Sysorex, Inc. - Annual Report: 2021 (Form 10-K)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

(Mark One)

☒ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2021

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As of April 12, 2022, the registrant had 290,303,439 shares of common stock outstanding.

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SYSOREX, INC.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

AND OTHER INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS REPORT

This report contains forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements give our current expectations or forecasts of future events. You can identify these statements by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. You can find many (but not all) of these statements by looking for words such as “approximates,” “believes,” “hopes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” “projects,” “intends,” “plans,” “would,” “should,” “could,” “may” or other similar expressions in this report. In particular, these include statements relating to future actions; prospective products, applications, customers and technologies; future performance or results of anticipated products; and projected expenses and financial results. These forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from our historical experience and our present expectations or projections. Factors that could cause actual results to differ from those discussed in the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to:

The forward-looking statements are based upon management’s beliefs and assumptions and are made as of the date of this report. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements included in this report. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements.

Unless otherwise stated or the context otherwise requires, the terms “Sysorex,” “we,” “us,” “our,” and the “Company” refer collectively to Sysorex, Inc. and its subsidiaries, TTM Digital Assets & Technologies, Inc. (“TTM Digital”) and Sysorex Government Services, Inc. (“SGS”).

PART I

ITEM 1: BUSINESS

Overview

Sysorex, Inc. is a technology company focused on Ethereum mining and the Ethereum blockchain and information technology solutions primarily in the public sector segments including federal, state and local governments. The Company has two wholly owned subsidiaries: TTM Digital Assets & Technologies, Inc. (“TTM Digital”) and Sysorex Government Services, Inc. (“SGS”). Following the Company’s Merger with TTM Digital in April 2021, the Company shifted its primary business focus to the mining of Ethereum and opportunities related to the Ethereum blockchain. In addition to the mining of Ethereum, the Company continues to operate its wholly owned subsidiary, SGS, a business that provides information technology products, solutions, and services to federal, state, and local government, including system integrators.

The Company made the decision to divest certain mining equipment and the data center of the TTM Digital reporting unit (“TTM Assets”) and commenced discussions with a third party to execute an asset sale in the spring of 2022. On March 24, 2022, the Company executed with a third party an agreement which includes certain binding and non-binding provisions. Pursuant to the agreement, the Company and the third party agreed to certain terms related to the Company’s sale of approximately 75% of its Ethereum mining assets and certain associated real property. The TTM Assets to be sold will not include the Company’s Ether funds generated prior to and held at Closing (as hereinafter defined) and any graphics processing units or associated assets maintained and operated by the Company at a co-located facility in North Carolina. The definitive terms of the sale of Assets will be set forth in definitive transaction agreements (the “Definitive Documentation”) to be executed by the parties.

The Closing of the TTM Asset sale transaction (the “Closing”) shall occur, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the Closing conditions set forth in Definitive Documentation no later than May 24, 2022, unless mutually extended in writing by the parties, subject to the parties’ meeting certain Closing conditions to be agreed upon in the Definitive Documentation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Definitive Documentation shall also include an outside date that is not more than three (3) months after the date of the execution thereof unless mutually extended in writing by the parties to allow the parties to obtain regulatory approvals, required consents, and shareholders approvals.

The Definitive Documentation will include certain other terms and conditions which are customary in asset sale and real property sale agreements.

Even with the partial sale of TTM Assets, the Company intends to stay in the blockchain industry. The Company will continue to mine Ethereum and through the Ethereum blockchain expand into decentralized applications (dApps), targeting decentralized financing (DeFi), and Non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Through expansion within this space, Sysorex will develop intellectual property that becomes Company assets. Our plan is to target the largest potential customer, the U.S. Government, by developing decentralized solutions that reduces costs, increases security, and expands transparency using blockchain technology. On March 9, 2022, President Biden issued the “Executive Order on Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets. This executive order provides the framework for U.S. Congress to establish laws and regulations around blockchain technology.

TTM Digital

TTM Digital is a digital asset technology and mining company that owns and operates a large number of specialized cryptocurrency mining processors and is currently focused on the Ethereum blockchain ecosystem. Following the reverse merger on April 14, 2021, the business of TTM Digital has become a business segment of the Company.

TTM Digital was originally formed as a Delaware limited liability company on June 28, 2017, under the name of TTM Ventures LLC. Thereafter, on March 30, 2021, it filed a certificate of conversion to a non-Delaware entity with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware together with Articles of Conversion and Articles of Incorporation with the Nevada Secretary of State filed on the same date. As a result, of such conversion, TTM Digital has become a Nevada corporation under the name of “TTM Digital Assets & Technologies, Inc.”

TTM Digital has an evolving business model which is subject to various uncertainties. As digital assets and blockchain technology become more widely utilized on a mass scale, we anticipate that the services and products associated with the technologies will continue to evolve. To successfully continue in the industry, our business model may need to evolve to reflect the trends of the industry. Over time, we may modify aspects of our business model relating to our strategy. We cannot offer any assurance that we will be successful or that the future industry or business operation changes will not result in harm to our business. We may not be able to manage growth effectively, which could damage our reputation, limit our growth and negatively affect our operating results. Management cannot provide any assurances that we will identify all emerging trends and growth opportunities in this business sector, and we may lose out on those opportunities to current or future competitors. As anticipated, any such circumstances could have a material adverse effect on our business, prospects, or operations. There is a possibility of digital asset mining algorithms transitioning to proof-of-stake validation and other mining-related risks, which could make us less competitive and ultimately adversely affect our business and our ability to generate revenues. When and if Ethereum switches to “proof-of-stake” our GPUs will no longer be able to mine Ethereum. As a result, the Company has made the decision to divest certain mining equipment. The Company and a third party agreed to certain terms related to the Company’s sale of approximately 75% of its Ethereum mining assets. TTM Digital will continue to mine Ethereum until that point in time in which the network switches to “proof-of-stake”. At that time, instead of mining with GPUs, the amount of Ethereum accumulated in our treasury will be used to stake to the network in the “proof-of-stake model.” The proof-of-stake will earn the Company rewards based on the amount of Ethereum you have. The more ETH you have staked, the more chances you have algorithmically of being selected by the beacon chain as an attestor to earn rewards. On August 5, 2021, the London Hard Fork protocol (EIP 1559) went into effect which includes changes in Ethereum’s handling of transaction fees. EIP 1559 improves the efficiency of commissions, mainly on the user side. At the block level, EIP 1559's scheme allows the base fee to vary by up to 12.5% from block to block, allowing users to predict and pay a relatively accurate fee based on the rules to improve the user experience. This comes at the expense of Ethereum miners by not providing the base fee as part of the block reward for mining a block. EIP 1559 is designed to make Ethereum less inflationary by taking or “burning” ETH out of circulation, which is the excess ETH leftover from the lower transaction fee. These changes could have an impact on the Company’s future potential Ethereum revenue stream due to less Ethereum being distributed per mined block, if not offset by an increase in the value of ETH and/or additional transaction tipping, the process by which a user can pay an additional amount to ensure a transaction is processed very quickly. 

Sysorex Government Services

SGS is a provider of information technology solutions from multiple vendors, including hardware products, software, services, including warranty and maintenance support, offered through our dedicated sales force, ecommerce channels, existing federal contracts and service team. Since our founding, we have served our customers by offering products and services from key industry vendors such as Aruba, Cisco, Dell, GETAC, Lenovo, Microsoft, Panasonic, Samsung, Symantec, VMware and others. We provide our customers with comprehensive solutions incorporating leading products and services across a variety of technology practices and platforms such as cyber, cloud, networking, security, and mobility. We utilize our professional services, consulting services and partners to develop and implement these solutions. Our sales and marketing efforts in collaboration with our vendor partners, allow us to reach multiple customer public sector segments including federal, state and local governments, as well as educational institutions. 

For the year ended December 31, 2021, our sales to federal, state and local governments accounted for approximately 100% of our SGS net sales. Our past customers have included, among others, federal and international government agencies and state and local governments. Although SGS has had many customers, two customers generated approximately 71% of SGS’s gross revenue during the year ended December 31, 2021. One customer accounted for 44% of SGS’s gross revenue in 2021; however, this customer may or may not continue to be a significant contributor to revenue in 2022. We plan to continue to focus our efforts on existing and potential government customers.

SGS experiences variability in our net sales and operating results on a quarterly basis as a result of many factors. SGS experiences some seasonal trends in our sales of technology solutions to government and educational institutions. For example, the fiscal year-ends of U.S. Public Sector customers vary for those in the federal government space and those in the state and local government and educational institution (“SLED”) space. SGS generally sees an increase in our second quarter sales related to customers in the U.S. SLED sector and in our third quarter sales related to customers in the federal government space as these customers close out their budgets for their fiscal year (June 30th and September 30th, respectively). SGS may also experience variability in our gross profit and gross profit margin as a result of changes in the various vendor programs we participate in and its effect on the amount of vendor consideration we receive from a particular vendor or their authorized distributor/wholesaler, may be impacted by a number of events outside of our control.

Employees

As of April 12, 2022, we had 22 full-time employees. We believe our employee relations to be good.

Corporate Information

Our office is located at 13880 Dulles Corner Lane, STE 120, Herndon, Va. 20171 which is where our records are kept. Our website addresses are www.sysorexinc.com and www.ttmdigitalassets.com. Our telephone number is (703) 961-1125.

ITEM 1A: RISK FACTORS

Although smaller reporting companies like the Company are not required to respond to this item, we have elected to do so in the interest of full disclosure.

Certain factors may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations. You should carefully consider the risks and uncertainties described below, in addition to other information contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K and in conjunction with the Company’s 8-K/A filed with the SEC on June 24, 2021, including our consolidated financial statements and related notes. The risks and uncertainties described below are not the only ones we face. Additional risks and uncertainties that we are unaware of or believe are not material may also become important factors that adversely affect our business. If any of the following risks occur, our business, financial condition, results of operations, and prospects could be materially and adversely affected. In that event, the trading price of our Common Stock could decline, and you could lose part or all your investment. 

Risks Related to our Business

We have a history of operating losses and our auditors have indicated that there is a substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.

As of December 31, 2021, the Company had an approximate cash balance of $0.6 million, working capital deficit of approximately $13.2 million, and an accumulated deficit of approximately $40.9 million. The aforementioned factors raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern for the next twelve months following the issuance of our financial statements. The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of asset amounts or the classification of liabilities that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern within one year after the date the consolidated financial statements are issued.

The Company does not believe that its capital resources as of December 31, 2021, its ability to mine cryptocurrency, availability on the SGS SouthStar credit facility to finance purchase orders and invoices, reauthorization of key vendors and credit limitation improvements will be sufficient to fund planned operations. On March 24, 2022, Company executed an agreement with a third party which includes certain binding and non-binding provisions. The Company and the third party agreed to certain terms related to the Company’s sale of approximately 75% of its Ethereum mining assets and certain associated real property which is expected to close on May 24, 2022. The Company will still require additional funds to support its obligations for the next twelve months. The Company is exploring a number of possible solutions to its financing needs, including efforts to raise additional capital as needed, through the issuance of equity, equity-linked or debt securities, as well as possible transactions with other companies, strategic partnerships, and other mechanisms for addressing our financial condition.

Our capital resources and operating results, as of and through December 31, 2021, consist of the (i) An overall working capital deficit of $13.2 million, (ii) Cash and cash equivalents of $0.6 million, of (iii) Net cash used in operating activities of $(8.5) million, (iv) Net cash provided by investing activities of $2.2 million, and (v) Net cash provided in financing activities of $6.9 million.

We have material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting.

Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires annual management assessments of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting. Our management assessed the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of December 31, 2021 and concluded that we had material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting and therefore, our disclosure controls and procedures may not be effective in providing material information required to be included in any future periodic SEC filings on a timely basis and to ensure that information required to be disclosed in any future periodic SEC filings is accumulated and communicated to our management to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure about our internal control over financial reporting. See “Item 9A: Controls and Procedures.” More specifically, our internal control over financial reporting was not effective due to the following material weaknesses:

Although management has implemented, and continues to implement, actions to remediate the underlying causes of the control deficiencies that gave rise the material weaknesses, we cannot provide any assurance that the remediation efforts will be successful or that our internal control over financial reporting will be effective as a result of these efforts.

If we fail to comply with the rules under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act related to disclosure controls and procedures in the future, or, if we continue to have material weaknesses or other deficiencies in our internal control and accounting procedures and disclosure controls and procedures, our stock price could decline significantly and raising capital could be more difficult. If additional material weaknesses or significant deficiencies are discovered or if we otherwise fail to address the adequacy of our internal control over financial reporting and disclosure controls and procedures, our business may be harmed. Moreover, effective internal controls are necessary for us to produce reliable financial reports and are important to helping prevent financial fraud. If we cannot provide reliable financial reports or prevent fraud, our business and operating results could be harmed, investors could lose confidence in our reported financial information, and the trading price of our securities could drop significantly.

The ongoing coronavirus outbreak, and measures taken in response thereto, could continue to have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, and financial condition.

Our business is highly susceptible to changes in economic conditions. Our products and services are directly tied to the production and sale of goods and, more generally, to the North American economy. The COVID-19 pandemic has adversely impacted economic activity and conditions worldwide and created significant volatility and disruption to financial markets. Efforts to control the spread of COVID-19 have led governments and other authorities to impose restrictions which have resulted in business closures and disrupted supply chains worldwide. As a result, transportation, and supply chain companies such as ours have experienced slowdowns and reduced demand and could continue to negatively impact our business.

Furthermore, quarantines, shelter in place orders, labor shortages due to illness and otherwise, business and facility closures or other disruptions to our operations, or our customers’ operations, have also adversely impacted demand for our services and our ability to provide services to our customers.

We are a holding company whose subsidiaries are given a certain degree of independence, and our failure to integrate our subsidiaries may adversely affect our financial condition.

We have given our subsidiary companies and their executives a certain degree of independence in decision-making. On the one hand, this independence may increase the sense of ownership at all levels; on the other hand, it has also increased the difficulty of the integration of operation and management, which has resulted in increased difficulty of management integration. In the event we are not able to successfully manage our subsidiaries, this will result in operating difficulties and have a negative impact on our business.

We are a relatively small company with limited staff and a limited accounting department. Our limited staff and resources may affect our internal controls over financial reporting. Our failure to implement measures that will ensure adequate controls over our financial and other reporting processes could cause us to fail to meet our financial and other reporting obligations.

While we continue to evaluate and improve our internal controls following the Merger, we are a relatively small company with limited staff, particularly with a limited accounting department. The Company currently relies on the part-time services of third-party consultants to help us with our financial accounting, our reporting obligations, and our controls over financial processes and reporting.

Internal control over financial reporting cannot provide absolute assurance of achieving financial reporting objectives because of its inherent limitations. Internal control over financial reporting is a process that involves human diligence and compliance and is subject to lapses in judgment and breakdowns resulting from human failures. Internal control over financial reporting also can be circumvented by collusion or improper management override. Because of such limitations, there is a risk that material misstatements may not be prevented or detected on a timely basis by internal control over financial reporting. However, these inherent limitations are known features of the financial reporting process.

Due to our current staffing limitations, we cannot be certain that the measures we implement in the future will ensure that we design, undertake, and maintain adequate controls over our financial processes and reporting. Any failure by us to hire and retain experienced accounting and financial reporting personnel, implement required new or improved controls, or any difficulties we encounter in their implementation, could cause us to fail to meet our reporting obligations.

Adverse judgments or settlements in legal proceedings could materially harm our business, financial condition, operating results and cash flows.

We are subject to pending claims for non-payment by certain vendors in an aggregate amount of approximately $0.7 million including interest as of December 31, 2021, which is approximately 2.7% of our total assets. We may also be a party to other claims that arise from time to time in the ordinary course of our business, which may include those related to, for example, contracts, sub-contracts, protection of confidential information or trade secrets, adversary proceedings arising from customer bankruptcies, employment of our workforce and immigration requirements or compliance with any of a wide array of state and federal statutes, rules and regulations that pertain to different aspects of our business. We may also be required to initiate expensive litigation or other proceedings to protect our business interests. There is a risk that we will not be successful or otherwise be able to satisfactorily resolve any pending or future litigation. In addition, litigation and other legal claims are subject to inherent uncertainties and management’s view of currently pending legal matters may change in the future. Those uncertainties include, but are not limited to, litigation costs and attorneys’ fees, unpredictable judicial or jury decisions and the differing laws and judicial proclivities regarding damage awards among the states in which we operate. Unexpected outcomes in such legal proceedings, or changes in management’s evaluation or predictions of the likely outcomes of such proceedings (possibly resulting in changes in established reserves), could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows. Due to recurring losses and net capital deficiency, our current financial status may increase our default and litigation risks and may make us more financially vulnerable in the face of pending or threatened litigation.

Future issuances of our common stock pursuant to various existing instruments including, but not limited to the existing convertible debentures and right to shares letter agreements could result in additional significant dilution of the percentage ownership of our shareholders and could cause the price of our common stock to decline.

In the future, the Company will have an obligation to issue its common stock pursuant to various securities instruments entitling their holders to receive shares of the Company’s common stock, including but not limited to rights to shares letter agreements and convertible debentures. Although such instruments typically provide for the limitation of the percentage of the common stock of the respective beneficial owners, the holders of such instruments are expected to obtain shares of common stock from time-to-time or, in some instances, to direct the Company to issue the shares of common stock to designated third parties. As a result, our shareholders may be materially diluted, and the price of our common stock may decline.

All our assets are encumbered to secure the payment of secured convertible debentures that will require payments if not previously converted to Common Stock.

We encumbered all our assets to secure the payment of indebtedness and accrued interest due on secured convertible debentures required to be repaid by approximately July of 2022, subject to certain extensions, if not previously converted. In the event of default in repayment, our secured creditor could exercise its remedies, including the execution on all our assets, which would result in the termination of our activities. Unless we generate enough cash, we may not have sufficient funds to pay our debentures and other indebtedness when due. In such event, we might be required to sell our assets and properties to meet our obligations, or to seek an extension to our debentures, or alternative debt or equity financing. If full repayment, conversion, sale, extension, or refinancing is not obtained or consummated, we could default in our obligations.

Even if we are not in default of the debentures, the existence of these secured obligations and the terms of securities purchase agreement may impair our ability to obtain capital from external sources in certain manner.

Our existing and future debt obligations could impair our liquidity and financial condition, and if we are unable to meet our debt obligations, the lenders could foreclose on our assets.

All of our assets are encumbered to secure the payment of secured convertible debentures that will require payments if not previously converted to common stock. Our debt and financial obligations:

Should we fail to make pay our obligations or fail to comply with any covenants contained in any related agreements, we could be in default regarding that indebtedness. Since we have pledged substantially all of our assets to secure our obligations under the secured convertible debentures, a debt default could enable the lenders to foreclose on the assets securing such debt and could significantly diminish the market value and marketability of our common stock and could result in the acceleration of other payment obligations or default under other contracts.

As further described in the financial statements at Item 8 herein, we believe we are currently in default under the terms of our secured convertible notes.

Risks Related to Acquired Cryptocurrency Mining Business

Our inability to successfully integrate new acquisitions could adversely affect our combined business; our operations are widely disbursed.

Our growth strategy through acquisitions is fraught with risk. On April 14, 2021, we acquired the entirety of outstanding shares of TTM Digital, a U.S.-based business engaged in the mining of the cryptocurrency Ethereum with capabilities to mine other digital assets. This line of business is new to the Company. Our strategy and business plan are dependent on our ability to successfully integrate TTM Digital and our other acquisition’s operations, particularly those that pertain to computational capabilities and mining of digital assets. Said integration and achievement of the synergy will stretch our resources and management time to transform the Company’s business. Further, failure to quickly and adequately integrate all of these operations and personnel could adversely affect our combined business and our ability to achieve our objectives and strategy. No assurance can be given that we will realize synergies in the areas we currently operate.

We may be classified as an inadvertent investment company.

We are not engaged in the business of investing, reinvesting, or trading in securities, and we do not hold ourselves out as being engaged in those activities. Under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), however, a company may be deemed an investment company under section 3(a)(1)(C) of the Investment Company Act if the value of its investment securities is more than 40% of its total assets (exclusive of government securities and cash items) on a consolidated basis.

We are commencing operations of digital asset mining, the output of which is cryptocurrencies. We cannot guarantee that such cryptocurrencies or digital assets we will mine are deemed as commodities and not as securities. If the digital assets held by us exceed 40% of our total assets, exclusive of cash, we inadvertently become an investment company. An inadvertent investment company can avoid being classified as an investment company if it can rely on one of the exclusions under the Investment Company Act. One such exclusion, Rule 3a-2 under the Investment Company Act, allows an inadvertent investment company a grace period of one year from the earlier of: (a) the date on which an issuer owns securities and/or cash having a value exceeding 50% of the issuer’s total assets on either a consolidated or unconsolidated basis, and (b) the date on which an issuer owns or proposes to acquire investment securities having a value exceeding 40% of the value of such issuer’s total assets (exclusive of government securities and cash items) on an unconsolidated basis. We expect to establish policies that we would work to keep the investment securities held by us at less than 40% of our total assets, which may include acquiring assets with our cash, liquidating our investment securities, or seeking a no-action letter from the Commission if we are unable to acquire sufficient assets or liquidate sufficient investment securities in a timely manner.

As Rule 3a-2 is available to a company no more than once every three years, and assuming no other exclusion were available to us, we would have to keep within the 40% limit for at least three years after we cease being an inadvertent investment company. This may limit our ability to make certain investments or enter into joint ventures that could otherwise have a positive impact on our earnings. In any event, we do not intend to become an investment company engaged in the business of investing and trading securities.

Classification as an investment company under the Investment Company Act requires registration with the Commission. If an investment company fails to register, it would have to stop doing almost all business, and its contracts would become voidable. Registration is time-consuming and restrictive and would require a restructuring of our operations, and we would be very constrained in the kind of business we could do as a registered investment company. Further, we would become subject to substantial regulation concerning management, operations, transactions with affiliated persons, and portfolio composition, and would need to file reports under the Investment Company Act regime. The cost of such compliance would result in our incurring substantial additional expenses, and the failure to register if required would have a materially adverse impact on our operations.

Changes in laws, regulations, or requirements applicable to our software and services could impose increased costs on us, delay or prevent our introduction of new products and services or impair the function or value of our existing products and services.

Our digital assets mining operations may become subject to increasing regulatory requirements, and as these requirements proliferate, we may be required to change or adapt our operations to comply with them.

For example, the adoption of new money transmitter (“MT”) or money services business (“MSB”) statutes in jurisdictions or changes in regulators’ interpretation of existing state and federal money transmitter or money services business statutes or regulations, could subject us to registration or licensing, or limit business activities, cause us to enter relationships with one or more third parties for payment services until we are appropriately licensed. The activities of TTM Digital may cause it to be deemed a MSB under the regulations promulgated by FinCEN under the authority of the U.S. Bank Secrecy Act, TTM Digital may be required to comply with FinCEN regulations, including those that would mandate TTM Digital to implement anti-money laundering programs, make certain reports to FinCEN and maintain certain records.

Compliance and classifications are dependent on federal and state regulatory actions and our business activities. We do not believe that we are a money transmitter, because our activities do not cause us to hold, possess or control payment funds on behalf of a consumer or merchant. If we were deemed to be a money transmitter, we would be subject to significant additional regulation. This could increase our costs in operating our business. In addition, a regulator could act against us if it views our payment solution platform as a violation of existing law. Any of these outcomes would negatively affect the market price for our shares and could cause us to cease operations in the certain U.S. States. 

Subsequently, on March 9, 2022, the President of the United States issues an executive order outlining a government-wide approach to reviewing six key policy priorities. This includes: protecting US consumers, investors and businesses; protecting US and global financial stability and mitigating economywide financial risks; mitigating money laundering, other illicit finance activity and national security risks; reinforcing US leadership in the global financial system, and technological and economic competitiveness; promoting equitable access to safe and affordable financial services; and Supporting technological advances that promote responsible development and use of digital assets. Unlike China, which has banned all cryptocurrency activities that ultimately pushed more mining investments to the United States, eventual regulation of the cryptocurrency industry may potentially disrupt or temporarily stop mining activities until we conform with new regulatory requirements.

Additionally, we are not licensed to conduct a virtual currency business in New York and do not intend to become licensed in any other state that may require licensing in the future. We have taken the position that the New York State Department of Financial Services (“NYSDFS”) BitLicense Regulatory Framework (23 NYCRR 200.2(q)) does not apply to our business. It is possible, however, that the NYSDFS could disagree with our position. If we were deemed to be conducting an unlicensed virtual currency business in New York, we could be subject to significant additional regulation and/or regulatory consequences. There are a number of states that review the adaptation that the Conference of State Bank Supervisors has proposed a model form of state-level “virtual currency” regulation. There are at least thirty-one states that have pending legislation in the 2021 legislative session regarding blockchain and cryptocurrency.

The recent New York Senate Bill 6486C seeks to establishes a moratorium on consolidated operations that use proof-of-work authentication methods to validate blockchain transactions; provides that such operations will be subject to a full generic environmental impact statement review. Although the majority of our mining activity is operating using hydroelectric power, New York Senate Bill 6486C may require TTM Digital to halt mining until an environmental impact assessment is completed.

It may be illegal now, or in the future, to acquire, own, hold, sell or use digital assets in one or more countries, and ownership of, holding, or trading in our securities may also be considered illegal and subject to sanction.

Although currently digital assets are not regulated or are lightly regulated in most countries, including the United States, one or more countries such as China, India, and Russia may take regulatory actions in the future that severely restricts the right to acquire, own, hold, sell, or use digital assets or to exchange digital assets for fiat currency. Such an action may also result in the restriction of ownership, holding, or trading in our securities. Such restrictions may adversely affect an investment in us. For example, the Bank of England, in June of 2021, issued a paper for comments in which it explains that stablecoins should have the same regulations as fiat currencies.

The cost of obtaining new and replacement miners and parts has historically been capital intensive and is likely to continue to be very capital intensive, which may have a material and adverse effect on our business and results of operations.

Our mining operations can only be successful and ultimately profitable if the costs, including hardware and electricity costs, associated with mining cryptocurrencies are lower than the price of the cryptocurrencies we mine when we sell them. Our miners experience ordinary wear and tear from the operation and may also face more significant malfunctions caused by factors that may be beyond our control. Additionally, as the technology evolves, we may acquire newer models of miners to remain competitive in the market. Over time, we replace those miners that are no longer functional with new miners.

Once this happens, these new miners will need to be repaired or replaced along with other equipment from time-to-time for us to stay competitive. This upgrading process requires substantial capital investment, and we may face challenges in doing so on a timely and cost-effective basis based on the availability of new miners and our access to adequate capital resources. If we are unable to obtain adequate numbers of new and replacement miners at scale, we may be unable to remain competitive in our highly competitive and evolving industry. If this happens, we may not be able to mine cryptocurrency as efficiently or in similar amounts as our competition and, as a result, our business and financial results could suffer. Alternatively, the return of investment of mining equipment may take significantly longer. This could, in turn, materially and adversely affect the trading price of our securities, and our investors could lose part or all of their investment.

The price of new miners may be linked to the market price of Ethereum and other cryptocurrencies, and, if the current relatively high market price of Ethereum persists, our costs of obtaining new and replacement miners may increase, which may have a material and adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.

Reports have been released that the prices of new miners are adjusted according to the price of the cryptocurrency they mine. As a result, the cost of new machines can be unpredictable, and could also be significantly higher than our historical cost for new miners. Similarly, as Ethereum prices have risen, we have observed a significant increase in the demand for miners. As a result, at times, we may obtain Ethereum miners and other hardware at exuberant prices, to the extent they are available.

On the other hand, we incur significant up-front capital costs each time we acquire new miners, and, if future prices of Ethereum are not sufficiently high, we may not realize the benefit of these capital expenditures. If this occurs, our business, results of operations, and financial condition could be materially and adversely affected, which may have a negative impact on the trading price of our securities, which may have a materially adverse impact on investors’ investment in our Company.

There are numerous new and existing competitors in our industry that are purchasing mining equipment at scale, which may cause delays or difficulty in us obtaining new miners, which could materially and adversely affect our business and the results of operations.

Many of the competitors in our industry have also been purchasing mining equipment at scale, which has caused a worldwide shortage of mining equipment and extended the corresponding delivery schedules for new miner purchases. It is uncertain how manufacturers will respond to this increased global demand and whether they can deliver on the schedules promised to all of their customers.

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted and may continue to disrupt international shipping and we may not be able to obtain new miners or replacement parts for our existing miner fleet in a timely or cost-effective manner, which could materially and adversely affect our business and results of operations.

The novel strain of the coronavirus (“COVID-19”) has spread as a global pandemic throughout the world and has resulted in authorities imposing, and businesses and individuals implementing, numerous unprecedented measures to try to contain the virus. Although the United States and countries around the world have been releasing a vaccine, there are no assurances that the vaccine will be effective, and what impact it will have on reducing the spread or containment of COVID-19. In addition to vaccinations, these efforts include travel bans and restrictions, quarantines, shelter-in-place/stay-at-home and social distancing orders, and shutdowns. These measures have impacted and may further impact our workforce and operations, the operations of our customers, and those of our vendors, suppliers, and manufacturing partners. The extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic will continue to affect our business, results of operations and financial condition is difficult to predict and depends on numerous evolving factors, including: the duration and scope of the pandemic and its impact on overall global uncertainty; government, social, business and other actions that have been and will be taken in response to the pandemic; and the effect of the pandemic on short- and long-term general economic conditions.

Current and future restrictions or disruptions of transportation, such as reduced availability of air and ground transport, port closures or congestion, and increased border controls or closures, can also impact our ability to meet demand and could materially adversely affect us. These increased costs could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations, particularly if the effects of COVID-19 are prolonged.

The COVID-19 global pandemic has disrupted and may continue to disrupt the manufacture and availability of new miners, which could materially and adversely affect our business and the results of operations.

Various COVID-19-related restrictions on travel, work, and movement of goods and supplies, as well as the cumulative impact of the mounting number of lost working days as a result of COVID-19, has already put a strain on our manufacturing partners, suppliers, and logistics partners to produce and deliver a sufficient number of products needed to meet the global demand for miners. This has had a particularly strong impact on the global supply chain and availability of semiconductors, which are used in the manufacture of the ASIC chips used in the miners we operate. The strain on the global supply of semiconductors, largely stemming from manufacturing interruptions due to COVID-19-related disruptions, has resulted in decreased production across many industrial sectors.

While our manufacturing partners and component suppliers mostly have been able to continue to operate to date in compliance with applicable regulations and current limitations, future restrictions on their operations could impact their ability to meet global demand for new miners. Concurrently, along with an increased trading price of Ethereum and other cryptocurrencies in the fourth quarter of 2020 and continuing through 2021, we have observed an increased demand for GPU-based rigs during this period. During the second half of 2020 we have already experienced increased per-unit costs for new GPUs, and, if the scarcity of GPUs continues, this trend may continue. If we are unable to acquire new GPUs for our rigs, or if our cost for new GPUs is excessively high, we may not be able to keep up with our competitors, which may materially and adversely affect our business and results of operations. Some manufacturers, such as NVIDIA are splitting their processors into two categories, one for gamers (GPUs) and another for miners now being marketed as Cryptocurrency Mining Processor (CMP) for miners. Manufacturers are attempting to slow down the processing speed of GPUs so that it deters miners from acquiring GPUs and moves them to purchase CMPs for mining purposes. However, miners have developed ways to tweak GPUs to operate as fast as CMPs and this continues to create supply-chain issues for mining processors.

Our mining operating costs could outpace our mining revenues, which could seriously harm our business or increase our losses.

Our mining operations are costly, and our expenses may increase in the future. Future increase in expenses may not be offset by a corresponding increase in revenue. If our expenses are greater than we anticipate, and our business investments are not successful, our expenses may outpace monetization efforts. Increases in our costs without a corresponding increase in our revenue would increase our losses and could seriously harm our business and financial performance.

To the extent that the profit margins of Ethereum mining operations are not high, operators of Ethereum mining operations are more likely to immediately sell Ethereum rewards earned by mining in the market, thereby constraining the growth of the price of Ethereum that could adversely impact us, and similar actions could affect other cryptocurrencies.

Over the past two years, Ethereum mining operations have evolved. Currently, new processing power is predominantly added by incorporated and unincorporated “professional” mining operations utilizing GPUs.

Professional mining operations may use proprietary hardware or specialized machines. Acquiring specialized hardware at scale requires the investment of significant up-front capital, and miners incur significant expenses related to the operation of this hardware at scale, such as the leasing of operating space (often in data centers or warehousing facilities), incurring of electricity costs to run the miners and the employment of technicians to operate the mining farms. As a result, professional mining operations are of a greater scale and have more defined and regular expenses and liabilities. These regular expenses and liabilities require professional mining operations to maintain profit margins on the sale of Ethereum. To the extent the price of Ethereum declines and such profit margin is constrained, professional miners are incentivized to more immediately sell Ethereum earned from mining operations, whereas it is believed that individual miners in past years were more likely to hold newly mined Ethereum for more extended periods. The immediate selling of newly mined Ethereum greatly increases the trading volume of Ethereum, creating downward pressure on the market price of Ethereum rewards.

The extent to which the value of Ethereum mined by a professional mining operation exceeds the allocable capital and operating costs determines the profit margin of such operation. A professional mining operation may be more likely to sell a higher percentage of its newly mined Ethereum rapidly if it is operating at a low-profit margin and it may partially or completely cease operations if its profit margin is negative. In a low-profit margin environment, a higher percentage could be sold more rapidly, thereby potentially depressing Ethereum prices. Lower Ethereum prices could result in further tightening of profit margins for professional mining operations creating a network effect that may further reduce the price of Ethereum until mining operations with higher operating costs become unprofitable forcing them to reduce mining power or cease mining operations temporarily.

The foregoing risks associated with Ethereum could be equally applicable to other cryptocurrencies, whether existing now or introduced in the future. Such circumstances could have a material adverse effect on our ability to continue as a going concern or to pursue our new strategy at all, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, prospects, or operations and potentially the value of Ethereum and any other cryptocurrencies we mine or otherwise acquire or hold for our own account, and thus harm investors.

We may not be able to realize the benefits of forks.

To the extent that a significant majority of users and miners on a cryptocurrency network install software that changes the cryptocurrency network or properties of a cryptocurrency, including the irreversibility of transactions and limitations on the mining of new cryptocurrency, the cryptocurrency network would be subject to new protocols and software. However, if less than a significant majority of users and miners on the cryptocurrency network consent to the proposed modification, and the modification is not compatible with the software prior to its modification, the consequence would be what is known as a “fork” of the network, with one prong running the pre-modified software and the other running the modified software. The effect of such a fork would be the existence of two versions of the cryptocurrency running in parallel yet lacking interchangeability and necessitating exchange-type transactions to convert currencies between the two forks. Additionally, it may be unclear following a fork which fork represents the original asset and which is the new asset. Different metrics adopted by industry participants to determine which is the original asset include: referring to the wishes of the core developers of a cryptocurrency, blockchains with the greatest amount of hashing power contributed by miners or validators; or blockchains with the longest chain. A fork in the network of a particular cryptocurrency could adversely affect an investment in our securities or our ability to operate.

We may not be able to realize the economic benefit of a fork, either immediately or ever, which could adversely affect an investment in our securities. If we hold a cryptocurrency at the time of a hard fork into two cryptocurrencies, industry standards would dictate that we would be expected to hold an equivalent amount of the old and new assets following the fork. However, we may not be able, or it may not be practical, to secure or realize the economic benefit of the new asset for various reasons. For instance, we may determine that there is no safe or practical way to custody the new asset, that trying to do so may pose an unacceptable risk to our holdings in the old asset, or that the costs of taking possession and/or maintaining ownership of the new cryptocurrency exceed the benefits of owning the new cryptocurrency. Additionally, laws, regulations, or other factors may prevent us from benefitting from the new asset even if there is a safe and practical way to custody and secure the new asset.

There is a possibility of cryptocurrency mining algorithms transitioning to proof-of-stake validation and other mining-related risks, which could make us less competitive and ultimately adversely affect our business and the value of our stock.

Proof-of-stake is an alternative method in validating cryptocurrency transactions. Should the algorithm shift from a proof-of-work validation method to a proof-of-stake method, mining would likely require less energy, which may render any company that maintains advantages in the current climate (for example, from lower-priced electricity, processing, real estate, or hosting) less competitive. We, as a result of our efforts to optimize and improve the efficiency of our cryptocurrency mining operations, may be exposed to the risk in the future of losing the benefit of our capital investments and the competitive advantage we hope to gain from this as a result, and may be negatively impacted if a switch to proof-of-stake validation were to occur. Such events could have a material adverse effect on our ability to continue as a going concern or to pursue our new strategy at all, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, prospects, or operations and potentially the value of any Ethereum or other cryptocurrencies we mine or otherwise acquire or hold for our own account.

When and if Ethereum transitions to proof-of-stake, our GPUs will no longer be able to mine Ethereum, which could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and the value of our common stock.

Once Ethereum transitions to proof of stake, revenue will be generated from Ethereum by “staking” coins. 

Ethereum’s change to proof of stake will require staking of Ethereum to generate revenue. The Ethereum will be locked for a yet to be determined period of time to generate staking rewards. The reward amount is variable and while estimates exist, the actual reward rate is unknown at this time. If the Company does not earn such rewards, it could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s results of operations and on the value of our common stock.

Our future success will depend in large part upon the value of Ethereum, and any sustained decline in its value could adversely affect our business and the results of operations.

Our operating results will depend in large part upon the value of ETH (ETH is the cryptocurrency/token off of the Ethereum blockchain) because it is the cryptocurrency we currently mine. Specifically, our revenues from our Ethereum mining operations are based upon two factors: (1) the number of Ethereum rewards we successfully mine, and (2) the value of ETH. In addition, our operating results are directly impacted by changes in the value of Ethereum. The Company records it’s ETH at cost and will adjust the cost if impaired.

Our mining operations, including the facilities in which our miners are operated, may experience damages, including damages that are not covered by insurance.

Our current mining operation is, and any future mines we establish will be, subject to a variety of risks relating to physical condition and operation, including, but not limited to:

For example, our mine could be rendered inoperable, temporarily or permanently, as a result of a fire or other natural disaster or by a terrorist or other attack on the mine. The security and other measures we take to protect against these risks may not be sufficient. Additionally, our mine could be materially adversely affected by a power outage or loss of access to the electrical grid or loss by the grid of cost-effective sources of electrical power generating capacity. Given the power requirement, it would not be feasible to run miners on backup power generators in the event of a power outage. Our insurance covers the replacement cost of any lost or damaged miners but does not cover any interruption of our mining activities; therefore, our insurance, therefore, may not be adequate to cover the losses we suffer as a result of any of these events. In the event of an uninsured loss, including a loss in excess of insured limits, at any of the mines in our network, such mines may not be adequately repaired in a timely manner or at all and we may lose some or all of the future revenues anticipated to be derived from such mines. The potential impact on our business is currently magnified because we are only operating a single mine.

We are subject to risks associated with our need for significant electrical power.

Our Ethereum mining operations have required significant amounts of electrical power, and, as we continue to expand our mining fleet, we anticipate our demand for electrical power will continue to grow. If we are unable to continue to obtain sufficient electrical power to operate our miners on a cost-effective basis, we may not realize the anticipated benefits of our significant capital investments in new miners.

Additionally, our mining operations could be materially adversely affected by prolonged power outages. Although our miners may be powered by backup generators on a temporary basis, it would not be feasible or cost-effective to run miners on backup power generators for extended periods of time. Therefore, we may have to reduce or cease our operations in the event of an extended power outage, or as a result of the unavailability or increased cost of electrical power. If this were to occur, our business and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected, and investors in our securities could be harmed.

Interruptions to our power supply and Internet access could disrupt our operations, which could adversely affect our business and the results of operations.

Our cryptocurrency mining operations require a significant amount of electrical power and access to high-speed internet to be successful. If we are unable to secure sufficient electrical power, or if we lose internet access for a prolonged period, we may be required to reduce our operations or cease them altogether. If this occurs, our business and results of operations may suffer, and our investors may be materially and adversely affected.

Ethereum mining is subject to cyber-security risks, which could adversely affect an investment in the Company or the ability of the Company to operate.

Digital asset networks, including the Ethereum network, may be subject to control by entities that capture a significant amount of the network’s processing power or a significant number of developers important for the operation and maintenance of such digital asset network.

If a majority of the processing power dedicated to mining or staking on the network is controlled by a bad actor (often referred to as a “51% attack”), it may be able to alter the Ethereum blockchain on which the transactions rely. This could occur if the bad actor were to construct fraudulent blocks or prevent certain transactions from completing in a timely manner, or at all. It could be possible for the malicious actor to control, exclude or modify the ordering of transactions, though it could not generate new Ether or transactions. Further, a bad actor could “double-spend” its own Ether (i.e., spend the same tokens in more than one transaction) and prevent the confirmation of other users’ transactions for so long as it maintained control. To the extent that such malicious actor or botnet did not yield its control of the processing power on the Ethereum network or the network community did not reject the fraudulent blocks as malicious, reversing any changes made to the blockchain may not be possible. Further, a malicious actor or botnet could create a flood of transactions in order to slow down confirmations of transactions on the network. Other digital asset networks have been subject to malicious activity achieved through control of over 50% of the processing power on the network. For example, on May 24, 2018, it was reported that attackers compromised the Bitcoin Gold network in this manner and were successfully able to double-spend units of bitcoin gold in a series of transactions over the course of at least one week and in a total amount of at least $18 million.

Moreover, certain hardware providers may create hardware that collectively has majority power and the manufacturer could potentially exert control itself. For example, it was discovered that the mining machines produced by Bitmain contained backdoor code that would allow Bitmain to remotely shut down the mining machines. This vulnerability is colloquially referred to as the “Antbleed backdoor.” At worst, the Antbleed backdoor could have allowed Bitmain to shut off up to an estimated 70% of the global hash rate. Bitmain released an official response to the controversy claiming that the Antbleed backdoor had no malicious intent, and on April 28, 2017, the day following the discovery of the Antbleed backdoor, Bitmain released a new source code and firmware upgrades for its mining hardware to remove the backdoor.

If the feasibility of a bad actor gaining control of the processing power on the Ethereum network increases, there may be a negative effect on an investment in the Company. To the extent that the Ethereum ecosystem, including the core developers and the administrators of mining pools, does not act to ensure greater decentralization of mining processing power, the feasibility of a malicious actor obtaining control of the processing power on the Ethereum network will increase, which may adversely affect the value of our common stock.

The Company’s reliance on third-party mining pool service providers may have a negative impact on the Company’s operations.

We use third-party mining pools to receive our mining rewards from the network. Ethereum mining pools allow miners to combine their computing power, increasing their chances of solving a block and getting paid by the network. The rewards are distributed by the pool operator, proportionally to our contribution to the pool’s overall mining power used to generate each block. Should the pool operator’s system suffer downtime due to a cyber-attack, software malfunction, or other similar issues, it will negatively impact our ability to mine and receive revenue.

The open-source structure of the Ethereum network protocol means that the core developers and other contributors are generally not directly compensated for their contributions in maintaining and developing the Ethereum network protocol. A failure to properly monitor and upgrade the Ethereum network protocol could damage the Ethereum network and the Company’s business.

The Ethereum network operates based on an open-source protocol maintained by the core developers and other contributors. As the Ethereum network protocol is not sold or made available subject to licensing or subscription fees and its use does not generate revenues for its development team, the core developers are generally not compensated for maintaining and updating the Ethereum network protocol. Consequently, there is a lack of financial incentive for developers to maintain or develop the Ethereum network and the core developers may lack the resources to adequately address emerging issues with the Ethereum network protocol. Although the Ethereum network is currently supported by the core developers, there can be no guarantee that such support will continue or be sufficient in the future. Alternatively, some developers may be funded by entities whose interests are at odds with other participants in the Ethereum network. To the extent that material issues arise with the Ethereum network protocol and the core developers and open-source contributors are unable to address the issues adequately or in a timely manner, the Ethereum network and the business of the Company may be adversely affected.

Flaws in the source code of Ethereum may be unknown to us and may negatively affect the Company’s business in multiple ways.

In the past, flaws in the source code for digital asset networks have been exposed and exploited, including flaws that disabled some functionality for users, exposed users’ personal information, and/or resulted in the theft of users’ digital assets. Several errors and defects have been publicly found and corrected, including those that disabled some functionality for users and exposed users’ personal information. Discoveries of flaws in or exploitations of the source code that allow malicious actors to take or create money in contravention of known network rules have occurred. The cryptography underlying Ethereum could prove to be flawed or ineffective, or developments in mathematics and/or technology, such as advances in digital computing, algebraic geometry, and quantum computing. In any of these circumstances, a malicious actor may be able to steal Ether held by others, which could adversely affect the demand for Ether and therefore adversely impact the price of Ether and the results of our operations. Even if another digital asset other than Ethereum were affected by similar circumstances, any reduction in confidence in the robustness of the source code or cryptography underlying digital assets generally could negatively affect the demand for all digital assets, including Ethereum-based, and therefore adversely affect our business and operations.

Our tokens and other cryptocurrencies that we hold may be subject to loss, theft, or restriction on access. Ether transactions are irrevocable and stolen or incorrectly transferred ether may be irretrievable. As a result, any incorrectly executed ether transactions could adversely affect an investment in the Company.

There is an inherent risk that some or all of our cryptocurrencies could be lost or stolen. Access to our coins could also be restricted by cybercrime. We hold some of our cryptocurrencies in internet-based programmatic wallets, which may be more vulnerable to cybercrime. Additionally, Ether transactions are not reversible. Once a transaction has been verified and recorded in a block that is added to the Ethereum blockchain, an incorrect transfer of cryptocurrency, such as Ether, or theft of Ether generally will not be reversible, and the Company may not be capable of seeking compensation for any such transfer or theft. To the extent that the Company is unable to successfully seek redress for such error or theft, such loss could adversely affect an investment in the Company.

Risks Related to Ownership of our Common Stock

A large number of shares of Common Stock has recently become eligible for public sale or may be subject to rights requiring us to register them for public sale which could depress the market price of our Common Stock, even if our business is doing well. A substantial number of shares of our Common Stock may be sold in the near future.

The market price of our Common Stock could decline as a result of sales of a large number of shares of our Common Stock in the market. The perception that these sales could occur may also depress the market price of our Common Stock. Stockholders owning an aggregate of up to 25,824,848 shares of our Common Stock in connection with the Merger have recently become entitled, under agreements providing for registration rights or pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act (and subject to limitations of Rule 144 and applicable securities laws), to sell or to require us to register shares owned by them for public sale in the United States. Additionally, holders of our outstanding convertible debentures are entitled to convert their debentures into potentially millions of shares of common stock at a substantial discount to the current market price of our common stock, which may, in turn, result in substantial dilution to our existing shareholders.

Exempted sales of our shares of Common Stock or sales pursuant to registration rights may make it more difficult for us to sell equity securities in the future at a time and at a price that we deem appropriate. These sales also could cause the trading price of our Common Stock to fall and make it more difficult for investors to sell shares of our Common Stock.

ITEM 1B: UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS

None.

ITEM 2: PROPERTIES

Our principal executive offices are located at 13880 Dulles Corner Lane, Suite 120, Herndon, Virginia 20171. We lease this premise, which consists of approximately 5,758 square feet pursuant to a lease that expires on May 31, 2025, with the following gross monthly rent payments:

In addition, the Company owns and operates its data center in New York. The data center facility is located in an industrial redevelopment area which has a property tax abatement and pays certain fees in lieu of property taxes under an agreement with the Industrial Development Agency. We believe that our facilities are adequate for our current needs.

ITEM 3: LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

There are no material pending legal proceedings as defined by Item 103 of Regulation S-K, to which we are a party or of which any of our property is the subject, other than ordinary routine litigation incidental to the Company’s business.

Sysorex, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), entered into a Promissory Judgment Note dated as of August 15, 2018 (the “Note”), with Tech Data Corporation (“Tech Data”), pursuant to which the Company promised to pay the principal sum of $6,849,423.42 to Tech Data. The Note provides that interest shall accrue on the balance of the Note at the rate of 18% per annum. Due to miscommunication with Tech Data, the Company inadvertently failed to pay, when due, some of the installment payments in the aggregate principal amount of $3,341,801.80, as set forth in the Note and has defaulted under the Note.

On December 14, 2021, the Company became aware that a Confession of Judgment (the “Confession of Judgment”) had been entered against the Company in the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Santa Clara by Tech Data on September 24, 2021. The Confession of Judgement is entered for a total sum of $5,942,559.05, which is comprised of the principal sum of $3,341,801.80 and prejudgment interest in the sum of $2,600,757.25.

Following a negotiation with Tech Data, the Company was able to reduce the Award by in excess of $4.2 million, and on January 13, 2022, the Company and Tech Data entered into a Settlement and Release Agreement (the “Settlement Agreement”). Pursuant to the Settlement Agreement, the Company paid $1,375,000.00 on January 14, 2022. The Award was deemed satisfied in full. Among other things, Tech Data agreed to file an acknowledgment of full satisfaction of judgment attached as an exhibit to the Settlement Agreement, not take any further action against the Company in connection with or relating to the Judgment, and release the Company and its representatives from any and all claims, including the Judgment, which Tech Data may have against the Company based upon any transaction that occurred at any time before the date of the Settlement Agreement.

There are no proceedings in which any of the directors, officers, or affiliates of the Company, or any registered or beneficial holder of more than 5% of the Company’s voting securities, is an adverse party or has a material interest adverse to that of the Company.

ITEM 4: MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

Not Applicable. 

 PART II

ITEM 5: MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

Market Information

Shares of our common stock trade on the OTCQB under the symbol “SYSX.” The following table sets forth the high and low closing prices for our common stock for each quarterly period during the years ended December 31, 2020, and 2021, as reported by the OTC Markets. These quotations reflect inter-dealer prices, without retail mark-up, mark-down or commission and may not represent actual transactions.

The closing price of our common stock on the OTCQB on April 11, 2022, was $0.0195.

Stockholders of Record

As of April 11, 2022, there were 211 stockholders of record of our common stock. A substantially greater number of holders of our common stock are “street name” or beneficial holders, whose shares of record are held through banks, brokers, other financial institutions and registered clearing agencies.

Dividend Policy

We have never declared nor paid any cash dividends to stockholders. We do not currently expect to pay dividends on our capital stock. The payment of any dividends in the future, and the timing and amount thereof, is within the discretion of our board of directors. The board’s decisions regarding the payment of dividends will depend on many factors, such as our financial condition, earnings, capital requirements, debt service obligations, restrictive covenants in any debt instrument, industry practice, legal requirements, regulatory constraints and other factors that the board deems relevant. Our ability to pay dividends will depend on our ongoing ability to generate cash from operations. We cannot guarantee that we will pay a dividend in the future or continue to pay any dividends if we began paying dividends.

Securities Authorized for Issuance under Equity Compensation Plans

Information about our equity compensation plans is incorporated herein by reference to Part III, Item 11 of this report.

Performance Graph

Pursuant to the accompanying instructions, the information called for by Item 201(e) of Regulation S-K is not required.

Unregistered Sales of Securities and Use of Proceeds 

On April 14, 2021, pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, the Company agreed to issue an aggregate of 150,043,116, less certain pre-funded warrants and rights to receive shares of common stock as follows:

On May 4, 2021, the Company issued the aggregate of 60,000 shares of Common Stock to consultants in consideration of corporate communications/media relations and investor relations services pursuant to a consulting agreement.

On May 19, 2021, the Company issued 5,000 shares of Common Stock to an attorney in consideration of legal services provided.

On July 20, 2021, the Company issued 75,000 shares of Common Stock to a law firm in consideration of legal services provided.

On August 5, 2021, the Company issued 50,000 shares of Common Stock to an attorney in consideration of legal services provided.

On September 2, 2021, the Company issued the aggregate of 150,000 shares of Common Stock to an individual in consideration of corporate advisory services pursuant to an advisory agreement.

On September 3, 2021, the Company issued the aggregate of 50,000 shares of Common Stock to an individual elected to serve as a Board of Director.

On September 7, 2021, the Company issued the aggregate of 200,000 shares of Common Stock to an individual in consideration of corporate advisory services pursuant to an advisory agreement.

On November 2, 2021, the Company issued the aggregate of 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock in consideration for the purchase of the remaining 50% membership interest in Up North.

The above shares have been sold and issued in reliance on the exemption from registration afforded by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and/or Rule 506(b) of Regulation D promulgated thereunder.

ITEM 6: [RESERVED]

ITEM 7: MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITIONS AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction the audited financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. In addition to historical information, this discussion and analysis here and throughout the Form 10-K contains forward-looking statements that involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Our actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements due to a number of factors, including but not limited to, risks described in the section entitled “Risk Factors”.

Overview of the Company’s Subsidiaries

The Company is a technology company focused on Ethereum mining and the Ethereum blockchain and information technology solutions primarily in the public sector segments including federal, state and local governments. The Company has two wholly owned subsidiaries: TTM Digital Assets & Technologies, Inc. (“TTM Digital”) and Sysorex Government Services, Inc. (“SGS”).

TTM Digital

TTM Digital is a digital asset technology and mining company that owns and operates a large number of specialized cryptocurrency mining processors and is currently focused on the Ethereum blockchain ecosystem. Following the Merger, the business of TTM Digital has become a business segment of the Company.

TTM Digital was originally formed as a Delaware limited liability company on June 28, 2017, under the name of TTM Ventures LLC. Thereafter, on March 30, 2021, it filed a certificate of conversion to a non-Delaware entity with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware together with Articles of Conversion and Articles of Incorporation with the Nevada Secretary of State filed on the same date. As a result, of such conversion, TTM Digital has become a Nevada corporation under the name of “TTM Digital Assets & Technologies, Inc.”

In the fall of 2021, the Company made the decision to divest certain mining equipment and the data center of the TTM Digital reporting unit (“TTM Assets”) and commenced discussions with a third party to execute an asset sale in the spring of 2022. . On March 24, 2022, Company executed with a third party an agreement which includes certain binding and non-binding provisions. Pursuant to the agreement, the Company and the third party agreed to certain terms related to the Company’s sale of approximately 75% of its Ethereum mining assets and certain associated real property. The TTM Assets to be sold will not include the Company’s Ether funds generated prior to and held at Closing and any graphics processing units or associated assets maintained and operated by the Company at a co-located facility in North Carolina. The definitive terms of the sale of TTM Assets will be set forth in definitive transaction agreements (the “Definitive Documentation”) to be executed by the parties.

The Closing of the TTM Asset sale transaction (the “Closing”) shall occur, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the Closing conditions set forth in Definitive Documentation no later than May 24, 2022, unless mutually extended in writing by the parties, subject to the parties’ meeting certain Closing conditions to be agreed upon in the Definitive Documentation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Definitive Documentation shall also include an outside date that is not more than three (3) months after the date of the execution thereof unless mutually extended in writing by the parties to allow the parties to obtain regulatory approvals, required consents, and shareholders approvals.

The Definitive Documentation will include certain other terms and conditions which are customary in asset sale and real property sale agreements.

Even with the partial sale of TTM Assets, the Company intends to stay in the blockchain industry. The Company will continue to mine Ethereum and through the Ethereum blockchain expand into decentralized applications (dApps), targeting decentralized financing (DeFi), and Non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Through expansion within this space, Sysorex will develop intellectual property that becomes Company assets. Our plan is to target the largest potential customer, the U.S. Government, by developing decentralized solutions that reduces costs, increases security, and expands transparency using blockchain technology. On March 9, 2022, President Biden issued the “Executive Order on Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets. This executive order provides the framework for U.S. Congress to establish laws and regulations around blockchain technology.

Sysorex Government Services

SGS is a provider of information technology solutions from multiple vendors, including hardware products, software, services, including warranty and maintenance support, offered through our dedicated sales force, ecommerce channels, existing federal contracts and service team. Since our founding, we have served our customers by offering products and services from key industry vendors such as Aruba, Cisco, Dell, GETAC, Lenovo, Microsoft, Panasonic, Samsung, Symantec, VMware and others. We provide our customers with comprehensive solutions incorporating leading products and services across a variety of technology practices and platforms such as cyber, cloud, networking, security, and mobility. We utilize our professional services, consulting services and partners to develop and implement these solutions. Our sales and marketing efforts in collaboration with our vendor partners, allow us to reach multiple customer public sector segments including federal, state and local governments, as well as educational institutions. 

The financial statements present the consolidated results of operations, financial condition, and cash flows of Sysorex and its subsidiaries. These financial statements were prepared on a consolidated basis because the operations were under common control. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated between the consolidated entities.

Basis of Presentation

In connection with the preparation of our consolidated financial statements, we are required to make assumptions and estimates about future events and apply judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue, expenses and the related disclosures. We base our assumptions, estimates and judgments on historical experience, current trends and other factors that management believes to be relevant at the time our consolidated financial statements are prepared. On a regular basis, we review the accounting policies, assumptions, estimates and judgments to ensure that our consolidated financial statements are presented fairly and in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”). However, because future events and their effects cannot be determined with certainty, actual results could differ from our assumptions and estimates, and such differences could be material.

Our significant accounting policies are discussed in Note 4 of the consolidated financial statements. We believe that the following accounting estimates are the most critical to aid in fully understanding and evaluating our reported financial results, and they require our most difficult, subjective or complex judgments, resulting from the need to make estimates about the effect of matters that are inherently uncertain.

Known Trends or Uncertainties

TTM Digital has an evolving business model which is subject to various uncertainties. As digital assets and blockchain technology become more widely utilized on a mass scale, we anticipate that the services and products associated with the technologies will continue to evolve. To successfully continue in the industry, our business model may need to evolve to reflect the trends of the industry. Over time, we may modify aspects of our business model relating to our strategy. We cannot offer any assurance that we will be successful or that the future industry or business operation changes will not result in harm to our business. We may not be able to manage growth effectively, which could damage our reputation, limit our growth and negatively affect our operating results. Management cannot provide any assurances that we will identify all emerging trends and growth opportunities in this business sector, and we may lose out on those opportunities to current or future competitors. As anticipated, any such circumstances could have a material adverse effect on our business, prospects, or operations. There is a possibility of digital asset mining algorithms transitioning to proof-of-stake validation and other mining-related risks, which could make us less competitive and ultimately adversely affect our business and our ability to generate revenues. When and if Ethereum switches to “proof-of-stake” our GPUs will no longer be able to mine Ethereum. TTM Digital will mine other coins with the GPUs. At that time, instead of mining with GPUs, the amount of Ethereum accumulated in our treasury will be used to stake to the network in the “proof-of-stake model” Proof-of-stake will earn the Company rewards based on the amount of Ethereum you have. Additionally, on August 5, 2021, the London Hard Fork protocol (EIP 1559) went into effect which includes changes in Ethereum’s handling of transaction fees. EIP 1559 improves the efficiency of commissions, mainly on the user side. At the block level, EIP 1’59's scheme allows the base fee to vary by up to 12.5% from block to block, allowing users to predict and pay a relatively accurate fee based on the rules to improve the user experience. This comes at the expense of Ethereum miners by not providing the base fee as part of the block reward for mining a block. EIP 1559 is designed to make Ethereum less inflationary by taking or “burning” ETH out of circulation, which is the excess ETH leftover from the lower transaction fee. These changes could have an impact on the Company’s future potential Ethereum revenue stream due to less Ethereum being distributed per mined block, if not offset by an increase in the value of ETH and/or additional transaction tipping, the process by which a user can pay an additional amount to ensure a transaction is processed very quickly.

SGS experiences variability in our net sales and operating results on a quarterly basis as a result of many factors. SGS experiences some seasonal trends in our sales of technology solutions to government and educational institutions. For example, the fiscal year-ends of U.S. Public Sector customers vary for those in the federal government space and those in the state and local government and educational institution (“SLED”) space. SGS generally sees an increase in our second quarter sales related to customers in the U.S. SLED sector and in our third quarter sales related to customers in the federal government space as these customers close out their budgets for their fiscal year (June 30th and December 31st, respectively). SGS may also experience variability in our gross profit and gross profit margin as a result of changes in the various vendor programs we participate in and its effect on the amount of vendor consideration we receive from a particular vendor or their authorized distributor/wholesaler, may be impacted by a number of events outside of our control.

Material Changes

On April 8, 2021, the Company, TTM Digital, “MergerSub”, entered into the Merger Agreement. Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, the parties agreed that Sysorex would acquire TTM Digital by way of a reverse triangular merger, subject to certain closing conditions. On the Effective Time, the closing conditions delineated in the Merger Agreement were satisfied and the Merger closed. At the Effective Time, the MergerSub was merged with and into TTM Digital with TTM Digital surviving the Merger.

Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, the shareholders of TTM Digital received a right to receive an aggregate of 124,218,268 Merger Shares in exchange for their shares of TTM Digital. Simultaneously, upon the issuance of the Merger Shares to the TTM Digital shareholders, Sysorex was issued all of the authorized capital of TTM Digital and TTM Digital became a wholly owned subsidiary of Sysorex. The Merger resulted in a change of control, with the shareholders of TTM Digital receiving that number of Merger Shares equal to approximately eighty percent (80%) of the outstanding shares of capital stock of Sysorex including the effect of the Sysorex Recapitalization as discussed in TTM Digital Reverse Merger and Sysorex Recapitalization.

Effective on April 1, 2021, TTM Digital entered into an Asset Contribution and Exchange Agreement to acquire 3,130 GPUs, and thereafter a Purchase Order on April 1, 2021, for a lease-to-buy financing arrangement to acquire 1,344 GPUs with CoreWeave, with both CoreWeave agreements closing on or after April 1, 2021. In connection with the Contribution and Exchange Agreement, TTM Digital issued equity to the sellers representing 28.65% of the pre-merger equity outstanding for TTM Digital and agreed to installment payments of $2.2 million over 180 days subject to acceleration based on the completion of certain corporate events. Additionally, the parties entered a service agreement on the same date providing for installation and configuration, operation, and management of the mining systems of TTM Digital by CoreWeave. It includes the use of the management software to monitor, maintain, troubleshoot, and communicate with the hosting service providers as well as certain physical repairs. As part of the arrangement, the Company made an initial down payment of $100,000 which was applied to future invoices. The ongoing fee is determined based on the number of specific mining systems under the Service Agreement. Based on the number and type of units at the arrangement’s inception, monthly costs are expected to be $32,400. All third-party software costs associated with the Services and operation of the equipment will be passed through to the Company. The initial term of the agreement expires on June 30, 2022 and shall automatically renew thereafter for successive one (1)-year terms unless either party terminates within sixty (60) days of the then current term.

On July 7, 2021, the Company consummated the initial closing of a private placement offering (the “Offering”) pursuant to the terms and conditions of a Securities Purchase Agreement. At the initial closing the Company sold the purchasers (i) 12.5% Original Issue Discount Convertible Debentures in an aggregate principal amount of $9,990,000 and (ii) warrants to purchase up to 3,534,751 shares of common stock of the Company. The Company received total gross proceeds of $8,880,000 taking into account the 12.5% discount before deducting placement agent fees and expenses of approximately $913,000. The Debentures mature on July 7, 2022, subject to a three-month extension upon mutual agreement of the Company and the holder. We believe we are currently in default under the terms of our secured convertible notes.

On August 13, 2021, the Company consummated the second closing of the offering pursuant to the same terms and conditions of the Securities Purchase Agreement dated July 7, 2021. At the second closing, the Company sold the purchasers (i) 12.5% Original Issue Discount Senior Secured Convertible Debentures in an aggregate principal amount of $3,976,875 and (ii) warrants to purchase up to 1,862,279 shares of common stock of the Company. The Company received a total of $3,535,000 in gross proceeds following the second closing taking into account the 12 % discount before deducting placement agent fees and expenses of approximately $354,000. The Debentures mature on August 13, 2022, subject to a three-month extension upon mutual agreement of the Company and the holder. We believe we are currently in default under the terms of our secured convertible notes.

On September 26, 2021, the Company acquired a 5% minority interest in Style Hunter, Inc. (“Hunt”).  The Hunt issued 613,723 shares of its common stock: par value $0.0001 per share for $0.81470 per share for a total price of $500,000. The Company shall have a one-time option to purchase an additional $500,000 of the Common Stock (“Option”) on or before the 360-day anniversary of Closing Date as follows: (i) if the Buyer exercises its Option prior to the 90-day anniversary of Closing Date the per-share purchase price of the additional shares of Common Stock (the “Option Price”) shall be $0.81470 (a $10,000,000 Company valuation), (ii) if the Buyer exercises its Option after the 90-day anniversary of Closing Date, but prior to the 180-day anniversary of Closing Date, the Option Price will be $1.22200 (a $15,000,000 Company valuation), or (iii) if the Buyer exercises its option after the 180-day anniversary of Closing the Option Price will be $2.03670 (a $25,000,000 Company valuation).

On November 2, 2021, the Company through a wholly owned subsidiary of TTM Digital executed a Membership Interest Purchase Agreement (“Up North Agreement”) with BWP Holdings, LLC (“BWP”) whereby the Company acquired the remaining 50.0% membership interest (“Transferred Membership Interest”) in Up North Hosting LLC (“Up North”) that it did not already own to bring its ownership in Up North to 100.0% (“UNH Acquisition”). In addition to the Transferred membership Interest the Company acquired certain data mining equipment of BWP (“Bitworks Equipment” and collectively the “Acquisition”) that was resident in the Up North data center facility. Total transaction consideration paid for the acquired interests of Up North and the Bitworks Equipment were $1.0 million and the issuance of 1.0 million shares of restricted common stock, $0.00001 par value of the Company.

In the fall of 2021, the Company made the decision to divest certain mining equipment and the data center of the TTM Assets and commenced discussions with a third party to execute an asset sale in the spring of 2022. On March 24, 2022, the Company executed with a third party an agreement which includes certain binding and non-binding provisions. Pursuant to the agreement, the Company and the third party agreed to certain terms related to the Company’s sale of approximately 75% of its Ethereum mining assets and certain associated real property. The TTM Assets to be sold will not include the Company’s Ether funds generated prior to and held at Closing (as hereinafter defined) and any graphics processing units or associated assets maintained and operated by the Company at a co-located facility in North Carolina. The definitive terms of the sale of TTM Assets will be set forth in definitive transaction agreements (the “Definitive Documentation”) to be executed by the parties.

The Closing of the TTM Asset sale transaction (the “Closing”) shall occur, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the Closing conditions set forth in Definitive Documentation no later than May 24, 2022, unless mutually extended in writing by the parties, subject to the parties’ meeting certain Closing conditions to be agreed upon in the Definitive Documentation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Definitive Documentation shall also include an outside date that is not more than three (3) months after the date of the execution thereof unless mutually extended in writing by the parties to allow the parties to obtain regulatory approvals, required consents, and shareholders approvals.

Summary of TTM Digital Mining Result

The following is a discussion on continuing and discontinued operations is discussed further in the following sections, Liquidity and Capital Resources as of December 31, 2021, and 2020.

The following table presents the roll forward of digital asset activity from both continuing and discontinued operations during the respective periods:

Discussion of Results of Operations of TTM Digital for the year ended December 31, 2021, and 2020

For the year ending 2021, TTM Digital reported $12.5 million in revenues, ($4.4 million in continuing operations and $8.1 million in discontinued operations). TTM Digital reported $1.3 million in mining costs ($0.5 in continuing operations and $0.8 million in discontinued operations), $0.2 million in sales and marketing costs (continuing operations), $6.3 million in general and administrative costs (continuing operations), ($6.0 million in continuing operations and $0.3 million in discontinued operations), $0.3 million in management fees (continuing operations), $4.1 million in amortization and depreciation costs ($2.5 million in continuing operations and $1.6 million in discontinued operations), $3.2 million of fixed asset impairment ( continuing operations), $0.7 million of digital asset impairment (continuing operations), $6.6 million in loss contingency on debt default (continuing operations), $22.0 million in merger charges (continuing operations), $2.0 million in restructuring fees (continuing operations), $0.08 in other net income and expenses ($0.012 million in other income from continuing operations and $0.1 million in other expenses in discontinued operations), resulting in a net loss from operations of $13.3 million ($18.5 million net loss from continuing operations and $5.2 million net income from discontinued operations).

For the year ending 2020, TTM reported its results as discontinued operations. TTM Digital reported $1.8 million in revenues. TTM Digital reported $0.4 million in mining costs, $0.1 million in management fees, $0.8 million in depreciation costs, resulting in a net income from operations of $0.5 million.

TTM Digital margins are affected by new and existing competitors in the digital asset mining industry. As an increasing number of new miners enter the Ethereum network, and as existing miners acquire additional mining equipment, the total rewards per miner decrease and the difficulty to obtain mining equipment increases. Margins are also affected by increases in natural gas prices. At times of peak usage on the power grid, and in times of inclement weather, natural gas prices tend to rise. Additionally, for the year ended December 31, 2021, there were significant merger and acquisition related costs due to the triangular reverse merger with Sysorex Inc.

Discussion of Results of Operations of SGS for the year ended December 31, 2021

SGS operates on the resale of technology products and associated services related to those products. These products are resold through several contracts with the federal government in SGS’ portfolio of contracts. SGS suppliers include wholesale distributors of major technology products, small niche product suppliers, services from specialized partners, and services from SGS’ own resources.

The lifecycle of an order includes: solicitation of a requirement form the customer, quotation or proposal in response to the solicitation, evaluation of quote or proposal by the customer, awarding an order to SGS based on favorable evaluation, customer order is then entered in as a sales order, the SGS system then issues purchase orders to suppliers, suppliers delivers the goods to the customer and performs any services necessary to complete order obligations, customer provides acceptance, and SGS issues an invoice to the customer. Once a customer accepts the invoice the dollar amount is guaranteed and backed by the U.S. Treasury. Post invoice obligation may include warranty, maintenance, and telephonic support either directly by SGS or through the OEM directly. From acceptance until the period of performance is completed (warranty, maintenance, and/or telephonic support), SGS is responsible for the operability of the delivered goods. Once the period of performance is completed, the customer will contact SGS to complete a contract closeout.

For the year ending 2021, the SGS reported $8.3 million in revenues. This includes approximately 70% of revenues coming from the Company’s top two customers. SGS reported $6.9 million in product and services costs, $0.8 million in sales and marketing costs, $3.4 million in general and administrative costs, $0.4 million in amortization costs, resulting in a loss from operations of $3.2 million. See Note 4 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies for discussion of the accounting treatment under ASC 606 included in the notes to the financial statements. Based on the two contracts, the Company acted as the agent and is required to record the costs against the related revenues, resulting in a reduced revenue line, offset by a reduced cost of goods sold line in the financial statements.

SGS margins are affected by the diversity of our supplier. Supplier diversity allows companies such as SGS to seek better cost through competition of multiple suppliers of the same product. Currently, SGS does not have the supplier diversity that is required to increase margin. SGS is on a prepay basis with many suppliers and this requires SGS to finance cash advances to suppliers from our finance source, South Star credit facility. Our financial source charges high fees and interest, which also affects our net margin.

Liquidity and Capital Resources as of December 31, 2021

Going Concern

As of December 31, 2021, the Company had an approximate cash balance of $0.6 million, working capital deficit of approximately $13.2 million, and an accumulated deficit of approximately $40.9 million. The aforementioned factors raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern for the next twelve months following the issuance of these financial statements. The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of asset amounts or the classification of liabilities that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern within one year after the date the consolidated financial statements are issued.

The Company does not believe that its capital resources as of December 31, 2021, its ability to mine cryptocurrency, availability on the SGS SouthStar credit facility to finance purchase orders and invoices, reauthorization of key vendors and credit limitation improvements will be sufficient to fund planned operations. As a result, the Company will need additional funds to support its obligations for the next twelve months. The Company is exploring a number of possible solutions to its financing needs, including efforts to raise additional capital as needed, through the issuance of equity, equity-linked or debt securities, as well as possible transactions with other companies, strategic partnerships, and other mechanisms for addressing our financial condition. On March 24, 2022, Company executed an agreement with a third party to certain terms related to the Company’s sale of approximately 75% of its Ethereum mining assets and certain associated real property which is expected to close on May 24, 2022. There can be no assurance that the Company will consummate the sale.

Our capital resources and operating results, continuing and discontinued operations, as of and through December 31, 2021, consist of the:

1) An overall working capital deficit of $13.2 million,

2) Cash and cash equivalents of $0.6 million, of

3) Net cash used in operating activities of $(8.5) million,

4) Net cash provided by investing activities of $2.2 million, and

5) Net cash provided in financing activities of $6.9 million.

Operating Activities

Net cash used in operating activities was $(8.5) million during the year ended December 31, 2021. Cash was consumed from operations by the net loss of $(46.0) million, plus non-cash and one-time items of $41.3 million, consisting primarily of merger charges of $22.0 million, non-employee compensation costs of $2.6 million, in shares issued in exchange for services, restructuring fees of $2.0 million, loss contingency for debt default of $6.6 million, impairment of mining assets of $3.2 million, impairment of digital assets of $0.7 million, and depreciation and amortization of $4.2 million and cash flows provided by discontinued operations of $1.3 million, offset by changes in assets and liabilities of $(5.1) million.

Investing Activities:

Net cash provided by investing activities for the year ended December 31, 2021, was approximately $2.2 million, primarily driven from proceeds from the sale of digital assets of $3.7 million, offset by investing cash flows from discontinued operations of $1.5 million.

Financing Activities:

Net cash provided by financing activities during the year ended December 31, 2021, was approximately $6.9 million. The net cash provided by financing activities during the year ended December 31, 2021, was from the repayment of loans of $4.3 million and offset by proceeds received for convertible debt of $12.4 million and payments for convertible debt transaction costs of $1.2 million.

Liquidity and Capital Resources as of December 31, 2021, Compared to December 31, 2020

The Company’s net cash flow used in operating, investing and financing activities, continuing and discontinued operations for the year ended December 31, 2021, and certain balances as of the end of those periods are as follows (in thousands):

Operating Activities:

Net cash used in operating activities during the year ended December 31, 2021, was $(8,473). Net cash used in operating activities during the year ended December 31, 2021, consisted of the following (in thousands):

The non-cash income and expenses of $41,257 consisted of (in thousands):

The net proceeds of cash due to changes in operating assets and liabilities totaled $(3,719) and consisted of the following (in thousands):

Operating cash flows – discontinued operations of approximately $1.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, is primarily driven by net income of $5.2 million, depreciation and amortization of $1.6 million and a gain on sale of mining equipment of $0.2 million, equity in earnings of equity method investments of $0.1 million, offset by decreases in digital assets of $6.1 million and a decrease in accounts payable and accrued liabilities of $11.8 million.

Net cash used in operating activities for the year ended December 31, 2020, of $(0.5) million were primary driven by a net loss from continuing operations of $0.1 million, decreases in digital assets of $1.0 million offset by operating cash flows – discontinued operations of $0.6 million.

Operating cash flows – discontinued operations for the year ended December 31, 2020, is primarily driven by net income of $0.6 million, depreciation and amortization of $0.8 million, offset by decreases in digital assets of $0.7 million and a decrease in accrued liabilities of $0.1 million.

Investing Activities:

Net cash provided by investing activities for the year ended December 31, 2021, was approximately $2.2 million, primarily driven from proceeds from the sale of digital assets of $3.6 million, offset by investing cash flows – discontinued operations of $1.4 million.

Investing cash flows - discontinued operations for the year ended December 31, 2021, is primarily driven by purchase of mining equipment of $0.5 million, UpNorth business combination of $0.3 million, investments in UpNorth of $0.1 million and an investment in Style Hunter of $0.5 million.

Net cash provided by investing activities for the year ended December 31, 2020, was approximately $0.03 million, primarily driven from proceeds from the sale of digital assets of $0.55 million and investing cash flow – discontinued operations of $0.6 million.

Investing cash flows - discontinued operations for the year ended December 31, 2020, is primarily driven by purchase of mining equipment of $0.9 million offset by proceeds from the sale of mining equipment of $0.3 million.

Financing Activities:

Net cash provided by financing activities during the year ended December 31, 2021, of $6.9 million was from the proceeds received for convertible debt of $12.4 million and offset by the payments for convertible debt transaction costs of $1.2 million and the repayment of loans of $4.3 million.

Net cash provided by financing activities during the year ended December 31, 2020, was approximately $0.6 million, primarily driven by proceeds received from the issuance of members’ interest.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

We believe the following accounting estimates to be the most critical estimates we used in preparing our consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2021.

Digital Assets

Digital assets, (predominantly Ethereum) are included in current assets in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. The classification of digital assets as a current asset has been made after the Company’s consideration of the consistent daily trading volume on cryptocurrency exchange markets, there are no limitations or restrictions on Company’s ability to sell Ethereum, and the pattern of actual sales of Ethereum by the Company. Cryptocurrencies purchased are recorded at cost and cryptocurrencies awarded to the Company through its mining activities are accounted for in connection with the Company’s revenue recognition policy.

Digital assets held are accounted for as intangible assets with indefinite useful lives. An intangible asset with an indefinite useful life is not amortized but assessed for impairment annually, or more frequently, when events or changes in circumstances occur indicating that it is more likely than not that the indefinite-lived asset is impaired. Impairment exists when the carrying amount exceeds its fair value, which is measured using the quoted price of the digital asset at the time its fair value is being measured. In testing for impairment, the Company has the option to first perform a qualitative assessment to determine whether it is more likely than not that an impairment exists. If it is determined that it is not more likely than not that an impairment exists, a quantitative impairment test is not necessary. If the Company concludes otherwise, it is required to perform a quantitative impairment test. To the extent an impairment loss is recognized, the loss establishes the new cost basis of the asset. Subsequent reversal of impairment losses is not permitted. The Company recorded a $0.7 million impairment charge during the year ended December 31, 2021. No impairment was taken during the year ended December 31, 2020.

The Company accounts for its gains or losses in accordance with the first in first out (FIFO) method of accounting. The Company recognized realized gains (losses) through the sale and disbursement of digital assets during the year ended December 31, 2021, and 2020 of $0.1 million and $0.04 million, respectively.

Impairment of Long-lived Assets

Management reviews long-lived assets for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. Recoverability of assets to be held and used is measured by a comparison of the carrying amount of an asset to undiscounted future cash flows expected to be generated by the asset. If such assets are impaired, the impairment to be recognized is measured by the amount by which the carrying amount of the assets exceeds the fair value of the assets. An impairment loss of $3.3 million was recorded for long-lived assets during the period ended December 31, 2021.

Revenue Recognition

The Company recognizes revenue in accordance with ASC 606, the core principle of which is that an entity should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled to receive in exchange for those goods or services. To achieve this core principle, five basic criteria must be met before revenue can be recognized:

Mining Revenue

TTM Digital has entered into mining pools with the operators to provide computing power to the mining pool. The Company is entitled to a fractional share of the fixed cryptocurrency award the mining pool operator receives (less transaction fees to the mining pool operator) for successfully adding a block to the blockchain. The Company’s fractional share is based on the proportion of computing power the Company contributed to the mining pool operator to the total computing power contributed by all mining pool participants in solving the current algorithm. Providing computing power in digital asset transaction verification services is an output of the Company’s ordinary activities. The provision of such computing power is the only performance obligation in the Company’s arrangement with mining pool operators The transaction consideration the Company receives, if any, is non-cash consideration. The transaction price of the Company’s share of the cryptocurrency award is measured at fair value on the date received, which is not materially different than the fair value at the time the Company has earned the award from the mining pool. The consideration is all variable under the definition within ASC 606. Because it is not probable that a significant reversal of cumulative revenue will not occur, the consideration is constrained until the Company successfully places a block and the Company receives confirmation of the consideration it will receive, at which time revenue is recognized. There is no significant financing component in these transactions. 

Hardware and Software Revenue Recognition

SGS is a primary resale channel for a large group of vendors and suppliers, including original equipment manufacturers (“OEMs”), software publishers and wholesale distributors.

The Company accounts for a contract when it has approval and commitment from both parties, the rights of the parties are identified, payment terms are established, the contract has commercial substance and collectability of consideration is probable. The Company evaluates the following indicators amongst others when determining whether it is acting as a principal in the transaction and recording revenue on a gross basis: (i) the Company is primarily responsible for fulfilling the promise to provide the specified product or service, (ii) the Company has inventory risk before the specified good or service has been transferred to a customer or after transfer of control to the customer and (iii) the Company has discretion in establishing the price for the specified good or service. If the terms of a transaction do not indicate the Company is acting as a principal in the transaction, then the Company is acting as an agent in the transaction and the associated revenues are recognized on a net basis.

The Company recognizes revenue once control has passed to the customer. The following indicators are evaluated in determining when control has passed to the customer: (i) the Company has a right to payment for the product or service, (ii) the customer has legal title to the product, (iii) the Company has transferred physical possession of the product to the customer, (iv) the customer has the significant risk and rewards of ownership of the product and (v) the customer has accepted the product. The Company’s products can be delivered to customers in a variety of ways, including (i) as physical product shipped from the Company’s warehouse, (ii) via drop-shipment by the vendor or supplier or (iii) via electronic delivery of keys for software licenses. The Company’s shipping terms typically specify F.O.B. destination.

The Company leverages drop-shipment arrangements with many of its vendors and suppliers to deliver products to its customers without having to physically hold the inventory at its warehouse. The Company is the principal in the transaction and recognizes revenue for drop-shipment arrangements on a gross basis.

The Company may provide integration of products from multiple vendors as a solution it sells to the customer. In this arrangement, the Company provides direct warranty to the customer with the Company’s own personnel as the customer requires warranty on the solution and not individual vendor products. This type of warranty is sold integral to the overall solution quoted to the customer. The Company considers these service-type warranties to be performance obligations of the principal from the underlying products that make up a solution and therefore is acting as a principal in the transaction and records revenue on a gross basis at the point of sale.

License and Maintenance Services Revenue Recognition

SGS provides a customized design and configuration solution for its customers and in this capacity resells hardware, software and other IT equipment license and maintenance services in exchange for fixed fees. The Company selects the vendors and sells the products and services, including maintenance services, that best fit the customer’s needs. For sales of maintenance services and warranties, the customer obtains control at the point in time that the services to be provided by a third-party vendor are purchased by the customer and therefore the Company’s performance obligation to provide the overall systems solution is satisfied at that time. The Company’s customers generally pay within 30 to 60 days from the receipt of a customer-approved invoice.

For resale of services, including maintenance services, warranties, and extended warranties, the Company is acting as an agent as the primary activity for those services are fulfilled by a third party. While the Company may facilitate and act as a first responder for these services, the third-party service providers perform the primary maintenance and warranty services for the customer. Therefore, the Company is not primarily responsible for performing these services and revenue is recorded on a net basis.

Professional Services Revenue Recognition

SGS’s professional services include fixed fee contracts. Fixed fees are paid monthly, in phases, or upon acceptance of deliverables. For fixed fee contracts, the Company recognizes revenue evenly over the service period using a time-based measure because the Company is providing continuous service. Because the Company’s contracts have an expected duration of one year or less, the Company has elected the practical expedient in ASC 606-10-50-14(a) to not disclose information about its remaining performance obligations. Anticipated losses are recognized as soon as they become known. For the year ended December 31, 2021, SGS did not incur any such losses. These amounts are based on known and estimated factors. Revenues from time and material or firm fixed price long-term and short-term contracts are derived principally with various United States government agencies.

Non-GAAP Financial information

EBITDA

EBITDA is defined as net income (loss) before interest, provision for (benefit from) income taxes, and depreciation and amortization. Adjusted EBITDA is used by our management as the matrix in which it manages the business. It is defined as EBITDA plus adjustments for other income or expense items, non-recurring items, and non-cash stock-based compensation.

Adjusted EBITDA for the year ended December 31, 2021, was a gain of $ 3.8 million compared to a gain of $ 1.3 million for the prior year period.

The following table presents a reconciliation of continuing and discontinued operations net income/loss attributable to stockholders of Sysorex, which is our GAAP operating performance measure, to Adjusted EBITDA for the years ended December 31, 2021, and 2020 (in thousands):

We have presented Adjusted EBITDA above because we believe it conveys useful information to investors regarding our operating results. We believe it provides an additional way for investors to view our operations, when considered with both our GAAP results and the reconciliation to net income (loss). By including this information, we can provide investors with a more complete understanding of our business. Specifically, we present Adjusted EBITDA as supplemental disclosure because of the following:

Even though we believe Adjusted EBITDA is useful for investors, it does have limitations as an analytical tool. Thus, we strongly urge investors not to consider this metric in isolation or as a substitute for net income (loss) and the other combined carve-out statement of operations data prepared in accordance with GAAP.

Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered a measure of discretionary cash available to us to invest in the growth of our business or as a measure of performance in compliance with GAAP. We compensate for these limitations by relying primarily on our GAAP results and providing Adjusted EBITDA only as supplemental information.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We do not have any off-balance sheet guarantees, interest rate swap transactions or foreign currency contracts. We do not engage in trading activities involving non-exchange traded contracts.

Recently Issued Accounting Standards

For a discussion of recently issued accounting pronouncements, please see the Recent Accounting Standards section of Note 4 to our consolidated financial statements, which is included in this Form 10-K in Item 1.

Item 7A: QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK.

Not required for smaller reporting companies.

ITEM 8: FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA.

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Board of Directors and
Stockholders of Sysorex, Inc.

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Sysorex, Inc. and subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2021, and 2020, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity (deficit), and cash flows for each of the years ended December 31, 2021, and 2020, and the related notes and schedules (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2021, and 2020, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the years ended December 31, 2021, and 2020, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Substantial Doubt about the Company’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 2 to the financial statements, the Company has a working capital deficiency, an accumulated deficit, and has incurred significant losses and cash outflows from operations. These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s plans in regard to these matters are also described in Note 2. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Emphasis of Matter- Digital Asset Activities

In forming our opinion, we have considered the adequacy of the disclosures and accounting policies included in the financial statements concerning among other things the risks and uncertainties related to the Company’s digital asset activities. The risks and rewards to be recognized by the Company associated with its digital asset activities will be dependent on many factors outside of the Company’s control. Uncertainties related to the regulatory regimes governing blockchain technologies, digital assets, cryptocurrency exchanges and new international, federal, state and local regulations or policies may materially adversely affect the Company. The currently uncertain and immature nature of the digital asset markets, including clearing, settlement, custody and trading mechanisms, the dependency on information technology to sustain digital asset continuity, as well as valuation and volume volatility all subject digital assets to unique risks of theft, loss or other misappropriation. Furthermore, these factors also contribute to the significant uncertainty with respect to the future viability and value of digital assets. Our opinion is not modified with respect to this matter.

PCAOB ID Number 711

Sysorex, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Balance Sheets

(In thousands of dollars, except number of shares and par value data)

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

Sysorex, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statement of Operations

(In thousands of dollars, except share and per share data)

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

Sysorex, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit)

For the Years Ended December 31, 2021, and 2020

(In thousands, except share data)

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

Sysorex, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

For the Years Ended December 31, 2021, and 2020

(In thousands, except share data)

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

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Note 1 — Nature and description of Business

Description of Business

Sysorex, Inc. is a technology company focused on Ethereum mining and the Ethereum blockchain blockchain and information technology solutions primarily in the public sector segments including federal, state and local governments. The Company has two wholly owned subsidiaries: TTM Digital Assets & Technologies, Inc. (“TTM Digital”) and Sysorex Government Services, Inc. (“SGS”). Following the Company’s Merger with TTM Digital in April 2021, the Company shifted its business focus to the mining of Ethereum and opportunities related to the Ethereum blockchain. In addition to the mining of Ethereum, the Company continues to operate its wholly owned subsidiary, SGS, a business that provides information technology products, solutions, and services to federal, state, and local government, including system integrators. SGS provides these services to enable its customers to manage, protect, and monetize their enterprise assets whether on-premises, in the cloud, or via mobile technology. The Company is headquartered in Virginia.

TTM Digital was originally formed as a Delaware limited liability company on June 28, 2017, under the name of TTM Ventures LLC. Thereafter, on March 30, 2021, it filed a certificate of conversion to a non-Delaware entity with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware together with Articles of Conversion and Articles of Incorporation with the Nevada Secretary of State filed on the same date. As a result, of such conversion, TTM Digital has become a Nevada corporation under the name of “TTM Digital Assets & Technologies, Inc

Note 2 — Going Concern

As of December 31, 2021, the Company had an approximate cash balance of $0.6 million, working capital deficit of approximately $(13.2) million, and an accumulated deficit of approximately $40.9 million. The aforementioned factors raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern for the next twelve months from the date of issuance of these financial statements. The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of asset amounts or the classification of liabilities that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern within one year after the date the consolidated financial statements are issued.

The Company does not believe that its capital resources as of December 31, 2021, its ability to mine cryptocurrency, its expected sale of certain mining assets and data center, availability on the SGS SouthStar credit facility to finance purchase orders and invoices, reauthorization of key vendors and credit limitation improvements will be sufficient to fund planned operations. As a result, the Company will need additional funds to support its obligations for the next twelve months. The Company continues to explore a number of other possible solutions to its financing needs, including additional efforts to raise additional capital as needed, through the issuance of equity, equity-linked or debt securities, as well as possible transactions with other companies, strategic partnerships, and other mechanisms for addressing our financial condition. As such, on March 24, 2022, Company executed an agreement with a third party which includes certain binding and non-binding provisions. Pursuant to the agreement, the Company and the third party agreed to certain terms related to the Company’s sale of approximately 75% of its Ethereum mining assets and certain associated real property which is expected to close on May 24, 2022. The transaction is a sale of assets in exchange for stock. There can be no assurance that the Company will consummate the sale.

If the Company is unable to raise additional capital on terms acceptable to the Company and on a timely basis, the Company will be required to downsize or wind down its operations through liquidation, bankruptcy, or sale of its assets.

Note 3 — Basis of Presentation

TTM Digital Reverse Merger and Sysorex Recapitalization

On April 8, 2021, the Company, TTM Digital, and TTM Acquisition Corp., a Nevada corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sysorex (“MergerSub”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”). Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, the parties agreed that Sysorex would acquire TTM Digital by way of a reverse triangular merger, subject to certain closing conditions (the “Merger”). On April 14, 2021 (the “Effective Time”), the closing conditions delineated in the Merger Agreement were satisfied and the Merger closed. At the Effective Time, the MergerSub was merged with and into TTM Digital with TTM Digital surviving the Merger.

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Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, the shareholders of TTM Digital received a right to receive an aggregate of 124,218,268 shares of Sysorex common stock, $0.00001 par value per share (the “Merger Shares”) in exchange for their shares of TTM Digital. Simultaneously, upon the issuance of the Merger Shares to the TTM Digital shareholders, Sysorex was issued all of the authorized capital of TTM Digital and TTM Digital became a wholly owned subsidiary of Sysorex (together, the “Combined Company”). The Merger resulted in a change of control, with the shareholders of TTM Digital receiving that number of Merger Shares equal to approximately eighty percent (80%) of the outstanding shares of capital stock of Sysorex including the effect of the Sysorex Recapitalization as discussed in TTM Digital Reverse Merger and Sysorex Recapitalization. Due to the TTM Digital shareholders acquiring a controlling interest in Sysorex after the merger, the transaction was accounted for as a reverse acquisition for accounting purposes, with TTM Digital being the accounting acquirer and reporting entity. Therefore, the historical amounts presented prior to the Merger are those of TTM Digital. The Merger is accounted for under the acquisition method of accounting applied to Sysorex as the accounting acquiree under the guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 805 Business Combinations (“ASC 805”). In accordance with acquisition method guidance under ASC 805, the purchase consideration was $0.3 million.

As discussed in Note 5 Segment Reporting after the completion of the Merger the Company reports two segments (“TTM Digital” and “Sysorex Government Services”) which are also defined as reporting units for impairment assessment purposes. See Note 5- Segment Reporting and Note 6, Discontinued Operations for additional information.

In the purchase price allocation of the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed, the Company has recognized an excess of net liabilities assumed over the determined fair value of the Sysorex Government Services Reporting Unit. The excess of the purchase price over the net liabilities assumed was allocated to goodwill in the amount of $1.6 million based upon the underlying value of the Sysorex Government Services Reporting Unit with any additional excess determined to be a separate transaction from the business combination attributable to acquisition-related costs for the benefit of the TTM Digital shareholders in achieving liquidity for their shares as publicly traded instruments. These costs were determined to not have future economic benefits or synergies to the Combined Company operations and were expensed as of the Effective Time under the caption “Merger Charges” in the accompanying consolidated statement of operations.

Subsequent to the Merger Agreement the majority of the Sysorex debt, certain liabilities classified as current and a forward consulting contract with a former member Sysorex board of director’s (the “Debt Items”) aggregating $19.4 million were converted to 34,097,255 Sysorex shares when fully issued (the “Sysorex Recapitalization”). 25,985,633 shares were immediately issued, a prefunded warrant was issued for 5,111,622 shares and the right to receive 3,000,000 shares of Sysorex stock at a future date at the option of the holder subject to certain events. As a result of the Debt Items not having original contractual conversion features the holders of the Debt Items are not classified as owners of Sysorex in the Merger and the Sysorex Recapitalization is accounted for as a separate transaction occurring immediately following the Merger under the guidance of ASC 805. Under the Exchange Agreement executed with each debt holder, the Debt Items were converted at a contractual conversion rate of $0.569 per share (the “Conversion Price”). As a part of the Sysorex Recapitalization, the Company recognized $2.0 million in debt restructuring fees expense and consulting contract costs of $0.7 million in the consolidated statement of operations for the period ended December 31, 2021, respectively.

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The following table presents the fair value of the identified assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the Merger date, the effect of the Sysorex Recapitalization on the assets acquired and liabilities assumed, and the net assets acquired, and liabilities assumed for the aggregate of the reverse acquisition and Merger Charges and Sysorex Recapitalization separate transactions:

For the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company incurred approximately $3.1 million of acquisition related costs that are included in general and administrative expenses in the accompanying consolidated statement of operations. From the acquisition date to December 31, 2021, revenues, and operating loss for the accounting acquiree Sysorex were approximately $ 8.3 million and $ (3.2) million (excluding the acquisition related costs, merger charges and debt restructuring fees described above), respectively.

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Pro Forma Financial Information

The following proforma results of operations are presented for information purposes. The proforma results of operations are not intended to present actual results that would have been attained had the reverse merger and Sysorex Recapitalization been completed as of January 1, 2020, or to project potential operating results as of any future date or for any future periods. The revenue and net loss of the reverse merger accounting acquiree for the year ended December 31, 2021, included in the consolidated statement of operations amounted to approximately $8.3 million and $(27.4) million, respectively:

Discontinued Operations

As discussed in Note 6 – Discontinued Operation, in the fall of December 2021, the Company made the decision to divest certain mining equipment and the data center of the TTM Digital reporting unit (“TTM Assets”) and commenced discussions with a third party to execute an asset sale. As a result of the decision to divest certain operating assets of the TTM Digital reporting unit, the Company has determined that the subject assets met the definition of assets held for sale as defined by ASC 205-20 – Presentation of Financial Statements – Discontinued Operations. The Company determined the TTM Assets represented discontinued operations as it constituted a disposal of a significant component and a strategic shift that will have a material effect on the Company’s operations and financial results. As a result, the Company reclassified the balances and activities of the TTM Assets from their historical presentation to assets held for sale and assets and liabilities – discontinued operations on the consolidated balance sheets and to gain (loss) from discontinued operations on the consolidated statements of operations for the periods presented.

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Note 4 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Principles of Consolidation

The consolidated financial statements have been prepared using the accounting records of Sysorex, TTM Digital and SGS. All inter-company balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. Up until November 2, 2021, the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, TTM Digital had a 50% interest in Up North Hosting, LLC (“UNH”) which was accounted for as an equity method investment. On November 2, 2021, the Company acquired the remaining 50% interest in UNH making it a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during each of the reporting periods. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The Company’s significant estimates consist of:

Cash and Cash Equivalents

The Company considers all highly liquid investments with an original maturity from the date of purchase of years or less to be cash equivalents.

Concentrations of Credit Risk

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to credit risk consist primarily of cash. The Company’s cash is deposited with commercial banks in the United States but exceeds federally insured limits from time to time. The recorded carrying amount of cash and cash equivalents approximates their fair value. The Company uses a digital asset exchange to custody and liquidate its digital assets. If demand for digital assets decline the Exchange could be negatively impacted. The Company’s digital assets are not insured under the third-party custody provider or exchanges.

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Mining Equipment

Mining Equipment is stated at cost. Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method regardless of the category of asset. The Company has determined that the useful life of graphics processing units (“GPUs”) is 3-years and remaining mining equipment (primarily chassis, power supply units, computer memory, motherboards, risers, and fans) is depreciated over the estimated useful life of 5-years.

Expenditures for repairs and maintenance are charged to expense as incurred. Upon disposition, the cost and related accumulated depreciation are removed from the accounts and the resulting gain or loss is reflected in the statement of operations.

The rate at which the Company generates digital assets and, therefore, consumes the economic benefits of its transaction verification servers are influenced by several factors including the following:

The Company operates in an emerging industry for which limited data is available to make estimates of the useful economic lives of specialized equipment. Management will review this estimate quarterly and will revise such estimates as and when data comes available.

To the extent that any of the assumptions underlying management’s estimate of useful life of its mining equipment are subject to revision in a future reporting period either because of changes in circumstances or through the availability of greater quantities of data then the estimated useful life could change and have a prospective impact on depreciation expense and the carrying amounts of these assets.

Impairment of Long-lived Assets

The Company reviews its long-lived assets, including mining equipment, for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate the carrying value of an asset or group of assets may not be recoverable. The carrying amount is considered not recoverable if the sum of the undiscounted cash flows to be generated from the use and eventual disposition of the asset group is less than the carrying amount of the asset group. If the carrying amount exceeds the undiscounted cash flows, then the carrying amount is compared to the fair value and an impairment loss is recorded for the difference between the fair value and the carrying amount. An impairment loss of $3.3 million was recorded for long-lived assets during the period ended December 31, 2021. No impairment charges were identified for long-lived assets during the period ended December 31, 2020.

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Revenue Recognition

The Company recognizes revenue in accordance with ASC 606, the core principle of which is that an entity should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled to receive in exchange for those goods or services. To achieve this core principle, five basic criteria must be met before revenue can be recognized:

Mining Revenue

TTM Digital has entered into a mining pool with the operator to provide computing power to the mining pool. The Company is entitled to a fractional share of the fixed cryptocurrency award the mining pool operator receives (less transaction fees to the mining pool operator) for successfully adding a block to the blockchain. The Company’s fractional share is based on the proportion of computing power the Company contributed to the mining pool operator to the total computing power contributed by all mining pool participants in solving the current algorithm. Providing computing power in digital asset transaction verification services is an output of the Company’s ordinary activities. The provision of such computing power is the only performance obligation in the Company’s arrangement with mining pool operators The transaction consideration the Company receives, if any, is non-cash consideration. The transaction price of the Company’s share of the cryptocurrency award is measured at fair value on the date received, which is not materially different than the fair value at the time the Company has earned the award from the mining pool. The consideration is all variable under the definition within ASC 606. Because it is not probable that a significant reversal of cumulative revenue will not occur, the consideration is constrained until the Company successfully places a block and the Company receives confirmation of the consideration it will receive, at which time revenue is recognized. There is no significant financing component in these transactions.

Fair value of the digital asset award received is determined using the quoted price of the related digital asset at the time of receipt. There is currently no specific definitive guidance under GAAP or alternative accounting framework for the accounting for digital assets recognized as revenue or held, and management has exercised significant judgment in determining the appropriate accounting treatment. In the event authoritative guidance is enacted by the FASB, the Company may be required to change its policies, which could impact the Company’s consolidated financial position and results from operations.

Hardware and Software Revenue Recognition

SGS is a primary resale channel for a large group of vendors and suppliers, including original equipment manufacturers (“OEMs”), software publishers and wholesale distributors.

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The Company accounts for a contract when it has approval and commitment from both parties, the rights of the parties are identified, payment terms are established, the contract has commercial substance and collectability of consideration is probable. The Company evaluates the following indicators amongst others when determining whether it is acting as a principal in the transaction and recording revenue on a gross basis: (i) the Company is primarily responsible for fulfilling the promise to provide the specified product or service, (ii) the Company has inventory risk before the specified good or service has been transferred to a customer or after transfer of control to the customer and (iii) the Company has discretion in establishing the price for the specified good or service. If the terms of a transaction do not indicate the Company is acting as a principal in the transaction, then the Company is acting as an agent in the transaction and the associated revenues are recognized on a net basis.

The Company recognizes revenue once control has passed to the customer. The following indicators are evaluated in determining when control has passed to the customer: (i) the Company has a right to payment for the product or service, (ii) the customer has legal title to the product, (iii) the Company has transferred physical possession of the product to the customer, (iv) the customer has the significant risk and rewards of ownership of the product and (v) the customer has accepted the product. The Company’s products can be delivered to customers in a variety of ways, including (i) as physical product shipped from the Company’s warehouse, (ii) via drop-shipment by the vendor or supplier or (iii) via electronic delivery of keys for software licenses. The Company’s shipping terms typically specify F.O.B. destination.

The Company leverages drop-shipment arrangements with many of its vendors and suppliers to deliver products to its customers without having to physically hold the inventory at its warehouse. The Company is the principal in the transaction and recognizes revenue for drop-shipment arrangements on a gross basis.

The Company may provide integration of products from multiple vendors as a solution it sells to the customer. In this arrangement, the Company provides direct warranty to the customer with the Company’s own personnel as the customer requires warranty on the solution and not individual vendor products. This type of warranty is sold integral to the overall solution quoted to the customer. The Company considers these service-type warranties to be performance obligations of the principal from the underlying products that make up a solution and therefore is acting as a principal in the transaction and records revenue on a gross basis over time.

License and Maintenance Services Revenue Recognition

SGS provides a customized design and configuration solution for its customers and in this capacity resells hardware, software and other IT equipment license and maintenance services in exchange for fixed fees. The Company selects the vendors and sells the products and services, including maintenance services, that best fit the customer’s needs. For sales of maintenance services and warranties, the customer obtains control at the point in time that the services to be provided by a third-party vendor are purchased by the customer and therefore the Company’s performance obligation to provide the overall systems solution is satisfied at that time. The Company’s customers generally pay within 30 to 60 days from the receipt of a customer-approved invoice.

For resale of services, including maintenance services, warranties, and extended warranties, the Company is acting as an agent as the primary activity for those services are fulfilled by a third party. While the Company may facilitate and act as a first responder for these services, the third-party service providers perform the primary maintenance and warranty services for the customer. Therefore, the Company is not primarily responsible for performing these services and revenue is recorded on a net basis.

SGS’s professional services include fixed fee contracts. Fixed fees are paid monthly, in phases, or upon acceptance of deliverables. For fixed fee contracts, the Company recognizes revenue evenly over the service period using a time-based measure because the Company is providing continuous service. Anticipated losses are recognized as soon as they become known. For the years ended December 31, 2021, SGS did not incur any such losses. These amounts are based on known and estimated factors. Revenues from time and material or firm fixed price long-term and short-term contracts are derived principally with various United States government agencies.

Contract Balances

The timing of revenue recognition may differ from the timing of payment by customers. The Company records a receivable when revenue is recognized prior to payment and there is an unconditional right to payment. Alternatively, when payment precedes the provision of the related services, the Company records deferred revenue until the performance obligations are satisfied. The Company had deferred revenue of $0.9 million as of December 31, 2021.

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Accounts Receivable, net

Account receivables are stated at the amount the Company expects to collect. The Company recognizes an allowance for doubtful accounts to ensure accounts receivables are not overstated due to un-collectability. Bad debt reserves are maintained for various customers based on a variety of factors, including the length of time the receivables are past due, significant one-time events and historical experience. An additional reserve for individual accounts is recorded when the Company becomes aware of a customer’s inability to meet its financial obligation, such as in the case of bankruptcy filings, or deterioration in the customer’s operating results or financial position. If circumstances related to customers change, estimates of the recoverability of receivables would be further adjusted. The Company’s allowance for doubtful accounts was $0.05 million as of December 31, 2021.

Equity Method Investments

Equity method investments are equity securities in entities the Company does not control but over which it can exercise significant influence. These investments are accounted for under the equity method of accounting in accordance with ASC 323, Investments- Equity Method and Joint Ventures. Equity method investments are measured at cost minus impairment, if any, plus or minus the Company’s share of an investee’s income or loss. The Company’s equity method investment up through November 1, 2021, related to Up North Hosting, LLC is presented as discontinued operations. Refer to Note 7.

Investments

The Company accounts for its investments that represent less than 20% ownership, and for which the Company does not have the ability to exercise significant influence, using the FASB’s Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2016-01, Financial Instruments – Overall: Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities. The Company measures investments in equity securities without a readily determinable fair value using a measurement alternative that measures these securities at the cost method minus impairment, if any, plus or minus changes resulting from observable price changes on a non-recurring basis. Gains and losses on these securities are recognized in other income and expenses. As of December 31, 2021, the Company’s equity investment is classified as assets held for sale.

Digital Assets

Digital assets (predominantly Ethereum) are included in current assets in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. The classification of digital assets as a current asset has been made after the Company’s consideration of the consistent daily trading volume on cryptocurrency exchange markets, there are no limitations or restrictions on Company’s ability to sell Ethereum, and the pattern of actual sales of Ethereum by the Company. Digital assets purchased are recorded at cost and cryptocurrencies awarded to the Company through its mining activities are accounted for in connection with the Company’s revenue recognition policy disclosed above.

Digital assets held are accounted for as intangible assets with indefinite useful lives. An intangible asset with an indefinite useful life is not amortized but assessed for impairment annually, or more frequently, when events or changes in circumstances occur indicating that it is more likely than not that the indefinite-lived asset is impaired. Impairment exists when the carrying amount exceeds its fair value, which is measured using the quoted price of the digital asset at the time its fair value is being measured. In testing for impairment, the Company has the option to first perform a qualitative assessment to determine whether it is more likely than not that an impairment exists. If it is determined that it is not more likely than not that an impairment exists, a quantitative impairment test is not necessary. If the Company concludes otherwise, it is required to perform a quantitative impairment test. To the extent an impairment loss is recognized, the loss establishes the new cost basis of the asset. Subsequent reversal of impairment losses is not permitted. The Company recorded a $0.7 million impairment charge during the year ended December 31, 2021. No impairment was taken during the year ended December 31, 2020.

Digital assets awarded to the Company through its mining activities are included within operating activities on the accompanying consolidated statements of cash flows. The sales of digital assets are included within investing activities in the accompanying consolidated statements of cash flows. The Company accounts for its gains or losses in accordance with the first in first out (FIFO) method of accounting. The Company recognized realized gains (losses) through the sale and disbursement of digital assets during the year ended December 31, 2021, and 2020 of $0.1 million and $0.04 million, respectively.

Business Combinations

The Company applies the provisions of ASC Topic 805, Business Combinations (“ASC 805”) in the accounting for acquisitions of businesses. ASC 805 requires the Company to use the acquisition method of accounting by recognizing the identifiable tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed, and any non-controlling interest in the acquired business, measured at their acquisition date fair values. Goodwill as of the acquisition date is measured as the excess of consideration transferred over the aforementioned amounts.

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While the company uses its best estimates and assumptions to accurately apply preliminary values to assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the acquisition date, these estimates are inherently uncertain and subject to refinement. As a result, during the measurement period, which may be up to one year from the acquisition date, the Company may record adjustments to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed with the corresponding offset to goodwill. Upon the conclusion of the measurement period or final determination of the values of the assets acquired or liabilities assumed, whichever comes first, any subsequent adjustments are recorded in the consolidated statements of operations. As of December 31, 2021, no adjustments have been made to the purchase price accounting under the Company’s transactions accounted for under ASC 805.

Accounting for business combinations requires management to make significant estimates and assumptions, especially at the acquisition date, including estimates for intangible assets. Although the Company believes the assumptions and estimates that have been made are reasonable and appropriate, they are based in part on historical experience and information obtained from the acquired companies and are inherently uncertain. Critical estimates in valuing certain of the intangible assets the Company has acquired include future expected cash flows, and discount rates.

Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

The Company accounts for intangible assets under ASC 350-30, Intangibles-Goodwill and Other. Goodwill represents the cost of a business acquisition in excess of the fair value of the net assets acquired. Goodwill is not amortized and is reviewed for impairment annually as of December 31, or more frequently if facts and circumstances indicate that it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, including goodwill. If it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, the company performs a quantitative test to identify and measure the amount of goodwill impairment loss. The Company compares the fair value of the reporting unit with its carrying amount. If the carrying amount exceeds fair value, goodwill of the reporting unit is considered impaired, and that excess is recognized as a goodwill impairment loss.

Intangible assets with finite lives are comprised of customer contracts, and trademarks that are amortized on a straight-line basis over their expected useful lives. The carrying value of finite-lived assets and the remaining useful lives are reviewed at least annually to determine if circumstances exist which may indicate a potential impairment or revision to the amortization period.

Fair Value

The Company follows the accounting guidance under FASB’s Accounting Standards Codification 820, Fair Value Measurements for its fair value measurements of financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis. Under this accounting guidance, fair value is defined as an exit price, representing the amount that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. As such, fair value is a market-based measurement that should be determined based on assumptions that market participants would use in pricing an asset or a liability. This statement defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. To increase consistency and comparability in fair value measurements, ASC 820 establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three levels as follows:

Level 1 — quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

Level 2 — observable inputs other than Level 1, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets and liabilities in markets that are not active, and model-derived prices whose inputs are observable or whose significant value drivers are observable; and

Level 3 — assets and liabilities whose significant value drivers are unobservable.

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Observable inputs are based on market data obtained from independent sources, while unobservable inputs are based on the Company’s market assumptions. Unobservable inputs require significant management judgment or estimation. In some cases, the inputs used to measure an asset or liability may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In those instances, the fair value measurement is required to be classified using the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. Such determination requires significant management judgment.

Certain nonfinancial assets such as property and equipment, land and intangible assets are subject to nonrecurring fair value measurements if they are deemed to be impaired. The impairment models used for nonfinancial assets depend on the type of asset.

For the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company recorded impairment charges related to assets measured on a non-recurring basis of $3.3 million for graphics processing units and $0.7 million for digital assets. The Company utilized a market approach as of December 31, 2021, to determine fair value.

The carrying amounts of the Company’s financial assets and liabilities, such as cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accrued liabilities, and accounts payable, approximate fair value due to the short-term nature of these instruments.

Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations Classification

The Company classifies a business as held for sale in the period in which management commits to a plan to sell the business, the business is available for immediate sale in its present condition, an active program to complete the plan to sell the business is initiated, the sale of the business within one year is probable and the business is being marketed at a reasonable price in relation to its fair value.

Newly acquired businesses that meet the held-for-sale classification criteria upon acquisition are reported as discontinued operations. Upon a business’ classification as held for sale, net assets are measured for impairment. Goodwill impairment is measured in accordance with the method described in the accounting policy. An impairment loss is recorded for long-lived assets held for sale when the carrying amount of the asset exceeds its fair value less cost to sell. Other assets and liabilities are generally measured for impairment by comparing their carrying values to their respective fair values. A long-lived asset shall not be depreciated or amortized while it is classified as held for sale.

Stock Based Compensation

The Company accounts for its stock-based compensation awards to employees and directors in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718, Compensation-Stock Compensation (“ASC 718”). ASC 718 requires all stock-based compensation to employees, including grants of employee stock options, and restricted stock, to be recognized in the consolidated statements of operations based on their grant date fair values. The fair value of stock options is estimated as of the date of grant using the Monte Carlo Simulation option pricing model. The fair value of restricted stock is calculated as the fair value of the Company’s common stock as of the date of grant. The expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period.

Income Taxes

The Company accounts for income taxes under the asset and liability method, in which deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases and operating loss and tax credit carryforwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred income taxes of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date. A valuation allowance is required to the extent any deferred tax assets may not be realizable.

ASC 740-10, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes, defines uncertainty in income taxes and the evaluation of a tax position as a two-step process. The first step is to determine whether it is more likely than not that a tax position will be sustained upon examination, including the resolution of any related appeals or litigation based on the technical merits of that position. The second step is to measure a tax position that meets the more-likely-than-not threshold to determine the amount of benefit to be recognized in the financial statements. A tax position is measured at the largest amount of benefit that is greater than 50 percent likelihood of being realized upon ultimate settlement. Tax positions that previously failed to meet the more-likely than-not threshold should be recognized in the first subsequent period in which the threshold is met. Previously recognized tax positions that no longer meet the more-likely-than-not criteria should be de-recognized in the first subsequent financial reporting period in which the threshold is no longer met. The Company had no uncertain tax positions as of December 31, 2021, and 2020.

Convertible Debt

The Company’s debt instruments contain a host liability, freestanding warrants, and an embedded conversion feature. The Company uses the guidance under FASB ASC Topic 815 Derivatives and Hedging (“ASC 815”) to determine if the embedded conversion feature must be bifurcated and separately accounted for as a derivative under ASC 815. It also determines whether any embedded conversion features requiring bifurcation and/or freestanding warrants qualify for any scope exceptions contained within ASC 815. Generally, contracts issued or held by a reporting entity that are both (i) indexed to its own stock, and (ii) classified in shareholders equity, would not be considered a derivative for the purposes of applying ASC 815. Any embedded conversion features and/or freestanding warrants that do not meet the scope exception noted above are classified as derivative liabilities, initially measured at fair value, and remeasured at fair value each reporting period with change in fair value recognized in the consolidated statements of operations. Any embedded conversion features and/or freestanding warrants that meet the scope exception under ASC 815 are initially recorded at their relative fair value in paid-in-capital and are not remeasured at fair value in future periods.

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The host debt instrument is initially recorded at its relative fair value in long-term debt. The host debt instrument is accounted for in accordance with guidance applicable to non-convertible debt under FASB ASC Topic 470 Debt (“ASC 470”) and is accreted to its face value over the term of the debt with accretion expense and periodic interest expense recorded in the consolidated statements of operations.

Issuance costs are allocated to each instrument in the same proportion as the proceeds that are allocated to each instrument. Issuance costs allocated to the debt hosted instrument are netted against the proceeds allocated to the debt host. Issuance costs allocated to freestanding warrants classified in equity are recorded in paid-in-capital.

Leases

The right of use asset (“ROU”) on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet represents a lessee’s right to use an asset over the life of a lease. Operating lease ROU assets and lease liabilities are recognized at commencement date based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term, plus any lease payments made to the lessor before the lease commencement date, plus any initial direct costs incurred, minus any lease incentives received. The amortization period for the right of use asset is from the lease commencement date to the earlier of the end of the lease term or the end of the useful life of the asset. Our lease terms may include options to extend or terminate the lease when it is reasonably certain that we will exercise that option. Lease expense for lease payments is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. The Company has elected to exclude all short-term leases (i.e., leases with a term of 12 months or less) from recognition on the balance sheet.

The Company’s lease liabilities are determined by calculating the present value of all future lease payments using the rate implicit in the lease if it can be readily determined, or the lessee’s incremental borrowing rate. The Company uses its incremental borrowing rate at the inception of the lease to determine the present value of future lease payments as the rate implicit in its leases could not be readily determined.

Net Loss per Share

Basic loss per common share is computed by dividing net loss attributable to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted net loss per common share is computed by dividing net loss attributable to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding, plus potentially dilutive common shares. Convertible debt, restricted stock, stock options and warrants are excluded from the diluted net loss per share calculation when their impact is antidilutive. The Company reported a net loss for the year ended December 31, 2021, and as a result, all potentially dilutive common shares are considered antidilutive for this period.

The Company includes potentially issuable shares in the Weighted-average common shares – basic that include warrants and other agreements that are exercisable for little or no consideration without substantive contingencies and others once any contingencies relative to the issuance of the shares is resolved.

Computations of basic and diluted weighted average common shares outstanding were as follows for the periods reported:

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Recent Accounting Standards

In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-12, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes (“ASU 2019-12”), which simplifies income tax accounting in various areas including, but not limited to, the accounting for hybrid tax regimes, tax implications related to business combinations, and interim period accounting for enacted changes in tax law, along with some codification improvements. ASU 2019-12 is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2020, with early adoption permitted. Certain changes in the standard require retrospective or modified retrospective adoption, while other changes must be adopted prospectively. The Company implemented ASU 2019-12 and it did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

In January 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-01, Investments – Equity Securities (Topic 321), Investments – Equity Method and Joint Ventures (Topic 323), and Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815). The ASU amends and clarifies certain interactions between the guidance under Topic 321, Topic 323, and Topic 815, by reducing diversity in practice and increasing comparability of the accounting for these interactions. The amendments in the ASU should be applied on a prospective basis. The ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020, and interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted, including early adoption in an interim period for which financial statements have not yet been issued. The new standard has not had a material impact on the consolidated financial statements or disclosures.

In August 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-06, Accounting for Convertible Instruments and Contracts in an Entity’s Own Equity, as part of its overall simplification initiative to reduce costs and complexity of applying accounting standards while maintaining or improving the usefulness of the information provided to users of financial statements. Most significantly, the new guidance removes from GAAP separation models for convertible debt that require the convertible debt to be separated into a debt and equity component, unless the conversion feature is required to be bifurcated and accounted for as a derivative or the debt is issued at a substantial premium. As a result, after adopting the guidance, entities will no longer separately present such embedded conversion features in equity and will instead account for the convertible debt wholly as debt. The new guidance also requires use of the “if-converted” method when calculating the dilutive impact of convertible debt on earnings per share, which is consistent with the Company’s current accounting treatment under the current guidance. The guidance is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2021, and interim periods within those fiscal years, with early adoption permitted, but only at the beginning of the fiscal year. The Company has early adopted the new guidance on January 1, 2021, with no impact to prior period financial statements given that the first applicable instruments were not executed until the third quarter of 2021. See Note 12-Short Term Debt for further disclosure on the instrument.