NUKK Nukkleus Inc

At March 31, 2024 and September 30, 2023, the Company’s cash balances by geographic area were as follows:

For purposes of the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows, the Company considers all highly liquid instruments with a maturity of three months or less when purchased and money market accounts to be cash equivalents. The Company had no cash equivalents at March 31, 2024 and September 30, 2023. Cash and cash equivalents excludes customer legal tender, which is reported separately as customer custodial cash in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets. Refer to “customer custodial cash and customer custodial cash liabilities” below for further details.

Customer custodial cash represents cash and cash equivalents maintained in Company bank accounts that are controlled by the Company but held for the benefit of customers. Customer custodial cash liabilities represent these cash deposits to be utilized for its contractual obligations to its customers. The Company classifies the assets as current based on their purpose and availability to fulfill the Company’s direct obligations to its customers.

At certain times, Digital RFQ’s customers’ funds that Digital RFQ uses to make payments on behalf of its customers, remain in the form of digital assets in its customers’ wallets at its digital asset trading platforms awaiting final conversion and/or transfer to the customer’s payment final destination. These indirectly held digital assets, may consist of USDT (Stablecoin), Bitcoin, and Ethereum (collectively, “Customer digital currency assets”). Digital RFQ maintains the internal recordkeeping of its customer digital currency assets, including the amount and type of digital asset owned by each of its customers.

Digital RFQ has control of the private keys and knows the balances of all wallets with its digital asset trading platforms in order to be able to successfully carry out the movement of digital assets for its client payment instruction. As part of its customer payment instruction, Digital RFQ can execute withdrawals on the wallets in its digital asset trading platforms.

Management has determined that Digital RFQ has control of the customer digital currency assets and records these assets on its balance sheet with a corresponding liability. Digital RFQ recognizes customer digital currency liabilities and corresponding customer digital currency assets, on initial recognition and at each reporting date, at fair value of the customer digital currency assets. Subsequent changes in fair value are adjusted to the carrying amount of these customer digital currency assets, with changes in fair value recorded in other general and administrative expense in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss.

Any loss, theft, or other misuse would impact the measurement of customer digital currency assets. The Company classifies the customer digital currency assets as current based on their purpose and availability to fulfill the Company’s direct obligations to its customers.

The Company adopted the guidance of Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 820 for fair value measurements which clarifies the definition of fair value, prescribes methods for measuring fair value, and establishes a fair value hierarchy to classify the inputs used in measuring fair value as follows:

The fair value of the Company’s assets and liabilities, which qualify as financial instruments under ASC Topic 820, “Fair Value Measurement,” approximates the carrying amounts represented in the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements, primarily due to their short-term nature.

Assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis. Customer digital currency assets and liabilities are measured at fair value on a recurring basis. These assets and liabilities are measured at fair value on an ongoing basis.

The following table provides these assets and liabilities carried at fair value, measured as of March 31, 2024:

As of September 30, 2023, the Company did not have any customer digital currency assets and liabilities.

Customer digital currency assets and liabilities represent the Company’s obligation to safeguard customers’ digital assets. Accordingly, the Company has valued the assets and liabilities using quoted market prices for the underlying digital assets which is based on Level 2 inputs.

ASC 825-10 “Financial Instruments”, allows entities to voluntarily choose to measure certain financial assets and liabilities at fair value (fair value option). The fair value option may be elected on an instrument-by-instrument basis and is irrevocable, unless a new election date occurs. If the fair value option is elected for an instrument, unrealized gains and losses for that instrument should be reported in earnings at each subsequent reporting date. The Company did not elect to apply the fair value option to any outstanding instruments.

The digital assets held by the Company are accounted for as intangible assets with indefinite useful lives, and are initially measured at cost. Digital assets accounted for as intangible assets are subject to impairment losses if the fair value of digital assets decreases below the carrying value at any time during the period. The fair value is measured using the quoted price of the digital asset at the time its fair value is being measured. Impairment expense is reflected in other general and administrative expense in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. The Company assigns costs to transactions on a first-in, first-out basis.

The ramifications of the outbreak of the novel strain of COVID-19, reported to have started in December 2019 and spread globally, are filled with uncertainty and changing quickly. Our operations have continued during the COVID-19 pandemic and we have not had significant disruption.

The Company is operating in a rapidly changing environment so the extent to which COVID-19 impacts its business, operations and financial results from this point forward will depend on numerous evolving factors that the Company cannot accurately predict. Those factors include the following: the duration and scope of the pandemic; governmental, business and individuals’ actions that have been and continue to be taken in response to the pandemic.

The Company maintains a portion of its cash in bank and financial institution deposits within U.S. that at times may exceed federally-insured limits of $250,000. The Company manages this credit risk by concentrating its cash balances, including customer custodial cash, in high quality financial institutions and by periodically evaluating the credit quality of the primary financial institutions holding such deposits. The Company may also hold cash at digital asset trading platforms and performs a regular assessment of these digital asset trading platforms as part of its risk management process. The Company has not experienced any losses in such bank accounts and believes it is not exposed to any risks on its cash in bank accounts. At March 31, 2024, there were no balances in excess of the federally-insured limits.

We may maintain our cash assets at financial institutions in the U.S. in amounts that may be in excess of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) insurance limit of $250,000. Actual events involving limited liquidity, defaults, non-performance or other adverse developments that affect financial institutions, transactional counterparties or other companies in the financial services industry or the financial services industry generally, or concerns or rumors about any events of these kinds or other similar risks, have in the past and may in the future lead to market-wide liquidity problems. For example, in response to the rapidly declining financial condition of regional banks Silicon Valley Bank (“SVB”) and Signature Bank (“Signature”), the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation and the New York State Department of Financial Services closed SVB and Signature on March 10, 2023 and March 12, 2023, respectively, and the FDIC was appointed as receiver for SVB and Signature. In the event of a failure or liquidity issues of or at any of the financial institutions where we maintain our deposits or other assets, we may incur a loss to the extent such loss exceeds the FDIC insurance limitation, which could have a material adverse effect upon our liquidity, financial condition and our results of operations. Similarly, if our customers experience liquidity issues as a result of financial institution defaults or non-performance where they hold cash assets, their ability to pay us may become impaired and could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations, including the collection of accounts receivable and cash flows.

Financial instruments which potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist principally of trade accounts receivable. A portion of the Company’s sales are credit sales which is to the customer whose ability to pay is dependent upon the industry economics prevailing in these areas; however, concentrations of credit risk with respect to trade accounts receivable is limited due to short-term payment terms. The Company also performs ongoing credit evaluations of its customers to help further reduce credit risk.

Note receivable – related parties is presented net of an allowance for doubtful account. The Company maintains allowance for doubtful account for estimated loss. The Company reviews the note receivable – related parties on a periodic basis and makes general and specific allowance when there is doubt as to the collectability of individual balance. In evaluating the collectability of individual receivable balance, the Company considers many factors, including the age of the balance, a borrower’s historical payment history, its current credit-worthiness and current economic trend. Note receivable is written off after exhaustive efforts at collection. During the six months ended March 31, 2024, accounts with the amount of approximately $600,000 were written off after exhaustive efforts at collection with a corresponding debit to the allowance for doubtful account. The writes-offs of note receivable – related parties against the allowance for doubtful accounts only impact the balance sheet accounts. At March 31, 2024 and September 30, 2023, the Company has established, based on a review of its outstanding balances, an allowance for doubtful account in the amounts of $0 and $637,072, respectively, for its note receivable – related parties.

Other current assets primarily consist of security deposit, accounts receivable, interest receivable, and prepaid miscellaneous items. As of March 31, 2024 and September 30, 2023, other current assets amounted to $48,364 and $32,522, respectively.

A VIE is an entity that either (i) has insufficient equity to permit the entity to finance its activities without additional subordinated financial support or (ii) has equity investors who lack the characteristics of a controlling financial interest. The primary beneficiary of a VIE is the party with both the power to direct the activities of the VIE that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance and the obligation to absorb the losses or the right to receive benefits that could potentially be significant to the VIE.

To assess whether the Company has the power to direct the activities of a VIE that most significantly impact its economic performance, the Company considers all the facts and circumstances including its ongoing rights and responsibilities. This assessment includes identifying the activities that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance and identifying which party, if any, has power over those activities. In general, the party that makes the most significant decisions affecting the VIE is determined to have the power to direct the activities of the VIE. To assess whether the Company has the obligation to absorb the losses or the right to receive benefits that could potentially be significant to the VIE, the Company considers all of its economic interests, including debt and equity interests, and any other variable interests in the VIE. If the Company determines that it is the party with the power to make the most significant decisions affecting the VIE, and the Company has an obligation to absorb the losses or the right to receive benefits that could potentially be significant to the VIE, then the Company consolidates the VIE.

The Company analyzes its investment in Jacobi to determine whether it is a VIE and, if so, whether the Company is the primary beneficiary in accordance with ASC 810 Consolidation. The Company determines Jacobi is a VIE since it has insufficient equity to permit it to finance its activities without additional subordinated financial support. In determining whether it is the primary beneficiary, the Company considers whether it has the power to direct the activities of the VIE that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance. The Company also considers whether it has the obligation to absorb losses of, or the right to receive benefits from, the VIE. The Company is not the primary beneficiary of Jacobi as it does not have the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the economic performance of Jacobi, due to Jacobi’ management and board of directors’ structure. As a result, the variable interest entity is not consolidated. Creditors of the Company’s variable interest entity do not have recourse against the general credit of the Company. The Company uses the cost method to account for its investment in Jacobi in which the Company is not deemed to be the primary beneficiary.

The Company’s investment in unconsolidated variable interest entity is classified as cost method investment in the condensed consolidated balance sheets. The Company’s assets and liabilities with the variable interest entity are classified as due from/to affiliates.

As of March 31, 2024 and September 30, 2023, the carrying value of assets and liabilities recognized in the condensed consolidated balance sheets related to the Company’s interest in the non-consolidated VIE and the Company’s maximum exposure to loss relating to non-consolidated VIE were as follows:

Intangible assets consist of regulatory licenses, which are being amortized on a straight-line method over the estimated useful life of 3 years.

In accordance with ASC Topic 360, the Company reviews long-lived assets for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the assets may not be fully recoverable, or at least annually. The Company recognizes an impairment loss when the sum of expected undiscounted future cash flows is less than the carrying amount of the asset. The amount of impairment is measured as the difference between the asset’s estimated fair value and its book value. The Company did not record any impairment charge for the three and six months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023 as there was no impairment indicator noted.

The Company determines revenue recognition from contracts with customers through the following steps:

Revenue is recognized when control of the promised goods or services is transferred to the customers, in an amount that reflects the consideration the Company expects to be entitled to in exchange for those goods or services. The Company’s revenues are derived from providing:

The Company’s revenues stream detail are as follows:

In the following table, revenues are disaggregated by segment for the three and six months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023:

All costs related to advertising and marketing are expensed as incurred. For the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, advertising and marketing costs amounted to $20,568 and $295, respectively, which was included in operating expenses on the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. For the six months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, advertising and marketing costs amounted to $41,586 and $49,417, respectively, which was included in operating expenses on the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss.

The Company measures and recognizes compensation expense for all stock-based awards granted to non-employees, including stock options, based on the grant date fair value of the award. The Company estimates the grant date fair value of each option award using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model.

For non-employee stock-based awards, fair value is measured based on the value of the Company’s common stock on the date that the commitment for performance by the counterparty has been reached or the counterparty’s performance is complete. The fair value of the equity instrument is calculated and then recognized as compensation expense over the requisite performance period.

The Company accounts for income taxes pursuant to Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) ASC 740, Income Taxes. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on temporary differences between the bases of certain assets and liabilities for income tax and financial reporting purposes. The deferred tax assets and liabilities are classified according to the financial statement classification of the assets and liabilities generating the differences.

The Company maintains a valuation allowance with respect to deferred tax assets. The Company establishes a valuation allowance based upon the potential likelihood of realizing the deferred tax asset and taking into consideration the Company’s financial position and results of operations for the current period. Future realization of the deferred tax benefit depends on the existence of sufficient taxable income within the carry-forward period under the Federal and foreign tax laws. Changes in circumstances, such as the Company generating taxable income, could cause a change in judgment about the realizability of the related deferred tax asset. Any change in the valuation allowance will be included in income in the period of the change in estimate.

The Company follows the provisions of FASB ASC 740-10 Uncertainty in Income Taxes (ASC 740-10). Certain recognition thresholds must be met before a tax position is recognized in the financial statements. An entity may only recognize or continue to recognize tax positions that meet a “more-likely-than-not” threshold. 

The reporting currency of the Company is U.S. Dollars. The functional currency of the parent company, Nukkleus Inc., Nukkleus Limited, Nukkleus Malta Holding Ltd. and its subsidiaries, is the U.S. dollar, the functional currency of Match Financial Limited and its subsidiary, Digital RFQ, is the British Pound (“GBP”), the functional currency of Digital RFQ’s subsidiary, DRFQ Europe UAB, is Euro, and the functional currency of Digital RFQ’s subsidiary, DRFQ Pay North America, is CAD. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than the reporting currency are translated into the reporting currency at the rates of exchange prevailing at the balance sheet date. Revenue and expenses are translated using average rates during each reporting period, and stockholders’ equity is translated at historical exchange rates. Cash flows are also translated at average translation rates for the periods, therefore, amounts reported on the statements of cash flows will not necessarily agree with changes in the corresponding balances on the balance sheets. Translation adjustments resulting from the process of translating the local currency financial statements into U.S. dollars are included in determining comprehensive income/loss.

Transactions denominated in foreign currencies are translated into the functional currency at the exchange rates prevailing on the transaction dates. Assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into the functional currency at the exchange rates prevailing at the balance sheet date with any transaction gains and losses that arise from exchange rate fluctuations on transactions denominated in a currency other than the functional currency are included in the results of operations as incurred. Most of the Company’s revenue transactions are transacted in the functional currency of the Company. The Company does not enter into any material transaction in foreign currencies. Transaction gains or losses have not had, and are not expected to have, a material effect on the results of operations of the Company.

Comprehensive loss is comprised of net loss and all changes to the statements of equity, except those due to investments by stockholders, changes in paid-in capital and distributions to stockholders. For the Company, comprehensive loss for the three and six months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023 consisted of net loss and unrealized gain/loss from foreign currency translation adjustment.

The Company uses “the management approach” in determining reportable operating segments. The management approach considers the internal organization and reporting used by the Company’s chief operating decision maker for making operating decisions and assessing performance as the source for determining the Company’s reportable segments. The Company’s chief operating decision maker is its Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”), who reviews operating results to make decisions about allocating resources and assessing performance for the entire company.

The Company has determined that it has two reportable business segments: general support services segment and financial services segment. These reportable segments offer different types of services and products, have different types of revenue, and are managed separately as each requires different operating strategies and management expertise. 

ASC Topic 260, Earnings per Share, requires presentation of both basic and diluted earnings per share (“EPS”) with a reconciliation of the numerator and denominator of the basic EPS computation to the numerator and denominator of the diluted EPS computation. Basic EPS excludes dilution. Diluted EPS reflects the potential dilution that could occur if securities or other contracts to issue common stock were exercised or converted into common stock or resulted in the issuance of common stock that then shared in the earnings of the entity.

Basic net earnings per share are computed by dividing net earnings available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period. Diluted net earnings per share is computed by dividing net earnings applicable to common stockholders by the weighted average number of shares of common stock, common stock equivalents and potentially dilutive securities outstanding during each period. For the three and six months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, potentially dilutive common shares consist of the common shares issuable upon the exercise of common stock options and warrants (using the treasury stock method). Common stock equivalents are not included in the calculation of diluted net loss per share if their effect would be anti-dilutive. In a period in which the Company has a net loss, all potentially dilutive securities are excluded from the computation of diluted shares outstanding as they would have had an anti-dilutive impact.

The following table summarizes the securities that were excluded from the diluted per share calculation because the effect of including these potential shares was antidilutive:

Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation. These reclassifications have no effect on the previously reported financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

Old Nukk completed a Business Combination with Brilliant on December 22, 2023. All references in these condensed consolidated financial statements to shares and corresponding capital amounts and losses per share, prior to the reverse recapitalization, have been retroactively restated based on shares reflecting the exchange ratio of 36.44532 established in the Business Combination.

In December 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures. This guidance is intended to enhance the transparency and decision-usefulness of income tax disclosures. The amendments in ASU 2023-09 address investor requests for enhanced income tax information primarily through changes to disclosure regarding rate reconciliation and income taxes paid both in the U.S. and in foreign jurisdictions. ASU 2023-09 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024 on a prospective basis, with the option to apply the standard retrospectively. Early adoption is permitted. The company is currently evaluating this guidance to determine the impact it may have on its condensed consolidated financial statements disclosures.

Other accounting standards that have been issued or proposed by FASB that do not require adoption until a future date are not expected to have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements upon adoption. The Company does not discuss recent pronouncements that are not anticipated to have an impact on or are unrelated to its consolidated financial condition, results of operations, cash flows or disclosures.