Principal Technologies Inc. — Management Reports 2020

Dec 16, 2020

PRINCIPAL TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Formerly Connaught Ventures Inc.) MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS THREE MONTHS ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2020

OVERVIEW

The following management discussion and analysis (“MDA”) of the financial position of Principal Technologies Inc. (formerly Connaught Ventures Inc.) (the “Company”), and results of operations prepared on December 11, 2020, should be read in conjunction with the unaudited interim financial statements for the three months ended October 31, 2020 and the audited financial statements for the year ended July 31, 2020. All amounts are stated in Canadian dollars unless otherwise indicated. These financial statements together with this MDA are intended to provide investors with a reasonable basis for assessing the financial performance of the Company.

The head office, the principal address, and the registered and records office of the Company are located at Suite 1510, 789 West Pender Street, Vancouver, BC, V6C 1H2.

Statements in this report that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements involving known and unknown risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to vary considerably from these statements. Readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on forward-looking statements.

Additional information related to the Company is available for view on SEDAR at www.sedar.com or by requesting further information from the Company’s head office in Vancouver.

DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS

The Company was incorporated under the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) on April 3, 2018. It was incorporated for the purposes of becoming a Capital Pool Company (“CPC”) as defined in the TSX Venture Exchange (“TSX-V”) Policy 2.4.

The Company completed its final prospectus on August 28, 2018 for the purposes of completing an IPO becoming a CPC trading on the TSX-V.

In October 2018, the Company completed its IPO, issuing 2,000,000 common shares at $0.10 per share for total gross proceeds of $200,000. The Company also issued non transferrable agents warrants to purchase 200,000 common shares at a price of $0.10, expiring 24 months from the date of issuance.

The principal business of the Company is to identify and evaluate businesses and assets with a view to completing a Qualifying Transaction (“QT”). The Final Prospectus was filed and is available for view on SEDAR.

The proposed business of the Company and the completion of a QT involves a high degree of risk and there is no assurance that the Company will identify an appropriate business for acquisition or investment, and even if so identified and warranted, it may not be able to finance such an acquisition or investment within the requisite time period. Additional funds will be required to enable the Company to pursue such an initiative and the Company may be unable to obtain such financing on terms which are satisfactory to it. Furthermore, there is no assurance that the business will be profitable. These factors indicate the existence of a material uncertainty that may cast doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern, the net realizable value of its assets may be materially less than the amounts on its statement of financial position.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

At October 31, 2020, the Company had no continuing source of operating revenues and related expenditures.

During the three months ended October 31, 2020, the Company reported a net loss of $37,539 made up of due to transfer agent and filing fee expenses of $1,592 and professional fees of $35,947. In the comparative period being the three months ended October 31, 2019, the Company recorded a loss of $500 made up of due to transfer agent and filing fee expenses.

The Company has not paid any dividends on its common shares and has no present intention of paying dividends, as it anticipates that all available funds for the foreseeable future will be used to finance its business activities.

SUMMARY OF QUARTERLY FINANCIAL RESULTS

The following is a summary of selected financial information compiled from the quarterly interim unaudited financial statements ending October 31, 2020:

	Net loss for the period	Loss per share
January 31, 2019	$1,626	$0.00
April 30, 2019	$8,572	$0.00
July 31, 2019	$11,363	$0.00
October 31, 2019	$500	$0.00
January 31, 2020	$646	$0.00
April 30, 2020	$10,354	$0.00
July 31, 2020	$32,794	$0.02
October 31, 2020	$37,539	$0.02

Discussion

The variability of net loss during the four most recent quarters is mainly due to the increase in activity and services utilized in connection to the Company’s completion of the prospectus and completion of the IPO; whereas, in the preceding quarters the Company had no comparable activity.

Due to the limited historical activity in the Company, and its recent increase in activity in preparation of the prospectus and filing its IPO, no trends have been noted in reviewing the summary of selected financial information for the eight quarters ended Ocotber 31, 2020.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

The Company has financed its operations to date through the issuance of common shares. The Company continues to seek capital through various means including the issuance of equity and/or debt.

In April 2018, the Company issued 2,000,000 common shares at $0.05 per share for gross proceeds of $100,000.

Upon the Company completion of the IPO financing, the common shares issued to the Company’s founders (2,000,000) will be held in escrow and deposited with the trustee under the escrow agreement. Pursuant to the agreement, 10% of the escrowed common shares will be released from escrow on the issuance of the final Exchange bulletin on the closing of a QT and an additional 15% will be released every six months following the initial release over a period of thirty six months.

In October 2018, the Company completed its IPO financing, issuing 2,000,000 common shares at $0.10 per share for total gross proceeds of $200,000. The Company also issued non-transferrable agents warrants to purchase 200,000 common shares at a price of $0.10, expiring October 28, 2020.

During the year ended July 31, 2019, the Company received $2,400 on the exercise of 24,000 warrants.

In May 2020, the Company closed a non-brokered private placement of 12,500,000 common shares at a price of $0.12 per share for gross proceeds of $1,500,000. No finder’s fee or commission was paid in connection with the private placement. The Company intends to use the net proceeds to complete a qualifying transaction, to provide sufficient funds to cover general and administrative costs for twelve months, to cover any costs related to the nonbrokered private placement, and for general working capital. All securities issued in connection with the private placement are subject to a four-month hold period and to the terms of a CPC Escrow Agreement dated as of May 18, 2020.

Upon completion of the private placement, GreenIslands Global Opportunities Fund owns or controls (directly or indirectly) an aggregate of 12,500,000 common shares of the Company, representing 75.65% of the outstanding common shares, on a non-diluted basis (or 73.10% of the common shares on a fully diluted basis). As such, in accordance with the rules and policies of the TSX Venture Exchange, the acquisition of securities by GreenIslands Global Opportunities Fund creates a new “control person” and requires the consent of at least 50% of “disinterested” shareholders of the Company (being all common shares held by the Company’s shareholders but excluding the votes attached to the common shares held by GreenIslands Global Opportunities Fund and its Associates and Affiliates, as such terms are defined in the Corporate Finance Manual of the TSX Venture Exchange). An annual general and special meeting of shareholders was held on June 25, 2020 to approve, among other things, the creation of a new control person in connection with the private placement.

The acquisition of securities by GreenIslands Global Opportunities Fund in connection with the private placement is not considered a “related party transaction” pursuant to Multilateral Instrument 61-101 Protection of Minority Security Holders in Special Transactions.

The Company has working capital at July 31, 2020 of $1,627,190 (July 31, 2019- $186,826).

There can be no assurance of successfully completing future financings or a Qualifying Transaction. The Company may need to raise further capital to continue operations and complete its Qualifying Transaction. Management is actively seeking such opportunities.

Stock options

In October 2018, the Company granted 400,000 stock options to its directors and officers to acquire 400,000 common shares at a price of $0.10 per common share, exercisable for a period of 5 years from the date the common shares begin trading on the exchange.

Warrants & Agent’s Warrants

In October 2018, in connection with the completion of the IPO financing, the Company issued non-transferrable agents warrants to acquire an aggregate of 200,000 common shares expiring 24 months from the date of issuance at an exercise price of $0.10 per share. These warrants expired in October 2020 without exercise.

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

During the period ended October 31, 2020, the Company did not incur transactions with directors and officers, or companies that are controlled by directors or officers of the Company.

FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT

The Company is exposed to minimal financial instrument related risks. The Board of Directors approves and monitors the risk management processes, inclusive of documented investment policies, counterparty limits, and controlling and reporting structures. The type of risk exposure and the way in which such exposure is managed is provided as follows:

Interest rate

Interest rate risk is the risk that the fair value of future cash flows of a financial instrument will fluctuate because of changes in market interest rates. The Company is not exposed to interest rate risk as it does not have any assets or liabilities that are affected by changes in interest rates.

Liquidity risk

Liquidity risk is the risk that the Company will not be able to meet its financial obligations as they become due. The Company’s objective in managing liquidity risk is to maintain sufficient readily available reserves in order to meet its liquidity requirements at any point in time. The Company achieves this by maintaining sufficient cash on hand to meet its financial obligations.

Credit risk

Credit risk is the risk that one party to a financial instrument will fail to discharge an obligation and cause the other party to incur a financial loss. The Company’s exposure to credit risk is on its cash held in bank accounts. This risk is managed by using major banks that are high credit quality financial institutions as determined by rating agencies.

Price risk

Price risk is the risk of financial loss to the Company as a result of equity price fluctuations. The Company is exposed to price risk with respect to equity prices.

Foreign exchange risk

Foreign currency risk is the risk that the fair values of future cash flows of a financial instrument will fluctuate because they are denominated in currencies that differ from the respective functional currency. The Company is not exposed to currency risk.

Capital Management

The Company’s capital structure consists of cash and share capital. The Company manages its capital structure and makes adjustments to it, based on the funds available to the Company, in order to complete a Qualifying Transaction. The Board of Directors does not establish quantitative return on capital criteria for management, but rather relies on the expertise of the Company’s management to sustain future development of the business. In order to carry out the planned activities and pay for administrative costs, the Company will spend its existing working capital and raise additional amounts as needed. Management reviews its capital management approach on an ongoing basis and believes that this approach, given the relative size of the Company, is reasonable. There were no changes in the Company’s approach to capital management since inception. The Company is not subject to externally imposed capital requirements (Note 1 to the financial statements).

Classification of financial instruments

Fair values

The fair values of cash and accounts payable approximate their carrying values due to the short-term to maturities of these financial instruments.

Financial instruments measured at fair value are classified into one of three levels in the fair value hierarchy according to the relative reliability of the inputs used to estimate the fair values. The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are:

• Level 1 – Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;

• Level 2 – Inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability either directly or indirectly; and

• Level 3 – Inputs that are not based on observable market data.

Cash is measured at fair value using level 1 input.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

As at October 31, 2020, and up to the current date, the Company had no off balance sheet arrangements.

Legal proceedings

As at the current date management was not aware of any legal proceedings involving the Company. Outstanding Share Data

As at October 31, 2020 and the date of this MD&A, the Company has the following outstanding securities:

• 1) Common shares: 16,524,000

• 2) Stock options: 400,000

The stock options have an exercise price of $0.10, with an expiry date on October 28, 2023.

Contingent liabilities

As at October 31, 2020 and up to the current date management was not aware of any outstanding contingent liabilities relating to the Company’s activities.

Any forward-looking information in this MDA is based on the conclusions of management. The Company cautions that due to risks and uncertainties, actual events may differ materially from current expectations. With respect to the company’s operations, actual events may differ from current expectations due to economic conditions, new opportunities, changing budget priorities of the company, and other factors.

CAPITAL DISCLOSURE

The Company manages its capital structure and makes adjustments to it based on the funds available to the Company, in order to support the acquisition of a new business. The Board of Directors does not establish quantitative return on capital criteria for management, but rather relies on the expertise of the Company’s management to acquire and sustain future development of a business. Management reviews its capital management approach on an ongoing basis and believes that this approach, given the relative size of the Company, is reasonable. There were no changes in the Company’s approach to capital management during the period ended January 31, 2020. The Company is not subject to externally imposed capital requirements.

MANAGEMENT’S RESPONSIBILITY FOR FINANCIAL INFORMATION

The Company's financial statements and the other financial information included in this management report are the responsibility of the Company's management, and have been examined and approved by the Board of Directors. The financial statements were prepared by management in accordance with IFRS and include certain amounts based on management’s best estimates using careful judgment. The selection of accounting principles and methods is management’s responsibility.

Management recognizes its responsibility for conducting the Company’s affairs in a manner to comply with the requirements of applicable laws and established financial standards and principles, and for maintaining proper standards of conduct in its activities. The Board of Directors supervises the financial statements and other financial information through its audit committee, which is comprised of a majority of non-management directors.

This committee’s role is to examine the financial statements and recommend that the Board of Directors approve them, to examine the internal control and information protection systems and all other matters relating to the Company’s accounting and finances. In order to do so, the audit committee meets annually with the external auditors, with or without the Company’s management, to review their respective audit plans and discuss the results of their examination. This committee is responsible for recommending the appointment of the external auditors or the renewal of their engagement.

DIRECTORS

Certain directors of the Company are also directors, officers and/or shareholders of other companies. Such associations may give rise to conflicts of interest from time to time. The directors of the Company are required to act in good faith with a view to the best interests of the Company and to disclose any interest which they may have in any project opportunity of the Company. If a conflict of interest arises at a meeting of the board of directors, any directors in a conflict will disclose their interests and abstain from voting in such matters. In determining whether or not the Company will participate in any project or opportunity, the directors will primarily consider the degree of risk to which the Company may be exposed and its financial position at the time.