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Exhibit 99.1
 
Report of Independent Auditors and
Financial Statements for

Smoke Free Technologies Inc.
dba Vapor Beast

December 31, 2015
 

CONTENTS
 
   
PAGE
     
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
1 and 2
     
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
 
Balance Sheet
3
 
Statement of Income
4
 
Statement of Stockholders’ Equity
5
 
Statement of Cash Flow
6
 
Notes to Financial Statements
7 – 11
 

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

Board of Directors and Stockholders
Smoke Free Technologies Inc. dba Vapor Beast

Report on Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying financial statements of Smoke Free Technologies Inc. dba Vapor Beast, which are comprised of the balance sheet as of December 31, 2015, the related statement of income, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for the year then ended, and the related notes to the financial statements.

Management’s Responsibility for the Financial Statements
Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America; this includes the design, implementation, and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

Auditors’ Responsibility
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free from material misstatement.

An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditor’s judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control relevant to the entity’s preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the entity’s internal control. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of significant accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements.

We believe that the audit evidence obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.
 
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Opinion
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Smoke Free Technologies Inc. dba Vapor Beast as of December 31, 2015, and the results of its operations and cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
 
/s/ Moss Adams LLP
San Diego, California
October 31, 2016
 
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SMOKE FREE TECHNOLOGIES INC. DBA VAPOR BEAST
BALANCE SHEET
DECEMBER 31, 2015

 
ASSETS
 
Current Assets
     
Cash
 
$
816,903
 
Accounts receivable
   
214,546
 
Inventories
   
7,141,266
 
Prepaid expenses and other assets
   
1,729,569
 
Total current assets
   
9,902,284
 
         
Property and Equipment, net
   
143,756
 
         
Other Assets
   
88,893
 
         
Total assets
 
$
10,134,933
 
         
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
 
Current Liabilities
       
Accounts payable
 
$
1,686,546
 
Accrued expenses
   
719,208
 
Related-party notes payable
   
3,227,040
 
Total current liabilities
   
5,632,794
 
         
Commitments and Contingencies (Note 5)
       
         
Stockholders' Equity
       
Common stock, $0.01 par value, 1,000,000 shares authorized; 100,000 oustanding at December 31, 2015
   
253,600
 
Retained earnings
   
4,248,539
 
Total stockholders' equity
   
4,502,139
 
         
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity
 
$
10,134,933
 
 
See accompanying notes.
 
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SMOKE FREE TECHNOLOGIES INC. DBA VAPOR BEAST
STATEMENT OF INCOME
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2015

 
NET SALES
 
$
38,960,099
 
         
COST OF SALES
   
29,035,513
 
Gross profit
   
9,924,586
 
         
SELLING, GENERAL, AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
   
3,947,713
 
Operating income
   
5,976,873
 
         
OTHER EXPENSE
       
Interest expense
   
(206,004
)
Income before income taxes
   
5,770,869
 
         
INCOME TAX EXPENSE
   
(89,429
)
         
Net income
 
$
5,681,440
 
 
See accompanying notes.
 
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SMOKE FREE TECHNOLOGIES INC. DBA VAPOR BEAST
STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2015

 
        
Common Stock
       
Retained
Earnings
     
Total
Stockholders'
Equity
  
Shares
   
Amount
                       
BALANCE, JANUARY 1, 2015
   
100,000
   
$
253,600
   
$
470,099
   
$
723,699
 
                                 
Distributions
   
-
     
-
     
(1,903,000
)
   
(1,903,000
)
Net income
   
-
     
-
     
5,681,440
     
5,681,440
 
                                 
BALANCE, DECEMBER 31, 2015
   
100,000
   
$
253,600
   
$
4,248,539
   
$
4,502,139
 
 
See accompanying notes.
 
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SMOKE FREE TECHNOLOGIES INC. DBA VAPOR BEAST
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2015

 
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
     
Net income
 
$
5,681,440
 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
       
Depreciation
   
11,800
 
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
       
Accounts receivable
   
(159,422
)
Inventories
   
(5,386,709
)
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
   
(1,702,111
)
Other assets
   
(4,616
)
Accounts payable
   
1,524,517
 
Accrued expenses
   
582,615
 
Net cash provided by operating activities
   
547,514
 
         
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
       
Purchase of property and equipment
   
(155,556
)
Net cash used in investing activities
   
(155,556
)
         
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
       
Issuance of related-party notes payable
   
2,177,040
 
Distributions to stockholders
   
(1,903,000
)
Net cash provided by financing activities
   
274,040
 
         
INCREASE IN CASH
     
665,998 
  
         
CASH
       
Beginning of year
   
150,905
 
         
End of year
 
$
816,903
 
         
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION
 
Cash payments for:
       
Interest
 
$
206,004
 
Income taxes
 
$
89,429
 
 
See accompanying notes.
 
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SMOKE FREE TECHNOLOGIES INC. DBA VAPOR BEAST
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
Note 1 – Nature of Business and Significant Accounting Policies

Nature of business – Smoke Free Technologies Inc. dba Vapor Beast is a seller of vaping supplies to retailers and online consumers.

Method of accounting – The financial statements have been prepared utilizing the accrual basis of accounting.

Accounts receivable – Accounts receivable are generally recorded when the customer is invoiced and products are shipped. The allowance for doubtful accounts is based on historical losses, existing economic conditions, financial stability of the Company’s customers, past experience, and an analysis of current accounts receivable. Accounts deemed uncollectible are written off in the year deemed uncollectible. As of December 31, 2015, the Company had no allowance for doubtful accounts as all amounts are deemed collectible.

Inventories – Inventories are stated at the lower of average cost (first-in, first-out method) or market value and consist solely of finished goods.

Prepaid expenses and other current assets – Prepaid expenses and other current assets include advance amounts paid or payable for goods or services yet to be provided to the Company. Certain of the Company’s vendors require deposits for inventory prior to shipment of such inventory to the Company. These deposits are invoiced by the vendor and recorded by the Company as accounts payable and prepaid expense upon receipt of the invoice. Upon shipment of inventory to the Company, the prepaid expense is relieved and inventory is recorded. At December 31, 2015, accounts payable and prepaid expenses include amounts invoiced by vendors for inventory that had not shipped to the Company.

Property and equipment – Property and equipment are recorded at cost. Depreciation expense is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets, which range from 3 to 7 years.

Impairment of long-lived assets – The Company periodically evaluates long-lived assets for impairment. If indicators of impairment exist, the Company assesses the recoverability of the affected long-lived assets by determining whether the carrying value of such assets can be recovered through the undiscounted future operating cash flows. If impairment is indicated, the Company measures the amount of such impairment by comparing the carrying value of the asset to the undiscounted cash flows associated with the use of the asset. The Company has not recognized any impairment losses during the year ended December 31, 2015.

Income taxes – The Company, with the consent of its stockholders, has elected treatment as an S Corporation under the Internal Revenue Code. In lieu of corporate federal incomes taxes, the stockholders of an S Corporation are taxed on their share of the Company's taxable income. Therefore, no provision or liability for federal income taxes has been included in the accompanying financial statements. Certain specific deductions and credits flow through the Company to its stockholders.
 
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SMOKE FREE TECHNOLOGIES INC. DBA VAPOR BEAST
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
Note 1 – Nature of Business and Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

This election is valid for California; however, California law requires a minimum tax of 1.5 percent on California taxable income. Therefore, a provision for state income taxes has been included in the accompanying statement of income.

Revenue recognition – Revenue is recognized at the time the product is shipped. Sales are reported net of consumer coupon redemption, trade promotion and other costs, including estimated allowances for returned product.

Shipping costs – Shipping costs are expensed as incurred and included in cost of sales.

Sales tax – The Company collects sales tax from its customers and remits the appropriate state, county, local, and district taxes on a quarterly basis. The Company records sales tax collected from customers with sales tax remitted to governmental authorities net, in net sales.

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, 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 estimates.

Recent accounting pronouncements – In May 2014, the Financial Standards Accounting Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2014-09, Revenues from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606). This guidance applies to any entity that either enters into contracts with customers to transfer goods or services or enters into contracts for the transfer of nonfinancial assets unless those contracts are within the scope of other standards. The core principle of this guidance is that an entity should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. This guidance supersedes existing revenue recognition guidance, including most industry-specific guidance, as well as certain related guidance on accounting for contract costs. For nonpublic entities, this guidance is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2018. Limited early adoption options are permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this ASU on its financial statements.

In July 2015, FASB issued ASU 2015-11, Inventory (Topic 330), Simplifying the Measurement of Inventory, which changes the measurement principle for inventory from the lower of cost or market to the lower of cost and net realizable value. ASU 2015-11 defines net realizable value as estimated selling prices in the ordinary course of business, less reasonably predictable costs of completion, disposal, and transportation. ASU 2015-11 will be effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016, and early adoption is permitted. The Company has not adopted this guidance and is currently evaluating the impact of this ASU on its financial statements.
 
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SMOKE FREE TECHNOLOGIES INC. DBA VAPOR BEAST
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
Note 1 – Nature of Business and Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

In February 2016, FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842), to increase transparency and comparability among organizations by reporting lease assets and lease liabilities, both finance (capital) and operating leases, on the balance sheet and disclosing key information about leasing arrangements. ASU 2016-02 will be effective for nonpublic entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019. Early adoption is permitted. The Company has not adopted this guidance and is currently evaluating the impact of this ASU on its financial statements.

Subsequent events – Subsequent events are events or transactions that occur after the balance sheet date, but before the financial statements are issued. The Company recognizes in the financial statements the effects of all subsequent events that provide additional evidence about conditions that existed at the date of the balance sheet, including the estimates inherent in the process of preparing the financial statements. The Company’s financial statements do not recognize subsequent events that provide evidence about conditions that did not exist at the date of the balance sheet, but arose after the balance sheet date and before the financial statements were issued.

The Company has evaluated subsequent events through October 31, 2016, which is the date the financial statements were available to be issued. See Note 7.

Note 2 – Concentrations

Cash – The Company maintains its cash in bank deposit accounts which at times may exceed the federally-insured deposit limits. The Company has not experienced any losses in such accounts.

Vendor concentrations – At December 31, 2015, three vendors accounted for 71 percent of the accounts payable. For the year ended December 31, 2015, there were two vendors which accounted for 27 percent of total disbursements.

Note 3 – Property and equipment

Property and equipment consisted of the following at December 31, 2015:

Computer equipment
 
$
39,078
 
Software
   
98,882
 
Furniture and fixtures
   
17,596
 
     
155,556
 
Less accumulated depreciation
   
11,800
 
         
Total
 
$
143,756
 
 
Depreciation expense for the year ended December 31, 2015 was $11,800.
 
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SMOKE FREE TECHNOLOGIES INC. DBA VAPOR BEAST
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 
Note 4 – Related-Party Transactions

Notes payable to stockholders – Through December 31, 2015, the Company issued various notes payable to stockholders totaling $3,227,040 which were secured by substantially all of the Company’s assets and bore interest at rates ranging from 7 percent to 12.5 percent per annum. As of December 31, 2015, all notes payable to stockholders bore interest at 12.5 percent with maturity dates ranging from April 2016 to September 2016. The notes were paid in full subsequent to December 31, 2015. See Note 7.

Other related-party payments – During the year ended December 31, 2015, the Company paid $218,000 for administrative services provided by a company in which stockholders are the majority owners, of which no amounts were payable at December 31, 2015.

Note 5 – Operating Leases and Commitments

During the year ended December 31, 2015, the Company leased its corporate office under a long-term, non-cancelable lease which required monthly payments through the scheduled expiration date of June 2019; however, the lease was amended in September 2016 to allow for early termination effective January 31, 2017 with no penalty.

In August, 2016, the Company entered into a new lease for corporate office space. The non-cancelable lease requires monthly payments beginning October 1, 2016 and continuing through July 31, 2018.

Future minimum lease payments under the operating lease at December 31, 2015, including payments due under the August 2016 lease, are as follows:
 
Year ended December 31:
     
2016
 
$
159,520
 
2017
   
161,684
 
2018
   
88,123
 
         
Total
 
$
409,327
 
 
For the year ended December 31, 2015, total rent expense was approximately $88,000.

Retirement Plan – The Company has established a 401(k) plan, which is available to substantially all full-time employees. The Company’s matching contribution of up to 4 percent of compensation was approximately $2,000 for the year ended December 31, 2015.
 
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SMOKE FREE TECHNOLOGIES INC. DBA VAPOR BEAST
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 
Note 6 – Stockholders’ Equity

The Company is authorized to issue 1,000,000 shares of common stock with $0.01 par value. The holders of shares of common stock shall be entitled to one vote per share. The Board of Directors is authorized to fix the number of shares of issued and determine the designation of any such shares as well as determine and alter the rights and privileges for each series.

Note 7– Subsequent Events

In September 2016, the Company obtained a $1,500,000 line of credit with a bank, which is guaranteed by the Company’s stockholders. The line matures in September 2017 and bears interest at an annual rate of 4.5 percent with interest payable monthly.

As of September 30, 2016, the Company had repaid the December 31, 2015 balance of notes payable to stockholders totaling $3,227,040. No additional notes payable to stockholders were issued subsequent to December 31, 2015.
 
 
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