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May 31, 2019
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COMMITMENTS

 
  a)

Consulting agreements

On April 13, 2018, the Company entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement (the “Agreement”) with André Buys, (“Buys”) a resident of South Africa, pursuant to which the Company purchased from Buys a portfolio of registered patent rights and other intellectual property relating to air and/or gas fired long guns or pistols, including pump action launchers and munitions used with such pistols and long guns, including self-stabilizing shaped or “finned” rounds (the “Portfolio”). As consideration for the Portfolio, the Company (i) paid Buys $100,000, (ii) agreed to pay Buys either $500,000 in cash or $750,000 worth of Company stock within two years (the “Second Payment”) at Buys’ discretion and (iii) agreed to pay Buys certain royalty payments for sales of products by the Company using technology covered by the Portfolio. In addition, the Company employed Buys as the CTO and for services issued 1,500,000 options for shares of the Company’s common stock to Buys with a strike price of $0.16 and a trigger price of $0.30, $0.50 and $1.00 for each batch of 500,000 options, respectively. The Company’s stock price must close above the trigger price for 20 days in order for the option to be triggered. The options shall have a seven-year life from grant date and Buys must remain employed by the Company for three years in order for the options to vest. Until the earlier of, the second anniversary or the date the Second Payment is made, the royalty will be 10% of the Net Sales Price (“NSP”). The royalty will then be reduced to 4% till the sixth anniversary, 3% till the eighth anniversary, and 2% till the last expiration date of any of the intellectual property in the Portfolio. Until the royalty exceeds $25,000 per year, the Company is committed to a minimum payment of $25,000 per year effective on the earlier of one year from closing or upon Buys relocation to Boston. In the event that the Company fails to make the Second Payment, the Portfolio would revert to Buys, but the Company would retain perpetual, irrevocable, exclusive and non-exclusive licenses to use technology with respect to the Portfolio and any technology developed within two years of April 13, 2018. As the substance of the purchase and sale agreement has been determined to be an option agreement, the Company has not recorded any amount related to the Second Payment. The Company agrees that it will not terminate Buys except for cause prior to April 2021. As a result, the minimal commitment relating to the employment contract is $320,000 payable over a period of 32 months.

Effective November 1, 2018, the Company entered into consulting agreements (the “Consulting Agreements”) with two consultants. The consultants will each be paid $7,500 per month commencing November 1, 2018 and to be increased to $10,000 per month subsequent to the month the Company begins shipping the Byrna HD product to customers. The term of the contracts with the consultants continue until December 31, 2019.

  b) Lease commitments
     
1. The Company has commitments for leasing office premises in Wakefield, Massachusetts, USA to June 27, 2019, at a monthly rent of $700 (see note 6).
2. The Company has commitments for leasing warehouse space in Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA to February 28, 2020, at a monthly rent of $2,472.
3. The Company has commitments for leasing office premises in Pretoria East, South Africa to December 19, 2020, at a monthly rent of $1,050 (Rand 14,750).