Related party transactions

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Related Party Transactions [Abstract]

Related party transactions

Related party transactions

In July 2019 and in June 2020, the Company entered into bridge note payables with Roderick K. Randall, a member of the Company’s Board of Directors, and The Randall Group Fisker Series C, for which Mr. Randall is the Managing Director, for the principal sum of $100,000 and $220,000, respectively. In addition, Legacy Fisker sold 1,236,610 shares of Series A preferred stock to Mr. Randall and Series Fisker, a separate series of The Randall Group, LLC, for which Mr. Randall is the Series Manager, for $924,984. The bridge notes and Series A preferred stock were converted into 3,402,528 shares of Class A Common Stock at an exchange ratio of 2.7162 upon completion of the Business Combination. The Company also had a consulting agreement with Mr. Randall dated May 1, 2017. In connection with the consulting agreement, he received an option grant to purchase 159,769 shares (post business combination) of our Class A common stock. Also, Mr. Randall received option grants to purchase 67,905 and 13,581 shares (post business combination) of our Class A common stock on June 22, 2020. He also received annual Board of Directors restricted stock unit awards for 25,658 and 24,271 shares of Class A common stock vesting quarterly over twelve months from the date of our annual shareholders’ meetings held on June 6, 2023 and June 7, 2022, respectively.

In 2018, Legacy Fisker sold 135,000 shares of Series A preferred stock to the Nadine I. Watt Jameson Family Trust, a trust controlled by Mrs. Watt, a member of the Company’s Board of Directors, and her spouse, G. Andrew Jameson, for $100,980. The Series A preferred stock were converted into 366,690 shares of Class A Common Stock at an exchange ratio of 2.7162 upon completion of the Business Combination. Mrs. Watt received an option grant to purchase 13,581 shares (post business combination) of our Class A common stock on June 22, 2020 and Mr. Jameson received an option grant to

purchase 14,939 shares (post business combination) of our Class A common stock on September 21, 2020 in exchange for providing consulting services. Under the Company’s Outside Director Compensation Policy, Mrs. Watt received an annual Board of Directors restricted stock unit award for 36,653 and 24,271 shares of Class A common stock vesting quarterly over twelve months from the date of our annual shareholders’ meetings held on June 6, 2023 and June 7, 2022, respectively.

On March 8, 2021, the Company appointed Mitchell Zuklie to its Board of Directors and granted him a restricted stock unit representing 2,711 shares of Class A common stock, which vested on the date of the Company’s annual meeting held on June 8, 2021. Mr. Zuklie is the chairman of the law firm of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliff LLP (‘‘Orrick’’), which provides various legal services to the Company. During the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021, the Company incurred expenses for legal services rendered by Orrick totaling approximately $1.5 million, $9.1 million, and $1.8 million, respectively. Mr. Zuklie also held 54,461 shares of Class A Common Stock at the time of his appointment to the Board of Directors. Under the Company’s Outside Director Compensation Policy, Mr. Zuklie received an annual Board of Directors restricted stock unit award for 40,805 and 24,271 shares of Class A common stock vesting quarterly over twelve months from the date of the Company’s annual shareholders’ meetings held on June 6, 2023 and June 7, 2022, respectively.