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    12875.12875-001/00558947_1 3KOPELOWITZ OSTROW P.A.

    200 S.W. 1st Avenue Suite 1200 Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 33301 Telephone 954-525-4100 Fax 954-525-4300

    may properly exercise personal jurisdiction over SUPREME pursuant to Florida Long Arm

    Statutes 48.193(1)(a)(2) and 48.193(1)(a)(7), Florida Statutes, since at all times material

    hereto, SUPREME caused injury to persons within this State arising out of an act or omission by

    SUPREME outside and within this State.

    8. Upon information and belief, IMPACT is a Nevada corporation organized and

    existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Nevada with its principal place of

    business in the State of Louisiana and is conducting business in the State of Florida. This Court

    may properly exercise personal jurisdiction over IMPACT pursuant to Floridas Long Arm

    Statutes 48.193(1)(a)(2) and 48.193(1)(a)(7), Florida Statutes, since at all times material

    hereto, IMPACT caused injury to persons within this State arising out of an act or omission by

    IMPACT outside and within this State.

    9. Upon information and belief, BOTTOM LINE is a corporation organized and

    existing in the United States. This Court may properly exercise personal jurisdiction over

    BOTTOM LINE pursuant to Floridas Long Arm Statutes 48.193(1)(a)(2), Florida Statutes,

    since at all times material hereto, BOTTOM LINE caused injury to persons within this State

    arising out of an act or omission by BOTTOM LINE outside and within this State.

    10. Upon information and belief, JSR is a limited liability company organized and

    existing in Canada. This Court may properly exercise personal jurisdiction over JSR pursuant to

    Floridas Long Arm Statutes 48.193(1)(a)(2), Florida Statutes, since at all times material

    hereto, JSR caused injury to persons within this State arising out of an act or omission by JSR

    outside and within this State.

    11. Upon information and belief, WALTHER is a citizen of Michigan, and serves as

    President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Director of both SUPREME and IMPACT, and principal of

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    12875.12875-001/00558947_1 4KOPELOWITZ OSTROW P.A.

    200 S.W. 1st Avenue Suite 1200 Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 33301 Telephone 954-525-4100 Fax 954-525-4300

    BOTTOM LINE. This Court may properly exercise personal jurisdiction over WALTHER,

    individually and in his corporate capacity for SUPREME, IMPACT and BOTTOM LINE,

    pursuant to Floridas Long Arm Statutes 48.193(1)(a)(1) and 48.193(1)(a)(2), Florida

    Statutes, since at all times material hereto, WALTHER caused injury to persons within this State

    arising out of an act or omission by WALTHER outside and within this State.

    12. Upon information and belief, WINDSOR is a citizen of Canada and serves as a

    business consultant to SUPREME and IMPACT, and principal of JSR. This Court may properly

    exercise personal jurisdiction over WINDSOR, individually and in his corporate capacity for

    SUPREME, IMPACT and JSR, pursuant to Floridas Long Arm Statutes 48.193(1)(a)(1) and

    48.193(1)(a)(2), Florida Statutes, since at all times material hereto, WINDSOR caused injury

    to persons within this State arising out of an act or omission by WINDSOR outside and within

    this State.

    13. All conditions precedent to the institution of this action have been performed,

    excused or otherwise waived.

    14.

    Plaintiff has retained Kopelowitz Ostrow P.A. (KO) to represent it in this action

    and is obligated to pay KO reasonable attorneysfees.

    THE AGREEMENT AND THE INVESTMENT

    15. During the fall and winter of 2012, WALTHER, a director of SUPREME and

    IMPACT, acting both individually and on behalf of SUPREME and IMPACT, contacted

    Plaintiff about obtaining financing for SUPREMEs operations.

    16. Because SUPREME was a relatively new business without consistent cash flow

    and significant assets, WALTHER and Plaintiff commenced the negotiation of an agreement

    whereby Plaintiff would lend SUPREME $250,000.00 in exchange for repayment with interest

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    12875.12875-001/00558947_1 5KOPELOWITZ OSTROW P.A.

    200 S.W. 1st Avenue Suite 1200 Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 33301 Telephone 954-525-4100 Fax 954-525-4300

    and an option for Plaintiff to convert the subject $250,000.00 loan into common stock.

    WALTHER represented to Plaintiff that it would be able to convert the subject loan into 33.3%

    of the common stock of SUPREME on a fully-diluted basis. WALTHER also represented to

    Plaintiff that SUPREMEs parent company, IMPACT, would guarantee the subject loan.

    17. On December 19, 2012, the foregoing material representations were manifested in

    a Letter of Intent (LOI) between Plaintiff and SUPREME. The LOI served to preliminarily

    outline the critical terms of the Loan Documents among Plaintiff, SUPREME and IMPACT.

    SUPREME and IMPACT were substantially controlled by WALTHER, who acted as President,

    Secretary, Treasurer and Director. A true and correct copy of the LOI is attached as Exhibit

    A.

    18.

    Section 19 of the LOI provides: [t]he Borrower agrees not to enter into any

    agreement or negotiation with any party (with the exception of the Lender) regarding a loan or

    financing for Borrower or its business for a period of 10 days from the date of execution of this

    letter agreement. WALTHER also materially represented that SUPREME would not enter into

    any agreement with any party regarding financing for its business for a period of 10 days from

    the date of execution of the LOI. Pursuant to Section 21 of the LOI, Section 19 was a legally

    binding obligation.

    19. Consistent with the LOI, on or about January 24, 2013, Plaintiff and SUPREME

    entered into the Loan Documents which, as noted above, contained an option for Plaintiff to

    convert its $250,000.00 loan into a fully-diluted 33.3% ownership interest in SUPREME (the

    Conversion Option).

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    12875.12875-001/00558947_1 6KOPELOWITZ OSTROW P.A.

    200 S.W. 1st Avenue Suite 1200 Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 33301 Telephone 954-525-4100 Fax 954-525-4300

    20. The Convertible Note also provided Plaintiff a first right of refusal prior to

    SUPREMEs issuance of any additional capital stock, including, without limitation, the issuance

    of preferred shares.

    21. WALTHER executed the Loan Documents on behalf of SUPREME in his

    capacity as President, Secretary, Treasurer and Director. True and correct copies of the

    Convertible Note and Bridge Loan are attached as Exhibit Band Exhibit C,respectively.

    22. In furtherance of, and consistent with, the material representations made by

    Defendants, on January 24, 2013, IMPACT executed a Corporate Guaranty of SUPREMEs

    obligations to Plaintiff.

    23. WALTHER, IMPACTs President, Secretary, Treasurer and Director, executed

    the Guaranty. A true and correct copy of the Guaranty is attached as Exhibit D.

    24. WINDSOR is a business consultant insider for both SUPREME and IMPACT and

    at all relevant times, was either complicit in or approved all transfers of ownership orchestrated

    by WALTHER, including the issuance of preferred shares to JSR, a company owned and

    controlled by WINDSOR.

    25. As of January 24, 2013, Plaintiff had no reason to suspect that any of the material

    representations made by Defendants were untrue or false or that the LOI or the Loan Documents

    did not have the effect as represented.

    DISCOVERY OF THE INITIAL FRAUD

    26. In or about June, 2013, JOSEPH SCIVOLETTO (SCIVOLETTO), a

    SUPREME director who developed certain proprietary technology used by SUPREME,

    informed Plaintiff that WALTHER had stated that Plaintiffs voting rights upon conversion were

    meaninglessbecause WALTHER had superpower preferred shares in hand.

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    12875.12875-001/00558947_1 7KOPELOWITZ OSTROW P.A.

    200 S.W. 1st Avenue Suite 1200 Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 33301 Telephone 954-525-4100 Fax 954-525-4300

    27. It was at this time that Plaintiff learned for the first time that, on or about

    December 19, 2012, the exact same date that Plaintiff signed the LOI, SUPREMEs Board of

    Directors authorized undisclosed Series A Preferred Shares to three entities, JSR, BOTTOM

    LINE, and RMS7, Inc. for no consideration.

    28. Upon information and belief, WALTHER is the principal of BOTTOM LINE,

    one of the entities which was authorized to receive 666 Series A Preferred Shares on December

    12, 2012.

    29. Upon information and belief, WINDSOR is the principal of JSR, one of the

    entities which was authorized to receive 666 Series A Preferred Shares on December 12, 2012.

    30. The issuance of the Series A Preferred Shares significantly devalued the

    Convertible Note, as the superpower voting rights of the Series A Preferred Shares rendered

    worthless any voting rights that Plaintiff anticipated obtaining upon conversion. The Series A

    Preferred Shares superpower voting rights also rendered SUPREMEs Board of Directors (of

    which Steven Adelstein (ADELSTEIN) a representative of Plaintiff, was a member) powerless

    as all corporate action could be vetoed by the undisclosed Series A Preferred shareholders. The

    Conversion Option was a material provision of the Loan Documents because it provided Plaintiff

    the ability to influence SUPREME - a startup company with little or no assets - and protect its

    investment in the event SUPREME defaulted on its obligation to Plaintiff. The issuance of the

    Series A Preferred Shares had the immediate effect of making SUPREME s common stock less

    valuable and rendering SUPREMEs voting rights meaningless.

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    12875.12875-001/00558947_1 8KOPELOWITZ OSTROW P.A.

    200 S.W. 1st Avenue Suite 1200 Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 33301 Telephone 954-525-4100 Fax 954-525-4300

    DEFENDANTSCONTINUING FRAUD TO

    INDUCE PLAINTIFF TO LOAN FUNDS TO SUPREME

    31. After the parties executed the LOI, Plaintiff and SUPREME, acting by and

    through the conduct of WALTHER, continued to negotiate a final agreement.

    32. On or about January 24, 2013, Plaintiff and SUPREME entered into the Loan

    Documents, which were executed by WALTHER on behalf of SUPREME.

    33. Section 7 of the Bridge Loan, which forms part of the Convertible Note, contains

    the Representations and Warranties of [Supreme Energy]. Section 7(e) of the Bridge Loan,

    states: The outstanding capital stock of [Supreme Energy] is as set forth on Schedule 2 attached

    hereto and made a part hereof, and is currently owned by [Impact Fusion].

    34. Schedule 2 of the Bridge Loan is a Capitalization Table, and unequivocally

    represents: The following is [Supreme Energys] capitalization table as of January 24, 2013.

    The table shows that SUPREMEs parent company, IMPACT, owns 100% of the shares of

    SUPREME and that if Plaintiff were to exercise its Conversion Option, then the ownership

    percentages would be one-third ownership by Plaintiff and two-thirds ownership by IMPACT.

    35. Based upon the December 19, 2012 Board Resolution approving the transfer of

    Preferred Shares to WALTHER and WINDSOR through undisclosed companies, SUPREME

    and WALTHERs material representations on Schedule 2, upon which Plaintiff relied, were

    clearly false and misleading.

    36. SUPREME, IMPACT, WALTHER, and WINDSOR knew that the January 24,

    2013 Capitalization Table misrepresented the true distribution of SUPREMEs shares because of

    their direct involvement with the creation and distribution of the Series APreferred Shares, yet

    failed to inform Plaintiff of this material misrepresentation and omission.

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    12875.12875-001/00558947_1 9KOPELOWITZ OSTROW P.A.

    200 S.W. 1st Avenue Suite 1200 Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 33301 Telephone 954-525-4100 Fax 954-525-4300

    37. Plaintiff fully funded the note based on WALTHERs instructions and in full and

    complete reliance on all of the foregoing representations and omissions.

    38. On or about June 26, 2014, Wayne H. Miller, Esq., an attorney for Plaintiff, wrote

    to SUPREME, IMPACT, WALTHER and WINDSOR informing them that their scheme to issue

    Series A Preferred Shares violated the clear terms of the Loan Documents. A true and correct

    copy of Wayne H. Miller, Esq.s letter to SUPREME, IMPACT, WALTHER and WINDSOR is

    attached as Exhibit E.

    39. Had Plaintiff known the true intentions of Defendants, it never would have agreed

    to loan $250,000.00 to SUPREME.

    40. Upon information and belief, SUPREME, IMPACT, WALTHER, and

    WINDSOR made all of the foregoing misrepresentations and omissions of numerous material

    facts solely to induce Plaintiff to loan the $250,000.00 to SUPREME.

    AS AND FOR A FIRST CAUSE OF ACTION

    (Violation of the 1934 Act and Rule 10b-5 Promulgated

    Thereunder Against Supreme and Walther)

    41.

    Plaintiff repeats and realleges each and every allegation previously set forth in

    Paragraphs 1through 40with the same force and effect as if set forth fully herein.

    42. On December 19, 2012, SUPREME, through its President, Secretary, Treasurer

    and Director, WALTHER, represented to Plaintiff that it intended to execute a convertible

    promissory note in favor of Plaintiff in the amount of $250,000.00, with a right to convert the

    Note into 33.3% of the total stock of SUPREME on a fully-diluted basis. See LOI 3 and

    Schedule 1. The remaining SUPREME stock would be owned by SUPREMEs parent

    corporation, IMPACT.

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    12875.12875-001/00558947_1 10KOPELOWITZ OSTROW P.A.

    200 S.W. 1st Avenue Suite 1200 Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 33301 Telephone 954-525-4100 Fax 954-525-4300

    43. SUPREME, through WALTHER, also represented that if Plaintiff elected to

    convert the Note to stock, it would own 3,333,333 shares of SUPREME stock and that IMPACT

    would own 6,666,667 shares of SUPREME stock. See Capitalization Table, Schedule 1, LOI

    p. 5.

    44. However, these representations were false and misleading because on the very

    same day Plaintiff and SUPREME executed the LOI, SUPREME, at the direction of WALTHER

    and IMPACT director WINDSOR, and without Plaintiffs knowledge, issued newly created

    Series APreferred Shares to JSR, RMS7, Inc., and BOTTOM LINE for no consideration,

    which had the practical effect of rendering Plaintiffs voting rights in SUPREME worthless upon

    conversion of the Note.

    45.

    SUPREME and WALTHERs misrepresentations regarding the ownership of

    SUPREME were repeated in the January 24, 2013 Convertible Note, where WALTHER, on

    behalf of SUPREME, represented that as of that date, SUPREME had issued 10,000,000 total

    shares of stock and that its parent, IMPACT, owned those shares. SeeBridge Loan, p. 9.

    46.

    SUPREME and WALTHERs misrepresentations were material because they

    induced Plaintiff into believing that it had greater security in the event of default under the

    Convertible Note than it had in reality on January 24, 2013. Specifically, Plaintiff was induced

    to believe that it would obtain a 33.3% vote in all of SUPREME s affairs upon conversion and

    Plaintiff had no idea that SUPREME had already authorized an entirely new series of stock with

    superpower voting rights that would effectively leave Plaintiff with no input in the affairs of

    SUPREME. Plaintiff would not have made the $250,000.00 loan had it known the truth.

    47. SUPREME and WALTHER acted with scienter in making the aforementioned

    misrepresentations because it is clear from the December 19, 2012 issuance of the Series A

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    12875.12875-001/00558947_1 11KOPELOWITZ OSTROW P.A.

    200 S.W. 1st Avenue Suite 1200 Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 33301 Telephone 954-525-4100 Fax 954-525-4300

    Preferred Shares - which occurred on the same day as the execution of the LOI - that SUPREME

    and WALTHER intended to deceive and manipulate Plaintiff into lending SUPREME money by

    misrepresenting the stock ownership, equity, and voting control of SUPREME. Further, on

    January 24, 2013, SUPREME and WALTHER had actualknowledge that their representations

    regarding SUPREMEs stock ownership were false, yet continued making those representations

    to obtain financing from Plaintiff.

    48. The Convertible Note and Bridge Loan qualify as a security and/or securities

    under 15 U.S.C. 78c(a)(10), and SUPREME and WALTHERs misrepresentations and

    omissions were made in connection with the negotiation, sale, and purchase of those securities.

    49. Plaintiff relied on SUPREME and WALTHERs knowingly false

    misrepresentations regarding the stock ownership, equity, and voting control of SUPREME

    when it agreed to execute the Convertible Note, and would not have executed the Convertible

    Note if SUPREME and WALTHER had been forthcoming about the ownership of SUPREME.

    50. SUPREME and WALTHERs misrepresentations regarding the ownership of

    SUPREME caused the Convertible Note to lose value, as SUPREME and WALTHERs scheme

    rendered worthless the duly negotiated Convertible Option of the Convertible Note.

    51. SUPREME and WALTHER carried out a plan, scheme and/or course of conduct

    which was intended to and did induce Plaintiff to loan $250,000.00 to SUPREME.

    52. SUPREME and WALTHER (a) employed devices, schemes and artifices to

    defraud; (b) made untrue statements of material facts and/or omitted to state material facts

    necessary to make the statements not misleading; (c) engaged in acts, practices or a course of

    conduct which operated as a fraud and deceit upon Plaintiff.

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    12875.12875-001/00558947_1 12KOPELOWITZ OSTROW P.A.

    200 S.W. 1st Avenue Suite 1200 Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 33301 Telephone 954-525-4100 Fax 954-525-4300

    53. SUPREME and WALTHER, directly and indirectly, by use of means or

    instrumentalities of interstate commerce and/or of the mails, engaged and participated in a course

    of conduct to defraud Plaintiff, as set forth more particularly above, and engaged in transactions,

    practices and a course of conduct which operated as a fraud and deceit.

    54. As a result of the dissemination of the materially false and misleading information

    and failure to disclose material facts, as set forth above, Plaintiff has been irreparably injured.

    Unaware of the scheme to defraud created by SUPREME and WALTHER, and relying on their

    false and misleading statements and/or on the absence of material adverse information known to

    or recklessly disregarded by SUPREME and WALTHER, Plaintiff has been damaged.

    55. SUPREME and WALTHER violated Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act and Rule

    10b-5 promulgated thereunder.

    56. As a direct and proximate result of the foregoing wrongful conduct, the Plaintiff

    has suffered substantial damages in connection with the Loan Documents in an amount not less

    than $250,000.00, excluding interest, attorneysfees and costs.

    AS AND FOR A SECOND CAUSE OF ACTION

    (Against Walther and Windsor Pursuant to 20 of the 1934 Act)

    57. Plaintiff repeats and reallges each and every allegation contained in Paragraphs

    1 through 40 above and 42 through 47above with the same force and effect as if set

    forth herein.

    58. WALTHER and WINDSOR acted as controlling persons of SUPREME in their

    respective capacities as its President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Director within the meaning of

    Section 20(a) of the 1934 Act as alleged herein. By reason of his position as President,

    Secretary, Treasurer, and Director of SUPREME, WALTHER, together with WINDSOR, had

    the power and authority to cause SUPREME to engage in the foregoing wrongful and fraudulent

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    12875.12875-001/00558947_1 13KOPELOWITZ OSTROW P.A.

    200 S.W. 1st Avenue Suite 1200 Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 33301 Telephone 954-525-4100 Fax 954-525-4300

    conduct and to control and influence the specific corporate policy which resulted in the

    dissemination of materially false information to Plaintiff. By reason of such conduct,

    WALTHER and WINDSOR are liable for damages to Plaintiff under Section 20(a) of the

    Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

    59. WALTHER and WINDSOR, individually, and as persons exercising dominion

    and control over SUPREME and IMPACT, carried out a plan, scheme and/or course of conduct

    which was intended to and did induce Plaintiff to loan $250,000.00 to SUPREME.

    60. WALTHER and WINDSOR (a) employed, devices, schemes and artifices to

    defraud; (b) made untrue statements of material fact and/or omitted to state material facts

    necessary to make the statements not misleading; (c) engaged in acts, practices or a cause of

    conduct which operated as a fraud and deceit upon Plaintiff.

    61. WALTHER and WINDSOR, individually, and as persons exercising dominion

    and control over SUPREME, directly and indirectly, by use of means or instrumentalities of

    interstate commerce and/or of the mails, engaged and participated in a course of conduct to

    defraud Plaintiff, as set forth more particularly above, and engaged in transactions, practices and

    a course of conduct which operated as a fraud and deceit.

    62. WALTHER and WINDSORs liability, and consequent controlling person

    liability, arises from the following facts: (i) WALTHER and WINDSOR were both persons in a

    position exercising dominion and control over SUPREME, and (ii) WALTHER and WINDSOR,

    by virtue of their responsibilities and activities as persons exercising dominion and control over

    SUPREME were privy to material information concerning the activities of SUPREME.

    63. WALTHER and WINDSOR, individually, and as persons exercising dominion

    and control over SUPREME, had actual knowledge of the misrepresentations and/or omissions

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    12875.12875-001/00558947_1 14KOPELOWITZ OSTROW P.A.

    200 S.W. 1st Avenue Suite 1200 Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 33301 Telephone 954-525-4100 Fax 954-525-4300

    of material facts set forth herein, or acted with reckless disregard for the truth in that they failed

    to ascertain and to disclose such facts, even though they were readily available to them.

    64. As a result of the dissemination of the materially false and misleading information

    and failure to disclose material facts, as set forth above, Plaintiff has been irreparably injured.

    Unaware of the scheme to defraud created by WALTHER and WINDSOR, individually and as

    persons exercising dominion and control over SUPREME, and relying on WALTHER and

    WINDSORs false and misleading statements and/or on the absence of material adverse

    information known to or recklessly disregarded by WALTHER and WINDSOR, Plaintiff was

    damaged thereby.

    65. WALTHER and WINDSOR had the ability to prevent the making of materially

    false statements to Plaintiff concerning SUPREME. WALTHER and WINDSOR also had the

    ability to prevent the implementation of the scheme to defraud Plaintiff.

    66. WALTHER and WINDSOR had direct involvement in day-to-day operations at

    SUPREME and, therefore, are presumed to have had the power to control or influence the

    aforementioned transactions giving rise to the violations of the securities laws as alleged herein.

    67. WALTHER and WINDSOR are liable as control persons pursuant to Section

    20(a) of the 1934 Act. As a direct and proximate result of the wrongful conduct of WALTHER

    and WINDSOR, Plaintiff has suffered substantial damages.

    68. At the time said misrepresentations were made, Plaintiff was unaware of their

    falsity and believed them to be true.

    69. By virtue of the foregoing, WALTHER and WINDSOR, individually and as

    persons exercising dominion and control over the activities of SUPREME, violated Section 10(b)

    of the Exchange Act and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder.

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    12875.12875-001/00558947_1 15KOPELOWITZ OSTROW P.A.

    200 S.W. 1st Avenue Suite 1200 Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 33301 Telephone 954-525-4100 Fax 954-525-4300

    70. As a direct and proximate result of WALTHER and WINDSORs wrongful

    conduct, Plaintiff has suffered substantial damages in connection with the Note and Loan

    Documents and Plaintiff has suffered losses in an amount not less than $250,000.00 excluding

    interest, attorneysfees, and costs.

    AS AND FOR A THIRD CAUSE OF ACTION PURSUANT TO

    SECTION 12(a)(2) OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

    (Against SUPREME and WALTHER)

    71. Plaintiff repeats and reallges each and every allegation contained in Paragraphs

    1 through 40 above and 42 through 47above with the same force and effect as if set

    forth herein.

    72. SUPREME and WALTHER in connection with the negotiation, purchase and sale

    of a security, made numerous untrue statements of material facts and omitted to state material

    facts necessary in order to make the statements, in the light of the circumstances under which

    they were made, not misleading. Plaintiff did not know, and in the exercise of reasonable care,

    could not have known of such untruth or omission.

    73.

    As a result of SUPREME and WALTHERs fraudulent and material

    misrepresentations, Plaintiff has suffered losses in an amount not less than $250,000.00,

    excluding interest, attorneysfees, and costs.

    AS AND FOR A FOURTH CAUSE OF ACTION FOR SECURITIES FRAUD

    UNDER FLORIDA SECURITIES AND INVESTOR PROTECTION ACT

    (Against SUPREME and WALTHER)

    74. Plaintiff repeats and reallges each and every allegation contained in Paragraphs

    1 through 40 above and 42 through 47above with the same force and effect as if set

    forth herein.

    75. Section 517.301, Florida Statutes, in pertinent part states:

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    12875.12875-001/00558947_1 16KOPELOWITZ OSTROW P.A.

    200 S.W. 1st Avenue Suite 1200 Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 33301 Telephone 954-525-4100 Fax 954-525-4300

    (1) It is unlawful and a violation of the provisions of this Chapter for a person:

    (a) in connection with the rendering of any investment advice or inconnection with the offer, sale or purchase of any instrument or security:

    1. to employ any device, scheme or artifice to defraud;

    2. to obtain money or property by means of any untruestatement of a material fact or any omission to state a material factnecessary in order to make the statement made, in light of thecircumstances under which they were made, not misleading; or

    3. to engage in any transaction, practice or course of businesswhich operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon aperson.

    76.

    As more fully described above, SUPREME and WALTHER carried out a plan,

    scheme or course of conduct which was intended to misappropriate Plaintiffs $250,000.00 by

    making material misstatements about SUPREME.

    77. SUPREME and WALTHER (a) employed devices, schemes and artifices to

    defraud; (b) made untrue statements of material fact and/or omitted to state material facts

    necessary to make the statements not misleading; (c) engaged in acts, practices or a course of

    conduct which operated as a fraud and deceit upon Plaintiff in violation of Chapter 517, Florida

    Statutes.

    78. SUPREME and WALTHER had actual knowledge of the misrepresentations

    and/or omissions of material facts set forth herein, or acted with reckless disregard for the truth

    in that they failed to ascertain and to disclose such facts, even though they were readily available

    to them.

    79. As a result of the dissemination of the materially false and misleading information

    and failure to disclose material facts, as set forth above, Plaintiff has been irreparably injured.

    Unaware of the scheme to defraud created by SUPREME and WALTHER, and relying on their

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    12875.12875-001/00558947_1 17KOPELOWITZ OSTROW P.A.

    200 S.W. 1st Avenue Suite 1200 Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 33301 Telephone 954-525-4100 Fax 954-525-4300

    false and misleading statements and/or on the absence of material adverse information known to

    or recklessly disregarded by SUPREME and WALTHER, Plaintiff was damaged.

    80. At the time said misrepresentations were made, Plaintiff was unaware of their

    falsity and believed them to be true.

    81. As a direct and proximate result of SUPREME and WALTHERs wrongful

    conduct, Plaintiff has suffered substantial damages in an amount not less than $250,000.00,

    excluding interest, attorneysfees and costs.

    AS AND FOR A FIFTH CAUSE OF ACTION FOR FRAUD

    (Against SUPREME and WALTHER)

    82.

    Plaintiff repeats and reallges each and every allegation contained in Paragraphs

    1 through 40 above and 42 through 47above with the same force and effect as if set

    forth herein.

    83. As set forth above, SUPREME and WALTHER, individually, and as persons

    exercising dominion and control over SUPREME, made, or participated in making, false

    statements or misrepresentations of material fact concerning SUPREME in an effort to defraud

    Plaintiff.

    84. At the time SUPREME and WALTHER made, or participated in making, said

    false representations, they knew that the foregoing representations were false.

    85. The foregoing misrepresentations made by SUPREME and WALTHER were

    made for the specific purpose of inducing Plaintiff to loan $250,000.00 to SUPREME.

    86.

    In justifiable reliance upon the representations of SUPREME and WALTHER,

    Plaintiff executed the Note and Loan Documents.

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    12875.12875-001/00558947_1 18KOPELOWITZ OSTROW P.A.

    200 S.W. 1st Avenue Suite 1200 Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 33301 Telephone 954-525-4100 Fax 954-525-4300

    87. As a result of SUPREME and WALTHERs fraudulent and material

    misrepresentations, Plaintiff has suffered losses in an amount not less than $250,000.00,

    excluding interest, attorneysfees, and costs.

    AS AND FOR A SIXTH CAUSE OF ACTION FOR

    AIDING AND ABETTING VIOLATIONS OF THE

    1934 ACT, RULE 10B-5, 517.301, FLA. STAT., AND FRAUD

    (Against Bottom Line and JSR)

    88. Plaintiff repeats and reallges each and every allegation contained in Paragraphs

    1through 40above, 42through 56above, 75through 81above and 83 through

    87above with the same force and effect as if set forth herein.

    89.

    WALTHER, in his corporate capacity for SUPREME, IMPACT and BOTTOM

    LINE, was directly involved with both the subject transaction between Plaintiff and SUPREME

    and the overall scheme to defraud Plaintiff.

    90. WINDSOR, in his corporate capacity for both SUPREME, IMPACT and JSR,

    was directly or indirectly involved with both the subject transaction between Plaintiff and

    SUPREME and the overall scheme to defraud Plaintiff.

    91. Upon information and belief, BOTTOM LINE and JSR, through their principals,

    WALTHER and WINSOR, respectively, received the Series A Preferred Shares from

    SUPREME with knowledge of and in furtherance of the scheme to defraud Plaintiff.

    92. As a result of BOTTOM LINE and JSRs substantial assistance of SUPREME

    and WALTHERs fraudulent and material misrepresentations, Plaintiff has suffered losses in an

    amount not less than $250,000.00, excluding interest, attorneysfees, and costs.

    93. Additionally, BOTTOM LINE and JSRs receipt and retention of the Series A

    Preferred Shares has and will continue to significantly devalue the Convertible Note and

    therefore damage Plaintiff.

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    12875.12875-001/00558947_1 19KOPELOWITZ OSTROW P.A.

    200 S.W. 1st Avenue Suite 1200 Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 33301 Telephone 954-525-4100 Fax 954-525-4300

    AS AND FOR A SEVENTH CAUSE OF ACTION FOR CIVIL CONSPIRACY

    (Against Supreme, Walther, Impact, Windsor, Bottom Line and JSR)

    94. Plaintiff repeats and reallges each and every allegation contained in Paragraphs

    1 through 40 above and 42 through 47above with the same force and effect as if set

    forth herein.

    95. On or before January 24, 2013, SUPREME, its President, Secretary, Treasurer

    and Director WALTHER, IMPACT, its director WINDSOR, BOTTOM LINE and JSR (the Co-

    Conspirators), conspired to defraud Plaintiff in violation of 15 U.S.C. 78j and Fla. Stat.

    517.301, and the common law, by representing that IMPACT owned 100% of SUPREME s

    shares, when the Co-Conspirators were fully aware that on December 19, 2012, SUPREME

    created and distributed an undisclosed class of SUPREME Series A Preferred Shares to

    SUPREME and IMPACT insiders, including BOTTOM LINE (owned by WALTHER) and JSR

    (owned by WINDSOR). The Series A Preferred Shares had the practical effect of rendering the

    voting rights associated with the Convertible Option in the Convertible Note worthless, as the

    holders of the Series A Preferred Shares were given super-priority voting rights in all matters

    related to SUPREME.

    96. The Co-Conspirators arranged for these material misrepresentations to induce

    Plaintiff into lending SUPREME $250,000.00, an amount that would benefit SUPREME and

    IMPACT, and a loan that SUPREME never had any intention of paying back. Had Plaintiff

    known that SUPREME created and distributed the Series A Preferred Shares to insiders,

    including WALTHER and WINDSOR through their shell companies, BOTTOM LINE and JSR,

    it would not have extended the $250,000.00 loan altogether.

    97. The Co-Conspirators acted with scienter in conspiring to make the foregoing

    misrepresentations because it is clear from the December 19, 2012 issuance of the Series A

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    12875.12875-001/00558947_1 20KOPELOWITZ OSTROW P.A.

    200 S.W. 1st Avenue Suite 1200 Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 33301 Telephone 954-525-4100 Fax 954-525-4300

    Preferred Shares - which occurred on the same day as the execution of the LOI - that the Co-

    Conspirators intended to deceive and manipulate Plaintiff into lending SUPREME money by

    misrepresenting the stock ownership, equity, and voting control of SUPREME. Further, on

    January 24, 2013, the Co-Conspirators had actualknowledge that SUPREME and WALTHERs

    representations regarding SUPREMEs stock ownership were patently false, yet continued

    making or supporting those representations to obtain financing from Plaintiff.

    98. Plaintiff relied on the misrepresentations arising out of the Co-Conspirators

    scheme when it agreed to execute the Loan Documents, and would not have executed the Loan

    Documents if the Co-Conspirators had been forthcoming about the ownership of SUPREME.

    99. The Co-Conspiratorsscheme has caused Plaintiff damages in an amount not less

    than $250,000.00, exclusive of interest, attorneysfees, and costs.

    WHEREFORE, Plaintiff demands judgment as follows:

    A. As to the First Cause of Action against SUPREME and WALTHER, for damages

    in an amount to be established at trial together with interest thereon, pre-judgment and post-

    judgment interest;

    B. As to the Second Cause of Action against WALTHER and WINDSOR, for

    damages in an amount to be established at trial together with interest thereon, pre-judgment and

    post-judgment interest;

    C. As to the Third Cause of Action against SUPREME and WALTHER, for

    damages in an amount to be established at trial together with interest thereon, pre-judgment and

    post-judgment interest;

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    12875.12875-001/00558947_1 21KOPELOWITZ OSTROW P.A.

    200 S.W. 1st Avenue Suite 1200 Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 33301 Telephone 954-525-4100 Fax 954-525-4300

    D. As to the Fourth Cause of Action against SUPREME and WALTHER, for

    damages in an amount to be established at trial together with interest thereon, pre-judgment and

    post-judgment interest;

    E. As to the Fifth Cause of Action against SUPREME and WALTHER, for damages

    in an amount to be established at trial together with interest thereon, pre-judgment and post-

    judgment interest;

    F. As to the Sixth Cause of Action against BOTTOM LINE and JSR, for the

    rescission of the issuance of Series A Preferred Shares to BOTTOM LINE and JSR, and

    damages in an amount to be established at trial together with interest thereon, pre-judgment and

    post-judgment interest;

    G. As to the Seventh Cause of Action against Defendants, for damages in an amount

    to be established at trial together with interest thereon, pre-judgment and post-judgment interest;

    and

    H. For such other relief as this Court deems equitable and just.

    JURY DEMAND

    Plaintiff ENERGY SUPREME LLC hereby demands a jury trial on all claims so triable.

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    Dated this 6thday of January, 2015.

    /s/ Jan Douglas AtlasJan Douglas [email protected]

    Florida Bar Number: 226246Thomas R. Shahady, Esq.Florida Bar Number: [email protected] Tesser [email protected] Bar No. 148016200 S.W. 1stAvenue, Suite 1200Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301(954) 525-4100Telephone(954) 525-4300Facsimile

    Counsel for Plaintiff Energy Supreme LLC

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    mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]

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