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Item 1A. Risk Factors

The SEC requires the Company to identify risks that are specific to its business and its financial condition. The Company is still subject to all the same risks as companies in its business, and all companies in the economy. These include risks relating to economic downturns, political and economic events, and technological developments (such as cyber-attacks and the ability to prevent such attacks). Additionally, early-stage companies are inherently riskier than more developed companies, and the risk of business failure and complete loss of your investment capital is present. You should consider general risks as well as specific risks when deciding whether to invest.

Below is a summary of material risks, uncertainties and other factors that could have a material effect on the Company and its operations:

•We are a comparatively early-stage company that has incurred operating losses in the past, expect to incur operating losses in the future, and may never achieve or maintain profitability.

•Our technology continues to be developed, and there is no guarantee that we will ever successfully develop the technology that is essential to our business to a point at which no further development is needed.

•We may be subject to numerous data protection requirements and regulations.

•We operate in a highly competitive industry that is dominated by a number of exceptionally large, well-capitalized market leaders and the size and resources of some of our competitors may allow them to compete more effectively than we can.

•We rely on third parties to provide services essential to the success of our business.

•We currently have three customers that account for substantially all of our revenues.

•We expect to raise additional capital through equity and/or debt offerings to support our working capital requirements and operating losses.

•Our auditor has included an “Emphasis of Matter Regarding Liquidity” note in its report on our consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2023. Our consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that may result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

•As the vast majority of our revenue is US Dollar denominated and a significant percentage of our expenses are incurred in other currencies, we are subject to risks relating to foreign currency fluctuations.

Risks Related to Our Company

We have a limited operating history upon which you can evaluate our performance and have not yet generated profits. Accordingly, our prospects must be considered in light of the risks that any new company encounters. Our Company was incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware on April 11, 2016, and we have not yet generated profits. The likelihood of our creation of a viable business must be considered in light of the problems, expenses, difficulties, complications, and delays frequently encountered in connection with the growth of a business, operation in a competitive industry, and the continued development of our technology and products. We anticipate that our operating expenses will increase for the near future, and there is no assurance that we will be profitable in the near future. You should consider our business, operations, and prospects in light of the risks, expenses and challenges faced as an emerging growth company.

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We have historically operated at a loss, which has resulted in an accumulated deficit. For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, we incurred a net loss of $7.64 million, compared to a net loss of $12.09 million for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022. There can be no assurance that we will ever achieve profitability. Even if we do, there can be no assurance that we will be able to maintain or increase profitability on a quarterly or annual basis. Failure to do so would continue to have a material adverse effect on our accumulated deficit, would affect our cash flows, would affect our efforts to raise capital and is likely to result in a decline in our Class A Common Stock price.

Our consolidated financial statements for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 have been prepared on a going concern basis. We have not yet generated profits and have an accumulated deficit of $50.85 million as of December 31, 2023. We may not have enough funds to sustain the business until it becomes profitable. Even if we raise additional funding through future financing efforts, we may not accurately anticipate how quickly we may use such funds and whether such funds would be sufficient to bring the business to profitability. The Company’s ability to continue as a going concern in the next twelve months following the date of the consolidated financial statements is dependent upon its ability to produce revenues and/or obtain financing sufficient to meet current and future obligations and deploy such to produce profitable operating results.

Our cash could be adversely affected if the financial institutions in which we hold our cash fail. The Company maintains domestic cash deposits in Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) insured banks. The domestic bank deposit balances may exceed the FDIC insurance limits. In addition, given the foreign markets we serve, we maintain cash deposits in foreign banks, some of which are not insured or partially insured by the FDIC or other similar agency. These balances could be impacted if one or more of the financial institutions in which we deposit monies fails or is subject to other adverse conditions in the financial or credit markets.

Our technology continues to be developed, and it is unlikely that we will ever develop our technology to a point at which no further development is required. Trust Stamp is developing complex technology that requires significant technical and regulatory expertise to develop, commercialize and update to meet evolving market and regulatory requirements. While we constantly monitor and adapt our products and technology as criminal methods of breaching cybersecurity advance, there is no guarantee we will consistently be able to develop technology that can effectively counteract such criminal efforts. If we are unable to successfully develop and commercialize our technology and products, it will significantly affect our viability as a company.

If our security measures are breached or unauthorized access to individually identifiable biometric or other personally identifiable information is otherwise obtained, our reputation may be harmed, and we may incur significant liabilities. In the ordinary course of our business, we may collect and store sensitive data, including protected health information (“PHI”), personally identifiable information (“PII”), owned or controlled by ourselves or our customers, and other parties. We communicate sensitive data, including patient data, electronically, and through relationships with multiple third-party vendors and their subcontractors. These applications and data encompass a wide variety of business-critical information, including research and development information, patient data, commercial information, and business and financial information. We face a number of risks relative to protecting this critical information, including loss of access risk, inappropriate use or disclosure, inappropriate modification, and the risk of our being unable to adequately monitor, audit, and modify our controls over our critical information. This risk extends to the third-party vendors and subcontractors we use to manage this sensitive data. As a custodian of this data, Trust Stamp therefore inherits responsibilities related to this data, exposing itself to potential threats. Data breaches occur at all levels of corporate sophistication (including at companies with significantly greater resources and security measures than our own) and the resulting fallout stemming from these breaches can be costly, time-consuming, and damaging to a company’s reputation. Further, data breaches need not occur from malicious attack or phishing only. Often, employee carelessness can result in sharing PII with a much wider audience than intended. Consequences of such data breaches could result in fines, litigation expenses, costs of implementing better systems, and the damage of negative publicity, all of which could have a material adverse effect on our business operations and financial condition.

We are subject to substantial governmental regulation relating to our technology and will continue to be for the lifetime of our Company. By virtue of handling sensitive PII and biometric data, we are subject to numerous statutes related to data privacy and additional legislation and regulation should be anticipated in every jurisdiction in which we operate. Examples of federal (US) and European statutes we could be subject to are:

•Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

•Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH)

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Any such access, breach, or other loss of information could result in legal claims or proceedings, liability under federal or state laws that protect the privacy of personal information under HIPAA and/or “HITECH”. Notice of breaches must be made to affected individuals, the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), and for extensive breaches, notice may need to be made to the media or state attorneys general. Penalties for violations of these laws vary. For instance, penalties for failure to comply with a requirement of HIPAA and HITECH vary significantly, and include significant civil monetary penalties and, in certain circumstances, criminal penalties with fines up to $250,000 per violation and/or imprisonment. A person who knowingly obtains or discloses individually identifiable health information in violation of HIPAA may face a criminal penalty of up to $50,000 and up to one-year imprisonment. The criminal penalties increase if the wrongful conduct involves false pretenses or the intent to sell, transfer or use identifiable health information for commercial advantage, personal gain, or malicious harm.

Further, various states, such as California, have implemented similar privacy laws and regulations, such as the California Confidentiality of Medical Information Act, that impose restrictive requirements regulating the use and disclosure of health information and other personally identifiable information. Where state laws are more protective, we have to comply with the stricter provisions. In addition to fines and penalties imposed upon violators, some of these state laws also afford private rights of action to individuals who believe their personal information has been misused. California’s patient privacy laws, for example, provide for penalties of up to $250,000 and permit injured parties to sue for damages. The interplay of federal and state laws may be subject to varying interpretations by courts and government agencies, creating complex compliance issues for us and data we receive, use and share, potentially exposing us to additional expense, adverse publicity, and liability. Further, as regulatory focus on privacy issues continues to increase and laws and regulations concerning the protection of personal information expand and become more complex, these potential risks to our business could intensify. Changes in laws or regulations associated with the enhanced protection of certain types of sensitive data, such as PII or PHI, along with increased customer demands for enhanced data security infrastructure, could greatly increase our cost of providing our services, decrease demand for our services, reduce our revenues and/or subject us to additional liabilities.

Compliance with U.S. and international data protection laws and regulations could cause us to incur substantial costs or require us to change our business practices and compliance procedures in a manner adverse to our business. Moreover, complying with these various laws could require us to take on more onerous obligations in our contracts, restrict our ability to collect, use and disclose data, or in some cases, impact our ability to operate in certain jurisdictions. We rely on our customers to obtain valid and appropriate consents from data subjects whose biometric samples and data we process on such customers’ behalf. Given that we do not obtain direct consent from such data subjects and we do not audit our customers to ensure that they have obtained the necessary consents required by law, the failure of our customers to obtain consents that are in compliance with applicable law could result in our own non-compliance with privacy laws. Such failure to comply with U.S. and international data protection laws and regulations could result in government enforcement actions (which could include civil or criminal penalties), private litigation and/or adverse publicity and could negatively affect our operating results and business. Claims that we have violated individuals’ privacy rights, failed to comply with data protection laws, or breached our contractual obligations, even if we are not found liable, could be expensive and time consuming to defend, could result in adverse publicity and could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We anticipate sustaining operating losses for the foreseeable future. It is anticipated that we will sustain operating losses into 2024 as we continue with research and development, and strive to gain new customers for our technology and market share in our industry. Our ability to become profitable depends on our ability to expand our customer base, consisting of companies willing to license our technology. There can be no assurance that this will occur. Unanticipated problems and expenses are often encountered in offering new products which may impact whether the Company is successful. Furthermore, we may encounter substantial delays and unexpected expenses related to development, technological changes, marketing, regulatory requirements and changes to such requirements or other unforeseen difficulties. There can be no assurance that we will ever become profitable. If the Company sustains losses over an extended period of time, it may be unable to continue in business.

If our products do not achieve broad acceptance both domestically and internationally, we will not be able to achieve our anticipated level of growth. Our revenues are derived from licensing our identity authentication solutions. We cannot accurately predict the future growth rate or the size of the market for our technology. The expansion of the market for our solutions depends on a number of factors, such as

•the cost, performance and reliability of our solutions and the products and services offered by our competitors;

•customers’ perceptions regarding the benefits of biometrics and other authentication solutions;

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•public perceptions regarding the intrusiveness of these solutions and the manner in which organizations use biometric and other identity information collected;

•public perceptions regarding the confidentiality of private information;

•proposed or enacted legislation related to privacy of information

•customers’ satisfaction with biometrics solutions; and

•marketing efforts and publicity regarding biometrics solutions.

Even if our technology gains wide market acceptance, our solutions may not adequately address market requirements and may not continue to gain market acceptance. If authentication solutions generally or our solutions specifically do not gain wide market acceptance, we may not be able to achieve our anticipated level of growth and our revenues and results of operations would suffer.

We operate in a highly competitive industry that is dominated by multiple very large, well-capitalized market leaders and is constantly evolving. New entrants to the market, existing competitor actions, or other changes in market dynamics could adversely impact us. The level of competition in the identity authentication industry is high, with multiple exceptionally large, well-capitalized competitors holding a majority share of the market. Currently, we are not aware of any direct competitors of the Company able to offer our main technological offering. Nonetheless, many of the companies in the identity authentication market have longer operating histories, larger customer bases, significantly greater financial, technological, sales, marketing, and other resources than we do. At any point, these companies may decide to devote their resources to creating a competing technology solution which will impact our ability to maintain or gain market share in this industry. Further, such companies will be able to respond more quickly than we can to new or changing opportunities, technologies, standards, or client requirements, more quickly develop new products or devote greater resources to the promotion and sale of their products and services than we can. Likewise, their greater capabilities in these areas may enable them to better withstand periodic downturns in the identity management solutions industry and compete more effectively on the basis of price and production. In addition, new companies may enter the markets in which we compete, further increasing competition in the identity management solutions industry.

We believe that our ability to compete successfully depends on a number of factors, including the type and quality of our products and the strength of our brand names, as well as many factors beyond our control. We may not be able to compete successfully against current or future competitors, and increased competition may result in price reductions, reduced profit margins, loss of market share and an inability to generate cash flows that are sufficient to maintain or expand the development and marketing of new products, any of which would adversely impact our results of operations and financial condition.

We face competition from companies with greater financial, technical, sales, marketing, and other resources, and, if we are unable to compete effectively with these competitors, our market share may decline, and our business could be harmed. We face competition from well established companies. Many of our competitors have longer operating histories, larger customer bases, significantly greater financial, technological, sales, marketing, and other resources than we do. As a result, our competitors may be able to respond more quickly than we can to new or changing opportunities, technologies, standards, or client requirements, more quickly develop new products or devote greater resources to the promotion and sale of their products and services than we can. Likewise, their greater capabilities in these areas may enable them to better withstand periodic downturns in the identity management solutions industry and compete more effectively on the basis of price and production. In addition, new companies may enter the markets in which we compete, further increasing competition in the identity management solutions industry.

The Company may be unable to effectively protect its intellectual property. The Company has many issued patents related to its products and technology, and many pending patent applications as of the date of this report. There is no guarantee that the Company will ever be issued patents on the applications it has submitted. In addition, in order to control costs, we have filed patent applications only in the United States. This may result in our having limited or no protection in other

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jurisdictions. Our success depends to a significant degree upon the protection of our products and technology. If we are unable to secure patents for our products and technology, or are otherwise unsuccessful at protecting our technology, other companies with greater resources may copy our technology and/or products, or improve upon them, putting us at a disadvantage to our competitors.

Successful infringement claims against us could result in significant monetary liability or prevent us from selling some of our products. We believe our products and technology may be highly disruptive to a very large and growing market. Our competitors are well capitalized with significant intellectual property protection and resources and they (and/or patent trolls) may initiate infringement lawsuits against our Company. Such litigation could be expensive and could also prevent us from selling our products, which would significantly harm our ability to grow our business as planned.

Our failure to attract and retain highly qualified personnel in the future could harm our business. As the Company grows, it will be required to hire and attract additional qualified professionals, additional staff for research and development, regulatory professionals, sales and marketing professionals, accounting, legal, and finance experts. The Company may not be able to locate or attract qualified individuals for such positions, which will affect the Company’s ability to grow and expand its business.

We rely on third party service providers. Our third-party partners provide a variety of essential business functions, including hosting, contract labor, and others. It is possible that some of these third parties will fail to perform their services or will perform them in an unacceptable manner. If we encounter problems with one or more of these parties and they fail to perform to expectations, it could have a material adverse impact on the Company.

We currently have three customers that account for substantially all of our current revenues. During the Company’s technology stack development, we have focused on strong relationships with a number of significant partners and customers to guide the customer and product discovery process. As such, our historical financial results identify that for a number of years we generated substantially all of our revenue from those three customers.

In the opinion of our management, we would be able to continue operations without our current customers. However, the unanticipated loss of the Company’s current customers could have an adverse effect on the company’s financial position.

We face risks related to distributing our products and services through channel partnerships, such as our partnership with FIS. When selling our products and services through indirect sales channels, such as through FIS, we are reliant on the efforts of those channel partners to successfully market and sell our products to end-customers. To the extent that FIS is unsuccessful at selling our products and services, our results of operations may suffer. Further, as of the date of this report, our only channel partnership is with FIS, which may increase the risk of harm to our Company if FIS is unsuccessful in selling our products and services. While we may seek to attract and retain additional indirect channel partners that will be able to market our products effectively and provide timely and cost-effective customer support and services, we may not succeed in doing so, and this could limit our ability to grow revenues and achieve profitability. Selling through channel partnerships is also a relatively new endeavor for us. Historically, we have generated a majority of sales through direct sales. Managing indirect sales channels may require more management attention than managing our direct sales force. If the indirect sales channels grow, management attention may be diverted, impairing our ability to execute other parts of our strategy.

We face risks related to our target customers. The majority of the customers that we are targeting are large organizations with complex and expansive operations. These kinds of companies often have long and often unpredictable enterprise sales cycles, which can result in significant time and effort to close a deal with those companies (and there is no guarantee that a deal will occur). This can make sales forecasting difficult for our Company, which can lead to operational challenges. For example, we often need to hire staff ahead of closing on a new client contract to be ready to perform if and when the contract closes. If we are unable to effectively forecast sales, we may incur unnecessary or avoidable expenses, or exhaust our cash reserves, which could have a material negative impact on our Company’s financial condition and results of operations.

Our future success is dependent on the continued service of our small management team. Seven directors and four executive officers provide leadership to Trust Stamp. Three of the directors are also executive officers. Our success is dependent on their ability to manage all aspects of our business effectively. Because we are relying on our small management team, we lack certain business development resources that may hurt our ability to grow our business. Any loss of key members of our executive team could have a negative impact on our ability to manage and grow our business

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effectively. We do not maintain a key person life insurance policy on any of the members of our senior management team. As a result, we would have no way to cover the financial loss if we were to lose the services of our directors or officers.

We expect to raise additional capital through equity and/or debt offerings to support our working capital requirements and operating losses. In order to fund future growth and development, the Company will likely need to raise additional funds in the future by offering shares of its Common or Preferred Stock and/or other classes of equity, or debt that convert into shares of common or Preferred Stock, any of which offerings would dilute the ownership percentage of investors in this offering. In order to issue sufficient shares in this regard, we may be required to amend our certificate of incorporation to increase our authorized capital stock, which would require us to obtain consent of a majority of our shareholders. Furthermore, if the Company raises capital through debt, the holders of our debt would have priority over holders of common and Preferred Stock and the Company may be required to accept terms that restrict its ability to incur more debt. We cannot assure you that the necessary funds will be available on a timely basis, on favorable terms, or at all, or that such funds if raised, would be sufficient. The level and timing of future expenditure will depend on a number of factors, many of which are outside our control. If we are not able to obtain additional capital on acceptable terms, or at all, we may be forced to curtail or abandon our growth plans, which could adversely impact the Company, its business, development, financial condition, operating results, or prospects.

We are subject to risks related to foreign currency exchange rates. We operate on a global basis. We have operations (through our subsidiaries and/or directly) in many foreign countries and territories, including, but not limited to, United Kingdom, Poland, Rwanda, Denmark, and the Republic of Malta. The translation from any currencies to United States Dollars for financial statement presentation resulted in a foreign currency loss of $0 for the year ended December 31, 2023, and $105 thousand loss for the year ended December 31, 2022. As of June 30, 2022, the Company determined that there was currently no intention to settle intercompany accounts in the foreseeable future; therefore, beginning in June 30, 2022, future fluctuations in foreign currencies between the Company and its subsidiaries are recorded to Accumulated other comprehensive income on the balance sheet instead of Other expense. The translation from any currencies to United States Dollars for financial statement presentation resulted in Accumulated other comprehensive income of $140 thousand as of December 31, 2023, and $237 thousand as of December 31, 2022. Foreign currency translation losses, coupled with varying inflation rates across the countries we operate in, could have a material adverse effect on our business.

We are an emerging growth company, and the reduced reporting requirements applicable to emerging growth companies could make our Class A Common Stock less attractive to investors. We are an emerging growth company, as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act. For as long as we continue to be an emerging growth company, we may take advantage of exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies, including not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements, exemptions from the requirements of holding non-binding advisory votes on executive compensation and stockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved, and an exemption from compliance with the requirement of the PCAOB regarding the communication of critical audit matters in the auditor’s report on the consolidated financial statements. We could be an emerging growth company for up to five years following the year in which we completed our IPO, although circumstances could cause us to lose that status earlier. We will remain an emerging growth company until the earlier of (1) the last day of the fiscal year (a) following the fifth anniversary of the date of the closing of our IPO, (b) in which we have total annual gross revenue of at least $1.07 billion or (c) in which we are deemed to be a large accelerated filer, which requires the market value of our common stock that are held by non-affiliates to exceed $700.00 million as of the prior June 30th, and (2) the date on which we have issued more than $1.00 billion in non-convertible debt during the prior three-year period.

In addition, the JOBS Act provides that an emerging growth company can take advantage of an extended transition period for complying with new or revised accounting standards. This allows an emerging growth company to delay the adoption of certain accounting standards until those standards would otherwise apply to private companies. We have elected to use this extended transition period for complying with new or revised accounting standards that have different effective dates for public and private companies until the earlier of the date we (i) are no longer an emerging growth company or (ii) affirmatively and irrevocably opt out of the extended transition period provided in the JOBS Act. As a result, our consolidated financial statements may not be comparable to companies that comply with new or revised accounting pronouncements as of public company effective dates.

We cannot predict if investors will find our Class A Common Stock less attractive because we may rely on the reporting exemptions and the extended transition period for complying with new or revised accounting standards. If some investors

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find our Class A Common Stock less attractive as a result, there may be a less active trading market for our Class A Common Stock and our share price may be more volatile.

Our internal controls over financial reporting and our disclosure controls and procedures may not prevent all possible errors that could occur. Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of our financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”). Ensuring that we have adequate internal financial and accounting controls and procedures in place to produce accurate financial statements on a timely basis is a costly and time-consuming effort that needs to be re-evaluated frequently. Failure on our part to have effective internal financial and accounting controls would cause our financial reporting to be unreliable, could have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results, and financial condition, and could cause the trading price of our common stock to fall dramatically.

A control system, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the control system’s objectives will be satisfied. Internal control over financial reporting and disclosure controls and procedures are designed to give a reasonable assurance that they are effective to achieve their objectives. We cannot provide absolute assurance that all of our possible future control issues will be detected. These inherent limitations include the possibility that judgments in our decision making can be faulty, and that isolated breakdowns can occur because of simple human error or mistake. The design of our system of controls is based in part upon assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed absolutely in achieving our stated goals under all potential future or unforeseeable conditions. Because of the inherent limitations in a cost-effective control system, misstatements due to error could occur and not be detected. This and any future failures could cause investors to lose confidence in our reported financial information, which could have a negative impact on our financial condition and stock price.

In future periods, if the process required by Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act reveals any material weaknesses or significant deficiencies, the correction of any such material weaknesses or significant deficiencies could require remedial measures which could be costly and time-consuming. In addition, in such a case, we may be unable to produce accurate financial statements on a timely basis. Any associated accounting restatement could create a significant strain on our internal resources and cause delays in our release of quarterly or annual financial results and the filing of related reports, increase our costs and cause management distraction. Any of the foregoing could cause investors to lose confidence in the reliability of our financial statements, which could cause the market price of our common stock to decline and make it more difficult for us to finance our operations and growth.

Management identified certain material weaknesses relating to corporate finance and accounting, resulting in the Company not maintaining effective internal controls over financial reporting as of the year ended December 31, 2022. Management identified certain material weaknesses relating to corporate finance and accounting, resulting in the Company not maintaining effective internal controls over financial reporting as of the year ended December 31, 2022. As a result, the Company has not maintained effective internal controls over financial reporting as required for a public company. The resulting material weaknesses relate to insufficient management review and approval of each journal entry prior to its posting for preparation of the financial statements and disclosures. Additionally, it was concluded that we had inadequate controls over the management information systems related to program changes, segregation of duties, and access controls. As a result, it would be possible that the Company’s business process controls that depend on the accuracy and completeness of data or financial reports generated by these information technology systems could be adversely affected due to the lack of operating effectiveness of information technology controls. The failure to establish effective internal controls could result in improperly accounting for transactions accurately, reliability in compiling financial information, and could significantly impair our ability to prevent error and detect fraud. Based on our evaluation, management concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was effective as of December 31, 2023.

Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments

None.

Item 1C. Cybersecurity

Risk Management and Strategy

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We review cybersecurity risk as part of our overall enterprise risk management program. This ensures that cybersecurity risk management remains a top priority in our business strategy and operations.

Our risk management strategy includes, among other elements:

•Identification: We aim to proactively identify sources of risk, areas of impact, and relevant events that could give rise to cybersecurity risks, such as changes to our infrastructure, service providers, or personnel.

•Assessment: We conduct periodic risk assessments to identify cybersecurity threats. We also conduct likelihood and impact assessments with the goal of identifying reasonably foreseeable internal and external risks, the likelihood and potential damage that could result from such risks, and the sufficiency of existing policies, procedures, systems, and safeguards in place to manage such risks.

•Management: Following our risk assessments, we design and implement reasonable safeguards to address any identified gaps in our existing processes and procedures.

We engage third parties, including consultants and auditors, to evaluate the effectiveness of our risk management program, control environment, and cybersecurity practices through security audits, penetration testing, and other engagements.

The Company's cybersecurity policies and procedures are fully integrated into its broader risk management framework, reflecting a holistic approach to cybersecurity risk management. Regular cybersecurity risk assessments are conducted to identify potential threats and vulnerabilities, with detailed mitigation strategies developed and implemented accordingly.

Trust Stamp has adopted an Information Security Incident Response Plan that establishes policy and protocol to follow in response to an information security incident or event impacting Trust Stamp. This policy applies to all Trust Stamp employees holding management responsibilities. Incidents are reported by users via various methods including verbally, email, or other methods. The Development Operations team via the Chief Technology Officer or Executive Vice President is the main point of contact for technical support issues. It is to be expected that potential security incidents will be raised through this channel.

The Company engages third-party cybersecurity assessments to ensure an objective evaluation of its cybersecurity stance, including the effectiveness of its risk management strategies. Oversight of cybersecurity risks posed by third-party service providers is systematically managed, ensuring that all external risks are identified and mitigated.

The Company did not have any material cybersecurity breaches during the year ended December 31, 2023.

Board of Director Governance

The Board of Directors (the "Board") includes members with substantial cybersecurity expertise, ensuring informed oversight of cybersecurity risks. Documentation of the Board's involvement in cybersecurity oversight is maintained, highlighting the frequency and topics of discussions related to cybersecurity risks and incident response. The Board is regularly updated on cybersecurity risks and incidents through established reporting mechanisms, ensuring they are well-informed to make strategic decisions regarding the Company's cybersecurity posture.

Management's Governance

Management's roles and responsibilities in cybersecurity oversight are clearly defined, with specific committees or positions designated for managing cybersecurity risks. The day-to-day management of cybersecurity is the responsibility of the Chief Technology Officer who oversees our technology team. These include procedures for incident response and regular reporting of cybersecurity information to the Board of Directors (the "Board"), ensuring effective communication and oversight. Cybersecurity risk management is seamlessly integrated into the Company's overall business strategy and decision-making processes, demonstrating a proactive approach to managing cybersecurity risks.

The Company has established clear criteria for determining the materiality of cybersecurity incidents, which include assessing potential or actual financial impacts, reputational damage, and operational disruptions. Documented incidents are meticulously recorded, detailing their nature, scope, and financial implications, ensuring transparency and accountability. The timeliness of Form 8-K filings following material cybersecurity incidents is strictly adhered to, with a thorough process in place for documenting any reasons for delayed disclosures. This ensures compliance with SEC requirements and maintains stakeholder confidence in the Company's cybersecurity posture.

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Item 2. Properties

The Company contracts for use of office space at 3017 Bolling Way NE, Floors 1 and 2, Atlanta, Georgia, 30305, United States of America, which serves as its corporate headquarters and primary operational hub. The Company also leases office space (through a subsidiary) in Malta, which primarily serves as a research and development space. The Company contracts for coworking arrangements in other office spaces (either directly or through its subsidiaries) in New York, North Carolina, Denmark, Poland, and Rwanda to support its dispersed workforce. Minimum lease commitments related to these agreements are described in Note 12 to the consolidated financial statements provided under Item 8 of this report. We believe our existing properties are in good condition and are sufficient and suitable for the conduct of our business.

Item 3. Legal Proceedings

From time to time, the Company may be involved in a variety of legal matters that arise in the normal course of business. The Company is not currently involved in any litigation, and its management is not aware of any pending or threatened legal actions relating to its intellectual property, conduct of its business activities, or otherwise. See “Risk Factors” for a summary of risks our Company may face in relation to litigation against our Company.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

Not applicable.

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PART II

Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

Common Stock

As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, our Class A Common Stock is traded on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “IDAI”. Trust Stamp received approval from Nasdaq to have our Class A Common Stock listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “IDAI” with trading commencing on January 31, 2022.

During the year ended December 31, 2022, our Class A Common Stock was traded on the OTC Markets Group Inc.’s OTCQX quotation platform under the trading symbol “IDAI” and on the Euronext Growth market in Dublin under “AIID”. On September 12, 2022, the Company notified Euronext regarding the cancellation of our admission to Euronext with a final trading date of October 13, 2022. As a result of our Nasdaq approval, our Class A Common Stock is no longer listed on the OTCQX market as of January 31, 2022.

Holders

As of March 29, 2024, there were approximately 2,758 registered holders of record of our Class A Common Stock and the last reported sale price of our Class A Common Stock on the Nasdaq was $0.92 per share on March 29, 2024.

The number of shares of our Class A Common Stock that are freely tradable as of March 29, 2024 was 7,296,485.

Performance Graph

We are a smaller reporting company, as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act and are not required to provide the information required under this item.

Dividend Policy

To date, we have not paid any dividends on our Class A Common Stock and do not anticipate paying any dividends in the foreseeable future. The declaration and payment of dividends on the Class A Common Stock is at the discretion of our Board of Directors and will depend on, among other things, our operating results, financial condition, capital requirements, contractual restrictions, or such other factors as our Board of Directors may deem relevant. We currently expect to use all available funds to finance the future development and expansion of our business.

Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans

On April 9, 2019, management created a new entity, TStamp Incentive Holdings (“TSIH”) to which the Company issued 320,513 shares of Class A Common Stock that the Board of Directors of TSIH could use for employee stock awards in the future. As of December 31, 2023, 54,734 shares of Class A Common Stock are still held by TSIH – however, all of these shares of Class A Common Stock have been allocated for issuance pursuant to employee Restricted Stock Units that vested on January 2, 2024. As of the date of this report, no shares of Class A Common Stock are held by TSIH as all shares have been issued pursuant to employee Restricted Stock Units. The Company has no plans to issue additional equity securities to TSIH and as such, it is expected this entity will become dormant going forward.

Executive Compensation Philosophy

Our Board of Directors determines the compensation given to our executive officers in their sole discretion. Our Board of Directors reserves the right to pay our executives or any future executives a salary, and/or issue them shares of Class A Common Stock issued in consideration for services rendered and/or to award incentive bonuses which are linked to our performance, as well as to the individual executive officer’s performance. This package may also include long-term stock-based compensation to certain executives, which is intended to align the performance of our executives with our long-term business strategies. Additionally, the Board of Directors has granted and reserves the right to grant performance-based equity awards in the future, if the Board of Directors in its sole determination believes such grants would be in our best interests.

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Incentive Bonus

The Board of Directors may grant incentive bonuses to our executive officers and/or future executive officers in its sole discretion, if the Board of Directors believes such bonuses are in our best interest, after analyzing our current business objectives and growth, if any, and the amount of revenue we are able to generate each month, which revenue is a direct result of the actions and ability of such executives.

Long-Term, Stock Based Compensation

In order to attract, retain and motivate executive talent necessary to support our long-term business strategy we may award our executives and any future executives with long-term, stock-based compensation in the future, at the sole discretion of our Board of Directors.

Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities:

(1) The share numbers in the table above reflect the shares issued after giving effect to the Reverse Split, described in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements provided under Item 8 of this report.

(2) The 2,583,280 Warrants consisted of pre-funded warrants to purchase up to 1,009,950 shares of Class A Common Stock, at an exercise price of $0.001 per share of Class A Common Stock and (ii) common stock purchase warrants exercisable for an aggregate of up to 1,573,330 shares of Class A Common Stock, at an exercise price of $3.30 per share of

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Class A Common Stock. The common stock purchase warrants were repriced on December 21, 2023 to $1.34per share of Class A Common Stock.

(3) The 1,823,000 Warrants consisted of pre-funded warrants to purchase up to 543,300 shares of Class A Common Stock, at an exercise price of $0.001 per share of Class A Common Stock and (ii) common stock purchase warrants exercisable for an aggregate of up to 1,279,700 shares of Class A Common Stock, at an exercise price of $2.30 per share of Class A Common Stock. The common stock purchase warrants were repriced on December 21, 2023, to $1.34per share of Class A Common Stock.

Item 6. Reserved

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Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes thereto included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. This discussion contains forward-looking statements based upon current plans, expectations, and beliefs, involving risks and uncertainties. Our actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements. You should review the section titled “Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” for a discussion of forward-looking statements and the section titled “Risk Factors” for a discussion of factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results described in or implied by the forward-looking statements contained in the following discussion and analysis and elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Our historical results are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for any period in the future.

Overview

Trust Stamp was incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware on April 11, 2016 as “T Stamp Inc.” T Stamp Inc. and its subsidiaries (“Trust Stamp”, “we”, or the “Company”) develop and market identity authentication software for enterprise and government partners and peer-to-peer markets.

Trust Stamp develops proprietary artificial intelligence-powered identity and trust solutions at the intersection of biometrics, privacy, and cybersecurity, that enable organizations to protect themselves and their users while empowering individuals to retain ownership of their identity data and prevent fraudulent activity using their identity.

Trust Stamp tackles industry challenges including data protection, regulatory compliance, and financial accessibility, with cutting-edge technology including biometric science, cryptography, and machine learning. Our core technology irreversibly transforms identity information to create tokenized identifiers that enable accurate authentication without the need to store or share sensitive data. By retaining the usefulness of biometric-derived data while minimizing the risk, we allow businesses to adopt biometrics and other anti-fraud initiatives while protecting personal information from hacks and leaks.

Trust Stamp’s key sub-markets are identity authentication for the purpose of account opening, access, and fraud detection, the creation of tokenized digital identities to facilitate financial and societal inclusion, and in-community case management software for alternatives to detention and other governmental uses.

As biometric solutions proliferate, so does the need to protect biometric data. Stored biometric images and templates represent a growing and unquantified financial, security, and PR liability and are the subject of governmental, media, and public scrutiny since biometric data cannot be “changed” once they are hacked, as they are directly linked to the user’s physical features and/or behaviors. Privacy concerns around biometric technology have led to close attention from regulators, with multiple jurisdictions placing biometrics in a special or sensitive category of personal data and demanding much stronger safeguards around collection and safekeeping.

To address this unprecedented danger and increased cross-industry need to establish trust quickly and securely in virtual environments, Trust Stamp has developed its Irreversibly Transformed Identity Token, or IT2TM, solutions, which replace biometric templates with a cryptographic hash that can never be rebuilt into the original data and cannot be used to identify the subject outside the environment for which it is designed.

Trust Stamp’s data transformation and comparison technology is vendor and modality-agnostic, allowing organizations including other biometric services providers to benefit from the increased protection, efficiency, and utility of our proprietary tokenization process. With online and offline functionality, Trust Stamp technology is effective in even the most remote locations in the world.

Trust Stamp also offers end-to-end solutions for multi-factor biometric authentication for account access and recovery, KYC/AML compliance, customer onboarding, and more, which allow organizations to approve more genuine users, keep bad actors from accessing systems and services and retain existing users with a superior user experience.

Recent Developments

Private Placement, Entry Into Warrant Exchange Agreement, and Issuance of the Warrants

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On December 21, 2023, the Company entered into a warrant exercise agreement (the “WEA”) with a certain institutional investor, pursuant to which the investor agreed to exercise (the “Exercise”) (i) a portion (106,670) of the warrants issued to the investor on June 5, 2023, which are exercisable for 1,279,700 shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Class A Common Stock”) with a current exercise price of $2.30 per share (the “June 2023 Warrants”), (ii) all of the warrants issued to the investor on September 14, 2022, as amended on June 5, 2023, which are exercisable for 120,000 shares of Class A Common Stock, with a current exercise price of $2.30 per share (the “September 2022 Warrants”), and (iii) all of the warrants issued to the investor on April 18, 2023, which are exercisable for 1,573,330 shares of Class A Common Stock, with a current exercise price of $3.30 per share (the “April 2023 Warrants” and collectively with all of the June 2023 Warrants and the September 2022 Warrants, the “Existing Warrants”). In consideration for the immediate exercise of 1,800,000 of the Existing Warrants for cash, the Company agreed to reduce the exercise price of all of the Existing Warrants, including any unexercised portion thereof, to $1.34 per share, which is equal to the most recent closing price of the Company’s Class A Common Stock on The Nasdaq Stock Market prior to the execution of the WEA.

As of December 31, 2023, the institutional investor had submitted an Exercise Notice for 918,000 Existing Warrants and the shares of Class A Common Stock were issued to the warrant holders. The remaining 882,000 Existing Warrants from this exercise are held in abeyance until the Company receives notice from the holders that the remaining shares may be issued in compliance with the beneficial ownership limitation. In addition, in consideration for such Exercise, the investor received new unregistered warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 3,600,000 shares of Class A Common Stock, equal to 200% of the shares of Class A Common Stock issued in connection with the Exercise, with an exercise price of $1.34 per share (the “New Warrants”) in a private placement pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”). The New Warrants have substantially the same terms as the June 2023 Warrants. As of the date of this report, the institutional investor had submitted an Exercise Notice for the remaining 882,000 Existing Warrants that were held in abeyance and the shares of Class A Common Stock were issued to the warrant holders.

The Company agreed to file a resale registration statement on Form S-3 with respect to the New Warrants and the shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the New Warrants, which the Company filed on February 16, 2024. The registration statement has not yet been declared effective by the SEC.

The gross proceeds to the Company from the Exercise were $2.41 million, prior to deducting warrant inducement agent fees and estimated offering expenses. The Company intends to use the remainder of the net proceeds for business growth, working capital, and general corporate purposes.

As of the date of this report, the investor has not exercised the New Warrants. All 3,600,000 of the New Warrants remain outstanding as of the date of this report.

Reverse Spit

On February 15, 2023 our Board of Directors approved and, as of February 20, 2023, the holders of a majority of our voting capital stock approved an amendment (the “Certificate of Amendment”) to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and approved to effect a reverse split of our issued and outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock at a ratio of one share for every five shares currently held, rounded up to the nearest whole share – whereby every five (5) outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock was combined and became one (1) share of Class A Common Stock, rounding up to the nearest whole number of shares (the “Reverse Split”). All share and per share amounts have been updated to reflect the Reverse Split in these consolidated financial statements. The Reverse Split was effective for trading on the market opening of Nasdaq on March 23, 2023. The Reverse Stock Split effective March 23, 2023, was ratified by the Company’s stockholders by written consent pursuant to a definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 13, 2023. Written consent from the majority of stockholders was received as of May 13, 2023.

Statement of Operations Improvement

Trust Stamp experienced significant improvements, reflecting its commitment to enhancing operational efficiency and driving sustainable growth, in its Basic and diluted net loss per share attributable to T Stamp Inc. with the result of $1.07 for year ended December 31, 2023 compared to $2.55 for year ended December 31, 2022. Despite investing in our sales force, one key driver in the operating loss improvements were reductions in Selling, general, and administrative expenses by $4.05 million, or 32.53%, for the year ended December 31, 2023, when compared to the year ended December 31, 2022. Selling, general and administrative expenses decreased due to cost savings in certain areas within the Company such as

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reductions in salaries, bonus and stock-based compensation, payroll costs, and sales commissions totaling $2.14 million for the year ended December 31, 2023, compared to the year ended December 31, 2022. Other notable reductions in Selling, general and administrative expenses for the year ended December 31, 2023 included a $2.20 million net reduction between corporate travel, management consulting and training, office rent, and costs related to carrying mobile hardware assets as direct result of the Company's recent non-personnel cost cutting initiative. In addition, the Company also saw improvements from an $871 thousand or 48.79% reduction in our Cost of sales when comparing the year ended December 31, 2023 and the year ended December 31, 2022. The result of these reductions were a decrease in Operating Loss to $7.89 million from $12.08 million for year ended December 31, 2022 and Net loss attributable to T Stamp Inc. also decreased by $4.45 million or 36.83% when comparing the year ended December 31, 2023 and the year ended December 31, 2022.

Key Business Measures

In addition to the measures presented in our consolidated financial statements, we use the following key non-GAAP business measures to help us evaluate our business, identify trends affecting our business, formulate business plans and financial projections, and make strategic decisions.

Adjusted EBITDA

This discussion includes information about Adjusted EBITDA that is not prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Adjusted EBITDA is not based on any standardized methodology prescribed by U.S. GAAP and is not necessarily comparable to similar measures presented by other companies. A reconciliation of this non-GAAP measure is included below.

Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure that represents U.S. GAAP net income (loss) adjusted to exclude (1) other expense, (2) other income, (3) gain on sale of mobile hardware, (4) interest expense, (5) interest income, (6) stock-based compensation, (7) change in fair value of warrant liabilities (8) impairment of assets, (9) non-cash expenses for in-kind services, (10) depreciation, and (11) certain other items management believes affect the comparability of operating results.

Management believes that Adjusted EBITDA, when viewed with our results under U.S. GAAP and the accompanying reconciliations, provides useful information about our period-over-period results. Adjusted EBITDA is presented because management believes it provides additional information with respect to the performance of our fundamental business activities and is also frequently used by securities analysts, investors and other interested parties in the evaluation of comparable companies. We also rely on Adjusted EBITDA as a primary measure to review and assess the operating performance of our Company and our management, and it will be a focus as we invest in and grow the business.

Adjusted EBITDA has limitations as an analytical tool and should not be considered in isolation from, or as a substitute for, analysis of our results as reported under GAAP. Some of these limitations are:

•Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect our cash expenditures or future requirements for capital expenditures or contractual commitments.

•Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect changes in, or cash requirements for our working capital needs.

•Although Depreciation and amortization are non-cash charges, the assets being depreciated and amortized will often have to be replaced in the future, and Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect any cash requirements for such replacements.

•Adjusted EBITDA does not include the impact of certain charges or gains resulting from matters we consider not to be indicative of our ongoing operations.

Due to these limitations, Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered as a measure of discretionary cash available to us to invest in the growth of our business. We compensate for these limitations by relying primarily on our U.S. GAAP results and using Adjusted EBITDA only as a supplement to our U.S. GAAP results.

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Reconciliation of Net Loss to Adjusted EBITDA

For the year ended December 31,

Less: Gain on sale of mobile hardware (216,189) —

Add: Change in fair value of warrant liability (5,033) (113,125)

Add: Non-cash expenses for in-kind services 18,547 111,720

Adjusted EBITDA loss (non-GAAP) for the year ended December 31, 2023, decreased by 26.17%, to $6.50 million from $8.81 million for the year ended December 31, 2022. The overall decrease in Adjusted EBITDA loss (non-GAAP) was driven primarily by reductions in Selling, general, and administrative expenses (as a result of various operating cost reductions initiated in 2022) including the $1.64 million reduction of stock-based compensation for the year ended December 31, 2023 when compared to the year ended December 31, 2022. In addition, the IGS Contract resulted in $2.51 million in Net revenue for the provision of software during the year ended December 31, 2023, and the release from future contractual obligations for maintenance and upgrades as a result of the termination of the IGS Contract discussed in Liquidity and Capital Resources subsection below. See “Results of Operations” below for further discussion on the drivers behind the decrease in stock-based compensation during the year ended December 31, 2023.

Components of Results of Operations

Net revenue

We derive our revenue primarily from professional services though our business model is transitioning to focus on recurring Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) revenue.

In addition to revenue from Mastercard and our S&P 500 bank customer, $2.51 million was derived from a contract with IGS during the year ended December 31, 2023. The Company also continued to expand the Orchestration Layer platform, which is being utilized by several customers including FIS’ new global identity authentication system, which is a SaaS platform that includes the Company’s proprietary tokenization technology, and facilitates no-code and low-code implementations, making adoption faster and even more cost-effective for a broader range of potential customers. The Company expects this platform to accelerate its evolution, from being exclusively a custom solutions provider, to also offering a modular and highly scalable SaaS model with low-code implementation.

Cost of services provided

Cost of services provided generally consists of the cost of hosting fees and cost of labor associated with professional services rendered. Depreciation and amortization expense is not included in cost of services provided.

Further, several projects that were originally in the research and development stage became feasible projects, shifting the allocation of cost from research and development, into cost of services provided in the current year as client specific products were implemented using the technologies. This increase of expense allocation is a result of our prior decision to invest more money in research and development in prior periods and our goal of accelerating our product roadmap coming to fruition.

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We expect that cost of services provided will continue to decrease in absolute dollars until the transition to primarily SaaS revenue is complete. After the transition is complete, we expect cost of services to increase in absolute dollars as the volume of usage revenue increases, but the margin will continue to improve until they stabilize over time.

Research and development

Research and development expenses (“R&D”) consist primarily of personnel costs, including salaries and benefits. Personnel costs are allocated to R&D for time spent working on the preliminary project stage and post-implementation maintenance as well as time spent on bug fixes associated with internal-use software activities, front-end application development in which technological feasibility has not been established, and services rendered to customers under funded software-development arrangements.

We plan to continue to invest in personnel to support our research and development efforts. As a result, we expect that research and development expenses will increase in absolute dollars for the foreseeable future as we continue to invest to support these activities.

Selling, general, and administrative

Selling, general, and administrative (“SG&A”) expenses were generally composed of payroll, legal, and professional fees.

We expect that the sales and marketing expenses within the SG&A expenses will increase in absolute dollars as we continue to invest in our potential and current customers, in growing our business, and enhancing our brand awareness.

Depreciation and amortization

The increase in depreciation and amortization is primarily due to a continued investment in internally developed software and patent registrations which will be used for future productization.

Interest income (expense)

Interest income (expense) consists primarily of interest expense accrued on a promissory note payable. Additionally, the Company earned interest income in the form of interest on employee stock loans.

Other income

Other income is mainly driven by miscellaneous income earned that is unrelated to the main focus of the Company’s business including the gain or loss on sale of assets.

Other expense

Other expense is mainly driven by miscellaneous expenses unrelated to the main focus of the Company’s business. Prior to 2023, Other expense was mainly driven by certain exchange rate gains and losses associated with converting the foreign currency activity to the Company’s reporting currency, United States dollars ("USD"). After management concluded there is no intention to settle intercompany accounts in the foreseeable future, beginning June 30, 2022, future fluctuations in foreign currencies between the Company and its subsidiaries are recorded to Accumulated other comprehensive income on the balance sheet instead of Other expense.

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Results of Operations

The following table summarizes our consolidated statements of operations for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022:

For the years ended December 31,

Operating Expenses:

Non-Operating Income (Expense):

Change in fair value of warrant liability 5,033 113,125

Impairment of digital assets — (27,934)

Net loss attributable to non-controlling interest — —

Comparison of the Years Ended December 31, 2023 and 2022

Net revenue

For the years ended December 31,

During the year ended December 31, 2023, Net revenue decreased to $4.56 million, or 15.32% from Net revenue of $5.39 million for the year ended December 31, 2022. During the year ended December 31, 2023, the $4.56 million in Net revenue consisted of $2.51 million from IGS, $810 thousand from a S&P 500 bank, $772 thousand from Mastercard, and various other customers for the remaining $468 thousand. The majority of the decrease in the comparative periods relates to the September 23, 2021 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement contract (“ICE Contract”) which produced $3.29 million in Net revenue during the year ended December 31, 2022 and was subsequently terminated during fiscal year 2022.

The decrease from the ICE contract termination is offset by the increase in the Net revenue from the IGS Contract which resulted in $2.51 million in Net revenue for the provision of software during the year ended December 31, 2023, and the release from future contractual obligations for maintenance and upgrades as a result of the termination of the IGS Contract discussed in Liquidity and Capital Resources subsection below. Despite this termination, the Company is optimistic about

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future opportunities in the government sector, has entered into a teaming agreement to provide future services, and retains the capability to provide future services for maintenance, upgrades, and deployments of the product for additional fees.

During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company generated $310 thousand total revenue from customers using the Orchestration Layer including implementing the Orchestration Layer platform for 34 new enterprise customers through FIS on the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform. In comparison, during the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company generated $104 thousand total revenue from Orchestration Layer customers. Since its launch in the third quarter of 2022, there have been 43 enterprise customers on the Orchestration Layer platform, including 40 financial institutions, as of December 31, 2023. Additionally, revenue from the Orchestration Layer's flagship enterprise customer grew 197% between the comparative periods as a result of transitioning and launching the customer on the Orchestration Layer platform. Orchestration Layer's flagship enterprise customer is already in full production and generating monthly recurring revenue with gross margins in excess of 83.12%. Finally, the Company's S&P 500 bank customer began its transition to an augmented version of the SaaS platform during the year ended December 31, 2023.

The Orchestration Layer is designed to be a one-stop-shop for Trust Stamp services and provides for easy integration to our products; chargeable on a per-use basis and is accelerating the Company’s evolution from being exclusively a custom solutions provider to also offering a modular and highly scalable SaaS model with low-code implementation.

Cost of services

For the years ended December 31,

Cost of services (“COS”) decreased by $871 thousand or 48.79% for the year ended December 31, 2023, compared to the year ended December 31, 2022. The decrease during this period was primarily driven by the costs related to servicing requirements from the ICE Contract. ICE Contract-related COS for the year ended December 31, 2022, were $802 thousand, including vendor and other miscellaneous costs as well as direct labor costs, versus no ICE Contract-related COS during the year ended December 31, 2023 (as a result of the ICE Contract being terminated in 2022).

After adjusting the comparative periods’ COS for ICE Contract related costs, COS reduced by $69 thousand despite onboarding 34 new enterprise customers during the year ended December 31, 2023, and is a result of the the low marginal costs that are inherent in SaaS platforms such as the Orchestration Layer.

Research and development

For the years ended December 31,

Research and development (“R&D”) expenses decreased by $124 thousand, or 5.00% for the year ended December 31, 2023, compared to the year ended December 31, 2022. The decrease in R&D expense during the year ended December 31, 2023 was primarily driven by a decrease in outsourced software development during the year ended December 31, 2023 as the Company continued to transition this work internally. Other cost savings during the year ended December 31, 2023 were also realized due to the termination of employees hired for the ICE contract, closure of the United Kingdom office, as well as, a decrease in stock-based compensation expense.

Additionally, the Company recognized an impairment loss on Capitalized internal-use software of $19 thousand during the year ended December 31, 2023 that offset the increase in R&D. There was no impairment loss on Capitalized internal-use software for the year ended December 31, 2022. Capitalized internal-use software are considered long-lived assets under applicable accounting guidance. Recoverability of assets held and used is measured by comparison of the carrying amount of an asset or an asset group to estimated undiscounted future net cash flows expected to be generated by the asset or asset group. If the carrying amount of an asset exceeds these estimated future cash flows, an impairment charge is recognized by the amount by which the carrying amount of the assets exceeds the fair value of the asset or asset group. Assets to be disposed of are reported at the lower of the carrying amount or fair value less costs to sell.

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Selling, general, and administrative

For the years ended December 31,

Selling, general, and administrative expense (“SG&A”) decreased by $4.05 million, or 32.53%, for the year ended December 31, 2023, compared to the year ended December 31, 2022. The decrease in SG&A expense was driven mostly by the reductions in personnel overhead related expense due to the 2022 cost cutting initiatives executed by the Company. While personnel overhead decreased during the year ended December 31, 2023, the headcount increased due to reinvestment of cost cutting savings into bolstering our sales resources and bringing in-house technical positions that were previously outsourced. Headcount increased by 3.53%, from 85 FTE for the year ended December 31, 2022, compared to 88 FTE for the year ended December 31, 2023. In effect, salaries, bonus and stock-based compensation, payroll costs, and sales commissions reduced by $2.14 million for the year ended December 31, 2023, compared to the year ended December 31, 2022.

Other notable reductions in SG&A for the year ended December 31, 2023 included a $2.20 million net reduction between corporate travel, management consulting and training, office rent, and costs related to carrying mobile hardware assets as direct result of the Company's recent non-personnel cost cutting initiative.

Depreciation and amortization

For the years ended December 31,

Depreciation and amortization (“D&A”) increased by $29 thousand, or 3.82% for the year ended December 31, 2023, compared to the year ended December 31, 2022. The primary increase in D&A expense related to the $48 thousand increase in amortization of patents between the comparative periods. This increase is the result of new pending patent applications and issued patents with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company added 4 issued patents, 5 new patent applications, 1 trademark registration, and 2 new trademark applications including the patent application for Tap-In BandTM. The Tap-In BandTM is a wrist-worn, tamper resistant, hypoallergenic near-field communication band that facilitates discrete check-in by, and communication with, participants in community based supervision programs. This technology and associated biometric processes utilize Trust Stamp’s patented IT2 identity tokenization processes that allow users to biometrically authenticate without the need to store biometric images or templates.

Additionally, Capitalized internal-use software amortization increased by $40 thousand between the comparative periods. While the amounts of Capitalized internal-use software vary from period to period, we continue to see a trend of increasing software amortization which is driven by the growth in software capitalization over the prior periods. Overall, this is a further result of newly issued patents continuing to produce new internal-use software, or microservices, that have reached technical feasibility at which point the Company begins to capitalize the related costs.

These increases were partially offset by a $60 thousand decrease in D&A expense related to the depreciation of mobile hardware assets that were sold during the year ended December 31, 2023.

Operating loss

For the years ended December 31,

The Company’s Operating loss decreased by $4.19 million or 34.68% for the year ended December 31, 2023, compared to the year ended December 31, 2022. The decrease in Operating loss was mostly related to the decrease of $5.01 million or 28.71% reduction in operating expenses as a result of various cost cutting measures initiated in fiscal years 2022 and 2023 that outpaced the reduction in Net revenue, thereby producing desirable margin growth and greater company efficiency.

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Interest expense, net

For the years ended December 31,

Interest expense, net increased by $64 thousand, or 724.22% for the year ended December 31, 2023, compared to the year ended December 31, 2022. Interest earned decreased by $7 thousand to $623 for the year ended December 31, 2023 from $8 thousand for the year ended December 31, 2022. Interest expense increased by $57 thousand to $74 thousand for the year ended December 31, 2023 from $17 thousand for the year ended December 31, 2022. The increase in interest expense is primarily due to an increase of $39 thousand in the Malta loan interest rate from 2.5% for the year ended December 31, 2022 to 4.5% for the year ended December 31, 2023. Additionally, the Company recorded $34 thousand in interest expense during the year ended December 31, 2023 for interest accrued on Malta's tax obligations.

Change in fair value of warrant liability

For the years ended December 31,

The Company recognized a gain in Change in fair value of warrant liability during the year ended December 31, 2023 of $5 thousand compared to a gain of $113 thousand during the year ended December 31, 2022. This change is based on the fair value assessment and adjustment for one warrant liability as described in Note 3 to the financial statements provided under Item 1 of this report.

Impairment of digital assets

For the years ended December 31,

The Company recognized an impairment on digital assets during the year ended December 31, 2022, of $28 thousand. Digital assets are considered indefinite-lived Intangible assets, net under applicable accounting rules. Accordingly, any decrease in their fair values below our carrying values for such assets at any time subsequent to their acquisition requires recognition of impairment.

Other income

For the years ended December 31,

Other income increased by $260 thousand for the year ended December 31, 2023, compared to the year ended December 31, 2022. The increase was primarily due to a $213 thousand gain on the sale of the mobile hardware assets. Additionally, during the year ended December 31, 2023 there was an increase of $25 thousand related to services received from participants in a startup accelerator program conducted by the Company in Malta with the objective of strengthening the innovation platform and startup ecosystem in Malta.

Other expense

For the years ended December 31,

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Other expense decreased by $115 thousand for the year ended December 31, 2023, compared to the year ended December 31, 2022. The Company incurred $95 thousand in unrealized loss on foreign currency translation expense for the year ended December 31, 2022, for intercompany transactions between the parent company, T Stamp Inc., and its subsidiaries, Trust Stamp Malta Limited, Biometric Innovations Limited, and Trust Stamp Rwanda Limited with currencies denominated in United States Dollars, European Union Euros, British Pound Sterling, and Rwandan Franc, respectively. After management concluded there is no intention to settle intercompany accounts in the foreseeable future, beginning in June 30, 2022, future fluctuations in foreign currencies between the Company and its subsidiaries are recorded to Accumulated other comprehensive income on the balance sheet instead of Other expense.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

As of December 31, 2023, the Company had approximately $3.14 million cash in its banking accounts.

The increase of $1.89 million in Cash and cash equivalents from December 31, 2022 to December 31, 2023 was a result of the net cash inflow which consisted of $7.85 million net operating cash outflows, $402 thousand net investing cash outflows, and $10.21 million net financing cash inflows. Additionally, there was an $73 thousand cash outflow for a foreign currency transaction adjustment. See the “Cash Flows” subsection below for more details on cash activities during the year ended December 31, 2023.

Total Current Assets for the comparative periods increased by 63.44% or $1.82 million from $2.87 million as of December 31, 2022, to $4.70 million as of December 31, 2023. The increase in current assets was primarily driven by the increase in Cash and cash equivalents of $1.89 million (discussed above). Prepaid expenses and other current assets increased by $247 thousand predominantly due to the timing of invoice billing to participants of the startup accelerator program conducted by the Company in the Republic of Malta. Additionally, there was a $322 thousand decrease in Accounts receivable that offset the increase, mostly due to decreased billing and a slight delay in the collection of invoice receipts by several enterprise customers billed as of December 31, 2022.

Total Current Liabilities decreased by 38.97% or $1.73 million from $4.45 million as of December 31, 2022 compared to $2.71 million as of December 31, 2023. This decrease is primarily attributed to the $1.80 million decrease in Deferred revenue. Deferred revenue decreased primarily due to the recognition of $2.51 million in non-refundable revenue advances for software provisioned by the Company for IGS of which $1.76 million was in Deferred revenue as of December 31, 2022. Upon termination of the MSA, IGS waived their option to make additional payments in exchange for future maintenance and upgrades. As a result of the termination, Trust Stamp has no further performance obligations or contingencies related to the MSA. Additionally, there were decreases in Other current liabilities, including $191 thousand Related party payables due to the timing of payables and $97 thousand in Short-term operating lease liabilities due to the termination of two Malta office leases in 2023. The decreases in Total Current Liabilities were offset by the increases of $287 thousand in Accounts payable and $44 thousand in Accrued expenses due to timing of payables as well as $43 thousand in Short-term financial liabilities due to the sale of mobile hardware assets which triggered the total financial liability balance becoming current.

In effect, the Company’s current ratio (i.e., the ratio of the Company’s Total Current Assets as a multiple of Total Current Liabilities or the Company’s ability to service its near-term liabilities with its near-to-cash assets) increased from 0.65 as of December 31, 2022 to 1.73 representing a 166.15% increase during the year ended December 31, 2023. This is, in part, a result of the net cash inflow from financing activities, offset by the cash outflows from investing, and operating activities, discussed in further detail below.

Effective September 3, 2019, the Company entered into a software license agreement with a customer pursuant to which the Company received total fees of $150 thousand in 2020, $200 thousand in 2021, and $250 thousand in 2022. On December 31, 2022, the software license agreement was amended. The Company received fees of $300 thousand in 2023 which will continue to rise by 15% in each subsequent year after 2023 with the annual minimum fee capped at $1.00 million. The cap in the annual minimum fee does not restrict the Company from earning additional fees for transactions that exceed the annual minimum transaction volume.

On September 15, 2022, the Company entered into a Master Services Agreement (“the MSA”) with Innovative Government Solutions (“IGS”) under which the Company and IGS agreed to jointly offer services and IGS was granted a 12-year (renewable) license (“the license”) to resell the Company’s technology subject to payment by IGS of agreed revenue advances and end user license fees. On execution of the MSA, IGS agreed to pay $1.50 million to the Company as a non-refundable revenue advance, an additional $1.50 million non-refundable revenue advance on the first anniversary of

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the MSA, and $1.00 million on each of the next two anniversaries of the MSA as additional non-refundable revenue advances. IGS had the right to terminate the MSA for convenience before the additional non-refundable revenue advances become due in which case the unpaid additional non-refundable revenue advances will not be payable and the license will terminate. On September 14, 2023, Trust Stamp received notification from IGS that it was terminating the MSA effective September 15, 2023. IGS paid Trust Stamp a total of $2.51 million in non-refundable revenue advances for software provisioned prior to the termination. Upon terminating the MSA, IGS waived their option to make additional payments in exchange for future maintenance and upgrades. Trust Stamp has no remaining performance obligations or contingencies related to the MSA. During the year ended December 31, 2023, Trust Stamp recognized the $2.51 million in IGS non-refundable revenue advances that were previously recorded to Deferred revenue.

During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company received a provisional patent for the Tap-In BandTM patent application, which is a wrist-worn, tamper resistant, hypoallergenic near-field communication band that facilitates discrete check-in by, and communication with, participants in community based supervision programs. This technology and associated biometric processes utilize Trust Stamp’s patented IT2 identity tokenization processes that allow users to biometrically authenticate without the need to store biometric images or templates. The Company is optimistic about the tremendous market opportunity for the Tap-In BandTM technology, specifically in the government sector.

Going Concern

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. The Company is a business that has not yet generated profits, with a Net loss in the year ended December 31, 2023 of $7.64 million, Net operating cash outflows of $7.85 million for the same period, and an Accumulated deficit of $50.85 million as of December 31, 2023.

The Company’s ability to continue as a going concern in the next twelve months, following the date the consolidated financial statements were available to be issued, is dependent upon its ability to produce revenues and/or obtain financing sufficient to meet current and future obligations and deploy such to produce profitable operating results. Management has evaluated these conditions and plans to generate revenue and raise capital as needed to satisfy its capital needs. While the negotiation of significant additional revenue is well advanced, it has not reached a stage that allows it to be factored into a going concern evaluation. In addition, although the Company has previously been successful in raising capital as needed and has already made plans to do so as well as restructuring expenses to meet the Company’s cash needs, no assurance can be given that the Company will be successful in its capital raising efforts. These factors, among others, raise substantial doubt about the ability of the Company to continue as a going concern for a reasonable period.

Cash Flows

The following table summarizes our cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022:

For the years ended December 31,

Net cash flows from investing activities $ (401,680) $ (998,190)

Operating Activities

Net cash flows from operating activities increased by 23.91% from $6.34 million during the year ended December 31, 2022, compared to $7.85 million during the year ended December 31, 2023. Of the $7.64 million net loss for the year ended December 31, 2023, there were various cash and non-cash adjustments that were added back to the Net loss to arrive at $7.85 million cash used for operating activities for the year ended December 31, 2023.

Those adjustments included the $1.80 million reduction in Deferred revenue mainly due to the recognition of $2.51 million in non-refundable revenue advances for software provisioned by the Company for IGS, this was partially offset by cash received and recorded to Deferred revenue from various customers. Cash and noncash reductions also included $216 thousand for the Gain on the sale of property and equipment resulting from the sale of mobile hardware assets, $244 thousand increase in Prepaid expenses and other current assets mainly due to the invoice billing to participants of the

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startup accelerator program conducted by the Company in the Republic of Malta, and $191 thousand for the decrease in Related party payables as a result of the reduction in reliance on outsourced software development.

The reductions were offset by adding back certain cash and noncash adjustments including $790 thousand for non-cash Depreciation and amortization, $763 thousand related to stock-based compensation, $281 thousand from the timing of accruals, and $322 thousand for cash received on Accounts receivable.

Investing Activities

Net cash used in investing activities during the year ended December 31, 2023 was $402 thousand, compared to net cash of $998 thousand used in the year ended December 31, 2022. Cash used in investing activities during the year ended December 31, 2023 related primarily to new and continued investments in technologies that we intend to capitalize and monetize over time. In addition, the Company continued to prioritize intellectual property, which produced five (5) new pending patent applications and four (4) issued patents with the United States Patent and Trademark Office during the year ended December 31, 2023. The cash used during the year ended December 31, 2023 was offset by the $377 thousand decrease in Property and equipment, net related to the sale of the mobile hardware assets.

Financing Activities

During the year ended December 31, 2023, Net cash flows from financing activities was $10.21 million, compared to Net cash flows from financing activities of $5.10 million for the year ended December 31, 2022. The Company raised $4.78 million and $2.69 million in net proceeds, during the year ended December 31, 2023, from two separate securities purchase agreements ("SPA") with an institutional investor for the issuance of Class A Common Stock, pre-funded warrants, and common stock warrants. The same institutional investor exercised 270,000 warrants to purchase shares of Class A Common Stock of the Company for total proceeds of $621,000. Additionally, the institutional investor exercised 1,800,000 common stock warrants from previous raises for the price of $1.34 per warrant resulting in $2.23 million in net proceeds from the exercise. See Note 3 to the financial statements provided under Item 1 of this report for more details. In addition, during the year ended December 31, 2023, there was a $79 thousand tax withholding adjustment for net issuances on employee equity compensation and $30 thousand for payments on financial liabilities.

During the year ended December 31, 2022, net cash provided by financing activities was $5.10 million. The Company received $3.33 million from a warrant exercise by SCV and REach® Ventures (a related party) in December 2021, $95 thousand from the exercise of options, $1.42 million from the sale of Class A Common Stock and warrants exercisable into Class A Common Stock in a private investment in public equity agreement with Armistice Capital Master Fund Ltd., and $246 thousand in units sold and warrants exercised, net of raise costs, in connection to the Company’s 2021 raises under Regulation CF, Regulation D, and Regulation S in preparation for our Nasdaq listing. The receipts were offset by $90 thousand for principal payments made for the financial liability.

Critical Accounting Estimates

Our consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with GAAP. The preparation of these consolidated financial statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue, and expenses, as well as related disclosures. We evaluate our estimates and assumptions on an ongoing basis. Our estimates are based on historical experience and various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. Our actual results could differ from these estimates. The critical accounting estimates, assumptions, and judgments that we believe have the most significant impact on our consolidated financial statements are described below.

Capitalized Internal-Use Software, Net

Capitalized Internal-Use Software, Net is a combination of costs that are related to software developed, modified, or acquired solely to meet Trust Stamp's internal requirements if there are no substantive plans to market such software at the time of development or acquisition. Costs related to the development of software-as-a-service ("SaaS") based solutions are also capitalized. The Company capitalizes eligible costs for the development of Capitalized Internal-Use Software and SaaS solutions that are incurred after the preliminary project stage and throughout the development stage. These costs consist of personnel costs (salaries, related benefits, and stock-based compensation) and certain third-party costs incurred during the application development stage. Furthermore, costs incurred to upgrade and enhance software that results in

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additional functionality are also capitalized. However, costs incurred during the preliminary project stage, the post-implementation operational stage, and routine maintenance are expensed as incurred.

The estimated useful life of capitalized costs is evaluated for each specific project as actual economic lives may differ from estimated useful lives. Trust Stamp periodically reviews the estimated useful life of its Capitalized Internal-Use Software, Net. Such evaluations may result in an adjustment to its estimated useful life which could impact amortization expense in future periods. Additionally, the Company assesses Capitalized Internal-Use Software, Net to determine if the capitalized costs are no longer recoverable or obsolete. If the Company determines that capitalized amounts are no longer in service or are no longer recoverable, it records an expense to dispose of the impaired balances.

Changes in the estimated useful life could result in an acceleration or deceleration of amortization expense, which may have a significant impact on our financial condition and operating results. Furthermore, if certain capitalized costs are determined to be unrecoverable or obsolete, it could lead to impairments that would require us to recognize non-cash expenses in our consolidated statements of operations. Such impairments may have a material effect on our financial condition and operating results.

Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

We are a smaller reporting company, as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and are not required to provide the information required under this item.

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Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

T STAMP INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

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Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2023 and 2022 F-3

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements F-9

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Shareholders and Board of Directors of T Stamp Inc.

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of T Stamp Inc. (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2023and 2022, the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive loss, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2023, and the related notes(collectively referred to as the “consolidated financial statements”). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2023and 2022, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2023, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Explanatory Paragraph – Going Concern

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As more fully described in Note 1, the Company has incurred significant losses and needs to raise additional funds to meet its obligations and sustain its operations. These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. Management's plans in regard to these matters are also described in Note 1. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

Basis for Opinion

These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company's consolidated financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) ("PCAOB") and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

/s/ Marcum LLP

Marcum LLP

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2022.

Marlton, New Jersey

April 1, 2024

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T STAMP INC.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

As of December 31,

ASSETS

Current Assets:

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Current Liabilities:

Long-term financial liabilities — 88,760

Commitments, Note 11

Stockholders’ Equity:

Stockholders’ notes receivable — (18,547)

The accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements are an integral part of these statements.

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T STAMP INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

For the years ended December 31,

Operating Expenses:

Non-Operating Income (Expense):

Change in fair value of warrant liability 5,033 113,125

Impairment of digital assets — (27,934)

Net loss attributable to non-controlling interest — —

The accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements are an integral part of these statements.

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T STAMP INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

For the years ended December 31,

Other Comprehensive Income (Loss):

Foreign currency translation adjustments (97,582) 53,352

Total Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) (97,582) 53,352

Comprehensive loss attributable to non-controlling interest — —

Comprehensive loss attributable to T Stamp Inc. $ (7,735,224) $ (12,038,188)

The accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements are an integral part of these statements.

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T STAMP INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Shares Amount Shares Amount

Issuance of common stock warrants — — 667,290 — — — — — — 667,290

Currency translation adjustment — — — — — — 53,352 — — 53,352

Issuance of common stock warrants — — 3,915,917 — — — — (3,915,917) — —

Reverse stock split rounding 4,759 48 (48) — — — — — — —

Currency translation adjustment — — — — — — (97,582) — — (97,582)

Net loss attributable to T Stamp Inc. — — — — — — — (7,637,642) — (7,637,642)

The accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements are an integral part of these statements.

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T STAMP INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

For the years ended December 31,

Cash flows from operating activities:

Net loss attributable to non-controlling interest — —

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to cash flows used in operating activities:

Change in fair value of warrant liability (5,033) (113,125)

Repayment of shareholder loan through in-kind services 18,547 111,720

Gain on sale of property and equipment (216,189) —

Non-cash write off of mobile hardware (15,775) —

Loss on retirement of equipment 17,930 —

Changes in assets and liabilities:

Customer deposit liabilities — (280,108)

Cash flows from investing activities:

Proceeds from sale of property and equipment 377,360 —

Capitalized internally developed software costs (630,111) (776,055)

Acquisition of Pixelpin intangible asset — 13,362

Purchases of property and equipment (4,710) (30,842)

Purchase of digital assets — (30,000)

Cash flows from financing activities:

Proceeds from exercise of options to common stock 2,000 95,116

Forfeited common stock shares to satisfy taxes (78,901) —

Proceeds from issuance of common stock warrants — 667,290

Proceeds from loan from Maltese government — 61,361

Principal payments on financial liabilities (29,715) (89,530)

Effect of foreign currency translation on cash (72,931) 13,181

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:

Cash paid during the period for interest $ 580 $ 8

Supplemental disclosure of non-cash activities:

Prepaid rent expense reclassified upon termination of leases $ 7,674 $ —

Adjustment to prepaid rent upon commencement of new lease $ 5,462 $ —

Property and equipment acquired under financial liability $ — $ 297,150

Operating lease liabilities established upon adoption of ASC 842 $ — $ 302,573

Prepaid rent expense reclassified upon adoption of ASC 842 $ — $ 42,756

The accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements are an integral part of these statements.

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T STAMP INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1. Description of Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies And Going Concern

Description of Business — T Stamp Inc. was incorporated on April 11, 2016 in the State of Delaware. T Stamp Inc. and its subsidiaries (“Trust Stamp”, “we”, “us”, “our” or the “Company”) develops and markets identity authentication software solutions for enterprise and government partners and peer-to-peer markets.

Trust Stamp develops proprietary artificial intelligence-powered solutions, researching and leveraging machine learning, artificial intelligence, biometric science, cryptography, and data mining, to deliver insightful identity and trust predictions that identify and defend against fraudulent identity attacks, protect sensitive user information, and extend the reach of digital services through global accessibility. We utilize the power and agility of technologies such as GPU processing, edge-computing, neural networks, and large language models to process and protect data faster and more effectively than has ever previously been possible in order to deliver results at a disruptively low cost for usage across multiple industries, including:

•Banking/FinTech

•KYC/AML Compliance

•Humanitarian and Development Services

•Government and Law Enforcement, including Alternative to Detention programs

•Cryptocurrency and Digital Assets

•Biometrically Secured Email and Digital Communications

•P2P Transactions, Social Media, and Sharing Economy

•Real Estate, Travel, and Healthcare

Reverse Split — On February 15, 2023 our Board of Directors approved and, as of February 20, 2023, the holders of a majority of our voting capital stock approved an amendment (the “Certificate of Amendment”) to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and approved to effect a reverse split of our issued and outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock at a ratio of one share for every five shares currently held, rounded up to the nearest whole share – whereby every five (5) outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock was combined and became one (1) share of Class A Common Stock, rounding up to the nearest whole number of shares (the “Reverse Split”). All share and per share amounts have been updated to reflect the Reverse Split in these consolidated financial statements. The Reverse Split was effective for trading on the market opening of Nasdaq on March 23, 2023. The Reverse Stock Split effective March 23, 2023, was ratified by the Company’s stockholders by written consent pursuant to a definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 13, 2023. Written consent from the majority of stockholders was received as of May 13, 2023.

Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation —On July 6, 2023, the Company received confirmation of the acceptance of its Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the "Third Restated Certificate") from the Secretary of State of Delaware. The Third Restated Certificate was approved by the Company’s stockholders by written consent pursuant to a definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 13, 2023. Written consent from the majority of stockholders was received as of May 13, 2023. The Third Restated Certificate maintained the 50,000,000 authorized shares of Common Stock and eliminated the authorized Preferred Stock. The Third Restated Certificate also created a classified Board of Directors of the Company with three classes of directors who will stand for election in staggered years.

Going Concern — The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. The Company is a business that has not yet generated profits, with a Net loss in the year ended December 31, 2023 of $7.64 million, negative Net operating cash outflows of $7.85 million for the same period, working capital of $1.98 million and an Accumulated deficit of $50.85 million as of December 31, 2023.

The Company’s ability to continue as a going concern in the next twelve months following the date the consolidated financial statements were available to be issued is dependent upon its ability to produce revenues and/or obtain financing sufficient to meet current and future obligations and deploy such to produce profitable operating results. Management has

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evaluated these conditions and plans to generate revenue and raise capital as needed to satisfy the Company’s capital needs. While the negotiation of significant additional revenue is well advanced, it has not reached a stage that allows it to be factored into a going concern evaluation. In addition, although the Company has previously been successful in raising capital as needed and has already made plans to do so as well as restructuring expenses to meet the Company’s cash needs, no assurance can be given that the Company will be successful in its capital raising efforts. These factors, among others, raise substantial doubt about the ability of the Company to continue as a going concern for a reasonable period.

Basis of Presentation—The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“US GAAP”) and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a basis which assumes that the Company will continue as a going concern, which contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities and commitments in the normal course of business.

Basis of Consolidation— The accompanying consolidated financial statements reflect the activity of the Company and its subsidiaries, Trusted Mail Inc. (“Trusted Mail”), Finnovation LLC (“Finnovation”), Trust Stamp Malta Limited (“Trust Stamp Malta”), AIID Payments Limited, Biometric Innovations Limited (“Biometrics”), Trust Stamp Rwanda Limited, Metapresence Limited, and Trust Stamp Denmark ApS. All significant intercompany transactions and accounts have been eliminated.

On February 28, 2023, the Company received the Certificate of Termination from the State of Georgia, which represents the completion of administratively dissolving T Avatar LLC. As there were no operations established under the entity, there is a limited impact to Trust Stamp. The dissolution of T Avatar LLC was effective February 28, 2023.

On June 2, 2023, the Company received the termination resolution from the Polish National Court Register, which represents the completion of administratively dissolving Sunflower AI Technologies (“SAIT”). As there were no operations established under the entity, there is a limited impact to Trust Stamp. The dissolution of SAIT was effective May 10, 2023.

Further, we continue to consolidate Tstamp Incentive Holdings (“TSIH”) which we consider to be a variable interest entity.

Variable Interest Entity — On April 9, 2019, management created a new entity, TSIH. Furthermore, on April 25, 2019, the Company issued 320,513 shares of Class A Common Stock to TSIH, for the purpose of providing a pool of shares of Class A Common Stock of the Company that the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) could use for employee stock awards and were recorded initially as Treasury stock. Since establishing TSIH, 264,000 shares were transferred to various employees as a stock award that were earned and outstanding. On February 15, 2023, Trust Stamp issued 206,033 shares of Class A Common Stock to TSIH to be used to satisfy vested employee stock awards. As of December 31, 2023, TSIH held 54,734 Treasury stock earmarked for future employee Restricted Stock Unit ("RSU") bonuses. As of the date of this report, no shares of Class A Common Stock are held by TSIH as all shares have been issued pursuant to employee Restricted Stock Units.

The Company does not own any of the shares of Class A Common Stock of the Company held by TSIH. The Company considers this entity to be a variable interest entity (“VIE”) because it is thinly capitalized and holds no cash. Because the Company does not own shares in TSIH, management believes that this gives the Company a variable interest. Further, management of the Company also acts as management of TSIH and is the decision-maker as management grants shares held by TSIH to employees of the Company. As this VIE owns only shares in the Company and no other liabilities or assets, the Company is the primary beneficiary of TSIH and will consolidate the VIE.

Use of Estimates—The preparation of the consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ materially from these estimates. On an ongoing basis, the Company evaluates their estimates that include, but are not limited to, measuring satisfaction of a performance obligation over time, related to revenue contracts that are not fully complete at the end of a fiscal year, capitalization and estimated useful life of internal-use software, the allowance for doubtful accounts, the fair value of financial assets and liabilities, the recoverability of Goodwill, stock-based compensation, impairment of long-lived assets, the valuation of deferred tax assets and uncertain tax positions, and warrant liabilities. We base our estimates on assumptions, both historical and forward-looking trends, and various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities.

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Segment Information— The Company has a single operating and reportable segment. The Company’s chief operating decision maker is its Chief Executive Officer, who reviews financial information presented on a consolidated basis for purposes of making operating decisions, assessing financial performance, and allocating resources.

Risks and Uncertainties—The Company is dependent upon additional capital resources for its planned full-scale operations, and is subject to significant risks and uncertainties, including failing to secure funding to continue to operationalize the Company’s plans or failing to profitably operate the business.

Major Customers and Concentration of Risks — Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to significant concentrations of credit risk consist primarily of Cash and cash equivalents, and Accounts receivable. We maintain our Cash and cash equivalents with high-quality financial institutions, mainly in the United States; the composition of which are regularly monitored by us. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation covers $250 thousand for substantially all depository accounts. The Company from time to time may have amounts on deposit in excess of the insured limits. As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company had $2.62 million and $71 thousand in U.S. bank accounts, respectively, which exceeded these insured amounts. Management believes minimal credit risk exists with respect to these financial institutions and the Company has not experienced any losses on such amounts.

For Accounts receivable, we are exposed to credit risk in the event of nonpayment by customers to the extent the amounts are recorded in the consolidated balance sheets. We extend different levels of credit and maintain reserves for potential credit losses based upon the expected collectability of Accounts receivable. We manage credit risk related to our customers by performing periodic evaluations of credit worthiness and applying other credit risk monitoring procedures.

Three customers represented 91.11% or 53.55%, 30.43%, and 7.13% of the balance of total Accounts receivable as of December 31, 2023 and three customers represented 95.37% or 36.90%, 32.69%, and 25.78% of the balance of total Accounts receivable as of December 31, 2022. The Company seeks to mitigate its credit risk with respect to Accounts receivable by contracting with large commercial customers and government agencies, and regularly monitoring the aging of Accounts receivable balances. As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company had not experienced any significant losses on its Accounts receivable.

During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company sold to primarily three customers which made up approximately 89.75% of total Net revenue, and consisted of 55.04%, 17.77%, and 16.94% from IGS, an S&P 500 Bank, and Mastercard, respectively.

Additionally, during the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company sold to primarily three customers which made up approximately 93.60% of total Net revenue, and consisted of 61.01%, 18.36%, and 14.23% from ICE, an S&P 500 Bank, and Mastercard.

Foreign Currencies —The functional currencies of the Company’s foreign subsidiaries are the local currencies. For those subsidiaries, the assets and liabilities are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate method at the consolidated balance sheet date. The Company’s other comprehensive (loss) is comprised of foreign currency translation adjustments related to the Company’s foreign subsidiaries. Income and expenses are translated at the average exchange rates for the period. Foreign currency transaction gains and losses are included in Other income or Other expense in the consolidated statements of operations.

Cash and Cash Equivalents — Cash and cash equivalents consist of cash in banks and bank deposits. The Company considers all highly liquid instruments purchased with an original maturity of three months or less when purchased as cash equivalents.

Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Credit Losses — Accounts receivable are recorded at the invoiced amount, net of an allowance for credit losses, if any. The Company’s trade receivables primarily arise from the sale of our products to customers through contracts for software licenses and subscriptions, software usage, web hosting fees, and software development with payment terms of 60 days. The Company evaluates the credit risk of a customer when extending credit based on a combination of various financial and qualitative factors that may affect the customers’ ability to pay. These factors include the customers’ financial condition and past payment experience.

The Company maintains an allowance for credit losses, which represents an estimate of expected losses over the remaining contractual life of its receivables considering current market conditions and estimates for supportable forecasts when appropriate. The Company measures expected credit losses on its trade receivables on a customer basis. The estimate of

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expected credit losses considers any historical losses, delinquency trends, collection experience, and/or economic risk where appropriate. Additionally, management develops a specific allowance for trade receivables known to have a high risk of expected future credit loss.

The Company has historically experienced immaterial write-offs given the nature of the customers and contracts. As of December 31, 2023, the Company had gross receivables (including unbilled receivables) of $694 thousand and an allowance for credit losses of $8 thousand. As of December 31, 2022, the Company had gross receivables of $1.01 million and no allowance for credit losses.

As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, Accounts receivable includes unbilled receivables of $143 thousand and $109 thousand, respectively.

Property and Equipment, Net — Property and equipment, net is stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is recognized using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the respective assets. Maintenance and repairs that do not improve or extend the useful lives of the assets are expensed when incurred, whereas additions and major improvements are capitalized. Upon sale or retirement of assets, the cost and related accumulated depreciation are derecognized from the consolidated balance sheet and any resulting gain or loss is recorded in the consolidated statements of operations in the period realized.

Capitalized Internal-Use Software, Net—Capitalized Internal-Use Software, Net is a combination of costs related to software developed, modified, or acquired solely to meet Trust Stamp's internal requirements, with no substantive plans to market such software at the time of development or acquisition are capitalized, and costs related to the development of software-as-a-service ("SaaS") based solutions. The Company capitalizes eligible costs to develop Capitalized Internal-Use Software and SaaS solutions that are incurred subsequent to the preliminary project stage throughout the development stage. These costs consist of personnel costs (including salaries, related benefits, and stock-based compensation) and certain third-party costs that are incurred during the application development stage. We also capitalize the costs incurred to upgrade and enhance that result in additional functionality. Costs incurred during the preliminary project stage, the post-implementation operational stage, and for maintenance are expensed as incurred. Maintenance costs are expensed as incurred. The estimated useful life of costs capitalized is evaluated for each specific project that is generally five years. Actual economic lives may differ from estimated useful lives. Periodic reviews could result in a change in estimated useful lives and therefore changes in amortization expense in future periods.

Accounting for Impairment of Long-Lived Assets — Long-lived assets with finite lives include Property and equipment, net, Capitalized internal-use software, Operating lease right-of-use assets, and Intangible assets, net subject to amortization. The Company reviews long-lived assets for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset or asset group may not be recoverable. Recoverability of assets held and used is measured by comparison of the carrying amount of an asset or an asset group to estimated undiscounted future net cash flows expected to be generated by the asset or asset group. If the carrying amount of an asset exceeds these estimated future cash flows, an impairment charge is recognized by the amount by which the carrying amount of the assets exceeds the fair value of the asset or asset group. Assets to be disposed of are reported at the lower of the carrying amount or fair value less costs to sell.

As of December 31, 2023, the Company determined that $19 thousand of Capitalized internal-use software and $12 thousand of Intangible assets was impaired. The impaired Capitalized internal-use software was expensed to Research and development during the year ended December 31, 2023.. As of December 31, 2022, the Company determined that no long-lived assets with finite lives were impaired.

Goodwill— Goodwill is accounted for in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") 350, Intangibles—Goodwill and Other. The Company allocates the cost of an acquired business to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their estimated fair values at the date of acquisition. The excess of the purchase consideration transferred over the fair value of the net assets acquired, including other Intangible assets, net, is recorded as Goodwill. Goodwill is tested for impairment at the reporting unit level at least quarterly or more frequently when events or circumstances occur that indicate that it is more likely than not that an impairment has occurred. In assessing Goodwill for impairment, the Company first assesses qualitative factors to determine whether it is necessary to perform the quantitative goodwill impairment test. In the qualitative assessment, the Company considers factors including economic conditions, industry and market conditions and developments, overall financial performance and other relevant entity-specific events in determining whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of the reporting unit is less than the carrying amount. Should the Company conclude that it is more likely than not that the recorded Goodwill amounts have been impaired, the Company would perform the impairment test. Goodwill impairment exists when a reporting unit’s

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carrying value exceeds its fair value. Significant judgment is applied when Goodwill is assessed for impairment. There were no impairment charges to Goodwill during the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022.

Fair Value of Assets and Liabilities—The Company follows the relevant U.S. GAAP guidance regarding the determination and measurement of the fair value of assets/liabilities; in which fair value is defined as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction valuation hierarchy which requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs when measuring fair value. The guidance describes the following three levels of inputs that may be used in the methodology to measure fair value:

Level 1 – Quoted prices available in active markets for identical investments as of the reporting date;

Level 2 – Inputs other than quoted prices in active markets, which are either directly or indirectly observable as of the reporting date; and

Level 3 – Unobservable inputs, which are to be used in situations where there is little or no market activity for the asset or liability and wherein the reporting entity makes estimates and assumptions related to the pricing of the asset or liability including assumptions regarding risk.

A financial instrument’s level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of any input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The estimated fair values of Cash and cash equivalents, Accounts receivable, Related party receivables, Prepaid expenses and other current assets, Other assets, Accounts payable, Related party payables, Accrued expenses, Deferred revenue, Customer deposit liabilities, and Notes payable approximate their carrying values. The fair values of warrant liabilities issued in connection with equity or debt issuance are determined using the Black-Scholes valuation model, a “Level 3” fair value measurement, based on the estimated fair value of the underlying common stock, volatility based on the historical volatility data of similar companies, considering the industry, products and market capitalization of such other entities, the expected life based on the remaining contractual term of the conversion option and warrant liabilities and the risk free interest rate based on the implied yield available on U.S. Treasury Securities with a maturity equivalent to the warrant liability’s contractual life. The Company accounts for its financial assets and liabilities at fair value regularly. The Company evaluates the fair value of its non-financial assets and liabilities on a nonrecurring basis.

Revenue Recognition—The Company derives its revenue primarily from professional services. Revenue is recognized upon transfer of control of promised products and services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration the Company expects to receive in exchange for those products or services. If the consideration promised in a contract includes a variable amount, the Company includes an estimate of the amount it expects to receive or the total transaction price if it is probable that a significant reversal of cumulative revenue recognized will not occur. The Company determines the amount of revenue to be recognized through the application of the following steps:

•Identification of the contract, or contracts with a customer;

•Identification of the performance obligations in the contract;

•Determination of the transaction price;

•Allocation of the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract; and

•Recognition of revenue when or as the Company satisfies the performance obligations.

At contract inception, the Company will assess the services agreed upon within each contract and assess whether each service is distinct and determine those that are performance obligations. The Company then recognizes as revenue the amount of the transaction price that is allocated to the respective performance obligation when (or as) the performance obligation is satisfied. In general, each contract with a customer consists of a single performance obligation to perform services in which revenue is recognized when the service has been delivered.

Remaining Performance Obligations — The Company’s arrangements with its customers often have terms that span over multiple years. However, the Company generally allows its customers to terminate contracts for convenience prior to the end of the stated term with less than twelve months’ notice. Revenue allocated to remaining performance obligations represents non-cancelable contracted revenue that has not yet been recognized, which includes deferred revenue and, in

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certain instances, amounts that will be invoiced. The Company has elected the practical expedient allowing the Company to not disclose remaining performance obligations for contracts with original terms of twelve months or less. Cancellable contracted revenue, which includes customer deposit liabilities, is not considered a remaining performance obligation. As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company did not have any related performance obligations for contracts with terms exceeding twelve months.

Disaggregation of Revenue

For the years ended December 31,

Termination expense reimbursement (one time) — 719,565

Contract Balances—The timing of customer billing and payment relative to the start of the service period varies from contract to contract; however, the Company bills many of its customers in advance of the provision of services under its contracts, resulting in liabilities consisting of either deferred revenue (a “contract liability”) or customer deposit liabilities. Deferred revenue represents billings under non-cancelable contracts before the related product or service is transferred to the customer. Such amounts are recognized by the Company over the life of the contract upon meeting the revenue recognition criteria, but generally within one year. Customer deposit liabilities consist of billings or payments received in advance of the start of the contractual term or for anticipated revenue-generating activities for the portion of a contract term that is subject to cancellation for convenience. Certain of the Company’s arrangements generally include terms that allow the customer to terminate the contract for convenience and receive a refund of the amount of the customer deposit for the percentage of the work not performed prior to the notice of termination. In these arrangements, the Company concluded there are no enforceable rights and obligations after such notice period and therefore, the consideration received or due from the customer that is subject to termination for convenience is recorded as customer deposit liabilities.

The payment terms and conditions vary by contract; however, the Company’s terms generally require payment within 30 to 60 days from the invoice date. In instances where the timing of revenue recognition differs from the timing of payment, the Company elected to apply the practical expedient in accordance with ASC 606 to not adjust contract consideration for the effects of a significant financing component as the Company expects, at contract inception, that the period between when promised goods and services are transferred to the customer and when the customer pays for those goods and services will be one year or less. As such, the Company determined its contracts do not generally contain a significant financing component.

Costs to Obtain and Fulfill Contracts—Incremental costs of obtaining a contract include only those costs that are directly related to the acquisition of contracts, including sales commissions, and that would not have been incurred if the contract had not been obtained. In alignment with ASC 340, Other Assets and Deferred Costs ("ASC 340"), the Company recognizes an asset for the incremental costs of obtaining a contract with a customer if we expect to recover the costs. The Company elected to apply the practical expedient in accordance with ASC 340 which allows the Company to expense commissions as incurred when the contract term is twelve months or less in total. Costs to obtain contracts and costs to fulfill contracts were not material in the periods presented.

Warrants—The Company accounts for stock warrants as either equity instruments, derivative liabilities, or liabilities in accordance with ASC 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity (“ASC 480”) and ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging (“ASC 815”), depending on the specific terms of the warrant agreement.

Cost of Services Provided — Cost of services generally consists of the cost of hosting fees, materials, and cost of labor associated with professional services rendered. Depreciation and amortization expense is not included in Cost of services.

Research and Development—Research and development costs are expensed as incurred and consist primarily of personnel costs such as salaries and benefits and relate primarily to time spent during the preliminary project stage, post implementation maintenance, bug fixes associated with Capitalized internal-use software activities, and front-end application development in which technological feasibility has not been established. Depreciation and amortization expense is not included in Research and development.

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Advertising—Advertising costs are expensed as incurred. Advertising and marketing expense totaled and $224 thousand and $217 thousand for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

Stock-Based Compensation—The Company accounts for its stock-based compensation arrangements at fair value. Fair value of each stock-based award is estimated on the date of grant using either the Black-Scholes-Merton Model for stock options granted or using the fair value of a common stock for stock grants and restricted stock units. The Black-Scholes-Merton option-pricing model requires the input of highly subjective assumptions, including the fair value of the underlying common shares, the expected term of the share option, the expected volatility of the price of our common shares, risk-free interest rates, and the expected dividend yield of common shares. The assumptions used to determine the fair value of the option awards represent management’s best estimates. These estimates involve inherent uncertainties and the application of management’s judgment. The calculated fair value is recognized as expense over the requisite service period using the straight-line method. Forfeitures are accounted for in the period in which they occur. Trust Stamp offers the indirect repurchase of shares through a net-settlement feature upon the vesting of RSU awards to satisfy minimum statutory tax-withholding requirements for the recipient.

Income Taxes— The Company records income tax provisions for the anticipated tax consequences of the reported results of operations using the asset and liability method. Under this method, the Company recognizes deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of temporary differences between the carrying amounts for financial reporting purposes and the tax bases of assets and liabilities, as well as for loss and tax credit carryforwards. The deferred assets and liabilities are measured using the statutorily enacted tax rates anticipated to be in effect when those tax assets and liabilities are expected to be realized or settled. The effect of a change in tax rates on deferred tax assets and liabilities is recognized in the period that includes the enactment date.

A valuation allowance is established if, based upon the available evidence, it is more likely than not that some or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. The Company considers all available evidence, both positive and negative, including historical levels of income, expectations and risks associated with estimates of future taxable income in assessing the need for a valuation allowance.

The Company’s tax positions are subject to income tax audits by multiple tax jurisdictions. The Company recognizes the tax benefit of an uncertain tax position only if it is more likely than not the position will be sustainable upon examination by the taxing authority, including resolution of any related appeals or litigation processes. This evaluation is based on all available evidence and assumes that the tax authorities have full knowledge of all relevant information concerning the tax position. The tax benefit recognized is measured as the largest amount of benefit which is more likely than not (greater than 50% likely) to be realized upon ultimate settlement with the taxing authority. The Company recognizes interest accrued and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits in Income tax benefit (expense). The Company adjusts these reserves in accordance with the income tax guidance when facts and circumstances change, such as the closing of a tax audit or the refinement of an estimate. To the extent that the final tax outcome of these matters is different from the amounts recorded, such differences may affect the provision for income taxes in the period in which such determination is made and could have a material impact on the Company’s financial condition and operating results.

The Company computes its tax provision for interim periods by applying the estimated annual effective tax rate to year-to-date pre-tax income from recurring operations and adjusting for discrete tax items arising in that quarter. There were no discrete items that impacted the effective tax rate for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. The rate remained consistent over the period due to the full valuation allowance recorded in the period.

The Company had an effective tax rate of 0% for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. The Company has incurred U.S. operating losses and has minimal profits in foreign jurisdictions.

Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance if it is more likely than not that some portion or all of a deferred tax asset will not be realized. The ultimate realization of deferred tax assets is dependent upon the generation of future taxable income during the periods in which those temporary differences are deductible. In making this determination, management considers all available positive and negative evidence affecting specific deferred tax assets, including the Company’s past and anticipated future performance, the reversal of deferred tax liabilities, the length of carry-back and carry-forward periods, and the implementation of tax planning strategies.

The Company had no unrecognized tax benefits as of December 31, 2023 and 2022.

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It is the Company’s policy to recognize interest and penalties related to income tax matters in Income tax benefit (expense). The Company has not accrued any penalties related to uncertain tax positions due to offsetting tax attributes as of December 31, 2023 and 2022.

The Company files U.S. federal, state, and foreign income tax returns in jurisdictions with varying statutes of limitation. The only material jurisdiction where the Company is subject to potential examination by tax authorities is the U.S. (federal and state) for tax years 2020 through 2022.

Leases — The Company determines if a contract is a lease or contains a lease at the inception of the contract in accordance with Accounting Standards Update No. 2021-05, Leases (Topic 842): Lessors—Certain Leases with Variable Lease Payments ("ASC 842"). All leases are assessed for classification as an operating lease or a finance lease. The lease term begins on the commencement date, the date the Company takes possession of the property, and the commencement date is used to calculate straight-line expense for operating leases. The lease may include options to extend or terminate the lease. When it is reasonably certain that the option will be exercised, the Company reassess our conclusions to account for the modified contract.

Operating lease right-of-use assets represent the Company’s right to use an underlying asset during a lease term and are included in non-current assets on our consolidated balance sheet. Operating lease liabilities represent the Company’s obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. Operating lease liabilities are divided into two classifications on our consolidated balance sheet as a current liability, Short-term operating lease liabilities, and a non-current liability, Long-term operating lease liabilities. The Company does not have any finance lease right-of-use assets or finance lease liabilities.

The Company’s operating lease liabilities are recognized at the applicable lease commencement date based on the present value of the lease payments required to be paid over the lease term. The interest rate implicit in the lease is not readily determinable, therefore, the Company uses an estimated incremental borrowing rate to discount the lease payments to present value. The estimated incremental borrowing rate is derived from information available at the lease commencement date. The Company’s Operating lease right-of-use assets are also recognized at the applicable lease commencement date. The Operating lease right-of-use asset equals the carrying amount of the related operating lease liability, adjusted for any lease payments made prior to lease commencement and lease incentives provided by the lessor. Variable lease payments are expensed as incurred and do not factor into the measurement of the applicable Operating lease right-of-use asset or operating lease liability.

The term of our leases equals the non-cancellable period of the lease, including any rent-free periods provided by the lessor, and also include options to renew or extend the lease (including by not terminating the lease) that we are reasonably certain to exercise. We establish the term of each lease at lease commencement and reassess that term in subsequent periods if a triggering event occurs. Operating lease cost for lease payments is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

Some lease contracts include lease and non-lease components. Trust Stamp elected the practical expedient offered by ASC 842 to not separate the lease components from non-lease components. As a result, the Company accounts for leases as a single lease component.

In addition, the Company elected not to recognize right-of-use assets and lease liabilities for leases term of twelve months or less. The short-term lease expenses are recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

Commitments and Contingencies — Liabilities for loss contingencies arising from claims, disputes, legal proceedings, fines and penalties, and other sources are recorded when it is probable that a liability has been or will be incurred and the amount of the liability can be reasonably estimated. Legal costs incurred in connection with loss contingencies are expensed as incurred. Recoveries of such legal costs from insurance policies are recorded as an offset to legal expenses in the period they are received.

Treasury Stock — Repurchased treasury stock is recorded at cost. When treasury stock is resold at a price different than its historical acquisition cost, the difference is recorded as a component of Additional paid-in capital in the consolidated balance sheets.

Net Loss per Share Attributable to Common Stockholders —Basic loss per share is computed by dividing net loss by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted net loss per share is computed by giving effect to all potentially dilutive Class A Common Stock equivalents for the period. For the purposes of this calculation,

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stock-based awards, warrants, and the conversion option of convertible notes are considered to be potential common shares outstanding. Since the Company incurred net losses for each of the periods presented, diluted net loss per share is the same as basic net loss per share. The Company’s potential common shares outstanding were not included in the calculation of diluted net loss per share as the effect would be anti-dilutive.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted—In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, Income Taxes – Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures. ASU 2023-09requires enhancements and further transparency to certain income tax disclosures, most notably the tax rate reconciliation and income taxes paid. This ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024 on a prospective basis and retrospective application is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impacts of the new standard but does not expect a material impact to its consolidated financial statements or related disclosures.

In June 2022, the FASB issued ASU 2022-03, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Fair Value Measurement of Equity Securities Subject to Contractual Sale Restrictions. The amendments in this ASU clarify that an entity should measure the fair value of an equity security subject to contractual sale restriction the same way it measures an identical equity security that is not subject to such a restriction. The FASB said the contractual restriction on the sale of an equity security is not considered part of the unit of account of the equity security and, therefore, should not affect its fair value. The ASU is effective for public entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, and interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted. The Company does not expect this guidance to have a material impact to its consolidated financial statements or related disclosures.

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncement— In June 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-13, “Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326)” (“ASU 2016-13”). ASU 2016-13 revises the methodology for measuring credit losses on financial instruments and the timing of when such losses are recorded. In November 2019, FASB issued ASU 2019-10, “Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Topic 326), Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815), and Leases (Topic 842).” This ASU defers the effective date of ASU 2016-13 for public companies that are considered smaller reporting companies as defined by the SEC to fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company adopted this standard as of January 1, 2023, and the guidance did not have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements or related disclosures.

2. Borrowings

Promissory Notes Payable

As of December 31,

In May 2020, the Company formed a subsidiary in the Republic of Malta, Trust Stamp Malta Limited, with the intent to establish a research and development center with the assistance of potential grants and loans from the Maltese government. As part of the creation of this entity, we entered into an agreement with the government of Malta for a potentially repayable advance of up to €800 thousand or $858 thousand to assist in covering the costs of 75% of the first 24 months of payroll costs for any employee who begins 36 months from the execution of the agreement on July 8, 2020. On February 9, 2021, the Company began receiving funds and as of December 31, 2023, the balance received was $884 thousand which includes changes in foreign currency rates.

The Company will pay an annual interest rate of 2% over the European Central Banks (ECB) base rate as set on the beginning of the year in review. If the ECB rate is below negative 1%, the interest rate shall be fixed at 1%. The Company will repay a minimum of 10% of Trust Stamp Malta Limited’s pre-tax profits per annum capped at 15% of the amount due to the Corporation until the disbursed funds are repaid. At this time, Trust Stamp Malta Limited does not have any revenue-

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generating contracts and therefore, we do not believe any amounts shall be classified as current.The Malta loan interest rate increased from 2.5% for the year ended December 31, 2022 to 4.5% for the year ended December 31, 2023.

3. Warrants

Liability Classified Warrants

The following table presents the change in the liability balance associated with the liability classified warrants, which are classified in Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023:

Warrants ($)

Additional warrants issued —

Change in fair value (5,033)

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Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments

Item 1C. Cybersecurity

Item 2. Properties

Item 3. Legal Proceedings

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

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Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments

Item 1C. Cybersecurity

Item 2. Properties

Item 3. Legal Proceedings

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

Item 6. Reserved

Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

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