Digi Power X Inc 6-K, filed May 17, 2022
Digi Power X Inc. (DGXX)
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Digi Power X Inc filed this 6-K on May 17, 2022.
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of May, 2022
Commission File Number: 001-40527
DIGIHOST TECHNOLOGY INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
18 King Street East, Suite 902, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5C 1C4
(Address of principal executive offices)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form 20-F ¨ Form 40-F x
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): ¨
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The exhibits to this report on Form 6-K, including the interim condensed consolidated financial statements for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and management’s discussion and analysis for the three months ended March 31, 2022, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference as exhibits to the Registration Statement of Digihost Technology Inc. on Form F-10 (File No. 333-263255) and to be a part thereof from the date on which this report was furnished, to the extent not superseded by documents or reports subsequently filed or furnished.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements 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.
| DIGIHOST TECHNOLOGY INC. | |||
| By: | /s/ Michel Amar | ||
| Name: | Michel Amar | ||
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | ||
Date: May 17, 2022
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Exhibit 99.1
DIGIHOST TECHNOLOGY INC.
CONDENSED INTERIM CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED
MARCH 31, 2022 AND 2021
(EXPRESSED IN UNITED STATES DOLLARS)
(UNAUDITED)
Notice to Reader
The unaudited condensed interim consolidated financial statements for the comparative period ended March 31, 2021 have not been reviewed by the Company’s auditors.
| Digihost Technology Inc. |
| Condensed Interim Consolidated Statements of Financial Position |
| (Expressed in United States Dollars) (Unaudited) |
As at March 31, 2022 | As at December 31, 2021 | |||||||
| ASSETS | ||||||||
| Current assets | ||||||||
| Cash | $ | 8,180,252 | $ | 915,715 | ||||
| Digital currencies (note 3) | 39,536,888 | 33,491,986 | ||||||
| Amounts receivable and prepaid expenses (note 4) | 2,559,089 | 1,808,304 | ||||||
| Total current assets | 50,276,229 | 36,216,005 | ||||||
| Property, plant and equipment (note 5) | 41,470,038 | 38,142,107 | ||||||
| Right of use assets | 2,065,608 | 2,078,599 | ||||||
| Promissory note receivable | 806,667 | 800,000 | ||||||
| Intangible asset (note 7) | 1,410,952 | 1,443,260 | ||||||
| Goodwill (note 6) | 1,366,521 | 1,346,904 | ||||||
| Total assets | $ | 97,396,015 | $ | 80,026,875 | ||||
| LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY | ||||||||
| Current liabilities | ||||||||
| Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | $ | 2,076,260 | $ | 2,272,850 | ||||
| Pre-funded warrants liability (note 9) | 1,056,314 | - | ||||||
| Amount owing to Northern Data, NY LLC (note 3 and 5) | 1,370,674 | 2,940,412 | ||||||
| Income tax payable | 305,601 | 305,601 | ||||||
| Loans payable (note 8) | 10,000,000 | - | ||||||
| Total current liabilities | 14,808,849 | 5,518,863 | ||||||
| Deposits payable | 139,041 | 1,788,500 | ||||||
| Deferred tax liability | 2,805,475 | 2,514,743 | ||||||
| Total liabilities | 17,753,365 | 9,822,106 | ||||||
| Shareholders’ equity | ||||||||
| Share capital (note 9) | 61,151,235 | 54,863,819 | ||||||
| Contributed surplus | 20,123,511 | 17,358,982 | ||||||
| Cumulative translation adjustment | 680,469 | (266,730 | ) | |||||
| Digital currency revaluation reserve | 3,085,863 | 3,706,624 | ||||||
| Deficit | (5,398,428 | ) | (5,457,926 | ) | ||||
| Total shareholders’ equity | 79,642,650 | 70,204,769 | ||||||
| Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity | $ | 97,396,015 | $ | 80,026,875 | ||||
Nature of operations (note 1)
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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| Digihost Technology Inc. |
| Condensed Interim Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income |
| (Expressed in United States Dollars) (Unaudited) |
| Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||||||
| 2022 | 2021 | |||||||
| Revenue from digital currency mining (note 3) | $ | 7,312,342 | $ | 4,767,075 | ||||
| Cost of digital currency mining | ||||||||
Cost of power | (1,626,316 | ) | (1,549,144 | ) | ||||
| Other production costs | (517,011 | ) | - | |||||
| Depreciation and amortization | (1,531,598 | ) | (1,109,796 | ) | ||||
| Miner lease agreement (note 3) | (3,056,125 | ) | - | |||||
| Gross profit | 581,292 | 2,108,135 | ||||||
| Expenses | ||||||||
| Office and administrative expenses | (605,062 | ) | (77,844 | ) | ||||
| Professional fees | (588,549 | ) | (281,594 | ) | ||||
| Regulatory fees | (144,381 | ) | (80,004 | ) | ||||
| Gain on sale of property, plant and equipment | 2,340,658 | - | ||||||
| Loss on settlement of debt | - | (274,882 | ) | |||||
| Foreign exchange loss | (770,196 | ) | - | |||||
| Gain on sale of digital currencies (note 3) | - | - | ||||||
| Other income | 84,207 | - | ||||||
| Change in fair value of amount owing for Miner Lease Agreement | 379,065 | - | ||||||
| Share based compensation (note 11) | (764,390 | ) | (1,165,542 | ) | ||||
| Operating income | 512,644 | 228,269 | ||||||
| Net financial expenses (note 14) | (84,375 | ) | (155,312 | ) | ||||
| Net income before income taxes | 428,269 | 72,957 | ||||||
| Deferred tax expense | (368,771 | ) | - | |||||
| Net income for the period | 59,498 | 72,957 | ||||||
| Other comprehensive income | ||||||||
| Items that will be reclassified to net income Foreign currency translation adjustment | 947,199 | 1,456 | ||||||
| Items that will not be reclassified to net income Revaluation of digital currencies, net of tax | (620,761 | ) | 5,836,561 | |||||
| Total comprehensive income for the period | $ | 385,936 | $ | 5,910,974 | ||||
| Basic income per share (note 12) | $ | 0.00 | $ | 0.00 | ||||
| Diluted income per share (note 12) | $ | 0.00 | $ | 0.00 | ||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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| Digihost Technology Inc. |
| Condensed Interim Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows |
| (Expressed in United States Dollars) (Unaudited) |
| Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||||||
| 2022 | 2021 | |||||||
| Operating activities | ||||||||
| Net income for the period | $ | 59,498 | $ | 72,957 | ||||
| Adjustments for: | ||||||||
| Digital currency mined | (7,312,342 | ) | (4,767,075 | ) | ||||
| Acquisition of digital currencies | (3,932,000 | ) | - | |||||
| Rent charge back for Miner Lease Agreement | 3,056,125 | - | ||||||
| Digital currency received | - | (47,670 | ) | |||||
| Digital currencies paid for services | 196,298 | - | ||||||
| Digital currencies traded for cash | 403,200 | - | ||||||
| Gain on sale of property, plant and equipment | (2,340,658 | ) | - | |||||
| Depreciation of right-of-use assets | 12,991 | 49,573 | ||||||
| Depreciation and amortization | 1,518,607 | 1,060,223 | ||||||
| Interest on lease liabilities | - | 59,178 | ||||||
| Change in fair value of amount owing for Miner Lease Agreement | (379,065 | ) | - | |||||
| Share based compensation | 764,390 | 1,165,542 | ||||||
| Loss on settlement of debt | - | 274,882 | ||||||
| Interest accrual | (6,667 | ) | - | |||||
| Deferred tax expense | 368,771 | - | ||||||
| Foreign exchange (gain) loss | 927,584 | (15,622 | ) | |||||
| Working capital items: | ||||||||
| Amounts receivable and prepaid expenses | (750,785 | ) | (279,783 | ) | ||||
| Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | (196,590 | ) | 887,234 | |||||
| Deposit payable | (1,649,459 | ) | - | |||||
| Net cash used in operating activities | (9,260,102 | ) | (1,540,561 | ) | ||||
| Investing activities | ||||||||
| Purchase of property, plant and equipment | (4,814,230 | ) | (4,025,000 | ) | ||||
| Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment | 1,995,000 | - | ||||||
| Net cash used in investing activities | (2,819,230 | ) | (4,025,000 | ) | ||||
| Financing activities | ||||||||
| Proceeds from private placement, net of costs | 8,287,555 | 21,351,878 | ||||||
| Proceeds from Pre-funded warrants | 1,056,314 | - | ||||||
| Repurchase of shares | - | (38,831 | ) | |||||
| Loans payable | 10,000,000 | 1,473,495 | ||||||
| Repayment of loans payable | - | (3,975,083 | ) | |||||
| Lease payments | - | (86,702 | ) | |||||
| Net cash provided by financing activities | 19,343,869 | 18,724,757 | ||||||
| Net change in cash | 7,264,537 | 13,159,196 | ||||||
| Cash, beginning of period | 915,715 | 31,250 | ||||||
| Cash, end of period | $ | 8,180,252 | $ | 13,190,446 | ||||
| Supplemental information | ||||||||
| Interest paid | $ | 84,375 | $ | 117,697 | ||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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| Digihost Technology Inc. |
| Condensed Interim Consolidated Statement of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity |
| (Expressed in United States Dollars) (Unaudited) |
| Number of shares (note 9) | Cumulative Digital currency | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Subordinate voting shares | Proportionate voting shares | Share capital | Contributed surplus | Translation Adjustment | revaluation reserve | Deficit | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance, December 31, 2020 | 13,357,838 | 3,333 | $ | 12,541,038 | $ | 1,267,551 | $ | 118,162 | $ | 1,982,501 | $ | (5,465,446 | ) | $ | 10,443,806 | |||||||||||||||||
| Private placements (note 9(b)(iii)(iv)(v)) | 4,883,814 | - | 22,581,656 | 748,525 | - | - | - | 23,330,181 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cost of issue - cash (note 9(b)(v)) | - | - | (1,978,303 | ) | - | - | - | - | (1,978,303 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cost of issue - broker warrants (note 9(b)(iv)(v)) | - | - | (1,227,581 | ) | 1,227,581 | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shares issued as payment for accounts payable (note 9(b)(ii)) | 66,667 | - | 305,055 | - | - | - | - | 305,055 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shares cancelled (note 9(b)(ii)) | (23,167 | ) | - | (21,750 | ) | - | - | - | (17,081 | ) | (38,831 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Share based compensation | - | - | - | 1,165,542 | - | - | - | 1,165,542 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Transaction with owners | 18,285,152 | 3,333 | 32,200,115 | 4,409,199 | 118,162 | 1,982,501 | (5,482,527 | ) | 33,227,450 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Foreign currency translation adjustment | - | - | - | - | 1,456 | - | - | 1,456 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Revaluation of digital currencies, net of tax | - | - | - | - | - | 5,836,561 | - | 5,836,561 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net loss for the period | - | - | - | - | - | - | 72,957 | 72,957 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total comprehensive loss for the period | - | - | - | - | 1,456 | 5,836,561 | 72,957 | 5,910,974 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance, March 31, 2021 | 18,285,152 | 3,333 | $ | 32,200,115 | $ | 4,409,199 | $ | 119,618 | $ | 7,819,062 | $ | (5,409,570 | ) | $ | 39,138,424 | |||||||||||||||||
| Balance, December 31, 2021 | 24,956,165 | 3,333 | $ | 54,863,819 | $ | 17,358,982 | $ | (266,730 | ) | $ | 3,706,624 | $ | (5,457,926 | ) | $ | 70,204,769 | ||||||||||||||||
| Private placements (note 9(b)(vi)) | 2,729,748 | - | 7,903,009 | 1,465,130 | - | - | - | 9,368,139 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cost of issue - cash (note 9(b)(vi)) | - | - | (1,080,584 | ) | - | - | - | - | (1,080,584 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cost of issue - broker warrants (note 9(b)(vi)) | - | - | (535,009 | ) | 535,009 | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Share based compensation | - | - | - | 764,390 | - | - | - | 764,390 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Transaction with owners | 27,685,913 | 3,333 | 61,151,235 | 20,123,511 | (266,730 | ) | 3,706,624 | (5,457,926 | ) | 79,256,714 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Foreign currency translation adjustment | - | - | - | - | 947,199 | - | - | 947,199 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Revaluation of digital currencies, net of tax | - | - | - | - | - | (620,761 | ) | - | (620,761 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income for the period | - | - | - | - | - | - | 59,498 | 59,498 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total comprehensive income for the period | - | - | - | - | 947,199 | (620,761 | ) | 59,498 | 385,936 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance, March 31, 2022 | 27,685,913 | 3,333 | $ | 61,151,235 | $ | 20,123,511 | $ | 680,469 | $ | 3,085,863 | $ | (5,398,428 | ) | $ | 79,642,650 | |||||||||||||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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| Digihost Technology Inc. |
| Notes to Condensed Interim Consolidated Financial Statements |
| Three Months Ended March 31, 2022 |
| (Expressed in United States Dollars) (Unaudited) |
1. Nature of operations
Digihost Technology Inc. (the “Company” or “Digihost”) was incorporated in British Columbia, Canada, on February 18, 2017 as Chortle Capital Corp and subsequently changed its name to HashChain Technology Inc. on September 18, 2017, and again to Digihost Technology Inc. on February 14, 2020. Digihost and its subsidiaries, Digihost International, Inc., and DGX Holding, LLC (together the “Company”) is a blockchain technology company with operations in cryptocurrency mining. The head office of the Company is located at 2830 Produce Row, Houston, TX, 77023.
These unaudited condensed interim consolidated financial statements of the Company were reviewed, approved and authorized for issue by the Board of Directors on May 16, 2022.
2. Significant accounting policies
(a) Statement of compliance
The Company applies IFRS as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”) and interpretations issued by the IFRS Interpretations Committee. These unaudited condensed interim consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with International Accounting Standard 34 - Interim Financial Reporting. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information required for full annual financial statements.
The policies applied in these unaudited condensed interim consolidated financial statements are based on IFRS issued and outstanding as of May 16, 2022, the date the Board of Directors approved the statements. The same accounting policies and methods of computation are followed in these unaudited condensed interim consolidated financial statements as compared with the most recent annual financial statements as at and for the year ended December 31, 2021. Any subsequent changes to IFRS that are given effect in the Company’s annual financial statements for the year ending December 31, 2022 could result in restatement of these unaudited condensed interim consolidated financial statements.
(b) Standards, amendments and interpretations to existing standards that are not yet effective and have not been adopted early by the Company.
At the date of authorization of these unaudited condensed interim consolidated financial statements, several new, but not yet effective, standards and amendments to existing standards, and interpretations have been published by the IASB. None of these standards or amendments to existing standards have been adopted early by the Company. Management anticipates that all relevant pronouncements will be adopted for the first period beginning on or after the effective date of the pronouncement. New standards, amendments and interpretations not adopted in the current year have not been disclosed as they are not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s unaudited condensed interim consolidated financial statements.
(c) Critical accounting judgements, estimates and assumptions
The preparation of these financial statements in conformity with IFRS requires management to make certain estimates, judgments and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and reported amounts of expenses during the reporting period. Actual outcomes could differ from these estimates. These financial statements include estimates that, by their nature, are uncertain. The impacts of such estimates are pervasive throughout the financial statements, and may require accounting adjustments based on future occurrences. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognized in the year in which the estimate is revised and future years if the revision affects both current and future years. These estimates are based on historical experience, current and future economic conditions and other factors, including expectations of future events that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances.
Significant assumptions about the future that management has made that could result in a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities, in the event that actual results differ from assumptions made are the same as the most recent annual financial statements as at and for the year ended December 31,2021.
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| Digihost Technology Inc. |
| Notes to Condensed Interim Consolidated Financial Statements |
| Three Months Ended March 31, 2022 |
| (Expressed in United States Dollars) (Unaudited) |
3. Digital currencies
The Company’s holdings of digital currencies consist of the following:
As at 2022 | As at 2021 | |||||||
| Bitcoin | $ | 36,252,328 | $ | 29,770,994 | ||||
| Ethereum | 3,284,560 | 3,720,992 | ||||||
| $ | 39,536,888 | $ | 33,491,986 | |||||
The continuity of digital currencies was as follows:
| Number of | Number of | Total | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bitcoin | Amount | Ethereum | Amount | Amount | ||||||||||||||||
| Balance, December 31, 2020 | 154 | $ | 4,508,042 | - | $ | - | $ | 4,508,042 | ||||||||||||
| Bitcoin mined(2) | 519 | 24,952,344 | - | - | 24,952,344 | |||||||||||||||
| Received from sale of property, plant and equipment | 24 | 1,347,977 | 63 | 204,318 | 1,552,295 | |||||||||||||||
| Received from private placement | 1 | 47,671 | - | - | 47,671 | |||||||||||||||
| Acquisition (disposal) of digital currencies | (66 | ) | (3,347,790 | ) | 974 | 3,347,034 | (756 | ) | ||||||||||||
| Acquisition of property,plant and equipment | - | - | (36 | ) | (163,942 | ) | (163,942 | ) | ||||||||||||
| Gain on sale of digital currencies | - | 235,067 | - | 55,881 | 290,948 | |||||||||||||||
| Revaluation adjustment(1) | - | 2,027,683 | - | 277,701 | 2,305,384 | |||||||||||||||
| Balance, December 31, 2021 | 632 | 29,770,994 | 1,001 | 3,720,992 | 33,491,986 | |||||||||||||||
| Bitcoin mined for Digihost(2) | 178 | 7,312,342 | - | - | 7,312,342 | |||||||||||||||
| Bitcoin mined for Northern Data(3) | 5 | 248,172 | - | - | 248,172 | |||||||||||||||
| Bitcoin remitted per Miner Lease Agreement(2) | (113 | ) | (4,494,972 | ) | - | - | (4,494,972 | ) | ||||||||||||
| Received from sale of property, plant and equipment | 9 | 345,658 | - | - | 345,658 | |||||||||||||||
| Acquisition of digital currencies | 100 | 3,932,000 | - | - | 3,932,000 | |||||||||||||||
| Digital currencies paid for services | (5 | ) | (196,298 | ) | - | - | (196,298 | ) | ||||||||||||
| Digital currencies traded for cash | (10 | ) | (403,200 | ) | - | - | (403,200 | ) | ||||||||||||
| Revaluation adjustment(1) | - | (262,368 | ) | - | (436,432 | ) | (698,800 | ) | ||||||||||||
| Balance, March 31, 2022 | 796 | $ | 36,252,328 | 1,001 | $ | 3,284,560 | $ | 39,536,888 | ||||||||||||
| Digital assets - current | 396 | $ | 18,040,146 | 1,001 | $ | 3,284,560 | $ | 21,324,706 | ||||||||||||
| Digital assets - collateral for loan (note8) | 400 | $ | 18,212,182 | - | $ | - | $ | 18,212,182 | ||||||||||||
| (1) | Digital assets held are revalued each reporting period based on the fair market value of the price of Bitcoin and Ethereum on the reporting date. As at March 31, 2022, the prices of Bitcoin and Ethereum were $45,539 (December 31, 2021 - $47,117) and $3,282 (December 31, 2021 - $3,718), respectively resulting in total revaluation loss of $698,800, net of taxes of $78,039 recorded to other comprehensive income. |
| (2) | During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company entered into a Miner Lease Agreement with Northern Data, NY LLC, pursuant to which the parties have agreed to split a portion of the mining rewards received and energy costs incurred for the miners put in service pursuant to that lease agreement. In connection with this agreement, as at March 31, 2022, the Company must remit 30 Bitcoin with a value of $1,370,674 which is presented in the current liabilities. |
| (3) | During the quarter ended March 31, 2022, the Company entered into a BTC rewards share arrangement with Northern Data, NY LLC, pursuant to which the parties have agreed to split a portion of the mining rewards received for the miners put in service pursuant to the arrangement. In connection with this agreement, as at March 31, 2022, the Company must remit 5.5 Bitcoin with a value of $248,173 which is presented in the current liabilities. |
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| Digihost Technology Inc. |
| Notes to Condensed Interim Consolidated Financial Statements |
| Three Months Ended March 31, 2022 |
| (Expressed in United States Dollars) (Unaudited) |
4. Amounts receivable and prepaid expenses
As at 2022 | As at 2021 | |||||||
| Prepaid insurance and deposits | $ | 808,072 | $ | 709,575 | ||||
| Receivable from Miner Lease Agreement | 1,751,017 | 911,200 | ||||||
| Other receivable | - | 187,529 | ||||||
| $ | 2,559,089 | $ | 1,808,304 | |||||
5. Property, plant and equipment
| Data | Equipment | Leasehold | Powerplant | Powerplant | ||||||||||||||||||||
| miners | and other | improvement | in progress | in use | Total | |||||||||||||||||||
| Cost | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance - December 31, 2020 | $ | 5,802,789 | $ | 2,760,000 | $ | 1,040,000 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 9,602,789 | ||||||||||||
| Additions | 26,845,831 | (1) | 603,324 | - | 7,148,920 | - | 34,598,075 | |||||||||||||||||
| Disposal | (990,517 | ) | - | - | - | - | (990,517 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
| Balance - December 31, 2021 | 31,658,103 | 3,363,324 | 1,040,000 | 7,148,920 | - | 43,210,347 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Additions | - | 1,993,619 | 39,542 | 2,781,069 | - | 4,814,230 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Disposal | (1,253,992 | ) | - | - | - | - | (1,253,992 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
| Transfer asset in use | - | - | - | (3,658,066 | ) | 3,658,066 | - | |||||||||||||||||
| Balance - March 31, 2022 | $ | 30,404,111 | $ | 5,356,943 | $ | 1,079,542 | $ | 6,271,923 | $ | 3,658,066 | $ | 46,770,585 | ||||||||||||
| Accumulated depreciation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance - December 31, 2020 | $ | 2,538,211 | $ | 479,888 | $ | 87,056 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 3,105,155 | ||||||||||||
| Depreciation | 2,272,602 | 577,000 | 104,000 | - | - | 2,953,602 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Disposal | (990,517 | ) | - | - | - | - | (990,517 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
| Balance - December 31, 2021 | 3,820,296 | 1,056,888 | 191,056 | - | - | 5,068,240 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Depreciation | 1,214,216 | 144,250 | 26,220 | - | 101,613 | 1,486,299 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Disposal | (1,253,992 | ) | - | - | - | - | (1,253,992 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
| Balance - March 31, 2022 | $ | 3,780,520 | $ | 1,201,138 | $ | 217,276 | $ | - | $ | 101,613 | $ | 5,300,547 | ||||||||||||
| Net carrying value | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| As at December 31, 2021 | $ | 27,837,807 | $ | 2,306,436 | $ | 848,944 | $ | 7,148,920 | $ | - | $ | 38,142,107 | ||||||||||||
| As at March 31, 2022 | $ | 26,623,591 | $ | 4,155,805 | $ | 862,266 | $ | 6,271,923 | $ | 3,556,453 | $ | 41,470,038 | ||||||||||||
| (1) | Included in this total are 10,000 high performance Bitcoin miners sourced from Northern Data AG per a definitive purchase agreement entered into on May 12, 2021. |
Pursuant to the terms of the purchase agreement, the Company has concurrently entered into a hosting agreement with Northern Data in connection with the miners, whereby Northern Data will provide services to the Company including the installation and hosting of the miners in proprietary pre-manufactured performance optimized mobile data centres to be located at Digihost’s company-owned facility.
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| Digihost Technology Inc. |
| Notes to Condensed Interim Consolidated Financial Statements |
| Three Months Ended March 31, 2022 |
| (Expressed in United States Dollars) (Unaudited) |
6. Goodwill
As at 2022 | As at 2021 | |||||||
| Balance, beginning of period | $ | 1,346,904 | $ | 1,342,281 | ||||
| RTO transaction | - | - | ||||||
| Foreign currency translation | 19,617 | 4,623 | ||||||
| Balance, end of period | $ | 1,366,521 | $ | 1,346,904 | ||||
7. Intangible asset
Intangible asset relates to the right of use of an electric power facility.
| As at | As at | |||||||
| March 31, | December 31, | |||||||
| 2022 | 2021 | |||||||
| Balance, beginning of period | $ | 1,443,260 | $ | 1,572,500 | ||||
| Amortization | (32,308 | ) | (129,240 | ) | ||||
| Balance, end of period | $ | 1,410,952 | $ | 1,443,260 | ||||
8. Loans payable
| As at | As at | |||||||
| March 31, | December 31, | |||||||
| 2022 | 2021 | |||||||
| Balance, beginning of the period | $ | - | $ | 2,543,083 | ||||
| New loans(1) | 10,000,000 | 1,432,000 | ||||||
| Repayment of loans | - | (3,975,083 | ) | |||||
| Balance, end of the period | $ | 10,000,000 | $ | - | ||||
| (1) | On March 2, 2022, the Company announced the closing of a $10,000,000 committed, collateralized revolving credit facility with Securitize, Inc. (the “Loan Facility”). The Loan Facility has a one-year committed term and an interest rate of 7.5% per annum and has been fully drawn by the Company. As at March 31, 2022, Securitize, Inc.held 400 Bitcoin valued at $18,212,182 as security against this loan. |
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| Digihost Technology Inc. |
| Notes to Condensed Interim Consolidated Financial Statements |
| Three Months Ended March 31, 2022 |
| (Expressed in United States Dollars) (Unaudited) |
9. Share capital
a) Authorized share capital
Unlimited subordinate voting shares without par value and conferring 1 vote per share.
Unlimited proportionate voting shares without par value, conferring 200 votes per share, convertible at the holder's option into subordinate voting shares on a basis of 200 subordinate voting shares for 1 proportionate voting shares.
b) Subordinate voting shares and proportionate voting shares issued
Period ended March 31, 2021
(i) On December 7, 2020, the Company announced that it has received approval to undertake, at the Company’s discretion, a normal course issuer bid program to purchase up to 667,894 of its subordinate voting shares for cancellation (the “Bid”). The Company received acceptance from the TSXV to commence the Bid on December 10, 2020. The Bid was terminated on December 10, 2021. As at March 31, 2022, the Company repurchased and cancelled 164,533 subordinate voting shares for a total repurchase price of $600,865.
(ii) On February 9, 2021, the Company issued 66,667 subordinate voting shares to settle a debt of $40,000 with two third-party creditors.
(iii) On January 8, 2021, the Company closed a non-brokered private placement for 116,625 subordinate voting shares for CAD$2.43 for gross proceeds of $220,551 (CAD$283,400).
(iv) On February 18, 2021, the Company closed a non-brokered private placement financing for 1,646,090 subordinate voting shares for CAD$2.43 for gross proceeds of $3,124,018 (CAD$4,000,000). In connection with the private placement, the Company will pay a commission of 49,383 shares to third party advisors.
(v) On March 16, 2021, the Company closed a non-brokered private placement financing for 3,121,099 units for CAD$8.01 per unit for gross proceeds of $19,985,611 (CAD$25 million). 3,121,099 subordinate voting shares of the Company and warrants to purchase 3,121,099 subordinate voting shares were issued. The warrants have an exercise price of CAD$9.42 per per subordinate voting share and exercise period of three years from the issuance date.
H.C. Wainwright & Co. acted as the exclusive placement agent and received cash commission and expenses totalling $1,978,303 and 249,688 non-transferable broker warrants. Each broker warrant entitles the holder to purchase one subordinate voting share at an exercise price of CAD$10.01 at any time for a period of three years from the issuance date. The 3,121,099 warrants and 249,688 broker warrants were assigned fair values of $748,525 and $1,124,704, respectively. The grant date fair value of $748,525 for the 3,121,099 warrants was determined using the residual method.
The grant date fair value of $1,124,704 for the 249,688 broker warrants was determined using the Black-Scholes pricing model and the following assumptions and inputs: share price of CAD$7.71; exercise price of CAD$10.01; expected dividend yield of 0%; expected volatility of 235% which is based on comparable companies; risk-free interest rate of 0.53%; and an expected average life of three years.
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| Digihost Technology Inc. |
| Notes to Condensed Interim Consolidated Financial Statements |
| Three Months Ended March 31, 2022 |
| (Expressed in United States Dollars) (Unaudited) |
9. Share capital (continued)
Period ended March 31, 2022
(vi) On March 9, 2022, the Company closed a private placement with a single institutional investor, for (a) 2,729,748 subordinate voting shares at a purchase price of CAD$4.40 per subordinate voting share and associated warrant, (b) 300,000 pre-funded warrants (Pre-funded Warrants) at an exercise price of $0.0001 per subordinate voting shares, at an offering price of CAD$4.3999 per Pre-Funded Warrant and associated warrant and (iii) 3,029,748 common share purchase warrants (the “Warrants”) for aggregate gross proceeds of $10,424,453 (CAD$13,330,861). The Warrants have an exercise price of CAD$6.25 per share and exercise period of three and one-half years from the issuance date. The Pre-Funded Warrants were assigned a fair value of $1,056,314 based on the cash received and are accounted for as financial liabilities at amortized cost.
In connection with the private placement, the investor has agreed to cancel existing warrants to purchase 1,248,440 common subordinate voting shares of the Company at an exercise price of CAD$9.42 per share issued in March 16, 2021 expiring on March 16, 2024 and the existing warrants to purchase 1,781,308 common subordinate voting shares of the Company at an exercise price of CAD$7.11 issued in April 9, 2021 expiring on April 9, 2025.
H.C. Wainwright & Co. acted as the exclusive placement agent and received cash commission and expenses totalling $1,080,584 and 242,380 non-transferable broker warrants. Each broker warrant entitles the holder to purchase one subordinate voting share at an exercise price of CAD$6.25 at any time for a period of three and one-half years from the issuance date. The 3,029,748 warrants and 242,380 broker warrants were assigned fair values of $1,465,130 and $535,009, respectively. The grant date fair value of $1,465,130 for the 3,029,748 warrants was determined using the residual method.
The grant date fair value of $535,009 for the 242,380 broker warrants was determined using the Black-Scholes pricing model and the following assumptions and inputs: share price of CAD$3.78; exercise price of CAD$6.25; expected dividend yield of 0%; expected volatility of 136% which is based on comparable companies; risk-free interest rate of 1.62%; and an expected average life of three and one-half years.
10. Warrants
| Number of Warrants | Weighted Average Exercise Price (CAD$) | |||||||
| Balance, December 31, 2020 | 36,858 | 5.25 | ||||||
| Issued (note 9(b)(v)) | 3,370,787 | 9.45 | ||||||
| Balance, March 31, 2021 | 3,407,645 | 5.25 | ||||||
| Balance, December 31, 2021 | 9,881,950 | 7.69 | ||||||
| Issued (note 9(b)(vi)) | 3,272,128 | 6.25 | ||||||
| Cancelled | (3,029,748 | ) | 8.06 | |||||
| Balance, March 31, 2022 | 10,124,330 | 7.12 | ||||||
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| Digihost Technology Inc. |
| Notes to Condensed Interim Consolidated Financial Statements |
| Three Months Ended March 31, 2022 |
| (Expressed in United States Dollars) (Unaudited) |
10. Warrants (continued)
The following table reflects the warrants issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2022:
| Number of Warrants Outstanding | Exercise Price (CAD$) | Weighted | Expiry Date | |||||||||
| 1,872,659 | 9.42 | 1.96 | March 16, 2024 | |||||||||
| 249,688 | 10.01 | 1.96 | March 16, 2024(1) | |||||||||
| 2,083,334 | 5.97 | 2.22 | June 18, 2024 | |||||||||
| 222,222 | 6.75 | 2.22 | June 18, 2024(1) | |||||||||
| 2,112,773 | 7.11 | 3.03 | April 9, 2025 | |||||||||
| 311,526 | 8.025 | 3.03 | April 9, 2025(1) | |||||||||
| 3,029,748 | 6.25 | 3.45 | September 9, 2025 | |||||||||
| 242,380 | 6.25 | 3.45 | September 9, 2025(1) | |||||||||
| 10,124,330 | 7.12 | 2.76 | ||||||||||
| (1) | Broker warrants. |
11. Stock options and restricted share units
(a) Stock options
The Company has a stock option plan whereby the maximum number of shares subject to the plan, in the aggregate, shall not exceed 10% of the Company's issued and outstanding shares. The exercise price shall be no less than the discount market price as determined in accordance with TSXV policies.
The following table reflects the continuity of stock options for the periods presented below:
| Number of Stock Options | Weighted Average Exercise Price (CAD$) | |||||||
| Balance, December 31, 2020 | 625,000 | 2.88 | ||||||
| Granted (i)(ii)(iii) | 1,133,497 | 5.94 | ||||||
| Balance, March 31, 2021 | 1,758,497 | 2.88 | ||||||
| Balance, December 31, 2021 and March 31, 2022 | 2,345,165 | 5.28 | ||||||
(i) On January 5, 2021, the Company granted stock options to directors, officers, employees and consultants of the Company to acquire an aggregate of 550,164 subordinate voting shares. Each stock option is exercisable into a subordinate voting share at a price of CAD$3.75 and expire on January 5, 2026. The stock options vest fully on the six- month anniversary of the date of grant.
A value of CAD$2.76 per option was estimated for the 550,164 stock options on the date of grant with the following assumptions and inputs: share price of CAD$3.03; exercise price of CAD$3.75; expected dividend yield of 0%; expected volatility of 155% which is based on comparable companies; risk-free interest rate of 0.39%; and an expected average life of five years.
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| Digihost Technology Inc. |
| Notes to Condensed Interim Consolidated Financial Statements |
| Three Months Ended March 31, 2022 |
| (Expressed in United States Dollars) (Unaudited) |
11. Stock options and restricted share units (continued)
(ii) On February 24, 2021, the Company granted stock options to consultants of the Company to acquire an aggregate of 50,000 subordinate voting shares. Each stock option is exercisable into a subordinate voting share at a price of CAD$13.92 and expire on February 24, 2026. The stock options vested immediately.
A value of CAD$12.78 per option was estimated for the 50,000 stock options on the date of grant with the following assumptions and inputs: share price of CAD$13.92; exercise price of CAD$13.92; expected dividend yield of 0%; expected volatility of 155% which is based on comparable companies; risk-free interest rate of 0.73%; and an expected average life of five years.
(iii) On March 26, 2021, the Company granted stock options to directors, officers, employees and consultants of the Company to acquire an aggregate of 533,333 subordinate voting shares. Each stock option is exercisable into a subordinate voting share at a price of CAD$7.47 and expire on March 25, 2026. The stock options vest fully on the six- month anniversary of the date of grant.
A value of CAD$6.87 per option was estimated for the 533,333 stock options on the date of grant with the following assumptions and inputs: share price of CAD$7.47; exercise price of CAD$7.47; expected dividend yield of 0%; expected volatility of 155% which is based on comparable companies; risk-free interest rate of 0.90%; and an expected average life of five years.
The underlying expected volatility of all option grants was determined by reference to historical data of comparable companies share price over the expected stock option life.
The following table reflects the stock options issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2022:
| Expiry Date | Exercise Price (CAD$) | Weighted
Average | Number
of | Number
of | Number
of | |||||||||||||||
| February 14, 2025 | 2.88 | 2.88 | 575,000 | 575,000 | - | |||||||||||||||
| January 5, 2026 | 3.75 | 3.77 | 525,164 | 525,164 | - | |||||||||||||||
| February 24, 2026 | 13.92 | 3.91 | 50,000 | 50,000 | - | |||||||||||||||
| March 25, 2026 | 7.47 | 3.99 | 525,000 | 525,000 | - | |||||||||||||||
| May 17, 2026 | 7.35 | 4.13 | 421,667 | 421,667 | - | |||||||||||||||
| June 22, 2026 | 4.20 | 4.23 | 248,334 | 248,334 | - | |||||||||||||||
| 5.28 | 3.72 | 2,345,165 | 2,345,165 | - | ||||||||||||||||
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| Digihost Technology Inc. |
| Notes to Condensed Interim Consolidated Financial Statements |
| Three Months Ended March 31, 2022 |
| (Expressed in United States Dollars) (Unaudited) |
11. Stock options and restricted share units (continued)
The Company has an RSU plan whereby the there is a fixed cap of shares that can be granted under the plan. The exercise price shall be no less than the discount market price as determined in accordance with TSXV policies.
(b) Restricted share units
The following table reflects the continuity of RSUs for the periods ended March 31, 2022 and 2021:
| Number of RSUs | ||||
| Balance, December 31, 2020 and March 31, 2021 | - | |||
| Balance, December 31, 2021 | - | |||
| Granted | 1,449,250 | |||
| Balance, March 31, 2022 | 1,449,250 | |||
During the three months ended March 31, 2022, the Company granted 1,449,250 RSUs to officers, directors, employees and advisors. These RSUs vest third on each of the first, second and third anniversaries of the date of grant. The grant date fair value of the RSUs was $5,725,262.
For the three months ended March 31, 2022, the Company recorded share based compensation expense for these RSU's of $764,390, (three months ended March 31, 2021 - $nil).
12. Income per share
| Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||||||
| 2022 | 2021 | |||||||
| Net income for the period | $ | 59,498 | $ | 72,957 | ||||
| Net income per share - basic | $ | 0.00 | $ | 0.00 | ||||
| Net income per share - diluted | $ | 0.00 | $ | 0.00 | ||||
| Weighted average number of shares outstanding - basic | 25,623,437 | 14,771,251 | ||||||
| Dilutive effect of stock options and warrants | 294,963 | 584,382 | ||||||
| Weighted average number of shares outstanding - diluted | 25,918,400 | 15,355,633 | ||||||
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| Digihost Technology Inc. |
| Notes to Condensed Interim Consolidated Financial Statements |
| Three Months Ended March 31, 2022 |
| (Expressed in United States Dollars) (Unaudited) |
13. Related party transactions
Parties are considered to be related if one party has the ability, directly or indirectly, to control the other party or exercise significant influence over the other party in making financial and operating decisions. Parties are also considered to be related if they are subject to common control. Related parties include key management personnel and may be individuals or corporate entities. A transaction is considered to be a related party transaction when there is a transfer of resources or obligations between related parties. Related party transactions are recorded at the exchange amount, being the amount agreed to between the related parties.
Key management personnel are those persons having authority and responsibility for planning, directing and controlling the activities of the Company, directly or indirectly. Key management personnel include the Company’s executive officers and members of the Board of Directors.
Remuneration of key management personnel of the Company was as follows:
| Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||||||
| 2022 | 2021 | |||||||
| Professional fees (1) | $ | 72,917 | $ | 10,248 | ||||
| Salaries (1) | 219,375 | - | ||||||
| Share based compensation(2) | 717,316 | 532,228 | ||||||
| $ | 1,009,608 | $ | 542,476 | |||||
| (1) | Represents the professional fees and salaries paid to officers and directors. |
| (2) | Represents the share based compensation for officers and directors. |
14. Additional information on the nature of comprehensive loss components
| Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||||||
| 2022 | 2021 | |||||||
| Expenses for employee benefits | ||||||||
| Operating and maintenance costs | $ | 119,259 | $ | 86,778 | ||||
| Professional fees | 72,917 | 10,248 | ||||||
| Share based compensation | 764,390 | 1,165,542 | ||||||
| $ | 956,566 | $ | 1,262,568 | |||||
| Net financial expenses | ||||||||
| Interest on loans | $ | 84,375 | $ | 96,134 | ||||
| Interest on lease liabilities | - | 59,178 | ||||||
| $ | 84,375 | $ | 155,312 | |||||
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| Digihost Technology Inc. |
| Notes to Condensed Interim Consolidated Financial Statements |
| Three Months Ended March 31, 2022 |
| (Expressed in United States Dollars) (Unaudited) |
15. Segmented reporting
The Company has one operating segment being cryptocurrency mining located in the United States. The operations of the Company are located in two geographic locations, Canada and the United States. Geographic segmentation is as follows:
| As at March 31, 2022 | Canada | United States | Total | |||||||||
| Current assets | $ | - | $ | 50,276,229 | $ | 50,276,229 | ||||||
| Non-current assets | 1,366,521 | 45,753,265 | 47,119,786 | |||||||||
| Total assets | $ | 1,366,521 | $ | 96,029,494 | $ | 97,396,015 | ||||||
| As at December 31, 2021 | Canada | United States | Total | |||||||||
| Current assets | $ | 179,396 | $ | 36,036,609 | $ | 36,216,005 | ||||||
| Non-current assets | 1,346,904 | 42,463,966 | 43,810,870 | |||||||||
| Total assets | $ | 1,526,300 | $ | 78,500,575 | $ | 80,026,875 | ||||||
16. Financial instruments and risk management
Fair value
The fair value of the Company’s financial instruments, including cash, amounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued liabilities, pre-funded warrants liability, amount owing for Miner Lease Agreement, loans payable, deposit payable approximates their carrying value due to their short-term nature. Promissory note receivable is due from an arm's length third party, the fair value of this note are measured using relevant market input (Level 3). Digital currencies are measured at fair value using the quoted price on Coinmarketcap (Level 2).
Risks
The Company is exposed to a variety of financial related risks.
Credit risk
Credit risk is the risk that one party to a financial instrument will fail to discharge an obligation and cause the other party to incur a financial loss. The Company’s primary exposure to credit risk is on its cash, amounts receivable, promissory note receivable and loan receivable. The cash is deposited in a bank account held with one major bank in the United States so there is a concentration of credit risk. This risk is managed by using a major bank that is a high credit quality financial institution as determined by rating agencies. The Company believes no impairment is necessary in respect of amounts receivable, promissory note receivable and loan receivable as balances are monitored on a regular basis with the result that exposure to bad debt is insignificant.
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| Digihost Technology Inc. |
| Notes to Condensed Interim Consolidated Financial Statements |
| Three Months Ended March 31, 2022 |
| (Expressed in United States Dollars) (Unaudited) |
16. Financial instruments and risk management (continued)
Liquidity risk
Liquidity risk is the risk that the Company will not be able to meet its financial obligations as they fall due. The Company manages liquidity risk by maintaining cash balances to ensure that it is able to meet its short term and long-term obligations as and when they fall due. The Company manages cash projections and regularly updates projections for changes in business and fluctuations cause in digital currency prices and exchange rates.
The following table summarizes the expected maturity of the Corporation’s significant financial liabilities based on the remaining period from the balance sheet date to the contractual maturity date:
| As at March 31, 2022 | Payments by period | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Less than 1 year | 1-3 years | 4-5 years | More than 5 years | Total | Carrying Value | |||||||||||||||||||
| Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | $ | 2,076,260 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 2,076,260 | $ | 2,076,260 | ||||||||||||
| Amount owing - Miner Lease Agreement | 1,370,674 | - | - | - | 1,370,674 | 1,370,674 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Deposit payable | - | 139,041 | - | - | 139,041 | 139,041 | ||||||||||||||||||
| $ | 3,446,934 | $ | 139,041 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 3,585,975 | $ | 3,585,975 | |||||||||||||
| As at December 31, 2021 | Payments by period | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Less than 1 year | 1-3 years | 4-5 years | More than 5 years | Total | Carrying Value | |||||||||||||||||||
| Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | $ | 2,272,850 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 2,272,850 | $ | 2,272,850 | ||||||||||||
| Amount owing - Miner Lease Agreement | 2,940,412 | - | - | - | 2,940,412 | 2,940,412 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Deposit payable | - | 1,788,500 | - | - | 1,788,500 | 1,788,500 | ||||||||||||||||||
| $ | 5,213,262 | $ | 1,788,500 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 7,001,762 | $ | 7,001,762 | |||||||||||||
Foreign currency risk
Currency risk relates to the risk that the fair values or future cash flows of the Company’s financial instruments will fluctuate because of changes in foreign exchange rates. Exchange rate fluctuations affect the costs that the Company incurs in its operations.
The Company’s functional and presentation currency is the US dollar. As the Company operates in an international environment, some of the Company’s financial instruments and transactions are denominated in currencies other than an entity’s functional currency. The fluctuation of the Canadian dollar in relation to the US dollar will consequently impact the profitability of the Company and may also affect the value of the Company’s assets and liabilities and the amount of shareholders’ equity. As at March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the foreign currency risk was considered minimal.
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| Digihost Technology Inc. |
| Notes to Condensed Interim Consolidated Financial Statements |
| Three Months Ended March 31, 2022 |
| (Expressed in United States Dollars) (Unaudited) |
16. Financial instruments and risk management (continued)
Digital currency risk
Digital currency prices are affected by various forces including global supply and demand, interest rates, exchange rates, inflation or deflation and the global political and economic conditions. The profitability of the Company is directly related to the current and future market price of digital currencies; in addition, the Company may not be able liquidate its holdings of digital currencies at its desired price if required. A decline in the market prices for digital currencies could negatively impact the Company’s future operations. The Company has not hedged the conversion of any of its sales of digital currencies.
Digital currencies have a limited history and the fair value historically has been very volatile. Historical performance of digital currencies is not indicative of their future price performance. The Company’s digital currencies currently consist of Bitcoin and Ethereum.
At March 31, 2022, had the market price of the Company’s holdings of Bitcoin and Ethereum increased or decreased by 10% with all other variables held constant, the corresponding asset value increase or decrease respectively would amount to $3,953,689 (December 31, 2021 - $3,055,157).
17. Capital management
The Company manages its capital to maintain its ability to continue as a going concern and to provide returns to shareholders and benefits to other stakeholders. The capital structure of the Company consists of equity comprised of issued share capital, reserves and loans payable. The Company manages its capital structure and makes adjustments to it in light of economic conditions. The Company, upon approval from its Board of Directors, will balance its overall capital structure through new share issuances or by undertaking other activities as deemed appropriate under the specific circumstances. The Company is not subject to externally imposed capital requirements and the Company’s overall strategy with respect to capital risk management remains unchanged from the period ended March 31, 2022.
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Exhibit 99.2
DIGIHOST TECHNOLOGY INC.
MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2022
DIGIHOST TECHNOLOGY INC.
Management’s Discussion & Analysis
For the three months ended March 31, 2022
Introduction
The following management’s discussion & analysis (“MD&A”) of the financial condition and results of the operations of Digihost Technology Inc. (the “Company” or “Digihost”) constitutes management’s review of the factors that affected the Company’s financial and operating performance for the three months period ended March 31, 2022. This MD&A was written to comply with the requirements of National Instrument 51-102 – Continuous Disclosure Obligations. This MD&A should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, together with the notes thereto. Results are reported in United States dollars, unless otherwise noted. The Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements and the financial information contained in this MD&A, unless otherwise indicated, are prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”) and interpretations of the IFRS Interpretations Committee. Information contained herein is presented as of May 16, 2022, unless otherwise indicated all financial information is expressed in United States dollars, unless otherwise stated.
The effective date of this MD&A is May 16, 2022.
For the purposes of preparing this MD&A, management, in conjunction with the Board of Directors (the “Board”), considers the materiality of information. Information is considered material if: (i) such information results in, or would reasonably be expected to result in, a significant change in the market price or value of Company’s common shares; (ii) there is a substantial likelihood that a reasonable investor would consider it important in making an investment decision; or (iii) it would significantly alter the total mix of information available to investors. Management, in conjunction with the Board, evaluates materiality with reference to all relevant circumstances, including potential market sensitivity.
Information about the Company and its operations can be obtained from the offices of the Company or on the System for Electronic Documents Analysis and Retrieval (“SEDAR”) and is available for review under the Company’s profile on the SEDAR website (www.sedar.com).
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DIGIHOST TECHNOLOGY INC.
Management’s Discussion & Analysis
For the three months ended March 31, 2022
Description of Business
Digihost and its US operating subsidiaries (together “Digihost” or the “Company”) is a blockchain technology company currently focussed on Bitcoin mining. The Company’s growth-oriented strategy is to continuously exploit opportunities that increase mining hash rate, reduce energy costs through favourable contracts and vertical integration, and increase the Company’s inventory of coins mined and held. The Company’s operating facility is located in Buffalo, New York, with over 70,000 square feet of usable space and a 115,000 KVA outdoor substation under lease. The Company focuses on validation through mining, hosting solutions and blockchain software solutions.
Digihost utilizes low-cost power and infrastructure in upstate New York and currently operates approximately 12,000 miners. The Company has the capacity of adding an additional 25MW to its existing facility that could be developed in 2023. Digihost is currently focused on procuring power from renewable energy sources and those that create zero carbon emissions.
Additionally, the Company is currently awaiting receipt of Public Service Commission approval to close the previously announced acquisition (March 24, 2021) of a 60MW independent power project in upstate New York. To date, the Company has received all required permits from the city of North Tonawanda, New York.
The head office of the Company is located at 2830 Produce Row, Houston, TX 77023.
Mining operation and network overview
Revenue from the Company’s Bitcoin mining operation is recorded based upon the Bitcoin price in effect at the time Bitcoins are mined and received by the Company. Bitcoins are received within in a 24-hour period from the actual time they are mined. The Bitcoin price is volatile and can change markedly from day to day. This volatility in price can result in material changes in revenue recorded from period to period.
Network mining difficulty is one of the most significant competitive conditions the Company faces in its Bitcoin mining operation. Network difficulty is a unitless measure of how difficult it is to find a hash below a given target. Network difficulty is impacted directly by the price of Bitcoin. As the price of Bitcoin increases network mining difficulty may increase if more competitors begin to mine for Bitcoin, which would result in a decrease in the number of Bitcoins mined by the Company based upon its existing computing power.
The Bitcoin network protocol automatically adjusts network difficulty by changing the target every 2,016 blocks hashed based on the time it took for the total computing power used in bitcoin mining to solve the previous 2,016 blocks such that the average time to solve each block is maintained as close to ten minutes as possible. Price and network difficulty are positively correlated such that as the price of Bitcoin rises, there is an added incentive for miners to enter the market, and such increase in miners typically has a proportional increase in network difficulty. In order to expand the Company’s operations and increase profitability the Company requires a significant capital investment to fund the acquisition of both additional power generating capacity and Bitcoin miners as well as the infrastructure and set-up costs necessary to support these new miners.
With respect to the conversion of the Company’s Bitcoin to cash, the Company relies on a third-party service provider to broker sales of its mined Bitcoin. As of the date of this MD&A, the Company has begun to monetize a portion of BTC mined to fund the Company’s operating costs and SG&A expenses, thereby removing the need to access equity markets in order to fund these costs. Digihost is also pursuing opportunities to leverage its existing asset base to finance future infrastructure and equipment expansion through debt financing to avoid unnecessary dilution to its shareholders.
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DIGIHOST TECHNOLOGY INC.
Management’s Discussion & Analysis
For the three months ended March 31, 2022
Highlights
Financings
| ● | On March 6, 2022, the Company announced it had entered into a private placement with a single institutional investor, for gross proceeds of approximately CAD$13.3 million, comprised of 3,029,748 subordinate voting shares of the Company (or subordinate voting share equivalents) and warrants to purchase up to 3,029,748 subordinate voting shares, at a purchase price of CAD$4.40 per subordinate voting share and associated warrant. The Warrants have an exercise price of CAD$6.25 per Share and exercise period of three and one-half years from the issuance date. |
H.C. Wainwright & Co. acted as the exclusive placement agent and received cash commission and expenses totaling $1,066,471 and 242,380 non-transferable broker warrants. Each broker warrant entitles the holder to purchase one subordinate voting share at an exercise price of CAD$6.25 at any time for a period of three years from the issuance date.
In connection with the private placement, the investor has agreed to cancel existing warrants to purchase up to 1,248,440 common subordinate voting shares of the Company at an exercise price of CAD$9.42 per share issued in March 2021 expiring on March 18, 2024, and the existing warrants to purchase up to 1,781,308 common subordinate voting shares of the Company at an exercise price of CAD$7.11 issued in April 2021 expiring on April 9, 2025. H.C. Wainwright & Co. is acting as the exclusive placement agent for the private placement.
Acquisitions and Joint Ventures
| ● | On May 14, 2021, the Company announced that it had signed a definitive purchase agreement to acquire approximately 9,900 high-performance Bitcoin miners. The Miners have been sourced from Northern Data AG, a leading infrastructure supplier for BTC mining and other high-performance computing infrastructure solutions. |
Pursuant to the terms of the purchase agreement, the Company has concurrently entered into a hosting agreement with Northern Data in connection with the miners, whereby Northern Data will provide services to the Company including the installation and hosting of the miners in proprietary pre-manufactured performance optimized mobile data centers to be located at Digihost’s company-owned facility. Miners associated with this agreement began arriving at the Company’s premises for setup in October 2021, with the order received in full during the first quarter of 2022.
During the quarter ended March 31, 2022, the Company entered into a BTC rewards share arrangement with Northern Data, NY LLC, pursuant to which the parties have agreed to split a portion of the mining rewards received for the miners put in service pursuant to the arrangement.
Mining Operations
Bitcoin
As of March 31, 2022, the Company held a total of 796.08 bitcoins with an approximate inventory value of $36.3M based on the BTC price as of that date. For the three-month period ended March 31, 2022, Digihost mined a total of 186.53 bitcoins as compared to 105.26 for the three-month period ended March 31, 2021.
The market value of the miners in the Company’s inventory as of this MD&A is approximately $50M.
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DIGIHOST TECHNOLOGY INC.
Management’s Discussion & Analysis
For the three months ended March 31, 2022
Ethereum
During 2021, the Company elected to differentiate its cryptocurrency holdings by converting a portion of its BTC holdings into Ethereum (ETH). As of March 31, 2022, the Company held a total of 1,000.89 ETH with an approximate inventory value of $3.3M based upon the ETH price on March 31, 2022.
Updates and Expansion
During April 2022, Digihost successfully completed electrical testing phases at the Company’s infrastructure buildout in North Tonawanda. The Company demonstrated the ability to sustain aggregate operating levels at approximately 1 EH/s while meeting all internal assessment qualifications. The testing was completed in an efficient manner by temporarily accessing power from the local electrical power grid.
As previously disclosed, the Company awaits approval from the New York Public Service Commission to complete the acquisition of this 60 MW power plant in North Tonawanda. The Company’s hashing power will remain at approximately 450 PH/s until the acquisition is finalized, and in the interim, has submitted a request to the utility provider for a permanent allocation of power at the North Tonawanda location.
The Company is currently in negotiations regarding the potential acquisition of 25 acres of land in North Carolina in order to access a 200MW power infrastructure program that would be expected to be completed and ready for operation by the end of Q3 2023.
Green Initiative
Currently, 90% of the energy consumed by Digihost’s operation is from sources that create zero-carbon emissions, with more than 50% of the energy consumed being generated from renewable sources. As Digihost intends to purchase and bring online its own power generation facilities, the Company will focus on powering these facilities using “bridge” power sources for low-carbon or renewable sources of energy where available.
The following table provides a breakdown of the sources of energy consumed by Digihost in its BTC mining operations in 2020:
| SOURCE OF ENERGY * | % | |||
| Hydro | 42.68 | |||
| Nuclear | 41.19 | |||
| Wind | 6.45 | |||
| Hydro pumped storage | 0.56 | |||
| Other renewables | 1.15 | |||
| Gas | 7.00 | |||
| Duel fuel | 0.72 | |||
| Coal | 0.23 | |||
| Oil | 0.02 | |||
| * | SOURCE OF ENERGY information obtained from NYISO: Zone A -E |
Current Carbon-Neutrality Efforts & Initiatives include:
| ● | 100% Carbon Neutral: Digihost plans for 100% of its operations to achieve carbon neutrality with a net-zero footprint by the end of 2025, and 100% renewable by 2030. |
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DIGIHOST TECHNOLOGY INC.
Management’s Discussion & Analysis
For the three months ended March 31, 2022
| ● | Digigreen Initiative: A Digihost initiative focused on immediate steps to create sustainable, environmentally, and economically sound in-house practices, distinguishing the Company as an industry leader in lowering/eliminating its carbon footprint while maintaining profitability. |
| ● | Crypto Climate Accord: Digihost has joined a private sector-led initiative for the entire crypto community focused on decarbonizing the cryptocurrency industry in record time. |
| ● | Proof of Green: Digihost has begun initial research into developing proprietary standards for measuring the Company’s carbon impact. Using these standards as an environmental audit tool for the various operations, we will be able to generate accountability reports and to advise Directors and Shareholders on efforts to minimize the Company’s the carbon footprint. |
At-the-Market Offering
On March 4, 2022, the Company announced that it had entered into an at-the-market offering agreement (the “ATM Agreement”) with H.C. Wainwright & Co. (the “Agent”). Pursuant to the ATM Agreement, the Company and the Agent will implement an “at-the-market” equity offering program (the “ATM Equity Program”), under which the Agent may issue and sell from time to time such number of subordinate voting shares of the Company having an aggregate offering price of up to US$250 million. A cash commission of 3.0% on the aggregate gross proceeds raised under the ATM Equity Program will be paid to the Agent in connection with its services. The Company intends to use the net proceeds of the ATM Equity Program, if any, to support the growth and development of the Company’s existing mining operations as well as for working capital and general corporate purposes and to repay outstanding indebtedness from time to time. The ATM can be terminated with notice by either party, though the Agent has an 18 month right of first refusal from the date of the agreement (even in the event of agreement termination).
From the commencement of the ATM Program through to the date hereof, the Company has not issued any securities pursuant to the ATM Program.
Dividend Policy
On April 4, 2022, the Company announced that its Board of Directors has approved a new dividend policy pursuant to which the Company expects to declare a future dividend payable in either BTC or cash at the option of each shareholder. Future levels of dividends will be established by the Board based upon market conditions at the time. It is expected that the first dividend will be 10% of net income to be paid to shareholders of record during Q3 of 2022 based upon the Company’s net income for the six months ended June 30, 2022. Further announcements will be made on the declaration and payment of a dividend.
Revolving Credit Facility
On March 2, 2022, the Company announced the closing of a $10,000,000 committed, collateralized revolving credit facility with Securitize, Inc. (the “Loan Facility”) The Loan Facility provides Digihost with significant, non-dilutive, liquidity options to assist in the financing of its aggressive growth strategy. The Loan Facility has a one-year committed term and an interest rate of 7.5% per annum and has been fully drawn by the Company.
Proceeds from the Loan Facility, collateralized by the Company’s growing Bitcoin inventory, will be used to fund both operating and capital costs thereby giving Digihost the ability to continue to add to its Bitcoin inventory, a key component of the Company’s value creation strategy. The Loan Facility, combined with alternative equity issuing options available to the Company, will allow Digihost to continue to optimize the design of its capital structure, improve profitability, and add working capital flexibility.
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DIGIHOST TECHNOLOGY INC.
Management’s Discussion & Analysis
For the three months ended March 31, 2022
As at March 31, 2022, Securitize, Inc., held 400 Bitcoin valued at $18,212,183 as security against this loan. As of the date of this MD&A, the Company has repaid approximately $2,000,000 of this facility.
Custodial services for digital currencies
The Company currently has a digital custody account with Gemini Trust Company, LLC (Gemini). Gemini is a digital currency exchange and custodian that allows customers to buy, sell, and store its digital assets. Gemini is not a related party of the Company. As of the date of this MD&A, Gemini is only responsible for safeguarding the cryptocurrency assets as of the Company, however Gemini has the infrastructure to process cryptocurrency asset payments and the Company may use Gemini to sell digital currencies should the Company elect to do so. The Company is not aware of anything with regards to Gemini’s operations that would adversely affect the Company’s ability to obtain an unqualified audit opinion on its audited financial statements.
The Company has chosen to hold the majority of the Company’s cryptocurrency assets with Gemini due to its track record in the industry. Gemini is a New York trust company regulated by the New York State Department of Financial Services and is the foreign equivalent of a Canadian financial institution (as that term is defined in National Instrument 45-106 – Prospectus Exemption). Gemini is a qualified custodian under New York Banking Law and is licensed by the State of New York to custody digital assets. Gemini has not appointed a sub-custodian to hold any of the Company’s cryptocurrencies. Gemini has US$200 million in cold storage insurance coverage backing its digital asset custody, one of the highest levels of regulatory certifications in the market and US$90 million in hot storage insurance. The Company has utilized both cold and hot storage for its digital crypto assets with Gemini, however, currently holds all its cryptocurrencies custodied with Gemini in hot storage
The Company has conducted due diligence on Gemini and has not identified any material concerns. It routinely reviews and verifies its asset balances on public blockchain explorers. Management of the Company is not aware of any security breaches or other similar incidents involving Gemini which resulted in lost or stolen cryptocurrency assets. In the event of an insolvency or bankruptcy of Gemini, the Company would write off as losses any unrecoverable cryptocurrency assets.
In order to monitor Gemini, the Company relies on system and organization controls provided by a SOC 2 Type II report, which was undertaken by Deloitte & Touche LLP, an independent audit firm. SOC 2 Type II certification and report are viewed as instrumental in providing verification to third parties that appropriate controls have been put in place to safeguard the Company’s cryptocurrency assets, specifically as it relates to having strict security and data protection processes and protocols.
In general, a SOC 2 Type II certification is issued by an outside auditor and evaluates the extent to which a vendor complies with five trust principles based on the systems and processes in place. These five principles include the following:
| ● | “Security”, which addresses the safeguarding of system resources and assets against unauthorized access; |
| ● | “Availability”, which addresses the accessibility of the system as stipulated by the applicable service agreement between vendor and customer; |
| ● | “Processing Integrity”, which addresses whether or not a system achieves its purpose; |
| ● | “Confidentiality”, which addresses whether access and disclosure of data is restricted to a specified set of persons or organizations; and |
| ● | “Privacy”, which addresses the system’s collection, use, retention, disclosure and disposal of personal information in conformity with an organization’s privacy notice. |
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DIGIHOST TECHNOLOGY INC.
Management’s Discussion & Analysis
For the three months ended March 31, 2022
The Company has elected to use Gemini as its sole custodian as Gemini compiles documented controls that can be provided to the Company, such as the SOC 2 Type II certification. The Company reviews the SOC 2 Type II report to ensure it maintains a secure technology infrastructure and the security systems designed to safeguard cryptocurrency assets are operating effectively. To date, the Company has not identified any material concerns based on its review of the SOC 2 Type II report.
The Company holds the remaining 20% of its digital currencies in cold storage solutions which are not connected to the internet. The Company’s digital assets that are held in cold storage are stored in safety deposit boxes at US Bank, at a branch which is located in the State of California. The wallets on which the Company stores its cryptocurrency assets are not multi-signature wallets, however, the Company secures the 24-word seed phrase, which facilitates recovery of the wallets should the wallets become lost, stolen or damaged, by partitioning the seed phrase in two parts, and securing each part in a separate location. Each part of the seed phrase is stored in either a safe or safety deposit box located in California, and at least two of the Company’s executives have access to such safe or safety deposit box. The Company replicates this security protocol by taking the same 24-word seed phrase, partitioning this into several parts and storing each part in a secure location in a separate safe or safety deposit box in California than was used for the first copy of the seed-phrase. This duplication ensures that the digital currencies held via cold storage solutions will be recoverable by the Company, should the Company’s cold-wallets become lost, stolen or damaged. The Company’s current strategy is to hold its cryptocurrencies, and therefore as of the date hereof, very infrequently monetizes its digital currencies into fiat currency.
Gemini maintains insurance coverage for the cryptocurrency held on behalf of the Company in its online hot wallet. The Company is in the process of looking to insure the remainder of its mined digital currency. Given the novelty of digital currency mining and associated businesses, insurance of this nature is generally not available, or is uneconomical for the Company to obtain, which leads to the risk of inadequate insurance cover.
EBITDA – NON-GAAP MEASURE
“EBITDA” is a metric used by management which is income (loss) from operations, as reported, before interest, tax, and adjusted for removing other non-cash items, including, depreciation, and further adjusted to remove acquisition related costs. Management believes “EBITDA” is a useful financial metric to assess its operating performance on a cash basis before the impact of non-cash items and acquisition related activities.
| Three months ended | ||||||||
| 2022 | 2021 | |||||||
| $ | $ | |||||||
| Income before other items | 59,498 | 72,957 | ||||||
| Taxes and Interest | 453,146 | 155,312 | ||||||
| Depreciation | 1,531,598 | 1,109,796 | ||||||
| EBITDA | 2,044,242 | 1,338,065 | ||||||
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DIGIHOST TECHNOLOGY INC.
Management’s Discussion & Analysis
For the three months ended March 31, 2022
Selected Financial Information
| Period
ended March 31, 2022 ($) | Year
ended December 31, 2021 ($) | Year
ended December 31, 2020 ($) | ||||||||||
| Revenue | 7,312,342 | 24,952,344 | 3,553,362 | |||||||||
| Net income (loss) | 59,498 | 289,345 | (5,190,713 | ) | ||||||||
| Net income (loss) per share – basic and diluted | 0.00 | 0.01 | (0.15 | ) | ||||||||
| Period
ended March 31, 2022 ($) | Year
ended December 31, 2021 ($) | As
at December 31, 2020 ($) | ||||||||||
| Total assets | 97,396,015 | 80,026,875 | 16,519,601 | |||||||||
| Total long-term liabilities | 2,944,516 | 4,303,243 | 3,003,037 | |||||||||
Selected Quarterly Information
A summary of selected information for each of the eight most recent quarters prepared in accordance with IFRS is as follows:
| Net Income or (Loss) | ||||||||||||||||
| Three Months Ended | Revenues ($) | Total ($) | Per Share
– Basic ($) | Per Share
– Diluted ($) | ||||||||||||
| 2022-March 31 | 7,312,342 | 59,498 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||||||||||
| 2021-December 31 | 9,586,962 | 1,266,031 | 0.01 | 0.01 | ||||||||||||
| 2021-September 30 | 5,485,754 | (771,154 | ) | (0.02 | ) | (0.02 | ) | |||||||||
| 2021-June 30 | 5,112,553 | (278,849 | ) | (0.00 | ) | (0.00 | ) | |||||||||
| 2021-March 31 | 4,767,075 | 72,957 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||||||||||
| 2020-December 31 | 1,187,362 | (959,580 | ) | (0.02 | ) | (0.02 | ) | |||||||||
| 2020-September 30 | 437,813 | (2,171,782 | ) | (0.05 | ) | (0.05 | ) | |||||||||
| 2020-June 30 | 1,089,877 | (1,293,527 | ) | (0.03 | ) | (0.03 | ) | |||||||||
The Company is generally not subject to seasonality. Factors that may impact revenues and profitability include Bitcoin price, network difficulty, foreign currency fluctuations and the Company’s hashrate.
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DIGIHOST TECHNOLOGY INC.
Management’s Discussion & Analysis
For the three months ended March 31, 2022
Results of Operations
For the three months ended March 31, 2022, compared to the three months ended March 31, 2021:
For the three months ended March 31, 2022, the Company’s net income was $59,498 compared to $72,957 for the three months ended March 31, 2021. Highlights of the quarter include:
Revenue
Revenue from Bitcoin mining was $7,312,342 for the period ended March 31, 2022, compared to $4,767,075 for the period ended March 31, 2021.
During the three-month period ended March 31, 2022, the Company mined 186.83 Bitcoins at an average Bitcoin price of US$41,317 (from CoinMarketCap) compared to the period ended March 31, 2021, where the Company mined 105.26 Bitcoins at an average price of Bitcoin of US$45,300 (from CoinMarketCap).
The most significant factors impacting the increase in the Company’s revenues in Q1 2022 versus Q1 2022 were the growth of the organization’s mining operation (hashrate went from approximately 200 PH as of March 31, 2021, to approximately 1 EH/s as of March 31, 2022) and the commencement of revenues associated with the Miner Lease Agreement with Northern Data, which offset the decrease in average Bitcoin price mentioned above.
Cost of Sales
The Company’s cost of sales was $6,731,050 for the three-month period ended March 31, 2022, compared to $2,658,940 for the period ended March 31, 2021.
The overall increase in cost of sales was due to the increase in energy and infrastructure expenses along with a slight increase in depreciation and amortization expense. Energy and infrastructure expenses increased by $3,056,125 year over year due to the recognition of expense per the Company’s Miner Lease Agreement with Northern Data. This agreement along with the Company adding new miners significantly increased its hashrate from approximately 200 Petahash as of March 31, 2021 to approximately 1 EH/s as of March 31, 2022. Depreciation and amortization expense increased by $400k in Q1 2022 as compared to Q1 2021 as a portion of the Company’s new miners and electrical infrastructure were placed into service at the end of Q1 of 2022.
General, Administrative & Other Expenses
The Company’s general, administrative, and other expenses were $68,648 for the three-month period ended March 31, 2022, compared to $1,879,866 for the period ended March 31, 2021.
The variance from Q1 2021 is due to the sale of old bitcoin miners for $2,340,658 during Q1 2022 which offset the increase in professional, legal, consulting, and regulatory fees incurred in the first quarter of 2022 versus those incurred in the prior year.
Cash flows
Operating Activities
Cash used in operating activities for the period ended March 31, 2022, was $9,260,102 as compared to $1,540,561 for the period ended March 31, 2021. The decrease in net cash flows from operating activities was primarily driven by the ramp in the Company’s mining operation coupled with its policy of retaining the majority of its Bitcoin, which led to 796 coins held at the end of the period rather than being converted into fiat currency (260 held as of March 31, 2021). Additionally, the year over year increase in cash used was due to the purchase of 100 Bitcoins for $3,932,000.
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DIGIHOST TECHNOLOGY INC.
Management’s Discussion & Analysis
For the three months ended March 31, 2022
Investing Activities
Cash used in investing activities for the reporting period ended March 31, 2022, was $2,819,230 as compared to $4,025,000 for the period ended March 31, 2021. The year over year decrease in cash used was due to proceeds from the sale of old miners of $1,995,000 partially offsetting the purchase of equipment of $4,814,230.
Financing Activities
Cash provided by financing activities for the reporting period ended March 31, 2022, was $19,343,869 as compared to $18,724,757 for the period ended March 31, 2021. The Company received proceeds from a private placement of $8,287,555, received proceeds from pre-funded warrants of $2,647,669, and received net funds from loans of $10,000,000.
Liquidity and Financial Position
As of March 31, 2022, the Company had working capital of $35,467,380, with digital currencies of $39,536,888. The Company commenced earning revenue from digital currency mining in mid-February 2020, however it has limited history and no assurance that historical performance will be indicative of future performance.
The Company’s strong working capital position is primarily due to the funds raised from private placements during 2021 and 2022, and the accumulation of 796 Bitcoin with a fair value approximating $36.3 million as of March 31, 2022. Proceeds from placements are primarily used by the Company to acquire property, plant and equipment and make deposits to secure orders of Mining hardware and electrical distribution equipment and to repay loans payable from 2020.
The Company’s ability to continue as a going concern is dependent on the Company’s ability to efficiently mine and liquidate digital currencies, manage operational expenses, and raise additional funds through debt or equity financing.
Capital Resources
The Company’s capital management objective is to provide the financial resources that will enable Digihost to maximize the return to its shareholders while also enhancing its cost of capital. In order to achieve this goal, the Company monitors its capital structure and adjusts as required in response to an ever-changing economic environment and the various risks to which the Company is exposed. The Company’s approach for attaining this objective is to preserve a flexible capital structure that optimizes the cost of capital at a satisfactory level of risk, to maintain its ability to meet financial obligations as they come due, and to ensure the Company has appropriate financial resources to fund its organic and acquisitive growth.
The Company anticipates that its existing financial resources will be sufficient to put into operation all previously announced acquisitions of Mining hardware with deliveries scheduled in the first half of 2022. In order to achieve its future business objectives, the Company may need to liquidate or borrow against the Bitcoin that have been accumulated as of the date hereof as well as Bitcoin generated from ongoing operations, which may or may not be possible on commercially attractive terms. The Company presently anticipates that additional financing will be required to acquire additional power generation facilities in the future in order to meet the Company’s objective of obtaining access to an additional 100MW of power by the end of 2022. The Company also anticipates that additional financing will be required to purchase the miners required to utilize its maximum capacity.
Digihost may manage its capital structure by issuing equity, seeking financing through loan products, adjusting capital spending, or disposing of assets.
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DIGIHOST TECHNOLOGY INC.
Management’s Discussion & Analysis
For the three months ended March 31, 2022
Notes Receivable and Related Party Transactions
Promissory Notes Receivable
In December 2021, the Company entered into an agreement for a Secured Convertible Promissory Note (“Note”) with principal of $800,000. The Note accrues interest at a rate of 6% per annum, with interest payments every calendar quarter commencing March 31, 2022. The Note is convertible at the Company’s option into Series C Preferred Stock of the issuer. If the Note is not converted into shares by the Company, all unpaid and accrued interest are due on Maturity Date of December 21, 2026. The Notes are secured by the assets of the issuer. As at March 31, 2022, the Company recorded and interest accrual of $6,667.
Related Party Transactions
Parties are considered to be related if one party has the ability, directly or indirectly, to control the other party or exercise significant influence over the other party in making financial and operating decisions. Parties are also considered to be related if they are subject to common control. Related parties include key management personnel and may be individuals or corporate entities. A transaction is considered to be a related party transaction when there is a transfer of resources or obligations between related parties. Related party transactions are recorded at the exchange amount, being the amount agreed to between the related parties.
Key management personnel are those persons having authority and responsibility for planning, directing, and controlling the activities of the Company, directly or indirectly. Key management personnel include the Company’s executive officers and members of the Board of Directors.
Remuneration of key management personnel of the Company was as follows:
| Period
ended March 31, 2022 | Period
ended March 31, 2021 | |||||||
| Professional fees (1) | 72,917 | 10,248 | ||||||
| Salaries (1) | 219,375 | - | ||||||
| Share based compensation (2) | 717,316 | 532,228 | ||||||
| Total | $ | 1,009,608 | $ | 542,476 | ||||
| (1) | Represents the professional fees and salaries paid to officers and directors. |
| (2) | Represents the share-based compensation for officers and directors. |
Share Capital
On October 26, 2021, the Company announced it would effect the consolidation of its outstanding subordinate voting shares and proportionate voting shares of the Company on the basis of three (3) pre-consolidation shares for every one (1) post-consolidation share in order to facilitate a listing of its subordinate voting shares on the Nasdaq. The subordinate voting share began trading on the TSX Venture Exchange (“TSXV”) on a consolidated basis and with a new CUSIP number on October 28, 2021. As a result of the Consolidation, the outstanding subordinate voting shares of the Company were reduced to approximately 25,029,610 Shares.
As at March 31, 2022, the Company has 27,685,913 common shares outstanding.
As at March 31, 2022, the Company had issued 2,345,165 stock options, 1,449,250 restricted share units and 10,124,330 warrants.
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DIGIHOST TECHNOLOGY INC.
Management’s Discussion & Analysis
For the three months ended March 31, 2022
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
As at the date of this MD&A, the Company did not have any off-balance sheet arrangements.
Adoption of new accounting policies
(a) Basis of consolidation
These consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Digihost and its wholly owned subsidiary: Digihost International, Inc. Subsidiaries are consolidated from the date of acquisition, being the date on which the Company obtains control, and continues to be consolidated until the date that such control ceases. Control is achieved when an investor has power over an investee to direct its activities, exposure to variable returns from an investee, and the ability to use the power to affect the investor’s returns. All inter-company transactions and balances have been eliminated upon consolidation.
(b) Functional and presentation currency
These financial statements are presented in United States Dollars. The functional currency of Digihost is the Canadian dollar and the functional currency of Digihost International, Inc. is the United States Dollars. All financial information is expressed in United States Dollars, unless otherwise stated.
(c) Foreign currency translation
Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated to United States dollars at exchange rates in effect at the reporting date. Non-monetary assets and liabilities are translated at historical exchange rates at the respective transaction dates. Revenue and expenses are translated at the rate of exchange at each transaction date. Gains or losses on translation are included in foreign exchange expense.
The results and financial position of an entity whose functional currency are translated into a different presentation currency are treated as follows:
| ● | assets and liabilities are translated at the closing rate at the reporting date; |
| ● | income and expenses for each income statement are translated at average exchange rates at the dates of the period; and |
| ● | all resulting exchange differences are recognized in other comprehensive income as cumulative translation adjustments. |
(d) Revenue recognition
The Company recognizes revenue from the provision of transaction verification services within digital currency networks, commonly termed “cryptocurrency mining”. As consideration for these services, the Company receives digital currency from each specific cryptocurrency mining pool in which it participates. Revenue is measured based on the fair value of the digital currencies received. The fair value is determined using the spot price of the digital currencies on the date of receipt. Digital currencies are considered earned on the completion and addition of a block to the blockchain, at which time the economic benefit is received and can be reliably measured.
(e) Digital currencies
Digital currencies consist of Bitcoin. Digital currencies meet the definition of intangible assets in IAS 38 Intangible Assets as they are identifiable non-monetary assets without physical substance. They are initially recorded at cost and the revaluation method is used to measure the digital currencies subsequently. Where digital assets are recognized as revenue, the fair value of the bitcoin received is considered to be the cost of the digital assets. Under the revaluation method, increases in fair value are recorded in other comprehensive income, while decreases are recorded in profit or loss. The Company revalues its digital currencies at the end of each quarter. There is no recycling of gains from other comprehensive income to profit or loss. However, to the extent that an increase in fair value reverses a previous decrease in fair value that has been recorded in profit or loss, that increase is recorded in profit or loss. Decreases in fair value that reverse gains previously recorded in other comprehensive income are recorded in other comprehensive income. Gains and losses on digital currencies sold between revaluation dates are included in profit or loss.
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DIGIHOST TECHNOLOGY INC.
Management’s Discussion & Analysis
For the three months ended March 31, 2022
Digital currencies are measured at fair value using the quoted price on Cryptocompare. Cryptocompare is a pricing aggregator, as the principal market or most advantageous market is not always known. The Company believes any price difference amongst the principal market and an aggregated price to be immaterial. Management considers this fair value to be a Level 2 input under IFRS 13 Fair Value Measurement fair value hierarchy as the price on this source represents an average of quoted prices on multiple digital currency exchanges.
(f) Property, plant, and equipment
Details as to the Company’s policies for property, plant and equipment are as follows:
Asset | Measurement
Basis | Amortization
Method | Amortization
Rate | |||
| Data miners | Cost | Straight-line | 12 - 36 months | |||
| Equipment | Cost | Straight-line | 36 - 120 months | |||
| Leasehold improvement | Cost | Straight-line | 120 months |
Property, plant, and equipment are recorded at cost less accumulated depreciation. Cost includes all expenditures incurred to bring assets to the location and condition necessary for them to be operated in the manner intended by management.
Subsequent costs are included in the asset’s carrying amount or recognized as a separate asset, as appropriate, only when it is probable that future economic benefits associated with the item will flow to the Company and the cost of the item can be measured reliably. The carrying amount of any replaced parts is derecognized. All other repairs and maintenance are charged to profit or loss during the fiscal period in which they are incurred.
Gains and losses on disposal are determined by comparing the proceeds with the carrying amount and are recognized in profit or loss.
(g) Intangible assets
intangible assets that qualify for separate recognition are recognized as intangible assets at their fair values. Right of use of an electric power facility is depreciated over 13 years.
(h) Impairment of non-financial assets
The Company reviews the carrying amounts of its non-financial assets, including property, plant, and equipment, when events or changes in circumstances indicate the assets may not be recoverable. If any such indication exists, the recoverable amount of the asset is estimated in order to determine the extent of the impairment loss, if any. Where it is not possible to estimate the recoverable amount of an individual asset, the Company estimates the recoverable amount of the cash generating unit to which the asset belongs. Assets carried at fair value, such as digital currencies, are excluded from impairment analysis.
Recoverable amount is the higher of fair value less costs of disposal and value in use. In assessing value in use, the estimated future cash flows to be derived from continuing use of the asset or cash generating unit are discounted to their present value using a pre-tax discount rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the asset. Fair value less costs of disposal is the amount obtainable from the sale of an asset or cash generating unit in an arm’s length transaction between knowledgeable, willing parties, less the cost of disposal. When a binding sale agreement is not available, fair value less costs of disposal is estimated using a discounted cash flow approach with inputs and assumptions consistent with those of a market participant. If the recoverable amount of an asset or cash generating unit is estimated to be less than its carrying amount, the carrying amount of the asset or cash generating unit is reduced to its recoverable amount. An impairment loss is recognized immediately in net income. Where an impairment loss subsequently reverses, the carrying amount of the asset or cash generating unit is increased to the revised estimate of its recoverable amount, such that the increased carrying amount does not exceed the carrying amount that would have been determined had no impairment loss been recognized.
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DIGIHOST TECHNOLOGY INC.
Management’s Discussion & Analysis
For the three months ended March 31, 2022
(i) Leases and right-of-use assets
All leases are accounted for by recognizing a right-of-use asset and a lease liability except for:
| ● | Leases of low value assets; and |
| ● | Leases with a duration of twelve months or less. |
Lease liabilities are measured at the present value of the contractual payments due to the lessor over the lease term, with the discount rate determined by the incremental borrowing rate on commencement of the lease is used. Variable lease payments are only included in the measurement of the lease liability if they depend on an index or rate. In such cases, the initial measurement of the lease liability assumes the variable element will remain unchanged throughout the lease term. Other variable lease payments are expensed in the period to which they relate.
On initial recognition, the carrying value of the lease liability also includes:
| ● | Amounts expected to be payable under any residual value guarantee; |
| ● | The exercise price of any purchase option granted if it is reasonably certain to assess that option; |
| ● | Any penalties payable for terminating the lease, if the term of the lease has been estimated on the basis of termination option being exercised. |
Right-of-use assets are initially measured at cost, which includes the initial amount of the lease liability, reduced for any lease incentives received, and increased for:
| ● | Lease payments made at or before commencement of the lease; |
| ● | Initial direct costs incurred; and |
| ● | The amount of any provision recognised where the Company is contractually required to dismantle, remove, or restore the leased asset. |
Lease liabilities, on initial measurement, increase as a result of interest charged at a constant rate on the balance outstanding and are reduced for lease payments made.
Right-of-use assets are amortized on a straight-line basis over the remaining term of the lease or over the remaining economic life of the asset if this is judged to be shorter than the lease term.
When the Company revises its estimate of the term of any lease, it adjusts the carrying amount of the lease liability to reflect the payments to make over the revised term, which are discounted at the same discount rate that applied on lease commencement. The carrying value of lease liabilities is similarly revised when the variable element of future lease payments dependent on a rate or index is revised. In both cases an equivalent adjustment is made to the carrying value of the right-of-use asset, with the revised carrying amount being amortised over the remaining (revised) lease term or recorded in profit or loss if the right-of-use asset is reduced to zero.
(j) Goodwill
The Company measures goodwill as the fair value of the cost of the acquisition less the fair value of the identifiable net assets acquired, all measured as of the acquisition date. Goodwill is carried at cost less accumulated impairment losses.
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Management’s Discussion & Analysis
For the three months ended March 31, 2022
(k) Share capital and equity
Share capital represents the amount received on the issue of shares, less issuance costs, net of any underlying income tax benefit from these issuance costs. When warrants are issued in connection with shares, the Company uses the residual method for allocating fair value to the shares and then to warrants.
Contributed surplus include the value of outstanding warrants and stock options. When warrants and stock options are exercised, the related compensation cost and value are transferred to share capital.
Deficits include all current and prior year losses.
Digital currency revaluation reserve includes gains and losses from the revaluation of digital currencies, net of tax.
Cumulative translation reserve includes foreign currency translation differences arising from the translation of financial statements of foreign entities into United States dollars.
(l) Share-based compensation
The granting of stock options to employees, officers, directors, or consultants of the Company requires the recognition of share-based compensation expense with a corresponding increase in contributed surplus in shareholders’ equity. The fair value of stock options that vest immediately are recorded as share-based compensation expense at the date of the grant. The expense for stock options that vest over time is recorded over the vesting period using the graded method, which incorporates management’s estimate of the stock options that are not expected to vest. For stock options where vesting is subject to the completion of performance milestones, the estimate for completion of the milestone is reviewed at each reporting date for any change in the estimated vesting date, and to the extent there is a material change in the vesting date estimate, the amortization to be recognized is recalculated for the new timeline estimate and adjusted on a prospective basis in the current period. The effect of a change in the number of stock options expected to vest is a change in an estimate and the cumulative effect of the change is recognized in the period when the change occurs. On exercise of a stock option, the consideration received, and the estimated fair value previously recorded in contributed surplus is recorded as an increase in share capital.
Stock options awarded to consultants are measured based on the fair value of the goods and services received unless that fair value cannot be estimated reliably. If the fair value of the goods and services cannot be reliably measured, then the fair value of the equity instruments granted is used to recognize the expense.
Critical accounting judgements, estimates and assumption
The preparation of these financial statements in conformity with IFRS requires management to make certain estimates, judgments and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and reported amounts of expenses during the reporting period. Actual outcomes could differ from these estimates. These financial statements include estimates that, by their nature, are uncertain. The impacts of such estimates are pervasive throughout the financial statements and may require accounting adjustments based on future occurrences. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognized in the period in which the estimate is revised and future periods if the revision affects both current and future periods. These estimates are based on historical experience, current and future economic conditions, and other factors, including expectations of future events that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances.
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DIGIHOST TECHNOLOGY INC.
Management’s Discussion & Analysis
For the three months ended March 31, 2022
Significant assumptions about the future that management has made that could result in a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities, in the event that actual results differ from assumptions made, relate to, but are not limited to, the following:
Significant judgements
(i) Income from digital currency mining
The Company recognizes income from digital currency mining from the provision of transaction verification services within digital currency networks, commonly termed “cryptocurrency mining”. As consideration for these services, the Company receives digital currency from each specific network in which it participates (“coins”). Income from digital currency mining is measured based on the fair value of the coins received. The fair value is determined using the spot price of the coin on the date of receipt. The coins are recorded on the statement of financial position, as digital currencies, at their fair value less costs to sell and re- measured at each reporting date. Revaluation gains or losses, as well as gains or losses on the sale of coins for traditional (fiat) currencies are included in profit or loss in accordance with the Company’s treatment of its digital currencies as a traded commodity.
There is currently no specific definitive guidance in IFRS or alternative accounting frameworks for the accounting for the mining and strategic selling of digital currencies and management has exercised significant judgement in determining appropriate accounting treatment for the recognition of income from digital currency mining for mining of digital currencies. Management has examined various factors surrounding the substance of the Company’s operations, including the stage of completion being the completion and addition of a block to a blockchain and the reliability of the measurement of the digital currency received.
(ii) Business combination
Management uses judgement to determines whether assets acquired, and liabilities assumed constitute a business. A business consists of inputs and processes applied to those inputs that have the ability to create outputs.
The Company completed the RTO Transaction in February 2020 (note 3) and concluded that the entity acquired did qualify as a business combination under IFRS 3, “Business Combinations”, as significant processes were acquired. Accordingly, the RTO Transaction has been accounted for as a business combination.
(iii) Going concern
The assessment of the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern involves judgment regarding future funding available for its operations and working capital requirements as discussed in note 1.
(iv) Leases – incremental borrowing rate
Judgment is applied when determining the incremental borrowing rate used to measure the lease liability of each lease contract, including an estimate of the asset-specific security impact. The incremental borrowing rate should reflect the interest rate the Company would pay to borrow at a similar term and with similar security.
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DIGIHOST TECHNOLOGY INC.
Management’s Discussion & Analysis
For the three months ended March 31, 2022
(v) Income, value added, withholding and other taxes
The Company is subject to income, value added, withholding and other taxes. Significant judgment is required in determining the Company’s provisions for taxes. There are many transactions and calculations for which the ultimate tax determination is uncertain during the ordinary course of business. The Company recognizes liabilities for anticipated tax audit issues based on estimates of whether additional taxes will be due. The determination of the Company’s income, value added, withholding and other tax liabilities requires interpretation of complex laws and regulations. The Company’s interpretation of taxation law as applied to transactions and activities may not coincide with the interpretation of the tax authorities. All tax related filings are subject to government audit and potential reassessment subsequent to the financial statement reporting period. Where the final tax outcome of these matters is different from the amounts that were initially recorded, such differences will impact the tax related accruals and deferred income tax provisions in the period in which such determination is made.
Significant estimates
(i) Determination of asset and liability fair values and allocation of purchase consideration
Significant business combinations require judgements and estimates to be made at the date of acquisition in relation to determining the relative fair value of the allocation of the purchase consideration over the fair value of the assets. The information necessary to measure the fair values as at the acquisition date of assets acquired requires management to make certain judgements and estimates about future events, including but not limited to availability of hardware and expertise, future production opportunities, future digital currency prices and future operating costs.
(ii) Useful lives of property, plant, and equipment
Depreciation of data miners and equipment are an estimate of its expected life. In order to determine the useful life of computing equipment, assumptions are required about a range of computing industry market and economic factors, including required hashrates, technological changes, availability of hardware and other inputs, and production costs.
(iii) Digital currency valuation
Digital currencies consist of cryptocurrency denominated assets (note 4) and are included in current assets. Digital currencies are carried at their fair value determined by the spot rate less costs to sell. The digital currency market is still a new market and is highly volatile; historical prices are not necessarily indicative of future value; a significant change in the market prices for digital currencies would have a significant impact on the Company’s earnings and financial position.
(iv) Impairment of goodwill
Goodwill is tested for impairment if there is an indicator of impairment and annually for all CGUs with goodwill. The Company considers both external and internal sources of information for indications that goodwill is impaired. External sources of information we consider include changes in the market and economic and legal environment in which the CGU operates that are not within its control and affect the recoverable amount of goodwill. Internal sources of information considered include the strategic plans for the Company including estimates of revenue and other indications of economic performance of the assets.
Disclosure of Internal Controls
Management has established processes to provide it with sufficient knowledge to support representations that it has exercised reasonable diligence to ensure that (i) the consolidated financial statements do not contain any untrue statement of material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated or that is necessary to make a statement not misleading in light of the circumstances under which it is made, as of the date of and for the periods presented by the financial statements, and (ii) the consolidated financial statements fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flow of the Company, as of the date of and for the periods presented.
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DIGIHOST TECHNOLOGY INC.
Management’s Discussion & Analysis
For the three months ended March 31, 2022
In contrast to the certificate required for non-venture issuers under National Instrument 52-109 - Certification of Disclosure in Issuers’ Annual and Interim Filings (“NI 52-109”), the Venture Issuer Basic Certificate does not include representations relating to the establishment and maintenance of disclosure controls and procedures (“DC&P”) and internal control over financial reporting (“ICFR”), as defined in NI 52-109. In particular, the certifying officers filing such certificate are not making any representations relating to the establishment and maintenance of:
| (i) | controls and other procedures designed to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed by the issuer in its annual filings, interim filings or other reports filed or submitted under securities legislation is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in securities legislation; and |
| (ii) | a process to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of consolidated financial statements for external purposes in accordance with the issuer’s GAAP (IFRS). |
The Company’s certifying officers are responsible for ensuring that processes are in place to provide them with sufficient knowledge to support the representations they are making in the certificate. Investors should be aware that inherent limitations on the ability of certifying officers of a venture issuer to design and implement on a cost-effective basis DC&P and ICFR as defined in NI 52-109 may result in additional risks to the quality, reliability, transparency and timeliness of interim and annual filings and other reports provided under securities legislation.
Risk Factors
An investment in the securities of the Company is highly speculative and involves numerous and significant risks. Such investment should be undertaken only by investors whose financial resources are sufficient to enable them to assume these risks and who have no need for immediate liquidity in their investment. Prospective investors should carefully consider the risk factors that have affected, and which in the future are reasonably expected to affect, the Company and its financial position. Please refer to the section entitled “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Information Form for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, dated March 28, 2022 available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and the Risk Factors contained the Company’s various filings on SEDAR.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Information
This MD&A contains certain forward-looking information and forward-looking statements, as defined in applicable securities laws (collectively referred to herein as “forward-looking statements”). These statements relate to future events or the Company’s future performance. All statements other than statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements. Often, but not always, forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as “plans”, “expects”, “is expected”, “budget”, “scheduled”, “estimates”, “continues”, “forecasts”, “projects”, “predicts”, “intends”, “anticipates” or “believes”, or variations of, or the negatives of, such words and phrases, or statements that certain actions, events or results “may”, “could”, “would”, “should”, “might” or “will” be taken, occur or be achieved. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements in this MD&A speak only as of the date of this MD&A or as of the date specified in such statement. The following table outlines certain significant forward-looking statements contained in this MD&A and provides the material assumptions used to develop such forward-looking statements and material risk factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. In particular, this MD&A contains forward-looking statements pertaining to the following:
| ● | the impact of the ongoing novel coronavirus disease outbreak (COVID-19) on the business, operations, financial results, and prospects of the Company; |
| ● | the impact of the Bitcoin Halving in May 2020 on the price of BTC and the normalization after the Bitcoin Halving to pre-Bitcoin Halving profitability levels; |
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Management’s Discussion & Analysis
For the three months ended March 31, 2022
| ● | future debt levels, financial capacity, liquidity, and capital resources; |
| ● | anticipated future sources of funds to meet working capital requirements; |
| ● | future capital expenditures and contractual commitments; |
| ● | expectations respecting future financial results; |
| ● | expectations regarding benefits of certain transactions and capital investments; |
| ● | the Company’s objectives, strategies, and competitive strengths and growth strategy; |
| ● | expectations with respect to future opportunities; |
| ● | expectations with respect to the Company’s financial position; |
| ● | the Company’s capital expenditure programs and future capital requirements; |
| ● | capital resources and the Company’s ability to raise capital; and |
| ● | industry conditions pertaining to the cryptocurrency industry; |
| ● | the other factors discussed under “Risk Factors”. |
This list of factors should not be construed as exhaustive.
Additional Information
Additional information concerning the Company is available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
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Exhibit 99.3
FORM 52-109F2
CERTIFICATION
OF INTERIM FILINGS
FULL CERTIFICATE
I, Michel Amar, Chief Executive Officer of Digihost Technology Inc., certify the following:
| 1. | Review: I have reviewed the interim financial report and interim MD&A (together, the “interim filings”) of Digihost Technology Inc. (the “issuer”) for the interim period ended March 31, 2022. |
| 2. | No misrepresentations: Based on my knowledge, having exercised reasonable diligence, the interim filings do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated or that is necessary to make a statement not misleading in light of the circumstances under which it was made, with respect to the period covered by the interim filings. |
| 3. | Fair presentation: Based on my knowledge, having exercised reasonable diligence, the interim financial report together with the other financial information included in the interim filings fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, financial performance and cash flows of the issuer, as of the date of and for the periods presented in the interim filings. |
| 4. | Responsibility: The issuer’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (DC&P) and internal control over financial reporting (ICFR), as those terms are defined in National Instrument 52-109 Certification of Disclosure in Issuers’ Annual and Interim Filings, for the issuer. |
| 5. | Design: Subject to the limitations, if any, described in paragraphs 5.2 and 5.3, the issuer’s other certifying officer(s) and I have, as at the end of the period covered by the interim filings |
| (a) | designed DC&P, or caused it to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance that |
| (i) | material information relating to the issuer is made known to us by others, particularly during the period in which the interim filings are being prepared; and |
| (ii) | information required to be disclosed by the issuer in its annual filings, interim filings or other reports filed or submitted by it under securities legislation is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in securities legislation; and |
| (b) | designed ICFR, or caused it to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with the issuer’s GAAP. |
| 5.1 | Control framework: The control framework the issuer’s other certifying officer(s) and I used to design the issuer’s ICFR is the Internal Control – Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). |
| 5.2 | ICFR – material weakness relating to design: N/A |
| 5.3 | Limitation on scope of design: N/A |
| 6. | Reporting changes in ICFR: The issuer has disclosed in its interim MD&A any change in the issuer’s ICFR that occurred during the period beginning on January 1, 2022 and ended on March 31, 2022 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the issuer’s ICFR. |
Date: May 16, 2022
| “Michel Amar” | |
| Michel Amar | |
| Chief Executive Officer |
Exhibit 99.4
FORM 52-109F2
CERTIFICATION OF INTERIM FILINGS
FULL CERTIFICATE
I, Paul Ciullo, Chief Financial Officer of Digihost Technology Inc., certify the following:
| 1. | Review: I have reviewed the interim financial report and interim MD&A (together, the “interim filings”) of Digihost Technology Inc. (the “issuer”) for the interim period ended March 31, 2022. |
| 2. | No misrepresentations: Based on my knowledge, having exercised reasonable diligence, the interim filings do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated or that is necessary to make a statement not misleading in light of the circumstances under which it was made, with respect to the period covered by the interim filings. |
| 3. | Fair presentation: Based on my knowledge, having exercised reasonable diligence, the interim financial report together with the other financial information included in the interim filings fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, financial performance and cash flows of the issuer, as of the date of and for the periods presented in the interim filings. |
| 4. | Responsibility: The issuer’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (DC&P) and internal control over financial reporting (ICFR), as those terms are defined in National Instrument 52-109 Certification of Disclosure in Issuers’ Annual and Interim Filings, for the issuer. |
| 5. | Design: Subject to the limitations, if any, described in paragraphs 5.2 and 5.3, the issuer’s other certifying officer(s) and I have, as at the end of the period covered by the interim filings |
| (a) | designed DC&P, or caused it to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance that |
| (i) | material information relating to the issuer is made known to us by others, particularly during the period in which the interim filings are being prepared; and |
| (ii) | information required to be disclosed by the issuer in its annual filings, interim filings or other reports filed or submitted by it under securities legislation is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in securities legislation; and |
| (b) | designed ICFR, or caused it to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with the issuer’s GAAP. |
| 5.1 | Control framework: The control framework the issuer’s other certifying officer(s) and I used to design the issuer’s ICFR is the Internal Control – Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). |
| 5.2 | ICFR – material weakness relating to design: N/A |
| 5.3 | Limitation on scope of design: N/A |
| 6. | Reporting changes in ICFR: The issuer has disclosed in its interim MD&A any change in the issuer’s ICFR that occurred during the period beginning on January 1, 2022 and ended on March 31, 2022 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the issuer’s ICFR. |
Date: May 16, 2022
| “Paul Ciullo” | |
| Paul Ciullo | |
| Chief Financial Officer |
Exhibit 99.5
DIGIHOST
ANNOUNCES FIRST QUARTER RESULTS WITH A 77% INCREASE IN
COINS MINED DURING Q1 2022 COMPARED TO Q1 2021
This news release constitutes a “designated
news release” for the purposes of the Company’s prospectus
supplement dated March 4, 2022 to its short form base shelf prospectus
dated February 23, 2022.
Toronto, ON – May 17, 2022 – Digihost Technology Inc. (“Digihost” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: DGHI; TSXV: DGHI), an innovative U.S. based Bitcoin (“BTC”) mining company, announces unaudited financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2022 (all amounts in U.S. dollars, unless otherwise indicated).
“The Company is pleased to present its first quarter financial results, highlighted by a 77% increase in Bitcoins mined on a year over year basis,” said Michel Amar, Chairman and CEO of Digihost. “The Company’s previous investments in infrastructure along with securing access to clean and renewable energy sources led to revenue generation from mining of $7.3M, an increase of 53% over the preceding year. Despite challenging market conditions, Digihost is committed to its goal of being a leading blockchain technology company. With approximately $31 million of cash and cash equivalents currently on hand, valued at today’s BTC price, and a mining operation with breakeven costs of approximately $12,000 per BTC, based on current hashing difficulty and cost of power, the Company is more than capable of sustaining its existing operations, Digihost is clearly here to stay. Based upon the number of BTC mined so far this quarter, the Company anticipates that it will mine more BTC in Q2 than it mined during Q1 of this year.”
First Quarter 2022 Financial Highlights
| ● | Revenue from digital currency mining of $7.3 million reported for the three-month period ended March 31, 2022, compared to $4.8 million for the three-month period ended March 31, 2021, an increase of 53%; |
| ● | For the three-month period ended March 31, 2022, the Company mined a total of 186.53 BTC compared to 105.26 BTC for the three-month period ended March 31, 2021; |
| ● | Operating income for the three-month period ended March 31, 2022 of $513 thousand, an increase of 125% over the same period for the prior year; |
| ● | Realized net income of $59 thousand for the three-month period ended March 31, 2022, compared to realized net income of $73 thousand over the same period for the prior year; |
| ● | EBITDA* of $2.0 million for the three-month period ended March 31, 2022, compared to $1.3 million over the same period for the prior year, an increase of 53%; |
| ● | Total assets of $97.4 million, an increase of 22% compared to December 31, 2021; |
| ● | Cash and cash equivalents of $47.72 million as at March 31, 2022, an increase of 39% compared to December 31, 2021; |
| ● | Working capital of $35.47 million as at March 31, 2022, an increase of 34% compared to December 31, 2021; |
| ● | Property, plant and equipment consisting primarily of the Company’s BTC miners (64%) and mining infrastructure (36%) of $41.47 million; |
| ● | Raised CAD$13,300,000 of institutional equity financing in a private placement at a premium to market price; and |
| ● | Closed a $10,000,000 committed, collateralized revolving credit facility. |
| * | EBITDA is a non-IFRS financial measure and should be read in conjunction with, and should not be viewed as an alternative to or replacement of, measures of operating results and liquidity presented in accordance with IFRS and refer readers to reconciliations of non-IFRS measures included in the Company’s MD&A. |
| (U.S.$ except per share data) | Three Months Ended | |||||||
| March 31 2022 | March 31 2021 | |||||||
| Revenue from digital currency mining | 7,312,342 | 4,767,075 | ||||||
| Cost of power and production costs | (2,143,327 | ) | (1,549,144 | ) | ||||
| Miner lease agreement | (3,056,125 | ) | - | |||||
| Depreciation and amortization | (1,531,598 | ) | (1,109,796 | ) | ||||
| Gross profit | 581,292 | 2,108,135 | ||||||
| General and administrative and other expenses | (1,337,992 | ) | (439,442 | ) | ||||
| Gain on sale of property, plant and equipment | 2,340,658 | - | ||||||
| Loss on settlement of debt | - | (274,882 | ) | |||||
| Foreign exchange | (770,196 | ) | - | |||||
| Other Income | 84,207 | - | ||||||
| Change in fair value - Miner Lease Agreement | 379,065 | - | ||||||
| Share based compensation | (764,390 | ) | (1,165,542 | ) | ||||
| Operating income | 512,644 | 228,269 | ||||||
| Net financial expenses | (84,375 | ) | (155,312 | ) | ||||
| Net income before taxes | 428,269 | 72,957 | ||||||
| Deferred tax expense | (368,771 | ) | - | |||||
| Net income for the period | 59,498 | 72,957 | ||||||
| Foreign currency translation adjustment | 947,199 | 1,456 | ||||||
| Revaluation of digital currency, net of tax | (620,761 | ) | 5,836,561 | |||||
| Total comprehensive income for the period | 385,936 | 5,910,974 | ||||||
| Basic and diluted income per share | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||||
| Weighted average number of subordinate voting shares outstanding – diluted | 27,685,913 | 14,771,251 | ||||||
At-the-Market Financing Update
On March 4, 2022, the Company entered into an offering agreement with H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC as agent, pursuant to which the Company established an at-the-market equity program (the “ATM Program”). From the commencement of the ATM Program through to the date hereof, the Company has not issued any securities pursuant to the ATM Program.
About Digihost
Digihost is a growth-oriented blockchain technology company primarily focused on BTC mining. Through its self-mining operations and joint venture agreements, the Company is currently hashing at a rate of approximately 450 PH/s.
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For further information, please contact:
Digihost Technology Inc.
www.digihost.ca
Michel Amar, Chief Executive Officer
T: 1-818-280-9758
Email: michel@digihost.ca
Cautionary Statement
Trading in the securities of the Company should be considered highly speculative. No stock exchange, securities commission or other regulatory authority has approved or disapproved the information contained herein. Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
Forward-Looking Statements
Except for the statements of historical fact, this news release contains “forward-looking information” and “forward-looking statements” (collectively, “forward-looking information”) that are based on expectations, estimates and projections as at the date of this news release and are covered by safe harbors under Canadian and United States securities laws. Forward-looking information in this news release includes information about potential further improvements to profitability and efficiency across mining operations including, as a result of the Company’s expansion efforts, acquisitions of equipment and infrastructure, potential for the Company’s long-term growth, and the business goals and objectives of the Company. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in such forward-looking information include, but are not limited to: the ability to obtain regulatory approval for and complete acquisitions of equipment and infrastructure on the terms as announced or at all; the ability to successfully integrate the acquisitions of equipment and infrastructure on an economic basis or at all; future capital needs and uncertainty of additional financing, including the Company’s ability to utilize the Company’s at-the-market offering program (the “ATM Program”) and the prices at which the Company may sell securities in the ATM Program, as well as capital market conditions in general; share dilution resulting from the ATM Program and from other equity issuances; risks relating to the strategy of maintaining and increasing Bitcoin holdings and the impact of depreciating Bitcoin prices on working capital; regulatory and other unanticipated issues that prohibit us from declaring or paying dividends to our shareholders that are payable in Bitcoin; continued effects of the COVID19 pandemic may have a material adverse effect on the Company’s performance as supply chains are disrupted and prevent the Company from operating its assets; approval of the Public Service Commission or other regulatory or board approvals being received on a timely basis, or at all; the acquisition of North Tonawanda, New York facilities closing on timely basis, or at all; ability to access additional power from the local power grid; a decrease in cryptocurrency pricing, volume of transaction activity or generally, the profitability of cryptocurrency mining; further improvements to profitability and efficiency may not be realized; the digital currency market; the Company’s ability to successfully mine digital currency on the cloud; the Company may not be able to profitably liquidate its current digital currency inventory, or at all; a decline in digital currency prices may have a significant negative impact on the Company’s operations; the volatility of digital currency prices; and other related risks as more fully set out in the Annual Information Form of the Company and other documents disclosed under the Company’s filings at www.sedar.com. The forward-looking information in this news release reflects the current expectations, assumptions and/or beliefs of the Company based on information currently available to the Company. In connection with the forward-looking information contained in this news release, the Company has made assumptions about: the current profitability in mining cryptocurrency (including pricing and volume of current transaction activity); profitable use of the Company’s assets going forward; the Company’s ability to profitably liquidate its digital currency inventory as required; historical prices of digital currencies and the ability of the Company to mine digital currencies on the cloud will be consistent with historical prices; the ability to maintain reliable and economical sources of power to run its cryptocurrency mining assets; the negative impact of regulatory changes in the energy regimes in the jurisdictions in which the Company operates; the ability to adhere to Digihost’s dividend policy and the timing and quantum of dividends based on, among other things, the Company’s operating results, cash flow and financial condition, Digihost’s current and anticipated capital requirements, and general business conditions; and there will be no regulation or law that will prevent the Company from operating its business. The Company has also assumed that no significant events occur outside of the Company’s normal course of business. Although the Company believes that the assumptions inherent in the forward-looking information are reasonable, forward-looking information is not a guarantee of future performance and accordingly undue reliance should not be put on such information due to the inherent uncertainties therein.
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