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Nature of Operations and Reverse Acquisition Transaction
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Notes to Financial Statements  
NOTE 1 - Nature of Operations and Reverse Acquisition Transaction

Franchise Holdings International, Inc. (the "Company") was incorporated in the State of Nevada on April 2, 2003. During the year ended December 31, 2014, the Company completed a reverse acquisition transaction (the "Reverse Acquisition") with TruXmart Ltd. ("TruXmart"), a company located at 1895 Clements Road, Unit 155, Pickering, Ontario, Canada. TruXmart designs and distributes truck tonneau covers in Canada and the United States. Prior to the completion of the Reverse Acquisition, TruXmart owned 2,300,000 shares of the Company, representing an 80.96% ownership stake in the Company. Pursuant to the Reverse Acquisition, the sole shareholder of TruXmart acquired the 2,300,000 shares from TruXmart and an additional 37,700,000 shares of the Company from the Company in exchange for all 4,791 Class A common shares of TruXmart.

 

Subsequent to the year ended December 31, 2016, the Company completed a corporate reorganization ( the "Reorganization") in accordance with Section 251(g) of the Delaware General Corporation Law, pursuant to which the Company became a wholly-owned subsidiary of a newly formed entity which became the successor of the public company (the "Successor Issuer"). In connection with the Reorganization, the Company redomiciled into Delaware and changed its name to Franchise Transition Inc., and the Successor Issuer took the name Franchise Holdings International, Inc. As one result, the assets and liabilities of the Company, remain the assets and liabilities of such entity. Pursuant to the Reorganization, the outstanding shares of the Company were exchanged for shares of the Successor Issuer on a one-for-one basis.