10-Q 1 blackridge.htm 10Q

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

☒     QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2019

☐     TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from ____________ to____________

Commission File Number: 000-53661

BLACKRIDGE TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)

Nevada
20-1282850
(State or Other Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer I.D. No.)

10615 Professional Circle, Suite 201
Reno, NV 89521
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(855) 807-8776
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒   No  ☐     .

Indicate by checkmark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Date File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒   No ☐  .

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company.  See definition of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer
      .
Accelerated filer
      .
Non-accelerated filer
 X .
Smaller reporting company
  X .
Emerging growth company
 X ..
   

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.       . .

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐  No .

APPLICABLE ONLY TO CORPORATE ISSUERS

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date:

Class
Outstanding as of May 14, 2019
Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share
96,872,725 shares

CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, contain “forward-looking statements” that discuss, among other things, future expectations and projections regarding future developments, operations and financial conditions including, without limitation, statements regarding (i) our ability to raise capital, and (ii) our ability to establish and grow our business and (iii) other statements preceded by, followed by or that include the words “may,” “would,” “could,” “should,” “expects,” “projects,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “plans,” “intends,” “targets” or similar expressions. All forward-looking statements are based on management’s existing beliefs about present and future events outside of management’s control and on assumptions that may prove to be incorrect. If any underlying assumptions prove incorrect, our actual results may vary materially from those anticipated, estimated, projected or intended.

Readers are cautioned that forward-looking statements also involve numerous inherent risks and uncertainties, and important factors (many of which are beyond our control) that could cause actual results to differ materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statements, including the following: general economic or industry conditions, nationally and/or in the areas in which we may conduct business, changes in the interest rate environment, legislation or regulatory requirements, conditions of the securities markets, our ability to raise capital, changes in accounting principles, policies or guidelines, financial or political instability, acts of war or terrorism, other economic, competitive, governmental, regulatory and technical factors affecting our current or potential business and related matters.

Accordingly, readers are cautioned that results actually achieved may differ materially from expected results in these statements. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. We do not undertake, and specifically disclaim, any obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date of such statements, except as required by law.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I - Financial Information
 
  Page
Item 1.  Financial Statements

   
 
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018
 F-2
     
 
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2019 and 2018
 F-3
     
 
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2019 and 2018
 F-4
     
 
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2019 and 2018
 F-5
     
 
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
 F-6
     
Item 2.  Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations 
 1
   
Item 3.  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk 
 8
   
Item 4.  Controls and Procedures 
 8
   
 PART II - Other Information 
 
   
Item 1.  Legal Proceedings 
 9
   
Item 1A.  Risk Factors 
 9
   
Item 2.  Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds 
 9
   
Item 3.  Defaults upon Senior Securities 
 9
   
Item 4.  Mine Safety Disclosures 
 9
   
Item 5.  Other Information 
 9
   
Item 6.  Exhibits 
 10
   
Signatures 
 11



PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements.

Financial Statements  (Unaudited)
Page
   
 
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018
F-2
     
 
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2019 and 2018
F-3
     
 
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholder’s Equity for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2019 and 2018
F-4
     
 
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2019 and 2018
F-5
     
 
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
F-6

F - 1

BLACKRIDGE TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Unaudited)

   
March 31,
   
December 31,
 
   
2019
   
2018
 
             
ASSETS
           
Current Assets
           
Cash
 
$
673,880
   
$
4,693,950
 
Accounts receivable
   
220,456
     
102,292
 
Inventory
   
66,003
     
56,003
 
Prepaid expenses
   
154,038
     
122,713
 
Total Current Assets
   
1,114,377
     
4,974,958
 
                 
Property and equipment, net
   
152,329
     
78,821
 
Intangible assets, net
   
9,422,070
     
8,920,360
 
Total Assets
 
$
10,688,776
   
$
13,974,139
 
                 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT
               
Current Liabilities
               
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
 
$
2,170,911
   
$
2,089,322
 
Accounts payable and accrued expenses – related party
   
12,992
     
9,690
 
Accrued interest
   
1,128,077
     
714,187
 
Accrued interest – related party
   
182,354
     
177,419
 
Wages payable
   
2,147,281
     
1,928,639
 
Deferred revenue
   
6,064
     
3,535
 
Short-term notes payable
   
45,232
     
45,232
 
Current portion of long term debt
   
266,657
     
366,657
 
Convertible notes, short term, net of discounts
   
5,495,881
     
3,248,746
 
Convertible notes, long term, net of discounts, current portion
   
55,137
     
39,726
 
Convertible notes, short term – related party
   
158,172
     
183,172
 
Total Current Liabilities
   
11,668,758
     
8,806,325
 
                 
Total Liabilities
   
11,668,758
     
8,806,325
 
                 
Stockholders' (Deficit) Equity
               
Preferred Stock, Par Value $0.001, 10,000,000 shares authorized; 3,577,370 issued and outstanding at March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively
   
3,577
     
3,577
 
Common Stock, Par Value $0.001, 200,000,000 shares authorized; 96,872,725 issued and outstanding at March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively
   
96,873
     
96,873
 
Additional paid-in capital
   
72,337,483
     
72,114,707
 
Accumulated deficit
   
(73,417,915
)
   
(67,047,343
)
Total Stockholders' (Deficit) Equity
   
(979,982
)
   
5,167,814
 
Total Liabilities and Stockholders' (Deficit) Equity
 
$
10,688,776
   
$
13,974,139
 

See accompanying notes to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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BLACKRIDGE TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited)

 
 
For the
Three Months Ended
 
 
 
March 31,
   
March 31,
 
 
 
2019
   
2018
 
 
           
Revenues
 
$
123,676
   
$
3,188
 
Cost of Goods Sold
   
-
     
50
 
Gross Profit
   
123,676
     
3,138
 
                 
Operating Expenses:
               
Engineering
   
94,711
     
39,814
 
Sales and marketing
   
67,003
     
-
 
General and administrative
   
3,643,015
     
3,058,623
 
Total operating expenses
   
3,804,729
     
3,098,437
 
 
               
Loss From Operations
   
(3,681,053
)
   
(3,095,299
)
                 
Other Income (Expense)
               
Interest expense
   
(2,684,584
)
   
(100,982
)
Interest expense – related party
   
(4,935
)
   
(38,497
)
Total other income (expense)
   
(2,689,519
)
   
(139,479
)
                 
Net Loss Before Income Taxes
   
(6,370,572
)
   
(3,234,778
)
                 
Income Tax
   
-
     
-
 
 
               
Net Loss
 
$
(6,370,572
)
 
$
(3,234,778
)
                 
Loss From Continuing Operations per Common Share - Basic and Diluted
 
$
(0.07
)
 
$
(0.04
)
                 
Weighted Average Shares Outstanding - Basic and Diluted
   
96,872,725
     
78,092,929
 

See accompanying notes to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
F - 3

BLACKRIDGE TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL, INC
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
(Unaudited)

   
Shares
Outstanding -
Preferred
   
Preferred Stock
   
Shares Outstanding - Common
   
Common Stock
   
Additional
Paid-in
Capital
   
Accumulated
Deficit
   
Total
Stockholders’
Deficit
 
Balance as of December 31, 2017
   
3,639,783
   
$
3,640
     
77,063,171
   
$
77,063
   
$
51,384,027
   
$
(49,896,376
)
 
$
1,568,354
 
                                                         
Preferred share conversion
   
(45,173
)
   
(45
)
   
535,565
     
536
     
(491
)
   
-
     
-
 
Issuance of stock in conjunction with contracts
   
-
     
-
     
324,166
     
324
     
123,346
     
-
     
123,670
 
Beneficial conversion feature on convertible debt
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
1,046,982
     
-
     
1,046,982
 
Issuance of warrants in conjunction with debt
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
1,219,524
     
-
     
1,219,524
 
Share based compensation
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
101,413
     
-
     
101,413
 
Net loss
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
(3,234,778
)
   
(3,234,778
)
                                                         
Balance as of March 31, 2018
           
3,595
     
77,922,902
     
77,923
     
53,874,800
     
(53,131,154
)
   
825,164
 
                                                         
Balance as of December 31, 2018
   
3,577,370
     
3,577
     
96,872,725
     
96,873
     
72,114,707
     
(67,047,343
)
   
5,167,814
 
                                                         
Issuance of Options in conjunction with contracts
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
3,912
     
-
     
3,912
 
Share based compensation
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
218,855
     
-
     
218,855
 
Net loss
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
(6,370,572
)
   
(6,370,572
)
                                                         
Balance as of March 31, 2019
   
3,577,370
     
3,577
     
96,872,725
     
96,873
     
72,337,483
     
(73,417,915
)
   
(979,982
)


See accompanying notes to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

F - 4

BLACKRIDGE TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)

   
Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
   
2019
   
2018
 
Cash Flows From Operating Activities
           
Net loss
 
$
(6,370,572
)
 
$
(3,234,778
)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
               
Depreciation and amortization
   
119,366
     
121,332
 
Amortization of debt discounts
   
2,262,546
     
57,951
 
Common stock and warrants issued in conjunction with contracts
    3,921
     
123,670
 
Share based compensation
   
218,855
     
101,413
 
Warrant issued in conjunction with contracts
   
3,921
     
-
 
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
               
Accounts receivable
   
(118,164
)
   
101,455
 
Inventory
   
(10,000
)
   
(1,172
)
Prepaid expenses
   
(31,325
)
   
(34,416
)
Accounts payable
   
81,589
     
301,518
 
Accounts payable – related party
   
3,302
     
(39,881
)
Accrued interest
   
413,890
     
42,303
 
Accrued interest – related party
   
4,935
     
38,497
 
Deferred revenue
   
2,529
     
(3,187
)
Wages payable
   
218,642
     
283,530
 
Net Cash Used in Operating Activities
   
(3,200,486
)
   
(2,141,765
)
                 
Cash Flows From Investing Activities
               
Purchases of property and equipment
   
(79,389
)
   
-
 
Purchases of intangible assets
   
(615,198
)
   
(554,666
)
Net Cash Used in Investing Activities
   
(694,584
)
   
(554,666
)
                 
Cash Flows From Financing Activities
               
Proceeds from short term notes – related party
   
-
     
500,000
 
Proceeds from issuance of short term convertible notes
   
-
     
2,100,000
 
Proceeds from advances – related party
   
-
     
75,000
 
Repayments of short term debt
   
(25,000
)
   
-
 
Repayments on long term debt
   
(100,000
)
   
(100,000
)
Net Cash (Used in) Provided by Financing Activities
   
(125,000
)
   
2,575,000
 
                 
Net Decrease In Cash
   
(4,020,070
)
   
(121,431
)
Cash, Beginning of Period
   
4,693,950
     
421,869
 
Cash, End of Period
 
$
673,880
   
$
300,438
 
                 
Non-Cash Investing and Financing Activities
               
Wages payable included in capitalized intangible assets
 
$
-
   
$
23,338
 
Preferred stock converted to common stock
 
$
-
   
$
536
 
Warrants issued in conjunction with debt agreements
 
$
-
   
$
1,219,524
 
Beneficial conversion features
 
$
-
   
$
1,046,982
 
                 
Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information:
               
Cash paid for interest
 
$
8,148
   
$
728
 
Cash paid for income taxes
 
$
-
   
$
-
 

See accompanying notes to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
F - 5

BLACKRIDGE TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL, INC.
NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2019 AND 2018

NOTE 1 – ORGANIZATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Organization  BlackRidge Technology International, Inc. (the "Company" or, “we”, “us”, “our” and similar terminology) was incorporated under the laws of the State of Nevada in March 2004 under the name “Grote Molen, Inc.”   The Company develops and markets next generation cyber defense solutions that stop cyber-attacks and block unauthenticated access. The Company’s network and server security products are based on patented Transport Access Control technology (the “Blackridge Technology”) and are designed to isolate, cloak and protect servers and cloud services and segment networks for regulatory compliance. The Company’s products are used in enterprise and government computing environments, the industrial “internet of things” and other cloud service provider and network systems

On September 6, 2016, the Company entered into an agreement and plan of reorganization with BlackRidge Technology International, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and Grote Merger Co., a Delaware corporation providing for the Company’s acquisition of BlackRidge in exchange for a controlling number of shares of the Company’s preferred and common stock pursuant to the merger of Grote Merger Co. with and into BlackRidge, with BlackRidge continuing as the surviving corporation.    The transaction contemplated in the agreement closed on February 22, 2017.

On July 2, 2017, the Company filed a Certificate to Accompany Restated Articles or Amended and Restated Articles with the Secretary of State of Nevada to, among other things, change the Company’s name to BlackRidge Technology International, Inc.

On October 13, 2017, the Company formed a new business subsidiary called BlackRidge Secure Services, Inc. to work with partners on Secure Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition Systems (“SCADA”) infrastructure and to design and deliver secure systems using BlackRidge Technology products for use by the utilities industry.

Principles of Consolidation - The Company and its subsidiaries consist of the following entities, which have been consolidated in the accompanying financial statements:

BlackRidge Technology International, Inc.
BlackRidge Technology Holding, Inc.
BlackRidge Technology, Inc.
BlackRidge Technology Government, Inc.
BlackRidge Secure Services, Inc.

All intercompany balances have been eliminated in consolidation.

Interim Financial Statements – The accompanying financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 8 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. In our opinion, the financial statements include all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) necessary in order to make the financial statements not misleading. Operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2019 are not necessarily indicative of the final results that may be expected for the year ended December 31, 2019. For more complete financial information, these unaudited financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2018 filed with the SEC.

Use of Estimates - The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimated by management.

Concentrations - Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist primarily of cash and accounts receivable. The Company minimizes its credit risk associated with cash by periodically evaluating the credit quality of its primary financial institution. The cash balance at times may exceed federally insured limits. Management believes the financial risk associated with these balances is minimal and has not experienced any losses to date.  At March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the Company had cash balances in excess of FDIC insured limits of $70,173 and $4,110,236, respectively.
F - 6

Significant customers are those which represent more than 10% of the Company’s revenue for each period presented, or the Company’s accounts receivable balance as of each respective balance sheet date. For each significant customer, revenue as a percentage of total revenue and accounts receivable as a percentage of total net accounts receivable are as follows:


 
Revenue
 
Accounts Receivable
 
 
Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
March 31,
 
Customers
2019
 
2018
 
2019
 
2018
 
Customer A
   
99
%
   
-
%
   
56
%
   
-
%
Customer B
   
-
%
   
63
%
   
-
%
   
-
%
Customer C
   
-
%
   
37
%
   
2
%
   
-
%

Inventory - Inventory is valued at the lower of cost or market value. Product-related inventories are primarily maintained using the average cost method.  When market value is determined to be less than cost, the Company records an allowance for obsolescence.  The company’s inventory assets at March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018 consisted primarily of hardware appliances valued as follows:

 
 
As of
March 31,
2019
   
As of
December 31,
2018
 
Inventory
 
$
401,658
   
$
391,658
 
Less: allowance for obsolescence
   
(335,655
)
   
(335,655
)
 
 
$
66,003
   
$
56,003
 

Adoption of ASC Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers - In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued ASU 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (ASC 606). ASC 606 clarifies the accounting for revenue arising from contracts with customers and specifies the disclosures that an entity should include in its financial statements. During 2016, the FASB issued certain amendments to the standard relating to the principal versus agent guidance, accounting for licenses of intellectual property identifying performance obligations as well as the guidance on transition, collectability, noncash consideration and the presentation of sales and other similar taxes.

The effect of applying ASC 606 did not result in an opening balance adjustment to retained earnings or any other balance sheet accounts because the Company: (1) identified similar performance obligations under ASC 606 as compared with deliverables and separate units of account previously identified; (2) determined the transaction price to be consistent; and (3) concluded that revenue is recorded at the same point in time, upon performance under both ASC 605 and ASC 606. The adoption of ASC 606 did not require significant changes in our internal controls and procedures over financial reporting and disclosures. However, we made enhancements to existing internal controls and procedures to ensure compliance with the new guidance.

Revenue Recognition - We recognize revenue as we transfer control of deliverables (products, solutions and services) to our customers in an amount reflecting the consideration to which we expect to be entitled. To recognize revenue, we apply the following five step approach: (1) identify the contract with a customer, (2) identify the performance obligations in the contract, (3) determine the transaction price, (4) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract, and (5) recognize revenue when a performance obligation is satisfied. We account for a contract based on the terms and conditions the parties agree to, the contract has commercial substance and collectability of consideration is probable. The Company applies judgment in determining the customers ability and intention to pay, which is based on a variety of factors including the customers historical payment experience.

We may enter into arrangements that consist of multiple performance obligations. Such arrangements may include any combination of our deliverables. To the extent a contract includes multiple promised deliverables, we apply judgment to determine whether promised deliverables are capable of being distinct and are distinct in the context of the contract. If these criteria are not met, the promised deliverables are accounted for as a combined performance obligation. For arrangements with multiple distinct performance obligations, we allocate consideration among the performance obligations based on their relative standalone selling price. Standalone selling price is the price at which we would sell a promised good or service separately to the customer. When not directly observable, we typically estimate standalone selling price by using the expected cost plus a margin approach. We typically establish a standalone selling price range for our deliverables, which is reassessed on a periodic basis or when facts and circumstances change.
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For performance obligations where control is transferred over time, revenue is recognized based on the extent of progress towards completion of the performance obligation. The selection of the method to measure progress towards completion requires judgment and is based on the nature of the deliverables to be provided. Revenue related to fixed-price contracts for application development and systems integration services, consulting or other technology services is recognized as the service is performed using the output method, under which the total value of revenue is recognized based on each contracts deliverable(s) as they are completed and when value is transferred to a customer. Revenue related to fixed-price application maintenance, testing and business process services is recognized based on our right to invoice for services performed for contracts in which the invoicing is representative of the value being delivered, in accordance with the practical expedient in ASC 606-10-55-18.

Our revenue consists of product and service revenue.  Product revenue primarily consists of sales of our BlackRidge products.  Service revenue relates to sales technical support services, and other services

Disaggregation of Revenue  the following table presents our revenue disaggregated by major product and service lines:

 
Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
 
2019
 
2018
 
Product
 
$
-
   
$
-
 
Technical support and other
   
123,676
     
3,188
 
Total
 
$
123,676
   
$
3,188
 

Recently Issued Accounting Standards - From time to time, new accounting pronouncements are issued by FASB that are adopted by the Company as of the specified effective date.  If not discussed, management believes that the impact of recently issued standards, which are not yet effective, will not have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements upon adoption.

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842), which supersedes Topic 840, Leases (“ASU 2016-02”). The guidance in this new standard requires lessees to put most leases on their balance sheets but recognize expenses on their income statements in a manner similar to the current accounting and eliminates the current real estate-specific provisions for all entities. The guidance also modifies the classification criteria and the accounting for sales-type and direct financing leases for lessors. ASU 2016-02 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, and interim periods within those fiscal years, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of ASU 2016-02.

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-13 “Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820) Disclosure Framework - Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement.” This ASU eliminates, amends, and adds disclosure requirements for fair value measurements. The new standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Although we are still evaluating the impact of this new standard, we do not believe that the adoption will materially impact our Consolidated Financial Statements and related disclosures.

In June 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-07 – Compensation – Stock Compensation (Topic 718), Improvements to Nonemployee Share-Based Payment Accounting. The amendments in this update expand the scope of Topic 718 to include share-based payment transactions for acquiring goods and services from nonemployees. Prior to this update, equity-based payments to non-employees were accounted for under Subtopic 505-50 resulting in significant differences between the accounting for share-based payments to non-employees as compared to employees. One of the most significant changes is that non-employee share-based awards (classified as equity awards) may be measured at grant-date fair value and not have to be continually revalued until the service/goods are rendered. The update also indicates that share-based awards related to financing and awards granted to a customer in conjunction with selling goods or services are not included in Topic 718. This standard is effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2018 for public entities and December 15, 2019 for all other entities. Early adoption is permitted, but no earlier than an entity’s adoption date of Topic 606. We are currently assessing the implication of our adoption as well as the potential impact that the standard will have on our consolidated financial statements.

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-04 “Intangibles-Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment,” which amends and simplifies the accounting standard for goodwill impairment. The new standard removes Step 2 of the goodwill impairment test, which requires a hypothetical purchase price allocation. A goodwill impairment will now be the amount a reporting unit’s carrying value exceeds its fair value, limited to the total amount of goodwill allocated to that reporting unit. The new standard is effective for annual and any interim impairment tests for periods beginning after December 15, 2019. We are currently assessing the implication of our adoption as well as the potential impact that the standard will have on our consolidated financial statements.
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NOTE 2 –GOING CONCERN

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, which contemplate continuation of the Company as a going concern. However, during the three months ended and as of March 31, 2019, the Company incurred a net loss of $6,370,572, had a working capital deficit of $10,554,381, and cash used in operations of $3,200,486 .  These factors raise substantial doubt about the ability of the Company to continue as a going concern.  In this regard, management is proposing to raise any necessary additional funds not provided by operations through investment capital.  There is no assurance that the Company will be successful in raising this additional capital or in achieving profitable operations.  The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of these uncertainties.

NOTE 3 – INTANGIBLE ASSETS
 
During the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, the Company capitalized $615,198 and $578,004, respectively, towards the development of software, intellectual property, and patent expenses.

The Company amortizes these costs over their related useful lives (approximately 7 to 20 years), using a straight-line basis. Fair value is determined through various valuation techniques, including market and income approaches as considered necessary. The Company reviews capitalized assets periodically for impairment any time there is a significant change that could lead to impairment, but not less than annually.  The Company recorded amortization of $113,488 and $119,130 related to intangible assets during the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

Intangible assets consisted of the following at March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018:

 
 
As of
March 31,
2019
   
As of
December 31,
2018
 
Estimated
Useful
Life
Patent Costs
   
550,439
     
542,846
 
15 years
Software Licenses
   
58,260
     
58,260
 
7 years
Software Development Costs
   
10,815,666
     
10,208,061
 
5 years
Less: accumulated amortization
   
(2,002,295
)
   
(1,888,807
)
 
 
 
$
9,422,070
   
$
8,920,360
 
 

Based upon currently launched products, the Company anticipates amortization expense of approximately $480,000 during each of the next five years.

NOTE 4 – NOTES PAYABLE

Short term notes

At March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the Company had outstanding short-term debt totaling $45,232.  These notes bear interest at the rates of between 10% and 12% annually and have maturity dates ranging from January 1, 2012 through December 31, 2014.  As these notes have exceeded their initial maturity dates, they are subject to the default interest rate of 15% per annum.

The following table summarizes the Company’s short-term notes payable for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and the year ended December 31, 2018:

   
March 31,
2019
   
December 31,
2018
 
Beginning Balance
 
$
45,232
   
$
50,232
 
Repayments
   
-
     
(5,000
 
Ending Balance
 
$
45,232
   
$
45,232
 

Short term notes – related party

On January 31, 2018, the Company’s Chief Technology Officer and significant shareholder invested $500,000 via a one year note bearing interest at 8% annually.  In conjunction with this note, the Company issued 5 year detachable warrants to purchase 1,562,500 shares of the Company’s common stock at $0.50 per share.  These warrants were valued at $172,542 using the Black-Scholes pricing model and were recorded as a discount to the note.  The note carries a default rate of 18% for any principal not paid by the maturity date.  On September 30, 2018, the note along with interest of $29,712 was converted into 2,118,849 shares of the Company’s common stock at a rate of $0.25 per share.  Additionally, as part of the conversion, additional warrants to purchase 437,500 shares of common stock were issued and all warrants related to this note were repriced to reflect an exercise price of $0.25 per share.  The value of these additional warrants and the lowered conversion totaled $58,250 which the Company recorded as a loss on extinguishment of debt.
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Long term notes

On November 2, 2016, the Company entered into settlement agreements with two holders of convertible debt and other payables in which the Company agreed to issue new long-term debt agreements as settlement of amounts due.  Pursuant to these agreements, the Company issued two non-interest bearing $600,000 notes payable in 36 equal monthly installments of $16,667 beginning on January 1, 2017 and maturing on December 1, 2019.

The following table summarizes the Company’s long-term notes payable for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and the year ended December 31, 2018:

   
March 31,
2019
   
December 31,
2018
 
Beginning Balance
 
$
366,657
   
$
766,658
 
Repayments
   
(100,000
)
   
(400,001
)
Ending Balance
 
$
266,567
   
$
366,657
 
Short Term Portion of Long Term Debt
 
$
266,657
   
$
366,657
 
Long Term Debt
 
$
-
   
$
-
 

NOTE 5 – CONVERTIBLE NOTES

Short term convertible notes

On January 31, 2018, the Company issued a $100,000 convertible note bearing interest at 8% per annum.  The note matures on January 31, 2019 and is convertible into the Company’s Series B Preferred Stock at a price of $0.32 per share at the holder’s request.  The noteholder was also granted detachable 5 year warrants to purchase an aggregate of 312,500 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.32 per share. The Company has determined the note to contain a beneficial conversion feature.  The Company valued the beneficial conversion feature at $88,219 based on the intrinsic per share value of the conversion feature, and the warrants at $46,991 using the Black-Scholes pricing model.  The Company has allocated the note proceeds based on relative fair value and has recorded the value of the beneficial conversion feature and warrants as a discount to the debt in the amount of $68,021 and $31,969, respectively.  At March 31, 2019, the principal balance was still outstanding and is included on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. The Company had accrued interest for this note in the amount of $11,019, which is included in accrued interest on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. The Company is currently in the process of extending this note.

On February 23, 2018, the Company issued a $1,000,000 convertible note bearing interest at 9% per annum.  The note matures on February 28, 2019 and is convertible, as amended, into the Company’s Series B Preferred Stock at a price of $0.25 per share at the holder’s request.  The noteholder was also granted detachable 5 year warrants to purchase an aggregate of 3,125,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.32 per share. The Company has determined the note to contain a beneficial conversion feature.  The Company valued the beneficial conversion feature at $417,757 based on the intrinsic per share value of the conversion feature, and the warrants at $540,553 using the Black-Scholes pricing model.  The Company has allocated the note proceeds based on relative fair value and has recorded the value of the beneficial conversion feature and warrants as a discount to the debt in the amount of $417,757 and $350,882, respectively.  At March 31, 2019, the principal balance was still outstanding and is included on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. The Company had accrued interest for this note in the amount of $108,575, which is included in accrued interest on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. The Company is currently in the process of extending this note.

On February 27, 2018, the Company issued a $1,000,000 convertible note bearing interest at 9% per annum.  The note matures on February 28, 2019 and is convertible, as amended, into the Company’s Series B Preferred Stock at a price of $0.25 per share at the holder’s request.  The noteholder was also granted detachable 5 year warrants to purchase an aggregate of 3,125,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.32 per share. The Company has determined the note to contain a beneficial conversion feature.  The Company valued the beneficial conversion feature at $444,923 based on the intrinsic per share value of the conversion feature, and the warrants at $541,244 using the Black-Scholes pricing model.  The Company has allocated the note proceeds based on relative fair value and has recorded the value of the beneficial conversion feature and warrants as a discount to the debt in the amount of $444,923 and $351,173, respectively.   At March 31, 2019, the principal balance was still outstanding and is included on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets.  The Company had accrued interest for this note in the amount of $107,589, which is included in accrued interest on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. The Company is currently in the process of extending this note.
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On April 18, 2018, the Company issued a $2,000,000 convertible note bearing interest at 9% per annum.  The note matures on April 18, 2019 and is convertible, as amended, into the Company’s Series B Preferred Stock at a price of $0.25 per share at the holder’s request.  The noteholder was also granted detachable 5 year warrants to purchase an aggregate of 6,250,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.32 per share. The Company has determined the note to contain a beneficial conversion feature.  The Company valued the beneficial conversion feature at $1,510,980 based on the intrinsic per share value of the conversion feature, and the warrants at $1,073,331 using the Black-Scholes pricing model.  The Company has allocated the note proceeds based on relative fair value and has recorded the value of the beneficial conversion feature and warrants as a discount to the debt in the amount of $1,301,510 and $698,480, respectively.   At March 31, 2019, the principal balance was still outstanding and is included on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets net of discounts at $992,886.  The Company had accrued interest for this note in the amount of $171,123, which is included in accrued interest on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. The Company is currently in the process of extending this note.

On May 4, 2018, the Company issued an aggregate $1,500,000 in convertible notes bearing interest at 9% per annum.  These notes mature on May 31, 2019 and are convertible, as amended, into the Company’s Series B Preferred Stock at a price of $0.25 per share at the holder’s request.  The noteholder was also granted detachable 5 year warrants to purchase an aggregate of 4,687,500 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.25 per share. The Company has determined the note to contain a beneficial conversion feature.  The Company valued the beneficial conversion feature at $1,133,680 based on the intrinsic per share value of the conversion feature, and the warrants at $806,050 using the Black-Scholes pricing model.  The Company has allocated the note proceeds based on relative fair value and has recorded the value of the beneficial conversion feature and warrants as a discount to the debt in the amount of $975,685 and $524,305, respectively.   At March 31, 2019, the principal balances were still outstanding and is included on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets net of discounts at an aggregate $236,391.  The Company had accrued interest for these notes in the amount of $122,425, which is included in accrued interest on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. 

On May 9, 2018, the Company issued a $1,028,274 convertible note bearing interest at 9% per annum as replacement for a $1,000,000 note plus accrued interest of $28,274 (see long term convertible notes section of this note).  The note matures on May 31, 2019 and is convertible, as amended, into the Company’s Series B Preferred Stock at a price of $0.25 per share at the holder’s request.  The noteholder was also granted detachable 5 year warrants to purchase an aggregate of 3,213,356 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.25 per share. The Company has determined the note to contain a beneficial conversion feature.  The Company valued the beneficial conversion feature at $835,295 based on the intrinsic per share value of the conversion feature, and the warrants at $538,207 using the Black-Scholes pricing model.  The Company has allocated the note proceeds based relative on fair value and has recorded the value of the beneficial conversion feature and warrants as a discount to the debt in the amount of $674,972 and $353,292, respectively.   At March 31, 2019, the principal balance was still outstanding and is included on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets net of discounts at $164,930.  The Company had accrued interest for this note in the amount of $82,656, which is included in accrued interest on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets.

On July 5, 2018, the Company issued an aggregate $2,000,000 in convertible notes bearing interest at 9% per annum.  These notes mature on July 5, 2019 and is convertible, as amended, into the Company’s Series B Preferred Stock at a price of $0.25 per share at the holder’s request.  The noteholders were also granted detachable 5 year warrants to purchase an aggregate of 8,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.25 per share. The Company has determined the notes to contain a beneficial conversion feature.  The Company valued the beneficial conversion feature at $1,307,658 based on the intrinsic per share value of the conversion feature, and the warrants at $1,354,741 using the Black-Scholes pricing model.  The Company has allocated the note proceeds based on relative fair value and has recorded the value of the beneficial conversion feature and warrants as a discount to the debt in the amount of $1,192,302 and $807,658, respectively.  At March 31, 2019, the principal balances were still outstanding and are included on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets net of discounts at an aggregate $98,659.  The Company had accrued interest for these notes in the amount of $132,164, which is included in accrued interest on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. 

On July 10, 2018, the Company issued a $32,000 convertible note bearing interest at 9% per annum.  This note matures on July 31, 2019 and is convertible into the Company’s Series B Preferred Stock at a price of $0.32 per share at the holder’s request.  The noteholder was also granted detachable 5 year warrants to purchase an aggregate of 128,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.25 per share. The Company has determined the note to contain a beneficial conversion feature.  The Company valued the beneficial conversion feature at $15,005 based on the intrinsic per share value of the conversion feature, and the warrants at $21,711 using the Black-Scholes pricing model.  The Company has allocated the note proceeds based on relative fair value and has recorded the value of the beneficial conversion feature and warrants as a discount to the debt in the amount of $15,005 and $12,935, respectively.   At March 31, 2019, the principal balance was still outstanding and is included on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets net of discounts at an aggregate $18,045.  The Company had accrued interest for these notes in the amount of $2,083, which is included in accrued interest on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. 
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On July 13, 2018, the Company issued a $200,000 in convertible notes bearing interest at 9% per annum.  This note matures on July 31, 2019 and is convertible into the Company’s Series B Preferred Stock at a price of $0.32 per share at the holder’s request.  The noteholder was also granted detachable 5 year warrants to purchase an aggregate of 800,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.25 per share. The Company has determined the note to contain a beneficial conversion feature.  The Company valued the beneficial conversion feature at $68,266 based on the intrinsic per share value of the conversion feature, and the warrants at $135,474 using the Black-Scholes pricing model.  The Company has allocated the note proceeds based on relative fair value and has recorded the value of the beneficial conversion feature and warrants as a discount to the debt in the amount of $68,266 and $80,766, respectively.   At March 31, 2019, the principal balance was still outstanding and is included on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets net of discounts at an aggregate $135,377.  The Company had accrued interest for these notes in the amount of $12,871, which is included in accrued interest on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. 

On September 17, 2018, the Company issued an aggregate $3,000,000 in convertible notes bearing interest at 9% per annum.  The notes mature on September 17, 2019 and are convertible into the Company’s Series B Preferred Stock at a price of $0.25 per share at the holder’s request.  The noteholders were also granted detachable 7 year warrants to purchase an aggregate of 12,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.25 per share. The Company has determined the notes to contain a beneficial conversion feature.  The Company valued the beneficial conversion feature at $2,921,170 based on the intrinsic per share value of the conversion feature, and the warrants at $1,617,415 using the Black-Scholes pricing model.  The Company has allocated the note proceeds based on relative fair value and has recorded the value of the beneficial conversion feature and warrants as a discount to the debt in the amount of $1,949,132 and $1,050,858, respectively.  Additionally, as further inducement to write this this note, the Company agreed to grant all of the investor’s existing notes as well as several other existing noteholders with relationships to the investor the same terms on their existing debt that this debt carries.  These new terms were required to write the notes, therefore, the Company has accounted them as a discount on this note, the value of which is included in the beneficial conversion value.  At March 31, 2019, the principal balance was still outstanding and is included on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets net of discounts at an aggregate $8,215.  The Company had accrued interest for these notes in the amount of $144,247, which is included in accrued interest on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. 

On December 4, 2018, the Company issued an aggregate $3,000,000 in convertible notes bearing interest at 9% per annum.  The notes mature on December 4, 2019 and are convertible into the Company’s Series B Preferred Stock at a price of $0.25 per share at the holder’s request.  The noteholders were also granted detachable 7 year warrants to purchase an aggregate of 12,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.25 per share. As additional consideration for this note, the Company issued an aggregate 4,006,250 shares of the Company’s common stock. The Company has determined the notes to contain a beneficial conversion feature.  The Company valued the beneficial conversion feature at $2,248,088 based on the intrinsic per share value of the conversion feature, the warrants at $1,589,454 using the Black-Scholes pricing model, and the stock at $1,346,000.  The Company has allocated the note proceeds based on relative fair value and has recorded the value of the beneficial conversion feature, warrants, and stock as a discount to the debt in the amount of $1,516,302, $803,369 and $680,319, respectively.  At March 31, 2019, the principal balance was still outstanding and is included on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets net of discounts at an aggregate $629.  The Company had accrued interest for these notes in the amount of $86,548, which is included in accrued interest on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. 

On December 19, 2018, the Company issued an aggregate $3,000,000 in convertible notes bearing interest at 9% per annum.  The notes mature on December 19, 2019 and are convertible into the Company’s Series B Preferred Stock at a price of $0.25 per share at the holder’s request.  The noteholders were also granted detachable 7 year warrants to purchase an aggregate of 12,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.25 per share. The Company has determined the notes to contain a beneficial conversion feature.  The Company valued the beneficial conversion feature at $555,512 based on the intrinsic per share value of the conversion feature, and the warrants at $1,581,347 using the Black-Scholes pricing model.  The Company has allocated the note proceeds based on relative fair value and has recorded the value of the beneficial conversion feature and warrants as a discount to the debt in the amount of $555,512 and $1,035,512, respectively.  At March 31, 2019, the principal balance was still outstanding and is included on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets net of discounts at an aggregate $1,740,779.  The Company had accrued interest for these notes in the amount of $75,452, which is included in accrued interest on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. 

Short term convertible notes – related party

On October 31, 2013, the Company agreed to convert balances owed to the Company’s corporate counsel in the amount of $183,172 into a 42 month convertible note bearing interest at 12% annually and convertible into 203,525 shares of convertible preferred stock at the rate of $0.90 per share.  At March 31, 2109, $158,172 of the principal balance was still outstanding, and the Company had accrued interest for this note in the amount of $182,584 which is included in accrued interest – related party on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets.  The note carries a default rate of 18% for any principal not paid by the maturity date. 
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On November 30, 2015, John Hayes, the Company’s Chief Technology Officer, Director and significant shareholder invested $101,000 via a one year convertible note bearing interest at 12% annually and convertible into 112,223 shares of Series A convertible preferred stock at the rate of $0.90 per share.  On September 1, 2017, $237,000 owed to John Hayes was added to the note.  On September 30, 2018, the note along with interest of $89,366 was converted into 1,709,466 shares of the Company’s common stock at a rate of $0.25 per share.  Additionally, as further inducement to convert the note, the Company issued the note holder 5 year warrants to purchase 1,352,000 shares of the Company’s common stock. The Company recognized a loss on extinguishment of debt of $384,200 related to the decrease in conversion price and warrants granted. 

On July 6, 2018, the Company issued a $200,000 convertible note bearing interest at 9% per annum to John Hayes, the Company’s Chief Technology Officer, Director and significant shareholder.  This note matures on July 31, 2019 and is convertible into the Company’s Series B Preferred Stock at a price of $0.32 per share at the holder’s request.  The noteholder was also granted detachable 5 year warrants to purchase an aggregate of 800,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.25 per share. The Company has determined the note to contain a beneficial conversion feature.  The Company valued the beneficial conversion feature at $130,766 based on the intrinsic per share value of the conversion feature, and the warrants at $135,474 using the Black-Scholes pricing model.  The Company has allocated the note proceeds based on relative fair value and has recorded the value of the beneficial conversion feature and warrants as a discount to the debt in the amount of $119,224 and $80,766, respectively.   On September 30, 2018, the note along with interest of $4,192 was converted into 816,767 shares of the Company’s common stock at a rate of $0.25 per share.  The Company recognized a loss on extinguishment of debt of $43,750 related to the decrease in conversion price.

On July 10, 2018, the Company issued a $32,000 in convertible notes bearing interest at 9% per annum to J Allen Kosowsky, a Director and related party.  This note matures on July 31, 2019 and is convertible into the Company’s Series B Preferred Stock at a price of $0.32 per share at the holder’s request.  The Company has determined the note to contain a beneficial conversion feature.  The Company valued the beneficial conversion feature at $15,005 based on the intrinsic per share value of the conversion feature, and the warrants at $21,711 using the Black-Scholes pricing model.  The Company has allocated the note proceeds based relative on fair value and has recorded the value of the beneficial conversion feature and warrants as a discount to the debt in the amount of $15,005 and $12,935, respectively.   On September 30, 2018, the note along with interest of $639 was converted into 130,556 shares of the Company’s common stock at a rate of $0.25 per share.  The Company recognized a loss on extinguishment of debt of $8,960 related to the decrease in conversion price.
Long term convertible notes
 
On December 21, 2017, the Company issued a $150,000 convertible note bearing interest at 8% per annum.  The note matures on December 21, 2019 and is convertible into the Company’s Series B Preferred Stock at a price of $0.32 per share at the holder’s request.  The Company has determined the note to contain a beneficial conversion feature valued at $69,935 based on the intrinsic per share value of the conversion feature.  This beneficial conversion feature is recorded as a discount to the debt agreement.  The noteholder was also granted detachable 5 year warrants to purchase an aggregate of 468,750 shares of the company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.32 per share.  The warrants were valued at $69,935 using the Black-Scholes pricing model and were recorded as a discount to the note.  At March 31, 2019 the principal balance was still outstanding and is included on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets net of discounts at $55,137.  The Company had accrued interest for this note in the amount of $15,288, which is included in accrued interest on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. 
 
On December 22, 2017, the Company issued a $1,000,000 convertible note bearing interest at 8% per annum.  The note matures on December 22, 2019 and is convertible into the Company’s Series B Preferred Stock at a price of $0.32 per share at the holder’s request.  The Company has determined the note to contain a beneficial conversion feature valued at $466,230 based on the intrinsic per share value of the conversion feature.  This beneficial conversion feature is recorded as a discount to the debt agreement.  The noteholder was also granted detachable 5 year warrants to purchase an aggregate of 3,125,000 shares of the company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.32 per share.  The warrants were valued at $466,230 using the Black-Scholes pricing model and were recorded as a discount to the note.  On May 9, 2018, this note along with $28,274 was renegotiated into a new short term convertible note and the warrants associated with the original note were cancelled.  The newly negotiated note included an additional warrant benefit valued at $95,804 which was recorded as a loss on extinguishment of debt. 

Long term convertible notes – related party

During 2011 to 2014, the Company’s Chief Technology Officer and significant shareholder of the Company loaned a total of $2,673,200 to the Company.  On October 1, 2014, all prior notes including accrued interest were combined into a single $3,712,637 convertible note bearing interest at 12% annually and convertible into 4,125,154 shares of Series A preferred stock at the rate of $0.90 per share.  On November 9, 2017, the Company converted the note and accrued interest of $1,665,991 into 10,757,254 shares of the Company's common stock at a conversion rate of $0.50 per share.  The Company also issued a 5 year warrant to purchase an additional 5,378,627 shares of the Company s common stock at a purchase price of $0.50 per share as further consideration for this conversion.  The Company recognized a loss on extinguishment of debt related to this transaction of $913,238.
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Convertible debt holders are entitled, at their option, to convert all or part of the principal and accrued interest into shares of the Company’s common stock at the conversion prices and terms discussed above. The Company has determined that any embedded conversion options do not possess a beneficial conversion feature, and therefore has not separately accounted for their value.
 
The following table summarizes the Company’s convertible notes payable for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and the year ended December 31, 2018:

   
March 31,
2019
   
December 31,
2018
 
Beginning Balance, net of discounts
 
$
3,471,644
   
$
601,576
 
Proceeds from issuance of convertible notes, net of issuance discounts
   
-
     
1,903,438
 
Repayments
   
(25,000
)
   
-
 
Restructuring of debt
   
-
     
(112,017
)
Conversion of notes payable into common stock
   
-
     
(570,000
)
Amortization of discounts
   
2,262,546
     
1,648,647
 
Ending Balance, net of discounts
 
$
5,709,190
   
$
3,471,644
 
Convertible notes, short term
 
$
17,860,274
   
$
17,860,274
 
Convertible notes, short term – related party
 
$
158,172
   
$
183,172
 
Convertible notes, long term
 
$
150,000
   
$
150,000
 
Debt discounts
 
$
12,459,256
   
$
14,721,802
 

 The following table summarizes the Company’s short term convertible notes payable as of March 31, 2019: 

Note(s) Date
Maturity Date
 
Interest
   
Principal
 
1/31/2018*
1/31/2019
   
8
%
 
$
100,000
 
2/23/2018*
2/28/2019
   
9
%
   
1,000,000
 
2/27/2018*
2/28/2019
   
9
%
   
1,000,000
 
4/18/2018
4/18/2019
   
9
%
   
2,000,000
 
5/4/2018
5/31/2019
   
9
%
   
1,500,000
 
5/9/2018
5/31/2019
   
9
%
   
1,028,274
 
7/5/2018
7/5/2019
   
9
%
   
2,000,000
 
7/10/2018
7/10/2019
   
9
%
   
32,000
 
7/13/2018
7/13/2019
   
9
%
   
200,000
 
9/17/2018
9/17/2019
   
9
%
   
3,000,000
 
12/4/2018
12/4/2019
   
9
%
   
3,000,000
 
12/19/2018
12/19/2019
   
9
%
   
3,000,000
 
             
$
17,860,274
 
*Note(s) currently in default.  The Company is currently working with noteholder(s) to extend the note(s)

NOTE 6 – COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Operating Leases
 
The Company leases approximately 7,579 square feet of office space under a 62 month operating lease which expires in April 2023. The amounts reflected in the table below are for the aggregate future minimum lease payments under the non-cancelable facility operating leases.  Under lease agreements that contain escalating rent provisions, lease expense is recorded on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

The Company also leases office space under a 23 month operating lease which expires during August 2019. The amounts reflected in the table below are for the aggregate future minimum lease payments under the non-cancelable facility operating leases.  Under lease agreements that contain escalating rent provisions, lease expense is recorded on a straight-line basis over the lease term.
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The Company also leases approximately 202 square feet of office space under a 12 month operating lease which originally expired in 2016.  The lease was renewed to May 2019, and is renewable at the Company’s option annually at a flat monthly amount of $400.  The amounts reflected in the table below are for the aggregate future minimum lease payments under the non-cancelable facility operating leases.
 
Rent expense was $75,122 and $74,737 for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

As of March 31, 2019, future minimum lease payments are as follows:
 
Year Ending December 31,
     
2019 (nine months)
 
$
184,729
 
2020
   
209,559
 
2021
   
214,107
 
2022
   
218,654
 
2023 and thereafter
   
18,569
 
Total minimum lease payments
 
$
845,618
 

On August 1, 2017, the Company entered into a 36 month lease of computer equipment.  The lease carries a monthly payment of $2,871 with the option to purchase the equipment at its fair market value at the end of the lease.

Restricted Stock Commitments

The Company has committed to settling a significant portion of its current accounts payable balances through the future issuance of restricted stock units.  While the terms of these agreements have not yet been formalized with employees and outside contractors, they could have a potentially dilutive effect to current shareholders.

Contingent Liability

On October 15, 2011, the Company entered into an agreement with a consultant by which the consultant’s invoices for the previous four months would be accrued as a liability to be paid out upon (a) the Company’s successful raising of $10,000,000 in capital funding, or (b) the Company reaching total revenues of $10,000,000.  The Company had a balance due under this agreement of $37,500 December 31, 2017.  In 2018, the Company reached its capital funding threshold under the agreement and reclassified the entire $37,500 liability to a payable. 

NOTE 7 ‑ RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

During the three months ended March 31, 2019, the Company incurred interest expense on notes to related parties in the aggregate amount of $4,935 (see Note 4 – Short term notes – related party & Note 5 – Convertible Notes).

Accounts payable related party

At March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the Company had a balance in related party accounts payable of $12,992 and $9,690, respectively, which consisted of the following:

         
March 31,
   
December 31,
 
Party Name:
Relationship:
Nature of transactions:
 
2019
   
2018
 
John Bluher
Chief Financial Officer
Expense reimbursement
 
$
75
   
$
4,465
 
John Hayes
Chief Technology Officer
Expense reimbursement
   
12,917
     
5,225
 
 
 
   
 
$
12,992
   
$
9,690
 

Related Party Notes

During the year ended December 31, 2018, the Company issued notes and converted notes to related parties, see Note 5 – Notes Payable, and Note 6 – Convertible Notes for full disclosure.

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NOTE 8 ‑ STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

The Company is authorized to issue 200 million shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, and 10 million shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share.  Each share of the Company’s preferred stock was originally convertible into 10 shares of common stock, subject to adjustment, has voting rights equal to its common stock equivalent, 7% cumulative dividend rights, and has liquidation rights that entitle the holder to the receipt of net assets of the Company on a pro-rata basis.  The Company had 96,872,725 common shares issued and outstanding and 3,577,370 Series A preferred shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018.  The Company did not issue any equity shares or declare any dividends during the three months ended March 31, 2019

NOTE 9 – SHARE BASED COMPENSATION

During the three months ended March 31, 2019, the Company issued 128,000 5-year options to purchase common stock to employees and directors under the 2017 Stock Incentive Plan.  The options were valued at $13,637 using the Black-Scholes pricing model.  As of March 31, 2019, the total unrecognized expense for unvested share based compensation is $1,794,439.  The 2017 Stock Incentive Plan allows for a maximum 25,000,000 shares to be issued, of which 7,925,574 shares remain available for issuance as of March 31, 2019.  The Company recognized stock option expense during the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018 of $218,855 and $101,413, respectively.

The fair values at the commitment date for the options were based upon the following management assumptions as of March 31, 2019:
  
 
 
Commitment
Date
 
Expected dividends
   
0
%
Expected term
 
5 years
 
Risk free rate
   
2.49
%
Volatility
   
48.46
%

The activity of options granted to during the year ended December 31, 2018 and three months ended March 31, 2019 is as follows:

   
Employee and
Director
Options
Outstanding
   
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
 
Weighted
Average
Remaining
Life
 
Weighted
Average
Grant Date
Fair Value
 
Balance – December 31, 2017
   
6,962,560
   
$
0.60
 
4.65 years
 
$
0.28
 
Granted
   
10,390,741
   
$
0.33
 
5 years
 
$
0.16
 
Exercised
   
-
                   
Expired
   
(57,827
)
                 
Forfeited
   
(349,048
)
                 
Ending Balance – December 31, 2018
   
16,946,426
   
$
0.43
 
4.32 years
 
$
0.20
 
Granted
   
128,000
   
$
0.25
 
5 years
 
$
0.10
 
Exercised
   
-
                   
Expired
   
-
                   
Forfeited
   
-
                   
Ending Balance – March 31, 2019
   
17,074,426
   
$
0.43
 
4.11 years
 
$
0.20
 
Exercisable options
   
7,378,830
   
$
0.46
 
4.11 years
 
$
0.22
 

The Company’s outstanding employee options at March 31, 2019 are as follows:

Options Outstanding
 
Option Exercisable
 

Exercise Price Range
 
Number
Outstanding
 
Weighted Average
Remaining
Contractual Life (in
years)
 
Weighted Average
Exercise Price
 
Number
Exercisable
 
Weighted
Average
Exercise Price
 
Intrinsic Value
 
$
0.25 - $0.60
     
17,074,426
     
4.11
   
$
0.43
     
7,378,830
   
$
0.46
   
$
-
 
 
The weighted average fair value per option issued during the three months ended March 31, 2019 was $0.11.
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The following table summarizes non-vested option activity during the three months ended March 31, 2019 and the year ended December 31, 2018:

   
Non-Vested
Options
   
Weighted
Average
Grant Date
Fair Value
 
Balance – December 31, 2017
   
5,589,463
   
$
0.28
 
Granted
   
10,390,741
   
$
0.16
 
Vested
   
(4,911,501
)
       
Expired
   
(57,827
)
       
Forfeited
   
(349,048
)
       
Ending Balance – December 31, 2018
   
10,661,828
   
$
0.19
 
Granted
   
128,000
   
$
0.11
 
Vested
   
(1,094,233
)
       
Expired
   
-
         
Forfeited
   
-
         
Ending Balance – March 31, 2019
   
9,695,595
   
$
0.19
 

NOTE 10 – WARRANTS

During the three months ended March 31, 2109, the Company issued 150,000 five year warrants to purchase common stock at a price of $0.25 per share.  The warrants vest ratably over a twelve month period. The Company valued the new warrants at $15,685 using the Black Scholes pricing model, $3,921 of which is included in selling, general and administrative expense on the Company’s statement of profit and loss for the three months ended March 31, 2019.

The fair values at the commitment date for the warrants were based upon the following management assumptions as of March 31, 2019:
  
 
 
Commitment Date
 
Expected dividends
   
0
%
Expected term
 
5 years
 
Risk free rate
   
2.62
%
Volatility
   
48.46
%

The activity of warrants granted to during the three months ended March 31, 2019 and the year ended December 31, 2018 is as follows:

   
Warrants
Outstanding
   
Weighted
Average
Exercise Price
 
Weighted
Average
Remaining Life
 
Weighted
Average Grant
Date Fair Value
 
Balance – December 31, 2017
   
43,068,636
   
$
0.45
 
4.69 years
 
$
0.08
 
Granted
   
73,755,856
   
$
0.26
 
6.68 years
 
$
0.14
 
Exercised
   
-
                   
Expired
   
-
                   
Forfeited
   
(7,087,500
)
                 
Ending Balance – December 31, 2018
   
109,736,992
   
$
0.32
 
5.46 years
 
$
0.12
 
Granted
   
150,000
   
$
0.25
 
5 years
 
$
0.10
 
Exercised
   
-
                   
Expired
   
-
                   
Forfeited
   
-
                   
Ending Balance – March 31, 2019
   
109,886,992
   
$
0.32
 
5.21 years
 
$
0.12
 
Exercisable options
   
109,771,492
   
$
0.32
 
5.21 years
 
$
0.12
 

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The Company’s outstanding warrants at March 31, 2019 are as follows:

Warrants Outstanding
 
Warrants Exercisable
 

Exercise Price Range
 
Number
Outstanding
 
Weighted Average
Remaining
Contractual Life (in
years)
 
Weighted Average
Exercise Price
 
Number
Exercisable
 
Weighted
Average
Exercise Price
 
Intrinsic Value
 
$
0.01 - $0.70
     
109,886,992
     
5.21
   
$
0.32
     
109,771,492
   
$
0.32
   
$
80,841
 


NOTE 11 – EARNINGS (LOSS) PER SHARE

Net earnings (loss) per share is computed by dividing net income (loss) for the period by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during each period. Diluted earnings (loss) per share is computed by dividing net income (loss) for the period by the weighted average number of shares of common stock, common stock equivalents and potentially dilutive securities outstanding during each period.
 
Since the Company reflected a net loss for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and the year ended December 31, 2018, respectively, the effect of considering any common stock equivalents, if exercisable, would have been anti-dilutive. Therefore, a separate computation of diluted earnings (loss) per share is not presented.
 
The Company has the following common stock equivalents as of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018:

   
As of
March 31,
2019
   
As of
December 31,
2018
 
Warrants (exercise price $0.01 - $0.70/share)
   
109,886,992
     
109,736,992
 
Options (exercise price $0.25 - $0.66/share)
   
20,436,601
     
20,436,601
 
     
130,323,593
     
130,173,593
 

NOTE 12 - SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

We have evaluated all events that occurred after the balance sheet date through the date when our financial statements were issued to determine if they must be reported.  Management has determined that there were no additional reportable subsequent events to be disclosed.
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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

General

BlackRidge Technology International, Inc., formerly known as Grote Molen, Inc., ("we," "us," "our," the "Company" or "BlackRidge") was incorporated under the laws of the State of Nevada on March 15, 2004.

We develop and market next generation cyber defense solutions that stop cyber-attacks and block unauthenticated access. Our network and server security products are based on our patented Transport Access Control technology and are designed to isolate, cloak and protect servers and cloud services and segment networks for regulatory compliance. BlackRidge products are used in enterprise and government computing environments, the industrial Internet of Things ("IoT"), and other cloud service provider and network systems.

Business

The Company develops, markets and supports a family of products that provide a next generation cyber security solution for protecting enterprise networks and cloud services, and more recently, healthcare, industrial controls and critical infrastructure systems. With our patented technology, network connected devices and server resources located in the enterprise and datacenters, factory and hospital floors, and cloud systems are better protected, less expensive to protect, and less vulnerable to compromise from cyber-attacks and insider threats. We believe that our identity-based approach to cyber defense offers superior performance compared to legacy network security approaches and greatly reduces business risk and operational costs for organizations by eliminating malicious and unwanted traffic from their networks and systems.

BlackRidge and our partners sell network security products and solutions based on our proprietary BlackRidge Transport Access Control (TAC) software. BlackRidge “TAC” provides high throughput and low latency network security that operates pre-session, in real time, before other security defenses engage. BlackRidge products can be deployed inside an Information Technology (“IT”) or Operational Technology (“OT”) network or a cloud to cloak and protect servers and IoT devices and segment networks, in front of existing security stacks to filter anonymous traffic, or as part of cloud or managed service provider or OEM (as defined below) solutions.

The Company believes its technology is first to market with an authenticated identity-based approach of addressing this implicit trust problem in networks, that is now commonly called “zero trust” network environments. BlackRidge TAC authenticates identity before allowing a network connection to proceed to ensure that only identified and authorized users are allowed to establish network connections.

Products

Our proprietary and patented technology, TAC, authenticates user or device identity and applies security policies across networks and cloud services before application sessions are established. Underlying BlackRidge TAC is our patented First Packet Authentication™ which conveys and authenticates identity in the "first packet" of a TCP network session request. This fundamental invention addresses the trust model in how the Internet operates: the inability to authenticate network traffic sources and network connections. Without authentication, unidentified and unauthorized users and devices can scan, probe and access networks and cloud services. This implicit trust security gap is exploited in all cyber-attacks through the process of network scanning and reconnaissance, and it has been further exposed and magnified by cloud services, mobile connectivity, and the IoT.

BlackRidge products provide advanced identity-based cyber defense capabilities compared to advanced firewalls and VPNs in applications such as network segmentation, software defined networks, and protecting cloud services, IoT, and critical infrastructure devices. BlackRidge conceals network resources from network mapping, reconnaissance and other forms of unauthorized access and attacks which cannot be blocked by advanced firewalls or malware detection systems. This significantly reduces their cyber-attack surface which is the ability for their systems to be found and attacked. Furthermore, unlike VPN and tunneling technologies that encrypt network traffic, our solution enables customers to continue to use their advanced analytical and machine learning tools. This is also important for Industrial Control Systems and IIoT environments that need to deploy advanced IoT analytics tools to support digital transformation and automation initiatives such as condition-based monitoring.

For Industrial IoT and critical infrastructure environments, BlackRidge products effectively let organizations establish end-to-end trust by transporting authenticated identity through the stack – across already installed sensors to clouds and IoT analytics servers – cost effectively and with minimal latency added to the network. This ability to add security to legacy or brownfield environments addresses the risk of the increasing attack surface from the convergence of OT with IT networks. Organizations tasked with operating and managing factory automation or critical infrastructure systems can now secure legacy equipment long shelf life and known vulnerabilities.
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The BlackRidge solution is available in the following product configurations, with additional platform support and endpoints under development:

·
1U rack-mountable 1GbE or 10GbE network appliance;
   
·
1GbE fanless desktop appliance;
   
·
VMware ESXi™, KVM, and IBM z/VM® virtual appliances;
   
·
Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure cloud virtual appliances;
   
·
Windows and Linux software endpoints; and
   
·
IoT endpoints and devices.

BlackRidge products are priced and licensed per gateway appliance or endpoint device, and on the total number of user and device identities supported in an implementation. We offer annual subscription pricing at a preferred rate with perpetual, enterprise site and Original Equipment Manufacturer (“OEM”) licensing also available. BlackRidge gateways can support up to 100,000 identities and 4,000,000 sessions, providing a highly scalable enterprise solution that operates with low latency and high throughput compared to current network security devices.

Network and cloud deployments options include deploying in-line as a network protection or segmentation device or logically inline for cloud deployments. BlackRidge’s software and systems are designed to be highly resilient and can be configured for high availability and failover. Deployment risk is addressed by monitoring and verifying security policies during deployment with progressive modes of bridge, monitor and audit, and then enforce policy; and by logging all policy enforcement actions.

Our products are protected by multiple U.S. Patents including "First Packet Authentication," "Concealing a Network Connected Device," "Digital Identity Authentication," and "Statistical Object Identification," and "Method for Directing Requests to Trusted Resources."

Support and Maintenance

BlackRidge offers standard and premium support to our end-customers and channel partners, where our channel partners typically deliver the initial or level one support and we provide the advanced or level two and three product support. The support for our end customers includes annual contracts for ongoing maintenance services for both hardware and software to receive software upgrades, bug fixes, and repairs. End customers typically purchase these services for a one year or longer term at the time of the initial product sale and typically renew for successive one year or longer periods.

Professional Services 

Professional services are primarily delivered through our channel partners and include experts who plan, design, and deploy effective security solutions tailored to our end-customers' specific requirements. These services include solution design and planning, configuration, and installation. Our education services provide online and classroom-style training and are also primarily delivered through our internal team.

Technology Alliance Partners

BlackRidge participates in an ecosystem of technology alliance partners to extend the breadth and depth of our products and partner solutions. By helping to ease the complications that organizations face when implementing multi-layered security solutions, our technology alliances facilitate integrated solution design, accelerate the time to realize value, and enhance our role as a strategic security partner.

Markets, Customers and Distribution Channels

The BlackRidge network security and adaptive cyber defense solution is broadly applicable to virtually all enterprise, government and industrial control, and critical infrastructure or utility market segments. Whether deployed directly in a customer's environment or embedded as part of partner’s cloud service or solution, BlackRidge products provide a new level of cyber defense not available in the market today.

BlackRidge markets and sells its products to government and commercial users through multiple channels, including direct sales, integrator and reseller channel partners, cloud and managed service providers, and through strategic OEM partners. The initial sales focus and market entry strategy for BlackRidge was the U.S. Department of Defense, which is a key leverage point for the company's current commercial, government, and international sales efforts. Our customers and strategic technology partners include Cisco, Federal Resources, healthcare providers such as ImagineMed, IBM, I-NET, Marist College, Microsoft, National Instruments, Oracle, PTC, SafeLogic, Splunk, the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.S. Department of Energy, and VMware. Our global channel partners include Atrion, B&D Consulting, LRS IT Solutions, Network Runners, Nihon Cornet Technology, NTT AT, and Presidio.
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Within the commercial markets, BlackRidge sells both directly and through our strategic partners to large enterprise accounts, and indirectly through certain channel partners to specific verticals and international market segments. Our initial market entry strategy for the commercial market is to sell directly in order to establish customer references with large enterprises that have high security and compliance requirements.  These include more complex regulated enterprises such as Financial Services, Healthcare, Insurance, Manufacturing and Utility companies. Our channel partners are recruited to expand enterprise sales, commercializing specific vertical markets, and penetrating the international markets. Revenue from commercial sales includes subscription and perpetual product licensing fees, installation services, and annual support based on a standard price list.

In the government markets, BlackRidge sells its standard commercial products through a wholly owned subsidiary, BlackRidge Technology Government, to government resellers, integrators and contractors who resell to the Department of Defense (DOD) and civilian agencies. BlackRidge’s government revenue is net of government discounts, contracting fees, and channel and service partner discounts. BlackRidge has been involved with the DOD for over nine years, including our initial product development funding which was provided by the U.S. DOD. The BlackRidge products have been designed for several large DOD programs and they have been extensively tested and validated for use by the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) labs and other agencies.

In 2018, we achieved several significant product milestones with the DOD including receiving Federal Information Processing Standard 140-2 (FIPS 140-2) certification, and our TAC gateway was certified and added to the Department of Defense Information Network Approved Products List (DoDIN APL). This DoDIN APL designation identifies products that have completed interoperability and cyber security certification via a rigorous testing process, and it allows the DoD both domestic and abroad to purchase and operate BlackRidge products within DoD networks.

The BlackRidge OEM and service provider partnership strategy is to make targeted investments to capitalize on opportunities in specific market segments such as the industrial IoT, blockchain networks, and cloud solution providers. For these markets and our partners, BlackRidge TAC can be deployed as an integrated or embedded capability in the partners' equipment and vertical market solutions and sold and supported by our partner. BlackRidge provides unique, integrated identity-based cyber defense for these OEM products or service offerings that provides their end user customer with a competitive market advantage in the face of today's advanced cyber threats. Revenue from OEM offerings flows from embedded product licensing fees and support fees and add-on product sales that are somewhat unique to each OEM offering.

Marketing

Our marketing is focused on building our brand reputation and market awareness for our company and our unique technology capabilities and platform, driving customer demand and building a strong sales pipeline, and working with our channel and OEM partners to facilitate their sales efforts. Our marketing team consists of corporate marketing, product marketing and product management, digital marketing operations, and corporate communications. Marketing and product management activities include sales training and enablement, market and customer requirements, competitive market analysis, content creation for marketing programs, demand generation programs including digital marketing programs and trade shows and conferences, product launch activities, managing our corporate and investor website, social media, and press and analyst relations.

Research and Development

We continue to enhance our BlackRidge TAC software, the core software used in the BlackRidge products. This software is responsible for the TAC token generation, token validation, the token cache, packet processing and the insertion of TAC tokens into TCP connection requests. The TAC software has been developed domestically within the U.S. using only U.S. citizens. This software includes implementations of granted and pending patents owned by BlackRidge.

We continue to pursue research and development to improve our existing products. These improvements include making our products easier to manage, easier to deploy in large numbers, incorporating feedback from customers and partners for new market segments such as industrial IoT, and improvements in our integrations with 3rd party products that communicate with BlackRidge products.

Our product development efforts release software with new features from time to time. When a new feature is significant enough, we produce a major software release.  In between major software releases, there may be one or more minor software releases that also introduce less significant new features.

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Intellectual Property

BlackRidge focuses on developing patent protection for products it develops and for products and features that are anticipated. We constantly perfect and file new applications where appropriate.

The granted patents focus on the communication of identity tokens at the network layer (6,973,496, 8,346,951), combining identity authentication at different security layers (8,281,127, 8,635,445), insuring the integrity of token authentication (8,572,697, 9,973,499) and using identity to select amongst a set of trusted resources (9,118,644). The pending applications focus on extending the above protections (14/544,987, 15/732,282, 15/998,262), using network identity in a firewall (14/545,988) and making network routing policy decisions using identity (16/350,200).

As of release 4.0, our products use the technology described in patents 6,973,496, 8,346,951, 8,572,697 and 9,973,499 as well as technology described in some of our pending applications.  As we continue to add products and features, we will be incorporating technology described in additional patents and applications. All patents and completed applications are assigned to BlackRidge Technology Holdings, Inc.

Granted Patents
Concealing a Network Connected Device:  US Patent number 6,973,496, Patent Application U.S. Ser. No. 10/094,425. Filed 5 March 2002, Granted 6 December 2005, 1 Claim.

Method for Digital Identity Authentication: US Patent number 8,281,127, Patent Application U.S. Ser. No. 12/658,113. Filed 1 February 2010, Granted 2 October 2012, 20 Claims.

Method for First Packet Authentication:  US Patent number 8,346,951, Patent Application U.S. Ser. No. 11/242,637.  Filed 30 Sept 2005, Granted 1 January 2013, 25 Claims.

Method for Statistical Object Identification:  US Patent number 8,572,697, Patent Application U.S. Ser. No. 13/373,586.  Filed 18 November 2011, Granted 29 October 2013, 43 Claims.

Method for Digital Identity Authentication:  US Patent number 8,635,445, Patent Application U.S. Ser. No. 13/573,077.  Filed 16 August 2012, Divisional application of patent application No. 12/658,113, Granted 21 January 2014, 23 Claims.

Method for Directing Requests to Trusted Resource:  US Patent number 9,118,644, Patent Application U.S. Ser. No. 13/573,238.  Filed 30 August 2012, continuation-in-part of Patent 6,973,496 and Patent 8,572,697, Granted 25 August 2015, 27 Claims.

Method for Statistical Object Identification:  US Patent number 9,973,499, Patent Application U.S. Ser. No. 14/998,645, filed 16 January 2016, continuation-in-part of Patent 8,572,697, Granted 15 May 2018, 14 Claims.

Method for Using Authenticated Requests to Select Network Routes:  US Patent number 10,187,299, Patent Application U.S. Ser. No. 14/999,317, filed 22 April 2016, Granted 22 January 2019, 6 Claims.

Unpublished Pending Applications
U.S. Patent Applications are typically published by the patent office 18 months after filing.

Method for Network Security Using Statistical Object Identification Patent Application U.S. Ser. No. 14/544,987, filed 11 March 2015, continuation-in-part of Patent 8,572,697.

Method for Attribution Security System Patent Application U.S. Ser. No. 14/545,988, filed 13 July 2015.

Secure Time Communication System Patent Application U.S. Ser. No. 15/530,714, filed 16 February 2017.

Method for Statistical Object Generation Patent Application U.S. Ser. No. 15/732,282, filed 17 October 2017.

Secure Time Communication System Patent Application U.S. Ser. No. 15/932,843, filed 4 May 2018, continuation-in-part of application 15/530,714.

Method for Statistical Object Identification Patent Application U.S. Ser. No. 15/998,262, filed 24 July 2018, continuation-in-part of Patent 8,572,697.

Method for Using Authenticated Requests to Select Network Routes Patent Application U.S. Ser. No. 16/350,200, filed 11 October 2018, continuation-in-part of Patent 10,187,299.

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Critical Accounting Policies

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires our management to make assumptions, estimates and judgments that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements, including the notes thereto, and related disclosures of commitments and contingencies, if any. We consider our critical accounting policies to be those that require the more significant judgments and estimates in the preparation of financial statements, including the following:

Accounts Receivable

Trade accounts receivable are carried at original invoice amount less an estimate made for doubtful accounts. We determine the allowance for doubtful accounts by identifying potential troubled accounts and by using historical experience and future expectations applied to an aging of accounts. Trade accounts receivable are written off when deemed uncollectible. Recoveries of trade accounts receivable previously written off are recorded as income when received. We determined that no allowance for doubtful accounts was required at March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018.

Intangible Assets

Acquired intangible assets are recorded at estimated fair value, net of accumulated amortization. Costs incurred in obtaining certain patents and intellectual property as well as software development expenses, are capitalized and amortized over their related estimated useful lives, using a straight-line basis consistent with the underlying expected future cash flows related to the specific intangible asset. Costs to renew or extend the life of intangible assets are capitalized and amortized over the remaining useful life of the asset. Amortization expenses are included as a component of selling, general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of operations.  The Company’s continued ability to extend and/or renew the rights associated with these intangible assets may have an impact on future cash flows.

Useful life estimates for the Company’s significant intangible asset classes are as follows:

 
Useful Life
Patent Costs
20 years
Software Licenses
7 years
Software Development Costs
15 years

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

The Company reviews long-lived assets, at least annually, to determine if impairment has occurred and whether the economic benefit of the asset (fair value of assets to be used and fair value less disposal cost for assets to be disposed of) is expected to be less than the carrying value.  Triggering events, which signal further analysis, consist of a significant decrease in the asset's market value, a substantial change in the use of an asset, a significant physical change in the asset, a significant change in the legal or business climate that could affect the asset, an accumulation of costs significantly in excess of the amount originally expected to acquire or construct the asset, or a history of losses that imply continued loss associated with assets used to generate revenue.

Revenue Recognition

Revenue is recognized when the following criteria are met:

·
Identification of the contract, or contracts, with a customer
   
·
Identification of the performance obligations in the contract 
   
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Determination of the transaction price
   
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Allocation of the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract 
   
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Recognition of revenue when, or as, we satisfy performance obligation

Revenue generally is recognized net of allowances for returns and any taxes collected from customers and subsequently remitted to governmental authorities.
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Revenue recognition for multiple-element arrangements requires judgment to determine if multiple elements exist, whether elements can be accounted for as separate units of accounting, and if so, the fair value for each of the elements.

The Company may enter into arrangements that can include various combinations of software, services, and hardware. Where elements are delivered over different periods of time, and when allowed under U.S. GAAP, revenue is allocated to the respective elements based on their relative selling prices at the inception of the arrangement, and revenue is recognized as each element is delivered. We use a hierarchy to determine the fair value to be used for allocating revenue to elements: (i) vendor-specific objective evidence of fair value (“VSOE”), (ii) third-party evidence, and (iii) best estimate of selling price (“ESP”). For software elements, we follow the industry specific software guidance which only allows for the use of VSOE in establishing fair value. Generally, VSOE is the price charged when the deliverable is sold separately or the price established by management for a product that is not yet sold if it is probable that the price will not change before introduction into the marketplace. ESPs are established as best estimates of what the selling prices would be if the deliverables were sold regularly on a stand-alone basis. Our process for determining ESPs requires judgment and considers multiple factors that may vary over time depending upon the unique facts and circumstances related to each deliverable.

Any revenue received that does not yet meet the above recognition standards is recorded to unearned revenue, and held as a liability until recognition occurs.

Income Taxes

We account for income taxes in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 740, Income Taxes, using the asset and liability method. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance when, in the opinion of management, it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are adjusted for the effects of changes in tax laws and rates on the date of enactment.

FASB ASC Topic 740, Income Taxes, requires us to determine whether it is more likely than not that a tax position will be sustained upon examination based upon the technical merits of the position. If the more-likely-than-not threshold is met, we must measure the tax position to determine the amount to recognize in our consolidated financial statements. We performed a review of our material tax positions in accordance with recognition and measurement standards established by ASC Topic 740 and concluded we had no unrecognized tax benefit that would affect the effective tax rate if recognized for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018.

We include interest and penalties arising from the underpayment of income taxes, if any, in our consolidated statements of operations in general and administrative expenses. As of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, we had no accrued interest or penalties related to uncertain tax positions.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The Company’s financial instruments consist of cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable, accrued expenses, notes payable and convertible debt.  The carrying amount of these financial instruments approximates fair value because of the short-term nature of these items.

Results of Operations

Three Months Ended March 31, 2019 Compared to the Three Months Ended March 31, 2018

Sales

Total sales during the three months ended March 31, 2019 were $123,676, as compared to sales during the three months ended March 31, 2018 of $3,188, an increase of $120,488 or approximately 3.78%.  This increase was primarily due to a new contract during the current period.  Management believes historical sales not to be indicative of future expectations due to our historically limited business operations.  We believe that future sales will be significantly increased as we market our new suite of products.

Operating Expenses

Our selling, general and administrative expenses were $3,804,729 for the three months ended March 31, 2019, compared to $3,098,437 for the three months ended March 31, 2018, an increase of $706,292, or approximately 23%.  The increase in selling, general and administrative expenses in the current period is primarily attributable to approximate increases of $55,000 in engineering expense, $67,000 in sales and marketing expense, $164,000 in wage expenses, $117,000 in stock based compensation, $147,000 in public relations expense, and $113,000 in professional fees, partially offset by an approximate decrease of $124,000 non-cash expenses related to stock issuances for consulting contracts.
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Interest Income (Expense)

Other expense includes interest expense on our indebtedness, a portion of which is indebtedness to related parties.  Total net interest expense was $2,689,519 and $139,479 for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.  The increase in interest expense of $2,550,040 in the current year is attributable primarily to an increase in the amortization of debt discounts and an increase in overall debt financing during the current quarter as compared to the prior year.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

At March 31, 2019, we had total current assets of $1,114,377, including cash of $673,880, and current liabilities of $11,668,758, resulting in working capital deficit of $10,554,381.  Our current assets and working capital included receivables of $220,456, inventory of $66,003 and prepaid expenses of $154,038. 

In addition, as March 31, 2019, we had a total stockholders' deficit of $979,982.  As we have worked toward our acquisition and new product launches, we have primarily financed recent operations, the development of technologies, and the payment of expenses through the issuance of our debt, common stock, preferred stock and warrants.

For the three months ended March 31, 2019, net cash used in operating activities was $3,200,486, as a result of our net loss from continued operations of $6,370,572 and increases in accounts receivable of $118,164, inventory of $10,000, and prepaid expenses of $31,325, partially offset by non-cash expenses totaling $2,604,688 and increases in accounts payable and accrued expenses of $81,589, accounts payable and accrued expenses – related party of $3,302, accrued interest of $413,890, accrued interest – related party of $4,935, deferred revenue of $2,529 and wages payable of $218,642.

By comparison, for the three months ended March 31, 2018, net cash used in operating activities was $2,141,765, as a result of our net loss from continued operations of $3,234,778 and increases in inventory of $1,172, prepaid expenses of $34,416, and decreases in deferred revenue of $3,187, accounts payable and accrued expenses – related party of $39,881, partially offset by non-cash expenses totaling $404,366, and increases in accounts payable and accrued expenses of $301,518, accrued interest of $42,303, accrued interest - related party of $38,497, wages payable of $283,530, and a decrease in accounts receivable of $101,455.

Cash used in investing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2019 was $694,584 compared to $554,666 for the three months ended March 31, 2018.  The increase in the current period is due primarily to an increase in capitalized engineering costs related to the Company’s technology development as well as an approximate $79,000 in purchases of property and equipment.

For the three months ended March 31, 2019, net cash used in financing activities was $125,000, comprised of repayments of short term notes of $25,000 and repayments of long-term notes of $100,000.

For the three months ended March 31, 2018, net cash provided by financing activities was $2,575,000, comprised of proceeds from the sale short term notes – related party of $500,000, short term notes of $2,100,000 and advances – related party of $75,000, partially offset by the repayments of long-term notes of $100,000.

Based on our current business plan, we anticipate that our operating activities will use approximately $900,000 in cash per month over the next twelve months, or $10.8 million. Currently we do not have enough cash on hand to fully implement our business plan, and will require additional funds within the next year. We believe that our operations will not begin to generate significant cash flows until the fourth quarter of 2019 when we expect to begin new product contracts.  

In order to remedy this liquidity deficiency, we are actively seeking to raise additional funds through the sale of equity and debt securities, and ultimately plan to generate substantial positive operating cash flows. Our internal sources of funds will consist of cash flows from operations, but not until we begin to realize substantial revenues from sales.  If we are unable to raise additional funds in the near term, we may not be able to fully implement our business plan, and it is unlikely that we will be able to continue as a going concern.

Off-balance Sheet Arrangements

None.
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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk.

Not required.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures.

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls over Procedures

Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, we have evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("the Exchange Act") as of March 31, 2019, the end of the period covered by this report.  Based upon that evaluation, we have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures as of March 31, 2019 were effective such that the information required to be disclosed by us in reports filed under the Exchange Act is (i) recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC's rules and forms and (ii) accumulated and communicated to our management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding disclosure.  A controls system cannot provide absolute assurance that the objectives of the controls system are met, and no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within a company have been detected.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

None

Limitations on the Effectiveness of Internal Controls

Readers are cautioned that our management does not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures or our internal control over financial reporting will necessarily prevent all fraud and material error. An internal control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within our control have been detected. The design of any system of controls also is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any control design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions. Over time, controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
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PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

None
 
Item 1A. Risk Factors

Not required.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

None

Item 3. Defaults upon Senior Securities

None

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

Not applicable.

Item 5. Other Information

Not applicable.
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Item 6. Exhibits

The following exhibits are filed as part of this report:

Identification of Exhibit

Exhibit No.
Description
 
 
31.1
Section 302 Certification of Chief Executive Officer *
   
31.2
Section 302 Certification of Chief Financial Officer *
   
32.1
Section 1350 Certification of Chief Executive Officer *
   
32.2
Section 1350 Certification of Chief Financial Officer *
   
101 INS
XBRL Instance Document*
 
 
101 SCH
XBRL Schema Document*
 
 
101 CAL
XBRL Calculation Linkbase Document*
 
 
101 LAB
XBRL Labels Linkbase Document*
 
 
101 PRE
XBRL Presentation Linkbase Document*
 
 
101 DEF
XBRL Definition Linkbase Document*
 
* Filed herewith
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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

BLACKRIDGE TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL, INC.

Date:
May 14, 2019
By:
/s/ Robert Graham
     
Robert Graham,
Chief Executive Officer and President

Date:
May 14, 2019
By:
/s/ John Bluher
     
John Bluher,
Chief Financial Officer



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