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ORGANIZATION AND DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2022
ORGANIZATION AND DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION  
ORGANIZATION AND DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION

NOTE 1 — ORGANIZATION AND DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION

Lordstown Description of Business

Lordstown Motors Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Lordstown”, the “Company” or “we”), is an electric vehicle (“EV”) innovator developing high-quality light duty commercial fleet vehicles, with the Endurance all electric pick-up truck as our first vehicle being launched in the Lordstown, Ohio facility. We are in the final design and testing phase related to our production of the Endurance but have yet to bring a completed product to market. We have also recently established the Foxconn Joint Venture (defined below) to jointly design, develop, test and industrialize all-electric commercial vehicles (“EC Vehicles”) with Foxconn using its Mobility-in-Harmony (“MIH”) platform, which would also be built at the Lordstown, Ohio plant and potentially licensed for production elsewhere in the world.

Closing of the APA with Foxconn

On May 11, 2022, Lordstown EV Corporation, a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (“Lordstown EV”) closed the transactions contemplated by the asset purchase agreement with Foxconn EV Technology, Inc., an Ohio corporation, and an affiliate of Hon Hai Technology Group (“HHTG”; either HHTG or applicable affiliates of HHTG are referred to herein as “Foxconn”), dated November 10, 2021 (the “Asset Purchase Agreement” or “APA” and the closing of the transactions contemplated thereby, the “APA Closing”).

Pursuant to the APA, Foxconn purchased Lordstown EV’s manufacturing facility located in Lordstown, Ohio. Lordstown EV continues to own our hub motor assembly line, as well as our battery module and pack line assets, certain tooling, intellectual property rights and other excluded assets, and outsourced all of the manufacturing of the Endurance to Foxconn under the Contract Manufacturing Agreement (defined below). Lordstown EV also entered into a lease pursuant to which Lordstown EV leases space located at the Lordstown, Ohio facility from Foxconn for its Ohio-based employees for a term equal to the duration of the Contract Manufacturing Agreement plus 30 days. The right of use asset and liability related to this lease is immaterial.

The purchase price for the Lordstown facility consisted of $230 million and a reimbursement payment for certain operating and expansion costs incurred by Lordstown EV from September 1, 2021 until the APA Closing. Foxconn made down payments of the purchase price totaling $200 million through April 15, 2022, of which $50 million and $100 million were received during the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, respectively. The $30 million balance of the purchase price and a reimbursement payment of approximately $27.5 million were paid at the APA Closing; $17.5 million was attributable to the reimbursement of certain operating expenses reported in research and development and $10 million was attributable to expansion costs. Under the terms of the APA, the $17.5 million reimbursement costs were an estimate which was subsequently increased to $18.4 million as of June 30, 2022 and will be finalized over a post-closing review period.

Research and development costs are presented net of the $18.4 million reimbursement of costs by Foxconn for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022. Included in the $18.4 million reimbursement were approximately $7.7 million of research and development costs incurred in 2021. Of the $10 million expansion costs, $7.5 million is attributable to assets sold to Foxconn at the APA Closing with the remaining $2.5 million being a prepayment for open purchase orders as of the APA Closing related to expansion costs. Also in connection with the APA Closing, the Company issued warrants to Foxconn that are exercisable until the third anniversary of the APA Closing for 1.7 million shares of Class A common stock at an exercise price of $10.50

per share (the “Foxconn Warrants”). In October 2021, prior to entering into the APA, Foxconn purchased 7.2 million shares of the Company’s Class A common stock for approximately $50.0 million.

Contract Manufacturing Agreement

On May 11, 2022, Lordstown EV and Foxconn entered into a manufacturing supply agreement (the “Contract Manufacturing Agreement” or “CMA”) in connection with the APA Closing. Pursuant to the Contract Manufacturing Agreement, Foxconn will (i) manufacture the Endurance at the Lordstown facility for a fee per vehicle, (ii) following a transition period, procure components for the manufacture and assembly of the Endurance, subject to sourcing specifications provided by Lordstown EV, and (iii) provide certain post-delivery services. The CMA provides us with an entirely variable manufacturing cost structure and alleviates us of the burden to invest in and maintain the facility.

The CMA requires Foxconn to use commercially reasonable efforts to assist with reducing component and logistics costs, and otherwise improving the commercial terms of procurement with suppliers, and the parties to work together to reduce the overall bill of materials cost of the Endurance. Foxconn conducts testing in accordance with procedures established by us and we are generally responsible for all motor vehicle regulatory compliance and reporting. The Contract Manufacturing Agreement also allocates responsibility between the parties for other matters, including component defects, quality assurance and warranties of manufacturing and design. Foxconn will invoice us for manufacturing costs on a fee per vehicle produced basis, and to the extent purchased by Foxconn, component and other costs. Production volume and scheduling are based upon rolling weekly forecasts we provide that are generally binding only for a twelve-week period, with some ability to vary the quantities of vehicle type.

The CMA became effective on May 11, 2022 and continues for an initial term of 18 months plus a 12 month notice period in the event either party seeks to terminate the agreement. In the event no party terminates the Contract Manufacturing Agreement following the initial term, it will continue on a month-to-month basis unless terminated upon 12 months’ prior notice. The CMA can also be terminated by either party due to a material breach of the agreement and will terminate immediately upon the occurrence of any bankruptcy event.

Foxconn Joint Venture Agreement

Also in connection with the APA Closing, Lordstown EV and Foxconn entered into a Limited Liability Company Agreement (the “Foxconn Joint Venture Agreement”) and filed a Certificate of Formation on May 11, 2022 to form MIH EV Design LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as a joint venture to design, develop, test and industrialize EC Vehicles (the “Foxconn Joint Venture”). Foxconn has committed $100 million to the Foxconn Joint Venture, consisting of $55 million in the form of direct capital contributions, and a $45 million loan to Lordstown EV pursuant to and on the conditions set forth in the Notes (as defined below), the proceeds of which will only be used to fund our capital contributions to the Foxconn Joint Venture. Initially, Foxconn has an ownership interest in the Foxconn Joint Venture of 55% and Lordstown EV has a 45% interest. On June 24, 2022, Foxconn made its initial investments totaling $16.5 million in the Foxconn Joint Venture pursuant to the Foxconn Joint Venture Agreement. Lordstown EV’s 45% share, or $13.5 million, was invested with proceeds from issuance of the Notes on June 27, 2022.

The Foxconn Joint Venture Agreement contemplates a license to the Foxconn Joint Venture to use certain intellectual property owned by Foxconn and its affiliated entities relating to certain automotive related designs (the “FX IP”) to develop EC Vehicles, with the Foxconn Joint Venture owning all intellectual property rights it develops (other than the FX IP). The Foxconn Joint Venture Agreement also contemplates an exclusive license of all intellectual property owned by the Foxcon Joint Venture relating to any EC Vehicle designed by the Foxconn Joint Venture to Lordstown EV for use in the North American commercial market, and to Foxconn for use outside of North America, each subject to customary and reasonable licensing fees.

Pursuant to the Foxconn Joint Venture Agreement, the Foxconn Joint Venture will be overseen by a five-person management board with Foxconn initially having the right to appoint three members and Lordstown EV initially having the right to appoint two members. Certain major decisions, including, but not limited to, the

approval of budgets, raising additional equity, incurring third party indebtedness, mergers, related party transactions, dissolution and increases in the size of the management board, require the consent of at least one member of the management board appointed by Lordstown EV for so long as we own at least 30% of the Foxconn Joint Venture. Other than with respect to certain customary permitted transfers, neither Lordstown EV nor Foxconn is permitted to transfer its interest in the Foxconn Joint Venture for a period of three years following the formation of the Foxconn Joint Venture. Thereafter, each party has a right of first refusal and a tag-along right with respect to any proposed transfer by the other party.

Under the Foxconn Joint Venture Agreement, we are Foxconn’s primary development partner in North America. We plan to develop a portfolio of electric vehicles targeting commercial fleet customers, built at the Lordstown, Ohio plant using the advanced designs from Foxconn and its affiliates. We plan for Foxconn to supply the FX IP for the vehicles to be customized for and homologated in North America by the Foxconn Joint Venture, along with certain vehicle components and subsystems, enabling us to leverage Foxconn’s manufacturing expertise, supply-chain network and extensive experience in software development and integration (key capabilities in the production of EVs) to complement our EV design, development, engineering and homologation contributions. No assurance can be given that we will be able to realize the potential benefits of the Foxconn Transactions (as defined below).

Note, Guaranty and Security Agreements

The Foxconn Joint Venture Agreement provides that Lordstown EV, as the issuer, and guaranteed by our wholly-owned subsidiary Lordstown EV Sales LLC, and the Company (collectively, the “Note Parties”), will enter into note, guaranty and security agreements (the “Notes”) with Foxconn, as the payee, pursuant to which Foxconn makes term loans to Lordstown EV in an aggregate original principal amount not to exceed $45 million as advances are requested by Lordstown EV. On June 27, 2022, Foxconn funded $13.5 million in exchange for Lordstown EV delivering a Note in such amount. The proceeds were used for our initial investment in the Foxconn Joint Venture.

To secure its obligations under Notes, Lordstown EV has granted Foxconn a security interest in (i) all of Lordstown EV’s equity interests in the Foxconn Joint Venture, and (ii) personal property constituting the hub motor, battery module and battery pack assembly lines. We may use the proceeds only to fund our capital commitment of $45 million to the Foxconn Joint Venture, pursuant to the Foxconn Joint Venture Agreement.

The Notes will accrue interest at a rate of 7.0% per annum, to be paid-in-kind, and due on the earlier of (i) the first anniversary of issuance and (ii) December 31, 2025, unless earlier terminated in the event of a default. Pursuant to the Foxconn Joint Venture Agreement, each Note maturing before December 31, 2025 will be refinanced by Foxconn with a new Note in the principal amount equal to the outstanding principal amount of the refinanced Note, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, and will have terms substantively identical to the terms of the refinanced Note. Events of default include, among other things, the breach of certain covenants or representations, defaults under other loans or obligations, judgments, orders or claims not vacated or otherwise paid, involvement in bankruptcy proceedings, an occurrence of a change of control or the loss of any material collateral (as such terms are defined in the Notes). Each Note will contain negative covenants which, while in effect, restrict the Note Parties from, among other things, incurring certain types of other debt (subject to various baskets), making certain expenditures or investments, any mergers or other fundamental changes, or changing the character of the Note Parties’ businesses. While it is not intended that any amounts will become due under the Notes prior to December 31, 2025, each Note has a term of one year and the refinancing of each Note is subject to certain conditions, including the absence of an event of default. Given the risk of the incurrence of an event of default, we have classified the Notes as a current liability.

Each Note and all accrued but unpaid interest thereon may be prepaid, in whole or in part, at any time or from time to time, without any penalty or premium. Lordstown EV will be required to prepay each Note and all accrued but unpaid interest thereon with proceeds received upon distributions from the Foxconn Joint Venture or cash proceeds of certain asset dispositions.

Ongoing Operations

Even though the APA, the Contract Manufacturing Agreement and the Foxconn Joint Venture Agreement (together, the “Foxconn Transactions”) were consummated, we will need additional funding to execute our 2022 business plan and to achieve scaled production of the Endurance, due to the capital required to complete testing and validation, purchase the raw materials and vehicle components for saleable vehicles, invest in the hard tooling to lower our bill of materials cost and fund future engineering and corporate expenditures. As discussed above, the Company incurred debt to fund our investment in the Foxconn Joint Venture, and no assurance can be given that we will be able to raise sufficient capital or to realize the potential benefits of the Foxconn Transactions.

We continue to explore all financing alternatives as our operations are anticipated to require significant capital investment for the foreseeable future. We are also seeking strategic partners, including other automakers, to provide additional capital/or and other support to enable us to scale the Endurance program and to develop new vehicle programs through the Foxconn Joint Venture. As we seek additional sources of financing, there can be no assurance that such financing would be available to us on favorable terms or at all.

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements are presented in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial statements and the instructions to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed or omitted pursuant to these rules and regulations. Accordingly, these unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with our audited consolidated financial statements and related notes included in our Form 10-K.

In the opinion of management, these unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements reflect all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of our interim financial results. All such adjustments are of a normal and recurring nature. The results of operations for any interim period are not indicative of results for the full fiscal year. The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements include our accounts and those of our controlled subsidiaries. Intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The preparation of these financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent liabilities at the dates of the financial statements and the amounts of expenses during the reporting periods. Actual amounts realized or paid could differ from those estimates.

Liquidity and Going Concern

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements have been prepared assuming the Company will continue as a going concern. The going concern basis of presentation assumes that the Company will continue in operation one year after the date these unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements are issued and will be able to realize its assets and discharge its liabilities and commitments in the normal course of business.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 205-40, Disclosure of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern, management must evaluate whether there are conditions or events, considered in the aggregate, that raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern for one year from the date these unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements are issued. This evaluation does not take into consideration the potential mitigating effect of management’s plans that have not been fully implemented or are not within control of the Company as of the date the unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements are issued. When substantial doubt exists, management evaluates whether the mitigating effect of its plans sufficiently alleviates substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to

continue as a going concern. The mitigating effect of management’s plans, however, is only considered if both (1) it is probable that the plans will be effectively implemented within one year after the date that the unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements are issued, and (2) it is probable that the plans, when implemented, will mitigate the relevant conditions or events that raise substantial doubt about the entity’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date that the unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements are issued.

We had cash and cash equivalents of approximately $235.7 million and an accumulated deficit of $570.8 million at June 30, 2022 and a net loss of $26.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022. Since inception, we have been developing our flagship vehicle, the Endurance, an electric full-size pickup truck. We have built a limited number of pre-production vehicles (“PPVs”) during the first half of 2022 for testing, certification, validation, regulatory approvals and to demonstrate the capabilities of the Endurance to potential customers. The Company’s ability to continue as a going concern is dependent on our ability to realize the benefits of the Foxconn Transactions, raise substantial additional capital, complete the development of the Endurance, obtain regulatory approval, begin commercial production and launch the sale of the Endurance. The Company’s current level of cash and cash equivalents are not sufficient to execute our 2022 business plan and achieve scaled production of the Endurance due to the substantial additional capital required to complete testing and validation, purchase the raw materials and vehicle components for saleable vehicles, invest in the hard tooling to lower our bill of materials cost and fund future engineering and corporate expenditures. For the foreseeable future, we will incur significant operating expenses, capital expenditures and working capital funding that will deplete our cash on hand. These conditions raise substantial doubt regarding the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least one year from the date of issuance of these condensed consolidated financial statements. As a result of having insufficient capital to execute our 2022 business plan, we have substantially limited investments in tooling and other aspects of the Endurance and our operations. The trade-offs we are making, including related to hard tooling, are likely to result in higher costs for the Company in the future and are likely to slow or impair future design enhancements or options we may otherwise seek to make available to customers.

Our research and development expenses and capital expenditures are significant due to spending needed for prototype components, vehicle validation tests, securing necessary parts/equipment, and utilizing in-house and third-party engineering services. During 2021, we experienced the stress that the COVID-19 pandemic put on the global automotive supply chain. Furthermore, in 2021 and 2022, we have incurred significant freight charges due in part to the COVID-19 pandemic and challenging logistics that created delays and higher pricing on standard freight as well as to incur substantially higher expedited freight charges to mitigate delays. The Company expects continued supply chain constraints including the availability of and long lead times for components, as well as raw materials and other pricing pressures that are likely to negatively impact our cost structure and production timeline. We also have meaningful exposure to material losses and costs related to ongoing litigation for which insurance is unlikely to be available. See Note 5 – Commitments and Contingencies for additional information.

In an effort to alleviate these conditions, management continues to seek and evaluate opportunities to raise additional funds through the issuance of equity or debt securities, asset sales, through arrangements with strategic partners or through financing from government or financial institutions. We have engaged a financial advisor to advise the Company on additional financing alternatives. No assurances can be given that any such financing will be available on commercially reasonable terms or at all.

As further described in Note 7, on July 23, 2021, the Company entered into the Equity Purchase Agreement with YA II PN, LTD. (“YA”), pursuant to which YA has committed to purchase up to $400 million of its Class A common stock, at the Company’s direction from time to time, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions (the “Equity Purchase Agreement”). During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company issued 9.6 million shares to YA and received $49.4 million, net of equity issuance costs. During the six months ended June 30, 2022, the Company issued 6.6 million shares to YA and received $13.7 million, net of equity issuance costs. The actual amount that the Company raises under this agreement will depend on market conditions and limitations in the agreement. In particular, without stockholder approval, the amount of shares the Company can issue would be limited to up to 35.1 million shares (unless the average price of all shares

sold is $7.48 or higher) (“the Exchange Cap”), less the 16.2 million shares already issued, and therefore this share limitation and the current market price that would be the basis for the price of the shares of Class A common stock to be sold limit the funds the Company is able to raise to significantly less than the original $400 million commitment under the Equity Purchase Agreement. As of June 30, 2022, the Company was in compliance with the terms and conditions of the Equity Purchase Agreement and the remaining availability under the Equity Purchase Agreement was $336.2 million, however, the actual availability under the Equity Purchase Agreement is limited due to the conditions described above.

On May 11, 2022, pursuant to the APA Closing, the Company sold the Lordstown facility to Foxconn for $230 million and a reimbursement payment for certain operating and expansion costs incurred by the Company from September 1, 2021 through the APA Closing (see Note 1).

Foxconn made down payments of the purchase price totaling $200 million through April 15, 2022, of which $50 million and $100 million was received during the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, respectively, and the $30 million balance of the purchase price as well as a reimbursement payment of approximately $27.5 million were paid at the APA Closing. Under the terms of the APA, the reimbursement payment was an estimate and will be finalized over a post-closing review period.

In addition to providing the Company with additional capital, the Foxconn Transactions should provide the benefits of scaled manufacturing, more cost-effective access to certain raw materials, components and inputs, and will reduce the overhead costs associated with the Lordstown facility that were previously borne by the Company. In connection with the Foxconn Joint Venture Agreement, Foxconn will make term loans to Lordstown EV exclusively to fund our capital commitments to the Foxconn Joint Venture in an aggregate original principal amount not to exceed $45 million pursuant to Notes. As of June 30, 2022, $13.5 million was borrowed by Lordstown EV under a Note dated June 24, 2022.

As we seek additional sources of financing and strategic partners, there can be no assurance that such financing would be available to us on favorable terms or at all. The Company’s ability to obtain additional financing is subject to several factors, including market and economic conditions, the significant amount of capital required, the fact that the Endurance bill of materials cost is currently, and expected to continue to be, substantially higher than the anticipated selling price of the Endurance, uncertainty surrounding regulatory approval and the performance of the vehicle, meaningful exposure to material expenses and losses related to ongoing litigation, our performance and investor sentiment with respect to the Company and our business and industry, as well as our ability to effectively implement and realize the expected benefits of the Foxconn Transactions. As a result of these uncertainties, and notwithstanding management’s plans and efforts to date, there continues to be substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. If we are unable to raise substantial additional capital in the near term, our operations and production plans will be scaled back or curtailed. If the funds raised are insufficient to provide a bridge to full commercial production at a profit, our operations could be severely curtailed or cease entirely and we may not realize any significant value from our assets.