HGAS 10-Q
Global Gas Corp (HGAS)
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GLOBAL GAS CORPORATION
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
| September 30, 2024 | December 31, 2023 | |||||||
| (Unaudited) | ||||||||
| Assets | ||||||||
| Current assets | ||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | | $ | | ||||
| Deposit | ||||||||
| Prepaid expenses and other receivables | ||||||||
| Total Current Assets | ||||||||
| TOTAL ASSETS | $ | $ | ||||||
| Liabilities and stockholders’ deficit | ||||||||
| Current liabilities | ||||||||
| Accounts payable – related party | $ | $ | ||||||
| Accounts payable and accrued expenses | ||||||||
| Deferred Revenue | ||||||||
| Advances – related party | ||||||||
| Promissory notes – related parties | ||||||||
| Total Current Liabilities | ||||||||
| Derivative warrant liabilities | ||||||||
| TOTAL LIABILITIES | ||||||||
| Commitments and contingencies (note 9) | ||||||||
| Stockholders’ deficit | ||||||||
| Preferred stock, $ | ||||||||
| Class A common stock, $ | ||||||||
| Class B common stock, $ | ||||||||
| Subscription receivable | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Additional paid-in capital | ||||||||
| Accumulated deficit | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Total stockholders’ deficit | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY | $ | $ | ||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
(UNAUDITED)
| For the Three Months Ended September 30, | For the Nine Months Ended September 30, | For the Period from February 16, 2023 (inception) to September 30, | ||||||||||||||
| 2024 | 2023 | 2024 | 2023 | |||||||||||||
| Operating Expenses: | ||||||||||||||||
| General and administrative | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
| Start up costs | ||||||||||||||||
| Loss from operations | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||
| Other expenses, net: | ||||||||||||||||
| Interest income | ||||||||||||||||
| Change in fair value of derivative warrant liabilities | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||
| Total other expenses, net | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||
| Net income (loss) | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | $ | $ | ( | ) | ||||||
| Weighted average number of Class A common stock outstanding, basic and diluted | ||||||||||||||||
| Net income (loss) per Class A common stock, basic and diluted | $ | ( | ) | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||
| Weighted average number of Class B common stock outstanding, basic and diluted | ||||||||||||||||
| Net income (loss) per Class B common stock, basic and diluted | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | $ | $ | ( | ) | ||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ (DEFICIT) EQUITY
(UNAUDITED)
FOR THE THREE AND NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2024
| Common Stock | Additional | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Class A | Class B | Subscription | Paid-in | Accumulated | Stockholders’ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shares | Amount | Shares | Amount | Receivable | Capital | Deficit | Deficit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance – December 31, 2023 | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Forfeiture of Class B common stock | — | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Proceeds from forward purchase agreement shares | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net loss | — | — | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance – March 31, 2024 | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Proceeds from forward purchase agreement shares | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance – June 30, 2024 | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Net Loss | — | — | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance –September 30, 2024 | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED AND THE PERIOD FROM FEBRUARY 16, 2023 (INCEPTION) TO SEPTEMBER 30, 2023
| Members’ | Common Stock | Additional | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Contribution | Class A | Class B | Paid-in | Accumulated | Stockholders’ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Amount | Shares | Amount | Shares | Amount | Capital | Deficit | Deficit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance – February 16, 2023 (inception) | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Members’ Contribution of Capital | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Merger Recapitalization (Note 4) | ( | ) | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net loss | — | — | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance – March 31, 2023 | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net loss | — | — | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance – June 30, 2023 | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net loss | — | — | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance – September 30, 2023 | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
(UNAUDITED)
| For the Nine Months Ended September 30, | For the Period from February 16, 2023 (inception) to September 30, | |||||||
| 2024 | 2023 | |||||||
| Cash Flows from Operating Activities: | ||||||||
| Net income (loss) | $ | | $ | ( | ) | |||
| Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash and cash equivalents used in operating activities: | ||||||||
| Change in fair value of derivative warrant liabilities | ( | ) | ||||||
| Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | ||||||||
| Prepaid expenses and other receivables | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Deposit | ( | ) | ||||||
| Accounts payable and accrued expenses | ( | ) | ||||||
| Deferred revenue | ||||||||
| Net cash and cash equivalents used in operating activities | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Cash Flows from Financing Activities: | ||||||||
| Capital contribution from Members | ||||||||
| Proceeds from promissory note – related party | ||||||||
| Advances – related party | ||||||||
| Proceeds from forward purchase agreement | ||||||||
| Net cash and cash equivalents provided by financing activities | ||||||||
| Net change in cash and cash equivalents | ( | ) | ||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period | ||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents, end of period | $ | $ | ||||||
| Supplemental Cash flow information: | ||||||||
| Taxes paid | $ | $ | ||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
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NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1. ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS
Global Gas Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company,” “Global Gas”), is a nascent pure-play hydrogen and carbon recovery project developer and industrial gas supplier. Global Gas intends to offer customers reliable, low-carbon and clean hydrogen, pure carbon dioxide, and other gases generated from a variety of feedstocks. Global Gas’ planned activities involve (i) the sourcing, identification, evaluation and vetting of offtake customers seeking to purchase industrial gases, (ii) the securing of local feedstocks, equipment, and utilities, (iii) the planning and management of projects and (iv) the structuring and financing of projects. Global Gas targets both privately- and publicly funded hydrogen development and selected carbon recovery projects, including projects supported by local-, county-, state-, and national-level governments in North America, Western Europe, and Great Britain.
Global Gas intends to serve traditional industrial gas customers and is particularly focused on plans to serve the rapidly growing hydrogen-as-energy-carrier market for use in hydrogen fuel-cell powered vehicles. Global Gas’ growth strategy is based on its developing ability to place modular generation, recovery, storage, and dispense solutions in closer geographic proximity to end customers — onsite in many cases — and its developing ability to produce and sell multiple outputs from a single feedstock input. Additionally, governments at all levels in North America and Western Europe have and are deploying substantial incentives to mitigate the impact of climate change and to decarbonize their economies. Global Gas believes it is well-placed to benefit as a developer of projects eligible for several of these incentives, such as the hydrogen tax production credits and the investment tax credits made available in the United States through the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “IR Act”).
On December 22, 2023, the Company received a notice (the “Notice”) from the staff of the Listing Qualifications Department of Nasdaq indicating that, unless the Company timely requested a hearing before the Nasdaq Hearings Panel (the “Panel”), the Company’s securities (common stock and warrants) would be subject to suspension and delisting from Nasdaq on January 3, 2024, due to the Company’s failure to satisfy the initial listing standards of The Nasdaq Capital Market upon closing of the Company’s previously announced business combination in accordance with Nasdaq Rule 5101-2. Specifically, the Company was unable to demonstrate compliance with the Stockholders Equity, Publicly Held Shares, Market Value of Listed Securities and Market Value of Publicly Held Shares requirements set forth in Nasdaq Rule 5505. The Company timely requested a hearing before the Panel, which resulted in a stay of any suspension or delisting action pending the hearing. The Company was granted until June 20, 2024 to demonstrate compliance with the above-referenced listing rules but was unable to do so by such date. As a result, on June 21, 2024, the Company received notice that the Panel had determined to delist the Company’s securities from Nasdaq and would suspend trading in its securities on the exchange effective at the open of business on June 25, 2024. Since the delisting, the Company’s common stock and warrants have been trading on the over-the-counter “OTC” market, OTCQB, with trading symbol “HGAS” and “HGASW”, respectively.
Business Combination
On December 21, 2023 (the “Closing Date”), Global Gas Corporation (formerly known as Dune Acquisition Corporation) (prior to the Effective Time (as defined below), “Dune” and after the Effective Time, the “Company”), consummated the previously-announced business combination pursuant to that certain Unit Purchase Agreement, dated May 14, 2023 (as amended on August 22, 2023 and as further amended on November 24, 2023, the “Purchase Agreement”), by and among Dune, Global Gas Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of Dune (“Holdings”), Global Hydrogen Energy LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Global Hydrogen”), and William Bennett Nance, Jr., Sergio Martinez and Barbara Guay Martinez (collectively, the “Sellers”), the equity holders of Global Hydrogen.
In connection with the closing of such business combination, the registrant changed its name from Dune Acquisition Corporation to Global Gas Corporation.
In
accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions of the Purchase Agreement and the other transactions contemplated thereby (the
“Business Combination”), at the closing of the Business Combination (the “Closing”) on December 21, 2023,
(a) Dune contributed to Holdings all of its assets (excluding its interests in Holdings and the aggregate amount of cash proceeds
required to satisfy redemptions by Dune’s public stockholders (“Stockholder Redemptions”)), and in exchange therefor,
Holdings issued to Dune a number of common equity units of Holdings (“Holdings Common Units”) which equal the number of total
shares of Class A common stock, par value $
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NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The Business Combination was accomplished through what is commonly referred to as an “Up-C” structure, which is often used by partnerships and limited liability companies undertaking an initial public offering. The “Up-C” structure allowed the Sellers, who became equity holders of Holdings upon the consummation of the Combination Transactions, to retain their equity ownership in Holdings, an entity that is classified as a partnership for United States federal income tax purposes, in the form of Holdings Common Units after the Closing, and provides potential future tax benefits for both the Company and Holdings’ equity holders (other than the Company) when they ultimately exchange their Holdings Common Units.
In
accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions of the Purchase Agreement, at the Closing, the issued and outstanding Global
Hydrogen Units of each Seller were transferred, conveyed, assigned and delivered in exchange for (i) a number of shares of
Class B Common Stock equal to the product of (x) the number of Global Hydrogen Units held by such Seller and (y) the
exchange ratio determined by dividing (A) the quotient of $
The Business Combination was accounted for as a reverse recapitalization in accordance with GAAP. Under this method of accounting, although Dune acquired all of the outstanding equity interests of Global Hydrogen in the Business Combination, Dune was treated as the “acquired” company and Global Hydrogen was treated as the accounting acquirer for financial statement reporting purposes. Accordingly, the Business Combination was treated as the equivalent of Global Hydrogen issuing stock for the net assets of Dune, accompanied by a recapitalization. The net assets of Dune were stated at historical cost, with no goodwill or other intangible assets recorded. Operations prior to the Business Combination were those of Global Hydrogen. See Note 4, “Recapitalization.”
In
connection with the Business Combination, on December 1, 2023, Dune and Global Hydrogen entered into a forward purchase agreement
(the “Forward Purchase Agreement”) with each of Meteora Strategic Capital, LLC (“MSC”), Meteora Capital Partners,
LP (“MCP”) and Meteora Select Trading Opportunities Master, LP (“MSTO” and, collectively with MSC and MCP, the
“Meteora Entities”) for an OTC Equity Prepaid Forward Transaction. Pursuant to the terms of the Forward Purchase Agreement,
on the Closing Date, the Sellers purchased
In
connection with the Forward Purchase Agreement, Dune entered into a subscription agreement (the “Subscription Agreement”)
with the Meteora Entities. Pursuant to the Subscription Agreement, the Meteora Entities agreed to subscribe for and purchase, and Dune
agreed to issue and sell to the Meteora Entities, on the Closing Date,
On
March 4, 2024, Global Gas entered into forfeiture agreements (the “Forfeiture Agreements”) with each of Sergio Martinez,
Barbara Guay Martinez and William Bennett Nance, Jr., pursuant to which such individuals forfeited an aggregate of
The rights of holders of our Class A Common Stock and Warrants are governed by our second amended and restated certificate of incorporation (the “Amended and Restated Charter”), our amended and restated bylaws (the “Amended and Restated Bylaws”) and the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”), and in the case of the Public Warrants and Private Placement Warrants, the Warrant Agreement dated as of December 17, 2020, between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (“Continental”), as warrant agent.
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NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
On May 14, 2023, Dune, Dune Acquisition Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”), and each of the Sellers entered into a lock-up agreement (the “Lock-up Agreement”), which became effective as of the Closing. Under the Lock-up Agreement, the Sponsor and the Sellers agreed to certain restrictions on transfer with respect to the shares of Company common stock and private placement warrants they hold as of the Closing, which restrictions amend and supersede the restrictions on transfer the Sponsor agreed to in that certain letter agreement, dated December 17, 2020, entered into by and among Dune, the Sponsor and Dune’s officers and directors in connection with Dune’s initial public offering (the “IPO”). The restrictions on transfer contained in the Lock-up Agreement apply to the Sellers and the existing equity holders of the Sponsor, and: (i) end, with respect to shares of Company common stock, on the earlier of twelve (12) months after (and excluding) the Closing Date and the date on which the Company completes a liquidation, merger, capital stock exchange, reorganization, bankruptcy or other similar transaction that results in all of the shares of Company common stock being converted into cash, securities or other property; and (ii) ended, with respect to the Company’s private placement warrants, thirty (30) days after the Closing Date.
On the Closing Date, in connection with the Business Combination, the Company, Holdings and the Sellers entered into an Exchange Agreement (the “Exchange Agreement”), pursuant to which the Sellers have the right from time to time following the Closing, on the terms and conditions contained in the Exchange Agreement, to exchange their Holdings Common Units together with their shares of Class B Common Stock for, at the option of the Company, shares of Class A Common Stock or cash.
2. LIQUIDITY AND GOING CONCERN
Going Concern
Since
inception, the Company’s primary sources of liquidity have been cash flows from contributions from a member and a related party.
The Company had $
As disclosed in Note 1, as a result of the Company’s failure to satisfy the initial listing standards of The Nasdaq Capital Market in accordance with Nasdaq Rule 5101-2 as it relates to the Company’s compliance with the Stockholders Equity, Publicly Held Shares, Market Value of Listed Securities and Market Value of Publicly Held Shares requirements set forth in Nasdaq Rule 5505, on June 21, 2024, the Company received notice that the Panel had determined to delist the Company’s securities from Nasdaq and would suspend trading in its securities on the exchange effective at the open of business on June 25, 2024. Since the delisting, the Company’s common stock and warrants have been trading on the OTC market.
The Company’s future capital requirements will depend on many factors, including the Company’s revenue growth rate, the timing and extent of spending to support further sales and marketing and research and development efforts. In order to finance these opportunities, the Company will need to raise additional financing. While there can be no assurances, the Company intends to raise such capital through issuances of additional equity. If additional financing is required from outside sources, the Company may not be able to raise it on terms acceptable to the Company or at all. If the Company is unable to raise additional capital when desired, the Company’s business, results of operations and financial condition would be materially and adversely affected.
As a result of the above, in connection with the Company’s assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with Financial Accounting Standard Board’s (“FASB”) ASC Subtopic 205-40, “Going Concern,” management has determined that the Company’s liquidity condition raises substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern through twelve months from the date these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements are available to be issued. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recovery of the recorded assets or the classification of the liabilities that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern.
3. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of accounting
The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements do not include all the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. Normal and recurring adjustments considered necessary for a fair statement of the results for the interim periods, in the opinion of the Company’s management, have been included. Operating results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2024. The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and related footnote disclosures should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in our Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, which was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on April 1, 2024.
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NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Principles of consolidation
These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company, all wholly owned and majority-owned subsidiaries in which the Company has a controlling voting interest and, when applicable, variable interest entities in which the Company has a controlling financial interest or is the primary beneficiary. Investments in affiliates where the Company does not exert a controlling financial interest are not consolidated.
All significant intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated upon consolidation.
Emerging Growth Company
The Company is an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act, as modified by the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the “JOBS Act”), and it may take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in its periodic reports and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and stockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved.
Further, Section 102(b)(1) of the JOBS Act exempts emerging growth companies from being required to comply with new or revised financial accounting standards until private companies (that is, those that have not had a Securities Act registration statement declared effective or do not have a class of securities registered under the Exchange Act) are required to comply with the new or revised financial accounting standards. The JOBS Act provides that an emerging growth company can elect to opt out of the extended transition period and comply with the requirements that apply to non-emerging growth companies but such an election to opt out is irrevocable. The Company has elected not to opt out of such extended transition period, which means that when a standard is issued or revised and it has different application dates for public or private companies, the Company, as an emerging growth company, can adopt the new or revised standard at the time private companies adopt the new or revised standard.
This may make comparison of the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements with those of another public company that is neither an emerging growth company nor an emerging growth company that has opted out of using the extended transition period difficult or impossible because of the potential differences in accounting standards used.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures of assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Estimates are adjusted to reflect actual experience when necessary. Significant accounting estimates included in these financial statements are the determination of the fair value of the warrant liabilities. Such estimates may be subject to change as more current information becomes available and accordingly, the actual results could differ significantly from those estimates.
Concentration of credit risk
Financial
instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentration of credit risk consist of cash accounts in a financial institution
which, at times, may exceed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation coverage limit of $
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NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Prior Period Reclassification
The
Company reclassified $
Business Combinations
The Company evaluates whether acquired net assets should be accounted for as a business combination or an asset acquisition by first applying a screen test to determine whether substantially all of the fair value of the gross assets acquired is concentrated in a single identifiable asset or group of similar identifiable assets. If so, the transaction is accounted for as an asset acquisition. If not, the Company applies its judgement to determine whether the acquired net assets meets the definition of a business by considering if the set includes an acquired input, process, and the ability to create outputs.
The Company accounts for business combinations using the acquisition method when it has obtained control. The Company measures goodwill as the fair value of the consideration transferred including the fair value of any non-controlling interest recognized, less the net recognized amount of the identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed, all measured at their fair value as of the acquisition date. Transaction costs, other than those associated with the issuance of debt or equity securities, that the Company incurs in connection with a business combination are expensed as incurred.
Any contingent consideration (“Earnout liabilities”) is measured at fair value at the acquisition date. For contingent consideration that does not meet all the criteria for equity classification, such contingent consideration is required to be recorded at its initial fair value at the acquisition date, and on each balance sheet date thereafter. Changes in the estimated fair value of liability-classified contingent consideration are recognized on the consolidated statements of operations in the period of change.
When the initial accounting for a business combination has not been finalized by the end of the reporting period in which the transaction occurs, the Company reports provisional amounts. Provisional amounts are adjusted during the measurement period, which does not exceed one year from the acquisition date. These adjustments, or recognition of additional assets or liabilities, reflect new information obtained about facts and circumstances that existed at the acquisition date that, if known, would have affected the amounts recognized at that date.
Cash and cash equivalents
Cash
and cash equivalents is comprised of cash in the bank which is subject to an insignificant risk of changes in value. The Company considers
all short-term investments with an original maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents. At September 30,
2024 and December 31, 2023, cash amounted to $
Deposits
From time to time the Company makes advanced payments to vendors for products to be sold to customers. These amounts are included as deposits on the condensed consolidated balance sheets.
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NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Fair value measurements
Fair value is defined as the exit price, or the amount that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants as of the measurement date. The authoritative guidance establishes a hierarchy for inputs used in measuring fair value that maximizes the use of observable inputs and minimizes the use of unobservable inputs by requiring that the most observable inputs be used when available. Observable inputs are from sources independent of the Company. Unobservable inputs reflect the Company’s assumptions about the factors market participants would use in valuing the asset or liability developed based upon the best information available in the circumstances. The categorization of financial assets and liabilities within the valuation hierarchy is based upon the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The hierarchy is broken down into three levels:
| ● | Level 1: Inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. | |
| ● | Level 2: Inputs include quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, and inputs (other than quoted prices) that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. | |
| ● | Level 3: Inputs are unobservable for the asset or liability. |
The carrying amounts of certain financial instruments, such as cash equivalents, accounts payable and accrued liabilities, approximate fair value due to their relatively short maturities. The fair value of debt instruments for which the Company has not elected fair value accounting is based on the present value of expected future cash flows and assumptions about the then-current market interest rates as of the reporting period and the creditworthiness of the Company. All of the Company’s debt is carried on the consolidated balance sheet on a historical cost basis net of unamortized discounts and premiums because the Company has not elected the fair value option of accounting.
Warrants
The Company reviews the terms of warrants to purchase its common stock to determine whether warrants should be classified as liabilities or stockholders’ deficit in its condensed consolidated balance sheets. In order for a warrant to be classified in stockholders’ deficit, the warrant must be (i) indexed to the Company’s equity and (ii) meet the conditions for equity classification.
If a warrant does not meet the conditions for stockholders’ deficit classification, it is carried on the condensed consolidated balance sheets as a warrant liability measured at fair value, with subsequent changes in the fair value of the warrant recorded in other non-operating losses (gains) in the condensed consolidated statements of operations. If a warrant meets both conditions for equity classification, the warrant is initially recorded, at its relative fair value on the date of issuance, in stockholders’ deficit in the consolidated balance sheets, and the amount initially recorded is not subsequently remeasured at fair value.
Revenue Recognition
The Company
generates revenue through the resale of products. The Company considers customer agreements and purchase orders to be the contracts
with the customer. There is a single performance obligation, which is the Company’s promise to transfer the Company’s
product to customers based on specific payment and shipping terms in the arrangement. The entire transaction price is allocated to
this single performance obligation. Product revenue is recognized when a customer obtains control of the product. Revenue is
measured as the amount of consideration the Company expects to receive in exchange for transferring products either upon receipt of
the product or as defined in the contract. The Company records revenue on a gross basis as a principal or on a net basis as an agent
depending on the contracted arrangement. For the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and the period from February 16, 2023
(inception) to December 31, 2023, $
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NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Income taxes
The Company follows the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes under FASB ASC 740, which requires an asset and liability approach to financial accounting and reporting for income taxes. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the estimated future tax consequences attributable to differences between the consolidated financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that included the enactment date. Valuation allowances are established, when necessary, to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized.
FASB ASC 740 prescribes a recognition threshold and a measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and the measurement of tax positions taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. For those benefits to be recognized, a tax position must be more likely than not to be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities. The Company recognizes accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense. The Company is currently not aware of any issues under review that could result in significant payments, accruals or material deviation from its position. The Company is subject to income tax examinations by major taxing authorities since inception.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted
In June 2022, the FASB issued ASU 2022-03, “Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Fair Value Measurement of Equity Securities Subject to Contractual Sale Restrictions,” which clarifies that contractual sale restrictions are not considered in measuring fair value of equity securities and requires additional disclosures for equity securities subject to contractual sale restrictions. The standard is effective for public companies for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023. Early adoption is permitted. This accounting standard update is not expected to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements as the amendments align with our existing policy.
In November 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-07, “Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures,” which will add required disclosures of significant expenses for each reportable segment, as well as certain other disclosures to help investors understand how the chief operating decision maker (“CODM”) evaluates segment expenses and operating results. The new standard will also allow disclosure of multiple measures of segment profitability if those measures are used to allocate resources and assess performance. The amendments will be effective for public companies for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. Early adoption is permitted. We are currently evaluating the impact of this accounting standard update on our consolidated financial statements.
In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, “Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures,” which requires disaggregated information about a reporting entity’s effective tax rate reconciliation as well as information on income taxes paid. The standard is intended to benefit investors by providing more detailed income tax disclosures that would be useful in making capital allocation decisions. The standard will be effective for public companies for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. Early adoption is permitted. We are currently evaluating the impact of this accounting standard update on our consolidated financial statements.
4. RECAPITALIZATION
As discussed in Note 1, “Organization and Business Operations”, the Business Combination was consummated on December 21, 2023, which, for accounting purposes, was treated as the equivalent of Global Hydrogen issuing stock for the net assets of Dune, accompanied by recapitalization. Under this method of accounting, Dune was treated as the acquired company for financial accounting and reporting purposes under GAAP.
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GLOBAL GAS CORPORATION
NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Transaction Proceeds
Upon
closing of the Business Combination, the Company received gross proceeds of $
| Cash-trust and cash, net of redemptions | $ | |||
| Less: transaction costs, loans and advisory fees, paid | ( | ) | ||
| Less: fees paid in connection with the forward purchase agreement | ( | ) | ||
| Net proceeds from the Business Combination | ||||
| Less: Derivative warrant liabilities | ( | ) | ||
| Less: liabilities assumed | ( | ) | ||
| Less: others, net | ||||
| Reverse recapitalization, net | $ | ( | ) |
| Dune Class A common stock, outstanding prior to the Business Combination | ||||
| Less: Redemption of Dune Class A common stock | ( | ) | ||
| Business Combination shares | ||||
| Global Hydrogen shares, Class B | ||||
| PIPE investor shares, Class A | ||||
| Common Stock immediately after the Business Combination |
| Global
Hydrogen units |
Global
Hydrogen Shares after conversion ratio |
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| Class B Common Stock | ||||||||
Redemption
Prior
to the closing of the Business Combination, certain Dune public shareholders exercised their right to redeem certain of their outstanding
shares for cash, resulting in the redemption of
Public and private placement warrants
The
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GLOBAL GAS CORPORATION
NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
5. ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED EXPENSES
| September 30, | December 31, | |||||||
| 2024 | 2023 | |||||||
| Accounting and Consulting | $ | $ | ||||||
| Legal Fees | ||||||||
| Transaction costs(1) | ||||||||
| $ | $ | |||||||
| (1) |
6. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Advances – Related party
From
February 16, 2023 (inception) to December 31, 2023, a member of Global Hydrogen Energy, LLC advanced the Company a total
of $
Accounts payable - related party
Commencing
on the date that the Dune’s securities were first listed on Nasdaq and ending on the consummation of Dune’s Business Combination,
Dune was obligated to pay the Sponsor a total of $
Prior
to the consummation of the Business Combination, Dune agreed to reimburse its Sponsor, officers and directors, or any of their respective
affiliates for any out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with activities on its behalf such as identifying potential target businesses
and performing due diligence on suitable business combinations. As of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, there was $
Promissory Note – Related Party
On
June 21, 2023, the Company entered into an unsecured promissory note (the “Note”) with an affiliate pursuant to which the
affiliate agreed to loan the Company up to an aggregate principal amount of $
On
June 21, 2023, the Company issued an unsecured promissory note (the “Sponsor Note”) to the Sponsor, which provided for borrowings
from time to time of up to an aggregate of $
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GLOBAL GAS CORPORATION
NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
CEO Employment Agreement
On
March 4, 2024, Global Hydrogen entered into an employment agreement amendment (the “Employment Agreement Amendment”) with
William Bennet Nance, Jr., the former Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Global Hydrogen and a former director of the Company. Pursuant
to the Employment Agreement Amendment, Mr. Nance’s compensation was restructured to entitle him to contingent payments (“Gross
Profit Payments”) equal to
7. STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Preferred
Stock – The Company is authorized to issue
Class
A Common Stock – The Company is authorized to issue
Class
B Common Stock – The Company is authorized to issue
Voting Rights
The
holders of the Company’s Common Stock possess all voting power for the election of our directors and all other matters requiring
stockholder action and will at all times vote together as one class on all matters submitted to a vote of the stockholders of the Company.
Holders of the Company’s Common Stock is entitled to
Dividend Rights
The holders of the Company’s Class A Common Stock are entitled to receive such dividends and other distributions as declared by the Board, equally on a per share basis. Dividends will not be declared or paid on the Company’s Class B Common Stock and the holders of shares of the Company’s Class B Common Stock shall have no right to receive dividends in respect of such shares of the Company’s Class B Common Stock.
Liquidation, Dissolution and Winding Up
In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Company, after payment or provision for payment of the debts and other liabilities of the Company, and subject to the rights of the holders of shares of the Company’s preferred stock in respect thereof, the holders of shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock will be entitled to receive all of the remaining assets of the Company available for distribution to its stockholders, ratably in proportion to the number of shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock held by them. The holders of shares of the Class B Common Stock, as such, will not be entitled to receive any assets of the Company’s in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Company.
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GLOBAL GAS CORPORATION
NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Warrants
As
part of the IPO, Dune issued warrants to third party investors where each whole warrant entitles the holder to purchase
These
warrants expire on the fifth anniversary of the Business Combination or earlier upon redemption or liquidation and are exercisable commencing
Forward Purchase Agreement
As discussed in Note 1, in connection with the Business Combination, on December 1, 2023, Dune and Global Hydrogen entered into a forward purchase agreement (the “Forward Purchase Agreement”) with each of (i) Meteora Strategic Capital, LLC (“MSC”), (ii) Meteora Capital Partners, LP (“MCP”) and (iii) Meteora Select Trading Opportunities Master, LP (“MSTO” and, collectively with MSC and MCP, the “Seller”) for an OTC Equity Prepaid Forward Transaction. For purposes of the Forward Purchase Agreement, Dune is referred to as the “Counterparty” prior to the consummation of the Business Combination, while Global Gas Corporation is referred to as the “Counterparty” after the consummation of the Business Combination. Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Forward Purchase Agreement.
The Company accounts for the forward purchase agreement for as a derivative in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 815, “Derivatives and Hedging”, and presented in equity at September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 on the consolidated balance sheet.
On
February 5, 2024, the Company and the Seller entered into an amendment to the Forward Purchase Agreement (the “Amendment”).
The Amendment amends the section of the Forward Purchase Agreement regarding a Prepayment Shortfall by providing that the Company has
the option, at its sole discretion, at any time up to 45 days prior to the Valuation Date, to request up to $
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GLOBAL GAS CORPORATION
NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Pursuant
to the terms of the Forward Purchase Agreement, the Seller intended, but was not obligated, to purchase up to
The
Forward Purchase Agreement provides that Seller would be paid directly an aggregate cash amount (the “Prepayment Amount”)
equal to the product of (i) the Number of Shares as set forth in each Pricing Date Notice and (ii) the redemption price per share (the
“Initial Price”) as defined in Section 9.2(a) of Dune’s Amended and Restated Charter, less (iii) an amount in US dollars
equal to
The Counterparty would pay to Seller the Prepayment Amount required under the Forward Purchase Agreement directly from the Counterparty’s trust account maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company holding the net proceeds of the sale of the units in the Counterparty’s initial public offering and the sale of private placement warrants (the “Trust Account”) no later than the earlier of (a) one business day after the date of the Business Combination closing (the “Closing Date”) and (b) the date any assets from the Trust Account are disbursed in connection with the Business Combination, except that to the extent the Prepayment Amount payable to a Seller is to be paid from the purchase of Additional Shares by such Seller pursuant to the terms of its FPA Funding Amount PIPE Subscription Agreement, such amount will be netted against such proceeds, with such Seller being able to reduce the purchase price for the Additional Shares by the Prepayment Amount. For the avoidance of doubt, any Additional Shares purchased by a Seller will be included in the Number of Shares for its respective Forward Purchase Agreement for all purposes, including for determining the Prepayment Amount.
In
addition to the Prepayment Amount, the Counterparty will pay directly from the Trust Account, on the Prepayment Date, an amount equal
to the product of (x) up to
The
reset price (the “Reset Price”) will be $
From time to time and on any date following the Trade Date (any such date, an “OET Date”), Seller may, in its absolute discretion, terminate its Forward Purchase Agreement in whole or in part by providing written notice to the Counterparty (the “OET Notice”), by the later of (a) the fifth business day following the OET Date and (b) no later than the next Payment Date following the OET Date (which shall specify the quantity by which the Number of Shares shall be reduced (such quantity, the “Terminated Shares”)); provided that “Terminated Shares” includes only such quantity of Shares by which the Number of Shares is to be reduced and included in an OET Notice and does not include any other Share sales, Shortfall Sale Shares or sales of Shares that are designated as Shortfall Sales (which designation can be made only up to the amount of Shortfall Sale proceeds), any Share Consideration sales or any other Shares, whether or not sold, which shares will not be included in any OET Notice when calculating the number of Terminated Shares. The effect of an OET Notice shall be to reduce the Number of Shares by the number of Terminated Shares specified in such OET Notice with effect as of the related OET Date. As of each OET Date, the Counterparty shall be entitled to an amount from the Seller, and the Seller shall pay to the Counterparty an amount, equal to the product of (x) the number of Terminated Shares and (y) the Reset Price in respect of such OET Date, except that no such amount will be due to Counterparty upon any Shortfall Sale. The payment date may be changed within a quarter at the mutual agreement of the parties.
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GLOBAL GAS CORPORATION
NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
From
time to time and on any date following the Trade Date (any such date, a “Shortfall Sale Date”) Seller may, in its absolute
discretion, at any sales price, sell Shortfall Sale Shares, and in connection with such sales, Seller shall provide written notice to
Counterparty (the “Shortfall Sale Notice”) no later than the later of (a) the fifth business day following the Shortfall
Sale Date and (b) the first Payment Date after the Shortfall Sale Date, specifying the quantity of the Shortfall Sale Shares and the
allocation of the Shortfall Sale proceeds. Seller shall not have any Early Termination Obligation in connection with any Shortfall Sales.
The Counterparty covenants and agrees for a period of at least sixty (
Unless
and until the proceeds from Shortfall Sales equal
| (A) | pay in cash an amount equal to the Shortfall Variance; or |
| (B) | issue and deliver to Seller such number of additional Shares that are equal to (1) the Shortfall Variance, divided by (2) |
The
Forward Purchase Agreement matures on, and the “Valuation Date” will be, the earliest to occur of (a) three (
On
the Cash Settlement Payment Date, which is the tenth business day following the last day of the Valuation Period commencing on the Valuation
Date, a Seller shall pay the Counterparty a cash amount equal to either: (1) in the event that the Valuation Date is determined by clause
(c) of the Valuation Date definition, a cash amount equal to (A) the Number of Shares as of the Valuation Date, multiplied by (B) the
closing price per share of the Dune Class A Common Stock on the business day immediately preceding the Valuation Date, or (2) (A) the
Number of Shares as of the Valuation Date less the number of Unregistered Shares, multiplied by (B) the volume-weighted daily VWAP Price
over the Valuation Period. The Settlement Amount Adjustment is equal to (1) the Maximum Number of Shares as of the Valuation Date multiplied
by (2) $
Seller has agreed to waive any redemption rights under the Amended and Restated Charter with respect to any Dune Class A Common Stock purchased through the FPA Funding Amount PIPE Subscription Agreement and any Recycled Shares in connection with the Business Combination. Such waiver may reduce the number of Dune Class A Common Stock redeemed in connection with the Business Combination, and such reduction could alter the perception of the potential strength of the Business Combination. The Forward Purchase Agreement has been structured, and all activity in connection with such agreement has been undertaken, to comply with the requirements of all tender offer regulations applicable to the Business Combination, including Rule 14e-5 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Seller cannot tender any shares in any public tender offer for a period of eight months after the Closing Date.
On
December 1, 2023, Dune entered into a subscription agreement (the “FPA Funding Amount PIPE Subscription Agreement”) with
the Seller. Pursuant to the FPA Funding Amount PIPE Subscription Agreement, the Seller party thereto agreed to subscribe for and purchase,
and Dune agreed to issue and sell to the Seller, on the Closing Date, an aggregate number of shares of Dune Class A Common Stock equal
to the Maximum Number of Shares less the Recycled Shares in connection with the Forward Purchase Agreement (subject to the
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GLOBAL GAS CORPORATION
NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Forfeiture Agreements
On
March 4, 2024, the Company entered into the Forfeiture Agreements with certain holders of the Company’s Class B common stock. Pursuant
to the Forfeiture Agreements, such holders forfeited an aggregate of
8. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS
We account for certain liabilities at fair value and classify these liabilities within the fair value hierarchy (Level 1, Level 2, or Level 3). There were no assets measured at fair value as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023.
| As of September 30, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||
| Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | |||||||||||||
| Liabilities | ||||||||||||||||
| Derivative warrant liabilities – public | ||||||||||||||||
| Derivative warrant liabilities – private placement | ||||||||||||||||
| Total liabilities | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
| As of December 31, 2023 | ||||||||||||||||
| Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | |||||||||||||
| Liabilities | ||||||||||||||||
| Derivative warrant liabilities – public | ||||||||||||||||
| Derivative warrant liabilities – private placement | ||||||||||||||||
| Total liabilities | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
Warrant liabilities
The public warrants are separately listed and traded in an active market, the public warrants have been measured at fair value utilizing their listed trading price. The estimated fair value of private placement warrants as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 was based on the fair value of the public warrants.
For
the three months ended September 30, 2024, the Company recognized an expense from a increase in the fair value of liabilities of $
9. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Litigation
In the normal course of business, the Company may become involved in various lawsuits and legal proceedings. While the ultimate results of these matters cannot be predicted with certainty, management does not expect them to have a material adverse effect on the financial position or results of operations of the Company.
10. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
Subsequent events have been evaluated through November 13, 2024, which represents the date the condensed consolidated financial statements were available to be issued, and no events have occurred through that date that would impact the condensed consolidated financial statements.
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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.
The following “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” should be read in conjunction with our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 and the three months ended September 30, 2023 and period from February 8, 2023 to September 30, 2023, our audited consolidated financial statements as of the year ended December 31, 2023, and other information included elsewhere in this report. This discussion includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). We have based these forward-looking statements on our current expectations and projections about future events. These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions about us that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “continue,” or the negative of such terms or other similar expressions. Such statements include, but are not limited to, possible business combinations and the financing thereof, and related matters, as well as all other statements other than statements of historical fact included herein. Factors that might cause or contribute to such a discrepancy include, but are not limited to, those described in our other Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) filings.
Unless the context otherwise requires, references in this “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” to “we,” “us,” “our” and “the Company” generally refer to Global Hydrogen in in the present tense or Global Gas from and after the Business Combination.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This report contains certain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the “PSLRA”). Forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “would,” “will,” “shall,” “seek,” “result,” “become,” “target” or other similar expressions that predict or indicate future events or trends or that are not statements of historical matters, but the absence of these words does not mean a statement is not forward looking. Indications of, and guidance or outlook on, future earnings, dividends or financial position or performance are also forward looking statements. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: (1) references with respect to the anticipated benefits of the proposed Business Combination and anticipated closing timing; (2) the anticipated capitalization and enterprise value of the combined company following the consummation of the proposed Business Combination; (3) current and future potential commercial and customer relationships; and (4) anticipated demand for Global Gas’ product and service offerings.
These forward-looking statements involve significant risks and uncertainties that could cause the actual results to differ materially, and potentially adversely, from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are predictions, projections and other statements about future events that are based on current expectations and assumptions and, as a result, are subject to risks and uncertainties. Most of these factors are outside the Company’s control and are difficult to predict. Factors that may cause such differences include, but are not limited to: (i) risks relating to the uncertainty of the projected financial information with respect to Global Hydrogen; (ii) the ability to recognize the anticipated benefits of the Business Combination, which may be affected by, among other things, competition, the ability of Global Hydrogen to grow and manage growth profitably, sell and expand its product and service offerings, implement its growth strategy and retain its key employees; (iii) risks relating to Global Hydrogen’s operations and business, including the combined company’s ability to raise financing, hire employees, secure supplier, customer and other commercial contracts, obtain licenses and information technology and protect itself against cybersecurity risks; (iv) intense competition and competitive pressures from other companies worldwide in the industries in which the combined company will operate; (v) litigation and the ability to adequately protect the combined company’s intellectual property rights; (vi) costs related to the Business Combination; (vii) changes in applicable laws or regulations; and (viii) the possibility that Global Hydrogen may be adversely affected by other economic, business and/or competitive factors.
These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing the Company’s assessments as of any date subsequent to the date of this report. Accordingly, undue reliance should not be placed upon the forward-looking statements.
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Global Gas Corporation is a nascent pure-play hydrogen and carbon recovery project developer and industrial gas supplier that has commenced initial operations and is building a growing project development pipeline. Potential projects are added to the project development pipeline only after Global Hydrogen has met with the potential customer, discussed the scope of the project and discussed the project’s feasibility, preliminary sizing and design. Since its inception, Global Hydrogen has worked to establish relationships in the form of channel checks with non-exclusive independent equipment suppliers and discussions with vendors, but the Company has not yet generated any revenue or reached final terms with any paying customers or suppliers. As we expand our operations, we intend to offer potential customers reliable, low-carbon and clean hydrogen, pure carbon dioxide, and other gases generated from a variety of feedstocks. We intend for our operations to include (i) the sourcing, identification, evaluation and vetting of offtake customers seeking to purchase industrial gases, (ii) the securing of local feedstocks, equipment, and utilities, (iii) the planning and management of projects and (iv) the structuring and financing of our projects. We intend to offer our customers attractive pricing as we select and secure local, often waste, feedstock, and plan to deploy established industrial gas generation, storage, compression, and dispensing technologies in our projects. On each planned project, we seek to sell multiple gas products, sourced from a single feedstock, for offtake to customers. We also intend to utilize and bring to market secondary offtake products such as oxygen. Global Hydrogen is currently a minority-owned business and we are targeting both privately- and publicly-funded hydrogen development and selected carbon recovery projects, including projects supported by local, county, state, and national-level governments in North America, Western Europe, and Great Britain.
In selecting feedstock to generate industrial gases, we will primarily target renewable waste and will need to seek arrangements with owners of renewable waste feedstock, such as wastewater treatment plants, landfills, food waste processing facilities, and agricultural farms, to access their renewable waste feedstock. In addition to generating industrial gases from renewable waste feedstock, we plan to generate gases from non-renewable sources including pipeline natural gas. We will need to seek arrangement with owners of such non-renewable feedstock. On projects where a non-renewable, or high greenhouse gas output, energy source is used, as well as on selected other projects where such technology is required to produce clean hydrogen, we may deploy carbon recovery technology — more commonly known as carbon capture technology.
On the hydrogen side, we serve traditional industrial gas customers, and are particularly focused on plans to serve the rapidly growing hydrogen-as-energy-carrier market, comprising heavy duty hauling transportation operators such as transit bus agencies, long haul truck fleet operators, truck leasing operators, and refuse collection truck operators, many of whom are considering deploying hydrogen fuel cell powertrain vehicles to decarbonize their fleets which currently runs almost exclusively on diesel. On the carbon dioxide side, we target both traditional industrial users of the gas, including food & beverage grade users such as brewers and beverage bottlers requiring carbonation, as well as emerging users such as the producers of green building materials.
Our growth strategy is based on developing our ability to place modular generation, recovery, storage, and dispensing solutions in closer geographic proximity to our end customers — onsite in many cases — and our ability to produce and sell multiple outputs from a single feedstock input. We hope that these plans, if successfully carried out, will allow us to produce clean hydrogen and carbon dioxide at a net cost normally seen only in larger scale plants and which supports competitive market prices for our end products. Additionally, governments at all levels in North America and Western Europe have and are deploying substantial incentives to mitigate the impact of climate change and to decarbonize their economies. We believe we are well-placed to benefit as a developer of projects eligible for several of these incentives, such as the hydrogen tax production credits and the investment tax credits made available in the United States through the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.
Global Gas has not yet generated any revenue and does not anticipate generating revenue from the sale of systems and equipment to customers in 2024. Global Hydrogen management actively reviews its project development pipeline and activity with potential customers. Potential projects are added to the project development pipeline only after Global Hydrogen has met with the potential customer, discussed the scope of the project and discussed the project’s feasibility, preliminary sizing and design. Management has determined that its projections are reasonable based on its review and status of its potential projects. Global Hydrogen has not yet successfully closed on any project.
Global Hydrogen is headquartered in New York, New York and its corporate website is globalhydrogen.co. Global Hydrogen’s website and the information contained on, or that can be accessed through, such website is not deemed to be incorporated by reference in, and is not considered part of, this proxy statement.
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While Global Hydrogen does not have significant past operating history, Global Hydrogen’s management is aware that the future operating results and future financial condition of Global Hydrogen may be different than our past operating results and financial condition. Major factors that will have a material impact on future financial results and condition include whether Global Hydrogen will be able to sign contracts with customers and suppliers necessary to undertake the business plan. Even if such contracts are signed, our business plan is complex and there are many factors which could impact our operating results and financial condition including delays in projects, volatility in the price of our raw materials and products, and volatility in the demand for our services and products.
Recent Developments
Recent events impacting our business are as follows:
Business Combination
On May 14, 2023, the Company, entered into a Unit Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”), by and among Global Gas Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Dune (“Holdings”), Dune Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Dune”).
In accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions of the Purchase Agreement, at the closing of the Business Combination (the “Closing”), (a) Dune will contribute to Holdings all of its assets (excluding its interests in Holdings and the aggregate amount of cash proceeds required to satisfy any redemptions by Dune’s public stockholders (“Dune Stockholder Redemptions”)), and in exchange therefore, Holdings will issue to Dune a number of common equity units of Holdings (“Holdings Common Units”) which will equal the number of total shares of Dune’s Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Dune Class A Common Stock”), issued and outstanding immediately after the Closing (taking into account any equity financing agreements entered into by Dune between the signing date of the Purchase Agreement and the Closing and giving effect to all Dune Stockholder Redemptions) (such transactions, the “SPAC Contribution”) and (b) immediately after the SPAC Contribution, the members of the Company will transfer, convey, assign and deliver all of the limited liability company equity interests of the Company (“Company Units”) to Holdings in exchange for shares of Dune’s Class B voting non-economic common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Dune Class B Common Stock” and, together with Dune Class A Common Stock, “Dune Common Stock”), and Holdings Common Units (together with the SPAC Contribution, the “Combination Transactions”), as a result of which, (i) each issued and outstanding Company Unit immediately prior to the Combination Transactions will be held by Holdings, (ii) each Seller will receive an aggregate number of Holdings Common Units and shares of Dune Class B Common Stock equal to the number of Company Units held by such Seller, multiplied by the Company Exchange Ratio (as defined below), and (iii) Dune will change its name to Global Gas Corporation (“New Global Hydrogen”) and New Global Hydrogen will be the publicly traded reporting company in an “Up-C” Structure (clauses (i) through (iii) collectively, and together with the Combination Transactions and the other transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement, being referred to collectively hereafter as the “Transactions”).
On December 21, 2023 (the “Closing “), the Business Combination was consummated. In connection with the closing of such Business Combination, the Company changed its name to Global Gas Corporation, and on December 22, 2023, the Company’s Class A Common Stock (as defined below) and warrants began trading on The Nasdaq Capital Market (“Nasdaq”) under the new trading symbols of “HGAS” and “HGASW,” respectively.
In accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions of the Purchase Agreement and the other transactions contemplated thereby (the “Business Combination”), at the closing of the Business Combination on December 21, 2023, (a) Dune contributed to Holdings all of its assets (excluding its interests in Holdings and the aggregate amount of cash proceeds required to satisfy redemptions by Dune’s public stockholders (“Stockholder Redemptions”)), and in exchange therefore, Holdings issued to Dune a number of common equity units of Holdings (“Holdings Common Units”) which equal the number of total shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Class A Common Stock”), of Dune issued and outstanding immediately after the Closing (giving effect to all Stockholder Redemptions) (such transactions, the “SPAC Contribution”) and (b) immediately after the SPAC Contribution, the Sellers transferred, conveyed, assigned and delivered all of the limited liability company equity interests of Global Hydrogen (“Global Hydrogen Units”) to Holdings in exchange for shares of Class B voting non-economic common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Class B Common Stock”), of Dune and Holdings Common Units (together with the SPAC Contribution, the “Combination Transactions”), as a result of which, (i) each issued and outstanding Global Hydrogen Unit immediately prior to the Combination Transactions is now held by Holdings, (ii) each Seller received an aggregate number of Holdings Common Units and shares of Class B Common Stock, in each case, equal to the number of Global Hydrogen Units held by such Seller, multiplied by the applicable exchange ratio, and (iii) Dune changed its name to Global Gas Corporation and the Company became the publicly traded reporting company. The effective time of the Business Combination on the Closing Date is referred to as the “Effective Time.”
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The Business Combination was accomplished through what is commonly referred to as an “Up-C” structure, which is often used by partnerships and limited liability companies undertaking an initial public offering. The “Up-C” structure allowed the Sellers, who became equity holders of Holdings upon the consummation of the Combination Transactions, to retain their equity ownership in Holdings, an entity that is classified as a partnership for United States federal income tax purposes, in the form of Holdings Common Units after the Closing, and provides potential future tax benefits for both the Company and Holdings’ equity holders (other than the Company) after the Closing when they ultimately exchange their Holdings Common Units.
In accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions of the Purchase Agreement, at the Closing, the issued and outstanding Global Hydrogen Units of each Seller were transferred, conveyed, assigned and delivered in exchange for (i) a number of shares of Class B Common Stock equal to the product of (x) the number of Global Hydrogen Units held by such Seller and (y) the exchange ratio determined by dividing (A) the quotient of $43,000,000 divided by the number of Global Hydrogen Units issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Closing by (B) $10.00 per share and (ii) a number of Holdings Common Units equal to the number of shares of Class B Common Stock received by such Seller pursuant to clause (i) hereof.
The Business Combination was accounted for as a reverse recapitalization in accordance with GAAP. Under this method of accounting, although Dune acquired all of the outstanding equity interests of Global Hydrogen in the Business Combination, Dune was treated as the “acquired” company and Global Hydrogen was treated as the accounting acquirer for financial statement reporting purposes. Accordingly, the Business Combination was treated as the equivalent of Global Hydrogen issuing stock for the net assets of Dune, accompanied by a recapitalization. The net assets of Dune were stated at historical cost, with no goodwill or other intangible assets recorded. Operations prior to the Business Combination were those of Global Hydrogen.
Employment Agreement
Effective June 17, 2024, William Bennet Nance, Jr., the former Chief Executive Officer of Global Hydrogen and a former director of the Company, was terminated by the Company for “Cause” (as defined in the employment agreement) and his related employment agreement with Global Hydrogen was terminated. Pursuant to the employment agreement, Mr. Nance’s termination as an officer triggered his immediate and automatic resignation as a director of the Company.
Forfeiture Agreements
On March 4, 2024, the Company entered into Forfeiture Agreements” with certain holders of the Company’s Class B common stock. Pursuant to the Forfeiture Agreements, such holders forfeited an aggregate of 1,600,000 Forfeited Shares in exchange for consideration previously received. After the forfeitures of the Forfeited Shares pursuant to the Forfeiture Agreements, such holders continue to hold an aggregate of 2,700,000 shares of the Company’s Class B common stock.
Delisting of common stock and warrants
On December 22, 2023, the Company received a notice (the “Notice”) from the staff of the Listing Qualifications Department of Nasdaq indicating that, unless the Company timely requested a hearing before the Nasdaq Hearings Panel (the “Panel”), the Company’s securities (common stock and warrants) would be subject to suspension and delisting from Nasdaq on January 3, 2024, due to the Company’s failure to satisfy the initial listing standards of The Nasdaq Capital Market upon closing of the Company’s previously announced business combination in accordance with Nasdaq Rule 5101-2. Specifically, the Company was unable to demonstrate compliance with the Stockholders Equity, Publicly Held Shares, Market Value of Listed Securities and Market Value of Publicly Held Shares requirements set forth in Nasdaq Rule 5505. The Company timely requested a hearing before the Panel, which resulted in a stay of any suspension or delisting action pending the hearing. The Company was granted until June 20, 2024 to demonstrate compliance with the above-referenced listing rules but was unable to do so by such date. As a result, on June 21, 2024, the Company received notice that the Panel had determined to delist the Company’s securities from Nasdaq and would suspend trading in its securities on the exchange effective at the open of business on June 25, 2024. Since the delisting, the Company’s common stock and warrants have been trading on the OTCQB with trading symbols “HGAS” and “HGASW”, respectively.
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Results of Operations
As of September 30, 2024, the Company has not generated any revenue. As of September 30, 2024, the Company’s expenses have been related to initial operations and efforts to source materials for future projects and to undertake conversations with potential customers.
The following tables set forth our condensed consolidated statement of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 and three months ended September 30, 2023 and the period from February 16, 2023 (inception) to September 30, 2023, and the dollar and percentage change between the two periods:
| For the Three Months Ended September 30, | For the Three Months Ended September 30, | |||||||||||||||
| 2024 | 2023 | $ Change | % Change | |||||||||||||
| Costs and expenses: | ||||||||||||||||
| General and administrative | $ | 121,207 | $ | 132,864 | $ | (11,657 | ) | (9 | )% | |||||||
| Total costs and expenses | 121,207 | 132,864 | (11,657 | ) | (9 | )% | ||||||||||
| Operating income (loss) | (121,207 | ) | (132,864 | ) | 11,657 | (9 | )% | |||||||||
| Other income (expense): | ||||||||||||||||
| Interest income | 2,643 | 36 | 2,607 | NM* | ||||||||||||
| Change in fair value of warrants liabilities | (5,390 | ) | - | (5,390 | ) | NM* | ||||||||||
| Income (loss) before income taxes | (123,954 | ) | (132,828 | ) | 8,874 | (7 | )% | |||||||||
| Income tax expense | - | - | - | 0 | % | |||||||||||
| Net income (loss) | $ | (123,954 | ) | $ | (132,828 | ) | $ | 8,874 | (7 | )% | ||||||
| NM* | - Percentage change not meaningful |
| For the Nine Months Ended September 30, | For the Period from February 16, 2023 (inception) to September 30, | |||||||||||||||
| 2024 | 2023 | $ Change | % Change | |||||||||||||
| Costs and expenses: | ||||||||||||||||
| General and administrative | $ | 269,461 | $ | 385,216 | $ | (115,755 | ) | (30 | )% | |||||||
| Start up costs | - | 574 | (574 | ) | (100 | )% | ||||||||||
| Total costs and expenses | 269,461 | 385,790 | (116,329 | ) | (30 | )% | ||||||||||
| Operating income (loss) | (269,461 | ) | (385,790 | ) | 116,329 | (30 | )% | |||||||||
| Other income (expense): | ||||||||||||||||
| Interest income | 15,118 | 85 | 15,033 | NM* | ||||||||||||
| Change in fair value of warrants liabilities | 357,080 | - | 357,080 | NM* | ||||||||||||
| Income (loss) before income taxes | 102,737 | (385,705 | ) | 488,442 | (127 | )% | ||||||||||
| Income tax expense | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
| Net (loss) income | $ | 102,737 | $ | (385,705 | ) | $ | 488,442 | (127 | )% | |||||||
| NM* | - Percentage change not meaningful |
General and administrative expenses
General and administrative expenses decreased by $11,657 for the three months ended September 30, 2024 compared to the three months ended September 30, 2023, primarily related to a reduction in franchise tax expense and professional fees, partially offset by an increase in legal fees.
General and administrative expenses decreased by $115,755 for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 compared to the period from February 16, 2023 (inception) to September 30, 2023, primarily related to franchise tax expense and payroll expenses.
Start-up costs
Start-up cost of $574 was incurred at inception of the Company for the period from February 16, 2023 (inception) to September 30, 2023, respectively.
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Interest income
For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, the Company earned $2,643 and $15,118, respectively, of interest income on cash equivalents.
For the three months ended September 30, 2024 and the period from February 16, 2023 (inception) to September 30, 2023, the Company earned $36 and $85, respectively, of interest income on cash equivalents.
Change in fair value of warrants liabilities
The change in fair value of warrant liabilities of $5,390 and $357,080, respectively, is recognized into other expense and other income, respectively for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Since inception, the Company’s primary sources of liquidity have been cash flows from contributions from a member and a related party. The Company had $192,444 in cash and cash equivalents, a working capital deficit of $282,813, and an accumulated deficit of $197,439 as of September 30, 2024.
The Company intends to operate with its current cash and cash equivalents on hand. In the future, the Company may borrow money and sell equity to finance its operations. As the Company has a limited operating history, its liquidity and capital resources may change substantially from past results.
The Company’s future capital requirements will depend on many factors, including the Company’s revenue growth rate, the timing and extent of spending to support further sales and marketing and research and development efforts. In order to finance these opportunities, the Company will need to raise additional financing. While there can be no assurances, the Company intends to raise such capital through issuances of additional equity. If additional financing is required from outside sources, the Company may not be able to raise it on terms acceptable to the Company or at all. If the Company is unable to raise additional capital when desired, the Company’s business, results of operations and financial condition would be materially and adversely affected.
As a result of the above, in connection with the Company’s assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with Financial Accounting Standard Board’s (“FASB”) ASC Subtopic 205-40, “Going Concern,” management has determined that the Company’s liquidity condition raises substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern through twelve months from the date these consolidated financial statements are available to be issued. These consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recovery of the recorded assets or the classification of the liabilities that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern.
Cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and the period from February 16, 2023 (inception) to September 30, 2023.
The following table summarizes cash flows from operating and financing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and the period from February 16, 2023 (inception) to September 30, 2023:
For the 2024 | For the period from February 16, 2023 (inception) to September 30, 2023 | |||||||
| Net cash and cash equivalents used in operating activities | $ | (1,265,884 | ) | $ | (96,715 | ) | ||
| Net cash and cash equivalents provided by financing activities | $ | 275,000 | $ | 97,242 | ||||
Cash flows from operating activities
Net cash and cash equivalents used in operating activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 was $1,265,884, primarily related the decrease in accounts payable and accrued expenses, increase in deposit, increase in prepaid expenses and other receivables and change in fair value of warrant liabilities partially offset by an increase in deferred revenue and net income for the period.
Net cash and cash equivalents used in operating activities for the period from February 16, 2023 (inception) to September 30, 2023 was $96,715, primarily related to the net loss for the period partially offset by the increase in accounts payable and accrued expense.
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Cash flows from financing activities
Net cash and cash equivalents provided by financing activities during the nine months ended September 30, 2024 was $275,000, consisting of the proceeds received from forward purchase agreement contract.
Net cash and cash equivalents provided by financing activities during the period from February 16, 2023 (inception) to September 30, 2023 was $97,242, consisting primarily of capital contribution from members and proceeds from promissory notes – related party.
Critical Accounting Policies
The preparation of our consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make judgments, estimates and assumptions that impact the amounts reported in our consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.
The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognized in the period in which the estimate is revised, if the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods, if the revision affects both current and future periods.
A summary of our significant accounting policies is included in Note 3, “Summary of significant accounting policies” to the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements. Certain of our accounting policies are considered critical, as these policies require significant, difficult or complex judgments by management, often requiring the use of estimates about the effects of matters that are inherently uncertain. Our critical policies are summarized in Item 7. “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023.
Fair Value Measurement
We determine the fair value of financial assets and liabilities using the fair value hierarchy established in Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 820, Fair Value Measurement (“ASC 820”). ASC 820 identifies fair value as the exchange price, or exit price, representing the amount that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants. The hierarchy describes three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value, as follows:
| ● | Level 1: Inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. | |
| ● | Level 2: Inputs include quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, and inputs (other than quoted prices) that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. | |
| ● | Level 3: Inputs are unobservable for the asset or liability. |
Management uses valuation techniques in measuring the fair value of financial instruments, where active market quotes are not available.
Warrants
The Company reviews the terms of warrants to purchase its common stock to determine whether warrants should be classified as liabilities or stockholders’ deficit in its condensed consolidated balance sheets. In order for a warrant to be classified in stockholders’ deficit, the warrant must be (i) indexed to the Company’s equity and (ii) meet the conditions for equity classification.
If a warrant does not meet the conditions for stockholders’ deficit classification, it is carried on the condensed consolidated balance sheets as a warrant liability measured at fair value, with subsequent changes in the fair value of the warrant recorded in other non-operating losses (gains) in the condensed consolidated statements of operations. If a warrant meets both conditions for equity classification, the warrant is initially recorded, at its relative fair value on the date of issuance, in stockholders’ deficit in the consolidated balance sheets, and the amount initially recorded is not subsequently remeasured at fair value.
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Business Combinations
The Company evaluates whether acquired net assets should be accounted for as a business combination or an asset acquisition by first applying a screen test to determine whether substantially all of the fair value of the gross assets acquired is concentrated in a single identifiable asset or group of similar identifiable assets. If so, the transaction is accounted for as an asset acquisition. If not, the Company applies its judgement to determine whether the acquired net assets meets the definition of a business by considering if the set includes an acquired input, process, and the ability to create outputs.
The Company accounts for business combinations using the acquisition method when it has obtained control. The Company measures goodwill as the fair value of the consideration transferred including the fair value of any non-controlling interest recognized, less the net recognized amount of the identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed, all measured at their fair value as of the acquisition date. Transaction costs, other than those associated with the issuance of debt or equity securities, that the Company incurs in connection with a business combination are expensed as incurred.
Any contingent consideration (“Earnout liabilities”) is measured at fair value at the acquisition date. For contingent consideration that does not meet all the criteria for equity classification, such contingent consideration is required to be recorded at its initial fair value at the acquisition date, and on each balance sheet date thereafter. Changes in the estimated fair value of liability-classified contingent consideration are recognized on the consolidated statements of operations in the period of change.
When the initial accounting for a business combination has not been finalized by the end of the reporting period in which the transaction occurs, the Company reports provisional amounts. Provisional amounts are adjusted during the measurement period, which does not exceed one year from the acquisition date. These adjustments, or recognition of additional assets or liabilities, reflect new information obtained about facts and circumstances that existed at the acquisition date that, if known, would have affected the amounts recognized at that date.
Income taxes
The Company follows the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes under FASB ASC 740, which requires an asset and liability approach to financial accounting and reporting for income taxes. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the estimated future tax consequences attributable to differences between the consolidated financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that included the enactment date. Valuation allowances are established, when necessary, to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized.
FASB ASC 740 prescribes a recognition threshold and a measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and the measurement of tax positions taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. For those benefits to be recognized, a tax position must be more likely than not to be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities. The Company recognizes accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense. The Company is currently not aware of any issues under review that could result in significant payments, accruals or material deviation from its position. The Company is subject to income tax examinations by major taxing authorities since inception.
New Accounting Pronouncements
Recently Issued Accounting Standards
The Company is expected to be an “emerging growth company” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (the “Securities Act”), as modified by the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the “JOBS Act”). The JOBS Act provides that an emerging growth company can take advantage of an extended transition period for complying with new or revised accounting standards. Thus, an emerging growth company can delay the adoption of certain accounting standards until those standards would otherwise apply to private companies. The Company has elected to take advantage of the extended transition period to comply with new or revised accounting standards and to adopt certain of the reduced disclosure requirements available to emerging growth companies. As a result of the accounting standards election, the Company will not be subject to the same implementation timeline for new or revised accounting standards as other public companies that are not emerging growth companies which may make comparison of the Company’s consolidated condensed financial statements to those of other public companies more difficult.
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For the impact of recently issued accounting pronouncements on the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, see Note 3 to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and incorporated herein by reference.
Intellectual Property
Global Hydrogen does not currently hold material intellectual property beyond certain logos and domain names assigned to the Company by William Bennett Nance, Jr.
Government Regulation
Global Hydrogen plans to own and operate hydrogen generation plants and to sell the resulting industrial gas. In many jurisdictions, hydrogen, oxygen, and other gases we will produce and sell, may be classified as fuel or controlled substances, and as such we may be required to obtain relevant licensing to produce, store, and sell such substances. We intend to acquire such licenses on a project by project and jurisdiction by jurisdiction basis.
Some of these gas generation plants we build or own may be in jurisdictions where CO2 emissions are subject to government regulation. When we produce hydrogen thermochemically, we will typically deploy carbon recovery systems to significantly reduce — below relevant jurisdictional limits — or eliminate the CO2 emissions which otherwise would be released to the atmosphere.
The construction of facilities that produce hydrogen will require compliance with government regulation, including local zoning and permitting requirements, such requirements will depend on the jurisdiction of each project.
The distribution of hydrogen, carbon dioxide, and oxygen will require compliance with certain regulatory federal and state regimes and will depend on the relevant jurisdictions.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.
Not required for smaller reporting companies.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures.
Inherent Limitations on Effectiveness of Controls and Procedures
In designing and evaluating our disclosure controls and procedures, management recognizes that any disclosure controls and procedures or internal controls and procedures, no matter how well-conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance of achieving the desired objectives of the control system. In addition, the design of disclosure controls and procedures must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints and that management is required to apply judgment in evaluating the benefits of possible controls and procedures relative to their costs.
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
We maintain “disclosure controls and procedures,” as defined in Rules 13a-15I and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including its chief executive officer and chief financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives and management necessarily applies its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures.
Our management, with the participation of our chief executive officer and our chief financial officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of September 30, 2024. Based on the evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of September 30, 2024, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that, as of such date, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at the reasonable assurance level.
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PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings.
We do not consider any claims, lawsuits, or proceedings that are currently pending against Global Gas, individually or in the aggregate, to be material to our business or likely to result in a material adverse effect on our future operating results, financial condition, or cash flows. From time to time, we may be subject to various claims, lawsuits, and other legal and administrative proceedings that may arise in the ordinary course of business. Some of these claims, lawsuits, and other proceedings may range in complexity and result in substantial uncertainty; it is possible that they may result in damages, fines, penalties, non-monetary sanctions, or relief.
Item 5. Other Information
During the quarter ended
September 30, 2024, (i) no director or officer
Item 6. Exhibits
The following exhibits are filed as part of, or incorporated by reference into, this Report.
| Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 31.1 | Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. | |
| 31.2 | Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. | |
| 32 | Certification pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. | |
| 101 | Financial statements from the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Global Gas Corporation Inc. for the quarter ended September 30, 2024, formatted in XBRL: (i) Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, (ii) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations, (iii) Condensed Consolidated Statement of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity, (iv) Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows and (v) Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, as blocks of text and in detail. | |
| 101.INS | Inline XBRL Instance Document | |
| 101.SCH | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document | |
| 101.CAL | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document | |
| 101.DEF | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document | |
| 101.LAB | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document | |
| 101.PRE | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized on the 13th day of November, 2024.
| GLOBAL GAS CORPORATION | ||
| November 13, 2024 | By: | /s/ Carter Glatt |
| Carter Glatt | ||
| Chairman (Principal Executive Officer) | ||
| November 13, 2024 | By: | /s/ Shachi Shah |
| Shachi Shah | ||
| Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) | ||
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