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Investment in Unconsolidated Investee
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2018
Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract]  
Investment in Unconsolidated Investee

Note 5 —Investment in Unconsolidated Investee

 

In November 2017, AgEagle entered into a multi-agreement arrangement with Agribotix, LLC (“Agribotix”), headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, an agricultural information processing company providing actionable data to the agriculture industry.  Agribotix’s platform delivers agricultural intelligence to increase yields and profits using drone-enabled technologies. Agribotix was founded in 2013 by Dr. Tom McKinnon, its Chief Technology Officer.

 

The Company believes that developing a strong working relationship with Agribotix will benefit AgEagle and its shareholders in developing important vertically integrated products and services.  Agribotix’s primary product is FarmLens™, a subscription cloud analytics service that processes data, primarily collected with a drone such as the Company’s, and makes such data usable by farmers and agronomists. FarmLens is currently sold by Agribotix as a subscription and offered either standalone or in a bundle with major drone platforms manufactured by leading drone providers like AgEagle, DJI, and senseFly.

 

Agribotix extends the reach of its FarmLens platform by partnering with and directly integrating into offerings by leading agricultural companies like John Deere’s Operations Center and The Climate Corporation’s FieldView.  To date, Agribotix has processed agricultural imagery for over 50 different crop types from over 50 countries around the world.

 

The agreements reached between the Company and Agribotix include:

 

  Dealer Agreement whereby the Company appointed Agribotix as a non-exclusive dealer of the Company’s products on a worldwide, best efforts basis.  The term of the agreement is for twelve months with marketing and sales commencing on or after January 1, 2018, and automatically renews for one-year periods unless otherwise terminated.  Either party may terminate the agreement with 30 days written notice.  Both parties agree to provide standard reporting and support services.  Agribotix is required to maintain proper insurance and is obligated to standard confidentiality clauses.  The Company has the right to audit Agribotix on an annual basis for its business under this agreement.  Both parties agreed to standard indemnification clauses.
     
  Distribution and Resale Agreement whereby Agribotix appointed the Company as a non-exclusive distributor of Agribotix products and analytic services including FarmLens on a worldwide, best efforts basis. The term of the agreement is for twelve months and automatically renews for one-year periods unless otherwise terminated.  Either party may terminate the agreement with 90 days’ written notice. Both parties agree to provide standard reporting and support services. The Company is required to maintain proper insurance and is obligated to standard confidentiality clauses. Both parties agree to standard indemnification clauses.
     
  Exchange Agreement whereby, to further align interests between the parties, the Company has agreed to exchange shares of the Company’s common stock it receives in the Merger equal to an aggregate value of $1,000,000 for 20% of the equity membership interests of Agribotix.  As of the date of the closing of the Merger, 200,000 shares of EnerJex were issued to Agribotix as outlined per the Exchange Agreement. The shares did not affect the Merger exchange ratio, and therefore was not additionally dilutive to the EnerJex shareholders.
     
  As part of the signing of the exchange agreement three promissory notes totaling $110,000 with a 6% per annum interest payable that were executed between Agribotix and the Company in exchange for exclusive dealing until the later of 120 days after the signing date, or the termination date as defined per the exchange agreement has been recorded as part of its’s investment in unconsolidated investee as of the date of close of the Merger Agreement

   

The Company accounts for its investment in Agribotix using the equity method of accounting. The difference between the fair value of the Company’s investment, and the amount of underlying equity in the net assets of Agribotix, totaling approximately $1,489,000 is accounted for as if Agribotix was a consolidated subsidiary and all identifiable assets, including goodwill, were recorded at fair value and amortized, with this amortization recorded in “memo” and the Company’s portion included in its share of earnings of Agribotix. Condensed unaudited summary financial information for Agribotix LLC as of March 31, 2018 and for the three months ended March 31, 2018 is as follows:

 

   

March 31,

2018

    (Unaudited)
ASSETS        
Cash   $ 37,645  
Accounts receivable     21,151  
Property and equipment     9,070  
Inventories     4,740  
Marketable securities in EnerJex at fair market value     866,000  
         
Total assets   $ 938,606  
         
LIABILITIES AND MEMBERS' DEFICIT        
Accounts payable and accrued expenses   $ 103,406  
Deferred revenue     9,067  
Debt     1,855,913  
Members' deficit     (1,029,780 )
         
Total liabilities and members' deficit   $ 938,606  

 

   

For the Three

Months Ended

March 31, 2018

    (Unaudited)
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS        
Revenues   $ 85,897  
Cost of sales     49,860  
Gross profit     36,037  
Operating expenses     139,096  
Operating loss     (103,059 )
Other (expense) income     178  
Net loss     (102,881 )
Loss on marketable securities     (134,000 )
Comprehensive loss   $ (236,881 )
Ownership interest     20 %
Share of net loss as of date of investment   $ (914 )