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RKB

Targeted Advertising

There is a Local Magazine for the Stockbridge area where one of our shops is located in Edinburgh, called Stockbridge Spotlight.

There is also an online version of this Magazine.

Voyager Life have an excellent two-page spread on our companies’ products.

RKB

https://issuu.com/suehutchison/docs/stockbridge_spotlight_february_2022_for_on_line_ma

Good morning ComTruise

I will be civil to you because you have taken the time to read (re-read) the IPO Document.

Assuming you are a shareholder, then you will have done your due diligence before you bought. You will have known how much our BoD would be paid for their services but now, you are upset.

If you had bought via the Crowdfunding site Seedrs, then you would have been aware of the EIS Tax Relief.

This Tax Relief is worth 30% off your total investment.

Being such a knowledgeable investor that you are, you will have known that you must retain your shares for three years, to benefit from the tax relief.

Now, if you sell your shares within the three years, then the Taxman will be wanting you to reimburse him.

If you bought, after the IPO on AQUIS then you will have a lower entry-price than all the EIS Investors as unfortunately the price that was available since last June was lower due to major platforms not permitting VOY.PL being available for online dealing within a SIPP.

RKB

Voyaging out of the Pandemic

Nick Tulloch gave a 7-minute interview with Proactive Investors on our new division VoyagerCann.

Voyager are attending two trade fairs in London in March & April 2022.

Our potential orders from this new division are in excess of £50,000 and we only acquired this asset about 6 or 7 weeks ago and for less than a third of what we pay a Non-Executive Director.

Nick said something towards the end of the interview (you will have to watch the interview) but as a teaser, when I was a beekeeper in the 1970’s & 1980’s most beekeepers were small time and there were very few beekeepers who were commercial (we had 97 hives at our peak) and every single beekeeper that sold their honey, sold it in 1lb jars (456g) and all the jars were the same (like they still are for all white label honey and the major honey supplier) the only difference is the label.

I went to our wholesaler in Glasgow and said I wanted 10 gross of jars (1,440 jars) and was given a price which included a good discount on the normal box priced at 72 jars (half a gross) I then said that I really did not want the standard honey jar and asked to see all the glass jars that they had.

There was a beauty product jar that only held 12oz (340g) but it cost more because it was a lot heavier and it was not as tall. Our labels still fitted on the jar, and I sold our 12oz jar of honey to our retail customers for more than what I used to sell our 1lb jars and our profits went up by over 25% after accounting for the increased cost. Our customers preferred our product because it was unique.

So, there is a point to why Nick & our staff emphasize the importance of attending trade fairs and interacting with our potential customers.

RKB

https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/973778/voyager-life-venture-into-skincare-with-new-division-voyagercann-973778.html

Launch of VoyagerCann

Voyager, the health and wellness company supplying high-quality Cannabidiol (CBD), hemp seed oil and hemp-related products, is pleased to announce the launch of voyagerCann, its new bespoke skincare product creation and development division.

On 20 December 2021, Voyager announced the acquisition of Cannafull's brands and assets including its associated brand Ascend Skincare following the liquidation of Cannafull's parent company. Since then, Voyager has worked to re-establish trading in the business and is in the process of contacting Cannafull's customers and other potential customers offering a full turn-key service for the development and launch of new CBD skincare products. These include:

Product formulations
White label solutions
Manufacturing services
Product Registration & Regulatory Compliance
Labelling & packaging solutions
Marketing & Distribution

This new business-to-business service will operate as an integral part of Voyager's existing business and customers will therefore be able to benefit from the Company's experience and presence in the UK's CBD and plant-based wellness sector. In particular, customers will have the opportunity to stock their products in Voyager's stores. As part of this integration, and in recognition that the relaunched operations will offer a far wider range of services and products than before, the Company has re-branded the division voyagerCann.

Initial responses have been positive and voyagerCann is currently in discussions with customers on an order book that, if concluded, would have an aggregate value of over £50,000.

Voyager will be presenting its voyagerCann operations at the White Label Expo and the CBD Show, both of which take place in London, in March 2022 and April 2022 respectively.

RKB

ComTruise

If you are / were a shareholder then you would know the answer to your own question, but as you appear to have limited metal capabilities from your “extensive posting history” I will assist you on where the information you asked about can be located.

On our website, on the Admission Document from June 2021 under section 5 sub paragraph 7.

You will see our Chairman receives £45,000 and our two NED’s each receive £30,000.

So, I would expect our CEO to receive substantially more than our NED’s.

RKB

PS I know the accounts inside out, but you may change your comments in future if you were to read the full IPO Document and peruse our website.

US Shipping Costs

I believe our re-constituted BoD and senior appointments have begun the next stage of our Chill-Journey.

Having a strategic relationship with Disruptive Micro-Fulfilment Provider, Fabric, to Enable Sustainable Same- and Next-Day Delivery will bring our products to our customers more quickly, enabling us to increase our market penetration.

I have travelled across the whole of America (in a Greyhound Bus) in my mid-twenties and the distances between States are enormous.

Colorado is 104,093 square miles, Texas is 268,580 sm, Florida is 65,755 sm and the UK including Northern Ireland is 93,628 sm. (there are 11 States larger than the UK and another 8 States over 70,000 sm)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_area

In the UK our Royal Mail (and Amazon Prime among others) can deliver a letter or a package normally within 24 hours.
In America, their Postal Service for a “First Class Package Service” is from $4.50 but this is from a Post Office, and it takes 1-3 days. USPS Retail Ground is from $8.50 for 2-8 days. Their guaranteed “Next-Day to 2 day” starts @ $26.95 https://www.usps.com/ship/mail-shipping-services.htm

If you were to take a step-back and think about how our current on-line orders are fulfilled and then think about what has just been announced with our partnership with Fabric.

I believe our costs and the costs incurred by our customers will be reduced and our products will arrive quicker than at present.

Now the Green Lines will not like what I have said but when you think about say shipping from New York to all the North-eastern States there would probably have been only one fulfilment centre but now there could be several. Likewise, if we currently have one fulfilment centre in Florida then we could again have several and with this potential partnership, our customers may be able to have their purchases delivered the next day and not have to incur excessive shipping costs.

We do not know (at present) where the fulfilment centres will be but within our business plan, I am confident we will be within 24 hours of supplying our customers.

RKB

Sorry we can’t have a green line so go to bed assuming you have a bed and not a rock.

RKB

Our Major Shareholders

Before I post about our major shareholders, it is nice to see no green lines today, have they all moved on? (I could see 17 green lines on this page but at the time of this post there were no greens lines for today)

Looking at our Major Shareholders list, it is pleasing to note that Spreadex Ltd and J Story are no longer “Material Shareholders” We do have one shareholder that I believe has not been honest with their actual shareholding.

Intertrader Ltd have not notified a change to their position of 3.95% and if they have increased say to 5% then they would have increased by about 2,233,100 (2,233,099 + 1 to go over 5%) Likewise if Intertrader Ltd had decreased by say about 2,014,667 (2,014,666 +1 to go just under 3%)

I do not believe that Intrader Ltd position has remained constant but there is (at present) nothing ordinary shareholders can do about it.

But last year I made a formal complaint to the FCA about Spreadex Ltd for their late TR1 notifications and my complaint was not upheld.

There were two parts to my complaint and the second part was that the FCA did not sanction any company or individual for late TR1’s. The reason they gave was all to do with Data Protection but really that was just a “get out of jail” free card because it took the FCA weeks to find out who could deal with my complaint.

From the 8th of June 2021 to the 3rd of August, I was looking for guidance from the FCA and I said on numerous occasions that I was reluctant to make a formal complaint as all I was wanting was confirmation that the FCA ensured that their Handbook Rules were being adhered to. The FCA in my opinion prevaricated, so I made my formal complaint on the 3rd of August 2021, and it took till 4th November 2021 (3 months) to reach a “Final Decision” You may ask the question, why did it take three months to deal with my complaint? Do they have so many complaints or do they need a legal team to find a way around a problem that they know exists but don’t want to “deal with”?

You may think, “why bother?” “Who cares?” well if we had the FCA’s handbook rules being adhered to then we would not have incorrect or invalid information on our Major Shareholders list.

We have come a long way since our AGM & GM last year, we have some serious new blood introduced to our Board and maybe just maybe someone who cares will peruse our shareholder register and make enquires as to why they have ignored the FCA’s Handbook Rules.

RKB

PS What’s the odds that a number of green lines will appear and that my post will be taken down even though Admin have gone home for the day? (1/100?)

Our Interim Results

I was a little surprised that our Interim Results came a day earlier than I had predicted.

I analyse Reports and read everything and attempt to distil what has been produced and is historic and then calculate what the future may hold.

The first thing that I focus on is Revenue as that is what we as a Company are all about, generating sales, so as to pay our overheads.

Our gross margin is 41.97% (Revenue £1,073,872 Cost of Sales £756,434 and Gross Profit £317,438)

To have a gross margin of over 40% (Note DRB83 it is not 30% as per your post earlier)

I can understand initially that our joint CEO’s had committed to a 10,000 + Store Rollout last year, but only the multiple green lines on our B.B. are ignorant of the Covid-19 issues around, staffing, logistics, truck-drivers, fuel costs, and with the new executives and Board members that they have surrounded themselves with now, then it was logical (in my opinion)

There are good sound financial reasons for “delaying” our Store Rollout. Pivoting more to online sales is one way to maintain our gross margins. If we maintain our gross margins, it will enable us to expand our various sales channels.

We are often compared to Fever-Tree. Their gross margin in 2020 was 46.2%. Their most resent RNS yesterday, which gave a trading update for their year end 2021, said that their revenue will be about £311 million, and they predict that in 2022 it will be between £355 - £365 million. That is a forecast of between 14.15% and 17.36% revenue growth this year.

We will later this year have our actual revenue growth for our full year to March 2022 and I think our revenue growth will greatly exceed Fever-Trees.

I could say more, but I prefer to discuss all the positives with friends than on our B.B.

RKB

PS I think if I were to un-filter all the little green lines there would be a surge in the National Grid.

IphoneiTrade

Still smarting from CLP days. Is it because you did not slowly top-slice like I did? Maybe that’s why I made over six figures there.

Getting back to the RNS and the website.

I think most posters on our B.B. would agree that our website is lacking accurate, clear & concise details with regards to the notifiable shareholdings.

Currently our website has been saying since August last year that John Story has 17,912,221 and says incorrectly 12.97% when 17,912,221 actually is 8.45%. They do put two asterisks next to his name which informs us that “part of Mr Story’s interest is through financial instruments that are included in the totals of Spreadex Ltd.”

What this means is that under J Story he has under his name “fully paid” 17,912,221 shares.

Then from today’s RNS issued at 5:30pm we are informed that he has 24,618,367 or 11.61% (to be exact it is 11.6086%) so on this information he has increased the shares under his name by 6,706,146. What we have not been informed about is how many shares J Story has through financial instruments with Spreadex Ltd.

From the RNS 3/12/21 it said, “Mr John Story that his interests in the Company's ordinary shares of 1 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") totals 29,118,367 Ordinary Shares, equivalent to 13.73% of the current issued Ordinary Shares.” But we do not know how many shares are held under J Story or Spreadex Ltd. So, this will obviously cause confusion. Technically the Company should place a date on the Major Shareholders section of our website to say when it was last updated, and it should be updated twice a year.

We were promised improved shareholder communication but as evidenced with our Major Shareholders we have been badly let down. Maybe the larger shareholders will let our BoD know that they should deliver what they said they would with regards to shareholder communication.

RKB

PS I am looking forward to our Interims as we will have accurate information as to our sales for the six months to September 2021 and even if there were to be no increase in sales between October 2021 and March 2022, we will be on Annual Sales of over $6 million. The green lines will have to form a line for their toilet paper next week.

Good evening Roger65

John Story has not unloaded he has increased (see my Post below at 17:53)

From our website from thee 12/10/21 & 10/11/21 & 21/01/22 John Story was recorded as having under his own name 17,912,221 on all the above dates.

Today he has informed the company he has 24,618,367 so with my arithmetic that is an increase of 6,706,146 so you are incorrect when you said, “Anyone any idea if Storey is just going to keep offloading?”

I think you will continue to see J Story increasing and Spreadex Ltd decreasing, as the shares are “transferred” between them.

RKB

PS I like the time of the RNS 5:30pm so the green lines that I often see will be purchasing some toilet paper

John Story

With today’s RNS issued at 5:30pm he has increased from 8.45% to 11.61%.

This is an increase of 6,706,146 shares.

RKB

PS I am looking forward to the Interims next Monday.

The Investment Case

Part 3

A Commitment To Shareholder Returns

Our low-cost operating model supports long-term stakeholder returns:

• Use of strategic partnerships to continually eliminate ongoing costs
• Leading research to refine products, perfect supply and production process, and improve margins
• Exposure to international markets through wide-ranging distribution agreements and global marketing campaigns
• Limited operating expenses and continually improving margins

RKB

PS Will the little green lines disappear faster than Boris?

The Investment Case

Part 2

Revenue Prospects

Through the continual reduction of ongoing costs and growing popularity of our products, we are selling more products and achieving better financial results:

• Mass-market distribution across lucrative European and North American Markets, both through online channels and landmark distribution agreements.
• Partnerships with highly renowned distribution networks to bring the Company’s CBD products to tens of thousands of stores across the US, with similar agreements in place for a mass rollout across thousands of European locations.
• Critical acclaim for products from the likes of GQ and the Global Green Beauty Awards
• Sustained uplift in online retail orders.
• An agile and scalable model based on partnerships with leading providers of cultivation, production, and distribution.

A Strong Platform For Growth

Chill Brands Group has created two core brands of popular, premium-quality CBD products: the world-class Chill line of tobacco alternatives and Zoetic-branded luxury health and cosmetics products. Both are available are available to millions of consumers across our key markets. What sets Chill Brands Group apart, and makes our products desirable, includes:

• Premium-quality products with full transparency of ingredients
• Rigorous quality assurance processes at every step
• Setting the company apart from its peers through transparency and high quality
• CBD products that are free from chemical pesticides, herbicides, and heavy metals

Science Is At Our Heart

Science is at the heart of all Chill Brands Group does. Having established a market for its products through research into the many applications of CBD, including as an alternative to tobacco, the Company works with a number of distinguished agronomy and research partners and benefits from their expertise.

To date, Chill Brands Group has actioned several programmes, including:

• Partnership with cannabinoid research experts GVB Biopharma, which continues to gather valuable data from the cultivation of 40,000 feminised hemp seeds
• Production of high-calibre CBD isolate, ongoing research into its potential medical applications and the opportunity for the commercial exploitation of the same
• Extensive seed testing programme with top-level US universities
• Robust compliance programme to ensure regulatory alignment with global bodies including the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the UK’s Food Standards Agency (FSA)
• US patents filed to protect the manufacturing methods of first-of-their-kind tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)-free smokable cannabidiol (CBD) products

RKB

The Investment Case

Part 1

We have not had many Posters posting on our chat board and this is probably because there are one or two “posters” (to kind a word for their type) who are determined to vent their bile so as to detract from an adult conversation bulletin board.

I currently have two little green men filtered, and I estimate they (could just be one) have monopolised about 20% of 2022 Posts. I expect them to continue to produce nothing of interest for myself or 99% of the genuine Posters that frequent our B.B.

So, looking at our Investor Website, www.chillbrandsgroup.com under Investors Relations we have our Investment Case. I doubt my little insignificant green men have ever looked at our Investment Case (probably because they lack the mental capacity to understand a few sentences)

Co-Chief Executive Officers’ Welcome Statement

Thank you for your interest in Chill Brands Group.

Chill Brands Group is a commercially responsible CBD company that is capitalising on the growing health and wellness markets by providing consumers with premium-quality products through an extensive distribution network across the USA, UK and Europe.

We believe that our brands can make the world a better place whilst delivering strong growth opportunities for investors as our international sales operations expand.

We recognise the importance of timely and effective communication with investors and the media. We are therefore committed to providing current and potential investors with regular updates, accessible through this website. You are also welcome to contact us. Trevor Taylor and Antonio Russo”

Investing In The New Global Frontier

Chill Brands Group is uniquely positioned as a first mover. The company provides investors with the opportunity to assess a high-growth sector that is still in its infancy and has never experienced as much demand as today.

Through contacts with major research, cultivation and distribution partners in the USA and Europe, Chill Brands Group is well placed to capitalise on the growing health and CBD trends in our key markets (the US, UK & Europe). Our focus is on generating long-term value, improving sales revenues, and minimising costs through our agile and scalable model.

RKB

Our Interims at the end of the month

I expect our Interims for our half year to 30th September 2021 to be published on Monday 31st January 2022 (the last possible date permitted)

It is in my opinion good business practice not to inform our competitors as to how well we are doing.

From the information previously released on 17/05/21 1/07/21 & 3/11/21 we will have sales of about $2.6 million ($0.34m + $1m + $0.72m + $561,330 = $2,621,330) note this is on in the USA it does not include the UK.

All the $2 million sales were announced under our previous ticker of ZOE.

In July 2021 we acquired the www.chill.com website and in August 2021 we changed our name from Zoetic to Chill Brands Group and changed our ticker to CHLL.

We had our Full Year results on the 31st of August 2021 and had a little tidy-up of our accounts to “put behind us” the LDA finance agreement.

There was a significant announcement on the 29th of September when we appointed Strategic Advisors, Thomas Hensey & Tim Ransom (from Rhino Marketing) “The duo has participated in the launch of over 1,000 successful brands worldwide. Chill to benefit from the guidance and insight of industry experts whose success portfolio includes Red Bull, NFL, Coppertone, Jimmy Dean, Hillshire Farms, and hundreds of Fortune 500 brand extensions.”

There was another significant announcement the next day, when we were informed that we have a new product being launched “Tobacco-free nicotine flavour pouches that is set to launch in the coming months.”
On the 30th of September 2021 we had our AGM (you may want to re-read the AGM Statement as in my opinion it sets the tone for the coming year) One part I think sums it up “The next year will be one of growth, transformation, and new partnerships. There is much work to be done, and our focus is on plotting an irreversible upward trajectory that will deliver the Company to new heights.”

Also, on the 30th of September 2021 we announced the appointment of another Strategic Advisor, Viridan Capital Advisors. “Chill's advisory agreement with Viridian is focused on building the business, profile, market value and liquidity of the Company.” For their services Viridan have warrants for 11,290,826 shares @1p with a strike price of £0.60p. (note this is the last RNS where Buchan are listed)

Finally, our most recent announcement on the 4th of January 2022 we were informed of the appointment of a Chief Commercial Officer, Michael Sandore who, will lead our Sales & Marketing Group.

Chill’s BoD have appointed:
Strategic Advisors, Thomas Hensey & Tim Ransom Rihno Marketing.
Strategic Advisor, Viridan Capital Advisors
Chief Commercial Officer, Michael Sandore

I am looking forward to further announcements in 2022.

RKB

PS We also have Callum Sommerton our International Brand Director @callumsomm

Our Interims at end of month

Ipossible date permitted)
It is in my opinion good business practice not to inform our competitors as to how well we are doing.
From the information previously released on 17/05/21 1/07/21 & 3/11/21 we will have sales of about $2.6 million ($0.34m + $1m + $0.72m + $561,330 = $2,621,330) note this is on in the USA it does not include the UK.
All the $2 million sales were announced under our previous ticker of ZOE.
In July 2021 we acquired the www.chill.com website and in August 2021 we changed our name from Zoetic to Chill Brands Group and changed our ticker to CHLL.

Good afternoon Sebstyles

I have used the same $10 as in previous posts that fellow Posters have used.

If you were aware of my Posting history, you would know that I do extensive research.

Have you every observed the “impulse buy” at the Supermarket checkout?

If were to take just 5 minutes observing what the public do at a check-out then you would be aware that the turnover of theses “impulse buys” are constant and if you were to loiter a little longer you would be able to observe how quickly a particular product is replenished.

Our CHLL products are in my opinion, are not impulse buys, but they are displayed in an eye-catching cabinet, and it is my understanding you would not permit a cabinet ONLY GENERATED 10$ A DAY.

One day, we will reach 10,000 stores then 20,000 stores then 30,000 stores etc and they will not be generating only $10 a day.

Patience is all it takes.

RKB

P/E or Price Earnings Ratio

On the 31st of January 2022 I expect our Interims to be produced.

I expect we will produce some earnings for the six months ending 30th September 2021.
For this Post I am using a hypothetical revenue of $1 million for the first 6 months and then doubling that for the full year to March 2022.

So hypothetically if we have earnings in our full year of $2 million that would be about £1,476,950 (using $1 = £0.74)
Currently we have 212,070,034 shares in issue.
Earnings per share is £0.0069644 (£1,476,950 / 212,070,034)

If our P/E was 20 then that would be £0.14p (£0.0069644 *20) but this is only on revenue of $2 million for our full year to March 2022.

Currently our share price is £0.18p and using the above formulae that would result in about $2,586,957 earnings (£1,908,630) if our P/E is calculated at 20.
Our revenue will steadily increase over the year, and it is my belief that my “estimate” of annual revenues will be greatly exceeded as more and more stores are rolled out.

I prefer to estimate our P/E at the point where we are currently in 10,000 stores and selling $10 a day.
10,000 * $10 = $100,000 per day
$100,000 per day * 30 days (1 month) = $3 million
$3 million * 12 months = $36 million or £26,585,100 per year.
Per share = £0.12536p and a P/E 20 = £2.50p (£2.5072)

So, from Happypennies post at 11:15am this morning we arrive at an almost similar figure (£2.50 v £2.54) and this is only for 10,000 stores and ignoring online revenue.

RKB.

PS Looking forward to our Interims.

Scroll down half a page to the P/E Ratio Video only 1 min 13 seconds long.

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/p/price-earningsratio.asp