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Derivative Financial Instruments
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2025
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]  
Derivative Financial Instruments

NOTE 11– DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

 

Litigation financing

On June 14, 2019, Odyssey and ExO (together, the “Claimholder”), and Poplar Falls LLC (the “Funder”) entered into an International Claims Enforcement Agreement (the “Agreement”), as amended in January 2020, December 2020, June 2021 and March 2023, pursuant to which the Funder agreed to provide financial assistance to the Claimholder to facilitate the prosecution and recovery of the claim by the Claimholder against the United Mexican States under Chapter Eleven of the North American Free Trade Agreement (“NAFTA”) for violations of the Claimholder’s rights under NAFTA related to the development of an undersea phosphate deposit off the coast of Baja Sur, Mexico (the “Project”), on our own behalf and on behalf of ExO and United Mexican States (the “Subject Claim”). Pursuant to the Agreement, as amended, the Funder agreed to specified fees and expenses regarding the Subject Claim (the “Claims Payments”) incrementally and at the Funder’s sole discretion.

The Company determined that the financing arrangement was a derivative, measured at fair value within the scope of ASC 815 Derivatives and Hedging. Subsequently, any changes in the fair value of the derivative are reported in earnings for the period. Fair value was calculated as the midpoint of estimated ranges of the probability-weighted present value of potential results based on management assumptions. As such, the fair value of the obligation is recorded in our condensed consolidated balance sheet in Litigation financing and as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 amounted to $58.7 million and $57.0 million, respectively, with changes in the fair value of increases of $1.7 million and $0.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024,

respectively.

On September 17, 2024, the Company received notification from the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (“ICSID”) of the arbitral award (the “Arbitral Award”) on the claims brought by the Company on behalf of itself and ExO, against the United Mexican States under NAFTA. The arbitral tribunal issued an award in favor of the Company and ExO. The award orders Mexico to pay $37.1 million for breaching its obligations under NAFTA, plus interest (the “Award Interest”) at the one-year Mexico Treasury bond rate, compounded annually, from October 12, 2018, until the award is paid in full, plus the arbitrators’ fees and ICSID administrative costs. The amounts awarded are net of Mexican taxes and Mexico may not tax the award. The case filings and the award are available on the ICSID website. On December 12, 2024, Mexico commenced an application before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice seeking to set-aside the Arbitral Award.

Conversion Option - March 2023 Notes and December 2023 Notes

As discussed in Note 9, Loans Payable, the Company amended the March 2023 Notes and the December 2023 Notes to add, among other things, a conversion option. Refer to Note 9, Loans Payable for discussion on the significant terms of the conversion. The Company assessed the March 2023 Notes and December 2023 Notes, as amended, under ASC 815 and determined the conversion feature is an embedded derivative that is recorded at fair value and remeasured at fair value at each reporting period.

As of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the fair value of the derivative liability of the March 2023 Notes was $0.4 million and $2.7 million, respectively, and the fair value of the derivative liability of the December 2023 Notes was $0.2 million and $0.3 million, respectively, which are recorded within Debt derivative liability in the condensed consolidated balance sheet. In addition, the Company recorded changes in the fair value of $2.3 million and $0.1 million for the March 2023 Notes and December 2023 Notes, respectively, for the three months ended March 31, 2025, which is recorded in Change in derivative liabilities fair value within the condensed consolidated statement of operations.