NaturalShrimp Inc: Form 10-Q for the period ended Jun 30, 2024

Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q includes a number of forward-looking statements that reflect management’s current views with respect to future events and financial performance. Forward-looking statements are projections in respect of future events or our future financial performance. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,” “should,” “expects,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential” or “continue” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. These statements include statements regarding the intent, belief or current expectations of us and members of our management team, as well as the assumptions on which such statements are based. Prospective investors are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risk and uncertainties, and that actual results may differ materially from those contemplated by such forward-looking statements. These statements are only predictions and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, including the risks set forth in the section entitled “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024, as filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on July 17, 2024, any of which may cause our company’s or our industry’s actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied in our forward-looking statements. These risks and factors include, by way of example and without limitation:

• our ability on a timely basis to successfully rebuild our water treatment plant and replace our filtration equipment that was destroyed by fire on July 3, 2022 at our La Coste, Texas facility;
• our ability to continue developing and expanding our research and development plant in La Coste, Texas and our production facility in Webster City, Iowa;
• our ability to successfully commercialize our equipment and shrimp farming operations to produce a market-ready product in a timely manner and in enough quantity;
• absence of contracts with customers or suppliers;
• our ability to maintain and develop relationships with customers and suppliers;
• our ability to successfully integrate acquired businesses or new brands;
• the impact of competitive products and pricing;
• supply constraints or difficulties;
• the retention and availability of key personnel;
• general economic and business conditions;
• substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern;
• our continued ability to raise funding at the pace and quantities required to scale our plant needs to commercialize our products;
• our ability to successfully recruit and retain qualified personnel in order to continue our operations;
• our ability to successfully implement our business plan;
• our ability to successfully acquire, develop or commercialize new products and equipment;
• the commercial success of our products;
• business interruptions resulting from geo-political actions, including war, and terrorism or disease outbreaks
• intellectual property claims brought by third parties; and
• the impact of any industry regulation.

Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, or performance. Except as required by applicable law, including the securities laws of the United States, we do not intend to update any of the forward-looking statements to conform these statements to actual results.

Readers are urged to carefully review and consider the various disclosures made by us in this report and in our other reports filed with the SEC. We undertake no obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements to reflect changed assumptions, the occurrence of unanticipated events or changes in the future operating results over time except as required by law. We believe that our assumptions are based upon reasonable data derived from and known about our business and operations. No assurances are made that actual results of operations or the results of our future activities will not differ materially from our assumptions.

As used in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and unless otherwise indicated, the terms “Company,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to NaturalShrimp Incorporated and its wholly-owned subsidiaries NSC, NS Global and NAS. The Company also owns 51% of NaturalShrimp/Hydrenesis LLC, a Texas limited liability company. Unless otherwise specified, all dollar amounts are expressed in United States Dollars.

Use of United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”) Financial Measures

We use United States GAAP financial measures, unless otherwise noted. All of the GAAP financial measures used by us in this report relate to the inclusion of financial information. This discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with our financial statements and the notes thereto included elsewhere in this annual report. All references to dollar amounts in this section are in United States dollars, unless expressly stated otherwise.

This discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with our financial statements and the notes thereto included elsewhere in this annual report.

Overview

We are an aquaculture technology company that has developed proprietary, patented platform technologies to allow for the production of aquatic species in an ecologically controlled, high-density, low-cost environment, and in fully contained and independent production facilities without the use of antibiotics or toxic chemicals. We own and operate indoor recirculating Pacific White shrimp production facilities in Texas and Iowa using these technologies.

We were incorporated in July 2008 and acquired substantially all of the assets of NSH, the company that developed the proprietary technology to grow and sell shrimp potentially anywhere in the world that is now the basis of our business. In 2015 NSH acquired 88.62% of the issued and outstanding shares of NaturalShrimp Common Stock, NSC and NS Global became our wholly-owned subsidiaries, and we changed our principal business to a global shrimp farming company.

On October 5, 2015, we formed NAS with F&T Water Solutions, LLC (“F&T”), the purpose of which was to jointly develop with F&T certain water technologies.

On December 17, 2020, we acquired for $10.0 million certain assets from VeroBlue Farms USA, Inc. and its subsidiaries, which assets included our three current facilities located in Iowa.

On May 25, 2021, we purchased certain parent and intellectual property rights from F&T and acquired all of its outstanding shares in NAS, thereby making NAS our wholly-owned subsidiary, for $3.0 million in cash and 13,861,386 shares of NaturalShrimp Common Stock.

On August 25, 2021, through NAS, we entered into an Equipment Rights Agreements with Hydrenesis-Delta Systems, LLC and a Technology Rights Agreement with Hydrenesis Aquaculture LLC. The Equipment Rights Agreement relates to specialized and proprietary equipment used to produce and control, dose, and infuse Hydrogas® and RLS® into both water and other chemical species, while the Technology Rights Agreement provides us with a sublicense to the rights to Hydrogas® and RLS®.

The Company has three wholly-owned subsidiaries: NSC, NS Global, and NAS, and owns 51% of NaturalShrimp/Hydrenesis LLC, a Texas limited liability company.

Most of the shrimp consumed in the world today come from shrimp farms that can only produce crops between one and four times per year. Consequently, the shrimp from these farms requires freezing between crops until consumed. Our system is designed to harvest different tanks each week, which provides for fresh shrimp throughout the year. We strive to create a niche market of “Always Fresh, Always Natural” shrimp. As opposed to many of the foreign shrimp farms, we can also claim that our product is 100% free of antibiotics. The ability to grow shrimp locally and year-round allows us to provide this high-end product to upscale restaurant and grocery stores throughout the world. We rotate the stocking and harvesting of our tanks each week, which allows for weekly shrimp harvests. Our product is free of pollutants and is fed only the highest-quality feeds.

We began making regular weekly sales of live shrimp from our Iowa production facility in November 2021 and from our Texas production facility in June 2022. The Company is using its aforementioned platform technologies to retrofit 344,000 square feet of its existing Iowa facilities that we expect will, once fully operational, produce 18,000 pounds of shrimp per week. We believe that the combined output from our La Coste, Texas and Iowa facilities will be approximately 24,000 pounds of shrimp production per week by the third calendar quarter of 2025. We can, however, provide no assurances as to how significant our revenue will be in the next one to two fiscal quarters.

Results of Operations

Comparison of the Three Months Ended June 30, 2024 to the Three Months Ended June 30, 2023

Revenue

We had gross sales revenue of $36,618 and $205,872, respectively, during the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, a decrease of approximately $169,000, or 82%.

Our decrease in gross sales revenue during the three months ended June 30, 2024 over the same period in the prior year was a result of the revenue recognized under ASC 606 in the quarter of the prior year as the Company entered into a six month agreement with a company for the use of the NSI Technologies on May 21, 2023, and received the initial payment of $150,000, before the monthly payments required in the contract. There is no contract for the use of the NSI Technologies in the current period. In addition, there has been a decrease in the sale of shrimp over the same period last year.

Cost of Sales

Cost of sales includes direct costs related to the production and sale of our products, primarily the cost of the post-larva shrimp that we purchase to grow into our shrimp product at our facilities and the costs of shipping purchase orders to customers. Cost of sales were $34,732 and $49,741, respectively, during the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023. The decrease in cost of sales was primarily due to the decrease in shrimp sales during Q1 2025 as compared to the same period in prior year.

Operating Expenses

The following table summarizes the various components of our operating expenses for each of the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023:

Operating expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2024 were $2,065,428, which is a 16.0% decrease as compared to operating expenses of $2,459,018 for the same period in 2023. The overall change in expenses is primarily due to the approximately $200,000 decrease in facility operations relating to the progress of the commercial operations in the new plant in Iowa as well as in Texas due to completion of the work, and the salt expense was reduced in this quarter compared to last, due to changes and improvement for the system in Iowa. In addition, the rent expense was reduced by approximately $17,000, or 76.9% based on the termination of the previous lease agreement and the smaller lease expense under the new lease agreement. Finally, professional services decreased by approximately $82,000, or 26.3%, which is primarily comprised of salaries being decreased by approximately $57,000, a 11.2% decrease, as well as general and administrative expenses decreased by approximately $38,000 in the current period.

Other Income (Expense)

The following table summarizes the various components of our other income (expense) for each of the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023:

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Other income (expense) for the three months ended June 30, 2024, decreased approximately $743,000 from other income into other expense, from the same period in the prior year, due almost entirely from the difference in the change in fair value of the restructured notes between periods and the change in fair value of the warrant liability. Additionally, in the prior period there was $180,000 in extension fees related to the attempted merger, which was terminated in July of 2023.

The Company originally recognized the warrant liability in December 2021 and revalues it at the end of each reporting period. The decrease in the fair value for the three months ended June 30, 2024, as compared to the prior year end, resulted in a $5,000 recognition as income during the three months ended June 30, 2024, compared to a decrease in fair value during the three months ended June 30, 2023, which resulted in a $50 ,000 recognition as income during the three months ended June 30, 2023.

Liquidity, Financial Condition and Capital Resources

As of June 30, 2024, we had cash on hand of approximately $5,000 and working capital deficiency of approximately $38,697,000, as compared to cash on hand of approximately $116,000 and a working capital deficiency of approximately $38,147,000 as of March 31, 2024. The working capital deficiency for the three months ended June 30, 2024, as compared to the March 31, 2023 year-end has a slight increase (a reduced working capital) of 1.4%. This is mainly due to the decrease in cash on-hand and current period expense of the previous Deferred offering costs, offset by a slight decrease in current liabilities from the reclass of the accrued interest into the inclusion in the line item for the fair value of the restructured notes offset by new promissory notes.

Working Capital Deficiency

The following table summarizes our working capital deficiency as of June 30, 2024 and March 31, 2023:

Current assets decreased mainly because of the use of cash on hand. The increase in current liabilities is primarily due to the change in the fair value option of the restructured notes payable, the accrual of interest on notes payable with related parties and accrued dividends payable, offset by the partition from the January 2023 note payable which was exchanged for common shares.

Cash Flows

The following table summarizes our cash flows for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023:

Net cash used in operating activities during the three months ended June 30, 2024, was a decrease of approximately $595,000 as compared to the same period in 2023. The decrease in cash used is primarily due to the difference in the current period adjustments to reconcile the net loss to net cash. While the depreciation and amortization is similar in both periods, there are changes in the change of fair value of restructured notes payable between the periods with an increase in the fair value in the current period compared to a loss in the prior period, as well as the difference in the change in the warrant fair value between periods. In addition, the change in the amortization of the operating lease right-of-use assets and the gain on termination of lease, based on the change in office lease. Furthermore, there was an increase in accounts payable, accrued expenses and the new operating lease liability.

The net cash provided by investing activities in the three months ended June 30, 2024, decreased by approximately $30,000 compared to net cash used by investing activities for the same period in the prior fiscal year. During the current period, cash was provided by $10,000 of cash received for the sale of machinery and equipment, as compared to cash used in the prior year period to purchase fixed assets which consists of approximately $39,000, offset by $19,000 of cash received for the sale of machinery and equipment.

The net cash provided by financing activities decreased by approximately $589,000 between periods. For the current period, the Company received approximately $486,000 for the sale of shares of common shares and $200,000 for the sale of the new Series G Preferred Shares. In the same period in the prior year the Company received $1,299,000 for the sale of shares of common stock offset by the payment of $24,000 on notes payable,

Our cash position was approximately $5,000 as of June 30, 2024. Management believes that our cash on hand and working capital deficit are not sufficient to meet our current anticipated cash requirements for additional anticipated capital expenditures, operating expenses and scale-up of operations for the next twelve months.

Recent Financing Arrangements and Developments During the Period

Short-Term Debt and Lines of Credit

The Company also has a working capital line of credit with Capital One Bank for $50,000. The line of credit bears an interest rate of prime plus 25.9 basis points, which totaled 34.4% as of June 30, 2024. The line of credit is unsecured. The balance of the line of credit was $9,580 at both June 30, 2024 and March 31, 2024.

The Company also has a working capital line of credit with Chase Bank for $25,000. The line of credit bears an interest rate of prime plus 10 basis points, which totaled 18.50% as of June 30, 2024. The line of credit is secured by assets of the Company’s subsidiaries. The balance of the line of credit is $10,237 at June 30, 2024 and March 31, 2024.

$10,000,000 Common Stock Equity Financing

On April 28, 2023, the Company entered into an Equity Financing Agreement (“Equity Financing Agreement”) and Registration Rights Agreement with GHS. Under the terms of the Equity Financing Agreement, GHS agreed to provide the Company with up to $10,000,000 upon effectiveness of a registration statement on Form S-1 (the “Registration Statement”) filed with the SEC. The Registration Statement was filed on July 20, 2023 and the SEC declared it effective on August 14, 2023.

With the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, the Company now has the discretion to deliver puts to GHS and GHS will be obligated to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”) based on the investment amount specified in each put notice. The maximum amount that the Company shall be entitled to put to GHS in each put notice shall not exceed two hundred percent (200%) of the average daily trading dollar volume of the Company’s Common Stock during the ten (10) trading days preceding the put, so long as such amount does not equal less than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or greater than one million dollars ($1,000,000). Pursuant to the Equity Financing Agreement, GHS and its affiliates will not be permitted to purchase, and the Company may not put shares of the Company’s Common Stock to GHS that would result in GHS’s beneficial ownership equaling more than 4.99% of the Company’s outstanding Common Stock. The price of each put share shall be equal to eighty percent (80%) of the Market Price (as defined in the Equity Financing Agreement). Following an up-list to the NASDAQ or equivalent national exchange, the price of each put share shall be equal to ninety percent (90%) of the Market Price, subject to a floor price of $1.00 per share. Puts may be delivered by the Company to GHS until the earlier of twenty-four (24) months after the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the date on which GHS has purchased an aggregate of $10,000,000 worth of Common Stock under the terms of the Equity Financing Agreement.

The Company submitted a Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 (“Amendment”) to this Registration Statement for the purpose of providing information from its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended March 31, 2024 filed with the SEC July 17, 2024. The original Registration Statement registered 324,675,325 common shares, with 243,860,340 common shares having been issued to the selling stockholder after the Registration Statement was declared effective, with this Amendment registering for resale by the selling stockholder a total of 80,814,985 shares which remain to be issued.

In the three months ended June 30, 2024, the Company sold 66,392,019 shares of common stock at a net amount of approximately $486,000, at share prices of $0.007 through $0.008, in relation to the Equity Financing Agreement.

Series G Preferred Stock

On December 1, 2023, the Board authorized the issuance of 10,000 preferred shares to be designated as Series G Preferred Stock (“Series G Preferred Stock”). The Series G Preferred Stock have a par value of $0.0001, a stated value of $1,200 and dividends at the rate of 8% per annum, payable quarterly, to be paid in cash or in-kind, at the discretion of the Company. The Series G Preferred Stock will vote together with the common stock on an as-converted basis subject to the beneficial ownership limitations. The Series G Preferred Stock is required to be redeemed by the Company no later than one calendar year from the date of its issuance. The Series G Preferred Stock are also redeemable at the option of the Company at any time after the original issued date, upon 3 business days’ notice, at a premium rate which is (a) 1.15 if all of the Series G Preferred Stock is redeemed within 90 calendar days from the issuance date thereof; (b) 1.2 if all of the Series G Preferred Stock is redeemed after 90 calendar days and within 120 calendar days from the issuance date thereof; (c) 1.25 if all of the Series G PS is redeemed after 120 calendar days and within 180 calendar days from the issuance date thereof. The Company shall be permitted to redeem the Series G Preferred Stock at any time in cash upon 3 business days prior notice to the Holder or the Holder may convert the Series G Preferred Stock within 3 business days period prior to redemption. The Holder shall have the right to either redeem for cash or convert the Series G Preferred Stock into common stock within 3 business days following the consummation of a qualified offering. The conversion price is based on the discounted market price which is the lower of: (i) A fixed price equaling the closing bid price for the common stock on the trading day preceding the execution of the SPA; or (ii) 100% of the lowest volume weighted average price (“VWAP)” for the common stock during 10 trading days preceding the conversion request, subject to adjustment.

Series G Preferred Equity Offering

On December 14, 2023, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement for the sale of 110 shares of Series G Preferred Stock at a price of $1,000 per share of preferred stock, for a total of $110,000. The Purchaser also received an “Equity Incentive”, which was an additional 35 Series G Preferred Stock issued to the Purchaser at the initial closing and deemed to be earned at the time of its issuance. Following the initial closing, the Company and Purchaser shall mutually agree from time to time for the Company to sell and the Purchaser to purchase up to 400 shares of Series G Preferred Stock at a price of $1,000 per share in separate closings. The Series G Preferred Stock will earn a dividend of 8% per annum, for as long as the relevant Preferred Stock has not been redeemed or converted. Dividends are to be paid quarterly, and at the Company’s discretion, in cash or Preferred Stock calculated at the purchase price.

On April 23, 2024, the Company received a tranche of $100,000 under the SPA for 100 Series G Preferred Stock with a stated value of $120,000. The $20,000 discount will be accreted up to the redemption price over the one-year period until redemption.

On June 12, 2024, the Company received a tranche of $100,000 under the SPA for 100 Series G Preferred Stock with a stated value of $120,000. The $20,000 discount will be accreted up to the redemption price over the one-year period until redemption.

On July 10, 2024, the Company received a tranche of $100,000 under the SPA for 100 Series G Preferred Stock with a stated value of $120,000. The $20,000 discount will be accreted up to the redemption price over the one-year period until redemption.

During the three months ending June 30, 2024, the accretion for the Series G Preferred Stock was $39,000. .

January 2023 Note

On January 20, 2023, the Company entered into a secured promissory note (“January 2023 Note”) with an investor (the “Investor”). The January 2023 Note is in the aggregate principal amount of $631,968. The Note has an interest rate of 10% per annum, with a maturity date nine months from the issuance date of the Note. The Note carried an original issue discount totaling $56,868, whereby the purchase price is $575,100. All payments made by the Company under the terms in the note, including upon repayment of this Note at maturity, shall be subject to an exit fee of 15% of the portion of the outstanding balance being paid. The cash was not transferred to the Company’s bank account, but instead to the merger entity, Yotta, for a contribution to a required extension fee for the business combination. On November 17, 2023, the Company received an extension of the maturity date to June 30, 2024, for a $5,000 extension fee. The maturity date has been further extended to August 15, 2024.

On April 3, 2024, the Company and the Investor entered into a fifth Exchange Agreement on the January 2023 Note. In the Exchange Agreement the remaining January 2023 Note was partitioned into a $92,700 new promissory note, leaving the original January 2023 Note with an adjusted balance of $221,018. The partitioned note was exchanged for 10,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock. The shares of common stock issued had a fair value of $100,000 based on the market price of the shares of $0.010 on the execution date, resulting in an excess of $7,300 to be recognized as a financing expense.

April 2023 Promissory Note

On April 21, 2023, the Company entered into a $60,000 promissory note with Yotta Investment LLC (“Yotta”), with no interest to accrue on the principal balance. The promissory note is to be settled on the date of closing of the business combination contemplated by the Merger Agreement with Yotta (“Merger Agreement”). Upon the occurrence of an event of default, including the termination of the Merger Agreement, the unpaid principal balance of this note, and all other sums payable with regard to this note, shall automatically and immediately become due and payable, in all cases without any action on the part of the Company. The Merger Agreement was terminated, and management believes the promissory note will be settled in the Breakup Fee.

May 2023 Promissory Note

On May 17, 2023, the Company entered into an additional $60,000 promissory note with Yotta, with no interest to accrue on the principal balance. The promissory note is to be settled on the date of closing of the business combination contemplated by the Merger Agreement with Yotta. Upon the occurrence of an event of default, including the termination of the Merger Agreement, the unpaid principal balance of this note, and all other sums payable with regard to this note, shall automatically and immediately become due and payable, in all cases without any action on the part of the Company. The Merger Agreement was terminated, and management believes the promissory note will be settled in the Breakup Fee.

Restructured August Note payable

On August 17, 2022, Streeterville purchased from us the August Note. The August Note has an annual interest rate of 12% and was to mature nine months from the effective date. The August Note carried an original issue discount (“OID”) totaling $433,333 and a transaction expense amount of $10,000, both of which are included in its principal balance. At issuance the Company received $1.1 million, with $3.9 million put into escrow to be held until certain terms are met, which includes $3.4 million upon the listing of the NaturalShrimp Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) or Nasdaq. The August Note also provided that if the Company did not effect the listing of the NaturalShrimp Common Stock by November 15, 2022, the then-current outstanding balance on the August Note increased by 10%, and that following such listing, while the August Note was still outstanding, 10 days after the Company sold any shares of NaturalShrimp Common Stock or NaturalShrimp Preferred Stock, it would have been required to make a mandatory prepayment on the August Note equal to the greater of $3.0 million or 33% of the gross proceeds of such equity sale. The August Note is secured by all of the assets of the Company. All payments made by the Company on the note, including upon repayment at maturity, is subject to an exit fee of 15% of the portion of the outstanding balance being paid.

In conjunction with the October 24, 2022 Merger Agreement with Yotta Acquisition Corporation, on November 4, 2022, the Company entered into a Restructuring Agreement with respect to the August Note through which the August Note was amended and restated in its entirety. The Restructuring Agreement included key modifications, in which (i) the uplist terms were removed, (ii) in the event that the Closing does not occur on or before December 31, 2022, the then-current outstanding balance will be increased by 2% and will increase by 2% every 30 days thereafter until the Closing or termination of the Merger Agreement, and (iii) the outstanding balance of the August Note may be increased by 5% to 15% upon the occurrence of an event of default or failure to obtain Streeterville’s consent or notify Streeterville for certain major equity related transactions. On November 20, 2023, the maturity date was extended to June 30, 2024. The maturity date has been further extended to August 15, 2024.

We analyzed the restructured August Note under ASC 470-50 as to whether the change in terms qualified as a modification or an extinguishment of the note. The changes in terms were considered an extinguishment as the present value of the cash flows under the terms of the new debt instrument was evaluated to be a substantial change, as over 10% difference from the present value of the remaining cash flows under the terms of the original instrument. As such, with the removal of the original note and its debt discount and accrued interest as compared to the restructured note with a fair value of approximately $1.9 million, there was a loss in extinguishment of approximately $157,000. As a result of the extinguishment and at the Company’s election of the fair value option under ASC 825, the August Note will be accounted for at fair value until it is settled. In accordance with ASC 815- 15-25-1(b), a hybrid instrument that is measured at fair value under ASC 825 fair value option each period with changes in fair value reported in earnings as they occur should not be evaluated for embedded derivatives. Therefore, we did not evaluate the provisions in the August Note as to whether it fell under the guidance of embedded derivatives and was required to be bifurcated. The August Note was revalued as of June 30, 2024 at approximately $2,790,000, with a change in fair value of approximately $150,000. As of June 30, 2024, the accrued interest from the restructuring date, which is included in the fair value is approximately $490,000.

Promissory Note — related parties

On July 10 through July 17, 2023, the Company received $140,000 in proceeds from the issuance of three promissory notes with related parties. The notes bear interest at 10% and have maturity dates one year from the issuance date. The maturity date has been extended for six months to two of the related parties and three months for one of the related party.

On August 10, 2022, the Company entered into a loan agreement for an aggregate of $300,000 with six related parties, which is to be considered priority debt of the Company. As of the date of this report, five of the related parties have entered into promissory notes under the loan agreement for $50,000 each, for a total of cash received of $250,000. The notes bear interest at 10% per annum and are due one year from the date of the note. For the three and nine months ended June 30, 2024, the interest expense for the related party promissory notes was approximately $9,000 and $21,000, respectively. As of June 30, 2024 and March 31, 2023, the accrued interest related to the related party promissory notes was approximately $41,000 and $22,000, respectively.

Restructured Senior Note payable

We issued the Convertible Note in December 2021. The Convertible Note had an annual interest rate of 12% and matured on December 15, 2023. The Convertible Note carried an OID totaling $1.3 million and a transaction expense amount of $20,000, both of which were included in the principal balance of the Convertible Note. The Convertible Note had $2.0 million in debt issuance costs, including fees paid in cash of $1.1 million and warrants to purchase 3,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock that we issued to the placement agents with a fair value of $940,000. The warrant fair value was estimated using the Black Scholes Model, with the following inputs: the price of the common stock of $0.32; a risk-free interest rate of 1.19%; the expected volatility of the common stock of 209.9%; the estimated remaining term; and a dividend rate of 0%. We classified the warrants as a liability, as it was not known if there would be sufficient authorized shares to be issued upon settlement, based on the conversion terms of the convertible debt.

In accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement, the Company and Streeterville entered into Restructuring Agreement dated as of November 4, 2022, pursuant to which the Convertible Note was amended and restated, and the Company issued to Streeterville and Amended and Restated Secured Promissory Note that amended and replaced the Convertible Note (the “Restructured Senior Note”), that: (i) eliminated the conversion feature of the Convertible Note; (ii) provides that within three trading days of the closing of the Business Combination, NaturalShrimp as the surviving entity in its merger with Merger Sub as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Yotta will pay Streeterville an amount equal to the lesser of (A) one-third of the amount (calculated prior to any deductions for any broker, underwriter, legal, accounting or other fees) retained in Yotta’s Trust Account (the “Trust Account”) at the effective time of the Business Combination or (B) $10,000,000, in order to repay a portion of the outstanding balance of the Restructured Senior Note; (iii) provide that the remaining balance of the Restructured Senior Note must be repaid in equal monthly installments over a 12-month period beginning on the second month immediately following either the closing date of the Business Combination or the termination of the Merger Agreement, but in no case later than June 30, 2024; and (iv) provides that if the closing date of the Business Combination is after December 31, 2022, the outstanding balance of all indebtedness owed by NaturalShrimp to Streeterville will be increased automatically by 2% and will automatically increase by 2% every 30 days thereafter until the closing of the Business Combination or the termination of the Merger Agreement.

As of June 30, 2023, the Merger had not yet closed, and therefore the 2% of the outstanding balance was increased as of June 30, 2023, in the amount of approximately $2,675,000. On July 20, 2023, the Company sent Yotta notice of the Company’s termination of the Merger Agreement. Based on the termination in July of 2023, the equal monthly payments were to begin on September 20, 2023. On July 3, 2024, the Investor issued a waiver to the Company on the equal monthly payments, which are not currently required to be paid, through August 15, 2024.

We analyzed the Restructured Senior Note under ASC 470-50 as to if the changes in terms qualified as a modification or an extinguishment of the note. The changes in terms were considered an extinguishment as the conversion feature has been eliminated and therefore the Restructured Senior Note is determined to be fundamentally different from the original Convertible Note. As such, with the removal of the Convertible Note and its debt discount and accrued interest as compared to the Restructured Senior Note with a fair value of approximately $18.9 million, there was a gain in extinguishment of approximately $2.5 million. As a result of the extinguishment and at the Company’s election of the fair value option under ASC 825, we will account for the Restructured Senior Note at fair value every period end until it is settled. In accordance with ASC 815- 15-25-1(b) a hybrid instrument that is measured at fair value under ASC 825 fair value option each period with changes in fair value reported in earnings as they occur should not be evaluated for embedded derivatives. Therefore, we did not evaluate the provisions in the Restructured Senior Note as to whether they fell under the guidance of embedded derivatives and were required to be bifurcated. We revalued the Restructured Senior Note as of June 30, 2024 at approximately $27,690,000, with a change in fair value of approximately $570,000 recognized in the Company’s condensed consolidated statement of operations. As of June 30, 2024, the accrued interest from the restructuring date, which is included in the fair value is approximately $6,463,000.

Series E Preferred Stock and Warrant

On November 22, 2021, we sold to an accredited investor 1,500 shares of Series E Preferred at a price of $1,000 per share and a warrant to purchase up to 1,500,000 shares of NaturalShrimp common stock at an exercise price of $0.75 per share, subject to adjustment as set forth therein, for an aggregate purchase price of $1.5 million. We received approximately $1.4 million in net proceeds after deducting the commission of Joseph Gunnar & Co., LLC (the placement agent) and other estimated offering expenses payable by the Company. We issued warrants to purchase 334,116 shares of our common stock to the placement agent as placement agent fees.

On July 24, 2023, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with another accredited investor for the additional sale of 156 shares of Series E Preferred Stock at a price of $1,000 per share of Preferred Stock, for a total of $156,000. The Series E Preferred Stock will earn a dividend of 12% per annum, for as long as the relevant Preferred Stock has not been redeemed or converted. Dividends are to be paid quarterly, and at the Company’s discretion, in cash or Preferred Stock calculated at the purchase price. As of June 30, 2024 the accretion for the Series E Preferred Stock was $9,300.

As of June 30, 2024 there were 1,656 shares of Series E Preferred Stock remaining outstanding.

Going Concern and Management Liquidity Plans

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that it will continue as a going concern. For the three months ended June 30, 2024, the Company had a net loss available for common stockholders of approximately $2,926,000. As of June 30, 2024, the Company had an accumulated deficit of approximately $186,717,000 and a working capital deficit of approximately $39,417,000. These factors raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern, within one year from the issuance date of this filing. The Company’s ability to continue as a going concern is dependent on its ability to raise the required additional capital or debt financing to meet short and long-term operating requirements. During the three months ended June 30, 2024, the Company received net cash proceeds of approximately $486,000 from the sale of common shares, and $200,000 from the sale of Series G Preferred stock. Subsequent to period end, the Company received approximately $42,000 for the sale of common shares and $100,000 from the sale of Series G Preferred stock

Management believes that private placements of equity capital will be needed to fund the Company’s long-term operating requirements. The Company may also encounter business endeavors that require significant cash commitments or unanticipated problems or expenses that could result in a requirement for additional cash. If the Company raises additional funds through the issuance of equity, the percentage ownership of its current shareholders could be reduced, and such securities might have rights, preferences or privileges senior to its common stock. Additional financing may not be available upon acceptable terms, or at all. If adequate funds are not available or are not available on acceptable terms, the Company may not be able to take advantage of prospective business endeavors or opportunities, which could significantly and materially restrict its operations. The Company continues to pursue external financing alternatives to improve its working capital position. If the Company is unable to obtain the necessary capital, the Company may be unable to develop its future planned facilities and, concomitantly, increase its shrimp production.

The Company’s consolidated financial statements included in this report do not include any adjustments that may be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern. The Company’s continuation as a going concern is dependent on its ability to obtain additional financing as may be required and ultimately to attain profitability. If the Company raises additional funds through the issuance of equity, the percentage ownership of current stockholders could be reduced, and such securities might have rights, preferences, or privileges senior to the rights, preferences, and privileges of the NaturalShrimp Common Stock. Additional financing may not be available upon acceptable terms, or at all. If adequate funds are not available or are not available on acceptable terms, the Company may not be able to take advantage of prospective business endeavors or opportunities, which could significantly and materially restrict its future plans for developing its business and achieving commercial revenues.

Future Financing

We will require additional funds to implement our growth strategy for our business. In addition, while we have received capital from various private placements that have enabled us to fund our operations, these funds have been largely used to develop our processes, although additional funds are needed for other corporate operational and working capital purposes. However, not including funds needed for capital expenditures or to pay down existing debt and trade payables, we anticipate that we will need to raise an additional $2.5 million to cover all of our capital and operational expenses over the next 12 months, not including any capital expenditures needed as part of any commercial scale-up of our equipment. These funds may be raised through equity financing, debt financing, or other sources, which may result in further dilution in the equity ownership of our shares. There can be no assurance that additional financing will be available to us when needed or, if available, that such financing can be obtained on commercially reasonable terms. If we are not able to obtain the additional necessary financing on a timely basis, or if we are unable to generate significant revenues from operations, we will not be able to meet our other obligations as they become due, and we will be forced to scale down or perhaps even cease our operations.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We have no off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources that is material to stockholders.

Effects of Inflation

We do not believe that inflation has had a material impact on our business, revenues or operating results during the periods presented.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

Our significant accounting policies are more fully described in the notes to our financial statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024 and 2023. We believe that the accounting policies below are critical for one to fully understand and evaluate our financial condition and results of operations.

Fair Value Measurement

The fair value measurement guidance clarifies that fair value is an exit price, representing the amount that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants. As such, fair value is a market-based measurement that should be determined based on assumptions that market participants would use in the valuation of an asset or liability. It establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy under the fair value measurement guidance are described below:

Level 1 - Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for identical assets or liabilities;

Level 2 - Quoted prices in markets that are not active, or inputs that are observable, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the asset or liability; or

Level 3 - Prices or valuation techniques that require inputs that are both significant to the fair value measurement and unobservable (supported by little or no market activity).

The warrant liabilities and fair value option on Restructured notes, are Level 3 fair value measurements.

Basic and Diluted Earnings/Loss per Common Share

Basic and diluted earnings or loss per share (“EPS”) amounts in the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements are computed in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 260 – 10 “Earnings per Share”, which establishes the requirements for presenting EPS. Basic EPS is based on the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding. Diluted EPS is based on the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding and dilutive common stock equivalents. Basic EPS is computed by dividing net income or loss available to common stockholders (numerator) by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding (denominator) during the period. As of the three months ended June 30, 2024, the Company had 5,000,000 Series A Convertible Preferred Stock which would be converted at the holder’s option into approximately 1,192,874,000 underlying common shares, 1,656 of Series E Redeemable Convertible Preferred shares whose approximately 5,678,000 underlying shares are convertible at the investors’ option at a fixed conversion price of $0.35, 750,000 shares of Series F Preferred Stock which would be converted at the holders’ option into approximately 286,290,000 underlying common shares, 645 of Series G Redeemable Convertible Preferred shares whose approximately 387,000,000 underlying shares are convertible at the investors’ option at a conversion price based on the discounted market price of $0.002 and 18,573,116 warrants outstanding which were not included in the calculation of diluted EPS as their effect would be anti-dilutive. As of the three months ended June 30, 2023, the Company had 5,000,000 Series A Convertible Preferred Stock which would be converted at the holder’s option into approximately 868,264,000 underlying common shares, 1,500 of Series E Redeemable Convertible Preferred shares whose approximately 5,143,000 underlying shares are convertible at the investors’ option at a fixed conversion price of $0.35, 750,000 shares of Series F Preferred Stock which would be converted at the holders’ option into approximately 208,383,000 underlying common shares, and 18,573,116 warrants outstanding which were not included in the calculation of diluted EPS as their effect would be anti-dilutive.

Impairment of Long-lived Assets and Long-lived Assets

The Company will periodically evaluate the carrying value of long-lived assets to be held and used when events and circumstances warrant such a review and at least annually. The carrying value of a long-lived asset is considered impaired when the anticipated undiscounted cash flow from such asset is separately identifiable and is less than its carrying value. In that event, a loss is recognized based on the amount by which the carrying value exceeds the fair value of the long-lived asset. Fair value is determined primarily using the anticipated cash flows discounted at a rate commensurate with the risk involved. Losses on long-lived assets to be disposed of are determined in a similar manner, except that fair values are reduced for the cost to dispose.

Revenue Recognition

The Company recognizes revenue in accordance with ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, and, as such, the Company records revenue when its customers obtain control of the promised goods or services in an amount that reflects the consideration that the Company expects to receive in exchange for those goods or services. The Company will sell primarily to food service distributors, as well as to wholesalers, retail establishments and seafood distributors. Additionally, the Company will sell or rent either the NSI Technologies or Equipment.

To determine revenue recognition for the arrangements that the Company determines are within the scope of Topic 606, the Company performs the following five steps: (1) identify the contract(s) with a customer by receipt of purchase orders and confirmations sent by the Company, which includes a required line of credit approval process, (2) identify the performance obligations in the contract, which includes shipment of goods to the customer FOB shipping point or destination, (3) determine the transaction price which initiates with the purchase order received from the customer and confirmation sent by the Company and will include discounts and allowances by customer if any, (4) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract which is the shipment of the goods to the customer and transaction price determined in step 3 above and (5) recognize revenue when (or as) the Company satisfies a performance obligation, which is when the Company transfers control of the goods to the customers by shipment or delivery of the products.

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

Our recently adopted accounting pronouncements are more fully described in Note 2 to our financial statements included herein for the quarter ended June 30, 2024.

Recently Issued Accounting Standards

In November 2023, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2023-07, “Segment Reporting (Topic 280*) Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures”* which expands annual and interim disclosure requirements for reportable segments. The amendments require enhanced disclosure for certain segment items and required disclosure on how management uses reported measures to assess segment performance. The amendments do not change how segments are determined, aggregated, or how thresholds are applied to determine reportable segments. The updated standard is effective for annual periods beginning in fiscal 2025 and interim periods beginning in the first quarter of fiscal 2026. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the effect of adopting this ASU.

In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU No. 2023-09 “Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures” which requires two primary enhancements of 1) disaggregated information on a reporting entity’s effective tax rate reconciliation, and 2) information on cash income taxes paid. Additionally, specific disclosures related to unrecognized tax benefits and indefinite reinvestment assertions were removed. For public business entities, the new requirements will be effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024. The guidance will be applied on a prospective basis with the option to apply the standard retrospectively. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the effect of adopting this ASU.

In August 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-06, Debt - Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470- 20) and Derivatives and Hedging - Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40): Accounting for Convertible Instruments and Contracts in an Entity’s Own Equity (“ASU 2020-06”), which simplifies the accounting for certain financial instruments with characteristics of liabilities and equity. This ASU (1) simplifies the accounting for convertible debt instruments and convertible preferred stock by removing the existing guidance in ASC 470-20, Debt: Debt with Conversion and Other Options, that requires entities to account for beneficial conversion features and cash conversion features in equity, separately from the host convertible debt or preferred stock; (2) revises the scope exception from derivative accounting in ASC 815-40 for freestanding financial instruments and embedded features that are both indexed to the issuer’s own stock and classified in stockholders’ equity, by removing certain criteria required for equity classification; and (3) revises the guidance in ASC 260, Earnings Per Share, to require entities to calculate diluted earnings per share (EPS) for convertible instruments by using the if-converted method. In addition, entities must presume share settlement for purposes of calculating diluted EPS when an instrument may be settled in cash or shares. For SEC filers, excluding smaller reporting companies, ASU 2020-06 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2021 including interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted, but no earlier than fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020. For all other entities, ASU 2020-06 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Entities should adopt the guidance as of the beginning of the fiscal year of adoption and cannot adopt the guidance in an interim reporting period. The Company adopted ASU 2020-06 as of April 1, 2024, which had no impact on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

During the period ending June 30, 2024, there were a few new accounting pronouncements issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board. Each of these pronouncements, as applicable, has been or will be adopted by the Company. Management does not believe the adoption of any of these accounting pronouncements has had or will have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

We maintain a system of disclosure controls and procedures (as that term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) that are designed to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed in our reports under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures.

In designing and evaluating our disclosure controls and procedures, management recognizes that any disclosure controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives. In addition, the design of disclosure controls and procedures must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and that management is required to apply judgment in evaluating the benefits of possible controls and procedures relative to their costs.

The Company’s management, with the participation of our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act, as of the end of the period covered by this Report.

Based upon that evaluation , our principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that, as of June 30, 2024, our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective due to the material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting described below. Thus, there remains a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the Company’s interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. This does not include an evaluation by the Company’s registered public accounting firm regarding the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we cannot provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed by us in reports we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, to allow our principal financial and executive officers to make timely decisions regarding required disclosures as of June 30, 2024.

Management’s evaluation was based on the following material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting which existed as of March 31, 2024, and which continue to exist, as discussed in the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K:

• Inadequate segregation of duties consistent with control objectives;
• Lack of independent Board of Directors (as of the balance sheet date) and absence of Audit Committee to exercise oversight responsibility related to financial reporting and internal control;
• Lack of risk assessment procedures on internal controls to detect financial reporting risks in a timely manner; and
• Lack of documentation on policies and procedures that are critical to the accomplishment of financial reporting objectives.

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Our management will continue to monitor and evaluate the relevance of our risk-based approach and the effectiveness of our internal controls and procedures over financial reporting on an ongoing basis and is committed to taking further action and implementing additional enhancements or improvements, as necessary and as funds allow.

Remediation Plan

Management continues to implement measures designed to ensure that control deficiencies contributing to the material weakness are remediated, such that these controls are designed, implemented, and operating effectively.

The remediation actions planned include:

• Identify gaps in our skills base and the expertise of our staff required to meet the financial reporting requirements of a public company;
• Establish an independent Board of Directors and an Audit Committee to provide oversight for remediation efforts and ongoing guidance regarding accounting, financial reporting, overall risks and the internal control environment;
• Retain additional accounting personnel with public company financial reporting, technical accounting, SEC compliance, and strategic financial advisory experience to achieve adequate segregation of duties; and
• Continue to develop formal policies and procedures on accounting and internal control over financial reporting and monitor the effectiveness of existing controls and procedures.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2024 that have materially affected, or that are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

Factors that could cause or contribute to differences in our future financial and operating results include those discussed in the risk factors set forth in Item 1 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2024. The risks described in our Form 10-K and this Report are not the only risks that we face. Additional risks not presently known to us or that we do not currently consider significant may also have an adverse effect on the Company. If any of the risks actually occur, our business, results of operations, cash flows or financial condition could suffer.

There have been no material changes to the risk factors set forth in Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2024, filed with SEC on July 17, 2024.