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Acquisitions | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2021
Business Combination and Asset Acquisition [Abstract] |
Acquisitions | NOTE 7 – Acquisitions American Medical REIT Inc. On March 3, 2020, the Company, via its subsidiary DSS Securities, entered into a share subscription agreement and loan arrangement with LiquidValue Asset Management Pte Ltd., AMRE Asset Management, Inc. and American Medical REIT Inc. under which it acquired a 52.5% controlling ownership interest in AMRE Asset Management Inc. (“AAMI”) which currently has a 93% equity interest in American Medical REIT Inc. (“AMRE”). AAMI is a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) management company that sets the strategic vision and formulate investment strategy for AMRE. It manages the REIT’s assets and liabilities and provides recommendations to AMRE on acquisition and divestments in accordance with the investment strategies. AMRE is a Maryland corporation, organized for the purposes of acquiring hospitals and other acute or post-acute care centers from leading clinical operators with dominant market share in secondary and tertiary markets, and leasing each property to a single operator under a triple-net lease. AMRE was formed to originate, acquire, and lease a credit-centric portfolio of licensed medical real estate. AMRE is planned to qualify as a Real Estate Investment Trust for federal income tax purposes, which will provide. AMRE’s investors the opportunity for direct ownership of Class A licensed medical real estate. Effective on March 3, 2020, the Company entered into a Promissory Note with AMRE, pursuant to which AMRE has issued the Company a promissory note for the principal amount of $800,000 (the “Note”). The Note matures on March 3, 2022 and accrues interest at the rate of 8.0% per annum and shall be payable in accordance with the terms set forth in the Note. Under the Note, AMRE may prepay or repay all or any portion of the Note at any time, without a premium or penalty. If not sooner prepaid, the entire unpaid principal balance of the Note including accrued interest will be due and payable in full on March 3, 2022. The Note also provides the Company an option to provide AMRE an additional $800,000 on the same terms and conditions as the Note, including the issuance of warrants as described below. As further incentive to enter into the Note, AMRE issued the Company warrants to purchase 160,000 shares of AMRE common stock (the “Warrants”). The Warrants have an exercise price of $5.00 per share, subject to adjustment as set forth in the Warrants, and expire on March 3, 2024. Pursuant to the Warrants, if AMRE files a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering (“IPO”) of AMRE’s common stock and the IPO price per share offered to the public is less than $10.00 per share, the exercise price of the Warrants shall be adjusted downward to 50% of the IPO price. The Warrants also grants piggyback registration rights to the Company as set forth in the Warrants. As of December 31, 2021, this Note had outstanding principal and interest of approximately $914,000. Upon consolidation this Note is eliminated. AMRE entered into a $200,000 unsecured promissory note with LiquidValue Asset Management Pte Ltd (“LVAMPTE”). The Note calls for interest to be paid annually on March 2 with interest fixed at 8.0%. See Note 11 for further details. LVAMPTE is majority owned subsidiary of Alset International Limited whose Chief Executive Office and largest shareholder is Heng Fai Ambrose Chan, the Chairman of the Board and largest shareholder of the Company. On June 18, 2021, DSS Securities, entered into a stock purchase agreement with AMRE to acquire 264,525 Class A Common Shares of AMRE at a per share price of $10, for a total consideration of $2,645,250. The additional 264,525 Class A Common Shares acquired increases the Company’s total equity interest in AMRE to approximately 93%. On June 18, 2021, AMRE Shelton, LLC. (“AMRE Shelton”), a subsidiary of AMRE financed the purchase of a 40,000 square foot, 2.0 story, Class A+ multi-tenant medical office building located on a 13.62-acre site in Shelton, Connecticut (See Note 11) for the purchase price of $7,150,000. In accordance with Topic 805, the acquisition of the medical facility has been determined to be an acquisition of assets as substantially all of the fair value of the gross assets acquired is concentrated in a single identifiable asset or a group of similar identifiable assets. These assets are classified as investments, real estate on the consolidated balance sheet. The purchase price has been allocated as $4,640,000, $1,600,000, and $325,000 for the facility, land and tenant improvements respectively. Also include in the value of the property is $585,000 of intangible assets with an estimated useful life approximating 3 years. All assets were allocated on a relative fair value basis. Contained within the sale-purchase agreement for this facility, is a $1,500,000 earnout due to the seller if certain criteria are met. As of December 31, 2021, no liability has been recorded for this earnout. On November 4, 2021, AMRE LifeCare Portfolio, LLC. (“AMRE LifeCare”), a subsidiary of AMRE, acquired three medical facilities located in Fort Worth, Texas, Plano, Texas, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for a purchase price of $62,000,000. In accordance with Topic 805, the acquisition of the medical facility has been determined to be an acquisition of assets as substantially all of the fair value of the gross assets acquired is concentrated in a single identifiable asset or a group of similar identifiable assets. These assets are classified as investments, real estate on the consolidated balance sheet. The purchase price has been allocated as $32,100,000, $12,100,000, and $1,500,000 for the facility, land and site improvements respectively. Also include in the value of the property is $15,901,000 of intangible assets with estimated useful lives ranging from 1 to 11 years. All assets were allocated on a relative fair value basis. On December 21, 2021, AMRE Winter Haven, LLC. (“AMRE Winter Haven”), a subsidiary of AMRE, acquired a medical facility located in Winter Haven, Florida for a purchase price of $4,500,000. In accordance with Topic 805, the acquisition of the medical facility has been determined to be an acquisition of assets as substantially all of the fair value of the gross assets acquired is concentrated in a single identifiable asset or a group of similar identifiable assets. These assets are classified as investments, real estate on the consolidated balance sheet. The purchase price has been allocated as $3,200,000, $1,000,000, and $222,000 for the facility, land and site and tenant improvements respectively. Also include in the value of the property is $29,000 of intangible assets with an estimated useful life of approximating 5 years. All assets were allocated on a relative fair value basis. During the year ended December 31, 2021, AMRE had net losses of $2,835,000 of which $138,000 and is attributable to the non-controlling interest. Impact BioMedical, Inc. On August 21, 2020, the Company, completed its acquisition of Impact BioMedical, Inc. (“Impact”), pursuant to a Share Exchange Agreement by and among the Company, DSS BioHealth, and related parties Alset Intl (formally Singapore eDevelopment Limited), and Global Biomedical Pte Ltd. (“GBM”) which was previously approved by the Company’s shareholders (the “Share Exchange”).Under the terms of the Share Exchange, the Company issued 483,334 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.02 per share, nominally valued at $6.48 per share, and 46,868 newly issued shares of the Company’s Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (“Series A Preferred Stock”), with a stated value of $46,868,000, or $1,000 per share, for a total consideration of $50 million to acquire 100% of the outstanding shares of Impact. The acquisition was done to add assets and a foundation of products with international market opportunities and demand, and which can be structured into long- term scalable, reoccurring license revenue within the DSS BioHealth line of business. Due to several factors, including a discount for illiquidity, the value of the Series A Preferred Stock was discounted from $46,868,000 to $35,187,000, thus reducing the final consideration given to approximately $38,319,000. The Company incurred approximately $295,000 in cost associated with the acquisition of Impact Biomedical which were recorded as general and administrative expenses. As a result of the Share Exchange, Impact Biomedical is now a wholly owned subsidiary of DSS BioHealth, the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary and operating results of the acquisition are included in the Company’s financial statements beginning August 21, 2020. Impact BioMedical has several subsidiaries that are not wholly owned by Impact Biomedical and have an ownership percentage ranging from 63.6% to 100%. During the year ended December 31, 2021, Impact has incurred approximately $2,535,000 of net losses, of which $407,000 of loss incurred is attributable to non-controlling interest. Although Impact historically, and to date has not generated any revenues, the acquisition of Impact meets the definition of a business with inputs, processes and outputs, and therefore, the Company has concluded to account for this transaction in accordance with the acquisition method of accounting under Topic 805 American Pacific Bancorp. On September 9, 2021, the Company finalized a stock purchase agreement (the “SPA”) with American Pacific Bancorp (“APB”), which provided for an investment of $40,000,000 by the Company into APB for an aggregate of 6,666,700 shares of the APB’s Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share. Subject to the terms and conditions contained in the SPA, the shares issued at a purchase price of $6.00 per share. As a result of this transaction, DSS owns approximately 53% of APB, and as a result its operating results have been included in the Company’s financial statements beginning September 9, 2021. The Company incurred approximately $36,000 in cost associated with the acquisition of APB which were recorded as general and administrative expenses. The acquisition of APB meets the definition of a business with inputs, processes and outputs, and therefore, the Company has concluded to account for this transaction in accordance with the acquisition method of accounting under Topic 805. Since acquisition, APB has incurred approximately $194,000 of net losses, of which approximately $96,000 of loss incurred is attributable to non-controlling interest. The next largest shareholder of APB is Alset EHome International, Inc. (“AEI”). AEI’s Chairman and CEO, Heng Fai Chan, and a member of the AEI’s Board of Directors, Wu Wai Leung William, each serve on both the AEI Board and the Board of the Company. The CEO of the Company, Mr. Frank D. Heuszel, also has an approximate 2% equity position of APB. The following summary, prepared on a proforma basis, combines the consolidated results of operations of the Company with those of APB as if the acquisition took place on January 1. The pro forma consolidated results include the impact of certain adjustments. SCHEDULE OF BUSINESS ACQUISITION, PRO FORMA INFORMATION
|  | 2021 (unaudited) |  |  | 2020 (unaudited) |
Revenue |  | $ | 20,337,000 |  |  | $ | 10,233,000 |
Net (loss)/income |  | $ | (32,217,000 | ) |  | $ | 1,778,000 |
Basic (loss)/earnings per share |  | $ | (0.63 | ) |  | $ | 0.63 |
Diluted (loss)/earnings per share |  | $ | (0.63 | ) |  | $ | 0.46 |
The Company has completed the valuation of good will and non-controlling interest, which approximate $29,744,000 and $33,099,000, respectively. Goodwill is driven by other intangible assets that do not qualify for separate recognition and is not deductible for tax purposes. Net assets acquired were approximately $3,400,000 and included approximately $1,250,000 in cash, $1,900,000 in marketable securities, $330,000 in notes receivable and $101,000 of accounts payable and accrued liabilities. APB and the company in which APB owns marketable securities share a common director. Sharing Services Global Corp. (“SHRG”) As of and through June 30, 2020, the Company classified its investment in Sharing Services Global Corp. (“SHRG”), a publicly traded company, as marketable equity security and measured it at fair value with gains and losses recognized in other income. In July 2020, through continued acquisition of common stock, as detailed below, the Company obtained greater than 20% ownership of SHRG, and thus has the ability to exercise significant influence over it. The Company currently accounts for its investment in SHRG using the equity method in accordance with ASC Topic 323, Investments—Equity Method and Joint Ventures recognizing our share of SHRG’s earnings and losses within our consolidated statement of operations. On July 22, 2020, Chan Heng Fai Ambrose, the Chairman of the Company’s board of directors, assigned to DSS a Stock Purchase and Share Subscription Agreement by and between Mr. Chan and SHRG, pursuant to which the Company purchased 30,000,000 shares of Class A common stock and 10,000,000 warrants to purchase Class A common stock for $3 million, causing the Company’s ownership in SHRG to exceed 20%. The warrants have an average exercise price of $0.20, immediately vested and may be exercised at any time commencing on the date of issuance and ending three years from such date. The warrants are considered an equity investment that is recorded at fair value with gains and losses recorded through earnings. These warrants have been recorded at the fair value of $324,000 as of September 30, 2021, as compared to $1,056,000 at December 31, 2020 on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet and are included in “other investments” with the decrease representing an unrealized loss of $224,000 and $732,000 respectively during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021. As of July 22, 2020, the carrying value of the Company’s equity method investment exceeded our share of the book value of the investee’s underlying net assets by approximately $9,192,000 which represents primarily intangible assets in the form of a distributor lists and goodwill arising from acquisitions. These intangible assets have been valued at approximately $1,148,000 and $8,044,000, respectively. The intangible asset arising from the distributor list has a five-year useful life. The Company has recorded amortization of $57,000 and $287,000 for the three- and nine-months ended September 30, 2021, respectively, on the consolidated statement of operations. On April 5, 2021, a subsidiary of the Company entered into a convertible promissory note (“SHRG Note”) with SHRG (see Note 3). The Company loaned the principal sum of $30,000,000. Accordingly, in April 2021, the SHRG issued to the Company 27,000,000 shares of its Class A Common Stock, including 15,000,000 shares in payment of the loan origination fee and 12,000,000 shares in prepayment of interest for the first year. In addition, the Company received 150,000,000 warrants both issued and vested on April 5, 2021. These warrants have an exercise price of $0.22 and expire April 5, 2026. As of the date of issuance the warrants the consideration paid allocated to the warrants amounted to approximately $14,957,000. The warrants are considered an equity investment that is recorded at fair value with gains and losses recorded through earnings.. As of September 30, 2021, the Company held 91,460,978 class A common shares equating to a 46.8% ownership interest in SHRG. On December 23, 2021, DSS purchased 50,000,000 shares at $0.06 per share via a private placement. With this purchase, DSS increased its ownership of voting shares from approximately 47% of SHRG to approximately 58%. The acquisition of SHRG meets the definition of a business with inputs, processes, and outputs, and therefore, the Company has concluded to account for this transaction in accordance with the acquisition method of accounting under Topic 805. The following summary, prepared on a proforma basis, combines the consolidated results of operations of the Company with those of SHRG as if the acquisition took place on January 1. The pro forma consolidated results include the impact of certain adjustments. SCHEDULE OF BUSINESS ACQUISITION, PRO FORMA INFORMATION
|  |  | 2021 (unaudited) |  |  |  | 2020 (unaudited) |
Revenue |  | $ | 61,784,000 |  |  | $ | 102,308,000 |
Net (loss)/income |  | $ | (37,236,000 | ) |  | $ | 4,675,000 |
Basic (loss)/earnings per share |  | $ | (0.72 | ) |  | $ | 1.32 |
Diluted (loss)/earnings per share |  | $ | (0.72 | ) |  | $ | 0.78 |
We are currently in the process of completing the purchase price accounting and related allocations associated with the acquisition of SHRG. The Company is in the process of completing valuations and useful lives for certain assets acquired in the transaction. We expect the preliminary purchase price accounting to be completed during the year ending December 31, 2022. The Company, via three (3) of the Company’s existing board members, currently holds three (3) of the seven (7) SHRG board of director seats. Mr. John “JT” Thatch, DSS’s Lead Independent Director and as well the CEO of SHRG is on the SHRG Board, along with Mr. Chan, DSS’s Executive Chairman of the board of directors (joined the SHRG Board effective May 4, 2020), and Mr. Frank D. Heuszel, the CEO of the Company (joined the SHRG Board effective September 29, 2020).

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