UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 10, 2021
FOURTH WAVE ENERGY, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Nevada | | 000-55647 | | 47-4046237 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | | (Commission File Number) | | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
75 E. Santa Clara Street, 6th Floor
San Jose, CA 95113
(Address of principal executive offices)
(408) 213-8874
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This Current Report on Form 8-K or this Report contains forward-looking statements. Any and all statements contained in this Report that are not statements of historical fact may be deemed forward-looking statements. Terms such as “may,” “might,” “would,” “should,” “could,” “project,” “estimate,” “pro-forma,” “predict,” “potential,” “strategy,” “anticipate,” “attempt,” “develop,” “plan,” “help,” “believe,” “continue,” “intend,” “expect,” “future” and terms of similar import (including the negative of any of the foregoing) may be intended to identify forward-looking statements. However, not all forward-looking statements may contain one or more of these identifying terms. Forward-looking statements in this Report may include, without limitation, statements regarding the plans and objectives of management for future operations.
The forward-looking statements are not meant to predict or guarantee actual results, performance, events or circumstances, including the closing of the merger disclosed below, and may not be realized because they are based upon our current projections, plans, objectives, beliefs, expectations, estimates and assumptions and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties and other influences, many of which we have no control over. Actual results and the timing of certain events and circumstances may differ materially from those described by the forward-looking statements as a result of these risks and uncertainties.
Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements because of the risks and uncertainties related to them We disclaim any obligation to update the forward-looking statements contained in this Report to reflect any new information or future events or circumstances or otherwise, except as required by law.
ITEM 1.01 ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL AGREEMENT.
On December 10, 2021 the Company loaned EdgeMode, a Wyoming corporation, $770,000 and received a $770,000 Promissory Note from EdgeMode, a copy of which is included herewith as Exhibit 10.1. The loan bears interest at 16% per annum and is due and payable on June 10, 2022. The Company and EdgeMode are parties to a December 2, 2021 Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization (the “Merger Agreement”) whereby at closing, subject to the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, EdgeMode will become a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. The Merger Agreement and related transactions are described in greater detail in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 2, 2021 that was filed with the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission on December 8, 2021.Subject to the satisfaction of the closing conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, the merger transaction is expected to close in early to mid-January 2022.
ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
(d) Exhibits.
In reviewing the agreements included or incorporated by reference as exhibits to this Current Report on Form 8-K, please remember that they are included to provide investors with information regarding their terms and are not intended to provide any other factual or disclosure information about the Company or the other parties to the agreements. The agreements may contain representations and warranties by each of the parties to the applicable agreement. These representations and warranties have been made solely for the benefit of the parties to the applicable agreement and:
• should not in all instances be treated as categorical statements of fact, but rather as a way of allocating the risk to one of the parties if those statements prove to be inaccurate;
• have been qualified by disclosures that were made to the other party in connection with the negotiation of the applicable agreement, which disclosures are not necessarily reflected in the agreement;
• may apply standards of materiality in a way that is different from what may be viewed as material to other investors; and
• were made only as of the date of the applicable agreement or such other date or dates as may be specified in the agreement and are subject to more recent developments.
Accordingly, these representations and warranties may not describe the actual state of affairs as of the date they were made or at any other time. Additional information about the Company may be found elsewhere in this Current Report on Form 8-K and in the Company’s other periodic filings which are available without charge through the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.
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 hereunto duly authorized.
| | FOURTH WAVE ENERGY, INC. |
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| Dated: December 16, 2021 | By: | /s/ J.Jacob Isaacs |
| | | Name: J. Jacob Isaacs |
| | | Title: Chief Executive Officer |
