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NOTE 7 - INVESTMENT IN PARAGON WASTE SOLUTIONS LLC
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NOTE 7– INVESTMENT IN PARAGON WASTE SOLUTIONS LLC
At September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 the Company owned 54% of the membership units of PWS, Black Stone Management Services, LLC ("Black Stone"), the original inventor of the technology, owns 26%, a shareholder of the Company owns10% and two related parties, each own 5%. In 2013 Black Stone sold 10% of its membership units to a shareholder of the Company and received 875,000 shares of common stock of the Company as well as other equity interests.
In August, 2011, we acquired certain waste destruction technology (the "IP") from Black Stone in exchange for 1,000,000 shares of our common stock valued at $100,000. In March 2012, the Company entered into an Irrevocable License & Royalty Agreement with PWS that granted to PWS an irrevocable world-wide license to the IP in exchange for a 5% royalty on all revenues from PWS and its affiliates. PWS generated licensing and placement revenues of $20,600 and $59,300 for the three months ended September 30, 2014 and the nine months ended September 30, 2014, respectively. PWS had no revenues for 2013 therefore royalties due to SEER are $3,000 and $0, respectively.
Since its inception through September 30, 2014, the Company has provided approximately $4,100,000 in funding to PWS for working capital, the further development and construction of various prototypes, and the construction of commercial waste destruction units for placement with licensees. None of the minority interest holders have made capital contributions or other funding to PWS. The intent of the operating agreement is that the Company would provide the funding as a loan to be repaid out of future earnings of PWS and prior to any capital distributions to members.
NOTE 7– INVESTMENT IN PARAGON WASTE SOLUTIONS LLC, continued
In September 2013, PWS entered into an Exclusive Use License and Joint Operations Agreement ("License Agreement") with Sterall Inc. ("Sterall"). The License Agreement grants to Sterall the use of the PWS Technology and requires payments of licensing fees, unit placement fees and distribution of net operating profits as more fully described in Footnote 7 in our 2013 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 27, 2014. For the nine months ended September 30, 2014, Sterall ordered a total of six CoronaLux™ units, of which one unit has been delivered, and five units are pending delivery at September 30, 2014. Sterall paid a non-refundable placement fee of $236,300 for the unit delivered in 2014.
In addition, on March 4, 2014, PWS entered into a Licensing and Equipment Lease Agreement with eCycling International of South Carolina, LLC ("eCycling"). The License Agreement grants to eCycling the use of the PWS Technology for an initial term of five years and requires a payment of $176,875 as a non-refundable initial licensing fee and distributions of 50% of net operating profits, as defined in the agreement, in lieu of continuing royalty payments for the use of the licensed technology.
Payments received for licensing and placement fees have been recorded as deferred revenue in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets at September 30, 2014 and are recognized as revenue over the term of the contract.
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