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 AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022
or
☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (D) OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from _______to______
MARATHON DIGITAL HOLDINGS, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Nevada
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
001-36555
(Commission
File Number)
101 NE Third Avenue, Suite 1200, Fort Lauderdale, FL
(Address of principal executive offices)
01-0949984
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
33301
(Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 702-945-2773
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Common Stock
Trading Symbol(s)
MARA
Name of each exchange on which registered
The Nasdaq Capital Market
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act Yes ☒ No ☐
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Act. Yes ☐ No ☒
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial
reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report. Yes ☒ No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12
months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T
(§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth
company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange
Act. ☒
Large Accelerated Filer
Non-accelerated Filer
Emerging growth company
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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial
accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act) Yes ☐ No ☒
The aggregate market value of the common stock, no par value, held by non-affiliates of the registrant, based on the closing sale price of registrant’s common stock as quoted
on the Nasdaq Capital Market on June 30, 2022 (the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter), was approximately $600,000 thousand.
Accordingly, the registrant qualifies under the SEC’s revised rules as a “large accelerated filer.”
Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date 167,247,030 shares of common stock are issued and
outstanding as of March 13, 2023.
Background of Restatement
EXPLANATORY NOTE
As previously disclosed in the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc. (the “Company” or “Marathon”) with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the “SEC”) on February 28, 2023, the Company’s Audit Committee of the Board of Directors, after consultation with the Company’s independent auditor,
concluded that we will restate our previously issued consolidated financial statements.
The Company and its Audit Committee formally concluded on March 15, 2023 that the restatement of financial statements and amendment of certain information of prior
periods presented in this Annual Report on Form 10-K was necessary to correct for the following: (i) Revenue Recognition – Principal versus Agent, (ii) Impairment of Digital
Assets, (iii) NYDIG Digital Assets Fund III, LP – Consolidation Gross versus Net Presentation, (iv) NYDIG Digital Assets Fund III, LP – Financial Statement Reclassification
(v) Disposal of Assets (vi) Other Adjustments, and (vii) the income tax adjustments due to the forementioned errors.
Restatement of Previously Issued Financial Statements and Information
This Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 includes the following information:
● restated Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2021, the related Consolidated Statements of Operations, and Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the
year ended December 31, 2021;
● restated unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for the interim periods in 2022 and 2021 as contained in the Company’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-
Q for the fiscal periods ended March 31, 2021 and 2022, June 30, 2021 and 2022 and September 30, 2021 and 2022; and
● amended Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (“MD&A”) as it relates to the year ended December 31, 2021;
For a more detailed description of the financial impact of the restatement, see NOTE 2 – RESTATEMENT OF CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENT and
“Restatement of Previously Issued Financial Statements” under ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS,contained in this Form 10-K. For the impact of these adjustments on the Unaudited Quarterly Financial Data, see NOTE 16 – QUARTERLY
FINANCIAL DATA (UNAUDITED). All amounts in this Annual Report on Form 10-K affected by the restatement adjustments reflect such amounts as restated.
Internal Control Considerations
In connection with the Company’s review of its financial statements leading to the restatement, the Company identified additional material weaknesses in its internal controls
over financial reporting. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting such that there is a reasonable
possibility that a material misstatement of the financial statements will not be prevented or detected and corrected on a timely basis. Therefore, the Company’s management
concluded that material weaknesses remain in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting and that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were not
effective as of December 31, 2022. See ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES, for additional information and discussion related to material weaknesses in internal
control over financial reporting and our related remediation activities.
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PART I.
Item 1.
Item 1A.
Item 1B.
Item 2.
Item 3.
Item 4.
PART II.
Item 5.
Item 6.
Item 7.
Item 7A.
Item 8.
Item 9.
Item 9A.
Item 9B.
PART III.
Item 10.
Item 11.
Item 12.
Item 13.
Item 14.
PART IV.
Item 15.
Item 16.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Business
Risk Factors
Unresolved Staff Comments
Properties
Legal Proceedings
Mine Safety Disclosures
Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Reserved
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure
Controls and Procedures
Other Information
Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
Executive Compensation
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters
Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, Director Independence
Principal Accounting Fees and Services
Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules
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FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
MARATHON DIGITAL HOLDINGS, INC.
This Annual Report on Form 10-K and other written and oral statements made from time to time by us may contain so-called “forward-looking statements,” all of which are
subject to risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as “expects,” “plans,” “will,” “forecasts,” “projects,” “intends,”
“estimates,” and other words of similar meaning. One can identify them by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. These statements are likely to
address our growth strategy, financial results and product and development programs. One must carefully consider any such statement and should understand that many factors
could cause actual results to differ from our forward-looking statements. These factors may include inaccurate assumptions and a broad variety of other risks and uncertainties,
including some that are known and some that are not. No forward-looking statement can be guaranteed, and actual future results may vary materially.
These statements are only predictions and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, including the risks in the section entitled “Risk Factors” and the
risks set out below, any of which may cause our or our industry’s actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future
results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. These risks include, by way of example and not in limitation:
● The uncertainty of profitability;
● Risks related to failure to obtain adequate financing on a timely basis and on acceptable terms; and
● Other risks and uncertainties related to our business plan and business strategy.
This list is not an exhaustive list of the factors that may affect any of our forward-looking statements. These and other factors should be considered carefully, and readers should
not place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements. Forward looking statements are made based on management’s beliefs, estimates and opinions on the date the
statements are made, and we undertake no obligation to update forward-looking statements if these beliefs, estimates and opinions or other circumstances should change.
Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or
achievements. Except as required by applicable law, including the securities laws of the United States we do not intend to update any of the forward-looking statements to
conform these statements to actual results.
Information regarding market and industry statistics contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K is included based on information available to us that we believe is accurate.
It is generally based on industry and other publications that are not produced for purposes of securities offerings or economic analysis. We have not reviewed or included data
from all sources. Forecasts and other forward-looking information obtained from these sources are subject to the same qualifications and the additional uncertainties
accompanying any estimates of future market size, revenue and market acceptance of products and services. As a result, investors should not place undue reliance on these
forward-looking statements.
As used in this annual report, the terms “we”, “us”, “our”, the “Company”, “Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc.”, “Marathon”) and “MARA” mean Marathon Digital Holdings,
Inc. and its subsidiaries, unless otherwise indicated.
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ITEM 1. BUSINESS
I. CORPORATE OVERVIEW
I.A. HISTORY AND PIVOT TO BITCOIN MINING
Marathon is a digital asset technology company that produces or “mines” digital assets with a focus on the blockchain ecosystem and the generation of digital assets.
Marathon’s strategy is to produce and hold bitcoin (after paying for cash operating costs of production) as a long term investment. Holding bitcoin is a strategy to act as a store
of value, supported by a robust and public open source architecture, that is not linked to any country’s monetary policy and can therefore serve as a store of value outside of
government control. We believe that bitcoin offers additional opportunity for appreciation in value with increasing adoption due to its limited supply. We may also explore
opportunities to become involved in businesses ancillary to our bitcoin mining business as favorable market conditions and opportunities arise.
We were incorporated in the State of Nevada on February 23, 2010 under the name Verve Ventures, Inc. On December 7, 2011, we changed our name to American Strategic
Minerals Corporation and were engaged in exploration and potential development of a uranium and vanadium minerals business. In June 2012, we discontinued our minerals
business and began to invest in real estate properties in Southern California. In October 2012, we commenced our IP licensing operations, at which time the Company’s name
was changed to Marathon Patent Group, Inc. We purchased digital asset mining machines and established a data center in Canada to mine digital assets in 2017. The Company
ceased operating in Canada in 2020 and relocated all owned mining rigs from Canada to the U.S. The Company has since expanded its activities in the mining of bitcoin across
the U.S. The Company changed its name to Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc. on March 1, 2021. As of December 31, 2022, the Company is solely focused on the mining of
bitcoin and ancillary opportunities within the Bitcoin ecosystem.
The term “Bitcoin” with a capital “B” is used to denote the Bitcoin protocol which implements a highly available, public, permanent, and decentralized ledger. The term
“bitcoin” with a lower case “b” is used to denote the token, bitcoin.
I.B. CORPORATE INFORMATION
In 2022, we moved our corporate headquarters to Fort Lauderdale, FL and maintain an address at 101 SE 3rd Avenue, Suite 1200, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301. We also maintain
a West Coast office at 300 Spectrum Center Drive, Suite 950, Irvine, CA 92618. Our website is www.mara.com. As of February 20, 2023, we had 30 full-time employees and
we expect this number to continue to grow in support of the increased scale of the business. We believe our employee relations to be good.
I.C. 2022 AND 2023 EVENTS
Effective March 31, 2022, Hugh Gallagher was appointed Chief Financial Officer of the Company.
On March 31, 2022, the Company amended its previously announced agreements with affiliates of Beowulf Energy LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (collectively
and as applicable, “Beowulf”), and Two Point One, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“2P1”), pursuant to which Beowulf and 2P1 have been designing and
developing a data center facility of up to 110-megawatts (the “Facility”) located next to, and supplied energy directly from, Beowulf’s power generation station in Hardin, MT.
As part of the Company’s mandate to become carbon neutral by the end of the 2022 fiscal year, the Company, Beowulf and 2P1 agreed to terminate the Data Facility Services
Agreement, the Power Purchase Agreement and the Ground Lease for the Facility as of August 15, 2022, and the Company redeployed its Hardin-installed mining rigs to
renewable power facilities in the third quarter of 2022.
On July 28, 2022, the Company entered into a Revolving Credit and Security Agreement (the “Agreement”) with Silvergate Bank (the “Bank”) pursuant to which Silvergate
agreed to loan the Company up to $100 million on a revolving basis pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and the $100 million principal amount revolving credit note issued
by the Company in favor of the Bank under the Agreement (“Note”).
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On February 6, 2023, the Company provided Silvergate Bank with the required 30-day notice stating the Company’s intent to prepay the outstanding balance on its term loan
facility as well as the Company’s intent to terminate the term loan facility. The Company and Silvergate subsequently agreed to also terminate the revolving line of credit
(“RLOC”) facility. On March 8, 2023, the term loan prepayment was completed, and the Company’s term loan and RLOC facilities with Silvergate Bank were terminated.
Effective September 14, 2022, the Company amended its Amended and Restated Bylaws to document the previously disclosed unanimous Board approval to reduce its quorum
requirements to 33-1/3% of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of the Company.
On September 22, 2022, Compute North Holdings, Inc. (along with its affiliated debtors, collectively, “Compute North”), filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S.
Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas under chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code (11 U.S. Code section 101 et seq.). Compute North provided operating
services to the Company and hosted our mining rigs in multiple facilities. On December 15, 2022, US Bitcoin Corp (“US Bitcoin”) replaced Compute North as the operator of
the facilities in McCamey, TX, Granbury, TX and Kearney, NE as a result of the Compute North bankruptcy. We currently have arrangements in place with respect to the
McCamey, Granbury and Kearney facilities. We no longer operate at South Souix City. On February 16, 2023, the Bankruptcy Court approved the Debtors Plan of
Reorganization, pursuant to which Marathon’s claim has been fixed at $40,000 thousand as an unsecured claim to be paid out according to the timing and percentages within
the approved Debtor’s plan.
In connection with a dispute concerning the settlement of certain restricted stock unit awards previously granted to Merrick D. Okamoto, former Chief Executive Officer and
Chairman of the Company on October 12, 2022, the Company entered into a settlement agreement with Mr. Okamoto, pursuant to which the Company agreed to pay Mr.
Okamoto $24,000 thousand. Mr. Okamoto agreed to a settlement and a broad release of known or unknown claims against the Company, which relate to the Company’s
Amended 2018 Equity Incentive Plan or related restricted stock unit award agreements. The Company also entered into agreements in respect to seven other recipients of the
same restricted stock unit awards including a director and our current Chief Operating Officer and Chief Executive Officer and Chairman. Payments related to these agreements
totaled approximately $2,100 thousand in the aggregate.
Effective November 21, 2022, John Lee was appointed Chief Accounting Officer of the Company.
On January 27, 2023, the Company and FS Innovation, LLC (“FSI”) entered into a Shareholders’ Agreement (the “Agreement”) regarding formation of an Abu Dhabi Global
Markets company (the “ADGM Entity”), whose purpose shall be to jointly (a) establish and operate one or more mining facilities for digital assets; and (b) mine digital assets
(collectively, the “Business”). The initial project by the ADGM Entity shall consist of two digital asset mining sites comprising 250 MW in Abu Dhabi, and the initial equity
ownership in the ADGM Entity shall be 80% FSI and 20% the Company, and capital contributions will be made, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain conditions,
during the 2023 development period in those proportions, consisting of both cash and in kind, in amounts of approximately $406,000 thousand in aggregate. FSI will appoint
four directors to the board of the ADGM Entity, and the Company will appoint one director. Unless otherwise not permitted by applicable law, the digital assets mined by the
ADGM Entity will be distributed to the Company and FSI twice a month in proportion to their respective equity interests in the ADGM Entity. There are market provisions in
the Agreement with respect to financial and tax matters. The Agreement shall terminate at the earlier of the mutual written agreement of the parties, winding up of the ADGM
Entity or the ownership by a shareholder of all of the outstanding equity interests in the ADGM Entity. The Agreement contains market terms on transfer of shares by a
shareholder, preemptive rights and certain tag along and drag along rights upon a sale of the ADGM Entity. Furthermore, there are five year restrictive covenants which, inter
alia, prevent Marathon from competing in the UAE with the Business or with the business of FSI or any of certain related parties and prevent FSI from competing in the U.S.
with the business of Marathon.
II. BITCOIN BLOCKCHAIN
II A. OVERVIEW OF BITCOIN
Bitcoin is a decentralized digital asset that operates on a peer-to-peer network, allowing users to send and receive payments without the need for intermediaries such as banks.
This is made possible through the use of blockchain technology, which is a distributed ledger that records and verifies all transactions on the network.
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The Bitcoin blockchain is a public, transparent, and immutable record of all transactions that have ever occurred on the network. This ledger is maintained by a network of
computers, known as nodes, that work together to verify and validate new transactions. Each transaction is cryptographically signed and added to the blockchain as a new
block, which is then permanently recorded and cannot be altered or deleted.
One of the key advantages of the Bitcoin blockchain is that it allows for trustless, secure transactions without the need for a central authority. Because the blockchain is
decentralized and transparent, all users can verify the legitimacy of a transaction without having to rely on a third party. This eliminates the need for intermediaries, which can
be slow and expensive, and it also makes the network resistant to censorship and fraud.
Bitcoin’s decentralized and transparent nature makes it secure, efficient, and accessible, and gives it the potential to enable new forms of value exchange and innovation.
II B. OVERVIEW OF BITCOIN “HALVING” EVENTS
The Bitcoin halving is a phenomenon that occurs approximately every four years on the Bitcoin network. The halving is a key part of the Bitcoin protocol, and it serves to
control the overall supply and reduce the risk of inflation in digital assets using a Proof-of-Work consensus algorithm. At a predetermined block, the mining reward is cut in
half, hence the term “halving”. For bitcoin the reward was initially set at 50 bitcoin currency rewards per block. The Bitcoin blockchain has undergone halving three times since
its inception as follows: (1) on November 28, 2012 at block height 210,000; (2) on July 9, 2016 at block height 420,000; (3) on May 11, 2020 at block height 630,000, when the
reward was reduced to its current level of 6.25 bitcoin per block. The next halving for the Bitcoin blockchain is anticipated to occur on or around March 2024 at block height
840,000. This process will reoccur until the total amount of bitcoin currency rewards issued reaches 21,000 thousand and the theoretical supply of new bitcoin is exhausted,
which is expected to occur around 2140.
Factors Affecting Profitability
Market Price of Bitcoin
Our business is heavily dependent on the price of bitcoin. The prices of digital assets, including bitcoin, have experienced substantial volatility, meaning that high or low prices
may be based on speculation and incomplete information, may be subject to rapidly changing investor sentiment, and may be influenced by factors such as technology,
regulatory void or changes, fraudulent actors, manipulation, and media reporting. Bitcoin (as well as other digital assets) may have value based on various factors, including
their acceptance as a means of exchange by consumers and producers, scarcity, and market demand which are beyond our control.
Halving
The halving is an important part of the Bitcoin ecosystem, and it is closely watched by miners, investors, and other participants in the digital asset market. Each halving event
has historically been associated with significant price movements in the value of bitcoin.
Network Hash Rate and Difficulty
Generally, a bitcoin mining rig’s chance of solving a block on the Bitcoin blockchain and earning a bitcoin reward is a function of the mining rig’s hash rate, relative to the
global network hash rate (i.e., the aggregate amount of computing power devoted to supporting the Bitcoin blockchain at a given time). As demand for bitcoin has increased,
the global network hash rate has increased rapidly, and as more adoption of bitcoin occurs, we expect the demand for new bitcoin will likewise increase as more mining
companies are drawn into the industry by this increased demand. Further, as more and increasingly powerful mining rigs are deployed, the network difficulty for Bitcoin has
increased. Network difficulty is a measure of how difficult it is to solve a block on the Bitcoin blockchain, which is adjusted every 2016 blocks (every 2 weeks approximately)
so that the average time between each block remains ten minutes. A high difficulty means that it will take more computing power to solve a block and earn a new bitcoin
reward, which, in turn, makes the Bitcoin network more secure by limiting the possibility of one miner or mining pool gaining control of the network. Therefore, as new and
existing miners deploy additional hash rate, the global network hash rate will continue to increase, meaning a miner’s share of the global network hash rate (and therefore its
chance of earning bitcoin rewards) will decline if it fails to deploy additional hash rate at pace with the industry.
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II C. OVERVIEW OF BITCOIN MINING
Bitcoin mining is the process by which new bitcoin are created and transactions on the Bitcoin network are verified. In order to mine bitcoin, mining rigs use specialized
computer hardware to win a lottery, which allows them to add new blocks to the bitcoin blockchain and receive a reward in the form of newly minted bitcoin. The bitcoin
mining process serves several important functions in the bitcoin ecosystem.
First, bitcoin mining helps to secure the Bitcoin network by verifying transactions and preventing fraud. When a user sends a transaction on the Bitcoin network, it is broadcast
to the network and added to the pool of unconfirmed transactions known as the “mempool.” Mining rigs then compete in a sort of lottery required to add these transactions to
the blockchain, which is the decentralized ledger that records all Bitcoin transactions. When a mining rig successfully adds a new block to the blockchain, the transactions
included in that block are considered confirmed, and the mining rig receives a reward in the form of newly minted bitcoins.
Second, bitcoin mining helps to decentralize the Bitcoin network and distribute new bitcoin in a fair and transparent manner. Unlike traditional currencies, which are issued and
controlled by central banks, bitcoin is a decentralized digital asset that is not controlled by any government or institution. Instead, new bitcoin are created and distributed
through the mining process, which allows anyone with the necessary hardware and expertise to participate in the mining process and potentially earn rewards. This
decentralized distribution of new bitcoin helps to ensure that the supply of the digital asset is controlled in a fair and transparent manner.
Third, bitcoin mining plays a key role in the maintenance and growth of the Bitcoin network. The mining process helps to support the infrastructure of the network by providing
the computational power needed to verify transactions and add new blocks to the blockchain. As more people become interested in mining bitcoin, the network becomes more
secure and efficient.
III. A. STRATEGIC FOCUS
The Company’s focus at the onset of 2022 was on growth execution and transition into a larger operation. This focus consisted of both the expansion of operations of our core
bitcoin mining business (operating mining rigs at third-party owned and operated data centers) and operating MaraPool – our proprietary bitcoin mining pool which
orchestrates the operation of our fleet of mining rigs. Key activities and milestones throughout 2022 included the following:
● We deployed capital to secure the most efficient ASICs mining rigs through contracts that included price protection clauses which benefited the Company as ASICs
prices declined throughout the second and third quarters of 2022.
● We shut down operations at the coal powered Hardin, MT data center facility
● We started operations at the wind powered site in McCamey, TX and other smaller sites
● We focused on securing additional hosting services for our planned expansion of operations, entering into third-party hosting relationships with Applied Digital to host
S19XP mining rigs at sites in Texas and North Dakota.
● We increased our hashrate from 3.5 exahashes per second at the beginning of the year to 7.0 exahashes per second at the end of 2022.
It was also a year of adaptation, as the Company had to overcome several operational and financial headwinds, including:
● Our primary mining facility in Hardin, MT going offline after being damaged by a storm in mid-2022
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● Delays in the energization of the McCamey, TX site during the second and third quarters of 2022
● Our largest hosting partner (Compute North) entering bankruptcy in September 2022
● A significant decline in the price of bitcoin, which resulted in impairments of our bitcoin holdings throughout the year and an impairment charges related to the value
of our mining rigs and certain contracts during the fourth quarter of 2022
● Challenged financial markets and macroeconomic conditions
Our primary focus in 2023 will be the realization of the full energization of our fleet of nearly 200,000 bitcoin mining rigs and growing our total operational hashrate from 7.0
exahashes per second at year end 2022 to over 23 exahashes per second by the third quarter of 2023. We will also be focused on our first international expansion, a joint venture
that will result in the formation of an Abu Dhabi Global Markets company whose purpose will be to operate one or more mining facilities for digital assets. The initial project
will consist of two mining sites comprising 250 MW in Abu Dhabi and the Company will own 20% of this entity, which is expected to commence bitcoin mining operations in
the second half of 2023. Additionally, we expect to operationalize a number of technology innovations developed by our technology team and partners including mining using
immersion as well as new hardware and software solutions to optimize mining rig performance and the reliability of MaraPool operations.
III B. R&D PROCESS
We place a strong emphasis on research and development (R&D) as a key driver of innovation and growth. Our R&D process is designed to support the creation and
development of new tools and processes that are an integral part of our overall business strategy and enhance our productivity as an advanced and sustainable bitcoin miner.
The first step in our R&D process is ideation, which is the process of generating and evaluating new ideas. We encourage our team members to come up with creative and
innovative ideas, and we provide them with the resources and support they need to explore these ideas further.
Once we have identified a promising idea, the next step is to develop a prototype. This typically involves creating a small-scale version of the product or service, which can be
tested and evaluated in order to identify potential issues and improve the design. We also conduct market research to understand the potential market for the product or service.
The final step in our R&D process is testing and validation. This involves conducting thorough testing of the prototype to identify any issues or flaws, and to ensure that it
meets our quality standards. We also conduct market testing to gather feedback from real-world users, and we use this feedback to refine and improve the product or service.
Overall, our R&D process is designed to support the creation and development of innovative technology advancements that ensure we maintain our competitive advantages and
improves our position as a leading bitcoin miner. We believe that this process is essential for driving growth and staying ahead of the competition, and we are committed to
continuously improving and refining it to support our success.
III C. OUR STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS
We are committed to pursuing strategic investments that align with our vision and values. Our strategy is focused on identifying and partnering with companies that have the
potential to generate long-term value for our stakeholders.
One key element of our investment strategy is to focus on companies that are at the forefront of emerging technologies and industries. We believe that these companies have the
potential to drive significant innovation and growth, and we are committed to supporting their development through investments in both hardware and software companies
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Another key aspect of our strategy is to prioritize investments in companies that are aligned with our values and mission. We believe that our stakeholders expect us to support
businesses that operate in a responsible and sustainable manner, and we are committed to making investments that reflect these values.
Overall, our investment strategy is designed to support our growth and success, while propelling us to be the most advanced, agile, and efficient bitcoin miner. We are
committed to making strategic investments that are aligned with our vision and values, and we believe that this approach will help us to achieve long-term success.
IV. OUR OPERATIONS
We deploy or are in the process of deploying our assets at various sites in the United States. All of our sites are currently hosted by third parties to whom we pay a fee. A
summary of our current and anticipated operating locations follows:
● McCamey, TX - Approximately 63,000 S19j Pros are deployed and operational at this site, with another 4,000 S19j Pros pending delivery and deployment in 2023.
Our contract for this facility expires in August 2027.
● Garden City, TX - Approximately 28,000 S19 XPs are installed at this site, which is currently pending final regulatory approval for energization. Our current
expansion plans call for the deployment of 19 MW of immersion from a combination of new capacity and replacement of air-cooled units for immersion during 2023.
Our contract for this facility expires in July 2027.
● Ellendale, ND - Approximately 57,000 S19 XPs are expected to be deployed at this site during the first half of 2023. Energization is expected to start late in the first
quarter of 2023. Our contract for this site expires in July 2027.
● Jamestown, ND - Approximately 5,600 S19 XPs are deployed and operational at this site, with planned deployments of another 10,400 air-cooled units during the first
quarter of 2023. In addition to this air-cooled installation, the Company plans to deploy 768 units in immersion on the site during the second quarter of 2023. Our
contract for the immersion deployment expires in August 2026 and our contract for the air-cooled deployment at the site expires in December 2027.
● Granbury, TX - Approximately 12,500 S19j Pros and 4,400 XPs are currently deployed and being energized at this facility. There are no plans to expand operations at
this facility.
● Coshocton, OH - Approximately 2,800 S19 Pros are currently deployed and operational at this facility. Our contract for this facility expires in June 2023 and we do not
expect to renew this contract beyond this termination date.
● Plano, TX - Approximately 345 S19 Pros are currently deployed and operational at this facility. There are no plans to expand operations at this facility and our contract
for this facility expires in June 2027.
● Kearney, NE - Approximately 2,300 S19 J Pros are deployed and operational at this site. The Company expects to deploy an additional 1,300 MicroBT units at this site
in 2023.
● South Sioux City, SD - Approximately 660 S19 Pros were deployed at this site. The Company’s contract for this facility expired and the Company exited this facility in
early 2023.
On January 27, 2023, the Company and FSI entered into an Agreement regarding formation of an Abu Dhabi Global Markets company whose purpose shall be to jointly (a)
establish and operate one or more mining facilities for digital assets; and (b) mine digital assets. The initial project by the ADGM Entity shall consist of two digital asset mining
sites comprising 250 MW in immersion in Abu Dhabi, and the initial equity ownership shall be 80% FSI and 20% the Company. The facility is expected to be operational in the
second half of 2023.
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V. COMPETITION
In digital asset mining, companies and individuals use computing power to solve cryptographic algorithms to record and publish transactions to blockchain ledgers or provide
transaction verification services to the Bitcoin network in exchange for digital asset rewards. The current reward for verifying a block on the Bitcoin blockchain is 6.25 bitcoin.
Miners can range from individual enthusiasts to professional mining operations with dedicated data centers. Miners may organize themselves in mining pools. The Company
competes or may in the future compete with other companies that focus all or a portion of their activities on owning or operating digital asset exchanges, developing
programming for the blockchain, and mining activities. At present, the information concerning the activities of these enterprises is not readily available as the vast majority of
the participants in this sector do not publish information publicly or the information may be unreliable.
Several public companies (traded in the U.S. and Internationally), such as the following, may be considered to compete with us:
● Riot Platforms, Inc.
● Cipher Mining Inc.
● Hut 8 Mining Corp.
● Hive Blockchain Technologies Ltd.
● Bitfarms, Ltd.
● Cleanspark, Inc.
● Iris Energy Limited
● Bit Digital, Inc.
● Argo Blockchain plc
● TeraWulf Inc.
● Greenidge Generation Holdings Inc.
● Core Scientific, Inc.
● Stronghold Digital Mining, Inc.
While there is limited available information regarding our non-public competitors, we believe that our recent acquisition and ongoing deployment of miners positions us well
among the publicly traded companies involved in the digital asset mining industry. The digital asset mining industry is a highly competitive and evolving industry and new
competitors and/or emerging technologies could enter the market and affect our competitiveness in the future.
VI. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
We actively use specific hardware and software for our digital asset mining operations. In certain cases, source code and other software assets may be subject to an open source
license, as much technology development underway in this sector is open source. For these works, we intend to adhere to the terms of any license agreements that may be in
place.
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We do not currently own any patents except as set forth below. We may in the future plan to seek further patents in connection with our existing and planned blockchain and
digital asset related operations. We do expect to rely upon trade secrets, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights and other intellectual property rights and expect to
license the use of intellectual property rights owned and controlled by others. In addition, we have developed and may further develop certain proprietary software applications
for purposes of our digital asset mining operation.
We have two patent applications pending with the USPTO:
US Application No. 17/751370
Systems And Methods For Decreasing Counterparty Settlement Risk
Marathon Digital Holdings
US Application No. 17/975229
Systems And Methods For Overclocking Mining Rigs
Marathon Digital Holdings
ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS
Certain factors may have a materially adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations, including the risk, factors, and uncertainties described
under this Part I, Item 1A, and elsewhere in this Annual Report. This is not an exhaustive list, and there are other factors that may be applicable to our business that are not
currently known to us or that we currently do not believe are material. Any of these risks could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition, operating results, or
prospects, which could cause the trading price of our common stock to decline, and you could lose part or all of your investment. You should carefully consider the risks,
factors, and uncertainties described below, together with the other information contained in this Annual Report, as well as the risk, factors, uncertainties, and other information
we disclose in other filings we make with the SEC before making an investment decision regarding our securities.
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 “1940 Act”), however, a company may be deemed an investment company under Section 3(a)(1)(C) of the 1940 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 have commenced digital asset mining, the outputs of which are digital assets, which may be deemed a security in the future, although the SEC states that bitcoin, which is
the only digital asset we currently mine, is not a security (https://www.sec.gov/oiea/investor-alerts-and-bulletins/ib_fundstrading). In the event that the digital assets other than
bitcoin 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 1940 Act. One such exclusion, Rule 3a-2 under the 1940 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 are putting in place policies that we expect will 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 SEC 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.
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Classification as an investment company under the 1940 Act requires registration with the SEC. 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 1940 Act regime. The cost of such compliance would result
in the Company incurring substantial additional expenses, and the failure to register if required would have a materially adverse impact to conduct our operations. If we
determine to mine digital assets other than bitcoin in the future, we will establish and disclose the process and framework we use to determine if such digital assets are
securities under Section 2(a)(1) of the Securities Act and will address any specific risks in our policy and framework in making such a determination. This description would
also include any policy/framework limitations and state these are risk-based judgments by us and not a legal standard or determination binding on any regulator.
Failure to effectively manage our growth could place strains on our managerial, operational and financial resources and could adversely affect our business and operating
results.
Our growth has placed, and is expected to continue to place, a strain on our limited managerial, operational and financial resources and systems. Further, as our subsidiary
companies’ businesses grow, we will be required to continue to manage multiple relationships. Any further growth by us or our subsidiary companies, or an increase in the
number of our strategic relationships, may place additional strain on our managerial, operational and financial resources and systems. Although we may not grow as we expect,
if we fail to manage our growth effectively or to develop and expand our managerial, operational and financial resources and systems, our business and financial results would
be materially harmed.
The further development and acceptance of digital asset networks and other digital assets, which represent a new and rapidly changing industry, are subject to a variety of
factors that are difficult to evaluate. The slowing or stopping of the development or acceptance of digital asset systems may adversely affect an investment in us.
Digital assets such as bitcoins, that may be used, among other things, to buy and sell goods and services are a new and rapidly evolving industry of which the digital asset
networks are prominent, but not unique, parts. The growth of the digital asset industry in general, and the digital asset networks of bitcoin in particular, are subject to a high
degree of uncertainty. The factors affecting the further development of the digital asset industry, as well as the digital asset networks, include:
● Continued worldwide growth in the adoption and use of bitcoins and other digital assets;
● Government and quasi-government regulation of bitcoins and other digital assets and their use, or restrictions on or regulation of access to and operation of the digital
asset network or similar digital assets systems;
● The maintenance and development of the open-source software protocol of the Bitcoin network;
● Changes in consumer demographics and public tastes and preferences;
● The availability and popularity of other forms or methods of buying and selling goods and services, including new means of using fiat currencies;
● General economic conditions and the regulatory environment relating to digital assets;
● The impact of regulators focusing on digital assets and digital securities and the costs associated with such regulatory oversight; and
● A decline in the popularity or acceptance of the digital asset networks of bitcoin, or similar digital asset systems, could adversely affect an investment in us.
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Significant contributors to all or any digital asset network could propose amendments to the respective network’s protocols and software that, if accepted and authorized by
such network, could adversely affect an investment in us.
For example, with respect to Bitcoins network, a small group of individuals contribute to the Bitcoin Core project on GitHub.com. These individuals can propose refinements
or improvements to the Bitcoin network’s source code through one or more software upgrades that alter the protocols and software that govern the Bitcoin network and the
properties of Bitcoin, including the irreversibility of transactions and limitations on the mining of new bitcoin. Proposals for upgrades and discussions relating thereto take
place on online forums. For example, there is an ongoing debate regarding altering the blockchain by increasing the size of blocks to accommodate a larger volume of
transactions. Although some proponents support an increase, other market participants oppose an increase to the block size as it may deter miners from confirming transactions
and concentrate power into a smaller group of miners. To the extent that a significant majority of the users and miners on the Bitcoin network install such software upgrade(s),
the Bitcoin network would be subject to new protocols and software that may adversely affect an investment in the Shares. In the event a developer or group of developers
proposes a modification to the Bitcoin network that is not accepted by a majority of miners and users, but that is nonetheless accepted by a substantial plurality of miners and
users, two or more competing and incompatible blockchain implementations could result. This is known as a “hard fork.” In such a case, the “hard fork” in the blockchain could
materially and adversely affect the perceived value of digital assets as reflected on one or both incompatible blockchains, which may adversely affect an investment in us.
The open-source structure of the Bitcoin network protocol means that the contributors to the protocol are generally not directly compensated for their contributions in
maintaining and developing the protocol. A failure to properly monitor and upgrade the protocol could damage the Bitcoin network and an investment in us.
The Bitcoin network for example operates based on an open-source protocol maintained by contributors, largely on the Bitcoin Core project on GitHub. As an open source
project, Bitcoin is not represented by an official organization or authority. As the Bitcoin network protocol is not sold and its use does not generate revenues for contributors,
contributors are generally not compensated for maintaining and updating the Bitcoin network protocol. The lack of guaranteed financial incentive for contributors to maintain
or develop the Bitcoin network and the lack of guaranteed resources to adequately address emerging issues with the Bitcoin network may reduce incentives to address the issues
adequately or in a timely manner. Changes to a digital asset network which we are mining on may adversely affect an investment in us.
If a malicious actor or botnet obtains control in excess of 50% of the processing power active on any digital asset network, including the Bitcoin network, it is possible that
such actor or botnet could manipulate the blockchain in a manner that adversely affects an investment in us.
If a malicious actor or botnet (a volunteer or hacked collection of computers controlled by networked software coordinating the actions of the computers) obtains a majority of
the processing power dedicated to mining on any digital asset network, including the Bitcoin network, it may be able to alter the blockchain by constructing alternate blocks if it
is able to solve for such blocks faster than the remainder of the miners on the blockchain can add valid blocks. In such alternate blocks, the malicious actor or botnet could
control, exclude or modify the ordering of transactions, though it could not generate new digital assets or transactions using such control. Using alternate blocks, the malicious
actor could “double-spend” its own digital assets (i.e., spend the same digital assets in more than one transaction) and prevent the confirmation of other users’ transactions for
so long as it maintains control. To the extent that such malicious actor or botnet does not yield its majority control of the processing power or the digital asset community does
not reject the fraudulent blocks as malicious, reversing any changes made to the blockchain may not be possible. Such changes could adversely affect an investment in us.
The approach towards and possible crossing of the 50% threshold indicate a greater risk that a single mining pool could exert authority over the validation of digital asset
transactions. To the extent that the digital assets ecosystems do not act to ensure greater decentralization of digital asset mining processing power, the feasibility of a malicious
actor obtaining in excess of 50% of the processing power on any digital asset network (e.g., through control of a large mining pool or through hacking such a mining pool) will
increase, which may adversely impact an investment in us.
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If the award of digital assets for solving blocks and transaction fees for recording transactions are not sufficiently high to incentivize miners, miners may cease expending
hashrate to solve blocks and confirmations of transactions on the blockchain could be slowed temporarily. A reduction in the hashrate expended by miners on any digital
asset network could increase the likelihood of a malicious actor obtaining control in excess of fifty percent (50%) of the aggregate hashrate active on such network or the
blockchain, potentially permitting such actor to manipulate the blockchain in a manner that adversely affects an investment in us.
Bitcoin miners record transactions when they solve for and add blocks of information to the blockchain. When a miner solves for a block, it creates that block, which includes
data relating to (i) the solution to the block, (ii) a reference to the prior block in the blockchain to which the new block is being added and (iii) all transactions that have
occurred but have not yet been added to the blockchain. The miner becomes aware of outstanding, unrecorded transactions through the data packet transmission and
propagation discussed above. Typically, bitcoin transactions will be recorded in the next chronological block if the spending party has an internet connection and at least one
minute has passed between the transaction’s data packet transmission and the solution of the next block. If a transaction is not recorded in the next chronological block, it is
usually recorded in the next block thereafter.
As the award of new digital assets for solving blocks declines, and if transaction fees are not sufficiently high, miners may not have an adequate incentive to continue mining
and may cease their mining operations. For example, the current fixed reward on the Bitcoin network for solving a new block is six and one quarter (6.25). bitcoins per block;
the reward decreased from twelve and one half (12.5) bitcoin in May 2020. It is estimated that it will halve again in March 2024, and then again in about four (4) years, and
approximately every four (4) years thereafter until the last bitcoin has been mined, which is estimated to be in or around 2140. This reduction may result in a reduction in the
aggregate hashrate of the Bitcoin network as the incentive for miners will decrease. Moreover, miners ceasing operations would reduce the aggregate hashrate on the Bitcoin
network, which would adversely affect the confirmation process for transactions (i.e., temporarily decreasing the speed at which blocks are added to the blockchain until the
next scheduled adjustment in difficulty for block solutions) and make the Bitcoin network more vulnerable to a malicious actor obtaining control in excess of fifty percent
(50%) of the aggregate hashrate on the Bitcoin network. Periodically, the Bitcoin network has adjusted the difficulty for block solutions so that solution speeds remain in the
vicinity of the expected ten (10) minute confirmation time targeted by the Bitcoin network protocol.
Marathon believes that from time to time there will be further considerations and adjustments to the Bitcoin network, and others regarding the difficulty for block solutions.
More significant reductions in aggregate hashrate on digital asset networks could result in material, though temporary, delays in block solution confirmation time. Any
reduction in confidence in the confirmation process or aggregate hashrate of any digital asset network may negatively impact the value of digital assets, which will adversely
impact an investment in us.
To the extent that the profit margins of digital asset mining operations are not high, operators of digital asset mining operations are more likely to immediately sell their
digital assets earned by mining in the digital asset exchange market, resulting in a reduction in the price of digital assets that could adversely impact an investment in us.
Over the past two years, digital asset mining operations have evolved from individual users mining with computer processors, graphics processing units and first-generation
mining rigs. Currently, new processing power brought onto the digital asset networks is predominantly added by incorporated and unincorporated “professionalized” mining
operations. Professionalized mining operations may use proprietary hardware or sophisticated machines. They require the investment of significant capital for the acquisition of
this hardware, the leasing of operating space (often in data centers or warehousing facilities), incurring of electricity costs and the employment of technicians to operate the
mining farms. As a result, professionalized mining operations are of a greater scale than prior miners and have more defined, regular expenses and liabilities. These regular
expenses and liabilities require professionalized mining operations to more immediately sell digital assets earned from mining operations on the digital asset exchange market,
whereas it is believed that individual miners in past years were more likely to hold newly mined digital assets for more extended periods. The immediate selling of newly mined
digital assets greatly increases the supply of digital assets on the digital asset exchange market, creating downward pressure on the price of each digital asset.
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The extent to which the value of digital assets mined by a professionalized mining operation exceeds the allocable capital and operating costs determines the profit margin of
such operation. A professionalized mining operation may be more likely to sell a higher percentage of its newly mined digital assets 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 into the
digital asset exchange market more rapidly, thereby potentially reducing digital asset prices. Lower digital asset prices could result in further tightening of profit margins,
particularly for professionalized mining operations with higher costs and more limited capital reserves, creating a network effect that may further reduce the price of digital
assets until mining operations with higher operating costs become unprofitable and remove mining power from the respective digital asset network. The network effect of
reduced profit margins resulting in greater sales of newly mined digital assets could result in a reduction in the price of digital assets that could adversely impact an investment
in us.
To the extent that any miners cease to record transactions in solved blocks, transactions that do not include the payment of a transaction fee will not be recorded on the
blockchain until a block is solved by a miner who does not require the payment of transaction fees. Any widespread delays in the recording of transactions could result in a
loss of confidence in that digital asset network, which could adversely impact an investment in us.
To the extent that any miners cease to record transaction in solved blocks, such transactions will not be recorded on the blockchain. Currently, there are no known incentives for
miners to elect to exclude the recording of transactions in solved blocks; however, to the extent that any such incentives arise (e.g., a collective movement among miners or one
or more mining pools forcing bitcoin users to pay transaction fees as a substitute for or in addition to the award of new bitcoins upon the solving of a block), actions of miners
solving a significant number of blocks could delay the recording and confirmation of transactions on the blockchain. Any systemic delays in the recording and confirmation of
transactions on the blockchain could result in greater exposure to double-spending transactions and a loss of confidence in certain or all digital asset networks, which could
adversely impact an investment in us.
The acceptance of digital asset network software patches or upgrades by a significant, but not overwhelming, percentage of the users and miners in any digital asset
network could result in a “fork” in the respective blockchain, resulting in the operation of two separate networks until such time as the forked blockchains are merged. The
temporary or permanent existence of forked blockchains could adversely impact an investment in us.
Digital asset networks are open source projects and, although there is an influential group of leaders in, for example, the Bitcoin network community known as the “Core
Developers,” there is no official developer or group of developers that formally controls the Bitcoin network. Any individual can download the Bitcoin network software and
make any desired modifications, which are proposed to users and miners on the Bitcoin network through software downloads and upgrades, typically posted to the Bitcoin
development forum on GitHub.com. A substantial majority of miners and Bitcoin users must consent to those software modifications by downloading the altered software or
upgrade that implements the changes; otherwise, the changes do not become a part of the Bitcoin network. Since the Bitcoin network’s inception, changes to the Bitcoin
network have been accepted by the vast majority of users and miners, ensuring that the Bitcoin network remains a coherent economic system; however, a developer or group of
developers could potentially propose a modification to the Bitcoin network that is not accepted by a vast majority of miners and users, but that is nonetheless accepted by a
substantial population of participants in the Bitcoin network. In such a case, and if the modification is material and/or not backwards compatible with the prior version of
Bitcoin network software, a fork in the blockchain could develop and two separate Bitcoin networks could result, one running the pre-modification software program and the
other running the modified version (i.e., a second “Bitcoin” network). Such a fork in the blockchain typically would be addressed by community-led efforts to merge the forked
blockchains, and several prior forks have been so merged. This kind of split in the Bitcoin network could materially and adversely impact an investment in us and, in the worst-
case scenario, harm the sustainability of the Bitcoin network’s economy.
Intellectual property rights claims may adversely affect the operation of some or all digital asset networks.
Third parties may assert intellectual property claims relating to the holding and transfer of digital assets and their source code. Regardless of the merit of any intellectual
property or other legal action, any threatened action that reduces confidence in some or all digital asset networks’ long-term viability or the ability of end-users to hold and
transfer digital assets may adversely affect an investment in us. Additionally, a meritorious intellectual property claim could prevent us and other end-users from accessing
some or all digital asset networks or holding or transferring their digital assets. As a result, an intellectual property claim against us or other large digital asset network
participants could adversely affect an investment in us.
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Political or economic crises may motivate large-scale sales of digital assets, which could result in a reduction in some or all digital assets’ values and adversely affect an
investment in us.
As an alternative to fiat currencies that are backed by central governments, digital assets such as bitcoins, which are relatively new, are subject to supply and demand forces
based upon the desirability of an alternative, decentralized means of buying and selling goods and services, and it is unclear how such supply and demand will be impacted by
geopolitical events. Nevertheless, political or economic crises may motivate large-scale acquisitions or sales of digital assets either globally or locally. Large-scale sales of
digital assets would result in a reduction in their value and could adversely affect an investment in us.
Our ability to adopt technology in response to changing security needs or trends and reliance on third party, NYDIG, for custody poses a challenge to the safekeeping of
our digital assets.
The history of digital asset exchanges has shown that exchanges and large holders of digital assets must adapt to technological change in order to secure and safeguard their
digital assets. We rely on NYDIG’s 100% cold storage custody solution held in a purpose-built physically-secure environment based on established, industry best practices to
safeguard our digital assets from theft, loss, destruction or other issues relating to hackers and technological attack. We believe that it may become a more appealing target of
security threats as the size of our bitcoin holdings grow. To the extent that either NYDIG or we are unable to identify and mitigate or stop new security threats, our digital assets
may be subject to theft, loss, destruction or other attack, which could adversely affect an investment in us. To the extent that NYDIG is no longer, due to the current banking
crisis, able to safeguard our assets, we would be at risk of loss if safeguarding protocols fail.
Security threats to us could result in, a loss of our digital assets, or damage to the reputation and our brand, each of which could adversely affect an investment in us.
Security breaches, computer malware and computer hacking attacks have been a prevalent concern in the digital asset exchange markets, for example since the launch of the
Bitcoin network. Any security breach caused by hacking, which involves efforts to gain unauthorized access to information or systems, or to cause intentional malfunctions or
loss or corruption of data, software, hardware or other computer equipment, and the inadvertent transmission of computer viruses, could harm our business operations or result
in loss of our digital assets. Any breach of our infrastructure could result in damage to our reputation which could adversely affect an investment in us. Furthermore, we believe
that, as our assets grow, it may become a more appealing target for security threats such as hackers and malware.
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We rely on NYDIG’s 100% cold storage custody solution held in a purpose-built physically-secure environment based on established, industry best practices to safeguard our
digital assets from theft, loss, destruction or other issues relating to hackers and technological attack. Nevertheless, NYDIG’s security system may not be impenetrable and may
not be free from defect or immune to acts of God, and any loss due to a security breach, software defect or act of God will be borne by the Company.
The security system and operational infrastructure may be breached due to the actions of outside parties, error or malfeasance of an employee of ours, or otherwise, and, as a
result, an unauthorized party may obtain access to our, private keys, data or bitcoins. Additionally, outside parties may attempt to fraudulently induce employees of ours to
disclose sensitive information in order to gain access to our infrastructure. As the techniques used to obtain unauthorized access, disable or degrade service, or sabotage systems
change frequently, or may be designed to remain dormant until a predetermined event and often are not recognized until launched against a target, we may be unable to
anticipate these techniques or implement adequate preventative measures. If an actual or perceived breach of our security system occurs, the market perception of the
effectiveness of our security system could be harmed, which could adversely affect an investment in us.
In the event of a security breach, we may be forced to cease operations, or suffer a reduction in assets, the occurrence of each of which could adversely affect an investment in
us.
A loss of confidence in our security system, or a breach of our security system, may adversely affect us and the value of an investment in us.
We will take measures to protect us and our digital assets from unauthorized access, damage or theft; however, it is possible that the security system may not prevent the
improper access to, or damage or theft of our digital assets. A security breach could harm our reputation or result in the loss of some or all of our digital assets. A resulting
perception that our measures do not adequately protect our digital assets could result in a loss of current or potential shareholders, reducing demand for our Common Stock and
causing our shares to decrease in value.
Digital asset transactions are irrevocable and stolen or incorrectly transferred digital assets may be irretrievable. As a result, any incorrectly executed digital asset
transactions could adversely affect an investment in us.
Digital asset transactions are not, from an administrative perspective, reversible without the consent and active participation of the recipient of the transaction or, in theory,
control or consent of a majority of the processing power on the respective digital asset network. Once a transaction has been verified and recorded in a block that is added to the
blockchain, an incorrect transfer of digital assets or a theft of digital assets generally will not be reversible, and we may not be capable of seeking compensation for any such
transfer or theft. Although our transfers of digital assets will regularly be made to or from vendors, consultants, services providers, etc. it is possible that, through computer or
human error, or through theft or criminal action, our digital assets could be transferred from us in incorrect amounts or to unauthorized third parties. To the extent that we are
unable to seek a corrective transaction with such third party or are incapable of identifying the third party which has received our digital assets through error or theft, we will be
unable to revert or otherwise recover incorrectly transferred Company digital assets. To the extent that we are unable to seek redress for such error or theft, such loss could
adversely affect an investment in us.
The limited rights of legal recourse against us, and our lack of insurance protection expose us and our shareholders to the risk of loss of our digital assets for which no
person is liable.
The digital assets held by us are not insured. Therefore, a loss may be suffered with respect to our digital assets which is not covered by insurance and for which no person is
liable in damages which could adversely affect our operations and, consequently, an investment in us.
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We may not have adequate sources of recovery if our digital assets are lost, stolen or destroyed.
If our digital assets are lost, stolen or destroyed under circumstances rendering a party liable to us, the responsible party may not have the financial resources sufficient to
satisfy our claim. For example, as to a particular event of loss, the only source of recovery for us might be limited to the extent identifiable, other responsible third parties (e.g.,
a thief or terrorist), any of which may not have the financial resources (including liability insurance coverage) to satisfy a valid claim of ours. Furthermore, bitcoin is not
subject to FDIC or SIPC protection so the protection afforded to depositors at banking institutions.
The sale of our digital assets to pay expenses at a time of low digital asset prices could adversely affect an investment in us.
We may sell our digital assets to pay expenses on an as-needed basis, irrespective of then-current prices. Consequently, our digital assets may be sold at a time when the prices
on the respective digital asset exchange market are low, which could adversely affect an investment in us.
Regulatory changes or actions may restrict the use of bitcoins or the operation of the Bitcoin network in a manner that adversely affects an investment in us.
Until recently, little or no regulatory attention has been directed toward bitcoin and the Bitcoin network by U.S. federal and state governments, foreign governments and self-
regulatory agencies. As bitcoin has grown in popularity and in market size, the Federal Reserve Board, U.S. Congress and certain U.S. agencies (e.g., the CFTC, the
Commission, FinCEN and the Federal Bureau of Investigation) have begun to examine the operations of the Bitcoin network, bitcoin users and the bitcoin exchange market.
Digital assets currently face an uncertain regulatory landscape in not only the United States but also in many foreign jurisdictions such as the European Union, China and
Russia. While certain governments such as Germany, where the Ministry of Finance has declared bitcoin to be “Rechnungseinheiten” (a form of private money that is
recognized as a unit of account, but not recognized in the same manner as fiat currency), have issued guidance as to how to treat bitcoin, most regulatory bodies have not yet
issued official statements regarding intention to regulate or determinations on regulation of bitcoin, the Bitcoin network and bitcoin users.
The effect of any future regulatory change on us, bitcoins, or other digital assets is impossible to predict, but such change could be substantial and adverse to us and could
adversely affect an investment in us.
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 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.
If regulatory changes or interpretations of our activities require our registration as a money services business (“MSB”) under the regulations promulgated by FinCEN
under the authority of the U.S. Bank Secrecy Act, we may be required to register and comply with such regulations. If regulatory changes or interpretations of our
activities require the licensing or other registration of us as a money transmitter (or equivalent designation) under state law in any state in which we operate, we may be
required to seek licensure or otherwise register and comply with such state law. In the event of any such requirement, to the extent Marathon decides to continue, the
required registrations, licensure and regulatory compliance steps may result in extraordinary, non-recurring expenses to us. We may also decide to cease Marathon’s
operations. Any termination of certain Company operations in response to the changed regulatory circumstances may be at a time that is disadvantageous to investors.
To the extent that the activities of Marathon cause it to be deemed an MSB under the regulations promulgated by FinCEN under the authority of the U.S. Bank Secrecy Act,
Marathon may be required to comply with FinCEN regulations, including those that would mandate Marathon to implement anti-money laundering programs, make certain
reports to FinCEN and maintain certain records.
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To the extent that the activities of Marathon cause it to be deemed a “money transmitter” (“MT”) or equivalent designation, under state law in any state in which Marathon
operates, Marathon may be required to seek a license or otherwise register with a state regulator and comply with state regulations that may include the implementation of anti-
money laundering programs, maintenance of certain records and other operational requirements. Currently, the NYSDFS has finalized its “BitLicense” framework for
businesses that conduct “virtual currency business activity,” the Conference of State Bank Supervisors has proposed a model form of state level “virtual currency” regulation
and additional state regulators including those from California, Idaho, Virginia, Kansas, Texas, South Dakota and Washington have made public statements indicating that
virtual currency businesses may be required to seek licenses as money transmitters. In July 2016, North Carolina updated the law to define “virtual currency” and the activities
that trigger licensure in a business-friendly approach that encourages companies to use virtual currency and blockchain technology. Specifically, the North Carolina law does
not require miners or software providers to obtain a license for multi-signature software, smart contract platforms, smart property, colored coins and non-hosted, non-custodial
wallets. Starting January 1, 2016, New Hampshire requires anyone who exchanges a digital asset for another currency must become a licensed and bonded money transmitter.
In numerous other states, including Connecticut and New Jersey, legislation is being proposed or has been introduced regarding the treatment of bitcoin and other digital assets.
Marathon will continue to monitor for developments in such legislation, guidance or regulations.
Such additional federal or state regulatory obligations may cause Marathon to incur extraordinary expenses, possibly affecting an investment in the Shares in a material and
adverse manner. Furthermore, Marathon and its service providers may not be capable of complying with certain federal or state regulatory obligations applicable to MSBs and
MTs. If Marathon is deemed to be subject to and determines not to comply with such additional regulatory and registration requirements, we may act to dissolve and liquidate
Marathon. Any such action may adversely affect an investment in us.
Current interpretations require the regulation of bitcoins under the CEA by the CFTC, we may be required to register and comply with such regulations. To the extent that
we decide to continue operations, the required registrations and regulatory compliance steps may result in extraordinary, non-recurring expenses to us. We may also decide
to cease certain operations. Any disruption of our operations in response to the changed regulatory circumstances may be at a time that is disadvantageous to investors.
Current and future legislation, CFTC and other regulatory developments, including interpretations released by a regulatory authority, may impact the manner in which bitcoins
are treated for classification and clearing purposes. In particular, bitcoin derivatives are not excluded from the definition of “commodity future” by the CFTC. We cannot be
certain as to how future regulatory developments will impact the treatment of bitcoins under the law.
Bitcoins have been deemed to fall within the definition of a commodity and, we may be required to register and comply with additional regulation under the CEA, including
additional periodic report and disclosure standards and requirements. Moreover, we may be required to register as a commodity pool operator and to register us as a commodity
pool with the CFTC through the National Futures Association. Such additional registrations may result in extraordinary, non-recurring expenses, thereby materially and
adversely impacting an investment in us. If we determine not to comply with such additional regulatory and registration requirements, we may seek to cease certain of our
operations. Any such action may adversely affect an investment in us. No CFTC orders or rulings are applicable to our business.
If regulatory changes or interpretations require the regulation of bitcoins under the Securities Act and Investment Company Act by the Commission, we may be required to
register and comply with such regulations. To the extent that we decide to continue operations, the required registrations and regulatory compliance steps may result in
extraordinary, non-recurring expenses to us. We may also decide to cease certain operations. Any disruption of our operations in response to the changed regulatory
circumstances may be at a time that is disadvantageous to investors. This would likely have a material adverse effect on us and investors may lose their investment.
Current and future legislation and the Commission rulemaking and other regulatory developments, including interpretations released by a regulatory authority, may impact the
manner in which bitcoins are treated for classification and clearing purposes. The Commission’s July 25, 2017 Report expressed its view that digital assets may be securities
depending on the facts and circumstances. As of the date of this prospectus, we are not aware of any rules that have been proposed to regulate bitcoins as securities. We cannot
be certain as to how future regulatory developments will impact the treatment of bitcoins under the law. Such additional registrations may result in extraordinary, non-recurring
expenses, thereby materially and adversely impacting an investment in us. If we determine not to comply with such additional regulatory and registration requirements, we may
seek to cease certain of our operations. Any such action may adversely affect an investment in us.
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To the extent that digital assets including bitcoins and other digital assets we may own are deemed by the Commission to fall within the definition of a security, we may be
required to register and comply with additional regulation under the 1940 Act, including additional periodic reporting and disclosure standards and requirements and the
registration of our Company as an investment company. Additionally, one or more states may conclude bitcoins and other digital assets we may own are a security under state
securities laws which would require registration under state laws including merit review laws which would adversely impact us since we would likely not comply. As stated
earlier in this prospectus, some states including California define the term “investment contract” more strictly than the Commission. Such additional registrations may result in
extraordinary, non-recurring expenses of our Company, thereby materially and adversely impacting an investment in our Company. If we determine not to comply with such
additional regulatory and registration requirements, we may seek to cease all or certain parts of our operations. Any such action would likely adversely affect an investment in
us and investors may suffer a complete loss of their investment.
If federal or state legislatures or agencies initiate or release tax determinations that change the classification of bitcoins as property for tax purposes (in the context of
when such bitcoins are held as an investment), such determination could have a negative tax consequence on our Company or our shareholders.
Current IRS guidance indicates that digital assets such as bitcoin should be treated and taxed as property, and that transactions involving the payment of bitcoin for goods and
services should be treated as barter transactions. While this treatment creates a potential tax reporting requirement for any circumstance where the ownership of a bitcoin passes
from one person to another, usually by means of bitcoin transactions (including off-blockchain transactions), it preserves the right to apply capital gains treatment to those
transactions which may adversely affect an investment in our Company.
The loss or destruction of a private key required to access a digital asset may be irreversible. Our loss of access to our private keys or our experience of a data loss relating
to our Company’s digital assets could adversely affect an investment in our Company.
Digital assets are controllable only by the possessor of both the unique public key and private key relating to the local or online digital wallet in which the digital assets are
held. We are required by the operation of digital asset networks to publish the public key relating to a digital wallet in use by us when it first verifies a spending transaction
from that digital wallet and disseminates such information into the respective network. We safeguard and keep private the private keys relating to our digital assets by relying
on NYDIG’s 100% cold storage custody solution held in a purpose-built physically-secure environment based on established, industry best practices to safeguard our digital
assets from theft, loss, destruction or other issues relating to hackers and technological attack; to the extent a private key is lost, destroyed or otherwise compromised and no
backup of the private key is accessible, we will be unable to access the digital assets held by it and the private key will not be capable of being restored by the respective digital
asset network. Any loss of private keys relating to digital wallets used to store our digital assets could adversely affect an investment in us.
If the award of digital assets for solving blocks and transaction fees for recording transactions are not sufficiently high to cover expenses related to running data center
operations, it may have adverse effects on an investment in us.
If the award of new digital assets for solving blocks declines and transaction fees are not sufficiently high, we may not have an adequate incentive to continue our mining
operations, which may adversely impact an investment in us.
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As the number of digital assets awarded for solving a block in the blockchain decreases, the incentive for miners to continue to contribute processing power to the
respective digital asset network will transition from a set reward to transaction fees. Either the requirement from miners of higher transaction fees in exchange for
recording transactions in the blockchain or a software upgrade that automatically charges fees for all transactions may decrease demand for digital assets and prevent the
expansion of the digital asset networks to retail merchants and commercial businesses, resulting in a reduction in the price of digital assets that could adversely impact an
investment in us.
In order to incentivize miners to continue to contribute processing power to any digital asset network, such network may either formally or informally transition from a set
reward to transaction fees earned upon solving for a block. This transition could be accomplished either by miners independently electing to record in the blocks they solve only
those transactions that include payment of a transaction fee or by the digital asset network adopting software upgrades that require the payment of a minimum transaction fee
for all transactions. If transaction fees paid for digital asset transactions become too high, the marketplace may be reluctant to accept digital assets as a means of payment and
existing users may be motivated to switch from one digital asset to another digital asset or back to fiat currency. Decreased use and demand for bitcoins that we have
accumulated may adversely affect their value and may adversely impact an investment in us.
Fluctuations in the price of bitcoin may significantly influence the market price of our bitcoin holdings and therefore the price of our class A common stock
To the extent investors view the value of our class A common stock as linked to the value or change in the value of our bitcoin, fluctuations in the price of bitcoin may
significantly influence the market price of our class A common stock.
Our bitcoin holdings could subject us to regulatory scrutiny
As noted above, several bitcoin investment vehicles have attempted to list their shares on a U.S. national securities exchange to permit them to function in the manner of an
ETF with continuous share creation and redemption at NAV. To date the SEC has declined to approve any such listing, citing concerns over the surveillance of trading in
markets for the underlying bitcoin as well as concerns about fraud and manipulation in bitcoin trading markets. Even though we do not function in the manner of an ETF and do
not offer continuous share creation and redemption at NAV, it is possible that we nevertheless could face regulatory scrutiny from the SEC, as a company with securities traded
on The Nasdaq Capital Market.
In addition, as digital assets, including bitcoin, have grown in popularity and market size, there has been increasing focus on the extent to which digital assets can be used to
launder the proceeds of illegal activities or fund criminal or terrorist activities, or entities subject to sanctions regimes. While we have implemented and maintain policies and
procedures reasonably designed to promote compliance with applicable anti-money laundering and sanctions laws and regulations and take care to only acquire our bitcoin
through entities subject to anti money laundering regulation and related compliance rules in the United States, if we are found to have purchased any of our bitcoin from bad
actors that have used bitcoin to launder money or persons subject to sanctions, we may be subject to regulatory proceedings and further transactions or dealings in bitcoin may
be restricted or prohibited.
Due to the unregulated nature and lack of transparency surrounding the operations of many bitcoin trading venues, they may experience fraud, security failures or
operational problems, which may adversely affect the value of our bitcoin
Bitcoin trading venues are relatively new and, in some cases, unregulated. Furthermore, there are many bitcoin trading venues which do not provide the public with significant
information regarding their ownership structure, management teams, corporate practices and regulatory compliance. As a result, the marketplace may lose confidence in bitcoin
trading venues, including prominent exchanges that handle a significant volume of bitcoin trading.
Negative perception, a lack of stability in the broader bitcoin markets and the closure or temporary shutdown of bitcoin trading venues due to fraud, business failure, hackers or
malware, or government-mandated regulation may reduce confidence in bitcoin and result in greater volatility in the prices of bitcoin. To the extent investors view our common
stock as linked to the value of our bitcoin holdings, these potential consequences of a bitcoin trading venue’s failure could have a material adverse effect on the market value of
our common stock.
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The price of bitcoin may be influenced by regulatory, commercial, and technical factors that are highly uncertain
Bitcoin and other digital assets are relatively novel and are subject to various risks and uncertainties that may adversely impact their price. For example, the application of
securities laws and other regulations to such assets is unclear in certain respects, and it is possible that regulators in the United States or foreign countries may create new
regulations or interpret laws in a manner that adversely affects the price of bitcoin. The growth of the digital assets industry in general, and the use and acceptance of bitcoin in
particular, may also impact the price of bitcoin and is subject to a high degree of uncertainty. The pace of worldwide growth in the adoption and use of bitcoin may depend, for
instance, on public familiarity with digital assets, ease of buying and accessing bitcoin, institutional demand for bitcoin as an investment asset, consumer demand for bitcoin as
a means of payment, and the availability and popularity of alternatives to bitcoin. Even if growth in bitcoin adoption occurs in the near or medium-term, there is no assurance
that bitcoin usage will continue to grow over the long-term. Because bitcoin has no physical existence beyond the record of transactions on the Bitcoin blockchain, a variety of
technical factors related to the Bitcoin blockchain could also impact the price of bitcoin. For example, malicious attacks by “miners” who validate bitcoin transactions,
inadequate mining fees to incentivize validating of bitcoin transactions, hard “forks” of the Bitcoin blockchain into multiple blockchains, and advances in quantum computing
could undercut the integrity of the Bitcoin blockchain and negatively affect the price of bitcoin. The liquidity of bitcoin may also be reduced and damage to the public
perception of bitcoin may occur, if financial institutions were to deny banking services to businesses that hold bitcoin, provide bitcoin-related services or accept bitcoin as
payment, which could also decrease the price of bitcoin.
We are subject to an extensive, highly evolving and uncertain regulatory and business landscape and any adverse changes to, or our failure to comply with, any laws and
regulations, and adverse business reactions from counterparties could adversely affect our brand, reputation, business, operating results, and financial condition.
Our business is subject to extensive laws, rules, regulations, policies, orders, determinations, directives, treaties, and legal and regulatory interpretations and guidance, as well
as counterparty risk in the markets in which we operate, including regulatory aspects from financial services, federal energy and other regulators, the SEC, the CFTC, credit,
crypto asset custody, exchange, and transfer, cross-border and domestic money and crypto asset transmission, consumer and commercial lending, usury, foreign currency
exchange, privacy, data governance, data protection, cybersecurity, fraud detection, antitrust and competition, bankruptcy, tax, anti-bribery, economic and trade sanctions, anti-
money laundering, and counter-terrorist financing, as well as the same regulatory risks applicable to counterparties, most notably hosting businesses, as well as the recent
economic issues and bankruptcies befalling some in this industry. Many of these legal and regulatory regimes were adopted prior to the advent of the internet, mobile
technologies, crypto assets, and related technologies. As a result, some applicable laws and regulations do not contemplate or address unique issues associated with the crypto
economy, are subject to significant uncertainty, and vary widely across U.S. federal, state, and local and international jurisdictions. These legal and regulatory regimes,
including the laws, rules, and regulations thereunder, evolve frequently and may be modified, interpreted, and applied in an inconsistent manner from one jurisdiction to
another, and may conflict with one another. Moreover, the complexity and evolving nature of our business and the significant uncertainty surrounding the regulation of the
crypto economy requires us to exercise our judgment as to whether certain laws, rules, and regulations apply to us, and it is possible that governmental bodies and regulators
may disagree with our conclusions. To the extent we have not complied with such laws, rules, and regulations, we could be subject to significant fines, revocation of licenses,
limitations on our products and services, reputational harm, and other regulatory consequences, each of which may be significant and could adversely affect our business,
operating results, and financial condition.
Additionally, various governmental and regulatory bodies, including legislative and executive bodies, in the United States and in other countries may adopt new laws and
regulations, the direction and timing of which may be influenced by changes in the governing administrations and major events in the crypto economy. For example, following
the failure of several prominent crypto trading venues and lending platforms, such as FTX, Celsius Networks, Voyager and Three Arrows Capital in 2022 (even though these do
not directly affect our business), the U.S. Congress expressed the need for both greater federal oversight of the crypto economy and comprehensive cryptocurrency legislation.
In the near future, various governmental and regulatory bodies, including in the United States, may introduce new policies, laws, and regulations relating to crypto assets and
the crypto economy generally, and crypto asset platforms in particular. The failures of risk management and other control functions at other companies that played a role in
these events could accelerate an existing regulatory trend toward stricter oversight of crypto asset platforms and the crypto economy.
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Due to our business activities, we may be subject to ongoing examinations, oversight, and reviews and currently are, and expect in the future, to be subject to investigations and
inquiries, by U.S. federal and state regulators, many of which have broad discretion to audit and examine our business. Moreover, new laws, regulations, or interpretations may
result in additional litigation, regulatory investigations, and enforcement or other actions, including preventing or delaying us from offering certain products or services offered
by our competitors or could impact how we offer such products and services. Adverse changes to, or our failure to comply with, any laws and regulations have had, and may
continue to have, an adverse effect on our reputation and brand and our business, operating results, and financial condition.
We may have further restrictions on our liquidity due to unique risks which we could face in 2023.
The risks to our liquidity outlook would include the following:
● Deteriorating macroeconomic conditions as a result of the potential for recession in 2023 discussed in the media
● Additional challenges arising from catastrophic events (such the FTX collapse and multiple bankruptcies of bitcoin mining companies in 2022 and 2023) that would
adversely affect the credibility of, and therefore investor confidence in, companies engaged in the digital assets space
● Additional declines in bitcoin prices and/or production, and increases in electricity costs which could adversely impact both the value of our bitcoin holdings and our
ongoing profitability
● Further instability in the banking system and collapse of more banking institutions which could put the liquidity and cash assets of third parties with which we do
business such as miner hosting entities and suppliers and us, if we bank in the future with an institution which subsequently collapses
If we or our third-party service providers experience a security breach or cyberattack and unauthorized parties obtain access to our bitcoin, we may lose some or all of our
bitcoin and our financial condition and results of operations could be materially adversely affected
Security breaches and cyberattacks are of particular concern with respect to our bitcoin. Bitcoin and other blockchain-based digital assets have been, and may in the future be,
subject to security breaches, cyberattacks, or other malicious activities. A successful security breach or cyberattack could result in a partial or total loss of our bitcoin in a
manner that may not be covered by insurance or indemnity provisions of the custody agreement with a custodian who holds our bitcoin. Such a loss could have a material
adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.
Variability in intellectual property laws may adversely affect our intellectual property position.
Intellectual property laws, and patent laws and regulations in particular, have been subject to significant variability either through administrative or legislative changes to such
laws or regulations or changes or differences in judicial interpretation, and it is expected that such variability will continue to occur. Additionally, intellectual property laws and
regulations differ among states, and countries. Variations in the patent laws and regulations or in interpretations of patent laws and regulations in the United States and other
countries may diminish the value of our intellectual property and may change the impact of third-party intellectual property on us. Accordingly, we cannot predict the scope of
patents that may be granted to us, the extent to which we will be able to enforce our patents against third parties, or the extent to which third parties may be able to enforce their
patents against us.
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We may seek to internally develop additional new inventions and intellectual property, which would take time and be costly. Moreover, the failure to obtain or maintain
intellectual property rights for such inventions would lead to the loss of our investments in such activities.
We may in the future seek to engage in commercial business ventures or seek internal development of new inventions or intellectual property. These activities would require
significant amounts of financial, managerial and other resources and would take time to achieve. Such activities could also distract our management team from its present
business initiatives, which could have a material and adverse effect on our business. There is also the risk that such initiatives may not yield any viable new business or
revenue, inventions or technology, which would lead to a loss of our investment in such activities.
In addition, even if we are able to internally develop new inventions, in order for those inventions to be viable and to compete effectively, we would need to develop and
maintain, and we would be heavily reliant upon, a proprietary position with respect to such inventions and intellectual property. However, there are significant risks associated
with any such intellectual property we may develop principally including the following:
● Patent applications we may file may not result in issued patents or may take longer than we expect to result in issued patents;
● We may be subject to interference proceedings;
● We may be subject to opposition proceedings in the U.S. or foreign countries;
● Any patents that are issued to us may not provide meaningful protection;
● We may not be able to develop additional proprietary technologies that are patentable;
● Other companies may challenge patents issued to us;
● Other companies may have independently developed and/or patented (or may in the future independently develop and patent) similar or alternative technologies, or
duplicate our technologies;
● Other companies may design around technologies we have developed;
● And enforcement of our patents would be complex, uncertain and very expensive.
We cannot be certain that patents will be issued as a result of any future patent applications, or that any of our patents, once issued, will provide us with adequate protection
from competing products. For example, issued patents may be circumvented or challenged, declared invalid or unenforceable or narrowed in scope. In addition, since
publication of discoveries in scientific or patent literature often lags behind actual discoveries, we cannot be certain that we will be the first to make our additional new
inventions or to file patent applications covering those inventions. It is also possible that others may have or may obtain issued patents that could prevent us from
commercializing our products or require us to obtain licenses requiring the payment of significant fees or royalties in order to enable us to conduct our business. As to those
patents that we may acquire, our continued rights will depend on meeting any obligations to the seller and we may be unable to do so. Our failure to obtain or maintain
intellectual property rights for our inventions would lead to the loss of our investments in such activities, which would have a material adverse effect on us.
Moreover, patent application delays could cause delays in recognizing revenue from our internally generated patents and could cause us to miss opportunities to license patents
before other competing technologies are developed or introduced into the market. We are not actively pursuing any commercialization opportunities or internally generated
patents.
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We are highly dependent on the continued services of our small team of executives.
We are dependent upon the efforts and services of our small executive team. While we have a preliminary plan for succession of certain key executive, the loss of any one of
our key executives could have an adverse effect on our operations.
We have identified material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting and may identify additional material weaknesses in the future or otherwise fail to
maintain an effective system of internal controls, which may result in material misstatements of our financial statements or cause us to fail to meet our periodic reporting
obligations.
We are required to comply with certain provisions of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Section 404 requires that we document and test our internal control over financial
reporting and issue management’s assessment of our internal control over financial reporting. Management assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial
reporting as of December 31, 2022. In making this assessment, we used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission
(COSO) in Internal Control — Integrated Framework. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such
that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of our annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. Based on our
assessment, as of December 31, 2022, we concluded that our internal control over financial reporting contained material weaknesses. To remediate these material weaknesses,
our management has been implementing and continues to implement measures designed to ensure that control deficiencies contributing to the material weakness are
remediated, such that these controls are designed, implemented, and operating effectively.
We believe that these actions will remediate the material weakness. However, the remediation cannot be deemed successful until the applicable controls operate for a sufficient
period of time and our management has concluded, through testing, that these controls are operating effectively. If we fail to comply with the requirements of Section 404 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the accuracy and timeliness of the filing of our annual and quarterly reports may be materially adversely affected and could cause investors to lose
confidence in our reported financial information, which could have a negative effect on the trading price of our common stock. In addition, a material weakness in the
effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting could result in an increased chance of fraud and the loss of customers, reduce our ability to obtain financing and
require additional expenditures to comply with these requirements, each of which could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial
condition.
We have unresolved SEC Staff Comments.
As stated in Item 1B of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, we have unresolved SEC Staff Comments. While we have restated our financial statements based on comments
received to date, these comments remain unresolved and are subject to further review and comment by the Staff. We believe we have addressed all of the Staff concerns;
however, until the Staff has completed its review, we have no assurance that unresolved comments, or additional comments from the Staff, will not result in the need for
additional restatements of our previously-issued financial statements. This is not a likely result, in our view, but if this were the case, we could be subject to a further
restatement.
We rely on third party hosting, which, among other things, often requires us to give the hosting company, a first lien on the mining rigs installed on the site and creates
business risk for us.
We do not self-host our mining rigs and rely upon third party hosting facilities to power our mining rigs. We are dependent upon the financial viability of our hosting parties,
and in 2022, several large publicly traded hosting companies have met with severe financial issues, including bankruptcies. Furthermore, in most hosting contracts, there is a
requirement that the miner agree to permit the hosting company to place a lien on the actual mining machines being hosted. If the hosting company files for bankruptcy, it may
take months for the liens to be lifted, while the bankruptcy court and parties litigate these contracts and resolves issues as to ownership of assets and related areas. In these
contracts, we also are often required to make significant deposits against future mining fees. If the hosting party utilizes the deposits, we could risk loss of the deposits and be
left with an unsecured claim in the bankruptcy. Lastly, as the bankruptcy process includes an automatic stay in favor of the debtor company, until the stay is lifted or a
bankruptcy plan approved, we may not be able to move our mining rigs to a different location, even if the debtor rejects our hosting contract.
Bitcoin prices are very volatile and this may affect our ability to effectively manage growth plans and our profitability.
The price of bitcoin is extremely volatile and in fiscal 2022 was in a range between approximately $15,600 and $48,100. The cost to mine a bitcoin is independent of the then
current price of bitcoin, so when prices are low, the cost per coin to mine may consume much of our available cash which means that there is less capital with which to invest in
future company growth. Similarly, when prices are low, our profitability is decreased on a dollar for dollar basis correlated to the then price of bitcoin. Given the volatility of
bitcoin, these factors render us unable to accurately predict in advance what our growth plans may be and accurately forecast any revenue and profitability projections for any
reporting period.
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We have commenced doing business overseas, and different countries have differing degrees of political, legal and fiscal stability. This exposes us to a wide range of
political developments that could result in changes to contractual terms, laws and regulations. In addition, we and our joint arrangements and associates face the risk of
litigation and disputes worldwide.
Developments in politics, laws and regulations can and do affect our operations. Potential impacts include: forced divestment of assets; expropriation of property; cancellation
or forced renegotiation of contract rights; additional taxes including windfall taxes, restrictions on deductions and retroactive tax claims; antitrust claims; changes to trade
compliance regulations; price controls; local content requirements; foreign exchange controls; changes to environmental regulations; changes to regulatory interpretations and
enforcement; and changes to disclosure requirements. Any of these, individually or in aggregate, could have a material adverse effect on our earnings, cash flows and financial
condition.
From time to time, social and political factors play a role in unprecedented and unanticipated judicial outcomes that could adversely affect us. Non-compliance with policies
and regulations could result in regulatory investigations, litigation and, ultimately, sanctions. Certain governments and regulatory bodies have, in our opinion, exceeded their
constitutional authority by: attempting unilaterally to amend or cancel existing agreements or arrangements; failing to honour existing contractual commitments; and seeking to
adjudicate disputes between private litigants. Additionally, certain governments have adopted laws and regulations that could potentially force us to violate other countries’ laws
and regulations, therefore potentially subjecting us to both criminal and civil sanctions. Such developments and outcomes could have a material adverse effect on our earnings,
cash flows and financial condition.
Our future success depends on our ability to expand our organization to match the growth of our activities.
As our operations grow, the administrative demands and scaling demands upon us will grow, and our success will depend upon our ability to meet those demands. Both the
parent company and each of our subsidiaries require certain financial, managerial and other resources, which could create challenges to our ability to successfully manage our
subsidiaries and operations and impact our ability to assure compliance with our policies, practices and procedures. These demands include, but are not limited to, increased
executive, accounting, management, legal services, staff support and general office services. We may need to hire additional qualified personnel to meet these demands, the cost
and quality of which is dependent in part upon market factors outside of our control. Further, we will need to effectively manage the training and growth of our staff to maintain
an efficient and effective workforce, and our failure to do so could adversely affect our business and operating results. Currently, we have limited personnel in our organization
to meet our organizational and administrative demands.
Risks Relating to Marathon’s Stock
Exercise or conversion of warrants and other convertible securities will dilute shareholder’s percentage of ownership.
We have issued convertible securities, options and warrants to purchase shares of our Common Stock to our officers, directors, consultants and certain shareholders. In the
future, we may grant additional options, warrants and convertible securities. The exercise, conversion or exchange of options, warrants or convertible securities, including for
other securities, will dilute the percentage ownership of our shareholders. The dilutive effect of the exercise or conversion of these securities may adversely affect our ability to
obtain additional capital. The holders of these securities may be expected to exercise or convert such options, warrants and convertible securities at a time when we would be
able to obtain additional equity capital on terms more favorable than such securities or when our Common Stock is trading at a price higher than the exercise or conversion
price of the securities. The exercise or conversion of outstanding warrants, options and convertible securities will have a dilutive effect on the securities held by our
shareholders. We have in the past, and may in the future, exchange outstanding securities for other securities on terms that are dilutive to the securities held by other
shareholders not participating in such exchange.
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Our Common Stock may be delisted from The Nasdaq Capital Market (“Nasdaq”) if we fail to comply with continued listing standards.
Our Common Stock is currently traded on Nasdaq under the symbol “MARA”. If we fail to meet any of the continued listing standards of Nasdaq, our Common Stock could be
delisted from Nasdaq. The continued listing standards include specifically enumerated criteria, such as:
● A $1.00 minimum closing bid price;
● Stockholders’ equity of $2,500 thousand;
● 500,000 shares of publicly held Common Stock with a market value of at least $1,000 thousand;
● 300 round-lot stockholders; and
● Compliance with Nasdaq’s corporate governance requirements, as well as additional or more stringent criteria that may be applied in the exercise of Nasdaq’s
discretionary authority.
Our stock price is volatile.
The market price of our Common Stock is likely to be highly volatile and could fluctuate widely in price in response to various factors, many of which are beyond our control,
including the following:
● Changes in our industry including changes which adversely affect bitcoin and other digital assets;
● Changes in bitcoin pricing;
● Competitive pricing pressures;
● Our ability to obtain working capital financing;
● Additions or departures of key personnel;
● Sales of our Common Stock;
● Our ability to execute our business plan;
● Operating results that fall below expectations;
● Loss of any strategic relationship;
● Regulatory developments; and
● Economic and other external factors.
In addition, the securities markets have from time to time experienced significant price and volume fluctuations that are unrelated to the operating performance of particular
companies. These market fluctuations may also materially and adversely affect the market price of our Common Stock.
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Because there has been limited precedent set for financial accounting of bitcoin and other cryptocurrency assets, the determination that we have made for how to account
for cryptocurrency assets transactions may be subject to change.
Because there has been limited precedent set for the financial accounting of cryptocurrencies and related revenue recognition and no official guidance has yet been provided by
the Financial Accounting Standards Board or the SEC, it is unclear how companies may in the future be required to account for cryptocurrency transactions and assets and
related revenue recognition. A change in regulatory or financial accounting standards could result in the necessity to change our accounting methods and restate our financial
statements. Such a restatement could adversely affect the accounting for our newly mined cryptocurrency rewards and more generally negatively impact our business,
prospects, financial condition and results of operations. Such circumstances would have a material adverse effect on our ability to continue as a going concern or to pursue our
new strategy at all, which would have a material adverse effect on our business, prospects or operations as well as and potentially the value of any cryptocurrencies we hold or
expect to acquire for our own account and harm investors.
We have never paid nor do we expect in the near future to pay cash dividends.
We have never paid cash dividends on our capital stock and do not anticipate paying any cash dividends on our Common Stock for the foreseeable future. While it is possible
that we may declare a dividend after a large settlement, investors should not rely on such a possibility, nor should they rely on an investment in us if they require income
generated from dividends paid on our capital stock. Any income derived from our Common Stock would only come from rise in the market price of our Common Stock, which
is uncertain and unpredictable.
Offers or availability for sale of a substantial number of shares of our Common Stock may cause the price of our Common Stock to decline.
If our stockholders sell substantial amounts of our Common Stock in the public market upon the expiration of any statutory holding period or lockup agreements, under Rule
144, or issued upon the exercise of outstanding warrants or other convertible securities, it could create a circumstance commonly referred to as an “overhang” and in
anticipation of which the market price of our Common Stock could fall. The existence of an overhang, whether or not sales have occurred or are occurring, also could make
more difficult our ability to raise additional financing through the sale of equity or equity-related securities in the future at a time and price that we deem reasonable or
appropriate. The shares of our restricted Common Stock will be freely tradable upon the earlier of: (i) effectiveness of a registration statement covering such shares and (ii) the
date on which such shares may be sold without registration pursuant to Rule 144 (or other applicable exemption) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“Securities
Act”).
ITEM 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS
The Company received Staff comments during 2022 which are material and still under review as set forth below. We additionally have described below certain comments more
recently received which relate to certain restatement items in this Form 10-K in order to provide complete disclosure and not imply that the restated items set forth below have
been fully resolved.
● Revenue recognition. The Staff commented on the Company’s revenue recognition policy in its capacity as a pool operator and in its capacity as a pool participant, with
specific attention on the Company’s previous net recognition of revenue as an operator of a pool. The Company has, in the restated financial results, revised its revenue to
include gross revenue earned as pool operator with any amounts remitted to third party pool participants as cost of revenue. The Staff further commented on the Company’s
accounting convention to recognize its noncash (bitcoin) revenue using fair value that is not at contract inception. The Company has evaluated the difference between its
current accounting policy and fair value at contract inception and has determined that any differences in revenue are not material for all periods stated.
● Impairment of bitcoin. The Staff objected to the Company’s calculation of impairment of bitcoin using a daily closing price. The Company has, in the restated financial
results, revised its calculation to calculate impairment of bitcoin using the intraday low price of bitcoin.
● Accounting for investment fund. The Staff commented on whether the Company should have consolidated an investment fund in which the Company was the sole limited
partner and, if so, whether its accounting for the income and expenses of the investment fund were appropriately classified within the Company’s Statements of Other
Comprehensive Income (Loss). The Company has since determined it would consolidate the NYDIG Fund and updated its classification of income and expenses of the
investment fund within the Statements of Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) as part of the restated financial results.
● Statements of Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) Presentation. The Staff has commented on the classification and inclusion of certain items in loss from operation versus in
other income (expense). These items include realized gain (loss) on sales of digital assets, interest income, impairment on digital assets and patents, and gain on sale of
equipment. The Company has since revised its presentation prospectively, and in the restated financial results.
● Embedded leases in Hosting and Power Arrangements. The Staff has asked the Company for a comprehensive analysis around whether each of its server hosting
arrangements contain embedded leases. The Company has provided such analysis and included any required disclosure as a result of such analysis in the Notes to its
Consolidated Financial Statements.
● Investments. The Staff has requested fulsome analysis of the Company’s accounting for various Simple Agreements on Future Equity (“SAFEs”) and its investment in equity
of certain investees. The Company has provided such analysis and has included impacts of any change in accounting for such investments in the restated financial results.
● Risk factors. The Staff has requested further disclosure on material risks due to regulations, ability to obtain financing, reputational harm, and depreciation of digital assets
prices. The Company has considered such risks and has made the disclosures accordingly.
● Bitcoin as collateral. The Staff has raised several comments on the Company’s accounting for bitcoin used as collateral within the Company’s lending arrangements. The
Company continues to respond to the Staff’s comments based on its application of U.S. GAAP and has not changed its classification of such bitcoin used as collateral as Digital
assets, restricted.
ITEM 2. PROPERTIES
The Company leases office space at the following locations under operating lease agreements:
● 1180 North Town Center Drive, Suite 100, Las Vegas, Nevada 89144
● Tower 101, 101 NE Third Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 33301
● 300 Spectrum Center Drive, Irvine CA, 92618
● 3306 5th Street SE, East Wenatchee, Washington, 98802
● 512 N. Douglas Ave., Oklahoma City, OK, 73106
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ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
Compute North Bankruptcy
On September 22, 2022, Compute North Holdings, Inc. (currently d/b/a Mining Project Wind Down Holdings, Inc.) and certain of its affiliates (collectively, “Compute North”)
filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Compute North provided operating services to the Company and hosted our mining rigs at multiple facilities. We delivered miners to
Compute North, which then installed the mining rigs at those facilities, operated and maintained the mining rigs, and provided energy to keep the miners operating. During the
course of the chapter 11 cases, Compute North sold substantially all of their assets in a series of 363 sale transactions, including Compute North’s ownership interests in non-
debtor entities that own or partially-own facilities that house our miners.
On November 23, 2022, the Company and certain of its affiliates timely filed proofs of claim asserting various claims against Compute North, including: (i) claims arising
under hosting agreements between the Company and Compute North LLC; (ii) claims arising under that certain Senior Promissory Note, dated as of July 1, 2022, by and
between the Company, as Lender, and Compute North LLC, as Borrower; (iii) claims arising from the breach of a letter of intent between us and Compute North LLC; and (iv)
claims for daily lost revenue, profits and other damages against Compute North.
On December 20, 2022, the Bankruptcy Court approved a stipulation among and between the Company, Compute North, Generate Lending, LLC and certain affiliates
(“Generate”), and MVP Logistics, LLC (“MVP”), whereby Compute North, Generate, and MVP agreed to allow the Company to retrieve our uninstalled miners located at
relevant facilities and reject all Compute North’s agreements with us. Compute North also agreed to release all its claims against the Company regarding certain disputed
invoices for warehousing and logistics.
On February 9, 2023, the Bankruptcy Court approved a settlement stipulation between the Company and Compute North, pursuant to which the proofs of claim filed by the
Company and certain of its affiliates were resolved, and the Company received a single allowed unsecured claim against Compute North LLC in the amount of $40,000,000 and
its Preferred Equity Interests in Compute North Holdings, Inc. in the amount of 39,597 shares of Series C Preferred Stock was confirmed. In exchange, the Company agreed to
vote in favor of Compute North’s chapter 11 plan.
On February 16, 2023, the Bankruptcy Court confirmed Compute North’s chapter 11 plan (the “Plan”), pursuant to which Compute North will liquidate its remaining assets and
distribute proceeds arising therefrom in accordance with the waterfall set forth in the Plan. In its disclosure statement filed on December 19, 2022, the Compute North Debtors
projected that holders of allowed general unsecured claims could recover anywhere between 8% to 65% on their claims, while holders of preferred equity interests are expected
to recover nothing on their interests. At this time, the Company cannot predict the quantum of its potential recovery on account of its allowed general unsecured claim and
preferred equity interests or the timing of when it would receive any distributions under the Plan on account of its claims and interests.
Derivative Complaints
On February 18, 2022, a shareholder derivative complaint was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Nevada, against current and former members of the
Company’s board of directors and senior management. The complaint is based on allegations substantially similar to the allegations in the December 2021 putative class action
complaint, related to the Company’s disclosure of an SEC investigation previously made by the Company on November 15, 2021. On March 4, 2022, the complaint was served
on the Company. On April 4, 2022, the defendants moved to dismiss the complaint.
On May 5, 2022, a second shareholder derivative complaint was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Nevada, against current and former members of the
Company’s board of directors and senior management. The second shareholder derivative complaint is based on allegations substantially similar to the allegations in the
February 18, 2022 derivative complaint. On May 11, 2022, the defendants moved to dismiss the second shareholder derivative complaint.
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On June 1, 2022, the Court entered an order consolidating the two derivative actions. A June 13, 2022 scheduling order provided for plaintiffs to file a consolidated complaint
and for renewed motions to dismiss the consolidated shareholder derivative complaint. On November 22, 2022, before a consolidated complaint was due, plaintiffs voluntarily
dismissed both actions without prejudice. On November 23, 2022, both actions were closed.
Putative Class Action Complaint
On December 17, 2021, a putative class action complaint was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Nevada, against the Company and present and former
senior management. The complaint alleges securities fraud related to the disclosure of an SEC investigation previously made by the Company on November 15, 2021. Plaintiff
Tad Schlatre served the complaint on the Company on March 1, 2022. On September 12, 2022, the court appointed Carlos Marina as lead plaintiff. On October 21, 2022, lead
plaintiff voluntarily dismissed the complaint without prejudice.
Information Subpoena
On October 6, 2020, the Company entered into a series of agreements with multiple parties to design and build a data center for up to 100-megawatts in Hardin, MT. In
conjunction therewith, the Company filed a Current Report on Form 8-K on October 13, 2020. The 8-K discloses that, pursuant to a Data Facility Services Agreement, the
Company issued 6,000,000 shares of restricted Common Stock, in transactions exempt from registration under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
During the quarter ended September 30, 2021, the Company and certain of its executives received a subpoena to produce documents and communications concerning the
Hardin, Montana data center facility described in our Form 8-K dated October 13, 2020. We understand that the SEC may be investigating whether or not there may have been
any violations of the federal securities law. We are cooperating with the SEC.
On January 14, 2021, Plaintiff Michael Ho (“Plaintiff” or “Ho”) filed a Civil Complaint for Damages and Restitution (“Complaint”) against the Company and 10 Doe
Defendants. The Complaint alleges six causes of action against the Company, (1) Breach of Written Contract; (2) Breach of Implied Contract; (3) Quasi-Contract; (4) Services
Rendered; (5) Intentional Interference with Prospective Economic Relations; and (6) Negligent Interference with Prospective Economic Relations, which is the one plead
against “all Defendants” and is most likely to involve later named defendants. The claims arise from the same set of facts, Ho alleges that the Company profited from
commercially sensitive information he shared with the Company and then it refused to compensate him for his role in securing the acquisition of a supplier of energy for the
Company. On February 22, 2021, the Company responded to Mr. Ho’s Complaint with a general denial and the assertion of applicable affirmative defenses. Then, on February
25, 2021, the Company removed the action to the United States District Court in the Central District of California, where the action remains pending. The Company filed a
motion for summary judgment/adjudication of all causes of action. On February 11, 2022, the Court granted the motion and dismissed Ho’s 2nd, 5th and 6th causes of action.
Discovery is substantially closed. The Court held a pre-trial conference on February 24, 2022, where it vacated the March 3, 2022 trial date and ordered the parties to meet and
confer on a new trial date. The Court discussed the various theories of damages maintained by the parties. In its ruling on the summary judgment motion and at the pre-trial
conference on February 24, 2022, the Court noted that a jury is more likely to accept $150,000 as an appropriate damages amount if liability is found, as opposed to the various
theories espoused by Ho that result in multi-million-dollar recoveries. Due to outstanding issues of fact and law, it is impossible to predict the outcome at this time; however,
after consulting legal counsel, the Company is confident that it will prevail in this litigation, since it did not have a contract with Mr. Ho and he did not disclose any
commercially sensitive information under any mutual nondisclosure agreement that was used to structure any joint venture with energy providers. The trial has been
rescheduled for the week of May 8, 2023.
ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES.
Not applicable.
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ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY
SECURITIES.
PART II
Market Information
Our common stock is currently quoted on The NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol “MARA”.
Holders
As of March 13, 2023, there were 254 holders of record of 167,247,030 shares of the Company’s Common Stock.
Securities Authorized for Issuance under Equity Compensation Plans
2012, 2014, 2017 and 2018 Equity Incentive Plans
The following table gives information about the Company’s common stock that may be issued upon the exercise of options granted to employees, directors and consultants
under its 2012, 2014, 2017 and 2018 Equity Incentive Plans as of December 31, 2022. On August 1, 2012, our board of directors and stockholders adopted the 2012 Equity
Incentive Plan, pursuant to which 96,154 shares of our common stock are reserved for issuance as awards to employees, directors, consultants, advisors and other service
providers. On September 16, 2014, our board of directors adopted the 2014 Equity Incentive Plan, subsequently approved by the shareholders on July 31, 2015, pursuant to
which up to 125,000 shares of our common stock, stock options, restricted stock, preferred stock, stock-based awards and other awards are reserved for issuance as awards to
employees, directors, consultants, advisors and other service providers. On September 6, 2017, our board of directors adopted the 2017 Equity Incentive Plan, subsequently
approved by the shareholders on September 29, 2017, pursuant to which up to 625,000 shares of our common stock, stock options, restricted stock, preferred stock, stock-based
awards and other awards are reserved for issuance as awards to employees, directors, consultants, advisors and other service providers. On January 1, 2018, our board of
directors adopted the 2018 Equity Incentive Plan, subsequently approved by the shareholders on March 7, 2018, pursuant to which up to 2,500,000 shares of our common stock,
stock options, restricted stock, preferred stock, stock-based awards and other awards are reserved for issuance as awards to employees, directors, consultants, advisors and other
service providers. On January 15, 2021, the Company’s shareholders approved an increase in the number of shares authorized for issuance under the 2018 Equity Incentive Plan
by 5,000,000 shares, which increase took effect automatically. As of March 13, 2023, the 2012, 2014, 2017 and 2018 Equity Incentive Plans had outstanding grants and
remaining unissued shares, taking into account issuance of restricted stock to officers and directors, as follows:
Equity Compensation Plan Information
Number of
securities to be
issued upon
exercise of
outstanding
options, warrants
and rights
Weighted-average
exercise price of
outstanding
options, warrants
and rights
Number of
securities
remaining
available for
future issuance
under equity
compensation
plans
324,375
—
324,375
$
$
25.00
—
25.00
4,013,834
—
4,013,834
Plan category
Equity compensation plans approved by security holders
Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders
Total
Recent Repurchases of Securities
None.
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ITEM 6. RESERVED
ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following discussion and analysis is intended as a review of significant factors affecting our financial condition and results of operations for the periods indicated. The
discussion should be read in conjunction with our Consolidated Financial Statements and the notes presented herein. In addition to historical information, the following
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual
results could differ significantly from those expressed, implied, or anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors discussed herein and any other
periodic reports filed and to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This report and other documents that we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission contain forward-looking statements that are based on current expectations,
estimates, forecasts and projections about our future performance, our business, our beliefs, and our management’s assumptions. Statements that are not historical facts are
forward-looking statements. Words such as “expect,” “outlook,” “forecast,” “would,” “could,” “should,” “project,” “intend,” “plan,” “continue,” “sustain”, “on track”,
“believe,” “seek,” “estimate,” “anticipate,” “may,” “assume,” and variations of such words and similar expressions are often used to identify such forward-looking
statements, which are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward- looking statements are not
guarantees of future performance and involve risks, assumptions, and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, those described in our reports that we file or furnish with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary
materially from those indicated or anticipated by such forward-looking statements. Accordingly, you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking
statements, which speak only as of the date they are made. Except to the extent required by law, we undertake no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements
after the date they are made, whether as a result of new information, future events, changes in assumptions or otherwise.
Restatement of Previously Issued Financial Statements
ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS has been amended and restated to give
effect to the restatement, as more fully described in NOTE 2 – RESTATEMENT OF CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENT to our accompanying audited
Consolidated Financial Statements contained in this Form 10-K. For further detail regarding the Restatement, see EXPLANATORY NOTE and Part II, ITEM 9A. CONTROLS
AND PROCEDURES contained in this Form 10-K.
Business Overview
The Company was incorporated in the State of Nevada on February 23, 2010 under the name Verve Ventures, Inc. On December 7, 2011, the Company changed its name to
American Strategic Minerals Corporation and were engaged in exploration and potential development of a uranium and vanadium minerals business. In June 2012, the
Company discontinued the minerals business and began to invest in real estate properties in Southern California. In October 2012, the Company discontinued its real estate
business and the Company commenced IP licensing operations, at which time the Company’s name was changed to Marathon Patent Group, Inc. The Company commenced
mining bitcoin in 2018 and changed its name to Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc. on March 1, 2021. As of December 31, 2022, the Company is solely focused on the mining of
bitcoin and ancillary opportunities within the Bitcoin ecosystem under the name Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc.
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Significant crypto market developments and impacts to the Company
The year ended December 31, 2022 was a challenging year for the crypto sector in general, as macroeconomic conditions (including higher inflation and a rising interest rates
environment as compared to recent years) resulted in weaker equity markets and a general “risk off” sentiment that had a negative impact on bitcoin prices. This challenging set
of circumstances was exacerbated by a series of unforeseen events which hit the sector, including:
● The de-pegging of $LUNA in the second quarter of 2022;
● The bankruptcies of key players in the digital assets sector, including Three Arrows Capital, Voyager, and Celsius; and
● The fourth quarter 2022 collapse of FTX, which drove additional credit related bankruptcies and a significant decline in bitcoin prices and bitcoin mining rig prices.
The Company’s operating results, Consolidated Balance Sheets and stock price were adversely impacted by this series of events and the overall unfavorable macroeconomic
climate in 2022. The resulting declines in financial performance and operational challenges faced by the Company in 2022 were primarily evident in the following areas:
Operating results:
● Impairment of bitcoin mining rigs and advances to vendors: We experienced significant declines in the fair value of bitcoin mining rigs during the fourth quarter of
2022. As a result, the Company assessed the need for an impairment write-down of both bitcoin mining rigs (held as fixed assets) and advances to vendors (a current
asset) representing deposits associated with the future delivery of mining rigs. We recognized impairment charges for both the bitcoin mining rigs and the advances to
vendors – a total impairment of approximately $332,933 thousand.
● Digital assets - impairment and decline in carrying value: We experienced impairments of $173,215 thousand, realized and unrealized losses on digital assets held
within Investment Fund of $85,017 thousand and, to a lesser extent unrealized losses of $14,460 thousand on digital assets held on our Consolidated Balance Sheets
during the year ended December 31, 2022.
● Total margin decline: The profitability of our operations declined due to depressed bitcoin prices and delays in scaling our operations. Total margin was a loss of
$33,673 thousand in the current-year period compared with income of $116,768 thousand in the prior-year period, a decline of $150,441 thousand.
● Direct impact of vendor bankruptcy filing: On September 22, 2022, Compute North filed for restructuring under chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. As a result,
the company recorded an impairment charge of $39,000 thousand during the third quarter of 2022. During the fourth quarter of 2022, the company estimated that an
additional $16,674 thousand in deposits had likely been impaired and as such recorded an additional impairment charge.
Fair value of digital assets and impacts to loan collateral and primary lender:
● Digital assets - fair value decline: At December 31, 2022, the fair value of a single bitcoin was approximately $16,548 thousand, a 64% decline in fair value from
December 31, 2021, when a single bitcoin had a fair value of $46,306 thousand. At December 31, 2022, the Company held approximately 7,816 unrestricted bitcoin
($129,335 thousand fair value) on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.
● Digital assets utilized as collateral - fair value declines and additional collateral requirements: On November 9, 2022, bitcoin prices declined to a new yearly low on
concerns of financial instability in the industry as a result of the FTX collapse. As a result, the Company was required to provide an additional 1,669 bitcoin (valued at
$16,213 per bitcoin) as collateral for its outstanding borrowings under its Term Loan and revolving line of credit (“RLOC”) facilities with Silvergate Bank, for a total
collateral balance of 9,490 bitcoin (or approximately $153,861 thousand fair value). The Company’s total bitcoin holdings as of November 9, 2022, were 11,440
bitcoin, of which 1,950 (approximately $31,615 thousand) were unrestricted. During November and December 2022, the Company repaid $50,000 thousand in RLOC
borrowings. These repayments enabled the Company to reduce its bitcoin held as collateral to approximately 4,416 bitcoin (approximately $73,074 thousand fair
value) by December 31, 2022.
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● Impact of bankruptcies and the collapse of FTX on our primary lender: Prior to the termination of the facilities on March 8, 2023, Silvergate Bank served as the
lender for our Term Loan and RLOC facilities, through which we had the right to borrow up to $200,000 thousand provided we post sufficient collateral in bitcoin.
On March 1, 2023, Silvergate Bank filed disclosures with the SEC regarding its troubled financial condition, including doubts about its ability to continue operating as
a going concern, and notice to postpone the filing of its Annual Report on Form 10-K with the SEC due to a material decline in its client deposits and inadequate
capitalization. This has led to leading crypto business clients leaving the bank, creating both a credit void as well as reputational risk for crypto clients. On March 8,
2023, Silvergate announced its intention to wind down operations and voluntarily liquidate the bank.
On February 6, 2023, the Company provided Silvergate Bank with the required 30-day notice stating the Company’s intent to prepay the outstanding balance on its
term loan facility as well as the Company’s intent to terminate the term loan facility. The Company and Silvergate Bank subsequently agreed to terminate the RLOC
facility. On March 8, 2023, the Company prepaid the term loan and terminated the RLOC facility with Silvergate Bank.
● Signature Bank closure: On March 12, 2023, Signature Bank was closed by its state chartering authority, the New York State Department of Financial Services. On
that same date the FDIC was appointed as receiver and transferred all the deposits and substantially all of the assets of Signature Bank to Signature Bridge Bank, N.A.,
a full-service bank that is being operated by the FDIC. The Company automatically became a customer of Signature Bridge Bank, N.A. as part of this action. The
Company held approximately $142,000 thousand cash deposits at Signature Bridge Bank, N.A. as of March 12, 2023. Normal banking activities resumed on Monday,
March 13, 2023.
We anticipate that businesses in this and related business sectors may continue to experience economic volatility and operational challenges, and the first half of 2023 will
likely continue to be a period of challenge and uncertainty in the industry. We are continuously monitoring the economic environment in which we operate and evaluating
strategic opportunities which we may decide to undertake as part of our strategic growth initiatives; however, we offer no assurances that any strategic opportunities we choose
to pursue will be successful or achieved on a time scale or within the budget we anticipate, if at all, in our competitive and evolving industry. See ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS
for additional discussion regarding potential impacts our competitive and evolving industry may have on our business.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
The following accounting policies relate to the significant areas involving management’s judgments and estimates in the preparation of our financial statements, and are those
that we believe are the most critical to aid your understanding and evaluation of this management discussion and analysis:
● Digital assets
● Digital assets loan receivable
● Revenue from contracts with customers
● Property and Equipment
● Impairment of long-lived assets
● Income taxes
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Digital assets
Digital assets (bitcoin) are included in current and other assets in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets. Digital assets awarded to the Company through its mining
activities are accounted for in accordance with the Company’s revenue recognition policy below.
Digital assets are accounted for as intangible assets with indefinite useful lives and are recorded at cost less impairment in accordance with ASC 350 – “Intangibles-Goodwill
and Other” (“ASC 350”). 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. Whenever the exchange-traded price of digital assets declines below its
carrying value, the Company has determined that it is more likely than not that an impairment exists and records impairment equal to the amount by which the carrying value
exceeds the fair value at that point in time. The Company has deemed the price of digital assets to be a level two input under the ASC 820 - “Fair Value Measurement” (“ASC
820”) hierarchy as there are multiple observable inputs (exchanges) that provide slightly differing benchmarks of digital asset value. Subsequent reversal of impairment losses
is not permitted.
Purchases of digital assets by the Company are included within investing activities in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, while digital assets awarded
to the Company through its mining activities are included as a reconciling item 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 and any realized gains or losses from such sales are
included in other income (expense) in the Consolidated Statements of Other Comprehensive Income (Loss).
Digital assets loan receivable
When the Company loans digital assets to a borrower for a specific period of time in exchange for a fee akin to interest, the Company first evaluates whether to derecognize
such loaned digital assets based on an evaluation of relevant control and asset derecognition considerations that include whether:
● the Company has transferred present rights to the economic benefits associated with the digital asset for a different right to receive digital assets in the future;
● the Company cannot sell, pledge, loan, or otherwise use the lent digital assets while the loan is outstanding, as those rights have been transferred to the borrower;
● inherent in the realization of the economic benefits associated with the digital asset loan receivable is exposure to credit risk of the borrower; and
● the borrower of the digital assets can deploy those assets at its discretion for the duration of the lending arrangement and bears the risk of loss or theft of those assets,
and otherwise has the ability to direct the use of the assets transferred.
If the Company concludes derecognition is appropriate, the Company derecognizes the loaned digital assets it no longer controls and recognizes a right to receive back in the
future the loaned digital assets.
The digital asset loan receivable is recorded at the fair value of the underlying loaned digital assets. Any difference between the fair value of the loaned digital assets and their
pre-transfer carrying amount (i.e., derecognition amount) is recognized as a gain in the Consolidated Statements of Other Comprehensive Income (Loss). Throughout the loan
period, the digital asset loan receivable continues to be measured at the fair value of the underlying loaned digital asset with changes recorded in operating income (loss) in
current period earnings. When the digital assets on loan are returned to the Company, the receivable is derecognized and such loaned digital assets are re-recorded on the
Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets at the pre-derecognition carrying value of the digital asset loan receivable with no gain or loss realized at the derecognition of the
loan.
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At loan commencement and throughout the loan period, the Company considers and accounts for the credit risk of the borrower using the principles in Topic 326 – “Financial
Instruments - Credit Losses” (“Topic 326”) to measure any credit impairment. The digital asset loan receivable is presented net of any allowance for credit losses. The
Company utilizes the probability of default (“PD”) loss given default (“LGD”) approach to estimating the allowance for credit loss (“ACL”) at origination and subsequent
reporting periods. In order to apply the PD LGD approach, management considers the lifetime of the digital asset loan receivable, the reasonable and supportable forecast
period, and the PD LGD. The Company uses each instrument’s life of loan period for estimating current expected credit losses, unadjusted by any prepayment risk as any risk
would be immaterial to either the repayment in kind or the accrued loan fee receivable.
Revenues from contracts with customers
The Company recognizes revenue in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 606 – “Revenue from Contracts with Customers” (“ASC 606”). The core principle of the revenue
standard is that a company should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the
company expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. The following five steps are applied to achieve that core principle:
● Step 1: Identify the contract with the customer;
● Step 2: Identify the performance obligations in the contract;
● Step 3: Determine the transaction price;
● Step 4: Allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract; and
● Step 5: Recognize the revenue when the Company satisfies a performance obligation.
In order to identify the performance obligations in a contract with a customer, a company must assess the promised goods or services in the contract and identify each promised
good or service that is distinct. A performance obligation meets ASC 606’s definition of a “distinct” good or service (or bundle of goods or services) if both of the following
criteria are met: The customer can benefit from the good or service either on its own or together with other resources that are readily available to the customer (i.e., the good or
service is capable of being distinct), and the entity’s promise to transfer the good or service to the customer is separately identifiable from other promises in the contract (i.e.,
the promise to transfer the good or service is distinct within the context of the contract).
If a good or service is not distinct, the good or service is combined with other promised goods or services until a bundle of goods or services is identified that is distinct.
The transaction price is the amount of consideration to which an entity expects to be entitled in exchange for transferring promised goods or services to a customer. The
consideration promised in a contract with a customer may include fixed amounts, variable amounts, or both. When determining the transaction price, an entity must consider the
effects of all of the following:
● Variable consideration
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● Constraining estimates of variable consideration
● The existence of a significant financing component in the contract
● Noncash consideration
● Consideration payable to a customer
Variable consideration is included in the transaction price only to the extent that it is probable that a significant reversal in the amount of cumulative revenue recognized will
not occur when the uncertainty associated with the variable consideration is subsequently resolved. The transaction price is allocated to each performance obligation on a
relative standalone selling price basis. The transaction price allocated to each performance obligation is recognized when that performance obligation is satisfied, at a point in
time or over time as appropriate.
The Company’s ongoing major or central operation is to provide computing power to collectives of third-party bitcoin miners (such collectives, “mining pools”) as a participant
(“Participant”) and bitcoin transaction verification services to the bitcoin network through a Company-operated mining pool as the operator and a participant (“Operator”) (such
activity as Participant and Operator, collectively, “mining”). The Company currently mines in a self-operated pool, which was previously open to third-party pool participants
from September 2021 until May 2022.
Operator
As an Operator, the Company provides transaction verification services. Transaction verification services are an output of the Company’s ordinary activities; therefore, the
Company views the transaction requestor as a customer and accounts for the transaction fees it earns as revenue from contracts with customers under ASC 606. The bitcoin
network is not an entity such that it may meet the definition of a customer; however, the Company has concluded it is appropriate to apply ASC 606 by analogy to block
rewards earned from the network. A contract exists under ASC 606 at the point the Company successfully validates a transaction to the distributed ledger. At this point, the
performance obligation to validate the requested transaction has been satisfied and a contract is deemed to exist.
The Company also, from time to time, engages unrelated third-party mining enterprises (“pool participants”) to contribute computing power, and in exchange, remits
transaction fees and block rewards to pool participants on a pro rata basis according to each respective pool participant’s contributed computing power (hash rate). The
Company determined that it controls the service of providing transaction verification services to the network and requester as the Company’s wallet as Operator is recorded on
the distributed ledger as the transaction verifier of record, the pool participants enter into contracts with the Company and not the network or requester, and the Company
delegates mining work to pool participants. Therefore, the Company records all of the transaction fees and block rewards earned from transactions assigned to MaraPool as
revenue, and the portion of the transaction fees and block rewards remitted to MaraPool participants as cost of revenues.
ASC 606-10-32-21 requires entities to measure the estimated fair value of noncash consideration at contract inception, which is the same the time the block reward and
transaction fee is earned and the performance obligation to the requester and the network is fulfilled by successfully validating the applicable block of transactions. For reasons
of operational practicality, the Company applies an accounting convention to use the daily quoted closing U.S. dollar spot rate of bitcoin each day to determine the fair value of
bitcoin earned as transaction fees and block rewards in the Company’s wallet during that day. This accounting convention does not result in materially different revenue
recognition from using the fair value of the bitcoin earned at contract inception (i.e., the moment a block is earned) and has been consistently applied in all periods presented.
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Participant
As a Participant, the Company has entered into digital asset mining pools by executing contracts, with the mining pool operators to provide computing power to the mining
pool. The contracts are terminable at any time by either party and the Company’s enforceable right to compensation only begins when the Company provides computing power
to the mining pool operator. In exchange for providing computing power, the Company is entitled to a fractional share of the fixed block award and transaction fees the mining
pool operator receives, for successfully adding a block to the blockchain. The Company’s fractional share of the block reward and transaction fee 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 block.
Providing computing power on rigs to solve complex cryptographic algorithms in support of blockchain mining (in a process known as “solving a block”) is the primary output
of the Company’s ordinary activities. The provision of providing such computing power is the only performance obligation in the Company’s contracts with mining pool
operators. The transaction consideration the Company receives is non-cash (i.e., bitcoin) and entirely variable as it is unknown at each contract inception whether the Company
will earn any consideration during the period, and if it does become entitled to consideration, how much consideration it will be entitled to.
In accordance with FASB ASC 606-10-32-11 and 32-12, the Company constrains the variable consideration to which it is entitled and does not recognize revenue for such
amounts until it receives confirmation of the amount, usually via the settlement of the fractional share of block reward and transaction fee in the Company’s digital wallet (i.e.,
at that point, the variability is resolved and there is no longer the reasonable possibility of significant reversal of revenue). Before settlement occurs, estimation of the variable
consideration to which the Company is entitled, which depends on inputs unknowable to the Company, carries the risk of a significant revenue reversal from mis-estimation.
Settlement of consideration typically occurs within 24 hours of when a block is won unless such block is won over a weekend or holiday, in which case settlement can take up
to 72 hours.
The Company uses its accounting convention to recognize revenue using the daily quoted closing U.S. dollar spot rate of bitcoin on the day the transaction fees and block
rewards are settled in the Company’s wallet. However, this accounting convention does not result in materially different revenue recognition from using the fair value of the
bitcoin earned at contract inception and has been consistently applied in all periods presented.
There is currently no definitive guidance under GAAP or alternative accounting framework for the accounting for digital assets recognized as revenue or held, and management
expects to exercise 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 have an effect on the Company’s consolidated financial position and results from operations.
Property and Equipment
The Company has long-lived assets that consist primarily of property and equipment stated at cost, net of accumulated depreciation and impairment, as applicable. The
depreciation charge is calculated on a straight-line basis and depends on the estimated useful lives of each type of asset and, in certain circumstances, estimates of fair values
and residual values. The Company’s property and equipment is composed of bitcoin miners which are largely homogeneous and have approximately the same useful lives.
Accordingly, the Company utilizes the group method of depreciation for its bitcoin miners. The Company updates the estimated useful lives of its asset group of bitcoin mining
rigs periodically as information on the operations of the mining rigs indicates changes are required. The Company assesses and adjusts the estimated useful lives of its mining
rigs when there are indicators that the productivity of the mining assets are higher or lower than the assigned estimated useful lives.
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Impairment tests for items of property and equipment other than mining rigs are performed annually and the recoverable amounts in property equipment are determined based
on the higher of value-in-use or fair value less costs to sell.
Impairment of long-lived assets
Management reviews long-lived assets that consist primarily of bitcoin mining rigs, and other long-lived assets such as patents held, 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 considered to be 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. The Company determines the amount of impairment to
record based on the fair value of the asset following the fair value measurement framework in ASC 820.
Income taxes
The primary objectives of accounting for income taxes are to recognize the amount of income taxes payable or refundable for the current year, and deferred tax liabilities and
assets for the future tax consequences of events that have been recognized in our financial statements or tax returns. The Company accounts for income taxes in accordance
with ASC 740 - “Income Taxes” (“ASC 740”), using the asset and liability method. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are calculated based on enacted tax
rates and are recognized for the expected future tax consequences of temporary differences between the financial reporting and tax basis of assets and liabilities, and for
operating losses and tax credit carryforwards. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in operations in the period that includes the
enactment date. Management must make assumptions, judgments and estimates to determine our income tax benefit or expense and our deferred tax assets and liabilities. We
recognize tax positions when they are more likely than not of being sustained. Recognized tax positions are measured at the largest amount of benefit greater than 50 % likely
of being realized. Each period, we evaluate tax positions and adjust related tax assets and liabilities in light of changing facts and circumstances.
We record a valuation allowance to reduce our deferred tax assets to the net amount that we believe is more likely than not to be realized. Accordingly, the need to establish
such allowance is assessed periodically by considering matters such as future reversals of existing taxable temporary differences, projected future taxable income, tax planning
strategies and results of recent operations.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
See NOTE 3 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES to our Consolidated Financial Statements for a discussion of recent accounting standards and
pronouncements.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
We provide investors with a reconciliation from net loss to the non-GAAP measure known as adjusted EBITDA as a component of Management’s Discussion and Analysis. For
each period in question, we define adjusted EBITDA as (a) GAAP net income (loss) plus (b) adjustments to add back the impacts of (1) depreciation and amortization, (2)
interest expense, (3) income tax expense (benefit) and (4) adjustments for non-cash and non-recurring items which currently include (i) stock compensation expense, (ii)
impairments of patents and (iii) impairment losses related to the Compute North bankruptcy.
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Adjusted EBITDA is not a measurement of financial performance under GAAP and, as a result, this measure may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other
companies. Non-GAAP financial measures are subject to material limitations as they are not in accordance with, or a substitute for, measurements prepared in accordance with
GAAP. Adjusted EBITDA is not meant to be considered in isolation and should be read only in conjunction with our Interim Reports on Form 10-Q and our Annual Reports on
Form 10-K as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Management uses both adjusted EBITDA and the supplemental information provided herein as a means of
understanding, managing, and evaluating business performance and to help inform operating decision making. We rely primarily on our Consolidated Condensed Financial
Statements to understand, manage, and evaluate our financial performance and use the non-GAAP financial measures only supplementally.
Operations Summary
During the first quarter of 2022, the Company announced its intention of exiting the facility in Hardin, MT (“Hardin”). On July 28, 2022, the Company terminated its power
purchase agreements and commenced the acceleration of its exit from Hardin. This exit was completed in September 2022. The Company had deployed approximately 30,000
mining rigs at Hardin. During the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company recorded accelerated hosting and depreciation costs related to this early exit from the Hardin
facility. In addition to the accelerated depreciation expense, upon exiting the facility the Company determined that the useful lives of the remaining mining rigs formerly
deployed at Hardin should be reduced from 36 months to 24 months.
In late 2021, the Company contracted with a joint venture among Compute North and affiliates of NextEra Energy for hosting services in McCamey, TX and expected its
mining rigs to begin coming online during the second quarter of 2022. King Mountain Upton Wind, LLC (“King Mountain”) had filed a petition on April 5, 2022 seeking a
declaratory order to confirm its status as an exempt wholesale generator (“EWG”). In the Petition, King Mountain stated that it proposed to share ownership of interconnection
facilities that are currently eligible facilities within the meaning of section 32(a)(2) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act (PUHCA) as tenants-in common with a retail
energy customer. However, the approval of this petition was delayed until July 15, 2022, when the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) found that King
Mountain would retain its status as an EWG notwithstanding a proposal to share ownership of the Interconnection Facilities as tenants-in-common with a retail energy
customer. As a result, the bulk of the Company’s rigs did not come online until the early part of the fourth quarter. On December 15, 2022, US Bitcoin Corp (“US Bitcoin”)
replaced Compute North as a joint venture partner (and the operator of the facility) as a result of the Compute North bankruptcy.
In July 2022, the Company expanded certain hosting arrangements with Compute North in Granbury, TX. On December 15, 2022, US Bitcoin Corp replaced Compute North as
the operator of this facility as a result of the Compute North Bankruptcy.
During the third and fourth quarters of 2022 the Company entered into a series of agreements to secure additional hosting capacity with Applied Digital as the partner at Garden
City, TX, Ellendale, ND, and Jamestown, ND. These sites are expected to come online in phases during the first and second quarters of 2023.
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Results of Operations – Year ended December 31, 2022 compared to December 31, 2021 (Restated)
Financial Summary Table:
(in thousands)
Total revenues
Costs and expenses
Cost of revenues
Cost of revenues - energy, hosting and other
Cost of revenues - depreciation and amortization
Total cost of revenues
Operating expenses
General and administrative expenses
Legal reserves
Impairment of deposits due to vendor bankruptcy filing
Impairment of digital assets
Impairment of patents
Impairment of mining equipment and advances to vendors
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on digital assets loan receivable and digital assets
Gain on sale of equipment, net of disposals
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on digital assets held within Investment Fund
Total operating expenses
Operating income (loss)
Other non-operating income (loss)
Impairment of loan and investment due to vendor bankruptcy filing
Interest expense
Income (loss) before income taxes
Income tax benefit (expense)
Net income (loss)
Supplemental information:
Bitcoin (“BTC”) production during the period, in BTC
Total margin (revenues less total cost of revenues)
General and administrative expenses excluding stock-based compensation
Total impairments due to vendor bankruptcy filing
Total change in carrying value of digital assets
Reconciliation to Adjusted EBITDA:
Net (loss)
Exclude: Interest expense
Exclude: Income tax expense (benefit)
EBIT
Exclude: Depreciation and amortization
EBITDA
Stock compensation expense
Impairment of assets due to vendor bankruptcy filing
Impairment of patents
Adjusted EBITDA
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Years ended December 31,
2021
(Restated)
2022
Favorable
(Unfavorable)
$
117,753
$
159,163
$
(41,410)
(72,717)
(78,709)
(151,426)
(56,739)
(26,131)
(24,661)
(173,215)
(919)
(332,933)
(14,460)
83,880
(85,017)
(630,195)
(663,868)
1,283
(31,013)
(14,980)
(708,578)
21,838
(686,740)
4,144
(33,673)
(32,144)
(55,674)
(272,692)
(686,740)
14,980
(21,838)
(693,598)
78,709
(614,889)
24,595
55,674
919
(533,701)
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
(27,491)
(14,904)
(42,395)
(174,355)
—
—
(30,329)
—
—
557
—
74,696
(129,431)
(12,663)
(287)
—
(1,570)
(14,520)
(22,576)
(37,096)
3,197
116,768
(13,569)
—
44,924
(37,096)
1,570
22,576
(12,950)
14,904
1,954
160,786
—
—
162,740
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
(45,226)
(63,805)
(109,031)
117,616
(26,131)
(24,661)
(142,886)
(919)
(332,933)
(15,017)
83,880
(159,713)
(500,764)
(651,205)
1,570
(31,013)
(13,410)
(694,058)
44,414
(649,644)
947
(150,441)
(18,575)
(55,674)
(317,616)
(649,644)
13,410
(44,414)
(680,648)
63,805
(616,843)
(136,191)
55,674
919
(696,441)
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
Revenues: We generated revenues of $117,753 thousand for the year ended December 31, 2022 compared with $159,163 thousand in 2021. The $41,410 thousand decrease in
revenue was primarily driven by a $77,286 thousand decrease in revenue resulting from lower bitcoin prices in 2022, partially offset by increased revenues of $44,570 thousand
related to a 30% increase in production year-over-year. Revenues also declined by $8,694 thousand in 2022 as the Company ceased operation of a mining pool that included
third parties. Despite the overall increase in production for the year, the company experienced significant production downtime in the second and third quarters as a result of the
aforementioned exit from Hardin and delays in energization at King Mountain. Production during the third quarter was down 50% from the prior year. Our best production
quarters of 2022 were the first quarter and the fourth quarter.
Cost of revenues: Cost of revenues – energy, hosting and other during the year ended December 31, 2022, totaled $72,717 thousand compared with $27,491 thousand in the
prior-year period. The $45,226 thousand increase was driven by higher production costs of $30,134 thousand per bitcoin mined, accelerated costs of $18,218 thousand
associated with the early exit from Hardin and to a lesser extent, the impact of increased bitcoin production on costs of $5,566 thousand. Partially offsetting these increased
costs was an $8,694 thousand decline in cost of revenues related to the discontinuation of the third party mining pool in 2022. Cost of revenues – depreciation and amortization
was $78,709 thousand in the current-year period compared with $14,904 thousand in the prior-year period, an increase of $63,805 thousand. This increase was primarily due to
the depreciation acceleration of $36,032 thousand related to our exit of the Hardin, MT facility and increased depreciation costs of $27,773 thousand associated with a higher
number of mining rigs in operation.
Total Margin: Total margin was a loss of $33,673 thousand in the current-year period compared with income of $116,768 thousand in the prior-year period, a decline of
$150,441 thousand. This decline was driven by the factors discussed above, which are summarized in the table below:
Revenue:
●
●
●
Impact of higher production activity
Impact of lower bitcoin market prices
Impact of discontinuation of third party mining pool vs prior year
Cost of revenue – energy, hosting and other:
●
●
●
●
Impact of higher unit costs
Impact of accelerated cost recognition from Hardin exit
Impact of higher production activity
Impact of discontinuation of third party mining pool vs prior year
Cost of revenue – depreciation and amortization:
●
●
Impact of accelerated cost recognition from Hardin exit
Other, primarily increased mining rigs in operation
(in thousands)
44,570
(77,286)
(8,694)
(30,134)
(18,218)
(5,566)
8,694
(36,032)
(27,773)
(150,439)
$
$
General and administrative expenses: General and administrative expenses were $56,739 thousand for the year ended December 31, 2022, compared with expenses of
$174,355 thousand in the prior-year period. Our general and administrative expenses included stock-based (non-cash) compensation expense of $24,595 thousand in the
current-year period and $160,786 thousand in the prior-year period. General and administrative expenses excluding stock-based compensation was $32,144 thousand in the
current-year period compared with $13,569 thousand in the prior-year period. This $18,575 thousand increase in expense was primarily due to the increase in the scale of the
business, including higher payroll and benefits costs of $7,173 thousand, increased professional fees of $3,590 thousand, increased insurance costs of $3,810 thousand, higher
travel and conference costs of $2,186 thousand and higher costs in various other areas related to the increased scale of the business, including higher property taxes, banking
fees, rent expense, computer costs and equipment repairs.
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Legal reserves: In connection with a dispute concerning the settlement of certain restricted stock unit awards previously granted to the Company’s former Chief Executive
Officer and Chairman, the Company entered into a settlement agreement pursuant to which the Company agreed to pay $24,000 thousand during the year ended December 31,
2022. The Company also entered into agreements in respect to seven other recipients of the same restricted stock unit awards. Payments related to these agreements during the
year ended December 31, 2022 totaled approximately $2,131 thousand in the aggregate.
Total impairments due to vendor bankruptcy filing: On September 22, 2022, Compute North filed for restructuring under chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. During the
year ended December 31, 2022, the Company assessed the impairment of assets associated with Compute North due to the bankruptcy proceedings. As a result, the Company
recorded impairment charges of approximately $24,661 thousand in operating expenses (related to deposits) and approximately $31,013 thousand (related to certain loans and
preferred stock investments) as non-operating expenses.
Total change in carrying value of digital assets:
● Impairment of digital assets: We incurred impairments of digital assets during the year ended December 31, 2022 of $173,215 thousand compared with impairments of
$30,329 thousand in the prior-year period.
● Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on digital assets loan receivable and digital assets: We incurred a loss of $14,460 thousand during the year ended December 31,
2022 compared with a gain of $557 thousand in the prior year period. The loss in the current year period was primarily a result of the decline in fair value of digital
asset loan receivable prior to the repayment of the loan in June, 2022. The gain in the prior year period was primarily the result of a modest increase in the fair value of
the loan receivable.
● Change in fair value of digital assets held in fund: On June 10, 2022, the company withdrew all remaining bitcoin from its investment fund. Total changes in the fair
value of investment fund from January 1, 2022 through the June 10, 2022 withdrawal date resulted in an unrealized loss of $85,017 thousand in the current year
period. During the prior-year period, the change in fair value of the bitcoin held in the investment fund was an unrealized gain of $74,696 thousand.
Impairment of patents: The Company recorded an impairment of $919 thousand in the current-year period related to certain patents no longer utilized in its business
operations.
Impairment of fixed assets and advances to vendors: In accordance with ASC 360-10 – “Impairment and Disposal of Long-Lived Assets” (“ASC 360”), any long-lived asset
group that is held and used must be reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the long-lived asset group might
not be recoverable. Due to the significant decrease in fair values of bitcoin mining rigs during the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2022, the Company assessed the need for
an impairment write-down of both bitcoin mining rigs (held as fixed assets) and advances to vendors (a current asset) representing deposits associated with the future delivery
of mining rigs. In accordance with ASC 360-10, the Company determined that both of these asset categories had carrying values in excess of fair value, and accordingly, the
Company recognized impairment charges for both the bitcoin mining rigs of $208,622 thousand and the advances to vendors of $124,311 thousand – a total impairment of
approximately $332,933 thousand for the year ended December 31, 2022. In addition, as part of its periodic review of its fixed asset groups, the Company decided to change the
estimated useful life for its asset group of mining rigs from 5 years to 3 years, effective January 1, 2023.
Gain on sales of equipment, net: In late 2021, the Company entered into an agreement with DCRBN Ventures Development and Acquisition LLC (“DCRBN”) in which the
Company agreed to sell certain mining rigs to DCRBN in conjunction with the development of commercial activities at the McCamey, TX facility. In conjunction with its exit
from the Hardin, MT facility, the Company also sold bitcoin mining rigs to various third parties. Total cash proceeds from these sales of assets for the year ended December 31,
2022 were $178,371 thousand and gains resulting from the asset sales totaled $83,880 thousand in the current-year period. There were no such sales in 2021.
Other non-operating income (loss): Other non-operating income was $1,283 thousand during the current year period compared to a loss of $287 thousand in the prior-year
period. The $1,570 thousand favorable variances was primarily due to the absence of warrant expense of $1,048 thousand recorded in the prior-year period to a lesser extent,
increased interest income and other income.
Interest expense: Interest expense increased $13,410 thousand from the prior year as a result of higher interest related to the convertible notes issued in November 2021 of
$6,633 thousand, amortization of debt issuance costs of $3,664 thousand and other interest costs primarily related to the Company’s Term loan and revolving credit (“RLOC”)
facilities.
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Income tax (expense) benefit: The Company recorded income tax benefit of $21,838 thousand for the year ended December 31, 2022 compared with an income tax expense of
$22,576 thousand in the prior-year period. The primary drivers of the $44,414 thousand favorable tax variance were favorable federal impacts vs. the prior-year period of
$145,657 thousand), favorable state tax impacts vs. the prior-year period of $18,684 thousand, and beneficial impacts of changes in executive compensation deduction
limitations of $22,855 thousand partially offset by unfavorable impact of changes in our valuation allowance of $145,004 thousand
Net loss: We recorded a net loss of $686,740 thousand in the current-year period compared with net loss of $37,096 thousand in the prior period. The $649,644 thousand
decline in earnings was primarily driven by declines in the carrying value of our digital assets of $317,616 thousand in the aggregate, the impairment of mining rigs and
advances to vendors of $332,933 thousand in the aggregate, lower total margin of $150,441 thousand, impairments of $55,674 thousand related to the Compute North
bankruptcy, legal reserves of $26,131 thousand and increased interest expense of $13,410 thousand. Partially offsetting these unfavorable variances was a significant reduction
in general and administrative expenses of $117,616 thousand primarily associated with lower stock-based compensation, gains on sales of rigs of $83,880 thousand, the
$44,414 thousand favorable income tax variance and a slight increase in other non-operating income.
Adjusted EBITDA: Adjusted EBITDA was a loss of $533,701 thousand compared with a positive adjusted EBITDA of $162,740 thousand in the prior-year period. The
$696,441 thousand decline was primarily driven by declines in the carrying value of our digital assets of $317,616 thousand in the aggregate, the impairment of mining rigs and
advances to vendors of $332,933 thousand in the aggregate, lower total margin excluding depreciation and amortization of $86,636 thousand, legal reserves of $26,131
thousand, and higher general and administrative expenses, excluding non-cash stock-based compensation costs of $18,575 thousand. Partially offsetting these unfavorable
variances were gains on the sales of mining rigs of $83,880 thousand and increases in non-operating income of $1,570 thousand.
Results of Operations – Year ended December 31, 2021 (Restated) compared to December 31, 2020
Financial Summary Table:
(in thousands)
Total revenues
Costs and expenses
Cost of revenues
Cost of revenues - energy, hosting and other
Cost of revenues - depreciation and amortization
Total cost of revenues
Operating expenses
General and administrative expenses
Impairment of digital assets
Impairment of mining equipment and advances to vendors
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on digital assets loan receivable and digital assets
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on digital assets held within Investment Fund
Total operating expenses
Operating income (loss)
Other non-operating income (loss)
Interest expense
Income (loss) before income taxes
Income tax benefit (expense)
Net income (loss)
Supplemental information:
Bitcoin (“BTC”) production during the period, in BTC
Total margin (revenues less total cost of revenues)
General and administrative expenses excluding stock-based compensation
Total change in carrying value of digital assets
Reconciliation to Adjusted EBITDA:
Net (loss)
Exclude: Interest expense
Exclude: Income tax expense
EBIT
Exclude: Depreciation and amortization
EBITDA
Stock compensation expense
Adjusted EBITDA
Years ended December 31,
2021
(Restated)
2020
Favorable
(Unfavorable)
$
159,163
$
4,357
$
154,806
(27,491)
(14,904)
(42,395)
(174,355)
(30,329)
—
557
74,696
(129,431)
(12,663)
(287)
(1,570)
(14,520)
(22,576)
(37,096)
3,197
116,768
(13,569)
44,924
(37,096)
1,570
22,576
(12,950)
14,904
1,954
160,786
162,740
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
(3,851)
(3,064)
(6,915)
(6,404)
—
(871)
15
—
(7,260)
(9,818)
(607)
(21)
(10,446)
(2)
(10,448)
338
(2,558)
(5,226)
15
(10,448)
21
2
(10,425)
3,064
(7,361)
1,178
(6,183)
$
$
$
$
$
$
(23,640)
(11,840)
(35,480)
(167,951)
(30,329)
871
542
74,696
(122,171)
(2,845)
320
(1,549)
(4,074)
(22,574)
(26,648)
2,859
119,326
(8,343)
44,909
(26,648)
1,549
22,574
(2,525)
11,840
9,315
159,608
168,923
Revenues: We generated revenues of $159,163 thousand during the year ended December 31, 2021, compared with $4,357 thousand during the prior-year period. The $154,806
thousand increase was primarily attributable to the impact of significantly higher bitcoin prices, which resulted in a $109,253 thousand increase in revenue, increased
production, which resulted in a $36,854 thousand increase in revenue, and, to a lesser extent a $8,699 thousand increase in revenues related to the Company’s operation of a
mining pool that included third parties in 2021.
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Cost of revenues: Cost of revenues - energy, hosting and other during the year ended December 31, 2021, totaled $27,491 thousand compared with $3,851 thousand in the
prior-year period. The $23,640 thousand increase was driven by increased production of $32,574 thousand, and increased cost of revenues associated with the third party
mining pool of $8,699 thousand partially offset by lower production costs per bitcoin mined of $17,633 thousand. Cost of revenues – depreciation and amortization was
$14,904 thousand for the year ended December 31, 2021, compared with $3,064 thousand in 2020, an increase of $11,840 thousand resulting from a higher number of mining
rigs in operation in 2021.
Total Margin: Total margin was $116,768 thousand for the year ended December 31, 2021, compared with a loss of $2,558 thousand in 2020, an increase of $119,326
thousand. This increase was driven by the factors discussed above, which are summarized in the table below:
Revenue:
●
●
●
Impact of higher production activity
Impact of lower bitcoin market prices
Impact of third party mining pool
Cost of revenue – energy, hosting and other:
●
●
●
Impact of higher production activity
Impact of third party mining pool
Impact of decreased cost per bitcoin mined
Cost of revenue – depreciation and amortization:
●
Primarily increased mining rigs in operation
(in thousands)
36,854
109,253
8,699
(32,574)
(8,699)
17,633
(11,840)
119,326
$
$
General and administrative expenses: General and administrative expenses were $174,355 thousand for year ended December 31, 2021 compared with expenses of $6,404
thousand in 2020, an increase of $167,951 thousand. Our general and administrative expenses included stock-based (non-cash) compensation expense of $160,786 thousand in
the year ended December 31, 2021 compared with $1,178 thousand in the prior-year period. General and administrative expenses excluding stock-based compensation
increased to $13,569 thousand in 2021 from $5,226 thousand in 2020, reflecting the increased scope of our operations in 2021 compared to 2020.
Total change in carrying value of digital assets:
● Impairment of digital assets: We incurred impairments of digital assets during the year ended December 31, 2021 of $30,329 thousand. There were no such
impairments in 2020.
● Change in fair value of digital assets held in fund: On January 25, 2021, the company purchased $150,000 thousand in bitcoin through an investment fund. Total
changes in the fair value of the investment fund from the date of inception through December 31, 2021 resulted in an unrealized gain of $74,696 thousand.
Impairment of mining rigs: The Company recorded an impairment of $871 thousand on certain mining rigs in 2020.
Other non-operating income: Other non-operating income was a loss of $287 thousand in 2021 and a loss of $607 thousand in 2020.
Interest expense: Interest expense increased to $1,570 thousand for the year ended December 31, 2021 primarily as a result of interest related to the convertible notes issued in
November 2021.
Income tax expense: Income tax expense increased to $22,576 thousand in 2021 versus $2 thousand in 2020 primarily due to the impact executive compensation deduction
limitations in 2021 and higher state income taxes partially offset by the impact of a higher valuation allowance in 2021.
Net loss: We recorded a net loss of $37,096 thousand for the year ended December 31, 2021 compared with a net loss of $10,448 thousand in 2020. The $26,648 thousand
decline was primarily driven by the $167,951 thousand increase in general and administrative expenses, the $30,329 thousand impairment of digital assets in 2021 and the
$22,574 thousand increase in income tax expense in 2021, partially offset by the $119,326 thousand increase in total margin and the $74,696 thousand unrealized gain on the
value of bitcoin held in the investment fund.
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Adjusted EBITDA: Adjusted EBITDA for the year ended December 31, 2021 was $162,740 thousand compared with a adjusted EBITDA loss of $6,183 thousand in 2020. The
$168,923 thousand increase in adjusted EBITDA was primarily driven by the $131,166 thousand increase in total margin excluding depreciation and amortization and the
$74,696 thousand unrealized gain on the value of bitcoin held in the investment fund, partially offset by the $30,329 thousand impairment of digital assets in 2021, and a
$8,343 thousand increase in operating expenses excluding non-cash stock compensation costs.
Financial Condition and Liquidity
(in thousands)
Net cash used in operating activities
Net cash used in investing activities
Net cash provided by financing activities
Net (decrease) increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash — beginning of period
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash — end of period
For the year ended December 31,
2022
2021
(Restated)
(176,481)
(390,228)
410,655
(156,054)
268,556
112,502
$
$
(18,966)
(891,136)
1,037,333
127,231
141,323
268,554
$
$
Cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2022: Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash totaled $112,502 thousand at December 31, 2022, a decrease of $156,054
thousand from December 31, 2021.
Cash flows from operating activities resulted in a use of funds of $176,481 thousand, primarily due to a $176,566 thousand use of cash from changes in operating assets and
liabilities driven by bitcoin mining revenues, and, to a lesser extent prepaid expenses associated with new hosting arrangements (a $48,886 thousand use of funds) and deposits
associated with new hosting arrangements (a $24,469 thousand use of funds). These uses of funds were partially offset by a source of funds from changes in accounts payable
and other accrued expenses.
Cash flows from investing activities resulted in a use of funds of $390,228 thousand, primarily resulting from advances of $483,840 thousand to vendors related to orders of
ASICs miners for future deployment, a $44,000 thousand use of funds for investment purposes (primarily an increased investment in Auradine) and capitalized costs of $41,108
thousand associated with purchases of equipment, partially offset by proceeds of $178,371 thousand from the sales of bitcoin mining rigs.
Cash flows from financing activities resulted in a source of cash of $410,655 thousand, primarily from proceeds from the periodic issuance of common stock under the
Company’s At-The-Market facility of $361,486 thousand and proceeds from borrowings outstanding under the term loan agreement of $49,250 thousand.
The maximum borrowings outstanding under the Company’s revolving credit facilities during the year ended December 31, 2022 was $70,000 thousand. Total borrowings and
repayments under the RLOC facilities were $120,000 thousand during the year ended December 31, 2022 and there were no borrowings outstanding under the RLOC facility at
December 31, 2022.
Cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2021: Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash totaled $268,554 thousand at December 31, 2021, an increase of $127,233
thousand from December 31, 2020.
Cash flows from operating activities resulted in a use of funds of $18,966 thousand. Cash flows from operating activities before the impact of changes in operating assets and
liabilities was a $117,311 thousand source of funds primarily due to the impact of non-cash stock-based compensation. This source of funds was more than offset by a $136,277
thousand use of funds from changes in operating assets and liabilities. This was primarily caused by a use of funds from changes in digital assets (primarily due to revenues
from bitcoin mining) partially offset by a source of funds resulting from changes in accounts payable and accrued expenses.
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Cash flows from investing activities resulted in a use of funds of $891,136 thousand, primarily resulting from advances to vendors of $435,065 thousand, capitalized costs
associated with equipment purchases of $273,851 thousand, purchases of digital assets in the investment fund of $150,000 thousand, and a loan receivable from Compute North
of $30,000 thousand.
Cash flows from financing activities resulted in a source of cash of $1,037,333 thousand, primarily from proceeds from the issuance of convertible debt of $728,406 thousand
and common stock of $312,196 thousand. Total borrowings and repayments under the Company’s 2021 RLOC facility were $77,500 thousand during the year ended December
31, 2021 and there were no borrowings outstanding under the 2021 RLOC facility at December 31, 2021.
Bitcoin holdings as of December 31, 2022: At December 31, 2022, the Company held approximately 12,232 bitcoin on its balance sheet with a carrying value of $190,717
thousand. Approximately 4,416 of these bitcoin ($68,875 thousand book value) were being utilized as collateral for borrowings and classified as digital assets restricted. The
remaining 7,816 bitcoin, with $121,842 thousand book value, were unrestricted bitcoin holdings classified as digital assets.
At December 31, 2022, the fair value of a single bitcoin was approximately $16,548. As a result, the fair market value of our bitcoin holdings at December 31, 2022 was
approximately (stated in thousands):
● Unrestricted bitcoin classified as Digital assets: $129,335
● Bitcoin utilized as collateral and classified as Digital assets, restricted: $73,074
Bitcoin held as collateral for loans (“Digital assets, restricted”): The Company’s $49,882 thousand term loan and its $100,000 thousand RLOC facility are collateralized by
bitcoin at a “loan-to-value” ratio of 65%, meaning that the initial collateral for a $50,000 thousand loan is bitcoin with a market value of $76,900 thousand. If the fair market
value of bitcoin held as collateral declines such that the loan-to-value ratio is above 75%, or approximately $66,700 thousand for a $50,000 thousand loan, the Company is
required to add collateral to bring the ratio back to 65%. If the value of the collateral increases such that the loan-to-value ratios falls below 65%, the Company can require a
return of collateral to bring the ratio back to 65%.
During the month of October 2022, the Company borrowed an additional $50,000 thousand under its RLOC facility for general corporate purposes and provided an additional
3,993 of bitcoin as collateral for this borrowing. This increased the Company’s collateral balance at that time (for its outstanding $49,882 thousand term loan and the additional
$50,000 thousand RLOC borrowing) to 7,821 bitcoin. On November 9, 2022, bitcoin prices declined to a new yearly low on concerns of financial instability in the industry as a
result of the FTX collapse. As a result, the Company was required to provide an additional 1,669 bitcoin (fair valued at $16,213 per bitcoin) as collateral for its outstanding
borrowings, bringing its total collateral balance to 9,490 bitcoin (or approximately $153,900 thousand fair value). The Company’s total bitcoin holdings as of November 9,
2022, were 11,440 bitcoin, of which 1,950 (approximately $31,600 thousand) were unrestricted. During November and December 2022, the Company repaid the $50,000
thousand in RLOC borrowings. This repayment enabled the Company to reduce its bitcoin held as collateral to approximately 4,416 bitcoin (with a fair value of approximately
$73,074 thousand) by December 31, 2022.
Bitcoin holdings outlook: We expect that our future bitcoin holdings will generally increase but will fluctuate from time-to-time, both in number of bitcoin held and fair value
in US dollars, depending upon operating and market conditions. For example, we would expect:
● Our bitcoin holdings and the value of those holdings will increase most significantly in periods where we experience both higher production and higher bitcoin prices.
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● Our bitcoin holdings and value of those holdings will be mixed in periods with either (1) higher production combined with lower bitcoin prices, or (2) lower
production combined with higher bitcoin prices.
● Our bitcoin holdings and the value of those holdings will most likely decrease in periods where we experience both lower production and lower bitcoin prices.
We intend to add to our bitcoin holdings primarily through our production activities and we also intend to sell bitcoin as a means of generating cash to cover monthly operating
costs and for general corporate purposes. We do not intend to make any significant purchases of bitcoin on the open market as means of increasing our bitcoin holdings,
although we may buy and sell bitcoin from time-to-time (separately from what is outlined above) for treasury management purposes.
Liquidity outlook: Cash and cash equivalents, excluding restricted cash, totaled $103,705 thousand at December 31, 2022. The Company expects to have sufficient liquidity,
including cash on hand, cash received from sales of our bitcoin holdings, and access to public capital markets to support ongoing operations. Our primary source of funding
during 2022 and 2021 (other than the asset sales described above during 2022) has been capital markets activities (primarily through our At-The-Market facility and our 2021
convertible debt offering). We will continue to seek to fund our business activities, and especially our growth opportunities, through the public capital markets, primarily
through periodic equity issuances using our At-The-Market facility.
The risks to our liquidity outlook would include events that materially diminish our access to capital markets and/or the value of our bitcoin holdings and production
capabilities, including:
● Failure to effectively execute our growth strategies.
● Additional challenges in the bitcoin mining space and/or additional contagion events (like the FTX collapse) that would damage the credibility of, and therefore
investor confidence in, companies engaged in the digital assets space.
● Additional declines in bitcoin prices and/or production, which would impact both the value of our bitcoin holdings and our ongoing profitability.
● Significant increases in electricity costs if these cost increases were not accompanied by increases in the price of bitcoin, as this would also reduce profitability.
● Deteriorating macroeconomic conditions (for example a recession in 2023 that is deeper or longer than current expectations)
Subsequent Events
On January 27, 2023, the Company and FSI entered into an Agreement regarding formation of an Abu Dhabi Global Markets company (the “ADGM Entity”), whose purpose
shall be to jointly (a) establish and operate one or more mining facilities for digital assets; and (b) mine digital assets. The initial project by the ADGM Entity shall consist of
two digital asset mining sites comprising 250 MW in Abu Dhabi, and the initial equity ownership in the ADGM Entity shall be 80% FSI and 20% the Company, and capital
contributions will be made, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain conditions, during the 2023 development period in those proportions, consisting of both cash and in
kind, in amounts of approximately $406,000 thousand in aggregate.
On February 6, 2023, the Company provided Silvergate Bank with the required 30-day notice stating the Company’s intent to prepay the outstanding balance on its term loan
facility as well as the Company’s intent to terminate the term loan facility. The Company and Silvergate subsequently agreed to also terminate the revolving line of credit
(“RLOC”) facility. On March 8, 2023, the term loan prepayment was completed, and the Company’s term loan and RLOC facilities with Silvergate Bank were terminated.
On March 12, 2023, Signature Bank was closed by its state chartering authority, the New York State Department of Financial Services. On the same date the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) was appointed as receiver and transferred all customer deposits and substantially all of the assets of Signature Bank to Signature Bridge Bank,
N.A., a full-service bank that is being operated by the FDIC. The Company automatically became a customer of Signature Bridge Bank, N.A. as part of this action. The
Company held approximately $142,000 thousand cash deposits at Signature Bridge Bank, N.A.as of March 12, 2023. Normal banking activities resumed on Monday, March 13,
2023.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
None.
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ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
The following discussion about our market risk exposures involves forward-looking statements. Actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward-
looking statements.
Market Price Risk of Bitcoin. The Company holds a significant amount of bitcoin and as such, we are exposed to the impact of market price changes in bitcoin on our bitcoin
holdings. This exposure would generally manifest itself in the following areas:
● We account for our bitcoin holdings as indefinite lived intangible assets and we record impairment charges whenever the carrying value of our bitcoin holdings on the
balance sheet exceeds their fair market value. Subsequent recovery of bitcoin prices would not impact the carrying value of bitcoin on the balance sheet, as recovery of
previously recorded impairment charges are not allowed under US GAAP.
● Declines in the fair market value of bitcoin also impact the value of collateral for our loan facilities. If the fair market value of bitcoin held as collateral declines such
that the loan-to-value ratio is above 75%, the Company is required to add collateral to bring the ratio back to 65%. If the value of the collateral increases such that the
loan-to-value ratios falls below 65%, the Company can require a return of collateral to bring the ratio back to 65%.
● Declines in the fair market value of bitcoin also impact the Adjusted Net Worth covenant in our loan agreements, as this covenant allows for Net Worth to be
calculated based in the fair market value (and not the carrying value) of our digital assets.
● Declines in the fair market value of bitcoin also impact the cash value that would be realized if we were to sell our bitcoin for cash, therefore having a negative impact
on our liquidity.
At December 31, 2022, the Company held approximately 12,232 bitcoin and the fair value of a single bitcoin was approximately $16,545, meaning that the fair value of our
bitcoin holdings on that date was approximately $202,409 thousand. Approximately 4,417 of these bitcoin, or $73,100 thousand, were being utilized as collateral for
borrowings. The remaining 7,815 bitcoin, or $129,300 thousand, were unrestricted bitcoin holdings.
Interest rate risk. Prior to the termination of its credit facilities on March 8, 2023, the Company was exposed to interest rate risk as both our Term Loan and RLOC facilities
called for interest at a variable rate tied to the Wall Street Journal Prime Rate (“WSJ Prime”), which was 7.75% as of March 8, 2023. Our Term Loan facility called for interest
rates at the WSJ Prime rate plus a margin of 1.75% or 9.50% as of March 8, 2023. Our RLOC facility called for interest rates at the WSJ Prime rate plus a margin that varies
based on the collateral posted as follows:
● 1.25% margin (9.00% currently) if the RLOC LTV Ratio is less than 40%
● 2.00% margin (9.75% currently) if the RLOC LTV Ratio is greater than 40% but less than 55%
● 2.75% margin (10.50% currently) if the RLOC LTV Ratio is greater than 55%
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ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
MARATHON DIGITAL HOLDINGS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2022
Index to Consolidated Financial Statements
REPORTS OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRMS (PCAOB ID No. 688)
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Restated)
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (Restated)
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Restated)
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRMS
To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc. & Subsidiaries
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc. & Subsidiaries (the Company) as of December 31, 2020, and the related
consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for the period in the year ended December 31, 2020, and the related notes (collectively referred to as
the consolidated financial statements). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of
December 31, 2020, and the consolidated results of its operations and its cash flows for the period in the year ended December 31, 2020, in conformity with accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Basis for Opinion
These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s consolidated
financial statements based on our audit. 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 audit 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 audit, 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 audit 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 audit 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 audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
Critical Audit Matters:
Critical audit matters are matters arising from the current period audit of the financial statements that were communicated or required to be communicated to the audit
committee and that: (1) relate to accounts or disclosures that are material to the financial statements, and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex
judgments.
We determined that there are no critical audit matters.
/s/ RBSM LLP
We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2017.
Las Vegas, NV
March 16, 2021
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Shareholders and Board of Directors of Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc.
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2022, and 2021, the related
consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2022, and the related notes (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, 2022, and 2021, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2022, in conformity with accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”), the Company’s internal control over
financial reporting as of December 31, 2022, based on the criteria established in Internal Control - Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
of the Treadway Commission (COSO) in 2013 and our report dated March [·], 2023, expressed an adverse opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over
financial reporting because of the existence of material weaknesses.
Restatement of Previously Issued Financial Statements
As discussed in Note 2 to the financial statements, the Company has restated its financial statements as of December 31, 2021 and for the year then ended to correct certain
misstatements.
Change in Accounting Principle
As discussed in Note 3 to the financial statements, the Company retrospectively changed its accounting for crypto lending arrangements.
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 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 audits to obtain reasonable assurance about
whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. 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.
Critical Audit Matters
The critical audit matters communicated below are matters arising from the current period audit of the financial statements that were communicated or required to be
communicated to the audit committee and that: (1) relate to accounts or disclosures that are material to the financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging,
subjective, or complex judgments. The communication of critical audit matters does not alter in any way our opinion on the financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are
not, by communicating the critical audit matters below, providing separate opinions on the critical audit matters or on the accounts or disclosures to which they relate.
Revenue Recognition
As disclosed in Note 2 to the financial statements, the Company recognizes revenue in accordance with ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers. The Company
provides computing power in crypto asset transaction verification services to the blockchain network. The transaction consideration received by the Company, if any, is a non-
cash consideration, which the Company measures at fair value on the date received.
The principal consideration for our determination that performing procedures related to revenue recognition is a critical audit matter is due to the complexities involved in
auditing completeness and occurrence of the revenue recognized by the Company particularly in light of material weakness identified in the design and effectiveness of certain
internal controls over the IT environment for certain financially relevant systems.
Addressing this matter involved performing procedures and evaluating audit evidence in connection with forming our overall opinion on the financial statements. These
procedures included, among others, (i) performing site visitations of the Company’s facility where the mining hardware is located, which included an observation of the
physical and environmental controls and mining equipment inventory, (ii) independently confirming certain financial and performance data directly with the blockchain
network, (iii) performing certain substantive analytical procedures using hashing power data and electricity consumption data to determine the completeness and occurrence of
digital assets rewarded to the Company as consideration for services rendered, (iv) independently confirming the completeness and accuracy of digital assets rewarded to the
Company as consideration of providing computing power to third-party mining pools, and (v) confirming the digital asset balances directly with the custodian of the
Company’s wallets.
Impairment of Property and Equipment and Advances to Vendors
As disclosed in Note 4 to the financial statements, the Company impaired certain property and equipment and advances to vendors and recognized a charge of approximately
$332 million during the year ended December 31, 2022.
The principal consideration for our determination that auditing impairment of property and equipment and advances to vendors is a critical audit matter is due to the degree of
complexity and judgment used by management in developing the fair value measurement, which led to a high degree of audit judgment and subjectivity and significant effort in
performing procedures relating to fair value measurement
Addressing this matter involved performing procedures and evaluating audit evidence in connection with forming our overall opinion on the financial statements. These
procedures included, among others, (i) evaluating the appropriateness of the method used by management to determine the fair value of the asset group, (ii) evaluating the
reasonableness of the assumptions used to estimate the fair value measurement of each asset within the asset group; and (iii) testing the completeness, accuracy and relevance
of underlying data used in the impairment assessment.
/s/ Marcum LLP
Marcum LLP
We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2021.
Costa Mesa, CA
March 16, 2023
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MARATHON DIGITAL HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
December 31, 2022
December 31, 2021
(Restated)
(in thousands, except share and per share data)
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents
Restricted cash
Digital assets
Digital assets held in Fund
Other receivable
Deposits
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
Total current assets
Other assets:
Property and equipment (net of accumulated depreciation of $16,622 and $21,313, respectively)
Advances to vendors
Investments
Long term deposits
Long term prepaids
Right-of-use assets
Digital assets, restricted
Intangible assets (net of accumulated amortization of $280 at December 31, 2021)
Total other assets
TOTAL ASSETS
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable
Accrued expenses
Legal reserve payable
Operating lease liabilities
Current portion of accrued interest
Total current liabilities
Long-term liabilities:
Notes payable
Term loan
Operating lease liabilities
Deferred tax liabilities
Total long-term liabilities
Commitments and Contingencies
Stockholders’ Equity:
Preferred stock, 0.0001 par value, 50,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding at
December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively
Common stock, 0.0001 par value, 200,000,000 shares authorized; 145,565,916 and 102,733,273 issued
and outstanding at December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively
Additional paid-in capital
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
Accumulated deficit
Total stockholders’ equity
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
$
$
$
$
103,705
8,800
121,842
—
18
2,350
40,833
277,548
273,026
488,299
37,000
40,903
8,317
1,276
68,875
—
917,696
1,195,244
1,311
22,294
1,171
326
1,011
26,113
732,289
49,882
1,017
—
783,188
—
15
1,226,267
—
(840,339)
385,943
1,195,244
$
$
$
$
268,556
—
95,225
223,916
26,933
34,458
35,148
684,236
276,243
466,255
3,000
—
13,666
—
—
931
760,095
1,444,331
7,773
2,610
—
—
867
11,250
728,406
—
—
22,575
750,981
—
10
835,694
—
(153,604)
682,100
1,444,331
The accompanying notes are an integral part to these audited Consolidated Financial Statements.
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MARATHON DIGITAL HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)
(in thousands, except share and per share data)
Total revenues
Costs and expenses
Cost of revenues
Cost of revenues - energy, hosting and other
Cost of revenues - depreciation and amortization
Total cost of revenues
Operating expenses
General and administrative expenses
Legal reserves
Impairment of deposits due to vendor bankruptcy filing
Impairment of digital assets
Impairment of patents
Impairment of mining equipment and advances to vendors
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on digital assets loan receivable and digital assets
Gain on sale of equipment, net of disposals
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on digital assets held within Investment Fund
Total operating expenses
Operating income (loss)
Other non-operating income (loss)
Impairment of loan and investment due to vendor bankruptcy filing
Interest expense
Income (loss) before income taxes
Income tax benefit (expense)
Net income (loss)
Net loss per share, basic and diluted:
Weighted average shares outstanding, basic and diluted:
Other comprehensive income (loss)
Foreign currency translation adjustments
Comprehensive income (loss)
Year ended December 31,
2021
(Restated)
2022
2020
$
117,753
$
159,163
$
4,357
(72,717)
(78,709)
(151,426)
(56,739)
(26,131)
(24,661)
(173,215)
(919)
(332,933)
(14,460)
83,880
(85,017)
(630,195)
(663,868)
1,283
(31,013)
(14,980)
(708,578)
21,838
(686,740)
(6.05)
113,467,837
—
(686,740)
$
$
$
$
$
$
(27,491)
(14,904)
(42,395)
(174,355)
—
—
(30,329)
—
—
557
—
74,696
(129,431)
(12,663)
(287)
—
(1,570)
(14,520)
(22,576)
(37,096)
(0.37)
99,337,587
(451)
(37,547)
$
$
$
(3,851)
(3,064)
(6,915)
(6,404)
—
—
—
—
(871)
15
—
—
(7,260)
(9,818)
(607)
—
(21)
(10,446)
(2)
(10,448)
(0.13)
81,408,340
—
(10,448)
The accompanying notes are an integral part to these audited Consolidated Financial Statements.
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MARATHON DIGITAL HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Preferred Stock
Common Stock
Paid-in Accumulated
Comprehensive
Additional
Accumulated
Other
Total
Stockholders’
Number Amount Number
Amount Capital
Deficit
— $
—
—
—
8,458,781 $
2,745,639
1 $ 109,705 $
1,178
—
(105,608) $
—
Equity
Loss
(451) $ 3,647
1,178
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
— $
—
— 54,301,698
5
297,654
—
—
350,250
2,023,739
—
—
172
1,579
—
—
—
—
6,000,000
—
7,666,666
—
413,233
—
14,613
—
—
— 81,974,619 $
1
11,219
1
6,271
—
465
—
—
—
—
8 $ 428,243 $
—
—
—
—
(10,448)
(116,056) $
—
—
7,671,317
1
156,072
—
—
—
— 12,500,000
23,500
—
221,946
—
1
—
—
237,428
—
1,445
—
—
29,797
—
1,371
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
— $
312,094
—
—
—
— 102,733,273 $
11,135
—
—
—
10 $ 835,694 $
—
(37,547)
(153,603) $
—
—
490,910
—
24,514
—
— 42,141,733
5
361,482
—
—
—
—
— $
200,000
—
—
—
— 145,565,916 $
4,577
—
—
—
15 $ 1,226,267 $
—
(686,740)
(840,343) $
—
297,659
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
(451) $
172
1,579
11,220
6,272
465
—
(10,448)
311,744
—
156,073
—
—
—
—
—
451
— $
237,429
—
1,445
1,371
11,135
(37,096)
682,101
—
24,514
—
361,487
—
— $
4,577
(686,740)
385,939
(in thousands, except share and per share data)
Balance as of December 31, 2019
Stock-based compensation
Issuance of common stock, net of offering
costs/At-the-market offering
Common stock issued for purchase of mining
servers
Common stock issued for note conversion
Common stock issued for long term service
contract
Issue common stock and warrant for cash
Warrant exercised for cash
Options exercised for cash
Net loss
Balance as of December 31, 2020
Stock-based compensation, net of tax
withholding
Issuance of common stock, net of offering
costs/At-the-market offering
Options exercised on cashless basis
Warrant exercised for cash
Common stock issued for cashless exercise of
warrants
Common stock issued for service and license
agreements
Net loss (Restated)
Balance as of December 31, 2021 (Restated)
Stock-based compensation, net of tax
withholding
Issuance of common stock, net of offering
costs/At-the-market offering
Common stock issued for service and license
agreements
Net loss
Balance as of December 31, 2022
The accompanying notes are an integral part to these audited Consolidated Financial Statements.
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MARATHON DIGITAL HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(in thousands)
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net loss
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization
Amortization of prepaid service contract
Gain on sale of equipment, net of disposals
Deferred tax expense (benefit)
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on digital assets held within Investment Fund
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on digital assets loan receivable and digital assets
Impairment of digital assets
Impairment of mining equipment and advances to vendors
Stock-based compensation
Amortization of debt issuance costs
Impairment of patents
Impairment of assets related to vendor bankruptcy filing
Other adjustments from operations, net
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Digital assets
Deposits
Prepaid expenses and other assets
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
Legal reserve payable
Accrued interest
Net cash used in operating activities
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Advances to vendors
Loan receivable
Purchase of property and equipment
Sales of property and equipment
Sale of digital currencies
Purchase of digital assets in Investment Fund
Purchase of equity investments
Deconsolidation of Investment Fund
Sale of digital assets in Investment Fund
Net cash used in investing activities
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net of issuance costs
Proceeds from term loan borrowings, net of issuance costs
Proceeds from issuance of convertible debt, net of issuance costs
Proceeds received on issuance of note payable
Borrowings from revolving credit agreement
Repayments of revolving credit agreement
Value of shares withheld for taxes
Proceeds received on exercise of options and warrants
Net cash provided by financing activities
Net (decrease) increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash — beginning of period
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash — end of period
Supplemental Information
Cash paid during the year for:
Interest
Supplemental schedule of non-cash investing and financing activities:
Receivable due to share issuance
Digital assets transferred from Investment Fund
Common stock issued for purchase of mining servers
Reduction of share commitment for purchase of mining servers
Common stock issued for note conversion
Warrants exercised into common stock
Operating lease assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease liabilities
Collection of loan denominated in Bitcoin
Issuance of loan denominated in Bitcoin
Reclassifications from advances to vendor to property and equipment upon receipt of equipment
Common stock issued for service and license agreements
For the Years Ended December 31,
2021
(Restated)
2022
2020
(686,740)
(37,098)
(10,448)
78,709
22,781
(83,880)
(22,575)
85,017
14,460
173,215
332,933
24,595
3,945
919
55,674
1,032
(117,749)
(24,469)
(48,886)
13,223
1,171
144
(176,481)
(483,840)
—
(41,108)
178,371
—
—
(44,000)
(500)
849 780
(390,228)
361,486
49,250
—
—
120,000
(120,000)
(81)
—
410,655
(156,054)
268,556
112,502
14,904
—
—
22,575
(74,696)
(557)
30,329
—
160,786
—
—
—
1,068
(150,513)
—
987
12,382
—
867
(18,966)
(435,065)
(30,000)
(273,851)
—
—
(150,000)
(3,000)
—
(891,136)
312,196
—
728,406
—
77,500
(77,500)
(4,714)
1,445
1,037,333
127,231
141,323
268,554
3,064
—
—
—
—
(15)
—
871
1,178
—
—
—
1,313
(4,357)
—
644
(23)
—
—
(7,773)
(65,648)
—
(17,742)
—
2,102
—
—
—
—
(81,288)
222,892
—
—
63
—
—
—
6,736
229,691
140,630
693
141,323
11,432
—
—
—
137,844
—
—
—
—
1,539
27,784
337,485
4,577
—
—
—
—
—
1,371
—
—
(27,784)
—
11,135
74,767
—
172
409
1,579
—
—
—
—
11,220
The accompanying notes are an integral part to these audited Consolidated Financial Statements.
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MARATHON DIGITAL HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
NOTE 1 - ORGANIZATION AND DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS
Organization
The Company commenced mining bitcoin in 2018 and is solely focused on the mining of bitcoin and ancillary opportunities within the Bitcoin ecosystem which is consistently
evolving.
The term “Bitcoin” with a capital “B” is used to denote the Bitcoin protocol which implements a highly available, public, permanent, and decentralized ledger. The term
“bitcoin” with a lower case “b” is used to denote the token, bitcoin.
NOTE 2 – RESTATEMENT OF CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Restatement Background
As previously disclosed in the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 28, 2023, certain of the
Company’s previously filed interim unaudited and annual audited Consolidated Financial Statements should no longer be relied upon and a restatement is required for these
previously issued Consolidated Financial Statements. The Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended December 31, 2022 include restated Consolidated Financial
Statements for the year ended December 31, 2021. In addition, we have restated our Unaudited Quarterly Financial Data for the interim periods within the years 2021 and 2022
as presented in NOTE 16 – QUARTERLY FINANCIAL DATA (UNAUDITED).
Restatement of financial information and prior periods presented was necessary to correct for the following: (i) Revenue Recognition – Principal versus Agent, (ii) Impairment
of Digital Assets, (iii) NYDIG Digital Assets Fund III, LP – Consolidation Gross versus Net Presentation, (iv) NYDIG Digital Assets Fund III, LP – Financial Statement
Reclassification (v) Disposal of Assets (vi) Other Adjustments, and (vii) the income tax adjustments due to the forementioned errors .
Revenue Recognition – Principal versus Agent
The Company corrected its previous conclusion that as the operator of Marapool (“Operator”), third-party mining pool participants (“pool participants”) are its customer. The
Company previously viewed such pool participants as principal to the delivery of transaction verification services to the network and requester and therefore recognized
revenue net of amount remitted to pool participants’ pro rata entitlement to block rewards and transaction fees. The Company has since corrected its revenue recognition policy
and concluded that the Company’s customers are the transaction requestor and the blockchain network, and that the Company controls the transaction verification services as an
Operator. This results in recognition of all transaction fees and block rewards earned from transaction verification services performed by the Company in its role as an Operator
of MaraPool as revenue from contracts with customers under Topic 606, with the portion of the transaction fees and block rewards remitted to MaraPool participants as cost of
revenues.
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The impacts of the Revenue Recognition – Principal versus Agent correction are as follows:
(in thousands)
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss)
Impact
Total revenues
Cost of revenues - energy, hosting and other
Net income (loss) impact
(in thousands)
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss)
Impact
Total revenues
Cost of revenues - energy, hosting and other
Net income (loss) impact
Impairment of Digital Assets
March 31,
2022
(Restated)
Three months ended (unaudited)
June 30,
2022
(Restated)
September 30,
2022
(Restated)
Year ended
December 31,
2022
December 31,
2022
5
(5)
—
1
(1)
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
6
(6)
—
March 31,
2021
(Restated)
Three months ended (unaudited)
June 30,
2021
(Restated)
September 30,
2021
(Restated)
December 31,
2021
(Restated)
Year ended
December 31,
2021
(Restated)
—
—
—
—
—
—
624
(624)
—
8,075
(8,075)
—
8,699
(8,699)
—
The Company corrected its calculation of impairment on digital assets that used the U.S. Dollar bitcoin spot rate at a standard cutoff time instead of the lowest U.S. Dollar
bitcoin spot rate at any point in time during the day. The Company’s correction of this calculation results in it recognizing impairment in an amount by which the carrying value
exceeds the fair value of the digital assets at any point in time during the day.
The impacts of the Impairment of Digital Assets correction are as follows:
(in thousands)
Consolidated Balance Sheets Impact
Digital assets
Digital assets, restricted - Current assets
Digital assets, restricted - Other assets
(in thousands)
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss)
Impact
Impairment of digital assets
Net income (loss) impact
(in thousands)
Consolidated Balance Sheets Impact
Digital assets
(in thousands)
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss)
Impact
Impairment of digital assets
Net income (loss) impact
March 31, 2022
(Restated)
June 30, 2022
(Restated)
September 30, 2022
(Restated)
December 31, 2022
As of (unaudited)
(6,204)
—
—
(9,344)
(3,657)
—
(5,433)
—
(3,039)
—
—
—
Year ended
March 31,
2022
(Restated)
Three months ended (unaudited)
June 30,
2022
(Restated)
September 30,
2022
(Restated)
December 31,
2022
December 31,
2022
(3,756)
(3,756)
(6,797)
(6,797)
4,529
4,529
—
—
(6,024)
(6,024)
March 31, 2021
(Restated)
June 30, 2021
(Restated)
September 30, 2021
(Restated)
December 31, 2021
(Restated)
As of (unaudited)
(204)
(2,148)
(1,597)
(2,448)
March 31,
2021
(Restated)
Three months ended (unaudited)
June 30,
2021
(Restated)
September 30,
2021
(Restated)
December 31,
2021
(Restated)
Year ended
December 31,
2021
(Restated)
(204)
(204)
(1,944)
(1,944)
551
551
(851)
(851)
(2,448)
(2,448)
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NYDIG Digital Assets Fund III, LP – Consolidation Gross versus Net Presentation
Marathon accounted for its investment in the NYDIG Digital Assets Fund III, LP (“Fund”) at fair value with changes in fair value recognized in net income, resulting in the
recognition of the Fund’s assets net of liabilities, and unrealized and realized gains net of expenses. Management subsequently determined that the Company should have
consolidated the Fund under the voting interest model and therefore should have presented assets of the Fund, liabilities, gains, and expenses on a gross basis.
Marathon previously revised certain period amounts included in it’s Form 10-Q for interim period ended September 30, 2022 as stated within NOTE 16 – QUARTERLY
FINANCIAL DATA (UNAUDITED). However, the error has been reflected throughout this document for purposes of comparability within the restatement adjustments.
NYDIG Digital Assets Fund III, LP – Financial Statement Reclassification
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on digital assets held in investment fund were incorrectly classified as other non-operating income. A reclassification was required to
correctly classify realized and unrealized gains (losses) on digital assets held in investment fund as operating income for all periods presented.
The impacts of the Fund errors are as follows:
(in thousands)
Consolidated Balance Sheets Impact
Cash and cash equivalents
Digital assets held in Fund
Accrued expenses
(in thousands)
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss)
Impact
General and administrative expenses
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on digital assets
held within Investment Fund
Change in fair value of digital assets held in Fund
Net income (loss) impact
(in thousands)
Consolidated Balance Sheets Impact
Cash and cash equivalents
Digital assets held in Fund
Accrued expenses
(in thousands)
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss)
Impact
General and administrative expenses
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on digital assets
held within Investment Fund
Change in fair value of digital assets held in Fund
Net income (loss) impact
Disposal of Assets
March 31, 2022
(Restated)
June 30, 2022
(Restated)
September 30, 2022
(Restated)
December 31, 2022
As of (unaudited)
31
202
233
(500)
—
(500)
Three months ended (unaudited)
June 30,
2022
(Restated)
September 30,
2022
(Restated)
—
—
—
—
—
—
Year ended
December 31,
2022
December 31,
2022
March 31,
2022
(Restated)
(214)
(221)
(234)
(5,328)
5,542
—
(79,689)
79,910
—
—
234
—
—
—
—
—
(669)
(85,017)
85,686
—
March 31, 2021
(Restated)
June 30, 2021
(Restated)
September 30, 2021
(Restated)
December 31, 2021
(Restated)
As of (unaudited)
—
205
205
38
111
149
—
144
144
34
137
171
March 31,
2021
(Restated)
Three months ended (unaudited)
June 30,
2021
(Restated)
September 30,
2021
(Restated)
December 31,
2021
(Restated)
Year ended
December 31,
2021
(Restated)
(205)
(203)
(237)
(273)
(918)
132,028
(131,823)
—
(114,705)
114,908
—
42,087
(41,850)
—
15,286
(15,013)
—
74,696
(73,778)
—
The Company identified an error in its calculation on gain on sale of mining equipment due to exclusion of capitalized shipping and customs costs that should have been
allocated to the sold mining equipment. This error if uncorrected would have resulted in an over-impairment of remaining mining equipment (not sold) when such mining
equipment was subsequently impaired.
The impacts of this error are as follows:
(in thousands)
Consolidated Balance Sheets Impact
Property and equipment, net
(in thousands)
March 31, 2022
(Restated)
June 30, 2022
(Restated)
September 30, 2022
(Restated)
December 31, 2022
As of (unaudited)
—
(4,122)
(6,237)
—
March 31,
Three months ended (unaudited)
June 30,
September 30,
December 31,
2022
Year ended
December 31,
2022
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss)
Impact
Gain on sale of equipment, net of disposals
Net income (loss) impact
2022
(Restated)
2022
(Restated)
2022
(Restated)
(4,122)
(4,122)
(2,115)
(2,115)
—
—
(6,237)
(6,237)
—
—
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Other Adjustments
The Company corrected other errors relating to (i) accruals for legal expenses, (ii) valuation of bifurcated derivatives related to the SAFE investments, (iii) accumulated
comprehensive income and other income, and (iv) classification of prepaid expenses between short-term and long-term, as follows:
(in thousands)
Consolidated Balance Sheets Impact
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
Investments
Long term prepaids
Accrued expenses
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
(in thousands)
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss)
Impact
General and administrative expenses
Other non-operating income (loss)
Net income (loss) impact
(in thousands)
Consolidated Balance Sheets Impact
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
Accounts payable
Accrued expenses
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
(in thousands)
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss)
Impact
General and administrative expenses
Net income (loss) impact
Foreign currency translation adjustments
Comprehensive income (loss)
Income Tax Adjustments
March 31, 2022
(Restated)
June 30, 2022
(Restated)
September 30, 2022
(Restated)
December 31, 2022
As of (unaudited)
(2,000)
20
2,000
284
451
(1,000)
(10)
1,000
284
451
(1,000)
(10)
1,000
78
451
—
—
—
—
—
March 31,
2022
(Restated)
Three months ended (unaudited)
June 30,
2022
(Restated)
September 30,
2022
(Restated)
Year ended
December 31,
2022
December 31,
2022
—
20
20
—
(30)
(30)
206
—
206
—
—
—
206
(10)
196
March 31, 2021
(Restated)
June 30, 2021
(Restated)
September 30, 2021
(Restated)
December 31, 2021
As of (unaudited)
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
(3,000)
(3,000)
284
451
March 31, 2021
(Restated)
Three months ended (unaudited)
June 30,
2021
(Restated)
September 30,
2021
(Restated)
December 31,
2021
(Restated)
Year ended
December 31,
2021
(Restated)
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
(284)
(284)
(451)
(735)
(284)
(284)
(451)
(735)
As a result of the adjustments to the restated financial statements presented, our income tax expense decreased by approximately $781 thousand for the year ended December
31, 2021, primarily due to changes in deferred taxes as a result of the cumulative impact of the restatement. See NOTE 7 – INCOME TAXES, for additional details regarding
income taxes.
(in thousands)
Consolidated Balance Sheets Impact
Accrued expenses
Deferred tax liabilities
(in thousands)
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss)
Impact
Income tax benefit (expense)
Net income (loss) impact
(in thousands)
Consolidated Balance Sheets Impact
Deferred tax liabilities
March 31, 2022
(Restated)
June 30, 2022
(Restated)
September 30, 2022
(Restated)
December 31, 2022
As of (unaudited)
—
(1,711)
—
(1,134)
(33)
(1,223)
—
—
March 31, 2022
(Restated)
Three months ended (unaudited)
June 30,
2022 (Restated)
September 30,
2022 (Restated)
December 31,
2022
Year ended
December 31,
2022
930
930
(577)
(577)
122
122
—
—
475
475
March 31, 2021
(Restated)
June 30, 2021
(Restated)
September 30, 2021
(Restated)
December 31, 2021
As of (unaudited)
—
—
—
(781)
(in thousands)
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss)
Impact
Income tax benefit (expense)
Net income (loss) impact
Accounting Policy Adjustments
March 31, 2021
(Restated)
Three months ended (unaudited)
June 30,
2021
(Restated)
September 30,
2021
(Restated)
December 31,
2021
(Restated)
Year ended
December 31,
2021
(Restated)
—
—
—
—
—
—
781
781
781
781
The Company also recorded adjustments to the Consolidated Financial Statements relating to the full retrospective adoption of crypto loan derecognition guidance issued by the
SEC in December 2022, which includes considerations under ASU 2016-13, “Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (ASC 326) Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial
Instruments”. See further discussion in NOTE 3 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES and NOTE 5 – DIGITAL ASSET LOAN RECEIVABLE,
NET OF ALLOWANCE.
Restated Consolidated Financial Statements
For the restated year ended December 31, 2021, the following tables shows the effects, by financial statement line item, on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets,
Consolidated Statements of Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) and Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows of: 1) the corrections as described above, and 2) the full
retrospective adoption of crypto loan derecognition guidance issued by the SEC in December 2022, which includes considerations under ASU 2016-13, “Financial Instruments
- Credit Losses (ASC 326) Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments”.
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$
$
$
Restated Consolidated Balance Sheets (in thousands)
(in thousands)
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents
Digital assets
Digital assets held in Fund
Other receivable
Deposits
Digital assets, restricted
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
Total current assets
Other assets:
Property and equipment, net
Advances to vendors
Investments
Long term prepaids
Intangible assets, net
Total other assets
TOTAL ASSETS
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable
Accrued expenses
Current portion of accrued interest
Total current liabilities
Long-term liabilities:
Notes payable
Deferred tax liabilities
Total long-term liabilities
Commitments and Contingencies
Stockholders’ Equity:
Preferred stock
Common stock
Additional paid-in capital
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
Accumulated deficit
Total stockholders’ equity
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
$
62
As Reported
As of December 31, 2021
Restatement
Adjustments
Accounting Policy
Adjustments
As Restated
268,522
102,806
223,779
—
34,458
20,437
38,148
688,150
276,243
466,255
3,000
13,666
931
760,095
1,448,245
10,773
2,155
867
13,795
728,406
23,021
751,427
—
10
835,694
(451)
(152,230)
683,023
1,448,245
$
$
$
$
34
(2,448)
137
—
—
—
(3,000)
(5,277)
—
—
—
—
—
—
(5,277)
(3,000)
455
—
(2,545)
—
(781)
(781)
—
—
—
451
(2,402)
(1,951)
(5,277)
$
$
$
$
—
(5,133)
—
26,933
—
(20,437)
—
1,363
—
—
—
—
—
—
1,363
—
—
—
—
—
335
335
—
—
—
—
1,028
1,028
1,363
$
$
$
$
268,556
95,225
223,916
26,933
34,458
—
35,148
684,236
276,243
466,255
3,000
13,666
931
760,095
1,444,331
7,773
2,610
867
11,250
728,406
22,575
750,981
—
10
835,694
—
(153,604)
682,100
1,444,331
Restated Consolidated Statements of Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
(in thousands, except share and per share data)
Total revenues
Costs and expenses
Cost of revenues
Cost of revenues - energy, hosting and other
Cost of revenues - depreciation and amortization
Total cost of revenues
Operating expenses
General and administrative expenses
Impairment of digital assets
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on digital assets loan receivable and
digital assets
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on digital assets held within
Investment Fund
Total operating expenses
Operating income (loss)
Change in fair value of digital assets held in Fund
Other non-operating income (loss)
Interest expense
Income (loss) before income taxes
Income tax benefit (expense)
Net income (loss)
Net loss per share, basic and diluted:
Weighted average shares outstanding, basic and diluted:
Other comprehensive income (loss)
Foreign currency translation adjustments
Comprehensive income (loss)
As Reported
Year ended December 31, 2021
Restatement
Adjustments
Accounting Policy
Adjustments
As Restated
$
150,464
$
8,699
$
—
$
159,163
(18,792)
(14,904)
(33,696)
(172,303)
(29,553)
14
—
(201,842)
73,779
(307)
(1,570)
(13,172)
(23,003)
(36,175)
(0.36)
99,337,587
$
$
(8,699)
—
(8,699)
(1,202)
(2,448)
—
74,696
71,046
(73,779)
—
—
(2,733)
781
(1,952)
(0.02)
99,337,587
$
$
—
—
—
(851)
1,671
543
—
1,363
—
19
—
1,382
(354)
1,028
0.01
99,337,587
$
$
(27,491)
(14,904)
(42,395)
(174,356)
(30,330)
557
74,696
(129,433)
—
(288)
(1,570)
(14,523)
(22,576)
(37,099)
(0.37)
99,337,587
$
$
—
(36,175)
(451)
(2,403)
—
1,028
(451)
(37,550)
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Restated Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (in thousands)
(in thousands)
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net loss
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization
Deferred tax expense (benefit)
Realized and unrealized losses (gains) on digital assets held within
Investment Fund
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on digital assets loan receivable and
digital assets
Change in fair value of digital assets held in Investment Fund
Impairment of digital assets
Stock-based compensation
Other adjustments from operations, net
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Digital assets
Prepaid expenses and other assets
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
Accrued interest
Net cash used in operating activities
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Advances to vendors
Loan receivable
Purchase of property and equipment
Purchase of digital assets in Fund
Purchase of equity investments
Sale of digital assets in Fund
Net cash used in investing activities
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net of issuance costs
Proceeds from issuance of convertible debt, net of issuance costs
Borrowings from revolving credit agreement
Repayments of revolving credit agreement
Value of shares withheld for taxes
Proceeds received on exercise of options and warrants
Net cash provided by financing activities
Net (decrease) increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash — beginning of period
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash — end of period
As Reported
Year ended December 31, 2021
Restatement
Adjustments
Accounting Policy
Adjustments
As Restated
(36,175)
(1,951)
1,028
14,904
23,021
(781)
—
(74,696)
(14)
(73,779)
29,553
160,786
1,069
(150,513)
136
11,927
867
(18,218)
(435,065)
(30,000)
(273,851)
(150,000)
(3,000)
—
(891,916)
312,196
728,406
77,500
(77,500)
(4,714)
1,445
1,037,333
127,199
141,323
268,522
64
—
73,779
2,447
—
(1)
—
—
455
—
(748)
—
—
—
—
—
780
780
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
32
32
—
335
—
(543)
—
(1,671)
—
—
—
851
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
(37,098)
14,904
22,575
(74,696)
(557)
—
30,329
160,786
1,068
—
(150,513)
987
12,382
867
(18,966)
(435,065)
(30,000)
(273,851)
(150,000)
(3,000)
780
(891,136)
312,196
728,406
77,500
(77,500)
(4,714)
1,445
1,037,333
127,231
141,323
268,554
NOTE 3 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of Presentation and Principles of Consolidation
The accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned and controlled subsidiaries. Intercompany balances and
transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
Use of Estimates and Assumptions
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with US 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 the reporting
period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Reclassifications
Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation. These reclassifications have no effect on the reported financial position,
results of operations, or cash flows. Previously reported compensation and related taxes, consulting fees, and professional fees have now been reclassified within general and
administrative expenses. In addition, previously reported change in fair value of warrant liability and interest income have now been reclassified as other non-operating income
and realized and unrealized gains (losses) on digital assets held in investment fund has now been reclassified as operating income.
Segment Information
Operating segments are defined as components of an enterprise about which separate financial information is available that is evaluated regularly by the chief operating
decision maker, or decision–making group in deciding how to allocate resources and in assessing performance. Our chief operating decision–making group (“CODM”) is
composed of the chief executive officer and chief financial officer. The Company currently operates in the Digital Currency Blockchain segment. The Company’s ASICs
mining rigs are located in the United States, and the Company has employees only in the United States and views its operations as one operating segment as the CODM reviews
financial information on a consolidated basis in making decisions regarding resource allocations and assessing performance.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
The Company considers all highly liquid debt instruments and other short-term investments with maturity of three months or less, when purchased, to be cash equivalents. The
Company maintains cash and cash equivalent balances at one financial institution that is insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”). For the years ended
December 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company’s bank balances exceeded the FDIC limit of $250 thousand in amount of $111,505 thousand and $267,635 thousand, respectively.
To reduce its risk associated with the failure of such financial institution, the Company evaluates at least annually the rating of the financial institution in which it holds
deposits. As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company had cash equivalents of $92,044 thousand and $266,635 thousand, respectively.
Restricted Cash
Restricted cash represents cash balances that support commercial letters of credit and are restricted from withdrawal. The following table provides a reconciliation of the total
cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash reported on the Consolidated Balance Sheets to the corresponding amounts reported on the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.
(in thousands)
Cash and cash equivalents
Restricted cash
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
As of December 31,
$
$
2022
103,705
8,800
112,505
$
$
2021
(Restated)
268,556
—
268,556
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Digital assets and Digital assets, restricted
Digital assets are included in current and other assets in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. Digital assets are accounted for as indefinite-lived intangible assets, and are initially
measured at cost, in accordance with ASC 350 – “Intangibles-Goodwill and Other” (“ASC 350”). Digital assets, restricted represent collateral for long-term loans and as such,
are classified as a non-current asset.
These digital assets are not amortized, but are 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 intangible asset is impaired. Whenever the exchange-traded price of digital assets declines below its carrying value, the Company has
determined that an impairment exists and records impairment equal to the amount by which the carrying value exceeds the fair value.
The following tables presents the activities of the digital assets and digital assets, restricted for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021:
Digital assets and digital assets, restricted at December 31, 2020
Additions of digital assets
Impairment of digital assets
Derecognition of loaned digital assets
Disposition of digital assets
Digital assets and digital assets, restricted at December 31, 2021 (Restated)
Additions of digital assets
Transfer of digital assets from digital assets held in Fund
Recognition of loaned digital assets
Impairment of digital assets
Disposition of digital assets
Digital assets and digital assets, restricted at December 31, 2022
(in thousands)
2,272
150,592
(30,329)
(27,241)
(68)
95,226
117,557
137,844
13,324
(173,214)
(20)
190,717
$
At December 31, 2022, the Company held approximately 12,232 bitcoin with a carrying value of $190,717 thousand. The 7,816 bitcoin were classified on the Consolidated
Balance Sheets as digital assets with a carry value of approximately $121,842 thousand and digital assets, restricted of 4,416 bitcoin with a carrying value of approximately
$68,875 thousand. At December 31, 2022, the fair market value of the Company’s bitcoin holdings was approximately $202,409 thousand, including digital assets and digital
assets, restricted. Digital assets, restricted is comprised of bitcoins held as collateral for the term loan. At December 31, 2021, the Company held approximately 2,721 bitcoin
with a carrying value of $95,225 thousand and a fair value of $126,000 thousand.
Digital assets held in Fund
On January 25, 2021, the Company entered into a limited partnership agreement with NYDIG Digital Assets Fund III, LP (“Fund”) wherein the Fund purchased 4,813 bitcoin
in an aggregate purchase price of $150,000 thousand. The Company owned 100% of the limited partnership interests and consolidated the Fund under a voting interest model.
The consolidated assets in the investment fund are included in current assets in the Consolidated Balance Sheets under the caption digital assets held in Fund.
The Fund qualified and operated as an investment company for accounting purposes pursuant to the accounting and reporting guidance under ASC 946 – “Financial Services –
Investment Companies” (“ASC 946”), which requires fair value measurement of the Fund’s investments in digital assets. The Company retains the Fund’s investment company
specific accounting principles under ASC 946 upon consolidation. The digital assets held by the Fund were traded on a number of active markets globally, including the over-
the-counter market and digital asset exchanges. A fair value measurement under ASC 820 - “Fair Value Measurement” (“ASC 820”) for an asset assumes that the asset is
exchanged in an orderly transaction between market participants either in the principal market for the asset or, in the absence of a principal market, the most advantageous
market for the asset (ASC 820-10-35-5). The fair value of the assets within the Fund were determined using the price of bitcoin provided by the OTC market, the Fund’s
principal market for bitcoin as of 11:59:59 p.m. in New York for financial reporting purposes. For purposes of continuous (daily) fair value measurement, such assets within the
Fund were measured using the daily price of bitcoin provided by the OTC market at 4:00 p.m. in New York. Any changes in the fair value of the assets were recorded in the
Consolidated Statements of Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) under the caption realized and unrealized gains (losses) on digital assets held within investment fund.
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On June 10, 2022, the Company redeemed 100% of its limited partnership interest in the Fund in exchange for approximately 4,769 bitcoin with a fair market value of
approximately $137,844 thousand. This bitcoin was transferred from the Fund’s custodial wallet to the Company’s digital wallet. Upon redemption, the Company no longer had
a majority voting interest in the Fund and therefore deconsolidated the Fund in accordance with ASC 810 – “Consolidation” (“ASC 810”). The Company did not record any
gain or loss upon deconsolidation as the digital assets in the Fund were measured at fair value. Subsequent to the transfer, the bitcoin transferred to the Company’s digital wallet
has been accounted for at cost less impairment in line with its digital assets measurement policy as described under “Digital assets and Digital assets, restricted”. The activity
in the Fund for the twelve months ended December 31, 2022 and twelve months ended December 31, 2021 was as follows:
Digital assets held in Fund at December 31, 2020
Purchase of digital assets held in Fund
Unrealized appreciation on digital assets held in Fund
Disposition of digital assets held in Fund
Digital assets held in Fund at December 31, 2021 (Restated)
Unrealized depreciation on digital assets held in Fund
Disposition of digital assets held in Fund
Realized loss on in-kind distribution
Digital assets transferred out of Fund
Digital assets held in Fund at December 31, 2022
Deposits
(in thousands)
150,000
74,516
(600)
223,916
(74,723)
(794)
(10,555)
(137,844)
—
$
$
The Company contracts with other service providers for hosting of its mining rigs and operational support in data centers where the company’s mining rigs are deployed. These
arrangements also call for advance payments to be made to vendors in conjunction with the contractual obligations associated with these services. We classify these payments
as Deposits on the balance sheet.
As of December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, such deposits totaled approximately $43,253 thousand and $34,458 thousand, respectively.
Embedded Derivatives
The Company evaluates its financing and service arrangements to determine whether certain arrangements contain features that qualify as embedded derivatives requiring
bifurcation in accordance with ASC 815 - “Derivatives and Hedging” (“ASC 815”). Embedded derivatives that are required to be bifurcated from the host instrument or
arrangements are accounted for and valued as separate financial instruments. For derivatives that are assets or liabilities, the derivative instrument is initially recorded at its fair
value and is then remeasured at each reporting date with changes in the fair value reported in the statements of operations. Derivative assets or liabilities are classified in the
Consolidated Balance Sheets as current or non-current based on whether settlement of the instrument could be required within 12 months of the Consolidated Balance Sheets
date.
Property and Equipment
The Company’s property and equipment is composed of bitcoin mining rigs which are largely homogeneous and have approximately the same useful lives. Accordingly, the
Company applies the group method of depreciation on a straight-line basis for its bitcoin mining rigs. The Company will assess and adjust the estimated useful lives of its
mining rigs when there are indicators that the productivity of the mining assets are higher or lower than the assigned estimated useful lives.
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Advances to Vendors
The Company contracts with bitcoin mining equipment manufacturers in procuring mining rigs necessary for the operation of its bitcoin mining business. A typical agreement
calls for a certain percentage of the total order to be paid in advance at specific intervals, usually within several days of execution of a specific contract and periodically
thereafter with final payments due prior to each shipment date. We account for these payments as Advances to vendors on the balance sheet.
Due to the decrease in the cost of bitcoin mining rigs that was driven by the drop in bitcoin prices during the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2022, the Company evaluated
the need for an impairment write-down of its contracts with bitcoin mining equipment manufacturers. The Company compared the prices of the miner rigs under contract to the
fair value of mining rigs as of December 31, 2022, and determined that an impairment loss should be recognized. Accordingly, the Company recognized an impairment charge
of $208,622 thousand on its mining rigs and reduced its Advances to vendors for purchase of mining rigs by $124,311 on the Consolidated Balance Sheets for the year ended
December 31, 2022.
As of December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, advances to vendors was $488,299 thousand and $466,255 thousand, respectively. See also discussion regarding property
and equipment impairment in NOTE 4 - PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT.
Investments
Investments, which may be made from time to time for strategic reasons (and not to engage in the business of investments) are included in non-current assets in the
Consolidated Balance Sheets. Investments without a readily determinable fair value are recorded at cost minus impairment, plus or minus changes from observable price
changes in orderly transactions for identical or similar investments of the same issuer in accordance with the measurement alternative described in ASC 321 - “Investments –
Equity Securities” (“ASC 321”). As part of the Company’s policy to maximize return on strategic investment opportunities, while preserving capital and limiting downside risk,
the Company may at times enter into equity investments or Simple Agreements for Future Equity (“SAFE”) agreements.
The nature and timing of the Company’s investments will depend on available capital at any particular time and the investment opportunities identified and available to the
Company.
On December 21, 2021 and December 31, 2021, the Company entered into two separate SAFE agreements classified on the Consolidated Balance Sheets as non-current assets.
SAFE agreements are accounted for as equity securities without readily determinable fair value at cost minus impairment, as adjusted for observable price changes in orderly
transactions for identical or similar investment of the same issue pursuant to ASC 321.
On February 3, 2022, the Company invested approximately $10,000 thousand in convertible preferred stock of Compute North Holdings, Inc. The acquisition of convertible
preferred stock was accounted for as investments in equity securities without readily determinable fair value at cost minus impairment, as adjusted for observable price changes
in orderly transactions for identical or similar investment of the same issuer pursuant to ASC 321. This investment was subject to an impairment of $10,000 thousand following
Compute North’s chapter 11 Bankruptcy filing in September 2022 (See NOTE 9 – COMPUTE NORTH BANKRUPTCY).
On May 3, 2022, the Company converted $2,000 thousand from a SAFE investment into preferred stock while purchasing an additional $3,500 thousand of preferred stock in
Auradine, Inc. along with entering into a commitment to acquire $30,000 thousand of additional shares of preferred stock. This forward contract was accounted for under ASC
321 as an equity security.
On September 27, 2022, the Company increased its investment in the preferred stock of Auradine, Inc. by $30,000 thousand, bringing its total carrying amount of investment in
Auradine, Inc. preferred stock to $35,500 thousand. The preferred stock is accounted for as investments in equity securities without a readily determinable fair value at cost
minus impairment, as adjusted for observable price changes in orderly transactions for identical or similar investments from the same issuer pursuant to ASC 321. During 2022,
there were no noted impairments or other adjustments (See NOTE 15 – RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS).
As of December 31, 2022, the Company has one remaining SAFE investment with a carrying value of $1,000 thousand, with no noted impairments or other adjustments.
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Stock-based Compensation
The Company expenses stock-based compensation to employees and non-employees over the requisite service period based on the grant-date fair value of the awards and
forfeiture rates. The Company estimates the fair value of stock option grants using the Black-Scholes option pricing model and the assumptions used in calculating the fair
value of stock-based awards represent management’s best estimates and involve inherent uncertainties and the application of management’s judgment. These assumptions are
the expected stock volatility, the risk–free interest rate, the expected life of the option, the dividend yield on the underlying stock and the expected forfeiture rate. Expected
volatility is calculated based on the historical volatility of the Company’s common stock over the expected term of the option. Risk–free interest rates are calculated based on
continuously compounded risk–free rates for the appropriate term.
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 considered to be 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.
In the year ended December 31, 2022 , we impaired the mining patent intangible asset and recorded an impairment charge of $919 thousand. We also impaired certain mining
rigs and recorded an impairment charge of $208,622 thousand (see NOTE 4 – PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT).
Revenues From Contracts with Customers
The Company recognizes revenue in accordance with ASC Topic 606 – “Revenue from Contracts with Customers” (“ASC 606”). The core principle of the revenue standard is
that a company should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the company
expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. The following five steps are applied to achieve that core principle:
● Step 1: Identify the contract with the customer
● Step 2: Identify the performance obligations in the contract
● Step 3: Determine the transaction price
● Step 4: Allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract
● Step 5: Recognize revenue when the Company satisfies a performance obligation
In order to identify the performance obligations in a contract with a customer, a company must assess the promised goods or services in the contract and identify each promised
good or service that is distinct. A performance obligation meets ASC 606’s definition of a “distinct” good or service (or bundle of goods or services) if both of the following
criteria are met:
● The customer can benefit from the good or service either on its own or together with other resources that are readily available to the customer (i.e., the good or service
is capable of being distinct); and
● the entity’s promise to transfer the good or service to the customer is separately identifiable from other promises in the contract (i.e., the promise to transfer the good
or service is distinct within the context of the contract).
If a good or service is not distinct, the good or service is combined with other promised goods or services until a bundle of goods or services is identified that is distinct.
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The transaction price is the amount of consideration to which an entity expects to be entitled in exchange for transferring promised goods or services to a customer. The
consideration promised in a contract with a customer may include fixed amounts, variable amounts, or both. When determining the transaction price, an entity must consider the
effects of all of the following:
● Variable consideration
● Constraining estimates of variable consideration
● The existence of a significant financing component in the contract
● Noncash consideration
● Consideration payable to a customer
Variable consideration is included in the transaction price only to the extent that it is probable that a significant reversal in the amount of cumulative revenue recognized will
not occur when the uncertainty associated with the variable consideration is subsequently resolved.
The transaction price is allocated to each performance obligation on a relative standalone selling price basis.
The transaction price allocated to each performance obligation is recognized when that performance obligation is satisfied, at a point in time or over time as appropriate.
Application of the five-step model to the Company’s mining operations
The Company’s ongoing major or central operation is to provide computing power to collectives of third-party bitcoin miners (such collectives, “mining pools”) as a participant
(“Participant”) and bitcoin transaction verification services to the bitcoin network through a Company-operated mining pool as the operator and a participant in a private pool
(“Operator”) (such activity as Participant and Operator, collectively, “mining”). The Company currently mines in a self-operated pool, which was previously open to third-party
pool participants from September 2021 until May 2022.
The following table presents revenue of the Company disaggregated for those arrangements in which the Company is the Operator and Participant:
(in thousands)
Revenues from contracts with customers
Participant
Operator - Transaction fees
Other revenue
Operator - Block rewards
Total revenue
Operator
Year ended December 31,
2021
(Restated)
2022
2020
$
$
4,652
5,231
107,869
117,753
$
$
20,903
3,317
134,943
159,163
$
$
4,357
—
—
4,357
As Operator, the Company provides transaction verification services. Transaction verification services are an output of the Company’s ordinary activities; therefore, the
Company views the transaction requestor as a customer and accounts for the transaction fees its earns as revenue from a contract with a customer under ASC 606. The bitcoin
network is not an entity such that it may not meet the definition of a customer; however, the Company has concluded it is appropriate to apply ASC 606 by analogy to block
rewards earned from the network. A contract exists under ASC 606 at the point the Company successfully validates a transaction to the distributed ledger. At this point, the
performance obligation to validate the requested transaction has been satisfied and a contract is deemed to exist as follows:
The transaction requester, the bitcoin network and the Company have approved the contract and have evidenced they are committed to the transaction at the point of
successfully validating and adding the transaction to the distributed ledger. The parties’ rights, the consideration to be transferred, and the payment terms are clear. The
transaction has commercial substance and collection of the block reward and transaction fees to which the Company is entitled is probable because they are transferred to the
Company as part of closing a successful block.
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By successfully mining a block, the Company satisfies its lone performance obligation of providing transaction verification services and, thus, recognizes revenue at that point
in time. The amount to which the Company is entitled for successfully validating a block of transactions is fixed at the point in time the contract is deemed to exist and the
performance obligation is satisfied. Thus, there is no variable consideration.
The Company also, from time to time, engages unrelated third-party mining enterprises (“pool participants”) to contribute computing power, and in exchange, remits
transaction fees and block rewards to pool participants on a pro rata basis according to each respective pool participant’s contributed computing power ( hash rate). The
MaraPool wallet (owned by the Company as Operator) is recorded on the distributed ledger as the proof of work winner and assignee of all validations and, therefore, the
transaction verifier of record. The pool participants enter into contracts with the Company as Operator; they do not directly enter into contracts with the network or the
requester and are not known verifiers of the transactions assigned to the pool. As Operator, the Company delegates mining work to the pool participants utilizing software that
algorithmically assigns work to each individual miner. By virtue of its selection and operation of the software, the Company as Operator controls delegation of work to the pool
participants. This indicates that the Company directs the mining pool participants to contribute their hash rate to solve in areas that the Company designates. Therefore, the
Company determined that it controls the service of providing transaction verification services to the network and requester. Accordingly, the Company records all of the
transaction fees and block rewards earned from transactions assigned to MaraPool as revenue, and the portion of the transaction fees and block rewards remitted to MaraPool
participants as cost of revenues. The Company operated a mining pool, Marapool, that engaged third-party pool participants from September 2021 until May 2022.
ASC 606-10-32-21 requires entities to measure the estimated fair value of noncash consideration at contract inception, which is the same time the block reward and transaction
fee is earned and the performance obligation to the requester and the network is fulfilled by successfully validating the applicable block of transactions. For reasons of
operational practicality, the Company applies an accounting convention to use the daily quoted closing U.S. dollar spot rate of bitcoin each day to determine the fair value of
bitcoin earned as transaction fees and block rewards in the Company’s wallet during that day. This accounting convention does not result in materially different revenue
recognition from using the fair value of the bitcoin earned at contract inception (i.e., the moment a block is solved) and has been consistently applied in all periods presented.
Expenses associated with providing the bitcoin transaction verification services to the Customers, such as rent, electricity cost, and transaction fees and block rewards are
recorded as cost of revenues. Depreciation on digital asset mining equipment is recorded as a component of cost of revenues.
Participant
When the Company is a Participant in a third-party operated mining pool, the Company provides computing power (hash rate) that is an output of the Company’s ordinary
activities in exchange for consideration. The Company considers the third-party mining pool operators its customer under Topic 606. These contracts are period-to-period
contracts because they are terminable at any time by either party without compensation. A new contract is determined to exist each period that neither the Company, nor the
pool operator, terminates the arrangement.
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The provision of computing power is the only performance obligation under our arrangements with third-party mining pool operators. The transaction consideration the
Company receives is non-cash (i.e., bitcoin) and entirely variable as it is unknown at each contract inception whether the Company will earn any consideration during the
period, and if it does become entitled to consideration, how much consideration it will be entitled to.
In accordance with FASB ASC 606-10-32-11 and 32-12, the Company constrains the variable consideration to which it is entitled and does not recognize revenue for such
amounts until it receives confirmation of the amount , usually via the settlement of the fractional share of block reward and transaction fee in the Company’s digital wallet (i.e.,
at that point, the variability is resolved and there is no longer the reasonable possibility of significant reversal of revenue). Before settlement occurs, estimation of the variable
consideration to which the Company is entitled, which depends on inputs unknowable to the Company, carries the risk of a significant revenue reversal from mis-estimation.
Settlement of consideration typically occurs within 24 hours of when a block is won unless such block is won over a weekend or holiday, in which case settlement can take up
to 72 hours.
The Company uses its accounting convention to recognize revenue using the daily quoted closing U.S. dollar spot rate of bitcoin on the day the transaction fees and block
rewards are settled in the Company’s wallet. However, this accounting convention does not result in materially different revenue recognition from using the fair value of the
bitcoin earned at contract inception and has been consistently applied in all periods presented.
Expenses associated with providing computing power services to third-party operated mining pools, such as rent and electricity cost are recorded as cost of revenues.
Depreciation on digital asset mining equipment is also recorded as a component of cost of revenues.
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 carry
forwards. 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 tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in operations 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 - “Income Taxes” (“ASC 740”), also clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise’s financial statements and prescribes a
recognition threshold and measurement process for financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. For those
benefits to be recognized, a tax position must be more-likely-than-not to be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities. ASC 740 also provides guidance on
derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure and transition.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
The Company continually assesses any new accounting pronouncements to determine their applicability. When it is determined that a new accounting pronouncement affects
the Company’s financial reporting, the Company undertakes a study to determine the consequences of the change to its Consolidated Financial Statements and assures that there
are proper controls in place to ascertain that the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements properly reflect the change.
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In December 2022, the Securities Exchange Commission (“SEC”) provided additional guidance on accounting for loaned digital assets. The Company has therefore adopted the
following accounting policy with retrospective application for arrangements where the Company loans digital assets to a borrower for a specific period of time in exchange for
a fee akin to an interest rate.
Upon adoption, the Company first evaluates whether to derecognize loaned crypto assets based on an evaluation of all relevant control and asset derecognition considerations.
Such considerations include whether the borrower has the right to use the digital assets at its sole discretion (e.g.,to sell, pledge digital assets to a third party) and whether the
lender has transferred present rights to economic benefits associated with the digital asset for a different right to receive digital assets in the future.
When derecognition of the underlying loaned digital assets is appropriate, the Company will derecognize the loaned digital asset it no longer controls, and recognize a right to
receive back in the future the loaned digital asset (“digital asset loan receivable”).
The digital asset loan receivable is recorded at the then-current (i.e., time of transfer) fair value of the loaned crypto assets with any difference between the fair value of the
loaned crypto assets and their pre-transfer carrying amount recognized as a gain in the Consolidated Statements of Other Comprehensive Income (Loss). Throughout the loan
period, the digital asset loan receivable will continue to be measured at the fair value of the underlying loaned digital asset with changes recorded in operating income (loss).
At loan commencement and throughout the loan period, the Company considers and accounts for credit risk of the borrower (i.e., risk the borrower will not return the loaned
crypto assets), using the principles in Topic 326 to measure any credit impairment. The digital asset loan receivable is presented net of any allowance for credit losses on the
Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets. When the digital assets on loan are returned to the Company, such loaned digital assets are re-recorded on the Company’s
Consolidated Balance Sheets at the carrying value of the digital asset loan receivable immediately prior to derecognition with no gain or loss realized at the end of the loan.
NOTE 4 – PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
The components of property and equipment as of December 31, 2022 and 2021 are:
(in thousands, except useful life)
Website
Mining rigs
Containers
Construction in progress
Gross property, equipment
Less: Accumulated depreciation
Property and equipment, net
Useful life
(Years)
7
5
10
N/A
December 31,
2022
December 31,
2021
(Restated)
$
$
206
116,634
1,614
171,194
289,648
(16,622)
273,026
$
$
122
163,868
0
133,566
297,556
(21,313)
276,243
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The Company records mining rigs not yet placed into service as construction in progress. Upon energization of the mining rigs, the mining rigs are reclassified to “Mining rigs”
and depreciated over the estimated useful life.
The Company’s depreciation expense related to property and equipment for the years ended December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021 was $78,709 thousand and $14,904
thousand, respectively.
In late 2021, the Company entered into an agreement with DCRBN Ventures Development and Acquisition LLC (“DCRBN”) in which the Company agreed to sell certain
mining rigs to DCRBN in conjunction with the development of commercial activities at the McCamey, TX facility. In conjunction with its exit from the Hardin, MT facility, the
Company also sold bitcoin mining rigs to various third parties. Total cash proceeds from these sales of assets for the year ended December 31, 2022 were $178,371 thousand
and gains resulting from the asset sales totaled $83,880 thousand in the current-year period. There were no such sales in 2021.
In connection with the exit from the Hardin, MT facility (“Hardin”) in September 2022, the Company recorded additional depreciation expense related to approximately 1,800
bitcoin mining rigs that were previously deployed at Hardin that were no longer in operating condition based on inspections of the assets at the facility and experience with the
assets formerly deployed at Hardin in the weeks following redeployment. In addition, the Company determined that the useful lives of the remaining mining rigs formerly
deployed at Hardin should be reduced from 36 months to 24 months. These assets had a book value of approximately $12,358 thousand as of September 30, 2022.
In accordance with ASC 360 - “Impairment and Disposal of Long-Lived Assets” (“ASC 360”), long-lived asset (group) that is held and used must be reviewed for impairment
whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the long-lived asset (group) might not be recoverable. Due to the decrease in the cost of
bitcoin mining rigs that was driven by the drop in bitcoin prices during the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2022, the Company assessed the need for an impairment write-
down of its bitcoin mining rigs. In accordance with ASC 360-10, the Company first determined that the carrying value of its bitcoin miners is not recoverable. As its bitcoin
mining rigs further had a carrying value in excess of fair value, the Company recognized an impairment charge for its bitcoin mining rigs of approximately $208,622 thousand
for the year ended December 31, 2022. The fair value of the bitcoin miners determined primarily using observable prices for similar assets as of December 31, 2022 was
$265,000 thousand (Level 2).
As a result of the above impairment charge for its asset group of bitcoin mining rigs, the Company re-evaluated and reduced the estimated useful life for its asset group of
mining rigs from 5 to 3 years, effective January 1, 2023.
As of December 31, 2022, the Company had $488,299 thousand, net of a $124,311 thousand impairment charge per below, of Advances to vendors for the purchase of mining
rigs on the consolidated balance sheet. As of December 31, 2021, the Company had $466,255 thousand of Advances to vendors for purchase of mining rigs on the consolidated
balance sheet.
Due to the decrease in the cost of bitcoin mining rigs that was driven by the drop in bitcoin prices during the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2022, the Company evaluated
the need for an impairment write-down of its contracts with bitcoin mining equipment manufacturers. The Company compared the prices of the miner rigs under contract to the
fair value of mining rigs as of December 31, 2022, and determined that an impairment loss should be recognized. Accordingly, the Company recognized an impairment charge
of $124,311 thousand and reduced its Advances to vendors on the consolidated balance sheet for the year ended December 31, 2022.
NOTE 5 - DIGITAL ASSET LOAN RECEIVABLE, NET OF ALLOWANCE
The Company’s digital asset loan receivable represents two separate digital asset loans made to NYDIG Funding, LLC (“NYDIG”) in August 2021 and December 2021 under a
master securities loan agreement, which was terminated at the point of full repayment in kind for both loans in June 2022. A total of 600 bitcoin were loaned to NYDIG. No
collateral was posted to Marathon under the terms of the two loans. The digital assets loan receivables were initially and subsequently measured at the fair value of the
underlying bitcoin lent at the time of the transfer, approximately $27,241 thousand, and adjusted for expected credit losses, with changes in fair value recorded as unrealized
gains and losses in the Consolidated Statements of Other Comprehensive Income (Loss). A loan fee was accrued daily, based on the daily closing price of the underlying bitcoin
and a set percentage rate, and paid in cash on a monthly basis consistent with each loan’s confirmation terms.
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Given the limited size and nature of the Company’s digital asset loan receivables, the Company utilized the probability of default (“PD”) loss given default (“LGD”) approach
to estimating the allowance for credit loss (“ACL”) at origination and subsequent reporting periods. In order to apply the PD LGD approach, management considered the
lifetime of the digital asset loan receivable, the reasonable and supportable forecast period, and the PD LGD.
● Life of loan: The contractual maturity of each digital asset loan receivable was one year from origination. As such, the Company used each instrument’s life of loan
period for estimating current expected credit losses, unadjusted by any prepayment risk as any risk would be immaterial to either the repayment in kind or the accrued
loan fee receivable that is due in cash on a monthly basis.
● Reasonable and supportable forecast period: Given the relatively short term nature of the loans, the Company set the reasonable and supportable period to the life of
loan. As such, no reversion or post-reversion methodology was required.
● Credit quality information and associated probability of default of NYDIG: In order to assess the credit risk of the borrower, Marathon estimated a NYDIG synthetic
credit rating as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021 using an Ordinal Logistic Regression Model (“Regression Model”). The Regression Model is a widely used
statistical model to classify a company into credit ratings and to estimate PD based on certain business metrics, including total assets, total debt, revenues, EBIT, and
net income. Based on the Regression Model results, the Company estimated NYDIG’s synthetic credit rating of “CCC-” as of March 31, 2022 and “B” as of December
31, 2021. The associated probability of default was approximately 2.9% and 7.4%, respectively.
● Estimation of losses given default: Given no collateral was posted, the Company assumed a loss given default of 100.0% of the original and subsequent reporting
digital asset loan receivable and the accrued loan fee.
In addition, the accrued loan fee receivable is reported separately from the digital asset loan receivable and its carrying amount is de minimis at the reporting date. As a result,
the reported ACL includes only the impact of any unpaid accrued loan fee receivable at the reporting date.
The loans were fully repaid by NYDIG in June 2022 at which time the 600 bitcoin were reclassified into digital assets at the carrying value of the digital assets loan receivable
immediately prior to its derecognition at the end of loan. The Company did not have any digital asset loan receivables outstanding as of December 31, 2022. As such, the
Company recorded an allowance for loan losses as of December 31, 2021 with an initial provision expense of approximately $851 thousand. As of December 31, 2022 the
company recognized a corresponding provision benefit of approximately $851 thousand for the June 2022 repayment in full, resulting in $0 remaining allowance for loan losses
at the end of the year.
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NOTE 6 - FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT
The Company measures at fair value certain of its financial and non-financial assets and liabilities by using a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation
techniques used to measure fair value. Fair value is the price 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, essentially an exit price, based on the highest and best use of the asset or liability. The levels of the fair value hierarchy are:
Level 1: Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that are accessible at the measurement date;
Level 2:
Inputs other than quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either
directly or indirectly, and
Level 3:
Inputs that are generally unobservable for the asset or liability.
The carrying amounts reported in the Consolidated Balance Sheets for cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, other receivable, deposits, prepaid expenses and other current
assets, property and equipment, advances to vendors, accounts payable, accrued expenses, and legal reserve payable, approximate their estimated fair market value based on the
short-term maturity of these instruments.
Due to the significant increase in current market interest rates for convertible notes and the high conversion price of our notes in relation to our current stock price, the carrying
value of our convertible notes are significantly above the current fair value. The estimated fair value of our convertible notes as of December 31, 2022, is approximately
$173,200 thousand compared to a carrying value less unamortized debt discount of $732,289 thousand.
The carrying value of our term loan, operating lease liabilities and other long-term liabilities approximate fair value as the related interest rates approximate rates currently
available to the Company.
Financial assets and liabilities are classified in their entirety within the fair value hierarchy based on the lowest level of input that is significant to their fair value measurement.
The Company measures the fair value of its marketable securities by taking into consideration valuations obtained from third-party pricing sources. The pricing services utilize
industry standard valuation models, including both income and market-based approaches, for which all significant inputs are observable, either directly or indirectly, to estimate
fair value. These inputs included reported trades of and broker-dealer quotes on the same or similar securities, issuer credit spreads, benchmark securities and other observable
inputs.
The following tables present information about the Company’s assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis and the Company’s estimated level within the
fair value hierarchy of those assets and liabilities as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively:
(in thousands)
Assets
Money Market Accounts
Investments
(in thousands)
Assets
Money Market Accounts
Other receivable 1
Digital assets held in Fund
Investments
Fair value measured at December 31, 2022
Total
carrying
value at
December 31,
2022
Quoted
prices in
active
markets
(Level 1)
Significant
other
observable
inputs
(Level 2)
Significant
unobservable
inputs
(Level 3)
92,044
37,000
$
92,044
—
$
—
—
$
—
37,000
Fair value measured at December 31, 2021 (Restated)
Total
carrying
value at
December 31,
2021
(Restated)
Quoted
prices in
active
markets
(Level 1)
Significant other
observable inputs
(Level 2)
Significant
unobservable inputs
(Level 3)
$
$
266,635
27,784
223,916
3,000
$
266,635
—
—
—
$
$
—
27,784
223,916
—
—
—
—
3,000
$
$
(1) Includes digital assets loan receivable that was initially and subsequently measured at fair value using quoted prices for the underlying digital assets.
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At December 31, 2021, the Company had 600 bitcoin as a loan to NYDIG. This loan of bitcoin was recorded as a digital asset loan receivable within other receivable. (see
NOTE 5 – DIGITAL ASSET LOAN RECEIVABLE, NET OF ALLOWANCE). The 600 bitcoin were returned to the Company on June 10, 2022. The digital assets loaned
represent the fair value of the 600 bitcoin underlying the loan as Level 2 inputs for the year ended December 31, 2021 as bitcoin prices can be determined based on several
exchange prices.
On June 10, 2022, the Company withdrew approximately 4,769 bitcoin from its investment in NYDIG Digital Assets Fund III, LP and transferred the bitcoin directly into the
Company’s account. As a result, the Company will no longer receive “mark-to-market” accounting for the bitcoin formerly held in the Fund and the 4,769 bitcoin will now be
classified as digital assets on the Consolidated Balance Sheets and subject to impairment analysis as an indefinite-lived intangible.
The Company’s investments (see NOTE 3 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES) are classified within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy because
the fair value is determined using the Monte Carlo Simulation Model and by utilizing significant unobservable inputs including probability of financing events, subordinated
recovery rate, and credit spread of the investees. The Company will update its assumptions each reporting period based on new developments and record such amounts at fair
value based on the revised assumptions.
At December 31, 2022, the Company had an outstanding warrant liability in the amount of $0 associated with warrants that were issued in January 2017 and warrants issued
related to the convertible notes issued in August and September of 2017. The fair value of the warrant liabilities are marked-to-market each reporting period and changes in fair
value are recorded as a non-operating gain or loss in our Consolidated Statements of Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), until they are completely exercised. The fair value is
determined each reporting period using the Black-Scholes option pricing model and is affected by changes in inputs to that model including our stock price, expected stock
price volatility, dividends, interest rates and expected term.
The following table provides a reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances of our recurring fair value measurements, using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3).
The Company did not make any transfers into or out of Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy during the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021:
(in thousands)
Carrying value at December 31, 2020
Additions
Conversions
Impairment and change in fair value
Carrying value at December 31, 2021 (Restated)
Additions
Conversions
Impairment and change in fair value
Carrying value at December 31, 2022
Non-recurring measurement of Fair Value
Investment
in Preferred
Stock
—
—
—
—
—
43,500
2,000
(10,000)
35,500
Investment
in SAFEs
—
3,000
—
—
3,000
—
(2,000)
—
1,000
Level 3
Other
Total
Assets
—
—
—
—
—
500
—
—
500
—
3,000
—
—
3,000
44,000
—
(10,000)
37,000
Warrants
322
—
(1,370)
1,048
—
—
—
—
Total
Liability
322
—
(1,370)
1,048
—
—
—
—
—
The Company accounts for its digital assets as indefinite-lived intangible assets in accordance with ASC 350 - “Intangibles – Goodwill and Other” (“ASC 350”). The
Company’s digital assets are initially recorded at fair value upon receipt (or “carrying value”). On a quarterly basis, they are measured at carrying value, net of any impairment
losses incurred since receipt. Pursuant to guidance from ASC 820, the Company is required to determine the nonrecurring fair value measurement used to determine impairment
of the digital assets held on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The Company will record impairment losses as the fair value falls below the carrying value of the digital assets.
The digital assets can only be marked down when impaired and not marked up when their value increases. The resulting carrying value represents the fair value of the asset.
The last impairment date for the digital assets was December 31, 2022. The Company had an outstanding carrying balance of digital assets of approximately $190,717
thousand, and fair value net of impairment losses incurred of $173,215 thousand for the year ended December 31, 2022. As of December 31, 2022, the fair value of the bitcoin
held as digital assets was approximately $202,409 thousand (Level 2).
In accordance with ASC 360 - “Impairment and Disposal of Long-Lived Assets” (“ASC 360”), long-lived asset (group) that is held and used must be reviewed for impairment
whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the long-lived asset (group) might not be recoverable. Due to the decrease in the cost of
bitcoin mining rigs that was driven by the drop in bitcoin prices during the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2022, the Company assessed the need for an impairment write-
down of it’s bitcoin miners. In accordance with ASC 360-10, the Company determined that its bitcoin miners had a carrying value in excess of fair value, and accordingly, the
Company recognized an impairment charge for its bitcoin rigs of approximately $208,622 thousand for the year ended December 31, 2022. The fair value of the bitcoin rigs
determined primarily using observable prices for similar assets as of December 31, 2022 was $202,409 thousand (Level 2).
NOTE 7 - INCOME TAXES
The Company accounts for income taxes under ASC 740 - “Income Taxes” (“ASC 740”), which requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for both the
expected impact of differences between the financial statements and the tax basis of assets and liabilities, and for the expected future tax benefit to be derived from tax losses
and tax credit carry-forwards. ASC 740 additionally requires the establishment of a valuation allowance to reflect the likelihood of realization of deferred tax assets.
Income tax expense (benefit) attributable to income from continuing operations was $21,838 thousand and $22,576 thousand for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021,
respectively, and differed from the amounts computed by applying the U.S. federal income tax rate of 21%% to pretax income from continuing operations as a result of the
following:
(in thousands, except percentage data)
Federal income tax expense (benefit) at the statutory rate
State income taxes, net of federal tax expense
Executive compensation deduction limitation
Excess tax benefit related to share-based compensation
Nondeductible other expenses
Change in valuation allowance
Prior year true-ups
Other, net
2022
(21.0)%
(1.6)%
1.0%
—%
—%
18.4%
—%
—%
$ (148,801)
(11,153)
7,358
285
14
130,527
130
(198)
2021
(Restated)
$
(21.0)%
49.5%
199.0%
(12.6)%
1.5%
(95.3)%
28.2%
(1.0)%
(3,144)
7,531
30,213
(1,909)
225
(14,477)
4,281
(144)
$
2020
(21.0)%
(7.0)%
4.2%
—%
—%
23.9%
—%
—%
(2,230)
(745)
444
—
—
2,533
—
—
Income tax expense (benefit) from continuing operations
(3.2)%
$
(21,838)
148.3%
$
22,576
0.1%
$
2
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The components of the provision for income taxes are as follows:
(in thousands)
Current income tax expense (benefit)
Federal
State
Total current income tax expense
Deferred expense
Federal
State
Total deferred tax expense (benefit)
Change in valuation allowance
Net deferred tax expense after valuation allowance (benefit)
Income tax provision (benefit)
December 31,
2022
December 31,
2021
(Restated)
December 31,
2020
$
$
$
—
734
734
$
—
2
2
(141,613)
(11,486)
(153,099)
130,527
(22,572)
29,523
7,528
37,051
(14,477)
22,574
(21,838)
$
22,576
$
—
2
2
—
—
9,080
(9,080)
—
2
The tax effects of temporary differences that give rise to significant portions of the deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities at December 31, 2022 and 2021 are presented
below:
(in thousands)
Deferred tax assets:
Tax credit carryforwards
Net operating loss carryforwards
Intangible assets
Stock compensation
Digital assets
Disallowed Interest
Bad debt reserve
Research and development costs
Accruals, reserves and other
Loan reserve
Impairment loss
Total gross deferred tax assets
Less valuation allowance
Net deferred tax assets
Deferred tax liabilities:
Unrealized gains
Prepaid service contracts
Property and equipment
Total gross deferred liabilities
Net deferred tax liability
December 31,
2022
December 31,
2021
(Restated)
$
$
$
386
48,703
1,727
2,133
50,106
2,215
10,039
541
239
—
36,397
152,486
(130,527)
21,959
—
—
(21,959)
(21,959)
—
$
163
25,603
1,055
447
7,446
—
—
—
269
209
—
35,192
—
35,192
(18,428)
(4,395)
(34,944)
(57,767)
(22,575)
The valuation allowance for deferred tax assets as of December 31, 2022 and 2021 was $130,527 thousand and nil, respectively. The net change in the total valuation allowance
was an increase of $130,527 thousand in the year ended December 31, 2022.
At year ended December 31, 2022, the Company concluded, based upon all available evidence, it was more likely than not that it would not have sufficient future taxable
income to realize the Company’s federal and state deferred tax assets. As a result, the Company established a valuation allowance against deferred tax assets that are not
supported by reversing deferred tax liabilities.
At December 31, 2022, the Company has net operating loss carryforwards for federal income tax purposes of $217,503 thousand, which are available to offset future taxable
income. The Company has net operating loss carryforwards for state income tax purposes of $46,983 thousand which are available to offset future state taxable income. The
Company has interest carryforward in the amount of $10,076 thousand which has no expiration.
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Section 382 and Section 383 of the Internal Revenue Code limit the utilization of U.S. tax attribute carryforwards following a change of control. Based on the Company’s
analysis under Section 382, approximately $86,000 thousand of tax attributes is limited by Section 382/383 as of December 31, 2022. The Section 382/383 limitation in
conjunction with the twenty-year carryforward limitation caused $33,500 thousand of attributes to be deemed worthless, which resulted in a write-off of the related deferred tax
assets in 2021.
In addition, the Company has the following attributes and credit carryforwards:
(in thousands)
Federal net operating loss carryforwards
Federal net operating loss carryforwards - indefinite life
State net operating loss carryforwards
Interest carryforwards
Gross Amount
Expiring
$
$
$
$
3,314
214,189
46,983
10,076
2034-2035
Indefinite
Various
Indefinite
A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of total unrecognized tax benefits for the tax years ended December 31, 2022, and 2021 is as follows:
(in thousands)
Balance, beginning of year
Increase related to prior year tax positions
Increase related to current year tax positions
Balance, end of year
December 31,
2022
December 31,
2021
(Restated)
December 31,
2020
$
$
44
21
5,187
5,252
$
$
—
25
19
44
$
$
—
—
—
—
The Company has established a reserve against its federal R&D tax credits generated in 2022 and previous years. The Company has also established a reserve related to its
executive compensation deduction limitation in 2022.
In addition, the Company has the following attributes and credit carryforwards:
(in thousands)
Federal net operating loss carryforwards
Federal net operating loss carryforwards - indefinite life
Gross Amount
$
$
345,336
40,457
Expiring
2040-2042
As of December 31, 2022, the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits was $5,252 thousand, all of which was offset against deferred tax assets. If the unrecognized tax
benefits were recognized as of December 31, 2022, there would be a $5,252 thousand favorable impact that would affect the effective rate on income from continuing
operations. The Company also accrues for interest and penalties on its uncertain tax positions and includes such charges in its income tax provision in the Consolidated
Statements of Other Comprehensive Income (Loss). Interest and penalty expense amounted to nil and nil, respectively, in 2022 and 2021.
Total accrued interest and penalties were nil and nil, respectively, in 2022. The Company does not currently expect any of its remaining unrecognized tax benefits to be
recognized in the next twelve months.
The Company files federal and state income tax returns. The 2018-2021 tax years generally remain subject to examination by the IRS and various state taxing authorities,
although the Company is not currently under examination in any jurisdiction.
NOTE 8 - NET LOSS PER SHARE
Net loss per common share is calculated in accordance with ASC 260 - “Earnings Per Share” (“ASC 260”). Basic loss per share is computed by dividing net loss by the
weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period. The computation of diluted net loss per share does not include dilutive common stock
equivalents in the weighted average shares outstanding, as they would be anti-dilutive.
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Securities that could potentially dilute loss per share in the future that were not included in the computation of diluted loss per share at December 31, 2022 and 2021 are as
follows:
Warrants to purchase common stock
Restricted stock units
Convertible notes to exchange common stock
Total dilutive shares
The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted loss per share:
Net loss attributable to common shareholders
Denominator:
Weighted average common shares - basic and diluted
Loss per common share - basic and diluted
NOTE 9 – COMPUTE NORTH BANKRUPTCY
For the year ended December 31,
2022
324,375
1,255,648
9,812,955
11,392,978
2021
(Restated)
326,779
642,094
9,812,955
10,781,828
For the year ended December 31,
2021
(Restated)
2020
2022
(686,740)
$
(37,096)
$
(10,448)
113,467,837
(6.05)
$
99,337,587
(0.37)
$
81,408,340
(0.13)
$
$
On September 22, 2022, Compute North Holdings, Inc. (along with its affiliated debtors, collectively, “Compute North”), filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S.
Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas under chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code (11 U.S. Code section 101 et seq.). The Company’s financial exposure to
Compute North at the time of the bankruptcy filing included:
● Approximately $10,000 thousand in Convertible Preferred Stock of Compute North Holdings, Inc.
● Approximately $21,000 thousand related to an unsecured Senior Promissory note with Compute North LLC.
● Approximately $50,000 thousand in operating deposits with Compute North primarily related to the King Mountain and Wolf Hollow hosting facilities.
The Company’s financial exposure to Compute North on the date of the Bankruptcy was approximately $81,000 thousand. During the third quarter the Company assessed the
impairment of these assets given the bankruptcy proceedings and estimated that the preferred stock, the unsecured loan, and approximately $8,000 thousand in deposits were
fully impaired. As a result, the company recorded an impairment charge of $39,000 thousand during the third quarter of 2022. During the fourth quarter of 2022, the company
estimated that an additional $16,674 thousand in deposits had likely been impaired and as such recorded an additional impairment charge.
On February 16, 2023, the Bankruptcy Court approved the Debtors Plan of Reorganization, pursuant to which Marathon’s claim has been fixed at $40,000 thousand as an
unsecured claim to be paid out according to the timing and percentages within the approved Debtor’s plan.
NOTE 10 - STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Common Stock
Shelf Registration Statements on Form S-3 and At-The-Market Offering Agreements
On February 11, 2022, the Company entered into an At-The-Market Offering Agreement, or sales agreement, with H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC (“Wainwright”) relating to
shares of its common stock. In accordance with the terms of the sales agreement, the Company may offer and sell shares of our common stock having an aggregate offering
price of up to $750,000 thousand from time to time through Wainwright acting as its sales agent. As of December 31, 2022, the Company had sold 42,142 thousand shares of
common stock for an aggregate purchase price of $361,482 thousand, net of offering costs pursuant to this At-The-Market Offering Agreement.
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Common Stock Warrants
A summary of the Company’s issued and outstanding stock warrants and changes during the year ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 is as follows:
Outstanding as of December 31, 2020
Issued
Expired
Exercised
Outstanding as of December 31, 2021 (Restated)
Issued
Expired
Exercised
Outstanding as of December 31, 2022
Warrants exercisable as of December 31, 2022
Number of
Warrants
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Life (in years)
287,656
375,000
(19,792)
(316,085)
326,779
—
(2,404)
—
324,375
324,375
$
$
$
12.64
25.00
27.20
14.42
25.54
—
52.00
—
25.00
25.00
2.7
4.3
—
—
3.5
—
—
—
2.5
2.5
The aggregate intrinsic value of warrants outstanding and exercisable at December 31, 2022 and 2021 was $0 and $2,500 thousand, respectively.
Restricted Stock
A summary of the restricted stock award activity (represented by restricted stock units (RSUs) for the year ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, as follows:
Restricted Stock Units
A summary of the RSUs as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively and changes during the period are presented below:
Nonvested at December 31, 2020
Granted
Vested
Nonvested at December 31, 2021 (Restated)
Granted
Retired
Vested
Nonvested at December 31, 2022
Number of
Units
Weighted
Average Grant
Date Fair Value
566,279
8,313,410
(8,237,595)
642,094
1,167,339
(60,000)
(493,785)
1,255,648
$
$
$
0.43
20.89
18.31
35.93
19.35
42.19
29.87
22.60
As of December 31, 2022, unrecognized stock-based compensation expense of approximately $15,000 thousand remains to be recognized over the weighted average period of
approximately 2.3 years.
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NOTE 11 – ACCRUED EXPENSES
As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company’s accrued expenses consisted of the following:
(in thousands)
Interest
Non-income taxes
Other
Total accrued expenses
NOTE 12 – DEBT
Debt consists of the following:
(in thousands, except for interest rate data)
Convertible note
Less: unamortized debt discount
Total convertible notes, net of discount
Revolving credit line
Term loan
Less: unamortized deferred fees
Total
Less: current portion
Long term portion
2022
2021
(Restated)
$
$
1,011
14,509
6,774
22,294
$
$
867
—
1,743
2,610
Maturity Date
December 1, 2026
Interest Rate
1%
August 5, 2024*
August 5, 2024*
Variable
Variable
December 31,
2022
December 31,
2021
(Restated)
747,500
(15,211)
732,289
—
50,000
(118)
49,882
782,171
—
782,171
$
$
$
$
747,500
(19,094)
728,406
—
—
—
—
728,406
—
728,406
$
$
$
$
* During the year ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, there was amortization of debt issuance costs of $3,945 thousand and $0 thousand, respectively. Interest expense was
$14,980 thousand and $1,570 thousand for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
The following summarizes the Company’s repayments due on the Term loan and Convertible Note in each of the next 5 years, and thereafter (in thousands):
Year
2023
2024
2025
2026
2027
Thereafter
$
Repayment Amount
—
50,000
—
747,500
—
—
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RLOC and Term Loan facilities
On October 1, 2021, the Company entered into a Revolving Credit and Security Agreement with Silvergate Bank pursuant to which Silvergate agreed to loan the Company up
to $100,000 thousand on a revolving basis.
On July 28, 2022, the Company entered into a new Revolving Credit and Security Agreement (the “Agreement” or “RLOC”) with Silvergate Bank (the “Bank”) pursuant to
which Silvergate agreed to loan the Company up to $100,000 thousand on a revolving basis pursuant to the terms of the Agreement. This facility refinanced and replaced an
existing $100,000 thousand facility the Company had in place with the Bank. On the same date the Company also entered into a $100,000 thousand principal term loan facility
(the “Term Loan”). The terms of the facilities set forth in the RLOC and the Term Loan are as follows:
Initial Term:
Termination is on August 5, 2024.
Availability of the facilities:
The RLOC shall be made available from time to time to the Company for periodic draws (provided no event of default
then exists) from its closing date up to and including the termination date of the Agreement.
The Company may borrow up to $100.0 million on the term loan, with $50.0 million to be made as of the Closing Date
(the “Initial Draw”), and $50.0 million to be made, at Borrower’s request, on or before April 25, 2023 (the “Delayed
Draw”), and subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth in the Term Loan Agreement.
Origination Fees for
the facilities:
RLOC: 0.35% of the Loan Commitment to the Bank (or $350 thousand); due at RLOC closing (and on each anniversary
if the RLOC continues for more than one year).
Unused Commitment
Fee on the RLOC:
Renewal of the RLOC:
Interest Rate and Payments
for the facilities:
Term Loan: An origination fee of $150 thousand and a contingent draw fee in the amount of $250 thousand (the,
“Contingent Draw Fee”) upon the execution of the Term Loan Agreement. This Contingent Draw Fee will be refunded to
the Company if it borrows the Delayed Draw by no later than November 25, 2022.
0.25% per annum of the portion of the unused Loan Commitment, payable monthly in arrears.
The RLOC may be renewed annually by agreement between the Bank and the Company, subject to (without limitation):
(i) Company makes a request for renewal, in writing, no less than sixty (60) days prior to the then current maturity date,
(ii) no event of default then exists, (iii) Company provides all necessary documentation to extend the RLOC, (iv)
Company has paid all applicable fees related to the loan renewal, and (v) the Bank has approved such extension request
according to its internal credit policies as determined by the Bank in its sole and absolute discretion.
RLOC: Interest only to be paid monthly, with principal all due at maturity. The interest rate is defined as the higher of (i)
the Floor Rate and (ii) Prime Rate plus the Applicable Margin. “Floor Rate” shall mean, as of any date of determination:
(a) 5.25% for any days during an Interest Period the Loan to Value (“LTV”) Ratio is less than 40%, (b) six percent
(6.00%) for any days during an Interest Period the LTV Ratio is greater than or equal to 40% and less than 55%, and (c)
6.75% for any day the LTV Ratio is greater than or equal to 55%. The Applicable Margin means at any time: (a) 1.25%
for any days during an Interest Period the LTV Ratio is less than 40%, (b2.00% for any days during an Interest Period the
LTV Ratio is greater than or equal to40% and less than 55%, and (c) 2.75% for any days during an Interest Period the
LTV Ratio is greater than or equal to 55%.
Term Loan: Interest, which shall be due on the principal amount of the loan, at the higher of 5.75% and the Prime Rate
plus 1.75%, only to be paid monthly, with principal all due at maturity.
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Collateral for the facilities:
The RLOC and term loan facilities are secured by a pledge of a sufficient amount of Company’s right, title and interest in
and to bitcoin stored in a custody account for the benefit of the Bank (the “Collateral Account”). The Bank will establish
a Collateral Account with a regulated custodial entity (the “Custodian”) that has been approved by the Bank. The Bank
and Custodian will have a custodial agreement to perfect the security interest in the pledged Collateral Account which,
among other things, allows for 1) the Bank to monitor the balance of the Collateral Account and 2) allows the Bank to
have exclusive control over the Collateral Account including liquidation of the collateral in the event of Company’s
default under the terms of the RLOC. The Bank may also file a UCC financing statement on the pledged collateral. The
Company bears the risk of loss from market value declines of its collateral pursuant to its obligation to pledge additional
bitcoin if its market value declines such that outstanding borrowings under the RLOC are undercollateralized. The
Company may also withdraw its collateral from the Collateral Account if market value of bitcoin increases and
outstanding borrowings under the RLOC are overcollateralized or if such borrowings are repaid in whole or in part.
Minimum Advance Rates
for the facilities:
At origination, the Company must ensure the Collateral Account balance has sufficient bitcoin to cause the LTV ratio to
equal 65% (or less) (“Minimum Advance Rate”) on the unpaid principal balance of the facilities. If at any time the LTV
ratio exceeds 75%, the Company must bring the rate of advance to the Minimum Advance Rate.
Covenants for the facilities:
The Company must maintain a minimum adjusted net worth of $350.0 million. The Company must maintain a minimum
unrestricted and unencumbered cash of $25.0 million.
Convertible Note
On November 18, 2021, the Company issued $650,000 thousand principal of its 1.0% Convertible Senior Notes due 2026 (the “Notes”). The Notes were issued pursuant to, and
are governed by, an indenture (the “Indenture”), dated as of November 18, 2021, between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”).
Pursuant to the purchase agreement between the Company and the initial purchasers of the Notes, the Company also granted the initial purchasers an option, for settlement
within a period of 13 days from, and including, November 18, 2021 to purchase up to an additional $97,500 thousand principal of Notes, which additional Notes were
purchased on November 23, 2021, for an aggregate principal amount of Notes purchased of $747,500 thousand. All references in this disclosure to “Notes” includes the Notes
issued on both November 18, 2021 and November 23, 2021.
The Notes are the Company’s senior, unsecured obligations and are (i) equal in right of payment with the Company’s existing and future senior, unsecured indebtedness; (ii)
senior in right of payment to the Company’s existing and future indebtedness that is expressly subordinated to the Notes; (iii) effectively subordinated to the Company’s
existing and future secured indebtedness, to the extent of the value of the collateral securing that indebtedness; and (iv) structurally subordinated to all existing and future
indebtedness and other liabilities, including trade payables, and (to the extent the Company is not a holder thereof) preferred equity, if any, of the Company’s subsidiaries.
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The Notes accrue interest at a rate of 1.00% per annum, payable semi-annually in arrears on June 1 and December 1 of each year, beginning on June 1, 2022. The Notes will
mature on December 1, 2026, unless earlier repurchased, redeemed or converted. Before the close of business on the business day immediately before September 1, 2026,
noteholders will have the right to convert their Notes only upon the occurrence of certain events. From and after September 1, 2026, noteholders may convert their Notes at any
time at their election until the close of business on the second scheduled trading day immediately before the maturity date. The Company will settle conversions by paying or
delivering, as applicable, cash, shares of its common stock or a combination of cash and shares of its common stock, at the Company’s election. The initial conversion rate is
13.1277 shares of common stock per $1 thousand principal amount of Notes, which represents an initial conversion price of approximately $76.17 per share of common stock.
The conversion rate and conversion price will be subject to customary adjustments upon the occurrence of certain events. In addition, if certain corporate events that constitute
a “Make-Whole Fundamental Change” (as defined in the Indenture) occur, then the conversion rate will, in certain circumstances, be increased for a specified period of time.
The Notes will be redeemable, in whole or in part (subject to certain limitations described below), at the Company’s option at any time, and from time to time, on or after
December 6, 2024 and on or before the 21st scheduled trading day immediately before the maturity date, at a cash redemption price equal to the principal amount of the Notes
to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the redemption date, but only if the last reported sale price per share of the Company’s common
stock exceeds 130% of the conversion price on (1) each of at least 20 trading days, whether or not consecutive, during the 30 consecutive trading days ending on, and including,
the trading day immediately before the date the Company sends the related redemption notice; and (2) the trading day immediately before the date the Company sends such
notice. However, the Company may not redeem less than all of the outstanding Notes unless at least $100,000 thousand aggregate principal amount of Notes are outstanding
and not called for redemption as of the time the Company sends the related redemption notice. In addition, calling any Note for redemption will constitute a Make-Whole
Fundamental Change with respect to that Note, in which case the conversion rate applicable to the conversion of that Note will be increased in certain circumstances if it is
converted during the related redemption conversion period.
If certain corporate events that constitute a “Fundamental Change” (as defined in the Indenture) occur, then, subject to a limited exception for certain cash mergers, noteholders
may require the Company to repurchase their Notes at a cash repurchase price equal to the principal amount of the Notes to be repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if
any, to, but excluding, the fundamental change repurchase date. The definition of Fundamental Change includes certain business combination transactions involving the
Company and certain de-listing events with respect to the Company’s common stock.
The Notes have customary provisions relating to the occurrence of “Events of Default” (as defined in the Indenture), which include the following: (i) certain payment defaults
on the Notes (which, in the case of a default in the payment of interest on the Notes, are subject to a 30-day cure period); (ii) the Company’s failure to send certain notices
under the Indenture within specified periods of time; (iii) the Company’s failure to comply with certain covenants in the Indenture relating to the Company’s ability to
consolidate with or merge with or into, or sell, lease or otherwise transfer, in one transaction or a series of transactions, all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and
its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to another person; (iv) a default by the Company in its other obligations or agreements under the Indenture or the Notes if such default is not
cured or waived within 60 days after notice is given in accordance with the Indenture; (v) certain defaults by the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to
indebtedness for borrowed money of at least $50,000 thousand; and (vi) certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency and reorganization involving the Company or any of its
significant subsidiaries.
If an Event of Default involving bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization events with respect to the Company (and not solely with respect to a significant subsidiary of the
Company) occurs, then the principal amount of, and all accrued and unpaid interest on, all of the Notes then outstanding will immediately become due and payable without any
further action or notice by any person. If any other Event of Default occurs and is continuing, then, the Trustee, by notice to the Company, or noteholders of at least 25% of the
aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding, by notice to the Company and the Trustee, may declare the principal amount of, and all accrued and unpaid interest on,
all of the Notes then outstanding to become due and payable immediately. However, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may elect, at its option, that the sole remedy
for an Event of Default relating to certain failures by the Company to comply with certain reporting covenants in the Indenture consists exclusively of the right of the
noteholders to receive special interest on the Notes for up to 270 days at a specified rate per annum not exceeding 0.50% on the principal amount of the Notes.
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NOTE 13 – LEASES
In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02 - “Leases” (“ASC 842”), and has since issued amendments thereto, related to the accounting for leases. ASC 842
establishes a right-of-use, or ROU model that requires a lessee to record a ROU asset and a lease liability on the Consolidated Balance Sheets for all leases with terms longer
than 12 months. Leases will be classified as either finance or operating, with classification affecting the expense recognition in the Consolidated Statements of Other
Comprehensive Income (Loss). Effective January 1, 2019, the Company adopted ASC 842. The Company determines if an arrangement contains a lease at inception based on
whether or not the Company has the right to control the asset during the contract period and other facts and circumstances.
The Company leases office space in the United States under operating lease agreements. Office space is the Company’s only material underlying asset class under operating
lease agreements. The Company has no material finance leases. Aren’t required to give exact addresses – up to us
Effective June 1, 2018, the Company rented its corporate office at 1180 North Town Center Drive, Suite 100, Las Vegas, Nevada 89144, on a month-to-month basis.
Effective February 14, 2022, the Company rented an office located at Tower 101, 101 NE Third Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 33301, for a term of 63 months.
Effective March 1, 2022, the Company rented an office located at 300 Spectrum Center Drive, Irvine CA, 92618, for a term of 24 months.
Effective May 1, 2022, the Company rented warehouse space located at 3306 5th Street SE, East Wenatchee, Washington, 98802, for a term of 24 months.
Effective September 21, 2022, the Company rented warehouse space located at 512 N. Douglas Ave., Oklahoma City, OK, 73106, for a term of 36 months.
As of December 31, 2022, the Company’s right-of-use (“ROU”) assets and total lease liabilities were $1,276 thousand and $1,343 thousand, respectively for leases in the
United States. As of December 31, 2021, the Company’s ROU assets and total lease liabilities were nil. The Company has amortized the right-of-use assets totaling $110
thousand for the year ended December 31, 2022.
Operation lease costs are recorded on a straight-line basis within operating expenses. The Company’s total lease expense is comprised of the following:
(in thousands)
Operating leases
Operating lease cost
Operating lease expense
Short-term lease rent expense
Total rent expense
For the year ended December 31,
2022
2021
(Restated)
$
$
327
327
29
356
$
$
—
—
31
31
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Additional information regarding the Company’s leasing activities as a lessee is as follows:
For the year ended December 31,
(in thousands, except term and discount rate data)
Operating cash flows from operating leases
Weighted-average remaining lease term – operating leases
Weighted-average discount rate – operating leases
2022
$
$
67
3.9
5%
Year
2023
2024
2025
2026
2027
Thereafter
Total
Less: Imputed interest
Present value of lease liability
2021
(Restated)
Amount
(in thousands)
—
—
—%
459
362
312
241
102
—
1,476
(133)
1,343
The Company entered into an arrangement with Applied Blockchain for the use of an energized cryptocurrency mining facility under which the Company pays for electricity
per megawatt based on usage. The Company has determined that it has a lease of one of the facilities governed by this arrangement (Ellendale) as the Company has contracted
to take substantially all of the output of such facility. This lease is expected to commence in the first quarter of 2023.
NOTE 14 - LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
Ho Matter
On January 14, 2021, Plaintiff Michael Ho (“Plaintiff” or “Ho”) filed a Civil Complaint for Damages and Restitution (“Complaint”) against the Company and 10 Doe
Defendants. The Complaint alleges six causes of action against the Company, (1) Breach of Written Contract; (2) Breach of Implied Contract; (3) Quasi-Contract; (4) Services
Rendered; (5) Intentional Interference with Prospective Economic Relations; and (6) Negligent Interference with Prospective Economic Relations, which is the one plead
against “all Defendants” and is most likely to involve later named defendants. The claims arise from the same set of facts, Ho alleges that the Company profited from
commercially sensitive information he shared with the Company and then it refused to compensate him for his role in securing the acquisition of a supplier of energy for the
Company. On February 22, 2021, the Company responded to Mr. Ho’s Complaint with a general denial and the assertion of applicable affirmative defenses. Then, on February
25, 2021, the Company removed the action to the United States District Court in the Central District of California, where the action remains pending. The Company filed a
motion for summary judgment/adjudication of all causes of action. On February 11, 2022, the Court granted the motion and dismissed Ho’s 2nd, 5th and 6th causes of action.
Discovery is substantially closed. The Court held a pre-trial conference on February 24, 2022, where it vacated the March 3, 2022 trial date and ordered the parties to meet and
confer on a new trial date. The Court discussed the various theories of damages maintained by the parties. In its ruling on the summary judgment motion and at the pre-trial
conference on February 24, 2022, the Court noted that a jury is more likely to accept $150,000 thousand as an appropriate damages amount if liability is found, as opposed to
the various theories espoused by Ho that result in multi-million-dollar recoveries. Due to outstanding issues of fact and law, it is impossible to predict the outcome at this time;
however, after consulting legal counsel, the Company is confident that it will prevail in this litigation, since it did not have a contract with Mr. Ho and he did not disclose any
commercially sensitive information under any mutual nondisclosure agreement that was used to structure any joint venture with energy providers. Trial is scheduled for May
2023.
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Information Subpoena
On October 6, 2020, the Company entered into a series of agreements with multiple parties to design and build a data center for up to 100-megawatts in Hardin, MT. In
conjunction therewith, the Company filed a Current Report on Form 8-K on October 13, 2020. The 8-K disclosed that, pursuant to a Data Facility Services Agreement, the
Company issued 6,000,000 shares of restricted common stock, in transactions exempt from registration under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. During
the quarter ended September 30, 2021, the Company and certain of its executives received a subpoena to produce documents and communications concerning the Hardin,
Montana data center facility described in our Form 8-K dated October 13, 2020. We understand that the SEC may be investigating whether or not there may have been any
violations of the federal securities law. We are cooperating with the SEC.
Putative Class Action Complaint
On December 17, 2021, a putative class action complaint was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Nevada, against the Company and present and former
senior management. The complaint alleges securities fraud related to the disclosure of an SEC investigation previously made by the Company on November 15, 2021. Plaintiff
Tad Schlatre served the complaint on the Company on March 1, 2022. On September 12, 2022, the court appointed Carlos Marina as lead plaintiff. On October 21, 2022, lead
plaintiff voluntarily dismissed the complaint without prejudice.
Derivative Complaints
On February 18, 2022, a shareholder derivative complaint was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Nevada, against current and former members of the
Company’s board of directors and senior management. The complaint is based on allegations substantially similar to the allegations in the December 2021 putative class action
complaint, related to the Company’s disclosure of an SEC investigation previously made by the Company on November 15, 2021. On March 4, 2022, the complaint was served
on the Company. On April 4, 2022, the defendants moved to dismiss the complaint.
On May 5, 2022, a second shareholder derivative complaint was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Nevada, against current and former members of the
Company’s board of directors and senior management. The second shareholder derivative complaint is based on allegations substantially similar to the allegations in the
February 18, 2022 derivative complaint. On May 11, 2022, the defendants moved to dismiss the second shareholder derivative complaint.
On June 1, 2022, the Court entered an order consolidating the two derivative actions. A June 13, 2022 scheduling order provided for plaintiffs to file a consolidated complaint
and for renewed motions to dismiss the consolidated shareholder derivative complaint. On November 22, 2022, before a consolidated complaint was due, plaintiffs voluntarily
dismissed both actions without prejudice. On November 23, 2022, both actions were closed.
Legal Reserves
During the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company recorded a $26,000 thousand legal reserve charge related to the fair value of certain stock grants used for personal
income tax reporting purposes during 2021. The majority of this reserve was related to a claim made by the Company’s former Chairman and CEO. In working on this initial
claim, the Company discovered that seven other individuals were also impacted by the same issue, including one current board member and the current Chairman and CEO.
The total amount of this portion of the reserve amounted to approximately $2,000 thousand. Legal settlements that were accrued but remained unpaid as of December 31, 2022
of $1,171 thousand were classified as “legal reserve payable”.
Compute North Bankruptcy
On September 22, 2022, Compute North filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Compute North provides operating services to the Company and hosts our mining rigs in
multiple facilities. We delivered miners to Compute North, which then installed the mining rigs in several facilities, operated and maintained the mining rigs, and provides
energy to keep the miners operating. In chapter 11, Compute North is currently seeking to sell substantially all of its assets, including its direct and indirect ownership interests
in the facilities that house the Company’s miners. Compute North may also seek to assume and assign the Compute North agreements to which the Company is party to one or
more third-party purchasers of Compute North’s assets or it may seek to reject such agreements. Accordingly, Compute North’s chapter 11 cases could cause a disruption in
services provided by Compute North to us and, therefore, could have an adverse effect on our operations in the facilities managed by Compute North.
At this stage of Compute North’s chapter 11 cases, it is difficult to predict whether Marathon will receive any meaningful recovery on account of its claims.
NOTE 15 - RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Parties are considered related to the Company if the parties, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, control, are controlled by, or are under common control
with the Company. Related parties also include principal owners of the Company, its management, members of the immediate families of principal owners of the Company and
its management and other parties with which the Company may deal if one party controls or can significantly influence the management or operating policies of the other to an
extent that one of the transacting parties might be prevented from fully pursuing its own separate interests. The Company discloses all related party transactions.
On September 23, 2022, the Company made an incremental 30,000 thousand investment in Auradine, Inc., bringing its total holdings in Auradine to $35,500 thousand based
upon a previously issued and disclosed SAFE instrument. Said Ouissal, a director of the Company, owns approximately 10% of the issued and outstanding shares of Auradine,
and Fred Thiel, the Company’s Chairman and CEO, sits on Auradine’s Board of Directors. On November 3, 2022, the Company’s Board met and determined that Said Ouissal
is no longer deemed to be an independent director of the Company. As a result, Mr. Ouissal stepped down from the Audit and Compensation Committees.
NOTE 16 – QUARTERLY FINANCIAL DATA (UNAUDITED)
The following tables present the impacts of the restatement adjustments, as described in NOTE 2 – RESTATEMENT OF CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Restated Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity are not presented as all impacted items on those statements, net income (loss), accumulated deficit, and total
stockholders’ equity, are presented within the following tables. This quarterly information has been prepared on the same basis as the Consolidated Financial Statements and
includes all adjustments necessary to state fairly the information for the interim periods presented, which management considers necessary for a fair presentation when read in
conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and notes. We believe these comparisons of consolidated quarterly selected financial data are not necessarily indicative
of future performance.
88
Unaudited Interim Consolidated Balance Sheets
The following Unaudited Interim Consolidated Balance Sheets tables present the impacts of the restatement adjustments as of the periods ended March 31, 2021 and 2022, June
30, 2021 and 2022, and September 30, 2021 and 2022. For the impacts of the restatement adjustments for the Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2021 refer to
NOTE 2 – RESTATEMENT OF CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENT. The period ended December 31, 2022 was not subject to restatement and is presented in
Part I of ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA.
$
$
$
(in thousands)
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents
Digital assets
Digital assets held in Fund
Deposits
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
Total current assets
Other assets:
Property and equipment, net
Long term prepaids
Intangible assets, net
Total other assets
TOTAL ASSETS
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable
Accrued expenses
Warrant liability
Total current liabilities
Long-term liabilities:
SBA PPP loan payable
Total long-term liabilities
Commitments and Contingencies
Stockholders’ Equity:
Preferred stock
Common stock
Additional paid-in capital
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
Accumulated deficit
Total stockholders’ equity
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
$
As of
March 31, 2021
As Reported
Restatement
Adjustments
Accounting
Policy
Adjustments
As Restated
$
$
$
$
211,934
10,746
281,823
128,869
2,514
635,886
41,961
7,854
985
50,800
686,686
344
643
1,914
2,901
63
63
—
10
716,862
(451)
(32,699)
683,722
686,686
89
—
(204)
205
—
—
1
—
—
—
—
1
—
205
—
205
—
—
—
—
—
—
(204)
(204)
1
$
$
$
$
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
$
$
$
$
211,934
10,542
282,028
128,869
2,514
635,887
41,961
7,854
985
50,800
686,687
344
848
1,914
3,106
63
63
—
10
716,862
(451)
(32,903)
683,518
686,687
(in thousands)
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents
Digital assets
Digital assets held in Fund
Deposits
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
Total current assets
Other assets:
Property and equipment, net
Long term prepaids
Intangible assets, net
Total other assets
TOTAL ASSETS
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable
Accrued expenses
Warrant liability
Total current liabilities
Commitments and Contingencies
Stockholders’ Equity:
Preferred stock
Common stock
Additional paid-in capital
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
Accumulated deficit
Total stockholders’ equity
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
(in thousands)
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents
Digital assets
Digital assets held in Fund
Other receivable
Deposits
Digital assets, restricted
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
Total current assets
Other assets:
Property and equipment, net
Long term prepaids
Intangible assets, net
Total other assets
TOTAL ASSETS
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable
Accrued expenses
Warrant liability
Total current liabilities
Commitments and Contingencies
Stockholders’ Equity:
Preferred stock
Common stock
Additional paid-in capital
As of
June 30, 2021
As Reported
Restatement
Adjustments
Accounting
Policy
Adjustments
As Restated
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
170,616
28,966
166,915
121,583
3,571
491,651
80,151
11,095
967
92,213
583,864
437
2,190
718
3,345
—
10
722,543
(451)
(141,583)
580,519
583,864
As Reported
32,854
64,358
208,765
—
203,258
9,574
35,751
554,560
93,932
14,900
949
109,781
664,341
2,814
561
550
3,925
—
10
824,613
38
(2,148)
111
—
—
(1,999)
—
—
—
—
(1,999)
—
149
—
149
—
—
—
—
(2,148)
(2,148)
(1,999)
$
$
$
$
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
As of
September 30, 2021
Restatement
Adjustments
Accounting
Policy
Adjustments
$
$
$
—
(1,597)
144
—
—
—
—
(1,453)
—
—
—
—
(1,453)
—
144
—
144
—
—
—
—
(2,363)
—
12,710
—
(9,574)
—
773
—
—
—
—
773
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
170,654
26,818
167,026
121,583
3,571
489,652
80,151
11,095
967
92,213
581,865
437
2,339
718
3,494
—
10
722,543
(451)
(143,731)
578,371
581,865
As Restated
32,854
60,398
208,909
12,710
203,258
—
35,751
553,880
93,932
14,900
949
109,781
663,661
2,814
705
550
4,069
—
10
824,613
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
Accumulated deficit
Total stockholders’ equity
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
$
(451)
(163,756)
660,416
664,341
$
90
—
(1,597)
(1,597)
(1,453)
$
—
773
773
773
$
(451)
(164,580)
659,592
663,661
$
$
$
(in thousands)
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents
Restricted cash
Digital assets
Digital assets held in Fund
Other receivable
Deposits
Digital assets, restricted
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
Total current assets
Other assets:
Property and equipment, net
Advances to vendors
Investments
Long term prepaids
Right-of-use assets
Total other assets
TOTAL ASSETS
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable
Accrued expenses
Operating lease liabilities
Current portion of accrued interest
Total current liabilities
Long-term liabilities:
Notes payable
Operating lease liabilities
Deferred tax liabilities
Total long-term liabilities
Commitments and Contingencies
Stockholders’ Equity:
Preferred stock
Common stock
Additional paid-in capital
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
Accumulated deficit
Total stockholders’ equity
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
$
As of
March 31, 2022
As Reported
Restatement
Adjustments
Accounting
Policy
Adjustments
As Restated
$
$
$
$
117,911
600
135,124
218,237
4,720
40,792
20,437
54,765
592,586
333,317
594,240
13,500
3,131
1,326
945,514
1,538,100
7,715
4,125
264
2,710
14,814
729,377
1,071
18,724
749,172
—
11
939,742
(451)
(165,188)
774,114
1,538,100
91
31
—
(6,204)
202
—
—
—
(2,000)
(7,971)
—
—
20
2,000
—
2,020
(5,951)
—
517
—
—
517
—
—
(1,711)
(1,711)
—
—
—
451
(5,208)
(4,757)
(5,951)
$
$
$
$
—
—
527
—
25,150
—
(20,437)
—
5,240
—
—
—
—
—
—
5,240
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1,300
1,300
—
—
—
—
3,940
3,940
5,240
$
$
$
$
117,942
600
129,447
218,439
29,870
40,792
—
52,765
589,855
333,317
594,240
13,520
5,131
1,326
947,534
1,537,389
7,715
4,642
264
2,710
15,331
729,377
1,071
18,313
748,761
—
11
939,742
—
(166,456)
773,297
1,537,389
$
$
$
(in thousands)
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents
Restricted cash
Digital assets
Deposits
Digital assets, restricted
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
Total current assets
Other assets:
Property and equipment, net
Assets held for sale
Advances to vendors
Investments
Long term prepaids
Right-of-use assets
Total other assets
TOTAL ASSETS
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable
Accrued expenses
Short term borrowings - revolving credit line
Operating lease liabilities
Current portion of accrued interest
Total current liabilities
Long-term liabilities:
Notes payable
Operating lease liabilities
Deferred tax liabilities
Total long-term liabilities
Commitments and Contingencies
Stockholders’ Equity:
Preferred stock
Common stock
Additional paid-in capital
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
Accumulated deficit
Total stockholders’ equity
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
$
As of
June 30, 2022
As Reported
Restatement
Adjustments
Accounting
Policy
Adjustments
As Restated
$
$
$
$
86,461
3,200
136,836
40,006
53,559
42,130
362,192
314,257
14,758
800,205
17,000
—
1,166
1,147,386
1,509,578
48,577
5,783
35,000
162
623
90,145
730,348
1,067
28,571
759,986
—
11
1,016,722
(451)
(356,835)
659,447
1,509,578
92
(500)
—
(9,344)
—
(3,657)
(1,000)
(14,501)
(4,122)
—
—
(10)
1,000
—
(3,132)
(17,633)
—
(216)
—
—
—
(216)
—
—
(1,134)
(1,134)
—
—
—
451
(16,734)
(16,283)
(17,633)
$
$
$
$
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1,353
1,353
—
—
—
—
(1,353)
(1,353)
—
$
$
$
$
85,961
3,200
127,492
40,006
49,902
41,130
347,691
310,135
14,758
800,205
16,990
1,000
1,166
1,144,254
1,491,945
48,577
5,567
35,000
162
623
89,929
730,348
1,067
28,790
760,205
—
11
1,016,722
—
(374,922)
641,811
1,491,945
$
$
$
(in thousands)
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents
Restricted cash
Digital assets
Other receivable
Deposits
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
Total current assets
Other assets:
Property and equipment, net
Advances to vendors
Investments
Long term deposits
Long term prepaids
Right-of-use assets
Digital assets, restricted
Total other assets
TOTAL ASSETS
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable
Accrued expenses
Legal reserve payable
Operating lease liabilities
Current portion of accrued interest
Total current liabilities
Long-term liabilities:
Notes payable
Term loan
Operating lease liabilities
Deferred tax liabilities
Total long-term liabilities
Commitments and Contingencies
Stockholders’ Equity:
Preferred stock
Common stock
Additional paid-in capital
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
Accumulated deficit
Total stockholders’ equity
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
$
As of
September 30, 2022
As Reported
Restatement
Adjustments
Accounting
Policy
Adjustments
As Restated
$
$
$
$
55,339
8,800
126,418
1,000
22,534
26,016
240,107
403,523
687,777
37,000
26,554
8,704
1,370
70,743
1,235,671
1,475,778
19,051
2,141
21,200
306
2,844
45,542
731,319
49,863
1,132
22,820
805,134
—
12
1,057,798
(451)
(432,257)
625,102
1,475,778
93
—
—
(5,433)
—
—
(1,000)
(6,433)
(6,237)
—
(10)
—
1,000
—
(3,039)
(8,286)
(14,719)
—
45
—
—
—
45
—
—
—
(1,223)
(1,223)
—
—
—
451
(13,992)
(13,541)
(14,719)
$
$
$
$
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1,367
1,367
—
—
—
—
(1,367)
(1,367)
—
$
$
$
$
55,339
8,800
120,985
1,000
22,534
25,016
233,674
397,286
687,777
36,990
26,554
9,704
1,370
67,704
1,227,385
1,461,059
19,051
2,186
21,200
306
2,844
45,587
731,319
49,863
1,132
22,964
805,278
—
12
1,057,798
—
(447,616)
610,194
1,461,059
Unaudited Consolidated Interim Statements of Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
The following Unaudited Interim Statements of Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) tables present the impacts of the restatement adjustments for the periods ended March 31,
2021 and 2022, June 30, 2021 and 2022, and September 30, 2021 and 2022. For the impacts of the restatement adjustments for the Statements of Other Comprehensive Income
(Loss) for the period ended December 31, 2021 refer to NOTE 2 – RESTATEMENT OF CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENT. The Statements of Other
Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the period ended December 31, 2022 was not subject to restatement and is presented in Part I of ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA.
(in thousands, except share and per share data)
Total revenues
Costs and expenses
Cost of revenues
Cost of revenues - energy, hosting and other
Cost of revenues - depreciation and amortization
Total cost of revenues
Operating expenses
General and administrative expenses
Impairment of digital assets
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on digital assets
held within Investment Fund
Total operating expenses
Operating loss
Change in fair value of digital assets held in Fund
Other non-operating income (loss)
Interest expense
Income before income taxes
Income tax benefit (expense)
Net income (loss)
Net income (loss) per share, basic:
Net income (loss) per share, diluted:
Weighted average shares outstanding, basic:
Weighted average shares outstanding, diluted:
Other comprehensive income (loss)
Foreign currency translation adjustments
Comprehensive income (loss)
(in thousands, except share and per share data)
Total revenues
Costs and expenses
Cost of revenues
Cost of revenues - energy, hosting and other
Cost of revenues - depreciation and amortization
Total cost of revenues
Operating expenses
General and administrative expenses
Impairment of digital assets
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on digital assets
loan receivable and digital assets
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on digital assets
held within Investment Fund
Total operating expenses
Operating income (loss)
Change in fair value of digital assets held in Fund
Other non-operating income (loss)
Interest expense
Income (loss) before income taxes
Income tax benefit (expense)
Net income (loss)
Net loss per share, basic and diluted:
Weighted average shares outstanding, basic and diluted:
For the three months ended
March 31, 2021
As Reported
Restatement
Adjustments
Accounting
Policy
Adjustments
As Restated
$
9,153
$
—
$
—
$
9,153
(1,668)
(738)
(2,406)
(53,140)
(662)
—
(53,802)
(47,055)
131,823
(1,408)
(1)
83,359
(1)
83,358
0.88
0.87
94,350,216
96,251,240
—
83,358
$
$
$
$
—
—
—
(205)
(204)
132,028
131,619
131,619
(131,823)
—
—
(204)
—
(204)
—
—
94,350,216
96,251,240
—
(204)
$
$
$
$
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
94,350,216
96,251,240
—
—
$
$
$
$
(1,668)
(738)
(2,406)
(53,345)
(866)
132,028
77,817
84,564
—
(1,408)
(1)
83,155
(1)
83,154
0.88
0.86
94,350,216
96,251,240
—
83,154
For the three months ended
June 30, 2021
As Reported
Restatement
Adjustments
Accounting
Policy
Adjustments
As Restated
29,322
$
—
$
—
$
29,322
(4,056)
(2,938)
(6,994)
(6,628)
(11,079)
1
—
(17,706)
4,622
(114,908)
1,400
(1)
(108,887)
2
(108,885)
(1.09)
99,466,946
$
$
—
—
—
(203)
(1,944)
—
(114,705)
(116,852)
(116,852)
114,908
—
—
(1,944)
—
(1,944)
(0.02)
99,466,946
$
$
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
99,466,946
$
$
(4,056)
(2,938)
(6,994)
(6,831)
(13,023)
1
(114,705)
(134,558)
(112,230)
—
1,400
(1)
(110,831)
2
(110,829)
(1.11)
99,466,946
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
Other comprehensive income (loss)
Foreign currency translation adjustments
Comprehensive income (loss)
$
—
(108,885)
$
—
(1,944)
$
—
—
$
—
(110,829)
94
(in thousands, except share and per share data)
Total revenues
Costs and expenses
Cost of revenues
Cost of revenues - energy, hosting and other
Cost of revenues - depreciation and amortization
Total cost of revenues
Operating expenses
General and administrative expenses
Impairment of digital assets
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on digital assets
loan receivable and digital assets
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on digital assets
held within Investment Fund
Total operating expenses
Operating income (loss)
Change in fair value of digital assets held in Fund
Other non-operating income (loss)
Interest expense
Income (loss) before income taxes
Income tax benefit (expense)
Net income (loss)
Net loss per share, basic and diluted:
Weighted average shares outstanding, basic and diluted:
Other comprehensive income (loss)
Foreign currency translation adjustments
Comprehensive income (loss)
(in thousands, except share and per share data)
Total revenues
Costs and expenses
Cost of revenues
Cost of revenues - energy, hosting and other
Cost of revenues - depreciation and amortization
Total cost of revenues
Operating expenses
General and administrative expenses
Impairment of digital assets
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on digital assets
loan receivable and digital assets
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on digital assets
held within Investment Fund
Total operating expenses
Operating income (loss)
Change in fair value of digital assets held in Fund
Other non-operating income (loss)
Income (loss) before income taxes
Income tax benefit (expense)
Net income (loss)
Net loss per share, basic and diluted:
Weighted average shares outstanding, basic and diluted:
Other comprehensive income (loss)
Foreign currency translation adjustments
Comprehensive income (loss)
For the six months ended
June 30, 2021
As Reported
Restatement
Adjustments
Accounting
Policy
Adjustments
As Restated
$
38,475
$
—
$
—
$
38,475
(5,724)
(3,676)
(9,400)
(59,768)
(11,741)
1
—
(71,508)
(42,433)
16,915
(8)
(2)
(25,528)
1
(25,527)
(0.26)
96,922,964
—
(25,527)
$
$
—
—
—
(408)
(2,148)
—
17,323
14,767
14,767
(16,915)
—
—
(2,148)
—
(2,148)
(0.02)
96,922,964
—
(2,148)
$
$
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
96,922,964
—
—
$
$
(5,724)
(3,676)
(9,400)
(60,176)
(13,889)
1
17,323
(56,741)
(27,666)
—
(8)
(2)
(27,676)
1
(27,675)
(0.29)
96,922,964
—
(27,675)
$
$
For the three months ended
September 30, 2021
As Reported
Restatement
Adjustments
Accounting
Policy
Adjustments
As Restated
$
51,707
$
624
$
—
$
52,331
(5,923)
(4,340)
(10,263)
(98,999)
(6,732)
8
—
(105,723)
(64,279)
41,850
253
(22,176)
3
(22,173)
(0.22)
100,803,809
—
(22,173)
95
$
$
$
$
(624)
—
(624)
(237)
551
—
42,087
42,401
42,401
(41,850)
—
551
—
551
0.01
100,803,809
$
$
—
—
—
(428)
1,593
(392)
—
773
773
—
—
773
—
773
0.01
100,803,809
$
$
(6,547)
(4,340)
(10,887)
(99,664)
(4,588)
(384)
42,087
(62,549)
(21,105)
—
253
(20,852)
3
(20,849)
(0.21)
100,803,809
—
551
—
773
—
(20,849)
(in thousands, except share and per share data)
Total revenues
Costs and expenses
Cost of revenues
Cost of revenues - energy, hosting and other
Cost of revenues - depreciation and amortization
Total cost of revenues
Operating expenses
General and administrative expenses
Impairment of digital assets
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on digital assets
loan receivable and digital assets
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on digital assets
held within Investment Fund
Total operating expenses
Operating income (loss)
Change in fair value of digital assets held in Fund
Other non-operating income (loss)
Interest expense
Income (loss) before income taxes
Income tax benefit (expense)
Net income (loss)
For the nine months ended
September 30, 2021
As Reported
Restatement
Adjustments
90,182
624
(11,647)
(8,016)
(19,663)
(158,767)
(18,473)
9
—
(177,231)
(106,712)
58,765
245
(2)
(47,704)
4
(47,700)
(624)
—
(624)
—
(1,597)
—
59,410
57,168
57,168
(58,765)
—
—
(1,597)
—
(1,597)
Accounting
Policy
Adjustments
—
—
—
—
(428)
1,593
(392)
—
773
773
—
—
—
773
—
773
As Restated
90,806
(12,271)
(8,016)
(20,287)
(159,840)
(18,477)
(383)
59,410
(119,290)
(48,771)
—
245
(2)
(48,528)
4
(48,524)
Net loss per share, basic and diluted:
Weighted average shares outstanding, basic and diluted:
$
(0.49)
98,230,795
$
(0.02)
98,230,795
$
0.01
98,230,795
$
(0.49)
98,230,795
Other comprehensive income (loss)
Foreign currency translation adjustments
Comprehensive income (loss)
(in thousands, except share and per share data)
Total Revenues
Costs and expenses
Cost of revenues
Cost of revenues - energy, hosting and other
Cost of revenues - depreciation and amortization
Total cost of revenues
Operating expenses
General and administrative expenses
Impairment of digital assets
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on digital assets
loan receivable and digital assets
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on digital assets
held within Investment Fund
Total operating expenses
Operating income (loss)
Change in fair value of digital assets held in Fund
Other non-operating income (loss)
Interest expense
Income (loss) before income taxes
Income tax benefit (expense)
Net income (loss)
Net income per share, basic:
Net income per share, diluted:
Weighted average shares outstanding, basic:
Weighted average shares outstanding, diluted:
Other comprehensive income (loss)
Foreign currency translation adjustments
Comprehensive income (loss)
—
(47,700)
—
(1,597)
—
773
—
(48,524)
For the three months ended
December 31, 2021
As Reported
Restatement
Adjustments
Accounting
Policy
Adjustments
As Restated
$
60,282
$
8,075
$
—
$
68,357
(7,145)
(6,888)
(14,033)
(13,536)
(11,080)
5
—
(24,611)
21,638
15,013
(552)
(1,567)
34,532
(23,006)
11,526
0.11
0.10
102,620,749
113,402,577
$
$
$
(8,075)
—
(8,075)
(557)
(851)
—
15,286
13,878
13,878
(15,013)
—
—
(1,135)
781
(354)
—
—
102,620,749
113,402,577
$
$
$
—
—
—
(423)
78
935
—
590
590
—
19
—
609
(354)
255
—
—
102,620,749
113,402,577
$
$
$
(15,220)
(6,888)
(22,108)
(14,516)
(11,853)
940
15,286
(10,143)
36,106
—
(533)
(1,567)
34,006
(22,579)
11,427
0.11
0.10
102,620,749
113,402,577
—
11,526
(451)
(805)
—
255
(451)
10,976
$
$
$
96
(in thousands, except share and per share data)
Total revenues
Costs and expenses
Cost of revenues
Cost of revenues - energy, hosting and other
Cost of revenues - depreciation and amortization
Total cost of revenues
Operating expenses
General and administrative expenses
Impairment of digital assets
Impairment of patents
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on digital assets
loan receivable and digital assets
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on digital assets
held within Investment Fund
Total operating expenses
Operating income ( loss)
Change in fair value of digital assets held in Fund
Other non-operating income (loss)
Interest expense
Income (loss) before income taxes
Income tax benefit (expense)
Net income (loss)
Net loss per share, basic and diluted:
Weighted average shares outstanding, basic and diluted:
Other comprehensive income (loss)
Foreign currency translation adjustments
Comprehensive income (loss)
(in thousands, except share and per share data)
Total revenues
Costs and expenses
Cost of revenues
Cost of revenues - energy, hosting and other
Cost of revenues - depreciation and amortization
Total cost of revenues
Operating expenses
General and administrative expenses
Impairment of digital assets
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on digital assets
loan receivable and digital assets
Gain on sale of equipment, net of disposals
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on digital assets
held within Investment Fund
Total operating expenses
Operating income (loss)
Change in fair value of digital assets held in Fund
Other non-operating income (loss)
Interest expense
Income (loss) before income taxes
Income tax benefit (expense)
Net income (loss)
Net loss per share, basic and diluted:
Weighted average shares outstanding, basic and diluted:
Other comprehensive income (loss)
Foreign currency translation adjustments
Comprehensive income (loss)
For the three months ended
March 31, 2022
As Reported
Restatement
Adjustments
Accounting
Policy
Adjustments
As Restated
$
51,718
$
5
$
—
$
51,723
(12,517)
(13,877)
(26,394)
(13,980)
(19,551)
(919)
—
—
(34,450)
(9,126)
(5,542)
227
(2,814)
(17,255)
4,296
(12,959)
(0.13)
103,102,596
$
$
(5)
—
(5)
(214)
(3,756)
—
—
(5,328)
(9,298)
(9,298)
5,542
20
—
(3,736)
930
(2,806)
(0.03)
103,102,596
$
$
—
—
—
(1,322)
5,660
—
(461)
—
3,877
3,877
—
—
—
3,877
(965)
2,912
0.03
103,102,596
$
$
(12,522)
(13,877)
(26,399)
(15,516)
(17,647)
(919)
(461)
(5,328)
(39,871)
(14,547)
—
247
(2,814)
(17,114)
4,261
(12,853)
(0.12)
103,102,596
$
$
—
(12,959)
—
(2,806)
—
2,912
—
(12,853)
For the three months ended
June 30, 2022
As Reported
Restatement
Adjustments
Accounting
Policy
Adjustments
As Restated
$
24,922
$
1
$
—
$
24,923
(16,685)
(24,710)
(41,395)
(12,420)
(127,590)
—
58,182
—
(81,828)
(98,301)
(79,910)
165
(3,748)
(181,794)
(9,852)
(191,646)
(1.75)
109,437,293
—
(191,646)
97
$
$
$
$
(1)
—
(1)
(221)
(6,797)
—
(4,122)
(79,689)
(90,829)
(90,829)
79,910
(30)
—
(10,949)
(577)
(11,526)
(0.11)
109,437,293
$
$
—
—
—
2,173
6,586
(13,999)
—
—
(5,240)
(5,240)
—
—
—
(5,240)
(54)
(5,294)
(0.05)
109,437,293
$
$
(16,686)
(24,710)
(41,396)
(10,468)
(127,801)
(13,999)
54,060
(79,689)
(177,897)
(194,370)
—
135
(3,748)
(197,983)
(10,483)
(208,466)
(1.90)
109,437,293
—
(11,526)
—
(5,294)
—
(208,466)
(in thousands, except share and per share data)
Total revenues
Costs and expenses
Cost of revenues
Cost of revenues - energy, hosting and other
Cost of revenues - depreciation and amortization
Total cost of revenues
Operating expenses
General and administrative expenses
Impairment of digital assets
Impairment of patents
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on digital assets
loan receivable and digital assets
Gain on sale of equipment, net of disposals
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on digital assets
held within Investment Fund
Total operating expenses
Operating income (loss)
Change in fair value of digital assets held in Fund
Other non-operating income (loss)
Interest expense
Income (loss) before income taxes
Income tax benefit (expense)
Net income (loss)
Net loss per share, basic and diluted:
Weighted average shares outstanding, basic and diluted:
Other comprehensive income (loss)
Foreign currency translation adjustments
Comprehensive income (loss)
(in thousands, except share and per share data)
Total revenues
Costs and expenses
Cost of revenues
Cost of revenues - energy, hosting and other
Cost of revenues - depreciation and amortization
Total cost of revenues
Operating expenses
General and administrative expenses
Legal reserves
Impairment of deposits due to vendor bankruptcy filing
Impairment of digital assets
Gain on sale of equipment, net of disposals
Total operating expenses
Operating income (loss)
Impairment of loan and investment due to vendor bankruptcy
filing
Change in fair value of digital assets held in Fund
Other non-operating income (loss)
Interest expense
Income (loss) before income taxes
Income tax benefit (expense)
Net income (loss)
Net loss per share, basic and diluted:
Weighted average shares outstanding, basic and diluted:
Other comprehensive income (loss)
Foreign currency translation adjustments
Comprehensive income (loss)
For the six months ended
June 30, 2022
As Reported
Restatement
Adjustments
Accounting
Policy
Adjustments
As Restated
$
76,640
$
6
$
—
$
76,646
(29,202)
(38,587)
(67,789)
(26,400)
(147,141)
(919)
—
58,182
—
(116,278)
(107,427)
(85,452)
392
(6,562)
(199,049)
(5,556)
(204,605)
(1.93)
106,101,762
$
$
(6)
—
(6)
(435)
(10,553)
—
—
(4,122)
(85,017)
(100,127)
(100,127)
85,452
(10)
—
(14,685)
353
(14,332)
(0.14)
106,101,762
$
$
—
—
—
851
12,246
—
(14,460)
—
—
(1,363)
(1,363)
—
—
—
(1,363)
(1,019)
(2,382)
(0.02)
106,101,762
$
$
(29,208)
(38,587)
(67,795)
(25,984)
(145,448)
(919)
(14,460)
54,060
(85,017)
(217,768)
(208,917)
—
382
(6,562)
(215,097)
(6,222)
(221,319)
(2.09)
106,101,762
$
$
—
(204,605)
—
(14,332)
—
(2,382)
—
(221,319)
For the three months ended
September 30, 2022
As Reported
Restatement
Adjustments
Accounting
Policy
Adjustments
As Restated
$
12,690
$
—
$
—
$
12,690
(13,773)
(26,295)
(40,068)
(12,118)
(24,960)
(7,987)
(5,904)
31,935
(19,034)
(46,412)
(31,013)
(234)
238
(3,752)
(81,173)
5,750
(75,423)
(0.65)
116,533,816
$
$
—
—
—
(28)
—
—
4,529
(2,115)
2,386
2,386
—
234
—
—
2,620
122
2,742
0.02
116,533,816
$
$
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
(14)
(14)
—
116,533,816
$
$
(13,773)
(26,295)
(40,068)
(12,146)
(24,960)
(7,987)
(1,375)
29,820
(16,648)
(44,026)
(31,013)
—
238
(3,752)
(78,553)
5,858
(72,695)
(0.62)
116,533,816
—
(75,423)
—
2,742
—
(14)
—
(72,695)
$
$
98
(in thousands, except share and per share data)
Total revenues
Costs and expenses
Cost of revenues
Cost of revenues - energy, hosting and other
Cost of revenues - depreciation and amortization
Total cost of revenues
Operating expenses
General and administrative expenses
Legal reserves
Impairment of deposits due to vendor bankruptcy filing
Impairment of digital assets
Impairment of patents
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on digital assets
loan receivable and digital assets
Gain on sale of equipment, net of disposals
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on digital assets
held within Investment Fund
Total operating expenses
Operating income (loss)
Change in fair value of digital assets held in Fund
Other non-operating income (loss)
Impairment of loan and investment due to vendor bankruptcy
filing
Interest expense
Income (loss) before income taxes
Income tax benefit (expense)
Net income (loss)
Net loss per share, basic and diluted:
Weighted average shares outstanding, basic and diluted:
Other comprehensive income (loss)
Foreign currency translation adjustments
Comprehensive income (loss)
(in thousands, except share and per share data)
Total revenues
Costs and expenses
Cost of revenues
Cost of revenues - energy, hosting and other
Cost of revenues - depreciation and amortization
Total cost of revenues
Operating expenses
General and administrative expenses
Legal reserves
Impairment of deposits due to vendor bankruptcy filing
Impairment of digital assets
Impairment of mining equipment and advances to vendors
Total operating expenses
Operating income (loss)
Other non-operating income (loss)
Interest expense
Income (loss) before income taxes
Income tax benefit (expense)
Net loss
Net income (loss) per share, basic and diluted:
Weighted average shares outstanding, basic and diluted:
For the nine months ended
September 30, 2022
As Reported
Restatement
Adjustments
Accounting
Policy
Adjustments
As Restated
$
89,330
$
6
$
—
$
89,336
(42,975)
(64,882)
(107,857)
(38,518)
(24,960)
(7,987)
(153,045)
(919)
—
90,117
—
(135,312)
(153,839)
(85,686)
630
(31,013)
(10,314)
(280,222)
194
(280,028)
(2.56)
109,492,865
$
$
(6)
—
(6)
(463)
—
—
(6,024)
—
—
(6,237)
(85,017)
(97,741)
(97,741)
85,686
(10)
—
—
(12,065)
475
(11,590)
(0.11)
109,492,865
$
$
—
—
—
851
—
—
12,246
—
(14,460)
—
—
(1,363)
(1,363)
—
—
—
—
(1,363)
(1,033)
(2,396)
(0.02)
109,492,865
$
$
(42,981)
(64,882)
(107,863)
(38,130)
(24,960)
(7,987)
(146,823)
(919)
(14,460)
83,880
(85,017)
(234,416)
(252,943)
—
620
(31,013)
(10,314)
(293,650)
(364)
(294,014)
(2.69)
109,492,865
—
(280,028)
—
(11,590)
—
(2,396)
—
(294,014)
$
$
For the three months ended
December 31, 2022
$
28,417
(29,736)
(13,827)
(43,563)
(18,609)
(1,171)
(16,674)
(26,392)
(332,933)
(395,779)
(410,925)
663
(4,666)
(414,928)
22,202
(392,726)
(3.14)
125,263,133
$
$
99
Unaudited Interim Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
The following Unaudited Interim Consolidated Statement of Cash Flow tables present the impacts of the restatement adjustments for the periods ended March 31, 2021 and
2022, June 30, 2021 and 2022, and September 30, 2021 and 2022. For the impacts of the restatement adjustments for the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for the period
ended December 31, 2021 refer to NOTE 2 – RESTATEMENT OF CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENT. The Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the
period ended December 31, 2022 was not subject to restatement and is presented in Part I of ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA.
(in thousands)
Cash flows from operating activities
Net income
Adjustments to reconcile net less to net cash used in operating
activities:
Realized and unrealized losses (gains) on digital assets held
within Investment Fund
Change in fair value of digital assets held in Investment
Fund
Impairment of digital assets
Other adjustment from operations, net
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
All other adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used
in operating activities
Net cash used in operating activities
Cash flows from investing activities
All other adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in
investing activities
Net cash used in investing activities
Cash flows from financing activities
All other adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in
financing activities
Net cash used in financing activities
Net (decrease) increase in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted
cash
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash — beginning of
period
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash — end of period
(in thousands)
Cash flows from operating activities
Net loss
Adjustments to reconcile net less to net cash used in operating
activities:
Realized and unrealized losses (gains) on digital assets held
within Investment Fund
Change in fair value of digital assets held in Investment
Fund
Impairment of digital assets
Other adjustment from operations, net
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
All other adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used
in operating activities
Net cash used in operating activities
Cash flows from investing activities
All other adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in
investing activities
Net cash used in investing activities
Cash flows from financing activities
For the three months ended
March 31, 2021
As Reported
Restatement
Adjustments
Accounting
Policy
Adjustments
As Restated
83,358
(204)
—
83,154
—
(131,823)
(131,823)
662
—
(14)
44,733
(3,084)
(238,662)
(238,662)
312,357
312,357
70,611
141,323
211,934
131,823
204
(205)
205
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
(131,823)
—
866
(205)
191
44,733
(3,084)
(238,662)
(238,662)
312,357
312,357
70,611
141,323
211,934
For the six months ended
June 30, 2021
As Reported
Restatement
Adjustments
Accounting
Policy
Adjustments
As Restated
(25,527)
(2,148)
—
(27,675)
—
(16,915)
11,741
859
1,627
21,423
(6,792)
(17,323)
16,915
2,148
296
150
—
38
(272,462)
(272,462)
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
(17,323)
—
13,889
1,155
1,777
21,423
(6,754)
(272,462)
(272,462)
All other adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in
financing activities
Net cash used in financing activities
Net (decrease) increase in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted
cash
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash — beginning of
period
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash — end of period
308,547
308,547
29,293
141,323
170,616
100
—
—
38
—
38
—
—
—
—
—
308,547
308,547
29,331
141,323
170,654
(in thousands)
Cash flows from operating activities
Net loss
Adjustments to reconcile net less to net cash used in operating
activities:
Realized and unrealized losses (gains) on digital assets held
within Investment Fund
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on digital assets loan
receivable and digital assets
Change in fair value of digital assets held in Investment
Fund
Impairment of digital assets
Other adjustment from operations, net
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Prepaid expenses and other assets
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
All other adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in
operating activities
Net cash used in operating activities
Cash flows from investing activities
All other adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in
investing activities
Net cash used in investing activities
Cash flows from financing activities
All other adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in
financing activities
Net cash used in financing activities
Net (decrease) increase in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted
cash
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash — beginning of
period
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash — end of period
(in thousands)
Cash flows from operating activities
Net loss
Adjustments to reconcile net less to net cash used in operating
activities:
Deferred tax benefit
Realized and unrealized losses (gains) on digital assets held
within Investment Fund
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on digital assets loan
receivable and digital assets
Change in fair value of digital assets held in Investment
Fund
Impairment of digital assets
Other adjustment from operations, net
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Prepaid expenses and other assets
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
All other adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in
operating activities
Net cash used in operating activities
Cash flows from investing activities
All other adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in
investing activities
Net cash used in investing activities
Cash flows from financing activities
For the nine months ended
September 30, 2021
As Reported
Restatement
Adjustments
Accounting
Policy
Adjustments
As Restated
(47,700)
(1,597)
773
(48,524)
—
(9)
(58,765)
18,473
—
(28,700)
2,375
70,411
(43,915)
(372,223)
(372,223)
307,669
307,669
(108,469)
141,323
32,854
(59,410)
—
58,765
1,596
502
—
144
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
392
—
(1,593)
—
428
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
(59,410)
383
—
18,476
502
—
(28,272)
2,519
70,411
(43,915)
(372,223)
(372,223)
307,669
307,669
(108,469)
141,323
32,854
For the three months ended
March 31, 2022
As Reported
Restatement
Adjustments
Accounting
Policy
Adjustments
As Restated
(12,959)
(2,806)
2,912
(12,853)
(4,296)
—
—
5,542
19,551
—
(6,211)
(1,087)
(26,599)
(26,059)
(209,425)
(209,425)
(930)
5,328
—
(5,542)
3,756
(222)
—
447
—
31
—
—
965
—
461
—
(5,660)
—
1,322
—
—
—
(4,261)
5,328
461
—
17,647
(222)
(4,889)
(640)
(26,599)
(26,028)
—
—
(209,425)
(209,425)
All other adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in
financing activities
Net cash used in financing activities
Net (decrease) increase in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted
cash
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash — beginning of
period
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash — end of period
85,473
85,473
(150,011)
268,522
118,511
101
—
—
31
—
31
—
—
—
—
—
85,473
85,473
(149,980)
268,522
118,542
(in thousands)
Cash flows from operating activities
Net loss
Adjustments to reconcile net less to net cash used in operating
activities:
Gain on sale of assets
Deferred tax expense
Realized and unrealized losses (gains) on digital assets held within
Investment Fund
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on digital assets loan
receivable and digital assets
Change in fair value of digital assets held in Investment Fund
Impairment of digital assets
Other adjustment from operations, net
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Prepaid expenses and other assets
All other adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in
operating activities
Net cash used in operating activities
Cash flows from investing activities
Deconsolidation of Fund
All other adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in
investing activities
Net cash used in investing activities
Cash flows from financing activities
All other adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in
financing activities
Net cash used in financing activities
Net (decrease) increase in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash — beginning of period
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash — end of period
For the six months ended
June 30, 2022
As Reported
Restatement
Adjustments
Accounting
Policy
Adjustments
As Restated
(204,605)
(14,332)
(2,382)
(221,319)
(58,182)
5,550
4,122
(353)
—
85,017
—
85,452
147,141
498
(1,269)
(15,424)
(40,839)
—
(334,020)
(334,020)
195,998
195,998
(178,861)
268,522
89,661
102
—
(85,452)
10,552
447
—
—
1
(500)
—
(500)
—
—
(499)
—
(499)
—
1,019
—
14,460
—
(12,246)
—
(851)
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
(54,060)
6,216
85,017
14,460
—
145,447
945
—
(2,120)
(15,424)
(40,838)
(500)
(334,020)
(334,520)
195,998
195,998
(179,360)
268,522
89,162
(in thousands)
Cash flows from operating activities
Net loss
Adjustments to reconcile net less to net cash used in operating
activities:
Gain on Sale of Asset, net of disposals
Deferred tax expense
Realized and unrealized losses (gains) on digital currencies held
within Investment Fund
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on digital assets loan
receivable and digital assets
Change in fair value of digital assets held in Investment Fund
Impairment of digital currencies
Other adjustment from operations, net
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Prepaid expenses and other assets
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
All other adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in
operating activities
Net cash used in operating activities
Cash flows from investing activities
Deconsolidation of Fund
All other adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in
investing activities
Net cash used in investing activities
Cash flows from financing activities
All other adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in
financing activities
Net cash used in financing activities
Net (decrease) increase in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash — beginning of period
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash — end of period
NOTE 17 – SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
For the nine months ended
September 30, 2022
As Reported
Restatement
Adjustments
Accounting
Policy
Adjustments
As Restated
(280,028)
(11,590)
(2,396)
(294,014)
(90,117)
(194)
6,237
(475)
—
85,017
—
85,686
153,045
898
(30,583)
8,094
68,956
(84,243)
—
(368,073)
(368,073)
247,899
247,899
(204,417)
268,556
64,139
—
(85,686)
6,023
1,181
—
(206)
—
501
(500)
—
(500)
—
—
1
—
1
—
1,033
—
14,460
—
(12,246)
—
(851)
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
(83,880)
364
85,017
14,460
—
146,822
2,079
—
(31,434)
7,888
68,956
(83,742)
(500)
(368,073)
(368,573)
247,899
247,899
(204,416)
268,556
64,140
On January 27, 2023, the Company and FSI entered into an Agreement regarding formation of an Abu Dhabi Global Markets company (the “ADGM Entity”), whose purpose
shall be to jointly (a) establish and operate one or more mining facilities for digital assets; and (b) mine digital assets. The initial project by the ADGM Entity shall consist of
two digital asset mining sites comprising 250 MW in Abu Dhabi, and the initial equity ownership in the ADGM Entity shall be 80% FSI and 20% the Company, and capital
contributions will be made, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain conditions, during the 2023 development period in those proportions, consisting of both cash and in
kind, in amounts of approximately $406,000 thousand in aggregate.
On February 6, 2023, the Company provided Silvergate Bank with the required 30-day notice stating the Company’s intent to prepay the outstanding balance on its term loan
facility as well as the Company’s intent to terminate the term loan facility. The Company and Silvergate subsequently agreed to also terminate the revolving line of credit
(“RLOC”) facility. On March 8, 2023, the term loan prepayment was completed, and the Company’s term loan and RLOC facilities with Silvergate Bank were terminated.
On March 12, 2023, Signature Bank was closed by its state chartering authority, the New York State Department of Financial Services. On the same date the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) was appointed as receiver and transferred all customer deposits and substantially all of the assets of Signature Bank to Signature Bridge Bank,
N.A., a full-service bank that is being operated by the FDIC. The Company automatically became a customer of Signature Bridge Bank, N.A. as part of this action. The
Company held approximately $142,000 thousand cash deposits at Signature Bridge Bank, N.A.as of March 12, 2023. Normal banking activities resumed on Monday, March 13,
2023.
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ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
None.
ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Management’s Conclusions Regarding Effectiveness of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
We conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our “disclosure controls and procedures” (“Disclosure Controls”), as defined by Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the
Exchange Act, as of December 31, 2022, the end of the period covered by this Annual Report on Form 10-K. The Disclosure Controls evaluation was done under the
supervision and with the participation of management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, with the goal being that the information required to
be disclosed by us in reports filed under the Exchange Act is (i) recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms
and (ii) accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, as
appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding disclosure. There are inherent limitations to the effectiveness of any system of disclosure controls and procedures. Accordingly,
even effective disclosure controls and procedures can only provide reasonable assurance of achieving their control objectives. Based upon this evaluation, our Chief Executive
Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, our disclosure controls and procedures were ineffective as of December 31, 2022.
Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the
Exchange Act. Our management is also required to assess and report on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting in accordance with Section 404 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (“Section 404”). Our internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of
financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes of accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.
A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material
misstatement of our annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. A significant deficiency is a deficiency, or a combination of
deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting that is less severe than a material weakness, yet important enough to merit attention by those responsible for oversight
of the company’s financial reporting.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future
periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies and procedures may
deteriorate.
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Management assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2022. In making this assessment, we used the criteria set forth by the
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“COSO”) in Internal Control - Integrated Framework in the 2013 COSO framework.
Based on this evaluation, management identified a weakness in internal control over financial reporting related to the application and interpretation of generally accepted
accounting principles (“GAAP”) primarily in the areas of consolidation, impairment of digital assets, disposal of property and equipment and principal versus agent
considerations in revenue recognition. In addition, the Company has not designed or implemented user access controls to ensure appropriate segregation of duties, or program
change management controls for certain financially relevant systems impacting the Company’s processes around revenue recognition and digital assets to ensure that IT
program and data changes affecting the Company’s (i) financial IT applications, (ii) digital currency mining equipment, and (iii) underlying accounting records, are identified,
tested, authorized and implemented appropriately to validate that data produced by its relevant IT system(s) were complete and accurate. Automated process-level controls and
manual controls that are dependent upon the information derived from such financially relevant systems were also determined to be ineffective as a result of such deficiency.
The Company has also not effectively designed a key manual control to detect material misstatements in revenue.
The material weakness related to the application and interpretation of GAAP, as described above, resulted in a material misstatement to the Company’s previously issued
consolidated financial statements. The material weakness associated with the manual control over revenue recognition did not result in a material misstatement to the
Company’s previously issued consolidated financial statements, nor in the consolidated financial statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
As a result of the material weaknesses outlined above, the report of our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, Marcum
LLP, regarding its audit of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2022, which is included below under the heading “Report of Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm on Internal Control over Financial Reporting”, expresses an adverse opinion on our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2022.
Remediation
Our Board of Directors, Audit Committee and management take internal control over financial reporting and the integrity of our financial statements seriously.
Management is responsible its assessment of the effectiveness of internal controls over financial reporting and is committed to improving its controls related to the material
weaknesses described above, such that these controls are designed, implemented, and operating effectively. In order to achieve the timely implementation of the above,
Management has commenced the following actions and will continue to assess additional opportunities for remediation on an ongoing basis:
● Continue the process we started during 2022 of adding to our internal resources to enhance our capabilities in the areas of technical accounting, financial reporting,
and internal controls
● Continue the process started during 2022 of utilizing external third-party technical accounting resources to supplement our ability to interpret and apply GAAP as we
continue to build our internal capabilities in these areas
● Continue to utilize external third-party audit and SOX 404 implementation firms to enable the company to improve the Company’s controls related to our material
weaknesses.
● Continue to evaluate existing processes, and implement new processes and controls where necessary in connection with remediating our material weaknesses, such
that these controls are designed, implemented, and operating effectively.
We recognize that the material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting will not be considered remediated until the remediate controls operate for a sufficient
period of time and can be tested and concluded by management to be designed and operating effectively. Because our remediation efforts are ongoing, we cannot provide any
assurance that these remediation efforts will be successful or that our internal control over financial reporting will be effective as a result of these efforts.
We continue to evaluate and work to improve our internal control over financial reporting related to the identified material weaknesses and management may determine to take
additional measures to address control deficiencies or determine to modify the remediation plan described above. In addition, we will report the progress and status of the above
remediation efforts to the Audit Committee on a periodic basis.
Change in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
Other than what is disclosed above there were no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended December 31, 2022.
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
ON INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING
To the Stockholders and Board of Directors of
Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc.
Adverse Opinion on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
We have audited Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc.’s (the “Company”) internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2022, based on criteria established in Internal
Control-Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. In our opinion, because of the effect of the material
weaknesses described in the following paragraph on the achievement of the objectives of the control criteria, the Company has not maintained effective internal control over
financial reporting as of December 31, 2022, based on criteria established in Internal Control-Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring
Organizations of the Treadway Commission.
A material weakness is a control deficiency, or combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material
misstatement of the Company’s annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. The following material weaknesses have been
identified and included in “Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting”:
The Company had a material weakness related to the application and interpretation of generally accepted accounting principles primarily in the areas of consolidation,
impairment of digital assets, disposal of property and equipment, and principal versus agent considerations in revenue recognition.
In addition, the Company has not designed or implemented user access controls to ensure appropriate segregation of duties or program change management controls for certain
financially relevant systems impacting the Company’s processes around revenue recognition and digital assets to ensure that IT program and data changes affecting the
Company’s (i) financial IT applications, (ii) digital currency mining equipment, and (iii) underlying accounting records, are identified, tested, authorized and implemented
appropriately to validate that data produced by its relevant IT system(s) were complete and accurate. Automated process-level controls and manual controls that are dependent
upon the information derived from such financially relevant systems were also determined to be ineffective as a result of such deficiency. The Company has also not effectively
designed a manual key control to detect material misstatements in revenue.
These material weaknesses were considered in determining the nature, timing and extent of audit tests applied in our audit of the fiscal December 31, 2022 consolidated
financial statements, and this report does not affect our report dated March 16, 2023 on those financial statements.
We have also audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”), the consolidated balance sheets as of
December 31, 2022 and 2021 and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended
December 31, 2022, of the Company, and our report dated March 16, 2023 expressed an unqualified opinion on those financial statements.
Basis for Opinion
The Company’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting, and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over
financial reporting, included in the accompanying “Management Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting”. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on
the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the 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 audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about
whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit of internal control over financial reporting included obtaining an
understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of
internal control based on the assessed risk. Our audit also included performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit
provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
Definition and Limitations of Internal Control over Financial Reporting
A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of
financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those
policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the
company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company;
and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material
effect on the financial statements.
Because of the inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to
future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may
deteriorate.
/s/ Marcum LLP
Marcum LLP
Costa Mesa, California
March 16, 2023
ITEM 9B. OTHER INFORMATION
None.
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ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
PART III
The information required by this Item is incorporated herein by reference to the information provided under the headings “Executive Officers of the Company,” “Election of
Directors – Nominees,” and “Corporate Governance and the Board of Directors and its Committees” in our definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A to be filed with the SEC
not later than 120 days after the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 (the “2023 Proxy Statement”).
ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
The information required by this Item is incorporated herein by reference to the information provided under the headings “Executive Officers of the Company,” “Election of
Directors – Nominees,” and “Corporate Governance and the Board of Directors and its Committees” in our 2023 Proxy Statement.
ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
The information required by this Item is incorporated herein by reference to the information provided under the headings “Executive Officers of the Company,” “Election of
Directors – Nominees,” and “Corporate Governance and the Board of Directors and its Committees” in our 2023 Proxy Statement.
ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE
The information required by this Item is incorporated herein by reference to the information provided under the headings “Executive Officers of the Company,” “Election of
Directors – Nominees,” and “Corporate Governance and the Board of Directors and its Committees” in our 2023 Proxy Statement.
ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES
The information required by this Item is incorporated herein by reference to the information provided under the headings “Executive Officers of the Company,” “Election of
Directors – Nominees,” and “Corporate Governance and the Board of Directors and its Committees” in our 2023 Proxy Statement.
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ITEM 15. EXHIBITS
The following exhibits are filed as part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
PART IV
Exhibit No.
3.1
3.2
3.3
3.4
3.5
3.6
4.1
4.2
4.3
Description
Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company dated November 25, 2011. (1)
Certificate of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation dated February 15, 2013. (2)
Certificate of Amendment to Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation dated July 18, 2013 (3)
Certificate of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation dated October 25, 2017. (4)
Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company dated November 25, 2011. (5)
Certificate of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation dated April 8, 2019 (48)
Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock. (6)
Certificate of Designation of Rights, Powers, Preferences, Privileges and Restrictions of 0% Series E Convertible Preferred Stock. (7)
Certificate of Correction to Certificate of Designation of Rights, Powers, Preferences, Privileges and Restrictions of 0% Series E Convertible Preferred Stock.
4.4
4.5
4.6
4.7
4.8
10.1
10.2
10.3
10.4
10.5
10.6
10.7
10.8
10.9
10.10
10.11
10.12
10.13
10.14
10.15
10.16
10.17
10.18
10.19
10.20
10.21
10.22
10.23
10.24
(8)
Form of proposed Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of 0% Series E-1 Convertible Preferred Stock. (9)
Form of Underwriter’s Warrant (51)
Indenture, dated as of November 18, 2021, between Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee and Form of Certificate with
Respect Thereto(66)
Form of At The Market Offering Agreement (70)
Amendment to Bylaws (74)
Form of Unit Purchase Agreement dated as of August 14, 2017. (10)
Form of Registration Rights Agreement dated as of August 14, 2017. (11)
Form of 5% Convertible Promissory Note dated August 14, 2017. (12)
Form of Common Stock Purchase Warrant dated August 14, 2017. (13)
Form of Exchange Agreement dated as of July 16, 2017. (14)
Form of Exchange Agreement dated as of August 7, 2017. (15)
Form of Exchange Agreement dated as of November 28, 2017. (16)
Amended and Restated Croxall Retention Agreement dated August 30, 2017. (17)
Retention Agreement with Francis Knuettel II dated August 31, 2017. (18)
Employment Agreement with James Crawford dated August 31, 2017. (19)
Consulting Termination and Release Agreement with Erich Spangenberg dated August 31, 2017. (20)
Consulting Agreement dated August 31, 2017 with Page Innovations, LLC. (21)
Form of Lock-up Agreement with Doug Croxall dated September 7, 2017. (22)
Letter agreement with Revere Investments L.P., dated October 31, 2017. (23)
Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of November 1, 2017. (24)
Amendment to Croxall Retention Agreement dated November 1, 2017. (25)
Voting and Standstill Agreement with Doug Croxall dated November 1, 2017. (26)
CF Marathon LLC Limited Liability Company Agreement dated as of October 20, 2017. (27)
First Amendment to Amended and Restated Revenue Sharing and Securities Purchase Agreement and Restructuring Agreement dated as of August 3, 2017. (28)
M&A Advisory Agreement with Palladium Capital Advisors, LLC, dated November 13, 2017. (29)
CIARA Technologies Agreement. (Confidential Treatment Requested) (30)
Master Services Agreement with Hypertec Systems Inc. dated December 15, 2017. (Confidential Treatment Requested) (31)
Engagement Letter with Roth Capital Partners, LLC dated December 7, 2017. (32)
Fairness Opinion dated December 13, 2017. (33)
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10.25
10.26
10.27
10.28
10.29
10.30
10.31
10.32
10.33
10.34
10.35
10.36
10.37
10.38
10.39
10.40
10.41
10.42
10.43
10.44
10.45
10.46
10.47
10.48
10.49
10.50
10.51
10.52
10.53
10.54
10.55
10.56
10.57
10.58
10.59
10.60
10.61
10.62
10.63
10.64
14.1
16.1
16.2
23.1
23.2
31.1
31.2
32.1
Form of Securities Purchase Agreement. (34)
Form of Securities Purchase Agreement. (35)
Patent Rights Purchase and Assignment Agreement with XpresSpa Group, Inc. dated January 11, 2018. (36)
Amendment No. 1 to Agreement and Plan of Merger dated January 23, 2018. (37)
Lease Agreement, by and between 9349-0001 Quebec Inc. and Cryptoespace Inc., dated November 11, 2017. (38)
Assignment and Assumption Agreement, by and between Blocespace Inc. and Marathon Crypto Mining, Inc., dated February 12, 2018 (39)
Settlement Agreement and Release of Claims, dated March 8, 2018. (40)
Amendment No. 2 to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated March 19, 2018. (41)
Amended and Restated Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated April 3, 2018. (42)
Executive Employment Agreement (46)
Executive Employment Agreement (47)
At the Market Offering Agreement with HC Wainwright & Co., dated July 2019 (49)
Asset Purchase Agreement with SelectGreen, Ltd., dated August 2019 (50)
Form of Lockup Agreement (51)
Form of At the Market Agreement (52)
Sales and Purchase Agreement between the Company and Bitmain (53)
Executive Employment Agreement between the Company and Simeon Salzman (54)
Sales and Purchase Agreement between the Company and Bitmain (55)
Sales and Purchase Agreement between the Company and Bitmain (56)
Form of At the Market Agreement (57)
Sales and Purchase Agreement between the Company and Bitmain (58)
Employment Agreement with Fred Thiel (60)
Intentionally omitted
Binding Letter of Intent with Compute North, LLC (62)
Purchase Agreement dated July 30, 2021 (63)
Master Securities Loan Agreement between the Company and NYDIG Funding, LLC, dated August 27, 202 (64).
Compute North Agreements (65)
Line of Credit with Silvergate Bank (65)
Amended Hosting Agreement between the Company and Compute North dated as of November 30, 2021 (67)
Operating Agreement, dated November 30, 2021 of Marathon Compute North 1 LLC(67)
Hosting Agreement between the Company and the LLC dated as of November 30, 2021 (67)
Bitmain Agreement (68)
Employment Agreement (69)
Employment Agreement for Hugh Gallagher (71)
Hardin, MT Amendment Agreements (72)
Silvergate Agreements (73)
Auradine Agreements (74)
Employment Agreement for John Lee (75)
Shareholders Agreement with FSI*
Termination Agreement with Silvergate Bank*
Code of Business Conduct and Ethics (43)
SingerLewak LLP letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission. (44)
Letter from BDO USA, LLP dated November 30, 2017. (45)
Consent of Marcum, LLP*
Consent of RBSM, LLP*
Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act 2002*
Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act 2002*
Section 1350 Certification of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer*
101.INS
101.SCH
101.CAL
101.LAB
101.PRE
101.DEF
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* Filed herein.
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Inline XBRL Taxonomy Presentation Linkbase Document
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Document
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Previously filed as Exhibit 3.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed December 9, 2011 and incorporated herein by reference.
Previously filed as Exhibit 3.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed February 20, 2013 and incorporated herein by reference.
Previously filed as Exhibit 3.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed July 19, 2013 and incorporated herein by reference.
Previously filed as Exhibit 3.4 to Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed January 24, 2018 and incorporated herein by reference.
Previously filed as Exhibit 3.2 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed December 9, 2011 and incorporated herein by reference
Previously filed as Exhibit 3.2 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed May 7, 2014 and incorporated herein by reference.
Previously filed as Exhibit 4.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed December 1, 2017 and incorporated herein by reference.
Previously filed as Exhibit 4.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed December 22, 2017 and incorporated herein by reference.
Previously filed as Exhibit 4.4 to Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed January 24, 2018 and incorporated herein by reference.
Previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed August 15, 2017 and incorporated herein by reference.
Previously filed as Exhibit 10.2 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed August 15, 2017 and incorporated herein by reference.
Previously filed as Exhibit 4.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed August 15, 2017 and incorporated herein by reference.
Previously filed as Exhibit 4.2 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed August 15, 2017 and incorporated herein by reference.
Previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed July 18, 2017 and incorporated herein by reference.
Previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed August 9, 2017 and incorporated herein by reference.
Previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed December 1, 2017 and incorporated herein by reference.
Previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed September 5, 2017 and incorporated herein by reference.
Previously filed as Exhibit 10.2 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed September 5, 2017 and incorporated herein by reference.
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Previously filed as Exhibit 10.3 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed September 5, 2017 and incorporated herein by reference.
Previously filed as Exhibit 10.4 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed September 5, 2017 and incorporated herein by reference.
Previously filed as Exhibit 10.5 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed September 5, 2017 and incorporated herein by reference.
Previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed September 12, 2017 and incorporated herein by reference.
Previously filed as Exhibit 10.14 to Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed January 24, 2018 and incorporated herein by reference.
Previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed November 2, 2017 and incorporated herein by reference.
Previously filed as Exhibit 10.2 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed November 2, 2017 and incorporated herein by reference.
Previously filed as Exhibit 10.3 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed November 2, 2017 and incorporated herein by reference.
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Previously filed as Exhibit 10.18 to Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed January 24, 2018 and incorporated herein by reference.
Previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed August 9, 2017 and incorporated herein by reference.
Previously filed as Exhibit 10.20 to Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed January 24, 2018 and incorporated herein by reference.
Previously filed as Exhibit 10.21 to Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed January 24, 2018 and incorporated herein by reference.
Previously filed as Exhibit 10.22 to Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed January 24, 2018 and incorporated herein by reference.
Previously filed as Exhibit 10.23 to Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed January 24, 2018 and incorporated herein by reference.
Previously filed as Exhibit 10.24 to Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed January 24, 2018 and incorporated herein by reference.
Previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed December 12, 2017 and incorporated herein by reference
Previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed December 19. 2017 and incorporated herein by reference
Previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed January 18, 2018 and incorporated herein by reference.
Previously filed as Exhibit 10.28 to Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed January 24, 2018 and incorporated herein by reference.
Previously filed as Exhibit 10.2 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed February 15, 2018 and incorporated herein by reference.
Previously filed as Exhibit 10.2 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed February 15, 2018 and incorporated herein by reference.
Previously filed as Exhibit 10.2 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed July 31, 2018 and incorporated herein by reference.
Previously filed as Exhibit 10.2 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 20, 2018 and incorporated herein by reference.
Previously filed as Exhibit 10.4 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed April 4, 2018 and incorporated herein by reference.
Previously filed as Exhibit 14.1 to Annual Report on 10- K filed March 31, 2014 and incorporated herein by reference.
Previously filed as Exhibit 16.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed January 17, 2017 and incorporated herein by reference.
Previously filed as Exhibit 16.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed December 1, 2017 and incorporated herein by reference.
Previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed October 16, 2018 and incorporated herein by reference.
Previously filed as Exhibit 10.2 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 16, 2018 and incorporated herein by reference.
Previously filed as Exhibit 3.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 8, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference.
Previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 19, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference.
Previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Current report on Form 8-K filed on August 29, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference.
Previously filed as Exhibit 4.1 to S-1/A filed on July 23, 2020
Previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to S-3 filed on August 6, 2020
Previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to 8-K filed on August 18, 2020
Previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to 8-K filed on October 24, 2020
Previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to 8-K filed October 29, 2020
Previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to 8-K filed on December 11, 2020
Previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to S-3 filed on December 11, 2020
Previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to 8-K filed on December 28, 2020
Previously filed as Exhibit 4.1 to 8-K filed on January 15, 2021
Previously filed as Exhibit 99.1 to 8-K filed on April 30, 2021
Intentionally omitted
Previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to 8-K filed on May 27, 2021
Previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to 8-K dated August 4, 2021
Previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to 8-K dated September 2, 2021
Previously filed as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2 to 10-Q dated November 15, 2021
Previously filed as Exhibits 4.1 and 4.2, respectively, to 8-K dated November 18, 2021 and 8-K dated November 24, 2021
Previously filed as Exhibits 10.1, 10.2 and 10.3, respectively, to 8-K dated December 6, 2021
Previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to 8-K dated December 28, 2021
Previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Form 8-K dated January 3, 2022
Previously filed as Exhibit 4.12 to Registration Statement filed on Form S-3ASR dated February 11, 2022
Previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Form 8-K dated April 5, 2022
Previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Form 10-Q filed on May 6, 2022
Previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Form 10-Q filed on August 9, 2023
Previously filed as Exhibits 4.1 and 10.1 to Form 10-Q filed on November 14, 2022
Previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Form 8-K filed on November 28, 2022
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ITEM 16. FORM 10-K SUMMARY
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly
authorized.
Date: March 16, 2023
SIGNATURES
MARATHON DIGITAL HOLDINGS, INC.
/s/ Fred Thiel
By:
Name:Fred Thiel
Title: Chief Executive Officer and Executive Chairman
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Hugh Gallagher
By:
Name:Hugh Gallagher
Title: Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities
and on the dates indicated.
/s/ Fred Thiel
Fred Thiel
/s/ Hugh Gallagher
Hugh Gallagher
/s/ Jay Leupp
Jay Leupp
/s/ Georges Antoun
Georges Antoun
/s/ Sarita James
Sarita James
Signature
Title
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
(Principal Executive Officer)
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
Director
Director
Director
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Date
March 16, 2023
March 16, 2023
March 16, 2023
March 16, 2023
March 16, 2023
Exhibit 10.63
SHAREHOLDERS’ AGREEMENT
Dated January , 2023
between
FS INNOVATION LLC
and
MARATHON DIGITAL HOLDINGS, INC.
Clause
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Definitions and Interpretation
Effective Date
The Business of the Group
Formation of the Company
Funding; Conditions Precedent
Governance of the Company
General Meetings
Management
Shareholder Reserved Matters
Pre-emption Rights
Transfer of Shares
Accounts and Information
Custody of Mining Proceeds and Dividend Policy
Term and Termination Events
Restrictive Covenants
Announcements
Confidentiality
Compliance with Laws
Notices
General
Governing Law and Dispute Resolution
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THIS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made on day of January 2023.
BETWEEN:
(1)
(2)
FS Innovation LLC, a limited liability company incorporated and registered in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, (“FSI”); and
Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc., with its address at 101 NE 3rd Avenue, Suite 1200, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301-1147, United States of America (“Marathon”).
RECITALS:
(A)
(B)
The Parties wish to form an Abu Dhabi Global Market (“ADGM”) private company limited by shares in accordance with the terms of this Agreement (the
“Company”) to conduct the Business (as defined below).
The Parties wish to enter into this Agreement to set out the terms and conditions and each Party’s respective rights and obligations in connection with the governance
and operation of the Company.
IT IS AGREED as follows:
1.
1.1
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
Definitions
In this Agreement (including the Recitals and the Schedules):
“ADGM” has the meaning given to it under Recital (A);
“Adjourned Board Meeting” has the meaning given to it in clause 6.2(i);
“Adjourned General Meeting” has the meaning given to it in clause 7.3(b);
“Affiliate” means any Person that directly, or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such Person
specified;
“Annual Budget” means the annual budget for the Group for the period from 1 January to 31 December;
“Anti-Bribery Laws” means all laws, rules, regulations, orders or other legally binding measures relating to bribery or corruption, including, but not limited to,
relevant provisions of Federal Law No. 31/2021 (the New Penal Code), the UK Bribery Act 2010, the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, the
Canadian Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act and any law or convention (including the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in
International Business Transactions) relating to bribery or corruption, in each case, as amended from time to time;
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“Anti-Money Laundering Laws” means applicable laws, regulations, rules and guidance criminalizing or imposing administrative or regulatory obligations and/or
liability in respect of money laundering including, but are not limited to, the UAE Federal Law No. 20 of 2018 on Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the
Financing of Terrorism and Illegal Organizations, the UAE Federal Law No. 7 of 2004 on Combating Terrorism Offences, the U.S. PATRIOT Act of 2001; U.S. Money
Laundering Control Act of 1986; the UK Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, the UK Terrorism Act 2000, any laws of any European Union member state enacted to
implement European Union Directive (EU) 2015/849 and any related or similar laws issued, administered or enforced by any Governmental Authority relating to
money laundering and terrorist financing, including financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements, in each case, as amended from time to time;
“Articles” means the articles of association of the Company (as amended from time to time);
“Board” means the board of directors of the Company;
“Business” has the meaning given to it in clause 3;
“Business Day” means a day on which banks are open for general, commercial business in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and in New York City, New York (excluding
Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays);
“Business Plan” means the business plan for the Group from time to time;
“Closing” means the Shareholders having made their respective Contributions pursuant to clause 5.1;
“Closing Date” means the date falling five (5) Business Days after the last of the Conditions Precedent has been satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement, or such other date as may be agreed between the Shareholders;
“Company” has the meaning given to it under Recital (A);
“Conditions Precedent” has the meaning given to it under clause 5.5;
“Confidential Information” has the meaning given to it in clause 18.1;
“Contributions” has the meaning given in clause 5.1;
“Control” means:
(a)
(b)
(c)
the ownership or control (directly or indirectly) of more than 50% of the voting share capital of the relevant undertaking;
the ability to direct the casting of more than 50% of the votes exercisable at general meetings of the relevant undertaking on all, or substantially all, matters;
the right to appoint or remove directors of the relevant undertaking holding a majority of the voting rights at meetings of the board (or equivalent) on all, or
substantially all, matters; or
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(d)
any other power or actual ability, whether or not documented or evidenced by any of the abilities in paragraphs (a) to (c) (inclusive) of this definition of
Control (including through any fiduciary arrangement), to exercise a dominant influence over the relevant undertaking;
“Cooling Container Supplier” means the supplier of submersion cooling containers contracted by Marathon or its Affiliates;
“Dealing” has the meaning given to it in clause 21.1;
“Deed of Adherence” means a deed of adherence to this Agreement in substantially the form set out in Schedule 1;
“Definitive Agreements” has the meaning given to it in clause 5.5(b);
“Digital Assets” means a digital asset such as bitcoin, based on the cryptographic protocol of a computer network that may be (i) centralized or decentralized; (ii)
closed or open-source, and (iii) used as a medium of exchange or store of value;
“Directors” means the members of the Board, and “Director” means any of them;
“Encumbrance” means any lien, pledge, encumbrance, charge (fixed or floating), mortgage, third-party claim, debenture, option, right of pre-emption, right to
acquire, assignment by way of security, trust arrangement for the purpose of providing security or other security interests of any kind, including retention arrangements
or other encumbrances and any agreement to create any of the foregoing;
“Executive Team” means the Chief Executive Officer (or equivalent) of the OpCos from time to time, Chief Financial Officer (or equivalent) of the OpCos from time
to time and Chief Operating Officer (or equivalent) of the OpCos from time to time, and any other C-suite position which may be required from time to time;
“FSI Digital Assets” means such percentage of the Company’s Digital Assets equal to FSI’s then current shareholding percentage in the Company;
“FSI Director” has the meaning given to it in clause 6.2(a)(i);
“FSI Novation Agreements” means the two (2) separate novation agreements between the Mining Equipment Supplier, FSI and an OpCo, in the agreed form that is to
be entered into before the Closing Date in accordance with clause 5.5(b)(ii), whereby FSI novates all of its rights and obligations under certain equipment purchase
agreements on the terms and conditions and as more specifically set out therein;
“General Meeting” means a general meeting of shareholders of the Company;
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“Go-Live Date” means, with respect to each OpCo, the date on which any Digital Asset mining facility owned by such OpCo first receives a supply of electricity;
“Governmental Authority” means any supranational, national, state, municipal or local government (including any subdivision, court, administrative agency or
commission or other authority thereof) or any other supranational, governmental, intergovernmental, quasi-governmental authority, body, department or organisation,
including the European Union, or any regulatory body appointed by any of the foregoing in each case, in any jurisdiction;
“Group” means the Company and its subsidiary undertakings from time to time;
“Group Company” means any member of the Group;
“Group Confidential Information” means business, technical, financial, operational, administrative, staff management, marketing and economic information relating
to the Group, the identities of customers and all other information of a secret or proprietary nature relating to the Group;
“Marathon Digital Assets” means such percentage of the Company’s Digital Assets equal to Marathon’s then current shareholding percentage in the Company;
“Marathon Director” has the meaning given to it in clause 6.2(a)(ii);
“Marathon Loan Agreement” means a Shareholder Loan Agreement between Marathon and the Company that is to be entered into before the Closing Date in
accordance with clause 5.5(b)(i), whereby Marathon will make a Shareholder Loan to the Company;
“Marathon Novation Agreements” means the two (2) separate novation agreements between the Cooling Container Supplier, Marathon and each OpCo, in the agreed
form that is to be entered into before the Closing Date in accordance with clause 5.5(b)(iii), whereby Marathon novates all of its rights and obligations under certain
equipment purchase agreements on the terms and conditions and as more specifically set out therein;
“Mining Equipment Supplier” means the supplier of cryptocurrency mining equipment contracted by FSI or its Affiliates;
“Notice” has the meaning given to it in clause 20.1;
“OpCo” means any subsidiary undertaking of the Company that operates any part of the Business;
“OpCo Review Date” means, with respect to each OpCo, the fourth (4th) anniversary of such OpCo’s Go-Live Date, or, if the Shareholders agree to continue the
business operations of such OpCo for an Additional Period pursuant to paragraph 1(a) of Schedule 1, then the anniversary of each such Additional Period;
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“Party” means a party to this Agreement from time to time (including any Person who executes a Deed of Adherence);
“Permitted Transfer” has the meaning given to it in clause 11.1(c);
“Permitted Transferee” means, in respect of a Shareholder, any one (1) or more of its Affiliates from time to time, except where such Affiliate is a Sanctions Target;
“Person” means any individual, firm, company, corporation, joint stock company, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, association, trust,
unincorporated organization, Governmental Authority, state or agency of a state, or other entity, works council or employee representative body (whether or not having
separate legal personality);
“Sanctioned Country” means any country or territory that is, or whose government is, the target of economic or trade sanctions under Sanctions Laws or otherwise
designated as a State Sponsor of Terrorism (as defined by the U.S. Department of State), which currently includes the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic, the so-
called Luhansk People’s Republic, Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Syria;
“Sanctions Laws” means any international economic, trade, or financial sanctions statutes, regulations, executive orders, decree, judicial decision, restrictive
measures, or other act having the force of law enacted, adopted, administered, imposed, or enforced from time to time by the (i) the United States; (ii) the United
Nations Security Council; (iii) the European Union; (iv) the United Kingdom; (v) the EU Council; (vi) the European Parliament; (vii) the European Commission; or
(viii) the respective governmental institutions of any of the foregoing including without limitation, the UAE Supreme Council for National Security, the UAE Cabinet;
the UAE Executive Office for Control and Non-Proliferation, the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the U.S. Department of Commerce, the U.S. Department of State,
His Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom, the Department for International Trade of the United Kingdom, the Export Control Joint Unit of the United Kingdom,
and any other government or regulatory body, institution or agency of any country and/or territory with the authority to enact any of the foregoing;
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“Sanctions Target” means (a) the government of any Sanctioned Country; (b) to the extent restricted under Sanctions Laws, any individual or entity that is (or was at
the relevant time) resident in, located in, organized under the laws of, or subject to the jurisdiction of, a Sanctioned Country; or (c) any individual or entity that is
designated on any list promulgated, administered, or enforced pursuant to Sanctions Laws; or (d) any entity that is owned or controlled directly or indirectly by, or any
individual or entity acting for or on behalf of, any of the foregoing or otherwise targeted under any Sanctions Laws;
“Shareholder” means the shareholders in the Company who are parties to this Agreement (or their successors and assigns), including any person to whom Shares are
transferred in accordance with this Agreement from time to time and “Shareholder” means any of them;
“Shareholder Loan” means any loan made by a Shareholder to the Company from time to time;
“Shareholder Loan Agreement” means a loan agreement between the Company and a Shareholder substantially in the form attached hereto as Schedule 1;
“Shareholder Reserved Matter” means those actions specified in Schedule 1;
“Shares” means ordinary shares of US$1.00 each in the capital of the Company;
“Surviving Clauses” means clauses 1 (but only to the extent necessary to give the Surviving Clauses the same meaning they had prior to expiry or termination of this
Agreement), 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, and 22;
“Termination Date” has the meaning given to it in clause 16.1;
“UAE” means the United Arab Emirates; and
“variation” has the meaning given to it in clause 21.6(a).
1.2
Interpretation
In this Agreement (including the Recitals and the Schedules), except where the context otherwise requires:
(a)
a reference to clauses, paragraphs, sub-paragraphs, Schedules and the Recitals are to clauses, paragraphs, sub-paragraphs and the Recitals of, and the
Schedules to, this Agreement;
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(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)
(i)
(j)
(k)
(l)
a reference to this Agreement (or to any specified provision of this Agreement) is to this Agreement (or provision) as in force for the time being, as amended,
modified, supplemented, varied, assigned or novated, from time to time;
a reference to this Agreement includes the Schedules to it, each of which forms part of this Agreement for all purposes;
a reference to writing shall include any mode of reproducing words in a legible form (including via email);
if a period of time is specified as from a given day, or from the day of an act or event, it shall be calculated exclusive of that day;
a reference to “Dirhams” or “AED” is to the lawful currency from time to time of the United Arab Emirates;
a reference to “Dollars” or “US$” is to the lawful currency from time to time of the United States of America;
a reference to any law or enactment (including in this clause 1) includes references to:
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
that law or enactment as re-enacted, amended, consolidated, extended or applied by or under any other enactment (before or after the date of this
Agreement);
any law or enactment which that law or enactment re-enacts (with or without modification); and
any subordinate legislation made (before or after the date of this Agreement) under any law or enactment, as re-enacted, amended, consolidated,
extended or applied, as described in paragraph (i) above, or under any law or enactment referred to in paragraph (ii) above,
and “law” and “enactment” includes any legislation in any jurisdiction;
a reference to any English legal term for any action, remedy, method of financial proceedings, legal document, legal status, court, official or any legal concept
or thing shall in respect of any jurisdiction other than England, be deemed to include what most nearly approximates in that jurisdiction to the English legal
term;
words importing the singular include the plural and vice versa, and words importing a gender include every gender;
headings are included in this Agreement for convenience only and do not affect its interpretation;
a reference to “applicable law” means any law, statute, legislation, regulation, court order, case law, injunction, enactment, ordinance, writ, implementing
measure, court decree, court decision, rule or code, legal or regulatory policy (wheresoever enacted, promulgated or enforced) or rule of common law issued,
administered or enforced by any Governmental Authority or securities exchange, or an judicial or administrative interpretation thereof, to the extent that it
applies to the relevant person(s);
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(m)
(n)
(o)
(p)
the expression “in the agreed form” means in the form agreed between, and initialed for the purposes of identification by, Marathon and FSI prior to
Closing;
any reference in this Agreement to a Party providing its consent shall be deemed to be a reference to prior written consent;
unless expressly stated to the contrary in this Agreement, any reference to (or requirement for) the execution of a document by a person includes execution on
behalf of that person; and
unless expressly stated to the contrary of this Agreement, any right, nomination, approval or consent of the Shareholders shall be deemed to be the
Shareholders acting by a simple majority (by number of Shares).
EFFECTIVE DATE
The provisions of this Agreement shall become effective on the date hereof (the “Effective Date”).
THE BUSINESS OF THE GROUP
The Parties agree, and each of the Shareholders shall procure, that the business of the Group shall be to (a) establish and operate one or more Digital Asset mining
facilities; and (b) mine Digital Assets (collectively, the “Business”). Each Shareholder shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to promote and develop the
Business to the best advantage of the Group as a whole and in accordance with the Business Plan and the Annual Budget from time to time but for the avoidance of
doubt excluding any obligation to incur material expenditure save as expressly provided under the terms of this Agreement.
FORMATION OF THE COMPANY
As soon as reasonably practicable after the date of this Agreement and in any case prior to the Closing Date, the Parties shall establish the Company as follows:
(a)
(b)
(c)
as an ADGM private company limited by shares under the ADGM’s special purpose vehicle regime;
all of the Shares shall be ordinary shares and rank equally in all respects, including without limitation with respect to voting and dividends;
with FSI and Marathon as original incorporators of the Company, holding the following share capital upon the Company’s formation:
(i)
80 Shares held by FSI, representing eighty per cent. (80%) of the entire issued share capital of the Company; and
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(ii)
20 Shares held by Marathon, representing twenty per cent. (20%) of the entire issued share capital of the Company,
with each Shareholder paying up its issued share capital by contributing to the Company US$1.00 in exchange for each Share issued; and
(d)
have the Company’s registered office in the ADGM, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
The Parties intend for the Company to be called “FSI Marathon Project 1 Holding Limited” (or such similar name as agreed between the Parties, subject to the name
being available at the time of establishment of the Company).
Each Party shall share (in proportion to its respective shareholding in the Company upon its formation) in the costs, fees and expenses required to incorporate the
Company, any regulatory filings and any other similar start-up costs and expenses required to effect the purpose of this Agreement, the Business and the Company
before Closing.
FUNDING; CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
On the Closing Date, the Shareholders shall make the following contributions to the Company (the “Contributions”):
4.2
4.3
5.
5.1
(a)
FSI will contribute the value of the pre-payment made to the Mining Equipment Supplier for the purchase of cryptocurrency mining equipment on behalf of
and for the account of the Company by way of in-kind contribution under the FSI Novation Agreements in accordance with the valuation principles set out in
clause 5.4.
(b)
Marathon will contribute:
(i)
the value of the pre-payment made to the Cooling Container Supplier for the purchase of 335 immersion cooling containers on behalf of and for the
account of the Company by way of in-kind contribution under the Marathon Novation Agreements in accordance with the valuation principles set out
in clause 5.4; and
(ii)
an amount (to be agreed between the Shareholders) in cash under the Marathon Loan Agreement.
5.2
Promptly after the Closing Date and in any case:
(a)
as and when the payment obligations arise, the Shareholders shall procure that the Company has sufficient funds to pay the balance of any payment due to the
Mining Equipment Supplier and the Cooling Container Supplier (including by providing the Company with such additional funding as is required pro rata to
their shareholding);
5.3
Where the Company agrees to accept an in-kind contribution from a Shareholder, such in-kind contribution shall be made by the relevant Shareholder to the Company
pursuant to a written agreement that is mutually agreeable to each of them. The Parties further agree that all in-kind contributions made to the Company shall be
valued in a manner that is mutually agreeable to the Shareholders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Parties agree that the value of the pre-payment contributed to the
Company pursuant to the FSI Novation Agreements and the Marathon Novation Agreements shall be equal to the price actually paid by the Shareholder making such
contribution thereunder (in each case, as evidenced by an invoice provided by the contributing Shareholder to the Company (either in English or accompanied by an
English translation)) without any additional charge or mark-up.
5.4
The Parties’ obligations to proceed with Closing shall be subject to the conditions set forth in this clause 5.5 (“Conditions Precedent”), provided that the Parties may
mutually agree in writing to waive one or more of the Conditions Precedent:
(a)
the Company having:
(i)
(ii)
been incorporated pursuant to clause 3; and
become a party to this Agreement by way of executing a deed of adherence in the agreed form and assumed all rights and obligations of the
Company set out in this Agreement;
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execution and delivery by all relevant parties thereto of:
(i) the Marathon Loan Agreement;
(ii) the FSI Novation Agreements;
(iii) the Marathon Novation Agreements; and
(collectively, the “Definitive Agreements”);
and
5.5
6.
6.1
(c)
nothing having occurred which would render (or have the effect of rendering) any of the warranties contained in clause 15 invalid or untrue.
If Closing has not occurred within three months of the Effective Date (or such longer period as the Parties may agree in writing) any Party may, in its sole discretion,
terminate this Agreement and require the winding up of the Company. In such circumstances, the Parties shall do and perform, or cause to be done and performed, all
such further acts and things, and shall execute and deliver all such other agreements, certificates, instruments and documents, as required to fully and efficiently effect
the winding up of the Company, including the repayment of any contributions made (whether in cash or in-kind) to the Company.
GOVERNANCE OF THE COMPANY
Business and affairs of the Company
The business and affairs of the Company shall be managed by the Board on and subject to the terms of this Agreement and the Articles.
6.2
Board
Composition and nomination
(a)
The Board shall be comprised of:
(i)
(ii)
four (4) Directors appointed by FSI (the “FSI Directors”); and
one (1) Director appointed by Marathon (the “Marathon Director”);
If at any time a Party holds less than fifteen per cent. (15%) of the Shares of the Company, then such Party shall lose its entitlement to appoint Directors under
this clause and the size of the Board shall be reduced by the same amount as such Party’s previous entitlement to appoint Directors.
(b)
The Shareholders who have a right to nominate a Director under clause 6.2(a) also have the right to (i) nominate such person for removal by the General
Meeting, and (ii) nominate a replacement Director in the place of any Director who is removed or who ceases to be a Director for any reason.
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(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)
(i)
The Shareholders unconditionally and irrevocably undertake to vote in the General Meeting in favour of any binding (i) nomination by a Shareholder to
appoint a Director (or the chairman of the Board), or (ii) request by a Shareholder to remove a Director in accordance with clause 6.2(b).
Chairman
The chairman of the Board shall be appointed by a General Meeting upon a binding nomination from the Shareholders and shall be one of the FSI Directors.
The chairman shall not have a casting vote.
Procedure for Board meetings
Unless the Shareholders agree otherwise in writing, meetings of the Board shall be held (i) in the United Arab Emirates, and (ii) at least once every quarter.
Unless the Directors agree otherwise in writing, at least five (5) calendar days’ prior written notice is required to be given to each Director of meetings of the
Board.
Each Director shall have one (1) vote and, subject to the other terms of this Agreement (including clauses 6.2(d)), the Board shall adopt resolutions by a
simple majority of votes validly cast.
Subject to clause 6.2(i), the quorum for the transaction of business at meetings of the Board shall be three (3) Directors provided that at least one (1) FSI
Director and the Marathon Director are present throughout the meeting.
If a quorum for a meeting of the Board is not present within one (1) hour of the scheduled time for a meeting of the Board (or ceases to exist during the course
of a meeting of the Board), the meeting shall be adjourned to the same day, time and venue in the next week (an “Adjourned Board Meeting”). If a meeting
of the Board has been adjourned twice due to the Marathon Director failing to attend, the required quorum at the second Adjourned Board Meeting shall be
any three (3) Directors.
(j)
Subject to applicable laws and the terms of this Agreement and the Articles, the Board may exercise all the powers of the Company.
Alternate Directors
(k)
Any Director may by notice in writing to the Company and all of the Shareholders appoint as an alternate any other person to exercise that Director’s powers
and carry out that Director’s responsibilities, including the relevant Director’s right to attend and vote at any meeting of the Board.
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6.3
Board meetings
Except as expressly set out in this Agreement, meetings of the Board shall take place in accordance with the Articles.
6.4
Corporate action
Each of the Shareholders shall exercise their voting rights as shareholders of the Company to procure (so far as it is within its respective powers to do so):
(a)
(b)
6.5
Articles
that the Company shall take all reasonably necessary steps to comply with the terms of this Agreement and the Articles; and
the passing of any reasonably necessary resolutions at General Meetings or by shareholder written resolutions to give effect to the terms of this Agreement
(including in relation to the composition of the Board and the appointment and removal of Directors).
In the event of any inconsistency between the provisions of this Agreement and the Articles (or the constitutional documents of any other Group Company), the
provisions of this Agreement shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, prevail as between the Parties. The Parties shall, so far as they are legally able:
(a)
(b)
exercise all voting and other rights and powers available to them to give effect to the provisions of this Agreement; and
procure that any amendment required to (i) give effect to the provisions of this Agreement is made to the Articles (or the constitutional documents of any
other Group Company), or (ii) correct any inconsistency between the provisions of this Agreement and the Articles.
6.6
6.7
6.8
7.
7.1
Subject to clause 18, each Director shall be entitled to report to its appointing Shareholder on all aspects of the affairs of the Group.
Boards of other Group Companies
The provisions of this clause 6 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the board of directors of any other Group Company.
GENERAL MEETINGS
General Meetings
Except as expressly set out in this Agreement, General Meetings of the Company shall take place in accordance with the Articles. The chairman (of the Board) shall
preside as chairman at every General Meeting. The chairman shall not have any voting power other than to the extent that he derives an entitlement to vote by being
the duly authorized representative of FSI. In the absence of the chairman, another nominated FSI Director shall preside over the General Meeting.
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7.2
Convening General Meetings
The Company and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, the Shareholders, shall be entitled to convene a General Meeting of the Company, in accordance with the
Articles.
7.3
Quorum for General Meetings
(a)
(b)
Subject to clause 7.3(b), the quorum for General Meetings shall be Shareholders representing a majority (by number) of the Shares, provided that at least one
(1) representative from FSI and one (1) representative from Marathon is present throughout the meeting.
If a quorum for a General Meeting is not present (i) within one (1) hour of the scheduled time for a General Meeting, or (ii) ceases to exist during the course
of a General Meeting, the General Meeting shall be adjourned to the same day, time and venue in the next week (an “Adjourned General Meeting”). If a
General Meeting has been adjourned twice due to no representative from Marathon being present at the meeting, the required quorum at the second
Adjourned General Meeting shall be Shareholders representing a majority (by number) of the Shares.
7.4
General Meeting voting
(a)
(b)
Subject to applicable law and clause 9, resolutions of Shareholders shall be passed upon the approval of a majority of the Shares then issued and outstanding.
Each Shareholder holding Shares with voting rights shall be entitled to one (1) vote per Share that such Shareholder holds.
7.5
Written resolutions
Shareholders may pass resolutions by written resolutions provided that such written resolution is delivered to all Shareholders entitled to vote on the resolution and
signed by the requisite majority of Shareholders as if a General Meeting had been held.
MANAGEMENT
Subject to the terms of this Agreement (including clauses 6 and 9), the day-to-day management of the business of the Group shall be carried on by the Executive Team
and the other employees of the Group.
Members of the Executive Team shall be nominated by the Board and approved and appointed in accordance with clause 9 and Schedule 1.
SHAREHOLDER RESERVED MATTERS
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no Shareholder Reserved Matter shall be taken by, or in relation to, any Group Company without the prior
written consent of all of the Shareholders.
8.
8.1
8.2
9.
9.1
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9.2
Consent for Shareholder Reserved Matters:
(a)
(b)
may be given by the requisite Shareholders (i) at a General Meeting if the requisite Shareholders vote in favour of the relevant Shareholder Reserved Matter,
(ii) by a written resolution under clause 7.5 passed by the requisite Shareholders in relation to the relevant Shareholder Reserved Matter, or (iii) by a written
notice to the Company signed by the requisite Shareholders approving the relevant Shareholder Reserved Matter; and
shall be deemed to be given if the relevant Shareholder Reserved Matter is approved by the Board where the Directors appointed by the requisite
Shareholders vote in favour of the relevant Shareholder Reserved Matter.
10.
PRE-EMPTION RIGHTS
If the Company proposes to issue any new Shares or instruments convertible into, or giving rights to subscribe for, Shares (the “Offered Shares”), the Offered Shares
shall not be allotted to any Person unless the Company has first offered them to the Shareholders on the same terms, and at the same price, as the Offered Shares are
proposed to be offered to other Persons on a pari passu and pro rata basis to the number of issued and outstanding Shares held by the Shareholders. The offer shall be
in writing and shall be open for acceptance for a period of twenty (20) Business Days from the date of the offer (“Participation Notice Period”) and shall give details
of the number and price of the relevant Shares. Each Shareholder wishing to acquire the Offered Shares shall notify the Company in writing within the Participation
Notice Period and shall also be entitled to indicate in its notice whether it would be willing to acquire Offered Shares in excess of its pro rata allocation (and, if so,
provide the maximum number it would be willing to acquire). If some, but not all, of the Shareholders give written notice of their wish the acquire all of Offered
Shares, the Offered Shares not acquired by the Shareholders shall be offered to those Shareholders who have expressed a willingness to acquire Offered Shares in
excess of their pro rata allocation. If any Offered Shares remain unallocated following such process, such Offered Shares may be issued to any Person (other than a
Restricted Person), as determined by the Board, on terms (including with respect to price) that are no more favourable to such Person than those offered to the
Shareholders, provided that such issuance must be completed no more than fifteen (15) Business Days following the end of the Participation Notice Period.
11.
TRANSFER OF SHARES
11.1
General
(a)
(b)
A Shareholder may not transfer or otherwise dispose of or create any Encumbrance over any of its Shares or any interest in any of its Shares unless such
transfer, disposal or Encumbrance is made in accordance with this Agreement.
Except as expressly permitted by clauses 11.1(c) or 21.1, the restrictions on transfer contained in this clause 11.1 shall apply to all transfers operating by
applicable laws or otherwise.
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(c)
(d)
(e)
Subject to the entry into a Deed of Adherence pursuant to clause 11.2, a Shareholder may make a transfer (or agree to a transfer) of any Shares at any time
after the Effective Date to a Permitted Transferee (a “Permitted Transfer”) provided that: (i) the aggregate number of Affiliates holding (together with the
relevant Shareholder) Shares does not at any time exceed three (3); (ii) such transfer does not impact the validity of, or the Group’s ability to benefit from any
tariff that has been agreed with respect to the Business; and (iii) if a Shareholder holding Shares transferred to it under this clause 11.1(c) is about to cease to
be an Affiliate of the original transferee, it shall without delay and prior to it so ceasing to be an Affiliate notify the Company and the other Shareholders that
such event will occur and shall transfer those Shares to the original Shareholder or a Permitted Transferee of the original Shareholder. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if: (i) a Shareholder transfers some but not all of its Shares to one or more Permitted Transferees, then such Shareholder hereby agrees to remain
jointly and severally liable for such Permitted Transferees obligations under this Agreement; (ii) a Shareholder wishes to transfer all of its Shares to one or
more Permitted Transferees, it shall only be permitted to do so if, at the request of the other Shareholder, Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc. (in the case of a
transfer by Marathon) or FS Innovation LLC (in the case of a transfer by FSI), executes and delivers a parent company guarantee in a form mutually agreed
between FSI and Marathon, whereby Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc. or FS Innovation LLC (as applicable), guarantees the obligations of such Permitted
Transferees under this Agreement.
No Shares may be transferred to any Restricted Person without the prior written consent of all other Shareholders.
Clauses 11.1(d), paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 and paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 shall not apply in respect of a Permitted Transfer.
11.2
Deed of Adherence
(a)
(b)
It shall be a condition of any transfer of Shares or any new allotment of Shares that the transferee or new allottee, if not already a party to this Agreement,
must become party in writing to this Agreement by executing a Deed of Adherence, with the duties which, in the case of a transfer, correspond to those of its
respective legal predecessor and the rights attaching to the Shares so acquired.
The Parties hereby agree that any person being allotted Shares or being transferred Shares and, as required pursuant to this Agreement, executing a Deed of
Adherence pursuant to clause 11.2(a), shall become a party to this Agreement and be bound by all the terms and conditions and enjoy all the rights and
privileges set forth herein as attaching to such Shares, provided that: (i) no transferee shall acquire a right to appoint a Director unless it acquires all the
Shares held by the Shareholder that has such a right under this Agreement; and (ii) such allotment or transfer does not breach any of the terms and conditions
of this Agreement.
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11.3
Registration of Transfers
(a)
(b)
(c)
Each Shareholder shall procure that the Company shall register any transfer made in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and not register any
transfer not made in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
A person executing an instrument of transfer of a Share is deemed to remain the holder of the Share until the name of the transferee is entered in the register
of members of the Company in respect of it.
Upon registration of a transfer of Shares, and provided the provisions of this clause 11.3 shall have been complied with, a Shareholder’s benefit of the
continuing rights attaching to such Shares under this Agreement shall attach to the transferee who may enforce them as if it had been a party to this
Agreement and named in it as a Shareholder.
12.
ACCOUNTS AND INFORMATION
12.1
Draft Annual Budget and Business Plan
The Executive Team shall prepare a draft Annual Budget and Business Plan for each financial year for approval by the Shareholders in accordance with clause 9 and
Schedule 1 not less than forty (40) Business Days prior to the start of the relevant financial year (save for the first financial year commencing after the date of this
Agreement where the agreed form Annual Budget and agreed form Business Plan shall be adopted with effect from Closing. If, at any time, the Executive Team fails to
prepare or the Shareholders fail to approve the Annual Budget and/or Business Plan for the following financial year, the Company shall, so far as it is legally able,
procure that (and the Shareholders shall, so far as they are legally able, exercise their rights in relation to the Company to procure that), the Company continues to
adopt and comply with the Annual Budget and Business Plan for the preceding financial year (subject to an annual uplift of ten per cent. (10%)) until such time as a
new Annual Budget and Business Plan is prepared by the Executive Team and approved in full by the Shareholders in accordance with clause 9 and Schedule 1.
12.2 Maintenance of information and records
Each of the Shareholders shall procure that the Company maintains information and records, and provides to each Shareholder such information and access to
information, premises and personnel, as is required under the provisions of this clause 12.
12.3
Financial accounts, Annual Budget and Business Plan
The Company shall provide to the Shareholders the financial information necessary to keep it properly informed about the business and affairs of the Group, including:
(a)
(b)
within ten (10) Business Days after the end of each month, monthly management accounts for the Group;
within forty (40) Business Days after the end of each financial quarter, consolidated unaudited quarterly financial accounts for the Group;
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(c)
(d)
within four (4) months after the end of each financial year, audited consolidated accounts for the Group prepared in accordance with IFRS; and
within two (2) Business Days of a distribution having been made to the Shareholders in accordance with clause 13, a written report showing a summary of the
distributions made.
12.4
Access to information for regulatory purposes
(a)
If reasonably requested by any Shareholder, a Shareholder shall be entitled to be supplied with such information relating to the Group as it reasonably
requires from time to time:
(i)
in connection with the preparation and filing of tax returns or other filings or correspondence with a tax Governmental Authority of that Shareholder
(or any of its Affiliates); or
(ii)
to enable compliance by that Shareholder (or any of its Affiliates) with any applicable laws,
and the Company shall comply with such request as soon as practicable.
(b)
The Company shall allow each Shareholder and its respective employees and advisers reasonable access on reasonable notice to examine the books and
records of the Group and each Shareholder shall be entitled to discuss the Company’s affairs with its directors and senior management, in each case during
normal business hours.
13.
CUSTODY OF MINING PROCEEDS AND DIVIDEND POLICY
13.1
The Company and the Shareholders shall procure that, immediately upon being mined,
(a) the FSI Digital Assets are deposited with a custodian nominated by FSI in its sole discretion; (b) the Marathon Digital Assets are deposited with a custodian
nominated by Marathon in its sole discretion (together, the “Custody Accounts”). Each Custody Account shall be in the name of the Company and the Digital Assets
contained within such Custody Accounts shall be the sole property of the Company until such time as it is transferred by the Company to the Shareholders as a
dividend or otherwise distributed to them pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. Only the relevant Shareholder shall be entitled to receive any dividends or other
distributions of Digital Assets from their respective Custody Accounts.
The Shareholders intend to cause the Board to declare and the Company to distribute proceeds of Digital Assets in-kind to each of the Shareholders on the 15th and last
day of each month in any given financial year of the Company (provided that, if such day falls on a day other than a Business Day, the distribution shall be made on
the Business Day immediately preceding such day).
Digital Assets allocated pursuant to clause 12.1 or distributed pursuant to clause 13.2 shall be allocated or distributed to the Shareholders pro rata to their respective
shareholding in the Company, provided that if such allocation or distribution would result in a fraction of a Digital Asset, the number of Digital Assets to be allocated
or distributed shall be rounded up or down (as applicable) to the nearest whole number.
13.2
13.3
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13.4
The auditors of the Company shall be instructed at the expense of the Company to report, at the same time as they sign their report on the audited accounts for each
financial year of the Company, as to the amount of the profits that are lawfully available for distribution by the Company for that financial year of the Company that
have not already been distributed pursuant to clause 13.2. Subject to clause 13.5, the Company shall as soon as reasonably practicable distribute to the Parties not less
than 100% of those distributable profits, subject to maintaining such reserves as required by applicable law. Upon the Board or Company declaring and announcing to
the Shareholders a dividend by the Company, each Shareholder shall have ten (10) Business Days from the date of such announcement to elect (by notice in writing to
the Company) whether it wishes to receive such dividend in-kind (by payment of Digital Assets) or in cash. The Board shall cause the Company to pay dividends in
the manner elected by the Shareholders pursuant to this clause 13.4.
13.5
The Shareholders agree that the Company shall not declare, pay or make any dividend or other distribution until all Shareholder Loans have been repaid in full.
Shareholder Loans shall be repaid by the Company (a) pro rata to each Shareholder’s shareholding in the Company; and (b) in-kind with Digital Assets, unless the
relevant Shareholder notifies the Company that its Shareholder Loan is to be repaid in cash, in which case such Shareholder Loan shall be repaid by the Company in
cash.
13.6
Any Digital Assets paid or transferred by the Company to the Shareholders shall be valued by reference to the US$ or AED amount displayed by the Digital Asset
wallet used to store the relevant Digital Assets upon payment or transfer of such Digital Assets to the relevant Shareholder.
14.
TERM AND TERMINATION EVENTS
14.1
This Agreement shall automatically terminate on the first to occur of the following:
(a)
(b)
the Shareholders agree in writing to terminate this Agreement;
the Company being liquidated, wound up, amalgamated, merged, combined with another entity or otherwise ceasing for whatever reason to exist (including
pursuant to paragraph 1(a) of Schedule 1), provided that the Shareholders will co-operate to procure the proper and orderly winding-up of the Company; and
(c)
the date on which any one Shareholder (and / or its Affiliates) becomes the registered holder of all of the Shares.
14.2
The provisions of this Agreement (other than the Surviving Clauses) shall cease to apply to a Shareholder in the event that it ceases to hold any Shares.
14.3
The termination of this Agreement under clause 14.1 or the cessation of this Agreement applying to a Party under clause 14.2 (as applicable):
(a)
shall be without prejudice to any rights or obligations which shall have accrued or become due prior to the date of termination or cessation (as applicable);
and
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(b)
shall not affect the Surviving Clauses that shall continue to have effect without limit in time.
15.
WARRANTIES
15.1
Each Shareholder warrants to the other Shareholder that:
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
it is duly organised and validly existing under the applicable laws of its jurisdiction of formation;
it has the power to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and each of the other documents referred to in this Agreement to which it is a
party;
this Agreement constitutes binding obligations of such Shareholder;
it has all necessary consents, licences and approvals in connection with the entry into and performance of its obligations under this Agreement and any
agreement referred to herein to which it is a party;
no insolvency or similar proceedings concerning it or any of its assets have been applied for and no circumstances exist which could reasonably be expected
to require the application for any insolvency, judicial composition or similar proceedings;
neither it, nor its Affiliates, nor any of its or their respective directors, officers, employees, or, to the Shareholder’s knowledge, any of its or their respective
representatives, advisers, subcontractors, or agents, is a Sanctions Target; and
(g)
compliance with the terms of this Agreement does not and will not conflict with or constitute a default or a breach under any provision of:
(i)
(ii)
such Shareholder’s memorandum or articles of association or equivalent constitutional documents;
any order, judgment, decree or regulation or any other restriction of any kind by which such Shareholder is bound or submits; or
(iii)
any agreement, instrument or contract to which such Shareholder is a party or by which it is bound.
15.2
Each Shareholder undertakes to use reasonable endeavours to promptly notify the other Shareholders in writing of any circumstance or occurrence that renders (or has
the effect of rendering) any of the warranties contained in this clause 15 invalid or untrue.
16.
RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS
16.1
Marathon hereby covenants that, for so long as it or any of its Affiliates hold Shares in the Company, and for a period of five (5) years from the date it and its Affiliates
cease to be Shareholders of the Company (the “Termination Date”) and subject to clause 16.6, neither Marathon nor any of its Affiliates nor any of their respective
officers or directors (whether directly, indirectly or through an agent) shall:
(a)
be concerned in any business which is (a) a competitor with the Business or the business of any FSI Restricted Entity, in each case as they are conducted as at
the Relevant Time; and (b) located in the United Arab Emirates; or
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(b)
(c)
(d)
induce or attempt to induce any Person who it (or any of its Affiliates) know is a customer of the Company, any OpCo or any FSI Restricted Entity to cease to
do business with, or to restrict or vary the terms of business to, any of them; or
induce or attempt to induce any Person who it (or any of its Affiliates) know is a supplier of the Company, any OpCo or any FSI Restricted Entity to cease to
supply, or to materially restrict or vary the terms of supply to, any of them; or
make use of any information of a secret or confidential nature in the United Arab Emirates relating to the Business or the affairs of the Group or any FSI’s
Affiliates, except that this restriction shall not apply where:
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
required by any applicable law, the rules of any securities exchange on which securities of Marathon or any of its Affiliates are listed or any court of
competent jurisdiction or any competent judicial, governmental, supervisory or regulatory body; or
such information is already in the public domain or comes into the public domain other than through breach of clause 18 or this clause 16.1(d); or
such information was already in the lawful possession of Marathon or any of its Affiliates prior to it being acquired by a Group Company or any FSI
Restricted Entity, or is derived from confidential information of Marathon or any of its Affiliates; or
(e)
induce, or attempt to induce any person who it (or any of its Affiliates) know is an employee of the Company, any OpCo or any FSI Restricted Entity to leave
the employment of the Company, any OpCo or any FSI Restricted Entity (as applicable),
and, for the purposes of this clause 16:
“FSI Restricted Entity” means FSI and any Person which is Controlled by FSI and which operates in the cryptocurrency sector;
“Marathon Business” means cryptocurrency mining and development of related software, hardware and firmware; and
“Relevant Time” means (i) while Marathon and/or its Affiliates is a Shareholder, throughout the time that Marathon and/or any of its Affiliates is a Shareholder; and
(ii) after Marathon and its Affiliates cease to be Shareholders, the Termination Date.
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16.2
Each Shareholder hereby covenants that, for so long as it or any of its Affiliates holds Shares in the Company, and for an unlimited period from the date it and its
Affiliates cease to be Shareholders of the Company, neither it nor its Affiliates (with respect to Marathon, but in the case of FSI, any entity Controlled by FSI) nor any
of their respective officers or directors (whether directly, indirectly or through an agent) shall do or say anything which is harmful to the reputation of any other
Shareholder (or any of its known Affiliates), the Company or any OpCo or which could reasonably be expected to lead a person to cease to deal with such Shareholder
(or any of its known Affiliates), the Company or OpCo on substantially equivalent terms to those previously offered or at all. For the purposes of clauses 16.1(a) and
1.1, a Person is concerned in a business if, without limitation, any of them carry it on as principal or agent or if:
(a)
they are a partner, director, employee, secondee, consultant or agent in, of or to any person who carries on the business or who has a direct or indirect
financial interest or voting power (as shareholder or otherwise) in any person who carries on the business; or
(b)
they have any direct or indirect financial interest or voting power (as shareholder or otherwise) in any person who carries on the business,
save, in each case, where such interest is as a shareholder holding not more than five per cent. (5%) of the issued share capital (or equivalent) of a person which is
dealt with in or on any recognised investment exchange or as a limited partner in any fund which is not directly or indirectly managed by such person or any of its
Affiliates.
16.4
16.5
Each of the restrictions in each clause above shall be enforceable independently and its validity shall not be affected if any of the others are invalid. If any of the
restrictions are void but would be valid if some part of the restriction were deleted, the restriction in question shall apply with such modification as may be necessary
to make it valid.
Nothing in this clause 16 shall restrict Marathon or any of its Affiliates or any of their respective officers or directors (whether directly, indirectly or through an agent)
from (a) operating and freely conducting its business outside of the United Arab Emirates; and (b) conducting business or entering into any agreements or
arrangements with any customers, suppliers or employees which were customers, suppliers or employees of it prior to them becoming customers, suppliers or
employees of the Company, any OpCo or any FSI Restricted Entity.
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16.6
Each Shareholder acknowledges that the provisions of this clause 16 are no more extensive than is reasonable to protect the relevant Party, and further (having taken
independent legal advice), acknowledges and accepts that, it shall not challenge the validity of any undertakings contained in this clause 16 and irrevocably waives its
right to challenge the enforceability or legality of any such undertakings in each case on the basis that the undertakings are unreasonable or in contravention of public
policy as a result of the time period for which such undertaking applies or the scope (geographic or otherwise) of such undertaking.
17.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
17.1
No public announcement concerning the existence or subject matter of this Agreement shall be made by any Party or its Affiliates without the prior written approval of
the other Parties (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
17.2
A Party may make an announcement concerning the existence or the subject matter of this Agreement if required by:
(a)
(b)
(c)
any applicable law;
the rules of any securities exchange on which securities of that Party or any of its Affiliates are listed; or
any Governmental Authority to which that Party is subject or submits, wherever situated,
provided that it shall to the extent permitted by applicable law have first: (i) given notice to the other Parties of its intention to make such an announcement and (ii)
agreed on the contents of such announcement with the other Parties before making such announcement.
17.3
In addition to the foregoing, Marathon will, to the extent permitted by applicable law:
(a)
(b)
(c)
(i) as soon as possible notify FSI of any intention to issue a press release, public filing (including any current report on Form 8-K), public announcement or
other communication with any news media relating to this Agreement, any of the Definitive Agreements or the transactions and documents contemplated
hereby and any amendments thereof (collectively, the “Disclosure Documents”);
provide drafts of any Disclosure Documents to FSI promptly after the notification. FSI shall have no obligation to sign any of the Definitive Agreements or
any documents contemplated hereby and any amendments thereof or of this Agreement if the Parties are not able to agree on the contents of the Disclosure
Documents; and
if the Disclosure Documents are related to any of this Agreement, any Definitive Agreements or any documents contemplated hereby and any amendments
hereof that has already been signed, Marathon will use reasonable, good faith efforts to incorporate any comments provided by FSI to any such Disclosure
Documents,
provided that where a Disclosure Document has been approved by FSI in accordance with this clause 17.3, Marathon shall not be required to seek any additional
approval(s) with respect to any future Disclosure Document with identical language (other than changing verb tenses as the context requires).
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18.
CONFIDENTIALITY
18.1
For the purposes of this clause 18, “Confidential Information” means all information of a confidential nature disclosed by whatever means by one Party and/or its
Affiliates (the “Disclosing Party”) to any other Party and/or its Affiliates (the “Receiving Party”) and includes such information disclosed by or to any Group
Company and includes the Group Confidential Information and the provisions and subject matter of this Agreement.
18.2
Each Shareholder undertakes to keep, and shall procure that each of its Affiliates (if applicable), and each Director appointed by it under clause 6.2 shall keep, the
Confidential Information confidential and not disclose it to any Person, other than as permitted under this clause 18.
18.3
Clause 18.2 shall not apply to the disclosure of Confidential Information if and to the extent:
(a)
(b)
(c)
(a)
(b)
required by any law over the affairs of the Receiving Party or any Group Company;
required by the rules of any securities exchange on which securities of the Receiving Party or any of its Affiliates are listed;
required by any court of competent jurisdiction or any competent judicial, governmental, supervisory or regulatory body; or
that such information is in the public domain or comes into the public domain other than through breach of this clause 18; or
that such information was already in the lawful possession of the Receiving Party without any obligation of confidentiality (as evidenced by written records),
provided that in the case of clauses 18.3(a), 18.3(b) and 18.3(c) above, the Receiving Party, will, to the extent reasonably practicable and permitted by such law or
body, promptly notify the Disclosing Party or the relevant Group Company (as appropriate) and co-operate with the Disclosing Party or the relevant Group Company
(as appropriate) regarding the timing and content of such disclosure and any action which the Disclosing Party or the relevant Group Company (as appropriate) may
reasonably wish to take to challenge the validity of such requirement.
18.4
A Receiving Party may only disclose Confidential Information to its Affiliates and their respective employees, advisers and lenders, in each case who reasonably need
to know, provided each such recipient is under confidentiality obligations that are no less stringent than those set out under this Agreement.
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18.5
A Shareholder may disclose Confidential Information relating to the Group (but not the other Shareholder) to a bona fide potential purchaser to whom it is or may,
subject to compliance with the transfer provisions in this Agreement, become entitled to sell its Shares in the Company in accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement, provided that before any Confidential Information is disclosed, the potential purchaser shall have entered into appropriate confidentiality undertakings in a
form reasonably satisfactory to the Board, including to a majority of the Directors appointed by the Shareholders other than the selling Shareholder.
18.6
This clause 18 shall continue to bind the Parties notwithstanding termination or expiry of this Agreement or transfer of a Party’s Shares.
19.
COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS
19.1
19.2
19.3
Each Shareholder undertakes to, and procures that each of its Affiliates shall, at all times comply with all relevant provisions of applicable Anti-Bribery Laws, Anti-
Money Laundering Laws and Sanctions Laws.
Each Party hereby acknowledges that it is aware, and that it will procure that each of the persons to whom it is entitled to disclose Confidential Information pursuant to
clause 18.4 is aware, that the United States securities laws and other laws prohibit any person who has material, non-public information concerning an entity from
purchasing or selling securities of that entity or from communicating such information to any other person under circumstances in which it is reasonably foreseeable
that such person is likely to purchase or sell such securities. Marathon hereby advises the other Parties, and the other Parties hereby acknowledge, that Confidential
Information may contain material non-public information relating to Marathon and its Affiliates, customers and vendors. Without limiting the foregoing, each Party
hereby agrees that it shall use the Confidential Information in accordance with all applicable laws.
Marathon hereby agrees that, to the extent that it intends to distribute information relating to Marathon or any of its Affiliates to the other Shareholders or discuss
information at a meeting of the Board or the Shareholders and Marathon knows that such information constitutes material non-public information about Marathon,
then Marathon will use commercially reasonable efforts to notify the other Shareholders that such information constitutes material non-public information and provide
the other Shareholders (or their respective representatives) with the opportunity to elect to not receive such information or to recuse itself (or its respective
representative(s), as applicable) from such meeting, as applicable.
19.4
Until such time as the transaction contemplated by this Agreement is announced, or this Agreement is terminated in accordance with clause 5.5, the Parties shall not
purchase or sell any securities of Marathon (including short sales, synthetic trades, puts, calls or other hedge).
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20.
NOTICES
20.1
Any notice or other communication to be given under or in connection with this Agreement (a “Notice”) shall be:
(a)
(b)
(c)
in writing in the English language;
signed by or on behalf of the Party giving it; and
delivered personally by hand or courier (using an internationally recognised courier company) or sent by first class post (or by airmail if overseas) or recorded
delivery or by email, to the Party due to receive the Notice, to the address and for the attention of the relevant Party set out in this clause 20 (or to such other
address and / or for such other person’s attention as shall have been notified to the giver of the relevant Notice and become effective (in accordance with this
clause 20 prior to dispatch of the Notice)).
20.2
In the absence of evidence of earlier receipt, any Notice served in accordance with clause 20 shall be deemed given and received:
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
in the case of personal delivery by hand or courier, at the time of delivery at the address referred to in clause 20.4;
in the case of first class post (other than airmail) or recorded delivery, at 10.00 am on the second (2nd) Business Day after posting;
in the case of airmail, at 10.00 am on the fifth (5th) Business Day after posting; and
in the case of email, at the time the email is sent provided no notification is received by the sender that the email is undelivered or undeliverable.
20.3
For the purposes of this clause 20:
(a)
(b)
all times are to be read as local time in the place of deemed receipt; and
if deemed receipt under this clause 20 is not within business hours (meaning 9.00 am to 5.30 pm Monday to Friday on a Business Day), the Notice is deemed
to have been received at 10.00 am on the next Business Day in the place of receipt.
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20.4
The addresses of the Parties for the purpose of this clause 20 are as follows:
FSI:
Marathon:
For the attention of: Jolie Kahn, Esq.
Address: 101 NE 3rd Avenue, Suite 1200, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301-1147
Email: jolie@mara.com
20.5
In proving service, it shall be sufficient to prove that:
(a)
(b)
the envelope containing the notice or communication was properly addressed and delivered to the address shown thereon; or
the email containing the notice or communication was transmitted to the email address of the relevant Party.
20.6
20.7
If a Party can reasonably assume that the person for whose attention a Notice is marked in relation to another Party, or a director of such another Party, is aware that
such a Notice has been given, such Notice shall be deemed to be validly given from the time at which such person had that awareness.
Any Party may notify the other Parties of any change to its name, address or email address for the purpose of this clause 20 provided that such notice shall be sent to
each of the other Parties and shall only be effective on:
(a)
(b)
the date specified in the notice as the date on which the change is to take effect; or
if no date is so specified or the date specified is less than three (3) Business Days after which such notice was given (or deemed to be given), the fourth (4th)
Business Day after the notice was given or deemed to be given.
21.
GENERAL
21.1
Assignment
(a)
(b)
Subject to clause 21.1(b), a Shareholder shall not assign the benefit of this Agreement (in whole or in part) or transfer, declare a trust of or otherwise dispose
of in any manner whatsoever its rights and obligations under or arising out of this Agreement or sub-contract or delegate in any manner whatsoever its
performance under this Agreement (each of the above a “Dealing”) without the prior written consent of all Shareholders and any Dealing or purported
Dealing in contravention of this clause 21.1 shall be ineffective. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Shareholder shall be permitted, without requiring the
consent of the other Shareholders, to assign all of it rights and obligations under this Agreement to any Person to which it has transferred its Shares and who
has executed a Deed of Adherence in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
The Shareholders acknowledge that Marathon’s shareholders are in the process of establishing an ADGM private company limited by shares (the “Marathon
ADGM Company”) with the intention that the Marathon ADGM Company will replace Marathon in full as a party to this Agreement. Accordingly, subject to
and except for the following sentence, nothing in this Agreement shall restrict Marathon from transferring all of its Shares (together with all rights and
obligations under this Agreement) to the Marathon ADGM Company once incorporated. Marathon shall only be permitted to transfer its Shares to the
Marathon ADGM Company (together with all rights and obligations under this Agreement) if it complies with clause 11.1(c).
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21.2
Costs and expenses
Save as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, each Party shall pay its own costs, charges and expenses (including legal fees) in relation to the negotiation,
preparation, execution and implementation of this Agreement and all other documents mentioned herein.
21.3
Tax Matters
(a)
(b)
(c)
The Parties acknowledge and agree that the Company is intended to be treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and the Parties shall take
such actions, including making an election to be treated as an association taxable as a corporation or refraining from making an election to be treated as a
partnership or disregarded entity, as may be required to ensure that the Company is classified as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes. The
Parties agree that the Company’s classification for U.S. federal income tax purposes may be changed with any permissible effective date but that such change
must in advance be agreed to by all Parties.
The Parties shall cooperate in good faith to appoint a mutually agreeable tax return preparer for the Company, and shall ensure that prior to filing or causing
to be filed any tax return, form or report on behalf of the Company, the tax return preparer consults with the Parties regarding the content of such tax return,
form or report (and provides a copy of any draft tax return, form or report to the Parties), and shall not file such tax return, form or report without the consent
of the Parties.
The Parties acknowledge and agree that any tax liabilities of the Company shall be borne by the Company, and that any tax liabilities of a Shareholder shall
be borne solely by such Shareholder.
21.4
Invalidity or Severability
If at any time any provision of this Agreement shall be held to be illegal, void, invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part under any enactment or rule of law in any
jurisdiction, then such provision shall:
(a)
(b)
to the extent that it is illegal, void, invalid or unenforceable be given no effect and shall be deemed not to be included in this Agreement; and
not affect or impair the legality, validity or enforceability in that jurisdiction of any other provision of this Agreement; or the legality, validity or enforceability
under the law of any other jurisdiction of such provision or any other provision of this Agreement; and
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(c)
the Parties shall use all reasonable endeavours to replace such a provision with a valid and enforceable substitute provision which carries out, as closely as
possible, the intentions of the Parties under this Agreement.
21.5
Counterparts
This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, and by the Parties on separate counterparts, but shall not be effective until each Party has executed at least one
counterpart. Each counterpart shall constitute an original of this Agreement, but the counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.
21.6
Variation and waiver
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
No variation of this Agreement shall be effective unless it is in writing (which for this purpose, does not include email) and signed by or on behalf of each of
the Parties. The expression “variation” shall, in each case, include any variation, supplement, deletion or replacement however effected.
No waiver of this Agreement or of any provision hereof will be effective unless it is in writing (which for this purpose, does not include email) and signed by
the Party against whom such waiver is sought to be enforced.
Any waiver of any right, claim or default hereunder shall be effective only in the instance given and will not operate as or imply a waiver of any other or
similar right, claim or default on any subsequent occasion.
Any failure or delay by any person in exercising, or failure to exercise, any right or remedy provided by law or under this Agreement shall not impair or
constitute a waiver of that right or remedy or of any other right or remedy and no single or partial exercise of any right or remedy provided by law or under
this Agreement or otherwise shall prevent any further exercise of the right or remedy or the exercise of any other right or remedy.
21.7
Entire agreement
(a)
(b)
Each of the Parties to this Agreement confirms that the content of this Agreement as expressly set out herein, represents the entire understanding, and
constitutes the whole agreement, in relation to its subject matter and the transactions contemplated by it, and supersedes all previous agreements,
understandings or arrangements (whether express, implied, oral or written (whether or not in draft form)) between the Parties with respect thereto which shall
cease to have any further force or effect notwithstanding the existence of any provision of any such prior agreement or understanding that any such rights or
provisions shall survive its termination and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, excludes any warranty, condition or other undertaking
implied at law or by custom, usage or course of dealing.
Each Party confirms that in entering into this Agreement it has agreed not to rely on any representation (including without limitation any misrepresentation or
any misstatement), warranty, collateral contract, assurance, covenant, indemnity, undertaking or commitment which is not expressly set out in this Agreement
made by or on behalf of any other Party before the date of this Agreement, including during the course of negotiating this Agreement.
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21.8
No partnership
Nothing in this Agreement or any document referred to in it or any arrangement contemplated by it or any action taken by the Parties under it shall constitute:
(a)
(b)
any Party a partner of any other Party; and
any Party the agent of any other Party for any purpose, nor authorise any Party to make or enter into any commitments for or on behalf of any other Party.
22.
GOVERNING LAW AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION
22.1
22.2
This Agreement and any dispute or claim arising out of, or in connection with it, its subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims) shall be
governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of England and Wales.
In the event of any dispute, controversy or claim arising from or connected with this Agreement (including a dispute relating to any non-contractual obligations arising
out of or in connection with this Agreement) between the Parties, representatives of the Parties shall, within ten (10) Business Days of service of a written notice from
any Party to the other Parties, hold a meeting (a “Dispute Meeting”) in an effort to resolve the dispute. In the absence of agreement to the contrary, the Dispute
Meeting shall be held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
22.3
Each Party shall use all reasonable endeavours to send a representative who has authority to settle the dispute to attend the Dispute Meeting.
22.4
Any disputes, controversies or claims arising out or in connection with this Agreement, including without limitation any question regarding its existence, validity,
breach or termination, shall be referred to and finally resolved by arbitration under the Rules of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce by one
arbitrator appointed in accordance with the said Rules. The legal place, or seat, of the arbitration shall be the ADGM. The language of the arbitration shall be English.
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IN WITNESS whereof this Agreement has been duly entered into on the date first above written.
SIGNED BY
on behalf of FS INNOVATION L.L.C.
SIGNED BY
on behalf of MARATHON DIGITAL
HOLDINGS, INC.
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EARLY TERMINATION AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.64
Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc. (the “Borrower”) is indebted to Silvergate Bank (the “Lender”) under that certain Term Credit and Security Agreement (the “Term Facility”),
and Revolving Credit and Security Agreement (the “RLOC Facility”), by and between Lender and Borrower, both dated as of July 28, 2022 (together, the “Facilities”).
The Borrower elects hereby to early terminate the Facilities, effective March 8, 2023. The Lender hereby agrees to waive the prepayment charge equal to one-half percent
(0.50%) of the principal balance due under Section 2.2 of the Term Facility.
Further, the Lender hereby waives the Borrower’s required ninety (90) day notice period concerning termination under the RLOC Facility.
Agreed:
BORROWER:
MARATHON DIGITAL HOLDINGS. INC,
/s/ Hugh Gallagher
By:
Name: Hugh Gallagher
Title:
Chief Financial Officer
LENDER:
SILVERGATE BANK
/s/ Silvia Elliot
By:
Name: Silvia Elliot
Title: Director of Loan Operations
DATE:
03/07/2023
DATE:
03/07/2023
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm’s Consent
Exhibit 23.1
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements of Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc. on Form S-3 (File Nos. 333-241688, 333-251309, 333-252053
and 333-262656) and Form S-8 (File Nos.333-239565, 333-252950, and 333-258928) of our report dated March 16, 2023, with respect to our audits of the consolidated
financial statements of Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc. as of December 31, 2022 and 2021 and for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 and our report dated March
16, 2023 with respect to our audit of internal control over financial reporting of Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc. as of December 31, 2022, which reports are included in this
Annual Report on Form 10-K of Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc. for the year ended December 31, 2022.
Our report on the consolidated financial statements refers to a restatement of previously issued financial statements and a change in the accounting for crypto lending
arrangements.
Our report on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting expressed an adverse opinion because of the existence of material weaknesses.
/s/ Marcum LLP
Marcum LLP
Costa Mesa, CA
March 16, 2023
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Annual Report on Form 10-K of Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc. and subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”) for the
year ended December 31, 2022 of our report dated March 16, 2021 included in its Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-252053, 333-241688, 333-251309 and 333-
262656) relating to the consolidated financial statements.
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
/s/ RBSM LLP
Las Vegas, NV
March 16, 2023
Exhibit 23.2
770 E Warm Springs Road
Suite 225
Las Vegas, Nevada 89119
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Annual Report on Form 10-K of Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc. and subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”) for the
year ended December 31, 2022 of our report dated March 16, 2021 included in its Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-258928, 333-239565 and 333-252950) relating
to the consolidated financial statements.
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
770 E Warm Springs Road
Suite 225
Las Vegas, Nevada 89119
/s/ RBSM LLP
Las Vegas, NV
March 16, 2023
CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND
PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER
PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE
SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
Exhibit 31.1
I, Fred Thiel, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc.;
2. Based on my knowledge, this annual report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in
light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results
of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e)
and 15d-15(e)) and internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
a)
designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material
information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly for the period in which
this report is being prepared;
b) designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide
reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles;
c)
evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure
controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
d) disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the
registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control
over financial reporting; and
5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and
the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent function):
a)
b)
all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely
affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial
reporting.
Dated: March 16, 2023
By:
/s/ Fred Thiel
Fred Thiel
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman (Principal Executive Officer)
CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND
PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING OFFICER
PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE
SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
Exhibit 31.2
I, Hugh Gallagher, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc.;
2. Based on my knowledge, this annual report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in
light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results
of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e)
and 15d-15(e)) and internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
a)
designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material
information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly for the period in which
this report is being prepared;
b) designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide
reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles;
c)
evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure
controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
d) disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the
registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control
over financial reporting; and
5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and
the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent function):
a)
b)
all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely
affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial
reporting.
Dated: March 16, 2023
By:
/s/ Hugh Gallagher
Hugh Gallagher
Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
Certification
Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act Of 2002
(Subsections (A) And (B) Of Section 1350, Chapter 63 of Title 18, United States Code)
Exhibit 32.1
Pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (subsections (a) and (b) of section 1350, chapter 63 of title 18, United States Code), each of the undersigned officers
of Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”), does hereby certify, that:
The Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 (the “Form 10-K”) of the Company fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and the information contained in the Form 10-K fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of
operations of the Company.
Date: March 16, 2023
Date: March 16, 2023
By:
By:
/s/ Fred Thiel
Fred Thiel
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Hugh Gallagher
Hugh Gallagher
Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)