Tron Inc 10-Q for FY2023 Q3
Tron Inc. (TRON)
About this 10-Q
Tron Inc filed this 10-Q on November 13, 2023, covering the quarter ended September 30, 2023 (FY2023 Q3).
Headline figures
Quarter ended September 30, 2023, as reported in this filing, compared with the same period a year earlier where the filing states it.
- Revenue
- $1.13M
- down 25.7% from $1.52M a year earlier
- Net loss
- $1.49M
- compared with net income of $242.81K a year earlier
- Diluted EPS
- -$0.19
- compared with $0.04 a year earlier
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FORM 10-Q TABLE OF CONTENTS
| PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION | ||
| Item 1. | Financial Statements | F-1 |
| Item 2. | Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations | 4 |
| Item 3. | Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk | 9 |
| Item 4. | Controls and Procedures | 9 |
| PART II - OTHER INFORMATION | ||
| Item 1. | Legal Proceedings | 10 |
| Item 1A | Risk Factors | 10 |
| Item 2. | Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds | 10 |
| Item 3 | Defaults Upon Senior Securities | 10 |
| Item 4. | Mine Safety Disclosures | 10 |
| Item 5. | Other Information | 10 |
| Item 6. | Exhibits | 11 |
| SIGNATURES | 12 | |
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PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q includes the accounts of SRM Entertainment, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“SRM”). References in this Report to “we”, “our”, “us” or the “Company” refer to SRM Entertainment, Inc. unless the context dictates otherwise.
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
Certain statements in this report, including information incorporated by reference, are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended. Forward-looking statements reflect current views about future events and financial performance based on certain assumptions. They include opinions, forecasts, intentions, plans, goals, projections, guidance, expectations, beliefs or other statements that are not statements of historical fact. Words such as “will,” “may,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “expects,” “plans,” “believes,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “estimates,” “approximates,” “predicts,” “forecasts,” “potential,” “continue,” or “projects,” or the negative or other variation of such words, and similar expressions may identify a statement as a forward-looking statement. Any statements that refer to projections of our future financial performance, our anticipated growth and trends in our businesses, our goals, strategies, focus and plans, and other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including statements expressing general optimism about future operating results and the development of our products, are forward-looking statements.
Although forward-looking statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q reflect the good faith judgment of our management, such statements can only be based on facts and factors currently known by us. Consequently, forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties and actual results and outcomes may differ materially from the results and outcomes discussed in or anticipated by the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences in results and outcomes include, without limitation, those specifically addressed under the heading “Risk Factors” below, as well as those discussed elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Readers are urged not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. We file reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The public can read and copy any materials we file with the SEC at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, NE, Washington, DC 20549. You can obtain additional information about the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. In addition, the SEC maintains an Internet site (www.sec.gov) that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC, including us.
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Item 1. Financial Statements
SRM Entertainment, Inc.
| F-1 |
SRM Entertainment Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
As of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022
| September 30, | December 31, | |||||||
| 2023 | 2022 | |||||||
| (Unaudited) | (Audited) | |||||||
| Assets | ||||||||
| Cash | $ | $ | ||||||
| Account receivable | ||||||||
| Inventory | ||||||||
| Prepaid expenses and deposits | ||||||||
| Loan to affiliate | ||||||||
| Other current assets | ||||||||
| Total current assets | ||||||||
| Fixed assets, net of depreciation | ||||||||
| Total assets | $ | $ | ||||||
| Liabilities | ||||||||
| Accounts Payable | $ | $ | ||||||
| Promissory Note from Parent | ||||||||
| Advances from Parent | ||||||||
| Accrued and other liabilities | ||||||||
| Total Liabilities | ||||||||
| Shareholders’ Equity (Deficit) | ||||||||
| Preferred stock, $ par value, shares authorized of which are issued | ||||||||
| Common stock, $ par value, shares authorized and issues and outstanding at September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively | ||||||||
| Additional paid-in capital | ( | ) | ||||||
| Accumulated earnings (deficit) | ( | ) | ||||||
| Common Stock Payable | ||||||||
| Total Shareholders’ Equity (Deficit) | ( | ) | ||||||
| Total Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity (Deficit) | $ | $ | ||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited financial statements.
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SRM Entertainment, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
For the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2023 and 2022
(Unaudited)
| 2023 | 2022 | 2023 | 2022 | |||||||||||||
| Three Months Ended | Nine Months Ended | |||||||||||||||
| September 30 | September 30 | |||||||||||||||
| 2023 | 2022 | 2023 | 2022 | |||||||||||||
| Revenue | ||||||||||||||||
| Sales | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
| Cost of Sales | ||||||||||||||||
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| Operating expense | ||||||||||||||||
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| Interest expense | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||
| Other income / (expense) | ||||||||||||||||
| Total other income (expense) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||
| Net income (loss) | $ | ( | ) | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ||||||||
| Net income (loss) per share: | ||||||||||||||||
| Basic | $ | ( | ) | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ||||||||
| Fully diluted | $ | ( |
) | $ | $ | ( |
) | $ | ||||||||
| Weighted average number of shares | ||||||||||||||||
| Basic | ||||||||||||||||
| Fully diluted | ||||||||||||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited financial statements.
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SRM Entertainment, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity (Deficit)
For the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2023 and 2022
| Shares | Amount | Payable | Capital | Deficits | Total | |||||||||||||||||||
| Common | Additional | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Stock | Stock | Paid-In | Accumulated | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Shares | Amount | Payable | Capital | Deficits | Total | |||||||||||||||||||
| Balance, December 31, 2021 | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | $ | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||
| Net loss for the three months ended March 31, 2022 | - | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Balance March 31, 2022 | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income for the three months ended June 30, 2022 | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance June 30, 2022 | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income for the three months ended September 30, 2022 | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance September 30, 2022 | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||
| Common | Additional | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Stock | Stock | Paid-In | Accumulated | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Shares | Amount | Payable | Capital | Deficits | Total | |||||||||||||||||||
| Balance, December 31, 2022 | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | $ | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||
| Net loss for the three months ended March 31, 2023 | - | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Balance March 31, 2023 | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income for the three months ended June 30, 2023 | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance June 30, 2023 | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stock payable for services | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net proceeds from public offering | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Acquisition of SRM Entertainment Inc. | 1,700,000 | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Net loss for the three months ended September 30, 2023 | - | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Balance September 30, 2023 | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | |||||||||||||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited financial statements.
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SRM Entertainment, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2023 and 2022
(unaudited)
| 2023 | 2022 | |||||||
| Nine months ended September 30, | ||||||||
| 2023 | 2022 | |||||||
| Cash flows from operating activities: | ||||||||
| Net (loss) | $ | ( | ) | $ | ||||
| Adjustment to reconcile net loss to operating activities | ||||||||
| Stock based compensation | ||||||||
| Depreciation | ||||||||
| Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | ||||||||
| Accounts receivable | ( | ) | ||||||
| Inventory | ||||||||
| Prepaid expenses | ||||||||
| Accounts payable | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Accrued expenses | ||||||||
| Other assets | ||||||||
| Loans from parent | ||||||||
| Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities | ( | ) | ||||||
| Cash flows from investing activities: | ||||||||
| Cash paid for fixed assets | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Acquisition | ( | ) | ||||||
| Cash (used in) investing activities | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Financing activities: | ||||||||
| Net cash received from initial IPO | ||||||||
| Loans to affiliates | ||||||||
| Cash payment on promissory note | ( | ) | ||||||
| Cash flows from financing activities: | ||||||||
| Net increase in cash and cash equivalents | ||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period | ||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period | $ | $ | ||||||
| SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION: | ||||||||
| Cash paid for interest | $ | $ | ||||||
| Cash paid for income taxes | $ | $ | ||||||
| Non-cash items | ||||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited financial statements.
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SRM Entertainment, Inc.
Notes to Financial Statements
For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2023 and 2022
(Unaudited)
Note 1 - Organization and Business Operations
SRM.
Entertainment Limited (“SRM Ltd”), is a limited company incorporated in the Hong Kong, now a Special Administrative Region
of the People’s Republic of China, on January 23, 1981. SRM Entertainment, Inc. (“SRM Inc”) is a
The Company’s principal business is the design, manufacture, and sale of toys to premier theme parks.
Note 2 - Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Presentation
On December 9, 2022, we entered into a stock exchange agreement (the “Exchange Agreement”) with Jupiter Wellness, Inc. (“Jupiter”) to govern the separation of our business from Jupiter. On May 26, 2023, we amended and restated the Exchange Agreement (the “Amended and Restated Exchange Agreement”) to include additional information regarding the distribution and the separation of our business from Jupiter. The separation as set forth in the Amended and Restated Exchange Agreement with Jupiter closed August 14, 2023. Pursuant to the Amended and Restated Exchange Agreement, on May 31, 2023, we issued to Jupiter shares of our Common Stock (representing % of our outstanding shares of Common Stock) in exchange for ordinary shares of SRM Ltd (representing all of the issued and outstanding ordinary shares of SRM Ltd) (the “Share Exchange”). Pursuant to the Share Exchange, we acquired from Jupiter by operation of law all assets and assumed all liabilities comprising our business, which were owned and held by SRM Ltd.
The accompanying financial statements are presented in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and pursuant to the rules and regulations of US Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The merger of SRM Ltd and SRM Inc occurred on August 14, 2023. The financial statements are prepared using Reverse Acquisition Accounting and as such, for legal purposes SRM Inc was the acquiring company and for GAAP accounting, SRM Ltd was the acquiring company. Therefore, the financial statements are presented using the historical financial statements of SRM Ltd and shares of common stock issued to Jupiter. The combined SRM Inc and SRM Ltd are collectively referred to as the Company.
Emerging Growth Company Status
The Company is 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”), and it may take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in its periodic reports and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and shareholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved.
Further, Section 102(b)(1) of the JOBS Act exempts emerging growth companies from being required to comply with new or revised financial accounting standards until private companies (that is, those that have not had a Securities Act registration statement declared effective or do not have a class of securities registered under the Exchange Act) are required to comply with the new or revised financial accounting standards. The JOBS Act provides that a company can elect to opt out of the extended transition period and comply with the requirements that apply to non-emerging growth companies but any such election to opt out is irrevocable. The Company has elected not to opt out of such extended transition period which means that when a standard is issued or revised and it has different application dates for public or private companies, the Company, as an emerging growth company, can adopt the new or revised standard at the time private companies adopt the new or revised standard. This may make comparison of the Company’s financial statements with another public company which is neither an emerging growth company nor an emerging growth company which has opted out of using the extended transition period difficult or impossible because of the potential differences in accounting standards used.
Going Concern
Although
the Company reported net income for the year ended December 31, 2022 of $
On
August 14, 2023, the Company consummated its initial public offering (the “IPO”), pursuant to which it sold shares
of its common stock at a price of $per share, resulting in gross proceeds to the Company of approximately $
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Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with US GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
The
Company considers all short-term investments with a maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash and equivalents for purposes
of the statement of cash flows. There were
Accounts Receivable and Credit Risk
Accounts receivable are generated from sales of the Company’s products. The Company provides an allowance for doubtful collections, which is based upon a review of outstanding receivables, historical collection information, and existing economic conditions. For the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and year ended December 31, 2022, the Company did not recognize any allowance for doubtful collections
Inventory
Inventories will be stated at the lower of cost or market. The Company will periodically review the value of items in inventory and provides write-downs or write-offs of inventory based on its assessment of market conditions. Write-downs and write-offs are charged to cost of goods sold. Inventory is based upon the average cost method of accounting.
Fixed Assets
Fixed assets are stated at cost at the date of purchase. Depreciation is calculated using the straight-line method over the lesser of the estimated useful lives of the assets or the lease term.
The Company purchases molds for the manufacture of some of its products and are included in fixed assets at cost. Certain agreements call for the manufacturer to reimburse the Company for the cost of the molds upon first shipment of products produced using the molds. The costs of these molds are removed from fixed assets upon reimbursement. Molds that are not subject to reimbursement are depreciated when the products are in production.
Net income (loss) per share of Common Stock is computed pursuant to section 260-10-45 of the FASB Accounting Standards Codification. Basic net income (loss) per share is computed by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted average number of shares of Common Stock outstanding during the period. If applicable, diluted earnings per share assume the conversion, exercise or issuance of all Common Stock instruments such as options, warrants, convertible securities and preferred stock, unless the effect is to reduce a loss or increase earnings per share. As such, options, warrants, convertible securities, and preferred stock are not considered in the calculations, as the impact of the potential shares of Common Stock would be to decrease the loss per share.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The fair value of the Company’s assets and liabilities, which qualify as financial instruments under ASC Topic 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures,” approximates the carrying amounts represented in the accompanying balance sheet, primarily due to their short-term nature.
Revenue Recognition
The Company will generate its revenue from the sale of its products directly to the end user (the “customer”).
The Company recognizes revenues by applying the following steps in accordance with FASB Accounting Standards Codification 606 “Revenue from Contracts with Customers” (“ASC 606”). Under ASC 606, revenues are recognized when control of the promised goods or services are transferred to a customer, in an amount that reflects the consideration that the Company expects to receive in exchange for those goods or services. The Company applies the following five steps in order to determine the appropriate amount of revenue to be recognized as it fulfills its obligations under each of its agreements:
| ● | identify the contract with a customer; | |
| ● | identify the performance obligations in the contract; |
| ● | determine the transaction price; |
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| ● | allocate the transaction price to performance obligations in the contract; and | |
| ● | recognize revenue as the performance obligation is satisfied. |
The Company’s performance obligations are satisfied when goods or products are shipped on a FOB shipping point basis as title passes when shipped. Our products are generally paid in advance of shipment or standard net 30 days and we offer no specific right of return, refund or warranty related to our products except for cases of defective products of which there have been none to date.
Foreign Currency Translation
Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies are translated using the exchange rate at the balance sheet date, while revenue and expense accounts are translated at the average exchange rates prevailing during the period. Equity accounts are translated at historical exchange rates.
Stock Based Compensation
The Company recognizes compensation costs to employees under FASB Accounting Standards Codification 718 “Compensation - Stock Compensation” (“ASC 718”). Under ASC 718, companies are required to measure the compensation costs of share-based compensation arrangements based on the grant-date fair value and recognize the costs in the financial statements over the period during which employees are required to provide services. Share based compensation arrangements include stock options and warrants. As such, compensation cost is measured on the date of grant at their fair value. Such compensation amounts, if any, are amortized over the respective vesting periods of the option grant.
The Company has adopted ASU No. 2018-07 “Compensation - Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Improvements to Nonemployee Share-Based Payment Accounting.” These amendments expand the scope of Topic 718, Compensation - Stock Compensation (which currently only includes share-based payments to employees) to include share-based payments issued to non-employees for goods or services. Consequently, the accounting for share-based payments to nonemployees and employees will be substantially aligned.
Income Taxes
The Company accounts for income taxes under ASC 740 Income Taxes (“ASC 740”). ASC 740 requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for both the expected impact of differences between the financial statement and tax basis of assets and liabilities and for the expected future tax benefit to be derived from tax loss and tax credit carry forwards. ASC 740 additionally requires a valuation allowance to be established when it is more likely than not that all or a portion of deferred tax assets will not be realized.
ASC 740 also clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise’s financial statements and prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement process for financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position 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. ASC 740 also provides guidance on derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim period, disclosure and transition. Based on the Company’s evaluation, it has been concluded that there are no significant uncertain tax positions requiring recognition in the Company’s financial statements. The Company believes that its income tax positions and deductions would be sustained on audit and does not anticipate any adjustments that would result in a material changes to its financial position. The Company’s policy for recording interest and penalties associated with audits is to record such items as a component of income tax expense.
Related parties
The Company follows subtopic 850-10 of the FASB Accounting Standards Codification for the identification of related parties and disclosure of related party transactions.
Pursuant to Section 850-10-20 the related parties include a. affiliates of the Company; b. entities for which investments in their equity securities would be required, absent the election of the fair value option under the Fair Value Option Subsection of Section 825–10–15, to be accounted for by the equity method by the investing entity; c. trusts for the benefit of employees, such as pension and profit-sharing trusts that are managed by or under the trusteeship of management; d. principal owners of the Company; e. management of the Company; f. other parties with which the Company may deal if one party controls or can significantly influence the management or operating policies of the other to an extent that one of the transacting parties might be prevented from fully pursuing its own separate interests; and g. other parties that can significantly influence the management or operating policies of the transacting parties or that have an ownership interest in one of the transacting parties and can significantly influence the other to an extent that one or more of the transacting parties might be prevented from fully pursuing its own separate interests.
The financial statements shall include disclosures of material related party transactions, other than compensation arrangements, expense allowances, and other similar items in the ordinary course of business. However, disclosure of transactions that are eliminated in the preparation of combined financial statements is not required in those statements. The disclosures shall include: a. the nature of the relationship(s) involved; b. a description of the transactions, including transactions to which no amounts or nominal amounts were ascribed, for each of the periods for which income statements are presented, and such other information deemed necessary to an understanding of the effects of the transactions on the financial statements; c. the dollar amounts of transactions for each of the periods for which income statements are presented and the effects of any change in the method of establishing the terms from that used in the preceding period; and d. amounts due from or to related parties as of the date of each balance sheet presented and, if not otherwise apparent, the terms and manner of settlement.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
The company evaluated issued pronouncements and did not identify any recent ones that apply to the company.
Note 3 – Inventory
At
September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company had inventory of finished goods of $
Note 4 - Accounts Receivable
At
September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company had accounts receivable of $
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Note 5 – Prepaid Expenses
At
September 30, 2023, the Company had a total of $
Note 6 – Fixed Assets and Other Assets
At
September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company had fixed assets totaling $
| 2023 | 2022 | |||||||
| Asset | ||||||||
| Molds | $ | $ | ||||||
| Computer equipment and software | ||||||||
| Accumulated depreciation | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| $ | $ | |||||||
At
September 30, 2023, and December 31, 2022 other assets consisting primarily of non-depreciable molds totaled $
Note 7 – Loans -Note from Jupiter Wellness
At
December 31, 2022, the Company had an outstanding unsecured, non-interest bearing loan balance of $
During
the year ended December 31, 2022, Jupiter Wellness paid $
Note 8 - Capital Structure
Reverse Merger - On December 9, 2022, The Company entered into a stock exchange agreement (the “Exchange Agreement”) with Jupiter Wellness, Inc. (“Jupiter”) to govern the separation of our business from Jupiter. On May 26, 2023, we amended and restated the Exchange Agreement (the “Amended and Restated Exchange Agreement”) to include additional information regarding the distribution and the separation of our business from Jupiter. The separation as set forth in the Amended and Restated Exchange Agreement with Jupiter closed August 14, 2023. Pursuant to the Amended and Restated Exchange Agreement, on May 31, 2023, we issued to Jupiter shares of our Common Stock (representing % of our outstanding shares of Common Stock) in exchange for ordinary shares of SRM Ltd (representing all of the issued and outstanding ordinary shares of SRM Ltd) (the “Share Exchange”). Pursuant to the Share Exchange, we acquired from Jupiter by operation of law all assets and assumed all liabilities comprising our business, which were owned and held by SRM Ltd. Jupiter distributed shares of the Company’s common stock to Jupiter’s stockholders and certain warrant holders (out of the million shares issued in May 2023) and this occurred on the effective date of the Registration Statement but prior to the closing of the IPO. Following such distribution, Jupiter Wellness owns million of the shares of common stock outstanding and SRM Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.
The financial statements are presented in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and pursuant to the rules and regulations of US Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The merger of SRM Ltd and SRM Inc occurred on August 14, 2023. The financial statements are prepared using Reverse Acquisition Accounting and as such, for legal purposes SRM Inc was the acquiring company and for GAAP accounting, SRM Ltd was the acquiring company. Therefore, the financial statements are presented using the historical financial statements of SRM Ltd including the shares of common stock issued to Jupiter.
Initial
Public Offering - On August 14, 2023, the Company consummated its IPO, pursuant to which it sold shares of its common
stock at a price of $ per share, resulting in gross proceeds to the Company of approximately $
Common Stock – The Company has shares of Common Stock, par value $ authorized As a result of the above merger and IPO, at September 30, 2023, the Company had shares of its common stock issued and outstanding comprised of founder shares issued at par, shares held by Jupiter, shares dividended to Jupiter shareholders and shares issued to the public in connection with the IPO.
Common
Stock Payable – During the three months ended September 30, the Company entered into four agreements for services to be
provided to the Company pursuant to which, the Company will issue a total of shares of its common stock valued at $.
The Company recognized a total of expense of $in stock-based compensation for services related
to these agreements. At September 30, 2023, the shares had not been issued and Common Stock Payable of $
Preferred Stock – The Company has shares of preferred stock, par value $ authorized and has issued no preferred shares.
Note 9 - Commitments and Contingencies
Legal Proceedings
The Company may be subject to legal proceedings and claims arising from contracts or other matters from time to time in the ordinary course of business. Management is not aware of any pending or threatened litigation where the ultimate disposition or resolution could have a material adverse effect on its financial position, results of operations or liquidity.
Note 10 – Subsequent Events
Subsequent
to September 30 ,2023, the Company issued shares of its common stock recorded as Common Stock Payable valued at $
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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
This quarterly report contains forward-looking statements. These statements relate to future events or our future financial performance. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may”, “should”, “expects”, “plans”, “anticipates”, “believes”, “estimates”, “predicts”, “potential” or “continue” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. These statements are only predictions and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our or our industry’s 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 these forward- looking statements. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements. Except as required by applicable law, including the securities laws of the United States, we do not intend to update any of the forward-looking statements to conform these statements to actual results.
Our unaudited financial statements are stated in United States Dollars (US$) and are prepared in accordance with United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our financial statements and the related notes that appear elsewhere in this quarterly report. The following discussion contains forward-looking statements that reflect our plans, estimates and beliefs. Our actual results could differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, those discussed below and elsewhere in this quarterly report.
In this quarterly report, unless otherwise specified, all dollar amounts are expressed in United States dollars and all references to “common shares” refer to the common shares in our capital stock.
As used in this quarterly report and unless otherwise indicated, the terms “we”, “us”, “our”, “SRM” and the “Company” mean SRM Entertainment, Inc.
General Overview
SRM. Entertainment Limited (“SRM Ltd”), is a limited company incorporated in the Hong Kong, now a Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China, on January 23, 1981. SRM Entertainment, Inc. (“SRM Inc”) is a Nevada corporation and was incorporated on April 22, 2022. On August 14, 2023, SRM Inc merged with SRM Ltd. The merger of SRM Inc and SRM Ltd has been accounted for as a Reverse Acquisition (see Basis of Presentation below). The combined SRM Inc and SRM Ltd are collectively referred to as the Company.
On December 9, 2022, we entered into a stock exchange agreement (the “Exchange Agreement”) with Jupiter Wellness, Inc. (“Jupiter”) to govern the separation of our business from Jupiter. On May 26, 2023, we amended and restated the Exchange Agreement (the “Amended and Restated Exchange Agreement”) to include additional information regarding the distribution and the separation of our business from Jupiter. The separation as set forth in the Amended and Restated Exchange Agreement with Jupiter closed August 14, 2023. Pursuant to the Amended and Restated Exchange Agreement, on May 31, 2023, we issued to Jupiter 6,500,000 shares of our Common Stock (representing 79.3% of our outstanding shares of Common Stock) in exchange for 2 ordinary shares of SRM Ltd (representing all of the issued and outstanding ordinary shares of SRM Ltd) (the “Share Exchange”). Pursuant to the Share Exchange, we acquired from Jupiter by operation of law all assets and assumed all liabilities comprising our business, which were owned and held by SRM Ltd.
The accompanying financial statements are presented in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and pursuant to the rules and regulations of US Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The merger of SRM Ltd and SRM Inc occurred on August 14, 2023. The financial statements are prepared using Reverse Acquisition Accounting and as such, for legal purposes SRM Inc was the acquiring company and for GAAP accounting, SRM Ltd was the acquiring company. Therefore, the financial statements are presented using the historical financial statements of SRM Ltd and 6,500,000 shares of common stock owned by Jupiter. The combined SRM Inc and SRM Ltd are collectively referred to as the Company.
Business
The Company is a trusted toy and souvenir designer and developer, selling into the world’s largest theme parks and entertainment venues.
Our business is built on the principle that almost everyone is a fan of something and the evolution of pop culture is leading to increasing opportunities for fan loyalty. We create whimsical, fun and unique products that enable fans to express their affinity for their favorite “something”—whether it is a movie, TV show, favorite celebrity, or favorite restaurant. We infuse our distinct designs and aesthetic sensibility into a wide variety of product categories, including figures, plush, accessories, apparel, and homewares. With our unique style, expertise in pop culture, broad product distribution and highly accessible price points, we have developed a passionate following for our products that has underpinned our growth. We believe we sit at the nexus of pop culture—content providers value us for our broad network of retail customers, retailers value us for our portfolio of pop culture products and pop culture insights, and consumers value us for our distinct, stylized products and the content they represent.
Pop culture pervades modern life and almost everyone is a fan of something. Today, more quality content is available and technology innovation has made content accessible anytime, anywhere. As a result, the breadth and depth of pop culture fandom resembles, and in many cases exceeds, the type of fandom previously associated only with sports. Everyday interactions at home, work or with friends are increasingly influenced by pop culture.
We have invested strategically in our relationships with key constituents in pop culture. Content providers value us for our broad network of retail customers and retailers value us for our pop culture products, pop culture insights and ability to drive consumer traffic. Consumers, who value us for our distinct, stylized products, remain at the center of everything we do.
Content Providers: We have licensing relationships with many established content providers, and our products appear in venues such as Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, Universal Studios, SeaWorld, Six Flags, Great Wolf Lodge, Dollywood and Merlin Entertainment. We currently have licenses with Smurfs and Zoonicorn LLC, from which we can create multiple products based on each character within. Content providers trust us to create unique, stylized extensions of their intellectual property that extend the relevance of their content with consumers through ongoing engagement, helping to maximize the lifetime value of their content.
Retail Channels: We can provide our retail customers a customized product mix designed to appeal to their particular customer bases. Theme parks and the entertainment industry recognize the opportunity presented by the demand for pop culture products and are continuing to dedicate space to our products and the pop culture category. We believe meaningful traffic to our products will continue because our products have their own built-in fan base, are refreshed regularly creating a “treasure hunt” shopping experience for consumers and are often supplemented with exclusive products that are at the forefront of pop culture.
Consumers: Fans are increasingly looking for ways to express their affinity for and engage with their favorite pop culture content. Over time, many of our consumers evolve from occasional buyers to more frequent purchasers, whom we categorize as enthusiasts or collectors. We create products to appeal to a broad array of fans across consumer demographic groups—men, women, boys and girls—not a single, narrow demographic. We currently offer an array of products that sell across several categories. Our products are generally priced between $2.50 and $50.00, which allows our diverse consumer base to express their fandom frequently and impulsively. We continue to introduce innovative products designed to facilitate fan engagement at different price points and styles.
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We have developed a nimble and low-fixed cost production model. The strength of our management team and relationships with content providers, retailers and third-party manufacturers allows us to move from product concept to a new product tactfully. As a result, we can dynamically manage our business to balance current content releases and pop culture trends with timeless content based on classic movies, such as Harry Potter or Star Wars. This has allowed us to deliver significant growth while lessening our dependence on individual content releases.
Recent Developments
On December 8, 2022, the Company entered into the Exchange Agreement with Jupiter Wellness, Inc. (“Jupiter”) to govern the separation of the Company’s business from Jupiter. On May 26, 2023, the parties entered into the Amended and Restated Exchange Agreement to include additional information regarding the distribution and separation of our business from Jupiter under the terms of which, Jupiter acquired 6,500,000 shares of common stock on May 31, 2023, in exchange for all of the issued and outstanding ordinary shares of SRM Limited, an entity formed in Hong Kong in 1981 and acquired by Jupiter in 2020. The 6.5 million newly-issued shares of the common stock represented approximately 79.3% of the outstanding shares post-issuance. Jupiter distributed 2,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock to Jupiter’s stockholders and certain warrant holders (out of the 6.5 million shares issued in May 2023) and this occurred on the effective date of the Registration Statement but prior to the closing of the IPO. Following such distribution, Jupiter owns 4.5 million of the 9,450,000 shares of common stock outstanding and SRM Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.
Pursuant to the IPO, the Company sold 1,250,000 shares of its common stock at a price of $5.00 per share, resulting in gross proceeds to the Company of approximately $6.25 million. Net proceeds to the Company, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses paid by the Company, were approximately $5.3 million. All shares sold in our IPO were registered pursuant to the Registration Statement, declared effective by the SEC on August 14, 2023. EF Hutton acted as lead book-running manager for the offering and Dominari Securities LLC acted as co-manager for the offering. The underwriters did not exercise their option to purchase up to an additional 187,500 shares of common stock. The Company paid the underwriters an underwriting discount of eight percent (8%) of the amount raised in the offering. Additionally, as partial consideration for services rendered in connection with the offering, the Company issued EF Hutton warrants to purchase an aggregate of 57,500 shares of Company common stock, representing 4.0% of the aggregate shares sold in the offering. The warrants are exercisable at $6.00 per share, which represents 120% of the initial public offering price per share in the IPO, at any time and from time to time, in whole or in part, commencing on February 10, 2024, 180 days from the effective date of the Registration Statement, and expiring on August 14, 2028.
The Company has applied the net proceeds from the IPO for the development of licensed goods, expansion of SRM products, increased deposits, accounts receivable and inventory, marketing, advertising, and trade shows, general administrative expenses, repayment of a $1,544,814 promissory note payable to Jupiter Wellness, and general corporate purposes.
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying financial statements are presented in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and pursuant to the rules and regulations of US Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The merger of SRM Ltd and SRM Inc occurred on August 14, 2023. The financial statements are prepared using Reverse Acquisition Accounting and as such, for legal purposes SRM Inc was the acquiring company and for GAAP accounting, SRM Ltd was the acquiring company. Therefore, the financial statements are presented using the historical financial statements of SRM Ltd and 6,500,000 shares of common stock issued to Jupiter. The combined SRM Inc and SRM Ltd are collectively referred to as the Company.
Emerging Growth Company Status
We are 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”), and we may take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in its periodic reports and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and shareholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved.
Further, Section 102(b)(1) of the JOBS Act exempts emerging growth companies from being required to comply with new or revised financial accounting standards until private companies (that is, those that have not had a Securities Act registration statement declared effective or do not have a class of securities registered under the Exchange Act) are required to comply with the new or revised financial accounting standards. The JOBS Act provides that a company can elect to opt out of the extended transition period and comply with the requirements that apply to non-emerging growth companies but any such election to opt out is irrevocable. We have 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, we, 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 our financial statements with another public company which is neither an emerging growth company nor an emerging growth company which has opted out of using the extended transition period difficult or impossible because of the potential differences in accounting standards used.
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Significant Accounting Policies and Estimates
Our management’s discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations is based on our unaudited financial statements for the Nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022 and audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2022, which have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles, or U.S. GAAP, and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. The preparation of the financial statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements as well as the reported revenue generated, and expenses incurred during the reporting periods. Our estimates are based on our historical experience and on various other factors that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying value of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions and any such differences may be material. We believe that the accounting policies discussed below are critical to understanding our historical and future performance, as these policies relate to the more significant areas involving management’s judgments and estimates.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
The Company considers all short-term investments with a maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash and equivalents for purposes of the statement of cash flows. There were no cash equivalents as of September 30, 2023 or December 31, 2022.
Net Loss per Common Share
Net income (loss) per common share is computed pursuant to section 260-10-45 of the FASB Accounting Standards Codification. Basic net income (loss) per share is computed by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period. If applicable, diluted earnings per share assume the conversion, exercise or issuance of all common stock instruments such as options, warrants, convertible securities and preferred stock, unless the effect is to reduce a loss or increase earnings per share. As such, options, warrants, convertible securities and preferred stock are not considered in the calculations, as the impact of the potential common shares would be to decrease the loss per share.
| Three Months Ended September 30, | Nine Months Ended September 30, | |||||||||||||||
| 2023 | 2022 | 20223 | 2022 | |||||||||||||
| Numerator: | ||||||||||||||||
| Net income (loss) | $ | (1,486,749 | ) | $ | 242,810 | $ | (1,296,729 | ) | $ | 533,520 | ||||||
| Denominator: | ||||||||||||||||
| Denominator for basic earnings per share - Weighted- average | ||||||||||||||||
| common shares issued and outstanding during the period | 8,007,065 | 6,500,000 | 7,007,875 | 6,500,000 | ||||||||||||
| Denominator for diluted earnings per share | 8,007,065 | 6,500,000 | 7,007,875 | 6,500,000 | ||||||||||||
| Basic (loss) per share | $ | (0.19 | ) | $ | 0.04 | $ | (0.19 | ) | $ | 0.08 | ||||||
| Diluted (loss) per share | $ | (0.19 | ) | $ | 0.04 | $ | (0.19 | ) | $ | 0.08 | ||||||
Revenue Recognition
The Company generates its revenue from the sale of its products directly to the end user or distributor (collectively the “customer”).
The Company recognizes revenues by applying the following steps in accordance with FASB Accounting Standards Codification 606 “Revenue from Contracts with Customers” (“ASC 606”). Under ASC 606, revenues are recognized when control of the promised goods or services are transferred to a customer, in an amount that reflects the consideration that the Company expects to receive in exchange for those goods or services. The Company applies the following five steps in order to determine the appropriate amount of revenue to be recognized as it fulfills its obligations under each of its agreements:
| ● | identify the contract with a customer; |
| ● | identify the performance obligations in the contract; |
| ● | determine the transaction price; |
| ● | allocate the transaction price to performance obligations in the contract; and |
| ● | recognize revenue as the performance obligation is satisfied. |
The Company’s performance obligations are satisfied when goods or products are shipped on an FOB shipping point basis as title passes when shipped. Our product is generally paid in advance of shipment or standard net 30 days and we offer no specific right of return, refund or warranty related to our products except for cases of defective products of which there have been none to date.
Inventory
Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market. The Company periodically reviews the value of items in inventory and provides write-downs or write-offs of inventory based on its assessment of market conditions. Write-downs and write-offs are charged to cost of goods sold. Inventory is based upon the average cost method of accounting.
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Income Taxes
We account for income taxes under ASC 740 Income Taxes (“ASC 740”). ASC 740 requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for both the expected impact of differences between the financial statement and tax basis of assets and liabilities and for the expected future tax benefit to be derived from tax loss and tax credit carry forwards. ASC 740 additionally requires a valuation allowance to be established when it is more likely than not that all or a portion of deferred tax assets will not be realized.
ASC 740 also clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise’s financial statements and prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement process for financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position 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. ASC 740 also provides guidance on derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim period, disclosure and transition. Based on our evaluation, it has been concluded that there are no significant uncertain tax positions requiring recognition in our financial statements. Since we were incorporated on October 24, 2018, the evaluation was performed for 2018 tax year, which would be the only period subject to examination. We believe that our income tax positions and deductions would be sustained on audit and does not anticipate any adjustments that would result in a material changes to our financial position. Our policy for recording interest and penalties associated with audits is to record such items as a component of income tax expense.
At December 31, 2022 the Company had no deferred tax asset.
Related parties
The Company follows subtopic 850-10 of the FASB Accounting Standards Codification for the identification of related parties and disclosure of related party transactions.
Pursuant to Section 850-10-20 the related parties include a. affiliates of the Company; b. Entities for which investments in their equity securities would be required, absent the election of the fair value option under the Fair Value Option Subsection of Section 825–10–15, to be accounted for by the equity method by the investing entity; c. trusts for the benefit of employees, such as pension and profit-sharing trusts that are managed by or under the trusteeship of management; d. principal owners of the Company; e. management of the Company; f. other parties with which the Company may deal if one party controls or can significantly influence the management or operating policies of the other to an extent that one of the transacting parties might be prevented from fully pursuing its own separate interests; and g. Other parties that can significantly influence the management or operating policies of the transacting parties or that have an ownership interest in one of the transacting parties and can significantly influence the other to an extent that one or more of the transacting parties might be prevented from fully pursuing its own separate interests.
The financial statements shall include disclosures of material related party transactions, other than compensation arrangements, expense allowances, and other similar items in the ordinary course of business. However, disclosure of transactions that are eliminated in the preparation of combined financial statements is not required in those statements. The disclosures shall include: a. the nature of the relationship(s) involved; b. a description of the transactions, including transactions to which no amounts or nominal amounts were ascribed, for each of the periods for which income statements are presented, and such other information deemed necessary to an understanding of the effects of the transactions on the financial statements; c. the dollar amounts of transactions for each of the periods for which income statements are presented and the effects of any change in the method of establishing the terms from that used in the preceding period; and d. amounts due from or to related parties as of the date of each balance sheet presented and, if not otherwise apparent, the terms and manner of settlement.
Loans from Affiliates
At December 31, 2022, the Company had an outstanding unsecured, non-interest bearing loan balance of $1,482,673 to Jupiter Wellness, Inc., its Parent for loans used for general working capital. On September 1, 2022, the loan was converted to a six percent (6%) interest-bearing promissory note (the “Note”) due on the earlier of: (i) September 30, 2023 or (ii) the date on which the Company consummates an initial public offering of its securities. During 2022, the Company paid $50,000 to Jupiter related to the Note consisting of $19,948 principal reduction and $30,052 interest. During the nine months ended September 30, 2023, the Company accrued $55,847 interest expense on the Note. The total balance of $1,538,520 ($1,482,673 note and $55,847 interest) due Jupiter was paid from proceeds of the Company’s Initial Public Offering (“IPO”) on August 14, 2023 (see IPO included in Note 8 below).
During the year ended December 31, 2022, Jupiter Wellness paid $6,293 toward expenses attributable to the Company and recorded a receivable from the Company of $6,293. No additional expenses were paid in the nine months ended September 30 2023. The $6,293 balance was paid in full using proceeds of the IPO.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
The company evaluated issued pronouncements and did not identify any recent ones that apply to the company.
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Results of Operations
For the three months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022
The following table provides selected financial data about us for the three months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
Three Months ended September 30, | ||||||||
| 2023 | 2022 | |||||||
| Sales | $ | 1,128,062 | $ | 1,517,546 | ||||
| Cost of Sales | 898,712 | 1,115,376 | ||||||
| Gross Profit | 229,350 | 402,170 | ||||||
| Total operating expenses | 1,717,777 | 159,375 | ||||||
| Other income (expense) | 1,678 | 15 | ||||||
| Net Income (Loss) | $ | (1,486,749 | ) | $ | 242,810 | |||
Revenues and Cost of Sales
The Company had sales of $1,128,062 and $1,517,546 for the three months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022. The decrease in sales can be attributed to certain theme parks rebalancing and adjusting inventory balances post covid. Cost of goods sold varies directly with sales with only a difference in margins. Due to a 2022 one-time adjustment in VAT tax for goods sold in Beijing our overall gross margins were increased to approximately 26%. Our normalized gross margins of approximately 20% were reflected for the quarter ended September 30, 2023.
Operating Expenses and Other Income (Expense)
Operating expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022 were $1,717,777 and $159,375, respectively. The increase was due to new expenses primarily related to the Company’s IPO including legal fees, audit and accounting fees, insurance, investor and public relations, regulatory and exchange fees.
The Company had net interest income of $1,678 and $15 for the three months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022.
Income/Losses
Net losses were $1,486,749 for the three months September 30, 2023 and net income of $242,810 for the three months ended September 30, 2022.
For the Nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022
The following table provides selected financial data about us for the Nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022.
| Nine Months ended September 30, | ||||||||
| 2023 | 2022 | |||||||
| Sales | $ | 4,556,905 | $ | 5,199,807 | ||||
| Cost of Sales | 3,583,713 | 4,195,629 | ||||||
| Gross Profit (Loss) | 973,192 | 1,004,178 | ||||||
| Total operating expenses | 2,227,433 | 470,673 | ||||||
| Other income (expense) | (42,488 | ) | 15 | |||||
| Net Income (Loss) | $ | (1,296,729 | ) | $ | 533,520 | |||
Revenues and Cost of Sales
The Company had sales of $4,556,905 and $5,199,807 for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2023. The decrease in sales can be attributed to certain theme parks rebalancing and adjusting inventory balances post covid. Cost of goods sold varies directly with sales with only a difference in margins. Our margins can be affected due to costs associated with developing new products. The costs within this period our within our normal gross margins of approximately 19% to 21%.
Operating Expenses and Other Income (Expense)
Operating expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022 were $2,227,433 and $470,673, respectively. The increase was due to expenses primarily related to the Company’s IPO including legal fees, audit and accounting fees, insurance, investor and public relations, regulatory and exchange fees.
The Company had net interest expense of $42,488 for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 related to a Note payable to Jupiter Wellness, Inc. which was repaid from the proceeds of the Company’s IPO.
Income/Losses
Net losses were $1,296,729 for the nine months September 30, 2023 and net income of $533,520 for the nine months ended September 30, 2022.
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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
As a “smaller reporting company”, we are not required to provide the information required by this Item.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the Company’s Exchange Act reports is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time communicated to the Company’s management, including its Chief Executive Officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure based closely on the definition of “disclosure controls and procedures” in Rule 13a-15(e). The Company’s disclosure controls and procedures are designed to provide a reasonable level of assurance of reaching the Company’s desired disclosure control objectives. In designing periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, management recognized that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives, and management necessarily was required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures. The Company’s certifying officers have concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures are effective in reaching that level of assurance.
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
There was no change in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) or 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) identified in connection with the evaluation required by Rules 13a-15(d) or 15d-15(d) that occurred during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
Limitations on the Effectiveness of Controls
Management has confidence in its internal controls and procedures. The Company’s management believes that a control system, no matter how well designed and operated can provide only reasonable assurance and cannot provide absolute assurance that the objectives of the internal control system are met, and no evaluation of internal controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within a company have been detected. Further, the design of an internal control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitation in all internal control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issuers and instances of fraud, if any, within the Company have been detected.
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PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
None.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
As a “smaller reporting company”, we are not required to provide the information required by this Item.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities
None.
Stock Exchange Agreement and Initial Public Offering
Effective August 14, 2023, pursuant to a Stock Exchange Agreement (the “Exchange Agreement’) with Jupiter Wellness, Inc. as amended and restated on May 26, 2023 under the terms of which Jupiter Wellness acquired 6,500,000 shares of the Company’s common stock in exchange for all of the issued and outstanding ordinary shares of SRM Entertainment, Limited. The closing of the transactions contemplated by the Amended and Restated Exchange Agreement occurred immediately prior to the effective time of the Company’s Form S-1 Registration Statement for the IPO and the distribution of 2,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock to Jupiter Wellness’s stockholders and certain warrant holders were paid on the effective date of the Company’s Form S-1 Registration Statement for the IPO but prior to the closing of the IPO.
On August 14, 2023, the Company consummated its IPO, pursuant to which it sold 1,250,000 shares of its common stock at a price of $5.00 per share, resulting in gross proceeds to the Company of approximately $6.25 million. Net proceeds to the Company, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses paid by the Company, were $5,326,064. EF Hutton acted as lead book-running manager for the offering and Dominari Securities LLC acted as co-manager for the offering. The underwriters did not exercise their option to purchase up to an additional 187,500 shares of common stock.
All shares sold in our IPO were registered pursuant to the Registration Statement, declared effective by the SEC on August 14, 2023. The offering terminated after the sale of all securities registered pursuant to the Registration Statement.
Use of Proceeds
The Company has applied the net proceeds from the IPO for the development of licensed goods, expansion of SRM products, increased deposits, accounts receivable and inventory, marketing, advertising, and trade shows, general administrative expenses, repayment of a $1,544,814 promissory note payable to Jupiter Wellness, and general corporate purposes.
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities
None.
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures
Not applicable.
Item 5. Other Information
None.
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Item 6. Exhibits
| Exhibit Number | Description | |
| (31) | Rule 13a-14 (d)/15d-14d) Certifications | |
| 31.1 | Section 302 Certification by the Principal Executive Officer | |
| 31.2 | Section 302 Certification by the Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer | |
| (32) | Section 1350 Certifications | |
| 32.1 * | Section 906 Certification by the Principal Executive Officer | |
| 32.2 * | Section 906 Certification by the Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer | |
| 101* | Interactive Data File | |
| 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 (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101) |
* The certifications attached as Exhibits 32.1 and 32.2 accompany this quarterly report on Form 10-Q pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and shall not be deemed “filed” by the Registrant for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
| SRM Entertainment, Inc. | |
| /s/ Richard Miller | |
| Richard Miller | |
| Dated: November 13, 2023 | Chief Executive Officer |
| (Principal Executive Officer) |
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Exhibit 31.1
CERTIFICATIONS PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. ss 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
I, Richard Miller, certify that:
| 1. | I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of SRM Entertainment, Inc.; |
| 2 | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; |
| 3. | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report; |
| 4. | The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have: |
| (a) | Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; | |
| (b) | Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; | |
| (c) | Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and | |
| (d) | Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and |
| 5. | The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): |
| (a) | All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and | |
| (b) | Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting. |
| Date: November 13, 2023 | |
| /s/ Richard Miller | |
| Richard Miller | |
| Chief Executive Officer | |
| (Principal Executive Officer) |
Exhibit 31.2
CERTIFICATIONS PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. ss 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
I, Douglas O. McKinnon, certify that:
| 1. | I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of SRM Entertainment, Inc.; |
| 2 | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; |
| 3. | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report; |
| 4. | The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have: |
| (a) | Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; | |
| (b) | Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; | |
| (c) | Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and | |
| (d) | Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and |
| 5. | The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): |
| (a) | All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and | |
| (b) | Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting. |
| Date: November 13, 2023 | |
| /s/ Douglas O. McKinnon | |
| Douglas O. McKinnon | |
| Chief Financial Officer | |
| (Principal Financial Officer | |
| and Principal Accounting Officer) |
Exhibit 32.1
CERTIFICATIONS PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
I, Richard Miller, hereby certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:
| (1) | the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of SRM Entertainment, Inc. for the period ended September 30, 2023 (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and |
| (2) | the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of SRM Entertainment, Inc. |
| Dated: November 13, 2023 | /s/ Richard Miller |
| Richard Miller | |
| Chief Executive Officer | |
| (Principal Executive Officer) | |
| SRM Entertainment, Inc. |
Exhibit 32.2
CERTIFICATIONS PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
I, Douglas O. McKinnon, hereby certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:
| (1) | the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of SRM Entertainment, Inc. for the period ended September 30, 2023 (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and |
| (2) | the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of SRM Entertainment, Inc. |
| Dated: November 13, 2023 | /s/ Douglas O. McKinnon |
| Douglas O. McKinnon | |
| Chief Financial Officer | |
| (Principal Financial Officer | |
| and Principal Accounting Officer) | |
| SRM Entertainment, Inc. |