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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

☒ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2023

☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from to

Commission File Number 001-40083

FAZE HOLDINGS INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware		85-2081659
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

720 N. Cahuenga Blvd., Los Angeles, CA		90038
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

(818) 688-6373

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol (s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common stock, par value $0.0001 per share	FAZE	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one share of common stock	FAZEW	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer	☐	Accelerated filer	☐
Non-accelerated filer	☒	Smaller reporting company	☒
		Emerging growth company	☒

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☒

As of May 11, 2023, there were 75,128,817 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, issued and outstanding.

FaZe Holdings Inc.

Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2023

Table of Contents

		Page
PART I.	FINANCIAL INFORMATION	1
Item 1.	Financial Statements	1
	Condensed Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2023 (unaudited) and December 31, 2022	1
	Condensed Statements of Operations for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 (unaudited)	2
	Condensed Statements of Changes in Stockholder’s Equity for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 (unaudited)	3
	Condensed Statements of Cash Flows for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 (unaudited)	4
	Notes to Unaudited Condensed Financial Statements	5
Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	22
Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	38
Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	38

PART II.	OTHER INFORMATION	39
Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	39
Item 1A.	Risk Factors	39
Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	40
Item 3.	Defaults Upon Senior Securities	40
Item 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures	40
Item 5.	Other Information	40
Item 6.	Exhibits	40
	Signatures	42

PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements.

FaZe Holdings Inc.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In thousands, except shares)

(unaudited)

	March 31,			December 31,
	2023			2022
ASSETS
Current Assets:
Cash	$	26,834		$	37,207
Accounts receivable, net		3,888			8,525
Contract assets		7,240			6,223
Prepaid expenses and other assets		4,921			6,768
Total Current Assets		42,883			58,723
Restricted cash		600			600
Property, equipment and leasehold improvements, net		3,459			3,821
Operating lease right-of-use assets		2,319			2,693
Intangible assets, net		659			848
Other long-term assets		511			553
TOTAL ASSETS	$	50,431		$	67,238
LIABILITIES, MEZZANINE EQUITY AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
LIABILITIES:
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	$	9,550		$	14,397
Contract liabilities		2,497			3,494
Operating lease liabilities, current		1,488			1,488
Total Current Liabilities		13,535			19,379
Warrant liabilities		11			24
Operating lease liabilities, non-current		718			1,084
Total Liabilities		14,264			20,487
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Note 9)
MEZZANINE EQUITY:
Series A preferred stock, $0.00001 par value, 3,545,529 shares authorized at March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively, zero share shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2023 and 2022.		—			—
STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY:
Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value; 1,000,000 shares of the Company’s preferred stock authorized at March 31, 2023; zero share of the Company’s preferred stock issued and outstanding at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022		—			—
Common stock, $0.0001 par value at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively; 500,000,000 and 500,000,000 shares of common stock authorized at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively; 74,046,058 and 71,551,887 shares of common stock issued and outstanding at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively		7			7
Additional paid-in capital		331,142			327,686
Accumulated deficit		(294,982	)		(280,942	)
Total Stockholders’ Equity		36,167			46,751
TOTAL LIABILITIES, MEZZANINE EQUITY, AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY	$	50,431		$	67,238

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements

FaZe Holdings Inc.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(In thousands, except shares and per-share information)

(unaudited)

	Three months ended
	March 31,
	2023			2022
Revenues	$	12,550		$	15,804
Cost of revenues		12,081			12,211
Gross profit		469			3,593
Operating expenses:
General and administrative		13,877			10,128
Sales and marketing		213			1,145
Loss from operations		(13,621	)		(7,680	)
Other expense:
Interest (income) expense, net		(162	)		1,851
Change in fair value of warrant liabilities		(13	)		—
Other, net		594			11
Total other expense:		419			1,862
Net loss	$	(14,040	)	$	(9,542	)
Net loss per common share - basic and diluted	$	(0.22	)	$	(0.46	)
Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding - basic and diluted		64,071,686			20,640,022

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements

FaZe Holdings Inc.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

(In thousands, except shares and per-share information)

(unaudited)

	Common Stock				Additional Paid-In		Accumulated
	Shares		Amount		Capital		Deficit			Total
Balance at December 31, 2021		18,841,538	$	2	$	5,477	$	(112,408	)	$	(106,929	)
Stock based compensation expense		—		—		1,150		—			1,150
Issuance of common stock upon vesting of restricted stock awards		4,084		—		—		—			—
Exercise of stock option		74,768		—		64		—			64
Net loss		—		—		—		(9,542	)		(9,542	)
Balance at March 31, 2022		18,920,390	$	2	$	6,691	$	(121,950	)	$	(115,257	)
Balance at December 31, 2022		71,511,887	$	7	$	327,686	$	(280,942	)	$	46,751
Stock based compensation expense		—		—		2,673		—			2,673
Issuance of common stock upon vesting of restricted stock awards		483,251		—		—		—			—
Exercise of stock option		2,050,920		—		783		—			783
Net loss		—		—		—		(14,040	)		(14,040	)
Balance at March 31, 2023		74,046,058	$	7	$	331,142	$	(294,982	)	$	36,167

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements

FaZe Holdings Inc.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(In thousands)

(unaudited)

	Three months ended March 31,
	2023			2022
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net loss	$	(14,040	)	$	(9,542	)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
Provision for doubtful accounts		789			8
Additions to content asset		—			(313	)
Depreciation & amortization expense		667			236
Amortization of operating lease right of use assets		373			329
Stock-based compensation expense		2,673			1,150
Change in fair value of warrant liabilities		(13	)		—
Non-cash interest expense		—			1,851
Other		—			(37	)
Change in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable		3,849			(774	)
Inventory		—			6
Prepaid expenses and other assets		1,888			180
Contract assets		(1,017	)		1,563
Accounts payable and accrued expenses		(5,143	)		(698	)
Contract liabilities		(998	)		(3,333	)
Other current liabilities		—			(7	)
Operating lease liabilities		(366	)		(329	)
NET CASH USED IN OPERATING ACTIVITIES		(11,338	)		(9,710	)
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Purchase of property, plant and equipment		(101	)		(1,903	)
Purchase of intangible assets		(13	)		(164	)
NET CASH USED IN INVESTING ACTIVITIES		(114	)		(2,067	)
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Proceeds from issuance of loans payable		—			10,000
Proceeds from exercise of stock options		783			64
Value of shares withheld for taxes		169			—
Taxes paid related to net shares settlement of equity awards		127			—
Payment of deferred transaction costs		—			(725	)
NET CASH PROVIDED BY FINANCING ACTIVITIES		1,079			9,339
NET CHANGE IN CASH AND RESTRICTED CASH		(10,373	)		(2,438	)
Cash and restricted cash at beginning of period		37,807			17,618
CASH AND RESTRICTED CASH AT END OF PERIOD	$	27,434		$	15,180
RECONCILIATION TO CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
Cash	$	26,834		$	14,580
Restricted cash		600			600
Cash and restricted cash	$	27,434		$	15,180
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE FOR OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Cash paid for interest	$	—		$	—
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE FOR NON-CASH INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Capitalization of deferred transaction costs included in accounts payable	$	—		$	2,406
Purchase of property, plant and equipment in accrued expenses	$	—		$	1,019

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements

FAZE HOLDINGS INC.

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

AS OF AND FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2023 AND 2022

1.	DESCRIPTION OF THE BUSINESS

FaZe Holdings Inc. (“FaZe” or the “Company”), is a lifestyle and media platform rooted in gaming and youth culture. The Company’s premium brand, talent network, and large audience can be monetized across a variety of products and services.

On July 19, 2022 (the “Closing Date”), pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) dated as of October 24, 2021 (as amended in December 2021 and March 2022), by and among B. Riley 150 Merger Corp. (“B. Riley 150”), a special purpose acquisition company, and BRPM Merger Sub, Inc., a directly wholly owned subsidiary of B. Riley 150 (“Merger Sub”) and FaZe Clan, Inc. (“Legacy FaZe”), the parties consummated the merger of Merger Sub with and into Legacy FaZe, with Legacy FaZe continuing as the surviving corporation (the “Merger”), as well as the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement (the Merger and such other transactions, the “Business Combination”). In connection with the closing of the Business Combination (the “Closing”), Legacy FaZe became a wholly owned subsidiary of B. Riley 150, which changed its name to “FaZe Holdings Inc.”

Legacy FaZe determined that it was the accounting acquirer in the Business Combination based on an analysis of the criteria outlined in Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 805, Business Combinations. The Merger was accounted for as a reverse recapitalization, in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). Under this method of accounting, B. Riley 150 was treated as the acquired company for financial reporting purposes. Accordingly, the Business Combination was treated as the equivalent of Legacy FaZe issuing stock for the net assets of B. Riley 150, accompanied by a recapitalization. The net assets of B. Riley 150 were stated at historical cost, with no goodwill or other intangible assets recorded. Operations prior to the Business Combination are those of Legacy FaZe.

In accordance with guidance applicable to these circumstances, the equity structure has been retroactively restated in all comparative periods up to the Closing Date, to reflect the number of shares of the Company’s common stock issued to Legacy FaZe’s common stockholders in connection with the Business Combination. As a result, these financial statements represent the continuation of Legacy FaZe and the historical shareholders’ deficit. Common stock, preferred stock and loss per share of Legacy FaZe prior to the Business Combination have been retrospectively adjusted for the Business Combination using an exchange ratio of 2.2267 (“Equity Value Exchange Ratio”). The accumulated deficit of Legacy FaZe has been carried forward after the Business Combination.

Notice of Delisting

On March 23, 2023, the Company received a letter (the “Letter”) from the Listing Qualifications Department (the “Staff”) of The Nasdaq Stock Market (“Nasdaq”) informing the Company that its common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”), failed to comply with the $1 minimum bid price required for continued listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) based upon the closing bid price of the Common Stock for the 30 consecutive business days prior to the date of the Letter. The notice has no immediate effect on the listing of the Common Stock or warrants, and the Common Stock and warrants will continue to trade on The Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbols “FAZE” and “FAZEW,” respectively.

In accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A), the Company has been provided an initial period of 180 calendar days, or until September 19, 2023 (the “Compliance Date”), by which the Company must regain compliance with the minimum bid price requirement. To regain compliance, the closing bid price of the Common Stock must meet or exceed $1.00 per share for a minimum of ten consecutive business days at any time prior to the Compliance Date, unless the Staff exercises its discretion to extend this ten-day period pursuant to Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(H).

If the Company does not regain compliance with the minimum bid price requirement by the Compliance Date, the Company may be eligible for an additional 180-calendar day compliance period. If the Company does not qualify for, or fails to regain compliance during, the second compliance period, then the Staff will provide written notification to the Company that the Common Stock will be subject to delisting. At that time, the Company may appeal the Staff’s delisting determination to the Nasdaq Hearings Panel.

2.	LIQUIDITY

As shown in the accompanying consolidated financial statements, the Company has incurred significant recurring losses resulting in an accumulated deficit. The Company anticipates further losses in the development of its business. The Company also had negative cash flows used in operations. These factors raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

Based on its cash resources and positive working capital as of March 31, 2023, the Company believes it has sufficient resources to fund its operations at least until twelve months from the date of issuance of these financial statements. The positive working capital as of March 31, 2023 was mainly due to funds from the PIPE offering and from the Business Combination.

On May 10, 2023, Company, and YA II PN, Ltd., a Cayman Islands exempt limited partnership managed by Yorkville Advisors Global, LP (the “Investor”), entered into a Standby Equity Purchase Agreement (the “SEPA”).

The Company will have the right to issue and sell to the Investor, from time to time, as provided in the SEPA, and the Investor shall purchase from the Company, up to $25 million in aggregate gross purchase price (the “Commitment Amount”) of the newly issued shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 (the “Common Stock”) (each such sale, an “Advance”) by delivering written notice to the Investor (each, an “Advance Notice” and the date on which the Company is deemed to have delivered an Advance Notice, the “Advance Notice Date”). The Common Stock purchased pursuant to an Advance will be purchased at a price equal to 97% of the lowest daily VWAP of the Common Stock during the three consecutive trading days commencing on the Advance Notice Date. “VWAP” means, for any trading day, the daily volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such trading day on the Nasdaq Stock Market during regular trading hours as reported by Bloomberg L.P.

The issuance of the Common Stock under the SEPA will be subject to certain limitations, including that (i) the Investor may not purchase any Common Stock that would result in it owning more than 4.99% of the Company’s Common Stock or (ii) the aggregate number of Common Stock issued pursuant to the SEPA cannot exceed 19.9% of the Company’s Common Stock as of as of the date of the SEPA (referred to as the “Exchange Cap”). The Exchange Cap shall not be applicable if: (i) the Company’s stockholders have approved the issuance of Common Stock in excess of the Exchange Cap in accordance with the applicable rules of the Principal Market or (ii) to the extent that (and only for so long as) the average price for the issuance of Common Stock equals or exceed the lower of (i) the Nasdaq Official Closing Price (as reflected on Nasdaq.com) immediately preceding the date of the SEPA; or (ii) the average Nasdaq Official Closing Price for the five Trading Days immediately preceding the date of the SEPA.
Pursuant to the terms of the SEPA, the Company shall prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement (the “Registration Statement”) or multiple Registration Statements registering for resale of the Common Stock issuable to the Investor under the SEPA. The Company in its sole discretion may choose when to file such Registration Statements; provided, however, that the Company shall not have the ability to request any Advances until the effectiveness of a Registration Statement.

As consideration for the Investor’s commitment to purchase Common Stock at the Company’s direction upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the SEPA, the Company will issue 487,995 shares of Common Stock to the Investor.

The SEPA shall terminate automatically on the earliest of (i) the first day of the month next following the 36-month anniversary of the date of the SEPA and (ii) the date on which the Investor shall have made payment of Common Stock pursuant to the SEPA for Common Stock equal to the Commitment Amount. The SEPA may be terminated at any time by the mutual written consent of the parties to the SEPA, effective as of the date of such mutual written consent unless otherwise provided in such written consent, or by the Company upon five trading days’ prior written notice to the Investor subject to the terms of the SEPA. Because of these factors, the Company believes that this alleviates the substantial doubt in connection with the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

3.	SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”) and are consistent in all material respects with those applied in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on April 4, 2023. These Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements are unaudited and have been prepared by the Company following the rules and regulations of the SEC. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP have been condensed or omitted as permitted by such rules and regulations; however, the Company believes the disclosures are adequate to make the information presented not misleading.

The interim financial information is unaudited, but reflects all normal recurring adjustments that are, in the opinion of management, necessary to fairly present the information set forth herein. The interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with the audited Consolidated Financial Statements and related notes included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022. Interim results are not necessarily indicative of the results for a full year. The preparation of the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and judgements that affect the amounts reported in the Consolidated Financial Statements and accompanying notes. Significant items subject to such estimates and assumptions include revenue recognition, allowance for doubtful accounts, and intangible asset impairments, share-based compensation expense, valuation allowance for deferred income taxes and amortization of intangible assets. The Company bases its estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that the Company believes to be reasonable under the circumstances. On a regular basis, the Company evaluates the assumptions, judgements and estimates. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

There have been no material changes in the Company’s significant accounting policies as compared to the significant accounting policies described in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022.

Principles of consolidation

The Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of FaZe Holdings Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires the Company to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements, and the reported amounts of income and expenses during the reporting period. These estimates are based on information available as of the date of the consolidated financial statements. The inputs into certain of these estimates and assumptions include the consideration of the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Significant estimates include revenue recognition, allowance for doubtful accounts, warrant liabilities, valuation of the Company’s common stock before the Business Combination, stock-based compensation expense, and income taxes. These estimates generally involve complex issues and require management to make judgments, involve analysis of historical and future trends, can require extended periods of time to resolve, and are subject to change from period to period. In all cases, actual results could differ materially from management’s estimates.

COVID-19

The continuing presence of COVID-19 around the world has affected the United States and global economies and has affected the Company’s operations and those of third parties upon which the Company relies, including disruption in staffing, order fulfillment, and demand for product. In addition, the COVID-19 pandemic has and may continue to affect the Company’s revenues. Additionally, while the duration and potential economic impact brought by the COVID-19 pandemic are difficult to assess or predict, the COVID-19 pandemic may reduce the Company’s ability to access capital, which could negatively impact the Company’s short-term and long-term liquidity. The continuing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is highly uncertain and subject to change. The Company continues to monitor COVID-19 and the extent to which the continued spread of the virus adversely affects the Company’s customer base and revenue. The Company’s plans as described above may change as needed. As restrictions and lockdowns related to COVID-19 have ended the Company does not anticipate further disruptions to its business, but new strains and outbreaks could have a material adverse impact on the business, results of operations, financial position, and cash flows.

Content Asset, net

The Company produces programming content which it plans to broadcast on online video and streaming platforms. Costs of produced content consist of development and production costs. These costs are capitalized as “Content Asset, net” on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Each title is predominantly monetized on its own. At the specific title level, the Company tests the content asset for impairment when events and circumstances indicate that its fair value may be less than its unamortized cost. If the carrying value of a content asset exceeds its estimated fair value, an impairment charge will be recorded in the amount of the difference.

The Company’s policy is to amortize the content asset once the content airs. Given that the content was fully written off prior to airing, no amortization expense was recorded for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022. The Company does not own any purchased or licensed programming content.

Exploitation costs such as marketing, advertising, publicity, promotion, and other distribution expenses directly connected with the distribution of the content asset are expensed as incurred.

Fixed Assets

Fixed assets are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Cost includes expenditures for furniture, computer equipment, vehicles, leasehold improvements, and other assets. Maintenance and repairs are charged to expense as incurred. When assets are sold, retired, or otherwise disposed of, the cost and accumulated depreciation are removed from the accounts and any resulting gain or loss is reflected in operations. The costs of fixed assets are depreciated using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives or lease life of the related assets.

Revenue Recognition and Contract Balances

Revenues are recognized when control of the promised goods or services is transferred to the Company’s customers, in an amount that reflects the consideration the Company expects to be entitled to in exchange for those goods or services. The Company’s payment terms and conditions vary by customer and contract type. In instances where the timing of revenue recognition differs from the timing of invoicing, the Company does not adjust the promised amount of consideration for the effects of a significant financing component when the Company expects, at contract inception, that the period between the Company’s transfer of a promised product or service to the Company’s customer and payment for that product or service will be one year or less.

The Company generally records a receivable related to revenue when the Company has an unconditional right to invoice and receive payment. Contract assets arise from contracts when revenue is recognized over time and the amount of revenue recognized, including management’s estimate of variable consideration that has been included in the transaction price exceeds the amount billed to the customer. These amounts are included in contract assets until the right to payment is no longer conditional on events other than the passage of time. These contract assets are reclassified to receivables when the right to consideration becomes unconditional. For the three months ending March 31, 2023, and 2022, no impairment was recorded from contract assets.

The Company’s allowances for doubtful accounts are typically immaterial and, if required, are based on management’s best estimate of expected credit losses inherent in the Company’s accounts receivable balance.

Contract liabilities are recorded in the event that the Company bills for services in advance of the time the services are performed, or when cash payments are received or due in advance of satisfying the Company’s performance obligations, even if amounts are refundable. Contract liabilities recorded at March 31, 2023, and December 31, 2022, represent the Company’s accounting for the timing difference between when the customer is billed or funds are received and when the performance obligation is satisfied. During the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company recognized $2.6 million and $3.0 million as revenue that was relating to the contract liability balance as of January 1, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

The following table disaggregates the Company’s revenue by major type for the three months ended March 31, 2023, and 2022:

	(In thousands)
	Three months ended March 31,
	2023		2022
Brand sponsorships	$	6,263	$	8,060
Content		3,028		4,681
Consumer products		388		403
Esports		2,847		2,426
Other		24		234
Total revenue	$	12,550	$	15,804

The section below describes the Company’s revenue recognition policies and significant judgments in further detail for each major revenue source of the Company.

Brand Sponsorships

The Company offers advertisers a full range of promotional vehicles, including but not limited to online advertising, livestream announcements, content generation, social media posts, logo placement on the Company’s official merchandise, and special appearances of members of the Company’s talent roster. The Company’s brand sponsorship agreements may include multiple services that are capable of being individually distinct; however the intended benefit is an association with the Company’s brand, and the services are not distinct within the context of the contracts. Revenues from brand sponsorship agreements are recognized ratably over the contract term. Payment terms and conditions vary, but payments are generally due periodically throughout the term of the contract. In instances where the timing of revenue recognition differs from the timing of billing, management has determined the brand sponsorship agreements generally do not include a significant financing component.

Content

The Company and our talent roster generates and produces original content which the Company monetizes through Google’s AdSense service. Revenue is variable and is earned when the visitor views or “clicks through” on the advertisement. The amount of revenue earned is reported to the Company monthly and is recognized upon receipt of the report of viewership activity. Payment terms and conditions vary, but payments are generally due within 30 to 45 days after the end of each month.

The Company grants exclusive licenses to customers for certain content produced by the Company’s talent. The Company grants the customer a license to the intellectual property, which is the content and its use in generating advertising revenues, for a pre-determined period, for an amount paid by the customer, in most instances, upon execution of the contract. The Company’s only performance obligation is to license the content for use in generating advertising revenues, and the Company recognizes the full contract amount at the point at which the Company provides the customer access to the content, which is at the execution of the contract. The Company has no further performance obligations under these types of contracts and does not anticipate generating any additional revenue from these arrangements apart from the contract amount.

Principal Versus Agent Considerations

A significant amount of the Company’s brand sponsorship and content revenues are generated from the Company’s talent, who are under exclusive, multi-year contracts. The Company’s talent consists of independent contractors, whose compensation is tied to the revenue that they generate. Management has evaluated the terms of the Company’s brand sponsorship and content agreements and has concluded the Company is the principal. Brand sponsorship and content revenues are reported on a gross basis, while revenue-sharing and other fees paid to the Company’s talent are recorded as cost of revenues. The Company owns the brand and intellectual property, takes primary responsibility for delivery of services, and exercises control over content generation and monetization. The Company contracts directly with Google on its Company operated channels, and the talent contracts directly with Google on their own channels. As part of the Company’s contracts with its talent, the Company agrees to serve as the talent’s exclusive management company as it relates to any and all type of work the talent may perform, including content creation and advertising revenue generated from the content. While the talent owns the content they create while they are under contract with the Company, the talent grants the Company an exclusive perpetual license to the content, and the Company grants limited usage rights of that content back to the talent, conditional upon them complying with their contract. Furthermore, all income earned from services provided by the talent related to gaming, Esports, content creation, or the business of the Company, which includes revenue from advertising via talent content, is subject to the talent agreement and is payable to the Company. In addition, the Company’s contracts with its talent specify rules and restrictions on the content the talent can create and post. As such, through its contracts with talent, the Company is the principal because the Company is the entity exercising primary control over the content generated in the YouTube channels being monetized.

Consumer Products

The Company earns consumer products revenue from sales of the Company’s consumer products on the Company’s website or at live or virtual events. Revenues are recognized at a point in time, as control is transferred to the customer upon shipment. The Company offers customer returns and discounts through a third-party distributor and accounts for this as a reduction to revenue. The Company does not offer loyalty programs or other sales incentive programs that are material to revenue recognition. Payment is due at the time of sale. The Company has outsourced the design, manufacturing, fulfillment, distribution, and sale of the Company’s consumer products to a third party in exchange for royalties based on the amount of revenue generated. Management evaluated the terms of the agreement to determine whether the Company’s consumer products revenues should be reported gross or net of royalties paid. Key indicators that management evaluated in determining whether the Company is the principal in the sale (gross reporting) or an agent (net reporting) include, but are not limited to:

●

the Company is the party that is primarily responsible for fulfilling the promise to provide the specified good or service,

●

the Company has inventory risk before the good is transferred to the customer, and

●

the Company is the party that has discretion in establishing pricing for the specified good or service.

Based on management’s evaluation of the above indicators, the Company reports consumer products revenues on a gross basis.

Esports

League Participation: Generally, The Company has one performance obligation to participate in the overall Esport event because the underlying activities do not have standalone value absent the Company’s participation in the tournament or event. Revenue from prize winnings and profit-share agreements is variable and is highly uncertain. The Company recognizes revenue at the point in time when the uncertainty is resolved.

Player Transfer Fees: Player transfer agreements include a fixed fee and may include a variable fee component. The Company recognizes the fixed portion of revenue from transfer fees upon satisfaction of the Company’s performance obligation, which coincides with the execution of the related agreement. The variable portion of revenue is considered highly uncertain and is recognized at the point in time when the uncertainty is resolved.

Licensing of Intellectual Property: The Company’s licenses of intellectual property generate royalties that are recognized in accordance with the royalty recognition constraint. That is, royalty revenue is recognized at the time when the sale occurs.

Transaction Price Allocated to the Remaining Performance Obligations

For the estimated revenue expected to be recognized in the future related to performance obligations that are unsatisfied (or partially unsatisfied) as of March 31, 2023, the Company applies the allowable practical expedient and does not disclose information about remaining performance obligations that have original expected durations of one year or less. Revenue expected to be recognized in the future related to performance obligations that have original expected durations greater than one year that are unsatisfied (or partially unsatisfied) as of March 31, 2023 were not material.

Warrants

The Company accounts for warrants as either equity-classified or liability-classified instruments based on an assessment of the warrant’s specific terms and applicable authoritative guidance in ASC 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity, and ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging. Warrants that meet the definition of a derivative financial instrument and the equity scope exception in ASC 815-10-15-74(a) are classified as equity, and are not subject to remeasurement provided that the Company continues to meet the criteria for equity classification. Warrants that are accounted for as equity-classified are further discussed in Note 7, Equity. Warrants that are classified as liabilities are accounted for at fair value and remeasured at each reporting date until exercise, expiration, or modification that results in equity classification. Any change in the fair value of the warrants is recognized as change in fair value of warrant liabilities in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. The classification of warrants, including whether warrants should be recorded as liabilities or as equity, is re-assessed at the end of each reporting period. The fair value of liability-classified warrants is determined using the Black-Scholes options pricing model (“Black-Scholes model”) which includes Level 3 inputs as further discussed in Note 6, Private Placement Warrants and Recurring Fair Value Measurements.

Stock-Based Compensation

The Company accounts for its stock-based awards in accordance with ASC 718, Compensation – Stock Compensation, which requires fair value measurement on the grant date and recognition of compensation expense for all stock-based payment awards.

Legacy FaZe has issued stock options before there was an active market for the Company’s common stock. The Board of Directors (the “Board”) was required to estimate the fair value of the Company’s common stock at the time of each award. The Board considered numerous objective and subjective factors in determining the value of the Company’s common stock at each grant date, including the following: (1) the per-share price of issuances of the Company’s preferred stock, which the Company sold to outside investors in arm’s-length transactions, and the rights, preferences, and privileges of the Company’s preferred stock and common stock; (2) valuations performed by an independent valuation specialist; (3) the Company’s stage of development and revenue growth; (4) the fact that the awards involved illiquid securities in a private company; and (5) the likelihood of achieving a liquidity event for the shares of common stock underlying the awards, such as an initial public offering or sale of the Company, given prevailing market conditions. The Company believed this to have been a reasonable methodology based on certain arm’s-length transactions involving the Company’s preferred stock, supported by the results produced by this valuation methodology. Since the Business Combination, the Company’s common stock is now actively traded, so the fair value of the common stock is readily available.

For stock options, the Company estimates the fair value using the Black-Scholes model. The fair value is expensed over the requisite service periods of the awards (usually one to four years), in the period of grant for awards that vest immediately and have no future service condition, or in the period the awards vest immediately after meeting a performance condition becomes probable (i.e., the occurrence of a change in control event). As there was no public market for its common stock at the time of the stock option grant, the Company determined the volatility for options granted based on an analysis of reported data for a peer group of companies. The expected volatility of options granted has been estimated based on an average of the historical volatility measures of this peer group of companies. The expected life of options has been estimated utilizing the “simplified method” due to the lack of available or sufficient historical exercise data for the Company for the applicable options terms. The simplified method is based on the average of the vesting tranches and the contractual life of each grant. The risk-free interest rate is based on a treasury instrument whose term is consistent with the expected life of the stock options. The Company has not paid, and does not anticipate paying, cash dividends on its common stock; therefore, the expected dividend yield is assumed to be zero. As the Company’s stock is now publicly traded after the Business Combination, the fair value of the Company’s stock and the volatility is readily available.

The Black-Scholes model requires the input of certain assumptions that require the Company’s judgment, including the fair value of common shares before the Business Combination, expected term, and the expected price volatility of the underlying stock. The assumptions used in calculating the fair value of stock-based compensation represent the Company’s best estimates, but these estimates involve inherent uncertainties and the application of judgment. As a result, if factors change resulting in the use of different assumptions, stock-based compensation expense could be materially different in the future. The Company accounts for forfeitures of stock-based awards as they occur.

Fair Value Measurement

The fair value hierarchy requires the Company to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. A financial instrument’s classification within the fair value hierarchy is based upon the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The fair value hierarchy consists of the following three levels:

Level 1: Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities

Level 2: Quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets or inputs other than quoted prices which are observable for the assets or liabilities

Level 3: Unobservable inputs which are supported by little or no market activity

The carrying amount of the Company’s financial instruments, including cash, accounts receivable, notes receivable, and accounts payable, approximate fair value due to their short-term nature.

The Company’s private placement warrants (the “Private Placement Warrants”) are accounted for as liabilities in accordance with ASC 815-40 and are presented within warrant liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The warrant liabilities are measured at fair value at inception and on a recurring basis, with changes in fair value presented within change in fair value of warrant liabilities in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

See Note 6, Private Placement Warrants and Recurring Fair Value Measurements, for additional information on the Company’s liabilities measured at fair value.

Earnings (Loss) Per Share

Basic earnings (loss) per share is computed by dividing net earnings (loss) attributable to the Company by the number of weighted average shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings (loss) per share is computed by dividing net earnings (loss) attributable to the Company by the number of weighted-average shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding during the period after adjusting for the impact of securities that would have a dilutive effect on earnings (loss) per share. As the Company has incurred losses in all periods presented, all potentially dilutive securities are antidilutive. See Note 11, Loss Per Share, for additional information on dilutive securities.

Segment Reporting

Operating segments are defined as components of an entity for which separate financial information is available and is regularly reviewed by the Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”) in deciding how to allocate resources to an individual segment and in assessing performance. The Company has determined that its Chief Executive Officer is the CODM. The Company operates and reports financial information in one segment, as the CODM reviews financial information presented on a consolidated basis, at the Company level, for the purposes of making operating decisions, allocation of resources, and evaluating financial performance.

As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company did not have material assets located outside of the United States. For the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company had international Esports revenue of $2.3 million and no material revenue, respectively, earned outside of the United States.

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

In September 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments. This guidance requires the measurement of all expected credit losses for financial assets held at the reporting data based on historical experience, current conditions, and reasonable and supportable forecasts. This guidance also requires enhanced disclosures regarding significant estimates and judgements used in estimating credit losses. The new guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements and related disclosures.

Out-of-Period Adjustment

During the three months ended March 31, 2023, the Company recorded an out-of-period expense of $1.3 million related to stock based compensation. The adjustment resulted in an increased of stock based compensation expense for the three months ended March 31, 2023. The Company evaluated the quantitative and qualitative aspects of this out of period adjustment and determined that the adjustment did not have a material impact to any previously reported quarterly or annual financial statements.

4.	PROPERTY, EQUIPMENT AND LEASEHOLD IMPROVEMENTS

Property, equipment and leasehold improvements as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 consisted of the following:

	(In thousands)
	March 31,			December 31,
	2023			2022
Furniture / Fixtures	$	897		$	897
Computer equipment		3,681			3,640
Vehicles		106			106
Leasehold improvements		862			801
Subtotal		5,546			5,444
Less: Accumulated depreciation		(2,087	)		(1,623	)
Property, equipment and leasehold improvements, net	$	3,459		$	3,821

Depreciation expense totaled $0.5 million and $0.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively, During the three months ended March 31, 2023, the Company disposed of certain leasehold improvements that were fully depreciated at the time of disposal, and there was no gain or loss on disposal.

5.	INTANGIBLE ASSETS

Intangible assets as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 consisted of the following:

		(In thousands)
		Gross				Net
		Carrying		Accumulated		Carrying
As of March 31, 2023	Useful Life	Value		Amortization		Value

Website development	3 years	$	416	$	208	$	208
Talent acquisition	2 – 3 years		1,054		603		451
Intangible assets, net		$	1,470	$	811	$	659

		(In thousands)
		Gross				Net
		Carrying		Accumulated		Carrying
As of December 31, 2022	Useful Life	Value		Amortization		Value

Website development	3 years	$	377	$	175	$	202
Talent acquisition	2 – 3 years		1,201		555		646
Intangible assets, net		$	1,578	$	730	$	848

Amortization expense totaled $0.2 million and $0.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

The following table presents the estimated future amortization of intangible assets:

Years ending December 31,	(In thousands)
2023 (remainder)	$	308
2024		299
2025		51
2026		1
Total future amortization of amortizable intangible assets	$	659

The Company did not have any fully amortized intangible assets as of March 31, 2023 and as of March 31, 2022.

6.	PRIVATE PLACEMENT WARRANTS AND RECURRING FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

Warrant Liability

Prior to the Business Combination, B. Riley 150 issued 173,333 Private Placement Warrants with an exercise price of $11.50 per share. The Private Placement Warrants are identical to the Public Warrants, as described in Note 7, Equity, except that the Private Placement Warrants (including the common stock underlying the Private Placement Warrants) were not transferable, assignable or salable until August 18, 2022, and they are not redeemable by the Company for cash so long as they are held by the sponsor or its permitted transferees. The sponsor, or its permitted transferees, has the option to exercise the Private Placement Warrants on a cashless basis. If the Private Placement Warrants are held by holders other than the sponsor or its permitted transferees, the Private Placement Warrants can be redeemable by the Company in all redemption scenarios and exercisable by the holders on the same basis as the Public Warrants. Upon the Closing of the Business Combination, the Company has determined that the Private Placement Warrants are classified as liabilities and marked to market at each reporting period.

A Black-Scholes model is used to value the Private Placement Warrants at each reporting period. The change in fair value of warrants is recognized as part of change in fair value of warrant liabilities in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. Inherent in a binomial options pricing model are assumptions related to expected share-price volatility, expected life, risk-free interest rate, discount rate and dividend yield. The Company estimates the volatility of its common stock based on a binomial lattice model using the stock price and the price of the Public Warrants as of the valuation date, risk-free interest rate, and the expected life of the warrants. The risk-free interest rate is based on the U.S. Treasury zero-coupon yield curve on the grant date for a maturity similar to the expected remaining life of the warrants. The expected life of the Private Placement Warrants is assumed to be equivalent to their remaining contractual term. The dividend rate is based on the historical rate, which the Company anticipates to remain at zero.

The key inputs into the Black-Scholes model in determining the fair value of the Private Placement Warrants were as follows at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022:

	March 31,			December 31,
	2023			2022
Risk-free interest rate		3.7	%		4.0	%
Expected term (years)		4.3			4.5
Expected volatility		91.5	%		53.3	%
Exercise price	$	11.50		$	11.50
Dividend yield		0			0

The following table presents a summary of the changes in the fair value of the Private Placement Warrants liability since the Closing Date:

	(In thousands)
Warrant liabilities at July 19, 2022	$	114
Change in fair value of warrant liabilities		(90	)
Warrant liabilities at December 31, 2022		24
Change in fair value of warrant liabilities		(13	)
Warrant liabilities at March 31, 2023	$	11

The following table presents information about the Company’s assets and liabilities that were measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, and indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation techniques the Company utilized to determine such fair value.

	(In thousands)
			Quoted Prices in		Significant Other		Significant Other
	March 31,		Active Markets		Observable Inputs		Observable Inputs
	2023		(Level 1)		(Level 2)		(Level 3)
Liabilities:
Private Placement Warrants	$	11	$	—	$	—	$	11
Total	$	11	$	—	$	—	$	11

	(In thousands)
			Quoted Prices in		Significant Other		Significant Other
	December 31,		Active Markets		Observable Inputs		Observable Inputs
	2022		(Level 1)		(Level 2)		(Level 3)
Liabilities:
Private Placement Warrants	$	24	$	—	$	—	$	24
Total	$	24	$	—	$	—	$	24

7.	EQUITY

Prior to the Business Combination, Legacy FaZe had two classes of capital stock outstanding: common stock and preferred stock. Following the Business Combination, the Company has one class of capital stock outstanding: common stock. The following summarizes the terms of the Company’s capital stock.

Preferred Stock

The Company had 3,545,529 shares of Legacy FaZe preferred stock authorized for issuance with a par value of $0.00001 per share as of December 31, 2021 and prior to the Closing of the Business Combination.

The Company had 3,237,800 shares of Legacy FaZe’s preferred stock issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2021. As a result of the Business Combination, 3,237,800 shares of Legacy FaZe’s preferred stock outstanding as of the Closing Date were converted into shares of Legacy FaZe’s common stock on a one-to-one basis. Pursuant to the Company’s second amended and restated certificate of incorporation, the Company is authorized to issue up to 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock with a par value of $0.0001. As of March 31, 2023, the Company had no shares of preferred stock issued and outstanding.

Common Stock

The Company had 31,900,878 shares of Legacy FaZe common stock authorized for issuance with a par value of $0.00001 per share as of December 31, 2021 and prior to the Closing of the Business Combination.

Pursuant to the Company’s second amended and restated certificate of incorporation, the Company is authorized to issue up to 500,000,000 shares of common stock with a par value of $0.0001 per share.

The Company had 74,046,058 of common stock and 71,551,887 shares of Legacy FaZe’s common stock issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 respectively.

Earn-out Shares

As a result of the Business Combination, a number of shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Seller Earn Out”) equal to 6% of the sum of i) the total number of shares of the Company’s common stock issued and outstanding as of immediately after the Closing and ii) the total number of shares of the Company’s common stock equal to the product of the total number of net vested company option shares calculated as of immediately prior to the Closing and the Equity Value Exchange Ratio were issued and are subject to vesting and forfeiture conditions upon reaching certain volume-weighted average price (“VWAP”) per share during the period commencing 90 days after the Closing Date and ending five years after the Closing Date (“Earn-out Period”). Among other things further disclosed in the Merger Agreement, if the following events (“Trigger Event”) occurs on or before the five-year anniversary of the Business Combination:

●

the VWAP per share of the Company’s common stock at any point during the trading hours of a trading day is equal to or greater than $12.00 for any 20 trading days within any period of 30 consecutive trading days, one-third (“First Target Earn-Out Shares”) shall immediately vest and no longer be subject to the forfeiture conditions;

●

the VWAP per share of the Company’s common stock at any point during the trading hours of a trading day is equal to or greater than $14.00 for any 20 trading days within any period of 30 consecutive trading days, one-third (“Second Target Earn-Out Shares” and, together with the First Target Earn-Out Shares and the Second Target Earn-Out Shares, the “Earn-Out Shares”) shall immediately vest and no longer be subject to the forfeiture conditions;

●

the VWAP per share of the Company’s common stock at any point during the trading hours of a trading day is equal to or greater than $16.00 for any 20 trading days within any period of 30 consecutive trading days, one-third (“Third Target Earn-Out Shares”) shall immediately vest and no longer be subject to the forfeiture conditions;

●

in the event of a sale during the Earn-out Period, to the extent that the holders of the Company’s common stock receive sale price that is greater than or equal to the applicable closing price, any Earn-Out Shares that have not previously vested shall be deemed to have vested immediately prior to the closing of such sale, and the holders of any Earn-Out Shares deemed vested shall be eligible to participate in such sale with respect to the Sponsor Earn-Out Shares (as defined below) on the same terms, and subject to the same conditions, as apply to the holders of the Company’s common stock. Upon the consummation of the sale, the Earn-out Period shall terminate.

As a result of the Business Combination, among other things further disclosed in the Sponsor Support Agreement, dated as of October 24, 2021, by and among B. Riley Principal 150 Merger Corp., B. Riley Principal 150 Sponsor Co. LLC, and FaZe Clan Inc., the sponsors agreed that (x) an aggregate of 2,156,250 sponsor shares shall be fully vested and (y) an aggregate of 2,156,250 sponsor shares (the “Sponsor Earn-Out Shares”) shall be subject to vesting or forfeiture, during the Earn-out Period, at the time the Trigger Event mentioned above occurs.

The Earn-out Shares meet the accounting definition of a derivative financial instrument, are considered to be indexed to the Company’s common stock and meet other the conditions in ASC 815-40, Derivatives and Hedging: Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity, to be classified as equity.

As of March 31, 2023, the Earn-Out Period had begun but vesting conditions had not yet been met.

Public Warrants to Acquire Common Stock

Prior to the Business Combination, there were 5,750,000 Public Warrants issued and outstanding in connection with the initial public offering of B. Riley 150 with an exercise price of $11.50 per share. The Public Warrants became exercisable 30 days after the Business Combination. Each whole share of the warrant is exercisable for one share of the Company’s common stock.

The Company may redeem the outstanding Public Warrants for $0.01 per warrant upon at least 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption given after the warrants become exercisable, if the reported last sale price of the common stock equals or exceeds $18.00 per share (as adjusted for stock dividends, sub-divisions, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period commencing after the warrants become exercisable and ending on the third trading day before the Company sends the notice of redemption to the warrant holders. Upon issuance of a redemption notice by the Company, the warrant holders may, at any time after the redemption notice, exercise the Public Warrants on a cashless basis.

The Public Warrants meet the definition of a derivative financial instrument and the equity scope exception in ASC 815-10-15-74(a) to be classified as equity, and are not subject to remeasurement provided that the Company continues to meet the criteria for equity classification.

As of March 31, 2023, all 5,750,000 Public Warrants remain outstanding.

8.	STOCK COMPENSATION EXPENSE

2022 Omnibus Incentive Plan

On October 24, 2021, the stockholders of the Company approved the 2022 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “OIP”), which became effective as of the Closing Date of the Business Combination. The OIP allows grants of incentive stock options, non-statutory stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stocks, restricted stock units, stock bonuses, other stock-based awards, cash awards, and substitute awards (“the “OIP Awards”) to selected officers, employees, partners, non-employee directors, independent contractors, and consultants. The Company has 12,358,689 shares of the Company’s common stock reserved for issuance pursuant to awards that may be granted under the OIP. As of March 31, 2023, 536,250 shares of the Company’s common stock are subject to restricted stock awards.

2022 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

On October 24, 2021, the stockholders of the Company approved the 2022 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “ESPP”), which became effective as of the Closing Date of the Business Combination. An aggregate of 1,791,416 shares of the Company’s common stock has been reserved for issuance or transfer pursuant to rights granted under the ESPP (“Aggregate Number”). The Aggregate Number represents 2% of the aggregate number of shares of the Company’s fully diluted shares outstanding immediately after the Closing and is subject to increase each year over a ten-year period. The maximum aggregate number of shares of common stock available for issuance under ESPP shall not exceed 75,000,000 shares. The ESPP will be implemented through a series of offerings of purchase rights to eligible employees. Each eligible employee may authorize payroll deductions at a minimum of 1% up to a maximum of 15% on a pro rata basis for each pay period during an offering. Under the ESPP, the Company’s Board may designate the period of each offering, but no offering shall exceed 27 months in duration. Unless otherwise determined, the offering shall be for a purchase period of 6 months, beginning on the offering date and ending on the exercise date. The purchase price for each share shall be 85% of the fair market value of the Company’s common stock on the offering date or the exercise date, whichever is less. As of March 31, 2023, no awards have been granted under this plan.

Amended and Restated 2019 Equity Incentive Plan

The Company maintains an equity incentive plan established in October 2019, the Amended 2019 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Legacy FaZe Plan”). The Legacy FaZe Plan allows grants of incentive stock options, non-statutory stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock and restricted stock units, generally to directors, employees, consultants and service providers. In July 2021, the Company’s Board amended the Legacy FaZe Plan and increased the maximum aggregate number of shares authorized to be issued to 10,500,000 shares of Legacy FaZe common stock, which is equivalent to 23,380,173 shares of the Company’s common stock calculated using the Equity Value Exchange Ratio. As of March 31, 2023, 16,378,227 shares of the Company’s common stock are issuable upon the vesting and exercise of stock options originally granted under the Legacy FaZe Plan, and 1,064,968 shares of the Company’s common stock are subject to restricted stock awards originally granted under the Legacy FaZe Plan.

The following table contains information about the Company’s equity compensation plans as of March 31, 2023:

	Awards				Awards
	Reserved for		Awards		Available for
	Issuance		Outstanding		Grant

2022 Omnibus Incentive Plan		12,358,689		1,271,917		11,086,772
2022 Employee Stock Purchase Plan		75,000,000		—		75,000,000
Amended 2019 Equity Incentive Plan		23,380,173		22,440,250		939,923

Stock Compensation Expense

Stock-based compensation expense for the periods presented was comprised of the following, which were included in general and administrative expenses within the Consolidated Statements of Operations:

	(In thousands)
	For the three months ended March 31,
	2023		2022
Stock options	$	6	$	56
Restricted stock awards		2,666		1,094
Total stock-based compensation expense	$	2,672	$	1,150

Options

The following is an analysis of the stock option grant activity during the three months ended March 31, 2023:

Vested and Nonvested Stock Options	Number			Weighted Average Exercise Price		Weighted Average Remaining Life
Outstanding December 31, 2022		18,863,654		$	0.38		4.13
Granted		-			-		-
Exercised		(2,050,920	)		0.38		-
Expired or forfeited		-			-		-
Outstanding March 31, 2023		16,812,734		$	0.38		3.88

Nonvested Stock Options	Number			Weighted- Average Exercise Price
Nonvested on December 31, 2022		670,008		$	0.38
Granted		-			-
Vested		(81,101	)		0.38
Forfeited		-			-
Nonvested on March 31, 2023		588,907		$	0.38

The Company recognized stock-based compensation expense related to options granted and vesting expense of $6 thousand during the three months ended March 31, 2023, which is included in general and administrative expenses. The Company recognized stock-based compensation expense related to options issued and vesting of $56 thousand during the three months ended March 31, 2022, which is included in general and administrative expenses.

During the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company granted a total of 0 and 0 options, respectively.

Warrants

The following is an analysis of the warrant grant activity during the three months ended March 31, 2023:

Vested and Nonvested Stock Warrants	Number		Weighted Average Exercise Price		Weighted Average Remaining Life
Outstanding December 31, 2022		5,923,333	$	11.50		4.55
Granted		-		-		-
Exercised		-		-		-
Expired or forfeited		-		-		-
Outstanding March 31, 2023		5,923,333	$	11.50		4.30

During the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company granted a total of 0 and 0 warrants, respectively. As of March 31, 2023 there are no Nonvested Stock Warrants outstanding.

Restricted Stock Awards

A summary of Restricted Stock Awards (“RSAs”) issuances during the three months ended March 31, 2023 is as follows:

Nonvested RSAs	Number			Weighted Average Price
Nonvested December 31, 2022		1,649,962		$	6.27
Granted		-			-
Vested		(48,744	)		6.00
Forfeited		-
Nonvested March 31, 2023		1,601,218		$	6.28

The Company recognized stock-based compensation expense related to RSAs granted and vesting expense of $2.5 million and $1.1 million during the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively, which is included in general and administrative expenses.

During the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company granted a total of 0 and 212,827 RSAs, respectively.

Restricted Stock Units

A summary of Restricted Stock Units (“RSUs”) issuances during the three months ended March 31, 2023 is as follows:

Nonvested RSUs	Number			Weighted Average Price
Nonvested December 31, 2022		702,417		$	2.79
Granted		95,000			1.09
Vested		(57,250	)		2.63
Forfeited		(4,500	)
Nonvested March 31, 2023		735,667		$	2.48

The Company recognized stock-based compensation expense related to RSUs granted and vesting expense of $0 million and $0 during the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively, which is included in general and administrative expenses.

During the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company granted a total of 95,000 and 0 RSUs, respectively.

9.	COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Operating Leases

The Company leases certain business and residential facilities under operating lease agreements that specify minimum rentals with lease terms ranging from two to two and a half years. The Company’s rent expense for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 was $0.4 million and $0.4 million, respectively. Rent expense is included in general and administrative expense in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. Scheduled rent increases, if any, are amortized on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

Our lease agreements generally do not provide an implicit borrowing rate; therefore, an internal incremental borrowing rate is determined based on information available at lease commencement date for purposes of determining the present value of lease payments. We used the incremental borrowing rate on March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 for all leases that commenced prior to that date. In determining this rate, which is used to determine the present value of future lease payments, we estimate the rate of interest we would pay on a collateralized basis, with similar payment terms as the lease and in a similar economic environment.

Lease Costs

(In thousands)	Three months Ended March 31, 2023		Three months Ended March 31, 2022
Components of total lease costs:
Operating lease expense	$	397	$	407
Total lease costs	$	397	$	407

Lease Positions as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022

ROU lease assets and lease liabilities for our operating leases are recorded on the balance sheet as follows:

	March 31,		December 31,
(In thousands)	2023		2022
Assets
Right of use asset – long term	$	2,319	$	2,693
Total right of use asset	$	2,319	$	2,693
Liabilities
Operating lease liabilities – short term	$	1,488	$	1,488
Operating lease liabilities – long term		718		1,084
Total lease liability	$	2,206	$	2,572

Lease Terms and Discount Rate

Weighted average remaining lease term (in years) – operating leases			1.4
Weighted average discount rate – operating leases			4	%

Future minimum lease payments, which include non-cancelable operating leases at March 31, 2023, are as follows:

Year ending March 31,	(In thousands)
2023 (remainder)	$	1,184
2024		1,087
2025		5
2026		3
Thereafter		-
Total minimum lease payment	$	2,279

10.

LITIGATION

From time to time, in the normal course of operations, the Company is subject to litigation matters and claims, including claims relating to employee relations and business practices. The Company expenses legal fees as incurred. The Company records a provision for contingent losses when it is both probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated. An unfavorable outcome to any legal matter, if material, could have an adverse effect on the Company’s operations or its financial position, liquidity, or results of operations.

On November 30, 2020, Adult Use Holdings, Inc. (“Adult Use”) and Zola Ventures Ltd. (“Zola”) initiated arbitration claiming that the Company owed CA$ 3 million to Adult Use and Zola in connection with alleged funding to the Company of CA$ 30.0 million by Bridging Finance Group. On December 21, 2020, the Company brought counterclaims against Adult Use, Zola, and their principals Adam Salman and Igor Gimelshtein. On May 14, 2021, the Company applied for summary disposition of the claim for CA$ 3 million brought by Adult Use and Zola. On August 4, 2021, the arbitrator granted the Company’s application and issued a Partial Final Award dismissing Adult Use’s and Zola’s claim. The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York subsequently affirmed the Partial Final Award and its dismissal of Adult Use’s and Zola’s claims against the Company in a decision issued September 28, 2022. On November 8 and November 11, 2022, the arbitrator held hearings in connection with the Company’s counterclaims. On December 23, 2022, the Company filed an application for costs and attorneys’ fees. The Company does not believe a material loss is probable at this time. As result, the Company has not recorded a reserve with respect to this litigation.

11.

LOSS PER SHARE

In accordance with the provisions of ASC 260, Earnings Per Share, net loss per share is computed by dividing net loss by the weighted-average shares of common stock outstanding during the period. The results of operations were net losses of $14,040 and $9,542 for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022. The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share attributable to common stockholders for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022:

	(In thousands, except shares and per-share information)
	Three months ended March 31,
	2023			2022
Basic and diluted loss per share:

Net loss attributable to FaZe Holdings Inc., basic and diluted	$	(14,040	)	$	(9,542	)
Weighted-average common shares outstanding, basic and diluted		64,071,686			20,640,022
Net loss per share, basic and diluted	$	(0.22	)	$	(0.46	)

During a loss period, the effect of the potential exercise of stock options, warrants, convertible preferred stock, and convertible debt are not considered in the diluted loss per share calculation since the effect would be antidilutive. The Company did not have any participating securities in the periods presented. The Company had 1,680,774 fully vested warrants in which common shares were issuable for little to no consideration outstanding as of the Closing Date and for the year ended December 31, 2021. These warrants were exercised during the Business Combination. The Company considered these warrants outstanding in the context of basic loss per share and included these warrants in the weighted-average shares of common stock outstanding for the period until converted.

The Company had antidilutive shares for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022. The following securities were not included in the computation of diluted shares outstanding for the three months ended March 31, 2023, and 2022 because the effect would be antidilutive:

	As of March 31, 2023		As of March 31, 2022
Convertible preferred stock		—		—
Public Warrants		5,750,000		5,750,000
Private Placement Warrants		173,333		173,333
Seller Earn-out		5,312,098		5,312,098
Sponsor Earn-out Shares		2,156,250		2,156,250
Legacy FaZe preferred warrant		—		—
Unvested restricted stock award		1,601,218		1,649,962
Unvested restricted stock units		735,667		1,124,674
Stock options		16,812,734		18,863,654
Total potentially dilutive common stock equivalents		32,541,300		35,029,971

12.

SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

In preparing the consolidated financial statements, the Company has evaluated subsequent events through May 12, 2023, which is the date the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements were available for issuance.

Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with our historical Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and the related notes included elsewhere in this report.

This report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act. All statements, other than statements of present or historical fact included in this report, including statements regarding the Company’s strategy, future operations and financial performance, estimated financial position, estimated revenue and losses, projections of market opportunity and market share, projected costs, prospects, plans and objectives of management are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements generally are identified by the words “budget,” “could,” “forecast,” “future,” “might,” “outlook,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “seem,” “seek,” “strive,” “would,” “should,” “may,” “believe,” “intend,” “expect,” “will,” “continue,” “increase,” and/or similar expressions that concern strategy, plans or intentions, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. Such statements are based on management’s belief or interpretation of information currently available. These forward-looking statements are based on various assumptions, whether or not identified herein, and on the current expectations of management and are not predictions of actual performance. Because forward-looking statements are predictions, projections and other statements about future events that are based on current expectations and assumptions, whether or not identified in this report, they are subject to inherent uncertainties, risks and changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict. Many factors could cause actual results and conditions (financial or otherwise) to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements, including but not limited to: the sufficiency of our cash, cash equivalents and investments to meet our liquidity needs; litigation and regulatory proceedings relating to our business, including the ability to adequately protect our intellectual property rights; our limited operating history and uncertain future prospects and rate of growth due to our limited operating history; our ability to continue to monetize our platform; our ability to grow market share in our existing markets or any new markets we may enter; our ability to maintain and grow the strength of our brand reputation; our ability to manage our growth effectively; our ability to retain existing and attract new Esports professionals, content creators and influencers; our success in retaining or recruiting, or changes required in, our officers, directors and other key employees or independent contractors; our ability to maintain and strengthen our community of brand partners, engaged consumers, content creators, influencers and Esports professionals, and the success of our strategic relationships with these and other third parties; risks related to data security and privacy, including the risk of cyber-attacks or other security incidents; our ability to secure future financing, if needed, and our ability to repay any future indebtedness when due; the impact of the regulatory environment in our industry and complexities with compliance related to such environment, including our ability to comply with complex regulatory requirements; our ability to maintain an effective system of internal control over financial reporting; our ability to respond to general economic conditions, including market interest rates; and other risks identified in Item 1A, “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 and our other filings with the SEC.

These forward-looking statements are provided for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to serve as a guarantee, an assurance, a prediction or a definitive statement of fact or probability. Actual events and circumstances are difficult or impossible to predict and will differ from assumptions. Many actual events and circumstances are beyond the control of the Company. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. While the Company may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point in the future, the Company specifically disclaims any obligation to do so. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing the Company’s assessments as of any date subsequent to the date of this report. Accordingly, undue reliance should not be placed upon the forward-looking statements.

Our Business

We are a digitally-native lifestyle and media brand founded and rooted in gaming and youth culture.

We are at the forefront of the global creator economy, which is an industry centered around innovative digital content development fueled by social media influencers, creators and businesses who monetize their content online. With a leading digital content platform created for and by Generation Z and Millennials, we have established a highly engaged and growing global fanbase, with social media reach (see our key performance indicator, “Total Reach”) of over 509 million as of March 31, 2023, which number, as explained in our discussion of “Key Performance Indicators” also includes the accounts of individual members of FaZe’ talent team.

We produce engaging content, merchandise, consumer products and experiences, and create advertising and sponsorship programs for leading national brands. With approximately 84% of our audience between the ages of 13-34 as of March 31, 2023, we have unlocked key relationships with a coveted demographic that has long proven difficult to reach for traditional media companies and advertisers. We have several revenue streams including brand sponsorships, content, consumer products, and Esports.

As the recognition of our brand is an important component to our success, we have obtained and protected a strategic set of intellectual property registrations and applications, including for our brand, throughout the world.

Our principal business operations are located in the United States, and we also have a location in Canada. We are assessing potential opportunities to expand our operational footprint in North America and internationally through strategic initiatives, including M&A transactions.

On July 19, 2022, we completed the Business Combination. At the closing of the Business Combination, we received approximately $113.7 million in gross proceeds and $57.8 million in net proceeds in connection with the Business Combination.

Compared to 2022, our revenues and gross profit in 2023 decreased. This change was primarily driven by decrease in the Brand sponsorship business and secondarily by Content business. Brand sponsorship revenue decreased by $1.8 million primarily due to the timing of the execution of new sponsorship deals for the financial period 2023. Content revenue decreased by $1.7, this reduction is related to a content library sale which occurred in 2022, in 2023 no content library sales have occurred. In addition, the Company had increased costs in compensation and benefits, stock compensation expense and professional services fees as a result of the growth of the business and of becoming a public company. As a result, Net Loss for the three months ended March 31, 2023 increased to $14.0 million, compared to $9.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022. See the “Results of Operations” subsection for further details. The following table summarizes our financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022.

	Three months ended
	March 31,
(In thousands)	2023			2022
Total Revenues	$	12,550		$	15,804
Gross Profit		469			3,593
Net Loss		(14,040	)		(9,542	)
Adjusted EBITDA⁽¹⁾		(9,962	)		(6,133	)

(1)	Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure. See “Non-GAAP Information” below for our definition of, and additional information about, adjusted EBITDA and for a reconciliation to net loss, the most directly comparable U.S. GAAP financial measure.

Key Performance Indicators

In addition to U.S. GAAP and non-GAAP financial measures, we regularly review several metrics, including the following key metrics, to evaluate our business, measure our performance, identify trends affecting our business, formulate financial plans and make strategic decisions. Our key metrics are calculated using internal company data based on the activity of fan accounts and the metrics described below. While these numbers are based on what we believe to be reasonable estimates of our fanbase for the applicable period of measurement, there are inherent challenges in measuring usage of our platform across large online and mobile populations around the world. The methodologies used to measure these metrics require significant judgment. Increases or decreases in our key performance indicators may not correspond with increases or decreases in our revenue.

Our Total Reach represents the aggregate number of user accounts, or “fans,” that subscribe to or follow FaZe content across YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and Twitch, measured at the end of the reporting period and based on publicly available data. Our calculation of Total Reach may count the same individual multiple times if an individual follows or subscribes to FaZe content on multiple platforms; therefore, our Total Reach metric may inflate the number of individuals, as opposed to user accounts, reached by our content. Therefore, we supplement our understanding of the reach of our content, as well as our monetization opportunities, with the Aggregate YouTube Subscribers metric, which only includes subscribers on our primary platform and is explained further in the following section. Nonetheless, we believe that Total Reach is a useful metric because, regardless of whether our content reaches an individual through one or multiple platforms or channels, we view each such instance as a unique opportunity to strengthen and, ultimately, to monetize our relationship with the individual accountholder, whether by selling consumer products online, by incrementally increasing our advertising revenue due to viewership or by inspiring attendance at our live events, among other opportunities. Further, one individual following us across multiple platforms could generally signal higher audience engagement, and as such may lead to higher monetization potential, than one individual following us on only one platform.

We find Total Reach to be a useful metric for predicting future revenues because, as an audience-driven company, we generally interpret an increase in our Total Reach to signal an overall increase in the strength of our brand and to represent a corresponding increase in the number of opportunities for our content to reach our audience and expose them to our brand, content and products, which may drive additional monetization opportunities through increased engagement with FaZe. Further, we believe the fact that an individual follows FaZe across multiple platforms or follows several FaZe content creators may signal their amenability to purchase our products, grow the FaZe community by engaging with other fans and continue consuming our content in the future. In addition, we believe each fan added to our Total Reach represents a new avenue through which we can reach additional fans as they spread awareness of our brand by sharing and posting about FaZe content to their own followers. Individuals who follow or subscribe to FaZe content on multiple platforms represent multiple such avenues, and the more their followers differ between platforms, the more avenues are opened to FaZe content. We believe an increase in Total Reach also signals our ability to attract additional sponsorships and sponsorship deals or sell consumer products. However, an increase in Total Reach may not directly result in an increase in content revenues. Our Total Reach includes fans of the channels of certain popular celebrity members of FaZe that we have contractually agreed not to directly monetize, including Calvin “Snoop Dogg” Cordozar Broadus Jr. An increase in Total Reach from fans on such channels will not directly result in an increase in content revenue. Nonetheless, we expect our partnerships with these celebrity members of FaZe to result in increased engagement as a result of cross-exposure to our brand through their channels, which strengthens the FaZe brand and which we believe will further increase our Total Reach and can indirectly increase our revenue over time. Additionally, when our Total Reach increases, our content and other revenues may not increase immediately given the lag time between when subscriptions are recorded and when we are able to monetize subscriptions, including generating Google AdSense revenues, selling consumer products and leveraging our Total Reach metric to attract additional sponsors and sponsorship deals. Conversely, a decrease in our Total Reach may be an indicator of an unfavorable trend in future revenues. Therefore, we use the Total Reach metric for revenue planning, although the numerical correlation between Total Reach and future revenues varies and cannot be precisely predicted in either the short term or long term.

The timing difference between a change in Total Reach and change in revenues may be particularly pronounced if the change in Total Reach metric reflects a large spike or large drop as the result of adding a channel to our network or removing a channel from our network. That is, if we sign a contract with a new talent member who has a large pre-existing pool of social media subscribers, our Total Reach will also increase as these pre-existing subscribers are added to our Total Reach metric. For example, our Total Reach increased significantly between March 31, 2022 and March 31, 2023, primarily due to Calvin “Snoop Dogg” Cordozar Broadus Jr. joining as a member of FaZe’s talent network. Conversely, if talent members leave the FaZe network due to contract expiration or termination, we record an immediate decrease in our Total Reach in an amount equal to the Total Reach of the talent that left the FaZe network. When we have a spike or drop in Total Reach due to the various circumstances described above, we do not expect to necessarily see immediate spikes or drops in content and other revenues but may see future changes in revenues given the lag time described in the preceding paragraph.

	As of March 31,
(In thousands)	2023		2022
Total Reach⁽¹⁾		508,799		498,142
YouTube		131,628		130,513
Twitter		177,516		173,634
Instagram		80,410		80,962
TikTok		35,796		37,314
Twitch		83,449		75,719

(1)

The Total Reach amount includes subscribers of channels for Calvin “Snoop Dogg” Cordozar Broadus Jr. and certain other celebrity talent that FaZe is not contractually allowed to directly monetize. Such channels contributed to a Total Reach of 208.6 million and 188.0 million as of March 31, 2023 and March 31, 2022, respectively. Therefore, channels that FaZe is contractually allowed to directly monetize contributed to a Total Reach of 300.2 million and 310.1 million as of March 31, 2023 and March 31, 2022, respectively. Subscribers of channels for Snoop Dogg will no longer be included in these numbers starting April 1, 2023 which will result in a substantial decease of total reach.

Aggregate YouTube Subscribers

Our Aggregate YouTube Subscribers metric is the number of subscribers our total talent pool has on their FaZe co-branded YouTube channels, the company programmed FaZe Clan YouTube channel, as well as the FaZe Affiliated channels measured at the end of the reporting period and based on publicly available data. Aggregate YouTube Subscribers includes subscribers for each YouTube channel programmed by talent members as well as company programmed YouTube channels. We consider each YouTube Subscriber to be a subscriber on YouTube, measured separately for each individual talent member. As such, one hypothetical subscriber may be included in several instances within the Aggregate YouTube Subscribers metric if that individual were to subscribe to the channels of multiple members of our talent pool.

We believe Aggregate YouTube Subscribers is a better approximation of our unique audience than other measures of reach available to us. That is, although Aggregate YouTube Subscribers may count the same individual subscriber multiple times if that individual subscribes to multiple FaZe talent members on YouTube, this metric does not include individuals who subscribe to FaZe across multiple platforms in the calculation. Also, the potential for inflation of Aggregate YouTube Subscribers due to the same individual subscribing to multiple FaZe talent members is partially offset by the omission of individuals who subscribe to FaZe only on platforms other than YouTube.

We believe an increase in Aggregate YouTube Subscribers signals an overall increase in the strength of our brand, which in turn signals our ability to attract additional sponsorships and sponsorship deals or sell consumer products. An increase in Aggregate YouTube Subscribers may not directly result in an increase in content revenues because our Aggregate YouTube Subscribers includes subscribers on channels that we are not contractually allowed to monetize. If the channels contributing to the increase in our Aggregate YouTube Subscribers are channels that FaZe is contractually allowed to monetize, then an increase in Aggregate YouTube Subscribers may directly result in an increase in content revenues, but if the channels contributing to the increase in Aggregate YouTube Subscribers are not channels that FaZe is contractually allowed to monetize, then an increase in Aggregate YouTube Subscribers would not directly result in an increase in content revenues but can indirectly result in an increase in overall revenue over time because we believe the increase in Aggregate YouTube Subscribers strengthens the FaZe brand. Additionally, an increase in our Aggregate YouTube Subscribers may not correlate with current or historic revenues but may represent additional monetization opportunities across our various revenue streams. When our Aggregate YouTube Subscribers increase, our content and other revenues may not increase immediately, given the additional lag time before we are able to monetize the subscriptions, including generating Google AdSense revenues, selling consumer products, and leveraging our Aggregate YouTube Subscribers metric to attract additional sponsors and sponsorship deals. Conversely, a decrease in our Aggregate YouTube Subscribers may be an indicator of an unfavorable trend in future revenues. Therefore, we find the use of the Aggregate YouTube Subscribers metric useful for our revenue planning, although the numerical correlation between Aggregate YouTube Subscribers and future revenues varies and cannot be precisely predicted in either the short term or long term.

The timing difference between a change in Aggregate YouTube Subscribers and a change in revenues may be particularly pronounced if the change in Aggregate YouTube Subscribers metric reflects a large spike or large drop as the result of adding a channel to our network or removing a channel from our network. For example, if we sign a contract with a new talent member who has a large pre-existing pool of YouTube subscribers, our Aggregate YouTube Subscribers will also increase as these pre-existing subscribers are added to our Aggregate YouTube Subscribers metric. Conversely, if talent members leave the FaZe network due to contract expiration or termination, we record an immediate decrease in our Aggregate YouTube subscribers metric in an amount equal to the YouTube subscribers of the talent that left the FaZe network. When we have a spike or drop in Aggregate YouTube Subscribers due to the various circumstances described above including, for instance, the addition of Calvin “Snoop Dogg” Cordozar Broadus, Jr. to FaZe’s talent network in the first quarter of 2022, we do not expect to necessarily see immediate spikes or drops in content and other revenues but may see future changes in revenues given the lag time described in the preceding paragraph.

	As of March 31,
(In thousands)	2023		2022
Aggregate YouTube Subscribers		131,628		130,513
Company Programmed FaZe Clan YouTube Channel Subscribers		8,924		8,820
FaZe Co-branded Channel Subscribers		112,730		112,638
FaZe Affiliated Channels⁽¹⁾		9,974		9,055

(1)	FaZe Affiliated Channels are channels that are not co-branded but are closely affiliated with our talent. This includes Calvin “Snoop Dogg” Cordozar Broadus Jr., All Grown Up, and Nuke Squad.

Average Revenue per YouTube Subscriber (“ARPU”)

ARPU is defined as our total consolidated U.S. GAAP revenues for the selected period divided by our total Aggregate YouTube Subscribers as of period end. We believe ARPU is an indicator of how effective we are at monetizing our Aggregate YouTube Subscribers. A high ARPU may reflect that we are monetizing our audience effectively and, conversely, a low ARPU may reflect the opportunity for additional monetization with respect to our Aggregate YouTube Subscribers. Please see above for the assumptions underlying the calculation of our Aggregate YouTube Subscribers.

While we believe changes in our total consolidated U.S. GAAP revenues are correlated with our Aggregate YouTube Subscribers over the long term, there may be short term dislocations in the metric due to timing differences in audience growth and monetization. For example, our Aggregate YouTube Subscribers may grow more quickly when compared to our revenues due to the lag time related to the monetization of our Aggregate YouTube Subscribers, as described in the “Aggregate YouTube Subscribers” subsection above, resulting in lower or unchanged period over period ARPU, especially if we gain additional Aggregate YouTube Subscribers toward the end of a reporting period. Conversely, if we lose Aggregate YouTube Subscribers toward the end of a reporting period, we may see decreased or relatively flat Aggregate YouTube Subscribers, whereas the full period will not reflect the revenue impact of the decreased monetization potential.

Additionally, because ARPU is measured as revenue for a particular period over a point-in-time metric, Aggregate YouTube Subscribers, ARPU will generally be smaller for interim time periods than annual periods. Therefore, ARPU for interim periods should only be compared to interim periods of the same length, and annual periods should only be compared to other annual periods.

In future periods, we expect to increase the monetization of our Aggregate YouTube Subscribers through growth in our existing monetization channels and expansion into new ways of monetizing our audience, all of which we believe will be aided by additional access to capital and a more established brand. Therefore, we expect our ARPU to increase over time.

	Three months ended
	March 31,
(In thousands)	2023		2022
ARPU	$	0.10	$	0.54

Total Number of Significant Sponsors

Total Number of Significant Sponsors is defined as the number of sponsorship deals directly contracted with FaZe that have a contractual value of over $0.5 million and are active during the reported period. This metric helps us forecast future revenue, since we know the contract value of a sponsorship when the contract is signed but recognize the revenue ratably over the sponsorship term. At the same time, if we sign a significant sponsorship deal towards the end of a reportable period, we may not recognize a significant portion of the revenue until the following period.

We believe this metric provides insight into the drivers of changes in our brand sponsorships revenue. Our brand sponsorships revenue is most closely aligned with this metric, as our brand sponsorship revenue is correlated with increases in Total Number of Significant Sponsors.

	Three months ended
	March 31,
	2023		2022
Total Significant Sponsors		9		9

Key Factors Affecting Our Current and Future Results

Our financial position and results of operations depend to a significant extent on the following factors:

Evolving Digital Economy

Our success has depended and will continue to depend on our ability to remain at the forefront in digital-entertainment trends, including social media.

We believe we are well-positioned as a digitally native lifestyle and media platform in the global content industry, which continues to evolve towards digital and social platforms each of which are poised for further growth.

We attribute our growth in part to the diverse content we have developed and produced in the form of digital media, social media, consumer products sales, and livestreaming events distributed across several platforms including YouTube, Twitch,, Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok. Further, our brand, which is a digital native lifestyle brand rooted in gaming and youth culture, is well-positioned for future opportunities in areas such as subscription offerings, live events, fan clubs, virtual dining concepts, game publisher collaborations, Web3 and the general growth and adoption of the metaverse, and interconnected digital reality.

As a leading digital content platform created for and by Generation Z and Millennials, we have established a highly engaged growing global fanbase, with a Total Reach of over 509 million as of March 31, 2023, including those of individual members of FaZe (see “Key Performance Indicators — Total Reach”).

Ability to Recruit and Retain Talent

Our talent pool creates content for, and forms other partnerships with, our brand. Our diverse talent pool of creators and players are the face of our brand. Therefore, our current and future growth depends on our ability to retain our current talent and attract new talent. However, as we have grown our talent roster, we have made sure to not rely on any single individual to carry the brand, but rather have worked to develop a broad talent base, where each person is able to grow their own brand within the overall FaZe platform.

Competitive Landscape

Due to our digitally native lifestyle and media platform and diverse sources of monetization, our business may face competition from online content creators, lifestyle brands, digital media companies, traditional sports teams, or other Esports companies. If more direct competitors emerge in the marketplace, our performance and results of operations will depend on our ability to retain market share through activities including generating innovative content and forming and retaining strategic partnerships.

COVID-19

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, our operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 may not be comparable to past and future periods. As a result of changed consumer behavior under COVID-19 lock-down orders, the already-growing online gaming and digital content industries saw a major uptick in video game usage, streaming viewership, content viewership, console sales, and more users on many gaming platforms. This helped further accelerate the pre-pandemic growth in popularity of our content creators and the FaZe content channels, and made the content we offer a bigger part of mainstream digital entertainment. On average, our content creators have seen an increase in viewership since the start of the pandemic and while still strong, viewership on FaZe’s YouTube channel and certain of FaZe’s talent YouTube channels is down from the highest levels experienced during pandemic stay-at-home measures.

Moreover, the fact that most of our products and services do not involve physical customer interaction may have provided us a competitive advantage during the COVID-19 pandemic, as customers can access most of our services and product offerings while social distancing or without any physical presence. As in-person entertainment has re-gained popularity, we may face increased competition and see drops in engagement as it relates to our content and brand sponsorship revenue streams. Esports revenues increased as government restrictions surrounding in-person events decreased.

The COVID-19 pandemic impacted our supply chain operations and continues to do so to a limited extent. However, we expect supply chain costs and delivery times to return at or near pre-pandemic levels in the near-term. Such COVID-19 related supply chain issues have not materially affected our results of operations, capital resources, outlook or business goals and have had marginal and immaterial impact on our sales, profits and liquidity.

We will continue to actively monitor the impact of the pandemic on our business and may take further actions to modify our practices accordingly.

Overall Market and Economic Conditions

Changing market and economic conditions, including as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, rising interest rates and inflation, may positively or negatively impact our revenues, which depend on discretionary spending from consumers and corporate sponsors. Much of our business is resistant to changes in disposable consumer income, as consumers do not currently need to pay to access most of our content. However, in periods of slowing economic recovery or recession, decreases in disposable corporate income could negatively impact our revenues if companies decrease sponsorship and advertising spend. Our consumer products business is dependent on consumer discretionary spending, which is highly sensitive to changing market conditions, and a decline in discretionary spending could have an adverse impact on our results.

Key Components of Sales and Expenses

Revenue

We have the following major revenue types:

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Brand Sponsorships: We offer advertisers an association with the FaZe brand, which we deliver through various promotional vehicles that are highly tailored to reach our target audience. These vehicles include, but are not limited to, online advertising, livestream announcements, content generation, social media posts, logo placement on FaZe’s official merchandise, and special appearances by members of our talent network. Brand deals are made through the FaZe sales team and provide the sponsor an association with our brand across the FaZe platform, including the full roster of FaZe talent. Revenues from our larger brand sponsorship agreements are typically based on a term and are recognized ratably over the contract term. Payment terms and conditions vary by contract type, but payments are generally due periodically throughout the term of the contract. Some smaller sponsorship deals are based on a specific deliverable and not a term, and are recognized and invoiced when delivered.

We also offer talent deals, which are typically smaller in size than brand deals. Talent deals are made directly with individual FaZe talent members to promote a brand or product within content created by the selected talent. These deals are often sourced and negotiated by FaZe employees and include FaZe as a counterparty. Payment terms are similar to our brand deals, with talent receiving a contractually negotiated percent of the revenue as a fee.

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Content: We generate original content that we monetize through Google’s AdSense service, which permits Google to place paid advertisements on FaZe branded YouTube sites. Revenue is generated when the advertisement is viewed on a “cost per view” or “cost per click” basis. Each time a fan views a FaZe-programmed YouTube page, Google will display an advertisement to the fan. Depending on the type of advertisement the advertiser agrees to with Google, the advertiser agrees to pay Google based on the number of views or the number of times a fan clicks on the advertisement. This cost per view or cost per click can vary substantially depending on the channel, content, and seasonality. Google pays us a percentage of what Google charges the advertiser, and we receive reporting from Google, which we use to recognize revenue on a revenue-per-thousand playbacks basis, which represents a blend of cost per view and cost per click advertisements.

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Consumer Products: We sell consumer products directly to end users online (predominantly on our website but also on other websites, including those of our partners) and at events.

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Esports: Our Esports revenue consists of league participation revenue, prize money, player transfer fee revenue, and licensing of intellectual property revenue. League participation revenue is generated from our participation in closed Esports leagues, which historically share net revenue between all partnered teams on a pro rata basis, with FaZe receiving between 4% and 8%, subject to a minimum guarantee. Prize money is earned by competing in organized competitions and successfully placing at a level where the organizer has offered a prize. Prize money is typically paid to FaZe by the competition organizer and we will then distribute a percentage of the money to players based on contractually agreed terms. Player transfer fee revenue is earned through player transfer agreements which compensate FaZe for the release of a team member from their agreement with FaZe. Licensing of intellectual property revenue is royalty revenue in connection with the usage of our brand logo during each game or tournament.

We expect continued growth in revenues primarily due to increased organic growth as our brand builds momentum, which results from engagement of our talent with our audience, building strategic partnerships and generating new, innovative content and products.

Cost of Revenue

Cost of revenue primarily consists of amounts paid to talent and other contractors, as we perform the underlying services related to satisfying the performance obligations under our agreements. It also includes other costs, such as those related to textiles, labor, and license fees associated with consumer products.

We expect our cost of revenue to increase primarily due to the increased volume of new strategic partnerships and the organic growth of our other revenue initiatives.

General and Administrative

General and administrative costs consist primarily of personnel-related expenses, rent and premises costs, professional service fees, and other general corporate expenses.

We are incurring higher general and administrative expenses as a result of operating as a public company, including expenses related to compliance with the rules and regulations of the SEC and stock exchange listing standards, additional insurance expenses, investor relations activities, and other administrative and professional services. We are constantly reviewing the size of our general and administrative function to support the growth of our business and other costs associated with being a public company and have implemented cost savings initiatives to reduce general and administrative expenses. It is possible, however, that our general and administrative expenses will increase in absolute dollars as our business grows.

Sales and Marketing

Sales and marketing costs consist primarily of promotional, public relations, and advertising expenses. Sales and marketing costs also include other general marketing expenses.

Interest Expense, Net

We incurred interest expense from our outstanding debt obligations, including our senior convertible promissory note issued in 2020, our other convertible promissory notes issued in 2020 and 2021, the PPP loan (defined below) and the 2022 B. Riley Term Loan (defined below). On July 19, 2022, we completed the Business Combination, upon which all convertible notes were converted into common stock and other debts were paid in full with the proceeds of the Merger. After the consummation of the Business Combination on July 19, 2022 and as of March 31, 2023, the Company does not have any outstanding debt long-term. Debt agreements are explained further in the “Liquidity and Capital Resources” section below.

Change in Fair Value of Warrant Liabilities

We incur a change in fair value of warrant liabilities as a result of remeasuring our warrant liabilities each reporting period. See “Note 6, Private Placement Warrants and Recurring Fair Value Measurements, of the notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.

Other (Income)/Expense

Other (income)/expense consists primarily of miscellaneous expenses and foreign currency gain or loss.

Results of Operations

The following table sets forth a summary of our consolidated results of operations for the periods indicated, and the respective changes between comparative periods.

	The three months ended March 31,
(In thousands, except for percentages)	2023			2022			$ Change			% Change
Total revenues		12,550			15,804			(3,254	)		(20.6	)%
Cost of revenues		12,081			12,211			(130	)		(1.1	)%
Gross Profit		469			3,593			(3,124	)		(86.9	)%
Operating Expenses:
General and administrative		13,877			10,128			3,749			37.0	%
Sales and marketing		213			1,145			(932	)		(81.4	)%
Loss from operations		(13,621	)		(7,680	)		(5,941	)		77.4	%
Other (income)/expense:
Interest expense, net		(162	)		1,851			(2,013	)		(108.8	)%
Change in fair value of warrant liabilities		(13	)		-			(13	)		(100.0	)%
Other (income)/expense		594			11			583			5300.0	%
Total other (income)/expense:		419			1,862			(1,443	)		(77.5	)%
Net Income (Loss)		(14,040	)		(9,542	)		(4,498	)		(47.1	)%

Comparison of the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022

Net Income (Loss)

Net loss increased by $4.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2023 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2022. The Company’s revenues decreased by $3.3 million while general and administrative expenses increased by $1.5 million in total.

Revenues

Revenues decreased by $3.3 million, or 21% for the three months ended March 31, 2023 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2022. This change was primarily driven by decrease in the Brand sponsorships business and secondarily by Content business. Brand sponsorships revenue decreased by $1.8 million primarily due to the timing of the execution of new sponsorship deals for the financial period 2023. Content revenue decreased by $1.7 million, the reduction is related to a content library sale which occurred in 2022, in 2023 no content library sales have occurred.

The following table presents the Company’s revenue by type for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022:

	Three months ended
	March 31,
(In thousands, except for percentages)	2023		2022		$ Change			% Change
Brand sponsorships	$	6,263	$	8,060		(1,797	)		(22.3	)%
Content		3,028		4,681		(1,653	)		(35.3	)%
Consumer products		388		403		(15	)		(3.7	)%
Esports		2,847		2,426		421			17.4	%
Other		24		234		(210	)		(89.7	)%
Total revenue	$	12,550	$	15,804		(3,254	)		(20.6	)%

Cost of Revenues

Cost of revenue decreased by $0.1 million, or 1% for the three months ended March 31, 2023 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2022. Content costs decreased by $1.3 million primarily as a function of lower content revenues, which decreased year-over-year due to the normalization of post-pandemic viewing habits of our audience on YouTube, our most important content platform. The consumer products costs of $0.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2023 has relatively stayed the same compared to the three months ended March 31, 2022. The increase in Esports costs of $1.4 million was due prize money costs provided to talent members of $1.3 million.

General and Administrative

General and administrative expenses increased by $3.7 million, or 37% for the three months ended March 31, 2023 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2022, primarily due to the cost of becoming a public company, and an increase in compliance and operational staffing. Our compensation and benefits costs increased by $2 million due to increased salaries and one time severance with respect to company restructuring. For the three months ended March 31, 2023, we also experienced a $1.5 million increase in non-cash stock compensation expense due to the vesting of stock option grants made in the first quarter of 2023. Legal professional fees increased by $0.4 million. Non-legal professional service fees decreased $0.3 million, in connection with better cost management of our business. Insurance expenses increased by $1 million, rent and premises costs decreased by $0.1 million, depreciation and amortization increased by $0.4 million.

Sales and Marketing

Sales and marketing expenses decreased by $0.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2023 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2022, primarily due to an overall decrease in marketing activities.

Interest Expense, Net

Net interest expense decreased by $2.0 million, for the three months ended March 31, 2023 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2022. As result of the Business Combination, all convertible notes were converted into common stock and other debts were paid in cash with the proceeds from the Business Combination. After the consummation of the Business Combination on July 19, 2022 and as of March 31, 2023, the Company does not have any outstanding long-term debt. Debt agreements are explained further in the “Liquidity and Capital Resources” section below.

Other (Income)/Expense

Other expense increased by $0.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2023 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2022, other expense primarily includes a legal settlement related to miscellaneous expenses related to Pre-SPAC matter during the period, details about the settlement are confidential.

Non-GAAP Information

Adjusted EBITDA, a non-GAAP measure, is a performance measure that we use to supplement our results presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Adjusted EBITDA is defined as net loss before share-based compensation expense, foreign currency gains and losses, interest expense, impairment of content assets, depreciation and amortization, change in fair value of warrant liabilities, loss on debt extinguishment, and non-recurring, non-operating expenses, such as severance. Adjusted EBITDA is used by the FaZe board and management as a key factor in determining the quality of our earnings (loss).

Adjusted EBITDA is a performance measure that we believe is useful to investors and analysts because it helps illustrate the underlying financial and business trends relating to our core, recurring results of operations and also enhances comparability between periods.

Adjusted EBITDA is not a recognized measure under U.S. GAAP and is not intended to be a substitute for any U.S. GAAP financial measure and, as calculated, may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures of performance of other companies in other industries or within the same industry. Investors should exercise caution in comparing our non-GAAP measure to any similarly titled measure used by other companies. This non-GAAP measure excludes certain items required by U.S. GAAP and should not be considered as an alternative to information reported in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

The table below presents our adjusted EBITDA, reconciled to our net loss for the periods indicated.

	March 31,
(In thousands)	2023			2022
Net loss	$	(14,040	)	$	(9,542	)
Adjusted for:
Share-based compensation expense		2,673			1,150
Restructuring severance/recruiting/retention expense		318			161
Foreign exchange loss		1			—
Interest expense		(162	)		1,851
Depreciation and amortization of property and equipment		464			122
Amortization of intangible asset		203			114
Change in fair value of warrant liabilities ⁽¹⁾		(13	)		—
Other, net		594			11
Adjusted EBITDA	$	(9,962	)	$	(6,133	)

(1)	Represents the change in the fair value of the Private Placement Warrants liability. (See Note 6)

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Our ability to expand and grow our business in the short and long term will depend on many factors, including our working capital needs and the evolution of our operating cash flows.

We measure liquidity in terms of our ability to fund the cash requirements of our business operations, including working capital and capital expenditure needs, contractual obligations and other commitments, with cash flows from operations and other sources of funding. We have financed our operations primarily through the proceeds from the Business Combination and PIPE offering, the sale of convertible preferred stock, and through debt agreements with third party lenders prior to the closing of the Business Combination. See below for a summary of our material debt and equity financing arrangements.

While the potential economic impact brought by, and the duration of, the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as a more uncertain macro-economic environment than during the closing of the Business Combination are difficult to assess or predict, the impact of these events may reduce our ability to access capital, which could negatively impact our short-term and long-term liquidity. Nonetheless, the Company believes it has sufficient resources to fund its operations at least until twelve months from the date of issuance of these financial statements.

Our future short- and long-term capital requirements will depend on several factors, including but not limited to, the rate of our growth, our ability to attract and retain fans and brand sponsorships and their willingness to pay for our services. Further, we may enter into future arrangements to acquire or invest in businesses, products, services and strategic partnerships. To the extent that our current resources are insufficient to satisfy our cash requirements, we may need to seek additional equity or debt financing. If the needed financing is not available, or if the terms of financing are less desirable than we expect, we may be forced to scale back our existing operations and growth plans, which could have an adverse impact on our business and financial prospects and could raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.

As of March 31, 2023, our principal sources of liquidity were our cash in the amount of $26.8 million.

As of March 31, 2023, the Company had 173,333 private placement warrants outstanding with an exercise price of $11.50 per share. The Private Placement Warrants are identical to the Public Warrants, described in Note 7, Equity, of the notes to the consolidated financial statements, except that the Private Placement Warrants (including the common stock underlying the Private Placement Warrants) were not transferable, assignable or salable until August 18, 2022 and they are not redeemable by the Company for cash so long as they are held by the sponsor or its permitted transferees. During the three months ended March 31, 2023, there was no exercise of any Private Placement Warrants.

Other Contractual Obligations, Commitments and Contingencies

We may be party to various claims in the normal course of business. Legal fees and other costs associated with such actions are expensed as incurred. We assess the need to record a liability for litigation and other loss contingencies, with reserve estimates recorded if we determine that a loss related to the matter is both probable and reasonably estimable. Legal settlements were immaterial for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and for the three months ended March 31, 2022.

Our future contractual commitments related to future minimum payments for non-cancelable operating lease obligations at March 31, 2023 are $1.2 million, $1.1 million for 2024, and $0.0 million for 2025 and thereafter.

Cash Flows — The three months ended March 31, 2023 and March 31, 2022

The following table summarizes our cash flows for the periods indicated (In thousands):

	Three months ended March 31,
	2023			2022			$ Change			% Change
Net cash used in operating activities	$	(11,338	)	$	(9,710	)		(1,628	)		(16.8	)%
Net cash used in investing activities		(114	)		(2,067	)		1,953			94.5	%
Net cash provided by financing activities		1,079			9,339			(8,260	)		(88.4	)%
Net increase (decrease) in cash and restricted cash		(10,373	)		(2,438	)		(7,935	)		(325.5	)%
Cash and restricted cash, beginning of period		37,807			17,618			20,189			114.6	%
Cash and restricted cash, end of period	$	27,434		$	15,180			12,254			80.7	%

Cash Flows Used in Operating Activities

We used $11.3 million more in cash for operating activities in the three months ended March 31, 2023 compared with $9.7 million used in the three months ended March 31, 2022, an increase of $1.6 million. This change was largely related to the changes in net loss of $14.0 million explained in the “Results of Operations” section, offset by the impact of various non-cash charges of $4.4 million explained in further detail below.

Net cash used in operating activities was $11.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2023. Our net loss of $14.0 million was partially comprised of non-cash charges: stock-based compensation expense of $2.5 million, depreciation and amortization of $0.7 million, and bad debt expense of $0.8 million. Additionally, during the three months ended March 31, 2023, changes in operating assets and liabilities decreased cash flows used in operations by $1.4 million, primarily due to a combination of an increase in accounts receivable of $3.8 million, a decrease in contract assets of $1.0 million, an increase in prepaid expenses and other assets of $1.9 million, a decrease in accounts payable and accrued expenses of $5.1 million and a decrease in contract liabilities of $1.0 million.

Net cash used in operating activities was $9.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022. Our net loss of $9.5 million was partially offset by non-cash interest expenses of $1.9 million, stock-based compensation expense of $1.2 million, and depreciation and amortization of $0.2 million. Additionally, during the three months ended March 31, 2022, changes in operating assets and liabilities used cash flows from operations of $3.1 million, primarily due to an increase in accounts receivable, and prepaid expenses of $0.8 million and $0.2 million, respectively, as well as an increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses of $0.7 million and contract liabilities of $3.3 million.

Cash Flows Used in Investing Activities

We generated $2.0 million more in cash from investing activities in the three months ended March 31, 2023 compared with the three months ended March 31, 2022 primarily due to decrease in purchases of property, plant and equipment of $1.8 million and purchases of intangible assets of $0.2 million.

Net cash used in investing activities of $0.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2023 was due to purchases and leasehold improvements of property, plant and equipment of $0.2 million.

Net cash used in investing activities of $2.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022, was primarily due to purchases of property, plant, and equipment of $1.9 million and purchases of intangible assets of $0.1 million.

Cash Flows Provided by Financing Activities

We generated $8.3 million less cash from financing activities in the three months ended March 31, 2023 compared with the three months ended March 31, 2022, primarily due to proceeds from issuance of term loan of $10.0 million and proceeds from the issuance of common stock in connection with the exercise of stock options of $0.1 million.

Net cash provided by financing activities of $1.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2023 was due to proceeds from the issuance of common stock in connection with the exercise of stock options of $0.8 million.

Net cash provided by financing activities of $9.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022, was primarily due to proceeds from loan principal of $10 million and debt issuance costs of $0.7 million.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

Our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, or U.S. GAAP. Preparation of the financial statements requires our management to make judgments, estimates and assumptions that impact the reported amount of net sales and expenses, assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. We consider an accounting judgment, estimate or assumption to be critical when (1) the estimate or assumption is complex in nature or requires a high degree of judgment and (2) the use of different judgments, estimates and assumptions could have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements. Our significant accounting policies are described in Note 2, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, of the notes to the consolidated financial statements. Our critical accounting policies are described below.

Revenue Recognition and Contract Balances

Effective January 1, 2019, we adopted the new accounting standard under ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (“ASC 606”) and related amendments, using the modified retrospective transition method for all contracts. Based on our assessment, the adoption of ASC 606 did not have a material impact to the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and there were no material differences between the Company’s adoption of ASC 606 and its historic accounting under ASC 605, Revenue Recognition. For further information regarding the impact of the adoption of this standard, refer to Note 3, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, of the notes to the consolidated financial statements.

The below describes our revenue recognition policies and significant judgments in further detail:

Brand Sponsorships

The Company offers advertisers a full range of promotional initiatives, including but not limited to online advertising, livestream announcements, content generation, social media posts, logo placement on the Company’s official merchandise, and special appearances of members of the Company’s talent roster. The Company’s brand sponsorship agreements may include multiple services that are capable of being individually distinct; however, the intended benefit is an association with the Company’s brand, and the services are not distinct within the context of the contracts. Revenues from brand sponsorship agreements are recognized ratably over the contract term. Payment terms and conditions vary, but payments are generally due periodically throughout the term of the contract. In instances where the timing of revenue recognition differs from the timing of billing, management has determined the brand sponsorship agreements generally do not include a significant financing component.

Content

The Company and our talent roster generate and produce original content, which the Company monetizes through Google’s AdSense service. Revenue is variable and is earned when the visitor views or “clicks through” on the advertisement. The amount of revenue earned is reported to the Company monthly and is recognized upon receipt of the report of viewership activity. Payment terms and conditions vary, but payments are generally due within 30 to 45 days after the end of each month.

Principal Versus Agent Considerations

A significant amount of the Company’s brand sponsorship and content revenues are generated from the Company’s talent, who are under multi-year contracts. The Company’s talent consists of independent contractors, whose compensation is tied to the revenue that they generate. Management has evaluated the terms of the Company’s brand sponsorship and content agreements and has concluded the Company is the principal. Brand sponsorship and content revenues are reported on a gross basis, while revenue-sharing and other fees paid to the Company’s talent are recorded as cost of revenues. The Company owns the brand and intellectual property, takes primary responsibility for delivery of services, and exercises control over content generation and monetization. The Company contracts directly with Google on its Company operated channels, and the talent contracts directly with Google on their own channels. As part of the Company’s contracts with its talent, the Company agrees to serve talent’s management company as it relates to specific types of work the talent may perform, including content creation and advertising revenue generated from the content. While the talent owns the content they create while they are under contract with the Company, the talent grants the Company an exclusive perpetual license to the content, and the Company grants limited usage rights of that content back to the talent, conditional upon them complying with their contract. Furthermore, all income earned from services provided by the talent related to gaming, Esports, content creation, or the business of the Company, which includes revenue from advertising via talent content, is subject to the talent agreement and is payable to the Company. In addition, the Company’s contracts with its talent specify rules and restrictions on the content the talent can create and post. As such, through its contracts with talent, the Company is the principal because the Company is the entity exercising primary control over the content generated in the YouTube channels being monetized.

Consumer Products

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the Company is the party that is primarily responsible for fulfilling the promise to provide the specified good or service,

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the Company has inventory risk before the good is transferred to the customer, and

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the Company is the party that has discretion in establishing pricing for the specified good or service.

Based on management’s evaluation of the above indicators, the Company reports consumer products revenues on a gross basis.

Esports

League Participation: Generally, the Company has one performance obligation—to participate in the overall Esport event—because the underlying activities do not have standalone value absent the Company’s participation in the tournament or event. Revenue from prize winnings and profit-share agreements is variable and is highly uncertain. The Company recognizes revenue at the point in time when the uncertainty is resolved.

Licensing of Intellectual Property: The Company’s licenses of intellectual property generate royalties that are recognized in accordance with the royalty recognition constraint. Royalty revenue is recognized at the time when the sale occurs.

Transaction Price Allocated to the Remaining Performance Obligations

For the estimated revenue expected to be recognized in the future related to performance obligations that are unsatisfied (or partially unsatisfied) as of March 31, 2022, the Company applies the allowable practical expedient and does not disclose information about remaining performance obligations that have original expected durations of one year or less. Revenue expected to be recognized in the future related to performance obligations that have original expected durations greater than one year that are unsatisfied (or partially unsatisfied) as of March 31, 2022 were not material.

Warrants

The Company accounts for warrants as either equity-classified or liability-classified instruments based on an assessment of the warrant’s specific terms and applicable authoritative guidance in ASC 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity and ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging. Warrants that meet the definition of a derivative financial instrument and the equity scope exception in ASC 815-10-15-74(a) are classified as equity, and are not subject to remeasurement provided that the Company continues to meet the criteria for equity classification. Warrants that are accounted for as equity-classified are further discussed in Note 7, Equity, of the notes to the consolidated financial statements. Warrants that are classified as liabilities are accounted for at fair value and remeasured at each reporting date until exercise, expiration, or modification that results in equity classification. Any change in the fair value of the warrants is recognized as change in fair value of warrant liabilities in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. The classification of warrants, including whether warrants should be recorded as liabilities or as equity, is re-assessed at the end of each reporting period. The fair value of liability-classified warrants is determined using the Black-Scholes options pricing model (“Black-Scholes model”) which includes Level 3 inputs as further discussed in Note 6, Private Placement Warrants and Recurring Fair Value Measurements, of the notes to the consolidated financial statements.

Stock-Based Compensation

We recognize the cost of stock-based awards granted to FaZe employees, directors, and nonemployee consultants based on the estimated grant-date fair value of the awards. Cost is recognized on a straight-line basis over the service period, which is generally the vesting period of the award. We have elected to recognize the effect of forfeitures in the period they occur.

Based on the early stage of our company’s development and other relevant factors, we determined that an Option Pricing Model (“OPM”) was the most appropriate method for allocating FaZe’s enterprise value to determine the estimated fair value of common stock. Application of the OPM involves the use of estimates, judgment, and assumptions that are highly complex and subjective, such as those regarding the Company’s expected future revenue, expenses, and cash flows, discount rates, market multiples, the selection of comparable companies, and the probability of future events. Specifically, we have historically used the back solve analysis to estimate the fair value of our common stock, which derives the implied equity value for one type of equity security from a contemporaneous transaction involving another type of security (shares of our preferred stock in this instance).

The estimates utilized in determining the grant date fair value for new awards are no longer necessary now that our shares are publicly traded. The grant date fair value of our common stock was determined with the assistance of an independent third-party valuation specialist.

We specifically determine the fair value of FaZe stock options using the Black-Scholes option pricing model, which is impacted by the following assumptions:

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Expected Term — We use the simplified method when calculating the expected term due to insufficient historical exercise data.

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Expected Volatility — As our stock has recently become publicly traded, the volatility is based on a benchmark of comparable companies within our peer group.

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Expected Dividend Yield — The dividend rate used is zero as we have never paid cash dividends on our common stock and do not anticipate doing so in the foreseeable future.

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Risk-Free Interest Rate — The interest rates used are based on the implied yield available on a U.S. Treasury zero-coupon instrument with an equivalent remaining term equal to the expected life of the award.

Income Taxes

We record a tax provision for the anticipated tax consequences of the reported results of operations. In accordance with ASC 740, Income Taxes, the provision for income taxes is computed using the asset and liability method, under which deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the expected future tax consequences attributable to differences between the consolidated financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases, operating losses and tax credit carryforwards.

Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities due to a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date. We evaluate deferred tax assets each period for recoverability. For those assets that do not meet the threshold of “more likely than not” that they will be realized in the future, a valuation allowance is recorded. We have considered our history of cumulative tax and book losses incurred since inception, and other positive and negative evidence, and have concluded that it is more likely than not that the Company will not realize the benefits of the net deferred tax assets as of March 31, 2023 or as of March 31, 2022.

We report a liability for unrecognized tax benefits resulting from uncertain tax positions taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. We recognize interest and penalties, if any, related to unrecognized tax benefits in income tax expense, if applicable income tax returns remain open for examination by applicable authorities, generally three years from filing for federal and four years for state. We would classify interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions as income tax expense, if applicable. There was no interest expense or penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits recorded through March 31, 2023.

Income tax expense for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 is based on the estimated annual effective tax rate. The Company expects a 0% estimated annual effective tax rate for 2023. No income tax expense was recognized for the three months ended March 31, 2023 or 2022.

Recently Adopted and Issued Accounting Pronouncements

See Note 3, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, of the notes to the consolidated financial statements, for recently adopted accounting pronouncements and recently issued accounting pronouncements that may have an impact on future results but that have not yet been adopted as of the date of the consolidated financial statements.

Emerging Growth Company Accounting Election

Section 102(b)(1) of the JOBS Act exempts emerging growth companies from being required to comply with new or revised financial accounting standards until private companies are required to comply with the new or revised financial accounting standards. The JOBS Act provides that a company can elect not to take advantage of the extended transition period and comply with the requirements that apply to non-emerging growth companies, and any such election to not take advantage of the extended transition period is irrevocable. We are an “emerging growth company” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and have elected to take advantage of the benefits of this extended transition period. This may make it difficult to compare our financial results with the financial results of other public companies that are either not emerging growth companies or emerging growth companies that have chosen not to take advantage of the extended transition period.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

As of March 31, 2023, we were not subject to any market or interest rate risk. We have not engaged in any hedging activities since our inception. We do not expect to engage in any hedging activities with respect to the market risk to which we are exposed.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Disclosure controls and procedures are controls and other procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

As required by Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15 under the Exchange Act, our management carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures under the supervision of our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer and concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of March 31, 2023 because of the identification of two material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting relating to the following: Inadequate design of information technology (IT) general and application controls resulting from inappropriate access given to certain individuals within finance, including the Chief Financial Officer and Controller; lack of adequate segregation of duties within a significant account of processes; and lack of adequate and timely review of accounts and reconciliations resulting in material audit adjustments and significant post-closing adjustments. A material weakness is a deficiency, or combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the company’s annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. In light of this material weakness, we performed additional analysis as deemed necessary to ensure that our financial statements were prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There was no change in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the three months ended March 31, 2023 covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting, except as described below. In light of the material weaknesses discussed above, we are enhancing our processes to identify and appropriately apply applicable accounting requirements to better evaluate and understand the nuances of the complex accounting standards that apply to our financial statements. Our remediation plans and the steps taken at this time include hiring experienced personnel, providing enhanced access to accounting literature, research materials and documents and increasing communication among our personnel and third-party professionals with whom we consult regarding complex accounting applications. The material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting will not be considered remediated until these modifications are implemented and after being in operation for a sufficient period of time, tested, and concluded by management to be designed and operating effectively. In addition, as we continue to evaluate and work to improve our internal control over financial reporting, management may determine to take additional measures to address control deficiencies or may determine to modify our remediation plan. Management will test and evaluate the implementation of these modifications to ascertain whether they are designed and operating effectively to provide reasonable assurance that they will prevent or detect a material misstatement in the Company’s financial statements.

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

We are, from time to time, subject to various claims, lawsuits and other legal and administrative proceedings arising in the ordinary course of business. We are not currently a party to any such claims, lawsuits or proceedings, the outcome of which, if determined adversely to us, we believe would, individually or in the aggregate, be material to our business or result in a material adverse effect on our future operating results, financial condition or cash flows. See Note 10, Litigation, of the notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

Our business, financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows may be impacted by a number of factors, many of which are beyond our control, including those set forth in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and in our other filings with the SEC, the occurrence of any one of which could have a material adverse effect on our actual results.

The Company may not meet the listing requirements of the Nasdaq markets which could cause our stock to be delisted.

To maintain the listing of our Common Stock on The Nasdaq Capital Market, we must satisfy minimum financial and other continued listing requirements and standards, including those related to the price of our Common Stock. Pursuant to the requirements of Nasdaq, if the closing bid price of a company’s stock falls below $1.00 per share for 30 consecutive business days (the “Bid Price Rule”), Nasdaq will notify the company that it is no longer in compliance with the Nasdaq listing qualifications. If a company is not in compliance with the Bid Price Rule, the company will have 180 calendar days to regain compliance. On March 23, 2023, the Company received notice from Nasdaq that it was no longer in compliance with the Bid Price Rule.

In accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A), the Company has been provided an initial period of 180 calendar days, or until September 19, 2023 (the “Compliance Date”), by which the Company has to regain compliance with the minimum bid price requirement. To regain compliance, the closing bid price of the Common Stock must meet or exceed $1.00 per share for a minimum of ten consecutive business days at any time prior to the Compliance Date, unless the Nasdaq staff exercises its discretion to extend this ten-day period pursuant to Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(H).

If the Company does not regain compliance with the minimum bid price requirement by the Compliance Date, the Company may be eligible for an additional 180-calendar day compliance period. If the Company does not qualify for, or fails to regain compliance during, the second compliance period, then the Nasdaq staff will provide written notification to the Company that the Common Stock will be subject to delisting. At that time, the Company may appeal the Nasdaq staff’s delisting determination to the Nasdaq Hearings Panel.

There can be no assurance that the Company will regain and maintain compliance with the Bid Price Rule and the other listing requirements of the Nasdaq, or that it will not be delisted. If we are not able stay in compliance with the relevant Nasdaq Bid Price Rule, there is a risk that our Common Stock may be delisted from Nasdaq, which would adversely impact liquidity of our Common Stock and potentially result in even lower bid process for our Common Stock.

In an effort to regain compliance with the Bid Price Rule, we intend to seek stockholder approval at our 2023 annual meeting to enable the FaZe Board to effect a reverse split of our Common Stock at a ratio of 1-for-20 or 1-for-30, as determined by the FaZe Board at a later date. Reducing the number of outstanding shares of our Common Stock through a reverse stock split is intended, absent other factors, to increase the per share trading price of our Common Stock and may make our Common Stock more attractive to a broader range of institutional and other investors. However, other factors, such as our financial results, market conditions and the market perception of our business may adversely affect the per share trading price of our Common Stock. As a result, there can be no assurance that a reverse stock split, if completed, will result in the intended benefits described above, that the per share trading price of our Common Stock will increase following the reverse stock split or that the per share trading price of our Common Stock will not decrease in the future. In addition, there can be no assurance that:

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the market price per share of our Common Stock after a reverse split will rise in proportion to the reduction in the number of shares of our Common Stock outstanding before a reverse stock split;

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a reverse stock split will result in a per share price that will attract brokers and investors who do not trade in lower priced stocks;

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that implementation of a reverse stock split won’t lead to reduced trading and a smaller number of market makers for our Common Stock, particularly if the price per share of our Common Stock does not increase as a result of the reverse stock split; or

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we will continue to meet the requirements for trading on Nasdaq.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

None.

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

None.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

None.

Item 5. Other Information

None.

Item 6. Exhibits

The exhibits filed as part of this Quarterly Report are listed in the index to exhibits immediately preceding such exhibits, which index to exhibits is incorporated herein by reference.

Exhibit Index

Exhibit No.
10.1		Standby Equity Purchase Agreement between FaZe Holdings Inc. and Tamara Brandt, dated January 15, 2023

10.2		Advisory Agreement between FaZe Holdings Inc. and Tamara Brandt, dated January 15, 2023

31.1*		Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

31.2*		Certification of Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer pursuant to Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

32.1**		Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

32.2**		Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

101.INS		Inline XBRL Instance Document (the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because iXBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

101.SCH		Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document.

101.CAL		Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document.

101.DEF		Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document.

101.LAB		Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase Document.

101.PRE		Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document.

104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101).

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

	FAZE HOLDINGS INC.

Date: May 15, 2023	By:	/s/ Lee Trink
	Name:	Lee Trink
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer
		(Principal Executive Officer)

	FAZE HOLDINGS INC.

Date: May 15, 2023	By:	/s/ Christoph Pachler
	Name:	Christoph Pachler
	Title:	Chief Financial Officer
		(Principal Financial Officer)

Exhibit 10.1

Execution Version

STANDBY EQUITY PURCHASE AGREEMENT

THIS STANDBY EQUITY PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) dated as of May 10, 2023 is made by and between YA II PN, LTD., a Cayman Islands exempt limited partnership (the “Investor”), and FAZE HOLDINGS INC., a company incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Company”).

WHEREAS, the parties desire that, upon the terms and subject to the conditions contained herein, the Company shall have the right to issue and sell to the Investor, from time to time as provided herein, and the Investor shall purchase from the Company, up to $25 million of the Company’s shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Shares”); and

WHEREAS, the Common Shares are listed for trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol “FAZE;” and

WHEREAS, the offer and sale of the Common Shares issuable hereunder will be made in reliance upon Section 4(a)(2) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (the “Securities Act”), or upon such other exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act as may be available with respect to any or all of the transactions to be made hereunder.

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:

Article I. Certain Definitions

“Advance” shall mean any issuance and sale of Advance Shares by the Company to the Investor pursuant to Article II hereof.

“Advance Date” shall mean the first Trading Day after expiration of the applicable Pricing Period for each Advance.

“Advance Notice” shall mean a written notice in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto to the Investor executed by an officer of the Company and setting forth the number of Advance Shares that the Company desires to issue and sell to the Investor.

“Advance Notice Date” shall mean each date the Company is deemed to have delivered (in accordance with Section 2.01(b) of this Agreement) an Advance Notice to the Investor, subject to the terms of this Agreement.

“Advance Shares” shall mean the Common Shares that the Company shall issue and sell to the Investor pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

“Affiliate” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.07.

“Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.

“Applicable Laws” shall mean all applicable laws, statutes, rules, regulations, orders, executive orders, directives, policies, guidelines and codes having the force of law, whether local, national, or international, as amended from time to time, including without limitation (i) all applicable laws that relate to money laundering, terrorist financing, financial record keeping and reporting, (ii) all applicable laws that relate to anti-bribery, anti-corruption, books and records and internal controls, including the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, and (iii) any Sanctions laws.

“Black Out Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.01(e)

“Closing” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.02.

“Commitment Amount” shall mean $25,000,000 of Common Shares.

“Commitment Shares” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 12.04

“Commitment Period” shall mean the period commencing on the date hereof and expiring upon the date of termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 10.01.

“Common Shares” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals of this Agreement.

“Company” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.

“Company Indemnitees” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.02.

“Condition Satisfaction Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.01.

“Daily Traded Amount” shall mean the product obtained by multiplying the daily trading volume of the Company’s Common Shares on the Principal Market during regular trading hours as reported by Bloomberg L.P. by the VWAP for such Trading Day.

“Environmental Laws” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.13.

“Exchange Act” shall mean the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

“Exchange Cap” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(c)(iii).

“Excluded Day” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(d)(i).

“Hazardous Materials” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.13.

“Indemnified Liabilities” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.01.

“Investor” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.

“Investor Indemnitees” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.01.

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“Market Price” shall mean the lowest of the daily VWAPs of the Common Shares during the relevant Pricing Period.

“Material Adverse Effect” shall mean any event, occurrence or condition that has had or would reasonably be expected to have (i) as a result of changes in Applicable Law, pronouncements by the SEC, the Primary Market or such other regulatory body or agency a material adverse effect on the legality, validity or enforceability of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated herein, (ii) a material adverse effect on the results of operations, assets, business or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (iii) a material adverse effect on the Company’s ability to perform in any material respect on a timely basis its obligations under this Agreement; provided however, with respect to only clause (ii) herein, in no event will any of the following, alone or in combination, be deemed to constitute, or be taken into account in determining whether there has been or would be, a Material Adverse Effect: (a) any change or proposed change in Applicable Laws or GAAP or any interpretation thereof, (b) any change in interest rates or economic, political, business, financial, commodity, currency or market conditions generally, (c) the taking or omission of any action required by or expressly and affirmatively permitted by this Agreement or any other agreements contemplated therein, (d) any natural disaster (including COVID-19), “force majeure” event or calamity (whether or not caused by any person), state of emergency declared by any governmental authority, change in climate or weather conditions, or any action (including the issuance of any directive, pronouncement or guideline) by any governmental authority or self-regulatory organization in response to any of the foregoing (or change in any such action previously taken), (e) any act of terrorism, sabotage (including any cyberattack) not perpetrated by any employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, war, outbreak or escalation of hostilities, commencement or escalation of military action, act of mass protest or state of civil unrest, or any action (including the issuance of any directive, pronouncement or guideline) by any governmental authority or self-regulatory organization in response to any of the foregoing (or change in any such action previously taken), (f) municipal, state, national or international political conditions, (g) any failure of the Company to meet any forecast or budget, (h) any event generally affecting the industries or markets in which the Company or any of its subsidiaries operates (including increases in the cost of products, supplies, materials or other goods or labor or other services), and (i) the announcement or performance of this Agreement or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated hereby, including, as a result thereof, any termination of, reduction in or other adverse impact on relationships, contractual or otherwise, with any lessor, lessee, licensor, licensee, customer, distributor, vendor, supplier, partner, employee or other service provider or other business relation of the Company or any of its subsidiaries. For purposes of determining whether the Company has experienced a Material Adverse Effect for purposes of clause (iii) herein, such determination is final on the 10^th business days following the Company’s receipt of the Investor’s written notice of such Material Adverse Effect, during which period the Company is unable to cure the deficiency causing the Material Adverse Effect.

“Material Outside Event” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.08.

“Maximum Advance Amount” in respect of each Advance Notice means an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the average Daily Traded Amount for the five (5) Trading Day immediately preceding an Advance Notice.

“OFAC” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.29.

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“Ownership Limitation” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(c)(i).

“Person” shall mean an individual, a corporation, a partnership, a limited liability company, a trust or other entity or organization, including a government or political subdivision or an agency or instrumentality thereof.

“Plan of Distribution” shall mean the section of a Registration Statement disclosing the plan of distribution of the Shares.

“Pricing Period” shall mean the three (3) consecutive Trading Days commencing on the Advance Notice Date.

“Principal Market” shall mean the Nasdaq Stock Market; provided however, that in the event the Common Shares are ever listed or traded on another national exchange or the OTCBB, then the “Principal Market” shall mean such other market or exchange on which the Common Shares are then listed or traded to the extent such other market or exchange is the principal trading market or exchange for the Common Shares.

“Principal Market Limit Price” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(c)(iii).

“Prospectus” shall mean any prospectus (including, without limitation, all amendments and supplements thereto) used by the Company in connection with a Registration Statement.

“Prospectus Supplement” shall mean any prospectus supplement to a Prospectus filed with the SEC from time to time pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, including, without limitation, any prospectus supplement to be filed in accordance with 6.01 hereof.

“Purchase Price” shall mean the price per Advance Share obtained by multiplying the Market Price by 97%.

“Registrable Securities” shall mean (i) the Shares, and (ii) any securities issued or issuable with respect to any of the foregoing by way of exchange, stock dividend or stock split or in connection with a combination of shares, recapitalization, merger, consolidation or other reorganization or otherwise.

“Registration Limitation” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(c)(ii).

“Registration Statement” shall mean a registration statement on Form S-1 or Form S-3 or on such other form promulgated by the SEC for which the Company then qualifies and which counsel for the Company shall deem appropriate, and which form shall be available for the registration of the resale by the Investor of the Registrable Securities under the Securities Act, which registration statement provides for the resale from time to time of the Shares as provided herein.

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“Regulation D” shall mean the provisions of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act.

“Sanctions” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.29.

“Sanctioned Countries” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.29.

“SEC” shall mean the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

“SEC Documents” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.05.

“Securities Act” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals of this Agreement.

“Settlement Document” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.02(a).

“Shares” shall mean the Commitment Shares and the Common Shares to be issued from time to time hereunder pursuant to an Advance.

“Subsidiaries” shall mean any Person in which the Company, directly or indirectly, (x) owns a majority of the outstanding capital stock or holds a majority of the equity or similar interest of such Person or (y) controls or operates all or substantially all of the business, operations or administration of such Person, and the foregoing are collectively referred to herein as “Subsidiaries.”

“Trading Day” shall mean any day during which the Principal Market shall be open for business.

“Transaction Documents” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.02.

“VWAP” shall mean for any Trading Day, the daily volume weighted average price of the Common Shares for such Trading Day on the Principal Market during regular trading hours as reported by Bloomberg L.P. All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination, recapitalization or other similar transaction during such period.

Article II. Advances

Section 2.01 Advances; Mechanics. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, during the Commitment Period, the Company, at its sole discretion, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to issue and sell to the Investor, and the Investor shall purchase from the Company, Advance Shares by the delivery to the Investor of Advance Notices on the following terms:

(a)

Advance Notice. At any time during the Commitment Period the Company may require the Investor to purchase Shares by delivering an Advance Notice to the Investor, subject to the satisfaction or waiver by the Investor of the conditions set forth in Section 7.01, and in accordance with the following provisions:

(i)

The Company shall, in its sole discretion, select the number of Advance Shares, not to exceed the Maximum Advance Amount, it desires to issue and sell to the Investor in each Advance Notice and the time it desires to deliver each Advance Notice.

(ii)

There shall be no mandatory minimum Advances and no non-usages fee for not utilizing the Commitment Amount or any part thereof.

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(b)

Date of Delivery of Advance Notice. Advance Notices shall be delivered in accordance with the instructions set forth on the bottom of Exhibit A attached hereto. An Advance Notice shall be deemed delivered on (i) the day it is received by the Investor if such notice is received by email at or before 8:30 a.m. New York City Time (or later if waived by the Investor in its sole discretion), or (ii) the immediately succeeding day if it is received by email after 8:30 a.m. New York City Time. Upon receipt of an Advance Notice, the Investor shall promptly provide written confirmation (which may be by email) of receipt of such Advance Notice.

(c)

Advance Limitations. Regardless of the number of Advance Shares requested by the Company in the Advance Notice, the final number of Shares to be issued and sold pursuant to an Advance Notice shall be reduced (if at all) in accordance with each of the following limitations:

(i)

Ownership Limitation; Commitment Amount. At the request of the Company, the Investor will inform the Company in writing of the number of shares the Investor currently beneficially owns. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Investor shall not be obligated to purchase or acquire, and shall not purchase or acquire, any Common Shares under this Agreement which, when aggregated with all other Common Shares beneficially owned by the Investor and its Affiliates (as calculated pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and Rule 13d-3 promulgated thereunder), would result in the beneficial ownership by the Investor and its Affiliates (on an aggregated basis) to exceed 4.99% of the then outstanding voting power or number of Common Shares (the “Ownership Limitation”). Upon the written request of the Investor, the Company shall promptly (but no later than the next business day on which the transfer agent for the Common Shares is open for business) confirm orally or in writing to the Investor the number of Common Shares then outstanding. In connection with each Advance Notice delivered by the Company, any portion of the number of Advance Shares that would (i) cause the Investor to exceed the Ownership Limitation or (ii) cause the aggregate number of Shares issued and sold to the Investor hereunder to exceed the Commitment Amount shall automatically be withdrawn with no further action required by the Company, and such Advance Notice shall be deemed automatically modified to reduce the number of Advance Shares requested by an amount equal to such withdrawn portion; provided that, in the event of any such automatic withdrawal and automatic modification, the Investor will promptly notify the Company in writing of such event.

(ii)

Registration Limitation. In no event shall an Advance exceed the amount registered in respect of the transactions contemplated hereby under the Registration Statement then in effect (the “Registration Limitation”). In connection with each Advance Notice, any portion of an Advance that would exceed the Registration Limitation shall automatically be withdrawn with no further action required by the Company and such Advance Notice shall be deemed automatically modified to reduce the aggregate amount of the requested Advance by an amount equal to such withdrawn portion; provided that, in the event of any such automatic withdrawal and automatic modification, the Investor will promptly notify the Company in writing of such event.

(iii)

Exchange Cap. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Company shall not effect any sales under this Agreement and the Investor shall not have the obligation to purchase Common Shares under this Agreement to the extent (but only to the extent) that after giving effect to such purchase and sale the aggregate number of Common Shares issued under this Agreement would exceed 15,018,250 Common Shares, which is equal to 19.99% of the aggregate amount of Common Shares issued and outstanding as of the date of this Agreement (the “Exchange Cap”); provided that, the Exchange Cap will not apply if (a) the Company’s stockholders have approved issuances in excess of the Exchange Cap in accordance with the rules of the Principal Market, or (b) the average price of all applicable sales of Common Shares hereunder (including any sales covered by an Advance Notice that has been delivered prior to the determination of whether this clause (b) applies) equals or exceeds $0.4881 per share (which represents the lower of (i) the Nasdaq Official Closing Price (as reflected on Nasdaq.com) immediately preceding the date of this Agreement; or (ii) the average Nasdaq Official Closing Price for the five Trading Days immediately preceding the date of this Agreement) (the “Principal Market Limit Price”). In connection with each Advance Notice, any portion of an Advance that would exceed the Exchange Cap shall automatically be withdrawn with no further action required by the Company and such Advance Notice shall be deemed automatically modified to reduce the aggregate amount of the requested Advance by an amount equal to such withdrawn portion in respect of each Advance Notice.

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(d)

Unconditional Contract. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement, the Company and the Investor acknowledge and agree that upon the Investor’s receipt of a valid Advance Notice from the Company the parties shall be deemed to have entered into an unconditional contract binding on both parties for the purchase and sale of Advance Shares pursuant to such Advance Notice in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and (i) subject to Applicable Laws and (ii) subject to Section 3.08, the Investor may sell Common Shares during the Pricing Period.

Section 2.02 Closings. The closing of each Advance and each sale and purchase of Advance Shares (each, a “Closing”) shall take place as soon as practicable on or after each Advance Date in accordance with the procedures set forth below. The parties acknowledge that the Purchase Price is not known at the time an Advance Notice is delivered (at which time the Investor is irrevocably bound) but shall be determined on each Closing based on the daily prices of the Common Shares that are the inputs to the determination of the Purchase Price as set forth further below. In connection with each Closing, the Company and the Investor shall fulfill each of its obligations as set forth below:

(a)

On each Advance Date, the Investor shall deliver to the Company a written document, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (each a “Settlement Document”), setting forth the final number of Shares to be purchased by the Investor (taking into account any adjustments pursuant to Section 2.01), the Market Price, the Purchase Price, the aggregate proceeds to be paid by the Investor to the Company, and a report by Bloomberg, L.P. indicating the VWAP for each of the Trading Days during the Pricing Period (or, if not reported on Bloomberg, L.P., another reporting service reasonably agreed to by the parties), in each case in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

(b)

Promptly after receipt of the Settlement Document with respect to each Advance (and, in any event, not later than one Trading Day after such receipt), the Company will, or will cause its transfer agent to, electronically transfer such number of Advance Shares to be purchased by the Investor (as set forth in the Settlement Document) by crediting the Investor’s account or its designee’s account at the Depository Trust Company through its Deposit Withdrawal at Custodian System or by such other means of delivery as may be mutually agreed upon by the parties hereto, and transmit notification to the Investor that such share transfer has been requested. Promptly upon receipt of such notification, the Investor shall pay to the Company the aggregate purchase price of the Shares (as set forth in the Settlement Document) in cash in immediately available funds to an account designated by the Company in writing and transmit notification to the Company that such funds transfer has been requested. No fractional shares shall be issued, and any fractional amounts shall be rounded to the next higher whole number of shares. To facilitate the transfer of the Common Shares by the Investor, the Common Shares will not bear any restrictive legends so long as there is an effective Registration Statement covering the resale of such Common Shares (it being understood and agreed by the Investor that notwithstanding the lack of restrictive legends, the Investor may only sell such Common Shares pursuant to the Plan of Distribution set forth in the Prospectus included in the Registration Statement and otherwise in compliance with the requirements of the Securities Act (including any applicable prospectus delivery requirements) or pursuant to an available exemption).

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(c)

On or prior to the Advance Date, each of the Company and the Investor shall deliver to the other all documents, instruments and writings expressly required to be delivered by either of them pursuant to this Agreement in order to implement and effect the transactions contemplated herein.

(d)

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, if on any day during the Pricing Period (i) the Company notifies the Investor that a Material Outside Event has occurred, or (ii) the Company notifies the Investor of a Black Out Period, the parties agree that the pending Advance shall end and the final number of Advance Shares to be purchased by the Investor at the Closing for such Advance shall be equal to the number of Common Shares sold by the Investor during the applicable Pricing Period prior to the notification from the Company of a Material Outside Event or Black Out Period.

Section 2.03 Hardship.

(a)

In the event the Investor sells Common Shares after receipt of an Advance Notice and the Company fails to perform its obligations as mandated in Section 2.02, the Company agrees that in addition to and in no way limiting the rights and obligations set forth in Article V hereto and in addition to any other remedy to which the Investor is entitled at law or in equity, including, without limitation, specific performance, it will hold the Investor harmless against any loss, claim, damage, or expense (including reasonable legal fees and expenses), as incurred, arising out of or in connection with such default by the Company and acknowledges that irreparable damage may occur in the event of any such default. It is accordingly agreed that the Investor shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent such breaches of this Agreement and to specifically enforce (subject to Applicable Laws and the rules of the Principal Market), without the posting of a bond or other security, the terms and provisions of this Agreement.

(b)

In the event the Company provides an Advance Notice and the Investor fails to perform its obligations as mandated in Section 2.02, the Investor agrees that in addition to and in no way limiting the rights and obligations set forth in Article V hereto and in addition to any other remedy to which the Company is entitled at law or in equity, including, without limitation, specific performance, it will hold the Company harmless against any loss, claim, damage, or expense (including reasonable legal fees and expenses), as incurred, arising out of or in connection with such default by the Investor and acknowledges that irreparable damage may occur in the event of any such default. It is accordingly agreed that the Company shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent such breaches of this Agreement and to specifically enforce (subject to the Securities Act and other rules of the Principal Market), without the posting of a bond or other security, the terms and provisions of this Agreement.

Section 2.04 Completion of Resale Pursuant to the Registration Statement. The Company will be under no further obligation to maintain the effectiveness of the Registration Statement after the date on which the Investor has purchased the full Commitment Amount and has completed the subsequent resale of the full Commitment Amount pursuant to the Registration Statement. The Investor shall promptly notify the Company in writing (which may be by email) that all subsequent resales of the full Commitment Amount have been completed.

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Article III. Representations and Warranties of the Investor

The Investor represents and warrants to the Company, as of the date hereof, as of each Advance Notice Date and as of each Advance Date that:

Section 3.01 Organization and Authorization. The Investor is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the Cayman Islands and has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and to purchase or acquire Shares in accordance with the terms hereof. The decision to invest and the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Investor, the performance by the Investor of its obligations hereunder and the consummation by the Investor of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized and require no further consent or authorization on the part of the Investor or it sole member. The undersigned has the right, power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and all other instruments on behalf of the Investor or its sole member. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Investor and, assuming the execution and delivery hereof and acceptance thereof by the Company, will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Investor, enforceable against the Investor in accordance with its terms.

Section 3.02 Evaluation of Risks. The Investor has such knowledge and experience in financial, tax and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of, and bearing the economic risks entailed by, an investment in the Common Shares of the Company and of protecting its interests in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby. The Investor acknowledges and agrees that its investment in the Company involves a high degree of risk, and that the Investor may lose all or a part of its investment.

Section 3.03 No Legal, Investment or Tax Advice from the Company. The Investor acknowledges that it had the opportunity to review this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement with its own legal counsel and investment and tax advisors. The Investor is relying solely on such counsel and advisors and not on any statements or representations of the Company or any of the Company’s representatives or agents for legal, tax, investment or other advice with respect to the Investor’s acquisition of Common Shares hereunder, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the laws of any jurisdiction, and the Investor acknowledges that the Investor may lose all or a part of its investment.

Section 3.04 Investment Purpose. The Investor is acquiring the Common Shares for its own account, for investment purposes and not with a view towards, or for resale in connection with, the public sale or distribution thereof, except pursuant to sales registered under or exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities laws; provided, however, that by making the representations herein, the Investor does not agree, or make any representation or warranty, to hold any of the Shares for any minimum or other specific term and reserves the right to dispose of the Shares at any time in accordance with, or pursuant to, a Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Agreement or an applicable exemption under the Securities Act. The Investor does not presently have any agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any Person to sell or distribute any of the Shares. The Investor acknowledges that it will be disclosed as an “underwriter” and a “selling stockholder” in each Registration Statement and in any Prospectus contained therein to the extent required by Applicable Law and to the extent the Prospectus is related to the resale of Registrable Securities.

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Section 3.05 Accredited Investor. The Investor is an “Accredited Investor” as that term is defined in Rule 501(a)(3) of Regulation D.

Section 3.06 Information. The Investor and its advisors (and its counsel), if any, have been furnished with all materials relating to the business, finances and operations of the Company and information the Investor deemed material to making an informed investment decision which have been requested by the Investor. The Investor and its advisors (and its counsel), if any, have been afforded the opportunity to ask questions of the Company and its management and have received answers to such questions. Neither such inquiries nor any other due diligence investigations conducted by such Investor or its advisors (and its counsel), if any, or its representatives shall modify, amend or affect the Investor’s right to rely on the Company’s representations and warranties contained in this Agreement. Notwithstanding Section 3.02 and Section 3.03, the Investor acknowledges and agrees that the Company has not made to the Investor, and the Investor acknowledges and agrees it has not relied upon, any representations and warranties of the Company, its employees or any third party other than the representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement. The Investor understands that its investment involves a high degree of risk. The Investor has sought such accounting, legal and tax advice, as it has considered necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby.

Section 3.07 Not an Affiliate. The Investor is not an officer, director or a person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by, or is under common control with the Company or any “Affiliate” of the Company (as that term is defined in Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act).

Section 3.08 No Prior Short Sales. At no time prior to the date of this Agreement has the Investor, its sole member, any of their respective officers, or any entity managed or controlled by the Investor or its sole member, engaged in or effected, in any manner whatsoever, directly or indirectly, for its own principal account, any (i) “short sale” (as such term is defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO of the Exchange Act) of the Common Shares or (ii) hedging transaction, which establishes a net short position with respect to the Common Shares that remains in effect as of the date of this Agreement.

Section 3.09 General Solicitation. Neither the Investor, nor any of its Affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their behalf, has engaged or will engage in any form of general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D) in connection with any offer or sale of the Common Shares by the Investor.

Section 3.10 No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the Investor of this Agreement and the consummation by the Investor of the transactions contemplated hereby do not and shall not (i) result in a violation of such Investor’s applicable organizational instruments, (ii) conflict with, constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would become a default) under, or give rise to any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any material agreement, mortgage, deed of trust, indenture, note, bond, license, lease agreement, instrument or obligation to which the Investor is a party or is bound, or (iii) result in a violation of any federal, state, local or foreign statute, rule, or regulation, or any order, judgment or decree of any court or governmental agency applicable to the Investor or by which any of its properties or assets are bound or affected, except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), for such conflicts, defaults, terminations, amendments, acceleration, cancellations and violations as would not, individually or in the aggregate, prohibit or otherwise interfere with, in any material respect, the ability of the Investor to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement.

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Section 3.11 Reliance on Exemptions. The Investor understands that the Shares are being offered and sold to it in reliance on specific exemptions from the registration requirements of U.S. federal and state securities laws and that the Company is relying in part upon the truth and accuracy of, and the Investor’s compliance with, the representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgments and understandings of the Investor set forth herein in order to determine the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of the Investor to acquire the Shares.

Section 3.12 No Governmental Review. The Investor understands that no United States federal or state agency or any other government or governmental agency has passed on or made any recommendation or endorsement of the Shares or the fairness or suitability of the investment in the Shares nor have such authorities passes upon or endorsed the merits of the offering of the Shares.

Section 3.13 Resale of Shares. The Investor represents, warrants and covenants that it will resell such Shares only pursuant to (a) a Registration Statement in which the resale of such Advance Shares is registered under the Securities Act, in a manner described under the caption “Plan of Distribution” in such Registration Statement, and in a manner in compliance with all applicable U.S. federal and state securities laws, rules and regulations, including, without limitation, any applicable prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act, or (b) such applicable exemptions of the registration requirements of the Securities Act, and in a manner in compliance with all applicable U.S. federal and state securities laws, rules and regulations.

Article IV. Representations and Warranties of the Company

Except as set forth in the SEC Documents, the Company represents and warrants to the Investor that, as of the date hereof, each Advance Notice Date and each Advance Date (other than representations and warranties which address matters only as of a certain date, which shall be true and correct as written as of such certain date):

Section 4.01 Organization and Qualification. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is an entity duly organized and validly existing under the laws of its respective jurisdiction of organization, and has the requisite power and authority to own its properties and to carry on its business as now being conducted. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing (to the extent applicable) in every jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted by it makes such qualification necessary, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 4.02 Authorization, Enforcement, Compliance with Other Instruments. The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and to issue the Shares in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof. The execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including, without limitation, the issuance of the Common Shares) have been or (with respect to consummation) will be duly authorized by the Company’s board of directors and no further consent or authorization will be required by the Company, its board of directors or its shareholders. This Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which the Company is a party have been (or, when executed and delivered, will be) duly executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming the execution and delivery thereof and acceptance by the Investor, constitute (or, when duly executed and delivered, will be) the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity or applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or other laws relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement of applicable creditors’ rights and remedies and except as rights to indemnification and to contribution may be limited by federal or state securities law. “Transaction Documents” means, collectively, this Agreement and each of the other agreements and instruments entered into or delivered by any of the parties hereto in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, as may be amended from time to time.

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Section 4.03 Authorization of the Shares. The Shares to be issued under this Agreement have been, or with respect to Shares to be purchased by the Investor pursuant to an Advance Notice, will be, when issued and delivered pursuant to the terms approved by the board of directors of the Company or a duly authorized committee thereof, or a duly authorized executive committee, against payment therefor as provided herein, duly and validly authorized and issued and fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of any pledge, lien, encumbrance, security interest or other claim, including any statutory or contractual preemptive rights, resale rights, rights of first refusal or other similar rights. The Shares, when issued, will conform to the description thereof set forth in or incorporated into the Prospectus.

Section 4.04 No Conflict. The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including, without limitation, the issuance of the Common Shares) will not (i) result in a violation of the articles of incorporation or other organizational documents of the Company or its Subsidiaries (with respect to consummation, as the same may be amended prior to the date on which any of the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated), (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement, indenture or instrument to which the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party, or (iii) result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree (including federal and state securities laws and regulations) applicable to the Company or its Subsidiaries or by which any property or asset of the Company or its Subsidiaries is bound or affected except, in the case of clause (ii) or (iii) above, to the extent such violations that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 4.05 SEC Documents; Financial Statements. Since July 22, 2022, the Company has timely filed (giving effect to permissible extensions in accordance with Rule 12b-25 under the Exchange Act) all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by it with the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act, including, without limitation, the Current Report, each Registration Statement, as the same may be amended from time to time, the Prospectus contained therein and each Prospectus Supplement thereto, and all information contained in such filings and all documents and disclosures that have been or may in the future be incorporated by reference therein (all such documents hereinafter referred to as the “SEC Documents”). True and complete copies of the Company’s SEC documents are available through the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov, or through the Company’s website under the “Financials” tab at https://investors.fazeclan.com/. Except as disclosed in amendments or subsequent filings to the SEC Documents, as of its filing date (or, if amended or superseded by a filing prior to the date hereof, on the date of such amended or superseded filing), each SEC Documents complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act or the Securities Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder applicable to the SEC Documents, and did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

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Section 4.06 Financial Statements. The consolidated financial statements of the Company included or incorporated by reference in the SEC Documents, together with the related notes and schedules, present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of the Company and the Subsidiaries as of the dates indicated and the consolidated results of operations, cash flows and changes in stockholders’ equity of the Company for the periods specified and have been prepared in compliance with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis (except for (i) such adjustments to accounting standards and practices as are noted therein, (ii) in the case of unaudited interim financial statements, to the extent such financial statements may not include footnotes required by GAAP or may be condensed or summary statements and (iii) such adjustments which are not material, either individually or in the aggregate) during the periods involved; the other financial and statistical data with respect to the Company and the Subsidiaries contained or incorporated by reference in the SEC Documents are accurately and fairly presented and prepared on a basis consistent with the financial statements and books and records of the Company; there are no financial statements (historical or pro forma) that are required to be included or incorporated by reference in the SEC Documents that are not included or incorporated by reference as required; the Company and the Subsidiaries do not have any material liabilities or obligations, direct or contingent (including any off-balance sheet obligations), not described in the SEC Documents (excluding the exhibits thereto); and all disclosures contained or incorporated by reference in the SEC Documents regarding “non-GAAP financial measures” (as such term is defined by the rules and regulations of the Commission) comply in all material respects with Regulation G of the Exchange Act and Item 10 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act, to the extent applicable; provided that the parties hereby agree that, any disagreements by the SEC related to the presentation of any of the Company’s non-GAAP financial measures will not constitute a breach of this Section 4.06. The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the SEC Documents fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and has been prepared in accordance with the SEC’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto.

Section 4.07 Registration Statement and Prospectus. Each Registration Statement and the offer and sale of Shares as contemplated hereby, if and when filed, will meet the requirements of Rule 415 under the Securities Act and comply in all material respects with said Rule, and the form requirements of the Registration Statement, including the filing of exhibits in compliance with Item 601 of Regulation S-K. Copies of each Registration Statement, any Prospectus, and any such amendments or supplements thereto and all documents incorporated by reference therein that are filed with the Commission on to the date of this Agreement will be delivered, or will be available through EDGAR, to the Investor and its counsel.

Section 4.08 No Misstatement or Omission. Each Registration Statement, when it becomes effective, and any Prospectus, on the date of such Prospectus or amendment or supplement, will conform in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act. At each Advance Date, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, as of such date, will conform in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act. Each Registration Statement, when it becomes effective, did not, and will not, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. Each Prospectus will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The documents incorporated by reference in a Prospectus or any Prospectus Supplement and any further documents filed and incorporated by reference therein will not, when filed with the Commission, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated in such document or necessary to make the statements in such document, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The foregoing shall not apply to statements in, or omissions from, any such document made in reliance upon, and in conformity with, information furnished to the Company by the Investor specifically for use in the preparation thereof.

Section 4.09 Equity Capitalization. As of the date hereof, the authorized capital of the Company consists of 501,000,000 shares of capital stock, of which 500,000,000 shares are designated common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and 1,000,000 shares are undesignated preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share. As of the date hereof, the Company had 75,128,817 shares of common stock outstanding and -0- shares of preferred stock outstanding.

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The Common Shares are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and are currently listed on a Principal Market under the trading symbol “FAZE.” The Company has taken no action designed to, or likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Common Shares under the Exchange Act or delisting the Common Shares from the Principal Market, nor has the Company received any notification that the Commission or the Principal Market is contemplating terminating such registration or listing. Except for the Notice of Delisting received from Nasdaq on March 23, 2023, to the Company’s knowledge, it is in compliance with all applicable listing requirements of the Principal Market.

Section 4.10 Intellectual Property Rights. The Company and its Subsidiaries own or possess adequate rights or licenses to use all material trademarks, trade names, service marks, service mark registrations, service names, patents, patent rights, copyrights, inventions, licenses, approvals, governmental authorizations, trade secrets and rights, if any, necessary to conduct their respective businesses as now conducted, except as would not cause a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and its Subsidiaries have not received written notice of any infringement by the Company or its Subsidiaries of trademark, trade name rights, patents, patent rights, copyrights, inventions, licenses, service names, service marks, service mark registrations, or trade secrets, except as would not cause a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the Company, there is no claim, action or proceeding being made or brought against, or to the Company’s knowledge, being threatened against the Company or its Subsidiaries regarding trademark, trade name, patents, patent rights, invention, copyright, license, service names, service marks, service mark registrations, trade secret or other infringement, except as would not cause a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 4.11 Employee Relations. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has initiated any legal action in connection with a labor dispute nor, to the knowledge of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, is any such dispute threatened or has been initiated against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case which is reasonably likely to cause a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 4.12 Environmental Laws. To the Company’s knowledge, the Company and its Subsidiaries (i) have not received written notice alleging any failure to comply in all material respects with all Environmental Laws (as defined below), (ii) have received all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses and (iii) have not received written notice alleging any failure to comply with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval where, in each of the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), the failure to so comply would be reasonably expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. The term “Environmental Laws” means all applicable federal, state and local laws relating to pollution or protection of human health or the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata), including, without limitation, laws relating to emissions, discharges, releases or threatened releases of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, or toxic or hazardous substances or wastes (collectively, “Hazardous Materials”) into the environment, or otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials, as well as all authorizations, codes, decrees, demands or demand letters, injunctions, judgments, licenses, notices or notice letters, orders, permits, plans or regulations issued, entered, promulgated or approved thereunder.

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Section 4.13 Title. Except as would not cause a Material Adverse Effect, the Company (or its Subsidiaries) has indefeasible fee simple or leasehold title to its properties and material assets owned by it, free and clear of any pledge, lien, security interest, encumbrance, claim or equitable interest other than such as are not material to the business of the Company. Any real property and facilities held under lease by the Company and its Subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as are not material and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property and buildings by the Company and its Subsidiaries.

Section 4.14 Insurance. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as management of the Company believes to be prudent and customary in the businesses in which the Company and its Subsidiaries are engaged. The Company has no reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 4.15 Regulatory Permits. Except as would not cause a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its Subsidiaries possess all material certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal, state or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to own their respective businesses, and neither the Company nor any such Subsidiary has received any written notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificate, authorization or permits.

Section 4.16 Internal Accounting Controls. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Company’s SEC Documents when and as filed, the Company maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability, (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences, and management is not aware of any material weaknesses that are not disclosed in the SEC Documents as and when required.

Section 4.17 Absence of Litigation. There is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or by any court, public board, government agency, self-regulatory organization or body pending against or affecting the Company, the Common Shares or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries, wherein an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding would have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 4.18 Subsidiaries. The Company does not presently own or control, directly or indirectly, any interest in any other corporation, partnership, association or other business entity.

Section 4.19 Tax Status. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries (i) has timely made or filed all foreign, federal and state income and all other tax returns, reports and declarations required by any jurisdiction to which it is subject, (ii) has timely paid all taxes and other governmental assessments and charges that are material in amount, shown or determined to be due on such returns, reports and declarations, except those being contested in good faith and (iii) has set aside on its books provision reasonably adequate for the payment of all taxes for periods subsequent to the periods to which such returns, reports or declarations apply. The Company has not received written notification of any unpaid taxes in any material amount claimed to be due by the taxing authority of any jurisdiction, and the officers of the Company and its Subsidiaries know of no basis for any such claim where failure to pay would cause a Material Adverse Effect.

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Section 4.20 Certain Transactions. Except as not required to be disclosed pursuant to Applicable Laws, none of the officers or directors of the Company is presently a party to any transaction with the Company (other than for services as employees, officers and directors), including any contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or personal property to or from, or otherwise requiring payments to or from any officer or director, or to the knowledge of the Company, any corporation, partnership, trust or other entity in which any officer or director has a substantial interest or is an officer, director, trustee or partner.

Section 4.21 Rights of First Refusal. The Company is not obligated to offer the Common Shares offered hereunder on a right of first refusal basis to any third parties including, but not limited to, current or former shareholders of the Company, underwriters, brokers, agents or other third parties.

Section 4.22 Dilution. The Company is aware and acknowledges that issuance of Common Shares hereunder could cause dilution to existing shareholders and could significantly increase the outstanding number of Common Shares.

Section 4.23 Acknowledgment Regarding Investor’s Purchase of Shares. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Investor is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length investor with respect to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereunder. The Company further acknowledges that the Investor is not acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Company (or in any similar capacity) with respect to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereunder and any advice given by the Investor or any of its representatives or agents in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereunder is merely incidental to the Investor’s purchase of the Shares hereunder. The Company is aware and acknowledges that it shall not be able to request Advances under this Agreement if a Registration Statement is not effective or if any issuances of Common Shares pursuant to any Advances would violate any rules of the Principal Market. The Company acknowledges and agrees that it is capable of evaluating and understanding, and understands and accepts, the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Furthermore notwithstanding Section 3.08 the Company acknowledges and agrees that (a) the Investor may engage in the trading of options with respect to the Common Shares, (b) upon receipt of an Advance Notice the Investor has the right to sell (i) the Shares to be issued to the Investor pursuant to the Advance Notice prior to receiving such Shares, or (ii) other Common Shares sold by the Company to Investor pursuant to this Agreement and which the Investor has continuously held as a long position.

Section 4.24 Finder’s Fees. Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has incurred any liability for any finder’s fees, brokerage commissions or similar payments in connection with the transactions herein contemplated.

Section 4.25 Relationship of the Parties. Neither the Company, nor any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any person acting on its or their behalf is a client or customer of the Investor or any of its Affiliates and neither the Investor nor any of its Affiliates has provided, or will provide, any services to the Company or any of its Affiliates, its subsidiaries, or any person acting on its or their behalf. The Investor’s relationship to Company is solely as investor as provided for in the Transaction Documents.

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Section 4.26 Forward-Looking Statements. No forward-looking statement (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act) contained in the Registration Statement or a Prospectus has been made or reaffirmed without a reasonable basis or has been disclosed other than in good faith.

Section 4.27 Compliance with Laws. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries are in compliance with Applicable Laws; the Company has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that any director, officer, or employee of the Company or any Subsidiary nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any agent, Affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary has, has not complied with Applicable Laws, or could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with Applicable Laws, and is not aware of any pending change or contemplated change to any applicable law or regulation or governmental position; in each case that would have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 4.28 Sanctions Matters. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer or controlled Affiliate of the Company or any director or officer of any Subsidiary, is a Person that is, or is owned or controlled by a Person that is (i) the subject of any sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (“OFAC”), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, His Majesty’s Treasury, or other relevant sanctions authorities, including, without limitation, designation on OFAC’s Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List or OFAC’s Foreign Sanctions Evaders List or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, “Sanctions”), or (ii) located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject of Sanctions that broadly prohibit dealings with that country or territory (including, without limitation, the Crimea region, the Donetsk People’s Republic and Luhansk People’s Republic in Ukraine, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, Sudan and Syria (the “Sanctioned Countries”)). Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries will, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds from the sale of Advance Shares, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person (a) for the purpose of funding or facilitating any activities or business of or with any Person or in any country or territory that, at the time of such funding or facilitation, is the subject of Sanctions or is a Sanctioned Country, or (b) in any other manner that will result in a violation of Sanctions or Applicable Laws by any Person (including any Person participating in the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise). For the past five years, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has engaged in, and is now not engaged in, any dealings or transactions with any Person, or in any country or territory, that at the time of the dealing or transaction is or was the subject of Sanctions or was a Sanctioned Country. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any director, officer or controlled Affiliate of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, has ever had funds blocked by a United States bank or financial institution, temporarily or otherwise, as a result of OFAC concerns.

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Article V. Indemnification

The Investor and the Company represent to the other the following with respect to itself:

Section 5.01 Indemnification by the Company. In consideration of the Investor’s execution and delivery of this Agreement and acquiring the Shares hereunder, and in addition to all of the Company’s other obligations under this Agreement, the Company shall defend, protect, indemnify and hold harmless the Investor and its investment manager, Yorkville Advisors Global, LP, and each of their respective officers, directors, managers, members, partners, employees and agents (including, without limitation, those retained in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) and each person who controls the Investor within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act (collectively, the “Investor Indemnitees”) from and against any and all actions, causes of action, suits, claims, losses, costs, penalties, fees, liabilities and damages, and reasonable and documented expenses in connection therewith (irrespective of whether any such Investor Indemnitee is a party to the action for which indemnification hereunder is sought), and including reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements (the “Indemnified Liabilities”), incurred by the Investor Indemnitees or any of them as a result of, or arising out of, or relating to (a) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement for the registration of the Shares as originally filed or in any amendment thereof, or in any related prospectus, or in any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; provided, however, that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of the Investor specifically for inclusion therein; (b) any material misrepresentation or breach of any material representation or material warranty made by the Company in this Agreement or any other certificate, instrument or document contemplated hereby or thereby; or (c) any material breach of any material covenant, material agreement or material obligation of the Company contained in this Agreement or any other certificate, instrument or document contemplated hereby or thereby. To the extent that the foregoing undertaking by the Company may be unenforceable under Applicable Law, the Company shall make the maximum contribution to the payment and satisfaction of each of the Indemnified Liabilities, which is permissible under Applicable Law.

Section 5.02 Indemnification by the Investor. In consideration of the Company’s execution and delivery of this Agreement, and in addition to all of the Investor’s other obligations under this Agreement, the Investor shall defend, protect, indemnify and hold harmless the Company and all of its officers, directors, shareholders, employees and agents (including, without limitation, those retained in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) and each person who controls the Investor within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act (collectively, the “Company Indemnitees”) from and against any and all Indemnified Liabilities incurred by the Company Indemnitees or any of them as a result of, or arising out of, or relating to (a) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement for the registration of the Shares as originally filed or in any amendment thereof, or in any related prospectus, or in any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; provided, however, that the Investor will only be liable for written information relating to the Investor furnished to the Company by or on behalf of the Investor specifically for inclusion in the documents referred to in the foregoing indemnity, and will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Investor by or on behalf of the Company specifically for inclusion therein; (b) any misrepresentation or breach of any representation or warranty made by the Investor in this Agreement or any instrument or document contemplated hereby or thereby executed by the Investor; or (c) any breach of any covenant, agreement or obligation of the Investor contained in this Agreement or any other certificate, instrument or document contemplated hereby or thereby executed by the Investor. To the extent that the foregoing undertaking by the Investor may be unenforceable under Applicable Laws, the Investor shall make the maximum contribution to the payment and satisfaction of each of the Indemnified Liabilities, which is permissible under Applicable Laws.

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Section 5.03 Notice of Claim. Promptly after receipt by an Investor Indemnitee or Company Indemnitee of notice of the commencement of any action or proceeding (including any governmental action or proceeding) involving an Indemnified Liability, such Investor Indemnitee or Company Indemnitee, as applicable, shall, if a claim for an Indemnified Liability in respect thereof is to be made against any indemnifying party under this Article V, deliver to the indemnifying party a written notice of the commencement thereof; but the failure to so notify the indemnifying party will not relieve it of liability under this Article V except to the extent the indemnifying party is prejudiced by such failure. The indemnifying party shall have the right to participate in, and, to the extent the indemnifying party so desires, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly noticed, to assume control of the defense thereof with counsel mutually reasonably satisfactory to the indemnifying party and the Investor Indemnitee or Company Indemnitee, as the case may be; provided, however, that an Investor Indemnitee or Company Indemnitee shall have the right to retain its own counsel with the actual and reasonable third party fees and expenses of not more than one counsel for such Investor Indemnitee or Company Indemnitee to be paid by the indemnifying party, if, in the reasonable opinion of counsel retained by the indemnifying party, the representation by such counsel of the Investor Indemnitee or Company Indemnitee and the indemnifying party would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between such Investor Indemnitee or Company Indemnitee and any other party represented by such counsel in such proceeding. The Investor Indemnitee or Company Indemnitee shall cooperate fully with the indemnifying party in connection with any negotiation or defense of any such action or claim by the indemnifying party and shall furnish to the indemnifying party all information reasonably available to the Investor Indemnitee or Company Indemnitee which relates to such action or claim. The indemnifying party shall keep the Investor Indemnitee or Company Indemnitee reasonably apprised as to the status of the defense or any settlement negotiations with respect thereto. No indemnifying party shall be liable for any settlement of any action, claim or proceeding effected without its prior written consent, provided, however, that the indemnifying party shall not unreasonably withhold, delay or condition its consent. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the Investor Indemnitee or Company Indemnitee, consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement or other compromise which does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such Investor Indemnitee or Company Indemnitee of a release from all liability in respect to such claim or litigation. Following indemnification as provided for hereunder, the indemnifying party shall be subrogated to all rights of the Investor Indemnitee or Company Indemnitee with respect to all third parties, firms or corporations relating to the matter for which indemnification has been made. The indemnification required by this Article V shall be made by periodic payments of the amount thereof during the course of the investigation or defense, as and when bills are received and payment therefor is due.

Section 5.04 Remedies. The remedies provided for in this Article V are not exclusive and shall not limit any right or remedy which may be available to any indemnified person at law or equity. The obligations of the parties to indemnify or make contribution under this Article V shall survive expiration or termination of this Agreement.

Section 5.05 Limitation of liability. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no party shall be entitled to recover from the other party for punitive, indirect, incidental or consequential damages.

Article VI.
Covenants

The Company covenants with the Investor, and the Investor covenants with the Company, as follows, which covenants of one party are for the benefit of the other party, during the Commitment Period:

Section 6.01 Registration Statement.

(a)

Filing of a Registration Statement. The Company shall prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement, or multiple Registration Statements if necessary for the resale by the Investor of the Registrable Securities. The Company in its sole discretion may choose when to file such Registration Statements; provided, however, that the Company shall not have the ability to request any Advances until the effectiveness of a Registration Statement.

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(b)

Maintaining a Registration Statement. The Company shall maintain the effectiveness of any Registration Statement that has been declared effective at all times during the Commitment Period, provided, however, that if the Company has received notification pursuant to Section 2.04 that the Investor has completed resales pursuant to the Registration Statement for the full Commitment Amount, then the Company shall be under no further obligation to maintain the effectiveness of the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Company shall ensure that, when filed, each Registration Statement (including, without limitation, all amendments and supplements thereto) and the prospectus (including, without limitation, all amendments and supplements thereto) used in connection with such Registration Statement shall not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein, or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of prospectuses, in the light of the circumstances in which they were made) not misleading. During the Commitment Period, the Company shall notify the Investor promptly if (i) the Registration Statement shall cease to be effective under the Securities Act, (ii) the Common Shares shall cease to be authorized for listing on the Principal Market, (iii) the Common Shares cease to be registered under Section 12(b) or Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act or (iv) the Company fails to file in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of it as a reporting company under the Exchange Act.

(c)

Filing Procedures. The Company shall (A) permit counsel to the Investor an opportunity to review and comment upon (i) a Registration Statement at least three (3) Trading Days prior to its filing with the SEC and (ii) all amendments and supplements to such Registration Statement (including, without limitation, the Prospectus contained therein) (except for Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K, and any similar or successor reports or Prospectus Supplements the contents of which is limited to that set forth in such reports) within a reasonable number of days prior to their filing with the SEC, and (B) shall reasonably consider any comments of the Investor and its counsel on such Registration Statement or amendment or supplement thereto or to any Prospectus contained therein. The Company shall promptly furnish to the Investor, without charge, (i) electronic copies of any correspondence from the SEC or the Staff to the Company or its representatives relating to such Registration Statement (which correspondence shall be redacted to exclude any material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries), (ii) after the same is prepared and filed with the SEC, one (1) electronic copy of the Registration Statement and any amendment(s) and supplement(s) thereto, including, without limitation, financial statements and schedules, all documents incorporated therein by reference, if requested by the Investor, and all exhibits and (iii) upon the effectiveness of each Registration Statement, one (1) electronic copy of the Prospectus included in such Registration Statement and all amendments and supplements thereto; provided, however, the Company shall not be required to furnish any document to the extent such document is available on EDGAR).

(d)

Amendments and Other Filings. The Company shall (i) prepare and file with the SEC such amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements to a Registration Statement and the related prospectus used in connection with such Registration Statement, which prospectus is to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 promulgated under the Securities Act, as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective at all times during the Commitment Period, and prepare and file with the SEC such additional Registration Statements necessary to register for resale under the Securities Act all of the Registrable Securities; (ii) cause the related prospectus to be amended or supplemented by any required prospectus supplement (subject to the terms of this Agreement), and as so supplemented or amended to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 promulgated under the Securities Act; (iii) provide the Investor copies of all correspondence from and to the SEC relating to a Registration Statement (provided that the Company may excise any information contained therein which would constitute material non-public information, and (iv) comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the Registration Statement. In the case of amendments and supplements to a Registration Statement which are required to be filed pursuant to this Agreement (including pursuant to this Section 6.01(d) by reason of the Company’s filing a report on Form 10-K, Form 10-Q, or Form 8-K or any analogous report under the Exchange Act), the Company shall file such report in a prospectus supplement filed pursuant to Rule 424 promulgated under the Securities Act to incorporate such filing into the Registration Statement, if applicable, or shall file such amendments or supplements with the SEC either on the day on which the Exchange Act report is filed which created the requirement for the Company to amend or supplement the Registration Statement, if feasible, or otherwise promptly thereafter.

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(e)

Blue-Sky. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to, if required by Applicable Laws, (i) register and qualify the Common Shares covered by a Registration Statement under such other securities or “blue sky” laws of such jurisdictions in the United States as the Investor reasonably requests, (ii) prepare and file in those jurisdictions, such amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements to such registrations and qualifications as may be necessary to maintain the effectiveness thereof during the Commitment Period, (iii) take such other actions as may be necessary to maintain such registrations and qualifications in effect at all times during the Commitment Period, and (iv) take all other actions reasonably necessary or advisable to qualify the Common Shares for sale in such jurisdictions; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required in connection therewith or as a condition thereto to (w) make any change to its Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws or any other organizational documents of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (x) qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this Section 6.01(e), (y) subject itself to general taxation in any such jurisdiction, or (z) file a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction. The Company shall promptly notify the Investor of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the registration or qualification of any of the Common Shares for sale under the securities or “blue sky” laws of any jurisdiction in the United States or its receipt of actual notice of the initiation or threat of any proceeding for such purpose.

Section 6.02 Suspension of Registration Statement.

(a)

Establishment of a Black Out Period. During the Commitment Period, the Company from time to time may suspend the use of the Registration Statement by written notice to the Investor in the event that the Company determines in its sole discretion in good faith that such suspension is necessary to (A) delay the disclosure of material nonpublic information concerning the Company, the disclosure of which at the time is not, in the good faith opinion of the Company, in the best interests of the Company, (B) complete a Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act update in connection with the Company’s filing of the annual report on Form 10-K; or (C) amend or supplement the Registration Statement or Prospectus so that such Registration Statement or Prospectus shall not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (a “Black Out Period”).

(b)

No Sales by Investor During the Black Out Period. During such Black Out Period, the Investor agrees not to sell any Common Shares of the Company pursuant to such Registration Statement, but may sell shares pursuant to an exemption from registration, if available, subject to the Investor’s compliance with Applicable Laws.

(c)

Limitations on the Black Out Period. The Company shall not impose any Black Out Period that is longer than 30 days or in a manner that is more restrictive (including, without limitation, as to duration) than the comparable restrictions that the Company may impose on transfers of the Company’s equity securities by its directors and senior executive officers. In addition, the Company shall not deliver any Advance Notice during any Black Out Period. If the public announcement of such material, nonpublic information is made during a Black Out Period, the Black Out Period shall terminate immediately after such announcement, and the Company shall immediately notify the Investor of the termination of the Black Out Period.

Section 6.03 Listing of Common Shares. As of each Advance Date, the Shares to be sold by the Company from time to time hereunder will have been approved for listing on the Principal Market, subject to official notice of issuance.

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Section 6.04 Opinion of Counsel. Prior to the date of the delivery by the Company of the first Advance Notice, the Investor shall have received an opinion letter from counsel to the Company in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Investor.

Section 6.05 Exchange Act Registration. The Company will file in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of it as a reporting company under the Exchange Act and will not take any action or file any document (whether or not permitted by Exchange Act or the rules thereunder) to terminate or suspend its reporting and filing obligations under the Exchange Act.

Section 6.06 Transfer Agent Instructions. For any time while there is a Registration Statement in effect for this transaction, the Company shall (if required by the transfer agent for the Common Shares) cause legal counsel for the Company to deliver to the transfer agent for the Common Shares (with a copy to the Investor) instructions to issue Common Shares to the Investor free of restrictive legends upon each Advance if the delivery of such instructions are consistent with Applicable Law.

Section 6.07 Corporate Existence. The Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to preserve and continue the corporate existence of the Company during the Commitment Period.

Section 6.08 Notice of Certain Events Affecting Registration; Suspension of Right to Make an Advance. During the Commitment Period, the Company will promptly notify the Investor, and confirm in writing, upon its becoming aware of the occurrence of any of the following events in respect of a Registration Statement or related Prospectus relating to the offering of Common Shares (in each of which cases the information provided to Investor will be kept strictly confidential): (i) except for requests made in connection with SEC investigations disclosed in the SEC Documents, receipt of any request for additional information by the SEC or any other Federal or state governmental authority during the period of effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any request for amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or related Prospectus; (ii) the issuance by the SEC or any other Federal governmental authority of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose; (iii) receipt of any notification by the New Jersey Bureau of Securities with respect to the suspension of the qualification or exemption from qualification of any of the Common Shares for sale in that jurisdiction or the initiation of any proceeding for such purpose; (iv) the happening of any event that makes any statement made in the Registration Statement or related Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference untrue in any material respect or that requires the making of any changes in the Registration Statement, related Prospectus or documents so that, in the case of the Registration Statement, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and that in the case of the related Prospectus, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or of the necessity to amend the Registration Statement or supplement a related Prospectus to comply with the Securities Act or any other law (and the Company will promptly make available to the Investor any such supplement or amendment to the related Prospectus); (v) the Company’s reasonable determination that a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement would be required under Applicable Law; (vi) the Common Shares shall cease to be authorized for listing on the Principal Market; or (vii) the Company fails to file in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of it as a reporting company under the Exchange Act. The Company shall not deliver to the Investor any Advance Notice, and the Company shall not sell any Shares pursuant to any pending Advance Notice (other than as required pursuant to Section 2.02(d)), during the continuation of any of the foregoing events (each of the events described in the immediately preceding clauses (i) through (vii), inclusive, a “Material Outside Event”).

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Section 6.09 Consolidation. If an Advance Notice has been delivered to the Investor, then the Company shall not effect any consolidation of the Company with or into, or a transfer of all or substantially all the assets of the Company to another entity before the transaction contemplated in such Advance Notice has been closed in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, and all Shares in connection with such Advance have been received by the Investor.

Section 6.10 Issuance of the Company’s Common Shares. The issuance and sale of the Common Shares hereunder shall be made in accordance with the provisions and requirements of Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities law.

Section 6.11 Expenses. The Company, whether or not the transactions contemplated hereunder are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, will pay all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder, including but not limited to (i) the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement and each amendment and supplement thereto, of each prospectus and of each amendment and supplement thereto; (ii) the preparation, issuance and delivery of any Shares issued pursuant to this Agreement, (iii) all fees and disbursements of the Company’s counsel, accountants and other advisors (but not, for the avoidance doubt, the fees and disbursements of Investor’s counsel, accountants and other advisors), (iv) the qualification of the Shares under securities laws in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, including filing fees in connection therewith, (v) the printing and delivery of copies of any prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto requested by the Investor, (vi) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing or qualification of the Shares for trading on the Principal Market, or (vii) filing fees of the SEC and the Principal Market.

Section 6.12 Current Report. The Company shall, not later than 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the fourth business day after the date of this Agreement, file with the SEC a current report on Form 8-K describing all the material terms of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents in the form required by the Exchange Act and attaching all the material Transaction Documents (including any exhibits thereto, the “Current Report”). The Company shall provide the Investor and its legal counsel a reasonable opportunity to comment on any description of this Agreement contained in a draft of the Current Report prior to filing the Current Report with the SEC and shall give due consideration to all such comments. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, the Company expressly agrees that from and after the filing of the Current Report with the SEC, the Company shall have publicly disclosed all material, nonpublic information provided to the Investor (or the Investor’s representatives or agents) by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents or representatives in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. In addition, effective upon the filing of the Current Report, the Company acknowledges and agrees that any and all confidentiality or similar obligations with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents under any agreement, whether written or oral, between the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors, Affiliates, employees or agents, on the one hand, and Investor or any of its respective officers, directors, Affiliates, employees or agents, on the other hand shall terminate. The Company shall not, and the Company shall cause each of its Subsidiaries and each of its and their respective officers, directors, employees and agents not to, provide the Investor with any material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries without the express prior written consent of the Investor (which may be granted or withheld in the Investor’s sole discretion); it being understood that the mere notification of Investor required pursuant to Section 6.08(iv) hereof shall not in and of itself be deemed to be material non-public information. The Company understands and confirms that the Investor will rely on the foregoing representations in effecting resales of Shares under the Registration Statement.

Section 6.13 Advance Notice Limitation. The Company shall not deliver an Advance Notice if a stockholder meeting or corporate action date, or the record date for any stockholder meeting or any corporate action, would fall during the period beginning two Trading Days prior to the date of delivery of such Advance Notice and ending two Trading Days following the Closing of such Advance.

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Section 6.14 Use of Proceeds. The proceeds from the sale of the Shares by the Company to Investor shall be used by the Company in the manner as will be set forth in the Prospectus included in any Registration Statement (and any post-effective amendment thereto) and any Prospectus Supplement thereto filed pursuant to this Agreement.

Section 6.15 Compliance with Laws. The Company shall comply in all material respects with all Applicable Laws.

Section 6.16 Market Activities. Neither the Company, nor any Subsidiary, nor any of their respective officers, directors or controlling persons will, directly or indirectly, (i) take any action designed to cause or result in, or that constitutes or might reasonably be expected to constitute or result, in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of Common Shares or (ii) sell, bid for, or purchase Common Shares in violation of Regulation M, or pay anyone any compensation for soliciting purchases of the Shares.

Section 6.17 Trading Information. Upon the Company’s request, the Investor agrees to provide the Company with trading reports setting forth the number and average sales prices of shares of Common Stock sold by the Investor during the prior trading week.

Section 6.18 Selling Restrictions. (i) Except as expressly set forth in Section 3.08 and below, the Investor covenants that from and after the date hereof through and including the Trading Day next following the expiration or termination of this Agreement as provided in Section 10.01 (the “Restricted Period”), none of the Investor any of its officers, or any entity managed or controlled by the Investor (collectively, the “Restricted Persons” and each of the foregoing is referred to herein as a “Restricted Person”) shall, directly or indirectly, engage in any “short sale” (as such term is defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO of the Exchange Act) of the Common Shares, either for its own principal account or for the principal account of any other Restricted Person. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is expressly understood and agreed that nothing contained herein shall (without implication that the contrary would otherwise be true) prohibit any Restricted Person during the Restricted Period from: (1) selling “long” (as defined under Rule 200 promulgated under Regulation SHO) the Shares; or (2) selling a number of Common Shares equal to the number of Advance Shares that such Restricted Person is unconditionally obligated to purchase under a pending Advance Notice but has not yet received from the Company or the transfer agent pursuant to this Agreement.

Section 6.19 Assignment. Neither this Agreement nor any rights or obligations of the parties hereto may be assigned to any other Person.

Article VII.
Conditions for Delivery of Advance Notice

Section 7.01 Conditions Precedent to the Right of the Company to Deliver an Advance Notice. The right of the Company to deliver an Advance Notice and the obligations of the Investor hereunder with respect to an Advance are subject to the satisfaction or waiver, on each Advance Notice Date (a “Condition Satisfaction Date”), of each of the following conditions:

(a)

Accuracy of the Company’s Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the Advance Notice Date (other than representations and warranties which address matters only as of a certain date, which shall be true and correct as written as of such certain date).

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(b)

Registration of the Common Shares with the SEC. There is an effective Registration Statement pursuant to which the Investor is permitted to utilize the prospectus thereunder to resell all of the Common Shares issuable pursuant to such Advance Notice. The Company shall have filed with the SEC in a timely manner (giving effect to permissible extensions in accordance with Rule 12b-25 under the Exchange Act) all reports, notices and other documents required under the Exchange Act and applicable SEC regulations during the twelve-month period immediately preceding the applicable Condition Satisfaction Date.

(c)

Authority. The Company shall have obtained all permits and qualifications required by any applicable state for the offer and sale of all the Common Shares issuable pursuant to such Advance Notice, or shall have the availability of exemptions therefrom. The sale and issuance of such Common Shares shall be legally permitted by all laws and regulations to which the Company is subject.

(d)

No Material Outside Event. No Material Outside Event shall have occurred and be continuing.

(e)

Performance by the Company. The Company shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with all covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Company at or prior to the applicable Condition Satisfaction Date.

(f)

No Injunction. No statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by any court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction that prohibits or directly, materially and adversely affects any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

(g)

No Suspension of Trading in or Delisting of Common Shares. The Common Shares are quoted for trading on the Principal Market and all of the Shares issuable pursuant to such Advance Notice will be listed or quoted for trading on the Principal Market. The issuance of Common Shares with respect to the applicable Advance Notice will not violate the shareholder approval requirements of the Principal Market. The Company shall not have received any written notice that is then still pending threatening the continued quotation of the Common Shares on the Principal Market.

(h)

Authorized. There shall be a sufficient number of authorized but unissued and otherwise unreserved Common Shares for the issuance of all of the Shares issuable pursuant to such Advance Notice.

(i)

Executed Advance Notice. The representations contained in the applicable Advance Notice shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the applicable Condition Satisfaction Date.

(j)

Consecutive Advance Notices. Except with respect to the first Advance Notice, the Company shall have delivered all Shares relating to all prior Advances.

Article VIII.
Non Exclusive Agreement

Notwithstanding anything contained herein, this Agreement and the rights awarded to the Investor hereunder are non-exclusive, and the Company may, at any time throughout the term of this Agreement and thereafter, issue and allot, or undertake to issue and allot, any shares and/or securities and/or convertible notes, bonds, debentures, options to acquire shares or other securities and/or other facilities which may be converted into or replaced by Common Shares or other securities of the Company, and to extend, renew and/or recycle any bonds and/or debentures, and/or grant any rights with respect to its existing and/or future share capital.

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Article IX.
Choice of Law/Jurisdiction

This Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without regard to the principles of conflict of laws. The parties further agree that any action between them shall be heard in New York County, New York, and expressly consent to the jurisdiction and venue of the Supreme Court of New York, sitting in New York County, New York and the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York, sitting in New York, New York, for the adjudication of any civil action asserted pursuant to this Agreement.

Article X. Termination

Section 10.01 Termination.

(a)

Unless earlier terminated as provided hereunder, this Agreement shall terminate automatically on the earliest of (i) the first day of the month next following the 36-month anniversary of the date hereof or (ii) the date on which the Investor shall have made payment of Advances pursuant to this Agreement for Common Shares equal to the Commitment Amount.

(b)

The Company may terminate this Agreement effective upon five Trading Days’ prior written notice to the Investor; provided that (i) there are no outstanding Advance Notices, the Common Shares under which have yet to be issued, and (ii) the Company has paid all amounts owed to the Investor pursuant to this Agreement. This Agreement may be terminated at any time by the mutual written consent of the parties, effective as of the date of such mutual written consent unless otherwise provided in such written consent.

(c)

Nothing in this Section 10.01 shall be deemed to release the Company or the Investor from any liability for any breach under this Agreement, or to impair the rights of the Company and the Investor to compel specific performance by the other party of its obligations under this Agreement. The indemnification provisions contained in Article V shall survive termination hereunder.

Article XI. Notices

Other than with respect to Advance Notices, which must be in writing and will be deemed delivered on the day set forth in Section 2.01(b), any notices, consents, waivers, or other communications required or permitted to be given under the terms of this Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed to have been delivered (i) upon receipt, when delivered personally; (ii) upon receipt, when sent by e-mail if sent on a Trading Day, or, if not sent on a Trading Day, on the immediately following Trading Day; (iii) 5 days after being sent by U.S. certified mail, return receipt requested, (iv) 1 day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight delivery service, in each case properly addressed to the party to receive the same. The addresses for such communications (except for Advance Notices which shall be delivered in accordance with Exhibit A hereof) shall be:

	If to the Company, to:	FaZe Holdings Inc. 720 N. Cahuenga Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90038
		Attention: Christoph Pachler, CFO
		Telephone: (310)849-6763
		Email: christoph.pachler@fazeclan.com

	With a copy to (which shall not constitute notice or delivery of process) to:
		Era Anagnosti DLA Piper US LLP 500 Eight Street, NW Washington, DC 20004
		Telephone: 202.799.4087
		Email: era.anagnosti@us.dlapiper.com

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	If to the Investor(s):	YA II PN, Ltd.
		1012 Springfield Avenue
		Mountainside, NJ 07092
		Attention: Mark Angelo
		Portfolio Manager
		Telephone: (201) 985-8300
		Email: mangelo@yorkvilleadvisors.com

	With a Copy (which shall not constitute notice or delivery of process) to:	David Gonzalez, Esq. 1012 Springfield Avenue Mountainside, NJ 07092
		Telephone: (201) 985-8300
		Email: legal@yorkvilleadvisors.com

or at such other address and/or e-mail and/or to the attention of such other person as the recipient party has specified by written notice given to each other party three Business Days prior to the effectiveness of such change. Written confirmation of receipt (i) given by the recipient of such notice, consent, waiver or other communication, (ii) electronically generated by the sender’s email service provider containing the time, date, and recipient email address or (iii) provided by a nationally recognized overnight delivery service shall be rebuttable evidence of personal service in accordance with clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above, respectively.

Article XII. Miscellaneous

Section 12.01 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in identical counterparts, both which shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party. Facsimile or other electronically scanned and delivered signatures (including any electronic signature covered by the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000, Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, the Electronic Signatures and Records Act or other applicable law, e.g., www.docusign.com), including by e-mail attachment, shall be deemed to have been duly and validly delivered and be valid and effective for all purposes of this Agreement.

Section 12.02 Entire Agreement; Amendments. This Agreement supersedes all other prior oral or written agreements between the Investor, the Company, their respective Affiliates and persons acting on their behalf with respect to the matters discussed herein, and this Agreement contains the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the matters covered herein and, except as specifically set forth herein, neither the Company nor the Investor makes any representation, warranty, covenant or undertaking with respect to such matters. No provision of this Agreement may be waived or amended other than by an instrument in writing signed by the parties to this Agreement.

Section 12.03 Reporting Entity for the Common Shares. The reporting entity relied upon for the determination of the trading price or trading volume of the Common Shares on any given Trading Day for the purposes of this Agreement shall be Bloomberg, L.P. or any successor thereto. The written mutual consent of the Investor and the Company shall be required to employ any other reporting entity.

Section 12.04 Commitment and Structuring Fee. Each of the parties shall pay its own fees and expenses (including the fees of any attorneys, accountants, appraisers or others engaged by such party) in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, except that the Company has paid YA Global II SPV, LLC, a subsidiary of the Investor, a structuring fee in the amount of $25,000 and, on the date hereof, the Company will issue to the Investor an aggregate of 487,995 Common Shares (the “Commitment Fee Shares”) as a commitment fee.

Section 12.05 Brokerage. Each of the parties hereto represents that it has had no dealings in connection with this transaction with any finder or broker who will demand payment of any fee or commission from the other party. The Company on the one hand, and the Investor, on the other hand, agree to indemnify the other against and hold the other harmless from any and all liabilities to any person claiming brokerage commissions or finder’s fees on account of services purported to have been rendered on behalf of the indemnifying party in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Standby Equity Purchase Agreement to be executed by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first set forth above.

	COMPANY:


	FAZE HOLDINGS INC.

	By:	/s/ Christoph Pachler
	Name:	Christoph Pachler
	Title:	Chief Financial Officer

	INVESTOR:

	YA II PN, Ltd.

	By:	Yorkville Advisors Global, LP
	Its:	Investment Manager

	By:	Yorkville Advisors Global II, LLC
	Its:	General Partner

	By:	/s/ David Gonzalez
	Name:	David Gonzalez
	Title:	General Counsel

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EXHIBIT A
ADVANCE NOTICE

FAZE HOLDINGS INC.

Dated: ______________

Advance Notice Number: ____

The undersigned, _______________________, hereby certifies, with respect to the sale of Common Shares of FaZe Holdings Inc. (the “Company”) issuable in connection with this Advance Notice, delivered pursuant to that certain Standby Equity Purchase Agreement, dated as of [____________] (the “Agreement”), as follows (with capitalized terms used herein without definition having the same meanings as given to them in the Agreement):

1. The undersigned is the duly elected ______________ of the Company.

2. There are no fundamental changes to the information set forth in the Registration Statement which would require the Company to file a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement.

3. The Company has performed in all material respects all covenants and agreements to be performed by the Company contained in this Agreement on or prior to the Advance Notice Date. All conditions to the delivery of this Advance Notice are satisfied as of the date hereof.

4. The number of Advance Shares the Company is requesting is _____________________.

6. The number of Common Shares of the Company outstanding as of the date hereof is ___________.

7. (If applicable): The Exchange Cap is ___________ Ordinary Shares.

8. The Principal Market Limit Price is _______.

The undersigned has executed this Advance Notice as of the date first set forth above.

	FAZE HOLDINGS INC.

	By:

Please deliver this Advance Notice by email to:

Email: Trading@yorkvilleadvisors.com

Attention: Trading Department and Compliance Officer

Confirmation Telephone Number: (201) 985-8300.

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EXHIBIT B

FORM OF SETTLEMENT DOCUMENT

VIA EMAIL

FAZE HOLDINGS INC.

Attn:

Email:

	Below please find the settlement information with respect to the Advance Notice Date of:
1.	The Number of Advance Shares requested in the Advance Notice	_________ Shares
2.	Pricing Period
3.	Market Price (lowest VWAP over the Pricing Period)
4.	Purchase Price (Market Price x 97%) per share
5.	Number of Advance Shares due to Investor
6.	Dollar Amount to be paid to the Company	$

Please issue the number of Advance Shares due to the Investor to the account of the Investor as follows:

Investor’s DTC participant #:

ACCOUNT NAME:

ACCOUNT NUMBER:

ADDRESS:

CITY:

COUNTRY:

Contact person:

Number and/or email:

			Sincerely,

			YA II PN, LTD.

Agreed and approved By FaZe Holdings Inc.:


Name:
Title:

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Exhibit 10.2

ADVISOR AGREEMENT

This Advisor Agreement (“Agreement”) is effective as of February 4, 2023 (the “Effective Date”), between Faze Clan Inc. a Delaware corporation, together with any of its successors or assigns (collectively, “Company”), and the contractor identified on the signature page hereto (“Advisor”).

1. SERVICES

1.1 Statements of Work. From time to time, Company and Advisor may execute one or more statements of work, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, that describe the specific services to be performed by Advisor (as executed, a “Statement of Work”). Each Statement of Work will expressly refer to this Agreement, will form a part of this Agreement, and will be subject to the terms and conditions contained herein. A Statement of Work may be amended only by written agreement of the parties.

1.2 Performance of Services. Advisor will perform the services described in each Statement of Work (the “Services”) and shall deliver to Company the deliverables, designs, products, documentation and other materials specified in the Statement of Work (individually or collectively, “Deliverables”), in a prompt, diligent and workmanlike manner, at a level of proficiency to be expected of a contractor with the background and experience that Advisor has represented it has, and all in accordance with the terms, conditions and schedules set forth in each such Statement of Work and this Agreement. In addition, Advisor shall provide Advisor’s own tools, instruments and equipment and place of performing the Services, unless otherwise agreed.

2. PAYMENT

2.1 Fees. As Advisor’s sole compensation for the performance of Services, Company will pay Advisor the fees specified in each Statement of Work in accordance with the terms set forth therein. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing Advisor acknowledges and agrees that, if specified in the Statement of Work, Company’s payment obligation will be expressly subject to Advisor’s completion or achievement of certain milestones to Company’s reasonable satisfaction.

2.2 Expenses. Unless otherwise explicitly provided in the Statement of Work, Company will not reimburse Advisor for any out-of-pocket travel, lodging or related expenses incurred by Advisor in connection with Advisor’s performance of Services. If the Statement of Work explicitly provides for any such expenses to be reimbursed by the Company, it shall nevertheless be a condition to such reimbursement that all expenses that exceed $500 be pre-approved in writing by the Company. As a condition for reimbursement, Advisor will furnish Company with copies of receipts and other customary documentation for any expenses for which Advisor requests reimbursement hereunder.

2.3 Payment Terms. All fees and other amounts set forth in the Statement of Work, if any, are stated in and are payable in U.S. dollars. Unless otherwise provided in a Statement of Work, Advisor will invoice Company on a monthly basis for all fees and expenses payable to Advisor. Company will pay the full amount of each such invoice within thirty (30) days following receipt thereof, except for any amounts that Company disputes in good faith. The parties will use their respective commercially reasonable efforts to promptly resolve any such payment disputes.

3. RELATIONSHIP OF THE PARTIES

3.1 Advisor. Advisor is an independent contractor and nothing in this Agreement will be construed as establishing an employment or agency relationship between Company and Advisor. Advisor has no authority to bind Company by contract or otherwise. Advisor will perform Services under the general direction of Company, but Advisor will determine, in Advisor’s sole discretion, the manner and means by which Services are accomplished, subject to the requirement that Advisor will at all times comply with applicable law. Advisor agrees not to contest Advisor’s designation as an independent contractor.

3.2 Taxes and Employee Benefits. Advisor will report to all applicable government agencies as income all compensation received by Advisor pursuant to this Agreement. Advisor will be solely responsible for payment of all withholding taxes, social security, workers’ compensation, unemployment and disability insurance or similar items required by any government agency. Advisor will not be entitled to any benefits paid or made available by Company to its employees, including, without limitation, any vacation or illness payments, or to participate in any plans, arrangements or distributions made by Company pertaining to any bonus, stock option, profit sharing, insurance, or similar benefits. Advisor will indemnify and hold Company harmless from and against all damages, liabilities, losses, penalties, fines, expenses, and costs (including reasonable fees and expenses of attorneys and other professionals) arising out of or relating to any obligation imposed by law on Company to pay any withholding taxes, social security, unemployment or disability insurance or similar items in connection with compensation received by Advisor pursuant to this Agreement.

3.3 Liability Insurance. Advisor acknowledges that Company’s existing professional liability insurance will cover Advisor.

4. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. For purposes of this agreement, “Confidential Information” means any trade secrets and confidential information involving the operations of the company which derive economic value, actual or potential, from not being generally known to, and not readily ascertainable by proper means by, other persons who can obtain economic value from their disclosure or use including, without limitation: (i) any information, materials or knowledge regarding company and its business, financial condition, products, services, programming techniques, customers, suppliers, technology or research and development that is disclosed to Advisor or to which Advisor has access in connection with performing services; (ii) the Advisor work product; (iii) the terms and conditions of this agreement; (iv) any information that is marked “confidential” or in some comparable manner; and (v) any information that is otherwise confidential or proprietary information. Confidential Information will not include any information that: (a) is or becomes part of the public domain through no fault of Advisor; (b) was rightfully in Advisor’s possession at the time of disclosure, without restriction as to use or disclosure; or (c) Advisor rightfully receives from a third party who has the right to disclose it and who provides it without restriction as to use or disclosure. At all times, both during Advisor’s engagement by Company as an independent contractor and after its termination, and to the fullest extent permitted by law, Advisor agrees to hold all Confidential Information in strict confidence, not to use it in any way, commercially or otherwise, except in performing services, and not to disclose it to others. Advisor further agrees to take all actions reasonably necessary to protect the confidentiality of all Confidential Information. Nothing in this section 5 or otherwise in this agreement shall limit or restrict in any way Advisor’s immunity from liability for disclosing Company’s trade secrets as specifically permitted by 18 U.S. code section 1833, which provides as follows:

Immunity from liability for confidential disclosure of a trade secret to the government or in a court filing. An individual shall not be held criminally or civilly liable under any federal or state trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret that (a) is made, (i) in confidence to a federal, state, or local government official, either directly or indirectly, or to an attorney; and (ii) solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; or (b) is made in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal.

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Use of trade secret information in anti-retaliation lawsuit. An individual who files a lawsuit for retaliation by an employer for reporting a suspected violation of law may disclose the trade secret to the attorney of the individual and use the trade secret information in the court proceeding, if the individual (a) files any document containing the trade secret under seal; and (b) does not disclose the trade secret, except pursuant to court order.

5. WARRANTIES

5.1 No Pre-existing Obligations. Advisor represents and warrants that Advisor has no pre-existing obligations or commitments (and will not assume or otherwise undertake any obligations or commitments) that would be in conflict or inconsistent with or that would hinder Advisor’s performance of its obligations under this Agreement.

5.2 Performance Standard. Advisor represents and warrants that Services will be performed in a thorough and professional manner, consistent with high professional and industry standards by individuals with the requisite training, background, experience, technical knowledge and skills to perform Services.

5.3 Non-Solicitation of Personnel and Customers/Partners. During the term of this Agreement and for a period of two (2) years thereafter, Advisor will not directly or indirectly (based on a commercially reasonable standard) solicit the services of any Company employee or independent contractor, Consultant, customer or partner for Advisor’s own benefit or for the benefit of any other person or entity affiliated with Advisor.

6. INDEMNITY. Advisor will defend, indemnify and hold company harmless from and against all claims, damages, liabilities, losses, expenses and costs (including reasonable fees and expenses of attorneys and other professionals) arising out of or resulting from:

(a) any action by a third party against Company that is based on a claim that any Services performed under this Agreement, or the results of such Services, or Advisor’s use thereof, infringe, misappropriate or violate such third party’s Intellectual Property Rights; and

(b) any action by a third party against Company that is based on any act or omission of Advisor and that results in: (i) personal injury (or death) or tangible or intangible property damage (including loss of use); or (ii) the violation of any statute, ordinance, or regulation.

7. TERM AND TERMINATION

7.1 Term. This Agreement will commence on the Effective Date and, unless terminated earlier in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will remain in force and effect for as long as Advisor is performing Services pursuant to a Statement of Work.

7.2 Termination for Breach. Either party may terminate this Agreement (including all Statements of Work) if the other party breaches any material term of this Agreement and fails to cure such breach within thirty (30) days following written notice thereof from the non-breaching party.

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7.3 Termination for Non-Material Breach. Company may terminate this Agreement (including all Statements of Work) if the other party breaches any non-material term of this Agreement and fails to cure such breach within seventy-two (72) hours following written notice thereof from the non-breaching party.

7.4 Effect of Termination. Upon the expiration or termination of this Agreement for any reason, Company will pay Advisor any accrued but unpaid fees due and payable to Advisor pursuant to Section 2.

7.5 Survival. The rights and obligations of the parties under Sections 2, 3.2, 3.3, 4, 5.3, 6, 7.4, 7.5, 8, 9 and 10 will survive the expiration or termination of this Agreement.

7.6 Termination Because of Conflicting Employment or Service Agreement. Advisor represents and warrants that in the event Advisor becomes employed by another entity or provides other services during the term of this Agreement, Advisor shall seek and obtain the consent of the entity with whom Advisor will be employed or provide services to undertake the activities in this Agreement. In the event that Advisor cannot obtain such consent or if such consent should ever be withdrawn, Advisor shall immediately notify Company and all monthly advisory fees shall cease immediately (with pro rata payment for any period for which services were provided before the need for termination as provided in this section); provided, however, that all other terms and obligations under this Agreement (including the Confidentiality obligations) shall be unchanged.

8. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. IN NO EVENT WILL EITHER PARTY BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, EVEN IF SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN INFORMED IN ADVANCE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

9. Non-Disparagement. Neither Advisor nor Company and its officers, directors or employees will make public, or cause to be made public, any statements, observations, or opinions, or communicate any information (whether oral or written), that disparages or is likely in any way to harm the reputation of Advisor or the Company, its officers, employees, or directors, as applicable.

10. GENERAL

10.1 Assignment. Advisor may not assign or transfer this Agreement, in whole or in part, without Company’s express prior written consent. Any attempt to assign this Agreement, without such consent, will be void. Subject to the foregoing, this Agreement will bind and benefit the parties and their respective successors and assigns.

10.2 No Election of Remedies. Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, the exercise by Company of any of its remedies under this Agreement will not be deemed an election of remedies and will be without prejudice to its other remedies under this Agreement or available at law or in equity or otherwise.

10.3 Attorneys’ Fees. If any action is necessary to enforce the terms of this Agreement, the substantially prevailing party will be entitled to reasonable attorneys’ fees, costs and expenses in addition to any other relief to which such prevailing party may be entitled.

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10.4 Governing Law and Arbitration. This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, excluding its body of law controlling conflict of laws. Any dispute, claim or controversy arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the interpretation or validity thereof, including the determination of the scope or applicability of this agreement to arbitrate, shall be determined exclusively by mandatory, binding, and confidential arbitration in Los Angeles, California before one arbitrator, administered by JAMS pursuant to its Comprehensive Arbitration Rules and Procedures and in accordance with the Expedited Procedures in those Rules. Judgment on the Award may be entered in any court having jurisdiction. This clause shall not preclude parties from seeking provisional remedies in aid of arbitration which will be brought exclusively in the federal or state courts located in California and the parties irrevocably consent to the personal jurisdiction and venue therein.

10.5 Notices. All notices required or permitted under this Agreement will be in writing, will reference this Agreement, and will be deemed given: (i) when delivered personally; (ii) one (1) business day after deposit with a nationally-recognized express courier, with written confirmation of receipt; or (iii) three (3) business days after having been sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid. All such notices will be sent to the addresses set forth below or to such other address as may be specified by either party to the other party in accordance with this Section.

10.6 Class Action, Collective Action and Representative Action Waiver. Because the parties intend to resolve any particular dispute as quickly as possible, the Arbitrator shall not have the authority to consolidate the claims of other contractors and employees into a single proceeding, to fashion a proceeding as a class, collective, or representative action, or to award relief to a class or group of contractors and employees. All claims covered by this Agreement are intended to be brought and resolved on an individual basis. Both you and the Company are waiving any right to bring claims as class, collective, or representative actions.

10.7 Jury Trial. Each party hereto knowingly, voluntarily and intentionally hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any right it may have to a trial by jury in any legal proceeding directly or indirectly arising out of or relating to this Agreement.

10.8 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is held invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining provisions of this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, and the provision affected will be construed so as to be enforceable to the maximum extent permissible by law.

10.9 Waiver. The failure by either party to enforce any provision of this Agreement will not constitute a waiver of future enforcement of that or any other provision.

10.10 Entire Agreement. No term of any Statement of Work will be deemed to amend the terms of this Agreement unless the Statement of Work references a specific provision in this Agreement and provides that the Statement of Work is amending only that specific provision of this Agreement and only with respect to Services performed pursuant to such Statement of Work. Any waiver, modification or amendment of any provision of this Agreement will be effective only if in writing and signed by the parties hereto. This Agreement, together with all Statements of Work, constitutes the complete and exclusive understanding and agreement of the parties with respect to its subject matter and supersedes all prior understandings and agreements, whether written or oral, except those specifically set forth and described on Exhibit A.

10.11 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which will be deemed an original, but all of which together will constitute one and the same instrument. A signature transmitted by facsimile or in a PDF file shall have the same effect as an original signature. Each Party represents and warrants that the representatives signing this Agreement on its behalf has all right and authority to bind and commit that Party to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date set below.

FAZE CLAN INC.		TAMARA BRANDT

By:	/s/ Lee Trink	By:	/s/ Tamara Brandt

Name:	Lee Trink	Name:	Tamara Brandt

Title:	Chief Executive Officer	date:	January [●], 2023

address 720 N. Cahuenga Blvd.		address: [●]
Los Angeles, california 90028

EXHIBIT A

Statement of Work

Name: TAmara Brandt

This Statement of Work Number 1 is issued under and subject to all the terms and conditions of the Advisor Agreement (the “Agreement”).

1. Term. Advisor shall be retained as an independent advisor to perform the services under the Agreement and this Statement of Work for a period of four (4) months after the Effective Date (subject to extension or revision upon mutual agreement of the parties), except in the case of section 7.2 of the Agreement (Termination for breach by Advisor). The parties may mutually agree to an extension of the Advisor Agreement on the same terms for an additional two-month period. Pursuant to Section 7.2 of the Agreement, Company has the right to terminate the Agreement for breach, in which case Company shall have no obligation to pay the remaining balance of Advisor’s fee. Pursuant to Section 7.3 of the Agreement, the Company has the right to terminate the Agreement for convenience prior to the expiration of the four-month term; should Company exercise that right, Company will pay Advisor the remaining unpaid portion of her fee.

2. Description of Services

For a period of four (4) months from the date of the Agreement, Advisor shall perform the following services for Company:

Advise on matters relating to the legal and business affairs function of the Company, including, without limitation, participating in Board of Director meetings, as requested.

It is understood that Advisor, who was formerly an executive employee of the Company, is no longer such an executive employee and is no longer an employee of the Company. Advisor will perform her duties under the Agreement and this Statement of Work solely in her capacity as an advisor. As such, she will not have or attempt to exert executive or supervisory authority over employees of the Company and will not interfere in employees’ performance of their duties, and will not communicate with clients, vendors, sponsors or others having business relationships with the Company regarding matters which would reasonably viewed to be in conflict with the Company’s interests or Advisor’s obligations under this Agreement. Advisor also acknowledges that as an advisor she has no decision-making power over critical business decision making by the Company, though she is free to offer non-binding suggestions where appropriate. Advisor shall not attempt to countermand or criticize decisions made by the Company’s existing executive team.

During the Term, Advisor shall not perform any services for any direct competitor of the Company; provided, however, Advisor may work with talent agencies and their respective clients on matters relating to such businesses that are not directly competitive. To the extent any of Advisor’s services under this Agreement knowingly creates an actual or potential conflict of interest with the Company, Advisor will (a) promptly alert Company to the actual or potential conflict of interest and (b) take all reasonable actions necessary to mitigate or eliminate the conflict of interest, including but not limited to, recusal from any specific actions or decisions that create a conflict of interest or recusal from such matter altogether. Advisor will not “double dip” and get paid by any person doing business with the Company for any specific project under which Advisor is paid under this Agreement. Pursuant to the Agreement, all work generated by the Company with assistance of Advisor belongs solely to Company, and Advisor will not attempt to earn any compensation with respect to the same.

3. Payment Terms

Fee of $37,500 per month.

Initials: LT (Company)

TB (Advisor)

Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Lee Trink, certify that:

1.	I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of FaZe Holdings Inc.;

2.	Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.	Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

(a)

Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b)

Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c)

Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d)

Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.	The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing equivalent functions):

(a)

All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b)

Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: May 15, 2023

	/s/ Lee Trink
	Lee Trink
	Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)

Exhibit 31.2

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Christoph Pachler, certify that:

1.	I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of FaZe Holdings Inc.;

2.	Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.	Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

5.	The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing equivalent functions):

(a)

(b)

Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: May 15, 2023

	/s/ Christoph Pachler
	Christoph Pachler
	Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)

Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of FaZe Holdings Inc. (the “Company”) for the quarter ended March 31, 2023 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Lee Trink, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

1.	The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

2.	The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date: May 15, 2023

	/s/ Lee Trink
	Lee Trink
	Chief Executive Officer

Exhibit 32.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of FaZe Holdings Inc. (the “Company”) for the quarter ended March 31, 2023 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Christoph Pachler, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

1.	The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

2.	The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date: May 15, 2023

	/s/ Christoph Pachler
	Christoph Pachler
	Chief Financial Officer