Item 1.
Business
Organizational History
Davi Luxury Brand Group, Inc. (we, us, our, the Company, and "our company") was incorporated in the State of Nevada on July 26, 2007 under the name Dafoe Corp. Until September 2010, we were engaged in the acquisition and exploration of mineral properties. During the fiscal year ended September 30, 2010, the Company lost all of the mineral rights that it owned. In November 2010, our Board became aware of the availability of the Davi Skin skin care brand and certain related intellectual properties that were used by a luxury brand skin care company that had ceased operations.
Upon completion of our research and analysis, we decided to change our line of business and explore the prospect of entering the luxury brand skin care business. Our Board contacted Parrish Medley and Carlo Mondavi, two executives who previously were the co-founders and executive officers of that luxury brand skin care company, to discuss their availability in building a new company based on the Davi Skin brand. Based on the foregoing, we decided to purchase the Davi Skin intellectual properties, hire the two executives, and attempt to build a luxury brand skin care business.
On November 30, 2010, we entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (the Purchase Agreement) with Zenith Global Enterprises Limited, an unaffiliated Hong Kong company (Zenith), to acquire certain trade names and trademarks, an Internet address, and logos that were previously used by Davi Skin, Inc., in connection with a line of luxury branded skin care products for men and women distributed by Davi Skin, Inc. (the Transaction). Zenith, a major stockholder of Davi Skin, Inc., had purchased the trademark and other assets from Davi Skin, Inc.s Bankruptcy Trustee in September 2010. The Transaction closed on December 22, 2010. As a result, we now own all of the rights to the Davi Skin brand, logo, website address and other marketing rights. We currently offer skin care products marketed and sold under the Davi and related trademarks.
Concurrently with the execution of the Purchase Agreement, Kyle Beddome, our then sole director and Chief Executive Officer, appointed Messrs. Medley and Mondavi to the Board of Directors and elected them as officers, effective December 22, 2010. Accordingly, Mr. Medley became the Companys President, and Mr. Mondavi became the Companys Chairman of the Board. On January 25, 2011, we entered into an employment agreement with Mr. Medley, pursuant to which Mr. Medley agreed to serve as the Companys Chief Executive Officer for a four-year term, and we entered into a consulting agreement with Carlo Mondavi, pursuant to which Mr. Mondavi agreed to perform public relations and marketing services relating to our products. Effective May 4, 2012, Mr. Mondavi resigned as a director of the Company, and effective November 3, 2012, the consulting agreement with Mr. Mondavi terminated. However, Mr. Mondavi is providing consulting services to the Company on an as needed basis.
In January 2011, the Company changed its name to Davi Luxury Brand Group, Inc. and moved its executive offices from Carson City, Nevada, to Beverly Hills, California. Our offices are located at 9426 Dayton Way Beverly Hills, California 90210.
We currently maintain our corporate website at www.daviskin.com. Our annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and amendments to such reports filed or furnished pursuant to section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and other related information will be available, free of charge, on our website as soon as we electronically file those documents with, or otherwise furnish them to, the Securities and Exchange Commission. Our Internet website and the information contained therein, or connected thereto, are not and are not intended to be incorporated into this Annual Report on Form 10-K or any other Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
On May 10, 2012, the Company effected a reverse stock split of its outstanding shares of common stock on a 1-for-10 basis (the "Reverse Split") and a corresponding decrease in the number of shares of its common stock that it is authorized to issue. All common stock and per share information (other than par value) contained in this Annual Report has been adjusted to reflected the foregoing stock split.
Current Business.
We have developed and are expanding our skin care line/cosmetics business based on a series of grape and botanical-based luxury branded skin care products marketed under the DAVI, DAVI SKIN and DAVI NAPA brand names. We intend to develop, manufacture and market a line of high quality skin care products that are sold as prestige products principally through limited distribution channels to complement the images associated with the DAVI, DAVI SKIN and DAVI NAPA brands. We are currently targeting high-end luxury hotels and resorts, and in-flight and duty-free shops in order to establish our brand as a luxury product used in first class locations. Our goal is to expand the targeted scope of our sales efforts to upscale department stores, specialty retailers, prestige hotels, salons and spas. In addition, we have made the Le Grand Cru Face Cream and other products available for sale through our www.daviskin.com website and plan to offer more of our products online as they are developed.
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Current Operations and Business Arrangements.
Since having commenced our new business in January 2011, and in accordance with our business plan, we have commenced marketing and selling DAVI branded luxury skin care products through the following arrangements:
Peninsula Hotels
. In January 2011, we entered into an agreement with Gilchrist & Soames to provide Peninsula Hotels with our DAVI, DAVI SKIN and DAVI NAPA branded in-room skin care and related amenities. The Peninsula Hotel chain purchases our DAVI, DAVI SKIN and DAVI NAPA branded products directly from our manufacturer and pays us a fee for each product purchased. The DAVI, DAVI SKIN and DAVI NAPA products are provided by all of the Peninsula Hotels to their hotel clients as in-room amenities. The Peninsula Hotel chain currently uses these products at all of their nine existing Peninsula Hotels worldwide.
Korean Air--In Flight Amenities
. In January 2011, we also entered into a multi-year agreement with Korean Air to be the exclusive First Class and Business Class in-flight amenity provider for all Korean Air flights worldwide. Korean Air commenced providing DAVI and DAVI NAPA branded amenity travel bags that contain DAVI skin care products to its First and Business Class passengers in May 2011. These products are currently available on all Korean Air flights. Korean Air purchases the DAVI and DAVI NAPA amenity products directly from our manufacturer and we receive a royalty fee for those products
Korean Air--Direct Product Sales
. In November 2011, we launched a new sales program to sell our Le Grand Cru face cream directly to Korean Airs passengers. Korean Air has added our Davi Le Grand Cru luxury face cream to the products that it offers for sale on board its flights. In addition, Korean Air has also included our Davi Le Grand Cru luxury face cream in the SKY SHOP Magazine that is distributed to all passengers on its flights, and now offers our Davi Le Grand Cru face cream for sale on Korean Airs on-line shop (www.cyberskyshop.com). Korean Air purchases these products directly from us.
On-Line Sales
. We currently maintain our corporate website at www.daviskin.com. We have recently launched our e-commerce initiative on that website by offering for sale our Davi Le Grand Cru luxury face cream. As described above, we have developed other DAVI branded skin care products that are marketed and sold via our website. We anticipate that we will include additional products on our website during 2013.
LGHH License Agreement.
On September 4, 2012, we entered into a Brand and Trademark License Agreement (the LGHH License Agreement) with LG Household and Health Care, Ltd. (LGHH). Under the LGHH License Agreement, we granted LGHH an exclusive license to manufacture, sell, market and distribute in Korea, Japan, China and other Asian markets DAVI branded women's and men's skin care, cosmetics, hair care and other products. Under the 10-year LGHH License Agreement, LGHH has agreed to pay us a royalty based on the DAVI branded products that it sells in the licensed territory, although LGHH has no obligation under the LGHH License Agreement to sell any products.
Products.
In cooperation with a professional skin care formulator, we have developed a line of skin care products based on products that include a bio complex blend of various raw materials that contain anti-oxidant properties that are believed to help fight free radical damage caused by sunlight, stress and other environmental factors. The formulas also include ingredients that we selected for their purported efficacy in helping to correct existing skin damage and age-related signs (such as wrinkles, reduced skin firmness and poor elasticity). Our plan of operations is to develop a line of creams that use natural, renewable ingredients that are desired by consumers. These natural ingredients are incorporated into our skin care products using the latest technology in order to distinguish our luxury products from other brands that rely on petrochemical and/or undesirable synthetic ingredients. In addition to developing products that incorporate natural ingredients believed to contain anti-aging properties, our goal is to have our products provide consumers with a pleasurable sensory experience, particularly smell and touch. We currently are using the services of a professional skin care formulator on an as needed basis to improve and enhance our existing skin care products and to develop additional skin care products.
As part of the development and formulation of our skin care products, our manufacturer has tested our products for stability and compliance with the Cosmetic Toiletry Fragrance Association standards, a self-regulatory organization for the cosmetic industry. This will include various types of tests, including product safety, preservative efficacy, package stability, and assay testing for all products, including over the counter ingredients. Testing stability involves a three month period where analysts are looking for changes in viscosity (thickness), appearance and odor at various temperatures to help determine shelf life, expiry dates, and other things.
All of our products are, or will be sold over the counter. Therefore, we do not have to obtain any Federal Food and Drug Administration approvals and we do not plan on doing any clinical testing of any kind. The products containing SPF or any other over the counter ingredients, however, will need to meet FDA testing regulations and the global standards for sales in countries other than the United States.
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Our goal is to offer an all-natural, grape-based luxury skin care line. There are high concentrations of minerals, vitamins, and nutrients in the by-product of the wine making process called the pomace, and the maceration process to which grapes are subjected yields polyphenols in relatively high quantity. Polyphenols are the free radical scavengers that, among other things, help to protect collagen and elastin fibers and prevent the destruction of hyaluronic acid in the skin. We believe that the use of this pomace enables skin creams to help fight the natural aging process of the skin. We believe that we have access to the pomace of some of the finest wines produced in California for use in our products.
Our goal is to also to offer a broader range of skin care products that address various skin care needs for women and men based on our formulations. The products we intend to release include moisturizers, creams, lotions, cleansers, and SPF lotions, a number of which have been developed for use on particular areas of the body, such as the face, the hands or around the eyes. Our initial line of womens and mens skin cream products consists of the following:
Womens line:
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Le Grand Cru - face cream
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Harvest Mist toner
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Eye Treatment antioxidant anti-aging
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Moscato purifying cleanser
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Vine Fresh SPF 30 lotion
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Crushed Grape Seed exfoliating cleanser
Mens line:
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Le Grand Cru face cream
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Crushed Grape Seed exfoliating cleanser
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Reserve Shave Cream
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Vine Fresh SPF 15 lotion
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Coastal Vine after shave
Manufacturing
We do not manufacture our products. Rather, we outsource the manufacture of our products to a major, independent cosmetics manufacturer that also manufactures cosmetics for a number of other cosmetics companies. With the assistance of this manufacturer and a separate product formulator on an as needed basis, we have designed and had manufactured the peripheral items involved in the manufacturing and marketing process, including:
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the shape and size of the product containers;
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the types of caps;
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the packaging;
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the logo and label designs; and
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unit cartons.
Marketing and Distribution
Our marketing strategy depends on the name recognition and goodwill associated with both (i) the Davi Skin, Davi and Davi Napa trademarks and logo, and (ii) on the name and reputation of Carlo Mondavi, grandson of wine maker Robert Mondavi. In addition, we believe that Mr. Mondavis knowledge of grapes and viticulture enhances our chances of building a successful brand name for skin care products that are marketed as a grape-based luxury skin care line.
In May 2011, we engaged Hansam Moolsan Co., Ltd. to represent us in our duty free sales initiative to offer and sell our DAVI skin care retail product line in the Asia Pacific airline industry. The duty free market consists of on-board duty free magazines and duty free shops located at international airports.
Apart from the LGHH License Agreement and our arrangement with Korean Air, we currently have no distribution agreements in place for the sale and distribution of our existing or proposed products. However, we have contacted a number of distributors and retailers and are exploring several different methods of marketing DAVI branded skin care products. After our brands association as a luxury product has been further enhanced, we intend to seek to offer some of our skin care products to high-end retailers. We do not, however, have any arrangements in place for the future sale of our products to such retailers.
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Our plan is to leverage the existing infrastructure of other, larger organizations in the distribution and sale of DAVI branded products. Accordingly, we are actively seeking to establish additional strategic relationships, including joint venture, partnerships or licensing arrangements, with larger, international organizations. However, no assurance can be given that we will be able to do so in the future.
Government Regulation.
We believe that some elements of our products will be subject to regulation by the Food and Drug Administration and the Federal Trade Commission in the United States, as well as by certain other Federal, state, local regulatory authorities in which our products are sold. Such regulations are expected to principally relate to the ingredients, labeling, packaging and marketing of our products. Until, if ever, that we hire in-house personnel to monitor our compliance with the various regulations that may apply to our products, our goal is to rely on our independent cosmetics manufacturers, packaging designers and companies, and marketing/distribution companies to assist us in our compliance with these regulations.
Employees
Other than Parrish Medley, our President and Chief Executive Officer, we have no full-time employees as of the date of this Annual Report. Certain of our administrative and operational functions are performed for us by part-time employees or consultants.
Research and Development Expenditures
In connection with the development of our skin care products, we have worked with a third party laboratory to develop our skin care products based on the criteria and know-how of the Companys executive officers. Accordingly, we anticipate that we will incur future expenses related to the development of our products.
Patents and Trademarks
In December 2010, we purchased all of the rights to the trademark DAVI SKIN, Reg. No. 3,029,808, Ser. No. 76/549,132, registered with the United States Patent & Trademark Office on December 13, 2005, in International Class 3 for skin care products, namely lip balms, eye creams, facial scrubs, body scrubs, facial moisturizers, body moisturizers and facial masques, as well as all right, title and interest in and to that trademark, and all associated goodwill, the name and term DAVI SKIN and any other similar or associated trademarks (whether registered or unregistered), trade names, service names, logos and designs used by or relating to the business operations of skin care products.
We also have registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office in the same class and with the same description as DAVI SKIN the following additional trademarks that we currently use in our skin care business: DAVI, Reg. No. 4,228,848, Ser. No. 85/412,103, and LE GRAND CRU, Reg. No. 4,135,614, Ser. No. 85/462,875. On August 31, 2011, we filed an application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office for the registration of the trademark DAVI NAPA, Ser. No. 85/412,131; that application was published for opposition on October 9, 2012 and is expected to be registered in the imminent future. We also filed on December 12, 2012 an application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office for MERITAGE, Ser. No. 85/801,354, in International Class 1 for blend of cosmetics ingredients used in the manufacture of skin care products; that application has not yet been assigned to a trademark examiner.
As part of our plan to expand our skin care presence in Asia, we have filed applications with the Korean Intellectual Property Office for registrations in Korea of the following trademarks: DAVI, Application No. 40-2011-50722, DAVI SKIN, Application No. 40-2011-50724, and DAVI NAPA, Application No. 40-2011-50723. All three of the Korean applications have been approved for registration and will register in due course.
Additionally, we have been assigned the trademark DAVI SKIN (with katakana and design), Reg. No. 4910617, registered with the Japan Patent Office.
Item 1A.
Risk Factors
An investment in our securities involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider the risks described below before deciding to invest in or maintain your investment in our company. The risks described below are not intended to be an all-inclusive list of all of the potential risks relating to an investment in our securities. If any of the following or other risks actually occur, our business, financial condition or operating results and the trading price or value of our securities could be materially and adversely affected.
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Risks Related To Our Business
We have a limited operating history, and are subject to all of the risks and uncertainties of a new business.
Since the beginning of 2011, we have directed our efforts on developing a luxury branded line of skin care products based on the Davi, Davi Skin and Davi Napa brands. However, to date, our products are only offered and available to consumers through two arrangements (Korean Air and the Peninsula Hotels), and we have limited products for sale directly to consumers through our website. Although we have recently entered into the LGHH License Agreement with LGHH, as of the date of this Annual Report, no products have been developed or sold in connection with this agreement. As a result, during fiscal year 2012, we generated limited revenues from our luxury skin care business.
Because we have had a little under two years of operations, we are subject to all of the risks and uncertainties normally associated with a new business, including potential manufacturing issues, difficulties establishing our marketing and distribution operations, lack of name recognition, lack of adequate capital, difficulties hiring and retaining qualified employees, and difficulties in complying with all applicable federal, state and local regulatory and administrative requirements. As a new company, we expect to incur operating losses until, if ever, we successfully release a line of products that will generate enough revenues to become profitable or thereafter maintain profitability. There is no assurance that we will be able to validate and market products that will generate enough revenues for us to become profitable or thereafter maintain profitability. As a result, the Company cannot predict when, if ever, it might achieve profitability and cannot be certain that it will be able to sustain profitability, if achieved. Our lack of an operating history may make it difficult for you to evaluate our business prospects in connection with an investment in our securities.
We have had operating losses since formation and expect to continue to incur net losses for the near term
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Although we have been in existence since July 2007, we did not enter the luxury brand skin care business until 2011. Accordingly, we have a limited operating history. As of September 30, 2012, we had an accumulated deficit of approximately $776,000. We have reported net losses of approximately $221,000 and $472,000 for the years ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively. Unless our sales and licensing revenues increase significantly, we anticipate that we will continue to incur net losses in the near term.
We have generated limited revenues to date, and we can give no assurance that we will ever be able to generate significant licensing revenues or product sales.
While we believe that we have the ability to increase our licensing revenues in the future, the amount of such sales and licensing revenues is uncertain. Our business model and our goal, however, is to generate revenues primarily from product sales. To date, we have had minimal sales of our products.. We have developed other skin care products, but there is no guarantee that we will ever manufacture and commercially release significant quantities of such products. To become profitable, we will have to successfully develop, manufacture, market and sell a number of skin care products. There can be no assurance that our product development efforts will be successfully completed, that we will be able to manufacture our products at an acceptable cost and with acceptable quality, or that our products can be successfully marketed in the future.
There is no guarantee that our products will be accepted by consumers.
To date, we have had minimal sales of our products with limited commercial release. The market acceptance of skin care and cosmetic products varies significantly and cannot be predicted. Factors that may cause a skin care and cosmetic product to be accepted or rejected by consumers include price, quality of ingredients, effectiveness, packaging, availability, advertising, and numerous other intangible factors. Consumer demand for our proposed products also may be affected by word of mouth testimonials, fads, and general consumer trends. Unless we can achieve a sufficient following of consumers who purchase our products, we will not operate profitably and may have to cease our operations. No assurance can be given that any of our products will achieve sufficient consumer acceptance.
We are currently dependent upon two licensing/royalty agreements for most of our revenues, and the loss of one or both of these arrangements would have a material negative affect on our financial condition.
During fiscal year 2012, we generated approximately $502,000 of revenues, of which $435,000 represented royalty revenues that we received under two agreements (our agreement to provide DAVI branded products to (i ) Korean Air and (ii) the Peninsula Hotels). Should either or both of these revenue sources terminate their arrangements, our financial condition would be materially and adversely affected, and our on-going operations would be severely hampered.
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We will need significant additional capital, without which we will have to curtail or cease operations.
Our business plan assumed that we would raise debt or equity financing in the near term in order to fund the commercial release of our products and our short term working capital needs. Our business plan assumed that we would raise between $2,000,000 and $5,000,000, most of which would be used to manufacture, market and distribute the various skin care products that we have designed and developed (but have not yet commercially released). During fiscal year 2012 and 2011, we have only raised $155,000 and $627,500, respectively of equity funding (combined raise of $782,500), and received $20,000 from the sale of a convertible promissory note during fiscal year 2012. We have not identified any sources for the additional financing that we will require. As a result of our lack of funding, we have not been able to develop our business plan to the extent anticipated, and our goal of achieving our business plan has been hindered. Without raising additional funding (directly from investors or from strategic partners), our ability to continue as a going concern and to grow into a material, and viable, skin care company is in doubt. There can be no assurance that sufficient funding will be available to us at acceptable terms, or at all. If we are unable to obtain sufficient financing on a timely basis, the growth of our Company and business will be delayed, and we could be forced to reduce the scope of our current and proposed business or otherwise limit or terminate our operations altogether. Any additional equity funding that we obtain will reduce the percentage ownership held by our existing security holders.
We are dependent on key personnel.
Successful implementation of our business plan depends on the skills and efforts of our President and Chief Executive Officer, Parrish Medley. The loss of Mr. Medley would have a material negative impact on our operations and on our ability to market our products. We also need to attract, train, retain and motivate additional technical, managerial, marketing and customer support personnel.
We will be subject to competition from numerous companies, including a number of multi-national companies that have significantly greater financial and other resources.
The skin care and cosmetic products business is highly competitive. We will be competing with hundreds of large and small cosmetics companies, including such companies as LOréal S.A., The Procter & Gamble Company, The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. and numerous other multi-national manufacturers. Most of our competitors market products that are well known and trusted by the consumer marketplace. Since virtually all of our competitors have significantly greater financial and other resources than we do, our competitors have the ability to spend more aggressively on advertising and marketing, spend more on product development and testing, and have more flexibility than we do to respond to changing business and economic conditions. Competition in the skin care business is based on pricing of products, the quality of the products, innovation, perceived value, promotional activities, advertising, new product introductions, name recognition, and other factors. It is difficult for us to predict how we will be able to effectively compete with our competitors actions in these areas.
We will have to rely on third parties to manufacture our products who may not perform to our standards or timeline.
All of our products are currently manufactured by one third party manufacturing company. We have no ability or intention to manufacture our own products and plan to rely entirely on third parties for the manufacture of our ingredients, bottles and packages. We believe that there are a number of qualified manufacturers who could produce our products to our specifications (and to the specifications of our licensees). The manufacturer(s) that we currently use, or may use in the future, may encounter difficulties involving product yields, quality control, adequacy of control procedures and policies, and compliance with applicable regulations. Should our manufacturing company refuse or fail to manufacture the quantity or quality of the products that we need, the marketing and sales of our products could be delayed, suspended or otherwise adversely affected until we identify a suitable, replacement manufacturing company. While we believe that there are a number of manufacturers in the U.S. who could manufacture our products, the failure of any of our manufacturers to manufacture our products in a timely fashion, or to our specifications, could materially and adversely affect our operations.
The Companys audited financial statements express substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.
Our audited financial statements for the period ended September 30, 2012, have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. However, our auditors have expressed substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern because as of the date of the audited statements, we had not achieved profitable operations and we may need additional financing in order to fund our projected loss in 2013. The Companys ability to continue as a going concern is subject to its ability to finance its operations by generating and sustaining profits and/or obtaining necessary funding from outside sources. We have only recently commenced operations, and expect to continue to experience significant losses in the foreseeable future. There can be no assurance that we will ever achieve (or sustain) profitability, or successfully secure outside financing. Accordingly, there can be no assurance about our ability to continue as a going concern.
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We have no patent protection and may not be able to protect our proprietary rights.
Our ability to compete successfully will depend, in part, on the quality and uniqueness of our products. Although we have trademark protection in the U.S. and/or abroad for our Davi", Davi Skin, "Davi Napa" and "Le Grand Cru" brands,, we have no product patent protection for any of our current or proposed products or any of the ingredients or compounds in our products. We may claim proprietary rights in various unpatented technologies, know-how and trade secrets relating to our products and manufacturing processes, and we intend to protect our proprietary rights in our product formulas and operations through contractual obligations with our consultants and vendors. However, because we do not have patent protection on any of our products or compounds, other companies can attempt to compete with us by imitating our products. We cannot guarantee the adequacy of the protections we intend to take to protect our proprietary rights, or that our competitors will not independently develop or produce products or processes that are substantially equivalent or superior to our products or processes.
While we will attempt to protect our proprietary information as trade secrets through agreements with each of our employees, licensing partners, consultants, agents and other organizations to which we disclose our proprietary information, we cannot give any assurance that these agreements will provide effective protection for our proprietary information in the event of unauthorized use or disclosure of such information.
We may be subject to product liability claims.
The development, manufacture and sale of skin care and cosmetic products expose us to the risk of damages from product liability or other consumer claims. Although each of our current and proposed products will be subject to industry accepted product tests to reduce the likelihood of any successful product liability claim against us, no assurance is given that we will not be subject to product liability claims in the future. We currently do no maintain product liability insurance for liabilities arising from the use of our products. Accordingly, a successful product liability claim could have a materially adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Risks Related To Our Common Stock
Our stock is thinly traded, so you may be unable to sell your shares at or near the quoted bid prices if you need to sell a significant number of your shares.
The shares of our common stock are thinly-traded on the OTC Bulletin Board, meaning that the number of persons interested in purchasing our common shares at or near bid prices at any given time may be relatively small or non-existent. This situation is attributable to a number of factors, including the fact that we are a small company which is unknown to stock analysts, stock brokers, institutional investors and others in the investment community that generate or influence sales volume, and that even if we came to the attention of such persons, they tend to be risk-adverse and would be reluctant to follow an unproven, early stage company such as ours or purchase or recommend the purchase of our shares until such time as we became more seasoned and viable. As a consequence, there may be periods of several days or more when trading activity in our shares is minimal or non-existent, as compared to a seasoned issuer which has a large and steady volume of trading activity that will generally support continuous sales without an adverse effect on share price. We cannot give you any assurance that a broader or more active public trading market for our common shares will develop or be sustained, or that current trading levels will be sustained. Due to these conditions, we can give you no assurance that you will be able to sell your shares at or near bid prices or at all if you need money or otherwise desire to liquidate your shares.
You may have difficulty selling our shares because they are deemed penny stocks.
Since our common stock is not listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market, if the trading price of our common stock remains below $5.00 per share, trading in our common stock will be subject to the requirements of certain rules promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), which require additional disclosure by broker-dealers in connection with any trades involving a stock defined as a penny stock (generally, any non-Nasdaq equity security that has a market price of less than $5.00 per share, subject to certain exceptions) and a cooling off period before brokers and dealers can effect transactions in penny stocks. The additional burdens imposed upon broker-dealers by such requirements could discourage broker-dealers from effecting transactions in our common stock, which could severely limit the market liquidity of the common stock and the ability of holders of the common stock to sell their shares.
Potential issuance of additional common stock could dilute existing stockholders.
We are authorized to issue up to 75,000,000 shares of common stock. To the extent of such authorization, our Board of Directors has the ability, without seeking stockholder approval, to issue additional shares of common stock in the future for such consideration as the Board of Directors may consider sufficient. The issuance of additional common stock in the future will reduce the proportionate ownership and voting power of the currently issued common stock.
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Our President and Chief Executive Officer, Parrish Medley, and former Chairman of the Board, Carlo Mondavi, hold a substantial amount of our common stock and may be able to prevent other stockholders from influencing significant corporate decisions.
As of the date of this Annual Report, our President and Chief Executive Officer, Parrish Medley, and our former Chairman of the Board, Carlo Mondavi, beneficially own a total of approximately 28% of our outstanding voting capital stock. These stockholders, if they act together, may be able to direct the outcome of matters requiring approval of the stockholders, including the election of our directors and other corporate actions such as:
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a merger of the Company with or into another company;
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a sale of substantially all of our assets; and
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amendments to our articles of incorporation.
The decisions of these stockholders may conflict with our interests or those of our other stockholders.
The market price of our stock may be adversely affected by market volatility.
The market price of our common stock is likely to be volatile and could fluctuate widely in response to many factors, including:
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announcements by us or our competitors;
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announcements of new products or new contracts by us or our competitors;
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actual or anticipated variations in our operating results;
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changes in financial estimates by securities analysts and whether our earnings meet or exceed such estimates;
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conditions and trends in the skin care and cosmetics industries;
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general economic, political and market conditions and other factors; and
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the occurrence of any of the risks described in this Annual Report.
Item 1B.
Unresolved Staff Comments
None.
Item 2.
Properties
The Company leases approximately 1,500 square feet of office space at 9426-9428 Dayton Way, Beverly Hills, California. The lease term expires on January 31, 2016, unless earlier terminated in accordance with the lease. The Companys monthly rent expense under the lease is approximately $5,600 per month, plus payments of 10% of common area operating expenses. The Company has the option to extend the term of the lease by two additional years.