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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 30, 2013

 

Registration No. 333-

 

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

 

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

Form S-1

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

UNDER

 

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

SurePure, Inc.

 

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Nevada   3556   26-3550286
(State or other jurisdiction of   (Primary Standard Industrial   (I.R.S. Employer Identification
Incorporation or organization)   Classification Code Number)   No.)

 

405 Lexington Avenue, 25th Floor

New York, New York 10174

(917) 368-8480 (t)

(917) 368-8005 (f)

 

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s

principal executive offices)

 

Stephen M. Robinson

Chief Financial Officer

SurePure, Inc.

405 Lexington Avenue, 25th Floor

New York, New York, 10174

(917) 368-8480

 

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

 
 

 

Copies to:

 

William A. Newman, Esq

Barton LLP

420 Lexington Avenue, 18th Floor

New York, NY 10170

(212) 687-6262 (t)

(212) 687-3043 (f) 

 

 

 

  

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:  As soon as practicable after the Registration Statement becomes effective.

 

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box.   S

 

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ¨

 

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ¨

 

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ¨

 

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

 

 Large accelerated filer ¨ Accelerated filer ¨ Non-accelerated filer ¨

Smaller reporting

company x

 

 
 

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

Title of each class of
securities to be registered
 

Amount to be

registered (1)

    Proposed
maximum
offering price
per share (2)
    Proposed
maximum
aggregate
offering
 price(2)
    Amount of
registration fee
 
Common stock, par value $0.001 per share   16,200,000     $1.20     $19,440,000     $2,651.62  

  

(1)Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the number of shares of common stock registered hereby is subject to adjustment to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.

 

(2)Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457 under the Securities Act of 1933,as amended, in accordance with Rule 457(f)(2). Calculated using the average high and low price on the OTCBB as of January 29, 2013 ($1.20 per share).

 

The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or until the Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

 

 
 

 

The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. The selling stockholders may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and the selling stockholders are not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.

 

SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED ________ __, 2013

 

PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS

 

 

SUREPURE, INC.

 

16,200,000 Shares of Common Stock

par value $0.001 per share

 

This prospectus relates to the offering by the selling stockholders of SurePure, Inc. of up to 16,200,000 shares of our Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share.  These shares were privately issued to the selling stockholders in the Company’s share exchange transaction completed on December 12, 2012 in exchange for shares of SurePure Investment Holding AG. As to certain of the selling shareholders, we are registering the resale of these shares as required by the terms of registration rights agreements between the selling stockholders and us. As to the remainder of the selling shareholders, we are registering the shares voluntarily and at our sole expense. Such registration does not mean that the selling stockholders will actually offer or sell any of these shares. We will not receive any proceeds from the sale or other disposition of the shares of our Common Stock offered by the selling stockholders.

 

The selling stockholders have advised us that they will sell the shares of our Common Stock from time to time in broker’s transactions, in any stock exchange, market or trading facility on which the shares are traded, in privately negotiated transactions or a combination of these methods, at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at prices related to the prevailing market prices or at negotiated prices.  We will pay the expenses incurred to register the shares for resale, but the selling stockholders will pay any underwriting discounts, commissions or agent’s commissions related to the sale of their shares of our Common Stock.

 

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Our common stock is quoted on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board, which we refer to as the OTCBB, under the trading symbol “SURP.” On January 29, 2013, the last sale price of our common stock as reported on the OTCBB was $1.20 per share.

 

Investing in our Common Stock involves risks.  You should not purchase shares only unless you can afford the loss of your entire investment. Before making any investment in our securities, you should read and carefully consider risks described in the “Risk Factors” section beginning on page 16 of this prospectus.

 

 You should rely only on the information contained in this prospectus or any prospectus supplement or amendment thereto. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with different information. This prospectus may only be used where it is legal to sell these securities. The information in this prospectus is only accurate on the date of this prospectus, regardless of the time of any sale of securities.

 

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

 

This date of this prospectus is _________, 2013.

 

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ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS

 

It is important for you to read and consider all of the information contained in this prospectus before making your investment decision. You should rely only on the information contained in, or incorporated by reference into, this prospectus and any related free writing prospectus that we may file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We have not and the selling stockholders have not authorized any other person to provide you with additional or different information. If anyone provides you with additional or different information, you should not rely on it. The selling stockholders are not making any offer to sell our common stock in any jurisdiction in which the offer or sale is not permitted. You should assume that the information contained in this prospectus is accurate only as of the date on the front cover page of this prospectus, regardless of the time of delivery of this prospectus or any sale of our Common Stock. Our business, financial condition and results of operations may have changed since that time.

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

    Page
CERTAIN TERMS USED IN THIS PROSPECTUS   6
     
CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS   8
     
PROSPECTUS SUMMARY   9
     
RISK FACTORS   16
     
SELLING STOCKHOLDERS   32
     
USE OF PROCEEDS   35
     
DIVIDEND POLICY   35
     
DETERMINATION OF OFFERING PRICE   35
     
MARKET FOR COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS   35
     
BUSINESS   37
     
MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS   52
     
DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS   62
     
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION   67
     
SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT   73
     
CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS   74
     
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION   86
     
DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES   89
     
LEGAL MATTERS   93
     
EXPERTS   93
     
CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE   93
     
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION   94
     
INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS   F-1
     
EXHIBIT INDEX   108

 

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CERTAIN TERMS USED IN THIS PROSPECTUS

 

As used in this prospectus, unless the context otherwise requires, “SurePure,” the “Company,” “we,” “us” and “our” refer to SurePure, Inc., a Nevada corporation, as well as its subsidiaries, SurePure Investment Holding AG, a Swiss corporation, SurePure Operations AG, a Swiss corporation, and SurePure Latin America, a Brazilian private company, and refers to SurePure Holdings South Africa and SurePure Marketing South Africa (Pty) Ltd., which are included in the consolidated financial statements of SurePure, Inc. as variable interest entities. The “Company,” “we,” “us” and “our” refer to and also refer to the operations of SurePure Investment Holding AG, a Swiss corporation, SurePure Operations AG, a Swiss corporation, and SurePure Latin America, a Brazilian private company, and the South African variable interest entities referred to in the preceding sentence prior to the share exchange on December 12, 2012, as discussed below, which resulted in SurePure Investment Holding AG becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of SurePure, Inc.

 

The following names refer to the following entities:

 

“SPI”   means SurePure Investment Holding AG, a Swiss corporation that serves as the holding company and contains our international administrative and financial functions;
     
“SPO”   means SurePure Operations AG, a Swiss corporation that is our principal operating business and holds all of our patents other than the patent issued in South Africa;
     
“SPLAM”   means SurePure Latin America, a Brazilian private company that commercializes our technology in Latin America;
     
“SPP”   means SurePure Participations AG, a Swiss corporation, a company formed by XOptics to hold certain shares of SPI;
     
“SPHSA”   means SurePure Holdings South Africa (Pty) Ltd., a South African private company that serves as the holding company for SPMSA and owns the patent issued in South Africa; and
     
“SPMSA”   means SurePure Marketing South Africa (Pty) Ltd., a South African private company that commercializes our technology in South Africa and contains the administrative and financial functions of our business in South Africa.

 

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SPI, SPO and SPLAM are subsidiaries of SurePure, Inc. SPHSA and SPMSA are variable interest entities and are not subsidiaries of any of SurePure, Inc., SPI, SPO or SPLAM.

 

We use other defined terms throughout this prospectus, including the following:

 

·“Commission” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission;

 

·“Securities Act” means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended;

 

·“Exchange Act” means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended;

 

·“Nonvoting Convertible Preferred Stock” means our Nonvoting Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share;

 

·“Share Exchange” means the exchange of shares of SPI for shares of our common stock, which occurred on December 12, 2012, under the terms and conditions of the Share Exchange Agreement;

 

·“Share Exchange Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Share Exchange Agreement that we entered into on December 12, 2012, under which we are obligated to issue shares of our common stock to the shareholders of SPI; and

 

·“XOptics” means XOptics (PTC), Ltd., a private company formed under the laws of the British Virgin Islands.

 

All references in this Prospectus to “$” shall be to U.S. Dollars. All references in this prospectus to “CHF” shall be to Swiss Francs. All references in this prospectus to “ZAR” shall be to South African Rands.

 

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CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

Certain statements included in this prospectus, other than statements of historical fact, are forward-looking statements (as such term is defined in Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act, and the regulations promulgated thereunder), which are intended to be covered by the safe harbors created thereby. Forward looking statements contained in this prospectus can be identified by the use of terms and phrases such as “believe,” “plan,” “intend,” “anticipate,” “target,” “estimate,” “expect,” and the like, and/or future-tense or conditional constructions “may,” “could,” “should,” etc.  In addition, statements that contemplate or make assumptions about actual or potential future sales, market size, collaborations, and trends or operating results also constitute forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties and are based on the beliefs and assumptions of our management and on information available at the time these statements and disclosures were prepared. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to:

 

·the availability of equity or debt financing and access to capital with respect to the Company and the period of time for which the proceeds from a recent private financing will enable us to fund our operations and other costs and expenses; and
·the rate at which the Company’s proprietary technology is commercialized and generates significant revenues.

 

In addition to the risks identified under the heading “Risk Factors” and above, many important factors affect the Company’s ability to achieve our plans and objectives and to successfully develop and commercialize our technology and the products that utilize it, including, among other things our ability:

 

·to obtain additional funds to operate the business and pay other expenses as well;
·to enforce our patents against infringers;
·to demonstrate the safety and effectiveness of our technology in the purification of liquids;
·to meet applicable regulatory standards and receive required regulatory approvals;
·to manufacture and distribute Turbulator systems in commercial quantities at reasonable costs; and
·to compete successfully against other products and to market products in a profitable manner.

 

Therefore, current and prospective security holders are cautioned that there also can be no assurance that the forward-looking statements included in this prospectus will prove to be accurate. In light of the significant uncertainties inherent to the forward-looking statements included herein, the inclusion of such information should not be regarded as a representation or warranty by the Company or any other person that the objectives and plans of the Company will be achieved in any specified time frame, if at all. Except to the extent required by applicable laws or rules, the Company does not undertake any obligation to update any forward looking statements or to announce revisions to any of the forward-looking statements.

 

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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY

 

 

 

This summary highlights information contained elsewhere in this prospectus. This summary is not complete and does not contain all the information that should be considered before investing in our Common Stock.  Investors should read the entire prospectus carefully, including the more detailed information contained in this prospectus under the captions “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” and “Risk Factors” and our consolidated financial statements and the notes to those financial statements.

 

Our Company

 

We design, manufacture, market, sell or license and maintain our proprietary Turbulator systems for innovative liquid photo-purification technology in the global marketplace. We have been engaged in these activities since 2005. Our technology uses Ultraviolet light in the C band to process, preserve and sustain the natural quality of food and beverage products, such as dairy products, fruit juice and concentrates, sugar syrup bases and alcoholic beverages. In addition to beverage products, our SurePure Photopurification Technology can also be used to reduce the microbial loads in turbid liquids with industrial applications, such as diesel, bio-ethanol and ship bilge, as well as pharmaceutical applications such as eye preparations and saline drips.

 

Recent Developments

 

On December 12, 2012, we entered into and simultaneously closed the transactions under the Share Exchange Agreement with all of the shareholders of SPI, including XOptics. In addition to the shares of SPI that XOptics holds directly, XOptics holds certain shares of SPI indirectly through SPP. The Share Exchange Agreement provided for the exchange of all of the outstanding shares of capital stock of SPI, par value CHF 0.01, for shares of our Common Stock, and for shares of our Nonvoting Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $.001 per share. Each share of our Nonvoting Convertible Preferred Stock is convertible, subject to certain terms and conditions, into one share of our Common Stock. A more complete description of our Nonvoting Convertible Preferred Stock can be found below in this prospectus under the heading “Description of Securities.” The ratios at which the exchange occurred was one share of our Common Stock for each common share of SPI held by the shareholders of SPI other than XOptics and SPP and, in the case of XOptics, one share of our Nonvoting Convertible Preferred Stock for each common share of SPI owned by XOptics or by SPP.

 

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As required by the Share Exchange Agreement, on December 12, 2012 we redeemed and then cancelled 23,180,000 outstanding shares of our Common Stock then held by Ratree Yabamrung and Kotchaporn Bousing, two of our officers, directors and shareholders prior to the Share Exchange. We redeemed Ms. Yabamrung’s shares by assigning to her all of our assets and liabilities immediately prior to the closing. Ms. Bousing tendered all of her shares to us, and we then cancelled all of the shares owned by each of them.

 

Ownership of Our Shares Following the Share Exchange

 

As a result of the closing of the Share Exchange, (i) we terminated our existing business and our principal business became the business of SPI, SPO, SPHSA, SPMSA and SPLAM which is more fully described below in this prospectus; (ii) SPI, SPO, and SPLAM became our wholly-owned operating subsidiaries; (iii) SPP also became our subsidiary; and (iv) SPHSA and SPMSA became variable interest entities that are related to us.

 

In connection with the Share Exchange and pursuant to the terms of the Share Exchange Agreement:

 

·we cancelled 23,180,000 outstanding shares of our Common Stock;

 

·we issued 14,185,184 shares of our Common Stock to the former shareholders of SPI (meaning those 36 shareholders of SPI as of the Share Exchange, other than XOptics and SPP), including both:

 

§the institutional investor that acquired shares of SPI under the subscription agreement referred to below in this Prospectus Summary under “Recent Financing and Acquisition Transactions -- Subscription Agreement for Shares” during the third and fourth quarters of 2012, and

 

§the investment manager that invested $100,000 in SPI during November 2012 under the subscription agreement referred to below in this Prospectus Summary under “Additional Subscription Agreement for Shares”;

 

·we became obligated to issue 22,765,447 shares of our Nonvoting Convertible Preferred Stock in exchange for all of the then issued and outstanding common shares of SPI that were held by XOptics;

 

·if and when the pending acquisition of SPHSA is completed, we are obligated to issue 1,474,976 additional shares of our Common Stock in exchange for the shares of SPHSA that are owned by shareholders of SPHSA other than XOptics;

 

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·if and when the pending acquisition of SPHSA is completed, we are obligated to issue 8,389,835 additional shares of our Nonvoting Convertible Preferred Stock in exchange for the shares of SPI that will become owned by XOptics immediately prior to the pending acquisition of SPHSA, such that XOptics will continue to own 100% of our issued and outstanding Nonvoting Convertible Preferred Stock and the percentage amounts of our Common Stock;

 

·we became obligated to sell to the investment manager referred to below in this Prospectus Summary under “Additional Subscription Agreement for Shares,” and to other purchasers who may purchase under that additional subscription agreement, 2,90,000 additional shares of our Common Stock as of the date of the Share Exchange; and

 

·Our existing shareholders continue to hold 9,272,000 shares.

 

We believe that, immediately prior to the date of the closing of the Share Exchange, XOptics owned 673,770 shares of our Common Stock and that other shareholders of SPI may have owned approximately 6,500,000 shares of our Common Stock, in addition to the 249,033 shares of our Common Stock owned by officers and directors of SPI.

 

Recent Financings and Acquisition Transactions

 

During the second half of 2012, SPI entered into certain transactions which are related to the shares that we issued to the shareholders of SPI in the Share Exchange.

 

Conversion of SPI Shareholder’s Loan

 

In order to satisfy a condition to the investment by investors referred to below under "Subscription Agreement for Shares of SPI," SPI convened an annual general meeting on July 18, 2012. All of the shareholders of SPI attended by proxy and at the meeting there was unanimous approval for an increase in the authorized share capital of SPI for the purpose of, among other matters, satisfying the proposed conversion of outstanding shareholder loans into common shares of SPI. The shareholders further authorized the board of directors to determine the issue price of the new shares to be issued. Based on this authorization from all of the shareholders, the board of directors of SPI resolved to issue 7,378,416 common shares to XOptics to convert the existing shareholder loans due to XOptics in the amount of $3,689,208 at the rate of $0.50 per share. The shareholder loans from XOptics to SPI resulted from a series of cash advances made by XOptics to SPI beginning in January 2011 to provide working capital for SPI’s operations. The funds that XOptics advanced to SPI were principally derived from the sale of SPI shares by XOptics in a series of private transactions, all of which occurred outside of the United States. For further information regarding the advances from XOptics to SPI, see below under “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions” under the heading “Transactions with Other Related Persons.”

 

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As part of the Share Exchange, XOptics agreed to exchange the common shares of SPI issued in the conversion of the shareholder loans, together with other common shares of SPI owned by it at the time, for shares of our Nonvoting Convertible Preferred Stock at the rate of one share of our Nonvoting Convertible Preferred Stock for each common share of SPI owned by it. For additional information relating to the rights and limitations of our Nonvoting Convertible Preferred Stock, see below under “Shares of Our Nonvoting Convertible Preferred Stock” under the heading “Description of Securities.”

 

Subscription Agreement for Shares

 

On July 23, 2012 SPI entered into a subscription agreement (the "Subscription Agreement ") with an institutional investor located in Cape Town, South Africa under which the investor agreed, subject to the terms and conditions of the Subscription Agreement, to purchase 5,000,000 common shares of SPI from SPI and common 1,000,000 shares of SPI from XOptics in a series of six share installments, all at an issue price of $1.00 per share. The first two installments were for 500,000 shares each; the other four installments were for 1,000,000 shares each. The Subscription Agreement provided that not less than 75% of each installment was to have been paid for the shares to be issued by SPI or by SurePure US, as SPI’s successor under the Subscription Agreement. Consequently not more than 25% of each installment was to have been paid for the purchase of shares from XOptics. Also, XOptics was not able to sell more than 1,000,000 of its shares to the investor under the Subscription Agreement.

 

Prior to the Share Exchange, the investor had purchased 3,094,737 of the 6,000,000 shares covered by the Subscription Agreement, all at the price of $1.00 per share, and, as a result, 2,500,000 additional common shares of SPI were issued after June 30, 2012. As required by the Share Exchange Agreement, as part of the Share Exchange shares of SPI that were owned by the investor, by persons on whose behalf the investor purchased shares from SPI or XOptics or by persons to whom the investor assigned its rights under the Subscription Agreement were exchanged for shares of our common stock on the basis of the exchange ratio set in the Share Exchange Agreement.

 

The investor failed to purchase shares as agreed on October 31, 2012. Exercising its rights under the Subscription Agreement, SPI thereafter terminated the Subscription Agreement, including its obligation to sell shares to the investor. The termination of the Subscription Agreement also terminated the obligation of the investor to purchase shares from XOptics. In November 2012, SPI entered into an additional subscription agreement with an investment manager, as described below under the caption “Additional Subscription Agreement for Shares.”

 

For further information regarding the transactions between us and the investor, see below under “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions” under the heading “Financing Transactions with Other Related Persons.”

 

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Pending Acquisition of SPHSA

 

On August 16, 2012 SPI entered into an agreement (the "Acquisition Agreement") with SPHSA providing for the acquisition of 100% of the outstanding shares of SPHSA from its shareholders. As part of the Share Exchange, we have assumed the executory obligations of SPI under the Acquisition Agreement, including the obligation to issue shares of our Common Stock and shares of our Nonvoting Convertible Preferred Stock upon the closing of the contemplated acquisition. Under the current terms of the Acquisition Agreement and the Share Exchange Agreement, upon the completion of the acquisition we expect to issue 1,474,976 shares of our Common Stock and 8,389.835 shares of our Nonvoting Convertible Preferred Stock in exchange of shares of SPHSA by the shareholders of SPHSA.

 

As part of the Share Exchange, SPI assigned its rights under the Acquisition Agreement to us, and we assumed the obligations of SPI to issue shares to the shareholders of SPHSA at such time, if any, that the pending acquisition of SPHSA is completed. As a result, we are bound by the terms and conditions of the Acquisition Agreement as the same relate to SPI. As of the date of this prospectus, SPHSA had not yet received a final determination from the South African Reserve Bank as to whether the transaction could proceed.

 

For further information regarding the Acquisition Agreement and the pending transactions between us and the shareholders of SPHSA, see below under “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions” under the heading “Financing Transactions with Other Related Persons—Pending Acquisition of SPHSA.”

 

Additional Subscription Agreement for Shares

 

On November 26, 2012, SPI entered into a Subscription Agreement (the “Additional Subscription Agreement”) with RD Active Capital Limited, a United Kingdom-based investment manager (“RD Active”), in which RD Active agreed to purchase up to 300,000 new common shares over the period ending January 31, 2013 and under which RD Active has the right to purchase up to 2,700,000 new common shares from the Company during the period ending March 31, 2013 as long as RD Active has purchased the initial 300,000 common shares which it agreed to purchase. All common shares are to be purchased and sold at an issue price of US 1.00 per share. RD Active has agreed to purchase the 300,000 new common shares on an installment basis, with 100,000 shares to be purchased on or before each of November 28, 2012, December 21, 2012 and January 31, 2013. As of the date of this prospectus, RD Active had purchased 310,000 shares.

 

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Under the terms of the Additional Subscription Agreement, RD Active may exercise the additional purchase right on its own behalf and then resell to certain other purchasers the shares that it has purchased, or, in the alternative, RD Active may place the additional shares directly with other purchasers. If RD Active intends to exercise its additional purchase right, it must send us a written notice providing certain information with respect to the purchaser that has offered to purchase the shares, together with a joinder agreement to the Additional Subscription Agreement. We have the right to object to a purchaser on the grounds that we do not believe that the purchaser is a suitable investor or that the information provided is incomplete. The purchaser then has the right to correct the deficiencies noted and, if the deficiencies are corrected, the purchase of shares will be completed. The Additional Subscription Agreement provides that time is of the essence in connection with the performance of the purchase obligations.

 

At such time as RD Active and any other purchasers under the Additional Subscription Agreement have completed and paid for 3,000,000 shares under the Additional Subscription Agreement, RD Active and the other purchasers have the right to appoint an additional director to our board of directors.

 

As part of the Share Exchange, SPI assigned its rights under the Additional Subscription Agreement to us and we assumed the obligations of SPI under the Additional Subscription Agreement, including the obligations of SPI to sell and issue shares of our Common Stock. As a result of our assumption of that agreement, we also agreed that the following terms and conditions will govern the exchange of shares acquired by RD Active and its other purchasers: (i) we will not have any issued and outstanding securities other than our Common Stock and our Nonvoting Convertible Preferred Stock; (ii) our shares will continue to be quoted on the OTCBB or another comparable interdealer quotation system as long as we file all reports with the Commission that are required to be filed; and (iii) the remainder of the shares to be acquired under the Additional Subscription Agreement will be shares of our Common Stock and SPI will no longer have any obligations to issue its common shares.

 

For further information regarding the transactions between us and RD Active, see below under “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions” under the heading “Financing Transactions with Other Related Persons—Additional Subscription Agreement for Shares.”

 

The Offering

 

Common stock currently outstanding   23,517,184 shares (1)
     
Common stock being offered by us   None
     
Common stock being offered by the selling stockholders   16,200,000 shares

 

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Use of Proceeds   We will not receive any proceeds from the sale or other disposition of the shares of our common stock offered by the selling stockholders.
     
Risk Factors   See below under the heading “Risk Factors” and other information included in this prospectus for a discussion of factors that you should consider before deciding to invest in shares of our common stock.
     
Principal Trading Market   OTCBB

 

(1)   As of December 31, 2012. Does not include the shares of our Common Stock (the “Conversion Shares”) into which the 22,765,447 shares of our Nonvoting Convertible Preferred Stock that we have issued to XOptics are convertible. We are registering 2,454,816 of those Conversion Shares for resale under this prospectus. See “Selling Stockholders” below in this prospectus.

 

 

 

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RISK FACTORS

 

Our operations and securities are subject to a number of risks. Below we have identified and discussed the material risks that we are likely to face. Should any of the following risks occur, they may adversely affect our business, financial condition, and/or results of operations as well as the future trading price and/or the value of our securities.

 

Risks Relating to our Business, Financial Condition and Corporate Structure

 

We have a history of significant operating losses for the past seven years and these losses may continue in the future.

 

We have incurred net losses of approximately $23,777,000 for the period from inception through September 30, 2012. We have been without significant revenue since inception and our current agreements provide relatively limited amounts of sales and royalty income. Our historical losses are expected to continue into the future unless we are able to generate significant amounts of revenue in our business. Our history of significant operating losses has made it difficult for us to raise additional working capital.

 

We will need additional capital to fund our operations, and we may not be able to obtain sufficient capital and may be forced to limit the scope of our operations.

 

We believe that, if the investment manager that entered into the Additional Subscription Agreement on November 26, 2012 proceeds to purchase or have purchased by others all of the 3,000,000 shares that are subject to the Additional Subscription Agreement, we should have sufficient capital to fund operations through March 2013. See below under “Financing Transactions with Other Related Parties -- Additional Subscription Agreement for Shares” under the caption “Certain Relationships and Related Transaction” below on this prospectus. As of the date of this prospectus, we are unable to predict whether all 3,000,000 shares or any portion of the 3,000,000 shares, other than the 310,000 shares which have been purchased, will in fact be purchased. If we are unable to secure adequate additional financing on reasonable terms, or on any terms, we may not be able to pay our operating expenses and operate our business. There is no assurance that additional financing will be available to us.

 

In connection with our growth strategies, we may experience increased capital needs and accordingly, we may not have sufficient capital to fund our future operations without additional capital investments. Our capital needs will depend on numerous factors, including (i) our profitability; (ii) the release of competitive products by our competition; (iii) the level of our investment in research development; and (iv) our need to obtain certain regulatory approvals. We cannot assure you that we will be able to obtain capital in the future to meet our needs.

 

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In recent years, the securities markets in the United States and elsewhere in the world have experienced a high levels of price and volume volatility, and the market price of securities of many companies have experienced wide fluctuations that have not necessarily been related to the operations, performances, underlying asset values or prospects of such companies. For these reasons, our securities can also be expected to be subject to volatility resulting from purely market forces over which we will have no control. If we need additional funding we will, most likely, seek such funding in the United States (although we may also seek funding internationally) and the market fluctuations affect on our stock price could limit our ability to obtain equity financing.

 

If we cannot obtain additional funding, we may be required to limit our expansion or limit our marketing efforts. Such reductions could materially adversely affect our business and our ability to compete.

 

Even if we do find a source of additional capital, we may not be able to negotiate terms and conditions for receiving the additional capital that are favorable to us. Any future capital investments could dilute or otherwise materially and adversely affect the holdings or rights of our existing shareholders. In addition, new equity or convertible debt securities issued by us to obtain financing could have rights, preferences and privileges senior to the units. We cannot provide any assurance that any additional financing will be available to us, or if available, will be on terms favorable to us.

 

Our success is dependent on our ability to commercialize our SurePure Photopurification Technology and our Turbulator photopurification systems to generate sufficient revenues to sustain and expand our operations.

 

The execution of our business plan in the near-term is wholly dependent on our ability to commercialize our Technology through the use of our Turbulator line of photopurification systems to produce sufficient revenues to cover our operating expenses. The success of these endeavors will require that sufficient funding is available to us to finance the manufacture, marketing and sale of our current Turbulator systems and the development of new photopurification products and applications for those systems. Should we be unable to improve our financial condition through debt or equity offerings, our ability to successfully advance our business plan will be severely limited and we could be forced to discontinue or liquidate our business. Were this to occur, our shareholders would not be likely to receive any significant return, or any return at all, on their investment.

 

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We face significant obstacles to the commercialization of SurePure Photopurification Technology and our Turbulator systems.

 

The industries in which we intend to commercialize our Technology are characterized by existing processes and technologies that have been used for very long periods, such as pasteurization, filtration and chemical and other preservatives. It is difficult for us as a business with limited resources to displace these existing processes and technologies and to gain acceptance even as an adjunct to the existing modalities. In the case of businesses with existing facilities, a change to our Technology may require the abandonment in whole or in part of existing facilities which have been in place for an extended period of time. In the case of businesses about to build or invest in new facilities, we face the challenge of championing a newer and often lesser-known technology.

 

In addition, the principal industries that we have targeted—dairy products, juice products, beer, wine and food—are regulated by government agencies or subject to standards promulgated by industry bodies. These agencies and bodies operate under and enforce regulations which often do not permit UVC purification without change in applicable legislation or regulations or both or classify UVC purification as a food additive. As a result, we are not permitted to address these industries in major markets, such as the United States of America, the European Union or South Africa, until the restrictive regulations have been changed to permit the use of our Technology or until our Technology has been approved for use in conjunction with foods and beverages. The processes that we have undertaken in our attempts to change legislation and other regulation are often prolonged and difficult. See below under “Regulatory Matters” under the caption “Business.”

 

To overcome these challenges, we plan to continue to create broad awareness of the advantages of our Turbulator systems among those businesses and others that have purification requirements in their processes. We also plan to continue our efforts to obtain regulatory and similar approvals where required. At the same time, we plan to keep pace with outside technological developments, to respond adequately to technological developments and to seek out additional industries whose liquid purification needs are not being met adequately or at all. As a result, we believe that we will be required to expend significant amounts to hire or engage and manage those persons with the networks, skills, experience and resources to execute these plans. We believe we must also continue to fund independent research at qualified academic and similar institutions to investigate fully the scientific basis of our Technology. The financial and other resources that we currently have available are not adequate for all of these purposes, and we will require significant additions to enable us to execute these plans. If we are not able to secure additional funding, we may not be able to address these challenges adequately or at all and therefore could be forced to discontinue our business. Were this to occur, our shareholders would not likely receive any significant return, or any return at all, on their investment.

 

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Our SurePure Photopurification Technology may become obsolete.

 

The ability of UVC to destroy microbes and other pathogens has been known for several years. The principal advantage of our Turbulator systems is that they employ UVC’s purification properties in an extremely efficient and effective manner specifically as it relates to turbid liquids. There is no assurance that another business could not discover and commercialize a system that would use UVC or some other energy source in a manner that would be even more efficient or effective, or both, in which case our Technology might be rendered obsolete. Were this obsolescence to occur, we could encounter significant difficulty in selling or otherwise deploying our systems and could be forced to write off the value of our investment in our Technology. In addition, if we were not able to deploy technology or systems that met the challenge of these developments, we could be forced to discontinue our business. Were this to occur, our shareholders would not likely receive any significant return, or any return at all, on their investment.

 

We have not fully developed our business model for revenue generation and therefore do not have a uniform pricing or distribution strategy.

 

In the past, we have distributed our Technology both by selling systems and by entering into royalty agreements for processes that incorporate our Technology. Certain customers have preferred to purchase our Turbulator systems for a single, non-recurring payment. We also have been able to put in place certain patent and intellectual property license agreements that require payments over time based on the amount of liquid or other product processed. Because we choose to continue to be flexible in the marketplace, we do not yet have a single model for generating our revenue. This may place us at a competitive disadvantage with our competitors and with other technology businesses, which may have simpler or more easily understood revenue or cost structures. This lack of clarity may also make it more difficult for us to attract and engage distributors for our Turbulator systems and to explain our business to investors.

 

We compete with established purification processes with wide market acceptance and installed bases.

 

Since we acquired the SurePure Purification Technology in 2005, we have faced considerable difficulty entering the marketplace, despite what we believe to be our considerable advantages. The success of our business is likely to depend principally upon our ability to convincingly demonstrate the technical and cost advantages of our Turbulator systems and secure a reliable base of customers who are willing to install our Technology together with or in replacement of the existing purification technologies. It is possible that, despite our ability to prove our effectiveness and our cost efficiencies across a range of industries, our customers will, because of their reluctance to adopt our technology, prefer to fully amortize their investment in existing purification systems or because of simple inertia, remain unwilling to purchase our Turbulator systems or otherwise acquire our Technology.

 

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At the same time, many of the businesses that sell and install the existing processes have considerable resources and sophisticated marketing plans and operating distribution networks. These factors have made and may continue to make it difficult for us to compete with these businesses. In addition, many of our potential customers engage and rely on industrial engineering firms to recommend and select purification systems for their facilities. The fact that we are a relatively new business with a newly developed technology and with very limited resources may make it difficult for these engineering firms to recommend our Technology over the existing modalities.

 

In addition, competitors could develop technologies or systems similar to or better than our own, finish development of new technologies in advance of us, or be more successful at marketing new products, any of which factors may hurt our prospects for success.

 

If we are not able to deal effectively with these competitive factors either directly or by securing geographic markets or industrial markets where these competitive factors are less intense, we may not be able to generate revenues for our business. As a result, without revenues, we may be forced to discontinue or sell our business. Were this to occur, our shareholders would not likely receive any significant return, or any return at all, on their investment.

 

General economic conditions will affect our operations.

 

Changes in the general domestic and international climate may adversely affect the financial performance of the Company. Factors that may contribute to a change in the general economic climate include industrial disputes, interest rates, inflation, international currency fluctuations and political and social reform. Further, the delayed revival of the global economy is not conducive to rapid growth, particularly of technology companies with newly commercialized products.

 

To date, we have chosen to direct our marketing efforts to markets in emerging economies, which economies may exhibit less stability and predictability than developed economies.

 

Since we acquired our Technology, we have chosen to devote a considerable amount of our resources to marketing it in South Africa and other emerging economies. We believe that emerging economies tend to offer substantial opportunities in, for example, the construction of new breweries and dairies to produce beverages for their rapidly expanding consumer populations. We also believe that it may be easier for the owner or operator of a facility that is about to be built to adopt our Technology than for the owner or operator of an existing facility. Doing business in emerging economies, however, is subject to substantial risks. Among other things, economic conditions in those countries may be volatile. The role of governmental agencies and other regulators may be subject to change without advance notice or without any notice. The plans of our current and potential customers to construct or complete the planned construction of their facilities therefore may change. As a result, the investment that we have made with respect to the projects may not have the return that we anticipated or any return at all.

 

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We do not have an expansive or well-developed distribution network.

 

To date, we have relied on distributors to sell our Technology on a country-by-country or region-by-region basis without putting into place a coordinated international distribution network. We believe that the establishment and maintenance of an effective worldwide distribution network will require a substantial amount of financing which has not yet been available to us. If we are not able to secure adequate equity or debt financing in the future, we may not be able to create channels of distribution for our systems, and, as a result, our revenues may not increase.

 

We rely on third parties to manufacture our Turbulator systems and do not have our own manufacturing facilities.

 

Although our own employees design, assemble and install our Turbulator systems in conjunction with our distributors and customers, we have contracted the manufacturing of the components of our Turbulator systems to third parties. As a result, we do not directly control these components and are subject to risks, including late or non-delivery, defective manufacture, breakage in transit and insufficient supply. Any of these problems, as well as other problems deriving from outsourced manufacture of components, could lead us to default on our obligations to our customers, which could have adverse financial consequences for us and as well as adverse consequences for our business reputation.

 

We rely heavily upon our patent and other intellectual property.

 

We rely on a combination of the counterparts of our issued patent, trade secrets and licenses, and, to a lesser extent, trademarks, together with non-disclosure and confidentiality agreements, to establish and protect proprietary rights to our Technology. See below under “Intellectual Property” under the heading “Business”. Our success depends, in part, on our ability to obtain additional United States and foreign patent protection for our products, their uses and our processes to preserve our trade secrets and to maintain the patents that we hold. We do not know whether any of the claims in our issued patents or pending applications will provide us with any significant protection against competitive products or otherwise be commercially valuable. Legal standards regarding the validity of patents and the proper scope of their claims are still evolving, and there is no consistent law or policy regarding the valid breadth of claims. Additionally, there may be third-party patents, patent applications and other intellectual property relevant to our products and technology which are not known to us and that block or compete with our products. Since we do business in emerging economies where legal means for effectively addressing infringement of our patent may not be available, we may not be able to prevent infringement or to obtain judicial relief when infringement occurs.

 

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We may not be able to effectively manage our growth.

 

We expect considerable future growth in our business. This growth may come from the market acceptance of our Technology, increased licensing and commercialization of our Turbulator systems and expanding applications and markets for our Technology. To achieve growth in an efficient and timely manner, we will have to maintain strict controls over our internal management, technical, accounting, marketing, and research and development functions in all of our companies, both in the United States and elsewhere. We believe that we will continue to employ sufficient quality personnel to manage our anticipated future growth. Should we be unable to successfully manage our anticipated future growth by employing or otherwise engaging personnel and professionals who will maintain these standards, our costs may increase, our growth could be impaired and our ability to penetrate the marketplaces that we address may be impaired.

 

Failure to receive regulatory approval and other governmental action may adversely affect our business.

 

We have developed our SurePure Photopurification Technology such that it can be used by industries without being subject to prior regulatory approval as well as in those industries where regulatory approval is essential. Should our Technology not receive regulatory approval, the applications of our Technology will become limited to those applications where regulatory approval is not required, and our business and financial results would thereby be seriously harmed.

 

In those markets and industries in which regulatory approval is required, the approval process is frequently long, unpredictable and costly. See below under “Regulatory Matters” under the heading “Business”. Although we believe that we have accumulated sufficient scientific data to prove that our Technology is both safe and effective, governmental agencies frequently request additional or updated data. To satisfy these requests may require us to expend significant amounts and delay our entry into the market place, both of which adversely affect our business. The regulatory standards that we seek to satisfy are in large part subjective, and therefore we cannot be certain that our evidence will be satisfactory in any given case until the regulatory body so determines.

 

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Although regulatory bodies in different jurisdictions may consider approval in one jurisdiction to be persuasive on certain issues of concern, in general, we must address each regulatory body separately and attempt to satisfy its own set of standards in each case. This process is extremely time-consuming and costly. Frequently delays arise because of, among other reasons, changes in the staffing of regulatory agencies or because of changes in priorities within the regulatory agencies. Although we have employees dedicated to regulatory issues, in almost all cases we must rely on outside consultants for each jurisdiction in which we are seeking regulatory approval. Although these consultants have frequent contact and wide experience with the government agency in question, these consultants are expensive and cannot assure us of a favorable outcome or that delays will be avoided.

 

In certain jurisdictions, regulatory approval requires that an existing law or regulation be modified. Typically, the existing laws or regulations limit the means by which foods and beverages can be purified to the existing modalities. The modification process requires publication or debate of the intended change. Publication and debate give our competition and those businesses that have vested interests in maintaining the exclusivity of the existing modalities the opportunity to oppose our efforts to modify the existing limitations. As a result, we may be forced to spend significant resources to counter these efforts, and we may not be successful in doing so. If we are not successful, then we could be prohibited from selling or distributing our Technology in that market until we later become successful in modifying existing laws and regulations. In addition, any contention will delay the time at which we can enter a market for the regulated application.

 

Moreover, because we are regulated in certain markets as a food additive, we are subject to ongoing scrutiny and subject to changes in regulatory actions even after approval has been obtained. Furthermore, changes in legislation and governmental policy could also negatively impact us.

 

Because our Technology is applied to food and beverage products to be consumed by the public, we may face liability claims.

 

Although we have conducted exhaustive testing programs to identify potential material defects in our Technology and have relied on published, peer-reviewed studies of UVC by independent investigators, any undetected defects could harm our business reputation, diminish our customer base, shrink revenues and expose us to product liability claims. We carry product liability insurance in amounts that we consider to be adequate for the size of our business. Nonetheless, any determination of liability that is not covered by insurance or is in excess of insurance coverage could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

 

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Our group of companies contains companies that are not essential to our operation and which add to our general administrative expense.

 

Our corporate structure includes companies which are holding companies and which we intend to eliminate and combine with our operating companies. Until we are able to do so, these companies will add to our cost structure because of applicable reporting and similar requirements which will be reflected as general and administrative expenses in our consolidated statements of operations. Until we remove the non-essential structures, these costs may place us at a competitive disadvantage to companies that are more streamlined than we are.

 

Consumer advocates and others may question the safety of the effects of our Technology.

 

We are aware that certain organizations that purport to be consumer advocates and others may question the safety of irradiation for purposes of preservation and avoiding spoilage. Often, these persons question the safety testing that has been done with respect to the consumption of foods and beverages that have been irradiated and attempt to establish a link between irradiated food and cancer, despite the FDA’s efforts to educate the public on questions relating to irradiation. These persons may attempt to use the Internet or other media to bring pressure on governmental agencies and generate publicity against the use of irradiation. As a result, and because UVC may be characterized as a form of radiation, their concerns may adversely affect the reputation of our Technology and our ability to increase our revenues. Were their concerns to become pervasive, our business could be damaged. In that case, we might have to restrict our marketing and sales efforts to markets and industries that were not affected by governmental actions or publicity.

 

Need for additional employees.

 

Our future success also depends upon our continuing ability to attract and retain highly qualified personnel. Expansion of our business and the management and operation will require additional managers and employees with industry experience, and our success will be highly dependent on our ability to attract and retain skilled management personnel and other employees. There can be no assurance that we will be able to attract or retain highly qualified personnel. Competition for skilled personnel in our industry and in the locations in which we operate is significant. This competition may make it more difficult and expensive to attract, hire and retain qualified managers and employees.

 

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The elimination of monetary liability against our directors, officers and employees under Nevada law and the existence of indemnification rights to our directors, officers and employees may result in substantial expenditures by us and may discourage lawsuits against our directors, officers and employees.

 

Our certificate of incorporation contains a specific provision that eliminates the liability of directors for monetary damages that may be awarded to us and our shareholders; further, we provide indemnification to our directors and officers to the extent provided by Nevada law. We may also have contractual indemnification obligations under our employment agreements with our executive officers. The foregoing indemnification obligations could result in our incurring substantial expenditures to cover the cost of settlement or damage awards against our directors and officers, which we may be unable to recoup. These provisions and resultant costs may also discourage us from bringing lawsuits against our directors and officers for breaches of their fiduciary duties and may similarly discourage the filing of derivative litigation by our shareholders against our directors and officers, even though such actions, if successful, might otherwise benefit us and our shareholders.

 

Risks Relating to our Securities

 

Shares of our Common Stock are very thinly traded, and the price may not reflect our value and there can be no assurance that there will be an active market for shares of our Common Stock either now or in the future.

 

Although our Common Stock is quoted on the OTCBB, shares of our Common Stock are very thinly traded, and the price of our Common Stock, if traded, may not reflect our value. OTCBB securities are not listed and traded on the floor of an organized national or regional stock exchange. Instead, OTCBB securities transactions are conducted through a telephone and computer network connecting dealers in stocks. OTCBB stocks are traditionally smaller companies that do not meet the financial and other listing requirements of a regional or national stock exchange. As a result, there can be no assurance that there will be an active market for shares of our Common Stock either now or in the future. Market liquidity will depend on the perception of our operating business and any steps that our management might take to bring us to the awareness of investors. There can be no assurance given that there will be any awareness generated. Consequently, shareholders may not be able to liquidate their investment in us or liquidate it at a price that reflects the value of our business. As a result holders of our securities may not find purchasers for our securities should they desire to sell the securities that they hold. Consequently, only investors having no need for liquidity in their investment and who can hold our securities for an indefinite period of time should purchase our securities.

 

If a more active market should develop, the price of shares of our Common Stock may be highly volatile. Because there may be a low price for shares of our Common Stock, many brokerage firms may not be willing to effect transactions in our securities. Even if an investor finds a broker willing to effect a transaction in the shares of our Common Stock, the combination of brokerage commissions, transfer fees, taxes, if any, and any other selling costs may exceed the selling price.

 

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Although our Common Stock is quoted on the OTCBB, currently our shares are not “DTC-eligible.” This means that our shares cannot be electronically transferred between brokerage accounts, and therefor the transfer process is manual. Manual processing may take several days and is not a favored option for companies such as us that rely on broker dealers for stock transactions. Unless and until we become DTC-eligible, our shares may not be able to trade with any volume. Although an application that would permit us to become “DTC eligible” has been submitted, we cannot be certain that the application will be approved or, if approved, when approval will occur.

 

Further, many lending institutions will not permit the use of shares of our Common Stock as collateral for any loans.

 

We cannot assure our shareholders that an active market for shares of our Common Stock can be sustained.

 

We cannot assure our shareholders that an active trading market for our Common Stock can be sustained. A shareholder may find it difficult to dispose of shares or obtain accurate quotations as to the market value of his securities on the OTCBB. Securities quoted on the OTCBB may be subject to a Commission rule that imposes various practice requirements on broker-dealers who sell securities governed by the rule to persons other than established customers and accredited investors. Consequently, this rule may deter broker-dealers from recommending or selling such securities, which may further limit its liquidity. If applicable, this rule could also make it more difficult for us to raise additional capital.

 

The securities issued in the Share Exchange are “restricted securities” of a former “shell company” and, as such, may not be sold except in limited circumstances.

 

None of the shares of our Common Stock, our Nonvoting Convertible Preferred Stock or the shares of our Common Stock issuable upon conversion of our Nonvoting Convertible Preferred Stock (collectively, the “SurePure US Securities”) were, at the time of the Share Exchange, registered under the Securities Act, or registered or qualified under any state securities laws. The SurePure US Securities will be sold and issued pursuant to exemptions contained in and under those laws. Accordingly, the SurePure US Securities are “restricted securities” as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act and must, therefore, be held unless registered under applicable federal and state securities laws, or an exemption from the registration requirements of those laws is available. The certificates representing the SurePure US Securities contain legends reflecting their restricted status.

 

Although we will register for resale certain of the shares of our Common Stock issued in the Share Exchange, we cannot assure our shareholders that the Commission will declare the registration statement effective, thereby enabling those shares of our Common Stock to be freely tradable.

 

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Rule 144 under the Securities Act, which permits the resale, subject to various terms and conditions, of limited amounts of restricted securities after they have been held for six months will not immediately apply to our Common Stock because SurePure US is designated as a former “shell company” under regulations of the Commission. Pursuant to Rule 144(i), securities issued by a current or former shell company that otherwise meet the holding period and other requirements of Rule 144 nevertheless cannot be sold in reliance on Rule 144 until one year after the date on which the issuer filed current “Form 10 information” (as defined in Rule 144(i)) with the Commission reflecting that it ceased being a shell company, and provided that at the time of a proposed sale pursuant to Rule 144, the issuer has satisfied certain reporting requirements under the Exchange Act. Because SurePure US will be a former shell company, the reporting requirements of Rule 144(i) will apply regardless of holding period, and the restrictive legends on certificates for the shares of our Common Stock issued in connection with the Share Exchange cannot be removed except in connection with an actual sale that is subject to an effective registration statement under, or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of, the Securities Act.

 

We will incur increased costs and demands upon management as a result of complying with the laws and regulations affecting public companies, which could harm our operating results.

 

As a public company, we are likely to incur significant legal, accounting and other expenses, including costs associated with public company reporting requirements. We will also incur substantial expenses in connection with the preparation and filing of the registration statement and responding to the Commission’s comments in connection with its review of the registration statement. We also incur costs associated with current corporate governance requirements, including requirements under Section 404 and other provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, as well as rules implemented by the Commission or any stock exchange or quotation system on which our Common Stock may be listed in the future. The expenses incurred by public companies for reporting and corporate governance purposes have increased dramatically in recent years. We expect these rules and regulations to substantially increase our legal and financial compliance costs and to make some activities more time-consuming and costly. We are unable to currently estimate these costs with any degree of certainty. We also expect these new rules and regulations may make it difficult and expensive for us to obtain director and officer liability insurance, and, if we are able to obtain such insurance, we may be required to accept reduced policy limits and coverage or incur substantially higher costs to obtain the same or similar coverage available to privately-held companies. As a result, it may be more difficult for us to attract and retain qualified individuals to serve on our board of directors or as our executive officers.

 

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If we fail to maintain proper and effective internal controls, our ability to produce accurate and timely financial statements could be impaired, which could harm our operating results, our ability to operate our business and investors’ views of us.

 

Ensuring that we have adequate internal financial and accounting controls and procedures in place so that we can produce accurate financial statements on a timely basis is a costly and time-consuming effort that will need to be evaluated frequently. Our failure to maintain the effectiveness of our internal controls in accordance with the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act could have a material adverse effect on our business. We could lose investor confidence in the accuracy and completeness of our financial reports, which could have an adverse effect on the price of our Common Stock.  In addition, if our efforts to comply with new or changed laws, regulations, and standards differ from the activities intended by regulatory or governing bodies due to ambiguities related to practice, regulatory authorities may initiate legal proceedings against us and our business may be harmed.

 

Because we became public by means of a reverse acquisition, we may not be able to attract the attention of major brokerage firms.

 

Additional risks may exist as a result of our having become a public reporting company through a “reverse acquisition.” Security analysts of major brokerage firms may not cover us or our stock. Because we became public through a reverse acquisition, there may be less incentive to brokerage firms to recommend the purchase of our Common Stock. No assurance can be given that brokerage firms will want to provide analyst coverage of us or our stock in the future, which may result in less liquidity and lower trading prices for our shareholders.

 

We are subject to Sarbanes-Oxley and Dodd Frank and the reporting requirements of federal securities laws, which can be expensive and time-consuming.

 

We are subject to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the Dodd Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“Dodd Frank”), as well as related rules implemented by the Commission and reporting requirements of the Exchange Act and other federal securities laws. The costs of compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and of preparing and filing annual and quarterly reports, proxy statements and other information with the Commission, and furnishing audited reports to shareholders, will cause our expenses to be higher than they would be if we had remained privately held and did not consummate the Share Exchange.

 

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None of our executive officers has any experience managing a public company subject to U.S. securities laws, which could adversely impact our ability to comply with the reporting requirements of those laws.

 

 None of our executive officers has any previous experience in managing a public company subject to U.S. securities laws, which could adversely impact our ability to comply with legal, regulatory, and reporting requirements of the those laws. Our management may not be able to implement programs and policies in an effective and timely manner to adequately respond to such legal, regulatory and reporting requirements, including the establishment and maintenance of internal control over financial reporting. Any such deficiencies, weaknesses or lack of compliance could have a materially adverse effect on our ability to comply with the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, which are necessary to maintain public company status. If we were to fail to fulfill those obligations, our ability to operate as a public company would be in jeopardy, in which event the shareholders could lose their investment. Our ability to operate successfully may depend on our ability to attract and retain qualified personnel with appropriate experience in the management of a public company. Our ability to find and retain qualified personnel on our terms and budget may be very limited.

 

We have never paid dividends on our Common Stock, and we do not intend to do so for the foreseeable future.

 

We have never paid dividends on our Common Stock, and we do not anticipate that we will pay any dividends on our Common Stock for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, any return on an investment in our Common Stock will be realized, if at all, only when a shareholder sells shares of our Common Stock.  In addition, our failure to pay dividends may make our stock less attractive to investors, adversely impacting trading volume and price.

 

Recently adopted Commission rules prohibit a reverse acquisition company from listing on a national securities exchange until the company has been in the U.S. over-the-counter market or on another regulated U.S. or foreign exchange for at least one complete fiscal year.

 

Recently adopted Commission rules seek to improve the reliability of the reported financial results of reverse acquisition companies by requiring a pre-listing “seasoning period” during which the post- reverse acquisition public company must produce financial and other information in connection with its required Commission filings. The company also must maintain a requisite minimum share price for at least 30 of the most recent 60 trading days prior to the date of the initial listing application and the date of listing on any national securities exchange.  As a result of these rules, it is unlikely that we will be eligible to list on a national securities exchange for at least one year following the Share Exchange, and only if our stock trades above the requisite minimum price in accordance with the listing requirements of the applicable national securities exchange.

 

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A significant portion of the total outstanding shares of our Common Stock may be sold into the public market in the near future under this prospectus, which could cause the market price to drop significantly, even if our business is doing well.

 

We have filed this prospectus for the resale of the shares of our Common Stock issued in the Share Exchange. Once the shares that are subject to the registration statement are registered, they can be freely sold in the public market.  Sales of a substantial number of shares of our Common Stock in the public market, or the perception in the market that the holders of a large number of shares intend to sell shares, could reduce the market price of our Common Stock.

 

We are controlled by our current officers, directors and principal shareholders.

 

Our directors and executive officers and their affiliates beneficially own approximately 10.61% of the outstanding shares of our Common Stock.   See below under the heading “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management” in this prospectus.

 

Accordingly, our directors, executive officers and principal shareholders will have substantial influence over, and may have the ability to control, the election of our board of directors and the outcome of issues submitted to a vote of our shareholders.

 

Because it may be considered a “penny stock,” our shareholders may have difficulty selling shares of our Common Stock.

 

Under certain circumstances, if the trading price for our Common Stock that does not trade on an exchange drops below $5.00 per share, it could be considered a “penny stock.”  In such case, it will be subject to the requirements of Rule 15g-9 under the Exchange Act.  Under this rule, broker-dealers who recommend penny stocks to persons other than established customers and accredited investors must satisfy special sales practice requirements.  The broker-dealer must make an individualized written suitability determination for the purchaser, considering such purchaser’s financial situation, investment experience and investment objectives, with respect to penny stock transactions, and receive the purchaser’s written consent prior to the transaction. Our Common Stock may be considered a “penny stock” if our stock price drops below $5.00 per share and we do not meet certain net asset or revenue thresholds. These thresholds include the possession of net tangible assets (i.e., total assets less intangible assets and liabilities) in excess of $2,000,000 if we have been operating for at least three years or $5,000,000 if we have been operating for fewer than three years, and the recognition of average revenues equal to at least $6,000,000 for each of the last three years.

 

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The penny stock rules severely limit the liquidity of securities in the secondary market, and many brokers choose not to participate in penny stock transactions. As a result, there is generally less trading in penny stocks. If you become a holder of our Common Stock, you may not always be able to resell shares of our Common Stock publicly at the time and price that a shareholder believes are fair or appropriate.

 

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SELLING STOCKHOLDERS

 

On behalf of the selling stockholders named in the table below, we are registering, pursuant to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, 16,200,000 shares of our Common Stock. In the case of shares that are beneficially owned by Trinity Investment Management (Pte) Limited, we are registering these shares pursuant to provisions of the Trinity Subscription Agreement, dated July 23, 2012, that was entered into between us and that shareholder prior to the Share Exchange and provides Trinity with certain rights to require that its shares to be registered for resale. In the case of shares that are beneficially owned by RD Active Capital, we are registering these shares pursuant to provisions of the RD Active Capital Subscription Agreement, dated November 26, 2012, that was entered into between us and that shareholder prior to the Share Exchange and provides RD Active Capital with certain rights to require its shares to be registered for resale. For information regarding these requirements, see “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions -- Recent Financing and Acquisition Transactions,” below in this prospectus.

  

The table below lists the selling stockholders and information regarding their beneficial ownership of common stock as of December 31, 2012. Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the Commission. The information is not necessarily indicative of beneficial ownership for any other purpose.

 

All information with respect to beneficial ownership has been furnished to us by the selling stockholders. For more information, see the section of this prospectus entitled “Plan of Distribution.”

 

Based on the information supplied to us by or on behalf of the selling stockholders, no selling stockholder is a broker-dealer or an affiliate of a broker-dealer.

 

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Name of Selling Stockholder  Shares Beneficially
Owned Prior to Offering
   Number of Shares
Offered
   Shares Beneficially
Owned After Offering
 
   Number   Percentage (1)       Number   Percentage (1) 
Trinity Investment Management (Pte) Limited   3,094,737    13.2%   3,094,737    0      
RD Active Capital Limited (2)   3,000,000    10.3%   310,000    2,690,000    10.3%
Antares Diversified Fund (SPC) Inc.-Global   674,999    2.9%   400,000    274,999    1.2%
Antares Diversified Fund (SPC) Inc.-Atlantis   49,756    *    36,000    13,756    * 
Lion Capital Group AG   1,888,138    8.0%   1,261,745    626,393    2.7%
Epikur   300,000    1.3%   300,000    0    * 
Algorfa   879,345    3.7%   879,345    0    * 
JPS Group AG   402,863    1.7%   317,091    85,772    * 
Jean-Pierre Schumacher   682,860    2.9%   560,460    122,400    * 
Oliver van Niederhausen   318,792    1.4%   222,545    96,247    * 
I Quattro Venti   1,311,958    5.6%   785,867    526,091    2.2%
Roland Frick & Juergen Frick   130,029    *    56,120    73,909    * 
Spartacus Ltd.   425,000    1.8%   425,000    0    * 
Sunstar Ltd.   425,000    1.8%   425,000    0    * 
Josef Hermann   565,000    2.4%   565,000    0    * 
Valgora Consulting   300,000    1.3%   300,000    0    * 
Johannes Lodewikus Britz   120,000    *    120,000    0    * 
FC & GC Bayly   10,000    *    10,000    0    * 
Andrew Michael MacPherson   80,000    *    80,000    0    * 
Thomas Dalziel Wales Wilson   20,000    *    20,000    0    * 
Anglo Swiss Investments Limited   240,000    *    240,000    0    * 
Fish Eagle International Ltd   1,075,000    4.6%   1,075,000    0    * 
I.S. Thomas   20,000    *    20,000    0    * 
M. P. L. Thomas   20,000    *    20,000    0    * 
Spring Flavour Consulting Ltd.   207,000    *    140,000    67,000    * 
Zacharias Swanepol   10,000    *    10,000    0    * 
MS Santini International LLC   174,000    *    174,000    0    * 
Pieter Gouws   10,000    *    10,000    0    * 
Pieter Swart   10,000    *    10,000    0    * 
Frans Pieter Cilliers   50,000    *    50,000    0    * 
Frederik Petrus Senekal Erasmus   10,000    *    10,000    0    * 
Stephen Miller   682,670    2.9%   573,637    109,033    * 
Stephen Robinson   813,637    3.5%   673,637    140,000    * 
Oliver Kebbble   70,000    *    70,000    0    * 
Guy Kebble   1,000,000    4.3%   500,000    500,000    2.1%
XOptics (PTC), Ltd.    3,128,586    12.01%(3)  2,454,816    673,770    2.9%
Totals   22,199,370         16,200,000    5,999,370      

 

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*Represents beneficial ownership of less than 1% of our outstanding Common Stock.

 

(1)Except as noted below in notes (2) and (3), the percentages of Common Stock beneficially owned are based on 23,517,184 shares of Common Stock outstanding on January 24, 2013.

 

(2)The percentage of Common Stock beneficially owned is based on 26,207,184 shares, which is the sum of the 23,517,184 shares of Common Stock outstanding on January 24, 2013 and the 2,690,000 shares that were beneficially owned by the shareholder as of that date that were not issued and outstanding.

 

(3)The percentage of Common Stock beneficially owned is based on 26,042,000 shares, which is the sum of the 23,517,184 shares of Common Stock outstanding on January 24, 2013 and the 2,454,816 Conversion Shares that the shareholder may sell in the offering to which this prospectus relates. The remainder of the 20,310,631 shares of Common Stock into which the shares of our Nonvoting Convertible Preferred Stock may be converted in accordance with the applicable terms and conditions are not included.

 

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USE OF PROCEEDS

 

We will not receive any proceeds from the sale or other disposition of the shares of common stock offered by the selling stockholders.

 

DIVIDEND POLICY

 

We have never paid or declared any dividends on our Common Stock.  Any future decisions regarding dividends will be made by our board of directors. We currently intend to retain and use any future earnings for the development and expansion of our business and do not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable future. Our board of directors has complete discretion on whether to pay dividends. Even if our board of directors decides to pay dividends, the form, frequency and amount will depend upon our future operations and earnings, capital requirements and surplus, general financial condition, contractual restrictions and other factors that the board of directors may deem relevant.

 

DETERMINATION OF OFFERING PRICE

 

All shares of our common stock being offered will be sold by the selling stockholders without our involvement.  As a result, the selling stockholders will determine at what price they may sell the offered shares, and these sales may be made at prevailing market prices or at privately negotiated prices.

 

MARKET FOR COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

 

Market for Common Stock

 

Our Common Stock has been approved for quotation on The OTC Bulletin Board under the symbol “SURP.”   The Company stock began trading on January 30, 2011.   The table below sets forth below shows the high and low bid prices for our Common Stock for the six quarters ended December 31, 2012 as reported on the OTCBB website. The information reflects inter-dealer prices, without retail mark-ups, mark-downs or commissions and may not necessarily represent actual transactions.

 

   Common Stock   Market Price 
Quarter Ended  Bid High ($)   Bid Low ($) 
December 31, 2012   1.30    1.00 
September 30, 2012   1.52    0.84 
June 30, 2012   1.35    1.00 
March 31, 2012   1.38    1.05 
December 31, 2011   1.45    1.05 
September 30, 2011   1.60    1.45 

 

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As of the date of this prospectus, 23,517,184 shares of our Common Stock are issued and outstanding, an additional 22,765,447 shares of our Common Stock were issuable upon the conversion of the issued and outstanding shares of our Nonvoting Convertible Preferred Stock, and an additional 2,690,000 shares of our Common Stock were issuable under the terms and conditions of the Additional Subscription Agreement. We also have reserved 3,000,000 shares of our Common Stock for future issuance under the 2012 Stock Plan. Of the 23,517,184 shares that are issued and outstanding, 9,272,000 shares were held by our pre-Share Exchange shareholders of SurePure US and the remaining 14,245,184 shares were held by shareholders of SPI, including shares purchased under the Subscription Agreement and Additional Subscription Agreement. Those shares are currently being exchanged into shares of our Common Stock as provided by the Share Exchange Agreement.

 

Record Holders

 

Immediately following the closing of the Share Exchange, there were approximately 48 holders of record of our Common Stock, after giving effect to the anticipated exchanges of shares of SPI for shares of our Common Stock as provided in the Share Exchange Agreement.

 

Lack of DTC Eligibility

 

Although our Common Stock is quoted on the OTCBB, currently our shares are not “DTC-eligible.” This means that our shares cannot be electronically transferred between brokerage accounts, and therefor the transfer process is manual. Manual processing may take several days and is not a favored option for companies such as us that rely on broker dealers for stock transactions. Unless and until we become DTC-eligible, our shares may not be able to trade with any volume. Although an application that would permit us to become “DTC eligible” has been submitted, we cannot be certain that the application will be approved or, if approved, when approval will occur.

 

Equity Compensation Plan Information

 

As of December 31, 2012, no options to purchase any shares of our Common Stock had been issued under the 2012 Stock Plan.

 

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BUSINESS

 

Overview

 

The Company designs, manufactures, markets, sells or licenses and maintains its proprietary Turbulator systems for innovative liquid photo-purification technology in the global marketplace (“SurePure Photopurification Technology” or our “Technology”). We have been engaged in these activities since 2005. Our Technology uses Ultraviolet (“UV”) light in the C band (“UVC”) to process, preserve and sustain the natural quality of food and beverage products, such as dairy products, fruit juice and concentrates, sugar syrup bases and alcoholic beverages. In addition to beverage products, our SurePure Photopurification Technology can also be used to reduce the microbial loads in turbid liquids with industrial applications, such as diesel, bio-ethanol and ship bilge, as well as pharmaceutical applications such as eye preparations and saline drips.

 

The use of UVC light energy with a specific wavelength to disinfect food surfaces, water and other beverages is well accepted. In 2001, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) amended its regulations to permit the use of UVC light as a means of purification for water and fruit juices under certain conditions. There are multiple systems that effectively use UVC to purify or disinfect water and transparent liquids. Beverages and other liquids, such as milk and fruit juice, and water and other liquids used in industrial processes, are cloudy, opaque and contain suspended matter, and are often referred to as “turbid.” The ability to use UVC to purify turbid liquids requires technology that passes limited amounts of liquid at high flow rates very close to the UVC light source so that microbes and other pathogens in the liquid are exposed most directly and intensely to UVC waves.

 

It is our goal to secure approval for our Technology in 2013 and 2014 in those markets where approval is a precondition for the commercial implementation, such as with our current dairy and wine test clients, as well as to market and distribute our SurePure Photopurification Technology on a worldwide basis. After concluding research and successfully testing at various research institutions during the past several years, we are seeking approval from the FDA and EU Novel Food Clearance for use of the SurePure Photopurification Technology as an adjunct to and in certain cases as an alternative for, pasteurization in dairy applications and from the International Organisation of Vine and Wine for the purification of wine. We are simultaneously increasing the general awareness of our Technology through demonstrations at trade shows and exhibitions of our Technology to selected customers who are successfully running internal tests.

 

Based on research that we have sponsored, we believe that our SurePure Photopurification Technology improves beverage and liquid food quality and safety by safely disinfecting these products beyond existing technology, such as conventional pasteurization. Because our Technology does not require heat to be generated for purification to occur and therefore requires less energy to operate, we also believe that it enables processors of food, beverages and industrial liquids that use our Technology to reduce their operating expenditures. Our research also leads us to believe that our SurePure Photopurification Technology can be applied to virtually every consumable beverage, many industrial and processing liquids and any liquid pharmaceutical products that may suffer from microbiological contamination. Consequently, the markets that we serve can encompass all industries that manufacture or distribute consumable beverages, industries that use water or other liquids in industrial processes in the manufacturing or processing of foods and beverages and industries that produce liquids that must meet standards for high levels of purification.

 

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Our Industry

 

Currently, conventional means for purifying dairy products, juices, wine, beer and other beverages are pasteurization and chemical. Pasteurization was developed in the nineteenth century and received widespread adoption in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Pasteurization operates by heating milk or other liquid to a specific temperature level (generally, 73° C or 164° F, although the exact temperature will vary according to need) and holding the temperature constant for a specified period of time, during which period pathogen cells are ruptured as a result of the heat transferred by the liquid. As a result of the heating process, pasteurization transforms components of the liquid, including taste and other sensory attributes, and does not remove the ruptured microbes from the fluid. In order to create sufficient heat to raise the temperature of the liquid to meet pasteurization standards, large amounts of energy must be consumed and CO2 emissions are created.

 

Another principal means for purifying liquids has been the addition of certain chemicals, such as sulfites and other preservatives. The addition of these elements often affects the taste and consistency of the liquid or food to be treated. Published research concludes that the additives used to achieve purification or preservation may lead to unhealthy or otherwise undesirable side effects among certain consumers.

 

Notwithstanding the general effectiveness of pasteurization and other means of purification, certain spore-forming bacteria, such as Bacillus, remain a serious concern in the food industry, since they can survive heat, chemicals, desiccation and radiation and can cause food poisoning and spoilage. Certain species of Bacillus, such as B. sporothermodurans, are heat resistant and can survive the process of pasteurization. We believe that the food and dairy industries are seeking alternative methods to render their products microbiologically safe for consumption against the widest possible range of microorganisms.

 

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Our Technology

 

UVC occupies the light spectrum with wavelengths of 10 nanometers to 290 nanometers. UVC has been successfully used as a process for the disinfection of air, water and surfaces. In recent years, scientists have studied UVC irradiation technology as an alternative to heat (pasteurization) or chemically-based processes (preservatives) that currently are being used in the purification and/or sterilization or preservation of foods and liquids. Our Technology uses UVC waves to purify microbiologically sensitive turbid (cloudy or hazy fluids caused by individual particles (or suspended solids)) that are generally invisible to the naked eye by inactivating contaminating microorganisms, such as bacteria, yeasts, moulds and viruses in treated liquids. The UV wavelength most effective for killing microorganisms is between 254 and 260 nanometers. Based on this, our Technology employs UVC radiation at the germicidal wavelength of 254 nanometers of sufficient energy and duration to inactivate contaminating pathogens, including viruses. On the basis of research that we have sponsored, we believe that since our Technology transfers energy directly to microbial DNA, it also limits secondary effects on liquid proteins, enzymes and other components and concomitantly minimizes effects on nutritional, sensory and marketing attributes of the product being purified.

 

 

UVC light can penetrate the outer cell membranes of microorganisms, such as viruses, bacteria, mold and mildew. Exposure to UVC causes the DNA molecules of the microorganisms to become fused, or mutated. The mutations further result in the death or the organisms as their metabolic functions such as replication cannot be completed after the mutation results. In addition to being safe, our process is non-thermal, chemical-free, fast and replicable.

 

Our Product

 

We provide the core of our Technology, the Turbulator, to commercial clients for use in their plants. The Turbulator is a mechanical tube system within a double-walled stainless steel cylinder that creates turbulation in the fluid, moves the liquid to be purified in spiral flows over the source of the UVC at a specified distance from the source which maximizes the efficacy of the UVC waves, and ensures that all the liquid is exposed to the UVC source. Existing laminar flow systems, in which the liquid passes across a light source in sheets, do not allow for the sustained, controlled exposure that is necessary for effective purification, particularly for turbid liquids. The Turbulator system can be installed in parallel or series, resulting in a system that uses multiple lamps, with a modular approach enabling the treatment of a number of liquids requiring varying levels of exposure and flow rates. The proprietary design of the Turbulator is based on an internal lamp which is inserted into a quartz sleeve which in turn is placed inside a metal housing. Because of the proximity of the light source to the target liquid within the housing, there is a very high level of energy transfer to individual micro-organisms within the target liquid. The Turbulator system includes a data recording component which records quality assurance and other critical data relating to its operation.

 

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We have designed the Turbulator system to maximize the range of liquids that our Technology can purify. The color and turbidity of the liquid being treated plays a role as UVC can only penetrate roughly 1 mm into juice and even less so into milk. The efficacy of the UVC is therefore dependent on the properties of the liquids being treated, including the color, viscosity, absorbance and presence of suspended solids. The Turbulator has been designed so that the necessary adjustments can be made to optimize its effectiveness in relation to the properties of the liquids being treated. Moreover, because of the design of the Turbulator and its components, our system can treat liquids where the use of heat as a purifying agent would be detrimental to the product. The Turbulator also allows the processor to set the precise exposure of a treated liquid to the UVC source, so that the exposure can match the exact purification requirements of the liquid.

 

The principal benefit of our SurePure Photopurification Technology is that it purifies liquids by inactivating pathogens without the use of heat energy. Because of the proprietary characteristics of the Turbulator system that control the flow of liquid over the UVC source, the Technology has been effective on all pathogens for which we have performed tests, including those that we believe are resistant to heat. In addition, we believe that our product has other benefits as well:

 

·Because our Turbulator systems do not rely on the generation of heat or other intense energy to perform purification, they consume substantially less power and therefore lead to less power-related expense, both in terms of power inputs and cooling needs;
·Because our Turbulator systems require substantially less power than conventional means of heat-based purification, they substantially reduce the carbon footprint of the process;
·Because the liquids that have been purified have not been subject to significant change in temperature, the quality of the end product remains intact;
·For most liquids treated by our Technology, shelf life improves because we have inactivated the microbes and spores that result in spoilage;

 

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·Because our Turbulator systems are effective in destroying pathogens, the need to use preservatives in the liquid product that has been treated is substantially reduced;
·Because our Turbulator systems effectively purify liquids used in industrial processes for washing and rinsing, among other purposes, those liquids can then be reused, which substantially reduces water consumption and the need to dispose of waste products; and
·Because our Technology does not rely on heat, our Turbulator systems can possibly create new products in situations in which the application of heat has been a limiting factor in their purification.

 

Approximately 400 Turbulator systems, including test systems have been installed since our inception in 2005 and are in operation in the following locations world-wide: USA, Europe, South America and South Africa. The installed systems are comprised of one to 40 separate Turbulators each. We continue to evaluate the performance of our Turbulator systems closely. As we gain customer feedback, we incorporate it into the design of new Turbulator installations. In certain geographic markets and for applications to certain liquids, we have not obtained or are not required to obtain governmental approvals for the sale or distribution of our Turbulator products. Accordingly, we or our distributors can market our Technology at the present time. In those markets and for those applications where governmental or similar approvals are required, our timelines for market entry are between one and three years. See “Regulation” below under this heading. We believe that we do not require further product development. Rather, our principal task is to fund research by credible and competent third parties that will generate the scientific data that underpin our requests for clearance and convincing demonstrate what we believe to be the advantages of our Technology, as well as its efficacy. We believe that the aggregate cost of these reports will be approximately $250,000.

 

We do not, and do not expect in the near term, to manufacture Turbulator systems through a facility of our own. Rather, we rely on third-party manufacturers to build our Turbulator components to our specifications and for our final assembly. Our current manufacturers are located in South Africa. Our products are generally delivered to our customers at their particular industrial sites where our own personnel install and test the systems, and then provide training to the customers. The materials used to manufacture and assemble Turbulator systems are commodities and, at the current time, are not in short supply. If any of our suppliers are unable to provide components, there are sufficient backup sources for components that would permit us to maintain our pricing intact.

 

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Our Competitive Strengths

 

Based on its proprietary patented Turbid Fluid Photopurification Technology, SurePure is attempting to become an industry leader in the liquids purification and treatment industry. Its competitive strengths include the following:

 

·Although UV light has long been used as a surface sterilizer and has been successfully applied to clear water, we have developed the first solution that can process opaque or turbid liquids:

 

§Our patented Turbulator design increases the liquid’s exposure to UVC, enabling greater efficacy and consistency in purification;
§The turbulent flow of the liquid over the UVC source for an extended period at controlled distances from the source ensures a non-fouling, self-cleaning system; and
§The multiple-lamp system used in the Turbulator system provides greater flexibility;

 

·The Technology is an alternative to comparable heat - or chemical-based processes and has a greater microbiological efficacy than conventional, laminar-flow UV systems in turbid liquid applications; and
·The Turbulator uses a low maintenance, non-fouling technology that offers significant process and energy savings.

 

The principal commercial benefits of our Technology and the systems that incorporate it include:

 

·an effective alternative to pasteurization
·replacement of chemical and other preservatives;
·significant savings of energy and water;
·extended shelf life of treated products;
·preservation of the taste, smell and look of the raw materials or finished products; and
·delivery of replicable, predictable germicidal efficacy.

 

Notwithstanding these strengths, we nonetheless encounter and therefore must overcome serious challenges to widespread adoption and implementation of our Technology. As is the case with any business that seeks to replace an existing conventional modality, such as purification heat or preservatives, we have the burden of persuading customers and others of the superiority of the results that we produce and the value to our customers of the return on their investment in our technology. In applications, such as industrial application, where there is no regulatory involvement, we rely on various “cost/benefit” analyses to substantiate the case for acquiring and installing our system. In applications, such as dairy or foods, where there is regulatory involvement, we must demonstrate to the regulators that our Technology and its use of UVC either fits within the scope and application of existing rules and regulations, or, more often, we must persuade the regulators, by evidence they deem to be satisfactory, that they can amend or vary their regulations so that customers can employ our Technology. In many circumstances in which our technology is regulated, we prefer to present initially our Technology, as an adjunct to, and not as a replacement of, existing purification technologies. Although we believe that adjunct use will eventually lead to replacement, we do not yet have an established track record in this respect.

 

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Sales

 

We have focused our sales efforts on “early adopter” global clients with multiple processing plants who have a substantial market share in their industries. Currently, we generate minimal revenues under a few existing customer agreements. Most of our sales activity takes place within our subsidiary SPO, as that company owns and administers all of our patents other than the South African patent. Most of our current sales arrangements are with SPO.

 

To date, we have focused on the brewing industry and its need to purify liquid inputs into its final products, such as simple sugar syrup, as well as producers of fruit juice and wine. For example, we have focused on the brewing industry in emerging economies because of the strong possibilities for our customers’ growth and growth in demand for their products in those regions. In 2009, we sold our Technology to a South African facility of a major international brewer. Depending on regulatory developments (see "Regulation" below), we will target businesses that both produce and use liquids in their production processes and require the highest levels of purification of those liquids. The customers that we serve in one particular geographic market may not be the same type of customers that we serve in another geographic market, as we expect to continue to be opportunistic with respect to sales and market penetration.

 

We anticipate expanding the network of distributors that we currently have established, and in certain areas we will continue to grow our own direct sales force. To date, we have selected distributors by type of liquid and by geographic region and have sought out existing distributors of engineered systems. Currently, we are represented by approximately ten distributors, one of which is based in South Africa and two distributors elsewhere in Africa. In October 2012, we entered into an agreement with a distributor for the wine industry in Spain and Italy. Putting into place a distribution network requires that we identify the best players to serve the specific industries in which our end users operate, that we provide them with that equipment and training that enables them to both demonstrate and explain the advantages of our Technology and that we design our Turbulator systems so that they are a compelling offering that permits our distributors to effectively utilize their resources in placing our products. The customer sales cycle is long for any new technology and our distributors may face resistance as a result of the historical investment that customers have made in existing facilities. Nevertheless, we believe that during 2013 we will identify those priority markets in which we must have distributors and that we will enter into appropriate contracts with distributors in those markets. See “Risk Factors —“We do not have an expansive or well developed distribution network.””

 

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We also must raise sufficient working capital to support any distribution network that we establish. For example, we believe that each distributor will require at least $50,000 of equipment on hand for demonstration and similar purposes. In addition, our distribution network will require sales support. Optimally, we would provide the support of a microbiologist/biochemist and an expert in the design and construction of engineered processes to our distributors to assist them in their sales efforts. In addition, we will require working capital to pay the general and administrative costs relating to in-house staff additions such as sales trainers and regulatory experts.

 

Currently, the following revenue-generating contracts are in place with customers:

 

·a contract with a producer of fruit juice in South Africa under which SPMSA maintains Turbulator systems at the producer’s facility, and SPMSA provides on-site maintenance services to the UV equipment, including, repair services and engineering improvements, the term of which contract expires on October 27, 2013;

 

·a contract with a South African dairy under which SPMSA is paid on a usage basis for a standalone system containing UV equipment for use on dairy milk products, the term of which contract expires on October 28, 2014; and

 

·an exclusive world-wide license with a global equipment manufacturer located in the State of Illinois, United States of America, for sterilizing milk and milk components to be used in the feeding of cow calves, which license is worldwide subject to the licensee’s meeting stated minimum sales guarantees and which becomes royalty-generating, the term of which license expires April 30, 2018 and is renewable in five one-year terms.

 

During the first nine months of 2012, our revenue for these three contracts has been approximately $194,000 under contracts managed from Switzerland. The license referred to above provided most of our 2012 revenues.

 

We also have entered into a patent license agreement with a major dairy operator in the United Kingdom under which the licensee is evaluating our technology in connection with the extension of the shelf life of milk. The license was entered into in October 2010, at which time the licensee paid us a one-time fee of approximately $40,000. The territory of the license includes both the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. The license permits the licensee to evaluate our Technology and to use that evaluation to pursue a Novel Food Application with the European Union Commission. The license provides that if the Commission approves the Novel Foods Application, then the licensee may, at its option, extend the license so that it is able to produce liquid milk commercially for a period of 24 months after the approval, contingent on the licensee’s agreeing to purchase from us one purification system with at least 200 Turbulators. If the licensee elects to produce milk commercially using our Technology, the parties have agreed to negotiate the terms under which equipment may be purchased from us, subject to a limit on equipment prices that the parties have agreed to. If not terminated earlier by mutual agreement, the license remains in force until nine months after a final decision of the Commission on the Novel Foods Application for the Technology or, if the licensee has exercised its right to option to extend the license, for 24 months after the final decision of the Commission.

 

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We are currently in discussions with a number of customers, and we expect to enter into between 6 and 10 revenue-generating contracts with customers during the next 6 to 9 months. However, because our sales cycle is long and often requires negotiation with multiple levels and groups within a customer, we cannot be certain of the timing of these contracts and the amount of revenues to be generated either on a period-by-period basis or over the life of the contract. See “Risk Factors--“We face significant obstacles to the commercialization of SurePure Photopurification Technology and our Turbulator systems.”

 

Marketing

 

To maximize our marketing funds, we primarily utilize public relations, trade shows and customer trials to convert awareness into interest and purchase.

 

Our current working strategy is to locate markets and market participants who require effective means for purifying liquids. Since inception, we have focused on producers of milk and other dairy products, fruit juices, wine and sugar syrups in the United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union, South Africa and India. In each case, we seek to approach the strongest market participants and explain the advantages of our Technology as an adjunct to or as a replacement of existing conventional processes. To the extent that permitted uses of our Technology is subject to regulation that limits, restricts or prohibits the use of UVC as a means of purification of a specific liquid or food, we work with the customer in various tests to support an application to amend or replace the applicable regulation.

 

Our technology was developed in South Africa. Since our management team is familiar with the dairy, fruit juice and wine industries in South Africa, we initially focused on the South African market. During the last 5 years, however, we have been working with customers in the United States, the United Kingdom and the European Union, as well as Australia, New Zealand, South America and Canada. We also continue to explore emerging economies, such as India.

 

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Regulatory Matters

 

The application of our SurePure Photopurification Technology to purify or disinfect milk, other dairy products, wine and juice generally requires that we take various steps to obtain regulatory clearances in each of the jurisdictions in which we plan to market our Technology. The compliance measures that we are required to take differ based on whether we are seeking to have the Technology sold as an adjunct to pasteurization or as an alternative to pasteurization, the latter having a higher standard for clearance. Other uses of our Technology—industrial uses, for example—do not require compliance with regulations governing food or dairy products. To date, we have pursued compliance efforts principally in the United States of America, the European Union and the Republic of South Africa.

 

United States of America

 

In 2001 the FDA amended its regulations to permit the use of UVC to purify water and certain fruit juices, as long as certain performance characteristics are complied with. With regard to milk and other dairy products in the USA, we plan to market our Technology first as an adjunct to pasteurization. Specifically, we are applying to treat raw milk, which is milk prior to any pasteurization or any other similar process. Although we have not committed to doing so, we plan to pursue clearance from the FDA as an alternative to thermal pasteurization in the future. The timeline for this process may be as long as four to six years and will likely require that we devote additional resources to fund the necessary testing.

 

The FDA classifies the use of UVC to treat milk or other food as a food additive, the use of which must be expressly permitted. The current FDA regulation that permits the use of ultraviolet radiation for the processing and treatment of food does not include the use of UV light as a means of purification of dairy products, although it does permit the use of UV light in treating potable water and juice products, as well as high fat-content food. In June 2012, in compliance with the FDA’s procedures, we submitted a draft application to amend the FDA’s food radiation regulation to permit use of UV light. We filed a draft of our petition to amend the regulation to the Office of Food Additive Safety (“OFAS”) of the FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (“CFSAN”). In August 2012, CFSAN confirmed our view that an amendment of the FDA’s food radiation regulation would be required and noted certain deficiencies in our draft petition for the use of our Technology in the pasteurization of milk. When we have successfully completed tests that generate the necessary data, we intend to submit those data and studies to address directly CFSAN’s comments in an effort to establish the safety of our treatment process. Once OFAS receives our formal petition, it must act within 15 days to determine whether it is suitable for filing, in which case we are so notified and OFAS publishes a notice to that effect in the Federal Register. At that time, OFAS also determines whether there is any need for review by agencies in addition to CFSAN, and formal review by OFAS commences. If all required safety information has been included in our petition, the scientific review should be completed within approximately six months. The wording of our suggested amendment to the food radiation regulation also undergoes a review for approximately six months, at which point OFAS drafts a final rule, which we will then review. When OFAS has completed its full consideration of our petition, and if that review is positive, the FDA will publish a final rule in the Federal Register. We understand that the timeframe for publication is two to three months and that the average length of time between submission of a final petition and publication of the rule is 24 months. Accordingly, full approval is possible in late 2015 or 2016.

 

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In addition, the U.S. Food Drug and Cosmetic Act, which prohibits the manufacture or sale of misbranded foods, provides that any food that purports to be or is represented as pasteurized must have been subjected to a safe process or treatment that meets certain standards. We must satisfy these standards to the satisfaction of the FDA if our purification process does not satisfy the applicable FDA regulations. The submissions that we have made to date to the FDA have not produced a determination that our Technology satisfies its standards. We plan to continue our dialogue with the FDA and expect to provide reports and data which will satisfy its requirements. There cannot be any assurance, however, that the reports and data that we do provide will result in a finding that is favorable to us.

 

We also are required to obtain FDA approval for the use of our Technology for wines or other alcoholic beverages before the Alcohol & Tobacco Tax & Trade Bureau will make any determinations with respect to the application of our Technology to purify those products.

 

European Union

 

In the European Union, before our Technology can be used commercially with respect to foods, food ingredients and beverages, it must receive clearance under Regulation (EC) No. 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 1997 Concerning Novel Foods and Novel Food Ingredients. The application pertaining to our Technology has been submitted by a member company of the EU dairy industry that is a customer of ours. The matter is being reviewed by the Novel Foods, Additives and Supplements branch of the EU’s Food Standards Agency. In the application regarding our Technology, our customer has claimed that its use significantly increases the levels of Vitamin D in milk and extends the shelf life of dairy foods. The purpose of the EU Novel Foods review is to determine whether the use of our Technology presents a danger to the consumer, misleads the consumer or results in dairy products that are nutritionally disadvantageous to the consumer. The EU process requires the party who will be distributing the product to submit a request to an individual member state of the EU (the “Member State”), which, in our case, is the United Kingdom. The Member State designates an official committee to review the application, which determines whether additional assessment is required. At the same time, the request to distribute the novel food is forwarded to the European Commission. We understand that the initial assessment of the application should be completed within three months of the initial request to the Member State, not counting any time required to complete the submission if it is deemed incomplete in some respect. If the official committee requests additional assessment or if there are objections from other Member States, the Commission then asks the European Food Safety Authority to render an opinion. When the opinion is rendered, the Commission and the Standing Committee of the Food Chain and Animal Health make their decision. We understand that the entire process is unlikely to take less than one year from submission of the request, unless the initial report of the Member State does not require additional assessment. At this time, we do not know whether additional assessment will be required. One of our customers has submitted a request to the Food Safety Authority in the United Kingdom. We anticipate that the earliest time at which we may receive the necessary approval is during 2013.

 

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Republic of South Africa

 

In South Africa, we are engaged in a process to draft or amend a series of regulations of the Ministry of Health that apply to various foods and foodstuffs. In May 2012 we filed an application to amend certain regulations relating to Milk and Dairy Products GN R1555 of 21 November 1998 applicable to milk and dairy products, wine, fruit juice and other microbiologically sensitive liquids to permit our Product to be used as an alternative to pasteurization. In the case of certain regulations, draft regulations have been published for comment in the government’s official publication. In other cases, publication of the regulations may not occur until we have responded to requests for further information from the government’s Directorate: Food Control, including information that relates to the disposition of applications that we have submitted in the US and the EU. The Directorate of Food Control, Department of Health is not prepared to make an application to the Minister of Health to amend the regulation until such time that we have received either FDA or Novel Food Approval. In addition, the Directorate has advised us that the Agricultural Products Standards Act will have to be amended to conform with any amendments to South Africa’s regulations relating to milk and dairy products. According, the agency has requested that we send it peer-reviewed pasteurization reports or studies for our Technology for use an as alternative to pasteurization. Apart from the Minister being required to publish proposed new and/or amendments to existing regulations in the Government Gazette for public comments, allowing a three month period for this, South Africa is under obligation to notify the World Trade Organization (“WTO”) of such legislation being published. The notification will be shared with all the member countries of the WTO, who will have under the relevant provisions of the WTO an opportunity to also comment on the legislation published by South Africa. Accordingly, for this process, a six-month comment period is required.

 

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Competition

 

Generally, we compete with a number of engineered services businesses who design and, in some cases, install purification systems for beverages, dairies, wineries and other manufacturers or processors of beverages. We also compete with those businesses that manufacture the systems that are use to pasteurize or otherwise purify beverages and other liquids. Both the service providers and manufacturers with which we compete generally are private companies, although a number are associated with large international conglomerates.

 

We believe that the principal competitive factors in our industry that create barriers to entry include, but are not limited to, reliability, effectiveness of technology to achieve requisite levels of purification, reputation, availability of resources and regulatory compliance for certain applications.

 

We believe that any current thermal or chemical preservative process for liquids is a direct competitor to our business. Other developing processes, such as ultrasound, high-pressure or sterile filtration, are also a source of competitive threat.

 

Our strategy for dealing with our competition is to gain broad commercial acceptance of our Technology by pursuing those applications, such as dairy, that have rigorous regulatory standards that must be met, and the same time work with large international business to receive their backing for our Technology. We also focus our efforts to gain acceptance in emerging growth economies where we believe that our Technology has competitive advantages such as requiring the use of less power than other means of purification and where there are a large number of “Greenfield” installations for our Technology.

 

Intellectual Property

 

Our patented Turbid Fluid Photopurification Technology is protected by patents which have been granted in 66 countries throughout the world, including South Africa, United States, China (PRC), Japan, Australia and the countries of the European Union. A predecessor entity to SPHSA applied for our patents in October 2000. Each of the patents is based on the same international patent application and relates to the same invention. The patents will expire in the various countries on October 12, 2020. Our United States patent was granted on July 12, 2005 and will expire on October 12, 2020. Patent applications for our invention remain outstanding in Brazil and Cyprus.

 

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The applications for these patents were examined independently by each of the patent offices where patent applications were filed, and each of the examiners in the various countries conducted an independent international novelty search for related published technology and then assessed whether or not the invention was new and inventive and thus qualified for a patent. Each examiner decided independently at the end of his examination that a patent should be granted. Accordingly, we believe that it is unlikely that a third party could successfully challenge the validity of any of our patents, and we further believe that our patents are enforceable with respect to the claims that they describe. The costs of enforcing a patent against an alleged infringer vary significantly from the relatively minor cost of sending a simple cease-and-desist letter which could result in cessation of the infringement, to the significant cost of bringing and maintaining a full patent infringement action. We believe that a third party may be infringing our Brazilian patent right and using our trade secrets in Brazil. We have engaged Brazilian counsel to advise us of our rights in this matter and whether we have an effective remedy available to us. See under the heading “Risk Factors —“We rely heavily upon our patents and other intellectual property.””

 

We plan to continue to develop our Technology with a view to applying for further patents.

 

We also own the registered trademark “SurePure” in various formats in South Africa. We have filed trademark applications for “Turbulator” in the United States, South Africa, Switzerland and the EU.

 

Research

 

We have contracted for and funded research efforts regarding the use of UVC as employed by our SurePure Photopurification Technology in the purification of liquids generally, and foods and beverages in particular, at academic institutions throughout the world. Generally, we have commissioned research in areas such a flow dynamics, biochemistry and microbiology. We, and in one or two cases, our customers, have provided funding for the studies, which generally covered both direct costs as well as overhead, and we also have provided our equipment to the institutions. In certain cases, we have provided annual grants to academic institutions to study the effects of UVC energy on foods and beverages. The academic institutions that contracted to perform studies of our Technology or that received grants from us include:

 

ØUniversity of Wisconsin – Madison, Wisconsin

;

ØCornell University – Ithaca, New York

 

ØQueens College – Belfast, Northern Ireland

 

ØCampdens BRI – Gloucestershire, United Kingdom

 

ØUniversity of Birmingham – Birmingham, United Kingdom

 

ØUniversity of Stellenbosch – Stellenbosch , South Africa

 

ØUniversity of the Western Cape – South Africa

 

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ØCape Peninsula University of Technology – Cape Town, South Africa

 

ØIFV – Bordeaux, France

 

By way of example, results of studies conducted at these institutions include the following:

 

oA 2011 published study that explains the effects of UVC radiation on microorganisms found in grape juice and wine products which found that our Technology “clearly indicated significant germicidal effect against the wine specific microorganisms; therefore, UVC radiation may stabilize grape juice and wine microbiologically in conjunction with reduced [sodium dioxide] levels” and that UVC radiation effectively inactivates wine-associated microorganisms such as Brettanomyces, Saccharomyces, Acetobacter, Lactrobacillus, Pediococcus and Oenococcus.

 

oA 2010 unpublished study of the use of our Technology to produce grape juice and wine that is free of microorganisms that found that using the UVC treatment on grape juice and wine samples in five different wineries could provide the wine significantly free of microorganisms (i.e., to the extent of less than 1 colony-forming unit per milliliter).

 

oA 2012 published study that examined the use of UVC light to inactivate microorganisms that found a 100% improvement in predicted microbial kill due to the novel swirl design of our Turbulator.

  

oA 2011 published study that investigated the efficacy of UVC radiation technology to inactivate microorganisms in milk and concluded that UVC treatments produced microbial reductions similar to traditional heat pasteurization. The study also noted that UVC has the advantage of not producing chemical residues, by-products or radiation; is a cold process requiring very low maintenance at low cost; and does not require energy to produce heat.

  

oA 2008 published study that concluded that UVC radiation was successful in reducing bacterial counts in raw bovine milk, as well as apple juice, guava juice, pineapple juice and orange juice, while preserving the nutrients of the beverages being treated.

  

oA 2011 unpublished study currently under peer review that investigated whether UVC treatment could reduce the number of Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris cells in water, fruit concentrate and grape concentrate and found that our Technology is a viable way to control contamination of juice concentrate by species of that bacterium.

 

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We believe that these studies were undertaken by qualified scientists who were employed by academic institutions with experience in the areas of scientific endeavor that relates to our Technology. We also believe that these scientists performed their research in accordance with the ethical and scientific guidelines of their respective universities. Prior to being published, the results were reviewed by scientific peers and presented by journals with international following. Accordingly, we believe that we and others can rely on these studies as proof of the efficacy of our Technology as presented in the studies. We have presented these studies to regulators as evidence of the efficacy of our Technology.

 

In addition to evaluating the results of our Technology as a means of purification, these studies also provided information with respect to certain critical process parameters, such as optimal dosage and flow rates. We plan to commission additional studies to gather additional information on these topics as well as certain toxicological and chemical safety studies. The methods to be used for our studies must comply with various regulatory standards. Any academic institutions with whom we might deal are likely to require that we fund these studies, and, accordingly, we will require additional financing so that we are able to pay all of the expenses and overhead costs that we are required to pay.

 

Employees

 

As of September 30, 2012, we employed 12 people directly, 11 of whom are based at our operational headquarters near Cape Town, South Africa. We continue to utilize the services of key academic and professional consultants in the areas of microbiology, biochemistry process engineering and manufacturing to enable us to grow the business and service our customer base on a global basis.

 

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL

CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATION

 

This “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements can also be identified by words such as “anticipates,” “expects,” “believes,” “plans,” “predicts,” and similar terms. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and our actual results may differ significantly from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause such differences include, but are not limited to, those discussed above in the section entitled “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements”.

 

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The results presented in this “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” are those of the Company as reflected in the Company’s consolidated financial statements attached hereto. The following discussion should be read in conjunction with such consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto. The results presented below pertain to the unaudited nine-month periods ended September 30, 2012 and September 30, 2011 and the audited annual periods ended December 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010.

 

Plan of Operation

 

During the next 12 months the Company will seek to expand the commercial acceptance of its Turbulator systems. To achieve this goal, the Company expects to execute the following principal steps:

 

·Obtain working capital financing to provide capital to support and augment the Company’s operations;

 

·Obtain equity financing to support the Company’s commercial growth,

 

·Build the Company’s technical sales support team by hiring qualified sales engineers and scientists. Since the Turbulator system is an engineered system, the Company believes that both its marketing and sales efforts will be enhanced by having access to qualified technical support;

 

·Continue to pursue regulatory clearances and approvals for applications, such as dairy products, that are required for its Turbulator systems to be sold in those industries. During this period the Company expects to take the following actions with regulatory agencies:

 

oSubmit to the FDA the Company’s proposed notice to amend the FDA’s regulations to include the use of UV on milk;

 

oObtain approval of the material that the Company and a United Kingdom customer submitted to the UK Food Standard Authority in June 2011 in pursuance of EU Novel Food approval; and

 

oObtain approval in South Africa from the Director General: Health of the Company’s application for the amendment of South African regulations relating to milk and dairy products permitting the use of the Company’s Technology to purify milk;

 

·Seek to market and sell the Company’s Technology for industrial applications;

 

·Create one or more distribution networks for the Company’s Technology by identifying distributors according to their geographic market, their expertise with specific liquids and their existing client relationships and negotiating agreements with the identified distributors on terms acceptable to both the distributors and us;

 

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·Expand its management team by hiring a relevant staff with industry expertise in those geographic territories in which the Company plans to sell Turbulator systems; and

 

·Promote the Company’s Turbulator systems at a minimum of two international trade shows during 2013 - one for the brewing industry and one for the dairy/fruit juice industry. The purpose of the Company’s exhibitions at these venues will be to reach out to industry participants, including distributors of engineered systems, to make them aware of the advantages of the Company’s Turbulator systems and the expanded applications of the SurePure Photopurification Technology that have been developed over the past eighteen months.

 

Growth Strategy

 

The Company intends to grow rapidly over the next five years through the use of working capital and equity financing. If we are able to raise sufficient financing, under our strategy of targeting strategic global regions with multiple potential clients, it should be feasible for us to meet the expectations that we have set. However, the Company will carefully monitor the risks associated with achieving the goals in each scenario to ensure that the Company can meet client expectations while remaining financially solvent.

 

Operations

 

The Company's Technology was invented in South Africa, and initially SPHSA held all of the international patents. In 2008, SPHSA transferred all patents other than the South African patent to SPO, one of the Company’s Swiss entities. Consequently, SPO generates most of our sales activity and has generated most of the current sales arrangements that we have in place. Since that time, the Company’s current operations and staff have largely been based in South Africa. Our Company’s Chief Executive Officer and our Sales and Marketing Executive are based in South Africa. Our Chief Financial Officer is based in Zug, Switzerland and manages the Company’s finance function as well as the cash, foreign exchange and information technology infrastructure out of Switzerland. Our management has decided to continue with the current locations while the Company focuses on commercializing its activities. Our management believes that it will establish a centrally located international headquarters during the course of the next 12 to 24 months.

 

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Additional Funding

 

The Company will require additional funding for our operations over the next 12 months to fulfill its business plan. Not all of the funding required for our continuing operations has been made available to the Company, although we have held discussions with certain of our existing shareholders with respect to the purchase of additional equity. In November 2012, a new investor agreed to purchase 300,000 shares of our Common Stock and also acquired the right to purchase up to 2,700,000 additional shares of our Common Stock at a price which may be attractive, depending on the trading range of our shares following the Share Exchange. Should the Company be unable to secure additional financing from outside sources or from its existing shareholders, our Company will most likely be unable to meet its targets and may need to scale back operations. In addition, any shortfall in funding may adversely affect the Company’s ability to expand or even continue operations.

 

Results of Operations

 

During the nine-month period ended September 30, 2012, the Company focused on the following developments:

 

·continuing with commercial trials at key customer sites;

 

·working with regulatory authorities to advance the applications for use of the Company’s technology in key areas;

 

·evaluating new product applications for the Company’s technology;

 

·restructuring of shareholder loans into equity;

 

·preparing documentation and finalizing processes related to the conclusion of the Share Exchange Agreement and subsequent closing; and

 

·nurturing relationships with key investors and developing equity financing plans.

 

Subsequent to the nine-month period ended September 30, 2012, the Company plans to focus on the following:

 

·seeking funds for operations under various equity financing proposals;

 

·continuing with commercial trials at key customer sites;

 

·expanding the Company’s distribution network internationally;

 

·continuing to work with regulatory authorities to advance the applications for use of the Technology in key areas;

 

·continuation with evaluation of new product applications for the Technology;

 

·restructuring of equity ownership of two entities that had been classified as variable interest entities such that they will become consolidated subsidiaries of the Company; and

 

·finalizing documentation and processes related to the conclusion of the Share Exchange Agreement and closing of the Share Exchange.

 

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Results of Operations

 

The following table summarizes the Company’s results of consolidated operations for the year ended December 31, 2011 compared with the year ended December 31, 2010 and for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2012 compared with the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2011:

 

   Years Ended:           Nine Months Ended:           Three Months Ended:         
   2011   2010   Variance   %   September
30, 2012
   September
30, 2011
   Variance   %   September
30, 2012
   September
30, 2011
   Variance   % 
                                                 
Revenues   344,000    289,000    55,000    19%   249,000    239,000    10,000    4%   128,000    158,000    (30,000)   -19%
                                                             
General and Admin Expenses   3,351,000    3,140,000    211,000    7%   2,606,000    2,207,000    399,000    18%   996,000    864,000    132,000    15%
                                                             
Research and Development   319,000    403,000    (84,000)   -21%   96,000    223,000    (127,000)   -57%   61,000    31,000    30,000    97%
                                                             
Interest Expense   429,000    400,000    29,000    7%   329,000    327,000    2,000    1%   94,000    126,000    (32,000)   -25%
                                                             
Net Loss   4,051,000    4,137,000    (86,000)   -2%   2,970,000    2,769,000    201,000    7%   1,108,000    1,039,000    69,000    7%
                                                             
Cash   35,000    46,000    (11,000)   -24%   532,000    34,000    498,000    1465%   532,000    34,000    498,000    1465%
                                                             
Other Current Assets   152,000    81,000    71,000    88%   191,000    115,000    76,000    66%   191,000    115,000    76,000    66%
                                                             
Current Liabilities   1,211,000    1,307,000    (96,000)   -7%   495,000    672,000    (177,000)   -26%   495,000    672,000    (177,000)   -26%
                                                             
Long term Liabilities   5,731,000    4,151,000    1,580,000    38%   3,592,000    6,132,000    (2,540,000)   -41%   3,592,000    6,132,000    (2,540,000)   -41%
                                                             
Cash from operating activities   (3,772,000)   (3,927,000)   155,000    -4%   (3,383,000)   (2,711,000)   (672,000)   25%   (1,760,000)   (537,000)   (1,223,000)   228%
                                                             
Cash from financing activities   2,957,000    4,520,000    (1,563,000)   -35%   3,818,000    1,981,000    1,837,000    93%   2,247,000    (178,000)   2,425,000    -1362%

 

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Revenues

 

The Company recorded revenues of approximately $344,000 during the year ended December 31, 2011, an increase of 19% over the prior year. This increase was largely attributable to the increased use of test equipment on a commercial basis by three key customers.

 

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For the first nine months of 2012, revenues of approximately $249,000 were largely in line with those of the comparable nine-month period in 2011, due to the similar timing of shipments related to our main supply contract. For the three months ended September 30, 2012, revenues of approximately $128,000 were 19% lower than the comparable three-month period in 2011, due largely to the timing of shipments related to the Company’s main supply contract.

 

The Company expects that the amount of revenue realized from sales and royalties will increase in line with its commercialization efforts, related to the introduction of its technologies to a broader range of customers and geographic areas. Our business model is largely royalty-based with amounts payable to us as a function of the amount of liquid that a customer processes using our Turbulator systems, and it is expected that royalty income will increase in line with the increased level of commercialization. Alternatively, certain customers purchase our Turbulator systems outright for upfront payments without any royalty component.

 

General and Administrative Expenses

 

General and Administrative expenses for the year ended December 31, 2011 at approximately $3,351,000 were marginally up from $3,140,000 for the year ended December 31, 2010 as a result of the increased level of activity. These expenses are largely attributable to employment costs, professional fees, consultants and travel expenses. Of the professional fees, substantially all related to the Share Exchange.

 

General and Administrative Expenses for the nine-month period ended September 2012 were approximately $2,606,000, an increase of 18% over the nine-month period ended September 30, 2011, and General and Administrative Expenses for the three month period ended September 30, 2012 were approximately $996,000, an increase of 15% over the three-month period ended September 30, 2011. These increases are a result of the increased level of activity in driving the commercialization of the Technology and increased professional expenses incurred related to the Share Exchange. On July 1, 2012, however, our executives entered into new agreements under which they reduced their salary compensation by approximately 17%.

 

Notwithstanding the decrease in General and Administrative Expenses that will result from the decrease in executive compensation, the Company expects that General and Administrative Expenses will increase in future periods, as the anticipated increased level of commercialization of the Technology, if it occurs, will require increased levels of staffing and associated expenditures. In addition, the Company will incur additional costs associated with the expenses of being a publicly traded company, including audit expenses, the cost of directors’ and officers’ liability insurance, if incurred, and the expense of outside counsel to review annual, quarterly and current reports to the Commission.

 

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Research and Development Expenses

 

Research and Development Expenses for the year ended December 31, 2011 of approximately $319,000 were 21% lower than for the year ended December 31, 2010. A substantial portion of these expenditures relate to work undertaken in pursuance of the FDA and EU Novel Food approval processes. The reduction over the period is a result of the timing of test work being undertaken by the research centers as this work was nearing completion during the later half of 2011.

 

Research and Development Expenses for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2012 were approximately $96,000, a decrease of 57% on the nine-month period ended September 30, 2011, and Research and Development Expenses for the three-month period ended September 30, 2012 were approximately $61,000, an increase of 97% from the three-month period ended September 30, 2011. Current research activities are focused on commercial trials with customers, since the main body of evidence for the FDA and EU Novel foods submissions has largely been completed. The Company expects that Research and Development Expenses will increase in future periods, as the Company embarks on new applications for the Technology. In addition, the FDA has requested certain additional research work to support the Company’s applications regarding the use of the Technology on milk and other dairy products.

 

Income Tax Expense (Benefit)

 

The Company may have a prospective income tax benefit resulting from net operating loss carry-forwards that may offset future taxable income. Certain of these net operating losses have varying expiration dates from 2015 through 2018; the remaining losses do not expire as long as the business that generated the loss continues to trade.

 

Net Loss

 

The net loss for the year ending December 31, 2011 was approximately $4,051,000 and was largely in line with the net loss of approximately $4,137,000 for the year ending December 31, 2010. Our net losses for 2011 and 2010 included research and development expenses and professional expenses. We believe that the professional expenses will not recur at this level after the completion of the Share Exchange. For the period from inception until September 30, 2012, the Company incurred a net loss of approximately $25,359,000. Net loss for the three-month period ending September 30, 2012 was approximately $1,108,000, as compared to approximately $1,039,000 for the three-month period ending September 30, 2011, or an increase of 7%.

 

The Company has not generated sufficient revenue to fund its operations and expects net losses to continue until such time as commercialization efforts related to its Technology produce an increase in revenues sufficient to meet or exceed the cost of its operations. We expect to continue to operate at a loss at least through the end of 2013.

 

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Impact of Inflation

 

The Company believes that inflation has not had a material effect on operations for the period from August 24, 2005 (inception) through September 30, 2012.

 

Capital Expenditures

 

The Company has spent approximately $182,000 on property and equipment for the period from August 24, 2005 (inception) to September 30, 2012.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

The Company has been in the development stage since inception in 2005. Our current assets are insufficient to meet our current obligations or to satisfy our cash needs over the next twelve months, and, as such, the Company will require additional debt or equity financing. During the period from July through November 2012 we obtained $2,500,000 financing in the form of equity financing from a South African institutional investor. We continue to pursue additional prospective sources, including the sale of additional equity, the placement of long term debt and the arrangement of working capital financing as required to allow the Company to meets its commercialization targets. We face certain financial obstacles in attracting new financing due to our historical and current record of net losses and working capital deficits. Therefore, despite our efforts, we can provide no assurance that we will be able to obtain the financing required to meet our stated objectives or even to continue as a going concern. We believe that we can no longer rely on infusions of capital from XOptics as we have during the past two years to fund our operating expenses.

 

As of September 30, 2012, the Company had cash of approximately $532,000 and other current assets of approximately $191,000, consisting of accounts receivable and prepaid expenses, and total other assets of approximately $141,000 consisting of patents and property and equipment. As of September 30, 2012, the Company had current liabilities of approximately $495,000, consisting of accounts payable and accrued liabilities. Long-term liabilities totaled approximately $3,592,000, of which amount $3,292,000 represents loans from shareholders to a South African entity which is a variable interest entity of the Company. Under the terms governing these loans, certain of which initially were made in 2005, there is no fixed date for repayment, and the loans are not repayable until the entity’s board of directors determines, after giving consideration to the entity’s performance, financial position and future requirements.

 

Shareholders’ deficit in the Company was approximately $3,223,000 as of September 30, 2012.

 

For the period from inception until September 30, 2012, the Company’s cash flow used in operating activities was a total of approximately $21,977,000. Cash flow used in operating activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 was approximately $3,383,000, compared to approximately $2,711,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2011. Cash flow used in operating activities during the current period can be attributed to net losses from operations.

 

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We expect to continue to generate negative cash flows used in operating activities until such time as we fully commercialize the Technology. As a result, we expect that our financial position will decrease until we are able to increase of operating revenues through additional sales or licenses of our Technology.

 

For the period from inception until December 31, 2011, the Company’s cash flow used in operating activities was approximately $18,593,000. Cash flows used in operating activities for the year ended December 31, 2011, were approximately $3,772,000, compared to approximately $3,927,000 for the year ended December 31, 2010. The cash flow used in operating activities during the current period was primarily due to net losses.

 

For the period from inception until September 30, 2012, the Company’s cash flow used in investing activities was approximately $911,000.

 

These cash flows have been supported during the period since inception by the Company’s shareholders through both capital injections and shareholder loans. We expect to continue to have cash flow provided by financing activities if the Company is able to complete new rounds of financing as it seeks to increase the level of commercialization of the Technology. We have no agreement with our principal shareholder that funded our losses prior to September 30, 2012, or with any other shareholder, to provide us with additional funds. There is no certainty that the shareholders that funded our working capital needs in the past will do so in the future.

 

The Company does not expect to pay cash dividends in the foreseeable future.

 

The Company has plans to increase the number of employees to meet the anticipated demand on wider commercialization for the Technology.

 

Off Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

As of September 30, 2012, the Company had no off-balance sheet arrangements.

 

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DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

 

In connection with the Share Exchange, our board of directors was reconstituted by the resignation of Ms. Yambamrung and Mr. Bousing from their roles as former directors of SurePure US and the appointment of Nigel Brunette, Guy Kebble, and Stephen Robinson as directors (of whom only Mr. Robinson was a director of SPI immediately prior to the Share Exchange).  Our executive management team was also reconstituted following the resignation of Ms. Yambamrung as the Company’s president and treasurer by the appointment of Guy Kebble as the Company’s president and chief executive officer, Stephen Robinson as the Company’s chief financial officer and chief accounting officer and Stephen Miller as the Company’s vice president-sales and marketing.

 

The Company

 

The following table sets forth the names and ages of the Company’s current directors and executive officers. At this time our board of directors has no nominating or compensation committee.

 

Name   Age   Position with the Company   Officer/Director
Since 
Nigel Brunette   59   Director; Chairman*   January 6, 2013
Guy Kebble (1)   46   Chief Executive Officer   December 12, 2012
        President   December 12, 2012
        Director*   January 6, 2013
Stephen Robinson   49  

Chief Financial Officer;

Chief Accounting Officer

  December 12, 2012
        Treasurer   December 12, 2012
        Secretary   December 12, 2012
        Director*   December 12, 2012
Stephen Miller   50   Vice President-Sales and Marketing   December 12, 2012

 

(1)Mr. Kebble became our president and chief executive officer upon the occurrence of the Share Exchange on December 12, 2012. He became a member of our board of directors on January 6, 2013.

 

Term of Office

 

Our directors and executive officers hold office until the earlier of their death, resignation, removal or until their successors have been duly elected and qualified.  Our executive officers are employed by us on full time basis and are appointed by the board of directors and serve at the discretion of the board, subject to the provisions of the employment and consulting agreements referred to below under “Employment and Consulting Agreements” under the heading “Executive Compensation”. There are no family relationships among our directors and executive officers.

 

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Agreements and Understandings

 

Our executive officers have entered into employment or consulting contracts with SPO and SPMSA. The terms and conditions of those agreements are described more fully below under “below under “Employment and Consulting Agreements” under the heading “Executive Compensation”. Except as disclosed below under “Employment and Consulting Agreements” under the heading “Executive Compensation.” There are no arrangements or understandings between any of our directors and officers, and any other person, pursuant to which he serves as our officer or director.

 

Background and Business Experience

 

The business experience during the past five years of the person(s) listed above is as follows:

 

Stephen Robinson —Prior to the Share Exchange, Mr. Robinson served as the chief financial officer of the SurePure group of companies since January 2008. Mr. Robinson also is a member of the board of directors of each of the companies in the SurePure group. Mr. Robinson’s role incorporates the following key areas of responsibility: finance and accounting support, legal and compliance; governance and operational support.

 

Mr. Robinson is a Chartered Accountant and attained his Bachelor of Accounting degree from the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa in 1989. He has been registered with the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants since 1990. Mr. Robinson has over 20 years of financial executive experience in the mining and technology sectors during which he acquired wide ranging financial and general management skills honed in international corporate and medium sized companies in the Technology, Mining, Manufacturing, Logistics and Shared Service sectors. From September 2004 through July 2007, Mr. Robinson was employed as group finance manager for the Trans Hex Group Ltd., a South African diamond mining concern.

 

Mr. Robinson was appointed as a member of the board of directors due to his strong experience in management, structuring and finance planning of international businesses. In addition to his extensive familiarity with SurePure group of companies, he had been employed by Samancor (then part of the BHP Billiton Group) for ten years where he became group finance manager and was involved with international joint ventures, corporate treasury and international reporting, as well as the corporate governance and risk management portfolios. For two years, he was employed by the largest mining section in the Anglo Platinum Group to develop and manage a multidisciplinary services unit, which deployed logistical, engineering, financial and human resources support to four key operating units accounting for a substantial portion of Anglo Platinum’s outputs. Mr. Robinson is a citizen of the United Kingdom and a resident of Switzerland.

 

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Guy Kebble —Prior to the Share Exchange, Mr. Kebble served as the chief executive officer and a director of SPHSA and SPMSA since the inception of the SurePure business in 2005, both of which companies are variable interest entities of SurePure US. Mr. Kebble’s role at SurePure incorporates the following key areas of responsibility: shareholder interaction, strategic development, brand and market assessment, key stakeholder relationships and team building.

 

Mr. Kebble began his career in 1990 working for Natal Rugby Union as a professional rugby player. From 1996 to 2004 he managed private property portfolio managed investments. His involvement as a financier in the South African mining business led to the SurePure technology being brought forward as a project. Mr. Kebble is a citizen and resident of South Africa. His enthusiasm, passion and drive have been instrumental in bringing the technology to the current stage of technical development and market awareness. These qualifications, among others, led to the conclusion that Mr. Kebble should serve as a member of our board of directors.

 

Stephen Miller —Prior to the Share Exchange, Mr. Miller served as the chief marketing officer of the SurePure group of companies since October 2008. From October 2005 through September 2008, Mr. Miller was a Group Brand Executive of AVI Limited of Johannesburg, South Africa. Mr. Miller’s role at SurePure incorporates the following key areas of responsibility: brand development, market identification and development, distributor sourcing and management, customer relationship building and support, sales process and support.

 

Mr. Miller holds a Bachelors of Arts Honors degree from Rhodes University, Eastern Cape, South Africa. During his business career, Mr. Miller was employed for seven years by Unilever, where he became Marketing Manager for Playtex in South Africa. He also was employed for 10 years by various design houses and managing promotions agencies, including Ogilvy, where he became that company’s strategic planning director for its communications group in South Africa. Mr. Miller gained significant branding experience while serving as the global innovations director for SAB Miller plc where he set innovation strategy, improved innovation competence and created and developed global brands for its constituent companies around the world. In 2008, Mr Miller was voted one of South Africa’s top ten brand builders by The Annual, Southern Africa’s advertising and marketing “bible.” Mr. Miller is a citizen and resident of South Africa.

 

Nigel Brunette —Mr. Brunette has over 20 years of experience in the senior management of international businesses and holds two law degrees. Currently he is the chairman of Gold Dragon Resources Corporation of Vancouver, British Columbia, a privately-held business. From 2006 to 2010 he served as the independent chairman of Simmer & Jack Mines Limited of Johannesburg, South Africa and First Uranium Corporation of Toronto, Canada. He also served as a director of Fralex Limited and Randgold and Exploration Limited, both of which were listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, as well as several private companies. Prior to 1998, Mr. Brunette was a senior banker with Rand Merchant Bank, Johannesburg, South Africa. Currently, Mr. Brunette is self-employed and operates significant farming operations in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Mr. Brunette is a citizen and resident of South Africa. Prior to the Share Exchange, Mr. Brunette had no relationship with SPI.

 

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Family Relationships

 

None of our officers or directors is related to any other officer or director.

 

Involvement in Certain Legal Proceedings

 

During the past ten years no director, executive officer, promoter or control person of SurePure US, SPI or any its subsidiaries, and no person who is expected to become a director of SurePure US in January 2013, has:

 

·been convicted in a criminal proceeding or been subject to a pending criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations and other minor offenses);
·had any bankruptcy petition filed by or against the business or property of the person, or of any partnership, corporation or business association of which he was a general partner or executive officer, either at the time of the bankruptcy filing or within two years prior to that time;
·been subject to any order, judgment, or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any court of competent jurisdiction or federal or state authority, permanently or temporarily enjoining, barring, suspending or otherwise limiting, his involvement in any type of business, securities, futures, commodities, investment, banking, savings and loan, or insurance activities, or to be associated with persons engaged in any such activity;
·been found by a court of competent jurisdiction in a civil action or by the Commission or the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to have violated a federal or state securities or commodities law, and the judgment has not been reversed, suspended, or vacated;
·been 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 (not including any settlement of a civil proceeding among private litigants), relating to an alleged violation of any federal or state securities or commodities law or regulation, 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 any law or regulation prohibiting mail or wire fraud or fraud in connection with any business entity; or

 

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·been 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), any registered entity (as defined in Section 1(a) (29) of the Commodity Exchange Act), or any equivalent exchange, association, entity or organization that has disciplinary authority over its members or persons associated with a member.

 

Director Independence

 

We are not currently a “listed company” under SEC rules and are therefore not required to have a board comprised of a majority of independent directors or separate committees comprised of independent directors.   We use the definition of “independence” under Rule 5605 of the Nasdaq Stock Market Rules, as applicable and as may be modified or supplemented from time to time and the interpretations thereunder, to determine if the members of our board are independent.  In making this determination, our board considers, among other things, transactions and relationships between each director and his immediate family and the Company, including those reported below in this prospectus under “Executive Compensation.” The purpose of this review is to determine whether any such relationships or transactions are material and, therefore, inconsistent with a determination that the directors are independent.  On the basis of such review and its understanding of such relationships and transactions, our board is expected to determine that of our board members only when he begins his service as a director, Mr. Brunette will be an independent director.

 

Board Committees

 

 Audit Committee

 

The primary functions of the Audit Committee are to: (a) review the financial reports and other financial information prepared by the Company for submission to any governmental or regulatory body or the public and monitor the integrity of such financial reports; (b) review the Company’s systems of internal controls established for finance, accounting, legal compliance and ethics; (c) review the Company’s accounting and financial reporting processes and the audits of the financial statements of the Company; (d) monitor compliance with legal regulatory requirements; (e) monitor the independence and performance of the Company’s registered independent public accounting firm; and (f) provide effective communication between the board, senior and financial management and the Company’s registered independent public accounting firm.

 

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 Nigel Brunette is the sole member of our Audit Committee. As noted above, we believe that Mr. Brunette meets the independence criteria for directors set forth under the Nasdaq Stock Market Rules and the additional independence criteria for members of audit committees specified in Rule 5605 of the Nasdaq Stock Market Rules and Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act.  We also believe that Mr. Brunette is financially literate under the definition of the Nasdaq Stock Market Rules and qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert,” as such term is defined by the rules of the Commission.

 

Executive Compensation, and Director Nomination and Corporate Governance Function

 

We do not have a compensation committee, nominating or corporate governance committee and the functions customarily delegated to such committees will be performed by our independent director.  In addition, we do not have any charter that relates to the functions traditionally performed by such committees.  Our board of directors is expected to appoint a compensation committee and nominating and governance committee, and to adopt charters relative to each such committee, in the future.

 

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

 

In determining executive compensation, we consider the skills and added value of the individuals concerned, as well as relative cost of living and the statutory requirements in the jurisdiction in which the individual provides his services. Since our executives provide their services to various of our subsidiaries, in some cases we use multiple employment contracts. As of July 1, 2012, we introduced updated remuneration levels, resulting in a 15 – 20% reduction in executive compensation from that date. In addition, to ensure a smooth transition to full commercialization, the executives and the Company have agreed to a minimum term of employment through December 31, 2014.

 

Summary Compensation Table

 

The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, all of the compensation awarded to, earned by or paid to (i) each individual serving as a principal executive officer of SPI or any of the subsidiaries or related operating entities of SPI during our last completed fiscal year; and (ii) each other individual that served as an executive officer or significant employee of SPI or any of the subsidiaries or related operating entities of SPI at the conclusion of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011 and who received in excess of $100,000 in compensation during such fiscal year (collectively, the “named executive officers”).

 

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Name and Principal
Position
  Year  Salary   Bonus   Total 
Ratree Yabamrung,  2011  $2,400    -   $2,400 
Director, Presidient and Treasurer (1)  2010  $20,400    -   $20,400 
                   
Kotchaporn Bousing,  2011   -    -    - 
Director and Secretary (1)  2010   -    -    - 
                   
Guy Kebble, Director,  2011  $360,000   $40,000   $400,000 
President and Chief Executive Officer (2)  2010  $330,000   $30,000   $360,000 
                   
Stephen Robinson,  2011  $560,817   $40,000   $600,817 
Director and Chief Financial Officer (3)  2010  $425,085   $37,851   $462,936 
                   
Stephen Miller,  2011  $284,000   $40,000   $324,000 
Vice President-Sales and Marketing Manager (4)  2010  $262,000   $22,000   $284,000 

 

(1)No longer serves as an officer of SurePure US as of the Share Exchange.
(2)Has served as chief executive officer of the companies controlled by SPI and as Chairman of SPMSA since January 1, 2010.
(3)Has served as chief financial officer of the companies controlled by SPI and as the sole director of SPI, SPO and SPP and as a director of SPMSA and SPHSA since January 1, 2008.
(4)Has served as sales and marketing manager for SPO and SPMSA since October 1, 2008.

 

In 2012, Messrs. Kebble, Miller and Robinson agreed to reduce their compensation effective July 1, 2012. As a result, their respective compensations are now paid at the annual rates of $300,000 for Mr. Kebble, $415,000 for Mr. Robinson and $264,000 for Mr. Miller.

 

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Employment and Consulting Agreements

 

Guy Kebble and SPMSA entered into an updated Service Agreement dated July 1, 2012, under which SPMSA appointed Mr. Kebble as a permanent employee in the position of chief executive officer. The appointment is of infinite duration, but may be terminated either by the employer or by Mr. Kebble on not less than three months’ prior written notice to the other and may also be summarily terminated by the employer if the executive commits a material breach of his contractual obligations under the agreement or in any circumstances justifying such termination at law. As chief executive officer, Mr. Kebble reports to the board of directors. His compensation under the agreement is ZAR 960,000 per annum (approximately $114,000) and is to be reviewed annually by the board of directors with a view to granting inflation-related or other increases. Mr. Kebble is also to be reimbursed for expenses incurred on behalf of SPMSA. The agreement provides for 20 days of vacation per year.

 

Mr. Kebble also has entered into an updated Consulting Agreement with SPO, dated July 1, 2012, under which he provides his services as an independent contractor to develop markets globally for those products and services marketed by SPO and to provide such other assistance to SPO as agreed with the directors of SPO from time to time. Under this agreement, Mr. Kebble has agreed to serve as the chief executive officer of SurePure US and its subsidiaries. Mr. Kebble’s remuneration from SPO is $186,000 per annum paid in equal monthly installments. Either party to the consulting agreement may terminate it for convenience on three months’ prior written notice. SPO has the right to terminate the agreement for cause with immediate notice. The agreement further provides that during the term of the agreement and for one year after the completion of his services to SPO, Mr. Kebble will not provide any services relating to the products or services of SPO to its clients. The agreement further provides that Mr. Kebble may not disclose any of SPO’s confidential information or other trade secrets and may not solicit or contact any employee, advisor or other individual working on behalf of clients in connection with SPO’s products or services for the purpose of obtaining or executing new work for the same 12-month period. The agreement is governed by Swiss law.

 

Stephen Robinson has entered into an updated Employment Agreement with SPO, dated July 1, 2012, under which he is employed as the chief financial officer of SPO. In performing his duties, Mr. Robinson reports to the chief executive officer and board of directors of SPO. His duties are to be determined by the board of directors and include those normally associated with the position of chief financial officer. Subject to provisions of applicable law which permit termination for cause, Mr. Robinson’s appointment may be terminated either by SPO or by Mr. Robinson on not less than three months’ prior written notice to the other. Mr. Robinson’s remuneration from SPO is CHF 396,000 (approximately $415,000) per annum paid in equal monthly installments and is to be reviewed annually by the board of directors with a view to granting inflation-related or other increases. In addition, the employer agrees to make contributions for social security and other compulsory expenses, plus the cost of certain airfare, and other local travel expenses in Switzerland. Mr. Robinson also is entitled to receive an allowance of CHF 500 (approximately $525) per month. The agreement further provides that Mr. Robinson may not disclose any of SPO’s confidential information or other trade secrets.

 

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Stephen Miller and SPMSA entered into a Service Agreement, dated July 1, 2012, under which SPMSA appointed Mr. Miller as a permanent employee in the position of sales and marketing executive. The appointment has no termination date but may be terminated either by SPMSA or by Mr. Miller on not less than three months’ prior written notice to the other and may also be summarily terminated by the employer without compensation if the executive commits a material breach of his contractual obligations under the agreement or in any circumstances justifying such termination at law. Mr. Miller’s duties are those ordinarily associated with the sales and marketing manager of a company and he reports to the chief executive officer of SPMSA. His compensation under the agreement is ZAR 960,000 per annum (approximately $114,000) and is to be reviewed annually by the board of directors with a view to granting inflation-related or other increases. Mr. Miller is also to be reimbursed for expenses incurred on behalf of SPMSA. The agreement provides for 20 days of vacation per year.

 

Mr. Miller also has entered into a Consulting Agreement with SPO, dated July 1, 2012, under which he provides his services as an independent contractor to develop markets globally for those products and services marketed by SPO and to provide such other assistance to SPO as agreed with the chief executive officer of the group from time to time. Mr. Miller’s remuneration from SPO is $150,000 per annum paid in equal monthly installments. Either party to the consulting agreement may terminate it for convenience on three months’ prior written notice. SPO has the right to terminate the agreement for cause without notice. Mr. Miller has agreed that during the term of the agreement and for one year after the completion of his services to SPO, he will not provide any services relating to SPO products or services to clients of SPO’s business. The agreement further provides that Mr. Miller may not disclose any of SPO’s confidential information or other trade secrets and may not solicit or contact any employee, advisor or other individual working on behalf of clients in connection with SPO’s products or services for the purpose of obtaining or executing new work for the same 12-month period. The agreement is governed by Swiss law.

 

Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End

 

We adopted the 2012 Nonqualified Stock Option Plan (the “2012 Stock Plan”) on December 11, 2012. There are no outstanding grants under the 2012 Stock Plan as of December 31, 2012.

 

2012 Stock Option Plan

 

In December of 2012, our directors and a majority of our shareholders, acting by written consent, approved the 2012 Stock Plan. We currently have no options to purchase shares of our Common Stock issued and outstanding under the 2012 Stock Plan, and we have reserved 3,000,000 shares of our Common Stock for future issuance under the 2012 Stock Plan. We intend not to grant any options under the Plan until a date which is 20 days after the date on which we have mailed to our shareholders of record as of October 31, 2012 an information statement that describes the action taken by a majority of our shareholders, acting by written consent, with respect to the Plan.

 

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The 2012 Stock Plan authorizes the granting of non-qualified stock options to our directors and to any independent consultants.  The Plan will be administered by our board, or a committee appointed by our board (in either case, the “Committee”).  The Committee may determine persons eligible for grants and the timing, type, amount, fair market value and other provisions of such grants. The Committee will have authority, subject to the express provisions of the Plan, to construe the Plan and the option agreements granted pursuant to the Plan, to prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to the Plan, and to make all other determinations in the judgment of the Committee necessary or desirable for the administration of the Plan.  The Committee may correct any defect or supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan or in any option agreement in the manner and to the extent it shall deem expedient to promote the best interests of the Company.  Our board may suspend or terminate the Plan at any time.

 

The Plan provides that the determination of the option price per share for any option rests in the sole and unfettered discretion of the Committee. Options granted under the Plan must be granted within ten years from the date on which the Plan has been adopted.  No options granted under the Plan may be exercisable after ten years from the date of grant.  The Committee may establish installment exercise terms for an option such that the option becomes fully exercisable in a series of accumulating portions. The Committee may also accelerate the exercise of any option. Options may be exercised by delivery of a written notice of exercise and payment of the full price of the Common Stock underlying the option. The exercise price of an option may be paid in cash, or, at the discretion of the Committee, through the delivery of fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock having an aggregate fair market value as of the date of exercise equal to the option price, or by a combination of both. The Committee has the right to determine acceptable methods for tendering shares of shares of Common Stock as payment upon exercise and may impose such limitations and prohibitions on the use of Common Stock to exercise an option as it deems appropriate. With the consent of the optionee, the Committee may cancel any options issued under the Plan and issue a new option to the optionee. Except by will or the laws of descent and distribution, or with the written consent of the Committee, no optionee may assign his interest in any option and no interest of any optionee in a stock option may become subject to any lien or obligation of the optionee. Options shall be exercisable during the optionee's lifetime only by the optionee or his assignees or by the duly appointed legal representative of an incompetent optionee or after the optionee's lifetime only by the duly appointed legal representative of the deceased optionee.

 

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If the Company becomes a party to any merger, consolidation, reorganization or sale of assets, each outstanding option applies to the securities or property which a holder of the Company’s Common Stock be entitled to receive pursuant to such transaction. Whenever a change in control occurs, certain optionees are entitled to receive, in lieu of the exercise of their options, a cash payment equal to the difference between the exercise price of the option and the final offer price per share paid for common stock or such lower price as the Committee may determine to conform an option to preserve its status or the aggregate fair market value of the Common Stock underlying the stock options.

 

At any time and from time to time the Company’s board of directors may suspend or terminate the Plan in whole or in part or amend the Plan in such respects as the board may deem appropriate and in the best interest of the company. No amendment, suspension or termination of the Plan shall, however, without the optionee's consent, alter or impair any of the rights or obligations granted under the Plan.

 

Each option granted under the plan is to be embodied in a written stock option agreement and shall be signed by the optionee and an officer of the Company. Option agreements are to be subject to applicable provisions of the Plan and such other provisions as the Committee may adopt.

 

The Plan will terminate on December 9, 2022.

 

Director Compensation

 

We have not awarded any compensation to the members of our board of directors who took office beginning with the Share Exchange, nor have we yet determined any policy for the payment of compensation to our directors in their capacities as directors. During the remainder of 2012 and thereafter, we expect to make grants of options under the 2012 Stock Plan to all directors.

 

Our directors have been, and will continue to be, reimbursed for the reasonable out-of-pocket costs incurred by them in connection with travel to and from board meetings.

 

Code of Ethics

 

SurePure US has a Code of Ethics and Business Conduct (the “Code”) that applies to all directors, officers and employees, which will be posted on its website or can be obtained by writing to us at 405 Lexington Avenue, 25th/26th Floor, New York, New York 10174 c/o Corporate Secretary.  All of our directors, officers and employees are expected to be familiar with the Code and to adhere to those principles and procedures set forth in the Code that apply to them.  The Company will post any amendments to the Code, as well as any waivers that are required to be disclosed by the rules of the Commission, on the Company’s web site.

 

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SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND

MANAGEMENT

 

The following table summarizes certain information regarding the beneficial ownership (as such term is defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of our outstanding Common Stock as of January 15, 2013 by (i) each person known by us to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of our outstanding Common Stock, (ii) each of our directors, (iii) each of our named executive officers (as defined in Item 402(m) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act), and (iv) all executive officers and directors as a group.  Shares of our common stock subject to options, warrants, or other rights currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days of the date of the Share Exchange are deemed to be beneficially owned and outstanding for purposes of computing the share ownership and percentage of the person holding such options, warrants or other rights, but are not deemed outstanding for computing the percentage of any other person.  An asterisk (*) denotes less than 1%. 

 

Name of  Beneficial Owner  Number of Shares
Beneficially Owned (1)
   Percent Beneficially Owned
(1)
 
         
Trinity Asset Management
(Proprietary) Ltd. (2)
Block F, the Terraces, 1
Silverwood Close, Steenberg
Office Park, Tokai, Cape
Town, South Africa
   3,094,737    10.52%
           
RD Active Capital Ltd. (3)
133 Brewhouse Lane
Putney
London, England SW15 2JX
United Kingdom
   3,000,000    9.32%
           
Guy Kebble
P.O. Box 71, Milnerton, Cape
Town, South Africa, 7435
   1,000,000    4.25%
           
Stephen Robinson
Dammstrasse 19, CH-6301,
Zug, Switzerland
   813,637    3.46%
           
Nigel Brunette
P.O. Box 71, Milnerton, Cape
Town, South Africa, 7435
   -   * 
           
Stephen Miller
P.O. Box 71, Milnerton, Cape
Town, South Africa, 7435
   682,670    2.90%
           

All Directors and Officers as a Group (4 persons) 

   2,496,307    10.61%

 

*Less than 1%

 

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(1)Based on the sum of (a) 23,517,184 shares issued and outstanding as of the Share Exchange, and (b) as to each listed beneficial owner, any additional rights to acquire shares of our Common Stock that are exercisable within the 60 days after the date of the Share Exchange.
(2)Comprised of 3,094,737 shares of our Common Stock acquired by the named beneficial owner under the Subscription Agreement.  
(3)Comprised of 310,000 shares of our Common Stock that has been purchased as of January 23, 2103 and 2,690,000 shares as to which RD Active Capital holds the right to purchase under the subscription agreement referred to below under “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions” under the heading “Financing Transactions with Other Related PersonsAdditional Subscription Agreement for Shares."

 

CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS

 

Transactions with Related Persons—Xoptics

 

Since 2007, XOptics has been the majority shareholder of SPI and since March 2011 has been a shareholder of SurePure US. Immediately prior to the Share Exchange, XOptics owned 673,770 shares of our Common Stock, or approximately 2.89% of our issued and outstanding Common Stock immediately after the closing of the Share Exchange. As part of the Share Exchange, XOptics also agreed to acquire 22,765,447 shares of our Nonvoting Convertible Preferred Stock, which, subject to the limitations and conditions set forth therein, will be convertible into 22,765,447 shares of our Common Stock. If all conditions precedent to the pending acquisition of SPHSA under the Acquisition Agreement are satisfied or waived and the pending acquisition of SPHSA is completed, XOptics will be able to exchange shares of SPHSA for 8,389,835, and, assuming that it neither sold nor otherwise transferred any shares, XOptics will then hold a total of 31,155,282 shares of our Nonvoting Convertible Preferred Stock. For additional information relating to the rights and limitations of our Nonvoting Convertible Preferred Stock, and the condition to be satisfied before the shares can be issued, see below under “Shares of Our Nonvoting Convertible Preferred Stock” under the heading “Description of Securities”. Also, we believe that, effective as of the Share Exchange, as a result of a change in control of XOptics, XOptics no longer is affiliate or related party of SurePure US.

 

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Since January 1, 2009, XOptics has engaged in a series of transactions with our shareholders, with SPI and its subsidiaries, with other shareholders of SPI and its subsidiaries and with officers and directors of SPI. The following generally describes those transactions:

 

Transactions between XOptics and Certain of the Shareholders of SurePure US

 

On or about March 3, 2011, XOptics purchased 2,906,937 shares of our Common Stock (after giving effect to the 15.2:1 stock split that we effected on June 14, 2011) from our shareholders in a resale by those shareholders under our registration statement which was initially filed with the Commission on March 23, 2009. The aggregate purchase price for the shares was $145,347, and XOptics paid the purchase price to the selling shareholders in cash from its working capital.

 

In the second and third quarters of 2011, XOptics sold 1,857,000 of our shares in approximately 19 transactions at prices ranging from $1.00 to $1.25 per share for aggregate proceeds of approximately $1,970,500. None of the buyers of the shares were U.S. Persons (as defined in Regulation S promulgated by the Commission) or were resident in the United States. Upon completing a sale of shares on June 15, 2011, XOptics held less than 5% of our outstanding shares of common stock.

 

During the fourth quarter of 2011 and the first four months of 2012, XOptics sold a total of 376,167 shares of our Common Stock in approximately 11 transactions at prices ranging from $1.10 to $1.26 per share for aggregate proceeds of approximately $425,400. None of the buyers of the shares were persons who were U.S. Persons or were resident in the United States. XOptics has not sold any shares of our Common Stock since April 2012.

 

As a result of the foregoing sale transactions, as of June 30, 2012, XOptics beneficially owned 673,770 shares of our Common Stock.

 

Transactions between XOptics and SPI and its Subsidiaries

 

In October 2007, XOptics and its 100%-owned subsidiary SPP purchased 18,360,000 shares of the common shares of SPI for approximately $174,000, or approximately $0.01 per share, as part of the initial capitalization of SPI.

 

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In September 2008, XOptics acquired an additional 163,347 shares from SPI at a price of $2.45 per share.

 

In December 2010, as part of a sale of 2,781,818 shares to its then existing shareholders at $0.01 per share in proportion to their shareholdings at that time, SPI sold 1,298,182 of its common shares to XOptics and 370,909 of its common shares to SPP.

 

From time to time since January 1, 2011, XOptics has advanced funds to SPI. The advances were not documented and did not state either a rate of interest or maturity date. There was, however, a written subordination agreement that provided that the advances would not be classified as current liabilities of SPI or be payable within one year if doing so would have caused SPI to be considered insolvent. The funds that XOptics advanced to SPI were principally derived from the sale of SPI shares by XOptics in a series of private transactions, all of which occurred outside of the United States. The advances made were as follows:

 

Quarter and Year  Amount of
Advance
 
2nd Quarter 2011  $1,686,815 
3rd Quarter 2011  $370,000 
4th Quarter 2011  $1,084,523 
1st Quarter 2012  $894,500 
2nd Quarter 2012  $1,043,500 
3rd Quarter 2012  $0 
Total  $5,079,338 

 

The loan balance also included loans outstanding to SPI in the aggregate principal amount of $300,000 that XOptics purchased from three other shareholders of SPI. None of the shareholders that sold the loans to XOptics were affiliates of XOptics. The acquired loans were included in the loan balance that was converted in July 2012.

 

The loan balance was reduced by a loan conversion of $1,390,130 for 1,390,130 shares of SPI in November 2011 and was paid in full by the conversion of the remaining balance of $3,689,208 into 7,378,416 common shares of SPI at the rate of $0.50 per share in July 2012, which is described more fully in the following paragraph.

 

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In order to satisfy a condition to the investment by the investor referred to below in this section under "Financing Transactions with Other Related Persons — Subscription Agreement for Shares," SPI convened an annual general meeting on July 18, 2012. All of the shareholders of SPI attended by proxy and at the meeting there was unanimous approval for an increase in the authorized share capital of SPI for the purpose of, among other matters, satisfying the proposed conversion of outstanding shareholder loans into common shares of SPI. The shareholders of SPI further authorized the board of directors to determine the issue price of the new shares to be issued. Based on this authorization, the board of directors of SPI resolved to issue 7,378,416 common shares to XOptics to convert the existing shareholder loans due to XOptics in the amount of $3,689,208 at the rate of $0.50 per share. As part of the Share Exchange, XOptics exchanged the common shares of SPI issued in the conversion of the shareholder loans, together with other common shares of SPI owned by it at the time, for shares of our Nonvoting Convertible Preferred Stock at the rate of one share of our Nonvoting Convertible Preferred Stock for each common share of SPI owned by it. For additional information relating to the rights and limitations of our Nonvoting Convertible Preferred Stock, see below under the heading “Description of Securities”

 

Contemplated Transactions between XOptics and the Majority Shareholder of SPHSA

 

Contingent upon and prior to the closing of the pending acquisition of SPHSA, which is expected to occur during the first half of 2013 if all governmental approvals are obtained, XOptics plans to acquire 8,389,835 shares of SPHSA from the majority shareholder of that company for a consideration to be negotiated between the majority shareholder and XOptics. The 8,389,835 shares include shares of SPHSA received on the conversion of loans that the majority shareholder had made to SPHSA since 2005. Under the terms of the Share Exchange Agreement, as assumed by us at the time of the Share Exchange, XOptics will then be entitled to receive 8,389,835 shares of our Nonvoting Convertible Preferred Stock, which will bring its total holdings to 31,155,282 shares of Nonvoting Convertible Preferred Stock. For additional information relating to these transactions, see below in this section under the heading “Financing Transactions with Other Related Persons—Pending Acquisition of SPHSA.”

 

Ownership of Our Shares by XOptics Immediately Post-Share Exchange

 

As of the Share Exchange, XOptics beneficially owned 22,765,447 common shares of SPI. Upon the closing of the Share Exchange, and upon the filing with the Secretary of State of Nevada of documents required to authorize an increase to our shared of preferred stock, these shares were exchanged for an equivalent number of our shares of Nonvoting Convertible Preferred Stock.

 

The terms of our Nonvoting Convertible Preferred Stock provide that no holder of shares of our Nonvoting Convertible Preferred Stock which, on a fully converted basis, and when combined with shares of our Common Stock, would constitute the holder thereof the beneficial holder of more than 5.0% of shares of our Common Stock, may enter into any transaction with SurePure US or any subsidiary of SurePure US without the prior approval of a majority of the independent directors of SurePure US or, if there are no independent directors of SurePure US, the prior approval of a majority of the shares of our Common Stock not owned by the beneficial holder in question and its affiliates. For additional information relating to the rights and limitations of the shares of our Nonvoting Convertible Preferred Stock that XOptics holds, see below under the heading “Description of Securities” above in this prospectus.

 

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Transactions by Officers and Directors of SPI

 

Prior to the Share Exchange and while SPI was a privately-owned company, XOptics made certain transfers of shares to the key executives of the business, and in one case to a family member of a key executive, for no or for nominal consideration. Stephen Robinson, a member of our board of directors and our chief financial officer, acquired 463,637 common shares of SPI from XOptics on December 20, 2010. Stephen Miller, our vice president sales and marketing, also acquired 463,637 shares of SPI from XOptics on December 20, 2010. In February 2011, Mr. Robinson acquired 210,000 common shares of SPI and Mr. Miller acquired 110,000 common shares of SPI from XOptics. As a result of these transfers, after giving effect to the Share Exchange, Mr. Robinson and Mr. Miller owned 673,637 and 573,637 shares respectively of our Common Stock in addition to the 140,000 and 109,033 shares of our Common Stock that they respectively owned prior to the Share Exchange, having acquired these shares directly from SurePure US in March 2011. On November 1, 2012 XOptics transferred 1,000,000 common shares of SPI to Guy Kebble, a member of our board of directors and our chief executive officer, and 70,000 shares of SPI to Oliver Kebble, who is the adult son of Guy Kebble.

 

Financing Transactions with Other Related Persons

 

Subscription Agreement for Shares

 

On July 23, 2012 SPI entered into a subscription agreement (the "Subscription Agreement") with Trinity Asset Management (PTE) Ltd., an institutional investor located in Cape Town, South Africa under which Trinity agreed, subject to the terms and conditions of the Subscription Agreement, to purchase 5,000,000 common shares of SPI from SPI and common 1,000,000 shares of SPI from XOptics in a series of six share installments, all at an issue price of $1.00 per share. The first two installments were for 500,000 shares each; the other four installments were for 1,000,000 shares each. The Subscription Agreement provided that not less than 75% of each installment shall be for the shares to be issued by SPI or by SurePure US, as SPI’s successor under the Subscription Agreement. Consequently not more than 25% of each installment may be for the purchase of shares from XOptics. Also, XOptics could not sell more than 1,000,000 of its shares to Trinity under the Subscription Agreement.

 

Prior to the Share Exchange, Trinity had purchased 3,094,737 of the 6,000,000 shares covered by the Subscription Agreement all at the price of $1.00 per share, as follows:

 

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Date of Purchase 

Total

Shares Purchased

  

Shares Purchased

from SPI

  

Shares Purchased

from XOptics

 
             
July 30, 2012   500,000    375,000    125,000 
                
August 17, 2012   500,000    375,000    125,000 
                
September 28, 2012   1,767,737    1,517,737    250,000 
                
October 9, 2012   327,000    232,263    94,737 
                
Total   3,094,737    2,500,000    594,737 

 

As a result, 2,500,000 additional common shares of SPI were issued after June 30, 2012. In accordance with the terms and conditions of the Share Exchange Agreement, shares of SPI that are owned by Trinity, by persons on whose behalf Trinity purchased shares from SPI or XOptics or by persons to whom Trinity assigned its rights under the Subscription Agreement are to be exchanged for common shares of SurePure US on the basis of the Exchange Ratio. Trinity and SPI agreed that the installments due on August 31, 2012 and September 30, 2012 could be paid together and SPI waived any penalty resulting from the investor’s late performance.

 

Under the terms of the Subscription Agreement, three installments of shares remained to be purchased on each of October 31, November 30 and December 31, 2012, all at the price of $1.00 per share. Of the 2,905,263 shares remaining to be purchased by Trinity, 2,500,000 were to have been purchased from SPI and 405,263 were to have been purchased from XOptics.

 

Trinity failed to purchase shares as agreed on October 31, 2012. Exercising its rights under the Subscription Agreement, SPI terminated the Subscription Agreement and all rights of the investor to purchase additional shares, including both the shares referenced in the table above as well as additional shares as to which SPI had granted Trinity three purchase options, together with Trinity’s right to appoint directors. The termination of the Subscription Agreement also applied to the obligation of Trinity to purchase shares from XOptics. In November 2012, SPI entered into an additional subscription agreement with an investment manager, as described below in this section under the heading “Financing Transactions with Other Related Persons — Additional Subscription Agreement for Shares.”

 

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As required by the Share Exchange Agreement, we have assumed the obligations of SPI under the Subscription Agreement, as terminated. Accordingly, we have agreed that we will register for resale to the public all of the Common Shares that Trinity and its permitted assignees have purchased by filing a registration statement under the Securities Act with the Commission within 120 days after the closing of the purchase of the shares. We also have agreed to use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Commission to declare that registration statement effective reasonably promptly after its filing and to maintain the effectiveness of the registration statement that we have filed for a period of three years or until all of the shares so registered have been sold. Trinity and its permitted assignees have agreed to cooperate fully with us to enable us to discharge our obligations to register Common Shares, to provide all needed information and to enter into such further agreements as may be required to have the registration statement declared effective by the Commission and thereafter maintained effective.

 

Trinity represented to SPI that it was a registered asset manager doing business in South Africa, had no offices or presence in the United States of America and none of the accounts that it manages were beneficially owned by citizens or residents of the United States of America.

 

The Subscription Agreement provided that, for purposes of the Securities Act, the shares sold under the Subscription Agreement were restricted securities and may not be resold to any person who is a “U.S. Person” (as defined by the rules of the Commission) or by any means of commerce connected to the United States. Moreover, until one year and four days after the Share Exchange, Trinity has agreed not to sell or transfer the shares without our prior written consent or in a transaction which has been notified to us and does not involve any U.S. Person or any means of commerce in the United States. Similarly, any shares which are not included in the registration statement which we are obligated to file may not be sold without our prior written consent or in a transaction of which the Company has been notified and does not involve any U.S. Person or any means of commerce in the United States.

 

In order to comply with the regulations of the Commission that provide for exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, Trinity represented to us, among other matters, that:

 

·it understood that the shares of our Common Stock that we have issued and that we will issue to it and its assignees are being issued in reliance on an exemption from registration contained in Regulation S;
·no purchaser under the Subscription Agreement had engaged in any “directed selling efforts” as defined in Regulation S;
·no purchaser of our shares under the Subscription Agreement is part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act;
·no purchaser of our shares under the Subscription Agreement is a “US Person" and each purchaser will be the sole beneficial owner of the stock purchased under the Subscription Agreement;
·each purchaser is outside of the United States at the time of the Share Exchange; and

 

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·the acquired shares cannot be sold unless in accordance with Regulation S, pursuant to registration under the Securities Act or pursuant to an available exemption from registration.

 

Reliance on these representations may not, however, guarantee compliance with Regulation S.

 

In addition, Trinity agreed not to maintain any short position in our shares during the 12 months after issuance and not to engage in any hedging transactions with respect to our shares unless in compliance with law. The shares of our Common Stock issued under the Share Exchange Agreement to Trinity and its purchasers bear legends restricting their transferability until such shares have been sold as part of a registered public offering.

 

Pending Acquisition of SPHSA

 

On August 16, 2012, SPI entered into an agreement (the "Acquisition Agreement") with SPHSA providing for the acquisition of 100% of the outstanding shares of SPHSA from its shareholders. As noted below, we have assumed the executory obligations of SPI under the Acquisition Agreement, including the obligation to issue shares of our Common Stock and shares of our Nonvoting Convertible Preferred Stock upon the closing of the contemplated acquisition.

 

Currently, SPHSA is accounted for as a subsidiary of SPI under variable interest accounting rules. SPHSA owns the South African patent on the purification system sold by the Company, which is a counterpart of the patents owned by SPI. The shareholdings in SPHSA have remained largely unchanged since the formation of that company in 2005. Since October 2007, SPHSA has also provided various management services for SPI and SPO. In addition, our subsidiary SPO has loaned approximately $2,000,000 to SPHSA, all of which is due on demand. There have been and continue to be various intercompany transactions relating to the sale and purchase of goods and services between SPI and SPHSA. Accordingly, the boards of directors of both SPI and SPHSA believed it to be in the best interest of their respective companies to combine such that SPHSA would become an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of SPI and SPO would convert its loans and advances to SPHSA into equity, thereby improving the financial condition of SPHSA.

 

Subject to the terms and conditions of the Acquisition Agreement, on August 21, 2012, SPI made its offer, which initially was irrevocable for a period of 20 business days after the date of the offer to purchase from each of the shareholders of SPHSA all of their shares of SPHSA at a closing to be held September 19, 2012, which was the 21st business day after the date of the offer. The shares of SPHSA subject to SPI’s offer to purchase included shares that reflected the value of shareholder loans outstanding at the time of the offer. On September 21, 2012, SPI extended the period during which its offer remained open until November 26, 2012 to permit the satisfaction of conditions to the closing of the offer. On November 30, 2012, SPI and SPHSA agreed to amend the Acquisition Agreement to provide that the offer would remain open until February 28, 2013, so as to permit the fulfillment of certain closing conditions. The purchase price for the shares of SPHSA under the Offer was ZAR 4,000 (approximately $500.00) per share of SPHSA. The Acquisition Agreement provides that SPI will settle the purchase price it is paying for the shares of SPHSA in shares of SPI in the ratios of (i) 1,000 common shares of SPI for each share of SPHSA and (ii) 1,000 common shares of SPI for each ZAR 4,000 in principal amount of loans owed by SPHSA to its shareholders.

 

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For purposes of valuing the shares of SPHSA, the boards of both companies considered a number of factors, including the following:

 

·the purchase price being paid by Trinity for common shares from SPI and common shares from XOptics was $1.00 per share. Trinity, however, received certain additional rights along with the shares, including the right to nominate one or two board members and the right to purchase substantial amounts of additional shares at a purchase price possibly below market. Accordingly, the board concluded that the purchase price being paid by Trinity represented a premium to the value at which SPI offered its shares to the shareholders and loanholders of SPHSA; and
·those shareholders of SPHSA who were signatories to an August 2005 shareholders agreement held certain rights under that agreement. As a condition to the completion of SPI’s pending acquisition of SPHSA, those shareholders waived their rights. The acquisition of SPHSA effectively terminated these rights. Therefore, to compensate the shareholders of SPHSA for rights which they will waive as part of the transactions under the Acquisition Agreement, including certain minority protections, the directors believed that the shareholders of SPHSA were entitled to acquire shares of SPI at a favorable price, relative to the price paid by third parties.

 

The average exchange rate of the ZAR to one US Dollar during the first seven months of 2012, when the transaction was negotiated, was approximately 8:1.

 

As of the date of this prospectus, SPHSA had not yet received a final determination from the South African Reserve Bank as to whether the transaction could proceed.

 

As required by the Share Exchange Agreement, at the time of the Share Exchange SPI assigned its rights under the Acquisition Agreement to us, and we assumed the obligations of SPI to issue shares to the shareholders of SPHSA at such time, if any, that the pending acquisition of SPHSA was completed. As a result, we are bound by the terms and conditions of the Acquisition Agreement as the same relate to SPI.

 

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Since we have assumed the Acquisition Agreement, at the time of the closing of the pending acquisition of their shares of SPHSA, the former shareholders of SPHSA will become entitled to receive shares of our Common Stock in place of the common shares of SPI that they would have received under the Share Exchange Agreement had the acquisition closed prior to the Share Exchange. In this connection, the former SPHSA shareholders made the following representations, among others, to us with respect to the shares of our Common Stock that they have the right to acquire under the Share Exchange Agreement:

 

·they understood that the shares of our Common Stock that we have issued and that we will issue to them are being issued in reliance on an exemption from registration contained in Regulation S;
·their agreement to purchase of our shares is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act;
·none of the shareholders is a “US Person" and each will be the sole beneficial owner of the stock to be purchased by it;
·except as disclosed to us, they are outside of the United States at the time of the Share Exchange; and
·the acquired shares cannot be sold unless in accordance with Regulation S, pursuant to registration under the Securities Act or pursuant to an available exemption from registration.

 

Consequently, we believe that none of the shareholders of SPHSA are residents of the United States or persons who would be considered to be “US Persons” under Regulation S promulgated by the SEC. Reliance on these representations may not, however, guarantee compliance with Regulation S. Reliance on these representations may not, however, guarantee compliance with Regulation S.

 

In addition, the shareholders agreed that they will not maintain any short position in our shares during the 12 months after issuance and not to engage in any hedging transactions with respect to our shares unless in compliance with law. The shares of our Common Stock that we will issue to the shareholders will bear legends restricting their transferability until they have been sold as part of a registered public offering.

 

Additional Subscription Agreement for Shares

 

On November 26, 2012, SPI entered into a Subscription Agreement (the “Additional Subscription Agreement”) with RD Active Capital Limited, a United Kingdom-based investment manager (“RD Active”), in which RD Active agreed to purchase up to 300,000 new common shares over the period ending January 31, 2013 and under which RD Active has the right to purchase up to 2,700,000 new common shares from the Company during the period ending March 31, 2013 as long as RD Active has purchased the initial 300,000 common shares which it agreed to purchase. All common shares are to be purchased and sold at an issue price of US 1.00 per share. RD Active agreed to purchase the 300,000 new common shares on an installment basis, with 100,000 shares to be purchased on or before each of November 28, 2012, December 21, 2012 and January 31, 2013. As of January 24, 2013, RD Active and its other purchasers had purchased 310,000 shares, with 2,690,000 shares remaining available for purchase under the Additional Subscription Agreement.

 

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Under the terms of the Additional Subscription Agreement, RD Active may exercise the additional purchase right on its own behalf and then resell to certain other purchasers the shares that it has purchased, or, in the alternative, RD Active may place the additional shares directly with other purchasers. If RD Active intends to exercise its additional purchase right, it must send us a written notice providing certain information with respect to the purchaser that has offered to purchase the shares, together with a joinder agreement to the Additional Subscription Agreement. We have the right to object to a purchaser on the grounds that we do not believe that the purchaser is a suitable investor or that the information provided is incomplete. The purchaser then has the right to correct the deficiencies noted and, if the deficiencies are corrected, the purchase of shares will be completed. The Additional Subscription Agreement provides that time is of the essence in connection with the performance of the purchase obligations.

 

At such time as RD Active and any other purchasers under the Additional Subscription Agreement have completed and paid for 3,000,000 shares under the Additional Subscription Agreement, RD Active and the other purchasers have the right to appoint an additional director to our board of directors.

 

As required by the Share Exchange Agreement, we assumed the obligations of SPI under the Additional Subscription Agreement. Specifically, we agreed that the following terms and conditions will govern the exchange of shares acquired by RD Active and its other purchasers: (i) we will not have any issued and outstanding securities other than our Common Stock and our Nonvoting Convertible Preferred Stock; (ii) our shares will continue to be quoted on the OTCBB or another comparable interdealer quotation system as long as we file all reports with the Commission that are required to be filed; and (iii) the remainder of the shares to be acquired under the Additional Subscription Agreement will be shares of our Common Stock and SPI will no longer have any obligations to issue its common shares.

 

As part of the Additional Subscription Agreement, we agreed that we will use our best efforts to register for resale to the public all of the Common Shares that RD Active and any other purchasers under the Additional Subscription Agreement have purchased by using our best efforts to file a registration statement under the Securities Act with the Commission prior to January 11, 2013. We also agreed to use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Commission to declare that registration statement effective reasonably promptly after its filing and to maintain the effectiveness of the registration statement that we have filed for a period of three years or until all of the shares so registered have been sold. We also agreed that, to the extent that RD Active and its other purchasers purchased our shares after the date on which we have filed a registration statement with the Commission, we will use our best efforts to amend the registration statement as filed, consistent with the rules and regulations of the Commission, to include the additional shares that have been purchased. RD Active and the other purchasers agreed to cooperate fully with us to enable us to discharge our obligations to register Common Shares, to provide all needed information and to enter into such further agreements as may be required to have the registration statement declared effective by the Commission and thereafter maintained effective.

 

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Each purchase of shares under the Additional Subscription Agreement was subject to the accuracy of certain representations and warranties made by the purchasers of the shares. Among the representations and warranties made, RD Active represented that it has no offices or presence in the United States of America and none of the accounts that it manages are beneficially owned by citizens or residents of the United States of America.

 

The Additional Subscription Agreement provides that for purposes of the Securities Act, the shares sold under the Additional Subscription Agreement are restricted securities and may not be resold to any person who is a “U.S. Person” (as defined by the rules of the Commission) or by any means of commerce connected to the United States. Moreover, until one year and four days after the Share Exchange, the investor has agreed not to sell or transfer the shares without our prior written consent or in a transaction which has been notified to us and does not involve any U.S. Person or any means of commerce in the United States. Similarly, any shares which are not included in the registration statement which we are obligated to file may not be sold without our prior written consent or in a transaction of which the Company has been notified and does not involve any U.S. Person or any means of commerce in the United States.

 

To comply with the regulations of the Commission that provide for exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, in the Share Exchange Agreement, RD Active and each other purchaser who becomes a party to the Additional Subscription Agreement, represented to us, among other matters, that:

 

·the purchaser understands that the shares of our Common Stock that we have issued to it and to the other purchasers under the Additional Subscription Agreement are being issued in reliance on an exemption from registration contained in Regulation S;
·no purchaser has engaged in any “directed selling efforts” as defined in Regulation S;
·their purchase of our shares is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act;
·none of the purchasers is a “US Person" and each will be the sole beneficial owner of the stock purchased and to be purchased by them;

 

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·each purchaser is outside of the United States at the time of the Share Exchange; and
·the acquired shares cannot be sold unless in accordance with Regulation S, pursuant to registration under the Securities Act or pursuant to an available exemption from registration.

 

Consequently, we believe that neither RD Active nor any other purchasers under the Additional Subscription Agreement are residents of the United States or persons who would be considered to be “US Persons” under Regulation S. Reliance on these representations may not, however, guarantee compliance with Regulation S.

 

The shares of our Common Stock that we have issued and that we will issue to RD Active and the other purchasers under the Additional Subscription Agreement will bear legends restricting their transferability until such shares have been sold as part of a registered public offering.

 

Consulting and Employment Agreements

 

For a more complete discussion of those agreements under which our directors and officers provide their services, see above under “Employment and Consulting Agreements” under the heading “Executive Compensation.”

 

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

 

We are registering the shares offered by this prospectus on behalf of the selling shareholders. The selling shareholders, which includes donees, pledgees, transferees or other successors-in-interest selling who may be selling shares of our common stock or interests in shares of our common stock received after the date of this prospectus from a selling stockholder as a gift, pledge, partnership distribution or other transfer, may, from time to time, sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any or all of their shares of common stock or interests in shares of common stock on any stock exchange, market or trading facility on which the shares are traded or in private transactions. These dispositions may be at fixed prices, at prevailing market prices at the time of sale, at prices related to the prevailing market price, at varying prices determined at the time of sale, or at negotiated prices. To the extent any of the selling shareholders gift, pledge or otherwise transfer the shares offered hereby, such transferees may offer and sell the shares from time to time under this prospectus, so long as this prospectus has been amended under Rule 424(b)(3) or other applicable provision of the Securities Act to include the name of such transferee in the list of selling shareholders under this prospectus. A selling stockholder may use any one or more of the following methods when selling securities:

 

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¨ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer solicits purchasers;

 

¨block trades in which the broker-dealer attempts to sell the securities as agent but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the transaction;

 

¨purchases by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer for its account;

 

¨an exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable exchange;

 

¨privately negotiated transactions;

 

¨settlement of short sales entered into after the effective date of the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part;

 

¨in transactions through broker-dealers that agree with the selling shareholders to sell a specified number of such securities at a stipulated price per security;

 

¨through the writing or settlement of options or other hedging transactions, whether through an options exchange or otherwise;

 

¨a combination of any such methods of sale; or

 

¨any other method permitted pursuant to applicable law.

 

The selling stockholders may also sell securities under Rule 144 under the Securities Act, if available, rather than under this prospectus.

 

Broker-dealers engaged by the selling stockholders may arrange for other brokers-dealers to participate in sales.  Broker-dealers may receive commissions or discounts from the selling stockholders (or, if any broker-dealer acts as agent for the purchaser of securities, from the purchaser) in amounts to be negotiated, but, except as set forth in a supplement to this prospectus, in the case of an agency transaction, not in excess of a customary brokerage commission in compliance with FINRA Rule 2440, and, in the case of a principal transaction, a markup or markdown in compliance with FINRA IM-2440.

 

In connection with the sale of the securities or interests therein, the selling shareholders may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions, which may in turn engage in short sales of the securities in the course of hedging the positions they assume.  The selling shareholders may also sell securities short and deliver these securities to close out their short positions, or loan or pledge the securities to broker-dealers that in turn may sell these securities.  The selling shareholders may also enter into option or other transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions or create one or more derivative securities which require the delivery to such broker-dealer or other financial institution of securities offered by this prospectus, which securities such broker-dealer or other financial institution may resell pursuant to this prospectus (as supplemented or amended to reflect such transaction).

 

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The selling shareholders and any broker-dealers or agents that are involved in selling the securities may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act in connection with such sales.  In such event, any commissions received by such broker-dealers or agents and any profit on the resale of the securities purchased by them may be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts under the Securities Act.

 

We are paying fees and expenses that we incur incident to the registration of the securities.  We have not agreed to indemnify any of the selling shareholders against losses, claims, damages and liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.

 

Because selling shareholders may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act, they will be subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act including Rule 172 thereunder. In addition, any securities covered by this prospectus which qualify for sale pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act may be sold under Rule 144 rather than under this prospectus.

 

We intend to keep this prospectus effective until the earlier of (i) the date on which the securities may be resold by the selling shareholders without registration and without regard to any volume or manner-of-sale limitations by reason of Rule 144, without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information under Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any other rule of similar effect or (ii) all of the securities have been sold pursuant to this prospectus or Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any other rule of similar effect.  The resale securities will be sold only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers if required under applicable state securities laws. In addition, in certain states, the resale securities covered hereby may not be sold unless they have been registered or qualified for sale in the applicable state or an exemption from the registration or qualification requirement is available and is complied with.

 

Under applicable rules and regulations under the Exchange Act, any person engaged in the distribution of the resale securities may not simultaneously engage in market making activities with respect to the common stock for the applicable restricted period, as defined in Regulation M, prior to the commencement of the distribution.  In addition, the selling shareholders will be subject to applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, including Regulation M, which may limit the timing of purchases and sales of securities of the common stock by the selling shareholders or any other person.  We will make copies of this prospectus available to the selling shareholders and have informed them of the need to deliver a copy of this prospectus to each purchaser at or prior to the time of the sale (including by compliance with Rule 172 under the Securities Act).

 

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DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES

 

General

 

We are authorized by our articles of incorporation to issue an aggregate of 201,000,000 shares of capital stock, of which 200,000,000 are shares of Common Stock, with a par value of $0.001 per share, and 31,155,282 shares are shares of our Nonvoting Convertible Preferred Stock, with a par value of $0.01 per share. Our directors also have approved and we have filed with the Secretary of State of Nevada the Certificate of Designation that sets forth the voting rights, designations, preferences, limitations, restrictions and relative rights of our Nonvoting Convertible Preferred Stock.

 

Currently, 23,517,184 shares of our Common Stock are issued and outstanding and an additional 2,690,000 shares of our Common Stock remain issuable under the terms and conditions of the Additional Subscription Agreement.  An additional 31,155,282 shares of our Common Stock will become issuable upon the conversion of all authorized shares of its Nonvoting Convertible Preferred Stock. We also have reserved 3,000,000 shares of our Common Stock for future issuance under the 2012 Stock Plan.  See above under “2012 Stock Option Plan” under heading “Executive Compensation”

 

The following summary of certain provisions of our capital stock does not purport to be complete and is subject to and is qualified in its entirety by our Articles of Incorporation and bylaws and by the provisions of applicable law.

 

Common Stock

 

All outstanding shares of our Common Stock are of the same class and have equal rights and attributes. The holders of our Common Stock are entitled to one vote per share on all matters submitted to a vote of shareholders of the Company.  The holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock constitute a quorum at a meeting of shareholders for the transaction of any business.  Directors are elected by a plurality of the votes of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors. Any other action is authorized by a majority of the votes cast, except where the Nevada Corporations Code prescribes a different percentage of votes and/or a different exercise of voting power.

 

All shareholders are entitled to share equally in dividends, if any, as may be declared from time to time by the board of directors out of funds legally available. In the event of liquidation, the holders of our Common Stock are entitled to share ratably all assets remaining after payment of all liabilities. The holders of our Common Stock do not have cumulative or preemptive rights.

 

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Preferred Stock

 

As of the closing of the Share Exchange, our shareholders had consented to increase the number of authorized shares of our preferred stock to 31,155,282. Of those authorized shares, 22,765,447 shares of our preferred stock will be outstanding as shares of our Nonvoting Convertible Preferred Stock.  The preferences, qualifications, rights, and restrictions of our Nonvoting Convertible Preferred Stock are described below in this section of this prospectus under "Shares of our Nonvoting Convertible Preferred Stock.”  At such time as all of the shares of Nonvoting Convertible Preferred Stock are converted, we may file a certificate of withdrawal, in which case the Nonvoting Convertible Preferred Stock will be retired and returned to the status of authorized but unissued shares of the our undesignated preferred stock. The remaining 8,389,835 shares of our preferred stock will be issued as Nonvoting Convertible Preferred Stock contingent upon the completion of the pending acquisition of SPHSA contemplated by the Acquisition Agreement. For additional information relating to the pending acquisition of SPHSA, see above under “Financing Transactions with Other Related Persons — Pending Acquisition of SPHSA” under the heading “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions.”

 

We do not have any current plans to issue any shares of our preferred stock following the conversion of the shares of our Nonvoting Convertible Preferred Stock.  Nevertheless, the issuance of shares of our preferred stock, or the issuance of rights to purchase our preferred stock, could be used to discourage an unsolicited acquisition proposal. For example, a business combination could be impeded by the issuance of a series of our preferred stock containing class voting rights that would enable the holder or holders of such series to block any such transaction. Alternatively, a business combination could be facilitated by the issuance of a series of our preferred stock having sufficient voting rights to provide a required percentage vote of our shareholders. In addition, under some circumstances, the issuance of our preferred stock could adversely affect the voting power and other rights of the holders of our Common Stock. Although prior to issuing any series of our preferred stock, our board is required to make a determination as to whether the issuance is in the best interests of our shareholders, our board could act in a manner that would discourage an acquisition attempt or other transaction that some, or a majority, of our shareholders might believe to be in their best interests or in which our shareholders might receive a premium for their stock over prevailing market prices of such stock. Our board of directors does not intend to seek shareholder approval prior to any issuance of our authorized preferred stock, unless otherwise required by law or applicable stock exchange requirements.

 

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Shares of Our Nonvoting Convertible Preferred Stock

 

On December 12, 2012, we designated 31,155,282 of the authorized shares of our preferred stock as Nonvoting Convertible Preferred Stock. Under the terms of the certificate of designation that we have filed with the Secretary of State of Nevada upon the expiration of the 20-day period, the shares of our Nonvoting Convertible Preferred Stock will be convertible into shares of our Common Stock at the ratio of one share of Common Stock for each share of our Nonvoting Convertible Preferred Stock, subject to certain important limitations and restrictions. First, neither XOptics nor any other holder may convert any shares of our Nonvoting Convertible Preferred Stock if, after giving effect to the conversion, the holder and its affiliates would, in the aggregate, own beneficially or exercise control over that number of shares of our Common Stock which is 4.99% or greater of our total Common Stock on the date of conversion, immediately after giving effect to the conversion (this limitation is referred to as the "Beneficial Ownership Limitation"). Notwithstanding this restriction, however, whenever XOptics or any other holder of our Nonvoting Convertible Preferred Stock provides us with at least 61 days’ prior written notice stating that the holder elects to waive the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation terminates as of the end of the 61st day referenced in the notice. The Beneficial Ownership Limitation also automatically terminates three business days prior to any change of control of the Company. In this context, the term “change in control” of the Company means any acquisition by a third party (excluding any affiliate of ours) of 50% or more of our issued and outstanding voting securities by merger, consolidation or purchase of shares or of all or substantially all of our. Second, the certificate of designation provides for proportionate adjustments to the conversion ratio whenever we may declare a stock dividend, effect a stock split or reverse stock split or otherwise combine shares of our Common Stock so that upon conversion XOptics or any other holder of shares of our Nonvoting Convertible Preferred Stock will receive the same relative proportion of shares of our Common Stock. We have agreed to reserve and keep available out of the authorized but unissued shares of our Common Stock that number of shares as is sufficient to effect the conversion of all unconverted shares of our Nonvoting Convertible Preferred Stock into Common Stock. If at any time the number of shares is not sufficient to effect such conversion, then we are obligated to take such corporate actions as may be necessary to increase our authorized but unissued shares to that number which will be sufficient, including obtaining shareholder approval to amend our Articles of Incorporation.

 

When issued, the shares of our Nonvoting Convertible Preferred Stock will have the following rights and limitations:

 

·the holders of the shares may not vote on any matters, except to approve (i) the authorization, creation and issue of any shares of any other class or series of which would create a dividend or liquidation preference senior to the shares of our Nonvoting Convertible Preferred Stock or (ii) any action to amend or repeal any provision of our Articles of Incorporation or bylaws that adversely affects the rights or privileges of the shares of our Nonvoting Convertible Preferred Stock, and the consent or affirmative vote of the holders of at least 80% of the shares of our Nonvoting Convertible Preferred Stock is required in both cases;

 

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·the shares of our Nonvoting Convertible Preferred Stock do not have any preference or priority on the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company; and
·the holders of the shares of our Nonvoting Convertible Preferred Stock do not have any preference or priority as to any cash dividends or distributions, but are entitled to receive dividends and distributions pro rata with holders of our Common Stock on an “as converted” basis.

 

The issued shares of our Nonvoting Convertible Preferred Stock automatically convert, at the applicable conversion ratio, into shares of our Common Stock upon the assignment, sale or other transfer of shares to any person other than an affiliate of the holder of the seller. Any assignee, purchaser or other transferee may surrender certificates representing the assigned shares to us and will receive shares of our Common Stock in return. If an assignee wishes to continue to hold the assigned shares as Nonvoting Convertible Preferred Stock, we will comply with its request in that regard.

 

The terms of our Nonvoting Convertible Preferred Stock also provide that no holder of shares of our Nonvoting Convertible Preferred Stock which, on a fully converted basis, when combined with shares of our Common Stock, would constitute the holder of the preferred shares as the beneficial holder of more than 4.99% of shares of our Common Stock may enter into any transaction with us or with any of our subsidiaries without the prior approval of a majority of our independent directors of SurePure US or, if we have no independent directors, the prior approval of a majority of the shares of our Common Stock not owned by the beneficial holder in question and its affiliates.

 

Registration Rights

 

In connection with the purchases of shares of our Common Stock by the investor under the Subscription Agreement, we agreed to file a registration statement to permit the resale of the shares of our Common Stock issued to the investor by us in the Share Exchange. Similarly, in connection with the purchases of Common Stock under the Additional Subscription Agreement, we have agreed to file a registration statement to permit the resale of the shares of our Common Stock purchase by the investment manager and other purchasers under that agreement.  For additional information relating to our obligations with regard to registration of shares, see above under “Financing Transactions with Other Related Parties — Subscription Agreement for Shares” and “Financing Transactions with Other Related Parties — Additional Subscription Agreement for Shares” under the heading “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions.”

 

Transfer Agent

 

Vstock Transfer, LLC, 77 Spruce Street, Suite 201, Cedarhurst, New York 11516 currently is the transfer agent and registrar for our Common Stock.

 

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LEGAL MATTERS

 

Barton LLP, New York, New York, will render a legal opinion as to the validity of the shares of the common stock to be registered hereby.

 

EXPERTS

 

Rosen Seymour Shapss Martin & Company LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, has audited the consolidated financial statements of SurePure, Inc. and its subsidiaries as of December 31, 2011 and 2010 and for the years then ended, as stated in their report appearing herein.  Such financial statements have been so included in reliance upon the report of the Firm given upon their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.

 

CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING

AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

 

On December 12, 2012, our board of directors dismissed Seale & Beers (“S&B”) as our independent registered public accounting firm. Our board of directors immediately engaged Rosen Seymour Shapss Martin & Company LLP (“RSSM”) as our independent registered public accounting firm, effective as of December 13, 2012.  RSSM was the independent registered public accounting firm of SPI prior to the Share Exchange and, given that our sole line of business is conducted through our wholly-owned subsidiary, our board of directors concluded that RSSM should serve as our independent registered public accounting firm.

 

S&B’s report on our financial statements for each of the past two fiscal years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 did not contain an adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion, nor was it qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles. The reports of S&B, however, stated that there is substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

 

During the fiscal years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 and the subsequent interim period, there were no: (i) disagreements with S&B on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope of procedure which, if not resolved to the satisfaction of S&B, would have caused S&B to make reference to the matter in their report, or (ii) reportable events as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.

 

On December 20, 2012 we provided S&B with a copy of its intended disclosure and requested that S&B furnish us with a letter addressed to the Commission stating whether S&B agreed with the statements made in our disclosure. We filed a copy of S&B’s letter to us in response as an exhibit to a separate Current Report that we filed with the Commission on December 21, 2012.

 

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During the fiscal years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 and the subsequent interim period, neither SurePure, Inc. nor anyone acting on its behalf consulted RSSM regarding either: (i) the application of accounting principles to a specific transaction, either completed or proposed, or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on our financial statements; or (ii) any matter that was either the subject of a disagreement (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K) or a reportable event (as described in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K).

 

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

 

We file annual, quarterly and special reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC under the Exchange Act (File No. 000-54172).  We have also filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-1 under the Securities Act to register the shares offered by this prospectus.  The term “registration statement” means the original registration statement and any and all amendments thereto, including the schedules and exhibits to the original registration statement or any amendment.  This prospectus is part of that registration statement.  This prospectus does not contain all of the information set forth in the registration statement or the exhibits to the registration statement.  For further information with respect to us and the shares we are offering pursuant to this prospectus, you should refer to the registration statement and its exhibits.  Statements contained in this prospectus as to the contents of any contract, agreement or other document referred to are not necessarily complete, and you should refer to the copy of that contract or other documents filed as an exhibit to the registration statement.  You may read or obtain a copy of the registration statement at the SEC’s public reference facilities and Internet site referred to below.

 

You may read or obtain copies of these reports and other information filed with the SEC by us at the public reference facilities maintained by the SEC at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. You can call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for information regarding the operations of its Public Reference Room and any copying charges assessed by the SEC. The SEC also maintains a website at http://www.sec.gov that contains registration statements, reports, proxy information statements and other information regarding registrants regarding registrants (including us) that file electronically. The information contained on the SEC’s website is not intended to be incorporated by reference in this prospectus and you should not consider that information a part of this prospectus.

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm F-1
   
Consolidated Balance Sheets  
   December 31, 2011 and 2010 F-2
   
Consolidated Statements of Operations  
   Years Ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 F-3
   
Consolidated Statements of Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)  
   Years Ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 and Inception to December 31, 2011 F-4
   
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Deficit  
   Years Ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 F-5
   
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows  
   Years Ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 F-6
   
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements F-7 - F-21
   
Consolidated Balance Sheets September 30, 2012 (Unaudited) and December 31, 2011 F-22
   
Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited) for the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 and Cumulative From August 24, 2005 (Inception) to September 30, 2012 F-23
   
Consolidated Statements of Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Unaudited) for the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 and Cumulative From August 24, 2005 (Inception) to September 30, 2012 F-24
   
Consolidated Statement of Stockholders’ Deficit (Unaudited) for the Period from January 1, 2012 to September 30, 2012 F-25
   
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited) for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 and Cumulative From Inception (August 24, 2005) to September 30, 2012 F-26
   
Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements F-27 - F-43

  

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

SurePure Investment Holding AG

 

Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Years Ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 and

From August 24, 2005 (inception) to December 31, 2011

 

WITH

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT
REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

  

Board of Directors

SurePure Investment Holding AG and Subsidiaries

Zug, Switzerland

 

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of SurePure Investment Holding AG and Subsidiaries (“SurePure” or the “Company”) (a development stage company) as of December 31, 2011 and 2010 and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ deficit, other comprehensive income (loss) and cash flows for each of two years then ended and for the period from August 24, 2005 (inception) to December 31, 2011. 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 consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall consolidated financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of SurePure Investment Holding AG and Subsidiaries at December 31, 2011 and 2010, and the results of its consolidated operations and its cash flows for each of the two years then ended and for the period from August 24, 2005 (inception) to December 31, 2011 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 shown in the consolidated financial statements, the Company has experienced significant losses and negative cash flows, resulting in increased accumulated deficits during its development stage. These conditions raise substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s plans regarding those matters are described in Note 13. The accompanying consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

 

 

 

 

/S/ ROSEN SEYMOUR SHAPSS MARTIN & COMPANY LLP

 

New York, New York

August 24, 2012

 

F-1
 

SurePure Investment Holding AG

(A Development Stage Company)

 

Consolidated Balance Sheets

 

December 31, 2011 and 2010

 

 

   2011   2010 
Assets          
           
Current assets:          
Cash  $35,475   $46,463 
Accounts receivable, net   80,200    2,872 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets   71,603    77,853 
           
Total current assets   187,278    127,188 
           
Property and equipment, net   12,608    28,349 
           
Other assets:          
Intangible assets, net   145,627    162,092 
           
Total assets  $345,513   $317,629 
           
           
Liabilities and Equity (Deficit)          
           
Current liabilities:          
Accounts payable and other current liabilities  $736,953   $1,107,312 
Due to officers/stockholders   473,129    172,778 
Income taxes payable   717    27,400 
           
Total current liabilities   1,210,799    1,307,490 
           
Long-term liabilities:          
Loans from stockholders   5,431,122    4,150,833 
Other loans payable   300,000    - 
           
Total long-term liabilities   5,731,122    4,150,833 
           
Total liabilities   6,941,921    5,458,323 
           
Commitments and contingencies          
           
Equity (deficit):          
SurePure stockholder’s equity (deficit):          
Common stock   257,431    257,431 
Additional paid-in capital   14,067,931    12,275,997 
Equity of variable interest entities   1,004,150    1,004,150 
Other comprehensive income   264,002    (329,254)
Deficit accumulated during the development stage   (20,891,469)   (16,881,742)
    (5,297,955)   (3,673,418)
Stock subscription receivable   (42,141)   (42,141)
           
Total SurePure stockholders’ equity (deficit)   (5,340,096)   (3,715,559)
           
Noncontrolling interest   (1,256,312)   (1,425,135)
           
Total equity (deficit)   (6,596,408)   (5,140,694)
           
Total liabilities and equity (deficit)  $345,513   $317,629 
           

 

 

 

See report of independent registered public accounting firm and notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

F-2
 

 

SurePure Investment Holding AG

(A Development Stage Company)

 

Consolidated Statements of Operations

 

Years Ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 and Inception to December 31, 2011

 

           Cumulative from 
           August 24, 2005 
           (inception) to 
   2011   2010   December 31, 2011 
             
Sales  $344,416   $289,368   $1,669,965 
                
Cost of sales   185,222    243,433    1,445,158 
                
Gross profit   159,194    45,935    224,807 
                
Expenses:               
General and administrative expenses   3,350,695    3,139,668    16,289,190 
Promotion and marketing   62,491    228,725    508,340 
Research and development   319,025    402,636    3,332,456 
Depreciation and amortization   23,469    26,845    151,438 
Impairment of patent   -    -    537,631 
                
Total expenses   3,755,680    3,797,874    20,819,055 
                
Loss from operations   (3,596,486)   (3,751,939)   (20,594,248)
                
Other income (expense):               
Interest income   64    8,846    371,809 
Interest expense   (429,499)   (400,228)   (2,048,363)
Exchange rate gains and losses   (17,636)   6,931    (21,503)
Loss on disposition of fixed assets   (7,405)   (117)   (64,172)
                
Total other (expense) income   (454,476)   (384,568)   (1,762,229)
                
Loss before provision for taxes   (4,050,962)   (4,136,507)   (22,356,477)
                
Provision for income taxes   -    -    32,673 
                
Net loss   (4,050,962)   (4,136,507)   (22,389,150)
                
Net loss attributable to non-controlling interest   (41,235)   (70,123)   (1,497,681)
                
Net loss attributable to SurePure  $(4,009,727)  $(4,066,384)  $(20,891,469)

 

 

 

See report of independent registered public accounting firm and notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

F-3
 

 

SurePure Investment Holding AG

(A Development Stage Company)

 

Consolidated Statements of Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

 

Years Ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 and Inception to December 31, 2011

 

 

           Cumulative from 
           August 24, 2005 
           (Inception) to 
   2011   2010   December 31, 2011 
             
Net loss  $(4,050,962)  $(4,136,507)  $(22,389,150)
                
Other comprehensive loss, net of tax               
                
Unrealized gain (loss) on foreign               
currency translation   803,314    (555,631)   311,812 
                
Comprehensive loss   (3,247,648)   (4,692,138)   (22,077,338)
                
Less: Comprehensive income (loss) attributable               
to noncontrolling interest   168,823    (222,373)   (1,449,871)
                
Comprehensive loss attributable               
to SurePure, net of tax  $(3,416,471)  $(4,469,765)  $(20,627,467)

  

 

 

See report of independent registered public accounting firm and notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

F-4
 

 

SurePure Investment Holding AG

(A Development Stage Company)

 

Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Deficit

 

Years Ended December 31, 2011 and 2010

 

 

                           Deficit                 
                       Equity in   Accumulated       Accumulated        
   Common   Range of       Additional       Variable   During The       Other   Stock    
   Shares   Price Per   Common   Paid-in   Total   Interest   Development   Noncontrolling   Comprehensive   Subscription    
   Issued   Share   Stock   Capital   Consideration   Entities   Stage   Interest   Income   Receivable   Total 
                                                      
August 24, 2005 - inception   -      $-   $-   $-   $-   $-   $-   $-   $-   $- 
                                                       
Issuances of common stock:                                                      
2007   20,400,000     $.01 to $2.45     193,146    4,980,686    5,173,832                              
2008   3,149,165     $.01 to $2.45     29,817    896,523    926,340                              
2009   323,050     $.01 to $2.60     3,113    836,887    840,000                              
                                                       
Issuances of common stock   23,872,215         226,076    6,714,096   $6,940,172                             6,940,172 
                                                       
Imputed interest on stockholder loans                  1,187,154                                  1,187,154 
                                                       
Net loss for the period from August 24, 2005 (inception) through December 31, 2009                                 (12,815,358)        74,127         (12,741,231)
                                                       
Equity of variable interest entities'   -         -    -         1,004,150    -    (1,202,762)   -    (42,141)   (240,753)
                                                        
Balances – December 31, 2009             226,076    7,901,250         1,004,150    (12,815,358)   (1,202,762)   74,127    (42,141)   (4,854,658)
                                                       
Total from issuances of common stock during 2010   2,950,000     $.01 to $2.85     31,355    3,994,083   $4,025,438                             4,025,438 
                                                        
Imputed interest on stockholder loans                  380,664                                  380,664 
                                                       
Net loss for the year                                 (4,066,384)   (70,123)             (4,136,507)
                                                      9 
Unrealized loss on foreign currency translation adjustment   -         -    -         -    -    (152,250)   (403,381)   -    (555,631)
                                                       
Balances – December 31, 2010   26,822,215         257,431    12,275,997         1,004,150    (16,881,742)   (1,425,135)   (329,254)   (42,141)   (5,140,694)
                                                       
Conversion of stockholder’s loans to additional paid-in capital                  1,376,229                                  1,376,229 
                                                       
Imputed interest on stockholder loans                  415,705                                  415,705 
                                                       
Net (loss) income for the year                                 (4,009,727)   (41,235)             (4,050,962)
                                                       
Unrealized gain on foreign currency translation adjustment   -         -    -         -    -    210,058    593,256    -    803,314 
                                                       
Balances – December 31, 2011   26,822,215        $257,431   $14,067,931        $1,004,150   $(20,891,469)  $(1,256,312)  $264,002   $(42,141)  $(6,596,408)

 

 

 

See report of independent registered public accounting firm and notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

F-5
 

 

SurePure Investment Holding AG

(A Development Stage Company)

 

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

 

Years Ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 and Inception to December 31, 2011

 

           Cumulative During the 
           Development Stage – 
           from August 24, 2005 
           (inception) to 
   2011   2010   December 31, 2011 
Cash from operating activities:               
Net loss  $(4,050,962)  $(4,136,507)  $(22,389,150)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to cash used in operating activities:               
Depreciation and amortization   23,469    26,845    151,438 
Impairment of patent   -    -    537,631 
Loss on sale of property and equipment   7,405    117    64,172 
Imputed interest on loans from stockholders   415,705    380,664    1,983,523 
Changes in assets and liabilities:               
Accounts receivable   (77,328)   56,817    (80,200)
Prepaid expenses and other current assets   6,250    (48,866)   (71,603)
Accounts payable   (370,359)   (235,077)   736,953 
Due to officers/stockholders   300,351    3,384    473,129 
Income taxes payable   (26,683)   25,696    717 
                
Total cash used in operating activities   (3,772,152)   (3,926,927)   (18,593,390)
                
Cash from investing activities:               
Purchase of property and equipment   -    (10,458)   (181,760)
Proceeds from sales of property and equipment   1,332    780    16,860 
Acquisition of patents   -    -    (746,576)
                
Total cash from (used in) investing activities   1,332    (9,678)   (911,476)
                
Cash from financing activities:               
Proceeds from sale of equity   -    4,025,438    10,923,469 
Proceeds from equity of variable interest entities   -    -    83,309 
Proceeds from loans from stockholders   2,656,518    495,023    7,921,751 
Proceeds from other loans payable   300,000    -    300,000 
                
Total cash from financing activities   2,956,518    4,520,461    19,228,529 
                
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents   803,314    (555,631)   311,812 
                
Net (decrease) increase in cash   (10,988)   28,225    35,475 
                
Cash, beginning of period   46,463    18,238    - 
                
Cash, end of period  $35,475   $46,463   $35,475 
                
Supplemental disclosures:               
Interest paid  $13,794   $19,564   $64,840 
                
Income taxes paid  $-   $-   $32,673 
                
Conversion of loans from stockholders to additional paid-in capital  $1,376,229   $-   $1,376,229 
                
Conversion of loans from stockholders to equity of variable interest entities  $-   $-   $1,114,400 
                
Imputed interest on loans from stockholders reported as an               
increase to additional paid-in capital  $415,705   $380,664   $1,983,523 
                

  

See report of independent registered public accounting firm and notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

F-6
 

 

SurePure Investment Holding AG

(A Development Stage Company)

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Years Ended December 31, 2011 and 2010

  

1.Organization and Significant Accounting Policies

 

Description of Business

 

SurePure Investment Holding AG (the “Company” or “SPI”) was incorporated in Switzerland in 2007. SPI is the holding company of the SurePure Group (the “Group”), which includes subsidiaries and other entities whose activities primarily benefit the Company.

 

The Group has developed the technology for using UV-C light to purify turbid liquids such as wine, fruit juice and milk. Although initially designed to treat food-grade applications, it has successfully been applied to liquids such as bovine blood plasma, water, brines and sugar syrup solutions. The Group holds international patents for this technology. The Group has been engaged in raising capital, continuing research and development of its technologies and process and developing markets for its products.

 

SurePure Operations AG (“SPO”), a wholly owned subsidiary of SPI, markets the products of the Group and earns it revenue by selling equipment utilizing the Group technology globally. SPO owns a patent for its technology in a number of countries.

 

SurePure Latin America Maqinas de Purificasao UVC Ltda. (“SPLA”), a wholly owned subsidiary of SPO, is currently not active.

 

Variable interest entities (“VIE’s”) are entities whose activities primarily benefit the Company and are primarily supported by the Company. SPI has variable interests in the following entities:

 

SurePure Holdings South Africa (Pty) Ltd. (“SPHSA”) and its wholly owned subsidiary SurePure Marketing South Africa (Pty) Ltd. (“SPMSA”) hold the South African patent and market the products of the Group and earn revenue from selling equipment utilizing the SurePure technology. These companies were incorporated in 2005.

 

SurePure Participations AG (“SPP”), a minority stockholder of SPI, was incorporated in Switzerland in 2007 and is part of the common holding structure of the Group. SPP has no operations and all of its expenses have been and will continue to be paid by SPI.

 

Interests in these variable interest entities are consolidated with the SPI because SPI is their primary beneficiary.

 

F-7
 

 

SurePure Investment Holding AG

(A Development Stage Company)

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

 

Years Ended December 31, 2011 and 2010

 

Basis of Presentation

 

The accompanying consolidated financial statements of SurePure Investment Holding AG and subsidiaries have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”).

 

The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts and results of operations of SPI, and its subsidiaries and its VIE’s. The accompanying statements of operations, comprehensive income (loss), and cash flows present cumulative amounts since inception since, as a development stage entity, the Company is devoting most of its efforts to establishing its business.

 

The Group’s reporting currency is the United States Dollar (USD) and these consolidated financial statements are presented in USD.

 

Principles of Consolidation

 

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of SPI and all entities of the Group in which a direct ownership or indirect controlling interest exists through voting rights or qualifying variable interests. All inter-group balances and transactions have been eliminated in the consolidation.

 

Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ materially from those estimates.

 

Income Taxes

 

The Group accounts for income taxes using the liability method. Under this method, deferred income taxes are recognized based on the tax effects of temporary differences between the financial statement and tax bases of assets and liabilities, as measured by current enacted tax rates. Valuation allowances are recorded to reduce the deferred tax assets to an amount that will more likely than not provide a future tax benefit.

 

GAAP requires that, in applying the liability method, the consolidated financial statement effects of an uncertain tax position be recognized based on the outcome that is more likely than not to occur. Under this criterion, the most likely resolution of an uncertain tax position should be analyzed based on technical merits and on that will likely be sustained under examination. There have been no adjustments or disclosures related to uncertain tax positions necessary since the Company’s inception through December 31, 2011.

 

F-8
 

 

SurePure Investment Holding AG

(A Development Stage Company)

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

  

Years Ended December 31, 2011 and 2010

 

Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

 

The Group performs regular credit evaluations of customers to which it provides sales on credit terms, and adjusts credit limits based on the customer’s payment history and reassessments of their creditworthiness. The Group continuously monitors its collections and establishes a provision for estimated doubtful accounts, if necessary. No allowance for doubtful accounts was deemed to be necessary at December 31, 2011 and 2010.

 

Property, Equipment and Related Depreciation

 

Property and equipment are recorded at cost, less accumulated depreciation. Cost includes the price paid to acquire the asset and any expenditures that substantially increase the asset’s value or extend the useful life of an existing asset. Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the property and equipment. Major repairs and betterments that significantly extend original useful lives or improve productivity are capitalized and depreciated over the period benefited. Expenditures for routine repairs and maintenance are expensed as incurred. When property and equipment are retired or otherwise disposed of, the related cost and accumulated depreciation are removed from the respective accounts and any gain or loss is recognized in operations.

 

Depreciation is provided over the following estimated useful lives:

 

Plant machinery  3 to 5 years
Furniture and fixtures  3 to 5 years
Motor vehicles  5 years
Office and computer equipment  3 to 5 years

 

Intangible Assets

 

Intangible assets consist of patents that are initially recognized at their cost. The patents were purchased from a third party in 2005. The patents are being amortized on a straight-line basis over their remaining estimated useful lives of twelve years.

 

The Group evaluates the carrying value of its intangible assets for impairment at least annually or when events or changes in circumstances are identified by management that indicate that such carrying values may not be fully recoverable. The evaluation involves estimating the future undiscounted cash flows expected to be derived from the assets to assess whether or not a potential impairment exists. As a result of its evaluations, management determined that it was not necessary to recognize a loss on impairment of intangible assets for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010. During the period from inception to December 31, 2011, impairment losses on intangible assets in the amount of $537,631 were recognized.

 

F-9
 

 

SurePure Investment Holding AG

(A Development Stage Company)

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

  

Years Ended December 31, 2011 and 2010

 

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

 

Financial instruments include accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued expenses. As of December 31, 2011 and 2010, the carrying values of the financial instruments approximated their fair values due to the short-term nature of these instruments.

 

Revenue

 

Revenue is earned from sales of patented products and is recognized, net of returns and discounts, when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, delivery has occurred, the sales price is fixed or determinable and collectability is reasonably assured. These criteria are usually met upon delivery of the product to the customer, which is also when the risk of ownership and title passes to the customer.

 

Research and Development

 

Research and development costs are charged to expense as incurred.

 

Foreign Currency Translations

 

These consolidated financial statements are presented in USD, which is the Group’s reporting currency. The consolidated financial statements of the Group members have been translated into USD in accordance with GAAP. All assets and liability accounts on the consolidated balance sheets have been translated using the exchange rate in effect at the consolidated balance sheet date. Equity accounts have been translated at their historical rates when the capital transaction occurred. Income and expenses have been translated at the average exchange rates for the periods presented. Adjustments resulting from the translation of Group’s consolidated financial statements are included in consolidated other comprehensive income (loss). Actual transaction gains and losses are included in the consolidated statements of operations as incurred.

 

The functional currencies of the companies included in the Group are their respective local currencies. Accordingly, the Group is exposed to transaction gains and losses that result from changes in various foreign currency exchange rates.

 

F-10
 

 

SurePure Investment Holding AG

(A Development Stage Company)

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

   

Years Ended December 31, 2011 and 2010

 

Applicable functional currencies are:

 

SPI, SPO, and SPP  Swiss francs – CHF
SPLA  Brazilian Real – BRL
SPMSA and SPHSA  South African Rand – ZAR

 

Exchange rates used for conversion of foreign items to USD at the end of each period and the average for the period were:

 

   2011   2010 
CHF:          
Reporting date   1.0640    1.0629 
Average for period   1.1331    0.9608 
           
BRL:          
Reporting date   0.5357    0.5986 
Average for period   0.5998    0.5662 
           
ZAR:          
Reporting date   0.1228    0.1504 
Average for period   0.1385    0.1373 

 

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

 

GAAP has established a framework for measuring fair value that is based on a hierarchy which prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques according to the degree of objectivity necessary. The fair value hierarchy of the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value is divided into three broad levels of objectivity:

 

Level 1 inputs to the valuation methodology are quoted prices (unadjusted) 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. They are based on best information available in the absence of level 1 and 2 inputs.

 

F-11
 

 

SurePure Investment Holding AG

(A Development Stage Company)

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

 

Years Ended December 31, 2011 and 2010

 

The following methods and assumptions were used to estimate the fair value of each class of financial instruments for which it is practicable to estimate that value as required by GAAP:

 

Cash: The carrying amount is the fair value because it is the basic financial instrument used to express fair value.

 

Accounts receivable and accounts payable: The carrying amounts approximate fair value because of the short-term duration of those instruments.

 

Loans payable: The carrying amount approximates fair value based on current market conditions and interest rates available to the Group for similar financial instruments.

 

Earnings (Loss) per Share

 

Basic and diluted earnings (loss) per share is computed by dividing net income or loss by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings (loss) per share reflects the potential dilution that could occur if securities or other contracts to issue common stock, such as options, convertible notes and convertible preferred stock, were exercised or converted into common stock or could otherwise cause the issuance of common stock that then shared in earnings (loss). Such potential additional common shares are included in the computation of diluted earnings per share. The Company has no securities or other contracts to issue common stock that could cause any dilution of earnings. In addition, when there is a loss, diluted loss per share is not computed because any potential additional common shares would reduce the reported loss per share and therefore have an anti-dilutive effect.

 

 

2.Property and Equipment

 

Property and equipment consists of the following:

 

   2011   2010 
           
Machinery and equipment  $5,010   $9,770 
Furniture and fixtures   12,753    19,913 
Motor vehicles   14,400    14,400 
Office and computer equipment   12,647    12,647 
    44,810    56,730 
Less:  accumulated depreciation   32,202    28,381 
           
Property and equipment, net  $12,608   $28,349 

 

F-12
 

 

SurePure Investment Holding AG

(A Development Stage Company)

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

  

Years Ended December 31, 2011 and 2010

 

 

Depreciation expense was $7,003, $10,177 and $84,661 for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 and for the period from inception to December 31, 2011, respectively.

 

 

3.Intangible Assets

 

Intangible assets consist of the following:

 

   2011   2010 
           
Patents  $208,943   $208,943 
Less:  accumulated amortization   63,316    46,851 
           
   $145,627   $162,092 

 

Amortization expense was $16,466, $16,668 and $66,777 for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 and for the period from inception to December 31, 2011, respectively.

 

 

4.Due to Officers/Stockholders

 

Due to officers/stockholders consists of unpaid salaries, accrued leave and advances from the three executives of the Group entities totaling $473,129 and $172,778 at December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

 

 

5.Stockholders and Other Loans Payable

 

Stockholder and other loans payable consist of advances by individuals and companies to the Group. Certain of the lenders are either stockholders or are related to stockholders. None of these loans are supported by notes and none have a provision for interest or repayment. The rates of interest used to impute interest on these loans range from 4.5% per annum to 15% per annum during the periods in which these loans were outstanding and represent management’s best estimate of the interest rates that would be applicable to Company in a third-party marketplace. For the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 and for the period from inception to December 31, 2011, the imputed interest on these loans was $415,705, $380,664 and $1,983,523, respectively. These amounts are included in interest expense in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations and are reflected as an increase in additional paid-in capital in the accompanying consolidated statements of stockholders’ deficit.

 

F-13
 

 

SurePure Investment Holding AG

(A Development Stage Company)

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

  

Years Ended December 31, 2011 and 2010

 

 

The Group has obtained subordination agreements from all of the lenders with respect to these loans, the terms of which provide that the loans will not be classified as current or be payable within one year if doing so would cause a Group member to be considered insolvent in accordance with the applicable local laws. Therefore, these loans are presented as long-term liabilities in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

 

 

6.Stockholders’ Deficit

 

The consolidated stockholders’ equity of the Group consists of the consolidated equity of the Group attributable to the parent which includes the common stock of the parent, additional paid-in capital of the parent, the retained deficit attributable to the parent, and the accumulated other comprehensive income attributable to the parent plus the equity of the noncontrolling interest of the VIE’s less an amount considered to be a stock subscription receivable.

 

The South African VIE’s (SPHSA and SPMSA) that are part of the Group are managed by the same executive management as that of SPI, and the major shareholder of the South African VIE’s and SPI are related parties. In the accompanying consolidated financial statements, the 82.64% controlling interest in the South African VIE’s is reported in the consolidated statements of stockholders’ deficit together with the entire interest of SPP as the Equity in Variable Interest Entities. The 17.36% portion of the equity of South African entities that is not owned by this controlling stockholder is reported as the Noncontrolling Interest in the VIE’s. The investment interest of SPP in SPI has not been eliminated in consolidation and is reported as a Stock Subscription Receivable. This investment interest by SPP in SPI effectively reduces the consolidated stockholders’ equity of the parent, SPI, and reflects the adjustment required, in management’s opinion, to fairly present the consolidated equity attributable to parties outside of the Group.

 

The common stock of SPI is reported as $.01 par value per share and is the translated value of the par value of the shares at CHF .01 per share. A total of 26,822,215 shares were authorized, issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2011 and 2010. No common shares were issued in 2011. The increase in additional paid-in capital during 2011 arose from the recharacterization of certain loans from stockholders as additional capital contributions.

  

7.Commitments and Contingencies

 

Lease Commitments

 

The Group leases two premises in South Africa under operating leases. One location is an office facility and the other is a workshop. The office facility lease was originally scheduled to expire on April 30, 2012 with a monthly rent of $4,689 but has been renegotiated to extend the lease term to February 28, 2014 at a monthly rent of $2,792 for the first year and $3,071 for the second year. The lease for the Group’s workshop facility originally expired on April 30, 2012 with a monthly rent of $2,460. This lease term was then extended to November 30, 2012 with a monthly rent of $2,706. The total rent expense for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 and for the period from inception to December 31, 2011 was approximately $89,000, $272,000 and $704,000, respectively. Rent expense is included in general and administrative expenses in the accompanying consolidated statement of operations.

 

F-14
 

 

SurePure Investment Holding AG

(A Development Stage Company)

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

  

Years Ended December 31, 2011 and 2010

  

The future rent commitments under the above leases are as follows:

 

2012  $65,018 
2013   36,295 
2014   6,142 
      
   $107,455 

 

Payroll Commitments

 

The Group’s employees in South Africa have employment contracts that provide for one month of notice before the employee can be terminated. As of December 31, 2011, the total monthly salary commitment for January 2012 applicable to these employees was approximately $26,300.

 

Payroll Tax Contingencies

 

During February 2012, SPM received notification from the South African Revenue Service regarding unpaid payroll taxes of approximately $185,000. SPM has requested additional time to arrange a payment plan that is suitable to both parties. The amount is included in accounts payable and other current liabilities in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

 

 

8.Employment and Consulting Agreements

 

The Group has entered into agreements to secure the services of three executives. These agreements provide for annual compensation and require a termination notice period by the Group of three months. The Executives are all stockholders of the Group.

 

The total compensation paid to these executives for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 and for the period from inception to December 31, 2011 was approximately $1,325,000, $1,107,000 and $3,942,000, respectively. These amounts, together with an accrual for leave pay of $39,000 and $24,000, respectively, are included in consolidated general and administrative expenses.

 

F-15
 

 

SurePure Investment Holding AG

(A Development Stage Company)

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

  

Years Ended December 31, 2011 and 2010

  

During March 2012, the Group entered into additional agreements with unrelated third party consultants. These agreements can be terminated by either party with between two weeks and thirty days written notice or immediately if for cause. The amounts due to these consultants are approximately $11,500 per month.

  

9.Income Taxes

 

The Company and group members file income tax returns in Switzerland, South Africa and Brazil. The components of income (loss) from operations before income taxes, by jurisdiction, are as follows:

 

           Cumulative from 
           August 24, 2005 
           (Inception) to 
   2011   2010   December 31, 2011 
             
Switzerland  $(3,890,732)  $(3,614,524)  $(12,791,093)
South Africa   (237,447)   (403,774)   (8,623,886)
Brazil   77,217    (118,209)   (941,498)
                
Total  $(4,050,962)  $(4,136,507)  $(22,356,477)

 

F-16
 

 

SurePure Investment Holding AG

(A Development Stage Company)

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

  

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Years Ended December 31, 2011 and 2010

  

The provision for income taxes shown in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations consists of the following for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010:

 

           Cumulative from 
           August 24, 2005 
           (Inception) to 
   2011   2010   December 31, 2011 
Current tax provision:               
Switzerland  $-   $-   $32,673 
South Africa   -    -    - 
Brazil   -    -    - 
                
Total current tax provision   -    -    32,673 
                
Deferred tax provision:               
Switzerland   (635,283)   (636,098)   (2,297,903)
South Africa   25,283    (80)   (1,717,973)
Brazil   19,304    (29,552)   (235,375)
Change in valuation allowance   590,696    665,730    4,251,251 
                
Total deferred provision   -    -    - 
                
Total  $-   $-   $32,673 

 

The Company has determined that the future tax benefits from net operating losses are not likely to be realized in future periods and a full valuation allowance has been provided for all periods. The income tax effect of each type of temporary difference giving rise to the net deferred tax asset at December 31, 2011 and 2010 is as follows:

 

   2011   2010 
Deferred tax assets:          
Net operating losses  $4,251,251   $3,660,556 
Less:  valuation allowance   (4,251,251)   (3,660,556)
           
Total  $-   $- 

 

F-17
 

 

SurePure Investment Holding AG

(A Development Stage Company)

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

  

Years Ended December 31, 2011 and 2010

  

The following reconciles the effective income tax rates with the statutory rates for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010:

 

       South         
   Switzerland   Africa   Brazil   Total 
                 
Statutory rate of tax   8.5%/18%    28.0%   25.0%     
                     
2011:                    
Net (loss) income from operations                    
before taxes  $(3,890,732)  $(237,447)  $77,217   $(4,050,962)
                     
As calculated at the statutory rate   (648,277)  $(66,485)  $19,304   $(695,458)
                     
Permanent differences   12,994    91,768    -    104,762 
Change in valuation reserves   635,283    (25,283)   (19,304)   590,696 
                     
Provision for income taxes  $-   $-   $-   $- 
                     
2010:                    
Net (loss) from operations                    
before taxes  $(3,614,524)  $(403,774)  $(118,209)  $(4,136,507)
                     
As calculated at the statutory rate   (636,098)  $(113,058)  $(29,552)  $(778,708)
                     
Permanent differences   -    112,978    -    112,978 
Change in valuation reserves   636,098    80    29,552    665,730 
                     
Provision for income taxes  $-   $-   $-   $- 
                     
From August 24, 2005 (inception) to December 31, 2011:          
Net (loss) from operations                    
before taxes  $(12,791,093)  $(8,623,886)  $(941,498)  $(22,356,477)
                     
As calculated at the statutory rate   (2,278,223)  $(2,414,688)  $(235,375)  $(4,928,286)
                     
Permanent differences   12,993    696,715    -    709,708 
Change in valuation reserves   2,297,903    1,717,973    235,375    4,251,251 
                     
Provision for income taxes  $32,673   $-   $-   $32,673 

 

Permanent differences principally related to loss on disposal of property and equipment, interest and penalties and unallowable expenses.

 

F-18
 

 

SurePure Investment Holding AG

(A Development Stage Company)

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

  

Years Ended December 31, 2011 and 2010

  

The Company and group members remain subject to tax examinations for the year ended December 31, 2011 in Switzerland and South Africa, and in Brazil, for the four years ended December 31, 2011.

  

10.Concentrations of Credit Risk

 

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist principally of cash and trade accounts receivables. Cash is maintained in financial institutions in foreign countries that do not insure the balances in the accounts. The credit risk for customer accounts is concentrated because accounts receivable consists of the balance due from one customer. However, the customer’s account typically is collected within a short period of time and, based on its assessment of current conditions, management believes there is no risk of loss. Management continuously monitors these conditions.

  

11.Share Exchange

 

On July 25, 2011, SurePure Inc. (formerly named SOEFL, Inc.), a Nevada corporation (“SurePure US”), and the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger under which a wholly-owned subsidiary of SurePure US would merge with and into the Company so that the Company would become 100%-owned by SurePure US. On October 28, 2011, the stockholders of the Company and SurePure US entered into a new Exchange Agreement to effect the business combination of SurePure US and the Company by means of an exchange of shares rather than by merger. Under the terms and conditions of the Exchange Agreement, each share of the Company that is issued and outstanding (on a fully-diluted basis) on the closing date will be exchanged for one share of the common stock of SurePure US. Prior to the closing of the exchange, SurePure US will cancel certain currently outstanding shares. As a result, the ownership share of the stockholders of the Company will exceed 70% of SurePure US (excluding those shares of SurePure US owned by stockholders of the Company prior to the exchange). This transaction will be accounted for as a “reverse merger,” whereby the Company will be considered the “acquirer” for financial reporting purposes, as the Company’s stockholders will control a majority of the post-transaction combined companies, and the Company will be a 100%-owned subsidiary of SurePure US. Unless terminated by either the Company or SurePure US, the exchange is anticipated to close during the third quarter of 2012, subject to obtaining all necessary consents and approvals.

  

12.Subsequent Events

 

The Company has evaluated its subsequent events through August 24, 2012, the date that the accompanying consolidated financial statements were available to be issued. Other than what has been disclosed in Notes 7 and 8, the Company determined that there were no material subsequent events requiring adjustment to or disclosure in these consolidated financial statements except for the following:

 

F-19
 

 

SurePure Investment Holding AG

(A Development Stage Company)

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

  

Years Ended December 31, 2011 and 2010

 

On February 28, 2012, the Group entered into an exclusive distribution and license agreement for the Company’s technology and products in the dairy farming industry in the United States.

 

Subsequent to December 31, 2011, certain stockholders made additional loans to the Group to meet operational needs. These loans were made without provision for interest and do not have repayment terms or due dates. The total of these loans made to the Group subsequent to December 31, 2011 through August 24, 2012 is $1,545,000.

 

On July 23, 2012, the Company entered into a Subscription Agreement with Trinity Asset Management, (Proprietary) Limited (“Trinity”) in which Trinity agreed to purchase and the Company agreed to issue up to five million of new common shares authorized as approved by the board of directors in a series of subscriptions. Trinity also agreed to purchase up to one million common shares from the Company’s principal stockholder. Under this agreement, Trinity will purchase the common shares at a price of $1.00 per share and will pay the total subscription price of five million dollars on or before December 31, 2012. At the completion of the subscription and purchase of these shares, Trinity will own not less than 10.2% of the total common shares of the Company. The Company has received a total of $750,000 from Trinity pursuant to this agreement during the period from July 23 through August 24, 2012.

  

13.Going Concern

 

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the continuation of the Group as a going concern. The Group, due to the start-up nature of its business, has generated recurring losses and expects to incur additional losses as it expands the UV-C technology and develops marketing, sales and financial plans. As reflected in the accompanying consolidated financial statements, the Group’s total liabilities exceed total assets at December 31, 2011 and 2010 by $6,596,408 and $5,140,694, respectively, and the Group has incurred cumulative operating losses since the date of inception. To date, the Group’s cash flow requirements have been met with cash investments by the stockholders, certain third parties and to a lesser extent, sales and interest income.

 

The Group will require additional capital to continue its development and to achieve sufficient revenues to support its operations. The Group’s future capital requirements will depend on many factors, including its ability to grow and maintain revenues and its ability to manage expenses and expected capital expenditures. The Group will require additional financing either through borrowings or the sale of additional equity to support its operations.

 

F-20
 

 

SurePure Investment Holding AG

(A Development Stage Company)

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

  

Years Ended December 31, 2011 and 2010

  

As previously described, under the Share Exchange, the Group plans to merge with SurePure Inc. which, when consummated, could give the Group greater access to capital markets and greater ability to raise equity capital through public stock offerings. In addition, as described under Subsequent Events, the Group has continued to obtain certain debt financing in 2012 and is actively seeking additional debt financing. These loans and the anticipated stock offerings will enable the Group to use those funds to further develop and market its products with the expectation that the Group will generate significant sales and realize profits from operations.

 

As the Group requires additional financing as a result of the foregoing and other factors, the capital markets turmoil could negatively impact the Group’s ability to obtain such financing on acceptable terms. The Group’s access to additional financing will depend on a variety of factors many of which the Group has little or no control over. These factors include market conditions, the general availability of credit, the overall availability of credit to the Group’s industry, its credit ratings and credit capacity, the actual financial and operational results of the Group as well as the lenders’ or investors’ perception of the Group’s short-term and long-term financial prospects. If future financing is not available on acceptable terms, the Group may not be able to continue as a going concern.

 

The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might be necessary should Group be unable to continue as a going concern.

  

F-21
 

 

 

SurePure Investment Holding AG and Subsidiaries

(A Development Stage Company)

 

Consolidated Financial Statements

 

For the Three Months and Nine Months Ended

September 30, 2012 and 2011 and

From August 24, 2005 (Inception) to September 30, 2012

 

 

 
 

 

SurePure Investment Holding AG and Subsidiaries
(A Development Stage Company)

 

Consolidated Balance Sheets

 

September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011

 

   September 30, 2012   December 31, 2011 
   (Unaudited)   (Audited) 
Assets          
           
Current assets:          
Cash  $532,092   $35,475 
Accounts receivable, net   103,516    80,200 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets   87,589    71,603 
           
Total current assets   723,197    187,278 
           
Property and equipment, net   7,877    12,608 
           
Other assets:          
Intangible assets, net   133,126    145,627 
           
Total assets  $864,200   $345,513 
           
           
Liabilities and Equity (Deficit)          
           
Current liabilities:          
Accounts payable and other current liabilities  $495,008   $736,953 
Due to officers/stockholders   -    473,129 
Income taxes payable   398    717 
           
Total current liabilities   495,406    1,210,799 
           
Long-term:          
Loans from stockholder   3,291,943    5,431,122 
Other loans payable   300,000    300,000 
           
Total long-term liabilities   3,591,943    5,731,122 
           
Total liabilities   4,087,349    6,941,921 
           
Commitments and contingencies          
           
Equity (deficit):          
SurePure stockholders' equity (deficit):          
Common stock   355,779    257,431 
Additional paid-in capital   20,250,663    14,067,931 
Equity of variable interest entities   1,004,150    1,004,150 
Other comprehensive income   306,009    264,002 
Deficit accumulated during the development stage   (23,777,100)   (20,891,469)
    (1,860,499)   (5,297,955)
Stock subscription receivable   (42,141)   (42,141)
Total SurePure stockholders' equity (deficit)   (1,902,640)   (5,340,096)
Noncontrolling interest   (1,320,509)   (1,256,312)
           
Total equity (deficit)   (3,223,149)   (6,596,408)
           
Total liabilities and equity (deficit)  $864,200   $345,513 

 

 

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

F-22
 

 

SurePure Investment Holding AG and Subsidiaries
(A Development Stage Company)

 

Consolidated Statements of Operations

 

For the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 and
Cumulative From August 24, 2005 (Inception) to September 30, 2012

  

 

                   Cumulative From 
   Three Months Ended   Nine Months Ended   August 24, 2005 
   September 30,   September 30,   (Inception) to 
   2012   2011   2012   2011   September 30, 2012 
   (Unaudited)   (Unaudited)   (Unaudited)   (Unaudited)   (Unaudited) 
                     
Sales  $127,986   $157,962   $248,689   $239,288   $1,918,654 
                          
Cost of sales   51,570    146,254    93,663    152,027    1,538,821 
                          
Gross profit   76,416    11,708    155,026    87,261    379,833 
                          
Expenses:                         
General and administrative expenses   995,730    864,470    2,606,280    2,207,360    18,895,470 
Promotion and marketing   32,738    25,133    76,345    83,377    584,685 
Research and development   61,281    31,050    96,338    222,516    3,428,794 
Depreciation and amortization   5,745    5,867    17,232    17,602    168,670 
Impairment of patent   -    -    -    -    537,631 
                          
Total expenses   1,095,494    926,520    2,796,195    2,530,855    23,615,250 
                          
Net loss from operations   (1,019,078)   (914,812)   (2,641,169)   (2,443,594)   (23,235,417)
                          
Other income (expense):                         
Interest income   9    25    34    30    371,843 
Interest expense   (93,654)   (125,913)   (328,694)   (326,873)   (2,377,057)
Exchange rate gains and losses   4,944    1,241    7    1,241    (21,496)
Loss on disposition of fixed assets   -    -    -    -    (64,172)
                          
Total other (expense) income   (88,701)   (124,647)   (328,653)   (325,602)   (2,090,882)
                          
Loss before provision for income taxes   (1,107,779)   (1,039,459)   (2,969,822)   (2,769,196)   (25,326,299)
                          
Provision for income taxes   -    -    -    -    32,673 
                          
Net loss   (1,107,779)   (1,039,459)   (2,969,822)   (2,769,196)   (25,358,972)
                          
Net loss attributable to non-controlling interest   (13,772)   (35,829)   (84,191)   (89,883)   (1,581,872)
                          
Net loss attributable to SurePure  $(1,094,007)  $(1,003,630)  $(2,885,631)  $(2,679,313)  $(23,777,100)

 

 

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

F-23
 

 

SurePure Investment Holding AG and Subsidiaries
(A Development Stage Company)

 

Consolidated Statements of Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

 

For the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 and
Cumulative From August 24, 2005 (Inception) to September 30, 2012

 

 

 

                   Cumulative From 
   Three Months Ended   Nine Months Ended   August 24, 2005 
   September 30,   September 30,   (Inception) to 
   2012   2011   2012   2011   September 30, 2012 
   (Unaudited)   (Unaudited)   (Unaudited)   (Unaudited)   (Unaudited) 
                     
Net loss  $(1,107,779)  $(1,039,459)  $(2,969,822)  $(2,769,196)  $(25,358,972)
                          
Other comprehensive loss, net of tax                         
                          
Unrealized gain (loss) on foreign                         
currency translation   (6,185)   645,276    62,001    716,652    373,813 
                          
Comprehensive loss   (1,113,964)   (394,183)   (2,907,821)   (2,052,544)   (24,985,159)
                          
Less:  Comprehensive income (loss) attributable                         
to noncontrolling interest   (9,815)   (194,173)   (64,197)   44,828    (1,514,068)
                          
Comprehensive loss attributable                         
to SurePure, net of tax  $(1,104,149)  $(200,010)  $(2,843,624)  $(2,097,372)  $(23,471,091)

 

 

 
See notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

F-24
 

 

SurePure Investment Holding AG and Subsidiaries
(A Development Stage Company)

 

Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Deficit

 

For the Period from January 1, 2012 to September 30, 2012

 

 

       Range               Equity in   Accumulated                 
   Common   of       Additional       Variable   Other   Retained   Stock         
   Shares   Price Per   Common   Paid-in   Total   Interest   Comprehensive   Earnings   Subscription   Noncontrolling     
   Issued   Share   Stock   Capital   Consideration   Entities   Income   (Deficit)   Receivable   Interest   Total 
Balances – January 1, 2012   26,822,215        $257,431   $14067,931        $1,004,150   $264,002   $(20,891,469)  $(42,141)  $(1,256,312)  $(6,596,408)
                                                        
Issuance of common stock (unaudited)   2,267,737   $1.00    23,142    2,244,595   $2,267,737                             2,267,737 
                                                        
Conversion of stockholder loans (unaudited)   7,378,416   $0.50    75,206    3,614,002   $3,689,208                             3,689,208 
                                                        
Imputed interest on stockholder loans (unaudited)                  324,135                                  324,135 
                                                        
Net loss for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 (unaudited)                                      (2,885,631)        (84,191)   (2,969,822)
                                                        
Unrealized gain on foreign currency translation adjustment (unaudited)   -         -    -         -    42,007    -    -    19,994    62,001 
                                                        
Balances – September 30, 2012 (unaudited)   36,468,368        $355,779   $20,250,663        $1,004,150   $306,009   $(23,777,100)  $(42,141)  $(1,320,509)  $(3,223,149)

 

 

 
See notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

F-25
 

 

SurePure Investment Holding AG and Subsidiaries
(A Development Stage Company)

 

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

 

For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 and
Cumulative From Inception (August 24, 2005) to September 30, 2012

 

 

           Cumulative From 
   Nine Months Ended   August 24, 2005 
   September 30,   (Inception) to 
   2012   2011   September 30, 2012 
   (Unaudited)   (Unaudited)   (Unaudited) 
Cash from operating activities:               
Net loss  $(2,969,822)  $(2,769,196)  $(25,358,972)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to cash used in operating activities:               
Depreciation and amortization   17,232    17,602    168,670 
Impairment of patent   -    -    537,631 
Loss on sale of property and equipment   -    -    64,172 
Imputed interest on stockholders loans   324,135    298,821    2,307,658 
Changes in assets and liabilities:               
Accounts receivable   (23,316)   (7,277)   (103,516)
Prepaid expenses and other current assets   (15,986)   (33,111)   (87,589)
Accounts payable   (241,945)   (429,656)   495,008 
Due to officers/stockholders   (473,129)   236,137    - 
Income taxes payable   (319)   (23,869)   398 
                
Total cash used in operating activities   (3,383,150)   (2,710,549)   (21,976,540)
                
Cash from investing activities:               
Purchase of property and equipment   -    -    (181,760)
Proceeds from sales of property and equipment   -    -    16,860 
Acquisition of patents   -    -    (746,576)
                
Total cash used in investing activities   -    -    (911,476)
                
Cash provided by financing activities:               
Proceeds from sale of equity   2,267,737    -    13,191,206 
Proceeds from equity of variable interest entities   -    -    83,309 
Proceeds from loans from stockholders   1,550,029    1,681,031    9,471,780 
Proceeds from other loans payable   -    300,000    300,000 
                
Total cash provided by financing activities   3,817,766    1,981,031    23,046,295 
                
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents   62,001    716,652    373,813 
                
Net increase (decrease) in cash   496,617    (12,866)   532,092 
                
Cash, beginning of period   35,475    46,463    - 
                
Cash, end of period  $532,092   $33,597   $532,092 
                
Supplemental disclosures:               
Interest paid  $4,957   $28,052   $69,797 
                
Income taxes paid  $-   $-   $32,673 
                
Conversion of stockholder's loans to stockholders' equity  $3,689,208   $-   $5,065,437 
                
Conversion of stockholder’s loans to equity of variable interest entities  $-   $-   $1,114,400 
                
Imputed interest on stockholder’s loans reported as an increase to additional paid-in capital  $324,135   $298,821   $2,307,658 

 

 

 

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

F-26
 

 

SurePure Investment Holding AG and Subsidiaries
(A Development Stage Company)

 

Notes to consolidated Financial Statements

 

For the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 and 2011

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

1.Organization and Significant Accounting Policies

 

Description of Business

 

SurePure Investment Holding AG (the “Company” or “SPI”) was incorporated in Switzerland in 2007. SPI is the holding company of the SurePure Group (the “Group”), which includes subsidiaries and other entities whose activities primarily benefit the Company.

 

The Group has developed the technology for using shortwave ultraviolet light (“UV-C”) to purify turbid liquids such as wine, fruit juice and milk. Although initially designed to treat food-grade applications, it has successfully been applied to liquids such as bovine blood plasma, water, brines and sugar syrup solutions. The Group holds international patents for this technology. The Group has been engaged in raising capital, continuing research and development of its technologies and process and developing markets for its products.

 

SurePure Operations AG (“SPO”), a wholly owned subsidiary of SPI, markets the products of the Group and earns its revenue by selling equipment utilizing the Group technology globally. SPO owns a patent for its technology in a number of countries.

 

SurePure Latin America Maqinas de Purificasao UVC Ltda. (“SPLA”), a wholly owned subsidiary of SPO, is not active.

 

Variable interest entities (“VIE’s”) are entities whose activities primarily benefit the Company and are primarily supported by the Company. SPI has variable interests in the following entities:

 

SurePure Holdings South Africa (Pty) Ltd (“SPHSA”) and its wholly-owned subsidiary SurePure Marketing South Africa (Pty) Ltd (“SPMSA”) hold the South African patent and market the products of the Group and earn revenue from selling equipment utilizing the SurePure technology. These companies were incorporated in 2005.

 

SurePure Participations AG (“SPP”), a minority stockholder of SPI, was incorporated in Switzerland in 2007 and is part of the common holding structure of the Group. SPP has no operations and all of its expenses have been and will continue to be paid by SPI.

 

Interests in these variable interest entities are consolidated with SPI because SPI is their primary beneficiary.

 

F-27
 

 

SurePure Investment Holding AG and Subsidiaries
(A Development Stage Company)

 

Notes to consolidated Financial Statements

 

For the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 and 2011

 

Basis of Presentation

 

The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements of SurePure Investment Holding AG and subsidiaries have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and with the requirements of Regulation S-X of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for interim financial information. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete annual consolidated financial statements.

 

The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts and results of operations of SPI, and its subsidiaries and its VIE’s. The accompanying statements of operations, comprehensive income (loss), and cash flows present cumulative amounts from inception since, as a development stage entity, the Company is devoting most of its efforts to establishing its business.

 

The Group’s reporting currency is the United States Dollar (USD) and these consolidated financial statements are presented in USD.

 

Principles of Consolidation

 

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of SPI and all entities of the Group in which a direct ownership or indirect controlling interest exists through voting rights or qualifying variable interests. All inter-group balances and transactions have been eliminated in the consolidation.

 

Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ materially from those estimates.

 

Income Taxes

 

The Group accounts for income taxes using the liability method. Under this method, deferred income taxes are recognized based on the tax effects of temporary differences between the financial statement and tax bases of assets and liabilities, as measured by current enacted tax rates. Valuation allowances are recorded to reduce the deferred tax assets to an amount that will more likely than not provide a future tax benefit.

 

GAAP requires that, in applying the liability method, the consolidated financial statement effects of an uncertain tax position be recognized based on the outcome that is more likely than not to occur. Under this criterion, the most likely resolution of an uncertain tax position should be analyzed based on technical merits and one that will likely be sustained under examination. There have been no adjustments or disclosures related to uncertain tax positions necessary since the Company’s inception through September 30, 2012.

 

F-28
 

 

SurePure Investment Holding AG and Subsidiaries
(A Development Stage Company)

 

Notes to consolidated Financial Statements

 

For the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 and 2011

 

Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

 

The Group performs regular credit evaluations of customers to which it provides sales on credit terms, and adjusts credit limits based on the customer’s payment history and reassessments of their creditworthiness. The Group continuously monitors its collections and establishes a provision for estimated doubtful accounts, if necessary. No allowance for doubtful accounts was deemed to be necessary at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011.

 

Property, Equipment and Related Depreciation

 

Property and equipment are recorded at cost, less accumulated depreciation. Cost includes the price paid to acquire the asset and any expenditures that substantially increase the asset’s value or extend the useful life of an existing asset. Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the property and equipment. Major repairs and betterments that significantly extend original useful lives or improve productivity are capitalized and depreciated over the period benefited. Expenditures for routine repairs and maintenance are expensed as incurred. When property and equipment are retired or otherwise disposed of, the related cost and accumulated depreciation are removed from the respective accounts and any gain or loss is recognized in operations.

 

Depreciation is provided over the following estimated useful lives:

 

  Plant machinery 3 to 5 years
  Furniture and fixtures 3 to 5 years
  Motor vehicles 5 years
  Office and computer equipment 3 to 5 years

 

Intangible Assets

 

Intangible assets consist of patents in various countries around the world for the Company’s UV-C purification technology. The patents are initially recognized at their cost. The patents were purchased from a third party in 2005. The patents are being amortized on a straight-line basis over their remaining estimated useful lives of twelve years.

 

F-29
 

 

SurePure Investment Holding AG and Subsidiaries
(A Development Stage Company)

 

Notes to consolidated Financial Statements

 

For the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 and 2011

 

The Group evaluates the carrying value of its intangible assets for impairment at least annually or when events or changes in circumstances are identified by management that indicate that such carrying values may not be fully recoverable. The evaluation involves estimating the future undiscounted cash flows expected to be derived from the assets to assess whether or not a potential impairment exists. As a result of its evaluations, management determined that it was not necessary to recognize a loss on impairment of intangible assets for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011. During the period from inception to September 30, 2012, impairment losses on intangible assets of $537,631 were recognized.

 

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

 

Financial instruments include accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued expenses. As of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, the carrying values of the financial instruments approximated their fair values due to the short-term nature of these instruments.

 

Revenue

 

Revenue is earned from sales of patented products and is recognized, net of returns and discounts, when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, delivery has occurred, the sales price is fixed or determinable and collectability is reasonably assured. These criteria are usually met upon delivery of the product to the customer, which is also when the risk of ownership and title passes to the customer.

 

Research and Development

 

Research and development costs are charged to expense as incurred.

 

Foreign Currency Translations

 

These consolidated financial statements are presented in USD, which is the Group’s reporting currency. The consolidated financial statements of the Group members have been translated into USD in accordance with GAAP. All assets and liability accounts on the consolidated balance sheets have been translated using the exchange rate in effect at the consolidated balance sheet date. Equity accounts have been translated at their historical rates when the capital transaction occurred. Income and expenses have been translated at the average exchange rates for the periods presented. Adjustments resulting from the translation of Group’s consolidated financial statements are included in consolidated other comprehensive income (loss). Actual transaction gains and losses are included in the consolidated statements of operations as incurred.

 

The functional currencies of the companies included in the Group are their respective local currencies. Accordingly, the Group is exposed to transaction gains and losses that result from changes in various foreign currency exchange rates.

 

F-30
 

 

SurePure Investment Holding AG and Subsidiaries
(A Development Stage Company)

 

Notes to consolidated Financial Statements

 

For the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 and 2011

 

Applicable functional currencies are:

 

  SPI, SPO, and SPP Swiss francs – CHF
  SPLA Brazilian Real – BRL
  SPMSA and SPHSA South African Rand – ZAR

 

Exchange rates used for conversion of foreign items to USD at the end of each period and the average for each period were:

 

   Three Months Ended   Nine Months Ended     
   September 30,   September 30,   December 31, 
   2012   2011   2012   2011   2011 
                     
CHF:                         
Reporting date   1.0638    1.1144    1.0638    1.1144    1.0640 
Average for period   1.0394    1.2251    1.0643    1.1432    N/A 
                          
BRL:                         
Reporting date   0.4929    0.5465    0.4929    0.5465    0.5357 
Average for period   0.4927    0.6186    0.5228    0.6132    N/A 
                          
ZAR:                         
Reporting date   0.1202    0.1263    0.1202    0.1263    0.1228 
Average for period   0.1210    0.1412    0.1242    0.1433    N/A 

 

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

 

GAAP has established a framework for measuring fair value that is based on a hierarchy which prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques according to the degree of objectivity necessary. The fair value hierarchy of the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value is divided into three broad levels of objectivity:

 

Level 1 inputs to the valuation methodology are quoted prices (unadjusted) 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. They are based on best information available in the absence of level 1 and 2 inputs.

 

F-31
 

 

SurePure Investment Holding AG and Subsidiaries
(A Development Stage Company)

 

Notes to consolidated Financial Statements

 

For the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 and 2011

 

The following methods and assumptions were used to estimate the fair value of each class of financial instruments for which it is practicable to estimate that value as required by GAAP:

 

Cash: The carrying amount is the fair value because it is the basic financial instrument used to express fair value.

 

Accounts receivable and accounts payable: The carrying amounts approximate fair value because of the short-term duration of those instruments.

 

Loans payable: the carrying amount approximates fair value based on current market conditions and interest rates available to the Group for similar financial instruments.

 

Earnings (Loss) per Share

 

Basic and diluted earnings (loss) per share is computed by dividing net income or loss by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings (loss) per share reflects the potential dilution that could occur if securities or other contracts to issue common stock, such as options, convertible notes and convertible preferred stock, were exercised or converted into common stock or could otherwise cause the issuance of common stock that then shared in earnings (loss). Such potential additional common shares are included in the computation of diluted earnings per share. The Company has no securities or other contracts to issue common stock that could cause any dilution of earnings. In addition, when there is a loss, diluted loss per share is not computed because any potential additional common shares would reduce the reported loss per share and therefore would have an anti-dilutive effect.

 

F-32
 

 

SurePure Investment Holding AG and Subsidiaries
(A Development Stage Company)

 

Notes to consolidated Financial Statements

 

For the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 and 2011

 

2.Property and Equipment

 

Property and equipment consists of the following:

 

   September 30,   December 31, 
   2012   2011 
   (Unaudited)   (Audited) 
         
Machinery and equipment  $5,010   $5,010 
Furniture and fixtures   12,753    12,753 
Motor vehicles   14,400    14,400 
Office and computer equipment   12,647    12,647 
    44,810    44,810 
Less accumulated depreciation   36,933    32,202 
           
Property and equipment, net  $7,877   $12,608 

 

Depreciation expense was $1,578 and $1,750 for the three months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively, $4,731 and $5,250 for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively and $89,392 for the period from inception to September 30, 2012.

 

3.Intangible Assets

 

Intangible assets consist of the following:

 

   September 30,   December 31, 
   2012   2011 
   (Unaudited)   (Audited) 
         
Patents  $208,943   $208,943 
Less accumulated amortization   75,817    63,316 
           
Intangible Assets, Net  $133,126   $145,627 

 

Amortization expense was $4,167 and $4,117 for the three months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively, $12,501 and $12,352 for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively and $79,278 for the period from inception to September 30, 2012.

 

F-33
 

 

SurePure Investment Holding AG and Subsidiaries
(A Development Stage Company)

 

Notes to consolidated Financial Statements

 

For the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 and 2011

 

4.Due to Officers/Stockholders

 

Due to officers/stockholders consists of unpaid salaries, accrued leave and advances due from the three executives of the Group entities totaling $473,129 at December 31, 2011. During the period from January 1 to September 28, 2012, there were net increases in the amounts due to the officers/stockholders of $414,848 resulting in an unpaid balance of $887,977. On September 28, 2012, these amounts were repaid in full.

 

5.Stockholder and Other Loans Payable

 

Stockholder and other loans payable consist of advances by individuals and companies to the Group. Certain of the lenders are either stockholders or are related to stockholders. None of these loans are supported by notes and none have a provision for interest or repayment. The rates of interest used to impute interest on these loans range from 4.5% per annum to 15% per annum during the periods in which these loans were outstanding and represent management’s best estimate of the interest rates that would be applicable to the Company in a third-party marketplace. Imputed interest expense was $94,052 and $113,051 for the three months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively, $324,135 and $298,821 for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively, and $2,307,658 for the period from inception to September 30, 2012. These amounts are included in interest expense in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations and are reflected as an increase in additional paid-in capital in the accompanying consolidated statements of stockholders’ deficit.

 

The Group has obtained subordination agreements from all of the lenders with respect to these loans, the terms of which provide that the loans will not be classified as current or be payable within one year if doing so would cause a Group member to be considered insolvent in accordance with the applicable local laws. Therefore, these loans are presented as long-term liabilities in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

 

On August 16, 2012, one of the lenders converted their entire loan balance of $3,689,208 into 7,378,416 common shares of the Company.

 

F-34
 

 

SurePure Investment Holding AG and Subsidiaries
(A Development Stage Company)

 

Notes to consolidated Financial Statements

 

For the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 and 2011

 

6.Stockholders’ Deficit

 

The consolidated stockholders’ equity/deficit of the Group consists of the consolidated equity of the Group attributable to the parent which includes the common stock of the parent, additional paid-in capital of the parent, the retained deficit attributable to the parent, and the accumulated other comprehensive income attributable to the parent plus the equity of the noncontrolling interest of the VIE’s less an amount considered to be a stock subscription receivable.

 

The South African VIE’s (SPHSA and SPMSA) that are part of the Group are managed by the same executive management as that of SPI, and the major shareholder of the South African VIE’s and SPI are related parties. In the accompanying consolidated financial statements, the 82.64% controlling interest in the South African VIE’s is reported in the consolidated statements of stockholders’ deficit together with the entire interest of SPP as the Equity in Variable Interest Entities. The 17.36% portion of the equity of South African entities that is not owned by this controlling stockholder is reported as the Noncontrolling Interest in the VIE’s. The investment interest of SPP in SPI has not been eliminated in consolidation and is reported as a Stock Subscription Receivable. This investment interest by SPP in SPI effectively reduces the consolidated stockholders’ equity of the parent, SPI, and reflects the adjustment required, in management’s opinion, to fairly present the consolidated equity attributable to parties outside of the Group.

 

The common stock of SPI is reported as $.01 par value per share and is the translated value of the par value of the shares at CHF .01 per share. A total of 44,822,215 and 26,822,215 shares were authorized, and 36,468,368 and 26,822,215 shares were issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively. The Company issued 9,646,153 shares of common stock during the nine months ended on September 30, 2012.

 

7.Commitments and Contingencies

 

Lease Commitments

 

The Group leases two premises in South Africa under operating leases. One location is an office facility and the other is a workshop. The office facility lease was originally scheduled to expire on April 30, 2012 with a monthly rent of $4,689 but has been renegotiated to extend the lease term to February 28, 2014 at a monthly rent of $2,792 for the first year and $3,071 for the second year. The lease for the Group’s workshop facility originally expired on April 30, 2012 with a monthly rent of $2,460. This lease term was extended to November 30, 2012 with a monthly rent of $2,706 and was further extended to March 31, 2013 at the same monthly rent. Rent expense was $14,705 and $18,203 for the three months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively, $46,157 and $54,969 for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively and $750,157 for the period from inception to September 30, 2012. Rent expense is included in general and administrative expenses in the accompanying consolidated statement of operations.

 

F-35
 

 

SurePure Investment Holding AG and Subsidiaries
(A Development Stage Company)

 

Notes to consolidated Financial Statements

 

For the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 and 2011

 

The future rent commitments under the above leases for the twelve months ended September 30, 2013 and 2014 is $51,346 and $15,355, respectively.

 

Payroll Commitments

 

The Group’s employees in South Africa have employment contracts that provide for one month of notice before the employee can be terminated. As of September 30, 2012, the total monthly salary commitment applicable to these employees was approximately $20,700. The Company has also announced salary increases and bonuses to these employees. Bonuses of approximately $20,700 are to be paid on December 15, 2012 and salary increases to approximately $23,000 per month will take effect on January 1, 2013.

 

Payroll Tax Contingencies

 

During February 2012, SPM received notification from the South African Revenue Service regarding unpaid payroll taxes of approximately $185,000. SPM has requested additional time to arrange a payment plan that is suitable to both parties and has commenced making monthly payments against this balance. As of September 30, 2012, the remaining balance of the liability is approximately $160,000. The amount is included in accounts payable and other current liabilities in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

 

8.Employment and Consulting Agreements

 

The Group has entered into agreements to secure the services of three executives. These agreements provide for annual compensation and require a termination notice period by the Group of three months. The executives are all stockholders of the Group.

 

The total compensation paid to these executives plus a provision for leave was approximately $252,000 and $325,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively, $809,000 and $930,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively, and approximately $4,815,000 for the period from inception to September 30, 2012. These amounts are included in general and administrative expenses.

 

F-36
 

 

SurePure Investment Holding AG and Subsidiaries
(A Development Stage Company)

 

Notes to consolidated Financial Statements

 

For the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 and 2011

 

During March 2012, the Group entered into additional agreements with unrelated third party consultants. These agreements can be terminated by either party with between two weeks and thirty days written notice or immediately if for cause. The amounts due to these consultants are approximately $11,500 per month. One of these consultants is to be paid an additional fee of $7,500 for the months of October to December, 2012.

 

9.Income Taxes

 

The Company and group members file income tax returns in Switzerland, South Africa and Brazil. The components of income (loss) from operations before income taxes, by jurisdiction, are as follows:

 

           From 
   Three Months Ended   Nine Months Ended   August 24, 2005 
   September 30,   September 30,   (Inception) to 
   2012   2011   2012   2011   September 30, 2012 
                     
Switzerland  $(1,028,477)  $(833,282)  $(2,485,037)  $(2,330,573)  $(15,276,129)
South Africa   (79,302)   (206,306)   (484,785)   (517,565)   (9,108,672)
Brazil   -    129    -    78,942    (941,498)
                          
Total  $(1,107,779)  $(1,039,459)  $(2,969,822)  $(2,769,196)  $(25,326,299)

 

The provision for income taxes shown in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations consists of the following:

 

                   From 
   Three Months Ended   Nine Months Ended   August 24, 2005 
   September 30,   September 30,   (Inception) to 
   2012   2011   2012   2011   September 30, 2012 
Current tax provision:                         
Switzerland  $-   $-   $-   $-   $32,673 
South Africa   -    -    -    -    - 
Brazil   -    -    -    -    - 
                          
Total current tax provision   -    -    -    -    32,673 
                          
Deferred tax provision:                         
Switzerland   (147,492)   (136,243)   (356,170)   (395,244)   (2,654,073)
South Africa   (2,246)   (29,314)   (71,149)   (77,504)   (1,789,122)
Brazil   -    33    -    19,736    (235,375)
Change in valuation allowance   149,738    165,524    427,319    453,012    4,678,570 
                          
Total deferred provision   -    -    -    -    - 
                          
Total  $-   $-   $-   $-   $32,673 

 

F-37
 

 

SurePure Investment Holding AG and Subsidiaries
(A Development Stage Company)

 

Notes to consolidated Financial Statements

 

For the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 and 2011

 

The Company has determined that the future tax benefits from net operating losses are not likely to be realized in future periods and a full valuation allowance has been provided for all periods. The income tax effect of each type of temporary difference giving rise to the net deferred tax asset is as follows:

 

   September 30,   December 31, 
   2012   2011 
Deferred tax assets:          
Net operating loss carryforwards  $4,678,570   $4,251,251 
Less valuation allowance   (4,678,570)   (4,251,251)
           
Total  $-   $- 

 

F-38
 

 

SurePure Investment Holding AG and Subsidiaries
(A Development Stage Company)

 

Notes to consolidated Financial Statements

 

For the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 and 2011

 

The following reconciles the effective income tax rates with the statutory rates for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 and for the period from August 24, 2005 (inception) to September 30, 2012:

 

   Switzerland   South Africa   Brazil   Total 
                 
Statutory rate of tax   8.5%/18%   28.0%   25.0%     
                     
Three months ended September 30, 2012:                    
Net (loss) from operations before taxes  $(1,028,477)  $(79,302)  $-   $(1,107,779)
                     
As calculated at the statutory rate  $(147,492)  $(22,206)  $-   $(169,698)
                     
Permanent differences   1,950    19,960    -    21,910 
Change in valuation reserves   145,542    2,246    -    147,788 
                     
Provision for income taxes  $-   $-   $-   $- 
                     
Three months ended September 30, 2011:                    
Net (loss) income from operations before taxes  $(833,282)  $(206,306)  $129   $(1,039,459)
                     
As calculated at the statutory rate  $(138,553)  $(57,765)  $33   $(196,285)
                     
Permanent differences   2,310    28,451    -    30,761 
Change in valuation reserves   136,243    29,314    (33)   165,524 
                     
Provision for income taxes  $-   $-   $-   $- 
                     
Nine months ended September 30, 2012:                    
Net (loss) from operations before taxes  $(2,485,037)  $(484,785)  $-   $(2,969,822)
                     
As calculated at the statutory rate  $(357,302)  $(135,740)  $-   $(493,042)
                     
Permanent differences   1,132    64,591    -    65,723 
Change in valuation reserves   356,170    71,149    -    427,319 
                     
Provision for income taxes  $-   $-   $-   $- 

 

F-39
 

 

SurePure Investment Holding AG and Subsidiaries
(A Development Stage Company)

 

Notes to consolidated Financial Statements

 

For the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 and 2011

 

   Switzerland   South Africa   Brazil   Total 
                 
Statutory rate of tax   8.5%/18%   28.0%   25.0%     
                     
Nine months ended September 30, 2011:                    
Net (loss) income from operations before taxes  $(2,330,573)  $(517,565)  $78,942   $(2,769,196)
                     
As calculated at the statutory rate  $(398,744)  $(144,918)  $19,736   $(523,926)
                     
Permanent differences   3,500    67,414    -    70,914 
Change in valuation reserves   395,244    77,504    (19,736)   453,012 
                     
Provision for income taxes  $-   $-   $-   $- 
                     
For the period from August 24, 2005 (inception) to September 30, 2012:                    
Net (loss) from operations before taxes  $(15,276,126)  $(9,108,672)  $(941,498)  $(25,326,296)
                     
As calculated at the statutory rate  $(2,635,525)  $(2,550,428)  $(235,375)  $(5,421,328)
                     
Permanent differences   14,125    761,306    -    775,431 
Change in valuation reserves   2,654,073    1,789,122    235,375    4,678,570 
                     
Provision for income taxes  $32,673   $-   $-   $32,673 

 

Permanent differences principally relate to loss on disposal of property and equipment, interest and penalties and unallowable expenses.

 

The Company and group members remain subject to tax examinations for the year ended December 31, 2011 in Switzerland and South Africa, and in Brazil, for the four years ended December 31, 2011.

 

10.Concentrations of Credit Risk

 

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist principally of cash and trade accounts receivables. Cash is maintained in financial institutions in foreign countries that do not insure the balances in the accounts. The credit risk for customer accounts is concentrated because accounts receivable consists of the balance due from one customer. However, the customer’s account typically is collected within a short period of time and, based on its assessment of current conditions, management believes there is no risk of loss. Management continuously monitors these conditions.

 

F-40
 

 

SurePure Investment Holding AG and Subsidiaries
(A Development Stage Company)

 

Notes to consolidated Financial Statements

 

For the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 and 2011

 

11.Stock Subscription Agreements

 

On July 23, 2012, the Company entered into a Subscription Agreement with Trinity Asset Management, (Proprietary) Limited (“Trinity”) in which Trinity agreed to purchase up to five million new common shares in a series of transactions. Under this agreement, Trinity purchased new common shares at a price of $1.00 per share and had agreed to pay the total subscription price of five million dollars on or before December 31, 2012. The Company received a total of $2,500,000 from Trinity pursuant to this agreement during the period July 23 through October 9, 2012. Thereafter, through October 31, 2012, Trinity failed to purchase shares in accordance to the terms of the Subscription Agreement. On November 22, 2012, the Company exercised its rights to terminate the Subscription Agreement.

 

As a part of the above Subscription Agreement, Trinity had also agreed to purchase up to one million common shares from the Company’s principal stockholder (“Investor Shares”). The termination of the Subscription Agreement also applied to the agreed-upon purchase of Investor Shares.

 

The Subscription Agreement had provided that shares were to be purchased according to a specified schedule of dates. However, Trinity failed to live up to that schedule.

 

The following presents the information regarding the actual purchases of shares up to the point at which the Subscription Agreement was terminated:

 

   Total                 
   Number   Total   Company   Company   Investor 
Date  of Shares   Amount   Shares   Proceeds   Shares 
                     
July 30, 2012   500,000   $500,000    375,000   $375,000    125,000 
August 17, 2012   500,000    500,000    375,000    375,000    125,000 
September 28, 2012   1,767,737    1,767,737    1,517,737    1,517,737    250,000 
Total through September 30, 2012   2,767,737    2,767,737    2,267,737    2,267,737    500,000 
October 9, 2012   327,000    327,000    232,263    232,263    94,737 
                          
Total through October 9, 2012   3,094,737   $3,094,737    2,500,000   $2,500,000    594,737 

 

On November 26, 2012, the Company entered into a Subscription Agreement with RD Active Capital Limited, a United Kingdom-based investment manager (“RD Active”), in which RD Active agreed to purchase up to 300,000 new common shares over the period ending January 31, 2013 and has the right to purchase up to 2,700,000 new common shares through March 31, 2013 as long as RD Active purchased the 300,000 new common shares. All common shares are to be purchased and sold at an issue price of $1.00 per share. RD Active will purchase the 300,000 new common shares on an installment basis with 100,000 shares to be purchased on or before November 28, 2012, December 21, 2012 and January 31, 2013. Under the terms of the Subscription Agreement, RD Active may exercise the additional purchase right on its own behalf and resell to other purchasers or may place the additional shares directly with other purchasers. At such time as RD Active and any other purchasers have completed and paid for 3,000,000 shares under the Subscription Agreement, RD Active and the other purchasers under the Subscription Agreement have the right to appoint an additional director to the board of directors of the Company.

 

F-41
 

 

SurePure Investment Holding AG and Subsidiaries
(A Development Stage Company)

 

Notes to consolidated Financial Statements

 

For the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 and 2011

 

12.Share Exchange

 

On July 25, 2011, SurePure Inc. (formerly named SOEFL, Inc.), a Nevada corporation (“SurePure US”), and the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger under which a wholly-owned subsidiary of SurePure US would merge with and into the Company so that the Company would become 100%-owned by SurePure US. On October 28, 2011, the stockholders of the Company and SurePure US entered into an Exchange Agreement to effect the business combination of SurePure US and the Company by means of an exchange of shares rather than by merger. Under the terms and conditions of the Exchange Agreement, each share of the Company’s stock that is issued and outstanding on the closing date will be exchanged for one share of the common stock of SurePure US. Prior to the closing of the exchange, SurePure US will cancel certain currently outstanding shares. As a result, the ownership share of the stockholders of the Company will exceed 70% of SurePure US (excluding those shares of SurePure US owned by stockholders of the Company prior to the exchange). This transaction will be accounted for as a “reverse merger,” whereby the Company will be considered the “acquirer” for financial reporting purposes, as the Company’s stockholders will control a majority of the post-transaction combined companies, and the Company will be a 100%-owned subsidiary of SurePure US. Unless terminated by either the Company or SurePure US, the exchange is anticipated to close during the fourth quarter of 2012, subject to obtaining all necessary consents and approvals.

 

13.Subsequent Events

 

The Company has evaluated its subsequent events through November 30, 2012, the date that the accompanying consolidated financial statements were available to be issued. Other than what has been disclosed in Note 11, the Company determined that there were no material subsequent events requiring adjustment to or disclosure in these consolidated financial statements, except for the following:

 

On October 30, 2012, the Company entered into an agreement with an entity located in Italy under which the Company agreed to fund a portion of certain product development costs incurred by that entity and the entity agreed to pay the Company for the use of a research and development machine. The Company has agreed to pay for 50% of a maximum of approximately $137,000 in product development costs to be incurred through January 2013. In addition, the Company will be paid $3,500 per month for the use of a research and development machine for the period November 1, 2012 to October 31, 2013.

 

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SurePure Investment Holding AG and Subsidiaries
(A Development Stage Company)

 

Notes to consolidated Financial Statements

 

For the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 and 2011

 

14.Going Concern

 

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the continuation of the Group as a going concern. The Group, due to the start-up nature of its business, has generated recurring losses and expects to incur additional losses as it expands the UV-C technology and develops marketing, sales and financial plans. As reflected in the accompanying consolidated financial statements, the Group’s total liabilities exceed total assets at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, by $3,223,149 and $6,596,408, respectively, and the Group has incurred cumulative operating losses since the date of inception. To date, the Group’s cash flow requirements have been met with cash investments by the stockholders, certain third parties and to a lesser extent, sales and interest income.

 

The Group will require additional capital to continue its development and to achieve sufficient revenues to support its operations. The Group’s future capital requirements will depend on many factors, including its ability to grow and maintain revenues and its ability to manage expenses and expected capital expenditures. The Group will require additional financing either through borrowing or the sale of additional equity to support its operations.

 

As previously described under the Share Exchange, the Group plans to combine with SurePure US by means of a share exchange which, when consummated, could give the Group greater access to capital markets and greater ability to raise equity capital through public stock offerings. In addition, as described in Note 11, the Group has continued to obtain certain equity financing in 2012 and is actively seeking additional debt and equity financing. These loans and the anticipated stock offerings will enable the Group to use those funds to further develop and market its products with the expectation that the Group will generate significant sales and realize profits from operations.

 

As the Group requires additional financing, the capital markets turmoil could negatively impact the Group’s ability to obtain such financing on acceptable terms. The Group’s access to additional financing will depend on a variety of factors many of which the Group has little or no control over. These factors include market conditions, the general availability of credit, the overall availability of credit to the Group’s industry, its credit ratings and credit capacity, the actual financial and operational results of the Group as well as the lenders’ or investors’ perception of the Group’s short-term and long-term financial prospects. If future financing is not available on acceptable terms or if no future financing is available on any terms whatsoever, the Group may not be able to continue as a going concern.

 

The accompanying consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might be necessary should Group be unable to continue as a going concern.

  

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16,200,000 Shares of Common Stock

 

SurePure, Inc.

 

PROSPECTUS

 

, 2012

 

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PART II

 

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

 

Item 13. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.

 

Set forth below is an estimate (except for registration fees, which are actual) of the approximate amount of the fees and expenses payable by us in connection with the issuance and distribution of the shares of our common stock.

 

EXPENSE  AMOUNT 
     
Registration Fees  $2,651.62 
      
Legal Fees and Expenses   40,000.00 
      
Accounting Fees and Expenses   20,000.00 
      
Miscellaneous Fees and Expenses   15,000.00 
      
Total  $77,651.62 

 

Item 14. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

 

Subsection 7 of Section 78.138 of the Nevada Revised Statutes (the “Nevada Law”) provides that, subject to certain very limited statutory exceptions, a director or officer is not individually liable to the corporation or its shareholders or creditors for any damages as a result of any act or failure to act in his or her capacity as a director or officer, unless it is proven that the act or failure to act constituted a breach of his or her fiduciary duties as a director or officer and such breach of those duties involved intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of law. The statutory standard of liability established by Section 78.138 controls unless there is a provision in the corporation’s articles of incorporation that provides for greater individual liability.

 

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Subsection 1 of Section 78.7502 of the Nevada Law empowers a corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise (any such person, a “Covered Person”), against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the Covered Person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if the Covered Person is not liable pursuant to Section 78.138 of the Nevada Law or if the Covered Person acted in good faith and in a manner the Covered Person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceedings, had no reasonable cause to believe the Covered Person’s conduct was unlawful.

 

Subsection 2 of Section 78.7502 of the Nevada Law empowers a corporation to indemnify any Covered Person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that such person acted in the capacity of a Covered Person against expenses, including amounts paid in settlement and attorneys’ fees actually and reasonably incurred by the Covered Person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit, if the Covered Person is not liable pursuant to Section 78.138 of the Nevada Law or the Covered Person acted in good faith and in a manner the Covered Person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation. However, no indemnification may be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which the Covered Person shall have been adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction (after exhaustion of all appeals) to be liable to the corporation or for amounts paid in settlement to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the court in which such action or suit was brought or other court of competent jurisdiction determines upon application that in view of all the circumstances the Covered Person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses as the court deems proper.

 

Section 78.7502 of the Nevada Law further provides that to the extent a Covered Person has been successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in Subsection 1 or 2, as described above, or in the defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, the corporation shall indemnify the Covered Person against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the Covered Person in connection with the defense.

 

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Subsection 1 of Section 78.751 of the Nevada Law provides that any discretionary indemnification pursuant to Section 78.7502 of the Nevada Law, unless ordered by a court or advanced pursuant to Subsection 2 of Section 78.751, may be made by a corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the Covered Person is proper in the circumstances. Such determination must be made (a) by the shareholders, (b) by the board of directors of the corporation by majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to the action, suit or proceeding, (c) if a majority vote of a quorum of such non-party directors so orders, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (d) by independent legal counsel in a written opinion if a quorum of such non-party directors cannot be obtained.

 

Subsection 2 of Section 78.751 of the Nevada Law provides that a corporation’s articles of incorporation or bylaws or an agreement made by the corporation may require the corporation to pay as incurred and in advance of the final disposition of a criminal or civil action, suit or proceeding, the expenses of officers and directors in defending such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt by the corporation of an undertaking by or on behalf of the officer or director to repay the amount if it is ultimately determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that he or she is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation. Subsection 2 of Section 78.751 further provides that its provisions do not affect any rights to advancement of expenses to which corporate personnel other than officers and directors may be entitled under contract or otherwise by law.

 

Subsection 3 of Section 78.751 of the Nevada Law provides that indemnification pursuant to Section 78.7502 of the Nevada Law and advancement of expenses authorized in or ordered by a court pursuant to Section 78.751 does not exclude any other rights to which the Covered Person may be entitled under the articles of incorporation or any bylaw, agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, for either an action in his or her official capacity or in another capacity while holding his or her office. However, indemnification, unless ordered by a court pursuant to Section 78.7502 or for the advancement of expenses under Subsection 2 of Section 78.751 of the Nevada Law, may not be made to or on behalf of any director or officer of the corporation if a final adjudication establishes that his or her acts or omissions involved intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of the law and were material to the cause of action. Additionally, the scope of such indemnification and advancement of expenses shall continue for a Covered Person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors and administrators.

 

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Section 78.752 of the Nevada Law empowers a corporation to purchase and maintain insurance or make other financial arrangements on behalf of a Covered Person for any liability asserted against such person and liabilities and expenses incurred by such person in his or her capacity as a Covered Person or arising out of such person’s status as a Covered Person whether or not the corporation has the authority to indemnify such person against such liability and expenses.

 

The bylaws of the Company provide for indemnification of Covered Persons substantially identical in scope to that permitted under the Nevada Law. The bylaws provide that the expenses of directors and officers of the Company incurred in defending any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, must be paid by the Company as they are incurred and in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit or proceeding, upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay all amounts so advanced if it is ultimately determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that the director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company.

 

Item 15. Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities.

 

Reference is made to the description of the Share Exchange and the Share Exchange Agreement in the “Summary” in the prospectus to which this registration statement relates. To comply with the regulations of the Commission that provide for exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, in the Share Exchange Agreement the shareholders of SPI represented, among other matters, that:

 

·the shareholders understood that the shares of our Common Stock that we have issued are being issued in reliance on an exemption from registration contained in Regulation S;

 

·no shareholder of SPI had engaged in any “directed selling efforts”, as defined in Regulation S;

 

·no shareholder of SPI is part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act;

 

·no shareholder of SPI is a “US Person," and each shareholder will be the sole beneficial owner of the stock acquired under the Share Exchange Agreement;

 

·each shareholder of SPI is outside of the United States at the time of the Share Exchange; and

 

·the acquired shares cannot be sold unless in accordance with Regulation S, pursuant to registration under the Securities Act or pursuant to an available exemption from registration.

 

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Although reliance on these representations do not guarantee compliance with Regulation S, SPI’s management had dealt with its shareholders for, in most cases, over four years, during which time it became familiar with the shareholders’ identities and locations. SPI’ s management was also able to institute steps that allow it to track any transfers of its shares to insure that none became owned by a U.S. Person. Accordingly, our management believes that the exemption provided by Regulation S is available with respect to the shares of our Common Stock that were issued as part of the Share Exchange.

 

Additional sales of unregistered securities by SPI since January 1, 2009 are described under the heading “Financing Transactions with Other Related Persons” in the section “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions” in the prospectus to which this registration statement relates. For the reasons stated in those sections, the issuance and sale of both SPI’s shares and the shares of our Common Stock issued under the Subscription Agreement and the Additional Subscription Agreement referred to in “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions,” and the shares of our Common Stock and Nonvoting Convertible Preferred Stock that will be issued contingent upon the closing of the pending acquisition of SPHSA, were and will be exempt from registration pursuant to Regulation S promulgated under, the Securities Act. Additionally, for the reasons that the securities were issued to a limited number of sophisticated investors meeting the definition of “accredited investor” under Regulation D in private transactions in which no general solicitation occurred, the issuance and sale of both SPI’s shares and the shares of our Common Stock issued under the Subscription Agreement and the Additional Subscription Agreement referred to in “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions,” as well as the shares of our Common Stock and Nonvoting Convertible Preferred Stock that will be issued contingent upon the closing of the pending acquisition of SPHSA, also were and will be exempt from registration pursuant to Section 4(2) and Regulation D.

 

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Item 16. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules.

 

Exhibit

No.

  Description
3.1   Articles of Incorporation of SurePure, Inc., as amended.  (1)
     
3.2   Bylaws of SurePure, Inc.   (2)
     
5.1*   Opinion of Barton LLP.*
     
10.2   Amended and Restated Share Exchange Agreement, dated December 12, 2012, by and among SurePure, Inc. (formerly SOEFL Inc.), XOptics (PTY) Limited and the holders of all shares in SurePure Investment Holdings AG (3)
     
10.3   Acquisition Agreement, dated August 16, 2012, between SurePure Investment Holding AG and SurePure Holdings South Africa (Pty) Ltd. (3)
     
10.4   Amendment to Acquisition Agreement, dated November 26, 2012 (3)
     
10.5   2012 Nonqualified Stock Option Plan. (3)
     
10.6   Subscription Agreement, dated July 23, 2012, between SurePure Investment Holding AG and Trinity Investment Management (Pte) Limited. (3)
     
10.7   Termination Letter, dated November 22, 2012, from SurePure Investment Holding AG to Trinity Investment Management (Pte) Limited. (3)
     
10.8   Employment Agreement dated July 1, 2012, between SurePure Marketing South Africa Ltd. and Guy Kebble. (3)
     
10.9   Consulting Agreement, dated July 1, 2012, between SurePure Operations AG and Guy Kebble. (3)
     
10.10   Employment Agreement, dated July 1, 2012, between SurePure Operations AG and Stephen Robinson. (3)
     
10.11   Employment Agreement dated July 1, 2012, between SurePure Marketing South Africa Ltd. and Stephen Miller. (3)
     
10.12   Consulting Agreement, dated July 1, 2012, between SurePure Operations AG and Stephen Miller. (3)

 

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10.13   Agreement of Lease dated February 8, 2012, between Anglo African Development (Pty) Ltd. and SurePure Marketing South Africa (Pty) Ltd., effective March 1, 2012 until February 28, 2014, for the premises located at One Lagoon Beach, Unit 204, Lagoon Beach Milnerton, South Africa. (3)
     
10.14   Memorandum of Agreement of Lease, dated April 25, 2012, between HY Jack Property Holdings CC and SurePure Marketing South Africa Ltd., effective May 1, 2008, for the premises located at 4 Acteon Street, Unit 2, Paarden Eiland, South Africa. (3)
     
10.15   Agreement of Extension of Lease, dated April 19, 2012, between HY Jack Property Holdings CC and SurePure Marketing South Africa Ltd, effective January 5, 2012 until November 11, 2012, for the premises located at 4 Acteon Street, Unit 2, Paarden Eiland, South Africa. (3)
     
10.17   Form of Indemnification Agreement. (3)
     
10.18   Subscription Agreement, dated November 26, 2012, between SurePure Investment Holding AG and RD Active Capital Limited. (3)
     
16.2   Letter from Seale & Beers, CPAs, dated December 21, 2012, to the Securities and Exchange Commission. (4)
     
21.1   Subsidiaries of the Registrant.
     
23.1   Consent of Rosen Shapss Seymour & Martin LLP.
     
23.2*   Consent of Barton LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)*.
     
24.1   Power of Attorney (included on signature page).

 

(1)  Incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3 to Form S-1 filed on March 23, 2009, Exhibit 3.1 to Form 8-K filed on July 29, 2011 and Exhibit 3.3 to Form 8-K filed on December 16, 2011.

 

(2)  Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3-2 to the registration statement of SOEFL Inc. on Form S-1, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 23, 2009.

 

(3)  Incorporated herein by reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on December 12, 2012.

 

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(4)  Incorporated herein by reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed with the Commission on December 21, 2012.

 

*To be filed by amendment.

 

Item 17. Undertakings.

 

(A)  The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

 

(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

 

(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

 

(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and

 

(iii) To include any additional or changed material information with respect to the plan of distribution.

 

(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

(3) To remove from registration by means of a post−effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

 

(4) That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser:

 

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(i) If the registrant is relying on Rule 430B:

 

(A) Each prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and

 

(B) Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii), or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date; or

 

(ii) If the registrant is subject to Rule 430C, each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) as part of a registration statement relating to an offering, other than registration statements relying on Rule 430B or other than prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule 430A, shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the date it is first used after effectiveness. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such first use, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such date of first use.

 

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(B)  Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

 

(C)  The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that:

 

(1) For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b) (1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the time it was declared effective.

 

(2) For the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on the 30th day of January, 2013.

 

  SUREPURE, INC.
     
  By: /s/ Stephen M. Robinsom
     
    Stephen M. Robinsom
     
    Chief Financial Officer
     
    (Principal Financial Officer)

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Stephen M. Robinson as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement and any Rule 462(b) registration statement and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

Signature   Title   Date
         
/s/ Guy E. Kebble   Chief Executive Officer; Director   January 30, 2013
Guy E. Kebble   (Principal Executive Officer)    
         
/s/ Stephen M. Robinson   Chief Financial Officer   January 30, 2013
Stephen M. Robinson  

(Principal Financial Officer and Principal

Accounting Officer)

   
         
/s/ Nigel Brunette   Chairman of the Board of Directors   January 30, 2013
Nigel Brunette        

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

The following exhibits are filed as part of, or are incorporated by reference into, this Registration Statement on Form S-1:

 

Exhibit

No.

  Description
3.1   Articles of Incorporation of SurePure, Inc., as amended.  Incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3 to Form S-1 filed on March 23, 2009, Exhibit 3.1 to Form 8-K filed on July 29, 2011 and Exhibit 3.3 to Form 8-K filed on December 16, 2011.
     
3.2   Bylaws of SurePure, Inc.  Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3-2 to the registration statement of SOEFL Inc. on Form S-1, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 23, 2009.
     
5.1*   Opinion of Barton LLP.
     
10.2   Amended and Restated Share Exchange Agreement, dated December 12, 2012, by and among SurePure, Inc. (formerly SOEFL Inc.), XOptics (PTY) Limited and the holders of all shares in SurePure Investment Holdings AG
     
10.3   Acquisition Agreement, dated August 16, 2012, between SurePure Investment Holding AG and SurePure Holdings South Africa (Pty) Ltd.
     
10.4   Amendment to Acquisition Agreement, dated November 26, 2012
     
10.5   2012 Nonqualified Stock Option Plan.
     
10.6   Subscription Agreement, dated July 23, 2012, between SurePure Investment Holding AG and Trinity Investment Management (Pte) Limited.
     
10.7   Termination Letter, dated November 22, 2012, from SurePure Investment Holding AG to Trinity Investment Management (Pte) Limited.
     
10.8   Employment Agreement dated July 1, 2012, between SurePure Marketing South Africa Ltd. and Guy Kebble.
     
10.9   Consulting Agreement, dated July 1, 2012, between SurePure Operations AG and Guy Kebble.
     
10.10   Employment Agreement, dated July 1, 2012, between SurePure Operations AG and Stephen Robinson.

 

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10.11   Employment Agreement dated July 1, 2012, between SurePure Marketing South Africa Ltd. and Stephen Miller.
     
10.12   Consulting Agreement, dated July 1, 2012, between SurePure Operations AG and Stephen Miller.
     
10.13   Agreement of Lease dated February 8, 2012, between Anglo African Development (Pty) Ltd. and SurePure Marketing South Africa (Pty) Ltd., effective March 1, 2012 until February 28, 2014, for the premises located at One Lagoon Beach, Unit 204, Lagoon Beach Milnerton, South Africa.
     
10.14   Memorandum of Agreement of Lease, dated April 25, 2012, between HY Jack Property Holdings CC and SurePure Marketing South Africa Ltd., effective May 1, 2008, for the premises located at 4 Acteon Street, Unit 2, Paarden Eiland, South Africa.
     
10.15   Agreement of Extension of Lease, dated April 19, 2012, between HY Jack Property Holdings CC and SurePure Marketing South Africa Ltd, effective January 5, 2012 until November 11, 2012, for the premises located at 4 Acteon Street, Unit 2, Paarden Eiland, South Africa.
     
10.17   Form of Indemnification Agreement.
     
10.18   Subscription Agreement, dated November 26, 2012, between SurePure Investment Holding AG and RD Active Capital Limited.
     
16.2   Letter from Seale & Beers, CPAs, dated December 21, 2012, to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
     
21.1   Subsidiaries of the Registrant.
     
23.1   Consent of Rosen Shapss Seymour & Martin LLP.
     
23.2*   Consent of Barton LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
     
24.1   Power of Attorney (included on signature page).
     
    *To be filed by amendment.

 

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