UNITED STATES

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Washington, D.C. 20549

 

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REGI U.S., INC.

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REGI U.S., INC.
Suite 10 - 7520 N. Market St., Spokane, WA. 99217

NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
TO BE HELD ON APRIL 30, 2018, at 1:00 PM (Pacific Daylight Time)

 

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that REGI U.S., Inc. (the “Company”), an Oregon corporation, will hold an Annual General Meeting of Stockholders on April 30, 2018, at 1:00 PM (PDT/local time) at our corporate office, Suite 10 - 7520 N. Market St. Spokane, WA, 99217 (the “Meeting”). The Meeting is being held for the following purposes:

 

1. To elect Paul W. Chute, Paul Porter, Susanne Robertson, Michael S. Urso and John Overby as Directors to serve our company for the ensuing year or until their successors are elected and qualified;
   
2. To set Board of Directors’ annual compensation at US$5,000, payable in either cash or equivalent in the Company’s common shares;
   
3. Ratification of Fruci & Associates as independent auditors of REGI U.S., Inc. for the fiscal year ending April 30, 2018;
   
4. To transact such other business as may properly come before the Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof.

 

Our board of directors recommends that you vote “for” each of the nominees and vote “for” each proposal.

 

These matters are more fully described in the proxy statement accompanying this Notice of Meeting. Accompanying this Notice of Meeting is a proxy statement and a form of proxy. The annual report of the Company on Form 10-K, containing the management discussion and analysis, the consolidated financial statements for the year ended April 30, 2017, and the auditors’ reports on the financial statements are available electronically on our website at www.radmaxtech.com.

 

Our board has fixed the close of business on March 14th, 2018 as the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Meeting or any adjournment or postponement of the Meeting. At the Meeting, each holder of record of shares of common stock, with no par value, will be entitled to one vote per share of common stock held on each matter properly brought before the Meeting.

 

THE VOTE OF EACH STOCKHOLDER IS IMPORTANT. YOU CAN VOTE YOUR SHARES BY ATTENDING THE MEETING OR BY COMPLETING AND RETURNING THE PROXY CARD SENT TO YOU. PLEASE SUBMIT A PROXY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SO THAT YOUR SHARES CAN BE VOTED AT THE MEETING IN ACCORDANCE WITH YOUR INSTRUCTIONS. FOR SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS ON VOTING, PLEASE REFER TO THE INSTRUCTIONS ON THE PROXY CARD OR THE INFORMATION FORWARDED BY YOUR BROKER, BANK OR OTHER HOLDER OF RECORD. EVEN IF YOU HAVE VOTED YOUR PROXY, YOU MAY STILL VOTE IN PERSON IF YOU ATTEND THE MEETING. PLEASE NOTE, HOWEVER, THAT IF YOUR SHARES ARE HELD OF RECORD BY A BROKER, BANK OR OTHER NOMINEE AND YOU WISH TO VOTE IN PERSON AT THE MEETING, YOU MUST OBTAIN FROM SUCH BROKER, BANK OR OTHER NOMINEE, A PROXY ISSUED IN YOUR NAME.

 

Dated: April 2, 2018

 

By Order of the Board of Directors,

 

/s/ Paul W. Chute  
Paul W. Chute  
Director and CEO  

 

IMPORTANT: Please complete, date, sign and promptly return the enclosed proxy card in the prepaid envelope (if mailing within the United States) to ensure that your shares will be represented. If you attend the meeting, you may choose to vote in person even if you have previously sent in your proxy card.

 

Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Stockholders Meeting to be held on April 30, 2018 the proxy statement is available at pchute@radmaxtech.com.

 

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REGI U.S., INC.
Suite 10 - 7520 N. Market St. Spokane, WA, 99217

Proxy Statement for the Annual General Meeting of Stockholders

 

The enclosed proxy is solicited on behalf of our Board of Directors (the “Board”) for use at the Annual General Meeting of Stockholders (the “Meeting”) to be held on April 30, 2018 at 1:00 PM (PDT/local time) at our corporate office, 7520 N. Market St., Spokane, WA, 99217, or at any continuation, postponement or adjournment thereof, for the purposes discussed in this proxy statement and in the accompanying Notice of Annual Meeting and any business properly brought before the Meeting. Proxies are solicited to give all stockholders of record an opportunity to vote on matters properly presented at the Meeting. We intend to mail the proxy statement and accompanying proxy card on or about April 2, 2018 to all stockholders entitled to vote at the Meeting who have not consented to electronic delivery of materials. Stockholders entitled to vote at the Meeting who have consented to electronic delivery will instead receive materials electronically.

 

Unless the context requires otherwise, references to “we”, “us” “our”, “the Company” and “our company” refer to REGI U.S., Inc.

 

Who Can Vote

 

You are entitled to vote if you were a holder of record of shares of our common stock, with no par value per share (the “Common Stock”) as of the close of business on March 14th, 2018 (the “Record Date”). Your shares can be voted at the Meeting only if you are present in person or represented by a valid proxy.

 

Shares Outstanding and Quorum

 

Holders of record of Common Stock at the close of business on the Record Date will be entitled to receive notice of and vote at the Meeting. At the Meeting, each of the shares of Common Stock represented will be entitled to one (1) vote on each matter properly brought before the Meeting. As of March 14th, 2018, the record date, there were 98,796,654 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding.

 

In order to carry on the business of the Meeting, we must have a quorum. Under our bylaws, a quorum is a majority of issued and outstanding entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy.

 

Proxy Card and Revocation of Proxy

 

In voting, please specify your choices by marking the appropriate spaces on the enclosed proxy card, signing and dating the proxy card and returning it in the accompanying envelope. If no directions are given and the signed proxy is returned, the proxy holders will vote the shares in favor of Proposals 1 through 3 and, at their discretion, on any other matters that may properly come before the Meeting. The Board knows of no other business that will be presented for consideration at the Meeting.

 

Any stockholder giving a proxy has the power to revoke the proxy at any time before the proxy is voted. In addition to revocation in any other manner permitted by law, a proxy may be revoked by an instrument in writing executed by the stockholder or by his attorney authorized in writing, or, if the stockholder is a corporation, under its corporate seal or by an officer or attorney thereof duly authorized, and deposited at the offices of our transfer agent, Nevada Agency and Transfer Company, 50 West Liberty Street, Suite 880, Reno, Nevada, 89501, at any time up to and including the last business day preceding the day of the Meeting, or any adjournment thereof, or with the chairman of the Meeting on the day of the Meeting. Attendance at the Meeting will not in and of itself constitute revocation of a proxy.

 

Voting of Shares

 

Stockholders of record on March 14th, 2018 are entitled to one (1) vote for each share of Common Stock held on all matters to be voted upon at the Meeting. You may vote in person or by completing and mailing the enclosed proxy card. All shares entitled to vote and represented by properly executed proxies received before the polls are closed at the Meeting, and not revoked or superseded, will be voted at the Meeting in accordance with the instructions indicated on those proxies.

 

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ADVICE TO BENEFICIAL HOLDERS OF SHARES OF COMMON STOCK

 

THE INFORMATION SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION IS OF SIGNIFICANT IMPORTANCE TO MANY STOCKHOLDERS OF OUR COMPANY, AS A SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER OF STOCKHOLDERS DO NOT HOLD SHARES IN THEIR OWN NAME.

 

Stockholders who do not hold their shares in their own name (referred to in this Proxy Statement as “beneficial stockholders”) should note that only proxies deposited by stockholders whose names appear on the records of our company as the registered holders of shares of common stock can be recognized and acted upon at our annual general meeting. If shares of common stock are listed in an account statement provided to a stockholder by a broker, then in almost all cases those shares of common stock will not be registered in the stockholder’s name on the records of our company. Such shares of common stock will more likely be registered under the names of the stockholder’s broker or an agent of that broker. In the United States, the vast majority of such shares are registered under the name of Cede & Co. as nominee for The Depository Trust Company (which acts as depository for many U.S. brokerage firms and custodian banks), and in Canada, under the name of CDS & Co. (the registration name for The Canadian Depository for Securities Limited, which acts as nominee and custodian for many Canadian brokerage firms). Beneficial stockholders should ensure that instructions respecting the voting of their shares of common stock are communicated to the appropriate person, as without specific instructions, brokers/nominees are prohibited from voting shares for their clients.

 

Applicable regulatory policy requires intermediaries/brokers to seek voting instructions from beneficial stockholders in advance of stockholders’ meetings, unless the beneficial stockholders have waived the right to receive meeting materials. Every intermediary/broker has its own mailing procedures and provides its own return instructions to clients, which should be carefully followed by beneficial stockholders in order to ensure that their shares of common stock are voted at our Meeting. The Form of Proxy supplied to a beneficial stockholder by its broker (or the agent of the broker) is similar to the Form of Proxy provided to registered stockholders by our company. However, its purpose is limited to instructing the registered stockholder (the broker or agent of the broker) how to vote on behalf of the beneficial stockholder. The majority of brokers now delegate responsibility for obtaining instructions from clients to Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (“Broadridge”) (formerly, ADP Investor Communication Services in the United States and Independent Investor Communications Company in Canada). Broadridge typically applies a special sticker to proxy forms, mails those forms to the beneficial stockholders and the beneficial stockholders return the proxy forms to Broadridge. Broadridge then tabulates the results of all instructions received and provides appropriate instructions respecting the voting of shares to be represented at our Meeting. A beneficial stockholder receiving a Broadridge proxy cannot use that proxy to vote shares of common stock directly at our Meeting - the proxy must be returned to Broadridge well in advance of our Meeting in order to have the shares of common stock voted.

 

Although a beneficial stockholder may not be recognized directly at our Meeting for the purposes of voting shares of common stock registered in the name of his broker (or agent of the broker), a beneficial stockholder may attend at our Annual General Meeting as proxyholder for the registered stockholder and vote the shares of common stock in that capacity. Beneficial stockholders who wish to attend at our Meeting and indirectly vote their shares of common stock as proxyholder for the registered stockholder should enter their own names in the blank space on the instrument of proxy provided to them and return the same to their broker (or the broker’s agent) in accordance with the instructions provided by such broker (or agent), well in advance of our Meeting.

 

Alternatively, a beneficial stockholder may request in writing that his or her broker send to the beneficial stockholder a legal proxy which would enable the beneficial stockholder to attend at our Meeting and vote his or her shares of common stock.

 

There are two kinds of beneficial owners – those who object to their name being made known to the issuers of securities which they own (called OBOs for Objecting Beneficial Owners) and those who do not object to the issuers of the securities they own knowing who they are (called NOBOs for Non-Objecting Beneficial Owners). Pursuant to National Instrument 54-101, issuers can obtain a list of their NOBOs from intermediaries for distribution of proxy-related materials directly to NOBOs.

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YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT

 

Counting of Votes

 

All votes will be tabulated by the inspector of election appointed for the Meeting, who will separately tabulate affirmative and negative votes and abstentions. Shares represented by proxies that reflect abstentions as to a particular proposal will be counted as present and entitled to vote for purposes of determining a quorum. An abstention is counted as a vote against that proposal. Shares represented by proxies that reflect a broker “non-vote” will be counted as present and entitled to vote for purposes of determining a quorum. A broker “non-vote” will be treated as not-voted for purposes of determining approval of a proposal and will not be counted as “for” or “against” that proposal. A broker “non-vote” occurs when a nominee holding shares for a beneficial owner does not vote on a particular proposal because the nominee does not have discretionary authority or does not have instructions from the beneficial owner.

 

Solicitation of Proxies

 

We will bear the entire cost of solicitation of proxies, including preparation, assembly and mailing of this proxy statement, the proxy and any additional information furnished to stockholders. Copies of solicitation materials will be furnished to banks, brokerage houses, depositories, fiduciaries and custodians holding shares of Common Stock in their names that are beneficially owned by others to forward to these beneficial owners. We may reimburse persons representing beneficial owners for their costs of forwarding the solicitation material to the beneficial owners of the Common Stock. Original solicitation of proxies by mail may be supplemented by telephone, facsimile, electronic mail or personal solicitation by our directors, officers or other regular employees. No additional compensation will be paid to directors, officers or other regular employees for such services. To date, we have not incurred costs in connection with the solicitation of proxies from our stockholders, however, our estimate for total costs is $15,000.

 

INTEREST OF CERTAIN PERSONS IN OR OPPOSITION TO MATTERS TO BE ACTED UPON

 

Except as disclosed elsewhere in this Proxy Statement, since April 30th, 2017 being the end of our last completed financial year, none of the following persons has any substantial interest, direct or indirect, by security holdings or otherwise in any matter to be acted upon:

 

  1. any director or officer of our corporation;
     
  2. any proposed nominee for election as a director of our corporation; and
     
  3. any associate or affiliate of any of the foregoing persons.

 

The shareholdings of our directors and officers are listed below in the section entitled “Principal Stockholders and Security Ownership of Management”. To our knowledge, no director has advised that he or she intends to oppose the the proposed nominees for election as directors of our corporation or the proposed Board annual compensation, as more particularly described herein.

 

PRINCIPAL STOCKHOLDERS AND SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF MANAGEMENT

 

As of March 14th,2018 we had a total of 98,796,654 shares of common stock (no par value per share) issued and outstanding.

 

The following table sets forth, as of the date of this report, certain information with respect to the beneficial ownership of our common stock by each stockholder known by us to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of our common stock and by each of our current directors and executive officers. Each person has sole voting and investment power with respect to the shares of common stock, except as otherwise indicated. Beneficial ownership consists of a direct interest in the shares of common stock, except as otherwise indicated.

 

   Amount of Beneficial   Percentage of 
Name of Beneficial Owner  Ownership   Class (1) 
         
China Zhongling Hangke New Energy Group Limited (2)   10,890,000    11.02%
           
Estate of John G. Robertson (3)   14,598,041    14.78%
Susanne Robertson, Director (3)   628,586    * 
Paul Chute, Director and Chief Executive Officer   2,149,132    2.18%
Paul Porter, Director   972,858    * 
James Slinger, Director   1,739,495    1.76%
Gina Liu, Director   50,000    * 
Victoria Huang, Chief Financial Officer   525,100    * 
           
All directors and executive officers as a group   20,663,212    20.91%

 

* Less than 1% of the issued and outstanding common stock on March 14, 2018, which was 98,796,654

 

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(1) Based on 98,796,654 shares of common stock issued and outstanding as of March 14, 2018. Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the SEC and generally includes voting and investment power with respect to securities. Except as otherwise indicated, we believe that the beneficial owners of the common stock listed above, based on information furnished by such owners, have sole investment and voting power with respect to such shares, subject to community property laws where applicable.
   
(2) Mr. Shaojun Zhang, Chairman of China Zhongling Hangke New Energy Group Limited resigned from the Company’s Board of Directors effective February 7, 2018.
   
(3) Mrs. Susanne Robertson is the executor and one of the beneficiaries of the Estate of John G. Robertson, which includes the following beneficial ownership:

 

Name of Beneficial Owner  Amount of beneficial ownership 
     
John Robertson   2,311,526 
Access Information Services Inc.   3,995,112 
Imaging Technoligies Inc.   680,630 
JGR Petroleum Inc.   689,088 
KLR Petroleum Inc.   130,116 
Rainbow Networkds Ltd.   3,597,828 
SMR Investments Ltd.   2,993,341 
394754 BC Ltd.   30,000 
540330 BC Ltd.   170,400 
    14,598,041 

 

PROPOSAL NO. 1 – ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

 

Our Board of Directors has nominated the persons named below as candidates for Directors at the Meeting. Unless otherwise directed, the proxy holders will vote the proxies received by them for the five nominees named below.

 

Each Director who is elected will hold office until the next Meeting of Stockholders or until his or her successor is elected and qualified. Any Director may resign his or her office at any time and may be removed at any time by the majority of vote of the stockholders given at a special meeting of our stockholders called for that purpose.

 

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Our company’s management proposes to nominate the persons named in the table below for election by the stockholders as Directors of the company. Information concerning such persons, as furnished by the individual nominees, is as follows:

 

Our Board of Directors recommends that you vote FOR the nominees.

 

Board Nominees

 

Our nominated Directors, their ages, positions held, and durations of term, are as follows:

 

Name   Position Held with our Company   Age     Date First Elected or Appointed
Michael S, Urso   Director, Chief Executive Officer     61     Nominated
Paul L. Porter   Director     62     August, 2013
Paul W. Chute   Director, Chairman of the Board     69     July, 2016
John Overby   Director     71     Nominated
Susanne Robertson   Director     71     January, 2017

 

Business Experience

 

The following is a brief account of the education and business experience of the nominees during at least the past five years, indicating their principal occupation during the period, and the name and principal business of the organization by which they were employed.

 

Michael Urso

 

Michael Urso is a Senior Executive with over 25 years of experience in the areas of Innovation, Business Development, Marketing, Operations Management, and Sales with companies ranging from startups to $50 billion global corporations.

 

Mr. Urso is a skilled leader with a track record of transforming companies with commodity based, or incremental innovation strategies into innovation leaders. He also has extensive experience mentoring startup companies successfully moving many from concept to commercialization. In 2008 Mr. Urso was named “Mentor of the Year” in the Pacific Northwest region for Cleantech Open, the nation’s largest clean technology startup accelerator program, whose charter is to find, fund, and foster entrepreneurs with ideas to solve environmental and energy challenges.

 

Prior to his current position, Mr. Urso served as the Vice President of Product Innovation for Saint-Gobain’s North American Gypsum business. While in this position he moved Saint-Gobain from a position of innovation follower to being the innovation leader in the North American gypsum industry.

 

During his career Mr. Urso has also held leadership positions as Senior Principal Consultant of Spokane Intercollegiate Research and Technology Institute, a Washington State funded, high tech business incubator with a successful track record of launching new companies or guiding successful exits; Vice President of Marketing, Potlatch Corporation, Wood Products and Resource Management Divisions; Global New Business Development Manager and Global Composite Materials Project Manager, Dow Chemical Company, Emulsion Polymers Division; Operations Manager, Dow Chemical, Chemical and Metals Divisions; North American Marketing Manager, Dow Chemical, Emulsion Polymers Division; and Canadian Marketing Manager, Dow Chemical, Emulsion Polymers Division.

 

Mr. Urso received a BSc degree from the University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and a MBA degree from Northwood University’s DeVos Graduate School of Management, Midland, Michigan. He is also a co-inventor on four patents.

 

Paul W. Chute

 

Mr. Chute’s recent experience has been leading the challenge of a complete rebuilding of REGI U.S., Inc. and managing the development of its patented RadMax Technology as the Company’s CEO, for which he attracted and retained a team of capable and dedicated engineers, consultants, advisors and technical staff.

 

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Mr. Chute has extensive experience in making development stage companies successful, having served as CFO, CEO and Director of both private and public companies. Mr. Chute’s strong belief in the potential of the RadMax technology has led him to come out of retirement to move REGI U.S., Inc. forward and focus on refining, testing and marketing the RadMax Technology. Mr. Chute was appointed a director and the Chief Executive Officer of the Company on July 17, 2016. Mr. Chute also serves as the President and CEO and a director of Reg Technologies Inc. and Minewest Silver and Gold Inc. Mr. Chute has his Bachelor of Science degree in accounting and his MBA degree.

 

Paul Porter

 

Mr. Porter was appointed a director in August, 2013. Mr. Porter had served as our Chief Engineer prior to his appointment. Mr. Porter has extensive experience as an expert mechanical engineer in the manufacturing and designing of seals. Mr. Porter was the founder and President of JetSeal, Inc., a manufacturing engineering tool and producing design firm. JetSeal, Inc. was sold to Heico Corp. (HEI) an aerospace company in the late 1990’s when JetSeal, Inc. was under Mr. Porter’s ownership. Prior to this, he was a manufacturing manager for Parker Seal Group, a Fortune 500 Company.

 

John Overby

 

Mr. Overby currently serves as a Sr. Business Consultant at the Ignite Northwest Accelerator where he helps to prepare the Curriculum, Instructors and Advisors to help the 10 CEOs that go through the 13 classes each semester. He was the winner of the Greater Spokane Incorporated’s 2007 Catalyst Award for Mentorship and the Clean Tech Open 2008 Pacific Northwest Mentor of the Year Award

 

John was the first entrepreneur to start two back to back INC 500 companies (#13 followed by #104). He is a seasoned technology entrepreneur and former regional director of the North Idaho Small Business Development Center.

 

Mr. Overby was a cofounder of Spokane-based World Wide Packets (Ciena); cofounder and CEO of Moscow .ID. based Advanced Hardware Architecture (Comtech); and founder and president of Advanced Input Systems (Esterline) in Coeur d’Alene.

 

John has served on many university and company boards over the years. His passion is helping high tech entrepreneurs to build their companies rapidly in the Inland Northwest.

 

Susanne Robertson

 

Mrs. Robertson has been a director of the Company since January, 2017 and has been an invaluable asset and advisor on the restructuring of REGI U.S. Inc. Mrs. Robertson was the Chief Financial Officer of the Company from November, 2014 to July, 2016 and a director of Reg Technologies Inc. from 1984 to 2016.

 

Executive Officers

 

Our executive officers are appointed by our Board of Directors and serve at the pleasure of our Board of Directors.

 

The names of our executive officers, their ages, positions appointed are as follows:

 

Name   Position Held with our Company   Age     Date First Elected or Appointed
Michael Urso*   Chief Executive Officer     61     Appointed
Paul Porter*   President     62     September 10, 2017
Jeff White   Chief Financial Officer     61     Appointed

 

* Mr. Urso and Mr. Porter are also nominated as directors of the Company. See their business experience under Board Nominees.

 

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Jeffrey S. White, CPA

 

Mr. White, CPA, recently served as the Chief Financial Officer of Innovate Washington Foundation, in Spokane, WA, where he helped transition the Foundation into a Regional Business Accelerator for technology startups.

 

Mr. White’s broad experiences in business management and corporate finance include management and oversight of three manufacturing and sixteen distribution branches for Scafco Corporation, CFO and Treasurer of Spokane Seed Company and Corporate Controller for Metropolitan Mortgage and Securities, Co. responsible for external reporting to the SEC, IRS and shareholders and various state regulatory agencies. Mr. White also served as President of Garco Building Systems of Spokane, WA managing 150 employees, sales, engineering, manufacturing and IT after serving as Garco’s CFO managing its accounting and treasury functions. Jeff’s extensive experiences in finance, business development and corporate compliance are expected to serve well the Company’s growing business operations.

 

Family Relationships

 

There is no family relationship between any director or executive officer.

 

Involvement in Certain Legal Proceedings

 

We know of no material proceedings in which any of our Directors, officers, affiliates or any stockholder of more than 5% of any class of our voting securities, or any associate thereof is a party adverse to our company.

 

To the best of our knowledge, none of our directors or executive officers has, during the past ten years:

 

(1) filed a petition under the federal bankruptcy laws or any state insolvency law, nor had a receiver, fiscal agent or similar officer appointed by a court for the business or present of such a person, or any partnership in which he was a general partner at or within two years before the time of such filing, or any corporation or business association of which he was an executive officer within two years before the time of such filing;
   
(2) was convicted in a criminal proceeding or named subject of a pending criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations and other minor offenses);
   
(3) was the subject of any order, judgment or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any court of competent jurisdiction, permanently or temporarily enjoining him from or otherwise limiting the following activities: (i) acting as a futures commission merchant, introducing broker, commodity trading advisor, commodity pool operator, floor broker, leverage transaction merchant, associated person of any of the foregoing, or as an investment advisor, underwriter, broker or dealer in securities, or as an affiliated person, director of any investment company, or engaging in or continuing any conduct or practice in connection with such activity; (ii) engaging in any type of business practice; (iii) engaging in any activity in connection with the purchase or sale of any security or commodity or in connection with any violation of federal or state securities laws or federal commodity laws;
   
(4) was the subject of any order, judgment or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any federal or state authority barring, suspending or otherwise limiting for more than 60 days the right of such person to engage in any activity described above under this Item, or to be associated with persons engaged in any such activity;
   
(5) was found by a court of competent jurisdiction in a civil action or by the Securities and Exchange Commission to have violated any federal or state securities law and the judgment in subsequently reversed, suspended or vacate;
   
(6) was found by a court of competent jurisdiction in a civil action or by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to have violated any federal commodities law, and the judgment in such civil action or finding by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has not been subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated;
   
(7) was the subject of, or a party to, any Federal or State judicial or administrative order, judgment, decree, or finding, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, relating to an alleged violation of: (i) any Federal or State securities or commodities law or regulation; or (ii) any law or regulation respecting financial institutions or insurance companies including, but not limited to, a temporary or permanent injunction, order of disgorgement or restitution, civil money penalty or temporary or permanent cease-and-desist order, or removal or prohibition order; or (iii) Any law or regulation prohibiting mail or wire fraud or fraud in connection with any business entity;

 

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(8) was the subject of, or a party to, any sanction or order, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any self-regulatory organization (as defined in Section 3(a)(26) of the Exchange Act (15 U.S.C. 78c(a)(26))), any registered entity (as defined in Section 1(a)(29) of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1(a)(29))), or any equivalent exchange, association, entity or organization that has disciplinary authority over its members or persons associated with a member.

 

Corporate Governance

 

Public Availability of Corporate Governance Documents

 

Our key corporate governance document is our Code of Ethics which is:

 

  - available in print to any stockholder who requests it from our office; and
     
  - filed on EDGAR as an exhibit to our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on August 15, 2011.

 

Code of Ethics

 

We adopted a Code of Ethics applicable to our senior financial officers and certain other finance executives, which is a “code of ethics” as defined by applicable rules of the SEC. Our Code of Ethics is attached as an exhibit to our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on August 15, 2011. If we make any amendments to our Code of Ethics other than technical, administrative, or other non-substantive amendments, or grant any waivers, including implicit waivers, from a provision of our Code of Ethics to our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, or certain other finance executives, we will disclose the nature of the amendment or waiver, its effective date and to whom it applies in a Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC.

 

Meetings

 

Our Board of Directors held two formal meetings during the year ended April 30, 2017. All proceedings of the Board of Directors other than the two formal meetings were conducted by resolutions consented to in writing by all the Directors. Board meeting minutes and consent resolutions are filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the Directors. Resolutions consented to in writing by the Directors entitled to vote on that resolution at a meeting of the Directors are, according to and our Bylaws, as valid and effective as if they had been passed at a meeting of the Directors duly called and held.

 

It is our policy to invite Directors to attend the Meeting of stockholders. Four nominated Directors are expected to attend the Meeting.

 

Committees of the Board of Directors

 

We currently do not have a nominating or compensation committee or committees performing similar functions. The Board of Directors, acting within established Bylaw guidelines, have by majority voted to present the nominated list of new Board members.

 

Audit Committee and Audit Committee Financial Expert

 

The Company currently does not have an audit committee.

 

The Company does not have nominating, compensation committees or committees performing similar functions, nor does our Company have a written nominating, compensation or audit committee charter. Our Board of Directors believes that due to our small size it is not necessary to have such committees as the functions of such committees are performed by the Board of Directors.

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Director Independence

 

We currently act with five Directors, consisting of Paul W. Chute, Paul Porter, James Slinger, Susanne Robertson and Jina Liu.

 

We have determined that Susanne Robertson, James Slinger and Jina Liu are “independent directors” as defined in Rule 5605(a) of the Nasdaq Listing Rules and that John Overby will be an “independent director” as defined in Rule 5605(a) of the Nasdaq Listing Rules if elected as Director to our company.

 

Stockholder Communications with Our Board of Directors

 

Because of our company’s small size, we do not have a formal procedure for stockholder communication with our Board of Directors. In general, members of our Board of Directors and executive officers are accessible by telephone or mail. Any matter intended for our Board of Directors, or for any individual member or members of our Board of Directors, should be directed to our CEO with a request to forward the communication to the intended recipient.

 

Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance

 

Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, requires our executive officers and Directors, and persons who own more than 10% of our common stock, to file reports regarding ownership of, and transactions in, our securities with the Securities and Exchange Commission and to provide us with copies of those filings. We believe, that based solely on our review of the copies of such forms received by us, or written representations from certain reporting persons, we believe that during fiscal year ended April 30, 2017, all filing requirements applicable to our executive officers, Directors and persons who own more than 10% of our common stock have complied with all Section 16(a) filing requirements with the exception of China Zhongling Hangke New Energy Group Limited, the holder of 11.02% of our issued common stock at March 14, 2018.

 

PROPOSAL NO. 2 – BOARD OF DIRECTORS’ ANNUAL COMPENSATION

 

Our Board of Directors has proposed to set each Director’s annual compensation at US$5,000, payable in either cash or equivalent in the Company’s common shares.

 

Our Board of Directors recommends that you vote FOR the proposed compensation.

 

Executive Compensation

 

Compensation Discussion and Analysis

 

The company’s executive officers make recommendations to the Board of Directors regarding compensation policies and the compensation of senior officers. The company does not have a Compensation Committee. The compensation of the senior executives comprises two components; namely, a base salary or consulting fees and the grant of stock options pursuant to the company’s stock option plans which are more particularly outlined below under the Option-based Awards section. These forms of compensation are chosen to attract, retain and motivate the performance of selected directors, officers, employees or consultants of the Company of high caliber and potential. Each senior executive is employed for his or her skills to perform specific tasks and the base salaries and number of options are fixed accordingly.

 

Summary Compensation Table

 

Named Executive Officer mean the Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”), President, the Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) or any individual acting in a similar capacity or function, regardless of the amount of compensation of that individual and each of the company’s two most highly compensated executive officers, other than the CEO and CFO, or two highly compensated individuals acting in similar capacities, who were serving as executive officers, or in a similar capacity, at the end of the most recent financial year and whose compensation exceeds $100,000, and such individuals who would be an NEO but for the fact that they were not serving as an executive officer or in a similar capacity at the end of that financial year.

 

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During our company’s last completed financial year ended April 30, 2017, our company had three Named Executive Officers: Paul W. Chute, CEO, Victoria Huang, CFO and Paul Porter, Chief Technology Officer (“CTO”).

 

The following table (presented in accordance with Item 402 of Regulation S-K – Executive Compensation) sets forth all annual, long term and other compensation for services in all capacities to our company and its subsidiaries payable to the NEOs for the three financial years ended April 30, 2017, 2016 and 2015 (to the extent required by the Regulations) in respect of the Named Executive Officers:

 

                  Non-equity incentive plan compensation       

 

 

 

Name and Principal Position

 

 

Year Ended

April 30

 

Salary

($)

 

 

 

Bonus

($)

 

Share-based Awards

($)

 

 

Option Based Awards

($)(8)

 

Annual incen-

tive plans

($)

 

Long-term incentive plans

($)

 

Pension value

($)

 

 

All other

Compen-sation

($)(5)

 

 

Total

Compen-sation

($)

 

Paul,

Chute CEO(1)(2)

   2017
2016
2015
   82,000
NA
NA
   Nil
NA
NA
   Nil
NA
NA
   58,194
NA
NA
   Nil
NA
NA
  Nil
NA
NA
   Nil
NA
NA
   Nil
NA
NA
   140,194
NA
NA
                               

 

Victoria Huang

CFO(2)

   2017
2016
2015
   62,000
NA
NA
   Nil
NA
NA
   Nil
NA
NA
   29,259
NA
NA
   Nil
NA
NA
   Nil
NA
NA
   Nil
NA
NA
   Nil
NA
NA
   91,259
NA
NA
                               

 

Paul Porter

CTO(1)(3)

 

   2017
2016
2015
   96,000
NA
NA
   Nil
NA
NA
   Nil
NA
NA
   58,194
NA
NA
   Nil
NA
NA
   Nil
NA
NA
   Nil
NA
NA
   Nil
NA
NA
   154,194
NA
NA
                               

 

John G. Robertson, Former CEO(4)

   2017
2016
2015
   Nil
Nil
Nil
   Nil
Nil
Nil
   Nil
Nil
Nil
   Nil
Nil
Nil
   Nil
Nil
Nil
   Nil
Nil
Nil
   Nil
Nil
Nil
   Nil
22,500
30,000
   Nil
22,500
30,000
                               

 

James Vandeberg

Former CFO(6)

   2017
2016
2015
   NA
NA
Nil
   NA
NA
Nil
   NA
NA
Nil
   NA
NA
Nil
   NA
NA
Nil
   NA
NA
Nil
   NA
NA
Nil
   NA
NA
Nil
   NA
NA
Nil
                               

 

Susanne Robertson, Former CFO(7)

   2017
2016
2015
   Nil
Nil
Nil
   Nil
Nil
Nil
   Nil
Nil
Nil
   Nil
Nil
Nil
   Nil
Nil
Nil
   Nil
Nil
Nil
   Nil
Nil
Nil
   Nil
Nil
Nil
   Nil
Nil
Nil

 

  (1) Mr. Paul Chute and Mr. Paul Porter are also directors of the Company and did not receive compensation in that capacity.
  (2) Mr. Paul Chute and Ms. Victoria Huang were appointed in July, 2016.
  (3) Mr. Paul Porter was appointed as the Chief Technology Officer in September, 2016.
  (4) Mr. Robertson was also a director and did not receive compensation in that capacity. Mr. Robertson resigned as the CEO of the Company on July 17,2016.
  (5) Access Information Services, Inc., a Washington corporation which is owned and controlled by the Robertson Family Trust, accrued $2,500 per month for management services until January 31, 2016. Mr. Robertson was a trustee of the Robertson Family Trust.
  (6) Mr. Vandeberg resigned as the CFO of the Company on November 11, 2014. He was also a director until August 2, 2016 and did not receive compensation in that capacity.
  (7) Mrs. Robertson was appointed as the CFO of the Company on November 11, 2014 and resigned on July 17, 2016.
  (8) The valuation of the fair value of the options at the time of the grant is based on the Black Scholes model and includes the following assumptions: weighted average risk-free rate, weighted average expected life, expected volatility and dividend yield.

 

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Narrative Discussion

 

The Company does not have a pension plan or a long-term incentive plan. The Company does not have a share-based award plan other than the stock option plans.

Information with respect to the grant of stock options is more particularly described in the Option-based Awards section below.

 

Option-Based Awards

The grant of option-based awards to the senior executives is determined by the recommendation of executive officers to the board of directors pursuant to the terms of the Company’s stock option plans. Previous grants of option-based awards are taken into account when considering new grants.

 

The options are always granted at or higher than market price. The valuation of the fair value of the options at the time of the grant is based on the Black Scholes model and includes the following assumptions: weighted average risk-free rate, weighted average expected life, expected volatility and dividend yield.

 

The following table sets out the option-based awards during the year ended April 30, 2017 and are outstanding as of the date of this report.

 

    Option-based Compensation   Stock-based Compensation

 

Name 

 

Number of

securities underlying unexercised options

(#)

 

Option exercise price

($)

 

Option expiration date 

 

Number of shares or units of shares that have not vested

(#)

 

Market or payout value of share-based awards that have not vested

($)

Paul

Chute

(CEO)

 

150,000

150,000

125,000

125,000

100,000

100,000

125,000

125,000

 

$0.10

$0.20

$0.35

$0.50

$0.75

$1.00

$1.25

$1.50

 

 

 

All expire on July 20, 2021

 

 

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

 

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

                     

Paul

Porter

(CTO)

 

150,000

150,000

125,000

125,000

100,000

100,000

125,000

125,000

 

$0.10

$0.20

$0.35

$0.50

$0.75

$1.00

$1.25

$1.50

 

 

 

All expire on July 20, 2021

 

 

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

 

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

                     

Victoria

Huang

(CFO)

 

100,000

100,000

100,000

100,000

50,000

50,000

 

$0.10

$0.20

$0.35

$0.50

$0.75

$1.00

 

 

 

All expire on July 20, 2021

 

 

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

 

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

 

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Termination of Employment or Change of Control

 

Other than as described in the Narrative Discussion section under the Summary Compensation Table, the company has no plans or arrangements with respect to remuneration received or that may be received by the Named Executive Officers during the company’s most recently completed financial year or current financial year in view of compensating such officers in the event of termination of employment (as a result of resignation, retirement, change of control, etc.) or a change in responsibilities following a change of control, where the value of such compensation exceeds $100,000 per executive officer.

 

Pursuant to the Company’s stock option plans, in the event the optionees’ employment by or engagement with (as a director or otherwise) the Company is terminated before exercise of the options granted, the stock options granted to the participants shall expire three months after termination of employment or engagement, unless the Optionee is disabled, in which case the option must be exercised within one year of termination.

 

Director Compensation

 

Director Compensation Table

 

The following table sets forth all compensation provided to the directors for the year ended April 30, 2017.

 

The company does not have a share-based award plan for the directors other than the stock option plan, details of which are provided below under Outstanding Option-Based Awards, Share- Based Awards and Non-equity Incentive Plan Compensation. The company also does not have a pension plan or a non-equity incentive plan for its directors.

 

Directors, who were not NEO’s of the Company, were compensated during the financial year ended April 30, 2017 for services in their capacity as directors as follows.

 

  Year Ended   Salary   Share- based Awards   Option- Based Awards   Annual incentive plans   Long-term incentive plans   Pension value   All other compensation   Total compensation
Name 30-Apr   ($)   ($)   ($) (3)   ($)   ($)   ($)   ($)   ($)
                                   
Paul Chute(1) 2017   Nil   Nil   Nil   Nil   Nil   Nil   Nil    Nil
  2016   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA    NA
  2015   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA    NA
Paul Porter (1) 2017   Nil   Nil   Nil   Nil   Nil   Nil   Nil    Nil
2016   Nil   Nil   Nil   Nil   Nil   Nil   Nil    Nil
2015   Nil   Nil   Nil   Nil   Nil   Nil   Nil    Nil
Susanne Robertson 2017   Nil   Nil   Nil   Nil   Nil   Nil   Nil   Nil
2016   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA
2015   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA
Jina Liu 2017   Nil   Nil   19,561   Nil   Nil   Nil   Nil   19,561
2016   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA
2015   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA

Shaojun Zhang(4)

(Former Director)

2017   Nil   Nil   88,025   Nil   Nil   Nil   Nil   88,025
2016   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA
2015   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA

John G. Robertson(2)

(Former Director)

2017   Nil   Nil   Nil   Nil   Nil   Nil   Nil   Nil
2016   Nil   Nil   Nil   Nil   Nil   Nil   Nil   Nil
2015   Nil   Nil   Nil   Nil   Nil   Nil   Nil   Nil

James Vandeberg(2)

(Former Director)

2017   Nil   Nil   Nil   Nil   Nil   Nil   Nil   Nil
2016   Nil   Nil   Nil   Nil   Nil   Nil   Nil   Nil
2015   Nil   Nil   Nil   Nil   Nil   Nil   Nil   Nil

 

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  (1) Mr. Chute and Mr. Porter are also NEO’s of the Company and received compensation in that capacity. See “Executive Compensation”
  (2) Mr. Robertson and Mr. Vandeberg were also NEO’s of the Company. See “Executive Compensation”. Mr. Robertson resigned as a director on July 17, 2016. Mr. Vandeberg resigned as a director on August 2, 2016.
  (3) The valuation of the fair value of the options at the time of the grant is based on the Black Scholes model and includes the following assumptions; weighted average risk-free rate, weighted average expected life, expected volatility and dividend yield.
  (4) Mr. Shaojun Zhang resigned as a director on February 7, 2018.

 

Narrative Description

 

Directors of the Company who are also NEO’s are not compensated for their services in their capacity as directors.

 

Information with respect to grants of options to the directors is reported below under the section below entitled Outstanding Option-Based Awards, Share-Based Awards and Non-equity Incentive Plan Compensation.

 

Other than as described above, no directors of the company were compensated by the company during the financial year ended April 30, 2017 for services as consultants or experts.

 

Option-Based Awards, Share-Based Awards and Non-equity Incentive Plan Compensation for Directors

 

As disclosed under the Director Compensation Table, the company does not have a share-based award plan, a pension plan or a non-equity incentive plan for its directors.

 

Option-based awards to the directors are granted pursuant to the terms of the company’s stock option plans. The options are always granted at or higher than market price. The valuation of the fair value of the options at the time of the grant is based on the Black Scholes model and includes the following assumptions: weighted average risk-free rate, weighted average expected life, expected volatility and dividend yield.

 

The following table lists the options granted to the directors and vested during the year ended April 30, 2017 and are outstanding as of the date of this report:

 

    Option-based Compensation      Stock-based Compensation
Name   

Number of securities underlying unexercised options

(#)

    

Option exercise price

($)

   Option expiration date 

Number of shares or units of shares that have not vested

(#)

 

Market or payout value of share-based awards that have not vested**

($)

Jina Liu   400,000   $0.10   January1, 2022  Nil   Nil
Shaojun Zhang   1,800,000   $0.10   January1, 2022  Nil   Nil

 

CERTAIN RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

Related parties consist of the directors and executive officers during the year ended April 30, 2017 and companies controlled or significantly influenced by these parties, as well as stockholders known to own or beneficially own more than 5% of our issued and outstanding common stock and members of their immediate families. Related party transactions incurred during the normal course of the Company’s operations and were measured at the exchange amount, which is the amount agreed between the related parties.

 

Please see Executive Compensation and Director Compensation sections for director and officer compensations during the year ended April 30, 2017.

 

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During the year ended April 30, 2017 changes to the amounts owed to/by related parties are as follows:

 

      (Repayment)/    
   April 30, 2016   Loan in Year   April 30, 2017 
   $   $   $ 
Due to Minewest*  2,937   4,780   7,717 
Due to Linux Gold Corp.*   (191)   -    (191)
Due to IAS Energy, Inc.*   7,431    -    7,431 
Due to Reg Technologies and its subsidiary Rand Energy Group Inc.*   1,201,622    (1,201,622)   - 
Due to SMR Investments Ltd.**   58,637    (58,637)   - 
Due to John Robertson**   64,268    (64,268)   - 
Due to Information Highway Inc.*   18,792    -    18,792 
Due to JGR Petroleum**   105,947    (105,947)   - 
Due to KLR Petroleum Inc.**   13,244    (13,244)   - 
Due to Teryl Resources Corp.*   27,890    1,440    29,330 
Due to Access Information Inc.**   291,328    (291,328)   - 
Due to Rainbow Networks**   21,000    (21,000)   - 
Due to Imaging Tech**   69,900    (69,900)   - 
Due to Paul Porter   34,071    (28,975)   5,096 
Due to Paul Chute   -    (380)   (380)
Due to Victoria Huang   -    9,765    9,765 
    1,916,876    (1,839,316)   77,560 

 

* Companies with common director during the year ended April 30, 2017

** Entities that are part of Estate of John Robertson, of which Mrs. Susanne Robertson is the executor and one of the beneficiaries.

 

We have a promissory note due to Teryl Resources Corp. of $24,000 which bears simple annual interest rate of 6%. For the other amounts due to related parties we do not have written agreements and these balances are non-interest bearing. All above amounts due to related parties are unsecured and due on demand per verbal agreements with these related parties.

 

During the year ended April 30, 2017, the Company issued convertible notes of $81,000, $43,152 and $33,000 for the reimbursements or service debt provided by the CEO, CTO and CFO, respectively, with the promissory notes convertible into the Company’s common stocks at $0.10 per share. The Company also issued convertible notes of $755,185 to settle related party payables owed to the entities that are part of the Estate of John Robertson, with the promissory notes convertible into the Company’s common stocks at $0.755 per share. All these convertible notes were secured against all assets of the Company, repayable two years after the issuance, bearing simple annual interest rate of 10% during the term of the notes and simple interest rate of 20% after the due date. As of April 30, 2017, the Company had outstanding senior secured convertible promissory notes of $887,337 issued to related parties.

 

PROPOSAL NO. 3 – APPROVAL OF AUDITOR

 

On January 31, 2018, the Board of Directors appointed FRUCI & ASSOCIATES II, PLLC of Spokane, WA (“Fruci”) as its independent registered public accounting firm for the year ended April 30, 2018 replacing MaloneBailey, LLP of Houston, Texas (see the Company’s Form 8-K dated February 2, 2018, filed on EDGAR).

The Board of Directors recommends that Fruci serve as auditor of the Company until the next Annual General Meeting of stockholders.

 

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Additional Audit Information

 

The following table discloses accounting fees and services which we paid to our former auditor, MaloneBailey LLP, Certified Public Accountants during fiscals 2017 and 2016:

 

Type of Services Rendered  2017   2016 
         
(a) Audit and Quarter Review Fees  $44,100   $14,800 
(b) Audit-Related Fees  $Nil   $Nil 
(c) Tax Fees  $Nil   $Nil 
(d) All Other Fees  $ Nil   $Nil 

 

In the table above, and the disclosure below, “audit fees” are fees billed by the Company’s external auditor MaloneBailey LLP, Certified Public Accountants for services provided in auditing the Company’s annual financial statements for the subject year. “Audit-related fees” are fees not included in audit fees that are billed by the auditor for assurance and related services that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of the Company’s financial statements. “Tax fees” are fees billed by the auditor for professional services rendered for tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning. “All other fees” are fees billed by the auditor for products and services not included in the foregoing categories.

 

The Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR appointing Fruci as our auditor until the next Annual General Meeting of stockholders.

 

OTHER BUSINESS

 

The Board knows of no other business that will be presented for consideration at the Meeting. If other matters are properly brought before the Meeting; however, it is the intention of the persons named in the accompanying proxy to vote the shares represented thereby on such matters in accordance with their best judgment.

 

If there are insufficient votes to approve any of the proposals contained herein, the Board may adjourn the Meeting to a later date and solicit additional proxies. If a vote is required to approve such adjournment, the proxies will be voted in favor of such adjournment.

 

“HOUSEHOLDING” OF PROXY MATERIAL

 

The Securities and Exchange Commission permits companies and intermediaries (e.g. brokers) to satisfy the delivery requirements for proxy statements with respect to two or more stockholders sharing the same address by delivering a single proxy statement addressed to those stockholders. This process, commonly referred to as “householding”, potentially means extra conveniences for stockholders and cost savings for companies.

 

A number of brokers with accountholders who are stockholders of our Company will be “householding” our proxy materials. As indicated in the notice previously provided by these brokers to stockholders, a single proxy statement will be delivered to multiple stockholders sharing an address unless contrary instructions have been received from an affected stockholder. Once you have received notice from your broker that they will be “householding” communications to your address, “householding” will continue until you are notified otherwise or until you revoke your consent. If at any time, you no longer wish to participate in “householding” and would prefer to receive a separate proxy statement, please notify your broker.

 

Stockholders who currently receive multiple copies of the proxy statement at their address and would like to request “householding” of their communications should contact their broker.

 

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OTHER MATTERS

 

Transfer Agent

 

The Nevada Agency and Trust Company, located at 50 West Liberty Street, Suite 880, Reno, Nevada, 89501, USA, phone (775) 322-0626, fax (775) 322-5623 is the transfer agent for the Company’s common shares.

 

Annual Report

 

A copy of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017 is available electronically at www.sec.gov and on our website at www.radmaxtech.com.

 

Additional Information

 

In order to reduce the financial and environmental impact of printing and mailing, each shareholder may obtain a copy of Company’s Annual Report containing the Company’s 2017 audited financial statements, including the report of its independent chartered accountants on our website at www.radmaxtech.com. However, upon receipt of a written request, the Company will be pleased to furnish to any shareholder, without charge, a copy of the Company’s 2017 Form 10-K as filed with the SEC under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (including the financial statements and the schedules thereto and a list briefly describing the exhibits thereto). Shareholders should direct any request to the Company,7520 N Market Street, Suite 10, Spokane, WA, 99217, USA, Attention: Paul Chute, CEO. Phone: (509) 315-9306, Email: pchute@radmaxtech.com.

 

Stockholder Proposals

 

Pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act, stockholders may present proper proposals for inclusion in our proxy statement and for consideration at our next meeting of stockholders. To be eligible for inclusion in our 2018 proxy statement, your proposal must be received by us no later than 120 days before April 30, 2018 and must otherwise comply with Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act. Further, if you would like to nominate a Director or bring any other business before the stockholders at the 2018 Meeting, you must comply with the procedures contained in the bylaws and you must notify us in writing and such notice must be delivered to or received by the Secretary no later than 120 days before April 30, 2018. While the Board will consider stockholder proposals, we reserve the right to omit from our proxy statement relating to our 2018 meeting stockholder proposals that it is not required to include under the Exchange Act, including Rule 14a-8 of the Exchange Act.

 

All stockholder proposals, notices and requests should be made in writing and sent via registered, certified or express mail, to our company, at the address on the first page of this Proxy Statement to the attention of the President.

 

By Order of the Board of Directors,

 

/s/ “Paul W. Chute”  
   
Paul W. Chute  
Director  

 

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-K

 

(Mark One)

 

[X] ANNUAL REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017

 

[  ] TRANSITION REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the transition period from _______________________ to _______________________

 

Commission File No. 0-23920

 

REGI U.S., Inc.

 

(Exact name of registrant in its Charter)

 

Oregon 91-1580146
(State or Other Jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No)

 

7520 N Market St., #10, Spokane, WA. 99217

 

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(509) 474-1040

 

Registrant’s telephone number

 

 

 

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

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act: NONE

 

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

 

Title of each class  

Name of each Exchange on which registered: 

Common   OTC Markets

 

Indicate by check mark if the issuer is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act: Yes [  ] No [X]

 

Indicate by check mark if the issuer is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Act: Yes [  ] No [X]

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) 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.

 

(1)          Yes          [X]          No          [  ]          (2)          Yes          [X]          No          [  ]

 

Indicate by 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 [X] No [  ]

 

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (§ 229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K Yes [  ] No [X]

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filed, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.

 

Large accelerated filer [  ] Accelerated filer [  ] Non-accelerated filer [  ] Smaller reporting company [X]
       
Emerging growth company [  ]      

 

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

 

ISSUERS INVOLVED IN BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS DURING THE PRECEDING FIVE YEARS

 

Not applicable

 

APPLICABLE ONLY TO CORPORATE ISSUERS

 

The number of shares issued and outstanding of the issuer’s common stock, no par value, as of October 31, 2017 was 85,814,690 and 84,986,959, respectively.

 

State the aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity computed by reference to the price at which the common equity was last sold, or the average bid and asked price of such common equity, as of the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter: $2,950,137 as of October 31, 2016.

 

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

 

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REGI U.S., INC.

FORM 10-K

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

    Page
PART I    
Item 1 Business 3
Item 1A Risk Factors 10
Item 2 Properties 15
Item 3 Legal Proceedings 15
Item 4 Mine Safety Disclosures 15
PART II    
Item 5 Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities 15
Item 6 Selected Financial Data 17
Item 7 Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations 17
Item 7A Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure about Market Risk 18
Item 8 Financial Statements and Supplementary Data 19
Item 9 Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure 20
Item 9A Controls and Procedures 20
Item 9B Other Information 21
PART III    
Item 10 Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance 21
Item 11 Executive Compensation 25
Item 12 Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters 31
Item 13 Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence 32
Item 14 Principal Accounting Fees and Services 34
PART IV    
Item 15 Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules 35
  Signatures 36

 

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FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

THIS ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K, INCLUDING EXHIBITS THERETO, CONTAINS FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 27A OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND SECTION 21E OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED. THESE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS ARE TYPICALLY IDENTIFIED BY THE WORDS “ANTICIPATES”, “BELIEVES”, “EXPECTS”, “INTENDS”, “FORECASTS”, “PLANS”, “FUTURE”, “STRATEGY”, OR WORDS OF SIMILAR MEANING. VARIOUS FACTORS COULD CAUSE ACTUAL RESULTS TO DIFFER MATERIALLY FROM THOSE EXPRESSED IN THE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS, INCLUDING THOSE DESCRIBED IN “RISK FACTORS” IN THIS FORM 10-K. WE ASSUME NO OBLIGATION TO UPDATE THESE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS TO REFLECT ACTUAL RESULTS, CHANGES IN ASSUMPTIONS, OR CHANGES IN OTHER FACTORS, EXCEPT AS REGULATED BY LAW.

 

As used in this annual report, the terms “we”, “us”, “our”, the “Company” and “REGI” mean REGI U.S., Inc., unless otherwise indicated.

 

The Company files annual reports and furnishes other information with the SEC. You may read and copy any document that we file at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, NE., Washington, DC 20549, on official business days during the hours of 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. You may obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the Commission at 1-800-SEC-0330. The Commission maintains an Internet site that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the Commission at (http://www.sec.gov). The Company also files information with the Canadian Securities Administrators via SEDAR (www.sedar.com). The Company’s website is located at www.radmaxtech.com

 

PART I

 

ITEM 1. BUSINESS

 

General

 

We were organized under the laws of the State of Oregon on July 27, 1992 as Sky Technologies, Inc. On August 1, 1994, our name was officially changed by a vote of a majority of our shareholders to REGI U.S., Inc.

 

On September 16, 2016, REGI entered into an asset purchase agreement (the “APA”) with Reg Technologies Inc. (“Reg Tech”), a British Columbia public company whose common stock was listed on TSX Venture Exchange to purchase all of the assets of Reg Tech, a company with a common director and CEO with REGI. An aggregate of 51,757,119 unregistered common shares of our company were issued as consideration for the asset purchase. The transaction was closed on February 17, 2017 upon TSX Venture Exchange approval.

 

Prior to the APA, REGI and Reg Tech had been engaged in the business of developing and commercially exploiting an improved axial vane type rotary engine known as the Rand Cam/Direct Charge Engine (the “RC/DC Engine”) with the marketing and intellectual rights in the U.S. held by REGI and the worldwide marketing and intellectual rights, other than in the U.S., held by Reg Tech. Upon closing the APA, REGI owns the worldwide rights to the technologies.

 

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We will need to raise additional capital in the future beyond any amount currently on hand and which may become available as a result of debt and/or equity financing, including the exercise of options which are currently outstanding, in order to fully implement our intended plan of operations.

 

Business of the Company

 

Overview and History

 

We are engaged in the business of developing and building improved axial vane-type rotary devices for civilian, commercial and government applications. The Company owns the worldwide intellectual and marketing rights to the RadMax® technology. Our vision is to develop advanced devices that reduce carbon footprint, reduce device size, weight and parts count, and increase fuel and manufacturing efficiencies. We intend to develop and market these devices in cooperation with industry and government partners. We are focused on creating new, disruptive technologies that are more efficient, compact and cost-effective than those currently available.

 

On July 27th, 2016, REGI undertook a reorganization, naming its wholly owned subsidiary, RadMax Technologies, Inc. (“RadMax”) as its DBA for marketing and technology image.

 

From our headquarters in Spokane, WA, we are working with engineering consultants around North America to develop these devices. Our goal is to license RadMax technology and/or participate in joint ventures to manufacture RadMax products for specific applications. Examples of market segments that could benefit from our technology include (but are not limited to) transportation, aerospace, air conditioning and refrigeration, oil and gas production and distribution, power generation, marine, and military markets.

 

Based upon work performed on concept test stands and prototype models, we believe that the RadMax® technology holds significant potential in a number of applications ranging from improving the efficiency of air conditioning and natural gas distribution systems to transportation locomotion and power generation. In addition to its potential use as prime mover, the RadMax® technology design is being employed in the development of several types of compressors, pumps, and gas expanders.

 

To date, several prototypes of different RadMax® devices have been tested, Additional prototype development and testing is continuing. We believe that such work will continue until commercially feasible designs are completed. However, there is no assurance at this time that such commercially feasible designs will ever be perfected, or will become profitable. If a commercially feasible design is perfected, we expect to derive revenues from licensing the RadMax® technology. Howerver, there is no assurance at this time that revenues will ever be received from licensing the technology even if it does prove to be commercially feasible.

 

We believe that multi-markets exist for practical rotary devices which can be produced at competitive prices, and can provide a good combination of energy utilization efficiency, power density and flexibility.

 

Based on market potential, we believe RadMax® technology is well suited for application to both internal and external combustion engines, pumps, compressors and gas expanders. RadMax® technology can be scaled to most size requirements. This flexibility allows us to consider applications in many large industries and markets.

 

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Products and Projects

 

RadMax® Engine

 

We believe that the RadMax® internal combustion engine can achieve improved fuel and mechanical efficiencies when compared to other types of internal combustion engines based on the inherit efficient design and thermodynamic characteristics of the engine. A higher expansion than compression ratio is possible with the RadMax® internal combustion engine resulting in better fuel efficiency.

 

Various prototype RadMax® engines for both compression-ignition (diesel) and spark-ignition (gasoline) configurations have been built ranging from 10 to over 300 horsepower. Characterized by high torque, compact size, and a high horsepower-to-weight ratio, RadMax® engines are well suited as a prime mover for various transportation, and power generation applications.

 

Long service life, low power-to-weight ratio, and increasing environmental concerns and regulations are prompting a second look at the viability of gas turbine engines for more mainstream applications. A gas turbine engine’s optimized combustion produces fewer total emissions than internal-combustion engines. However, their lower operating efficiencies and higher operating and capital costs are impediments to their increased use.

 

A RadMax® external combustion turbine engine incorporating RadMax®’s higher efficiency, positive displacement compressors and gas expanders, coupled with an optimized external combustor, can significantly improve fuel and energy extraction efficiency over existing gas turbine engines. Having true “any fuel” capability, the RadMax® turbine engine would be well suited for hybrid engine and power generation applications.

 

To bring RadMax® engines from concept to reality, a considerable number of expensive steps and milestones must be achieved before market acceptance. These steps included concepual drawings, prototype development, and testing for critical mechanical, fuel efficiency, and emissions performance. These steps are currently beyond our resource and expertise capabilities, and we are actively seeking co-development partners to move further engine development forward.

 

RadMax® Pump

 

The RadMax® positive-displacement pump is an extraordinarily energy efficient pump that pairs the high volume capacity of a positive-displacement pump with the simplicity and cost advantages of a centrifugal pump. Because of its efficient, high-volume output, the RadMax® pump is well suited for fire protection; water and flood control; irrigation; marine; water treatment; oil and gas industry down hole and subsea; industrial processes; heavy industry and construction; and portable pump applications.

 

The Company has actively pursued the development of the RadMax® pump for various applications with industry manufacturers. Commercialization requires tooling to significantly reduce the cost of the pump in a production environment. Further development of the RadMax® pump is currently on hold until additional end user interest is established.

 

RadMax® Compressor

 

The RadMax® positive-displacement compressor acts as both a positive-displacement and a centrifugal compressor, incorporating the advantages of each. Because of its unique design, a RadMax compressor is able to utilize the volumetric energy of a positive-displacement compressor and the kinetic energy of a centrifugal compressor to pressurize a gas. This results in an exceptionally energy efficient device.

 

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Several RadMax® compressor prototype designs have been tested in the past for various automotive air conditioning and commercial applications. Because RadMax® technology allows for efficient higher compression ratios, a new compressor prototype is being designed and built for the next generation of low density refrigerants. Commercialization requires tooling to significantly reduce the cost of the compressor in a production environment. We are currently seeking a co-development partner to further the development of he compressor for specific applications.

 

RadMax® Rotary Gas Expander

 

The RadMax® gas expander is a positive-displacement device that is uniquely able to capture both kinetic and pressure-volume energy and convert it to rotational power in gas pressure differential applications. This power can then be used to drive other devices such as compressors and electrical generators. Additional efficiency can be gained by incorporating electric power generation directly into the gas expander.

 

The RadMax® gas expander is primarily being developed to replace less efficient devices such as air conditioning system free gas expansion valves and mechanical throttling valves which are not able to capture available pressure energy. The RadMax® gas expander is also used as the turbine component in the RadMax® turbine engine.

 

We are currently designing and building prototype devices targeted for the natural gas distribution and air conditioning industries which can significantly reduce electric power requirements. We will be actively soliciting co-development industry partners later this year to further develop and commercialize these products.

 

Patents

 

As at April 30, 2017 and the date of this report, we have the following patents:

 

  RA41-001 (CA) – 2,496,157
  RA41-002 (US) – 7,896,630 B2, and
  RA41-007 (CA) – 2,672,332

 

Recent Developments

 

Since July, 2016 the new management team has reorganized the company and expanded our research efforts with the addition of a director for business development and multiple mechanical and electrical engineers as well as engineers and technicians experienced in oil and gas distribution systems, refrigeration, material sciences, military applications, technical mechanical design and manufacturing.

 

We purchased all assets of Reg Tech with the issuance of 51,757,119 shares of our common stock, increasing our ownership in the intellectual and marketing rights to the RadMax® technology from US only to worldwide. Reg Tech then distributed all these shares to its shareholders of record as dividends. This consolidation of ownership to the technology better enables the focused research and development efforts.

 

We have elected to use our wholly owned Washington state based company RadMax Technologies, Inc. as our marketing name and public image.

 

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The asset purchase also resulted in our ownership of 26% of the issued and outstanding common shares of Minewest Silver and Gold Inc. (“Minewest”), a British Columbia company engaged in the business of acquisition and exploration of mineral properties. Minewest owns a 70% interest subject to a 10% Net Profits Interest in mining property in British Columbia. As at the date the asset purchase and the date of this report, Minewest is inactive due to lack of funding.

 

We have engaged the services of a Spokane, WA patent law firm to assist us manage our growing patent and trademark applications. In addition to our active patents, we are seeking re-assignment to the company of three inactive patents previously miss-assigned, filing two full new patents, multiple provisional patents and working on the basis for others as we ramp up our engineering development program.

 

The Company’s 375 diesel engine prototype has gone through extensive testing with mechanical and compression results proving the basis of our technology and gives us a high rate of confidence going forward.

 

We have completed the mechanical design of a demonstration gas expander. Currently we are part way through the assemblage and testing commenced in June 2017. This device will incorporate multiple new engineering designs, mechanisms and improvements resulting from our diesel engine testing program.

 

Our prototype low density refrigerant compressor has also finished mechanical design with preliminary technical drawings underway. We are awaiting completion of our Expander and funding before further prototype development.

 

Preliminary design work has been done on a 50 (+-) hp gas engine, however, engineering time and funding are needed before further development.

 

We have built and successfully tested a miniature fluid pump. Our goal was to test the time, effort and expense of building small scale prototypes in 3-D printed composites. From start of design to finished testing was less than one month.

 

Other devices are conceptually laid out, but additional engineering and funding are required to move forward.

 

An additional step up in our prototype development has been the addition of multiple 3-D composite printers, a Vertical C&C metal Milling machine, and access to a full metal machine shop owned by one of our engineers. Producing multiple prototype components as the same time has improved our build time and material component selections.

 

Our marketing and business development to date has received interest from aerospace companies, international refrigeration manufacturers, major natural gas distribution and utility companies, oil and natural gas service business and others eager to learn of our technology and business opportunities. To date, we have no signed agreements, although we are conducting ongoing discussions with them.

 

During the year ended April 30, 2017, we constructed our web site http://www.radmaxtech.com, focusing on our new business model and detailing our RadMax Technology and how it applies to multiple industrial demands for efficiency, size, weight, and performance output.

 

In order to finance the expanded research and development and increasing administrative support, the company has established a Senior Secured Convertible Loan Program. As at April 30, 2017 we have raised $781,635 and settled old debt of $741,941 at a loss of $13,244 with the issuance of the convertible loans. From April 30, 2017 to the date of the report we raised another $757,852 with the issuance of the convertible loans.

 

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Competition and Alternative Technologies

 

We currently face and will continue to face competition in the future from established companies engaged in the business of developing, manufacturing and marketing related products to our RadMax technology devices. While not a highly competitive businesses in terms of numbers of competitors with comparable devices, the business of developing new technology and attempting to either license or produce them is nonetheless difficult because most existing producers are large, well financed companies which are very concerned about maintaining their market position. Such competitors are already well established in the market and have substantially greater resources than us. For these reasons we are more inclined to licenses our technology rather than be directly engaged in manufacturing. The development of our business and its ability to maintain its competitive and technical position will continue to depend upon our ability to attract and retain qualified scientific, engineering, and managerial personnel.

 

Our guiding marketing strategy is to develop RadMax® technology products for applications that are either looking for a solution, or where our product offers significant advantages over existing products. We do not wish to develop “me too” products that that will automatically face substantial acceptance and pricing pressure in the marketplace. This strategy implies that our co-development industry partners will most likely be new or smaller, less dominant players in a particular market looking for new products to strengthen their position, rather than a dominant market player.

 

The RadMax® internal combustion engine faces more competitive obstacles than the RadMax® pump, compressor, and gas expander due to both the size of the market and strength of competing companies, and consumer expectations for reliability, performance, regulation compliance, and low cost. This infers that the technical and economic advantages threshold for RadMax® engines is high and must be met for the engine technology to be successful in the market place.

 

Except for the Wankel rotary engine built by Mazda of Japan, no competitor, that we are aware of, presently produces in a commercial quantity any rotary engine similar to the engines we are developing. The Wankel rotary engine is similar only in that it is a rotary engine rather than a reciprocating piston engine. Even though RadMax® internal engines may be more fuel efficient, smaller, quieter, and cost less to produce than existing engines, without substantially greater financial resources than is currently available to us. It is very possible that we may not be able to adequately compete in the engine business.

 

We also believe that strong competition can be expected in the engine market with new patents being taken out by competitors on a continuous basis, and that we may have a time advantage over some of the products in niche markets we may enter. However, there is no way to accurately determine or predict whether this situation is or will continue to be true.

 

To a somewhat lesser extent, similar competition also exists in the pump, compressor, and gas expander markets which may utilize RadMax® technology in their products. Like engine manufacturers, many of these companies have substantially greater resources for research, development and manufacturing than us. It is possible that our competitors may succeed in developing technologies and products that are more effective or commercially acceptable. However, we believe there are potentially more opportunities in these markets for RadMax®’s technical and efficiency advantages to provide unique and superior solutions for specific applications.

 

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Technology development is taking place on many fronts and competitors may have, unknown to us, a product or products under development which may be technologically superior to ours which may be more acceptable to the market.

 

Environmental Matters

 

Laws and regulations relating to protection of the environment have not had a material impact on our business.

 

Availability of Raw Materials

 

Since we are not in production and there are no plans at this time for us to enter the actual manufacturing business, raw materials are not of present concern. At this time, however, there does not appear to be any foreseeable problem with obtaining any materials or components, which may be required in the manufacture of its potential products.

 

Marketing Strategy

 

We intend to pursue the development of our RadMax® Technology by entering into licensing and/or joint venture arrangements with other larger companies, which have the financial resources to maximize the potential of the technology. We have no current plans to become actively involved in either manufacturing or marketing any device which may ultimately develop to the point of becoming a commercial product.

 

Our current objective is to complete and test the RadMax® Expander and Compressor. Based on successful testing, the prototypes will be used for presentation purposes to potential license and joint venture partners.

 

Based on successful testing of the RadMax® prototypes, we expect to have joint venture or license agreements finalized, which would result in royalties to us. However, there is no assurance that the tests will be successful or that we will ever receive any such royalties.

 

Dependence on Certain Commercial Agreements

 

We do not have any material agreements upon which we are dependent.

 

Royalty Payments

 

No royalties have been awarded in relationship to our currently active patents.

 

Research and Development

 

We contract with individuals to perform the research and development work.

 

Employees

 

During the year ended April 30, 2017 we did not have any employees; engineering and administrative functions were performed by contractors.

 

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Item 1A. RISK FACTORS

 

The risks and uncertainties described below are not the only ones facing us. Additional risks and uncertainties may also adversely impact and impair our business. If any of the following risks actually occur, our business, results of operations, or financial condition would likely suffer. In such case, the trading price of our common stock could decline, and you may lose all or part of your investment.

 

We face risks related to general domestic and global economic conditions.

 

We rely on our ability to raise capital through the sale of our securities. However, the current uncertainty arising out of domestic and global economic conditions poses a risk to the economies in which we operate. Our ultimate success will depend upon our ability to raise additional capital or to have other parties bear a portion of the required costs to further develop or exploit the potential market for our products.

 

We are a development stage enterprise.

 

We are a development stage enterprise and are subject to all of the attendant business risks associated with a development stage enterprise, including constraints on financial and personnel resources, lack of established credit facilities, and uncertainties regarding product development and future revenues. We will continue to be subject to all the risks attendant to a development stage enterprise for the foreseeable future, including competition, complications and setbacks in the development program, and the need for additional capital.

 

We have reported losses in each year since its inception. At April 30, 2017, we had an accumulated deficit of $21,058,170 in accordance with US GAAP. Our history consists almost entirely of development of technologies funded entirely from the sale of our Common Stock or debts from related parties in the absence of revenues. We anticipate that it will continue to incur substantial additional operating losses for at least the next 12 months and expects cumulative losses to increase as our development efforts expand.

 

Although we anticipate receiving future revenues from licensing of our technology or joint ventures. we have received no revenues from sales of any of the products under development. There can be no assurance as to when or if we will be able to develop significant sources of revenue or whether our operations will become profitable, even if we are able to commercialize any product. See “Operating and Financial Review and Prospects,” and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

We have no assurance that we will be able to develop a commercially feasible product.

 

We have no assurance at this time that a commercially feasible design will ever be perfected, or if it is, that it will become profitable. Our profitability and survival will depend upon our ability to develop a technically and commercially feasible product which will be accepted by end users. The RadMax® which we are developing must be technologically superior or at least equal to other devices that competitors offer and must have a competitive price/performance ratio to adequately penetrate its potential markets. If we are not able to achieve this condition or if we do not remain technologically competitive, we may be unprofitable and our investors could lose their entire investment. There can be no assurance that we or potential licensees will be able to achieve and maintain end user acceptance of our engine.

 

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We will require additional financing and we may not be able to secure the financing necessary to continue our development and operations.

 

There is no assurance that we will be able to secure the financing necessary to continue our development and operations. Our expectations as to the amount of funds needed for development and the timing of the need for these funds is based on our current operating plan, which can change as a result of many factors, and we could require additional funding sooner than anticipated. Our cash needs may vary materially from those now planned because of results of development or changes in the focus and direction of our development program, competitive and technological advances, results of laboratory and field testing, requirements of regulatory agencies and other factors.

 

We have no commercial credit facility or other Industry based committed sources of capital. To the extent capital resources are insufficient to meet future capital requirements, we will have to raise additional funds to continue our development and operations. There can be no assurance that such funds will be available on favorable terms, or at all. To the extent that additional capital is raised through the sale of equity or convertible debt securities, the issuance of such securities could result in dilution to our shareholders. If adequate funds are not available, we may be required to curtail operations significantly or to obtain funds on unattractive terms. Our inability to raise capital would have a material adverse effect on us.

 

We have a history of losses and expect to incur significant losses for the foreseeable future.

 

We expect to incur significant losses for the foreseeable future and cannot be certain when or if we will achieve profitability. Failure to become and remain profitable will adversely affect the value of our Common Shares and our ability to raise capital and continue operations.

 

We have a history of operating losses, and an accumulated deficit, as of April 30, 2017, of $21,058,170. Our ability to generate revenues and profits is subject to the risks and uncertainties encountered by development stage companies.

 

Our future revenues and profitability are unpredictable. We currently have no signed contracts that will produce revenue and we do not have an estimate as to when we will be entering into such contracts. Furthermore, we cannot provide assurance that management will be successful in negotiating such contracts.

 

We have no assurance that our products will receive market acceptance.

 

Our profitability and survival will depend upon our ability to develop a technically and commercially feasible product which will be accepted by end users. The RadMax® technology which we are developing must be technologically superior or at least equal to other products our competitors offer and must have a competitive price/performance ratio to adequately penetrate our potential markets.

 

Our officers lack experience to manufacture or market our products.

 

Assuming we are successful in developing RadMax® devices, we presently have no proven ability either to manufacture them. There is no assurance that we will be able to profitably manufacture and market engines.

 

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Our auditors have indicated that our losses raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue a going concern.

 

The report of our independent auditors with respect to our financial statements included in this Form 10-K includes a “going concern” qualification, indicating that our losses and deficits in working capital and shareholders’ equity raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. See Notes to Audited Financial Statements.

 

We are dependent upon certain members of our staff, the loss of which could adversely affect our business.

 

We are dependent on certain members of our management and engineering staff, the loss of services of one or more of whom could adversely affect our business. The loss of any of these key individuals could hamper the successful development of RadMax® technology. Our present officers and directors have other full or part-time interests unrelated to our business. Some officers and directors will be available to participate in management decisions on a part-time or as-needed basis only. We do not have “key man” life insurance on such officers and currently have no plans to obtain such insurance. Our success also depends on our ability to attract and retain additional skilled employees and advisors.

 

We are dependent upon consultants and outside manufacturing facilities.

 

Since our present limited financial plans do not provide for an increase in technical staff or the establishment of manufacturing facilities, we will be primarily dependent on others to perform these functions and to provide the requisite expertise and quality control. There is no assurance that such persons or institutions will be available when needed at affordable prices. It will likely cost more to have independent companies do research and manufacturing than for us to handle these resources.

 

Our business may suffer if we are unable to adequately protect our intellectual property.

 

Our business depends on the protection of our intellectual property and may suffer if we are unable to adequately protect our intellectual property. The success of our business depends on our ability to patent all our technology devices. Currently, we have been granted several U.S. Patents. We cannot provide assurance that our patents will not be invalidated, circumvented or challenged, that the rights granted under the patents will give us competitive advantages or that our patent applications will be granted.

 

Our devices and planned applications may contain product errors which could adversely affect our operations.

 

Our planned applications may contain errors or defects, especially when first introduced, or when new versions are released. Our products may not be free from errors after commercial release has occurred. Any errors that are discovered after such commercial release could result in loss of revenue or delay in market acceptance, diversion of development resources, damage to our reputation, increased service and warranty costs and liability claims. Any defects in these products could adversely affect the operation of and market for our products, reduce revenue, increase costs and damage our reputation.

 

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Our competition possesses greater technical resources and market recognition than us and there is no assurance that we will be able to compete effectively with these companies.

 

While not a highly competitive business in terms of numbers of competitors, the business of developing engines of a new design and attempting to either license or produce them is nonetheless difficult because most producers are large, well financed companies which are very concerned about maintaining their market position. These companies possess greater technical resources and market recognition than us, and have management, financial and other resources not yet available to us. Existing technology are likely to be perceived by many customers as superior or more reliable than any new product until it has been in the marketplace for a period of time. There is no assurance that we will be able to compete effectively with these companies.

 

Market prices for our products may decline in the future which would have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

We anticipate that market prices for our main products may decline in the future due to increased competition. We expect significant competition among local and international companies, including from new entrants, may continue to drive equipment prices lower. We also expect that there may be increases in promotional spending by companies in our industry which would also contribute to increasing movement of customers between competitors. Such increased competition and the resulting decline of market prices for our products would have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

New technology or refinement of existing technology could render our RadMax Technology products less attractive or obsolete.

 

New technology or refinement of existing technology could render our products less attractive or obsolete. Our success depends in part upon its ability to anticipate changes in technology and industry standards and to successfully develop and introduce new and improved devices on a timely basis. There is no assurance that we will be able to do so. Accordingly, if we are unable to adapt to changing technologies and to adapt our product to evolving industry standards, our business will be adversely affected.

 

Product liability claims asserted against us in the future could hurt our business.

 

Product liability claims asserted against us in the future could hurt our business. If a customer suffers damage from our products, the customer could sue us on product liability or related grounds, claim damages for data loss or make other claims. We currently do not carry product liability insurance. While we have not been sued on product liability grounds to date, a successful product liability or related claim brought against us could harm our business.

 

Our success may be dependent on the timing of new product introductions and lack of market acceptance for our new products.

 

Our future success may be dependent on the success of our products and services. The success of our business depends on a variety of factors, including:

 

  the quality and reliability of our products and services;
  our ability to develop new products and services superior to that of our competitors;
  our ability to establish licensing relationships and other strategic alliances;
  our pricing policies and the pricing policies of our competitors;
  our ability to introduce new products and services before our competitors;
  our ability to successfully advertise our products and services; and
  general economic trends.

 

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We may be affected by other factors which may have an adverse effect on our business.

 

Our areas of business may be affected from time to time by such matters as changes in general economic conditions, changes in laws and regulations, taxes, tax laws, prices and costs, and other factors of a general nature which may have an adverse effect on our business.

 

There is only a limited public market for our common shares on the OTCQB Venture Market and those markets are extremely volatile.

 

There is only a limited public market for our common shares on the OTCQB Venture Market and there is a risk that a broader or more active public trading market for our common shares will never develop, or be sustained, or that current trading levels will not be sustained.

 

The market price for our common shares on the OTCQB Venture Market has been and we anticipate will continue to be extremely volatile and subject to significant price and volume fluctuations in response to a variety of external and internal factors. This is especially true with respect to emerging companies such as ours. Examples of external factors, which can generally be described as factors that are unrelated to the operating performance or financial condition of any particular company, include changes in interest rates and worldwide economic and market conditions, as well as changes in industry conditions, such as regulatory and environment rules, and announcements of technology innovations or new products by other companies. Examples of internal factors, which can generally be described as factors that are directly related to our consolidated financial condition or results of operations, would include release of reports by securities analysts and announcements we may make from time-to-time relative to our operating performance, advances in technology or other business developments.

 

Because we have a limited operating history and no profits to date, the market price for the common shares is more volatile than that of a seasoned issuer. Changes in the market price of the common shares, for example, may have no connection with our operating results or prospects. No predictions or projections can be made as to what the prevailing market price for the common shares will be at any time, or as to what effect, if any, that the sale of shares or the availability of common shares for sale at any time will have on the prevailing market price.

 

You will be subject to the penny stock rules to the extent our stock price on the OTCQB Venture Market is less than $5.00.

 

Since the common shares are not listed on a national stock exchange or quoted on the OTC Market within the United States, trading in the common shares on the OTCQB Venture Market is subject, to the extent the market price for the common shares is less than $5.00 per share, to a number of regulations known as the “penny stock rules”. The penny stock rules require a broker-dealer to deliver a standardized risk disclosure document prepared by the SEC, to provide the customer with additional information including current bid and offer quotations for the penny stock, the compensation of the broker-dealer and its salesperson in the transaction, monthly account statements showing the market value of each penny stock held in the customer’s account, and to make a special written determination that the penny stock is a suitable investment for the purchaser and receive the purchaser’s written agreement to the transaction. To the extent these requirements may be applicable they will reduce the level of trading activity in the secondary market for the common shares and may severely and adversely affect the ability of broker-dealers to sell the common shares.

 

You should not expect to receive dividends in the foreseeable future.

 

We intend to retain any future earnings to finance our business and operations and any future growth. Therefore, we do not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable future.

 

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ITEM 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS

 

None.

 

ITEM 2. PROPERTIES

 

We own no properties.

 

ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

 

We are not a party to any legal proceedings or litigation, nor are we aware that any litigation is presently being threatened or contemplated against us or any officer, director or affiliate.

 

ITEM 4. MINESAFETY DISCLOSURES

 

Not Applicable

 

PART II

 

ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

 

Market Information

 

There is a limited public market for our common stock which currently trades on the OTCQB Venture Board under the symbol “RGUS” where it has been traded since September 21, 1994. The common stock has traded between $0.01 and $6.75 per share since that date.

 

The following table sets forth the high and low closing prices for our common stock as reported on the Venture Board for the quarters presented. These quotations reflect inter-dealer prices, without retail mark-up, mark-down or commissions, and may not reflect actual transactions.

 

   High
$
   Low
$
 
Quarter ended April 30, 2015   0.08    0.06 
Quarter ended July 31, 2015   0.11    0.07 
Quarter ended October 31, 2015   0.15    0.08 
Quarter ended January 31, 2016   0.08    0.05 
Quarter ended April 30, 2016   0.06    0.02 
Quarter ended July 31, 2016   0.02    0.01 
Quarter ended October 31, 2016   0.15    0.02 
Quarter ended January 31, 2017   0.11    0.05 
Quarter ended April 30, 2017   0.25    0.06 

 

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The following table shows the high and low closing prices of our stock traded on the OTC Board during the most recent 10 months, for each month as follows:

 

   High   Low 
December, 2016  $0.090   $0.050 
January, 2017  $0.100   $0.048 
February, 2017  $0.085   $0.060 
March, 2017  $0.090   $0.070 
April, 2017  $0.250   $0.080 
May, 2017  $0.121   $0.190 
June, 2017  $0.200   $0.151 
July, 2017  $0.190   $0.151 
August, 2017  $0.190   $0.140 
September, 2017  $0.200   $0.130 

 

Holders

 

As of October 31, 2017, there were 84,986,959 shares of common stock outstanding, held by 804 shareholders of record. 827,731 shares of common stock were held by Rand Energy Group Inc., the Company’s 51% owned subsidiary.

 

Transfer Agent

 

Our transfer agent is Nevada Agency and Transfer Company, 50 West Liberty Street, Suite 880 Reno, Nevada 89501; Phone: 775-322-0626; Fax: 775-322-5623.

 

Dividends

 

To date we have not paid any dividends on our common stock and do not expect to declare or pay any dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future. Payment of any dividends will be dependent upon future earnings, if any, our financial condition, and other factors as deemed relevant by our Board of Directors.

 

Securities authorized for issuance under equity compensation plans.

 

The Company is authorized to issue up to 150,000,000 shares of common stock, without par value. Each share of Common Stock is entitled to one vote on all matters submitted for shareholder approval.

 

Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

 

During the year ended April 30, 2017, the Company issued 51,757,119 unregistered common shares of our common stock as consideration for the asset purchase agreement with Reg Tech. The shares were distributed to Reg Tech shareholders of record as dividend.

 

During the year ended April 30, 2017, 314,050 shares of our unregistered common stock were issued for conversion of convertible promissory note of $30,000 and its accrued interest of $1,405 at $0.10 per share.

 

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During May, 2017, 155,000 shares of our unresigtered common stock were issued for options exercised at $0.10 per share.

 

During June, 2017, 350,000 shares of our unresigtered common stock were issued to directors and officers of the Company.

 

From June to September, 2017, 55,892 and 403,323 shares of the Company’s common stock were issued for convertible promissory notes at $0.08 and $0.10 per share respectively.

 

ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA.

 

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 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.

 

Overview

 

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with audited financial statements of the Company and unaudited consolidated financial statements of our company and the related notes that appear elsewhere in this annual report.

 

The following discussion contains forward-looking statements that reflect our plans, estimates and beliefs. Our actual results could differ materially from those discussed in the forward looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, those discussed below and elsewhere in this annual report, particularly in the section entitled “Risk Factors”.

 

The audited financial statements of the Company are stated in U.S. dollars and are prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles.

 

Plan of Operations

 

We are a company engaged in the business of developing and commercially exploiting an improved axial vane type rotary technology known as RadMax®.

 

Our early engineering and development work have not yet produced revenues and we have a working capital deficit. We have incurred net losses to April 30, 2017 totaling $$21,058,170 and further losses are expected until we complete a licensing agreement with a manufacturer and reseller. At April 30, 2017, we had working capital deficiency of $220,721. These factors raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. Our ability to emerge from the development stage with respect to our planned principal business activity is dependent upon our successful efforts to raise additional funds or develop a market for our products.

 

Results of Operations

 

Results of operations for the year ended April 30, 2017 compared to the year ended April 30, 2016

 

The asset purchase agreement with Reg Tech closed on February 17, 2017 is accounted for as reverse merger recapitalization with Reg Tech considered to be the accounting acquirer. In accordance with reverse merger accounting, results of operations include those of Reg Tech from May 1, 2016 to February 17, 2017 and those of REGI US from February 18, 2017 to April 30, 2017, the prior year results of operations are those of Reg Tech.

 

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Upon the new management’s reorganization efforts starting from the second half of July, 2016 the Company expanded its research and development efforts and the administrative support with the increased success in financing the required expenditures. As a result, research and development expenses increased from $41,037 in 2016 to $136,168 in 2017, and general and administrative expenses increased from $108,424 in 2016 to $158,135 in 2017.

 

During the year ended April 30, 2017 we raised $781,635 and settled debt of $741,941 with related parties at a loss of $13,244 with the issuance of secured convertible loans, for which we recorded interest expense of $16,312 from February 17, 2017 to April 30, 2017. From February 17, 2017 to April 30, 2017 we also recorded interest expense of $360 on a promissory note issued by REGI to Terryl Resources Corp. during the year ended April 30, 2012. During the year ended April 30 2016 Reg Tech recorded gain on debt settlement of $5,007 and recorded the impairment of receivable from REGI of $1,107,570 because in fiscal 2016 there was no certainty of collecting the amount from REGI.

 

Our basic and diluted loss per share was $0.01 for 2017 and $0.03 for 2016.

 

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

 

During the year ended April 30, 2017, we financed our operations through the issuances of Senior Secured Convertible Loans.

 

The total amount owed to related parties is $77,560 representing 26.07% of our current liabilities as of April 30, 2017. This funding was necessary with a downturn in the financial market to complete the RadMax® engine and place the Company in a position to attain future profit.

 

The balances owed to related parties are non-interest bearing, unsecured and repayable on demand. Our affiliated companies have indicated that they will not be demanding repayment of these funds during the next fiscal year and will advance, or pay expenses on behalf of the Company if further funds are needed.

 

As of April 30, 2017, we had a working capital deficiency of $220,721. We will raise additional funds from equity and debt financing.

 

The audited consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going-concern. As discussed in Note 3 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company has no revenues and limited capital, which together raise substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going-concern. Management plans in regard to these matters are also described in Note 3. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

 

We have been successful in the past in acquiring capital through the issuance of shares of our Common Stock, and through advances from related parties.

 

We anticipate that our cash requirements for the fiscal year ending April 30, 2018 will be around $1,500,000.

 

Research and development costs are identified as Engineer design, prototype fabrication, and labor expense, and are estimated to be $650,00 over the next 6 months.

 

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

As of April 30, 2017 and the date of this report, we have had no off-balance sheet arrangements, including any outstanding derivative financial statements, off-balance sheet guarantees, interest rate swap transactions or foreign currency contracts. We do not engage in trading activities involving non-exchange traded contracts.

 

ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURE ABOUT MARKET RISK.

 

Pursuant to Item 305(e) of Regulation S-K (§ 229.305(e)), the Company is not required to provide the information required by this Item as it is a “smaller reporting company,” as defined by Rule 229.10(f)(1).

 

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ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

 

Our consolidated financial statements are stated in United States dollars and are prepared in accordance with United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.

 

The following consolidated financial statements are filed as part of this annual report:

 

  Reports of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firms F-1
       
  Consolidated Balance Sheets as of April 30, 2017 and 2016 F-3
       
  Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss for the Years Ended April 30, 2017 and 2016 F-4
       
  Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Deficit for the Years Ended April 30, 2017 and 2016 F-5
       
  Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Years Ended April 30, 2017 and 2016 F-6
       
  Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements F-7

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

Board of Directors and Stockholders

REGI U.S., Inc.

Spokane, WA

 

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of REGI U.S., Inc and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”) as of April 30, 2017, and the related consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss, stockholders’ deficit, and cash flows for the year then ended. These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the entity’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audit.

 

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform an audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audit included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of REGI U.S., Inc. and its subsidiaries as of April 30, 2017, and the consolidated results of their operations and their cash flows for the year then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 3 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company has suffered recurring losses from operations and has a net capital deficiency that raises substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s plans in regard to these matters are also described in Note 3. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

 

/s/ MaloneBailey, LLP

www.malonebailey.com

Houston, Texas

October 31, 2017

 

F-1 

 

 

UNIT 114B (2nd Floor) – 8988 FRASERTON COURT

 

BURNABY, BC V5J 5H8

T: 604.239.0868

F: 604.239.0866

A CHAN AND COMPANY LLP

CHARTERED PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTANTS

 

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

To:the Board of Directors and Stockholders of
 Reg Technologies Inc.

 

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Reg Technologies Inc. (the “Company”) as of April 30, 2016 and 2015, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ deficit, and cash flows for the years ended April 30, 2016 and 2015. These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits.

 

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The company is not required to have, nor was we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that my audits provide a reasonable basis for my opinion.

 

In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of April 30, 2016 and 2015, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the years ended April 30, 2016 and 2015 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 3 to the financial statements, the Company has incurred losses in developing its business, and further losses are anticipated. The Company requires additional funds to meet its obligations and the costs of its operations. These factors raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s plans in this regard are described in Note 3. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

 

Chartered Professional Accountants

 

Burnaby, British Columbia

August 18, 2017

 

F-2 

 

 

REGI U.S., Inc.

Consolidated Balance Sheets

 

   April 30, 2017
$
   April 30, 2016
$
 
ASSETS          
           
Current Assets:          
Cash and cash equivalent   67,818    43 
Taxes receivable   -    2,465 
Prepaid expenses   8,987    - 
Total current assets   76,805    2,508 
           
Furniture and equipment, net   14,279    - 
Total Assets   91,084    2,508 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT          
           
Current Liabilities:          
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities   219,966    115,811 
Due to related parties   77,560    97,746 
Total current liabilities   297,526    213,557 
           
Long-term Liabilities:          
Convertible promissory notes, net of unamortized discount of $12,944   636,539    - 
Convertible promissory notes – related parties, net of unamortized discount of $9,888   877,449    - 
Total long-term liabilities   1,513,988    - 
Total liabilities   1,811,514    213,557 
           
Stockholders’ Deficit:          
Common stock, 150,000,000 shares authorized, no par value, 84,850,475 and 51,757,119 shares issued, respectively
84,022,744 and 51,757,119 shares outstanding, respectively
   19,641,632    20,835,112 
Accumulated deficit   (21,058,170)   (20,733,958)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss   (358,675)   (337,621)
Total REGI U.S., Inc. stockholders’ deficit   (1,775,213)   (236,467)
Non-controlling interest   54,783    25,418 
Total stockholders’ deficit   (1,720,430)   (211,049)
           
Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Deficit   91,084    2,508 

 

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

 

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REGI U.S., Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss

 

  

Year Ended

April 30, 2017

$

  

Year Ended

April 30, 2016

$

 
         
Operating Expenses:          
General and administration   158,135    108,424 
Research and development   136,168    41,037 
Loss from operations   (294,303)   (149,461)
           
Other income (expense):          
Interest income   -    231 
Interest expense   (16,672)   - 
Gain (loss) on settlement of debt   (13,244)   5,007 
Write-off of receivable from REGI US   -    (1,107,570)
Total other income (expense)   (29,916)   (1,102,332)
           
Net loss before non-controlling interest   (324,219)   (1,251,793)
Net (income) loss attributable to non-controlling interest   7    (9,600)
Net loss attributable to REGI U.S., Inc.   (324,212)   (1,261,393)
           
Loss per share – basic and diluted   (0.01)   (0.03)
           
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding – basic and diluted   58,080,545    49,329,670 
           
Comprehensive loss:          
Net loss   (324,219)   (1,251,793)
Translation adjustments   8,318    (106,183)
Comprehensive loss   (315,901)   (1,357,976)
Comprehensive income attributable to non-controlling interest   (29,365)   (15,036)
Comprehensive loss attributable to REGI U.S., Inc.   (345,266)   (1,373,012)

 

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

 

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REGI U.S., Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

 

   Year ended   Year Ended 
   April 30, 2017   April 30, 2016 
   $   $ 
Cash flows from operating activities          
Net loss   (324,219)   (1,251,793)
Adjustments to reconcile loss to net cash used in operating activities:          
Amortization of debt discount   773    - 
Loss (gain) on debt settlement   13,244    (5,007)
Unrealized loss on foreign exchange   -    6,772 
Depreciation expense   1,198    - 
Service settled with promissory notes   38,442    - 
Service settled with promissory notes – related party   40,000    - 
Write-off of receivable from REGI US   -    1,107,569 
Changes in non-cash working capital items:          
Taxes receivable   (396)   (951)
Prepaid expenses   (6,987)   20,081 
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities   (21,886)   21,791 
Due to related parties   50,535    73,495 
Net cash used in operating activities   (209,296)   (28,043)
Cash flows from investing activities          
Cash received from reverse merger   10,753    - 
Advances to REGI   -    (105,141)
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities   10,753    (105,141)
Cash flows from financing activities          
Issuance of convertible promissory notes   258,000    - 
Net cash provided by financing activities   258,000    - 
Foreign exchange effect   8,318    (12,243)
Increase (decrease) in cash   67,775    (145,427)
Cash and cash equivalent, beginning   43    145,470 
Cash and cash equivalent, ending   67,818    43 
Non-cash items          
Discount on convertible promissory notes for beneficial conversion features   18,872    - 
Related party debt settled with convertible promissory notes   741,941    - 
Shares issued for note conversion   31,405    - 
Reverse merger recapitalization   1,254,510    - 
Supplemental Disclosures          
Interest paid   -    - 
Income taxes paid   -    - 

 

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

 

F-5 

 

 

REGI U.S., Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Deficit

 

   Common
Shares
   Treasury
Shares
   Capital   Deficit   Accumulated Other
Comprehensive income
   Total
Stockholders’ equity (deficit)
   Non-controlling
Interest
   Total
Equity (Deficit)
 
   #   #   $   $   $   $   $   $ 
Balance – April 30, 2015   51,757,119        20,835,112    (19,472,565)   (226,003)   1,136,544    10,382    1,146,926 
Net comprehensive income (loss)               (1,261,393)   (111,618)   (1,373,011)   15,036    (1,357,975)
Balance – April 30, 2016   51,757,119        20,835,112    (20,733,958)   (337,621)   (236,467)   25,418    (211,049)
Foreign currency translation                      (21,054)   (21,054)   29,372    8,318 
Recapitalization adjustment   32,779,306    (827,731)   (1,243,757)   -    -    (1,243,757)   -    (1,243,757)
Shares issued for debt conversion   314,050        31,405    -    -    31,405    -    31,405 
Beneficial conversion feature   -        18,872    -    -    18,872    -    18,872 
Net loss   -        -    (324,212)   -    (324,212)   (7)   (324,219)
Balance – April 30, 2017   84,850,475    (827,731)   19,641,632    (21,058,170)   (358,675)   (1,775,213)   54,783    (1,720,430)

 

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

 

F-6 

 

 

REGI U.S., Inc.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

1. Nature of Business

 

REGI U.S., Inc. (“we”, “our”, the “Company”, “REGI”) has been engaged in the business of developing and building improved axial vane-type rotary devices for civilian, commercial and government applications with the marketing and intellectual rights in the U.S. Effective February 17, 2017 REGI purchased the worldwide marketing and intellectual rights, other than in the U.S., from Reg Technologies, Inc. (“Reg Tech”), a British Columbia company. No revenue has been derived to date and REGI’s planned principal operations have not commenced.

 

REGI formed a wholly-owned subsidiary, Rad Max Technologies, Inc., on April 10, 2007 in the State of Washington.

 

Effective February 17, 2017 REGI purchased all of Reg Tech’s assets including all rights to the technology with the issuance of 51,757,119 shares of REGI’s common stock.

 

Asset Purchase Agreement

 

On September 16, 2016, REGI entered into an asset purchase agreement (the “APA”) with Reg Tech, a public company whose common stock was listed on TSX Venture Exchange to purchase all of the assets of Reg Tech, a company with a common director and CEO with REGI with the issuance of 46,173,916 unregistered common shares of our Company. The APA was amended on February 14, 2017 to increase the consideration shares to an aggregate of 51,757,119 unregistered common shares of our Company and to amend the list of the assets purchased. The shares are issued as of the date of this report. The Amended APA is attached as an exhibit to this report. The transaction was closed on February 17, 2017 upon TSX Venture Exchange approval.

 

The transaction is accounted for as a reverse merger recapitalization wherein Reg Tech is considered to be the accounting acquirer. The prior year results of operations and cash flows are those of Reg Tech for all periods presented.

 

Upon closing of the asset purchase agreement, all assets of Reg Tech except GST receivable were transferred from Reg Tech to REGI. In addition, upon closing of the APA, all assets, liabilities, and equity instruments of REGI were incorporated into the surviving company. The net adjustment to additional paid in capital for the asset purchase was a decrease of $1,243,757. The net cash received from the reverse merger was $10,753.

 

F-7 

 

 

The following table summarizes the assets and liabilities of REGI U.S. on February 17, 2017:

 

Cash  $10,753 
Prepaid   2,000 
Furniture and equipment, net   15,477 
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities   (217,043)
Due to related parties   (843,703)
Convertible promissory notes   (351,586)
Convertible promissory notes – related parties   (118,874)
Net assets  $(1,502,976)

 

The following table summarizes the assets and liabilities of Reg Tech on February 17, 2017 that were not assumed in the transaction:

 

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities  $(86,736)
Due to related parties   (172,483)
Net Liabilities  $(259,219)

 

2. Significant Accounting Policies

 

Principles of consolidation

 

These financial statements include the accounts of the Company, its wholly owned subsidiary RadMax Technologies, Inc., and its 51% owned subsidiary Rand Energy Group Inc. (“Rand”), which ownership was purchased from Reg Tech effective February 17, 2017.

 

All significant inter-company balances and transactions have been eliminated upon consolidation.

 

The financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

 

Investment in associates

 

Investments in which the Company has the ability to exert significant influence but does not have control are accounted for using the equity method whereby the original cost of the investment is adjusted annually for the Company’s share of earnings, losses and dividends during the current year.

 

As part of the APA the Company purchased from Reg Tech and owns 26.1% of equity interest in Minewest Silver and Gold Inc. (“Minewest”), a British Columbia company. Minewest owns a 70% interest subject to a 10% Net Profits Interest in mining property in British Columbia. As at the date of the asset purchase and the date of this report, Minewest is inactive due to lack of funding. As a result, the assets were impaired and no transactions are recorded for Minewest during the year ended April 30, 2017.

 

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Risks and uncertainties

 

The Company operates in an emerging industry that is subject to market acceptance and technological change. The Company’s operations are subject to significant risks and uncertainties, including financial, operational, technological and other risks associated with operating an emerging business, including the potential risk of business failure.

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

Cash and cash equivalents include highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less.

 

Property, plant and equipment

 

Property and equipment are stated at cost, which includes the acquisition price and any direct costs to bring the asset into use at its intended location, less accumulated amortization.

 

Depreciation of property and equipment is calculated using the straight-line method to write off the cost, net of any estimated residual value, over their estimated useful lives of the assets as follows: Office equipment 5 years and electronic equipment 2 years. Depreciation of office equipment is included in general and administrative expenses; Depreciation of research equipment is included in research and development expense. During the year ended April 30, 2017 depreciation of $1,198 was recorded on the research equipment.

 

Financial instruments

 

Fair Value

 

The carrying values of cash and cash equivalents, amounts due to related parties and accounts payable approximate their fair values because of the short-term maturity of these financial instruments.

 

ASC Topic 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures,” requires disclosure of the fair value of financial instruments held by the Company. ASC Topic 825, “Financial Instruments,” defines fair value, and establishes a three-level valuation hierarchy for disclosures of fair value measurement that enhances disclosure requirements for fair value measures. The three levels of valuation hierarchy are defined as follows:

 

  - Level 1 inputs to the valuation methodology are quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets.
     
  - Level 2 inputs to the valuation methodology include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, and inputs that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the financial instrument.
     
  - Level 3 inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable and significant to the fair value measurement.

 

Interest Rate Risk

 

The Company is not exposed to significant interest rate risk due to the short-term maturity of its monetary assets and liabilities.

 

Credit Risk

 

The Company’s financial asset that is exposed to credit risk consists primarily of cash. To manage the risk, cash is placed with major financial institutions.

 

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Currency Risk

 

The Company’s functional currency is the Canadian dollar for Reg Tech and US dollar for REGI and the reporting currency is the US dollar.

 

Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated using the exchange rate prevailing at the balance sheet date. Gains and losses arising on translation or settlement of foreign currency denominated transactions or balances are included in the determination of income. Foreign currency transactions are primarily undertaken in US dollars. The Company has not, to the date of these consolidated financial statements, entered into derivative instruments to offset the impact of foreign currency fluctuations.

 

For reporting purposes assets and liabilities with Canadian dollar as functional currency are translated into US dollar at the period end rates of exchange, and the results of the operations are translated at average rates of exchange for the period. The resulting translation adjustments are included in accumulated other comprehensive income in shareholders’ equity.

 

Income taxes

 

Deferred income taxes are reported for timing differences between items of income or expense reported in the consolidated financial statements and those reported for income tax purposes in accordance with ASC 740, “Income Taxes”, which requires the use of the asset/liability method of accounting for income taxes. Deferred income taxes and tax benefits are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases, and for tax losses and credit carry-forwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The Company provides for deferred taxes for the estimated future tax effects attributable to temporary differences and carry-forwards when realization is more likely than not.

 

Basic and diluted net loss per share

 

Basic EPS is computed by dividing net income (loss) available to common shareholders (numerator) by the weighted average number of shares outstanding (denominator) during the period. Diluted EPS gives effect to all dilutive potential common shares outstanding during the period using the treasury stock method and convertible debt using the if-converted method. In computing diluted EPS, the average stock price for the period is used in determining the number of shares assumed to be purchased from the exercise of stock options or warrants. Diluted EPS excludes all dilutive potential shares if their effect is anti-dilutive.

 

Stock-based compensation

 

The Company accounts for stock based compensation in accordance with FASB ASC 718 which establishes the accounting treatment for transactions in which an entity exchanges its equity instruments for goods or services. Under the provisions of FASB ASC 718, share-based payment compensation is measured at the grant date, based on the fair value of the award, and is recognized as an expense over the requisite service period (generally the vesting period). The Company accounts for share-based payments to non-employees in accordance with FASB ASC 505-50.

 

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Use of estimates

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenditures during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from these estimates. The Company regularly evaluates estimates and assumptions related to useful life and recoverability of long-lived assets, stock-based compensation and deferred income tax asset valuation allowances. The Company bases its estimates and assumptions on current facts, historical experience and various other factors that it believes to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities, and the accrual of costs and expenses that are not readily apparent from other sources. The actual results experienced by the Company may differ materially and adversely from the Company’s estimates. To the extent there are material differences between the estimates and the actual results, future results of operations will be affected.

 

Research and development costs

 

Research and development costs are expensed as incurred.

 

Related Parties

 

In accordance with ASC 850 “Related Party Disclosure”, a party is considered to be related to the Company if the party directly or indirectly or through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with the Company. Related parties also include principal owners of the Company, its management, members of the immediate families of principal owners of the Company and its management and other parties with which the Company may deal with if one party controls or can significantly influence the management or operating policies of the other to an extent that one of the transacting parties might be prevented from fully pursuing its own separate interests.

 

Recent accounting pronouncements

 

The Company has implemented all new accounting pronouncements that are in effect and that may impact its financial statements. The Company does not believe that there are any other new accounting pronouncements that have been issued that might have a material impact on its financial position or results of operations.

 

3.Going Concern

 

The Company incurred net losses of $324,219 for the year ended April 30, 2017 and has a working capital deficit of $220,721 and an accumulated deficit of $21,058,170 at April 30, 2017. These factors raise substantial doubt about the ability of the Company to continue as a going concern. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty. As a result, the Company’s consolidated financial statements as of April 30, 2017 and for the year ended have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the settlement of liabilities and commitments in the normal course of business.

 

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The Company also receives interim support from related parties and plans to raise additional capital through debt and/or equity financings. There is no assurance that any of these activities will be successful. There continues to be insufficient funds to provide enough working capital to fund ongoing operations for the next twelve months.

 

4.Secured Convertible Promissory Notes

 

As of April 30, 2017, REGI has outstanding senior secured convertible promissory notes (the “Convertible Notes”) of $877,449 (net of unamortized discount of $9,888) issued to related parties and $636,539 (net of unamortized discount of $12,944) issued to non-related parties. As of February 17, 2017, REGI has outstanding senior secured convertible promissory notes of $118,874 (net of unamortized discount of $3,278) issued to related parties and $351,586 (net of unamortized discount of $1,455) issued to non-related parties. During the period from February 17, 2017 to April 30, 2017, the Company issued convertible notes for cash proceeds of $258,000, services debt provided by non-related parties for $38,442, service debt provided by related parties for $40,000 and recorded loss on settlement of debt for $13,244 as $741,941 of related payables are settled for $755,185 of convertible notes. The Convertible Notes are secured against all assets of the Company, repayable two years after the issuance, bearing simple interest rate of 10% during the term of the notes and simple interest rate of 20% after the due date. As of April 30, 2017, $755,185, $15,500, $573,635, $60,000 and $132,500 of the promissory notes are convertible at any time on or after ninety days from the issuance date into the Company’s common stocks at $0.755, $0.12, $0.10, $0.09 and $0.08 per share respectively.

 

The Company analyzed the conversion option in the notes for derivative accounting treatment under ASC Topic 815, “Derivatives and Hedging,” and determined that the instrument does not qualify for derivative accounting.

 

The Company determined that the conversion option was subject to a beneficial conversion feature and recorded a total beneficial conversion feature of $18,872, and amortization of the beneficial conversion feature of $773 as interest expense from February 18, 2017 to April 30, 2017.

 

5.Related Parties

 

Amounts due to related parties are unsecured, non-interest bearing and due on demand. Related parties consist of the directors and officers and a former director of REGI and companies controlled or significantly influenced by these parties. As of April 30, 2017, there was $77,560 due to related parties. As of April 30, 2016, there was $97,746 due to related parties.

 

6.Stockholders’ Equity

 

a)Common Stock

 

On January 6, 2017, the Company’s annual and special meeting of stockholders approved the amendment to the Company’s articles that increased the authorized common shares from 100,000,000 to 150,000,000.

 

On September 16, 2016, the Company entered into the APA with Reg Tech to purchase all of the assets of Reg Tech. An aggregate of 51,757,119 unregistered common shares of our company were issued as consideration for the asset purchase.

 

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During the year ended April 30, 2017 related party convertible promissory note of $30,000 and its accrued interest of $1,405 were converted into 314,050 shares REGI’s common stock at $0.10 per share.

 

Treasury Shares

 

At April 30, 2017, Rand Energy owned 827,731 shares of the Company’s common stock which have been deducted from the total shares outstanding.

 

There was no common stock transaction during the year ended April 30, 2016.

 

b)Common Stock Options and Warrants

 

On August 12, 2016, REGI granted an aggregate of 3,700,000 common stock options for services. These options vest upon grant, expire on July 20, 2021 and are exercisable at the following prices:

 

Options   Exercise price 
 900,000   $0.10 
 600,000   $0.20 
 550,000   $0.35 
 450,000   $0.50 
 350,000   $0.75 
 350,000   $1.00 
 250,000   $1.25 
 250,000   $1.50 
 3,700,000      

 

On January 1, 2017, REGI granted an aggregate of 3,500,000 common stock options for services. These options vest upon grant, expire on January 1, 2022 and are exercisable at the following prices:

 

Options   Exercise price 
 2,500,000   $0.10 
 300,000   $0.20 
 300,000   $0.35 
 300,000   $0.50 
 100,000   $0.75 
 3,500,000      

 

A summary of REGI’s stock option activities for the years ended April 30, 2017 and 2016 are as follows:

 

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   Year Ended   Year Ended 
   April 30, 2017   April 30, 2016 
       Weighted       Weighted 
       Average       Average 
       Exercise       Exercise 
   Options   Price   Options   Price 
Outstanding at beginning of period   1,938,000   $0.15    2,488,000   $0.15 
Granted   7,200,000    0.36    -    - 
Expired   -    -    (50,000)   0.10 
Forfeited   -    -    (500,000)   0.17 
Outstanding at end of period   9,138,000    0.31    1,938,000    0.15 
Exercisable at end of period   7,684,500   $0.34    484,500   $0.15 

 

The weighted average remaining contractual life of the options was 3.61 and 1.5 years at April 30, 2017 and 2016 respectively.

 

At April 30, 2017, the Company had $28,740 of total unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested stock options and warrants, which will be recognized over future periods. The intrinsic value of “in the money” exercisable options at April 30, 2017 and April 30, 2016 was $145,580 and $Nil, respectively.

 

A summary of REGI’s common stock warrant activity for the years ended April 30, 2017 and April 30, 2016 is as follows:

 

   Year Ended   Year Ended 
   April 30, 2017   April 30, 2016 
       Weighted       Weighted 
       Average       Average 
       Exercise       Exercise 
   Warrants   Price   Warrants   Price 
Outstanding at beginning of period   200,000   $0.25    1,709,333   $0.19 
Expired   (200,000)   0.25    (1,509,333)   0.19 
Outstanding at end of period   0    0.25    200,000    0.25 
Exercisable at end of period   0   $0.25    200,000   $0.25 

 

At April 30, 2017, there were no warrants outstanding. At April 30, 2016, the weighted average remaining contractual life of the outstanding warrants was 0.85 years. The intrinsic value of “in the money” exercisable warrants at April 30, 2017 and April 30, 2016 was $Nil and $Nil, respectively.

 

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7.Commitments

 

Pursuant to a letter of understanding dated December 13, 1993 between REGI, Rand and Reg (collectively called the grantors) and West Virginia University Research Corporation (“WVURC”), the grantors have agreed that WVURC shall own 5% of all patented technology with regards to RC/DC Engine technology and will receive 5% of all net profits from sales, licenses, royalties or income derived from the patented technology. To date, no sales have been accrued and no royalties have been accrued or paid.

 

Pursuant to an agreement dated August 20, 1992, REGI acquired the U.S. rights to the original RC/DC Engine from Rand. REGI will pay Rand and the original owner a net profit royalty of 5% and 1%, respectively. To date no sales have been accrued and no royalties have been accrued or paid.

 

8.Income Taxes

 

The Company uses the liability method, where deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on the expected future tax consequences of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial and income tax reporting purposes.

 

During the post-reverse merger period of February 18, 2017 through April 30, 2017, the Company incurred a net loss, and, therefore, had no tax liability. The cumulative net operating loss carry-forward is approximately $267,672 for the year ended April 2017 and will begin expiring in 2037. Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code generally imposes an annual limitation on the amount of net operating loss carryforwards that may be used to offset taxable income when a corporation has undergone significant changes in its stock ownership. The $267,672 estimate of net operating loss carry- forward is calculated after we consider the effect of Section 382.

 

Deferred tax assets consist of the tax effect of NOL carry-forwards. The Company has provided a full valuation allowance on the deferred tax assets because of the uncertainty regarding its realizability. Deferred tax assets consist of the following:

 

The composition of REGI’s deferred tax assets at April 30, 2017 and 2016 is as follows:

 

   April 30, 
   2017   2016 
         
Net operating loss carry forward  $267,672   $- 
           
Deferred tax asset  $93,685   $- 
Less: Valuation allowance   (93,685)   - 
           
Net deferred tax asset  $-   $- 

 

9.Subsequent Event

 

Subsequent to April 30, 2017, convertible loans of $757,852 were issued. The convertible notes are secured against all assets of the Company, repayable two years after the issuance, bearing simple interest rate of 10% during the term of the notes and simple interest rate of 20% after the due date. $717,852 and $40,000 of the promissory notes are convertible at any time on or after ninety days from the issuance date into the Company’s common stocks at $0.10 and $0.12 per share respectively.

 

During May 2017, 155,000 shares were issued for options exercised at $0.10 per share.

 

During June 2017, 350,000 shares were issued to directors and officers of the Company.

 

From June to September 2017, 55,892 and 403,323 shares of the Company’s common stock were issued for convertible promissory notes at $0.08 and $0.10 per share respectively, and $8,652 was repaid for convertible loan redemption.

 

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ITEM 9: CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

 

None.

 

ITEM 9A: CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

(a)       Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

We maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports that we file with the SEC under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive and financial officers, as appropriate, to allow for timely decisions regarding required disclosure. As required by SEC Rule 15d-15(b), we carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report.

 

Based upon that evaluation, management has concluded that our current disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of April 30, 2017. The conclusion that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective was due to the presence of material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting as identified below. Management anticipates that disclosure controls and procedures will not be effective until the material weaknesses are remediated. Our Company intends to remediate the weaknesses as set out below:

 

- There is a lack of sufficient accounting staff due to the size of the Company, resulting in a lack of segregation of duties necessary for an effective internal control system.
   
- There is a lack of control processes which provide for multiple levels of supervision and review.

 

(b)       Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

 

Internal control over financial reporting refers to the process designed by, or under the supervision of, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, and effected by our board of directors, management and other personnel, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of consolidated financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and includes those policies and procedures that:

 

  (1) Pertain to the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of our assets;
     
  (2) Provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that our receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorization of our management and directors; and
     
  (3) Provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisitions, use or disposition of our assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

 

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Internal control over financial reporting cannot provide absolute assurance of achieving financial reporting objectives because of its inherent limitations. Internal control over financial reporting is a process that involves human diligence and compliance and is subject to lapses in judgment and breakdowns resulting from human failures. Internal control over financial reporting also can be circumvented by collusion or improper management override. Because of such limitations, there is a risk that material misstatements may not be prevented or detected on a timely basis by internal control over financial reporting. However, these inherent limitations are known features of the financial reporting process. Therefore, it is possible to design into the process safeguards to reduce, though not eliminate, this risk. Management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting for the Company.

 

Management has used the framework set forth in the report entitled Internal Control-Integrated Framework published by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission, known as COSO (2013 edition), to evaluate the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting.

 

Based on this assessment the management concludes that our internal control system is ineffective and material weakness are noted due to lack of segregation of duties. There is also a lack of control processes in place which provide for multiple levels of supervision and review in key areas.

 

(c)       Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

 

During the year ended April 30, 2017, there were no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

ITEM 9B. OTHER INFORMATION.

 

None.

 

PART III

 

ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

 

Directors and Executive Officers

 

The following table sets forth the name and position of each of our Executive Officers and Directors:

 

Name  Position
Paul Chute  Director, President and Chief Executive Officer
Paul Porter  Director and VP Engineering
Jin Liu  Director
Shaojun Zhang  Director
Susanne Robertson  Director
Victoria Huang  Chief Financial Officer

 

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Business Experience, Principal Occupation of Directors and Family Relationships

 

The following individuals served as directors and executive officers of our company during the year ended April 30, 2017.

 

Paul Chute – Director, President and Chief Executive Officer

 

Mr. Chute has a lifetime of experience in making development stage companies successful, serving as both CFO and CEO of both private and public companies. Mr Chute’s strong belief in the potential of the RadMax technology has led him to come out of recent retirement to move the companies forward and focus on refining, testing and marketing the RadMax Engine. Mr. Chute was appointed a director and the Chief Executive Officer of the Company on July 17, 2016. Mr. Chute also serves as a director and the Chief Executive Officer of Reg Technologies Inc. Mr. Chute has his Bachelor of Science degree in accounting and his MBA degree. Mr. Chute expects to devote 100% of his time to the joint operations of Reg Technologies Inc. and REGI, US.

 

Paul Porter – Director

 

Mr. Porter was appointed a director in August, 2013. Mr. Porter had served as our Chief Engineer prior to his appointment. Mr. Porter has extensive experience as an expert mechanical engineer in the manufacturing and designing of seals. Mr. Porter was the founder and President of JetSeal, Inc., a manufacturing engineering tool and producing design firm. JetSeal, Inc. was sold to Heico Corp. (HEI) an aerospace company in the late 1990’s when the company was under Porter’s ownership. Prior, he was a manufacturing manager for Parker Seal Group, a Fortune 500 Company.

 

Victoria Huang – Chief Financial Officer

 

Ms. Huang was appointed the Chief Financial Officer on July 17, 2016. Ms. Huang is a chartered accountant of British Columbia and has her First Class Honours Degree in Finance and Accounting. Ms. Huang was an auditor of Canadian and US public companies and has been a consultant for the Company since 2010. Ms. Huang expects to devote 40% of her time to the operations of the Company.

 

Susanne M. Robertson – Director, former Chief Financial Officer

 

Mrs. Robertson was appointed a director of our company since January 6, 2017. She was a director of Reg Tech. She is also a director of Linux Gold Corp., Minewest Silver and Gold Inc. and Teryl Resources Corp. Mrs. Robertson resigned as the Chief Financial Officer on July 17, 2016.

 

Jina Liu - Director

 

Ms. Liu was appointed as a director of the Company on January 6, 2017. She is currently the President of Canada-China Federation of Entrepreneurs. Canada-China Federation of Entrepreneurs is mainly focused on building bridges for cooperation and communication for both Chinese and Canadian entrepreneurs, contributing to the promotion of Canada-China economic cooperation and development. Previously, Ms. Liu served as the Executive President of SinoCann Entrepreneurs Association, the Vice President of Canada China Environmental Technology Development Association, and the Honorary President of Canada & China Association of Educators.

 

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Mr. Shaojun Zhang - Director

 

Mr. Zhang was appointed as a director of the Company on January 6, 2017. Mr. Zhang has been the Chairman of China Zhongling Hangke New Energy Group Limited (“Zhongling”) since February 2012. Zhongling is an organization engaged in research and development of new energy solutions. Prior thereto, Mr. Zhang was the CEO of the Natural Brand Strategy Network, based in Beijing, China, from January 2007. From January 2003 to January 2007, Mr. Zhang was the President of Jun Xin Mining Group based in Guangxi, China.

 

John G. Robertson – Director and CEO and President, resigned on July 17, 2016

 

James L. Vandeberg – Director, resigned on August 2, 2016

 

Thomas Robertson, - Directors, directorship terminated on January 6, 2017

 

Involvement in certain legal proceedings

 

Our directors, executive officers and control persons have not been involved in any of the following events during the past ten years:

 

(1) filed a petition under the federal bankruptcy laws or any state insolvency law, nor had a receiver, fiscal agent or similar officer appointed by a court for the business or present of such a person, or any partnership in which he was a general partner at or within two years before the time of such filing, or any corporation or business association of which he was an executive officer within two years before the time of such filing;
   
(2) was convicted in a criminal proceeding or named subject of a pending criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations and other minor offenses);
   
(3) was the subject of any order, judgment or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any court of competent jurisdiction, permanently or temporarily enjoining him from or otherwise limiting the following activities: (i) acting as a futures commission merchant, introducing broker, commodity trading advisor, commodity pool operator, floor broker, leverage transaction merchant, associated person of any of the foregoing, or as an investment advisor, underwriter, broker or dealer in securities, or as an affiliated person, director of any investment company, or engaging in or continuing any conduct or practice in connection with such activity; (ii) engaging in any type of business practice; (iii) engaging in any activity in connection with the purchase or sale of any security or commodity or in connection with any violation of federal or state securities laws or federal commodity laws;
   
(4) was the subject of any order, judgment or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any federal or state authority barring, suspending or otherwise limiting for more than 60 days the right of such person to engage in any activity described above under this Item, or to be associated with persons engaged in any such activity;
   
(5) was found by a court of competent jurisdiction in a civil action or by the Securities and Exchange Commission to have violated any federal or state securities law and the judgment in subsequently reversed, suspended or vacate;
   
(6) was found by a court of competent jurisdiction in a civil action or by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to have violated any federal commodities law, and the judgment in such civil action or finding by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has not been subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated;

 

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(7) was the subject of, or a party to, any Federal or State judicial or administrative order, judgment, decree, or finding, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, relating to an alleged violation of: (i) any Federal or State securities or commodities law or regulation; or (ii) any law or regulation respecting financial institutions or insurance companies including, but not limited to, a temporary or permanent injunction, order of disgorgement or restitution, civil money penalty or temporary or permanent cease-and-desist order, or removal or prohibition order; or (iii) Any law or regulation prohibiting mail or wire fraud or fraud in connection with any business entity;
   
(8) was the subject of, or a party to, any sanction or order, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any self-regulatory organization (as defined in Section 3(a)(26) of the Exchange Act (15 U.S.C. 78c(a)(26))), any registered entity (as defined in Section 1(a)(29) of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1(a)(29))), or any equivalent exchange, association, entity or organization that has disciplinary authority over its members or persons associated with a member.

 

Term of Office

 

The term of office of the current directors are expected to continue until new directors are elected or appointed at an annual meeting of shareholders.

 

Committees of the Board and Financial Expert

 

Audit Committee

 

The Company currently does not have an audit committee.

 

Our Board of Directors believes that due to our small size it is not necessary to have such committees as the functions of such committees are performed by the Board of Directors.

 

Code of Ethics

 

The Company’s board of directors is committed to encouraging and promoting a culture of ethical business conduct and integrity throughout the Company. In order to achieve this objective, efforts are made to the implementation, monitoring and enforcement of the Company’s Code of Business Conduct and Ethics (“Code”). This is accomplished by: (a) taking prompt action against violations of the Code; ensuring employees and consultants are aware that they may discuss their concerns with their supervisor or directly to the Compliance Officer; the Compliance Officer reporting suspected fraud or securities law violations for review by the Audit Committee and reporting same to the Board of Directors. The Company distributes to each new director, officer, employee and consultant the Company’s Code.

 

No waivers of any provision of this Code of Business Conduct and Ethics may be made except by the Board of Directors. Any waiver or amendment shall be reported as required by law or regulation. There have been no waivers of the Code since its implementation.

 

A copy of the Code is available from the Company on written request, and the text of the code of business conduct and ethics was filed as an exhibit to our form 10-K for the year ended April 30, 2011 and posted on the Company’s website at www.regtech.com.

 

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Assessments

 

The board of directors is ultimately responsible for the stewardship of the Company, which means that it oversees the day-to-day management delegated to the President and Chief Executive Officer and the other officers of the Company. The board is charged with the responsibility of assessing the effectiveness of itself, its committee(s) and the contributions of individual directors.

 

The Corporate Governance Policy was constituted by the board of directors to assist the Board and its officers, employees, and consultants to fulfill fundamental issues including: (a) the regular assessment of the Company’s approach to corporate governance issues; (b) ensuring that such approach supports the effective functioning of the Company with a view to the best interests of the Company’s shareholders and effective communication between the board of directors and management of the Company; and (c) the process, structure and effective system of accountability by management to the board of directors and by the board to the shareholders, in accordance with applicable laws, regulations and industry standards for good governance practices. A copy of the Corporate Governance Policy is available on our website at www.regtech.com.

 

Compliance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires our executive officers and directors and persons who own more than 10% of a registered class of our equity securities to file with the SEC initial statements of beneficial ownership, reports of changes in ownership and annual reports concerning their ownership of our common stock and other equity securities, on Forms 3, 4 and 5 respectively. Executive officers, directors and greater than 10% shareholders are required by the SEC regulations to furnish us with copies of all Section 16(a) reports that they file.

 

Based solely on our review of the copies of such forms received by us, or written representations from certain reporting persons, we believe that all filing requirements applicable to our officers, directors and greater than 10% beneficial owners were complied with.

 

STATEMENT OF EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

 

The Company is required, under applicable securities legislation in Canada, to disclose to its Shareholders details of compensation paid to its directors and officers. The following fairly reflects all material information regarding compensation paid by the Company to its directors and officers, which information has been disclosed to the Company’s Shareholders in accordance with applicable Canadian law.

 

Executive Compensation

 

Compensation Discussion and Analysis

 

The Company’s executive officers make recommendations to the board of directors regarding compensation policies and the compensation of senior officers. The Company does not have a Compensation Committee. The compensation of the senior executives comprises two components; namely, a base salary or consulting fees and the grant of stock options pursuant to the Company’s stock option plan which is more particularly outlined below under the Option-based Awards section. These forms of compensation are chosen to attract, retain and motivate the performance of selected directors, officers, employees or consultants of the Company of high caliber and potential. Each senior executive is employed for his or her skills to perform specific tasks and the base salary and number of options is fixed accordingly.

 

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Summary Compensation Table

 

Named Executive Officer mean the Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”), the Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) or any individual acting in a similar capacity or function, regardless of the amount of compensation of that individual and each of the Company’s two most highly compensated executive officers, other than the CEO and CFO, or three two highly compensated individuals acting in similar capacities, who were serving as executive officers, or in a similar capacity, at the end of the most recent financial year and whose compensation exceeds $100,000, and such individuals who would be an NEO but for the fact that they were not serving as an executive officer or in a similar capacity at the end of that financial year.

 

During the Company’s last completed financial year ended April 30, 2017, the Company had two Named Executive Officers: Mr. Paul Chute, CEO and Ms. Victoria Huang, CFO.

 

The following table (presented in accordance with Item 402 of Regulation S-K – Executive Compensation) sets forth all annual, long term and other compensation for services in all capacities to the Company and its subsidiaries payable to the NEOs for the three financial years ended April 30, 2017, 2016 and 2015 (to the extent required by the Regulations) in respect of the Named Executive Officers:

 

                                  Non-equity incentive                  
                                  plan compensation                  
                                Annual   Long-                    
Name and   Year                 Share-     Option-     incen-   term           All other     Total  
Principal   Ended                  based     Based     tive   incentive     Pension     Compen-     compens  
Position    April 30     Salary     Bonus     Awards     Awards     plans   plans     value     sation     ation  
      ($)     ($)     ($)     ($)(6)     ($)   ($)     ($)     ($)(2)     ($)  
Paul,     2017       82,000       Nil       Nil       58,194     Nil     Nil       Nil       Nil       140,194  

Chute

    2016       NA       NA       NA       NA     NA     NA       NA       NA       NA  
CEO(1)     2015       NA       NA       NA       NA     NA     NA       NA       NA       NA  
                                                                             
Victoria     2017       62,000       Nil       Nil       29,259     Nil     Nil       Nil       Nil       91,259  
Huang CEO     2016       NA       NA       NA       NA     NA     NA       NA       NA       NA  
      2015       NA       NA       NA       NA     NA     NA       NA       NA       NA  
                                                                             
John G.     2017       Nil       Nil       Nil       Nil     Nil     Nil       Nil       Nil       Nil  
Robertson,     2016       Nil       Nil       Nil       Nil     Nil     Nil       Nil       22,500       22,500  
CEO(2)(3)     2015       Nil       Nil       Nil       Nil     Nil     Nil       Nil       30,000       30,000  
                                                                             

James Vandeberg

    2017       NA       NA       NA       NA     NA     NA       NA       NA       NA  

Former

    2016       NA       NA       NA       NA     NA     NA       NA       NA       NA  
CFO(4)     2015       Nil       Nil       Nil       Nil     NA     NA       NA       NA       NA  
                                                                             
Susanne Robertson,     2017       Nil       Nil       Nil       Nil     Nil     Nil       Nil       Nil       Nil  

Former

    2016       Nil       Nil       Nil       Nil     Nil     Nil       Nil       Nil       Nil  
CFO(5)     2015       Nil       Nil       Nil       Nil     Nil     Nil       Nil       Nil       Nil  

 

(1)Mr. Paul Chute is also a director and did not receive compensation in that capacity.
(2)Mr. Robertson was also a director and did not receive compensation in that capacity.
(3)Access Information Services, Inc., a Washington corporation which is owned and controlled by the Robertson Family Trust, accrued $2,500 per month for management services until January 31, 2016. Mr. Robertson was a trustee of the Robertson Family Trust.
(4)Mr. Vandeberg resigned as the CFO of the Company on November 11, 2014. He was also a director until August 2, 2016 and did not receive compensation in that capacity.
(5)Mrs. Robertson was appointed as the CFO of the Company on November 11, 2014 and resigned on July 17, 2016.
(6)The valuation of the fair value of the options at the time of the grant is based on the Black Scholes model and includes the following assumptions; weighted average risk free rate, weighted average expected life, expected volatility and dividend yield.

 

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Narrative Discussion

 

The Company does not have a share-based award plan other than the stock option plan referred to above. The Company also does not have a pension plan or a long term incentive plan. Other than John Robertson, as described below in the Narrative Description – Directors reported in the Directors’ Compensation table below, no directors, who were not NEO’s of the Company were compensated during the financial year ended April 30, 2017 for services in their capacity as directors.

 

A management fee was payable, but accrued to Access Information Inc., a company controlled by Mr. Robertson. Other than as herein set forth, the Company did not pay any compensation to its directors or Named Executive Officers.

 

Employment Contracts and Termination of Employment

 

In Accordance with Mr. Paul Chute’s management agreement with the Company, Mr. Chute received $7,000 per month from July 1 to December 31, 2016 and $10,000 per month from January 1 to April 30, 2017.

 

In Accordance with Ms. Victoria Huang’s management agreement with the Company, Ms. Huang received $5,000 per month from July 1 to December 31, 2016 and $8,000 per month from January 1 to April 30, 2017.

 

Refer also to the Compensation Discussion and Analysis section above.

 

Incentive Plan Awards

 

Narrative Discussion

 

As reported above under the Summary Compensation Table, the Company does not have a share-based award plan or a long term incentive plan. Information with respect to the grant of stock options is more particularly described above in the Option-based Awards and Compensation Discussion and Analysis sections.

 

Outstanding Option-Based Awards and Share-Based Awards

 

The grant of option-based awards to the senior executives is determined by the recommendation of executive officers to the board of directors pursuant to the terms of the stock option plan referred to below. Previous grants of option-based awards are taken into account when considering new grants.

 

The options are always granted at or above market price. The valuation of the fair value of the options at the time of the grant is based on the Black Scholes model and includes the following assumptions: weighted average risk free rate, weighted average expected life, expected volatility and dividend yield.

 

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The following table sets out the option-based awards that were outstanding as at April 30, 2017:

 

   Option-based Awards   Stock-based Awards
                  Number of     
   Number of              shares or    Market or
   securities          Value of   units of    payout value of
   underlying   Option      unexercised   shares    share-based
   unexercised   exercise   Option  in-the-money   that have    awards that
Name  options   price   expiration date  options   not vested    have not vested
   (#)   ($)      ($)   (#)    ($)
Paul   150,000   $0.10   All expire on   6,000   Nil    Nil
Chute   150,000   $0.20   July 20, 2021   Nil   Nil    Nil
    125,000   $0.35       Nil   Nil    Nil
    125,000   $0.50       Nil   Nil    Nil
    100,000   $0.75       Nil   Nil    Nil
    100,000   $1.00       Nil   Nil    Nil
    125,000   $1.25       Nil   Nil    Nil
    125,000   $1.50       Nil   Nil    Nil
Victoria  $0.10   $0.10   All expire on   4,000   Nil    Nil
Huang  $0.20   $0.20   July 20, 2021   Nil   Nil    Nil
   $0.35   $0.35       Nil   Nil    Nil
   $0.50   $0.50       Nil   Nil    Nil
   $0.75   $0.75       Nil   Nil    Nil
   $1.00   $1.00       Nil   Nil    Nil

 

Incentive Plan Awards – value vested or earned during the year

 

Pension Plan Benefits

 

As reported under the Summary Compensation Table, the Company does not maintain a Pension Plan for its employees and therefore no benefits were received.

 

Termination of Employment or Change of Control

 

Other than as described in the Narrative Discussion section under the Summary Compensation Table, the Company has no plans or arrangements with respect to remuneration received or that may be received by the Named Executive Officers during the Company’s most recently completed financial year or current financial year in view of compensating such officers in the event of termination of employment (as a result of resignation, retirement, change of control, etc.) or a change in responsibilities following a change of control, where the value of such compensation exceeds $100,000 per executive officer.

 

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DIRECTOR COMPENSATION

 

Director Compensation Table

 

The following table sets forth all compensation provided to the directors for the year ended April 30, 2017.

 

           Share-   Option-   Annual   Long-term            
   Year       based   Based   incentive   incen-tive   Pension   All other  Total 
   Ended   Salary   Awards   Awards   plans   plans   value   compensation  compensation 
Name  30-Apr   ($)   ($)   ($) (6)   ($)   ($)   ($)   ($)  ($) 
    2017    Nil    Nil    58,194    Nil    Nil    Nil   Nil   58,194 
Paul Porter (4) (5)   2016    Nil    Nil    Nil    Nil    Nil    Nil   Nil   Nil 
    2015    NA    NA    NA    NA    NA    NA   NA   NA 
                                            
    2017    Nil    Nil    Nil    Nil    Nil    Nil   Nil   Nil 
Paul Chute   2016    NA    NA    NA    NA    NA    NA   NA   NA 
    2015    NA    NA    NA    NA    NA    NA   NA   NA 
                                            
    2017    Nil    Nil    Nil    Nil    Nil    Nil   Nil   Nil 
Susanne Robertson   2016    NA    NA    NA    NA    NA    NA   NA   NA 
    2015    NA    NA    NA    NA    NA    NA   NA   NA 
                                            
    2017    Nil    Nil    19,561    Nil    Nil    Nil   Nil   19,561 
Jina Liu   2016    NA    NA    NA    NA    NA    NA   NA   NA 
    2015    NA    NA    NA    NA    NA    NA   NA   NA 
                                            
    2017    Nil    Nil    88,025    Nil    Nil    Nil   Nil   88,025 
Shaojun Zhang   2016    NA    NA    NA    NA    NA    NA   NA   NA 
    2015    NA    NA    NA    NA    NA    NA   NA   NA 
                                            
                                            
    2017    Nil    Nil    Nil    Nil    Nil    Nil   Nil   Nil 
John G. Robertson,   2016    Nil    Nil    Nil    Nil    Nil    Nil   Nil   Nil 
CEO(1)(2)   2015    Nil    Nil    Nil    Nil    Nil    Nil   Nil   Nil 
                                            
   2017    Nil    Nil    Nil    Nil    Nil    Nil   Nil   Nil 
James Vandeberg,   2016    Nil    Nil    Nil    Nil    Nil    Nil   Nil   Nil 
CFO(3)    2015    Nil    Nil    Nil    Nil    Nil    Nil   Nil   Nil 

 

The Company does not have a share-based award plan for the directors other than the stock option plan, details of which are provided below under Outstanding Option-Based Awards, Share- Based Awards and Non-equity Incentive Plan Compensation. The Company also does not have a pension plan or a non-equity incentive plan for its directors.

 

(1)Mr. Porter provides research and development services for the Company and receives consulting fees in that capacity.
   
(2)Mr. Chute is also the CEO of the Company and receives compensation in that capacity. See “Executive Compensation”
   
(3)Mr. Robertson and Mr. Vandeger were also NEO’s of the Company. See “Executive Compensation”.
   
(4)The valuation of the fair value of the options at the time of the grant is based on the Black Scholes model and includes the following assumptions; weighted average risk free rate, weighted average expected life, expected volatility and dividend yield.

 

Narrative Description

 

Directors of the Company who are also NEOs are not compensated for their services in their capacity as directors, although directors of the Company are reimbursed for their expenses incurred in connection with their services as directors.

 

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Information with respect to grants of options to the directors is reported below under the Narrative Description in the section below entitled Outstanding Option-Based Awards, Share-Based Awards and Non-equity Incentive Plan Compensation.

 

Other than as described above, no directors of the Company were compensated by the Company during the financial year ended April 30, 2017 for services as consultants or experts.

 

Option-Based Awards, Share-Based Awards and Non-equity Incentive Plan Compensation for Directors

 

As disclosed under the Director Compensation Table, the Company does not have a share-based award plan, a pension plan or a non-equity incentive plan for its directors.

 

Option-based awards to the directors are granted pursuant to the terms of the Company’s stock option plan. The options are always granted at market price. The valuation of the fair value of the options at the time of the grant is based on the Black Scholes model and includes the following assumptions; weighted average risk free rate, weighted average expected life, expected volatility and dividend yield.

 

Directors generally receive a grant of stock options upon their appointment.

 

The following table shows at April 30, 2017 the options held by the directors and former directors who served during the year ended April 30, 2017:

 

   Option-based Awards   Stock-based Awards
Name 

Number of securities underlying unexercised options

(#)

  

Option exercise price

($)

   Option expiration date 

Value of unexercised in-the-money options

($)

  

Number of shares or units of shares that have not vested

(#)

  

Market or payout value of share-based awards that have not vested**

($)

John G. Robertson   500,000   $0.20   April 11, 2018   Nil    375,000   Nil
                           
James Vandeberg   200,000   $0.20   April 11, 2018   Nil    150,000   Nil
                           
    55,000   $0.10   April 11, 2018  $2,200    Nil   Nil
    150,000   $0.10   July 20, 2021  $6,000    Nil   Nil
    150,000   $0.20   July 20, 2021   Nil    Nil   Nil
    125,000   $0.35   July 20, 2021   Nil    Nil   Nil
Paul Porter   125,000   $0.50   July 20, 2021   Nil    Nil   Nil
    100,000   $0.75   July 20, 2021   Nil    Nil   Nil
    100,000   $1.00   July 20, 2021   Nil    Nil   Nil
    125,000   $1.25   July 20, 2021   Nil    Nil   Nil
    125,000   $1.50   July 20, 2021   Nil    Nil   Nil
                           
Jina Liu   400,000   $0.10   January 1, 2022  $16,000    Nil   Nil
                           
Shaojun Zhang   1,800,000   $0.10   January 1, 2022  $72,000    Nil   Nil

 

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ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

 

Securities Authorized for Issuance under Equity Compensation Plans

 

EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN INFORMATION

 

The following table sets forth information about our common stock that may be issued upon the exercise of options, warrants and rights under all of our equity compensation plans as of April 30, 2017.

 

   Number of securities      Number of securities
   to be issued upon      remaining available
   exercise of  Weighted-average   for future issuance
   outstanding options,  exercise price of   under equity
Plan Category  warrants and rights  outstanding options   compensation plans
           
Equity compensation plans approved by security holders:           
1993 Stock Option Plan (as amended December 5, 2000) and 2007 Stock Option Plan  1,938,000  $0.15   2,562,000
2016 Stock Option Plan  7,200,000  $0.36   Nil
Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders  N/A   N/A   N/A

 

The Company had a Stock Option Plan to issue up to 2,500,000 shares to certain key directors and employees, approved April 30, 1993 and amended December 5, 2000. On April 12, 2007 the Company approved the 2007 Stock Option Plan to issue up to 2,000,000 shares to certain key directors and employees. Pursuant to the Plans, the Company has granted stock options to certain directors, consultants and employees.

 

All options granted by the Company under the 2000 Plan have the following exercise schedule:

 

(i) Up to 25% of the option may be exercised at any time during the term of the option, such initial exercise is referred to as the “First Exercise”.
   
(ii) The second 25% of the option may be exercised at any time after 90 days from the date of First Exercise, such second exercise is referred to as the “Second Exercise”.
   
(iii) The third 25% of the option may be exercised at any time after 90 days from the date of Second Exercise, such third exercise is referred to as the “Third Exercise”
   
(iv) The fourth and final 25% of the option may be exercised at any time after 90 days from the date of the Third Exercise.
   
(v) The options expire sixty months from the date of grant.

 

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All options granted by the Company under the 2007 Plan have the following exercise schedule:

 

(i) Up to 25% of the option may be exercised 90 days after the grant of the option.
   
(ii) The second 25% of the option may be exercised at any time after 1 year and 90 days after the grant of the option.
   
(iii) The third 25% of the option may be exercised at any time after 2 years and 90 days after the grant of the option.
   
(iv) The fourth and final 25% of the option may be exercised at any time after 3 years and 90 days after the grant of the option.
   
(v) The options expire 60 months from the date of grant.

 

On August 12, 2016, the Company approved the 2016 Stock Option Plan to issue up to 5,000,000 shares to certain key directors and employees. Pursuant to the Plans, the Company has granted stock options to certain directors, consultants and employees. This Stock Option Plan was amended to issue up to 8,000,000 shares.

 

All options granted by the Company under the 2016 Plan vested immediately.

 

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management

 

The following table sets forth, as of October 31, 2017, our outstanding common stock owned of record or beneficially by each person who owned of record, or was known by us to own beneficially, more than 5% of our common stock and the name and shareholdings of each Executive Officer and Director and all Executive Officers and Directors as a group. A person is deemed to be the beneficial owner of securities that can be acquired by such person within 60 days from the date of this report upon the exercise of warrants or options. Each beneficial owner’s percentage ownership is determined by assuming that options that are held by such person and which are exercisable within 60 days from the date are exercised.

 

Name  Shares Owned   Percentage of Shares Owned 
Susanne Robertson, Director   10,004,312    11.66%
Shaojun Zhang, Director   10,890,000    12.69%
Paul Chute, Director and CEO   1,586,107    1.85%
Paul Porter, Director   387,763    0.45%
Victoria Huang, CFO   25,100    0.03%
ALL EXECUTIVE OFFICERS & DIRECTORS AS A GROUP   22,893,282    26.68%

 

ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE

 

Transactions with related parties

 

On September 16, 2016, REGI entered into an asset purchase agreement (the “APA”) with Reg Tech, a public company whose common stock was listed on TSX Venture Exchange to purchase all of the assets of Reg Tech, a company with a common director and CEO with REGI. An aggregate of 51,757,119 unregistered common shares of our company were issued as consideration for the asset purchase. The transaction was closed on February 17, 2017 upon TSX Venture Exchange approval.

 

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Upon closing of the asset purchase agreement, all assets of Reg Tech except GST receivable were transferred from Reg Tech to REGI. In addition, upon closing of the APA, all assets, liabilities, and equity instruments of REGI were incorporated into the surviving company. The net adjustment to additional paid in capital for the asset purchase was a decrease of $1,243,757. The net cash received from the reverse merger was $10,753.

 

Related Party Transactions for the Year Ended April 30, 2017

 

We entered into the following contracts with related parties. Related parties consist of companies controlled or significantly influenced by the Officers of the Company.

 

On March 31, 1994, we entered into a management agreement with Access Information Services, Inc., a Washington corporation, which is owned and controlled by the Robertson Family Trust. A management fee of $2,500 per month is accrued for the provision of certain management, administrative, and financial services. The agreement was terminated upon Mr. John Robertson’s resignation as the CEO and director of the Company. $22,500 were accrued for the year ended April 30, 2017.

 

Related party transactions incurred during the normal course of the Company’s operations and are measured at the exchange amount, which is the amount agreed between the related parties.

 

During the year ended April 30, 2017 changes to the amounts owed to/by related parties are as follows:

 

   April 30, 2016   (Repayment)/  April 30, 2017 
       Loan in Year    
   $   $  $ 
Due to Minewest   2,937   4,780   7,717 
Due to Linux Gold Corp.   (191)  -   (191)
Due to IAS Energy, Inc.   7,431   -   7,431 
Due to Reg Technologies and its subsidiary Rand Energy Group Inc.   1,201,622   (1,201,622)   - 
Due to SMR Investments Ltd.   58,637   (58,637)   - 
Due to John Robertson   64,268   (64,268)   - 
Due to Information Highway Inc.   18,792   -   18,792 
Due to JGR Petroleum   105,947   (105,947)   - 
Due to KLR Petroleum Inc.   13,244   (13,244)   - 
Due to Teryl Resources Corp.   27,890   1,440   29,330 
Due to Access Information Inc.   291,328   (291,328)   - 
Due to Rainbow Networks   21,000   (21,000)   - 
Due to Imaging Tech   69,900   (69,900)   - 
Due to Paul Porter   34,071   (28,975)   5,096 
Due to Paul Chute   -   (380)   (380)
Due to Victoria Huang   -   9,765   9,765 
    1,916,876   (1,839,316)   77,560 

 

Related parties are the officers of the Company, companies with common directors or owners, and companies indirectly controlled by directors or officers of the Company.

 

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We do not have written agreements relating to related party advances. The balances are non-interest bearing, unsecured and due on demand per verbal agreements with these related parties.

 

Director Independence

Our common stock is traded on the OTC Market.. A director is not considered to be independent if he or she is also an executive officer or employee of the company. The majority of the members of our board of directors are independent.

 

ITEM 14.PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES.

 

The following table discloses accounting fees and services which we paid to our auditor, MaloneBailey LLP, Certified Public Accountants during fiscal 2017 and 2016:

 

Type of Services Rendered  2017   2016 
         
(a) Audit and Quarter Review Fees  $44,100    14,800 
           
(b) Audit-Related Fees  $-   $- 
           
(c) Tax Fees  $-   $- 

 

In the table above, and the disclosure below, “audit fees” are fees billed by the Company’s external auditor MaloneBailey LLP, Certified Public Accountants for services provided in auditing the Company’s annual financial statements for the subject year. “Audit-related fees” are fees not included in audit fees that are billed by the auditor for assurance and related services that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of the Company’s financial statements. “Tax fees” are fees billed by the auditor for professional services rendered for tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning. “All other fees” are fees billed by the auditor for products and services not included in the foregoing categories.

 

Audit Fees

 

The aggregate fees billed by MaloneBailey LLP, Certified Public Accountants for professional services rendered for the audit of our annual financial statements and review of financial statements included in our Form 10-Qs or services that are normally provided by the accountant in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements for the fiscal years ended April 30, 2017 and 2016, were $44,100 and $14,800 respectively.

 

All Other Fees

 

For the fiscal years ended April 30, 2017 and 2016, the aggregate fees billed by MaloneBailey LLP, Certified Public Accountants, as applicable, for products and services other than the services set out above, were $Nil and $Nil, respectively.

 

Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures

 

The Board of Directors pre-approves all engagements with the Company’s auditors prior to performance of services by them.

 

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PART IV

 

ITEM 15.EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES.

 

Number   Description    
3.1   Articles of Incorporation   (1)
3.2   Article of Amendment changing name to REGI U.S., Inc.   (2)
3.3   By-laws   (1)
3.4   Articles of Amendment Increasing Authorized Capital to 50,000,000 December 2003   (7)
3.5   Articles of Amendment Increasing Authorized Capital to 100,000,000 May 2007   (8)
4.1   Specimen Share Certificate   (1)
4.2   Specimen Warrant Certificate   (1)
10.1   Consulting Agreement, dated December 1, 1999, between REGI U.S., Inc. and Patrick Badgley   (3)
10.2   Special Service Proposal, dated December 21, 1999, between REGI U.S. and ColTec, Inc.   (3)
10.3   Agreement between ColTec and REGI dated October 2000   (4)
10.4   Agreement between REGI and Advanced Ceramics Research dated March 20, 2002   (5)
10.5   License Agreement between Rand Energy Group, Inc., and Reg Technologies, Inc. REGI U.S., Inc. and Radian Incorporated made as of April 24, 2002   (5)
10.6   Agreement between REGI U.S., Inc. and Rotary Power Generation, Incorporated made as of April 22, 2002   (6)
10.7   Amendment to Agreement between REGI U.S., Inc. and Rotary Power Generation, Incorporated made as of April 2, 2003   (6)
10.8   Management Agreement with Access Information Services, Inc., dated January 2, 1993 in the name of Sky Technologies, Inc. (the Company’s previous name)   (9)
10.9   Engagement Letter with The Otto Law Group, dated August 4, 2004   (9)
10.10   Project Cost Sharing Agreement with Reg Technologies Inc.   (9)
10.11   Amended Asset Purchase Agreement   (11)
14.1   Code of Business Conduct and Ethics   (10)
21.1   List of Subsidiaries   (7)
23.1   Consent of Independent Auditors (Malone Bailey LLP)   (11)
31.1   Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002   (11)
31.2   Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002   (11)
32.1   Certification of Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer), pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002   (11)
32.2   Certification of Chief Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer), pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002   (11)

 

(1) Incorporated by reference from Form 10-SB Registration Statement filed April 26, 1994.
(2) Incorporated by reference from 10-Q Report for the quarter ended 7-30-94.
(3) Incorporated by reference from our 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2000.
(4) Incorporated by reference from our 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2001
(5) Incorporated by reference from our 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2002
(6) Incorporated by reference from our 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2003
(7) Incorporated by reference from our 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2007
(8) Incorporated by reference from our 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2008
(9) Incorporated by reference from our Form 10-K Amendment for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2010 filed on May 13, 2011
(10) Incorporated by reference from our Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2011 filed on August 15, 2011
(11) Incorporated herein

 

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SIGNATURES

 

In accordance with Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report or amendment to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

REGI U.S., INC.

 

By: /s/“Paul Chute”  
  Paul Chute, President  
  Chief Executive Officer and Director  

 

Dated: October 31, 2017

 

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