UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

 

þQuarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 For the quarterly period ended March 31,September 30, 2022

 

oTransition report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 For the transition period from ________ to ________.

 

Commission file number 1-12711

 

BITNILE HOLDINGS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware94-1721931
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or
organization)
 (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

 

11411 Southern Highlands Pkwy #240

Las Vegas, NV 89141

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 

(949(949)) 444-5464

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class Trading Symbol(s) Name of each exchange on which registered
Class A Common Stock, $0.001 par value NILENYSE American
13.00% Series D Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per shareNILE PRD NYSE American

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding year (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes  þ    No  o

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Date File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).  Yes  þ    No  o

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer  o¨Accelerated filer  o¨
Non-accelerated filer  þSmaller reporting company  þ
Emerging growth company  o¨ 

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. o

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).  Yes  o    No  þ

 

At May 20,November 18, 2022 the registrant had outstanding 313,176,586356,761,203 shares of common stock.

 

  
 

 

BINILEBITNILE HOLDINGS, INC.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

   Page
PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION 
    
Item 1. Financial Statements (Unaudited) 
    
  Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31,September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021F-1
    
  Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss(Loss) Income for the three and nine months
ended March 31,September 30, 2022 and 2021
F-3
    
  Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity for the three and nine months ended
March 31,
September 30, 2022 and 2021
F-4
    
  Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2022 and
2021
F-6F-8
    
  Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial StatementsF-8F-10
    
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations1
    
Item 3.  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk817
    
Item 4. Controls and Procedures817
    
PART II – OTHER INFORMATION 
    
Item 1. Legal Proceedings1019
Item 1A. Risk Factors1221
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds1221
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities1222
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures1222
Item 5. Other Information1222
Item 6. Exhibits1323

 

Forward-Looking Statements

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Words such as “anticipates,” “expects,” “intends,” “goals,” “plans,” “believes,” “seeks,” “estimates,” “continues,” “may,” “will,” “would,” “should,” “could,” and variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. In addition, any statements that refer to projections of our future financial performance, our anticipated growth and trends in our businesses, uncertain events or assumptions, and other characterizations of future events or circumstances are forward-looking statements. Such statements are based on management’s expectations as of the date of this filing and involve many risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in our forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include those described throughout this report and our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, particularly the “Risk Factors” sections of such reports. Given these risks and uncertainties, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements. Readers are urged to carefully review and consider the various disclosures made in this Form 10-Q and in other documents we file from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission that disclose risks and uncertainties that may affect our business. The forward-looking statements in this Form 10-Q do not reflect the potential impact of any divestitures, mergers, acquisitions, or other business combinations that had not been completed as of the date of filing of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. In addition, the forward-looking statements in this Form 10-Q are made as of the date of this filing, and we do not undertake, and expressly disclaim any duty to update such statements, whether as a result of new information, new developments or otherwise, except to the extent that disclosure may be required by law.

 

  
 

 

PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements.

 

BITNILE HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Unaudited)

 

 March 31, December 31,  September 30, December 31, 
 2022  2021  2022  2021 
ASSETS             
             
CURRENT ASSETS             
Cash and cash equivalents $39,446,000  $15,912,000  $10,126,000  $15,912,000 
Restricted cash  4,695,000   5,321,000   4,617,000   5,321,000 
Marketable equity securities  16,158,000   40,380,000   8,561,000   40,380,000 
Digital currencies  745,000   2,165,000   2,092,000   2,165,000 
Accounts receivable  6,977,000   6,455,000   19,234,000   6,455,000 
Accrued revenue  2,723,000   2,283,000   2,474,000   2,283,000 
Inventories  7,144,000   5,482,000   28,848,000   5,482,000 
Investment in promissory notes and other, related party  2,818,000   2,842,000 
Loans receivable, current  6,861,000   13,337,000 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets  7,995,000   15,436,000   14,441,000   15,436,000 
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS  85,883,000   93,434,000   100,072,000   109,613,000 
                
Cash and marketable securities held in Trust Account  116,737,000   116,725,000 
Cash and marketable securities held in trust account  117,421,000   116,725,000 
Intangible assets, net  3,896,000   4,035,000   14,095,000   4,035,000 
Goodwill  9,944,000   10,090,000   54,544,000   10,090,000 
Property and equipment, net  206,797,000   174,025,000   253,984,000   174,025,000 
Right-of-use assets  7,049,000   5,243,000   7,404,000   5,243,000 
Investment in promissory notes and other, related parties  2,653,000   2,842,000 
Investments in common stock, related parties  8,729,000   13,230,000   12,394,000   13,230,000 
Investments in equity securities  37,091,000   30,482,000 
Investments in other equity securities  45,556,000   30,482,000 
Investment in unconsolidated entity  22,297,000   22,130,000   -   22,130,000 
Loans receivable  13,358,000   14,337,000 

Loans receivable, non-current

  500,000   

1,000,000

 
Other assets  4,490,000   3,713,000   4,935,000   3,713,000 
TOTAL ASSETS $518,924,000  $490,286,000  $610,905,000  $490,286,000 
                
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY        
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY        
                
CURRENT LIABILITIES                
Accounts payable and accrued expenses $27,239,000  $22,755,000  $50,607,000  $22,755,000 
Investment margin accounts payable  -   18,488,000   2,377,000   18,488,000 
Operating lease liability, current  1,742,000   1,123,000   2,825,000   1,123,000 
Notes payable, net  1,312,000   39,554,000   17,132,000   39,554,000 
Convertible notes payable, current  1,469,000   - 
TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES  30,293,000   81,920,000   74,410,000   81,920,000 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

F-1

BITNILE HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (continued)

(Unaudited)

 

 September 30, December 31, 
 March 31, December 31,  2022  2021 
 2022  2021      
LONG TERM LIABILITIES             
Operating lease liability, non-current  5,511,000   4,213,000   4,980,000   4,213,000 
Notes payable  53,999,000   55,055,000   58,310,000   55,055,000 
Convertible notes payable  488,000   468,000   13,878,000   468,000 
Deferred underwriting commissions of Ault Disruptive subsidiary  3,450,000   3,450,000   3,450,000   3,450,000 
                
TOTAL LIABILITIES  93,741,000   145,106,000   155,028,000   145,106,000 
                
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES                
Redeemable noncontrolling interests in equity of subsidiaries  116,725,000   116,725,000   117,114,000   116,725,000 
                
STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY                
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, $25.00 stated value per share,  -   - 
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, $25 stated value per share,  -   - 
$0.001 par value – 1,000,000 shares authorized; 7,040 shares                
issued and outstanding at March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021        
issued and outstanding at September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021        
(redemption amount and liquidation preference of $176,000 as of                
March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021)        
September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021)        
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, $10 stated value per share,  -   -   -   - 
share, $0.001 par value – 500,000 shares authorized; 125,000 shares issued                
and outstanding at March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021 (liquidation        
preference of $1,250,000 at March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021)        
and outstanding at September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021 (liquidation        
preference of $1,190,000 at September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021)        
Series D Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock, $25 stated        
value per share, $0.001 par value – 2,000,000 shares authorized;        
shares authorized, 154,928 shares and 0 shares issued and outstanding at        
September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively (liquidation        
preference of $3,665,450 and $0 as of September 30, 2022 and
December 31, 2021, respectively)
  -   - 
Class A Common Stock, $0.001 par value – 500,000,000 shares authorized;  225,000   84,000   341,000   84,000 
225,015,203 and 84,344,607 shares issued and outstanding at March 31,        
341,446,982 and 84,344,607 shares issued and outstanding at September 30,        
2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively                
Class B Common Stock, $0.001 par value – 25,000,000 shares authorized;  -   -   -   - 
nil shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021        
0 shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2022 and December 31,
2021
        
Additional paid-in capital  495,536,000   385,644,000   557,418,000   385,644,000 
Accumulated deficit  (174,378,000)  (145,600,000)  (207,647,000)  (145,600,000)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss  (393,000)  (106,000)  (1,557,000)  (106,000)
Treasury stock, at cost  (14,172,000)  (13,180,000)  (28,788,000)  (13,180,000)
TOTAL BITNILE HOLDINGS STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY  306,818,000   226,842,000   319,767,000   226,842,000 
                
Non-controlling interest  1,640,000   1,613,000   18,996,000   1,613,000 
                
TOTAL STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY  308,458,000   228,455,000   338,763,000   228,455,000 
                
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY $518,924,000  $490,286,000  $610,905,000  $490,286,000 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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BITNLE HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE LOSS(LOSS) INCOME

(Unaudited)

 

                 
 For the Three Months Ended  For the Three Months Ended For the Nine Months Ended 
 March 31,  September 30, September 30, 
 2022  2021  2022  2021  2022  2021 
Revenue $8,659,000  $7,905,000  $27,031,000  $7,803,000  $43,539,000  $24,272,000 
Revenue, cryptocurrency mining, net  3,548,000   130,000 
Revenue, cryptocurrency mining  3,874,000   272,000   11,398,000   693,000 
Revenue, hotel operations  2,698,000   -   5,513,000   -   12,809,000   - 
Revenue, lending and trading activities  17,921,000   5,210,000   13,360,000   (38,869,000)  32,224,000   19,615,000 
Total revenue  32,826,000   13,245,000   49,778,000   (30,794,000)  99,970,000   44,580,000 
Cost of revenue  10,494,000   5,108,000 
Cost of revenue, products  20,193,000   5,011,000   30,985,000   16,011,000 
Cost of revenue, cryptocurrency mining  5,255,000   260,000   12,206,000   646,000 
Cost of revenue, hotel operations  3,230,000   -   8,350,000   - 
Total cost of revenue  28,678,000   5,271,000   51,541,000   16,657,000 
Gross profit  22,332,000   8,137,000   21,100,000   (36,065,000)  48,429,000   27,923,000 
                
Operating expenses                        
Research and development  695,000   602,000   521,000   524,000   1,945,000   1,657,000 
Selling and marketing  6,481,000   1,242,000   7,428,000   1,993,000   20,888,000   4,740,000 
General and administrative  13,687,000   5,092,000   15,947,000   11,292,000   48,666,000   24,376,000 

Impairment of deposit due to vendor bankruptcy filing

  

2,000,000

   

-

   

2,000,000

   

-

 
Impairment of mined cryptocurrency  439,000   -   515,000   -   2,930,000   - 
Total operating expenses  21,302,000   6,936,000   26,411,000   13,809,000   76,429,000   30,773,000 
        
Income from operations  1,030,000   1,201,000 
Loss from operations  (5,311,000)  (49,874,000)  (28,000,000)  (2,850,000)
Other income (expenses)                        
Interest and other income  449,000   37,000   725,000   125,000   1,255,000   176,000 
Accretion of discount on note receivable, related party  -   4,210,000       4,210,000 
Interest expense  (29,824,000)  (314,000)  (3,972,000)  (140,000)  (35,827,000)  (475,000)
Change in fair value of marketable equity securities  -   1,960,000   114,000   (750,000)  355,000   (705,000)
Realized gain on marketable securities  109,000   397,000 
Realized gain on digital currencies and marketable securities  595,000   30,000   661,000   428,000 
Loss from investment in unconsolidated entity  (533,000)  -   -   -   (924,000)  - 
Gain on extinguishment of debt  -   482,000   -   -   -   929,000 
Change in fair value of warrant liability  (18,000)  (679,000)  (3,000)  259,000   (27,000)  (130,000)
Total other (expenses) income, net  (29,817,000)  1,883,000   (2,541,000)  3,734,000   (34,507,000)  4,433,000 
(Loss) income before income taxes  (28,787,000)  3,084,000   (7,852,000)  (46,140,000)  (62,507,000)  1,583,000 
Income tax (provision) benefit  -   (6,000)  (144,000)  3,366,000   (361,000)  (144,000)
Net (loss) income  (28,787,000)  3,078,000   (7,996,000)  (42,774,000)  (62,868,000)  1,439,000 
Net loss (income) attributable to non-controlling interest  15,000   (1,081,000)  725,000   (96,000)  1,061,000   (93,000)
Net (loss) income attributable to BitNile Holdings, Inc.  (28,772,000)  1,997,000   (7,271,000)  (42,870,000)  (61,807,000)  1,346,000 
Preferred dividends  (5,000)  (4,000)  (190,000)  (4,000)  (239,000)  (13,000)
Net (loss) income available to common stockholders $(28,777,000) $1,993,000  $(7,461,000) $(42,874,000) $(62,046,000) $1,333,000 
        
Basic net (loss) income per common share $(0.32) $0.05  $(0.03) $(0.73) $(0.27) $0.03 
Diluted net (loss) income per common share $(0.32) $0.05  $(0.03) $(0.73) $(0.27) $0.03 
        
Weighted average basic common shares outstanding  90,971,000   39,256,000   294,141,000   58,987,000   225,662,000   49,714,000 
Weighted average diluted common shares outstanding  90,971,000   40,202,000   294,141,000   58,987,000   225,662,000   50,145,000 
        
Comprehensive (loss) income                        
Net (loss) income available to common stockholders $(28,777,000) $1,993,000  $(7,461,000) $(42,874,000) $(62,046,000) $1,333,000 
Other comprehensive income (loss)                        
Foreign currency translation adjustment  (287,000)  (93,000)  306,000   (182,000)  (1,452,000)  (141,000)
Net unrealized gain on derivative securities of related party  -   2,969,000 
Other comprehensive (loss) income  (287,000)  2,876,000 
Total comprehensive (loss) income $(29,064,000) $4,869,000 
Net unrealized loss on derivative securities of related party  -   (4,849,000)  -   (7,773,000)
Other comprehensive income (loss)  306,000   (5,031,000)  (1,452,000)  (7,914,000)
Total comprehensive loss $(7,155,000) $(47,905,000) $(63,498,000) $(6,581,000)

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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BITNILE HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

(Unaudited)

Three Months Ended March 31,September 30, 2022

 

                    Accumulated          
  Series A & B        Additional     Other  Non-     Total 
  Preferred Stock  Common Stock  Paid-In  Accumulated  Comprehensive  Controlling  Treasury  Stockholders’ 
  Shares  Amount  Shares  Amount  Capital  Deficit  Loss  Interest  Stock  Equity 
BALANCES, January 1, 2022  132,040  $-   84,344,607  $84,000  $385,644,000  $(145,600,000) $(106,000) $1,613,000  $(13,180,000) $228,455,000 
Issuance of common stock for restricted stock awards  -   -   12,500   -   -   -   -   -   -   - 
Stock-based compensation:                                        
Options  -   -   -   -   1,025,000   -   -   41,000   -   1,066,000 
Restricted stock awards  -   -   -   -   1,619,000   -   -   -   -   1,619,000 
Issuance of common stock for cash  -   -   140,658,096   141,000   110,006,000   -   -   -   -   110,147,000 
Financing cost in connection with sales of common stock  -   -   -   -   (2,758,000)  -   -   -   -   (2,758,000)
Purchase of treasury stock – Ault Alpha  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   (992,000)  (992,000)
Net loss  -   -   -   -   -   (28,772,000)  -   -   -   (28,772,000)
Preferred dividends      -   -   -   -   (5,000)  -   -   -   (5,000)
Foreign currency translation adjustments  -   -   -   -   -   -   (287,000)  -   -   (287,000)
Net loss attributable to non-controlling interest  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   (15,000)  -   (15,000)
Other  -   -   -   -   -   (1,000)  -   1,000   -   - 
BALANCES, March 31, 2022  132,040  $-   225,015,203  $225,000  $495,536,000  $(174,378,000) $(393,000) $1,640,000  $(14,172,000) $308,458,000 
                                
  Series A, B & D        Additional     Other  Non-     Total 
  Preferred Stock  Common Stock  Paid-In  Accumulated  Comprehensive  Controlling  Treasury  Stockholders’ 
  Shares  Amount  Shares  Amount  Capital  Deficit  Loss  Interest  Stock  Equity 
BALANCES, July 1, 2022  278,658  $-   324,440,579  $324,000  $549,713,000  $(200,184,000) $(1,863,000) $18,048,000  $(20,639,000) $345,399,000 
Preferred stock issued  8,310   -   -   -   207,000   -   -   -   -   207,000 
Preferred stock offering costs  -   -   -   -   (65,000)  -   -   -   -   (65,000)
Stock-based compensation  -   -   -   -   1,563,000   -   -   479,000   -   2,042,000 
Issuance of Gresham Worldwide common stock
for GIGA acquisition
  -   -   -   -   1,669,000   -   -   -   -   1,669,000 
Issuance of common stock for cash  -   -   17,006,403   17,000   4,540,000   -   -   -   -   4,557,000 
Financing cost in connection with sales of
common stock
  -   -   -   -   (79,000)  -   -   -   -   (79,000)
Increase in ownership interest of subsidiary  -   -   -   -   (132,000)  -   -   (1,539,000)  -   (1,671,000)
Non-controlling interest from GIGA acquisition  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   2,735,000   -   2,735,000 
Purchase of treasury stock - Ault Alpha  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   (8,148,000)  (8,148,000)
Net loss  -   -   -   -   -   (7,271,000)  -   -   -   (7,271,000)
Preferred dividends  -   -   -   -   -   (190,000)  -   -   -   (190,000)
Foreign currency translation adjustments  -   -   -   -   -   -   306,000   -   -   306,000 
Net loss attributable to non-controlling interest  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   (725,000)  -   (725,000)
Other  -   -   -   -   2,000   (2,000)  -   (2,000)  (1,000)  (3,000)
BALANCES, September 30, 2022  286,968  $-   341,446,982  $341,000  $557,418,000  $(207,647,000) $(1,557,000) $18,996,000  $(28,788,000) $338,763,000 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

BITNILE HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

(Unaudited)

Three Months Ended March 31,September 30, 2021

 

              Accumulated                                
 Series A & B       Additional     Other     Total  Series A & B       Additional     Other       Total 
 Preferred Stock  Common Stock  Paid-In  Accumulated  Comprehensive  Non-Controlling  Stockholders’  Preferred Stock  Common Stock  Paid-In  Accumulated  Comprehensive  Non-Controlling  Treasury  Stockholders’ 
 Shares  Amount  Shares  Amount  Capital  Deficit  Income (Loss)  Interest  Equity  Shares  Amount  Shares  Amount  Capital  Deficit  Loss  Interest  Stock  Equity 
BALANCES, January 1, 2021  132,040  $-   27,753,562  $28,000  $171,396,000  $(121,396,000) $(1,718,000) $822,000  $49,132,000 
Stock based compensation:                                    
BALANCES, July 1, 2021  132,040  $-   56,159,963  $56,000  $311,759,000  $(77,190,000) $(4,600,000) $1,364,000  $-  $231,389,000 
Issuance of common stock for restricted stock awards  -   -   449,373   -   -   -   -   -   -   - 
Stock-based compensation:                                        
Options  -   -   -   -   20,000   -   -   -   20,000   -   -   -   -   1,794,000   -   -   -   -   1,794,000 
Restricted stock awards  -   -   -   -   2,312,000   -   -   -   -   2,312,000 
Issuance of stock options at Gresham Worldwide  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   42,000   -   42,000 
Issuance of common stock for cash  -   -   21,561,900   21,000   124,962,000   -   -   -   124,983,000   -   -   6,737,585   7,000   16,432,000   -   -   -   -   16,439,000 
Issuance of common stock for conversion
of convertible notes payable
  -   -   183,214   -   450,000   -   -   -   450,000 
Financing cost in connection with sales of common stock  -   -   -   -   (4,065,000)  -   -   -   (4,065,000)  -   -   -   -   (411,000)  -   -   -   -   (411,000)
Adjustment to treasury stock for holdings in
investment partnerships
  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   (2,773,000)  (2,773,000)
Comprehensive loss:                                                                            
Net income  -       -   -   -   1,997,000   -   -   1,997,000 
Net loss  -   -   -   -   -   (42,870,000)  -   -   -   (42,870,000)
Preferred dividends  -   -   -   -   -   (4,000)  -   -   (4,000)  -   -   -   -   -   (4,000)  -   -   -   (4,000)
Net unrealized gain on derivatives in related party  -   -   -   -   -   -   2,969,000   -   2,969,000   -   -   -   -   -   -   (4,849,000)  -   -   (4,849,000)
Foreign currency translation adjustments  -   -   -   -   -   -   (93,000)  -   (93,000)  -   -   -   -   -   -   (182,000)  -   -   (182,000)
Net income attributable to non-controlling interest  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   1,081,000   1,081,000   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   96,000   -   96,000 
Other  -   -   -   -   -   (1,000)  1,000       -   -   -   -   -   -   (2,000)  -   -   -   (2,000)
BALANCES, March 31, 2021  132,040  $-   49,498,676  $49,000  $292,763,000  $(119,404,000) $1,159,000  $1,903,000  $176,470,000 
BALANCES, September 30, 2021  132,040  $-   63,346,921  $63,000  $331,886,000  $(120,066,000) $(9,631,000) $1,502,000  $(2,773,000) $200,981,000 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

F-5

BITNILE HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Unaudited)

         
  For the Three Months Ended March 31, 
  2022  2021 
Cash flows from operating activities:      
Net (loss) income $(28,787,000) $3,078,000 
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:        
Depreciation  2,562,000   162,000 
Amortization  80,000   104,000 
Amortization of right-of-use assets  339,000   229,000 
Amortization, related party  173,000   8,000 
Interest expense – debt discount  26,461,000   20,000 
Gain on extinguishment of debt  -   (482,000)
Change in fair value of warrant liability  18,000   679,000 
Accretion of original issue discount on notes receivable – related party  -   (4,000)
Accretion of original issue discount on notes receivable  (276,000)  (65,000)
Increase in accrued interest on notes receivable – related party  (54,000)  (1,000)
Stock-based compensation  2,685,000   20,000 
Impairment of cryptocurrencies  439,000   - 
Realized gains on sale of marketable securities  5,707,000   (4,892,000)
Unrealized gains on marketable securities  (13,515,000)  (2,260,000)
Unrealized (gains) losses on investments in common stock, related parties  4,694,000   (154,000)
Unrealized gains on equity securities  (13,461,000)  (58,000)
Loss from investment in unconsolidated entity  533,000   - 
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:        
Marketable equity securities  32,649,000   (8,870,000)
Accounts receivable  (621,000)  301,000 
Accrued revenue  (484,000)  104,000 
Inventories  (1,723,000)  (118,000)
Prepaid expenses and other current assets  7,431,000   (91,000)
Digital currencies  (3,809,000)  - 
Other assets  (704,000)  (86,000)
Accounts payable and accrued expenses  4,961,000   (1,713,000)
Other current liabilities  -   78,000 
Lease liabilities  (270,000)  (230,000)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities  25,028,000   (14,241,000)
         
Cash flows from investing activities:        
Purchase of property and equipment  (35,359,000)  (4,349,000)
Investment in promissory notes and other, related parties  (700,000)  (3,595,000)
Investments in common stock and warrants, related parties  (194,000)  (4,756,000)
Investment in real property, related party  -   (2,670,000)
Purchase of marketable equity securities  (158,000)  - 
Sales of marketable equity securities  10,210,000   430,000 
Investments in loans receivable  (246,000)  - 
Principal payments on loans receivable  1,500,000   - 
Sale of digital currencies  4,377,000   - 
Investments in equity securities  (3,820,000)  (1,787,000)
Net cash used in investing activities  (24,390,000)  (16,727,000)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

BITNILE HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

(Unaudited)

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2022

                    Accumulated          
  Series A, B & D        Additional     Other  Non-     Total 
  Preferred Stock  Common Stock  Paid-In  Accumulated  Comprehensive  Controlling  Treasury  Stockholders’ 
  Shares  Amount  Shares  Amount  Capital  Deficit  Loss  Interest  Stock  Equity 
BALANCES, January 1, 2022  132,040  $-   84,344,607  $84,000  $385,644,000  $(145,600,000) $(106,000) $1,613,000  $(13,180,000) $228,455,000 
Issuance of common stock for restricted stock
awards
  -   -   441,879   -   -   -   -   -   -   - 
Preferred stock issued  154,928   -   -   -   3,873,000   -   -   -   -   3,873,000 
Preferred stock offering costs  -   -   -   -   (602,000)  -   -   -   -   (602,000)
Stock-based compensation                  5,190,000   -   -   556,000   -   5,746,000 
Issuance of Gresham Worldwide common stock
for GIGA acquisition
  -   -   -   -   1,669,000   -   -   -   -   1,669,000 
Issuance of common stock for cash  -   -   256,660,496   257,000   167,726,000   -   -   -   -   167,983,000 
Financing cost in connection with sales of
common stock
  -   -   -   -   (4,103,000)  -   -   -   -   (4,103,000)
Increase in ownership interest of subsidiary  -   -   -   -   (1,980,000)  -   -   (1,921,000)  -   (3,901,000)
Non-controlling interest from AVLP acquisition  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   6,738,000   -   6,738,000 
Non-controlling interest from SMC acquisition  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   10,336,000   -   10,336,000 
Non-controlling interest from GIGA acquisition  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   2,735,000   -   2,735,000 
Purchase of treasury stock - Ault Alpha  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   (15,607,000)  (15,607,000)
Net loss  -   -   -   -   -   (61,807,000)  -   -   -   (61,807,000)
Preferred dividends      -   -   -   -   (239,000)  -   -   -   (239,000)
Foreign currency translation adjustments  -   -   -   -   -   -   (1,452,000)  -   -   (1,452,000)
Net loss attributable to non-controlling interest  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   (1,061,000)  -   (1,061,000)
Other  -   -   -   -   1,000   (1,000)  1,000   -   (1,000)  - 
BALANCES, September 30, 2022  286,968  $-   341,446,982  $341,000  $557,418,000  $(207,647,000) $(1,557,000) $18,996,000  $(28,788,000) $338,763,000 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

BITNILE HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

(Unaudited)

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021

                                
  Series A & B        Additional     Other        Total 
  Preferred Stock  Common Stock  Paid-In  Accumulated  Comprehensive  Non-Controlling  Treasury  Stockholders’ 
  Shares  Amount  Shares  Amount  Capital  Deficit  Loss  Interest  Stock  Equity 
                               
BALANCES, January 1, 2021  132,040  $-   27,753,562  $28,000  $171,396,000  $(121,396,000) $(1,718,000) $822,000  $-  $49,132,000 
Issuance of common stock for restricted stock awards  -   -   449,373   -   -   -   -   -   -   - 
Stock-based compensation:                                        
Options  -   -   -   -   1,833,000   -   -   -   -   1,833,000 
Restricted stock awards  -   -   -   -   2,312,000   -   -   -   -   2,312,000 
Issuance of stock options at Gresham Worldwide  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   587,000   -   587,000 
Issuance of common stock for cash  -   -   34,684,910   35,000   160,448,000   -   -   -   -   160,483,000 
Financing cost in connection with sales of common stock  -   -   -   -   (4,952,000)  -   -   -   -   (4,952,000)
Adjustment to treasury stock for holdings in investment
partnerships
  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   (2,773,000)  (2,773,000)
Issuance of common stock for conversion
of convertible notes payable
 
 
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
183,214
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
449,000
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
 
 
 

-
 
 
 
 
 
 

-
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
449,000
 
 
Issuance of common stock for conversion
of convertible notes payable, related party
 
 
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
275,862
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
400,000
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
 
 
 

-
 
 
 
 
 
 

-
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
400,000
 
 
Comprehensive loss:                              -   -     
Net income  -   -   -   -   -   1,346,000   -   -   -   1,346,000 
Preferred dividends      -   -   -   -   (13,000)  -   -   -   (13,000)
Net unrealized loss on derivatives  in related party  -   -   -   -   -   -   (7,773,000)  -   -   (7,773,000)
Foreign currency translation adjustments  -   -   -   -   -   -   (141,000)  -   -   (141,000)
Net income attributable to non-controlling interest  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   93,000   -   93,000 
Other  -   -   -   -   -   (3,000)  1,000   -   -   (2,000)
BALANCES, September 30, 2021  132,040  $-   63,346,921  $63,000  $331,886,000  $(120,066,000) $(9,631,000) $1,502,000  $(2,773,000) $200,981,000 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

BITNILE HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (continued)

(Unaudited)

 

         
  For the Three Months Ended March 31, 
  2022  2021 
Cash flows from financing activities:      
Gross proceeds from sales of common stock $110,147,000  $124,983,000 
Financing cost in connection with sales of equity securities  (2,758,000)  (4,065,000)
Proceeds from notes payable  295,000   - 
Repayment of margin accounts  (18,488,000)  - 
Payments on notes payable  (65,986,000)  (972,000)
Payments of preferred dividends  (5,000)  (4,000)
Purchase of treasury stock  (992,000)  - 
Payments on revolving credit facilities, net  -   (8,000)
Net cash provided by financing activities  22,213,000   119,934,000 
         
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents  57,000   152,000 
         
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash  22,908,000   89,118,000 
         
Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period  21,233,000   18,680,000 
         
Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period $44,141,000  $107,798,000 
         
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:        
Cash paid during the period for interest $2,572,000  $658,000 
         
Non-cash investing and financing activities:        
Conversion of convertible notes payable into shares of common stock $-  $450,000 
Payment of accounts payable with digital currency $413,000  $119,000 
Conversion of convertible notes payable, related party into shares of common stock $400,000  $- 
Recognition of new operating lease right-of-use assets and lease liabilities $2,188,000  $- 
Purchase of marketable equity securities for future payment $-  $33,647,000 
         
  For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 
  2022  2021 
Cash flows from operating activities:        
Net (loss) income $(62,868,000) $1,439,000 
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:        
Depreciation and amortization  11,977,000   1,713,000 
Interest expense – debt discount  26,958,000   61,000 
Gain on extinguishment of debt  -   (929,000)
Change in fair value of warrant liability  (917,000)  (259,000)
Accretion of original issue discount on notes receivable – related party  -   (4,213,000)
Accretion of original issue discount on notes receivable  (618,000)  (366,000)
Increase in accrued interest on notes receivable – related party  (148,000)  (119,000)
Stock-based compensation  5,746,000   4,732,000 

Impairment of deposit due to vendor bankruptcy filing

  

2,000,000

   

-

 
Impairment of cryptocurrencies  2,930,000   - 
Realized gains on sale of marketable securities  (19,194,000)  (15,154,000)
Unrealized losses on marketable securities  16,937,000   6,353,000 
Unrealized losses (gains) on investments in common stock, related parties  5,676,000   (6,150,000)
Unrealized gains on equity securities  (32,949,000)  (2,795,000)
Loss from investment in unconsolidated entity  924,000   - 
Loss on remeasurement of investment in unconsolidated entity  2,700,000   - 
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:        
Marketable equity securities  68,532,000   (34,196,000)
Accounts receivable  (3,022,000)  (1,270,000)
Accrued revenue  (109,000)  (166,000)
Inventories  (5,867,000)  (492,000)
Prepaid expenses and other current assets  1,780,000   (5,155,000)
Digital currencies  (12,227,000)  - 
Other assets  (2,944,000)  (407,000)
Accounts payable and accrued expenses  8,974,000   (1,082,000)
Other current liabilities  -   2,210,000 
Lease liabilities  (1,334,000)  (666,000)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities  12,937,000   (56,911,000)
Cash flows from investing activities:        
Purchase of property and equipment  (84,500,000)  (28,145,000)
Investment in promissory notes and other, related parties  (2,200,000)  (4,994,000)
Investments in common stock and warrants, related parties  (4,840,000)  (19,590,000)
Investment in real property, related party  -   (2,670,000)
Proceeds from sale of investment in real property, related party  -   2,670,000 
Purchase of SMC, net of cash received  (8,239,000)  - 
Purchase of GIGA, net of cash received  (3,687,000)  - 
Cash received upon acquisition of AVLP  1,245,000   - 
Acquisition of non-controlling interests  (3,901,000)  - 
Purchase of marketable equity securities  (1,981,000)  (2,144,000)
Sales of marketable equity securities  11,748,000   430,000 
Investments in loans receivable  (7,081,000)  - 
Principal payments on loans receivable  10,525,000   - 
Sale of digital currencies  8,952,000   - 
Investments in equity securities  (22,449,000)  (14,287,000)
Net cash used in investing activities  (106,408,000)  (68,730,000)

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

 F-7F-8 
 

BITNILE HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (continued)

(Unaudited)

        
  For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 
  2022  2021 
Cash flows from financing activities:        
Gross proceeds from sales of common stock $167,983,000  $160,483,000 
Financing cost in connection with sales of common stock  (4,103,000)  (4,952,000)
Proceeds from sales of preferred stock  3,873,000   - 
Financing cost in connection with sales of preferred stock  (602,000)  - 
Proceeds from notes payable  18,565,000   724,000 
Repayment of margin accounts  (16,111,000)  - 
Payments on notes payable  (67,698,000)  (2,263,000)
Payments of preferred dividends  (239,000)  (13,000)
Purchase of treasury stock  (15,607,000)  (2,773,000)
Payments on revolving credit facilities, net  -   (125,000)
Net cash provided by financing activities  86,061,000   151,081,000 
         
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents  920,000   (73,000)
         
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash  (6,490,000)  25,367,000 
         
Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period  21,233,000   18,680,000 
         
Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period $14,743,000  $44,047,000 
         
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:        
Cash paid during the period for interest $5,202,000  $712,000 
         
Non-cash investing and financing activities:        
Conversion of convertible notes payable into shares of common stock $-  $449,000 
Settlement of accounts payable with digital currency $417,000  $119,000 
Conversion of investment in unconsolidated entity for acquisition of AVLP $20,706,000  $- 
Conversion of convertible notes payable, related party into shares of common stock $400,000  $400,000 
Conversion of debt and equity securities to marketable securities $40,324,000  $2,656,000 
Conversion of loans receivable to marketable securities $3,650,000  $- 
Conversion of interest receivable to marketable securities $250,000  $- 
Conversion of loans receivable to debt and equity securities $-  $150,000 
Recognition of new operating lease right-of-use assets and lease liabilities $2,188,000  $- 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

1. DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS

 

BitNile Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“BitNile” or the “Company”) was incorporated in September 2017. BitNile is a diversified holding company pursuing growth by acquiring undervalued businesses and disruptive technologies with a global impact. Through its wholly- and majority-owned subsidiaries and strategic investments, the Company owns and operates a data center at which it mines Bitcoin, and provides mission-critical products that support a diverse range of industries, including oil exploration, defense/aerospace, industrial, automotive, telecommunications, medical/biopharma, karaoke audio equipment, hotel operations and textiles. In addition, the Company extends credit to select entrepreneurial businesses through a licensed lending subsidiary. BitNile was founded by Milton “Todd” Ault, III, its Executive Chairman and is led by Mr. Ault, William B. Horne, its Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman and Henry Nisser, its President and General Counsel. Together, they constitute the Executive Committee, which manages the day-to-day operations of the Company. All major investment and capital allocation decisions are made for the Company by Mr. Ault and the other members of the Executive Committee. The Company has sixseven reportable segments:

 

·BitNile, Inc. (“BNI”) – cryptocurrency mining operations,operations;

 

·Ault Alliance, Inc. (“Ault Alliance”) – commercial lending, activist investing, advanced textiles processing technology, media, and digital learning,learning;

 

·Gresham Worldwide, Inc. (“GWW”) – defense solutions,solutions;

 

·Imperalis Holding Corp., to be renamed TurnOnGreen, Inc. (“TurnOnGreen”) – commercial electronics solutions,solutions;

 

·The Singing Machine Company, Inc. (“SMC”) – karaoke audio equipment;

·Ault Global Real Estate Equities, Inc. (“AGREE”) – hotel operations and other commercial real estate holdings,holdings; and

 

·Ault Disruptive Technologies Corporation (“Ault Disruptive”) – a special purpose acquisition company (“SPAC”).

 

2. LIQUIDITY AND FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

As of March 31,September 30, 2022, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of $39.410.1 million and working capital of $55.625.7 million. The Company has primarily financed its operations principally through issuances of convertible debt, promissory notes and equity securities. The Company believes its current cash on hand is sufficient to meet its operating and capital requirements for at least the next twelve months from the date these financial statements are issued.

 

3. BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Regulation S-X and do not include all the information and disclosures required by generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”). The Company has made estimates and judgments affecting the amounts reported in the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes. The actual results experienced by the Company may differ materially from the Company’s estimates. The condensed consolidated financial information is unaudited but reflects all normal adjustments that are, in the opinion of management, necessary to provide a fair statement of results for the interim periods presented. These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on April 15, 2022. The condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2021 was derived from the Company’s audited 2021 financial statements contained in the above referenced Form 10-K. Results of the three and nine months ended March 31,September 30, 2022, are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year ending December 31, 2022.

 

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Significant Accounting Policies

 

ThereOther than as noted below, there have been no material changes into the Company’s significant accounting policies to those previously disclosed in the 2021 Annual Report.

Business Combination

The Company allocates the purchase price of an acquired business to the tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed based upon their estimated fair values on the acquisition date. Any excess of the purchase price over the fair value of the net assets acquired is recorded as goodwill. The purchase price allocation process requires management to make significant estimates and assumptions at the acquisition date with respect to intangible assets. The allocation of the consideration transferred in certain cases may be subject to revision based on the final determination of fair values during the measurement period, which may be up to one year from the acquisition date. Direct transaction costs associated with the business combination are expensed as incurred. The Company includes the results of operations of the business that it has acquired in its consolidated results prospectively from the date of acquisition.

If the business combination is achieved in stages, the acquisition date carrying value of the acquirer’s previously held equity interest in the acquirer is re-measured to fair value at the acquisition date; any gains or losses arising from such re-measurement are recognized in profit or loss.

Oil and Gas Properties

The Company uses the successful efforts method of accounting for oil and natural gas producing properties, as further defined under Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 932, Extractive Activities - Oil and Natural Gas. Under this method, costs to acquire mineral interests in oil and natural gas properties are capitalized. The costs of non-producing mineral interests and associated acquisition costs are capitalized as unproved properties pending the results of leasing efforts and drilling activities of exploration and production (“E&P”) operators on our interests. As unproved properties are determined to have proved reserves, the related costs are transferred to proved oil and gas properties. Capitalized costs for proved oil and natural gas mineral interests are depleted on a unit-of-production basis over total proved reserves. For depletion of proved oil and gas properties, interests are grouped in a reasonable aggregation of properties with common geological structural features or stratigraphic conditions.

Impairment of Oil and Gas Properties

The Company evaluates its producing properties for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. When assessing proved properties for impairment, the Company compares the expected undiscounted future cash flows of the proved properties to the carrying amount of the proved properties to determine recoverability. If the carrying amount of proved properties exceeds the expected undiscounted future cash flows, the carrying amount is written down to the properties’ estimated fair value, which is measured as the present value of the expected future cash flows of such properties. The factors used to determine fair value include estimates of proved reserves, future commodity prices, timing of future production, and a risk-adjusted discount rate. The proved property impairment test is primarily impacted by future commodity prices, changes in estimated reserve quantities, estimates of future production, overall proved property balances, and depletion expense. If pricing conditions decline or are depressed, or if there is a negative impact on one or more of the other components of the calculation, we may incur proved property impairments in future periods.

Unproved oil and gas properties are assessed periodically for impairment of value, and a loss is recognized at the time of impairment by charging capitalized costs to expense. Impairment is assessed when facts and circumstances indicate that the carrying value may not be recoverable, at which point an impairment loss is recognized to the extent the carrying value exceeds the estimated recoverable value. Factors used in the assessment include but are not limited to commodity price outlooks and current and future operator activity in the respective basins. The Company recognized no impairment of unproved properties for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021.

 

Reclassifications

 

Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified for comparative purposes to conform to the current-period financial statement presentation. These reclassifications had no effect on previously reported results of operations.

RecentRecently Adopted Accounting Standards

 

In May 2021, the Financial Accountings Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2021-04, “Earnings Per Share (Topic 260), Debt-Modifications and Extinguishments (Subtopic 470-50), Compensation-Stock Compensation (Topic 718), and Derivatives and Hedging-Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic 815- 40): Issuer’s Accounting for Certain Modifications or Exchanges of Freestanding Equity-Classified Written Call Options.” The guidance became effective for the Company on January 1, 2022. The Company adopted the guidance on January 1, 2022, and has concluded the adoption did not have a material impact on its unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-13, “Financial Instruments - Credit Losses,” (“ASU No. 2016-13”) to improve information on credit losses for financial assets and net investment in leases that are not accounted for at fair value through net income. ASU 2016-13 replaces the current incurred loss impairment methodology with a methodology that reflects expected credit losses. This guidance is effective for the Company beginning on January 1, 2023, with early adoption permitted. The Company does not expect that the adoption of this standard will have a significant impact on its condensed consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.statements.

 

In August 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-06, “Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives and Hedging-Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40)-Accounting for Convertible Instruments and Contracts in an Entity’s Own Equity” (“ASU 2020-06”). The ASU simplifies accounting for convertible instruments by removing major separation models required under current GAAP. Consequently, more convertible debt instruments will be reported as a single liability instrument with no separate accounting for embedded conversion features. ASU 2020-06 removes certain settlement conditions that are required for equity contracts to qualify for the derivative scope exception, which will permit more equity contracts to qualify for it. ASU 2020-06 also simplifies the diluted net income per share calculation in certain areas. The amendments in ASU 2020-06 are effective for smaller reporting companies as defined by the SEC, for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Effective January 1, 2022, the Company early adopted ASU 2020-06 using the modified retrospective approach, which resulted in no impact on its condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

In October 2021, the FASB issued ASU 2021-08, “Business Combinations (Topic 805), Accounting for Contract Assets and Contract Liabilities from Contracts with Customers,” which requires contract assets and contract liabilities acquired in a business combination to be recognized and measured by the acquirer on the acquisition date in accordance with ASC 606, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers.” The guidance will result in the acquirer recognizing contract assets and contract liabilities at the same amounts recorded by the acquiree. The guidance should be applied prospectively to acquisitions occurring on or after the effective date. The guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted, including in interim periods, for any financial statements that have not yet been issued. The Company is currently evaluating this guidance to determine the impact it may have on its condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

In November 2021, the FASB issued ASU 2021-10, “Government Assistance (Topic 832),” which requires annual disclosures that increase the transparency of transactions involving government grants, including (1) the types of transactions, (2) the accounting for those transactions, and (3) the effect of those transactions on an entity’s financial statements. The amendments in this update are effective for financial statements issued for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2021. The Company expects that this guidance will not have a significant impact on its consolidated financial statements.

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4. REVENUE DISAGGREGATION

 

The following tables summarize disaggregated customer contract revenues and the source of the revenue for the three and nine months ended March 31,September 30, 2022 and 2021. Revenues from lending and trading activities included in consolidated revenues were primarily interest, dividend and other investment income, which are not considered to be revenues from contracts with customers under GAAP.

 

The Company’s disaggregated revenues consistconsisted of the following for the three months ended March 31,September 30, 2022:

 

 Three months ended March 31, 2022  Three months ended September 30, 2022 
 GWW  TurnOnGreen  Ault
Alliance
  Cryptocurrency  Real
Estate
  Total  GWW  

TurnOn

Green

  Ault
Alliance
  SMC  BNI  AGREE  Total 
Primary Geographical Markets                                                    
North America $1,511,000  $1,012,000  $7,000  $3,826,000  $2,698,000  $9,054,000  $2,472,000  $1,428,000  $-  $16,138,000  $4,146,000  $5,513,000  $29,697,000 
Europe  2,179,000   19,000   -   -   -   2,198,000   2,288,000   32,000   201,000   306,000   -   -   2,827,000 
Middle East  3,254,000   -   -   -   -   3,254,000 
Other  301,000   98,000   -   -   -   399,000 
Middle East and other  3,022,000   202,000   -   670,000   -   -   3,894,000 
Revenue from contracts with customers  7,245,000   1,129,000   7,000   3,826,000   2,698,000   14,905,000   7,782,000   1,662,000   201,000   17,114,000   4,146,000   5,513,000   36,418,000 
Revenue, lending and trading activities
(North America)
  -   -   17,921,000   -   -   17,921,000   -   -   13,360,000   -   -   -   13,360,000 
Total revenue $7,245,000  $1,129,000  $17,928,000  $3,826,000  $2,698,000  $32,826,000  $7,782,000  $1,662,000  $13,561,000  $17,114,000  $4,146,000  $5,513,000  $49,778,000 
                                                    
Major Goods or Services                                                    
RF/microwave filters  1,511,000   -   -   -   -   1,511,000 
Detector logarithmic video amplifiers  -   -   -   -   -   - 
Power supply units  2,431,000   1,096,000   -   -   -   3,527,000  $2,799,000  $1,480,000  $-  $-  $-  $-  $4,279,000 
Power supply systems  48,000   -   -   -   -   48,000 
Healthcare diagnostic systems  -   -   -   -   -   - 
EV Chargers  -   33,000   -   -   -   33,000 
Defense systems  3,255,000   -   -   -   -   3,255,000 
Digital currency mining, net  -   -   -   3,548,000   -   3,548,000   -   -   -   -   3,874,000   -   3,874,000 
Hotel operations  -   -   -   -   2,698,000   2,698,000   -   -   -   -   -   5,513,000   5,513,000 
Karaoke machines and related  -   -   -   17,114,000   -   -   17,114,000 
Other  -   -   7,000   278,000   -   285,000   4,983,000   182,000   201,000   -   272,000   -   5,638,000 
Revenue from contracts with customers  7,245,000   1,129,000   7,000   3,826,000   2,698,000   14,905,000   7,782,000   1,662,000   201,000   17,114,000   4,146,000   5,513,000   36,418,000 
Revenue, lending and trading activities  -   -   17,921,000   -   -   17,921,000   -   -   13,360,000   -   -   -   13,360,000 
Total revenue $7,245,000  $1,129,000  $17,928,000  $3,826,000  $2,698,000  $32,826,000  $7,782,000  $1,662,000  $13,561,000  $17,114,000  $4,146,000  $5,513,000  $49,778,000 
                                                    
Timing of Revenue Recognition                                                    
Goods transferred at a point in time $3,512,000  $1,129,000  $7,000  $3,826,000  $2,698,000  $11,172,000  $5,821,000  $1,662,000  $201,000  $17,114,000  $4,146,000  $5,513,000  $34,457,000 
Services transferred over time  3,733,000   -   -   -   -   3,733,000   1,961,000   -   -   -   -   -   1,961,000 
Revenue from contracts with customers $7,245,000  $1,129,000  $7,000  $3,826,000  $2,698,000  $14,905,000  $7,782,000  $1,662,000  $201,000  $17,114,000  $4,146,000  $5,513,000  $36,418,000 

The Company’s disaggregated revenues consistconsisted of the following for the nine months ended September 30, 2022:

  Nine months ended September 30, 2022 
  GWW  

TurnOn

Green

  Ault
Alliance
  SMC  BNI  AGREE  Total 
Primary Geographical Markets                            
North America $5,094,000  $3,262,000  $19,000  $16,138,000  $12,220,000  $12,809,000  $49,542,000 
Europe  7,007,000   79,000   201,000   306,000   -   -   7,593,000 
Middle East and other  9,429,000   512,000   -   670,000   -   -   10,611,000 
Revenue from contracts with customers  21,530,000   3,853,000   220,000   17,114,000   12,220,000   12,809,000   67,746,000 
Revenue, lending and trading activities
(North America)
  -   -   32,224,000   -   -   -   32,224,000 
Total revenue $21,530,000  $3,853,000  $32,444,000  $17,114,000  $12,220,000  $12,809,000  $99,970,000 
                             
Major Goods or Services                            
Power supply units $6,928,000  $3,592,000  $-  $-  $-  $-  $10,520,000 
Healthcare diagnostic systems  2,285,000   -   -   -   -   -   2,285,000 
Defense systems  6,842,000   -   -   -   -   -   6,842,000 
Digital currency mining  -   -   -   -   11,398,000   -   11,398,000 
Hotel operations  -   -   -   -   -   12,809,000   12,809,000 
Karaoke machines and related  -   -   -   17,114,000   -   -   17,114,000 
Other  5,475,000   261,000   220,000   -   822,000   -   6,778,000 
Revenue from contracts with customers  21,530,000   3,853,000   220,000   17,114,000   12,220,000   12,809,000   67,746,000 
Revenue, lending and trading activities  -   -   32,224,000   -   -   -   32,224,000 
Total revenue $21,530,000  $3,853,000  $32,444,000  $17,114,000  $12,220,000  $12,809,000  $99,970,000 
                             
Timing of Revenue Recognition                            
Goods transferred at a point in time $12,934,000  $3,853,000  $220,000  $17,114,000  $12,220,000  $12,809,000  $59,150,000 
Services transferred over time  8,596,000   -   -   -   -   -   8,596,000 
Revenue from contracts with customers $21,530,000  $3,853,000  $220,000  $17,114,000  $12,220,000  $12,809,000  $67,746,000 

The Company’s disaggregated revenues consisted of the following for the three months ended March 31,September 30, 2021:

 

 Three months ended March 31, 2021  Three Months ended September 30, 2021 
 GWW  TurnOnGreen  Ault Alliance  Total  GWW TurnOnGreen Ault Alliance Total 
Primary Geographical Markets                         
North America $1,889,000  $1,208,000  $302,000  $3,399,000  $1,415,000  $1,103,000  $608,000  $3,126,000 
Europe  1,910,000   109,000   -   2,019,000   1,848,000   (97,000)  -   1,751,000 
Middle East  2,389,000   -   -   2,389,000   2,949,000   -   -   2,949,000 
Other  162,000   66,000   -   228,000   161,000   88,000   -   249,000 
Revenue from contracts with customers  6,350,000   1,383,000   302,000   8,035,000   6,373,000   1,094,000   608,000   8,075,000 
Revenue, lending and trading activities (North
America)
  -   -   5,210,000   5,210,000   -   -   (38,869,000)  (38,869,000)
Total revenue $6,350,000  $1,383,000  $5,512,000  $13,245,000  $6,373,000  $1,094,000  $(38,261,000) $(30,794,000)
                
Major Goods                                
RF/microwave filters $1,215,000  $-  $-  $1,215,000 
Detector logarithmic video amplifiers  71,000   -   -   71,000 
Power supply units  238,000   1,383,000   -   1,621,000  $1,256,000  $1,094,000  $-  $2,350,000 
Power supply systems  2,233,000   -   -   2,233,000 
Healthcare diagnostic systems  185,000   -   -   185,000 
Defense systems  2,408,000   -   -   2,408,000   2,940,000   -   -   2,940,000 
Digital currency mining  -   -   130,000   130,000   -   -   272,000   272,000 
Other  -   -   172,000   172,000   2,177,000   -   336,000   2,513,000 
Revenue from contracts with customers  6,350,000   1,383,000   302,000   8,035,000   6,373,000   1,094,000   608,000   8,075,000 
Revenue, lending and trading activities  -   -   5,210,000   5,210,000   -   -   (38,869,000)  (38,869,000)
Total revenue $6,350,000  $1,383,000  $5,512,000  $13,245,000  $6,373,000  $1,094,000  $(38,261,000) $(30,794,000)
                                
Timing of Revenue Recognition                                
Goods transferred at a point in time $3,758,000  $1,383,000  $302,000  $5,443,000  $3,336,000  $1,094,000  $607,000  $5,037,000 
Services transferred over time  2,592,000   -   -   2,592,000   3,037,000   -   -   3,037,000 
Revenue from contracts with customers $6,350,000  $1,383,000  $302,000  $8,035,000  $6,373,000  $1,094,000  $607,000  $8,074,000 

The Company’s disaggregated revenues consisted of the following for the nine months ended September 30, 2021:

  Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021 
  GWW  TurnOnGreen  Ault Alliance  Total 
Primary Geographical Markets                
North America $5,444,000  $3,600,000  $1,459,000  $10,503,000 
Europe  5,600,000   318,000      5,918,000 
Middle East  7,845,000         7,845,000 
Other  309,000   390,000      699,000 
Revenue from contracts with customers  19,198,000   4,308,000   1,459,000   24,965,000 
Revenue, lending and trading activities
(North America)
          19,615,000   19,615,000 
Total revenue $19,198,000  $4,308,000  $21,074,000  $44,580,000 
Major Goods                
Power supply units $1,734,000  $4,308,000  $  $6,042,000 
Power supply systems  5,253,000         5,253,000 
Defense systems  7,731,000         7,731,000 
Digital currency mining          693,000   693,000 
Other  4,480,000      766,000   5,246,000 
Revenue from contracts with customers  19,198,000   4,308,000   1,459,000   24,965,000 
Revenue, lending and trading activities          19,615,000   19,615,000 
Total revenue $19,198,000  $4,308,000  $21,074,000  $44,580,000 
                 
Timing of Revenue Recognition                
Goods transferred at a point in time $10,957,000  $4,308,000  $1,459,000  $16,724,000 
Services transferred over time  8,241,000         8,241,000 
Revenue from contracts with customers $19,198,000  $4,308,000  $1,459,000  $24,965,000 

 

 

5. FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

 

The following table sets forth the Company’s financial instruments that were measured at fair value on a recurring basis by level within the fair value hierarchy:

 

  Fair Value Measurement at March 31, 2022 
  Total  Level 1  Level 2  Level 3 
Investment in term promissory note of Ault &
Company, Inc. (“Ault & Company”) and other – a
related party
 $2,653,000  $-  $-  $2,653,000 
Investment in common stock of Alzamend Neuro,
Inc. (“Alzamend”) – a related party
  8,729,000   8,729,000   -   - 
Investments in marketable equity securities  16,158,000   16,158,000   -   - 
Cash and marketable securities held in trust
account
  116,737,000   116,737,000   -   - 
Investments in equity securities  37,091,000   -   -   37,091,000 
Total assets measured at fair value $181,368,000  $141,624,000  $-  $39,744,000 
  Fair Value Measurement at December 31, 2021 
  Total  Level 1  Level 2  Level 3 
Investment in term promissory note of Ault &
Company and other – a related party
 $2,842,000  $-  $-  $2,842,000 
Investment in common stock of Alzamend – a related
party
  13,230,000   13,230,000   -   - 
Investments in marketable equity securities  40,380,000   40,380,000   -   - 
Cash and marketable securities held in trust account  116,725,000   116,725,000   -   - 
Investments in equity securities  30,482,000   -   -   30,482,000 
Total assets measured at fair value $203,659,000  $170,335,000  $-  $33,324,000 
  Fair Value Measurement at September 30, 2022 
  Total  Level 1  Level 2  Level 3 
Investment in common stock of Alzamend Neuro, Inc.
(“Alzamend”) – a related party
 12,394,000  12,394,000  -  - 
Investments in marketable equity securities  8,561,000   8,561,000   -   - 
Cash and marketable securities held in trust account  117,421,000   117,421,000   -   - 
Investments in other equity securities  3,916,000   -   -   3,916,000 
Total assets measured at fair value $142,292,000  $138,376,000  $-  $3,916,000 

  Fair Value Measurement at December 31, 2021 
  Total  Level 1  Level 2  Level 3 
Investment in common stock of Alzamend – a related party  13,230,000   13,230,000   -   - 
Investments in marketable equity securities  40,380,000   40,380,000   -   - 
Cash and marketable securities held in trust account  116,725,000   116,725,000   -   - 
Investments in other equity securities  9,215,000   -   -   9,215,000 
Total assets measured at fair value $179,550,000  $170,335,000  $-  $9,215,000 

 

The Company assesses the inputs used to measure fair value using the three-tier hierarchy based on the extent to which inputs used in measuring fair value are observable in the market. For investments where little or no public market exists, management’s determination of fair value is based on the best available information which may incorporate management’s own assumptions and involves a significant degree of judgment, taking into consideration various factors including earnings history, financial condition, recent sales prices of the issuer’s securities and liquidity risks.

 

The following table summarizes the changes in investments in other equity securities measured and carried at fair value on a recurring basis with the use of significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) for the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2022:

 

  Investments in
equity securities
 
Balance at January 1, 2022 $30,482,000 
Investment in equity securities  3,820,000 
Change in fair value of warrants  10,281,000 
Unrealized gains on equity securities  3,180,000 
Conversion to marketable securities  (10,672,000)
Balance at March 31, 2022 $37,091,000 
  Investments in
other equity
securities
 
 Balance at January 1, 2022 $9,215,000 
 Investment in preferred stock  6,495,000 
 Change in fair value of financial instruments  25,850,000 
 Conversion to marketable securities  (37,644,000)
 Balance at September 30, 2022 $3,916,000 

 

See Note 8Other equity securities also include investments in entities that do not have a readily determinable fair value and do not report net asset value per share. These investments are accounted for using a measurement alternative under which they are measured at cost and adjusted for observable price changes and impairments. Observable price changes result from, among other things, equity transactions for the same issuer executed during the reporting period, including subsequent equity offerings or other reported equity transactions related to the same issuer. For these transactions to be considered observable price changes of the same issuer, the Company evaluates whether these transactions have similar rights and obligations, including voting rights, distribution preferences, conversion rights, and other factors, to the investments the Company holds. Any investments adjusted to their fair value by applying the measurement alternative are disclosed as nonrecurring fair value measurements, including the level in the fair value hierarchy that was used.

As of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, investments in Ault & Companyother equity securities valued using a measurement alternative of $41.6 million and $21.4 million, respectively, are included in other equity securities in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets.

The following table presents information on certain assets measured and carried at fair value on a recurring basis withby level within the usefair value hierarchy as of significant unobservable inputs (Level 3)September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021. There were no observable price changes or indicators of impairment for these investments during the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2022.

   Fair Value Measurement Using 
  Total   Quoted prices
in active
markets for
identical assets  
(Level 1)
   Other
observable
inputs
(Level 2)
   Significant
unobservable
inputs
(Level 3)
 
As of September 30, 2022                
Investments in other equity securities that do not report net asset
value
 $41,641,000  $-  $-  $41,641,000 

   Fair Value Measurement Using 
  Total   Quoted prices
in active
markets for
identical assets
 (Level 1)
   Other
observable
inputs
(Level 2)
   Significant
unobservable
inputs
(Level 3)
 
 As of December 31, 2021                
 Investments in other equity securities that do not report net asset
value
 $21,241,000  $-  $-  $21,241,000 

 

6. Marketable SecuritiesMARKETABLE EQUITY SECURITIES

 

Marketable securities in equity securities with readily determinable market prices consisted of the following as of March 31,September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021:

 

  Marketable equity securities at March 31, 2022 
     Gross unrealized  Gross unrealized    
  Cost  gains  losses  Fair value 
 Common shares $16,366,000  $5,268,000  $(5,476,000) $16,158,000 
                 
  Marketable equity securities at September 30, 2022 
      Gross unrealized  Gross unrealized     
  Cost  gains  losses  Fair value 
 Common shares $16,182,000  $281,000  $(7,902,000) $8,561,000 

 

  Marketable equity securities at December 31, 2021 
      Gross unrealized  Gross unrealized     
  Cost  gains  losses  Fair value 
 Common shares $53,475,000  $32,000  $(13,127,000) $40,380,000 

 

At March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company invested in the marketable equity securities of publicly traded companies. The Company’s investment in marketable equity securities are revalued on each balance sheet date.

 

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7. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET

 

At March 31,September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, property and equipment consisted of:

 

 March 31, 2022  December 31, 2021  September 30, 2022  December 31, 2021 
Cryptocurrency machines and related equipment $18,507,000  $10,763,000  $131,141,000  $10,763,000 
Computer, software and related equipment  7,702,000   8,884,000   20,315,000   8,884,000 
Office furniture and equipment  3,362,000   702,000   2,750,000   702,000 
Oil and natural gas properties, unproved properties  972,000   - 
Land  25,696,000   25,696,000   25,646,000   25,696,000 
Building and improvements  69,415,000   68,959,000   76,012,000   68,959,000 
  124,682,000   115,004,000   256,836,000   115,004,000 
Accumulated depreciation and amortization  (7,493,000)  (5,096,000)  (14,180,000)  (5,096,000)
Property and equipment placed in service, net  117,189,000   109,908,000   242,656,000   109,908,000 
Deposits on cryptocurrency machines  89,608,000   64,117,000   11,328,000   64,117,000 
Property and equipment, net $206,797,000  $174,025,000  $253,984,000  $174,025,000 

 

ForSummary of depreciation expense:

  For the Three Months Ended  For the Nine Months Ended 
  September 30,  September 30, 
  2022  2021  2022  2021 
 Depreciation expense $3,942,000  $265,000  $10,229,000  $711,000 

Ault Energy Oil and Gas Properties

On July 11, 2022, the Company announced the formation of Ault Energy, LLC (“Ault Energy”), as an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company through Ault Alliance. Ault Energy is partnering with White River Holdings Corp. (“White River”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Ecoark Holdings, Inc. (“Ecoark”), on drilling projects across 30,000 acres in Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi. Ault Energy, as the designee of Ault Lending, LLC (“Ault Lending”), has the right to purchase up to 25%, or such higher percentages at the discretion of White River, in various drilling projects of White River. In August 2022, Ault Energy purchased a 40% working interest of the Harry O’Neal 20-9 No.1 drilling project in Mississippi for $972,000 included in property and equipment. The Company has not recorded any depletion as the Harry O’Neal 20-9 No.1 drilling project was considered an unproved property as of September 30, 2022.

Compute North Bankruptcy

On September 22, 2022, Compute North Holdings, Inc. (along with its affiliated debtors, collectively, “Compute North”), filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code (11 U.S. Code section 101 et seq.). At the time of Compute North’s bankruptcy filing, BitNile had 6,572 Bitcoin miners with a carrying amount of $38.0 million, classified within property and equipment on the consolidated balance sheet, with Compute North at the Wolf Hollow hosting facility in Texas. Additionally, the Company has a deposit of approximately $2.0 million with Compute North for services yet to be performed by Compute North. The ultimate outcome of the bankruptcy process, and its impact on the deposit held by the Company, remains to be determined. The Company assessed this financial exposure and recorded an impairment of the deposit totaling $2 million during the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, depreciation expense amountedSeptember 30, 2022. The Company has inspected the Bitcoin miners that are installed at the hosting facility in Texas. No impairment on the mining equipment was recorded as of September 30, 2022. The Company has retained counsel to $2.6 million and $0.2 million, respectively.assist in this matter. 

 

8.BUSINESS COMBINATIONS

Avalanche International Corp. (“AVLP”) Acquisition

On June 1, 2022, the Company converted the principal amount under the convertible promissory notes issued to it by AVLP and accrued unpaid interest into common stock of AVLP. The Company converted $20.0 million in principal and $5.9 million of accrued interest receivable at a conversion price of $0.50 per share and received 51,889,168 shares of common stock increasing its common stock ownership of AVLP from less than 20% to approximately 92%.

Prior to the conversion of the convertible promissory notes, the Company accounted for its investment in AVLP as an investment in an unconsolidated entity under the equity method of accounting. In connection with the conversion of the convertible promissory notes, the Company’s consolidated financial statements now include all of the accounts of AVLP, and any significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

The consideration transferred for the Company’s approximate 92% ownership interest in connection with this acquisition aggregated $20.7 million, which represented the fair value of the Company’s holdings in AVLP immediately prior to conversion. The carrying amount of the Company’s holdings in AVLP immediately prior to conversion was $23.4 million, resulting in a $2.7 million loss for the related remeasurement, which was recognized in interest and other income.

The Company estimated the fair values of assets acquired and liabilities assumed using valuation techniques, such as the income, cost and market approaches. The fair values are based on available historical information and on future expectations and assumptions deemed reasonable by management but are inherently uncertain. The income method to measure the fair value of intangible assets, is based on forecasts of the expected future cash flows attributable to the respective assets. Significant estimates and assumptions inherent in the valuations reflected a consideration of other marketplace participants and included the amount and timing of future cash flows (including expected growth rates and profitability), the underlying product or technology life cycles, economic barriers to entry and the discount rate applied to the cash flows. Unanticipated market or macroeconomic events and circumstances could affect the accuracy or validity of the estimates and assumptions.

The allocation of the total consideration transferred to the assets acquired, including intangible assets and goodwill, and the liabilities assumed is preliminary and could be revised as a result of additional information obtained due to the finalization of a third-party valuation report, leases and related commitments, tax related matters and contingencies and certain assets and liabilities, including receivables and payables. Amounts will be finalized within the measurement period, which will not exceed one year from the acquisition date. Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price over the preliminary fair value of identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the acquisition date and is primarily attributable to the assembled workforce and expected synergies at the time of the acquisition. The goodwill resulting from this acquisition is not tax deductible.

The following table presents the final allocation of the consideration transferred to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their fair values.

  Preliminary
allocation
 
Total purchase consideration $20,706,000 
Fair value of non-controlling interest  6,738,000 
Total consideration $27,444,000 
     
Identifiable net liabilities assumed:    
Cash $1,245,000 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets  55,000 
Property and equipment  5,057,000 
Note receivable  800,000 
Accounts payable and accrued expenses  (5,018,000)
Convertible notes payable, principal  (9,734,000)
Fair value of embedded derivative  (1,226,000)
Fair value of bifurcated conversion option  (4,425,000)
Fair value of bifurcated put option  (200,000)
Net liabilities assumed  (13,446,000)
Goodwill $40,890,000 

The Company consolidates the results of AVLP on a one-month lag, therefore the statements of operations include results for AVLP for the three months ended August 31, 2022.

Overview of SMC Acquisition

Beginning in June 2022, the Company, through its subsidiary Ault Lending, began making open market purchases of SMC common stock. These purchases granted the Company a greater than 20% effective ownership on June 9, 2022, and subsequently, on June 15, 2022, the Company owned more than 50% of the issued and outstanding common stock of SMC. The Company’s ownership of SMC stood at approximately 57% as of September 30, 2022.

As of June 15, 2022 (“Acquisition Date”), the purchase price of the common stock acquired totaled $7.4 million and on June 15, 2022 a $3.1 million gain was recognized in interest and other income for the remeasurement of the Company’s previously held ownership interest to $10.5 million, based on the trading price of SMC common stock. The Company also recognized non-controlling interest at fair value as of the Acquisition Date in the amount of $10.3 million.

The tradenames and developed technology intangible assets were valued using the relief-from-royalty method. The relief-from-royalty method is one of the methods under the income approach wherein estimates of a company’s earnings attributable to the intangible asset are based on the royalty rate the company would have paid for the use of the asset if it did not own it. Royalty payments are estimated by applying royalty rates between of 0.5% and 1.0% to the prospective revenue attributable to the intangible asset. The resulting annual royalty payments are tax-affected and then discounted to present value.

The Company determined an estimated fair value of customer relationships using an income approach utilizing a discounted cash flow methodology. The analysis included assumptions regarding the development of new businesses and organic growth rates, a discount rate of 12% using a weighted average cost of capital analysis, and capital expenditure requirements associated with any new initiatives developed by SMC. Significant assumptions utilized in the income approach were based on company specific information and projections which are not observable in the market and are therefore considered Level 3 fair value measurements.

The allocation of the total consideration transferred to the assets acquired, including intangible assets and goodwill, and the liabilities assumed, is preliminary and could be revised as a result of additional information obtained due to the finalization of a third-party valuation report, leases and related commitments, tax related matters and contingencies and certain assets and liabilities, including receivables and payables. Amounts will be finalized within the measurement period, which will not exceed one year from the Acquisition Date. The goodwill resulting from this acquisition is not tax deductible.

The following table presents the preliminary allocation of the consideration transferred to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their fair values.

  Preliminary
Allocation
 
Total purchase consideration $10,517,000 
Fair value of non-controlling interest  10,336,000 
Total consideration $20,853,000 
     
Identifiable net assets acquired:    
Cash $2,278,000 
Accounts receivable  9,891,000 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets  673,000 
Inventories  12,840,000 
Property and equipment, net  529,000 
Right-of-use assets  1,073,000 
Other assets  83,000 
Intangible assets:    
Tradenames (19 year estimated useful life)  2,470,000 
Customer relationships (16 year estimated useful life)  1,380,000 
Proprietary technology (3 year estimated useful life)  600,000 
Accounts payable and accrued expenses  (10,052,000)
Notes payable  (2,972,000)
Lease liabilities  (1,124,000)
Net assets acquired  17,669,000 
 Goodwill $3,184,000 

Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Information

The following unaudited pro forma consolidated results of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 have been prepared as if the SMC acquisition had occurred on January 1, 2022.

  Nine Months Ended 
  September 30, 2022 
Total revenues $131,609,000 
Net loss attributable to BitNile Holdings, Inc. $(62,202,000)

The unaudited pro forma information is presented for informational purposes only and is not necessarily indicative of the results of operations that would have been achieved had the acquisition been consummated as of that time, nor is it intended to be a projection of future results.

Overview of GIGA acquisition

On September 8, 2022, Giga-tronics Incorporated (“GIGA”) acquired 100% of the capital stock of GWW from the Company in exchange for 2.92 million shares of GIGA’s common stock and 514.8 shares of GIGA’s Series F Convertible Preferred Stock (“Series F”) that are convertible into an aggregate of 3.96 million shares of GIGA’s common stock. GIGA also assumed GWW’s outstanding equity awards representing the right to receive up to 749,626 shares of GIGA’s common stock, on an as-converted basis. The transaction described above resulted in a change of control of GIGA. Assuming the Company was to convert all of the Series F, the common stock owned by the Company after such conversion would result in the Company owning approximately 71.2% of GIGA’s outstanding shares.

On September 8, 2022, the Company loaned GIGA $4.25 million by purchasing a convertible note that carries an interest rate of 10% per annum and matures on February 14, 2023. The convertible note between the Company and GIGA is eliminated in consolidation beginning on September 8, 2022. The Company received the right to appoint four members of a seven member GIGA board of directors. These factors contributed to the Company’s determination that GWW be treated as the accounting acquirer.

The Company believes there are synergies between GIGA and GWW. GIGA manufactures specialized electronics equipment for use in both military test and airborne operational applications. GIGA focuses on the design and manufacture of custom microwave products for military airborne, sea, and ground applications as well as the design and manufacture of high-fidelity signal simulation and recording solutions for RADAR and electronic warfare test applications. GIGA’s results of operations subsequent to the acquisition are included in the Company’s GWW defense business segment.

In respect of the above transactions, the acquired assets and assumed liabilities, together with acquired processes and employees, represent a business as defined in ASC 805, Business Combinations. The transactions were accounted for as a reverse acquisition using the acquisition method of accounting with GIGA treated as the legal acquirer and GWW treated as the accounting acquirer. In identifying GWW as the acquiring entity for accounting purposes, GIGA and GWW took into account a number of factors, including the relative voting rights, executive management and the corporate governance structure of the Company. GWW is considered the accounting acquirer since the Company controls the board of directors of GIGA following the transactions and received a 71.2% beneficial ownership interest in GIGA. However, no single factor was the sole determinant in the overall conclusion that GWW is the acquirer for accounting purposes; rather all factors were considered in arriving at such conclusion.

The fair value of the purchase consideration was $9.5 million, consisting of $4.0 million for GIGA’s common stock and prefunded warrants, $0.4 million fair value of vested stock incentives, $3.7 million cash and $1.3 million related to an existing loan agreement between Ault Lending and GIGA, which was deemed settled.

The tradenames and developed technology intangible assets were valued using the relief-from-royalty method. The relief-from-royalty method is one of the methods under the income approach wherein estimates of a company’s earnings attributable to the intangible asset are based on the royalty rate the company would have paid for the use of the asset if it did not own it. Royalty payments are estimated by applying royalty rates between 1.0% and 7.0% to the prospective revenue attributable to the intangible asset. The resulting annual royalty payments are tax-affected and then discounted to present value.

The Company determined an estimated fair value of customer relationships using an income approach utilizing a discounted cash flow methodology. The analysis included assumptions regarding the development of new businesses and organic growth rates, a discount rate of 22% using a weighted average cost of capital analysis, and capital expenditure requirements associated with any new initiatives developed by GIGA. Significant assumptions utilized in the income approach were based on company specific information and projections which are not observable in the market and are therefore considered Level 3 fair value measurements.

The total purchase price to acquire GIGA has been allocated to the assets acquired and assumed liabilities based upon preliminary estimated fair values, with any excess purchase price allocated to goodwill. The goodwill resulting from this acquisition is not tax deductible. The fair value of the acquired assets and assumed liabilities as of the date of acquisition are based on preliminary estimates assisted, in part, by a third-party valuation expert. The estimates are subject to change upon the finalization of appraisals and other valuation analyses, which are expected to be completed no later than one year from the date of acquisition. Although the completion of the valuation activities may result in asset and liability fair values that are different from the preliminary estimates included herein, it is not expected that those differences would alter the understanding of the impact of this transaction on the consolidated financial position and results of operations of the Company.

The preliminary purchase price allocation is as follows:

  Preliminary allocation 
Total purchase consideration $6,763,000 
Fair value of non-controlling interest  2,735,000 
Total consideration $9,498,000 
     
Identifiable net assets acquired (liabilities assumed):    
Cash $107,000 
Trade accounts receivable  536,000 
Inventories  5,180,000 
Prepaid expenses  116,000 
Accrued revenue  363,000 
Property and equipment  331,000 
Right-of-use asset  370,000 
Other long-term assets  446,000 
Intangible assets:    
Tradename (12 year estimated useful life)  1,040,000 
Developed Technology (8 year estimated useful life)  1,410,000 
Existing customer relationships (10-15 year estimated useful life)  3,910,000 
Accounts payable  (2,831,000)
Loans payable, net of discounts and issuance costs  (387,000)
Accrued payroll and benefits  (1,488,000)
Lease obligations  (491,000)
Other current liabilities  (368,000)
Other non-current liabilities  (17,000)
Net assets acquired  8,227,000 
Goodwill $1,271,000 

9. GOODWILL

The following table summarizes the changes in the Company’s goodwill for the nine months ended September 30, 2022:

  Goodwill 
 Balance as of January 1, 2022 $10,090,000 
 Acquisition of AVLP  40,890,000 
 Acquisition of SMC  3,184,000 
 Acquisition of GIGA  1,271,000 
 Effect of exchange rate changes  (891,000)
 Balance as of September 30, 2022 $54,544,000 

10. INCREASE IN OWNERSHIP INTEREST OF SUBSIDIARIES

On May 12, 2022, BNI closed a $1.8 million membership interest purchase agreement whereby BNI acquired the 30% minority interest of Alliance Cloud Services, LLC (“ACS”) which BNI did not previously own, resulting in ACS becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of BNI. ACS owns and operates the Company’s Michigan data center, where BNI conducts the Company’s Bitcoin mining operations.

Between June 15, 2022 and September 30, 2022, Ault Lending increased the Company’s ownership interest in SMC through the open market purchase of approximately 274,000 shares for $2.1 million.

11. INVESTMENTS – RELATED PARTIES

 

Investments in Alzamend and Ault & Company at March 31,September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, were comprised of the following:

 

Investment in Promissory Notes, Related Parties

 

 Interest Due March 31, December
31,
  Interest Due September 30, December 31, 
 Rate  Date  2022  2021  rate date 2022  2021 
Investment in promissory note of Ault & Company  8%  December 31, 2022  $2,500,000  $2,500,000  8% December 31, 2022 $2,500,000  $2,500,000 
Accrued interest receivable, Ault & Company          153,000   170,000   318,000   170,000 
Other          -   172,000   -   172,000 
Total investment in promissory note, related party         $2,653,000  $2,842,000  $2,818,000  $2,842,000 

 

Investment in Common Stock and Options, Related Parties

 

  March 31,  December 31, 
  2022  2021 
Investment in common stock and options of Alzamend $8,729,000  $13,230,000 
  September 30,  December 31, 
  2022  2021 
Investment in common stock and options of Alzamend $12,394,000  $13,230,000 

 

The following table summarizes the changes in the Company’s investments in Alzamend and Ault & Company during the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2022:

 

 Investment in
warrants and
common stock of
Alzamend
  Investment in
promissory notes and
advances of Alzamend
and Ault & Company
and Other
  Investment in
warrants and
common stock of
Alzamend
  Investment in
promissory notes of
Ault & Company
 
Balance at January 1, 2022 $13,230,000  $2,842,000  $13,230,000  $2,842,000 
Investment in common stock and options of Alzamend  194,000   -   4,840,000   - 
Unrealized loss in common stock of Alzamend  (4,695,000)  -   (5,676,000)  - 
Amortization of related party investment  -   (173,000)  -   (173,000)
Accrued interest  -   (16,000)  -   149,000 
Balance at March 31, 2022 $8,729,000  $2,653,000 
Balance at September 30, 2022 $12,394,000  $2,818,000 

 

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Investments in Alzamend Common Stock

 

The following table summarizes the changes in the Company’s investments in Alzamend common stock during the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2022:

  Shares of  Per Share  Investment in 
  Common Stock  Price  Common Stock 
Balance at January 1, 2022  6,947,000  $1.90  $13,230,000 
March 9, 2021 securities purchase agreement*  2,667,000  $1.50   4,000,000 
Open market purchases after initial public offering  801,000  $1.05   840,000 
Unrealized loss in common stock of Alzamend          (5,676,000)
Balance at September 30, 2022  10,415,000  $1.19  $12,394,000 

 

  Shares of  Per Share  Investment in 
  Common Stock  Price  Common Stock 
Balance at January 1, 2022  6,947,000  $1.90  $13,230,000 
Open market purchases after initial public offering  153,000  $1.27   194,000 
Unrealized loss in common stock of Alzamend          (4,691,000)
Investment in Alzamend common stock  7,100,000  $1.23   8,733,000 
Investment in Alzamend options          (4,000)
Balance at March 31, 2022         $8,729,000 
*Pursuant to the March 9, 2021 securities purchase agreement, in aggregate, Alzamend agreed to sell up to 6,666,667 shares of its common stock to Ault Lending for $10.0 million, or $1.50 per share, and issue to Ault Lending warrants to acquire 3,333,334 shares of Alzamend common stock with an exercise price of $3.00 per share. As of December 31, 2021, Ault Lending funded $6.0 million, including the conversion of notes and advances of $0.8 million, and the remaining $4.0 million was funded upon Alzamend achieving certain milestones during the nine months ended September 30, 2022.

 

9.12. INVESTMENT IN UNCONSOLIDATED ENTITYAVLPAvalanche International Corp. (“AVLP”)

 

Equity Investments in Unconsolidated Entity – AVLP

 

The Company converted its AVLP convertible promissory note on June 1, 2022 as part of the acquisition of AVLP (see Note 8). Equity investments in anthe then unconsolidated entity, AVLP, at March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, were comprised of the following:

 

Investment in Promissory Notes

 

 Interest Due March 31, December 31, 
 Rate  Date  2022  2021  Interest rate Due date December 31, 2021 
Investment in convertible promissory note  12%  2022-2026  $18,499,000  $17,799,000  12% 2022-2026 $17,799,000 
Investment in promissory note – Alpha Fund  8%  June 30, 2022   3,600,000   3,600,000  8% June 30, 2022  3,600,000 
Accrued interest receivable          2,092,000   2,092,000   2,092,000 
Other          106,000   600,000   600,000 
Total investment in promissory notes, gross          24,297,000   24,091,000   24,091,000 
Less: provision for loan losses          (2,000,000)  (2,000,000)  (2,000,000)
Total investment in promissory note         $22,297,000  $22,091,000  $22,091,000 

 

* During the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, no interest income was recognized from the Company’s investment in AVLP.

AVLP Convertible Promissory Note Maturities

The contractual maturities of AVLP’s convertible promissory notes as of March 31, 2022 were:

Year   
2022 $4,124,000 
2023  2,820,000 
2024  2,651,000 
2025  1,674,000 
2026  6,530,000 
2027  700,000 
Total $18,499,000 

F-14

The following table summarizes the changes in the Company’s equity investments in anthe then unconsolidated entity, AVLP, during the year ended December 31, 2021 and the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2022:

 

 Investment in Investment in     Investment in Investment in    
 warrants and promissory notes Total  warrants and promissory notes Total 
 common stock  and advances  investment  common stock  and advances  investment 
Balance at January 1, 2021 $5,486,000  $10,471,000  $15,957,000 
Investment in convertible promissory notes  -   7,344,000   7,344,000 
Fair value of warrants  2,786,000   -   2,786,000 
Unrealized loss in warrants  (7,772,000)  -   (7,772,000)
Unrealized gain in common stock  (150,000)  -   (150,000)
Loss from equity investment  (311,000)  -   (311,000)
Accretion of discount  -   4,210,000   4,210,000 
Accrued interest  -   66,000   66,000 
Balance at January 1, 2022  39,000   22,091,000   22,130,000  $39,000  $22,091,000  $22,130,000 
Investment in convertible promissory notes  -   700,000   700,000   -   2,200,000   2,200,000 
Loss from equity investment  (39,000)  (494,000)  (533,000)  (39,000)  (885,000)  (924,000)
Balance at March 31, 2022 $-  $22,297,000  $22,297,000 
Accrued interest  -   143,000   143,000 
Loss on remeasurement upon conversion  -   (2,700,000)  (2,700,000)
Conversion of AVLP convertible promissory notes  -   (17,040,000)  (17,040,000)
Elimination of intercompany debt after conversion  -   (3,809,000)  (3,809,000)
Balance at September 30, 2022 $-  $-  $- 

 

 

10.13. CONSOLIDATED VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITY - ALPHA FUND

 

Alpha Fund – Consolidated Variable Interest Entity

 

During the three months ended March 31,As of September 30, 2022 and the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company investedheld an investment in Ault Alpha LP (the “Alpha(“Alpha Fund”). The Alpha Fund operates as a private investment fund. The general partner of the Alpha Fund, Ault Alpha GP LLC (“Alpha GP”) is owned by Ault Capital Management LLC (the “Investment Manager”), which also acts as the investment manager to the Alpha Fund. The Investment Manager is owned by Ault & Company. Messrs. Ault, Horne, Nisser and Cragun, who serve as executive officers and/or directors of the Company, are executive officers of the Investment Manager, and Messrs. Ault, Horne and Nisser are executive officers and directors of Ault & Company.

 

As of March 31,September 30, 2022, the CompanyAult Lending subscribed for $1833 million or approximately 100% of the limited partnership interests in the Alpha Fund, the full amount of which was funded, an increase of $1$16 million from the $17 million subscribed and funded as of December 31, 2021. These investments are subject to a rolling five-year lock-up period, provided that after three years, Alpha GP will waive the last twenty-four (24)24 months of the lock-up period upon receipt of written notice from an executive officer of the Company that a withdrawal of capital is required to prevent a going concern opinion from the Company’s auditors, under the terms of the Alpha Fund’s partnership agreement and side letter entered into between the Company and the Alpha Fund.

 

The Company consolidates Alpha Fund as a variable interest entity (a “VIE”) due to its significant level of influence and control of Alpha Fund, the size of its investment, and its ability to participate in policy making decisions, the Company is considered the primary beneficiary of the VIE.

 

Investments by Alpha Fund – Treasury Stock

 

As of March 31,September 30, 2022, the Alpha Fund owned 7,100,00045,049,871 shares of the Company’s common stock and 91,033 shares of the Company’s 13.00% Series D Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock (the “Series D Preferred Stock”), accounted for as treasury stock as of March 31,September 30, 2022.

 

14. ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED EXPENSES

Other current liabilities at September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021 consisted of:

Schedule of other current liabilities

  September 30,  December 31, 
  2022  2021 
Accounts payable  22,467,000  $6,902,000 
Accrued payroll and payroll taxes  9,531,000   5,027,000 
Financial instrument liabilities  937,000   4,249,000 
Accrued legal  1,787,000   2,637,000 
Interest payable  4,140,000   187,000 
Other accrued expenses  11,745,000   3,753,000 
Total $50,607,000  $22,755,000 

 F-15F-23 
 

11. ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED EXPENSES

Other current liabilities at March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021 consisted of:

  March 31,  December 31, 
  2022  2021 
 Accounts payable $11,448,000  $6,902,000 
 Accrued payroll and payroll taxes  4,364,000   5,027,000 
 Financial instrument liabilities  4,267,000   4,249,000 
 Accrued legal  1,787,000   2,637,000 
 Other accrued expenses  5,373,000   3,940,000 
  $27,239,000 $22,755,000

Financial Instruments

 

Under authoritative guidance used by the FASB on determining whether an instrument (or embedded feature) is indexed to an entity’s own stock, instruments that do not have fixed settlement provisions are deemed to be derivative instruments. In prior years, the Company granted certain warrants that resulted in these warrants accounted for as a financial instrument and being re-measured every reporting period with the change in value reported in the statement of operations.

 

The financial instruments were valued using a variety of pricing models with the following valuation assumptions:

Schedule of Financial Instrument

 March 31,
2022
  December 31,
2021
  September 30,
2022
  December 31,
2021
 
Contractually stipulated stock price $2.50  $2.50  $2.50  $2.50 
Exercise price $2.50  $2.50  $2.50  $2.50 
Contractually defined remaining term  5.0   5.0   5.0   5.0 
Contractually defined volatility  135%  135%  135%  135%
Dividend yield  0%  0%  0%  0%
Risk-free interest rate  2.4%  1.3%  4.1%  1.3%

 

Per the terms of the warrant agreements underlying the financial instruments, the value to the warrant holders is defined within the agreement based on a stock price, contractual term, volatility factor and dividend rate as defined in the warrant agreement, and not indexed to the company’s stock, resulting in the financial instrument accounting. The risk-free interest rate was based on rates established by the Federal Reserve Bank.

 

The following table sets forth a summary of the changes in the estimated fair value of the financial instruments during the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2022 and 2021:

Schedule of fair value of the financial instruments

 March 31, 2022  March 31, 2021  September 30, 2022  September 30, 2021 
Beginning balance $4,249,000  $4,192,000  $4,249,000  $4,192,000 
Change in fair value  18,000   679,000   27,000   388,000 
Extinguishment  (3,339,000)  - 
Ending balance $4,267,000  $4,871,000  $937,000  $4,580,000 

 

 

12.15. AMORTIZATION OF DEBT DISCOUNT OF SECURED PROMISSORY NOTES PAYABLE

Notes payable at September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, were comprised of the following:

Schedule of notes payable

  Interest
rate
 Due date September 30,
2022
  December 31,
2021
 
Short-term notes payable 12.0% Nov. 2022 $35,000  $118,000 
10% original issue discount senior secured notes      -   65,972,000 
AGREE Madison secured construction loans 7.0% January 1, 2025  58,351,000   55,055,000 
SMC line of credit 15.5% June 11, 2023  2,500,000   - 
SMC installment notes 7.6% June 18, 2024  177,000   - 
SMC notes payable 6.0% Sept. 2024-Feb. 2025  353,000   - 
XBTO note payable 12.5% December 30, 2023  3,384,000   - 
10% secured promissory notes 10.0% August 10, 2023  10,093,000   - 
Short-term bank line of credit 4.7% Renews monthly  2,325,000   960,000 
Total notes payable     $77,218,000  $122,105,000 
Less:            
Unamortized debt discounts      (1,776,000)  (27,496,000)
Total notes payable, net     $75,442,000  $94,609,000 
Less: current portion      (17,132,000)  (39,554,000)
Notes payable – long-term portion     $58,310,000  $55,055,000 

10% Secured Promissory Notes

 

On December 30, 2021,August 10, 2022, the Company, through its BNI subsidiary, entered into a securitiesnote purchase agreement with certain sophisticated investors providing for the issuance of:of secured promissory notes with an aggregate principal face amount of $11,000,000 and an interest rate of 10%. The purchase price (proceeds to the Company) for the secured promissory notes was $10.0 million. The secured promissory notes have a security interest in $10 million of marketable securities and investments and certain Bitcoin mining equipment with a carrying amount of $23.1 million. The secured promissory notes are further secured by a guaranty provided by the Company, Ault Lending and by Milton C. Ault, the Executive Chairman of the Company. 

 

·secured promissory notes (the “Secured Promissory Notes”) that bear interest at 8% per annum with an aggregate principal face amount of approximately $66 million including a 10% original issue discount;

The maturity date of the secured promissory notes is August 10, 2023. The Company is required to make monthly payment (principal and interest) of $1,000,000 on the tenth calendar day of each month, starting in September 2022. Provided that the Company makes the first six monthly payments in full and on a timely basis, after six months, the Company may elect to pay a forbearance fee of $250,000 in lieu of a monthly payment, which would extend the maturity date of the related secured promissory notes by one month for each forbearance. The Company may not elect forbearance in consecutive months.

 

·five-year warrants to purchase an aggregate of 14,095,350 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $2.50, subject to adjustment; and

SMC Debt Security Interest

 

·five-year warrants to purchase an aggregate

The SMC debt is secured by a perfected security interest in all SMC assets including a first-priority security interest in SMC accounts receivable and inventory.

Amortization of Debt Discount of1,942,508 shares of Common Stock (the “Class B Warrant Shares”) at an exercise price of $2.50 per share, subject to adjustment. The Class B Warrant Shares are deemed to be a derivative instrument.

As of December 31, 2021, unamortized debt discount on the Secured Promissory Notes related to the original issue discount and estimated fair value of the warrants totaled $26.3 million.

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2022, the $66 million Secured Promissory Notes were repaid and the Company fully amortized the related debt discount of $26.3 million, which is included within interest expense on the condensed consolidated statements of operations.

 

The following table summarizes the principal maturity schedule for our notes payable outstanding as of September 30, 2022:

Year  Principal 
2022  $18,049,000 
2023   818,000 
2024   - 
2025   58,351,000 
Total  $77,218,000 

13.16. CONVERTIBLE NOTES

Convertible notes payable at September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, were comprised of the following:

  Conversion price per
share
 Interest rate Due date September 30,
2022
  December 31,
2021
 
Convertible promissory note $4.00 4% May 10, 2024 $660,000  $660,000 
AVLP convertible promissory notes $0.35 (AVLP stock) 15% August 22, 2025  9,911,000   - 
Fair value of embedded options and derivatives        4,908,000   - 
Less: unamortized debt discounts        (132,000)  (192,000)
Total convertible notes payable, net of financing cost       $15,347,000  $468,000 
Less: current portion        (1,469,000) - 
Total convertible notes payable, net of financing cost, long term       $13,878,000  $468,000 

AVLP convertible promissory notes

The AVLP convertible notes payable are due and payable on August 22, 2025, with interest at 7% per annum. At the election of the holders, outstanding principal and accrued interest under the notes are convertible into shares of AVLP’s common stock at a conversion price equal to either (i) if the aggregate market capital of AVLP on the date of conversion (the “Market Cap”) is $35 million or less, at a 25% discount to the market price, or (ii) if the Market Cap is greater than $35 million, at a 25% discount to the market price, provided that such discount shall be increased by dividing it by the quotient that shall be obtained by dividing $35 million by the Market Cap at the time of conversion, provided, however, any increase in the discount to the market price shall not result in a discount that is greater than a 75% discount (the “Conversion Price”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Conversion Price be less than $0.35.

17. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

 

Blockchain Mining Supply and Services, Ltd.

 

On November 28, 2018, Blockchain Mining Supply and Services, Ltd. (“Blockchain Mining”) a vendor who sold computers to one of the Company’s subsidiaries, filed a Complaint (the “Complaint”) in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against the Company and the Company’s subsidiary, Digital Farms, Inc. (f/k/a Super Crypto Mining, Inc.), in an action captioned Blockchain Mining Supply and Services, Ltd. v. Super Crypto Mining, Inc. and DPW Holdings, Inc., Case No. 18-cv-11099.

 

The Complaint asserts claims for breach of contract and promissory estoppel against the Company and its subsidiary arising from the subsidiary’s alleged failure to honor its obligations under the purchase agreement. The Complaint seeks monetary damages in excess of $1,388,495, plus attorneys’ fees and costs.

 

The Company intends to vigorously defend against the claims asserted against it in this action.

 

On April 13, 2020, the Company and its subsidiary, jointly filed a motion to dismiss the Complaint in its entirety as against the Company, and the promissory estoppel claim as against its subsidiary. On the same day, the Company’s subsidiary also filed a partial Answer to the Complaint in connection with the breach of contract claim.

 

On April 29, 2020, Blockchain Mining filed an amended complaint (the “Amended Complaint”). The Amended Complaint asserts the same causes of action and seeks the same damages as the initial Complaint.

 

On May 13, 2020, the Company and its subsidiary, jointly filed a motion to dismiss the Amended Complaint in its entirety as against the Company, and the promissory estoppel claim as against of its subsidiary. On the same day, the Company’s subsidiary also filed a partial Answer to the Amended Complaint in connection with the breach of contract claim.

 

In its partial Answer, the Company’s subsidiary admitted to the validity of the contract at issue and also asserted numerous affirmative defenses concerning the proper calculation of damages.

 

On December 4, 2020, the Court issued an Order directing the parties to engage in limited discovery (the “Limited Discovery”) to be completed by March 4, 2021. In connection therewith, the Court also denied the defendants’ motion to dismiss without prejudice.

 

On June 2, 2021, the Company and its subsidiary filed a motion to dismiss the amended complaintAmended Complaint in its entirety as against the Company, and the promissory estoppel claim as against the subsidiary.

 

TheOn August 8, 2022, the Court issued an Order denying the motion to dismiss, has been fully briefedin its entirety.

On September 2, 2022, the Company and is currently pending beforeits subsidiary filed an answer to the Court.Amended Complaint and asserted numerous affirmative defenses.

 

Based on the Company’s assessment of the facts underlying the claims, the uncertainty of litigation, and the preliminary stage of the case, the Company cannot reasonably estimate the potential loss or range of loss that may result from this action. Notwithstanding, the Company has established a reserve in the amount of the unpaid portion of the purchase agreement, which is included in accounts payable and accrued expenses. An unfavorable outcome may have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

Ding Gu (a/k/a Frank Gu) and Xiaodan Wang Litigation

 

On January 17, 2020, Ding Gu (a/k/a Frank Gu) (“Gu”) and Xiaodan Wang (“Wang” and with “Gu” collectively, “Plaintiffs”), filed a Complaint (the “Complaint”) in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York against the Company and the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Milton C. Ault, III, in an action captioned Ding Gu (a/k/a Frank Gu) and Xiaodan Wang v. DPW Holdings, Inc. and Milton C. Ault III (a/k/a Milton Todd Ault III a/k/a Todd Ault), Index No. 650438/2020.

The Complaint asserts causes of action for declaratory judgment, specific performance, breach of contract, conversion, attorneys’ fees, permanent injunction, enforcement of Guaranty, unjust enrichment, money had and received, and fraud arising from: (i) a series of transactions entered into between Gu and the Company, as well as Gu and Ault, in or about May 2019; and (ii) a term sheet entered into between Plaintiffs and the Company, in or about July 2019. The Complaint seeks, among other things, monetary damages in excess of $1.1$1.1 million, plus a decree of specific performance directing the Company to deliver unrestricted shares of common stock to Gu, plus attorneys’ fees and costs.

 

The Company intends to vigorously defend against the claims asserted against it in this action.

 

On May 4, 2020, the Company and Ault jointly filed a motion to dismiss the Complaint in its entirety, with prejudice.

 

On July 28, 2021, the Court conducted oral argument in connection with the motion to dismiss. During the oral argument, the Court informed the parties that the Court was dismissing the fraud claim, in its entirety, and provided Plaintiffs an opportunity to amend their fraud claim within sixty days of the date of the oral argument. The Court reserved decision on the other causes of action.

 

On December 14, 2021, the Court entered a decision and order in connection with the motion to dismiss whereby the Court dismissed Plaintiff’s causes of action for specific performance, conversion, permanent injunction, and reiterated its prior determination that the fraud claim was also dismissed. The Court denied the motion to dismiss in connection with the other causes of action asserted in the complaint.

 

On January 26, 2022, the Company and Mr. Ault filed an answer to the complaint and asserted numerous affirmative defenses.

 

On November 1, 2022, the parties informed the Court that they reached a settlement in principle and requested an extension of time, until November 22, 2022, to file motions for summary judgment to allow the parties time to draft formal settlement documents. The Court granted the parties’ request and the deadline for the Company and Mr. Ault to file their summary judgment is November 22, 2022.

Based on the Company’s assessmentterms of the facts underlying the above claims, the uncertainty of litigation, and the preliminary stage of the case,settlement in principle, the Company cannot reasonably estimatebelieves its current legal accrual is adequate to cover the potential loss or rangecost of loss that may result from this action. An unfavorable outcome may have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial condition and results of operations.settlement.

 

Subpoena

 

The Company and certain affiliates and related parties have received several subpoenas from the SEC for the production of documents and testimony. The Company is fully cooperating with this non-public, fact-finding inquiry and management believes that the Company has operated its business in compliance with all applicable laws. The subpoenas expressly provide that the inquiry is not to be construed as an indication by the SEC or its staff that any violations of the federal securities laws have occurred, nor should they be considered a reflection upon any person, entity or security. However, there can be no assurance as to the outcome of this matter.

 

Other Litigation Matters

 

The Company is involved in litigation arising from other matters in the ordinary course of business. The Company is regularly subject to claims, suits, regulatory and government investigations, and other proceedings involving labor and employment, commercial disputes, and other matters. Such claims, suits, regulatory and government investigations, and other proceedings could result in fines, civil penalties, or other adverse consequences.

 

Certain of these outstanding matters include speculative, substantial or indeterminate monetary amounts. The Company records a liability when it believes that it is probable that a loss has been incurred and the amount can be reasonably estimated. If the Company determines that a loss is reasonably possible and the loss or range of loss can be estimated, the Company discloses the reasonably possible loss. The Company evaluates developments in its legal matters that could affect the amount of liability that has been previously accrued, and the matters and related reasonably possible losses disclosed, and makes adjustments as appropriate. Significant judgment is required to determine both likelihood of there being and the estimated amount of a loss related to such matters.

 

With respect to the Company’s other outstanding matters, based on the Company’s current knowledge, the Company believes that the amount or range of reasonably possible loss will not, either individually or in aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, consolidated financial position, results of operations, or cash flows. However, the outcome of such matters is inherently unpredictable and subject to significant uncertainties. 

14.18. STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

2022 Issuances

 

2022 ATM Offering – Common Stock

 

On February 25, 2022, the Company entered into an At-The-Market issuance sales agreement with Ascendiant Capital Markets, LLC (“Ascendiant Capital”) to sell shares of common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $200 million from time to time, through an “at the market offering” program (the “2022 Common ATM Offering”). As of March 31,September 30, 2022, the Company had sold an aggregate of 140.0256.7 million shares of common stock pursuant to the 2022 Common ATM Offering for gross proceeds of $110.1168.0 million.

 

Public Offering of Series D Preferred Stock

The Company has designated 2,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company as the Series D Preferred Stock.

On June 3, 2022, the Company announced the closing of its public offering of 144,000 shares of its Series D Preferred Stock at a price to the public of $25.00 per share. Gross proceeds from the offering were approximately $3.6 million, before deducting offering expenses. Net proceeds to the Company, after payment of commissions, non-accountable fees and offering expenses were $3.1 million.

2022 ATM Offering – Preferred Stock

On June 14, 2022, the Company entered into an At-The-Market equity offering program with Ascendiant Capital under which it may sell, from time to time, shares of its Series D Preferred Stock for aggregate gross proceeds of up to $46,400,000 (the “2022 Preferred ATM Offering”). As of September 30, 2022, the Company had sold an aggregate of 10,928 shares of Series D Preferred Stock pursuant to the 2022 Preferred ATM Offering for gross proceeds of $207,000.

15.19. INCOME TAXES

 

The Company calculates its interim income tax provision in accordance with ASC Topic 270, Interim Reporting, and ASC 740.Topic 740, Income Taxes. The Company’s effective tax rate (“ETR”) from continuing operations was 0.00.6% and 0.2(9.1%)% for the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively. The Company had no provision for income taxes for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and recorded an income tax provision of $6,0000.4 million and $0.1 million for the threenine months ended March 31, 2021.September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively. The difference between the ETR and federal statutory rate of 21% is primarily attributable to items recorded for GAAP but permanently disallowed for U.S. federal income tax purposes and changes in valuation allowance.

 

16.20. NET (LOSS) INCOME (LOSS) PER SHARE

 

ForBasic and diluted net income per common share for the threenine months ended March 31, 2022, netSeptember 30, 2021 are calculated as follows:

  For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021 
  Income  Shares  Per-Share 
  (Numerator)  (Denominator)  Amount 
Net income attributable to BitNile Holdings $1,346,000         
Less: Preferred stock dividends  (13,000)        
             
Basic earnings per share            
Net income available to common stockholders  1,333,000   49,714,000  $0.03 
             
Effect of dilutive securities            
Restricted stock grants     431,000     
             
Diluted earnings per share            
Income available to common stockholders plus assumed conversions $1,333,000   50,145,000  $0.03 

Net loss per share is computed by dividing the net loss to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding. The calculation of the basic and diluted earnings per share is the same for all periods presented, excluding the threenine months ended March 31, 2022,September 30, 2021, as the effect of the potential common stock equivalents is anti-dilutive due to the Company’s net loss position for the period.all periods presented. Anti-dilutive securities, which are convertible into or exercisable for the Company’s common stock, consist of the following at March 31, 2022:

September 30, 2022 and 2021:

Net Loss Per Share

March 31, 2022
Stock options6,396,000
Restricted stock grants2,063,000
Warrants20,015,000
Convertible notes165,000
Convertible preferred stock2,000
Total28,641,000

Basic and diluted net income per common share for the three months ended March 31, 2021 were calculated as follows:

       
  September 30, 
  2022  2021 
 Stock options  6,396,000   4,761,000 
 Restricted stock grants  2,085,000   - 
 Warrants  18,493,000   5,936,000 
 Convertible notes  165,000   165,000 
 Convertible preferred stock  2,000   2,000 
 Total  27,141,000   10,864,000 

 

  For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2021 
  Income  Shares  Per-Share 
  (Numerator)  (Denominator)  Amount 
Net income attributable to BitNile Holdings $1,997,000         
Less: Preferred stock dividends  (4,000)        
             
Basic earnings per share            
Net income available to common stockholders  1,993,000   39,256,000  $0.05 
             
Effect of dilutive securities            
Stock options  -   505,000     
8% convertible notes, related party  8,000   276,000     
4% convertible notes  7,000   165,000     
             
Diluted earnings per share            
Income available to common stockholders plus assumed conversions $2,008,000   40,202,000  $0.05 

 

17.21. SEGMENT AND CUSTOMERS INFORMATION

 

The Company had sixseven reportable segments as of March 31,September 30, 2022 and threefive as of March 31,September 30, 2021; see Note 1 for a brief description of the Company’s business.

 

The following data presents the revenues, expenditures and other operating data of the Company’s operating segments for the three and nine months ended March 31,September 30, 2022:

 

                    
 Nine Months Ended September 30, 2022 
 GWW  TurnOnGreen  Ault
Alliance
  Cryptocurrency  Real Estate  Ault
Disruptive
  Holding
Company
  Total  GWW  

TurnOn

Green

  Ault
Alliance
  BNI  AGREE  Ault
Disruptive
  SMC  Holding
Company
  Total 
Revenue $7,245,000  $1,129,000  $7,000  $-  $-  $-  $-  $8,381,000  $21,530,000  $3,853,000  $220,000  $-  $-  $-  $17,114,000  $-  $42,717,000 
Revenue, cryptocurrency
mining, net
  -   -   -   3,548,000   -   -   -   3,548,000 
Revenue, cryptocurrency mining  -   -   -   11,398,000   -   -   -   -   11,398,000 
Revenue, commercial real
estate leases
  -   -   -   278,000   -   -   -   278,000   -   -   -   822,000   -   -   -   -   822,000 
Revenue, lending and trading
activities
  -   -   17,921,000   -   -   -   -   17,921,000   -   -   32,224,000   -   -   -   -   -   32,224,000 
Revenue, hotel operations  -   -   -   -   2,698,000   -   -   2,698,000   -   -   -   -   12,809,000   -   -   -   12,809,000 
Total revenues $7,245,000  $1,129,000  $17,928,000  $3,826,000  $2,698,000  $-  $-  $32,826,000  $21,530,000  $3,853,000  $32,444,000  $12,220,000  $12,809,000  $-  $17,114,000  $-  $99,970,000 
                                                                    
Depreciation and amortization expense $221,000  $6,000  $34,000  $1,527,000  $828,000  $-  $26,000  $2,642,000  $1,259,000  $403,000  $240,000  $6,949,000  $2,487,000  $-  $166,000  $473,000  $11,977,000 
                                                                    
Income (loss) from operations $(144,000) $(1,175,000) $11,912,000  $(363,000) $(1,382,000) $(297,000) $(7,521,000) $1,030,000  $(1,881,000) $(2,577,000) $4,212,000  $(6,138,000) $149,000  $(1,100,000) $597,000  $(19,262,000) $(26,000,000)
                                                                    
Capital expenditures for the
three months ended March 31,
2022
 $129,000  $75,000  $88,000  $34,987,000  $34,000  $-  $46,000  $35,359,000 
Capital expenditures for the nine
months ended September 30, 2022
 $612,000  $176,000  $1,739,000  $77,299,000  $4,444,000  $-  $66,000  $164,000  $84,500,000 

                                     
  Three Months Ended September 30, 2022 
  GWW  

TurnOn

Green

  Ault
Alliance
  BNI  AGREE  Ault
Disruptive
  SMC  Holding
Company
  Total 
 Revenue $7,781,000  $1,662,000  $201,000  $-  $-  $-  $17,114,000  $-  $26,758,000 
 Revenue, cryptocurrency mining  -   -   -   3,874,000   -   -   -   -   3,874,000 
 Revenue, commercial real estate leases  -   -   -   273,000   -   -   -   -   273,000 
 Revenue, lending and trading activities  -   -   13,360,000   -   -   -   -   -   13,360,000 
 Revenue, hotel operations  -   -   -   -   5,513,000   -   -   -   5,513,000 
 Total revenues $7,781,000  $1,662,000  $13,561,000  $4,147,000  $5,513,000  $-  $17,114,000  $-  $49,778,000 
                                     
 Depreciation and amortization expense $740,000  $393,000  $172,000  $2,809,000  $832,000  $-  $166,000  $(264,000) $4,848,000 
                                     
 Income (loss) from operations $(661,000) $(957,000) $3,786,000  $(2,321,000) $1,697,000  $(314,000) $597,000  $(5,138,000) $(3,311,000)
                                     
 Capital expenditures for the three
months ended September 30, 2022
 $327,000  $51,000  $890,000  $5,915,000  $4,425,000  $-  $66,000  $47,000  $11,721,000 

AVLP, SMC and GIGA Segment Information

The AVLP and SMC acquisitions were completed in June 2022 and the GIGA acquisition was completed in September 2022. As of September 30, 2022, identifiable assets for AVLP, SMC and GIGA were $47.5 million, $40.0 million and $19.2 million, respectively.

Segment information for the three and nine months ended March 31,September 30, 2021:

 

                
 Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021 
 GWW  TurnOnGreen  Ault
Alliance
  Holding
Company
  Total  GWW  TurnOnGreen  Ault
Alliance
  BNI  Ault
Disruptive
  Holding
Company
  Total 
Revenue $6,350,000  $1,383,000  $172,000  $-  $7,905,000  $19,198,000  $4,308,000  $236,000              $23,742,000 
Revenue, cryptocurrency mining, net          130,000       130,000 
Revenue, cryptocurrency mining  -   -       693,000           693,000 
Revenue, commercial real estate leases  -   -       530,000           530,000 
Revenue, lending and trading activities  -   -   5,210,000   -   5,210,000   -   -   19,615,000               19,615,000 
Revenue, hotel operations  -   -                   - 
Total revenues $6,350,000  $1,383,000  $5,512,000  $-  $13,245,000  $19,198,000  $4,308,000  $19,851,000  $1,223,000  $-  $-  $44,580,000 
                                                
Depreciation and amortization expense $213,000  $7,000  $43,000  $3,000  $266,000  $951,000  $69,000  $146,000  $250,000  $-  $297,000  $1,713,000 
                                                
Income (loss) from operations $212,000  $(200,000) $4,033,000  $(2,844,000) $1,201,000  $(766,000) $(490,000) $12,390,000  $(839,000) $(331,000) $(12,814,000) $(2,850,000)
                                                
Capital expenditures for the three months
ended March 31, 2021
 $92,000  $-  $4,257,000  $-  $4,349,000 
Capital expenditures for the nine
months ended September 30, 2021
 $686,000  $-  $-  $27,459,000  $-  $-  $28,145,000 

                             
  Three Months Ended September 30, 2021 
  GWW  

TurnOn

Green

  Ault
Alliance
  BNI  Ault
Disruptive
  Holding
Company
  Total 
Revenue $6,373,000  $1,094,000  $110,000  $-  $-  $-  $7,577,000 
Revenue, cryptocurrency mining  -   -   -   272,000   -   -   272,000 
Revenue, commercial real estate leases  -   -   -   226,000   -   -   226,000 
Revenue, lending and trading activities  -   -   (38,869,000)  -   -   -   (38,869,000)
Revenue, hotel operations  -   -   -   -   -   -   - 
Total revenues $6,373,000  $1,094,000  $(38,759,000) $498,000  $-  $-  $(30,794,000)
                             
Depreciation and amortization expense $523,000  $56,000  $118,000  $98,000  $-  $281,000  $1,076,000 
                             
Income (loss) from operations $19,000  $(408,000) $(41,390,000) $(339,000) $(143,000) $(7,613,000) $(49,874,000)
                             
Capital expenditures for the three
months ended September 30, 2021
 $120,000  $-      $22,435,000  $-  $-  $22,555,000 

 

18.22. CONCENTRATIONS OF CREDIT AND REVENUE RISK

Accounts receivable are concentrated with certain large customers. At September 30, 2022, approximately 36% of accounts receivable were due from two customers in North America, each of which individually accounted for over 10% of consolidated accounts receivable.

For the three months ended September 30, 2022, one customer represented 15% and one customer represented 10% of consolidated revenues.

23. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

 

2022 Common ATM Offering

 

During the period between AprilOctober 1, 2022 through May 20,November 18, 2022, the Company sold an aggregate of 88.2 14.8 million shares of common stock pursuant to the 2022 Common ATM Offering for gross proceeds of $49.4 million2.6 .million.

 

2022 Preferred ATM Offering

During the period between October 1, 2022 through November 18, 2022, the Company sold an aggregate of 8,933 shares of Series D Preferred Stock pursuant to the 2022 Preferred ATM Offering for gross proceeds of $124,000.

Investments in Alpha Fund

 

During the period between AprilOctober 1, 2022 through May 16,November 18, 2022, the CompanyAult Lending purchased an additional $3.0 $0.2 million of limited partnership interests in the Alpha Fund. As of May 16, 2022, the Company had subscribed for $21.0 million of limited partnership interests.

 

Investments in AlzamendSMC Credit and Security Agreement with Fifth Third Bank

 

On April 26,October 14, 2022, DP Lending fundedSMC entered into a credit agreement with Fifth Third Bank. The credit agreement provides for a three-year secured revolving credit facility in an aggregate principal amount of up to $15 million decreased to $7.5 million during the remainingnon-peak period of January 1 through July 31 of each year. The credit agreement matures on October 14, 2025.

The revolving credit facility bears interest of the Prime Rate plus 0.50% or the 30-day term secured overnight financing rate plus 3.00%.

Under the credit agreement:

·Accounts receivable advance rate up to an 85% against SMC’s eligible accounts receivable;

·Inventory advance of up to 85% of SMC’s eligible inventory; and

·SMC must maintain a minimum fixed charge coverage of 1.05 to 1.

Availability under the credit agreement was approximately $44.0 million due to Alzamend upon its achievementas of the final milestone.November 18, 2022.

 

EYP AcquisitionSecured Debt Financing

 

On April 25,November 7, 2022, the Company announced thatand certain of its subsidiary, Ault Alliance has agreedsubsidiaries borrowed $18.9 million of principal amount of term loans (the “Loans”) from a group of institutional investors (the “Financing”). The Loans mature in 18 months, which may be extended to lend approximately $1224 months, accrue interest at the rate of 8.5% per annum and are secured by certain assets of the Company and various subsidiaries. Starting in January 2023, the lenders have the right to require the Company to make monthly payments of $0.6 million, (inclusivewhich will increase to $1.1 million in November 2023. The Loans were issued with an original issue discount of existing loans) through a super-priority debtor-in-possession (“DIP”) loan to, and entered into an asset purchase agreement with, EYP, Inc. and its affiliates (“EYP”) providing for the acquisition of all of EYP’s assets for an aggregate consideration of approximately $68 million$1.89 million. (the “Asset Purchase”). Ault Alliance will also make an offer of employment to all current employees of EYP. EYP is an integrated architecture, engineering, and design services company specializing in higher education, healthcare, government and science & technology with offices in 11 cities across the United States.

 

The assetlenders received warrants to purchase agreement constitutes a “stalking horse” bid in a sale process being conducted under Section 363approximately 4.5 million shares of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. As such, Ault Alliance’s acquisitionCompany’s common stock, exercisable for four years at $0.45 per share and warrants to purchase another approximately 4.5 million shares of EYP’s assets remainsthe Company’s common stock, exercisable for four years at $0.75 per share, subject to approval by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, following court-approved bidding procedures, including the potential receipt of competing offers for EYP’s assets at auction. It is expected that the sale process will be completed by June 2022, and that throughout the sale process, the business will continue to operate in the ordinary course providing services to its customers. As part of the purchase, Ault Alliance will be able to include the value of its DIP loan as part of its bid at closing. Consummation of the Asset Purchase is subject to Bankruptcy Court approved bidding procedures, higher and better offers made in the auction by other potential bidders, approval of the highest bidder by the Bankruptcy Court and customary closing conditions.

Increase in Ownership of Alliance Cloud Services, LLCadjustment.

 

On May 12,November 7, 2022, BNI closedAult Aviation used proceeds from the Loans to purchase a private aircraft for a total purchase price of $1.8 million15.8 million. In addition, the Company and certain of its subsidiaries entered into various agreements as collateral for the repayment of the Loans, including (i) a security interest in certain Bitcoin mining equipment, (ii) a pledge of the membership interest purchase agreement whereby BNI acquiredinterests of Third Avenue Apartments, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the 30% minority interestCompany (“Third Apartments”), (iii) a pledge of the membership interests of Alliance Cloud Services, LLC, (“ACS”) which BNI did not previously own, resulting in ACS becoming a wholly-ownedwholly owned subsidiary of BNI. ACS ownsthe Company (“Alliance Cloud”), (iv) a pledge of the membership interests of Ault Aviation, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Ault Aviation”), (v) a pledge in a segregated deposit account of $1.5 million of cash, (vi) a mortgage and operatessecurity agreement by Third Avenue on the real estate property owned by Third Avenue in St. Petersburg, Florida, (vii) a future advance mortgage by Alliance Cloud on the real estate property owned by Alliance Cloud in Dowagiac, Michigan, and (viii) an aircraft mortgage and security agreement by Ault Aviation on the private aircraft purchased by Ault Aviation on November 7, 2022. The Loans are further secured by a guaranty provided by Ault Lending and Milton C. Ault, the Executive Chairman of the Company.

3% Secured Promissory Notes

On November 18, 2022, the Company, through its BNI subsidiary, entered into a note purchase agreement providing for the issuance of secured promissory notes with an aggregate principal face amount of $8,181,819 and an interest rate of 3%. The purchase price (proceeds to the Company) for the secured promissory notes was $8.2 million. The secured promissory notes have a security interest in certain marketable securities to be acquired by BNI (the “Collateral”).

The maturity date of the secured promissory notes is May 18, 2023. When the Company sells the Collateral, the Company is required to make a payment towards the secured promissory notes equal to 45% of the realized gains. After the secured promissory notes have been repaid in full and until all of the Collateral is sold, when the Company sells any remaining Collateral, the Company is required to give the investors a profits participation interest equal to 45% of the realized gains.

Amendment to 10% Secured Promissory Notes

On November 18, 2022, the Company’s Michigan data center, where BNI conductssubsidiary entered into an amendment to the Company’s Bitcoin mining operations.10% secured promissory notes issued on August 10, 2022, whereby the investors permitted the Company to (i) elect to utilize one of the six monthly forbearances under the notes for the November 2022 monthly payment and (ii) make the forbearance payment with the December 2022 monthly payment.

ITEM 2.          MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

In this quarterly report, the “Company,” “BitNile,” “we,” “us” and “our” refer to BitNile Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation. BitNile is a diversified holding company pursuing growth by acquiring undervalued businesses and disruptive technologies with a global impact. Through its wholly and majority owned subsidiaries and strategic investments, the Company ownswe own and operatesoperate a data center at which it mineswe mine Bitcoin, and providesprovide mission-critical products that support a diverse range of industries, including defense/aerospace, industrial, automotive, telecommunications, medical/biopharma, karaoke audio equipment, hotel operations and textiles. In addition, the Company ownswe own and operatesoperate hotels and extends credit to select entrepreneurial businesses through a licensed lending subsidiary.

 

Recent Events and Developments

 

On February 4, 2022, we and our wholly owned subsidiary Ault Alliance, Inc. (“Ault Alliance”) entered into a securities purchase agreement providing for our purchase of BitNile, Inc. (“BNI”) from Ault Alliance. As a result of this transaction, both BNI and Ault Alliance are each stand-alone wholly owned subsidiaries of ours.

 

On February 10, 2022, consistent with our objective to have BNI operate the entirety of our business that relates to cryptocurrencies, Ault Alliance assigned the entirety of its interest in Alliance Cloud Services, LLC (“ACS”) to BNI.

 

On February 25, 2022, we entered into an At-The-Market issuance sales agreement with Ascendiant Capital Markets, LLC (“Ascendiant Capital”) to sell shares of common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $200 million from time to time, through an “at the market offering” program (the “2022 Common ATM Offering”). As of March 31,September 30, 2022, we had sold an aggregate of 140.0256.7 million shares of common stock pursuant to the 2022 Common ATM Offering for gross proceeds of $110.1$168.0 million.

 

On March 20, 2022, we and our majority owned subsidiary Imperalis Holding Corp. (“IMHC”) entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “Agreement”) with TurnOnGreen, Inc. (“TOGI”TurnOnGreen”), a wholly owned subsidiary of ours. According to the Agreement, which closed on September 6, 2022. we will (i) deliverdelivered to IMHC all of the outstanding shares of common stock of TOGITurnOnGreen that we own, and (ii) forgive and eliminateeliminated the intracompany accounts between us and TOGITurnOnGreen evidencing historical equity investments made by us in TOGI,TurnOnGreen, in the approximate amount of $25,000,000,$36 million, in consideration for the issuance by IMHC to us (the “Transaction”) of an aggregate of 25,000 newly designated shares of Series A Preferred Stock (the “IMHC Preferred Stock”), with each such share having a stated value of $1,000. The closingIMHC Preferred Stock has an aggregate liquidation preference of $25 million, is convertible into shares of IMHC’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “IMHC Common Stock”) at our option, is redeemable by us, and entitles us to vote with the Transaction is subject to our delivery to IMHC of audited financial statements of TOGICommon Stock on an as-converted basis. On September 5, 2022, we, IMHC and other customary closing conditions. Immediately following the completion of the Transaction, TOGI will be a wholly-owned subsidiary of IMHC. The partiesTurnOnGreen entered into an amendment to the Agreement have(the “Amendment”), pursuant to which IMHC agreed that,to (i) use commercially reasonable efforts to effectuate a distribution by us of approximately 140 million shares of IMHC Common Stock beneficially owned by us (the “Distribution”), including the filing of a registration statement (the “Distribution Registration Statement”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), (ii) to issue our warrants to purchase an equivalent number of shares of IMHC Common Stock to be issued in the Distribution (the “Warrants”), and (iii) to register the Warrants and the shares of IMHC Common Stock issuable upon completionexercise of the Transaction,Warrants on the Distribution Registration Statement. IMHC and us will change its namemutually agree to TurnOnGreen, Inc.,the terms and through an upstream merger whereby the current TOGI shall cease to exist, IMHC shall have TOGI’s two operating subsidiaries, TOG Technologies Inc. and Digital Power Corporation. Promptly following the closingconditions of the Transaction, IMHC will dissolve its three dormant subsidiaries.Warrants and the Distribution Registration Statement after the Closing Date.

 

On March 30, 2022, we fully paid our $66 million senior secured notes (the “Senior Notes”) and accrued interest. The 10% original issuance discount promissory notes were sold in December 2021 and were due and payable on March 31, 2022.

 

On April 22, 2022, Ault Alliance entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Asset Purchase Agreement”) with EYP Group Holdings, Inc. and each of its subsidiaries and affiliates listed on the signature page to the Asset Purchase Agreement (collectively, “EYP”), pursuant to which Ault Alliance agreed to purchase substantially all of the assets of EYP (such assets, the “Assets,” and such transaction, the “Asset Purchase”). On April 24, 2022, EYP filed a voluntary petition for relief under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”) with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (the “Bankruptcy Court”). The Bankruptcy Court has permitted joint administration of the Chapter 11 cases under the caption “In re EYP Group Holdings, Inc., et al.”, Case No. 22-10367 (MFW) (the “Chapter 11 Cases”).

Under the Asset Purchase Agreement, Ault Alliance or its designee(s), upon the closing of the transactions contemplated thereby, willwere to purchase the Assets and assume certain of EYP’s obligations associated with the purchased Assets through a supervised sale under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code. Ault Alliance’s stalking horse bid is based on an enterprise value of approximately Sixty-Seven Million Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars ($67,700,000),$67.7 million, which includes the purchase price for the Assets under the Asset Purchase Agreement of Sixty-Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($62,500,000),$62.5 million, as adjusted by a closing working capital adjustment (the “Purchase Price”), plus Ault Alliance’s assumption of certain liabilities. The Purchase Price would be paid in cash, less the outstanding amount of the DIP Loans and the senior secured loans previously issued by Ault Alliance to EYP, in an approximate aggregate amount of Eleven Million Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($11,750,000),$11.8 million, and less the amount of certain liabilities assumed by Ault Alliance. The Asset Purchase Agreement requiresrequired the Asset Purchase to close by June 30, 2022. Consummation of the Asset Purchase iswas subject to Bankruptcy Court approved bidding procedures, higher and better offers made in the auction by other potential bidders, approval of the highest bidder by the Bankruptcy Court and customary closing conditions.

In connection with the Chapter 11 Cases, EYP filed a motion seeking Bankruptcy Court approval of debtor-in-possession financing on the terms set forth in On July 7, 2022, we announced that certain Senior Secured Superpriority Debtor-in-Possession Financing Term Sheet, dated April 22, 2022 (the “DIP Financing Agreement”), by and among Ault Alliance did not acquire the assets of EYP as a result of a higher bidder. Ault Alliance lent $8.0 million to EYP and EYP.earned $4.7 million in interest, penalties and break-up fees from October 2021 through June 2022. The DIP Financing Agreement provides for senior secured superpriority debtor-in-possession financing facilities (the “DIP Financing”) in a $5 million commitment, with up to $2.5 million of such commitment available upon entry of an interim order (the “Interim DIP Order”) approving the DIP Financing (the “Initial Draw”). The DIP Financing will become available upon the satisfaction of customary conditions precedent thereto, including the entryprincipal amount of the Interim DIP Order. The remaining portion of the commitment, minus the Initial Draw, shall become available upon entry of the final order of the Bankruptcy Court approving the DIP Financing (collectively, any borrowings under the DIP Financing the “DIP Loans”). On April 26, 2022, the Bankruptcy Court entered the Interim DIP Order. On or about April 29, 2022, EYP made an Initial Draw in the amount of $1.5 million pursuant to the Interim DIP Order. A hearingloans, interest, penalties and break-up fees, were fully repaid on approval of the DIP Financing on a final basis is scheduled for May 25,June 30, 2022.

 

The DIP Financing matures on the earlier of (i) June 30, 2022, (ii) the closing date following entry of one or more final orders approving the sale of the Assets in the Chapter 11 Cases, (iii) the acceleration of any outstanding DIP Loans following the occurrence of an uncured event of default (as defined in the DIP Financing Agreement), or (iv) entry of an order by the Bankruptcy Court in the Chapter 11 Cases either (a) dismissing such case or converting such Chapter 11 Case to a case under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code, or (b) appointing a Chapter 11 trustee or an examiner with enlarged powers relating to the operation of the business of EYP (i.e., powers beyond those set forth in sections 1106(a)(3) and (4) of the Bankruptcy Code), in each case without the consent of Ault Alliance.

On April 26, 2022, Digital PowerAult Lending, LLC (“DPAult Lending”) made an additional $4 million investment in Alzamend Neuro, Inc. (“Alzamend”), a related party and early clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing novel products for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases and psychiatric disorders. During 2021, DPAult Lending entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “SPA”) with Alzamend to invest $10 million in Alzamend common stock and warrants, subject to the achievement of certain milestones. DPAult Lending had previously funded $6 million pursuant to the terms of the SPA and the achievement of certain milestones related to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of Alzamend’s Investigational New Drug application and Phase 1a human clinical trials for AL001. On April 26, 2022, DPAult Lending funded the remaining amount due to achievement of the final milestone, the receipt of the full data set from Alzamend’s Phase 1 clinical trial for AL001. Ault Lending retains the option to acquire an additional 6,666,667 shares of Alzamend common stock and warrants to purchase another 3,333,334 such shares for an aggregate of $10 million.

 

On May 12, 2022, BNI closed a $1.8 million membership interest purchase agreement whereby BNI acquired the 30% minority interest of ACS which BNI did not previously own, resulting in ACS becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of BNI. ACS owns and operates our Michigan data center, where BNI conducts our Bitcoin mining operations.

 

On May 26, 2022, we entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Alexander Capital, L.P., as representative of the several underwriters named therein (collectively, the “Underwriters”), relating to a firm commitment public offering of 123,423 newly issued shares of our 13.00% Series D Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock (the “Series D Preferred Stock”) at a public offering price of $25.00 per share.

On June 1, 2022, we and the Underwriters mutually agreed to increase the size of the offering of our Series D Preferred Stock from 123,423 shares to 144,000 shares. Thus, we and the Underwriters agreed to terminate the Underwriting Agreement and entered into a side letter to terminate such Underwriting Agreement (the “Side Letter”). Following the execution of the Side Letter, on June 1, 2022, we entered into a new underwriting agreement (the “New Underwriting Agreement”) with the Underwriters, relating to a firm commitment public offering of 144,000 newly issued shares of our Series D Preferred Stock at a public offering price of $25.00 per share. On June 3, 2022, we closed the offering of the sale of the 144,000 shares of our Series D Preferred Stock for gross proceeds of approximately $3.6 million, before deducting offering expenses. Net proceeds to us, after payment of commissions, non-accountable fees and offering expenses, were approximately $3.1 million.

On June 14, 2022, we entered into an At-The-Market issuance sales agreement with Ascendiant Capital to sell shares of Series D Preferred Stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $46.4 million from time to time, through an “at the market offering” program (the “2022 Preferred ATM Offering”). As of September 30, 2022, we had sold an aggregate of 2,618 shares of Series D Preferred Stock pursuant to the 2022 Preferred ATM Offering for gross proceeds of $57,000.

On June 1, 2022, we converted our convertible promissory notes of Avalanche International Corp. (“AVLP”) and accrued interest into common stock of AVLP. We converted $20.0 million principal and $5.9 million of accrued interest receivable at a conversion price of $0.50 per share and received 51,889,168 shares of common stock increasing our common stock ownership of AVLP from less than 20% to approximately 92%.

Beginning in June 2022, we, through Ault Lending, began making open market purchases of The Singing Machine Company, Inc. (“SMC”) common stock and on June 15, 2022, we owned more than 50% of the issued and outstanding common stock of SMC. As of June 15, 2022, the purchase price of the common stock acquired totaled $7.4 million and on June 15, 2022 a $3.1 million gain was recognized in interest and other income for the remeasurement of our previously held ownership interest to $10.5 million, based on the trading price of SMC common stock.

On August 10, 2022, BNI and Ault Lending entered into a Note Purchase Agreement (the “NPA”) with two accredited investors (the “Investors”) providing for the issuance of secured promissory notes (the “Notes”). The Notes have a principal face amount of $11,000,000 and bear interest at 10% per annum, payable monthly in arrears, pursuant to the terms of the Notes. The maturity date of the Notes is August 10, 2023. BNI is required to make an aggregate monthly payment (a “Monthly Payment”) of $1,000,000 on the tenth calendar day of each month, starting in September 2022. The Monthly Payment includes principal and interest pursuant to the amortization table set forth in the Notes. After BNI makes the first six Monthly Payments, BNI may elect to pay a forbearance fee of $125,000 to an Investor, or an aggregate of $250,000 to the two Investors (each, a “Monthly Forbearance”) in lieu of a Monthly Payment, which Monthly Forbearance would extend the maturity date of such Notes by one month, provided that BNI may not elect to make a Monthly Forbearance in consecutive months. BNI may prepay the full outstanding principal and accrued but unpaid interest at any time, provided that if BNI prepays the Notes, BNI is required to pay the Investors the amount of interest that would have accrued from the date of prepayment until the first anniversary of the issuance date of the Notes. The purchase price for the Notes was $10 million.

Pursuant to the NPA, BNI, Ault Lending and Helios Funds LLC, as the collateral agent on behalf of the Investors (the “Agent”) entered into a security agreement (the “Security Agreement”), pursuant to which (i) Ault Lending granted to the Investors a security interest in marketable securities, investments and other property having a value of $10 million in an Ault Lending brokerage account and (ii) BNI granted to the Investors a security interest in 4,000 S19 Pro Antminers (the “Miners”), provided that the number of Miners would be reduced to 2,000 after BNI makes the third Monthly Payment (as defined below), as set forth in the Security Agreement. In addition, pursuant to a subsidiary guaranty, Ault Lending jointly and severally agreed to guarantee and act as surety for BNI’s obligation to repay the Notes. The Notes are further secured by a guaranty we provided.

On August 15, 2022, BNI entered into a Master Agreement (the “Master Agreement”) and Order Form (the “Order Form” and together with the Master Agreement, the “Hosting Documents”) with Compute North LLC (“Compute North”) providing for the hosting by Compute North of Bitcoin miners owned by BNI. Pursuant to the Hosting Documents, Compute North will host approximately 6,500 S19j Pro Antminers (the “Hosted Miners”) owned by BNI for a period of five (5) years (the “Term”). BNI agreed to pay a fee for the Hosted Miners (the “Monthly Service Fee”), together with a monthly package fee per Hosted Miner. The Monthly Service Fee is payable based on the actual hashrate performance of the Hosted Miners, of which 70% of the anticipated Monthly Service Fee is payable in advance, and the remaining Monthly Service Fee, if any, will be invoiced in arrears. We paid Compute North a deposit of approximately $2.0 million (the “Deposit”) to be used towards the Monthly Service Fee. As of the date of this filing, none of the Hosted Miners are in operation as we are awaiting the energization of the Hosted Miners at the facility.

Under the Master Agreement, BNI granted Compute North a continuing first-position security interest in the Hosted Miners, as collateral for BNI’s obligations under the Hosting Documents. Upon an event of default (as defined in the Master Agreement) by BNI, Compute North has the right to terminate the Hosting Documents and BNI is obligated to pay to Compute North all amounts then due under the Hosting Documents, together with a fee as liquidated damages, equal to the amount of fees that BNI would have been required to pay through the end of the Term.

On September 22, 2022, Compute North (along with its affiliated debtors), filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code (11 U.S. Code section 101 et seq.). The ultimate outcome of the bankruptcy process, and its impact on the Deposit, remains to be determined. We assessed this financial exposure and recorded an impairment of the Deposit totaling $2 million during the three months ended September 30, 2022. We have retained counsel to assist in this matter.

On November 7, 2022, we and certain of our subsidiaries borrowed $18.9 million of principal amount of term loans (the “Loans”) from a group of institutional investors (the “Financing”). The Loans mature in 18 months, which may be extended to 24 months, accrue interest at the rate of 8.5% per annum and are secured by certain of our assets and our various subsidiaries. Starting in January 2023, the lenders have the right to require us to make monthly payments of $0.6 million, which will increase to $1.1 million in November 2023. The Loans were issued with an original issue discount of $1.89 million.

The lenders received warrants to purchase approximately 4.5 million shares of our common stock, exercisable for four years at $0.45 per share and warrants to purchase another approximately 4.5 million shares of our common stock, exercisable for four years at $0.75 per share, subject to adjustment.

On November 7, 2022, Ault Aviation used proceeds from the Loans to purchase a private aircraft for a total purchase price of $15.8 million. In addition, we and certain of our subsidiaries entered into various agreements as collateral for the repayment of the Loans, including (i) a security interest in certain Bitcoin mining equipment, (ii) a pledge of the membership interests of Third Avenue Apartments, LLC, our wholly owned subsidiary (“Third Apartments”), (iii) a pledge of the membership interests of Alliance Cloud Services, LLC, our wholly owned subsidiary (“Alliance Cloud”), (iv) a pledge of the membership interests of Ault Aviation, LLC, our wholly owned subsidiary (“Ault Aviation”), (v) a pledge in a segregated deposit account of $1.5 million of cash, (vi) a mortgage and security agreement by Third Avenue on the real estate property owned by Third Avenue in St. Petersburg, Florida, (vii) a future advance mortgage by Alliance Cloud on the real estate property owned by Alliance Cloud in Dowagiac, Michigan, and (viii) an aircraft mortgage and security agreement by Ault Aviation on the private aircraft purchased by Ault Aviation on November 7, 2022. The Loans are further secured by a guaranty provided by Ault Lending and Milton C. Ault, our Executive Chairman.

On November 18, 2022, BNI entered into another Note Purchase Agreement (the “November NPA”) with the Investors providing for the issuance of secured promissory notes (the “November Notes”). The November Notes have a principal face amount of $8,181,819 and bear interest at 3% per annum pursuant to the terms of the November Notes. The maturity date of the November Notes is May 18, 2023. When BNI sells the Collateral (as defined below), BNI is required to make a payment towards the November Notes equal to 45% of the realized gains. After the November Notes have been repaid in full and until all of the Collateral is sold, when BNI sells any remaining Collateral, BNI is required to give the investors a profits participation interest equal to 45% of the realized gains.

Pursuant to the November NPA, BNI, Ault Lending and the Agent entered into a security agreement (the “November Security Agreement”), pursuant to which BNI and Ault Lending granted to the Investors a security interest in marketable securities to be acquired by BNI (the “Collateral”).

On November 18, 2022, BNI and the Investors also entered into an amendment to the Notes issued in August 2022, whereby the Investors permitted BNI to (i) elect to utilize one of the six monthly forbearances under the Notes for the November 2022 monthly payment and (ii) make the forbearance payment with the December 2022 monthly payment.

General

 

As a holding company, our business strategyobjective is designed to increase stockholder value. Under thisthe strategy we have adopted, we are focused on managing and financially supporting our existing subsidiaries and partner companies, with the goal of pursuing monetization opportunities and maximizing the value returned to stockholders. We have, are and will consider initiatives including, among others: public offerings, the sale of individual partner companies, the sale of certain or all partner company interests in secondary market transactions, or a combination thereof, as well as other opportunities to maximize stockholder value. We anticipate returning value to stockholders after satisfying our debt obligations and working capital needs.

 

From time to time, we engage in discussions with other companies interested in our subsidiaries or partner companies, either in response to inquiries or as part of a process we initiate. To the extent we believe that a subsidiary or partner company’s further growth and development can best be supported by a different ownership structure or if we otherwise believe it is in our stockholders’ best interests, we will seek to sell some or all of our position in the subsidiary or partner company. These sales may take the form of privately negotiated sales of stock or assets, mergers and acquisitions, public offerings of the subsidiary or partner company’s securities and, in the case of publicly traded partner companies, sales of their securities in the open market. Our plans may include taking subsidiaries or partner companies public through rights offerings and directed share subscription programs. We will continue to consider these (or similar) programs and the sale of certain subsidiary or partner company interests in secondary market transactions to maximize value for our stockholders.

Over the

In recent pastyears, we have provided capital and relevant expertise to fuel the growth of businesses in oil exploration, defense/aerospace, industrial, telecommunications, medical, crypto-mining, textilesautomotive, medical/biopharma, karaoke audio equipment, hotel operations and a select portfolio of commercial hospitality properties.textiles. We have provided capital to subsidiaries as well as partner companies in which we have an equity interest or may be actively involved, influencing development through board representation and management support.

 

We are a Delaware corporation with our corporate office located at 11411 Southern Highlands Pkwy, Suite 240, Las Vegas, NV 89141. Our phone number is 949-444-5464 and our website address is www.bitnile.com.

 

4

Results of Operations

 

Results of Operations for the Three Months Ended March 31,September 30, 2022 and 2021

 

The following table summarizes the results of our operations for the three months ended March 31,September 30, 2022 and 2021.

 

  For the Three Months Ended 
  March 31, 
   2022   2021 
Revenue $8,659,000  $7,905,000 
Revenue, cryptocurrency mining, net  3,548,000   130,000 
 Revenue, hotel operations  2,698,000   - 
Revenue, lending and trading activities  17,921,000   5,210,000 
Total revenue  32,826,000   13,245,000 
Cost of revenue  10,494,000   5,108,000 
Gross profit  22,332,000   8,137,000 
Operating expenses        
Research and development  695,000   602,000 
Selling and marketing  6,481,000   1,242,000 
General and administrative  13,687,000   5,092,000 
Impairment of mined cryptocurrency  439,000   - 
Total operating expenses  21,302,000   6,936,000 
         
Income from operations  1,030,000   1,201,000 
Interest and other income  449,000   37,000 
Interest expense  (29,824,000)  (314,000)
Change in fair value of marketable equity securities  -   1,960,000 
Realized gain on marketable securities  109,000   397,000 
Loss from investment in unconsolidated entity  (533,000)  - 
Gain on extinguishment of debt  -   482,000 
Change in fair value of warrant liability  (18,000)  (679,000)
(Loss) income before income taxes  (28,787,000)  3,084,000 
Income tax (provision) benefit  -   (6,000)
Net (loss) income  (28,787,000)  3,078,000 
Net loss (income) attributable to non-controlling interest  15,000   (1,081,000)
Net (loss) income attributable to BitNile Holdings, Inc.  (28,772,000)  1,997,000 
Preferred dividends  (5,000)  (4,000)
Net (loss) income available to common stockholders $(28,777,000) $1,993,000 
         
Comprehensive (loss) income        
Net (loss) income available to common stockholders $(28,777,000) $1,993,000 
Other comprehensive income (loss)        
Foreign currency translation adjustment  (287,000)  (93,000)
Net unrealized gain on derivative securities of related party  -   2,969,000 
Other comprehensive (loss) income  (287,000)  2,876,000 
Total comprehensive (loss) income $(29,064,000) $4,869,000 
  For the Three Months Ended September 30, 
  2022  2021 
       
Revenue $27,031,000  $7,803,000 
Revenue, cryptocurrency mining  3,874,000   272,000 
Revenue, hotel operations  5,513,000   - 
Revenue, lending and trading activities  13,360,000   (38,869,000)
Total revenue  49,778,000   (30,794,000)
Cost of revenue, products  20,193,000   5,011,000 
Cost of revenue, cryptocurrency mining  5,255,000   260,000 
Cost of revenue, hotel operations  3,230,000   - 
Total cost of revenue  28,678,000   5,271,000 
Gross profit (loss)  21,100,000   (36,065,000)
Total operating expenses  26,411,000   13,809,000 
Loss from operations  (5,311,000)  (49,874,000)
Interest and other income  725,000   125,000 
Accretion of discount on note receivable, related party  -   4,210,000 
Interest expense  (3,972,000)  (140,000)
Change in fair value of marketable equity securities  114,000   (750,000)
Gain on extinguishment of debt  -   - 
Realized gain on digital currencies and marketable securities  595,000   30,000 
Loss from investment in unconsolidated entity  -   - 
Change in fair value of warrant liability  (3,000)  259,000 
Loss income before income taxes  (7,852,000)  (46,140,000)
Income tax (provision) benefit  (144,000)  3,366,000 
Net loss  (7,996,000)  (42,774,000)
Net loss (income) attributable to non-controlling interest  725,000   (96,000)
Net loss attributable to BitNile Holdings, Inc.  (7,271,000)  (42,870,000)
Preferred dividends  (190,000)  (4,000)
Net loss available to common stockholders $(7,461,000) $(42,874,000)
Comprehensive loss        
Net loss available to common stockholders $(7,461,000) $(42,874,000)
Other comprehensive income (loss)        
Foreign currency translation adjustment  306,000   (182,000)
Net unrealized loss on derivative securities of related party  -   (4,849,000)
Other comprehensive income (loss)  306,000   (5,031,000)
Total comprehensive loss $(7,155,000) $(47,905,000)

5

Revenues

 

Revenues by segment for the three months ended March 31,September 30, 2022 and 2021 are as follows:

 

 For the Three Months Ended March 31, Increase     For the Three Months Ended Sept 30,      
 2022  2021  (Decrease)  %  2022 2021 Increase % 
Gresham Worldwide, Inc. (“GWW”) $7,245,000  $6,350,000  $895,000   14%
TOGI  1,129,000   1,383,000   (254,000)  -18%
Cryptocurrency                
Revenue, cryptocurrency mining, net  3,548,000   130,000   3,418,000   2,629%
GWW $7,782,000  $6,373,000  $1,409,000   22%
TurnOnGreen  1,662,000   1,094,000   568,000   52%
SMC  17,114,000   -   17,114,000    
BNI                
Revenue, cryptocurrency mining  3,874,000   272,000   3,602,000   1324%
Revenue, commercial real estate leases  278,000   172,000   106,000   62%  272,000   249,000   23,000   9%
Real estate  2,698,000   -   2,698,000    
Ault Global Real Estate Equities, Inc. (“AGREE”)  5,513,000   -   5,513,000    
Ault Alliance:                                
Revenue, lending and trading activities  17,921,000   5,210,000   12,711,000   244%  13,360,000   (38,869,000)  52,229,000   -134%
Other  7,000   -   7,000      201,000   87,000   114,000   131%
Total revenue $32,826,000  $13,245,000  $19,581,000   148% $49,778,000  $(30,794,000) $80,572,000   -262%

 

Our revenues increased by $19.6$80.6 million or 148%, to $32.8$49.8 million for the three months ended March 31,September 30, 2022, from $13.2negative $30.8 million for the three months ended March 31,September 30, 2021.

 

GWW

 

GWW revenues increased by $0.9$1.4 million, or 14%22%, to $7.2$7.8 million for the three months ended March 31,September 30, 2022, from $6.4 million for the three months ended March 31,September 30, 2021. The increase in revenue from our GWW segment for customized solutions for the military markets reflects $0.9 million from GIGA, which was acquired on September 8, 2022 and $0.5 million higher revenuerevenues from Enertec, which largely consistsGresham UK, a GWW subsidiary, related to naval power projects that had previously been delayed.

TurnOnGreen

TurnOnGreen revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2022 of revenue recognized over time, grew to $3.3$1.7 million increased $0.6 million, or 52%, from $1.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022, an increase of $0.8 million, or 33.4%, from $2.4 million in the prior-year period.September 30, 2021, due to increased sales to defense customers.

 

TOGISMC

 

TOGISMC revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2022 of $1.1 million declined $0.3 million, or 18%, from $1.4increased by $17.1 million for the three months ended March 31,September 30, 2022, compared to $0 for the three months ended September 30, 2021, due to supply chain challenges.the acquisition of SMC in June 2022.

 

CryptocurrencyBNI

 

Revenues from ourBNI’s cryptocurrency mining operations were $3.5$3.9 million for the three months ended March 31,September 30, 2022, compared to $0.1$0.3 million for three months ended March 31,September 30, 2021. During 2021, we purchasedbegan to purchase Bitcoin mining equipment, which were primarily delivered in 2022, and increased our cryptocurrency mining activities. Our decision to increase our cryptocurrency mining operations in 2021 was based on several factors, which positively affected the number of active miners we operated, including the market prices of digital currencies, and favorable power costs available at our Michigan data center.

 

Real EstateAGREE

 

Real estate segmentAGREE revenues were $2.7$5.5 million for the three months ended March 31,September 30, 2022 compared to nil$0 for the three months ended March 31,September 30, 2021. On December 22, 2021, the real estate segmentAGREE acquired four hotel properties for $71.3 million, consisting of a 136-room Courtyard by Marriott, a 133-room Hilton Garden Inn and a 122-room Residence Inn by Marriott in Middleton, WI, as well as a 135-room Hilton Garden Inn in Rockford, IL. Other than the cryptocurrency segment Michigan data center, we did not have any income-producing real estate prior to the hotel acquisitions.

Ault Alliance

 

Revenues from our lending and trading activities increased to $17.9$13.4 million for the three months ended March 31,September 30, 2022, from $5.2negative revenues of $38.9 million for the three months ended March 31,September 30, 2021, which is attributable to a significant allocation of capitalrealized and unrealized gains in the current year period and unrealized losses in the prior year period from our equity financing transactions to our loan and investment portfolio. During the three months ended March 31,September 30, 2022, DPAult Lending generated significant income from appreciation of investments in marketable securities as well as shares of common stock underlying convertible notes and warrants issued to DPAult Lending in certain financing transactions. Revenue from lending and trading activities during the three months ended September 30, 2022 included an approximate $2.5 million unrealized gain from our investment in Alzamend. Under its business model, DPAult Lending also generates revenue through origination fees charged to borrowers and interest generated from each loan.

Revenues from our trading activities during the three months ended March 31,September 30, 2021 included significant unrealized losses from market price changes related to Alzamend. During the three months ended September 30, 2021, we recorded an unrealized loss of $27.4 million related to our investment in Alzamend common stock. During the three months ended September 30, 2021, we recorded an unrealized loss on our investment in warrants of Alzamend of $6.0 million. Our investment in Alzamend will be revalued on each balance sheet date.

Revenues from our trading activities during the three months ended September 30, 2022 included net gains on equity securities, including unrealized gains and losses from market price changes. These gains and losses have caused, and will continue to cause, significant volatility in our periodic earnings.

Gross Margins

Gross margins were 42.4% for the three months ended September 30, 2022, compared to 117.1% for the three months ended September 30, 2021. Our gross margins have typically ranged between 30% and 35%, with slight variations depending on the overall composition of our revenue.

Our gross margins of 42.4% recognized during the three months ended September 30, 2022 were impacted by the favorable margins from our lending and trading activities and modest margins on cryptocurrency mining operations due to the decline in the price of Bitcoin. Excluding the effects of margin from our lending and trading activities and cryptocurrency mining operations, our adjusted gross margins for the three months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, would have been 27.6% and 35.8%, respectively, with gross margins for the three months ended September 30, 2022 slightly lower than our historical averages due to gross margins from SMC, which were 23.8%.

Research and Development

Research and development expenses were flat at $0.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021.

Selling and Marketing

Selling and marketing expenses were $7.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2022, compared to $2.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2021, an increase of $5.4 million, or 273%. The increase was the result of $4.2 million higher marketing costs at Ault Alliance, including $3.2 million related to an advertising sponsorship agreement as well as a $0.9 million increases in sales and marketing costs from SMC, which was acquired in June 2022.

General and Administrative

General and administrative expenses were $15.9 million for the three months ended September 30, 2022, compared to $11.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2021, an increase of $4.7 million, or 41%. General and administrative expenses increased from the comparative prior period, mainly due to:

·general and administrative costs of $2.6 million from SMC, which was acquired in June 2022;
·general and administrative costs of $0.6 million from AVLP, which was acquired in June 2022;
·general and administrative costs of $0.6 million from our hotel operations, which were acquired in December 2021;
·$2.2 million increase in the accrual of a performance bonus related to realized gains on trading activities during the period;
·increased costs of $0.6 million, in part related to the efforts to spin off TurnOnGreen and GWW; and
·partially offset by lower non-cash stock compensation costs of $2.5 million.

Interest and Other Income

Interest and other income was $0.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2022 compared to $0.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2021. The increase in interest and other income is primarily due to income from Ault Disruptive from cash and marketable securities held in the trust account.

Accretion of discount on note receivable, related party

Accretion of discount on note receivable, related party was $0 for the three months ended September 30, 2022 and $4.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2021. The prior year amount was due to the significant decline in the value of warrants in AVLP, accretion of the warrant discount was accelerated, resulting in a discount of $0 related to warrants issued in conjunction with the convertible promissory note of AVLP as of September 30, 2021.

Interest Expense

Interest expense was $4.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2022, compared to $0.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2021. The increase in interest expense is due primarily to interest on the $58.4 million construction loans related to the hotel properties purchased in December 2021 and interest on the $11 million secured promissory notes issued in August 2022.

Change in Fair Value of Warrant Liability

Change in fair value of warrant liability was a loss of $3,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2022, compared to a gain of $0.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2021. During the three months ended September 30, 2021, the fair value of the warrants that were issued during 2021 in a series of debt financings decreased by $0.3 million. The fair value of warrant liabilities is re-measured at each financial reporting period and immediately before exercise, with any changes in fair value recorded as change in fair value of warrant liability in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive (loss) income.

Change in Fair Value of Marketable Equity Securities

Change in fair value of marketable equity securities was a gain of $0.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2022, compared to a loss of $0.8 million for the three months ended September 30, 2021. The loss generated in the prior year period relates to an investment in marketable securities held by Microphase that was fully sold in the fourth quarter of 2021 as well as the loss on an investment in AVLP common stock.

Realized Gain on Digital Currencies and Marketable Securities

Realized gain on digital currencies and marketable securities was $0.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2022, compared to $30,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2021. Realized gain for the three months ended September 30, 2022 related primarily to gains on the sale of Bitcoin by BNI. 

Other Comprehensive Loss

Other comprehensive loss was $0.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2022, compared to other comprehensive loss of $5.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2021. Other comprehensive loss of $0.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2022 was attributable to changes in currency exchange rates. Other comprehensive loss for the three months ended September 30, 2021, was primarily due to unrealized losses in the warrant derivative securities that we received as a result of our investment in AVLP, a related party.

Results of Operations for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2022 and 2021

The following table summarizes the results of our operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021.

  For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 
  2022  2021 
       
Revenue $43,539,000  $24,272,000 
Revenue, cryptocurrency mining  11,398,000   693,000 
Revenue, hotel operations  12,809,000   - 
Revenue, lending and trading activities  32,224,000   19,615,000 
Total revenue  99,970,000   44,580,000 
Cost of revenue, products  30,985,000   16,011,000 
Cost of revenue, cryptocurrency mining  12,206,000   646,000 
Cost of revenue, hotel operations  8,350,000   - 
Total cost of revenue  51,541,000   16,657,000 
Gross profit  48,429,000   27,923,000 
Total operating expenses  76,429,000   30,773,000 
(Loss) income from operations  (28,000,000)  (2,850,000)
Interest and other income  1,255,000   176,000 
Accretion of discount on note receivable, related party  -   4,210,000 
Interest expense  (35,827,000)  (475,000)
Change in fair value of marketable equity securities  355,000   (705,000)
Gain on extinguishment of debt  -   929,000 
Realized gain on digital currencies and marketable securities  661,000   428,000 
Loss from investment in unconsolidated entity  (924,000)  - 
Change in fair value of warrant liability  (27,000)  (130,000)
(Loss) income before income taxes  (62,507,000)  1,583,000 
Income tax (provision) benefit  (361,000)  (144,000)
Net (loss) income  (62,868,000)  1,439,000 
Net loss (gain) attributable to non-controlling interest  1,061,000   (93,000)
Net (loss) income attributable to BitNile Holdings, Inc.  (61,807,000)  1,346,000 
Preferred dividends  (239,000)  (13,000)
Net (loss) income available to common stockholders $(62,046,000) $1,333,000 
Comprehensive (loss) income        
Net (loss) income available to common stockholders $(62,046,000) $1,333,000 
Other comprehensive income (loss)        
Foreign currency translation adjustment  (1,452,000)  (141,000)
Net unrealized loss on derivative securities of related party  -   (7,773,000)
Other comprehensive loss  (1,452,000)  (7,914,000)
Total comprehensive loss $(63,498,000) $(6,581,000)

9

Revenues

Revenues by segment for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021 are as follows:

  For the Nine Months Ended September 30,  Increase    
  2022  2021  (Decrease)  % 
GWW $21,530,000  $19,198,000  $2,332,000   12%
TurnOnGreen  3,853,000   4,308,000   (455,000)  -11%
SMC  17,114,000   -   17,114,000    
BNI                
Revenue, cryptocurrency mining  11,398,000   693,000   10,705,000   1545%
Revenue, commercial real estate leases  822,000   530,000   292,000   55%
AGREE  12,809,000   -   12,809,000    
Ault Alliance:                
Revenue, lending and trading activities  32,224,000   19,615,000   12,609,000   64%
Other  220,000   236,000   (16,000)  -7%
Total revenue $99,970,000  $44,580,000  $55,390,000   124%

Our revenues increased by $55.4 million, or 124%, to $100.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022, from $44.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2021.

GWW

GWW revenues increased by $2.3 million, or 12%, to $21.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022, from $19.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2021. The increase in revenue from our GWW segment for customized solutions for the military markets reflects $0.9 million from GIGA, which was acquired on September 8, 2022 and $0.7 million higher revenues from Gresham UK, a GWW subsidiary, related to naval power projects that had previously been delayed, and $0.5 million higher revenues from Relec.

TurnOnGreen

TurnOnGreen revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 of $3.9 million declined $0.5 million, or 11%, from $4.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2021, due to supply chain challenges in the first half of the year partially offset by increased sales to defense customers in the third fiscal quarter of 2022.

SMC

SMC revenues increased by $17.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022, compared to $0 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021, due to the acquisition of SMC in June 2022.

BNI

Revenues from BNI’s cryptocurrency mining operations were $11.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022, compared to $0.7 million for nine months ended September 30, 2021. During 2021, we began to purchase Bitcoin mining equipment, which were primarily delivered in 2022, and increased our cryptocurrency mining activities. Our decision to increase our cryptocurrency mining operations in 2022 was based on several factors, which positively affected the number of active miners we operated, including the market prices of digital currencies, and favorable power costs available at our Michigan data center.

AGREE

AGREE revenues were $12.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 compared to $0 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021. On December 22, 2021, AGREE acquired four hotel properties for $71.3 million, consisting of a 136-room Courtyard by Marriott, a 133-room Hilton Garden Inn and a 122-room Residence Inn by Marriott in Middleton, WI, as well as a 135-room Hilton Garden Inn in Rockford, IL.

Ault Alliance

Revenues from our lending and trading activities increased to $32.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022, from $19.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2021, which is primarily attributable to significant realized and unrealized gains in the current year period and unrealized gains in the prior year period from our investment portfolio. During the nine months ended September 30, 2022, Ault Lending generated significant income from appreciation of investments in marketable securities as well as shares of common stock underlying convertible notes and warrants issued to Ault Lending in certain financing transactions. Revenue from lending and trading activities during the nine months ended September 30, 2022 included a $4.8 million unrealized loss from our investment in Alzamend. Revenue from lending and trading activities during the nine months ended September 30, 2021 included a $3.8 million unrealized gain from our investment in Alzamend. Under its business model, Ault Lending also generates revenue through origination fees charged to borrowers and interest generated from each loan.

Revenues from our trading activities during the nine months ended September 30, 2022 included significant net gains on equity securities, including unrealized gains and losses from market price changes. These gains and losses have caused, and will continue to cause, significant volatility in our periodic earnings.

 

Gross Margins

 

Gross margins increaseddecreased to 68.0%48.4% for the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2022, compared to 61.4%62.6% for the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2021. Our gross margins have typically ranged between 33%30% and 37%35%, with slight variations depending on the overall composition of our revenue.

 

Our gross margins of 68.0%48.4% recognized during the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2022 were impacted by the favorable margins from our lending and trading activities.activities and modest margins on cryptocurrency mining operations due to the decline in the price of Bitcoin. Excluding the effects of margin from our lending and trading activities and cryptocurrency mining operations, our adjusted gross margins for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021 would have been 29.2% and 34.0%, respectively, with gross margins for the three months ended March 31,September 30, 2022, would have been 30%, slightly lower than our historical range,averages due in part to lowergross margins at TOGI related to higher freight costs for the three months ended March 31, 2022.from SMC, which were 23.8%.

 

Research and Development

 

Research and development expenses increased by $0.1$0.3 million to 1.9 million for the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2022, from $0.6$1.7 million for the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2021. The increase in research and development expenses iswas due to product development efforts at TurnOnGreen and GWW.

 

Selling and Marketing

 

Selling and marketing expenses were $6.5$20.9 million for the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2022, compared to $1.2$4.7 million for the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2021, an increase of $5.2$16.1 million, or 422%341%. The increase was the result of $5.0$14.7 million higher marketingadvertising and promotion costs at Ault Alliance, including $3.5$9.4 million related to an advertising sponsorship agreement as well as increasesa $1.8 million increase in sales and marketing personnel and consultants.a $0.9 million increase in travel expense. The increase is also attributable to a $0.2$0.7 million increase in costs incurred at TOGITurnOnGreen to grow our selling and marketing infrastructure related to our EVelectric vehicle charger products.products as well as a $0.9 million increases in sales and marketing costs from SMC, which was acquired in June 2022.

 

General and Administrative

 

General and administrative expenses were $13.7$48.7 million for the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2022, compared to $5.1$24.4 million for the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2021, an increase of $8.6$24.3 million, or 169%100%. General and administrative expenses increased from the comparative prior period, mainly due to:

 

·non-cash stock compensation costs of $2.6 million;
·general and administrative costs of $1.8$4.3 million from our hotel operations, which were acquired in December 2021;
·general and administrative costs of $2.6 million from SMC, which was acquired in June 2022;
·general and administrative costs of $0.6 million from AVLP, which was acquired in June 2022;
·increased general and administrative costs of $0.8 million from Ault Disruptive, a SPAC which completed its IPO in December 2021;
·non-cash stock compensation costs of $1.0 million;
·$5.0 million increase in the accrual of a performance bonus related to realized gains on trading activities during the period;
·higher salaries of $1.6 million;
·higher audit fees of $1.6 million;
·increased costs of $0.9$1.9 million related to the Michigan data center operated by ACS;and Bitcoin mining operations; and
·

higherincreased legal expense of $1.3 million, salaries of $0.5 million and audit fees of $0.3 million.

$2.2 million, including $0.7 million related to the efforts to acquire EYP, Inc.

Income From Operations

 

We recorded income from operations of $1.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022, compared to $1.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021. The decrease in operating income is attributable to the increase in operating expenses partially offset by the increase in revenue and gross margins.

Interest and Other Income

 

Interest and other income was $0.4$1.3 million for the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2022, compared to $37,000$0.2 million for the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2021. The increase in interest and other income is primarily due to income from Ault Disruptive from cash and marketable securities held in the trust account. Other income for the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2022 included $0.3a $2.8 million gain related to remeasurement of our previously held ownership interest of SMC prior to the June 15, 2022 acquisition, based on the trading price of SMC common stock. In addition, other income from Alpha Fund, whichfor the nine months ended September 30, 2022 included a $2.7 million loss related to remeasurement of our previously held ownership interest of AVLP prior to the June 1, 2022 acquisition.

Accretion of discount on note receivable, related party

Accretion of discount on note receivable, related party was formed$0 for the nine months ended September 30, 2022, compared to $4.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2021. The prior year amount was due to the significant decline in Julythe value of warrants in AVLP, accretion of the warrant discount was accelerated, resulting in a discount of $0 related to warrants issued in conjunction with the convertible promissory note of AVLP as of September 30, 2021.

 

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Interest Expense

 

Interest expense was $29.8$35.8 million for the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2022 compared to $0.3$0.5 million for the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2021. The increase in interest expense relates primarily to the $66.0 million of Senior Notes issued in December 2021, which were fully paid in March 2022. Interest expense from these Senior Notes included the amortization of debt discount of $26.3 million from the issuance of warrants, a non-cash charge, and original issue discount, in connection with these Senior Notes. In addition, the increase in interest expense includes interest on the $58.4 million construction loans related to the hotel properties purchased in December 2021 and interest on the $11 million secured promissory notes issued in August 2022.

 

Change in Fair Value of Warrant Liability

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2022, theChange in fair value of warrant liability was a loss of $27,000 for the warrants that were issued during 2021 innine months ended September 30, 2022, compared to a seriesloss of debt financings increased by $18,000.$0.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2021. The fair value of these warrantswarrant liabilities is re-measured at each financial reporting period and immediately before exercise, with any changes in fair value recorded as change in fair value of warrant liability in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss.(loss) income.

 

Change in Fair Value of Marketable Equity Securities

 

Change in fair value of marketable equity securities was nila gain of $0.4 million for the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2022, compared to a gainloss of $2.0$0.7 million for the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2021. The changeloss generated in the prior year period relates to an investment in marketable securities held by Microphase Corporation (“Microphase”), a majority owned subsidiary of GWW, that was fully sold in the fourth quarter of 2021.2021 as well as the loss on an investment in AVLP common stock.

 

Realized Gain on Digital Currencies and Marketable Securities

 

Realized gain on marketable securities was $0.1$0.7 million for the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2022, compared to $0.4 million for the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2021. The change relatesRealized gain for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 related primarily to gains on the sale of Bitcoin by BNI. Realized gains in the prior year period related to realized gains from an investment in marketable securities held by Microphase, a portion of which was sold during the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2021.

 

Loss From Investment in Unconsolidated Entity

 

Loss from investment in unconsolidated entity was $0.5$0.9 million for the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2022, compared to nil$0 for the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2021, representing our share of losses from our equity method investment in Avalanche International Corp. (“AVLP”).AVLP prior to the June 1, 2022 acquisition.

 

Gain on Extinguishment of Debt

 

Gain on extinguishment of debt was nil$0 for the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2022, compared to a gain of $0.4$0.9 million for the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2021. During the three months ended March 31, 2021, principal and accrued interest of $200,000 and $16,000, respectively, on our debt was satisfied through the issuance of 183,214 shares of our common stock. We recognized a lossThe prior year gain on extinguishment of $0.2 million as a result of this issuance of common stock based on the fair value of our common stock at the date of the exchange. The loss on extinguishment from the issuance of the 183,214 shares of our common stock was offset by thedebt represents forgiveness of our Paycheck Protection Program loan in the principal amount of $0.7 million.loans. 

 

Net (Loss) Income

For the foregoing reasons, our net loss for the three months ended March 31, 2022 was $28.8 million, compared to net income of $2.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021.

Other Comprehensive (Loss) IncomeLoss

 

Other comprehensive loss was $0.3$1.5 million for the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2022, compared to other comprehensive incomeloss of $2.9$7.9 million for the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2021. Other comprehensive incomeloss of $1.5 million for the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2022 was attributable to changes in currency exchange rates. Other comprehensive loss for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 was primarily due to unrealized gainslosses in the warrant derivative securities that we received as a result of our investment in AVLP.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

On March 31,September 30, 2022, we had cash and cash equivalents of $39.4$10.1 million (excluding restricted cash of $4.7$4.6 million). This compares withto cash and cash equivalents of $15.9 million (excluding restricted cash of $5.3 million) at December 31, 2021. The increasedecrease in cash and cash equivalents cash was primarily due to cash provided by financing activities related to our 2022 ATM Offering and cash provided by operating activities, partially offset by the payment of debt and purchases of property and equipment.equipment partially offset by cash provided by financing activities related to the sale of common and preferred stock, as well as proceeds from notes payable and cash provided by operating activities.

 

Net cash provided by operating activities totaled $25.0$12.9 million for the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2022, compared to net cash used in operating activities of $14.2$56.9 million for the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2021. Cash provided by operating activities for the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2022 included $32.6$68.5 million net cash provided by marketable securities from trading activities related to the operations of DP Lending.Ault Lending, partially offset by operating losses and changes in working capital.

 

Net cash used in investing activities was $24.4$106.4 million for the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2022, compared to $16.7$68.7 million for the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2021. Net cash used in investing activities for the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2022 included $35.4$84.5 million of capital expenditures primarily related to Bitcoin mining equipment, $22.4 million for investments in equity securities, $8.2 million for the purchase of SMC and $3.7 million for the purchase of GIGA, net of cash received, partially offset by $10.2$11.7 million proceeds from the sale of marketable equity securities.

securities, $10.5 million principal payments received on loans receivable and $9.0 million proceeds from the sale of digital currencies.

Net cash provided by financing activities was $22.2$86.1 million for the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2022, compared to $119.9$151.1 million for the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2021, and reflects the following transactions:

 

·2022 Common ATM Offering – On February 25, 2022, we entered into an At-The-Market issuance sales agreement with Ascendiant Capital Markets, LLC to sell shares of common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $200 million from time to time, through the 2022 Common ATM Offering. As of March 31,September 30, 2022, we had sold an aggregate of 140.0256.7 million shares of common stock pursuant to the 2022 Common ATM Offering for gross proceeds of $110.1$168 million. Net proceeds to us, after payment of commissions, were $164 million.

·Public Offering of Series D Preferred Stock – On June 3, 2022, we announced the closing of our public offering of 144,000 shares of our Series D Preferred Stock at a price to the public of $25.00 per share. Gross proceeds from the offering were approximately $3.6 million, before deducting offering expenses. Net proceeds to us, after payment of commissions, non-accountable fees and offering expenses were $3.1 million.

·2022 Preferred ATM Offering – On June 14, 2022, we entered into an At-The-Market equity offering program with Ascendiant Capital under which we may sell, from time to time, shares of our Series D Preferred Stock for aggregate gross proceeds of up to $46,400,000. As of September 30, 2022, we had sold an aggregate of 10,928 shares of Series D Preferred Stock pursuant to the 2022 Preferred ATM Offering for gross proceeds of $0.2 million.

 

·December 2021 Secured Promissory Notes – On December 30, 2021, we entered into a securities purchase agreement with certain sophisticatedaccredited investors providing for the issuance of Senior Notes that bore interest at 8% per annum with an aggregate principal face amount of $66.0 million. The Senior Notes were repaid in March 2022.

 

·Margin Accounts Payable – During the year ended December 31, 2021, we entered into leverage agreements on certain brokerage accounts, whereby we borrowed $18.5 million. The margin accounts payable were repaid during the three months ended March 31, 2022. During the quarter ended September 30, 2022, we borrowed $2.4 million on our margin account.

·10% Secured Promissory Notes – On August 10, 2022, we, through our BNI subsidiary, entered into a note purchase agreement providing for the issuance of secured promissory notes with an aggregate principal face amount of $11,000,000 and an interest rate of 10%. The purchase price (proceeds to us) for the secured promissory notes was $10.0 million. The secured promissory notes have a security interest in marketable securities, investments and certain Bitcoin mining equipment. The secured promissory notes are further secured by a guaranty provided by us, Ault Lending and Milton C. Ault, our Executive Chairman. The maturity date of the secured promissory notes is August 10, 2023. We are required to make monthly payment (principal and interest) of $1,000,000 on the tenth calendar day of each month, starting in September 2022. Provided that we make the first six monthly payments in full and on a timely basis, after six months, we may elect to pay a forbearance fee of $250,000 in lieu of a monthly payment, which would extend the maturity date of the related secured promissory notes by one month for each forbearance. We may not elect forbearance in consecutive months.

·Purchase of Treasury Stock – During the nine months ended September 30, 2022, Alpha Fund purchased 38.9 million shares of our common stock for $13.4 million and 91,033 shares of our Series D Preferred Stock for $2.2 million, accounted for as treasury stock as of September 30, 2022.

Financing Transactions Subsequent to September 30, 2022

Financing transactions subsequent to September 30, 2022 include the following:

2022 Common ATM Offering

During the period between October 1, 2022 through November 18, 2022, we sold an aggregate of 14.8 million shares of common stock pursuant to the 2022 Common ATM Offering for gross proceeds of $2.6 million.

2022 Preferred ATM Offering

During the period between October 1, 2022 through November 18, 2022, we sold an aggregate of 8,933 shares of Series D Preferred Stock pursuant to the 2022 Preferred ATM Offering for gross proceeds of $124,000.

SMC Credit and Security Agreement with Fifth Third Bank

On October 14, 2022, SMC entered into a credit agreement with Fifth Third Bank. The credit agreement provides for a three-year secured revolving credit facility in an aggregate principal amount of up to $15 million decreased to $7.5 million during the non-peak period of January 1 through July 31 of each year. The credit agreement matures on October 14, 2025.

The revolving credit facility bears interest of the Prime Rate plus 0.50% or the 30-day term secured overnight financing rate plus 3.00%.

Under the credit agreement:

·Accounts receivable advance rate up to an 85% against SMC’s eligible accounts receivable;

·Inventory advance of up to 85% of SMC’s eligible inventory; and
·SMC must maintain a minimum fixed charge coverage of 1.05 to 1.

Availability under the credit agreement was approximately $4.0 million as of November 18, 2022.

Secured Debt Financing

On November 7, 2022, we and certain of our subsidiaries borrowed $18.9 million of principal amount of term loans (the “Loans”) from a group of institutional investors (the “Financing”). The Loans mature in 18 months, which may be extended to 24 months, accrue interest at the rate of 8.5% per annum and are secured by certain of our assets and the assets of our various subsidiaries. Starting in January 2023, the lenders have the right to require us to make monthly payments of $0.6 million, which will increase to $1.1 million in November 2023. The Loans were issued with an original issue discount of $1.89 million.

The lenders received warrants to purchase approximately 4.5 million shares of our common stock, exercisable for four years at $0.45 per share and warrants to purchase another approximately 4.5 million shares of our common stock, exercisable for four years at $0.75 per share, subject to adjustment.

On November 7, 2022, Ault Aviation used proceeds from the Loans to purchase a private aircraft for a total purchase price of $15.8 million. In addition, we and certain of our subsidiaries entered into various agreements as collateral for the repayment of the Loans, including (i) a security interest in certain Bitcoin mining equipment, (ii) a pledge of the membership interests of Third Avenue Apartments, LLC, our wholly owned subsidiary (“Third Apartments”), (iii) a pledge of the membership interests of Alliance Cloud Services, LLC, our wholly owned subsidiary (“Alliance Cloud”), (iv) a pledge of the membership interests of Ault Aviation, LLC, our wholly owned subsidiary (“Ault Aviation”), (v) a pledge in a segregated deposit account of $1.5 million of cash, (vi) a mortgage and security agreement by Third Avenue on the real estate property owned by Third Avenue in St. Petersburg, Florida, (vii) a future advance mortgage by Alliance Cloud on the real estate property owned by Alliance Cloud in Dowagiac, Michigan, and (viii) an aircraft mortgage and security agreement by Ault Aviation on the private aircraft purchased by Ault Aviation on November 7, 2022. The Loans are further secured by a guaranty provided by Ault Lending and Milton C. Ault, our Executive Chairman.

3% Secured Promissory Notes

On November 18, 2022, BNI entered into the November NPA with the Investors providing for the issuance of the November Notes. The November Notes have a principal face amount of $8,181,819 and bear interest at 3% per annum pursuant to the terms of the November Notes. The maturity date of the November Notes is May 18, 2023. When BNI sells the Collateral, BNI is required to make a payment towards the November Notes equal to 45% of the realized gains. After the November Notes have been repaid in full and until all of the Collateral is sold, when BNI sells any remaining Collateral, BNI is required to give the investors a profits participation interest equal to 45% of the realized gains.

Pursuant to the November NPA, BNI, Ault Lending and the Agent entered into the November Security Agreement pursuant to which BNI and Ault Lending granted to the Investors a security interest in the Collateral.

 

We believe our current cash on hand combined with the proceeds from the 2022 ATM Offering are sufficient to meet our operating and capital requirements for at least the next twelve months from the date the financial statements for the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2022 are issued.

 

Critical Accounting Policies

 

Variable Interest EntitiesBusiness Combination

 

For a variable interest entity (“VIE”), we assess whether we areWe allocate the primary beneficiary as prescribed bypurchase price of an acquired business to the accounting guidancetangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed based upon their estimated fair values on the consolidation of a VIE. The primary beneficiary of a VIE is the party that has the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the performanceacquisition date. Any excess of the entity andpurchase price over the obligation to absorb the losses or the right to receive the benefits that could potentially be significant to the entity.

We evaluate our business relationships with related parties to identify potential VIEs under Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 810, Consolidation. We consolidate VIEs in which we are considered to be the primary beneficiary. Entities are considered to be the primary beneficiary if they have bothfair value of the following characteristics: (i)net assets acquired is recorded as goodwill. Acquired customer relations, technology, tradenames and know how are recognized at fair value. The purchase price allocation process requires management to make significant estimates and assumptions, especially at the power to direct the activities that, when taken together, most significantly impact the VIE’s performance; and (ii) the obligation to absorb losses and right to receive the returns from the VIE that would be significant to the VIE. Our judgmentacquisition date with respect to our levelintangible assets. Direct transaction costs associated with the business combination are expensed as incurred. The allocation of influence or control of an entity involves the consideration transferred in certain cases may be subject to revision based on the final determination of various factors includingfair values during the form of our ownership interest, our representation inmeasurement period, which may be up to one year from the entity’s governance,acquisition date. We include the size of our investment, estimates of future cash flows, our ability to participate in policy making decisions and the rights of the other investors to participate in the decision making process and to replace us as manager and/or liquidate the joint venture, if applicable.

Variable Interest Entity Considerations – AVLP

We have determined that AVLP is a VIE as it does not have sufficient equity at risk. We do not consolidate AVLP because we are not the primary beneficiary and do not have a controlling financial interest. To be a primary beneficiary, an entity must have the power to direct the activities of a VIE that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance, among other factors. Although we have made a significant investment in AVLP, we have determined that Philou, which controls AVLP through the voting power conferred by its equity investment and which is deemed to be more closely associated with AVLP, is the primary beneficiary. As a result, AVLP’s financial position and results of operations are not consolidatedof the business that we have acquired in our financial position andconsolidated results prospectively from the date of operations.acquisition.

 

Equity InvestmentIf the business combination is achieved in Unconsolidated Entity

Asstages, the acquisition date carrying value of March 31, 2022, our ownership percentage of AVLP was less than 20%. During the fourth quarter of 2021, we made additional advances to AVLP under the existing loan agreement and our consolidated VIE, Ault Alpha, entered into a loan agreement with AVLP totaling $3.6 million. Due to our cumulative lending position to AVLP and the facts and circumstances surrounding the terms of loan agreements, we reevaluated our level of influence over AVLP and determined that the equity ownership in AVLP should be accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

The basis of ouracquirer’s previously held equity interest in AVLP was remeasuredthe acquire is re-measured to fair value immediately before adoptingat the equity method of accounting. Our interestacquisition date; any gains or losses arising from such re-measurement are recognized in AVLP as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021 has been presented as an equity investment in an unconsolidated entity.profit or loss.

 

We have invested in AVLP based on the potential global impact of the novel technology of AVLP. AVLP has developed a novel cost effective and environmentally friendly material synthesis technology for textile applications. AVLP’s Multiplex Laser Surface Enhancement is a unique technology that has the ability to treat both natural and synthetic textiles for a wide variety of functionalities, including dyeability and printing enhancements, hydrophilicity, hydrophobicity, fire retardancy and anti-microbial properties. The use of water, harmful chemicals and energy is significantly reduced in comparison to conventional textile treatment methods.ITEM 3.          QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

ITEM 3.QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

 

Not applicable for a smaller reporting company.

 

ITEM 4.CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

ITEM 4.           CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

We have established disclosure controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in SEC rules and forms and is accumulated and communicated to management, including the principal executive officer and principal financial officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

 

Our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, with the assistance of other members of the Company’s management, have evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) as of the end of the period covered by this quarterly report. Based upon our evaluation, each of our principal executive officer and principal financial officer has concluded that the Company’s internal control over financial reporting was not effective as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q because the Company has not yet completed its remediation of the material weakness previously identified and disclosed in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, the end of its most recent fiscal year.

 

Specifically, management has determined that we do not have sufficient resources in our accounting function, which restricts our ability to gather, analyze and properly review information related to financial reporting, including applying complex accounting principles relating to consolidation accounting and fair value estimates, in a timely manner. Due to our size and nature, segregation of all conflicting duties may not always be possible and may not be economically feasible. However, to the extent possible, the initiation of transactions, the custody of assets and the recording of transactions should be performed by separate individuals. Management evaluated the impact of our failure to have segregation of duties during our assessment of our disclosure controls and procedures and concluded that the control deficiency that resulted represented a material weakness. Our primary user access controls (i.e. provisioning, de-provisioning, privileged access and user access reviews) to ensure appropriate authorization and segregation of duties that would adequately restrict user and privileged access to the financially relevant systems and data to appropriate personnel were not designed and/or implemented effectively. We did not design and/or implement sufficient controls for program change management to certain financially relevant systems affecting our processes.

A material weakness is a control deficiency or combination of control deficiencies that result in more than a remote likelihood that a material misstatement of the annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected.

 

Planned Remediation

 

Management continues to work to improve its controls related to our material weaknesses, specifically relating to user access and change management surrounding our IT systems and applications. Management will continue to implement measures to remediate material weaknesses, such that these controls are designed, implemented, and operating effectively. The remediation actions include: (i) enhancing design and documentation related to both user access and change management processes and control activities; and (ii) developing and communicating additional policies and procedures to govern the area of IT change management. In order to achieve the timely implementation of the above, management has commenced the following actions and will continue to assess additional opportunities for remediation on an ongoing basis.

 

·Engaging a third-party specialist to assist management with improving the Company’s overall control environment, focusing on change management and access controls,controls;
·Implementing new applications and systems that are aligned with management’s focus on creating strong internal controls; and
·Continuing to increase headcount across the Company, with a particular focus on hiring individuals with strong Sarbanes Oxley and internal control backgrounds.

We are currently working to improve and simplify our internal processes and implement enhanced controls, as discussed above, to address the material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting and to remedy the ineffectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures. These material weaknesses will not be considered to be remediated until the applicable remediated controls are operating for a sufficient period of time and management has concluded, through testing, that these controls are operating effectively.

 

Despite the existence of these material weaknesses, we believe that the consolidated financial statements included in the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q fairly present, in all material respects, our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. 

 

Changes in Internal Controls over Financial Reporting.

 

Except as detailed above, during the most recent fiscal quarter of 2022, there were no significant changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that have materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially affect our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II — OTHER INFORMATION

 

ITEM 1.LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

ITEM 1.           LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

 

Blockchain Mining Supply and Services, Ltd.

 

On November 28, 2018, Blockchain Mining Supply and Services, Ltd. (“Blockchain Mining”) a vendor who sold computers to our subsidiary, filed a Complaint (the “Complaint”) in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against us and our subsidiary, Digital Farms, Inc. (f/k/a Super Crypto Mining, Inc.), in an action captioned Blockchain Mining Supply and Services, Ltd. v. Super Crypto Mining, Inc. and DPW Holdings, Inc., Case No. 18-cv-11099.

 

The Complaint asserts claims for breach of contract and promissory estoppel against us and our subsidiary arising from the subsidiary’s alleged failure to honor its obligations under the purchase agreement. The Complaint seeks monetary damages in excess of $1.4 million, plus attorneys’ fees and costs.

 

We believe that these claims are without merit and intend to vigorously defend them.

 

On April 13, 2020, we and our subsidiary, jointly filed a motion to dismiss the Complaint in its entirety as against us, and the promissory estoppel claim as against our subsidiary. On the same day, our subsidiary also filed a partial Answer to the Complaint in connection with the breach of contract claim.

 

On April 29, 2020, Blockchain Mining filed an amended complaint (the “Amended Complaint”). The Amended Complaint asserts the same causes of action and seeks the same damages as the initial Complaint.

 

On May 13, 2020, we and our subsidiary, jointly filed a motion to dismiss the Amended Complaint in its entirety as against us, and the promissory estoppel claim as against of our subsidiary. On the same day, our subsidiary also filed a partial Answer to the Amended Complaint in connection with the breach of contract claim.

 

In its partial Answer, the Company’s subsidiary admitted to the validity of the contract at issue and also asserted numerous affirmative defenses concerning the proper calculation of damages.

 

On December 4, 2020, the Court issued an Order directing the Parties to engage in limited discovery (the “Limited Discovery”) which was completed on March 4, 2021. In connection therewith, the Court also denied the previously filed motion to dismiss without prejudice.

 

On June 2, 2021, we and our subsidiary filed a motion to dismiss (the “Motion to Dismiss”) the Amended Complaint in its entirety as against us, and the promissory estoppel claim as against the subsidiary.

 

TheOn August 8, 2022, the Court issued an Order denying the Motion to Dismiss, has been fully briefedin its entirety.

On September 2, 2022, the Company and is currently pending beforeits subsidiary filed an answer to the Court.Amended Complaint and asserted numerous affirmative defenses.

 

Based on our assessment of the facts underlying the claims, the uncertainty of litigation, and the preliminary stage of the case, we cannot reasonably estimate the potential loss or range of loss that may result from this action. Notwithstanding, we have established a reserve in the amount of the unpaid portion of the purchase agreement. An unfavorable outcome may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

Ding Gu (a/k/a Frank Gu) and Xiaodan Wang Litigation

 

On January 17, 2020, Ding Gu (a/k/a Frank Gu) (“Gu”) and Xiaodan Wang (“Wang” and with “Gu” collectively, “Plaintiffs”), filed a Complaint (the “Complaint”) in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York against us and our Chief Executive Officer, Milton C. Ault, III, in an action captioned Ding Gu (a/k/a Frank Gu) and Xiaodan Wang v. DPW Holdings, Inc. and Milton C. Ault III (a/k/a Milton Todd Ault III a/k/a Todd Ault), Index No. 650438/2020.

The Complaint asserts causes of action for declaratory judgment, specific performance, breach of contract, conversion, attorneys’ fees, permanent injunction, enforcement of Guaranty, unjust enrichment, money had and received, and fraud arising from: (i) a series of transactions entered into between Gu and us, as well as Gu and Ault, in or about May 2019; and (ii) a term sheet entered into between Plaintiffs and DPW, in or about July 2019. The Complaint seeks, among other things, monetary damages in excess of $1.1 million, plus a decree of specific performance directing DPW to deliver unrestricted shares of DPW’s common stock to Gu, plus attorneys’ fees and costs.

 

We believe that these claims are without merit and intend to vigorously defend them.

 

On May 4, 2020, we and Ault jointly filed a motion to dismiss the Complaint in its entirety, with prejudice (the “Motion to Dismiss”).

 

On July 28, 2021, the Court conducted oral argument (the “Oral Argument”), via Microsoft Teams, in connection with the Motion to Dismiss. During the Oral Argument, the Court informed the parties that the Court would be dismissing the fraud claim, in its entirety, and provided Plaintiffs an opportunity to amend their fraud claim within sixty days of the date of the Oral Argument.  The Court reserved decision on the other causes of action. 

 

On December 14, 2021, the Court entered a Decision and Order in connection with the Motion to Dismiss (the “Order”) whereby the Court dismissed Plaintiff’s causes of action for specific performance, conversion, permanent injunction, and reiterated its prior determination that the fraud claim was also dismissed.  The Court denied the Motion to Dismiss in connection with the other causes of action asserted in the Complaint.

 

On January 26, 2022, we and Ault filed an Answer to the Complaint and asserted numerous affirmative defenses.

 

On November 1, 2022, the parties informed the Court that they reached a settlement in principle and requested an extension of time, until November 22, 2022, to file motions for summary judgment to allow the parties time to draft formal settlement documents. The Court granted the parties’ request and the deadline for us and Mr. Ault to file their summary judgment is November 22, 2022.

Based on our assessment of the facts underlying the above claims, the uncertainty of litigation, and the preliminary stage of the case, we cannot reasonably estimate the potential loss or range of loss that may result from this action. An unfavorable outcome may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

Subpoena

 

The Company and certain affiliates and related parties have received several subpoenas from the SEC for the production of documents and testimony. The Company is fully cooperating with this non-public, fact-finding inquiry and management believes that the Company has operated its business in compliance with all applicable laws. The subpoenas expressly provide that the inquiry is not to be construed as an indication by the Commission or its staff that any violations of the federal securities laws have occurred, nor should they be considered a reflection upon any person, entity or security. However, there can be no assurance as to the outcome of this matter.

 

Other Litigation Matters

 

The Company is involved in litigation arising from other matters in the ordinary course of business. We are regularly subject to claims, suits, regulatory and government investigations, and other proceedings involving labor and employment, commercial disputes, and other matters. Such claims, suits, regulatory and government investigations, and other proceedings could result in fines, civil penalties, or other adverse consequences.

 

Certain of these outstanding matters include speculative, substantial or indeterminate monetary amounts. We record a liability when we believe that it is probable that a loss has been incurred and the amount can be reasonably estimated. If we determine that a loss is reasonably possible and the loss or range of loss can be estimated, we disclose the reasonably possible loss. We evaluate developments in our legal matters that could affect the amount of liability that has been previously accrued, and the matters and related reasonably possible losses disclosed, and make adjustments as appropriate. Significant judgment is required to determine both likelihood of there being and the estimated amount of a loss related to such matters.

With respect to our other outstanding matters, based on our current knowledge, we believe that the amount or range of reasonably possible loss will not, either individually or in aggregate, have a material adverse effect on our business, consolidated financial position, results of operations, or cash flows. However, the outcome of such matters is inherently unpredictable and subject to significant uncertainties. 

 

ITEM 1A.RISK FACTORS

ITEM 1A.         RISK FACTORS

 

The risks described in Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors,” in our 2021 Annual Report on Form 10-K, could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations, and the trading price of our common stock could decline. These risk factors do not identify all risks that we face - our operations could also be affected by factors that are not presently known to us or that we currently consider to be immaterial to our operations. Due to risks and uncertainties, known and unknown, our past financial results may not be a reliable indicator of future performance and historical trends should not be used to anticipate results or trends in future periods. The Risk Factors section of our 2021 Annual Report on Form 10-K remains current in all material respects.respects, with the exception of updated risk factors filed in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2022, and the first risk factor under the “Risks Related to Ownership of Our Common Stock” section of Risk Factors section of our 2021 Annual Report on Form 10-K, which is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

 

ITEM 2.UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

If we do not continue to satisfy the NYSE American continued listing requirements, our common stock could be delisted from NYSE American.

The listing of our common stock on the NYSE American is contingent on our compliance with the NYSE American’s conditions for continued listing. On November 2, 2022, we received a deficiency letter (the “Letter”) from the NYSE American LLC (the “NYSE American” or the “Exchange”) indicating that we are not in compliance with the Exchange’s continued listing standard set forth in Section 1003(f)(v) of the NYSE American Company Guide (the “Company Guide”) because our shares of common stock for a substantial period of time have been selling at a low price per share, which the Exchange determined to be a 30-trading day average price of less than $0.20 per share. The Letter has no immediate effect on the listing or trading of our common stock and our common stock will continue to trade on the NYSE American under the symbol “NILE”. Additionally, the Letter does not result in the immediate delisting of our common stock from the NYSE American.

Pursuant to Section 1003(f)(v) of the Company Guide, the NYSE American staff determined that our continued listing is predicated on us demonstrating sustained price improvement within a reasonable period of time or effecting a reverse stock split of our common stock, which the staff determined to be no later than May 2, 2023. We intend to regain compliance with the NYSE American’s continued listing standards by undertaking a measure or measures that are in our best interests and our stockholders.

We intend to closely monitor the price of our common stock and consider available options if our common stock does not trade at a consistent level likely to result in us regaining compliance by May 2, 2023. We are actively engaged in discussions with the Exchange and are developing plans to regain compliance with the NYSE American’s continued listing standards within the cure period.

If we should fail to achieve compliance with NYSE American low-priced continued listing standard or fail to meet any other NYSE American listing requirement, then our common stock will be subject to delisting.  In the event our common stock is no longer listed for trading on the NYSE American, our trading volume and share price may decrease and we may experience further difficulties in raising capital which could materially affect our operations and financial results. Further, delisting from the NYSE American could also have other negative effects, including potential loss of confidence by partners, lenders, suppliers and employees and could also trigger various defaults under our lending agreements and other outstanding agreements. Finally, delisting could make it harder for us to raise capital and sell securities. You may experience future dilution as a result of future equity offerings. In order to raise additional capital, we may in the future offer additional shares of our common stock or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for our common stock.

ITEM 2.           UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

 

From JanuaryJuly 1, 2022 through March 31,September 30, 2022, Ault Alpha LP purchased 750,00021,024,871 shares of common stock and 9,025 shares of which 250,000 shares were purchased at the end of December 2021, which trade transactions settled in the beginning of January 2022.Series D Preferred Stock. Ault Alpha LP may be deemed to be an “affiliated purchaser” as defined in Rule 10b-18(a)(3) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The purchases were made through open market transactions.

 

  Total
Number of
Shares
Purchased
  Average
Price Paid
Per Share
  Total Number of
Shares Purchased
as Part of Publicly
Announced Plans
or Programs
  Maximum
Number of Shares
That May Yet Be
Purchased Under
Plans or Programs
 
January 1, 2022 - January 31, 2022  225,000  $0.85   -   - 
February 1, 2022 - February 28, 2022  272,401  $0.95   -   - 
March 1, 2022 - March 31, 2022  252,599  $0.91   -   - 
Total  750,000  $0.91   -   - 

Common Stock Purchased

 

ITEM 3.DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES
  Total
Number of
Shares
Purchased
  Average
Price Paid
Per Share
  Total Number of
Shares Purchased
as Part of Publicly
Announced Plans
or Programs
  Maximum
Number of Shares
That May Yet Be
Purchased Under
Plans or Programs
 
July 1, 2022 – July 31, 2022  7,063,221  $0.33         
August 1, 2022 – August 31, 2022  10,432,136  $0.34         
September 1, 2022 – September 30, 2022  3,529,541  $0.24         
Total  21,024,871  $0.32   -   - 

Series D Preferred Stock Purchased

  Total
Number of
Shares
Purchased
  Average Price
Paid Per
Share
  Total Number of
Shares Purchased
as Part of Publicly
Announced Plans
or Programs
  Maximum
Number of Shares
That May Yet Be
Purchased Under
Plans or Programs
 
July 1, 2022 – July 31, 2022  37,000  $24.30         
August 1, 2022 – August 31, 2022  -  $-         
September 1, 2022 – September 30, 2022  1,000  $13.89         
Total  38,000  $24.02   -   - 

ITEM 3.           DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

 

None.

 

ITEM 4.MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

ITEM 4.            MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

 

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 5.OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 5.            OTHER INFORMATION

 

None.

ITEM 6.EXHIBITS

ITEM 6.           EXHIBITS

Exhibit
Number
 Description
3.1 Form of Certificate of Determination of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, dated March 3, 2017.  Incorporated by reference to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 9, 2017 as Exhibit 3.1 thereto.
3.2 Certificate of Incorporation, dated September 22, 2017.  Incorporated herein by reference to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 29, 2017 as Exhibit 3.1 thereto.  
3.3 Certificate of Designations of Rights and Preferences of 10% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock, dated September 13, 2018. Incorporated herein by reference to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 14, 2018 as Exhibit 3.1 thereto.
3.4 Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation, dated January 2, 2019. Incorporated by reference to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 3, 2019 as Exhibit 3.1 thereto.
3.5 Certificate of Designations of Rights and Preferences of Series C Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock, dated February 27, 2019. Incorporated herein by reference to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 28, 2019 as Exhibit 3.1 thereto.
3.6 Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation (1-for-20 Reverse Stock Split of Common Stock), dated March 14, 2019. Incorporated herein by reference to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 14, 2019 as Exhibit 3.1 thereto.
3.7 Form of Amended & Restated Certificate of Designations of Rights and Preferences of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock. Incorporated by reference to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 25, 2020 as Exhibit 3.1 thereto.
3.8 Bylaws effective as of August 13, 2020. Incorporated by reference to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 14, 2020 as Exhibit 3.1 thereto.
3.9 Certificate of Ownership and Merger. Incorporated by reference to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 19, 2021 as Exhibit 3.1 thereto.
3.10 Amended and Restated Bylaws of BitNile Holdings, Inc., effective as of November 2, 2021. Incorporated by reference to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 3, 2021 as Exhibit 3.1 thereto.
3.11 Certificate of Ownership and Merger, as filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on December 1, 2021. Incorporated by reference to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 13, 2021 as Exhibit 3.1 thereto.
10.13.12 Certificate of Designation, Preferences and Rights relating to the 13.00% Series D Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock, dated May 25, 2022. Incorporated by reference to the Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on May 26, 2022 as Exhibit 3.6 thereto.
3.13Certificate of Amendment to Class B Warrant.Increase of the Designated Number of Shares of 13.00% Series D Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock, dated June 10, 2022. Incorporated by reference to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 21,June 14, 2022 as Exhibit 10.23.1 thereto.
10.23.14 At-The-Market Issuance Sales Agreement,Certificate of Correction to the Certificate of Designation, Rights and Preferences of 13.00% Series D Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock, dated February 25, 2022, with Ascendiant Capital Markets, LLC.June 16, 2022. Incorporated by reference to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 25,June 17, 2022 as Exhibit 3.1 thereto.
10.1Form of Note Purchase Agreement.  Incorporated by reference to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 11, 2022 as Exhibit 10.1 thereto.
10.2Form of Note.  Incorporated by reference to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 11, 2022 as Exhibit 4.1 thereto.
10.3Form of Security Agreement.  Incorporated by reference to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 11, 2022 as Exhibit 10.2 thereto.
10.4Form of Subsidiary Guaranty.  Incorporated by reference to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 11, 2022 as Exhibit 10.3 thereto.
10.5Form of Parent Guaranty.  Incorporated by reference to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 11, 2022 as Exhibit 10.4 thereto.
10.6Form of Master Agreement.  Incorporated by reference to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 16, 2022 as Exhibit 10.1 thereto.
10.7Form of Order Form.  Incorporated by reference to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 16, 2022 as Exhibit 10.2 thereto.
10.8Form of Note Purchase Agreement, dated November 18, 2022.
10.9Form of Note issued November 18, 2022.
10.10Form of Security Agreement, dated November 18, 2022.
31.1* Certification of Chief Executive Officer required by Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a).
31.2* Certification of Chief Financial Officer required by Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a).
32.1** Certification of Chief Executive and Chief Financial Officer required by Rule 13a-14(b) or Rule 15d-14(b) and Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code.
101.INS* Inline XBRL Instance Document. The instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document.
101.SCH* Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document.
101.CAL* Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document.
101.LAB* Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document.
101.PRE* Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document.
101.DEF* Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document.
104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101).

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

Dated:  May 23,November 21, 2022

 

 

 BITNILE HOLDINGS, INC. 
     
 By:/s/ William B. Horne 
   William B. Horne 
   Chief Executive Officer 
   (Principal Executive Officer) 
     
     
 By:/s/ Kenneth S. Cragun 
   Kenneth S. Cragun 
   Chief Financial Officer 
   (Principal Accounting Officer) 

 

 

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