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Empery Digital Inc.

For the period ended Dec 31, 2024. Filed Mar 31, 2025.

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FY2024 · Filed Mar 31, 2025

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Notes to the Financial Statements

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 1 –ORGANIZATION, NATURE OF OPERATIONS AND GOING CONCERN

Organization and Nature of Operations

Volcon, Inc. (“Volcon” or the “Company”) was formed on February 21, 2020, as a Delaware corporation, under the name Frog ePowersports, Inc. The Company was renamed Volcon, Inc. on October 1, 2020. Volcon designs and sells all-electric off-road powersport vehicles.

On January 5, 2021, the Company created Volcon ePowersports, LLC (“Volcon LLC”), a Colorado wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, to sell Volcon vehicles and accessories in the U. S. Volcon LLC is no longer used for selling vehicles and accessories.

Going Concern

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. The Company has recurring losses and has generated negative cash flows from operations since inception.

In February and March 2024, certain holders of the May 2023 Convertible Notes issued in May 2023 converted approximately $7.4 million of principal to common stock. In March 2024, the holders exchanged the remaining May 2023 Convertible Notes of $24.7 million for Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (“Preferred Stock”) with a $1,000 per share value and an initial conversation price of $1,064.00 per share for common stock (see Note 10). All covenants from the Convertible Notes were terminated upon this exchange.

As discussed further in Note 7 below, on May 22, 2024, the Company issued Senior Notes with an aggregate principal amount of $2,942,170 due May 22, 2025 (the “May 2024 Notes”) for net proceeds of $2,255,851. The holders of the May 2024 Notes also received fully vested warrants (the “May 2024 Note Warrants”) to purchase 12,686 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $232.00 per share. The May 2024 Note Warrants were exercisable beginning November 23, 2024 and expire November 23, 2029.

On July 12, 2024, the Company sold 102,605 shares of the Company’s common stock at a purchase price of $29.20 per share and pre-funded warrants to purchase 308,355 shares of common stock at $29.19992 per pre-funded warrant. The Company received net proceeds of $10,789,261. Proceeds from this offering were used to repay the May 2024 Notes.

In October 2024, the Company established an At the Market equity offering (“ATM”) whereby the Company can sell up to $100 million of its common stock. Through February 4, 2025, the Company has raised net proceeds of $9,143,725. On February 6, 2025, the Company sold 430,000 common stock units and 5,570,000 pre-funded warrant units at $2.00 per unit. The Company received net proceeds of $10,703,882 from this offering.

Management anticipates that our cash on hand as of December 31, 2024 plus the cash expected to be generated from operations, and cash raised from the ATM and the February 6, 2025 equity offering will not be sufficient to fund planned operations beyond one year from the date of the issuance of the financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2024. There can be no assurance that additional funding, if needed, would be available to the Company on acceptable terms, or at all. These factors raise substantial doubt regarding our ability to continue as a going concern. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that may result should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern.

Nasdaq Compliance

On July 5, 2023, the Company received a notice from Nasdaq that it was not in compliance with Nasdaq’s Listing Rule 5550(b)(2), which requires that it maintain a market value of listed securities (“MVLS”) of $35 million. MVLS is calculated by multiplying the Company’s shares outstanding by the closing price of its common stock. On December 19, 2023, the Company received a notice from Nasdaq that it was not in compliance with Nasdaq’s Listing Rule 5550(a)(2), as the minimum bid price of its common stock had been below $1.00 per share for 30 consecutive business days.

On December 26, 2023, the Company was notified by Nasdaq that it was not in compliance with Nasdaq’s Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A)(iii) as the closing bid price of our common stock had been below $0.10 for ten consecutive trading days from December 11, 2023 through December 22, 2023 and was subject to delisting on January 2, 2024. On January 4, 2024, the Company received notice from Nasdaq that it did not meet the MVLS requirement and it was subject to delisting. The Company submitted a hearing request to Nasdaq’s Hearings Department for both of these matters, which stayed the suspension of the Company’s common stock. The Company participated in a hearing with Nasdaq’s Hearings Department on March 26, 2024 and on April 2, 2024, they informed the Company that the Company has until June 24, 2024 to regain compliance with the above listing rules.

On June 11, 2024, the Company received a notice from the Nasdaq that the Company no longer met the minimum 500,000 publicly held shares requirement for Nasdaq and, as such, it no longer complied with Listing Rule 5550(a)(4). Furthermore, the notice indicated that this matter would serve as an additional basis for delisting the Company’s securities from Nasdaq, that the Panel would consider this matter in their decision regarding the Company’s continued listing on Nasdaq, and that the Company should present its views with respect to this additional deficiency to the Panel in writing no later than June 18, 2024. On June 18, 2024, the Company submitted a letter to Nasdaq notifying them that the Company was in compliance with Listing Rule 5550(a)(4) due to the issuance of additional shares of common stock from the conversion of preferred stock to common stock by certain Preferred Stockholders.

On July 17, 2024, Nasdaq informed the Company that it had regained compliance with the above listing rules but will continue to be monitored for ongoing compliance.

Employment Matters

On January 13, 2024, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”), Jordan Davis, resigned his employment with the Company effective February 2, 2024. The Company entered into a 30-day consulting agreement with Mr. Davis and paid him $12,500.

On January 30, 2024, John Kim, an independent board member of the Company signed an employment agreement with the Company to become the CEO effective February 3, 2024. Mr. Kim’s salary is $800,000 and he has an annual bonus of $250,000. Mr. Kim will also receive 5% of the gross proceeds or other consideration if the Company completes a sale of substantially all of its assets or otherwise enters into a change of control transaction. Mr. Kim is also entitled to an equity award equal to 10% of the Company’s fully diluted equity, subject to stockholder approval of an increase in the shares available under the 2021 Plan or a new equity plan.

On January 30, 2024, Greg Endo, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, signed a new employment agreement with the Company. Mr. Endo’s salary was increased to $300,000 and he will have anannual bonus of up to 50% of his salary as determined by the compensation committee of the board of directors. Mr. Endo had agreed to a reduction in the salary to $238,500 through the end of 2024. On August 23, 2024 the compensation committee of the board of directors resolved that effective August 16, 2024 Mr. Endo’s annual salary would be restored to $300,000. Mr. Endo will also receive 5% of the gross proceeds or other consideration if the Company completes a sale of substantially all of its assets or otherwise enters into a change of control transaction. Mr. Endo is also entitled to an equity award equal to 4% of the Company’s fully diluted equity, subject to stockholder approval of an increase in the shares available under the 2021 Plan or a new equity plan.

On February 23, 2024, Katherine Hale resigned her position as Chief Marketing Officer. Ms. Hale was provided a severance amount of $112,500 which was paid out in three monthly installments beginning in March 2024.

Impact of Russia and Ukraine Conflict

On February 24, 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine. The conflict between Russia and Ukraine could impact the availability of nickel, an element used in the production of lithium ion cells used in batteries that power our vehicles. The shortage of these cells could have an impact on our ability to produce vehicles to meet our customers’ demands. In addition, sanctions against Russia could impact the price of elements, including nickel, that are used in the production of batteries which would result in higher costs to produce our vehicles. These sanctions have also impacted the U.S. and global economies and could result in an economic recession which could cause a broader disruption to the Company’s supply chain and distribution network and customer demand for our products.

NOTE 2 –SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of Presentation

The basis of accounting applied is the United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (U.S. GAAP). The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiary. All intercompany accounts, transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.

As discussed in Note 10, the Company completed a reverse 1 for 8 stock split on November 8, 2024, a reverse 1 for 100 stock split on June 6, 2024, a reverse 1 for 45 stock split on February 2, 2024 and a reverse 1 for 5 stock split on October 13, 2023.

Per the terms of the 1 for 8 reverse stock split on November 8, 2024, the Company agreed that no fractional shares would be issued in connection with the reverse stock split and that it would issue one full share of the post-reverse stock split common stock to any stockholder who would have been entitled to receive a fractional share as a result of the process. On November 19, 2024, the Company received notice from DTCC on behalf of the brokerage firms that hold the shares of Company common stock held in “street name” that in connection with the foregoing rounding of shares the Company would need to issue 188,950 shares of common stock. The Company does not believe the number of shares being requested is correct based on the historical number of shareholders of its common stock and is aware of similar occurrences in recent months for other companies completing a reverse stock split. As such, the Company has begun an inquiry into the calculations set forth in the request. During the pendency of this inquiry, the Company does not intend to issue any shares in connection with the fractional shares being requested. The Company may face potential liability for its failure to issue the shares of common stock if it is determined that it is required to issue such shares. These shares are not included in the shares outstanding as of December 31, 2024 or in the amounts included in the basic and diluted net loss per share amounts. See Note 12 for further discussion of the impact to basic and diluted net loss per share.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of the financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of any contingent assets and liabilities as of the dates of the financial statements and the reported amounts of expenses during the reporting periods.

Making estimates requires management to exercise judgment. It is at least reasonably possible that the estimate of the effect of a condition, situation or set of circumstances that existed at the date of the financial statements, which management considered in formulating its estimate, could change in the near term due to one or more future confirming events. Accordingly, actual results could differ significantly from those estimates.

Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash

Cash and cash equivalents include short-term investments with original maturities of 90 days or less at the date of purchase. The recorded value of our cash and cash equivalents approximates their fair value. There wereno cash equivalents as of December 31, 2024 or 2023. Restricted cash includes cash restricted as collateral for the Company’s corporate credit cards.

Revenue Recognition

For sales to dealers or distributors, revenue is recognized when transfer of control of the product is made as there is no acceptance period or right of return. Revenue is measured as the amount of consideration the Company expects to receive in exchange for transferring control of vehicles, parts, and accessories. Beginning in February 2023 the Company began selling the Brat E-Bike and Volcon Youth motorcycles directly to consumers in addition to dealers. Beginning in the third quarter of 2024, the Company began selling the Grunt EVO motorcycles directly to consumers in addition to dealers. Revenue for direct to consumer sales is recognized when transfer of control of the product is made to the consumer.

Consideration that is received in advance of the transfer of goods is recorded as customer deposits until delivery has occurred or the customer cancels their order, and the consideration is returned to the customer. Sales and other taxes the Company collects concurrent with revenue-producing activities are excluded from revenue. The Company’s sales do not presently have a financing component.

Sales promotions and incentives. The Company provides for estimated sales promotions and incentives, which are recognized as a component of sales in measuring the amount of consideration the Company expects to receive in exchange for transferring goods or providing services. Examples of sales promotion and incentive programs include rebates, distributor fees, dealer co-op advertising and volume incentives. Sales promotions and incentives are estimated based on contractual requirements. The Company records these amounts as a liability in the balance sheet until they are ultimately paid. Adjustments to sales promotions and incentives accruals are made as actual usage becomes known to properly estimate the amounts necessary to generate consumer demand based on market conditions as of the balance sheet date.

*Shipping and handling charges and costs.*The Company records shipping and handling amounts charged to the customer and related shipping costs as a component of cost of goods sold when control has transferred to the customer.

Product Warranties

The Company vehicles come with warranties that vary depending on the vehicle and vehicle components. The Company accrues warranty reserves at the time revenue is recognized. Warranty reserves include the Company’s best estimate of the projected cost to repair or to replace any items under warranty, based on actual warranty experience as it becomes available and other known factors that may impact the evaluation of historical data. The Company reviews its reserves quarterly to ensure that the accruals are adequate to meet expected future warranty obligations and will adjust estimates as needed. Factors that could have an impact on the warranty reserve include the following: changes in manufacturing quality, shifts in product mix, changes in warranty coverage periods, product recalls and changes in sales volume. Warranty expense is recorded as a component of cost of goods sold in the statement of operations and is recognized as a current liability.

Inventory and Inventory Deposits

Inventories and prepaid inventory deposits are stated at the lower of cost (first-in, first-out method) or net realizable value.

Certain vendors require the Company to pay an upfront deposit before they manufacture and ship the Company’s vehicles, parts or accessories. These payments are classified as prepaid inventory deposits on the balance sheet until title and risk of loss transfers to the Company, at which time they are classified as inventory.

Raw materials inventory costs include the cost of parts, including duties, tariffs and shipping related to manufacturing and assembly of vehicles. At December 31, 2023, raw materials inventory represents parts associated with the manufacturing of the Stag. Finished goods also include spare parts for sale as replacement parts or for service and warranty or accessories for vehicles. There are no raw materials as of December 31, 2024 (see Note 3 below for further discussion).

Property and Equipment

Property and equipment are valued at cost. Additions are capitalized and maintenance and repairs are charged to expense as incurred. Gains and losses on dispositions of equipment are reflected in operations. Depreciation is recorded using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets as follows:

Schedule of estimated useful lives
CategoryEstimated Useful Lives
Machinery, tooling and equipment3-7 years
Vehicles5 years
Internal use manufactured vehicles1 year
Furniture & Fixtures5 years
Computers3 years

Leasehold improvements are depreciated over the shorter period of their estimated useful life or term of the lease.

Intangible Assets

The Company purchased the domain name VLCN.com and is amortizing this asset over three years. Amortization expense was $1,427 for the year ended December 31, 2024.

Long-Lived Assets

The Company’s long-lived assets are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the historical carrying cost value of an asset may no longer be appropriate. The Company assesses recoverability of the asset by comparing the undiscounted future net cash flows expected to result from the asset to the carrying value. If the carrying value exceeds the undiscounted future net cash flows of the asset, an impairment loss is measured and recognized. An impairment loss is measured as the difference between the net book value and the fair value of the long-lived asset.

Leases

Right-of-use (“ROU”) assets represent the Company’s right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and lease liabilities represent the Company’s obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. ROU assets and lease liabilities are recognized at the lease commencement date based on the estimated present value of lease payments over the lease term. Leases with an initial term of 12 months or less are not recorded on the balance sheet; the Company recognizes lease expenses for these leases on a straight-line basis over the lease term. The Company does not separate non-lease components from the lease components to which they relate, and instead accounts for each separate lease and non-lease component associated with that lease component as a single lease component.

ASC 842 defines initial direct costs as only the incremental costs of signing a lease. Initial direct costs related to leasing that are not incremental are expensed as general and administrative expenses in our statements of operations.

The Company’s operating lease agreements primarily consist of leased real estate and are included within ROU assets – operating leases and ROU lease liabilities – operating leases on the balance sheets. The Company’s lease agreements may include options to extend the lease, which are not included in minimum lease payments unless they are reasonably certain to be exercised at lease commencement. The Company’s leases do not provide implicit interest rates, therefore the Company uses its estimated incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at commencement date in determining the present value of lease payments.

Research and Development Expenses

The Company records research and development expenses in the period in which they are incurred as a component of product development expenses.

Income Taxes

Deferred taxes are determined utilizing the “asset and liability” method, whereby deferred tax asset and liability account balances are determined based on the differences between financial reporting and the tax bases of assets and liabilities and are measured using the enacted tax rates and laws that will be in effect when the differences are expected to reverse. The Company provides a valuation allowance, when it’s more likely than not that deferred tax assets will not be realized in the foreseeable future. Deferred tax liabilities and assets are classified as current or non-current based on the underlying asset or liability or if not directly related to an asset or liability based on the expected reversal dates of the specific temporary differences.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

ASC Topic 820Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures(“ASC Topic 820”) provides a framework for measuring fair value in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

ASC Topic 820 defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. ASC Topic 820 establishes a fair value hierarchy that distinguishes between (1) market participant assumptions developed based on market data obtained from independent sources (observable inputs) and (2) an entity’s own assumptions about market participant assumptions developed based on the best information available in the circumstances (unobservable inputs).

The fair value hierarchy consists of three broad levels, which gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy under ASC Topic 820 are described as follows:

·Level 1 — Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that are accessible at the measurement date.
·Level 2 — Inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. Level 2 inputs include quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active; inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability; and inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means.
·Level 3 — Inputs that are unobservable for the asset or liability.

The following section describes the valuation methodologies that the Company used to measure different financial instruments at fair value.

Debt

The fair value of the Company’s debt, which approximated the carrying value of the Company’s debt as of December 31, 2023. Factors that the Company considered when estimating the fair value of its debt included market conditions, and term of the debt. The level of the debt would be considered as Level 2

The Company relies on the guidance provided by ASC Topic 480,Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity, to classify certain convertible instruments. The Company first determines whether a financial instrument should be classified as a liability. The Company will determine the liability classification if the financial instrument is mandatorily redeemable, or if the financial instrument, other than outstanding shares, embodies a conditional obligation that the Company must or may settle by issuing a variable number of its equity shares.

The Company accounts for derivative instruments in accordance with ASC Topic 815,Derivatives and Hedging (“ASC Topic 815”), and all derivative instruments are reflected as either assets or liabilities at fair value on the consolidated balance sheets. The Company uses estimates of fair value to value its derivative instruments. Fair value is defined as the price to sell an asset or transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between able and willing market participants. In general, the Company’s policy in estimating fair values is to first look at observable market prices for identical assets and liabilities in active markets, where available. When these are not available, other inputs are used to model fair value such as prices of similar instruments, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, default rates and credit spreads, relying first on observable data from active markets. Depending on the availability of observable inputs and prices, different valuation models could produce materially different fair value estimates. The values presented may not represent future fair values and may not be realizable. The Company categorizes its fair value estimates in accordance with ASC Topic 820, based on the hierarchical framework associated with the three levels or price transparency utilized in measuring financial instruments at fair value as discussed above.

Once the Company determines that a financial instrument should not be classified as a liability, the Company determines whether the financial instrument should be presented between the liability section and the equity section of the balance sheet (“temporary equity”). The Company will determine temporary equity classification if the redemption of the financial instrument is outside the control of the Company (i.e. at the option of the holder). Otherwise, the Company accounts for the financial instrument as permanent equity.

Initial Measurement

The Company records its financial instruments classified as a liability, temporary equity or permanent equity at issuance at the fair value, or cash received.

Subsequent Measurement - Financial instruments classified as liabilities

The Company records the fair value of its financial instruments classified as liabilities at each subsequent measurement date. The changes in fair value of its financial instruments classified as liabilities are recorded as other expense/income. The Monte Carlo simulation is used to determine the fair value of derivatives for instruments with embedded conversion features and for free standing warrants as discussed further in Note 8.

Additional Disclosures Regarding Fair Value Measurements

The carrying value of cash, accounts receivable, inventory, other assets, and accounts payable and accrued expenses approximate their fair value due to the short-term maturity of those items.

Warrant Liabilities and Convertible Liabilities

The fair value of the derivative liabilities and warrant liabilities is classified as Level 3 within the Company’s fair value hierarchy. Refer to Note 8, Derivative Instruments, for further discussion of the measurement of fair value of the derivatives and their underlying assumptions.

Stock-Based Compensation

The Company has a stock-based incentive award plan for employees, consultants and directors. The Company measures stock-based compensation at the estimated fair value on the grant date and recognizes the amortization of stock-based compensation expense on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period, or when it is probable criteria will be achieved for performance-based awards. Fair value is determined based on assumptions related to the fair value of the Company common stock, stock volatility and risk-free rate of return. The Company has elected to recognize forfeitures when realized.

Concentration Risk

The Company outsources certain portions of product design and development for its vehicles to third parties. In addition, the Company has outsourced the manufacturing of all of its vehicles to third party manufacturers.

On January 8, 2024, the Company notified the manufacturer of the Volcon Youth motorcycles that it was terminating the co-branding and distribution agreement with them due to lower than anticipated sales of these units. In March 2024, the Company agreed to allow the manufacturer to keep all fully paid for units manufactured and held by the manufacturer, cease selling the Volcon Youth motorcycles as of June 30, 2024, and pay cash of $2,070,000 which included a payment of $370,000 in March 2024 and $100,000 monthly for seventeen months starting April 2024. All Volcon Youth inventory was written off as of June 30, 2024.

The settlement was recorded in the financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2023. On October 2, 2024, the Company and the manufacturer amended the settlement agreement and the Company agreed to pay the manufacturer $300,000 by October 31, 2024 to fully settle the remaining payments under the March 2024 agreement and to return any remaining spare parts and finished goods held by the Company in its Texas warehouse. The Company recognized a reduction of expense of $700,000 in cost of goods sold in the year ended December 31, 2024 related to this amendment.

In June 2024, the Company was notified by the manufacturer of a suspension component for the Stag that due to the Company’s initial production forecast provided by the third party manufacturer of the Stag, the vendor had acquired raw materials to fulfill several months’ worth of this component needed for the forecast. Although the Company had provided updated forecasts to the third party manufacturer of the Stag, the revised forecasts were not provided timely to this vendor. The Company entered into an agreement to pay for the excess raw materials by making weekly payments of $13,791 and to purchase remaining finished goods of $110,000 . The Company recorded an expense of $1,091,308 in cost of goods sold for the year ended December 31, 2024. The short-term and long-term liability as of December 31, 2024 is $661,586 and $109,163 respectively.

On December 6, 2024, the Company entered into a Settlement Agreement and Mutual Release (“Agreement”) with GLV, the manufacturer of the Stag and Grunt EVO, pursuant to which the Company and the manufacturer agreed to terminate the Supplier Agreement dated March 11, 2022 for the development and engineering of the Volcon Stag vehicle prototypes; the Supplier Agreement dated May 29, 2022 for the manufacturing of the Volcon Grunt EVO motorcycle; and the Supplier Agreement dated August 11, 2022 for the manufacturing of the Volcon Stag vehicle (collectively, the “Supplier Agreements”). Pursuant to the Agreement, among other items, the Company and the manufacturer agreed to indemnify each other with respect to certain outstanding vendor payables and the Company agreed to pay GLV a termination fee of $125,000 per month for a period of twenty-two months.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

In November 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-07, Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures, requiring public companies to disclose information about their reportable segments’ significant expenses and other segment items on an interim and annual basis. Public companies with a single report segment are required to apply the disclosure requirements in ASU 2023-07, as well as all existing segment disclosures and reconciliation requirements of ASU 2023-07 during the year ended December 31, 2024. The Company operates as one operating segment and the Company’s CEO is the chief operating decision maker (“CODM”). The CODM uses the consolidated statement of operations to assess financial performance and allocate resources.

The following table presents the selected financial information with respect to the Company’s single operating segment:

Schedule of operating segment
Years Ended December 31,
20242023
Revenue$4,037,191$3,260,988
Cost of goods sold(18,168,288)(11,391,040)
Gross Margin(14,131,097)(8,130,052)
Sales & Marketing2,548,9537,405,705
Product Development2,668,3307,868,985
General & Administrative7,665,6476,388,007
Total Operating Expenses12,882,93021,662,697
Loss from Operations(27,014,027)(29,792,749)
Other Income (Expense)(18,496,282)(15,278,462)
Net loss$(45,510,309)$(45,071,211)

NOTE 3 –INVENTORY

Inventory consists of the following:

Schedule of inventory
December 31, 2024December 31, 2023
Raw materials$–$6,770,892
Finished goods1,455,4772,202,242
Total inventory$1,455,477$8,973,134

During 2024, the Company lowered the sales price of the Grunt EVO which was sold to dealers and distributors. Since the unit sales price was below the unit cost the Company paid to the manufacturer, the Company wrote down the Grunt EVO finished goods inventory and recorded an expense of$674,379. In March 2025, the Company sold all of the remaining Grunt EVO finished goods.

In October 2024, the Company notified the manufacturer of the Stag that the Company intended to terminate the manufacturing agreement between the parties due to, among other things, significant cost increases for finished units over the original contracted cost. The Company wrote down all of the Stag raw materials inventory as of September 30, 2024. The Company concluded it would not be able to recover the inventory since it was in the manufacturer’s possession at the time, and even if it could the Company does not believe that it could find another manufacturer who could build the Stag without the Company incurring significant additional costs to have the manufacturer set up a production facility. In addition, the Company wrote off all prepaid deposits and advances paid to vendors and the manufacturer of the Stag. The total write-off related to Stag inventory, prepaid inventory and advances was $8,712,644. As noted above, the Company and the manufacturer entered into a settlement agreement and terminated the manufacturing agreement which included giving all raw materials inventory to the manufacturer.

In June 2023, the Company wrote down all remaining Torrot branded inventory in the amount of $84,000. During 2023, the Company wrote down the Volcon co-branded Torrot youth motorcycles in the amount of $2,674,352 to reduce their cost to the estimated net realizable value. The Company also wrote off all remaining Grunt raw materials inventory of $1,564,643 upon transfer of the inventory to the Company’s third party manufacturer.

As of December 31, 2024, the Company has purchase commitments for future payments due for inventory of $376,945.

NOTE 4 –LONG – LIVED ASSETS

Property and Equipment

Property and equipment consist of the following:

Schedule of property and equipment
December 31, 2024December 31, 2023
Machinery, tooling and equipment$145,192$1,015,568
Vehicles185,482213,528
Internal use manufactured vehicles109,26822,906
Fixtures & furniture50,76890,768
Leasehold improvements44,66344,663
Computers217,341221,571
752,7141,609,004
Less: Accumulated depreciation(546,576)(350,397)
Total property and equipment$206,138$1,258,607

Depreciation expense for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 was $360,711 and $243,394, respectively

**NOTE 5 –NOTES PAYABLE **

In March 2023, the Company entered into two financing arrangements to purchase two vehicles. The total principal of these arrangements is $96,024 with interest rates of 11.44% and 8.63% and monthly payments totaling $1,923 are due through February 2028 and $908 per month until February 2029. The vehicles are collateral for these arrangements. In February 2024, one of the vehicles was involved in an accident and was totaled. The note payable associated with this vehicle was paid off with the proceeds received from the insurance carrier.

The following table provides the maturities of notes payable as of December 31, 2024:

Schedule of maturities of notes payable
2025$10,898
202610,898
202710,898
202810,898
20291,816
Total future payments45,408
Less: Interest(9,694)
Total notes payable35,714
Less current portion(7,181)
Long-term notes payable$28,533

NOTE 6 -CONVERTIBLE NOTES

On August 24, 2022, the Company issued Senior Convertible Notes (“Convertible Notes”) with an aggregate principal amount of $27,173,913 due February 24, 2024. The holders of the Convertible Notes also received fully vested warrants (the “Note Warrants”) to purchase 51 shares of the Company’s common stock at an initial exercise price of $405,000.00 per share. The conversion and warrant exercise prices were subject to adjustment if the Company declared a stock dividend, stock split or recapitalization. The Company incurred debt issuance costs of $3,316,409 upon issuance of the Convertible Notes, which includes $616,730 for the fair value of the warrants issued to the placement agent of the Convertible Notes as further described in Note 10. These debt issuance costs were amortized as additional interest expense through May 24, 2023 when the Convertible Notes were exchanged as discussed below.

The Company allocated the net proceeds received from the issuance of the Convertible Notes and Note Warrants based on the relative fair values of each resulting in net proceeds of $15,122,345 being allocated to the Convertible Notes and net proceeds of $6,561,247 being allocated to the Note Warrants which was recorded in equity. The Company recorded non-cash interest expense through May 24, 2023 to accrete the allocated value of the Convertible Notes using the effective interest method and an interest rate of 39.6%. Interest expense, including amortization of issuance costs, recorded for the Convertible Notes for the year ended December 31, 2023 was $2,913,632, prior to the recognition of the unamortized discount and issuance costs upon issuance of the additional Senior Convertible Notes noted below.

On May 24, 2023, the Company issued additional Senior Convertible Notes (“New Notes”) with an aggregate principal amount of $4,934,783 due February 24, 2024 to the same investors of the Convertible Notes. The New Notes had an initial conversion price of $457,200.00 per share of common stock, which was adjusted to $135,000.00 upon stockholder approval received on August 3, 2023. The conversion price was also subject to further adjustment if the Company completed an equity or convertible note offering with a price below $135,000.00, or completed a stock split, reverse stock split or recapitalization where the lowest day’s volume weighted average price (“VWAP”) of the Company’s stock price is below $135,000.00 in the five days following the stock split, with a floor price of $0.22 (subject to stockholder approval, which was obtained on August 3, 2023). The conversion price was also subject to further adjustment if the Company completed an equity or convertible note offering with a price below $135,000.00. The New Notes were issued with an original issue discount of 8.8% and did not bear interest unless an event of default had occurred, upon which interest accrued at 10% per annum.

The holders of the New Notes also received fully vested warrants (the “New Warrants”) to purchase 31 shares of the Company’s common stock at an initial exercise price of $196,200.00 per share. The New Warrants expire August 24, 2027.

The Company incurred debt issuance costs of $586,968 upon issuance of the New Notes and New Warrants. The Company amortized these issuance costs as additional interest expense over the remaining term of the New Notes.

Concurrent with the issuance of the New Notes, the Company exchanged the Convertible Notes into two new notes, Series A Notes and Series B Notes both due February 24, 2024 (collectively the “Exchange Notes” and collectively with the New Notes the “May 2023 Notes”). The aggregate principal amount of Series A Notes was $3,690,422 and these were convertible into the Company’s common stock at an initial conversion price of $135,000.00 per share. The aggregate principal amount of the Series B Notes was $23,483,491 and were convertible into the Company’s common stock at an initial conversion price of $196,200.00 which was adjusted to $135,000.00 upon stockholder approval received on August 3, 2023.

In September 2023, the holders of the May 2023 Notes agreed to modify the due date of these notes to January 31, 2025. The Company also executed a security interest to the holders for substantially all of the assets of the Company.

Events of default for the May 2023 Notes were defined in the note agreements and the Company was in compliance with all covenants until the May 2023 Notes were exchanged for Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (“Preferred Stock”) on March 4, 2024 as discussed below.

The fair value of the May 2023 Notes was estimated based on the future cash flows discounted at an interest rate of 14.9%. The May 2023 Notes were recorded at their initial fair values as follows:

Schedule of convertible notes
Fair ValuePrincipal Amount
New Notes$4,410,058$4,934,783
Series A Exchange Notes3,298,0123,690,422
Series B Exchange Notes20,986,44923,483,891
Total May 2023 Notes$28,694,519$32,109,096

The Company estimated the fair value of the conversion features of the New Notes, Exchange Notes, New Warrants and Exchange Warrants as of May 24, 2023, as discussed in Note 8 below.

The Company recognized interest expense of $314,838 and $2,042,078 in the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 for the accretion of the discount and amortization offering costs on the May 2023 Notes.

The Company also exchanged the 51 Note Warrants with an exercise price of $513,000.00 per share issued with the Convertible Notes in August 2022 for 95 warrants which had an initial exercise price of $196,200.00 per share (the “Exchange Warrants”) and was adjusted to $135,000.00 per share upon stockholder approval received on August 3, 2023. The Exchange Warrants expire August 24, 2027.

The conversion prices of the Exchange Notes, and the exercise prices of the New Warrants and Exchange Warrants (collectively the “May 2023 Warrants”) were subject to further adjustment in the event that the Company issues additional common stock, stock options, warrants or convertible notes with prices below the exercise price in effect at the time of issuance, or completes a stock split, reverse stock split or recapitalization where the lowest day’s VWAP of the Company’s stock price is below the then exercise price in the five days following the stock split with a floor of $0.22 per share.

The Company evaluated the issuance of the New Notes and Exchange Notes and related warrants and determined that the Convertible Notes were extinguished based on the conclusion that the terms of the New Notes and Exchange Notes are substantially different from the Convertible Notes in accordance with ASC 470,Debt. In addition, the Company recognized a loss on the extinguishment of the Convertible Notes based on the carrying value of the Convertible Notes at the transaction date, plus gross proceeds received from the issuance of New Notes and New Warrants, less the fair value of the i) New Notes and conversion option, ii) New Warrants, iii) Exchange Notes and conversion options, and iv) Exchange Warrants. The resulting loss on extinguishment of the Convertible Notes was $22,296,988 (including unamortized issuance costs of $1,330,296) which was recorded in the year ended December 31, 2023.

The May 2023 Notes contain certain conversion limitations, providing that no conversion may be made if, after giving effect to the conversion, the holder, together with any of its affiliates, would own in excess of 9.99% of the Company’s outstanding shares of common stock after giving effect to such conversion. The Company had the option to force conversion of the Series A and Series B Notes but the weighted average price of the Company’s common stock did not equal or exceed the amounts specified in the May 2023 Note agreements while these notes were outstanding.

In September 2023, the Company and the holders of the Exchange Warrants entered into a warrant inducement agreement whereby the Exchange Warrant holders agreed to exercise 11 Exchange Warrants at a reduced exercise price of $63,000.00 per share. The Company issued the holders 11 warrants (“Reload Warrants”) with an initial exercise price of $90,000.00 per share. The Reload Warrants are immediately exercisable for unregistered shares of the Company’s common stock and have the same terms as the May 2023 Warrants and expire August 24, 2027. The Company recognized equity issuance costs of $216,855 in the year ended December 31, 2023 for the issuance of the Reload Warrants.

The May 2023 Warrants and Reload Warrants contained certain conversion limitations, providing that a holder thereof may not exercise such warrants to the extent that, if after giving effect to such conversion, the holder or any of its affiliates would beneficially own in excess of 4.99% of the outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock immediately after giving effect to such exercise. The May 2023 Warrants and Reload Warrants provide the holders the right to exercise these warrants on a non-cash basis if the Company does not have an effective registration statement for the underlying shares of common stock.

Holders of the May 2023 Notes, the May 2023 Warrants and Reload Warrants did not have voting rights to the extent they did not convert their notes or exercise their warrants.

In September 2023, the Company completed a public offering and sold 8 shares of common stock at $90,000.00 per share. The holders of the May 2023 Notes waived their right to reduce the conversion price to the equity issuance price and agreed to reduce the conversion price to $99,000.00 per share. The exercise price of the May 2023 Warrants was reduced to $90,000.00 per share as a result of the public offering.

On October 13, 2023, the Company completed a 1 for 5 reverse stock split and the lowest day’s VWAP in the five days following the reverse split was $49,284.00 per share and the conversion price of the May 2023 Notes, and the exercise price of the May 2023 Warrants were reduced to $49,284.00 per share effective October 20, 2023. On February 2, 2024, the Company completed a reverse 1 for 45 stock split. As a result, the conversion price of the May 2023 Notes and exercise price of the May 2023 Warrants were subject to adjustment to the lowest day’s VWAP in the five-day period following the reverse split, which was $1,491.68 per share effective February 12, 2024.

During the three months ended March 31, 2024, $7,414,025 of principal of the May 2023 Notes were converted into 4,971 shares of common stock. The Company recognized a loss of $333,544 on the conversion including the write off of $55,490 of unamortized debt issuance costs in the year ended December 31, 2024. The remaining principal of the May 2023 Notes of $24,716,118 was exchanged for 24,698 shares of Series A convertible Preferred Stock with a stated value of $1,000 and an initial conversion price of $1,064.00. The Company recognized a loss on the exchange of the Convertible Notes for Preferred Stock of $1,314,065, which includes unamortized issuance costs of $182,009, in the year ended December 31, 2024.

As a result of the exchange for Preferred Stock, the May 2023 Notes are no longer outstanding, there are no remaining covenants related to the May 2023 Notes that the Company must comply with and the security interest on the assets of the Company has been released by the noteholders. The May 2023 Warrants exercise price was reduced to $1,064.00 as a result of this exchange. See further discussion in Note 10.

NOTE 7 -MAY 2024 SENIOR NOTES

On May 22, 2024, the Company issued Senior Notes with an aggregate principal amount of $2,942,170 due May 22, 2025 (the “May 2024 Notes”) for proceeds before expenses of $2,501,001 (issuance costs were $245,150). The notes were issued with an original issue discount of 15% and do not bear interest unless an event of default occurs, upon which interest will accrue at 10% per annum. Pursuant to the terms of the May 2024 Notes, if the Company completes an equity or debt offering while any principal of the May 2024 Notes is outstanding, thirty percent of the proceeds from such offering are required to be used to repay the outstanding principal of the May 2024 Notes until they are fully repaid. The holders of the May 2024 Notes also received fully vested warrants (the “May 2024 Note Warrants”) to purchase 12,686 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $232.00 per share. The May 2024 Note Warrants were exercisable beginning November 23, 2024 and expire November 23, 2029. The number of warrants and the exercise price are subject to adjustment if the Company declares a stock dividend, stock split or recapitalization.

The Company allocated the net proceeds received from the issuance of the May 2024 Notes and May 2024 Note Warrants based on the relative fair values of each resulting in net proceeds of $1,232,651 being allocated to the May 2024 Notes recorded as a current liability in the balance sheet and net proceeds of $1,023,200 being allocated to the May 2024 Note Warrants which was recorded in equity.

Schedule of senior notes
Principal amount$2,942,170
Unamortized discount and issuance costs(1,525,700)
Net carrying amount$1,416,470

During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company recorded non-cash interest expense of $238,965 to accrete the allocated value of the May 2024 Notes, which includes the amortization of debt issuance costs. As discussed further in Note 10, the May 2024 Notes were fully repaid on July 12, 2024 and a loss of $1,470,554 was recognized in the year ended December 31, 2024 for the early extinguishment of these notes.

NOTE 8 -DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND WARRANT LIABILITIES

May 2023 Notes and May 2023 Warrants

As discussed in Note 6, the Company recognized a loss on the extinguishment of the Convertible Notes based on the fair values of the May 2023 Notes including the conversion feature, and the May 2023 Warrants. The Company determined that there was a derivative liability associated with the conversion features in the May 2023 Notes due to the conversion price being subject to stockholder approval in the conversion feature. Therefore, the Company separated the conversion features from the May 2023 Notes and recorded them at fair value and continued to adjust them to fair value until stockholder approval was received on August 3, 2023 as the conversion price is then only adjusted based on anti-dilutive provisions. The Company also determined that the May 2023 Warrants were derivative liabilities due to the potential adjustment in the exercise prices being subject to stockholder approval. Once stockholder approval was received on August 3, 2023, the exercise price of the warrants only adjusts based on anti-dilutive provisions and they are no longer derivative liabilities

The fair value of the conversion features and warrant liabilities were calculated using a Monte Carlo simulation and the following assumptions and methodologies:

Schedule of assumptions and methodologies
May 24, 2023August 3, 2023
Conversion Feature Liabilities
Company stock price on valuation date$126,000.00$99,180.00
Volatility (closing prices of guideline comparable public companies)86.3%84.1%
Conversion price per share$135,000.00$135,000.00
Note term (years)0.760.56
Risk free interest rate5.1%5.4%
Warrant Liabilities
Company stock price on valuation date$126,000.00$99,180.00
Volatility (closing prices of guideline comparable public companies)119.2%115.0%
Conversion price per share$135,000.00$135,000.00
Warrant term (years)4.254.06
Risk free interest rate3.8%4.3%

In addition to the above factors, the Company also used a probability assessment for the initial and August 3, 2023 valuation to evaluate whether stockholder approval would be received to lower the conversion and exercise prices. The Company utilized a 50/50 assessment that stockholders would or would not approve the lower conversion and exercise price. Management notes that at the time of the assessment, the stockholder vote had not yet started therefore there was no data to determine whether one scenario was more likely than another. Since the stockholders approved the lower conversion and exercise price on August 3, 2023, no probability assessment was used.

Based on the above factors, the estimated fair value of the Company’s derivative liabilities carried at fair value at May 24, 2023 and August 3, 2023 is as follows:

Schedule of fair value of derivative liabilities
May 24, 2023August 3, 2023
Conversion Feature - New Notes$663,096$557,168
Conversion Feature - Series A Exchange Notes970,805416,672
Conversion Feature - Series B Exchange Notes4,324,7922,651,436
New Warrants3,123,6822,445,244
Exchange Warrants9,287,4747,191,535
Total$18,369,849$13,262,055

On August 3, 2023, stockholders approved the adjustment of the conversion price of the New Notes and Exchange Notes and the exercise price of the New Warrants and Exchange Warrants. The conversion and exercise prices can adjust to a floor of $0.22 per share based on certain events defined in the agreements related to these instruments. The Company concluded that as of August 3, 2023, the conversion feature of the May 2023 Notes and the May 2023 Warrants are no longer derivative liabilities and reclassified them to equity on August 3, 2023. The Company recognized a gain of $5,107,794 for the change in the fair values of the conversion features of the May 2023 Notes and May 2023 Warrants for the year ended December 31, 2023.

Series A and Series B Warrants

As discussed in Note 10 below, the Company issued Series A and Series B Warrants (the “November 2023 Warrants”) in connection with the sale of common units and pre-funded warrant units. Under the terms of the November 2023 Warrants, the number and exercise price are subject to adjustment if the Company completes certain transactions specified in these warrant agreements. In addition, the Series A Warrants have a cashless exercise provision, if approved by stockholders, that would allow holders to cashless exercise one warrant for three shares of the Company’s common stock. Such adjustments were subject to stockholder approval (which was received on January 12, 2024) and are further described in Note 10.

The Company has determined that these warrants should be classified as liabilities and has used a Monte Carlo simulation to estimate the fair value. The following assumptions were used in the valuations:

Schedule of warrants assumptions
Company stock price on valuation date$35.68
Volatility141.4%
Risk free interest rate3.78%
Dividend yield0.00%
Warrant term (years)4.9
Time to future transaction (years)0.63
Future transaction probability75%

In addition to the above factors, the Company also used a probability assessment for the initial and December 31, 2023 valuation to evaluate whether stockholder approval would be received on January 12, 2024 to lower the conversion and exercise prices. Management notes that at the time of the assessment, the stockholder vote had not yet started but there was a requirement in the offering that the board of directors, management, and a significant stockholder vote in favor of these adjustments which included approximately 20.1% of the shares outstanding as of the transaction date. Further, significant investors in the transaction held shares acquired prior to the record date for eligible stockholders to vote. Although these same investors could not vote the shares received in the November 17, 2023 offering, they could abstain from voting those shares for the stockholder vote and such shares would count towards whether a quorum of shares was received to hold the special meeting for the stockholder approval. Finally, management notes that approval was overwhelmingly positive to adjust the conversion price for the May 2023 Notes and May 2023 Warrants and exercise prices. The Company concluded that it was 100% likely that stockholders would approve the provisions to adjust the number of warrants and exercise price.

Based on the above factors, the estimated fair value of the Series A and Series B Warrant liabilities at December 31, 2023 is as follows:

Schedule of estimated fair value
Series A Warrant$0.2970
Series B Warrant$0.0799

The Company allocated the gross proceeds from the issuance of the common units and pre-funded warrant units based on the relative fair values from the November 17, 2023 valuation resulting in a value of $10,990,530 and $3,345,961 being allocated to the Series A and Series B warrants, respectively. An allocation of the issuance costs from the offering was made based on the relative fair values of the common stock, pre-funded warrants, Series A and Series B warrants and issuance costs of $1,451,249 that were allocated to the Series A and Series B Warrants were expensed in the fourth quarter of 2023.

Subsequent to the approval by stockholders of the cashless exercise provision of the Series A Warrant, the fair value of each Series A Warrant is the value of three shares of the Company’s common stock. Based on the closing price of the Company’s common stock on December 31, 2024 of $4.37, the fair value of each Series A Warrant is $13.11 and based on the total number of warrants outstanding of 8,517, the warrant liability for Series A Warrants is $111,658 at December 31, 2024.

As discussed in Note 10 below, on May 17, 2024, certain terms of the Series B Warrants were amended, including a cashless exercise provision, which resulted in the Series B warrants no longer being liabilities. The fair value of each Series B warrant is the value of the closing stock price of the Company times 0.81, the cashless exercise exchange ratio. Based on the closing price of the Company’s common stock on May 17, 2024 of $231.20, the fair value of each Series B Warrant is $187.27. A loss of $2,174,673 was recognized in the year ended December 31, 2024, for the change in fair value of the Series B Warrants from December 31, 2023 to May 17, 2024. The fair value of the Series B Warrants of $3,405,662 as of May 17, 2024 was reclassified to equity.

As discussed in Note 10, certain holders of the Series A and Series B Warrants exercised their warrants. The Company reclassified the fair value of the Series A Warrants exercised on a cashless basis to stockholders equity. The Company recognized a gain of $165,355 from the exercise of the Series B Warrants based on the proceeds received from the exercise and the estimated fair value of the Series B Warrants on the date of exercise.

The following represents the activity associated with the Series A and Series B Warrants for the year ended December 31, 2024:

Schedule of derivative activity
Series ASeries BTotal
Fair value on December 31, 2023$4,705,245$1,265,822$5,971,067
Loss on changes in fair value12,759,0662,174,67314,933,739
Exercise of warrants(17,352,653)(34,833)(17,387,486)
Reclassification to equity–(3,405,662)(3,405,662)
Balance at December 31,2024$111,658$–$111,658

NOTE 9 –RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

In March 2024, the Company entered into a consulting agreement with Christian Okonsky, one of the Company’s founders, former Chairman of the Board and former Chief Technology Officer, pursuant to which he was entitled to a monthly fee of $5,000 and payment of 1% of the gross proceeds from any merger, sale or change of control transaction (“Change of Control Payment”) (as determined by the board of directors) entered into by the Company for a period of up to 6 months following the termination of the consulting agreement. The consulting agreement had a 24 month term and was cancellable by either party with 30 days notice. This consulting agreement terminates any remaining provisions of the Pink Possum agreement noted below other than the warrants remain outstanding. On September 9, 2024, Mr. Okonsky resigned from the board of directors of the Company. The consulting agreement was amended and the monthly fee was amended to $8,333 per month for twelve months and the Change of Control Payment was eliminated. In October 2024, Ms. Karin-Joyce Tjon, a current independent board member, was appointed by the board to be the chairman of the board.

In December 2022, the Company entered into an employment agreement with Mr. Okonsky whereby Mr. Okonsky became an employee on January 2, 2023 with an annual salary of $170,000 and healthcare and other benefits that are also provided to all Company employees. The consulting agreement with Pink Possum, discussed below, was terminated upon execution of the employment agreement. Mr. Okonsky informed the Company on January 27, 2024 that he would resign his employment and forfeit his salary and benefits effective February 1, 2024.

In November 2020 and February 2021, the Company entered into an operating lease with an entity controlled by the Company’s two founders for its future headquarters and production facility in Liberty Hill, Texas. In October 2021, the Company began discussions for an additional amendment to the lease, in anticipation of manufacturing vehicles at this location, which would have resulted in the monthly payment of $100,000 for the first year of the lease and increasing annually throughout the term of the lease to $107,000 in the final year. Monthly payments for the initial lease and the amended agreement would have begun at the time a certificate of occupancy was received by the landlord. No monthly rent payments were made on these leases.

On April 27, 2022, the Company informed the landlord that it would be terminating the lease. On May 27, 2022, the landlord notified the Company that the landlord would refund $85,756 of the prepaid rent and security deposit balance of $601,818 paid by the Company and the Company recognized a loss on the unrefunded prepaid rent and security deposit amount in 2022. In October 2023, the landlord notified the Company that there were additional costs that exceeded the amount of the refund, and the landlord released the Company from paying any amounts in excess of the original expected refund. The landlord also released the Company from any remaining obligations under the lease and amendments. The Company recognized a loss on the termination of this lease of $85,756 in the year ended December 31, 2023.

On August 28, 2020, the Company entered into consulting agreements with Pink Possum, an entity controlled by Mr. Okonsky, and Highbridge Consultants, LLC (“Highbridge”), an entity controlled by Mr. Adrian James, a co-founder of the Company, pursuant to which Messrs. Okonsky and James provide the Company with services in exchange for warrants. On March 26, 2021 and March 25, 2021, respectively, Pink Possum and Highbridge entered into amendments to the consulting agreements agreeing to exchange the original warrants for new ten-year warrants to purchase 27 and 35 shares, respectively, of common stock at an exercise price of $176,400.00. The Highbridge warrants were fully exercised on a cashless basis in 2021 and the Pink Possum warrants remain outstanding as of December 31, 2024.

In addition, pursuant to the consulting agreements, upon the occurrence of a Fundamental Transaction (as defined below) for an aggregate gross sales price of $100.0 million or more, each entity will receive a cash payment equal to 1% of such gross sales price. For the purposes of the consulting agreements, “Fundamental Transaction” means any of the following: (i) a consolidation or merger involving the Company if the holders of the voting securities of the Company that are outstanding immediately prior to the consummation of such consolidation or merger do not, immediately after the consummation of such consolidation or merger, hold voting securities that collectively possess at least a majority of the voting power of all the outstanding securities of the surviving entity of such consolidation or merger or such surviving entity’s parent entity; (ii) a transfer or issuance (in a single transaction or series of related transactions) by one or more of the Company and its stockholders to one person or to any group of persons acting in concert, of shares of the Company’s capital stock then collectively possessing 50% or more of the voting power of all then outstanding shares of the Company’s capital stock (computed on an as-converted to common stock basis); or (iii) any sale, license, lease, assignment or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company. Furthermore, commencing upon the completion of the Company’s initial public offering of the shares of our common stock, if the Company’s market capitalization exceeds $300.0 million for a period of 21 consecutive trading days, each of the entities will receive an additional cash payment equal to $15.0 million; provided that the Company will have the right, in its sole discretion, to make the foregoing $15.0 million payment by the issuance of shares of the Company’s common stock. The foregoing amounts will be payable to the entities if the above milestones occur any time prior to the ten-year anniversary of the original consulting agreements, or August 28, 2030. The foregoing provision was terminated as to Pink Possum in connection with the consulting agreement between the Company and Mr. Okonsky described above.

NOTE 10 –STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

On June 14, 2023, the Company’s stockholders approved an increase in the Company’s authorized shares of common stock from 100,000,000 to 250,000,000. In addition, the Company is authorized to issue 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock with a par value of $0.00001. The specific rights of the preferred stock, when so designated, shall be determined by the board of directors.

On October 13, 2023, the Company completed a reverse 1 for 5 stock split. On February 2, 2024, the Company completed a reverse 1 for 45 stock split. On June 6, 2024, the Company completed a reverse 1 for 100 stock split. On November 8, 2024, the Company completed a reverse 1 for 8 stock split. Any fractional shares as a result of the reverse stock splits were rounded up to one full share of common stock.

Common Stock

On May 24, 2023, the Company sold 34 shares of its common stock in a public offering at $135,000.00 per share. The Company received net proceeds of $3,998,685 after underwriter commissions and expenses of $501,300.

On September 18, 2023, the Company sold 8 shares of its common stock in a public offering at $90,000.00 per share. The Company received net proceeds of $571,400 after underwriter commissions and expenses of $128,600. The underwriter was also issued a warrant to purchase 2 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $112,500.00 per share that expires 5.5 years from the date of issuance. The underwriter agreement provided the underwriter with a right of first refusal for any additional securities third parties offerings within twelve months of this offering.

As discussed in Note 6 above, on May 24, 2023 the Company issued the May 2023 Notes and May 2023 Warrants, along with the warrants to the placement agent in August 2022 with the issuance of the Convertible Notes. The Company received consent from the underwriter to issue such securities. In addition, the Company was required to reserve 601 shares of common stock for future issuance of shares for the conversion of the May 2023 Notes and exercise of the May 2023 Warrants and 4 shares for the exercise of the placement agent warrants.

On July 12, 2024, Company sold 102,605 shares of the Company’s common stock at a purchase price of 29.20 per share and pre-funded warrants to purchase 308,355 shares of common stock at $29.19992 per pre-funded warrant. The Company received net proceeds of $10,789,261. Through December 31, 2024,226,250 pre-funded warrants were exercised and 82,105 remained outstanding and the remaining warrants were exercised in February 2025.

On October 15, 2024 the Company and a holder of the Company’s common stock reached an agreement for the return by the holder of 96,822 shares of common stock to the Company. The holder had exceeded the percentage of shares that they were permitted to hold of the Company’s common stock. In exchange for the return of the shares the Company issued a prefunded warrant for 96,822 shares. These warrants were outstanding at December 31, 2024, and were subsequently exercised in February 2025.

As discussed above, on October 18, 2024, the Company established the ATM under which it can sell its common stock. As of December 31, 2024, the Company received net proceeds of $184,830 from the sale of 68,921 shares of its common stock. The Company has received $8.8 million for the sale of 1,764,113 shares of common stock from January 1, 2025 to February 4, 2025 through our ATM.

On February 6, 2025, the Company received net proceeds of $10,703,882 from the sale of 430,000 common stock units, which consisted of 430,000 shares of common stock and 430,000 fully exercisable five year warrants to purchase the Company’s common stock at $2.00 per share, and 5,570,000 pre funded warrant units, which consisted of 5,570,000 pre-funded fully exercisable warrants with an exercise price of $0.00001 and 5,570,000 fully exercisable five year warrants to purchase the Company’s common stock at $2.00 per share. Through March 28, 2025,1,230,001 pre-funded warrants were exercised. The Company cannot sell additional shares through our ATM for 120 days following this offering.

Series A Convertible Preferred Stock

On March 4, 2024, the Company designated 25,000 shares of Preferred Stock as Series A Convertible Preferred Stock with a par value of $0.00001 per share and exchanged the remaining May 2023 Notes (principal of $24,694,670) for Preferred Stock. For each $1,000 of May 2023 Note principal, one share of Preferred Stock was issued with a stated value of $1,000, and any principal held by an investor below $1,000 was granted one additional share of Preferred Stock. A total of 24,698 shares were issued in connection with the exchange. The Preferred Stock is initially convertible into share of the Company’s common stock at $1,064.00 per share. Conversion of Preferred Stock to common stock of the Company by the holders of the Preferred Stock is limited based on ownership restrictions of either 4.99% or 9.99%. The conversion price is subject to adjustment for anti-dilution provisions with an initial floor of $784.00 per share, subject to adjustment to $400.00 per share if stockholder approval is received. The stockholders approved this adjustment at the 2024 annual meeting held on May 28, 2024.

The Preferred Stock conversion price per share is subject to adjustment in the event of a stock split based on the lowest 5-day daily VWAP in the five days subsequent to the completion of a stock split. As a result of the reverse stock split completed on June 6, 2024, the conversion price of the Preferred Stock was adjusted to $51.59.

As of December 31, 2024, all of the Preferred Stock (24,698 Preferred Shares) have been converted for 279,043 shares of common stock.

November 2023 Common Units and Pre-Funded Warrant Units

On November 17, 2023, the Company sold (i)93 common units (“Common Units”), each consisting of one share of the Company’s common stock, a Series A warrant to purchase one share of common stock at an initial exercise price of $19,800.00 per share or pursuant to an alternative cashless exercise option (described below), which warrant will expire on the five-year anniversary of the original issuance date (the “Series A Warrants”) and a Series B warrant to purchase one share of common stock at an initial exercise price of $30,240.00 per share, which warrant will expire on the five-year anniversary of the original issuance date (the “Series B Warrants” and together with the Series A Warrants, the “Warrants”); and (ii)1,099 pre-funded units (the “Pre-funded Units” and together with the Common Units, the “Units”), each consisting of one pre-funded warrant to purchase one share of common stock (the “Pre-funded Warrants”), a Series A Warrant and a Series B Warrant. The purchase price of each Common Unit was $15,120.00, and the purchase price of each Pre-Funded Unit was $15,119.64. The Pre-Funded Warrants were immediately exercisable and may be exercised at any time until all of the Pre-Funded Warrants are exercised in full. As of December 31, 2023,1,006 of the Pre-Funded Warrants were exercised and the remaining Pre-Funded Warrants were exercised by January 9, 2024.

In addition, the Company granted the underwriter a 45-day option to purchase additional 179 shares of common stock and/or Pre-Funded Warrants, representing up to 15% of the number of common stock and Pre-Funded Warrants sold in the Public Offering, and/or additional 24 Series A Warrants representing up to 15% of the Series A Warrants sold in the Public Offering, and/or additional 24 Series B Warrants representing up to 15% of the Series B Warrants sold in the Public Offering solely to cover over-allotments, if any. The underwriter partially exercised its over-allotment option with respect to 24 Series A Warrants and Series B Warrants. A total of 441 each of Series A and B Warrants were issued in the transaction. The net proceeds were approximately $16.2 million (gross proceeds of $18.0 million less fees and expenses of $1.8 million). The gross proceeds and transaction cost were allocated to each of the instruments issued in the offering at their estimated relative fair values. Transaction costs totaling $1,444,547 related to the Series A and Series B Warrants were expensed since these warrants were determined to be liabilities and recorded at their estimated fair values (see Note 8).

Series A Warrants

Each Series A Warrant had an initial exercise price per share equal to $19,800.00, was immediately exercisable upon issuance, and will expire on the five-year anniversary of the original issuance date, or November 17, 2028.

Share Combination Event Adjustments

Conditioned upon the receipt of the Warrant Stockholder Approval at a required special meeting of stockholders (“Special Meeting”), if at any time on or after the date of issuance there occurs any share split, share dividend, share combination, recapitalization or other similar transaction involving the Company’s common stock (collectively a “Share Event”) and the lowest daily VWAP during the five consecutive trading days prior to the date of such event and the five consecutive trading days after the date of such event is less than the exercise price then in effect, then the exercise price of the Series A Warrant shall be reduced to the lowest daily VWAP during such period and the number of warrant shares issuable shall be increased such that the aggregate exercise price payable thereunder, after taking into account the decrease in the exercise price, shall be equal to the aggregate exercise price on the date of issuance. Approval of this adjustment by the stockholders was made on January 12, 2024.

Cashless Exercise

If at the time a holder exercises its Series A Warrants, a registration statement registering the issuance of the shares of common stock underlying the Series A Warrants under the Securities Act is not then effective or available and an exemption from registration under the Securities Act is not available for the issuance of such shares, then in lieu of making the cash payment otherwise contemplated to be made to us upon such exercise in payment of the aggregate exercise price, the holder may elect instead to receive upon such exercise (either in whole or in part) the net number of shares of common stock determined according to a formula set forth in the Series A Warrants.

Conditioned upon the receipt of the Warrant Stockholder Approval at a required Special Meeting, a holder of Series A Warrants may also provide notice and elect an “alternative cashless exercise” pursuant to which they would receive an aggregate number of shares equal to the product of (x) the aggregate number of shares of common stock that would be issuable upon a cash exercise of the Series A Warrant and (y) 3.0. Approval of this adjustment by the stockholders was made on January 12, 2024.

As discussed above, the Company completed a 1 for 45 reverse stock split on February 2, 2024. Prior to this reverse split, 24 Series A Warrants were exercised under the alternative cashless exercise provision in the period from January 1, 2024 to February 2, 2024. As a result of the 1 for 45 reverse stock split, the total number of Series A Warrants and exercise price for the remaining warrants was adjusted per the provisions of a Share Event and the total number of Series A Warrants became 4,975 and the exercise price became $1,491.68. A total of 4,923 of the Series A Warrants were exercised under the alternative cashless exercise provision subsequent to this reverse stock split and 53 remained outstanding prior to the June 6, 2024 reverse stock split.

The Company completed a 1 for 100 reverse stock split on June 6, 2024. As a result of this reverse stock split, the total number of Series A Warrants and exercise price for the remaining warrants was adjusted per the provisions of a Share Event and the total number of Series A Warrants became 1,520 and the exercise price became $51.5888.

The Company completed a 1 for 8 reverse stock split on November 8, 2024. As a result of this reverse stock split, the total number of Series A Warrants and exercise price for the remaining warrants was adjusted per the provisions of a Share Event and the total number of Series A Warrants became 8,517 and the exercise price became $4.1866. These warrants remained outstanding at December 31, 2024.

Series B Warrants

Each Series B Warrant offered has an initial exercise price per share equal to $30,240.00, was immediately exercisable upon issuance, and will expire on the five-year anniversary of the original issuance date, or November 17, 2028.

As a result of the reverse 1 for 45 stock split completed on February 2, 2024, the total number of Series B Warrants and exercise price for the remaining warrants was adjusted per the provisions of a Share Event and the total number of Series B Warrants became 8,922 and the exercise price became $1,491.68. A total of 88 of the Series B Warrants were exercised for proceeds of $130,522 and 8,834 remained outstanding as of March 4, 2024, when the Company exchanged the May 2023 Notes for Series A Convertible Preferred Stock with a conversion price of $133.00 per share, as discussed above. As a result of this exchange, the Series B Warrant amounts and exercise price were further adjusted based on certain anti-dilution provisions and the new number of Series B Warrants is 18,183 and the exercise price is $724.72.

On May 17, 2024, the Company entered into separate warrant amendment agreements (collectively, the “Warrant Amendment”) with the holders of a majority-in-interest of the holders of the Company’s Series B warrants issued November 2023. Pursuant to the Warrant Amendment, all outstanding Series B Warrants were amended to delete the following sections: (i) a provision providing for the adjustment of the exercise price and number of shares issuable pursuant to the Series B Warrants if the Company completed a future offering at a price per share less the exercise price of the Series B Warrants then in effect; and (ii) a provision providing for the adjustment of the exercise price and number of shares issuable pursuant to the Series B Warrants if price of the Company’s common stock after the completion of a share split, share dividend, share combination, recapitalization or other similar transaction is less the exercise price of the Series B Warrants then in effect. In addition, the Warrant Amendment provides that the holders may also exercise the Series B Warrants on a cashless basis and receive an aggregate number of shares equal the product of the aggregate number of shares of common stock that would be issuable upon exercise of the Series B Warrants by means of a cashless exercise rather than a cash exercise, multiplied by 0.81.

On May 17, 2024, after giving effect to the Warrant Amendment, the Company and certain holders of Series B Warrants to purchase an aggregate of 17,222 shares of common stock (the “Holders”) entered into separate exchange agreements (the “Agreements”) pursuant to which the Company agreed to exchange the Series B Warrants held by the Holders for shares of Company common stock (or, at the option of the Holder, pre-funded warrants) at a ratio of 0.81 shares of Company common stock (or, at the option of the Holder, pre-funded warrants) for each whole Series B Warrant. A total of 9,178 pre-funded warrants with an exercise price of $0.001 and 4,773 shares of common stock were issued to the Holders.

As of December 31, 2024, 141 Series B Warrants remain outstanding and all of the pre-funded warrants have been fully exercised.

Other Warrants

As discussed in Note 6, the Company issued the Note Warrants, which were fully vested, to purchase 51 shares of the Company’s common stock at an initial exercise price of $513,000.00. The Note Warrants expire August 24, 2027. Also, the Company issued to the placement agent of the Convertible Notes, fully vested warrants to purchase 4 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $641,250.00. The warrants were not exercisable until February 24, 2023 and expire on February 24, 2028. The Company valued all of these warrants using the closing price of the Company’s common stock on August 24, 2022 of $439,200.00, volatility of 79.81% based on peer companies, risk free interest rate of 3.03%, no dividends and an estimated life of 2.5 years.

In May 2023, all of the Note Warrants to purchase 51 shares of the Company’s common stock were exchanged for Exchange Warrants to purchase 95 shares of the Company’s common stock with an initial exercise price of $196,200.00 per share (which was adjusted to $135,000.00 per share upon stockholder approval which was received on August 3, 2023). The Exchange Warrants expire August 24, 2027. In 2023 and 2024 certain holders of the Exchange Warrants exercised 32 of these warrants. On November 8, 2024 holders of the remaining 63 warrants notified the Company that they were forfeiting these warrants.

Also in May 2023, in connection with the issuance of the New Notes, the Company also issued New Warrants (together with the Exchange Warrants the “May 2023 Warrants”) to purchase 31 shares of common stock at an initial exercise price of $196,200.00 (which was adjusted to $135,000.00 per share upon stockholder approval which was received on August 3, 2023). The exercise price of the May 2023 Warrants were further adjusted due to the reverse 1 for 5, 1 for 45, 1 for 100 and 1 for 8 reverse stock splits completed in October 2023, February 2024, June 2024 and November 2024, respectively, and for the issuance of the Preferred Stock discussed above to $51.59. On November 8, 2024 the holder of these warrants notified the Company that it was forfeiting these warrants.

As noted below, 11 of the Exchange Warrants were exercised at a price of $63,000.00 per share and 11 Reload Warrants were issued with an exercise price of $90,000.00 per share. In October 2023, the Reload warrant exercise price was reduced to $49,284.00. The Reload warrants expire August 24, 2027. Due to the reverse 1 for 100 stock split completed in June 2024 and the 1 for 8 reverse stock split completed on November 8, 2024, the exercise price of the Reload Warrants was adjusted to $51.59. On November 8, 2024 the holders of the Reload Warrants notified the Company that they were forfeiting these warrants.

On October 13, 2023, the Company entered into an amendment (the “Amendment”) to its Stag UTV development and Stag supplier agreements with GLV Ventures (“GLV”). Pursuant to the Amendment, GLV agreed to provide the Company with extended payment terms and provide the Company with credit against new vehicles for the value of certain parts purchased by the Company. In consideration for entering into the Amendment No. 1, the Company agreed to issue GLV (or its designee) five-year warrants to purchase 12 shares of Company common stock with an exercise price of $75,600.00 per share, which was equal to the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the date of the Amendment No. 1, 6 warrants were fully vested upon issuance and the remaining warrants vested 45 days from the issuance date.

Warrant Inducements

On October 13, 2023, the Company entered into an inducement offer letter agreement (the “Inducement Letter”) with the three holders (each, a “Holder”) of the May 2023 Warrants. The Company agreed to reduce the exercise price of up to 28 these warrants to the lesser of (i) $63,000.00 (after giving effect to the stock splits noted above) and (ii) the exercise price in effect at the time of exercise of the Existing Warrants if further adjusted in accordance with the terms of the May 2023 Warrants ($49,284.00 per share after adjustment for the lowest day’s VWAP for the five days following the reverse stock split). The reduction of the exercise price of such Existing Warrants remained in effect until October 27, 2023 (the “Inducement Period”). In addition, pursuant to the Inducement Letter, the Holders who exercise such Existing Warrants for cash on or prior to October 27, 2023 would receive a new warrant (“Reload Warrant”) to purchase the same number of shares of common stock equal to the number of shares of common stock exercised and at the same exercise price as the Existing Warrants. The exercise price for any Warrants not exercised prior to the end of the Inducement Period would not result in a change in the exercise price under the original terms of the Existing Warrants. The Holders exercised 5 warrants of the 28 warrants available for exercise. Due to the reverse 1 for 100 stock split completed in June 2024 and the reverse 1 for 8 stock split completed in November 2024, the exercise price of the remaining Existing Warrants not exercised in this inducement and the Reload Warrants granted for the Existing Warrants exercised were adjusted to $51.59. On November 8, 2024, the holders of the Reload Warrants notified the Company that they were forfeiting these warrants.

On October 29, 2023, in an effort to raise cash, the Company entered into an inducement offer letter agreement (the “Inducement Reprice Letter”) with the Holders of the Company’s May 2023 Warrants. Pursuant to the Inducement Reprice Letter, in exchange for an aggregate cash payment of $346,500, the Company reduced the exercise price with respect to May 2023 Warrants exercisable into an aggregate of 12 shares of common stock from $49,284 per share to $360.00 per share. On January 10, 2024, the Holders exercised these warrants.

As discussed in Note 7, the Company issued the May 2024 Note Warrants on May 22, 2024, which are fully vested, to purchase 12,686 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $232.00. The Note Warrants are initially exercisable on November 23, 2024 and expire on November 23, 2029. The Company valued these warrants using the closing price of the Company’s common stock on May 22, 2024 of $176.00, volatility of 155.00% the Company’s historical volatility, risk free interest rate of 4.47%, no dividends and a life of 5.5 years.

The following is the activity related to common stock warrants during the year ended December 31, 2024:

Schedule of warrants activity
Common Stock Warrants
SharesWeighted Average Exercise PriceWeighted Average Remaining Life in yearsIntrinsic Value
Outstanding at January 1, 20247,041$2,551.75
Granted452,980$30.55
Forfeited(110)$51.59
Expired–$–
Exercised(259,579)$51.83
Outstanding at December 31, 2024200,332$91.584.65$781,897
Exercisable at December 31, 2024200,332$91.584.65$781,897

NOTE 11 –STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

In January 2021, the Company’s board of directors adopted the Volcon, Inc. 2021 Stock Plan, (the “2021 Plan”). The 2021 Plan is a stock-based compensation plan that provides for discretionary grants of stock options, stock awards, and restricted stock unit (“RSU”) awards to employees, members of the board of directors and consultants (including restricted stock units issued prior to the adoption of the plan as further discussed below). The Company has reserved 39 shares of the Company’s common stock for issuance under the 2021 Plan. To the extent that an award, if forfeitable, expires, terminates or lapses, or an award is otherwise settled in cash without the delivery of shares of common stock to the participant, then any unpaid shares subject to the award will be available for future grant or issuance under the 2021 Plan. There areno shares available for issuance under the 2021 Plan as of December 31, 2024. Awards vest according to each agreement and as long as the employee remains employed with the Company or the consultant continues to provide services in accordance with the terms of the agreement.

Restricted Stock Units

There were no restricted stock units outstanding in 2024 and no expense was recognized for RSUs in 2024. In February 2023, 1 RSU was subject to cancellation due to termination of employment. However, the Company entered into a modification to allow the employee to fully vest in this RSU as part of a severance agreement. The Company recorded additional expense of $31,487 in the year ended December 31, 2023 related to this modification.

For the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company recognized expense for RSUs of $61,623.

Performance Shares

In 2022 the compensation committee approved reserving 2 shares from the 2021 Plan to issue based on achievement of the Company’s 2022 performance milestones to employees who are employed in 2022 and were active employees on the date of approval in 2023 by the compensation committee. On February 6, 2023 the compensation committee of the board of directors approved a grant of 1 share for the achievement of some of the Company’s 2022 performance milestones. The Company recognized share-based compensation expenses of $257,717 related to the grant of these shares in the year ended December 31, 2023.

In addition, the compensation committee also approved reserving 2 shares from the 2021 Plan to issue to employees based on achievement of the Company’s 2023 performance milestones to employees who were employed in 2023 and are active employees on the date of approval in 2024 by the compensation committee. No shares were approved for grant by the compensation committee for 2023 performance milestones.

Stock Options

The following summarizes activity relating to common stock options to employees and consultants for services during the year ended December 31, 2024:

Schedule of stock options activity
Common Stock Options
SharesWeighted Average Exercise PriceWeighted Average Remaining Life in yearsIntrinsic Value
Outstanding at January 1, 202461$354,819.26
Granted*6,251$13.61
Forfeited(11)$85,854.55
Canceled(17)$460,849.41
Outstanding at December 31, 20246,284$1,775.409.61$0
Exercisable at December 31, 202434$325,739.127.63$0
*Includes 6,250 inducement options granted outside of the 2021 Plan.

The Company valued the options using the closing stock price of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant and the following assumptions:

Schedule of assumptions
20242023
Volatility (based on the Company’s volatility in 2024 and peer companies in 2023)152% - 170%79% - 83%
Risk free interest rate4.0% - 4.5%3.54% - 4.77%
DividendsNoneNone
Estimated life in years66

During the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company recognized share-based compensation expense of $310,961 and $1,896,585, respectively, related to common stock options. The Company expects to recognize additional compensation expense of $55,289 related to these common stock options assuming all awards will vest.

Total stock-based compensation recorded for the year ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 for all stock-based compensation awards, including warrants, has been recorded as follows:

Schedule of stock-based compensation expense
20242023
Cost of Goods Sold$(11,827)$211,981
Sales and Marketing37,063693,559
Product Development126,337837,271
General and Administrative159,388885,114
Total$310,961$2,627,925

NOTE 12 –LOSS PER COMMON SHARE

The basic net loss per common share is calculated by dividing the Company’s net loss available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares during the year. The diluted net loss per common share is calculated by dividing the Company’s net loss available to common stockholders by the diluted weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the year. The diluted weighted average number of common shares outstanding is the basic weighted number of common shares adjusted for any potentially dilutive debt or equity. Diluted net loss per common share is equal to basic net loss per share due to the Company’s net loss and any potentially issuable shares are anti-dilutive.

Schedule of loss per common share
20242023
Numerator:
Net loss$(45,510,309)$(45,071,210)
Denominator:
Denominator for basic and diluted net loss per common share - weighted average of common shares309,798240
Basic and diluted net loss per common share$(146.90)$(187,796.71)

As discussed in Note 2 above, the Company received notice from DTCC on behalf of the brokerage firms that hold the shares of Company common stock held in “street name” that in connection with the foregoing rounding of shares the Company would need to issue 188,950 shares of common stock which are not included in the amounts above. If these shares had been issued as of November 19, 2024 when notice from DTCC was received, the amounts for basic and diluted net loss per common share for 2024 would be as follows:

Schedule of loss per common share
Denominator:
Denominator for basic and diluted net loss per common share - weighted average of common shares$331,997
Basic and diluted net loss per common share$(137.08)

Common shares consisting of shares potentially dilutive as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 are as follows:

Schedule of common shares consisting of shares potentially dilutive
20242023
Convertible Notes–652
Warrants200,3327,041
Stock options6,28461
Total206,6167,754

NOTE 13 –INCOME TAXES

Deferred taxes are determined by applying the provisions of enacted tax laws and rates for the jurisdictions in which the Company operates to the estimated future tax effects of the differences between the tax basis of assets and liabilities and their reported amounts in the Company’s financial statements. A valuation allowance is established to reduce deferred tax assets if it is more likely than not that the related tax benefits will not be realized.

Due to losses since inception and for all periods presented, no income tax benefit or expense has been recognized as a full valuation allowance has been established for any tax benefit that would have been recognized for the loss in any period presented.

The components of income tax expense (benefit) for the year ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 are as follows:

Schedule of components of income tax expense (benefit)
20242023
Expected federal income tax benefit at statutory rate$(9,557,165)$9,464,954
Non-deductible expenses3,594,2931,183,767
Write off of deferred tax asset for stock-based compensation3,235,732–
Return to provision and true ups345,266108,959
Change in valuation allowance2,381,874(10,757,680)
Income tax benefit$–$–

The non-deductible expenses for the year ended December 31, 2024 includes the loss on the extinguishment of the Convertible Notes of $345,998, interest expense on the Convertible Notes of $66,116, and loss recognized on the November 2023 Warrants classified as liabilities of $3,101,361, and other non-deductible expenses of $80,818. Due to the impact of the reverse stock split in June 2024 on the adjusted number of outstanding options and exercise prices, the Company concluded that it was a remote possibility that any options will be exercised and therefore wrote off the deferred tax asset and related valuation allowance for stock-based compensation.

Significant components of the Company’s deferred tax assets and liabilities at December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 are as follows:

Schedule of deferred tax assets and liabilities
December 31, 2024December 31, 2023
Deferred tax assets
Net operating losses$20,932,619$15,468,757
Debt basis difference–5,121,397
Depreciation and amortization1,562,4381,701,768
Research & development credit1,099,5351,099,535
Lease liability162,786246,704
Stock-based compensation–3,235,732
Inventory–152,749
Accrued expenses94,56166,909
Capital loss carryover178,442176,950
Dealer rebates12,052459,713
Vendor settlements and reserves689,253–
Other29,50221,828
Total24,761,18827,752,042
Valuation allowance(24,431,492)(27,171,016)
Net deferred tax asset329,696581,026
Deferred tax liabilities
Prepaid expenses(174,457)(342,421)
Right-of-use assets(155,239)(238,605)
Total net deferred taxes deferred tax liabilities$–$–

Management currently believes that since the Company has a history of losses it is more likely than not that the deferred tax regarding the loss carry forwards and other temporary differences will not be realized in the foreseeable future. The utilization of the Company’s net operating losses and credit carryovers may be subject to limitation due to the “change in ownership provisions” under Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code. The Company’s cumulative net operating loss carry forward of $99.7 million as of December 31, 2024, may be limited in future years depending on future taxable income in any given fiscal year. The net operating losses can be carried forward indefinitely.

The Company has recorded no liability for income taxes associated with unrecognized tax benefits at the date of adoption and has not recorded any liability associated with unrecognized tax benefits. Accordingly, the Company has not recorded any interest or penalty in regard to any unrecognized benefit.

NOTE 14 –LEASES

The components of lease cost for operating leases for the year ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 is as follows:

Schedule of lease cost for operating leases
20242023
Lease Cost
Operating lease cost$468,996$468,997
Short-term lease cost169,051215,289
Total lease cost$638,047$684,286

Supplemental cash flow information related to leases for the year ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, is as follows:

Schedule of supplemental cash flow information related to leases
20242023
Other Lease Information
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:
Operating cash flows from operating leases$399,609$359,347
Amortization of right-of-use assets$396,979$369,774

The following table summarizes the lease-related assets and liabilities recorded on the balance sheet at December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023:

Schedule of lease-related assets and liabilities
20242023
Lease Position
Operating Leases:
Operating lease right-of-use assets$739,234$1,136,213
Right-of-use liabilities operating leases short-term443,950399,611
Right-of-use liabilities operating leases long-term331,222775,170
Total operating lease liabilities$775,172$1,174,781

The Company utilizes the incremental borrowing rate in determining the present value of lease payments unless the implicit rate is readily determinable.

Schedule of present value lease payments
Lease Term and Discount RateDecember 31, 2024
Weighted-average remaining lease term (years):
Operating leases1.7
Weighted-average discount rate:
Operating leases6.82%

The following table provides the maturities of lease liabilities at December 31, 2024:

Schedule of maturities of lease liabilities
Operating
Leases
2025485,702
2026340,591
Total future undiscounted lease payments826,293
Less: Interest(51,121)
Present value of lease liabilities$775,172

NOTE 15 -SUBSEQUENT EVENT

On January 31, 2025, the Company entered into a Distribution Agreement (the “Distribution Agreement”) with Super Sonic Company Limited (“Manufacturer”). The Manufacturer appointed the Company to act as Manufacturer’s exclusive distributor of certain of the Manufacturer’s golf cart products (the “Products”), in the United States. The Manufacturer agreed to recommend to all customers the sole use of the Company for all Products. The Manufacturer has the right to sell non-Volcon branded products to other customers, provided that Manufacturer shall pay 5% of the order price to the Company. Before the end of June 2025, the Manufacturer and the Company will agree to a procurement plan, and if the Company fails to meet the minimum purchase requirement described in the procurement plan for two consecutive months, the Manufacturer shall have the right to immediately terminate the Distribution Agreement. During the term of the Distribution Agreement, to the extent the Company sells any Volcon-branded products (the “Volcon Products”) that are similar to the Products, the Company agrees to provide the Manufacturer with a right of first refusal to manufacture Volcon Products.

At the end of each calendar quarter, the Company agreed to issue the Manufacturer shares of Company common stock based on the number of Product units (the “Units”) ordered by the Company during the quarter as follows: for each 1,000 Units ordered in 2025 by the Company and produced by the Manufacturer (including any products referred to the Company by the Manufacturer), the Company shall issue the Manufacturer a number of common shares equal to 1% of the Company’s outstanding shares of common stock (the “Consideration Shares”) as of the last day of such quarter that the 1,000 Units were ordered for no additional consideration, in addition to making full payment for all Units ordered. The requirement to issue the Consideration Shares shall cease on the anniversary of the parties’ confirmation of the procurement plan or upon the sale of 7,000 Units, whichever comes first. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent the issuance of the Consideration Shares shall require shareholder approval pursuant to the rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market, such issuances shall be subject to the receipt of such shareholder approval and the Company agrees to seek such approval within three months of the determination that the approval is required. If, for any reason, the Company fails to issue such shares to the Manufacturer, the Manufacturer is entitled to compensatory damages in the amount equal to the value of the Consideration Shares that should have been issued to the Manufacturer in that quarter (determined by the closing stock price on the last day of that quarter), and to immediately terminate the Distribution Agreement.

On or before February 1, 2026, the Manufacturer will also be provided two-year warrants (the “Consideration Warrants”) to purchase up to 10% of the Company’s outstanding shares of common stock exercisable if, as of February 1, 2026, 10,000 Units are ordered (the “Order Date”). The exercise price of the warrants will be equal to 90% of the Company’s closing stock price on such date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent the issuance of the Consideration Warrants shall require shareholder approval pursuant to the rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market, such issuance shall be subject to the receipt of such shareholder approval and the Company agrees to seek such approval within three months of the determination that the approval is required. If, for any reason, the Company fails to issue the Consideration Warrants or fails to fulfill the Manufacturer’s request to exercise the Consideration Warrants, the Manufacture is entitled to compensatory damages in the amount equal to 10% of the value of the shares that would have been purchased by Manufacturer under the Consideration Warrants, and to immediately terminate the Distribution Agreement.

If the Company orders over 10,000 Units in 2025 (including any products referred to the Company by the Manufacturer), on or before February 1, 2026, the Company will provide the Manufacturer with the right to appoint a director to our board, subject to board and shareholder approvals of the director.

The term of the Distribution Agreement is for one year, which can be extended for additional one-year periods by the parties. The Agreement may be terminated immediately by either party in the event of a breach of the Distribution Agreement by the other party, or by either party if the other party: (i) becomes insolvent or bankrupt, becomes unable to pay its debts as they fall due, or files a petition for voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy or under any other insolvency law; (ii) makes or seeks to make a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, seeks reorganization, winding-up, liquidation, dissolution, or other similar relief with respect to it or its debts; or (iii) applies for, or consents to, the appointment of a trustee, receiver, or custodian for a substantial part of its property.

On February 24, 2025, the Company entered into a Supply Agreement (the “Supply Agreement”) with Venom-EV LLC (“Venom”) to supply Venom with certain golf carts. The Supply Agreement allows Venom to purchase up to $3 million of golf carts with payment terms of 90 days from the date the golf carts are delivered to Venom’s facility. These golf carts will be purchased through a manufacturer specified in the Supply Agreement and the Company will receive consideration of the cost of the golf carts plus a three percent margin. At the end of each calendar quarter, the Company agreed to issue Venom shares of Company common stock based on the number of golf carts purchased by Venom during the quarter as follows: for each 1,000 Units sold in 2025 to Venom by the Company, the Company shall issue Venom a number of shares equal to 1% of the Company’s outstanding shares of common stock (the “Venom Shares”) as of the last day of such quarter that the 1,000 Units were sold for no additional consideration. The requirement to issue the Venom Shares shall cease upon the sale of 5,000 Units or June 30, 2026, whichever comes first. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent the issuance of the Venom Shares shall require shareholder approval pursuant to the rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market, such issuances shall be subject to the receipt of such shareholder approval. If for any reason the Company fails to issue such shares to Venom, Venom is entitled to compensatory damages in the amount equal to the value of the Venom Shares that should have been issued to Venom in that quarter (determined by the closing stock price on the last day of that quarter), and to immediately terminate the Supply Agreement.

Share Repurchase Program

On March 7, 2025 the board of directors authorized a share repurchase program whereby the Company can repurchase up to $2 million of it’s common stock at the Company’s discretion. The share repurchase program expires on March 7, 2026. Through March 28, 2025, 383,081 shares have been repurchased at an average purchase price of $1.02.

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