Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA.
AMERICAN ACQUISITION OPPORTUNITY INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm - 2022
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Balance Sheet
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Statement of Operations
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Statement of Changes Stockholders' Deficit
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Statement of Cash Flows
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Notes to Financial Statements
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the shareholders and the board of directors of American Acquisition Opportunity Inc.
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying balance sheet of American Acquisition Opportunity Inc. (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, the related statement of operations, stockholders’ equity (deficit), and cash flows for the period January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022 and for the period January 20, 2021 (Inception) through December 31, 2021 and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the period January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022 and for the period January 20, 2021 (Inception) through December 31, 2021, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Our audit included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audit also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
/S BF Borgers CPA PC
BF Borgers CPA PC
We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2021
Lakewood , CO
March 21, 2023
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American Acquisition Opportunity Inc.
Balance Sheet
Part I – Financial Information
AMERICAN ACQUISITION OPPORTUNITY INC.
Balance Sheet
December 31, 2022
ASSETS
CURRENT ASSETS
December 31,
2022
December 31,
2021
Cash
$ 77,023
$ 293,153
Accounts receivable – related party
-
675,000
Prepaid Insurance
100,049
102,534
Deposits
-
-
Total Current Assets
177,072
1,070,687
Cash Held in Trust account
7,613,762
106,116,023
TOTAL ASSETS
$ 7,790,834
$ 107,186,710
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accounts payable – related party
$ 359,825
-
Accounts payable
156,931
99,002
Total Current Liabilities
516,755
99,002
Deferred Underwriter commissions
3,500,000
3,500,000
Fair value liability of Public Warrants
110,182
3,036,301
Fair value liability of Private Warrants
101,432
2,262,941
TOTAL LIABILITIES
4,228,369
8,898,244
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Class A Common Stock at $ 10.10 per share, 742,308 as of 2022 and 10,506,002 as of 2021 shares at redemption value:
$ 7,497,311
$ 106,112,020
SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Class B Common Stock: $ 0.0001 par value; 10,000,000 shares authorized, 2,726,500 shares issued and outstanding for the period end (including 100,000 representative shares). (1)
273
273
Additional paid-in capital
( 10,140,613 )
( 10,140,613 )
Accumulated Deficit
6,205,494
2,316,786
Total Shareholder’s Equity
( 3,934,846 )
( 7,823,554 )
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
$ 7,790,834
$ 107,186,710
_________
(1)
Includes up to 375,000 shares of Class B common stock subject to forfeiture if the over-allotment option is not exercised in full or in part by the underwriter (see Note 5).
The accompanying footnotes are integral to the consolidated financial statements.
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American Acquisition Opportunity Inc.
Statement of Operations
AMERICAN ACQUISITION OPPORTUNITY INC.
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE PERIOD BEGINNING JANUARY 20, 2021 (INCEPTION) THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2022
For the year ended
December 31, 2022
From inception
January 20, 2021
through
December 31, 2021
Professional Fees
$ ( 662,568 )
$ ( 513,762 )
General and Administrative
( 559,081 )
( 503,057 )
Total Expenses
( 1,221,649 )
( 1,016,819 )
Gain (Loss) on Warrant Fair Value Adjustment
5,087,628
3,328,201
Other Income
22,729
5,404
Net Income
3,888,708
2,316,786
Weighted average shares outstanding, basic and diluted
6,246,353
11,115,481 (1)
Basic and diluted net income per ordinary share
$ 0.62
$ 0.21
_________
(1)
This number excludes an aggregate of up to 375,000 Class B common stock subject to forfeiture if the over-allotment option is not exercised in full or in part by the underwriters (see Note 5).
The accompanying footnotes are integral to the consolidated financial statements.
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American Acquisition Opportunity Inc.
Statement of Shareholders’ Equity
AMERICAN ACQUISITION OPPORTUNITY INC.
STATEMENT OF CHANGES SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
FOR THE PERIOD FROM JANUARY 20, 2021 (INCEPTION) THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2022
Common Stock
Additional
Paid-In
Accumulated
Total
Stockholder’s
Shares
Amount
Capital
Deficit
Equity
Balance January 20, 2021
—
$ —
$ —
$ —
$ —
Issuance of Class B common stock to Founders (1)
2,626,500
263
24,737
—
25,000
Issuance of Class B Common to Representatives
100,000
10
990
—
1,000
Offering Costs
—
—
( 4,910,297 )
—
( 4,910,297 )
Warrant fair value and capital adjustments
—
—
357,556
—
357,556
Sale of private placement units to sponsor
—
—
139,400
—
139,400
Class A common stock
( 5,752,999 )
( 5,752,999 )
Net income
—
—
2,316,786
2,316,786
Balance – December 31, 2021
2,726,500
$ 273
$ ( 10,140,613 )
$ 2,316,786
$ ( 7,823,554 )
Net Income
-
-
-
3,888,708
3,888,708
Balance – December 31, 2022
2,726,500
273
( 10,140,613 )
6,205,294
( 3,934,846 )
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(1)
Includes up to 375,000 shares of Class B common stock subject to forfeiture if the over-allotment option is not exercised in full or in part by the underwriter (see Note 5).
The accompanying footnotes are integral to the consolidated financial statements.
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American Acquisition Opportunity Inc.
Statement of Cash Flows
AMERICAN ACQUISITION OPPORTUNITY INC.
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
For the year ending December 31, 2022
For the Period from
January 20, 2021
(inception) through
December 31, 2021
Cash flows from Operating Activities:
Net Income
$ 3,888,708
$ 2,316,786
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash used in operations
Fair Value Adjustment of Public Warrants
( 2,926,119 )
( 1,663 )
Fair Value Adjustment of Private Warrants
( 2,161,509 )
( 1,347,059 )
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable – related party
675,000
( 675,000 )
Prepaid Insurance
2,485
( 102,534 )
Deposits
0
Accounts payable
417,753
99,002
Net used in operating activities
( 103,682 )
( 1,372,504 )
Cash Flows used in Investing Activities
Withdrawal (Investment) of cash in Trust Account
98,502,261
( 106,116,023 )
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:
Proceeds from initial stockholders
-
25,975
(Return of Investment Proceeds) Proceeds from sale of Units, net underwriting fees paid
( 98,614,709 )
107,616,305
Proceeds from sale of Private Warrants
-
139,400
Proceeds from promissory note – related party
-
485,900
Repayment of promissory note – related party
-
( 485,900 )
Proceeds from advance – related party
-
760,000
Repayment of advance – related party
-
( 760,000 )
Net cash used in financing activities
( 98,614,709 )
107,781,680
Net Change in Cash
( 216,130 )
293,153
Cash – Beginning of period
293,153
—
Cash – Ending of period
$ 77,023
$ 293,153
The accompanying footnotes are integral to the consolidated financial statements.
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AMERICAN ACQUISITION OPPORTUNITY INC.
Notes to the Financial Statements For the Year Ended December 31, 2022
NOTE 1: NATURE OF OPERATIONS
The Company is a blank check company organized on January 20, 2021 under the laws of the State of Delaware. The Company was formed for the purpose of acquiring, engaging in a share exchange, share reconstruction and amalgamation with, purchasing all or substantially all of the assets of, entering into contractual arrangements with, or engaging in any other similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities (“Business Combination”). Although the Company is not limited to a particular industry or geographic region for purposes of consummating a Business Combination, the Company intends to focus on companies in the land holdings and resources industry in the United States.
The registration statement for the Company’s initial public offering was declared effective on March 17, 2021 (“Initial Public Offering”). On March 22, 2021, the Company consummated the Initial Public Offering of 10,000,000 units (the “Units” and, with respect to the shares of Class A common stock included in the Units sold, the “Public Shares”), at $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $ 100,000,000 , which is described in Note 4.
Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company consummated the sale of 3,800,000 warrants (the “Private Warrants”) at a price of $1.00 per Private Warrant in a private placement to the Company’s sponsor, American Opportunity Ventures, LLC (the “Sponsor”), generating gross proceeds of $ 3,800,000 , which is described in Note 5.
Transaction costs amounted to $ 4,910,297 , consisting of $ 1,000,000 of underwriting fees, $ 3,500,000 of deferred underwriting fees and $ 410,297 of other offering costs.
On March 30, 2021, the underwriters partially exercised their over-allotment option, and the closing and sale of an additional 506,002 Units (the “Over-Allotment Units”) occurred on April 1, 2021. The issuance by the Company of the Over-Allotments Units at a price of $10.00 per Unit resulted in total gross proceeds of $5,060,020.
On April 1, 2021, simultaneously with the sale and issuance of the Over-Allotment Units, the Company consummated the sale of an additional 101,621 Private Placement Warrants (the “Over-Allotment Private Placement Warrants” and, together with the Private Placement Warrants, the “Private Placements”, generating gross proceeds of $101,621. The Over-Allotment Private Placement Warrants were issued pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, as the transaction did not involve a public offering.
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AMERICAN ACQUISITION OPPORTUNITY INC.
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT
NOTE 1: NATURE OF OPERATIONS (cont.)
Following the closing of the Initial Public Offering on March 22, 2021, an amount of $ 101,000,000 ($ 10.10 per Unit) from the net proceeds of the sale of the Units in the Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Warrants was placed in a trust account (the “Trust Account”), located in the United States and held as cash items or invested only in U.S. government securities, within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), with a maturity of 185 days or less or in any open-ended investment company that holds itself out as a money market fund selected by the Company meeting the conditions of paragraph (d) of Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act, as determined by the Company, until the earlier of: (i) the completion of a Business Combination and (ii) the distribution of the assets held in the Trust Account, as described below.
The Company has listed the Units on the Nasdaq Capital Market (“Nasdaq”). The Company’s management has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of the Initial Public Offering and sale of the Private Warrants, although substantially all of the net proceeds are intended to be applied generally toward consummating a Business Combination. Nasdaq rules provide that the Business Combination must be with one or more target businesses that together have a fair market value equal to at least 80 % of the balance in the Trust Account (as defined below) (less any deferred underwriting commissions and taxes payable on interest earned and less any interest earned thereon that is released for taxes) at the time of the signing of an agreement to enter into a Business Combination. The Company will only complete a Business Combination if the post-Business Combination company owns or acquires 50 % or more of the outstanding voting securities of the target or otherwise acquires a controlling interest in the target sufficient for it not to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”). There is no assurance that the Company will be able to successfully effect a Business Combination. After the Initial Public Offering, the Company is holding $ 101,000,000 from the proceeds received from the Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Warrants in the Trust Account, and invested in U.S. government securities, within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act, with a maturity of 180 days or less, or in any open-ended investment company that holds itself out as a money market fund meeting the conditions of Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act, as determined by the Company, until the earlier of: (i) the consummation of a Business Combination or (ii) the distribution of the funds in the Trust Account to the Company’s stockholders, as described below.
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AMERICAN ACQUISITION OPPORTUNITY INC.
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT
NOTE 1: NATURE OF OPERATIONS (cont.)
The Company will provide its stockholders with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their Public Shares upon the completion of a Business Combination either (i) in connection with a stockholder meeting called to approve the Business Combination or (ii) by means of a tender offer. In connection with a Business Combination, the Company may seek stockholder approval of a Business Combination at a meeting called for such purpose at which stockholders may seek to redeem their shares, regardless of whether they vote for or against a Business Combination.
The Company will proceed with a Business Combination only if the Company has net tangible assets of at least $ 5,000,001 upon such consummation of a Business Combination and, if the Company seeks stockholder approval, a majority of the outstanding shares voted are voted in favor of the Business Combination.
If the Company seeks stockholder approval of a Business Combination and it does not conduct redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules, the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws provide that a public stockholder, together with any affiliate of such stockholder or any other person with whom such stockholder is acting in concert or as a “group” (as defined under Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)), will be restricted from seeking redemption rights with respect to 15% or more of the Public Shares without the Company’s prior written consent .
The stockholders will be entitled to redeem their Public Shares for a pro rata portion of the amount then in the Trust Account (initially $10.10 per share, plus any pro rata interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to the Company to pay its tax obligations). The per-share amount to be distributed to stockholders who redeem their Public Shares will not be reduced by the deferred underwriting commissions the Company will pay to the underwriter. There will be no redemption rights upon the completion of a Business Combination with respect to the Company’s Warrants. These common stocks will be recorded at a redemption value and classified as temporary equity upon the completion of the Initial Public Offering, in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.”
If a stockholder vote is not required and the Company does not decide to hold a stockholder vote for business or other legal reasons, the Company will, pursuant to its Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, offer such redemption pursuant to the tender offer rules of the SEC, and file tender offer documents containing substantially the same information as would be included in a proxy statement with the SEC prior to completing a Business Combination.
The Sponsor has agreed (a) to vote its Class B common stock and any Public Shares purchased during or after the Initial Public Offering in favor of a Business Combination, (b) not to propose an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation with respect to the Company’s pre-Business Combination activities prior to the consummation of a Business Combination unless the Company provides dissenting public stockholders with the opportunity to redeem their Public Shares in conjunction with any such amendment; (c) not to redeem any shares (including the Class B common stock) into the right to receive cash from the Trust Account in connection with a stockholder vote to approve a Business Combination (or to sell any shares in a tender offer in connection with a Business Combination if the Company does not seek stockholder approval in connection therewith) or a vote to amend the provisions of the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association relating to stockholders’ rights of pre-Business Combination activity and (d) that the Class B common stock and securities underlying the Private Warrants shall not participate in any liquidating distributions upon winding up if a Business Combination is not consummated. However, the Sponsor will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to any Public Shares purchased during or after the Initial Public Offering if the Company fails to complete its Business Combination.
The Company will have until March 22, 2022 to consummate a Business Combination (the “Combination Period”). If the Company is unable to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period, the Company will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but no more than five business days thereafter, redeem 100% of the outstanding Public Shares , at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest earned (net of taxes payable and less interest to pay dissolution expenses up to $100,000), divided by the number of then outstanding Public Shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public stockholders’ rights as stockholders (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any), subject to applicable law, and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the remaining stockholders and the Company’s board of directors, proceed to commence a voluntary liquidation and thereby a formal dissolution of the Company, subject in each case to its obligations to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of applicable law. The underwriter has agreed to waive its rights to the deferred underwriting commission held in the Trust Account in the event the Company does not complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period and, in such event, such amounts will be included with the funds held in the Trust Account that will be available to fund the redemption of the Public Shares. In the event of such distribution, it is possible that the per share value of the assets remaining available for distribution will be less than the Initial Public Offering price per Unit ($10.10).
On March 21, 2022 the Company certified an Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company extending the Combination Period to September 21, 2022.
On September 21, 2022, the Company certified an Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company extending the Combination Period to March 21, 2023.
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AMERICAN ACQUISITION OPPORTUNITY INC.
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT
NOTE 1: NATURE OF OPERATIONS (cont.)
The Sponsor has agreed that it will be liable to the Company, if and to the extent any claims by a vendor for services rendered or products sold to the Company, or a prospective target business with which the Company has discussed entering into a transaction agreement, reduce the amounts in the Trust Account to below $10.10 per share (whether or not the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full), except as to any claims by a third party who executed a waiver of any and all rights to seek access to the Trust Account and except as to any claims under the Company’s indemnity of the underwriters of the Initial Public Offering against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). In the event that an executed waiver is deemed to be unenforceable against a third party, the Sponsor will not be responsible to the extent of any liability for such third-party claims. The Company will seek to reduce the possibility that the Sponsor will have to indemnify the Trust Account due to claims of creditors by endeavoring to have all vendors, service providers (except for the company’s independent registered accounting firm), prospective target businesses or other entities with which the Company does business, execute agreements with the Company waiving any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to monies held in the Trust Account.
Risks and Uncertainties: Management is currently evaluating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the industry and has concluded that while it is reasonably possible that the virus could have a negative effect on the Company’s financial position, results of its operations, close of the Initial Public Offering, and/or search for a target company, the specific impact is not readily determinable as of the date of these financial statements. The financial statement do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
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AMERICAN ACQUISITION OPPORTUNITY INC.
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT
NOTE 2: SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of Presentation
The accounting and reporting policies of the Company conform to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC. The Company adopted the calendar year as its basis of reporting.
Emerging growth company
The Company is an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act, as modified by the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the “JOBS Act”), and it may take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in its periodic reports and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and stockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved.
Further, Section 102(b)(1) of the JOBS Act exempts emerging growth companies from being required to comply with new or revised financial accounting standards until private companies (that is, those that have not had a Securities Act registration statement declared effective or do not have a class of securities registered under the Exchange Act) are required to comply with the new or revised financial accounting standards. The JOBS Act provides that a company can elect to opt out of the extended transition period and comply with the requirements that apply to non-emerging growth companies but any such election to opt out is irrevocable. The Company has elected not to opt out of such extended transition period which means that when a standard is issued or revised and it has different application dates for public or private companies, the Company, as an emerging growth company, can adopt the new or revised standard at the time private companies adopt the new or revised standard. This may make comparison of the Company’s financial statements with another public company which is neither an emerging growth company nor an emerging growth company which has opted out of using the extended transition period difficult or impossible because of the potential differences in accounting standards used.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Deferred offering costs
Deferred offering costs consist of underwriting, legal, accounting and other expenses incurred through the balance sheet date that are directly related to the Initial Public Offering (as described in Note 4) and that were charged to stockholder’s equity upon the completion of the Initial Public Offering.
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AMERICAN ACQUISITION OPPORTUNITY INC.
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)
NOTE 2: SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (cont.)
Net income per share
The Company complies with accounting and disclosure requirements of ASC Topic 260, “Earnings Per Share.” Earnings per share is computed by dividing net income by the weighted average number of common stock outstanding during the period, excluding common stock subject to forfeiture. At December 31, 2022, the Company did not have any dilutive securities and other contracts that could, potentially, be exercised or converted into common stock and then share in the earnings of the Company. As a result, diluted income per share is the same as basic income per share for the periods presented.
Cash Equivalents and Concentration of Cash Balance
The Company considers all highly liquid securities with an original maturity of less than three months to be cash equivalents. The Company’s cash and cash equivalents in bank deposit accounts, at times, may exceed federally insured limit of $ 250,000 . As of December 31, 2022, the Company has not experienced losses on these accounts and management believes the Company is not exposed to significant risks on such account.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The fair value of the Company’s assets and liabilities, which qualify as financial instruments under ASC Topic 820, “Fair Value Measurements,” approximates the carrying amounts represented in the accompanying balance sheet, primarily due to their short-term nature.
Derivative financial instruments
The Company evaluates its financial instruments to determine if such instruments are derivatives or contain features that qualify as embedded derivatives in accordance with ASC Topic 815, "Derivatives and Hedging". For derivative financial instruments that are accounted for as liabilities, the derivative instrument is initially recorded at its fair value on the grant date and is then re-valued at each reporting date, with changes in the fair value reported in the statements of operations. The classification of derivative instruments, including whether such instruments should be recorded as liabilities or as equity, is evaluated at the end of each reporting period. Derivative liabilities are classified in the balance sheet as current or non-current based on whether or not net-cash settlement or conversion of the instrument could be required within 12 months of the balance sheet date.
Warrant Liability
The Company accounts for the Warrants in accordance with the guidance contained in ASC 815-40-15-7D and 7F under which the Warrants do not meet the criteria for equity treatment and must be recorded as liabilities. Accordingly, the Company classifies the Warrants as liabilities at their fair value and adjust the Warrants to fair value at each reporting period. This liability is subject to re-measurement at each balance sheet date until exercised, and any change in fair value is recognized in our statement of operations. The Private Warrants and the Public Warrants for periods where no observable traded price was available are valued using a Monte Carlo simulation. For periods subsequent to the detachment of the Public Warrants from the Units, the Public Warrant quoted market price was used as the fair value as of each relevant date.
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AMERICAN ACQUISITION OPPORTUNITY INC.
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)
Class A Common Stock Subject to Possible Redemption
The Company accounts for its Class A common stock subject to possible redemption in accordance with the guidance in ASC 480. Shares of Class A common stock subject to mandatory redemption (if any) are classified as liability instruments and measured at fair value. Shares of conditionally redeemable Class A common stock (including shares of Class A common stock that feature redemption rights that are either within the control of the holder or subject to redemption upon the occurrence of uncertain events not solely within the Company’s control) are classified as temporary equity. At all other times, shares of Class A common stock are classified as stockholders’ equity. As discussed in Note 2, all of the Public Shares feature certain redemption rights that are considered to be outside of the Company’s control and subject to the occurrence of uncertain future events. Accordingly, as of December 31, 2022, 742,308 shares of Class A common stock subject to possible redemption, respectively, are presented as temporary equity outside of the stockholders’ equity section of the Company’s balance sheet. The Company recognizes any subsequent changes in redemption value immediately as they occur and adjusts the carrying value of redeemable Class A common stock to the redemption value at the end of each reporting period. Immediately upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company recognized the accretion from initial book value to redemption amount value of redeemable Class A common stock. This method would view the end of the reporting period as if it were also the redemption date for the security. The change in the carrying value of redeemable Class A common stock also resulted in charges against additional paid-in capital and accumulated deficit.
Income Taxes
The Company uses the liability method of accounting for income taxes as set forth in ASC 740, Income Taxes . Under the liability method, deferred taxes are determined based on the temporary differences between the financial statement and tax basis of assets and liabilities using tax rates expected to be in effect during the years in which the basis differences reverse. A valuation allowance is recorded when it is unlikely that the deferred tax assets will not be realized.
The Company assesses its income tax positions and record tax benefits for all years subject to examination based upon our evaluation of the facts, circumstances and information available at the reporting date. In accordance with ASC 740-10, for those tax positions where there is a greater than 50% likelihood that a tax benefit will be sustained, the Company’s policy is to record the largest amount of tax benefit that is more likely than not to be realized upon ultimate settlement with a taxing authority that has full knowledge of all relevant information. For those income tax positions where there is less than 50% likelihood that a tax benefit will be sustained, no tax benefit will be recognized in the financial statements .
The Company has evaluated its income tax positions and has determined that it does not have any uncertain tax positions. As of the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company will recognize interest and penalties related to any uncertain tax positions through its income tax expense.
The Company accounts for income taxes with the recognition of estimated income taxes payable or refundable on income tax returns for the current period and for the estimated future tax effect attributable to temporary differences and carry forwards. Measurement of deferred income items is based on enacted tax laws including tax rates, with the measurement of deferred income tax assets being reduced by available tax benefits not expected to be realized in the immediate future.
The Company expects to file U.S. federal and various state income tax returns. The Company was formed in 2021 and has not been required to file any tax returns. All tax periods since inception remain open to examination by the taxing jurisdictions to which the Company is subject.
The provision for income taxes was deemed to be de minimis for the year ending December 31, 2022.
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AMERICAN ACQUISITION OPPORTUNITY INC.
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)
NOTE 2: SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (cont.)
Recently issued accounting pronouncements
Management does not believe that any recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting pronouncements, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the Company’s financial statements.
NOTE 3: INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING
Pursuant to the Initial Public Offering, the Company sold 10,000,000 Units at a purchase price of $ 10.00 per Unit. Each Unit consists of one Class A common stock and one-half of one redeemable warrant (“Public Warrant”). Each whole Public Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one share of common stock at an exercise price of $ 11.50 (see Note 6).
NOTE 4: PRIVATE PLACEMENT
Simultaneously with the closing of Initial Public Offering, the Sponsor purchased an aggregate of 3,800,000 Private Warrants (or 4,100,000 Private Warrants if the underwriters’ over-allotment is exercised in full) at a price of $ 1.00 per Private Warrant for $ 3,800,000 in the aggregate. The Sponsor has agreed to purchase an additional aggregate amount of 300,000 Private Warrants, for $ 300,000 in the aggregate if the underwriters’ over-allotment is exercised in full. The proceeds from the sale of the Private Warrants were added to the net proceeds from the Initial Public Offering held in the Trust Account. The term of the Private Warrants are described in Note 8. If the Company does not complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period, the proceeds from the sale of the Private Warrants will be used to fund the redemption of the Public Shares (subject to the requirements of applicable law) and the Private Warrants will expire worthless.
On April 1, 2021, simultaneously with the sale and issuance of the Over-Allotment Units, the Company consummated the sale of an additional 101,621 Private Placement Warrants (the “Over-Allotment Private Placement Warrants” and, together with the Private Placement Warrants, the “Private Placements”, generating gross proceeds of $ 101,621 . The Over-Allotment Private Placement Warrants were issued pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, as the transaction did not involve a public offering.
NOTE 5: SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Preferred Stock - The Company is authorized to issue 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock with a par value of $ 0.0001 per share with such designations, voting and other rights and preferences as may be determined from time to time by the Company’s board of directors. At December 31, 2022 there were no shares of preferred stock issued or outstanding.
Class A Common Stock — The Company is authorized to issue 100,000,000 shares of Class A common stock with a par value of $ 0.0001 per share. Holders of the Company’s Class A common stock are entitled to one vote for each share. At December 31, 2022, there were 742,308 shares of Class A common stock issued and outstanding. At December 31, 2021, there were 10,506,002 shares of Class A common stock issued and outstanding.
Class B Common Stock — The Company is authorized to issue 10,000,000 shares of Class B common stock with a par value of $ 0.0001 per share. Holders of the Company’s Class B common stock are entitled to one vote for each share. At December 31, 2022, there were 2,975,000 shares of Class B common stock issued and outstanding, of which 2,875,000 were held by the Sponsor (and of which 375,000 of such shares held by the Sponsor being subject to forfeiture to the extent that the underwriter’s over-allotment option is not exercised in full) so that the Initial Stockholders (exclusive of the holders of Representative Shares) will own 20 % of the issued and outstanding shares after the Initial Public Offering (assuming the Initial Stockholders do not purchase any Public Shares in the Initial Public Offering).
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AMERICAN ACQUISITION OPPORTUNITY INC.
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT
NOTE 5: SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY (cont.)
Representative Shares
On March 22, 2021, we issued the 100,000 shares of Class B common stock to the representative for nominal consideration (the “Representative Shares”). The Company accounted for the Representative Shares as an offering cost of the Initial Public Offering, with a corresponding credit to stockholders’ equity. The Company estimated the fair value of Representative Shares to be $ 1,000 based upon the price of the Founder Shares issued to the Sponsor. The holders of the Representative Shares have agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any such shares until the completion of a Business Combination. In addition, the holders have agreed (i) to waive their redemption rights with respect to such shares in connection with the completion of a Business Combination and (ii) to waive their rights to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to such shares if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period.
The Representative Shares have been deemed compensation by FINRA and are therefore subject to a lock-up for a period of 180 days immediately following the effective date of the registration statement related to the Initial Public Offering pursuant to Rule 5110(e)(1) of FINRA’s NASD Conduct Rules. Pursuant to FINRA Rule 5110(e)(1), these securities will not be the subject of any hedging, short sale, derivative, put or call transaction that would result in the economic disposition of the securities by any person for a period of 180 days immediately following the effective date of the registration statements related to the Initial Public Offering, nor may they be sold, transferred, assigned, pledged or hypothecated for a period of 180 days immediately following the effective date of the registration statements related to the Initial Public Offering except to any underwriter and selected dealer participating in the Initial Public Offering and their bona fide officers or partners.
Founder Shares
On January 22, 2021 the Company issued the Sponsor an aggregate of 2,875,000 shares of Class B common stock (the “Founder Shares”) for an aggregate purchase price of $ 25,000 . The Founder Shares include an aggregate of up to 375,000 shares subject to forfeiture by the Sponsor to the extent that the underwriter’s over-allotment is not exercised in full or in part, so that the Sponsor owns, on an as-converted basis, 20 % of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares after the Initial Public Offering (assuming the Sponsor did not purchase any Public Shares in the Initial Public Offering). The Sponsor agreed, subject to certain limited exceptions, not to transfer, assign or sell any of the Founder Shares until the earlier to occur of: (1) one year after the completion of a Business Combination or (B) subsequent to a Business Combination, (x) if the last reported sale price of the Class A common stock equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing at least 150 days after a Business Combination, or (y) the date on which the Company completes a liquidation, merger, capital stock exchange or other similar transaction that results in all of the Company’s stockholders having the right to exchange their shares of common stock for cash, securities or other property .
On March 22, 2021, our Sponsor transferred 5,000 shares of Class B common stock with a par value of $0.0001 per share to each of three of our independent directors. The number of shares of Class B common stock that our Sponsor holds after the transfer is 2,860,000 .
NOTE 6: RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Related Party Loans
In order to finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor or certain of the Company’s directors and officers could, but were not obligated to, loan the Company funds as may be required, of which up to $ 1,500,000 of such loans may be convertible into warrants at a price of $ 1.00 per warrant (“Working Capital Loans”). From inception to date, $ 760,000 has been advanced and repaid and as of December 31, 2022, $ 0 is outstanding. The advance bears no interest rate.
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AMERICAN ACQUISITION OPPORTUNITY INC.
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT
NOTE 6: RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (cont.)
Administrative Services Arrangement
The Company’s Sponsor agreed, commencing from the date that the Company’s securities are first listed on NASDAQ through the earlier of the Company’s consummation of a Business Combination and its liquidation, to make available to the Company certain general and administrative services, including office space, utilities and administrative services, as the Company may require from time to time. The Company agreed to pay the Sponsor $ 10,000 per month for these services. As of December 31, 2022, $ 120,000 is accrued and owed under this agreement.
Promissory Note — Related Party
On March 22, 2021, the Sponsor agreed to loan the Company an aggregate of up to $ 800,000 to cover expenses related to Initial Public Offering pursuant to a promissory note (the "Note"). This loan was non-interest bearing and payable in full on or before March 22, 2022 or could be converted into equity on March 22, 2022. From inception to date, $ 485,900 was advanced and repaid. As of December 31, 2021 December 31, 2022, $0 and $ 239,825 is outstanding, respectively.
NOTE 7: WARRANTS
Warrants —Public Warrants may only be exercised for a whole number of shares. No fractional shares will be issued upon exercise of the Public Warrants. The Public Warrants will become exercisable on the later of (a) 30 days after the completion of a Business Combination and (b) one year from the closing of the Initial Public Offering. The Public Warrants will expire five years from the completion of a Business Combination or earlier upon redemption or liquidation.
The Company will not be obligated to deliver any Class A common stock pursuant to the exercise of a warrant and will have no obligation to settle such warrant exercise unless a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to the Class A common stock underlying the warrants is then effective and a prospectus relating thereto is current, subject to the Company satisfying its obligations with respect to registration, or a valid exemption from registration is available. No warrant will be exercisable and the Company will not be obligated to issue a Class A common stock upon exercise of a warrant unless the Class A common stock issuable upon such warrant exercise has been registered, qualified or deemed to be exempt under the securities laws of the state of residence of the registered holder of the warrants.
The Company has agreed that as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 20 business days, after the closing of a Business Combination, it will use its commercially reasonable efforts to file with the SEC a registration statement for the registration, under the Securities Act, of the Class A common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants. The Company will use its best efforts to cause the same to become effective and to maintain the effectiveness of such registration statement, and a current prospectus relating thereto, until the expiration of the warrants in accordance with the provisions of the warrant agreement. If a registration statement covering the shares of Class A common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants is not effective by the sixtieth (60th) business day after the closing of a Business Combination, warrant holders may, until such time as there is an effective registration statement and during any period when the Company will have failed to maintain an effective registration statement, exercise warrants on a “cashless basis” in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act or another exemption. Notwithstanding the above, if shares of Class A common stock are at the time of any exercise of a warrant not listed on a national securities exchange such that they satisfy the definition of a “covered security” under Section 18(b)(1) of the Securities Act, the Company may, at its option, require holders of Public Warrants who exercise their warrants to do so on a “cashless basis” in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act and, in the event the Company so elect, it will not be required to file or maintain in effect a registration statement, and in the event the Company does not so elect, it will use its best efforts to register or qualify the shares under applicable blue sky laws to the extent an exemption is not available.
Once the warrants become exercisable, the Company may redeem the outstanding warrants:
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in whole and not in part;
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at a price of $ 0.01 per warrant;
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upon not less than 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption, or the 30-day redemption period, to each warrant holder; and
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if, and only if, the reported last sale price of the Class A common stock equals or exceeds $18.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period ending three business days before the Company sends the notice of redemption to the warrant holders .
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AMERICAN ACQUISITION OPPORTUNITY INC.
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If and when the warrants become redeemable by the Company, the Company may exercise its redemption right even if it is unable to register or qualify the underlying securities for sale under all applicable state securities laws.
If the Company calls the Public Warrants for redemption, management will have the option to require any holder that wishes to exercise the Public Warrants to do so on a “cashless basis,” as described in the warrant agreement. The exercise price and number of shares of Class A common stock issuable upon exercise of the Public Warrants may be adjusted in certain circumstances including in the event of a stock dividend, or recapitalization, reorganization, merger or consolidation. However, except as described below, the Public Warrants will not be adjusted for issuances of Class A common stock at a price below its exercise price. Additionally, in no event will the Company be required to net cash settle the Public Warrants. If the Company is unable to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period and the Company liquidates the funds held in the Trust Account, holders of Public Warrants will not receive any of such funds with respect to their Public Warrants, nor will they receive any distribution from the Company’s assets held outside of the Trust Account with respect to such Public Warrants. Accordingly, the Public Warrants may expire worthless.
In addition, if (x) the Company issues additional Class A common stock or equity-linked securities for capital raising purposes in connection with the closing of a Business Combination at an issue price or effective issue price of less than $ 9.20 per Class A common stock (with such issue price or effective issue price to be determined in good faith by the Company’s board of directors and, in the case of any such issuance to the Sponsor or its affiliates, without taking into account any Founder Shares held by the Sponsor or its affiliates, as applicable, prior to such issuance) (the “Newly Issued Price”), (y) the aggregate gross proceeds from such issuances represent more than 60 % of the total equity proceeds, and interest thereon, available for the funding of a Business Combination on the date of the consummation of a Business Combination (net of redemptions), and (z) the volume weighted average trading price of its Class A ordinary shares during the 20 trading day period starting on the trading day after the day on which the Company consummates its Business Combination (such price, the “Market Value”) is below $ 9.20 per share, the exercise price of the warrants will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 115 % of the higher of the Market Value and the Newly Issued Price, and the $ 18.00 per share redemption trigger price will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 180 % of the higher of the Market Value and the Newly Issued Price.
The Private Warrants are identical to the Public Warrants underlying the Units sold in the Initial Public Offering, except that the Private Warrants and the Class A common stock issuable upon the exercise of the Private Warrants will not be transferable, assignable or salable until 30 days after the completion of a Business Combination, subject to certain limited exceptions. Additionally, the Private Warrants will be exercisable on a cashless basis and be non-redeemable, except as described above, so long as they are held by the initial purchasers or their permitted transferees. If the Private Warrants are held by someone other than the initial purchasers or their permitted transferees, the Private Warrants will be redeemable by the Company and exercisable by such holders on the same basis as the Public Warrants.
The company uses the black Scholes option pricing model to value its warrants and options. The significant inputs are as follows:
2022
2021
Expected Dividend Yield
0.00 %
0.0 %
Expected volatility
1.55 %
11.1 %
Risk-Free Rate
4.27 %
1.2 %
Expected life of warrants
2.72
4.3
Weighted
Weighted
Average
Aggregate
Number of
Average
Contractual
Intrinsic
Public Warrants
Warrants
Exercise Price
Life in Years
Value
Exercisable (vested) - December 31, 2020
-
$ -
$ -
Granted
4,777,364
$ 1
4.3
$ 2,770,871
Forfeited or Expired
-
Exercised
-
Outstanding December 31, 2021
4,777,364
$ 1
4.3
$ 2,770,871
Exercisable (vested) - December 31, 2021
4,777,364
$ 1
4.3
$ 2,770,871
Granted
-
$ -
$ -
Forfeited or Expired
-
$ - #
$ -
Exercised
-
$ - #
$ -
Outstanding December 31, 2022
4,777,364
$ 0
3.3
$ 100,325
Exercisable (vested) - December 31, 2022
4,777,364
$ 0
3.3
$ 100,325
Weighted
Weighted
Average
Aggregate
Number of
Average
Contractual
Intrinsic
Private Warrants
Warrants
Exercise Price
Life in Years
Value
Exercisable (vested) - December 31, 2020
-
$ -
$ -
Granted
3,901,201
$ 0.58
4.3
$ 2,262,696 .58
Forfeited or Expired
-
$ -
$ -
Exercised
-
$ -
$ -
Outstanding December 31, 2021
3,901,201
$ 0.58
4.3
$ 2,262,696 .58
Exercisable (vested) - December 31, 2021
3,901,201
$ 0.58
4.3
$ 2,262,696 .58
Granted
-
$ -
$ -
Forfeited or Expired
-
$ -
$ -
Exercised
-
$ -
$ -
Outstanding December 31, 2022
3,901,201
$ 0.03
3.3
$ 101,431 .23
Exercisable (vested) - December 31, 2022
3,901,201
$ 0.03
3.3
$ 101,431 .23
NOTE 8: FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS
The Company follows the guidance in ASC 820 for its financial assets and liabilities that are re-measured and reported at fair value at each reporting period, and non-financial assets and liabilities that are re-measured and reported at fair value at least annually.
The fair value of the Company’s financial assets and liabilities reflects management’s estimate of amounts that the Company would have received in connection with the sale of the assets or paid in connection with the transfer of the liabilities in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. In connection with measuring the fair value of its assets and liabilities, the Company seeks to maximize the use of observable inputs (market data obtained from independent sources) and to minimize the use of unobservable inputs (internal assumptions about how market participants would price assets and liabilities). The following fair value hierarchy is used to classify assets and liabilities based on the observable inputs and unobservable inputs used in order to value the assets and liabilities:
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AMERICAN ACQUISITION OPPORTUNITY INC.
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Level 1:
Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. An active market for an asset or liability is a market in which transactions for the asset or liability occur with sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis.
Level 2:
Observable inputs other than Level 1 inputs. Examples of Level 2 inputs include quoted prices in active markets for similar assets or liabilities and quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in markets that are not active.
Level 3:
Unobservable inputs based on our assessment of the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability.
At December 31, 2022 and 2021, assets held in the Trust Account were comprised of $ 7,613,762 and $ 106,116,023 in money market funds which are invested primarily in U.S. Treasury Securities. Through December 31, 2022, the Company has not withdrawn any of interest earned on the Trust Account.
The following table presents information about the Company’s assets, liabilities and redeemable class A common that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis at December 31, 2022 and indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation inputs the Company utilized to determine such fair value:
Description
Level
December 31,
2022
December 31,
2021
Assets:
Marketable securities held in Trust Account
1
$ 7,613,762
$ 106,116,023
Liabilities:
Warrant Liability – Public Warrants
3
110,182
3,036,301
Warrant Liability – Private Warrants
3
101,432
2,262,941
Commitments and Contingencies:
Class A Common Stock
7,497,311
106,112,020
The Warrants were accounted for as liabilities in accordance with ASC 815-40 and are presented within warrant liabilities on our accompanying December 31, 2022 and 2021 condensed balance sheets. The warrant liabilities are measured at fair value at inception and on a recurring basis, with changes in fair value presented within change in fair value of warrant liabilities in the condensed statement of operations.
The Private Warrants were initially valued using a Modified Black Scholes Option Pricing Model, which is considered to be a Level 3 fair value measurement. The Modified Black Scholes model’s primary unobservable input utilized in determining the fair value of the Private Warrants is the expected volatility of the common stock. The expected volatility as of the IPO date was derived from observable public warrant pricing on comparable ‘blank-check’ companies without an identified target. The expected volatility as of subsequent valuation dates was implied from the Company’s own Public Warrant pricing. A Monte Carlo simulation methodology was used in estimating the fair value of the Public Warrants for periods where no observable traded price was available, using the same expected volatility as was used in measuring the fair value of the Private Warrants. For periods subsequent to the detachment of the warrants from the Units, the close price of the public warrant price was used as the fair value as of each relevant date. The decrease in the fair value of the warrant liability from the date of the Private Placement (March 19, 2021) to December 31, 2022 reflects a change in the estimated fair value per private warrant for the period from $ 0.95 to $ 0.026 and per public warrant for the period from $ 0.94 to $ 0.021 .
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AMERICAN ACQUISITION OPPORTUNITY INC.
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The following tables present the changes in the fair value of warrant liabilities:
Private Placement
Public
Warrant Liabilities
Fair value as of January 1, 2021
$ —
$ —
$ —
Initial measurement on March 19, 2021
3,610,000
4,700,000
8,310,000
Change in valuation inputs or other assumptions
( 1,347,059 )
( 1,663,699 )
( 3,010,758 )
Fair value as of December 31, 2021
2,262,941
3,036,301
5,299,242
Private
Placement
Public
Warrant
Liabilities
Fair value as of January 1, 2022
$ 2,262,941
$ 3,036,301
$ 5,299,242
Change in valuation inputs or other assumptions
( 2,161,510 )
( 2,926,119 )
( 5,087,629 )
Fair value as of December 31, 2022
101,431
110,182
211,613
NOTE 9: COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
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NOTE 9: COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (cont.)
Underwriting Agreement
The Company granted the underwriters a 45-day option to purchase up to 1,500,000 additional Units to cover over-allotments at the Initial Public Offering price, less the underwriting discounts and commissions.
The underwriters are entitled to a cash underwriting discount of one percent ( 1.00 %) of the gross proceeds of the Initial Public Offering, or $ 1,000,000 (or up to $ 1,150,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment is exercised in full). In addition, the underwriters are entitled to a deferred fee of three-point five percent ( 3.50 %) of the gross proceeds of the Initial Public Offering, or $ 3,500,000 (or up to $ 4,025,000 if the underwriters’ over- allotment is exercised in full) upon closing of the Business Combination. The deferred fee will be paid in cash upon the closing of a Business Combination from the amounts held in the Trust Account, subject to the terms of the underwriting agreement.
Right of First Refusal
For a period beginning on March 21, 2021 and ending 24 months from the closing of a business combination, we have granted the Representative a right of first refusal to act as sole book runner, and/or sole placement agent, at the representative’s sole discretion, for each and every future public and private equity and debt offering, including all equity linked financings for us or any of our successors or subsidiaries. In accordance with FINRA Rule 5110(f)(2)(E)(i), such right of first refusal shall not have a duration of more than three years from the effective date of the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part.
Forward Share Purchase Agreements
Effective March 25, 2022, the Company and certain accredited investors in the Company (the “Investors”) entered into Forward Share Purchase Agreements (each, a “Purchase Agreement” and collectively, the “Purchase Agreements”), pursuant to which the Investors may each individually elect to sell and transfer to the Company via redemption on the earlier of (a) the closing of the Company’s initial business combination (the “Business Combination”), and (b) September 22, 2022 (the “Extended Date”), the amount of shares of the Company’s Class A common stock (“Shares”) identified in each Purchase Agreement, for an aggregate purchase price of $ 10.35 per Share (the “Shares Purchase Price”). Collectively, the Investors hold 1,123,499 Shares subject to the Purchase Agreements. The agreement expired on September 22, 2022 unused.
The forward purchase agreement expired on September 22, 2022 and all obligations under the agreement concluded.
Agreement and Plan of Merger
On June 28, 2022, the Company entered into a binding agreement and plan of merger by and among the Company and Royalty Management Co, and Indiana Corporation. The agreement and plan of merger calls for Royalty Management Co to become a fully owned subsidiary with the Company and values Royalty Management Co at $ 111,000,000 enterprise value. As of the balance sheet date, the plan of merger is awaiting regulatory approval.
NOTE 10: SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
On March 21, 2023, the Company, through actions of its Shareholders, filed an amended and restated articles of incorporation which extended the term of the trust to September 22, 2023 to allow for the execution of a business combination. An additional 216,697 shares redeemed. Leaving 545,611 shares of redeemable Class A Common.
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ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE.
None.
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