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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2023
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of Presentation
Our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) and applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") regarding interim financial reporting. Certain information and note disclosures normally included in the financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. As such, the information included in this Form 10-Q should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022. The condensed consolidated results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2023, or any other future annual or interim period. In the opinion of management, the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments necessary for a fair statement of the Company's financial position and operating results. Certain reclassifications have been made to prior year amounts or balances to conform to the presentation adopted in the current year.
Principles of Consolidation
Our condensed consolidated financial statements include our accounts, the accounts of the Operating Company, and the accounts of the Operating Company's consolidated subsidiaries. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
Restatement of Previously Issued Financials Statements
As previously disclosed in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 15, 2023, on November 10, 2023, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Audit Committee”) of the Company, after consultation with management and discussions with Marcum LLP, the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, concluded that the sequence it used in applying the guidance in ASC 360-10-35 and ASC-350-10 was done out of order in determining whether an impairment of its definite-lived intangible assets existed as of September 30, 2022. Under the guidance provided by ASC 360-10-35, the carrying amounts of any assets that are not within the scope of ASC 360-10, other than goodwill, should be adjusted for impairment, as necessary, prior to testing long-lived assets for impairment under ASC-350-10 and the carrying amount of assets within the scope of ASC 360-10 should be adjusted for impairment prior to testing goodwill for impairment under ASC 350-10.
Additionally, on January 2, 2024, the Audit Committee, after consultation with management and discussions with Marcum LLP, concluded that the that the Company's ERP system capitalized cost was impaired due to the system not being able to be sold separately from the business, and the current enterprise value of the business does not support the carrying value of the ERP system.

As a result, the carrying balance of definite-lived intangible assets and property and equipment was overstated in the Company’s previously issued unaudited consolidated financial statements for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2022, which also impacted the audited consolidated financial statements for the annual period ended December 31, 2022, and the quarterly unaudited consolidated financial statements for the quarterly periods ended March 31, 2023 and June 30, 2023 (collectively, the “Affected Periods”), as well as the relevant portions of any communication or filings which describe or are
based on such financial statements, and therefore these financial statements for the Affected Periods should no longer be relied upon and are to be restated.

Management prepared a quantitative and qualitative analysis of these errors in accordance with the U.S. SEC Staff's Accounting Bulletin Nos. 99 and 108, Materiality, and concluded the aggregate impact of the error is material to the Company's previously reported financial statements for the Affected Periods. As a result, the accompanying financial statements and related notes hereto, as of and for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023, respectively, have been restated to correct these errors.

These changes are to non-cash items and do not change the Company’s reported operating revenues or costs of goods sold, however, the Company determined that these changes have a material impact on the as-filed financial statements for the Affected Periods, and as a result, the restatement of the Affected Periods is required.

There was no impact to net cash flows related to operating, financing or investing activities for any of the Affected Periods.

The following tables present the net impact of the restatement described above on our previously reported unaudited condensed financial statements for three and six months ended June 30, 2023. The previously reported amounts presented in the tables below have been derived from our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on August 14, 2023.
GREENLANE HOLDINGS, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
As of June 30, 2023
(in thousands, except par value per share amounts) As previously reported Corrections
(a)
As restated
ASSETS
Property and equipment, net
$ 10,323  $ (6,736) $ 3,587 
Intangible assets, net $ 46,630  $ (46,630) $ — 
Total assets $ 114,483  $ (53,366) $ 61,117 
STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Additional paid-in capital
$ 266,912  $ (2,636) $ 264,276 
Accumulated deficit $ (192,092) $ (50,747) $ (242,839)
Total stockholders’ equity attributable to Greenlane Holdings, Inc.
$ 75,095  $ (53,383) $ 21,712 
Non-controlling interest $ (45) $ 17  $ (28)
Total stockholders’ equity $ 75,050  $ (53,366) $ 21,684 
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity $ 114,483  $ (53,366) $ 61,117 
GREENLANE HOLDINGS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
For the three months ended June 30, 2023 For the six months ended June 30, 2023
(in thousands, except share and per share amounts) As previously reported Corrections (a) As restated As previously reported Corrections (a) As restated
Operating expenses:
Depreciation and amortization 1,978  (1,501) 477  3,970  (3,002) 968 
Total operating expenses 14,103  (1,501) 12,602  29,273  (3,002) 26,271 
Loss from operations (9,529) 1,501  (8,028) (19,180) 3,002  (16,178)
Loss before income taxes (10,532) 1,501  (9,031) (20,779) 3,002  (17,777)
Net loss (10,525) 1,501  (9,024) (20,773) 3,002  (17,771)
Net loss attributable to Greenlane Holdings, Inc. $ (10,533) $ 1,501  $ (9,032) $ (20,727) $ 3,002  $ (17,725)
Net loss attributable to Class A common stock per share - basic & diluted*
$ (6.56) $ 0.91  $ (5.65) $ (12.96) $ 1.88  $ (11.08)
Weighted-average shares of Class A common stock outstanding - basic & diluted*
1,599  —  1,599  1,599  —  1,599 
Comprehensive loss
(10,498) 1,501  (8,997) (20,568) 3,002  (17,566)
Comprehensive loss attributable to Greenlane Holdings, Inc.
$ (10,490) $ 1,501  $ (8,989) $ (20,560) $ 3,002  $ (17,558)

*After giving effect to the Reverse Stock Splits - see Note 2 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies.



GREENLANE HOLDINGS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
(in thousands)
Class A
Common Stock
Class B
Common Stock
Additional
Paid-In
Capital*
Accumulated
Deficit
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
Non-
Controlling
Interest
Total
Stockholders’
Equity
(in thousands) Shares
*
Amount
*
Shares
*
Amount*
Balance As previously reported
Balance December 31, 2022 1,599  $ 15  —  $   $ 266,653  $ (171,365) $ 55  $ $ 95,359 
Net loss for the three months ended March 31, 2023 —  $ —  —  $   $ —  $ (10,194) $ —  $ (54) $ (10,248)
Balance Balance March 31, 2023 1,599  $ 15  —  $   $ 266,858  $ (181,559) $ 233  $ (53) $ 85,494 
Net loss for the three months ended June 30, 2023 —  $ —  —  $   $ —  $ (10,533) $ —  $ $ (10,525)
Balance Balance June 30, 2023 1,598 $ 15  —  $   $ 266,912  $ (192,092) $ 260  $ (45) $ 75,050 
Balance Restatement impacts (a)
Balance December 31, 2022 —  $ —  —  $   $ (2,636) $ (53,749) $ —  $ 17  $ (56,368)
Net loss for the three months ended March 31, 2023 —  $ —  —  $   $ —  $ 1,501  $ —  $ —  $ 1,501 
Balance Balance March 31, 2023 —  $ —  —  $ —  $ (2,636) $ (52,248) $ —  $ 17  $ (54,867)
Net loss for the three months ended June 30, 2023 —  $ —  —  $   $ —  $ 1,501  $ —  $ —  $ 1,501 
Balance Balance June 30, 2023 —  $ —  —  $ —  $ (2,636) $ (50,747) $ —  $ 17  $ (53,366)
Balance As restated
Balance 12/31/2022 (As restated) 1,599  $ 15  —  $   $ 264,017  $ (225,114) $ 55  $ 18  $ 38,991 
Net loss for the three months ended March 31, 2023 (As restated) —  $ —  —  $   $ —  $ (8,693) $ —  $ (54) $ (8,747)
Balance Balance March 31, 2023 (As restated) 1,599  $ 15  —  $ —  $ 264,222  $ (233,807) $ 233  $ (36) $ 30,627 
Net loss for the three months ended June 30, 2023 (As restated) —  $ —  —  $   $ —  $ (9,032) $ —  $ $ (9,024)
Balance Balance June 30, 2023 (As restated) 1,598  $ 15  —  $ —  $ 264,276  $ (242,839) $ 260  $ (28) $ 21,684 
*After giving effect to the Reverse Stock Splits - see Note 2 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies.










GREENLANE HOLDINGS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
For the six months ended June 30, 2023
(in thousands) As previously reported Corrections
(a)
As restated
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net loss (including amounts attributable to non-controlling interest) $ (20,773) $ 3,002  $ (17,771)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization $ 3,970  $ (3,002) $ 968 
Net cash provided by operating activities $ 4,656  $ —  $ 4,656 
Cash flows from investing activities:
Net cash used in investing activities $ (253) $ —  $ (253)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Net cash used in financing activities $ (12,133) $ —  $ (12,133)
Net (decrease) in cash and restricted cash $ (7,525) $ —  $ (7,525)
Cash and restricted cash, as of beginning of the period $ 12,176  $ —  $ 12,176 
Cash and restricted cash, as of end of the period $ 4,651  $ —  $ 4,651 
(a) To reflect the reversal of amortization expense recognized during the three and six months ended June 30, 2023.
Reverse Stock Splits
On August 4, 2022, we filed a Certificate of Amendment to the A&R Charter with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (the "SSSD"), which effected a one-for-20 reverse stock split (the “2022 Reverse Stock Split”) of our issued and outstanding shares of Class A common stock and Class B common stock (collectively, the "Common Stock") at 5:01 PM Eastern Time on August 9, 2022. As a result of the 2022 Reverse Stock Split, every 20 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding were converted into one share of Common Stock. We paid cash in lieu of fractional shares, and accordingly, no fractional shares were issued in connection with the 2022 Reverse Stock Split.
On June 2, 2023, we filed a Certificate of Amendment to the A&R Charter with the SSSD, which effected a one-for-10 reverse stock split (the “2023 Reverse Stock Split” and together with the 2022 Reverse Stock Split, the "Reverse Stock Splits") of our issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock at 5:01 PM Eastern Time on June 5, 2023. As a result of the 2023 Reverse Stock Split, every 10 shares of common stock issued and outstanding were converted into one share of common stock. We paid cash in lieu of fractional shares, and accordingly, no fractional shares were issued in connection with the 2023 Reverse Stock Split.
The Reverse Stock Splits did not change the par value of the Common Stock or the authorized number of shares of Common Stock. All outstanding options, restricted stock awards, warrants and other securities entitling their holders to purchase or otherwise receive shares of our Common Stock have been adjusted as a result of the Reverse Stock Splits, as required by the terms of each security. The number of shares available to be awarded under our Amended and Restated 2019 Equity Incentive Plan have also been appropriately adjusted. See "Note 10 — Compensation Plans" for more information.

All share and per share amounts in these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and notes thereto have been retroactively adjusted for all periods presented to give effect to the Reverse Stock Splits, including reclassifying an amount equal to the reduction in par value of Common Stock to additional paid-in capital.
Liquidity and Going Concern
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP applicable to a going concern. This presentation contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business and does not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of recorded asset amounts or the amounts and classification of liabilities that might result from the outcome of the uncertainties described below.
Pursuant to ASC 205-40, Presentation of Financial Statements — Going Concern (“ASC 205-40”), management must evaluate whether there are conditions and events, considered in aggregate, that raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern for one year after the date that these condensed consolidated financial statements are issued. In accordance with ASC 205-40, management’s analysis can only include the potential mitigating impact of management’s plans that have not been fully implemented as of the issuance date if (a) it is probable that management’s plans will be effectively implemented on a timely basis, and (b) it is probable that the plans, when implemented, will alleviate the relevant conditions or events that raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.
Our primary requirements for liquidity and capital are working capital, debt service related to recent acquisitions and general corporate needs. Our primary sources of liquidity are our cash on hand and the cash flow that we generate from our operations, as well as proceeds from equity issuances, such as our June 2022, October 2022 and July 2023 Offerings, and our ATM program, each as described and defined below.
ATM Program and Shelf Registration Statement

While we have an effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (the "Shelf Registration Statement") to conduct securities offerings from time to time, for so long as our public float is less than $75 million, our ability to utilize the Shelf Registration Statement to raise capital is limited, as further described below. The Shelf Registration Statement registers the offer and sale of shares of our Class A common stock, preferred stock, $0.0001 par value per share (the "preferred stock"), depository shares representing our preferred stock, warrants to purchase shares of our Class A common stock, preferred stock or depository shares, and rights to purchase shares of our Class A common stock or preferred stock that may be issued by us in a maximum aggregate amount of up to $200 million. In August 2021, we filed a prospectus supplement and established an "at-the-market" equity offering program (the "ATM Program") that provides for the sale of shares of our Class A common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $50 million, from time to time. However, we may be unable to access the capital markets because of current market volatility and the performance of our stock price.
On March 31, 2022, the date on which our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 (the "2021 Annual Report") was filed with the SEC, the Shelf Registration Statement became subject to the offering limits set forth in Instruction I.B.6 because our public float was less than $75 million. For so long as our public float is less than $75 million, the aggregate market value of securities sold by us under the Shelf Registration Statement (including our ATM Program) pursuant to Instruction I.B.6 during any 12 consecutive months may not exceed one-third of our public float. Since the launch of the ATM program in August 2021 and through December 31, 2022, we sold shares of our Class A common stock which generated gross proceeds of approximately $12.7 million and we paid fees to the sales agent of approximately $0.4 million. In light of our low cash position, we have been forced to sell stock under our ATM program at prices that may not otherwise be attractive and are dilutive. We have sold $2.2 million in securities pursuant to Instruction I.B.6 in the 12 calendar months preceding the date of filing of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Due to the untimely filing of our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2023 we are unable to issue additional shares of Class A common stock pursuant to the ATM Program or otherwise use the Shelf Registration Statement for a period of 12 months, which will limit our liquidity options in the capital markets.
Common Stock and Warrant Offerings
On June 27, 2022, we entered into a securities purchase agreement with an accredited investor, pursuant to which we agreed to issue and sell an aggregate of 58,500 shares of our Class A common stock, pre-funded warrants to purchase up to 49,500 shares of our Class A common stock (the “June 2022 Pre-Funded Warrants”) and warrants to purchase up to 108,000 shares of our Class A common stock (the “June 2022 Standard Warrants” and, together with the June 2022 Pre-Funded Warrants, the “June 2022 Warrants”), in a registered direct offering (the “June 2022 Offering”). The June 2022 Offering generated gross proceeds of approximately $5.4 million and net proceeds to the Company of approximately $5.0 million. All June 2022 Pre-Funded Warrants were exercised in July 2022, for de minimis net proceeds.
On October 27, 2022, we entered into securities purchase agreements with certain investors, pursuant to which we agreed to issue and sell an aggregate of 695,555 shares of our Class A common stock, pre-funded warrants to purchase up to 137,778 shares of our Class A Common Stock (the "October 2022 Pre-Funded Warrants") and warrants to purchase up to 1,666,667 shares of our Class A common stock (the "October 2022 Standard Warrants"). The October 2022 units were offered pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-1 (the "October 2022 Offering"). The October 2022 Offering generated gross proceeds of approximately $7.5 million and net proceeds to the Company of approximately $6.8 million.
On June 29, 2023, we entered into securities purchase agreements with certain investors, pursuant to which we agreed to issue and sell an aggregate of 560,476 shares of our Class A common stock, pre-funded warrants to purchase up to 3,487,143 shares of our Class A Common Stock (the "July 2023 Pre-Funded Warrants") and warrants to purchase up to 8,095,238 shares of our Class A common stock (the "July 2023 Standard Warrants"). The July 2023 units were offered pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-1 (the "July 2023 Offering"). The July 2023 Offering generated gross proceeds of approximately $4.3 million and net proceeds to the Company of approximately $3.8 million and closed on July 3, 2023.
Asset-Based Loan

On August 9, 2022, we entered into an asset-based loan agreement dated as of August 8, 2022 (the “Loan Agreement”), which made available to the Company a term loan of up to $15.0 million. On February 9, 2023, we entered into Amendment No. 2 to the Loan Agreement, in which we agreed to, among other things, voluntarily prepay approximately $6.6 million (inclusive of early termination fees and expenses) under the terms provided for under the Loan Agreement and the lenders under the Loan Agreement agreed to release $5.7 million in funds held in a blocked account pursuant to the terms of the Loan Agreement.
On August 7, 2023, we repaid the approximately $4.3 million in aggregate principal amount (the “Loan Repayment”) which remained outstanding under the terms of the Loan Agreement. As a result of the Loan Repayment, the Company has been released from its obligations under the Loan Agreement, in accordance with the terms of the Loan Agreement. See "Note 13 - Subsequent Events" for more information.

ERC Sale

On February 16, 2023, two of our wholly owned subsidiaries, Warehouse Goods and Kim International LLC, entered into an agreement with a third-party institutional investor pursuant to which the investor purchased, for approximately $4.85 million in cash, an economic participation interest, at a discount, in our rights to payment from the United States Internal Revenue Service for certain periods with respect to the employee retention credits filed by us under the Employee Retention Credit program.

Future Receivables Financings

On July 31, 2023 and August 3, 2023, the Company received an aggregate of approximately $3.0 million in cash pursuant to the terms of future receivables financings (collectively, the “Future Receivables Financings”) entered into with two private lenders. The Company will make weekly payments under the Future Receivables Financings and is scheduled to repay the amounts due under the Future Receivables Financings in full in approximately six to eight months. See "Note 13 - Subsequent Events" for more information.

Management Initiatives

We have completed several initiatives to optimize our working capital requirements. We launched Groove, a new, innovative Greenlane Brands product line, which is accretive to gross profit, and we also rationalized our third-party brands product offering, which enables us to reduce inventory carrying costs and working capital requirements.

In April 2023, we successfully entered into two strategic partnerships which management believes will help significantly reduce our overall cost structure, enhance our margins and further support our facilities consolidation initiatives while also servicing and providing solutions to our customers. First, we entered into a strategic partnership (the “MJ Packaging Partnership”) with A&A Global Imports d/b/a MarijuanaPackaging.com (“MJ Pack”), a leading provider of packaging solutions to the cannabis industry. As part of the MJ Packaging Partnership, we will no longer purchase additional packaging inventory and MJ Pack will become our strategic partner to continue providing and enhancing packaging solutions for our customers. As a result of the MJ Packaging Partnership, we are no longer seeking a purchaser for our packaging division. Second, we entered into a strategic partnership with an affiliate of one of our existing vape suppliers (“Vape Partner”) to service certain key customers with vaporizer goods and services (the “Vape Partnership”). As part of the Vape Partnership, we will introduce our Vape Partner to certain key customers, assist with the promotion and the sale of certain vaporizer goods and services, and help coordinate the logistics, storage and distribution of such vaporizer products. If our Vape Partner and key customer(s) enter into a direct relationship, the customers would directly purchase vaporizer goods and services, which we currently sell them, directly from our Vape Partner and we would no longer need to purchase such vape inventory on behalf of such key customer(s). In exchange we would earn quarterly and annual commission payments from our strategic partners. While the strategic partnerships may result in a decrease in top line revenue for these packaging and vape products, these partnerships combined with some of our other restructuring initiatives should allow us to reduce our overall cost-structure and enhance our margins and convert millions of dollars of existing inventory back into cash, thereby improving our balance sheet.

We have successfully renegotiated supplier partnership terms and are continuing to improve working capital arrangements with suppliers. We have made progress consolidating and streamlining our office, warehouse, and distribution operations footprint. We have reduced our workforce by approximately 49% throughout fiscal year 2022 to reduce costs and align with our revenue projections.

The Company has incurred net losses of 17.8 million and $182.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023 and the year ended December 31, 2022, respectively. For the six months ended June 30, 2023, cash provided by operating activities was 4.7 million, which included $4.85 million of cash from the ERC sale discussed above, and cash used in operating activities for the year ended December 31, 2022 was $26.4 million. The recent macroeconomic environment has caused weaker demand than contemplated under the Company's business plan, resulting in a reduction in projected revenue and cash flows for the twelve-month period included in the going concern evaluation.

As a result of our losses and our projected cash needs, combined with our current liquidity level, substantial doubt exists about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The Company’s ability to continue as a going concern is contingent upon successful execution of management’s intended plan over the next twelve months to improve the Company’s liquidity and profitability, which includes, without limitation:

Further reducing operating costs expense by taking additional restructuring actions to align cost with revenue to achieve profitability.
Increasing revenue by introducing new products and acquiring new customers.
Execute on strategic partnerships accretive to margins and operating cash
Seeking additional capital through the issuance of debt or equity securities.

The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that may result from the outcome of this going concern uncertainty.
Use of Estimates
Conformity with U.S. GAAP requires the use of estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts in our consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. These estimates form the basis for judgments we make about the carrying values of our assets and liabilities, which are not readily apparent from other sources. We base our estimates and judgments on historical information and on various other assumptions that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances. U.S. GAAP requires us to make estimates and judgments in several areas. Such areas include, but are not limited to the following: the collectability of accounts receivable; the allowance for slow-moving or obsolete inventory; the realizability of deferred tax assets; the fair value of goodwill; the fair value of contingent consideration arrangements; the useful lives of intangible assets and property and equipment; the calculation of our VAT taxes receivable and VAT taxes, fines, and penalties payable; our loss contingencies, including our TRA liability; and the valuation and assumptions underlying equity-based compensation. These estimates are based on management's knowledge about current events and expectations about actions we may undertake in the future. The actual results could differ materially from those estimates.
Segment Reporting
We manage our global business operations through our operating and reportable business segments. As of June 30, 2023, we had two reportable operating business segments: Industrial Goods and Consumer Goods. Our reportable segments have been identified based on how our chief operating decision maker ("CODM"), which is a committee comprised of our Chief Executive Officer ("CEO") and our Chief Financial and Legal Officer ("CFO"), manages our business, makes resource allocation and operating decisions, and evaluates operating performance. See “Note 12—Segment Reporting.”
Revenue Recognition
Our liability for returns, which is included within "Accrued expenses and other current liabilities" in our condensed consolidated balance sheets, was approximately $0.1 million and $0.3 million as of June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively.
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2023, one customer represented approximately 38% and 32% of our net sales. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, one customer represented approximately 21% and 19% of our net sales. As of June 30, 2023, two customers represented approximately 16% and 16% of accounts receivable, respectively. As of December 31, 2022, the Company had three customers who individually represented approximately 31%, 17% and 15% of accounts receivable, respectively.
Value Added Taxes

During the third quarter of 2020, as part of a global tax strategy review, we determined that our European subsidiaries based in the Netherlands, which we acquired on September 30, 2019, had historically collected and remitted value added tax (“VAT”) payments, which related to direct-to-consumer sales to other European Union (“EU”) member states, directly to the Dutch tax authorities. In connection with our subsidiaries' payment of VAT to Dutch tax authorities rather than other EU member states, we may become subject to civil or criminal enforcement actions in certain EU jurisdictions, which could result in penalties.

We performed an analysis of the VAT overpayments to the Dutch tax authorities, which we expected to be refunded to us, and VAT payable to other EU member states, including potential fines and penalties. Based on this analysis, we recorded VAT payable of approximately $0.4 million relating to this matter within "Accrued expenses and other current liabilities” in our condensed consolidated balance sheet as of June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022.

Pursuant to the purchase and sale agreement by which we acquired our European subsidiaries, the sellers are required to indemnify us against certain specified matters and losses, including any and all liabilities, claims, penalties and costs incurred or sustained by us in connection with non-compliance with tax laws in relation to activities of the sellers. The indemnity (or indemnification receivable) is limited to an amount equal to the purchase price under the purchase and sale agreement. During the three months ended March 31, 2022, we recognized a gain of approximately $1.8 million within "general and administrative expenses" in our condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss, which represented the partial reversal of a charge previously recognized based on the difference between the VAT payable and the VAT receivable and indemnification asset, as the indemnification asset became probable of recovery based on the reduction in our previously estimated VAT liability for penalties and interest based on our voluntary disclosure to, and ongoing settlement with, the relevant tax authorities in the EU member states.
As noted above, we have voluntarily disclosed VAT owed to several relevant tax authorities in the EU member states and believe in doing so we will reduce our liability for penalties and interest. Nonetheless, we may incur expenses in future periods related to such matters, including litigation costs and other expenses to defend our position. The outcome of such matters is inherently unpredictable and subject to significant uncertainties. Refer to "Note 7—Commitments and Contingencies" for additional discussion regarding our contingencies.
Recently Adopted Accounting Guidance
In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-13, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses. The standard requires the use of an “expected loss” model on certain types of financial instruments. The standard also amends the impairment model for available-for-sale securities and requires estimated credit losses to be recorded as allowances rather than as reductions to the amortized cost of the securities. This standard was effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2022 for filers that are eligible to be smaller reporting companies under the SEC's definition, with early adoption permitted. We adopted this standard beginning January 1, 2023. Adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on our condensed consolidated financial statements.
In October 2021, the FASB issued ASU 2021-08, Business Combinations (Topic 805): Accounting for Contract Assets and Contract Liabilities from Contracts with Customers, which requires that an acquirer recognize and measure contract assets and contract liabilities acquired in a business combination in accordance with Topic 606, as if it had originated the contracts. Prior to this ASU, an acquirer generally recognizes contract assets acquired and contract liabilities assumed that arose from contracts with customers at fair value on the acquisition date. The ASU was effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022, with early adoption permitted. The ASU is to be applied prospectively to business combinations occurring on or after the effective date of the amendment (or if adopted early as of an interim period, as of the beginning of the fiscal year that includes the interim period of early application). We adopted this new standard beginning January 1, 2023. Adoption of this standard did not impact our condensed consolidated financial statements, as we did not complete any transactions to which this standard was applicable during the current reporting period.
Recently Issued Accounting Guidance Not Yet Adopted
In June 2022, the FASB issued ASU No. 2022-03, Fair Value Measurement of Equity Securities Subject to Contractual Sale Restrictions, which clarifies that a contractual sale restriction prohibiting the sale of an equity security is a characteristic of the reporting entity holding the equity security and is not included in the equity security’s unit of account. This standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting the standard.