Pineapple Financial Inc

Notes to the Condensed Interim Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

1. Description of business

Pineapple Financial Inc. (the” Company”) is a leader in the Canadian mortgage industry, breaking the mold by focusing on both the long-term success of agents and brokerages, as well as the overall experience of homeowners. With over 600 brokers within the network, the Company utilizes cutting-edge cloud-based tools and AI-driven systems to enable its brokers to help Canadians realize their ultimate dream, owning a home.

The Company was incorporated in 2006, under the Ontario Business Corporations Act. The Company’s head office is located at 200-111 Gordon Baker Road, Toronto, Ontario, M2H 3R1 Canada and its securities are publicly listed on the New York Stock Exchange American (NYSEAmerican) under ticker “PAPL”. The Company completed an Initial Public Offering on October 31, 2023 for gross proceeds of $3,500,000 and the first day of trading was November 1, 2023.

Impact from the global inflationary pressures leading to higher interest rates

During the second quarter of 2024, due to inflationary pressures that were felt around the globe, central banks all over the world increased interest rates steadily to reduce these pressures. The impact on the real estate market has been to reduce the price wars, bidding, and control over the runaway prices. This has led to modifications in all businesses associated with real estate including the Company. With the interest rates increases which reduces prices has led to reduced volume for the Company. It is unknown how long the increased interest rates will last. The Company determined that there were no material expectations of increased credit losses, and no material indicators of impairment of long-term assets.

2. Significant accounting policies

Basis of Presentation

The Company’s condensed interim consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”) and Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) rules and regulations and include the accounts of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries. These unaudited condensed interim consolidated financial statements do not include all disclosures normally provided in annual financial statements and should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended August 31, 2023. Accordingly, accounting policies, estimates, and judgements applied are the same as those applied in the Company’s financial statements for the year ended August 31, 2023, unless otherwise indicated. The Company assesses its accounting estimates and judgements every reporting period.

The condensed interim consolidated financial statements were authorized for issue by the Board of Directors on April 15, 2024.

For six months period ended February 29, 2024

2. Significant accounting policies (continued)

Basis of preparation, functional and presentation currency

The condensed interim consolidated financial statements have been preparedin accordance with GAAP applicable to a going concern, which contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of businesson the historical cost basis except for certain financial instruments that are measured at fair value. Historical cost is generally based on the fair value of the consideration given in exchange for assets.

All financial information is presented in US Dollars (“USD”) as the Company’s presentation currency and functional currency is in Canadian Dollars (“CAD”). The interim financial statements are condensed and should be read in conjunction with the Company’s latest annual year-end consolidated financial statements for the year ended August 31, 2023. It is management’s opinion that all adjustments necessary for a fair statement of the results for the interim period has been made, and all adjustments are of a recurring nature or a description of the nature of and any amount of any adjustments other than normal recurring nature has been stated. Sufficient disclosures have been so as to not make the interim financial information misleading. There are no prior-period adjustments in these condensed interim consolidated financial statements.

Operating segments

The Company operates as one operating segment which is reported in a manner consistent with the internal reporting provided to the chief operating decision-makers. The chief operating decision-makers are responsible for the allocation of resources and assessing the performance of the consolidated operating segment and have been identified as the CEO and CFO of the Company.

Basis of consolidation

The condensed interim consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company, and its wholly owned subsidiary, Pineapple Insurance Inc and Pineapple National Inc. All transactions with the subsidiary and any intercompany balances, gains or losses have been eliminated upon consolidation. The subsidiaries have a CAD functional currency and accounting policies have been applied consistently to the subsidiaries.

3. Significant accounting judgments, estimates and assumptions

The preparation of financial statements requires the directors and management to make judgments, estimates and assumptions that affect the application of policies and reported amounts of assets and liabilities, and revenue and expenses. Actual results may differ from these estimates. The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognized in the period in which the estimate is revised if the revision affects only that period or in the period of the revision and future periods if the revision affects both current and future periods.

The following are the critical estimates and judgments applied by management that most significantly affect the Company’s financial statements. Uncertainty about these assumptions and estimates could result in outcomes that require a material adjustment to the carrying amount of assets or liabilities affected in future periods.

Investments (level 3)

Where the fair values of financial assets and financial liabilities recorded on the statements of financial position, cannot be derived from active markets, they are determined using a variety of valuation techniques. The inputs to these models are derived from observable market data where possible; where observable market data is not available, Management’s judgment is required to establish fair values.

Share based compensation

Management is required to make certain estimates when determining the fair value of stock options awards, and the number of awards that are expected to vest. These estimates affect the amount recognized as stock-based compensation in the statements of income and comprehensive income based on estimates of volatility, forfeitures and expected lives of the underlying stock options which are at a maximum of 36 months vesting period.

Notes to the Condensed Interim Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)

For period six month period ended February 29, 2024

3. Significant accounting judgments, estimates and assumptions (continued)

Useful life of Assets

Significant judgement is involved in determination of useful life for the property plant and equipment and intangible assets. Management assesses the reasonability of the useful life on an annual basis to record the depreciation of the intangibles and property plant and equipment.

4. Investments

During the year ended August 31, 2021, the Company purchased an investment in a private company. The Company holds a 5% interest with no significant influence. The investment is recorded at FVTPL using level 3 inputs. The valuation of the Company’s investment is determined based on the most recent private placement financing completed. As at February 29, 2024, the Company recognized a $Nil change in fair value (2022- $nil). Change in fair value during the current period due to foreign exchange translation.

5. Property and equipment

The Company’s property and equipment consist of laptops, furniture and office equipment.

**6. Intangible assets **

The intangible assets additions in the current period are related to development costs capitalized for internally generated software with a useful life of 5 years.

7. Share capital

Authorized share capital

The authorized share capital of the Company consists of an unlimited number of common shares with a nominal par value.

On November 3, 2023, the Company completed was listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker PAPL. The Company issued 875,000 shares on the initial public offering and received gross proceeds of $3,500,000 on closing of the public offering. The Company incurred $796,346 in share issue costs related to underwriter fee and legal cost fees. The share issue cost balance includes the fair value of $48,284 related to 26,250 representative warrants that were issued on November 3, 2023 to the underwriters for an exercise price of $4 and expiring on October 31, 2028.

8. Warrants

As noted in Note 7 above on November 3, 2023, the Company issued 26,250 warrants at an exercise price of $4 with an expiry date of October 31, 2028. As per ASC 815 the instruments did not meet the criteria to be classified as equity instruments as such were classified as a financial liability. Below is the continuity of the warrant liability valuation.

The warrants were valued using the Black-Scholes method with the share price of $1.86, exercise price of $4, term of 5 years, risk free rate of 4.62% and volatility of 251% at issuance and share price of $1.50, exercise price of $4, term of 5 years, risk free rate of 4.42% and volatility of 179.75% as at February 29, 2024.

9. Share-based benefits reserve

The Company has a share option plan (the “Plan”) to attract, retain and motivate qualified directors, officers, employees and consultants whose present and future contributions are important to the success of the Company by offering them an opportunity to participate in the Company’s future performance through the award of share options.

Each share option converts into one common share of the Company. on exercise. No amounts are paid or payable by the recipient on receipt of the option. The options carry neither rights to dividends nor voting rights. Options may be exercised at any time from the date of vesting to the date of their expiry.

In 2017, the Plan was amended such that the total number of common shares reserved and available for grant and issuance pursuant to the Plan is to equal 10% of the issued and outstanding common shares of the Company.

Options granted on June 14, 2021, vest over a 2-year period whereby 25% of the options granted vested on the date of grant, and the remaining unvested options vest in equal instalments every 6-months thereafter. The fair value of stock options granted was $1,317,155. A total stock-based compensation expense was recognized of $Nil for six months ended February 29, 2024 (February 28, 2023 - $33,041).

The Chief Financial Officer was granted 63,821 Stock options on November 15, 2021 as part of his compensation package. The options vest over a 3-year period whereby 8,974 of the options granted vested on the grant date and the remaining unvested options vest in equal instalments every 6-months thereafter. The fair value of the stock options granted was $141,885. The Chief Financial Officer options were forfeited during the year ended August 31, 2023. For period ended February 29, 2024, stock-based compensation expense of $nil (February 28, 2023 - $48,458) was recognized.

The following reconciles the options outstanding at the beginning and end of the period that were granted to eligible participants pursuant to the Plan:

10. Right-of-use asset and lease liability

The Company leases all its office premises in Ontario and British Columbia, Canada. The Company extended the current Ontario premises of 4,894 sq. ft. lease to January 1, 2030, and acquired additional premises of 8,368 square feet adjacent to the current office premises with the same landlord. The additional premises lease also expires on January 1, 2030. The total area of use by The Company is 13,262 sq. ft. The Company acquired a 1,454 square feet premise lease in British Columbia commencing August 1, 2023 and expiring on July 31, 2028. The Company recognized a right-of-use asset and corresponding lease liability in respect of this lease. The lease liability was measured at the present value of the remaining lease payments, discounted using the Company’s estimated incremental borrowing rate as at September 1, 2017 (date of initial application), estimated to be 6%. The right-of-use asset was measured at an amount equal to the lease liability, adjusted by the amount of any prepaid or accrued lease payments relating to that lease recognized in the interim condensed balance sheet immediately before the date of initial application.

The following schedule shows the movement in the Company’s right-of-use asset:

The right-of-use asset is being depreciated on a straight-line basis over the remaining lease term.

10. Right-of-use asset and lease liability (continued)

The following schedule shows the movement in the Company’s lease liability during the period:

The following table provides a maturity analysis of the Company’s lease liability. The amounts disclosed in the maturity analysis are the contractual undiscounted cash flows before deducting interest or finance charges:

11. Expenses

The following table provides a breakdown of the selling, general and administrative :

12. Related party transactions

Compensation of key management personnel includes the CEO, COO, CSO, and CFO:

13. Deferred government incentive

The Company was eligible for the Government of Canada SRED program up to November 3, 2023. The Company has accrued $634,481 of SRED receivable as at February 29, 2024, which is recognized in trades and other receivables in the consolidated balance sheet. A portion of the funds received is related to costs that have been capitalized for the development of internally generated software recognized as intangible asset in Note 6 as such $503,258 of the balance received and accrued is recognized as deferred government incentive balance and will be recognized as recovery in the condensed interim consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive loss over the useful life of the intangible assets. As at February 29, 2024, $80,334 was recognized as reversal of recovery of operating expenses in the condensed interim consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive loss. As at February 28, 2023 $392,919 was recognized as recovery of operating expenses in the condensed interim consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive loss over the useful life of the intangible assets.

14. Risk management arising from financial instruments

Credit risk is the risk of loss associated with a counterparty’s inability to fulfill its payment obligations. The Company’s principal financial assets that expose it to credit risk are cash and trade receivables. The Company mitigates this risk by monitoring the credit worthiness of its customers and holding cash at financial institutions.

The maximum credit exposure at February 29, 2024 is the carrying amount of cash and trade receivables. The Company’s exposure to credit risk is considered to be low, given the size and nature of the various counterparties involved and their history of performance.

The Company has not historically incurred any significant credit loss in respect of its trade receivables. Based on consideration of all possible default events over the assets’ contractual lifetime, the expected credit loss in respect of the Company’s trade receivables was minimal as at February 29, 2024 and August 31, 2023.

Interest rate risk is the risk that the fair value or future cash flows of a financial instrument will fluctuate due to changes in market interest rates. The Company does not have any variable interest-bearing debt.

Liquidity risk is the risk that the Company will not be able to meet its financial obligations as they become due. The Company’s approach in managing liquidity is to ensure, to the extent possible, that it will have sufficient liquidity to meet its liabilities when due, by continuously monitoring actual and forecasted cash flows.

The Company’s objective of managing capital, comprising of shareholders’ equity, is to ensure its continued ability to operate as a going concern. The Company manages its capital structure and makes changes to it based on economic conditions.

Management and the Board of Directors review the Company’s capital management approach on an ongoing basis and believe this approach, given the relative size of the Company, is reasonable. The Company is not subject to externally imposed capital requirements. The Company’s capital management objectives, policies and processes have remained unchanged during the period ended February 29, 2024.

Notes to the Condensed Interim Consolidated Financial Statements

15. Commitments and contingencies

In the ordinary course of operating, the Company may from time to time be subject to various claims or possible claims. Management believes that there are no claims or possible claims that if resolved would either individually or collectively result in a material adverse impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations, or cash flows. These matters are inherently uncertain, and management’s view of these matters may change in the future.

See note 10 related to lease commitments.

16. Disaggregation of revenue

**17. Loan **

The Company entered into a loan on July 31, 2023, with aone-year term and maturity date of July 31, 2024. The Company obtained a loan of $430,098 with an annual compounded interest rate of 12% per annum. The Company paid a 2% advance fee to obtain the loan as at August 31, 2023. The Company received an additional advance of $71,479 related to the Loan during the six-month period ended February 29, 2024. The Company obtained the loan based on the qualified SRED amount to be obtained for fiscal year 2023 and six-month period ended February 29, 2024, noted in Note 13. The loan was subsequently settled in full during March 2024.

18. Subsequent events

The only subsequent event the company determined was the loan repayment in March 2024.