AgriFORCE Growing Systems Form 3 / David Ryan Welch ownership change

SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Welch David Ryan

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

500 SOUTH GRAND AVENUE, SUITE 1800

(Street)

LOS ANGELES,

90071

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
07/08/2021

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
AGRIFORCE GROWING SYSTEMS LTD. [ AGRI ]

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

X	Director	10% Owner
	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)

5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common shares	24,384	D
Common shares	13,158	I	By DR Welch Attorneys at Law LLP

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Stock options	⁽¹⁾	06/30/2026	Common shares	9,021⁽²⁾	3.8⁽³⁾	D
Stock options	⁽⁴⁾	05/31/2026	Common shares	24,642⁽²⁾	7	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. The shares subject to such option vest and become exercisable annually in substantially equal installments over a two-year period, with the first tranche vested at the date of grant of June 30, 2020, subject to the Reporting Person's continuous service to the Issuer on each such date.

2. If permitted by the policies of any stock exchange on which the Issuer may be listed from time to time, the stock option may be exercised by means of a "cashless exercise", in which event the Issuer shall issue to the holder the net number of common shares determined based on the formula presented in the exhibit to the stock option certificate.

3. The exercise price reported above was converted from the Canadian exercise price of CAD $4.75 using an exchange rate of CAD $1.25 = US $1.00.

4. The shares subject to such option vest and become exercisable annually in substantially equal installments over a three-year period, with the first tranche to be vested on the three-month anniversary of date of grant of May 31, 2021, subject to the Reporting Person's continuous service to the Issuer on each such date.

	/s/ David Ryan Welch	07/08/2021
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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