true0001877939MDCommon stock, par value $0.0001 per share 0001877939 2023-03-22 2023-03-22
 
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 8-K/A
(Amendment No. 1)
 
CURRENT REPORT
 
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934
 
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 22, 2023
 
CASTELLUM, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Nevada
 
001-41526
 
27-4079982
(State or other jurisdiction
 
(Commission
 
(IRS Employer
of incorporation)
 
File Number)
 
Identification No.)
 
3 Bethesda Metro Center, Suite 700
Bethesda, MD 20814
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
 
301-961-4895
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
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Introductory Note
 
As previously disclosed, effective March 22, 2023 Castellum, Inc. (the “Company”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Agreement”) by and among GTMR Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (the “Merger Sub”), Global Technology and Management Resources, Inc., a Maryland Corporation (“GTMR”), the stockholders of GTMR, and James Morton, as the representative of the Stockholders (the “Stockholders Representative”). At closing, the Merger Sub merged with and into GTMR, whereupon the separate corporate existence of Merger Sub ceased and GTMR continued as the surviving company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (the “Merger”). This Amendment on Form 8-K/A (“Form 8-K/A”) is being filed to amend Item 9.01(a) of Form 8-K and the pro forma financial information required by Item 9.01(b) of Form 8-K. Except as described in this Form 8-K/A, all other information in the Original Form 8-K remains unchanged. This Amendment should be read in connection with the Original Form 8-K, which provides a more complete description of the Merger.
 
Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
(a) Financial Statements of Businesses or Funds Acquired:
 
The audited balance sheet of
Global Technology and Management Resources, Inc
. as of December 31, 2022 and audited statements of operations, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for the years then ended, and the related notes to such financial statements are included as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and incorporated herein by reference.
 
(b) Pro Forma Financial Information:
 
The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements of Castellum, Inc. and Global Technology and Management Resources, Inc. include the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2022 giving effect to the Merger as if it had occurred on January 1, 2022, as well as the accompanying notes thereto, are included as Exhibit 99.2 to this report and incorporated herein by reference.
 
(c) Not applicable.
 
(d) The following exhibits are included with this report:
 
Exhibit
No.
 
Description

 
 
 

 
 
 
104
 
Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)
 
 
SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
CASTELLUM, INC.
 
 
Date: June 5, 2023
By:
/s/ Mark C. Fuller
 
Name:
Mark C. Fuller
 
Title:
Chief Executive Officer
 
 
(Principal Executive Officer)
 
 

Exhibit 99.1


GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT RESOURCES, INC.

 

AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

DECEMBER 31, 2022

 

 

Global Technology and Management Resources, Inc.

 

Table of Contents

 

 

 

Page

 

 

Independent Auditor's Report

1 - 3

 

 

Audited Financial Statements


 

 

Balance Sheet

4 - 5

 

 

Statement of Operations

6

 

 

Statement of Stockholders' Equity

7

 

 

Statement of Cash Flows

8 - 9

 

 

Notes to Financial Statements

10 - 23

 

 

Independent Auditor's Report

 

Stockholders

Global Technology and Management Resources, Inc.

Hollywood, Maryland

 

Opinion

 

We have audited the accompanying financial statements of Global Technology and Management Resources, Inc., which comprise the Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2022, and the related Statements of Operations, Stockholders' Equity and Cash Flows for the year then ended, and the related notes to the financial statements.

 

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Global Technology and Management Resources, Inc. as of December 31, 2022, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

Basis for Opinion

 

We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements section of our report.  We are required to be independent of Global Technology and Management Resources, Inc. and to meet our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with the relevant ethical requirements relating to our audit.  We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our  audit opinion.

 

Adoption of Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842)

 

As discussed in Note 1 to the financial statements, the Company changed its method of accounting for leases in these financial statements due to the adoption of ASU 2016-02,Leases (Topic 842), as amended, using the modified retrospective adoption method.  Our opinion is not modified with respect to this matter.

 

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Independent Auditor's Report (continued)

 

Responsibilities of Management for the Financial Statements

 

Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, and for the design, implementation, and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

 

In preparing the financial statements, management is required to evaluate whether there are conditions or events, considered in the aggregate, that raise substantial doubt about Global Technology and Management Resources, Inc.'s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date that the financial statements are available to be issued.

 

Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements

 

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's report that includes our opinion.  Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance but is not absolute assurance and therefore is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards will always detect a material misstatement when it exists.  The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control. Misstatements are considered material if there is a substantial likelihood that, individually or in the aggregate, they would influence the judgment made by a reasonable user based on the financial statements.   

 

In

performing an audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, we:


Exercise professional judgment and maintain professional skepticism throughout the audit.


Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, and design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks.  Such procedures include examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements.


Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of Global Technology and Management Resources, Inc.'s internal control. Accordingly, no such opinion is expressed.

 

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Independent Auditor's Report (continued)


Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of significant accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluate the overall presentation of the financial statements.


Conclude whether, in our judgment, there are conditions or events, considered in the aggregate, that raise substantial doubt about Global Technology and Management Resources, Inc.'s ability to continue as a going concern for a reasonable period of time.

 

We are required to communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit, significant audit findings, and certain internal control related matters that we identified during the audit.

 

Rockville, Maryland

 

June 1, 2023

 

 

 

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December 31, 2022

 

 

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

1,201,392

 

Accounts receivable

 

 

1,268,573

 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

 

131,931

 

Income tax receivable

 

 

107,089

 

 

 

 

 

Total current assets

 

 

2,708,985

 

 

 

 

 

Property and equipment, net

 

 

251,322

 

 

 

 

 

Other assets

 

 

 

Right-of-use asset - operating

 

 

692,724

 

Deposits

 

 

18,119

 

Right-of-use asset - financing lease

 

 

17,456

 

 

 

 

 

Total assets

 

$

3,688,606

 


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Global Technology and Management Resources, Inc.

 

Balance Sheet

 

 

Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities

 

 

 

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

 

$

113,200

 

Accrued salaries and related liabilities

 

 

674,638

 

Lease liability - operating, current portion

 

 

270,669

 

Lease liability - finance, current portion

 

 

6,826

 

 

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

 

 

1,065,333

 

 

 

 

 

Long-term liabilities

 

 

 

Lease liability - operating, net of current portion

 

 

396,389

 

Deferred income tax liability

 

 

216,421

 

Lease liability - finance, net of current portion

 

 

12,549

 

 

 

 

 

Total long term liabilities

 

 

625,359

 

 

 

 

 

Total liabilities

 

 

1,690,692

 

 

 

 

 

Commitments and contingencies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stockholders' equity

 

 

 

Class A common stock, no par value, 10,000 shares authorized, issued and outstanding at December 31, 2022.

 

 

-

 

Class B common stock, no par value, 990,000 shares authorized, no shares issued and  outstanding at December 31, 2022

 

 

-

 

Additional paid-in capital

 

 

28,192

 

Retained earnings

 

 

1,969,722

 

 

 

 

 

Total stockholders' equity

 

 

1,997,914

 

 

 

 

 

Total liabilities and stockholders' equity

 

$

3,688,606

 

 

The accompanying Notes to the Financial Statements are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Global Technology and Management Resources, Inc.

 

Statement of Operations

 

 

For the Year Ended December 31, 2022

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contract Revenue

 

$

10,822,958

 

 

 

 

 

Direct costs

 

 

 

Direct labor

 

 

5,730,254

 

Direct materials

 

 

429,309

 

Subcontractors and consultants

 

 

124,968

 

Other direct costs

 

 

215,919

 

 

 

 

 

Total direct costs

 

 

6,500,450

 

 

 

 

 

Gross margin on revenue

 

 

4,322,508

 

 

 

 

 

Operating expenses

 

 

 

Indirect costs

 

 

2,595,885

 

Overhead

 

 

912,081

 

General and administrative expenses

 

 

907,128

 

 

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

 

 

4,415,094

 

 

 

 

 

Loss from operations

 

 

(92,586

)

 

 

 

 

Other income

 

 

 

Interest income

 

 

13,698

 

 

 

 

 

Income before benefit for income taxes

 

 

(78,888

)

 

 

 

 

Benefit for income taxes

 

 

(40,642

)

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

$

(38,246

)

 

The accompanying Notes to the Financial Statements are an integral part of these financial statements


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Global Technology and Management Resources, Inc.

 

Statement of Stockholders’ Equity

 

 

 

 

Class A
Common
Stock

 

 

Class B
Common
Stock

 

 

Paid-in
Capital

 

 

Retained
Earnings

 

 

Total

 

                

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance, January 1, 2022

 

$

-

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

28,192

 

 

$

2,307,968

 

 

$

2,336,160

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividend

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

(300,000

)

 

 

(300,000

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

(38,246

)

 

 

(38,246

)

                     

Balance, December 31, 2022

 

$

-

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

28,192

 

 

$

1,969,722

 

 

$

1,997,914

 

 

The accompanying Notes to the Financial Statements are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Global Technology and Management Resources, Inc.

 

Statement of Cash Flows

 

 

For the Year Ended December 31, 2022

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from operating activities

 

 

 

Net loss

 

$

(38,246

)

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities

 

 

 

Depreciation

 

 

110,629

 

Loss on sale of fixed assets

 

 

194

 

Deferred income taxes

 

 

(89,002

)

(Increase) decrease in

 

 

 

Accounts receivable

 

 

434,144

 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

 

(6,140

)

Income tax receivable

 

 

(47,802

)

Deposit

 

 

465

 

Right-of-use asset - operating

 

 

241,317

 

Increase (decrease) in

 

 

 

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

 

 

52,133

 

Accrued salaries and related liabilities

 

 

(110,327

)

Lease liability - operating

 

 

(266,983

)

 

 

 

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

 

280,382

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from investing activities

 

 

 

Purchases of property and equipment

 

 

(76,614

)

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from financing activities

 

 

 

Dividends

 

 

(300,000

)

Payments on financing lease

 

 

(5,747

)

 

 

 

 

Net cash used by financing activities

 

 

(305,747

)

 

 

 

 

Net change in cash and cash equivalents

 

 

(101,979

)

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year

 

 

1,303,371

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of year

 

$

1,201,392

 

 

The accompanying Notes to the Financial Statements are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

-8-

 

Global Technology and Management Resources, Inc.

 

Statement of Cash Flows (continued)

 

 

For the Year Ended December 31, 2022

 

 

  
     

 

 

 

 

 

Non-cash investing and financing activities:

 

 

  

Recognition of operating lease right-of-use asset

 

$

493,207

 

     

Recognition of operating lease liability

 

$

493,207

 

     

Recognition of finance lease right-of-use asset

 

$

10,039

 

     

Recognition of finance lease liability

 

$

10,039

 

 

The accompanying Notes to the Financial Statements are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Global Technology and Management Resources, Inc.

 

Notes to Financial Statements

 

1. Organization and significant accounting policies Organization:

Organization: Global Technology and Management Resources, Inc. (the “Company”) is headquartered in Hollywood, Maryland and was incorporated under the laws of the State of Maryland on June 11, 2004. The Company specializes in providing a range of communication and electric systems and services in the aerospace systems and national security industries to government agencies and commercial customers. The Company operates predominately in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.

 

Basis of accounting:  The financial statements of the Company have been prepared using the accrual basis of accounting in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“ U.S. GAAP”).

 

Use of accounting estimates:  The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Although management believes that the estimates they use are reasonable, due to the inherent uncertainty involved in making those estimates, actual results in future periods could differ from those estimates.

 

New accounting pronouncement adopted: In February 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued ASU No. 2016-02, Leases (codified as Accounting Standards Codification Topic ASC 842), which supersedes the existing lease accounting standard, ASC 840, and sets out principles for the recognition, measurement, presentation, and disclosure of leases. Under the new guidance, a lessee will be required to recognize lease assets and lease liabilities for all leases with lease terms at lease commencement in excess of twelve months. The new standard requires lessees to apply a dual approach, classifying leases as either finance or operating leases based on the principle of whether or not the lease is effectively a financed purchase by the lessee. This classification will determine whether lease expense is recognized based on an effective interest method or on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease. ASU 2016-02 was originally effective for the Company on January 1, 2021. In June 2020, the FASB issued ASU No. 2020-05, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606) and Leases (Topic 842), Effective Dates for Certain Entities, which delayed the effective date of ASU 2016-02 for non-public companies to annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2021.

 

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Global Technology and Management Resources, Inc.

 

Notes to Financial Statements

 

The Company adopted this new standard as of January 1, 2022 and has elected to apply the modified retrospective adoption method whereby the Company will apply the guidance to leases in place as of the adoption date (“effective date” method). Accordingly, the prior period was not restated, and all prior period amounts disclosed are presented under ASC 840. A cumulative-effect adjustment, if any, to retained earnings as of the beginning of the adoption year will be recorded. As a result of the adoption of the new standard and its related amendments, on January 1, 2022, the Company recognized approximately $440,834 of right-of-use (“ROU”) operating assets and $440,834 of operating lease liabilities. The adoption did not have a material impact on retained earnings, the statements of operations, or the statements of cash flows. The Company will also be required to disclose how it has applied the modified retrospective method, including any practical expedients elected, and will need to enhance and expand its footnote disclosures to adhere to the new disclosure requirements under ASC 842.

 

Practical expedients upon transition that were applied were: 1) An entity need not reassess whether any expired or existing contracts are or contain leases. 2) An entity need not reassess the lease classification for any expired or existing leases (i.e. those classified as operating or capital leases in accordance with ASC 840 will be classified as operating and finance leases, respectively). 3) An entity need not reassess initial direct costs for any existing leases.

 

Cash and cash equivalents:  For purposes of financial statement presentation, the Company considers all highly liquid debt instruments with initial maturities of ninety days or less to be cash equivalents.

 

Concentration of credit risks arising from cash deposits in excess of insured limits: The Company maintains cash balances at one commercial bank, the balance can exceed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC") insured deposit limit of $250,000 per financial institution. At December 31, 2022, the Company's cash balance held at the commercial bank exceeded the FDIC limit by approximately $952,000. The Company has not experienced any losses through the date when the financial statements were available to be issued.

 

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Global Technology and Management Resources, Inc.

 

Notes to Financial Statements

 

Accounts receivable:  Accounts receivable are recorded at the invoiced amount, are granted on an unsecured basis, and are typically considered past due if the invoice has been outstanding beyond sixty days of the customer's receipt of invoice. The Company does not typically charge interest on accounts receivable.

 

The face amount of accounts receivable is reduced by an allowance for doubtful accounts.  The allowance for doubtful accounts reflects the best estimate of probable losses determined principally on the basis of historical experience and specific allowances for known troubled accounts.  All accounts or portions thereof that are deemed to be uncollectible or that require an excessive collection cost are written off to the allowance for doubtful accounts.  At December 31, 2022, management deemed all accounts receivable to be collectible.

 

Property and equipment:  Property and equipment are recorded at the original cost and are being depreciated on a straight-line basis over estimated lives of three to seven years.

 

Revenue recognition: The Company's revenues from contracts with customers are for engineering services, logistics support, operational tests and evaluations, and training and curriculum development. Most contracts are contract support services contracts. Under these contracts, the Company bills the customer on either a cost-plus-fixed-fee ("CPFF"), and fixed-price-level-of-effort ("FFP-LOE") or time-and-materials ("T&M") basis, as labor hours are expended. Revenue from these contracts is recorded over time.

 

The Company determines revenue recognition through the following steps:

 

 

Identification of the contract, or contracts, with a customer (Step 1)

 

Identification of the performance obligations in the contract (Step 2)

 

Determination of the transaction price (Step 3)

 

Allocation of the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract (Step 4)

 

Recognition of revenue when, or as, we satisfy a performance obligation (Step 5)

 

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Global Technology and Management Resources, Inc.

 

Notes to Financial Statements

 

 

To determine the proper revenue recognition, the Company first evaluates whether it has a duly approved and enforceable contract with a customer, in which the rights of the parties and payment terms are identified, and collectability is probable. The Company also evaluates whether two or more contracts should be combined and accounted for as a single contract. In addition, the Company assesses contract modifications to determine whether the changes to existing contracts should be accounted for as part of the original contract or as a separate contract. The Company considers contract modifications to exist when the modification either creates new or changes the existing enforceable rights and obligations. Contract modifications are accounted for as a separate contract if the modification adds distinct goods or services and increases the contract value by its standalone selling price. Modifications that are not determined to be a separate contract are accounted for either as a prospective adjustment to the original contract if the goods or services in the modification are distinct from those transferred before the modification or as a cumulative adjustment if the goods and services are not distinct and are part of a single performance obligation that is partially satisfied.

 

Most of the Company's contracts comprise multiple promises which the Company evaluates to determine if each promise should be accounted for as separate performance obligations or combined into a single performance obligation. The Company generally separates multiple promises in a contract as separate performance obligations if those promises are distinct, both individually and in the context of the contract. If multiple promises in a contract are highly interrelated or comprise a series of distinct services performed over time, they are combined and accounted for as a single performance obligation. For a majority of the Company's contracts, there is a single performance obligation since there generally is a single, critical objective at the contract award level which is ultimately met with the successful completion of highly interrelated, interdependent or integral tasks, performed in conjunction with one another. While services provided may generally provide some benefit alone, they have no separable, distinct benefit within the context of the contract, related to the overall objective of the contract from the vantage point of the customer.

 

The Company's contracts often contain certain options for entering into another phase, task, or similar, under the same terms and conditions as the original contract. Once the option is exercised and the contract is amended, the options typically do not provide the customer any material rights under the contract and therefore are treated like separate contracts when they include distinct goods or services at standalone selling prices.

 

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Global Technology and Management Resources, Inc.

 

Notes to Financial Statements

 

 

Contracts with the U.S. Federal government are subject to the Federal Acquisition Regulations ("FAR") and priced based on estimated or actual costs of providing the goods or services. The FAR provides guidance on types of costs that are allowable in establishing prices for goods and services provided to the U.S. government and its agencies. Each contract is competitively priced and bid separately. Pricing for non-U.S. government agencies and commercial customers is based on specific negotiations with each customer. The Company excludes any taxes collected or imposed when determining the transaction price.

 

The transaction prices associated with the Company's T&M, FFP-LOE and CPFF contracts are variable. These variable amounts are estimated at the most likely amount that the Company expects to be entitled to based largely on an assessment of the Company’s anticipated performance and all information (historical, current, and forecasted) that is reasonably available and the potential of significant reversal of revenue. In certain instances, the Company's contracts may contain fees, incentive fees, or other provisions or adjustments, such as incremental funding, an equitable adjustment, other modifications, or funding requested for added services, that can either increase or decrease the transaction price. None of the Company's contracts contain a significant financing component, which would require an adjustment to the transaction price of the contract.

 

The Company allocates the transaction price of a contract to its performance obligations in the proportion of their respective standalone selling prices or best estimate thereof. The standalone selling prices of the Company's performance obligations are generally based on an expected cost-plus margin approach with relatively consistent margins applied within each major customer group.

 

The Company recognizes revenue on all of the performance obligations within each contract over time as there is continuous transfer of control to the customer over the duration of the contract as the Company performs the promised services. For U.S. Federal government contracts, continuous transfer of control to the customer is evidenced by clauses in the contract that allow the customer to unilaterally terminate the contract for convenience, pay for costs incurred plus a reasonable profit and take control of any work-in-process. Similarly, for non-U.S. government contracts, the customer typically controls the work-in-process as evidenced by rights to payment for work performed to date plus a reasonable profit to deliver products or services that do not have an alternate use to the Company.

 

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Global Technology and Management Resources, Inc.

 

Notes to Financial Statements

 

For the performance obligation(s) where revenue is recognized over time, the Company generally uses a method that measures the extent of progress towards completion of a performance obligation. The selection of the method to measure progress towards completion requires judgment and is based on the nature of the products or services provided. In most instances, generally for CPFF, FFP-LOE, and T&M contracts, revenue is recognized based on a right to invoice practical expedient as the Company is able to invoice the customer in an amount that corresponds directly with the value received by a customer for the Company’s performance completed to date.

 

Changes in estimates related to contracts accounted for using the cost-to-cost method of accounting are recognized in the period in which such changes are made on a cumulative catch-up basis, which recognizes in the current period the cumulative effect of the changes on current and prior periods based on  a performance obligations’ percentage of completion. A significant change in one or more estimates could affect the profitability of one or more of the Company's performance obligations. When estimates of total costs to be incurred on a performance obligation exceed total estimates of revenue to be earned, a provision for the entire loss on the performance obligation is recognized in the period the loss is determined.

 

Contract costs include all direct material and labor costs, and other costs related to contract performance, such as subcontract costs and travel expenses.

 

Leases:  The  Company enters into contractual arrangements primarily for the use of real estate facilities and copiers. The determination of whether an arrangement is a lease is made at the lease's inception. These arrangements are or contain a lease when the Company controls the identified underlying asset for a period of time in exchange for consideration. Control is defined as having both the right to obtain substantially all of the economic benefits or outputs from the use of the asset and the right to direct the use of the asset. Where contracts include both lease and non-lease components, the Company does not separate the lease and non-lease components; therefore, accounts for the components as a single lease. The majority of the Company's leases are operating leases. The Company's copier leases are classified as finance leases.

 

Operating leases are included in operating lease ROU assets, and in operating lease liabilities which is classified further within current and long-term liabilities. Operating lease expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term and is recorded primarily within indirect expenses on the accompanying statement of operations. Finance leases are recognized at the lease commencement date based on the present value of the lease payments over the lease terms. The lease liabilities resulting from finance leases are included in finance lease obligations on the accompanying Balance Sheet at December 31, 2022.

 

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Global Technology and Management Resources, Inc.

 

Notes to Financial Statements

 

 

The Company recognizes operating lease ROU assets and liabilities at the lease commencement date based on the present value of the lease payments over the lease term. Operating lease ROU assets also include any lease payments made at the commencement date and excludes any lease incentives. Operating lease ROU assets and liabilities are recorded using the following assumptions and/or criteria:

 

 

·

In identifying the future minimum lease payments, the Company does not include variable lease costs. These are recorded as lease expenses in the period in which they are incurred.

 

 

·

In identifying future lease payments, the Company does not include payments made under short-term leases, identified as those with an expected term of twelve months or less.

 

 

·

Lease options to extend or terminate the lease are included in the determination of the lease ROU asset and liability only where it is reasonably certain that the Company will utilize those periods of the lease and incur the related costs.

 

 

·

In calculating the fair value of the lease liability, the Company uses the incremental borrowing rate if the implicit rate cannot be readily determined. The weighted average incremental borrowing rate utilized as of December 31, 2022 was 10%.


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Global Technology and Management Resources, Inc.

 

Notes to Financial Statements

 

Income taxes: The Company files its income tax returns on the cash basis, whereby revenue is recognized when received and expenses are recognized when paid. Current income tax expense is the amount of income taxes expected to be payable for the current year. Deferred income taxes are recognized for the tax consequences in future years of differences between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their financial reporting amounts at each year end based on enacted tax laws and statutory tax rates applicable to the periods in which the differences are expected to affect taxable earnings. Valuation allowances are established when necessary to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount more likely than not to be realized. 

 

The Company evaluates uncertainty in income tax positions taken or expected to be taken on a tax return based on a more-likely-than-not recognition standard.  If that threshold is met, the tax position is then measured at the largest amount that is greater than 50% likely of being realized upon ultimate settlement and is recognized in the Company’s financial statements.  To the extent that the Company’s estimates change or the final tax outcome of these matters is different than the amounts that have been recorded, such differences will impact the income tax provision when such determinations are made.  If applicable, the Company records interest and penalties as a component of income tax expense.  As of December 31, 2022 there were no accruals for uncertain tax positions.  Tax years from December 31, 2019 through the current year remain open for examination by federal and state tax authorities.

 

Subsequent events:  Management has evaluated subsequent events for disclosure in these financial statements through June 1, 2023, which is the date the financial statements were available to be issued.

  

2. Accounts receivable

Accounts receivable at December 31, 2022, consist of amounts due under contracts in progress with Federal government agencies and commercial entities. The components of accounts receivable are:

 

Billed receivables

 

$

521,045

 

Unbilled receivables

 

 

747,528

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

1,268,573

 


 

During the year ended December 31, 2022, two customers generated approximately 92% of total revenue representing approximately 88% of total receivables at December 31, 2022.

 

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Global Technology and Management Resources, Inc.

 

Notes to Financial Statements

 

3. Property and equipment

Property and equipment consist of the following at December 31:

 

 

Leasehold improvements

 

$

316,357

 

Computer equipment

 

 

227,190

 

Automobiles

 

 

76,234

 

Furniture and fixtures

 

 

60,757

 

Software

 

 

26,603

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

707,141

 

Less:  Accumulated depreciation

 

 

(455,819

)

Net

 

$

251,322

 

 

Depreciation expense for the year ended December 31, 2022 was $110,629.

 

4. Revenue from Contracts with Customers

Disaggregation of revenues: The Company disaggregates revenues by contract-type as these categories best represent how the nature, timing and uncertainty of the Company’s revenue and cash flows are affected by the U.S. Government procurement environment and economic factors.

 

Disaggregated revenues for the year ended December 31, were:

 

Revenue by Customer and Contract Type

 

 

2022

 

U.S. Government

 

 

  

Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee

 

$

6,155,425

 

Fixed-Price-Level-of-Effort

 

 

62,904

 

Time-and-Materials

 

 

4,604,629

 

Total Revenues

 

$

10,822,958

 

 

Under FP-LOE contracts, the Company recognizes revenues on a straight-line basis which coincides with the period of performance consistent with level of effort of services being provided by the Company. Under CPFF contracts, the Company is reimbursed for their allowable cost plus an applicable margin as stated within the contract. Under T&M contracts, the Company is paid based on the hours incurred at the agreed upon rates as stated within the contract. Generally, CPFF contracts are lower risk and have lower profits. T&M contracts are also low risk but profits may vary depending on actual labor costs compared to negotiated contract billing rates.

 

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Global Technology and Management Resources, Inc.

 

Notes to Financial Statements

 

Contract assets and liabilities: Contract assets include unbilled contract receivables, which is the amount of revenue recognized that exceeds the amount billed to the customer, and right to payment is not just subject to the passage of time. At December 31, 2022 and January 1, 2022, contract assets consisted of unbilled contract receivables of $747,528 and $1,081,792, respectively. At December 31, 2022 and January 1, 2022, billed receivables were $521,045 and $620,925, respectively. Contract liabilities (deferred revenue) consist of advance payments and billings in excess of revenue recognized. At December 31, 2022 and January 1, 2022, the Company did not have contract liabilities.


5. Operating leases

The majority of the Company leases are operating leases primarily for the use of office space. Lease balances are as follows at December 31, 2022:

 

Operating lease right-of-use assets

 

$

692,724

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating lease liabilities, current

 

$

270,669

 

Operating lease liabilities, noncurrent

 

 

396,389

 

 

 

 

 

Total operating lease liabilities

 

$

667,058

 

 

  

 

Operating lease cost

 

$

272,995

 

 

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Global Technology and Management Resources, Inc.

 

Notes to Financial Statements

 

The following is a schedule by years of future maturities of operating lease liabilities as of December 31, 2022:

 

Year Ending

 

 

 

December 31

 

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

2023

 

$

326,010

 

2024

 

 

122,609

 

2025

 

 

126,241

 

2026

 

 

130,025

 

2027

 

 

99,685

 

Total undiscounted lease payments

 

$

804,570

 

Less: imputed interest

 

 

(137,512

)

Total

 

$

667,058

 

 

The weighted-average remaining lease terms as of December 31, 2022 were 3.65 years and the weighted-average discount rate used was 10%.

 

Cash paid for operating leases was $300,044 during the year ended December 31, 2022.

 

6. Finance leases

The Company leases copiers as lessee under agreements that are classified as finance leases.  The following is a schedule by year of future minimum lease payments under the finance leases together with the net present value of the minimum lease payments as of December 31, 2022:

 

Year Ending

 

 

 

December 31    

 

 

Amount

 

 

 

 

 

2023

 

$

7,223

 

2024

 

 

7,223

 

2025

 

 

3,466

 

2026

 

 

2,214

 

2027    

 

 

332

 

Subtotal

 

$

20,458

 

Amount representing interest    

 

 

(1,083

)

Net present value of future minimum lease payments  

  

$

19,375

 

 

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Global Technology and Management Resources, Inc.

 

Notes to Financial Statements

 

The amount necessary to reduce the minimum lease payments to their net present value is calculated at the interest rates implicit in the leases. The Company has two finance leases which have implicit rates of 1.15% and 4.05%.  The net present value of the minimum lease payments and other balances related to the capital leases are included in the accompanying financial statements as follows at December 31:

 

Capital lease obligations

 

 

 

Current portion

 

$

6,826

 

Long-term portion

 

 

12,549

 

   

 

Total capital lease obligations

 

$

19,375

 

 

 

 

 

Leased copier under finance leases

 

 

 

Original asset value

 

$

31,330

 

Less:  Accumulated amortization

 

 

(13,874

)

 

 

 

 

Net book value at end of year

 

$

17,456

 

 

 

 

 

Amortization expense

 

$

4,990

 

 

7. Retirement plan

The Company sponsors a tax deferred retirement plan under the Internal Revenue Code to provide retirement benefits for all eligible employees. Participating employees may voluntarily contribute up to limits provided by Internal Revenue Service regulations. Retirement plan expense for the year ended December 31, 2022 was $257,382.

 

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Global Technology and Management Resources, Inc.

 

Notes to Financial Statements

 

 

8. Income taxes

For the year ended December 31, 2022, the components of the benefit for income taxes consisted of:

 

Current

 

 

 

Federal income tax expense

 

$

33,368

 

State income tax expense

 

 

14,992

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

48,360

 

 

 

 

 

Deferred

 

 

 

Federal income tax

 

 

(33,113

)

State income tax

 

 

(55,889

)

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

(89,002

)

 

 

 

 

Benefit for income taxes

 

$

(40,642

)

 

The differences between the amounts of income tax expense that would result from applying domestic    statutory income tax rates to the pretax income and what is reported is related to certain federal   nondeductible expenses, changes in prior period estimates, and state income taxes. The provision for  income taxes for the year ended December 31, 2022 reflected in the accompanying Statement of Operations varies from the amount which would have been computed using statutory rates as follows:

 

Federal taxes at statutory rate

 

$

(16,566

)

State taxes at statutory rate, net of federal tax benefit

 

 

(3,459

)

Change in tax rate

 

 

(37,438

)

Permanent differences and other

 

 

16,821

 

     

Benefit for income taxes

 

$

(40,642

)

 

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Global Technology and Management Resources, Inc.

 

Notes to Financial Statements

 

The deferred income tax liability represents an estimate of the income tax that will be due in future periods from the cumulative temporary differences recognized for financial reporting purposes from that recognized for income tax reporting purposes. At December 31, 2022, the components of these temporary differences and the net deferred tax liability were as follows:

 

Accounts receivable

 

$

306,287

 

Prepaid expenses

 

 

21,404

 

Accumulated depreciation

 

 

58,975

 

Right-of-use asset - operating

 

 

171,467

 

Accounts payable

 

 

(18,543

)

Accrued salaries and related expenses

 

 

(162,113

)

Lease liability - operating

 

 

(161,056

)

 

 

 

 

Net long-term deferred income tax liability

 

$

216,421

 


9. Subsequent events

The Company was acquired by Castellum, Inc. on March 22, 2023.

                                          

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Exhibit 99.2


Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Statements

Castellum, Inc. and Global Technology and Management Resources, Inc.

 

The following unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information, which incorporates the operating results of Castellum, Inc. ("Castellum", “our”, and the "Company"), and Global Technology and Management Resources, Inc. (“GTMR”) is presented for the purpose of providing unaudited pro forma financial information through December 31, 2022.

 

This transaction reflects our acquisition of GTMR, which was consummated on March 22, 2023. We refer to this acquisition as the “GTMR Acquisition”.

 

The following unaudited pro forma combined financial information has been prepared in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation S-X, Pro Forma Financial Information, as amended by the final rule, Release No. 33-10786 “Amendments to Financial Disclosures about Acquired and Disposed Businesses”, which is herein referred to as Article 11, and are being provided pursuant to Rule 3-05 of Regulation S-X.

 

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of operations of the Company for the calendar year ended December 31, 2022 (“2022”) combines the historical statements of operations of the Company and GTMR on a pro forma basis as if the GTMR Acquisition had been consummated on January 1, 2022.

 

The following unaudited pro forma combined financial information has been updated to reflect the impact of reclassifications to conform prior period presentation to current period presentation.

 

Effective March 22, 2023, the Company entered into a definitive merger agreement with GTMR. This acquisition was accounted for as a business combination.

 

On February 13, 2023, the Company entered into a series of transactions with Crom Cortana Fund LLC (“Crom”), the primary purpose of which was related to the GTMR Acquisition (“Crom Transaction”). In connection therewith, the Company and Crom entered into an agreement to pay off the amount owed to Crom under the terms of the convertible promissory note in the original principal amount of $1,050,000 due April 4, 2023 ("Prior Crom Note"). Simultaneously therewith, the parties entered into the Securities Purchase Agreement pursuant to which Crom purchased a convertible promissory note in the principal amount of $840,000, which matures February 13, 2024 and bears interest at a per annum rate equal to 10% to be paid monthly (“New Crom Note”).

 

The consideration paid for the GTMR Acquisition was as follows:

 

Cash

 

$

470,233

 

Due to Seller

 

 

350,000

 

Other consideration

 

 

17,791

 

Cash from factoring

 

 

411,975

 

Stock

 

 

5,304,561

 

Total consideration paid

 

$

6,554,560

 

 

The transaction was treated as a business combination in accordance with the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 805, Business Combinations, whereby GTMR became a 100% owned subsidiary of the Company; the valuation and treatment of consideration paid, acquired assets, intangible assets and assumed liabilities is in progress and is not yet at the point where there is sufficient information for a definitive measurement. Differences between these preliminary estimates and the final acquisition accounting may occur, and those differences could have a material impact on the accompanying unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information and the combined company's future results of operations and financial position. The pro forma adjustments are preliminary and have been made solely for the purpose of providing unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information prepared in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).

 

1

 

Castellum has commenced the necessary valuation studies required to complete the acquisition accounting and will finalize the acquisition accounting as soon as reasonably practicable within the required measurement period prescribed by ASC 805, but no later than one year following completion of the GTMR Acquisition.

 

Management has conducted a review of the accounting policies of GTMR to determine if differences in accounting policies require reclassification adjustments to conform to the Company’s accounting policies and did not become aware of any material differences between the accounting policies of the Company and GTMR, other than the adoption of new accounting pronouncements.

 

The pro forma financial information gives effect to the GTMR Acquisition, which includes adjustments for the following (collectively, the “GTMR Transaction Adjustments”):

 

impacts of incremental amortization expense related to the intangibles acquired in the GTMR Acquisition;

 

impacts of incremental interest expense related to the Crom Transaction;

 

impacts of Castellum executive salary increases and stock based compensation related to the GTMR Acquisition and a GTMR employee salary decrease;

 

impacts related to income taxes.

 

The pro forma financial information also includes adjustments for the following (collectively, the “GTMR Management Adjustments”):

 

impacts of the elimination of certain general and administrative expenses incurred by GTMR pre-acquisition;

 

impacts of the elimination of redundant indirect employees.

 

For the GTMR Acquisition, the pro forma adjustments and allocation of purchase price were based on management’s estimates of the fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed, utilizing all available information at the time of the acquisition, including work performed by independent valuation specialists. Assumptions and estimates underlying the unaudited pro forma adjustments set forth in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information are described in the accompanying notes. The unaudited pro forma adjustments represent management’s estimates based on information available as of the date of this unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information and are subject to change as additional information becomes available and analyses are performed.

 

The estimated income tax rate applied to the pro forma adjustments is 24.14%. The estimated pro forma blended statutory rate, and all other tax amounts, are stated at their historical amounts.

 

The following unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information is provided for illustrative purposes only and is based on available information and assumptions that management believes are reasonable. They do not purport to represent what the actual consolidated results of operations of the Company would have been had the GTMR Acquisition and its related financing transactions occurred on the date indicated, or on any other date, nor are they necessarily indicative of the Company’s future consolidated results of operations after the GTMR Acquisition and its related financing transactions. The Company’s actual results of operations after these this transaction will differ, perhaps significantly, from the pro forma amounts reflected herein due to a variety of factors, including access to additional information, changes in value not currently identified and changes in operating results of the Company and GTMR following the date of the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information.

 

2

 

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information should be read in conjunction with:

 

the unaudited consolidated financial statements and related notes of the Company contained in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2023 filed with the SEC on May 15, 2023;

 

the audited financial statements and related notes of GTMR as of December 31, 2022 which are included as exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

3


Castellum, Inc.

Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statements of Operations of Castellum, Inc. and GTMR, Inc.

For the Year Ended December 31, 2022

 

 

 

Castellum, Inc.

 

 

GTMR (period from
January 1 through
December 31

 

 

GTMR
Transaction
Adjustments

 

 

GTMR
Management
Adjustments

 

 

Pro Forma
Combined

 

Revenues

 

$

42,190,643

 

 

$

10,822,958

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

53,013,601

 

Cost of Revenues

 

 

24,593,326

 

 

 

6,500,450

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31,093,776

 

Gross Profit

 

 

17,597,317

 

 

 

4,322,508

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

21,919,825

 

Operating Expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Indirect costs

 

 

11,859,401

 

 

 

2,595,885

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14,455,286

 

Overhead

 

 

1,560,252

 

 

 

912,081

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,472,333

 

General and administrative expenses

 

 

13,586,600

 

 

 

907,128

 

 

 

1,756,757

(a)

 

 

(652,918

)(d)

 

 

15,597,567

 

Gain from change in fair value of contingent earnout

 

 

555,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

555,000

 

Total operating expenses

 

 

27,561,253

 

 

 

4,415,094

 

 

 

1,756,757

 

 

 

(652,918

)

 

 

33,080,186

 

Loss from Operations Before Other Income (Expense)

 

 

(9,963,936

)

 

 

(92,586

)

 

 

(1,756,757

)

 

 

652,918

 

 

 

(11,160,361

)

Other Income (Expense)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gain on disposal of fixed assets

 

 

303

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

303

 

Change in fair value of derivative liability

 

 

(132,000

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(132,000

)

Interest expense, net of interest income

 

 

(3,992,809

)

 

 

13,698

 

 

 

24,534

(b)

 

 

 

 

 

(3,954,577

)

Total other income (expense)

 

 

(4,124,506

)

 

 

13,698

 

 

 

24,534

 

 

 

 

 

 

(4,086,274

)

Net Income (Loss) From Operations Before Income Taxes

 

 

(14,088,442

)

 

 

(78,888

)

 

 

(1,732,223

)

 

 

652,918

 

 

 

(15,246,635

)

Income Tax Expense (Benefit)

 

 

819,596

 

 

 

(40,642

)

 

 

(1,232,298

)(c)

 

 

103,364

(e)

 

 

(349,980

)

Net Loss

 

 

(14,908,038

)

 

 

(38,246

)

 

 

(499,925

)

 

 

549,554

 

 

 

(14,896,655

)

Less: preferred stock dividends

 

 

100,516

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

100,516

 

Net loss available to common shareholders

 

$

(15,008,554

)

 

$

(38,246

)

 

$

(499,925

)

 

$

549,554

 

 

$

(14,997,171

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average shares outstanding

 

 

27,468,226

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

32,334,796

 

Basic and diluted loss per share

 

$

(0.55

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

(0.46

)


4

 

Note 1: Description of the Transaction and Basis of Presentation

 

GTMR Acquisition Overview

 

On March 22, 2023, the Company acquired all the equity interests of GTMR for a purchase price of $6,554,560, subject to customary working capital adjustments. The cash consideration for the GTMR Acquisition was funded in part through the Crom Transaction as discussed above.

 

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information for 2022 is derived from the historical consolidated financial statements of the Company and the historical financial statements of GTMR.

 

Note 2: Accounting Policies

 

As part of preparing this unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information, the Company conducted a review of the accounting policies of GTMR to determine if differences in accounting policies require reclassification of results of operations to conform to the Company’s accounting policies and classifications. The Company did not become aware of any material differences between accounting policies of the Company and GTMR.

 

Note 3: Transaction Adjustments to the Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Information

 

The Transaction Adjustments included in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations for 2022 are as follows:

 

(a) General and Administrative Expenses

 

The following items comprise the total Transaction Adjustments that impact general and administrative expenses for 2022:

 

Amortization Expense

 

$

573,647

 

Executive salaries

 

 

97,500

 

Executive bonuses

 

 

58,641

 

Executive stock based compensation

 

 

1,076,969

 

Difference in salary for prior GTMR CEO

 

 

(50,000

)

 

 

$

1,756,757

 


Amortization Expense

 

The pro forma adjustment to amortization expense represents the amortization expense associated with the estimated fair values of the Company’s acquired amortizable intangible assets using the estimated remaining useful lives. The acquired intangible assets include customer relationships (estimated at $2,426,000 and estimated 15-year life), tradename (estimated at $517,000 and estimated 15-year life), and order backlog (estimated at $1,774,000 and estimated 5-year life). The pro forma adjustment is estimated to be $573,647 for 2022.

 

Executive Salaries, Bonuses and Stock Based Compensation

 

As a result of the GTMR Acquisition, salaries of four Castellum executives were increased by a total of $97,500 annually. The pro forma adjustment of $97,500 represents the increased cost of additional salaries that would have been recorded had the GTMR Acquisition occurred on January 1, 2022. Additionally, pursuant to two Castellum executives’ employment agreements, bonuses were awarded to these executives in the form of cash of $58,641 and  warrants to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock valued at $1,076,969.


5


Difference in salary for prior GTMR Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”)


Before the GTMR Acquisition, the prior GTMR CEO had an annual salary of $250,000. Subsequent to the GTMR Acquisition, the prior GTMR CEO signed an employment agreement that stipulates he will receive an annual base salary of $200,000. Since the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information for 2022 is derived from the historical consolidated financial statements of GTMR, this Transaction Adjustment is the difference between the prior annual salary of $250,000 and the new annual salary of $200,000 which is ($50,000).

 

(b) Interest Expense, Net of Interest Income

 

As part of the Crom Transaction, the Company extinguished its prior note payable due to Crom and entered into the New Crom Note. Interest and amortization expense recognized during 2022 on the Company’s Prior Crom Note was $696,534. Interest and amortization expense to recognize during 2022, if the Crom transaction and GTMR Acquisition occurred on January 1, 2022, would be $672,000. This transaction adjustment is the difference between the amortization and interest expense recognized under the prior Crom note and the New Crom Note, resulting from the Crom Transaction, which is a decrease in interest and amortization expense of $24,534.

 

(c) Income Taxes

 

In order to estimate the pro forma tax impacts of the GTMR Acquisition related to the GTMR Transaction Adjustments, GTMR’s historical income tax was estimated using a combined blended U.S. federal and state statutory tax rate of 24.14%.

 

The combined blended U.S. federal and state statutory tax rate is not necessarily indicative of the effective tax rate of the combined company. The effective tax rate of the combined company could be significantly different (either higher or lower) depending on post-acquisition activities, cash needs, the geographical mix of income, and changes in tax law.

 

The following items comprise the tax expense/(benefit) of the transaction adjustments:

 

Reduction in valuation allowance

 

$

(1,244,368

)

Transaction adjustments

 

 

12,070

 

Total tax expense/(benefit)

 

$

(1,232,298

)

 

GTMR’s historical deferred tax liability of $216,421 increases to the deferred tax liability balance of $1,244,368 due to purchase accounting adjustments. GTMR will be included in the Company’s consolidated tax return following the acquisition, the Company has determined that the deferred tax liabilities related to the acquisition provide sufficient taxable income to realize the Company’s deferred tax assets of $1,244,368. The income tax benefit of $1,244,368 related to the reduction in the Company’s valuation allowance is a nonrecurring adjustment to income from continuing operations.

 

The pro forma income tax effects related to the additional pro forma amortization, salaries, and interest expense adjustments from the GTMR Acquisition are calculated using an estimated pro forma combined blended U.S. federal and state statutory tax rate of 24.14% adjusted for non-deductible expenses related to executive compensation.  The tax benefit related to amortization, salaries and interest expenses are primarily offset by the change in valuation allowance.  The 2022 net impact of the additional pro forma amortization, salaries, and interest expense adjustments is a pro forma tax expense of $12,070, and the total net tax benefit of the GTMR Transaction Adjustments is a tax benefit of  $1,232,298.


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Note 4: Management Adjustments to the Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Information

 

(d) General and Administrative Expenses

 

The following items comprise the total Management Adjustments that impact general and administrative expenses for 2022:

 

Unallowable government contracting costs

 

$

(533,140

)

Headcount adjustments

 

 

(119,778

)

 

 

$

(652,918

)

 

Unallowable government contracting costs


Prior to the GTMR Acquisition, GTMR incurred certain unallowable government contracting costs, such as life insurance, advertising, bonuses, professional fees, and other costs. The Company determined that it would not continue these costs as a consolidated company and, therefore, $533,140 of these unallowable government contracting costs would be eliminated resulting in a pro forma management adjustment to reduce general and administrative expenses by this amount as if the GTMR Acquisition occurred on January 1, 2022.

 

Headcount adjustments


As a result of the GTMR acquisition, certain indirect employee positions that existed at both Castellum and GTMR would be terminated to reduce any redundant indirect positions. This adjustment to headcount resulted in a pro forma management adjustment of $119,778 that reduced general and administrative expenses. This amount accounts for headcount adjustments as if the adjustments occurred after March 31, 2022.

 

(e) Income Taxes

 

In order to estimate the pro forma tax impacts of the GTMR Acquisition related to the GTMR Management Adjustments, GTMR’s historical income tax was estimated using a combined blended U.S. federal and state statutory tax rate of 24.14%.

 

The combined blended U.S. federal and state statutory tax rate is not necessarily indicative of the effective tax rate of the combined company. The effective tax rate of the combined company could be significantly different (either higher or lower) depending on post-acquisition activities, cash needs, the geographical mix of income, and changes in tax law.

 

The pro forma income tax effects related to the unallowable government contracting costs and headcount adjustments from the GTMR Acquisition are calculated using an estimated pro forma combined blended U.S. federal and state statutory tax rate of 24.14% adjusted for non-deductible expenses. The tax expense includes additional deductions for excess interest deductions reducing the overall tax expense. The 2022 net impact of the above adjustments is a pro forma tax expense of $103,364.


Note 5: Pro Forma Loss Per Share

 

Net pro forma loss per share is calculated using the pro forma combined loss after giving effect to the GTMR Acquisition. The pro forma weighted average number of shares outstanding during the period was adjusted to give effect to 4,866,570 shares issued to consummate the GTMR Acquisition as if those shares were outstanding as of January 1, 2022.

 

Common stock equivalents are not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share when the Company reports a loss because to do so would be anti-dilutive for periods presented, so only the basic weighted average number of common shares are used in the computations for historical and pro forma earnings per share.

 

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