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Empery Digital Inc.

For the period ended Mar 31, 2025. Filed May 9, 2025.

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Mar 31, 2025 · Filed May 9, 2025

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Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)

NOTES TO THE CONDENSED 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 United States. Since 2023 Volcon LLC has not been used for selling vehicles and accessories.

Going Concern

The accompanying interim 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 9). All covenants from the Convertible Notes were terminated upon this exchange.

As discussed further in Note 6 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. During the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company has raised net proceeds of $8,846,761. 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 March 31, 2025 plus the cash expected to be generated from operations 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 three months ended March 31, 2025. 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 had 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.

On March 28, 2025, the Company’s common stock closing bid price was $0.9601 and has remained below $1.00 since this date. In the event the that the closing bid price does not increase to $1.00 or greater by May 9, 2025, the Company will not be in compliance with Nasdaq’s Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) and may be required to participate in a hearing with Nasdaq’s Hearings Department to present a plan to regain compliance, which could include completing another reverse stock split as noted in Note 2 below.

Impact of Tariffs on Imported Goods from China and Vietnam

On April 2, 2025, the U.S. imposed tariffs on goods imported from certain countries including China and Vietnam, where Volcon’s vehicles are manufactured, including a 10% base tariff for all imports. On April 9, 2025, the tariffs for China were increased while the tariffs for Vietnam were deferred for 90 days. Further adjustments to these tariffs could occur. These tariffs will significantly increase the cost of the Company’s vehicles and parts. The Company is currently evaluating options to import parts and assemble vehicles in the U.S. or continue to import vehicles and pay the higher tariffs and increase the selling price of vehicles.

NOTE 2 –SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Interim Unaudited Financial Information

The accompanying interim consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) and should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on March 31, 2025. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in the consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP have been omitted from this report on Form 10-Q pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC.

Results for the interim periods in this report are not necessarily indicative of future financial results and have not been audited by our independent registered public accounting firm. In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements include all adjustments necessary to present fairly our interim consolidated financial statements as of March 31, 2025, and for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024. These adjustments are of a normal recurring nature and are consistent with the adjustments recorded to prepare the annual audited consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2024.

Basis of Presentation

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.

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 did not believe the number of shares being requested was correct based on the historical number of stockholders 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 made inquiries into the calculations set forth in the request. The Company concluded that the information requested was not going to be provided and therefore on May 5, 2025, these shares were issued. These shares are not included in the shares outstanding as of March 31, 2025 or in the amounts included in the basic and diluted net loss per share amounts. See Note 11 for further discussion of the impact to basic and diluted net loss per share.

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 through February 2026 and to purchase remaining finished goods. The Company recorded an expense of $1,091,308 in cost of goods sold for the year ended December 31, 2024. The remaining liability as of March 31, 2025 is $612,869, which is classified as short-term on the balance sheet.

On December 6, 2024, the Company entered into a Settlement Agreement and Mutual Release (“Agreement”) with 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 the manufacturer a termination fee of $125,000 per month for a period of twenty-two months. The short-term and long-term liability as of March 31, 2025 is $1,354,320 and $728,839, respectively.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

From time to time, new accounting pronouncements are issued by the Financial Accounting Standard Board or other standard setting bodies that the Company adopts as of the specified effective date. The Company does not believe that the impact of recently issued standards that are not yet effective will have a material impact on the Company’s financial position or results of operations upon adoption.

NOTE 3 –SEGMENT REPORTING

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, which is based on costs by department, and allocate resources. See the condensed consolidated statement of operations above.

**NOTE 4 –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 March 31, 2025:

Schedule of maturities of notes payable
Remainder of 2025$8,175
202610,898
202710,898
202810,898
20291,816
Total future payments42,685
Less: Interest(8,690)
Total notes payable33,995
Less current portion(7,389)
Long-term notes payable$26,606

NOTE 5 -CONVERTIBLE NOTES

On May 24, 2023, the Company issued Senior Convertible Notes (the “New Notes”) with an aggregate principal amount of $4,934,783 (debt issuance costs of $586,698) due February 24, 2024 to the same investors who were issued convertible notes in August 2022 (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 on August 24, 2027.

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.

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 Company recognized interest expense of $314,838 in the three months ended March 31, 2024 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 on 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.

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 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.

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. On March 4, 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.

As a result of the exchange for Preferred Stock in March 2024, the May 2023 Notes are no longer outstanding. The May 2023 Warrants exercise price was reduced to $1,064.00 as a result of this exchange. See further discussion in Note 9.

NOTE 6 -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. As discussed further in Note 9, 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. 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.

NOTE 7 -WARRANT LIABILITIES

Series A and Series B Warrants

As discussed in Note 9 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, which 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). The Company initially determined that these warrants should be classified as liabilities and used a Monte Carlo simulation to estimate the fair value until stockholder approval of the cashless exercise provision was completed.

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. In the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company recognized a loss of $12,733,180 for the change in fair value of the Series A Warrants and the Company reclassified the fair value of Series A Warrants exercised on a cashless basis to stockholders equity in the amount of $17,352,653. Based on the closing price of the Company’s common stock on March 31, 2025 of $0.892, the fair value of each Series A Warrant is $1.1465 and based on the total number of warrants outstanding of 31,101, the warrant liability for Series A Warrants is $83,226 at March 31, 2025.

In the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company recognized a loss of $7,271,162 on the change in fair value of the Series B Warrants and a gain of $165,355 from the exercise of the Series B Warrants. As discussed in Note 9 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. The fair value of the Series B Warrants of $3,405,662 as of May 17, 2024 was reclassified to equity. As of March 31, 2025,141 Series B Warrants remain outstanding.

The following represents the activity associated with the Series A Warrants for the three months ended March 31, 2025:

Schedule of derivative liability
Fair value on January 1, 2025$111,658
Gain on changes in fair value(28,432)
Balance at March 31, 2025$83,226

NOTE 8 –RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

In March 2025, the Company entered into a consulting agreement with ThankYou Studios, an entity owned by Orn Olason, a member of the Company's board of directors. ThankYou Studios will complete a marketing and brand assessment for the Company and the total fees will be $45,000.

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 will be 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. The board of directors approved the full amount of Mr. Endo’s 2024 bonus. 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.

The Company accrued the above mentioned bonuses payable to Mr. Kim and Mr. Endo in accrued liabilities as of December 31, 2024 and these were paid in April 2025.

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.

In December 2022, the Company entered into an employment agreement with Christian Okonsky, one of the Company’s founders, former Chairman of the Board, whereby Mr. Okonsky became an employee on January 2, 2023 as Chief Technology Officer with an annual salary of $170,000 and healthcare and other benefits that are also provided to all Company employees. 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 March 2024, the Company entered into a consulting agreement with Mr. Okonsky 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 a prior consulting agreement entered into in March 2021 with Pink Possum, an entity controlled by Mr. Okonsky, with the exception of the 27 ten year warrants with an exercise price of $176,400.00 which 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 March 2025, the Company and Mr. Okonsky entered into an agreement to terminate the consulting agreement and the Company paid Mr. Okonsky $38,000.

On August 28, 2020, the Company entered into a consulting agreement with Highbridge Consultants, LLC (“Highbridge”), an entity controlled by Mr. Adrian James, a co-founder of the Company, pursuant to which Mr. James provided the Company with services in exchange for warrants. The Highbridge warrants were fully exercised on a cashless basis in 2021.

In addition, pursuant to the Highbridge consulting agreement, upon the occurrence of a Fundamental Transaction (as defined below) for an aggregate gross sales price of $100.0 million or more, the entity will receive a cash payment equal to 1% of such gross sales price. For the purposes of the consulting agreement, “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, the entity 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 entity if the above milestones occur any time prior to the ten-year anniversary of the original consulting agreement, or August 28, 2030.

NOTE 9 –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.

Common Stock

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 and used $2,942,170 of the net proceeds to repay the May 2024 Notes. Through December 31, 2024,226,250 pre-funded warrants were exercised and the remaining 82,105 were exercised by 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 prefunded warrants were exercised as of February 2025.

As discussed above, on October 18, 2024, the Company established the ATM under which it can sell its common stock. During the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company has received net proceeds of $8,846,761 for the sale of 1,764,113 shares of common stock through the ATM. The Company can not sell additional shares through our ATM for six months due to the equity offering completed on February 6, 2025 as discussed below.

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 31, 2025,1,230,001 pre-funded warrants were exercised and 400,003 pre-funded warrants have been exercised subsequent to March 31, 2025. All of the common stock warrants remain outstanding.

Common Stock Buy Back Program

On March 21, 2025, the Company’s board of directors approved a stock buy back program whereby the Company could repurchase up to $2 million of common stock subject to a limitation that at least 500,000 shares of common stock must be outstanding to meet Nasdaq compliance rules. Through March 31, 2025, the Company has repurchased 383,081 shares of common stock at an average purchase price of $1.05 per share with cash of $401,806, including commissions paid of $12,616. These shares and cash paid are presented as treasury stock in the condensed consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2025. Subsequent to March 31, 2025 through May 8, 2025, the Company has repurchased 83,900 shares of common stock at an average purchase price of $0.80 per share with cash of $67,143, including commissions paid of $2,106.

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. All of the 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.

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 expires 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.

The number of Series A Warrants were adjusted for the reverse stock splits completed during 2024 and as a result of the February 6, 2025 common stock unit and prefunded warrant unit offering in accordance with the Share Event provision noted above. As of March 31, 2025,31,101 Series A Warrants remain outstanding.

Series B Warrants

Each Series B Warrant offered had 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.

The number of Series B Warrants and exercise prices were adjusted for the reverse stock split completed on February 2, 2024 and when the Company exchanged the May 2023 Notes for Series A Convertible Preferred Stock in accordance with the Share Event provisions of the Series B Warrants.

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 March 31, 2025,141 Series B Warrants remain outstanding and all of the pre-funded warrants were fully exercised in 2024.

Other Warrants

As discussed in Note 5, 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 warrants to purchase 32 shares of the Company’s common stock. On November 8, 2024, holders of the remaining warrants to purchase 63 shares of the Company’s common stock 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). Subsequent to the adjustment of the exercise price for the reverse splits and issuance of Preferred Stock discussed above, 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. Subsequent to the adjustment of the exercise price for the reverse splits and issuance of Preferred Stock discussed above, on November 8, 2024 the holder of these warrants notified the Company that it was forfeiting these warrants.

Warrant Inducements

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 6, 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 were 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 three months ended March 31, 2025:

Schedule of warrants activity
Common Stock Warrants
SharesWeighted Average Exercise PriceWeighted Average Remaining Life in yearsIntrinsic Value
Outstanding at January 1, 2025200,332$91.58
Granted11,592,576$1.04
Exercised(1,408,928)$0.00002
Outstanding at March 31, 202510,383,980$2.884.85$3,871,236
Exercisable at March 31, 202510,383,980$2.884.85$3,871,236

NOTE 10 –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 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 March 31, 2025. 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.

In August 2024, as part of the compensation package for the Company’s Chief Sales Officer, the Company granted 6,250 stock options outside of the 2021 Plan with an exercise price of $13.04. In April 2025, the Company cancelled these stock options.

Stock Options

The following summarizes activity relating to common stock options to employees and consultants for services during the three months ended March 31, 2025:

Schedule of stock options activity
Common Stock Options
SharesWeighted Average Exercise PriceWeighted Average Remaining Life in yearsIntrinsic Value
Outstanding at January 1, 20256,284$1,775.40$–
Granted–
Forfeited–
Canceled–
Outstanding at March 31, 20256,284$1,775.409.37$–
Exercisable at March 31, 202534$325,739.127.40$–

Total stock-based compensation recorded for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 for all stock-based compensation awards, has been recorded as follows:

Schedule of stock-based compensation expense
Three Months Ended March 31, 2025Three Months Ended March 31, 2024
Cost of Goods Sold$–$(10,642)
Sales and Marketing10,052(55,071)
Product Development–42,604
General and Administrative–21,187
Total$10,052$(1,922)

The Company does not expect to recognize any future expense related to these options. As stated above, the inducement stock options were cancelled in April 2025.

NOTE 11 –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
Three Months EndedThree Months Ended
March 31, 2025March 31, 2024
Numerator:
Net loss$(2,460,430)$(26,048,044)
Denominator:2,705,8809,961
Denominator for basic and diluted net loss per common share - weighted average of common shares$(0.91)$(2,615.00)
Basic and diluted net loss per common share$(0.91)$(2,615.00)

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. These shares were issued on May 5, 2025. 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 three months ended March 31, 2025 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 shares2,894,830
Basic and diluted net loss per common share$(0.85)

Common shares consisting of shares potentially dilutive as of March 31, 2025 and 2024 are as follows:

Schedule of common shares consisting of shares potentially dilutive
March 31, 2025March 31, 2024
Warrants10,383,98018,397
Stock options6,28419
Preferred Stock–21,063
Total10,390,26439,479

NOTE 12 –INCOME TAXES

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 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 13 -SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

None other than those disclosed above in other notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements.

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