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Derivative Financial Instruments
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Forge Nano, Inc.  
Derivative Financial Instruments  
Derivative Financial Instruments

17.Derivative Financial Instruments

The Company evaluates its convertible instruments, options, warrants, or other contracts to determine if those contracts or embedded components of those contracts qualify as derivatives to be separately accounted for ASC 815. The result of this accounting treatment is that the fair value of the derivative is marked-to-market each balance sheet date and recorded as a liability. In the event that the fair value is recorded as a liability, the change in fair value is recorded in the condensed consolidated statements of operations as interest income (expense), and reported within the adjustments to reconcile net loss from operating activities as change in fair value of derivative liability within the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows. Upon conversion or exercise of the derivative instrument, it is marked to fair value at the conversion date, and the fair value is reclassified to preferred stock. If equity instruments that are initially classified as equity become subject to reclassification as liabilities under ASC 815, they are measured using the fair value of the instrument as of the reclassification date.

Warrants

In 2023, as part of the loan agreement between OIC and the Company (see Note 15), the Company issued warrants to OIC to purchase common stock at a price of $0.01 per share. The shares may be exercised during the period commencing on the repayment date and ending 30 calendar days following the repayment date. The repayment date is the earlier of (i) the date on which the loan is repaid or (ii) the earlier to occur of (a) November 5, 2025 and (b) the date upon which the entire outstanding principal amount of the loans,together with all unpaid interest, fees, charges and costs, shall be accelerated in accordance with the loan agreement. The number of shares available for purchase by each OIC fund is calculated by dividing $5,000 by the common stock price and then multiplying each OIC fund’s respective percentage. The common stock price is the Series C original issue price. The liability is recorded at fair value at inception and recorded as debt discount at the grant date. The Company extended the repayment date to May 2026 and extended the exercise period to align with the revised payment date. The fair value is revalued at each reporting date on a recurring basis. On March 31, 2025 OIC leveraged $2,000 of its outstanding note to exercise 26,172 of its warrants to purchase Series D shares at the Series C exercise price

In 2023, the Company issued a warrant to purchase shares of Series C preferred stock to General Motors Ventures, LLC (Holder). The warrants were exercisable between December 26, 2023 and September 26, 2024 unless a joint development agreement between the Company and Holder is entered into prior to September 26, 2024. As of September 11, 2024, the joint development agreement was reached and the General Motors Ventures, LLC warrants were exercised. The number of shares purchasable by Holder was calculated by dividing $5,000 by the stock purchase price of $76.41, rounded down to the nearest whole number, or 65,430. The liability was recorded at fair value at inception and recorded as a discount to the Series C preferred stock at the grant date. The fair value was revalued annually on a recurring basis. Holder exercised its warrants on September 30, 2024.

Warrant Shares

  ​ ​ ​

2025

  ​ ​ ​

2024

Beginning balance

 

339,299

404,729

Granted

 

Exercised

 

(26,172)

(65,430)

Expired

 

Ending balance

 

313,127

339,299

Derivative liability — conversion feature embedded in convertible debt

In 2024, the Company issued unsecured convertible notes to certain investors as a precursor to its Series D round financing. The Company evaluated the conversion feature embedded in the note agreement under ASC 815, and concluded that it meets the definition of a derivative instrument. As the conversion feature was not clearly and closely related to the host debt agreement, bifurcation was

required. Accordingly, the Company separated the embedded conversion feature from the host instrument and recognized it as a derivative liability, measured at fair value. The convertible debt and the corresponding derivative liability converted on March 31, 2025.

As of December 31, the fair value of derivatives was as follows:

  ​ ​ ​

2025

  ​ ​ ​

2024

Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments:

 

  ​

  ​

Conversion feature embedded in convertible debt (Note 16)

$

$

393

Warrants issued in conjunction with the 2023 issuances of Series C preferred stock and long-term debt

 

5,624

 

6,264

Total derivatives not designated as hedging instruments

$

5,624

$

6,657

The Company values warrants at fair value using a weighted Black-Scholes calculation. The following inputs and assumptions were used to value the warrants during as of December 31, 2025 and 2024:

  ​ ​ ​

Warrants

 

  ​ ​ ​

2025

  ​ ​ ​

2024

Expected volatility

 

50.00

%

50.00

%

Risk-free rate

 

4.17

%

4.58

%

Event date

June 4, 2026

December 5, 2024

Term (in years)

 

0.68

 

0.93

  ​ ​ ​

Conversion Feature

 

  ​ ​ ​

2025

  ​ ​ ​

2024

Expected volatility

 

50.00

%

Risk-free rate

 

3.80

%

Event date

July 5, 2024

Term (in years)

 

 

2.53

For the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, the amounts of gain or loss recognized in the statement of operations attributable to derivative instruments and their corresponding locations in the statement of operations are as follows:

Amount of Loss Recognized in Earnings

Reported in Statement

  ​ ​ ​

2025

2024

  ​ ​ ​

of Operations

Derivative - conversion feature embedded in convertible debt (Note 16)

$

$

Interest expense

Change in fair market value

 

536

 

366

 

Interest expense