Financial Statements
−Removed: DOMINARI HOLDINGS
−Removed: Condensed Consolidated
−Removed: Balance Sheets
−Removed: ($ in thousands
−Removed: except share and per share amounts)
−Removed: September 30,
+Added: DOMINARI HOLDINGS INC.
+Added: Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
+Added: ($ in thousands except share and per share amounts)
Current assets
3 unchanged sentences
Prepaid expenses and other assets
−Removed: Prepaid acquisition cost
−Removed: Short-term investments at fair value
Notes receivable, at fair value - current portion
−Removed: Investment in Fieldpoint Securities
Total current assets
1 unchanged sentence
Notes receivable, at fair value - non-current portion
−Removed: Employee forgivable loan receivable
+Added: Long-term equity investments
Right-of-use assets
8 unchanged sentences
Total current liabilities
−Removed: Lease liability
+Added: Lease liability, less current portion
Total liabilities
2 unchanged sentences
5,000,000 shares designated;
−Removed: 3,825 shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022;
+Added: 3,825 shares issued and outstanding
+Added: as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023;
liquidation value of $ 0.0001 per share
5,000,000 shares designated;
−Removed: 834 shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022;
+Added: 834 shares issued and outstanding
+Added: as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023;
liquidation value of $ 0.0001 per share
Common stock, $ 0.0001 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized;
−Removed: 5,345,312 and 5,485,096 shares issued at September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively;
−Removed: 5,285,164 and 5,017,079 shares outstanding at September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively
+Added: 5,995,065 shares issued as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023;
+Added: 5,934,917 shares outstanding as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023
Additional paid-in capital
−Removed: Treasury stock, at cost, 60,148 and 468,017 shares at September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively
+Added: Treasury stock, as of cost, 60,148 shares as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023
Accumulated deficit
1 unchanged sentence
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
−Removed: See accompanying
−Removed: notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
−Removed: DOMINARI HOLDINGS
−Removed: Condensed Consolidated
−Removed: Statements of Operations
−Removed: ($ in thousands
−Removed: except share and per share amounts)
+Added: See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated
+Added: financial statements.
+Added: DOMINARI HOLDINGS INC.
+Added: Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
+Added: ($ in thousands except share and per share amounts)
Three Months Ended
−Removed: September 30,
−Removed: Nine Months Ended
−Removed: September 30,
Operating costs and expenses
General and administrative
−Removed: Research and development
−Removed: Research and development - license acquired
Total operating expenses
2 unchanged sentences
Interest income
−Removed: (Loss) gain on marketable securities
−Removed: Unrealized loss on note receivable
−Removed: Change in fair value of investments
−Removed: Total other (expenses) income
−Removed: Deemed dividends related to Series O and Series P Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock
−Removed: Net Loss Attributable to Common Shareholders
+Added: Gain (loss) on marketable securities, net
+Added: Realized and unrealized gain and loss on notes receivable, net
+Added: Change in fair value of long-term equity investments
+Added: Total other income (expenses)
Net loss per share, basic and diluted
2 unchanged sentences
Basic and Diluted
−Removed: See accompanying
−Removed: notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
−Removed: DOMINARI HOLDINGS
−Removed: Condensed Consolidated
−Removed: Statements of Changes in Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock and Stockholders’ Equity
−Removed: ($ in thousands
−Removed: except share and per share amounts)
−Removed: For the Three
−Removed: Months Ended September 30, 2023 and 2022
−Removed: Preferred Stock
−Removed: Treasury Stock
−Removed: Total Stockholders’
−Removed: Balance at June 30, 2023
−Removed: $ ( 198,306 )
−Removed: Stock-based compensation
−Removed: Balance at September 30, 2023
−Removed: $ ( 201,847 )
+Added: See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated
+Added: financial statements.
+Added: DOMINARI HOLDINGS INC.
+Added: Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes
+Added: in Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock and Stockholders’ Equity
+Added: ($ in thousands except share and per share amounts)
+Added: For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2024 and
Preferred Stock
Treasury Stock
−Removed: Total Stockholders’
−Removed: Balance at June 30, 2022
+Added: Stockholders'
+Added: Balance at December 31, 2023
$ ( 208,763 )
−Removed: Purchase of treasury stock
Stock-based compensation
−Removed: Balance at September 30, 2022
+Added: Balance at March 31, 2024
$ ( 214,204 )
−Removed: For the Nine Months Ended
−Removed: September 30, 2023 and 2022
Preferred Stock
Treasury Stock
−Removed: Total Stockholders’
+Added: Stockholders’
Balance at December 31, 2022
4 unchanged sentences
Retirement of treasury stock
−Removed: Balance at September 30, 2023
−Removed: $ ( 201,847 )
−Removed: Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock
−Removed: Preferred Stock
−Removed: Treasury Stock
−Removed: Balance at December 31, 2021
−Removed: $ ( 163,774 )
−Removed: Issuance of Series O redeemable convertible preferred stock for cash
−Removed: Issuance of Series P redeemable convertible preferred stock for cash
−Removed: Cost on issuance of Series O and Series P Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock
−Removed: Deemed dividends related to Series O and Series P Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock
−Removed: Redemption of Series O Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock
−Removed: Redemption of Series P Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock
−Removed: Purchase of treasury stock
−Removed: Stock-based compensation
−Removed: Cancellation of common stock related to investment in CBM
−Removed: Fractional shares adjusted for reverse split
−Removed: Balance at September 30, 2022
+Added: Balance at March 31, 2023
$ ( 189,643 )
−Removed: See accompanying
−Removed: notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
−Removed: DOMINARI HOLDINGS
−Removed: Condensed Consolidated
−Removed: Statements of Cash Flows
+Added: See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed
+Added: consolidated financial statements.
+Added: DOMINARI HOLDINGS INC.
+Added: Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
($ in thousands)
−Removed: Nine Months Ended
−Removed: September 30,
+Added: Three Months Ended
Cash flows from operating activities
1 unchanged sentence
Amortization of right-of-use assets
−Removed: Change in fair value of short-term investment
−Removed: Change in fair value of long-term investment
−Removed: Research and development-acquired license, expensed
+Added: Change in fair value of long-term equity investments
Stock-based compensation
1 unchanged sentence
Unrealized (gain) loss on marketable securities
−Removed: Unrealized loss on note receivable
+Added: Realized and unrealized gain and loss on notes receivable, net
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
12 unchanged sentences
Sale of marketable securities
−Removed: Proceeds from sale of digital currencies
Purchase of fixed assets
Acquisition of FPS, net of cash acquired and receivable owed from FPS
−Removed: Collection of principal on note receivable
−Removed: Funds to employee forgivable loan
−Removed: Purchase of research and development licenses
−Removed: Purchase of short-term and long-term investments
−Removed: Purchase of short-term and long-term promissory notes
−Removed: Net cash used in investing activities
+Added: Collection of principal on notes receivable
+Added: Loans to employees
+Added: Collection of loans to employees
+Added: Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities
Cash flows from financing activities
−Removed: Proceeds from issuance of Series O and Series P Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock, net of discount and offering cost
−Removed: Payment for fractional shares
−Removed: Redemption of Series O and Series P Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock
Purchase of treasury stock
3 unchanged sentences
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period
−Removed: Non-cash investing and financing activities
−Removed: Transfer from short-term investment to marketable securities
−Removed: Reclassify from convertible note receivable to notes receivable at fair value
−Removed: Promissory convertible note receivable conversion into common shares
−Removed: On March 27, 2023, the Company acquired all assets and liabilities of FPS as disclosed in Note 4:
−Removed: Net assets acquired, net of cash acquired and receivable owed from FPS
−Removed: Less - Deposit previously transferred in October 2022 to FPS
−Removed: Net cash paid
−Removed: See accompanying
−Removed: notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
−Removed: DOMINARI HOLDINGS
−Removed: Notes to Condensed
−Removed: Consolidated Financial Statements
−Removed: and Description of Business and Recent Developments
−Removed: and Description of Business
−Removed: Dominari Holdings
−Removed: (the “Company”), formerly AIkido Pharma, Inc., was founded in 1967 as Spherix Incorporated.
−Removed: Since 2017, the Company
−Removed: has operated as a biotechnology company with a diverse portfolio of small-molecule anticancer and antiviral therapeutics and their related
−Removed: patent technology.
−Removed: In an effort to enhance shareholder value, in June of 2022, the Company formed a wholly owned financial services subsidiary,
−Removed: Dominari Financial Inc.
−Removed: (“Dominari Financial”), with the intent of shifting the Company’s primary operating focus away
−Removed: from biotechnology to the fintech and financial services industries.
−Removed: Through Dominari Financial, the Company acquired Dominari Securities
−Removed: LLC (“Dominari Securities”), an introducing broker-dealer, registered with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”)
−Removed: and an investment adviser registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).
−Removed: Dominari Securities provides investment
−Removed: advisory services and annuity and insurance products of certain insurance carriers as an insurance agency through independent and affiliated
−Removed: Related to the shift described above, AIkido Labs, LLC (“Aikido
−Removed: Labs”), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, is in the process of winding down its historical pipeline of biotechnology assets.
−Removed: Aikido Labs has historically explored opportunities in high growth industries and has equity holdings including Anduril Industries, Inc,
−Removed: Databricks, Inc., Discord, Inc., Epic Games, Inc., Payward, Inc.
−Removed: dba Kraken, Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
−Removed: dba SpaceX, Tevva Motors
−Removed: Ltd., Thrasio, LLC, and Yanka Industries, Inc.
−Removed: dba Masterclass.
−Removed: and Capital Resources
−Removed: The Company continues
−Removed: to incur ongoing administrative and other expenses, including public company expenses, in excess of corresponding (non-financing related)
−Removed: While the Company continues to implement its business strategy, it intends to finance its activities through managing current
−Removed: cash on hand from the Company’s past equity offerings.
−Removed: Based upon projected
−Removed: cash flow requirements, the Company has adequate cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities to fund its operations for at least
−Removed: the next twelve months from the date of the issuance of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
−Removed: of Significant Accounting Policies
−Removed: There have been
−Removed: no material changes in the Company’s significant accounting policies from those previously disclosed in the 2022 Annual Report.
−Removed: Basis of Presentation
−Removed: and Principles of Consolidation
−Removed: The accompanying
−Removed: unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with U.S.
−Removed: generally accepted accounting principles
−Removed: GAAP”), and in conformity with the rules and regulations of the SEC.
−Removed: In the opinion of management, these financial
−Removed: statements contain all adjustments, consisting of only normal recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair statement of the results of
−Removed: the interim periods presented.
−Removed: The condensed consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2023,
−Removed: condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, condensed consolidated
−Removed: statements of stockholders’ equity for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, and the condensed consolidated
−Removed: statements of cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022 are unaudited, but include all adjustments, consisting
−Removed: only of normal recurring adjustments, which the Company considers necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position, operating
−Removed: results and cash flows for the periods presented.
−Removed: The results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 are not necessarily
−Removed: indicative of results to be expected for the year ending December 31, 2023 or for any future interim period.
−Removed: The condensed consolidated
−Removed: balance sheet at December 31, 2022 has been derived from audited financial statements;
−Removed: however, it does not include all of the information
−Removed: and notes required by U.S.
+Added: See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated
+Added: financial statements.
+Added: DOMINARI HOLDINGS INC.
+Added: Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
+Added: Organization and Description of Business
+Added: and Recent Developments
+Added: Organization and Description of Business
+Added: Dominari Holdings Inc.
+Added: (the “Company”),
+Added: formerly AIkido Pharma, Inc., was founded in 1967 as Spherix Incorporated.
+Added: Since 2017, the Company has operated as a biotechnology company
+Added: with a diverse portfolio of small-molecule anticancer and antiviral therapeutics and their related patent technology.
+Added: The Company is in
+Added: the process of winding down its historical pipeline of biotechnology assets held by Aikido Labs, LLC.
+Added: In an effort to enhance shareholder
+Added: value, in June of 2022, the Company formed a wholly owned financial services subsidiary, Dominari Financial Inc.
+Added: (“Dominari Financial”),
+Added: with the intent of shifting the Company’s primary operating focus away from biotechnology to the fintech and financial services
+Added: Through Dominari Financial, the Company acquired Dominari Securities LLC (“Dominari Securities”), an introducing
+Added: broker-dealer, registered with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) and an investment adviser registered
+Added: with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).
+Added: Dominari Securities provides investment advisory services and annuity
+Added: and insurance products of certain insurance carriers as an insurance agency through independent and affiliated brokers.
+Added: On September 9, 2022, Dominari Financial entered
+Added: into a membership interest purchase agreement, as amended and restated on March 27, 2023 (the “FPS Purchase Agreement”) with
+Added: Fieldpoint Private Bank & Trust (“Seller”), a Connecticut bank, for the purchase of its wholly owned subsidiary, Fieldpoint
+Added: Private Securities, LLC, a Connecticut limited liability company (“FPS”), that is a broker-dealer registered with the Financial
+Added: Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) and an investment adviser registered with the SEC.
+Added: Pursuant to the terms
+Added: of the FPS Purchase Agreement, Dominari Financial purchased from the Seller 100 % of the membership interests in FPS (the “Membership
+Added: FPS’s registered broker-dealer and investment adviser businesses will be operated as a wholly owned subsidiary
+Added: of Dominari Financial.
+Added: The FPS Purchase Agreement provides for Dominari Financial’s acquisition of FPS’s Membership
+Added: Interests in two closings, the first of which occurred on October 4, 2022 (the “Initial Closing”), at which Dominari
+Added: Financial paid to the Seller $ 2.0 million in consideration for a transfer by the Seller to Dominari Financial 20 % of the FPS Membership
+Added: Following the Initial Closing, FPS filed a continuing membership application requesting approval for a change of
+Added: ownership, control, or business operations with FINRA in accordance with FINRA Rule 1017 (the “Rule 1017 Application”).
+Added: The Rule 1017 Application was approved by FINRA on March 20, 2023.
+Added: The second closing occurred on March 27, 2023.
+Added: Dominari Financial paid
+Added: to the Seller an additional $ 1.4 million in consideration for a transfer by the Seller to Dominari Financial of the remaining 80 % of the
+Added: Membership Interests.
+Added: As a result of the ownership change, FPS was renamed Dominari Securities LLC.
+Added: Liquidity and Capital Resources
+Added: The Company continues to incur ongoing administrative
+Added: and other expenses, including public company expenses, in excess of corresponding (non-financing related) revenue.
+Added: While the Company continues
+Added: to implement its business strategy, it intends to finance its activities through managing current cash on hand from the Company’s
+Added: past equity offerings.
+Added: Based upon projected cash flow requirements, the
+Added: Company has adequate cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities to fund its operations for at least the next twelve months from
+Added: the date of the issuance of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
+Added: Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
+Added: There have been no material changes in the Company’s
+Added: significant accounting policies from those previously disclosed in the 2023 Annual Report.
+Added: Basis of Presentation and Principles of Consolidation
+Added: The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated
+Added: financial statements have been prepared in conformity with U.S.
+Added: generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S.
+Added: in conformity with the rules and regulations of the SEC.
+Added: In the opinion of management, these financial statements contain all adjustments,
+Added: consisting of only normal recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair statement of the results of the interim periods presented.
+Added: condensed consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2024, condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three months ended
+Added: March 31, 2024 and 2023, condensed consolidated statements of stockholders’ equity for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and
+Added: 2023, and the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023 are unaudited, but include
+Added: all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, which the Company considers necessary for a fair presentation of the
+Added: financial position, operating results and cash flows for the periods presented.
+Added: The results for the three months ended March 31, 2024
+Added: are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for the year ending December 31, 2024 or for any future interim period.
+Added: The condensed
+Added: consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2023 has been derived from audited financial statements;
+Added: however, it does not include all
+Added: of the information and notes required by U.S.
GAAP for complete financial statements.
−Removed: The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements
−Removed: should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s annual
−Removed: report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022.
−Removed: The Company’s
−Removed: policy is to consolidate all entities that it controls by ownership of a majority of the membership interest or outstanding voting stock.
−Removed: The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries,
−Removed: Aikido Labs, Dominari Financial, and Dominari Securities.
−Removed: All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated
−Removed: in consolidation.
−Removed: Results for interim
−Removed: periods are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for a full year or any future period.
+Added: The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated
+Added: financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the
+Added: Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023.
+Added: The Company’s policy is to consolidate all
+Added: entities that it controls by ownership of a majority of the membership interest or outstanding voting stock.
+Added: The accompanying unaudited
+Added: condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries, Aikido Labs, Dominari
+Added: Financial, and Dominari Securities.
+Added: All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
Use of Estimates
−Removed: The accompanying
−Removed: unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with U.S.
−Removed: This requires management to make
−Removed: estimates and assumptions that affect certain reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities
−Removed: at the date of the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the
−Removed: The Company’s significant estimates and assumptions include stock-based compensation, the valuation of investments, the
−Removed: valuation of notes receivable and the valuation allowance related to the Company’s deferred tax assets.
−Removed: Certain of the Company’s
−Removed: estimates could be affected by external conditions, including those unique to the Company and general economic conditions.
−Removed: It is reasonably
−Removed: possible that these external factors could have an effect on the Company’s estimates and could cause actual results to differ from
−Removed: those estimates and assumptions.
−Removed: Deposits with
−Removed: clearing broker
−Removed: Deposits with Dominari
−Removed: Securities’ clearing broker consisted of approximately $ 7.2 million held in money market funds and liquid insured deposits maintained
−Removed: by the Company with its clearing broker as of September 30, 2023.
−Removed: The Company accounts
−Removed: for its leases under ASC 842, Leases (“ASC 842”).
−Removed: Under this guidance, arrangements meeting the definition
−Removed: of a lease are classified as operating or financing leases and are recorded on the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet as
−Removed: both a right-of-use asset and lease liability, calculated by discounting fixed lease payments over the lease term at the rate implicit
−Removed: in the lease or the Company’s incremental borrowing rate.
−Removed: Lease liabilities are increased by interest and reduced by payments each
−Removed: period, and the right-of-use asset is amortized over the lease term.
−Removed: For operating leases, interest on the lease liability and the amortization
−Removed: of the right-of-use asset result in straight-line rent expense over the lease term.
−Removed: For finance leases, interest on the lease liability
−Removed: and the amortization of the right-of-use asset results in front-loaded expense over the lease term.
−Removed: Variable lease expenses are recorded
−Removed: when incurred (see Note 10 - Leases ).
−Removed: The Company recognizes
−Removed: revenues under ASC 606 - Revenue from Contracts with Customers (“ASC 606”) .
−Removed: recognized when control of the promised goods or performance obligations for services is transferred to the Company’s customers,
−Removed: in an amount that reflects the consideration the Company expects to be entitled to in exchange for the goods or services.
−Removed: The following provides
−Removed: detailed information on the recognition of the Company’s revenues from contracts with customers:
−Removed: services include underwriting and placement agent services in both the equity and debt capital markets, including private equity
−Removed: placements, initial public offerings, follow-on offerings, and underwriting and distributing public and private debt.
−Removed: and placement agent revenues are recognized at a point in time on trade-date, as the client obtains the control and benefit of the
−Removed: underwriting offering at that point.
−Removed: Costs associated with underwriting transactions are deferred until the related revenue is recognized
−Removed: or the engagement is otherwise concluded and are recorded on a gross basis within the general and administrative line item in the
−Removed: unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations as the Company is acting as a principal in the arrangement.
−Removed: reimbursed by the Company’s clients are recognized as other income.
−Removed: ● Commissions
−Removed: are earned by executing, transactions for clients primarily in equity, equity-related, and
−Removed: debt products.
−Removed: Commission revenues associated with trade execution are recognized at a point
−Removed: in time on trade-date.
−Removed: Commissions revenues are generally paid on settlement date and the
−Removed: Company records receivables to account for timing between trade-date and payment on settlement
−Removed: advisory fees are earned in connection with investment advisory services.
+Added: The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated
+Added: financial statements have been prepared in conformity with U.S.
+Added: This requires management to make estimates and assumptions that
+Added: affect certain reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the unaudited
+Added: condensed consolidated financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the period.
+Added: The Company’s significant
+Added: estimates and assumptions include stock-based compensation, the valuation of investments, the valuation of notes receivable and the valuation
+Added: allowance related to the Company’s deferred tax assets.
+Added: Certain of the Company’s estimates could be affected by external conditions,
+Added: including those unique to the Company and general economic conditions.
+Added: It is reasonably possible that these external factors could have
+Added: an effect on the Company’s estimates and could cause actual results to differ from those estimates and assumptions.
+Added: Deposits with clearing broker
+Added: Deposits with Dominari Securities’ clearing
+Added: broker consisted of approximately $ 14.1 million held in money market funds and liquid insured deposits maintained by the Company with
+Added: its clearing broker as of March 31, 2024.
+Added: The Company accounts for its leases under ASC
+Added: 842, Leases (“ASC 842”).
+Added: Under this guidance, arrangements meeting the definition of a lease are classified
+Added: as operating or financing leases and are recorded on the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet as both a right-of-use asset and
+Added: lease liability, calculated by discounting fixed lease payments over the lease term at the rate implicit in the lease or the Company’s
+Added: incremental borrowing rate.
+Added: Lease liabilities are increased by interest and reduced by payments each period, and the right-of-use asset
+Added: is amortized over the lease term.
+Added: For operating leases, interest on the lease liability and the amortization of the right-of-use asset
+Added: result in straight-line rent expense over the lease term.
+Added: For finance leases, interest on the lease liability and the amortization of
+Added: the right-of-use asset results in front-loaded expense over the lease term.
+Added: Variable lease expenses are recorded when incurred (see Note
+Added: 8 - Leases ).
+Added: The Company recognizes revenue under ASC
+Added: 606 - Revenue from Contracts with Customers (“ASC 606”) .
+Added: Revenue is recognized when control of
+Added: the promised goods or performance obligations for services is transferred to the Company’s customers, in an amount that reflects
+Added: the consideration the Company expects to be entitled to in exchange for the goods or services.
+Added: The following provides detailed information on
+Added: the recognition of the Company’s revenue from contracts with customers:
+Added: ● Underwriting services include
+Added: underwriting and placement agent services in both the equity and debt capital markets, including private equity placements, initial public
+Added: offerings, follow-on offerings, and underwriting and distributing public and private debt.
+Added: Underwriting and placement agent revenue are
+Added: recognized at a point in time on trade-date, as the client obtains the control and benefit of the underwriting offering at that point.
+Added: Costs associated with underwriting transactions are deferred until the related revenue is recognized or the engagement is otherwise concluded
+Added: and are recorded on a gross basis within the general and administrative line item in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements
+Added: of operations as the Company is acting as a principal in the arrangement.
+Added: Any expenses reimbursed by the Company’s clients are
+Added: recognized as other income.
+Added: ● Commissions are earned by executing
+Added: transactions for clients primarily in equity, equity-related, and debt products.
+Added: Commission revenue associated with trade execution are
+Added: recognized at a point in time on trade-date.
+Added: Commissions revenue are generally paid on settlement date and the Company records receivables
+Added: to account for timing between trade-date and payment on settlement date.
+Added: ● Account advisory fees are earned in connection with investment
+Added: advisory services.
+Added: Account advisory fees are recognized over time using the time elapsed method as the Company determined that
+Added: the customer simultaneously receives and consumes the benefits of investment advisory services as they are provided.
Account advisory
−Removed: fees are recognized over time using the time elapsed method as the Company determined that
−Removed: the customer simultaneously receives and consumes the benefits of investment advisory services
−Removed: as they are provided.
−Removed: Account advisory fees are generally paid in advance of a specified
−Removed: service period (e.g.
−Removed: quarterly) and are initially deferred within in our Condensed Consolidated
−Removed: Balance Sheet.
−Removed: Long-term investments
−Removed: Effective January
−Removed: 1, 2018, the Company adopted Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2016-01 and related ASU 2018-03 and ASU 2019-04 concerning
−Removed: recognition and measurement of financial assets and financial liabilities.
−Removed: In adopting this guidance, the Company has made an accounting
−Removed: policy election to adopt an adjusted cost method measurement alternative for investments in equity securities without readily determinable
−Removed: For equity investments
−Removed: that are accounted for using the measurement alternative, the Company initially records equity investments at cost but is required to
−Removed: adjust the carrying value of such equity investments through earnings when there is an observable transaction involving the same or a
−Removed: similar investment with the same issuer or upon an impairment.
−Removed: Recently adopted
−Removed: accounting standards
−Removed: In October 2021,
−Removed: the FASB issued ASU 2021-08, Business Combinations (Topic 805) Accounting for Contract Assets and Contract Liabilities from Contracts
−Removed: with Customers (“ASU 2021-08”).
−Removed: This update amends Topic 805 to add contract assets and contract liabilities
−Removed: to the list of exceptions to the recognition and measurement principles that apply to business combinations and to require that an entity
−Removed: (acquirer) recognize and measure contract assets and contract liabilities in accordance with ASC 606.
+Added: fees are generally paid in advance of a specified service period (e.g.
+Added: quarterly) and are initially deferred within in our Condensed
+Added: Consolidated Balance Sheet.
+Added: ● Other revenue includes placement
+Added: agent services in the equity capital markets for privately held companies distributing private equity.
+Added: Placement agent revenue are recognized
+Added: at a point in time on trade-date, as the client obtains the control and benefit of the membership interest offering at that point.
+Added: Long-term equity investments
+Added: The Company accounts for long-term equity investments
+Added: under Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 321 “Investments—Equity Securities” (“ASC 321”).
+Added: In accordance with ASC 321, equity securities with readily determinable fair values are accounted for at fair value based on quoted market
+Added: Equity securities without readily determinable fair values are accounted for either at fair value or using the measurement alternative.
+Added: Under the measurement alternative, the equity investments are measured at cost, less any impairment, if any, plus or minus changes resulting
+Added: from observable price changes in orderly transactions for the identical or a similar investment of the Company.
+Added: Recently adopted accounting standards
+Added: In October 2021, the FASB issued ASU 2021-08,
+Added: Business Combinations (Topic 805) Accounting for Contract Assets and Contract Liabilities from Contracts with Customers (“ASU
+Added: This update amends Topic 805 to add contract assets and contract liabilities to the list of exceptions to the
+Added: recognition and measurement principles that apply to business combinations and to require that an entity (acquirer) recognize and measure
+Added: contract assets and contract liabilities in accordance with ASC 606.
+Added: The Company adopted ASU 2021-08 on January 1, 2023.
+Added: There was no material impact to the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements from the implementation of ASU
+Added: In June 2022, the FASB issued ASU 2022-03, Fair
+Added: Value Measurement of Equity Securities Subject to Contractual Sale Restrictions , to clarify that a contractual restriction on the
+Added: sale of an equity security is not considered part of the unit of account of the equity security and, therefore, is not considered in measuring
+Added: the fair value of the equity security.
+Added: ASU 2022-03 also clarifies that an entity cannot recognize and measure a contractual
+Added: sale restriction as a separate unit of account.
+Added: The amendments in ASU 2022-03 may be early adopted and are effective on
+Added: a prospective basis for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, and interim periods within those fiscal years.
The Company adopted ASU
2 unchanged sentences
from the implementation of ASU 2022-03.
−Removed: Effect of new
−Removed: accounting pronouncements not yet adopted
−Removed: In June 2022, the
−Removed: FASB issued ASU 2022-03, Fair Value Measurement of Equity Securities Subject to Contractual Sale Restrictions ,
−Removed: to clarify that a contractual restriction on the sale of an equity security is not considered part of the unit of account of the equity
−Removed: security and, therefore, is not considered in measuring the fair value of the equity security.
−Removed: ASU 2022-03 also clarifies
−Removed: that an entity cannot recognize and measure a contractual sale restriction as a separate unit of account.
−Removed: The amendments in ASU 2022-03 may
−Removed: be early adopted and are effective on a prospective basis for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, and interim periods within
−Removed: those fiscal years.
−Removed: The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the amendments on the Company’s consolidated financial statements
−Removed: and whether it will early adopt the amendments in ASU 2022-03 .
−Removed: In March 2023,
−Removed: the FASB issued ASU 2023-01, Leases , to require entities to classify and account for leases with related parties on
−Removed: the basis of legally enforceable terms and conditions of the arrangement.
−Removed: The amendments are effective in periods beginning after December
−Removed: 15, 2023, including interim periods within those fiscal years.
−Removed: The Company is currently evaluating the provisions of the amendments and
−Removed: the impact on its future consolidated financial statements and whether it will early adopt the amendments in ASU 2023-01.
−Removed: Effect of new
−Removed: accounting pronouncements to be adopted in future periods
−Removed: The Company reviewed
−Removed: all other recently issued accounting pronouncements and concluded that they were either not applicable or not expected to have a significant
−Removed: impact on these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
−Removed: On September 9, 2022, Dominari Financial entered into a membership
−Removed: interest purchase agreement, as amended and restated on March 27, 2023 (the “FPS Purchase Agreement”) with Fieldpoint Private
−Removed: Bank & Trust (“Seller”), a Connecticut bank, for the purchase of its wholly owned subsidiary, Fieldpoint Private Securities,
−Removed: LLC, a Connecticut limited liability company (“FPS”), that is a broker-dealer registered with FINRA and an investment adviser
−Removed: registered with the SEC (the “FPS Acquisition”).
−Removed: Pursuant to the terms of the FPS Purchase Agreement, Dominari Financial
−Removed: purchased from the Seller 100 % of the membership interests in FPS (the “FPS Membership Interests”).
−Removed: FPS’s registered
−Removed: broker-dealer and investment adviser businesses were renamed and will operate as Dominari Securities, a wholly owned subsidiary of Dominari
−Removed: The FPS Purchase Agreement provided for Dominari Financial’s acquisition of FPS’s Membership Interests in
−Removed: two closings, the first of which occurred on October 4, 2022 (the “Initial Closing”), at which Dominari Financial paid
−Removed: to the Seller $ 2.0 million in consideration for a transfer by the Seller to Dominari Financial of 20 % of the FPS Membership
−Removed: Following the Initial Closing, FPS filed a continuing membership application requesting approval for a change of ownership,
−Removed: control, or business operations with FINRA in accordance with FINRA Rule 1017 (the “Rule 1017 Application”).
−Removed: 1017 Application was approved by FINRA on March 20, 2023.
−Removed: The second closing (the “Second Closing”) occurred on March 27,
−Removed: Dominari Financial paid to the Seller an additional approximate $ 1.6 million consideration for a transfer by the Seller to
−Removed: Dominari Financial of the remaining 80 % of the FPS Membership Interests.
−Removed: Consideration
−Removed: The FPS Acquisition
−Removed: was accounted for as a business combination under ASC 805.
−Removed: Under the terms of the FPS Purchase Agreement and subsequent amendments
−Removed: and side letters to the agreement 100 % of the FPS Membership Interests were acquired for cash consideration of approximately $ 3.4 million,
−Removed: which reflected the fair value of net assets acquired, plus a $ 1 purchase price.
−Removed: At March 31, 2023, Dominari Financial had not finalized
−Removed: the purchase accounting related to the fair value of assets acquired in the FPS Acquisition.
−Removed: Pursuant to the Initial Closing and Second
−Removed: Closing, Dominari Financial had wired a total of approximately $ 3.6 million in cash to the Seller.
−Removed: The purchase price allocation identified
−Removed: net assets of approximately $ 3.4 million, resulting in a receivable due from the Seller for approximately $ 0.2 million.
−Removed: The receivable
−Removed: is not included within the consideration transferred as part of the FPS Acquisition but is included within prepaid expenses and other
−Removed: assets within the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2023.
−Removed: Under the acquisition
−Removed: method of accounting, the assets acquired, and liabilities assumed of FPS were recorded as of the acquisition date, at their respective
−Removed: fair values, and consolidated with those of the Company.
−Removed: Acquisition-related costs are not included as a component of consideration transferred
−Removed: but are expensed in the periods in which costs are incurred.
−Removed: The Company incurred approximately $ 0.3 million of transaction costs associated
−Removed: with the FPS Acquisition.
−Removed: The transaction costs are included in general and administrative expenses in the unaudited condensed consolidated
−Removed: statement of operations.
−Removed: Fair Value of
−Removed: Net Assets Acquired
−Removed: The following table
−Removed: summarizes the fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed of FPS at the date of acquisition ($ in thousands):
−Removed: and cash equivalents
−Removed: with Clearing Broker-Dealer
−Removed: Other receivables
−Removed: and other current assets
−Removed: assets acquired
−Removed: Accrued expenses
−Removed: Accrued commissions
−Removed: management liabilities
−Removed: liabilities assumed
−Removed: net assets of FPS Acquisition
−Removed: in Marketable Securities
−Removed: The realized gain
−Removed: or loss, unrealized gain or loss, and dividend income related to marketable securities for the three and nine months ended September
−Removed: 30, 2023 and 2022, which are recorded as a component of gains and (losses) on marketable securities on the unaudited condensed consolidated
−Removed: statements of operations, are as follows ($ in thousands):
+Added: In March 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-01,
+Added: Leases , to require entities to classify and account for leases with related parties on the basis of legally enforceable terms
+Added: and conditions of the arrangement.
+Added: The amendments are effective in periods beginning after December 15, 2023, including interim periods
+Added: within those fiscal years.
+Added: The Company adopted ASU 2023-01 on January 1, 2024.
+Added: There was no material impact to the Company’s
+Added: unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements from the implementation of ASU 2023-01.
+Added: Effect of new accounting pronouncements to
+Added: be adopted in future periods
+Added: The Company reviewed all other recently issued
+Added: accounting pronouncements and concluded that they were either not applicable or not expected to have a significant impact on these unaudited
+Added: condensed consolidated financial statements.
+Added: Marketable Securities
+Added: The realized gain or loss, unrealized gain or
+Added: loss, and dividend income related to marketable securities for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, which are recorded as a
+Added: component of gains and (losses) on marketable securities on the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations, are as follows
+Added: ($ in thousands):
Three Months Ended
−Removed: September 30,
−Removed: Nine Months Ended
−Removed: September 30,
Realized loss
1 unchanged sentence
Dividend income
−Removed: The following table
−Removed: presents the Company’s short-term investments as of September 30, 2023, and December 31, 2022 ($ in thousands):
−Removed: September 30,
−Removed: in Vicinity Motor Corp.
−Removed: There was approximately
−Removed: $ 12,000 reduction in the fair value of the short-term investments for the nine months ended September 30, 2023.
−Removed: The following table
−Removed: provides quantitative information regarding Level 3 fair value measurement inputs at their measurement dates:
−Removed: September 30,
−Removed: Option term (in
−Removed: Risk-free interest rate
−Removed: Expected dividends
−Removed: The Company holds
−Removed: interests in several privately held companies as long-term investments that the Company perceives as potential IPO candidates.
−Removed: The following
−Removed: table presents the Company’s long-term investments as of September 30, 2023, and December 31, 2022 ($ in thousands):
−Removed: September 30,
+Added: Long-Term Equity Investments
+Added: The Company holds interests in several privately held and publicly
+Added: traded companies as long-term investments.
+Added: The following table presents the Company’s long-term investments as of March 31,
+Added: 2024, and December 31, 2023 ($ in thousands):
+Added: and December 31,
Investment in Kerna Health Inc
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Investment in Anduril*
−Removed: in Unusual Machines, Inc.
−Removed: On November 22, 2021, the Company entered into an agreement (the “AerocarveUS
−Removed: Agreement”) with AerocarveUS Corporation, (“AerocarveUS”).
−Removed: Under the AerocarveUS Agreement, the Company agreed to purchase 250,000 shares
−Removed: of common stock of AerocarveUS for $ 1.0 million.
−Removed: AerocarveUS changed its name to “Unusual Machines, Inc.” on July 5,
−Removed: In March of 2023, the Company was issued an additional 64,377 shares at no cost.
−Removed: In June 2023, the Company purchased an additional 150,000 shares
−Removed: of common stock for approximately $ 0.08 million.
−Removed: On July 10, 2023, Unusual Machines, Inc.
−Removed: effected a reverse stock split pursuant to which
−Removed: each two shares of common stock of the Corporation issued and outstanding was combined and reclassified into one share of common stock
−Removed: of the Corporation.
−Removed: The investment in Unusual Machines, Inc.
−Removed: was valued at approximately $ 1.0 million as of September 30, 2023.
−Removed: The following table
−Removed: presents the Company’s notes receivable as of September 30, 2023 ($ in thousands):
+Added: * Investments made in these companies
+Added: are through a Special Purpose Vehicle (“SPV”).
+Added: The SPV is the holder of the actual stock.
+Added: The Company does not hold these
+Added: stock certificates directly.
+Added: ** Investments made in these companies are through both an SPV
+Added: and direct investments.
+Added: Investment in SpaceX
+Added: The Company redeemed its entire investment in
+Added: the portfolio company during April 2024 in exchange for return of cost basis of $ 3.5 million.
+Added: Investment in Unusual Machines
+Added: Unusual Machines, Inc, an emerging leader in first-person
+Added: view (FPV) drone technology, closed its initial public offering of common stock on February 14, 2024 at a public offering price of $ 4
+Added: per share and the shares began trading on the NYSE American under the ticker symbol “UMAC”.
+Added: As of March 31, 2024 the Company
+Added: valued its investment in Unusual Machines based on UMAC’s market price.
+Added: Notes Receivable
+Added: The following table presents the Company’s
+Added: notes receivable as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 ($ in thousands):
+Added: March 31, 2024
Maturity Date
3 unchanged sentences
Notes receivable, at fair value
−Removed: Convergent convertible note - current
−Removed: Convergent convertible note - non-current
−Removed: Raefan Industries LLC Investment
−Removed: American Innovative Robotics Investment
+Added: Convergent convertible note
+Added: Raefan Industries LLC
+Added: American Innovative Robotics
Notes receivable, at fair value - current portion
Notes receivable, at fair value - non-current portion
−Removed: Therapeutics, Inc.
−Removed: The Company’s 8 %
−Removed: convertible promissory note (“Convergent Convertible Note”) issued by Convergent Therapeutics, Inc.
−Removed: (“Convergent”)
−Removed: in the principal amount of approximately $ 1.8 million pursuant to a Note Purchase Agreement matured on January 29, 2023 .
−Removed: maturity, Convergent entered into a contractual repayment schedule with the Company.
−Removed: Pursuant to the schedule, Convergent will make a
−Removed: total of eight payments in the amount of $ 250 thousand and accrued interest, every three months until fully satisfied.
−Removed: The principal balance
−Removed: of the Convergent Convertible Note was approximately $ 1.3 million as of September 30, 2023.
−Removed: The Company recorded principal repayment
−Removed: of $ 0.8 million and interest income of approximately $ 0.2 million on the Convergent Convertible Note for the nine months ended September
−Removed: Raefan Industries
−Removed: LLC Investment
−Removed: The Company recorded
−Removed: an interest income receivable of approximately $ 0.7 million on the Raefan Industries Promissory Note as of September 30, 2023 and
−Removed: an unrealized loss on the note of approximately $ 0.2 million.
−Removed: Innovative Robotics, LLC Investment
−Removed: The Company recorded
−Removed: interest income of approximately $ 67,000 on the Robotics Promissory Note for the nine months ended September 30, 2023.
−Removed: During the fourth
−Removed: quarter of 2022, the Company identified indicators of impairment for the Kaya investment as a result of adverse changes in Kaya’s
−Removed: business operations, including liquidity concerns.
−Removed: As a result, the Company recorded an impairment charge of $ 0.5 million in the
−Removed: fourth quarter of 2022.
−Removed: The impairment charge represents an impairment loss of the total investment held as a promissory note resulting
−Removed: in a $ 0 balance for the Kaya Now Promissory Note as of September 30, 2023.
−Removed: The Company received
−Removed: and recorded interest income related to the Kaya Now Promissory Note of approximately $ 10,000 for the nine months ended September 30,
−Removed: Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities
−Removed: Financial instruments,
−Removed: including cash and cash equivalents, accounts payable and accrued liabilities are carried at cost, which management believes approximates
−Removed: fair value due to the short-term nature of these instruments.
−Removed: The Company measures the fair value of financial assets and liabilities
−Removed: based on the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most
−Removed: advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date.
−Removed: maximizes the use of observable inputs and minimizes the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value.
−Removed: The Company uses
−Removed: three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value:
−Removed: 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities
−Removed: 2 - quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets or inputs that are observable
−Removed: 3 - inputs that are unobservable (for example, cash flow modeling inputs based on assumptions)
−Removed: Observable inputs
−Removed: are based on market data obtained from independent sources, while unobservable inputs are based on the Company’s market assumptions.
−Removed: Unobservable inputs require significant management judgment or estimation.
−Removed: In some cases, the inputs used to measure an asset or liability
−Removed: may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy.
−Removed: In those instances, the fair value measurement is required to be classified
−Removed: using the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement.
−Removed: Such determination requires significant management
−Removed: The following table
−Removed: presents the Company’s assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value as of September 30, 2023, and December 31, 2022 ($
−Removed: in thousands):
−Removed: Fair value measured as of September 30, 2023
−Removed: Total at September 30,
+Added: December 31, 2023
+Added: Maturity Date
+Added: Stated Interest Rate
+Added: Principal Amount
+Added: Interest Receivable
+Added: Notes receivable, at fair value
+Added: Convergent convertible note
+Added: Raefan Industries LLC
+Added: American Innovative Robotics
+Added: Notes receivable, at fair value - current portion
+Added: Notes receivable, at fair value - non-current portion
+Added: Convergent Therapeutics, Inc.
+Added: The Company recorded principal repayment of
+Added: approximately $ 0.3 million, interest income of approximately $ 63,000 and an unrealized gain on the note of approximately $ 60,000 on
+Added: the Convergent Convertible Note for the three months ended March 31, 2024.
+Added: Raefan Industries LLC
+Added: The Company recorded a realized loss as a result
+Added: of directly writing off approximately $ 1.0 million of principal, which the Company deemed uncollectible during the three months ended
+Added: March 31, 2024.
+Added: American Innovative Robotics, LLC
+Added: The Company recorded interest income of approximately
+Added: $ 22,000 , and an unrealized loss on the note of approximately $ 1,000 on the Robotics Promissory Note for the three months ended March 31,
+Added: Fair Value of Financial Assets and
+Added: Financial instruments, including cash and cash
+Added: equivalents, accounts payable and accrued liabilities are carried at cost, which management believes approximates fair value due to the
+Added: short-term nature of these instruments.
+Added: The Company measures the fair value of financial assets and liabilities based on the exchange
+Added: price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market
+Added: for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date.
+Added: The Company maximizes the use
+Added: of observable inputs and minimizes the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value.
+Added: The Company uses three levels of inputs that may
+Added: be used to measure fair value:
+Added: Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets
+Added: for identical assets or liabilities
+Added: Level 2 - quoted prices for similar
+Added: assets and liabilities in active markets or inputs that are observable
+Added: Level 3 - inputs that are unobservable
+Added: (for example, cash flow modeling inputs based on assumptions)
+Added: Observable inputs are based on market data obtained
+Added: from independent sources, while unobservable inputs are based on the Company’s market assumptions.
+Added: Unobservable inputs require significant
+Added: management judgment or estimation.
+Added: In some cases, the inputs used to measure an asset or liability may fall into different levels of the
+Added: fair value hierarchy.
+Added: In those instances, the fair value measurement is required to be classified using the lowest level of input that
+Added: is significant to the fair value measurement.
+Added: Such determination requires significant management judgment.
+Added: The following table presents the Company’s
+Added: assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value as of March 31, 2024, and December 31, 2023 ($ in thousands):
+Added: Fair value measured as of March 31, 2024
+Added: Total at December 31,
Quoted prices in active markets
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Total marketable securities
−Removed: Short-term investment
Notes receivable at fair value, current portion
Notes receivable at fair value, non-current portion
−Removed: value measured as of December 31, 2022
−Removed: observable inputs
−Removed: Marketable securities:
+Added: Fair value measured as of December 31, 2023
+Added: Total at December 31,
+Added: Quoted prices in active markets
+Added: Significant other observable inputs
+Added: Significant unobservable inputs
Marketable securities:
−Removed: receivable at fair value, current portion
−Removed: receivable at fair value, non-current portion
+Added: Total marketable securities
+Added: Notes receivable at fair value, current portion
+Added: Notes receivable at fair value, non-current portion
Level 3 Measurement
−Removed: The following table
−Removed: sets forth a summary of the changes in the fair value of the Company’s Level 3 financial assets that are measured at fair value
−Removed: on a recurring basis ($ in thousands):
−Removed: Short-term investment at December 31, 2022
−Removed: Change in fair value of investment
−Removed: Short-term investment at September 30, 2023
+Added: The following table sets forth a summary of the
+Added: changes in the fair value of the Company’s Level 3 financial assets that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis ($ in thousands):
Notes receivable at fair value, current portion at December 31, 2023
Collection of principal outstanding
−Removed: Note receivable, Convergent Therapeutics, non-current portion
−Removed: Unrealized loss on note receivable
−Removed: Accrued interest receivable
−Removed: Notes receivable at fair value, current portion at September 30, 2023
+Added: Realized and unrealized gain and loss on note receivable, net
+Added: Change in interest receivable
+Added: Notes receivable at fair value, current portion at March 31, 2024
Notes receivable at fair value, non-current portion at December 31, 2023
−Removed: Note receivable, Convergent Therapeutics, non-current portion
−Removed: Accrued interest receivable
−Removed: Notes receivable at fair value, non-current portion at September 30, 2023
−Removed: Note Receivable
−Removed: at fair value
−Removed: As of September
−Removed: 30, 2023, the fair value of the notes receivable was measured taking into consideration cost of the investment, market participant inputs,
−Removed: market conditions, liquidity, operating results and other qualitative and quantitative factors.
−Removed: No material change was noted in the fair
−Removed: value of the notes receivable during the three months ended September 30, 2023.
−Removed: On December 1,
−Removed: 2021, the Company entered into a Lease Agreement (the “Company’s Lease”) with Trump Tower Commercial LLC, a New York
−Removed: limited liability company.
−Removed: Under the Company’s Lease, the Company rents a portion of the twenty-second floor at 725 Fifth Avenue,
−Removed: New York, New York (the “22 nd Floor Premises”).
−Removed: The Company currently uses the 22 nd Floor
−Removed: Premises to run its day-to-day operations.
−Removed: The initial term of the Company’s Lease is seven ( 7 ) years commencing on July 11, 2022
−Removed: (“Commencement Date).
−Removed: Under the Company’s Lease, the Company is required to pay monthly rent, commencing on January 11, 2023,
−Removed: equal to $ 12,874 .
−Removed: Effective for the sixth and seventh years of the Company’s Lease, the rent shall increase to $ 13,502 .
−Removed: took possession of the 22 nd Floor Premises on the Commencement Date.
−Removed: On September 23,
−Removed: 2022, Dominari Financial entered into a Lease Agreement (“Dominari Financial’s Lease”) with Trump Tower Commercial
−Removed: LLC, a New York limited liability company.
−Removed: Under Dominari Financial’s Lease, Dominari Financial rents a portion of a floor at 725
−Removed: Fifth Avenue, New York, New York (the “Premises”).
+Added: Unrealized loss on notes receivable
+Added: Notes receivable at fair value, non-current portion at March 31, 2024
+Added: Notes Receivable at fair value
+Added: As of March 31, 2024, the fair value of the
+Added: notes receivable was measured taking into consideration cost basis, market participant inputs, market conditions, liquidity,
+Added: operating results and other qualitative and quantitative factors.
+Added: No material change was noted in the fair value of the notes
+Added: receivable during the three months ended March 31, 2024.
+Added: On December 1, 2021, the Company entered into
+Added: a Lease Agreement (the “Company’s Lease”) with Trump Tower Commercial LLC, a New York limited liability company.
+Added: the Company’s Lease, the Company rents a portion of the twenty-second floor at 725 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York (the “22 nd Floor
+Added: The Company currently uses the 22 nd Floor Premises to run its day-to-day operations.
+Added: The initial term
+Added: of the Company’s Lease is seven ( 7 ) years commencing on July 11, 2022 (“Commencement Date).
+Added: Under the Company’s Lease,
+Added: the Company is required to pay monthly rent, commencing on January 11, 2023, equal to $ 12,874 .
+Added: Effective for the sixth and seventh years
+Added: of the Company’s Lease, the rent shall increase to $ 13,502 .
+Added: The Company took possession of the 22 nd Floor Premises
+Added: on the Commencement Date.
+Added: On September 23, 2022, Dominari Financial entered
+Added: into a Lease Agreement (“Dominari Financial’s Lease”) with Trump Tower Commercial LLC, a New York limited liability
+Added: Under Dominari Financial’s Lease, Dominari Financial rents a portion of a floor at 725 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York
+Added: (the “Premises”).
Dominari Financial currently uses the Premises to run its day-to-day operations.
−Removed: The initial term of Dominari Financial’s Lease is seven ( 7 ) years commencing on the date that possession of the Premises is delivered
−Removed: to Dominari Financial.
+Added: The initial term of Dominari
+Added: Financial’s Lease is seven ( 7 ) years commencing on the date that possession of the Premises is delivered to Dominari Financial.
Under Dominari Financial’s Lease, Dominari Financial is required to pay monthly rent equal to $ 49,368 .
−Removed: for the sixth and seventh years of Dominari Financial’s Lease, the rent shall increase to $ 51,868 per month.
−Removed: The Company took
−Removed: possession of the Premises in February 2023.
−Removed: The tables below
−Removed: represent the Company’s lease assets and liabilities as of September 30, 2023:
−Removed: September 30,
−Removed: lease right-of-use-assets
−Removed: The following tables
−Removed: summarize quantitative information about the Company’s operating leases, under the adoption of ASC 842:
−Removed: September 30,
−Removed: Weighted-average
−Removed: remaining lease term – operating leases (in years)
−Removed: Weighted-average discount
−Removed: rate – operating leases
−Removed: During the nine
−Removed: months ended September 30, 2023, the Company recorded approximately $ 0.6 million of lease expense to current period operations.
−Removed: September 30,
−Removed: September 30,
+Added: Effective for the sixth and
+Added: seventh years of Dominari Financial’s Lease, the rent shall increase to $ 51,868 per month.
+Added: The Company took possession of the
+Added: Premises in February 2023.
+Added: The tables below represent the Company’s
+Added: lease assets and liabilities as of March 31, 2024:
+Added: Operating lease right-of-use-assets
+Added: The following tables summarize quantitative information
+Added: about the Company’s operating leases, under the adoption of ASC 842:
+Added: Weighted-average remaining lease term – operating leases (in years)
+Added: Weighted-average discount rate – operating leases
+Added: During the three months ended March 31, 2024
+Added: and 2023, the Company recorded approximately $ 0.2 million, respectively, of lease expense to current period operations.
Operating leases
+Added: Operating lease cost
Operating lease expense
−Removed: lease rent expense
−Removed: Supplemental cash
−Removed: flow information related to leases were as follows:
−Removed: September 30,
−Removed: Operating cash
−Removed: flows - operating leases
−Removed: Right-of-use assets obtained
−Removed: in exchange for operating lease liabilities
−Removed: As of September
−Removed: 30, 2023, future minimum payments during the next five years and thereafter are as follows:
−Removed: Remaining Period
−Removed: Ended December 31, 2023
−Removed: Year Ended December 31, 2024
+Added: Short-term lease rent expense
+Added: Net rent expense
+Added: Supplemental cash flow information related to
+Added: leases were as follows:
+Added: Operating cash flows - operating leases
+Added: Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for operating lease liabilities
+Added: As of March 31, 2024, future minimum payments
+Added: during the next five years and thereafter are as follows:
+Added: Remaining Period Ended December 31, 2024
Year Ended December 31, 2025
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Year Ended December 31, 2028
−Removed: present value discount
−Removed: lease liabilities
−Removed: Loss per Share
−Removed: Basic loss per
−Removed: share of common stock is computed by dividing the net loss allocable to common stockholders by the weighted-average number of shares
−Removed: of common stock or common stock equivalents outstanding.
−Removed: Diluted loss per common share is computed similar to basic loss per share except
−Removed: that it reflects the potential dilution that could occur if dilutive securities or other obligations to issue common stock were exercised
−Removed: or converted into common stock.
−Removed: Securities that could potentially dilute loss per share in the future that were not included in the computation
−Removed: of diluted loss per share for the nine months ended September 30, 2023, and 2022 are as follows:
−Removed: As of September 30,
+Added: Less present value discount
+Added: Operating lease liabilities
+Added: Net Loss per Share
+Added: Basic loss per share of common stock is computed
+Added: by dividing the net loss allocable to common stockholders by the weighted-average number of shares of common stock or common stock equivalents
+Added: outstanding for the period.
+Added: Diluted loss per common share is computed similar to basic loss per share except that it reflects the potential
+Added: dilution that could occur if dilutive securities or other obligations to issue common stock were exercised or converted into common stock
+Added: as of the first day of the period.
+Added: Securities that could potentially dilute loss per share in the future that were not included in the
+Added: computation of diluted loss per share for the three months ended March 31, 2024, and 2023 are as follows:
+Added: As of March 31,
Convertible preferred stock
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Options to purchase common stock
−Removed: Stockholders’
−Removed: Equity and Convertible Preferred Stock
−Removed: On March 6, 2023,
−Removed: the Company cancelled 644,499 shares of common stock as a result of retirement of 644,499 shares of treasury stock.
−Removed: On March 20, 2023,
−Removed: the Company cancelled 25,000 shares of common stock owned by an executive.
−Removed: June 27, 2023,
−Removed: pursuant to Soo Yu’s employment agreement and the Company’s 2022 Equity Incentive Plan, the Company executed a Grant Agreement,
−Removed: through which Soo Yu was granted 1,033,591 shares of the Company’s common stock.
−Removed: Upon issuance, the shares were fully vested and
−Removed: nonforfeitable with a total fair value of approximately $ 2.7 million.
−Removed: Pursuant to the Grant Agreement, the Company withheld 503,876
−Removed: of the shares granted to satisfy Soo Yu’s tax obligation of approximately $ 1.3 million and recorded as income taxes withheld within
−Removed: the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet.
−Removed: See Restricted Stock roll-forward below.
−Removed: On January 21,
−Removed: 2022, the Company’s board of directors authorized a share buyback program (the “Share Buyback Program”), pursuant to
−Removed: which the Company authorized the Share Buyback Program in an amount of up to three million dollars.
−Removed: During the nine months
−Removed: ended September 30, 2023, the Company repurchased 236,630 shares at a cost of approximately $ 0.9 million or $ 3.97 per share
−Removed: through marketable securities account under the Share Buyback Program.
−Removed: The Company records treasury stock using the cost method.
−Removed: On March 6, 2023,
−Removed: the Company retired 644,499 shares of treasury stock with original cost of approximately $ 3.8 million.
−Removed: A summary of warrant
−Removed: activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2023, is presented below:
+Added: Stockholders’ Equity and Convertible
+Added: Preferred Stock
+Added: As of March 31, 2024, there are 5,995,065 shares of common stock issued
+Added: and 5,934,917 shares outstanding.
+Added: Treasury Stock
+Added: There are 60,148 shares of treasury stock as of
+Added: March 31, 2024.
+Added: A summary of warrant activity for the three months
+Added: ended March 31, 2024, is presented below:
+Added: Weighted Average Exercise Price
+Added: Total Intrinsic Value
+Added: Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life
Outstanding as of December 31, 2023
−Removed: Outstanding as of September 30, 2023
−Removed: A summary of restricted
−Removed: stock awards activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2023, is presented below:
+Added: Outstanding as of March 31, 2024
+Added: Restricted Stock Awards
+Added: A summary of restricted stock awards activity
+Added: for the three months ended March 31, 2024, is presented below:
Number of Restricted Stock Awards
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Nonvested at December 31, 2023
−Removed: Nonvested at September 30, 2023
−Removed: Stock-based compensation
−Removed: associated with the amortization of restricted stock awards expense was approximately $ 93,000 and $ 1.4 million for the nine months ended
−Removed: September 30, 2023, and 2022, respectively.
+Added: Nonvested at March 31, 2024
+Added: Stock-based compensation associated with the amortization
+Added: of restricted stock awards expense was approximately $ 75,000 and $ 257 for the three months ended March 31, 2024, and 2023, respectively.
All stock compensation was recorded as a component of general and administrative expenses.
−Removed: As of September
−Removed: 30, 2023, there is approximately $ 0.2 million unrecognized stock-based compensation expense related to restricted stock awards.
+Added: As of March 31, 2024, there is approximately $ 0.2
+Added: million unrecognized stock-based compensation expense related to restricted stock awards.
Stock Options
−Removed: A summary of option
−Removed: activity under the Company’s stock option plan for the nine months ended September 30, 2023, is presented below:
+Added: A summary of option activity under the Company’s
+Added: stock option plan for the three months ended March 31, 2024, is presented below:
Number of Shares
+Added: Weighted Average Exercise Price
+Added: Total Intrinsic Value
Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life (in years)
Outstanding as of December 31, 2023
−Removed: Employee options granted
−Removed: Employee options forfeited
Employee options expired
−Removed: Outstanding as of September 30, 2023
+Added: Outstanding as of March 31, 2024
Options vested and exercisable
−Removed: Stock-based compensation
−Removed: associated with the amortization of stock option expense was approximately $ 26,000 and $ 40,000 for the nine months ended September 30,
−Removed: 2023, and 2022, respectively.
−Removed: All stock compensation was recorded as a component of general and administrative expenses.
−Removed: Estimated future
−Removed: stock-based compensation expense relating to unvested stock options is approximately $ 0.7 million.
−Removed: The following table
−Removed: presents our total revenues disaggregated by revenue type for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022 (in thousands):
+Added: Stock-based compensation associated with the amortization
+Added: of stock option expense was approximately $ 0.1 million and $ 5,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2024, and 2023, respectively.
+Added: stock compensation was recorded as a component of general and administrative expenses.
+Added: Estimated future stock-based compensation expense
+Added: relating to unvested stock options is approximately $ 0.4 million.
+Added: The following table presents our total revenue
+Added: disaggregated by revenue type for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023 (in thousands):
Three Months Ended
−Removed: September 30,
−Removed: Nine Months Ended
−Removed: September 30,
Advisory fees
−Removed: and Contingencies
+Added: Commitments and Contingencies
Legal Proceedings
−Removed: In the past, in
−Removed: the ordinary course of business, the Company actively pursued legal remedies to enforce its intellectual property rights and to stop
−Removed: unauthorized use of the Company’s technology.
−Removed: Other than ordinary routine litigation incidental to the business, the Company is
−Removed: not aware of any material, active or pending legal proceedings brought against it.
−Removed: Dominari Securities,
−Removed: the Company’s broker-dealer subsidiary, is registered with the SEC as an introducing broker-dealer and is a member of FINRA.
−Removed: Company’s broker-dealer subsidiary is subject to SEC Uniform Net Capital Rule (Rule 15c3-1) which requires the maintenance of minimum
−Removed: net capital and requires that the ratio of aggregate indebtedness to net capital, both as defined, shall not exceed 15 to 1.
−Removed: the subsidiary is subject to the minimum net capital requirements promulgated by the SEC and has elected to calculate minimum capital
−Removed: requirements using the basic method permitted by Rule 15c3-1.
−Removed: As of September 30, 2023, Dominari Securities had net capital of approximately
−Removed: $ 6.2 million, which was approximately $ 6.1 million in excess of required minimum net capital of $ 0.1 million.
−Removed: Party Transaction
−Removed: In 2021, the Company
−Removed: engaged the services of Revere Securities, LLC (“Revere”) to strategically manage and build the Company’s investment
−Removed: Kyle Wool, Board Member, was previously a member of the board of directors of Revere.
−Removed: The Company incurred fees of approximately
−Removed: $ 75,000 and $ 0.8 million during the nine months ending September 30, 2023, and 2022, respectively.
−Removed: These fees were included in general
−Removed: and administrative expenses in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations.
−Removed: The Company operates
−Removed: in two reportable business segments:
+Added: In March 2024, the Company received a notice of
+Added: petition of a filed action seeking relief related to the hiring in March 2024 of new registered representatives from the representatives’
+Added: former employer.
+Added: This notice was filed against the Company’s subsidiary, Dominari Securities.
+Added: The Company does not agree with the
+Added: plaintiff’s claims.
+Added: While the Company intends to defend itself vigorously from this claim, it is unable to predict the outcome of
+Added: such legal proceeding.
+Added: Any potential loss as a result of this legal proceeding cannot be reasonably estimated.
+Added: As a result, the Company
+Added: has not recorded a loss contingency for the aforementioned claim.
+Added: In the past, in the ordinary course of business,
+Added: the Company actively pursued legal remedies to enforce its intellectual property rights and to stop unauthorized use of the Company’s
+Added: Other than ordinary routine litigation incidental to the business, the Company is not aware of any material, active or pending
+Added: legal proceedings brought against it.
+Added: Dominari Securities, the Company’s broker-dealer
+Added: subsidiary, is registered with the SEC as an introducing broker-dealer and is a member of FINRA.
+Added: The Company’s broker-dealer subsidiary
+Added: is subject to SEC Uniform Net Capital Rule (Rule 15c3-1) which requires the maintenance of minimum net capital and requires that the ratio
+Added: of aggregate indebtedness to net capital, both as defined, shall not exceed 15 to 1.
+Added: As such, the subsidiary is subject to the minimum
+Added: net capital requirements promulgated by the SEC and has elected to calculate minimum capital requirements using the basic method permitted
+Added: by Rule 15c3-1.
+Added: As of March 31, 2024, Dominari Securities had net capital of approximately $ 13.4 million, which was approximately $ 13.3
+Added: million in excess of required minimum net capital of $ 0.1 million.
+Added: Related Party Transaction
+Added: In 2021, the Company engaged the services of Revere
+Added: Securities, LLC (“Revere”) to strategically manage and build the Company’s investment processes.
+Added: Kyle Wool, Board Member,
+Added: was previously a member of the board of directors of Revere.
+Added: The Company incurred fees of approximately $ 0 and $ 80,000 during the three
+Added: months ending March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
+Added: These fees were included in general and administrative expenses in the unaudited
+Added: condensed consolidated statements of operations.
+Added: Segment Reporting
+Added: The Company operates in two reportable
+Added: business segments:
(1) Dominari Financial and (2) Legacy AIkido.
−Removed: The Dominari Financial reportable business
−Removed: segment represents the Company’s broker-dealer business, which is composed of mostly underwriting and transactional service activities.
−Removed: The Legacy AIkido reportable business segment includes Aikido Labs, which manages the investments holdings of the legacy entity.
−Removed: to the FPS Acquisition, the Company operated as a single operating segment comprised of Legacy AIkido.
−Removed: The chief operating
−Removed: decision-maker (“CODM”) has access to and regularly reviews internal financial reporting for each business and uses that
−Removed: information to make operational decisions and allocate resources.
−Removed: Accounting policies applied by the reportable segments are the same
−Removed: as those used by the Company and described in the “ Summary of Significant Accounting Policies.
−Removed: ” While assets are primarily
−Removed: held within the Legacy AIkido reportable business segment, total assets by segment is not disclosed as the CODM does not assess performance,
−Removed: make strategic decisions, or allocate resources based on assets.
−Removed: The measures of
−Removed: segment profitability that are most relied upon by the CODM are gross revenues and net loss, as presented within the table below and
−Removed: reconciled to the statement of operations.
+Added: The Dominari Financial reportable business segment represents the Company’s
+Added: broker-dealer business, which is composed of mostly underwriting and transactional service activities.
+Added: The Legacy AIkido reportable business
+Added: segment includes Aikido Labs, which manages the investments holdings of the legacy entity.
+Added: Prior to the FPS Acquisition, the Company operated
+Added: as a single operating segment comprised of Legacy AIkido.
+Added: The chief operating decision-maker (“CODM”)
+Added: has access to and regularly reviews internal financial reporting for each business and uses that information to make operational decisions
+Added: and allocate resources.
+Added: Accounting policies applied by the reportable segments are the same as those used by the Company and described
+Added: in the “ Summary of Significant Accounting Policies.
+Added: ” While assets are primarily held within the Legacy AIkido reportable
+Added: business segment, total assets by segment is not disclosed as the CODM does not assess performance, make strategic decisions, or allocate
+Added: resources based on assets.
+Added: The measures of segment profitability that are
+Added: most relied upon by the CODM are gross revenue and net loss, as presented within the table below and reconciled to the statement of operations.
Three Months Ended
−Removed: September 30, 2023
−Removed: Operating Costs
−Removed: General and administrative
−Removed: Research and development
−Removed: Loss from operations
−Removed: Other (expenses) income
−Removed: Interest income
−Removed: Loss on marketable securities
−Removed: Unrealized loss on note receivable
−Removed: Change in fair value of investments
−Removed: Total other (expenses) income
−Removed: Nine Months Ended
−Removed: September 30, 2023
+Added: March 31, 2024
Operating Costs
General and administrative
−Removed: Research and development
Loss from operations
−Removed: Other (expenses) income
+Added: Other income (expenses)
Interest income
Gain on marketable securities
−Removed: Unrealized loss on note receivable
−Removed: Change in fair value of investments
−Removed: Total other (expenses) income
+Added: Realized and unrealized gain and loss on notes receivable, net
+Added: Change in fair value of long-term equity investments
+Added: Total other income (expenses)
+Added: The Company recorded no income tax expense for the three months ended
+Added: March 31, 2024 and 2023 because the estimated annual effective tax rate was zero.
+Added: In determining the estimated annual effective income
+Added: tax rate, the Company analyzes various factors, including projections of the Company’s annual earnings and taxing jurisdictions
+Added: in which the earnings will be generated, the impact of state and local income taxes, the ability to use tax credits and net operating
+Added: loss carry forwards, and available tax planning alternatives.
+Added: As of March 31, 2024, and December 31, 2023, the Company provided a
+Added: full valuation allowance against its net deferred tax assets since the Company believes it is more likely than not that its deferred tax
+Added: assets will not be realized.
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