ASSET ACQUISITION |
12 Months Ended |
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Dec. 31, 2023 | |
ASSET ACQUISITION | |
ASSET ACQUISITION | NOTE 3 – ASSET ACQUISITION On October 6, 2022 (the “Asset Purchase Date”), KULR Technology Group, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an agreement (the “Asset Purchase Agreement”) with a seller (the “Seller”), pursuant to which the Company purchased all of the assets, including intellectual property, of the Seller (the “Acquired Assets”) for consideration of $3,500,000 (the “Total Consideration”), of which, $2,000,000 (the “Cash Consideration”) will be paid in cash, and the Company will issue shares of common stock with an aggregate fair value of $1,500,000, valued as of the Asset Purchase Date (the “Equity Consideration”). The Asset Purchase Agreement includes customary representations, warranties and covenants of the Company and the Seller. The Purchase Agreement also contains post-closing indemnification provisions pursuant to which the parties have agreed to indemnify each other against losses resulting from certain events, including breaches of representations and warranties, covenants and certain other matters. The Company paid the Cash Consideration of $1,000,000 on October 6, 2022, $500,000 on April 5, 2023 and $500,000 on October 5, 2023. In addition to total consideration, the seller has been employed by the Company with an annual salary of $216,000. If the Seller terminates his employment with the Company less than four years after the Asset Purchase Date for reasons other than severe health problems or other extenuating circumstances that would render the Seller unable to perform his employment obligations, the Seller is required to pay back to the Company a pro rata portion of the Cash Consideration (the “Clawback”), based upon the length of the Seller’s employment as percentage of the four year employment requirement. A partial year is considered a full year for purposes of calculating the Clawback amount. The Company will issue the Equity Consideration in four equal installments of 279,852 common shares, valued as of the Asset Purchase Date at $1.34 per share, on the following dates: (i) October 5, 2023, (ii) October 5, 2024, (iii) October 5, 2025, and (iv) October 5, 2026, provided that the Seller has not terminated his employment with the Company as of the date of payment. All of the Equity Consideration is contingent upon the continued employment of the Seller; further, 75% of the Cash Consideration is subject to Clawback, based on the term of the Seller’s employment by the Company. As such, an aggregate of $3,000,000 of the Total Consideration is accounted for as compensation, which will be recognized on a pro rata basis over the employment term requirement. During the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company recognized compensation expense of $500,000 and $125,000, respectively, which are included within the research and development expenses in the consolidated statements of operations. The remaining $500,000 of Total Consideration was accounted for as consideration for the Acquired Assets. Management determined that the remaining $500,000 of consideration attributable to fair value of the Acquired Assets was concentrated into a single identifiable asset, namely, intellectual property. As a result, this transaction was accounted for as an asset acquisition. The Company incurred legal costs in connection with the execution of the Asset Purchase Agreement, in the aggregate amount of $43,572. The total cost of the intellectual property acquired of $543,572 is included in intangible assets on the accompanying consolidated balance sheet and is being amortized over its estimated useful life of 5 years (see Note 7 – Intangible Assets for additional details). On May 4, 2023, the Company entered into an agreement (the “Asset Purchase Agreement”) with a seller (the “Seller”), pursuant to which the Company purchased all of the assets, primarily intellectual property, of the Seller (the “Acquired Assets”) for consideration of $75,000 (the “Total Consideration”), which was paid in cash on May 11, 2023. In addition, the Seller has been employed by the Company. The total cost of the intellectual property acquired of $75,000 is included in intangible assets on the accompanying consolidated balance sheet and is being amortized over its estimated useful life of 5 years. The Asset Purchase Agreement includes customary representations, warranties and covenants of the Company and the Seller. The Asset Purchase Agreement also contains post-closing indemnification provisions pursuant to which the parties have agreed to indemnify each other against losses resulting from certain events, including breaches of representations and warranties, covenants and certain other matters. The Company determined that the transaction should be accounted for as an asset acquisition because substantially all of the fair value of the Acquired Assets is concentrated in a single asset. The total cost of the intellectual property acquired of $75,000 is included in intangible assets on the accompanying consolidated balance sheet and is being amortized over its estimated useful life of 5 years (see Note 7 – Intangible Assets for additional details). |