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Note 24 - Financial Risk Management and Financial Instruments
3 Months Ended
Aug. 31, 2025
Notes to Financial Statements  
Financial Instruments Disclosure [Text Block]

Note 24. Financial risk management and financial instruments

 

Financial instruments

 

The Company's classification of its financial instruments is described in Note 3 (Significant accounting policies) in the Notes to our Annual Financial Statements.

 

The carrying values of marketable securities, accounts receivable, bank indebtedness and accounts payable and accrued liabilities approximate their fair values due to their short periods to maturity.

 

On  August 31, 2025 and  May 31, 2025, the Company had long-term debt of $2,437 and $2,546, respectively, and the principal portion of convertible debentures payable of $100,000 and $105,000, respectively, subject to fixed interest rates. The Company’s long-term debt is valued based on discounting the future cash outflows associated with the long-term debt. The discount rate is based on the incremental premium above market rates for the U.S. Department of the Treasury securities of similar duration. In each period thereafter, the incremental premium is held constant while the U.S. Department of the Treasury security is based on the then current market value to derive the discount rate.

 

The following tables present information about the Company’s assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of August 31, 2025 and  May 31, 2025 and indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation techniques the Company utilized to determine such fair value:

 

              August 31, 
  

Level 1

  

Level 2

  

Level 3

  2025 

Financial assets

                

Cash and cash equivalents

 $264,828  $  $  $264,828 

Equity investments measured at fair value

  995   1,017   8,160   10,172 

Digital assets

  992         992 

Financial liabilities

                

Warrant liability

        (4,762)  (4,762)

Contingent consideration

            

Total recurring fair value measurements

 $266,815  $1,017  $3,398  $271,230 

 

              May 31, 
  

Level 1

  

Level 2

  

Level 3

  2025 

Financial assets

                

Cash and cash equivalents

 $221,666  $  $  $221,666 

Marketable securities

  34,697         34,697 

Equity investments measured at fair value

  909   1,063   8,160   10,132 

Financial liabilities

                

Warrant liability

        (1,092)  (1,092)

Contingent consideration

        (15,000)  (15,000)

Total recurring fair value measurements

 $257,272  $1,063  $(7,932) $250,403 

 

The Company’s financial assets and liabilities required to be measured on a recurring basis are its equity investments measured at fair value, digital assets, acquisition-related contingent consideration, and warrant liability.

 

During the three months ended August 31, 2025, the Company purchased 9.16 units of Bitcoin. Digital assets recorded at fair value have quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and are classified as Level 1. The following table presents the Company’s digital asset holdings as of August 31, 2025:

 

  

Quantity

  

Cost Basis

  

Fair Value

  

Cumulative Unrealized Gain (Loss)

 

Bitcoin

  9.16  $1,000  $992  $(8)

Total digital assets

  9.16  $1,000  $992  $(8)

 

Certain equity investments recorded at fair value have quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and are classified as Level 1. The Company classified securities with observable inputs as Level 2 and without a quoted market price as Level 3.

 

The warrants associated with the warrant liability are classified as Level 3 derivatives. Consequently, the estimated fair value of the warrant liability is determined using the Black-Scholes pricing model. Until the warrants are exercised, expire, or other facts and circumstances lead the warrant liability to be reclassified to stockholders’ equity, the warrant liability (which relates to warrants to purchase shares of Common Stock) is marked-to-market each reporting period with the change in fair value recorded as the change in fair value of warrant liability within the consolidated statements of loss and comprehensive loss. Any significant adjustments to the unobservable inputs disclosed in the table below would have a direct impact on the fair value of the warrant liability.

 

A portion of the consideration to be paid in connection with the Company’s acquisition of Montauk Brewing Company (“Montauk”) is contingent upon the achievement of certain financial measures as of December 2025. If achieved, such contingent consideration is payable in cash.  During the three months ended August 31, 2025, the contingent consideration amount was estimated by applying a probability of achievement of 0% on the $15,000 sales earn-out component and 0% on the remaining criteria, which is not expected to be achieved and as such resulted in a corresponding change in fair value of $15,000 for the contingent consideration liability recognized. During the three months ended  August 31, 2024, the contingent consideration amount was estimated by applying a probability of achievement of 100% on the $15,000 sales earn-out component and 0% on the remaining criterion, which is not expected to be achieved. The unobservable inputs into the future expected cash outflows result in a fair value measurement classified as Level 3. 

 

The balances of assets and liabilities categorized within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy measured at fair value on a recurring basis are reconciled, as follows for the period ended  August 31, 2025:

 

  

Equity

  

Warrant

  

Contingent

 
  

Investments

  

Liability

  

Consideration

 

Balance, May 31, 2025

 $8,160  $(1,092) $(15,000)

Unrealized gain (loss) on fair value

     (3,670)  15,000 

Balance, August 31, 2025

 $8,160  $(4,762) $ 

 

The balances of assets and liabilities categorized within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy measured at fair value on a recurring basis are reconciled, as follows for the period ended  August 31, 2024:

 

                  

APHA 24

 
  

Convertible

  

Equity

  

Warrant

  

Contingent

  

Convertible

 
  

notes receivable

  

Investments

  

Liability

  

Consideration

  

Debt

 

Balance, May 31, 2024

 $32,000  $5,500  $(3,253) $(15,000) $(330)

Additions/(Repayments)

              330 

Unrealized gain (loss) on fair value

        696       

Balance, August 31, 2024

 $32,000  $5,500  $(2,557) $(15,000) $ 

 

The unrealized gain (loss) on fair value for the convertible debenture, the warrant liability, contingent consideration, and debt securities classified under available-for-sale method is recognized in the consolidated statements of loss and comprehensive loss using the following inputs:

 

    

Significant

   
  

Valuation

 

unobservable

   

Financial asset / financial liability

 

technique

 

input

 

Inputs

 

Warrant liability

 

Black-Scholes

 

Volatility,

 

50%

 
    

expected life (in years)

 

0.05

 

Contingent consideration

 

Discounted cash flows

 

Probability of achievement

 

0%

 

Equity investments

 

Discounted cash flows

 

Probability of achievement

 

70%

 

 

Items measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis

 

The Company's prepaids and other current assets, long lived assets, including property and equipment, goodwill and intangible assets are measured at fair value when there is an indicator of impairment and are recorded at fair value only when an impairment charge is recognized.

 

Management reviews its capital management approach on an ongoing basis and believes that this approach, given the relative size of the Company, is reasonable. There have been no changes to the Company’s capital management approach in the period. The Company considers its cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities as capital.