Related Party Notes

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Related Party Transactions [Abstract]

Related Party Notes

Related Party Notes

Related Party Notes Payable

The Company receives funding via notes payable from various parties, including related parties. These related parties include employees as well as affiliates of employees, affiliates, and other companies controlled or previously controlled by the Company’s founder and Chief Product and User Ecosystem Officer.

Related party notes payable consists of the following as of December 31, 2023:

(in thousands)	Contractual Maturity Date	Contractual Interest Rates	Net Carrying Value
Related party notes – China	December 31, 2023	18.0%	$	5,103
Related party notes – Unsecured SPA	August 2029	10% - 15%	542
Related party notes – China various other	Due on Demand	—%	3,789
Related Party Notes- Other	February, 2024	5.27%	$	326
			$	9,760
Less: Related party notes payable, current			(9,760)
Total: Related party notes payable, less current			$	—

Related party notes payable consists of the following as of December 31, 2022:

(in thousands)	Contractual Maturity Date	Contractual Interest Rates	Net Carrying Value
Related party notes – China	December 31, 2023	12.0%	$	5,209
Related party notes – China various other	Due on Demand	—%	3,755
			$	8,964
Less: Related party notes payable, current			(8,964)
Total: Related party notes payable, less current			$	—

Unsecured SPA

MHL is the anchor investor in the Unsecured SPA and has committed $80.0 million of such funding. MHL is a related party of the Company as MHL’s investors include a subsidiary of FF Global. FF Global has control over the Company’s management, business and operations. See Note 7, Notes Payable, for details on the Unsecured SPA.

The Company elected the fair value option afforded by ASC 825, Financial Instruments, with respect to the Unsecured SPA Notes because the notes include features, such as a contingently exercisable put option, which meet the definition of an embedded derivative. The Company expensed the original issue discount and transaction costs to Changes in fair value of related party notes payable and warrant liabilities in the Consolidated Statement of Operations and Comprehensive Loss.

Subsequent to the issuance of the Unsecured SPA, MHL funded, net of original issue discounts, $20.7 million in exchange for the issuance of the Unsecured SPA Notes and related warrants. In connection with the Unsecured SPA, the Company issued MHL warrants to purchase 35,405 shares of the Class A Common Stock at an exercise price of $214.20 per share, subject to anti-dilution ratchet price protection, exercisable for seven years from the date of issuance (see Note 11, Stockholders' Equity and Note 7, Notes Payable). During the year ended December 31, 2023 MHL converted $22.3 million of gross principal balances in exchange for 5,010,651 shares of the Class A Common Stock. In connection with the conversion of Unsecured SPA Notes, the Company recognized a $20.0 million Loss on settlement of related party notes payable, during the year ended December 31, 2023, for the difference between the fair value of the shares issued and the fair value of the debt instrument.

Related party notes payable issued pursuant to the Unsecured SPA consist of the following as of December 31, 2023:

(in thousands)	Contractual Maturity Date	Contractual Interest Rates	Unpaid Principal Balance		Fair Value Measurement Adjustments		Original Issue Discount and Proceeds Allocated to Warrants		Net Carrying Value
MHL - Unsecured SPA Note	August 2029	10% - 15%	$	666	$	(54)	$	(70)	$	542

Related Party Notes - China

As of April 1, 2023, the Company has been in breach of its debt agreement with, and contractual obligation to make interest payments to, Chongqing Leshi Small Loan Co., Ltd., a related party, with an outstanding principal balance of $4.5 million. As a result of the default, the interest rate on the outstanding principal balance has increased to a rate of 18% per annum until the event of default is no longer applicable. The Company recorded $0.1 million in interest expense in related party interest expense during the year ended December 31, 2023.

Fair Value of Related Party Notes Payable Not Carried at Fair Value

The estimated fair value of the Company’s related party notes payable not carried at fair value approximated their carrying value as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

Schedule of Principal Maturities of Related Party Notes Payable

The future scheduled principal maturities of related party notes payable as of December 31, 2023 were as follows:

(in thousands)
Due on demand	$	8,892
2024	326
2029	666
	$	9,884

X-Butler previously known as Warm Time Inc. (“Warm Time”) and Ocean View Drive Inc. (“Ocean View”) Transactions

The Company leased two real properties, located in Rancho Palos Verdes, California (the “Rancho Palos Verdes Properties”), from X-Butler from January 1, 2018 through March 31, 2022. X-Butler in turn leased the Rancho Palos Verdes Properties from Yueting Jia, the Company’s founder and Chief Product and User Ecosystem Officer. The Rancho Palos Verdes Properties were used by the Company to provide long-term or temporary housing to employees of the Company (including a former Global CEO). According to the agreement between the parties, the Company paid X-Butler for rent and certain services, including catering, room services and organization of meetings, external gatherings and events, for the Rancho Palos Verdes Properties. For the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company paid to X-Butler Less than $0.1 million, for rent and business development services rendered to the Company and its executives. The Company has recorded approximately $0.1 million recorded in Accounts Payable as of December 31. 2023.

As part of its relationship with the Company, X-Butler also served as the conduit for certain loans from Ocean View, an entity formerly controlled by Mr. Jia and now wholly owned by the spouse of Mr. Ruokun Jia, who is the former Assistant Treasurer of the Company and Mr. Jia’s nephew. The loan principal was repaid to the Company in prior years and accrued interest on such loans remains outstanding as of December 31, 2023 and 2022 in the amount of zero and $0.2 million, respectively.

In prior years, the Company advanced funding to Ocean View for various real estate purchases, including the Rancho Palos Verdes Properties, and related expenses. As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company had no receivable from Ocean View on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

On February 9, 2023, the Company made a payment of approximately $0.2 million on behalf of Ocean View, an indemnified co-defendant, in connection with a seizure of funds related to the outstanding judgment in ongoing litigation, also involving Han’s San Jose Hospitality, LLC. Ocean View fulfilled its payment obligation under the settlement arrangement of such litigation, but the Company did not make its payment on the outstanding judgment which caused such seizure of funds of Ocean View. See Note 10, Commitments and Contingencies, for more information. Following such seizure, the Company paid the outstanding judgment and all accrued interest. The Company received the return of such indemnification payment in April 2023.

FF Global Expense Reimbursements and Consulting Fees

On July 30, 2022, the Company entered into a preliminary term sheet (the “Preliminary Term Sheet”) with FF Top, a subsidiary of FF Global, setting out a summary of the preliminary terms and conditions for FF Top’s assistance in arranging a proposed convertible term loan facility to the Company. In connection with the Preliminary Term Sheet, the Company agreed to reimburse FF Top for its reasonable and documented out-of-pocket legal and diligence fees and expenses incurred in connection with such financing efforts up to a $0.3 million cap (the “Original Cap”), irrespective of whether or not closing occurred, with $0.2 million to be payable as a deposit upon execution of the Preliminary Term Sheet. Pursuant to the Preliminary Term Sheet, the Company paid FF Top $0.2 million on August 9, 2022 and $0.2 million on December 16, 2022.

On January 31, 2023, the Company entered into a supplemental agreement to a preliminary term sheet (the “Term Sheet” and with such supplemental agreement, the “Supplemental Agreement”) with FF Global, pursuant to which the parties agreed, due to the high amount of FF Global’s out-of-pocket legal fees and expenses incurred in connection with its financing efforts, to

amend the Term Sheet to increase the cap for legal fees and expenses from $0.3 million to $0.7 million. The Company agreed to pay the remaining $0.4 million of the fees owed to FF Global as follows: (i) $0.2 million within one business day of execution of the Supplemental Agreement, and (ii) $0.2 million within one business day of consummation of new financing by the Company in an amount not less than $5.0 million or an earlier date approved by the Board. Pursuant to the Term Sheet, as amended by the Supplemental Agreement, the Company paid FF Global $0.2 million on each of February 1, 2023 and February 6, 2023. On April 8, 2023, the Company reimbursed FF Global for $0.2 million related to legal expenses incurred by FF Global in connection with the Sixth Secured SPA Amendment. In addition, on April 10, 2023 and May 31, 2023, the Company reimbursed FF Global for $0.1 million and $0.3 million related to legal expenses incurred by FF Global in connection with the Unsecured Financing.

In early February 2023, FF Global requested from the Company legal expense reimbursement of $6.5 million for costs incurred related to the governance changes at the Company, which was not approved by the Board as of the date the Consolidated Financial Statements were issued. FF Global may in the future continue to request additional expense reimbursements and indemnification from the Company.

On March 6, 2023, the Company entered into a consulting service agreement with an effective date of February 1, 2023 with FF Global (the “Consulting Services Agreement”), according to which the Company agreed to pay a monthly consulting fee of $0.2 million to FF Global for the following services:

•Assistance in developing its funding strategy.

•Assistance in developing its value return and management strategy.

•Consultation on and integration of stockholder relations and stockholder resources.

•Supporting communications regarding stockholders meetings.

•Developing existing stockholder financing strategy, including with respect to retail investors and others.

•Assistance in risk management strategy.

•Assistance in capability build up and operation strategy.

The Consulting Services Agreement has an initial term of 12 months and automatically renews for successive 12 months periods unless earlier terminated in accordance with the terms thereof. Effective March 6, 2024, the Consulting Agreement renewed automatically. Either party may terminate the Consulting Services Agreement upon one month prior written notice to the other party. Upon any termination of the Consulting Services Agreement, the Company shall promptly pay FF Global any accrued but unpaid fees hereunder and shall reimburse FF Global for any unreimbursed expenses that are reimbursable thereunder. In addition, FF Global is entitled to reimbursement for all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket travel, legal, and other out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with their services, which expenses shall not exceed $0.1 million without the prior written consent of the Company. The Company paid $1.8 million to FF Global during the year ended December 31, 2023, pursuant to the Consulting Services Agreement. The Company has $0.6 million of amounts payable to FF Global recorded in Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities in the Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 31, 2023.

Common Units of FF Global

During 2022, certain executives and employees of the Company were granted the opportunity to subscribe to 24,000,000 common units of FF Global. The subscription price of $0.50 per common unit, payable by the executives and employees of the Company, was financed through non-recourse loans issued by FF Global payable in equal annual installments over ten years. The common units to be purchased with a non-recourse loan are required to be treated for accounting purposes as stock options granted by FF Global to executives and employees of the Legacy FF. The awards were valued using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The grant date fair value of the units purchased through non-recourse loans was immaterial for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022.

Advertising Services Payable to Leshi Information Technology Co., Ltd. (“LeTV”)

The Company has recorded a payable to LeTV within Accrued expenses and other current liabilities in the amount of $7.5 million and $7.0 million as of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively, in connection with advertising services provided to the Company in prior years. LeTV is a Shanghai Stock Exchange-listed public company founded and controlled by Mr. Yueting Jia, the Company’s founder and Chief Product and User Ecosystem Officer.

Other Related Party Transactions

The Company pays for a vehicle lease totaling less than $0.1 million annually on behalf of Mr. Jia.

The Company owes a total of $0.2 million and $0.1 million to various related parties as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively, which is included in Accounts Payable within the Consolidated Balance Sheets.