Applied Digital Corp 8-K, filed Apr 5, 2024
Applied Digital Corp. (APLD)
8-K
2024-04-05
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About this 8-K
Applied Digital Corp filed this 8-K on April 5, 2024, reporting on events of April 1, 2024.
Items reported
- Item 2.01: Completed an acquisition or sale of assets
- Item 9.01: Financial statements and exhibits
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Item 2.01 Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.
As previously disclosed on March 15, 2024, APLD – Rattlesnake Den I LLC (“Rattlesnake Den I”), a Delaware limited liability company and a subsidiary of Applied Digital Corporation, a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), entered into a purchase and sale agreement (the “Purchase and Sale Agreement”) with Mara Garden City LLC (“Mara Garden City”), a Delaware limited liability company and a subsidiary of Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc. (“Marathon”), pursuant to which Rattlesnake Den I agreed to sell to Mara Garden City its data center facility (the “Facility”) located in Garden City, Texas (the “Transaction”) consisting of the ground leasehold estate and interest held under the Ground Lease dated April 13, 2022 between Rattlesnake Den I, as tenant, and EDB, Ltd., a Texas limited liability company, as landlord, related to approximately 50 acres in Glasscock County, Texas and related tangible and intangible property and improvements.
On April 1, 2024, the Transaction was consummated pursuant to the terms of the Purchase and Sale Agreement (the “Closing”). The purchase price payable by Mara Garden City to Rattlesnake Den I under the terms of the Purchase and Sale Agreement is $87,328,675 (the “Purchase Price”), plus additional consideration of $9,971,235 received by the Company at Closing in connection with the surrender of Marathon’s security deposits under its existing agreements with the Company.
The Purchase and Sale Agreement contains customary post-Closing obligations. In addition, in the event the full intended additional megawatt energization for the Facility is not conditionally approved by the applicable regulatory authority within 120 days of the Closing, the Purchase Price is subject to a reduction of up to $34,000,000, depending on the amount of the conditionally approved additional megawatt energization.
The foregoing description of the Purchase and Sale Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of such agreement, a copy of which was previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 15, 2024 and is incorporated by reference herein. The representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Purchase and Sale Agreement were made only for purposes of such agreement and as of a specific date, are solely for the benefit of the parties to the Purchase and Sale Agreement and may be subject to limitations agreed upon by the contracting parties.
The unaudited pro forma financial information of the Company, including the unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of November 30, 2023, Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Six Months ended November 30, 2023 and Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Year Ended May 31, 2023, in each case giving effect to the Transaction, is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(b) Pro Forma financial information
The unaudited pro forma financial information of the Company giving effect to the Transaction is included as Exhibit 99.1.
(d) Exhibits.
| Exhibit No. | Description | |||||||
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| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). | |||||||
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| Dated: | April 5, 2024 | By: | /s/ David Rench | |||||||||||
| Name: | David Rench | |||||||||||||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||||||||||||
Exhibit 99.1
UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Defined terms included below shall have the same meaning as terms defined and included elsewhere in this Current Report on Form 8-K (the “Form 8-K”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).
Transaction Summary
On April 1, 2024 (“Closing”), APLD – Rattlesnake Den I LLC, a subsidiary of Applied Digital Corporation (the “Company”), completed the previously announced sale of its data center facility (the “Facility”) located in Garden City, Texas (the “Transaction”) pursuant to the purchase and sale agreement (the “Purchase and Sale Agreement”) with Mara Garden City LLC, a subsidiary of Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc. (“Marathon”), consisting of the ground leasehold estate and related tangible and intangible property and improvements (together, the “Property”) for a purchase price of $87.3 million (the “Purchase Price”), plus additional consideration of approximately $10.0 million received by the Company at Closing, in connection with the surrender of Marathon’s service prepayments under its existing agreements with the Company.
The Purchase and Sale Agreement contains customary post-Closing obligations. In addition, in the event the full intended additional megawatt energization for the Facility is not conditionally approved by the applicable regulatory authority within 120 days of the Closing, the Purchase Price is subject to a reduction of up to $34.0 million, depending on the amount of the conditionally approved additional megawatt energization.
Introduction
The following unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial information is intended to show how the Transaction might have affected the historical financial statements of the Company if the Transaction had been completed at an earlier time indicated therein. The historical financial information of the Company set forth below has been derived from, and should be read in conjunction with, the historical consolidated financial statements included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended May 31, 2023 and its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended November 30, 2023.
The unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial information has been prepared in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation S-X as amended by final rule, Release No. 33-10786 “Amendments to Financial Disclosures about Acquired and Disposed Businesses”. The pro forma adjustments are described in the accompanying notes and are based upon information and assumptions available at the time of the filing of this Form 8-K. The unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated balance sheet data as of November 30, 2023 gives effect to the Transaction as if it occurred on November 30, 2023. The unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated statements of operations data for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2023 and for the six months ended November 30, 2023 assume that the Transaction was consummated on June 1, 2022.
Beginning in the third quarter of fiscal year 2024, the Company determined the criteria for held for sale was met, and the Company will present the Property and associated liabilities as held for sale in its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended February 29, 2024. The Company believes that the adjustments included in the Transaction Accounting Adjustments columns of the unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated balance sheet and the unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated statements of operations are consistent with the generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”). The Company’s current estimates are preliminary and could change as the Company finalizes the transaction impacts to be reflected in the financial statements as of and for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2024 reported in its Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Article 11 of Regulation S-X requires that pro forma financial information include Transaction Accounting Adjustments that reflect only the application of required accounting for the Transaction. There are no Autonomous Entity Adjustments included in this unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial information.
In addition, Regulation S-X permits registrants to reflect adjustments that depict synergies and dis-synergies of the acquisitions and dispositions for which pro forma effect is being given in disclosures as Management Adjustments.
The Transaction Accounting Adjustments to reflect the Transaction in the unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial information include the following:
•the sale of the assets and liabilities of the Facility pursuant to the Purchase and Sale Agreement;
•adjustments required to record the estimated impact of the cash proceeds received in connection with the Transaction, net of transaction costs;
•adjustments to record the Deferred Revenue balance released by Marathon; and
•the recognition of the estimated loss on sale.
The Other Pro Forma Adjustments column in the unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial information includes the following:
•the repayment in full of the borrowings under the Company’s loan secured by assets of the Facility, including the recognition of loss on extinguishment of debt;
•the removal of the carrying value of finance lease liabilities that are not assumed by Marathon, including a loss on the buyout of the lease liabilities that were not assumed; and
•the removal of the carrying value of Marathon’s Deferred Revenue and Customer Deposits balances held by the Company in excess of the amount released by Marathon.
The Company does not expect income tax implications to be material so as to cause tax expense in isolation due to the transaction.
The unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial information is provided for informational purposes only and is not necessarily indicative of the operating results of the Company that would have occurred if the Transaction had been completed as of the dates set forth above, nor is it indicative of the future results of the Company. The unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial information does not purport to project the future operating results or financial position of the Company following the closing of the Transaction. The unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated statements of operations data and the unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated balance sheet data are based on certain assumptions, described in the accompanying notes, which management believes are reasonable.
APPLIED DIGITAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)
As of November 30, 2023
(In thousands)
| Historical | Transaction Accounting Adjustments | Other Pro Forma Adjustments | Pro Forma | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ASSETS | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current assets: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 9,217 | $ | 61,129 | A | (8,998) | G | $ | 36,466 | ||||||||||||||
| (13,637) | H | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| (11,245) | I | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Restricted cash | 25,416 | — | . | 25,416 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Accounts receivable | 307 | — | — | 307 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 1,517 | — | — | 1,517 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total current assets | 36,457 | 61,129 | (33,880) | 63,706 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Property and equipment, net | 258,508 | (80,892) | B | — | 177,616 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Operating lease right of use assets, net | 73,373 | — | — | 73,373 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Finance lease right of use assets, net | 95,199 | (9,185) | B | — | 86,014 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Other assets | 17,117 | — | — | 17,117 | |||||||||||||||||||
| TOTAL ASSETS | $ | 480,654 | $ | (28,948) | $ | (33,880) | $ | 417,826 | |||||||||||||||
| LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current liabilities: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accounts payable | $ | 38,262 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 38,262 | |||||||||||||||
| Accrued liabilities | 10,538 | — | (7) | H | 10,531 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Current portion of operating lease liability | 8,887 | — | — | 8,887 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Current portion of finance lease liability | 42,805 | — | C | (3,784) | G | 39,021 | |||||||||||||||||
| Current portion of debt | 9,279 | (2,754) | H | 6,525 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Customer deposits | 36,833 | — | (8,547) | I | 28,286 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Related party customer deposits | 3,811 | — | — | 3,811 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Deferred revenue | 50,051 | (9,971) | D | (2,699) | I | 37,381 | |||||||||||||||||
| Related party deferred revenue | 1,953 | — | — | 1,953 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sales and use tax payable | 4 | — | — | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
Other current liabilities | — | 9,000 | E | — | 9,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Total current liabilities | 202,423 | (971) | (17,791) | 183,661 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Long-term portion of operating lease liability | 52,324 | — | — | 52,324 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Long-term portion of finance lease liability | 36,748 | (3,143) | C | (2,304) | G | 31,301 | |||||||||||||||||
| Long-term debt | 33,501 | — | (10,713) | H | 22,788 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Total liabilities | 324,996 | (4,114) | (30,808) | 290,074 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Stockholders' equity: | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common stock | 123 | — | — | 123 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Treasury stock | (62) | — | — | (62) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Additional paid in capital | 278,299 | — | — | 278,299 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Accumulated deficit | (122,702) | (24,834) | F | (2,910) | G | (150,608) | |||||||||||||||||
| (162) | H | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total stockholders’ equity attributable to Applied Digital Corporation | 155,658 | (24,834) | (3,072) | 127,752 | |||||||||||||||||||
| TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY | $ | 480,654 | $ | (28,948) | $ | (33,880) | $ | 417,826 | |||||||||||||||
Pro Forma Adjustments
AAdjustment reflects total gross cash proceeds received for the assets, prior to any post-closing adjustments or Company liabilities paid off in closing, calculated as follows:
| Purchase price | $ | 87,329 | |||
| Holdover amount | (25,000) | ||||
Estimated Selling costs | (1,200) | ||||
| Net cash received | $ | 61,129 | |||
BAdjustment to remove the historical carrying balances of the Property.
CAdjustment to remove the finance lease liabilities assumed by Marathon as part of the Transaction.
DAdjustment to remove the deferred revenue assumed by Marathon in connection with the Transaction.
EAdjustment to recognize a current liability for the consideration that is contingent upon the Company obtaining regulatory approval of additional energy capacity at the Facility within 120 days of closing.
FAdjustment to recognize a loss on the sale of assets as of November 30, 2023, which is recognized through accumulated deficit. The following is a summary of the loss calculation:
| Purchase price | $ | 87,329 | |||
| Holdover amount | (25,000) | ||||
| Holdover liability | (9,000) | ||||
| Selling costs | (1,200) | ||||
Deferred revenue assumed by Marathon | 9,971 | ||||
Lease liability assumed by Marathon | 3,143 | ||||
| Total consideration | 65,243 | ||||
| Carrying value of the Property as of November 30, 2023 | (90,077) | ||||
| Loss on disposal of assets | $ | (24,834) | |||
GAdjustment to remove the carrying value of finance lease liabilities as of November 30, 2023 that are not assumed by Marathon. In conjunction with the Closing, the Company paid off the lease liabilities and paid the lessor a buyout fee to remove all liabilities from the related assets. The Company has presented the fee paid in excess of the outstanding lease liability as a corresponding increase to the loss on disposal of assets through accumulated deficit.
HAdjustment to remove the carrying value of debt secured by the Property sold as of November 30, 2023. In conjunction with the Closing, the Company paid off these balances. The Company has presented the corresponding loss on the extinguishment of debt through accumulated deficit.
IAdjustment to remove the carrying value of Marathon’s deferred revenue and customer deposits balances held by the Company as of November 30, 2023. In conjunction with the Transaction Closing, the Company has entered into an agreement with Marathon to cancel its services agreement that was supported by the Property and refund any amounts in excess of the deferred revenue amount assumed by Marathon as noted in Footnote D.
APPLIED DIGITAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited)
For the Six Months Ended November 30, 2023
(In thousands, except share and per share data)
| Historical | Transaction Accounting Adjustments | Pro Forma | |||||||||||||||
| Revenue: | |||||||||||||||||
| Datacenter hosting revenue | $ | 64,106 | $ | (1,447) | A | $ | 62,659 | ||||||||||
| Cloud services revenue | 6,602 | — | 6,602 | ||||||||||||||
| Related party datacenter hosting revenue | 7,819 | — | 7,819 | ||||||||||||||
| Total revenue | 78,527 | (1,447) | 77,080 | ||||||||||||||
| Costs and expenses: | |||||||||||||||||
| Cost of revenues | 53,620 | (2,168) | A | 51,452 | |||||||||||||
| Selling, general and administrative | 38,127 | (3,158) | A | 34,969 | |||||||||||||
Loss from legal settlement | 2,380 | — | 2,380 | ||||||||||||||
| Total costs and expenses | 94,127 | (5,326) | 88,801 | ||||||||||||||
| Operating loss | (15,600) | 3,879 | (11,721) | ||||||||||||||
| Interest expense, net | 4,430 | (808) | A | 3,622 | |||||||||||||
| Loss on extinguishment of debt | 2,353 | — | 2,353 | ||||||||||||||
| Net loss before income tax expenses | (22,383) | 4,687 | (17,696) | ||||||||||||||
| Income tax expense (benefit) | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
| Net loss | (22,383) | 4,687 | (17,696) | ||||||||||||||
| Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest | (397) | 397 | B | — | |||||||||||||
| Net loss attributable to Applied Digital Corporation | $ | (21,986) | $ | 4,290 | $ | (17,696) | |||||||||||
| Basic and diluted net loss per share attributable to Applied Digital Corporation | $ | (0.21) | $ | — | $ | (0.17) | |||||||||||
| Basic and diluted weighted average number of shares outstanding | 105,067,375 | — | 105,067,375 | ||||||||||||||
Pro Forma Adjustments
AAdjustment to eliminate historical revenues and expenses associated with the Facility.
BAdjustment to remove the loss attributable to the noncontrolling interest associated with the Facility.
APPLIED DIGITAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited)
For the Fiscal Year Ended May 31, 2023
(In thousands, except share and per share data)
| Historical | Transaction Accounting Adjustments | Other Pro Forma Adjustments | Pro Forma | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Revenues: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hosting revenue | $ | 55,392 | $ | (491) | A | $ | — | $ | 54,901 | ||||||||||||||
| Cost of revenues | 44,388 | (170) | A | — | 44,218 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gross profit | 11,004 | (321) | — | 10,683 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Costs and expenses: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Selling, general and administrative | 55,059 | (3,978) | A | — | 51,081 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Loss on disposal of assets | — | 24,834 | C | 2,910 | D | 27,744 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total costs and expenses | 55,059 | 20,856 | 2,910 | 78,825 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Operating loss | (44,055) | (21,177) | (2,910) | (68,142) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Other income (expense): | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest Expense | (1,980) | 940 | A | — | (1,040) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Loss on extinguishment of debt | (94) | — | (162) | E | (256) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Total other expense, net | (2,074) | 940 | (162) | (1,296) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Net loss before income tax expenses | (46,129) | (20,237) | (3,072) | (69,438) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Income tax benefit (expense) | 523 | — | — | 523 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Net loss | (45,606) | (20,237) | (3,072) | (68,915) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest | (960) | 960 | B | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||
| Net loss attributable to Applied Digital Corporation | $ | (44,646) | $ | (21,197) | $ | (3,072) | $ | (68,915) | |||||||||||||||
| Basic and diluted net loss per share: | $ | (0.49) | $ | — | $ | — | $ | (0.73) | |||||||||||||||
| Basic and diluted weighted average number of shares outstanding | 93,976,233 | — | — | 93,976,233 | |||||||||||||||||||
Pro Forma Adjustments
AAdjustment to eliminate historical revenues and expenses associated with the Facility.
BAdjustment to remove the loss attributable to the noncontrolling interest associated with the Facility.
CAdjustment to reflect the recognition of the loss on disposal of assets prior to any lease buyout considerations.
DAdjustment to record a loss on disposal of assets as a result of the lease buyout fee paid by the Company related to the lease assets associated with the Facility.
EAdjustment to reflect the recognition of the loss on extinguishment of debt.