Under the Agency Agreement, Cannavolve will be paid a commission of 6% of net sales based on the wholesale prices of the Products. The initial term of the Agency Agreement is two (2) years from December 13, 2018 subject to a renewal term of two (2) additional years. In addition to customary termination provisions based upon the material default of either the Company or Cannavolve, we can terminate the Agency Agreement without cause upon ninety (90) days prior written notice. The agreement was renewed on December 13, 2020 for an additional two (2) years.
cGreen, Inc. Exclusive License Agreement
Effective August 8, 2019, the Company entered into an Exclusive License Agreement (“License Agreement”) with cGreen, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“cGreen”). The License Agreement grants to the Company an exclusive license to manufacture and distribute the patent-pending THC antidote True Focus(TM)in the United States, Europe and the Caribbean. The term of the license is ten (10) years and four (4) months from the effective date of August 8, 2019. In consideration of the license, the Company will issue 10,000,000 shares of its common stock as follows: (i) 3.500,000 within ten (10) days of the effective date; (ii) 3,500,000 shares on January 10, 2020; and (iii) 3,000,000 shares not later than June 10, 2020. In addition, the Company will pay cGreen royalties of 7% of the net sales of the licensed products and 7% of all sublicensing revenues collected by the Company. The Company will pay cGreen an advance royalty of $300,000 within ten (10) days of the effective date; $300,000 on January 10, 2020; and $400,000 on or before June 10, 2020 and $500,000 on or before November 10, 2020. All advance royalty payments will be credited against the royalties owed by the Company through December 31, 2020.
During the quarter ended December 31, 2019, the intangible asset was written off based on management’s review and evaluation of its recoverability.
Additionally, during the quarter ended June 30, 2020, the Company was in arbitration with cGreen for the breaches of the terms of the License Agreement, however, through an early mediation, both companies reached a settlement agreement to settle the breaches of the contract on July 27, 2020 (“Effective Date”). As per the settlement agreement, the License Agreement has been terminated and the Company does not have to issue the 10 million shares nor pay the outstanding royalty payable in the amount of $1,191,860. As consideration, the Company paid $130,000 within 30 days of the Effective Date and paid $100,000 in monthly installments of $10,000 commenced in April 2021 to cGreen resulting in a gain on settlement of $1,704,860. As at June 30, 2022, there was no outstanding balance (December 31, 2021: $10,000).
Joint Venture Agreement
Effective May 14, 2020, Canary entered into a Joint Venture Agreement (“Joint Venture”) with 9258159 Canada Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the Province of Ontario, Canada (referred to as “Thrive Cannabis”) and 2755757 Ontario Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the Province of Ontario, Canada (referred to as “JVCo”). Canary and Thrive Cannabis each hold 50% of the voting equity interest in JVC. The term of the Joint Venture is five (5) years from its effective date of May 14, 2020.
Under the Joint Venture, JVCo is permitted to use all eight (8) rooms, of Canary’s licensed cannabis cultivation facilities located in Simcoe, Ontario, Canada (“Licensed Site Portion”) to operate and manage the Licensed Site Portion for the cultivation and process of cannabis pursuant to Canary’s license issued by Health Canada. During the term of the Joint Venture, JVCo will be responsible for the administration, operation and management of the Licensed Site Portion and all proceeds from the sale of the cannabis and related cannabis products cultivated therein will be payable to the JVCo.
In addition, Canary, Thrive Cannabis, and JVCo entered into a Unanimous Shareholder Agreement dated May 14, 2020 governing the management and administration of the business of JVCo.
On May 3, 2022, the joint venture partners, Canary and Thrive Cannabis entered into an agreement. Pursuant to this agreement the Company received a total of $ 1,585,432 (CAD 2,043,082) of which $1,001,675 (CAD 1,290,818) were reduced from investment in joint venture as these represented recovery of investment and $591,731 (CAD 752,264) were classified as other income representing recovery of interest expense charged on shareholder loan, which was primarily provided to support joint venture operations. Also refer to shareholder loan in Note 8.
As per the Joint Venture, Canary will provide the JVCo with a Hard Cost Loan with the maximum amount of $931,200 (CAD 1,200,000). This loan bears an interest rate of 7% per annum, matures in 12 months from the effective date, and is secured against the personal property of the JVCo and Thrive will guarantee one-half (1/2) of the outstanding balance of the loan. As of June 30, 2022, the loan