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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

10-K/A

(Amendment No. 1)
(MARK ONE)

ANNUAL REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023

TRANSITION REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from                           to   

Commission file number 001-38113

BOSTON OMAHA CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

27-0788438

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

1601 Dodge Street, Suite 3300, Omaha, Nebraska

68102

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

RegistrantsRegistrant’s telephone number: (857) (857) 256-0079

Securities registered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act:  

Title of Class

Trading Symbol(s)

Name of Exchange on Which Registered

Class A common stock, $0.001 par value per share

BOC

The New York Stock Exchange

Securities registered under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act: None

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ☐  No ☒

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act. Yes ☐  No ☒

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒  No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐ 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer

Accelerated filer

Non-accelerated filer

Smaller reporting company

   
 

Emerging growth company

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act): Yes ☐  No ☒

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management's assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report. ☐

If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements. ☒

Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b). ☐

State the aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates computed by reference to the price at which the common equity was last sold, or the average bid and ask price of such common equity, as of the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter: $440,664,052.

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the registrant’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date: 30,299,40831,138,769 shares of Class A common stock and 1,055,560 shares of Class B common stock as of March 22, 2024.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

Portions ofApril 26, 2024.

Auditor Name:
Auditor Location:
Auditor Firm ID:
KPMG LLPOmaha, Nebraska185
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-K/A (the “Amendment”) amends the registrant’s Definitive Proxy Statement for its 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders are incorporated by reference in Part III of this Annual Report on Form 10-K where indicated. Such proxy statement will be(the “2023 Form 10-K”) of Boston Omaha Corporation (the “Company”) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 (the “2023 Fiscal Year”), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on March 27, 2024. We are filing this Amendment to amend Part III of the 2023 Form 10-K to include the information required by and not included in Part III of the 2023 Form 10-K because we do not intend to file an annual meeting definitive proxy statement within 120 days of the registrant’s fiscal year endedend of December 31, 2023.

In addition, the Exhibit Index in Item 15 of Part IV of the 2023 Form 10-K is hereby amended and restated in its entirety and currently dated certifications required under Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are filed as exhibits to this Amendment. Because no financial statements are contained within this Amendment, we are not filing currently dated certifications pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 nor are we filing a consent of our independent public accounting firm.
Except as described above, no other changes have been made to the 2023 Form 10-K. The 2023 Form 10-K continues to speak as of the date of the 2023 Form 10-K, and we have not updated the disclosures contained therein to reflect any events which occurred at a date subsequent to the filing of the 2023 Form 10-K other than as expressly indicated in this Amendment.
 

 

BOSTON OMAHA CORPORATION

INDEX

 

Page

Item 1. Business.

12

Item 1A. Risk Factors.

13

Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments.

39
Item 1C. Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, Governance and Incident Disclosure39

Item 2. Properties.

40

Item 3. Legal Proceedings.

40

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.

40

Part II

Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.

40

Item 6. Selected Financial Data.

41

Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

42

Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

61

Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.

61

Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.

61

Item 9A. Controls and Procedures.

62

Item 9B. Other Information.

63
Item 9C. Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections63

Part III

632

639

6312

6313

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Signatures

6819

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CAUTIONARY NOTE CONCERNING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTSPART III

This Report contains certain statements that are, or may be deemed to be, “forward-looking statements” within

Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.
Information Concerning Directors 
The following table sets forth the meaning of Section 27Adirectors of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,Company, including Messrs. Rozek and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or by Public Law 104-67. All statements included in this Report, other than statements that relate solely to historical fact, are “forward-looking statements.” Such statements include, but are not limited to, any statement that may predict, forecast, indicate or imply future results, performance, achievements or events, including the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, or any statement that may relate to strategies, plans or objectives for, or potential results of, future operations, financial results, financial condition, business prospects, growth strategy or liquidity, and are based upon management’s current plans and beliefs or current estimates of future results or trends. Forward-looking statements can generally be identified by phrases such as “believes,” “expects,” “potential,” “continues,” “may,” “should,” “seeks,” “predicts,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “projects,” “estimates,” “plans,” “could,” “designed,” “should be” and other similar expressions that denote expectations of future or conditional events rather than statements of fact.

Forward-looking statements include certain statements made under the caption, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” under Item 7 of this Report, but also forward-looking statements that appear in other parts of this Report. Forward-looking statements reflect our current views with respect to future events and are based on certain assumptions and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ materially from trends, plans, or expectations set forth in the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties may include the risks and uncertainties described elsewhere in this Report, including under the caption “Risk Factors,” under Item 1A of this Report. Additionally, there may be other factors not presently known to us or which we currently consider to be immaterial that may cause our actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements.

This Report also contains statistical and other industry and market data related to our business and industry that we obtained from industry publications and research, surveys and studies conducted by us and third parties as wellPeterson who were elected as our estimates of potential market opportunities. Industry publications, third-party and our own research, surveys and studies generally indicate that their information has been obtained from sources believed to be reliable, although they do not guaranteetwo (2) Class B directors by the accuracy or completeness of such information. This market data includes projections that are based on a number of assumptions. If these assumptions turn out to be incorrect, actual results may differ from the projections based on these assumptions. As a result, our markets may not grow at the rates projected by this data, or at all. The failure of these markets to grow at these projected rates may have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and the market price of our common stock.

Summary of Risk Factors

Some of the factors that could materially and adversely affect our financial condition, results of operations, cash flow, the market price of sharesholders of our Class AB common stock, or our prospects include, but are not limited to,and each of the following. You should read this summary togetherfive (5) additional directors, along with the more detailed descriptiontheir ages as of each risk factor contained in this  Item 1A “Risk Factors” in this Annual Report on Form 10-KApril 19, 2024 and the other reportsyear in which their current term of directorship will expire:
Name
Age
Director Since
Current Term Expires
Position(s)
(1)
(2)
(3)
Alex B. Rozek**4520152024Co-President, Co-Chairman of the Board and Co-Chief Executive Officer   
Adam K. Peterson**4220152024Co-President, Co-Chairman of the Board and Co-Chief Executive Officer   
Bradford B. Briner4720162024DirectorXX 
Brendan J. Keating4220162024Director   
Frank H. Kenan II4220172024Director XX
Jeffrey C. Royal4720192024DirectorXXX
Vishnu Srinivasan4520172024DirectorX X
** Each of Messrs. Rozek and documents filed or furnishedPeterson were elected as the two (2) Class B directors by us with the SEC for a more detailed discussionholders of the principal risks (as well as certain other risks) that you should carefully consider before deciding to invest in our securities.Class B common stock.

Risks Related To Acquisitions

(1) Member of Audit and OperationsRisk Committee
(2) Member of Our Business

We have incurred losses from operations since inception and we anticipate that we will continue to incur losses for the foreseeable future;

We may be unable to identify and successfully complete acquisitions and, even if acquisitions are identified and completed, we may fail to successfully operate acquired properties;

Our business strategy relies on the successful acquisition and integration of diverse companies and operations, and expansion of current business lines or entering into new industries could negatively impact our operating income;

A significant portion of our assets are securities we hold in other companies. Our investments in Sky Harbour Group Corporation ("Sky Harbour") Class A common stock and securities of other companies involve a substantial degree of risk and our investments in Sky Harbour Class A common stock and these other securities may be subject to material impairment charges depending on the value of these securities. Our ability to sell all or a portion of the Class A common stock, which are registered, may be limited due to our significant ownership position relative to the total public market float for Sky Harbour's Class A common stock and also our inability to sell shares due to blackout periods which are imposed on us as one of our Co-Chief Executive Officers serves on Sky Harbour's Board of Directors;

As we enter new business segments, members of our senior management may have limited or no experience in the industries we operate, and we will be reliant on key personnel. The departure of any of our key personnel could materially and adversely affect us; and

Compensation Committee
(3) Member of Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
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Incumbent Directors
Set forth below are the names of the persons selected by the holders of our Class B common stock as the two (2) Class B directors as well as the remaining five (5) directors, their offices in the Company, if any, their principal occupations or employment for the past five years, the length of their tenure as directors and the names of other public companies in which they currently hold directorships or have held directorships during the past five years. We have also presented information below regarding each director’s specific experience, qualifications, attributes and skills that led our Board to the conclusion that he or she should serve as a director.
Class B Directors:
Risks RelatedAdam K. Peterson, age 42, has been Co-Chairperson of our Board of Directors since February 2015, when he became a member of our Board of Directors, and has been President since December 2017. Since June 2014, Mr. Peterson has served as the Manager of The Magnolia Group, LLC, an SEC registered investment advisor and the general partner of Magnolia Capital Fund, LP and Magnolia BOC I, LP. From August 2020 through January 2022, Mr. Peterson served as Co-Chairperson of the Board of Directors and Co-Chief Executive Officer of Yellowstone Acquisition Company (“Yellowstone”), a special purpose acquisition company in which one of our subsidiaries served as sponsor. Yellowstone entered into a business combination agreement with Sky Harbour Group, which was renamed Sky Harbour Group Corp. (“Sky”) following the consummation of the business combination in January 2022 at which point Mr. Peterson resigned as a director of Yellowstone. Since June 2017, Mr. Peterson has served as a Director of Nicholas Financial, Inc., a publicly traded company on the NASDAQ Global Select Market. In March 2022, Mr. Peterson became a Director of Nelnet, Inc., a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange. From May 2016 through March 2021, Mr. Peterson served as a Director of Brampton Brick Ltd., a publicly traded Canadian company traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange. From November 2005 through August 2014, Mr. Peterson served as the Chief Investment Officer of Magnolia Capital Partners, LP and related entities. From May 2004 through June 2006, Mr. Peterson was a financial analyst for Kiewit Corporation. Mr. Peterson graduated with a B.S. in Finance from Creighton University. The holders of our Class B common stock have determined that Mr. Peterson’s experience in business operations, investments and financial analysis qualifies him to Our Indebtednessbe a member of the Board of Directors in light of the Company’s business and structure. 
Alex B. Rozek

Our ability to borrow may be limited in case of adverse changes within the credit market; and

Any failure in the future to comply with the covenants set forth in our Link billboard business credit agreement could result in the loan balance becoming immediately due and payable.

Risks Related, age 45, has been Co-Chairperson of our Board of Directors, Co-Chief Executive Officer and President since February 2015, when he became a member of our Board of Directors.  He also serves as the Managing Member of Boulderado Partners, LLC, a private investment partnership founded in July 2007.  From 2004 to Access to2007, Mr. Rozek served as an analyst for Water Street Capital and Raising AdditionalFriedman Billings Ramsey Group. Prior to 2004, he worked for Hunton & Williams and FedEx. From August 2020 through January 2022, Mr. Rozek served as Co-Chairperson of the Board of Directors and Co-Chief Executive Officer of Yellowstone.  Mr. Rozek continues to serve on the Sky Board of Directors following the completion of the Sky business combination with Yellowstone in January 2022. In March 2022, Mr. Rozek became a Director of Dura Software and is the founder of MAC Mountain, LLC, a company providing rural broadband services in Vermont. Mr. Rozek graduated with a B.S. in Biology and a minor in Chemistry from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The holders of our Class B common stock have determined that Mr. Rozek’s experience in business operations, investments and financial analysis qualifies him to be a member of the Board of Directors in light of the Company’s business and structure.

Class A Directors:
Bradford B. Briner, age 47, has served as a member of our Board of Directors since April 2016.  Mr. Briner is also currently Chair of our Audit and Risk Committee and a member of the Compensation Committee. Mr. Briner joined Willett Advisors in 2012 as Co-Chief Investment Officer but retried from that position in December 2023 to run for the post of State Treasurer of North Carolina.  Willett Advisors is the investment management arm of the Bloomberg Family and Bloomberg Philanthropies. Previously, Mr. Briner was the Managing Director of Private Investments for Morgan Creek Capital, a $10 billion fund of funds that he co-founded in 2004.  Mr. Briner graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a Morehead Scholar with a degree in Economics with distinction. Mr. Briner also received an MBA with distinction from Harvard Business School. Our Board of Directors has determined that Mr. Briner’s experience in  investments, real estate and management services qualifies him to be a member of the Board of Directors in light of the Company’s business and structure.
Brendan J. Keating

We may not be able to generate sufficient cash to service all of our operations and may be forced to take actions to fund our operations such as debt financing, refinancing current indebtedness, or future equity issuances of our capital stock, any or all of which may not be successful; and

We may raise additional equity capital through additional public or private placements, any of which could substantially dilute your investment.

Risks Related, age 42, has served as a member of our Board of Directors since February 2016. In January 2023, Mr. Keating joined Boston Omaha Asset Management, LLC, serving as one of the three Managing Partners (along with Mr. Peterson and Mr. Rozek) and joined Boston Omaha Asset Management, LLC as a full-time employee on May 2023. From August 2015 through March 2023, Mr. Keating served as the Manager and CEO of Logic Real Estate Companies, LLC, a company based in Las Vegas, Nevada, which provides commercial property brokerage and property management services (“Logic”). As of March 2023, Mr. Keating now serves as the non-executive Chairman of Logic. Mr. Keating has also served as a Director of Nicholas Financial, Inc. since October 2021. A trust controlled by members of Mr. Keating’s family owns a majority of the membership interest in Logic. From 2005 to Ownership2015, Mr. Keating was employed at The Equity Group, a company providing services to the commercial real estate market in brokerage, investment, management, development, consulting, tax appeal and facility maintenance services.  Mr. Keating served as a principal of The Equity Group from 2007 to 2015.  Mr. Keating has a B.S. in Finance and Entrepreneurship from Creighton University.  Our Securities

The market price and trading volume of our Class A common stock may be volatile and negatively impacted by broad market fluctuations;

Provisions of our certificate of incorporation and bylaws and Delaware law might discourage, delay or prevent a change of control of our company or changes in our management and, as a result, depress the trading price of our common stock;

Certain of our executive officers and directors are now, and all of them may in the future become, affiliated with entities engaged in business activities similar to those intended to be conducted by us and, accordingly, may have conflicts of interest in determining to which entity a particular business opportunity should be presented;

We do not intend to pay dividends on our common stock and, consequently, the ability of investors to achieve a return on their investment will depend on appreciation in the price of our common stock;

Certain of our stockholders still hold 8,359,850 registered shares of our Class A common stock.

Regulatory Risks

Dependent on the price of certain publicly-traded securities we currently hold, including our ownership of Sky Harbour Class A common stock, we could become subject to registration and regulation under the Investment Company Act;

Our business segments are subject to complex federal, state and local laws and regulations that could adversely affect the cost, manner or feasibility of conducting our operations or expose us to significant liabilities; and

Changes in laws or regulations governing our operations or our failure to comply with those laws or regulations and changes in tax laws may adversely impact us.

Board of Directors has determined that Mr. Keating’s experience in commercial real estate brokerage, investment and management services qualifies him to be a member of the Board of Directors in light of the Company’s business and structure.
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Frank H. Kenan II, age 42, has served as a member of our Board of Directors since June 2017. Mr. Kenan is also currently the Chair of our Compensation Committee and a member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Since August 2014, Mr. Kenan has served as the Co-Founder and Principal of KD Capital Management, LLC. From September 2011 to December 2014, Mr. Kenan served as an Investment Analyst at Boulderado Group, LLC. From January 2006 to January 2008, Mr. Kenan served as a Development Associate at Edens & Avant. From May 2005 to January 2006, Mr. Kenan served as an Analyst at Vivum Group. Mr. Kenan currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Flagler Systems, Inc. a hospitality and real estate company. Mr. Kenan also serves on the board of advisors of the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School and the Family Enterprise Center at Kenan-Flagler Business School. Mr. Kenan holds a B.S. from the College of Charleston and an M.B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill – Kenan-Flagler Business School. Our Board of Directors has determined that Mr. Kenan’s experience in investments and financial analysis qualifies him to be a member of the Board of Directors in light of the Company’s business and structure.   
Jeffrey C. Royal, age 47, has served as a member of our Board of Directors since January 2019. Mr. Royal is also currently a member of our Audit and Risk Committee, Compensation Committee, and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Since January 2006, Mr. Royal has been the President of Dundee Bank located in Omaha, Nebraska and also serves as the Chairman and a director of Dundee Bank’s holding company. Mr. Royal has also served as a Director of Nicholas Financial, Inc. since October 2017. Since June 2018, Mr. Royal has served as a Director of Bridges Investment Fund, Inc., a mutual fund which trades on the NASDAQ Stock Market. Mr. Royal has served on the Board of Directors of each of Eagle Bank and Tri-Valley Bank since 2009 and 2013, respectively.  These banks merged in January 2021 and Mr. Royal serves as the non-executive Chairman of the combined entities, now operating as Riverstone Bank.  Mr. Royal has also served as a Director of Brunswick State Bank since 2007. Mr. Royal received both his Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Business Administration from Creighton University. Our Board of Directors has determined that Mr. Royal’s experience in banking qualifies him to be a member of the Board of Directors in light of the Company’s business and structure. 
VishnuSrinivasan, age 45, has served as a member of our Board of Directors since June 2017. Mr. Srinivasan is also currently the Chair of our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and a member of our Audit and Risk Committee. Mr. Srinivasan joined The Ohio State University as its Chief Investment Officer in May 2020. Previously, he was employed by Ganesh Investments, L.L.C., which is focused on public and private equity investments, as a Vice President and then a Managing Director from 2012 through May 2020. Ganesh Investments provides investment advisory services to members of the Pritzker family and their charitable foundations. From November 2009 to October 2012, Mr. Srinivasan was an Analyst at Alyeska Investment Group, a long/short hedge fund. From August 2002 until October 2009, Mr. Srinivasan was a Principal and held various other roles at Berkshire Partners, a private equity fund. Mr. Srinivasan graduated summa cum laude from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in Economics. Mr. Srinivasan also received an MBA from Harvard Business School. Our Board has determined that Mr. Srinivasan’s experience in public and private equity, investment and management services qualifies him to be a member of the Board of Directors in light of the Company’s business and structure.
There are no family relationships among the members of our Board or executive officers.
Board Composition, Committees and Director Selection
The Board currently consists of seven (7) directors, including two (2) directors elected by the holders of our Class B common stock and five (5) directors elected by the holders of our Class A common stock and Class B common stock voting as a single class. Members of the Board regularly discuss various business matters informally on numerous occasions throughout the year. During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, the Board met five times and acted by unanimous written consent eight times. All current directors attended at least 75% of the aggregate of the meetings of the Board in 2023 and the meetings held by all committees of the Board in 2023 on which they served. Independent directors endeavor to meet on a regular basis as often as necessary to fulfill their responsibilities. We do not have a policy regarding Board members’ attendance at the annual meetings of stockholders. All of the directors who served on the Board at the time attended our 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
Our Board maintains certain standing committees consisting of Board members other than Messrs. Peterson, Rozek and Keating, and the Board has assigned certain of the Board’s responsibilities to such committees. The Board has three separate standing committees: the Audit and Risk Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.
Our Board does not have a formal policy on whether the roles of Co-Chief Executive Officers and Co-Chairmen of the Board should be separate. However, Messrs. Rozek and Peterson currently serve as both Co-Chief Executive Officers and Co-Chairmen. Our Board reviews its leadership structure and believes at this time that the Company and its stockholders are best served by having the CEO serve in both positions. Combining the roles fosters accountability, effective decision-making and alignment between interests of our Board and management. Our Board currently has no lead independent director. Our Board expects to periodically review its leadership structure to ensure that it continues to meet the Company’s needs. 
Our Audit and Risk Committee currently consists of Bradford B. Briner (the chairman of the committee), Jeffrey C. Royal and Vishnu Srinivasan. The Board has determined that each of the members of the Audit and Risk Committee meets the criteria for independence under the applicable listing standards of the New York Stock Exchange, and that Mr. Briner also qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert” and “independent” as defined by the applicable rules adopted by the SEC and the New York Stock Exchange. The Audit and Risk Committee assists the Board in its oversight responsibilities relating to the integrity of our financial statements, our compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, our independent auditor’s qualifications and independence, and the establishment and performance of our internal audit function, and the performance of the independent auditor. The Audit and Risk Committee was formed in June 2017 and held five meetings and acted by consent two times during the 2023 fiscal year. The Board has adopted a written charter under which the Audit and Risk Committee operates, which satisfies the applicable standards of the SEC and the New York Stock Exchange, and which was amended and restated on March 14, 2023. A copy of the Audit and Risk Committee charter is available on the Corporate Governance section of our website and at https://s29.q4cdn.com/675306481/files/doc_downloads/governance/2023/03/Boston-Omaha-Amended-and-Restated-Audit-Committee-Charter-Adopted-March-14-2023.pdf.  
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Our Compensation Committee currently consists of Frank H. Kenan II (the chairman of the committee), Bradford B. Briner and Jeffrey C. Royal. The Compensation Committee is authorized to review our compensation and benefits plans to ensure they meet our corporate objectives, approve the compensation structure of our executive officers, evaluate our executive officers’ performance, and advise on salary, bonus, and other incentive and equity compensation. The Board has adopted a written charter under which the Compensation Committee operates, which was amended and restated on March 14, 2023. The Compensation Committee has authority under its charter to engage the services of outside advisors, experts and others to assist the Compensation Committee. In 2023, no compensation consultant was engaged for employee or executive compensation. The Compensation Committee was created in June 2017 and held four meetings and acted by consent seven times during the 2023 fiscal year. The Board has determined that each of the members of the Compensation Committee meets the criteria for independence under the applicable New York Stock Exchange listing standards. A copy of the Compensation Committee charter is available on the Corporate Governance section of our website and at https://s29.q4cdn.com/675306481/files/doc_downloads/governance/2023/03/Boston-Omaha-Amended-and-Restated-Compensation-Committee-Charter-Adopted-March-14-2023.pdf.
Our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee currently consists of Vishnu Srinivasan (the chairman of the committee), Frank H. Kenan II and Jeffrey C. Royal. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is primarily concerned with identifying individuals qualified to become members of our Board, selecting the director nominees for each annual meeting of stockholders, selection of the director candidates to fill any vacancies on our Board and the development of our corporate governance guidelines and principles. The Board has adopted a written charter under which the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee operates, which was amended and restated on March 14, 2023. The charter instructs the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee to consider any nominations of director candidates recommended by stockholders. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee was created in June 2017 and held one meeting and acted by consent two times during the 2023 fiscal year. A copy of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee charter is available on the Corporate Governance section of our website and at https://s29.q4cdn.com/675306481/files/doc_downloads/governance/2023/03/Boston-Omaha-Amended-and-Restated-Nominating-Committee-Charter-Adopted-March-14-2023.pdf.
The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee identifies individuals qualified to become members of our Board through recommendations from members of the Committee and other Board members and executive officers of the Company and will consider candidates who are recommended by stockholders, as described below. These factors focus on skills, expertise or background and may include decision-making ability, judgment, personal integrity and reputation, experience with businesses and other organizations of comparable size, and the extent to which the candidate would be a desirable addition to the Board and any committees of the Board.
We are committed to diversity in all aspects of our business and activities and at all levels of our business, including our Board. Our Board highly values diversity and supports the election and appointment of diverse candidates to the Board. The Board believes that having directors of diverse perspectives, opinions, backgrounds, skills and experiences contributes to a balanced and effective Board. The Board is committed to administering a director election process that encourages and promotes consideration of diverse candidates for nomination and election of directors to the Board. The Board encourages our stockholders to consider diversity when nominating individuals for member director positions. In selecting nominees for independent director positions, we have in the past and will continue to consider many factors, with an emphasis on perspectives, opinions, backgrounds, skills and experiences.
On June 5, 2017, we amended and restated our Bylaws providing for advance notice requirements for stockholder proposals at meetings and ownership thresholds for certain control group nominations and actions. Prior to June 5, 2017, we did not have a policy that permitted stockholders to recommend candidates for election as directors or a process for stockholders to send communications to the Board.
The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will evaluate new director candidates in view of the criteria described above, as well as other factors the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee deems to be relevant, through reviews of biographical and other information, input from others, including members of the Board and executive officers of the Company, and personal discussions with the candidate when warranted by the results of these other assessments. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will evaluate any director candidates recommended by stockholders under the same process. In determining whether to recommend to the Board the nomination of a director who is a member of the Board, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will review the Board performance of such director and solicit feedback about the director from other members of the Board.
Director Compensation

In July 2018, our Board adopted a policy whereby directors who are not directly employed by us or by any of our wholly-owned subsidiaries each receive cash compensation at the rate of $10,000 per year for all services, including both Board and committee membership. Commencing July 1, 2022, we increased this pay to outside directors to $30,000 per year in cash for their services as directors. In January 2023, we also awarded each outside director $30,000 of our Class A common stock vesting on June 30, 2023 and in July 2023 we awarded each outside director $30,000 of our Class A common stock vesting on June 30, 2024 or the day immediately preceding the date of the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, whichever is earlier. Cash compensation is payable quarterly in advance on the first day of each calendar quarter. Directors that are directly employed by us (Messrs. Peterson and Rozek) or by any of our wholly-owned subsidiaries (Mr. Keating) do not receive compensation payable to our outside directors.  
 The Board also provided that these guidelines may be modified by the Compensation Committee of the Board.
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The following table sets forth information with respect to the compensation of our directors, excluding Messrs. Peterson, Rozek and Keating, for the Company’s last completed fiscal year:
Name
Year
Fees earned or paid
in cash ($)
All other
compensation ($)(1)
Total ($)
Bradford B. Briner2023$30,000$30,000$60,000
Frank H. Kenan II2023$30,000$30,000$60,000
Vishnu Srinivasan2023$30,000$30,000$60,000
Jeffrey C. Royal2023$30,000$30,000$60,000

Item 1.

(1)

Business.

Includes 1,176 shares of Class A common stock issued to each of Messrs. Briner, Kenan, Royal and Srinivasan on January 3, 2023 and which vested on June 30, 2023. Excludes 1,574 shares of Class A common stock issued to each of Messrs. Briner, Kenan, Royal and Srinivasan on July 5, 2023 and which are subject to forfeiture if the individual no longer serves on the Board on June 30, 2024 or the day immediately preceding the date of the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, whichever is earlier.  Based on the closing price of the Company's Class A common stock as of December 31, 2023 of $15.73 per share as reported by the New York Stock Exchange, the value of these unvested shares of Class A common stock at December 31, 2023 was $24,759 for each of these directors. 

Additionally, in July 2018, the Board adopted a policy whereby each of our non-executive directors is required to hold $50,000 of our Class A common stock (either directly or indirectly), which amount is converted to a fixed share amount using the average closing price of our Class A common stock during the immediately preceding three months for the period ending June 30, 2018 for any non-executive director in July 2018 and three months from the last day of the calendar month preceding the date of appointment of any director appointed thereafter. The non-executive directors are required to achieve fully their respective ownership level within three (3) years, and fifty percent (50%) of the requirement within eighteen (18) months from adoption or election, as applicable. The Board also provided that these guidelines may be modified by the Compensation Committee of the Board. All of our non-executive directors are currently in compliance with all of these ownership guidelines.
We also reimburse all of our directors for reasonable travel and other expenses incurred in attending Board and committee meetings. Each of Messrs. Rozek and Peterson receive compensation as officers of our Company, and Mr. Keating receives compensation as a manager of Boston Omaha Asset Management, LLC.  Messrs. Peterson, Rozek and Keating receive no compensation as directors of our Company.
Legal Proceedings Involving Directors, Officers or Affiliates
There are no legal proceedings ongoing as to which any director, officer or affiliate of the Company, and to our knowledge, any owner of record or beneficially of more than five percent (5%) of any class of voting securities of the Company, or any associate of any such director, officer, affiliate of the Company, or stockholder is a party adverse to us or any of our subsidiaries or has a material interest adverse to us or any of our affiliates. 
Director Independence
Our Board consists of Messrs. Rozek, Peterson, Keating, Briner, Kenan, Royal and Srinivasan. We consider Messrs. Briner, Kenan, Royal and Srinivasan to be “independent,” as Messrs. Rozek and Peterson have a direct employment relationship with us and Mr. Keating has an employment relationship with Boston Omaha Asset Management, LLC, which is a subsidiary of Boston Omaha. The majority of our Board is “independent” in accordance with the New York Stock Exchange rules including, in the judgment of the Board, the requirement that such directors have no material relationship with us (either directly or as a partner, stockholder or officer of an organization that has a relationship with us).
The Board has adopted the following standards to assist it in determining whether a director has a material relationship with us. Under these standards, a director will be considered to have a material relationship with us if he or she is:
(a)a director who is, or during the past three years was, employed by us, other than prior employment as an interim executive officer (provided the interim employment did not last longer than one year);
(b)a director who accepted or has an immediate family member who accepted any compensation from us in excess of $120,000 during any period of twelve consecutive months within the three years preceding the determination of independence, other than the following:
(i)compensation for Board or Board committee service;
(ii)compensation paid to an immediate family member who is our employee (other than an executive officer);
(iii)compensation received for former service as an interim executive officer (provided the interim employment did not last longer than one year); or
(iv)benefits under a tax-qualified retirement plan, or non-discretionary compensation;
(c)a director who is an immediate family member of an individual who is, or at any time during the past three years was, employed by us as an executive officer;
(d)a director who is, or has an immediate family member who is, a partner in, or a controlling stockholder or an executive officer of, any organization to which we made, or from which we received, payments (other than those arising solely from investments in our securities or payments under non-discretionary charitable contribution matching programs) that exceed 5% of the organization’s consolidated gross revenues for that year, or $200,000, whichever is more, in any of the most recent three fiscal years;
(e)a director who is, or has an immediate family member who is, employed as an executive officer of another entity where at any time during the most recent three fiscal years any of our executive officers served on the compensation committee of such other entity; or
(f)a director who is, or has an immediate family member who is, a current partner of our outside auditor, or was a partner or employee of our outside auditor who worked on our audit at any time during any of the past three years.
Ownership of a significant amount of our stock, by itself, does not constitute a material relationship. For relationships not covered by these standards, the determination of whether a material relationship exists shall be made by the other members of the Board who are independent.
There were no transactions, relationships or arrangements not disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K that were considered by the Board in making the required independence determinations. None of the directors that were deemed independent had any relationship with us (other than as a director or stockholder).
Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation
None of the members of our Compensation Committee are or have at any time during the past three years been an officer or employee of ours or was formerly an officer or employee of ours. Except as described below, none of our executive officers serve as a member of the board of directors or compensation committee, or other committee serving an equivalent function, of any other entity that has one or more of its executive officers serving as a member of our Board or Compensation Committee. Entities controlled by Mr. Keating serve as the Manager of Logic, in which we have a 30% ownership interest.
Corporate Governance Guidelines
The role of the Board is to ensure that the Company

is managed for the long-term benefit of our stockholders. To fulfill this role, the Board has adopted Corporate Governance Guidelines in accordance with the corporate governance rules of the New York Stock Exchange, as applicable, that serve as a flexible framework within which our Board and its committees operate. These guidelines cover a number of areas, including the size and composition of the Board, Board membership criteria and director qualifications, director responsibilities, Board agendas, roles of the Co-Chairmen and Co-Chief Executive Officers, executive sessions, standing Board committees, Board member access to management and independent advisors, director communications with third parties, director compensation, director orientation and continuing education, evaluation of senior management, and management succession planning. A copy of our Corporate Governance Guidelines is available on our website at www.bostonomaha.com. We will furnish to any person without charge, upon written request, a copy of our Corporate Governance Guidelines and requests may be directed to Secretary of Boston Omaha Corporation, 1601 Dodge Street, Suite 3300, Omaha, Nebraska 68102. We expect that any amendments to the Corporate Governance Guidelines, or any waivers of its requirements, will be disclosed on our website as referenced above.

The Board has adopted a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics that applies to all our employees, directors and officers, including those officers responsible for financial reporting. The Code of Business Conduct and Ethics is available on our website at www.bostonomaha.com. We will furnish to any person without charge, upon written request, a copy of our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics and requests may be directed to Secretary of Boston Omaha Corporation, 1601 Dodge Street, Suite 3300, Omaha, Nebraska 68102. We expect that any amendments to the code, or any waivers of its requirements, will be disclosed on our website as referenced above.
The Board has adopted a Clawback Policy that applies to Executive Officers (as defined in the Clawback Policy). The Clawback Policy is available on our website at www.bostonomaha.com. We will furnish to any person without charge, upon written request, a copy of our Clawback Policy and requests may be directed to Secretary of Boston Omaha Corporation, 1601 Dodge Street, Suite 3300, Omaha, Nebraska 68102. We expect that any amendments to the Clawback Policy, or any waivers of its requirements, will be disclosed on our website as referenced above.
Risk Oversight
The business of the Company is managed with the oversight of the Board. While the full Board has the ultimate oversight responsibility for the risk management process, its committees oversee risk in certain specified areas. In particular, our Audit and Risk Committee oversees management of enterprise risks as well as financial risks. Risk is inherent with every business, and how well a business manages risk can ultimately determine its success. We face a number of risks, including those described under “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 as filed with the SEC on March 27, 2024. Our Board is actively involved in oversight of risks that could affect us. This oversight is conducted by the Board, which we referhas responsibility for general oversight of risks, but the Audit Committee of the Board (the “Audit Committee”) assists the Board in fulfilling such oversight responsibilities. Risk assessment and oversight are an integral part of our governance and management processes. The Board encourages management to promote a culture that incorporates risk management into our corporate strategy and day-to-day business operations. Management discusses strategic and operational risks at regular management meetings and conducted a specific strategic session during the year that included a focused discussion and analysis of the risks facing us. Throughout the year, senior management reviews risks with the Board at regular Board meetings as “thepart of management presentations that focus on the Company’s overall operations and presents the steps taken by management to mitigate or eliminate such risks.
The Board does not have a standing risk management committee, but rather administers this oversight function through the Audit Committee and the Board as a whole. The Board is responsible for monitoring and assessing strategic risk exposure, and the Audit Committee assists the Board in fulfilling such oversight responsibilities by overseeing our major risk exposures, including significant financial, information technology, and cybersecurity risks, and the steps our management has taken to monitor and control these exposures. The Audit Committee also monitors compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and considers and approves or disapproves any related-person transactions.  Our Compensation Committee is responsible for overseeing the management of risks relating to our executive compensation plans and arrangements and the incentives created by the compensation awards it administers. Our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee works together with our Audit Committee and they are responsible for overseeing the management of compliance and regulatory risks facing the Company and risks associated with business conduct and ethics. Our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee also oversees risks associated with corporate governance. In addition, pursuant to our Board’s instruction, management regularly reports on applicable risks to the relevant committee or the full Board, as appropriate, with additional review or reporting on risks conducted as needed or as requested by our Board and its committees.
Our Board periodically reviews its governance and committee structure to ensure that it continues to meet the Company’s needs.
Communications from Stockholders
The Board has in place a process for stockholders to send communications to the Board. Specifically, the Board will review and give appropriate attention to written communications submitted by stockholders and other interested parties, and will respond if and as appropriate. Absent unusual circumstances or as otherwise contemplated by committee charters, the Chairperson of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will, with the assistance of our legal counsel, (1) be primarily responsible for monitoring communications from stockholders and (2) provide copies or summaries of such communications to the other directors as he or she considers appropriate. Communications will generally be forwarded to all directors if they relate to substantive matters and include suggestions or comments that the Chairperson of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee considers to be important for the directors to consider.
Stockholders and other interested parties who wish to send communications on any topic to the Board should address such communications to Chairperson of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, c/o Secretary, Boston Omaha Corporation, 1601 Dodge Street, Suite 3300, Omaha, Nebraska 68102. Stockholders and other interested parties who wish to contact any non-management director, the presiding non-management director or the non-management directors as a group, should address such communications to the non-management director (or group of directors) they wish to contact (or if any, to “Any Non-Management Director”), c/o Secretary, Boston Omaha Corporation, 1601 Dodge Street, Suite 3300, Omaha, Nebraska 68102.
Executive Officers and Significant Employees
Executive Officers. The following table sets forth information regarding our executive officers as of April 19, 2024:
Name
Age
Officer Since
Position(s)
Alex B. Rozek452015Co-President, Co-Chairman of the Board and Co-Chief Executive Officer
Adam K. Peterson422015Co-President, Co-Chairman of the Board and Co-Chief Executive Officer
Joshua P. Weisenburger402017Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer
Joseph M. Meisinger352022Chief Accounting Officer
In addition to the biographical information for Mr. Rozek and Mr. Peterson, which is set forth above under “Incumbent Directors,“our Company,” “we,” “us”set forth below is certain biographical information about our other executive officers. Our executive officers are elected by, and serve at the discretion of, our Board. None of our officers or “our,” commenced its currentdirectors has any family relationship with any other director or officer. “Family relationship” for this purpose means any relationship by blood, marriage or adoption, not more remote than first cousin.
Joshua P. Weisenburger, age 40, has served as our Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer since June 2017. Mr. Weisenburger, who joined us in 2016, has also previously served as our Chief Accounting Officer and our Controller. Mr. Weisenburger also served as the Chief Financial Officer of Yellowstone from August 2020 through January 2022 when Yellowstone and Sky completed the business operationscombination. From July 2011 through June 2016, Mr. Weisenburger was employed by Ecolab, Inc., a global leader in water, hygiene and energy technologies and services. At Ecolab, Mr. Weisenburger served first as a finance manager and then as a finance controller throughout various divisions within the company. Prior to his time at Ecolab, Mr. Weisenburger was employed from June 20152005 through August 2009 by Kiewit Corporation, a construction, engineering and currently operates four separate lines of business: outdoor billboard advertising, broadbandmining services surety insurancecompany, and related brokerage activities,held several different treasury roles.  Mr. Weisenburger graduated with a B.S. in Finance from Creighton University and an asset management business.MBA from the University of Minnesota - Carlson School of Management.
Joseph M. Meisinger, age 35, has served as our Chief Accounting Officer since June 2022 and as the Chief Financial Officer of Boston Omaha Broadband, LLC (formerly known as Fiber is Fast, LLC) since December 2022. Mr. Meisinger joined Boston Omaha as its Controller in May 2019 and served in that position until his promotion to Chief Accounting Officer. From August 2011 through May 2019, Mr. Meisinger was employed by KPMG LLP, most recently as a Senior Manager of KPMG Kansas City’s Audit Practice serving a variety of clients ranging from large public Fortune 500 companies to small start-up companies in various industries. Mr. Meisinger is a Certified Public Accountant. He received both his B.S. in Accounting and a Masters of Accounting from the University of Kansas.
Significant Employees. In addition to our executive officers and Mr. Keating, we hold minority investments in commercial real estate managementalso employ the following significant employees: 
David Herman, age 39, has served as President of General Indemnity Group, LLC (“GIG”) since August 2019 and brokerage services, a bank focused on servicing the automotive loan market,previously served as GIG’s Chief Operating Officer since January 2019. Prior to joining GIG, Mr. Herman owned Anthros Consulting, Inc., a company servingthat combined business strategy with software systems, data visualization, and analytics expertise, from May 2015 through December 2018. From February 2013 through May 2015, Mr. Herman was employed by McKinsey and Company, specializing in operations, supply chain, and strategic turnarounds. Mr. Herman holds a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Northwestern University, a certificate of Management for Scientists and Engineers from the broadband industry,Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, and a developer of private aviation infrastructure focused on building, leasingB.S. in Materials Science and managing business aviation hangars.

Outdoor Billboard Advertising

In June 2015, we commenced our billboard business operations through acquisitions by our wholly-owned subsidiary,Engineering and minor in Engineering Management from Cornell University.

W.Scott LaFoy, age 62, joined Link Media Holdings, LLC (“Link”) in May 2018 to manage Link’s merger and acquisition activities, was named Interim Chief Executive Officer in December 2019 and Chief Executive Officer in April 2020. From 2015 to 2018, Mr. LaFoy served as general manager for the Chattanooga division of Fairway Outdoor Advertising. From 1999 until its acquisition by Fairway Outdoor Advertising in 2015, Mr. LaFoy owned and operated LaFoy Outdoor Advertising. From 1996 until 1999, he served as Regional President for Clear Channel Outdoor/Eller Media and Regional Director for its predecessor Universal Outdoor. Mr. LaFoy has more than 37 years’ experience in management of outdoor advertising businesses. Mr. LaFoy holds a B.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies and a minor in History from the University of Central Florida.
Steven McGhie, age 57, is the Chief Executive Officer of Boston Omaha Broadband, LLC, which we refer to as "Link," of smaller billboard companies located in the Southeast United Statesowns and Wisconsin. During July and August 2018, we acquired the membership interest or assets of three larger billboard companies which increased our overall billboard count to approximately 2,900 billboards. In addition, we have made several billboard acquisitions on a smaller scale since that date. We believe that we are a leading outdoor billboard advertising company in the markets we serve in the Midwest. As of December 31, 2023, we operate approximately 4,000 billboards with approximately 7,600 advertising faces. One of our principal business objectives is to continue to acquire additional billboard assets through acquisitions of existing billboard businesses inoperates Boston Omaha’s broadband operations throughout the United States when they can be made at what we believe to be attractive prices relative to other opportunities generally available to us.

We are attracted to the outdoor advertising market due to a number of factors, including high regulatory barriers to building new billboardsStates. Mr. McGhie joined Boston Omaha in some states, growing demand, low maintenance capital expenditures for static billboards, low cost per impression for customers, and the potential opportunity to employ more capital2020 in existing assets at reasonable returns in the form of perpetual easements and digital conversions. In addition, unlike other advertising industries, the internet has not had a material adverse impact on outdoor advertising revenues. The billboard industry’s three largest companies are estimated to account for more than 50% of the industry’s total revenues, and several industry sources and our experience suggest that there are a large number of other companies serving the remainder of the market, providing a potentially significant source of billboards which may be acquired in the future.

Surety Insurance

In September 2015, we established an insurance subsidiary, General Indemnity Group, LLC, which we refer to as “GIG,” designed to own and operate insurance businesses generally handling high volume, lower policy limit commercial lines of property and casualty insurance. In April 2016, our surety insurance business commencedconnection with the acquisition of a surety insurance brokerage businessUtah Broadband, LLC, which he founded in 2002 and continues to serve as its Chief Executive Officer. Mr. McGhie was subsequently appointed CEO of Boston Omaha Broadband, LLC on October 1, 2021. Mr. McGhie graduated from Brigham Young University in 1991 with a national internet-based presence. In December 2016, we completed the acquisitiondegree in International Business.

Robert Thomas, age 60, was appointed as President of United Casualty and Surety Insurance Company (“UCS”) in August 2019 and previously served as UCS’ Chief Operating Officer from October 2017 to August 2019. From April 2011 through March 2017, Mr. Thomas served as President of Hanover Surety and previously served as President of Argo Surety from March 2008 through March 2011. Mr. Thomas has been employed in the surety insurance industry since 2001 and the reinsurance industry from 1987 through 2001. Mr. Thomas holds a B.A. in Business Administration and Management from the University of Saint Thomas.
Item 11.Executive Compensation.
The following table sets forth information with respect to the compensation of our principal executive officers and the other most highly compensated executive officer other than our principal executive officers for the Company’s last two completed fiscal years:
Name and principal position
Year
Salary ($)
Cash Bonus ($)
Stock Award ($)
All other compensation ($)(1)
Total ($)
Alex B. Rozek (2)(3)2023$639,000--  $2,000$641,000
Co-Chief Executive Officer and Co-President
(Principal Executive Officer)
2022$600,000--$12,200$612,200
       
Adam K. Peterson (3)2023$639,000--$11,649$650,649
Co-Chief Executive Officer and Co-President
(Principal Executive Officer)
2022$600,000--$12,200$612,200
       
Joshua P. Weisenburger (4)2023$290,000$170,000$125,000$12,067$597,067
Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer2022$275,000$105,000 $295,000 $11,392$686,392
(1)Includes employer contribution to 401(k) plan of 100% of the employee contributions up to 3% of base salary, and 50% of employee contributions up to the next 2% of base salary. 
(2)Mr. Rozek serves at our request on the Board of Directors of Sky Harbour Group Corporation and receives both cash fees for serving on its board of directors as well as restricted stock units which vest over a four-year period. As a director of Sky Harbour Group Corporation, Mr. Rozek received directors fees of $55,000 and $51,233, in 2023 and 2022, respectively as well as restricted stock grants of 7,000 units in each of 2023 and 2022, valued at $80,500, and $54,180, respectively.  The value of these restricted stock units is measured at the grant date fair value calculated in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718.
(3)In January 2022, each of Messrs. Rozek and Mr. Peterson received a cash payment of $7,500,000 under the terms of our Management Incentive Bonus Plan based on our financial results through December 31, 2021.
(4)Consists of compensation earned by Mr. Weisenburger, our Chief Financial Officer, in 2023 and 2022 consisting of (i) a base salary of $290,000 in 2023 and $275,000 in 2022, (ii) a cash bonus of $170,000 in 2023 and $105,000 in 2022, (iii) a restricted stock grant for 8,440 shares of Class A common stock which was issued in February 2024 for services provided in 2023, and which shares are fully vested as of the date of grant, (iv) a restricted stock grant for 11,559 shares of Class A common stock issued in January 2023 for services rendered in 2022 and 2021, which shares vest as follows: 5,029 shares vested on the date of the grant and 3,265 shares of Class A common stock on each of January 2, 2024 and January 2, 2025, and (v) other compensation of $12,067 in 2023 and $11,392 in 2022. The value of these restricted stock awards is measured at the grant date fair value calculated in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718.
401(k) Plan
The named executive officers are eligible to participate in our 401(k) retirement plan in the same manner as other employees. Currently, we match 100% of employee contributions up to the first 3% of the employee’s salary in total and 50% of employee contributions up to the next 2% of the employee’s salary, subject to the statutorily prescribed limit.
Pay Versus Performance
Year
Summary Compensation Table Total for PEO - Adam K. Peterson
Summary Compensation Table Total for PEO - Alex B. Rozek
Compensation Actually Paid to PEO - Adam K. Peterson
Compensation Actually Paid to PEO - Alex B. Rozek
Average Summary Compensation Table Total for Non-PEO NEOs(1)
Average Compensation Actually Paid to Non-PEO NEOs(1)
Value of Initial Fixed $100 Investment Based On
Total Shareholder Return
Net Income Attributable to Common Stockholders
Net Loss from Operations (2)
Total Revenues
2023$650,649$641,000$650,649$641,000$597,067$597,067$56.89($7,004,009)($8,852,403)$96,253,736
2022$612,200$612,200$612,200$612,200$686,392$686,392$95.84$10,233,400($5,229,895)$81,234,194
2021(3)$7,935,393   $7,935,393   $7,935,393   $7,935,393   $925,913$925,913$103.91$52,748,177$23,766,869$56,971,811
(1)
Consists of compensation earned by Mr. Weisenburger, our Chief Financial Officer, in 2021, 2022 and 2023 consisting of (i) a base salary of $290,000 in 2023, $275,000 in 2022 and $265,000 in 2021, (ii) a cash bonus of $170,000 in 2023, $105,000 in 2022 and $650,000 in 2021, (iii) a restricted stock grant for 8,440 shares of Class A common stock which was issued in February 2024 for services provided in 2023, and which  shares are fully vested as of the date of grant, (iv) a restricted stock grant for 11,559 shares of Class A common stock which was issued in January 2023 for services rendered in 2022 and 2021, and which vests as follows: 5,029 shares vested on the date of the grant and 3,265 shares of Class A common stock on each of January 2, 2024 and January 2, 2025, and (v) other compensation of $12,067 in 2023, $11,392 in 2022 and $10,913 in 2021. The value of these restricted stock awards is measured at the grant date fair value calculated in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718.
(2)Includes depreciation and amortization expenses of $19,565,035 in Fiscal Year 2023, $15,123,857 in Fiscal Year 2022 and $10,128,634 in Fiscal Year 2021.
(3)Summary compensation for 2021 includes a bonus under the Management Incentive Bonus Plan earned in 2021 and paid in January 2022 for each of Mr. Peterson and Mr. Rozek and a bonus to Mr. Weisenburger earned in 2021 and paid in 2022 of $650,000.
Employment Contracts, Termination of Employment and Change in Control Arrangements
Rozek and Peterson Employment Agreements. On August 1, 2015, we entered into employment agreements with each of Alex B. Rozek and Adam K. Peterson. Mr. Rozek and Mr. Peterson each serve as a Co-Chief Executive Officer and as a Co-President. Each of the employment agreements has a one-year term, with automatic successive one-year renewal terms unless we or the executive decline to renew the agreement. Each of the employment agreements provides for a base salary at federal minimum wage per year through December 31, 2015, and an annualized base salary of $275,000 thereafter. However, each of these agreements was amended to delay an increase in the base salary from federal minimum wage until such time as approved by the Compensation Committee. Commencing in January and December 2019, respectively, each of Mr. Rozek and Mr. Peterson began receiving a base salary of $275,000 per year. These base salaries were increased to $286,000 per year commencing January 1, 2020, $425,000 per year commencing January 21, 2021, $600,000 per annum, commencing April 1, 2022 and $639,000 per year commencing January 1, 2023. Each of the employment agreements also provides for certain severance payments to the executives in the event their employment is terminated by us without “cause” or if the executive terminates his employment for “Good Reason.”
Each of Messrs. Rozek and Peterson participate in a Management Incentive Bonus Plan, which we refer to as "UCS,"the “MIBP,” effective as of August 1, 2015, under which participants of such plan are eligible to receive cash bonus awards based on achievement by the Company of certain increases in net growth target objectives. Each of Alex B. Rozek and Adam K. Peterson are eligible to participate in the MIBP pursuant to their respective employment agreements. The MIBP provides for a surety insurance company,bonus pool, determined on an annual basis by the Compensation Committee of the Board, equal to up to 20% of the amount by which atour stockholders’ equity for the applicable fiscal year (excluding increases in stockholders’ equity per share resulting from issuances by the Company of its securities or securities of any subsidiary for cash consideration) exceeds 106% of our stockholders’ equity for the preceding fiscal year. On February 27, 2018, the Compensation Committee approved changes to the MIBP, effected through an amendment and restatement of the MIBP, including placing certain caps on the total payments under the MIBP through December 2032 and additional annual caps thereafter, as well as establishing a high water mark under the MIBP so that timeany decrease in adjusted stockholders’ equity per share in any prior year must be first recouped before the 6% hurdle test is applied. Previously, there were no caps on the amounts payable under the MIBP. In accordance with the terms of the MIBP, each of Messrs. Rozek and Peterson earned a $7,500,000 bonus for 2021 based upon the increase in stockholders’ equity in 2021 (excluding increases in stockholders’ equity per share resulting from issuances by the Company of its securities or securities of any subsidiary for cash consideration) which exceeded 106% of our stockholders’ equity for the preceding fiscal year. On January 10, 2022, the Board, based upon the recommendation of the Compensation Committee, awarded bonuses to each of Mr. Peterson and Mr. Rozek, pursuant to the MIBP.  The MIBP is designed to encourage the growth in the Company’s “Adjusted Stockholders’ Equity Per Share,” as defined in the MIBP, based upon the increase in the Company’s stockholders equity for such fiscal year less any increase arising from the sale of Company securities. Under the MIBP, the total awards shall equal 20% of the amount by which Adjusted Stockholders’ Equity Per Share for the applicable fiscal year exceeds 106% of Adjusted Stockholders’ Equity Per Share for the preceding fiscal year, subject to any limitation on total amounts payable under the bonus plan as may be established by the MIBP and/or the Compensation Committee and in any event subject to a high water mark for the highest level for the Adjusted Stockholders’ Equity Per Share as previously determined by the Compensation Committee based upon the Company’s financial statements as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Based upon these factors, the Compensation Committee recommended a bonus for each of Mr. Peterson and Mr. Rozek in the amount of $7,192,404.50, for a total bonus payment under the plan of $14,384,809, which recommendation was licensedapproved by the Board. The bonus payment was subsequently increased to issue surety bonds in only nine states. UCS now has licenses$7,500,000 for each of Mr. Peterson and Mr. Rozek based upon final adjustments to operate in all 50 states and the Districtcalculation of Columbia.the bonus plan based upon final year end results. In addition overto determining the last several years, webonuses based upon the formula set forth in the MIBP, the Compensation Committee and Board also took into consideration a number of other factors, including, but not limited to, the lack of any bonus payment to either Mr. Peterson or Mr. Rozek since they began their services as Co-Chief Executive Officers in 2015 and each of Mr. Peterson and Mr. Rozek providing their services to the Company for nominal compensation for four or more years. 
In the event that either Mr. Rozek or Mr. Peterson’s employment is terminated without cause or if either elects to terminate his employment for “Good Reason,” he is entitled to receive severance payments equal to the amounts which would have also acquired additional surety insurance brokerage businesses located in various regionsbeen payable to him under the MIBP if he had remained with us through the remainder of the United States. We mayfiscal year in which his employment terminated multiplied by a fraction equal to the number of days during the fiscal year that the executive remained employed by us divided by 365. Severance payments also will include an amount equal to four months’ base salary for each full 12 month period the executive is employed by us commencing August 1, 2015, except that in no event shall severance payments exceed the then current base salary on a monthly basis multiplied by 12. For purposes of these employment agreements, “Good Reason” means any of the following: (i) a substantial diminution in the future expand the reach of our insurance activities to other forms of insurance which may have similar characteristics to surety, such as high volumeduties and low average policy premium insurance businesses which historically have similar economics.

Broadband Services

In April 2019, we established a broadband subsidiary, Fiber is Fast, LLC, which has changed its name to Boston Omaha Broadband, LLC, which we refer to as "BOB." In March 2020, our subsidiary, FIF AireBeam LLC, which we refer to as "AireBeam," acquired substantially allresponsibilities of the business assets of FibAire Communications, LLC, which we refer to as "FibAire,"named executive; (ii) a rural broadband internet provider that served over 8,000 customerssubstantial diminution in communities in southern Arizona with a high-speed fixed wireless internet service and is building an all fiber-to-the-home network in select Arizona markets. In December 2020, we acquired substantially allthe named executive’s compensation or benefits; or (iii) relocation of the Company’s place of business assetsin which executive is employed to a location outside of Utah Broadband, LLC, which we refer to as "UBB," a broadband internet provider that provided high-speed internet to over 10,000 customers throughout Utah. thirty (30) mile radius of his then current place of employment.

In September 2021, we announced the launch of Fiber Fast Homes, LLC, which we refer to as "FFH," which partners with builders, developers and build for rent communities to build fiber-to-the-home infrastructure and provide fiber internet service to residents. In April 2022, we acquired substantially all of the business assets of InfoWest, Inc. and Go Fiber LLC, which we refer to on a combined basis now as "InfoWest," fiber and fixed wireless internet service providers with over 20,000 customers throughout Southern and Central Utah, Northern Arizona, and Moapa Valley, Nevada. In addition, over the last few years, we have also acquired additional smaller broadband businesses located in Utah. As of December 31,January 2023, we have approximately 43,000 broadband customers. We hope to continue to expand in Arizona, Florida, Nevada, Utah, and other locales.

Asset Management

In September 2017, we established an asset management subsidiary, Boston Omaha Asset Management, LLC (“BOAM”) entered into an Amended and Restated Operating Agreement (the “BOAM Operating Agreement”) under which we referBOC currently owns all of the Class A and Class B Units issued by BOAM. The Class C units are established as profits interests to provide incentive compensation to each of Messrs. Keating, Peterson and Rozek as “BOAM,” designedthe Co-Managing Partners for assets owned by BOAM which have been funded by third parties.  No compensation under the Class C units is payable to raise third-party capitalMessrs. Keating, Peterson and invest alongside Boston Omaha CorporationRozek for BOC funded projects. Class C Units hold no voting interest, and the Distribution Threshold (as defined in specific assetsthe BOAM Operating Agreement) shall be determined on a fund-by-fund basis. Any distributions with respect to either (A) carried interest actually received by BOAM, or with respect to sale proceeds relating to the carried interest due to BOAM, and businesses that may offer attractive long-term returns on invested capital. During 2021, we established a subsidiary,derived from Fund One: Boston Omaha Build for Rent LP, ("BFR Fund"), withinor any subsequent fund, or (B) any Profits Distributions (as defined in the BOAM Operating Agreement) derived from the sale of any asset (other than BOAM Fund investments) held by BOAM, its subsidiaries, or any fund, or any management fee that was not contributed by BOC, shall be promptly distributed to operatethe members and the profits interest holders ratably in accordance with their respective Profits Interest Percentages (as defined in the BOAM Operating Agreement); provided, however, that the BOAM board of managers may first deduct amounts, in their sole discretion, in order to pay the reasonable expenses of BOAM.  The Managers shall promptly distribute cash received by BOAM as Tax Distributions from a proposed build-for-rent business, focusing on developing, building,fund to the BOAM members, and managing single family detached and/such Tax Distributions shall be treated as advances against amounts otherwise distributable pursuant to the BOAM Operating Agreement.  Any management fees actually received by BOAM, or townhomeswith respect to sale proceeds relating to the management fees due to BOAM, and derived from Fund One: Boston Omaha Build for long term rentals. In 2022, we started having initial conversationsRent LP or any fund formed subsequent to raise third-party capitalthe date hereof, shall be promptly distributed to "fund finance" the growth of our fiber business. In May 2023, we acquired 100%BOAM members ratably in accordance with their respective Profits Interest Percentages. At the discretion of the membership interests in 24th Street Asset Management LLC (“24th Street”), fromCompensation Committee of the other membersBoard of 24th Street. PriorDirectors of BOC, any Profits Distributions payable to the acquisition, BOAM indirectly owned 48%holders of Class C units may be paid two-thirds in cash and one-third in shares of Class A common stock of Boston Omaha Corporation (such number of shares to be determined based upon the closing price for such shares as reported by the New York Stock Exchange, or if such shares are traded on another exchange, the closing price of such shares on such exchange as of the membership interestsdate of 24th Street. 24th Street is the manager of two funds, 24th Street Fund I, LLC and 24th Street Fund II, LLC, which we refer to as “the 24th Street Funds,” focusing on secured lending and direct investments in commercial real estate.

In recent years, BOAM has been staffed and equipped to support the growthdistribution of the fiberProfits Distribution). The foregoing summary of the BOAM Operating Agreement and real estate businesses.the transactions contemplated thereby contained herein does not purport to be a complete description and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the terms and conditions of the BOAM Operating Agreement, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 in our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 11, 2023. We have determined that the high costs and significant risks associated with "fund financing" based on current market conditions leads us to conclude that it would be more appropriate to pursue self-funding, bank debt, and other funding options for our fiber business at this time. As a result, we are winding down BOAM's operations and implementing cost cutting measures since it will now only manage real estate funds. For our funds, under management (the 24th Street Fundsand expect to terminate the BOAM Operating Agreement in the near future.

On January 3, 2023, the Compensation Committee approved an increase to the base salary of Joshua P. Weisenburger, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, effective January 1, 2023, from $275,000 to $290,000 per calendar year. In addition, Mr. Weisenburger was awarded a one-time bonus in the amount of $150,000, of which $105,000 was paid in cash and $45,000 was paid in the Company’s Class A common stock and established a long-term compensation incentive for Mr. Weisenburger of $250,000 in recognition of services provided in 2021 and 2022, such incentive to be payable in equity in the Company vesting in three equal annual installments on each of January 3, 2023, January 2, 2024 and January 2, 2025, each installment’s vesting subject to Mr. Weisenburger’s continuing employment with the Company as its Chief Financial Officer at the time such installment vests. The Board, based upon the recommendation of the Compensation Committee, increased the base salary of Mr. Meisinger, the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer and the BFR Fund), we planChief Financial Officer for Boston Omaha Broadband, effective January 1, 2023, from $185,000 to sell$240,000 per calendar year. In addition, Mr. Meisinger was awarded a one-time bonus in the assetsamount of $80,000, of which $56,000 was paid in cash and $24,000 was paid in the Company’s Class A common stock and established a long-term compensation incentive for Mr. Meisinger of $54,000 payable in equity in the Company vesting in three equal annual installments on each of January 3, 2023, January 2, 2024 and January 2, 2025, each installment’s vesting subject to Mr. Meisinger’s continuing employment with the Company as its Chief Accounting Officer at the highest price the market will bear while maintaining the business plans for these assets. Additionally, we will be returning capital to our fund partners during the wind-down process. 

time such installment vests.
 

Minority Investments

Since 2015,

On February 5, 2024, the Compensation Committee approved an increase to the base salary of Mr. Weisenburger, effective January 1, 2024, from $290,000 to $320,000 per calendar year. In addition, Mr. Weisenburger was awarded fully vested shares of Class A common stock equal to $125,000 and a cash bonus in the amount of $170,000. The Board, based upon the recommendation of the Compensation Committee, increased the base salary of Mr. Meisinger, effective January 1, 2024, from $240,000 to $260,000 per calendar year. In addition, Mr. Meisinger was awarded a cash bonus in the amount of $100,000 and established a long-term compensation incentive for Mr. Meisinger of $150,000 payable in equity in the Company vesting in three equal annual installments on each of February 5, 2024, February 5, 2025 and February 5, 2026, each installment’s vesting subject to Mr. Meisinger’s continuing employment with the Company as its Chief Accounting Officer at the time such installment vests.
None of our officers received salary or other compensation as officers and/or directors of Yellowstone Acquisition Company.
Herman Employment Agreement.  On January 1, 2019, we hired David Herman to serve as the Chief Operating Officer of our wholly-owned subsidiary General Indemnity Group, LLC (“GIG”). On August 9, 2019, Mr. Herman became President of GIG. In connection with the employment of Mr. Herman, GIG and Mr. Herman entered into an employment letter agreement, pursuant to which Mr. Herman currently receives an annual base salary of $375,000 per year. In addition, Mr. Herman is eligible to receive an annual cash bonus, based on achievement of certain performance metrics determined within 30 days of the commencement of each fiscal year, that are tied to personal performance goals, overall company performance measured by growth of gross written premium, and a discretionary amount determined by the Company’s senior management. Mr. Herman also has an option to purchase up to 5% of the currently issued and outstanding units in GIG. Any purchase of these units are subject to certain put and call provisions. To date, Mr. Herman has exercised a portion of the options. In the event Mr. Herman’s employment is terminated by GIG without “Cause” or by Mr. Herman for “Good Reason,” Mr. Herman will be eligible to receive severance pay equal to twelve months’ base salary.
Thomas Employment Agreement.  On August 30, 2019, we hired Robert Thomas to serve as the President of United Casualty and Surety Insurance Company (“UCS”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of our wholly-owned subsidiary GIG.  In connection with the employment of Mr. Thomas, UCS and Mr. Thomas entered into an employment letter agreement, pursuant to which Mr. Thomas will receive an annual base salary of $325,000 per year.  In addition, Mr. Thomas is eligible to receive an annual bonus, based on “Adjusted Pre-Tax Underwriting Income” performance, subject to a three-year vesting schedule whereby 60% of a positive bonus is payable 60 days following the end of each calendar year, 30% of the earned bonus is paid one year thereafter, and the remaining 10% is paid two years thereafter.  Negative bonus amounts for a given year will be applied against any unvested positive bonus amounts from prior years that have made minority investmentsnot yet been paid.  Mr. Thomas also has an option to purchase up to 2.5% of the currently issued and outstanding units in several different industries.

Since September 2015, we have made a series of investments in commercial real estate, a commercial real estate management, brokerage and related services business as well as an asset management business. We currently own 30% of Logic Real Estate Companies, LLC, which we refer to as "Logic." On May 1, 2023, our BOAM subsidiary acquired 100% of the membership interests in 24th Street, from the members of 24th Street other than BOAM, for cash and BOC Class A common stock valued at $5,016,494 in the aggregate. Prior to the transaction, BOAM indirectly owned 48% of the membership interests of 24th Street. The consideration consisted of $2,759,072 in cash at closing, an additional $1,254,102 in cash subject to holdback, and 45,644 shares of BOC Class A common stock (based on the average closing price of BOC Class A common stock for the 30 business day period ending two days before the closing date). The shares issued in the transaction are unregistered and have no registration rights. The purchase agreement also provides for certain payments based on performance to receive the holdback amount and certain other potential earnout payments. In addition, we have invested, through one of our subsidiaries, an aggregate of $6 million in the 24th Street Funds. These funds are managed by 24th Street, and focus on opportunities within secured lending and direct investments in commercial real estate.

In December 2017, we invested $10 million in common units of Dream Finders Holdings LLC, which we refer to as "DFH," the parent company of Dream Finders Homes, LLC, a national home builder. In addition to its homebuilding operations, DFH's subsidiaries provide mortgage loan origination and title insurance services to homebuyers. On January 25, 2021, Dream Finders Homes, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of DFH, completed its initial public offering and Dream Finders Homes, Inc. became a holding company and sole manager of DFH. Upon completion of the initial public offering, our outstanding common units in DFH were converted into 4,681,099 shares of Class A common stock of Dream Finders Homes, Inc., and one of our subsidiaries purchased an additional 120,000 shares of Class A common stock in the initial public offering. Since DFH’s initial public offering through December 31, 2023, we have sold all 4,801,099 shares of DFH Class A common stock for gross proceeds of approximately $81 million.

In May 2018, through one of our subsidiaries, we invested approximately $19 million through the purchase of common stock of CB&T Holding Corporation, which we refer to as "CB&T," the privately-held parent company of Crescent Bank & Trust, Inc., which we refer to as "Crescent." Our investment now represents 15.6% of CB&T’s outstanding common stock. Crescent is located in New Orleans and generates the majority of its revenues from indirect subprime automobile lending across the United States.

In October 2020, our subsidiary BOC Yellowstone LLC, which we refer to as "BOC Yellowstone," served as sponsor for the underwritten initial public offering of a special purpose acquisition company named Yellowstone Acquisition Company, which we refer to as "Yellowstone." Yellowstone sold in its public offering 13,598,898 units at a price of $10.00 per unit, each unit consisting of one share of Class A common stock and a redeemable warrant to purchase one-half of a share of Class A common stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share. Between August and November 2020, we invested, through BOC Yellowstone, approximately $7.8 million through the purchase of 3,399,724 shares of Class B common stock and 7,719,779 non-redeemable private placement warrants, each warrant entitling us to purchase one share of Class A common stock at $11.50 per share. In August 2021, Yellowstone entered into a business combination agreement with Sky Harbour LLC, which we refer to as "SHG," a developer of private aviation infrastructure focused on building, leasing and managing business aviation hangars. The business combination was completed on January 25, 2022 and Yellowstone changed its name to Sky Harbour Group Corporation, which we refer to as “Sky Harbour.” Sky Harbour’s Class A common stock trades on the NYSE American under the symbol “SKYH” and its warrants to purchase Class A common stock trade under the symbol “SKYH.WS.”

In September 2021, through one of our subsidiaries, we invested $55 million directly into SHG and received Series B preferred units, which we refer to "Sky Series B Preferred Units." Upon the successful consummation of the Sky Harbour business combination, this investment converted into 5,500,000 shares of Sky Harbour's Class A common stock based upon an assumed value of $10.00 per share. In December 2021, we agreed to provide Sky Harbour an additional $45 million through the purchase of 4,500,000 shares of Class A common stock upon the closing of the Sky Harbour business combination, which was consummated in January 2022.

In 2021, we established the BFR Fund subsidiary within BOAM to operate a proposed build-for-rent business, focusing on developing, building, and managing single family detached and/or townhomes for long term rentals. We invested approximately $15 million of capital to finance the initial acquisitions for these projects and subsequently raised third-party capital to be invested alongside our capital. The BFR Fund acquired land parcels in Nevada with the initial plan to develop, construct, and operate build-for-rent communities. However, challenges in the market, including the increase in interest rates and the inability to achieve what we believe are appropriate risk-adjusted returns, have led us to pursue selling the BFR Fund's entitled land assets to public homebuilders. Consequently, we plan to wind down the BFR Fund earlier than originally targeted by returning the uninvested cash on hand to BFR Fund partners and, as we sell the BFR Fund's entitled land assets, returning that capital to BFR Fund partners as well.

In July 2023, we invested approximately $3 million in voting preferred stock of MyBundle.TV Inc., which we refer to as "MyBundle," a company serving the broadband industry.

GIG. Any purchase of these units are subject to certain put and call provisions. To date, Mr. Thomas has exercised a portion of the options. In the event that, after five years of employment, Mr. Thomas’s employment is terminated by UCS without “Cause” or by Mr. Thomas for “Good Reason,” Mr. Thomas will be entitled to be paid upon termination for any unvested portions of previously earned bonuses.
Keating Employment Agreement. On January 6, 2023, we hired Brendan Keating, who is a member of our Board, to serve as a Manager of Boston Omaha Asset Management, LLC (“BOAM”). In connection with the employment of Mr. Keating, BOAM and Mr. Keating entered into a services agreement, pursuant to which Mr. Keating received an annual base salary of $550,000 per year and a payment of $187,500 for services provided through December 31, 2022. In addition, any bonus Mr. Keating receives will be paid through the profits distributions and fee distribution mechanism established for the holders of the Class C units of BOAM under the Amended and Restated Operating Agreement. The Amended and Restated Operating Agreement grants to each of Mr. Keating, Mr. Peterson and Mr. Rozek, as Co-Managing Partners, Class C “profits interest” units in BOAM as incentive compensation. 
Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End for Named Executive Officers
On February 5, 2024, pursuant to the terms of our 2022 Long Term Incentive Plan, we issued 8,440 shares of our Class A common stock to our Chief Financial Officer, Joshua P. Weisenburger, and we also issued 10,128 shares of our Class A common stock to our Chief Accounting Officer, Joseph M. Meisinger. All 8,440 shares of Class A common stock issued to Mr. Weisenburger vested immediately. 3,376 shares of Class A common stock issued to Mr. Meisinger vested immediately and the remaining 6,752 shares vest in two equal installments in February 2025 and February 2026. Vesting of Mr. Meisinger's unvested shares are subject to continuing employment with the Company. In January 2023, Mr. Weisenburger received a restricted stock grant for 11,559 shares of Class A common stock which was issued on January 3, 2023 for services rendered in 2022 and 2021, and which vests as follows: 5,029 shares of Class A common stock vested on the date of the grant,  3,265 shares of Class A common stock vested on January 2, 2024 and the remaining 3,265 shares of Class A common stock vest on January 2, 2025. Mr. Meisinger also received a restricted stock grant in January 2023 for 3,056 shares of Class A common stock, of which 1,645 shares of Class A common stock vested on the date of grant, 705 shares of Class A common stock vest on January 2, 2024, and the remaining 706 shares of Class A common stock vest on January 2, 2025. Our restricted stock agreements allow the recipient to pay for any withholding tax obligation by returning shares to the Company equal in value to the withholding tax payable for the receipt of such shares.  We had no other outstanding equity awards at December 31, 2023 issued to our executive officers.  At December 31, 2023, the value of unvested shares of Class A common stock issued to Mr. Weisenburger and Mr. Meisinger in 2023 was $102,717 and $22,195, respectively, based on the per share closing price of $15.73 for our Class A common stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on December 29, 2023.

Additional Opportunities for Growth

Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.
The following table sets forth as of April 19, 2024 certain information with respect to the beneficial ownership of our common stock by (i) each person known by us to own beneficially more than 5% of our outstanding shares of each of our Class A common stock and our Class B common stock, (ii) each of our directors, (iii) each of our named executive officers and (iv) all directors and executive officers as a group. As of the close of business on April 19, 2024, 31,138,769 shares of Class A common stock and 1,055,560 shares of Class B common stock were outstanding. In addition, to our activities in outdoor billboards, broadband services, surety insurance, asset management and the various industries in which we have made minority investments, we will also consider other industries which offer the potential for predictable and attractive returns on invested capital. We expect to continue to be opportunistic in exploring other opportunities which meet our investment criteria.  

Our objective is to grow intrinsic value per share at an attractive rate by retaining capital to reinvest in the productive capabilities of our current subsidiaries, make opportunistic investments, and/or invest in new, anticipated durable earnings streams. Each of these options for capital will be compared to one another on a regular basis, and capital will be deployed according to our management’s judgment as to where it believes allocated capital has the potential to achieve the best long-term return.

Our History

Boston Omaha Corporation was originally incorporated as REO Plus, Inc., which we refer to as “REO,” on August 10, 2009. On March 16, 2015, we reincorporated as a Delaware corporation, adopted new bylaws and changed our name to Boston Omaha Corporation. Our principal business address is 1601 Dodge Street, Suite 3300, Omaha, Nebraska 68102, and our telephone number is 857-256-0079. We registered as a reporting company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which we refer to as the “Exchange Act,” on November 9, 2016. In 2016, wethere were listed for trading on the OTCQX under the trading symbol “BOMN,” and in June 2017, in connection with our 2017 public offering, we transferred and uplisted to the NASDAQ Capital Market under the trading symbol “BOMN.”  On January 14, 2022, we transferred our listing to the New York Stock Exchange and now trade under the trading symbol “BOC.”

On February 13, 2015, Magnolia Capital Fund, L.P., which we refer to as “MCF,” and Boulderado Partners, LLC, which we refer to as “BP,” acquired shares of the Company’s common stock representing approximately 95% of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares at the time. MCF is managed by The Magnolia Group, LLC,warrants which we referare currently exercisable to as “Magnolia,” and BP is managed by Boulderado Capital, LLC and Boulderado Group, LLC, which we collectively refer to as “Boulderado.” Magnolia is managed by Adam K. Peterson, onepurchase 104,772 shares of our Co-ChairmenClass B common stock and Co-Chief Executive Officers. Boulderado is managed by Alex B. Rozek, one of our Co-Chairmen and Co-Chief Executive Officers.

On June 18, 2015, we amended and restated our certificate of incorporation and effected a 7:1 reverse stock split784 shares of our Class A common stock.  We also created an additional series of our stock now named Class B common stock, par value $0.001 per share. Each share of Class B common stock is identical to the Class A common stock in liquidation, dividend and similar rights. The only differences between our Class B common stock and our Class A common stock is that each share of Class B common stock has 10 votes for each share held, whilevotes. 

Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the Class Arules of the SEC and includes voting and investment power with respect to shares. Unless otherwise indicated below, to our knowledge, all persons named in the table have sole voting and investment power with respect to their shares of common stock, except to the extent authority is shared under applicable law. MCF has a single vote per share, and certain actions cannot be taken without the approval of the holders of the Class B common stock. There are currently 1,055,560warrants to purchase 52,778 shares of our Class B common stock outstanding, whichand BP has warrants to purchase 51,994 shares are ownedof our Class B common stock. All Class B common stock is convertible to Class A common stock at the option of the holder. Unless otherwise indicated, the address of each person named in equal amounts by each of MCF and BP.

Since 2015, we have raised capital through private investments, public offerings and a bank term loan entered into by Link with a commercial lender.

the table is c/o Boston Omaha Corporation, 1601 Dodge Street, Suite 3300, Omaha, Nebraska 68102.
  Class A common stock  Class B common stock         
Name of Beneficial Owner Shares  Percentage of Outstanding Class of Stock  Shares  Percentage of Outstanding Class of Stock  Percentage of Aggregate Voting Power of Class A common stock and Class B common stock (1)  Percentage of Aggregate Economic Interest of Class A common stock and Class B common stock (2) 
5% stockholders:
                        
Magnolia Capital Fund, L.P. (3)  -   -   580,558   50.03%  13.58%  1.80%
Magnolia BOC I, LP  5,589,253   17.95%          13.08%  17.30%
The Magnolia Group, LLC  93,176   *           *   * 
Boulderado Partners, LLC (4)  210,000   *   579,774   49.97%  14.06%  2.45%
238 Plan Associates LLC(5)  2,444,473   7.85%          5.72%  7.57%
Blackrock, Inc.(6)  1,667,203   5.35%          3.90%  5.16%
Named executive officers and directors:
                        
Adam K. Peterson (3)(7)  6,112,360   19.63%  580,558   50.03%  27.88%  20.72%
Alex B. Rozek (4)(8)  210,000   *   579,774   49.97%  14.06%  2.45%
Bradford B. Briner (9)  22,750   *           *   * 
Brendan J. Keating (10)  145,000   *           *   * 
Frank H. Kenan II (11)  164,416   *           *   * 
Jeffrey C. Royal (12)  32,750   *           *   * 
Vishnu Srinivasan (13)  9,750   *           *   * 
Joshua P. Weisenburger (14)  21,589   *           *   * 
Joseph M. Meisinger (15)  11,229   *                 
All directors and officers as a group (9 persons)
  
6,729,844
   
21.61
%
  
1,160,332
   
100.00
%
  
42.89
%
  
24.43
%
*Less than 1%
(1)The percent of Percentage of Aggregate Voting Power of Class A common stock and Class B common stock reflects that each share of Class B common stock has 10 votes for each share of Class A common stock and assumes all outstanding Class B common stock warrants are exercised.
(2)The percent of aggregate economic interest is based on both our Class A common stock and Class B common stock combined. The Class B common stock converts to Class A common stock on a 1:1 basis.
(3)Shares of Class B common stock includes warrants to purchase 52,778 shares of our Class B common stock.
(4)Shares of Class B common stock includes warrants to purchase 51,994 shares of our Class B common stock.
(5)Based upon a Schedule 13G/A filed with the SEC on February 13, 2024, with a current address listed as One Broadway, 9th Floor, Suite 200, Cambridge, MA 02142.
(6)Based upon a Schedule 13G/A filed with the SEC on January 29, 2024, with a current address listed as 50 Hudson Yards, New York, New York 10001.
(7)
Represents 429,055 shares of Class A common stock owned by Mr. Peterson directly, 93,176 shares of Class A common stock owned by The Magnolia Group, LLC,  876 shares owned by a trust in which Mr. Peterson holds voting power but disclaims a beneficial interest, 527,780 shares of Class B common stock and warrants to purchase 52,778 shares of Class B common stock owned by Adam K. Peterson, Magnolia Capital Fund, L.P., and The Magnolia Group, LLC, and 5,589,253 shares of Class A common stock owned by Magnolia BOC I, LP. Mr. Peterson serves as the manager of The Magnolia Group, LLC, the general partner of each of Magnolia Capital Fund, L.P. and Magnolia BOC I, LP and votes the shares held by Magnolia BOC I, LP. The Magnolia Group, LLC and Mr. Peterson disclaim beneficial ownership with respect to the shares held by MCF and BOC I except to the extent of their respective pecuniary interests therein.  
(8)Represents shares and warrants owned by Boulderado Partners, LLC directly, which includes 210,000 shares of Class A common stock over which Mr. Rozek has indirect beneficial ownership and a warrant to purchase up to 784 shares of Class A common stock.  Mr. Rozek serves as the manager of Boulderado Capital, LLC, the manager of Boulderado Partners, LLC.
(9)Includes 20,000 shares of Class A common stock held by a limited liability company of which Mr. Briner is the Managing Member and 2,750 shares owned directly by Mr. Briner, of which 1,574 shares are subject to forfeiture.
(10)Represents 50,372 shares of Class A common stock held by a trust established for the benefit of Mr. Keating, 42,028 shares of Class A common stock held by an irrevocable trust for the benefit of Mr. Keating and members of his family, 6,800 shares of Class A common stock held by Mr. Keating, of which 1,574 shares are subject to forfeiture, and 45,800 shares of Class A common stock held in retirement and 401(k) accounts for the benefit of Mr. Keating.
(11)Represents 58,276 shares of Class A common stock held by KD Capital, L.P., of which Mr. Kenan serves as a manager and owns 100% of KD Capital Management, LLC, which is the general partner of KD Capital, L.P., 103,390 shares of Class A common stock held by a trust under which Mr. Kenan is both the trustee and beneficiary, and 2,750 shares of Class A common stock owned directly by Mr. Kenan, of which 1,574 shares of Class A common stock owned directly by Mr. Kenan are subject to forfeiture.
(12)Includes 1,574 shares of Class A common stock held by Mr. Royal and subject to forfeiture.
(13)Includes 1,574 shares of Class A common stock held by Mr. Srinivasan and subject to forfeiture.
(14)Includes 3,265 shares of Class A common stock held by Mr. Weisenburger and subject to forfeiture.
(15)Includes 6,752 shares of Class A common stock held by Mr. Meisinger and subject to forfeiture.

Our Relationship with Magnolia and Boulderado

In their roles as general partners

There are no arrangements known to the Company, including any pledge by any person of MCF, Magnolia BOC I, LP, which we refer to as "MBOC I" and BP, Magnolia and Boulderado, through their ownership of Class A common stock and all of our Class B common stock, control approximately 42% of the aggregate voting power and, as a result, will for the foreseeable future likely be able to continue to effectively control the election of our directors, determine our corporate and management policies and determine without the consent of our other stockholders the outcome of any corporate transaction or other matters submitted to our stockholders for approval, including potential mergers or acquisitions, asset sales and other significant corporate transactions. Adam K. Peterson, our Co-Chief Executive Officer and one of our directors, is a principal in Magnolia and Alex B. Rozek, our other Co-Chief Executive Officer and a directorsecurities of the Company, isthe operation of which may at a principalsubsequent date result in Boulderado. In addition, eacha change in control of Magnoliathe Company.
Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance
Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires the Company’s executive officers and Boulderado, asdirectors, and persons who own more than ten percent of any publicly traded class of the holdersCompany’s equity securities, to file reports of our Class B common stock, haveownership and changes in ownership of equity securities of the ability to limit our ability to take certain actions, notwithstanding the approval of a majority of our board of directors to take such action.

The interests of these funds managed by Magnolia and Boulderado may not coincide with the interests of other holders of our Class A common stock. Mr. Peterson and Mr. Rozek also receive compensation from Magnolia and Boulderado for their roles as managers of Magnolia and Boulderado, respectively. Additionally, these funds are in the business of making investments in companies and may, from time to time, acquire and hold interests in businesses that compete directly or indirectly with us.

MCF is a private investment partnership in Omaha, Nebraska, which commenced operations in August 2014. MBOC I is a private investment partnership in Omaha, Nebraska, which commenced operations in February 2018. Adam K. Peterson is the sole manager of Magnolia, an investment adviser registeredCompany with the SEC. Magnolia isOfficers, directors, and greater-than-ten percent stockholders are required by the general partnerSEC’s regulations to furnish the Company with copies of all Section 16(a) forms that they file.

Based solely upon a review of Forms 3 and Forms 4 and amendments thereto furnished to the manager of MCFCompany during the most recent fiscal year and MBOC I. BP is a private investment partnership in Boston, Massachusetts, formed in June 2007. Alex B. Rozek isForms 5 and amendments thereto furnished to the Managing Member of Boulderado, the management company of BP. On February 6, 2019, BP returned all outside capital and is continuing operations to manage family investments only. As a result of these distributions, Boulderado BOC, LP distributed all of its shares of Class A common stock and was subsequently dissolved. On June 18, 2021, Magnolia BOC II LP distributed all shares of Class A common stockCompany with respect to its limited partner and was subsequently dissolved.

Our Acquisitions and Equity Investments

Since June 2015, we have expended over $530 million in the acquisition of businesses in outdoor billboard advertising, broadband services, surety insurance and brokerage operations, investment in our asset management business, and in the purchase of minority equity interests in various businesses. We anticipate seeking further acquisitions in these business areas and possibly expanding into other businesses that we believe have the potential for durable profitability in a very competitive world.

Outdoor BillboardAdvertising. Since June 2015, through over twenty acquisitions, several asset purchases and one exchange, we have acquired numerous billboard structures, many with multiple faces, related easements, and rights in some instances to construct additional billboards. These billboards are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin. We paid a combined purchase price of over $240 million for these billboards and related assets. As of March 1, 2024, we operated approximately 4,000 billboard structures containing approximately 7,600 advertising faces, of which over 90 are digital displays.

Surety Insurance. Since September 2015, through six acquisitions, we have acquired one insurance company (UCS) and five insurance brokerage firms. We paid a combined purchase price of approximately $21.7 million. Additionally, we have contributed approximately $16.3 million in statutory capital to UCS. UCS is authorized to issue surety insurance in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, is approved by the United States Department of Treasury, and rated "A-" (Excellent) by A.M. Best Company.

Broadband Services. In March 2020, AireBeam acquired substantially all the business assets of FibAire, a rural broadband internet provider. AireBeam provided high-speed internet to over 8,000 subscribers in communities in southern Arizona with a high-speed fixed wireless internet service and is building an all fiber-to-the-home network in select Arizona markets. We acquired AireBeam for approximately $12.3 million in cash and issued to FibAire’s co-founder and chief executive 10% of the equity in the newly formed entity. In June 2021, we purchased the 10% equity stake in AireBeam from FibAire's co-founder and chief executive for approximately $664,000. In December 2020, we acquired substantially all of the business assets of UBB, a rural broadband internet provider. UBB provided high-speed internet to over 10,000 subscribers in Salt Lake City, Park City, Ogden, Provo and surrounding communities. We acquired UBB for approximately $21.3 million in cash and issued to Alpine Networks, Inc., UBB’s member, 20% of the equity in the newly formed entity. Steve McGhie, the president of Alpine Networks, Inc. currently serves as chief executive officer of Boston Omaha Broadband. In April 2022, we acquired substantially all of the business assets of InfoWest, which are fiber and fixed wireless internet service providers with over 20,000 customers throughout Southern and Central Utah, Northern Arizona, and Moapa Valley, Nevada. We acquired InfoWest for approximately $38.8 million in cash and issued to the co-founders of InfoWest 20% of the equity in the newly formed entity. In June 2022, UBB completed the acquisition of Strawberry Communications, LLC's internet services business for approximately $1.1 million. In June 2023, InfoWest acquired from Pro Communication and Construction Services, LLC, which we refer to as “ProComm,” broadband construction equipment and related assets for a purchase price of approximately $2.9 million paid in cash. In October 2023, InfoWest acquired substantially all of the business assets of SunRiver Fiber Network from Cable Systems of Nevada, which we refer to as "Cable Systems," for a purchase price of approximately $4.4 million.

Minority Investments.Since 2015, we have made minority investments in several different industries.

Since September 2015, we have made a series of investments in commercial real estate, a commercial real estate management, brokerage and related services business as well as an asset management business. We currently own 30% of Logic. On May 1, 2023, our BOAM subsidiary acquired 100% of the membership interests in 24th Street from the members of 24th Street other than BOAM for cash and BOC Class A common stock valued at $5,016,494 in the aggregate. Prior to the transaction, BOAM indirectly owned 48% of the membership interests of 24th Street. The consideration consisted of $2,759,072 in cash at closing, an additional $1,254,102 in cash subject to holdback, and 45,644 shares of BOC Class A common stock (based on the average closing price of BOC Class A common stock for the 30 business day period ending two days before the closing date). The shares issued in the transaction are unregistered and have no registration rights. The purchase agreement also provides for certain payments based on performance to receive the holdback amount and certain other potential earnout payments. In addition, we have invested, through one of our subsidiaries, an aggregate of $6 million in the 24th Street Funds. These funds are managed by 24th Street, and focus on opportunities within secured lending and direct investments in commercial real estate.

In December 2017, we invested $10 million in common units of DFH, the parent company of Dream Finders Homes, LLC, a national home builder. In addition to its homebuilding operations, DFH's subsidiaries provide mortgage loan origination and title insurance services to homebuyers. On January 25, 2021, Dream Finders Homes, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of DFH, completed its initial public offering and Dream Finders Homes, Inc. became a holding company and sole manager of DFH. Upon completion of the initial public offering, our outstanding common units in DFH were converted into 4,681,099 shares of Class A common stock of Dream Finders Homes, Inc., and one of our subsidiaries purchased an additional 120,000 shares of Class A common stock in the initial public offering. Since DFH’s initial public offering through December 31, 2022, we have sold all 4,801,099 shares of DFH Class A common stock for gross proceeds of approximately $81 million.

In May 2018, through one of our subsidiaries, we invested approximately $19 million through the purchase of common stock of CB&T, the privately-held parent company of Crescent. Our investment now represents 15.6% of CB&T’s outstanding common stock. Crescent is located in New Orleans and generates the majority of its revenues from indirect subprime automobile lending across the United States.

In October 2020, our subsidiary BOC Yellowstone served as sponsor for the underwritten initial public offering of a special purpose acquisition company named Yellowstone Acquisition Company. Yellowstone sold in its public offering 13,598,898 units at a price of $10.00 per unit, each unit consisting of one share of Class A common stock and a redeemable warrant to purchase one-half of a share of Class A common stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share. Between August and November 2020, we invested, through BOC Yellowstone, approximately $7.8 million through the purchase of 3,399,724 shares of Class B common stock and 7,719,779 non-redeemable private placement warrants, each warrant entitling us to purchase one share of Class A common stock at $11.50 per share. In August 2021, Yellowstone entered into a business combination agreement with Sky Harbour LLC, a developer of private aviation infrastructure focused on building, leasing and managing business aviation hangars. The business combination was completed on January 25, 2022 and Yellowstone changed its name to Sky Harbour Group Corporation. Sky Harbour’s Class A common stock trades on the NYSE American under the symbol “SKYH” and its warrants to purchase Class A common stock trade under the symbol “SKYH.WS.”

In September 2021, through one of our subsidiaries, we invested $55 million directly into SHG and received Series B preferred units. Upon the successful consummation of the Sky Harbour business combination, this investment converted into 5,500,000 shares of Sky Harbour's Class A common stock based upon an assumed value of $10.00 per share. In December 2021, we agreed to provide Sky Harbour an additional $45 million through the purchase of 4,500,000 shares of Class A common stock upon the closing of the Sky Harbour business combination, which was consummated in January 2022.

In 2021, we established the BFR Fund subsidiary within BOAM to operate a proposed build-for-rent business, focusing on developing, building, and managing single family detached and/or townhomes for long term rentals. We invested approximately $15 million of capital to finance the initial acquisitions for these projects and subsequently raised third-party capital to be invested alongside our capital. The BFR Fund acquired land parcels in Nevada with the initial plan to develop, construct, and operate build-for-rent communities. However, challenges in the market, including the increase in interest rates and the inability to achieve what we believe are appropriate risk-adjusted returns, have led us to pursue selling the BFR Fund's entitled land assets to public homebuilders. Consequently, we plan to wind down the BFR Fund earlier than originally targeted by returning the uninvested cash on hand to BFR Fund partners and, as we sell the BFR Fund's entitled land assets, returning that capital to BFR Fund partners as well.

In July 2023, we invested approximately $3 million in voting preferred stock of MyBundle, a company serving the broadband industry.

Industry Background

We currently operate outdoor billboard advertising services, provide broadband services, and sell surety insurance products and have made minority investments in several commercial real estate management and brokerage companies, a bank focused on servicing the automotive loan market, a homebuilding company and a developer of private aviation infrastructure focused on building, leasing and managing business aviation hangars.

Outdoor BillboardAdvertising. We currently own and operate approximately 4,000 billboard structures in the Southeast and Midwest United States containing approximately 7,600 advertising faces, of which approximately 90 are digital displays. In addition, we hold options to build additional billboards in a few of these states. Over 95% of our billboards reside on leased parcels of property. The site lease terms generally range from one to 20 years and often come with renewal options. Many of our leases contain options to extend the lease so as to allow continuous operation for many years or exist in areas wheremost recent fiscal year, we believe that regulations make it probable a new lease will be signed prior to expiration on similar economic terms to existing leases. Bulletins are large advertising structures consisting of panels, called faces, on which advertising copy is displayed. On traditional billboards, the customer’s advertising copy is printedour executive officers and directors and ten percent stockholders complied with computer-generated graphics on a single sheet of vinyl and wrapped around the billboard face. Bulletins are usually located on major highways and target vehicular traffic. Advertising contracts are typically short-term to medium-term (one week to three years). We generally lease individually selected bulletin space to advertisers for the duration of the contract.  In addition to the traditional displays described above, we also have digital displays which generally come with shorter term advertising contracts (one week to twelve months). Outdoor billboards were estimated as a $6.2 billion market in the U.S. in 2022 based on industry trade journals. Other outdoor advertising solutions, including street furniture (for example, bus shelters and benches), transit and other new alternative advertising signs at sports stadiums, malls, airports and other locations account for approximately an additional estimated $2.3 billion in revenues in 2022 according to industry sources. There is no concentration of industries to which we lease billboard space.

Surety Insurance. Suretyship insurance occurs when one party guarantees payment or performance by another party for an obligation or undertaking. Many obligations are guaranteed through surety bonds. Common types of surety bonds include commercial surety bonds and contract surety bonds. Suretyship is an integral part of the functioning of government and commerce. In many complex endeavors involving risk, a need exists to have a third party assure the performance or obligations of one party to another party. Surety companies are the “third parties” that provide such financial assurances in return for premium payments. Surety bonds are provided in government bidding and contracting processes as well as for individuals obtaining various government licenses and for individuals and businesses entering into apartment and office lease rentals. Various types of bonds are designed to ensure that when a contractor bids on a project, and is awarded the project, that the project is completed for the amount of the bid, and that the contractors pay their subcontractors and suppliers.

Surety bonds are regulated by state insurance departments. Surety insurance companies operate on a different business model than traditional casualty insurance. Surety is designed to prevent a loss. Though some losses do occur, surety premiums do not contain large provisions for loss payment. The surety takes only those risks which its underwriting experience indicates are reasonable to assume based on its underlying experience. This service is for qualified individuals or businesses whose affairs require a guarantor. The surety views its underwriting as a form of credit, much like a lending arrangement, and places its emphasis on the qualifications of the prime contractor or subcontractor to fulfill its obligations successfully, examining the contractor’s credit history, financial strength, experience, work in progress and management capability. After the surety assesses such factors, it makes a determination as to the appropriateness and the amount, if any, of surety credit.

Surety insurers are highly regulated and scrutinized, through legalall Section 16(a) filing requirements for regular financial, market conduct and operational audits, and other means, in order to conduct business in the estimated $8.6 billion surety market, based on 2022 industry reports. Most surety companies, in turn, distribute surety bonds through licensed surety bond producers, licensed business professionals who have specialized knowledge of surety products, the surety market, and the business strategies and underwriting differences among sureties. A bond producer can serve as an objective, external resource for evaluating a construction firm’s capabilities and, where necessary, can suggest improvements to help the construction firm meet a surety company’s underwriting requirements. Bond producers compete based on their experience, reputation, and ability to issue bonds on behalf of sureties.

Broadband Services.Our AireBeam, UBB, InfoWest, and FFH businesses provide fiber connectivity to homes, business and community organizations in certain markets in Arizona, Florida, Nevada, Utah, and other locales. Driven by the rising demand for higher bandwidth and faster speed connections for a variety of industrial and residential purposes, fiber optic transmission is becoming more and more common in modern society. Fiber optic cables have a much greater bandwidth than metal cables. The significantly higher amount of information that can be transmitted per unit time of fiber over other transmission media is its most significant advantage. Also, an optical fiber offers low power loss, which allows for longer transmission distances. Fiber optic is generally less susceptible to electromagnetic interference, has greater capacity and weighs less than traditional metal wire connections. Also, fiber optic is made of glass, which can provide certain cost advantages over traditional copper wire. Optical fiber is more difficult and expensive to install than copper wire and special equipment is required to test optical fiber. Fiber optic is also highly susceptible to becoming cut or damaged during installation or construction activities. We believe that the demand for broadband services has increased significantly since the COVID pandemic began and that this demand will continue to grow as more businesses and consumers rely on remote connectivity for work, learning, telehealth and other connectivity needs and as new technologies expand the ability to digitally share information and services.

Business Overview and Strategy

Since present management took over in February 2015, we have engaged in (i) acquisitions and minority investments in outdoor billboard advertising, broadband service providers, asset management, surety insurance, commercial real estate services, homebuilding and a bank holding company, (ii) purchases of publicly traded equity securities and (iii) in October 2020 served as the sponsor for an initial public offering for Yellowstone and its subsequent business combination with Sky Harbour in January 2022. Our strategy focuses on investing in companies and lines of business that have consistently demonstrated earnings power over time, with attractive pre-tax historical returns on tangible equity capital, and that we believe are available at a reasonable price.

We source acquisitions both internally via phone calls, research or mailings, business relationships developed over time and also by receipt of target acquisition opportunities from a number of brokers and other professionals. We seek acquisitions consistent with our growth strategy, but there can be no assurance that we will consummate acquisitions pursuant to outstanding letters of intent or acquire any additional billboard assets, surety brokerage firms, broadband service providers, or minority investments in any other businesses. Furthermore, our acquisitions are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including as to when, whether, and to what extent the anticipated benefits and cost savings of a particular acquisition will be realized. We are also seeking opportunities to acquire other businesses or a significant interest in existing businesses. We look to acquire businesses in their entirety that have consistently demonstrated earnings power over time, with attractive pre-tax historical returns on tangible equity capital, and that are available at a reasonable price.  However, we may consider minority positions and stock issuances when the economics are favorable. In certain circumstances, we may enter lines of business directly when the opportunities and economics of doing so are favorable in comparison to acquisitions.

Outdoor BillboardAdvertising. We seek to capitalize on our growing network and diversified geographical and product mix to grow revenues. We believe the outdoor advertising business offers attractive industry fundamentals which we hope to utilize and leverage as we plan to continue to grow our presence in the United States. We hope that our growing presence will be an attractive tool in identifying and attracting both local and national advertisers. We work with our customers to enable them to better understand how our billboards can successfully reach their target audiences and promote their advertising campaigns. Our long-term strategy for our outdoor advertising business includes pursuing digital display opportunities where appropriate, while simultaneously utilizing traditional methods of displaying outdoor advertisements, and with a goal of consolidating fragmented markets where applicable.

Digital displays offer the opportunity to link electronic displays through centralized computer systems to change advertising copy instantaneously and simultaneously on a large number of displays. The ability to change copy by time of day and quickly change messaging based on advertisers’ needs creates additional flexibility for our customers. However, digital displays require more capital to construct and maintain compared to traditional bulletins and increase the supply of advertising faces in a market.

Our local production staffs provide many of our customers a range of services required to create and install advertising copy. Production work includes creating the advertising copy design and layout, coordinating its printing with outside printing firms and installing the copy on the billboard face. We provide creative services to smaller advertisers and to advertisers not represented by advertising agencies. National advertisers often use preprinted designs that require only installation. Our creative and production personnel typically develop new designs or adapt copy from other media for use on our inventory. Our creative staff also can assist in the development of marketing presentations, demonstrations, and strategies to attract new clients.

We typically own the physical structures on which our clients’ advertising copy is displayed. We acquire new structures from third parties on sites we either lease or own or for which we have acquired permanent easements. We generally have limited or no responsibilities to maintain the land on which the billboard is sited. The site lease terms generally range from one to 20 years and often come with renewal options or exist in areas where we believe that regulations make it probable a new lease will be signed prior to expiration on similar economic terms to existing leases. In addition to the site lease, we usually need to obtain a permit to build and operate the sign. Permits are typically issued in perpetuity by the state or local government and typically are transferable or renewable for a minimal or no fee. Traditional bulletin and poster advertising copy is printed with computer generated graphics to form a single sheet of vinyl. These advertisements are then transported to the site and wrapped around the face of the structure.

Surety Insurance. UCS has specialized in providing surety bonds since 1989. UCS is an authorized insurance carrier rated A- (“Excellent”) by A.M. Best and is approved by the United States Department of the Treasury (570 Circular). UCS is currently licensed to conduct business in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. In addition to issuing traditional construction bonds for contractors and subcontractors, UCS offers a wide array of miscellaneous, license and permit bonds that protect consumers from the business activities of our customers or provide assurance to counterparties that our insureds will fulfill licensure requirements or faithfully remit monies owed.  We also operate American Contracting Services, Inc., which we refer to as "ACS," South Coast Surety Insurance Services, LLC, which we refer to as "SCS," and The Warnock Agency, Inc., which we refer to as "Warnock," brokers with clients nationwide, and Surety Support Services, Inc., which we refer to as "SSS," another surety insurance brokerage with clients concentrated in several Midwestern states. As of December 31, 2023, ACS, Warnock and SSS were merged into SCS.

We seek to reduce our risk by limiting policy amounts, following extensive underwriting processes, reviewing dashboards of critical metrics, and purchasing reinsurance coverage. Our underwriting process considers a number of factors, including the financial health of the customer, the customer’s operating history, the type of obligation, the geographic territory where the contract is being issued, the language of the bond and the subject contract, and, if appropriate, a customer’s pledge of collateral to reduce the risk in the event of a default. Historically, claims on surety bonds are limited by the extensive underwriting analysis undertaken before a risk is agreed to, forms of security provided upon the bond’s issuance, and by the legal ability to pursue the customer obtaining the surety bond for recovery of amounts paid due to a claim. A significant portion of our business in 2019 and 2020 was selling bonds securing rental payments due to landlords, primarily in the greater New York City area.  Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we stopped issuing these surety bonds. A surety’s right of indemnification contrasts with property and casualty, or life insurance coverages, where no such recovery right exists. Unlike other insurance, surety insurance losses are commonly limited by the indemnity obligations of the insured, collateral provided by the insured at the time of issuance, or the insurance company’s contractual right to uncollected funds from construction projects on which it has issued a bond and steps in for the insured.

Broadband Services. We seek to capitalize on the growing demand for rural internet access and increased bandwidth capacity as the economy shifts towards increased consumer demand and telecommuting work arrangements. AireBeam, UBB and InfoWest operate in several underserved communities in Arizona, Nevada, and Utah that need higher speed and greater internet capacity. Our strategy is to grow our presence in the rural broadband business as we expect many more communities to demand increasingly more bandwidth to their homes and businesses than their current service offering can reliably provide. Within certain markets, we believe that fiber-to-the-home has the potential to be a long-lived asset that fits into our objective to invest in what we believe are durable businesses that have the potential to achieve favorable pre-tax returns on invested capital. Recent studies suggest that a large proportion of homes in the United States have not connected to high-speed broadband services as their communities lack all-fiber connectivity. We believe that the combination of the rural broadband business models at AireBeam, UBB and InfoWest we acquired together with our stronger balance sheet provides a competitive platform to bring fiber-to-the-home to additional communities in Arizona, Nevada, and Utah and other similarly situated communities in other states. In addition, through our FFH business, we have already entered into contracts with home builders to bring fiber-to-the-home in large residential developments currently under construction and expect to continue to expand this to additional developments in the future. We believe that the fiber-to-the-home market shares similar qualities with our billboard and surety insurance markets in providing a diversified customer base in markets which impose some obstacles to competitors. We also believe that many broadband systems are owned by a significant number of small operators which may be interested in being acquired, providing us the potential for continued future growth in the broadband internet provider market.

Competition

Outdoor Billboard Advertising.The outdoor advertising industry in the United States consists of several large companies, and three companies, Clear Channel Outdoor, Outfront Media and Lamar Advertising Company, own a majority of all outdoor billboards. These companies are estimated to generate more than 50% of the industry’s total revenues and several industry sources estimate that there are many other smaller companies serving the remainder of the market, providing a potentially significant source of billboards which may be acquired in the future. Part of our strategy is to acquire certain of the smaller and medium sized competitors in markets we deem desirable to advertisers. We also compete with other advertising media in our respective markets, including broadcast and cable television, radio, print media, direct mail, online and other forms of advertisement. Outdoor advertising companies compete primarily based on their ability to reach consumers, which is driven by location of the display.

Surety Insurance.Our insurance business operates in an environment that is highly competitive and very fragmented. We compete with other global insurance and reinsurance providers, including but not limited to Travelers, Liberty Mutual, Zurich Insurance Group, CNA Insurance Group, and Chubb Ltd, as well as numerous specialist, regional and local firms in almost every area of our business. These companies may market and service their insurance products through intermediaries, or directly without the assistance of brokers or agents. We also compete with other businesses that do not fall into the categories above that provide risk-related services and products.

Broadband Services.Our broadband services businesses provide high-speed internet connectivity and are aimed at rural and other underserved communities that need higher speed and greater internet capacity. In the future, leading cable operators, such as Comcast, Charter Communications and Altice USA, and other competitors may seek to enter the markets we serve. In addition, we may face competition from 5G in the home and other services incorporating new technologies. Technological changes are further intensifying and may challenge existing business models. Our internet services are expected to compete with wireless phone companies, satellite and other broadband providers, as well as wireline phone companies and other providers of wireline internet service and others seeking to build fiber-based network infrastructure.

Human Capital

We believe we can continue to enhance stockholder value through our business practices that consider the long-term interests of all our stakeholders, including our employees. We aim to create a workplace where employees feel engaged, rewarded and empowered. Culture plays an important role in the way we conduct business and attract talent and, as such, we actively promote a culture of collaboration, creativity, inclusivity and ownership throughout the employee experience.

As of March 1, 2024, we had 463 employees, of which 304 were in broadband operations, 88 were in billboard operations, 56 were in insurance services, 9 were in asset management services and 6 were in administrative or corporate related activities. Of the 463 employees, 17 employees in broadband operations, 4 employees in insurance services, 2 employee in administrative or corporate related activities and 1 employee in asset management services were part time. The rest of our employees were full time. None of our employees are subject to collective bargaining agreements.  We believe that our relationship with our employees is good.

Hiring and developing our employees and building a work environment which they find fulfilling is an important goal for our business. We seek to promote a working environment which promotes the diversity of our workforce, respects the background of each employees and allows each employee to grow to his or her full potential. We seek to provide an attractive compensation and benefits package for our employees, including fair wages, incentives, a 401(k) program to which we provide matching contributions, health care benefits and time off for parental leave, among other benefits. We also are committed to employee safety and spend significant time training employees on safety protocols. We maintain an employee hotline to report issues of concern, which connects to our Chief Financial Officer, Chair of our Audit Committee and our outside counsel.

Information Systems

We rely on our information systems to manage our daily business activities, interact with customers and vendors, manage our digital billboard displays, and market our services. We have outsourced certain technology and business process functions to third parties and may increasingly do so in the future. We have also hired individuals responsible for maintaining and improving our information systems and for developing systems to protect both our information and that of our customers. In order to reduce the risk of unintended disclosure of customer information, our separate business groups operate different information systems for their customer interactions. Our outsourcing of certain technology and business process functions to third parties and our reliance on the use of our information systems may expose us to increased risk related to data security, service disruptions or the effectiveness of our control system. We also maintain certain levels of insurance designed to provide some coverage in the event of any damages arising from a breach of our computer security systems.

Regulation of Our Advertising Business

The outdoor advertising industry in the United States is subject to governmental regulation at the federal, state and local levels. These regulations may include, among others, restrictions on the construction, repair, maintenance, lighting, upgrading, height, size, spacing and location and permitting of and, in some instances, content of advertising copy being displayed on outdoor advertising structures. We generally do not incur material costs related to compliance with environmental laws in our advertising business.

From time to time, legislation has been introduced attempting to impose taxes on revenue from outdoor advertising or for the right to use outdoor advertising assets. Several jurisdictions have imposed such taxes as a percentage of our outdoor advertising revenue generated in that jurisdiction. In addition, some jurisdictions have taxed our personal property and leasehold interests in advertising locations using various valuation methodologies. In certain circumstances, such as our current Tampa operations, when we lease space from a governmental authority, we may enter into revenue sharing agreements with the authority, and in other circumstances we will manage third party billboards in connection with revenue sharing agreements. We expect jurisdictions to continue to try to impose such taxes and other fees as a way of increasing revenue. In recent years, outdoor advertising also has become the subject of targeted taxes and fees. These laws may affect prevailing competitive conditions in our markets in a variety of ways. Such laws may reduce our expansion opportunities or may increase or reduce competitive pressure from other members of the outdoor advertising industry. No assurance can be given that existing or future laws or regulations, and the enforcement thereof, will not materially and adversely affect the outdoor advertising industry. 

In the United States, federal law, principally the Highway Beautification Act, which we refer to as the “HBA,” regulates outdoor advertising on Federal-Aid Primary, Interstate and National Highway Systems roads within the United States, which we refer to as “controlled roads.” The HBA regulates the size and placement of billboards, requires the development of state standards, mandates a state’s compliance program, promotes the expeditious removal of illegal signs and requires just compensation for takings.

To satisfy the HBA’s requirements, all states have passed billboard control statutes and regulations that regulate, among other things, construction, repair, maintenance, lighting, height, size, spacing and the placement and permitting of outdoor advertising structures. We are not aware of any state that has passed control statutes and regulations less restrictive than the prevailing federal requirements on the federal highway system, including the requirement that an owner remove any non-grandfathered, non-compliant signs along the controlled roads, at the owner’s expense and without compensation. Local governments generally also include billboard control as part of their zoning laws. Building codes regulating those items described above include similar provisions regarding the removal of non-grandfathered structures that do not comply with certain of the local requirements. 

As part of their billboard control laws, state and local governments regulate the construction of new signs. Some jurisdictions prohibit new construction, some jurisdictions allow new construction only to replace or relocate existing structures and some jurisdictions allow new construction subject to the various restrictions discussed above. In certain jurisdictions, restrictive regulations also limit our ability to relocate, rebuild, repair, maintain, upgrade, modify or replace existing legal non-conforming billboards.

U.S. federal law neither requires nor prohibits the removal of existing lawful billboards, but it does mandate the payment of compensation if a state or political subdivision compels the removal of a lawful billboard along the controlled roads. In the past, state governments have purchased and removed existing lawful billboards for beautification purposes using federal funding for transportation enhancement programs, and these jurisdictions may continue to do so in the future. From time to time, state and local government authorities use the power of eminent domain and amortization to remove billboards. Amortization is the required removal of legal non-conforming billboards (billboards which conformed with applicable laws and regulations when built, but which do not conform to current laws and regulations) or the commercial advertising placed on such billboards after a period of years. Pursuant to this concept, the governmental body asserts that just compensation is earned by continued operation of the billboard over that period of time. Although amortization is prohibited along all controlled roads, amortization has been upheld along non-controlled roads in limited instances where permitted by state and local law. 

We may expand the deployment of digital billboards in markets and in specific locations we deem appropriate and where the placement of these digital displays is permitted by government agencies regulating their locations. We are aware of some existing regulations in the U.S. that restrict or prohibit these types of digital displays. However, since digital technology for changing static copy has only recently been developed and introduced into the market on a large scale, and is in the process of being introduced more broadly, existing regulations that currently do not apply to digital technology by their terms could be revised to impose greater restrictions. These regulations, or actions by third parties, may impose greater restrictions on digital billboards due to alleged concerns over aesthetics or driver safety.

 Regulation of Our Insurance Business

GIG and its subsidiaries transact their insurance business in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia and are subject to regulation in the various states and jurisdictions in which they operate. The extent of regulation varies, but generally derives from statutes that delegate regulatory, supervisory and administrative authority to a department of insurance in each state and jurisdiction. The regulation, supervision and administration relate, among other things, to standards of solvency that must be met and maintained, the licensing of insurers and their agents, the nature of and limitations on investments, premium rates, restrictions on the size of risks that may be insured under a single policy, reserves and provisions for unearned premiums, losses and other obligations, deposits of securities for the benefit of policyholders, approval of policy forms and the regulation of market conduct, including the use of credit information in underwriting as well as other underwriting and claims practices. State insurance departments also conduct periodic examinations of the financial condition and market conduct of insurance companies and require the filing of financial and other reports on a quarterly and annual basis. Nebraska, the state of domicile for UCS, may also limit the payment of dividends from UCS to GIG and us and, as a result, to our stockholders if and when we declare a dividend from the operations of UCS and/or GIG and its other operating subsidiaries.

GIG and its subsidiaries and/or certain of our designated employees must be licensed to act as agents, brokers and intermediaries by state regulatory authorities in the locations in which we conduct business. Regulations and licensing laws vary by individual state location and are often complex. The applicable licensing laws and regulations in all states are subject to amendment or reinterpretation by regulatory authorities, and such authorities are vested in most cases with relatively broad discretion as to the granting, revocation, suspension and renewal of licenses. We endeavor to monitor the licensing of GIG, its subsidiaries and our employees, but the possibility exists that GIG and its subsidiaries and/or certain of our designated employees could be excluded or temporarily suspended from carrying on some or all of our activities or could otherwise be subjected to penalties by a particular jurisdiction.

Rate and Rule Approvals.GIG’s domestic insurance subsidiaries are subject to each state’s laws and regulations regarding rate, form, and rule approvals. The applicable laws and regulations generally establish standards to ensure that rates are not excessive, inadequate, unfairly discriminatory or used to engage in unfair price competition. An insurer’s ability to adjust rates and the relative timing of the process is dependent upon each state’s requirements. Many states have enacted variations of competitive ratemaking laws, which allow insurers to set certain premium rates for certain classes of insurance without having to obtain the prior approval of the state insurance department.

Requirements for Exiting Geographic Markets and/or Canceling or Nonrenewing PoliciesSeveral states have laws and regulations which may impact the timing and/or the ability of an insurer to either discontinue or substantially reduce its writings in that state. These laws and regulations typically require prior notice, and in some instances insurance department approval, prior to discontinuing a line of business or withdrawing from that state, and they allow insurers to cancel or non-renew certain policies only for certain specified reasons.

Insurance Regulatory Information SystemThe National Association of Insurance Commissioners, which we refer to as “NAIC,” developed the Insurance Regulatory Information System, which we refer to as “IRIS,” to help state regulators identify companies that may require regulatory attention. Financial examiners review annual financial statements and the results of key financial ratios based on year-end data with the goal of identifying insurers that appear to require immediate regulatory attention. Each ratio has an established “usual range” of results. A ratio result falling outside the usual range, however, is not necessarily considered adverse; rather, unusual values are used as part of the regulatory early monitoring system. Furthermore, in some years, it may not be unusual for financially sound companies to have several ratios with results outside the usual ranges. Generally, an insurance company may become subject to regulatory scrutiny or, depending on the company’s financial condition, regulatory action if certain of its key IRIS ratios fall outside the usual ranges and the insurer’s financial condition is trending downward.

Risk-Based Capital RequirementsThe NAIC has a risk-based capital, which we refer to as “RBC,” requirement for most property and casualty insurance companies, which determines minimum capital requirements and is intended to raise the level of protection for policyholder obligations. UCS is subject to these NAIC RBC requirements based on laws that have been adopted by individual states. These requirements subject insurers having policyholders’ surplus less than that required by the RBC calculation to varying degrees of regulatory action, depending on the level of capital inadequacy.

Investment Regulation. Insurance company investments must comply with applicable laws and regulations which prescribe the kind, quality and concentration of investments. In general, these laws and regulations permit investments in federal, state and municipal obligations, corporate bonds, certain preferred and common equity securities, mortgage loans, real estate and certain other investments, subject to specified limits and certain other qualifications. If certain investments fail to meet these criteria, these investments may be excluded or limited in calculating our compliance in meeting these and other testing criteria.

Regulation of Our Broadband Business

Many but not all of our services and networks are regulated by the Federal Communications Commission, which we refer to as the “FCC,” and by state and local governments. Whether our networks or our services are regulated or unregulated depends on numerous factors, including but not limited to whether we offer telecommunications service, as defined in state and federal laws, or cable service. The construction and maintenance of our fiber optic networks may face local regulation that can adversely impact the timing or our deployment. Certain of our services that are provided via wireless transmission require FCC licenses and our local video and other services often require local government franchises. The local government franchises often impose certain obligations to build out the network and require payment of fees to the local government, which fees are often are based on a percentage of gross revenues. In private communities and mobile home parks, we may be required to obtain the consent of the homeowners association or other property owners to provide services, and we often have to pay a fee to obtain access to the property and provide our services. Finally, to deploy our networks, we frequently must obtain agreements from local power utilities to use their poles and in some cases easements from landowners.

Acquisition and Financing Strategy

Acquisition Selection. Our management will have broad discretion in identifying and selecting prospective target acquisitions.  In evaluating a prospective target acquisition, our management will consider, among other factors, the following:  

Management’s understanding of the business and its competitive environment;

Management’s view of the business durability, capital intensity, and prospective returns on the capital employed over time;

Management’s assessment of the financial attractiveness of a particular target relative to other available targets; and

Capital requirements and management’s assessment of the ability to finance a particular target.

Issuance of senior and additional securities. To the extent that our Board of Directors determines to obtain additional capital, it may issue debt or equity securities. Existing stockholders have no preemptive rights to common or preferred stock issued in any securities offering by us, and any such offering might cause a dilution of a stockholder’s investment in our Company. 

We have raised over $445 million in net proceeds through underwritten public offerings conducted in 2017, 2020 and 2021, our 2018 Private Placement, and through "at the market" offerings conducted between 2018 and 2023.

Borrowing of money. On August 12, 2019, Link entered into a Credit Agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) with First National Bank of Omaha (the “Lender”) under which Link could borrow up to $40 million (the “Credit Facility”). The Credit Agreement provided for an initial term loan (“Term Loan 1”), an incremental term loan (“Term Loan 2”) and a revolving line of credit. Link initially borrowed approximately $18 million under Term Loan 1 and $5.5 million under Term Loan 2. On December 6, 2021, Link entered into a Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement (the "Fourth Amendment"), that modified the Credit Agreement by increasing the borrowing limit to $30 million and combining the outstanding balances under Term Loan 1 and Term Loan 2 as well as any incremental borrowings into a term loan ("Term Loan"). The Term Loan is secured by all assets of Link and its operating subsidiaries, including a pledge of equity interests of each of Link’s subsidiaries. In addition, each of Link’s subsidiaries has joined as a guarantor to the obligations under the Credit Agreement. The loan is not guaranteed by Boston Omaha or any of our non-billboard businesses. As we continue to expand our billboard business through acquisitions, we may seek to increase the funds available to us through this Credit Facility or with a different lender.

Principal amounts under the Term Loan are payable in monthly installments according to a 25-year amortization schedule. Principal payments commenced on July 1, 2020 for amounts previously borrowed under Term Loan 1 and October 1, 2020 for amounts previously borrowed under Term Loan 2. The Term Loan is payable in full on December 6, 2028. During the first three years of the Term Loan, Link may prepay up to 10% of the loan principal in each year without paying any prepayment penalty. Otherwise, there is a prepayment penalty ranging between 3.0% and 0.5%. After three years, there is no prepayment penalty. The Term Loan has a fixed interest rate of 4.00% per annum.

The revolving line of credit loan facility has a $10 million maximum availability. Interest payments are based on the 30-day U.S. Prime Rate minus an applicable margin ranging between 0.65% and 1.15% dependent on Link’s consolidated leverage ratio. The revolving line of credit is due and payable on August 12, 2025.

Long-term debt included within our consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2023 consists of Link’s Term Loan borrowings of $27,337,766, of which $814,667 is classified as current. There were no amounts outstanding related to the revolving line of credit as of December 31, 2023.  

Under the Term Loan, Link is required to comply with the following financial covenants: A consolidated leverage ratio for any test period ending on the last day of any fiscal quarter of Link (a) beginning with the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2021 of not greater than 3.50 to 1.00, (b) beginning with the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2022 of not greater than 3.25 to 1.00 and (c) beginning with the fiscal quarteryear ended December 31, 2023, and thereafterwith the exception of not greater than 3.00 to 1.00. A minimum consolidated fixed charge coverage ratio of not less than 1.15 to 1.00 measured quarterly, based on rolling four quarters. The Company was in compliance(i) an inadvertent late filing by Mr. Rozek with these covenants as of December 31, 2023.

The Credit Agreement includes representations and warranties, reporting covenants, affirmative covenants, negative covenants, financial covenants and events of default customary for financings of this type. Upon the occurrence of an event of default the Lender may accelerate the loan. Upon the occurrence of certain insolvency and bankruptcy events of default the loan will automatically accelerate.

As of December 31, 2023, we had approximately $22 million in unrestricted cash and $18 million in short-term treasury securities (excluding $29 million of short-term treasury securities held by funds consolidated by BOAM). We also expect to continue to sell additional shares of our Class A common stock through an “at the market” offering if we deem the pricing attractive relative to our potential uses of capital. From January through April 2023, we sold 1,532,065 shares of our Class A common stock through the "at the market" offering program, raising gross proceeds of approximately $37.5 million. We currently expect that our current cash will be sufficient to fund existing operations for at least the next 12 months. Depending on the scope of significant acquisitions and investments we may make, we may need to raise additional financing to make additional acquisitions and/or investments. In 2022, we filed a new shelf registration statement allowing us to raise up to $500 million in the public markets though the sale of our securities.

We may in the future use a number of different sources to finance our acquisitions and operations, including cash flows from operations, seller financing, private financings (such as bank credit facilities, which may or may not be secured by our assets), additional common or preferred equity issuances or any combination of these sources,regard to the extent available to us, or other sources that may become available from time to time, which could include asset sales and issuance of debt securities. Any debt that we incur may be recourse or non-recourse and may be secured or unsecured. We also may take advantage of joint venture or other partnering opportunities as such opportunities arise in order to acquire properties that would otherwise be unavailable to us. We may also seek to raise additional funds though BOAM with outside capital in partnerships formed to finance projects in the build for rent and broadband businesses. If we establish any such partnerships, we may contribute cash, business assets, or both in exchange for our partnership interest.

We may use the proceeds of any future borrowings to acquire assets or for general corporate purposes. We expect to use leverage on terms we find attractive, assessing the appropriateness of new equity or debt capital based on market conditions, including assumptions regarding future cash flow, the creditworthiness of customers and future rental rates. Our certificate of incorporation, which, as amended from time to time, we refer to as our “certificate of incorporation” and bylaws, which, as amended from time to time, we refer to as our “bylaws,” do not limit the amount of debt that we may incur. Our Board of Directors has not adopted a policy limiting the total amount of debt that we may incur, but will consider a number of factors in evaluating the amount of debt that we may incur. If we adopt a debt policy, our Board of Directors may from time to time modify such policy in light of then-current economic conditions, relative costs of debt and equity capital, market values of our properties, general conditions in the market for debt and equity securities, fluctuations in the market price of our common stock if then trading on any exchange, growth and acquisition opportunities, and other factors. Our decision to use leverage in the future to finance our assets will be at our discretion and will not be subject to the approval of our stockholders, and we are not restricted by our governing documents or otherwise in the amount of leverage that we may use.

Purchase and sale (or turnover) of acquired businesses. We do not currently intend to dispose of any of our properties in the near future as our strategy is to acquire assets which have the potential to generate significant cash flow over an extended period of time.  However, we reserve the right to do so if, based upon management’s periodic review of our portfolio, our Board of Directors determines that such action would be in our best interest.

Offering of securities in exchange for property. We may in the future issue shares of our Class A common stock in connection with acquisitions of other businesses. For issuancesdistribution of shares in connectionDecember 2022 from Boulderado Partners, LLC to two foundations over which he retains voting power but disclaims any beneficial interest, (ii) an inadvertent late filing by Mr. Rozek with acquisitions, our Board of Directors will determine the timing and size of the issuances. Our Board of Directors intends to use its reasonable business judgment to fulfill its fiduciary obligations to our then existing stockholders in connection with any such issuance, including its determination of whether the issuance is accretive to intrinsic value. Nonetheless, future issuances of additional shares could cause immediate and substantial dilutionregard to the net tangible book valuedistribution of shares of our Class A common stock issued and outstanding immediately before such transaction. In addition, we may have sellers rollin September 2023 from Boulderado Partners, LLC to a trust over a portion of their equity holdings intowhich he retains voting power but disclaims any beneficial interest, (iii) an equity holding ininadvertent late filing by Mr. Rozek with regard to the newly acquired business. In those situations, we may provide the seller with an option to put its holding to us and similarly, we may have an option to purchase the rollover equity stake. Any future decrease in the net tangible book value of such issued and outstanding shares could materially and adversely affect the market valuedistribution of shares of our Class A common stock.

Available Information

You can find more information about us at our website, www.bostonomaha.com. Our Annual Report on Form 10-K, our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, our Current Reports on Form 8-Kin December 2023 from Boulderado Partners, LLC to one foundation over which he retains voting power but disclaims any beneficial interest and any amendments(iv) one inadvertent late filing by Mr. Keating with regard to those reports are available free of charge through our website as soon as reasonably practicable after we electronically file such material with, or furnish such material to, the SEC. The contents of our website are not deemed to be part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K or any of our other filings with the SEC.

We file annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K, and other information with the SEC. The SEC also maintains a website that contains these reports, proxy and information statements and other information regarding issuers, including us, that file electronically with the SEC. The address of that site is https://www.sec.gov.

Item 1A. Risk Factors.

An investment in shares of our common stock is highly speculative and involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider all of the risks discussed below, as well as the other information contained in this Annual Report. If any of the following risks or uncertainties actually occur, our business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flow and prospects could be materially adversely affected. Additional risks or uncertainties not currently known to us, or that we deem immaterial, may also have a material adverse effect on our business' financial condition, results of operations or prospects. We cannot assure you that any of the events discussed in the risk factors below will not occur. In that case, the market price of our Class A common stock could decline and you may lose all or a part of your investment.

Risks Related to the Company and Our Business

We have incurred losses from operations since inception and we anticipate that we will continue to incur losses for the foreseeable future.

We have incurred losses from operations in each year since 2015, when Magnolia and Boulderado purchased majority ownership in the company, sold the prior business and commenced new business activities. Our net loss from operations for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 was approximately $8.9 million and $5.2 million, respectively. We have funded our operations to date principally from the sale of securities. In addition, as we acquire other businesses, we incur ongoing depreciation and amortization charges, which are typically spread over a number of years, as well as the costs of completing such acquisitions, which are expensed as incurred. For these reasons, we may continue to incur significant losses. These losses, among other things, have had and will continue to have an adverse effect on our stockholders’ equity and working capital and we cannot assure you that we will be able to be successful in implementing our business strategy.

Our failure to successfully identify and complete future acquisitions of assets or businesses could reduce future potential earnings, reduce available cash and slow our anticipated growth.

The acquisition of assets or businesses that we believe to be valuable to our business is an important component to our business strategy. We believe that a wide variety of acquisition opportunities may arise from time to time, and that any such acquisition could be significant. At any given time, discussions with one or more potential sellers may be at different stages, including negotiations following the execution of nonbinding letters of intent. However, any such discussions, including the execution of nonbinding letters of intent, may not result in the consummation of an acquisition transaction, and we may not be able to identify or complete any acquisitions. The costs and benefits of future acquisitions are uncertain. In addition, the market and industry reception to our acquisitions, or lack thereof, may not be positive, and is out of our control. We cannot predict the effect, if any, that any announcement or consummation of an acquisition would have on the trading price of our Class A common stock. If we identify appropriate acquisition targets, we may be unable to acquire businesses on terms that we consider acceptable due to a variety of factors, including competition from other strategic buyers or financial buyers, some of which may have more experience or more access to capital than we do.

Our business is capital intensive and any such transactions could involve the payment by us of a substantial amount of cash. We may need to raise additional capital through public or private debt or equity financings to execute our growth strategy and to fund acquisitions. Adequate sources of capital may not be available when needed on acceptable terms, or at all. If we raise additional capital by issuing additional equity securities, the position of existing stockholders may be diluted. Acquisitions could also result in us incurring additional debt and contingent liabilities and fluctuations in quarterly results and expenses. If our capital resources are insufficient at any time in the future, we may be unable to fund acquisitions, take advantage of business opportunities or respond to competitive pressures, any of which could harm our business.

Any future acquisitions could present a number of risks, including but not limited to the risk of using management time and resources to pursue acquisitions that are not successfully completed, the risk of incorrect assumptions regarding future results of acquired operations, and the risk of diversion of management’s attention from existing operations or other priorities. Future acquisitions can also be expected to generate additional depreciation and amortization charges which may contribute to losses. Acquisitions may never meet our expectations.

If we are unsuccessful in identifying and completing acquisitions of other operations or assets, our financial condition could be adversely affected and we may be unable to implement an important component of our business strategy successfully.

We may have difficulty integrating the operations of companies or businesses that we may acquire and may incur substantial costs in connection therewith.

A significant component of our growth strategy is the acquisition of other operations. The process of integrating the operations of an acquired company may create unforeseen operating difficulties and expenditures. The key areas where we may face risks and uncertainties include:

disruption of ongoing business, diversion of resources and of management time and focus from operating our business to acquisitions and integration challenges;

our ability to achieve anticipated benefits of acquisitions by successfully marketing the service offerings of acquired businesses to our existing partners and customers, or by successfully marketing our existing service offerings to customers and partners of acquired businesses;

the negative impact of acquisitions on our results of operations as a result of large one-time charges, substantial debt or liabilities acquired or incurred, litigation, amortization or write down of amounts related to deferred compensation, goodwill and other intangible assets, adverse tax consequences, substantial depreciation or deferred compensation charges;

the inability to generate sufficient revenue to offset acquisition costs;

the need to ensure that we comply with all regulatory requirements in connection with and following the completion of acquisitions;

the possibility of acquiring unknown or unanticipated contingencies or liabilities;

retaining employees and clients and otherwise preserving the value of the assets of the businesses we acquire;

the need to integrate each acquired business’s accounting, information technology, human resource and other administrative systems to permit effective management; and

the need to implement or remediate appropriate controls, procedures and policies at companies that, prior to the acquisition, lacked these controls, procedures and policies.

In order to achieve the growth we seek, we may acquire numerous smaller market participants, which could require significant attention from management and increase risks, costs and uncertainties associated with integration. The businesses and other assets we acquire in the future may not achieve sufficient revenue or profitability to justify our investment, and any difficulties we may encounter in the integration process could interfere with our operations and reduce operating margins. We may need to make substantial capital and operating expenditures which may negatively impact our results in the near term, and the acquisitions may never meet our expectations.

Potential future impairment charges for holdings in Sky Harbour Group Corporation Class A common stock and potential volatility in earnings due to mark-to-market measurement of our investments in other public securities.

The value of the Class A common stock and warrants we hold in Sky Harbour Group Corporation (NYSE:SKYH), which we refer to as Sky Harbour, through our subsidiaries is subject to the volatility of the market price of Sky Harbour’s Class A common stock. This volatility subjects our financial statements to volatility. The market price of Sky Harbour’s Class A common stock has experienced significant volatility since it commenced trading on January 26, 2022, and that volatility may continue in the future and may also be subject to wide fluctuations in response to many factors, including factors beyond the control of Sky Harbour. These factors include, but are not limited to:

actual or anticipated fluctuations in Sky Harbour's reported results of operations or financial position, including a significant impairment of goodwill, intangible assets, or other long lived assets;

recommendations and reports by securities analysts;

Sky Harbour's ability to timely complete the construction of its various airport hangar developments at originally projected costs and its ability to successfully lease these facilities at profitable rental rates;

Sky Harbour’s ability to continue to access capital and debt on commercially reasonable terms;

changes in the performance or market valuations of companies in Sky Harbour's industry;

addition or departure of Sky Harbour's executive officers or other key personnel;

speculative trading activity by certain investors;

the impact of inflation and any possible recession on Sky Harbour's operations, revenues, and ability to access financial markets as well as on the private jet hangar industry generally;

fluctuations in the costs of construction, maintenance, and other materials and services;

news reports relating to trends, concerns, economic or competitive developments, regulatory changes and other related issues in Sky Harbour’s industry or target markets; and

announcement of developments and material events by Sky Harbour or its competitors.

We currently account for our investment in Sky Harbour Class A common stock under the equity method. We have evaluated our investment in Sky Harbour as of December 31, 2023, and determined that there was not an other-than-temporary impairment. Our conclusion was based on several contributing factors, including: (i) our assessment that the underlying business and financial condition of Sky Harbour is favorable; (ii) the period of time for which the fair value was less than the carrying value during 2023, (iii) the recovery of Sky Harbour's stock price during the last few months of 2023, and (iv) our ability and intent to hold the investment. We will continue to review our investment in Sky Harbour for an other-than-temporary impairment on a quarterly basis or upon the occurrence of certain events.

If Sky Harbour's stock price drops below our carrying value of $7.15 per share for a sustained period of time, it will likely result in an impairment of our investment. As of December 31, 2023, the closing price of Sky Harbour Class A common stock was $9.66 per share and we hold 13,118,474 shares of Sky Harbour Class A common stock and warrants to purchase 7,719,779 shares of Class A common Stock at a price of $11.50 per share, and the exercise price is subject to adjustment. There may also be a future impairment of our investment if our expectations about Sky Harbour's prospective results of operations and cash flows decline, which could be influenced by a variety of factors including adverse market conditions. As a result, we could incur a material impairment charge at any time in the future if we deem our investment to be impaired.

Generally accepted accounting principles require us to include the unrealized changes in market prices of investments in public equity securities in our reported earnings. Due to the size of our percentage ownership interest in Sky Harbour's common stock, approximately 20% as of December 31, 2023, and our right to elect one of the seven members of Sky Harbour's Board of Directors, our investment is recorded under the equity method using the fair market value of Sky Harbour's Class A common stock as of the date of the business combination and we do not include any unrealized gains or losses related to the change in Sky Harbour's stock price in our reported earnings. In the future, if our ownership interest in Sky Harbour's common stock drops below 20%, we may no longer be able to record our investment under the equity method and will be required to include any unrealized gains or losses related to the change in Sky Harbour's stock price in our reported earnings on a mark to market basis. Such mark to market accounting could result in significant volatility in our earnings based on changes in Sky Harbour's public stock price. Also while we intend to hold our Sky Harbour Class A common stockshares. Except for the longer term, we may elect to selltransactions described above, all or a portion of our holdings for a variety of reasons resulting in realized losses or gains.

Some members of our executive management team have limited experience in the day-to-day operations of the industries in which our businesses operate.

Some members of our executive management team have been involved in the day-to-day operation of companies in the fiber-to-the-home business for only three to four years. In addition, we may have limited or no operational experience in other industries and markets which we may choose to enter. Our management team relies on the knowledge and talent of the employees in our operating subsidiaries to successfully operate these businesses on a day-to-day basis. We may not be able to retain, hire or train personnel as quickly or efficiently as we need or on terms that are acceptable to us. An inability to efficiently operate our businesses would have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, and prospects.

Increased operating expenses associated with the expansion of our business may negatively impact our operating income.

Increased operating expenses associated with any expansion of our business may negatively impact our income as we, among other things:

seek to acquire related businesses or expand the products being offered;

expand geographically;

make significant capital expenditures to support our ability to provide services in our existing businesses;

incur significant depreciation and amortization charges in connection with acquired businesses; and

incur increased general and administrative expenses as we grow.

As a result of these factors, we may not achieve, sustain, or increase our profitability on an ongoing basis.

We could suffer losses due to asset impairment charges for goodwill and other intangible assets.

In addition to our review for possible impairment charges to securities we hold, we annually test goodwill for impairment and did so as of October 1, 2023. Based on our review at October 1, 2023, no impairment charge was required. We continue to assess whether factors or indicators become apparent that would require an interim impairment test between our annual impairment test dates. For example, if our market capitalization is below our equity book value for a period of time without recovery, we believe there is a strong presumption that would indicate a triggering event has occurred and it is more likely than not that the fair value of one or more of our reporting units are below their carrying amount. This would require us to test the reporting units for impairment of goodwill. If this presumption cannot be overcome a reporting unit could be impaired under ASC 350, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets and a non-cash charge would be required. Any such charge could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition and results of operations.

We may raise additional equity capital through additional public or private placements, and issue equity securities under our 2022 Long-Term Incentive Plan, any of which could substantially dilute your investment.

If we sell shares or other equity securities in one or more other transactions or issue stock, stock options or other securities pursuant to our current 2022 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the "2022 Incentive Plan"), investors may be materially dilutedreported on Form 4s by such subsequent issuances. We may need significant additional capital in the future to continue our planned acquisitions. No assurance can be given that we will be able to obtain such funds upon favorable terms and conditions, if at all. Failure to do so could have a material adverse effect on our business. To the extent we raise additional capital by issuing equity securities, our stockholders may experience substantial dilution. We may sell Class A common stock, convertible securities or other equity or convertible securities in one or more transactions that may include voting rights (including the right to vote as a series on particular matters), preferences as to dividends and liquidation, antidilution, and conversion and redemption rights, subject to applicable law, and at prices and in a manner we determine from time to time. Such issuances and the exercise of any convertible securities will dilute the percentage ownership of our stockholders and may affect the value of our capital stock and could adversely affect the rights of the holders of such stock, thereby reducing the value of such stock. Moreover, any exercise of convertible securities may adversely affect the terms upon which we will be able to obtain additional equity capital, since the holders of such convertible securities can be expected to exercise them at a time when we would, in all likelihood, not be able to obtain any needed capital on terms more favorable to us than those provided in such convertible securities.

We may also raise additional capital pursuant to our 2022 Shelf Registration Statement which allows us to sell up to $500,000,000 in equity securities in public or private placements based on our capital needs. In December 2022, we established an "at the market" offering program with Wells Fargo Securities as sales agent which allows us to sell up to $100,000,000 in our Class A common stock (the "ATM Program"). From January through April 2023, we sold 1,532,065 shares of our Class A common stock through the ATM Program, raising gross proceeds of approximately $37.5 million.

Our 2022 Incentive Plan allows us to issue up to a total of 1,575,000 shares of Class A common stock (as defined under the Plan). In addition, the maximum number of shares of Class A common stock that may be delivered in satisfaction of awards will automatically increase, on February 1st of each calendar year, for a period ending on (and including) February 1, 2032 (each, an “Evergreen Date”) in an amount such that both the total number of shares of stock available and previously issued under the 2022 Incentive Plan shall equal five percent (5%) or such lesser amount outstanding as may be determined by our Board of Directors on the December 31st immediately preceding the applicable Evergreen Date. The number of shares of stock will also be adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split or combination of shares (including a reverse stock split), recapitalization or other change in our capital structure, plus any shares that are subject to awards that expire or are terminated or cancelled without the delivery of shares.

Our significant equity ownership in Sky Harbour Group Corporation's Class A common stock and warrants may make it difficult for us to resell a significant portion of our Sky Harbour Group Corporation securities in a short period of time.

In 2020, we acted as the sponsor for the initial public offering of Yellowstone, a special purpose acquisition company ("SPAC"). We purchased Yellowstone Class B common stock and private placement warrants at a cost of approximately $7.8 million. On August 1, 2021, Yellowstone entered into an equity purchase agreement with Sky Harbour LLC by which Sky Harbour LLC unitholders would acquire a majority interest in the combined businesses following the completion of a business combination. As part of the equity purchase agreement, and immediately prior to the completion by Sky Harbour LLC of a private activity bond financing raising $160 million in proceeds in September 2021, we purchased Class B Preferred Units in Sky Harbour LLC for a purchase price of $55 million, which Class B Preferred Units converted to 5,500,000 shares of Sky Harbour Class A common stock upon the closing of the Sky Harbour business combination on January 25, 2022. Also, upon the closing of the Sky Harbour business combination in January 2022, we purchased an additional 4,500,000 shares of Class A common stock for a purchase price of $45 million. Upon the closing of the Sky Harbour business combination, our Class B common stock converted to Class A common stock of Sky Harbour and our private placement warrants are now exercisable to purchase 7,719,779 shares of Class A common stock of Sky Harbour. Each Sky Warrant is exercisable for one share of Class A common stock at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment, with each Sky Warrant being exercisable and non-redeemable. Subsequent to the closing of the Sky Harbour business combination, we distributed 75,000 shares of Sky Class A common stock to the outside directors of Yellowstone and 206,250 shares of Sky Class A common stock to an investor in the Yellowstone IPO. As of March 22, 2024, we owned 13,118,474 shares of Sky Harbour Class A common stock. To date, we have invested a total of $107.8 million in Sky Harbour. All the shares of Sky Harbour Class A common stock and Sky Harbour Warrants to purchase Class A common stock that we hold have been registered under the Securities Act. However, due to the current trading volume of Sky Harbour Class A common stock, we anticipate that it would be difficult to sell any significant amount of our Sky Harbour Class A common stock and Warrants at the present time and for the foreseeable future. In addition, Alex Rozek, our Co-Chair, serves on the Board of Directors of Sky Harbour and, as a result, our ability to sell shares of Sky Harbour will be limited for such period of time as Mr. Rozek is subject to black-out period prohibitions on trading or otherwise possesses material non-public information regarding Sky Harbour.

Our investments in publicly traded securities involve a substantial degree of risk.

In addition to our investments in privately-held companies and our investment in the Sky Harbour Class A common stock and Sky Harbour Warrants, we may purchase publicly traded common stock and other equity securities, including warrants and corporate bonds. Although equity securities have historically generated higher average total returns than fixed-income securities over the long term, equity securities have also generally experienced significantly more volatility in those returns. The publicly traded securities we acquire may fail to appreciate and may decline in value or become worthless. Investments in equity securities involve a number of significant risks, including the risk of further dilution as a result of additional issuances, inability to access additional capital and failure to pay current distributions. Investments in preferred securities and corporate bonds involve special risks, such as the risk of deferred distributions, credit risk, illiquidity, changes in value based upon interest rates changes and other macroeconomic factors, and limited voting rights. Any decrease in the value of Sky Harbour Class A common stock and Sky Warrants before we can liquidate our holdings in Sky Harbour could materially adversely impact our operating results and our stockholders’ equity. Under generally accepted accounting principles, we may be required to reflect the value of our securities in publicly-traded companies at their current market value as of the end of each fiscal quarter. As a result, this mark-to-market accounting can change values for these types of securities on our balance sheet as market conditions change. Mark-to-market accounting can become volatile if market prices fluctuate greatly and changes in the fair value of investments could significantly impact our reported results.

We run the risk of inadvertently being deemed an investment company required to register under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

We run the risk of inadvertently being deemed an investment company required to register under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Investment Company Act”) because a significant portion of our assets consists of investments in companies in which we own less than a majority interest. Although we do not currently hold investments at a value that would cause us to register under the Investment Company act, we could become subject to registration due to events beyond our control, such as significant appreciation or depreciation in the market value of certain of our publicly traded holdings, such as our interest in Sky Harbour, and adverse developments with respect to our ownership of certain of our subsidiaries, transactions involving the sale of certain assets and our participation in any partnership or other fund established to finance future broadband and real estate projects in which we may engage. If we are deemed to be an inadvertent investment company, we may seek to rely on a safe-harbor under the Investment Company Act that would provide us a one-year grace period to take steps to avoid being deemed to be an investment company. In order to ensure we avoid being deemed an investment company, we have taken, and may need to continue to take, steps to reduce the percentage of our assets that constitute investment assets under the Investment Company Act.  These steps have included, among others, selling marketable securities that we might otherwise have held for the long-term and deploying our cash in non-investment assets. We have recently sold marketable securities, including at times at a loss, and we may be forced to sell our investment assets at unattractive prices or to sell assets that we otherwise believe benefit our business in the future to remain below the requisite threshold. We may also seek to acquire additional non-investment assets to maintain compliance with the Investment Company Act, and we may need to incur debt, issue additional equity or enter into other financing arrangements that are not otherwise attractive to our business. Any of these actions could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition. Moreover, we can make no assurance that we would successfully be able to take the necessary steps to avoid being deemed to be an investment company in accordance with the safe-harbor. If we were unsuccessful, then we would have to register as an investment company, and we would be unable to operate our business in its current form. We would be subject to extensive, restrictive, and potentially adverse statutory provisions and regulations relating to, among other things, operating methods, management, capital structure, indebtedness, dividends, and transactions with affiliates. If we were deemed to be an investment company and did not register as an investment company when required to do so, there would be a risk, among other material adverse consequences, that we could become subject to monetary penalties or injunctive relief, or both, that we would be unable to enforce contracts with third parties, and/or that third parties could seek to obtain rescission of transactions with us undertaken during the period in which we were an unregistered investment company.

The existing and future indebtedness incurred by our billboard business may adversely affect our ability to obtain additional funds and may increase our vulnerability to economic or business downturns. Failure to comply with the terms of this indebtedness could result in a default by our billboard business that could have material adverse consequences for us.

Link, which operates our billboard businesses, entered into a credit agreement in August 2019 with a commercial bank which provides Link and its subsidiaries the opportunity to borrow through a combination of long-term debt and a line of credit. Link's current borrowings under the bank credit facility as of December 31, 2023 totaled $27,337,766, all of which represents a term loan. The remaining balance of this term loan becomes due and payable in 2028. In addition, Link may incur additional indebtedness in the future. Accordingly, Link is subject to the risks associated with significant indebtedness, including:

Link must dedicate a portion of its cash flows from operations to pay principal and interest and, as a result, it may have less funds available for operations and other purposes;

Link may find it more difficult and expensive to obtain additional funds through financings, if available at all;

Link is more vulnerable to economic downturns, less able to withstand competitive pressures and less flexible in reacting to changes in the billboard industry and general economic conditions;

if Link defaults under the credit facility, including failing to pay the outstanding principal when due, and if the lender demands payment of a portion or all the indebtedness, it may not have sufficient funds to make such payments;

if Link is unable to refinance indebtedness on its properties due to business and market factors, including disruptions in the capital and credit markets, lenders deem the estimated cash flows or values of Link's properties and other assets to be insufficient, and other adverse financial, competitive, business and other factors, including factors beyond Link's control;

if refinanced, the terms of a refinancing may not be as favorable as the original terms of the related indebtedness; and

if Link borrows any sums under the line of credit, the interest rate it pays on such debt will be subject to changes in interest rates.

The occurrence of any of these events could materially adversely affect Link, which would adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition and adversely affect our stock price.

Furthermore, a failure to comply with the obligations contained in the loan agreements governing Link's indebtedness could result in an event of default under such agreements which could result in an acceleration of debt under other instruments evidencing indebtedness that contains cross-acceleration or cross-default provisions. If Link's indebtedness were to be accelerated, there can be no assurance that its future cash flow or assets would be sufficient to repay in full such indebtedness.

We may in the future rely in part on Link to provide us with the funds necessary to make distributions to us to meet our financial obligations. The leverage on Link's assets may affect the funds available to us if the terms of the debt impose restrictions on the ability of Link to make distributions to us. In addition, Link will generally have to service its debt obligations before making distributions to us or any of our other subsidiaries and any such distributions may require the consent of the lender. Leverage may also result in a requirement for liquidity, which may force the sale of assets at times of low demand and/or prices for such assets.

We may also incur indebtedness under future credit facilities.

If we are unable to refinance our indebtedness on acceptable terms, or at all, we may need to dispose of one or more of our properties or other assets under disadvantageous terms. In addition, prevailing interest rates or other factors at the time of refinancing could increase our interest expense, and if we grant a security interest in any of our properties, or the properties of our subsidiaries to secure payment of indebtedness and are unable to make loan payments, the lender could foreclose upon such property.

Restrictive covenants in Link's indebtedness may limit management’s discretion with respect to certain business matters.

Instruments governing Link's indebtedness contain restrictive covenants limiting Link's discretion with respect to certain business matters. These covenants could place significant restrictions on, among other things, Link's ability to create liens or other encumbrances, to make distributions to us or make certain other payments, investments, loans and guarantees, and to sell or otherwise dispose of assets and merge or consolidate with another entity. Covenants also require Link to meet certain financial ratios and financial condition tests. A failure to comply with any such covenants could result in a default which, if not cured or waived, could permit acceleration of the relevant indebtedness.

If we are unable to manage our interest rate risk effectively, our cash flows and operating results may suffer.

Advances under Link's $10 million revolving line of credit bear interest at a variable rate. Although we have not currently borrowed any sums under this line of credit, and this line of credit is currently set to expire in August 2025, we may incur indebtedness under this line of credit in the future. Also, we may be required to refinance our debt at higher rates. Accordingly, increases in interest rates above that which we anticipate based upon historical trends would adversely affect our cash flows and we may not be able to hedge such exposure effectively, if at all.

We may raise additional capital pursuant to debt financing, and such debt financing arrangements may contain covenants, which, if not complied with, could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition.

Other than the bank borrowings to Link, to date we have not had a significant debt financing. However, as our operations grow and we achieve certain levels of revenue and cash flows, we may consider utilizing debt to finance additional acquisitions and our operations. Subject to market conditions and availability, we, or our subsidiaries, may incur significant debt through credit facilities (including term loans and/or revolving facilities), structured financing arrangements, public and private debt issuances or otherwise. Future debt financing arrangements may contain various covenants, including restrictive covenants, which, if not complied with, could have a material adverse effect on our ability to meet our debt obligations and our overall financial condition. Additionally, debt financing arrangements may be at the subsidiary level, but could include a guaranty by us, and could require a pledge of all or substantially all of our, and/or our subsidiaries’ assets.

The amount of leverage we use will vary depending on our available acquisition investment opportunities, our available capital, our ability to obtain and access financing arrangements with lenders, and the lenders’ and our estimates of the stability of our operating cash flows. Our governing documents contain no limit on the amount of debt we may incur, and we may significantly increase the amount of leverage we utilize at any time without approval of our shareholders. The amount of leverage on individual assets may vary, with leverage on some assets substantially higher than others, including at the subsidiary level. Leverage can enhance our potential returns but can also exacerbate our losses.

Incurring additional substantial debt could subject us to many risks that, if realized, would materially and adversely affect us, including the risk that:

our cash flow from operations may be insufficient to make required payments of principal and interest on the debt or we may fail to comply with covenants contained in our debt instruments, which would likely result in (a) acceleration of such debt (and any other debt arrangements containing a cross default or cross acceleration provision) that we may be unable to repay from internal funds, unable to refinance on favorable terms, or unable to repay at all, (b) our inability to borrow additional amounts under other facilities, even if we are current in payments on borrowings under those arrangements and/or (c) the loss of some or all of our assets to foreclosures or forced sales;

our debt may increase our vulnerability to adverse economic, market and industry conditions;

we may be required to dedicate a substantial portion of our cash flow from operations to payments on our debt, thereby reducing funds available for operations, future business opportunities, distributions to our shareholders or other purposes; and

we may not be able to refinance maturing debts.

We cannot be sure that our leverage strategies will be successful.

We may be unable to access capital.

Our access to capital depends on a number of factors, some of which we have little or no control over, including:

general economic, market or industry conditions;

the market’s view of the quality of our assets;

the market’s perception of our growth potential;

our current and potential future earnings and distributions to our shareholders; and

the value of our securities.

We may have to rely on additional equity issuances, which may be dilutive to our shareholders, or on costly debt financings that require a large portion of our cash flow from operations, thereby reducing funds available for our operations, future business opportunities, distributions to our shareholders or other purposes. We cannot be sure that we will have access to such equity or debt capital on favorable terms at the desired times, or at all, which could negatively affect our financial condition and results of operations.

We face intense competition, including competition from companies with significantly greater resources than us, and if we are unable to compete effectively with these companies, our market share may decline and our business could be harmed.

Outdoor Billboard Advertising. The outdoor billboard industry is highly competitive. There is a concentration in the ownership of billboards in the geographic markets in which we compete and significantly larger companies, such as Clear Channel Outdoor, Outfront Media, and Lamar Advertising Company, own the majority of the out-of-home advertising billboards. Such competition may make it difficult to maintain or increase our current advertising revenues. In addition to competing for advertising revenue with other outdoor advertising businesses, the outdoor advertising market faces competition from other media, including radio, internet based services, print media, television, direct mail, satellite services, and other mobile devices. Our competitors may develop technology, services, or advertising media that are equal or superior to those we provide or that achieve greater market acceptance and brand recognition than we achieve. Also, new competitors may emerge and rapidly acquire significant market share in any of our business segments. Additionally, increased competition for advertising dollars may lead to lower advertising rates if we are to retain customers or may cause us to lose customers to our competitors who offer lower rates that we are unable or unwilling to match.

Surety Insurance. Our insurance business operates in an environment that is highly competitive and very fragmented. We will likely compete with other global insurance and reinsurance providers, including but not limited to Travelers, Liberty Mutual, Zurich Insurance Group, Lloyds, and CNA Insurance Group, as well as numerous specialist, regional and local firms in almost every area of our surety business. Further, new competitors may regularly enter the market. In addition to UCS, we also operate several surety insurance brokerage firms, and the surety insurance brokerage industry has relatively low barriers to entry. We may experience significant competition and our competitors may have greater financial, marketing and human resources than us.

Broadband Services. Our broadband services compete with other technologies, including traditional cable services as well as satellite services. These markets are highly competitive, and many traditional providers of cable and wireless services have greater financial, marketing, and human resources than us and may be able to offer additional products and services to our customers. In addition, new technologies may be developed which would provide an alternative to our fiber-to-the-home services we currently provide. As we seek to expand our broadband services, we may face incumbent service providers which would be able to retain a significant customer base in the communities in which we may seek to enter, making it difficult to achieve a share of the market needed to provide our services profitably.

Any additional industries or markets that we may enter, whether through future acquisitions or development of a new business line, such as our potential entry into the build for rent business, will also likely be occupied by established competitors. Many of our current competitors have substantially greater financial, marketing, product development, and human resources than we do. Accordingly, even if there is a large market for our products and services in the industries in which we compete, there can be no assurance that our products and services will be purchased by consumers at a rate sufficient for us to achieve our growth objectives.

Our management recognizes that we will, therefore, be forced to compete primarily on the basis of price, location, performance, service, and other factors. Our management believes that our ability to achieve sustained profitability will depend primarily on our ability to consummate acquisitions of assets and businesses in competitive markets, skillfully allocate capital, and establish competitive advantages in each of our businesses. This approach requires that our management perform at a high level and is fraught with risks, many of which are beyond our control or ability to foresee.

Adverse economic conditions could negatively affect our results of operations and financial condition.

Our results of operations are sensitive to changes in overall economic conditions that impact consumer and commercial spending, including discretionary spending and the financial impact to consumers and businesses from inflation. Future economic conditions such as employment levels, business conditions, interest rates and tax rates could reduce our revenues. A general reduction in the level of business activity could adversely affect our financial condition and/or results of operations. For example, in particular, adverse economic conditions, either regionally or nationally, may result in reduced advertising expenditures that could adversely affect our billboard segment of operations. Adverse economic conditions may result in fewer surety transactions and adversely affect our insurance segment of operations. Adverse economic conditions may also affect our investments in homebuilding, auto lending, and commercial real estate management and services.

A continued deterioration in general economic conditions may harm our business, results of operations, cash flows, and financial position. General global and domestic economic conditions directly affect the levels of demand and production of consumer goods, levels of employment, the availability and cost of credit, and ultimately, the demand for our billboard, surety insurance, and broadband products and services and the profitability of our business. The U.S. economy has experienced persistent inflation, and we have experienced, and continue to experience, cost inflation across our business lines. Inflation has resulted in, and may continue to result in, higher costs, which we may not be able to recover through higher prices charged to our customers or otherwise. Interest rates have increased, which may result in lower consumer demand and higher borrowing costs, and may cause general economic conditions to deteriorate. If global economic conditions continue to deteriorate, economies could experience a recession, which may result in higher unemployment rates, lower disposable income, lower Company earnings and investment, and lower consumer spending. These factors may result in continued lower demand for our products and services and negatively affect our business, results of operations and cash flows.

Climate change, severe weather, natural disasters, public health emergencies and other external events could significantly impact our business.

Severe weather events cannot be predicted and may be exacerbated by global climate change, natural disasters, including hurricanes, flooding and earthquakes, acts of terrorism and other adverse external events. There is continuing uncertainty over what impact these events could have on our surety insurance bond business if claims are made against these bonds due to our customers' inability to meet their contractual obligations due to delays caused by any serious health or other natural disaster. Significant storm damage may impact our transmission capabilities for our broadband services and significant damage could result in a loss of service for an extended period of time. Severe weather and natural disasters could affect travel and transportation which could impact the manner of advertising consumption, and severe weather and natural disasters could impact the structural integrity of our billboards. Similarly, a public health emergency, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, could have an adverse effect on customer demand and our ability to meet such demand. The occurrence of any such event could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. The insurance we maintain against disasters may not be adequate to cover our losses in any particular case, which could require us to expend significant resources to replace any destroyed assets and materially and adversely affect our financial condition, results of operations and business prospects. 

We may be unable to employ a sufficient number of key employees and other experienced or qualified workers.

The delivery of our services and products requires sales professionals and other personnel with substantial work experience in our lines of business. Workers may choose to pursue employment with our competitors or in fields that offer a more desirable work environment. Our ability to be productive and profitable will depend upon our ability to employ and retain workers with certain backgrounds and experience, such as experienced sales professionals and workers with substantial experience with insurance underwriting and risk and financial analysis. In addition, our ability to further expand our operations according to geographic demand for our services depends in part on our ability to relocate or increase the size of our qualified and experienced labor force. The demand for experienced workers in our areas of operations can be high, the supply may be limited and we may be unable to relocate our employees from areas of lower utilization to areas of higher demand. A significant increase in the wages paid by competing employers could result in a reduction of our workers with required experience, increases in the wage rates that we must pay, or both. Further, a significant decrease in the wages paid by us or our competitors as a result of reduced industry demand could result in a reduction of the available pool of qualified and experienced individuals, and there is no assurance that the availability of such qualified and experienced labor will improve following a subsequent increase in demand for our services or an increase in wage rates. If any of these events were to occur, our capacity and profitability could be diminished and our growth potential could be impaired.

We are heavily reliant upon our executive management team.

We depend heavily on the efforts and services of our executive officers and other members of our management team to manage our operations, including our Co-Chief Executive Officers and our Chief Financial Officer. The unexpected loss or unavailability of key members of management may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, or prospects. Although our Co-Chief Executive Officers devote most of their business time to us and are highly active in our management, they expend part of their time on other business ventures. Among other commitments, our Co-Chief Executive Officers are each managing members of separate investment management entities and are not obligated to devote any specific number of hours to our affairs. These two key employees may not be able to dedicate adequate time to our businesses and operations, and we could experience an adverse effect on our operations due to the demands placed on our management team by their other professional obligations. In addition, these key employees’ other responsibilities could cause conflicts of interest with us.

Our executive officers and directors may experience a conflict of interest between their duties to us and to affiliated parties.

Our Co-Chief Executive Officers, Adam K. Peterson and Alex B. Rozek, are each managing members of separate investment management entities that collectively own 19.5% of our Class A common stock and all of our Class B common stock. While we have deemed that the outside business endeavors of our management team do not currently constitute a conflict of interest, it is possible that a conflict of interest could arise between the performance of our executive management team and their roles as managing members of entities which together own a majority of our outstanding capital stock. These conflicts may not be resolved in our favor. Such conflicts of interest could have a material adverse effect on our business and operations. Further, the appearance of conflicts of interest created by related party transactions could impair the confidence of our investors. We have the authority to engage various contracting parties, which may be affiliates of ours or of our directors. As such, our directors may have a conflict of interest between their fiduciary duties to manage the business for our benefit and that of our stockholders and their direct and indirect affiliates’ interests in establishing and maintaining relationships with us and in obtaining compensation for services rendered to us. With respect to such affiliates, there may be an absence of arms’ length negotiations with respect to the terms, conditions and consideration with respect to goods and services provided to or by us. Brendan J. Keating, who is one of our directors, is also the Manager of both Logic and 24th Street and, along with Adam K. Peterson and Alex B. Rozek, one of the three managing directors of BOAM. In addition, Alex B. Rozek is a director of Sky Harbour. Adam K. Peterson, Brendan J. Keating and Jeffrey C. Royal all serve as members of the board of directors of Nicholas Financial, Inc. and Adam K. Peterson is a member of the board of directors of Nelnet, Inc.

Disruptions to our information technology systems and any cybersecurity breachescould disrupt our business operations and have a material adverse effect on our business, prospects, results of operations, financial condition and/or cash flows.

The operation of our business depends on our information technology systems. We rely on our information technology systems to effectively manage, among other things, our business data, communications, supply chain, inventory management, customer order entry and order fulfillment, processing transactions, summarizing and reporting results of operations, human resources benefits and payroll management, compliance with regulatory, legal and tax requirements, and other processes and data necessary to manage our business. Disruptions to our information technology systems, including any disruptions to our current systems and/or as a result of transitioning to additional or replacement information technology systems, as the case may be, could disrupt our business and could result in, among other things, transaction errors, processing inefficiencies, loss of data and the loss of sales and customers, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, prospects, results of operations, financial condition and/or cash flows. In addition, our information technology systems may be vulnerable to damage or interruption from circumstances beyond our control, including, without limitation, fire, natural disasters, power outages, systems disruptions, system conversions, security breaches, cyberattacks, phishing attacks, viruses and/or human error. In any such event, we could be required to make a significant investment to fix or replace our information technology systems, and we could experience interruptions in our ability to service our customers. These risks have been and may continue to be exacerbated as a result of remote working in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Any such damage or interruption could have a material adverse effect on our business, prospects, results of operations, financial condition and/or cash flows.

In addition, as part of our normal business activities, we collect and store certain confidential information, including personal information with respect to customers, consumers and employees, and the success of our operations depends on the secure transmission of confidential and personal data over public networks, including the use of cashless payments. We may share some of this information with vendors who assist us with certain aspects of our business. Any failure on our part or our vendors to maintain the security of this confidential data and personal information, including via the penetration of our network security (or those of our vendors) and the misappropriation of confidential and personal information, could result in business disruption, damage to our reputation, financial obligations to third parties, fines, penalties, regulatory proceedings and private litigation, any or all of which could result in our incurring potentially substantial costs. Such events could also result in the deterioration of confidence in us by employees, consumers, and customers and cause other competitive disadvantages. In addition, a security or data privacy breach could require us to expend significant additional resources to enhance our information security systems and could result in a disruption to our operations. Furthermore, third parties, such as our suppliers and retail consumers, may also rely on information technology and be subject to such cybersecurity breaches. These breaches may negatively impact their businesses, which could in turn disrupt our supply chain and/or our business operations. Due to the potential significant costs, business disruption and reputational damage that typically accompany a cyberattack or cybersecurity breach, any such event could have a material adverse effect on our business, prospects, results of operations, financial condition and/or cash flows.

Our information technology systems, or those of our third-party service providers, may be accessed by unauthorized users such as cyber criminals as a result of a disruption, cyberattack or other security breach. Cyberattacks and other cybersecurity incidents are occurring more frequently, are constantly evolving in nature, are becoming more sophisticated and are being made by groups and individuals with a wide range of expertise and motives. Such cyberattacks and cyber incidents can take many forms, including cyber extortion, social engineering, password theft or introduction of viruses or malware, such as ransomware through phishing emails. As techniques used by cyber criminals change frequently, a disruption, cyberattack or other security breach of our information technology systems or infrastructure, or those of our third-party service providers, may go undetected for an extended period and could result in the theft, transfer, unauthorized access to, disclosure, modification, misuse, loss or destruction of our, employee, representative, customer, vendor, consumer and/or other third-party data, including sensitive or confidential data and personal information.  We cannot guarantee that our security efforts will prevent breaches or breakdowns of our or our third-party service providers’ information technology systems.

Changes in laws and regulations governing data privacy and data protection could have a material adverse impact on our business.

We are subject to data privacy laws and regulations that apply to the collection, transmission, storage and use of personally identifiable information, as well as numerous other countries’, federal and state privacy and breach notification laws. While we continue to assess and address the implications of existing and new regulations relating to data privacy, the evolving regulatory landscape presents a number of legal and operational challenges, and our efforts to comply may be unsuccessful. We may also face audits or investigations by one or more government agencies relating to our compliance with these regulations that could result in the imposition of penalties or fines, significant expenses in facilitating and responding to the investigations, and overall reputational harm or negative publicity. The costs of compliance with, and other burdens imposed by, such laws, regulations and policies that are applicable to us could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Governmental regulations could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.

Outdoor Billboard Advertising. Our billboard businesses are regulated by governmental authorities in the jurisdictions in which we operate. These regulations could limit our growth by putting constraints on the number, location and timing of billboards we wish to erect. New regulations and changes to existing regulations may also curtail our ability to expand our billboard business and adversely affect us by reducing our revenues or increasing our operating expenses. For example, settlements between major tobacco companies and all U.S. states and certain U.S. territories include a ban on the outdoor advertising of tobacco products. Alcohol products and other products may be future targets of advertising bans, and legislation, litigation or out-of-court settlements may result in the implementation of additional advertising restrictions that impact our business. Any significant reduction in alcohol-related advertising or the advertising of other products due to content-related restrictions could negatively impact our revenues generated from such businesses and cause an increase in the existing inventory of available outdoor billboard space throughout the industry.

Surety Insurance. We are subject to maintaining compliance within the highly regulated insurance industry as we continue our pursuit of opportunities in that market, including the maintenance of certain levels of operating capital and reserves. Generally, the extensive regulations are designed to benefit or protect policyholders, rather than our investors, or to reduce systemic financial risk. Failure to comply with these regulations could lead to disciplinary action, the imposition of penalties and the revocation of our authorization to operate in the insurance industry. Changes to the regulatory environment in the insurance industry may cause us to adjust our views or practices regarding regulatory risk management and necessitate changes to our operations that may limit our growth or have an adverse impact on our business.

Broadband ServicesThe building and delivery of our broadband services is subject to regulation by both the FCC and county and local governments. Failure to comply with these regulations could lead to the imposition of fines and ultimately the revocation of our authorization to provide these services. As technology changes continue in this market, new regulations may impose additional regulatory burdens and costs that could have an adverse impact on our business.

Any future legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative actions may increase our costs or impose additional restrictions on our businesses, some of which may be significant. We are unable to predict the outcome or effects of any of these potential actions or any other legislative or regulatory proposals on our businesses. In addition, certain of the other new markets and industries that we may choose to enter may be regulated by a variety of federal, state and local agencies. Similarly, our investments in other companies, including the home building and consumer auto lending markets, are highly regulated by federal and other governmental agencies.

Our surety insurance business is subject to extensive insurance regulation, which may adversely affect our ability to achieve our business objectives. In addition, if we fail to comply with these regulations, we may be subject to penalties, including fines and suspensions, which may adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.

Our insurance subsidiary, UCS, is subject to extensive regulation in Nebraska, its state of domicile, and to a lesser degree, the other states in which it operates. Most insurance regulations are designed to protect the interests of insurance policyholders, as opposed to the interests of investors or stockholders. These regulations generally are administered by a department of insurance in each state and relate to, among other things, authorizations to write excess and surplus lines of business, capital and surplus requirements, investment and underwriting limitations, affiliate transactions, dividend limitations, changes in control, solvency and a variety of other financial and non-financial aspects of our business. Significant changes in these laws and regulations could further limit our discretion or make it more expensive to conduct our business. State insurance regulators also conduct periodic examinations of the affairs of insurance companies and require the filing of annual and other reports relating to financial condition, holding company issues and other matters. These regulatory requirements may impose timing and expense constraints that could adversely affect our ability to achieve some or all of our business objectives.

In addition, state insurance regulators have broad discretion to deny or revoke licenses for various reasons, including the violation of regulations. In some instances, where there is uncertainty as to applicability, we follow practices based on our interpretations of regulations or practices that we believe generally to be followed by the industry. These practices may turn out to be different from the interpretations of regulatory authorities. If we do not have the requisite licenses and approvals or do not comply with applicable regulatory requirements, state insurance regulators could preclude or temporarily suspend us from carrying on some or all of our activities or could otherwise penalize us. This could adversely affect our ability to operate our business. Further, changes in the level of regulation of the insurance industry or changes in laws or regulations themselves or interpretations by regulatory authorities could interfere with our operations and require us to bear additional costs of compliance, which could adversely affect our ability to operate our business.

The NAIC has adopted a system to test the adequacy of capital of insurance companies, known as “risk-based capital.” The risk-based capital formula establishes the minimum amount of capital necessary for a company to support its overall business operations. It identifies property and casualty insurers that may be inadequately capitalized by looking at three major areas: 1) Asset Risk; 2) Underwriting Risk; and 3) Other Risk. Insurers falling below a calculated threshold may be subject to varying degrees of regulatory action, including supervision, rehabilitation, or liquidation. Failure to maintain our risk-based capital at the required levels could adversely affect the ability of our insurance subsidiary to maintain regulatory authority to conduct our business. Also, failure to maintain our U.S. Treasury Department listing or our A.M. Best A– (“Excellent”) rating would significantly impact our ability to operate effectively in the surety markets.

Because we are a holding company and a significant portion of our operations are conducted by our UCS insurance subsidiary, our ability to pay dividends may depend on our ability to obtain cash dividends or other permitted payments from our insurance subsidiary.

Because we are a holding company with no business operations of our own, our ability to pay dividends to stockholders will likely depend in significant part on dividends and other distributions from our subsidiaries, including our insurance subsidiary, UCS. State insurance laws, including the laws of Nebraska, restrict the ability of UCS to declare stockholder dividends and bond rating agencies may also limit our ability to declare dividends if they were to seek to lower our bond rating due to lack of capital. State insurance regulators require insurance companies to maintain specified levels of statutory capital and surplus. Consequently, dividend distribution is limited by Nebraska law. State insurance regulators have broad powers to prevent the reduction of statutory surplus to inadequate levels, and there is no assurance that dividends up to the maximum amounts calculated under any applicable formula would be permitted. Moreover, state insurance regulators that have jurisdiction over the payment of dividends by our insurance subsidiary may in the future adopt statutory provisions more restrictive than those currently in effect. UCS may only declare and pay dividends to us after all of UCS’s obligations and regulatory requirements with the Nebraska Department of Insurance have been satisfied.

The declaration and payment of future dividends to holders of our Class A common stock will be at the discretion of our Board of Directors and will depend on many factors.

We may be unable to obtain reinsurance coverage at reasonable prices or on terms that adequately protect us.

We use reinsurance to help manage our exposure to insurance risks. Reinsurance is a practice whereby one insurer, called the reinsurer, agrees to indemnify another insurer, called the ceding insurer, for all or part of the potential liability arising from one or more insurance policies issued by the ceding insurer. The availability and cost of reinsurance is subject to prevailing market conditions, both in terms of price and available capacity, which can affect our business volume and profitability. In addition, reinsurance programs are generally subject to renewal on an annual basis. We may not be able to obtain reinsurance in acceptable amounts and/or on acceptable terms from entities with satisfactory creditworthiness. If we are unable to obtain new reinsurance facilities or renew expiring facilities, our net exposures would increase and we may not be able to maintain certain customer accounts. In such event, if we are unwilling to bear an increase in our net exposure, we would have to reduce the level of our underwriting commitments, which would reduce our revenues.

Many reinsurance companies have begun to exclude certain coverages from, or alter terms in, the reinsurance contracts. For example, many reinsurance policies now exclude coverage of terrorism. As a result, we, like other direct insurance companies, write insurance policies which to some extent do not have the benefit of reinsurance protection. These gaps in reinsurance protection expose us to greater risk and greater potential losses.

Our insurance employees could take excessive risks, which could negatively affect our financial condition and business.

As a business which anticipates it will derive a significant portion of its business from the sale of surety and other insurance products, we are in the business of binding certain risks. The employees who conduct our business, including executive officers and other members of management, underwriters, product managers and other employees, do so in part by making decisions and choices that involve exposing us to risk. These include decisions such as setting underwriting guidelines and standards, product design and pricing, determining which business opportunities to pursue and other decisions. We endeavor, in the design and implementation of our compensation programs and practices, to avoid giving our employees incentives to take excessive risks. However, employees may take such risks regardless of the structure of our compensation programs and practices. Similarly, although we employ controls and procedures designed to monitor employees’ business decisions and prevent them from taking excessive risks, these controls and procedures may not be effective. If our employees take excessive risks, the impact of those risks could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and business operations.

If actual insurance claims exceed our claims and claim adjustment expense reserves, or if changes in the estimated level of claims and claim adjustment expense reserves are necessary, our financial results could be materially and adversely affected.

As we grow our insurance operations, we will continue to establish loss and loss adjustment expense reserves. These reserves will not represent an exact calculation of liability, but instead will represent management's estimates of what the ultimate settlement and administration of claims will cost, generally utilizing actuarial expertise and projection techniques, at a given accounting date. In particular, prior to 2017, UCS was writing business primarily in Massachusetts and has only been writing business outside of Massachusetts for a limited period of time. We do not currently have a long history of national underwriting experience and, as a result, rely on generally available industry data in establishing loss and loss adjustment expense reserves, and our estimates may be materially different from actual losses and adjustments incurred.

The process of estimating claims and claim adjustment expense reserves involves a high degree of judgment and is subject to a number of variables. These variables can be affected by both internal and external events, such as:

changes in claims handling procedures;

adverse changes in loss cost trends;

economic conditions including general inflation;

legal trends and legislative changes;

limited claims experience in newer insurance products; and

varying judgments and viewpoints of the individuals involved in the estimation process, among others.

The impact of many of these items on ultimate costs for claims and claim adjustment expenses will be difficult to estimate. We also expect that claims and claim adjustment expense reserve estimation difficulties will also differ significantly by product line due to differences in claim complexity, the volume of claims, the potential severity of individual claims, the determination of occurrence date for a claim and reporting lags (the time between the occurrence of the policyholder event and when it is actually reported to the insurer). In addition, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, we suspended issuing surety bonds insuring landlords against rent payment defaults and established additional loss reserves to cover anticipated claims.  The COVID-19 pandemic and other unforeseen events could result in insurance claims exceeding our loss and loss adjustment expense reserves.

The estimation of claims and claim adjustment expense reserves may also be more difficult during times of adverse or uncertain economic conditions due to unexpected changes in behavior of claimants and policyholders, including an increase in fraudulent reporting of exposures and/or losses, reduced maintenance of insured properties, increased frequency of small claims or delays in the reporting of claims, and the impact of inflation on the cost of services and materials.

We will attempt to consider all significant facts and circumstances known at the time claims and claim adjustment expense reserves are established or reviewed. Due to the inherent uncertainty underlying claims and claim adjustment expense reserve estimates, the final resolution of the estimated liability for claims and claim adjustment expenses will likely be higher or lower than the related claims and claim adjustment expense reserves at the reporting date. Therefore, actual paid losses in the future may yield a materially different amount than will be currently reserved.

Because of the uncertainties set forth above, additional liabilities resulting from an accumulation of insured events, may exceed the current related reserves. In addition, our estimate of claims and claim adjustment expenses may change. These additional liabilities or increases in estimates, or a range of either, cannot now be reasonably estimated and could materially and adversely affect our results of operations and/or our financial position.

Our efforts to develop new insurance products or expand in targeted markets may not be successful and may create enhanced risks.

A number of our planned business initiatives in the insurance markets we intend to serve will involve developing new products or expanding existing products in targeted markets. This includes the following efforts, from time to time, to protect or grow market share:

We may develop products that insure risks we have not previously insured, contain new coverage or coverage terms or contain different commission terms.

We may refine our underwriting processes.

We may seek to expand distribution channels.

We may focus on geographic markets within or outside of the United States where we have had relatively little or no market share.

We may not be successful in introducing new products or expanding in targeted markets and, even if we are successful, these efforts may create enhanced risks. Among other risks:

Demand for new products or in new markets may not meet our expectations.

To the extent we are able to market new products or expand in new markets, our risk exposures may change, and the data and models we use to manage such exposures may not be as sophisticated or effective as those we use in existing markets or with existing products. This, in turn, could lead to losses in excess of our expectations.

Models underlying underwriting and pricing decisions may not be effective.

Efforts to develop new products or markets have the potential to create or increase distribution channel conflict.

To develop new products or markets, we may need to make substantial capital and operating expenditures, which may also negatively impact results in the near term.

If our efforts to develop new products or expand in targeted markets are not successful, our results of operations could be materially and adversely affected.

Adverse economic factors, including recession, inflation, periods of high unemployment or lower economic activity could result in the sale of fewer surety policies than expected or an increase in frequency or severity of claims and premium defaults or both, which, in turn, could affect the growth and profitability of our surety insurance business.

Factors, such as business revenue, economic conditions, natural disasters, the volatility and strength of the capital markets and inflation can affect the business and economic environment. These same factors affect our ability to generate revenue and profits. In an economic downturn that is characterized by higher unemployment, declining spending and reduced corporate revenues, the demand for insurance products is generally adversely affected, which directly affects our premium levels and profitability. Negative economic factors may also affect our ability to receive the appropriate rate for the risk we insure with our policyholders and may adversely affect the number of policies we can write, including with respect to our opportunities to underwrite profitable business. In an economic downturn, our customers may have less need for insurance coverage. A decline in our financial strength rating may adversely affect the amount of business we write.

Participants in the insurance industry use ratings from independent ratings agencies, such as A.M. Best, as an important means of assessing the financial strength and quality of insurers. In setting its ratings, A.M. Best uses a quantitative and qualitative analysis of a company’s balance sheet strength, operating performance and business profile. This analysis includes comparisons to peers and industry standards as well as assessments of operating plans, philosophy and management. A.M. Best financial strength ratings range from “A++” (Superior) to “F” for insurance companies that have been publicly placed in liquidation. As of the date of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, A.M. Best has assigned a financial strength rating of “A-” (Excellent) to our operating subsidiary, UCS. A.M. Best assigns ratings that are intended to provide an independent opinion of an insurance company’s ability to meet its obligations to policyholders and such ratings are not evaluations directed to investors and are not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold our common stock or any other securities we may issue. A.M. Best periodically reviews our financial strength rating and may revise it downward or revoke it at its sole discretion based primarily on its analysis of our balance sheet strength (including capital adequacy and loss adjustment expense reserve adequacy), operating performance and business profile. Factors that could affect such analysis include but are not limited to:

if we change our business practices from our organizational business plan in a manner that no longer supports A.M. Best’s rating;

if unfavorable financial, regulatory, reinsurance or market trends affect us, including excess market capacity;

if our losses exceed our loss reserves;

if we have unresolved issues with government regulators;

if we are unable to retain our senior management or other key personnel;

if our investment portfolio incurs significant losses; or

if A.M. Best alters its capital adequacy assessment methodology in a manner that would adversely affect our rating.

These and other factors could result in a downgrade of our financial strength rating. A downgrade or withdrawal of our rating could result in any of the following consequences, among others:

causing our current and future brokers and insureds to choose other, more highly-rated competitors;

increasing the cost or reducing the availability of reinsurance to us;

severely limiting or preventing us from writing new insurance contracts; or

giving any future potential lenders the right to accelerate or call any future debt we may incur.

In addition, in view of the earnings and capital pressures recently experienced by many financial institutions, including insurance companies, it is possible that rating organizations will heighten the level of scrutiny that they apply to such institutions, will increase the frequency and scope of their credit reviews, will request additional information from the companies that they rate or will increase the capital and other requirements employed in the rating organizations’ models for maintenance of certain ratings levels. We can offer no assurance that our rating will remain at its current level. It is possible that such reviews of us may result in adverse ratings consequences, which could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.

We lack operational control over certain companies in which we invest and may lack operational control over companies in which we may invest in the future.

We have made, and may continue to make, certain strategic investments in various businesses without acquiring all or a majority ownership stake in those businesses. To the extent that such investments represent a minority or passive stake in any business, we may have little to no participation, input or control over the management, policies, and operations of such business. Further, we may lack sufficient ownership of voting securities to impact, without the vote of additional equity holders, any matters submitted to stockholders or members of such business for a vote. We currently lack operational control over our investments in Sky Harbour, CB&T, MyBundle and Logic.

There is inherent risk in making minority equity investments in companies over which we have little to no control. Without control of the management and decision-making of these businesses, we cannot control their direction, strategy, policies and business plans, and we may be powerless to improve any declines in their performance, operating results and financial condition. If any company in which we are a minority investor suffers adverse effects, it may not be able to continue as a going business concern, and we may lose our entire investment.

We are subject to extensive financial reporting and related requirements for which our accounting and other management systems and resources may not be adequately prepared.

We are subject to reporting and other obligations under the Exchange Act, including the requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Section 404 requires us to conduct an annual management assessment of the effectiveness of our internal controls over financial reporting, and Section 404(b) requires our independent registered accounting firm to attest to and report on our management’s assessment of our internal controls. These reporting and other obligations place significant demands on our management, administrative, operational and accounting resources. In order to comply with these requirements, we may need to (i) upgrade our systems, (ii) implement additional financial and management controls, reporting systems and procedures, (iii) implement an internal audit function, and (iv) hire additional accounting, internal audit and finance staff. If we are unable to accomplish these objectives in a timely and effective manner, our ability to comply with our financial reporting requirements and other rules that apply to reporting companies could be impaired. Any failure to maintain effective internal controls could have a negative impact on our ability to manage our business and on our stock price.

We may fail to maintain effective internal controls over external financial reporting or such controls may fail or be circumvented.

Federal securities laws require us to report on our internal controls over financial reporting, and our business and financial results could be adversely affected if we, or our independent registered public accounting firm, determine that these controls are not effective. If we do not maintain adequate financial and management personnel, processes, and controls, we may not be able to accurately report our financial performance on a timely basis, we may be otherwise unable to comply with the periodic reporting requirements of the SEC and the listing of our Class A common stock on the NYSE could be suspended or terminated, each of which could have a material adverse effect on the confidence in our financial reporting, our credibility in the marketplace, and the trading price of our Class A common stock. The impact of these events could also make it more difficult for us to attract and retain qualified persons to serve on our Board of Directors, our committees and as executive officers.

In 2023, we identified a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting in connection with our previous accounting for our investment in the 24th Street Funds under Accounting Standards Codification 323, Equity Method and Joint Ventures. Although this material weakness was subsequently remediated, any future material weakness could adversely affect our ability to report our results of operations and financial condition accurately and in a timely manner. 

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Our management is likewise required, on a quarterly basis, to evaluate the effectiveness of our internal controls and to disclose any changes and material weaknesses identified through such evaluation in those internal controls. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of our annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.

We identified a material weakness in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting existing as of December 31, 2022. Specifically, our management concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting were not effective related to the risk assessment of our investment in unconsolidated entities who are required to apply specialized industry accounting. Specifically, the Company did not design and implement effective controls addressing the technical accounting complexities associated with companies who are required to apply investment company accounting guidance. Within our current filing, we have revised our Consolidated Balance Sheet and Consolidated Statement of Operations as of and for the year ended December 31, 2022, to reflect our proportionate share of reported earnings pursuant to investment company accounting requirements related to our previous investment in the 24th Street Funds. This material weakness did not require a restatement of our financial statements contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 as our evaluation concluded that the impact quantitatively and qualitatively was not material to any of the prior periods. 

Despite our remediation of this material weakness in 2023 any failure in the future to maintain effective internal controls could adversely impact our ability to report our financial position and results from operations on a timely and accurate basis. If our financial statements are not accurate, investors may not have a complete understanding of our operations. Likewise, if our financial statements are notwere filed on a timely basis and the transactions which were late do not involve shares in which Mr. Rozek has any beneficial interest.

Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence.
The following discussion is a brief summary of certain material arrangements, agreements and transactions we could be subject to sanctions or investigations byhave with related parties. It does not include all of the stock exchange on which our Class A common stock is listed, the SEC or other regulatory authorities. In either case, this could result in a material adverse effect on our business. Ineffective internal controls could also cause investors to lose confidence in our reported financial information, which could have a negative effect on the trading priceprovisions of our stock.  Restated financial statementsmaterial arrangements, agreements and failurestransactions with related parties, does not purport to be complete and is qualified in internal control may also cause usits entirety by reference to fail to meet reporting obligations, negatively affect investor confidence inthe arrangements, agreements and transactions described. We enter into transactions with our managementstockholders and the accuracy ofother entities owned by, or affiliated with, our financial statementsdirect and disclosures, or result in adverse publicity and concerns from investors, any of which could have a negative effect on the price of our securities, subject us to regulatory investigations and penalties or stockholder litigation, and have a material adverse impact on our financial condition.

We can give no assurance that any additional material weaknesses or restatements of financial results will not ariseindirect stockholders in the future due to a failure to implement and maintain adequate internal control over financial reporting or circumventionordinary course of these controls. In addition, even if we are successful in strengthening our controls and procedures, in the future those controls and procedures may not be adequate to prevent or identify irregularities or errors or to facilitate the fair presentation of our financial statements.

Risks Related to Ownership of our Common Stock

Investors should not rely on the accuracy of forward-looking statements made by us.

To the extent that we or any of our officers were to provide any forward-looking statements, investors must recognize that any such forward-looking statements are based upon assumptions and estimates. We cannot make any representations as to the accuracy and reasonableness of such assumptions or the forward-looking statements based thereon. The validity and accuracy of those forward-looking statements will depend in large part on future events that we cannot foresee and may or may not prove to be correct. Consequently, there can be no assurance that our actual operating results will correspond to any of the forward-looking statements. Accordingly, an investment in our common stock should not be made in reliance on forward-looking statements prepared or provided by us.

The price of our Class A common stock has been, and is likely to continue to be, volatile and may fluctuate substantially, which could result in substantial losses for purchasers of our Class A common stock.

Our Class A common stock price has been, and is likely to continue to be, volatile. The stock market in general has experienced extreme volatility that has often been unrelated to the operating performance of particular companies. As a result of this volatility, you may not be able to sell your Class A common stock at or above your original purchase price. The market price for our Class A common stock may be influenced by many factors, many of which are beyond our control, including those discussed in this “Risk Factors” section and elsewhere in this Annual Report and the following:

our operating and financial performance and prospects;

success of our competitors' products or services;

regulatory or legal developments in the United States, especially changes in laws or regulations applicable to our products and services, and changes in federal and state corporate tax laws;

additions or departures of key management personnel;

market and industry perception of our success, or lack thereof, in pursuing our growth strategy;

introductions or announcements of new products and services offered by us or significant acquisitions, strategic partnerships, joint ventures or capital commitments by us or our competitors and the timing of such introductions or announcements;

our ability to effectively manage our growth;

our quarterly or annual earnings or those of other companies in the industries in which we participate;

actual or anticipated changes in estimates to or projections of financial results, development timelines or recommendations by securities analysts;

publication of research reports about us or our industry or positive or negative recommendations or withdrawal of research coverage by securities analysts;

the public’s potential adverse reaction to our intention not to publish any guidance with respect to future earnings;

the public’s reaction to our press releases, other public announcements or our competitors’ businesses;

market conditions in the billboard, insurance, broadband, real estate and other sectors in which we may operate as well as general economic conditions;

our ability or inability to raise additional capital through the issuance of equity or debt or other arrangements and the terms on which we raise it;

trading volume of our Class A common stock;

the resale of Class A common stock held by our affiliates;

changes in accounting standards, policies, guidance or principles;

significant lawsuits, including stockholder litigation;

general economic, industry and market conditions, including those resulting from inflation, geopolitical issues; natural disasters, severe weather events, terrorist attacks, epidemics and pandemics (such as the COVID-19 pandemic) and responses to such events;

accounting charges associated with reductions in the value of our investments in publicly traded securities and private companies;

our income or losses in unconsolidated affiliates in which we have invested capital and our retention of specialized accounting for our investments in entities which qualify as investment companies and apply specialized industry accounting; and
changes in other investment income or losses.

If our quarterly operating results fall below the expectations of investors or securities analysts, the price of our Class A common stock could decline substantially. Furthermore, any quarterly fluctuations in our operating results may, in turn, cause the price of our stock to fluctuate substantially. We believe that quarterly comparisons of our financial results are not necessarily meaningful and should not be relied upon as an indication of our future performance.

The stock market in general, and market prices for the securities of companies like ours in particular, have from time to time experienced volatility that often has been unrelated to the operating performance of the underlying companies.business. These broad market and industry fluctuations may adversely affect the market price of our Class A common stock, regardless of our operating performance.

In several recent situations when the market price of a stock has been volatile, holders of that stock have instituted securities class action litigation against the company that issued the stock. If any of our stockholders were to bring a lawsuit against us, the defense and disposition of the lawsuit could be costly and divert the time and attention of our management and harm our operating results.

We are a smaller reporting company, and we cannot be certain if the reduced disclosure requirements applicable to smaller reporting companies will make our Class A common stock less attractive to investors.

We are currently a “smaller reporting company” as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. “Smaller reporting companies” are able to provide simplified executive compensation disclosures in their filings and have certain other decreased disclosure obligations in their SEC filings, including,transactions include, among other things, only being required to provide two years of audited financial statements in annual reports and in certain registration statements filed with the SEC and no requirement, as long as our revenues are below $100 million and the value of our Class A common stock held by the public as measured on certain dates, is less than $700 million, to have our independent auditor report on and attest to our management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)). Decreased disclosures in our SEC filings due to our status as a “smaller reporting company” may make it harder for investors to analyze our results of operations and financial prospects and certain elements of our compensation program for executive officers and key employees.

An active trading market for our Class A common stock may not be maintained.

Our Class A common stock began trading on the NASDAQ Capital Market on June 16, 2017 and on the New York Stock Exchange on January 14, 2022. There is a risk that an active trading market for our shares may not be maintained. If an active market for our Class A common stock is not maintained, it may be difficult for you to sell your shares without depressing the market price for the shares or at all. The lack of an active market may also impair your ability to sell your shares at a time you wish to sell them or at a price that you consider reasonable and it may reduce the market value of your shares. An inactive trading market may also impair our ability to raise capital, to continue to fund operations by selling shares, and may impair our ability to acquire other companies or technologies by using our shares as consideration.

We will continue to incur increased costs as a result of operating as a public company in the United States.

As a public company in the United States, we have incurred and will continue to incur significant legal, accounting, insuranceothers, professional advisory, consulting and other expenses, including costs associated with U.S. public company reporting requirements. We will also incur costs associated with NYSE listing requirements, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and related rules implemented by the SEC. The expenses incurred by U.S. public companies generally for reporting and corporate governance purposes have been increasing. We expect these rules and regulations would increase our legal and financial compliance costs and make some activities more time-consuming and costly, although we are currently unable to estimate these costs with any degree of certainty. In estimating these costs, we took into account expenses related to insurance, legal, accounting, and compliance activities, as well as other expenses not currently incurred. These laws and regulations could also make it more difficult or costly for us to obtain certain types of insurance, including director and officer liability insurance, and we may be forced to accept reduced policy limits and coverage or incur substantially higher costs to obtain the same or similar coverage. These laws and regulations could also make it more difficult for us to attract and retain qualified persons to serve on our Board of Directors, our Board committees or as our executive officers. Furthermore, if we are unable to satisfy our obligations as a public company, we could be subject to delisting of our Class A common stock, fines, sanctions and other regulatory action and potentially civil litigation.

services.

If a substantial number of shares of our Class A common stock become available for sale and are sold in a short period of time, the market price of our Class A common stock could decline.

If our current stockholders sell substantial amounts of our Class A common stock in the public market in a short period of time, the market price of our Class A common stock could decrease.

The perception in the public market that our current stockholders might sell shares of Class A common stock could also create a perceived overhang and depress our market price. As of March 22, 2024, MBOC I holds for the benefit of Massachusetts Institute of Technology ("MIT") and a pension fund managed by MIT 5,589,253 shares of our Class A common stock. In addition, the MIT affiliated pension fund separately reported that as of February 7, 2024, it owns an additional 2,444,473 shares of our Class A common stock. Additionally, Mr. Peterson and entities managed by Magnolia together with Mr. Rozek and entities managed by Boulderado collectively own 733,107 shares of our Class A common stock and 1,055,560 shares of our Class B common stock, which converts on a one for one basis into an equivalent number of shares of our Class A common stock. Pursuant to the exercise of rights under a registration rights agreement, in September 2021, we registered a total of 9,698,705 shares of Class A common stock, including 6,437,768 shares of Class A common stock owned by MBOC I and beneficially owned by entities associated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the remaining 3,260,937 shares owned directly by certain entities affiliated with MIT and also grants them the right to participate in future registrations of securities by us, subject to certain conditions. In May 2022, we updated the Registration Statement to reflect subsequent distributions of the Class A common stock owned by MBOC I to MIT, resulting in a reduction in the number of shares registered to 8,297,039shares of our Class A common stock. These registration rights continue until the earlier of March 31, 2033 or the date when an investor may resell the shares of our Class A common stock under Rule 144 as of the date when all registrable securities held by and issued to such investor may be sold under Rule 144 under the Securities Act during any 90 day period. In May 2022, we also registered 1,018,660shares of Class A common stock held by Magnolia and Boulderado and their affiliates. As of December 31, 2023, certain of our stockholders still hold 8,359,850 registered shares of our Class A common stock.

Additionally, entities controlled by Magnolia and Boulderado have partners and members that may seek to have their interests redeemed and/or entities controlled by Boulderado and Magnolia may make a distribution to their partners and members or may dissolve such entities. In any such event, entities controlled by Boulderado or Magnolia would report a transfer of shares on a Form 4 filed with the SEC, which may affect the market price of our Class A common stock.

As of March 22, 2024, an additional 407,484 shares of our Class A common stock are owned directly or indirectly by our officers and directors and their affiliates other than Messrs. Peterson and Rozek and are available for resale under Rule 144 under the Securities Act. In addition, we have issued 80,912 shares of our Class A common stock under the 2022 Long-Term Incentive Plan and may issue additional shares in the future. Although we have not registered the shares issued or available for issuance under the 2022 Long-Term Incentive Plan, we may do so in the future.

A sale of a large number of the shares described above may have a depressive effect upon the price of our Class A common stock.

If equity research analysts do not publish research or reports about our business or if they issue unfavorable commentary or downgrade our Class A common stock, the market price of our Class A common stock could decline.

The trading market for our Class A common stock likely will be influenced by the research and reports that equity and debt research analysts publish about the industry, us and our business. The market price of our Class A common stock could decline if one or more securities analysts downgrade our shares or if those analysts issue a sell recommendation or other unfavorable commentary or cease publishing reports about us or our business. If one or more of the analysts who elect to cover us downgrade our shares, the market price of our Class A common stock would likely decline.

Entities managed by Magnolia and Boulderado currently effectively control all voting matters brought before our stockholders.

Currently, MCF and BP collectively own all of our Class B common stock and entities managed by Magnolia and Boulderado own 19.5% of our Class A common stock, resulting in their holding 41.8% of the aggregate voting power of the company.  As a result, Mr. Peterson and entities managed by Magnolia together control 28.5%of the aggregate voting power, and Mr. Rozek and entities managed by Boulderado together control 14.3%of the aggregate voting power. Moreover, it is possible that entities managed by Boulderado and Magnolia may increase their ownership in us if we sell additional shares of stock to them in connection with any future capital raise we may conduct. Also, each share of Class B common stock is entitled to cast 10 votes for all matters on which our stockholders vote, while each share of Class A common stock is entitled to cast only one vote. For the foreseeable future, entities managed by Magnolia and Boulderado will likely continue to control virtually all matters submitted to stockholders for a vote; may elect all of our directors; and, as a result, may control our management, policies, and operations. Our other stockholders will not have voting control over our actions, including the determination of other industries and markets that we may enter.

The interests of the entities managed by Magnolia and Boulderado may not coincide with the interests of other holders of our Class A common stock. The entities managed by Magnolia and Boulderado are in the business of making investments in companies and may, from time to time, acquire and hold interests in businesses that compete directly or indirectly with us. The entities managed by Magnolia and Boulderado may also pursue, for their own managers’ or members’ accounts, acquisition opportunities that may be complementary to our business, and as a result, those acquisition opportunities may not be available to us. So long as each of MCF and BP continue to own our Class B common stock or entities managed by Magnolia and Boulderado own a majority of our outstanding Class A common stock, they will continue to be able to strongly influence or effectively control our decisions, including potential mergers or acquisitions, asset sales and other significant corporate transactions.

Certain actions cannot be taken without the approval of MCF and BP due to their ownership of Class B common stock.

MCF and BP, the holders of record of the shares of Class B common stock, exclusively and as a separate class, are entitled to elect two (2) directors to our Board of Directors, which(which we refer to as the “Class B Directors,”Directors”), which number of Class B Directors may be reduced pursuant to the terms and conditions of theour Amended and Restated Voting and First Refusal Agreement between MCF and BP entered into on June 19, 2015, which we refer to as the “Amended and Restated Voting and First Refusal Agreement. Any Class B Director may be removed without cause by, and only by, the affirmative vote of the holders of eighty percent (80%) of the shares of Class B common stock exclusively and as a separate class, given either at a special meeting of such stockholders duly called for that purpose or pursuant to a written consent of such stockholders.

At any time when shares Matters requiring the unanimous approval of the Class B Directors are described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K as filed with the SEC on March 27, 2024.

Each of BP and MCF agreed as part of the Amended and Restated Voting and First Refusal Agreement originally entered into on June 19, 2015 to elect as the Class B Directors each of Alex B. Rozek, as a nominee of BP, and Adam K. Peterson, as a nominee of MCF. In the event of (a) the death of a Class B Director, (b) the incapacitation of a Class B Director as a result of illness or accident, which makes it reasonably unlikely that the Class B Director will be able to perform his normal duties for the Company for a period of ninety (90) days, or (c) a change of control of BP or MCF, then the Class B stockholder which nominated such dead or incapacitated Class B Director, or the Class B stockholder undergoing such change of control, shall convert all of such Class B common stock are outstanding, we may not, without the affirmative vote of both of the Class B Directors:

Amend, alter or otherwise change the rights, preferences or privileges of the Class B common stock, or amend, alter or repeal any provision of our certificate of incorporation or bylaws in a manner that adversely affects the powers, preferences or rights of the Class B common stock.

Liquidate, dissolve or wind-up our business, effect any merger or consolidation or any other deemed liquidation event or consent to any of the foregoing.

Create, or authorize the creation of, or issue additional shares of Class B common stock, or increase the authorized number of shares of any additional class or series of capital stock.

Increase or decrease the authorized number of directors constituting the Board of Directors.

Hire, terminate, change the compensation of, or amend the employment agreements of, our executive officers.

Purchase or redeem (or permit any subsidiary to purchase or redeem) or pay or declare any dividend or make any distribution on, any shares of our capital stock.

Create, or authorize the creation of, or issue, or authorize the issuance of any debt security, if our aggregate indebtedness for borrowed money following such action would exceed $10,000, or guarantee, any indebtedness except for our own trade accounts arising in the ordinary course of business.

Make, or permit any subsidiary to make, any loan or advance outside of the ordinary course of business to any employee or director.

Create, or hold capital stock in, any subsidiary that is not wholly owned (either directly or through one or more other subsidiaries) by us or permit any direct or indirect subsidiary to sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the assets of any subsidiary.

Change our principal business, enter new lines of business, or exit the current line of business.

Enter into any agreement involving the payment, contribution, or assignment by us or to us of money or assets greater than $10,000.

Enter into or be a party to any transaction outside of the ordinary course of business with any of our directors, officers, or employees or any “associate” (as defined in Rule 12b-2 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of any such person or entity.

Acquire, by merger, stock purchase, asset purchase or otherwise, any material assets or securities of any other corporation, partnership or other entity.

Provisions in our charter documents and Delaware law could make an acquisition of us more difficult and may prevent attempts by our stockholders to replace or remove our current management, even if beneficial to our stockholders.

Provisions in our certificate of incorporation (including but not limited to the rights of the holders of Class B common stock) and our bylaws may discourage, delay or prevent a merger, acquisition or other change in control that some stockholders may consider favorable, including transactions in which you might otherwise receive a premium for your shares of our Class A common stock. These provisions could also limit the price that investors might be willing to pay in the future for shares of our Class A common stock, possibly depressingin accordance with the market price of our Class A common stock.

The anti-takeover provisions of Delaware law impose various impediments to the ability of a third party to acquire control of us, even if a change of control would be beneficial to our existing stockholders. In addition, our certificate of incorporation, as amended, and bylaws contain provisions that may make the acquisition of the Company more difficult, including, but not limited to, the following:

setting forth specific procedures regarding how our stockholders may nominate directors for election at stockholder meetings;

permitting our Board of Directors to issue preferred stock without stockholder approval; and

limiting the rights of stockholders to amend our bylaws, call a special meeting of our stockholders or take action by written consent.

In addition, these provisions may frustrate or prevent any attempts by our stockholders to replace members of our Board of Directors. Because our Board of Directors is responsible for appointing the members of our management team, these provisions could in turn affect any attempt by our stockholders to replace members of our management team.

Our Board of Directors is authorized to issue preferred stock without stockholder approval, which could be used to institute a “poison pill” that would work to dilute the stock ownership of a potential hostile acquirer, effectively preventing acquisitions that have not been approved by our Board of Directors. Our certificate of incorporation authorizes our Board of Directors to issue up to 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock. The preferred stock may be issued in one or more series, the terms of which may be determined by our Board of Directors at the time of issuance or fixed by resolution without further action by the stockholders. These terms may include voting rights, preferences as to dividends and liquidation, conversion rights, redemption rights and sinking fund provisions. The issuance of preferred stock could diminish the rights of holders of our common stock, and, therefore, could reduce the value of our common stock. In addition, specific rights granted to holders of preferred stock could be used to restrict our ability to merge with, or sell assets to, a third party. The ability of our Board of Directors to issue preferred stock could delay, discourage, prevent or make it more difficult or costly to acquire or effect a change in control, thereby preserving the current stockholders’ control.

Because we do not intend to pay dividends for the foreseeable future, you may not receive any return on investment unless you sell your common stock for a price greater than that which you paid for it.

We do not intend to pay dividends for the foreseeable future, and our stockholders will not be guaranteed, or have contractual or other rights, to receive dividends. Our Board of Directors may, in its discretion, modify or repeal our dividend policy or discontinue entirely the payment of dividends. The declaration and payment of dividends depends on various factors, including: our net income, financial condition, cash requirements, future prospects and other factors deemed relevant by our Board of Directors. In addition, state insurance regulators will limit the amount of dividends, if any, we can draw from our UCS insurance operations and Link’s credit agreement prohibits it from issuing dividends to us if as a result of any such dividend Link would be in violation of the financial covenants set forth in the credit agreement.

In addition, underCharter. The Amended and Restated Voting and First Refusal Agreement also provides each of us and the Delaware General Corporation Law, which we referother parties to as the “DGCL,” our Board of Directors may not authorize payment of a dividend unless it is either paid out of our surplus, as calculated in accordanceAmended and Restated Voting and First Refusal Agreement with the DGCL, or if we do not haveright of first refusal to purchase the Class B common stock proposed to be sold by the other holder of Class B common stock.

On February 22, 2018, the Company entered into a surplus, it is paid out of our net profitsClass A Common Stock Purchase Agreement for the fiscal year in2018 private placement, pursuant to which the dividend is declared and/or the preceding fiscal year.

If we are, or were, a U.S. real property holding corporation, non-U.S. holders of our Class A common stock could be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the gain from its sale, exchange or other disposition.

If we are or ever have been a U.S. real property holding corporation, which we refer to as “USRPHC,” under the Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act of 1980 and applicable United States Treasury regulations, which we refer to collectively as the “FIRPTA Rules,” unless an exception applies, certain non-U.S. investors in our Class A common stock would be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the gain fromCompany raised $150,000,000 through the sale exchange or other dispositionto Magnolia BOC I LP (“MBOC I”), Magnolia BOC II LP (“MBOC II”), and BBOC LP (“BBOC”) an aggregate of 6,437,768 unregistered shares of our Class A common stock and such non-U.S. investor would be required to fileat a United States federal income tax return. In addition, the purchaserprice of such Class A common stock would be required to withhold$23.30 per share, a portion of the purchase price and remit such amountslight premium to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.

In general, under the FIRPTA Rules, a company is a USRPHC if its interests in U.S. real property comprise at least 50%closing price of the fair market value of its assets. If we are or were a USRPHC, so long as our Class A common stock is “regularly traded on an established securities market” (as defined under the FIRPTA Rules), a non-U.S. holder who, actually or constructively, holds or held no more than 5% of our Class A common stock is not subject to U.S. federal income tax on the gain from the sale, exchange or other disposition of our common stock under FIRPTA Rules. In addition, other interests in equity of a USRPHC may qualify for this exception if, on the date such interest was acquired, such interests had a fair market value no greater than the fair market value on that date of 5% of our Class A common stock. Any of our Class A common stockholders that are non-U.S. persons should consult their tax advisors to determine the consequences of investing in our Class A common stock.

You may be diluted by the future issuance of additional Class A common stock in connection with acquisitions, sales of our securities or otherwise.

As of March 22, 2024, we had 8,539,476shares of Class A common stock authorized but unissued under our certificate of incorporation. We will be authorized to issue these$23.29 on the NASDAQ Capital Market, as reported by NASDAQ on the date of the Class A Common Stock Purchase Agreement. MBOC I is managed by Magnolia. BBOC, which subsequently contributed all of its shares of Class A common stock to MBOC I, was an entity managed by Boulderado. MBOC II was an entity managed by Magnolia until it distributed all of its shares to its partners in June 2021. The limited partners of MBOC I have the right to receive an in-kind distribution of their interests in the partnerships upon written request, subject to certain advance notice requirements. On March 6, 2018, MBOC I, MBOC II and options,BBOC, entered into a registration rights warrants and appreciation rights relatingagreement with the Company pursuant to which the Company became obligated at any time after March 6, 2021 to register up to 6,437,768 shares of Class A common stock held by MBOC I, MBOC II and BBOC upon demand. The registration rights agreement also grants the holders of these shares piggyback registration rights. We subsequently agreed to provide these same registration rights for consideration and on terms and conditions established by our Boardadditional shares of Directors in its sole discretion, subject to applicable laws and NYSE rules, whether in connection with acquisitions, financings or otherwise. Any Class A common stock that we issue would diluteacquired by the percentage ownership heldlimited partners of MBOC I and 238 Plan Associates LLC, the welfare and benefit plan maintained by current investors.

In the future, we may issue our securities, including sharesMassachusetts Institute of our common stock, in connection with financings, investments or acquisitions. We regularly evaluate potential acquisition opportunities, including ones that would be significant to us. We cannot predict the timing of any contemplated transactions, and none are currently probable, but any pending transaction could be entered into shortly after the filing of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. The amount ofTechnology. As a result, 9,698,705 shares of our Class A common stock issued in connection withwere subsequently registered on September 21, 2021. Following the expiration of the registration statement registering these shares, we filed a financing, investment or acquisition could constitute a material portion of our then-outstanding shares of Class A common stock. Any issuance of additional securities in connection with financings, investments or acquisitions may result in additional dilution to you.

Our authorized preferred stock exposes holders of our common stock to certain risks.

Our certificate of incorporation authorizes the issuance of up to 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock. The authorized but unissued preferred stock constitutes what is commonly referred to as “blank check” preferred stock. This type of preferred stock may be issuednew shelf registration statement on April 25, 2022, which was subsequently declared effective by the Board of Directors from time to timeSEC on any number of occasions, without stockholder approval, as one or more separate series of shares comprised of any number ofMay 12, 2022, and we subsequently filed a prospectus supplement on June 15, 2022 registering the authorized but unissued shares of preferred stock, designated by resolution of the Board of Directors stating the name and number of shares of each series and setting forth separately for such series the relative rights, privileges and preferences thereof, including, if any, the: (i) rate of dividends payable thereon; (ii) price, terms and conditions of redemption; (iii) voluntary and involuntary liquidation preferences; (iv) provisions of a sinking fund for redemption or repurchase; (v) terms of conversion to common stock, including conversion price and antidilution protection, and (vi) voting rights. Such preferred stock may provide our Board of Directors the ability to hinder or discourage any attempt to gain control of us by a merger, tender offer at a control premium price, proxy contest or otherwise. Consequently, the preferred stock could entrench our management. The market price of our Class A common stock could be depressed to some extent by the existence of the preferred stock. As of March 22, 2024, no shares of preferred stock have been issued.

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware and the federal district courts of the United States are the exclusive forums for substantially all disputes between us and our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers, or employees

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that, unless we consent in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware will, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, be the sole and exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on our behalf, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any of our directors, officers, employees or agents to us or our stockholders, (iii) any action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the DGCL, our certificate of incorporation or our bylaws, (iv) any action to interpret, apply, enforce or determine the validity of our certificate of incorporation or our bylaws or (v) any action asserting a claim against us that is governed by the internal affairs doctrine. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in shares of our capital stock will be deemed to have notice of, and consented to, the provisions of our certificate of incorporation described in the preceding sentence. This choice of forum provision may limit a stockholder’s ability to bring a claim in a judicial forum that it finds favorable for disputes with us or our directors, officers, employees or agents, which may discourage such lawsuits against us and such persons. Alternatively, if a court were to find these provisions of our certificate of incorporation inapplicable to, or unenforceable in respect of, one or more of the specified types of actions or proceedings, we may incur additional costs associated with resolving such matters in other jurisdictions, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations.

This provision would not apply to suits brought to enforce a duty or liability created by the Exchange Act. Furthermore, Section 22 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) creates concurrent jurisdiction for federal and state courts over all such Securities Act actions. Accordingly, both state and federal courts have jurisdiction to entertain such claims.

This exclusive-forum provision may limit a stockholder’s ability to bring a claim in a judicial forum that it finds favorable for disputes with us or our directors, officers, or other employees, which may discourage lawsuits against us and our directors, officers, and other employees. If a court were to find either exclusive-forum provision in our amended and restated certificate of incorporation to be inapplicable or unenforceable in an action, we may incur further significant additional costs associated with resolving the dispute in other jurisdictions, all of which could seriously harm our business, financial condition, results of operations, and prospects.

Our directors have limited liability under Delaware law.

Pursuant to our certificate of incorporation, and Delaware law, our directors are not liable to us or our stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty, except for: liability in connection with a breach of the duty of loyalty; acts or omissions not in good faith; acts or omissions that involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law; dividend payments or stock repurchases that are illegal under Delaware law; or any transaction in which a director has derived an improper personal benefit. Accordingly, except in those circumstances, our directors will not be liable to us or our stockholders for breach of their duty.

Our ability to use our net operating loss carry forwards may be subject to limitation and may result in increased future tax liability.

Sections 382 and 383 of the Internal Revenue Code contain rules that limit the ability of a company that undergoes an “ownership change” to utilize its net operating loss and tax credit carry forwards and certain built-in losses recognized in years after the ownership change. An “ownership change” is generally defined in Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code as any change in ownership of more than 50% of a corporation’s stock over a rolling three-year period by stockholders that own (directly or indirectly) 5% or more of the stock of a corporation, or arising from a new issuance of stock by a corporation. If an ownership change occurs, Section 382 generally imposes an annual limitation on the use of pre-ownership change net operating losses, which we refer to as “NOLs,” credits and certain other tax attributes to offset taxable income earned after the ownership change. The annual limitation is equal to the product of the applicable long-term tax exempt rate and the value of the company’s stock immediately before the ownership change. This annual limitation may be adjusted to reflect any unused annual limitation for prior years and certain recognized built-in gains and losses for the year. In addition, Section 383 generally limits the amount of tax liability in any post-ownership change year that can be reduced by pre-ownership change tax credit carryforwards. In addition, tax net operating loss carry forwards generated in years beginning after December 31, 2017 may be carried forward indefinitely but are only available to offset 80% of future taxable income. This could result in increased U.S. federal income tax liability for us if we generate taxable income in a future period. Limitations on the use of NOLs and other tax attributes could also increase our state tax liability. The use of our tax attributes will also be limited to the extent that we do not generate positive taxable income in future tax periods. As a result of these limitations, we may be unable to offset future taxable income (if any) with losses, or our tax liability with credits, before such losses and credits expire. Accordingly, these limitations may increase our federal income tax liability. NOLs generated during 2018 and thereafter do not expire.

As of December 31, 2023, we had NOLs of approximately $72.5 million. We continue to assess the impact of the 2018 private placement, our “at the market” offerings, our 2020 public offering, our 2021 public offering and other transactions to determine whether an “ownership change,” as defined in Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code, has occurred and, if so, the limitations on our ability to utilize NOLs. Additionally, it is possible that future transactions may cause us to undergo one or more ownership changes. Certain of these NOLs may be also at risk of limitation in the event of a future ownership change.

We have U.S. federal and state NOLs. In general, NOLs in one state cannot be used to offset income in any other state. Accordingly, we may be subject to tax in certain jurisdictions even if we have unused NOLs in other jurisdictions. Also, each jurisdiction in which we operate may have its own limitations on our ability to utilize NOLs or tax credit carryovers generated in that jurisdiction. These limitations may increase our federal, state, and/or foreign income tax liability.

Item 1B.    Unresolved Staff Comments.

None.

Item 1C.    Cybersecurity.

Risk Management and Strategy

We have implemented and maintain various information security processes designed to identify, assess and manage material risks from cybersecurity threats to our critical computer networks, third party hosted services, communications systems, hardware and software, and our critical data, including, confidential information that is proprietary, strategic or competitive in nature, and data related to financial and customer data (“Information Systems and Data”). 

While to date, we have not had a major cyber incident against our platforms, nor experienced significant data loss or any material financial losses related to cybersecurity attacks, it is possible that we could experience a significant event in the future. Risks and exposures related to cybersecurity attacks are expected to remain high for the foreseeable future due to the rapidly evolving nature and sophistication of these threats. For a description of the risks from cybersecurity threats that may materially affect us and how they may do so, see our risk factors under Part 1. Item 1A. Risk Factors in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, including the risk factor captioned “Disruptions to or any breach of our information technology systems could disrupt our business operations which could have a material adverse effect on our business, prospects, results of operations, financial condition and/or cash flows.”

Our officers and employees and our IT vendors help identify, assess and manage our cybersecurity threats and risks and the unique needs of each of our billboard, surety insurance, broadband and other businesses and the various offices in which we operate. We manage, identify and assess risks from cybersecurity threats by monitoring and evaluating our threat environment and risk profile using various methods including, for example: through the use of automated tools, including but not limited to tools for monitoring, geolocation, remote wiping, threat detection, intrusion detection and prevention, patch management, distributed denial of service (DDoS) protection and forensics; conducting (directly or through third parties) regular audits and threat assessments for internal and external threats; subscribing to reports and services that identify cybersecurity threats; analyzing reports of threats and actors; conducting vulnerability assessments to identify vulnerabilities; evaluating our and our industry’s risk profile; and evaluating threats reported to us.

We implement and maintain various technical, physical, and organizational measures, processes, standards and policies designed to manage and mitigate material risks from cybersecurity threats to our Information Systems and Data, including, for example: incident response plans and procedures, disaster recovery/business continuity plans, risk assessments, implementation of security standards and certifications, encryption of data, network security controls, data segregation, access controls, physical security, asset management, tracking and disposal, systems monitoring, vendor risk management program, employee training and penetration testing.

Our assessment and management of material risks from cybersecurity threats are integrated into our overall risk management processes. For example, cybersecurity risk is addressed as a component of our enterprise risk management program, and members of our management team and IT consultants work together to prioritize our risk management processes, mitigate cybersecurity threats that are more likely to lead to a material impact to our business, and report regularly to our board of directors on cybersecurity matters.

We use third-party service providers to assist us from time to time to identify, assess, and manage material risks from cybersecurity threats, including for example managed cybersecurity service providers, threat intelligence service providers, dark web monitoring services, and other cybersecurity software providers.

We use third-party service providers to perform a variety of functions throughout our business, including but not limited to application providers, hosting companies, contract manufacturing organizations and contract research organizations. We have a vendor management program to oversee, identify and manage cybersecurity risks associated with our use of these providers. The program includes a risk assessment for vendors that may include, depending on the vendor and nature of services being performed, security questionnaires, review of the vendor's written security program, review of security assessments, audits and reports, vulnerability scans related to the vendor, security assessment calls with the vendor's security personnel, and the imposition of certain contractual obligations on the vendor, among other elements, in accordance with the processes outlined in our internal vendor selection, management, and oversight process policy and other internal guidelines. More specifically, the level of assessment may depend on the following: the nature of the services provided and the data the vendors may collect, retain, and utilize, the sensitivity of the Information Systems and Data at issue, and the identity of the provider.

Governance

Our board of directors addresses our cybersecurity risk management as part of its general oversight function.

Our cybersecurity risk assessment and management processes are implemented and maintained by various members of our management team and IT consultants, which includes individuals who have a diverse combination of relevant expertise, experience, education and training. Our team includes individuals with relevant experience in enterprise risk management and disclosure controls and procedures. Additionally, certain members of our team have experience managing cybersecurity programs and are specifically assigned cybersecurity oversight.

Certain members of our management team are responsible for hiring appropriate employees and consultants, helping to integrate cybersecurity risk considerations into our overall risk management strategy, communicating key priorities to relevant personnel, approving budgets, helping prepare for cybersecurity incidents, approving cybersecurity processes, and reviewing security assessments and other security-related reports.

Our cybersecurity incident response processes are designed to escalate certain cybersecurity incidents to members of management. Our cybersecurity incident management team, and other individuals as needed, work to help us mitigate and remediate cybersecurity incidents of which we are notified. In addition, our incident response processes include a procedure for reporting certain cybersecurity incidents to the board of directors.

Commencing in 2024, our Audit and Risk Committee is taking the lead on behalf of the board of directors on oversight of our cybersecurity risk management program.

Item 2.    Properties.

Our corporate headquarters is located in Omaha, Nebraska. As of December 31, 2023, we maintained offices in various locations in the United States with leases expiring between 2024 and 2042. In connection with the acquisition of various billboard sites, we own a small percentage of these sites and in most instances lease the sites from third parties. Land leases related to the structures are typically paid in advance for periods ranging from one to twelve months. The lease contracts include those with fixed payments and those with escalating payments. Some of the lease contracts contain a base rent payment plus an additional amount up to a particular percentage of revenue. In the opinion of our management, our properties are adequate and suitable for our business as presently conducted and are adequately maintained. We also own several parcels in Arizona used by our broadband business for storage of equipment.

Item 3. Legal Proceedings.

Due to the nature of our business, we are, from time to time and in the ordinary course of business, involved in routine litigation or subject to disputes or claims related to our business activities, including, without limitation, workers’ compensation claims and employment-related disputes. In the opinion of our management, none of the pending litigation, disputes or claims against us, if decided adversely, will have a material adverse effect individually or in the aggregate on our financial condition, cash flows or results of operations.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.

Not applicable.

PART II

Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.

Certain Information Regarding the Trading of Our Common Stock

Since January 14, 2022, our Class A common stock publicly trades on the New York Stock Exchange and currently trades under the trading symbol “BOC”.  From June 16, 2017 through January 13, 2022, our Class A common stock traded on the NASDAQ Capital Market. Prior to this time, our Class A common stock traded on the OTCQX with limited trading volume. Currently, there is no public trading market for our Class B common stock.

As of March 22, 2024, the closing price per share of our common stock was $16.64, as reported by the NYSE.

Holders of Our Common Stock

As of March 22, 2024, there were approximately 93 holders of record of shares of our Class A common stock. This number does not include stockholders for whom shares are held in “nominee” or “street” name.  As of March 22, 2024, there were 30,299,408 shares of Class A common stock outstanding. As of March 22, 2024, we also had 1,055,560 shares of Class B common stock held entirely by MCF and BP, as well as warrants held by MCF to purchase up to an additional 52,778 shares of our Class B common stock, warrants held by BP to purchase up to 51,994 shares of our Class B common stock, and warrants held by an unaffiliated investor to purchase up to 7848,297,039 shares of our Class A common stock each at exercise prices ranging from $8.00 to $10.00 per share. 

Dividend Policy

We have never declared or paid any cash dividends on our capital stock. We currently intend to retain all of our future earnings, if any, to finance the growth and development of our business. We do not intend to pay any cash dividends to the holders of our common stock in the foreseeable future. We are not required to pay dividends, and our stockholders will not be guaranteed, or have contractual or other rights to receive, dividends. The declaration and payment of any future dividends will be at the sole discretion of our Board of Directors and will depend upon, among other things, our earnings, financial condition, capital requirements, level of indebtedness, contractual restrictions with respect to the payment of dividends, opportunity set for retained capital, and other considerations that our Board of Directors deems relevant. In addition, state insurance regulators will limit the amount of dividends, if any, we can draw from our UCS insurance operations. In addition, Link’s loan credit facility limits its ability to issue cash dividends to us during any period in which it is in default of any loan covenant. Our Board of Directors may decide, in its discretion, at any time, to modify or repeal the dividend policy or discontinue entirely the payment of dividends.

The ability of our Board of Directors to declare a dividend is also subject to limits imposed by Delaware corporate law. Under Delaware law, our Board of Directors and the boards of directors of our corporate subsidiaries incorporated in Delaware may declare dividends only to the extent of our “surplus,” which is defined as total assets at fair market value minus total liabilities, minus statutory capital, or if there is no surplus, out of net profits for the fiscal year in which the dividend is declared and/or the preceding fiscal year.

Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

None.

Equity Compensation Plans

In August 2022, our shareholders approved the 2022 Incentive Plan. Commencing in January 2023, we have issued stock grants under the 2022 Incentive Plan of our Class A common stock to our Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer, the president of our billboard subsidiary, the president of our broadband subsidiary, three other employees, and the four independent directors totaling 80,912shares. Certain of the grants to the employees and the four independent directors are subject to vesting periods of up to three years from the date of grant.

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

Not applicable.

Item 6.

Selected Financial Data.

Not applicable as we are a “smaller reporting company.”

Item 7.

Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

You should read the following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations together with our consolidated financial statements and related notes appearing elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. The following discussion contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results and the timing of certain events could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors, including those discussed below and as set forth under Summary Risk Factors and “Item 1A. Risk Factors.” Please also refer to the section under the heading “Cautionary Note Concerning Forward-Looking Statements.”

Overview

We are currently engaged in outdoor billboard advertising, broadband services, surety insurance and related brokerage businesses, and an asset management business. In addition, we hold minority investments in commercial real estate management and brokerage services, a bank focused on servicing the automotive loan market, and a developer of private aviation infrastructure focused on building, leasing and managing business aviation hangars.

Outdoor BillboardAdvertising. In June 2015, we commenced our billboard business operations through acquisitions by Link, our wholly-owned subsidiary, of smaller billboard companies located in the Southeast United States and Wisconsin. During July and August 2018, we acquired the membership interest or assets of three larger billboard companies which increased our overall billboard count to approximately 2,900 billboards. In addition, we have made several billboard acquisitions on a smaller scale since that date. We believe that we are a leading outdoor billboard advertising company in the markets we serve in the Midwest. As of December 31, 2023, we operate approximately 4,000 billboards with approximately 7,600 advertising faces. One of our principal business objectives is to continue to acquire additional billboard assets through acquisitions of existing billboard businesses in the United States when they can be made at what we believe to be attractive prices relative to other opportunities generally available to us.

Surety Insurance. In September 2015, we established an insurance subsidiary, GIG, designed to own and operate insurance businesses generally handling high volume, lower policy limit commercial lines of property and casualty insurance. In April 2016, our surety insurance business commenced with the acquisition of a surety insurance brokerage business with a national internet-based presence. In December 2016, we completed the acquisition of UCS, a surety insurance company, which at that time was licensed to issue surety bonds in only nine states. UCS now has licenses to operate in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. In addition, over the last several years, we have also acquired additional surety insurance brokerage businesses located in various regions of the United States. We may in the future expand the reach of our insurance activities to other forms of insurance which may have similar characteristics to surety, such as high volume and low average policy premium insurance businesses which historically have similar economics.

Broadband Services. In March 2020, we commenced our broadband services business with the acquisition of substantially all of the business assets of FibAire, a rural broadband internet provider that serves over 8,000 customers in communities in southern Arizona with a high-speed fixed wireless internet service and is building an all fiber-to-the-home network in select Arizona markets. In December 2020, we acquired substantially all of the business assets of UBB, a broadband internet provider that provides high-speed internet to over 10,000 customers throughout Utah. In September 2021, we announced the launch of Fiber Fast Homes, LLC, which partners with builders, developers and build for rent communities to build fiber-to-the-home infrastructure and provide fiber internet service to residents. In April 2022, we acquired substantially all of the business assets of InfoWest, which are fiber and fixed wireless internet service providers with over 20,000 customers throughout Southern and Central Utah, Northern Arizona and Moapa Valley, Nevada. As of December 31, 2023, we have approximately 43,000 broadband customers. We hope to continue to expand in Arizona, Florida, Nevada, Utah, and other locales.

Investments:

Since September 2015, we have made a series of investments in commercial real estate, a commercial real estate management, brokerage and related services business as well as an asset management business. We currently own 30% of Logic. On May 1, 2023, our BOAM subsidiary acquired 100% of the membership interests in 24th Street from the members of 24th Street other than BOAM for cash and BOC Class A common stock valued at $5,016,494 in the aggregate. Prior to the transaction, BOAM indirectly owned 48% of the membership interests of 24th Street. The consideration consisted of $2,759,072 in cash at closing, an additional $1,254,102 in cash subject to holdback, and 45,644 shares of BOC Class A common stock (based on the average closing price of BOC Class A common stock for the 30 business day period ending two days before the closing date). The shares issued in the transaction are unregistered and have no registration rights. The purchase agreement also provides for certain payments based on performance to receive the holdback amount and certain other potential earnout payments. In addition, we have invested, through one of our subsidiaries, an aggregate of $6 million in the 24th Street Funds. These funds are managed by 24th Street, and focus on opportunities within secured lending and direct investments in commercial real estate.

In December 2017, we invested $10 million in common units of DFH, the parent company of Dream Finders Homes, LLC, a national home builder. In addition to its homebuilding operations, DFH's subsidiaries provide mortgage loan origination and title insurance services to homebuyers. On January 25, 2021, Dream Finders Homes, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of DFH, completed its initial public offering and Dream Finders Homes, Inc. became a holding company and sole manager of DFH. Upon completion of the initial public offering, our outstanding common units in DFH were converted into 4,681,099 shares of Class A common stock of Dream Finders Homes, Inc., and one of our subsidiaries purchased an additional 120,000 shares of Class A common stock in the initial public offering. Since DFH’s initial public offering through December 31, 2022, we have sold all 4,801,099 shares of DFH Class A common stock for gross proceeds of approximately $81 million.

In May 2018, through one of our subsidiaries, we invested approximately $19 million through the purchase of common stock of CB&T, the privately-held parent company of Crescent. Our investment now represents 15.6% of CB&T’s outstanding common stock. Crescent is located in New Orleans and generates the majority of its revenues from indirect subprime automobile lending across the United States.

In October 2020, our subsidiary BOC Yellowstone served as sponsor for the underwritten initial public offering of a special purpose acquisition company named Yellowstone Acquisition Company. Yellowstone sold in its public offering 13,598,898 units at a price of $10.00 per unit, each unit consisting of one share of Class A common stock and a redeemable warrant to purchase one-half of a share of Class A common stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share. Between August and November 2020, we invested, through BOC Yellowstone, approximately $7.8 million through the purchase of 3,399,724 shares of Class B common stock and 7,719,779 non-redeemable private placement warrants, each warrant entitling us to purchase one share of Class A common stock at $11.50 per share. In August 2021, Yellowstone entered into a business combination agreement with Sky Harbour LLC, a developer of private aviation infrastructure focused on building, leasing and managing business aviation hangars. The business combination was completed on January 25, 2022 and Yellowstone changed its name to Sky Harbour Group Corporation. Sky Harbour’s Class A common stock trades on the NYSE American under the symbol “SKYH” and its warrants to purchase Class A common stock trade under the symbol “SKYH.WS.”

In September 2021, through one of our subsidiaries, we invested $55 million directly into SHG and received Series B preferred units. Upon the successful consummation of the Sky Harbour business combination, this investment converted into 5,500,000 shares of Sky Harbour's Class A common stock based upon an assumed value of $10.00 per share. In December 2021, we agreed to provide Sky Harbour an additional $45 million through the purchase of 4,500,000 shares of Class A common stock upon the closing of the Sky Harbour business combination, which was consummated in January 2022.

In 2021, we established the BFR Fund subsidiary within BOAM to operate a proposed build-for-rent business, focusing on developing, building, and managing single family detached and/or townhomes for long term rentals. We invested approximately $15 million of capital to finance the initial acquisitions for these projects and subsequently raised third-party capital to be invested alongside our capital. The BFR Fund acquired land parcels in Nevada with the initial plan to develop, construct, and operate build-for-rent communities. However, challenges in the market, including the increase in interest rates and the inability to achieve what we believe are appropriate risk-adjusted returns, have led us to pursue selling the BFR Fund's entitled land assets to public homebuilders. Consequently, we plan to wind down the BFR Fund earlier than originally targeted by returning the uninvested cash on hand to BFR Fund partners and, as we sell the BFR Fund's entitled land assets, returning that capital to BFR Fund partners as well.

In July 2023, we invested approximately $3 million in voting preferred stock of MyBundle, a company serving the broadband industry.

In each of our businesses, we hope to expand our geographic reach and market share and seek to develop a competitive advantage and/or brand name for our services, which we hope will be a differentiating factor for customers. Our insurance market primarily services small contractors, small and medium-sized businesses and individuals required to provide surety bonds (i) in connection with their work for government agencies and others, (ii) in connection with contractual obligations, or (iii) to meet regulatory requirements and other needs. We have expanded the licensing of the UCS business to all 50 states and the District of Columbia. In outdoor advertising, our plan is to continue to grow this business through acquisitions of billboard assets. We expect to expand our broadband services in Arizona, Florida, Nevada, Utah and in other locations. We also expect to continue to make additional investments in real estate management service businesses, as well as in other businesses. In the future, we expect to expand the range of services we provide in the insurance sector, seek to continue to expand our billboard operations and broadband services and to possibly consider acquisitions of other businesses, as well as investments, in other sectors. Our decision to expand outside of these current business sectors we serve or in which we have made investments will be based on the opportunity to acquire businesses which we believe provide the potential for sustainable earnings at an attractive level relative to capital employed and, with regard to investment, we believe have the potential to provide attractive returns.

We seek to enter markets where we believe demand for our services will grow in the coming years due to certain barriers to entry and/or to anticipated long-term demand for these services. In the outdoor billboard business, government restrictions often limit the number of additional billboards that may be constructed. At the same time, advances in billboard technology provide the opportunity to improve revenues through the use of digital display technologies and other new technologies. In the surety insurance business, new insurance companies must be licensed by state agencies that impose capital, management and other strict requirements on these insurers. These hurdles are at the individual state level, with statutes often providing wide latitude to regulators to impose judgmental requirements upon new entrants. In addition, new distribution channels in certain areas of surety may provide a new opportunity. In the real estate management services market, we believe the continued growth of commercial real estate in many sections of the United States will provide opportunities for management services for the foreseeable future. We also believe our investment in both CB&T and Sky Harbour has provided each company the opportunity to significantly grow its business. We invest our available capital and the surplus capital from UCS in a wide range of securities, including equity securities of large cap public companies, various corporate and government bonds and U.S. treasuries. In broadband services, we believe that our fiber-to-the-home services can compete with traditional cable operators as broadband provides higher rates of transmission and improved speed to consumers and that, once built, other competitors may be less willing to compete in communities which we serve.

How We Generate Our Revenues and Evaluate Our Business

We currently generate revenues primarily through billboard advertising and related services, from the sale of surety insurance and related brokerage activities, by providing high-speed broadband services, and asset management services. Revenue for outdoor advertising space rental is recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of the contract and advertising revenue is reported net of agency commissions. Payments received in advance of being earned are recorded as deferred revenue. In our surety insurance business, premiums written are recognized as revenues based on a pro rata daily calculation over the respective terms of the policies in-force. Unearned premiums represent the portion of premiums written applicable to the unexpired term of the policies in-force. In connection with our surety agency business, insurance commissions are recognized at a point in time, on a bond-by-bond basis as of the policy effective date and are generally nonrefundable. In our broadband business, revenue is derived principally from internet services and is recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of the contract in the period the services are rendered. Revenue received or receivable in advance of the delivery of services is included in deferred revenue.

Segment gross profit is a key metric that we use to evaluate segment operating performance and to determine resource allocation between segments. We define segment gross profit as segment revenues less segment direct cost of services. In our billboard business, direct cost of services includes land leases, utilities, repairs and maintenance of equipment, sales commissions, contract services, and other billboard level expenses. In our broadband business, direct costs of services includes network operations and data costs, programming costs, cell site rent and utilities, and other broadband level expenses. In our surety business, direct cost of services includes commissions, premium taxes, fees and assessments, and losses and loss adjustment expenses.

Results of Operations

Year Ended December 31, 2023 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2022

The following is a comparison of our results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2023, which we refer to as “fiscal 2023,” compared to the year ended December 31, 2022 which we refer to as “fiscal 2022.”

Revenues.  For fiscal 2023 and fiscal 2022, our revenues in dollars and as a percentage of total revenues were as follows:

  

For the Years Ended December 31,

 
  

2023

  

2022

  

2023 vs 2022

 
  

Amount

  

As a % of Total Revenues

  

Amount

  

As a % of Total Revenues

  

$ Variance

 

Revenues:

                    

Billboard rentals, net

 $42,940,369   44.6% $39,244,726   48.3% $3,695,643 

Broadband services

  35,340,502   36.7%  28,627,271   35.3%  6,713,231 

Premiums earned

  13,932,659   14.5%  10,649,089   13.1%  3,283,570 

Insurance commissions

  1,884,007   2.0%  2,050,838   2.5%  (166,831)

Investment and other income

  2,156,199   2.2%  662,270   0.8%  1,493,929 

Total Revenues

 $96,253,736   100.0% $81,234,194   100.0% $15,019,542 

We realized total revenues of $96,253,736 during fiscal 2023, an increase of 18.5% over revenues of $81,234,194 during fiscal 2022. Revenues increased within each our our businesses, except for our surety brokerage operations, during fiscal 2023 when compared to fiscal 2022. The key factors impacting revenue across each of our businesses during fiscal 2023 were as follows:

Net billboard rentals increased by 9.4% in fiscal 2023, when compared to fiscal 2022, reflecting an improvement in rental and occupancy rates across a number of our markets as well as the acquisition of billboards from Elevation during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2022.

Revenue from broadband services in fiscal 2023 increased 23.5% from fiscal 2022, mainly reflecting revenues generated from the InfoWest and Go Fiber acquisitions completed in April 2022 as well as subscriber growth across a number of our markets.

Premiums earned from our UCS insurance subsidiary increased 30.8% in fiscal 2023 when compared to the fiscal 2022. The increase in premiums earned was primarily due to increases in production throughout fiscal 2022 and fiscal 2023. We recognize revenues for written premium over the life of the surety bond and, as a result, increased sales activities are not fully reflected in the quarter in which the surety bond is issued.

Revenue from insurance commissions generated by our surety brokerage operations decreased by 8.1% in fiscal 2023 when compared to fiscal 2022, mainly due to reduced production through outside insurance carriers.

Investment and other income at UCS and BOAM increased from $662,270 in fiscal 2022 to $2,156,199 in fiscal 2023, mainly due to the increase in interest rates over the past 12 to 18 months for assets held by UCS and the consolidation of 24th Street during the second quarter of fiscal 2023.

Expenses.For fiscal 2023 and fiscal 2022, our expenses in dollars and as a percentage of total revenues were as follows:

  

For the Years Ended December 31,

 
  

2023

  

2022

  

2023 vs 2022

 
  

Amount

  

As a % of Total Revenues

  

Amount

  

As a % of Total Revenues

  

$ Variance

 

Costs and Expenses:

                    

Cost of billboard revenues

 $15,136,817   15.7% $14,395,627   17.7% $741,190 

Cost of broadband revenues

  9,955,518   10.3%  7,538,501   9.3%  2,417,017 

Cost of insurance revenues

  6,808,167   7.1%  4,755,583   5.9%  2,052,584 

Employee costs

  32,561,929   33.8%  26,343,272   32.4%  6,218,657 

Professional fees

  4,665,515   4.9%  5,300,275   6.5%  (634,760)

General and administrative

  16,112,243   16.8%  12,861,992   15.8%  3,250,251 

Depreciation

  12,155,096   12.6%  8,649,066   10.6%  3,506,030 

Amortization

  7,409,939   7.7%  6,474,791   8.0%  935,148 

Accretion

  216,501   0.2%  206,359   0.3%  10,142 

Loss (gain) on disposition of assets

  84,414   0.1%  (61,377)  (0.1%)  145,791 

Total Costs and Expenses

 $105,106,139   109.2% $86,464,089   106.4% $18,642,050 

During fiscal 2023, we had total costs and expenses of $105,106,139, as compared to total costs and expenses of $86,464,089 in fiscal 2022. Total costs and expenses as a percentage of revenues increased from 106.4% in fiscal 2022 to 109.2% in fiscal 2023. The key factors impacting costs and expenses across each of our businesses during fiscal 2023 were as follows:

Cost of billboard revenues decreased as a percentage of billboard revenues from 36.7% in fiscal 2022 to 35.3% in fiscal 2023. The decrease was mainly related to lower ground rent expense as a percentage of billboard revenues.

Cost of broadband revenues increased as a percentage of broadband revenues from 26.3% in fiscal 2022 to 28.2% in fiscal 2023. The increase is mainly driven by the InfoWest and Go Fiber acquisitions completed in April 2022 as well as an increase in sales commissions and fuel costs.

Cost of insurance revenues increased as a percentage of insurance revenues from 35.6% in fiscal 2022 to 38.5% in fiscal 2023. The increase was mainly due to higher commissions paid related to increased production from non-affiliated insurance brokerage firms.

Employee costs increased from $26,343,272 in fiscal 2022 to $32,561,929 in fiscal 2023, an increase of 23.6%. The increase was mainly driven by the InfoWest and Go Fiber acquisitions and hiring within our other broadband businesses, surety brokerage operations and BOAM.

Professional fees in fiscal 2023 were $4,665,515, or 4.9% of total revenues, as compared to $5,300,275, or 6.5% of total revenues, in fiscal 2022. The decrease was mainly related to the professional fees associated with Yellowstone completing its business combination with SHG during the first quarter of fiscal 2022.

General and administrative expenses in fiscal 2023 were $16,112,243, or 16.8% of total revenues, as compared to $12,861,992, or 15.8% of total revenues, in fiscal 2022. The increase was mainly driven by the InfoWest and Go Fiber acquisitions, higher marketing and software related expenses within our broadband businesses, continued hiring within BOAM, and a $900,000 reduction of the contingent consideration related to the ACS acquisition during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2022.

Non-cash expenses in fiscal 2023 included $12,155,096 in depreciation expense, $7,409,939 in amortization expense, and $216,501 in accretion expense related to asset retirement obligations for certain billboard and broadband assets. The increase in depreciation and amortization expense is mainly due to the InfoWest and Go Fiber acquisitions as well as continued capital investments across all our broadband businesses.

Net Loss from Operations. Net loss from operations in fiscal 2023 was $8,852,403, or 9.2% of total revenues, as compared to a net loss from operations of $5,229,895, or 6.4% of total revenues, in fiscal 2022. The increase in net loss from operations in dollars was primarily due to an increase in depreciation and amortization expense related to our InfoWest and Go Fiber acquisitions and capital investments within our other broadband businesses as well as costs associated with hiring within our broadband and asset management businesses, which were partially offset by improved operations within our billboard and insurance businesses. Our net loss from operations included $19,781,536 from non-cash amortization, depreciation and accretion expenses in fiscal 2023, as compared to $15,330,216 in fiscal 2022.

Other Income (Expense). In fiscal 2023, we had a net other loss of $294,060. Net other loss included a loss of $7,888,765 from unconsolidated affiliates mainly related to $13,149,861in non-cash losses from our equity method position in Sky Harbour, which was partially offset by $4,630,610 in non-cash gains recognized in May 2023 due to our purchase of the membership interests in 24th Streetcollectively held by third parties resulting in the remeasurement of our previously-held interest in 24th Street, and interest expense of $1,147,234 mainly incurred under Link's term loan. These items were partially offset by $6,132,791 in other investment income mainly related to public securities held by Boston Omaha and UCS and interest and dividend income of $2,609,148. During fiscal 2022, we had net other income of $13,104,078. Net other income included a gain of $24,977,740 related to the deconsolidation of Yellowstone, $4,085,040 mainly related to our investment in the 24th Street Funds, $1,837,211 related to the remeasurement of Yellowstone's public warrants from January 1, 2022 to January 25, 2022, and interest and dividend income of $434,941. These items were partially offset by $15,635,690 in other investment losses mainly related to public securities held by Boston Omaha and UCS, a loss of $1,387,620 mainly related to our equity method position in Sky Harbour, and interest expense of $1,207,544 mainly incurred under Link's term loan.

Generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") requires us to include the unrealized changes in market prices of investments in public equity securities in our reported earnings. Due to the size of our percentage ownership interest in Sky Harbour's Class A common stock and our right to elect one of the seven members of Sky Harbour's Board of Directors, our investment is recorded under the equity method using the fair market value of Sky Harbour's Class A common stock as of the date of the business combination and we do not include any unrealized gains or losses related to the change in Sky Harbour's stock price in our reported earnings. In the future, if our ownership interest in Sky Harbour's Class A common stock drops below 20%, we may no longer be able to record our investment under the equity method and will be required to include any unrealized gains or losses related to the change in Sky Harbour's stock price in our reported earnings. While we intend to hold our current securities for the longer term, we may in the future choose to sell them for a variety of reasons resulting in realized losses or gains.

Additionally, we have evaluated our investment in Sky Harbour as of December 31, 2023, and determined that there was not an other-than-temporary impairment. Our conclusion was based on several contributing factors, including: (i) our assessment that the underlying business and financial condition of Sky Harbour is favorable; (ii) the period of time forMBOC I (under which the fair value was less than the carrying value during 2023, (iii) the recovery of Sky Harbour's stock price during the last few months of 2023, and (iv) our ability and intent to hold the investment. We will continue to review our investment in Sky Harbour for an other-than-temporary impairment on a quarterly basis or upon the occurrence of certain events. If Sky Harbour's stock price drops below our carrying value of $7.15 per share for a sustained period of time, it will likely result in an impairment of our investment. There may also be a future impairment of our investment if our expectations about Sky Harbour's prospective results of operations and cash flows decline, which could be influenced by a variety of factors including adverse market conditions.

Net (Loss) Income Attributable to Common Stockholders. We had a net loss attributable to common stockholders in the amount of $7,004,009 in fiscal 2023, or a loss per share of $0.23, based on 31,092,850 diluted weighted average shares outstanding. This is compared to net income attributable to common stockholders of $10,233,400 in fiscal 2022, or income per share of $0.34, based on 29,766,247 diluted weighted average shares outstanding.

The following tables report results for the following four segments in which we operate: billboards, broadband, insurance and asset management for fiscal 2023 and fiscal 2022:

Results of Billboard Operations

  

For the Years Ended December 31,

 
  

2023

  

2022

 
  

Amount

  As a % of Segment Operating Revenues  

Amount

  As a % of Segment Operating Revenues 

Operating Revenues

                

Billboard rentals, net

 $42,940,369   100.0% $39,244,726   100.0%

Cost of Revenues

                

Ground rents

  7,981,107   18.6%  7,753,495   19.7%

Utilities

  1,790,349   4.2%  1,672,420   4.3%

Commissions paid

  3,409,923   7.9%  3,103,413   7.9%

Other costs of revenues

  1,955,438   4.5%  1,866,299   4.8%

Total cost of revenues

  15,136,817   35.2%  14,395,627   36.7%

Gross margin

  27,803,552   64.8%  24,849,099   63.3%

Other Operating Expenses

                

Employee costs

  7,072,960   16.5%  6,724,871   17.1%

Professional fees

  804,203   1.9%  521,377   1.3%

General and administrative

  3,902,279   9.1%  3,591,370   9.2%

Depreciation

  5,075,358   11.8%  4,581,316   11.7%

Amortization

  3,933,290   9.1%  3,674,411   9.4%

Accretion

  199,211   0.5%  196,099   0.5%

Loss (gain) on disposition of assets

  206,832   0.5%  (175,262)  (0.5%)

Total expenses

  21,194,133   49.4%  19,114,182   48.7%

Segment Income from Operations

  6,609,419   15.4%  5,734,917   14.6%

Interest expense, net

  (956,251)  (2.2%)  (1,138,242)  (2.9%)

Net Income Attributable to Common Stockholders

 $5,653,168   13.2% $4,596,675   11.7%

Comparison of Fiscal 2023 to Fiscal 2022. In fiscal 2023, there was a 9.4% increase in net billboard revenues from fiscal 2022, reflecting an improvement in rental and occupancy rates across a number of our markets as well as the acquisition of billboards from Elevation during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2022. The key factors affecting our billboard operations results during fiscal 2023 were as follows:

Ground rent expense decreased as a percentage of total segment operating revenues from 19.7% in fiscal 2022 to 18.6% in fiscal 2023.

Commissions paid as a percentage of total segment operating revenues remained flat at 7.9% in fiscal 2022 and in fiscal 2023.

Employee costs as a percentage of total segment operating revenues decreased from 17.1% in fiscal 2022 to 16.5% in fiscal 2023. The decrease is due to organic revenue growth as well as the impact from the Elevation acquisition.

General and administrative expenses decreased slightly as a percentage of total segment operating revenues from 9.2% fiscal 2022 to 9.1% in fiscal 2023.

Depreciation and amortization expense increased by $494,042 and $258,879, respectively, from fiscal 2022. The increases are primarily due to the Elevation acquisition.

Net interest expense was $956,251 in fiscal 2023 compared to net interest expense of $1,138,242 in fiscal 2022. The decrease is mainly driven by interest income from investing excess cash in U.S. Treasury securities.

Results of Broadband Operations

  

For the Years Ended December 31,

 
  

2023

  

2022

 
  

Amount

  

As a % of Segment Operating Revenues

  

Amount

  

As a % of Segment Operating Revenues

 

Operating Revenues

                

Broadband revenues

 $35,340,502   100.0% $28,627,271   100.0%

Cost of Revenues

                

Network operations and data costs

  5,181,917   14.7%  4,319,410   15.1%

Programming costs

  61,646   0.2%  90,139   0.3%

Cell site rent and utilities

  1,597,681   4.5%  1,111,487   3.9%

Other costs of revenues

  3,114,274   8.8%  2,017,465   7.0%

Total cost of revenues

  9,955,518   28.2%  7,538,501   26.3%

Gross margin

  25,384,984   71.8%  21,088,770   73.7%

Other Operating Expenses

                

Employee costs

  14,527,407   41.1%  10,892,844   38.1%

Professional fees

  823,969   2.3%  659,025   2.3%

General and administrative

  7,093,277   20.1%  5,166,722   18.1%

Depreciation

  6,816,929   19.3%  3,869,994   13.5%

Amortization

  3,316,403   9.4%  2,617,966   9.1%

Accretion

  17,290   0.0%  10,260   0.0%

(Gain) loss on disposition of assets

  (122,418)  (0.3%)  113,885   0.4%

Total expenses

  32,472,857   91.9%  23,330,696   81.5%

Segment Loss from Operations

  (7,087,873)  (20.1%)  (2,241,926)  (7.8%)

Interest income (expense), net

  17,664   0.1%  (19,831)  (0.1%)

Noncontrolling interest in subsidiary loss (income)

  75,008   0.2%  (436,648)  (1.5%)

Net Loss Attributable to Common Stockholders

 $(6,995,201)  (19.8%) $(2,698,405)  (9.4%)

Comparison of Fiscal 2023 to Fiscal 2022. In fiscal 2023, total operating revenues increased by 23.5% when compared to fiscal 2022 mainly reflecting the revenues generated from the InfoWest and Go Fiber acquisitions which were completed in April 2022. The key factors affecting our broadband operations results during fiscal 2023 were as follows:

Total cost of revenues increased as a percentage of total segment operating revenues from 26.3% in fiscal 2022 to 28.2% in fiscal 2023. The increase is mainly driven by the InfoWest and Go Fiber acquisitions as well as an increase in sales commissions and fuel costs within Other costs of revenues.

Employee costs in fiscal 2023 increased by 33.4% from fiscal 2022. The increase is mainly due to the InfoWest and Go Fiber acquisitions as well as hiring within our other broadband businesses.

Professional fees as a percentage of total segment operating revenues remained flat at 2.3% in fiscal 2022 and in fiscal 2023.

General and administrative expenses as a percentage of total segment operating revenues increased from 18.1% in fiscal 2022 to 20.1% in fiscal 2023. The increase is mainly due to the InfoWest and Go Fiber acquisitions as well as higher marketing and software related expenses.

Depreciation and amortization expense increased by $2,946,935 and $698,437, respectively, from fiscal 2022. The increase in depreciation and amortization expense is mainly due to the InfoWest and Go Fiber acquisitions as well as continued capital investments across all of our broadband businesses.

Results of Insurance Operations

  

For the Years Ended December 31,

 
  

2023

  

2022

 
  

Amount

  As a % of Segment Operating Revenues  

Amount

  As a % of Segment Operating Revenues 

Operating Revenues

                

Premiums earned

 $13,932,659   78.7% $10,649,089   79.7%

Insurance commissions

  1,884,007   10.6%  2,050,838   15.3%

Investment and other income

  1,889,225   10.7%  662,270   5.0%

Total operating revenues

  17,705,891   100.0%  13,362,197   100.0%

Cost of Revenues

                

Commissions paid

  4,387,088   24.8%  2,934,022   21.9%

Premium taxes, fees, and assessments

  376,828   2.1%  289,268   2.2%

Losses and loss adjustment expense

  2,044,251   11.6%  1,532,293   11.5%

Total cost of revenues

  6,808,167   38.5%  4,755,583   35.6%

Gross margin

  10,897,724   61.5%  8,606,614   64.4%

Other Operating Expenses

                

Employee costs

  6,500,480   36.7%  5,752,302   43.0%

Professional fees

  596,245   3.4%  259,535   1.9%

General and administrative

  1,970,121   11.1%  1,241,261   9.3%

Depreciation

  152,388   0.9%  87,855   0.7%

Amortization

  160,246   0.9%  182,414   1.4%

Total expenses

  9,379,480   53.0%  7,523,367   56.3%

Segment Income from Operations

  1,518,244   8.5%  1,083,247   8.1%

Other investment income (loss)

  538,621   3.1%  (3,569,262)  (26.7%)

Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Common Stockholders

 $2,056,865   11.6% $(2,486,015)  (18.6%)

Comparison of Fiscal 2023 to Fiscal 2022. In fiscal 2023, total operating revenues increased by 32.5% when compared to fiscal 2022, mainly due to increased earned premiums and investment and other income at our UCS insurance subsidiary. The key factors affecting our insurance operations results during fiscal 2023 were as follows:

Premiums earned from our UCS insurance subsidiary increased 30.8% in fiscal 2023 when compared to fiscal 2022. The increase in premiums earned was primarily due to increases in production throughout fiscal 2022 and fiscal 2023. We recognize revenues for written premium over the life of the surety bond and, as a result, increased sales activities are not fully reflected in the quarter in which the surety bond is issued.

Insurance commissions generated by our surety brokerage operations decreased by 8.1% in fiscal 2023 when compared to fiscal 2022, mainly due to reduced production through outside insurance carriers.

Commissions paid as a percentage of total segment operating revenues increased from 21.9% in fiscal 2022 to 24.8% in fiscal 2023, mainly due to increased production from non-affiliated insurance brokerage firms.

Losses and loss adjustment expenses as a percentage of insurance revenues increased slightly from 11.5% in fiscal 2022 to 11.6% in fiscal 2023. Losses and loss adjustment expenses are reserved monthly based on a percentage of earned premium.

Employee costs in fiscal 2023 increased by 13.0% from fiscal 2022. The increase is mainly due to incentive plan payments as well as the hiring of production-based roles within our surety brokerage operations.

General and administrative expenses in fiscal 2023 increased by 58.7% from fiscal 2022. The increase is mainly due to a $900,000 reduction in general and administrative expenses during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2022 related to finalizing the ACS acquisition contingent consideration.

During fiscal 2023, our segment income from insurance operations of $1,518,244 was increased by other investment income of $538,621 mainly from unrealized gains on our investments in publicly held securities. We expect to continue to invest a portion of our excess capital in accordance with insurance regulatory limitations in both large-cap publicly traded equity securities and bonds. These investments are subject to the risk of loss in value depending upon market conditions and factors outside of our control.

Results of Asset Management Operations

  

For the Years Ended December 31,

 
  

2023

  

2022

 
  

Amount

  

As a % of Segment Operating Revenues

  

Amount

  

As a % of Segment Operating Revenues

 

Operating Revenues

                

Investment and other income

 $266,974   100.0%  -   - 

Cost of Revenues

                

Total cost of revenues

  -   -   -   - 

Gross margin

  266,974   100.0%  -   - 

Other Operating Expenses

                

Employee costs

  1,574,332   589.7%  746,235   - 

Professional fees

  321,363   120.4%  813,142   - 

General and administrative

  753,320   282.1%  278,256   - 

Depreciation

  -   -   -   - 

Amortization

  -   -   -   - 

Total expenses

  2,649,015   992.2%  1,837,633   - 

Segment Loss from Operations

  (2,382,041)  (892.2%)  (1,837,633)  - 

Interest and dividend income

  1,058,527   396.5%  -   - 

Equity in income of unconsolidated affiliates

  4,630,610   1734.5%  -   - 

Other investment income

  980,410   367.2%  -   - 

Noncontrolling interest in subsidiary (income) loss

  (911,292)  (341.4%)  290,932   - 

Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Common Stockholders

 $3,376,214   1264.6% $(1,546,701)  - 

Comparison of Fiscal 2023 to Fiscal 2022. In September 2017, we formed our asset management business. Throughout fiscal 2022 and fiscal 2023 we have been hiring within our asset management business to ensure adequate staffing for the anticipated demands and needs of the business. In May 2023, we acquired 100% of the membership interests in 24th Street from the members of 24th Street other than BOAM. Therefore, comparisons of our asset management results for fiscal 2023 to fiscal 2022 may not be meaningful. In addition, as previously mentioned, we are winding down BOAM's operations and implementing cost cutting measures. The key factors affecting our asset management operations results during fiscal 2023 were as follows:

Employee costs in fiscal 2023 increased by 111.0% from fiscal 2022 as we hired for key roles within the business.

Professional fees in fiscal 2023 decreased by 60.5% from fiscal 2022.

General and administrative expenses in fiscal 2023 increased by 170.7% from fiscal 2022.

Equity in income of unconsolidated affiliates in fiscal 2023 included non-cash gains recognized related to the remeasurement of our previously-held interest in 24th Street.

Other investment income in fiscal 2023 primarily included the changes in the fair value of the special purpose entities ("SPEs") held within the 24th Street Funds, mainly driven by unrealized gains related to the commercial real estate properties held by the SPEs, offset by operating costs and commissions associated with the sale of commercial real estate properties.

Noncontrolling interest in subsidiary income in fiscal 2023 mainly included the external limited partners' share of GAAP income within the 24th Street Funds, mainly driven by the change in fair value referenced above.

Cash Flows

Cash Flows for Fiscal 2023 compared to Fiscal 2022. The table below summarizes our cash flows in dollars for fiscal 2023 and fiscal 2022:

  

2023

  

2022

 

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

 $16,059,125  $(5,165,165)

Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities

  (64,252,691)  87,862,907 

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

  32,940,258   (109,725,630)

Net (decrease) increase in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash

 $(15,253,308) $(27,027,888)

Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities. Net cash provided by operating activities was $16,059,125 during fiscal 2023 as compared to net cash used in operating activities of $5,165,165 during fiscal 2022. The increase in net cash provided by operating activities was mainly driven by improved cash flow generation within our billboard and insurance businesses, positive operating cash flow impact from the InfoWest and Go Fiber acquisitions, and the 2021 bonus payments under our Management Incentive Bonus Plan, which totaled $15,000,000 and were paid in January 2022. These items were partially offset by operating costs within our FFH business and our asset management business.

Net Cash (Used in) Provided by Investing Activities. Net cash used in investing activities was $64,252,691 during fiscal 2023 as compared with net cash provided by investing activities of $87,862,907 during fiscal 2022. The decrease in net cash provided by investing activities is primarily attributable to $51,866,340 in capital expenditures, $10,916,955 in business acquisitions, $4,038,855 in payments on short-term payables for business acquisitions and a $3,000,000 investment in preferred stock of a company providing streaming bundle packaging services to the broadband industry to offer to its customers, partially offset by $5,837,231 in net proceeds from sales of investments mainly from the sale or maturity of U.S. Treasury securities.

Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Financing Activities. Net cash provided by financing activities was $32,940,258 during fiscal 2023 as compared to net cash used in financing activities of $109,725,630 during fiscal 2022. During fiscal 2023, net cash provided by financing activities mainly consisted of $37,526,663 in gross proceeds raised through the sale of Class A common stock using our “at the market” program and $5,550,175 in contributions received from noncontrolling interests, partially offset by $6,925,048 in collateral released by UCS, offering costs of $1,280,060 and $1,161,504 in principal payments on Link’s term loan.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Currently, we own billboards in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin, a surety insurance company we acquired in December 2016, surety insurance brokerage firms we acquired in 2016, 2017 and 2021, broadband services providers whose assets we acquired in 2020, 2022 and 2023, minority investments in commercial real estate management and brokerage services, a bank focused on servicing the automotive loan market, and a developer of private aviation infrastructure focused on building, leasing and managing business aviation hangars. At December 31, 2023, we had approximately $22 million in unrestricted cash and $18 million in short-term treasury securities (excludes $29 million of short-term treasury securities held by funds consolidated by BOAM). Our strategy is to continue to acquire other billboard locations, insurance businesses, and broadband service providers as well as acquire other businesses and open new businesses which we believe have the potential to generate positive cash flows when made at what we believe to be attractive prices relative to other opportunities generally available to us. We currently expect to finance any future acquisitions and investments with cash, debt and seller or third-party financing. In the future, we may satisfy all or a portion of the purchase price for an acquisition with our equity securities. In addition, we have made investments in several companies and expect to continue to make investments in the securities of both publicly traded and privately held companies.

There can be no assurance that we will consummate any subsequent acquisitions. Furthermore, our acquisitions are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including as to when, whether and to what extent the anticipated benefits and cost savings of a particular acquisition will be realized. Our failure to successfully identify and complete future acquisitions of assets or businesses could reduce future potential earnings, available cash and slow our anticipated growth. Although we have entered and continue to enter into non-binding letters of intent to acquire businesses on a regular basis, we do not have current agreements, commitments or understandings for any specific material acquisitions which are probable to be consummated at this time.

To date, we have raised funds through the sale of our common stock in public offerings, sales of our common stock in “at the market” programs, term loan financing through our Link subsidiary, proceeds from the sale of publicly traded securities held by us, cash flow from operations, and, prior to 2019, through private placements of our common stock. As described below, we may raise additional funds through our shelf registration statement allowing us to raise up to $500 million through the sale of securities to fund future acquisitions and investments.

2022 Shelf Registration Statement

In April 2022, we filed a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-264470) that was declared effective on May 11, 2022, which we refer to as the “2022 Shelf Registration Statement,” relating to the registration of Class A common stock, preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share, which we refer to as “preferred stock,” debt securities and warrants of the Company for up to $500 million. We may, from time to time, in one or more offerings, offer and sell Class A common stock or preferred stock, various series of debt securities, and/or warrants. The shelf registration statement may also be used by one or more selling security holders, to be identified in the future, of our securities. We or any selling security holders may offer these securities from time to time in amounts, at prices and on terms determined at the time of offering. We may sell these securities to or through one or more underwriters, dealers or agents or directly to purchasers on a delayed or continuous basis. Unless otherwise set forth in an applicable prospectus supplement, we intend to use the net proceeds from the sale of the securities that we offer for general corporate purposes, including, but not limited to, financing our existing businesses and operations, and expanding our businesses and operations through additional hires, strategic alliances and acquisitions. Unless otherwise set forth in a prospectus supplement, we will not receive any proceeds from the sale of securities by any selling stockholders.

Additionally, in the 2022 Shelf Registration Statement, we registered for resale up to 8,297,093 shares of Class A common stock acquired in 2018 or earlier in private placements in accordance with the terms of a 2018 registration rights agreement. We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of Class A common stock by the selling shareholders. Currently, the selling stockholders are the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is the sole beneficial owner), the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and 238 Plan Associates. All of the shares registered are held directly or “MIT,” as well asindirectly for the economic interest of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and 238 Plan Associates LLC, an MIT pension and benefit fund, and a limited partnership holding our Class A common stock for the economic benefit of MIT. Nono Company officer or director has any beneficialeconomic interest in any shares eligible for resale by the selling shareholders.

At The Market Offering Programs

Starting in March 2018, we utilized our "at the market" offering that was part of our 2018 Shelf Registration Statement. This 2018 Shelf Registration Statement, which authorized us to sell up to $200 million through the sales of securities to the public, expired in February 2021 and was superseded by the 2021 Shelf Registration Statement. We sold a total of 2,630,787 shares of Class A common stock resulting in gross proceeds of $60.1 million under the 2018 Shelf Registration Statement. 

On September 29, 2021, we entered into an "at the market" equity offering program pursuant to a Sales Agreement (the "2021 Sales Agreement") by and between us and WFS. Pursuant to the terms of the 2021 Sales Agreement, we could sell, from time to time, shares of our Class A common stock, with an aggregate sales price of up to $100 million through WFS, in transactions that are deemed to be "at the market" offerings as defined in Rule 415 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The 2021 Shelf Registration Statement expired on March 28, 2022registered shares. Such registration rights expire upon the filingearlier of our 2021 Annual Report on Form 10-K as we no longer qualified as a well-known seasoned issuer. We sold a total of 122,246March 31, 2033 or the date all such shares of our Class A common stock resulting in gross proceeds of approximately $4.2 million under the the 2021 Shelf Registration Statement.

On  December 8, 2022, we entered into an "at the market" equity offering program (the “ATM Program”) pursuant to a Sales Agreement (the “2022 Sales Agreement”) with Wells Fargo Securities, LLC (“WFS”). This ATM Program is consistent with our historical practice of having available to management the option to issue stock from time to time in order to continue to fund the growth of its fiber-to-the-home broadband business, acquire additional billboards, and make other such investments in assets as needed to seek to grow intrinsic value per share.  Our general preference is always to have options available to it from a capital allocation perspective which includes, but is not limited to, having a regularly filed ATM program.

Pursuant to the terms of the 2022 Sales Agreement, we may sell, from time to time, shares of our Class A common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Class A common stock”), with an aggregate sales price of up to $100 million through WFS, in transactions that are deemed to be “at the market” offerings as defined in Rule 415 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).  Since the signing of the 2022 Sales Agreement, we sold 7,887 shares of Class A common stock in December 2022 for gross proceeds of approximately $205 thousand and 1,532,065 shares of our Class A common stock during fiscal 2023 for gross sale proceeds of approximately $37.5 million.

Upon delivery of a placement notice (a “Placement Notice”) and upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the 2022 Sales Agreement, WFS will use reasonable efforts consistent with its normal trading and sales practices, applicable laws and the rules of the NYSE to sell the shares available under the ATM Program from time to time based upon our instructions for the sales, including price, time or size limits specified, and otherwise in accordance with, the terms of such Placement Notice. Pursuant to the 2022 Sales Agreement, WFS may sell shares of our Class A common stock under the ATM Program by any method permitted by law deemed to be an “at the market” offering as defined in Rule 415 of the Securities Act, including without limitation sales made through the NYSE or on any other existing trading market for the Class A common stock. Notwithstanding the foregoing, WFS may not purchase shares under the ATM Program for its own account as principal unless expressly authorized to do so by us. 

We intend to use the net proceeds from the offering, after deducting WFS’ commissions and our offering expenses, for general corporate purposes, which may include financing our existing businesses and operations, and expanding our businesses and operations through additional acquisitions and minority investments, and additional hires. Such expansion may include future billboard acquisitions, broadband acquisitions, acquisitions of surety insurance companies and other growth of our insurance activities, additional investments in real estate management, homebuilding and other real estate service businesses, additional investments in subprime automobile lending, and acquisitions of other businesses. We have not determined the amount of net proceeds to be used for any specific purpose, and we will retain broad discretion over the allocation of net proceeds. While we have no current agreements, commitments or understandings for any specific acquisitions at this time, we may use a portion of the net proceeds for these purposes.

For sales of shares of Class A common stock under the ATM Program through WFS, we will pay WFS a commission at a mutually agreed rate of 3% of the gross sales price per share of Class A common stock sold under the ATM Program. We have no obligation to sell any shares under the 2022 Sales Agreement and may at any time suspend the ATM Program under the 2022 Sales Agreement. The 2022 Sales Agreement contains customary representations and warranties of the parties and indemnification and contribution provisions under which we and WFS have agreed to indemnify each other against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. The ATM Program pursuant to the 2022 Sales Agreement will automatically terminate upon the issuance and sale of all of the shares available for sale under the ATM Program through WFS. In addition, we may terminate the 2022 Sales Agreement with WFS without penalty upon 10 days’ notice. 

The foregoing description of the 2022 Sales Agreement is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of such agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 1.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 8, 2022 and is incorporated herein by reference. 

Link Credit Agreement

On August 12, 2019, Link entered into a Credit Agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) with First National Bank of Omaha (the “Lender”) under which Link could borrow up to $40 million (the “Credit Facility”). The Credit Agreement provided for an initial term loan (“Term Loan 1”), an incremental term loan (“Term Loan 2”) and a revolving line of credit. Link initially borrowed approximately $18 million under Term Loan 1 and $5.5 million under Term Loan 2. On December 6, 2021, Link entered into a Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement, which modified the Credit Agreement by increasing the borrowing limit to $30 million and combining the outstanding balances under Term Loan 1 and Term Loan 2 as well as any incremental borrowings into a term loan (“Term Loan”). The Term Loan is secured by all assets of Link and its operating subsidiaries, including a pledge of equity interests of each of Link’s subsidiaries. In addition, each of Link’s subsidiaries has joined as a guarantor to the obligations under the Credit Agreement. The loan is not guaranteed by Boston Omaha or any of our non-billboard businesses. Long-term debt included within our consolidated balance sheet as of  December 31, 2023 consists of Link’s Term Loan borrowings of $27,337,766, of which $814,667 is classified as current. There were no amounts outstanding related to the revolving line of credit as of  December 31, 2023.

Principal amounts under the Term Loan were payable in monthly installments according to a 15-year amortization schedule with principal payments commencing on January 1, 2022. Starting July 1, 2023, principal amounts under the Term Loan are payable in monthly installments according to a 25-year amortization schedule. The Term Loan is payable in full on December 6, 2028. During the first three years of the Term Loan, Link may prepay up to 10% of the loan principal in each year without incurring any prepayment penalty. Otherwise, there is a prepayment penalty ranging between 3.0% and 0.5%. After three years, there is no prepayment penalty. The Term Loan has a fixed interest rate of 4.00% per annum. On September 22, 2023, the maximum availability under the revolving line of credit loan facility was increased from $5,000,000 to $10,000,000. Interest payments are based on the U.S. Prime Rate minus an applicable margin ranging between 0.65% and 1.15% dependent on Link’s consolidated leverage ratio. The new revolving line of credit is due and payable on August 12, 2025.

Under the Term Loan, Link is required to comply with the following financial covenants: A consolidated leverage ratio for any test period ending on the last day of any fiscal quarter of Link (a) beginning with the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2021 of not greater than 3.50 to 1.00, (b) beginning with the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2022 of not greater than 3.25 to 1.00 and (c) beginning with the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2023 and thereafter of not greater than 3.00 to 1.00, and a minimum consolidated fixed charge coverage ratio of not less than 1.15 to 1.00 measured quarterly, based on rolling four quarters. The Company was in compliance with these covenants as of  December 31, 2023.

The Credit Agreement includes representations and warranties, reporting covenants, affirmative covenants, negative covenants, financial covenants and events of default customary for financings of this type. Upon the occurrence of an event of default the Lender may accelerate the loan. Upon the occurrence of certain insolvency and bankruptcy events of default the loan will automatically accelerate. The foregoing summary of the Credit Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby does not purport to be a complete description and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement and Security Agreement, copies of which are attached as Exhibit 10.1 and Exhibit 10.2, respectively to our Form 8-K as filed with the SEC on August 13, 2019, a First Amendment to Credit Agreement with the Lender as filed as Exhibit 10.1 on Form 8-K as filed with the SEC on October 29, 2019, a Second Amendment to Credit Agreement with the Lender as filed as Exhibit 10.1 on Form 8-K as filed with the SEC on June 30, 2020, a Third Amendment to Credit Agreement with the Lender as filed as Exhibit 10.1 on Form 8-K as filed with the SEC on August 24, 2021, a Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement with the Lender as filed as Exhibit 10.1 on Form 8-K as filed with the SEC on December 9, 2021, a Fifth Amendment to Credit Agreement with the Lender as filed as Exhibit 10.1 on Form 8-K as filed with the SEC on June 3, 2022, a Sixth Amendment to Credit Agreement with the Lender as filed as Exhibit 10.1 on Form 8-K as filed with the SEC on April 11, 2023, a Seventh Amendment to Credit Agreement with the Lender as filed as Exhibit 10.1 on Form 8-K as filed with the SEC on September 26, 2023, and an Eighth Amendment to Credit Agreement with the Lender as filed as Exhibit 10.1 on Form 8-K as filed with the SEC on February 16, 2024.

Investments in Yellowstone Acquisition Company and Sky Harbour

In 2020, we acted as the sponsor for the initial public offering of Yellowstone and purchased 3,399,724 shares of Yellowstone Class B common stock and 7,719,799 private placement warrants at a combined cost of approximately $7.8 million. On August 1, 2021, we entered into an equity purchase agreement with Sky Harbour LLC by which Sky Harbour LLC unitholders would acquire a majority interest in the combined businesses following the completion of a business combination. As part of the equity purchase agreement, and immediately prior to the completion by Sky Harbour LLC of a private activity bond financing raising $160 million in proceeds in September 2021, we purchased Class B Preferred Units in Sky Harbour LLC for a purchase price of $55 million, which Class B Preferred Units converted to 5,500,000 shares of Sky Harbour Class A common stock upon the closing of the Sky Harbour business combination on January 25, 2022. Also, upon the closing of the business combination, we purchased an additional 4,500,000 shares of Sky Harbour Class A common stock for a purchase price of $45 million.

Upon the closing of the Sky Harbour business combination, our Class B common stock converted to Class A common stock of Sky Harbour and our private placement warrants are now exercisable to purchase 7,719,779 shares of Class A common stock of Sky Harbour.

Each Sky Harbour Warrant is exercisable for one share of Class A common stock at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment, with each Sky Harbour Warrant being exercisable through January 25, 2027. Unlike Sky Harbour’s publicly traded warrants, these warrants are not redeemable by Sky Harbour as long as we or permitted transferees hold these warrants. The Sky Harbour Warrants are also exercisable on a cashless basis.

Our Sky Harbour Class A common stock and the Sky Harbour Warrants and the shares underlying the warrants were subject to a lockup which expired on January 24, 2023.

Subsequent to the closing of the Sky Harbour business combination, we distributed 75,000 shares of Sky Harbour Class A common stock to the outside directors of Yellowstone and 206,250 shares of Sky Harbour Class A common stock to an investor in the Yellowstone IPO. As of  December 31, 2023, we hold 13,118,474 shares of Sky Harbour Class A common stock and 7,719,779 Sky Harbour Warrants.

All the shares of Sky Harbour Class A common stock and Sky Harbour Warrants to purchase Class A common stock that we hold have been registered under the Securities Act. However, our ability to resell any significant portion of these shares is limited by both the large number of shares and warrants we hold relative to the average trading volume of these securities as well as blackout periods which may prevent us from selling shares as one of our Co-Chief Executive Officers serves on Sky Harbour’s Board of Directors. The terms of the Sky Harbour business combination prohibited us from selling any of our securities in Sky Harbour prior to January 25, 2023 and has since expired.

We believe that our existing cash and short-term investments, funds available through the Credit Agreement Link entered into on August 12, 2019, as amended, and any funds that we may receive from cash flows from operations will be sufficient to meet working capital requirements and anticipated capital expenditures for the next 12 months. At December 31, 2023, we had approximately $22 million in unrestricted cash and $18 million in short-term treasury securities (excludes $29 million of short-term treasury securities held by funds consolidated by BOAM).

If future additional significant acquisition opportunities, expansion opportunities within our billboard and broadband services businesses, and possible further development under our build for rent business become available in excess of our currently available cash, U.S. Treasury securities, and marketable equity securities, we may need to seek additional capital through long term debt borrowings, the sale of our securities, and/or other financing options and we may not be able to obtain such debt or equity financing on terms favorable to us or at all. In the future, we may use a number of different sources to finance our acquisitions and operations, including current cash on hand, potential future cash flows from operations, seller financing, debt financings including but not limited to long-term debt and line of credit facilities, including additional credit facilities which may or may not be secured by our assets or those of our operating subsidiaries, additional common or preferred equity issuances or any combination of these sources, to the extent available to us, or other sources that may become available from time to time, which could include asset sales and issuance of debt securities. In addition to Link’s current credit facility, any future debt that we incur may be recourse or non-recourse and may be secured or unsecured. Link’s existing credit facility imposes restrictions on Link that could increase our vulnerability to general adverse economic and industry conditions by limiting our flexibility in planning for and reacting to changes in our billboard, insurance, asset management, and broadband businesses. Specifically, these restrictions place limits on Link and its subsidiaries’ ability to, among other things, incur additional indebtedness, make additional acquisitions and investments, pay dividends, repurchase stock, create liens, enter into transactions with affiliates, merge or consolidate or transfer or sell our billboard assets. Link’s credit facility requires it to meet a fixed charge coverage ratio and other financial covenants. Link’s ability to comply with these loan covenants may be affected by factors beyond its control and a breach of any loan covenants would likely result in an event of defaultfreely sold without restriction under the Credit Agreement, which would permit the Lender to declare all amounts incurred thereunder to be immediately due and payable and to terminate their commitment to make future extensions of credit. We also may take advantage of joint venture or other partnering opportunities as such opportunities arise in order to acquire properties that would otherwise be unavailable to us. Any future credit facilities which we or any of our subsidiaries may enter into would likely impose similar restrictions and risks.

We may use the proceeds of any future borrowings to acquire assets or for general corporate purposes. In determining when to use leverage, we will assess the appropriateness of new equity or debt capital based on market conditions, including assumptions regarding future cash flow, the creditworthiness of customers, and future rental rates.

We conduct and plan to continue to conduct our activities in such a manner as not to be deemed an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "Investment Company Act").  Therefore, no more than 40% of our total assets can be invested in investment securities, as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act. In addition, we do not invest or intend to invest in securities as our primary business. Although we do not currently hold investments in an amount which would cause us to register under the Investment Company Act, we run the risk of inadvertently being deemed to be an investment company that is required to register under the Investment Company Act because a significant portion of our assets consists of investments in companies in which we own less than a majority interest. The risk varies depending on events beyond our control, such as significant appreciation or depreciation in the market value of certain of our publicly traded holdings, adverse developments with respect to our ownership of certain of our subsidiaries, and transactions involving the sale of certain assets. If we are deemed to be an inadvertent investment company, we may seek to rely on a safe-harbor under the Investment Company Act that would provide us a one-year grace period to take steps to avoid being deemed to be an investment company. In order to ensure we avoid being deemed an investment company, we have taken, and may need to continue to take, steps to reduce the percentage of our assets that constitute investments assets under the Investment Company Act. These steps have included, among others, selling marketable securities that we might otherwise hold for the long-term and deploying our cash in non-investment assets. We have recently sold marketable securities, including at times at a loss, and we may be forced to sell our investment assets at unattractive prices or to sell assets that we otherwise believe benefit our business in the future to remain below the requisite threshold. We may also seek to acquire additional non-investment assets to maintain compliance with the Investment Company Act, and we may need to incur debt, issue additional equity or enter into other financing arrangements that are not otherwise attractive to our business. Any of these actions could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition. Moreover, we can make no assurance that we would successfully be able to take the necessary steps to avoid being deemed to be an investment company in accordance with the safe-harbor. If we were unsuccessful, then we would have to register as an investment company, and we would be unable to operate our business in its current form. We would be subject to extensive, restrictive, and potentially adverse statutory provisions and regulations relating to, among other things, operating methods, management, capital structure, indebtedness, dividends, and transactions with affiliates. If we were deemed to be an investment company and did not register as an investment company when required to do so, there would be a risk, among other material adverse consequences, that we could become subject to monetary penalties or injunctive relief, or both, that we would be unable to enforce contracts with third parties, and/or that third parties could seek to obtain rescission of transactions with us undertaken during the period in which we were deemed to be an unregistered investment company.

Our certificate of incorporation and bylaws do not limit the amount of debt that we may incur. Our Board of Directors has not adopted a policy limiting the total amount of debt that we may incur. Our Board of Directors will consider a number of factors in evaluating the amount of debt that we may incur. If we adopt a debt policy, our Board of Directors may from time to time modify such policy in light of then-current economic conditions, relative costs of debt and equity capital, market values of our properties, general conditions in the markets for debt and equity securities, fluctuations in the market price of our Class A common stock if then trading on any exchange, growth and acquisition opportunities, and other factors. Our decision to use leverage in the future to finance our assets will be at our discretion and will not be subject to the approval of our stockholders, and we are not restricted by our governing documents or otherwise in the amount of leverage that we may use.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

Except for our normal operating leases, we do not have any off-balance sheet financing arrangements, transactions or special purpose entities.

Rule 144.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

The preparation of the consolidated financial statements and related notes to the consolidated financial statements requires us to make estimates that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue and expenses, and related disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities. We base these estimates on historical results and various other assumptions believed to be reasonable, all of which form the basis for making estimates concerning the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily available from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

In the notes accompanying the consolidated financial statements, we describe the significant accounting policies used in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements. We believe that the following represent the most significant estimates and management judgments used in preparing the consolidated financial statements.

Consolidation Policy

The financial statements of Boston Omaha Corporation include the accounts of the Company and our consolidated subsidiaries, which are comprised of voting interest entities in which we have a controlling financial interest and variable interest entities in which we are the primary beneficiary in accordance with ASC 810, Consolidation. The equity attributable to non-controlling interests in subsidiaries is shown separately in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

Retention of Specialized Accounting

Each of 24th Street Fund I and 24th Street Fund II, collectively “the 24th Street Funds,” and Fund One Boston Omaha Build for Rent LP qualify as investment companies and apply specialized industry accounting. We report fund investments on our consolidated balance sheets at their estimated fair value, with gains (losses) resulting from changes in fair value reflected within ‘Other investment income’ in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations. Accordingly, the accompanying consolidated financial statements reflect different accounting policies for investments depending on whether or not they are held through a consolidated investment company.

Purchased Intangibles and Other Long-Lived Assets

We amortize intangible assets with finite lives over their estimated useful lives, which range between five years and 50 years as follows: 

Years

Customer relationships

10 to 15

Permits, licenses, and lease acquisition costs

10 to 50

Noncompetition and nonsolicitation agreements

5

Technology, trade names, and trademarks

10 to 20

Site location

15

Capitalized contract costs

10

Purchased intangible assets, including long-lived assets are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the assets may not be fully recoverable. Factors considered in reviewing the asset values include consideration of the use of the asset, the expected life of the asset, and regulatory or contractual provisions related to such assets. Market participation assumptions are compared to our experience and the results of the comparison are evaluated. For finite-lived intangible assets, the period over which the assets are expected to contribute directly to future cash flows is evaluated against our historical experience. Impairment losses are recognized only if the carrying amount exceeds its fair value.

We have acquired goodwill related to our various business acquisitions. Goodwill represents future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized. Goodwill, by reporting unit, is reviewed annually for impairment or whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be fully recoverable. For our annual review, we employ a third-party valuation expert. Factors considered in the annual evaluation include deterioration in economic conditions (both macro and geographic), limitations on accessing capital, and market value of our company. Industry and market conditions such as changes in competition, the general state of the industry, regulatory and political developments, and changes in market multiples are additional components of the valuation. Changes in key personnel, strategy, and customer retention are also reviewed. If industry and economic conditions deteriorate, we may be required to assess goodwill impairment before the next annual test, which could result in impairment charges. The discounted cash flow approach that we use for valuing goodwill as part of the impairment testing approach involves estimating future cash flows expected to be generated from the related assets, discounted to their present value using a risk-adjusted discount rate.  Key assumptions utilized in estimating the future cash flows expected to be generated by each reporting unit primarily relate to forecasted revenues and premiums earned.

Goodwill

Goodwill represents future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized. Goodwill is subject to an annual impairment test. We designated October 1 as the date of our annual goodwill impairment test. We are required to identify our reporting units and determine the carrying value of each reporting unit. We analyze financial information of our operations to identify discrete segments that constitute a reporting unit. We assign assets acquired and liabilities assumed in business combinations to those reporting units. We have identified four reporting units: billboard operations, broadband operations, insurance brokerage and insurance carrier operations, and asset management operations. We are required to determine the fair value of each reporting unit and compare it to the carrying amount of the reporting unit. To the extent the carrying amount of a reporting unit exceeds the fair value of the reporting unit, we would be required to book an impairment loss. For our annual review of reporting units, we employ a third party valuation expert. 

We conduct a qualitative assessment by examining relevant events and circumstances which could have a negative impact on our goodwill, including macroeconomic conditions, industry and market conditions, cost factors, overall financial performance, reporting unit dispositions and acquisitions, our market capitalization and other relevant events specific to us. If, after assessing the totality of events or circumstances described above, we determine that it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, we will perform a quantitative impairment test.  If industry and economic conditions deteriorate, we may be required to assess goodwill impairment before the next annual test, which could result in impairment charges. The discounted cash flow approach that we use for valuing goodwill as part of the impairment testing approach involves estimating future cash flows expected to be generated from the related assets, discounted to their present value using a risk-adjusted discount rate.

Acquisitions

For transactions that meet the definition of a business combination, we allocate the purchase price, including any contingent consideration, to the assets acquired and the liabilities assumed at their estimated fair values as of the date of the acquisition with any excess of the purchase price paid over the estimated fair value of net assets acquired recorded as goodwill. For transactions that meet the definition of a business combination, the determination of the final purchase price and the acquisition-date fair value of identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed may extend over more than one period and result in adjustments to the preliminary estimate recognized in the prior period financial statements. For transactions that meet the definition of asset purchases, we allocate the purchase price to the assets acquired and the liabilities assumed at their estimated relative fair values as of the date of the acquisition.

The fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed is typically determined by using either estimates of replacement costs or discounted cash flow valuation methods. When determining the fair value of tangible assets acquired, we estimate the cost to replace the asset with a new asset, adjusted for an estimated reduction in fair value due to age of the asset, and the economic useful life. When determining the fair value of intangible assets acquired, we estimate the applicable discount rate, the timing and amount of future cash flows, the applicable income tax rates, and an appropriate customer attrition rate.

Yellowstone Warrants Accounting 

We account for warrants for shares of Yellowstone's common stock that are not indexed to Yellowstone's own stock as liabilities at fair value on the balance sheet. The warrants are subject to remeasurement at each balance sheet date and any change in fair value is recognized in our statement of operations. For issued or modified warrants that meet all of the criteria for equity classification, the warrants are required to be recorded as a component of additional paid-in capital at the time of issuance. For issued or modified warrants that do not meet all the criteria for equity classification, the warrants are required to be recorded as a liability at their initial fair value on the date of issuance, and each balance sheet date thereafter. Changes in the estimated fair value of the warrants are recognized as a non-cash gain or loss on the statements of operations. The fair value of the Public Warrants issued in connection with Yellowstone's Public Offering has been measured based on the listed market price of such Warrants (see Note 8 and Note 9 to the Notes to our Financial Statements for further discussion).

Losses and Loss Adjustment Expenses

Unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses represent estimates for the ultimate cost of unpaid reported and unreported claims incurred and related expenses. Estimates for losses and loss adjustment expenses are based on past experience of investigating and adjusting claims and consideration of the level of premiums written during the current and prior year. Since the reserves are based on estimates, the ultimate liability may differ from the estimated reserve. The effects of changes in estimated reserves are included in the results of operations in the period in which the estimates are updated.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

At December 31, 2023, we held no significant derivative instruments that materially increased our exposure to market risks for interest rates, foreign currency rates, commodity prices or other market price risks. Our operations are currently conducted entirely within the U.S.; therefore, we had no significant exposure to foreign currency exchange rate risk.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements 

Management reviewed currently issued pronouncements during the year ended December 31, 2023, and believes that any other recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards, if currently adopted, would not have a material effect on the accompanying consolidated financial statements.

Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

Not applicable as we are a “smaller reporting company.”

Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.

Our Consolidated Financial Statements and the related notes, together with the Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (PCAOB ID 185) thereon, are set forth below beginning on page F-1 and are incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.

Not applicable.

Item 9A. Controls and Procedures.

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Our management, with the participation of our principal executive officers and principal financial and accounting officer, conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) as of the end of the period covered by this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Based on this evaluation, our principal executive officers and principal financial and accounting officer each concluded that, as of December 31, 2023, our disclosure controls and procedures are effective and designed to ensure that the information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the requisite time periods.

Managements Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act. Our management conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2023, using the framework in Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission, which we refer to as “COSO 2013.” Based on its evaluation under the framework in Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013), management concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was effective as of as of December 31, 2023.

Remediation of Material Weakness

During the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2023, management identified a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting existing as of December 31, 2022. Management, including our Co-Chief Executive Officers and our Chief Financial Officer, has concluded that we have remediated the previously disclosed material weakness related to the risk assessment of our investment in unconsolidated entities who are required to apply specialized industry accounting.  Our remediation efforts involved designing and implementing enhancements to internal control over financial reporting including those related to the accounting and financial reporting for our investments in companies which are required to follow specialized industry accounting, evaluating the assignment of responsibilities associated with the accounting for investment companies, and expanding the use of specialist involvement in highly complex and technical areas of accounting, including transactions related to investment companies. Management has performed testing to verify the effective design and successful operating effectiveness of the new or enhanced controls.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

Except with respect to the remediated material weakness described above, there have not been any changes in our internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act, during the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2023 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

Limitations on Effectiveness of Controls and Procedures

Our management, including our principal executive officers and principal financial and accounting officer, does not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures or our internal controls will prevent all error and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within our company have been detected. These inherent limitations include, but are not limited to, the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty and that breakdowns can occur because of simple error or mistake. Additionally, controls can be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people, or by management override of the control. The design of any system of controls also is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions; over time, control may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

 

Mr. Peterson and Mr. Rozek also receive compensation from Magnolia and Boulderado for their roles as managers of Magnolia and Boulderado, respectively. Mr. Rozek also receives as a director of Sky as annual compensation, consistent with the compensation paid to Sky’s outside directors of $55,000 per year and 7,000 restricted stock units which vest over a four-year period.
On May 1, 2023, BOAM acquired 100% of the membership interests in 24th Street Asset Management LLC (“24th Street Management”), a subsidiary of 24th Street Holding Company, LLC. Mr. Keating beneficially owned approximately 92% of the membership interests that were sold to BOAM in the transaction by the members of  24th Street Management (the “Sellers”). As Mr. Keating is a member of the Board of BOC and was appointed as a co-managing director of BOAM in early 2023, the Audit and Risk Committee of BOC, comprised of three independent directors, were granted the authority to review, evaluate, and negotiate, or reject, the potential transaction. The Audit and Risk Committee unanimously approved the Membership Interest Purchase Agreement and the BOC Board subsequently approved the transaction.  The consideration consisted of $2,759,072 in cash at closing, an additional $1,254,102 in cash subject to holdback (the “Holdback Amount”), and 45,644 shares of BOC Class A common stock (based on the average closing price of BOC Class A common stock for the 30 business day period ending two days before the closing date) (the “BOC Shares”).  The BOC Shares issued in the transaction are unregistered and have no registration rights.  Furthermore, in the event that distributions are paid to 24th Street pursuant to 24th Street’s gross profits interest (carried interest) held in certain entities (including 24th Street Fund I, LLC and 24th Street Fund II, LLC, collectively, the “Funds”), minus certain compensation bonuses payable (such net amount, the “Net Promote Amount”), that exceed $7,226,672 but are less than equal to $9,635,562, the Sellers will receive, as a release from the Holdback Amount, 52.062% of such excess, such that if the Net Promote Amount equals $9,635,562 (the “Earn-Out Threshold”), the full Holdback Amount will have been released to the Sellers.  Furthermore, to the extent that such Net Promote Amount exceeds the Earn-Out Threshold, the Sellers will receive 25% of the amount of such excess (the “Earn-Out”) until the Funds are liquidated or dissolved at which point Sellers’ right to any Earn-Out payment shall extinguish and the Holdback shall expire.  Mr. Keating also is a principal owner and Chairman of Logic, an affiliate in which we have an investment.
On April 2, 2024, we entered into agreements with the minority members of each of FIF Utah LLC and FIF St. George, LLC, entities controlled by Boston Omaha as majority member, which are engaged in the delivery of broadband services.  Under these agreements, the minority members of each of the entities, which were originally the owners of the related businesses acquired by Boston Omaha in 2020 and 2022, respectively, exchanged their membership interests in the LLCs for unregistered shares of Boston Omaha Class A common stock.  Under the securities exchange agreements, Alpine Networks, Inc., a company owned by Steven McGhie, the Chief Executive Officer of Boston Omaha Broadband, and the sole owner of the minority interest in FIF Utah, LLC, exchanged its approximate 17% interest in FIF Utah, LLC for 275,611 shares of Boston Omaha Class A common stock, which for purposes of the transaction was valued at approximately $4,400,000. The two owners of the minority interests in FIF St. George, LLC exchanged their combined 20% interest in FIF St. George, LLC for 563,750 shares of Boston Omaha Class A common stock, which for purposes of the transaction was valued at approximately $9,000,000. In each transaction, the value for the unregistered Boston Omaha Class A common stock was calculated based on the volume weighted average trading price of a share of Boston Omaha Class A common stock for the 30 trading days ended March 28, 2024 as reported on the New York Stock Exchange. As a result, Boston Omaha Broadband, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Boston Omaha, now owns 100% of the membership interests in each of FIF Utah LLC and FIF St. George, LLC. Under the original operating agreements established for each of FIF Utah LLC and FIF St. George, LLC, each of the sellers and Boston Omaha held put and call rights for the sellers’ membership interests.
Item 9B. Other InformationPolicy and Procedures for the Review, Approval or Ratification of Transactions with Related Persons.

During

Our Board has adopted a written policy (which we refer to as the “Related Party Policy”) for the review, approval or ratification of “Related Party Transactions” by the independent members of the Audit and Risk Committee of our Board. For purposes of the Related Party Policy, a “Related Party Transaction” is any transaction, arrangement or relationship or series of similar transactions, arrangements or relationships (including the incurrence or issuance of any indebtedness or the guarantee of indebtedness) in which (1) the aggregate amount involved will or may be reasonably expected to exceed $120,000 in any fiscal year, ended December 31, 2023, no(2) the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a participant, and (3) any Related Party (as defined therein) has or will have a direct or indirect material interest.
The Related Party Policy defines “Related Party” as any person who is, or, at any time since the beginning of the Company’s last fiscal year, was (1) an executive officer, director or Section 16 officer adoptednominee for election as a director of the Company or terminated any Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangementsof its subsidiaries, (2) a person with greater than five percent (5%) beneficial interest in the Company, (3) an immediate family member of any of the individuals or non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangements.

Item 9C. Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections.

Not Applicable.

entities identified in (1) or (2) of this paragraph, and (4) any firm, corporation or other entity in which any of the foregoing individuals or entities is employed or is a general partner or principal or in a similar position or in which such person or entity has a five percent (5%) or greater beneficial interest. Immediate family members (each of which we refer to as a “Family Member”) includes a person’s spouse, parents, stepparents, children, stepchildren, siblings, mothers- and fathers-in-law, sons- and daughters-in-law, brothers- and sisters-in-law and anyone residing in such person’s home, other than a tenant or employee.
 

PART III

Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers

Prior to the Company entering into any Related Party Transaction, such Related Party Transaction will be reported to our outside corporate counsel who will report the same to the Audit and Corporate Governance.

Risk Committee. Management, with assistance from our outside corporate counsel, will conduct an investigation and evaluation of the Related Party Transaction and will report its findings to the Audit and Risk Committee, including a summary of material facts. The informationAudit and Risk Committee will review the material facts of all Related Party Transactions which require the Audit and Risk Committee’s approval and either approve or disapprove of the Related Party Transaction, subject to the exceptions described below. If advance notice of a Related Party Transaction has been given to the Audit and Risk Committee and it is not possible to convene a meeting of the Audit and Risk Committee, then the chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee will consider whether the Related Party Transaction is appropriate and, if it is, will approve the Related Party Transaction, with the Audit and Risk Committee being asked to ratify the Related Party Transaction at the next regularly scheduled meeting of the Audit and Risk Committee.

In the event the Audit and Risk Committee does not ratify any such Related Party Transaction, management shall make all reasonable efforts to cancel or annul such Related Party Transaction. In determining whether to approve or ratify a Related Party Transaction, the Audit and Risk Committee will consider all factors it deems appropriate, including the factors listed below in “Review Criteria.”
Entering into a Related Party Transaction without the approval or ratification required by the terms of the Related Party Policy is prohibited and a violation of such policy. In the event the Company’s directors, executive officers or Chief Accounting Officer become aware of a Related Party Transaction that was not previously approved or ratified under the Related Party Policy, such person will promptly notify the Audit and Risk Committee (or, if it is not practicable for the Company to wait for the Audit and Risk Committee to consider the matter, the chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee), which will consider whether the Related Party Transaction should be ratified or rescinded or whether other action should be taken, with such review considering all of the relevant facts and circumstances regarding the Related Party Transaction, including the factors listed below in “Review Criteria.” The chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee will report to the committee at its next regularly scheduled meeting any actions taken under the Related Party Policy pursuant to the authority delegated in this item is hereby incorporated by referenceparagraph. The Audit and Risk Committee will also review all of the facts and circumstances pertaining to the failure to report the Related Party Transaction to the Audit and Risk Committee and will take, or recommend to our Definitive Proxy Statement relating to our 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be filed withBoard, any action the SEC within 120 days of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023.

Item 11.Executive Compensation.

The information required by this item is hereby incorporated by reference to our Definitive Proxy Statement relating to our 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be filed with the SEC within 120 days of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023.

Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial OwnersAudit and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.

The information required by this item is hereby incorporated by reference to our Definitive Proxy Statement relating to our 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be filed with the SEC within 120 days of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023.

Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence.

The information required by this item is hereby incorporated by reference to our Definitive Proxy Statement relating to our 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be filed with the SEC within 120 days of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023.

Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

The information required by this item is hereby incorporated by reference to our Definitive Proxy Statement relating to our 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be filed with the SEC within 120 days of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023.

Risk Committee deems appropriate.

No member of the Audit and Risk Committee or director of our Board will participate in any discussion or approval of a Related Party Transaction for which he or she is a Related Party, except that the Audit and Risk Committee member or Board member will provide all material information concerning the Related Party Transaction to the Audit and Risk Committee.
If a Related Party Transaction will be ongoing, the Audit and Risk Committee may establish guidelines for the Company’s management to follow in its ongoing dealings with the Related Party. Thereafter, the Audit and Risk Committee, on at least an annual basis, will review and assess ongoing relationships with the Related Party to ensure that they are in compliance with the Audit and Risk Committee’s guidelines and that the Related Party Transaction remains appropriate.
Review Criteria. All Related Party Transactions will be reviewed in accordance with the standards set forth in the Related Party Policy after full disclosure of the Related Party’s interests in the transaction. As appropriate for the circumstances, the Audit and Risk Committee will review and consider:
the Related Party’s interest in the Related Party Transaction;
the terms of the Related Party Transaction, including the approximate dollar value of the amount involved in the Related Party Transaction and the approximate dollar value of the amount of the Related Party’s interest in the transaction without regard to the amount of any profit or loss;
whether the transaction is being undertaken in the ordinary course of business of the Company;
whether the transaction with the Related Party is proposed to be, or was, entered into on terms no less favorable to the Company than terms that could have been reached with an unrelated third party;
the purpose of, and the potential benefits to the Company of, the Related Party Transaction;
a description of any provisions or limitations imposed as a result of entering into the Related Party Transaction;
whether the proposed transaction includes any potential reputational risk issues for the Company which may arise as a result of or in connection with the Related Party Transaction;
whether the proposed transaction would violate any requirements of any Company financing or other material agreements; and
any other relevant information regarding the Related Party Transaction or the Related Party.
The Audit and Risk Committee, or its chairman, as applicable, may approve or ratify the Related Party Transaction only if the Audit and Risk Committee determines in good faith that, under all of the circumstances, the transaction is fair to the Company. The Audit and Risk Committee, in its sole discretion, may impose such conditions as it deems appropriate on the Company or the Related Party in connection with approval of the Related Party Transaction.
Pre-Approved Related Party Transactions. The Audit and Risk Committee has determined that the following transactions will be deemed pre-approved or ratified and will not require review or approval of the Audit and Risk Committee, even if the aggregate amount involved will exceed $120,000, unless otherwise specifically determined by the Audit and Risk Committee:
any employment or compensation by the Company of an executive officer of the Company or any of its subsidiaries if the related compensation conforms with our Company’s compensation policies, if the executive officer is not a Family Member of another executive officer or of a director of our Board; and
any compensation paid to a director of our Board if the compensation is consistent with our Bylaws and any compensation policies.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Related Party Policy, in the event the Bylaws of the Company require review by our Board and/or approval of a Related Party Transaction, the Audit and Risk Committee, and its chairman, will not have the authority to review or approve a Related Party Transaction but will provide a recommendation to our Board for the Board’s use in its consideration of a given Related Party Transaction.
Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.
Our independent auditor during the 2022 and 2023 fiscal years was KPMG LLP. During the 2022 and 2023 fiscal years, the aggregate fees that we paid to KPMG LLP for professional services were as follows:
 
Year Ended December 31,
 
2023
2022
Audit Fees (1)$781,400$716,800
Audit-Related Fees (2)-0--0-
Tax Fees-0--0-
All Other Fees-0--0-
(1)Fees for audit services include fees associated with the annual audit and the review of our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, as well as associated consents and comfort letters. The audit fees for 2023 include both actual and estimated fees.
(2)Fees for audit-related services include fees associated with audits for our various acquisitions.
Audit Fees. The audit fees consist of aggregate fees billed for professional services rendered for the audit of our consolidated financial statements and review of the interim consolidated financial statements included in quarterly reports, as well as associated consents and comfort letters.
Audit-Related Fees. The audit-related fees consist of aggregate fees billed for assurance and related services reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of our consolidated financial statements and are not reported under “Audit Fees.”
Tax Fees. Tax fees consist of aggregate fees billed for professional services for tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning. These services included assistance regarding federal and state tax compliance, and tax audit defense.
All Other Fees. There were no other fees billed for professional services rendered by KPMG LLP in the 2022 or 2023 fiscal years.
Audit and Risk Committee Pre-Approval of Audit and Permissible Non-Audit Services of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Our Audit and Risk Committee pre-approves all audit and permissible non-audit services provided by our independent registered public accounting firm. These services may include audit services, audit-related services and tax services, as well as specifically designated non-audit services that, in the opinion of the Audit and Risk Committee, will not impair the independence of the independent registered public accounting firm. Our Audit and Risk Committee annually reviews the audit and permissible non-audit services performed by our independent registered public accounting firm, and reviews and approves the fees charged by it. Our Audit and Risk Committee has considered the role of our independent registered public accounting firm in providing tax and audit services and other permissible non-audit services to us and has concluded that the provision of such services was compatible with the maintenance of the independence of our independent registered public accounting firm in the conduct of its auditing functions.
Audit and Risk Committee Report
The consolidated balance sheets of Boston Omaha Corporation and its subsidiaries as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, and the related consolidated statements of operations, consolidated statements of changes in stockholders’ equity, and consolidated statements of cash flows for years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, are included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the 2023 fiscal year as filed with the SEC on March 27, 2024 (which we refer to as the “2023 Form 10-K”).
The Audit and Risk Committee oversees the Company’s financial reporting process on behalf of the Board, along with the Company’s systems of internal accounting and financial controls. In fulfilling these oversight responsibilities, the Audit and Risk Committee reviewed and discussed with Boston Omaha management the audited financial statements included in the 2023 Form 10-K.
The Audit and Risk Committee has reviewed with KPMG LLP, the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company, the matters required to be discussed with the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm under generally accepted auditing standards, including the matters required to be discussed by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board’s Auditing Standard No. 1301, Communications with Audit Committees.
The Audit and Risk Committee has also received the written disclosures and the letter from KPMG LLP required by applicable requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board regarding KPMG LLP’s communications with the Audit and Risk Committee concerning independence, and has discussed with KPMG LLP their independence in relation to Boston Omaha.
In reliance upon the reviews and discussions referred to above, and subject to the limitations on the roles and responsibilities of the Audit and Risk Committee referred to above and in the Audit and Risk Committee charter, the Audit and Risk Committee recommended to the Board, and the Board approved, the inclusion of the audited financial statements in the 2023 Form 10-K for filing with the SEC.
Boston Omaha, acting through its management and Board, is responsible for the Company’s financial statements and reporting process, including the systems of internal accounting controls. KPMG LLP, is responsible for planning and conducting the annual audit of those financial statements. The Audit and Risk Committee’s role is one of oversight, and therefore in performing its oversight responsibilities, the Audit and Risk Committee is not providing any special assurance as to the Company’s financial statements or any professional certification as to the results of the independent registered public accounting firm.
Submitted by the Audit and Risk Committee:
Bradford B. Briner, Chairman
Jeffrey C. Royal
Vishnu Srinivasan
PART IV

Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules.

(a)         The following consolidated financial statements and the related notes thereto of the Company and the Accounting Firm thereon are filed as part of this report:

1.

Financial Statements:

Our consolidated financial statements are set forth on pages F-1 through F-42 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 27, 2024 and are incorporated herein by reference.

2.

Page

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firms

F-1

Consolidated Balance Sheets – December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022

F-5

Consolidated Statements of Operations – Years ended December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022

F-7

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity  – Years ended December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022

F-8

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows – Years ended December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022

F-9

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

F-12Statement Schedules

Schedules have been omitted since they are either not required or not applicable or the information is otherwise included herein.

2.

(b)

Exhibits: See Item 15(b) below.

Exhibits

(b)

Exhibits

The exhibits listed in the Exhibit Index attached hereto are incorporated herein by reference.

Item 16. Form 10-K Summary.

The Company has determined not to include a summary of information required by this Item 16 of the Annual Report on Form 10-K.

16.
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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.Exhibit Description 

3.1 (*)

3.2 (*)

3.3 (*)

Certificate of Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Boston Omaha Corporation dated June 2, 2020., filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on June 2, 2020.

3.4 (*)

4.1 (*)

4.2 (*)

4.3 (*)

4.4 (*)

4.5 (*)

4.6 (*)

4.7 (#)Description of the Registrant’s Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.7 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 27, 2024).

10.1 (*)(+)

10.2 (*)(+)

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10.3 (*)

10.4 (*)(+)

10.5 (*)(+)

10.6 (*)(+)

10.7 (*)(+)

10.8 (*)(+)

  
10.9 (*)Credit Agreement, dated August 12, 2019 by and between Link Media Holdings, LLC, and First National Bank of Omaha filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on August 13, 2019.
  
10.10 (*)Security Agreement, dated August 12, 2019, by and among Link Media Holdings, LLC and the Subsidiary Guarantors in Favor of First National Bank of Omaha filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on August 13, 2019.
  
10.11 (*)Subsidiaries Guaranty dated August 12, 2019 by and among the Subsidiary Guarantors in Favor of First National Bank of Omaha filed as Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on August 13, 2019.
  
10.12 (*)$24,900,000 Term Loan Note 1 dated August 12, 2019 issued by Link Media Holdings, LLC to First National Bank of Omaha filed as Exhibit 10.5 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on August 13, 2019.
  
10.13 (*)$5,000,000 Revolving Note dated August 12, 2019 issued by Link Media Holdings, LLC to First National Bank of Omaha filed as Exhibit 10.4 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on August 13, 2019.
  
10.14 (*)First Amendment to Credit Agreement dated October 25, 2019 filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on October 25, 2019.
  
10.15 (*)Second Amendment to Credit Agreement dated June 25, 2020 filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current report on Form 8-K as filed with the Commission on June 30, 2020.
  
10.16 (*)Third Amendment to Credit Agreement filed as Exhibit10.1Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K as filed with the Commission on August 24, 2021.
  
10.17 (*)Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K as filed with the Commission on December 9, 2021.
  
10.18 (*)Amended and Restated Term Loan Note filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K as filed with the Commission on December 9, 2021.
  
10.19 (*)Fifth Amendment to Credit Agreement filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K as filed with the Commission on June 3, 2022.
  
10.20 (*)Sixth Amendment to Credit Agreement filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K as filed with the Commission on April 11, 2023.
  
10.21 (*)Seventh Amendment to Credit Agreement filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K as filed with the Commission on September 26, 2023.
  
10.22 (*)Amended and Restated Revolving Note filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K as filed with the Commission on September 26, 2023.
  
10.23 (*)Eighth Amendment to Credit Agreement filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K as filed with the Commission on February 16, 2024.
  
10.24 (*)(+)Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of Boston Omaha Asset Management dated January 6, 2023  filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on January 11, 2023.
  
10.25 (*)(+)Services Agreement with Brendan J. Keating dated January 6, 2023 filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on January 11, 2023.
  
10.26 (+)(#)Boston Omaha Corporation 2022 Long-Term Incentive Plan filed as Exhibit A to the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement for the 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders filed with the Commission on June 28, 2022.2022 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.26 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 27, 2024).

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14.1 (*)Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, filed as Exhibit 14.1 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Commission on March 30, 2016.
  

21.1 (#)

23.1 (#)Consent of EisnerAmper LLP, Registered Public Accounting Firm.Firm (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 23.1 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 27, 2024).
  
23.2 (#)Consent of KPMG LLP, Registered Public Accounting Firm.Firm (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 23.2 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 27, 2024).
  

31.1 (#)

31.2 (#)

31.3 (#)

32.1 (#)(##)

32.2 (#)(##)

32.3 (#)(##)

97.1 (#)

Policy for the Recovery of Erroneously Awarded Compensation.Compensation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 97.1 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 27, 2024).

101.INS (#)Inline XBRL Instance Document (the Instance Document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

101.SCH (#)

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document.

101.CAL (#)

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document.

101.DEF (#)

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition.

101.LAB (#)

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document.

101.PRE (#)

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Presentation Linkbase Document.

104Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101).

(*)

Incorporated by reference to the filing indicated.

(+)

Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.

(#)

Filed herewith.

(##)

The certifications attached as Exhibits 32.1, 32.2 and 32.3 that accompany this Report, are not deemed filed with the SEC and are not to be incorporated by reference into any filing of Boston Omaha Corporation under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, whether made before or after the date of this Report irrespective of any general incorporation language contained in such filing.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

BOSTON OMAHA CORPORATION

(Registrant)

By: /s/Alex B. Rozek

Alex B. Rozek

Co-President (Principal
(Principal Executive Officer)

March 27,

April 29, 2024

By: /s/Adam K. Peterson

Adam K. Peterson

Co-President (Principal
(Principal Executive Officer)

March 27,

April 29, 2024

By: /s/ Joshua P. Weisenburger                        

Joshua P. Weisenburger 

Chief Financial Officer 
(Principal Financial Officer)

March 27,

April 29, 2024

By: /s/Joseph M. Meisinger
Joseph M. Meisinger 

Joseph M. Meisinger

Chief Accounting Officer   

March 27, 2024

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated:

NameTitleDate
/s/Alex B. Rozek

President, and Co-Chief Executive Officer, Co-Chairman of the Board of DirectorsMarch 27, 2024
Alex B. Rozek(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/Adam K. PetersonPresident, and Co-Chief Executive Officer, Co-Chairman of the Board of DirectorsMarch 27, 2024
Adam K. Peterson(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/Bradford B. BrinerDirectorMarch 27, 2024
Bradford B. Briner
/s/Brendan J. KeatingDirectorMarch 27, 2024
Brendan J. Keating
/s/Frank H. Kenan IIDirectorMarch 27, 2024
Frank H. Kenan II
/s/Jeffrey C. RoyalDirectorMarch 27, 2024
Jeffrey C. Royal
/s/Vishnu SrinivasanDirectorMarch 27, 2024
Vishnu Srinivasan
/s/Joshua P. WeisenburgerChief Financial OfficerMarch 27, 2024
Joshua P. Weisenburger(Principal Financial Officer)
/s/Joseph M. MeisingerChief Accounting OfficerMarch 27, 2024
Joseph M. Meisinger

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Stockholders and Board of Directors
Boston Omaha Corporation:

Opinion on the Consolidated Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Boston Omaha Corporation and subsidiaries (the Company) as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the two-year period ended December 31, 2023, and the related notes (collectively, the consolidated financial statements). In our opinion, based on our audits and the report of the other auditors, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the years in the two-year period ended December 31, 2023, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

We did not audit the financial statements of Sky Harbour Group Corporation a 19.8 percent owned investee company. The Company’s investment in Sky Harbour Group Corporation was $94 million and $106 million as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively, and its equity in earnings of Sky Harbour Group Corporation was ($10.7) million and ($2.5) million for the years 2023 and 2022, respectively. The financial statements of Sky Harbour Group Corporation were audited by other auditors whose report has been furnished to us, and our opinion, insofar as it relates to the amounts included for Sky Harbour Group Corporation, is based solely on the report of the other auditors.

Basis for Opinion

These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Critical Audit Matters

The critical audit matter communicated below is a matter arising from the current period audit of the consolidated financial statements that was communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that: (1) relates to accounts or disclosures that are material to the consolidated financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. The communication of a critical audit matter does not alter in any way our opinion on the consolidated financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matter below, providing a separate opinion on the critical audit matter or on the accounts or disclosures to which it relates.

Evaluating the fair value of the real estate assets in the 24th Street Funds

As discussed in Note 8 to the consolidated financial statements, in May 2023, the Company began consolidating 24th Street Asset Management LLC (24th Street) and the 24th Street Funds. Each of the 24th Street Funds hold investments in special purpose entities whose primary assets are real estate property (collectively, the Subject Properties or individually, the Subject Property). The Company reports fund investments at their estimated fair value with gains (losses) resulting from changes in fair value reflected within other investment income. As of December 31, 2023, the aggregate fair value of fund investments, a portion of which relates to the real estate assets within the 24th Street Funds, was approximately $64.9 million. The income and comparable sales approach was used to value the real estate assets.

We identified the evaluation of the fair value of the real estate assets in the 24th Street Funds as of December 31, 2023 as a critical audit matter. Subjective auditor judgment was required to evaluate certain key assumptions used by management to estimate the fair value of the Subject Properties, as they are sensitive to variation such that changes in the key assumptions could have a significant impact on the fair value of the Subject Properties. Key assumptions included expected market rents and capitalization rates used in the income approach and comparable observable sales used in the comparable sales approach. Additionally, the audit effort associated with the estimate required specialized skills and knowledge.

The following are the primary procedures we performed to address this critical audit matter. We involved valuation professionals with specialized skills and knowledge, who assisted in

o

Assessing the appropriateness of management’s methodologies used to determine the fair value, for all Subject Properties

o

Evaluating the reasonableness of management’s future expected market rents by comparing the market rent assumptions to external sources including signed and active leases of similar properties, and to objective contractual information of leases recently signed at the respective Subject Property, for a selection of Subject Properties

o

Assessing the reasonableness of the capitalization rates by comparing the selected capitalization rates to reliable market resources, for a selection of Subject Properties

o

Assessing the reasonableness of management’s fair value by developing ranges of fair value using transactions and listings of comparable properties from external databases, and comparing to management’s fair values for a selection of Subject Properties.

/s/KPMG LLP                                       

KPMG LLP

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2020.

Omaha, Nebraska
March
 27, 2024

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of

Sky Harbour Group Corporation

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Sky Harbour Group Corporation and Subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, and the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income (loss), stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years then ended, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”).  In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, and the consolidated results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the years then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. 

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management.  Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements based on our audits.  We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB.  Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.  The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting.  As part of our audits, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.  Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks.  Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements.  Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements.  We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion. 

/s/ EisnerAmper LLP

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2020.

EISNERAMPER LLP

New York, New York

March 27, 2024

BOSTON OMAHA CORPORATION

and SUBSIDIARIES

Consolidated Financial Statements

For the Years Ended December 31, 2023 and 2022

BOSTON OMAHA CORPORATION

and SUBSIDIARIES

Consolidated Balance Sheets

ASSETS

  

December 31,

 
         
  

2023

  

2022

 
         

Current Assets:

        

Cash and cash equivalents

 $21,946,884  $25,493,141 

Cash held by BOAM funds and other

  3,364,789   8,146,792 

Accounts receivable, net

  12,141,244   5,831,366 

Interest receivable

  185,482   196,066 

Short-term investments

  24,753,469   6,288,828 

Marketable equity securities

  2,210,037   8,768,938 

U. S. Treasury securities

  47,112,659   33,520,401 

Funds held as collateral assets

  14,101,531   21,026,579 

Prepaid expenses

  5,571,454   4,689,132 
         

Total Current Assets

  131,387,549   113,961,243 
         

Property and Equipment, net

  144,266,763   115,589,940 
         

Other Assets:

        

Goodwill

  182,380,136   179,463,522 

Intangible assets, net

  65,532,301   68,342,042 

Investments

  87,104,272   26,136,636 

Investments in unconsolidated affiliates

  94,244,788   118,218,389 

Deferred policy acquisition costs

  1,772,455   1,255,320 

Right of use assets

  61,399,460   64,719,405 

Other

  119,368   116,402 
         

Total Other Assets

  492,552,780   458,251,716 
         

Total Assets

 $768,207,092  $687,802,899 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

BOSTON OMAHA CORPORATION

and SUBSIDIARIES

Consolidated Balance Sheets (Continued)

LIABILITIES, REDEEMABLE NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS,  AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

  

December 31,

 
         
  

2023

  

2022

 
         
         

Current Liabilities:

        

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

 $18,438,647  $10,963,784 

Short-term payables for business acquisitions

  618,003   4,219,358 

Lease liabilities

  5,085,221   5,203,981 

Funds held as collateral

  14,101,531   21,026,579 

Unearned premiums

  9,699,544   7,158,726 

Current maturities of long-term debt

  814,667   1,545,090 

Deferred revenue

  2,628,139   2,531,222 

Other current liabilities

  -   330,000 
         

Total Current Liabilities

  51,385,752   52,978,740 
         

Long-term Liabilities:

        

Asset retirement obligations

  3,794,985   3,569,580 

Lease liabilities

  56,438,308   59,281,733 

Long-term debt, less current maturities

  26,523,099   26,954,180 

Other long-term liabilities

  1,500,875   335,828 

Deferred tax liability

  12,111,812   14,939,607 
         

Total Liabilities

  151,754,831   158,059,668 
         

Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests

  15,638,013   15,713,021 
         

Stockholders' Equity:

        

Preferred stock, $.001 par value, 1,000,000 shares authorized, 0 shares issued and outstanding

  -   - 

Class A common stock, $.001 par value, 38,838,884 shares authorized, 30,255,739 and 28,650,688 shares issued and outstanding, respectively

  30,256   28,651 

Class B common stock, $.001 par value, 1,161,116 shares authorized, 1,055,560 shares issued and outstanding

  1,056   1,056 

Additional paid-in capital

  522,506,626   483,917,938 

Retained earnings

  15,669,488   22,673,497 
         

Total Boston Omaha Stockholders' Equity

  538,207,426   506,621,142 

Noncontrolling interests

  62,606,822   7,409,068 

Total Equity

  600,814,248   514,030,210 
         

Total Liabilities, Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests, and Equity

 $768,207,092  $687,802,899 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

BOSTON OMAHA CORPORATION

and SUBSIDIARIES

Consolidated Statements of Operations

  

For the Years Ended

 
  

December 31,

 
         
  

2023

  

2022

 
         

Revenues:

        

Billboard rentals, net

 $42,940,369  $39,244,726 

Broadband services

  35,340,502   28,627,271 

Premiums earned

  13,932,659   10,649,089 

Insurance commissions

  1,884,007   2,050,838 

Investment and other income

  2,156,199   662,270 
         

Total Revenues

  96,253,736   81,234,194 
         

Costs and Expenses:

        

Cost of billboard revenues (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)

  15,136,817   14,395,627 

Cost of broadband revenues (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)

  9,955,518   7,538,501 

Cost of insurance revenues (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)

  6,808,167   4,755,583 

Employee costs

  32,561,929   26,343,272 

Professional fees

  4,665,515   5,300,275 

General and administrative

  16,112,243   12,861,992 

Amortization

  7,409,939   6,474,791 

Depreciation

  12,155,096   8,649,066 

Loss (gain) on disposition of assets

  84,414   (61,377)

Accretion

  216,501   206,359 
         

Total Costs and Expenses

  105,106,139   86,464,089 
         

Net Loss from Operations

  (8,852,403)  (5,229,895)
         

Other Income (Expense):

        

Interest and dividend income

  2,609,148   434,941 

Equity in (loss) income of unconsolidated affiliates

  (7,888,765)  2,697,420 

Other investment income (loss)

  6,132,791   (15,635,690)

Gain recognized on deconsolidation of special purpose acquisition company

  -   24,977,740 

Remeasurement of warrant liability

  -   1,837,211 

Interest expense

  (1,147,234)  (1,207,544)
         

Net (Loss) Income Before Income Taxes

  (9,146,463)  7,874,183 

Income tax benefit

  2,978,738   2,504,933 
         

Net (Loss) Income

  (6,167,725)  10,379,116 

Noncontrolling interest in subsidiary income

  (836,284)  (145,716)
         

Net (Loss) Income Attributable to Common Stockholders

 $(7,004,009) $10,233,400 
         

Basic Net (Loss) Income per Share

 $(0.23) $0.34 
         

Diluted Net (Loss) Income per Share

 $(0.23) $0.34 
         

Basic Weighted Average Class A and Class B Common Shares Outstanding

  31,092,850   29,698,732 
         

Diluted Weighted Average Class A and Class B Common Shares Outstanding

  31,092,850   29,766,247 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

BOSTON OMAHA CORPORATION

and SUBSIDIARIES

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders' Equity

  

No. of shares

                         
  

Class A Common Stock

  

Class B Common Stock

  

Class A Common Stock

  

Class B Common Stock

  

Additional Paid-in Capital

  

Noncontrolling Interest

  

Retained Earnings

  

Total

 

Stockholders' equity January 1, 2022

  28,642,801   1,055,560  $28,643  $1,056  $483,855,423  $-  $12,440,097  $496,325,219 
                                 

Stock issued for cash

  7,887   -   8   -   205,381   -   -   205,389 
                                 

Offering costs

  -   -   -   -   (242,866)  -      (242,866)
                                 

Contribution from noncontrolling interest, Broadband subsidiary

  -   -   -   -   100,000      -   100,000 
                                 

Contribution from noncontrolling interests, Build for Rent subsidiary

  -   -   -   -   -   7,700,000   -   7,700,000 
                                 

Net income attributable to minority interests

  -   -   -   -   -   (290,932)  -   (290,932)
                                 

Net income attributable to common stockholders, December 31, 2022

  -   -   -   -   -   -   10,233,400   10,233,400 
                                 

Stockholders' equity December 31, 2022

  28,650,688   1,055,560  $28,651  $1,056  $483,917,938  $7,409,068  $22,673,497  $514,030,210 
                                 

Stock issued for cash

  1,532,065   -   1,532   -   37,525,131   -   -   37,526,663 
                                 

Stock issued as compensation

  27,342   -   27      640,343   -   -   640,370 
                                 

Stock issued for purchase of 24th Street Asset Management

  45,644   -   46      1,003,274   -   -   1,003,320 
                                 

Offering costs

  -   -   -   -   (1,280,060)  -   -   (1,280,060)
                                 

Contribution from noncontrolling interest, Broadband subsidiary

  -   -   -   -   700,000      -   700,000 
                                 

Contributions from noncontrolling interests, Build for Rent subsidiary

  -   -   -   -   -   4,800,000   -   4,800,000 
                                 

Distributions to noncontrolling interests, Build for Rent subsidiary

  -   -   -   -   -   (81,638)  -   (81,638)
                                 

Contributions from noncontrolling interests, 24th Street Asset Management

  -   -   -   -   -   50,206,255   -   50,206,255 
                                 

Distributions to noncontrolling interests, 24th Street Asset Management

  -   -   -   -   -   (688,330)  -   (688,330)
                                 

Minority owner contribution, General Indemnity

  -   -   -   -   -   50,175   -   50,175 
                                 

Net income attributable to minority interests, December 31, 2023

  -   -   -   -   -   911,292   -   911,292 
                                 

Net (loss) attributable to common stockholders, December 31, 2023

  -   -   -   -   -   -   (7,004,009)  (7,004,009)
                                 

Stockholders' equity December 31, 2023

  30,255,739   1,055,560  $30,256  $1,056  $522,506,626  $62,606,822  $15,669,488  $600,814,248 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

BOSTON OMAHA CORPORATION

and SUBSIDIARIES

 Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

  

For the Years Ended

 
  

December 31,

 
         
  

2023

  

2022

 

Cash Flows from Operating Activities:

        

Net (Loss) Income

 $(6,167,725) $10,379,116 

Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to cash provided by (used in) operating activities:

        

Amortization of right of use assets

  5,488,927   5,313,827 

Depreciation, amortization, and accretion

  19,781,536   15,330,216 

Income taxes

  (3,077,908)  (2,820,618)

Loss (gain) on disposition of assets

  84,414   (61,377)

Bad debt expense

  252,957   163,584 

Gain on deconsolidation - special purpose acquisition company

  -   (24,977,740)

Decrease in contingent consideration

  -   (900,000)

Equity in loss (income) of unconsolidated affiliates

  7,888,765   (2,697,420)

Other investment (income) loss

  (6,132,791)  15,635,690 

Remeasurement of warrant liability

  -   (1,837,211)

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

        

Accounts receivable

  (6,562,835)  (1,419,784)

Interest receivable

  10,584   (163,831)

Prepaid expenses

  (880,197)  (2,701,111)

Distributions from unconsolidated affiliates

  271,355   642,511 

Deferred policy acquisition costs

  (517,135)  (442,422)

Other assets

  (2,966)  39,951 

Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other current liabilities

  7,635,508   (12,278,575)

Lease liabilities

  (5,291,469)  (4,939,954)

Compensation paid in stock

  640,370   - 

Unearned premiums

  2,540,818   2,246,188 

Deferred revenue

  96,917   323,795 

Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities

  16,059,125   (5,165,165)
         

Cash Flows from Investing Activities:

        

Payments on short-term payables for business acquisitions

  (4,038,855)  (1,320,791)

Business acquisitions, net of cash acquired

  (10,916,955)  (51,242,862)

Proceeds from sale of investments - special purpose acquisition company

  -   130,190,277 

Investment in unconsolidated affiliates

  (3,019,500)  (45,094,500)

Capital expenditures

  (51,866,340)  (40,057,314)

Payment of contingent consideration

  (248,272)  - 

Proceeds from sales of investments

  304,480,216   210,926,347 

Purchase of investments

  (298,642,985)  (115,538,250)

Net Cash (Used in) Provided by Investing Activities

  (64,252,691)  87,862,907 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

BOSTON OMAHA CORPORATION

and SUBSIDIARIES

 Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Continued)

  

For the Years Ended

 
  

December 31,

 
         
  

2023

  

2022

 

Cash Flows from Financing Activities:

        

Proceeds from issuance of stock

  37,526,663   205,389 

Payment of deferred underwriting fee - special purpose acquisition company

  -   (4,759,615)

Redemption of noncontrolling interest - special purpose acquisition company

  -   (123,068,515)

Contributions from noncontrolling interests

  5,550,175   7,800,000 

Distributions to noncontrolling interests

  (769,968)  - 

Principal payments of long-term debt

  (1,161,504)  (1,500,730)

Collateral (release) receipt

  (6,925,048)  11,840,707 

Offering costs

  (1,280,060)  (242,866)

Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Financing Activities

  32,940,258   (109,725,630)
         

Net Decrease in Cash, Cash Equivalents, and Restricted Cash

  (15,253,308)  (27,027,888)

Cash, Cash Equivalents, and Restricted Cash, Beginning of Year

  54,666,512   81,694,400 

Cash, Cash Equivalents, and Restricted Cash, End of Year

 $39,413,204  $54,666,512 
         

Interest Paid in Cash

 $1,130,539  $1,172,007 

Income Taxes Paid in Cash

 $99,649  $- 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

BOSTON OMAHA CORPORATION

and SUBSIDIARIES

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Continued)

Supplemental Schedules of Non-cash Investing and Financing Activities

  

For the Years Ended

 
  

December 31,

 
  

2023

  

2022

 
         

Payable as consideration for business acquisitions

 $1,691,602  $3,758,880 
         

Contributions from noncontrolling interests, 24th Street Asset Management

  50,206,255   - 
         

Increase in redeemable noncontrolling interest of broadband subsidiary

  -   9,714,630 
         

Stock issued as consideration for business acquisition

  1,003,320   - 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

BOSTON OMAHA CORPORATION

and SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

For the Years Ended December 31, 2023 and 2022

NOTE 1.

ORGANIZATION AND BACKGROUND

Boston Omaha was organized on August 11, 2009 with present management taking over operations in February 2015. Our operations include (i) our outdoor advertising business with multiple billboards across Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin; (ii) our insurance business that specializes in surety bond underwriting and brokerage; (iii) our broadband business that provides high-speed broadband services to its customers, (iv) our asset management business, and (v) our minority investments primarily in real estate, real estate services, private aviation infrastructure, and banking. Our billboard operations are conducted through our subsidiary, Link Media Holdings, LLC, our insurance operations are conducted through our subsidiary, General Indemnity Group, LLC, our broadband operations are conducted through our subsidiary, Boston Omaha Broadband, LLC, and our asset management operations are conducted through our subsidiary, Boston Omaha Asset Management, LLC.

We completed an acquisition of an outdoor advertising business and entered the outdoor advertising industry on June 19, 2015. From 2015 through 2023, we have completed more than twenty additional acquisitions of outdoor advertising businesses. 

On April 20, 2016, we completed an acquisition of a surety bond brokerage business. On December 7, 2016, we acquired a fidelity and surety bond insurance company. From 2017 through 2022, we completed four additional acquisitions of surety brokerage businesses.

On March 10, 2020, we completed the acquisition of a rural broadband internet provider located in Arizona. On December 29, 2020, we completed the acquisition of a second broadband internet provider located in Utah. On April 1, 2022, we completed the acquisition of our third broadband internet provider located in Utah.

On September 25, 2020, we filed a Registration Statement on Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed initial public offering of units of a special purpose acquisition company, which we refer to as the “SPAC,” named Yellowstone Acquisition Company, which we refer to as “Yellowstone.” Yellowstone completed its initial public offering on October 26, 2020 and on January 25, 2022 completed a business combination with Sky Harbour Group and Yellowstone changed its name to Sky Harbour Group Corporation (see Note 8 for further discussion).

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and SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

For the Years Ended December 31, 2023 and 2022

 

NOTE 2.

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Consolidation Policy

The financial statements of Boston Omaha Corporation include the accounts of the Company and our consolidated subsidiaries, which are comprised of voting interest entities in which we have a controlling financial interest and a variable interest entity, Yellowstone, in which we are the primary beneficiary in accordance with ASC 810,Consolidation. The equity attributable to non-controlling interests in subsidiaries is shown separately in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.  All significant intercompany profits, losses, transactions, and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.

Variable Interest Entities (VIEs) 

We determine whether an entity is a VIE and, if so, whether it should be consolidated by utilizing judgments and estimates that are inherently subjective. Our determination of whether an entity in which we hold a direct or indirect variable interest is a VIE is based on several factors, including whether the entity’s total equity investment at risk upon inception is sufficient to finance the entity’s activities without additional subordinated financial support. We make judgments regarding the sufficiency of the equity at risk based first on a qualitative analysis, and then a quantitative analysis, if necessary.

We analyze any investments in VIEs to determine if we are the primary beneficiary. In evaluating whether we are the primary beneficiary, we evaluate our direct and indirect economic interests in the entity. A reporting entity is determined to be the primary beneficiary if it holds a controlling financial interest in the VIE. Determining which reporting entity, if any, has a controlling financial interest in a VIE is primarily a qualitative approach focused on identifying which reporting entity has both: (i) the power to direct the activities of a VIE that most significantly impact such entity’s economic performance; and (ii) the obligation to absorb losses or the right to receive benefits from such entity that could potentially be significant to such entity. Performance of that analysis requires the exercise of judgment.

We consider a variety of factors in identifying the entity that holds the power to direct matters that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance including, but not limited to, the ability to direct operating decisions and activities. In addition, we consider the rights of other investors to participate in those decisions. We determine whether we are the primary beneficiary of a VIE at the time we become involved with a variable interest entity and reconsider that conclusion continually.

We consolidate any VIE of which we are the primary beneficiary.  Such VIEs consist of 24th Street Fund I and 24th Street Fund II, collectively “the 24th Street Funds,” and Fund One Boston Omaha Build for Rent LP, which we refer to as "BFR". 

Total assets of the consolidated VIEs included within our consolidated balance sheets were approximately $96,500,000 and $21,900,000 as of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively. Total liabilities of the consolidated VIEs included within our consolidated balance sheets were approximately $132,000 and $31,000 as of December 31, 2023 and December  31,2022, respectively. The assets of the consolidated VIEs may only be used to settle obligations of the same VIE.

Our consolidated subsidiaries include:

Link Media Holdings, LLC which we refer to as “LMH”

Link Media Alabama, LLC which we refer to as “LMA”

Link Media Florida, LLC which we refer to as “LMF”

Link Media Wisconsin, LLC which we refer to as “LMW”

Link Media Georgia, LLC which we refer to as “LMG”

Link Media Midwest, LLC which we refer to as “LMM”

Link Media Omaha, LLC which we refer to as “LMO”

Link Media Properties, LLC which we refer to as “LMP”

Link Media Southeast, LLC which we refer to as “LMSE”

Link Media Services, LLC which we refer to as “LMS”

Link Billboards Oklahoma, LLC which we refer to as “LBO”

General Indemnity Group, LLC which we refer to as “GIG”

American Contracting Services, Inc. which we refer to as “ACS” 

The Warnock Agency, Inc. which we refer to as “Warnock”

United Casualty and Surety Insurance Company which we refer to as “UCS”

Surety Support Services, Inc. which we refer to as “SSS”

South Coast Surety Insurance Services, LLC which we refer to as “SCS”

Boston Omaha Investments, LLC which we refer to as “BOIC”

Boston Omaha Asset Management, LLC which we refer to as “BOAM”

Fund One Boston Omaha Build for Rent LP which we refer to as “BFR”

BOAM BFR, LLC which we refer to as “BOAM BFR”

BOC Business Services, LLC which we refer to as “BBS” 

Yellowstone Acquisition Company which we refer to as “Yellowstone”

BOC Yellowstone, LLC which we refer to as “BOC Yellowstone”

BOC Yellowstone II, LLC which we refer to as “BOC Yellowstone II”

24th Street Asset Management LLC which we refer to as “24th Street”

24th Street Fund I, LLC which we refer to as “24th Street Fund I”

24th Street Fund II, LLC which we refer to as “24th Street Fund II”

Boston Omaha Broadband, LLC which we refer to as “BOB”

FIF AireBeam, LLC which we refer to as “AireBeam”

Fiber Fast Homes, LLC which we refer to as “FFH”

FIF Utah, LLC which we refer to as “FIF Utah”

FIF St George, LLC which we refer to as “FIF St George” 

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and SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

For the Years Ended December 31, 2023 and 2022

NOTE 2.

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)

Cash and Cash Equivalents

For purposes of the statement of cash flows, we consider all highly liquid investments, with the exception of U.S. Treasury securities, purchased with an original maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents.

CashHeld by BOAMFundsand Other

Cash held by BOAM Funds and other represents cash and cash equivalents held by consolidated BOAM Funds and other consolidated entities. Such amounts are not available to fund the general liquidity needs of Boston Omaha.

Accounts Receivable

Billboard Rentals

Accounts receivable are recorded at the invoiced amount, net of advertising agency commissions, sales discounts, and allowances for doubtful accounts. We evaluate the collectability of accounts receivable based on our knowledge of our customers and historical experience of bad debts. In circumstances where we are aware of a specific customer’s inability to meet its financial obligations, we record a specific allowance to reduce the amounts recorded to what we believe will be collected. For all other customers, we recognize reserves for bad debt based upon historical experience of bad debts as a percentage of revenue, adjusted for relative improvement or deterioration in its agings and changes in current economic conditions. 

Insurance

Accounts receivable consists of premiums, anticipated salvage, and reinsurance receivables. All of the receivables have payment terms of less than twelve months. 

Anticipated salvage is the amount we expect to receive from principals pursuant to indemnification agreements.

Broadband

Accounts receivable are recorded at the invoiced amount, net of allowances for doubtful accounts. We evaluate the collectability of accounts receivable based on our knowledge of our customers and historical experience of bad debts. In circumstances where we are aware of a specific customer’s inability to meet its financial obligations, we record a specific allowance to reduce the amounts recorded to what we believe will be collected.  

Credit Losses

We estimate credit losses on financial instruments based on amounts expected to be collected. The allowance for doubtful accounts is estimated based on historical collections, accounts receivable aging, economic indicators, and expected future trends.

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and SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

For the Years Ended December 31, 2023 and 2022

NOTE 2.

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)

Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs

Policy acquisition costs consist primarily of commissions to agents and brokers and premium taxes, fees, and assessments. Such costs that are directly related to the successful acquisition of new or renewal insurance contracts are deferred and amortized over the related policy period, generally one to three years. The recoverability of these costs is analyzed by management quarterly, and if determined to be impaired, is charged to expense. We do not consider anticipated investment income in determining whether a premium deficiency exists. All other acquisition expenses are charged to operations as incurred.

Property and Equipment

Property and equipment are carried at cost less depreciation. Depreciation is provided principally on the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets, which range from four years to twenty years as follows:

Years

Structures

15

Digital displays and electrical

10

Static and tri-vision displays

10 to 15

Fiber, towers, and broadband equipment

5 to 20

Vehicles, equipment, and furniture

4 to 7

Maintenance and repair costs are charged against income as incurred. Significant improvements or betterments are capitalized and depreciated over the estimated life of the asset.

Periodic internal reviews are performed to evaluate the reasonableness of the depreciable lives for property and equipment. Actual usage, physical wear and tear, replacement history, and assumptions about technology evolution are reviewed and evaluated to determine the remaining useful lives of the assets. Remaining useful life assessments are made to anticipate the loss in service value that may precede physical retirement, as well as the level of maintenance required for the remaining useful life of the asset.

Property and equipment is reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. Recoverability of assets to be held and used is measured by a comparison of the carrying amount of an asset to estimated undiscounted future cash flows expected to be generated by the asset or asset group before interest expense. If the carrying amount of an asset exceeds its estimated future cash flows, an impairment charge is recognized in the amount by which the carrying amount of the asset exceeds the fair value of the asset or asset group. Assets to be disposed of would be separately presented in the balance sheet and reported at the lower of the carrying amount or fair value less costs to sell, and would no longer be depreciated. The assets and liabilities of a disposed group classified as held for sale would be presented separately in the appropriate asset and liability sections of the balance sheet.

Acquisitions

For transactions that meet the definition of a business combination, we allocate the purchase price, including any contingent consideration, to the assets acquired and the liabilities assumed at their estimated fair values as of the date of the acquisition with any excess of the purchase price paid over the estimated fair value of net assets acquired recorded as goodwill. The determination of the final purchase price and the acquisition-date fair value of identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed may extend over more than one period and result in adjustments to the preliminary estimate recognized in the prior period financial statements.  For transactions which meet the definition of asset purchases, we proportionally allocate the purchase price to the assets based on their relative fair values acquired and the liabilities assumed at their estimated fair values as of the date of the acquisition. 

The fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed is typically determined by using either estimates of replacement costs or discounted cash flow valuation methods. When determining the fair value of tangible assets acquired, we estimate the cost to replace the asset with a new asset, adjusted for an estimated reduction in fair value due to age of the asset, and the economic useful life. When determining the fair value of intangible assets acquired, we estimate the applicable discount rate and the timing and amount of future cash flows. Key assumptions utilized in estimating the future cash flows expected to be generated by each reporting unit primarily relate to forecasted revenues and premiums earned.  

Goodwill

Goodwill represents future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized. Goodwill is subject to an annual impairment test. We designated October 1 as the date of our annual goodwill impairment test. We are required to identify our reporting units and determine the carrying value of each reporting unit. We analyze financial information of our operations to identify discrete segments that constitute a reporting unit. We assign assets acquired and liabilities assumed in business combinations to those reporting units. We have identified four reporting units: billboard operations, broadband operations, insurance brokerage and insurance carrier operations, and asset management operations. We are required to determine the fair value of each reporting unit and compare it to the carrying amount of the reporting unit. To the extent the carrying amount of a reporting unit exceeds the fair value of the reporting unit, we would be required to book an impairment loss. For our annual review of reporting units, we employ a third party valuation expert. 

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and SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

For the Years Ended December 31, 2023 and 2022

NOTE 2.

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)

Goodwill (Continued)

We conduct a qualitative assessment by examining relevant events and circumstances which could have a negative impact on our goodwill, including macroeconomic conditions, industry and market conditions, cost factors, overall financial performance, reporting unit dispositions and acquisitions, our market capitalization, and other relevant events specific to us. If, after assessing the totality of events or circumstances described above, we determine that it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, we will perform a quantitative impairment test.  If industry and economic conditions deteriorate, we may be required to assess goodwill impairment before the next annual test, which could result in impairment charges. The discounted cash flow approach that we use for valuing goodwill as part of the impairment testing approach involves estimating future cash flows expected to be generated from the related assets, discounted to their present value using a risk-adjusted discount rate.

We performed our annual measurement for impairment of the goodwill of our reporting units and concluded the fair value of each reporting unit exceeded its carrying amount at its annual impairment test date on October 1, 2023 and 2022; therefore, we were not required to recognize an impairment loss. 

During 2023 and in 2022, goodwill of approximately $2,900,000 and $26,100,000, respectively, was recorded in connection with acquisitions in our billboard, insurance, broadband and asset management segments.

Purchased Intangibles and Other Long-Lived Assets

We amortize intangible assets with finite lives over their estimated useful lives, which range between five and fifty years as follows:

Years

Customer relationships

10 to 15

Permits, licenses, and lease acquisition costs

10 to 50

Noncompetition and nonsolicitation agreements

5

Technology, trade names, and trademarks

10 to 20

Site location

15

Capitalized contract costs

10

Purchased intangible assets, including long-lived assets, are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the assets may not be fully recoverable. Factors considered in reviewing the asset values include consideration of the use of the asset, the expected life of the asset, and regulatory or contractual provisions related to such assets. Market participation assumptions are compared to our experience and the results of the comparison are evaluated. For finite-lived intangible assets, the period over which the assets are expected to contribute directly to future cash flows is evaluated against our historical experience. Impairment losses are recognized only if the carrying amount exceeds its fair value.

Asset Retirement Obligations

We are required to record the present value of obligations associated with the retirement of tangible long-lived assets in the period in which the obligation is incurred. The liability is capitalized as part of the long-lived asset’s carrying amount. With the passage of time, accretion of the liability is recognized as an operating expense and the capitalized cost is depreciated over the expected useful life of the related asset. Our asset retirement obligations relate to the dismantlement, removal, site reclamation, and similar activities related to the decommissioning of our billboard structures and broadband towers.

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and SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

For the Years Ended December 31, 2023 and 2022

NOTE 2.

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)

Investments, Short-term and Long-term

Investments include U.S Treasury securities, marketable equity securities, and equity investments as discussed below. U.S. Treasury securities held by our insurance entities are classified as held-to-maturity and are accounted for at amortized cost. We have both the intent and ability to hold the securities to maturity. U.S. Treasury securities held by non-insurance entities are classified as trading securities and are accounted for at fair value. Unrealized holding gains and losses during the period are included in earnings. Marketable equity securities are stated at fair value. Dividend and interest income are recognized when earned. Realized investment gains and losses are included in earnings.

Equity Investments

Our equity investments consist of investment in three private companies in which we do not have the ability to exercise significant influence over their operating and financial activities. These investments are carried at cost as there is no market for the common stock, accordingly, no quoted market price is available. The investments are tested for impairment, at least annually, and more frequently upon the occurrences of certain events. We have adopted the provisions of ASU 2016-01 and use the measurement alternative, defined as cost, less any impairment, plus or minus changes resulting from observable price changes in orderly transactions for identical or similar investments of the same issuer.

Investments in Unconsolidated Entities

We account for investments in less than 50% owned and more than 20% owned entities using the equity method of accounting. In accordance with ASC 323-30, we account for investments in limited partnerships and limited liability companies using the equity method of accounting when our investment is more than minimal (greater than 3% to 5%). Our share of income (loss) of such entities is recorded as a single amount as equity in income (loss) of unconsolidated affiliates. Dividends, if any, are recorded as a reduction of the investment.

We monitor our equity method investments for factors indicating other-than-temporary impairment. We consider several factors when evaluating our investments, including, but not limited to, (i) the period of time for which the fair value has been less than the carrying value, (ii) operating and financial performance of the investee, (iii) the investee’s future business plans and projections, (iv) discussions with their management, and (v) our ability and intent to hold the investment until it recovers in value.

Retention of Specialized Accounting

Each of the 24th Street Funds, and Fund One Boston Omaha Build for Rent LP qualify as investment companies and apply specialized industry accounting. We report fund investments on our consolidated balance sheets at their estimated fair value, with gains (losses) resulting from changes in fair value reflected within ‘Other investment income’ in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations. Accordingly, the accompanying consolidated financial statements reflect different accounting policies for investments depending on whether or not they are held through a consolidated investment company.

Funds Held as Collateral Assets

Funds held as collateral assets consist principally of cash collateral received from principals to guarantee performance on surety bonds issued by us, as well as all other contractual obligations of the principals to the surety. 

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period.

The more significant areas requiring the use of management estimates relate to allocation of asset acquisition price between tangible and intangible assets, useful lives for depreciation, amortization, and accretion, impairment of goodwill, valuation of insurance loss reserves, and the valuation of deferred tax assets and liabilities. Accordingly, actual results could differ from those estimates. 

Fair Value Measurements

We determine the fair value of our financial instruments using the fair value hierarchy, which requires us to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value.

Subsequent Events

We have performed an evaluation of subsequent events through the date on which the financial statements are issued.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

For the Years Ended December 31, 2023 and 2022

NOTE 2.

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)

Revenues

The majority of our advertising revenues are derived from contracts for advertising space on billboard structures and broadband internet services and are accounted for under Financial Accounting Standards Board, which we refer to as the “FASB,” Accounting Standards Codification, which we refer to as “ASC,” 606,Revenue from Contracts with Customers, and underunder ASC 840,Leases.

Premium revenues derived from our insurance operations are subject to ASC 944,Financial Services – Insurance.

Revenue Recognition

Billboard Rentals

We generate revenue from outdoor advertising through the leasing of advertising space on billboards. The terms of the contracts range from less than one month to three years and are generally billed monthly. Revenue for advertising space rental is recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of the contract. Advertising revenue is reported net of agency commissions. Agency commissions are calculated based on a stated percentage applied to gross billing revenue for operations. Payments received in advance of being earned are recorded as deferred revenue.    

Another component of billboard rentals consists of production services which include creating and printing advertising copy. Contract revenues for production services are accounted for under ASC 606,Revenue from Contracts with Customers. Revenues are recognized at a point in time upon satisfaction of the contract, which is typically less than one week. 

Practical expedients and exemptions: The Company is utilizing the following practical expedients and exemptions from ASC 606. We generally expense sales commissions when incurred because the amortization period is one year or less. These costs are recorded within costs of billboard revenues exclusive of depreciation and amortization. We do not disclose the value of unsatisfied performance obligations as the majority of our contracts with customers have an original expected length of less than one year. For contracts with customers which exceed one year, the future amount to be invoiced to the customer corresponds directly with the value to be received by the customer.

Deferred Revenues

We record deferred revenues when cash payments are received in advance of being earned or when we have an unconditional right to consideration before satisfying our performance obligation. The term between invoicing and when a payment is due is not significant. For certain services we require payment before the product or services are delivered to the customer. The balance of deferred revenue is considered short-term and will be recognized in revenue within twelve months.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

For the Years Ended December 31, 2023 and 2022

NOTE 2.

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)

Revenue Recognition (Continued)

Surety Bond Sales

Premiums and Unearned Premium Reserves

Premiums written are recognized as revenues based on a pro-rata daily calculation over the respective terms of the policies in-force. The cost of reinsurance ceded is initially written as prepaid reinsurance premiums and is amortized over the reinsurance contract period in proportion to the amount of insurance protection provided. Premiums ceded of $3,302,753 and  $1,230,505 for the years ended December 31, 2023 and in 2022, respectively, are included within “Premiums earned” in our consolidated statements of operations.

Commissions

We generate revenue from commissions on surety bond sales and account for commissions under ASC 606. Insurance commissions are earned from various insurance companies based upon our agency agreements with them. We arrange with various insurance companies for the provision of a surety bond for entities that require a surety bond. The insurance company sets the price of the bond. The contract with the insurance company is fulfilled when the bond is issued by the insurance agency on behalf of the insurance company. The insurance commissions are calculated based upon a stated percentage applied to the gross premiums on bonds. Commissions are recognized at a point in time, on a bond-by-bond basis as of the policy effective date and are generally nonrefundable.

Broadband Revenues

Broadband revenue is derived principally from internet services and is recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of the contract in the period the services are rendered.  Revenue received or receivable in advance of the delivery of services is included in deferred revenue.

Right of Use Assets and Lease Liabilities

Right of use, which we refer to as “ROU," assets and lease liabilities are recognized at the lease commencement date based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term. The present value of lease payments is determined primarily using the incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at the lease commencement date. We have elected not to recognize ROU assets and lease liabilities for short-term leases for all classes of underlying assets. Short-term leases are leases with terms greater than 1 month, but less than 12 months.

Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest

Redeemable noncontrolling interests are interests in subsidiaries that are redeemable outside of our control either for cash or other assets. These interests are classified as mezzanine equity and measured at the estimated redemption value at the end of each reporting period. The resulting increases or decreases in the estimated redemption amount are effected by corresponding charges against retained earnings, or in the absence of retained earnings, additional paid-in capital. Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests recorded within our consolidated balance sheets relates to our Broadband subsidiaries (see Note 6).

Losses and Loss Adjustment Expenses

Unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses represent estimates for the ultimate cost of unpaid reported and unreported claims incurred and related expenses. We involve an independent, third-party actuary to assist us in the estimation of reserves for losses and loss adjustment expenses. Estimates are based on paid and incurred loss development factors and expected loss ratios, which are primarily driven by historical claims paid and incurred data and consideration of the level of premiums written during the current and prior year. Since the reserves are based on estimates, the ultimate liability may differ from the estimated reserve. The effects of changes in estimated reserves are included within cost of insurance revenues in our consolidated results of operations in the period in which the estimates are updated. The reserves are included within accounts payable and accrued expenses in our consolidated balance sheets.

Segment Information

Operating segments are defined as the components of an enterprise about which separate financial information is available that is evaluated regularly by the chief operating decision makers in deciding how to allocate resources and in assessing performance. Our chief operating decision makers direct the allocation of resources to operating segments based on the profitability, cash flows, and growth opportunities of each respective segment.

Our current operations for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 include the outdoor advertising industry, the broadband services industry, the insurance industry, and the asset management industry.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

For the Years Ended December 31, 2023 and 2022

NOTE 2.

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)

Earnings Per Share

Basic income (loss) per common share is computed by dividing the net income (loss) available to Class A common stockholders and Class B common stockholders by the weighted average number of Class A common and Class B common shares outstanding during the year. Diluted earnings per share reflect the potential dilution of securities that could share in earnings of an entity. In a loss year, dilutive common equivalent shares are excluded from the loss per share calculation as the effect would be anti-dilutive. For the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, we had potentially dilutive securities in the form of stock warrants. 

Income Taxes

We account for income taxes in accordance with ASC Topic 740 which requires us to provide a net deferred tax asset or liability equal to the expected future tax benefit or expense of temporary reporting differences between book and tax accounting and any available operating loss or tax credit carry forwards. Income taxes are provided for the tax effects of transactions reported in the financial statements and consist of taxes currently due plus deferred taxes related primarily to differences between the bases of certain assets and liabilities for financial and income tax reporting. Deferred tax assets and liabilities represent the future tax return consequences of those differences, which will either be taxable or deductible when the assets and liabilities are recovered or settled. Deferred taxes also are recognized for operating losses that are available to offset future federal income taxes. Valuation allowances are established when necessary to reduce deferred tax assets to amounts expected to be realized.

Our policy is to recognize interest accrued related to unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties in operating expenses. During the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, we recognized no interest and penalties. As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, we had no accruals for interest and penalties.

Revision of Previously Issued Financial Statements

In light of our acquisition of 100% of the membership interests in 24th Street Asset Management LLC (see further discussion within Footnote 6), the Company re-evaluated its previous accounting for its investment in the 24th Street Funds under Accounting Standards Codification 323, Equity Method and Joint Ventures.  As a result, we have revised our consolidated balance sheet and consolidated statement of operations as of December 31, 2022, to reflect our proportionate share of reported earnings pursuant to investment company accounting requirements related to our previous investment in the 24th Street Funds.

As a result, we recorded increases to our investments in unconsolidated affiliates, deferred tax liability, and retained earnings of $4,085,040, $991,188, and $3,093,852, respectively.  The effect on total assets, total liabilities, and total stockholders equity as of December 31, 2022 was $4,085,040, $991,188, and $3,093,852, respectively.  The effect on equity in income of unconsolidated affiliates, net income, and net income per share for the year ended December 31, 2022 was an increase of $4,085,040, $3,093,852, and $0.10, respectively.  We evaluated the materiality of the impact quantitatively and qualitatively and concluded it was not material to any of the prior periods.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In November 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued guidance that requires incremental segment disclosures on an annual and interim basis related to significant segment expenses. This guidance is effective for annual reporting periods beginning on January 1, 2024 and interim periods within the calendar year beginning on January 1, 2025. The disclosure requirements must be applied retrospectively to all prior periods presented in the financial statements. We are currently evaluating the impact this guidance will have on our related disclosures.

In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09,Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures, which requires companies to disclose disaggregated information related to the effective tax rate reconciliation and income taxes paid. This guidance is effective for public entities as of December 15, 2024. We do not anticipate the adoption of this guidance will have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

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and SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

For the Years Ended December 31, 2023 and 2022

NOTE 3.

CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS, AND RESTRICTED CASH

The following table sets forth a reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash reported in the consolidated statements of cash flows that agrees to the total of those amounts as presented in the consolidated statements of cash flows. 

  

December 31,

 
         
  

2023

  

2022

 
         

Cash and cash equivalents

 $21,946,884  $25,493,141 

Funds held as collateral

  14,101,531   21,026,579 

Cash held by BOAM funds and other

  3,364,789   8,146,792 
         

Total Cash, Cash Equivalents, and Restricted Cash as Presented in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

 $39,413,204  $54,666,512 

NOTE 4.

ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE

Accounts receivable consist of the following:  

  

December 31,

 
  

2023

  

2022

 
         

Trade accounts

 $6,117,359  $4,798,827 

Premiums

  2,911,119   1,143,918 

Recoverables from reinsurers

  3,283,071   - 

Allowance for doubtful accounts

  (170,305)  (111,379)
         

Total Accounts Receivable, net

 $12,141,244  $5,831,366 

NOTE 5.

PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

Property and equipment consist of the following:  

  

December 31,

 
  

2023

  

2022

 
         

Structures and displays

 $65,736,121  $63,585,845 

Fiber, towers, and broadband equipment

  97,974,753   50,216,957 

Land

  583,892   14,318,292 

Vehicles and equipment

  10,699,920   6,778,473 

Office furniture and equipment

  5,384,720   4,884,941 

Accumulated depreciation

  (36,112,643)  (24,194,568)
         

Total Property and Equipment, net

 $144,266,763  $115,589,940 

Depreciation expense for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 was $12,155,096, and $8,649,066, respectively. During fiscal 2023, approximately $13,800,000 was reclassified from land to long term investments within our Consolidated Balance Sheets, reflecting our contribution of land parcels to the BFR Fund. 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

For the Years Ended December 31, 2023 and 2022

NOTE 6.BUSINESS ACQUISITIONS

2023 Acquisitions 

During the year ended December 31, 2023, we completed the acquisition of two broadband service providers and their related assets and an asset management business. These acquisitions were accounted for as business combinations under the provisions of ASC 805. A summary of the acquisitions is provided below.

24th Street Asset Management

On May 1, 2023, Boston Omaha Asset Management, LLC, our wholly-owned subsidiary, acquired 100% of the membership interests in 24th Street Asset Management LLC, from the members of 24th Street for cash and BOC Class A common stock valued at $5,016,494 in the aggregate. Prior to the transaction, BOAM indirectly owned 48% of the membership interests of 24th Street. The consideration consisted of $2,759,072 in cash paid at closing, an additional $1,254,102 in cash subject to holdback, and 45,644 shares of BOC Class A common stock.  Our preliminary purchase price allocation related to 24th Street Asset Management includes carried interest and goodwill of $9,110,478 and $536,626, respectively. 

Broadband Acquisitions

On June 16, 2023, our subsidiary, FIF St. George, acquired from Pro Communication and Construction Services, LLC, which we refer to as “ProComm,” broadband construction equipment and related assets for a purchase price of $2,881,000 paid in cash. The acquisition was completed for the purpose of expanding our broadband presence in the Western United States. Due to the timing of the transaction, the initial accounting for the business combination is incomplete.  The provisional purchase price allocation is based on internal information derived from our previous acquisitions in the Western United States. We are still in the process of obtaining and assessing documentation of the contracts for customer relationships and detailed reports for equipment and permits.  Our preliminary purchase price allocation related to ProComm includes property, plant and equipment, intangibles, and goodwill of $844,500, $1,046,000 and $990,500, respectively.  The intangible assets primarily include customer relationships which have a useful life of fifteen years.

On October 24, 2023, our subsidiary, FIF St. George, acquired from Cable Systems, LLC, which we refer to as “Cable Systems”, substantially all of the business assets and related assets for a purchase price of $4,375,000. The consideration consisted of $3,937,500 in cash paid at closing, and an additional $437,500 in cash subject to holdback. The acquisition was completed for the purpose of expanding our broadband presence in the Western United States. Due to the timing of the transaction, the initial accounting for the business combination is incomplete.  The provisional purchase price allocation is based on internal information derived from our previous acquisitions in the Western United States. We are still in the process of obtaining and assessing documentation of the contracts for customer relationships and detailed reports for equipment.  Our preliminary purchase price allocation related to Cable Systems includes property, plant and equipment, intangibles, and goodwill of $1,664,240, $1,797,000 and $913,760, respectively.  The intangible assets include customer relationships which have a useful life of fifteen years.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

For the Years Ended December 31, 2023 and 2022

NOTE 6.BUSINESS ACQUISITIONS (Continued)

2022 Acquisitions

During the year ended December 31, 2022, we completed the acquisition of a broadband service provider and its related assets as well as an outdoor advertising businesses and its related assets. These acquisitions were accounted for as business combinations under the provisions of ASC 805. A summary of the acquisitions is provided below.

InfoWest & Go Fiber
On April 1, 2022, FIF St George, our wholly-owned subsidiary, acquired substantially all of the business assets of InfoWest, Inc. (“InfoWest”) and Go Fiber LLC (“Go Fiber”), who are fiber and fixed wireless internet service providers located in St. George, Utah. The InfoWest and Go Fiber businesses together provide high-speed internet services to over 20,000 customers throughout Southern and Central Utah, Northern Arizona, and Moapa Valley, Nevada.

Under the terms of the Agreement, FIF St George assumed only certain liabilities of InfoWest and Go Fiber. The total purchase price of $48,573,149 was paid 80% in cash, and the remaining 20% of the purchase price was paid by issuing to InfoWest and Go Fiber 20% of the outstanding equity of FIF St George. A portion of the cash purchase price is held in escrow to provide a source of indemnification for any breaches of the representations and warranties, covenants and other obligations of InfoWest and Go Fiber under the Agreement. At any time, InfoWest and Go Fiber have the option, but not the obligation, to sell FIF St George its entire ownership interest in FIF St George. FIF St George would be obligated to purchase the units and pay for the purchase over a three-year period if InfoWest and Go Fiber elect to exercise this option. Subject to the occurrence of certain future events, FIF St George has the option, but not the obligation, to purchase InfoWest and Go Fiber’s ownership interest in FIF St George, with payment due in full upon exercise of the option. The purchase price for the units under either of these put/call options is based upon a multiple of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization, and certain other expenses.  The 20% interest owned by InfoWest and Go Fiber is included within "Redeemable Noncontrolling interest" in our consolidated Balance Sheets.
The following is a summary of the allocation of the purchase price, which includes the final fair value allocation of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed:
  

InfoWest & Go Fiber

 

Assets Acquired

    

Property, plant and equipment

 $5,983,410 

Trade names and trademarks

  7,300,000 

Customer relationships

  16,900,000 

Goodwill

  18,071,004 

Right of use assets

  3,155,434 

Other

  358,614 
     

Total Assets Acquired

  51,768,462 
     

Liabilities Assumed

    

Lease liabilities

  3,149,194 

Other

  46,119 
     

Total Liabilities Assumed

  3,195,313 
     

Total

 $48,573,149 

The intangible assets include customer relationships and trade names and trademarks which have useful lives of ten years and twenty years, respectively. 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

For the Years Ended December 31, 2023 and 2022

NOTE 6.BUSINESS ACQUISITIONS (Continued)

Elevation

On November 21, 2022, our subsidiary, LMO, purchased the outdoor advertising assets of Elevation Outdoor Advertising, which we refer to as “Elevation,” based in Knoxville, TN for a purchase price of $14,239,257. Elevation was founded in 2002 and operates over 265 billboard faces, including 8 digital displays, in Knoxville and East Tennessee. 

The following is a summary of the allocation of the purchase price, which includes the final fair value allocation of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed:

  

Elevation

 

Assets Acquired

    

Property, plant and equipment

 $3,717,734 

Customer relationships

  2,484,000 

Goodwill

  8,017,554 

Right of use assets

  2,098,194 

Other

  310,794 
     

Total Assets Acquired

  16,628,276 
     

Liabilities Assumed

    

Accounts payable and other

  290,825 

Lease liabilities

  2,098,194 
     

Total Liabilities Assumed

  2,389,019 
     

Total

 $14,239,257 

The intangible assets include customer relationships and permits which have useful lives of fifteen years and ten years, respectively.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

For the Years Ended December 31, 2023 and 2022

NOTE 6.BUSINESS ACQUISITIONS (Continued)

Pro Forma Information

The following is the unaudited pro forma information assuming all business acquisitions occurred on January 1, 2022. For all of the business acquisitions depreciation and amortization have been included in the calculation of the pro forma information provided below, based upon the actual or preliminary acquisition costs. Depreciation is computed on the straight-line method over the estimated remaining economic lives of the assets, ranging from five years to forty years. Amortization is computed on the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets ranging from five to fifty years.

  

For the Year Ended

 
  

December 31,

 
         
  

2023

  

2022

 
         

Revenue

 $97,693,127  $89,587,574 
         

Net Income Attributable to Common Stockholders

 $(6,371,174) $18,833,218 
         

Basic Net Income per Share

 $(0.20) $0.63 
         

Basic Weighted Average Class A and Class B Common Shares Outstanding

  31,092,850   29,698,732 
         

Diluted Net Income per Share

 $(0.20) $0.63 
         

Diluted Weighted Average Class A and Class B Common Shares Outstanding

  31,092,850   29,766,247 

The information included in the pro forma amounts is derived from historical information obtained from the sellers of the businesses. 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

For the Years Ended December 31, 2023 and 2022

NOTE 7.

INTANGIBLE ASSETS

Intangible assets consist of the following: 

  

December 31, 2023

  

December 31, 2022

 
      

Accumulated

          

Accumulated

     
  

Cost

  

Amortization

  

Balance

  

Cost

  

Amortization

  

Balance

 
                         

Customer relationships

 $72,028,493  $(33,426,898) $38,601,595  $69,052,231  $(28,141,423) $40,910,808 

Permits, licenses, and lease acquisition costs

  11,793,354   (5,562,205)  6,231,149   11,724,308   (4,479,482)  7,244,826 

Site location

  849,347   (363,332)  486,015   849,347   (306,708)  542,639 

Noncompetition agreements

  626,000   (624,600)  1,400   626,000   (578,500)  47,500 

Technology

  1,128,000   (509,250)  618,750   1,128,000   (410,250)  717,750 

Trade names and trademarks

  11,152,200   (1,680,459)  9,471,741   11,152,200   (1,089,892)  10,062,308 

Nonsolicitation agreement

  103,000   (40,500)  62,500   28,000   (28,000)  - 

Capitalized contract costs

  2,974,125   (387,990)  2,586,135   1,869,350   (151,034)  1,718,316 

Indefinite lived intangibles

  7,473,016   -   7,473,016   7,097,895   -   7,097,895 
                         

Total

 $108,127,535  $(42,595,234) $65,532,301  $103,527,331  $(35,185,289) $68,342,042 

The future amortization associated with the intangible assets is as follows:

  

December 31,

         
  

2024

  

2025

  

2026

  

2027

  

2028

  

Thereafter

  

Total

 
                             

Customer relationships

 $5,428,084  $5,428,084  $5,428,084  $5,398,078  $4,719,107  $12,200,158  $38,601,595 

Permits, licenses and lease acquisition costs

  1,086,916   1,073,908   1,047,418   1,014,030   751,545   1,257,332   6,231,149 

Site location

  56,623   56,623   56,623   56,623   56,623   202,900   486,015 

Noncompetition agreements

  1,400   -   -   -   -   -   1,400 

Technology

  99,000   99,000   99,000   99,000   99,000   123,750   618,750 

Trade names and trademarks

  590,567   590,567   590,567   525,667   525,667   6,648,706   9,471,741 

Nonsolicitation agreement

  25,000   25,000   12,500   -   -   -   62,500 

Capitalized contract costs

  297,413   297,413   297,413   297,413   297,413   1,099,070   2,586,135 
                             

Total

 $7,585,003  $7,570,595  $7,531,605  $7,390,811  $6,449,355  $21,531,916  $58,059,285 

Amortization expense for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 was $7,409,939 and $6,474,791, respectively.

Future Amortization

The weighted average amortization period, in months, for intangible assets is as follows:

Customer relationships

85

Permits, licenses, and lease acquisition costs

69

Site location

103

Noncompetition agreements

7

Technology

75

Trade names and trademarks

192

Nonsolicitation agreement

30

Capitalized contract costs

104

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

For the Years Ended December 31, 2023 and 2022

NOTE 8.

INVESTMENTS, INCLUDING INVESTMENTS ACCOUNTED FOR USING THE EQUITY METHOD

Short-term Investments  

Short-term investments consist of U.S. Treasury securities, and common stock warrants. The U.S. Treasury securities are held by UCS, classified as held to maturity, mature in less than twelve months, and are reported at amortized cost which approximates fair value. Our common stock warrants of Sky Harbour Group Corporation are measured at fair value, with any unrealized holding gains and losses during the period included in earnings. 

  

December 31,

 
  

2023

  

2022

 
         

U.S. Treasury notes held to maturity

 $19,195,228  $4,757,224 

Common stock warrants of Sky Harbour Group Corporation

  5,558,241   1,531,604 
         

Total

 $24,753,469  $6,288,828 

Marketable Equity Securities 

Our marketable equity securities are publicly traded stocks measured at fair value using quoted prices for identical assets in active markets and classified as Level 1 within the fair value hierarchy. Our marketable equity securities are held by UCS and Boston Omaha. Marketable equity securities as of December 31, 2023 and 2022 are as follows:

      

Gross

     
      

Unrealized

  

Fair

 
  

Cost

  

Gain (Loss)

  

Value

 
             

Marketable equity securities, December 31, 2023

 $2,279,723  $(69,686) $2,210,037 
             

Marketable equity securities, December 31, 2022

 $9,665,100  $(896,162) $8,768,938 

U.S. Treasury Trading Securities 

We classify our investments in debt securities that are bought and held principally for the purpose of selling them in the near term as trading securities. Our debt securities classified as trading are carried at fair value in the consolidated balance sheets, with the change in fair value during the period included in earnings. Interest income is recognized at the coupon rate. Debt securities classified as trading as of December 31, 2023 and 2022 are as follows:

      

Gross

     
      

Unrealized

  

Fair

 
  

Cost

  

Gain (Loss)

  

Value

 
             

U.S. Treasury trading securities, December 31, 2023

 $47,162,564  $(49,905) $47,112,659 
             

U.S. Treasury trading securities, December 31, 2022

 $33,888,165  $(367,764) $33,520,401 

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and SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

For the Years Ended December 31, 2023 and 2022

NOTE 8.

INVESTMENTS, INCLUDING INVESTMENTS ACCOUNTED FOR USING THE EQUITY METHOD (Continued)

Long-term Investments

Long-term investments consist of U.S. Treasury securities held to maturity, investments in special purpose entities, and equity investments in three private companies. We have the intent and the ability to hold the U.S. Treasury securities to maturity. Treasury securities are stated at amortized cost which approximates fair value and are held by UCS. 

24th Street Fund I & 24th Street Fund II

On May 1, 2023, our subsidiary, Boston Omaha Asset Management, LLC, acquired 100% of the membership interests in 24th Street Asset Management LLC, from the members of 24th Street other than BOAM, for cash and BOC Class A common stock for a total purchase price of $5,016,494 in the aggregate. Prior to the transaction, BOAM indirectly owned 48% of the membership interests of 24th Street. The consideration consisted of $2,759,072 in cash at closing, an additional $1,254,102 in cash subject to holdback, and 45,644 shares of BOC Class A common stock. 

As a result of the transaction, we began consolidating 24th Street and the 24th Street Funds, for which 24th Street serves as general partner. Also in connection with the acquisition, we recognized a non-cash gain of approximately $4,600,000 related to the remeasurement of our previously-held interest in 24th Street Asset Management.  The gain is included within ‘Equity in income of unconsolidated affiliates’ in our Consolidated Statements of Operations. 

Each of the 24th Street Funds’ hold investments in special purpose entities whose primary assets are real estate property.  We include the 24th Street Funds’ investments in special purpose entities within long-term investments in our Consolidated Balance Sheets. 

Equity Investments

During May 2018, we invested $19,058,485 in voting common stock of CB&T Holding Corporation, which we refer to as “CB&T,” the privately held parent company of Crescent Bank & Trust. Our investment represents 15.60% of CB&T’s outstanding common stock. CB&T is a closely held corporation, whose majority ownership rests with one family.

In July 2023, we invested approximately $3,000,000 in voting preferred stock of MyBundle.TV Inc., which we refer to as “MyBundle.” The preferred stock has one vote per share and is convertible into whole shares of common stock, determined according to the conversion formula contained in MyBundle’s amended and restated articles of incorporation.

  

December 31,

 
         
  

2023

  

2022

 
         

U.S. Treasury securities held to maturity

 $-  $6,729,457 

Investments in special purpose entities

  64,697,093   - 

Preferred stock

  348,694   348,694 

Voting preferred stock of MyBundle TV Inc.

  3,000,000   - 

Voting common stock of CB&T Holding Corporation

  19,058,485   19,058,485 
         

Total

 $87,104,272  $26,136,636 

We reviewed our investments as of December 31, 2023 and 2022 and concluded that no impairment to the carrying value was required.

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and SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

For the Years Ended December 31, 2023 and 2022

NOTE 8.

INVESTMENTS, INCLUDING INVESTMENTS ACCOUNTED FOR USING THE EQUITY METHOD (Continued)

Investment in Unconsolidated Affiliates

We have various investments in equity method affiliates, whose businesses are in real estate, real estate services, and private aviation infrastructure. One of the investments in affiliates, Logic Real Estate Companies, LLC, which we refer to as “Logic,” is managed by an entity controlled by a member of our board of directors.

Sky Harbour Group Corporation

In October 2020, our subsidiary BOC Yellowstone LLC, served as sponsor for the underwritten initial public offering of a special purpose acquisition company named Yellowstone Acquisition Company.  Yellowstone sold in its public offering 13,598,898 units at a price of $10.00 per unit, each unit consisting of one share of Class A common stock and a redeemable warrant to purchase one-half of a share of Class A common stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share. Between August and November 2020, we invested, through BOC Yellowstone, approximately $7.8 million through the purchase of 3,399,724 shares of Class B common stock and 7,719,779 non-redeemable private placement warrants, each warrant entitling us to purchase one share of Class A common stock at $11.50 per share. BOC Yellowstone, as the sponsor of Yellowstone and under the terms of the public offering, owned approximately 20% of Yellowstone’s issued and outstanding common stock. The purpose of the offering was to pursue a business combination in an industry other than the three industries in which we owned and operated businesses at that time: outdoor advertising, surety insurance, and broadband services businesses. The Units were sold at a price of $10.00 per unit, generating gross proceeds to Yellowstone of $125,000,000, and traded on the NASDAQ Stock Market, LLC under the ticker symbol “YSACU.”  After the securities comprising the units began separate trading, the shares of Class A common stock and warrants were listed on NASDAQ under the symbols “YSAC” and “YSACW,” respectively.

On August 1, 2021, Yellowstone entered into a business combination agreement with Sky Harbour LLC (“SHG”), a developer of private aviation infrastructure focused on building, leasing and managing business aviation hangars. On September 14, 2021, our subsidiary BOC YAC Funding LLC completed the previously-announced investment of $55 million in Series B Preferred Units of SHG. In addition to our $55 million investment, we also agreed to provide SHG an additional $45 million through the purchase of additional shares of Yellowstone Class A common stock at a price of $10 per share through a private placement investment (“PIPE”).

On January 25, 2022, Yellowstone completed the previously announced proposed business combination with SHG following stockholder approval. As a result, SHG became a consolidated subsidiary of Yellowstone and Yellowstone was renamed Sky Harbour Group Corporation, which we refer to as “Sky Harbour.”  In connection with the business combination, our Series B Preferred Units of SHG converted into 5,500,000 shares of Sky Harbour Group Class A common stock at a price of $10 per share. Also, in connection with the business combination, we entered into a subscription agreement with Sky Harbour, pursuant to which Sky Harbour sold to us 4,500,000 shares of Class A common stock at a price of $10 per share, for total cash consideration of $45 million.

During the first quarter of fiscal 2022, we recognized a non-cash gain of $24,977,740 related to our deconsolidation of Yellowstone, which is included within other income on our Consolidated Statement of Operations. Of the total gain recognized on deconsolidation, approximately $10,000,000 relates to the remeasurement of our retained investment in Sky Harbour via the Sponsor shares, Series B Preferred Units, and PIPE investment, each of which converted into shares of Sky Harbour’s Class A common stock on the transaction date, and approximately $15,000,000 relates to the deconsolidation of Yellowstone’s assets and liabilities as of the transaction date.  The fair value of our retained investment at the deconsolidation date was measured based upon the observable trading price of Sky Harbour’s Class A common stock. Subsequent to the business combination, we account for our equity investment in Sky Harbour, comprised of 13,118,474 shares of Class A common stock, under the equity method.

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and SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

For the Years Ended December 31, 2023 and 2022

NOTE 8.

INVESTMENTS, INCLUDING INVESTMENTS ACCOUNTED FOR USING THE EQUITY METHOD (Continued)

On  November 2, 2023, Sky Harbour entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with certain investors, pursuant to which Sky Harbour agreed to sell and issue to the Investors at an initial closing an aggregate of 6,586,154 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share and accompanying warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 1,141,600 shares of Class A Common Stock, for an aggregate purchase price of $42,810,000.  On November 29, 2023, Sky Harbour sold and issued to the Investors an aggregate of 2,307,692 PIPE Shares of the Company's Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share and accompanying PIPE Warrants to purchase an aggregate of 400,000 shares of Class A Common Stock for an aggregate purchase price of $15,000,000. Together with the first closing on November 2, 2023, the aggregate PIPE financing through the Purchase Agreement totaled $57,810,000.  In connection with Sky Harbour's financing transactions occurring in November 2023, our ownership of Sky Harbour decreased from 22.9% to 19.8%.  As a result, during the fourth quarter of 2023, we recorded a dilution loss of approximately $2,200,000 to reflect the decrease in our ownership of Sky Harbour's net assets.  The loss is included within equity in loss of unconsolidated affiliates in our Consolidated Statements of Operations.

All the shares of Sky Harbour Class A common stock and Sky Harbour Warrants to purchase Class A common stock that we hold have been registered under the Securities Act. However, our ability to resell any significant portion of these shares is limited by both the large number of shares and warrants we hold relative to the average trading volume of these securities as well as blackout periods which may prevent us from selling shares as one of our Co-Chief Executive Officers serves on Sky Harbour’s Board of Directors. The terms of the Sky Harbour business combination prohibited us from selling any of our securities in Sky Harbour prior to January 25, 2023 and has since expired. If our investment in Sky Harbour’s Class A common stock was accounted for at fair value based on its quoted market price as of  December 31, 2023 it would be valued at approximately $127,000,000.

The following table is a reconciliation of our investments in equity affiliates as presented in investments in unconsolidated affiliates on our Consolidated Balance Sheets, together with combined summarized financial data related to the unconsolidated affiliates:

  

December 31,

 
         
  

2023

  

2022

 
         

Beginning of year

 $118,218,389  $61,660,905 

Additional investments in unconsolidated affiliates

  19,500   45,094,500 

Distributions received

  (271,355)  (642,511)

Reclassification of marketable securities to investment in affiliate

  -   23,483 

Transfer of interest

  -   (625,498)

Gain on retained interest of deconsolidated affiliate

  -   10,010,090 

Reclassification to consolidated subsidiaries

  (15,832,981)  - 

Equity in income (loss) of unconsolidated affiliates

  (7,888,765)  2,697,420 
         

End of year

 $94,244,788  $118,218,389 

Combined summarized financial data for these affiliates is as follows:

  

December 31,

 
         
  

2023

  

2022

 
         

Revenue

 $14,925,054  $24,672,878 

Gross profit

  11,232,952   12,148,774 

Loss from continuing operations

  (17,414,314)  (18,539,589)

Net loss

 $(22,349,383) $(7,922,455)

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and SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

For the Years Ended December 31, 2023 and 2022

NOTE 9.

FAIR VALUE

The fair value hierarchy prioritizes inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three broad levels:

Level 1 — Observable inputs such as unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

Level 2 — Inputs other than quoted prices in active markets that are observable either directly or indirectly, including: quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar assets and liabilities in markets that are not active or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data.

Level 3 — Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market data and require the reporting entity to develop its own assumptions.

At December 31, 2023 and 2022, our financial instruments included cash, cash equivalents, receivables, marketable securities, investments, accounts payable, and long-term debt. The carrying value of cash, cash equivalents, receivables, and accounts payable approximates fair value due to the short-term nature of the instruments. The fair value of long-term debt is estimated using quoted prices for similar debt (level 2 in the fair value hierarchy). At December 31, 2023, the estimated fair value of our long-term debt was $24,818,323, which is less than the carrying amount of $27,337,766.

Warrants

We previously determined that the Public Warrants issued in connection with Yellowstone’s initial public offering in October 2020 were subject to treatment as a liability. Prior to the deconsolidation of Yellowstone which occurred on January 25, 2022, we marked the Public Warrants to market based upon their observable trading price with changes in fair value recognized in the statement of operations. Our re-measurement of the Public Warrants from January 1, 2022 to January 25, 2022 resulted in a gain of $1,837,211, which is included within “Remeasurement of warrant liability” within our Consolidated Statements of Operations. 

Following the business combination between Yellowstone Acquisition Company and SHG which occurred on January 25, 2022, we no longer eliminate our investment in the Private Placement Warrants.  Our Private Placement warrants related to Sky Harbour are considered level 2 and measured at fair value using observable inputs for similar assets in an active market. Our re-measurement of the Private Placement Warrants from January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023 and January 25, 2022 to December 31, 2022, resulted in a gain of approximately $4,000,000 and a loss of approximately $2,700,000, respectively, which are included within Other investment income within our Consolidated Statements of Operations. 

Fund I, Fund II and BFR Special Purpose Entities

We report fund investments on our Consolidated Balance Sheets at their estimated fair value, with gains (losses) resulting from changes in fair value reflected within ‘Other investment income’ in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations. Each of the 24th Street Funds’ and BFR's investments in special purpose entities invested in real estate are categorized in Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy. The primary asset held by each special purpose entity is real estate property, for which third-party appraisals were obtained.  Appraisals on the investments in special purpose entities used an income capitalization and/or comparable sales approach to value the underlying real estate property. The income capitalization approach used capitalization rates ranging from 6.50% to 6.75%. The comparable sales approach used observable market transactions to value the underlying real estate property. As of December 31, 2023, the aggregate fair value of the 24th Street Funds’ and BFR's investments in special purpose entities was approximately $64,900,000.  

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and SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

For the Years Ended December 31, 2023 and 2022

NOTE 9.

FAIR VALUE (Continued)

Marketable Equity Securities

On an investment life-to-date basis, we have realized net gains on the sale of equity securities within the marketable equity portfolio held at Boston Omaha of approximately $84,000,000. These amounts exclude any realized gains on equity securities held within the marketable equity portfolio managed by UCS.

Sky Harbour Group Corporation Class A common stock

We account for our 19.8% equity interest in Sky Harbour, comprised of 13,118,474 shares of Class A common stock, under the equity method. If our investment in Sky Harbour’s Class A common stock was accounted for at fair value based on its quoted market price as of December 31, 2023 it would be valued at approximately $127,000,000.

Marketable Equity Securities and U.S. Treasury Trading Securities

Marketable equity securities and U.S. Treasury trading securities are reported at fair values. Substantially all of the fair value is determined using observed prices of publicly traded securities, level 1 in the fair value hierarchy.

                 
     Quoted Prices  Realized Gains  Total Changes 
  Total Carrying  in Active  and (Losses)  in Fair Values 
  Amount in  Markets for  Included in  Included in 
  Consolidated  Identical  Current Period  Current Period 
  

Balance Sheet

  

Assets

  

Earnings (Loss)

  

Earnings (Loss)

 
                 

Marketable equity securities and U.S. Treasury trading securities at December 31, 2023

 $49,322,696  $49,322,696  $740,892  $4,411,489 
                 

Marketable equity securities and U.S. Treasury trading securities at December 31, 2022

 $42,289,339  $42,289,339  $(9,485,637) $(6,150,053)

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and SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

For the Years Ended December 31, 2023 and 2022

NOTE 10.

INCOME TAXES

We are subject to taxation in all jurisdictions in which we operate that impose an income tax on our business activities.

The components of the income tax expense for the years ended December 31, and the tax effects of temporary differences that give rise to deferred taxes at December 31, are as follows:

  

December 31,

 
  

2023

  

2022

 
         

Income tax (provision) benefit:

        

Current federal income tax expense

 $-  $- 

Current state income tax expense

  166,223   256,971 

Deferred federal income tax benefit

  (2,138,204)  (1,004,743)

Deferred state income tax benefit

  (1,006,757)  (1,757,161)
         

Total income tax benefit before valuation allowance

  (2,978,738)  (2,504,933)
         

Valuation allowance

  -   - 
         

Total income tax benefit

 $(2,978,738) $(2,504,933)
         

Deferred tax assets:

        

Net operating loss carryforwards

 $18,672,782  $7,011,687 

Tax credits

  643,945   643,945 

Lease liabilities

  14,555,615   15,644,321 

Premium adjustments and IBNR

  580,373   906,208 

Disallowed interest expense carryforwards

  1,204   201,725 

Other

  70,452   54,714 

Total Deferred Tax Assets

  34,524,371   24,462,600 

Valuation allowance

  (846,633)  (832,123)
         

Net deferred tax assets

 $33,677,738  $23,630,477 
         

Deferred tax liabilities:

        

Property and equipment

 $(19,504,745) $(14,785,116)

Intangibles

  (8,269,752)  (5,637,973)

Right of use assets

  (14,684,988)  (15,721,959)

Investment in unconsolidated subsidiaries

  (2,570,253)  (745,464)

Unrealized gain on securities

  (759,812)  (1,679,572)
         

Total deferred tax liabilities

  (45,789,550)  (38,570,084)
         

Net deferred tax liabilities

 $(12,111,812) $(14,939,607)

The realization of deferred tax assets, including net operating loss carryforwards, is dependent on the generation of future taxable income sufficient to realize the tax deductions, carryforwards and credits. Valuation allowances on deferred tax assets are recognized if it is determined that it is more likely than not that the asset will not be realized. During the year ended December 31, 2022, we reversed the valuation allowance recorded related to the net deferred tax asset recorded for Yellowstone Acquisition Company which merged with Sky Harbour LLC as part of a business combination on January 25, 2022, effectively removing Yellowstone from our consolidated financial statements. As of December 31, 2023, we have only recorded a valuation allowance against certain state net operating loss deferred tax assets that we have determined to be more-likely-than-notnot realizable.

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and SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

For the Years Ended December 31, 2023 and 2022

NOTE 10.

INCOME TAXES(Continued)

As of December 31, 2023, we have available federal tax operating loss carry forwards of approximately $72.5 million. Of the $72.5 million, $7.1 million arose in tax years beginning before December 31, 2017 and may be carried forward 20 years. The remaining tax net operating losses were generated in years beginning after December 31, 2017. Tax net operating loss carry forwards generated in years beginning after December 31, 2017 may be carried forward indefinitely but are only available to offset 80% of future taxable income. We have available state tax operating loss carry forwards of approximately $75.0 million, which are available to reduce future state taxable income and expire at various times and amounts.

Pursuant to Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, annual use of our net operating losses may be limited if it is determined that an ownership shift has occurred. An ownership shift is generally defined as a cumulative change in equity ownership by ‘‘5% shareholders’’ that exceeds 50 percentage points over a rolling three-year period. At this time, a Section 382 study has not been performed to determine if such an ownership shift has occurred.

A reconciliation between the federal statutory income tax rate and our actual effective income tax rate is as follows:

  

For the Year Ended December 31,

 
  

2023

  

2022

 
         

Federal income tax at statutory rate

 $(1,941,583) $1,653,579 

State tax income taxes, net of federal benefit

  (1,118,721)  (279,305)

Non-controlling interest

  (213,753)  (38,802)

Provision to return adjustments

  129,405   275,920 

Warrant income

  -   (489,221)

Gain on deconsolidation of Yellowstone

  -   (3,979,091)

Permanent differences

  137,649   58,975 

Valuation allowance

  14,510   334,861 

Other

  13,755   (41,849)

Total income tax benefit

 $(2,978,738) $(2,504,933)

Uncertain Tax Positions

We believe that there are no tax positions taken or expected to be taken that would significantly increase or decrease unrecognized tax benefits within 12 months of the reporting date.

As of December 31, 2023 we do not have any open or ongoing exams by any taxing authorities. The federal and state statutes of limitation for assessment of tax liability generally lapse three and four years, respectively, after the date the tax returns are filed. However, income tax attributes that are carried forward, such as net operating loss carryforwards, may be challenged and adjusted by taxing authorities at any time prior to the expiration of the statute of limitations for the tax year in which they are utilized.

NOTE 11.

ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATIONS

Our asset retirement obligations include the costs associated with the removal of structures, resurfacing of the land and retirement cost, if applicable, related to our outdoor advertising and broadband assets. The following table reflects information related to our asset retirement obligations:  

Balance, January 1, 2022

 $3,162,725 

Additions

  200,496 

Accretion expense

  206,359 

Liabilities settled

  - 

Balance, December 31, 2022

 $3,569,580 

Additions

  8,904 

Accretion expense

  216,501 

Liabilities settled

  - 

Balance, December 31, 2023

 $3,794,985 

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and SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

For the Years Ended December 31, 2023 and 2022

NOTE12.

CAPITAL STOCK

On April 25, 2022, we filed a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No.333-264470) that was declared effective on May 11, 2022, relating to the offering of Class A common stock, preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share, which we refer to as “preferred stock,” debt securities and warrants of the Company for up to $500,000,000. Additionally, in the 2022 Shelf Registration Statement, we have registered for resale up to 8,297,093 shares of Class A common stock acquired in 2018 or earlier in private placements in accordance with the terms of a 2018 registration rights agreement. We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of Class A common stock by the selling stockholders. Currently, the selling stockholders are the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, or “MIT,” as well as 238 Plan Associates LLC, an MIT pension and benefit fund and a limited partnership holding our Class A common stock for the economic benefit of MIT. We may, from time to time, in one or more offerings, offer and sell Class A common stock or preferred stock, various series of debt securities and/or warrants. We or any selling security holders may offer these securities from time to time in amounts, at prices and on terms determined at the time of offering. We may sell these securities to or through one or more underwriters, dealers or agents or directly to purchasers on a delayed or continuous basis. Unless otherwise set forth in an applicable prospectus supplement, we intend to use the net proceeds from the sale of the securities that we offer for general corporate purposes, including, but not limited to, financing our existing businesses and operations, and expanding our businesses and operations through additional hires, strategic alliances, and acquisitions. Unless otherwise set forth in a prospectus supplement, we will not receive any proceeds from the sale of securities by any selling stockholders.

On December 8, 2022, we entered into an "at the market" equity offering program (the “ATM Program”) pursuant to a Sales Agreement (the “Sales Agreement”) by and between us and WFS. This ATM Program is consistent with our historical practice of having available to management the option to issue stock from time to time in order to continue to fund the growth of our fiber-to-the-home broadband business, acquire additional billboards, and make other such investments in assets as needed to seek to grow intrinsic value per share. Our general preference is always to have options available to us from a capital allocation perspective which includes, but is not limited to, having a regularly filed ATM program. Pursuant to the terms of the Sales Agreement, we may sell, from time to time, shares of our Class A common stock, with an aggregate sales price of up to $100,000,000 through WFS, in transactions that are deemed to be “at the market” offerings as defined in Rule 415 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).  

Upon delivery of a placement notice (a “Placement Notice”) and upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Sales Agreement, WFS will use reasonable efforts consistent with its normal trading and sales practices, applicable laws and the rules of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) to sell the shares of Class A common stock from time to time based upon our instructions for the sales, including price, time or size limits specified, and otherwise in accordance with, the terms of such Placement Notice. Pursuant to the Sales Agreement, WFS may sell shares of Class A commons stock by any method permitted by law deemed to be an “at the market” offering as defined in Rule 415 of the Securities Act, including without limitation sales made through the NYSE or on any other existing trading market for the Class A common stock. Notwithstanding the foregoing, WFS may not purchase shares of Class A common stock for its own account as principal unless expressly authorized to do so by the Company.

We intend to use the net proceeds from the ATM Program, after deducting WFS' commissions and our offering expenses, for general corporate purposes, which may include financing our existing businesses and operations, and expanding our businesses and operations through additional acquisitions and minority investments and additional hires. Such expansion may include future billboard acquisitions, broadband acquisitions, acquisitions of surety insurance companies and other growth of the Company's insurance activities, additional investments in real estate management, homebuilding and other real estate service businesses, additional investments in subprime automobile lending, and acquisitions of other businesses. We have not determined the amount of net proceeds to be used for any specific purpose, and management will retain broad discretion over the allocation of net proceeds. While the Company has no current agreements, commitments or understandings for any specific acquisitions at this time, it  may use a portion of the net proceeds for these purposes.

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and SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

For the Years Ended December 31, 2023 and 2022

NOTE 12.

CAPITAL STOCK (Continued)

 
From December 8, 2022 through December 31, 2022, we sold 7,887 shares of our Class A common stock under the ATM Program for gross proceeds of $205,389. For sales of Class A common stock by WFS, we paid WFS a commission at a rate of 3% of the gross sales price per share. In addition, we have agreed to pay certain expenses incurred by WFS in connection with the offering. We have no obligation to sell any shares under the Sales Agreement, and may at any time suspend the offering of the ATM Program under the Sales Agreement. The Sales Agreement contains customary representations and warranties of the parties and indemnification and contribution provisions under which we and WFS have agreed to indemnify each other against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. The ATM Program pursuant to the Sales Agreement will automatically terminate upon the issuance and sale of all the shares through WFS in an aggregate amount of $100,000,000. We also have the right to terminate the ATM Program with WFS upon notice to WFS.
From  January 1, 2023 through  December 31, 2023, we sold 1,532,065 shares of our Class A common stock under the ATM Program for gross proceeds of $37,526,663. For sales of Class A common stock by WFS, we paid WFS a commission at a rate of 3% of the gross sales price per share. In addition, we have agreed to pay certain expenses incurred by WFS in connection with the offering. We have no obligation to sell any shares under the Sales Agreement and may at any time suspend the offering of the ATM Program under the Sales Agreement. The Sales Agreement contains customary representations and warranties of the parties and indemnification and contribution provisions under which we and WFS have agreed to indemnify each other against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. The ATM Program pursuant to the Sales Agreement will automatically terminate upon the issuance and sale of all the shares through WFS in an aggregate amount of $100,000,000. We also have the right to terminate the ATM Program with WFS upon notice to WFS without penalty.
At December 31, 2023, there were 104,772 outstanding warrants for our Class B common stock and 784 outstanding warrants for our Class A common stock. Each share of Class B common stock is identical to the Class A common stock in liquidation, dividend and similar rights. The only differences between our Class B common stock and our Class A common stock is that each share of Class B common stock has 10 votes for each share held, while the Class A common stock has a single vote per share, and certain actions cannot be taken without the approval of the holders of the Class B common stock.

A summary of warrant activity for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, is presented in the following table:

  

Shares Under Warrants

  

Weighted Average Exercise Price

  

Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life (in years)

  

Aggregate Intrinsic Value of Vested Warrants

 
                 

Outstanding as of January 1, 2022

  105,556  $9.95   3.5  $1,982,342 

Issued

  -             

Exercised

  -             

Expired

  -             
                 

Outstanding as of December 31, 2022

  105,556  $9.95   2.5  $1,746,952 
                 

Issued

  -             

Exercised

  -             

Expired

  -             
                 

Outstanding as of December 31, 2023

  105,556  $9.95   1.5  $610,114 

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and SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

For the Years Ended December 31, 2023 and 2022

NOTE 13.

LONG-TERM DEBT

On August 12, 2019, Link Media Holdings, Inc., (“Link”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Boston Omaha Corporation (“BOC”), which owns and operates BOC’s billboard businesses, entered into a Credit Agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) with First National Bank of Omaha (the “Lender”) under which Link could borrow up to $40,000,000 (the “Credit Facility”). The Credit Agreement provides for an initial term loan (“Term Loan 1”), an incremental term loan (“Term Loan 2”) and a revolving line of credit. Link initially borrowed approximately $18,000,000 under Term Loan 1 and $5,500,000 under Term Loan 2. These loans are secured by all assets of Link and its operating subsidiaries, including a pledge of equity interests of each of Link’s subsidiaries. In addition, each of Link’s subsidiaries has joined as a guarantor to the obligations under the Credit Agreement. These loans are not guaranteed by BOC or any of BOC’s non-billboard businesses.

On December 6, 2021, Link entered into a Fourth Amendment to the Credit Agreement with the Lender which modified the original Credit Agreement by merging all outstanding principal amounts under both Term Loan 1 and Term Loan 2 into one term loan (the “Term Loan”) having a fixed interest rate of 4.00% per annum, and increasing the total Term Loan borrowing limit to $30,000,000.

On May 31, 2022, Link entered into a Fifth Amendment to the Credit Agreement with the Lender which modified the Credit Agreement by extending the period of time under which Link may issue to BOC a cash dividend from January 31, 2022 to June 30, 2022 in the amount up to $8,125,000 in the aggregate.

On April 6, 2023, Link entered into a Sixth Amendment to Credit Agreement (the “Sixth Amendment”) with the Lender. The Sixth Amendment modifies the Credit Agreement to provide additional flexibility for Link in making “Investment Capital Expenditures” by no longer deducting expenditures which qualify as Investment Capital Expenditures from EBITDA in calculating the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. As a result, only “Maintenance Capital Expenditures” shall be deducted from EBITDA in testing the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. The amount of unfunded Investment Capital Expenditures (Investment Capital Expenditures other than expenditures funded by BOC) allowable during any test period shall not exceed the Investment Capital Expenditure Available Amount during such test period.

On September 22, 2023, Link entered into a Seventh Amendment to the Credit Agreement with the Lender which modified the Credit Agreement by increasing the maximum availability under the revolving line of credit loan facility from $5,000,000 to $10,000,000.

As of December 31, 2023, Link has borrowed $30,000,000 through the Term Loan under the Credit Facility. Principal amounts under the Term Loan are payable in monthly installments according to a 25-year amortization schedule. Principal payments commenced on July 1, 2020 for amounts previously borrowed under Term Loan 1 and October 1, 2020 for amounts previously borrowed under Term Loan 2. The Term Loan is payable in full on December 6, 2028.

The revolving line of credit loan facility has a $10,000,000 maximum availability. Interest payments are based on the 30-day U.S. Prime Rate minus an applicable margin ranging between 0.65% and 1.15% dependent on Link’s consolidated leverage ratio. The revolving line of credit is due and payable on August 12, 2025.

Long-term debt included within our consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2023 and 2022 consists of Term Loan borrowings of $27,337,766 and $28,499,270, respectively, of which $814,667 and $1,545,090 are classified as current, respectively. There were no amounts outstanding related to the revolving line of credit as of December 31, 2023 and 2022.

During the term of the Credit Facility, Link is required to comply with the following financial covenants: A consolidated leverage ratio for any test period ending on the last day of any fiscal quarter of Link (a) beginning with the fiscal quarter ended  December 31, 2021 of not greater than 3.50 to 1.00, (b) beginning with the fiscal quarter ended  December 31, 2022 of not greater than 3.25 to 1.00, and (c) beginning with the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2023 and thereafter, of not greater than 3.00 to 1.0, and a minimum consolidated fixed charge coverage ratio of not less than 1.15 to 1.00 measured quarterly, based on a rolling four quarters. The Company was in compliance with these covenants as of December 31, 2023.

The Credit Agreement includes representations and warranties, reporting covenants, affirmative covenants, negative covenants, financial covenants, and events of default customary for financings of this type. Upon the occurrence of an event of default the Lender may accelerate the loans. Upon the occurrence of certain insolvency and bankruptcy events of default the loans will automatically accelerate.

The aggregate minimum principal payments required on long-term debt as of December 31, 2023 were as follows: $814,667 in 2024, $851,444 in 2025, $886,624 in 2026, $923,257 in 2027, and $23,861,774 in 2028.

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and SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

For the Years Ended December 31, 2023 and 2022

NOTE14.

LEASES

We enter into operating lease contracts primarily for land and office space. Agreements are evaluated at inception to determine whether such arrangements contain a lease. Operating leases include land lease contracts and contracts for the use of office space.

Right of use assets, which we refer to as “ROU assets,” represent the right to use an underlying asset for the lease term, and lease liabilities represent the obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. Operating lease ROU assets and liabilities are recognized at the commencement date based on the present value of lease payments over the respective lease term. Lease expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

Certain of our operating lease agreements include rental payments based on a percentage of revenue and others include rental payments adjusted periodically for inflationary changes. Percentage rent contracts, in which lease expense is calculated as a percentage of advertising revenue, and payments due to changes in inflationary adjustments are included within variable rent expense, which is accounted for separately from periodic straight-line lease expense.

Many of our leases entered into in connection with land provide options to extend the terms of the agreements. Generally, renewal periods are included in minimum lease payments when calculating the lease liabilities as, for most leases, we consider exercise of such options to be reasonably certain. As a result, optional terms and payments are included within the lease liability. Our lease agreements do not contain any material residual value guarantees or material restrictive covenants.

The implicit rate within our lease agreements is generally not determinable. As such, we use the incremental borrowing rate, which we refer to as “IBR,” to determine the present value of lease payments at the commencement of the lease. The IBR, as defined in ASC 842, is “the rate of interest that a lessee would have to pay to borrow on a collateralized basis over a similar term an amount equal to the lease payments in a similar economic environment.” 

Operating Lease Cost

Operating lease cost for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 is as follows:

  

Year Ended

  

Year Ended

  
  

Ended

  

Ended

  
  

December 31, 2023

  

December 31, 2022

 

Statement of Operations Classification

          

Lease cost

 $8,615,322  $8,154,253 

Cost of billboard revenues and general and administrative

Variable and short-term lease cost

  2,429,724   2,109,390 

Cost of billboard revenues and general and administrative

          

Total Lease Cost

 $11,045,046  $10,263,643  

Supplemental cash flow information related to operating leases was as follows:

  

Year Ended

  

Year Ended

 
  

Ended

  

Ended

 
  

December 31, 2023

  

December 31, 2022

 
         

Cash payments for operating leases

 $8,312,237  $7,780,379 

New operating lease assets obtained in exchange for operating lease liabilities

 $1,843,316  $7,733,632 

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and SUBSIDIARIES


Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

For the Years Ended December 31, 2023 and 2022

NOTE14.

LEASES (Continued

)

Operating Lease Assets and Liabilities

  

December 31, 2023

  

December 31, 2022

 

Balance Sheet Classification

          

Lease assets

 $61,399,460  $64,719,405 

Other Assets: Right of use assets

          

Current lease liabilities

 $5,085,221  $5,203,981 

Current Liabilities: Lease liabilities

Noncurrent lease liabilities

  56,438,308   59,281,733 

Long-term Liabilities: Lease liabilities

          

Total Lease Liabilities

 $61,523,529  $64,485,714  

Maturity of Operating Lease Liabilities

  

December 31, 2023

 
     

2024

 $7,915,094 

2025

  7,548,111 

2026

  7,099,441 

2027

  6,783,048 

2028

  6,432,418 

Thereafter

  56,244,069 
     

Total lease payments

  92,022,181 

Less imputed interest

  (30,498,652)
     

Present Value of Lease Liabilities

 $61,523,529 

As of December 31, 2023 our operating leases have a weighted-average remaining lease term of 16.58 years and a weighted-average discount rate of 4.9%.

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and SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

For the Years Ended December 31, 2023 and 2022

NOTE15.

INDUSTRY SEGMENTS

This summary presents our current segments, as described below. 

General Indemnity Group, LLC

GIG conducts our insurance operations through its subsidiaries, Warnock, SSS, SCS, ACS, and UCS. SSS clients are multi-state and UCS, SCS, ACS, and Warnock clients are nationwide. Revenue consists of surety bond sales and insurance commissions. GIG’s corporate resources are used to support Warnock, SSS, SCS, ACS, and UCS, and to make additional business acquisitions in the insurance industry. As of December 31, 2023, ACS, Warnock, and SSS were merged into SCS.

Link Media Holdings, LLC

LMH conducts our billboard rental operations. LMH billboards are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

Boston Omaha Broadband, LLC

BOB conducts our broadband operations. BOB provides high-speed broadband services to its customers located mainly in Arizona, Florida, Nevada, and Utah. 

Boston Omaha Asset Management, LLC

BOAM conducts our asset management operations. BOAM’s primary objective is to achieve long-term returns while seeking to limit the risk of capital and purchasing power loss in our investments in other companies and our real estate activities.  We commenced reporting BOAM as a separate segment based on our acquisition of 24th Street Asset Management on May 1, 2023.  BOAM’s prior segment information has been retroactively restated as a result of it meeting the requirements for segment reporting.

                      

Total

 

Year Ended December 31, 2023

 

GIG

  

LMH

  

BOB

  

BOAM

  

Unallocated

  

Consolidated

 
                         

Revenue

 $17,705,891  $42,940,369  $35,340,502  $266,974  $-  $96,253,736 

Segment gross profit

  10,897,724   27,803,552   25,384,984   266,974   -   64,353,234 

Segment income (loss) from operations

  1,518,244   6,609,419   (7,087,873)  (2,382,041)  (7,510,152)  (8,852,403)

Capital expenditures

  176,499   3,535,306   56,743,382   5,016,494   6,536   65,478,217 

Depreciation and amortization

  312,634   9,008,648   10,133,332   -   110,421   19,565,035 

                      

Total

 

Year Ended December 31, 2022

 

GIG

  

LMH

  

BOB

  

BOAM

  

Unallocated

  

Consolidated

 
                         

Revenue

 $13,362,197  $39,244,726  $28,627,271  $-  $-  $81,234,194 

Segment gross profit

  8,606,614   24,849,099   21,088,770   -   -   54,544,483 

Segment income (loss) from operations

  1,083,247   5,734,917   (2,241,926)  (1,837,633)  (7,968,500)  (5,229,895)

Capital expenditures

  352,461   20,578,522   66,848,567   7,283,018   6,130   95,068,698 

Depreciation and amortization

  270,269   8,255,727   6,487,960   -   109,901   15,123,857 

                      

Total

 

As of December 31, 2023

 

GIG

  

LMH

  

BOB

  

BOAM

  

Unallocated

  

Consolidated

 
                         

Accounts receivable, net

 $7,124,471  $4,060,259  $689,817  $251,154  $15,543  $12,141,244 

Goodwill

  11,325,138   130,903,950   39,614,422   536,626   -   182,380,136 

Total assets

  71,723,355   267,205,346   183,151,741   100,739,644   145,387,006   768,207,092 

                      

Total

 

As of December 31, 2022

 

GIG

  

LMH

  

BOB

  

BOAM

  

Unallocated

  

Consolidated

 
                         

Accounts receivable, net

 $1,707,716  $3,696,906  $426,256  $-  $488  $5,831,366 

Goodwill

  11,325,138   130,428,222   37,710,162   -   -   179,463,522 

Total assets

  68,712,781   277,153,407   138,800,411   21,988,032   181,148,268   687,802,899 

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and SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

For the Years Ended December 31, 2023 and 2022

NOTE 16.

RESERVES FOR LOSSES AND LOSS ADJUSTMENT EXPENSES

The following table provides a reconciliation of the beginning and ending reserve balances for losses and loss adjustment expenses ("LAE") for the years ended December 31:

  

2023

  

2022

 

Gross reserve for unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses, beginning of year

 $2,105,579  $1,721,526 

Less: reinsurance recoverable on unpaid losses

  415,000   340,000 

Net reserve for unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses, beginning of year

  1,690,579   1,381,526 
         

Incurred losses and loss adjustment expenses:

        

Current year

  2,411,846   1,682,424 

Prior year

  (367,411)  (150,131)

Total net losses and loss adjustment expense incurred

  2,044,435   1,532,293 
         

Payments:

        

Current Year

  532,062   381,414 

Prior Year

  752,579   841,826 

Total Payments:

  1,284,641   1,223,240 
         

Net reserves for unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses, end of year

  2,450,373   1,690,579 

Reinsurance recoverable on unpaid losses, net of allowance

  3,283,071   415,000 
         

Gross reserves for unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses, end of year

 $5,733,444  $2,105,579 

During the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, there was favorable prior year loss development of $367,411 and $150,131, respectively, which was the result of a re-estimation of amounts ultimately to be paid on prior year losses and loss adjustment expense. Original estimates are increased or decreased as additional information becomes known regarding individual claims. 

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BOSTON OMAHA CORPORATION

and SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

For the Years Ended December 31, 2023 and 2022

NOTE 17.

MANAGEMENT INCENTIVE BONUS PLAN

On January 10, 2022, the Board of Directors of Boston Omaha Corporation, based upon the recommendation of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors, awarded bonuses to each of its co-chief executive officers pursuant to the Company's Amended and Restated Management Incentive Bonus Plan.  The Bonus Plan is designed to encourage the growth in the Company's "Adjusted Stockholders' Equity," as defined in the Bonus Plan, based upon the increase in the Company's stockholders equity for such fiscal year less any increase arising from the sale of Company securities. Under the Bonus Plan, the total awards shall equal 20% of the amount by which Adjusted Stockholders’ Equity Per Share for the applicable fiscal year exceeds 106% of Adjusted Stockholders’ Equity Per Share for the preceding fiscal year, subject to any limitation on total amounts payable under the Bonus Plan as may be established by the Bonus Plan and/or the Compensation Committee and in any event subject to a high water mark for the highest level for the Adjusted Stockholders’ Equity Per Share as previously determined by the Compensation Committee based upon the Company’s financial statements as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Based upon these and other factors, the Compensation Committee recommended a bonus for each of the co-chief executive officers of $7,500,000, for a total bonus payment under the Plan of $15,000,000, which was approved by the Board of Directors. At December 31, 2021, the total bonus payment of $15,000,000 was recorded within "Accounts payable and accrued expenses" in our consolidated Balance Sheets at December 31, 2021.

NOTE 18.

CUSTODIAL RISK

As of December 31, 2023, we had approximately $21,800,000 in excess of federally insured limits on deposit with financial institutions.   

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