3. Business Combination

On July 21, 2021, the Company consummated the Business Combination. Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub merged with and into Legacy FF, with Legacy FF surviving the merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. Upon the consummation of the Business Combination, the Company changed its name from Property Solutions Acquisition Corp. to Faraday Future Intelligent Electric Inc.

On the Closing Date, and in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement, all issued and

outstanding Legacy FF Ordinary Stock and Convertible Preferred Stock were cancelled and converted into the holder’s right to receive shares of the Company’s Common Stock at the exchange ratio of 0.14130 (“Exchange Ratio”). Gross proceeds from the PSAC trust account were $229.6 million, out of which the Company received $206.4 million in cash, after netting PSAC’s transaction costs related to the Business Combination, and redemptions of $0.2 million. Each non-redeemed outstanding share of Common Stock of PSAC was converted into one share of Class A Common Stock of the Company. The shares of Legacy FF held by Legacy FF shareholders were converted into the right to receive 127,949,403 shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock and 64,000,588 shares of the Company’s Class B Common Stock. The conversion of the right to receive shares in the Company into Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock is subject to the shareholders executing and delivering certain customary documents to the Company’s transfer agent (see Note 14, Stockholders Equity (deficit)).

Commitment to Issue Class A and Class B Common Stock

As part of the Closing of the Business Combination, former stockholders and noteholders of Legacy FF are required to submit a signed Company share letter of transmittal or converting debt letter of transmittal along with a lock-up agreement to the Company’s transfer agent in order for shares of the Company to be issued in their name in exchange for their shares in, notes from, vendor trust or other supplier agreements with, Legacy FF. As of December 31, 2021, the Company’s transfer agent issued 167,280,677 legally outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock out of 320,433,395 shares of Class A and Class B Common Stock the Company is obligated to issue as part of the Business Combination, including the conversion of certain notes payable, related party notes payable and Vendor Trust obligations which the Company determined were legally settled upon the Closing pursuant to the terms of the agreements executed with those parties. Until the holder of the right to receive shares of the Company’s Class A and Class B Common Stock is issued shares, that holder does not have any of the rights of a stockholder. During the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company issued 89,152,131 shares of Class A Common Stock and 64,000,588 shares of Class B Common Stock in full satisfaction of its commitment to issue Class A and Class B Common Stock.

The Company determined that the obligation to issue shares of Class A and Class B Common Stock is indexed to the Company’s own equity, within the meaning in ASC 815-10-15-74 and met the scope exception to not be subject to derivative accounting under ASC 815-40-25. As such, the Company classified the obligation to issue shares of Class A and Class B Common Stock in equity.

For purposes of presentation of shares outstanding in the Company’s financial statements, the Consolidated Balance Sheets and Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit) present legally issued and outstanding shares.

For purposes of presentation of basic and diluted net loss per share in the Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss, the Company includes shares to be issued in the denominator in accordance with ASC 710-10-54-4 and ASC 260-10-45-48 as if they had been issued on the date of the merger, as such shares are non-contingent and are issuable for no consideration.

Earnout Shares

Legacy FF shareholders, as of the Closing Date of the Business Combination until its fifth anniversary, are entitled to contingent consideration of up to 25,000,000 additional shares of Class A Common Stock in the aggregate in two equal tranches upon the occurrence of each earnout triggering event (“Earnout Shares”). The earnout triggering events and related Earnout Shares as defined in the Merger Agreement are:

The Company recognized the Earnout Shares at fair value upon the closing of the Business Combination and classified them in Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit) since the Earnout Shares were determined to be indexed to the Company’s own stock and meet the requirements for equity classification in accordance with ASC 815-40. The Company treated the issuance of the Earnout Shares as a deemed dividend as the Business Combination was accounted for as a reverse recapitalization. Since it had a deficit of retained earnings, the Company recorded the issuance of the Earnout Shares in additional paid-in capital (“APIC”),where it had a net-nil impact on the APIC balance. The Company determined that the fair value of the Earnout Shares at the Closing Date was $293.9 million based on a valuation using a Monte Carlo simulation with key inputs and assumptions such as stock price, term, dividend yield, risk-free rate, and volatility.

Public and Private Warrants

In connection with the Business Combination, the Company assumed 22,977,568 public warrants (“Public Warrants”) and 594,551 private warrants (“Private Warrants”) previously issued by PSAC, each with an exercise price of $11.50 per share. The Public Warrants and the Private Warrants are exercisable into Class A Common Stock within a period of five years from the Closing Date. The Company determined that the Public Warrants were indexed to its own stock and met the requirements for equity classification in accordance with ASC 815-40. The Company determined that the Private Warrants failed to meet the equity scope exception because the settlement provisions vary based on the holder of the warrant, which is not an input into a fixed-for-fixed option pricing model. The Company recorded the Private Warrants as a derivative liability measured at fair value within Other Liabilities, less Current Portion on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The fair value of the Private Warrants was $2.2 million upon the Closing of the Business Combination. As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, The fair value of the Private Warrants was $0.1 million and $0.6 million, respectively.

Reverse Recapitalization

While the legal acquirer in the Business Combination was PSAC, for accounting and financial reporting purposes under GAAP, Legacy FF was determined to be the accounting acquirer and the Business Combination was accounted for as a “reverse recapitalization” based on the facts and circumstances, including the following:

A reverse recapitalization does not result in a new basis of accounting and the financial statements of the combined entity represent the continuation of the financial statements of Legacy FF. Under this method of accounting, PSAC was treated as the “acquired” entity. Accordingly, the consolidated assets, liabilities, and results of operations of Legacy FF became the historical financial statements of the Company, and PSAC’s assets and liabilities were consolidated with Legacy FF’s on July 21, 2021. Operations of Legacy FF prior to the Business Combination will be presented as those of the Company in future reports.

The net assets of PSAC, as well as assumed transaction costs related to the Business Combination, were recognized at their carrying value immediately prior to the Closing Date with no goodwill or other intangible assets recorded and were as follows, net of transaction costs (dollars in thousands):

Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, immediately prior to the Closing, all of the issued and outstanding Class B Convertible Preferred Stock held by FF Top Holding LLC (which, as of February 2023, changed its name to FF Global Partners Investment LLC) (“FF Top”) converted into Legacy FF Class B Ordinary Stock at a ratio of 1:1. Upon the consummation of the merger, these shares were cancelled and converted into the holder’s right to receive 64,000,588 shares of Class B Common Stock using the Exchange Ratio. Similarly, immediately prior to the Closing, all other outstanding shares of Legacy FF converted into Legacy FF Class A Ordinary Stock at a ratio of 1:1. Upon the consummation of the merger, these shares were cancelled and converted into the holder’s right to receive 127,949,403 shares of Class A Common Stock using the Exchange Ratio. Each of the Company’s options that were outstanding immediately prior to the closing of the Business Combination remained outstanding and converted into the right to purchase Class A Common Stock equal to the number of original Legacy FF’s Ordinary Stock, subject to such options, multiplied by the Exchange Ratio at an exercise price per share equal to the current exercise price per share for such option divided by the Exchange Ratio for aggregate outstanding options of 42,193,512 under the EI Plan and the STI Plan (defined under Note 15, Stock-Based Compensation) as of the Closing. The outstanding warrants issued to a U.S.-based investment firm were adjusted to increase the shares allowed to be purchased to 2,687,083 shares of Class A Common Stock at an exercise price of $10.00 per share, in accordance with a down-round provision included in the warrant agreements (see Note 10, Notes Payable). The aggregate amount of shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon exercise of these outstanding options and warrants is 44,880,595.

PIPE Financing

Concurrently with the execution of the Merger Agreement, the Company entered into separate Subscription Agreements with a number of investors (“PIPE Investors”) pursuant to which, on the Closing Date, the PIPE Investors purchased, and the Company issued, an aggregate of 76,140,000 shares of Class A Common Stock, for a purchase price of $10.00 per share with an aggregate purchase price of $761.4 million (“PIPE Financing”). Shares sold and issued in the PIPE Financing included registration rights. The closing of the Private Placement occurred immediately prior to the Closing Date.

Settlement of Liabilities and Commitment to Issue Shares

In conjunction with the closing of the Business Combination, the Company paid $139.6 million in cash and committed to issue 24,464,994 shares of Class A Common Stock at a value of $10.00 per share to settle liabilities of the Company and to compensate current and former employees, including: (i) notes payable principal amounts of $85.2 million and accrued interest of $7.4 million; (ii) related party notes payable principal amounts of $91.4 million and accrued interest of $13.6 million; (iii) interests in the Vendor Trust of $124.7 million, including payables of $103.0 million and purchase orders in the amount of $8.4 million related to goods and services yet to be received, and accrued interest thereon of $13.3 million; (iv) $19.8 million of amounts due to vendors; and (v) $9.6 million to current and former employees as a bonus. In addition, the Company issued 1,350,970 restricted stock awards, net of forfeitures, to current employees as a bonus (see Note 15, Stock-Based Compensation).

In connection with the Business Combination, the Company converted certain related party notes payable, notes payable, and beneficial interests in the Vendor Trust into the right to receive Class A Common Stock at $10.00 per share which was below the fair value of the Class A Common Stock on the date of conversion. The conversion resulted in the Company recording a loss upon settlement of the related party notes payable, notes payables, Vendor Trust, and amounts due to vendors(including accrued interest thereon) of $94.7 million in the Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss for the year ended December 31, 2021.

The number of shares of Common Stock the Company committed to issue upon the Closing of the Business Combination were as follows:

Subsequent to the closing of the Business Combination, the Company issued 80,000 shares of Class A Common Stock and 80,000 Private Warrants to settle related party notes of PSAC with an aggregate principal amount of $0.8 million (see Note 9, Related Party Notes Payable).

Reconciliation of transaction costs

Total direct and incremental transaction costs aggregated to $125.9 million, of which $0.9 million were expensed and the remaining $125.0 million were recorded as a reduction to APIC as equity transaction costs.

Below is a reconciliation of the transaction costs related to the Business Combination and the PIPE Financing that were recorded as a reduction to APIC as equity transaction costs (dollars in thousands):

Retroactive Application of Reverse Recapitalization

As discussed above, the Business Combination is accounted for as a reverse recapitalization of the Company’s equity structure. Pursuant to GAAP, the Company recast its Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit) from December 31, 2019, to the Closing Date, the total stockholders’ equity (deficit) within the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2020, and the weighted average Common Stock outstanding, and Class A and Class B, basic and diluted earnings per share for the year ended December 31, 2020, by applying the recapitalization retroactively.

Retroactive Application of Reverse Recapitalization to the Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit)

Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, as part of the closing of the Business Combination, all of the issued and outstanding shares of Class B Convertible Preferred Stock of Legacy FF and all other issued and outstanding shares of Legacy FF Redeemable Preference Stock and Class A-1, Class A-2, and Class A-3 Convertible Preferred Stock and Class A and Class B Ordinary Stock converted into either Legacy FF Class B Ordinary Stock or Legacy FF Class A Ordinary Stock in an amount calculated by dividing them by the Exchange Ratio into a commitment to issue 64,000,588 shares of Class B Common Stock and a commitment to issue 127,949,403 shares of Class A Common Stock.

(1)	The Company issued Convertible Preferred Stock Class A-3 immediately prior to the Closing of the Business Combination to settle certain notes payable (see Note 10, Notes Payable). These shares converted into a commitment to issue Class A Common Stock upon the Closing.

Retroactive Application of Reverse Recapitalization to the Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss

Based on the retroactive application of the reverse recapitalization to the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit), the Company recalculated the weighted average shares for the year ended December 31, 2021. The redeemable preference stock and convertible preferred stock was converted to Legacy FF Ordinary Stock as of December 31, 2020, and combined with the basic and diluted weighted-average Legacy FF Ordinary Stock which was retroactively converted to the Company’s Class A Common Stock using the Exchange Ratio to conform to the recast Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit) (see Note 17, Net Loss per Share).

Retroactive Application of Reverse Recapitalization to the Consolidated Balance Sheets

To conform to the retroactive application of recapitalization of the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit), the Company reclassified $724.8 million of Legacy FF Redeemable Preference Stock and $697.6 million of Legacy FF Class B Convertible Preferred Stock to APIC, less amounts attributable to the par value of the Common Stock as of December 31, 2020. Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, as part of the closing of the Business Combination, the Company reclassified Convertible Preferred Stock Classes A-1, A-2, and A-3 in the amounts of $119.0 million, $271.9 million and $2.2 million, respectively, to APIC less amounts attributable to the par value of Class A Common Stock.

6. Property and Equipment, Net

Property and equipment, net, consists of the following as of December 31 (dollars in thousands):

The Company’s construction in process (“CIP”) is primarily related to the construction of tooling, machinery and equipment for the Company’s production facility in Hanford, California. Tooling, machinery, and equipment are either held at Company facilities, primarily the Hanford plant, or at the vendor’s location until the tooling, machinery and equipment is completed. Of the $392.9 million and $275.0 million of CIP, $195.7 million and $43.5 million is held at Company facilities and $197.2 million and $231.6 million is held at vendor locations as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

Depreciation and amortization expense totaled $3.0 million and $3.0 million for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

On October 29, 2021, the purchase option for the HQ Gardena headquarters expired. Accordingly, the Company removed from its Consolidated Balance Sheets the HQ asset, net and finance obligation in the amounts of $25.4 million and $28.9 million, respectively, resulting in a gain of $3.5 million. The Company recognized the gain using the installment method, deferring the gain and recognizing it over the remaining lease term of five years by applying the percentage of profit inherent in the transaction to the remaining lease payments.

A total of $14.2 million has been recorded within property and equipment as of December 31, 2022 for finance leases and capital leases as of December 31, 2021, respectively. The Company terminated two equipment leases during December 2022 resulting in a loss of $0.3 million. At December 31, 2022, the Company has a finance lease for its ieFactory California production facility in Hanford.

Due to the build out of the Company’s manufacturing facility in Hanford, California, the Company has an asset retirement obligation (“ARO”) totaling $9.4 million and $3.0 million for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. The ARO is recorded to Other liability, less current portion with a corresponding ARO asset within Buildings and Tooling, machinery, and equipment. The ARO asset is depreciated to operating expense over the remaining term of the lease through December 2027.

During 2022 and 2021, the Company disposed of $9.6 million and $72.1 million of CIP relating to the abandonment of certain FF 91 program assets, primarily vendor tooling, machinery and equipment, due to the redesign of the related FF 91 components and implementation of the Company’s cost reduction program. Disposals of CIP of $3.7 million and $64.2 million were charged to operating expenses in the Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss during the year ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. In addition, there were disposals of CIP of $5.9 million and $7.9 million for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, which reduced Accounts payable in the Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

8. Fair Value of Financial Instruments

Cash Equivalents

The fair value of the Company’s money market funds is based on the closing price of these assets as of the reporting date, which are included in cash equivalents. The Company’s money market funds are classified within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy because they are valued using quoted prices for identical instruments in active markets. The Company had no cash equivalents at December 31, 2022 and 2021.

Notes Payable

The Company has elected to measure certain notes payable at fair value. Specifically, the Optional Notes and the June 2021 Notes (as defined below), issued pursuant to the Note Purchase Agreement (“NPA”), and the Bridge Notes (as defined below), issued pursuant to the SPA (as defined below), as amended as they contain embedded liquidation premiums with conversion rights that represent embedded derivatives (see Note 10, Notes Payable). The Company used a binomial lattice model to value the notes payable which is widely used for valuing convertible notes. The significant assumptions used in the binomial lattice model include the risk-free rate, annual dividend yield, expected life, and volatility of the Company’s stock.

For notes payable issued on March 1, 2021, and August 26, 2021, and other remaining notes payable and related party notes payable, the Company employed the yield method. This valuation method uses a discounted cash flow analysis, estimating the expected cash flows for the debt instrument in different scenarios and then discounting them at the market yield. The significant unobservable input used in the fair value measurement is the market yield. The market yield is determined using external market yield data, including yields exhibited by publicly traded bonds by S&P credit rating as well as the borrowing rates of guideline public companies. The yield is affected by the market movements in credit spreads and bond yields. In general, increases in the yield would decrease the fair value of the liability, and conversely, decreases in the yield would increase the fair value of the liability.

The fair value adjustments related to notes payables were recorded in Change in Fair Value Measurements on the Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss. Fair value measurements associated with Notes Payable liabilities represent Level 3 valuations under the fair value hierarchy.

Bridge Warrants

The Company used a Monte Carlo simulation model to measure the fair value of the warrants, where the significant assumptions used the volatility rate, the forecasted term of the Bridge Warrants and the projected stock price of the Company’s Class A Common Stock over such term. Fair value measurements associated with the liability-classified warrants represent Level 3 valuations under the fair value hierarchy.

Ares Warrants

In conjunction with notes payable agreements entered into with Ares Capital Corporation (“Ares”) on March 1, 2021 (see Note 10, Notes Payable), the Company agreed to issue warrants to purchase a variable number of the Company’s shares (“Ares Warrants”). The commitment to issue the Ares Warrants initially met the definition of a derivative and did not meet the equity scope exception in ASC 815-40 as the warrants were not considered indexed to the entity’s own equity given the variable number of underlying shares and exercise prices, and the fair value was recorded as a liability. The Company determined the commitment to issue warrants was a liability as of March 1, 2021, and estimated the fair value of the warrants to be $5.0 million. Upon issuance of the Ares Warrants on August 5, 2021, the number of shares underlying the Ares Warrants and exercise price were fixed at 670,092 and $10.00 per share, respectively, and the Ares Warrants met all other requirements of the equity scope exception under ASC 815-40. The issuance of the warrants satisfied the commitment to issue warrants. As such, the Ares Warrants were determined to be equity classified and were recorded in APIC. The Company determined that the fair value of the Ares Warrants as of August 5, 2021 was $2.5 million.

The Company used the Black-Scholes option pricing model to value the Ares Warrants. The Black-Scholes model requires the use of several assumptions including, the exercise price of the warrant, the term over which the warrants can be exercised, the risk-free rate, the underlying stock price, and the volatility of the underlying stock price.

ATW NPA Warrants

In conjunction with notes payable issued under the NPA (see Note 10, Notes Payable), on various dates in September 2020, January 2021 and March 2021, the Company issued warrants to a US-based investment firm to purchase an aggregate of 1,187,083 shares of Class A Common Stock with exercise price of $10.00 per share and expiration dates 7 years from the dates of issuance, which were adjusted for down-round provisions in the original warrant agreements. The fair value of the warrants was recorded in APIC because the warrants met the derivative accounting scope exception in ASC 815-40 for certain contracts involving an entity’s own stock. The Company estimated the fair value of warrants issued in January 2021 and March 2021 to be $2.0 million and the fair value of the warrants issued in September 2020 to be $0.5 million, which were included in APIC on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The Company utilized the Black-Scholes valuation model to value the September 2020, January 2021, and March 2021 warrants. The Black-Scholes model requires the use of several assumptions including the warrant exercise price, the term of the warrants, the risk-free rate, the underlying stock price, and the volatility of the underlying stock price. On August 10, 2021, these warrants were replaced with the issuance of warrants with the rights to purchase 1,187,083 shares of Class A Common Stock at an exercise price of $10.00 per share and with the same expiration dates as the previous warrants. The number of shares and exercise prices were adjusted for down-round provisions in the original warrant agreements.

In conjunction with the issuance of additional notes payable to the same US-based investment firm on June 9, 2021 (see Note 10, Notes Payable), the Company issued warrants to purchase up to 1,500,000 shares of Class A Common Stock with an exercise price of $10.00 per share and an expiration date 7 years from the date of issuance, which were adjusted for down-round provisions in the original warrant agreements. The Company determined the warrants are indexed to the Company’s own stock and, as such, meet the scope exception in accordance with ASC 815-40. Upon their issuance, the Company estimated the fair value of the warrants to be $5.1 million, which is recorded in APIC on the Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2021. The Company utilized the Black-Scholes valuation model to value the warrants.

In conjunction with the issuance of the Optional Notes on August 10, 2021 (see Note 10, Notes Payable), the Company issued warrants to purchase up to 1,187,083 shares of Class A Common Stock with an exercise price of $10.00 per share and an expiration date of August 10, 2028. The fair value of the warrants was recorded in equity because the warrants meet the derivative accounting scope exception in ASC 815-40 for certain contracts involving an entity’s own stock. The Company estimated the fair value of the warrants to be $8.0 million, which is included in APIC on the Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2021. The Company utilized a Black-Scholes valuation model to value the August 10, 2021 warrants. The Black-Scholes model requires the use of several assumptions including the warrant exercise price, the term of the warrants, the risk-free rate, the underlying stock price, and the volatility of the underlying stock price.

SEPA

On November 23, 2022, the Company issued 789,016 Commitment Shares in satisfaction of the commitment fee agreed upon in the SEPA. During the year ended December 31, 2022 and as of the date of issuing the Consolidated Financial Statements, the Company did not direct Yorkville to buy any shares of Class A Common Stock. The Company determined that SEPA represents a derivative financial instrument under ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging, which should be recorded at fair value at inception and each reporting date thereafter. The financial instrument was classified as a derivative asset with a fair value of zero at the inception of the SEPA and as of December 31, 2022.

Commitment to Issue Class A Common Stock

PSAC entered into a transaction services agreement, dated as of October 13, 2020 (and amended on October 28, 2020), pursuant to which Riverside Management Group (“RMG”) provided consulting and advisory services in connection with the Business Combination in exchange for (i) $10,000 in cash from PSAC at the closing of the Business Combination, (ii) 1,697,500 unregistered shares of Class A Common Stock with an equal amount of shares of common stock in PSAC being forfeited by the PSAC Sponsor for no consideration immediately prior to the Closing, and (iii) 690,000 unregistered shares of Class A Common Stock issued by the Company in conjunction with the closing of the Business Combination having a value equal to $6.9 million and an attributed value of $10.00 per share.

On July 18, 2021, the Company entered into an omnibus transaction services fee agreement and acknowledgement (“Agreement and Acknowledgement”) with RMG. Pursuant to the Agreement and Acknowledgement, the Company will issue 2,387,500 registered shares of Class A Common Stock to the parties upon effectiveness of the registration statement covering these shares. As of December 31, 2021, the Company’s registration statement was not effective.

Upon the closing of the Business Combination, the Company assumed an obligation of PSAC to deliver 2,387,500 registered shares of Class A Common Stock to an entity that provided consulting and advisory services in connection with the Business Combination to PSAC for no consideration.

Prior to the adoption of ASU 2020-06 on January 1, 2022, the agreement with the service provider specified that the shares to be delivered are required to be registered, which is considered to be outside of the control of the Company, and therefore this obligation failed to qualify for equity treatment under ASC 815-40-25-10, and net cash settlement was assumed.

As a result, in conjunction with recording the assets and liabilities of PSAC on the closing of the Business Combination, the Company recorded a liability of $32.9 million for the Obligation to issue registered shares of Class A Common Stock in the Consolidated Balance Sheets during the year ended December 31, 2021. As of December 31, 2021, the fair value of the liability was $12.6 million resulting in a gain of $20.3 million recorded in the Change in fair value measurements in the Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss for the year ended December 31, 2021.

The Company used the probability-weighted expected return method (“PWERM”) to determine the fair value of the obligation to issue registered shares. The PWERM framework is a scenario-based methodology that estimates the fair value of the obligation based upon an analysis of future values of the settlement of the obligation to issue shares, assuming various outcomes. The probability weightings assigned to certain potential scenarios were based on management’s assessment of the probability of settlement of the liability in cash or shares and an assessment of the timing of settlement. In the equity settlement scenario, the obligation valuation was based on the Company’s share price as of each valuation date. In the cash settlement scenario, the obligation valuation was based the cash payment that equates to the share price times total shares to be issued, discounted to each valuation date.

Fair value measurements associated with the obligation to issue shares represent Level 3 valuations under the fair value hierarchy.

On January 1, 2022, upon the adoption of ASU 2020-06, the requirement to consider whether settlement is required to be in registered shares is no longer required to be considered in an entity’s evaluation of net cash settlement, however ASC 480-10-S99-3a was not amended in a similar fashion and therefore the Company, as part of the adjustments due to the adoption of ASU 2020-06, reclassified the Obligation to issue registered shares of Class A Common Stock from liabilities to the Commitment to issue Class A Common Stock within temporary equity.

On July 21, 2022, the Company amended its agreement with the service provider and delivered 2,387,500 unregistered shares of Class A Common Stock in satisfaction of its obligation. Upon its settlement, the carrying amount of the commitment equaled its initial carrying amount, therefore the Company classified the entire commitment to issue Class A Common Stock to APIC in the amount of $32.9 million.

Public and Private Warrants

Upon the Closing of the Business Combination, the Company assumed 22,977,568 Public Warrants and 594,551 Private Warrants from PSAC. The Company also issued 80,000 Private Warrants to settle related party notes of PSAC (see Note 3, Business Combination). The Public Warrants are indexed to the Company’s own stock and, as such, meet the scope exception in accordance with ASC 815-40 to be classified in equity. The Private Warrants are classified as liabilities and the fair value is included in Other Liabilities, Less Current Portion on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The Company valued the Private Warrants using a binomial lattice model. Inherent in a binomial lattice model are assumptions related to risk free rate, annual dividend yield, expected warrant life, and volatility of the Company’s stock. The Company estimated the fair value of the Private Warrants to be $2.2 million upon their assumption from PSAC on July 21, 2021 and $0.1 million and $0.6 million as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. Changes in the fair value of the Private Warrants are recorded in Change in Fair Value Measurements in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss.

Fair value measurements associated with the Private Warrants liabilities represent Level 3 valuations under the fair value hierarchy.

Transfer of Private Warrants to Unaffiliated Third Parties

In the year ended December 31, 2022 PSAC Sponsor transferred a total 563,420 Private Warrants to unaffiliated third-party purchasers on the open market. No transfers were made during the year ended December 31, 2021. Upon such transfer, the transferred warrants became subject to identical terms to the Public Warrants underlying the units offered in the initial public offering of PSAC. Therefore, upon their transfer the Company classified the warrants to APIC at their fair value of $0.6 million and $0.0 million, respectively for the years ending December 31, 2022 and 2021.

The Public Warrants are indexed to the Company’s own stock and, as such, meet the scope exception in accordance with ASC 815-40 to be classified in equity. The Private Warrants are classified as liabilities and the fair value is included in Other Liabilities, Less Current Portion on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The Company valued the Private Warrants using a binomial lattice model. Inherent in a binomial lattice model are assumptions related to risk free rate, annual dividend yield, expected warrant life, and volatility of the Company’s stock.

Recurring Fair Value Measurements

Financial assets and financial liabilities are classified in their entirety based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The following tables present financial assets and liabilities remeasured on a recurring basis by level within the fair value hierarchy (dollars in thousands):

The carrying amounts of the Company’s financial assets and liabilities, including cash, restricted cash, deposits, and accounts payable approximate fair value because of their short-term nature or contractually defined value.

The following table summarizes financial instruments carried at fair value for the year ended December 31, 2022 (dollars in thousands):

		Bridge Warrants				Notes Payable, Ares				Notes Payable, Bridge				Notes Payable, ATW NPA				Private Warrants				Obligation to issue Registered Shares of Class A Common Stock
Balance as of December 31, 2021		$	-			$	87,619			$	-			$	73,663			$	642			$	12,635
Additions (1)			9,938				-				82,000				-				-				-
Payment of transaction costs			-				-				(3,834	)			-				-				-
Changes in fair value measurements			85,192				(554	)			(20,874	)			(5,466	)			(326	)			-
Payments of notes payable			-				(87,065	)			-				-				-				-
Conversions of notes to Common Stock			-				-				(31,284	)			(68,197	)			-				-
Reclassification of Private Warrants to Public Warrants			-				-				-				-				(264	)			-
Reclassification of obligation to issue registered shares upon adoption of ASC 2020-06			-				-				-								-				(12,635	)
Balance as of December 31, 2022		$	95,130			$	-			$	26,008			$	-			$	52			$	-