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Share-Based Compensation and Revision of Prior-Period Financial Statements
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2026
Retirement Benefits [Abstract]  
Share-Based Compensation and Revision of Prior-Period Financial Statements

Note 7 - Share-Based Compensation and Revision of Prior-Period Financial Statements

 

On October 17, 2024, the Board of Directors approved a share-based compensation arrangement for specified directors and officers. The arrangement established fixed annual dollar amounts of compensation, earned quarterly, with the number of shares for each quarter determined using the average closing price of the Company’s common stock during the final five trading days of that quarter. The shares were to be issued every six months.

While the number of shares for a quarter remained variable, the award represented a fixed monetary obligation payable in a variable number of shares. At the end of each quarter, the formula fixed the number of shares earned for that quarter. Because the obligation was thereafter payable only in a fixed number of the Company’s shares, the Company recorded the amount within additional paid-in capital issuable until settlement.

 

During the second quarter of 2026, the Company determined that compensation earned under the arrangement had not been recorded in the applicable prior periods. The compensation was allocated as follows:

 

     
Period  Compensation 
October 17-December 31, 2024  $74,432.45 
Year ended December 31, 2025   369,663.78 
Three months ended March 31, 2026   95,939.25 
Total  $540,035.48 

 

The Company evaluated the errors under applicable U.S. GAAP and SEC materiality guidance and concluded that the errors were not material to the previously issued financial statements. The Company further concluded that recording the cumulative correction entirely during the second quarter of 2026 would materially distort current-period results. Accordingly, the Company revised the affected prior-period comparative information presented in these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

The compensation for the six months ended June 30, 2025 was allocated equally between the first and second quarters, resulting in $90,559.48 for each quarter.

 

The revisions increased additional paid-in capital issuable and accumulated deficit as of December 31, 2025 by $444,096.23. The revisions increased selling, general and administrative expense and net loss for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 by $90,559.48 and $181,118.96, respectively. The revisions increased selling, general and administrative expense and net loss for the three months ended March 31, 2026 by $95,939.25.

 

On June 1, 2026, the Company issued an aggregate of 115,908 restricted shares of common stock to seven current and former directors and officers in settlement of the entire $540,035.48 balance recorded within additional paid-in capital issuable. The issuance increased common stock and additional paid-in capital, eliminated the APIC-issuable balance, and had no effect on total stockholders’ equity or cash flows. The Company received no cash proceeds from the issuance. The shares were issued as restricted securities without registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in reliance on Section 4(a)(2) thereof.

 

Based on management’s determination that no compensation arrangement was in effect for services after March 31, 2026, the Company recognized no additional share-based compensation expense for the three months ended June 30, 2026.

 

The following tables summarize the effects of the prior-period revisions on the Company’s previously reported financial information:

 

Effects of Revisions as of December 31, 2025

 

               
December 31, 2025  Previously Reported   Adjustment   As Revised 
Additional paid-in capital issuable  $-   $444,096   $444,096 
Accumulated deficit  $(2,115,918)  $(444,096)  $(2,560,014)
Total ESG Inc. stockholders’ equity  $8,751,493   $-   $8,751,493 

 

Effects of Revisions for the Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2025

 

   Q2 2025 Previously
Reported
   Adjustment   Q2 2025
As Revised
   Six Months 2025
Previously Reported
   Adjustment   Six Months 2025
As Revised
 
Selling, general and administrative expense  $5,515   $90,559   $96,074   $11,996   $181,119   $193,115 
Loss from continuing operations   (5,515)   (90,559)   (96,074)   (32,496)   (181,119)   (213,615)
Net income   696,402    (90,559)   605,843    420,249    (181,119)   239,130 
Net income attributable to ESG Inc.   517,554    (90,559)   426,995    304,890    (181,119)   123,771 
Comprehensive income attributable to ESG Inc.  $647,192   $(90,559)  $556,633   $726,414   $(181,119)  $545,295 

 

Effects of Revisions for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2026

 

Three Months Ended March 31, 2026  Previously Reported   Adjustment    As Revised 
Selling, general and administrative expense  $29,314   $95,939    $125,253 
Loss from continuing operations   (51,915)   (95,939)    (147,854)
Net loss   (884,051)   (95,939)    (979,990)
Net loss attributable to ESG Inc.   (682,215)   (95,939)    (778,154)
Comprehensive loss attributable to ESG Inc.  $(552,129)  $(95,939)   $(648,068)