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CONSOLIDATED VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITY - ALPHA FUND | 12 Months Ended
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Consolidated Variable Interest Entity - Alpha Fund |
CONSOLIDATED VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITY - ALPHA FUND | 16. CONSOLIDATED VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITY - ALPHA FUND Alpha Fund – Consolidated Variable Interest Entity As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company held an investment in the Alpha Fund. Alpha Fund operates as a private investment fund. The general partner of 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 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, 2022, Ault Lending subscribed for $33 million or approximately 100% of the limited partnership interests in Alpha Fund, the full amount of which was funded, an increase of $16 million from the $17 million subscribed and funded as of December 31, 2021. These investments are subject to a rolling five-year lock-up period, provided that after three years, Alpha GP will waive 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 Alpha Fund’s partnership agreement and side letter entered into between the Company and Alpha Fund. The Company consolidates Alpha Fund as a variable interest entity (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 As of December 31, 2022, Alpha Fund owned 48,086,223 shares of the Company’s common stock and 91,184 shares of the Company’s 13.00% Series D Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock (the “Series D Preferred Stock”), accounted for as treasury stock as of December 31, 2022.

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