Soluna Holdings Inc
For the period ended Mar 31, 2025. Filed May 15, 2025.
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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)
- Nature of Operations
Description of Business
Unless the context requires otherwise in these notes to the consolidated financial statements, the terms “SHI,” “ the “Company,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to Soluna Holdings, Inc. together with its consolidated subsidiaries, “SDI” refers to Soluna Digital, Inc., “SCI” refers to Soluna Computing, Inc., formerly known as EcoChain, Inc., “Soluna Cloud” or “Cloud” refers to Soluna Cloud, Inc., and “SEI” refers to Soluna Energy, Inc.
Soluna Holdings, Inc. (“SHI”) is a digital infrastructure company that specializes in transforming surplus renewable energy into computing resources. The Company’s strategy is to operate modular data centers co-located with wind, solar, and hydroelectric power plants, supporting compute-intensive applications, including Bitcoin mining, generative AI, and soon-high performance computing (“HPC”). This approach aims to create a more sustainable grid while providing cost-effective and environmentally friendly computing solutions.
SHI was originally incorporated in the State of New York in 1961 as Mechanical Technology, Incorporated and reincorporated in the State of Nevada on March 24, 2021. Headquartered in Albany, New York, the Company changed its name from “Mechanical Technology, Incorporated” to Soluna Holdings, Inc. on November 2, 2021. On October 29, 2021, Soluna Callisto Holdings, Inc. (“Soluna Callisto”) merged into Soluna Computing, Inc. (“SCI”), a private green data center development company and a subsidiary of SHI. MTI Instruments, Inc., a subsidiary of SHI, was sold on April 11, 2022. On March 23, 2021, our common stock commenced trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”). We formed a wholly owned subsidiary of SHI on December 27, 2023, Soluna Digital, Inc. (“Soluna Digital,” or “SDI”). Effective December 31, 2023, SCI transferred substantially all of its assets to SHI or its subsidiaries, including SDI.
During fiscal year 2021, the Company commenced mining operations at its Murray, Kentucky location (“Project Sophie”) and Calvert City, Kentucky site (“Project Marie”). Project Marie was decommissioned in February 2023, while Project Sophie transitioned its focus from proprietary Bitcoin mining to hosting customers’ Bitcoin mining operations in the second quarter of 2023. All 25 MW of Project Sophie now perform data hosting services. The Company has since sold all Bitcoin miners at Project Sophie and redeployed the capital.
The Company’s Texas site (“Project Dorothy”), located at a wind farm, holds the potential for up to 100 MW of power generation. By June 2024, SHI had energized 50 MW of the site across two phases, Project Dorothy 1A and 1B. As of March 31, 2025, SHI holds a 15% ownership interest in Soluna DVSL ComputeCo, LLC (“DVSL”), owner of Project Dorothy 1A, and a 51% ownership interest in Soluna DV ComputeCo, LLC (“DVCC”), owner of Project Dorothy 1B. On July 22, 2024, the Company closed financing for the 48 MW modular data center (the “Project Dorothy 2”). Project Dorothy 2 is financed by Soluna2 SLC Fund II Project Holdco LLC, an investment vehicle of Spring Lane Capital (“SLC”) and SDI. As of March 31, 2025, SDI has a 12% ownership interest in Project Dorothy 2.
Going Concern and Liquidity
The Company’s condensed financial statements as of March 31, 2025 have been prepared using generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) applicable to a going concern, which contemplates the realization of assets and liquidation of liabilities in the normal course of business. As shown in the accompanying condensed financial statements, the Company was in a net loss position, has negative working capital, and has significant outstanding debt as of March 31, 2025. In addition, Soluna MC Borrowings, LLC 2021-1 (“Borrower”), a subsidiary of Soluna MC, LLC (“Soluna MC”), a subsidiary of Soluna Digital, Inc. (“Soluna Digital” or “SDI”), a subsidiary of the Company, has a litigation matter with NYDIG ABL LLC (“NYDIG”) in relation to their Master Equipment Finance Agreement. See further discussion around the NYDIG litigation in Note 10. The Company had outstanding commitments as of March 31, 2025, related to SDI of $10.4 million in capital expenditures related to Project Dorothy 2 and Project Kati. In addition, in June 2024, Soluna AL Cloudco, LLC (“CloudCo”), a subsidiary of Soluna Cloud, entered into an agreement (the “HPE Agreement”) with Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company (“HPE”), with an initial pre-payment of $10.3 million and a total commitment of $34 million over a 36-month period. On March 24, 2025, CloudCo notified HPE of its termination of the HPE Agreement and, on March 26, 2025, HPE notified CloudCo of its termination of the HPE Agreement for cause, effective immediately, due to CloudCo’s material breach of its payment obligations that remained uncured for more than thirty (30) days. In accordance with the terms of the HPE Agreement, upon a termination for cause by HPE, CloudCo must pay HPE the remaining payment stream under the term of the HPE Agreement of approximately $19.3 million as of March 31, 2025, including all upfront payments and monthly charges, plus any fees incurred for the terminated Services (as defined in the HPE Agreement). CloudCo has not made any additional payments under the HPE Agreement since CloudCo notified HPE of its termination of the HPE Agreement. These factors, among others indicate that there is substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after issuance of these condensed financial statements as of March 31, 2025, or May 15, 2025.
The ability to continue as a going concern is dependent upon the Company generating profitable operations in the future and/or obtaining the necessary financing to meet its obligations and repay its liabilities arising from normal business operations when they come due. In the near term, management is evaluating and implementing different strategies to obtain financing to fund the Company’s expenses and growth to achieve a level of revenue adequate to support the Company’s current cost structure. Financing strategies may include, but are not limited to, stock issuances, project level equity, debt borrowings, partnerships and/or collaborations. If the Company is unable to meet its financial obligations, it could be forced to restructure or refinance, seek additional equity capital or sell its assets. The Company might then be unable to obtain such financing or capital or sell its assets on satisfactory terms. There can be no assurance that additional financing will be available to the Company when needed or, if available, that it can be obtained on commercially reasonable terms. If the Company is not able to obtain the additional financing on a timely basis, if and when it is needed, it will be forced to delay or scale down some or all of its development activities or perhaps even cease the operation of its business.
In addition to the Company’s cash on hand for available use of approximately $9.2 million as of March 31, 2025, the Company will need to raise additional capital through financing raising activities, to meet its capital expenditure needs for its current pipeline and other operational needs. On August 12, 2024, the Company entered into a Standby Equity Purchase Agreement (the “SEPA”) with YA II PN, LTD., a Cayman Islands exempt limited company (“YA”). In accordance with the terms of the SEPA, YA has agreed to purchase up to $25 million in aggregate gross purchase price of newly issued fully paid shares of the Company’s common stock from time to time subject to the limits and the conditions of the SEPA. The Company drew on the SEPA in the first quarter of 2025, and the proceeds were be used to pay debt, invest in data center projects, and for working capital and general corporate purposes. As of March 31, 2025, the Company has drawn approximately $2.0 million on the SEPA. Additionally, on April 29, 2025, the Company entered into an At the Market Offering Agreement with H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC (“Wainwright”), as sales agent, pursuant to which the Company may offer and sell, from time to time, through Wainwright, up to $3.75 million of shares of common stock.
The Company, in fiscal year 2025, will continue to look to evaluate different strategies to obtain financing to fund operations. However, management cannot provide any assurances that the Company will be successful in accomplishing additional financing or any of its other plans. These financial statements do not include any adjustments related to the recoverability and classification of assets or the amounts and classification of liabilities that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern.
- Basis of Presentation
In the opinion of management, the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments, which are of a normal recurring nature, necessary for a fair statement of the results for the periods presented in accordance with United States of America’s Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“U.S. GAAP”). The results of operations for the interim periods presented are not necessarily indicative of results for the full year.
Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in the annual consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP have been condensed or omitted. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 (“the Annual Report”).
The information presented in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2024 has been derived from the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements. All other information has been derived from the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and March 31, 2024.
Principles of Consolidation
The condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company, including the Company’s variable interest entities disclosed in Note 14. All intercompany balances and transactions are eliminated in consolidation.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents consist of cash and highly liquid short-term investments with original maturities of less than three months.
Restricted Cash
Restricted cash relates to cash that is legally restricted as to withdrawal and usage or is being held for a specific purpose and thus not available to the Company for immediate or general business use. As of March 31, 2025, the Company had restricted cash of approximately $5.3 million, of which $2.2 million was classified as current and $3.1 million was classified as non-current. As of December 31, 2024, the Company had restricted cash of approximately $2.6 million, of which $1.1 million was classified as current and $1.5 million was classified as non-current. Currently, the balance in restricted cash relates to a restricted deposits held with customers that were for less than 12 months, or held for debt covenant purposes. The Company has a long-term restricted cash balance in relation to a collateralized deposit.
Deposits and Credits on equipment
As of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Company had approximately $4.9 million and $5.1 million, respectively, in deposits and credits on equipment that had not yet been received by the Company. Once the Company receives such equipment in a subsequent period, the Company will reclassify such balance into Property, Plant, and Equipment. Included in these balances was a credit on equipment of $975 thousand, of which approximately $195 thousand has been used as of March 31, 2025, and the remaining $780 thousand will be restricted to be used on future purchases for Project Dorothy 2 and Project Kati until June 1, 2025 (“expiration date”). The Company notes that if an order is not executed by the expiration date, the credit would be forfeited. The Company intends to utilize the full credit balance for future orders prior to the expiration date.
Debt Issuance Costs
Debt issuance costs consist of costs incurred in obtaining long-term financing. These costs are classified on the condenses consolidated balance sheet as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of the related debt liability and subsequently amortized as interest expense in the condensed consolidated statement of operations using the effective interest rate method.
The Company evaluates amendments to its debt instruments in accordance with ASC 470-50,Debt - Modifications and Extinguishments(“ASC 470”) to determine whether the amendment should be accounted for as a modification or an extinguishment. An amendment may be considered modified when the terms of the new debt and original instrument are not “substantially different” (as defined in the debt modification guidance in ASC 470). Amendments that are considered modifications are accounted for prospectively as yield adjustments, based on the revised terms, and lender fees and costs directly incurred with third parties, to the extent material, are recorded as debt discount and amortized to interest expense using the effective interest rate method.
Reclassification
Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified for consistency with the current year presentation. These reclassifications had no effect on the reported results of operations or net assets.
- Accounts Receivable, net
| (Dollars in thousands) | March 31, 2025 | December 31, 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Data hosting | $1,602 | $1,385 |
| Demand response service receivable | 681 | 1,159 |
| Proprietary mining Coinbase receivable | - | 37 |
| Other | 325 | 356 |
| Accounts receivables, gross | 2,608 | 2,937 |
| Less: Allowance for expected credit losses | (244) | (244) |
| Accounts receivables, net | $2,364 | $2,693 |
The Company’s allowance for expected credit loss was $244 thousand at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. For the year ended December 31, 2024, one of the Company’s borrowers for a note receivable was having financial difficulty securing additional financing to pay the note. As such, the Company fully reserved the note balance and incurred a provision on credit loss of approximately $244 thousand. In addition, the Company had a credit provision for approximately $516 thousand due to a pricing dispute with a Bitcoin hosting customer, in which the agreement with the customer was terminated in December 2024. As of December 31, 2024, the Company wrote off the entire allowance with the Bitcoin hosting customer of $516 thousand.
Rollforward of Allowance of Expected Credit Losses:
| (Dollars in thousands) · January 1, 2025- March 31, 2025 · January 1, 2024 – December 31, 2024 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Allowance for expected credit losses, beginning of period | $244 | $ | - |
| Current period credit provision | - | 760 | |
| Write offs charged against the allowance | - | (516) | |
| Recoveries collected | - | - | |
| Allowance of expected credit losses, end of period | $244 | $244 | |
- Property, Plant and Equipment, net
Property, plant and equipment consist of the following at:
| (Dollars in thousands) | March 31, 2025 | December 31, 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Land and land improvements | $1,553 | $1,553 |
| Buildings and leasehold improvements | 25,453 | 25,453 |
| Computers and related software | 11,536 | 11,533 |
| Machinery and equipment | 9,354 | 9,324 |
| Office furniture and fixtures | 34 | 34 |
| Construction in progress | 13,005 | 9,250 |
| Property, plant and equipment, gross | 60,935 | 57,147 |
| Less: Accumulated depreciation | (11,350) | (9,864) |
| Property, plant and equipment, net | $49,585 | $47,283 |
Depreciation expense was approximately $1.5 million and $1.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
5. Intangible Assets, net
Intangible assets consist of the following as of March 31, 2025:
| (Dollars in thousands) | Intangible Assets | Accumulated Amortization | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strategic pipeline contract | $46,885 | $32,038 | $14,847 |
| Assembled workforce | 500 | 342 | 158 |
| Patents | 311 | 24 | 287 |
| Total | $47,696 | $32,404 | $15,292 |
Intangible assets consist of the following as of December 31, 2024:
| (Dollars in thousands) | Intangible Assets | Accumulated Amortization | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strategic pipeline contract | $46,885 | $29,694 | $17,191 |
| Assembled workforce | 500 | 317 | 183 |
| Patents | 266 | 20 | 246 |
| Total | $47,651 | $30,031 | $17,620 |
Amortization expense for the each of the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 was approximately $2.4 million, respectively.
The strategic pipeline contract relates to supply of a critical input to our digital mining and hosting business. The Company has analyzed this strategic pipeline contract similar to a permit for future benefit. The strategic pipeline contract relates to potential renewable energy datacenters that fit in the alignment of the Company structure to expand operations of the Company’s new focus in their business.
The Company expects to record amortization expense of intangible assets over the next five years and thereafter as follows:
| (Dollars in thousands) | |
|---|---|
| Year | 2025 |
| 2025 (remainder of the year) | $7,119 |
| 2026 | 7,912 |
| 2027 | 15 |
| 2028 | 15 |
| 2029 | 15 |
| Thereafter | 216 |
| Total | $15,292 |
6. Accrued Liabilities
Accrued liabilities consist of the following at:
| (Dollars in thousands) | March 31, 2025 | December 31, 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Salaries, wages and related expenses | $575 | $552 |
| Liability to shareholders for previous acquisition | 363 | 363 |
| Legal, audit, tax and professional fees | 888 | 537 |
| Sales tax accrual | - | 575 |
| Real estate taxes accrual | 98 | 182 |
| Hosting and utility fees | 1,564 | 1,036 |
| SEPA consent fee payable | 201 | - |
| Dividend payable | 7 | 7 |
| Construction fees | 1,601 | 2,211 |
| Membership distribution accrual | 955 | 1,179 |
| Other | 230 | 143 |
| Total | $6,482 | $6,785 |
Contract liability
On March 24, 2025, CloudCo notified HPE of its termination of the HPE Agreement and, on March 26, 2025, HPE sent notice of its termination of the HPE Agreement. The HPE Agreement provided the Company access to datacenter and cloud services for AI and supercomputing applications utilizing NVIDIA H100 GPUs. In accordance with the terms of the HPE Agreement, CloudCo is required to pay all of the unpaid fees that were payable over the entire term of the HPE Agreement. As of December 31, 2024, the Company reduced its prepaid assets and other long-term assets by approximately $8.6 million, increased termination liability by approximately $20.0 million and recorded a loss on contract of approximately $28.6 million to account for the termination of the contract and CloudCo’s contractual payments. The liability has been reduced to approximately $19.3 million as of March 31, 2025. See Note 1 for details.
- Income Taxes
During the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company’s effective income tax rate was 5.54% and 17.72%. The projected annual effective tax rate is less than the Federal statutory rate of 21%, primarily due to the change in the valuation allowance, as well as changes to estimated taxable income for 2025 and permanent differences. There was $425 thousand and $548 thousand income tax benefit for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024.
In connection with the strategic contract pipeline acquired in the Soluna Callisto acquisition as further discussed in Note 5, ASC 740-10-25-51 requires the recognition of a deferred tax impact of acquiring an asset in a transaction that is not a business combination when the amount paid exceeds the tax basis on the acquisition date. As such, the Company is required to adjust the value of the strategic contract pipeline by approximately $10.9 million at inception date, in which was recorded as a deferred tax liability and this amount will be amortized over the life of the asset. For the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company amortized $547 thousand each period.
The Company provides for recognition of deferred tax assets if the realization of such assets is more likely than not to occur in accordance with accounting standards that address income taxes. Significant management judgment is required in determining the period in which the reversal of a valuation allowance should occur. The Company has considered all available evidence, both positive and negative, such as historical levels of income and future forecasts of taxable income amongst other items, in determining its valuation allowance. In addition, the Company’s assessment requires us to schedule future taxable income in accordance with accounting standards that address incomes taxes to assess the appropriateness of a valuation allowance which further requires the exercise of significant management judgment.
The Company believes that the accounting estimate for the valuation of deferred tax assets is a critical accounting estimate because judgment is required in assessing the likely future tax consequences of events that have been recognized in our financial statements or tax returns. The Company based the estimate of deferred tax assets and liabilities on current tax laws and rates and, in certain cases, business plans and other expectations about future outcomes. In the event that actual results differ from these estimates, or the Company adjusts these estimates in future periods, the Company may need to adjust the recorded valuation allowance, which could materially impact our financial position and results of operations. The valuation allowance was $40.5 million and $36.8 million and on March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. We will continue to evaluate the ability to realize our deferred tax assets and related valuation allowance on a quarterly basis.
8. Debt
The following table represents total debt outstanding by agreement as of March 31, 2025:
| (Dollars in thousands): · Current portion of debt · Long term debt · Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYDIG financing | $9,183 | $ | - | $9,183 |
| Navitas term loan | - | - | - | |
| June 2024 secured note | 4,067 | 5,988 | 10,055 | |
| July 2024 additional secured note | - | - | - | |
| Equipment loan | 250 | - | 250 | |
| Galaxy loan | 348 | 4,202 | 4,550 | |
| Total Debt | $13,848 | $10,190 | $24,038 | |
The following table represents total debt outstanding by agreement as of December 31, 2024:
| (Dollars in thousands): | Current portion of debt | Long term debt | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Convertible Notes · $ · - · $ · - · $ · - | |||
| NYDIG financing | 9,183 | - | 9,183 |
| Navitas term loan | 137 | - | 137 |
| June 2024 secured note | 3,922 | 7,061 | 10,983 |
| July 2024 additional secured note | 1,202 | - | 1,202 |
| Total Debt | $14,444 | $7,061 | $21,505 |
NYDIG Financing
| (Dollars in thousands) | Maturity Dates | Interest Rate | January 1, 2025- March 31, 2025 | January 1, 2024- December 31, 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYDIG Loans #1-11 | April 25, 2023 thru January 25, 2027* | 14% thru 16% | $9,183 | $9,183 |
| Less: repossession of collateralized assets | — | — | ||
| Total outstanding debt | $9,183 | $9,183 | ||
| * | Due to event of default- the entire NYDIG Financing became current, see note below. |
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On December 30, 2021, Borrower, a subsidiary of Soluna MC, a subsidiary of SDI, a subsidiary of the Company, entered into a Master Equipment Finance Agreement (the “Master Agreement”) with NYDIG as lender, servicer and collateral agent (the “NYDIG facility”). The Master Agreement outlined the framework for a financing up to approximately $14.4 million in aggregate equipment financing. Subsequently, the parties negotiated the specific terms of each equipment financing transaction as well as the terms upon which the Noteholders would consent to the transactions contemplated by the Master Agreement.
On January 14, 2022, the Borrower effected an initial drawdown under the Master Agreement in the aggregate principal amount of approximately $4.6 million that bore interest at 14% and was to be repaid over 24 months. On January 26, 2022, the Borrower had a subsequent drawdown of $9.8 million. As part of the transactions contemplated under the Master Agreement, (i) the Company’s indirect wholly owned subsidiary, Soluna MC LLC, formerly EcoChain Block LLC (“Guarantor”), which is the owner of 100% of the equity interests of Borrower, executed a Guaranty Agreement in favor of NYDIG, as lender, dated as of December 30, 2021 (the “Guaranty Agreement”), (ii) Borrower had granted a lien on, and security interest in, all of its assets to NYDIG, as collateral agent, (iii) Guarantor entered into an equipment financing arrangement on assets purchased with the borrowed funds, (iv) Borrower would borrow from NYDIG the loans as set forth in certain loan schedules (the “Specified Loans”), and (v) Borrower had executed a Digital Asset Account Control Agreement (the “ACA Wallet Agreement”) with NYDIG, as collateral agent and secured party, and NYDIG Trust Company LLC, as custodian, dated as of December 30, 2021, as well as such other agreements related to the foregoing as mutually agreed (collectively, the “NYDIG Transactions”).
On December 20, 2022, as a result of the Borrower’s default on as series of loans made by NYDIG to the Borrower, the Borrower received a Notice of Acceleration and Repossession (the “NYDIG Notice”) from NYDIG with respect to the Master Agreement, by and between Borrower and NYDIG. The obligations of Borrower under the Master Agreement and reflected in the NYDIG Notice are ring-fenced to Borrower and its direct parent company, Soluna MC LLC. The Company is not a party to any guaranty, collateral agreement, or other support agreement with or for the benefit of NYDIG.
On February 23, 2023, NYDIG proceeded to foreclose on all of the collateral securing the MEFA, and repossessed the collateralized assets that totaled approximately $3.4 million, in which approximately $560 thousand was first used to pay off accrued interest and penalty to date. On September 5, 2023, NYDIG provided a letter finalizing the accounting for the repossessed collateralized assets totaling proceeds of approximately $3.4 million. On December 7, 2023, NYDIG filed its Motion for Summary Judgment seeking entry of a judgment against Soluna in the approximate amount of $10.3 million for principal and interest and penalties. On January 12, 2024, Soluna filed its objection to NYDIG’s motion for summary judgment on the grounds that NYDIG failed to explain what collateral of which loan was sold and how the sale proceeds were allocated to each loan. A summary judgment motion hearing took place on February 13, 2024, where it was agreed upon by both NYDIG and the Borrower, that the total outstanding loan principal balance would be approximately $9.2 million. The Company applied the per diem interest rate agreed upon with the summary judgement and recorded interest expense for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 of approximately $357 thousand and $361 thousand, respectively, and has an outstanding interest and penalty accrual of approximately $2.6 million recorded within “Accrued liabilities” as of March 31, 2025. See Note 10 for further information in relation to the NYDIG litigation matter.
June 2024 secured note
| (Dollars in thousands) | Maturity Date | Interest Rate | January 1, 2025- March 31, 2025 | July 20, 2024- December 31, 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Term Loan and capitalized interest (excludes debt issuance cost) | June 20, 2027 | 9% | $11,748 | $12,784 |
| Less: principal and capitalized interest payments | (1,060) | (1,036) | ||
| Less: debt discount | (189) | (230) | ||
| Less: debt issuance costs | (444) | (535) | ||
| Total outstanding note | 10,055 | 10,983 | ||
| (Less) Current note outstanding | 4,067 | 3,922 | ||
| Long-term note outstanding | $5,988 | $7,061 | ||
On June 20, 2024, pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions of a Note Purchase Agreement (the “June SPA”) by and among (i) CloudCo, a Delaware limited liability company and indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, (ii) Soluna Cloud, a Nevada corporation, indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, and parent of CloudCo, (iii) the Company and (iv) the accredited investor named therein (the “Investor”, and collectively the “Note Parties”), CloudCo issued to the Investor a secured promissory note in a principal amount equal to $12.5 million (the “Note”). The Note accrues interest at a rate 9.0% per annum, subject to adjustment upon an event of default. The Note matures on June 20, 2027. CloudCo’s obligations under the Note will be secured by all or substantially all of CloudCo’s assets, including pursuant to a security agreement to be executed and delivered by CloudCo in favor of the Investor (the “CloudCo Security Agreement”, and together with the June SPA and the Note, the “CloudCo Agreements”).
As further inducement for the Investor to purchase the Note, Soluna Cloud issued to the Investor a warrant (the “Warrant”) exercisable within three years from June 20, 2024 for a number of shares of common stock of Soluna Cloud equal to the sum of (a) 12.5% of Soluna Cloud’s issued and outstanding common stock as of the date of the Warrant divided by 0.875, plus (b) the percentage of each Qualified Issuance (as defined below) divided by 0.875. For purposes of the Warrant, “Qualified Issuance” means (y) each issuance of common stock of Soluna Cloud during the period commencing on the day after the date of the Warrant and ending on the earlier to occur of (i) the conclusion of up to an additional $112.5 million of capital raised, whether in the form of debt, equity, mixed or otherwise, by Soluna Cloud and its subsidiaries and (ii) December 31, 2024 and (z) the number of shares of common stock of Soluna Cloud issuable upon the exercise or conversion of any convertible securities of CloudCo issued during such period (other than certain issuances pursuant to CloudCo’s equity compensation plans). On June 20, 2024, the Company determined that the warrant should be treated as a warrant liability and based on valuation, the Company booked a warrant liability of approximately $314 thousand and a related debt discount which will be amortized over the life of the loan. Further evaluation of the Warrants under ASC 815-10 was required to determine if the warrants meet the definition of a derivative. The warrants are classified as a liability that are required to be adjusted to fair market value. The Company applied a discounted cash flow method in relation to the valuation of Cloud in which assumptions from forecasted projected cash flow data and other key operating assumptions such as working cash flow were used to determine an enterprise value less any current debt in order to determine an equity value for Cloud. As of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the warrants were fair valued, and deemed to not have any further value, as such the Company wrote down the liability balance to $0.
For the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company incurred approximately $389 thousand in interest expense in relation to the June SPA, which includes interest paid on the note and amortization of deferred financing costs.
June SPA Modification
On March 23, 2025, the Note Parties entered into a Modification Agreement (the “Modification Agreement”) to, among other things:
| (i) | provide for the deposit of 1,000,000 shares (the “Escrow Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, into an escrow account maintained by Northland Securities, Inc., pursuant to an escrow agreement (as further described below), |
| (ii) | provide for the issuance to the Investor of penny warrants to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock. The number of penny warrants (exercise price at $0.01) shall equal $1.25 million divided by the 5-day VWAP of the Company’s common stock at time of issuance. The warrants will be issued at the time the Investor removes its lien on the property of the Company. As of May 15, 2025, the lien has not yet been removed and the warrants have not been issued, |
| (iii) | amend the payment schedule of the Note to provide (a) for each of the six scheduled payments occurring after the earlier of the effectiveness of a registration statement for the resale of the Escrow Shares and the Conversion Shares (as defined below) or the date that the Escrow Shares and the Conversion Shares may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), without any information requirements, the amount of principal and interest payable on such date shall be reduced by 50% (the aggregate amount of the six months of such reductions, the “Specified Amount”) and (b) if the aggregate amount of payments on the Amended Note applied from the proceeds of the sale of the Escrow Shares on or prior to the last six scheduled payments is less than the Specified Amount (such difference, the “Make Whole Amount”), than the amount of each of the remaining scheduled payments shall be increased by an amount equal to the Make Whole Amount divided by the number of remaining scheduled payments, |
| (iv) | modify the Note such that the Note is now convertible into up to 2,500,000 shares of the Company’s common stock based (“Conversion Shares”) on a conversion price of $5.00, |
| (v) | amend the Note to provide that the Company will be a direct co-obligor with CloudCo under the Note; and |
| (vi) | amend the SPA to allow the Company to organize or incorporate any subsidiary, over which the Company shall have voting or beneficial control, which is being formed with the intent to engage in a business or line of business substantially similar to that of Soluna Cloud or the Company, without first paying all of the principal and interest due under the Note and without first obtaining Investor’s prior written consent (collectively, the “June SPA Modification”). |
The joint-and-several liability arrangement is between the Company and CloudCo. While no written agreement has been created to establish the amount that each entity agrees to pay under the obligation, the nature of the relationship is such that the Company has taken a significant role in the economics of the Notes. The Company expects to make any necessary payments on behalf of CloudCo in order to prevent default on the Notes because the Investor has a lien on all property and assets of the Company in connection with the Notes. Based on quantitative analysis performed by the Company, it was determined that the terms of the debt instrument before and after the June SPA Modification were not substantially different. Accordingly, the June SPA Modification is accounted for as a debt modification.
Subsequent to March 31, 2025, the Company and the Investor mutually agreed that the 1,000,000 Escrow Shares would instead be issued directly to the Investor, and on, April 29, 2025, the Company issued 1,000,000 shares of common stock to the Investor.
July 2024 Additional Secured Note
| (Dollars in thousands) · Maturity Date · Interest Rate · January 1, 2025- March 31, 2025 · July 12, 2024- December 31, 2024 | |||||
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| Term Loan and capitalized interest (excludes debt issuance cost) | July 12, 2027* | 9% | $1,209 | $1,278 | |
| Less: principal and capitalized interest payments | (658) | (69) | |||
| Debt discount | - | (6) | |||
| Gain on extinguishment | (551) | - | |||
| Total outstanding debt | $ | - | $1,203 | ||
| * | On March 14, 2025, the Company satisfied the assignment and assumption agreement, as such a gain on extinguishment was recorded. |
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On July 12, 2024, the Company, CloudCo, Soluna Cloud, and the Investor entered into a First Amendment to the Note Purchase Agreement (the “June SPA Amendment”). This amendment allows CloudCo to issue additional secured promissory notes totaling $1.25 million (the “Additional Notes”) to new accredited investors (the “Additional Investors”). These Additional Notes are subject to the same terms and conditions as the June SPA financing.
To further incentivize the Additional Investors, Soluna Cloud issued warrants (the “Cloud Additional Warrants”) to each Additional Investor. These Cloud Additional Warrants are exercisable within three years from the effective date of the June SPA Amendment. They allow the purchase of a number of shares of Soluna Cloud common stock equal to 1.25% of Soluna Cloud’s issued and outstanding common stock as of the Cloud Additional Warrant date, divided by 0.9875, plus 1.25% of each Qualified Issuance, divided by 0.9875. On July 12, 2024, the Company determined that the additional warrants were treated as a warrant liability and based on valuation, the Company booked a warrant liability of approximately $13 thousand and a related debt discount in which will be amortized over the life of the loan. Further evaluation of the Warrants under ASC 815-10 was required to determine if the warrants meet the definition of a derivative. The warrants are classified as a liability that are required to be adjusted to fair market value. The Company applied a discounted cash flow method in relation to the valuation of Cloud in which assumptions from forecasted projected cash flow data and other key operating assumptions such as working cash flow were used to determine an enterprise value less any current debt in order to determine an equity value for Cloud. As of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the warrants were fair valued, and deemed to not have any further value, as such the Company wrote down the liability balance to $0.
A “Qualified Issuance” includes any issuance of common stock by Soluna Cloud from the day after the Cloud Additional Warrant date until the earlier of raising an additional $111.25 million or December 31, 2024, as well as shares issuable upon exercise or conversion of convertible securities issued during this period, excluding certain equity compensation plan issuances.
On October 1, 2024, CloudCo, Soluna Cloud and the Company entered into assignment and assumption agreements (the “Assignment Agreements”) with the Additional Investors with respect to an aggregate of $1.25 million of notes issued by CloudCo. Pursuant to the Assignment Agreements, the Company will be able to purchase such notes for a purchase price of $750 thousand, or 60% of face value. The assignment and assumption will be effective once all conditions of the agreement are met including fulfilling the purchase price. The notes will be paid to the note holders from an escrow that is funded in installments from the SEPA funding. The transfer is not effective until payment from the escrow is made. The Company was required to escrow 20% of all SEPA draws until the $750 thousand purchase price is accumulated. In addition to the 20% of SEPA funds, the Company would apply all principal payments and 50% of interest payments made to date from October 1, 2024, until the $750 thousand purchase price has been met.
On March 14, 2025, the Company fulfilled the purchase obligations, and assumed the Additional Notes through payment of $750 thousand through principal and 50% interest payments and use of 20% SEPA funds. Effectively, the remaining debt assignment was assumed by Soluna Holdings, Inc. and was recorded as an intercompany debt obligation that got eliminated on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements as of March 31, 2025. The Company recorded a gain on extinguishment of the July 2024 Additional Secured Notes of approximately $551 thousand for the three months ended March 31, 2025. For the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company incurred approximately $33 thousand in interest expense in relation to the July Additional Secured Note.
Galaxy Loan
| (Dollars in thousands) | Maturity Date | Interest Rate | March 12, 2025 – March 31, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Term Loan | March 12, 2030 | 15% | $5,000 |
| Less: principal payments | - | ||
| Less: debt discount and issuance costs | (450) | ||
| Total outstanding note | 4,550 | ||
| (Less) Current note outstanding | 348 | ||
| Long-term note outstanding | $4,202 | ||
On March 12, 2025, Soluna SW LLC (the “SW Borrower”), a Delaware limited liability company and subsidiary of Soluna SW Holdings LLC (“SW Holdings”, and together with the SW Borrower, the “SW Loan Parties”), a subsidiary of SDI, a Nevada corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Company, entered into a Loan Agreement (the “Galaxy Loan Agreement”) with SW Holdings and Galaxy Digital LLC (the “Lender”).
The Galaxy Loan Agreement provides for a term loan facility in the principal amount of $5.0 million (the “Term Loan Facility”). The Term Loan Facility bears interest at a rate of 15.0% per annum, subject to an increase of 5.0% (for a total of 20.0%) in the event an Event of Default as defined within the Galaxy Loan Agreement has occurred and is continuing. The Term Loan Facility matures on March 12, 2030 and includes scheduled payments over a five-year term. As of March 31, 2025, the Company has accrued approximately $42 thousand in interest expense.
The SW Borrower may voluntarily prepay all or part of the Term Loan Facility at any time together with accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount to be prepaid up to the date of prepayment. The SW Borrower shall prepay all or part of the Term Loan Facility with 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds (as defined therein) received upon the occurrence of (i) an Asset Sale or Casualty Event (each as defined therein), (ii) an Equity Issuance (as defined therein), (iii) an issuance or incurrence of Indebtedness (as defined therein), or (iv) an Extraordinary Receipt (as defined therein), each subject to certain exceptions. In addition, certain principal payments are subject to the payment of a premium amount equal to 50% of the remaining amount of interest payable on such principal amount through the scheduled maturity date, if paid on or prior to the 30-month anniversary of the closing date, and 25% of the remaining amount of interest payable on such principal amount through the scheduled maturity date, if paid after the 30-month anniversary of the closing date.
The Galaxy Loan Agreement includes certain restrictions (subject to certain exceptions outlined in the Galaxy Loan Agreement) on the ability of the SW Loan Parties and their subsidiaries to undertake certain activities, including to incur indebtedness and liens, enter into sale or lease-back transactions, merge or consolidate with other entities, dispose or transfer their assets, pay dividends or make distributions, make investments, make Restricted Payments (as defined therein), enter into burdensome agreements or transact with affiliates. In addition, the SW Loan Parties are subject to three financial covenants – a minimum debt service coverage ratio, a minimum current ratio, and cash in customer deposit account must equal or be greater than related customer liabilities. The Company also received an extension on its non-financial covenants through May 15, 2025, in which the Company expects to be in compliance.
Proceeds of the Term Loan Facility will be used to issue a distribution to SW Holdings, the proceeds of which may be used to make a distribution to SDI.
In connection with the Galaxy Loan Agreement, on March 12, 2025, the SW Loan Parties and the Lender entered into a security agreement to secure the obligations under the Term Loan Facility by a lien on substantially all the assets and properties of SW Borrower and SW Holdings, subject to certain exceptions. The SW Borrower is the owner and operator of the Company’s Project Sophie data center.
In connection with the Galaxy Loan Agreement, on March 12, 2025, SDI and the Lender entered into a Limited Guarantee Agreement pursuant to which SDI guarantees the Loss Liabilities (as defined therein) and, after the occurrence of a Recourse Trigger Event (as defined therein), the obligations under the Loan Agreement.
Equipment Loan Agreement
On May 16, 2024, SDI SL Borrowing – 1, LLC, an affiliate of the Company. (the “SDI Borrower”) entered into a loan agreement (the “Equipment Loan Agreement” or the “Loan”) with Soluna2 SLC Fund II Project Holdco LLC (the “Lender”, and collectively, the “Parties”). As further amended on February 28, 2025, the Equipment Loan Agreement provides for the Company to borrow, from time to time, up to $4.0 million, to be used to purchase necessary equipment for the progression of Project Dorothy 2 and Project Kati. Any loans made under the Equipment Loan Agreement have a maturity date of May 16, 2027 and will bear interest at a rate of 15% per annum. The Equipment Loan Agreement includes customary covenants for loans of this nature including financial reporting, monthly updates, event reporting, as well as conduct of business. In addition, the Equipment Loan Agreement contains a multiple on invested capital (“MOIC”) provision, which requires the Company to pay, in addition to principal and interest, an amount equal to the difference of (i) the greater of (a) the principal amount of the Loan being repaidplus all interest previously paid or simultaneously being paid to Lender in respect of such principal of the Loan, and (b) the principal amount of the Loan being repaid multiplied by three,minus (ii) the sum of the principal amount of the Loan being repaidplus all interest previously paid or simultaneously being paid to Lender in respect of such principal of the Loan.
On May 17, 2024, the SDI Borrower drew down $720 thousand of the Loan with the Lender. On July 22, 2024, the SDI Borrower satisfied and repaid the borrowing amount in full by issuing the Investor Class B Membership Interests in the Dorothy 2 project valued at three times the borrowing amount (i.e., $2.16 million). The redemption of debt through equity created approximately a $1.4 million loss on debt extinguishment for the year ended December 31, 2024.
On March 21, 2025, the SDI Borrower drew down $250 thousand of the Loan with the Lender, in relation to Project Kati. The amount is outstanding as of March 31, 2025. The SDI Borrower shall repay the Loan under this Borrowing Request with a different MOIC Payment than as defined in the Equipment Loan Agreement. The MOIC Payment for this Borrowing Request only, shall be an amount equal to the difference of (i) the greater of (a) the principal amount of the Loan being repaidplusall interest previously paid or simultaneously being paid to Lender in respect of such principal of the Loan, and (b) the principal amount of the Loan being repaid multiplied by three and three tenths (3.3),minus(ii) the sum of the principal amount of the Loan being repaidplusall interest previously paid or simultaneously being paid to Lender in respect of such principal of the Loan.
Per ASC 835-30-S45-1, debt issuance costs related to line of credits should be recorded as an asset and amortized over the life of the line of credit agreement. As such, the Company recorded $62 thousand and $53 thousand, respectively within Prepaid expenses and other current assets as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 and $72 thousand and $75 thousand within Other assets on the consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively, of which approximately $14 thousand has been amortized and recorded within Interest Expense for the three months ended March 31, 2025.
Navitas Term Loan
| (Dollars in thousands) · Maturity Date · Interest Rate · January 1, 2025- March 31, 2025 · January 1, 2024- December 31, 2024 | |||||
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| Term Loan and capitalized interest (excludes debt issuance cost) | May 9, 2025* | 15% | $137 | $1,707 | |
| Less: principal and capitalized interest payments | (137) | (1,570) | |||
| Total outstanding debt | $ | - | $137 | ||
| * | May 9, 2025 was the maturity date, however, as noted below, the Navitas loan was fully paid off in the first quarter of 2025, and as such no longer remains outstanding. |
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On May 9, 2023, DVCC and Navitas West Texas Investments SPV, LLC entered into a 2-year Loan Agreement (“Term Loan”) for $2,050,000. The unpaid principal balance of the Term Loan shall bear interest at per annum rate equal to 15%. Beginning on the last Business Day of the month in which the In-Service Date occurs (date Dorothy 1B is put into full operation following the planned ramp-up period), and continuing on the last Business Day of each month thereafter until the repayment of all Term Loan debt principal and accrued interest occurs, DVCC shall make debt service payments on the Term Loan through a cash sweep with the Site-level Free Cash Flow (total revenue of DVCC minus power costs and site level costs listed in Loan and Security agreement), otherwise to be distributed to Soluna Holdings, Inc., the ultimate parent entity of DVCC (the “SLNH Cash”) being applied as a permanent repayment of the Loan in an amount equal to thegreater of: (i) the sum of (A) the amount of accrued and unpaid interest that has not yet been added to the principal balance of the Term Loan, if any,plus(B) an amount equal to 1/24th of the then outstanding principal balance of the Term Loan; provided that the aggregate amount payable pursuant to this clause (i) shall not exceed SLNH Cash times 0.60; or (ii) SLNH Cash times 0.33.
Any and all monthly debt service amounts so paid to Lender shall be applied first to accrued and unpaid interest that has not yet been added to the principal balance of the Term Loan, if any, and then to repayment of the then outstanding principal balance of the Term Loan. On the Term Loan Maturity Date (May 9, 2025), all remaining principal and accrued and unpaid interest that has not yet been added to the principal balance of the Term Loan, if any, shall become immediately due and owing in full and shall be paid by wire transfer in immediately available funds. As of March 31, 2025, the Company has paid the remaining outstanding balance of $137 thousand, therefore fulfilling its debt obligation with Navitas. Interest expense related to the Navitas Term Loan for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 was approximately $2 thousand and $63 thousand.
Convertible Notes
On October 25, 2021, pursuant toa Securities Purchase Agreement (the “October SPA”), the Company issued to certain accredited investors (the “Noteholders”) (i) secured convertible notes in an aggregate principal amount of $16.3 million for an aggregate purchase price of $15 million (collectively, the “October Secured Notes”), which were, subject to certain conditions, convertible at any time by the investors, into an aggregate of 1,776,073 shares of the Company’s common stock, at a price per share of $9.18 and (ii) Class A, Class B and Class C common stock purchase warrants (collectively, the “October Warrants”) to purchase up to an aggregate of 1,776,073 shares of common stock, at an initial exercise price of $12.50, $15 and $18 per share, respectively. The October Warrants are legally detachable and can be separately exercised immediately for five years upon issuance, subject to applicable Nasdaq rules.
On July 19, 2022 and on September 13, 2022, the Company entered into an Addendum and Addendum Amendment which adjusted the terms such as maturity date, conversion prices, and the issuance of new warrants to the Noteholders. Pursuant to the Addendum and Addendum Amendment, the Company evaluated whether the new addendums qualified as debt modification or debt extinguishment. Based on ASC 470, Debt, the Company determined the Addendum and Addendum Amendment to fall under Debt Extinguishment treatment and the Company would be required to record the new debt at fair value, and in turn write off the existing debt on the Company’s books.
Following the debt extinguishment on July 19, 2022 as noted above, the Convertible Notes have been accounted for under the fair value method on a recurring basis upon issuance (e.g., upon execution of the Addendum) per guidance within ASC 480, and at each subsequent reporting period, with changes in fair value reported in earnings. See below for rollforward of the fair value of the convertible debt :
| (in thousands) | ||
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| Balance January 1, 2024 | $8,474 | |
| Conversions of debt (January 1, 2024- March 31, 2024) | (1,023) | |
| Total revaluation gains (January 1, 2024- March 31, 2024) | (1,235) | |
| Balance March 31, 2024 | 6,216 | |
| Conversions of debt (April 1, 2024- December 31, 2024) | (7,978) | |
| Revaluation losses and extinguishment of debt, net (April 1, 2024- December 31, 2024) | 1,437 | |
| Extension fee | 325 | |
| Balance December 31, 2024 | $ | - |
For the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company had approximately $1.0 million of conversions with the Noteholders, therefore reducing the outstanding principal balance to approximately $7.7 million as of March 31, 2024. The Company also performed a fair value assessment on February 28, 2024 (date of the Fourth Amendment noted below) for which the fair value was determined to be approximately $7.5 million, and March 31, 2024 the fair value was determined to be approximately $6.2 million. In addition, from April 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024, there was approximately $8.0 million of conversions with the Noteholders, and incurred a revaluation loss of debt of approximately $1.4 million, as well as an extension fee recorded within Other expense of $325 thousand.
The following table represents the significant and subjective fair value assumptions used for Convertible Notes during the year ended December 31, 2024. As the Convertible Notes were fully converted in fiscal year 2024, no assumptions were noted for the three months ended March 31, 2025.
| Stock price | $2.88 – 6.09 |
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| Conversion price | $2.30 – 3.78 |
| Volatility | 80.0 – 115% |
| Risk-free interest rate | 4.73- 5.46% |
There were two additional amendments in fiscal year 2023. On February 28, 2024, the Company and the Noteholders entered into a Fourth Amendment Agreement to amend the Notes, SPA and related agreements to facilitate future financings by the Company. In addition, the Company was permitted to unilaterally extend the maturity date of the Notes for two 3-Month extensions if prior to the then in effect maturity date the Company gives notice to the Noteholders and increases the principal amount of the Notes on the date of each such extension by two percent (2%) the principal amount of the Notes outstanding on the date of such extension.
In consideration of the foregoing, the Company:
| ● | Reduced the conversion price of the Notes to $3.78 per share; |
| ● | The Noteholders received an aggregate of 850,000 three year warrants exercisable at $0.01 per share; |
| ● | An aggregate of 320,005 warrants held by the Noteholders had the exercise price reduced to $3.78 per share (the “$3.78 Warrants”); and |
| ● | An aggregate of 478,951 warrants held by the Noteholders had the exercise price reduced to $6.00 per share (the “$6.00 Repriced Warrants”). For every one $6.00 Repriced Warrant exercised by a Purchaser, such Purchaser shall receive 1.36 new five-year warrants with an exercise price of $0.01, 1.6 new five-year warrants with an exercise price of $4.20, and 1.6 new five-year warrants with an exercise price of $5.70. |
In June 2024, pursuant to the Fourth Amendment Agreement, the Company exercised its right to extend the maturity date of the Notes for an additional six months, or until January 24, 2025, to enable the Company to continue to pursue its significant project development opportunities for Soluna Cloud, Dorothy 2, and other projects. The extension of the notes caused an increase in the convertible note balance of approximately $325 thousand and the extension fee was recorded within Other Expense, net for the year ended December 31, 2024.
The effect of the additional penny warrants, $3.78 warrants, and the $6.00 repriced warrants including additional warrants if exercised with the Noteholders, created a loss on debt extinguishment of approximately $5.8 million due to the fair value associated as of February 28, 2024. Such amounts were recorded as a loss on debt extinguishment and affected the Company’s warrant liability and additional paid in capital balance account. Due to the requirement of the shareholder approval associated with the Fourth Amendment, the warrants associated were initially treated as a liability. In addition, a warrant revaluation was done on March 31, 2024, which created a gain on revaluation associated with the warrant liability of approximately $1.5 million.
The following table represents the significant fair value assumptions used for warrants issued or repriced during the year ended December 31, 2024. No warrants were issued or repriced for the three months ended March 31, 2025.
| Stock price | $2.43- 4.07 |
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| Exercise price | $0.01- 287.50 |
| Expected term in years | 0.53 – 8.77 |
| Expected dividend yield | 0.00% |
| Volatility | 105.0 – 137.50% |
| Risk-free interest rate | 3.51- 4.44% |
On May 30, 2024, shareholder approval was obtained removing the cap containment provision for the warrants, and as such, the liability accounting treatment was no longer required. Since all other criteria were met to be treated as equity, the Company adjusted the warrant liability as of the date of shareholder approval and reclassified balance to equity. As such, the Company accounted for the change in the fair value of the warrant liability as of the date of the shareholder approval (May 30, 2024), in connection with its loss on revaluation of the warrant of approximately $1.6 million.
Pursuant to additional agreements with holders of another 51,618 outstanding warrants, similar adjustments with those warrants, resulted in a total adjustment to 530,569 warrants. As the 51,618 warrants were not with the Noteholders, the treatment of $6.00 repriced warrants was recorded as a deemed dividend and adjusted the Company’s earnings per share calculation for the year ended December 31, 2024. The fair value associated with the 51,618 warrants with non-Noteholders totaled approximately $386 thousand. On May 17, 2024, the Company permitted the holders of the Company’s Amended Class C Warrants, previously exercisable at $6 per share, to exercise such warrants at a reduced exercise price of $4 per share, provided that each such holder exercised at least 61.83% of their Amended Class C Warrants by the close of business on May 17, 2024. The Company also agreed to reduce the exercise price on all remaining Amended Class C Warrants. The adjustment in the exercise price, resulted in an additional deemed dividend which amounted to approximately $66 thousand for the year ended December 31, 2024.
For the year ended December 31, 2024,529,161 of the Amended Class C warrants have been exercised by both the Noteholders and non-Noteholders, resulting in the issuance of 719,658 shares of $0.01 warrants,846,657 shares of $4.20 warrants, and 846,657 shares of $5.70 warrants.
As previously discussed in Footnote 1, the Company entered into the SEPA with YA on August 12, 2024. Access to the SEPA was subject to a number of conditions precedent including, but not limited to, various consents from the Company’s Note Holders. On October 1, 2024, the Noteholders entered into a Consent, Waiver, and Mutual Release Agreement (the “Master Consent”) which provides the following:
| ● | consent to the Company’s entry into the SEPA; |
| ● | waiver of any rights of first refusal or participation rights in connection with the SEPA; |
| ● | standstill of the rights to exercise certain $0.01 warrants pursuant to the SPA; |
| ● | the right to prepay the convertible notes with a 20% premium; |
| ● | termination of the SPA and related agreements upon the full payoff of the convertible notes; and |
| ● | mutual limited release of claims between the Noteholders and the Company. |
In return for these consents, the Company agreed to pay a $750 thousand waiver fee and to prepay to the remaining Note Holders the 20% premium for the prepayment of the Notes of approximately $625 thousand. Such amounts were recorded as within Other Expense, net within the Annual Report.
For the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company issued 2,512,581 shares of common stock for conversion of the debt, which includes the final conversion shares noted below.
On December 12, 2024, the Company entered into an agreement with the remaining three Note Holders who held an outstanding principal balance as of December 12, 2024, pursuant to which the three remaining Note Holders elected to immediately convert all of the outstanding principal of certain convertible notes into shares of the Company’s common stock. The agreement satisfied the full outstanding debt owed to the remaining three Note Holders under the Convertible Notes. Following the conversion,335,661 shares of common stock were issued to the Note Holders in accordance with the terms of the Convertible Notes, as amended. The Company recorded a debt inducement conversion expense of approximately $388 thousand within Other Expense, net on the Annual Report. No further amounts are owed by the Company under the Convertible Notes as of December 31, 2024 and March 31, 2025.
Line of Credit
On September 15, 2021, the Company entered into a $1.0 million unsecured line of credit with KeyBank National Association (“KeyBank”), that will, among other things, allow the Company to request loans and to use the proceeds of such loans for working capital and other general corporate purposes (the “KeyBank facility”). The line of credit bears interest at a rate of Prime +0.75% per annum. Accrued interest is due monthly and principal is due in full following KeyBank’s demand. The Company does not have any remaining balance outstanding as of December 31, 2024 and March 31, 2025. The Company does not plan to draw down on the line of credit in the foreseeable future. In addition, future drawdowns require pre-approval by KeyBank.
- Stockholders’ Equity
Preferred Stock
The Company has two series of preferred stock outstanding: the Series A Preferred Stock, with a $25.00 liquidation preference; and the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Series B Preferred Stock”). As of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 there were 4,953,545 shares of Series A Preferred Stock issued and outstanding, and as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 there was 62,500 shares of Series B Preferred Stock issued and outstanding.
Series A Preferred Stock
The Series A Preferred Stock is not convertible into or exchangeable into common stock of the Company, except upon the occurrence of a delisting event or change of control. Per the Company’s Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights of 9.0% Series A Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock (“Series A Certificate of Designations”), if there is an occurrence of delisting or change of control, the holders of Series A Preferred Stock will have the right to convert the number of preferred A shares into a number of common shares by the lesser of (a) the sum of the $25.00 liquidation preference per share of Series A Preferred Stock plus the amount of any accumulated and unpaid dividends divided by the closing price of the common stock on ten consecutive trading days preceding a delisting event, or (b) the share cap of 0.2817.
Series B Preferred Stock
On July 19, 2022, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Series B SPA”) with an accredited investor (the “Series B Investor”) pursuant to which the Company sold to the Series B Investor 62,500 shares of Series B Preferred Stock, for a purchase price of $5,000,000. The shares of Series B Preferred Stock are initially convertible, subject to certain conditions, into 46,211 shares of common stock, at a price per share of $135.25 per share, a 20% premium to the closing price of the common stock on July 18, 2022, subject to adjustment as set forth in the Certificate of Designations of Preferences, Rights and Limitations for the Series B Preferred Stock (“Series B Certificate of Designations”). On October 1, 2024, the Company agreed, as a condition of a waiver of the Series B Investor’s’ right of first refusal and participation rights in connection with the SEPA, to reduce the conversion price to $5.00 upon stockholder approval, which was obtained on November 15, 2024.
In addition, in 2022, the Company issued to the Series B Investor 60,000 common stock purchase warrants (the “Series B Warrants”) to purchase up to an aggregate of shares of common stock. In connection with the above referenced waiver, the exercise price of these warrants was reduced to $0.01 per share and an additional 140,000 warrants exercisable for $0.01 per share were issued. The Series B Investor is entitled to exercise the Series B Warrants at any time on or prior to January 19, 2028.
Effective from October 1, 2024, the sale of common stock as a result of conversion of Series B Preferred Stock and exercise of the new 140,000 warrants is subject to a 12-month lockup, followed by a 12 month leak out where the holder may not sell shares during the lockup period and may sell up to 1/12 th of total conversion and warrant exercise shares per month during the leak out. The effects of the modification of the Series B Preferred Stock on October 1, 2024, including repriced and newly issued penny warrants, and dividend amendments, created an extinguishment on the Series B preferred stock in which the Company recorded a deemed dividend of approximately $1.7 million which relates to the fair value consideration of the modified Series B Preferred Stock less the original carrying value for the year ended December 31, 2024, excluding the consideration of the Preferred B dividend as discussed below.
Common Stock
The Company has one class of common stock, par value $0.001 per share. Each share of the Company’s common stock is entitled to one vote on all matters submitted to stockholders. As of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, there were 12,508,045 and 10,607,020 shares of common stock outstanding, respectively.
Dividends
Pursuant to the Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights of 9.0% Series A Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock of the Company, dividends, when, as and if declared by the Board (or a duly authorized committee of the Board), will be payable monthly in arrears on the final day of each month, beginning August 31, 2021. The Board of Directors had not declared any Series A Preferred Stock dividends beginning October 2022 through March 31, 2025, as such the Company has accumulated approximately $18.5 million of dividends in arrears on the Series A Preferred Stock through December 31, 2024, and an additional $2.8 million of dividends in arrears for the three months ended March 31, 2025, for a total of approximately $21.3 million.
The Company’s Series B Preferred Stock included a 10% accruing dividend compounded daily for 12 months from the original issue date of July 20, 2022, and annually thereafter, that may be paid in cash or stock at the Company’s option at the earlier of (i) the date the Series B Preferred Stock is converted, or (ii) the Series B Dividend Termination Date. On August 11, 2023, the Company paid a mandatory dividend on its outstanding Series B Convertible Preferred Stock in the amount of approximately $656 thousand. Pursuant to the Certificate of Designation for the Series B Stock, the Company had the option to pay the dividend in cash or shares of Common Stock. Pursuant to a Dividend Payment Agreement, the Company and the holder of the Series B Stock agreed to satisfy the payment of the dividend through the issuance of 44,000 shares of its Common Stock and 70,300 pre-funded warrants (the “Pre-funded Warrants”).
Effective October 1, 2024, the dividend payment obligation has been modified to be annual. The amendment resulted in annual dividend payments going forward. As a result of the amendment, the Company would be obligated to make annual dividend payments for the period starting from July 2023 as per the Series B Preferred Consent and Waiver, however, the board of directors has not yet declared any dividends for that period. As such, the Company has accumulated approximately $941 thousand dividends in arrears in relation to the Series B Preferred Stock through December 31, 2024 and an additional $165 thousand for the three months ended March 31, 2025, for a total of approximately $1.1 million. The dividends in arrears are included in the calculation of net loss per share as discussed below.
Standby Equity Purchase Agreement
On August 12, 2024, the Company entered into the SEPA with YA. Pursuant to the terms of the SEPA, the Company agreed to issue and sell to YA, from time to time, and YA agreed to purchase from the Company, up to $25 million of shares of the Company’s common stock (the “SEPA Shares”). The Company paid a commitment fee of approximately $250 thousand to YA and consent fee of $25 thousand to the holder of shares of Series B Preferred Stock, which was paid through the issuance of 65,320 shares of common stock. The commitment and consent fees were recorded within Other expense, net on the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2024. The Company and YA also entered into a registration rights agreement, pursuant to which the Company agreed to prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement on Form S-1, registering the resale of the SEPA Shares. On November 12, 2024, the Company filed a registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-282559) with the SEC for the resale by YA of 3,000,000 SEPA Shares, which was declared effective by the SEC on February 5, 2025. As of March 31, 2025, the Company has issued and sold approximately 1.5 million shares of common stock to YA pursuant to the SEPA for aggregate net proceeds to the Company of approximately $2.0 million.
Reservation of Shares
The Company had reserved common shares for future issuance as follows as of March 31, 2025:
| Stock options outstanding | 2,645 |
|---|---|
| Restricted stock units outstanding | 206,880 |
| Warrants outstanding | 2,407,134 |
| Shares to be isssued for June SPA Modification | 1,000,000 |
| Common stock available for future equity awards or issuance of options | 2,711,573 |
| Number of common shares reserved | 6,328,232 |
The Company also notes that as of March 31, 2025, there are 14,888 Series A preferred stock available for future equity awards under the 2021 Plan.
Loss per Share
The Company computes basic loss per common share by dividing net loss by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the reporting period. Diluted loss per share reflects the potential dilution, if any, computed by dividing loss by the combination of dilutive common share equivalents, comprised of shares issuable under outstanding investment rights, warrants and the Company’s share-based compensation plans, and the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the reporting period. Dilutive common share equivalents include the dilutive effect of in-the-money stock options, which are calculated based on the average share price for each period using the treasury stock method. Under the treasury stock method, the exercise price of a stock option and the amount of compensation cost, if any, for future service that the Company has not yet recognized are assumed to be used to repurchase shares in the current period.
The following table sets forth the reconciliation of the numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted per share computations for operations for the three months ended March 31:
| (Dollars in thousands, except shares) | 2025 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Numerator: | ||
| Net loss from continuing operations | $(7,354) | $(2,544) |
| (Less) Net income attributable to non-controlling interest | (202) | (2,710) |
| Net loss attributable to Soluna Holdings, Inc. | $(7,556) | $(5,254) |
| Less: Preferred dividends or deemed dividends | - | (386) |
| Less: Cumulative Preferred Dividends in arrears | (2,952) | (1,722) |
| Balance | $(10,508) | $(7,362) |
| Denominator: | ||
| Basic and Diluted EPS: | ||
| Common shares outstanding, beginning of period, including penny warrants | 11,327,446 | 2,592,454 |
| Weighted average common shares issued during the period including penny warrants issued and outstanding as of quarter-end | 612,536 | 215,101 |
| Denominator for basic earnings per common shares — | - | - |
| Weighted average common shares | 11,939,983 | 2,807,555 |
The Company notes as continuing operations was in a Net loss for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, as such basic and diluted EPS is the same balance as continuing operations acts as the control amount in which would cause antidilution. Not included in the computation of earnings per share, assuming dilution, for the three months ended March 31, 2025, were options to purchase 2,645 shares of the Company’s common stock,206,880 nonvested restricted stock units,2,407,134 outstanding warrants not exercised which excludes penny warrants that can be potentially exercised, and 1,000,000 shares to be issued in connection with the June SPA modification (in which were effectively issued on April 29, 2025). These potentially dilutive items were excluded because the calculation of incremental shares resulted in an anti-dilutive effect.
Not included in the computation of earnings per share, assuming dilution, for the three months ended March 31, 2024, were options to purchase 51,873 shares of the Company’s common stock,5,732 nonvested restricted stock units, and 2,038,099 outstanding warrants not exercised which excludes penny warrants that can be potentially exercised. These potentially dilutive items were excluded because the calculation of incremental shares resulted in an anti-dilutive effect.
- Commitments and Contingencies
Commitments:
Leases
The Company determines whether an arrangement is a lease at inception. The Company and its subsidiaries have operating leases for certain manufacturing, laboratory, office facilities and certain equipment. The leases have remaining lease terms of approximately 3 years to less thanten years. Our lease agreements do not contain any material residual value guarantees or material restrictive covenants. As of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Company has no assets recorded under finance leases.
Lease expense for these leases is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. For the three months ended March 31, total lease costs are comprised of the following:
| Three Months Ended March 31, | ||
|---|---|---|
| (Dollars in thousands) | 2025 | 2024 |
| Operating lease cost | $18 | $61 |
| Short-term lease cost | — | — |
| Total net lease cost | $18 | $61 |
Short-term leases are leases having a term of twelve months or less. The Company recognizes short-term leases on a straight-line basis and does not record a related lease asset or liability for such leases. There were no short term leases for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024.
Other information related to leases was as follows:
| Three Months Ended March 31, 2025 | Three Months Ended March 31, 2024 | |
|---|---|---|
| Weighted Average Remaining Lease Term (in years): | ||
| Operating leases | 5.53 | 4.54 |
| Weighted Average Discount Rate: | ||
| Operating leases | 7.68% | 8.10% |
Supplemental cash flows information related to leases for the three months ended March 31 was as follows:
| (Dollars in thousands) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | |
| Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities: | ||
| Operating cash flows from operating leases | $21 | $61 |
Maturities of noncancellable operating lease liabilities are as follows for the quarter ending March 31:
| (Dollars in thousands) | |
|---|---|
| 2025 (remainder of year) | $62 |
| 2026 | 82 |
| 2027 | 82 |
| 2028 | 29 |
| 2029 | 29 |
| Thereafter | 88 |
| Total lease payments | 372 |
| Less: imputed interest | (74) |
| Total lease obligations | 298 |
| Less: current obligations | 62 |
| Long-term lease obligations | $236 |
As of March 31, 2025, there were no additional operating lease commitments that had not yet commenced. On April 3, 2025, Soluna KK Energy ServiceCo., LLC, a subsidiary of the Company, entered into a lease agreement for 50 acres of property located in Willacy County, Texas for the purpose of constructing, installing, operating, and maintaining modular data centers and related facilities for a leased term of twenty-two years.
Project Dorothy 2 and Project Kati Commitments:
As of March 31, 2025, the Company was contractually committed for approximately $10.4 million of capital expenditures, primarily related to infrastructure builds, equipment procurement, and labor associated with the Company’s Project Dorothy 2 and Project Kati datacenters. These capital expenditures are expected to occur over the current year.
Contingencies:
Spring Lane Capital Contingency
The Company has a potential contingency associated with an agreement with Spring Lane of up to $250 thousand which would be reduced by a proportion of funding received from Spring Lane up to the $45.0 million aggregate contribution cap. The Company considers the probability of a payment for the contingency to be remote.
Bonus Contingency
During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a discretionary bonus program with an aggregate payout of approximately $2.1 million, including associated payroll taxes. The bonus is subject to achievement of specific conditions. As of March 31, 2025, management evaluated the likelihood of meeting the requisite conditions for payout and determined that it is not probable that conditions will be satisfied. Accordingly, no liability has been recorded in the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024. The Company will continue to monitor the status of the conditions and will recognize a liability in future periods if and when it becomes probable that the bonus will be paid.
Legal
We are subject to legal proceedings, claims and liabilities which arise in the ordinary course of business. When applicable, we accrue for losses associated with legal claims when such losses are probable and can be reasonably estimated. These accruals are adjusted as additional information becomes available or circumstances change. Legal fees are charged to expense as they are incurred.
On December 29, 2022, NYDIG filed a complaint against Soluna MC Borrowings, LLC 2021- 1, a subsidiary of Soluna MC, LLC, a subsidiary of Soluna Digital, a subsidiary of the Company (“Borrower”) and Soluna MC, LLC (“Guarantor”, and together with Borrower, “NYDIG Defendants”) in Marshall Circuit Court of the Commonwealth of Kentucky regarding a series of loans (the “NYDIG Loans”) made by NYDIG to Borrower pursuant to a Master Equipment Finance Agreement (“MEFA”) that were secured by certain assets of Borrower and guaranteed by Guarantor pursuant to a written guaranty agreement executed by Guarantor. On February 23, 2023, NYDIG proceeded to foreclose on all of the collateral securing the MEFA, and repossessed the collateralized assets. Subsequently, NYDIG filed its Motion for Summary Judgment seeking entry of a judgment against the NYDIG Defendants in the approximate amount of $10.3 million, and NYDIG and the NYDIG Defendants consensually resolved the motion in the form of a Stipulation and Agreed Judgment, which the Circuit Court approved on February 23, 2024.
On March 13, 2024, NYDIG served the NYDIG Defendants with a post-judgment discovery seeking information regarding the NYDIG Defendants’ assets and liabilities. The NYDIG Defendants completed responding to NYDIG’s initial document requests on May 13, 2024. On September 24, 2024, NYDIG sent a letter seeking supplemental discovery from the NYDIG Defendants, and the NYDIG Defendants completed responding to NYDIG’s additional/supplemental document requests by November 20, 2024. A deposition of a representative of the NYDIG Defendants occurred on January 23, 2025. On April 2, 2025, NYDIG sent another letter seeking supplemental discovery from the NYDIG Defendants or alternatively to commence discovery discussions. The NYDIG Defendants sent a response on April 10, 2025 requesting contact information for potential settlement discussions and proposing a rolling discovery schedule; as of May 15, 2025 there has not been a response on the proposed discovery schedule.
Additionally, NYDIG has stated its intention to pursue the parent company of Guarantor (“Parent Entity”) under a piercing of the corporate veil theory relating to NYDIG Defendants’ debts and liabilities under the loan documents. Parent Entity intends to vigorously defend itself from NYDIG’s parent company claims. Parent Entity denies any such liability and filed a complaint for a declaratory judgment against NYDIG in the Eighth Judicial District Court in Clark County, Nevada on March 16, 2023, seeking a declaratory judgment as to such matter. On June 22, 2023, the court issued an order granting NYDIG’s motion to dismiss, without prejudice. Parent Entity intends to continue to vigorously defend any allegations regarding liability on account of NYDIG Defendants’ debts and liabilities to NYDIG under their loan documents.
As of March 31, 2025, the Company still has an outstanding principal of approximately $9.2 million and outstanding interest and penalty balance of approximately $2.6 million. This settlement did not result in the admission of any liability on the part of SHI, whose declaratory judgment remains the subject of litigation.
- Related Party Transactions
MeOH Power, Inc.
On December 18, 2013, MeOH Power, Inc. and the Company executed a Senior Demand Promissory Note (the Note) in the amount of $380 thousand to secure the intercompany amounts due to the Company from MeOH Power, Inc. upon the deconsolidation of MeOH Power, Inc. Interest accrues on the Note at the Prime Rate in effect on the first business day of the month, as published in the Wall Street Journal. At the Company’s option, all or part of the principal and interest due on this Note may be converted to shares of common stock of MeOH Power, Inc. at a rate of $0.07 per share. Interest began accruing on January 1, 2014. The Company recorded a full allowance against the Note. As of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, $389 thousand and $385 thousand, respectively, of principal and interest are available to convert into shares of common stock of MeOH Power, Inc. Any adjustments to the allowance are recorded as miscellaneous expense during the period incurred.
Employee Receivables
Certain employees have a receivable due to the Company based on their stock-based awards, in which $108 and $178 was outstanding as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. The balance is currently presented as $9 thousand and $82 thousand, respectively within Prepaid expenses and other current assets as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, and $99 thousand and $96 thousand, respectively within Other assets on the condensed consolidated financial statements.
HEL Transactions
As discussed in the Company’s 2023 Annual Report and all agreements included as exhibits and defined within the 2023 Annual Report, on October 29, 2021, the Company completed the Soluna Callisto acquisition pursuant to the merger agreement (the “Merger Agreement”). The purpose of the transaction was for SCI to acquire substantially all of the assets (other than those assets physically located in Morocco) formerly held by Harmattan Energy, Ltd. (“HEL”), which assets consisted of SCI’s existing pipeline of certain cryptocurrency mining projects that HEL previously transferred to SCI, which was formed expressly for this purpose, and to provide SCI with the opportunity to directly employ or retain the services of four individuals whose services it had retained through HEL prior to the merger. As a result of the merger, each share of common stock of Soluna Callisto issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the merger, other than shares owned by the Company or any of our subsidiaries, was cancelled and converted into the right to receive a proportionate share of the Merger Consideration.
In connection with the Soluna Callisto acquisition, effective as of October 29, 2021, upon and subject to the terms and conditions of the Termination Agreement, on November 5, 2021: (1) the existing Operating and Management Agreements between HEL and SCI were terminated in all respects; and (2)(A) SCI paid HEL $725 thousand, (B) SHI issued to HEL the Termination Shares, and (C) HEL and SHI entered into an Amended and Restated Contingent Rights Agreement that, among other things, amended the existing Contingent Rights Agreement by and between HEL and SHI, dated January 13, 2020, to provide SHI the right to invest directly in certain cryptocurrency mining opportunities being pursued by HEL. SHI filed a registration statement with the SEC to register the resale of the Termination Shares on February 14, 2022.
Due to conditions being met within the Merger Agreement in relation to energization and retention of employees, the Company has advised SCI US Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, who is the sole Effective Time Holder (as defined in the Merger Agreement) of the right to receive the Merger Shares of the Company and that 19,800 Merger Shares were issued on May 26, 2023 and 39,600 Merger Shares were issued on October 10, 2023. SCI US Holdings LLC has consented to the issuance of such Merger Shares as required under the Merger Agreement and has directed the Company to issue such Merger Shares to its affiliate, HEL. Following the issuance of the 59,400 Merger Shares, a total of 59,400 Merger Shares remains available for possible issuance through October 29, 2026 pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement.
Several of HEL’s equity holders are affiliated with Brookstone Partners, the investment firm that previously held an equity interest in the Company through Brookstone Partners Acquisition XXIV, LLC. The Company’s two Brookstone-affiliated directors also serve as directors and, in one case, as an officer, of HEL and also have ownership interest in HEL. In light of these relationships, the various transactions by and between the Company and SCI, on the one hand, and HEL, on the other hand, were negotiated on behalf of the Company and SCI via an independent investment committee of the Board and separate legal representation. The transactions were subsequently unanimously approved by both the independent investment committee and the full Board.
Four of the Company’s directors have various affiliations with HEL.
Michael Toporek, the former Chief Executive Officer, and current Executive Chairman of the Board, owns(i) 90% of the equity of Soluna Technologies Investment I, LLC, which owns 57.9% of HEL and (ii) 100% of the equity of MJT Park Investors, Inc., which owns 3.1% of HEL, in each case, on a fully diluted basis. Mr. Toporek does not own directly, or indirectly, any equity interest in Tera Joule, LLC, which owns 9.2% of HEL; however, as a result of his 100% ownership of Brookstone IAC, Inc., which is the manager of Tera Joule, LLC, he has dispositive power over the equity interests that Tera Joule owns in HEL.
In addition, one of the Company’s directors, Matthew E. Lipman, serves as a director and is currently acting as President of HEL. Mr. Lipman does not directly own any equity interest in Tera Joule, LLC, which owns 9.2% of HEL; however, as a result of his position as a director and officer of Brookstone IAC, Inc., which is the manager of Tera Joule, LLC, he has dispositive power over the equity interests that Tera Joule owns in HEL. As a result, the approximate dollar value of the amount of Mr. Toporek’s and Mr. Lipman’s interest in the Company’s transactions with HEL for the year ended December 31, 2024 was $0 and $0, respectively.
John Belizaire, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, and John Bottomley, who were elected to the Board upon the effective time of SCI’s acquisition of Soluna Callisto, serve as directors of HEL. In addition, Mr. Belizaire is the beneficial owner of 1,317,567 shares of common stock of HEL and 102,380 Class Seed Preferred shares, which are convertible into 86,763 shares of common stock of HEL. These interests give Mr. Belizaire an ownership of 10.54% in HEL. Mr. Belizaire also owns an interest in HEL indirectly through his 5.0139% interest in Tera Joule, LLC’s 965,945 Class Seed Preferred shares, which are convertible into 818,596 shares of common stock of HEL. Mr. Bottomley is the beneficial owner of 96,189, or approximately 0.72%, of the outstanding shares of common stock of HEL.
The Company owned approximately 1.79% of HEL, calculated on a converted fully diluted basis, as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024. The Company’s equity investment of HEL was fully impaired in fiscal year 2023, as such the equity investment is valued at $0 for both March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024. The Company may enter into additional transactions with HEL in the future.
12. Stock Based Compensation
2023 Plan
The Company’s 2023 Stock Incentive Plan was adopted by the Board on February 10, 2023 and approved by the stockholders on March 10, 2023. The 2023 Plan sets the number of shares of our Common Stock reserved for issuance thereunder, on a quarterly basis, to 9.75% of the shares of our Common Stock outstanding on the measurement date. Subject to certain adjustments as provided in the 2023 Plan, the maximum aggregate number of shares of our Common Stock that may be issued under the 2023 Plan (excluding the number of shares of our Common Stock subject to Specified Awards (as defined below)) (i) pursuant to the exercise of stock options, (ii) as unrestricted or restricted Common Stock, and (iii) in settlement of RSUs shall be limited to, beginning with the first quarter of our fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 (or January 1, 2023),9.75% of the number of shares of our Common Stock outstanding as of the first trading day of each quarter . Subject to certain adjustments as provided in the 2023 Plan, (i) shares of our Common Stock subject to the 2023 Plan shall include shares of our Common Stock which revert back to the 2023 Plan in a prior quarter pursuant to the paragraph below, and (ii) the number of shares of our Common Stock that may be issued under the 2023 Plan may never be less than the number of shares of our Common Stock that are then outstanding under (or available to settle existing) 2023 Plan Award grants.
On June 29, 2023, at the Annual Shareholder Meeting, the Amended and Restated 2023 Stock Incentive Plan was approved. The Amended and Restated 2023 Plan will, among other things, increase the number of shares of our Common Stock reserved for issuance thereunder, on a quarterly basis, to 23.75% of the shares of our Common Stock outstanding on the measurement date. Subject to certain adjustments as provided herein, the maximum aggregate number of shares of common stock that may be issued hereunder (excluding the number of shares of common stock subject to Specified Awards (as hereinafter defined)) (i) pursuant to the exercise of Options, (ii) as unrestricted shares of common stock or Restricted Stock, and (iii) in settlement of RSUs shall be limited to, beginning with the third quarter of our fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 (or July 1, 2023),23.75% of the number of shares of common stock outstanding as of the first trading day of each quarter. Subject to certain adjustments as provided herein, (A) shares of common stock subject to this Plan shall include shares of common stock which reverted back to this Plan in a prior quarter, and (B) the number of shares of common stock that may be issued under this Plan may never be less than the number of shares of common stock that are then outstanding under (or available to settle existing) Awards. For purposes of determining the number of shares of common stock available under this Plan, shares of common stock withheld by the Company to satisfy applicable tax withholding or exercise price obligations pursuant to Section 10(e) of this Plan shall be deemed issued under this Plan. In the event that, prior to the date this Plan shall terminate, any Award granted under this Plan expires unexercised or unvested or is terminated, surrendered or cancelled without the delivery of shares of common stock, or any shares of Restricted Stock are forfeited back to the Company, then the shares of common stock subject to such Award may be made available for subsequent Awards under the terms of this Plan. As used in this Plan, “Specified Awards” shall mean (i) Awards to Eligible Persons who are not employed or engaged by the Company or any of its subsidiaries as of the last day of any fiscal quarter of the Company, commencing with the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2023 and (ii) Awards that have a grant date at least three (3) years prior to the last day of any fiscal quarter of the Company, commencing with the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2023.
2021 Plan
The Company’s 2021 Stock Incentive Plan was adopted by the Board on February 12, 2021 and approved by the stockholders on March 25, 2021. The 2021 Plan was amended and restated effective as of October 29, 2021, and May 27, 2022, respectively. The 2021 Plan authorizes the Company to issue shares of common stock upon the exercise of stock options, the grant of restricted stock awards, and the conversion of restricted stock units (collectively, the “Awards”). The Compensation Committee has full authority, subject to the terms of the 2021 Plan, to interpret the 2021 Plan and establish rules and regulations for the proper administration of the 2021 Plan. Subject to certain adjustments as provided in the 2021 Plan, the maximum aggregate number of shares of the Company’s common stock that may be issued under the 2021 Plan (i) pursuant to the exercise of options, (ii) as shares or restricted stock and (iii) in settlement of RSUs shall be limited to (A) during the Company’s fiscal year ending December 31, 2021 (the “2021 Fiscal Year”),1,460,191 Shares, (B) for the period from January 1, 2022 to June 30, 2022, fifteen percent (15%) of the number of Shares outstanding on January 3, 2022, which was the first trading day of 2022, and (C) beginning with the third quarter of the Company’s fiscal year ending December 31, 2022 (the “2022 Fiscal Year”), fifteen percent (15%) of the number of Shares outstanding as of the first trading day of each quarter, net of any Shares awarded in the previous quarter(s). Subject to certain adjustments as provided in the 2021 Plan, (i) shares subject to the 2021 Plan shall include shares reverted back to the Company pursuant the 2021 Plan in a prior year or quarter, as applicable, as provided herein and (ii) the number of shares that may be issued under the 2021 Plan may never be less than the number of shares that are then outstanding under (or available to settle existing) Awards. For purposes of determining the number of shares available under the 2021 Plan, shares withheld by the Company to satisfy applicable tax withholding or exercise price obligations pursuant to the 2021 Plan shall be deemed issued under this Plan. In the event that, prior to the date on which the 2021 Plan shall terminate, any Award granted under the 2021 Plan expires unexercised or unvested or is terminated, surrendered, or cancelled without the delivery of shares of common stock, or any Awards are forfeited back to the Company, then the shares of common stock subject to such Award may be made available for subsequent Awards under the terms of the 2021 Plan.
On March 10, 2023, at the Special Shareholder Meeting, the Third Amended and Restated 2021 Stock Incentive Plan was approved. The Third Amended and Restated 2021 Plan will, among other things, (a) increase the number of shares of our Common Stock reserved for issuance thereunder, on a quarterly basis, to 18.75% of the shares of our Common Stock outstanding on the measurement date and (b) allow us to grant awards of shares of our 9.0% Series A Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock (“Series A Preferred Stock”) (with and without restrictions). Subject to certain adjustments as provided in the Third Amended and Restated 2021 Plan, the maximum aggregate number of shares of our Common Stock that may be issued under the Third Amended and Restated 2021 Plan (excluding the number of shares of our Common Stock subject to Specified Awards (as defined below)) (i) pursuant to the exercise of stock options, (ii) as unrestricted or restricted Common Stock, and (iii) in settlement of RSUs shall be limited to, beginning with the first quarter of our fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 (or January 1, 2023), 18.75% of the number of shares of our Common Stock outstanding as of the first trading day of each quarter. Subject to certain adjustments as provided in the Third Amended and Restated 2021 Plan, the maximum aggregate number of shares of our Series A Preferred Stock that may be issued under the Third Amended and Restated 2021 Plan as unrestricted or restricted Series A Preferred Stock shall equal $3,600,000 valued as of the effective date of the Third Amended and Restated 2021 Plan as determined at the lower of the closing price of our Series A Preferred Stock on Nasdaq on such date or the average of the daily volume weighted average price of our Series A Preferred Stock on Nasdaq as reported by Bloomberg L.P. for a period of five (5) consecutive trading days ending on such date. Subject to certain adjustments as provided in the Third Amended and Restated 2021 Plan, (i) shares of our Common Stock and Series A Preferred Stock, as applicable, subject to the Third Amended and Restated 2021 Plan shall include shares of our Common Stock and Series A Preferred Stock, as applicable, which revert back to the Third Amended and Restated 2021 Plan in a prior quarter or fiscal year, as applicable, pursuant to the paragraph below, and (ii) the number of shares of our Common Stock and Series A Preferred Stock, as applicable, that may be issued under the Third Amended and Restated 2021 Plan may never be less than the number of shares of our Common Stock and Series A Preferred Stock, as applicable, that are then outstanding under (or available to settle existing) 2021 Plan Award grants. For purposes of the Third Amended and Restated 2021 Plan, “Specified Awards” means (i) 2021 Plan Awards issued to Eligible Persons who are not employed or engaged by us or any of our subsidiaries as of the last day of any fiscal quarter, commencing with the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2023, and (ii) 2021 Plan Awards that have a grant date at least three (3) years prior to the last day of any fiscal quarter, commencing with the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2023. The exclusion of Specified Awards from the determination of the maximum aggregate number of shares of our Common Stock available for issuance under the Third Amended and Restated 2021 Plan could have material effect on the number of shares of our Common Stock available for issuance thereunder and could have a material dilutive effect on our stockholders.
The Board approved amendments to both the 2021 and 2023 Plans on April 15, 2024. The amendments were subsequently approved by the stockholders at the 2024 Annual Meeting on May 30, 2024. Under the 2021 and 2023 Plans, the number of shares of common stock available for awards is limited to,18.75% for the 2021 Plan and 23.75% for the 2023 Plan of the number of shares of common stock outstanding as of the first trading day of each quarter. The amendments to each Plan would change the calculation of this limitation to reflect the applicable percentage to 18.75% and 23.75% respectively, after giving effect to the increase in the number of shares subject to Awards after giving effect to the amount to the increase as of the date of the calculation.
The Board approved an additional amendment to the 2021 Plan on October 16, 2024. The amendment was subsequently approved by the stockholders at the Special Meeting on November 15, 2024. Under the 2021 Plan, the number of shares of common stock available for awards is limited to 18.75% of the number of Common Shares outstanding as of the first trading day of each quarter. The amendment to the 2021 Plan would change this limitation to 22.75% from the first quarter of our fiscal year ending December 31, 2025 through the second quarter of our fiscal year ending December 31, 2027 and, effective at the end of the second quarter of our fiscal year ending December 31, 2027 the percentage will revert to 18.75% of the number of shares of common stock outstanding as of the first trading day of each quarter.
There were no awards granted during the three months ended March 31, 2025 and March 31, 2024.
13. Effect of Recent Accounting Updates
Accounting Updates Effective for fiscal year 2025
Changes to U.S. GAAP are established by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”) in the form of accounting standard updates (“ASUs”) to the FASB’s Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”). The Company considered the applicability and impact of all ASUs. ASUs not mentioned below were assessed and determined to be either not applicable or are expected to have minimal impact on our consolidated financial position or results of operations.
Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures
In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09,Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures(ASU 2023-09), which requires disclosure of incremental income tax information within the rate reconciliation and expanded disclosures of income taxes paid, among other disclosure requirements. ASU 2023-09 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. Early adoption is permitted. The amendment is required to be disclosed on an annual basis, in which the Company will include on its annual report for the year ended December 31, 2025.
Stock Compensation
In March 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-01,Compensation—Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Scope Application of Profits Interest and Similar Awards (“ASU 2024-01”), to clarify the scope application of profits interest and similar awards by adding illustrative guidance inASC 718, Compensation—Stock Compensation(“ASC 718”). ASU 2024-01 clarifies how to determine whether profits interest and similar awards should be accounted for as a share-based payment arrangement (ASC 718) or as a cash bonus or profit-sharing arrangement*(ASC 710, Compensation—General,* or other guidance*)* and applies to all reporting entities that account for profits interest awards as compensation to employees or non-employees. In addition to adding the illustrative guidance, ASU 2024-01 modified the language in paragraph 718-10-15-3 to improve its clarity and operability without changing the guidance. ASU 2024-01 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024, and interim periods within those annual periods. Early adoption is permitted. The amendments should be applied either retrospectively to all prior periods presented in the financial statements, or prospectively to profits interests and similar awards granted or modified on or after the adoption date. The Company notes that this ASU did not have an impact on the condensed financial statements for the three months ended March 31, 2025. If any new awards are issued in the future, the Company will evaluate the scope application of this ASU.
Accounting Updates Not Yet Effective
Improvements to Comprehensive Income- Expense Disaggregation
In December 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03,Income Statement—Reporting Comprehensive Income—Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40)(“ASU 2024-03”). ASU 2024-03 requires, in the notes to the financial statements, disclosures of specified information about certain costs and expenses specified in the updated guidance. ASU 2024-03 is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is evaluating the impact the updated guidance will have on its disclosures.
Debt with Conversion and Other Options
In December 2024, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued ASU No. 2024-04,Debt - Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20): Induced Conversions of Convertible Debt Instruments. ASU 2024-04 clarifies the requirements for determining whether certain settlements of convertible debt instruments should be accounted for as an induced conversion to improve relevance and consistency. The new standard is effective for the Company for its annual periods beginning after December 15, 2025 and interim periods within those annual reporting periods, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting the standard.
- Variable Interest Entities and Voting Interest Entities
On January 26, 2022, DVSL was created in order to construct, own, operate and maintain data centers in order to support the mining of cryptocurrency assets, batch processing and other non-crypto related activities (collectively, the “Project”). On May 3, 2022, SCI entered into a Bilateral Master Contribution Agreement (the “Bilateral Contribution Agreement”) with Spring Lane Capital, pursuant to which Spring Lane agreed, pursuant to the terms and conditions of such agreement, to make one or more capital contributions to, and in exchange for equity in, SCI or one of its subsidiaries up to an aggregate amount of $45 million, as amended in the third quarter of fiscal year 2024 to fund certain projects to develop green data centers co-located with renewable energy assets (the “Spring Lane Commitment”).
On August 5, 2022, the Company entered into a Contribution Agreement (the “Dorothy Contribution Agreement”) with Spring Lane, Soluna DV Devco, LLC (“Devco”), an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of SCI, and DVSL an entity formed in order to further the Company’s development for Project Dorothy, (each, a “Party” and, together, the “Parties”). Pursuant to the Dorothy Contribution Agreement, the Company committed to a capital contribution of up to approximately $26.3 million to DVSL (the “Company Commitment”), and on August 5, 2022, the Company was deemed to have contributed approximately $8.1 million, through payment of capital expenditures and development costs made on behalf of DVSL by the Company prior to August 5, 2022. Further under the Agreement, Spring Lane committed to a capital contribution of up to $12.5 million to DVSL (the “Spring Lane Dorothy Commitment”), and as of December 31, 2022, Spring Lane had actually contributed approximately $4.8 million. Under the Dorothy Contribution Agreement, the Company and Spring Lane have committed to make subsequent contributions, up to their respective Company Commitment and Spring Lane Dorothy Commitment amounts, on a pro rata basis, upon receipt of a contribution request from DVSL, as set forth in the Dorothy Contribution Agreement and subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions described therein. The proceeds of any subsequent commitments will be applied to pay project costs in accordance with the project budget.
In exchange for their contributions, the Company and Spring Lane were issued 67.8% and 32.2% of the Class B Membership Interests in DVSL, respectively, and were admitted as Class B members of DVSL. Further pursuant to the Dorothy Contribution Agreement, DVSL issued 100% of its Class A Membership Interests to Devco.
The Company evaluated this legal entity underASC 810, Consolidations and determined that DVSL is a variable interest entity (“VIE”) that should be consolidated into the Company, with a non-controlling interest recorded to account for Spring Lane’s equity ownership of the Company. The Company has a variable interest in DVSL. The entity was designed by the Company to create an entity for outside investors to invest in specific projects. The creation of this entity resulted in the Company, through its equity interest in DVSL, absorbing operational risk that the entity was created to create and distribute, resulting in the Company having a variable interest in DVSL.
On March 10, 2023, the Company along with Devco, and DVSL, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Project Company”) entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement (the “Purchase and Sale Agreement”) with Soluna SLC Fund I Projects Holdco, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Spring Lane”) that is wholly owned indirectly by Spring Lane Management LLC. The Project Company was constructing a modular data center with a peak demand of 25 MW (the “Dorothy Phase 1A Facility”).
Under a series of transactions in February 2023 and March 2023, culminating in the March 10, 2023 Purchase and Sale Agreement, the Company sold to Spring Lane certain Class B Membership Interests for a purchase price of $7.5 million (the “Sale”). After giving effect to the Sale, the Company owned 6,790,537 Class B Membership Interests (constituting 14.6% of the Class B Membership Interests) and Spring Lane owns 39,791,988 Class B Membership Interests (constituting 85.4% of the Class B Membership Interests). The cash portion of the purchase price paid by Spring Lane to the Company was approximately $5.8 million, which represented the purchase price of $7.5 million less the Company’s pro rata share of certain contributions funded entirely by Spring Lane in the earlier portion of this series of transactions occurring during February 2023 and March 2023. As a further part of these transactions, the parties agreed that from January 1, 2023 onwards, the Company would bear only 14.6% of the costs relating to the construction and operation of the Dorothy Phase 1A Facility, compared to its 67.8% share until that time, including during the calendar year 2022. After Spring Lane Capital realizes an 16% Internal Rate of Return hurdle on its investments, the Company retains the right to 50% of the profits on DVSL. In connection with the Spring Lane transactions and agreements, Soluna DV Services, LLC. will be providing the operations and maintenance services to DVSL. DVCC expects to receive a margin of 20% for services rendered on certain expenses.
Concurrently with the Sale, the Company, Spring Lane, Devco and the Project Company entered into (a) the Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Project Company, dated as of March 10, 2023 (the “Fourth A&R LLCA”), an amendment and restatement of the Third Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Project Company dated as of March 3, 2023, and (b) the Amended and Restated Contribution Agreement, dated as of March 10, 2023 (the “A&R Contribution Agreement”), an amendment and restatement of the Contribution Agreement dated as of August 5, 2022. The Fourth A&R LLCA provides for certain updates in respect of Spring Lane’s majority ownership. The A&R Contribution Agreement reflects updated pro rata member funding percentages as a result of the Sale as well as updated contribution caps for each of the Company and Spring Lane.
As of January 1, 2023, there were no changes in the Limited Liability Agreement of DVSL other than those related to incorporating the new investment and the purpose and design of DVSL has not changed. The Company evaluated the concepts under ASC 810 for DVSL after the change in membership interest, concluding that this resulted in the Project Company not being structured with non-substantive voting rights, as the noncontrolling shareholders have disproportionately fewer voting rights but the activities are not conducted on their behalf. This, in conjunction with there being sufficient equity at risk to finance its activities and the equity holders as a group having the characteristics of a controlling financial interest in DVSL, results in DVSL not meeting the definition of a VIE. The Company’s consolidation model is based on the concept of power. Given the Company’s Class A membership interest, the Company has the ability to control the significant decisions made in the ordinary course of the business of DVSL. The non-controlling shareholders do not hold substantive participating rights, voting rights or liquidation rights. This results in the Project Company being a voting interest entity (“VOE”), therefore allowing the Company to continue to consolidate.
The carrying amount of the assets and liabilities was as follows for DVSL:
| (Dollars in thousands) | March 31, 2025 | December 31, 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Current assets: | ||
| Cash and restricted cash | $2,515 | $2,598 |
| Accounts receivable, net | 883 | 481 |
| Other receivable, related party | 1,079 | 1,090 |
| Prepaids and other current assets | 69 | 34 |
| Total current assets | 4,546 | 4,203 |
| Other assets- long term, related party | 2,452 | 2,452 |
| Operating lease right-of-use assets | 42 | 42 |
| Property, plant, and equipment | 12,730 | 12,744 |
| Total assets | $19,770 | $19,441 |
| Current liabilities: | ||
| Due to intercompany | $15 | $51 |
| Accrued expense | 1,788 | 1,608 |
| Customer deposits-current | 899 | 296 |
| Operating lease liability | 4 | 4 |
| Total current liabilities | 2,706 | 1,959 |
| Operating lease liability | 38 | 39 |
| Other liabilities, related party | 291 | 275 |
| Total liabilities | $3,035 | $2,273 |
Effective January 1, 2023, the Company’s ownership in DVSL was reduced from 67.8% to 14.6%; see above for details.
On May 9, 2023, the Company’s indirect subsidiary DVCC completed a strategic partnership and financing with a special purpose vehicle, Navitas West Texas Investments SPV, LLC**,**(“Navitas”) organized by Navitas Global, to complete the second phase of the Dorothy Project (“Dorothy 1B”). Under a Contribution Agreement among the parties, the Company owned a substantially complete 25MW data center under construction, in whichthe Company had contributed capital expenditures for the data center. Soluna and Navitas amended and restated the Initial LLCA (the “Existing LLCA”) to reflect Navitas’ contribution of $4.5 million and its receipt of 4,500 Membership Interests, constituting 26.5% of the outstanding Membership Interests of DVCC. On June 2, 2023, Soluna and Navitas amended and restated the Existing LLCA to (a) reflect (i) Navitas’s additional capital contribution of approximately $7.6 million and receipt of an additional 7,597 Membership Interests, for a total of 12,097 Membership Interests and 49% ownership of DVCC, and (ii) Soluna’s additional capital contribution of $1.34 million and receipt of an additional 1,340 Membership Interests, for a total of 12,590 Membership Interests and 51% ownership of DVCC, and (b) describe the respective rights and obligations of the Members and the management of DVCC. As of March 31, 2025, Navitas owns 49% and Soluna owns 51% of DVCC.
The Company evaluated this legal entity underASC 810, Consolidations and determined that DVCC is a VIE that should be consolidated into the Company, with a non-controlling interest recorded to account for Navitas’ equity ownership of DVCC. The Company has a variable interest in DVCC. The entity was designed by the Company to create an entity for outside investors to invest in specific projects. The creation of this entity resulted in the Company, through its equity interest in DVCC, absorbing operational risk that the entity was created to create and distribute, resulting in the Company having a variable interest in DVCC.
DVCC is a VIE of the Company due to DVCC being structured with non-substantive voting rights. This is due to the following two factors being met as outlined inASC 810-10-15-14that require the VIE model to be followed.
| a. | The voting rights of the Company are not proportional to their obligation to absorb the expected losses of the legal entity. The Company gave Navitas veto rights over significant decisions, which resulted in Soluna having fewer voting rights relative to their obligation to absorb the expected losses of the legal entity. |
| b. | Substantially all of DVCC’s activities are conducted on behalf of the Company, which has disproportionally fewer voting rights. |
Also, the Company is the primary beneficiary due to having the power to direct the activities of DVCC that most significantly impact the performance of DVCC due to its role as the manager handling the day-to-day activities of DVCC as well as majority ownership and the obligation to absorb losses or gains of DVCC that could be significant to the Company.
Accordingly, the accounts of DVCC are consolidated in the accompanying financial statements.
The carrying amount of the VIE’s assets and liabilities was as follows for DVCC:
| (Dollars in thousands) | March 31, 2025 | December 31, 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Current assets: | ||
| Cash and restricted cash | $1,465 | $2,057 |
| Accounts receivable | 12 | 37 |
| Prepaids and other current assets | 83 | 49 |
| Other receivable, related party | 1,978 | 1,692 |
| Total current assets | 3,538 | 3,835 |
| Other assets- long term, related party | 2,452 | 2,452 |
| Operating lease right-of-use assets | 42 | 42 |
| Property, plant, and equipment, net | 16,697 | 17,774 |
| Total assets | $22,729 | $24,103 |
| Current liabilities: | ||
| Due to intercompany | $1,489 | $1,475 |
| Accrued expense | 894 | 1,392 |
| Operating lease liability | 4 | 4 |
| Current portion of debt | - | 137 |
| Total current liabilities | 2,387 | 3,008 |
| Operating lease liability | 38 | 39 |
| Total liabilities | $2,425 | $3,047 |
On July 22, 2024 (the “Effective Date”), Soluna Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) closed financing for the Dorothy 2 project. This project involves Soluna Digital, Inc. (the “Developer”) and Soluna DVSL II ComputeCo, LLC (the “ComputeCo”), a special purpose vehicle initially owned solely by the Developer. They are collaborating on the development, design, procurement, and construction of a 48 MW modular data center (the “Project Dorothy 2”) in Silverton, Texas. This facility is owned by ComputeCo and operated by Soluna US Services, LLC, and may engage in cryptocurrency, batch processing, and other non-crypto related activities. It is adjacent to two other company modular data center projects at the same site.
Project Dorothy 2 is financed by Soluna2 SLC Fund II Project Holdco LLC, an investment vehicle of Spring Lane Capital (“SLC”) with a capital contribution of up to $29.98 million, and the Developer, as the parent company of ComputeCo, with an initial capital contribution of up to $4.6 million. As of the Effective Date, the Company and the Developer became co-owners of ComputeCo. In exchange for contributions to ComputeCo, the Company and SLC were initially issued 42% and 58% of the Class B Membership Interests in ComputeCo, respectively, and were admitted as Class B members of ComputeCo. Further, ComputeCo issued 100% of its Class A Membership Interests to SDI. In relation to distributions, once ERCOT Achievement Date has been met ( date on which SLC and the Company have mutually agreed upon the parameters for power trading or demand response program in the ERCOT market) until the Target Return Date (last day of quarter in which the Class B members achieve an 18% internal rate of return, the Class A members will obtain 7.5% of the distributable cash with the remaining 92.5% being distributed to the Class B members on a pro-rata basis. After the Target Return Date is met, 50% of distributable cash will be allocated to the Class A members and 50% allocated to the Class B members in accordance with their membership interests.
Project Dorothy 2 allows the Developer to invest in ComputeCo, with the total ownership of the Developer and its affiliates capped at 49% of the Class B Membership Interests. This investment can occur within 30 days after the Effective Date (treated equally to the initial Investor), from day 31 to 180 days after the Effective Date (subject to a purchase price formula with a 20% discount rate), or after 180 days with the initial Investor’s approval.
On May 16, 2024, the Company secured $1.0 million in financing from SLC for equipment and machinery for Project Dorothy 2 through an Equipment Loan Agreement (the “ELA”) between SDI SL Borrowing - 1, LLC (the “Borrower”) and SLC. On that date, SLC lent the Borrower $720,000 to purchase medium voltage cables and low voltage switchboards. This debt was later assigned to ComputeCo on the Effective Date. Subsequently, the Borrowing amount in full by issuing the Investor Class B Membership Interests in the Dorothy 2 project valued at three times the borrowing amount (i.e., $2.16 million).
As of March 31, 2025 SLC owns 88% and SDI owns 12% of ComputeCo. Subsequent to March 31, 2025, the Company transferred its Class B Membership to SLC, resulting in 0% Class B Membership Interests held by the Company as of April 4, 2025. SDI still retains 100% Class A Membership Interests in ComputeCo.
The Company evaluated this legal entity underASC 810, Consolidations and determined that this is not a VIE. This entity is a VOE primarily due to there being sufficient equity at risk to finance its activities, the equity holders as a group having the characteristics of a controlling financial interest and the entity is not structured with non-substantive voting rights. The Company’s consolidation model is based on the concept of power. Given the Company’s Class A membership interest, the Company has the ability to control the significant decisions made in the ordinary course of the business of ComputeCo. Even though SLC has a majority of the Class B membership, the Company holds all the Class A membership, which gives them the ability to control the significant decisions made in the ordinary course of business. The non-controlling shareholders do not hold substantive participating rights, voting rights or liquidation rights.
The carrying amount of the assets and liabilities was as follows for ComputeCo:
| (Dollars in thousands) · March 31, 2025 · December 31, 2024 | |||
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| Current assets: | |||
| Cash and restricted cash | $394 | $402 | |
| Accounts receivable, intercompany | 2,868 | 2,868 | |
| Prepaids and other current assets | 55 | 41 | |
| Other receivable, related party | 3,344 | 3,370 | |
| Total current assets | 6,661 | 6,681 | |
| Other assets- long term, related party | 17,070 | 13,223 | |
| Operating lease right-of-use assets | 80 | 82 | |
| Deposits on equipment | 716 | 716 | |
| Total assets | $24,527 | $20,702 | |
| Current liabilities: | |||
| Accounts payable, trade | $21 | $ | - |
| Accounts payable, related party | 3,463 | 3,598 | |
| Accrued expense | 3 | - | |
| Due to intercompany | 9 | 9 | |
| Operating lease liability | 7 | 7 | |
| Total current liabilities | 3,503 | 3,614 | |
| Operating lease liability | 72 | 74 | |
| Total liabilities | $3,575 | $3,668 | |
- Segment Information
The Company applies ASC 280,Segment Reporting, in determining its reportable segments. The Company has adopted ASU) 2023-07,Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvement to Reportable Segment Disclosures(ASU 2023-07), which requires disclosure of incremental segment information on an annual and interim basis, primarily through enhanced disclosures of significant segment expenses. Operating segments are aggregated into a reportable segment if the operating segments have similar quantitative economic characteristics and if the operating segments are similar in the following qualitative characteristics: (i) nature of products and services; (ii) nature of production processes; (iii) type or class of customer for their products and services; (iv) methods used to distribute the products or provide services; and (v) if applicable, the nature of the regulatory environment. The Company’s reportable segments are identified based on the types of service performed. The Company hasthree reportable segments: Cryptocurrency Mining, Data Center Hosting, and High-Performance Computing. In the third quarter of 2024, the Company initiated Soluna Cloud Services, a new business line to provide high performance computing services to support generative AI workstreams, but decided to exit active provision of these services during the first quarter of 2025 and will focus in the future on provision of colocation services at our datacenters to host customers in the AI generative space.
The guidance requires that segment disclosures present the measure(s) used by the Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”) to decide how to allocate resources and for purposes of assessing such segments’ performance. The Company’s CODM is composed of several members of its senior leadership team directed by the CEO and CFO who use revenue and cost of revenues which formulate gross profit (loss), as well as total general and administrative expenses of the reporting segments to assess the performance of the business of our reportable operating segments and allocate resources. Operating profit (loss) is used to evaluate actual results against expectations, which are based on comparable prior results, current budget, and current forecast. Non-cash items of depreciation and amortization are included within both costs of sales and general and administrative expenses, however only depreciation through the Company’s site levels are evaluated for segment performance.
In the adoption of ASU 2023-07, the most significant provision was for the Company to disclose significant segment expenses (ie: costs of revenue) that are regularly provided to the CODM. Utility costs, wages and benefit related costs, facility and equipment costs, and depreciation costs at the site level were determined to be significant segment expenses. The CODM only reviews general and administrative expenses by site level as a whole, and not by significant expenses. No operating segments have been aggregated to form the reportable segments. The Company does not allocate all assets to the reporting segments as these are managed on an entity-wide basis. Therefore, the Company does not separately disclose the total assets of its reportable operating segments.
The Cryptocurrency Mining segment generates revenue from the cryptocurrency the Company earns through its Bitcoin mining activities, which is currently generated from Project Dorothy, and previously from Project Sophie and Marie. The Data Center Hosting segment generated revenue from hosting services provided to third-party Bitcoin mining customers at the Company’s data centers, which were previously at Project Marie and are currently from Project Sophie and Project Dorothy. The High-Performance Computing Services segment may generate revenue from either the sale or lease of HPC assets (such as Project Ada which leased GPUs), or from HPC/AI data centers to be leased to third-party HPC/AI customers. This segment began generating revenue in December 2024, as Project Ada worked to build its customer base. With the termination of the HPE Agreement, revenue was minimal for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and a majority of the costs associated with the termination of approximately $28.6 million were included in the December 31, 2024 financial statements.
The Company includes demand response revenue as a reconciling item of revenue and is not included within the three reportable segments. The Company utilizes its data centers to deliver demand response services to grid operators or utilities. Under these arrangements with a grid operator, the Company agrees to be available to ramp down a registered data center’s power consumption to a specific target level. In exchange, the grid pays the company a fee for this dispatch right, provided the Company can perform within certain parameters. The Company can be providing any type of service at the data centers whether it be Cryptocurrency Mining, Data Center Hosting, or AI to generate demand response service revenue.
The following table details revenue, cost of revenues, and other operating costs for the Company’s reportable segments for three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, and reconciles to net income (loss) on the condensed consolidated statements of operations:
For the three months ended March 31, 2025
| Cryptocurrency Mining | Data Center Hosting | High-Performance Computing Services | Total | |
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| Segment Revenue: Revenue from external customers | $2,999 | $2,402 | $28 | $5,429 |
| Reconciliation of revenue | ||||
| Demand response revenue (a) | 507 | |||
| Total consolidated revenue | 5,936 | |||
| Less: Segment cost of revenue | ||||
| Utility costs | 1,412 | 389 | - | 1,801 |
| Wages, benefits, and employee related costs | 219 | 470 | 7 | 696 |
| Facilities and Equipment costs | 207 | 365 | - | 572 |
| Cost of revenue- depreciation | 1,074 | 401 | - | 1,475 |
| Other cost of revenue* | 140 | 144 | - | 284 |
| Total segment cost of revenue | 3,052 | 1,769 | 7 | 4,828 |
| General and administrative expenses | 14 | 90 | 159 | 263 |
| Segment operating income (loss) | $(67) | $543 | $(138) | $338 |
For the three months ended March 31, 2024
| Cryptocurrency Mining · Data Center Hosting · High-Performance Computing Services · Total | |||||
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| Segment Revenue: Revenue from external customers | $6,396 | $5,278 | $ | - | $11,674 |
| Reconciliation of revenue | |||||
| Demand response revenue (a) | - | 875 | |||
| Total consolidated revenue | 12,549 | ||||
| Less: Segment cost of revenue | |||||
| Utility costs | 1,377 | 1,357 | - | 2,734 | |
| Wages, benefits, and employee related costs | 191 | 460 | - | 651 | |
| Facilities and Equipment costs | 175 | 299 | - | 474 | |
| Cost of revenue- depreciation | 1,087 | 436 | - | 1,523 | |
| Other cost of revenue* | 178 | 217 | - | 395 | |
| Total segment cost of revenue | 3,008 | 2,769 | - | 5,777 | |
| General and administrative expenses | 29 | 35 | - | 64 | |
| Impairment on fixed assets | 130 | - | - | 130 | |
| Segment operating income | $3,229 | $2,474 | $ | - | $5,703 |
| (a) | Demand response service revenue is included as a reconciling item of total revenue and not included as part of segment gross profit or loss. |
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| * | Other cost of revenue includes insurance, outside service costs and margins, and general costs. |
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The following table presents the reconciliation of segment operating income (loss) to net income (loss) before taxes:
| For the three months ended March 31, | ||
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| 2025 | 2024 | |
| Segment operating income | $338 | $5,703 |
| Reconciling Items: | ||
| Elimination of intercompany costs | 65 | 162 |
| Other revenue (a) | 507 | 875 |
| General and administrative, exclusive of depreciation and amortization (b) | (5,683) | (3,930) |
| General and administrative, depreciation and amortization | (2,404) | (2,403) |
| Interest expense | (838) | (424) |
| Gain (loss) on debt extinguishment and revaluation, net | 551 | (3,097) |
| Loss on sale of fixed assets | - | (1) |
| Other (expense) income, net | (315) | 23 |
| Net loss before taxes | $(7,779) | $(3,092) |
| (a) | Demand response service revenue is included as a reconciling item of total revenue and not included as part of segment gross profit or loss |
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| (b) | The reconciling general and administrative expense, exclusive of depreciation and amortization represent corporate and unallocated general and administrative expenses for the year. |
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Concentrations
During the three months ended March 31, 2025 and March 31, 2024, aside from the Bitcoin Mining revenue generated as a result of the Company’s participation in a mining pool and the Company’s participation in the demand response program, three customers contributed more than 10% of the Company’s total consolidated revenue constituting approximately 33% for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and one customer contributed more than 10% of the Company’s total consolidated revenue constituting approximately 22%of the Company’s total consolidated revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2024.
For the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, all of the Company’s cryptocurrency mining revenue was generated from Project Dorothy 1B (data center located in Silverton, Texas).
For the three months ended March 31, 2025 and March 31, 2024, approximately 57% and 67% of the Company’s data center hosting revenue was generated from Project Dorothy 1A and 43% and 33% from Project Sophie, respectively.
- Subsequent Events
At the Market Offering
On April 29, 2025, the Company entered into an At the Market Offering Agreement (the “Agreement”) with H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC (“Wainwright”), as sales agent, pursuant to which the Company may offer and sell, from time to time, through Wainwright, up to $3.75 million of shares of common stock. The Company will pay Wainwright a commission of 3.0% of the aggregate gross proceeds from each sale of shares and has agreed to provide Wainwright with customary indemnification and contribution rights.
Notice of Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard- Nasdaq Minimum Bid Price Rule
On May 8, 2025, the Company received written notice (the “Notice”) from The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) that the closing bid price for the Company’s common stock had been below $1.00 per share for the previous 30 consecutive business days, and that the Company is therefore not in compliance with the minimum bid price requirement for continued listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market as set forth in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2).
The Notice has no immediate effect on the listing or trading of the Company’s common stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market.
In accordance with the Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A), the Company has a period of 180 calendar days, or until November 4, 2025, to regain compliance with the minimum bid price requirement. To regain compliance, the closing bid price of the Company’s common stock must meet or exceed $1.00 per share for a minimum of ten consecutive business days during this 180-day period.
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