NOTE 4 - STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

We are authorized to issue 200,000,000 shares of common stock and 50,000,000 shares of preferred stock, at $.0001 par value per share. As of December 31, 2020, we have 81,974,619 shares of our common stock and no shares of our preferred stock issued and outstanding.

Common Stock

At The Market Offering Agreement

On July 19, 2019, we entered into an At The Market Offering Agreement (the “Agreement”) with H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC (“H.C. Wainwright”) which establishes an at-the-market equity program pursuant to which we may offer and sell shares of our common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”), from time to time as set forth in the Agreement. The Agreement provides for the sale of shares of our Common Stock (“Shares”) having an aggregate offering price of up to $7,472,417.

Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Agreement, H.C. Wainwright will use its commercially reasonable efforts consistent with its normal trading and sales practices to sell the Shares from time to time, based upon our instructions. We have provided H.C. Wainwright with customary indemnification rights, and H.C. Wainwright will be entitled to a commission at a fixed rate equal to three percent (3.0%) of the gross proceeds per Share sold. In addition, we have agreed to pay certain expenses incurred by H.C. Wainwright in connection with the Agreement, including up to $25,000 of the fees and disbursements of their counsel. The Agreement will terminate upon the earlier of sale of all of the Shares under the Agreement or July 19, 2022 unless terminated earlier by either party as permitted under the Agreement.

Sales of the Shares, if any, under the Agreement shall be made in transactions that are deemed to be “at the market offerings” as defined in Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), including sales made by means of ordinary brokers’ transactions, including on the Nasdaq Capital Market, at market prices or as otherwise agreed with H.C. Wainwright. We have no obligation to sell any of the Shares, and, at any time, we may suspend offers under the Agreement or terminate the Agreement.

Follow On Offering

On July 23, 2020, the Company entered into an underwriting agreement with H.C. Wainwright. The Company agreed to sell H.C. Wainwright 7,666,666 shares of its common stock, including the exercise in full by H.C. Wainwright of the option to purchase an additional 999,999 shares of common stock, at a public offering price of $0.90 per share. The gross proceeds of this offering, which closed on July 28, 2020, were approximately $6.9 million, and proceeds, net of underwriting discount and expenses of $0.6 million, were $6.3 million. Additionally, representative’s warrant to purchase 536,667 shares of our common stock with a five year term and an exercise price of $1.125 per share were issued.

Shelf Registration Statements on Form S-3 and At The Market Offering Agreements

On August 13, 2020, the Company’s Shelf Registration Statement on Form S-3, filed on August 6, 2020, was declared effective by the SEC, along with the Company’s At The Market Offering Agreement, entered into by the Company and H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC, as Exhibit 1.1 to the Form S-3 (the “2020 At The Market Agreement”). This 2020 At the Market Agreement establishes an at-the-market equity program pursuant to which the Company may offer and sell shares of its common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, with an aggregate offering price of up to $100 million, from time to time as set forth in the agreement.

On December 22, 2020, the Company’s Shelf Registration Statement on Form S-3, filed on December 11, 2020, was declared effective by the SEC, along with the Company’s At The Market Offering Agreement, entered into by the Company and H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC, as Exhibit 1.1 to the Form S-3 (the “2020 At The Market Agreement”). This 2020 At the Market Agreement establishes an at-the-market equity program pursuant to which the Company may offer and sell shares of its common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, with an aggregate offering price of up to $200 million, from time to time as set forth in the agreement.

During the year ended December 31, 2020, 54,301,698 shares of common stock were issued under the Company’s 2020 At The Market Agreements for total proceeds of approximately $307.1 million, net of offering costs, of $9.4 million, and the Company has sold all shares possible under the Agreements.

During the year ended December 31, 2019, 172,126 of common stock were issued under the Company’s 2019 At The Market Agreements for total proceeds of approximately $0.3 million, net of offering costs, of $0.01 million, and the Company has sold all shares possible under the Agreements.

Asset Purchase Agreement

On September 30, 2019, the Company consummated the purchase of 6000 S-9 Bitmain 13.5 TH/s Bitcoin Antminers (“Miners”) from SelectGreen Blockchain Ltd., a British Columbia corporation, for which the purchase price was $4,086,250 or 2,335,000 shares of its common stock at a price of $1.75 per share. As a result of an exchange cap requirement imposed in conjunction with the Company’s Listing of Additional Shares application filed with Nasdaq to the transaction, the Company issued 1,276,442 shares of its common stock which represented $2,233,773 of the $4,086,250 (constituting 19.9% of the issued and outstanding shares on the date of the Asset Purchase Agreement) and upon the receipt of shareholder approval, at the Annual Shareholders Meeting to be held on November 15, 2019, the Company can issue the balance of the 1,058,558 unregistered common stock shares. The shareholders did approve the issuance of the additional shares at the Annual Shareholders Meeting. The Company has issued an additional 474,808 at $0.90 per share. The $513,700 set forth on the balance sheet for mining servers payable reflects the fair value of 583,750 shares to be issued at $0.88 per share to conclude the purchase of the Miners at December 31, 2019. The Company recorded change in fair value of mining payable of $66,547 and $507,862 during the year ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.. There is no requirement for the Company to make a payment in cash in lieu of issuing the remaining shares.

Agreements with Beowulf Energy

On October 6, 2020, the Company entered into a series of agreements with affiliates of Beowulf Energy LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (collectively and as applicable, “Beowulf”) and Two Point One, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“2Pl”; Marathon, Beowulf and 2Pl each a “Party” and, collectively, the “Parties”). Beowulf and 2Pl have been designing and developing a data center facility of up to 100-megawatts (the “Facility”) that will be located next to, and supplied energy directly from, Beowulf’s power generating station in Hardin, MT (the “Hardin Station”). The Facility is being developed in two phases to reach its 100 MW capacity, and the Hardin Station will supply the Facility exclusively with energy to operate Bitcoin mining servers.

The projected build out cost for Phase I is approximately $14 million, which is front loaded as the infrastructure is being built for the full 100 MW project. It entails high voltage equipment to break down the full 100 MW load from the generating station, and thereafter, the infrastructure cost per MW is a matter of distributing power at a container level. Assuming market conditions similar to current, the build out cost for Phase II works out to approximately $200,000 - $250,000 per MW. These are all in costs covering all equipment and labor needed starting from the power coming off the Generating Station distributed down to running the actual miners: including breakers, transformers, switches, containers, PDUs, fans, network cables, and the like.

Marathon and Beowulf entered into an exclusive Power Purchase Agreement for the initial supply of 30 MW (Phase I), and up to 100 MW in the aggregate (Phase II), of energy load to the Facility at a cost of $0.028/kWh. The initial term of the Power Purchase Agreement is five years, with up to five additional three-year extensions, as mutually agreed, assuming 75% energy utilization of the initial 30 MW of energy supplied to the Facility. Marathon purchased certain mining infrastructure and equipment for the Facility from Beowulf for a purchase price of $750,000, and Marathon has the right, at no additional cost, to construct and access the Facility on land adjacent to the Hardin Station pursuant to a lease agreement with Beowulf.

Beowulf and 2P1 will provide operation and maintenance services for the Facility pursuant to a Data Facility Services Agreement, in exchange for an initial issuance of 3,000,000 shares of Marathon’s common stock to each of Beowulf and 2Pl valued at the time of execution or $1.87 per share. Upon completion of Phase I, Marathon will issue to Beowulf an additional 150,000 shares of its common stock. During Phase II, Marathon will issue to Beowulf an additional 350,000 shares of its common stock – 150,000 shares upon reaching 60 MW of Facility load and 200,000 at completion of the full 100 MW of Facility load. The cost to maintain and run the Facility will be $0.006/kWh. All shares issued under the Data Facility Services Agreement are issued pursuant to transactions exempt from registration under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933.

Other 2020 Common Stock Activity

During the month of January 2020, the Company issued 118,524 shares of common stock under the At The Market Offering for the total proceeds of $131,215, net of offering cost of $5,045.

During the month of February 2020, the Company issued 186,211 shares of common stock under the At The Market Offering for the total proceeds of $220,802, net of offering cost of $8,687.

During the month of March 2020, the Company issued 98,340 shares of common stock under the At The Market Offering for the total proceeds of $49,874, net of offering cost of $3,042.

On March 30, 2020, the Company issued 350,250 shares of common stock in exchange for S9 miners with a fair market value of $612,938.

During the month of April 2020, the Company issued 3,016,385 shares of common stock under the At The Market Offering for the total proceeds of $1,514,969, net of offering cost of $58,532.

During the month of May 2020, the Company issued 5,987,723 shares of common stock under the At The Market Offering for the total proceeds of $3,607,398, net of offering cost of $127,765.

During the month of June 2020, the Company issued 1,540,710 shares of common stock under the At The Market Offering for the total proceeds of $1,537,346, net of offering cost of $51,526.

On June 1, 2020, the Company issued 2,023,739 shares of common stock in exchange for the conversion and extinguishment of the note payable outstanding in an amount of $999,106.

During the month of August 2020, the Company issued 5,820,761 shares of common stock under the At The Market Offering for the total proceeds of $20,178,935, net of offering cost of $630,283.

During the month of September 2020, the Company issued 943,981 shares of common stock under the At The Market Offering for the total proceeds of $2,516,199, net of offering cost of $78,874.

During the month of October 2020, the Company issued 7,813,218 shares of common stock under the At The Market Offering for the total proceeds of $21,320,409, net of offering cost of $665,773.

On October 6, 2020, the Company issued 6,000,000 shares of common stock in exchange for five years of services pursuant to the Power Purchase Agreement and Data Facility Services Agreement for the total proceeds of $0, net of offering cost of $0 valued at the time of execution at $1.87 per share or $11,220,000 in aggregate.

During the month of November 2020, the Company issued 5,851,295 shares of common stock under the At The Market Offering for the total proceeds of $16,685,649, net of offering cost of $519,992.

During the month of December 2020, the Company issued 22,924,550 shares of common stock under the At The Market Offering for the total proceeds of $239,301,605, net of offering cost of $7,255,610.

2019 Common Stock Activity

On October 1, 2019, the Company issued 150,000 shares of its common stock to a consultant. The fair value of the common stock was $259,500.

Common Stock Warrants

A summary of the status of the Company’s outstanding stock warrants and changes during year ended is as follows:

The aggregate intrinsic value of options outstanding and exercisable at December 31, 2020 was $1,395,921.

On July 23, 2020, the Company entered into an underwriting agreement with H.C. Wainwright. The Company agreed to sell H.C. Wainwright 7,666,666 shares of its common stock, including the exercise in full by H.C. Wainwright of the option to purchase an additional 999,999 shares of common stock, at a public offering price of $0.90 per share. The gross proceeds of this offering, which closed on July 28, 2020, were approximately $6.9 million, and proceeds, net of underwriting discount and expenses of $0.6 million, were $6.3 million. Additionally, representative’s warrant to purchase 536,667 shares of our common stock with a five year term and an exercise price of $1.125 per share were issued.

Common Stock Options

On July 22, 2019, the Company’s board has approved to issue 275,000 shares of option to purchase the Company’s common stock to 8 employees and consultants for the service they provided. The options have a five-year term with an exercise price of $2.04, vesting 50% on the date of grant and 25% on each 6 months anniversary of the date of grant. The options were valued based on the Black-Scholes model, using the strike of $2.04 per share, an average expected term of 2.69 years, volatility of 39.46% based on the average volatility of comparable companies over the comparable prior period.

On May 5, 2020, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors held a meeting and approved bonuses and stock option grants for Directors and Officers for their contributions to the growth of Marathon Patent Group, Inc., for the year ended December 31, 2019. Total awards to be granted amounted to 1,158,138 restricted stock units at a price of $0.43 per unit with a term of one year, vesting quarterly in equal amounts, and (ii) cash award of $105,000 to Merrick Okamoto and $54,000 to David Lieberman. In addition, the Compensation Committee agreed to cancel 1,587,500 existing stock options for Directors, Officers and outside legal counsel, and replace them with 1,587,500 restricted stock units at a price of $0.43 per unit with a term of one year, vesting quarterly in equal amounts.

Due to the conversion of stock options to restricted stock options during 2020, the grant date fair value of stock options granted to employees during the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 were $0 and $163,165, respectively. Estimated future stock-based compensation expense relating to unvested stock options is approximately $0 as of December 31, 2020.

A summary of the stock options as of December 31, 2020 and changes during the year ended is as follows:

The aggregate intrinsic value of options outstanding and exercisable at December 31, 2020 was $210,000.

A summary of the stock options as of December 31, 2019 and changes during the year ended is as follows:

A summary of the RSUs as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively and changes during the period are presented below: