Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

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12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
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15. RELATED PARTIES

 

See Note 10 - Notes Payable, Note 13 – Stockholders’ Equity and Note 17 – Commitments and Contingencies for additional details.

 

BLNK HOLDINGS TRANSFERS TO JMJ

 

In February 2018, prior to the closing of the public offering, Mr. Farkas reached an agreement with JMJ that, following the closing of the public offering, BLNK Holdings, an entity for which Mr. Farkas had voting power and investment power with regard to this entity’s holdings, would transfer 260,000 shares to JMJ as additional consideration for JMJ agreeing to waive its claims to $12 million as a mandatory default amount pursuant to previous agreements with the Company. This transfer took place on April 18, 2018. Prior to entering into this agreement, Mr. Farkas did not bring the matter to the entire Board for a vote. The fair value of $785,200 of the 260,000 shares of common stock that were to be transferred to JMJ by BLNK Holdings is reflected as interest expense on the Company’s consolidated statements of operations during the year ended December 31, 2018 with a corresponding credit to additional paid-in capital.

 

LETTER AGREEMENTS

 

On March 22, 2018 the Company issued 550,000 shares of common stock pursuant to certain letter agreements. (See Note 12 – Stockholder’s Equity for additional details.)

 

On January 4, 2018, the Company and both Mr. Farkas and Mr. Feintuch have agreed to extend the expiration dates of their respective agreements from December 29, 2017 to February 14, 2018.

 

On March 22, 2018, pursuant to a letter agreement dated December 6, 2017, the Company issued 886,119 shares of common stock to Mr. Farkas as compensation with an issuance date fair value of $2,534,300. On April 16, 2018, Mr. Farkas returned 2,930,596 shares of common stock to the Company which were then retired.

 

On March 22, 2018, pursuant to a letter agreement dated December 7, 2017, the Company issued 26,500 shares of common stock to Mr. Feintuch as compensation with an issuance date fair value of $75,790.

 

TRANSACTIONS WITH PAISADES CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC

 

Mr. Engel is currently a consultant to Palisades Capital Management LLC which serves as an investment advisor with regard to our marketable securities portfolio. For the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, the Company paid Palisades Capital Management LLC fees of $29,057 and $0, respectively.

 

JOINT VENTURE

 

The Company and a group of three Cyprus entities entered into a shareholders’ agreement on February 11, 2019, pertaining to the parties’ respective shareholdings in a new joint venture entity, Blink Charging Europe Ltd. (the “Entity”), that was formed under the laws of Cyprus on the same date. The Company owns 40% of the Entity while the other three entities own 60% of the Entity. The Entity currently owns 100% of a Greek subsidiary, Blink Charging Hellas SA (“Hellas”), which started operations in the Greek EV market. There are currently no plans for the Company to make any capital contributions or investments. During the year ended December 31, 2019, the Company recognized sales of approximately $42,000 to Hellas and as of December 31, 2019, the Company had a receivable from Hellas of approximately $42,000.