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CONSOLIDATED VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITY - ALPHA FUND | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2021
Consolidated Variable Interest Entity - Alpha Fund |
CONSOLIDATED VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITY - ALPHA FUND | 16. CONSOLIDATED VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITY - ALPHA FUND Investments in the Alpha Fund During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company invested in the Alpha Fund. The Alpha Fund operates as a private investment fund. The general partner of the Alpha Fund, Ault Alpha GP LLC (“Alpha GP”) is owned by Ault Capital Management LLC (the “Investment Manager”), which also acts as the investment manager to the Alpha Fund. The Investment Manager is owned by Ault & Company. Messrs. Ault, Horne, Nisser and Cragun, who serve as executive officers and/or directors of the Company, are executive officers of the Investment Manager, and Messrs. Ault, Horne and Nisser are executive officers and directors of Ault & Company. As of December 31, 2021, the Company subscribed for $17 million or 100% of the limited partnership interests in the Alpha Fund, the full amount of which was funded. These investments are subject to a rolling five-year lock-up period, provided that after three years, Alpha GP will waive the last twenty-four (24) months of the lock-up period upon receipt of written notice from an executive officer of the Company that a withdrawal of capital is required to prevent a going concern opinion from the Company’s auditors, under the terms of the Alpha Fund’s partnership agreement and side letter entered into between the Company and the Alpha Fund. The Company consolidates Alpha Fund as a VIE due to its significant level of influence and control of Alpha Fund, the size of its investment, and its ability to participate in policy making decisions, the Company is considered the primary beneficiary of the VIE. Investments by Alpha Fund – Treasury Stock The Alpha Fund has purchased shares of the Company’s common stock in open market transactions at an average purchase price of $2.16 per share. As of December 31, 2021, the Alpha Fund owned 6,100,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, accounted for as treasury stock as of December 31, 2021.

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