Rezolve AI Limited
3rd Floor, 80 New Bond Street
London, W1S 1SB
United Kingdom
August 9, 2023
VIA EDGAR
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Technology
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549-3628
| Attention: | Kyle Wiley | |
| Matthew Krispino | ||
| Inessa Kessman | ||
| Robert Littlepage |
| Re: | Rezolve AI Limited |
Registration Statement on Form F-4
Filed June 16, 2023
File No. 333-272751
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This letter is submitted in response to
the comments of the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance (the “Staff”) as set forth in the Staff’s comment letter dated July 14, 2023 (the “Comment Letter”), in respect of Rezolve AI Limited’s
(the “Registrant”) Registration Statement on Form F-4, filed with the Commission on June 16, 2023.
In order to facilitate your review, we have restated the Staff’s comments in this letter, and we have set forth the Registrant’s responses
immediately below the Staff’s comments.
In addition, the Registrant has revised the Registration Statement in response to the Staff’s comments
and is confidentially submitting an amendment to the Registration Statement (the “Amendment”) concurrently with this letter, which reflects the revisions and clarifies certain other information. The page numbers in the text of the
Registrant’s responses correspond to the page numbers in the Amendment. Unless otherwise indicated, capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Amendment.
Registration Statement filed on Form F-4
Cover Page
| 1. | Staff’s comment: You disclose that Daniel Wagner, your |
Response: The Registrant respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s
comment and has revised the disclosure on the cover page of the Amendment.
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Summary of the Material Terms of the Business Combination, page 6
| 2. | Staff’s comment: Please provide an organizational chart outlining your pre- and post-business combination corporate structure and illustrating the relationships of the various entities discussed throughout the registration statement. |
Response: The Registrant respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and has revised the disclosure on pages 6-8 and 121-122 of the Amendment.
| 3. | Staff’s comment: Please identify the “certain other excluded assets” to the |
Response: The Registrant respectfully
acknowledges the Staff’s comment and has revised the disclosure in the notice, letter and on pages 6, 15, 16, 98, 110, 137, 189 and 204 of the Amendment to strike this language. The Registrant has confirmed that there are no such other
excluded assets in connection with the Pre-Closing Demerger.
Questions and Answers About the Proposals
Q: Do you have Redemption Rights?, page 25
| 4. | Staff’s comment: Clarify whether redeeming shareholders will be able to retain their |
Response: The Registrant respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and has
revised the disclosure on page 28 of the Amendment.
Summary of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus
Interests of Armada Directors and Officers in the Business Combination, page 36
| 5. | Staff’s comment: We note that certain shareholders agreed to waive their redemption |
Response: The Registrant
respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and has revised the disclosure on pages 26, 40, 51, 112, 135, 142, and 194 of the Amendment to clarify that other than the Founder Shares to be issued at Closing, no additional consideration
was provided in exchange for the Non-Redeeming Stockholders entry into the Non-Redemption Agreements.
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Unaudited Prof Forma Condensed Combined Financial Statements
Note 2—Unaudited condensed combined balance sheet adjustments, page 104
| 6. | Staff’s comment: On page 99 you state, “the number of Employee Share Ownerships |
Response: The Registrant respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and respectfully advises the Staff that with the
exception of two employees, the terms of the Registrant’s share options do not include vesting upon an IPO or Business Combination. The cost of their share-based payments for any accelerated vesting has been included in adjustment (I) of
the proforma combined condensed balance sheet and adjustment (aa) of the proforma combined condensed statement of operations.
| 7. | Staff’s comment: With regards to adjustment (a) which relates to estimated |
Response: The Registrant respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and respectfully advises the Staff that the
short-term loan was intended to represent the need for additional financing. The Registrant has revised the disclosure on pages 102 and 106 of the Amendment to no longer record $10,971,518 for a short-term loan in the unaudited
pro form condensed combined balance sheet and to update adjustment (a) to disclose that any further funding required will be obtained by the issuance of equity.
| 8. | Staff’s comment: In footnote (b) you state, “There are insufficient funds |
Response: The Registrant respectfully acknowledges the
Staff’s comment and has revised the disclosure on page 106 of the Amendment. The Registrant respectfully advises the Staff that the Business Combination Agreement was amended to remove the net tangible assets condition.
| 9. | Staff’s comment: With a view towards clarify the disclosure in footnote (b), please |
Response: The Registrant respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and has revised the disclosure on
page 106 of the Amendment. The Registrant respectfully advises the Staff that the Business Combination Agreement was amended to remove the net tangible assets condition.
| 10. | Staff’s comment: For adjustment (f), disclose how you determined the amounts that |
Response: The Registrant respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and has revised the disclosure
on page 106 of the Amendment.
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| 11. | Staff’s comment: Please explain why there is a debit to accumulated deficit for |
Response: The Registrant respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and has revised the disclosure on page 103 of
the Amendment to correctly label as adjustment (l).
| 12. | Staff’s comment: With regards to adjustment (o) you state it “reflects the |
Response: The Registrant respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and
has revised the disclosure on pages 102 and 107 of the Amendment to update the balance sheet and clarify that adjustment (o) reflects the amounts for which proceeds from additional equity financings will be required to satisfy fees of
approximately $35.9 million.
| 13. | Staff’s comment: Disclose in footnote (o) the terms of the short-term loan. |
Response: The Registrant respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and has revised the
disclosure on page 107 of the Amendment to clarify that adjustment (o) reflects the amounts for which proceeds from additional equity financings will be required to satisfy fees of approximately $35.9 million.
| 14. | Staff’s comment: Your adjustment (q) refers to “cash paid,” but cash |
Response: The Registrant respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and has revised the disclosure on
page 102 of the Amendment to reflect cash paid for the payment of taxes.
| 15. | Staff’s comment: Please clearly label earnings per share as pro forma earnings per |
Response: The Registrant respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment
and has revised the disclosure on pages 104 of the Amendment.
The Business Combination Proposal
Background of the Business Combination, page 124
| 16. | Staff’s comment: We note that Armada “renounced its interest in any corporate |
Response: The Registrant respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and has revised the disclosure on pages 25, 38, 49,
111, 130 and 141 of the Amendment.
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Rezolve Financial Projections, page 140
| 17. | Staff’s comment: Given that you have not generated any revenue from your commerce |
Response: The Registrant
respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and has revised the disclosure on pages 147-151 of the Amendment.
Business of Rezolve, page 206
| 18. | Staff’s comment: We note that you currently only derive revenues via the sale of |
Response: The Registrant respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and respectfully advises the Staff that we
expect advertising revenue to make up a very small percentage of the Registrant’s business. The Registrant has therefore chosen to focus more on Brain and MyBrain which will generate virtually all of the Registrant’s growth in future
years. Additionally, the Registrant has revised the disclosure on pages 212, 215, 218-224 of the Amendment and a discussion of Rezolve’s focus on Brain and MyBrain are also discussed under the section captioned –“Rezolve Financial
Projections” on pages 147-151.
| 19. | Staff’s comment: We note that following the completion of the Pre-Closing Demerger, you will cease operations in China. We also note that you are “considering re-engaging with the Chinese market in the future.” Please expand |
Response: The Registrant respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and has revised the disclosure on page 218 of
the Amendment.
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Rezolve’s Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Conditions and Results of
Operations, page 214
| 20. | Staff’s comment: We note that over 98% of your revenue for the fiscal year ended |
Response: The Registrant respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and advises the Staff that the Registrant’s relationship
with Radio Group is as follows:
On August 30th, 2021 Rezolve Limited (“Rezolve”) signed a binding term sheet (“the binding term
sheet”) to acquire a controlling interest in ANY Lifestyle Marketing GmbH (“ANY”), in an all-stock deal.
ANY was a newly created company (incorporated August 13th, 2021). The previous shareholders from incorporation to February 11th, 2022 were three legal entities of the Radio Group (“Radio Group”). The purchase consideration was settled by issuing an aggregate of 14,427,185 shares of Rezolve on
February 11, 2022 at which point the legal ownership of the shares in ANY was obtained by Rezolve.
ANY was established to purchase the whole and
exclusive rights to sell Radio Group advertisements. ANY is the exclusive seller of the advertising slots on Radio Group radio stations. ANY’s business from August 2021 is what the Radio Group’s marketing business was prior to being carved-out and inserted into the newly formed company, ANY.
ANY is responsible for selling advertisement slots on the
Radio Group radio stations, and is entitled to the consideration as the radio advertisements are aired.
ANY’s managing director is Stephan Schwenk,
who is also the sole shareholder and managing director of the Radio Group.
Analysis of Radio Group as a related party:
ASC 850-10-20
Related parties include:
| a. | Affiliates of the entity |
| b. | Entities for which investments in their equity securities would be required, absent the election of the fair |
| c. | Trusts for the benefit of employees, such as pension and profit-sharing trusts that are managed by or under |
| d. | Principal owners of the entity and members of their immediate families |
| e. | Management of the entity and members of their immediate families |
| f. | Other parties with which the entity may deal if one party controls or can significantly influence the |
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| g. | Other parties that can significantly influence the management or operating policies of the transacting |
Definitions from ASC 850-10-20
Affiliate: A party that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with
an entity.
Control: The possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of an entity
through ownership, by contract, or otherwise.
Immediate family: Family members who might control or influence a principal owner or a member of
management, or who might be controlled or influenced by a principal owner or a member of management, because of the family relationship.
Management: Persons who are responsible for achieving the objectives of the entity and who have the authority to establish policies and make decisions by
which those objectives are to be pursued. Management normally includes members of the board of directors, the chief executive officer, chief operating officer, vice presidents in charge of principal business functions (such as sales, administration,
or finance), and other persons who perform similar policy making functions. Persons without formal titles also may be members of management.
Principal owners: Owners of record or known beneficial owners of more than 10% of the voting interests of the entity.
The Registrant also considered the definition of “Affiliate” and “Management” within the accounting standard. Stephan Schwenk is the
shareholder and managing director of the Radio Group, and as well as the managing director of ANY. Mr. Schwenk’s role at ANY is to oversee the daily operations of the marketing business, however, Mr. Schwenk does not have any
executive decision making authority over ANY since the decision making authority rests with Dan Wagner, Rezolve’s Chief Executive Officer and Peter Vesco, Rezolve’s Chief Commercial Officer. Mr. Schwenk does not control ANY.
The Radio Group, therefore, is not a related party.
| 21. | Staff’s comment: We note that the majority of your revenues are generated by the sale |
Response: The Registrant respectfully acknowledges the
Staff’s comment and has revised the disclosure on page [64] of the Amendment. In addition, the Registrant has filed the marketing agreement with Radio Group as Exhibit 10.20 to the Amendment.
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Key Business Metrics, page 218
| 22. | Staff’s comment: Please address the following with respect to your key metrics: |
| • | Provide a clear definition of each metric and how it is calculated; |
| • | Provide a statement indicating the reasons why the metric provides useful information to investors; and |
| • | Provide a statement indicating how management uses the metric in managing or monitoring the performance of your |
Refer to SEC Release No. 33-10751.
Response: The Registrant respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and has revised the disclosure on pages [231
and 233-234] of the Amendment.
Adjusted EBITDA, page 219
| 23. | Staff’s comment: Disclose in detail what is included in business development |
Response: The Registrant respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and has revised the disclosure on page [233-234] of
the Amendment.
Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions
Relationship with Daniel Wagner, page 246
| 24. | Staff’s comment: We note that you have debt outstanding to DBLP Sea Cow Limited. |
Response: The
Registrant respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and has revised the disclosure on page [260] of the Amendment.
Description of Rezolve
Ordinary Shares, Articles of Association and Certain Legal Considerations, page 248
| 25. | Staff’s comment: Please highlight the material risks to public warrant holders, |
Response: The Registrant respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and has
revised the disclosure on pages [54-55 and 263-266] of the Amendment. The Registrant respectfully advises the Staff that there are no private warrants.
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Resolve AI Limited and Subsidiaries
Carve-out Consolidated Balance Sheets, page F-4
| 26. | Staff’s comment: In light of the incorporation of Rezolve AI Limited on |
Response: The Registrant respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and respectfully advises the Staff that, as
discussed in note 2.1 of the Registrant’s Carve-out Consolidated Financial statements, upon completion of the Demerger, the former shareholders of Rezolve will be issued shares in the Registrant in proportion to their previous shareholdings in
Rezolve.
The Registrant believes that reporting the share information for 2022 and 2021 of Rezolve provides the users of the
Registrant’s Carve-out Consolidated Financial statements relevant and meaningful information with respect to the Registrant’s share structure both before and after the Demerger. The Registrant intends to perform a share reduction upon
completion of the Demerger. Without the share information, the Registrant cannot without difficulty at a later date, report share information after a reduction compliant with Staff Accounting Bulletin Topic 4: Equity Accounts, C. Change in
Capital Structure and ASC 505-10-S99-4.
The Registrant has also disclosed in note 2.20 of the Registrant’s Carve-out Consolidated
Financial statements, any potential ordinary shares that were excluded from the computation of diluted net loss per share of ordinary shares. In order for a user of the Carve-out Consolidated Financial statements to utilize this as relevant and
meaningful, the Registrant’s share information prior to the Demerger is required.
Further, without providing such per share data, the
Basis of Proforma Presentation would lack clarity with respect to the proforma total shares outstanding after the minimum and maximum redemption scenarios.
The Registrant respectively advises the Staff that it should report share information for 2022 and 2021.
Carve-out Consolidated Statement of Operations, page F-5
| 27. | Staff’s comment: Reclassify employee costs, consulting expenses, business development |
Response: The Registrant respectfully acknowledges the
Staff’s comment and has amended the Carve-out Consolidated Statement of Operations on page F-5 of the Amendment to conform with Rule 5-03 of Regulation S-X.
2. Basis of presentation and summary of significant accounting policies 2.1 Basis of presentation, page F-9
| 28. | Staff’s comment: Please explain to us why you are providing carve-out financial statements of Rezolve AI Limited, rather than the historic financial statements of Rezolve Limited. Also, to enable us to understand the significance of the |
Response: The Registrant respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and respectfully requests the Staff to refer
to the SEC preclearance letter sent by Ryan Milne, Associate Chief Accountant, dated March 15, 2023.
| 29. | Staff’s comment: Please fully disclose the details of your expense allocations in |
Response: The Registrant respectfully
acknowledges the Staff’s comment and has revised the disclosure on page F-9 and F-30 of the Amendment. The Registrant respectfully advises the Staff that in conjunction with the SEC preclearance letter mentioned in response to comment 28, the
Registrant wishes to draw attention to the basis of presentation discussed in note 2.1 of the Registrant’s Carve-out Consolidated Financial Statements. The Registrant’s Carve-out Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared on the
basis that Rezolve is the predecessor to the Registrant prior to completion of the Demerger. All costs of doing business in Rezolve have been reflected in the Registrant on a 100% allocation basis since management feels that this fully reflects the
Carve-out Consolidated Financial Statements had the Demerger completed on December 31, 2020. Management asserts that this method used is reasonable.
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2.7 Revenue recognition, page F-12
| 30. | Staff’s comment: You state that “Revenue is recognized in accordance with ASC |
Response:
The Registrant respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and has revised the disclosure in note 2.7 of the notes to the Combined Carve-out Financial statements on page F-12 of the Amendment.
| 31. | Staff’s comment: Disclose how you considered the principal versus agent guidance in |
Response:
The Registrant respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and is including below our principal versus agent analysis under ASC 606 for revenues generated from our contract with the Radio Group.
ANY is a company specializing in the marketing of radio advertising. ANY supports and exclusively advises the Radio Group stations and in
marketing to advertisers.
ANY has a contract (“the Marketing Agreement”) with Radio Group to be the exclusive provider of radio
advertisements on the Radio Group’s stations. We are presenting the following summary of the Marketing Agreement below:
Marketing Agreement
Summary:
| • | ANY is to sell the advertising slots on the Radio Group stations to advertisers and is the exclusive seller of |
| • | ANY coordinates and handles the bookings and enquiries from national advertisers, effectively managing the |
| • | Radio Group invoices the advertisers with the logo of the respective Radio Group radio station and collects |
| • | Radio Group is responsible for playing back the scheduled advertisements which were marketed and sold by ANY. |
| • | For successful execution of all marketing activity, ANY receives all proceeds paid by advertisers to the Radio |
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| • | The remuneration from the Radio Group customers (advertisers) is remitted to the Radio Group before payment to |
| • | ANY must carry out the marketing activities at its own expense, which includes media, data and price lists. |
| • | ANY is authorised to carry out the activities associated with obtaining new advertisers as customers on behalf of |
In order for ANY to be the exclusive seller of the Radio Group advertising spots, and for the Radio
Group to transfer the rights to the advertising revenue to ANY, ANY was incorporated under ownership of five Radio Group entities. Rezolve then purchased ANY for $14.8m in an all-stock arrangement. In exchange
for the consideration which Rezolve provided to the Radio Group, ANY obtained the Radio Group customer list and most importantly has “control” of the radio advertising spots on the Radio Group stations since no other party may sell those
slots.
Revenue recognition – 5-step model of ASC 606
While performing the Principal versus Agent analysis, and for the benefit of the Staff and the users of the financial statements, the Registrant has provided
its conclusions to the 5-step Revenue Recognition model in ASC 606.
Step 1: Identify the contract with the
customer
The customers of ANY are the advertisers, or businesses who wish to air their advertisements on a Radio Group radio station.
The contracts are for the sale of adverting slots on a Radio Group radio station.
Step 2: Identify the performance obligations in the contract
ANY has a single, distinct performance obligation (a service) to air the advertisements of the advertisers on a Radio Group radio station. As there is another
party (Radio Group) involved with the providing of the service to the customer, the Registrant has evaluated whether they are the Principal or Agent in the airing of the advertisement for the customer. ANY’s performance obligation to the
customer is to air the advertisements at a specific time on a specific Radio Group radio station.
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Principal versus Agent analysis
606-10-55-36
When another party is involved in providing goods or services to a customer, the entity should determine whether the nature of its promise is a performance
obligation to provide the specified goods or services itself (that is, the entity is a principal) or to arrange for those goods or services to be provided by the other party (that is, the entity is an agent). An entity determines whether it is a
principal or an agent for each specified good or service promised to the customer. A specified good or service is a distinct good or service (or a distinct bundle of goods or services) to be provided to the customer (see paragraphs 606-10-25-19 through 25-22). If a contract with a customer includes more than one specified
good or service, an entity could be a principal for some specified goods or services and an agent for others.
606-10-55-36A
To determine the nature of its promise (as
described in paragraph 606-10-55-36), the entity should:
a. Identify the specified goods or services to be provided to the customer (which, for example, could be a right to a good or service to be provided by
another party [see paragraph 606-10-25-18])
b. Assess whether it controls (as described in paragraph
606-10-25-25) each specified good or service before that good or service is transferred to the customer.
606-10-55-37
An entity is a principal if it controls the specified good or service before that good or service is transferred to a customer. However, an
entity does not necessarily control a specified good if the entity obtains legal title to that good only momentarily before legal title is transferred to a customer. An entity that is a principal may satisfy its performance obligation to provide the
specified good or service itself or it may engage another party (for example, a subcontractor) to satisfy some or all of the performance obligation on its behalf.
606-10-55-37A
When another party is involved in providing goods or services to a customer, an entity that is a principal obtains control of any one of the
following:
a. A good or another asset from the other party that it then transfers to the customer.
b. A right to a service to be performed by the other party, which gives the entity the ability to direct that party to provide the service to
the customer on the entity’s behalf.
c. A good or service from the other party that it then combines with other goods or services in
providing the specified good or service to the customer. For example, if an entity provides a significant service of integrating goods or services (see paragraph 606-10-25-21(a)) provided by another party into the specified good or service for which the customer has contracted, the entity controls the specified good or service before that good or service is
transferred to the customer. This is because the entity first obtains control of the inputs to the specified good or service (which include goods or services from other parties) and directs their use to create the combined output that is the
specified good or service.
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| (a) | Identify the specified good(s) or service(s) |
The first step for the principal versus agent analysis is to evaluate the good(s) or service(s) provided to the customer. ASC 606-10-55-36 indicates that an entity must determine whether it is a principal or an agent for each specified good or service promised
to the customer. As noted in BC24 of ASU 2016-08, “The principal versus agent considerations relate to the application of Step 2 of the revenue recognition model—identify the performance
obligations in the contract. Appropriately identifying the good or service to be provided is a critical step in appropriately identifying whether the nature of an entity’s promise is to act as a principal or an agent.”
ANY’s only performance obligation to the customer is to air the advertising slots on the Radio Group stations.
Step (a) conclusion: We have a single performance obligation to our customer, which is to air the advertising slots on the Radio Group
stations at a specific time on a specific station.
| (b) | Determine if ANY controls each specified good or service |
Under ASC 606-10-55-37,
an entity is a principal if it controls the specified good or service before that good or service is transferred to a customer. We assessed our control of the advertising slots on the Radio Group stations before they are transferred to the customers
in accordance with the definition of control in ASC 606. “Control” is described in ASC 606-10-25-25 as follows:
“control of an asset refers to the ability to direct the use of, and obtain substantially all of the remaining benefits from, the asset. Control includes the ability to prevent other entities from directing the use of, and obtaining the
benefits from, an asset. The benefits of an asset are the potential cash flows (inflows or savings in outflows) that can be obtained directly or indirectly in many ways.”
The sale of the advertising slots is controlled exclusively by ANY as per the Marketing Agreement.
ANY controls the advertising slots broadcasted on Radio Group stations due to the following:
| • | Control of the advertising slots is held by ANY by virtue of the marketing agreement since the Radio Group |
| • | ANY directs the use of the advertising minutes as mentioned in the marketing agreement with the Radio Group: |
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| • | ANY obtains substantially all of the remaining benefits of the advertising airtime minutes by coordinating, |
| • | Control of the radio advertising minutes is further demonstrated by the fact that no other entity has the ability |
| 1) | “The Radio Group Companies shall not commission any other company with the acquisition of the |
| 2) | “ANY is entitled to conclude barter transactions (compensation transactions) with third parties in |
| • | ANY directs the use of the advertisements, by scheduling when the advertising slots will be aired on the Radio |
Although not necessary, the Registrant evaluated the principal indicators of control in ASC 606-10-55-39 which also supports our assessment of control:
| a. | Primary responsibility for fulfilment |
ANY communicates directly with the advertisers to sell, book and manage their advertising slots. No other party may sell their advertising
slots on a Radio Group station. Please also refer to the Company’s reference to ASU 2016-08 BC12 further below.
| b. | Inventory risk |
ANY has inventory risk. If advertising slots remain unsold, those potential revenues are forgone since ANY paid the Radio Group for all of the
advertising slots via the recharge of the third-party fixed monthly broadcast and carriage costs. The Radio Group will not compensate ANY for any unsold advertising slots.
| c. | Discretion in establishing price |
ANY has the entire discretion in establishing the price, as stipulated in 3.3 of the Marketing Agreement.
The Registrant also refers to the FASB’s Basis for Conclusions in ASU 2016-08 BC12 “that in order for an
entity to conclude that it is providing the good or service to the customer, it must first control that good or service. That is, the entity cannot provide the good or service to a customer if the entity does not first control it. If an entity
controls the good or service, the entity is a principal in the transaction.”
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The Registrant considered Example 47 in the Basis for Conclusions, which involves an airline ticket reseller.
In this example, the entity pre-purchases airline tickets that it will sell later to customers. While the
customer ultimately wants airline travel, the conclusion in Example 47 is that the specified good or service is the right to fly on a specified flight (in the form of a ticket), and not the underlying flight itself. In reaching that conclusion, the
Board noted that the entity itself does not fly the plane, and it cannot change the service (e.g., change the flight time or destination). However, the entity obtained the ticket prior to identifying a specific customer to purchase the ticket. As
such, the entity holds an asset (in the form of a ticket) that represents a right to fly. The entity could then transfer that right to a customer (as depicted in the example) or decide to use the right itself.
The Registrant’s conclusion is also similar to Example 47, in that although it does not air the advertisement and cannot air the advertisement, ANY has
controlled the right to the advertising slot, by acquiring the customer list and paying for advertising slots via the recharge of the third-party broadcast and carriage costs recharged by Radio Group which gives ANY the right to the advertisement
before selling it to a customer.
Conclusion: ANY is the principal in the marketing agreement with the Radio Group.
Step 3 – Determine the transaction price
The
transaction price is the price per seconds aired, as agreed between ANY and the customer. The price is determined by the popularity of the time of the slot in which it is aired.
Step 4 – Allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations
The transaction price allocated is the relevant price per second aired, charged to the customer based on the agreed price. The standalone price is based on a
price sheet, agreed between ANY and the customer.
Step 5 – Satisfaction of the performance obligations
Revenue is recognized at a point in time when an advertisement is aired and ANY is entitled to the consideration.
2.17 Shareholders’ deficit and reserves, page F-15
| 32. | Staff’s comment: Please disclose the expense that you anticipate will be incurred |
Response: The
Registrant respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and has amended note 2.17 of the notes to the Carve-Out Consolidated Financial Statements of the Registrant on page F-15 of the Amendment.
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8. Debt and other liabilities, page F-22
| 33. | Staff’s comment: We note a balance of $14,600,000 in consideration payable for the |
Response: The Registrant respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and respectfully advises the Staff that FASB Concept
Highlights No. 6 states that “Liabilities are probable future sacrifices of economic benefits arising from present obligations of a particular entity to transfer assets or provide services to other entities in the future as a result of
past transactions or events.”
The Registrant respectfully advises the Staff that the balance of $14,600,000 in consideration payable
at December 31, 2021 was settled on February 11, 2022 by issuance of 14,427,185 ordinary shares of Rezolve Limited to the Radio Group as settlement of the amount payable.
14. Other Non-operating expense, net, page F-30
| 34. | Staff’s comment: Please revise your income statement to report within Cost of |
Response: The Registrant respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and has amended the Carve-out Consolidated Statement of Operations on page F-5 of the Amendment to report the impairment of inventory within Cost of Revenues.
| 35. | Staff’s comment: Please revise to report the charges incurred from the impairment of |
Response:
The Registrant respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and has amended the Carve-out Consolidated Statement of Operations on page F-5 of the Amendment to report the impairment of accounts
receivable within Other operating expenses. The Registrant respectively advises the Staff that the share-based payment cost reported within “Other non-operating expense” is a non-recurring item as it pertains to one-time share-based payment to a former owner of a company acquired by Rezolve for completion of a
non-compete arrangement.
15. Business Combinations Acquisition of Any Lifestyle Marketing GmbH (“ANY
Acquisition”), page F-31
| 36. | Staff’s comment: We note from your disclosure on page |
| • | A description of the variable interests of ANY and the holders of those variable interests; |
| • | How ANY has the characteristics of a VIE; |
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| • | A description of the activities that most significant affect the economic performance of ANY and how decisions |
| • | A description of the rights of ANY and your analysis as to whether each of those rights are protective or |
Response: The Registrant respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and is
providing below its analysis of Rezolve as the primary beneficiary of ANY.
Background:
On August 30th, 2021 Rezolve signed a binding term sheet (“the binding term sheet”) to acquire a controlling interest in ANY, in an all-stock deal.
ANY was a newly created company (incorporated August 13th, 2021). The previous
shareholders from incorporation to February 11, 2022 were three legal entities of the Radio Group. The purchase consideration was settled by issuing an aggregate of 14,427,185 shares of Rezolve on February 11th, 2022 at which point the legal ownership of the shares in ANY was obtained by Rezolve.
ANY was established to purchase the whole and exclusive rights to sell Radio Group advertisements. ANY is the exclusive seller of the
advertising slots on Radio Group radio stations. ANY’s business from August 2021 is what the Radio Group’s marketing business was prior to being carved-out and inserted into the newly formed company,
ANY.
The creation and purchase of ANY provided Rezolve with a customer list of +7,000 merchants and the ability for Rezolve to embed its
software into German radio adverts, creating triggers in mobile phone user’s handsets who use the ANY Lifestyle app in Germany when it hears an advertisement using the Rezolve technology.
Analysis for date of consolidation of ANY
Under ASC 810, there are two primary consolidation models to determine whether the reporting entity has a “controlling financial
interest”: (1) the voting interest entity model and (2) the variable interest entity (“VIE”) model. Both accounting models require the reporting entity to consolidate a legal entity to which it has a controlling financial
interest.
The VIE model requires Rezolve to first determine if ANY is a VIE and second, if Rezolve is the primary beneficiary of ANY.
Rezolve has a controlling financial interest at the date that it is the primary beneficiary or when it establishes control under the voting interest model.
Determination of the date of controlling financial interest of ANY:
The Registrant is providing its analysis for all periods in the financial statements under which 1) Rezolve consolidated ANY and or 2)
ANY’s ownership changed.
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August 30th, 2021: Date of Consolidation:
Analysis of ANY as a VIE
ASC 810-10-15-14 explains that if any one of several conditions exist, application of VIE accounting is required.
A VIE is a legal entity that is outside the scope of the traditional voting interest entity model. Specifically, a VIE does not qualify for any of the scope
exceptions under ASC 810-10-15-12 or ASC 810-10-15-17 and meets one of the following three conditions:
1. The equity investment at risk is not
sufficient for the legal entity to finance its activities without additional subordinated financial support.
2. The holders of the equity
investment at risk, as a group, lack the characteristics of a controlling financial interest. Equity investors do not have the attributes typically expected of an equity holder.
3. The voting rights of some holders of the equity investment at risk are disproportionate to their obligation to absorb losses or right to receive
returns, and substantially all of the activities are conducted on behalf of the holder of equity investment at risk with disproportionately few voting rights. This is an anti-abuse provision designed to prevent structuring opportunities to
circumvent consolidation under the voting interest entity model.
We note none of the scope exceptions exist under ASC
810-10-15-12 or ASC
810-10-15-17.
Analysis of whether
ANY is a VIE:
| 1. | First indicator— The entity does not have sufficient equity at risk – ANY only has EUR 96,250 of cash |
Although the standard doesn’t require it, we will look at the other two conditions of a VIE to determine if they exist:
| 2. | Second indicator—The holders of the equity investment at risk are the Radio Group companies, they lack the |
“(the Attorneys) to exercise the Principal’s voting rights in shareholders’ meetings of the Companies or outside such
shareholders’ meetings, and to waive all requirements as to from and time of such shareholders’ all meetings”
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The equity investors (Radio Group) do not have the attributes typically expected of an equity
holder since they cannot pass any major decisions such as budgets without Peter Vesco’s approval. This is another indicator that ANY is a VIE.
| 3. | Third indicator: Prior to February 11, 2022, Rezolve does not have voting rights through ownership of |
Conclusion: ANY is a VIE in accordance with ASC 810.
Determining the primary beneficiary ANY:
The Registrant
has evaluated ASC 810-10-25-38 through 25-38J for guidance on determining the primary
beneficiary of ANY. A reporting entity has a controlling financial interest in a VIE and is, therefore, the primary beneficiary of a VIE if it has (1) the power to direct activities of a VIE that most significantly impact the VIE’s
economic performance and (2) the obligation to absorb losses of the VIE that could potentially be significant to the VIE or the right to receive benefits from the VIE that could potentially be significant to the VIE.
Analysis of “Power” to direct the activities that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance:
The term “power” is not defined in ASC 810, therefore the Registrant referred to EY’s Financial Reporting Developments: Consolidation.
“The term “power” is not defined in consolidation guidance, but for a VIE, it refers to the ability to direct activities of a VIE that
most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance, when those events or circumstances arise. A reporting entity does not have to exercise its power to have power. A reporting entity must have power, in addition to benefits, to be the
primary beneficiary of a VIE. Power stems from decision-making authority. To identify which reporting entity, if any, has power over a VIE, perform the following steps:
| 1. | Consider purpose and design of the entity |
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| 2. | Identify the activities that most significantly impact economic performance |
| 3. | Determine how decisions about the significant activities are made |
| 4. | Identify the party or parties that make the decisions about the significant activities; consider kick-out rights, participating rights or protective rights” |
| 1. | Consider purpose and design of ANY: |
810-10-25-38F
Although a reporting entity may be significantly involved with the design of a VIE, that involvement does not, in isolation,
establish that reporting entity as the entity with the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the economic performance of the VIE. However, that involvement may indicate that the reporting entity had the opportunity and the
incentive to establish arrangements that result in the reporting entity being the variable interest holder with that power. For example, if a sponsor has an explicit or implicit financial responsibility to ensure that the VIE operates as designed,
the sponsor may have established arrangements that result in the sponsor being the entity with the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the economic performance of the VIE.
ANY was designed to manage the radio advertising slots in the Radio Group, formerly held by Radio Group companies. ANY holds the rights to the
radio advertising revenue previously held in a number of German entities as part of the Radio Group.
The party that participated
significantly (ASC 810-25-25-e) in the design of ANY was Rezolve Limited’s executive officers (Dan Wagner and Peter Vesco).
| 2. | Identify the activities that most significantly impact economic performance: |
810-10-25-38B
A reporting entity must identify which activities most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance and determine
whether it has the power to direct those activities. A reporting entity’s ability to direct the activities of an entity when circumstances arise or events happen constitutes power if that ability relates to the activities that most
significantly impact the economic performance of the VIE. A reporting entity does not have to exercise its power in order to have power to direct the activities of a VIE.
Activities of the legal entity (ASC
810-25-25-a) include the exclusive and wholly owned rights to sell radio advertising on the Radio Group’s radio stations.
Peter Vesco chairs a weekly executive meeting with ANY management. This is the decision-making group. No decision making is made without Peter Vesco’s approval.
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Steps 3 and 4: Determine how decisions about significant activities are made and the party or parties that
make them:
Peter Vesco chairs a weekly executive meeting with ANY management. The decision-making group consists of the Managing Director
of ANY, the Vice President of Marketing of Rezolve, manager of Operations and Processes of Rezolve, and a Sales Director of Rezolve. No decision making is made without Peter Vesco’s approval.
Conclusion: Rezolve has the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact ANY’s economic performance.
Analysis: Determining whether Rezolve has the obligation to absorb losses of the ANY that could potentially be significant to ANY or the right to receive
benefits from ANY that could potentially be significant to ANY:
The Registrant considered the variable interests of ANY and the holders of those variable
interests.
The glossary in ASC 810-10-20 defines variable interests as
“The investments or other interests that will absorb portions of a variable interest entity’s (VIE’s) expected losses or receive portions of the entity’s expected residual returns are called variable interests. Variable
interests in a VIE are contractual, ownership, or other pecuniary interests in a VIE that change with changes in the fair value of the VIE’s net assets exclusive of variable interests. Equity interests with or without voting rights are
considered variable interests if the legal entity is a VIE and to the extent that the investment is at risk as described in paragraph
810-10-15-14. Paragraph
810-10-25-55 explains how to determine whether a variable interest in specified assets of a legal entity is a variable interest
in the entity. Paragraphs 810-10-55-16 through 55-41 describe various types of variable
interests and explain in general how they may affect the determination of the primary beneficiary of a VIE.”
To identify the variable interests,
the Registrant again considered the purpose and design of ANY in accordance with 810-10-25-29 “A qualitative analysis of
the design of the legal entity, as performed in accordance with the guidance in the Variable Interest Entities Subsections, will often be conclusive in determining the variability to consider in applying the guidance in the Variable Interest
Entities Subsections, determining which interests are variable interests, and ultimately determining which variable interest holder, if any, is the primary beneficiary.”
Purpose and design: Consistent with our analysis in Step 1, ANY was designed to perform and book the radio advertising slots in the Radio Group, formerly held
by Radio Group companies. ANY holds the rights to the radio advertising revenue previously held in a number of German entities as part of the Radio Group. The creation of ANY allows Rezolve to embed its software into radio adverts and create
triggers in mobile phone user’s handsets who use the Rezolve application upon hearing an advert embedded by Rezolve.
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Rezolve has a pecuniary interest in ANY since its creation, as Rezolve may 1) Create the ANY Lifestyle
application for mobile users and 2) Generate merchant transaction revenue, both of which when combined with the customer list of ANY, offers the opportunity for Rezolve to participate directly in the profits created by ANY.
On August 30, 2021, the sellers (Radio Group) of ANY signed and executed an agreement which stated that the revenues and income Rezolve Limited will be
the beneficial owner of. This provides Rezolve with the right to receive the benefits from ANY that could potentially be significant to ANY.
The risks
considered which cause variability in ANY include Operations risk (810-10-25-24-f) since
the income of ANY is affected by fluctuations in operating costs.
ANY also had minimal financial capital contributed to it at incorporation, has no
credit history, and therefore relies on subordinated financial support. Since ANY was created solely for Rezolve, the Registrant is obligated to fund ANY’s losses, support working capital deficits and provide loans when necessary.
The Registrant also considered whether any participating or protective rights exist in ANY.
810-10-20
Participating Rights
(VIE Definition)
The ability to block or participate in the actions through which an entity exercises the power to direct the activities of a VIE that most significantly
impact the VIE’s economic performance. Participating rights do not require the holders of such rights to have the ability to initiate actions.
ANY, and its managing director do not have any participating rights. Since signing and execution of the Binding Sale and Purchase agreement, Rezolve has
retained the power to direct the activities which mostly impact ANY’s economic performance. From the date of signing the Binding Sales and Purchase Agreement, these include the requirement to seek approval from Peter Vesco for:
| • | Entering into or agreeing to terminate any contract which is material to the business of ANY, being a contract |
| • | Departing from the scope or manager of conducting its day-to-day trading (business) |
| • | Setting the budget |
| • | Incurring costs or expenditures for any period after the date of August 23, 2021 other than those in |
| • | Compromising or settling any legal or arbitration proceedings |
| • | Dismissing any sales or marketing employee |
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These contractual rights are viewed as participating rights since Rezolve has the ability to block Radio
Group or participate in actions which direct the activities of ANY that most significantly impact ANY’s economic performance.
810-10-20
Protective Rights
(VIE Definition)
Rights designed to protect the
interests of the party holding those rights without giving that party a controlling financial interest in the entity to which they relate. For example, they include any of the following:
a. Approval or veto rights granted to other parties that do not affect the activities that most significantly impact the entity’s economic performance.
Protective rights often apply to fundamental changes in the activities of an entity or apply only in exceptional circumstances. Examples include both of the following:
1. A lender might have rights that protect the lender from the risk that the entity will change its activities to the detriment of the
lender, such as selling important assets or undertaking activities that change the credit risk of the entity.
2. Other interests
might have the right to approve a capital expenditure greater than a particular amount or the right to approve the issuance of equity or debt instruments.
b. The ability to remove the reporting entity that has a controlling financial interest in the entity in circumstances such as bankruptcy or on breach of
contract by that reporting entity.
c. Limitations on the operating activities of an entity. For example, a franchise agreement for which the
entity is the franchisee might restrict certain activities of the entity but may not give the franchisor a controlling financial interest in the franchisee. Such rights may only protect the brand of the franchisor.
As previously noted in the Registrant’s analysis of participating rights, Rezolve holds rights which the Radio Group must request consent to. While these
may be viewed as protective, ANY, the managing director and the Radio Group don’t hold these rights.
Conclusion: Rezolve is the primary
beneficiary of ANY as of August 30, 2021, the latter of the dates from which the Binding Sales and Purchase Agreement, Power of Attorney and the Contractual Agreement were signed and executed. Rezolve consolidated ANY as of August 30,
2021.
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February 11, 2022: Change of legal ownership of ANY:
On February 11, 2022, the ownership of ANY was legally transferred to Rezolve after issuing 14,427,185 ordinary shares to the sellers.
The change in ownership of the voting interests of ANY did not change the nature of the variable interests, however the beneficiary of the variable interests
then aligned with the voting interests.
Rezolve already consolidated ANY from August 30th, 2021
under the VIE model, and therefore the change of ownership on February 11th, 2022 had no further impact.
December 28, 2022: Change of legal ownership of ANY:
| • | Rezolve’s shares of ANY were transferred back to the prior owners on December 28, 2022. |
| • | The original Sale and Purchase Agreement contained clauses to adjust the purchase consideration at later dates |
| • | Had Rezolve become a public company by the end of 2022 as initially planned, then the Radio Group would have been |
| • | Rezolve management and the Radio Group began good faith negotiations in December of 2022 to amend the original |
| • | The Ordinary shares of Rezolve issued to Radio Group on February 11, 2022 to acquire ANY were not returned |
Rezolve previously determined its date of control as August 30, 2021 under the VIE model.
Rezolve evaluated whether this circumstance changed at December 28, 2022. The Rezolve’s analysis below concluded that both ANY is a VIE and Rezolve
has remained the primary beneficiary of ANY since August 30, 2021 and therefore continues to consolidate it.
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Step 1: Review of ANY as a VIE (ASC 810-10-15-14)
ASC 810-10-15-14 explains that if any one of several conditions exist, application of VIE accounting is required.
A VIE is a legal entity that is outside the scope of the traditional voting interest entity model. Specifically, a VIE does not qualify for any of the scope
exceptions under ASC 810-10-15-12 or ASC 810-10-15-17 and meets one of the following three conditions:
1. The equity investment at risk is not
sufficient for the legal entity to finance its activities without additional subordinated financial support.
2. The holders of the equity
investment at risk, as a group, lack the characteristics of a controlling financial interest. Equity investors do not have the attributes typically expected of an equity holder.
3. The voting rights of some holders of the equity investment at risk are disproportionate to their obligation to absorb losses or right to receive
returns, and substantially all of the activities are conducted on behalf of the holder of equity investment at risk with disproportionately few voting rights. This is an anti-abuse provision designed to prevent structuring opportunities to
circumvent consolidation under the voting interest entity model.
We note none of the scope exceptions exist under ASC
810-10-15-12 or ASC
810-10-15-17.
Analysis of whether
ANY is a VIE:
| 4. | First indicator— The entity does not have sufficient equity at risk – ANY only has EUR 96,250 of cash |
Conclusion: ANY continues to be a VIE.
Step 2: Determine the Primary Beneficiary of ANY
The
Registrant has re-evaluated ASC 810-10-25-38 through
25-38J for guidance on determining the primary beneficiary. A reporting entity has a controlling financial interest in a VIE and is, therefore, the primary beneficiary of a VIE if it has (1) the power to
direct activities of a VIE that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance and (2) the obligation to absorb losses of the VIE that could potentially be significant to the VIE or the right to receive benefits from the VIE that
could potentially be significant to the VIE.
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Analysis of “Power” to direct the activities that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic
performance:
The term “power” is not defined in ASC 810, therefore the Registrant referred to EY’s Financial Reporting Developments:
Consolidation.
“The term “power” is not defined in consolidation guidance, but for a VIE, it refers to the ability to direct
activities of a VIE that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance, when those events or circumstances arise. A reporting entity does not have to exercise its power to have power. A reporting entity must have power, in addition
to benefits, to be the primary beneficiary of a VIE. Power stems from decision-making authority. To identify which reporting entity, if any, has power over a VIE, perform the following steps:
| 1. | Consider purpose and design of the entity |
| 2. | Identify the activities that most significantly impact economic performance |
| 3. | Determine how decisions about the significant activities are made |
| 4. | Identify the party or parties that make the decisions about the significant activities; consider kick-out rights, participating rights or protective rights” |
| 1. | Consider purpose and design of ANY: |
810-10-25-38F
Although a reporting entity may be significantly involved with the design of a VIE, that involvement does not, in isolation,
establish that reporting entity as the entity with the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the economic performance of the VIE. However, that involvement may indicate that the reporting entity had the opportunity and the
incentive to establish arrangements that result in the reporting entity being the variable interest holder with that power. For example, if a sponsor has an explicit or implicit financial responsibility to ensure that the VIE operates as designed,
the sponsor may have established arrangements that result in the sponsor being the entity with the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the economic performance of the VIE.
Rezolve holds the same facts with respect to the purpose and design of ANY as previously discussed in the analysis of the August 30th, 2021 date of consolidation.
ANY was designed to manage the radio advertising slots in
the Radio Group, formerly held by Radio Group companies. ANY holds the rights to the radio advertising revenue previously held in a number of German entities as part of the Radio Group. The creation of ANY allows Rezolve to embed its software into
radio adverts and create triggers in mobile phone user’s handsets who use the Rezolve application upon hearing an advert embedded by Rezolve.
The party that participated significantly (ASC
810-25-25-e) in the design of ANY was Rezolve Limited’s executive officers (Dan Wagner and Peter Vesco).
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| 2. | Identify the activities that most significantly impact economic performance: |
810-10-25-38B
A reporting entity must identify which activities most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance and determine
whether it has the power to direct those activities. A reporting entity’s ability to direct the activities of an entity when circumstances arise or events happen constitutes power if that ability relates to the activities that most
significantly impact the economic performance of the VIE. A reporting entity does not have to exercise its power in order to have power to direct the activities of a VIE.
Activities of the legal entity (ASC
810-25-25-a) include the exclusive and wholly owned rights to sell radio advertising on the Radio Group’s radio stations.
ANY’s economic performance is impacted by Rezolve’s ability to embed its technology into the radio advertisements. Peter Vesco chairs a weekly executive meeting with ANY management. This is the decision-making group. No decision
making is made without Peter Vesco’s approval.
These circumstances did not change at December 28, 2022
Steps 3 and 4: Determine how decisions about significant activities are made and the party or parties that make them:
Peter Vesco chairs a weekly executive meeting with ANY management. The decision-making group consists of the Managing Director of ANY, the Vice
President of Marketing of Rezolve, manager of Operations and Processes of Rezolve, and a Sales Director of Rezolve. No decision making is made without Peter Vesco’s approval.
Conclusion: Rezolve has the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact ANY’s economic performance.
Analysis: Determining whether Rezolve has the obligation to absorb losses of the ANY that could potentially be significant to ANY or the right to receive
benefits from ANY that could potentially be significant to ANY:
The Registrant considered the variable interests of ANY and the holders of those variable
interests.
The glossary in ASC 810-10-20 defines variable interests as
“The investments or other interests that will absorb portions of a variable interest entity’s (VIE’s) expected losses or receive portions of the entity’s expected residual returns are called variable interests. Variable
interests in a VIE are contractual, ownership, or other pecuniary interests in a VIE that change with changes in the fair value of the VIE’s net assets exclusive of variable interests. Equity interests with or without voting rights are
considered variable
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interests if the legal entity is a VIE and to the extent that the investment is at risk as described in paragraph 810-10-15-14. Paragraph 810-10-25-55 explains how to determine whether a variable
interest in specified assets of a legal entity is a variable interest in the entity. Paragraphs 810-10-55-16 through 55-41 describe various types of variable interests and explain in general how they may affect the determination of the primary beneficiary of a VIE.”
To identify the variable interests, the Registrant again considered the purpose and design of ANY in accordance with 810-10-25-29 “A qualitative analysis of the design of the legal entity, as performed in accordance with the guidance in the Variable Interest Entities
Subsections, will often be conclusive in determining the variability to consider in applying the guidance in the Variable Interest Entities Subsections, determining which interests are variable interests, and ultimately determining which variable
interest holder, if any, is the primary beneficiary.”
Purpose and design: Consistent with the Company’s previous analysis, ANY was designed
to perform and book the radio advertising slots in the Radio Group, formerly held by Radio Group companies. The creation of ANY allows Rezolve to embed its software into radio adverts and create triggers in mobile phone user’s handsets who use
the Rezolve application upon hearing an advert embedded by Rezolve.
Rezolve has a pecuniary interest in ANY since its creation, as Rezolve may 1) Create
the ANY Lifestyle application for mobile users and 2) Generate merchant transaction revenue, both of which when combined with the customer list of ANY, offers the opportunity for Rezolve to participate directly in the profits created by ANY.
On August 30, 2021, the sellers of ANY signed and executed an agreement which stated that the revenues and income of Rezolve will be the beneficial owner
of. This provides Rezolve with the right to receive the benefits from ANY that could potentially be significant to ANY.
The risks considered which cause
variability in ANY include Operations risk (810-10-25-24-f) since the income of ANY is
affected by fluctuations in its revenues and variable operating costs.
ANY also had minimal financial capital contributed to it at and since
incorporation, has no credit history, and therefore relies on subordinated financial support. Since ANY was created solely for Rezolve, Rezolve is obligated to fund its losses and provide loans when necessary.
Conclusion: Rezolve continues to be the Primary Beneficiary of ANY despite the legal ownership of ANY reverting back to the sellers (Radio Group) on
December 28, 2022.
| 37. | Staff’s comment: We note on page F-31 that on |
Response: The Registrant respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and respectfully requests the Staff please
refer to the Company’s response to comment 36, particularly the Company’s analysis of control as at December 28, 2022.
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| 38. | Staff’s comment: Provide us your agreements with ANY, and tell us why you do not |
Response: The Registrant respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and after further consideration, the
Registrant has filed the ANY share purchase agreement as Exhibit 10.21 to the Amendment.
| 39. | Staff’s comment: Please supplementally provide us with copies of all written |
Response: The Registrant respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and is
supplementally providing the information requested under separate cover.
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We hope that the foregoing has been responsive to the Staff’s comments. If you have any questions
related to this letter, please contact Penny Minna at (410) 580-4228 should you have any questions concerning this letter or require further information.
| Sincerely, |
| Rezolve AI Limited |
| /s/ Daniel Wagner |
| Name: Daniel Wagner |
| Title: Chief Executive Officer |
| cc: | Penny Minna, Esq. |
DLA Piper LLP (US)
Michael C. Labriola
Wilson
Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati P.C.