
4Less Group, Inc. (1438901) 10-Q published on Jun 14, 2021 at 4:42 pm
The Company is authorized to issue 15,000,000 common shares at a par value of $0.000001 per share. These shares have full voting rights. The share capital has been retrospectively adjusted accordingly to reflect these reverse stock splits. At April 30, 2021 and January 31, 2021 there were 2,574,413 and 1,427,163 shares outstanding and issuable, respectively. No dividends were paid in the three months ended April 30, 2021 or 2020. The Company’s articles of incorporation include a provision that the Company is not allowed to issue fractional shares.
For the three months ended April 30, 2021 the gain on settlement of debt of $914,049 consisted of a $853,452 gain that resulted from the settlement of accounts payable totaling $950,151 that was settled for $96,699, and a $60,597 gain that resulted from the reduction in the derivative liability due to cash repayments on convertible debt. For the three months ended April 30, 2020 the gain on settlement of debt of $2,172,646 consisted of a gain that resulted from the settlement of $1,070,035 in convertible notes, and $175,422 in accrued interest, as well as $122,000 in short-term debt and $22,076 in accrued interest, and the associated derivative liability of $792,218 all totaling $2,181,751 in exchange for 250 Class C shares having a fair-value of $9,105.
We had total revenue of $3,728,784 for the three months ended April 30, 2021, compared to $2,000,071 for the three months ended April 30, 2020. Sales increased by $1,728,713 due to aggressive advertising and increased consumer demand. The Company also recorded $981,830 in deferred revenue, which will be recognized as revenue next quarter and recognized $687,766 from last quarter. The deferred revenue represents orders paid by customers this period but delivered in the following period due to back orders and processing and delivery times. The Company also recorded $268,932 in customer deposits for the three months ended April 30, 2021 and recognized $188,385 from the prior quarter. The customer deposits are orders paid by customers and canceled in the following period due to back orders or other reasons.
The Company’s focus continues in growing its proprietary website revenues and the Company was successful in that, increasing its proprietary website revenue by 91%.
• General and Administrative in increased by $472,867 due to increases of $273,720 in investor relations costs as a result of the REG A subscription offering and $173,543 in professional fees due to reporting and business requirements. Note for the three months ended April 30, 2020, the Company had reduced spending significantly due to the Covid 19 pandemic.
We had a net loss of $567,557 for three months ended April 30, 2021, compared to net income of $1,186,898 for three months ended April 30, 2021. The decrease in net income was mainly due to the gain on settlement in debt that occurred in the three months ended April 30, 2020, the higher operating expenses, specifically marketing, investor relations and professional fees in the three months ended April 30, 2021 which were partly offset by the 86% increase in revenues.