UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549 

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 20212022 

ORor

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

For the transition period from ________________ to ________________

Commission file number 000-52545001-40849

Mawson Infrastructure Group Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware88-0445167

(State or other jurisdiction of


incorporation or organization)

(I.R.S. Employer


Identification No.)

Level 5, 97 Pacific Highway, North Sydney NSW Australia 2060

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

+61 022 8624 6130

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Wize Pharma, Inc.
24 Hanagar Street, Hod Hasharon, Israel

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None

Title of each classTrading symbol(s)Name of each exchange on which registered
N/ACommon Stock, par value $0.001 per shareN/AMIGIN/AThe Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

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 an 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 Exchange Act).  Yes   No 

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date:

As of May 19, 2021,11, 2022, the issuer had a total of 486,733,56672,486,295 shares of common stock, par value $.001$0.001 per share, outstanding.

 

 

 

 

 

MAWSON INFRASTRUCTURE GROUP INC.

FORM 10-Q

FOR THE QUARTER ENDED March 31, 20212022

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Item Page
Number
Part I – Financial Information
   
1.Financial Statements1
2.Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations19
3.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risks28
4.Controls and Procedures28
   
Part II – Other Information
   
1.Legal Proceedings30
1A.Risk Factors30
2.Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds30
3.Defaults Upon Senior Securities30
4.Mine Safety Disclosure30
5.Other Information30
6.Exhibits31
 Signatures32

 

Item Page
Number
Part I – Financial Information
   
1.Financial Statements1
2.Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations14
3.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risks20
4.Controls and Procedures20
   
Part II – Other Information
   
1.Legal Proceedings22
1A.Risk Factors22
2.Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds31
3.Defaults Upon Senior Securities31
4.Mine Safety Disclosure31
5.Other Information31
6.Exhibits31
 Signatures32

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements

MAWSON INFRASTRUCTURE GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS

    March 31,  December 31, 
 2022  2021 
ASSETS (unaudited)    
Current assets:      
Cash and cash equivalents    $5,804,858  $5,467,273 
Prepaid expenses     1,969,969   332,154 
Trade and other receivables     5,044,154   5,606,780 
Cryptocurrencies     -   40,800 
Total current assets     12,818,981   11,447,007 
Property and equipment, net     102,532,708   76,936,850 
Equipment deposits     41,722,172   51,369,216 
Marketable securities     336,897   326,801 
Security deposits     3,836,426   1,246,236 
Operating lease right-of-use asset       4,722,973   3,968,262 
            
Total assets    $165,970,157  $145,294,372 
            
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY           
Current liabilities:           
Trade and other payables    $13,995,302  $7,746,988 
Current portion of operating lease liability    1,410,192   1,222,382 
Current portion of finance lease liability  28,962   8,105 
Borrowings     16,036,514   11,095,388 
Total current liabilities       31,470,970   20,072,863 
Operating lease liability, net of current portion  3,520,623   2,962,765 
Finance lease liability, net of current portion  106,159   38,764 
Long-term borrowings  26,943,283   7,639,391 
Total liabilities     62,041,035   30,713,783 
            
Commitments and Contingencies (note 9)  -   - 
         
Shareholders’ equity:           
Additional paid-in capital; Common stock (120,000,000 authorized, 71,585,295 issued and outstanding $0.001 par value shares). Series A preferred stock (1,000,000 authorized shares; nil issued and outstanding as at March 31, 2022)  186,724,867   186,389,568 
Share subscription receivable    -   - 
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)  62,214   (521,094)
Accumulated deficit    (82,458,914)  (71,123,259)
Total stockholders’ equity    104,328,167   114,745,215 
Non-controlling interest     (399,045)  (164,626)
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity   $165,970,157  $145,294,372 

See Accompanying Notes to Unaudited Condensed Interim Consolidated Financial Statements.


 

  March 31,
2021
  December 31,
2020
 
   (unaudited)     
ASSETS        
Current assets:        
Cash and cash equivalents $3,385,277  $1,112,811 
Prepaid expenses  40,398   11,500 
Trade and other receivables  1,271,877   615,145 
Cryptocurrencies  578,086   15,061 
Total current assets  5,275,638   1,754,517 
Property and equipment, net  7,794,544   7,015,285 
Equipment deposits  18,045,720   - 
Financial assets  1,439,659   - 
Security deposits  1,173,544   969,423 
Operating lease right-of-use asset  37,257   41,703 
Trademarks  -   15,813 
         
TOTAL ASSETS $33,766,362  $9,796,741 
         
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY        
Current liabilities:        
Trade and other payables $2,176,833  $1,882,247 
Lease liability  39,859   44,637 
Borrowings  1,280,359   - 
Shareholder loans  -   290,978 
Total current liabilities  3,497,051   2,217,862 
Paycheck protection program loan  14,000   14,000 
TOTAL LIABILITIES  3,511,051   2,231,862 
         
Common stock (500,000,000 authorized, 486,733,566 issued and outstanding $0.001 par value shares). Series A preferred stock (1,000,000 authorized shares; 178,000 issued and outstanding at 31 March 2021)        
         
 Contingencies        
         
Shareholders’ equity:        
Additional paid-in capital  94,712,138   35,110,000 
Share subscription receivable  -   (16,690)
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)  (5,290,862)  (1,341,826)
Accumulated deficit  (59,182,034)  (26,159,539)
TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY  30,239,242   7,591,945 
Non-controlling interest  16,069   (27,066)
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY $33,766,362  $9,796,741 

MAWSON INFRASTRUCTURE GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(Unaudited)

    For the three months ended 
  March 31, 
 2022  2021 
Revenues:         
Cryptocurrency mining revenue    18,783,842  5,120,014 
Hosting Co-Location revenue  548,948   - 
Sale of crypto currency mining equipment          91,545   1,877,613 
Total revenues    19,424,335   6,997,627 
Less: Cost of revenues (excluding depreciation)    8,412,360   2,372,781 
Gross profit  11,011,975   4,624,846 
Selling, general and administrative  6,476,945   2,631,964 
LO2A write off    -   23,963,050 
Share based payments    390,609   14,795,403 
Depreciation and amortization    13,803,032   1,314,899 
Total operating expenses    20,670,586   42,705,316 
Loss from operations  (9,658,611)  (38,080,470)
Non-operating income/(expense):        
Gains on foreign currency transactions  (699,237)  (661,682)
Other income  24,447   472,741 
Interest expense  (1,236,673)  (250,662)
Loss before income taxes    (11,570,074)  (38,520,073)
Income tax expense  -   - 
Net Loss    (11,570,074)  (38,520,073)
Less: Net (loss)/profit attributable to non-controlling interests    (234,419)  43,135 
         
Net Loss attributed to Mawson Infrastructure Group shareholders    (11,335,655)  (38,563,208)
           
Net Loss per share, basic & diluted $(0.16) $(0.87)
Weighted average number of shares outstanding    71,129,676   44,266,478 

See Accompanying Notes to Unaudited Condensed Interim Consolidated Financial Statements

 

  Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
  March 2021
Q1
  March 2020
Q1
 
Revenues:      
Cryptocurrency mining revenue $5,120,014  $770,461 
Sale of crypto currency mining equipment  1,877,613   - 
Total revenues  6,997,627   770,461 
         
Operating cost and expenses:        
Cost of revenues  2,372,781   449,897 
Selling, general and administrative  2,882,626   476,149 
LO2A write offs  23,963,050   - 
Share based payments  14,795,403   - 
Depreciation and amortization  1,314,899   1,357,485 
Total operating expenses  45,328,759   2,283,531 
Loss from operations  (38,331,132)  (1,513,070)
Other income (expense):        
Realized gain (losses) on foreign currency transactions  1,028,621   (852)
Unrealized gain (losses) on foreign currency remeasurement  (1,690,303)  889,843 
Realized gain (loss) on sale of digital currencies  93,613   (14,309)
Other income  379,128   108,895 
Loss before income taxes  (38,520,073)  (529,493)
Income tax expenses  -   - 
Net loss $(38,520,073) $(529,493)
         
Profit attributable to Non-Controlling interest  43,135   - 
Net loss attributed to Mawson Infrastructure Group shareholders  (38,563,208)  (529,493)
         
Net Loss per share, basic & diluted $(0.087) $(0.080)
Weighted average number of shares outstanding  442,664,781   6,578,672 


MAWSON INFRASTRUCTURE GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

(Unaudited)

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2022

  Common Stock
(#)
  Common Stock  ($)  Additional Paid-in- Capital  Reserves  Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income/(Loss)  Accumulated Deficit  Total  Mawson Stockholders’ Equity  Non- controlling interest  Total  Equity 
Balance as of December 31, 2021  70,746,508   611,504   165,600,831   20,177,233   (521,094)  (71,123,259)  114,745,215   (164,626)  114,580,589 
Issuance of common stock, stock based compensation  13,787   15   107,734   -   -   -   107,749   -   107,749 
Issuance of warrants  -   -   -   166,833   -   -   166,833   -   166,833 
Issuance of RSU's and stock options  825,000   825   1,956,116   (1,896,224)  -   -   60,717   -   60,717 
                                     
Net loss  -   -   -   -   -   (11,335,655)  (11,335,655)  -   (11,335,655)
Other comprehensive income  -   -   -   -   583,308   -   583,308   -   583,308 
Non-controlling interest  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   (234,419)  (234,419)
Balance as of March 31, 2022  71,585,295   612,344   167,664,681   18,447,842   62,214   (82,458,914)  104,328,167   (399,045)  103,929,122 


For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2021

  Series A
Preferred
Stock
(#)
  Series A
Preferred
Stock
($)
  Common
Shares
(#)
  Common
Shares
($)
  Common
Stock
(#)
  Common
Stock
($)
  Share
Subscription
Receivable
  Additional Paid-
in-
Capital
  Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income/
(Loss)
  Accumulated
Deficit
  Total
Mawson
Stockholders’
Equity
  Non-
controlling
interest
  Total
Equity
 
Balance as of December 31, 2020  -           -   7,539,275           -   -   -   (16,690)  15,298,926   (1,341,826)  (6,348,465)  7,591,945   (27,066)  7,564,879 
Exchange of common stock of Cosmos Capital Limited for common stock of Wize Pharma Inc., adjusted to reflect the Exchange Ratio  178   0   (7,539,275)  -   428,270,616   428,271   -       -   -   428,271   -   428,271 
Acquisition of Wize Pharma Inc.  -   -   -   -   33,052,951   33,053   -   (5,436,541)  -   -   (5,403,488)  -   (5,403,488)
Issuance of Common stock of Mawson Infrastructure Group, Inc., in a PIPE transaction upon the consummation of the Business Combination  -   -   -   -   25,000,000   25,000   -   2,975,000   -   -   3,000,000   -   3,000,000 
Issuance of 28,012,364 mandatorily convertible notes by Cosmos Capital, net of $1,268,093 of offering costs  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   20,441,761   -   -   20,441,761   -   20,441,761 
Issuance of 8,710,982 warrants over Comon Stock of Mawson Infrastructure Group, Inc., at the Common Stock price of $0.79  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   6,881,676   -   -   6,881,676   -   6,881,676 
Exercise of 115,902 warrants for Mawson Infrastructure Group, Inc. Common Stock  -   -   -   -   115,902   116   -       -   -   116   -   116 
Fair value of IPR&D acquired, net of Business Combination transaction costs  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   24,765,831   -   -   24,765,831   -   24,765,831 
Issuance of RSUs and stock options  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   10,270,803   -   -   10,270,803   -   10,270,803 
Fair value adjustment of LO2A intellectual property revenue sharing obligation  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   5,440,863   -   -   5,440,863   -   5,440,863 
Comprehensive loss  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   (4,615,328)  (38,563,208)  (43,178,536)  43,135   (43,135,401)
   -                                                 
Balance as of March 31, 2021  178   0   -   -   486,439,469   486,440   (16,690)  80,638,319   (5,957,154)  (44,911,673)  30,239,242   16,069   30,255,311 
  Series A
Preferred
Stock
(#)
  Series A
Preferred
Stock
($)
  Common
Shares
(#)
  Common
Stock
(#)
  Common
Stock
($)
  Share
Subscription
Receivable
  Additional
Paid-in-
Capital
  Reserves  Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income/(Loss)
  Accumulated
Deficit
  Total
Mawson
Stockholders’
Equity
  Non-
controlling interest
  Total
Equity
 
Balance as of December 31, 2020  -           -   7,539,275   -   

-

   (16,690)  34,457,051   652,949   (1,341,826)  (26,159,539)  7,591,945   (27,066)  7,564,879 
Exchange of stock and Reverse
recapitalization of Wize Pharma
Inc
  178   -   (7,539,275)  46,132,357   461,324   -   (5,436,541)  -   -   -   (4,975,217)  -   (4,975,217)
Issuance of common stock, net of
offer costs, PIPE transaction
  -   -   -   2,500,000   25,000   -   2,975,000   -   -   -   3,000,000   -   3,000,000 
Issuance of convertible notes, net of
offer costs
  -   -   -   -       -   20,301,427   -   -   -   20,301,427   -   20,301,427 
Issuance of common stock, exercise
of warrants
  -   -   -   41,000   116   -   -   6,881,676   -   -   6,881,792   -   6,881,792 
Fair value of IPR&D acquired, net of
Business Combination transaction
costs
  -   -   -   -   -   -   24,765,831   -   -   -   24,765,831   -   24,765,831 
Issuance of RSU's and stock options  -   -   -   -   -   -   411,137   10,000,000   -   -   10,411,137   -   10,411,137 
Fair value adjustment of LO2A
intellectual property revenue
sharing obligation
  -   -   -   -   -   -   5,440,863   -   -   -   5,440,863   -   5,440,863 
Net loss  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   (38,563,208)  (38,563,208)  -   (38,563,208)
Other comprehensive income  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   (4,615,328)  -   (4,615,328)  -   (4,615,328)
Non-controlling interest  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   43,135   43,135 
                                                     
Balance as of March 31, 2021  178   -   -   48,673,357   486,440   (16,690)  82,914,768   17,534,625   (5,957,154)  (64,722,747)  30,239,242   16,069   30,255,311

 

3See Accompanying Notes to Unaudited Condensed Interim Consolidated Financial Statements


 

MAWSON INFRASTRUCTURE GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITYCASH FLOWS

(Unaudited)

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2020

    For the three months ended
March 31, 
 
    2022   2021 
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES                 
Net loss $(11,570,074) $(38,520,073)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:                 
Depreciation and amortization     13,804,492   1,314,899 
LO2A write offs     -   23,963,050   
Operating lease expense     367,135         -   
Foreign exchange gain  -   1,690,303 
Share based payments     390,609   14,795,403 
Gain on disposal of fixed assets  -   127,608 
Interest expense  249,861   222,463 
Investment income  -   (563,771)
Trade and other receivables  562,626   (656,732)
Other current assets    (4,187,204)  (796,044)
Trade and other payables  6,248,314   294,586 
Net cash provided by operating activities     5,865,759   1,871,692 
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES           
Net payment for the purchase of property and equipment   (6,030,740)  (2,960,145)
Investment in financial assets  -   (380,100)
Payment of fixed asset deposits  (23,630,470)  (18,045,720)
Net cash used in investing activities     (29,661,210)  (21,385,965)
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES           
Proceeds from common share issuances     50,628   1,298,402 
Proceeds from convertible notes     -   21,487,391 
Payments of capital issuance costs     -   (2,229,096)
Proceeds from borrowings     27,055,524   1,057,383 
Advances made to external companies  -   (37,076)
Repayment of lease liabilities  (379,026)  - 
Payments of borrowings     (3,242,194)  (291,310)
Net cash provided by financing activities        23,484,932   21,285,694 
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents   648,104   501,045 
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents    337,585   2,272,466 
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period     5,467,273   1,112,811 
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period       $5,804,858  $3,385,277 

  Common Shares Units  Common Shares Amount  Share Subscription Receivable  Additional Paid-in- Capital  Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
(Loss)
  Accumulated
Deficit
  Non-
controlling
interest
  Total
Shareholders’
Equity
 
                         
Balance as of May 22, 2019     $         -  $-  $-  $-  $-  $         -  $- 
Net Loss  -   -   -   -   -   (1,314,217)  -   (1,314,217)
Other comprehensive (loss)  -   -   -   -   (345,182)  -   -   (345,182)
Issuance of stock options  -   -   -   -   -   -   -     
Issuance of common shares  6,578,672   -   (459,062)  9,091,800   -   -   -   8,632,738 
Balance as of December 31, 2019  6,578,672   -   (459,062)  9,091,800   (345,182)  (1,314,217)  -   6,973,339 
Net Loss  -   -   -   -   -   (529,493)  -   (529,493)
Other Comprehensive (loss)  -   -   -   -   (866,663)  -   -   (866,663)
Issuance of stock options  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   - 
Issuance of common shares  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   - 
Balance as of 31 March 2019  6,578,672   -   (459,062)  9,091,800   (1,211,845)  (1,843,710)  -   6,036,245 

See Accompanying Notes to Unaudited Condensed Interim Consolidated Financial Statements

 


MAWSON INFRASTRUCTURE GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Unaudited)

  Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
  2021  2020 
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES        
Net loss $(38,520,073) $(529,493)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:        
Depreciation and amortization  1,314,899   1,357,485 
LO2A write offs  23,963,050   - 
Investment income  (563,771)  - 
Interest expense  250,662   - 
Interest paid  (28,199)  - 
Share based payments  14,795,403   - 
Write-off of fixed assets  127,608   - 
Unrealized gain (losses) on foreign currency remeasurement  1,690,303   (889,843)
Change in assets and liabilities        
Prepaid expenses  (28,898)  - 
Trade and other receivables  (656,732)  (664,855)
Cryptocurrencies  (563,025)  1,023 
Security deposits  (204,121)  10 
Trade and other payables  294,586   198,284 
Net cash provided by operating activities  1,871,692   (527,389)
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES        
Net proceeds from sale and purchase of property and equipment  (2,960,145)  (267,418)
Payment of fixed asset deposits  (18,045,720)  - 
Investment in financial assets  (380,100)  - 
Net cash used in investing activities  (21,385,965)  (267,418)
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITES        
Proceeds from common share issuances  1,298,402   - 
Unit redemptions  -   (128,611)
Proceeds from convertible notes  21,487,391   - 
Payments of capital issuance costs  (2,229,096)  - 
Proceeds from borrowings  1,057,383   201,129 
Advances made to external companies  (37,076)  - 
Payments of borrowings  (291,310)  - 
Net cash provided by financing activities  21,285,694   72,518 
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents  501,045   391,034 
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents  2,272,466   (331,255)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period  1,112,811   579,290 
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period $3,385,277  $248,035 

MAWSON INFRASTRUCTURE GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

NOTE 1 – GENERAL

General

General

Mawson Infrastructure Group, Inc. (the “Company” or “Mawson” or “the Group”“we”), formerly known as Wize Pharma, Inc, and before that, known as OphthaliX Inc., was incorporated in the State of Delaware.Delaware on February 10, 2012.

The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements, including the accountsresults of the Company’s subsidiaries,subsidiaries; Mawson Infrastructure Group Pty Ltd (“Mawson AU” previously known as Cosmos Capital Limited and its subsidiaries:Limited), Cosmos Trading Pty Ltd, Cosmos Infrastructure LLC, Cosmos Manager LLC, Cosmos Grid TechMIG No.1 Pty Ltd, Cosmos Asset Management Pty Ltd, and Luna Squares LLC, (formerly known as InnovativeBITTD Pty Ltd, Luna Squares Repairs LLC, Luna Squares Property Management LLC)LLC and Mawson Mining LLC (collectively referred to as the “Group”), have been prepared by the Company, without audit, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)(“SEC”) and in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”). Wize NC Inc, Occuwize Ltd and Wize Pharma Ltd are subsidiaries of Mawson however these companies have not been consolidated into the financial statements as these are subject to contingent value rights (“CVR”), refer to note 9.

These consolidated, condensed interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements of Mawson and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2021, and the notes thereto, included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed March 21, 2022. Accordingly, they do not include all the information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for complete financial statements. InThe results of the interim period are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year ended December 31, 2022. These consolidated condensed interim financial statements reflect all adjustments which, in the opinion of management, all adjustments (consistingare necessary to present fairly the financial position, the results of normal recurring accruals) considered necessaryoperations and cash flows of the Company for a fair presentation have been included.  the periods presented.

Since Mawson acquired Cosmos on March 9, 2021, it has managed most of its activity through the Cosmos Capital Limited, an Australian incorporated company, and its subsidiaries, Cosmos Trading Pty Ltd, Cosmos Infrastructure LLC, Cosmos Manager LLC, Cosmos Grid Tech Pty Ltd, Cosmos Asset Management Pty Ltd, and Luna Squares LLC (formerly known as Innovative Property Management LLC).

Since the acquisition of Cosmos, Mawson has been treated as the acquiree, with Cosmos being the acquirer. The result of which is that these accounts are taken to be the Cosmos accounts, with Mawson incorporated within the acquisition. For discussion regarding this acquisition and treatment please refer to Note 2: Reverse asset acquisition.

Mawson, through its subsidiary Cosmos Capital Ltd, which is a company incorporated in Australia (“Cosmos”),Mawson AU, is a ‘Digital Asset Infrastructure’ business, which owns and operates modular data centers (MDCs)(“MDCs”) based in the United States.States and Australia. As at May 17,March 31, 2021 CosmosMawson AU currently owns and has ordered 18,332 Miners39,225 Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (“ASIC”) computers known as “Miners,” specifically focused on the SHA-256 algorithm, from a variety of manufacturers, including Bitmain Technology Holding Company (“Bitmain”), Canaan Creative (HK) Holdings Limited (“Canaan”) and Shenzhen MicroBT Electronics Technology Co., Ltd (“Whatsminer”). As at March 31, 2021, the operational Miners produce up to 200 Petahash of computing power, with a total capacity upon deployment of all ordered equipment to produce up to a total capacity upon deployment of all ordered equipment to produce up to 1,483 Petahash.

Going Concern

Based on internally prepared forecastforecasted cash flows, combined with the existing cash reserves, which take into consideration what management of the Group considers reasonable scenarios given the inherent risks and uncertainties described both in this 10Q and the Company’s CurrentQuarterly Report on Form 8-K/A filed May 13, 2021,10-Q, management believes that the Group will have adequate cash reserves to enable the Group to meet its obligations for at least one year from the date of approval of the consolidated financial statements, and on this basis the accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis.

 

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NOTE 2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Principles of Consolidation and basis of preparation

These consolidated, condensed financial statements should be read in conjunction with theThe accompanying consolidated financial statements for Cosmos Capital Limitedof the Company include the accounts of the Company and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2020,its wholly or majority owned and controlled subsidiaries. Intercompany investments, balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. Non–controlling interests represents the notes thereto, includedminority equity investment in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed May 13, 2021. The resultssubsidiaries, plus the minority investors’ share of the interim periods are not necessarily indicativenet operating results and other components of equity relating to the results to be expected for the full year ended December 31, 2021. These consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments which, in the opinion of management, are necessary to present fairly the financial position, the results of operations and cash flows of the Company for the periods presented.non–controlling interest.

Any changes in the Company’s ownership interest in a consolidated subsidiary, through additional equity issuances by the consolidated subsidiary or from the Company acquiring the shares from existing shareholders, in which the Company maintains control is recognized as an equity transaction, with appropriate adjustments to both the Company’s additional paid-in capital and the corresponding non-controlling interest.

References in these notes to the Company as of a date prior to March 9, 2021, are references to Cosmos Capital Limited and its subsidiaries, not Mawson Infrastructure Group Inc. and its subsidiaries. On March 9, 2021, Cosmos Capital LimitedMawson AU was acquired by the Company. For accounting purposes, this was accounted for as a reverse asset acquisition with Cosmos Capital LimitedMawson AU as the accounting acquirer (refer to significant accounting policies below). The result of which is that these financial statements are taken to be a continuation of Mawson AU’s financial statements, with the Company incorporated within the acquisition and therefore the historical financial information of Mawson AU (then known as Cosmos Capital Limited) prior to March 9, 2021, became the historical financial information of Mawson AU, which have been consolidated into the financial statements of the Company. 

Use of Estimates and Assumptions

The preparation of the consolidated financial statements in conformity with USU.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates, judgments and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. The Company evaluates on an ongoing basis its assumptions. The Company’s management believes that the estimates, judgments and assumptions used are reasonable based upon information available at the time they are made.

These estimates, judgments and assumptions can affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the dates of the consolidated financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenuesincome and expenses during the reporting periods.

Making estimates requires management to exercise significant judgment. It is at least reasonably possible that the estimate of the effect of a condition, situation or set of circumstances that existed at the dates of the consolidated financial statements, which management considered in formulating its estimate, could change in the near term due to one or more future confirming events. Accordingly, the actual Actual results could differ significantly from those estimates. The Company has considered the following to be significant estimates made by management, including but not limited to, going concern assumptions, estimating the useful lives of patent assets and fixed assets, realization of long-lived assets, unrealized tax positions and the realization of digital currencies, Business Combinations, Reverse Asset Acquisition,business combinations, reverse asset acquisition, and the Contingentcontingent obligation with respect to future revenues.

 

Critical Accounting Policies

Critical accounting policies are described in the footnotes to the consolidated financial statements for Cosmos Capital Limited and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2020,Mawson included in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K/A10-K filed May 13, 2021.March 21, 2022. There have been no changes to critical accounting policies in the three months period ended March 31, 20212022, other than the reverse asset acquisition accounting policy which is no longer considered to be a critical accounting policy and has therefore been included in significant accounting policies.

Revenue Recognition – Digital asset mining revenue

The Company recognizes revenue under ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers. The core principle of ASC 606 is that a company should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the company expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. Five steps are required to be followed in evaluating revenue recognition: (i) identify the contract with the customer; (ii) identity the performance obligations in the contract; (iii) determine the transaction price; (iv) allocate the transaction price; and (v) recognize revenue when or as the entity satisfied a result of changes to operations as described below.performance obligation.


 

Reverse Asset Acquisition

On March 9, 2021,In order to identify the Company acquired the shares of Cosmos Capital Limitedperformance obligations in a scrip for scrip exchange. This transaction has been accounted for ascontract with a reverse asset acquisition. Undercustomer, a company must assess the guidancepromised goods or services in the contract and identify each promised good or service that is distinct. A performance obligation meets ASC 805, Cosmos Capital Limited was determined to be the accounting acquirer based on evaluation606’s definition of a “distinct” good or service (or bundle of goods or services) if both of the following factscriteria are met: The customer can benefit from the good or service either on its own or together with other resources that are readily available to the customer (i.e., the good or service is capable of being distinct), and circumstances:the entity’s promise to transfer the good or service to the customer is separately identifiable from other promises in the contract (i.e., the promise to transfer the good or service is distinct within the context of the contract).

There is currently no specific definitive guidance in U.S. GAAP or alternative accounting frameworks for the accounting of managing digital currencies and management has exercised significant judgement in determining appropriate accounting treatment for the recognition of revenue for such operations.

The Company has entered into a contract with mining pools and has undertaken the performance obligation of providing computing power in exchange for non-cash consideration in the form of cryptocurrency. The provision of computing power is the only performance obligation in the Group’s contract with its pool operators. In certain pools the amount of reward for computing power depends on the pool’s success in mining blocks. In other pools, the amount of reward includes no such contingency, although the fees payable to such pools are typically higher as a result. Where the consideration received is variable (for example, due to payment only being made upon successful mining), it is recognized when it is highly probable that the variability is resolved, which is generally when the cryptocurrency is received.

The Company measures the non-cash consideration received at the fair market value of the cryptocurrency received. Management estimates fair value on a daily basis, as the quantity of cryptocurrency received multiplied by the price quoted on the crypto exchanges that the Company uses to dispose of cryptocurrency on the day it was received.

Property and equipment

Property and equipment are stated at cost, net of accumulated depreciation. The cost includes any cost of replacing part of the property and equipment with the original cost of the replaced part being derecognized. All other repair and maintenance costs are recognized in profit or loss incurred. The present value of the expected cost for the decommissioning of an asset after its use is included in the cost of the respective asset if the recognition criteria for a provision are met. Property, plant and equipment transferred from customers is initially measured at the fair value at the date on which control is obtained.

The depreciable amount of fixed assets is depreciated on a straight-line or declining balance basis based on the asset classification, over their useful lives to the economic entity commencing from the time the assets arrive at their destination where they are ready for use. Depreciation is calculated over the following estimated useful lives:

Financial Asset classThe Cosmos Capital shareholders have the largest voting interest in the post-combination company;Useful lifeDepreciation Method
Fixtures and Fittings5 yearsStraight-Line
Plant and equipment10 yearsStraight-Line
Modular data center5 yearsDeclining
Motor Vehicles5 yearsStraight-Line
Computer equipment3 yearsStraight-Line
Processing Machinery (Miners)2 yearsDeclining
Transformers15 yearsStraight-Line

Cosmos Capital management holds executive management roles for the post-combination company and is responsible for the day-to-day operations;

Cosmos Capital was significantly larger than the Company by assets, revenue, and employees; and

The purpose and intent of in combining the groups was to create an operating public company through the Company, with management continuing to use Cosmos Capital’s assets to grow the business;

The applicationAn item of property, plant and equipment and any significant part initially recognized is derecognized upon disposal or when no future economic benefits are expected from its use or disposal. Any gain or loss arising on derecognition of the initial screen testasset (calculated as the difference between the net disposal proceeds and the carrying amount of the asset) is included in ASC 805 determinedthe income statement when the asset is derecognized.


The residual values, useful lives and methods of depreciation of property, plant and equipment are reviewed at each financial year end and adjusted prospectively, if appropriate.

The Company changed its policy in relation to freight costs in relation to processing machines with effect from October 1, 2021. Prior to this date these costs were expensed to the statement of operations and profit and loss, and afterwards these costs are capitalized into processing machinery. This change resulted in an increase in processing machines in the balance sheet of $2,040,387 at March 31, 2022, and an increase in the depreciation charge to the statement of operations and profit and loss of $84,735 over the prior treatment.

The Company’s long-lived assets are reviewed for impairment in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 360, “Property, Plant and Equipment”, whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the LO2A IPR&Dcarrying 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 the future undiscounted cash flows expected to be generated by the assets. If such asset is considered to be impaired, the impairment to be recognized is measured by the amount by which the carrying amount of the asset exceeds its fair value. Assets to be disposed of are reported at the lower of the carrying amount or fair value less costs to sell. During the periods ended March 31, 2022, and 2021, no impairment losses have been identified.

Share based payments

The Company follows FASB Codification Topic ASC 718-10 Compensation-Stock Compensation. The Company expenses stock-based compensation to employees and non-employees over the requisite service period based on the estimated grant-date fair value of the awards. The Company determines the grant date fair value of the options using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. The assumptions used in Mawson International was a single asset and represented substantially all ofcalculating the fair value of stock-based awards represent management’s best estimates and involve inherent uncertainties and the gross assets acquired. As such,application of management’s judgment. These assumptions are the acquisition is treated as a reverse asset acquisition.

Acquired assets and liabilitiesexpected stock volatility, the risk–free interest rate, the expected life of the legal parent entityoption, the dividend yield on the underlying stock and the expected forfeiture rate. Expected volatility computes stock price volatility over expected terms based on its historical common stock trading prices. Risk–free interest rates are therefore measuredcalculated based on the implied yield available on U. S. 10-year Treasury bond.

Significant Accounting Policies

Revenue Recognition - Hosting Co-location revenue

The Company provides power for our co-location hosting customers on a variable basis which is received monthly from the customer based on the power usage at the rate outlined in each customer contract.

We recognize variable power revenue each month as the uncertainty related to the consideration is resolved, power is provided to our customers, and our customers utilize the power (the customer simultaneously receives and consumes the benefits of the Company’s performance).

The customer contracts contain performance obligations, variable consideration in such contracts to be allocated to and recognized in the period to which the consideration relates. Usually this is when it is invoiced, rather than obtaining an estimation of variable consideration at their relative fair values asthe beginning of the datecustomer contracts.

Customers also are invoiced a fixed monthly fee for maintenance services which include, cleaning, cabling and other services to maintain the customers’ equipment.

Revenue Recognition - Sale of crypto currency mining equipment

Crypto currency mining equipment sales revenue includes revenues related to the sale of Miners. This is recognized as revenue upon delivery to the customer, which is when the control of the transaction.


After a reverse asset acquisition, despite thatMiner transfers. Payments are typically received at the legal acquirer (the legal parent entity) survives as the legal parent entity and continues to issue financial statements, the financial statements reflect the accounting from the perspective of the accounting acquirer (the legal subsidiary) in that the consolidated entity reflects the accounting acquirer as the accounting parent entity, and the financial statements represent a continuation of those of the accounting acquirer, except for the legal capital, which is retroactively adjusted to reflect the capital of the legal acquirer (legal parent entity)point control transfers or in accordance with ASC 805-40-45-1.

The fair value of the consideration given for the acquisition is as follows.

Number of shares issued  33,052,951 
Multiplied by the fair value per share of Mawson common stock (1)  0.79 
Total $26,111,831 

(1)Based on the closing share price of Mawson common stock on the day immediately prior to the close of the transaction.

The fair values of the net tangible assets acquired at the date of acquisition are as follows:

Cash and cash equivalents  1,102,943 
Marketable securities  1,096,675 
Accounts Payable  (50,836)
  $2,148,782 

The difference between the consideration given and the fair values of the net tangible assets acquired of $23,963,050 arises as a result of the intangible asset in relation to In process research and development relating to LO2A. Duepayment terms customary to the stage of development of this asset significant risks exist in the absence of successful clinical results and regulatory approval for the asset and that there are no reasonably likely expected alternative future uses associated with the asset and combined with the effect of the CVR instrument at the date of acquisition, management has assessed that the fair value of this asset at the acquisition date was $zero. The asset was therefore assessed as impaired and has been fully expensed as such in the consolidated statements of operations for the period ended March 31, 2021.business.


 

Contingent obligation in relation to LO2A

Following the reverse asset acquisition upon consummation of the share exchange and the signing of the CVR agreement, the historical LO2A assets and liabilities of the Company, are to be managed with a view to disposal within two years. Only CVR holders have an entitlement to any net proceeds from the disposal, not to the post-combination shareholders of the Company. Accordingly, the Company has assessed that the fair value associated with any future benefits accruing to the company in relation to research and development (IPR&D) is nil, and the difference between the fair value of the tangible net assets acquired and the stock issued has been expensed in these financial statements as stated above.

Despite this, the LO2A contingent obligation remains, however given that there is now no entitlement to revenue on the company’s behalf, the fair value of the contingent obligation with respect to future revenues has been re-assessed as nil.

For further details please refer to the Management Discussion and Analysis.

Share based payments

Under the terms of the Cosmos Transaction Bid Implementation Agreement the Company was required to make Share based payments consisting of up to 40,000,000 shares required to be issued under a Incentive Compensation Program and warrants issued to HC Wainwright as a fee related to the acquisition by Mawson of Cosmos.

Share based payments expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2021 were $14.8 million. Share based payments were split between HC Wainwright $6.18 million and an accrual of $8.58 million for amounts related to the obligation of Mawson to issue RSU’s pursuant to the terms of the Bid Implementation Agreement for the Cosmos Transaction, included in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed May 13, 2021. No expenses were recorded in the 2020 period

Significant Accounting Policies

There have been no material changes to the Company’s significant accounting policies to those previously disclosed in the consolidated financial statements for Cosmos Capital Limited and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2020, and the notes thereto, included in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed May 13, 2021, other than as a result of changes to operations as described below.


Revenue recognition – equipment sales

In Q1 2021 theThe Company began to earnearned revenues from the sale of earlier generation cryptocurrency mining units and modular data centers that have been assembled or refurbished for resale.resale (collectively “Hardware”). Revenue from the sale of cryptocurrency mining unitsHardware is recognized when:when all of the following conditions are satisfied: (i) persuasive evidence of a sales arrangement exists, (ii) the sales terms are fixed or determinable, (iii) title and risk of loss have transferred, (iv) collectability is reasonably assured — generally when products are shipped to the customer and (v)(iv) payment is received. At the date of sale, the net book value is expensed in cost of revenues.

Cost of revenues:

Cost of revenue consists primarily of expenses that are directly related to providing the Company’s service to its paying customers. These primarily consist of costs associated with operating our co-location facilities such as direct power costs, energy costs (including any carbon offset acquired during the year), freight costs and material costs related to cryptocurrency mining.

Research and development expenses:

Research and development expenses are charged to the statement of comprehensive loss as incurred.

Income taxes:

Income taxes are accounted for under the asset and liability method. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases and operating loss and tax credit carryforwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled.

The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date. A valuation allowance may be established to reduce the deferred tax asset to the level at which it is “more likely than not” that the tax asset or benefits will be realized. Realization of tax benefits of deductible temporary differences and operating loss carryforwards depends on having sufficient taxable income of an appropriate character within the carryback or carryforward periods.

The Company recognizes the effect of income tax positions only if those positions are more likely than not of being sustained upon review by the taxing authority. Recognized income tax positions are measured at the largest amount that is greater than 50% likely of being realized. Changes in recognition or measurement are reflected in the period in which the change in judgment occurs.

Functional currency:

All subsidiaries of Company have a functional currency of United States dollar (“USD”) with the exceptions of Mawson Infrastructure Group Pty Ltd, MIG No.1 Pty Ltd, Cosmos Trading Pty Ltd, BITTD Pty Ltd and Cosmos Asset Management Pty Ltd whose functional currency is the Australian Dollar (“AUD”). The financial statements of foreign businesses have been translated into USD at current exchange rates for balance sheet items and at the average rate for income statement items. Translation of all the consolidated companies’ financial records into USD is required due to the reporting currency for these consolidated financial statements presented as USD and the functional currency of the parent company being that of AUD. Translation adjustments are accumulated in other comprehensive loss. Revenue and expense accounts are converted at prevailing rates throughout the year. Gains or losses on foreign currency transactions and translation adjustments in highly inflationary economies are recorded in income in the period in which they are incurred.


 

Segment Reporting:

Operating segments are defined as components of an enterprise about which separate financial information is available that is evaluated regularly by the chief operating decision maker, or decision–making group in deciding how to allocate resources and in assessing performance. Our chief operating decision–making group is composed of the chief executive officer. We currently operate in one segment surrounding our cryptocurrency mining operation.

Cash and cash equivalents:

Cash and cash equivalents include cash on hand, deposits held at call with financial institutions, cash held with digital currency exchanges, and other short-term and highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to known amounts of cash and have original maturities of three months or less.

Digital Currencies

Digital currencies are included in current assets in the consolidated balance sheets. Digital currencies are recorded at cost less impairment.classified as indefinite-lived intangible assets in accordance with ASC 350, Intangibles - Goodwill and Other, and are accounted for in connection with the Company’s revenue recognition policy detailed above.

An intangible asset with an indefinite useful lifeThe following table presents the Company’s digital currency (Bitcoin) activities for the quarter ended March 31, 2022, and 2021: 

  Three months to March 31, 
  2022  2021 
       
Opening number of Bitcoin held as at December 31, 2021 and 2020  0.92   0.52 
Number of Bitcoin added  458.68   123.22 
Number of Bitcoin sold  (459.60)  (113.45)
Closing number of Bitcoin held as at March 31, 2022 and 2021  0.00   10.29 

Digital currency is not amortized but assessed for impairment annually, or more frequently, when events or changes in circumstances occur indicating that it is more likely than not that the indefinite-lived asset is impaired. Impairment exists when the carrying amount exceeds its fair value. In testing for impairment, the Company has the option to first perform a qualitative assessment to determine whether it is more likely than not that an impairment exists. If it is determined that it is not more likely than not that an impairment exists, a quantitative impairment test is not necessary. If the Company concludes otherwise, it is required to perform a quantitative impairment test. To the extent an impairment loss is recognized, the loss establishes the new cost basis of the asset. Subsequent reversal of impairment losses is not permitted.

The Company’s policy is to dispose of production at the earliest opportunity, the holding period is minimal, usually no more than a few days. Due to the short period which Bitcoin are held prior to sale and the consequent small numbers held, the risk of impairment is not material.

Equipment deposits:

The following table presentsCompany records a prepaid expense for costs paid but not yet incurred. Those expected to be incurred within one year are recognized and shown as equipment deposits. Equipment deposits result from advance payments to suppliers for goods to be received in the activitiesfuture. Equipment deposits are initially recognized as assets at the date the amount is paid, and are subsequently recorded as equipment as the Company takes delivery and control of the digital currenciesequipment from the supplier. Amounts are recognized initially at the amount of the three months endedunconditional consideration. They are subsequently measured at cost, less loss allowance.

Reverse Asset Acquisition:

On March 31, 2021;

Digital currencies at December 31, 20200.52
Additions of digital currencies123.22
Sale of digital currencies(113.45)
Digital currencies at March 31, 202110.29

Investment in Distributed Storage Solutions9, 2021, the Company acquired the shares of Cosmos Capital Limited (now known as Mawson Infrastructure Group Pty Ltd (DSS)and referred to herein as Mawson AU) in a stock for stock exchange. This transaction has been accounted for as a reverse asset acquisition. This transaction reverse asset acquisition and the associated impact is referred to as the “Cosmos Transaction”.


 

Mawson subscribed for 500,000 shares at AUD$1.00 per share on March 1, 2020. As at March 31,2021, Mawson held 28.99%��

Under the terms of the Cosmos Transaction Bid Implementation Agreement, the Company was required to make share based payments consisting of up to 40,000,000 shares under an Incentive Compensation Program and warrants issued to HC Wainwright as a fee related to the acquisition by Mawson of Mawson AU. In addition, Mawson AU had an outstanding obligation to W Capital Advisors Pty Ltd (“W Capital”) for options over the equity of Mawson AU which was terminated for consideration of warrants over the Company’s shares being issued to W Capital.

Fair value of financial instruments:

The Company accounts for financial instruments under FASB Accounting Standards Codification Topic (“ASC”) 820, Fair Value Measurements. This statement defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in DSS, an Australian private company operatinggenerally accepted accounting principles, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. To increase consistency and comparability in fair value measurements, ASC 820 establishes a blockchainfair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three levels as follows:

Level 1 — quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;

Level 2 — observable inputs other than Level 1, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets and liabilities in markets that are not active, and model-derived prices whose inputs are observable or whose significant value drivers are observable; and

Level 3 — assets and liabilities whose significant value drivers are unobservable. Observable inputs are based decentralized storage business,on market data obtained from independent sources, while unobservable inputs are based on the IPFS protocol.Company’s market assumptions. Unobservable inputs require significant management judgment or estimation. In some cases, the inputs used to measure an asset or liability may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In those instances, the fair value measurement is required to be classified using the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. Such determination requires significant management judgment.

Of the Company’s financial instruments on the Company’s balance sheet as at March 31, 2022, the only item measured and recorded at fair value is the Marketable Securities of $336,897, which are categorized as Level 1.

Concentrations of credit risk:

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist principally of cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities. Cash and cash equivalents and restricted bank deposits are invested in banks in Australia and the U.S. If the counterparty completely failed to perform in accordance with the terms of the contract, is the maximum amount of loss the Company would be the balance. Management believes that the financial institutions that hold the Company’s investments are financially sound and, accordingly, minimal credit risk exists with respect to these investments. The business utilizes FilcoinCompany has no off-balance-sheet concentration of credit risk such as part offoreign exchange contracts, option contracts or other foreign hedging arrangements.

Legal and other contingencies: 

The Company accounts for its operations to generate revenue. This investmentcontingent liabilities in accordance with ASC 450 “Contingencies”. A provision is recorded when it is both probable that a liability has been equity accounted, asincurred and the company has assessed that it has significant influence over the operationsamount of the investee.loss can be reasonably estimated. With respect to legal matters, provisions are reviewed and adjusted to reflect the impact of negotiations, estimated settlements, legal rulings, advice of legal counsel and other information and events pertaining to a particular matter. Legal costs incurred in connection with loss contingencies are expensed as incurred. As of March 31, 2022, the Company is not a party to any litigation that could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

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Leases:

Basic

The Company accounts for its leases under ASC 842, Leases which was effective January 1, 2019. The Company determines if an arrangement is a lease at inception. Using ASC 842 leases are classified as operating or finance leases on the Balance Sheet as a right of use (“ROU”) assets and Diluted Net Loss per Sharelease liabilities within current liabilities and long-term liabilities on our consolidated balance sheet. ROU assets and lease liabilities are recognized based on the present value of the future minimum lease payments over the lease term at commencement date. The Company’s lease does not provide an implicit rate and therefore the Company measured the ROU asset and lease obligation based upon the present value of future minimum lease payments. The Company’s incremental borrowing rate is estimated based on risk-free discount rate for the lease, determined using a period comparable with that of the lease term and in a similar economic environment. The lease terms may include options to extend or terminate the lease when it is reasonably certain that we will exercise such options. The Company does not record leases on the consolidated balance sheets with a term of one year or less. The Company does not separate lease and non-lease components but rather account for each separate component as a single lease component for all underlying classes of assets. Where leases contain escalation clauses, rent abatements, or concessions, such as rent holidays and landlord or tenant incentives or allowances, the Company applies them in the determination of straight-line operating lease cost over the lease term.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

From time to time, new accounting pronouncements are issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) or other standard setting bodies and adopted by the Company as of the specified effective date. For information with respect to recent accounting pronouncements, see Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements for Mawson as of December 31, 2021, included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed March 21, 2022, recent accounting pronouncements since that date include:

In March 2022, the FSAB issued ASU update 2022-01—Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815): Fair Value Hedging—Portfolio Layer Method. The adoption of ASU 2021-01 did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements or disclosures.

In March 2022, the FSAB issued ASU 2022-02—Financial Instruments—Credit Losses (Topic 326): Troubled Debt Restructurings and Vintage Disclosures. The adoption of ASU 2022-02 did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements or disclosures.

NOTE 3 – BASIC AND DILUTED NET LOSS PER SHARE

Net loss per common share is calculated in accordance with ASC Topic 260: Earnings Per Share (“ASC 260”). Basic loss per share is computed by dividing net loss by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period. The computation of diluted net loss per share does not include dilutive common stock equivalents in the weighted average shares outstanding, as they would be anti-dilutive.

Securities that could potentially dilute loss per share in the future that were not included in the computation of diluted loss per share as at March 31, 20212022 and 20202021 are as follows:

  As at March 31, 
  2022  2021 
Warrants to purchase common stock  6,994,189   871,098 
Options to purchase common stock  753,459   - 
Common stock due to former Cosmos shareholders to be issued pending approval of increase to authorized capital  -   5,055,811 
Mandatory convertible notes to exchange common stock  -   6,362,690 
Restricted Stock-Units (“RSUs”) issued under a management equity plan  1,819,287   4,000,000 
   9,566,935   16,289,599 


 

  As at March 31, 
  2021  2020 
Common stock due to former Cosmos shareholders to be issued pending approval of increase to authorized capital (Note 4)  50,558,133         - 
Warrants to purchase common stock  8,710,982     
Restricted Stock-Units (“RSU”) issued under a management equity plan  40,000,000     
Mandatory convertible notes to exchange common stock  63,626,903   - 
Total  162,896,018   - 

The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted loss per share:

  As at March 31, 
  2021  2020 
Net loss attributable to common shareholders $38,520,073   529,493 
         
Denominator:        
Weighted average common shares - basic and diluted  442,664,781   6,578,672 
         
Loss per common share - basic and diluted $0.087   0.080 

  For the three months ended
March 31,
 
  2022  2021 
Net Loss attributable to common shareholders $(11,335,655) $(38,563,208)
         
Denominator:        
Weighted average common shares - basic and diluted  71,129,676   44,266,478 
         
Loss per common share - basic and diluted $(0.16) $(0.87)

Comparative weighted average common shares have been revised by the ratio of Cosmos CapitalMawson AU to the Company shares exchanged in the reverse asset acquisition in March 2021.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

For information with respect Pursuant to recent accounting pronouncements, see Note 2that certain Certificate of Amendment to the consolidated financial statements for Cosmos Capital LimitedCertificate of Incorporation of the Company dated August 11, 2021, Mawson executed a 10-for-1 reverse stock split of its outstanding common stock and subsidiariesreduced its authorized common stock to 120,000,000 shares, as of December 31, 2020, and the notes thereto, includedset forth in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K/A8-K filed May 13,August 16, 2021. Recent accounting pronouncements include.

Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2019-12, “Income Taxes (Topic 740): Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes (“ASU 2019-12”)

Standard/Description– Issuance date: December 2019. This guidance simplifies various aspects of income tax accounting by removing certain exceptions to the general principle of the guidance and also clarifies and amends existing guidance to improve consistency in application.

Effective Date and Adoption Considerations– The guidance was effective January 1, 2021 and early adoption was permitted. The company adopted the guidance on a prospective basis as of the effective date.

Effect on Financial Statements or Other Significant Matters– The guidance did not have a material impact in the consolidated financial results.

Other new pronouncements not applicable to the Company:

Reference Rate Reform (“ASU 2021-01”) issued March 2020, with amendments in 2021; effective March 12, 2020 through December 31, 2022

Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment (“ASU 2017-04”) issued January 2017 effective January 1, 2020;

Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (“ASU 2016-13 / 2018-19 / 2019-04 / 2019-05 / 2019-10 / 2019-11”) issued June 2016 with amendments in 2018, 2019 and 2020; effective January 1, 2020


NOTE 34 – DEPOSIT, PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS

On January 27, 2021, the Company purchased 500 next generation Micro BT M30S ASIC Miners from Foundry Digital LLC. The purchase price per unit was $2,640 giving rise to a total purchase price of $1,320,000. The miners arrived in February 2021.

On February 5, 2021, the CompanyCosmos Infrastructure LLC (“Infrastructure”) entered into a Long-Term Purchase Contract with Canaan Convey Co Ltd (“Canaan”) for the purchase of 11,760 next generation Avalon A1246 ASIC Miners (Avalon).Miners. The average purchase price per unit is $2,889.$2,889 for a total purchase price of $33,974,640 (the “Canaan Transaction”). The final shipment for contract was received during March 2022, there was a final adjustment to the purchase price based on the actual tera hash delivered, based on the agreed price per tera hash under the terms of the contract. The purchase price adjustment resulted in a $2.2 million reduction in the purchase price, this is due to be received in cash from Canaan.

On August 9, 2021, Infrastructure entered into a second Long-Term Purchase Contract with Canaan for the purchase of 15,000 next generation Avalon A1246 ASIC Miners. The average purchase price per unit is $4,908 for a total purchase price of $73,620,000. There will be a final adjustment to the purchase price in the last delivery due in MarchMay 2022 based on the actual tera hash delivered, based on the agreed price per tera hash under the terms of the contract.

The Canaan Transaction schedule of payments is as follows:

(1) Fifty percent (50%) of the total purchase price shall be paid on or before 20 February 2021.

(2) The Company shall pay the remaining fifty percent (50%) of the total purchase price in equal monthly instalments due not less than forty (40) days prior to the scheduled delivery of the Product(s) as follows:

a)$1,058,000 no later than March 20, 2021
b)$1,058,000 no later than April 20, 2021
c)$952,560 no later than May 20, 2021
d)$952,560 no later than June 20, 2021
e)$1,799,280 no later than July 20, 2021
f)$1,693,440 no later than August 20, 2021
g)$1,587,600 no later than September 20, 2021
h)$1,587,600 no later than October 20, 2021
i)$1,587,600 no later than November 20, 2021
j)$1,587,600 no later than December 20, 2021
k)$1,587,600 no later than January 20, 2022
l)$1,587,600 no later than February 20, 2022

As ofat March 31, 2021,2022 the Company had prepaid approximately $18.05 millionamount paid in advance for 11,760 Miners. The shipmentrelation to this contract is $54,180,000 of the first Miners was received in May, 2021. The Company will recognize these assets as Property and Equipment on the consolidated balance sheet when the transfer of risk and title occurs for each shipment (i.e., the Minerswhich 4,000 orders have been delivered by Canaan toduring the agreed-upon port of loading in China).quarter.

On March 26, 2021,During the Company acquired an additional 1,000 Avalon A1166 miners from Canaan in addition to the Canaan Transaction. The purchase price per unit is $6,237.00 for a total purchase price of $6,237,000.00. The Company subsequently re-sold 200 of these Avalon A1166 miners.

As ofthree months ended March 31, 2021, approximately $18.052022, $23.63 million cash paid for Minersequipment was recorded as a deposit on the balance sheet.

NOTE 5 – LEASES

Luna Squares LLC leases a 16.35-acre lot in Georgia from the Development Authority of Washington County. The lease term was originally for 1 acre from May 1, 2020, until April 30, 2023. An amendment to the lease and exercise of option to lease four additional acres was signed and became effective February 23, 2021. A further amendment to the lease and exercise of option to lease was signed and became effective August 24, 2021. The Lease Amendment covers an additional 11.35 acres of the property, bringing the total to 16.35 acres under the lease. It also includes 5, 3-year extension options bringing the total lease period to run until 2038.

The Company leases the headquarters of its business operations at Level 5, 97 Pacific Highway, North Sydney NSW 2060 Australia, being 1,076 square feet of office space held under a license agreement.

The Company leases 6-acres of land in Pennsylvania which began in October 2021 for thirty-six months with the option to execute four additional three-year extensions.

On March 16, 2022, Luna Squares LLC entered into a lease with respect to a property in the City of Sharon, Mercer County, Pennsylvania with Vertua Property, Inc. (A related entity – refer to note 12 for details). The term of the lease is for 5 years, and has 2 options to extend for 5 years each.

Other than the foregoing leases, the Company does not lease any material assets. The Company believes that these offices and facilities are suitable and adequate for its operations as currently conducted and as currently foreseen. In the event additional or substitute offices and facilities are required, the Company believes that it could obtain such offices and facilities at commercially reasonable rates.


The Company’s lease costs recognized in the Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Loss consist of the following:

  For the three months ended
March 31,
 
  2022  2021 
       
Operating lease charges (1) $367,135  $11,223 
Finance lease charges:        
Amortization of right-of-use assets  4,302   - 
Interest on lease obligations  1,478   - 
  $5,780  $- 

(1)Included in Selling, General & Administrative Expenses.

  Operating
leases
  Finance
Leases
 
       
2023 $1,753,012  $38,068 
2024  1,779,078   38,068 
2025  1,172,787   38,068 
2026  548,407   35,854 
2027  419,568   7,669 
Total undiscounted lease obligations  5,672,852   157,727 
Less imputed interest  (742,037)  (22,606)
Total present value of lease liabilities  4,930,815   135,121 
Less current portion of lease liabilities  (1,410,192)  (28,962)
Non-current lease liabilities $3,520,623  $106,159 

  Operating
leases
  Finance
Leases
 
       
Operating cash flows from operating and finance leases $373,936  $5,090 
Weighted-average remaining lease term – operating and finance leases (years)  3.42   1.52 
Weighted-average discount rate – operating and leases (%)  8.0%  2.6%

NOTE 6 – PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

Property and equipment, net, consisted of the following:

  March 31,
2022
  December 31, 2021 
       
Plant and equipment  2,743,337   1,046,866 
Computer equipment  440,461   216,099 
Furniture & fixtures  32,446   31,474 
Processing machines (Miners)  111,687,341   81,341,098 
Modular data center  14,765,469   9,819,796 
Motor Vehicles  325,113   250,425 
Transformers  2,102,194   1,190,609 
Low-cost assets  451,004   246,154 
Assets under construction  1,950,106   1,008,001 
Total  134,497,471   95,150,522 
Less: Accumulated depreciation  (31,964,763)  (18,213,672)
Property and equipment, net  102,532,708   76,936,850 


The Company incurred depreciation and amortization expense in the amounts of $13,803,032 and $1,314,899 for the quarter ended March 31, 2022 and March 31, 2021, respectively. There were no impairment charges recognized for property and equipment for either the quarter ended March 31, 2022, or March 31, 2021. There were no disposals during the three months ended March 31, 2022.

The Company had additions of $39,400,349 during the three months ended March 31, 2022. This primarily consisted of $30,396,241 of Miners, $4,953,347 additions for MDC’s and $1,696,756 for plant and equipment.

NOTE 7 – INCOME TAXES

The Company's effective tax rates for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, were as follows:

  For the three months ended
March 31,
 
  2022  2021 
       
Effective Tax Rate      0%          0% 
         

The Company's effective tax rate is calculated by dividing total income tax expense by the sum of income before income tax expense and the net income attributable to noncontrolling interests. The Company has maintained a full valuation allowance for federal and the majority of its state jurisdictions.

NOTE 48 – STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY

Common Stock

On December 30, 2020, in connection with the transaction in which CosmosTraDigital Marketing Group LLC was acquired (the “Cosmos Transaction”) pursuantissued 5,000 shares of common stock during January 2022 for consultancy services provided to the Bid Implementation Agreement, as amended (the “Bid Agreement”), and as previously disclosed inCompany.

Under the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 5 2021, Mawson entered into Securities Purchase Agreements (“PIPE Agreements”) with existing Mawson shareholders to issue 25,000,000 shares in Mawson subject to the Closeterms of the Cosmos Transaction as well as a further 409,999 shares issued asBid Implementation Agreement the Company made share-based payments under an acceleration of outstanding RSU’s, which occurred postIncentive Compensation Program during September 2021 (refer to reverse acquisition accounting policy). Within the closing of the Cosmos Transaction on March 9, 2021.

On March 9 2021, as a part of closing the Cosmos Transaction, Mawson issued a total of 428,270,616 shares to Cosmos shareholders. There remains 50,558,133 shares that are to be issued once the approval of increase in authorized capital has been finalized, taking the total quantity of shares to be issued in the Cosmos Transaction to 478,828,749.

As a result of an adjustment to warrant’s exercise price in December 2020, an aggregate of 115,9022022 quarter, five employees converted these into 825,000 shares of common stock were issued to warrant holdersof Mawson.

During February 2022, Kyle Hoffman was paid $50,000 in conjunction with and as a resultshares of the exercise of the warrants, each on a cashless basis.

Restricted Stock

As at May 17 2021, making up the total 428,270,616 in shares issuedCompany’s common stock as a part of the compensation of the Cosmos Transaction, 156,492,928 are restricted in trading under the Restricted Stock Agreement with each shareholder until December 31 2021.

The remaining 50,558,133 shares to be issued post the authorized increase in capital of which 18,474,278 will be restricted.


Contingent Value Rights

Pursuant to the Bid Agreement, prior to the closing of the Cosmos Transaction, Mawson entered into a Contingent Value Rights Agreement (the “CVR Agreement”) with certain of Mawson’s subsidiaries (the “Mawson Subsidiaries”) with a person designated by Mawson prior to the Closing Date as the Holders’ Representative (as defined therein), and the Rights Agent (as defined therein).

Pursuant to the CVR Agreement, at the Closing Date, each Mawson pre-Closing securityholder received one non-transferable CVR for each outstanding share of common stock of Mawson and for each share of common stock of Mawson underlying other convertible securities and warrants, held as of 4:01 p.m. Eastern Time on the day immediately before the Effective Time (as defined in the CVR Agreement).

Each CVR represents the right to receive a pro rata share of anycontingent consideration that may be received by Mawson or the Mawson Subsidiaries in connection with the business of Mawon prior to the Cosmos Transaction, which was the treatment of ophthalmic disorders, including dry eye syndrome (“DES”), and which included in-licensed certain rights to purchase, market, sell and distribute a formula known as LO2A, a drug developed for the treatment of DES, and other ophthalmological illnesses, including Conjunctivochalasis (“CCH”) and Sjögren’s syndrome (“Sjögren’s”). In particular, CVR holders will be entitledMembership Interest Purchase Agreement to any consideration (whether cash, stock, assets or otherwise) that Mawson or the Mawson Subsidiaries (or any of its Affiliates or shareholders) receivesacquire shares in connection with an LO2A Transaction, which, as defined in the CVR Agreement, and which includes (i) a sale of any of the Mawson Subsidiaries to a third party and/or (ii) the partnering, licensing, sublicensing, distribution, reselling or sale of all or any part of the LO2A Technology or LO2A Products to a third party, less transaction expenses and customary deductions as detailed in the CVR agreement, including a deduction of up to $300,000 that the Mawson Subsidiaries undertook to incur in the development of the LO2A Technology at the request of the Holders’ Representative.Luna Squares LLC.

Restricted Stock

The CVRs do not confer to the holders thereof any voting or equity or ownership interest in Mawson. The CVRs are not transferable, except in limited circumstances such as by will or intestacy, and are not and will not be listed on any quotation system or traded on any securities exchange.

The CVR Agreement may be terminated under certain circumstances, including if the Mawson Subsidiaries or Mawson failing to enter into an LO2A Transaction Agreement within two years following the Effective Time.

There can be no assurance that Mawson or the Mawson Subsidiaries will successfully and timely enter into any LO2A Transaction or, if they do, that such LO2A Transaction will ultimately be successful or that any CVR payments will be made.

Series A Preferred Stock

As of May 17, 2021,March 31, 2022, there are 178,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock Outstanding.was no restricted stock.

Common Stock Warrants

A summary of the status of the Company’s outstanding stock warrants and changes during the three monthsquarter ended March 31, 20212022, is as follows:  

  Number of
Warrants
  Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
  Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Life
(in years)
 
Outstanding as of December 31, 2021  3,524,189         
Issued  3,850,000  $7.99       1.9 
Exercised  (380,000)        
Expired  -         
Outstanding as of March 31, 2022  6,994,189  $7.99   1.9 
Warrants exercisable as of March 31, 2022.  6,994,189  $7.99   1.9 

On February 23, 2022, Mawson issued to Celsius Mining warrants with an expiry date of August 23, 2023, to purchase up to 3,850,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of Mawson at an exercise price of US$6.50 per share, in connection with the $20 million loan made by Celsius to Luna Squares LLC in connection with a Customer Equipment and Co-Location Agreement entered into by Celsius and Luna Squares LLC.


 

  Number of Warrants  Weighted Average
Exercise Price
  Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life
(in years)
 
Outstanding as of December 31, 2020  142,189         
Issued  8,710,982  $0.001   5.0 
Exercised  (115,902)        
Expired  0         
Outstanding as of March 31, 2021  8,737,269  $0.001   5.0 
Warrants exercisable as of March 31, 2021  8,737,269  $0.001   5.0 

NOTE 9 – COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

As of March 16,

Agreements

1.In connection with the Cosmos Transaction, we issued one CVR to each of our securityholders for each outstanding share of common stock of Mawson, and for each share of common stock of Mawson underlying other convertible securities and warrants, held immediately before the closing of the Cosmos Transaction. Each CVR represents the right to receive a pro rata share of any consideration that we may receive in connection with any successful monetization of our LO2A business, less transaction expenses and customary deductions as detailed in the CVR agreement, including a deduction of up to $300,000 to be repaid to us for amounts we spend in the development of the LO2A Technology at the request of the representative of the holders of the CVRs. As at March 31, 2022, the Company cannot reliably measure the cost of the CVRs and it is not probable that these payments will be made and therefore this has been classified as a contingent liability.

2.On August 9, 2021, Infrastructure entered into a second Long-Term Purchase Contract with Canaan for the purchase of 15,000 next generation Avalon A1246 ASIC Miners. The purchase price per unit is $4,908 for a total purchase price of $73,620,000. As at March 31, 2022 the Company had paid $54,180,000 in relation to this contract with the remaining balance owed at the end of the quarter.

NOTE 10 – BORROWINGS

Short-term Borrowings

On October 15, 2021, the Company receivedacquired 2,000 Whatsminers M30’s for delivery in October 2021 from Foundry Digital LLC for a notice from OTC Markets Group (OTC) that thetotal consideration of $16,481,328. The Company failed to havepaid a public float greater than 10%deposit of $3,202,766 and entered into an extension of the total shares outstanding, pursuant to Section 1.1.1(C) of OTCQB Standards, which, if not rectified within 30 days, may result inoriginal Foundry finance agreement with Foundry for the Company ceasing to trade on the OTCQB marketplace. However, we expect, subject to several filings, to be in compliance with the rule in the near future and submitted a plan to cure the deficiency on April 16, 2021, which OTC accepted, giving the Company until June 30, 2021 to rectify the issue. Subject to the registration statement S1 being filed and accepted by the SEC, the Company expects that the Company will be in compliance with the rule by June 30, 2021.


NOTE 5 – DEBT, COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Convertible Note

On February 12, 2021, Cosmos issued 28,012,364 unsecured convertible promissory notes (the “Cosmos Notes”), which mandatorily convert into 0.0424 shares in Cosmos at the earlier of 6 months from February 12, 2021 or upon the occurrence of certain events. The notes accrue interest at the rate of 8% per annum which may be settled in stock or cash at the optionbalance of the company. The Cosmos Notes raised net proceedsconsideration over a 12-month term, of $20,275,349 comprising gross proceeds of $21,569,520 less transaction costs.which $7,801,933 is outstanding at March 31, 2022.

Long-term Borrowings

The Cosmos Notes automatically converted into convertible notes of Mawson (“Mawson Notes”) upon close of

Marshall loan

In December 2021 the Cosmos Transaction on 9 March 2021. The Mawson Notes have substantially the same terms as the Cosmos notes and mandatorily convert into shares of Mawson the earlier of 6 months from February 12, 2021 or upon the occurrence of certain events at an issue price of $0.339 per Mawson share and will create 63,626,903 shares in total. Given the mandatory and fixed conversion the notes have been accounted for as equity.

Debt

On 25 January 2021 The Company entered into a Leveraged AccountSecured Loan Facility Agreement with Independent Reserve. ThisMarshall Investments MIG Pty Ltd which was payable in three tranches. The first tranche was received during December 2021 with an amount of $7.86 million. Tranche two and three were received during January and February 2022 with a total amount of $7.11 million. The loan matures in 2024 and bears interest at a rate of 12.00% per annum, payable monthly which commenced December 2021.The Loan facility is denominated in Bitcoin (BTC) and enablessecured by a general security agreement given by the Company to borrow up to 10 BTC subject to certain margin requirements. As at March 31, 2021 the Company owed 10 BTC under this facility, which has been recorded within short term borrowings at its fair value of $399,206. Amounts owing under this facility are payable on demand.Company. Principal repayments begin during 2023.


 

On January 27, 2021, Cosmos Infrastructure LLC (“Cosmos Infrastructure”) entered into an Equipment Purchase and Finance and Security Agreement with Foundry Digital LLC (“Foundry”) to purchase machinery that will be located at a facility hosted by Compute North LLC (“Compute North”).

Celsius loan

On February 5, 2021, the term of the agreement was further amended to have a final payment of January 27, 2022. Under the terms of the agreement, Cosmos Infrastructure purchased 500 Whatsminer M30S mining machines, paid a deposit of $264,000, and borrowed a total of $1,056,000. The facility will be repaid in full on the last payment date.

Leases

The Company owns 50% equity in Luna Squares, LLC.23, 2022, Luna Squares LLC leasesentered into the Co-Location Agreement with Celsius Mining LLC, in connection with this agreement, Celsius Mining loaned Luna Squares LLC a one-acre lotprincipal amount of US$20,000,000, for the purpose of funding the infrastructure required to meet the obligations of the Co-Location Agreement, for which Luna Squares LLC issued a Secured Promissory Note for repayment of such amount. The Secured Promissory Note accrues interest daily at a rate of 12% per annum. Luna Squares LLC is required to amortize the loan at a rate of 15% per quarter, with principal repayments starting in the Statethird quarter of Georgia referred2022. The Secured Promissory Note has a maturity date of August 23, 2023.

NOTE 11 – RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

On March 16, 2022, Luna Squares LLC entered into a lease with respect to a property in the City of Sharon, Mercer County, Pennsylvania with Vertua Property, Inc, a subsidiary entity in which Vertua Ltd has a 100% ownership interest. James Manning, CEO, a director and a significant shareholder of the Company, is also a director of Vertua Ltd and has a material interest in the Sharon lease as “Luna Squares”a large shareholder of Vertua Ltd. The lease contains market standard legal terms, and will be for a term of 5 years, and Luna Squares LLC has 2 options to extend for 5 years each. The Company’s Audit Committee has compared the rent and terms to other arms’ length leases the Company has entered into and formed the view the rent is in line with the market for similar properties. Rent is subject to annual increases equal to the amount of the Consumer Price Index for the Northeast Region, or 4%, whichever is higher. The base rental amount in the first year is $0.24 million. Depending on power energization and usage, variable additional rent may be payable, with charges ranging from $500 to $10,000 per month, depending on power energized and whether it is available. Upon the recommendation from the Development AuthorityAudit Committee, the directors of Washington County. The initial lease term is from May 1, 2020 until April 30, 2023. An amendmentthe Company, other than James Manning, were made aware of the material facts as to Mr. Manning’s interest in the lease and exercise of option to lease was signed and in effect from February 23, 2021 (“Lease Amendment”). The Lease Amendment covers an additional 4 acres of the property, bringing the total to 5 acres under the lease. It also includes 5, 3-year extension options bringing a total optional lease period running until 2038.

The Company leases the headquarters of its business operations at Level 5, 97 Pacific Highway, North Sydney NSW 2060 Australia, being 1,076 square feet of office space held under a license agreement ending December 31, 2021.

Other than these leases,authorized the Company does notin good faith to enter the lease any material assets. The Company believes that these offices and facilities are suitable and adequate for its operations as currently conducted and as currently foreseen. Inafter determining the event additional or substitute offices and facilities are required,lease to be fair to the Company believes that it could obtain such offices and facilities at commercially reasonable rates.Company.

Contingent obligation in relation to LO2A

Refer note 2.

NOTE 612 – SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

On April 22, 2021, Distributed Storage Solutions Pty Ltd (DSS), undertookMay 12, 2022, Luna Squares Texas LLC (a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company) entered into an Option Agreement and Gross Profit Agreement with JAI TX, LLC and then signed or took and assignment of 4 leases for properties in Texas (all in close proximity) with the intent to develop MDC facilities for mining Bitcoin. Luna Squares Texas LLC will seek to execute relevant power agreements, however the expectation is that the four locations can provide a capital raisecombined 120MW of power. Rent under the leases ranges from $1,500 to third party investors$5,227.20 per acre per annum. The lessors include a substantial listed holder of land in Australia at AUD$11.60 per share, which diluted Mawsons holdingTexas, and family groups. Under the Option Agreement, JAI TX, LLC has the option to receive an issue of up to 20%

Apart of the membership interests in Luna Squares Texas LLC. The purchase prices will be a share of capital costs equal to the membership interest acquired by JAI TX, LLC, and an amount of Luna Squares Texas LLC’s debt financing in proportion to JAI TX, LLC’s shareholding. In return for certain services provided by JAI TX, LLC, JAI TX, LLC will be entitled to a share of all Electric Reliability Council of Texas program payments paid to Luna Squares Texas LLC (“ERCOT Payment”), as well as a share of the Bitcoin profit from the DSS transaction, there have been no subsequent events since March 31, 2021.Texas locations less certain costs, including depreciation. Capital costs for Luna Squares Texas LLC are expected to exceed $4.19m.


Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

 

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations analyzes the major elements of our balance sheets, statements of comprehensive income (loss) and cash flows. This sectionThe following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read together with the interim condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in conjunction withthis Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as well as our audited consolidated financial statements and related notes as disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 (“2020 Form 10-K”) filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission(the “SEC”), The Annual consolidated financial statements of Cosmos included in included in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed May 13, 2021 and our unaudited interim consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes to these Financial Statements included in this quarterly report on Form 10-Q. For accounting and financial purposes, Mawson is treated as the “acquired” company by Cosmos, and historical financial information provided is that of Cosmos, not Mawson.2021. All amounts are in U.S. dollars.

 

Throughout this report, unless otherwise designated, the terms “we,” “us,” “our,” the “Company,” “Mawson,” “our company” and the “combined company” refer to Mawson Infrastructure Group Inc. (formerly known as Wize Pharma, Inc.), a Delaware corporation, and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, including Cosmos Capital Limited,Mawson Infrastructure Group Pty Ltd, an Australian company (“Cosmos”Mawson AU”), Cosmos Trading Pty Ltd, Cosmos Infrastructure LLC, Cosmos Manager LLC, Cosmos Grid TechMIG No.1 Pty Ltd, Cosmos Asset Management Pty Ltd, and Luna Squares LLC, (formerly knownBITTD Pty Ltd, Luna Squares Repairs LLC, Luna Squares Property LLC and Mawson Mining LLC . Wize NC Inc, Occuwize Ltd and Wize Pharma Ltd are subsidiaries of Mawson however these companies have not been consolidated into the financial statements are not included when referring to we, us, our or the Company or Mawson as Innovative Property Management LLC).these are subject to contingent value rights (“CVR”), refer to note 9 of the financial statements.

 

Pursuant to that certain Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company dated August 11, 2021, Mawson executed a 10-for-1 reverse stock split of its outstanding common stock and reduced its authorized common stock to 120,000,000 shares, as set forth in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed August 16, 2021. Unless otherwise specified, all Mawson share numbers in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q reflect post-reverse stock split numbers.

Forward-Looking Statement Notice

 

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements about our expectations, beliefs or intentions regarding, among other things, our product development efforts, business, financial condition, results of operations, strategies or prospects. In addition, from time to time, our representatives have made or may make forward-looking statements, orally or in writing. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking words such as “believe,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “may,” “should” or “anticipate” or their negatives or other variations of these words or other comparable words or by the fact that these statements do not relate strictly to historical or current matters. These forward-looking statements may be included in, but are not limited to, various filings made by us with the SEC, press releases or oral statements made by or with the approval of one of our authorized executive officers. Forward-looking statements relate to anticipated or expected events, activities, trends or results as of the date they are made. Because forward-looking statements relate to matters that have not yet occurred, these statements are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ materially from any future results expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Many factors could cause our actual activities or results to differ materially from the activities and results anticipated in forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, the risk factors set forth in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020,2021, and in Part II – Item 1A of this report.

 

This report identifies important factors which could cause our actual results to differ materially from those indicated by the forward-looking statements, particularly those set forth under Item 1A. “Risk Factors” as disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020,2021, and in Part II – Item 1A of this report.

 

Such risk factors are not necessarily all of the important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in any of our forward-looking statements. Given these uncertainties, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements.

 


Factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to:

 

Wethe fact that we have incurred operating losses and may be unablecontinue to do so for the foreseeable future;

that we may need to raise additional capital, needed to grow our business.meet unexpected liabilities or accelerate growth in a competitive environment, and such capital raising may be costly or difficult to obtain and will dilute current stockholders’ ownership interests;

The
that we may never become profitable;
competition and technological challenges we may face;
the slowing or stopping of the development or acceptance of digital asset systems.systems;

Changes to any digital asset
changes the Bitcoin network’s protocols and software.software;

Any
any decrease in the incentive for Bitcoin mining.mining;
growth challenges we may face;

 

Furtherour ability to obtain and maintain adequate insurance;

we may become subject to existing or new regulationfuture government regulations which increase the cost of doing business, or which cause us to cease some or all of our operations;
our exposure to fluctuations in the market value of digital assets, such asin particular Bitcoin, as securities or investment securities orand the relative attractiveness of those digital assets to investors, speculators, and users payment network services over other solutions;
our activities that would require further registration or compliance with additional regulationsreliance on third party manufacturers for Miners and laws.other infrastructure and hardware;
risks relating to the supply chain disruptions due to pandemic (e.g. COVID-19), shortages (computer chips), and geo-political tensions (e.g. China trade bans, war in Ukraine);
climate and climate change risks, including direct risks from storms and floods, but also the implementation of policies which may lead to higher energy costs;

 

Global climate changes and related environmental regulations, or pandemic or similar items and events.

Politicalpolitical or economic crises motivating large-scale sales of digital assets.assets;
regulatory risks, including local and global governments regulating, or even banning, Bitcoin or Bitcoin mining;
the impact of our business successes or failures on the value of our common stock;
the impact of future stock sales on our stock price;
the potential lack of liquidity, or volatility, of our common stock and warrants;
the potential failure to maintain effective internal controls over financial reporting;
the existence of anti-takeover provisions in our charter documents and Delaware law;
that we do not intend to pay dividends on our common stock; and
competitive companies and technologies within our industry, and outside it (such as central bank digital currencies and quantum computing).

Electricity costs.

 


All forward-looking statements attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf speak only as of the date of this report and are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements included in this report. Except as required by applicable law, we undertake no obligations to update or revise forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that arise after the date made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. In evaluating forward-looking statements, you should consider these risks and uncertainties.

 

Overview

 

General. Mawson (formerly known as Wize Pharma, Inc.), through its majority-owned subsidiary, Cosmos, is a ‘Digital Asset Infrastructure’ business, which owns and operates (through Cosmos)its majority-owned subsidiary Mawson AU) modular data centers (MDCs) currently based(“MDCs”) in the United States.States and Australia. We are focused on developing the technology to enable us to own and operate MDCs that are both air-cooled and liquid immersion cooled.

 

We either own or have ordered approximately 18,332 specialized, application-specificOur primary business is the ownership and operation of Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (“ASIC”) computers known as Miners. We currently operate three sites, with two locations in USA, and a location in Australia, from which we operate our combined business. The Miners which, as at March 31, 2021 produce approximately 200 Petahash of computing power, with a total capacity upon deployment of all ordered equipment approximately 1,483 Petahash. This isare predominately directed to and focused on the process known asof digital mining, and specifically for Bitcoin.

 

ComplementingWe offer ‘hosting’ or ‘co-location’ arrangements to other businesses in the digital asset infrastructure industry the opportunity to have their Miners that we ownlocated within our MDCs, who pay us a fee for the use of our facilities and operate,related services (often based on consumption).

We also sell used crypto currency mining equipment on a periodic basis, subject to prevailing market conditions for used equipment.

As of March 31, 2022

  Existing
Operations
Online
  Order and Purchase
Agreements
  Cumulative
Fleet Fully
Deployed
 
Total miners online  20,697   -   20,697 
Total miners in Transit  -   2,168   2,168 
Total miners on order  -   11,000   11,000 
Total miners in storage  5,360   -   5,360 
Total miners  26,057   13,168   39,225 

We continue to conduct research and development in relation to our MDCs which we are actively conducting researchtesting in several configurations and development into a suitable solutionlocations to determine the best configuration for liquid immersion for Miners, field-programmable gate array (FPGA) (which is an electronic device that includes digital logic circuitry you can program to customize its functionality),both ASIC and general-purposealternate computing on a graphics processing unit (GPU) (which is the use of a GPU together with a central processing unit (CPU) to accelerate computation in applications traditionally handled only by the CPU). We have our own proprietary tank design which we are currently in the process of commercializing.uses.

 

In addition, our indirect subsidiary, Cosmos Asset Management Pty Ltd (“Cosmos Asset Management”), is the investment manager of the Bitcoin Wholesale Access Fund, a wholesale, unregistered managed investment scheme which currentlyBitcoin Wholesale Access Fund invests in and holds Bitcoin for third party investors.

Our Productsinvestors and Services. Our digital asset infrastructure business can be divided into three main activities:

Digital Processing and Hosting Solutions (Mining)

The business of digital processing and mining requires the purchase and ownership of computing hardware and servers specific to the computing problem that a person is seeking to solve, referred to as a “Miner”. Each Miner or component thereof can be specifically specialized to perform a function better than other hardware for the purpose of maximizing the return from any specific processing task.

Mining hardware performs computational operations in support of the blockchain measured in “hash rate” or “hashes per second.” A “hash” is the computation run by mining hardware in support of the blockchain; therefore, a miner’s “hash rate” refers to the rate at which it is capable of solving such computations. The original equipment used for mining Bitcoin utilized the Central Processing Unit (“CPU”) of a computer to mine various forms of cryptocurrency. Due to performance limitations, CPU mining was rapidly replaced by the Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), which offers significant performance advantages over CPUs. General purpose chipsets like CPUs and GPUs have since been replaced in the mining industry by Application Specific Integrated Circuits (“ASIC”) chips. These ASIC chips are designed specifically to maximize the rate of hashing operations.

Research and Development

Our research and development, or R&D, program is focused on researching and exploring opportunities to improve the efficiency of hardware and software and MDC’s, including the development of technology to enable us to own and operate MDCs that are both air cooled and liquid immersion cooled. We have also begun research into the software element of computing and are in the initial stages of researching a range of programs to improve efficiency through this avenue as well.

We are conducting research in both Australia and the United States. By conducting research in different countries, we are able to research improvements in efficiencies across varying climates. The climate in Nebraska (extremely warm dry summers, extremely cold, windy winters), varies greatly to Georgia (hot, humid summers, cool, still winters) which varies greatly to Sydney (warm, humid summers, mild, windy winters).


We have partnered with leading design firms in both Australia and the United States to ensure the finished products can be deployed in different climates. By using global designers and vendors, it provides us the opportunity to seek to enhance the design to ensure success of the technology in all jurisdictions, climates and scenarios.

Complementing the Miners that we own and operate, we are actively conducting research and development into a suitable solution for liquid immersion for Miners, field-programmable gate array (“FPGA”) (which is an electronic device that includes digital logic circuitry you can program to customize its functionality), general-purpose computing on a GPU (which is the use of a GPU together with a CPU to accelerate computation in applications traditionally handled only by the CPU). We have our own proprietary tank design which it is currently in the process of commercializing.

In addition to the SHA-256-based Miner servers, we own several other GPU, CPU and FGPA based servers which we are utilizing to explore alternate computing use cases in several fields beyond Bitcoin mining.

Asset Management

We have a dedicated asset management business, which is operated through Cosmos Asset Management, which is involved in the ownership and management of digital assets and infrastructure, and which is the investment manager of the BitcoinCosmos Global Digital Miners Access Wholesale Fund, a wholesale, unregistered managed investment scheme which investsETF, listed on Cboe in and holds Bitcoin for third party investors. This business leveragesAustralia under the existing knowledge and infrastructure of our digital asset business to provide its investors exposure to various investment opportunities.code DIGA.

 

Through a strategic partnership with Independent Reserve Pty Limited, one of Australia’s leading digital exchanges, Cosmos Asset Management has custody agreements and security procedures in place to manage the various risks with investing in digital assets. In addition, Cosmos Asset Management manages a dedicated business in distributed storage infrastructure.Prior LO2A Business

 

As of April 30,On March 9, 2021, the funds under managementCompany acquired the shares of Mawson AU in a stock for stock exchange (the “Cosmos Transaction”).

Prior to the asset managementCosmos Transaction our main business are approximately USD$6.70 million.

LO2A Business.

Through our holdings in the Wize Subsidiaries, we also have in-licensed certain rights to purchase, market, sell and distributeundertaking was as a formula known as LO2A, a drug developed forclinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of ophthalmic disorders, including dry eye syndrome (“DES”), and other ophthalmological illnesses, including Conjunctivochalasis (“CCH”) and Sjögren’s syndrome (“Sjögren’s”(our “LO2A business”). However, as part of the Cosmos Transaction, substantially all of the economic benefits of any successful monetization of our LO2A business, if any, will benefit only the holders of the CVRsCVR and any contingent right holders. Accordingly, we assessed that the fair value of this asset at the acquisition date was $nil. The asset was therefore assessed as impaired and the prior carrying amount of $23.96 million has been fully expensed in the consolidated statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2021.

 


Recent Developments.

 

Mawson owns 50% equity in Luna Squares LLC.On February 23, 2022, Luna Squares LLC entered into the Co-Location Agreement with Celsius Mining LLC (“Celsius Mining”), pursuant to which Luna Squares LLC will provide a hosting facility, electrical power and internet access to Celsius Mining for the purposes of installing, maintaining and operating Celsius Mining’s ASIC machines (cryptocurrency mining equipment) for a monthly services fee based on power consumption, plus an infrastructure fee, plus a market margin. In addition, Celsius Mining loaned Luna Squares LLC a principal amount of US$20,000,000 (“Principal”), for the purpose of funding the infrastructure required to meet the obligations of the Co-Location Agreement, for which Luna Squares LLC issued a Secured Promissory Note (the “Promissory Note”) in the principal amount equal to the Principal. The Promissory Note accrues interest daily at rate of 12% per annum. Luna Squares LLC is required to amortize the loan at a rate of 15% per quarter, with principal repayments starting in the third quarter following the closing. The Promissory Note has a maturity date of August 23, 2023. In the event Luna Squares LLC receives cash proceeds from certain sales of assets, Luna Squares LLC would be required to direct such cash proceeds to Celsius Mining, which will be applied to the outstanding principal and interest under the Promissory Note. The Promissory Note includes customary events of default and remedies. In connection with the transaction, Mawson issued to Celsius Mining, warrants to purchase up to 3,850,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of Mawson at an exercise price of US$6.50 per share. The warrant may be exercised at any time after issuance and until the later to occur of the eighteen (18) month anniversary of issuance and the date on which the Promissory Note has been completely repaid.

On March 16, 2022, Luna Squares LLC entered into a lease with respect to a property in the City of Sharon, Mercer County, Pennsylvania with Vertua Property, Inc, a subsidiary entity in which Vertua Ltd has a 100% ownership interest. James Manning, CEO, a director and a significant stockholder of the Company is also a director of Vertua Ltd and has a material interest in the Sharon lease as a large shareholder of Vertua Ltd. The lease contains market standard legal terms, and will be for a term of 5 years, and Luna Squares LLC has 2 options to extend for 5 years each. The Audit Committee of the Company has compared the rent and terms to other arms’ length leases a one-acre lotthe Company has entered into and formed the view the rent is in Georgia referredline with the market for similar properties. Rent is subject to as “Luna Squares”annual increases equal to the CPI for the Northeast Region, or 4%, whichever is higher. The base rental amount in the first year is $0.24 million. Depending on power energization and usage, variable additional rent may be payable, with charges ranging from $500 to $10,000 per month, depending on power energized and whether it is available. Upon the recommendation from the Development AuthorityAudit Committee, the directors of Washington County. The lease term was originally from May 1, 2020 until April 30, 2023. An amendmentthe Company, other than James Manning, were made aware of the material facts as to Mr. Manning’s interest in the lease and exercise of optionauthorized the Company in good faith to enter the lease was signed and in effect from February 23, 2021 (“Lease Amendment”). The Lease Amendment covers an additional 4 acres ofafter determining the property, bringinglease to be fair to the total to 5 acres under the lease. It also includes 5, 3-year extension options bringing the total lease period to run until 2038.Company.

 

Mawson owns 20% equity in Distributed Storage Solutions Pty Ltd (DSS), and Australian private company operating a blockchain based decentralized storage business, based on the IPFS protocol. The business utilizes Filcoin as part of its operations to generate revenue. Mawson subscribed for 500,000 shares at AUD$1.00 per share. On April 22, 2021, DSS undertook a capital raise to third party investors in Australia at AUD$11.60 per share.COVID-19.

COVID-19.

 

The COVID-19 global pandemic has been unpredictable and unprecedented and is likely to continue to result in significant national and global economic disruption, which may adversely affect our business. The Company relies on equipment supplied by third parties which, like many manufacturing businesses globally, are at risk of supply chain issues. We currently do not expect any material impact on our long-term development, operations, or liquidity due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, we are actively monitoring this situation and the possible effects on our financial condition, liquidity, operations, suppliers, and industry.

 

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Digital assets and cryptocurrencies have been the source of much regulatory consternation, resulting in differing definitional outcomes without a single unifying statement. We do not believe our mining activities require registration to conduct such activities and accumulate digital assets. Nevertheless it is likely that regulation in the digital asset industry will increase. On March 9, 2022, President Biden issued an executive order that identified the following objectives for future regulation of digital assets in the United States: (1) protect consumers, investors, and businesses, (2) protect financial stability, (3) mitigate the illicit finance and national security risks posed by misuse of digital assets, (4) reinforce United States leadership in the global financial system and in technological and economic competitiveness, (5) promote access to safe and affordable financial services, and (6) support technological advances that promote responsible development and use of digital assets. The executive order was generally received as a positive for the digital asset industry, especially in the United States, as it appears to seek to foster an environment of innovation for digital assets within some reasonable bounds. This can be seen as similar to moves in the Australian government context, where the government has declared that it is seeking to better understand digital assets in order to craft and promulgate better designed regulation, and can be seen as contrasting to the reactions in some jurisdictions, where outright bans and other barriers have been erected against digital assets and cryptocurrencies.


In the past it has also been noted that the SEC, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”), Nasdaq or other governmental or quasi-governmental agency or organization (including similar authorities in other jurisdictions such as Australia) may conclude that our digital asset mining activities involve the offer or sale of “securities”, or ownership of “investment securities”, and we may face regulation under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) or the Investment Company Act of 1940. Such regulation or the inability to meet the requirements to continue operations, would have a material adverse effect on business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects of our business. Currently in Australia, Bitcoin itself is not considered a financial product nor are digital assets regarded as money or currency for the purpose of Australian law. The effect of any future regulatory change on digital assets or an entity dealing in or holding digital assets is impossible to predict, but such change could be substantial and adverse to our financial returns.

Results of Operations - Three Monthsmonths Ended March 31, 2021 Compared2022 compared to the Three Months Endedthree months ended March 31, 20202021

  Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
  March 2021 Q1  March 2020 Q1 
Revenues:      
Cryptocurrency mining revenue  5,120,014   770,461 
Sale of crypto currency mining equipment  1,877,613   - 
Total revenues  6,997,627   770,461 
         
Operating cost and expenses:        
Cost of revenues  2,372,781   449,897 
Selling, general and administrative  2,882,626   476,149 
LO2A acquired IPR&D write down  23,963,050   - 
Share based payments  14,795,403   - 
Depreciation and amortization  1,314,899   1,357,485 
Total operating expenses  45,328,759   2,283,531 
Loss from operations  (38,331,132)  (1,513,070)
Other income (expense):        
Realized gain (losses) on foreign currency transactions  1,028,621   (852)
Unrealized gain (losses) on foreign currency remeasurement  (1,690,303)  889,843 
Realized gain (loss) on sale of digital currencies  93,613   (14,309)
Other income  379,128   108,895 
Loss before income taxes  (38,520,073)  (529,493)
Income tax expenses  -   - 
Net loss  (38,520,073)  (529,493)
    For the three months ended 
  March 31, 
 2022  2021 
Revenues:         
Cryptocurrency mining revenue     18,783,842   5,120,014 
Hosting Co-Location revenue  548,948   - 
Sale of crypto currency mining equipment  91,545   1,877,613 
Total revenues    19,424,335   6,997,627 
Less: Cost of revenues (excluding depreciation)    8,412,360   2,372,781 
Gross profit  11,011,975   4,624,846 
Selling, general and administrative  6,476,945   2,631,964 
LO2A write off    -   23,963,050 
Share based payments    390,609   14,795,403 
Depreciation and amortization    13,803,032   1,314,899 
Total operating expenses    20,670,586   42,705,316 
Loss from operations  (9,658,611)  (38,080,470)
Non-operating income/(expense):        
Gains on foreign currency transactions  (699,237)  (661,682)
Other income  24,447   472,741 
Interest expense  (1,236,673)  (250,662)
Loss before income taxes    (11,570,074)  (38,520,073)
Income tax expense  -   - 
Net Loss    (11,570,074)  (38,520,073)

 


Revenues

 

Cryptocurrency mining revenues from production for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 were $18.78 million and 2020 were $5.12 million and $770,461, respectively. ForThis represented an increase of $13.66 million or 267% over the period. The increase in mining revenue for the period was primarily attributable to an increase in the total Bitcoin produced. Bitcoin produced totaled 458.68 in 2022 compared with 123.22 in the 2021 period, or an increase of 272% of Bitcoin produced over the respective period.

Hosting co-location revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 this represented anwere $0.55 million and $nil respectively. This increase of $4.35 million over the same three month period in 2020. The increase in miningis due to there being no co-location revenue was primarily attributable to higher bitcoin values in the 2021 period, averaging $44,984 per coin as compared to $7,943 per coin in the 2020prior period. Bitcoins produced and sold totaled 113.5 in 2021 as compared to 97.0 in the 2020 period.

 

Sales of cryptocurrencycrypto currency mining equipment for the three months ended March 31, 20212022, were $0.09 million and $1.88 million. No sales were recorded in the 2020 period. The revenue in 2021 was attributable to sale of earlier generation cryptocurrency mining equipment.million respectively.

  

Operating Cost and Expenses

 

Our operating costcosts and expenses include cost of revenues; selling, general and administrative expenses; share based payments; and depreciation and amortization.

 

Cost of revenues.

 

Our cost of revenue consists primarily of: cost of mining hardware sold, and direct power costs related to cryptocurrency mining.mining, and cost of mining equipment sold.

 

Cost of revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 and 2020 were $2.37$8.41 million and $449,897, $2.37 million, respectively. The increase in cost of revenue was primarily attributable to: cost of cryptocurrency mining hardware sold of $1.42 million in the 2021 period; and an increase in power costs related to the increase in the deployment and operation of cryptocurrency mining hardware. Included in our cost of revenues is any costs associated with offsetting carbon emissions. 

 

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Selling, general and administrative. 

 

Our selling, general and administrative expenses consist primarily of:of professional and management fees relating toto: accounting, payroll, audit, and legal:legal; research and development; and general office expenses.

 

Selling, general and administrative expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 and 2020 were $2.88 $6.48 million and $476,149,$2.88 million respectively. The increase in selling, general and administrative expenses were primarily attributable to: one off professional fees relatedto a number of factors; payroll expenses increased by $1.63 million due to an increase in employee numbers during the year; equipment repair costs increased by $0.68 million; marketing costs increased by $0.40 million; operating lease expense increased by $0.37 million due to the Cosmos Transaction; new lease agreements entered into since March 2021; freight expense increased by $0.3 million representing the increase in property and increasesequipment purchases during the year. The remaining increase in expenses relatedrelates to the increase in the scale of business operations. during the year.

LO2A writedown.

 

Upon consummation of the Reverse Asset Acquisition, where Mawson was determined to be the accounting acquiree, any value associated with the acquired in-process research and development (IPR&D) relating to the Mawson’s LO2A product candidates have been expensed in the consolidated statement of operations as there is no alternative future use and the fair value of the contingent obligation with respect to future revenues assessed as nil fair value given the planned disposal. This resulted in a one off expense of $23,963,050 calculated by reference to the purchase consideration. No expenses were recorded in the 2020 period.

Share based payments.

 

Share based payments consist of: the value of shares required to be issued to Incentive Compensation Program participants under the Cosmos Transaction Bid Implementation Agreement; and the value of warrants issued to HC Wainwright as a fee related to the acquisition by Mawson of Cosmos.

Share based payments expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 were $0.39 million and $14.80 million. Sharerespectively. In the three months ended March 31, 2022, share based payments were split between HC Wainwright $6.18largely attributable to costs recognized for warrants issued to Celsius Mining LLC amounting to $0.17 million and an accrual of $8.58$0.17 million for amounts relatedin relation to the obligation of Mawson to issue RSU’s pursuant to the terms of the Bid Implementation Agreementlong-term incentives for the Cosmos Transaction, included in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed May 13, 2021. No expenses were recorded in the 2020 periodleadership team.

 

Depreciation and amortization.

 

Depreciation consists primarily of depreciation of cryptocurrency mining hardware and modular data center (MDC)MDC equipment.

 

Depreciation and amortization for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 and 2020 were $1.31$13.80 million and $1.36$1.31 million, respectively. The decreaseincrease is primarily attributable to new machines and MDCs which are being procured and have come into the ownership of the Company and the application of the diminishing value method, resulting in a higher depreciation expense in the initial months of mining equipment operation, and that new machines which are being procured have not yet come in the ownership of the Company.operation.

 


Other income (expenses)

Non-operating expense

  

Our other income (expenses) consists of:Non-operating expenses consist primarily of interest expense and net realized gains (losses)and unrealized losses on foreign currency transactions; netremeasurement.

During 2022, the realized and unrealized gains (losses)losses on foreign currency remeasurement; realized gains (losses)transactions were $0.70 million and in prior period there was a loss of $0.61.

Interest expense increased by $0.99 million attributable to the interest costs charged on sale of digital currencies;the loans taken out with Foundry Digital LLC, Marshall Investments MIG Pty Ltd during the year and other income. Other income consists of sales for hosting clients, investment management fees, unrealized fair value on investments and other minor income events.Celsius Mining LLC.

 

Net loss available to Common Shareholders

 

As a result of the foregoing, the Company recognized a net loss of $38.52$11.34 million for the three months ended March 31, 20212022, compared to a net loss of $529,493$38.56 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020.

2021.

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Non-GAAP Financial Measures

The Company utilizes a number of different financial measures, both GAAP and non-GAAP, in analyzing and assessing its overall business performance, for making operating decisions and for forecasting and planning future periods. The Company considers the use of non-GAAP financial measures helpful in assessing its current financial performance, ongoing operations and prospects for the future. While the Company uses non-GAAP financial measures as a tool to enhance its understanding of certain aspects of its financial performance, the Company does not consider these measures to be a substitute for, or superior to, the information provided by GAAP financial measures. Consistent with this approach, the Company believes that disclosing non-GAAP financial measures to the readers of its financial information provides such readers with useful supplemental data that, while not a substitute for GAAP financial measures, allows for greater transparency in the review of its financial and operational performance. Investors are cautioned that there are inherent limitations associated with the use non-GAAP financial measures as an analytical tool. In particular, non-GAAP financial measures are not based on a comprehensive set of accounting rules or principles and many of the adjustments to the GAAP financial measures reflect the exclusion of items that are recurring and will be reflected in the company’s financial results for the foreseeable future. In addition, other companies, including other companies in the Company’s industry, may calculate non-GAAP financial measures differently than the Company does, limiting their usefulness as a comparative tool.

The Company is providing supplemental financial measures for (i) non-GAAP adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, or (“adjusted EBITDA”) that excludes the impact of interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization, share-based compensation expense, LO2A write-back, unrealized gains/losses on share of associates, and certain non-recurring expenses. We believe that adjusted EBITDA is useful to investors in comparing our performance across reporting periods on a consistent basis.


  For the three months Ended 
March 31,  
 
   2022    2021    
Reconciliation of non-GAAP adjusted EBITDA:               
Net loss:  (11,570,074)  (38,520,073)
Share of net loss of associates accounted for using the equity method  -   - 
Depreciation and amortization  13,803,032   1,314,899 
Share based payments  390,609   14,795,403 
Unrealized and realized losses/(gain)  699,237   661,682 
Other non-operating revenue  (24,447)  (472,741)
Other non-operating expenses  1,236,673   - 
Tax  -   - 
LO2A write-back  -   23,963,050 
EBITDA (non-GAAP)  4,535,030   1,742,220 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

General

 

Liquidity is the ability of a company to generate funds to support its current and future operations, satisfy its obligations, and otherwise operate on an ongoing basis. Significant factors in the management of liquidity are funds generated by operations, levels of accounts receivable and accounts payable and capital expenditures. For the three monthsmonth period ended March 31, 2021,2022, we financed our operations primarily through:

 

1.entering into Securities Purchase Agreements (the “PIPE Agreements”) on December 31, 2020, with certain accredited investors (the “PIPE Investors”), whereby we agreed to sell to the PIPE Investors, in a private placement, an aggregateNet cash provided by operating activities of 25 million shares of common stock for aggregate gross proceeds of $3.0$5.86 million;
   
2.On January 27, 2021, Cosmos Infrastructure LLC (“Cosmos Infrastructure”) entered into an Equipment Purchase and Finance and Security Agreement with Foundry Digital LLC (“Foundry”) to purchase machinery that will be located at a facility hosted by Compute North LLC (“Compute North”). On February 5, 2021, the issuance on March 9, 2021term of convertible notes with an aggregate principal amountthe agreement was further amended to have a final payment due January 27, 2022. Under the terms of $21,442,694;the agreement, Cosmos Infrastructure purchased 500 Whatsminer M30S mining machines, paid a deposit of $264,000, and borrowed a total of $1,056,000. The Company paid in full this original loan balance in January 2022;
   
3.net cash provided by operating activitiesOn October 15, 2021, an expansion of $1.87 million.the Equipment Finance and Security Agreement was entered into with Foundry to purchase an additional 2000 Whatsminers M30’s delivered in October 2021, $13,185,062 was borrowed, $7,801,933 is owed at March 31, 2022;
4.

On December 9, 2021, entering into a Secured Loan Facility Agreement with Marshall Investments MIG Pty Ltd (“Marshall”) on December 9, 2021 with a total loan facility of AUD$20 million comprising of three tranches:

Tranche 1- AUD$10.5 million (received in December 2021)

Tranche 2- AUD$4.8 million (received in January 2022)

Tranche 3- AUD$4.8 million (received in February 2022); and

5.

On February 23, 2022, Luna Squares LLC entered into the Co-Location Agreement with Celsius Mining LLC, in connection with this agreement, Celsius Mining loaned Luna Squares LLC a principal amount of US$20,000,000, for the purpose of funding the infrastructure required to meet the obligations of the Co-Location Agreement, for which Luna Squares issued a Secured Promissory Note in the principal amount equal to the Principal. The Promissory Note accrues interest daily at rate of 12% per annum. Luna Squares LLC is required to amortize the loan at a rate of 15% per quarter, with principal repayments starting in the third quarter following the closing. The Promissory Note has a maturity date of August 23, 2023.

 


During the quarter we repaid $3.2 million of payments against the historical facilities provided by Foundry.

We believe our working capital requirements will continue to be funded through a combination of the cash we expect to generate from future operations, our existing funds, external debt facilities available to us and further issuances of shares. These are expected to be adequate to fund our operations over the next twelve months. For our business to grow it is expected we will continue investing in mining equipment, we are likely to require additional capital in either the short-term or long-term.

On August 9, 2021, Infrastructure entered into a second Long-Term Purchase Contract with Canaan for the purchase of 15,000 next generation Avalon A1246 ASIC Miners. The purchase price per unit is $4,908 for a total purchase price of $73,620,000. As at March 31, 2022 the Company had paid $54,180,000 in relation to this contract with the remaining balance owed at the end of the quarter.

Working Capital and Cash Flows

 

As of March 31, 20212022, and December 31, 2020,2021, we had $3.39cash and cash equivalents balance of $5.80 million and $1.11$5.47 million in cash and cash equivalents, respectively.

 

As of March 31, 2022, and December 31, 2021, the trade receivables balance was $5.04 million and $5.61 million respectively.

As of March 31, 2022, we had $1.31$16.04 million of outstanding short termshort-term loans, and as of December 31, 20202021, we had $290,978$11.10 million of short term loans. As of March 31, 2021, and at December 31, 2020, we had $14,000 of outstanding long term loans.short-term borrowings. The loansshort-term borrowings as of March 31, 2021,2022, relate primarily to:to the acquisition of cryptocurrency mining equipment, payable in full by February, 2022;under the Foundry agreements and a Leveraged Account Agreement which lent Mawson 10 Bitcoin (see Note 5 in Item 1to the secured Loan Facility Celsius Mining LLC and Marshall Investments MIG Pty Ltd. As of Part 1 of this Quarterly Report). The loanMarch 31, 2022, and as of December 31, 2020, relates2021, we had $26.94 million and $7.64 million respectively of outstanding long-term borrowings. The long-term borrowings as of March 31, 2022, primarily relate to a Paycheck Protection Program Loan. The PPP, established as part of the CARES Act, provides for loans to qualifying businesses for amounts up to 2.5 times of the average monthly payroll expenses of the qualifying business. The loan totals $14,000,secured Loan Facility Celsius Mining LLC and matures in 2022 and bears interest at a rate of 1.0% per annum, payable monthly commencing May 21, 2021. The note may be prepaid at any time prior to maturity with no prepayment penalties. Funds from the loan may only be used for payroll costs, benefits, rent, utilities and interest on other debt obligations incurred prior to February 15, 2020. The Company used the entire amount for such qualifying expenses. Under the terms of the PPP, certain amounts of the loan may be forgiven if they are used for qualifying expenses during the first 24 weeks of the loan.Marshall Investments MIG Pty Ltd.

 

As of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020,2022, we had positive working capital of $1.78 million and negative working capital of $463,345 , respectively.$18.65 million and as at December 31, 2021, we had negative working capital of $8.63 million. The increase in working capital was primarily attributable to: additional cash balances related to the Cosmos Transaction; and an increase in trade receivables relatedthe Company’s short term and long-term borrowings during 2022, as compared to the sale of cryptocurrency mining equipment to third parties.2021.

 

The following table presents the major components of net cash flows (used in) provided by operating, investing and financing activities for the periods presented:three month ending March 31, 2022 and 2021:

 

  

Three Months Ended

March 31,

 
  2021  2020 
       
Net cash used in operating activities $1,871,692  $(527,389)
Net cash provided by / (used in) investing activities $(21,385,965) $(267,418)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities $21,285,694  $72,518 
  Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
  2022  2021 
       
Net cash provided by operating activities $5,865,759  $1,871,692 
Net cash used in investing activities $(29,661,210) $(21,385,965)
Net cash provided by financing activities $23,484,932  $21,285,694 

 

For the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020,2022, net cash provided by/(used in)by operating activities was $1.87 million$5,865,759 and ($527,389), respectively.for the three months ended March 31, 2021, net cash provided by operating activities was $1,871,692. The increase in net cash provided by operating activities was primarily attributable to increased cryptocurrency sales revenuetiming differences in trade and revenue from the sale of mining equipment.other receivables and trade and other payables.

 


For the three months ended March 31, 20212022 and 2020,2021, net cash provided byused in investing activities was ($21.39) million$29,661,210 and ($267,418),$21,385,965, respectively. The increase in net cash used in investing activities was primarily attributable to the increase in the acquisition of cryptocurrency mining equipment.

 

For the three months ended March 31, 20212022 and 2020,2021, net cash provided by financing activities was $21.29 million$23,484,932 and $72,518,$21,285,694, respectively. The increase in net cash provided by financing activities during March 31, 2022 was primarily attributable mainly due to the issuance of convertible notes discussed in Note 5 of Item 1 of Part 1 of this Quarterly Report which his for the period ended March 31, 2021.proceeds from borrowings.


 

OutlookCritical accounting estimates and estimates

 

AccordingThe preparation of the financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates, judgments and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. These estimates, judgments and assumptions can affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the dates of the consolidated financial statements, and the reported amounts of income and expenses during the reporting periods. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The Company has considered the following to be significant estimates made by management, estimates, liquidity resourcesincluding but not limited to:

Going concern assumption- Management assumes that the Company will continue as of March 31, 2021 will be sufficient to maintain our planned levela going concern, which contemplates continuity of operations, realization of assets, and liquidation of liabilities in the normal course of business.

Long-lived assets- Management reviews long-lived assets for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances have occurred that may affect the next 12 months. However, werecoverability or the estimated useful lives of long-lived assets. Long-lived assets include property and equipment and operating lease right-of-use assets. A long-lived asset may need to raise additional funding or capital raising in order to purchase more equipment or expand operations. Additional financingbe impaired when the estimated future undiscounted cash flows are less than the carrying amount of the asset. If that comparison indicates that the asset’s carrying value may not be availablerecoverable, the impairment is measured based on acceptable terms, if at all. Our future capital requirements as well as the ability to obtain financing will depend on many factors, including those listed under Item 1A. “Risk Factors” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K fordifference between the year ended December 31, 2020.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

In connection withcarrying amount and the Cosmos Transaction, we issued one CVR to each of our securityholders for each outstanding share of common stock of Mawson, and for each share of common stock of Mawson underlying other convertible securities and warrants, held immediately before the closingestimated fair value of the Cosmos Transaction.  Each CVR representsasset.

Stock based compensation- Management used Black-Scholes to evaluate our awards and will continue to use judgment in evaluating the rightassumptions related to receiveour stock-based compensation on a pro rata share of any consideration that we may receive in connection with any successful monetization of our LO2A business, less transaction expenses and customary deductions as detailed in the CVR agreement, including a deduction of up to $300,000 to be repaid to us for amounts we spend in the development of the LO2A Technology at the request of the Holders’ Representative. prospective basis.

 

Other than the CVRs and the Contingent obligation in relation to LO2A, as of March 31, 2021, the Company did not have any other off-balance sheet arrangements, as such term is defined under Item 303 of Regulation S-K, that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources that is material to investors.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risks

 

As a smaller reporting company, the Company has elected not to provide the disclosure required by this item.

 

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

 

Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures

  

Management,Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) and Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer), has evaluated the effectiveness of theour disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a- 15(e)) and 15d- 15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), as of the end of the period covered by this QuarterlyAnnual Report. The Company’sOur management conducted anrecognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives and management necessarily applies its judgment in evaluating the cost benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures. Based on this evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective at the reasonable assurance level as of March 31, 2022, due to the material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting described below. Management’s assessment of the effectiveness of the Company’sour disclosure controls and procedures is expressed at a level of reasonable assurance because management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives. 


Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting asmay not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of March 31, 2021, based on criteria establishedany evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in Internal Control – Integrated Framework issued byconditions, or that the Committeedegree of Sponsoring Organizations ofcompliance with the Treadway Commission (“COSO”). As a result of this assessment, management identified a material weakness in internal control over financial reporting.policies or procedures may deteriorate.

 

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 the Company’sour annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.

 

The material weakness identified is described below.

Significant Reliance on Key Individuals. There are significant manual processes involved in the Company’s accounting, management and control functions with limitedis inadequate segregation of duties in place related to our financial reporting and secondary review.other management review and oversight procedures due to the lack of sufficient accounting personnel. This is not inconsistent with similar small fast growingfast-growing organizations. This gives rise to the risk of lack of ability to react in a timely manner to operations issues and meet increased US GAAP/PCAOB/SOX/SEC registrant requirements. As well asIn addition, this poses the risk that compliance and other reporting obligations as a result of risk of management override are not adequately dealt with.

 

AsControls over the financial statement close and reporting process. Controls were not adequately designed in the financial statement close and reporting process. This includes controls related to complex and judgmental accounting transactions, account reconciliations and financial statement disclosures.

Information and Technology Controls. There are control deficiencies related to information technology (“IT”) general controls that aggregate into a resultmaterial weakness. The inadequate design of these IT general and application controls prevent the material weakness in internal control oversystem from providing complete and accurate information consistent with financial reporting described above,objectives. Deficiencies identified include lack of controls over access to programs and data, program changes, program development, program changes and general IT controls.

Data from third parties. The Company did not properly design or implement controls to ensure that data received from third parties is complete and accurate. Such data is relied on by the Company’s management has concludedCompany in determining amounts pertaining to revenue and cryptocurrency assets is complete and accurate.

Notwithstanding the identified material weaknesses and management’s assessment that as March 31, 2021, the Company’sour internal control over financial reporting was not effective based onas of March 31, 2022, management believes that the criteria in Internal Control – Integrated Framework issued by COSO.

Changes in internal control over financial reporting

The Company is required to comply with certain provisions of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (“Sarbanes-Oxley Act”). Section 404 requires that our management maintain a system of internal control over financial reporting that provides reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation ofconsolidated financial statements included in this quarterly Report on Form 10-Q fairly present, in all material respects, our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows as of and for external purposesthe periods presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. It also requires that ourWe rely on the assistance of outside advisors with expertise in these matters in preparing the financial statements. 

Remediation

Our Board of Directors and management annually evaluate whether ourtake internal control over financial reporting is effective at providing reasonable assurance and to disclose its assessment to investors.

Although the Company acquired and became the parent company of Cosmos in the Cosmos Transaction, with limited exceptions, the management team of Cosmos became the management team and became responsible for internal control over financial reporting upon completion of the Cosmos Transaction. Cosmos was an Australian registered Unlisted Public Company with limited accounting personnel and other resources with which to address our internal controls and procedures, and was not previously subject to the same requirements. The Company’s new management may not be able to effectively and timely implement controls and procedures that adequately respond to the regulatory compliance and reporting requirements that are applicable to us. If our new management is not able to implement the requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in a timely manner or with adequate compliance, we may not be able to assess whether our internal control over financial reporting are effective, which may subject us to adverse regulatory consequences and could harm investor confidence and the market priceintegrity of our stock.


In addition, as a smaller reporting company and non-accelerated filer, the Company is not subjectfinancial statements seriously. Our management continues to the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. However, as the Company grows, it may become subjectwork to the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

If the Company failsimprove its controls related to comply with the requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the accuracy and timeliness of the filing of annual and quarterly reports may be materially adversely affected and could cause investors to lose confidence in reported financial information, which could have a negative effect on the trading price of common stock. In addition, aour material weakness in the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting could result in an increased chance of fraud and the loss of customers, reduce our ability to obtain financing and require additional expenditures to comply with these requirements, each of which could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

weaknesses. Since March 9, 2021, with the oversight of senior management and our audit committee, we have begun taking steps and plan to take additional measures to remediate the underlying causes of the identified material weaknesses, primarily through the performance of a risk assessment process; the development and implementation of formal, documented policies and procedures, improved processes and control activities (including an assessment of the segregation of duties); as well as the hiring of additional finance personnel for specific roles such as financial reporting. During the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q,fourth quarter of 2021, we made the following changes to our internal control over financial reporting that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting:

 

We have developed entity level and process level controls with respect to the preparation and review of our consolidated financial statements.statements as well as transactional level controls over all business processes and IT controls. We have developed process level controls relating to the review of manually prepared analyses and supporting information used to prepare our consolidated financial statements. We are in the process of testingimplementing and validating these controls. At this time, we cannot state whether these controls will prove to be effective.

We are currently working to write policies and procedures to ensure the effective design and operation of general IT controls over our financial reporting systemsWe have not yet completed our development, implementation and testing of these controls. At this time, we cannot state whether these controls will prove to be effective.

 

21However, the material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting will not be considered remediated until other information technology general controls and process-level controls operate for a sufficient period of time and can be tested and concluded by management to be designed and operating effectively. We cannot provide any assurance that these remediation efforts will be successful or that our internal control over financial reporting will be effective as a result of these efforts. In addition, we continue to evaluate and work to improve our internal control over financial reporting related to the identified material weaknesses, management may determine to take additional measures to address control deficiencies or determine to modify the remediation plan described above.

Changes in internal control over financial reporting

Except for the remedial measures described above, there have been no other changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) or 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that occurred during the most recently completed fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.


 

 

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

 

We may,are currently not, and have not been in the ordinary course of business, becomerecent past, a party to litigation involving collection matters, contract claims and otherany legal proceedings relatingwhich may have or have had in the recent past significant effects on our financial position or profitability. However, we have been in the past, and may be from time to time in the conduct offuture, named as a defendant in certain routine litigation incidental to our business.  However, as of May 19, 2021, we are unaware of any material pending legal proceedings.

 

Item 1A. Risk Factors

 

In light of recent developments relatedThere are no material changes to the Cosmos Transaction, the Company is supplementing theCompany’s risk factors disclosed in Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020, to include the following risk factors.

Summary of Risk Factors

The following constitutes a summary of the material risks relevant to an investment in our company:

Risks Relating to our Digital Asset Infrastructure Business through Cosmos

Both we (collectively) and Cosmos (individually) have incurred operating losses since inception and anticipates continuing to incur substantial operating losses in the near future.

We have historically incurred net losses, including net losses of approximately $10.42 million and $3.45 million for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. As at December 31, 2020, we had an accumulated deficit of approximately $39.22 million. Similarly, and not included in the forgoing, Cosmos has incurred net and operating losses since its inception in May 2019, including net losses of approximately $5.06 million and operating losses of approximately $4.93 million for the year ended December 31, 2020. Even with the change of our primary business away from our historical LO2A Business to the digital asset infrastructure business of Cosmos, we do not know whether or when we will become profitable and we expect to continue to incur losses for the near future, and these losses will likely increase as we pursue our growth strategy. No certainty exists that we will become profitable and, even if we do achieve profitability, we may not be able to sustain or increase profitability on a quarterly or annual basis. Our inability to achieve and then maintain profitability would negatively affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

We may be unable to raise additional capital needed to grow our business.

We will likely continue to operate at a loss, at least until our business strategy is implemented, or if cryptocurrency prices decline, and we expect to need to raise additional capital to expand our operations and pursue our growth strategies, including potential acquisitions of complementary businesses, and to respond to competitive pressures or unanticipated working capital requirements. We may not be able to obtain additional debt or equity financing on favorable terms, if at all, which could impair our growth and adversely affect our existing operations. If we raise additional equity financing, our stockholders may experience significant dilution of their ownership interests, and the per share value of our common stock could decline. Furthermore, if we engage in additional debt financing, the holders of debt likely would have priority over the holders of common stock on order of payment preference. We may be required to accept terms that restrict our ability to incur additional indebtedness or take other actions including terms that require us to maintain specified liquidity or other ratios that could otherwise not be in the interests of our stockholders.2021.


The further development and acceptance of digital asset networks and other digital assets, which represent a new and rapidly changing industry, are subject to a variety of factors that are difficult to evaluate. The slowing or stopping of the development or acceptance of digital asset systems may adversely affect us.

Currently, there is relatively small use of Bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies in the retail and commercial marketplace in comparison to relatively large use by speculators, thus contributing to price volatility that could adversely affect an investment in us. Cryptocurrencies are a relatively new concept and asset class, so there is still some degree of uncertainty and pessimism about their use and whether their popularity will gain further traction is difficult to predict. If the popularity and use of cryptocurrencies diminish and leads to their value decreasing, our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may be materially adversely affected.

To the extent that the digital asset exchanges representing a substantial portion of the volume in digital asset trading are involved in fraud or experience security failures or other operational issues, such digital asset exchanges’ failures may result in a reduction in the price of some or all digital assets and can adversely affect us.

The digital asset exchanges on which the digital assets trade are new and, in most cases, largely unregulated. Furthermore, many digital asset exchanges (including several of the most prominent USD denominated digital asset exchanges) do not provide the public with significant information regarding their ownership structure, management teams, corporate practices or regulatory compliance. As a result, the marketplace may lose confidence in, or may experience problems relating to, digital asset exchanges, including prominent exchanges handling a significant portion of the volume of digital asset trading.

A lack of stability in the digital asset exchange market and the closure or temporary shutdown of digital asset exchanges due to fraud, business failure, hackers or malware, or government-mandated regulation may reduce confidence in the digital asset networks and result in greater volatility in digital asset values. These potential consequences of a digital asset exchange’s failure could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.

Significant contributors to all or any digital asset network could propose amendments to the respective network’s protocols and software that, if accepted and authorized by such network, could adversely affect us.

Significant contributors to all or any digital asset network could propose amendments to the respective network’s protocols and software that, if accepted and authorized by such network, could adversely affect us. For example, with respect to Bitcoins networks, a small group of individuals contribute to the Bitcoin Core project on GitHub.com. This group of contributors is currently headed by Wladimir J. van der Laan, the current lead maintainer. These individuals can propose refinements or improvements to the Bitcoin network’s source code through one or more software upgrades that alter the protocols and software that govern the Bitcoin network and the properties of Bitcoin, including the irreversibility of transactions and limitations on the mining of new Bitcoin. Proposals for upgrades and discussions relating thereto take place on online forums. For example, there is an ongoing debate regarding altering the blockchain by increasing the size of blocks to accommodate a larger volume of transactions. Although some proponents support an increase, other market participants oppose an increase to the block size as it may deter miners from confirming transactions and concentrate power into a smaller group of miners.


 

To the extent that a significant majority of the users and miners on the Bitcoin network install such software upgrade(s), the Bitcoin network would be subject to new protocols and software that could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects. In the event a developer or group of developers proposes a modification to the Bitcoin network that is not accepted by a majority of miners and users, but that is nonetheless accepted by a substantial plurality of miners and users, two or more competing and incompatible blockchain implementations could result. This is known as a “hard fork.” In such a case, the “hard fork” in the blockchain could materially and adversely affect the perceived value of digital assets as reflected on one or both incompatible blockchains, which may materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.

If a malicious actor or botnet obtains control in excess of 50% of the processing power active on any digital asset network, including the Bitcoin network, it is possible that such actor or botnet could manipulate the blockchain in a manner that adversely affects us.

If a malicious actor or botnet (a volunteer or hacked collection of computers controlled by networked software coordinating the actions of the computers) obtains a majority of the processing power dedicated to mining on any digital asset network, including the Bitcoin network, it may be able to alter the blockchain by constructing alternate blocks if it is able to solve for such blocks faster than the remainder of the miners on the blockchain can add valid blocks. In such alternate blocks, the malicious actor or botnet could control, exclude or modify the ordering of transactions, though it could not generate new digital assets or transactions using such control. Using alternate blocks, the malicious actor could “double-spend” its own digital assets (i.e., spend the same digital assets in more than one transaction) and prevent the confirmation of other users’ transactions for so long as it maintains control. To the extent that such malicious actor or botnet does not yield its majority control of the processing power or the digital asset community does not reject the fraudulent blocks as malicious, reversing any changes made to the blockchain may not be possible. Such changes could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.

A failure to properly monitor and upgrade the Bitcoin network protocol could damage the Bitcoin network and adversely affect us.

The open-source structure of the cryptocurrencies network protocols means that the contributors to the protocol are generally not directly compensated for their contributions in maintaining and developing the protocol. The Bitcoin network, for example, operates based on an open-source protocol maintained by contributors, largely on the Bitcoin Core project on GitHub. As an open-source project, Bitcoin is not represented by an official organization or authority. As the Bitcoin network protocol is not sold and its use does not generate revenues for contributors, contributors are generally not compensated for maintaining and updating the Bitcoin network protocol. Although the MIT Media Lab’s Digital Currency Initiative funds the current maintainer Wladimir J. van der Laan, among others, this type of financial incentive is not typical. The lack of guaranteed financial incentive for contributors to maintain or develop the Bitcoin network and the lack of guaranteed resources to adequately address emerging issues with the Bitcoin network may reduce incentives to address the issues adequately or in a timely manner. Changes to a digital asset network which we are mining could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.

The incentive for Bitcoin mining may decrease over time as the reward decreases.

A Bitcoin halving occurs when block rewards, or the number of Bitcoins entering circulation whenever a block is produced (approximately every 10 minutes), is reduced by half. This means a new Bitcoin will be subsequently issued half as fast as before. This occurs on a schedule built into Bitcoin’s programming and happens every 210,000 blocks with the purpose being to issue the total supply into the market less frequently over time. This supply effect increases Bitcoin’s scarcity, which has, historically, increased its price. When Bitcoin first started, 50 Bitcoins were rewarded to miners per block produced. The reward was decreased over the years and, to date, following the last halving event in May 2020, the block reward is 6.25 Bitcoins per block. Halving events will continue until the block reward reaches zero. The process will end with a predetermined total of 21 million Bitcoins, estimated to be around the year 2140. Although, at each prior halving event, the short-term subsequent effect on the Bitcoin price has been an increase in price, this trend may not continue in the future and may have a reverse effect on the Bitcoin price, in which case, our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may be materially adversely affected.


 

If the award of digital assets for solving blocks and transaction fees for recording transactions are not sufficiently high to incentivize miners, miners may cease expending hashrate to solve blocks and confirmations of transactions on the blockchain could be slowed temporarily.

Bitcoin miners record transactions when they solve for and add blocks of information to the blockchain. When a miner solves for a block, it creates that block, which includes data relating to (i) the solution to the block, (ii) a reference to the prior block in the blockchain to which the new block is being added and (iii) all transactions that have occurred but have not yet been added to the blockchain. The miner becomes aware of outstanding, unrecorded transactions through the data packet transmission and propagation discussed above. Typically, Bitcoin transactions will be recorded in the next chronological block if the spending party has an internet connection and at least one minute has passed between the transaction’s data packet transmission and the solution of the next block. If a transaction is not recorded in the next chronological block, it is usually recorded in the next block thereafter.

As the award of new digital assets for solving blocks declines, and if transaction fees are not sufficiently high, miners may not have an adequate incentive to continue mining and may cease their mining operations. For example, the current fixed reward on the Bitcoin network for solving a new block is six and a quarter (6.25) Bitcoins per block (the reward decreased from twelve and a half (12.5) Bitcoin in May 2020). It is estimated that it will halve again in about 4 years from 2020. This reduction may result in a reduction in the aggregate hashrate of the Bitcoin network as the incentive for miners will decrease. Moreover, miners ceasing operations would reduce the aggregate hashrate on the Bitcoin network, which would adversely affect the confirmation process for transactions (i.e., temporarily decreasing the speed at which blocks are added to the blockchain until the next scheduled adjustment in difficulty for block solutions) and make the Bitcoin network more vulnerable to a malicious actor obtaining control in excess of fifty percent (50%) of the aggregate hashrate on the Bitcoin network. Periodically, the Bitcoin network has adjusted the difficulty for block solutions so that solution speeds remain in the vicinity of the expected ten (10) minute confirmation time targeted by the Bitcoin network protocol.

More significant reductions in aggregate hashrate on digital asset networks could result in material, though temporary, delays in block solution confirmation time. Any reduction in confidence in the confirmation process or aggregate hashrate of any digital asset network may negatively impact the value of digital assets, which will adversely impact our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.

An increase in transaction fees could reduce the price or digital assets.

If fees increase for recording transactions on the Bitcoin network, demand for cryptocurrencies may decrease and prevent the expansion of the network to retail merchants and commercial businesses, resulting in a reduction in the price of digital assets that could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.

To the extent that the profit margins of digital asset mining operations are not high, operators of digital asset mining operations are more likely to immediately sell their digital assets earned by mining in the digital asset exchange market, resulting in a reduction in the price of digital assets that could adversely impact Cosmos.

Over the past two years, digital asset mining operations have evolved from individual users mining with computer processors, graphics processing units and first-generation servers. Currently, new processing power brought onto the digital asset networks is predominantly added by incorporated and unincorporated “professionalized” mining operations. Professionalized mining operations may use proprietary hardware or sophisticated machines. They require the investment of significant capital for the acquisition of this hardware, the leasing of operating space (often in data centers or warehousing facilities), incurring of electricity costs and the employment of technicians to operate the mining farms. As a result, professionalized mining operations are of a greater scale than prior miners and have more defined, regular expenses and liabilities. These regular expenses and liabilities require professionalized mining operations to more immediately sell digital assets earned from mining operations on the digital asset exchange market, whereas it is believed that individual miners in past years were more likely to hold newly mined digital assets for more extended periods. The immediate selling of newly mined digital assets greatly increases the supply of digital assets on the digital asset exchange market, creating downward pressure on the price of each digital asset.

The extent to which the value of digital assets mined by a professionalized mining operation exceeds the allocable capital and operating costs determines the profit margin of such operation. A professionalized mining operation may be more likely to sell a higher percentage of its newly mined digital assets rapidly if it is operating at a low profit margin—and it may partially or completely cease operations if its profit margin is negative. In a low profit margin environment, a higher percentage could be sold into the digital asset exchange market more rapidly, thereby potentially reducing digital asset prices. Lower digital asset prices could result in further tightening of profit margins, particularly for professionalized mining operations with higher costs and more limited capital reserves, creating a network effect that may further reduce the price of digital assets until mining operations with higher operating costs become unprofitable and remove mining power from the respective digital asset network. The network effect of reduced profit margins resulting in greater sales of newly mined digital assets could result in a reduction in the price of digital assets that could adversely impact our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.


Digital assets such as Bitcoin are likely to be regulated as securities or investment securities.

Digital assets and cryptocurrencies have been the source of much regulatory consternation, resulting in differing definitional outcomes without a single unifying statement. Although we do not believe Cosmos’ mining activities require registration by Cosmos to conduct such activities and accumulate digital assets, the SEC, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”), Nasdaq or other governmental or quasi-governmental agency or organization may conclude that Cosmos’ activities involve the offer or sale of “securities”, or ownership of “investment securities”, and Cosmos may face regulation under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) or the Investment Company Act. Such regulation or the inability to meet the requirements to continue operations, would have a material adverse effect on business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects of Cosmos. Currently in Australia, Bitcoin in and of itself is not a financial product nor are digital assets regarded as money or currency for the purpose of Australian corporations law. The effect of any future regulatory change on digital assets or an entity dealing in or holding digital assets is impossible to predict, but such change could be substantial and adverse to the returns sought by us.

While Bitcoin is presently legal in Australia and the U.S., it may be illegal now, or in the future, to acquire, own, hold, sell or use Bitcoins in one or more other countries.

Regulatory changes or interpretations could cause us (or any of our related entities) to register and comply with new regulations, resulting in potentially extraordinary, recurring or non-recurring expenses to those holding digital assets.

Global climate change and related environmental regulations may have an adverse effect on our business operations and financial position.

The constant discussion surrounding climate change and its effect on the environment such as changes in rainfall, weather patterns, water supplies and shortages, sea level and changing temperatures could have an adverse effect on our operations and financial performance.

Extreme weather events may:

cause damage to one or more of our modular data centres (that houses our Miners) and therefore reduce our ability to maximize the performance of the Miners;

affect the delivery times of equipment ordered from our manufacturers and therefore impacting our financial forecasts which were scheduled for a certain period of time.

There has been recent commentary about cryptocurrency mining and its impact on the environment and it seems that Governments and related government bodies are introducing or contemplating legislative and regulatory changes in response to various climate change interest groups.

Any legislative changes regarding climate change could add significant burden and costs to our business, including costs related to making our energy consumption more efficient and lower impact on the environment environmental monitoring and reporting, and other costs to comply with such changes. Further, there could be reputational damage to our business caused by increased negative publicity surrounding cryptocurrency and the apparent effects on the environment.

If regulatory changes or interpretations of our activities require us or any of our affiliates to register as a money services business (“MSB”) under the regulations promulgated by FinCEN under the authority of the U.S. Bank Secrecy Act, we may be required to register and comply with such regulations. If regulatory changes or interpretations of our activities require the licensing or other registration as a money transmitter (or equivalent designation) under state law in any state in which we operate, we may be required to seek license or otherwise register and comply with such state law. In the event of any such requirement, to the extent we decide to continue, the required registrations, licenses and regulatory compliance steps may result in extraordinary, non-recurring expenses to us and even in a decision to cease our digital asset infrastructure operations.

To the extent that our activities cause us to be deemed an MSB under the regulations promulgated by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”), a unit of the U.S. Treasury Department focused on money laundering under the authority of the U.S. Bank Secrecy Act, we may be required to comply with FinCEN regulations, including those that would mandate we implement anti-money laundering programs, make certain reports to FinCEN and maintain certain records. In addition, to the extent that our activities cause us to be deemed a “money transmitter” (“MT”) or equivalent designation, under state law in any state in which we operate, we may be required to seek a license or otherwise register with a state regulator and comply with state regulations that may include the implementation of anti-money laundering programs, maintenance of certain records and other operational requirements. Currently, the New York State Department of Financial Services has finalized its “BitLicense” framework for businesses that conduct “virtual currency business activity,” the Conference of State Bank Supervisors has proposed a model form of state level “virtual currency” regulation and additional state regulators including those from California, Idaho, Virginia, Kansas, Texas, South Dakota and Washington have made public statements indicating that virtual currency businesses may be required to seek licenses as money transmitters. In July 2016, North Carolina updated the law to define “virtual currency” and the activities that trigger licensure in a business-friendly approach that encourages companies to use virtual currency and blockchain technology. Specifically, the North Carolina law does not require miners or software providers to obtain a license for multi-signature software, smart contract platforms, smart property, colored coins and non-hosted, non-custodial wallets. Starting January 1, 2016, New Hampshire requires anyone exchanges a digital currency for another currency must become a licensed and bonded money transmitter. In numerous other states, including Connecticut and New Jersey, legislation is being proposed or has been introduced regarding the treatment of Bitcoin and other digital assets. Cosmos will continue to monitor for developments in such legislation, guidance or regulations.


Such additional federal or state regulatory obligations may cause us to incur extraordinary expenses, possibly adversely affecting our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects. Furthermore, we and our service providers may not be capable of complying with certain federal or state regulatory obligations applicable to MSBs and MTs. If we are deemed to be subject to and determine not to comply with such additional regulatory and registration requirements, we may act to dissolve and liquidate our business. Any such action may materially adversely impact our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.

Current interpretations require the regulation of Bitcoins under the Commodity Exchange Act (“CEA”) by the CFTC, we may be required to register and comply with such regulations. To the extent that we decide to continue operations, the required registrations and regulatory compliance steps may result in extraordinary, non-recurring expenses to us. We may also decide to cease certain operations. Any disruption of our operations in response to the changed regulatory circumstances may be at a time that is disadvantageous to investors.

Current and future legislation, CFTC and other regulatory developments, including interpretations released by a regulatory authority, may impact the manner in which Bitcoins are treated for classification and clearing purposes. In particular, Bitcoin derivatives are not excluded from the definition of “commodity future” by the CFTC. We cannot be certain as to how future regulatory developments will impact the treatment of Bitcoins under the law.

Bitcoins have been deemed to fall within the definition of a commodity and we may be required to register and comply with additional regulation under the CEA, including additional periodic report and disclosure standards and requirements. Moreover, we may be required to register as a commodity pool operator and to register as a commodity pool with the CFTC through the National Futures Association. Such additional registrations may result in extraordinary, non-recurring expenses, thereby materially and adversely impacting our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects. If we determine not to comply with such additional regulatory and registration requirements, we may seek to cease certain of our operations. Any such action may adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.

If regulatory changes or interpretations require the regulation of Bitcoins under the Securities Act and Investment Company Act by the SEC, we may be required to register and comply with such regulations. To the extent that we decide to continue operations, the required registrations and regulatory compliance steps may result in extraordinary, non-recurring expenses to us and we may also decide to cease certain operations. Any disruption of our operations in response to the changed regulatory circumstances may be at a time that is disadvantageous to investors. This would likely have a material adverse effect on us.

Current and future legislation and the SEC rulemaking and other regulatory developments, including interpretations released by a regulatory authority, may impact the manner in which Bitcoins are treated for classification and clearing purposes. The SEC’s July 25, 2017 Report expressed its view that digital assets may be securities depending on the facts and circumstances. As of the date of this report/information statement, we are not aware of any rules that have been proposed to regulate Bitcoins as securities. We cannot be certain as to how future regulatory developments will impact the treatment of Bitcoins under the law. Such additional registrations may result in extraordinary, non-recurring expenses, thereby materially and adversely impacting our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects. If we determine not to comply with such additional regulatory and registration requirements, we may seek to cease certain of our operations. Any such action may adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.

To the extent that digital assets, including Bitcoins and other digital assets we may own, are deemed by the SEC to fall within the definition of a security, we may be required to register and comply with additional regulation under the Investment Company Act, including additional periodic reporting and disclosure standards and requirements and the registration of the combined company as an investment company. Additionally, one or more states may conclude Bitcoins and other digital assets we may own as a security under state securities laws which would require registration under state laws including merit review laws which would adversely impact us since we would likely not be able to comply. Such additional registrations may result in extraordinary, non-recurring expenses, thereby materially and adversely impacting our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects. If we determine not to comply with such additional regulatory and registration requirements, we may seek to cease all or certain parts of its operations. Any such action would likely adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects and investors may suffer a complete loss of their investment.

Political or economic crises may motivate large-scale sales of digital assets, which could result in a reduction in some or all digital assets’ values and adversely affect us.

As an alternative to fiat currencies that are backed by central governments, digital assets such as Bitcoins, which are relatively new, are subject to supply and demand forces based upon the desirability of an alternative, decentralized means of buying and selling goods and services, and it is unclear how such supply and demand will be impacted by geopolitical events. Nevertheless, political or economic crises may motivate large-scale acquisitions or sales of digital assets either globally or locally. Large-scale sales of digital assets would result in a reduction in their value and could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.


Mining equipment is likely to breakdown or fail.

It is likely that the miners and related mining equipment used to mine digital assets will breakdown and may not function at any given time. Any downtime of the miners and mining equipment will have a direct impact on us as they would not be performing their role, that is, solving hashes and receiving a block reward. This would therefore decrease our revenue.

Electricity costs often determine the profitability of our digital asset infrastructure business.

Electricity (or “consumption”) costs is a major factor which will determine whether our digital mining activities are profitable and viable. Digital mining consumes a significant amount of electricity. The financial modelling of our digital asset infrastructure business is based on certain assumptions, one of those being that its electricity costs per kilowatt (in the US) remains within a certain price range because its miners are located in the U.S. Electricity prices are subject to change. Certain economic and regulatory changes (in the U.S.) could occur (beyond our control) to drive up the costs of electricity to a point that we are unwilling to pay or unable to maintain, based on its financial modelling and this would significantly impact the profitability and viability of our business.

Our ability to adopt technology in response to changing security needs or trends poses a challenge to the safekeeping of our digital assets.

The history of digital asset exchanges has shown that exchanges and large holders of digital assets must adapt to technological change in order to secure and safeguard their digital assets. We frequently liquidate cryptocurrencies held and keep a minimum number of cryptocurrencies in our possession so as to minimize our risks against theft, loss, destruction or other issues relating to hackers and technological attack. We believe that we may become a more appealing target of security threats as the size of our Bitcoin holdings grow. To the extent that we are unable to identify and mitigate or stop new security threats, our digital assets may be subject to theft, loss, destruction or other attack, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.

Security threats could result in a loss of digital assets, or damage to our reputation and brand, each of which could adversely affect us.

Security breaches, computer malware and computer hacking attacks have been a prevalent concern in the digital asset exchange markets. Any security breach caused by hacking, which involves efforts to gain unauthorized access to information or systems, or to cause intentional malfunctions or loss or corruption of data, software, hardware or other computer equipment, and the inadvertent transmission of computer viruses, could harm our business operations or result in loss of our digital assets. Any breach of our infrastructure could result in damage to our reputation which could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects. Furthermore, we believe that, as our assets grow, we may become a more appealing target for security threats such as hackers and malware.

We frequently liquidate cryptocurrencies held and keep a minimum number of cryptocurrencies in our possession so as to minimize our risks and safeguard our digital assets from theft, loss, destruction or other issues relating to hackers and technological attack. Nevertheless, this security system may not be impenetrable and may not be free from defect or immune to acts of God, and any loss due to a security breach, software defect or act of God will be borne by us.

The security system and operational infrastructure may be breached due to the actions of outside parties, error or malfeasance of an employee, or otherwise, and, as a result, an unauthorized party may obtain access to our private keys, data or Bitcoins. Additionally, outside parties may attempt to fraudulently induce employees of ours to disclose sensitive information in order to gain access to our infrastructure. As the techniques used to obtain unauthorized access, disable or degrade service, or sabotage systems change frequently, or may be designed to remain dormant until a predetermined event and often are not recognized until launched against a target, we may be unable to anticipate these techniques or implement adequate preventative measures. If an actual or perceived breach of our security system occurs, the market perception of the effectiveness of its security system could be harmed, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects. In the event of a security breach, we may also be forced to cease operations, or suffer a reduction in assets, the occurrence of each of which could adversely affect us.

A loss of confidence in our security system, or a breach of our security system, may adversely affect our business.

We will take measures to protect our self and our digital assets from unauthorized access, damage or theft; however, it is possible that the security system may not prevent the improper access to, or damage or theft of its digital assets. A security breach could harm our reputation or result in the loss of some or all of our digital assets. A resulting perception that our measures do not adequately protect our digital assets could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.


Digital asset transactions are irrevocable and stolen or incorrectly transferred digital assets may be irretrievable. As a result, any incorrectly executed digital asset transactions could adversely affect our business.

Digital asset transactions are not, from an administrative perspective, reversible without the consent and active participation of the recipient of the transaction or, in theory, control or consent of a majority of the processing power on the respective digital asset network. Once a transaction has been verified and recorded in a block that is added to the blockchain, an incorrect transfer of digital assets or a theft of digital assets generally will not be reversible, and we may not be capable of seeking compensation for any such transfer or theft. Although our transfers of digital assets will regularly be made to or from vendors, consultants, services providers, etc. it is possible that, through computer or human error, or through theft or criminal action, our digital assets could be transferred from us in incorrect amounts or to unauthorized third parties. To the extent that we are unable to seek a corrective transaction with such third party or are incapable of identifying the third party which has received its digital assets through error or theft, we will be unable to revert or otherwise recover incorrectly transferred digital assets. To the extent that we are unable to seek redress for such error or theft, such loss could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.

The limited rights of legal recourse against us, and our lack of insurance protection expose us to the risk of loss of our digital assets for which no person is liable.

The digital assets we hold are not insured. Therefore, a loss may be suffered with respect to our digital assets which is not covered by insurance and for which no person is liable in damages which could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.

Digital assets we hold are not subject to FDIC or SIPC protections.

We do not hold its digital assets with a banking institution or a member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) or the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (“SIPC”) and, therefore, our digital assets are not subject to the protections enjoyed by depositors with FDIC or SIPC member institutions.

We may not have adequate sources of recovery if our digital assets are lost, stolen or destroyed.

If our digital assets are lost, stolen or destroyed under circumstances rendering a party liable to us, the responsible party may not have the financial resources sufficient to satisfy its claim. For example, as to a particular event of loss, the only source of recovery we have might be limited, to the extent identifiable, other responsible third parties (e.g., a thief or terrorist), any of which may not have the financial resources (including liability insurance coverage) to satisfy a valid claim by us.

The sale of our digital assets to pay expenses at a time of low digital asset prices could adversely affect our business.

We may sell digital assets to pay expenses on an as-needed basis, irrespective of then-current prices. Consequently, our digital assets may be sold at a time when the prices on the respective digital asset exchange market are low, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.

We rely on a small number of key people, the loss of which could have a significant impact on us.

The responsibility of the direction and operation of our business relies heavily on a small number of key people, including CEO James Manning and COO, Liam Wilson. If any of our key employees or service providers cease their involvement in our business or, in the unfortunate situations one or more of them are seriously injured or dies, this loss would have a significant and likely adverse impact on us.


Our results of operations may be negatively impacted by the coronavirus outbreak.

In December 2019, the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, surfaced globally. The World Health Organization declared a global emergency on January 30, 2020, with respect to the outbreak. The impacts of the outbreak are unknown and rapidly evolving. Many countries around the world have imposed quarantines and restrictions on travel and mass gatherings to slow the spread of the virus. In Australia, federal, state and local governments have enacted restrictions on travel, gatherings, and workplaces, with exceptions made for essential workers and businesses. As of the date of this report/information statement, our digital asset infrastructure business has not been declared an essential business. As a result, we may be required to substantially reduce or cease operations in response to governmental action or decree as a result of COVID-19.

Failure to effectively manage our growth could place strains on its managerial, operational and financial resources and could adversely affect its business and operating results.

As our digital asset infrastructure operations grow, the administrative demands upon us will grow, and our success will depend upon our ability to meet those demands. We are organized as a holding company, with numerous subsidiaries. Both the parent company and each of our subsidiaries require certain financial, managerial and other resources, which could create challenges to our ability to successfully manage our subsidiaries and operations and impact our ability to assure compliance with our policies, practices and procedures. These demands include, but are not limited to, increased executive, accounting, management, legal services, staff support and general office services. We may need to hire additional qualified personnel to meet these demands, the cost and quality of which is dependent in part upon market factors outside of our control. Further, we will need to effectively manage the training and growth of our staff to maintain an efficient and effective workforce, and our failure to do so could adversely affect our business and operating results.

We have potential risks in connection with growth and acquisitions.

Our future growth may depend in part on our ability to acquire patented technologies or potential target companies that have synergies with our business activities. Such acquisitions are subject to numerous risks, including, but not limited to the following:

our inability to enter into a definitive agreement with respect to any potential acquisition, or if we are able to enter into such agreement, our inability to consummate the potential acquisition;

difficulty integrating the operations, technology and personnel of the acquired entity including achieving anticipated synergies;

our inability to achieve the anticipated financial and other benefits of the specific acquisition;

difficulty in maintaining controls, procedures and policies during the transition and monetization process;

diversion of our management’s attention from other business concerns; and

failure of our due diligence process to identify significant issues, including issues with respect to patented technologies and other legal and financial contingencies.

If we are unable to manage these risks effectively as part of any acquisition, our business could be adversely affected.

We may not be able to timely and effectively implement controls and procedures required by Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

We are required to comply with certain provisions of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (“Sarbanes-Oxley Act”). Section 404 requires that our management maintain a system of internal control over financial reporting that provides reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. It also requires that our management annually evaluate whether our internal control over financial reporting is effective at providing reasonable assurance and to disclose its assessment to investors. Our management conducted an assessment of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of March 31, 2021, based on criteria established in Internal Control – Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“COSO”). As a result of this assessment, management identified a material weakness in internal control over financial reporting. As a result of the material weakness in internal control over financial reporting described above, the Company’s management has concluded that, as March 31, 2021, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting was not effective based on the criteria in Internal Control – Integrated Framework issued by COSO.

Although we acquired and became the parent company of Cosmos in the Cosmos Transaction, with limited exceptions, the management team of Cosmos became our management team and became responsible for our internal control over financial reporting upon completion of the Cosmos Transaction. Cosmos was an Australian registered Unlisted Public Company with limited accounting personnel and other resources with which to address our internal controls and procedures and was not previously subject to the same requirements. Our new management may not be able to effectively and timely implement controls and procedures that adequately respond to the regulatory compliance and reporting requirements that are applicable to us. If our new management is not able to implement the requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in a timely manner or with adequate compliance, we may not be able to assess whether our internal control over financial reporting are effective, which may subject us to adverse regulatory consequences and could harm investor confidence and the market price of our stock.


In addition, as a smaller reporting company and non-accelerated filer, we are not subject to the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. However, as we grow, we may become subject to the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

If we fail to comply with the requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the accuracy and timeliness of the filing of our annual and quarterly reports may be materially adversely affected and could cause investors to lose confidence in our reported financial information, which could have a negative effect on the trading price of our common stock. In addition, we identified a material weakness in the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting which could result in an increased chance of fraud and the loss of customers, reduce our ability to obtain financing and require additional expenditures to comply with these requirements, each of which could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

We may not continue to meet OTC listing requirements

As of March 16, 2021, we received notice from OTC Markets Group (OTC) that we have failed to have a public float greater than 10% of our total shares outstanding, a requirement under Section 1.1.1(C) of OTCQB Standards, which would if not rectified within 30 days may result in our shares ceasing to trade on the OTCQB marketplace. We have submitted a plan to cure this deficiency, which the OTC accepted, and which gives us until June 30, 2021 to rectify the issue. This plan involves filing a registration statement on Form S-1 to register the shares issued in the Cosmos Transaction and in the PIPE, and such registration is required by the terms of the Cosmos Transaction and the PIPE, however, if we are unable to file and have the registration made effective by June 30, 2021, we may not be in compliance with the OTC listing requirements and are shares may cease to trade on the OTCQB marketplace.

Risks Relating to the LO2A Business

With respect to risks relating to our LO2A Business, please see the section entitled “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020, which is incorporated by reference into this information statement. See “Where You Can Find More Information.” However, since the Cosmos Transaction is completed, many of these risks will be (i) primarily related to the likelihood of our ability to successfully enter into any LO2A Transaction and, if we do, the terms thereof, which will mostly affect the holders of CVRs, and (ii) immaterial to the operation of the post-closing combined company.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

 

NoneDuring the three month period ended March 31, 2022, in addition to those sales previously disclosed in our filings with the SEC, we have issued and sold the following securities without registration under the Securities Act: 

 

During January of 2022, we issued 5,000 shares of our common stock with a fair market value of $57,500 to TraDigital Marketing Group LLC for consultancy services provided to us.

During February of 2022, we issued 8,787 shares of our common stock with a fair market value of $50,000 to Kyle Hoffman as part of the contingent consideration for the Membership Interest Purchase Agreement we entered with him to acquire his membership interests in Luna Squares LLC.

On February 23, 2022, we issued to Celsius Mining, warrants to purchase up to 3,850,000 shares of our common stock, at an exercise price of US$6.50 per share, in connection with the $20 million loan made by Celsius to Luna Squares LLC in connection with a Customer Equipment and Co-Location Agreement entered into by Celsius and Luna Squares LLC.

We believe that all of the foregoing sales qualified for exemption under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and/or Regulation D, as promulgated under the Securities Act, since the issuance of the securities by us did not involve a public offering. The offerings were not “public offerings” as defined in Section 4(a)(2) due to the type of investors, the insubstantial number of investors involved in the offering, the size of the offering, the manner of the offering and number of securities offered. In addition, these security holders represented as to the necessary investment intent as required by Section 4(a)(2) and/or Regulation D. We did not employ an underwriter in connection with the issuance of the securities described above.

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

 

None

 

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 5. Other Information

 

None

 


Item 6. Exhibits

 

10.1*2.1LeaseBid Implementation Agreement between Luna Squares LLC (FKA Innovative Preperty Management, LLC)Wize Pharma, Inc. and The Development Authority of Washington CountyCosmos Capital Limited, dated May 1,December 30, 2020 (Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 5, 2021)
10.2*2.2FirstDeed of Amendment, dated January 18, 2021, of the Bid Implementation Agreement between Wize Pharma, Inc. and Cosmos Capital Limited, dated December 30, 2020 (Incorporated by reference to Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 19, 2021)
2.3Membership Interest Purchase Agreement dated July 5, 2021 between Mawson Infrastructure Group Inc. and Kyle Hoffman (Incorporated by reference to Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 9, 2021)
3.1Certificate of Incorporation (Incorporated by reference to Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 5, 2012)
3.2Certificate of Amendment to LeaseCertificate of Incorporation (Incorporated by reference to Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 18, 2013)
3.3Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation dated November 15, 2017 (Incorporated by reference to Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 21, 2017)
3.4Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation dated March 1, 2018 (Incorporated by reference to Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 5, 2018)
3.5Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation dated March 17, 2021 (Incorporated by reference to Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 23, 2021)
3.6Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation dated June 9, 2021 (Incorporated by reference to Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 14, 2021)
3.7Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation dated August 11, 2021 (Incorporated by reference to Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 16, 2021)
3.8Certificate of Registration of a Company of Cosmos Capital Limited ACN 636 458 912 (Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-256947) filed with the SEC on June 9, 2021)
3.9Constitution of Cosmos Capital Limited (Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-256947) filed with the SEC on June 9, 2021)
3.10Bylaws (Incorporated by reference to Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 10, 2013)
4.1Warrant Agreement between the Company and Exercise of Option to Lease an Additional Four Adjoining Acres between Luna SquaresCelsius Mining LLC (FKA Innovative Property Management, LLC) and The Development Authority of Washington County dated February 23, 2021.2022 (Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 1, 2022)
10.3*31.1*International Sales Contract No:ZY0220211061 between Cosmos Infrastructure LLC and Canaan Convey Co., Ltd. dated February 5, 2021  
10.4*International Sales Contract NoZY0220211163 between Cosmos Infrastructure LLC and Canaan Convey Co., Ltd. dated March 26, 2021
10.5*Equipment Purchase and Finance and Security Agreement with Foundry Digital LLC.
10.6*Amendment To The Equipment Finance And Security Agreement Dated February 5, 2021
10.7*Second Amendment To The Equipment Finance And Security Agreement Dated April 1, 2021
31.1*Certification of Principal Executive Officer under Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2*Certification of Principal Financial Officer under Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32**Certifications of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer under Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
10199.1*Press Release
99.2*Investor Presentation
101The following materials from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2021,2022, formatted in Inline XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language): (i) Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 20212022 and December 31, 2020,2021, (ii) Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three months ended March 31, 20212022 and 2020,2021, (iii) Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three months ended March 31, 20212022 and 2020,2021, and (iv) Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

104*Filed herewith.

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

SIGNATURES

 

*Filed herewith.

**Furnished herewith.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements 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.

  

 Mawson Infrastructure Group Inc.
   
Date: May 19, 202116, 2022By:/s /s/ James Manning
  James Manning, Chief Executive Officer
  (Principal Executive Officer) 
   
Date: May 19, 202116, 2022By:/s/ Or EisenbergHetal Majithia
  Or Eisenberg,Hetal Majithia, Chief Financial Officer
  (Acting Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

 

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