Statement of Ownership: Private Transaction (sc 13e3)

Share Name	Share Symbol	Market	Type
Earth Search Sciences Inc (CE)	USOTC:ESSE	OTCMarkets	Common Stock

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 13E-3

(Rule 13e-100)

RULE 13E-3 TRANSACTION STATEMENT UNDER SECTION 13(e)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

EARTH SEARCH SCIENCES, INC.

(Name of Issuer)

Earth Search Sciences, Inc.

(Name of Person(s) Filing Statement)

Common Stock Par Value $.001

(Title of Class of Securities)

270313

(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)

Larry Vance

Chief Executive Officer

306 Stoner Loop Road

Lakeside, MT 59922

(406) 250-7750

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications on Behalf of Person(s) Filing Statement)

This statement is filed in connection with (check the appropriate box):

x	The filing of solicitation materials or an information statement subject to Regulation 14A, Regulation 14C or Rule13e-3 (c) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

¨	The filing of a registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933.

¨	A tender offer.

¨	None of the above.

Check the following box if the soliciting materials or information statement referred to in checking box (a) are preliminary copies: x

Check the following box if the filing is a final amendment reporting the results of the transaction: ¨

Calculation of Filing Fee


Transaction Value*		Amount of Filing Fee**
$48.31		$1

Calculated solely for the purpose of determining the filing fee. The calculation of the Transaction Value assumes the acquisition of approximately 7,792 shares of common stock for $0.0063 per share in cash in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares expected to be created by the proposed reverse stock split and amounts paid to option holders for fractional shares.

**	Determined pursuant to Rule 0-11(b)(1) by multiplying the Transaction Value of $48.31 by 0.0002.

Check the box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Rule 0-11(a)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and identify the filing with which the offsetting fee was previously paid. Identify the previous filing by registration statement number, or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing.


Amount Previously Paid: N/A		Filing Party: N/A

Form or Registration No.: N/A		Date Filed: N/A

INTRODUCTION

This Rule 13E-3 Transaction Statement (the “Schedule”), is being filed by Earth Search Sciences, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), under Section 13(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and Rule 13e-3 promulgated thereunder, in connection with a proposed “going private” transaction (the “Transaction”) to be implemented by a consolidation of the outstanding Common Stock of the Company. After careful consideration, our Board of Directors (the “Board”) believes that going private will facilitate institutional financing of its subsidiary, General Synfuels International, Inc. (“GSI”), and because the Board believes that the costs associated with being a public reporting company in the U.S. are not justified by the benefits to the Company and its shareholders. The primary purpose of the Transaction is to reduce the number of record holders of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”) to fewer than 300, allowing the Company to terminate the registration of its Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, under 12(g) of the Exchange Act and to suspend its reporting obligations under Section 15 (d) of the Exchange Act. After the suspension of our duty to file periodic reports and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) we will cease to file reports and information with the SEC.

To accomplish the reduction in the number of record holders of the Common Stock, the Company will effect a reverse stock split of its outstanding Common Stock, whereby each 41 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of the effective date of the reverse stock split will be converted into one whole share of Common Stock (the “Reverse Stock Split”). In lieu of issuing any fractional shares to stockholders as a result of the Reverse Stock Split, the Company will make a cash payment to shareholders holding a fractional share equal to $0.0062 per pre-split share (the “Cash Payment”). Accordingly, stockholders owning fewer than 41 pre-split shares as of the effective date will no longer have an equity interest in the Company and will only be entitled to receive the Cash Payment multiplied by the number of pre-split shares owned by them. The maximum amount payable to any shareholder is ¢25 (40 pre-split shares multiplied by $0.0063 per share). Stockholders owing 41 or more pre-split shares, will continue as stockholders of the Company. The total amount of funds necessary to make Cash Payments to stockholders in connection with the Reverse Stock Split will be approximately $48.31. In addition, the expenses incurred to effect the Transaction are estimated to be approximately $45,000. The funds for the Transaction will come from the Company’s available funds.

Following the Transaction, the Company will have fewer than 300 stockholders of record. As a result, the Company will be eligible to, and intends to, terminate the registration of its Common Stock under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act suspend its reporting obligations under Section 15(d) of the Act, after which time the Company will no longer be subject to the periodic reporting requirements under the Exchange Act.

Following the Reverse Stock Split and the filing of the Form 15, Certificate of Termination of Registration with the SEC, the Company will make a one-time offer to those stockholders who hold at least one whole post Reverse Stock Split share the opportunity to exchange their ESSI stock for a pro rata share of the common stock of the Company’s subsidiary, GSI.

Under Nevada law and pursuant to our Articles of Incorporation, our Board of Directors may amend our Articles of Incorporation by filing a Certificate of Change with the Nevada Secretary of State to consummate the Reverse Stock Split which will be accompanied by a corresponding decrease in the number of authorized shares of our common stock. Nevada law does not require us to obtain any vote or consent of our stockholders to consummate the Reverse Stock Split. Accordingly, we are not seeking stockholder approval for the Reverse Stock Split, or the subsequent deregistration of our common stock or the suspension of our duty to file periodic reports and other information with the SEC. Under Nevada law, stockholders are entitled to dissenters’ rights of appraisal in connection with the Reverse Stock Split. The Reverse Stock Split will be conducted upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Company’s disclosure statement, which is attached as Exhibit (a) to this Schedule 13E-3 (the “Disclosure Statement”). The information contained in the Disclosure Statement, including all exhibits thereto, is hereby expressly incorporated herein by this reference. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Disclosure Statement.

As used herein, “the Company,” “we,” “our” and “us” refers to Earth Search Sciences, Inc., and the “Transaction” refers, to the Reverse Stock Split, the related Cash Payment to the stockholders in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares of our Common Stock, and the exchange for GSI Stock as discussed above.

Item 1.

Summary Term Sheet.

The information set forth in the Disclosure Statement under the caption “Summary Term Sheet” is incorporated herein by this reference.

Item 2.

Subject Company Information.

(a) Name and Address. The Company’s name and address, and the telephone number at that address, are:

Earth Search Sciences, Inc.

306 Stoner Loop Road

Lakeside, MT 59922

(406) 250-7750

See also the information set forth in the Disclosure Schedule under the caption “Company Information – The Company,” which is incorporated herein by this reference.

(b) Securities. As of November 24, 2015, the Company had 256,342,058 shares outstanding of its Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share. There are no outstanding shares of any other class of stock.

See also the information set forth in the Disclosure Schedule under the caption “Company Information – Company Securities,” which is incorporated herein by this reference.

(c) Trading Market and Price. The information set forth in the Disclosure Schedule under the caption “Company Information – Company Securities,” is incorporated herein by this reference.

(d) Dividends. The information set forth in the Disclosure Schedule under the caption “Company Information – Company Securities,” is incorporated herein by this reference.

(e) Prior Public Filings. The information set forth in the Disclosure Schedule under the caption “Company Information – Company Securities,” is incorporated herein by this reference.

(f) Prior Stock Purchases. The information set forth in the Disclosure Schedule under the caption “Company Information – Company Securities,” is incorporated herein by this reference.

Item 3.

Identity and Background of Filing Person.

(a) Name and Address. The filing person is the Company. Its business address is 306 Stoner Loop Road

Lakeside, MT 59922, and its telephone number is (406) 250-7750.

See also the information set forth in the Disclosure Schedule under the caption “Company Information - The Company,”

(b) Business and Background of Entities. Not applicable.

(c) Business and Background of Natural Persons. The information set forth in the Disclosure Schedule under the captions “Company Information - Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management” and “Company Information – Management,” which is incorporated herein by this reference.

Item 4.

Terms of the Transaction.

(a) Material Terms. The information set forth in the Disclosure Schedule under the captions “Summary Term Sheet,” “Special Factors,” “Other Matters Related to the Transaction - Stockholder Approval,” and “Other Matters Related to the Transaction - Certain Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences” is incorporated herein by reference.

(b) Different Terms. The information set forth in the Disclosure Statement under the captions “Special Factors - Effects of the Transaction” is incorporated herein by this reference.

(c) Appraisal Rights. The information set forth in the Disclosure Statement under the caption “Other Matters Related to the Transaction - Dissenters’ Rights” is incorporated herein by this reference.

(d) Provisions for Unaffiliated Security Holders. Our Board of Directors has not granted unaffiliated stockholders access to our corporate files, except as required by the Nevada law, nor has it extended the right to retain counsel or appraisal services at our expense.

See also the information set forth in the Disclosure Schedule under the captions “Special Factors – Fairness of the Transaction,” which is incorporated herein by this reference.

(e) Eligibility for Listed or Trading. Not applicable.

Item 5.

Past Contacts, Transactions, Negotiations and Agreements.

(a) Transactions. The information set forth in the Disclosure Statement under the caption “Company Information – Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management” is incorporated herein by this reference.

(b) Significant Corporate Events. None.

(e) Agreements Involving the Subject Company’s Securities. The information set forth in the Disclosure under the captions “Company Information - Company Securities,” and “Company Information - Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management” is incorporated herein by this reference

Item 6.

Purposes of the Transaction and Plans or Proposals.

(a) Use of Securities Acquired. All fractional shares acquired by the Company in the Transaction will be cancelled and returned to the status of authorized but unissued shares.

See also the information set forth in the Disclosure Schedule under the caption “Special Factors – Material Terms,” which is incorporated herein by this reference.

(c)(1)-(8) Plans. The information set forth in the Disclosure Statement under the captions “Special Factors - Purpose of the Transaction” and “Special Factors - Effects of the Transaction” is incorporated herein by this reference.

Item 7.

Purposes, Alternatives, Reasons and Effects.

(a) Purposes. The information set forth in the Disclosure Statement under the captions “Special Factors – Purpose of the Transaction” and “Special Factors – Background of the Transaction” is incorporated herein by this reference.

(b) Alternatives. The information set forth in the Disclosure Statement under the caption “Special Factors – Background of the Transaction” is incorporated by reference

(c) Reasons. The information set forth in the Disclosure Statement under the caption “Special Factors - Reasons for the Transaction” is incorporated by reference.

(d) Effects. The information set forth in the Disclosure Statement under the captions “Special Factors - Effects of the Transaction” and “Other Matters Related to the Transaction – Certain Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences” is incorporated by reference.

Item 8. Fairness of the Transaction.

(a) Fairness. The information set forth in the Disclosure Statement under the caption “Special Factors - Fairness of the Transaction” is incorporated herein by this reference.

(b) Factors Considered in Determining Fairness. The information set forth in the Disclosure Statement under the captions and “Special Factors - Fairness of the Transaction” is incorporated herein by reference.

(c) Approval of Security Holders. The information set forth in the Disclosure Statement under the caption “Other Matters Related to the Transaction - Stockholder Approval” is incorporated by reference.

(d) Unaffiliated Representative. A majority of directors who are not employees of the Company has not retained an unaffiliated representative to act solely on behalf of unaffiliated security holders for any purposes.

(e) Approval of Directors. All of the Company’s directors approved of the Transaction.

See also the information set forth in the Disclosure Schedule under the captions “Special Factors – Background of the Transaction” and “Special Factors – Fairness of the Transaction,” which is incorporated herein by this reference.

(f) Other Offers. None.

Item 9.

Reports, Opinions, Appraisals and Negotiations.

(a) Report, Opinion or Appraisal. None.

(b) Preparer and Summary of the Report, Opinion or Appraisal. Not applicable.

Item 10.

Source and Amounts of Funds or Other Consideration.

(a) Source of Funds. The information set forth in the Disclosure Statement under the caption “Other Matters Related to the Transaction – Source and Amounts of Funds” is incorporated herein by reference.

(b) Conditions. The information set forth in the Disclosure Statement under the caption “Other Matters Related to the Transaction – Source and Amounts of Funds” is incorporated herein by reference.

(c) Expenses. The information set forth in the Disclosure Statement under the caption “Other Matters Related to the Transaction – Source and Amounts of Funds” is incorporated herein by reference.

(d) Borrowed Funds. The Company does not intend to borrow funds in connection with the Transaction. The information set forth in the Disclosure Statement under the caption “Other Matters Related to the Transaction – Source and Amounts of Funds” is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 11. Interest in Securities of the Subject Company.

(a) Securities Ownership. The information set forth in the Disclosure Statement under the captions “Company Information - Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management” is incorporated herein by this reference.

(b) Securities Transactions. The information set forth in the Disclosure Statement under the caption “Company Information - Company Securities” is incorporated herein by this reference.

Item 12.

The Solicitation or Recommendation.

(d) Intent to Tender or Vote in a Going-Private Transaction. Not applicable.

(e) Recommendation of Others. Not applicable.

Item 13. Financial Statements.

(a) Financial Information. The information set forth in the Disclosure Statement under the caption “Financial and Other Information” is incorporated herein by this reference.

(b) Pro Forma Information. Not applicable.

Item 14. Persons/Assets, Retained, Employed, Compensated or Used.

(a) Solicitations or Recommendations. None.

(b) Employees and Corporate Assets. None.

Item 15. Additional Information

(a) Not applicable.

(b) Other Material Information. The information contained in the Disclosure Statement, including all exhibits attached thereto, is incorporated herein by this reference.

Item 16. Exhibits

(a) Disclosure Statement.

(b) None.

(d) Not applicable.

(f) Summary of Dissenters’ Rights (included in the Disclosure Statement under the caption “Other Matters Related to the Transaction - Dissenters’ Rights”); Sections 92A.300 to 92A.500 of the Nevada Revised Statutes (included as Exhibit A to the Disclosure Statement).

(g) Not applicable.

SIGNATURE

After due inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.


Date: January 11, 2016	EARTH SEARCH SCIENCES, INC.

	By:	/s/ Larry Vance
	Name:	Larry Vance
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer

Exhibit A

Disclosure Statement

Dear Stockholder,

Earth Search Sciences, Inc. (“ESSI” or “Company” or “we”) intends to engage in a transaction that is intended to reduce the number of record holders of our common stock to fewer than 300, thereby enabling us to terminate the registration of (or “deregister”) our common stock under Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and suspend our duty to file periodic reports and other information with the Securities Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) thereunder. This will eliminate the significant expense required to comply with the reporting and related requirements under the Exchange Act. Often referred to as a “going private” transaction, the transaction (the “Transaction”) will consist of a reverse split of our common stock, whereby each 41 outstanding shares of our common stock will be converted into one whole share and, in lieu of us issuing fractional shares to stockholders owning less than 41 pre-reverse stock split shares, we will pay cash equal to $0.0062 multiplied by the number of pre-reverse stock split shares held by such stockholder (the “Reverse Stock Split”). After the Reverse Stock Split and the filing of the Form 15, Certificate of Termination of Registration with the SEC the Company will make a one-time offer for those stockholders who hold at least one whole post Reverse Stock Split (“Continuing Stockholders”) the opportunity to exchange their ESSI stock for a pro rata share of ESSI’s subsidiary General Synfuels International’s (“GSI”) stock. GSI is a sixty-seven percent (67%) owned subsidiary of ESSI and is the only asset of ESSI.

After careful consideration, our Board of Directors has concluded that the costs associated with being a public reporting company are not justified by the benefits and that being a public reporting company it will be difficult to attract institution investors to invest in GSI. After the Transaction and the subsequent deregistration of our common stock and suspension of our duty to file periodic reports and other information with the SEC, we will no longer be subject to the reporting and related requirements under the Exchange Act and we will cease to file reports and information with the SEC, as more fully described in the accompanying Disclosure Statement. This will also most likely result in the termination of the quotation of our common stock on the OTC Pink tier of the OTC Markets (see Trading Market for our Common Stock on page __).

Our Board of Directors has reviewed the Transaction and has determined that the Transaction is in the best interests of the Company because it could promote institutional investors’ interest in financing GSI and is substantively and procedurally fair to the stockholders of the Company, including stockholders who will be cashed-out as a result of the Transaction and stockholders who will continue to hold our common stock after the Transaction. In connection with its review, our Board of Directors did not retain any financial advisors or receive any report, opinion or appraisal from an outside party as to the value of our common stock or the fairness of the Transaction to our stockholders.

Under Nevada law and pursuant to our Articles of Incorporation (the “Articles of Incorporation”), our Board of Directors may amend our Articles of Incorporation by filing a Certificate of Change with the Nevada Secretary of State to consummate the Reverse Stock Split, accompanied by a corresponding decrease in the number of authorized shares of our common stock. Nevada law does not require us to obtain any vote or consent of our stockholders to consummate the Reverse Stock Split. Accordingly, we are not seeking stockholder approval for the Reverse Stock Split, or the subsequent deregistration of our common stock or the suspension of our duty to file periodic reports and other information with the SEC. Under Nevada law, stockholders are entitled to certain dissenters’ rights of appraisal in connection with the Reverse Stock Split.

The accompanying Disclosure Statement contains details on the Transaction described in this letter, including important information concerning the Reverse Stock Split, the deregistration of our common stock, and the suspension of our duty to file periodic reports and other information with the SEC. We urge you to read the accompanying Disclosure Statement, along with its Exhibits, carefully and in their entirety.

Although our Board of Directors has approved the Reverse Stock Split and the subsequent deregistration of our common stock and suspension of our duty to file periodic reports and other information with the SEC, our Board of Directors reserves the right to abandon, postpone or modify the foregoing at any time before they are consummated for any reason.

By order of the Board of Directors of Earth Search Sciences, Inc.


By:		/s/ Larry Vance
		Larry Vance
		Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

NEITHER THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION NOR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION HAS APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED OF THE TRANSACTION DESCRIBED HEREIN, PASSED UPON THE MERITS OR FAIRNESS OF THE TRANSACTION OR PASSED UPON THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THE DISCLOSURE IN THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS UNLAWFUL AND A CRIMINAL OFFENSE. NO PERSON IS AUTHORIZED TO GIVE ANY INFORMATION OR TO MAKE ANY REPRESENTATION NOT CONTAINED IN THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT OR THE RELATED SCHEDULE 13E-3, AND IF GIVEN OR MADE, SUCH INFORMATION OR REPRESENTATION SHOULD NOT BE RELIED UPON AS HAVING BEEN AUTHORIZED BY US.

DISCLOSURE STATEMENT

Earth Search Sciences, Inc.

306 Stoner Loop Road

Lakeside, Montana 59922

Earth Search Sciences, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company” or “we”), is furnishing this disclosure statement (the “Disclosure Statement”) to its stockholders pursuant to and in accordance with the requirements of Section 13(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and Rule 13e-3 promulgated thereunder, in connection with the Company’s plan to effect a reverse stock split of our common stock, par value $0.001 per share, with a view to reducing the number of record holders of our common stock to fewer than 300 and subsequently terminating the registration of our common stock under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and suspending our duty to file periodic reports and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) thereunder, after which the Company will no longer be subject to the public reporting obligations under federal securities laws, thereby “going private.”

NEITHER THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION NOR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION HAS APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED OF THE TRANSACTION DESCRIBED HEREIN, PASSED UPON THE MERITS OR FAIRNESS OF SUCH TRANSACTION OR PASSED UPON THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THE DISCLOSURE IN THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS UNLAWFUL AND A CRIMINAL OFFENSE. NO PERSON IS AUTHORIZED TO GIVE ANY INFORMATION OR TO MAKE ANY REPRESENTATION NOT CONTAINED IN THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT OR THE RELATED SCHEDULE 13E-3 FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, AND IF GIVEN OR MADE, YOU SHOULD NOT RELY ON ANY SUCH INFORMATION OR REPRESENTATION AS HAVING BEEN AUTHORIZED BY THE COMPANY. ALL STOCKHOLDERS SHOULD CAREFULLY READ THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT AND ITS EXHIBITS IN THEIR ENTIRETY BEFORE MAKING ANY DECISION IN RESPECT OF OUR COMMON STOCK.

The Company may not consummate the reverse stock split described in this Disclosure Statement until 20 days after the date on which it first mails this Disclosure Statement to stockholders.

TABLE OF CONTENTS


	Page
SUMMARY TERM SHEET		1

CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS		5

SPECIAL FACTORS		5
Material Terms		5
Purpose of the Transaction		5
Background of the Transaction		6
Reasons for the Transaction		7
Effects of the Transaction		8
Fairness of the Transaction		10
Structure of the Transaction		14
Reservation		15

OTHER MATTERS RELATED TO THE TRANSACTION		16
Potential Conflicts of Interest		16
Stockholder Approval		16
Dissenters’ Rights		17
Certain Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences		18
Source and Amount of Funds		20

COMPANY INFORMATION		20
The Company		20
Company Securities		20
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management		21
Management		22
Executive Officers and Directors		22

FINANCIAL AND OTHER INFORMATION		22

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION		23

Exhibit A: Chapter 92A of the Nevada Revised Statutes		24

SUMMARY TERM SHEET

The summary term sheet set forth below highlights selected information from this Disclosure Statement about the proposed Transaction. The summary term sheet may not contain all of the information that is important to you. For a more complete description of the Transaction, you should carefully read this Disclosure Statement and all of its Exhibits in their entirety. For your convenience, we have directed your attention to the location in this Disclosure Statement where you can find a more complete discussion of each item listed below.

As used in this Disclosure Statement, “ESSI”, “the Company,” “we,” “ours” and “us” refers to Earth Search Sciences, Inc., and the “Transaction” refers to the Reverse Stock Split (together with the related cash payments to the stockholders in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares of our common stock) and the Exchange for General Synfuels International, Inc. (“GSI”) Stock as discussed below.

The Transaction is considered a “going private” transaction as defined in Rule 13e-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act because it is intended to, and, if completed, will enable us to, terminate the registration of (or deregister) our common stock under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and suspend our duty to file periodic reports and other information with the SEC under Section 15(d) thereunder. In connection with the Transaction, we have filed with the SEC a Rule 13e-3 Transaction Statement on Schedule 13E-3.

Reverse Stock Split

We will effect a reverse stock split of our common stock, whereby each 41 shares of our common stock outstanding as of the effective date of the reverse stock split will be converted into one whole share of our common stock and, in lieu of issuing any fractional shares to stockholders owning fewer than 41 pre-reverse stock split shares, we will make a cash payment (the “Cash-Out Price”) equal to $0.0062 per pre-reverse stock split share to such stockholders (the “Reverse Stock Split”). Accordingly, stockholders owning fewer than 41 pre-Reverse Stock Split shares (“Discontinued Stockholders”), will have no further interest in the Company, will no longer be stockholders of the Company and will be entitled to receive only the Cash-Out Price of $0.0062 multiplied by the number of pre-Reverse Stock Split shares owned by them. From October 22, 2014 to October 23, 2015 the closing price of our common stock has been a high of $0.01 per share and a low of $0.0045 per share.

The fractional shares purchased by the Company will be cancelled and returned to the status of authorized but unissued shares. The Reverse Stock Split will also provide for a corresponding decrease in the number of authorized shares of our common stock from 300,000,000 shares to 7,317,073 shares. See “Special Factors - Material Terms” and “Special Factors - Structure of the Transaction” beginning on pages __ and __, respectively.

Exchange for GSI Stock

Following the Reverse Stock Split and the filing of the Form 15, Certificate of Termination of Registration with the SEC, we will make a one-time offer to those stockholders who hold at least one whole post Reverse Stock Split share (“Continuing Stockholders”) the opportunity to exchange their ESSI stock for a pro rata share of the common stock of ESSI’s subsidiary General Synfuels International (“GSI”). The exchange offer will be on the terms described in Section __ below.

Purpose of the Transaction

The primary purpose of the Transaction is to reduce the number of record holders of our common stock to fewer than 300, thereby allowing us to “go private.” We would do so by filing a Form 15, Certificate of Termination of Registration with the SEC under the Exchange Act as soon as possible after consummation of the Transaction so that we would no longer be required to file annual, quarterly or current reports, and we would not be required to comply with the SEC’s proxy rules. The Transaction is structured so that we can consummate the Reverse Stock Split without the need to obtain stockholder approval under Nevada law. After the Transaction, the Company will continue to be subject to and will comply with the requirements of Nevada law, including requirements with respect to stockholder meetings and information dissemination. See “Special Factors - Purpose of the Transaction” and “Special Factors - Effects of the Transaction” beginning on pages __ and __, respectively.

Fairness of the Transaction

Our Board of Directors has reviewed the Transaction and has determined that the Transaction is in the best interests of the Company because it may facilitate institutional investors to assist in financing GSI and is substantively and procedurally fair to the stockholders of the Company, including Discontinued Stockholders who will be cashed-out as a result of the Transaction and Continuing Stockholders who will continue to hold our common stock after the Transaction. In connection with its review, our Board of Directors did not retain any financial advisors or receive any report, opinion or appraisal from an outside party as to the value of our common stock or the fairness of the Transaction to our stockholders. See “Special Factors - Fairness of Transaction” beginning on page __.

Effects of the Transaction

Following the completion of the Transaction, each Continuing Stockholder, including affiliates and members of management owning our common stock, will own an increased percentage of our outstanding common stock than any such stockholder held prior to the Transaction. We currently have no intention to change our business operations as a result of the Transaction, or to engage in any extraordinary transactions, such as a merger or sale of assets as a result of the Transaction, except we will offer the Continuing Stockholders the opportunity to exchange their remaining ESSI shares for a pro rata share of the common stock of GSI which is 67% owned by ESSI and is ESSI’s only material asset. See “Special Factors - Background of the Transaction.” The Transaction will eliminate our ability to be traded on the OTC Pink tier of the OTC Markets (the “OTC Pink”). See “Special Factors - Background of the Transaction,” “Company Information - Special Factors - Effects of the Transaction” and “Company Information - Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management” beginning on pages __, __ and __, respectively.

Timing of the Transaction

The Company intends to effect the Transaction as soon as practicable after all filing requirements have been satisfied. In general, the Company may not consummate the Reverse Stock Split until 20 days after the date on which it first mails this Disclosure Statement to its stockholders. The effective date of the Reverse Stock Split will be the date the Company files a Certificate of Change to its Articles of Incorporation (the “Articles of Incorporation”) effecting the Reverse Stock Split with the Nevada Secretary of State. See “Special Factors - Effects of the Transaction” beginning on page __.

Continuing Stockholders

Continuing Stockholders (those owning 41 or more pre-Reverse Stock Split shares) will continue to be stockholders of the Company after the Reverse Stock Split. Continuing Stockholders will not receive any cash payment for their whole or fractional shares in the Transaction.

Source of Funds

The total amount of funds necessary to make cash payments to stockholders in connection with the Transaction and for related expenses is estimated to be approximately $45,000. The funds for the Transaction will come from our currently available cash. See “Other Matters Related to the Transaction - Source and Amount of Funds” beginning on page __.

Tax Consequences

A stockholder who receives no cash payment as a result of the Transaction will not recognize any gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes. A stockholder who receives a cash payment for a fractional share of our common stock as a result of the Transaction and who does not continue to hold our shares directly or indirectly immediately following the Transaction will recognize capital gain or loss for federal income tax purposes (so long as the stockholder held our common stock as a capital asset) equal to the difference between the cash received for our common stock and the aggregate adjusted tax basis in such stock. The specific U.S. federal income tax consequences to a stockholder will depend on the specific circumstances of such stockholder. See “Other Matters Related to the Transaction - Certain Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences” beginning on page__. You are urged to consult with your own tax advisor regarding the tax consequences of the Transaction in light of your own particular circumstances.

Payment and Exchange of Shares

As soon as practicable after the Transaction, our exchange agent will send each Discontinued Stockholder an instruction letter describing the procedure for surrendering stock certificates in exchange for the cash payment. Upon receipt of properly completed documentation and stock certificates, each Discontinued Stockholder will be entitled to receive the cash payment, without interest, from the exchange agent. We anticipate that our exchange agent will mail instruction letters to Discontinued Stockholders within five (5) business days after the effective date of the Reverse Stock Split. Discontinued Stockholders should allow approximately five (5) business days after mailing their properly completed documentation and stock certificates for such materials to be received by our exchange agent and should anticipate receiving their cash payment, without interest, approximately ten (10) business days after the receipt of such materials by our exchange agent. See “Special Factors - Effects of the Transaction” beginning on page __.

Dissenters’ Right

Under Nevada law, the Transaction does not require approval by our stockholders. However, under Nevada law, our stockholders are entitled to dissenters’ rights with respect to the Transaction. Upon effectiveness of the Reverse Stock Split, any stockholder who believes that the Cash-Out Price of $0.0062 per share is too low will have the right to object and have a court in Nevada determine the value of such stockholder’s shares, and to be paid the appraised value determined by the court, which could be more or less than the Cash-Out Price of $0.0062 per share. A dissenters’ rights notice will be mailed to stockholders promptly after the effective date of the Reverse Stock Split. See “Other Matters Related to the Transaction - Dissenters’ Rights” and “Other Matters Related to the Transaction - Stockholder Approval” both sections beginning on page __.

Stockholders with Shares Held in Street Name

If your shares are held in a stock brokerage account or by a bank or other nominee, you are considered the beneficial owner of shares held in “street name” with respect to those shares, and this Disclosure Statement is being forwarded to you by your broker or other nominee. Your broker or other nominee is considered, with respect to those shares, the stockholder of record. Although the Transaction is designed to reduce the number of stockholders of record, we intend to treat stockholders holding our common stock in street name in substantially the same manner as stockholders whose shares are registered in their names for purposes of the Transaction. However, banks, brokers or other nominees may have different procedures, and stockholders holding our common stock in street name should contact their bank, broker or nominee regarding the treatment of their shares.

Reservation

Our Board of Directors retains the right to abandon, postpone or modify the Transaction and the subsequent deregistration of our common stock under the Exchange Act and suspension of our duty to file periodic reports and other information with the SEC thereunder if it determines that it is not in the best interest of the Company and its stockholders. A number of factors or circumstances could cause our Board of Directors to abandon, postpone or modify the Transaction and such deregistration and suspension, including, without limitation, the following:

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If, immediately prior to the Transaction, our Board of Directors does not believe that the Transaction will sufficiently reduce the number of record holders of our common stock to a level that reasonably assures us that the Company would not be required under the Exchange Act to revert to a public reporting company in the foreseeable future after the Transaction is completed, then our Board of Directors may elect to abandon, postpone or modify the Transaction.

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Even if the aggregate cash payments to Discontinued Stockholders necessary to complete the Transaction are within the budgetary guideline set by our Board of Directors, our Board of Directors may elect to abandon, postpone or modify the Transaction if the then economic conditions or the financial condition of the Company, or their outlooks, be such that, in the judgment of our Board of Directors, it is no longer advisable to use the Company’s cash resources to effect the Transaction.

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If the Company has insufficient cash necessary to complete the Transaction, then our Board of Directors may elect to abandon, postpone or modify the Transaction.

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If our Board of Directors determines that it is in the best interest of the Company and its stockholders for the Company to enter into any strategic transaction that may arise in the future, such as an asset or stock sale or a business combination transaction, then our Board of Directors may elect to abandon, postpone or modify the Transaction.

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If for any other reason our Board of Directors determines that the Transaction is no longer in the best interest of the Company and its stockholders, then our Board of Directors may elect to abandon, postpone or modify the Transaction.

See “Special Factors - Reservation” beginning on page __.

CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Disclosure Statement contains certain statements that are “forward-looking statements.” Those statements may include statements regarding the intent, belief or current expectations of the Company or its officers with respect to: (i) the Company’s strategic plans and ability to complete and benefit from the Transaction; (ii) the expenses associated with the Transaction and the subsequent deregistration of our common stock under the Exchange Act and suspension of our duty to file periodic reports and other information with the SEC thereunder; (iii) the number of stockholders following the Reverse Stock Split; and (iv) the Company’s financial condition, results of operations, capital resources and business prospects following the Transaction. These forward-looking statements are based on a number of assumptions and currently available information, and are subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties. Although the Company believes that the assumptions on which the forward-looking statements contained herein are based are reasonable, any of those assumptions could prove to be inaccurate given the inherent uncertainties as to the occurrence or nonoccurrence of future events. There is no assurance that the forward-looking statements contained in this Disclosure Statement will prove to be accurate. The inclusion of a forward-looking statement herein should not be regarded as a representation by the Company that its objectives will be achieved. The “safe-harbor” provisions of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Exchange Act do not apply to going-private transactions.

SPECIAL FACTORS

Material Terms

Our Board of Directors has authorized the Reverse Stock Split, including the corresponding decrease in the number of authorized shares of our common stock, in order to reduce the number of record holders of our common stock to fewer than 300. As a result of the Reverse Stock Split, Discontinued Stockholders (i.e., those holding fewer than 41 pre-Reverse Stock Split shares as of the effective date of the Reverse Stock Split) will have no further interest in the Company, will no longer be stockholders of the Company and will become entitled to receive only a cash payment equal to the Cash-Out Price of $0.0062 multiplied by the number of pre-Reverse Stock Split shares owned by them. Continuing Stockholders (i.e. those holding 41 or more pre-Reverse Stock Split shares as of the effective date of the Reverse Stock Split) will continue to be stockholders of the Company after the Reverse Stock Split.

In lieu of issuing any fractional shares otherwise issuable to Discontinued Stockholders as a result of the Reverse Stock Split, we will make a cash payment equal to the Cash-Out Price of $0.0062 per pre-Reverse Stock Split share to such stockholders. All such fractional shares acquired by the Company in the Reverse Stock Split will be cancelled and returned to the status of authorized but unissued shares. Continuing Stockholders will not receive any cash payment for their whole or fractional shares resulting from the Reverse Stock Split.

Purpose of the Transaction

The purpose of the Transaction is to reduce the number of record holders of our common stock to fewer than 300, thereby enabling us to deregister our common stock under the Exchange Act and suspend our duty to file periodic reports and other information with the SEC thereunder. This will enable us to terminate the Company’s status as a public reporting company with the SEC and reduce the financial and administrative costs incurred with respect to such status.

In determining whether the number of our stockholders of record falls below 300 as a result of the Reverse Stock Split, we must count stockholders of record in accordance with Rule 12g5-1 under the Exchange Act. Rule 12g5-1 provides, with certain exceptions, that in determining whether issuers, including the Company, are subject to the registration provisions of the Exchange Act, securities are considered to be “held of record” by each person who is identified as the owner of such securities on the respective records of security holders maintained by or on behalf of the issuers.

As a result of the Reverse Stock Split, we anticipate that the number of shares of our common stock issued and outstanding will be reduced from 256,342,058 (the number outstanding as of November 24, 2015) to approximately 6,252,245. After completion of the proposed acquisition of fractional shares from Discontinued Stockholders, we anticipate that: (i) the total number of record holders of our common stock will be reduced from approximately 1,256 to 285; (ii) the total number of holders holding our common stock in street name will be reduced from approximately 1,255 to 284; and (iii) the number of shares of our common stock issued and outstanding to be further reduced to 6,244,453.

The Reverse Stock Split is structured so that the Company can consummate the Reverse Stock Split without the need to obtain stockholder approval under Nevada law. The cash out of fractional stockholder interests represents the anticipated cancellation of 7,792 pre-Reverse Stock Split shares, or approximately 0.003% of our 256,342,058 pre-Reverse Stock Split shares outstanding as of November 24, 2015. Furthermore, in connection with the Reverse Stock Split, the number of authorized shares of our common stock will be decreased correspondingly from 300,000,000 to 7,317,073.

We estimate that the total cash to be paid to Discontinued Stockholders will be approximately $48.31. In addition, the expenses incurred to effect the Transaction are estimated to be $45,000. These costs and expenses are expected to be paid out of our currently available cash. The fractional shares acquired in the Transaction will be cancelled and returned to the status of authorized but unissued shares of our common stock.

Following Reverse Stock Split, we intend to file with the SEC a Form 15 to deregister our common stock. Upon the filing of the Form 15, our obligation to file periodic reports under the Exchange Act will be immediately suspended. Deregistration of our common stock will be effective 90 days after filing of the Form 15. Upon deregistration of our common stock, our obligation to comply with the requirements of the proxy rules and to file proxy statements under Section 14 of the Exchange Act will also be terminated. We will not be required to file periodic reports with the SEC in the future unless we subsequently file another registration statement under the Securities Act or again have record holders of our common stock which exceed the limits under the Exchange Act on the first day of a subsequent fiscal year.

Background of the Transaction

We have been a public reporting company since August 11, 1987 when our common stock was first quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board (“OTCBB”).

As a public reporting company, we expected to be able to leverage our public company equity to raise capital and pursue acquisitions to help grow our business and expand our operations; however, in recent years, we have been unable to raise significant capital or complete acquisitions and have derived only minimal benefits from being a public reporting company. The relatively low trading volume of our common stock and our low market capitalization have reduced the traditional liquidity benefits of being a public reporting company to our stockholders. Additionally, our common stock has failed to attract significant interest from institutional investors or market analysts, which could have created a more active and liquid market for our common stock. Our Board of Directors does not presently intend to raise capital through sales of our securities in a public offering or to acquire other businesses or entities using our securities as consideration.

As a result of the foregoing, we are not likely to make use of the advantages for effecting acquisitions or other purposes that our status as a public reporting company may offer. Based on our past history, the Company’s management and our Board of Directors have, from time to time, evaluated: (i) the advantages and disadvantages of being a public reporting company, including the costs with respect to filing reports and other information with the SEC, and (ii) transactions which may present alternatives to us being a public reporting company.

In August of 2015, ESSI’s management consulted legal counsel and a financial advisor to evaluate the potential benefits of a reverse split to facilitate a going private transaction.

On August 21, 2015, in a meeting of the Board of Directors of our 67% owned subsidiary, GSI, which was attended by the Board of ESSI, legal counsel for GSI, and subsequently legal counsel for ESSI presented a memorandum which contained advice from a financial advisor and a discussion of the advantages, disadvantages, alternatives, and legal ramifications to the Company of engaging in a reverse split and going private transaction.

The Board discussed the advice of the financial advisor who stated that the only way for the Company to raise sufficient capital to fund the activities of its subsidiary GSI (the Company’s only asset) is to take whatever steps necessary to reduce the Company’s interest in GSI in a manner best suited to advance the interests of the Company’s shareholders.

Only two alternatives were suggested by the financial advisor: (1) a pro rata spin-off of the GSI stock to the Company’s shareholders; or (2) a reverse split to reduce the number of Company shareholder’s to under 300 and a subsequent filing with the SEC to effect a going private transaction.

The Company’s legal counsel in the above referenced memorandum stated that a pro rata spin-off of the subsidiary’s stock to the Company’s shareholder’s was not a feasible alternative as the Company’s liabilities were in excess of its assets, therefore, the spin-off, which would be considered a dividend, was forbidden by the corporate law of Nevada, the state of incorporation of the Company.

Based on discussions at the meeting, the advice of the financial advisor, the memorandum from counsel, and advice from other independent counsel, the Board of the Company on October 29, 2015 authorized a reverse split of the Company’s common stock at a rate of 1 share of stock for each 41 shares of stock presently held by the Company’s shareholders and an authorization for the officers of the Company to take such actions as necessary to effect a going private transaction for the Company.

In light of the minimal benefits the Company enjoys from its public company reporting status and the significant financial and administrative costs associated with such status, our Board of Directors has, from time to time, during the past few months considered alternatives to being a public reporting company, including the deregistration of our common stock under the Exchange Act and the suspension of our duty to file periodic reports with the SEC thereunder.

Reasons for the Transaction

Although we have been a public reporting company since August 11, 1987, we believe we have derived only minimal benefits from being a public reporting company. Benefits of being a public reporting company (“Public Company Benefits”) typically include:

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access to the public markets for liquidity purposes for our stockholders;

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access to the public markets for purposes of raising capital through the sale of securities; and

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the ability to make acquisitions using securities as consideration.

Our common stock has failed to attract significant interest from institutional investors or market analysts. This has resulted in a relatively low trading volume and market capitalization, which has limited the liquidity benefit to our stockholders. In addition, the legal requirements of public reporting companies create large administrative and financial costs for us. As a small company with limited managerial resources, we believe that these financial resources and this time could more effectively be devoted to other purposes.

Our Board of Directors believes that consummating a going private transaction is a necessary step to reduce corporate overhead costs by eliminating the costs associated with being a public reporting company, including with respect to filing reports with the SEC and complying with applicable corporate governance requirements. The Board also believes that the only way to raise sufficient capital for its subsidiary to operate as envisioned by the Board is to go private and stop the public trading of its stock. Furthermore, our Board of Directors has determined that the costs of being a public reporting company currently outweigh the Public Company Benefits and, thus, that it is no longer in the best interests of the Company or its stockholders, creditors, or other stakeholders, including unaffiliated stockholders, for the Company to remain a public reporting company, for the reasons described below. The primary purpose of the Transaction is to reduce the number of record holders of our common stock to fewer than 300 to enable us to elect to deregister our common stock under the Exchange Act and suspend our duty to file periodic reports and other information with the SEC thereunder. Our Board of Directors believes that the Transaction provides the most certainty for the Company to achieve this purpose.

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Exchange Act Reporting Costs. The Company incurs significant direct and indirect costs in complying with its periodic reporting and other obligations under the Exchange Act (collectively, the “Public Company Costs”), including the legal, accounting, printing, mailing, public relations, compliance and administrative costs of preparing, reviewing, filing, printing and distributing the reports and other filings required under the Exchange Act; the broker and transfer agent charges for forwarding materials to beneficial holders of our common stock; management’s time and attention expended in preparing and reviewing such reports and other filings; and the substantially higher premiums for directors’ and officers’ insurance policies payable by public reporting companies. The Company’s direct, out-of-pocket costs comprising the Public Company Costs have been approximately $50,000 per year.

In addition, the Company believes that the Transaction and subsequent deregistration of our common stock and the suspension of our duty to file periodic reports and other information with the SEC, will allow our management and employees to devote more time and effort to improving our operations.

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Liquidity for Small Stockholders. Our Board of Directors believes that holders of fewer than 41 shares of our common stock may be deterred from selling their shares because of the lack of an active trading market and because of disproportionately high brokerage costs compounded with the current trading price of our common stock. The trading volume in our common stock has been, and continues to be, limited. Our common stock does not trade every day. Our Board of Directors believes that the Transaction would give stockholders who are cashed out an opportunity to receive a fair price in cash for their shares without having to pay disproportionately high brokerage commissions.

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Lack of Capital from Public Markets. In addition to the Public Company Costs, the Company is not able to, and does not presently intend to exploit, many of the Public Company Benefits. The current trading price of our common stock would make using it as a vehicle to raise capital or to provide acquisition consideration extremely dilutive to our stockholders. As a result, the Company is not receiving any of the traditional Public Company Benefits, yet, the Public Company Costs continue to increase, substantially depleting the limited resources of the Company. The increase in costs arises, among other things, because of an increase in securities regulation. Our Board of Directors believes that the Public Company Costs, if continued, would be detrimental to the financial condition of the Company.

Other Public Company Benefits which exist for the benefit of public stockholders include: (i) the rights and protections afforded stockholders by the federal securities laws; (ii) the substantive requirements of the federal securities laws, which are imposed on public companies; and (iii) limitations and reporting requirements imposed on officers and directors of public companies, including restrictions on short-swing trading and the reporting obligations of officers and directors. These benefits were not considered to outweigh the Public Company Costs due to the small size of the Company, its limited staffing and the lack of a liquid trading market for our common stock. Accordingly, our Board of Directors has determined that the Public Company Costs, currently and in the foreseeable future, will continue to outweigh the Public Company Benefits and, thus, it is no longer in the best interests of the Company or its stockholders, creditors, or other stakeholders, including its unaffiliated stockholders, for the Company to remain a public reporting company.

Effects of the Transaction

Effects of the Transaction on Our Stockholders. Based on information available to us, we estimate that the Transaction will reduce the total number of record holders of our common stock from approximately 1,256 to approximately 285. The reduction in the number of our record stockholders below 300 will enable us to deregister our common stock under the Exchange Act and suspend our duty to file periodic reports and other information with the SEC thereunder, which will substantially reduce the information required to be furnished by us to the public, including our stockholders.

We intend to apply for deregistration of our common stock and suspension of our duty to file periodic reports and other information as soon as practicable following completion of the Transaction. See “Special Factors - Purpose of the Transaction.” However, our Board of Directors reserves the right, in its discretion, to abandon, postpone or modify the Transaction prior to the effective date of the Reverse Stock Split if it determines that doing so is in our best interests and the best interests of our stockholders. See “Special Factors - Reservation” beginning on page __.

When the Transaction is consummated, Discontinued Stockholders (those owning fewer than 41 pre-Reverse Stock Split shares) will no longer have any equity interest and will not participate in our future earnings or any increases in the value of our assets or operations. Only our Continuing Stockholders and option holders will benefit from any future increase in our earnings. The Continuing Stockholders will continue to have an equity interest in the Company after the Transaction and will own a security, the liquidity of which may be severely restricted. Once we terminate the registration of our common stock and suspend our duty to file periodic reports and other information with the SEC, our common stock will technically allowed to be quoted on the OTC Pink, no market maker is likely to do so without current financial information from the Company which such market maker is required to have prior to trading any stock with the public.

Discontinued Stockholders will, following the Transaction, have their pre-Reverse Stock Split shares cancelled and converted into the right to receive a cash payment. As soon as practicable after the effective date of the Reverse Stock Split, we will send these stockholders a letter of transmittal with instructions as to how such stockholders will be paid the cash payment. The letter of transmittal will include instructions on how to surrender stock certificates to our exchange agent. Continuing Stockholders will not receive any cash payment for their whole or fractional shares of our common stock resulting from the Reverse Stock Split. If your shares are held in a stock brokerage account or by a bank or other nominee, you are considered the beneficial owner of shares held in “street name” with respect to those shares. Your broker or other nominee is considered, with respect to those shares, the stockholder of record. Although the Transaction is designed to reduce the number of stockholders of record, we intend to treat stockholders holding common stock in street name held through a broker or other nominee in the same manner as stockholders whose shares are registered in their names for purposes of the Transaction. Nominees will be instructed to effect the Transaction for their beneficial owners. However, nominees may have different administrative procedures with respect to how they communicate with beneficial owners, and stockholders owning shares in street name should contact their nominee(s).

Based on information available to us as of November 24, 2015, we estimate that the Transaction will reduce our record holders from 1,256 to 285 and holders of our common stock holding in street name from 1,255 to 284. The reduction in the number of our record holders to fewer than 300 will enable us to deregister our common stock and suspend our duty to file periodic reports and other information with the SEC and will substantially reduce the information required to be furnished by us to our stockholders and to the SEC. The Company’s rationale for applying the Reverse Stock Split ratio of 41 to 1 to all stockholders is that if a large enough number of holders holding in street name remained following the Transaction, and thereafter became stockholders of record, the Company could again become subject to reporting obligations under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act. By reducing the number of stockholders of record well below 300 and reducing the number of holders holding in street name, we believe we have sufficiently limited the risk of having to re-commence filing reports with the SEC and to re-register under the Exchange Act.

Effects of the Transaction on Our Affiliates. As of November 30, 2015, each of our officers and directors holds more than 41 shares of our common stock or vested options for more than 41 shares of our common stock and, therefore, will be Continuing Stockholders, their stock holdings will not change (other than their percentage ownership of our common stock following the completion of the Transaction), and they will not receive a cash payment for fractional shares. Additionally, our officers, directors and 10% stockholders will no longer be subject to the reporting requirements of Section 16 of the Exchange Act or be subject to the short-swing profit recapture provisions thereunder. Stockholders acquiring more than 5% of our common stock will no longer be required to report their beneficial ownership under the Exchange Act. The beneficial ownership percentage and the reduction in the number of shares outstanding following the Transaction may increase or decrease depending on purchases, sales, and other transfers of shares of our common stock by our stockholders prior to the effective time of the Reverse Stock Split, and the number of shares that are actually cashed-out in the Transaction. The beneficial ownership percentage of shares of our common stock held by directors, executive officers and 5% stockholders, and the beneficial ownership percentage of the Continuing Stockholders, may increase or decrease as a result of such purchases, sales and other transfer of shares of our common stock by our stockholders prior to the effective time of the Reverse Stock Split, and depending on the number of shares that are actually cashed-out in the Transaction.

Potential Disadvantages of the Transaction to Stockholders. While we believe that the Transaction will result in the benefits described above, several disadvantages should also be noted:

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after the Transaction, our common stock will not be eligible for quotation on the OTC Pink, and our stockholders may experience reduced liquidity for their shares of our common stock, even if our common stock is quoted on the OTC Pink, and this reduced liquidity may adversely affect the market price of our common stock;

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after the Transaction, we will deregister our common stock under the Exchange Act and suspend our duty to file periodic reports and other information with the SEC thereunder and, therefore, we will no longer be subject to the reporting requirements under the Exchange Act, such as periodic filings of financial statements and proxy or information statement disclosures in connection with stockholder meetings;

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we will no longer report our quarterly or annual results of operations or activities in reports filed with the SEC under the Exchange Act;

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because the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act will no longer apply, less information about us will be required to be furnished to the Continuing Stockholders;

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the reporting and short-swing profit recapture provisions of Section 16 of the Exchange Act will no longer apply to our executive officers, directors and 10% stockholders;

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the financial statements may be less comprehensive than the financial statements we are required to maintain and report as a public reporting company;

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Discontinued Stockholders will, after giving effect to the Transaction, no longer have any equity interest in the Company and, therefore, will not participate in our future earnings or growth, if any; and

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the Transaction will require Discontinued Stockholders to involuntarily surrender their shares in exchange for cash, rather than choosing their own time and price for disposing of their shares of our common stock.

Financial Effects of the Transaction. Completion of the Transaction will require us to spend approximately $45,000 which includes legal, financial and other fees and costs related to the Transaction. This estimate does not include the cost of the aggregate cash payment to Discontinued Stockholders, which we estimate will be approximately $48.31. These costs will be offset by the costs we would otherwise incur as a public reporting company to comply with SEC reporting requirements, which we estimate to be approximately $50,000 per year.

Trading Market for Our Common Stock. Currently, our common stock is quoted on the OTCQB tier of the OTC Markets under the symbol “ESSE.” The OTC Markets is a listing service, formerly known as the Pink Sheets, that offers financial and other information about issuers of securities, and collects and publishes quotes of market makers for over-the-counter securities. Following the completion of the Transaction, we will no longer file periodic reports on forms 8K, 10Q, 10K, or any other reports required of a public company; however, our common stock may be eligible for continued quotation on the OTC Pink tier of the OTC Markets. OTC Pink is the bottom tier of the OTC Markets and has no financial standards or reporting requirements, but companies in this tier choose the level of information they provide to investors and may have current, limited or no public disclosure. However, OTC Pink is not a stock exchange, and we do not have the ability to control whether our shares are quoted on OTC Pink. Trading opportunities in OTC Pink will be dependent upon whether any broker-dealers commit to continue making a market for our common stock. It is highly unlikely that any broker-dealer will continue to make a market for our common stock as no current financial information will be available to those broker-dealers or the public as is required for a broker-dealer to have before trading stock in the public market. Accordingly, we cannot guarantee that our common stock will continue to be quoted on OTC Pink. In addition, any prices at which our shares are quoted on the OTC Pink, if at all, may be more or less than the current pre-Transaction price of our common stock. In addition, the spread between the bid and asked prices of our common stock on the OTC Pink may be wider than before the Transaction and the liquidity of our shares may be lower. We give no assurance that there will be any OTC Pink quotations after the Transaction or that, if such quotations continue, they will continue for any length of time.

Fairness of the Transaction

Our Board of Directors has fully reviewed and considered the terms, purpose, alternatives and effects of the Transaction and has determined that the Transaction is in the best interests of the Company and is substantively and procedurally fair to the affiliated and unaffiliated stockholders of the Company, including: (i) our unaffiliated Discontinued Stockholders who will be cashed-out as a result of the Transaction and (ii) our unaffiliated Continuing Stockholders who will continue to hold our common stock after the Transaction. After studying the Transaction and its anticipated effects on our stockholders, our Board of Directors unanimously approved the Transaction and deemed it procedurally and substantively fair to all of the Company’s affiliated and unaffiliated stockholders and to the Company.

Fairness of the Substance of the Transaction. In determining the fairness of the Transaction, our Board of Directors considered the factors discussed below, in addition to the alternative transactions discussed in “Special Factors - Background of the Transaction.” In light of these factors, our Board of Directors believes that the Transaction is substantively fair to the Company’s unaffiliated stockholders, including our unaffiliated Discontinued Stockholders who will be cashed-out as a result of the Transaction and our unaffiliated Continuing Stockholders who will continue to hold our common stock after the Transaction. Our Board of Directors did not assign specific weight to the factors set forth below in a formulaic fashion. However, our Board of Directors did place special emphasis on the significant cost and time savings we expect the Company to realize from deregistration of our common stock under the Exchange Act and the suspension of our duty to file periodic reports and other information with the SEC thereunder.

Significant Cost and Time Savings. By deregistering our common stock and suspending our duty to file periodic reports with the SEC, we expect to realize recurring annual cost savings of approximately $50,000, which represents our Public Company Costs and includes savings from personnel expense relating to the time spent by our management to prepare and review our reports required to be filed with the SEC under the Exchange Act. In addition, our Board of Directors has determined that the Public Company Costs, currently and in the foreseeable future, will continue to outweigh the Public Company Benefits and, thus, it is no longer in the best interests of the Company or its stockholders, creditors, or other stakeholders, including its unaffiliated stockholders, for the Company to remain a public reporting company. See the “Special Factors - Purpose of the Transaction” and “Special Factors - Reasons for the Transaction.”

Opportunity to Remain a Holder of, or to Liquidate, Common Stock. Another factor considered by our Board of Directors in determining the fairness of the Transaction to holders of our common stock is the opportunity the Company’s stockholders have to remain stockholders or to liquidate their Company holdings. Current holders of fewer than 41 shares or our common stock can either remain Company stockholders by acquiring additional shares so that they own at least 41 shares of our common stock immediately before the effective date of the Reverse Stock Split or be cashed out in the Reverse Stock Split. If a stockholder purchases additional shares of our common stock, then the stockholder may incur brokerage fees or commissions. Holders of fewer than 41 shares of our common stock at the effective time of the Reverse Stock Split will have their fractional post-Reverse Stock Split shares purchased by the Company at the Cash-Out Price without paying any brokerage fees or commissions. Our Board of Directors did not quantify the consideration of brokerage fees and commissions paid for having such fractional shares cashed out in the Reverse Stock Split since such fees, if any, vary significantly depending upon the method used to acquire or dispose of shares. Conversely, stockholders who own 41 shares or more and who desire to liquidate their shares in connection with the Transaction at the premium price offered can reduce their holdings to less than 41 shares by selling or gifting shares prior to the effective date of the Reverse Stock Split. Our Board of Directors did not place undue emphasis on this factor due to the limited trading market for our common stock. See “Special Factors - Reasons for the Transaction” and “Special Factors - Structure of the Transaction.”

Recent and Historical Trading Prices. Our Board of Directors considered recent and historical trading in our common stock. We have been a public reporting company since August 11, 1987 when our common stock was first quoted on the OTCBB. Our common stock is currently quoted on the OTC. The OTC Pink has been the principal outlet for stockholders who wished to dispose of shares of our common stock. Our Board of Directors viewed the OTC Pink as a good indication of what a willing buyer would pay to a willing seller, neither one of whom is under any compulsion to buy or sell, after considering such factors as their estimate of the Company’s value as a whole, its earnings and performance history, its prospects, the prospects of the Company’s industry as a whole, an assessment of the control parties and management of the Company, and other factors that typically bear on a stock purchase or sale decision.

The recent and historical trading in our common stock relates to the fairness of the Transaction to unaffiliated stockholders because it provides some insight into how the market has historically valued our common stock. Since unaffiliated Discontinued Stockholders will no longer be able to directly participate in the financial success of the Company, the Cash-Out Price paid to these stockholders as a result of the Reverse Stock Split represents the final opportunity to obtain value for their investment. Although not a perfect measure, the trends over time in the market price of our common stock reflect market perceptions about the Company’s intrinsic value.

Our Board of Directors considered the historical trading prices of our common stock a factor to be considered (albeit not the only factor to be considered) in determining the fair value of shares of our common stock. In its deliberations concerning the fairness of the Transaction, our Board of Directors considered:

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the historical trading prices for our common stock over the past three (3) years (ranging from a low of $0.002 to a high of $0.022);

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the historical weighted average closing prices for our common stock during the 90-trading day period, 60-trading day period and 30-trading day period ended November 24, 2015 ($0.0051, $0.0055, and $0.0063, respectively); and

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a recent closing price of our common stock ($0.0063 as of November 24, 2015).

Our Board of Directors determined, after considering the foregoing, that the Cash-Out Price is a fair price for the shares of our common stock being cashed out in the Transaction because it represents the weighted average closing price of our common stock for the 90-trading day period, 60-trading day period and 30-trading day period ended October 31, 2015.

Liquidity of Our Common Stock. Our Board of Directors discussed the lack of an active trading market for our common stock, the lack of any market analyst coverage of the Company and our inability to access the public capital markets as some of the indications that our stockholders are not receiving the typical Public Company Benefits. Specifically, our Board of Directors considered that our common stock had an average daily trading volume over the twelve-month, six-month and three-month periods ended November 24, 2015 of approximately 55,480 shares, 68,401 shares and 33,626 shares, respectively. Our Board of Directors determined that the lack of liquidity of our common stock was an additional indication of fairness to the Discontinued Stockholders. See “Special Factors - Reasons for the Transaction” beginning on page __.

Equal Treatment of Affiliated and Unaffiliated Holders of Our Common Stock. The Transaction will not affect holders of our common stock differently on the basis of affiliate status. The sole determining factor in whether a stockholder will be cashed out (and become a Discontinued Stockholder) or will continue as a holder of our common stock as a result of the Transaction (a Continuing Stockholder) is the number of shares of our common stock held by the stockholder as of the effective date of the Reverse Stock Split.

Minimum Effect on Voting Power. The Transaction will have a minimum effect on the voting power of the Company’s stockholders. The shares of our common stock are the only voting shares of the Company and will continue to be the only voting shares after the Transaction. The voting and other rights of our common stock will not be affected by the Transaction. The only effect of the Transaction on the Company’s voting power will be a slight change in the overall ownership percentage of the Continuing Stockholders following the Transaction.

No Material Change in Ownership Percentage of Executive Officers and Directors. Since only an estimated 7,792 out of 256,342,058 outstanding shares of our common stock (on a pre-Reverse Stock Split basis) will be eliminated as a result of the Transaction, the percentage ownership of the Continuing Stockholders following the Transaction will be approximately the same as it was prior to the Transaction.

Our Board of Directors also considered the following possible disadvantages of effecting the Transaction:

Reduction of Market for Our Common Stock. After the completion of the Transaction and the deregistration of our common stock and suspension of our duty to file periodic reports and other information with the SEC, our stockholders will experience reduced liquidity for their shares of our common stock, even if our common stock is quoted on the OTC Pink. See “Special Factors - Effects of the Transaction - Potential Disadvantages of the Transaction to Stockholders” beginning on page ____ for more information.

Possible Decline in Price of Our Common Stock. After the completion of the Transaction, our stockholders may experience reduced liquidity for their shares of our common stock. This reduced liquidity may adversely affect the market price of our common stock. See “Special Factors - Effects of the Transaction - Potential Disadvantages of the Transaction to Stockholders” and “Termination of Publicly Available Information About the Company” immediately below.

Termination of Publicly Available Information About the Company. After deregistration of our common stock and suspension of our duty to file periodic reports and other information with the SEC, information regarding our operations and financial results that is currently available to the general public and our stockholders will no longer be readily available, and stockholders seeking information about us will have to contact us directly to receive such information. We may or may not provide stockholders with information, upon request or otherwise, that we are not required by law to provide. Our Board of Directors believes that the overall benefits to the Company of no longer being a public reporting company substantially outweigh the disadvantages associated with a lack of publicly available information about the Company. See “Special Factors - Effects of the Transaction - Potential Disadvantages of the Transaction to Stockholders” beginning on page ___.

The Company Will No Longer Have the Potential Benefits Normally Associated with Public Reporting Company Status. Another potential disadvantage of the Transaction is that we will no longer have the Public Company Benefits, such as better access to the capital markets for issuances of securities. We would still have access to capital markets, but if we were to conduct a public offering of our securities, we would have to again become a reporting company, and the expenses that we are seeking to eliminate would then be reinstated. We believe that the cost savings from ceasing to be a public reporting company outweigh the drawbacks of losing more ready access to the capital markets.

Discontinued Stockholders Will Not Participate in Future Increases in Our Value. Following the Transaction, Discontinued Stockholders will no longer have an equity interest in the Company and will not participate in our future earnings or any increases in the value of our assets or operations. See “Special Factors - Effects of the Transaction - Effects of the Transaction on Our Stockholders” beginning on page ____.

Although potentially relevant to a determination of fairness of the Transaction, the factors listed below, for the reasons given, were determined by our Board of Directors to not be applicable to the Company and were not considered or were not given any weight by our Board of Directors.

Going Concern Valuation. An indicator of going concern value is the discounted future cash receipts approach. Given the other considerations discussed herein, our Board of Directors did not pursue this approach due to the significance of the subjective assumptions that would be involved in such an approach, as well as the expense associated with the approach.

Liquidation Value. Our Board of Directors viewed the liquidation value of the Company to be an inappropriate measure for the purpose of evaluating the fairness of the Cash-Out Price. There is no present intention of liquidating the Company. Further, the Transaction will only result in the termination of an equity interest by the stockholders reduced to fractional shares as a result of the Reverse Stock Split. The total of all such shares represents approximately 0.003% of our outstanding pre-Reverse Stock Split shares. A liquidation process would also involve additional legal fees, costs of sale and other expenses that would reduce any amounts that stockholders might receive upon a liquidation. Given the other factors considered by our Board of Directors as described in this Disclosure Statement, the Board did not pursue a liquidation value approach.

Purchase Price Paid for Repurchases of Our Common Stock. We have not previously repurchased shares of our common stock and, therefore, our Board of Directors could not consider any such repurchases as the basis for fairness.

Our Board of Directors believes that all of the factors mentioned above, both favorable and unfavorable, when viewed together, support a conclusion that the Transaction is substantively fair to all of the Company stockholders, including the unaffiliated Discontinued Stockholders who will be cashed out as a result of the Transaction and the Continuing Stockholders who will continue to be stockholders of the Company after the Transaction. Our Board of Directors set the Cash-Out Price at $0.0062 based on the factors described above and, in particular, that the Cash-Out Price represents (i) the weighted average closing price of our common stock over the 90-day trading period, 60-day trading period and 30-day trading period ended November 24, 2015, (ii) the tangible net book value per outstanding share of our common stock as of September 30, 2015; and (iii) a premium of 33% over the Adjusted Net Book Value per outstanding share of our common stock at September 30, 2015.

Procedural Fairness of the Transaction. In addition to the fairness of the substance of the Transaction, our Board of Directors believes that the process by which decisions were made regarding the Transaction is fair to the Company’s unaffiliated stockholders, including the Discontinued Stockholders who will be cashed out as a result of the Transaction and to the Continuing Stockholders who will continue to be stockholders of the Company after the Transaction.

Our Board of Directors noted that stockholders can purchase, subject to availability, prior to the effective date of the Reverse Stock Split, such additional shares of our common stock through the market in order to make their holdings of our common stock exceed 41, thereby avoiding the result of fractional shares from the Reverse Stock Split.

No special committee composed of the independent members of our Board of Directors appraised or negotiated the Transaction. There is only one member of our Board of Directors, who is also the Chief Executive Officer of the Company; he made the decision to authorize the Transaction based upon the advice of financial advisors and outside counsel.

The Company did not receive a report, opinion or appraisal from an outside party as to the value of our common stock or the fairness of the Transaction to unaffiliated Discontinued Stockholders who will be cashed out as a result of the Transaction, unaffiliated Continuing Stockholders who will remain stockholders following the Transaction, or affiliated stockholders or the Company.

No representative or advisor was retained by the Board of Directors on behalf of the unaffiliated stockholders to negotiate the proposed Transaction. The Board of Directors concluded that there were already sufficient procedural safeguards without the expense of retaining an external representative or advisor to negotiate the proposed Transaction, particularly since unaffiliated and affiliated stockholders would be treated the same in the Transaction and any of such stockholders could change his or her stock holdings prior to the effective date of the Reverse Stock Split, as described above, in order to be cashed out as a result of the Transaction or continue as a stockholder of the Company following the Transaction.

Our Board of Directors has not granted unaffiliated stockholders access to our corporate files, except as required by Nevada law, nor has it extended the right to retain counsel or appraisal services at our expense. With respect to unaffiliated stockholders’ access to our corporate files, our Board of Directors believes that this Disclosure Statement, together with our other filings with the SEC, provide adequate information for unaffiliated stockholders. In deciding not to adopt these additional procedures, our Board of Directors also took into account factors such as our size, financial capacity and the costs of such procedures.

Structure of the Transaction

The Transaction consists of two steps: (i) the Reverse Stock Split (with a cash payment in lieu of receipt of a fractional share by a stockholder holding fewer than 41 pre-Reverse Stock Split shares), and (ii) the offer to exchange the Continuing Stockholders’ ESSI shares for a pro rata number of shares of GSI, which is 67% owned by ESSI. The Reverse Stock Split is expected to occur on or about February 15, 2016, or as promptly thereafter as practicable, following advance notice. On the effective date of the Reverse Stock Split: (a) we will amend our Articles of Incorporation to reduce the number of authorized shares of common stock from 300,000,000 to 7,317,073 and (b) each stockholder of record will receive one share of common stock for every 41 pre-Reverse Stock Split shares held in his or her account as of such date. Any stockholder of record who holds fewer than 41 pre-Reverse Stock Split shares in his or her account at the time of the Reverse Stock Split will receive a Cash-Out Price of $0.0062 per pre-Reverse Split share and will no longer be a stockholder of the Company after the Transaction.

Following the Reverse Stock Split we will offer the Continuing Stockholders the one time chance to exchange their ESSI shares for a pro rata interest in GSI shares at a rate of .67 to 1.

We intend for the Transaction to treat stockholders holding common stock in street name through a nominee (such as a bank or broker) in the same manner as stockholders whose shares are held of record in their own names, and nominees will be instructed to effect the Transaction for their beneficial holders. However, nominees may have different procedures and stockholders holding shares in street name should contact their nominee(s).

In general, the Transaction can be illustrated by the following examples:

Example 1. A stockholder holds 10 shares of our common stock in his account before the effective date of the Reverse Stock Split. Instead of receiving a fractional share of our common stock immediately after the Reverse Stock Split, the stockholder’s shares will be converted into the right to receive cash. The stockholder would receive ¢6.2 ($0.0062 x 10 shares). Note: If the stockholder wants to continue the investment in the Company, before the effective date of the Reverse Stock Split, the stockholder can buy at least 31 more shares. The stockholder would have to act far enough in advance of the Reverse Stock Split so that the purchase is completed and the additional shares are credited in his account by the effective date.

Example 2. A stockholder holds 41 shares of our common stock as of the effective date of the Reverse Stock Split. After the Reverse Stock Split, the stockholder will hold one share of common stock.

Example 3. A stockholder has two separate accounts. As of the effective date of the Reverse Stock Split, the stockholder holds 20 shares of our common stock in one account and 21 shares of common stock in the other. If we can determine that the two separate accounts belong to the same person (based upon the name of the account or the social security number or address associated with the account), then we will treat the two accounts as a single account. Accordingly, the stockholder will be treated as having 41 or more than 41 pre-Reverse Stock Split shares. In the Reverse Stock Split, the stockholder’s stock will be converted into 1 share.

If, however, we are unable to determine that the two separate accounts belong to the same person, then the stockholder will receive cash payments equal to the cash-out price of the common stock in each account instead of receiving fractional shares. In this case, the stockholder would receive two checks totaling ¢31 ($0.0062 x 25 shares; $0.0062 x 25 shares). Note: If the stockholder wants to be certain to continue as a stockholder in the Company, the stockholder can consolidate or transfer two accounts before the effective date of the Reverse Stock Split into an account with at least 41 pre-Reverse Stock Split shares. Alternatively, the stockholder can buy at least 21 more shares for the first account and 20 more shares for the second account, and hold them in such stockholder’s respective accounts. The stockholder would have to act far enough in advance of the Reverse Stock Split so that the consolidation or the purchase is completed by the effective date.

Example 4. A stockholder holds 82 shares of our common stock as of the effective date of the Reverse Stock Split. In the Reverse Stock Split, the stockholder’s stock is converted into 2 shares.

Example 5. A stockholder holds 10 shares of our common stock in street name in a brokerage account as of the effective date of the Reverse Stock Split. We intend for the Transaction to treat stockholders holding shares of our common stock in street name through a nominee (such as a bank or broker) in the same manner as stockholders whose shares are registered in their names. Nominees will be instructed to effect the Transaction for their beneficial holders. If this occurs, the stockholder will receive, through the stockholder’s broker, a check for ¢6.2 ($.0062 x 10). However, nominees may have a different procedure and stockholders holding shares of our common stock in street name should contact their nominee(s).

Example 6. After the reverse split, the Company with the consent of its subsidiary, GSI, will offer all remaining shareholders the option to exchange the post-split Company share holder by them for a pro-rata number of GSI common shares which are owned by the Company. The Company currently owns 67% of the GSI common shares.

Reservation

Although our Board of Directors has approved the Transaction and subsequent termination of registration of our common stock under the Exchange Act and suspension of our duty to file periodic reports and other information with the SEC thereunder, our Board of Directors reserves the right to abandon, postpone or modify the Transaction and such termination and suspension at any time before they are consummated for any reason. A number of factors or circumstances could cause our Board of Directors to abandon, postpone or modify the Transaction and such deregistration and suspension, including, without limitation, the following:

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Even if the aggregate cash payments to Discontinued Stockholders necessary to complete the Transaction are within the budgetary guideline set by our Board of Directors, our Board of Directors may elect to abandon, postpone or modify the Transaction if the then economic conditions or the financial condition of the Company, or their outlook, be such that, in the judgment of our Board of Directors, it is no longer advisable to use the Company’s cash resources to effect the Transaction.

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If the Company has insufficient cash necessary to complete the Transaction, then our Board of Directors may elect to abandon, postpone or modify the Transaction.

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If our Board of Directors determines that it is in the best interest of the Company and its stockholders for the Company to enter into a strategic transaction with the Interested Party, then our Board of Directors may elect to abandon, postpone or modify the Transaction.

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If our Board of Directors determines that it is in the best interest of the Company and its stockholders for the Company to enter into any other strategic transaction that may arise in the future, such as an asset or stock sale or a business combination transaction, then our Board of Directors may elect to abandon, postpone or modify the Transaction.

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If for any other reason, our Board of Directors determines that the Transaction is no longer in the best interest of the Company and its stockholders, then our Board of Directors may elect to abandon, postpone or modify the Transaction.

If our Board of Directors decides to abandon, postpone or modify the Transaction, the Company will notify the stockholders of such decision promptly in accordance with applicable rules and regulations.

The Certificate of Change that the Company will file with the Nevada Secretary of State to consummate the Reverse Stock Split will provide that the Reverse Stock Split will not be effective if it results in fully cashing out stockholders owning more than 10% of our common stock outstanding immediately before the Reverse Stock Split. Additionally, in the unlikely event that the Reverse Stock Split would result in fully cashing out stockholders owning more than 10% of our common stock before the Reverse Stock Split, the Company will immediately file a subsequent Certificate of Change to its Articles of Incorporation to ensure that the effects of the Reverse Stock Split have not become effective. In that event, the Company may take necessary corporate action to obtain stockholder approval of the Reverse Stock Split.

Our Board of Directors has agreed that, if the Transaction is not consummated on or before April 15, 2016, then our Board of Directors must reassess and reaffirm the substantive and procedural fairness of the Transaction before the Transaction may be effected. Our Board of Directors acknowledges that it has an obligation to ensure that, at whatever time it determines to consummate the Transaction, it has provided disclosure to the Company’s stockholders addressing all items of Schedule 13E-3 and has not omitted material information therefrom.

OTHER MATTERS RELATED TO THE TRANSACTION

Potential Conflicts of Interest

Our directors, executive officers, 5% stockholders and their affiliates may have interests in the Transaction that are different from other unaffiliated stockholder interest, and have relationships that may present conflicts of interest. As of November 24, 2015, 204,959,816 shares of our common stock, or approximately 80% of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock on such date, were held collectively by our directors, executive officers, 5% stockholders and their affiliates. By deregistering our common stock under the Exchange Act and suspending our duty to file periodic reports with the SEC thereunder, subsequent to the consummation of the Transaction we will no longer be prohibited from making personal loans to our directors or executive officers and they will no longer be subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act with respect to reporting requirements and short swing-profits recapture provisions.

Stockholder Approval

The Reverse Stock Split has been approved by our Board of Directors, and no vote of the Company’s stockholders is required to effectuate the Reverse Stock Split. Pursuant to Section 78.207 of the Nevada Revised Statutes, a corporation that wants to increase or decrease the number of authorized shares of stock, and correspondingly increase or decrease the number of issued and outstanding shares of stock held by each stockholder, may do so by resolution of the board of directors without stockholder approval so long as: (i) stockholders who would be fully cashed out in the transaction and would otherwise be entitled to receive only fractional shares, collectively hold less than 10% of the shares outstanding immediately before the transaction, and (ii) the increase or decrease in any class or series of stock does not adversely affect any preference or other right of any other class or series of stock. The Company anticipates that the Discontinued Stockholders, who will no longer be stockholders of the Company after the Reverse Stock Split, will collectively own in the aggregate less than 10% of our common stock outstanding before the Reverse Stock Split. Further, our common stock is the only class of stock of the Company that is outstanding. Therefore, Section 78.207 of the Nevada Revised Statutes authorizes the Company to consummate the Reverse Stock Split and the Forward Stock Split without submitting the issue to a vote of the stockholders.

Dissenters’ Rights

Pursuant to Chapter 92A (Section 300 through 500 inclusive) of the Nevada Revised Statutes (“Chapter 92A”), any Discontinued Stockholder of the Company is entitled to dissent to the Reverse Stock Split and obtain payment of the fair value of the shares. In the context of the Reverse Stock Split, Chapter 92A provides that stockholders may elect to have the Company purchase pre-Reverse Stock Split shares that would become fractional shares as a result of the Reverse Stock Split for a cash price that is equal to the “fair value” of such shares, as determined in a judicial proceeding in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 92A. The fair value of the shares of any stockholder means the value of such shares immediately before the effectuation of the Reverse Stock Split, excluding any appreciation or depreciation in anticipation of the Reverse Stock Split, unless exclusion of any appreciation or depreciation would be inequitable.

Chapter 92A is set forth in its entirety in Exhibit A to this Disclosure Statement. If you wish to exercise your dissenters’ rights or preserve the right to do so, you should carefully review Exhibit A to this Disclosure Statement. If you fail to comply with the procedures specified in Chapter 92A in a timely manner, you may lose your dissenters’ rights. Because of the complexity of those procedures, you should seek the advice of counsel if you are considering exercising your dissenters’ rights.

Stockholders who have not validly tendered their shares of Common Stock will be entitled to exercise dissenters’ rights. Stockholders who perfect their dissenters’ rights by complying with the procedures set forth in Chapter 92A will have the fair value of their shares determined by the Nevada state court and will be entitled to receive a cash payment equal to such fair value. Any such judicial determination of the fair value of shares could be based upon any valuation method or combination of methods the court deems appropriate. The value so determined could be more or less than the $0.0062 per share to be paid in connection with the Reverse Stock Split. In addition, stockholders who invoke dissenters’ rights may be entitled to receive payment of a fair rate of interest from the effective time of the transaction on the amount determined to be the fair value of their shares.

Within 10 days after the effectuation of the Reverse Stock Split, the Company will send a written notice (a “Dissenters’ Rights Notice”) to all the record stockholders of the Company entitled to dissenters’ rights. The Dissenters’ Rights Notice will be accompanied by (i) a form for demanding payment from the Company that includes the date of the first announcement to the news media or to the stockholders of the terms of the proposed action and requires that the person asserting dissenter’s rights certify whether or not they acquired beneficial ownership of the shares before that date; (ii) a copy of the provisions of Chapter 92A; and (iii) a brief description of the procedures that a stockholder must follow to exercise dissenter’s rights.

In order to maintain eligibility to exercise dissenters’ rights under Chapter 92A, you must take the following actions within 30 days of the date that the Dissenters’ Rights Notice was delivered: (i) deliver a written demand for payment on the form provided in the Dissenters’ Rights Notice; (ii) certify whether you acquired beneficial ownership of the shares before the date set forth in the Dissenters’ Rights Notice; and (iii) deliver the certificates representing the dissenting shares to the Company.

Within 30 days after receipt of a demand for payment, the Company must pay each dissenter who complied with the provisions of Chapter 92A the amount the Company estimates to be the fair value of such shares, plus interest from the effective date of the Reverse Stock Split. The rate of interest shall be the average rate currently paid by the Company on its principal bank loans. The payment will be accompanied by the following: (i) financial statements for the Company for the fiscal year ended 3/31/15 and the most recent interim financial statements; (ii) a statement of the Company’s estimate of the fair value of the shares; (iii) an explanation of how the interest was calculated; (iv) a statement of the dissenter’s rights to demand payment for the difference between the Company’s estimate of the fair value of the shares and the stockholder’s estimate of the fair value of the shares; and (v) a copy of Chapter 92A. If the Company does not deliver payment within 30 days of receipt of the demand for payment, the dissenting stockholder may enforce the dissenter’s rights by commencing an action in Carson City, Nevada or if the dissenting stockholder resides or has its registered office in Nevada, in the county where the dissenter resides or has its registered office.

If a dissenting stockholder disagrees with the amount of the Company’s payment, then the dissenting stockholder may, within 30 days of such payment, (i) notify the Company in writing of the dissenting stockholder’s own estimate of the fair value of the dissenting shares and the amount of interest due, and demand payment of such estimate, less any payments made by the Company, or (ii) reject the offer by the Company if the dissenting stockholder believes that the amount offered by the Company is less than the fair value of the dissenting shares or that the interest due is incorrectly calculated. If a dissenting stockholder submits a written demand as set forth above and the Company accepts the offer to purchase the shares at the offer price, then the stockholder will be sent a check for the full purchase price of the shares within 30 days of acceptance less any payments already made by the Company.

If a demand for payment remains unsettled, the Company must commence a proceeding in the Carson City, Nevada district court within 60 days after receiving the demand. Each dissenter who is made a party to the proceeding shall be entitled to a judgment in the amount, if any, by which the court finds the fair value of the dissenting shares, plus interest, exceeds the amount paid by the Company. If a proceeding is commenced to determine the fair value of the common stock, the costs of such proceeding, including the reasonable compensation and expenses of any appraisers appointed by the court, shall be assessed against the Company, unless the court finds the dissenters acted arbitrarily, vexatiously or not in good faith in demanding payment. The court may also assess the fees and expenses of the counsel and experts for the respective parties, in amounts the court finds equitable against the Company if the court finds that (i) the Company did not comply with Chapter 92A or (ii) against either the Company or a dissenting stockholder, if the court finds that such party acted arbitrarily, vexatiously or not in good faith with respect to the rights provided by Chapter 92A.

A person having a beneficial interest in shares that are held of record in the name of another person, such as a broker, fiduciary, depository or other nominee, must act to cause the record holder to follow the requisite steps properly and in a timely manner to perfect dissenters’ rights of appraisal. If the shares are owned of record by a person other than the beneficial owner, including a broker, fiduciary (such as a trustee, guardian or custodian), depositary or other nominee, the written demand for dissenters’ rights of appraisal must be executed by or for the record owner. If shares are owned of record by more than one person, as in joint tenancy or tenancy in common, the demand must be executed by or for all joint owners. An authorized agent, including an agent for two or more joint owners, may execute a demand for appraisal for a stockholder of record, provided that the agent identifies the record owner and expressly discloses, when the demand is made, that the agent is acting as agent for the record owner. If a stockholder owns shares through a broker who in turn holds the shares through a central securities depository nominee such as CEDE & Co., a demand for appraisal of such shares must be made by or on behalf of the depository nominee and must identify the depository nominee as the record holder of such shares.

A record holder, such as a broker, fiduciary, depository or other nominee, who holds shares as a nominee for others, will be able to exercise dissenters’ rights of appraisal with respect to the shares held for all or less than all of the beneficial owners of those shares as to which such person is the record owner. In such case, the written demand must set forth the number of shares covered by the demand. Where the number of shares is not expressly stated, the demand will be presumed to cover all shares outstanding in the name of such record owner.

The foregoing summary of the rights of dissenting stockholders under Chapter 92A does not purport to be a complete statement of the procedures to be followed by stockholders desiring to exercise any dissenters’ rights of appraisal rights available under Chapter 92A. The preservation and exercise of dissenters’ rights of appraisal require strict adherence to the applicable provisions of Chapter 92A, and the foregoing summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to Exhibit A to this Disclosure Statement.

The Company has not made any provision to obtain counsel or appraisal services for unaffiliated stockholders.

Certain Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences

Summarized below are certain material federal income tax consequences to us and our stockholders resulting from the Transaction. This summary is based upon U.S. federal income tax law, as currently in effect, which is subject to differing interpretations or change, possibly on a retroactive basis. This summary addresses only those stockholders who have held their shares as capital assets. This summary does not discuss all aspects of federal income taxation that may be important to stockholders in light of their individual circumstances. In addition, this summary does not discuss any state, local, foreign, or other tax considerations. This summary assumes that each stockholder is a United States citizen and has held, and will hold, shares of common stock as capital assets under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Each stockholder should consult his, her or its tax advisor as to the particular federal, state, local, foreign, and other tax consequences, in light of their specific circumstances.

Tax Consequences to the Company. We believe that the Transaction will be treated as a tax-free “recapitalization” for federal income tax purposes and, accordingly, it should not result in any material federal income tax consequences to us. We will not apply for any ruling from the Internal Revenue Service, nor will we receive an opinion of counsel with respect to the tax consequences of the Transaction.

Tax Consequences to Stockholders Who Do Not Receive Cash for Fractional Shares. A stockholder who receives no cash payment as a result of the Transaction, but continues to hold shares of our common stock directly immediately after the Transaction, will not recognize any gain or loss for United States federal income tax purposes. The aggregate adjusted tax basis of the shares held immediately after the Transaction will equal the aggregate adjusted tax basis of the shares held immediately prior to the Transaction, and the holding period of the shares will be the same as immediately prior to the Transaction.

Tax Consequences to Stockholders Whose Entire Interest in our Common Stock, Both Directly and Indirectly, is Terminated. A stockholder who receives a cash payment for a fractional share of our common stock as a result of the Transaction and does not continue to hold our shares directly, or indirectly by virtue of being related to a person who continues to hold shares of our common stock directly, immediately after the Transaction, will recognize capital gain or loss, for United States federal income tax purposes, equal to the difference between the cash received for the common stock and the aggregate adjusted tax basis in such stock.

Tax Consequences to Stockholders Whose Entire Interest in our Common Stock, Directly but Not Indirectly, is Terminated. A stockholder that receives cash for a fractional share as a result of the Transaction, but is treated (under Internal Revenue Code Section 318) as a continuing stockholder by virtue of being related to a person who continues to hold our shares directly immediately after the Transaction, will recognize capital gain or loss in the same manner as set forth in the previous paragraph, provided that the receipt of cash either (1) is “not essentially equivalent to a dividend,” or (2) constitutes a “substantially disproportionate redemption of stock.” The receipt of cash is “not essentially equivalent to a dividend” if the reduction in the stockholder’s proportionate interest in the Company resulting from the Transaction (taking into account for this purpose the stock owned by persons to whom the stockholder is related) is considered a “meaningful reduction” given the stockholder’s particular facts and circumstances. The Internal Revenue Service has ruled that a small reduction by a minority stockholders whose relative stock interest is minimal and who exercises no control over the affairs of the corporation will satisfy this test. The receipt of cash in the Transaction will be a “substantially disproportionate redemption of stock” if (a) immediately after the Transaction the stockholder (and persons to whom the stockholder is related) owns less than 50% of the total combined voting power of all classes of our stock entitled to vote, and (b) the percentage of our voting stock owned by the stockholder (and by persons to whom the stockholder is related) immediately after the Transaction is less than 80% of the percentage of shares of voting stock owned by the stockholder immediately before the Transaction.

In applying the foregoing “Not Essentially Equivalent to a Dividend” and “Substantially Disproportionate Redemption of Stock” tests, the stockholder will be treated as owning shares of common stock actually or constructively owned by certain individuals and entities related to the stockholder. If the receipt of cash in exchange for a fractional share is not treated as capital gain or loss under either of the tests, it will be treated first as ordinary dividend income to the extent of the stockholder’s ratable share of our current and accumulated earnings and profits, and then as a tax-free return of capital to the extent of the stockholder’s aggregate adjusted tax basis in the shares, with any remaining amount being treated as capital gain.

Capital gain or loss recognized will be long-term if the stockholder’s holding period with respect to the stock surrendered is more than one year at the time of the Transaction. The deductibility of capital loss is subject to limitations. In the case of a stockholder who is an individual, long-term capital gain and dividend income should generally be subject to United Stated federal income tax at a maximum rate of 15% under current law.

The foregoing discussion summarizing certain federal income tax consequences does not refer to the particular facts and circumstances of any specific stockholder. We recommend that stockholders consult their own tax advisors for more specific and definitive advice as to the federal income tax consequences to them of the Transaction, as well as advice as to the application and effect of state, local and foreign income and other tax laws.

Source and Amount of Funds

Based on estimates of the record ownership of shares of our common stock, the number of shares of our common stock outstanding and other information as of November 24, 2015, and assuming that approximately 7,792 pre-Reverse Stock Split shares of our common stock are cancelled in the Reverse Stock Split (which in the aggregate constitute less than 10% of our common stock outstanding before the Reverse Stock Split), the Company estimates that the total funds required to consummate the Transaction will be approximately $45,000. Approximately $48.31 of this amount will be used to pay the consideration to Discontinued Stockholders entitled to receive cash for their fractional shares of our common stock in the Reverse Stock Split and approximately $45,000 will be used to pay the costs of the Transaction, estimated as follows:


SEC Filing Fees	$	61
Legal & Accounting Fees	$	35,000
Printing and Mailing Costs	$	8,000
Transfer and Exchange Agent fees	$	2,000

Final costs of the Transaction may be more or less than the estimates shown above. The Company expects to pay the costs of the Transaction, including the amounts to be paid to stockholders holding fewer than 41 shares of our common stock, out of currently available cash.

COMPANY INFORMATION

The Company

Earth Search Sciences, Inc. started in 1978 as a privately held exploration corporation headquartered in Utah. Larry Vance started the company in 1978 as its founder and worked for over 35 years with many others, including Australian Federal Labs, NASA, and the Department of Energy to develop a Hyperspectral airborne instrument for exploration for minerals and hydrocarbons. This allowed the Company to map and explore in difficult areas in the United States and offshore. In 1985, the company successfully arranged to publicly trade its stock and developed a research agreement with Federal Labs. In 2001, the Company formed General Synfuels International, Inc. to develop an in-situ Gasification technology for the extraction of hydrocarbons in place, and has perfected and patented the technology. Larry Vance has loaned the Company funds over the years and has forgone salaries for the startup. He has also developed friendships with people who have been most helpful with funds when needed. Since 2004, Larry’s main focus has been the development and marketing of the technologies forming the core business of Earth Search Sciences, Inc. and General Synfuels International, Inc.

Earth Search Sciences, Inc., a Nevada corporation, has its principal executive offices at 306 Stoner Loop Road, Lakeside, MT 59922. The Company’s telephone number is (406) 250-7750.

Company Securities

As of November 24, 2015, there were: (i) 300,000,000 shares of our common stock and 300,000,000 shares of our preferred stock authorized, of which 256,342,058 shares of our common stock and no shares of our preferred stock were issued and outstanding; and (ii) approximately 1,256 record owners, of our common stock, of which 285 held 41 or more shares of our common stock.

Our common stock was originally quoted on the OTCBB under the symbol “ESSE.OB” and is currently quoted on the OTCQB under the symbol “ESSE.” There is currently a very limited trading market for our common stock. The following sets forth, for the respective periods indicated, the high and low bid prices of our common stock. Such prices are based on inter-dealer bid and asked prices, without mark-up, mark-down, commissions or adjustments, and may not represent actual transactions.


	Bid Prices
Quarter Ended	High		Low
2015 Fiscal Year:
March 31, 2015	$	.01	$	.00
June 30, 2015	$	.01	$	.00
September 30, 2015	$	.01	$	.00
2014 Fiscal Year:
March 31, 2014	$	.02	$	.00
June 30, 2014	$	.02	$	.01
September 30, 2014	$	.01	$	.00
December 31, 2014	$	.01	$	.00
2013 Fiscal Year:
March 31, 2013	$	.00	$	.00
June 30, 2013	$	.02	$	.00
September 30, 2013	$	.01	$	.00
December 31, 2013	$	.01	$	.00

The Company has never declared or paid cash dividends on our common stock and currently intends to retain any future earnings for the operation and expansion of its business. Any determination to pay cash dividends on our common stock will be at the discretion of our Board of Directors and will be dependent on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations, contractual restrictions, capital requirements, business prospects and such other facts as our Board of Directors deems relevant.

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management

The following table provides information concerning the beneficial ownership of our common stock as of September 30, 2015, by: (i) each stockholder that we believe owns more than 5% of our outstanding common stock; (ii) each of our principal executive officers and two other highly compensated individuals; (iii) each of our directors; and (iv) all of our directors and executive officers as a group.

The following table lists the applicable percentage of beneficial ownership based on 256,342,058 shares of our common stock and no shares of our preferred stock outstanding as of September 30, 2015. The information was compiled in accordance with Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act based on information furnished by persons listed or contained in filings made by them with the SEC or by information provided by such persons directly to the Company. Except where noted, the persons or entities named have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares shown as beneficially owned by them.

Name of Beneficial Owner	Number of Shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned	Percentage of Common Stock Ownership (%)
CEDE & CO	68,898,648	26,88%
LARRY VANCE	64,995,863	25.36%
TAMI STORY	18,112,922	7.07%
DONALD R DAMMEL	13,000,000	5.07%
CHRISTOFER MOWRY	9,000,000	3.51%
ANDREW MALONE	6,350,000	2.48%
MICHAEL LOCKHART	2,350,000	0.92%
CHARLES G BRIDGE JR	1,000,000	0.39%
ELIZABETH MOELLER	1,000,000	0.39%
GREG WALCHER	1,000,000	0.39%
JOHN MCCARTHY	1,000,000	0.39%
JOHN SHAW	1,000,000	0.39%

Management

The table sets forth below the names and ages of all our directors and executive officers as of December 20, 2015. All of our directors serve until our 2015 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are elected and qualified, or until their earlier death, retirement, resignation or removal. Executive officers serve at the pleasure of our Board of Directors until their successors are elected and qualified. Also provided below is a brief description of the business experience of each director and executive officer during the past five years and an indication of directorships held by each director in other companies subject to the reporting requirements under the Exchange Act.

Executive Officers and Directors


Name	Age	Positions Held
Larry Vance	82	Director, Chairman , Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer

Larry Vance, has served as Director, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Financial Officer of the Company since 1978.

No director or executive officer of the Company has, during the past five years, been: (i) convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors) or (ii) a party to any judicial or administrative proceeding (except for matters that were dismissed without sanction or settlement) that resulted in a judgment, decree or final order enjoining the person from future violations of, or prohibiting activities subject to, federal or state securities laws, or a finding of violations of such laws. All officers and directors of the Company are U.S. citizens.

FINANCIAL AND OTHER INFORMATION

The following summary consolidated financial information was derived from, and should be read in conjunction with, the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in Part IV, Item 15 of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the years ended March 31, 2015 and March 31, 2014 and from the Company’s unaudited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in Part I, Item 1 of the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the six-month period ended September 30, 2015, all of which are incorporated herein by reference.


	As of September 30, 2015		As of March 31, 2015		As of March 31, 2014
Balance Sheet Data:
Current assets	$	130,185	$	15,983	$	224,785
Noncurrent assets	$	12,918	$	-	$	-
Current liabilities	$	23,018,577	$	22,957,014	$	22,957,014
Noncurrent liabilities	$	1,191,030	$	600,000	$	65,000

	Six Months Ended September 30, 2015			Twelve Months Ended March, 31 2015			Twelve Months Ended March, 31 2014
Statement of Operations Data:
Gross Revenues	$	-		$	-		$	-
Operating Expenses	$	623,279		$	888,801		$	685,362

Gross Profit	$	(623,279	)	$	(888,801	)	$ _______
Income (loss) from continuing operations	$	(623,279	)	$	(888,801	)	$ _______
Other income (expense)
Other income		948,569			-			-
Interest expense		(297,716	)		(581,870	)		(423,191	)

Net Income (loss)	$	(27,574	)	$	(1,470,671	)	$	(672,769	)
Loss attributable to Non-controlling interest	$	(128,847	)	$	(7,423	)	$	(4,200	)

Net income (loss) attributable to parent company	$	(101,273	)	$	(1,463,249	)	$	668,569

Earnings Per Common Share:
Basic-Net income (loss)	$	(0.00	)	$	(0.00	)	$	(0.00	)
Diluted-Net income (loss)	$	(0.00	)	$	(0.00	)	$	(0.00	)

The Company’s ratio of earnings to fixed charges, computed in a manner consistent with Item 503(d) of Regulation S-K, for the two most recent fiscal years and as of September 30, 2015 is as follows:

	Year Ended March 31,				Six-Months Ended September 30
	2015		2014		2015
Earnings:
Pre-Tax Income (loss)	$	(101,273)	$	(1,463,249)	$	(668,569)
Interest Expense on debt	$	(297,716)	$	(581,870)	$	(423,191)

Total Earnings:	$	0.00	$	0.00	$	0.00

	Year Ended March 31,				Sic-Months Ended September 30
	2015		2014		2015
Fixed Charges:
Interest Expense on debt	$	297,716	$	581,870	$	423,191
Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges		0%		0%		0%
Deficiency Amount		297,716	$	581,870	$	423,191

(1)	Gain on extinguishment of debt.

(2)	Goodwill Impairment.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Copies of any financial statements and information incorporated by reference in this Disclosure Statement by reference to any other document filed by the Company with the SEC may be inspected without charge at the Public Reference Room maintained by the SEC at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549, and copies of all or any part of such documents may be obtained from the SEC at prescribed rates. Information regarding the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. The SEC maintains a web site that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding registrants that file electronically with the SEC. The address of the site is www.sec.gov. The Company will also make copies of such financial statements and information to stockholders upon written request to the Company’s headquarters.

Exhibit A

NEVADA REVISED STATUTES

(“NRS”)


NRS 92A.300		Definitions.
NRS 92A.305		“Beneficial stockholder” defined.
NRS 92A.310		“Corporate action” defined.
NRS 92A.315		“Dissenter” defined.
NRS 92A.320		“Fair value” defined.
NRS 92A.325		“Stockholder” defined.
NRS 92A.330		“Stockholder of record” defined.
NRS 92A.335		“Subject corporation” defined.
NRS 92A.340		Computation of interest.
NRS 92A.350		Rights of dissenting partner of domestic limited partnership.
NRS 92A.360		Rights of dissenting member of domestic limited-liability company.
NRS 92A.370		Rights of dissenting member of domestic nonprofit corporation.
NRS 92A.380		Right of stockholder to dissent from certain corporate actions and to obtain payment for shares.
NRS 92A.390		Limitations on right of dissent: Stockholders of certain classes or series; action of stockholders not required for plan of merger.
NRS 92A.400		Limitations on right of dissent: Assertion as to portions only to shares registered to stockholder; assertion by beneficial stockholder.
NRS 92A.410		Notification of stockholders regarding right of dissent.
NRS 92A.420		Prerequisites to demand for payment for shares.
NRS 92A.430		Dissenter’s notice: Delivery to stockholders entitled to assert rights; contents.
NRS 92A.440		Demand for payment and deposit of certificates; loss of rights of stockholder; withdrawal from appraisal process.
NRS 92A.450		Uncertificated shares: Authority to restrict transfer after demand for payment.
NRS 92A.460		Payment for shares: General requirements.
NRS 92A.470		Withholding payment for shares acquired on or after date of dissenter’s notice: General requirements.
NRS 92A.480		Dissenter’s estimate of fair value: Notification of subject corporation; demand for payment of estimate.
NRS 92A.490		Legal proceeding to determine fair value: Duties of subject corporation; powers of court; rights of dissenter.
NRS 92A.500		Assessment of costs and fees in certain legal proceedings.

NRS 92A.300. Definitions

As used in NRS 92A.300 to 92A.500, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 92A.305 to 92A.335, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.

NRS 92A.305. “Beneficial stockholder” defined

“Beneficial stockholder” means a person who is a beneficial owner of shares held in a voting trust or by a nominee as the stockholder of record.

NRS 92A.310. “Corporate action” defined

“Corporate action” means the action of a domestic corporation.

NRS 92A.315. “Dissenter” defined

“Dissenter” means a stockholder who is entitled to dissent from a domestic corporation’s action under NRS 92A.380 and who exercises that right when and in the manner required by NRS 92A.400 to 92A.480, inclusive.

NRS 92A.320. “Fair value” defined

“Fair value,” with respect to a dissenter’s shares, means the value of the shares determined:

1. Immediately before the effectuation of the corporate action to which the dissenter objects, excluding any appreciation or depreciation in anticipation of the corporate action unless exclusion would be inequitable;

2. Using customary and current valuation concepts and techniques generally employed for similar businesses in the context of the transaction requiring appraisal; and

3. Without discounting for lack of marketability or minority status.

NRS 92A.325. “Stockholder” defined

“Stockholder” means a stockholder of record or a beneficial stockholder of a domestic corporation.

NRS 92A.330. “Stockholder of record” defined

“Stockholder of record” means the person in whose name shares are registered in the records of a domestic corporation or the beneficial owner of shares to the extent of the rights granted by a nominee’s certificate on file with the domestic corporation.

NRS 92A.335. “Subject corporation” defined

“Subject corporation” means the domestic corporation which is the issuer of the shares held by a dissenter before the corporate action creating the dissenter’s rights becomes effective or the surviving or acquiring entity of that issuer after the corporate action becomes effective.

NRS 92A.340. Computation of interest

Interest payable pursuant to NRS 92A.300 to 92A.500, inclusive, must be computed from the effective date of the action until the date of payment, at the rate of interest most recently established pursuant to NRS 99.040.

NRS 92A.350. Rights of dissenting partner of domestic limited partnership

A partnership agreement of a domestic limited partnership or, unless otherwise provided in the partnership agreement, an agreement of merger or exchange, may provide that contractual rights with respect to the partnership interest of a dissenting general or limited partner of a domestic limited partnership are available for any class or group of partnership interests in connection with any merger or exchange in which the domestic limited partnership is a constituent entity.

NRS 92A.360. Rights of dissenting member of domestic limited-liability company

The articles of organization or operating agreement of a domestic limited-liability company or, unless otherwise provided in the articles of organization or operating agreement, an agreement of merger or exchange, may provide that contractual rights with respect to the interest of a dissenting member are available in connection with any merger or exchange in which the domestic limited-liability company is a constituent entity.

NRS 92A.370. Rights of dissenting member of domestic nonprofit corporation

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, and unless otherwise provided in the articles or bylaws, any member of any constituent domestic nonprofit corporation who voted against the merger may, without prior notice, but within 30 days after the effective date of the merger, resign from membership and is thereby excused from all contractual obligations to the constituent or surviving corporations which did not occur before the member’s resignation and is thereby entitled to those rights, if any, which would have existed if there had been no merger and the membership had been terminated or the member had been expelled.

2. Unless otherwise provided in its articles of incorporation or bylaws, no member of a domestic nonprofit corporation, including, but not limited to, a cooperative corporation, which supplies services described in chapter 704 of NRS to its members only, and no person who is a member of a domestic nonprofit corporation as a condition of or by reason of the ownership of an interest in real property, may resign and dissent pursuant to subsection 1.

NRS 92A.380. Right of stockholder to dissent from certain corporate actions and to obtain payment for shares

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 92A.370 and 92A.390 and subject to the limitation in paragraph (f), any stockholder is entitled to dissent from, and obtain payment of the fair value of the stockholder’s shares in the event of any of the following corporate actions:

(a) Consummation of a plan of merger to which the domestic corporation is a constituent entity:

(1) If approval by the stockholders is required for the merger by NRS 92A.120 to 92A.160, inclusive, or the articles of incorporation, regardless of whether the stockholder is entitled to vote on the plan of merger; or

(2) If the domestic corporation is a subsidiary and is merged with its parent pursuant to NRS 92A.180.

(b) Consummation of a plan of conversion to which the domestic corporation is a constituent entity as the corporation whose subject owner’s interests will be converted.

(c) Consummation of a plan of exchange to which the domestic corporation is a constituent entity as the corporation whose subject owner’s interests will be acquired, if the stockholder’s shares are to be acquired in the plan of exchange.

(d) Any corporate action taken pursuant to a vote of the stockholders to the extent that the articles of incorporation, bylaws or a resolution of the board of directors provides that voting or nonvoting stockholders are entitled to dissent and obtain payment for their shares.

(e) Accordance of full voting rights to control shares, as defined in NRS 78.3784, only to the extent provided for pursuant to NRS 78.3793.

(f) Any corporate action not described in this subsection that will result in the stockholder receiving money or scrip instead of a fraction of a share except where the stockholder would not be entitled to receive such payment pursuant to NRS 78.205, 78.2055 or 78.207. A dissent pursuant to this paragraph applies only to the fraction of a share, and the stockholder is entitled only to obtain payment of the fair value of the fraction of a share.

2. A stockholder who is entitled to dissent and obtain payment pursuant to NRS 92A.300 to 92A.500, inclusive, may not challenge the corporate action creating the entitlement unless the action is unlawful or fraudulent with respect to the stockholder or the domestic corporation.

3. Subject to the limitations in this subsection, from and after the effective date of any corporate action described in subsection 1, no stockholder who has exercised the right to dissent pursuant to NRS 92A.300 to 92A.500, inclusive, is entitled to vote his or her shares for any purpose or to receive payment of dividends or any other distributions on shares. This subsection does not apply to dividends or other distributions payable to stockholders on a date before the effective date of any corporate action from which the stockholder has dissented. If a stockholder exercises the right to dissent with respect to a corporate action described in paragraph (f) of subsection 1, the restrictions of this subsection apply only to the shares to be converted into a fraction of a share and the dividends and distributions to those shares.

NRS 92A.390. Limitations on right of dissent: Stockholders of certain classes or series; action of stockholders not required for plan of merger

1. There is no right of dissent with respect to a plan of merger, conversion or exchange in favor of stockholders of any class or series which is:

(a) A covered security under section 18(b)(1)(A) or (B) of the Securities Act of 1933, 15 U.S.C. § 77r(b)(1)(A) or (B), as amended;

(b) Traded in an organized market and has at least 2,000 stockholders and a market value of at least $20,000,000, exclusive of the value of such shares held by the corporation’s subsidiaries, senior executives, directors and beneficial stockholders owning more than 10 percent of such shares; or

(c) Issued by an open end management investment company registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and which may be redeemed at the option of the holder at net asset value, unless the articles of incorporation of the corporation issuing the class or series provide otherwise.

2. The applicability of subsection 1 must be determined as of:

(a) The record date fixed to determine the stockholders entitled to receive notice of and to vote at the meeting of stockholders to act upon the corporate action requiring dissenter’s rights; or

(b) The day before the effective date of such corporate action if there is no meeting of stockholders.

3. Subsection 1 is not applicable and dissenter’s rights are available pursuant to NRS 92A.380 for the holders of any class or series of shares who are required by the terms of the corporate action requiring dissenter’s rights to accept for such shares anything other than cash or shares of any class or any series of shares of any corporation, or any other proprietary interest of any other entity, that satisfies the standards set forth in subsection 1 at the time the corporate action becomes effective.

4. There is no right of dissent for any holders of stock of the surviving domestic corporation if the plan of merger does not require action of the stockholders of the surviving domestic corporation under NRS 92A.130.

5. There is no right of dissent for any holders of stock of the parent domestic corporation if the plan of merger does not require action of the stockholders of the parent domestic corporation under NRS 92A.180.

NRS 92A.400. Limitations on right of dissent: Assertion as to portions only to shares registered to stockholder; assertion by beneficial stockholder

1. A stockholder of record may assert dissenter’s rights as to fewer than all of the shares registered in his or her name only if the stockholder of record dissents with respect to all shares of the class or series beneficially owned by any one person and notifies the subject corporation in writing of the name and address of each person on whose behalf the stockholder of record asserts dissenter’s rights. The rights of a partial dissenter under this subsection are determined as if the shares as to which the partial dissenter dissents and his or her other shares were registered in the names of different stockholders.

2. A beneficial stockholder may assert dissenter’s rights as to shares held on his or her behalf only if the beneficial stockholder:

(a) Submits to the subject corporation the written consent of the stockholder of record to the dissent not later than the time the beneficial stockholder asserts dissenter’s rights; and

(b) Does so with respect to all shares of which he or she is the beneficial stockholder or over which he or she has power to direct the vote.

NRS 92A.410. Notification of stockholders regarding right of dissent

1. If a proposed corporate action creating dissenters’ rights is submitted to a vote at a stockholders’ meeting, the notice of the meeting must state that stockholders are, are not or may be entitled to assert dissenters’ rights under NRS 92A.300 to 92A.500, inclusive. If the domestic corporation concludes that dissenter’s rights are or may be available, a copy of NRS 92A. 300 to 92A.500, inclusive, must accompany the meeting notice sent to those record stockholders entitled to exercise dissenter’s rights.

2. If the corporate action creating dissenters’ rights is taken by written consent of the stockholders or without a vote of the stockholders, the domestic corporation shall notify in writing all stockholders entitled to assert dissenters’ rights that the action was taken and send them the dissenter’s notice described in NRS 92A.430.

NRS 92A.420. Prerequisites to demand for payment for shares

1. If a proposed corporate action creating dissenters’ rights is submitted to a vote at a stockholders’ meeting, a stockholder who wishes to assert dissenter’s rights with respect to any class or series of shares:

(a) Must deliver to the subject corporation, before the vote is taken, written notice of the stockholder’s intent to demand payment for his or her shares if the proposed action is effectuated; and

(b) Must not vote, or cause or permit to be voted, any of his or her shares of such class or series in favor of the proposed action.

2. If a proposed corporate action creating dissenters’ rights is taken by written consent of the stockholders, a stockholder who wishes to assert dissenters’ rights with respect to any class or series of shares must not consent to or approve the proposed corporate action with respect to such class or series.

3. A stockholder who does not satisfy the requirements of subsection 1 or 2 and NRS 92A.400 is not entitled to payment for his or her shares under this chapter.

NRS 92A.430. Dissenter’s notice: Delivery to stockholders entitled to assert rights; contents

1. The subject corporation shall deliver a written dissenter’s notice to all stockholders entitled to assert dissenters’ rights.

2. The dissenter’s notice must be sent no later than 10 days after the effective date of the corporate action specified in NRS 92A.380, and must:

(a) State where the demand for payment must be sent and where and when certificates, if any, for shares must be deposited;

(b) Inform the holders of shares not represented by certificates to what extent the transfer of the shares will be restricted after the demand for payment is received;

(c) Supply a form for demanding payment that includes the date of the first announcement to the news media or to the stockholders of the terms of the proposed action and requires that the person asserting dissenter’s rights certify whether or not the person acquired beneficial ownership of the shares before that date;

(d) Set a date by which the subject corporation must receive the demand for payment, which may not be less than 30 nor more than 60 days after the date the notice is delivered and state that the stockholder shall be deemed to have waived the right to demand payment with respect to the shares unless the form is received by the subject corporation by such specified date; and

(e) Be accompanied by a copy of NRS 92A.300 to 92A.500, inclusive.

NRS 92A.440. Demand for payment and deposit of certificates; loss of rights of stockholder; withdrawal from appraisal process

1. A stockholder who receives a dissenter’s notice pursuant to NRS 92A.430 and who wishes to exercise dissenter’s rights must:

(a) Demand payment;

(b) Certify whether the stockholder or the beneficial owner on whose behalf he or she is dissenting, as the case may be, acquired beneficial ownership of the shares before the date required to be set forth in the dissenter’s notice for this certification; and

2. If a stockholder fails to make the certification required by paragraph (b) of subsection 1, the subject corporation may elect to treat the stockholder’s shares as after-acquired shares under NRS 92A.470.

3. Once a stockholder deposits that stockholder’s certificates or, in the case of uncertified shares makes demand for payment, that stockholder loses all rights as a stockholder, unless the stockholder withdraws pursuant to subsection 4.

4. A stockholder who has complied with subsection 1 may nevertheless decline to exercise dissenter’s rights and withdraw from the appraisal process by so notifying the subject corporation in writing by the date set forth in the dissenter’s notice pursuant to NRS 92A.430. A stockholder who fails to so withdraw from the appraisal process may not thereafter withdraw without the subject corporation’s written consent.

5. The stockholder who does not demand payment or deposit his or her certificates where required, each by the date set forth in the dissenter’s notice, is not entitled to payment for his or her shares under this chapter.

NRS 92A.450. Uncertificated shares: Authority to restrict transfer after demand for payment

The subject corporation may restrict the transfer of shares not represented by a certificate from the date the demand for their payment is received.

NRS 92A.460. Payment for shares: General requirements

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 92A.470, within 30 days after receipt of a demand for payment, the subject corporation shall pay in cash to each dissenter who complied with NRS 92A.440 the amount the subject corporation estimates to be the fair value of the dissenter’s shares, plus accrued interest. The obligation of the subject corporation under this subsection may be enforced by the district court:

(a) Of the county where the subject corporation’s principal office is located;

(b) If the subject corporation’s principal office is not located in this State, in the county in which the corporation’s registered office is located; or

(c) At the election of any dissenter residing or having its principal or registered office in this State, of the county where the dissenter resides or has its principal or registered office.

The court shall dispose of the complaint promptly.

2. The payment must be accompanied by:

(a) The subject corporation’s balance sheet as of the end of a fiscal year ending not more than 16 months before the date of payment, a statement of income for that year, a statement of changes in the stockholders’ equity for that year or, where such financial statements are not reasonably available, then such reasonably equivalent financial information and the latest available quarterly financial statements, if any;

(b) A statement of the subject corporation’s estimate of the fair value of the shares; and

(c) A statement of the dissenter’s rights to demand payment under NRS 92A.480 and that if any such stockholder does not do so within the period specified, such stockholder shall be deemed to have accepted such payment in full satisfaction of the corporation’s obligations under this chapter.

NRS 92A.470. Withholding payment for shares acquired on or after date of dissenter’s notice: General requirements

1. A subject corporation may elect to withhold payment from a dissenter unless the dissenter was the beneficial owner of the shares before the date set forth in the dissenter’s notice as the first date of any announcement to the news media or to the stockholders of the terms of the proposed action.

2. To the extent the subject corporation elects to withhold payment, within 30 days after receipt of a demand for payment, the subject corporation shall notify the dissenters described in subsection 1:

(a) Of the information required by paragraph (a) of subsection 2 of NRS 92A.460;

(b) Of the subject corporation’s estimate of fair value pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 2 of NRS 92A.460;

(c) That they may accept the subject corporation’s estimate of fair value, plus interest, in full satisfaction of their demands or demand appraisal under NRS 92A.480;

(d) That those stockholders who wish to accept such an offer must so notify the subject corporation of their acceptance of the offer within 30 days after receipt of such offer; and

(e) That those stockholders who do not satisfy the requirements for demanding appraisal under NRS 92A.480 shall be deemed to have accepted the subject corporation’s offer.

3. Within 10 days after receiving the stockholder’s acceptance pursuant to subsection 2, the subject corporation shall pay in cash the amount offered under paragraph (b) of subsection 2 to each stockholder who agreed to accept the subject corporation’s offer in full satisfaction of the stockholder’s demand.

4. Within 40 days after sending the notice described in subsection 2, the subject corporation shall pay in cash the amount offered under paragraph (b) of subsection 2 to each stockholder described in paragraph (e) of subsection 2.

NRS 92A.480. Dissenter’s estimate of fair value: Notification of subject corporation; demand for payment of estimate

1. A dissenter paid pursuant to NRS 92A.460 who is dissatisfied with the amount of the payment may notify the subject corporation in writing of the dissenter’s own estimate of the fair value of his or her shares and the amount of interest due, and demand payment of such estimate, less any payment pursuant to NRS 92A.460. A dissenter offered payment pursuant to NRS 92A.470 who is dissatisfied with the offer may reject the offer pursuant to NRS 92A.470 and demand payment of the fair value of his or her shares and interest due.

2. A dissenter waives the right to demand payment pursuant to this section unless the dissenter notifies the subject corporation of his or her demand to be paid the dissenter’s stated estimate of fair value plus interest under subsection 1 in writing within 30 days after receiving the subject corporation’s payment or offer of payment under NRS 92A.460 or 92A.470 and is entitled only to the payment made or offered.

NRS 92A.490. Legal proceeding to determine fair value: Duties of subject corporation; powers of court; rights of dissenter

1. If a demand for payment remains unsettled, the subject corporation shall commence a proceeding within 60 days after receiving the demand and petition the court to determine the fair value of the shares and accrued interest. If the subject corporation does not commence the proceeding within the 60-day period, it shall pay each dissenter whose demand remains unsettled the amount demanded by each dissenter pursuant to NRS 92A.480 plus interest.

2. A subject corporation shall commence the proceeding in the district court of the county where its principal office is located in this State. If the principal office of the subject corporation is not located in this State, the right to dissent arose from a merger, conversion or exchange and the principal office of the surviving entity, resulting entity or the entity whose shares were acquired, whichever is applicable, is located in this State, it shall commence the proceeding in the county where the principal office of the surviving entity, resulting entity or the entity whose shares were acquired is located. In all other cases, if the principal office of the subject corporation is not located in this State, the subject corporation shall commence the proceeding in the district court in the county in which the corporation’s registered office is located.

3. The subject corporation shall make all dissenters, whether or not residents of Nevada, whose demands remain unsettled, parties to the proceeding as in an action against their shares. All parties must be served with a copy of the petition. Nonresidents may be served by registered or certified mail or by publication as provided by law.

4. The jurisdiction of the court in which the proceeding is commenced under subsection 2 is plenary and exclusive. The court may appoint one or more persons as appraisers to receive evidence and recommend a decision on the question of fair value. The appraisers have the powers described in the order appointing them, or any amendment thereto. The dissenters are entitled to the same discovery rights as parties in other civil proceedings.

5. Each dissenter who is made a party to the proceeding is entitled to a judgment:

(a) For the amount, if any, by which the court finds the fair value of the dissenter’s shares, plus interest, exceeds the amount paid by the subject corporation; or

(b) For the fair value, plus accrued interest, of the dissenter’s after-acquired shares for which the subject corporation elected to withhold payment pursuant to NRS 92A.470.

NRS 92A.500. Assessment of costs and fees in certain legal proceedings

1. The court in a proceeding to determine fair value shall determine all of the costs of the proceeding, including the reasonable compensation and expenses of any appraisers appointed by the court. The court shall assess the costs against the subject corporation, except that the court may assess costs against all or some of the dissenters, in amounts the court finds equitable, to the extent the court finds the dissenters acted arbitrarily, vexatiously or not in good faith in demanding payment.

2. The court may also assess the fees and expenses of the counsel and experts for the respective parties, in amounts the court finds equitable:

(a) Against the subject corporation and in favor of all dissenters if the court finds the subject corporation did not substantially comply with the requirements of NRS 92A.300 to 92A.500, inclusive; or

(b) Against either the subject corporation or a dissenter in favor of any other party, if the court finds that the party against whom the fees and expenses are assessed acted arbitrarily, vexatiously or not in good faith with respect to the rights provided by NRS 92A.300 to 92A.500, inclusive.

3. If the court finds that the services of counsel for any dissenter were of substantial benefit to other dissenters similarly situated, and that the fees for those services should not be assessed against the subject corporation, the court may award to those counsel reasonable fees to be paid out of the amounts awarded to the dissenters who were benefited.

4. In a proceeding commenced pursuant to NRS 92A.460, the court may assess the costs against the subject corporation, except that the court may assess costs against all or some of the dissenters who are parties to the proceeding, in amounts the court finds equitable, to the extent the court finds that such parties did not act in good faith in instituting the proceeding.

5. To the extent the subject corporation fails to make a required payment pursuant to NRS 92A.460, 92A.470 or 92A.480, the dissenter may bring a cause of action directly for the amount owed and, to the extent the dissenter prevails, is entitled to recover all expenses of the suit.

6. This section does not preclude any party in a proceeding commenced pursuant to NRS 92A.460 or 92A.490 from applying the provisions of N.R.C.P. 68 or NRS 17.115.

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