place undue certainty on these forward- looking statements. These forward-looking statements are subject to certain risk sand uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from our predictions. 

      Plan of Operations

Short Term Goals (12 Months)

Over the next 9 months, the Company’s growth plans include continuing efforts to:

▪ Build a targeted distribution network for our Coffee Blenders functional beverages by signing the retailers that serve the K-cup and Coffee    

   replenishment channels;

▪ Increase awareness for Coffee Blenders through communications and sampling programs;

▪ Establish the NuZee brands top 3 in their product categories consistent with our mission of providing natural products that work.

We have retained and plan to expend our sales and marketing team who can immediately contribute to our network of US and international channels as such seeding our product becomes a near term priority.  We have already started developing working relationships with key online and national distributors who serve the coffee and single-serve pod consumers.  We plan to accelerate our traction by using manufacturer representatives with food and beverage experience. 

In order to build distribution the Company is first determining the total distribution launch cost among the potential channels as each has their own upfront and recurring cost structure.  Under investigation are the following company directed channels:

▪ Direct – coffeeblenders.com shopping via search and digital marketing

▪ E-commerce affiliates (such as Amazon)

▪ Select health and wellness retailers

▪ Key mass/grocery retailers

▪ Club/Other

Each of the above is compared using a host of costing parameters not limited to the following: product slotting fees, overall margin requirements, market development fees, return allowances, broadcast advertising and promotional marketing plans, in-store and channel detailing, product sampling and customer demoing as well as transportation and logistics cost, cross dock fees, shelf-life expiration swaps, and initial and recurring inventory loading levels. 

In conjunction with the above channel assessment, the Company is also exploring custom and private labeling whereby the company licenses the product formulation, trademarks, and other assets in two ways:

Milestone	Timing	Est. Cost/Funding Source
Finalize Products & Pricing -           New Product	October (Phase 3) - Ongoing	$25,000 (Phase 3)
Staff (retain and expand)	January-June	$10,000-20,000/Mo. Recurring Previous Sale of Equities
Launch Market and Promotion Plan -           PR  -           Sampling  -           Advertising	Ongoing	$500,000-$750,000 Annual Previous and Future Sale of Equities + Product Contribution
Explore OEM/Private Label Opportunities	Ongoing	n/a

1.       Multi-Level Marketing (MLM) Firms – for example manufacturer on behalf of “Amway” for product extensions of their Great Value and Equate private brands. 

2.       Product Brands – for example license to “Maxwell House” the Coffee Blender product as a new product line extension to expand their single-serve business.

The Company plans going forward include the following milestones:

If we are unable to receive funding our plans will be dramatically and negatively impacted such that we will prioritize go to market strategies based on reduced operations and available capital.    

Long Term Goals (Five Years)

The Company believes that there will be significant expansion opportunities in existing markets through new products as well as in new regions outside of the United States in a combination of market development and product licensing.

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The Company believes that our limited resources may pose a challenge to our expansion goals and therefore anticipates that it may require additional capital in future years to fund expansion. There can be no assurance that our expansion strategy will be accretive to our earnings within a reasonable period of time. However, the Company believes that it can improve its operational efficiencies and reduce the need for new capital by carefully managing the business based on the following economic fundamentals within accretive margin and cost contribution modeling.

Results of Operations

As of December 31, 2015, we generated net losses of $309,599. This loss was attributed to $321,573 of operating expenses. Compared with period end December 31, 2014, the overall net loss increased by $7,318 and operating expense increased by $14,593 .These operating expenses included costs associated with production, storage and delivery of our products as well as research and development of new products.

We are presently in the development phase of our new product platform for functional beverages and we can provide no assurance that we will be able to attain profitability.

From October 1^,2015 to December 31, 2015, we earned gross profit of $15,395 from sales of our products. The gross profit earned during same period of 2014 was $5,499. There has been an almost three times increase in earned gross profit. This increase was caused by both the raise of revenue and decrease of the overall cost of goods sold.

We expect sales in 2016 from our new products through a combination of direct to consumer through our website portal, product awareness as well as through affiliate online stores and retailers.

Liquidityand Capital Resources 

As of September 30, 2015 we had a cash balance of $107,678 and $47,252 at December 31, 2015. Total assets decreased by 17% from $541,282 at September 30, 2015 to $448,562 at December 31, 2014.

As of December 31, 2015 we had current liabilities of $678,007 and $666,129 at September 30, 2015. Accounts Payable increased by approximately 18 % to $77,620 as of December 31, 2015 from $65,522 at September 30, 2015.

Our current ratio decreased from 52% in September 30, 2015 to 39% as of December 31, 2015.

Our auditor has indicated that there is substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern as a result of our lack of significant revenues, and if we are unable to generate significant revenue or secure financing, we may be required to cease or curtail our operations.  Our financial statements do not include adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

Our current cash balance as of December 31, 2015 is not sufficient to fund our operations for the next twelve months. Therefore, the Company intends to engage in additional financing through the sale of equity securities. 

Item3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk. 

We are a smaller reporting company as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and are not required to provide the information under this item.

Item 4.  Controls and Procedures

Asof the end of the period covered by this Report,the Company’s President,and principal financial officer (the “Certifying Officer”), evaluatedthe effectiveness of the Company’s “disclosure controls and procedures,” as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Based on that evaluation, the officer concluded that, as of the date of the evaluation, the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were not effective to provide reasonable assurance that the information required to be disclosed in the Company’s periodic filings under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is accumulated and communicated to management to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. 

TheCertifying Officer has also indicated that there were no changes in internal controls over financial reporting during the Company’s last fiscal quarter, and no significant changes in our internal controls or other factors that could significantly affectsuch controls subsequent to the date of their evaluation and there were no corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses. 

Ourmanagement, including the Certifying Officer, does not expect that our disclosure controls or our internal controls will prevent all errors and fraud. A control system,no matter how well conceived and operated,canprovide only reasonable,not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Inaddition, the design of a control systemmust reflect the fact that there are resource constraints,and the benefits of controls must be Consideredrelative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems,no evaluation of controls canprovide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud,if any,within a company have been detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making canbe faulty, and that breakdowns can occur because of simple error or mistake. Additionally, controls canbe circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people or by management override of the control. The design of any systems of controls also is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there canbe no assurance that any design will succeedin achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions. Because of these inherent limitations in a cost-effective control system,misstatements Dueto error or fraud may occur and not be detected. 

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PARTII. 

Item1. Legal Proceedings None. 

Item1A. Risk Factors 

Therehave beenno changes to our risk factors from those disclosed in our Form 10-K filed on January 13,2016 

Item2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds 

Therewere no unregistered Sales of Equity Securities during the quarter ending December 31, 2015. 

Item3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities None. 

Item 4.Mine Safety Disclosures Not applicable.

Item5. Other Information   None.

Item 6.Exhibits 

EXHIBITNO.	DESCRIPTION
31.1*	Certificationof Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as
	adoptedpursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Actof 2002
31.2*	Certificationof Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as
	adoptedpursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Actof 2002
32.1*	Certificationof Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18
	U.S.C.Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
	of2002
32.2*	Certificationof Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as
	adoptedpursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Actof 2002

101**     Interactive Data Files 

101.INS  XBRLInstance Document 

101.SCH  XBRLTaxonomy Extension Schema Document 

101.CAL  XBRLTaxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document 

101.DEF  XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase  Document 

101.LAB  XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document 

101.PRE  XBRLTaxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document 

*      Filed herewith 

**Furnished herewith. Pursuant to Rule 406Tof Regulation S-T, the Interactive Data Files on Exhibit 101 hereto are deemed not filed or part of any registration statement or prospectus for purposes of Sections 11 or 12 of the Securities Act of 1933, are deemed not filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, and otherwise are not subject to liability under those sections. 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuantto the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated. 

Date:	February 12, 2016	NUZEE, INC.
		By:	/s/ Masateru Higashida
			Masateru Higashida, Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)

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