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In
2018 the Company entered into consulting agreements (the “Consulting Agreements”) with two consultants pursuant
to which each was paid $7,500 per month, which increased to $10,000 per month subsequent to the month the Company commenced
shipping the Byrna® HD product to customers. In addition, the Company issued to each consultant 750,000 Incentive
Warrants to purchase common shares of the Company at a strike price equal to the average trading price of the Company on the
OTC QB during the 20 business days preceding such approval. The Incentive Warrants vested 50% upon issuance and balance upon
the completion of the service term on December 31, 2019. The Incentive Warrants have a three-year life. See Note 7. Both consultants
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In
2018, the Company entered into a consulting agreement with Lisa Wager (“Wager”) pursuant to which she serves as
CLO of the Company. Pursuant to the terms of the consulting agreement, Wager was paid 250,000 common shares for the services
calculated at 83,333 common stock per month commencing November 1, 2018 and expiring on January 31, 2019. When this agreement
ended, Wager was retained and paid from February 1 through June 30, 2019 and became an employee effective July 1, 2019 with
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Pursuant
to the amended agreement related to final payment to Buys for the Portfolio of registered
patent rights (see Note 17), the Company is committed to a minimum royalty payment of $25,000
per year. Royalties on CO2 pistols are to be paid for so long as patents remain effective
beginning at 2 ½% of the agreed upon a net price of $167.60 (“Stipulated Net
Price”) for the first year following the first commercial sale and reduced by .1% each
year thereafter until it reaches 1%. For each substantially new product in this category the
rate will begin again at 2 ½%. Royalties on the fintail projectiles (and any improved
versions thereof) will be paid so long as patents remain effective at a rate of 4% of the
agreed upon Stipulated Net Price for fintail projectile products.
In
2018, the Company entered into a consulting agreement with Ganz pursuant to which Ganz serves as President of the Company.
Pursuant to the terms of the consulting agreement, Ganz had a stated annual salary of $200,000 annually. In lieu of cash
the agreement provided that Ganz was to be issued 500,000 common shares for services rendered in each of the third and
fourth quarters of 2019, and 250,000 shares per quarter thereafter until the contract ended on March 31, 2019. The common
shares were issued quarterly, ending March 31, 2019. When the agreement ended, Ganz was retained and paid from April 1
through June 30, 2019 and became an employee effective July 1, 2019 with a base salary of $20,000/month.
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