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PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements
ECD AUTOMOTIVE DESIGN, INC
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
| March 31, | December 31, | |||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||||
| (unaudited) | (audited) | |||||||
| ASSETS | ||||||||
| Current assets: | ||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | $ | ||||||
| Accounts receivable, net | ||||||||
| Inventories | ||||||||
| Prepaid and other current assets | ||||||||
| Total current assets | ||||||||
| Goodwill | ||||||||
| Property and equipment, net | ||||||||
| Intangible asset, net | ||||||||
| Right-of-use assets | ||||||||
| Deposit | ||||||||
| TOTAL ASSETS | $ | $ | ||||||
| LIABILITIES, REDEEMABLE PREFERRED STOCK AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT | ||||||||
| Current liabilities: | ||||||||
| Accounts payable | $ | $ | ||||||
| Accrued expenses | ||||||||
| Deferred revenue | ||||||||
| Lease liability, current | ||||||||
| Floor plan payable | ||||||||
| Other payable | ||||||||
| Note payable | ||||||||
| Total current liabilities | ||||||||
| Lease liability, non-current | ||||||||
| Convertible notes, net of debt discount | ||||||||
| Warrant liabilities, at fair value | ||||||||
| Conversion option, at fair value | ||||||||
| Total liabilities | ||||||||
| Commitments and contingencies (Note 14) | ||||||||
| Redeemable preferred stock, $ | ||||||||
| Stockholders’ deficit: | ||||||||
| Common stock, $ | ||||||||
| Additional paid-in capital | ||||||||
| Other comprehensive income | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Accumulated deficit | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Total Stockholders’ Deficit | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| TOTAL LIABILITIES, REDEEMABLE PREFERRED STOCK AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT | $ | $ | ||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements
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ECD AUTOMOTIVE DESIGN, INC
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
| Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||||
| Revenue | $ | $ | ||||||
| Cost of goods sold (exclusive of depreciation expense shown below) | ||||||||
| Gross profit | ||||||||
| Operating expenses | ||||||||
| Advertising and marketing expenses | ||||||||
| General and administrative expenses | ||||||||
| Provision for credit losses | ||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization expenses | ||||||||
| Total operating expenses | ||||||||
| Loss from operations | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Other income (expense) | ||||||||
| Interest expense | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Change in fair value of warrant liabilities | ( | ) | ||||||
| Change in fair value of conversion option liabilities | ( | ) | ||||||
| Foreign exchange loss | ( | ) | ||||||
| Resale commissions income | ||||||||
| Other income (expense), net | ( | ) | ||||||
| Total other (expense) income, net | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Loss before income taxes | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Income tax benefit (expense) | ( | ) | ||||||
| Net loss | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||
| Net income (loss) per common share, basic and diluted | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||
| Weighted average number of common shares outstanding, basic and diluted | ||||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements
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ECD AUTOMOTIVE DESIGN, INC
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
THREE ENDED MARCH 31, 2025 AND 2024
| Redeemable Preferred Stock | Common Stock | Additional Paid-in | Accumulated | Other Comprehensive | Total Stockholder’ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shares | Amount | Shares | Amount | Capital | Deficit | Income | Deficit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance – December 31, 2024 | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Reversal of conversion of redeemable preferred shares | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Share-based compensation | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Issuance of common shares | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Foreign currency translation gain | - | - | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net loss | - | - | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance – March 31, 2025 | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Redeemable Preferred Stock | Common Stock | Additional Paid-in | Accumulated | Total Stockholders’ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shares | Amount | Shares | Amount | Capital | Deficit | Deficit | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance – December 31, 2023 | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Issuance of common shares | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net loss | - | - | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance – March 31, 2024 | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements
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ECD AUTOMOTIVE DESIGN, INC
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
| Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||||
| Cash flows from operating activities: | ||||||||
| Net (loss) income | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||
| Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities | ||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization expense | ||||||||
| Change in fair value of warrant liabilities | ( | ) | ||||||
| Change in fair value of conversion option liabilities | ( | ) | ||||||
| Noncash lease expense | ||||||||
| Income tax (benefit) expense | ( | ) | ||||||
| Amortization of debt discount | ||||||||
| Share-based compensation | ||||||||
| Provision for credit losses | ||||||||
| Paid in kind interest | ||||||||
| Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | ||||||||
| Accounts receivable | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Inventories | ( | ) | ||||||
| Prepaid and other current assets | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Accounts payable | ( | ) | ||||||
| Accrued expenses | ( | ) | ||||||
| Deferred revenue | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Other payable | ||||||||
| Lease liability | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Net cash used in operating activities | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Cash flows from investing activities: | ||||||||
| Purchase of assets | ( | ) | ||||||
| Net cash used in investing activities | ( | ) | ||||||
| Cash flows from financing activities: | ||||||||
| Repayment of floor plan payable | ( | ) | ||||||
| Proceeds from floor plan payable | ||||||||
| Proceeds from convertible note | ||||||||
| Proceeds from note payable | ||||||||
| Debt issuance costs | ( | ) | ||||||
| Repayment of note payable | ( | ) | ||||||
| Net cash provided by financing activities | ||||||||
| Effect of translation changes on cash | ( | ) | ||||||
| Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year | ||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents, end of year | $ | $ | ||||||
| Supplemental cash flow disclosure: | ||||||||
| Cash paid for interest | $ | $ | ||||||
| Supplemental disclosure of noncash cash flow information | ||||||||
| Initial classification of warrant liabilities | $ | $ | ||||||
| Initial classification of conversion option liability | $ | $ | ||||||
| Issuance of common stock | $ | $ | ||||||
| Reversal of conversion of redeemable preferred stock into common stock | $ | ( | ) | $ | ||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements
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ECD AUTOMOTIVE DESIGN, INC
NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 1. NATURE OF OPERATIONS
ECD Automotive Design, Inc (the “Company,” “ECD,” “we,” “us,” or “our), formerly known as EF Hutton Acquisition Corporation I (“EFHAC”) (the Company) is engaged in the production and sale of Land Rover vehicles, Jaguar E-Types, Classic Ford Mustang, and Toyota FJ40. Since the Company’s commencement of operations in 2013, they have established a facility geared towards producing the most customized Land Rovers with the highest quality of parts and the highest quality labor force building each vehicle. The Company primarily earns revenue from the sale of the customized vehicle directly to the customer. Additionally, revenue is generated from providing repair or upgrade services to customers and from the sale of extended warranties.
On December 12, 2023, ECD completed the business combination contemplated by the merger agreement dated as of March 3, 2023 (the “Merger Agreement”) by and among EFHAC, Humble Imports Inc., d/b/a ECD Auto Design, a Florida corporation (“Humble” or “ECD”), ECD Auto Design UK, Ltd., an England and Wales corporation (the “ECD UK”), EFHAC Merger Sub, Inc., a Florida corporation (“Merger Sub”) and wholly-owned subsidiary of EFHAC, and Scott Wallace, as the Securityholder Representative. At part of the closing Merger Sub merged with and into ECD with ECD as the surviving corporation and becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of EFHAC. In connection with the Merger, EFHAC changed its name to “ECD Automotive Design Inc.” or such other name designated by E.C.D. by notice to EFHAC.
The business combination was accounted for as a reverse recapitalization. Under this method of accounting, although EFHAC acquired the outstanding equity interest in ECD in the business combination, EFHAC is treated as the “acquired company” and ECD was treated as the accounting acquirer for financial statement purposes. Accordingly, the Business Combination was treated as the equivalent of ECD issuing stock for the net assets of EFHAC, accompanied by a recapitalization. The net assets of EFHAC are stated at historical cost, with no goodwill or other intangible assets recorded.
Furthermore, the historical financial statements of ECD became the historical financial statements of the Company upon the consummation of the merger. As a result, the financial statements included in this Quarterly Report reflect (i) the historical operating results of ECD prior to the merger; (ii) the combined results of EFHAC and ECD following the close of the merger; (iii) the assets and liabilities of ECD at their historical cost and (iv) ECD’s equity structure for all periods presented, as affected by the recapitalization presentation after completion of the merger. See Note 4 - Reverse Capitalization for further details of the merger.
The Company also consolidates, ECD Audit Design UK LTD (“ECD UK”), a private limited company incorporated on July 16, 2021 in England and Wales. ECD UK was formed for the purpose of procuring parts overseas for the Company. ECD UK is a consolidated variable interest entity (“VIE”) for which the company is the primary beneficiary. The Company is the primary beneficiary of ECD UK as it has both the power to direct the most significant activities impacting on its economic performance and the obligation to absorb losses or receive benefits significant to them.
In April 2024, the Company acquired certain assets of BNMC Continuation Cars LLC (“BNMC”). See Note 4 for further information.
NOTE 2. LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
As of March 31, 2025, the Company had cash and
cash equivalents of approximately $
The Company’s primary source of operating
funds since inception has been from cash receipts from sales and proceeds from loans payable. Immediately prior to the closing of the
Business Combination on December 12, 2023, the Company executed and delivered to the Lender, as defined in Note 11, a senior secured convertible
note (the “December Note”), in exchange for a loan in the principal amount of $
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ECD AUTOMOTIVE DESIGN, INC
NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
On April 4, 2025, the Company entered into a new
business loan and security agreement with an effective date of April 4, 2025 (the “New Loan Agreement”) by and among an investor
(the “New Lender”), a collateral agent (the “Collateral Agent”), the Company and its subsidiary, Humble Imports
Inc., pursuant to which the Company received a term loan from the New Lender in the principal amount of $
The net proceeds of the New Loan were used to
pay off the Agile Loan in the discounted amount of $
Management’s assessment of the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern involves making a judgement, at a particular point in time, about inherently uncertain future outcomes of events or conditions. Any judgment about the future is based on information available at the time at which the judgment is made. Subsequent events may result in outcomes that are inconsistent with judgments that were reasonable at the time they were made.
The Company’s future capital requirements will depend on many factors, including the Company’s revenue growth rate. The Company will need to raise additional financing through loans or through equity raises. The Company cannot provide any assurance that the new financing will be available to it on commercially acceptable terms, if at all. If the Company is unable to raise additional capital, the Company’s business, results of operations and financial condition would be materially and adversely affected.
As a result of the above, in connection with the Company’s assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with FASB Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2014-15, “Disclosures of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern”, Management has determined that the Company’s liquidity condition raises substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern through twelve months from the date these consolidated financial statements are available to be issued. These consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recovery of the recorded assets or the classification of the liabilities that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern.
NOTE 3. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of ECD and ECD Auto Design UK Ltd. The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP” or “GAAP”), expressed in U.S. dollars. In the opinion of management, all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of such unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been included. All such adjustments consisted of all normal recurring items, including the elimination of all intercompany transactions and balances. References to GAAP issued by the FASB in these accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements are to the FASB Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”).
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance U.S. GAAP” have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. These operating results are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2025.
These unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2024 included in the 2024 Form 10-K, filed with the SEC on April 15, 2025.
Emerging Growth Company Status
The Company is an emerging growth company, as defined in the JOBS Act. Under the JOBS Act, emerging growth companies can delay adopting new or revised accounting standards issued subsequent to the enactment of the JOBS Act, until such time as those standards apply to private companies. The Company has elected to use this extended transition period for complying with new or revised accounting standards that have different effective dates for public and private companies until the earlier of the date that it (i) is no longer an emerging growth company or (ii) affirmatively and irrevocably opts out of the extended transition period provided in the JOBS Act. As a result, these financial statements may not be comparable to companies that comply with the new or revised accounting pronouncements as of public company effective dates.
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ECD AUTOMOTIVE DESIGN, INC
NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Use of Estimates
The preparation of the consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting periods. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Significant estimates include assumptions used in revenue recognition, useful life of assets, and allowance for credit losses.
Segment Information
Operating segments are defined as components of
an enterprise for which separate discrete financial information is evaluated regularly by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer
(“CEO”), who is the Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”), in deciding how to allocate resources and assess
performance. The CODM reviews financial information presented on a consolidated basis for the purposes of allocating resources and evaluating
financial performance. Accordingly, the Company operates and manages its business as
Cash and Cash Equivalents
The Company considers all highly liquid investments acquired with an original maturity of three months or less at the date of purchase to be cash equivalents. Cash equivalents are stated at cost, which approximates market value, because of the short maturity of these instruments.
Credit Risk
Financial instruments that potentially subject
the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist of cash accounts in a financial institution, which, at times, may exceed the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation Coverage limit of $
Revenue Recognition
Revenue is recognized when the Company transfers promised goods or services to the customer, in an amount that reflects the consideration that the Company expects to receive in exchange for those goods or services. In determining the appropriate amount of revenue to be recognized as the Company fulfills its obligations under the agreement, the Company performs the following steps: (i) identification of the promised goods or services in the contract; (ii) determination of whether the promised goods or services are performance obligations, including whether they are distinct in the context of the contract; (iii) measurement of the transaction price, including the constraint on variable consideration; (iv) allocation of the transaction price to the performance obligations; and (v) recognition of revenue when (or as) the Company satisfies each performance obligation. The Company only applies the five-step model to contracts when it is probable that it will collect the consideration it is entitled to in exchange for the goods or services it transfers to the customer.
No one customer exceeded 10% of revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024.
Product Revenue – Builds
The Company generates revenue through the sale of rebuilt or upgraded Land Rover Defender, Range Rover Classics, Land Rover Series, Jaguar E-Types, and Mustang vehicles directly to customers. There is a single performance obligation in all of the Company’s contracts, which is the Company’s promise to transfer the Company’s product to customers based on the transfer of title or shipping terms in the arrangement. The entire transaction revenue is allocated to this performance obligation.
Upon execution of the contract, the Company bills
its customers the total consideration of the contract. The Company receives from
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ECD AUTOMOTIVE DESIGN, INC
NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Warranty and Other Revenue
The Company also generates revenue through the
sale of extended warranties to customers. The customers agree to the terms and conditions at the time of purchase, which represents the
customer arrangements. The period covered by the extended warranty is usually
The Company generates revenue through providing repair services to customers. The Company agrees with the customer on consideration for the service to be provided. There is a single performance obligation, which is the Company’s promise to perform the retrofit or to execute the agreed upon repair work on the vehicle. The entire transaction price is allocated to this single performance obligation. Service revenue is recognized when the repair work is completed, and the customer receives the vehicle.
Product Limited Warranty
Consistent with industry practice, the Company generally offers customers a limited warranty for work performed on the vehicle under the build/sales contract. The customers do not have a contractual right of return. The Company only offers a limited warranty for the work performed on the vehicle under the contract. If a customer disputes any work performed, the Company will attempt to remedy the work, however, it shall not be required to discount the transaction price. The Company considered this an assurance-type warranty and not a separate performance obligation.
Warranty Reserve
The Company provides for the estimated cost of product warranties at the time revenue is recognized. While the Company engages in product quality programs and processes, including quality control test driving vehicles, the warranty obligation is affected by historical warranty costs per vehicle. Should actual costs differ from the Company’s estimates, revisions to increase or decrease the estimated warranty liability may be required.
Other Revenue Policies
Sales, value add, and other taxes collected on behalf of third parties are excluded from revenue.
Applying the practical expedient in ASC 606, the Company does not assess whether a contract has a significant financing component if the expectation at contract inception is that the period between payment by the customer and the transfer of the promised products to the customer will be one year or less, which is the case with substantially all customers.
Applying the practical expedient in ASC 606, the Company accounts for shipping and handling activities related to contracts with customers as costs to fulfill the promise to transfer the associated products. The Company records the related costs as part of the cost of goods good.
Disaggregation of Revenue
The following table summarizes the Company’s net revenues disaggregated by product category:
| Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||||
| Builds | ||||||||
| Warranty and other | ||||||||
| Total revenues, net | $ | $ | ||||||
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ECD AUTOMOTIVE DESIGN, INC
NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Customer Deposits, Deferred revenue and remaining performance obligation:
| March 31, 2025 | December 31, 2024 | |||||||
| Beginning balance, January 1 | $ | $ | ||||||
| Additional deposits received | ||||||||
| Revenue Recognized during the year at a point-in-time | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Ending balance | $ | $ | ||||||
As of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the
Company had customer deposits in the amount of $
Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Credit Losses
Accounts receivable are recorded at the original
invoice amount less an allowance for uncollectible accounts that management believes will be adequate to absorb estimated losses on existing
balances. Management estimates the allowance based on collectability of accounts receivable and prior bad debt experience. Accounts receivable
balances are written off against the allowance upon management’s determination that such accounts are uncollectible. Recoveries
of accounts receivable previously written off are recorded when received. Management believes that credit risks on accounts receivable
will not be material to the financial position of the Company or results of operations. The Company had trade accounts receivable of $
As of March 31, 2025, amounts due from 2 customer
exceeded
Inventories
Work in progress, work in progress – shipping
and consumables, and work in progress – labor costs reported in inventories are carried at the lower of cost or net realizable value.
Cost is determined on the basis of the direct and indirect costs that are directly attributable. The measurement of inventories is generally
based on the weighted average method. Finished goods inventory is comprised of vehicles for which the build is completed but title has
not been legally transferred, or in some cases, the vehicle has not been delivered. The measurement of finished goods inventories is the
total cost of the materials, shipping and consumables, and labor attributed to the build of each specific completed vehicle. Overhead
costs are allocated to inventory based on the rate of inventory turned for the period. As of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, inventory
was $
Property and Equipment
Property and equipment are stated at cost, less
accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is calculated using the straight-line method over the asset’s estimated useful life of
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NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Long-Lived Assets
The Company follows a “primary asset” approach to determine the cash flow estimation period for a group of assets and liabilities that represents the unit of accounting for a long-lived asset to be held and used. Long-lived assets to be held and used are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. The carrying amount of a long-lived asset is not recoverable if it exceeds the sum of the undiscounted cash flows expected to result from the use and eventual disposition of the asset. Long-lived assets to be disposed of are reported at the lower of carrying amount or fair value less cost to sell.
The Company evaluates the recoverability of long-lived assets based upon forecasted undiscounted cash flows. Should impairment in value be indicated, the carrying value of the assets will be adjusted, based on estimates of future discounted cash flows resulting from the use and ultimate disposition of the asset. No impairments were recognized for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024.
Advertising and Marketing
The Company follows the policy of charging the
costs of advertising to expense as incurred. The Company charged to operations $
Income taxes
Prior to the Business Combination on December 12, 2023, the Company was an S corporation. As an S corporation, the Company was not directly liable for federal income taxes. As of the date of the Business Combination, the operations of the Company ceased to be taxed as an S corporation resulting in a change in tax status for federal and state income tax purposes.
The Company follows the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes under ASC Topic 740, Income Taxes (“ASC 740”). Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date. Valuation allowances are established, when necessary, to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized.
The Company records deferred tax assets to the extent management believes that it is more likely than not that these assets will be realized in the future. Future realization of deferred income tax assets (meaning, items that may provide tax deductions in future periods) requires evidence that there will be sufficient taxable income in those future periods, or within any carryback periods available under tax law. The Company evaluates the realizability of its deferred tax assets on a quarterly basis. The majority of the Company’s deferred tax assets are comprised of income tax carryforwards, including federal and state net operating loss carryforwards (“NOLs”) and non-deductible interest expense carryforwards. Some of these carryforwards are subject to annual usage limitations and expiration, while other state NOLs and a portion of federal NOLs do not expire.
While the Company remains in a financial reporting loss position based on a cumulative pre-tax loss for the three-month period ended March 31, 2025, the determination of the valuation allowance is based on its evaluation of the periods over which future taxable items are expected to be utilized to offset tax loss and deduction carryforward items in those future periods. That is, future forecasts of our taxable income are not considered in the evaluation of realizability of its deferred tax assets. Therefore, changes in its deferred tax asset valuation allowances will primarily be affected by changes in the estimates of the time periods over which those future taxable items will occur.
ASC 740 prescribes a recognition threshold and
a measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of tax positions taken or expected to be taken in a tax
return. For those benefits to be recognized, a tax position must be more likely than not to be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities.
The Company recognizes accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense. Management has evaluated
the Company’s tax positions, including its previous status as a pass-through entity for federal and state tax purposes, and has
determined that the Company has taken no uncertain tax positions that require adjustment to the condensed consolidated financial statements.
The Company’s reserve related to uncertain tax positions was
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NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Loss Per Share
The Company accounts for net loss per share in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification subtopic 260, Earnings Per Share (“ASC 260-”), which requires presentation of basic and diluted earnings per share (“EPS”) on the face of the statement of operations for all entities with complex capital structures and requires a reconciliation of the numerator and denominator of the basic EPS computation to the numerator and denominator of the diluted EPS. Basic net loss per share is computed by dividing net loss by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during each period. It excludes the dilutive effects of any potentially issuable common shares. Diluted net loss per share is calculated by including any potentially dilutive share issuances in the denominator. For the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, all potentially dilutive securities were not included in the calculation of diluted net income (loss) per share as their effect would be anti-dilutive.
Leases
The Company determines if an arrangement is a lease at inception. Operating lease right-of-use asset (“ROU asset”) and short-term and long-term lease liability are included on the face of the consolidated balance sheets.
ROU asset represents the right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and lease liability represents the Company’s obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. Operating lease ROU asset and liability are recognized at commencement date based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term. As the Company’s lease does not provide an implicit rate, the Company uses an incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at commencement date over the respective lease term in determining the present value of lease payments. The Company’s lease terms may include options to extend or terminate the lease when it is reasonably certain that the Company will exercise that option. Lease expense for lease payments is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. For lease agreements with terms less than 12 months, the Company has elected the short-term lease measurement and recognition exemption, and it recognizes such lease payments on a straight-line basis over the lease term.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The Company calculates the fair value of its assets and liabilities which qualify as financial instruments and includes this additional information in the notes to the consolidated financial statements when the fair value is different than the carrying value of these financial instruments. The estimated fair value of cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued expenses, and other payables approximate their carrying amounts due to the relatively short maturity of these instruments. The carrying value of lease liability also approximates fair value since the recognition of the instrument reflects a market rate of interest. None of these instruments are held for trading purposes.
Fair Value Measurements
Fair value is defined as the price that would be received for sale of an asset or paid for transfer of a liability, in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. GAAP establishes a three-tier fair value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). These tiers include:
| ● | Level 1, defined as observable inputs such as quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical instruments in active markets; |
| ● | Level 2, defined as inputs other than quoted prices in active markets that are either directly or indirectly observable such as quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets or quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active; and |
| ● | Level 3, defined as unobservable inputs in which little or no market data exists, therefore requiring an entity to develop its own assumptions, such as valuations derived from valuation techniques in which one or more significant inputs or significant value drivers are unobservable. |
In some circumstances, the inputs used to measure fair value might be categorized within different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In those instances, the fair value measurement is categorized in its entirety in the fair value hierarchy based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement.
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Warrants
The Company determines the accounting classification of warrants it issues as either liability or equity classified by first assessing whether the warrants meet liability classification in accordance with ASC 480, Accounting for Certain Financial Instruments with Characteristics of both Liabilities and Equity (“ASC 480”), then in accordance with ASC 815 (“ASC 815”), Accounting for Derivative Financial Instruments Indexed to, and Potentially Settled in, a Company’s Own Stock. Under ASC 480, warrants are considered liability classified if the warrants are mandatorily redeemable, obligate the Company to settle the warrants or the underlying shares by paying cash or other assets, or warrants that must or may require settlement by issuing variable number of shares. If warrants do not meet liability classification under ASC 480, the Company assesses the requirements under ASC 815, which states that contracts that require or may require the issuer to settle the contract for cash are liabilities recorded at fair value, irrespective of the likelihood of the transaction occurring that triggers the net cash settlement feature. If the warrants do not require liability classification under ASC 815, and in order to conclude equity classification, the Company also assesses whether the warrants are indexed to its Common Stock and whether the warrants are classified as equity under ASC 815 or other applicable GAAP. After all relevant assessments, the Company concludes whether the warrants are classified as liability or equity. Liability classified warrants require fair value accounting at issuance and subsequent to initial issuance with all changes in fair value after the issuance date recorded in the statements of operations. Equity classified warrants only require fair value accounting at issuance with no changes recognized subsequent to the issuance date.
Convertible Note Payable
When the Company issues convertible debt, it first evaluates the balance sheet classification of the convertible instrument in its entirety to determine (1) whether the instrument should be classified as a liability under ASC 480, and (2) whether the conversion feature should be accounted for separately from the host instrument. A conversion feature of a convertible debt instrument would be separated from the convertible instrument and classified as a derivative liability if the conversion feature, were it a standalone instrument, meets the definition of a “derivative” in ASC 815. When a conversion feature meets the definition of an embedded derivative, it would be separated from the host instrument and classified as a derivative liability carried on the consolidated balance sheet at fair value, with any changes in its fair value recognized currently in the consolidated statements of operations. See Note 11 “Debt” for further information.
Stock-based compensation
The Company accounts for its stock-based compensation awards in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification topic 718, Compensation-Stock Compensation (“ASC 718”). ASC 718 requires all stock-based payments to employees and non-employees including grants of stock options, to be recognized as expense in the statements of operations based on their grant date fair values.
The Company periodically issues common stock and common stock options to employees and consultants for various services.
Redeemable Preferred Stock
Accounting for convertible or redeemable equity instruments in the Company’s own equity requires an evaluation of the hybrid security to determine if liability classification is required under ASC 480. Liability classification is required for freestanding financial instruments that are not debt in legal form and are: (1) subject to an unconditional obligation requiring the issuer to redeem the instrument by transferring assets (i.e. mandatorily redeemable), (2) instruments other than equity shares that embody an obligation of the issuer to repurchase its equity shares, or (3) certain types of instruments that obligate the issuer to issue a variable number of equity shares. Securities that do not meet the scoping criteria to be classified as a liability under ASC 480 are subject to redeemable equity guidance, which prescribes securities that may be subject to redemption upon an event not solely within the control of the issuer to be classified outside permanent equity (i.e., classified in temporary equity). Securities classified in temporary equity are initially measured at the proceeds received, net of issuance costs and excluding the fair value of bifurcated embedded derivatives (if any). Subsequent measurement of the carrying value is not required unless the instrument is probable of becoming redeemable or is currently redeemable. When the instruments are currently redeemable or probable of becoming redeemable, the Company will recognize changes in the redemption value immediately as they occur and adjust the carrying value of the security to equal the then current maximum redemption value at the end of each reporting period.
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New Accounting Pronouncements
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In November 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-07, “Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures,” which will add required disclosures of significant expenses for each reportable segment, as well as certain other disclosures to help investors understand how the CODM evaluates segment expenses and operating results. The new guidance requires public entities to disclose, on an annual and interim basis, significant segment expenses that are regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker (“CODM”), the amount and composition of other segment items by reportable segment, any additional measures of a segment’s profit or loss used by the CODM when assessing performance and deciding how to allocate resources, and the CODM’s title and position. Additionally, public entities will be required to provide in interim periods all disclosures about a reportable segment’s profit or loss that are currently required annually by Topic 280. This standard is effective on a retrospective basis for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023 and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting this standard on its disclosures.
In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, “Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures,” which requires disaggregated information about a reporting entity’s effective tax rate reconciliation as well as information on income taxes paid. The standard is intended to benefit investors by providing more detailed income tax disclosures that would be useful in making capital allocation decisions. The standard will be effective for public companies for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this accounting standard update on its consolidated financial statements.
In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, “Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income - Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses” (“ASU 2024-03”). The standard requires additional disclosure of certain costs and expenses within the notes to the financial statements. The provisions of the standard are effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027, with early adoption permitted. This accounting standards update may be applied either prospectively or retrospectively. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this accounting standard update on its consolidated financial statements.
NOTE 4. BNMC CONTINUATION CARS LLC BUSINESS COMBINATION
On April 3, 2024, the Company entered into an
Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Original Asset Purchase Agreement”) with BNMC Continuation Cars LLC, an Oklahoma limited liability
company and David W. Miller II (collectively “Sellers”), that was subsequently amended on April 24, 2024 Amended and Restated
Asset Purchase Agreement (the “A&R Asset Purchase Agreement”).The Company agreed to purchase certain assets relating to
vehicle builds, including the trademark “Brand New Muscle Car” (the “Purchased Assets”) from Sellers in exchange
for up to $
On April 24, 2024, following the satisfaction
or waiver of closing conditions, the Company and Sellers closed the transactions contemplated by the A&R Asset Purchase Agreement.
In connection with the closing of the A&R Asset Purchase Agreement, the Company and the Sellers executed and delivered the following
agreements: (1) the IP Assignment Agreement, dated April 24, 2024, by and between Sellers, as assignors, and ECD, as assignee (the “IP
Assignment Agreement”), (2) the Trademark License Agreement, dated April 24, 2024, by and between ECD, as licensor and Sellers,
as licensees (the “Trademark License Agreement”), and (3) Consulting Agreement, dated April 24, 2024, by and between ECD,
as the company and BNMC Films LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of David W. Miller II, as the contractor (the “Consulting Agreement”).
The additional $
On August 11, 2024, the Company and the Sellers
entered into an Amendment (the “Amendment”) to the A&R Asset Purchase Agreement, pursuant to which the parties acknowledged
that the Sellers have satisfied all conditions to the A&R Asset Purchase Agreement to fix the aggregate purchase price at $
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The assets acquired under the A&R Asset Purchase
agreement were accounted for as a business combination under FASB ASC Topic 805 Business Combinations. The Company utilized acquisition
method under ASC 805-10-05-4 to account for the business combination
| Consideration shares (1) | $ | |||
| Transaction costs | ||||
| Total purchase consideration | ||||
| Less: Cash deposits | ( | ) | ||
| Inventory | ( | ) | ||
| Deferred revenue | ||||
| Total purchase consideration to be allocated | ||||
| Less: fair value of intangible asset | ||||
| Goodwill | $ |
| (1) |
NOTE 5. INVENTORIES
Inventories consisted of the following:
| March 31, 2025 | December 31, 2024 | |||||||
| Inventory – work in progress | $ | $ | ||||||
| Inventory – work in progress shipping and consumables | ||||||||
| Inventory – work in progress labor | ||||||||
| Resale inventory | ||||||||
| Finished goods | ||||||||
| Overhead costs allocated to inventory | ||||||||
| $ | $ | |||||||
NOTE 6. PREPAIDS AND OTHER CURRENT ASSETS
Prepaid and other current assets consisted of the following:
| March 31, | December 31, | |||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||||
| Prepaid expenses | $ | $ | ||||||
| Prepaid insurance | ||||||||
| VAT receivable | ||||||||
| Interest receivable | ||||||||
| Other receivable | ||||||||
| $ | $ | |||||||
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NOTE 7. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
Property and equipment consisted of the following:
| March 31, | December 31, | |||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||||
| Computer equipment | $ | $ | ||||||
| Office furniture | ||||||||
| Manufacturing equipment | ||||||||
| Vehicles | ||||||||
| Building improvements | ||||||||
| Less: accumulated depreciation | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| $ | $ | |||||||
Depreciation expense related to the Company’s
property and equipment was $
NOTE 8. LEASES
On August 11, 2021, the Company entered into a
lease agreement, whereby the Company agreed to lease office space in Kissimmee, Florida expiring
The Company also has a five-year lease in the
UK for office space expiring
On March 23, 2023, the Company entered into a
lease agreement, whereby the Company agreed to lease warehouse space in Kissimmee, Florida expiring
Pursuant to the agreement with One Drivers Club,
the Company is currently paying $
The Company’s commercial properties are subject to Common Are Maintenance (“CAM”) charges, which represent the tenant’s pro-rata share of the operating expenses incurred by the landlord in the operation of the buildings. These expenses include, but are not limited to, property taxes, insurance premiums, utilities for common areas, maintenance and service agreements and supplies and materials used in the operation and maintenance of the property, cost of repairs and enhancements to common areas, owner’s association fees, and cost of capital improvements or modifications only if the capital improvements reduce operating costs. The Company’s share of the CAM is paid by the Company as additional rent based on the landlord’s written estimate of the CAM for the following year. Within 150 days following the end of each calendar year the landlord provides a statement to the Company reconciling the estimated CAM expenses for the year to the actual costs incurred.
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Quantitative information regarding the Company’s leases is as follows:
| Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||||
| Lease expenses | ||||||||
| Operating lease expenses | $ | $ | ||||||
| Short-term lease costs | ||||||||
| Variable and other lease costs | ||||||||
| Total lease cost | $ | $ | ||||||
| Other information | ||||||||
| Cash paid for the amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities for operating leases: | ||||||||
| Operating cash flows | $ | $ | ||||||
| Weighted-average remaining lease term (in years): | ||||||||
| Operating leases | ||||||||
| Weighted-average discount rate: | ||||||||
| Operating leases | % | % | ||||||
Maturity analysis under the lease agreement is as follows:
| Total | ||||
| 2025 | $ | |||
| 2026 | ||||
| 2027 | ||||
| 2028 | ||||
| 2029 and beyond | ||||
| Less: present value discount | ( | ) | ||
| Lease liability | $ | |||
NOTE 9. ACCRUED EXPENSES
Accrued expenses consisted of the following:
| March 31, 2025 | December 31, 2024 | |||||||
| Accrued interest | $ | $ | ||||||
| Consulting and professional fees | ||||||||
| Franchise tax | ||||||||
| Warranty reserve | ||||||||
| Accrued payroll | ||||||||
| Other | ||||||||
| $ | $ | |||||||
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NOTE 10. OTHER PAYABLE
Other payable consisted of the following:
| March 31, 2025 | December 31, 2024 | |||||||
| PPG payable (as defined below) | $ | $ | ||||||
| Income tax payable | ||||||||
| Share issuance liability | ||||||||
| Sale proceeds due to consignor | ||||||||
| Other | ||||||||
| $ | $ | |||||||
NOTE 11. DEBT
Securities Purchase Agreement
On October 6, 2023 the Company entered into a
Securities Purchase Agreement (the “SPA”) with an institutional Lender (the “Lender”) pursuant to which the Company
issued to the Lender a senior secured convertible note (the “December 2023 Convertible Note”) in exchange for a loan in the
principal amount of $
The Company reviewed the conversion upon event of default feature under ASC 815and determined that the conversion upon event of default feature is considered an embedded derivative that should be bifurcated from the host instrument requiring fair value accounting at issuance with all changes in fair value after the issuance date recorded in the statement of operations (See Note 16).
The December 2023 Convertible Note has a maturity date of December 12, 2026 and will rank senior to all outstanding and future indebtedness of the Company and its subsidiaries. The December 2023 Convertible Notes are secured by a first priority perfected security interest in all the existing and future assets of the Company and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, including a pledge of all of the capital stock of each of the subsidiaries. The December 2023 Convertible Note also provides that the Company and its subsidiaries execute a guaranty (the “Guaranty”) to guaranty the obligations under the December 2023 Convertible Note and the Security Agreement, that all insider stockholders of the common stock shall execute a lock-up agreement (the “Lock-Up Agreement”) restricting their sale of the common stock until six months after the registration statement registering the shares of common stock underlying the December 2023 Convertible Note is declared effective and a joinder agreement (the “Joinder Agreement”) pursuant to which the Company and its Subsidiaries agree and consent to be parties to the Security Agreement.
On August 9, 2024, the Company entered into a
SPA with the Lender pursuant to which the Company issued to the Lender a senior secured convertible note (the “August 2024 Convertible
Note”) in exchange for a loan in the principal amount of $
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On January 8, 2025, the Company entered into a
SPA with the Lender pursuant to which the Company issued to the Lender a senior secured convertible note (the “January 2025 Convertible
Note”) in exchange for a loan in the principal amount of $
Certain events of default under the December 2023
Convertible Note and the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock have occurred based on the following: the Company’s failure to have
its resale registration statement on Form S-1 declared effective by the SEC within sixty (60) days of December 12, 2023, the financial
statements of the Company’s subsidiary for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 and the quarterly periods ended March 31,
2023, June 30, 2023, and September 30, 2023 were required to be restated, the fact that the Company did not file its Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 (the “Form 10-K”) within two (2) trading days of the filing due date of the
Form 10-K and the Company did not file its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2023 (the “Form
10-Q”) within two (2) trading days of the filing due date of the Form 10-Q. The Convertible Note and the Series A Convertible Preferred
Stock each provide for certain remedies based upon the occurrence of an event of default. As a result of the default the lender under
the Convertible Note who is also the holder of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock calculated default interest on the Convertible
Note of an additional
On January 8, 2025, the
Company entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “January 2025 SPA”) with the Lender pursuant to which the Lender
agreed to waive the pre-existing events of default that occurred under the August Note and the Company Preferred Stock and the Company
agreed to execute and deliver to the Lender a senior secured convertible note (the “January 2025 Note”), in exchange for a
loan in the principal amount of $
The December 2023 Convertible Note includes
an original issue discount of $
The table below summarizes the outstanding Convertible Note as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024:
| March 31, 2025 | December 31, 2024 | |||||||
| Principal value of Convertible Notes (1) | $ | $ | ||||||
| Debt discount, net of amortization(2) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Convertible Note payable | $ | $ | ||||||
| (1) |
| (2) |
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Floor Plan Payable
On May 15, 2024, the Company entered into a loan
agreement for up to $
The table below presents the disaggregation of interest expense for the three months ended March 31, 2025:
| Three months ended March 31, 2025 | ||||
| Contractual interest expense | $ | |||
| Debt discount amortization | ||||
| Debt issuance cost amortization | ||||
| Total | $ | |||
Business Loan and Security Agreement
On February 20, 2025, the Company entered into
a Business Loan and Security Agreement with Agile Lending, LLC (the “Lending Lender”) pursuant to which the Company received
a term loan from the Lending Lender in the principal amount of $
NOTE 12. WARRANT LIABILITIES
As part of the December 2023 Convertible Note,
the Company issued warrants to Defender SPV, LLC where each whole warrant entitles the holder to purchase one share of the Company’s
common stock at an exercise price of $
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The Common Share warrants expire on the seventh
anniversary of the issuance date provided that (x) if the Holder fails to acquire at least $
Once the Common Share Warrants become exercisable, the Company may redeem the outstanding warrants:
| ● | in whole and not in part; |
| ● | upon written notice of redemption given after the warrants become exercisable to each warrant holder; and |
| ● | At any time on or after the initial date on which either (i) the shares of Common Stock of the Company are registered after the 1934 Act or (ii) any publicly traded common equity (or equivalent security) of any Successor Entity (or Parent Entity, as applicable) are issued in exchange for the Common Stock in the applicable Business Combination or other similar transaction (such applicable entity, the “Successor Public Company”), in either case, whether as a result of a public offering, Business Combination, recapitalization reorganization or otherwise (the “Public Company Date”) but not after 11;59 p.m., New York time, on the Expiration Date. |
The Preferred Share Warrants expire on the eighteen (18) month anniversary of the date of the Business Combination (or such later date as extended by written consent of the Company and the Holder.
Once the Preferred Share Warrants become exercisable, the Company may redeem the outstanding warrants:
| ● | in whole and not in part; |
| ● | upon written notice of redemption given after the warrants become exercisable to each warrant holder; and |
| ● | At any time on or after the later of (x) the Issuance Date and (y) the date all of the Initial Preferred Shares have been converted in full, but not after 11:59 p.m., New York Time, on the Expiration Date. |
The Common Share Warrants and the Preferred Share Warrants are recognized as derivative liabilities in accordance with ASC 805. Accordingly, the Company recognized the warrant instruments as liabilities at fair value as of the issuance date with the offsetting entry to debt discount. The carrying value of the instruments will be adjusted to fair value through other income (expense) on the consolidated statement of operations at each reporting period until they are exercised. As of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the fair value of the Common Share Warrants and the Preferred Share Warrants liabilities are presented within warrant liabilities on the consolidated balance sheet.
NOTE 13. REDEEMABLE PREFERRED STOCK
The Company is authorized to issue
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Dividend Rights
From and after the first date of issuance of any initial shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Initial Issuance Date”) and prior to the date of the initial exercise of the Preferred Warrants (the “Initial Preferred Warrant Exercise Date”), unless a triggering event has occurred and is continuing, holders of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to dividends. From and after the Initial Preferred Warrant Exercise Date, dividends on the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock shall commence accruing and shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year and twelve 30-day months and shall be payable in arrears for on the first trading day of each fiscal quarter (each, an “Dividend Date”). Dividends shall be payable on each Dividend Date, to each record holder of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock on the applicable Dividend Date, in shares of Common Stock (“Dividend Shares”) so long as there has been no Equity Conditions Failure; provided however, that the Company may, at its option following notice to each holder, pay dividend on any Dividend Date in cash (“Cash Dividend”) or in a combination of Cash Dividend and Dividend Shares.
Liquidation Preference
In the event of a liquidation, dissolution or
winding-up of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary, the stockholders of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock shall be entitled
to receive in cash out of the assets of the Company, whether from capital or from earnings available for distribution to its stockholders
(the “Liquidation Funds”), before any amount shall be paid to the holders of any of shares of junior stock, but pari passu
with any parity stock then outstanding, an amount per share of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock equal to the sum of (i) the Black
Scholes Value (as defined in the Common Warrants) with respect to the outstanding portion of all Common Warrants held by such holder (without
regard to any limitations on the exercise thereof) as of the date of such event and (ii) the greater of (A)
Conversion and Redemption Rights
At any time after the Business Combination, each
stockholder shall be entitled to convert any portion of the outstanding Series A Convertible Preferred Stock held by such stockholder
into validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock. The number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion
of any Series A Convertible Preferred Stock shall be determined by dividing (i) the Conversion Amount (as defined in the Certificate of
Designation) of such Series A Convertible Preferred Stock by (y) $
The stockholders of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock have redemption rights upon the occurrence of a Triggering Event (as defined in the Certificate of Designation). The Company has the right to redeem all or any part of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock then outstanding.
Voting and Other Preferred Rights
Holders of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock shall have no voting rights, except as required by law (including without limitation, the DGCL) and as expressly provided in the Certificate of Designations.
NOTE 14. STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Common stock — The Company
is authorized to issue
On October 11, 2023, ECD closed the transaction
memorialized in the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated October 6, 2023 (the “Humble SPA”) by and between ECD and Defender
SPV LLC (the “Investor”) pursuant to which ECD agreed to issue to the Investor (i)
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Common Stock Issuances
On January 13, 2025, pursuant to the January 2025
SPA, the Company issued
On February 21, 2025, pursuant to the Advisor
consulting agreement, as defined below, the Company issued
Warrants - As part of EFHAC’s
initial public offering (“IPO”), EFHAC issued warrants to third-party investors where each whole warrant entitles the holder
to purchase
As of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, there
were
The Public Warrants and the Private Warrants expire on the fifth anniversary of the Business Combination or earlier upon redemption or liquidation and are exercisable commencing 30 days after the Business Combination, provided that the Company has an effective registration statement under the Securities Act covering the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants and a current prospectus relating to them is available (or the Company permits holders to exercise their warrants on a cashless basis under the circumstances specified in the warrant agreement) and registered, qualified or exempt from registration under the securities, or blue sky, laws of the state of residence of the holder.
Once the Public Warrants become exercisable, the Company may redeem the outstanding Public Warrants:
| ● | in whole and not in part; | |
| ● | at a price of $ | |
| ● | upon not less than | |
| ● | if, and only if, the reported last reported sale price of the Class A ordinary shares for any |
The Company accounts for the
In connection with the December 2023 Convertible
Note the Company issued
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On August 8, 2024, the Company entered into a
subscription agreement with Second Investor pursuant to which the Company issued
Share-based Compensation
The Company has adopted the Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), which plan was approved by stockholders at a Special Meeting. The purposes of the Plan is to promote the interests of the Company and the stockholders of Company by providing (i) executive officers and other employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries (as defined below), (ii) certain consultants and advisors who perform services for the Company and its Subsidiaries and (iii) non-employee members of the Board with appropriate incentives and rewards to encourage them to enter into and continue in the employ and service of the Company and to acquire a proprietary interest in the long-term success of the Company, as well as to reward the performance of these individuals in fulfilling their personal responsibilities for long-range and annual achievements. Eligible individuals under the Plan may receive awards of Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units, Performance Awards and Other Stock-Based Awards.
The maximum number of shares reserved for the
grant of awards under the Plan shall be
The authority to manage the operation of and administer the Plan shall be vested in a committee (the “Committee”), which shall have all the powers vested in it by the terms of the Plan, including exclusive authority to select the participants to the Plan; to make awards; to determine the type, size, terms and timing of the awards (which need not be uniform); to accelerate the vesting of awards granted pursuant to the Plan, including upon the occurrence of a change of control of the Company; to prescribe the form of the award agreement; to modify, amend or adjust the terms and conditions of any award; to adopt, alter and repeal such administrative rules, guidelines and practices governing the Plan as it shall, from time to time, deem advisable; to interpret the terms and provisions of the Plan and any award issued pursuant to the Plan. The Committee shall be selected by the Board of Directors and shall consist solely of non-employee directors within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 that are outside directors within the meaning of Code Section 162(m).
Grants may be made under the Plan through the tenth (10th) anniversary of the date it is adopted by the Board and approved by the Committee. Awards outstanding as of the date of termination of the Plan shall not be affected or impaired by the termination of the Plan.
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As of March 31, 2025, awards were granted under
the Equity Incentive Plan. Each of its four non-employee directors were expected to receive a one-time grant of stock options to purchase
up to
In February 2024, the Company entered into a one-year
consulting agreement (the “Agreement”) with an investor relations firm for the purposes of developing, implementing and maintaining
an ongoing stock market support system for the Company with the general objective of expanding awareness in the Company. In connection
with this agreement, the Company has committed to pay $
| ● | If within six (6) months of the Effective Date of the Agreement, investors hold |
| ● | If within six (6) months of the Effective Date of the Agreement, investors hold |
| ● | If within six (6) months of the Effective Date of the Agreement, investors hold |
| ● | If within nine (9) months of the Effective Date of the Agreement the ten (10) day Volume Weighted Average Price (“VWAP”) of Company common stock equals or exceeds $ |
| ● | If within twelve (12) months of the Effective Date of the Agreement the ten (10) day Volume Weighted Average Price (“VWAP”) of Company common stock equals or exceeds $ |
For the three months ended March 31, 2024, the
Company recognized $
| Valuation as of February 13, 2024 | ||||||||||||
| Initial shares | Tranche 1 | Tranche 2 | ||||||||||
| Stock price | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Volatility | % | % | % | |||||||||
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| Risk-free rate | % | % | % | |||||||||
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NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
In January 2025, pursuant to the employment agreement for the Company’s
Chief Financial Officer the Company recognized stock-based compensation for
In February 2025, the Company entered into a thirteen month consulting
agreement (the “Second Agreement”) with an advisory firm (the “Advisors”) for business advisory services.
In connection with this agreement, the Company recognized stock-based compensation and issued
In March 2025, into a one month consulting agreement (the “Third
Agreement”) with the Advisors for business advisory services. In connection with this agreement, the Company recognized stock-based
compensation for
On March 31, 2025, the Company entered into
the second amendment to the Consulting Agreement with David W. Miller II. Pursuant to the terms of the second amendment, the Company
will be issuing
For the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, pursuant to the
compensation plan for the Company’s non-employee directors in which the non-employee directors will receive a payment of $
NOTE 15. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
We record a liability when we believe that it is both probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount can be reasonably estimated. Significant judgment is required to determine both probability and the estimated amount. We review these provisions at least quarterly and adjust these provisions to reflect the impact of negotiations, settlements, rulings, advice of legal counsel, and updated information.
From time to time in the ordinary course of business, the Company may be subject to various claims, charges, and litigation. At March 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company did not have any pending claims, charges or litigation that were expected to have a material adverse impact on its financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
Agreement with One Drivers Club
As previously disclosed in ECD’s Current
Report on Form 8-K filed on December 6, 2024, on December 3, 2024, ECD announced that it entered into agreements with One Drivers Club
in furtherance of the ECD’s retail strategy. Specifically, on November 14, 2024, ECD entered into a Strategic Partnership Agreement
(the “ODC Agreement”) and a Usage Agreement (the “Usage Agreement”) with Member Hubs Palm Beach, LLC (“One
Drivers Club”) to launch ECD’s first retail showroom in West Palm Beach, Florida. One Drivers Club is the premier destination
for automotive enthusiasts who view their vehicles as not just machines, but drivers of their lifestyles. With facilities located in Bedford,
NY, Chicago, IL, West Palm Beach, FL, and Seattle WA, One Drivers Club redefines luxury car care through unparalleled concierge storage
and full-service collection management. Beyond exceptional car care, One Drivers Club is a community-a place where like-minded drivers
connect over shared passions and Members celebrate the art and prestige of driving, collecting, and owning remarkable vehicles. The ODC
Agreement, entitles ECD to use a portion of One Drivers Club’s facility in West Palm Beach, Florida (the “ODC Premises”)
for the operation of an ECD showroom for ECD vehicles and sale of ECD vehicles, subject to the terms of the Usage Agreement. Pursuant
to the ODC Agreement, One Drivers Club grants to ECD a non-exclusive, royalty-free, fully paid up, non-transferable and terminable right
and license to use the marks designated by One Drivers Club, and ECD grants to One Drivers Club, a non-exclusive, royalty-free, fully
paid up, non-transferable and terminable right and license to use the marks designated by ECD, for the limited purpose of the operation
of the ECD showroom and for the limited purpose of the operation of the ECD showroom and advertisement of ECD and the ECD Automobiles.
Pursuant to the Usage Agreement, (i) ECD shall pay One Drivers Club base rent of $
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Relationship with Ten Easy Street
On December 12, 2024, ECD signed with Ten Easy Street of Nantucket (“TES”), a concept showroom, showhouse and gathering space, to expand ECD’s retail presence and showcase its one-of-one vehicles as part of their curated creative lifestyle brands, furnishings and social opportunities.
TES has agreed to showcase the Company’s
custom vehicles in the designated parking spots located at TES from April 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025 (the “Showcase Term”).
The Company will pay TES $
NOTE 16. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS
The Company accounts for certain assets and liabilities at fair value and classifies these assets and liabilities within the fair value hierarchy (Level 1, Level 2, or Level 3).
Assets and liabilities subject to fair value measurements are as follows:
| As of March 31, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||
| Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | |||||||||||||
| Liabilities | ||||||||||||||||
| Warrant liabilities – Common Share Warrants | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
| Warrant liabilities – Preferred Share Warrants | ||||||||||||||||
| Derivative Liability | ||||||||||||||||
| Total liabilities | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
| As of December 31, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||
| Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | |||||||||||||
| Liabilities | ||||||||||||||||
| Warrant liabilities – Common Share Warrants | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
| Warrant liabilities – Preferred Share Warrants | ||||||||||||||||
| Derivative Liability | ||||||||||||||||
| Total liabilities | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
The Common Share Warrants and the Preferred Share Warrants were valued using a Black-Scholes option pricing model utilizing assumptions related to the contractual terms of the instruments, estimated volatility of the price of the Common Stock and current interest rates.
The following table provides quantitative information regarding Level 3 fair value measurements for Common Share Warrants and Preferred Share Warrants as of March 31, 2025.
| Preferred Share Warrant March 31, 2025 | Common Share Warrant March 31, 2025 | |||||||
| Exercise price | $ | $ | ||||||
| Share price | $ | $ | ||||||
| Volatility | % | % | ||||||
| Expected life | ||||||||
| Risk-free rate | % | % | ||||||
| Dividend yield | ||||||||
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The following table provides quantitative information regarding Level 3 fair value measurements for initial value of the Common Share Warrants as of January 13, 2025.
| Common Share Warrant January 13, 2025 | ||||
| Exercise price | $ | |||
| Share price | $ | |||
| Volatility | % | |||
| Expected life | ||||
| Risk-free rate | % | |||
| Dividend yield | ||||
The following table provides quantitative information regarding Level 3 fair value measurements for Common Share Warrants and Preferred Share Warrants as of December 31, 2024.
| Preferred Share Warrant December 31, 2024 | Common Share Warrant December 31, 2024 | |||||||
| Exercise price | $ | $ | ||||||
| Share price | $ | $ | ||||||
| Volatility | % | % | ||||||
| Expected life | ||||||||
| Risk-free rate | % | % | ||||||
| Dividend yield | ||||||||
The following table presents a summary of the changes in the fair value of the Private Warrants and Representative’s Warrants, a Level 3 liability, measured on a recurring basis.
| Common Share Warrants | Preferred Share Warrants | Warrant Liability | ||||||||||
| Fair value as of December 31, 2024 | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Initial Measurement, January 13, 2025 | ||||||||||||
| Change in fair value | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||
| Fair value as of March 31, 2025 | ||||||||||||
The conversion upon the event of default derivative liability of the Convertible Promissory Note was valued using a Black Scholes option pricing model terms related to the terms of the Convertible Promissory Note (see Note 11), estimated volatility of the price of the Common Stock and current interest rates.
The following table provides quantitative information regarding Level 3 fair value measurements for the conversion upon the event of default derivative liability as of March 31, 2025, January 13, 2025 and December 31, 2024.
| March 31, 2025 | Initial Value January 13, 2025 | December 31, 2024 | ||||||||||
| Exercise price | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Share price | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Volatility | % | % | % | |||||||||
| Expected life | ||||||||||||
| Risk-free rate | % | % | % | |||||||||
| Dividend yield | - | |||||||||||
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NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The following table presents a summary of the changes in the fair value of the conversion upon the event of default derivative liability, a Level 3 liability, measured on a recurring basis.
| Derivative liability | ||||
| Fair value as of December 31, 2024 | $ | |||
| Initial measurement, January 13, 2025 | ||||
| Change in fair value | ( | ) | ||
| Fair value as of March 31, 2024 | ||||
NOTE 17. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Related Party Policy
ECD’s Code of Ethics requires it to avoid,
wherever possible, all related party transactions that could result in actual or potential conflicts of interests, except under guidelines
approved by the Board (or the audit committee). The Code of Ethics defines related party transactions as transactions in which (i) the
aggregate amount involved will or may be expected to exceed $
ECD’s audit committee, pursuant to its written charter, is responsible for reviewing and approving related party transactions to the extent that ECD enters into such transactions. All ongoing and future transactions between ECD and any of ECD’s officers and directors or their respective affiliates will be on terms believed by ECD to be no less favorable to ECD than are available from unaffiliated third parties. Such transactions will require prior approval by ECD’s audit committee and a majority of ECD’s uninterested “independent” directors, or the members of the Board who do not have an interest in the transaction, in either case who had access, at ECD’s expense, to ECD’s attorneys or independent legal counsel. We will not enter into any such transaction unless ECD’s audit committee and a majority of ECD’s disinterested “independent” directors determine that the terms of such transaction are no less favorable to ECD than those that would be available to ECD with respect to such a transaction from unaffiliated third parties. Additionally, ECD requires each of ECD’s directors and executive officers to complete a directors’ and officers’ questionnaire that elicits information about related party transactions.
These procedures are intended to determine whether any such related party transaction impairs the independence of a director or presents a conflict of interest on the part of a director, employee or officer.
Certain Transactions of ECD
Beginning on January 5, 2021, ECD entered into
a verbal agreement with Overland Auto Transport Inc d/b/a Luxury Automotive Transport, Inc. (“TransportCo”), a company which
is
The Company has no commercial agreement with British Food Stop. British Food Stop sells breakfast and lunch to employees via a food truck on site. The owners of British Food Stop are the parents of Emily Humble, the Company’s President, Secretary, and Director. As of March 31, 2025, and December 31, 2024, the Company had no amounts outstanding under this agreement included in accounts payable in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet.
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NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The following table shows the Company’s expenses incurred with related parties and the relationship:
Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||||||||
| Relationship | 2025 | 2024 | ||||||||
| Luxury Automotive Transport, Inc. | $ | $ | ||||||||
| British Food Stop | ||||||||||
| Total expenses, net | $ | $ | ||||||||
NOTE 18. SEGMENT
ASC Topic 280, “Segment Reporting,” establishes standards for companies to report in their financial statement information about operating segments, products, services, geographic areas, and major customers. Operating segments are defined as components of an enterprise that engage in business activities from which it may recognize revenues and incur expenses, and for which separate financial information is available that is regularly evaluated by the Company’s chief operating decision maker, or group, in deciding how to allocate resources and assess performance.
The Company’s chief operating decision maker (“CODM”) has been identified as the Chief Executive Officer who reviews the assets, liabilities, operating results, and financial metrics for the Company as a whole to make decisions about allocating resources and assessing financial performance. Accordingly, management has determined that there is only one reportable segment.
The CODM assesses performance for the single segment
and decides how to allocate resources based on net income or loss that also is reported on the statement of operations as net income or
loss. The measure of segment assets and liabilities is reported on the balance sheet as total assets and total liabilities.
| March 31, | December 31, | |||||||
| 2025 | 2024, | |||||||
| Inventory | $ | $ | ||||||
| Deferred revenue | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||
Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||||
| Revenue, net | $ | $ | ||||||
| Less: Cost of goods sold | ||||||||
| Gross Profit | ||||||||
NOTE 19. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
Subsequent events have been evaluated through May 20, 2025, which represents the date the financial statements were available to be issued, and no events, other than discussed below have occurred through that date that would impact the financial statements.
Loan Agreement
On April 4, 2025, the Company entered into a new
business loan and security agreement with an effective date of April 4, 2025 (the “New Loan Agreement”) by and among an investor
(the “New Lender”), a collateral agent (the “Collateral Agent”), the Company and its subsidiary, Humble Imports
Inc., pursuant to which the Company received a term loan from the New Lender in the principal amount of $
The net proceeds of the New Loan were used to
pay off the Agile Loan in the discounted amount of $
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NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Exchange Agreement
On May 14, 2025, the Company
entered into an Amendment and Exchange Agreement (the “Exchange Agreement”) with an institutional investor (the “Lender”)
pursuant to which the Company shall authorize
The Exchange Agreement provides further that, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Exchange Agreement, the Lender may require the Company to participate in one or more Additional Exchanges to exchange such portion of the amounts outstanding under the remaining Original Notes as set forth in such applicable Additional Closing Notice into such aggregate number of shares of such new series of Series B Preferred Stock as set forth in such Additional Closing Notice, and such shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the terms of Series B Preferred Stock, including, without limitation, upon conversion of the Additional New Exchange Preferred Shares or otherwise, in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act.
ODC Amendment.
On May 7, 2025, the Company and One Drivers Club
entered into an amendment to the Usage Agreement (the “ODC Amendment”) whereby the parties mutually agreement to modify the
terms of the required ECD stock issuance and build-out deposit under the Usage Agreement. Instead of the Company issuing to One Drivers
Club, upon the completion of the demolition of the ODC Premises in connection with the Build-Out (the “Deposit Date”),
Floor Loan
On May 8, 2025, the Company entered into loan
agreements with a private lender (the “Private Lender”) pursuant to which the Company received two term loans from the Private
Lender in the principal amount of $
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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
References to the “Company,” “our,” “us” or “we” refer to ECD Automotive Design, Inc. The following discussion and analysis of the Company’s financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the unaudited condensed financial statements and the notes thereto contained elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (this “Quarterly Report”) and the Annual Report on Form 10-K and Risk Factors contained therein. Certain information contained in the discussion and analysis set forth below includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). We have based these forward-looking statements on our current expectations and projections about future events. These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions about us that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” and “continue,” or the negative of such terms or other similar expressions. Such statements include, but are not limited to, possible business combinations and the financing thereof, and related matters, as well as all other statements other than statements of historical fact included in this Form 10-Q. Factors that might cause or contribute to such a discrepancy include, but are not limited to, those described in our other SEC filings. Except as expressly required by applicable securities law, we disclaim any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Business Overview and Strategy
ECD is an award winning, custom-car builder with a focus on British classic vehicles. We provide clients a one-of-a kind immersive luxury automotive design experience for each of its unique custom builds, where customers may design every aspect of the vehicle. In sequence, our highly trained technicians, master-certified ASE craftsmen, hand-built, from the ground up, in 2,200 man-hours, a completely restored vehicle, replacing substantially its every single component– customizing the engine, the color, the seating, the stitching, the electronics and the cosmetic finishes. All elements of the process are completed in-house. We primarily earn our revenue from the sale of the customized vehicle directly to the customer, as well as by providing repair or upgrade services to customers, and from the sale of extended warranties. Occasionally we earn commissions on resale of used vehicles. Our revenues, net, were $6.4 million and $7.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. We had net loss of $2.8 million and $2.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
The Company’s business is subject to retail industry trends and conditions and the sales of new and used vehicles. Worldwide economic conditions impact consumer spending and if the global macroeconomic environment deteriorates, this could have a negative effect on the Company’s revenues and earnings.
Although we believe that our product is geared towards a certain customer base that is not as vulnerable to the global economic conditions, there are certain levels of volatility related to domestic and international markets, increased competition by manufacturers, technological advancements, customer acceptance, discretionary consumer spending and general economic conditions. All of our products are subject to price fluctuations in materials and labor costs, which could affect the carrying value of inventories and gross margins in the future.
Our headquarters, known as the “Rover Dome,” is a 100,000-square-foot facility located in Kissimmee, FL, where as of March 31, 2025, there were 102 employees located, including 72 talented craftsmen and technicians, who hold a combined 69 National Institute for ASE and 4 master level certifications. ECD, by means of ECD UK, operates a logistics center in the United Kingdom where its professionals work to source and transport over-25-year-old vehicles back to the United States for restoration.
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Securities Purchase Agreement
On October 6, 2023, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “SPA”) with an institutional Lender (the “Lender”) pursuant to which the Company issued to the Lender a senior secured convertible note (the “December 2023 Convertible Note”) in exchange for a loan in the principal amount of $15,819,209. The Convertible Note shall accrue interest at an annual rate equal to the Prime Interest rate plus 5% per annum which is payable quarterly in cash, or upon the Company’s option, in securities of the Company provided certain conditions are met at the increased interest rate of the Prime Interest rate plus 8% per annum. The Company is required to pay a late charge of 12% per annum (“Late Charges”) on any amount of principal or other amounts that are not paid when due. The Convertible Note is convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share at the option of the Lender at a conversion price of $10.00 per share, subject to a one-time downward adjustment on the effective date of the registration statement providing for the resale of the common stock issuable upon conversion of the Convertible Note to a conversion price equal to the prior 5-day volume weighted average price, subject to a floor of $6.00. The conversion price is subject to a downward adjustment if the Company issues equity in the future at a price less than $10.00, except for equity issued in connection with certain strategic acquisitions. The conversion price is also subject to a downward adjustment if the Company fails to satisfy certain performance conditions set forth in the Convertible Note. Upon the Lender’s conversion, the conversion amount shall be equal to 115% of the principal amount to be converted under the Convertible Note plus any accrued and unpaid interest and accrued and unpaid Late Charges on such principal and interest, if any (the “Conversion Rate”). Lender’s ability to convert the Convertible Note into shares of common stock is subject to a 4.99% blocker, such that Lender cannot convert the Convertible Note into shares of common stock to the extent it will make the Lender a beneficial owner of more than 4.99% of the common stock. The Company has the option to prepay the Convertible Note, upon thirty (30) business day written notice, by paying the product of the 20% redemption premium multiplied by the greater of (i) the conversion amount to be redeemed and (ii) the product of (x) the Conversion Rate with respect to the conversion amount to be redeemed multiplied by (y) the greatest closing sale price of the Company’s common stock on any trading day immediately preceding such notice of redemption and the date the Company makes the entire payment required.
The December 2023 Convertible Note has a maturity date of December 12, 2026, and will rank senior to all outstanding and future indebtedness of the Company and its subsidiaries. The December 2023 Convertible Notes are secured by a first priority perfected security interest in all the existing and future assets of the Company and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, including a pledge of all of the capital stock of each of the subsidiaries. The December 2023 Convertible Note also provides that the Company and its subsidiaries execute a guaranty (the “Guaranty”) to guaranty the obligations under the December 2023 Convertible Note and the Security Agreement, that all insider stockholders of the common stock shall execute a lock-up agreement (the “Lock-Up Agreement”) restricting their sale of the common stock until six months after the registration statement registering the shares of common stock underlying the December 2023 Convertible Note is declared effective and a joinder agreement (the “Joinder Agreement”) pursuant to which the Company and its Subsidiaries agree and consent to be parties to the Security Agreement.
Additional Financings from Defender SPV LLC
On August 9, 2024, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “August SPA”) with the Lender pursuant to which the Lender agreed to waive the pre-existing events of default that occurred under the December 2023 Convertible Note and the Company’s Preferred Stock and the Company agreed to execute and deliver to the Lender a senior secured convertible note in exchange for a loan in the principal amount of $1,154,681.
On August 9, 2024, the Company executed and delivered to the Lender a senior secured convertible note (the “August 2024 Convertible Note”), in exchange for a loan in the principal amount of $1,154,681, net of debt discount of $363,718. See Note 13 for further information. In connection with the August 2024 Convertible Note, the Company will also issue to the Lender at no additional cost 300,000 shares of Common Stock and a warrant to purchase 79,673 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share. The Company issued 300,000 shares of Common Stock to the Lender in December 2024.
On January 8, 2025, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “January 2025 SPA”) with the Lender pursuant to which the Lender agreed to waive the pre-existing events of default that occurred under the August Note and the Company Preferred Stock and the Company agreed to execute and deliver to the Lender a senior secured convertible note (the “January 2025 Note”), in exchange for a loan in the principal amount of $1,724,100. The foregoing summary of the January 2025 SPA and the January 2025 Note does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the actual agreements forms of which are filed with the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 14, 2025, as Exhibit 10.1 and Exhibit 10.2, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.
The January 2025 SPA also provides that in connection with the January 2025 Note, the Company will also issue to the Lender at no additional cost 500,000 shares of Common Stock and a warrant, dated January 13, 2025, to purchase 398,364 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share (the “Common Share Warrant”). The foregoing summary of the Common Share Warrant does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the actual Common Share Warrant a form of which is filed with the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 14, 2025, as Exhibit 10.3, and is incorporated herein by reference.
The December 2023 Convertible Note included an original issue discount of $2,148,217 and debt issuance costs of $3,088,883. The August 2024 Convertible Note included an original issue discount of $287,212 and debt issuance costs of $95,000. The January 2025 Convertible Note included an original issue discount of $237,055 and debt issuance costs of $35,000. For the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company recorded $239,423 of amortization expense of the debt discount and $271,960 of amortization expense of the debt issuance costs in the consolidated statement of operations. As of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, accrued interest on the December 2023 Convertible Note, the August 2024 Convertible Note and the January 2025 Convertible Note, including the Additional Default Interest, was $0 and $569,419, respectively, as included with accrued expenses on the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets.
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Reversal of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock Conversion
In January 2025 the conversion of the 18,500 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock into 1,850,000 shares of common stock was reversed by the Company’s transfer agent due to the terms of the agreement that a stockholder’s ability to convert Series A Convertible Preferred Stock into shares of Common Stock is subject to a 4.99% blocker, that precluded the stockholder from converting its Series A Convertible Preferred Stock into shares of Common Stock to the extent it will made the stockholder a beneficial owner of more than 4.99% of the Common Stock.
Business Loan and Security Agreement
On February 20, 2025, the Company entered into a Business Loan and Security Agreement with Agile Lending, LLC (the “Lending Lender”) pursuant to which the Company received a term loan from the Lending Lender in the principal amount of $1,575,000 (the “Agile Loan”). The Agile Loan shall be repaid through thirty (30) equal weekly payments of principal and interest in the aggregate amount of $74,550 commencing March 3, 2025 and ending September 22, 2025. During the term the Agile Loan shall accrue interest of $661,500. The principal amount of the Agile Loan included an administrative agent fee of $75,000 which was paid to the Collateral Agent out of the Agile Loan. The outstanding balances on Agile Loan as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, was $1,397,354 and $0. Agile Loan interest expense for the three months ended March 31, 2025 was $120,554. There was no interest expense for the three months ended March 31, 2024. The foregoing summary of the Agile Loan does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the actual Agile Loan a form of which is filed with the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 28, 2025, as Exhibit 10.1, and is incorporated herein by reference.
Consulting Agreement
On February 20, 2025 (the “Effective Date”), the Company entered into a consulting agreement (“Consulting Agreement”) with an advisor (the “Advisor”) for business advisory services, guidance on growth strategies, and networking with its contacts on a non-exclusive basis for general business purposes. Pursuant to the consulting agreement the Company will issue 236,000 shares of the Company’s common stock to the Advisor on the Effective Date. The foregoing summary of the Consulting Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the actual Consulting Agreement a form of which is filed with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on March 25, 2025, as Exhibit 10.24, and is incorporated herein by reference.
Key Factors Affecting Results of Operations
We have set out below a discussion of the key factors that have affected our financial performance and that are expected to impact our performance going forward. These factors present significant opportunities for us but also pose risks and challenges, including those discussed below and in the section of this proxy statement/prospectus titled “Risk Factors”.
Supply Chain Management
During 2022, we opened our third line in our factory and it is operating at its full capacity completing four to five full builds per month.
We continue to explore opportunities to reduce our costs, improve efficiencies, and increase our margins. As a result of these efforts, in July 2021, two shareholders of the Company opened ECD UK. ECD UK was formed to facilitate procuring parts and vehicles overseas for the Company.
We continue to focus on cash flow and anticipate having sufficient resources to operate during 2024.
Manufacturing Facility Expansion
On August 11, 2021, we entered into a lease agreement, whereby the Company agreed to lease 100,000 sq. ft. of manufacturing, warehouse, and office space in Kissimmee, Florida, for a term of 125 months following the lease commencement date. The new state-of-the art facility allows for production efficiencies, enables us to scale our productions, and positions us for extensive growth. We increased our production by approximately 20% in 2023 utilizing one shift. We added an additional 10,000 sq. ft. space in the second half of 2024 to accommodate the storage of delivery ready vehicles as well as base vehicles shipped from ECD UK.
Our Growth Plans
We introduced Jaguar E-type in 2022, which we sell at a higher price point and with a higher gross margin as compared to our traditional Land Rover Defender, Range Rover and Land Rover Series models. In April 2024, we purchase the assets of Brand New Muscle Car (BNMC). We plan to leverage the assets of the production of Mustangs in 2024 and 2025. The asset purchase resulted in 6 Mustang contracts. We currently use a third of our production floor for quality control and warranty services. We plan to relocate our quality and warranty services in 2024 to a new facility that will function as a warranty, used vehicles sales, and service center, and to add a third production area that will focus on iconic American vehicles. We expect our margins to further improve as we increase scale, resulting in lower component costs and improved absorption of our fixed manufacturing overhead.
We have opened new marketing channels in 2025. This includes retail locations in West Palm Beach, FL and Nantucket, MA.
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Key Business Metrics
We use certain key metrics and financial measures not prepared in accordance with GAAP to evaluate and manage our business.
Adjusted EBITDA
We define adjusted EBITDA, a non-GAAP financial measure, as earnings (loss) before interest expense, income tax expense (benefit), non-recurring fees, equity compensation, other (income) expenses, foreign exchange gains and losses, and depreciation and amortization, as adjusted to exclude transaction expenses. We utilize adjusted EBITDA as an internal performance measure in the management of our operations because we believe the exclusion of these non-cash and non-recurring charges allow for a more relevant comparison of our results of operations to other companies in our industry. Adjusted EBITDA should not be viewed as a substitute for net loss calculated in accordance with GAAP, and other companies may define adjusted EBITDA differently.
The following table provides a reconciliation of net loss to adjusted EBITDA to net loss for the periods presented:
| For the three months ended | ||||||||
| March 31, | ||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||||
| Net (loss) income | $ | (2,750,317 | ) | $ | (2,859,862 | ) | ||
| Excluding: | ||||||||
| Interest expense | 1,856,979 | 1,136,300 | ||||||
| Income tax (benefit) expense | (400,000 | ) | 532,280 | |||||
| Equity compensation expense | 712,714 | 117,500 | ||||||
| Non-recurring professional fees* | 293,720 | 408,936 | ||||||
| Other (income) expense, net | 139,321 | (43,526 | ) | |||||
| Change in FV of warrant liabilities | (476,583 | ) | 165,361 | |||||
| Change in FV of conversion option liabilities | (272,479 | ) | 60,665 | |||||
| Foreign exchange loss | (6,509 | ) | 4,704 | |||||
| Depreciation | 25,364 | 42,752 | ||||||
| Adjusted EBITDA | $ | (877,790 | ) | $ | (434,890 | ) | ||
| * | The Company has included non-recurring professional fees as a component of adjusted EBITDA as these expenses were incurred in connection with the restatements of the 2022, 2023 and first half 2024 financial statements, the suspension of BF Borgers CPA PC and related matters. |
Adjusted EBITDA decreased $442,900 for the three months ended March 31, 2025 as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2024. The increase in gross profit was driven by the increase in average selling price per car; this was more than offset by increased costs associated with being a public company for a full year, versus a partial year in 2024.
Components of Results of Operations
We manage our business globally within one operating segment, which is consistent with how our management reviews our business, makes investment and resource allocation decisions, and assesses operating performance.
Net Revenues
Our Net Revenues consist of product revenue, and warranty and other revenue. Each of the categories is described below.
Product Revenue – Builds
The Company generates revenue through the sale of rebuilt or upgraded Land Rover Defender, Range Rover Classics, Land Rover Series and Jaguar E-Types vehicles directly to customers. There is a single performance obligation in all of the Company’s contracts, which is the Company’s promise to transfer the Company’s product to customers based on the transfer of title or shipping terms in the arrangement. The entire transaction revenue is allocated to this performance obligation.
Upon execution of the contract, the Company bills its customers the total consideration of the contract. The Company receives from 25% to 50% of the total consideration of the contract from its customers as acceptance of contract, excluding any upgrades, which are initially recorded in customer deposits, and are recognized as net revenue when title is transferred or depending on the shipping terms of the products.
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Warranty and Other Revenue
The Company also generates revenue through the sale of extended warranties to customers. The customers agree to the terms and conditions at the time of purchase, which represents the customer arrangements. The period covered by the extended warranty is usually two years. The Company has elected to apply the optional exemption provided in ASC 606 and, therefore, is not required to disclose the aggregate amount of the transaction price allocated to performance obligations that are unsatisfied or partially unsatisfied at the end of the reporting period.
The Company generates revenue through providing repair services to customers. The Company agrees with the customer on consideration for the service to be provided. There is a single performance obligation, which is the Company’s promise to perform the retrofit or to execute the agreed upon repair work on the vehicle. The entire transaction price is allocated to this single performance obligation. Service revenue is recognized when the repair work is completed, and the customer receives the vehicle.
Product Limited Warranty
Consistent with industry practice, the Company generally offers customers a limited warranty for work performed on the vehicle under the builds/sales contract. The customers do not have a contractual right of return. The Company only offers a limited warranty for the work performed on the vehicle under the contract. If a customer disputes any work performed, the Company will attempt to remedy the work; however, it shall not be required to discount the transaction price.
Cost of Goods Sold
Our cost of goods sold primarily consists of cost of materials, labor costs, shipping and freight, customs and duty, outside services, as well as tools and supplies used in the manufacturing facility. Labor costs are tracked by direct labor, warranty labor, and quality control labor.
Advertising and Marketing
The Company’s advertising and marketing expenses primarily consist of advertising costs, public relations, marketing and promotional expenses, travel costs, and printing expenses. We expect advertising and marketing expenses will increase in absolute terms with the continued growth of our business and the introduction of new marketing channels.
General and Administrative Expenses
The Company’s general and administrative expenses primarily consist of salaries, benefits and other personnel related costs, professional fees, information technology, outside services, transportation costs, occupancy costs, employee recruitment and training costs, and general office expenses. We expect general and administrative expenses will increase in absolute terms to support continued growth of our business. We also expect to continue to incur the additional expenses as a result of operating as a public company, including expenses necessary to comply with the rules and regulations applicable to companies listed on a national securities exchange and related to compliance and reporting obligations pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC, as well as higher expenses for general and director and officer insurance, investor relations and other professional services.
Depreciation and Amortization Expense
The Company’s depreciation expense consists of depreciation of our long-term assets, building improvements, manufacturing equipment and tooling, office equipment, and furniture and fixtures. Depreciation is calculated using the straight-line method over the asset’s estimated useful life of 5 to 15 years.
The Company amortizes its intangible assets related to the Brand New Muscle Car asset acquisition over the period it expects to utilize the name, or two years.
Other Income and Expenses
The Company’s other income and expenses primarily consist of interest income and expense and other income and expense items. These categories are described in more detail below.
Interest Expense
Interest expense represents interest on the December 2023 Convertible Note, the August 2024 Convertible Note, the January 2025 Convertible Note, FNB of Pasco floor loan and amortization of the debt discount and issuance costs.
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Other Income and Expense
The Company’s other income and expenses represent foreign currency exchange gains and losses, interest income, net gain or loss on the sale of trade in vehicles, consignment income and other miscellaneous items. Our interest income represents bank interest earned on cash in the Company’s savings account.
Results of Operations
To provide readers with meaningful comparisons, the following analysis provides comparisons of the financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024. We analyze and explain the differences between periods in the specific line items of the Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive (Loss) Income.
Three Months Ended March 31, 2025 Compared to the Three Months Ended March 31, 2024
The following table sets forth our results of operations for the periods presented:
| For the three months ended | ||||||||||||||||
| March 31, | Variance | Variance | ||||||||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | ($) | (%) | |||||||||||||
| Revenue, net | $ | 6,421,371 | $ | 6,989,746 | $ | (568,375 | ) | (8.1 | )% | |||||||
| Cost of goods sold | 4,656,799 | 5,464,113 | (807,314 | ) | (14.8 | )% | ||||||||||
| Gross profit | 1,764,572 | 1,525,633 | $ | 238,939 | 15.7 | % | ||||||||||
| Operating expenses: | ||||||||||||||||
| Sales and marketing expenses | 290,879 | 343,409 | (52,530 | ) | (15.3 | )% | ||||||||||
| General and administrative expenses | 3,393,542 | 2,143,550 | 1,249,992 | 58.3 | % | |||||||||||
| Provision for credit losses | 9,295 | - | 9,295 | 100.0 | % | |||||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization expenses | 25,364 | 42,752 | (17,388 | ) | (40.7 | )% | ||||||||||
| Total operating expenses | 3,719,080 | 2,529,711 | 1,189,369 | 47.0 | % | |||||||||||
| Income (loss) from operations | (1,954,508 | ) | (1,004,078 | ) | (950,430 | ) | 94.7 | % | ||||||||
| Other income (expense): | ||||||||||||||||
| Interest expense | (1,856,979 | ) | (1,136,300 | ) | (720,679 | ) | 63.4 | % | ||||||||
| Change in fair value of warrant liabilities | 476,583 | (165,361 | ) | 641,944 | (388.2 | )% | ||||||||||
| Change in fair value of conversion option | 272,479 | (60,665 | ) | 333,144 | (549.2 | )% | ||||||||||
| Consignment income | 44,920 | - | 44,920 | 100.0 | % | |||||||||||
| Foreign exchange loss | 6,509 | (4,704 | ) | 11,213 | (238.4 | )% | ||||||||||
| Other income (expense), net | (139,321 | ) | 43,526 | (182,847 | ) | (420.1 | )% | |||||||||
| Total other income (loss) | (1,195,809 | ) | (1,323,504 | ) | 127,695 | (9.6 | )% | |||||||||
| Loss before income taxes | (3,150,317 | ) | (2,327,582 | ) | (822,735 | ) | 35.3 | % | ||||||||
| Income tax benefit (expense) | 400,000 | (532,280 | ) | 932,280 | (175.1 | )% | ||||||||||
| Net loss | $ | (2,750,317 | ) | $ | (2,859,862 | ) | $ | (109,545 | ) | (3.8 | )% | |||||
Net Revenue by Product Category
The following table summarizes the Company’s net unaudited consolidated revenues disaggregated by product category:
| Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | Change | Change % | |||||||||||||
| Builds | $ | 6,407,899 | $ | 6,899,354 | $ | (491,455 | ) | (7.1 | )% | |||||||
| Parts | 9,182 | 11,342 | (2,160 | ) | (19.0 | )% | ||||||||||
| Warranty and other | 4,290 | 79,050 | (74,760 | ) | (94.6 | )% | ||||||||||
| Total revenues, net | $ | 6,421,371 | $ | 6,989,746 | $ | (568,375 | ) | (8.1 | )% | |||||||
Vehicle builds represented 99.8% of the revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to 98.7% for the three months ended March 31, 2024, and decreased $491,455 for the three months ended March 31, 2025, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2024. The primary driver of the revenue decrease for the three months ended March 31, 2025 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2024 was a decrease in the number of units sold, offset by an increase in the average selling price per vehicle.
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Parts and warranty revenue represent a small portion of our revenue. Those categories combined represented 0.2% of the revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to 1.3% for the three months ended March 31, 2024, and a decrease of $76,920 for the three months ended March 31, 2025, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2024.
Gross Profit and Gross Profit Margin Percentage
| Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | Change | Change % | |||||||||||||
| Builds | $ | 1,670,740 | $ | 1,570,789 | $ | 99,951 | 6.4 | % | ||||||||
| 26.0 | % | 22.5 | % | 3.5 | % | |||||||||||
| Warranty and others | 93,832 | (45,156 | ) | 138,988 | (307.8 | )% | ||||||||||
| 1.5 | % | (0.6 | )% | 2.1 | % | |||||||||||
| Total Gross Profit | $ | 1,764,572 | $ | 1,525,633 | 238,939 | 15.7 | % | |||||||||
| 27.5 | % | 21.8 | % | 42.0 | % | |||||||||||
Gross profit in the builds category increased by 6.4% during the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to the three months ended March 31, 2024 due to an increase in the average selling price per unit.
Operating Expenses
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months Ended March 31, | ||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | Change | Change % | |||||||||||||
| Operating expenses: | ||||||||||||||||
| Advertising and marketing expenses | $ | 290,879 | $ | 343,409 | $ | (52,530 | ) | (15.3 | )% | |||||||
| General and administrative expenses | 3,393,542 | 2,143,550 | 1,249,992 | 58.3 | % | |||||||||||
| Provision for credit losses | 9,295 | - | 9,295 | 100.0 | % | |||||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization expenses | 25,364 | 42,752 | (17,388 | ) | (40.7 | )% | ||||||||||
| Total operating expenses | $ | 3,719,080 | $ | 2,529,711 | $ | 1,189,369 | 47.0 | % | ||||||||
The Company experienced an overall increase in operating expenses of $1,189,369 for the three months ended March 31, 2025, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2024.
For the three months ended March 31, 2025, advertising and marketing expenses decreased $52,530, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2024. This decrease was primarily attributable to a decrease in outreach events.
General and administrative expenses increased $1,249,992 during the three months ended March 31, 2025, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2024. The primary driver for the increase in general and administrative expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2025 as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2024 was due primarily to increases related to equity compensation of $632,714, inventory write off $353,377 and recruitment expense of $85,541. We have invested in our corporate organization and incurred additional expenses associated with transitioning to, and operating as, a public company, including increased legal, audit, tax and accounting costs, investor relations costs, higher insurance premiums and compliance costs. As a result, we expect that general and administrative expenses will increase, on a year-over-year basis in absolute dollars but decline as a percentage of total revenue over time as we grow the revenue of the business. Our inability to scale our expenses could negatively impact profitability.
For the three months ended March 31, 2025, depreciation and amortization expense decreased $17,388, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2024. This decrease was primarily due to the disposal of fixed assets in 2024.
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Other (Expense)Income
| Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | Change | Change % | |||||||||||||
| Interest expense | $ | (1,856,979 | ) | $ | (1,136,300 | ) | $ | (720,679 | ) | 63.4 | % | |||||
| Change in fair value of warrant liabilities | 476,583 | (165,361 | ) | 641,944 | (388,2 | )% | ||||||||||
| Change in fair value of conversion option | 272,479 | (60,665 | ) | 333,144 | (549.2 | )% | ||||||||||
| Resale commissions income | 44,920 | - | 44,920 | 100.0 | % | |||||||||||
| Foreign exchange loss | 6,509 | (4,704 | ) | 11,213 | (238.4 | )% | ||||||||||
| Other income (expense), net | (139,321 | ) | 43,526 | (182,847 | ) | (420.1 | )% | |||||||||
| Total other income (loss) | $ | (1,195,809 | ) | $ | (1,323,504 | ) | $ | 127,695 | (9.6 | )% | ||||||
For the three months ended March 31, 2025, other expense, net decreased in expense of $127,695, as compared to the three months ended March, 2024 due to an decrease in change in fair value of warrants and change in fair value of conversion option.
For the three months ended March 31, 2025, interest expense increased $720,679 as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2024, due to interest and amortization of debt issuance costs on the December 2023 Convertible Note, the August 2024 Convertible Note, and the January 2025 Convertible Note as well as the interest on the Floor Plan Payable.
For the three months ended March 31, 2025, change in fair value of warrant liabilities and change in fair value of conversion option increased 388.2% and 549.2%, respectively as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2024 due to the change in fair values, primarily as a result of decreasing share price of the Company, of the warrants and conversion option liabilities associated with the December 2023 Convertible Note, the August 2024 Convertible Note and January 2025 Convertible Note.
For the three months ended March 31, 2025, other income decreased $182,847 as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2024 due to loss on sale of trade in vehicles.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Uses and Availability of Funds
Our primary sources of funds are customer deposits, collections of deferred revenue, and proceeds from loans payable. The Company relies on customer deposits to fund working capital requirements. Upon execution of the contract, the Company bills its customers the total consideration of the contract. The Company receives from 25% to 50% of the total consideration of the contract, except for upgrades, from its customers as acceptance of contract, which are initially recorded in customer deposits, and are recognized as net revenue when the products are titled or delivered. As of March 31, 2025, the Company had customer deposits in the amount of $7,721,542 and deferred revenue for vehicles that were completed, but title had not been transferred to the customer as of March 31, 2025 of $2,766,821.
Our primary uses of capital are, and we expect will continue to be, inventory purchases, manufacturing costs, compensation and related expenses, advertising and marketing, legal and other regulatory expenses, general administrative costs, and capital expenditures. Our capital requirements will depend on many factors, including our revenue growth rate, the timing and amount of cash received from customers, the expansion of sales and marketing activities and the timing and extent of spending to support development efforts.
Financial Condition
We are subject to credit risks, particularly if any of the deferred revenue represents a limited number of customers. If we are unable to collect our deferred revenue as it becomes due, it could adversely affect our liquidity and working capital position.
Generally, we have been able to collect our deferred revenue in the ordinary course of business. We hold vehicles as collateral to secure payment from customers. We do not have trade credit insurance for any of our customers to mitigate accounts receivable risk.
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As of March 31, 2025, we had cash and cash equivalents of $677,473. The Company’s primary source of operating funds since inception has been from cash receipts from sales and proceeds from loans payable. Immediately prior to the closing of the Business Combination on December 12, 2023, the Company executed and delivered to the Lender a senior secured convertible note (the “December 2023 Convertible Note”), in exchange for a loan in the principal amount of $15,819,209. The December 2023 Convertible Note shall accrue interest at an annual rate equal to the Prime Interest rate plus 5% per annum which is payable monthly in cash or, upon the Company’s option, in securities of the Company provided certain conditions are met at the increased interest rate of the Prime Interest rate plus 8% per annum. The Company is required to pay a late charge of 12% per annum (“Late Charges”) on any amount of principal or other amounts that are not paid when due. The December 2023 Convertible Note is convertible into shares of Company Common Stock at the option of the Lender at a conversion price of $10.00 per share, subject to a one-time downward adjustment on the effective date of the registration statement providing for the resale of the Company Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the December 2023 Convertible Note to a conversion price equal to the prior 5-day volume weighted average price, subject to a floor of $6.00. The note has a three-year term.
On August 9, 2024, the Company executed and delivered to the Lender a senior secured convertible note (the “August 2024 Convertible Note”), in exchange for a loan in the principal amount of $1,154,681, net of debt discount of $363,718. See Note 13 for further information. In connection with the August 2024 Convertible Note, the Company will also issue to the Lender at no additional cost 300,000 shares of Common Stock and a warrant to purchase 79,673 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share. The Company issued 300,000 shares of Common Stock in December 2024.
On January 8, 2025, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “January 2025 SPA”) with the Lender pursuant to which the Lender agreed to waive the pre-existing events of default that occurred under the August Note and the Company Preferred Stock and the Company agreed to execute and deliver to the Lender a senior secured convertible note (the “January 2025 Note”), in exchange for a loan in the principal amount of $1,724,100. In connection with the January 2025 Note, the Company will also issue to the Lender at no additional cost 500,000 shares of Common Stock and a warrant to purchase 398,364 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share. The Company issued 500,000 shares of Common Stock in January 2025.
On April 4, 2025, the Company entered into a new business loan and security agreement with an effective date of April 4, 2025 (the “New Loan Agreement”) by and among an investor (the “New Lender”), a collateral agent (the “Collateral Agent”), the Company and its subsidiary, Humble Imports Inc., pursuant to which the Company received a term loan from the New Lender in the principal amount of $1,824,300 (the “New Loan”). The New Loan shall be repaid through sixty-nine (69) equal weekly payments of principal and interest in the aggregate amount of $35,693 per week commencing on April 15, 2025 and ending August 4, 2026 (the “Term”). During the Term, the New Loan shall accrue interest in the aggregate amount of $638,505. The New Loan included an administrative expense fee of $40,000 and a lender’s legal fee of $35,000, which sum was netted out of the New Loan. The New Loan is secured by all properties, rights and assets of the Company and Collateral Agent is designated as the collateral agent under the New Loan Agreement.
The net proceeds of the New Loan were used to pay off the Agile Loan in the discounted amount of $1,749,300, including principal and interest. Accordingly, the Agile Loan is paid off and satisfied.
Management’s assessment of the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern involves making a judgement, at a particular point in time, about inherently uncertain future outcomes of events or conditions. Any judgment about the future is based on information available at the time at which the judgment is made. Subsequent events may result in outcomes that are inconsistent with judgments that were reasonable at the time they were made.
The Company’s future capital requirements will depend on many factors, including the Company’s revenue growth rate. The Company will need to raise additional financing through loans or through equity raises. The Company cannot provide any assurance that the new financing will be available to it on commercially acceptable terms, if at all. If the Company is unable to raise additional capital, the Company’s business, results of operations and financial condition would be materially and adversely affected.
As a result of the above, in connection with the Company’s assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with FASB Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2014-15, “Disclosures of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern”, Management has determined that the Company’s liquidity condition raises substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern through twelve months from the date these consolidated financial statements are available to be issued. These consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recovery of the recorded assets or the classification of the liabilities that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern.
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Cash Flows
Cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024
Increases in inventory, accounts payable, accrued expenses and current lease liability and the decrease in deferred revenue were the primary drivers that resulted in the increase in the working capital deficit. We plan to use our current cash position as well as collections from accounts receivable, and the cash generated from our operations, when applicable, to fund the current operations of the business. The following table summarizes our cash flow activity for the periods presented:
| Three Months Ended | ||||||||
| March 31, | ||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||||
| Cash Provided By (Used In) | ||||||||
| Operating Activities | $ | (3,045,185 | ) | $ | (2,554,971 | ) | ||
| Investing Activities | - | (18,920 | ) | |||||
| Financing Activities | 2,249,565 | - | ||||||
| Effect of translation changes on cash | (3,757 | ) | - | |||||
| Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents | $ | (799,377 | ) | $ | (2,573,891 | ) | ||
Net cash used in operating activities
Operating activities used cash of $3,045,185 for the three months ended March 31, 2025, primarily due to the decrease in deferred revenue, accounts receivable accounts payable and accrued expenses and the increase in prepaid and other current assets, partially offset by a decrease in inventory.
Operating activities used cash of $2,554,971 for the three months ended March 31, 2024, primarily due to a decrease in deferred revenue and an increase in inventories.
Net cash used in investing activities
Investing activities used cash of $0 for the three months ended March 31, 2025.
Investing activities used cash of $18,920 for the three months ended March 31, 2024, related to purchase of warehouse equipment.
Net cash provided by financing activities
Financing activities provided cash of $2,249,565 for the three months ended March 31, 2025, primarily related to proceeds from the January 2025 Convertible Note and the Agile Loan.
Financing activities provided cash of $0 for the three months ended March 31, 2024.
Contractual Obligations and Commitments
The following table summarizes our future material cash requirements from our contractual lease obligations at March 31, 2025:
| Total Future Lease Obligations | ||||
| 2025 | $ | 432,276 | ||
| 2026 | 535,720 | |||
| 2027 | 492,318 | |||
| 2028 | 508,885 | |||
| 2029 and beyond | 2,765,365 | |||
| $ | 4,734,564 | |||
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We regularly review our cash funding requirements and attempt to meet those requirements through a combination of cash on hand, cash provided by operations, available borrowings and possible future public or private debt and/or equity offerings. At times, we evaluate possible acquisitions of, or investments in, businesses that are complementary to ours, which transactions may require the use of cash. We believe that our cash, other liquid assets, operating cash flows, credit arrangements, and access to equity capital markets, taken together, provides adequate resources to fund ongoing operating expenditures for the next twelve months. In the event that they do not, we may require additional funds in the future to support our working capital requirements, or for other purposes, and may seek to raise such additional funds through the sale of public or private equity and/or debt financings, as well as from other sources. No assurance can be given that additional financing will be available in the future or that if available, such financing will be obtainable on terms favorable when required.
Impact of Inflation and Currency Fluctuation
While it is difficult to accurately measure the impact of inflation due to the imprecise nature of the estimates required, we have experienced varying levels of inflation during the three months ended March 31, 2025, resulting in part from increased shipping and transportation costs, increased product costs, increased labor costs in the supply chain. We also experienced varying levels of inflation during the three months ended March 31, 2024, resulting in part from increased product costs and increased labor costs by the uncertain economic environment. The Company has been actively working to mitigate these factors through a combination of sales price adjustments and other sourcing strategies, as such issues have continued into 2025 Severe increases in inflation could affect the global and U.S. economies and could have an adverse impact on our business, financial condition, and results of operations. Inflation did not have a material impact on our operations for the three months ended March 31, 2025, or March 31, 2024.
We transact business in foreign currencies and are exposed to risks resulting from fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. Accounts relating to foreign operations are translated into U.S. dollars using prevailing exchange rates at the relevant period end. Net currency exchange gains (losses) were not material for the three months ended March 31, 2025, and 2024.
Seasonality
We typically do not experience seasonality in our operations.
Related Party Transactions
The Company has related party transactions consisting of payments for services provided by companies owned by certain family members of the shareholders. See Note 17 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
We are required to adopt certain new accounting pronouncements. See Note 3 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements of this Quarterly Report on Form10-Q.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
General
Management’s discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations is based on our consolidated financial statements, which are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make certain estimates, judgments, and assumptions that we believe are reasonable based upon the information available. These estimates and assumptions can be subjective and complex and may affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, revenues, and expenses reported in those financial statements. As a result, actual results could differ from such estimates and assumptions.
While our significant accounting policies are described in more detail in Note 3 to our consolidated financial statements appearing elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, we believe that the following accounting policies are those most critical to the judgments and estimates used in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements.
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Revenue Recognition
Revenue is recognized when the Company transfers promised goods or services to the customer, in an amount that reflects the consideration that the Company expects to receive in exchange for those goods or services. In determining the appropriate amount of revenue to be recognized as the Company fulfills its obligations under the agreement, the Company performs the following steps: (i) identification of the promised goods or services in the contract; (ii) determination of whether the promised goods or services are performance obligations, including whether they are distinct in the context of the contract; (iii) measurement of the transaction price, including the constraint on variable consideration; (iv) allocation of the transaction price to the performance obligations; and (v) recognition of revenue when (or as) the Company satisfies each performance obligation. The Company only applies the five-step model to contracts when it is probable that it will collect the consideration it is entitled to in exchange for the goods or services it transfers to the customer.
Product Revenue – Builds
The Company generates revenue through the sale of vehicles directly to customers. The Company considers the build/sales contracts to be the contracts with the customer. There is a single performance obligation in all of the Company’s contracts, which is to build a vehicle based on customer specifications, transfer title or delivery of product under the terms in the arrangement. Product revenue is recognized when the product build is completed and title has been transferred, or product is delivered. The Company concluded that this was the appropriate time to record revenue based on the following criteria. (1) ECD has a right to full payment for the product. (2) The customer has legal title to the product and (3) The customer has the significant risks and rewards of ownership of the asset. There are certain build contacts, “owner donor vehicles” where title remains with the customer for the entire project. Under these contracts, revenue is recognized at a point in time when the truck is delivered back to the customer.
Upon execution of the contract, the Company bills its customers the total consideration of the contract. The Company receives approximately 25% to 50% of the total consideration of the contract from its customers as acceptance of contract, which is initially recorded as deferred revenue. Upon completion of the build the remaining 50% - 75% is billed and initially recorded as deferred revenue, and recognized as net revenue when the product build is completed, and title is legally transferred.
Warranty and Other Revenue
The Company generates revenue through the sale of extended warranties to customers. The customers agree to the terms and conditions at the time of purchase, which represents the customer arrangements. The period covered by the extended warranty is usually one year. The Company has elected to apply the optional exemption provided in ASC 606 and therefore, is not required to disclose the aggregate amount of the transaction price allocated to performance obligations that are unsatisfied or partially unsatisfied at the end of the reporting period.
The Company also generates revenue through providing repair services to customers. The Company agrees with the customer on a budget. There is a single performance obligation, which is the Company’s promise to perform the retrofit or repair work on the vehicle. The entire transaction price is allocated to this single performance obligation. Service revenue is recognized when the repair work is completed, and the customer receives the vehicle.
Product Limited Warranty
Consistent with industry practice, the Company generally offers customers a limited warranty for work performed on the vehicle under the builds/sales contract. The customers do not have a contractual right of return. The Company only offers a limited warranty for the work performed on the vehicle under the contract. If a customer disputes any work performed, the Company will attempt to remedy the work however, it shall not be required to discount the transaction price. The Company considered this an assurance-type warranty and not a separate performance obligation.
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Warranty Reserve
The Company provides for the estimated cost of product warranties at the time revenue is recognized. While the Company engages in product quality programs and processes, including quality control test driving vehicles, the warranty obligation is affected by historical warranty costs per vehicle. Should actual costs differ from the Company’s estimates, revisions to increase or decrease the estimated warranty liability may be required.
Other Revenue Policies
Sales, value add, and other taxes collected on behalf of third parties are excluded from revenue.
Applying the practical expedient in ASC 606, the Company does not assess whether a contract has a significant financing component if the expectation at contract inception is that the period between payment by the customer and the transfer of the promised products to the customer will be one year or less, which is the case with substantially all customers.
Applying the practical expedient in ASC 606, the Company accounts for shipping and handling activities related to contracts with customers as costs to fulfill the promise to transfer the associated products. The Company records the related costs as part of the cost of goods good.
Inventories
Work in progress – shipping and consumables, and work in progress – labor costs reported in inventories are carried at a lower of cost or net realizable value. Cost is determined on the basis of the direct and indirect costs that are directly attributable to the product. The measurement of inventories is generally based on the weighted average method. Cost is determined on the basis of the direct and indirect costs that are directly attributable. The measurement of work in progress inventories is generally based on the weighted average method. Finished goods inventory is comprised of vehicles for which the build is completed but title has not been legally transferred, or, in some cases, the vehicle has not been delivered. The measurement of finished goods inventories is the total cost of the materials, shipping and consumables, and labor attributed to the build of each specific completed vehicle. Overhead costs are allocated to inventory based on the rate of inventory turned for the period.
Income taxes
Prior to the Business Combination on December 13, 2023, the Company was an S corporation. As an S corporation, the Company was not directly liable for federal income taxes. As of the date of the Business Combination, the operations of the Company ceased to be taxed as an S corporation resulting in a change in tax status for federal and state income tax purposes.
Management has evaluated the Company’s tax positions, including its previous status as a pass-through entity for federal and state tax purposes, and has determined that the Company has taken no uncertain tax positions that require adjustment to the consolidated financial statements. The Company’s reserve related to uncertain tax positions was zero as of March 31, 2025, and 2024.
We account for income taxes under the asset and liability method, which requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences (meaning, inclusions of income and deductions in income tax returns to be filed in future periods) of events that have been included in the financial statements. These items may be referred to as “temporary differences.” Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on the differences between their financial statement carrying amount (or, basis) and the carrying amount for taxes (or, tax basis) using enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which the differences are expected to affect income in the future tax filings. The effect of a change in tax rates on deferred tax assets and liabilities is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date.
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We record deferred tax assets to the extent we believe that it is more likely than not that these assets will be realized in the future. Future realization of deferred income tax assets (meaning, items that may provide tax deductions in future periods) requires evidence that there will be sufficient taxable income in those future periods, or within any carryback periods available under tax law. We evaluate the realizability of our deferred tax assets on a quarterly basis. To be realized, there must be an objective and verifiable basis for the expectation of taxable income in future periods to offset, or “consume,” the deferred tax assets. The evaluation includes the consideration of all available factors, both positive and negative, regarding (i) the estimated future reversals of existing taxable temporary differences (that is, deferred tax liabilities), (ii) forecasted future taxable income, exclusive of those reversing temporary differences and carryforwards, (iii) historical taxable income in prior carryback periods, if carryback is permitted, and (iv) potential tax planning strategies that may be employed to prevent an operating loss or tax credit carryforward from expiring unused. The verifiable evidence, such as future reversals of existing temporary differences and the ability to carryback, are considered before estimated future taxable income (exclusive of temporary differences and tax planning strategies) is considered because future taxable income estimates are more subjective. The majority of our deferred tax assets are comprised of income tax carryforwards, including federal and state net operating loss carryforwards (“NOLs”) and non-deductible interest expense carryforwards Some of these carryforwards are subject to annual usage limitations and expiration, while other state NOLs and a portion of federal NOLs do not have expirations.
While we remain in a financial reporting loss position based on a cumulative pre-tax loss for the three-year period ended March 31, 2025, the determination of the valuation allowance is based on our evaluation of the periods over which future taxable items are expected to be utilized to offset tax loss and deduction carryforward items in those future periods. That is, future forecasts of our taxable income are not considered in the evaluation of realizability of our deferred tax assets. Therefore, changes in our deferred tax asset valuation allowances will primarily be affected by changes in the estimates of the time periods over which those future taxable items will occur. After consideration of all the evidence, the Company has only recorded a valuation allowance against all of its Federal, state and foreign deferred tax assets at March 31, 2025, because management has determined that it is more likely than not that the Company will be unable to recognize the benefits of its net deferred tax assets.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The Company calculates the fair value of its assets and liabilities which qualify as financial instruments and includes this additional information in the notes to the consolidated financial statements when the fair value is different than the carrying value of these financial instruments. The estimated fair value of cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued expenses, and loan payable approximate their carrying amounts due to the relatively short maturity of these instruments. The carrying value of lease liability also approximates fair value since the instrument bears market rates of interest. None of these instruments are held for trading purposes.
Warrants
The Company determines the accounting classification of warrants it issues as either liability or equity classified by first assessing whether the warrants meet liability classification in accordance with ASC 480, Accounting for Certain Financial Instruments with Characteristics of both Liabilities and Equity (“ASC 480”), then in accordance with ASC 815 (“ASC 815”), Accounting for Derivative Financial Instruments Indexed to, and Potentially Settled in, a Company’s Own Stock. Under ASC 480, warrants are considered liability classified if the warrants are mandatorily redeemable, obligate the Company to settle the warrants or the underlying shares by paying cash or other assets, or warrants that must or may require settlement by issuing variable number of shares. If warrants do not meet liability classification under ASC 480, the Company assesses the requirements under ASC 815, which states that contracts that require or may require the issuer to settle the contract for cash are liabilities recorded at fair value, irrespective of the likelihood of the transaction occurring that triggers the net cash settlement feature. If the warrants do not require liability classification under ASC 815, and in order to conclude equity classification, the Company also assesses whether the warrants are indexed to its Common Stock and whether the warrants are classified as equity under ASC 815 or other applicable GAAP. After all relevant assessments, the Company concludes whether the warrants are classified as liability or equity. Liability classified warrants require fair value accounting at issuance and subsequent to initial issuance with all changes in fair value after the issuance date recorded in the statements of operations. Equity classified warrants only require fair value accounting at issuance with no changes recognized subsequent to the issuance date.
Convertible Note Payable
When the Company issues convertible debt, it first evaluates the balance sheet classification of the convertible instrument in its entirety to determine (1) whether the instrument should be classified as a liability under ASC 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity, and (2) whether the conversion feature should be accounted for separately from the host instrument. A conversion feature of a convertible debt instrument would be separated from the convertible instrument and classified as a derivative liability if the conversion feature, were it a standalone instrument, meets the definition of a “derivative” in ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging. When a conversion feature meets the definition of an embedded derivative, it would be separated from the host instrument and classified as a derivative liability carried on the consolidated balance sheet at fair value, with any changes in its fair value recognized currently in the consolidated statements of operations.
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Redeemable Preferred Stock
Accounting for convertible or redeemable equity instruments in the Company’s own equity requires an evaluation of the hybrid security to determine if liability classification is required under ASC 480-10. Liability classification is required for freestanding financial instruments that are not debt in legal form and are: (1) subject to an unconditional obligation requiring the issuer to redeem the instrument by transferring assets (i.e. mandatorily redeemable), (2) instruments other than equity shares that embody an obligation of the issuer to repurchase its equity shares, or (3) certain types of instruments that obligate the issuer to issue a variable number of equity shares. Securities that do not meet the scoping criteria to be classified as a liability under ASC 480 are subject to redeemable equity guidance, which prescribes securities that may be subject to redemption upon an event not solely within the control of the issuer to be classified outside permanent equity (i.e., classified in temporary equity). Securities classified in temporary equity are initially measured at the proceeds received, net of issuance costs and excluding the fair value of bifurcated embedded derivatives (if any). Subsequent measurement of the carrying value is not required unless the instrument is probable of becoming redeemable or is currently redeemable. When the instruments are currently redeemable or probable of becoming redeemable, the Company will recognize changes in the redemption value immediately as they occur and adjust the carrying value of the security to equal the then current maximum redemption value at the end of each reporting period.
Commitments and Contingencies
In February 2024, we entered into a one-year consulting agreement (the “Agreement”) with an investor relations firm for the purposes of developing, implementing and maintaining an ongoing stock market support system for the Company with the general objective of expanding awareness in the Company. In connection with this agreement, we have committed to pay $14,500 per month for the first four months of service and $12,500 per month thereafter. We also issued 100,000 shares of restricted Company common stock on May 9, 2024. All shares of Company restricted Company common stock will be subject to a 12-month lock up from the time of issuance. The agreement also provides for incentive shares as follows:
| ● | If within six (6) months of the Effective Date of the Agreement, investors hold 2.5 million or more shares of Company common stock as a result of the investor relations firm introductions, the Company will issue 25,000 shares of restricted Company common stock to the investor relation firm with in ten (10) days of achieving such milestone. |
| ● | If within six (6) months of the Effective Date of the Agreement, investors hold 5.0 million or more shares of Company common stock as a result of the investor relations firm introductions, the Company will issue 25,000 shares of restricted Company common stock to the investor relation firm with in ten (10) days of achieving such milestone. |
| ● | If within six (6) months of the Effective Date of the Agreement, investors hold 10.0 million or more shares of Company common stock as a result of the investor relations firm introductions, the Company will issue 25,000 shares of restricted Company common stock to the investor relation firm with in ten (10) days of achieving such milestone. |
| ● | If within nine (9) months of the Effective Date of the Agreement the ten (10) day Volume Weighted Average Price (“VWAP”) of Company common stock equals or exceeds $1.90 per share, the Company will issue 50,000 shares of restricted Company common stock to the investor relations firm within ten (10) days of achieving such milestone. All VWAP calculations shall exclude a ten (10) day trading period following any publicly announced M&A transaction. |
| ● | If within twelve (12) months of the Effective Date of the Agreement the ten (10) day Volume Weighted Average Price (“VWAP”) of Company common stock equals or exceeds $3.90 per share, the Company will issue 50,000 shares of restricted Company common stock to the investor relations firm on the twelve (12) month anniversary of the Effective Date. All VWAP calculations shall exclude a ten (10) day trading period following any publicly announced M&A transaction. |
Additional Financings from Defender SPV LLC
As previously disclosed in ECD’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 14, 2025, on January 8, 2025, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “January 2025 SPA”) with the Lender pursuant to which the Lender agreed to waive the pre-existing events of default that occurred under the August Note and the Company Preferred Stock and the Company agreed to execute and deliver to the Lender a senior secured convertible note (the “January 2025 Note”), in exchange for a loan in the principal amount of $1,724,100. The foregoing summary of the January 2025 SPA and the January 2025 Note does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the actual agreements forms of which are filed with the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 14, 2025, as Exhibit 10.1 and Exhibit 10.2, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.
The January 2025 SPA also provides that in connection with the January 2025 Note, the Company will also issue to the Lender at no additional cost 500,000 shares of Common Stock and a warrant, dated January 13, 2025, to purchase 398,364 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share (the “Common Share Warrant”). The foregoing summary of the Common Share Warrant does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the actual Common Share Warrant a form of which is filed with the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 14, 2025, as Exhibit 10.3, and is incorporated herein by reference.
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Reversal of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock Conversion
In January 2025 the conversion of the 18,500 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock into 1,850,000 shares of common stock was reversed by the Company’s transfer agent due to the terms of the agreement that a stockholder’s ability to convert Series A Convertible Preferred Stock into shares of Common Stock is subject to a 4.99% blocker, that precluded the stockholder from converting its Series A Convertible Preferred Stock into shares of Common Stock to the extent it will made the stockholder a beneficial owner of more than 4.99% of the Common Stock.
Business Loan and Security Agreement
On February 20, 2025, the Company entered into a Business Loan and Security Agreement with Agile Lending, LLC (the “Lending Lender”) pursuant to which the Company received a term loan from the Lending Lender in the principal amount of $1,575,000 (the “Agile Loan”). The Agile Loan shall be prepaid through thirty (30) equal weekly payments of principal and interest in the aggregate amount of $74,550 commencing March 3, 2025 and ending September 22, 2025. During the term the Agile Loan shall accrue interest of $661,500. The principal amount of the Agile Loan included an administrative agent fee of $75,000 which was paid to the Collateral Agent out of the Agile Loan. The foregoing summary of the Agile Loan does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the actual Agile Loan a form of which is filed with the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 28, 2025, as Exhibit 10.1, and is incorporated herein by reference.
Consulting Agreement
On February 20, 2025 (the “Effective Date”), the Company entered into a consulting agreement with an advisor (the “Advisor”) for business advisory services, guidance on growth strategies, and networking with its contacts on a non-exclusive basis for general business purposes. Pursuant to the consulting agreement the Company will issue 236,000 shares of the Company’s common stock to the Advisor on the Effective Date. The foregoing summary of the Consulting Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the actual Consulting Agreement a form of which is filed with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on March 25, 2025, as Exhibit 10.24, and is incorporated herein by reference.
Officer Appointment
As previously disclosed in ECD’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 11, 2024, on November 11, 2024, Keven Kastner (“Mr. Kastner”) started working for ECD as the Chief Revenue Officer. The Company and Mr. Kastner entered into an employment agreement, dated December 9, 2024, for a term of one year (the “Employment Agreement”). Mr. Kastner will be tasked with driving sales and price point growth through new market channels for the Company. Mr. Kastner will also be responsible for managing all aspects of the revenue stream within the organization, with the aim of meeting or exceeding annual projections. No family relationships exist between Mr. Kastner and any of the Company’s directors or other executive officers.
Agreement with One Drivers Club
As previously disclosed in ECD’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 6, 2024, on December 3, 2024, ECD announced that it entered into agreements with One Drivers Club in furtherance of the ECD’s retail strategy. Specifically, on November 14, 2024, ECD entered into a Strategic Partnership Agreement (the “ODC Agreement”) and a Usage Agreement (the “Usage Agreement”) with Member Hubs Palm Beach, LLC (“One Drivers Club”) to launch ECD’s first retail showroom in West Palm Beach, Florida. One Drivers Club is the premier destination for automotive enthusiasts who view their vehicles as not just machines, but drivers of their lifestyles. With facilities located in Bedford, NY, Chicago, IL, West Palm Beach, FL, and Seattle WA, One Drivers Club redefines luxury car care through unparalleled concierge storage and full-service collection management. Beyond exceptional car care, One Drivers Club is a community-a place where like-minded drivers connect over shared passions and Members celebrate the art and prestige of driving, collecting, and owning remarkable vehicles. The ODC Agreement, entitles ECD to use a portion of One Drivers Club’s facility in West Palm Beach, Florida (the “ODC Premises”) for the operation of an ECD showroom for ECD vehicles and sale of ECD vehicles, subject to the terms of the Usage Agreement. Pursuant to the ODC Agreement, One Drivers Club grants to ECD a non-exclusive, royalty-free, fully paid up, non-transferable and terminable right and license to use the marks designated by One Drivers Club, and ECD grants to One Drivers Club, a non-exclusive, royalty-free, fully paid up, non-transferable and terminable right and license to use the marks designated by ECD, for the limited purpose of the operation of the ECD showroom and for the limited purpose of the operation of the ECD showroom and advertisement of ECD and the ECD Automobiles. Pursuant to the Usage Agreement, (i) ECD shall pay One Drivers Club base rent of $225,000 per annum payable monthly, subject to 4% annual increases for each subsequent year for use of the ODC Premises; (ii) for a term of five (5) years; (iii) One Drivers Club, at ECD’s cost and expense, shall complete the interior build-out (“Build-Out”) of the ODC Premises in accordance with the plans and subject to the terms set forth in the Usage Agreement; (iv) upon the completion of the demolition of the ODC Premises in connection with the Build-Out (the “Deposit Date”), ECD shall issue One Drivers Club 725,000 unrestricted shares of ECD capital stock (the “ODC Shares”); provided, however, that if the value of the ODC Shares is less than $500,000 as of 5:00 pm ET on the Deposit Date, ECD shall issue to One Drivers Club that certain number of additional unrestricted shares of ECD capital stock such that the aggregate value of the ODC Shares together with the additional unrestricted shares of ECD capital stock is equal to or greater than $500,000; and (v) ECD shall deposit with One Drivers Club $125,000 (the “Build-Out Deposit”) in cash. The Build-Out Deposit shall be held in a non-interest bearing segregated account and shall be utilized to satisfy any outstanding Build-Out payment obligations incurred by One Drivers Club not first satisfied from the sale of the ODC Shares and upon the completion of the Build-Out, as reasonably determined by ECD, and the satisfaction of all Build-Out payment obligations, One Drivers Club shall return the balance of the Build-Out Deposit, if any, to ECD.
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Relationship with Ten Easy Street
On December 12, 2024, ECD signed with Ten Easy Street of Nantucket (“TES”), a concept showroom, showhouse and gathering space, to expand ECD’s retail presence and showcase its one-of-one vehicles as part of their curated creative lifestyle brands, furnishings and social opportunities.
TES has agreed to showcase the Company’s custom vehicles in the designated parking spots located at TES from April 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025 (the “Showcase Term”). The Company will pay TES $75,000 for the Showcase Term. TES will also promote the Company’s vehicles on all marketing channels during the Showcase Term the Company will provide TES with an affiliate link that corresponds to the vehicles shown on TES’s platform. TES will receive $5,000 for all sales made through the affiliate link.
Annual Stockholders Meeting
On December 27, 2024, ECD held its 2024 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). On November 27, 2024, the record date for the Annual Meeting, there were 36,199,662 shares of common stock of the Company entitled to be voted at the Annual Meeting, 21,334,357 shares of common stock of the Company or 58.94 % of which were represented in person or by proxy. The Incentive Plan Amendment Proposal to approve an amendment to the Company’s 2023 Equity Incentive Plan to increase the number of shares of common stock reserved under the Plan from 400,000 shares to 2,500,000 shares, the Director Proposal to elect Robert Machinist and Patrick Lavelle as the Class I directors to serve until the 2027 annual meeting and until his respective successor has been duly elected and qualified or until his earlier resignation, removal or death, and the Auditor Ratification Proposal to ratify the appointment of Barton CPA PLLC, as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2024 were approved by the stockholders at the Annual Meeting. The results of the ECD’s Annual Meeting were previously reported in ECD’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 30, 2024.
Reversal of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock Conversion
In January 2025 the conversion of the 18,500 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock into 1,850,000 shares of common stock was reversed by the transfer agent due to the terms of the Preferred Stock that a holder’s ability to convert Series A Convertible Preferred Stock into shares of Common Stock is subject to a 4.99% blocker, such that a holder cannot convert Series A Convertible Preferred Stock into shares of Common Stock to the extent it will make the holder a beneficial owner of more than 4.99% of the Common Stock.
Subsequent Events
Loan Agreement
On April 4, 2025, the Company entered into a new business loan and security agreement with an effective date of April 4, 2025 (the “New Loan Agreement”) by and among an investor (the “New Lender”), a collateral agent (the “Collateral Agent”), the Company and its subsidiary, Humble Imports Inc., pursuant to which the Company received a term loan from the New Lender in the principal amount of $1,824,300 (the “New Loan”). The New Loan shall be repaid through sixty-nine (69) equal weekly payments of principal and interest in the aggregate amount of $35,693 per week commencing on April 15, 2025 and ending August 4, 2026 (the “Term”). During the Term, the New Loan shall accrue interest in the aggregate amount of $638,505. The New Loan included an administrative expense fee of $40,000 and a lender’s legal fee of $35,000, which sum was netted out of the New Loan. The New Loan is secured by all properties, rights and assets of the Company and Collateral Agent is designated as the collateral agent under the New Loan Agreement. The foregoing summary of the New Loan Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the actual New Loan Agreement a form of which is filed with the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 11, 2025, as Exhibit 10.1, and is incorporated herein by reference.
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The net proceeds of the New Loan were used to pay off the Agile Loan in the discounted amount of $1,749,300, including principal and interest. Accordingly, the Agile Loan is paid off and satisfied.
Amendment to One Drivers Club Usage Agreement
On May 7, 2025, the Company and One Drivers Club entered into an amendment to the Usage Agreement (the “ODC Amendment”) whereby the parties mutually agreement to modify the terms of the required ECD stock issuance and build-out deposit under the Usage Agreement. Instead of the Company issuing to One Drivers Club, upon the completion of the demolition of the ODC Premises in connection with the Build-Out (the “Deposit Date”), 725,000 unrestricted shares of ECD capital stock (the “ODC Shares”); provided, however, that if the value of the ODC Shares is less than $500,000 as of 5:00 pm ET on the Deposit Date, ECD shall issue to One Drivers Club that certain number of additional unrestricted shares of ECD capital stock such that the aggregate value of the ODC Shares together with the additional unrestricted shares of ECD capital stock is equal to or greater than $500,000; and the Company depositing with One Drivers Club $125,000 (the “Build-Out Deposit”) in cash, the Company shall issue (or caused to be issued) to ODC PB 725,000 unrestricted shares of ECD capital stock (the “ECD Stock”); provided, however, that if the value of the ECD Stock is less than $217,500 as of 5:00 pm ET on the Deposit Date, ECD shall issue to ODC PB that certain number of additional unrestricted shares of ECD capital stock such that the aggregate value of the ECD Stock issued is equal to or greater than $217,500.
The foregoing summary of the ODC Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the actual OCD Amendment a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.8, and is incorporated herein by reference.
Floor Loan
On May 8, 2025, the Company entered into loan agreements with a private lender (the “Private Lender”) pursuant to which the Company received two term loans from the Private Lender in the principal amount of $150,000 each for an aggregate of $300,000. The terms of the two loans are the same. The interest rate is 24.99%. The principal amount of the loans included an administrative agent fee of $6,000 each, for an aggregate of $12,000, which was paid to the agent out of the loans.
Exchange Agreement
On May 14, 2025, the Company entered into an Amendment and Exchange Agreement (the “Exchange Agreement”) with an institutional investor (the “Lender”) pursuant to which the Company shall authorize one or more series of a new series B convertible preferred stock of the Company, $0.0001 par value, the terms of which are set forth in a certificate of designation for such series of preferred stock designated as Series B-1 Convertible Preferred Stock, $0.0001 par value (the “Series B Preferred Stock”), which Series B Preferred Stock shall be convertible into shares of Common Stock. The Exchange Agreement provides that the Holder shall have the option exchange some or all of the amounts outstanding under the December Note 2023, August Note 2024 and/or the January 2025 Note (collectively the “Original Notes”). At the initial closing the Lender has determined to convert $1,284,881. which is the principal amount plus all accrued interest due under the August Note 2024, into 4,000 shares of Series B Preferred Stock, and such shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the terms of the Series B Preferred Stock, including, without limitation, upon conversion or otherwise, in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).
The Exchange Agreement provides further that, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Exchange Agreement, the Lender may require the Company to participate in one or more Additional Exchanges to exchange such portion of the amounts outstanding under the remaining Original Notes as set forth in such applicable Additional Closing Notice into such aggregate number of shares of such new series of Series B Preferred Stock as set forth in such Additional Closing Notice, and such shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the terms of Series B Preferred Stock, including, without limitation, upon conversion of the Additional New Exchange Preferred Shares or otherwise, in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act.
The foregoing summary of the Exchange Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the actual Exchange Agreement a form of which is filed with the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 15, 2025, as Exhibit 10.1, and is incorporated herein by reference.
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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
As a smaller reporting company, we are not required to provide the information required by this Item.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
Disclosure controls and procedures are controls and other procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted under Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
As required by Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15 under the Exchange Act, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of March 31, 2025. Based on this evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective, due solely to the material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting, including the application of accounting policies for revenue recognition and inventory and technical accounting areas. As a result, we performed additional analysis as deemed necessary to ensure that our financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP. Accordingly, management believes that the financial statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q present fairly in all material respects our financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the period presented.
Management intends to implement remediation steps to improve our disclosure controls and procedures and our internal control over financial reporting. Specifically, we intend to expand and improve our review process for complex transactions. We plan to further improve this process by enhancing access to accounting literature, identification of third-party professionals with whom to consult regarding complex accounting applications, and consideration of additional staff with the requisite experience and training to supplement existing accounting professionals.
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
Except as noted above, there was no change in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the period from January 1, 2025 through March 31, 2025 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
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PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings.
We are not party to any material legal proceedings. From time to time, we may be involved in legal proceedings or subject to claims incident to the ordinary course of business. The outcome of litigation is inherently uncertain, and there can be no assurances that favorable outcomes will be obtained. In addition, regardless of the outcome, such proceedings or claims can have an adverse impact on us, which may be material because of defense and settlement costs, diversion of resources and other factors.
Item 1A. Risk Factors.
The risks described under the heading “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flows, future prospects, and the trading price of our Class A Common Stock. The risks and uncertainties described therein are not the only ones we face. Additional risks and uncertainties that we are unaware of or that we currently deem immaterial may also become important factors that adversely affect our business.
You should carefully read and consider such risks, together with all of the other information in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (including the disclosures in the section titled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and in our condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes), and in the other documents that we file with the SEC.
There have been no material changes from the risk factors previously disclosed under the heading “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.
(a) During the quarter ended March 31, 2025, except as set forth below there were no unregistered sales of our securities that were not reported in a Current Report on Form 8-K.
On January 2, 2025, the Company issued 100,000 shares of the Company’s common stock to Benjamin Piggott pursuant to the terms of Benjamin Piggott’s employment agreement.
On February 20, 2025 the Company issued 236,000 shares of the Company’s common stock to an advisor for business advisory services, guidance on growth strategies, and networking with its contacts on a non-exclusive basis for general business purposes.
On March 28, 2025 the Company issued 150,000 shares of the Company’s common stock to an advisor for business advisory services, guidance on growth strategies, and networking with its contacts on a non-exclusive basis for general business purposes.
On March 31, 2025 the Company issued 500,000 shares of the Company’s common stock to David Miller for consulting services.
(b) Not applicable.
(c) None.
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities.
None.
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.
Not Applicable.
Item 5. Other Information.
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Item 6. Exhibits.
The following exhibits are filed as part of, or incorporated by reference into, this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
| * | Filed herewith. |
| ** | Furnished herewith. |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| Date: May 20, 2025 | ||
| ECD Automotive Design, Inc. | ||
| /s/ Scott Wallace | ||
| Name: | Scott Wallace | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |
| (Principal Executive Officer) | ||
| /s/ Benjamin Piggott | ||
| Name: | Benjamin Piggott | |
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |
| (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) | ||
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