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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

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

For the quarterly period ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172023

OR

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

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 001-37900


Everspin Technologies, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)


Delaware

    

26-2640654

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation or organization)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

1347 N. Alma School Road, 5670 W. Chandler Boulevard, Suite 220130

Chandler, Arizona 8522485226

(Address of principal executive offices including zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (480) (480347-1111


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

MRAM

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 and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted 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 and post such files).    YES    NO  

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitiondefinitions of “large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer”, and “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

Large accelerated filer

Accelerated filer

Non-accelerated filer

  (Do not check if a small reporting company)

SmallSmaller 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  

The number of shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock outstanding as of November 6, 2017August 1, 2023, was 12,766,546. 20,787,579.


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In this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, “we,” “our,” “us,” “Everspin Technologies,” and “the Company” refer to Everspin Technologies, Inc. The Everspin logo and other trade names, trademarks or service marks of Everspin Technologies are the property of Everspin Technologies, Inc. This report contains references to our trademarks and to trademarks belonging to other entities. Trade names, trademarks and service marks of other companies appearing in this report are the property of their respective holders. We do not intend our use or display of other companies’ trade names or trademarks to imply a relationship with, or endorsement or sponsorship of us by, any other companies.

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PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATIONINFORMATION

Item 1. Financial StatementsStatements

EVERSPIN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Condensed Balance SheetsSheets

(In thousands, except share and per share amounts)

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30, 

 

December 31, 

 

 

2017

 

2016

 

 

(Unaudited)

 

(See Note 2)

Assets

 

 

  

 

 

  

Current assets:

 

 

  

 

 

  

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

17,842

 

$

29,727

Accounts receivable, net

 

 

3,700

 

 

3,170

Amounts due from related parties

 

 

483

 

 

486

Inventory

 

 

7,697

 

 

5,069

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

 

730

 

 

1,050

Total current assets

 

 

30,452

 

 

39,502

Property and equipment, net

 

 

4,017

 

 

1,920

Other assets

 

 

61

 

 

50

Total assets

 

$

34,530

 

$

41,472

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity

 

 

  

 

 

  

Current liabilities:

 

 

  

 

 

  

Accounts payable

 

$

2,093

 

$

1,502

Accrued liabilities

 

 

2,090

 

 

1,811

Amounts due to related parties

 

 

2,029

 

 

1,359

Deferred income on shipments to distributors

 

 

2,150

 

 

1,827

Current portion of long-term debt

 

 

1,649

 

 

3,884

Total current liabilities

 

 

10,011

 

 

10,383

Long-term debt, net of current portion

 

 

10,414

 

 

4,218

Total liabilities

 

 

20,425

 

 

14,601

Commitments and contingencies

 

 

  

 

 

  

Stockholders’ equity:

 

 

  

 

 

  

Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value per share; 5,000,000 shares authorized as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016; no shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016

 

 

 —

 

 

 —

Common stock, $0.0001 par value per share; 100,000,000 shares authorized as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016; 12,746,399 and 12,498,128 shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016

 

 

 1

 

 

 1

Additional paid-in capital

 

 

127,262

 

 

123,309

Accumulated deficit

 

 

(113,158)

 

 

(96,439)

Total stockholders’ equity

 

 

14,105

 

 

26,871

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

 

$

34,530

 

$

41,472

June 30, 

December 31,

2023

2022

Assets

 

  

 

  

Current assets:

 

  

 

  

Cash and cash equivalents

$

30,830

$

26,795

Accounts receivable, net

 

9,026

 

10,665

Inventory

 

7,345

 

6,683

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

411

 

604

Total current assets

 

47,612

 

44,747

Property and equipment, net

 

3,522

 

3,883

Right-of-use assets

6,074

 

6,641

Other assets

 

62

 

62

Total assets

$

57,270

$

55,333

Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity

 

  

 

  

Current liabilities:

 

  

 

  

Accounts payable

$

1,230

$

2,778

Accrued liabilities

 

2,832

 

3,533

Deferred revenue

725

821

Current portion of long-term debt

 

 

2,594

Lease liabilities, current portion

1,156

1,122

Other liabilities

50

27

Total current liabilities

 

5,993

 

10,875

Long-term debt, net of current portion

 

 

Lease liabilities, net of current portion

4,991

5,580

Long-term income tax liability

214

214

Total liabilities

$

11,198

$

16,669

Commitments and contingencies (Note 5)

 

  

 

  

Stockholders’ equity:

 

  

 

  

Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value per share; 5,000,000 shares authorized; no shares issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively

Common stock, $0.0001 par value per share; 100,000,000 shares authorized; 20,743,422 and 20,374,288 shares issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively

 

2

2

Additional paid-in capital

 

188,126

 

185,364

Accumulated deficit

 

(142,056)

 

(146,702)

Total stockholders’ equity

 

46,072

 

38,664

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

$

57,270

$

55,333

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed financial statements.

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EVERSPIN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Condensed Statements of OperationsIncome and Comprehensive LossIncome

(In thousands, except share and per share amounts)

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

September 30, 

 

September 30, 

 

 

    

2017

    

2016

    

2017

    

2016

    

Product sales

 

$

8,323

 

$

6,346

 

$

22,405

 

$

18,335

 

Product sales - related party

 

 

610

 

 

662

 

 

1,810

 

 

1,396

 

Licensing and royalty revenue

 

 

75

 

 

156

 

 

379

 

 

299

 

Licensing and royalty revenue - related party

 

 

 —

 

 

 —

 

 

1,219

 

 

 —

 

Total revenue

 

 

9,008

 

 

7,164

 

 

25,813

 

 

20,030

 

Cost of sales

 

 

3,753

 

 

2,859

 

 

10,549

 

 

8,563

 

Gross profit

 

 

5,255

 

 

4,305

 

 

15,264

 

 

11,467

 

Operating expenses:

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

Research and development

 

 

6,420

 

 

3,111

 

 

19,236

 

 

14,342

 

General and administrative

 

 

3,031

 

 

1,586

 

 

8,669

 

 

4,881

 

Sales and marketing

 

 

1,112

 

 

788

 

 

3,331

 

 

2,476

 

Total operating expenses

 

 

10,563

 

 

5,485

 

 

31,236

 

 

21,699

 

Loss from operations

 

 

(5,308)

 

 

(1,180)

 

 

(15,972)

 

 

(10,232)

 

Interest expense

 

 

(178)

 

 

(798)

 

 

(584)

 

 

(1,982)

 

Other income, net

 

 

40

 

 

534

 

 

83

 

 

814

 

Loss on extinguishment of debt

 

 

 —

 

 

 —

 

 

(246)

 

 

 —

 

Net loss and comprehensive loss

 

$

(5,446)

 

$

(1,444)

 

$

(16,719)

 

$

(11,400)

 

Net loss per common share, basic and diluted

 

$

(0.43)

 

$

(0.54)

 

$

(1.35)

 

$

(4.40)

 

Weighted-average shares used to compute net loss per common share, basic and diluted

 

 

12,559,812

 

 

2,657,574

 

 

12,425,390

 

 

2,589,704

 

Three Months Ended June 30, 

Six Months Ended June 30, 

    

2023

    

2022

    

2023

    

2022

Product sales

$

13,406

$

13,223

$

27,183

$

25,894

Licensing, royalty, patent, and other revenue

2,341

1,484

3,410

 

3,160

Total revenue

 

15,747

 

14,707

 

30,593

 

29,054

Cost of product sales

6,090

5,793

12,213

11,545

Cost of licensing, royalty, patent, and other revenue

464

323

757

595

Total cost of sales

 

6,554

 

6,116

 

12,970

 

12,140

Gross profit

 

9,193

 

8,591

 

17,623

 

16,914

Operating expenses:1

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Research and development

 

2,708

 

2,699

 

5,907

 

5,135

General and administrative

 

3,507

 

2,860

 

6,727

 

5,589

Sales and marketing

 

1,355

 

1,292

 

2,670

 

2,426

Total operating expenses

 

7,570

 

6,851

 

15,304

 

13,150

Income from operations

 

1,623

 

1,740

 

2,319

 

3,764

Interest expense

 

 

(70)

 

(63)

 

(145)

Other income (expense), net

2,262

1

 

2,390

 

(13)

Net income before income taxes

3,885

1,671

4,646

3,606

Income tax expense

Net income and comprehensive income

$

3,885

$

1,671

$

4,646

$

3,606

Net income per common share:

Basic

$

0.19

$

0.08

$

0.23

$

0.18

Diluted

$

0.18

$

0.08

$

0.22

$

0.17

Weighted average shares of common stock outstanding:

Basic

 

20,657,404

 

20,069,444

 

20,554,769

 

19,983,526

Diluted

 

21,234,253

 

20,424,283

 

21,068,059

 

20,626,547

1Operating expenses include stock-based compensation as follows:

Research and development

$

503

$

462

$

949

$

795

General and administrative

624

647

1,235

1,018

Sales and marketing

133

202

236

322

Total stock-based compensation

$

1,260

$

1,311

$

2,420

$

2,135

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed financial statements.

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EVERSPIN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Condensed Statements of Stockholders’ Equity

Condensed Statement of Cash Flows

(In thousands)thousands, except share and per share amounts)

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

September 30, 

 

 

    

2017

    

2016

 

Cash flows from operating activities

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

Net loss

 

$

(16,719)

 

$

(11,400)

 

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

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

837

 

 

598

 

Loss on disposal of property and equipment

 

 

 —

 

 

80

 

Stock-based compensation

 

 

1,511

 

 

520

 

Change in fair value of redeemable convertible preferred stock warrant liability

 

 

 —

 

 

(32)

 

Non-cash loss on extinguishment of debt

 

 

185

 

 

 —

 

Change in fair value of derivative liability

 

 

 —

 

 

(798)

 

Non-cash interest expense

 

 

188

 

 

1,066

 

Compensation expense related to vesting of common stock to GLOBALFOUNDRIES

 

 

1,224

 

 

751

 

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

Accounts receivable

 

 

(530)

 

 

(417)

 

Amounts due from related parties

 

 

 3

 

 

(55)

 

Inventory

 

 

(2,628)

 

 

(1,127)

 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

 

320

 

 

(277)

 

Other assets

 

 

(11)

 

 

(21)

 

Accounts payable

 

 

574

 

 

598

 

Accrued liabilities

 

 

279

 

 

204

 

Amounts due to related parties

 

 

(77)

 

 

2,959

 

Deferred income on shipments to distributors

 

 

323

 

 

206

 

Deferred revenue

 

 

 —

 

 

(187)

 

Net cash used in operating activities

 

 

(14,521)

 

 

(7,332)

 

Cash flows from investing activities

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

Purchases of property and equipment

 

 

(2,170)

 

 

(596)

 

Net cash used in investing activities

 

 

(2,170)

 

 

(596)

 

Cash flows from financing activities

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

Proceeds from convertible promissory notes-related party

 

 

 —

 

 

8,500

 

Proceeds from debt

 

 

12,000

 

 

1,500

 

Payments on debt

 

 

(8,356)

 

 

(598)

 

Payments of debt issuance costs

 

 

(49)

 

 

(40)

 

Payments on capital lease obligation

 

 

(7)

 

 

(179)

 

Payments of deferred offering costs

 

 

 —

 

 

(1,611)

 

Proceeds from exercise of stock options and purchase of shares in employee stock purchase plan

 

 

1,218

 

 

48

 

Net cash provided by financing activities

 

 

4,806

 

 

7,620

 

Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents

 

 

(11,885)

 

 

(308)

 

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

 

 

29,727

 

 

2,307

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

 

$

17,842

 

$

1,999

 

Supplementary cash flow information:

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

Interest paid

 

$

396

 

$

916

 

Non-cash investing and financing activities:

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

Purchase of property and equipment in accounts payable and amounts due to related parties

 

$

764

 

$

 —

 

Purchase of property and equipment under capital lease obligations

 

$

 —

 

$

34

 

Deferred offering costs recorded in accounts payable and accrued liabilities

 

$

 —

 

$

1,490

 

Six Months Ended June 30, 2023

Additional

Total

Common Stock

Paid-In

Accumulated

Stockholders’

  

Shares

  

Amount

  

Capital

  

Deficit

  

Equity

Balance at December 31, 2022

20,374,288

$

2

$

185,364

$

(146,702)

$

38,664

Exercise of stock options

3,020

13

13

Issuance of common stock under stock incentive plans

157,436

Stock-based compensation expense

1,160

1,160

Net income

761

761

Balance at March 31, 2023

20,534,744

$

2

$

186,537

$

(145,941)

$

40,598

Exercise of stock options

36,353

148

148

Issuance of common stock under stock incentive plans

172,325

181

181

Stock-based compensation expense

1,260

1,260

Net income

3,885

3,885

Balance at June 30, 2023

20,743,422

$

2

$

188,126

$

(142,056)

$

46,072

Six Months Ended June 30, 2022

Additional

Total

Common Stock

Paid-In

Accumulated

Stockholders’

  

Shares

  

Amount

  

Capital

  

Deficit

  

Equity

Balance at December 31, 2021

19,858,460

$

2

$

180,067

$

(152,831)

$

27,238

Exercise of stock options

15,830

69

69

Issuance of common stock under stock incentive plans

96,496

Stock-based compensation expense

824

824

Net loss

1,935

1,935

Balance at March 31, 2022

19,970,786

$

2

$

180,960

$

(150,896)

$

30,066

Exercise of stock options

18,131

50

50

Issuance of common stock under stock incentive plans

148,603

167

167

Stock-based compensation expense

1,311

1,311

Net income

1,671

1,671

Balance at June 30, 2022

20,137,520

$

2

$

182,488

$

(149,225)

$

33,265

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed financial statements.

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EVERSPIN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Condensed Statement of Cash Flows

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

Six Months Ended June 30, 

    

2023

    

2022

Cash flows from operating activities

 

  

 

  

Net income

$

4,646

$

3,606

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

617

 

462

Gain on sale of property and equipment

 

(15)

 

(167)

Stock-based compensation

 

2,420

 

2,135

Loss on prepayment and termination of credit facility

170

Non-cash warrant revaluation

23

(21)

Non-cash interest expense

 

26

 

62

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

 

 

Accounts receivable

 

1,639

 

(1,090)

Inventory

 

(662)

 

20

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

193

 

(38)

Other assets

 

 

664

Accounts payable

 

(741)

 

(201)

Accrued liabilities

 

(701)

 

(1,414)

Deferred revenue

(96)

(832)

Lease liabilities

12

164

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

7,531

 

3,350

Cash flows from investing activities

 

 

Purchases of property and equipment

 

(1,063)

 

(996)

Proceeds received from sale of property and equipment

15

202

Net cash used in investing activities

 

(1,048)

 

(794)

Cash flows from financing activities

 

 

Payments on long-term debt

 

(2,790)

 

(1,200)

Proceeds from exercise of stock options and purchase of shares in employee stock purchase plan

 

342

 

286

Net cash used in financing activities

 

(2,448)

 

(914)

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents

 

4,035

 

1,642

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

 

26,795

 

21,409

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

$

30,830

$

23,051

Supplementary cash flow information:

 

 

Interest paid

$

37

$

83

Operating cash flows paid for operating leases

$

692

$

635

Financing cash flows paid for finance leases

$

6

$

5

Non-cash investing and financing activities:

 

 

Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for operating lease liabilities

$

$

3,350

Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for finance lease liabilities

$

$

36

Purchases of property and equipment in accounts payable and accrued liabilities

$

$

783

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed financial statements.

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EVERSPIN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Financial StatementsStatements

1. Organization and Nature of Business

Everspin Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”)Company) was incorporated in Delaware on May 16, 2008. The Company’s MRAMmagnetoresistive random-access memory (MRAM) solutions offer the persistence of non-volatile memory with the speed and endurance of random accessrandom-access memory (“RAM”)(RAM) and enable the protection of mission critical data particularly in the event of power interruption or failure. The Company’s MRAM solutions allow its customers in thekey markets, such as industrial, automotivemedical, automotive/transportation, aerospace and transportation, and enterprise storagedata center markets to design high performance, power efficient and reliable systems without the need for bulky batteries or capacitors.

Ability to continue as a going concern

The Company believes that its existing cash and cash equivalents as of September 30, 2017, coupled with its anticipated growth and sales levels will be sufficient to meet its anticipated cash requirements through November 30, 2018. The Company’s future capital requirements beyond November 30, 2018 will depend on many factors, including its growth rate, the timing and extent of its spending to support research and development activities, the timing and cost of establishing additional sales and marketing capabilities, and the introduction of new products. The Company may be required to seek additional equity or debt financing, and such additional financing may not be available on acceptable terms or at all. If the Company is unable to raise additional capital or generate sufficient cash from operations to adequately fund its operations, it will need to curtail planned activities to reduce costs. Doing so will likely harm its ability to execute on its business plan.

If the Company raises additional funds through issuances of equity, convertible debt securities or other securities convertible into equity, its existing stockholders could suffer significant dilution in their percentage ownership of the Company, and any new equity securities issued could have rights, preferences and privileges senior to those of holders of common stock. If the Company is unable to obtain adequate financing or financing on satisfactory terms, when required, its ability to continue to grow or support its business and to respond to business challenges could be significantly limited.

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”)(GAAP) and applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”)(SEC) regarding interim financial reporting. As permitted under those rules, certain footnotes or other financial information that are normally required by GAAP have been condensed or omitted, and accordingly the balance sheet as of December 31, 20162022, has been derived from the audited financial statements at that date but does not include all of the information required by GAAP for complete financial statements. These unaudited interim condensed financial statements have been prepared on the same basis as the Company’s annual financial statements and, in the opinion of management, reflect all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments) that are necessary for a fair statement of the Company’s financial information. The results of operations for the three and ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172023, are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the year ending December 31, 20172023 or for any other interim period or for any other future year.

The accompanying condensed financial statements and related financial information should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and the related notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2016,2022, included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of the condensed financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the condensed financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses

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during the reporting period. On an ongoing basis, management evaluates its estimates, including those related to revenue recognition, fair value of assets and liabilities, net realizable value of inventory, income taxes, common stock,product return reserves, deferred tax assets and related valuation allowances, and stock-based compensation. ActualThe Company believes its estimates and assumptions are reasonable; however, actual results couldmay differ from thosethe Company’s estimates.

Accounts receivable, net

The Company establishes an allowance for product returns. The Company analyzes historical returns, current economic trends and changes in customer demand and acceptance of products when evaluating the adequacy of sales returns. Returns are processed as credits on future purchases and, as a result, the allowance is recorded against the balance of trade accounts receivable. In addition, the Company, from time to time, may establish an allowance for estimated price adjustments related to its distributor agreements. The Company estimates credits to distributors based on the historical rate of credits provided to distributors relative to sales and assumptions.evaluation of current market conditions.

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Accounts receivable, net consisted of the following (in thousands):

June 30, 

December 31,

2023

2022

Trade accounts receivable

$

9,122

$

10,498

Unbilled accounts receivable

129

551

Allowance for product returns and price adjustments

(225)

(384)

Accounts receivable, net

$

9,026

$

10,665

Concentration of Credit Risk

Financial instruments that potentially expose the Company to a concentration of credit risk consist principally of cash and cash equivalents that are held by a financial institution in the United States and accounts receivable. Amounts on deposit with a financial institution may at times exceed federally insured limits. The Company maintains its cash accounts with high credit quality financial institutions and, accordingly, minimal credit risk exists with respect to the financial institutions.

Significant customers are those which represent more than 10% of the Company’s total revenue or grossnet accounts receivable balance at each respective balance sheet date. For the purposes of this disclosure, the Company defines “customer” as the entity that is purchasing the products or licenses directly from the Company, which includes the distributors of the Company’s products in addition to end customers that the Company sells to directly. For each significant customer, revenue as a percentage of total revenue and accounts receivable as a percentage of total accounts receivable, net are as follows:

Revenue

Accounts Receivable, net

 

Three Months Ended

Six Months Ended

As of

 

June 30, 

June 30, 

June 30, 

December 31, 

Customers

    

2023

    

2022

    

2023

    

2022

    

2023

    

2022

 

Customer A

 

*

24

%

*

21

%

*

30

%  

Customer B

 

17

%

11

%

16

%

12

%

16

%

18

%  

Customer C

13

%

10

%

14

%

*

*

*

Customer D

13

%

10

%

12

%

*

*

*

Customer E

13

%

*

15

%

*

19

%

*

Customer F

10

%

*

*

*

19

%

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue

 

Accounts Receivable, net

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

Nine Months Ended

 

As of

 

As of

 

 

 

 

September 30, 

 

September 30, 

 

September 30, 

 

December 31, 

 

 

Customers

    

2017

    

2016

    

2017

    

2016

    

2017

    

2016

 

 

Customer A

 

18

%

22

%

17

%

23

%  

15

%  

12

%

 

Customer B

 

*

%

*

%

*

%

*

%  

11

%  

13

%

 

Customer C

 

*

%

*

%

10

%

*

%  

*

%

10

%

 

Customer D

 

16

%

11

%

14

%

11

%  

*

%

18

%

 


*

Less than 10%

*Less than 10%

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The Company discloses and recognizes the fair value of its assets and liabilities using a hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. Fair value is defined as an exit price, representing the priceamount that would be received to sell an asset, or paid to transfer a liability, (an exit price) in an orderly transaction between market participants at the reporting date.participants. The framework for measuring fair value provides a three-tier hierarchy gives the highest priorityprioritizing inputs to valuations based upon unadjustedvaluation techniques used in measuring fair value as follows:

Level 1— Observable inputs such as quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to valuations based upon unobservable inputs that are significant to the valuation (Level 3 measurements). The guidance establishes three levels of the fair value hierarchy as follows:in active markets;

Level 12— Inputs, are unadjustedother than quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities at the measurement date.

Level 2—Inputs (other than quoted market prices included in Level 1)active markets, which are observable either directly or indirectly observable for the assetindirectly; and

Level 3— Unobservable inputs in which there is little or liability through correlation withno market data atrequiring the measurement datereporting entity to develop its own assumptions.

As of June 30, 2023, based on Level 2 inputs and the borrowing rates available to the Company for the durationloans with similar terms and consideration of the instrument’s anticipated life.

Level 3—Inputs reflect management’s best estimate of what market participants would use in pricingCompany’s credit risk, the asset or liability at the measurement date. Consideration is given to the risk inherent in the valuation technique and the risk inherent in the inputs to the model.

The carrying value of accounts receivable, accounts payable, and other accruals approximate fair value because of the short-term nature of the instruments. The carrying value of the Company’s variable interest rate debt, excluding unamortized debt issuance costs, approximates fair value. The Company’s financial instruments consist of Level 1 assets. Where quoted prices are available in an active market, securities are classified asassets and a Level 1.3 liability. Level 1 assets consist of highly liquid money market funds that are included in cash equivalents. The Company’s Level 3 liability consists of warrants issued in connection with the Company’s 2019 Credit Facility.

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The following tabletables sets forth the fair value of the Company’s financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis based on the three-tier fair value hierarchy (in thousands):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30, 2017

    

Level 1

    

Level 2

    

Level 3

    

 

Total

June 30, 2023

    

Level 1

    

Level 2

    

Level 3

    

Total

Assets:

 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

  

  

Money market funds

 

$

18,254

  

$

 —

  

$

 —

  

$

18,254

$

30,830

  

$

  

$

  

$

30,830

Total assets measured at fair value

 

$

18,254

  

$

 —

  

$

 —

  

$

18,254

$

30,830

  

$

  

$

  

$

30,830

Liabilities:

  

  

  

Warrant liability

$

  

$

  

$

50

  

$

50

Total liabilities measured at fair value

$

  

$

  

$

50

  

$

50

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2016

    

Level 1

    

Level 2

    

Level 3

    

 

Total

December 31, 2022

    

Level 1

    

Level 2

    

Level 3

    

Total

Assets:

 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

  

  

Money market funds

 

$

29,869

  

$

  

$

  

$

29,869

$

26,812

  

$

  

$

  

$

26,812

Total assets measured at fair value

 

$

29,869

  

$

 —

  

$

 —

  

$

29,869

$

26,812

  

$

  

$

  

$

26,812

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities:

  

  

  

Warrant liability

$

  

$

  

$

27

  

$

27

Total liabilities measured at fair value

$

  

$

  

$

27

  

$

27

Revenue RecognitionGovernment Tax Credits, Incentives and Grants

The Company recognizes revenue when the following criteria are met: persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists; the price is fixed or determinable; delivery has occurred and title passed; and collectability is reasonably assured. For salesFrom time to original equipment manufacturers (“OEMs”) and contract manufacturers, this occurs generally upon shipment. Provisions for product returns and allowances are recorded in the same period as related revenues. The Company analyzes historical returns, current economic trends and changes in customer demand and acceptance of product when evaluating the adequacy of sales returns and other allowances, which are netted against accounts receivable, as these are processed as credits against future purchases or balances outstanding.

The Company sells the majority of its products to its distributors at a uniform list price. However, distributors resell the Company’s products to end customers at a very broad range of individually negotiated price points. Distributors are provided with price concessions subsequent to delivery of product to them depending on their end customer and sales price. These concessions are based on a variety of factors, including customer, product, quantity, geography and competitive differentiation. Price protection rights grant distributors the right to a credit in the event of declines in the price of the Company’s products. Under these circumstances,time, the Company remits back to the distributor a portion of their original purchase price after the resale transaction is completedmay receive government funding in the form of tax credits, operating-related grants, capital-related grants, or other incentives to support various business activities, including capital development, research and development, and other activities as defined by the relevant government agency awarding the tax credit, incentive, or grant. The amount received is typically based on the amount of qualifying costs incurred. The Company typically has to meet certain requirements to retain the government funding. The Company records operating-related grants and non-income related tax credits as other income in the condensed statements of income and comprehensive income when there is reasonable assurance that the grant will be received, and the Company will comply with the conditions specified in the grant agreement.

The Company received Employee Retention Tax Credit (“ERTC”) refunds from the United States Treasury totaling $2.0 million, relating to the payroll periods from October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021. The amounts were received pursuant to provisions within the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”), the Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2020 enacted as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (“Relief Act”), the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (“ARPA”) which provide tax relief and other stimulus measures, including the ERTC. The ERTC program allows for employers to claim a refundable tax credit against the distributors’ outstanding accounts receivable balance. The credits are on a per unit basis and are not given to the distributor until the distributor provides information regarding the sale to their end customer. Revenue on shipments to distributors is deferred as the price is not fixed or determinable until delivery has been made by the distributor to its customer and the final sales price has been established.

At the time of shipment to distributors, the Company records a trade receivable for the selling price as there is a legally enforceable obligation of the distributor to pay for the product delivered, inventory is reduced by the carrying value of goods shipped, and the net of these amounts, the gross profit, is recorded as deferred income on shipments to distributors on the balance sheet. The amount of gross profit that will be ultimately recognized in the statements of operations on such sales could be lower than the deferred income recorded on the balance sheets as a result of credits granted to distributors from the price protection rights. The Company is unable to estimate the credits to the distributors due to the wide variability of negotiated price concessions granted to them.

Thus, a portion of the “deferredemployer share of Social Security tax for qualified wages paid to employees from March 13, 2020 through September 30, 2021.

The Company recognized the $2.0 million tax credit within other income on shipments to distributors” balance represents(expense), net in the condensed statements of income and comprehensive income for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2023, which is when the amount of distributors’ original purchase pricewas received and it was determined that willthose amounts were reasonably assured to be credited backretained by the Company. The Company’s compliance with the program’s qualifications may be subject to audit through the distributor in the future. The wide range and variability of negotiated price concessions granted to distributors does not allow the Company to accurately estimate the portion of the balance in the deferred income on shipments to distributor accounts that will be credited back to the distributor. Therefore, the Company does not reduce deferred income on shipments to distributors or accounts receivable by anticipated future price concessions rather, price concessions are recorded against deferred income on shipments to distributors when incurred,year ended December 31, 2025, which is generally atwhen the time the distributor sells the product.

At September 30, 2017, the Company had $3.3 millionstatute of deferred revenue and $1.1 million of deferred cost of sales, resulting in the recognition of $2.2 million of deferred income on shipments to distributors. At December 31, 2016, the Company had $2.9 million of deferred revenue and $1.1 million of deferred cost of sales, resulting in the recognition of $1.8 million of deferred income on shipments to distributors.

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Products returned by distributors and subsequently scrapped have historically been immaterial to the Company’s results of operations.limitation expires. The Company routinely evaluates the risk of impairment of the deferred cost of sales component of the deferred incomehas received all expected ERTC refunds based on shipments to distributors account. Because of the historically immaterial amounts of inventoryapplications that have been scrapped, and historically rare instances where discounts given to a distributor result in a price less than our cost, the Company believes the deferred costs are recorded at their approximate carrying values.submitted.

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Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

For licenses of technology, recognition of revenue is dependent upon whether the Company delivered rights to the technology, and whether there are future performance obligations.

In some instances, the license agreements call for future milestones to be met for amounts to be due from the customer. In such scenarios, revenue is recognized using the milestone method, whereby revenue is recognized upon the completion of substantive milestones once the customers acknowledge the milestones have been met and the collection of the amounts are reasonably assured. Royalties received are recognized when reported to the Company, which generally coincides with the receipt of payment.

Net Loss per Common Share

Basic net loss per common share is calculated by dividing the net loss by the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding for the period, without consideration of potentially dilutive securities. Diluted net loss per common share is the same as basic net loss per common share since the effect of potentially dilutive securities is anti-dilutive.

Recently Issued Pronouncements

In May 2014,June 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”)(FASB) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”)(ASU) No. 2014‑09, Revenue from Contracts2016-13, Financial Instruments-Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments, which amends the incurred loss impairment methodology in current GAAP with Customers. Areasa methodology that reflects expected credit losses and requires consideration of revenue recognition that will be affected include, but are not limiteda broader range of reasonable and supportable information to transfer of control, variable consideration, allocation of transfer pricing, licenses, time value of money, contract costs and disclosures. The new standard permits adoption either by using (i)inform credit loss estimates. As the Company is a full retrospective approach for all periods presented in the period of adoption or (ii) a modified retrospective approach with the cumulative effect of initially applying the new standard recognized at the date of initial application and providing certain additional disclosures. The new standardsmaller reporting company, ASU 2016-13 is effective for the Company’s annual reporting periods, beginning after December 15, 2017, with early adoption permitted for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016. As described in the Company's significant accounting policies, the Company currently defers the revenue and cost of sales on shipments to distributors until the distributor sells the product to their end customer. Upon adoption of ASU 2014-09, and subsequent improvements including ASU 2015-14, Deferral of Effective Date, ASU 2016-08, Principal versus Agent Considerations, ASU 2016-10, Identifying Performance Obligations and Licensing, and ASU 2016-12, Narrow Scope Improvements and Practical Expedients, the Company will no longer defer revenue until sale by the distributor to the end customer, but rather, will be required to estimate the effects of returns and allowances provided to distributors and record revenue at the time of sale to the distributor. The Company plans on adopting this standard on January 1, 2018 retrospectively, applying the guidance to each prior period presented. The Company has determined that the most significant change will be related to the accounting for distributor arrangements whereby revenue will be recognized at the time of sale to the distributor at amounts equal to the estimate of the final selling price.  

In May 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-09, Compensation-Stock Compensation (Topic 718) Scope of Modification Accounting, which is intended to amend the scope of modification accounting for share-based payment arrangements. The amendments in the update provide guidance on types of changes to the terms or conditions of share-based payment awards that would require the Company to apply modification accounting under ASC 718, Compensation-Stock Compensation. This ASU is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, and early adoption is permitted. The Company plans on adopting this standard on January 1, 2018 and is currently evaluating the impact that the adoption of the standard will have on its financial statements.

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Recently Adopted Pronouncements

In July 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015‑11,Simplifying the Measurement of Inventory, which requires an entity to measure in scope inventory at the lower of cost and net realizable value. Net realizable value is the estimated selling price in the ordinary course of business, less reasonably predictable costs of completion, disposal and transportation. This ASU is effective for fiscal years and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2016. The Company adopted this standard2022, and requires a cumulative effect adjustment to the balance sheet as of January 1, 2017 and the impactbeginning of its adoption on the Company’s financial statements was not material.

In November 2015, FASB issued ASU No. 2015‑17,Balance Sheet Classification of Deferred Taxes,first reporting period in which is intended to simplify and improve how deferred taxes are classified on the balance sheet. The guidance in this ASU eliminates the current requirement to present deferred tax assets and liabilities as current and noncurrent in a classified balance sheet and now requires entities to classify all deferred tax assets and liabilities as noncurrent. The guidance is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2016, and for interim periods within those annual periods. Early adoption is permitted. The Company adopted this standard as of January 1, 2017 and the impact of its adoption on the Company’s financial statements was not material.

effective. In March 2016,April 2019, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016‑09,Compensation-Stock Compensation2019-04, Codification Improvements Financial Instruments-Credit Losses (Topic 718) Improvements326). ASU 2019-04 provides narrow-scope amendments to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting, which is intended to simplify several aspects of the accounting for employee share-based payment transactions, including the income tax consequences, the determination of forfeiture rates, classification of awards as either equity or liabilities,help apply ASU 2016-13, and classification on the statement of cash flows. This ASU is effective for fiscal years and interim periods within those years beginning after December 15, 2016, and earlywith the adoption is permitted.of ASU 2016-13. The Company adopted this standard as ofASU 2016-13 and ASU 2019-04 on January 1, 20172023, and it did not have a material impact on its condensed financial statements.

The Company reviewed all other recently issued accounting pronouncements and concluded that they were either not applicable or not expected to have a significant impact to the impactcondensed financial statements.

3. Revenue

The Company sells products to its distributors and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). The Company also recognizes revenue under licensing, patent, and royalty agreements with some customers.

The following table presents the Company’s revenues disaggregated by sales channel (in thousands):

Three Months Ended June 30, 

Six Months Ended June 30, 

    

2023

    

2022

    

2023

    

2022

Distributor

$

12,365

$

12,805

$

25,207

23,600

Non-distributor

3,382

1,902

5,386

5,454

Total revenue

$

15,747

$

14,707

$

30,593

$

29,054

The following table presents the Company’s revenues disaggregated by timing of its adoptionrecognition (in thousands):

Three Months Ended June 30, 

Six Months Ended June 30, 

    

2023

    

2022

    

2023

    

2022

Point in time

$

13,790

$

13,532

$

27,660

26,650

Over time

1,957

1,175

2,933

2,404

Total revenue

$

15,747

$

14,707

$

30,593

$

29,054

The following table presents the Company’s revenues disaggregated by type (in thousands):

Three Months Ended June 30, 

Six Months Ended June 30, 

    

2023

    

2022

    

2023

    

2022

Product sales

$

13,406

$

13,223

$

27,183

$

25,894

Licensing

1,899

771

2,817

1,346

Royalties

236

224

329

624

Other revenue

206

489

264

1,190

Total revenue

$

15,747

$

14,707

$

30,593

$

29,054

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The Company recognizes revenue in three primary geographic regions: Asia-Pacific (APAC); North America; and Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). The Company recognizes revenue by geography based on the region in which the Company’s financial statementsproducts are sold, and not to where the end products in which they are assembled are shipped. The Company’s revenue by region for the periods indicated was not material.as follows (in thousands):

Three Months Ended June 30, 

Six Months Ended June 30, 

    

2023

    

2022

    

2023

    

2022

APAC

$

7,964

$

8,371

$

15,555

$

17,605

North America

4,517

3,780

8,847

6,885

EMEA

3,266

2,556

6,191

4,564

Total revenue

$

15,747

$

14,707

$

30,593

$

29,054

3.4. Balance Sheet Components

Inventory

Inventory consisted of the following (in thousands):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30, 

 

December 31, 

 

2017

 

2016

June 30, 

December 31, 

    

2023

    

2022

Raw materials

 

$

644

 

$

853

$

392

$

666

Work-in-process

 

 

5,362

 

 

3,152

 

5,503

 

4,746

Finished goods

 

 

1,691

 

 

1,064

 

1,450

 

1,271

Total inventory

 

$

7,697

 

$

5,069

$

7,345

$

6,683

Accrued Liabilities

Accrued liabilities consisted of the following (in thousands):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30, 

 

December 31, 

 

 

2017

 

2016

Accrued payroll-related expenses

 

$

1,075

 

$

1,045

Deferred licensing revenue

 

 

42

 

 

229

Deferred rent

 

 

221

 

 

248

Accrued sales commissions payable to sales representatives

 

 

136

 

 

193

Other

 

 

616

 

 

96

Total accrued liabilities

 

$

2,090

 

$

1,811

June 30, 

December 31,

    

2023

    

2022

Payroll-related expenses

$

2,037

$

2,886

Inventory

405

185

Other

 

390

 

462

Total accrued liabilities

$

2,832

$

3,533

Deferred Revenue

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4. Commitmentsa RAD-Hard product, consisting of a technology license, design license agreement, and Contingencies

Operating Leases

development subcontract (RAD-Hard 1). The total arrangements are for $6.5 million in consideration.

The Company leases office space forconcluded these contractual arrangements represent one arrangement and evaluated its corporate headquarters locatedpromises to the customer and whether the performance obligations granted under the arrangement were distinct. The licenses provided to the customer are not transferable, are of limited value without the promised development services, and the customer cannot benefit from the license agreements without the specific obligated services in Chandler, Arizonathe development subcontract, as there is strong interdependency between the licenses and for its design facility located in Austin, Texas. The leases expire in October 2018 and January 2022, respectively. Rent expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the termdevelopment subcontract. Accordingly, the Company determined the licenses were not distinct within the context of the leasescontract and accordingly,combined the Company recordslicense with other performance obligations. The total transaction price of $6.5 million was allocated to the difference between cash rent payments and the recognition of rent expense as a deferred rent liability.

In January 2017, the Company entered into a five-year sublease agreement with Freescale, a related party, to rent 6,560 square feet of office and laboratory space in Chandler, Arizona, and in March 2017, the Company amended the sublease to increase the space to 10,023 square feet.

single performance obligation.

The Company recognizes revenue related to the performance obligations over time using the input method based on costs incurred to date relative to the total expected costs of the contract and began recognizing revenue in the second quarter of 2021 over the contract period. This method depicts performance under the contract and requires the Company to make estimates about the future costs expected to be incurred to perform under the contact, including labor and material costs.

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As of June 30, 2023, the Company has anbilled $6.0 million for the performance under the RAD-Hard 1 contractual agreements. Under the input method of recognition, the Company has recognized $0.3 and $0.5 million in revenue for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023, respectively, and $5.5 million in revenue since inception of the contractual agreements. As a result, the Company has recorded $0.5 million in deferred revenue as of June 30, 2023. The Company expects to recognize the remaining $1.0 million of the transaction price as services are performed throughout the contractual period and performance is expected to be complete in the year ended December 31, 2024.

During the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company executed a contractual arrangement with a customer for the development of a strategic radiation hardened field programmable gate array product, consisting of a technology license to provide design and development services under the contractual agreement (RAD-Hard 2). The total arrangement is for $6.5 million in consideration and services are expected to be performed through the year ended December 31, 2024, subject to certain termination and extension provisions defined in the arrangement. The accounting for this contract follows the same revenue recognition as the RAD-Hard 1 contractual agreements. As of June 30, 2023, the Company has billed $2.8 million for the performance under the RAD-Hard 2 contractual agreement. Under the input method of recognition, the Company has recognized $1.6 million and $2.3 million in revenue for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023, respectively, and $2.6 million in revenue since inception of the contractual agreement. As a result, the Company has recorded $0.2 million in deferred revenue as of June 30, 2023.

5. Leases

Operating leases consist primarily of office space expiring at various dates through 2029. Finance leases relate to a server lease expiring in January 2025. The Company’s lease agreements do not contain any material residual value guarantees or material restrictive covenants.

The undiscounted future non-cancellable lease payments under the Company’s operating and finance leases were as follows (in thousands):

As of June 30, 2023

    

Amount

2023

$

698

2024

1,411

2025

1,416

2026

1,431

2027

1,314

Thereafter

566

Total lease payments

6,836

Less: imputed interest

(689)

Total lease liabilities

6,147

Less: current portion of lease liabilities

(1,156)

Total lease liabilities, net of current portion

$

4,991

Other information related to the Company’s operating lease for its Arizona manufacturing facility,liabilities was as amended, for certainfollows:

June 30, 

December 31,

    

2023

    

2022

Weighted-average remaining lease term (years)

    

4.86

5.35

    

Weighted-average discount rate

4.50

%

4.50

%

Other information related to the Company’s finance lease liabilities was as follows:

June 30, 

December 31,

    

2023

    

2022

Weighted-average remaining lease term (years)

    

1.59

2.09

    

Weighted-average discount rate

4.50

%

4.50

%

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6. Debt

2019 Credit Facility

In March 2023, the 2019 Credit Facility, consisting of the fabrication, laboratoryCompany’s Term Loan and office premisesLine of Freescale. In March 2017, the Company extended the lease through January 28, 2019Credit, was paid in full, and amended the premises covered to remove laboratory space, decrease fabrication space and expand office space.

5. Debt

Prior Facilities

In April 2017, the Company repaid thethere was no outstanding balance as of $1.1 million on the revolving loan atJune 30, 2023. The Company paid an early termination and prepayment fee of $170,000, which time the unamortized balance of the debt discount of $10,000 was recognized as a loss on extinguishment of debt. In May 2017, the Company repaid the outstanding principal balance of $6.2 million on the term loan at which time the unamortized balance of the debt discount was $175,000, and paid a prepayment penalty of $61,000. The unamortized debt discount balance and the prepayment penalty were recognized as a loss on extinguishment of debt inrecorded within other income (expense) within the condensed statements of operationsincome and comprehensive loss.

2017income for the six months ended June 30, 2023. There were no payments or fees recorded related to the 2019 Credit Facility during the three months ended June 30, 2023.

On May 4, 2017, the Company entered into a Loan and Security Agreement with Silicon Valley Bank (“2017 Credit Facility”) for a $12.0 million term loan. The term loan provides for interest at a floating rate equal to the prime rate minus 0.75%. As of September 30, 2017, the interest rate was 3.50%. The term loan provides for a period of interest-only payments through April 30, 2018, followed by fixed principal and interest payments based on either a 24-month amortization schedule or a 36-month amortization schedule if the Company meets certain sales milestones. The Company is required to comply with certain covenants under the 2017 Credit Facility, including requirements to maintain a minimum liquidity ratio, meet certain revenue targets, and restrictions on certain actions without the consent of the lender, such as the disposal and acquisition of its business or property, changes in business, and mergers or acquisitions. An end of term fee of 6% of the amount borrowed must be made when the loan is prepaid or repaid, whether at maturity or as a result of a prepayment or acceleration or otherwise. The additional payment is being accreted using the effective interest method.

Security for the 2017 Credit Facility includes all of the Company’s assets except for intellectual property. The 2017 Credit Facility contains customary covenants restricting the Company’s activities, including limitations on its ability to sell assets, engage in mergers and acquisitions, enter into transactions involving related parties, incur indebtedness or grant liens or negative pledges on its assets, make loans or make other investments. Under these covenants, the Company is prohibited from paying dividends with respect to its capital stock. The Company was in compliance with all covenants at September 30, 2017. The 2017throughout the 2019 Credit Facility contains a material adverse effect clause which provides that an eventpayoff date in March 2023.

The amortization of default will occur if, among other triggers, an event occurs that could reasonably be expected to resultthe debt issuance costs and accretion of the debt discount is included in a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, operations or condition, or on the Company’s ability to perform its obligations under the term loan. As of September 30, 2017, management does not believe that it is probable that the clause will be triggeredinterest expense within the next twelve months,condensed statements of income and thereforecomprehensive income and included in non-cash interest expense within the term loan is classified as long-term.statement of cash flows.

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The carrying value of the Company’s 2017 Credit Facility at September 30, 2017 was as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

Current

    

Long-Term

    

 

 

 

 

Portion

 

debt

 

Total

Debt, including end of term fee

 

$

1,667

 

$

11,053

 

$

12,720

Less:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Discount attributable to end of term fee and debt issuance costs

 

 

(18)

 

 

(639)

 

 

(657)

Net carrying value of debt

 

$

1,649

 

$

10,414

 

$

12,063

The carrying value of the Company’s Prior Facilities at December 31, 2016 was as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

Current

    

Long-Term

    

 

 

 

 

Portion

 

debt

 

Total

Debt, including end of term fee

 

$

4,054

 

$

4,301

 

$

8,355

Less:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Discount attributable to warrants, end of term fee and debt issuance cost

 

 

(177)

 

 

(83)

 

 

(260)

Net carrying value of debt

 

$

3,877

 

$

4,218

 

$

8,095

6.7. Stock-Based Compensation

Summary of Stock Option and Award Activity

The following table summarizes the stock option and award activity for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017:2023:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Options Outstanding

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted-

 

Weighted-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average

 

Average

 

 

 

 

 

Options

 

 

 

Exercise

 

Remaining

 

Aggregate

 

 

Available for

 

Number of

 

Price Per

 

Contractual

 

Intrinsic

 

    

Grant

    

Options

    

Share

    

Life (years)

    

Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(In thousands)

Balance—December 31, 2016

 

342,500

 

1,414,730

 

$

5.28

 

7.6

 

$

4,267

Options authorized

 

374,944

 

 —

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RSUs granted

 

(10,000)

 

 —

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Options granted

 

(646,900)

 

646,900

 

 

13.87

 

 

 

 

 

Options exercised

 

 —

 

(230,347)

 

 

4.76

 

 

 

 

1,981

Options cancelled/forfeited

 

234,973

 

(235,868)

 

 

6.26

 

 

 

 

 

Balance—September 30, 2017

 

295,517

 

1,595,415

 

 

8.69

 

6.9

 

$

13,406

Options exercisable—September 30, 2017

 

 

 

760,459

 

 

4.93

 

4.1

 

$

9,247

Options vested and expected to vest—September 30, 2017

 

 

 

1,595,415

 

 

8.69

 

6.9

 

$

13,406

Options Outstanding

Weighted-

Weighted-

Options and

Average

Average

Aggregate

Awards

Exercise

Remaining

Intrinsic

Available for

Number of

Price Per

Contractual

Value

Grant

    

Options

    

Share

    

Life (years)

    

(In thousands)

Balance—December 31, 2022

 

689,472

1,994,726

$

5.88

7.8

$

1,275

Authorized

 

611,228

RSUs granted

(693,518)

RSUs cancelled/forfeited

Options granted

(8,000)

8,000

$

6.47

Options exercised

 

(39,373)

$

4.09

$

146

Options cancelled/forfeited

 

3,210

(3,210)

$

7.05

Balance—June 30, 2023

 

602,392

 

1,960,143

$

5.92

7.3

$

6,488

Options exercisable—June 30, 2023

 

 

1,203,081

$

5.67

6.8

$

4,299

The total grant date fair value of options vested was $236,000$0.4 million and $129,000$0.9 million during the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 and 2016,2022, respectively, and $1.1$1.3 million and $415,000 for$1.8 million during the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 and 2016,2022, respectively.

The weighted-average grant date fair value of employee options granted was $4.43 and $4.40 per share during the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 and 2016 was $9.222022, respectively, and $3.86$3.85 and $5.40 per share respectively, and during the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172023 and 20162022, respectively.

As of June 30, 2023, there was $7.80$3.0 million of total unrecognized stock-based compensation expense related to unvested options which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.0 years. Compensation cost capitalized within inventory at June 30, 2023 and $3.86 per share, respectively.2022 was not material.

2016 Employee Incentive Plan

The Company’s board of directors adopted the 2016 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2016 Plan”) on April 25, 2016, which was subsequently approved on September 20, 2016 by the Company’s stockholders. The 2016 Plan became effective on October 7, 2016, the date the Company’s registration statement was declared effective by the SEC. No further grants will be made under the Company’s 2008 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2008 Plan”). However, any outstanding stock awards granted under the 2008 Plan will remain outstanding, subject to the terms of the Company’s 

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20082016 Employee Stock Purchase Plan and the applicable stock award agreements, until such outstanding stock awards that are stock options are exercised or until they terminate or expire by their terms, or until such stock awards are fully settled, terminated or forfeited.

The Company’s 2016 Plan provides for the grantIn January 2023, there was an increase of incentive stock options (“ISOs”), non-statutory stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock awards, restricted stock unit awards, performance-based stock awards, and other forms of equity compensation to employees, directors and consultants. In addition, the Company’s 2016 Plan provides for the grant of performance cash awards to employees, directors and consultants.

The maximum number of203,742 shares of common stock that may be issued under the Company’s 2016 Plan is 500,000. The number of shares of common stock reserved for issuance under the Company’s 2016 Plan will automatically increase on January 1 of each year, beginning on January 1, 2017, and continuing through and including January 1, 2024, by 3% of the total number of shares of capital stock outstanding on December 31 of the preceding calendar year, or a lesser number of shares determined by the Company’s board of directors.

2016 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

The Company’s board of directors adopted the 2016 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “ESPP”) on April 25, 2016, which was subsequently approved on September 20, 2016 by the Company’s stockholders. The purpose of the ESPP is to secure the services of new employees, to retain the services of existing employees and to provide incentives for such individuals to exert maximum efforts toward the Company’s success and that of the Company’s affiliates. The ESPP is intended to qualify as an “employee stock purchase plan” within the meaning of Section 423 of the Internal Revenue Code. The board of directors, or a duly authorized committee thereof, will administer the Company’s ESPP.

The maximum aggregate number of shares of common stock that may be issued(ESPP) pursuant to the exercise of purchase rights under the Company’s ESPP that are granted to employees or to employees of anyterms of the Company’s designated affiliates is 96,153 shares. Additionally, the number of shares of common stock reserved for issuance under the Company’s ESPP will increase automatically each year, beginning on January 1, 2017, and continuing through and including January 1, 2026, by 1% of the total number of shares of common stock outstanding on December 31 of the preceding calendar year, or a lesser number as determined by the board of directors. Shares subject to purchase rights granted under the Company’s ESPP that terminate without having been exercised in full will not reduce the number of shares available for issuance under the Company’s ESPP. The first purchase period under the 2016 ESPP commenced on October 12, 2016 and ended on April 12, 2017. The second purchase period began on April 13, 2017 and ended on October 12, 2017. The Company had 203,210936,985 shares available for future issuance under the Company’s ESPP as of SeptemberJune 30, 2017.2023. Employees purchased 17,92440,894 shares for $122,000 during the nine months ended September 30, 2017.

Modification of Stock Awards

During the three months ended September 30, 2017, the Company entered into a Separation Agreement with its former Chief Executive Officer which resulted in the acceleration in the vesting of certain unvested stock options as well as the extension of the exercise period for all vested options. As a result of the modification, the Company recorded stock-based compensation expense of $310,000$181,000 during the three and six months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017 to reflect2023. Employees purchased 37,017 shares for $167,000 during the revised service period for the stock optionsthree and related vesting of shares that would otherwise not have vested.six months ended June 30 2022.

Restricted Stock Units

In September 2017, the Company’s board of directors authorized the issuance of Restricted Stock Units (“RSUs”), under the 2016 Plan and adopted a form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement, which is intended to serve as a standard form agreement for RSU grants issued to employees, executive officers, directors and consultants. 

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The following table summarizes RSUrestricted stock units (RSUs) activity for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017:2023:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RSUs Outstanding

 

 

 

 

Weighted-

 

 

 

 

Average

 

 

Number of

 

Exercise

 

 

Restricted Stock

 

Price Per

 

    

Units

    

Share

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance—December 31, 2016

 

 —

 

$

 —

Granted

 

10,000

 

 

16.25

Balance—September 30, 2017

 

10,000

 

$

16.25

RSUs Outstanding

    

Weighted-

    

Average

Number of

    

Grant Date

Restricted Stock

    

Fair Value Per

    

Units

    

Share

Balance—December 31, 2022

656,646

$

6.45

Granted

 

693,518

$

6.43

Vested

(288,867)

$

6.18

Cancelled/forfeited

$

Balance—June 30, 2023

 

1,061,297

    

$

6.50

The fair value of RSUs is determined on the date of grant based on the market price of the Company’s common stock on that date.

As of SeptemberJune 30, 2017, 2023, there was $149,000$6.1 million of unrecognized stock-based compensation expense related to RSUs to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 0.92.1 years. Compensation cost capitalized within inventory at June 30, 2023 and 2022 was not material.

Stock-based Compensation Expense8. Significant Agreements

The Company recognized stock-based compensation expense from awards granted to employees and non-employees under its equity incentive plans and from its ESPP as follows, excluding amounts related to GLOBALFOUNDRIES, Inc. (“GF”) (in thousands):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

September 30, 

 

September 30, 

 

 

    

2017

    

2016

    

2017

    

2016

    

Research and development

 

$

122

 

$

99

 

$

367

 

$

188

 

General and administrative

 

 

499

 

 

182

 

 

938

 

 

282

 

Sales and marketing

 

 

51

 

 

28

 

 

206

 

 

50

 

Total

 

$

672

 

$

309

 

$

1,511

 

$

520

 

As of September 30, 2017, there was $6.2 million of total unrecognized compensation expense related to unvested options which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 3.3 years.

Employee Stock-based Compensation

Stock-based compensation expense for employees was $685,000 and $279,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, and $1.4 million and $480,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively.  

The Company estimated the fair value of each option using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. The fair value of employee stock options is being amortized on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period of the awards. The fair value of employee stock options was estimated using the assumptions below. Each of these inputs is subjective and its determination generally requires significant judgment.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2016 Plan

 

2016 ESPP

 

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

 

September 30, 

 

September 30, 

 

 

 

    

2017

    

2016

    

2017

    

2016

 

 

Expected volatility

 

47.2-61.1

%  

44.4-45.1

%  

49.3-  66.2

%  

 —

%

 

Risk-free interest rate

 

1.93-2.10

%  

1.12-1.36

%  

0.5-1.0

%  

 —

%

 

Expected term (in years)

 

5.8-6.1

 

5.2-6.1

 

0.5-0.6

 

 —

 

 

Dividend yield

 

 —

%  

 —

%  

 —

%  

 —

%

 

Non-employee Stock-based Compensation

Stock-based compensation expense related to stock options granted to non-employees is recognized as the stock options vest. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, the Company granted 12,800 stock options to non-employees. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, the Company granted 21,633 stock

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options to non-employees. As of September 30, 2017, options to purchase 24,453 shares of common stock were outstanding with a weighted-average exercise price of $5.57 per share. Stock-based compensation expense for non-employees was $(13,000) and $30,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, and $86,000 and $40,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

7. Related Party Transactions

Joint Development Agreement—GLOBALFOUNDRIESAgreement

OnSince October 17, 2014, the Company entered intohas participated in a Joint Development Agreement (“JDA”)joint development agreement (JDA) with GF,GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc. (GF), a related party due to its equity ownership in the Company,semiconductor foundry, for the joint development of the Company’s SpinSpin-transfer Torque MRAM (“ST-MRAM”) technology.(STT-MRAM), technology to produce a family of discrete and embedded MRAM technologies. The term of the agreement is the later of four years from the effective date or until the completion, termination, or expiration of the last statement of work entered into pursuant to the JDA.joint development agreement. The JDA also states that the specific terms and conditions for the production and supply of the developed ST-MRAM technology would be pursuant to a separate manufacturing agreementCompany entered into betweena Statement of Work (SOW) and an Amendment to the parties.SOW, under the JDA with GF effective August 2016 and June 2018, respectively. The agreement was extended on December 31, 2019 to include a new phase of support for 12nm MRAM development.

Under the current JDA extension terms, each party licenses its relevant intellectual property to the other party. For certain jointly developed works, the parties have agreed to follow an invention allocation procedure to determine ownership. In addition, GF possesses the exclusive right to manufacture the Company’s discrete and embedded ST-MRAMSTT-MRAM devices developed pursuant to the agreement until the earlier of three years after the qualification of the MRAM device for a particular technology node or four years after the completion of the relevant statement of work under which the device was developed. For the same exclusivity period associated with the relevant device, GF agreed not to license intellectual property developed in connection with the JDA to named competitors of the Company.

Generally, unless otherwise specified in the agreement or a statement of work, the Company and GF share project costs, which do not include personnel or production qualification costs, equally under the JDA. If GF manufactures, sells or transfers to customers wafers containing production quantified ST-MRAMSTT-MRAM devices that utilize certain design information, GF will be required to pay the Company a royalty. The term

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9. Net Income Per Common Share

Basic net income per common share is calculated by dividing the agreement is four years and is extended until the completion of any development work, if later.

As of September 30, 2017, $25,000 was receivable from GF. There were no amounts receivable from GF as of December 31, 2016. As of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, $1.6 million and $979,000, respectively, were payable to GF for the Company’s share of the project costs under the JDA. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, the Company purchased research and development equipment from GF for $485,000 and $747,000, respectively, which were included in Property and equipment, net as of September 30, 2017. There were no such purchases from GF as of December 31, 2016. The Company incurred project costs, recognized as research and development expense, of $850,000 and $480,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016 respectively, and $4.1 million and $2.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. The Company entered into a Statement of Work #4B (the “SOW 4B”) under the JDA with GF effective August 31, 2016. Under SOW 4B, the Company will collaborate with GF in planning, designing and supporting evaluation of 22nm embedded MRAM arrays. The Company is eligible to receive three substantive milestone payments from this collaboration: (a) $569,000 was due upon the delivery of the Company’s database of bias system schematics; (b) $650,000 was due upon the delivery of a Graphic Design Database System package; and (c) $406,000 is due upon demonstration that the embedded MRAM array meets the specifications agreed uponincome by the two parties. Twoweighted-average number of the milestones were achieved during the nine months ended September 30, 2017. There was no revenue recognized from GF for the three months ended September 30, 2017. The Company recognized revenue of $1.2  million from GF in the nine months ended September 30, 2017. There was no revenue from GF for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016.

On October 21, 2014, GF participated, along with other investors, in the Company’s Series B redeemable convertible preferred stock financing and purchased 192,307 shares at $26.00 per share. Contemporaneously, the Company sold 461,538 shares of its common stock to GF at a discounted price of $0.00026 per share. The common shares vest upon the achievement of a goal as set forth in the Statement of Work #1 (the “SOW”) under the JDA. The unvested common shares are subject to repurchase by the Company, if the JDA is terminated for any reason, for a one-year period after such termination, at a price that is the lower of the original price paid by GF or the fair value of the Company’s common stock as of the date of repurchase. The Company has determined that the issuance of these shares of common stock outstanding for the period less shares subject to GF represents compensation for services to be provided underrepurchase, without consideration of potentially dilutive securities. Diluted earnings per share is calculated using the JDA. Accordingly,treasury stock method by dividing net income by the shares are

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accounted for similar to a stock award granted to a non-employee of the Company and are remeasured to their fair value as they vest. Although the shares issued do not commence vesting until the achievement of the product qualification (the “Initial Measurement Date”), the Company has deemed it probable that the qualification requirement will be met and compensation expense related to the shares issued is being recognized prior to the Initial Measurement Date. Due to the vesting conditions, there will be multiple measurement dates, occurring on the Initial Measurement Date and at the end of each month thereafter. The fair value of vesting shares is effectively fixed at each measurement date while the fair value of the remaining unvested shares will be remeasured each subsequent measurement date until the shares are fully vested. During the year ended December 31, 2016, GF achieved the product qualification as set forth under the SOW. As such, a total of 211,538weighted average shares of common stock became vested on August 21, 2016, the designated Initial Measurement Date. Subsequentoutstanding in addition to the Initial Measurement Date through September 30, 2017, an additional 125,000 sharespotential impact of commondilutive securities including restricted stock became vested. Asunits, warrants, and options. In periods with a net loss, potentially dilutive securities are excluded from the Company’s calculation of September 30, 2017, there were 125,000 shares unvested that were subject to repurchase.

The Company recognized non-cash compensation expense of $508,000 and $(691,000) during the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, and $1.2 million and $751,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, in research and development expense related to the vesting of the shares of common stock. The Company recognizes compensation expense based on the estimated fair value of the common stock at each reporting period, which was $17.09 and $8.29earnings per share as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively.their inclusion would have an antidilutive effect.

Transactions with Freescale

The Company has entered into various transactions with Freescale (a wholly-owned subsidiary of NXP), a related party due to its equity ownership in the Company. The Company leases its manufacturing facility in Chandler, Arizona, from Freescale and total rent expense was $250,000 and $268,000 during the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, and $718,000 and $803,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. Freescale also performs processing of the Company’s products in its facility which are capitalized as part of the cost of inventory. The total processing costs incurred by the Company were $786,000 and $702,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, and $2.4 million and $2.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. In addition, Freescale is one of the Company’s largest customers for the sale of embedded wafers, and total revenue from Freescale was $610,000 and $662,000 during the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, and $1.8 million and $1.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. In the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, the Company purchased wafers for its Condor product from Freescale for $317,000 and $708,000, respectively, which are included in inventory as of September 30, 2017. Amounts due from Freescale were $458,000 and $486,000 at September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively. Amounts due to Freescale were $469,000 and $380,000 at September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively.

8. Net Loss Per Common Share

The following table setstables set forth the computation of basic and diluted net lossincome per share attributable to common stockholders (in thousands, except share and per share amounts):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

September 30, 

 

September 30, 

 

 

    

2017

    

2016

    

2017

    

2016

    

Numerator:

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

Net loss

 

$

(5,446)

 

$

(1,444)

 

$

(16,719)

 

$

(11,400)

 

Denominator:

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

Weighted-average common shares outstanding

 

 

12,700,802

 

 

3,023,794

 

 

12,595,015

 

 

3,019,238

 

Less: weighted-average unvested common shares subjected to repurchase

 

 

(140,990)

 

 

(366,220)

 

 

(169,625)

 

 

(429,534)

 

Weighted-average common shares outstanding used to calculate net loss per common share, basic and diluted

 

 

12,559,812

 

 

2,657,574

 

 

12,425,390

 

 

2,589,704

 

Net loss per common share, basic and diluted

 

$

(0.43)

 

$

(0.54)

 

$

(1.35)

 

$

(4.40)

 

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Basic EPS

The following outstanding shares of potentially

Three Months Ended June 30, 

Six Months Ended June 30, 

    

2023

    

2022

    

2023

    

2022

Numerator:

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Net income

$

3,885

$

1,671

$

4,646

$

3,606

Denominator:

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Weighted-average shares of common stock outstanding, basic

 

20,657,404

 

20,069,444

 

20,554,769

 

19,983,526

Net income per common share, basic

$

0.19

$

0.08

$

0.23

$

0.18

Diluted EPS

Three Months Ended June 30, 

Six Months Ended June 30, 

    

2023

    

2022

    

2023

    

2022

Numerator:

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Net income

$

3,885

$

1,671

$

4,646

$

3,606

Less: warrant liability fair value loss (gain) recognized  

(11)

23

(21)

Net income attributable to common stockholders, diluted

3,885

1,660

$

4,669

$

3,585

Denominator:

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Weighted-average shares of common stock outstanding, basic

 

20,657,404

 

20,069,444

 

20,554,769

 

19,983,526

Dilutive effect of stock options and RSUs

576,849

354,839

513,290

643,021

Weighted-average shares of common stock outstanding, diluted

 

21,234,253

 

20,424,283

 

21,068,059

 

20,626,547

Net income per common share, diluted

$

0.18

$

0.08

$

0.22

$

0.17

Potentially dilutive securities have beenrepresenting 0.9 million and 2.0 million stock options and RSUs that were outstanding during the three months ended of June 30, 2023, and 2022, respectively, and 1.3 million and 0.6 million stock options and RSUs outstanding during the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively, were excluded from the computation of diluted net lossearnings per common share for theduring these periods presented, becauseas their inclusion would be anti-dilutive:have an antidilutive effect.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

September 30, 

 

September 30, 

 

 

    

2017

    

2016

    

2017

    

2016

 

Redeemable convertible preferred stock on an as-converted basis

 

 —

 

2,486,199

 

 —

 

2,486,199

 

Options to purchase common stock

 

1,595,415

 

1,262,294

 

1,595,415

 

1,262,294

 

Restricted stock units

 

10,000

 

 —

 

10,000

 

 —

 

Common stock subject to repurchase

 

125,000

 

240,385

 

125,000

 

240,385

 

Redeemable convertible preferred stock warrants on an as-converted basis

 

 —

 

27,690

 

 —

 

27,690

 

Common stock warrants

 

27,690

 

 —

 

27,690

 

 —

 

Total

 

1,758,105

 

4,016,568

 

1,758,105

 

4,016,568

 

9. Subsequent Events

In October 2017, the Company entered into an amendment to its lease with Freescale in Chandler, Arizona to add 17,951 square feet of office space. The initial term of this amendment to the lease ends on January 31, 2022. The amendment provides the Company with 11 months free rent for the additional space, and total additional lease payments under the amendment will be $1.1 million over the initial lease term.

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

You should read the following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations together with our condensed financial statements and related notes included in Part I, Item 1 of this report and with our audited financial statements and related notes thereto included as part of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016.2022.

Forward-Looking Statements

This discussion contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (Securities Act), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.amended (Exchange Act). Forward-looking statements are identified by words such as “believe,” “will,” “may,” “estimate,” “continue,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “should,” “plan,” “expect,” “predict,” “could,” “potentially” or the negative of these terms or similar expressions. You should read these statements carefully because they discuss future expectations, contain projections of future results of operations or financial condition, or state other “forward-looking” information. These statements relate to, among other things, our industry, business, future plans, strategies, objectives, expectations, intentions and financial performance, as well as anticipated impacts from, and our responses to, the existence of COVID-19 and our expectations regarding current supply constraints, and the assumptions that underlie these statements. These forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause such a difference include, but are not limited to, those discussed in this report in Part II, Item 1A — “Risk Factors,” and elsewhere in this report.report, as well as in our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Forward-looking statements are based on our management’s beliefs and assumptions and on information currently available to our management. These statements, like all statements in this report, speak only as of their date, and we undertake no obligation to update or revise these statements in light of future developments. In addition, statements that “we believe” and similar statements reflect our beliefs and opinions on the relevant subject. These statements are based on information available to us as of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. While we believe that information provides a reasonable basis for these statements, that information may be limited or incomplete. Our statements should not be read to indicate that we have conducted an exhaustive inquiry into or review of, all relevant information. These statements are inherently uncertain and investors are cautioned not to unduly rely on these statements. We caution investors that our business and financial performance are subject to substantial risks and uncertainties.

Overview

Everspin is a pioneer in the successful commercialization of Magnetoresistive Random Access Memory (MRAM) technology. Our portfolio of MRAM technologies, including Toggle MRAM and Spin-transfer Torque MRAM (STT-MRAM), is delivering superior performance, persistence and reliability in non-volatile memories that transform how mission-critical data is protected against power loss. With over 15 years of MRAM technology and manufacturing leadership, our memory solutions deliver significant value to our customers in key markets such as industrial, medical, automotive/transportation, aerospace and data center. We are the leading providersupplier of discrete MRAM solutions. Our MRAM solutions offer the persistencecomponents and a successful licensor of non-volatile memory, a typeour broad portfolio of memory that retains information even in the absence of power, with the speed and endurance of random access memory (RAM), and enable the protection of mission critical data particularly in the event of power interruption or failure. Our MRAM solutions allow our customers in the industrial, automotive and transportation, and enterprise storage markets to design high performance, power efficient and reliable systems without the need for bulky batteries or capacitors. We are the only provider of commercially available MRAM solutions, and over the past eight years we have shipped over 60 million MRAM units.related technology intellectual property.

We drivesell our revenue from the sale of our MRAM-based products in discrete unit form, as embedded technology,directly and through licensingour established distribution channels to industry-leading OEMs and royalties of our MRAM technology.

original design manufacturers (ODMs).

We work directly with our customers to have our MRAM devices designed into and qualified for their products. Although we maintain direct sales, support, and development relationships with our customers, once our products are designed into a customer’s product, we sell a majority of our products to those customers through distributors. We generated 80% and 76% for the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, and 75% and 79% for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, of our revenue from products sold through distributors.

We maintain a direct selling relationship, for strategic purposes, with several key customer accounts. Our direct sales personnel and representatives are organized into three primary regions: North America; Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA); and Asia-Pacific (APAC). In North America, our revenue was $1.7 million and $2.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, and $4.5 million and $5.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. In EMEA, our revenue was $2.0 million and $1.5  million for the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, and $5.4 million and $4.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. In APAC, our revenue was $5.3 million and $3.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, and $15.9 million and $10.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. We recognize revenue by geography based on the region in which our products are sold, and not to where the end products are shipped.

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We leverage both internal and outsourced capabilities to manufacture our MRAM products.products using both captive and third-party manufacturing capabilities. We purchase industry-standard complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (“CMOS”)(CMOS) wafers from semiconductor foundries and complete the fabrication by insertingperform back end of line (BEOL) processing that includes our magnetic-bit technology at our 200mm fabrication facility in Chandler, Arizona. We believe this allows us to streamline research and development, rapidly prototype new products, and bring new products to market quickly and cost effectively. This strategy significantly reduces the capital investment that would otherwise be required to operate manufacturing facilitiesalso manufacture full-flow 300mm CMOS wafers with our STT-MRAM magnetic-bit technology integrated in BEOL as part of our own. We intend to utilize leading semiconductor foundries, including GLOBALFOUNDRIES, to support high-volume production of our high density MRAM products on 300mm wafers at advanced process nodes.

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, we continued to invest in research and development to support the development and production of our second generation of MRAM technology. We believe our continued investment will allow us to continue to develop and deploy products based on our Spin-Torque MRAM (“ST-MRAM”) technology. Our research and development expenses were $6.4 million and $3.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, and $19.2 million and $14.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. We expect that our research and development expenses will increase in the future as we continue to develop our MRAM technology internally and through our joint development agreementstrategic relationship with GLOBALFOUNDRIES.

Our principal executive offices are located in Chandler, Arizona. The facility accommodates our principal sales, marketing and research and development. Also in Chandler, we lease office space, clean room space, and laboratory space for our 200mm production and research and development functions. Our primary product design personnel are located in our office in Austin, Texas.

We recorded revenue of $9.0 million and $7.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, and $25.8 million and $20.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively; gross margin was 58.3% and 60.1% for the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively and 59.1%  and 57.2% for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively; and our net loss was  $5.4 million and $1.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, and $16.7 million and $11.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. As of September 30, 2017, we had 94 employees, approximately half of whom are engaged in research and development.

Key Metrics

We monitor a variety of key financial metrics to help us evaluate growth trends, establish budgets, measure the effectiveness of our business strategies and assess operational efficiencies. These financial metrics include revenue, gross margin, operating expenses and operating income determined in accordance with GAAP. Additionally, we monitor and project cash flow to determine our sources and uses for working capital to fund our operations. We also monitor Adjusted

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EBITDA, a non-GAAP financial measure.measure, and design wins. We define Adjusted EBITDA as net income or loss adjusted for interest expense, tax,taxes, depreciation and amortization, stock-based compensation expense, and compensation expense related to the vesting of common stock held by GLOBALFOUNDRIES resulting from our joint development agreement.restructuring costs, if any.

Adjusted EBITDA.Our management and board of directors use Adjusted EBITDA to understand and evaluate our operating performance and trends, to prepare and approve our annual budget and to develop short-term and long-term operating and financing plans. Accordingly, we believe that Adjusted EBITDA provides useful information for investors in understanding and evaluating our operating results in the same manner as our management and our board of directors.

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Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure and should be considered in addition to, not as superior to, or as a substitute for, net income reported in accordance with GAAP. The following table presents a reconciliation of net loss,income, the most directly comparable GAAP measure, to Adjusted EBITDA for each of the periods indicated:

Three Months Ended June 30, 

Six Months Ended June 30, 

    

2023

    

2022

    

2023

    

2022

Adjusted EBITDA reconciliation:

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Net income

$

3,885

$

1,671

$

4,646

$

3,606

Depreciation and amortization

 

284

 

204

 

617

 

462

Stock-based compensation expense

 

1,260

 

1,311

 

2,420

 

2,135

Interest expense

 

 

70

 

63

 

145

Adjusted EBITDA

$

5,429

$

3,256

$

7,746

$

6,348

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

September 30, 

 

September 30, 

 

 

    

2017

    

2016

    

2017

    

2016

    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjusted EBITDA reconciliation:

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

Net loss

 

$

(5,446)

 

$

(1,444)

 

$

(16,719)

 

$

(11,400)

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

327

 

 

218

 

 

837

 

 

598

 

Stock-based compensation expense

 

 

672

 

 

309

 

 

1,511

 

 

520

 

Compensation expense related to vesting of GLOBALFOUNDRIES common stock

 

 

508

 

 

(691)

 

 

1,224

 

 

751

 

Interest expense

 

 

178

 

 

798

 

 

584

 

 

1,982

 

Adjusted EBITDA

 

$

(3,761)

 

$

(810)

 

$

(12,563)

 

$

(7,549)

 

Our Adjusted EBITDA for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023 includes a one-time employee retention tax credit received of $2.0 million.

Factors Affecting Our Results

Effect of OperationsCOVID-19 on our Business

Design wins. In orderThe COVID-19 outbreak resulted in government authorities around the world implementing numerous measures to continuetry to growreduce the spread of COVID-19. Overall, our revenue, we must continue to achieve design wins for our MRAM products. We consider a design win to occur when an original equipment manufacturer (“OEM”) or contract manufacturer notifies usbusiness remained operational in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Recently, the United States Government declared that it has selected one ofwas no longer treating COVID-19 as a pandemic. Since our products to be incorporated intobusiness is dependent on a product or system under development. Because the life cycles for our customers’ products can last for several years, if these products have successful commercial introductions,global supply chain, we expect to continue to generate revenues over an extended periodnavigate the impact of time for each successful design win.

Customer acceptance of our technology and customer product success. In order for our customers to use our products, they may have to redesign certain components of their existing designs.COVID-19, particularly in some Asian countries. We have established relationships with several controller companies, including Broadcom (formerly LSI and Avago) and Microsemi (formerly PMC-Sierra), and IP core companies, including Cadence, Northwest Logic and Altera (now part of Intel), to accelerate the implementation of our MRAM solutions into our customers end products. Delays in our customers’ design cycles may have adverse effects on the demand, and therefore sales, of our products.

Customer concentration.  A relatively small number of end customers have historically accounted for a significant percentage of our revenue. Revenue, including through distributors, from NXP, STMicroelectronics, Novomatic Gaming Industries, Broadcom and Dell, collectively, accounted for approximately 32% and 34% of our total revenue in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, respectively. None of these customers accounted for in excess of 10% of our total revenue in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017.  Revenue, including through distributors, from Dell, Broadcom, STMicroelectronics, NXP, and Hyundai Mobis, collectively, accounted for 39% and 36% of our total revenue in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, respectively. None of these customers accounted for in excess of 10% of our total revenue in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016. It would be difficult to replace lost revenue resulting from the loss, reduction, cancellation or delay in purchase orders by any one of these customers. Consolidation among our customers may further concentrate our customer base and expose us to increased risks relating to increased customer concentration. In addition, any significant pricing pressure exerted by a significant customer could adversely affect our operating results.

Pricing, product cost and gross margins of our products. Our gross margin has been, and will continue to be, affected by a variety of factors, includingmonitor the timing of changessituation and take additional actions as warranted. These actions may include further altering our operations in pricing, shipment volumes, new product introductions, changes in product mix, changes in our purchase price of fabricated wafers, assembly and test service expenses, manufacturing yields and inventory write downs, if any. In general, newly introduced products, and products with higher densities and performance, tendorder to be priced higher than older, more mature products. Average selling prices inprotect the semiconductor industry typically decline as products mature. Consistent with this historical trend, we expect that the average selling pricesbest interests of our productsemployees, customers and suppliers, and to comply with government requirements, while also planning and executing our business to best support our customers, suppliers, and partners.

The ultimate extent of the impact of COVID-19 on our business, results of operations and financial condition will decline as they mature. Independ on future developments, which are highly uncertain, continuously evolving and cannot be predicted, See “Risk Factors” in Part II, Item 1A of this report for additional risks we face due to the normal courseexistence of business, we seek to offset the effect of declining average selling prices on existing products by reducing manufacturing expenses and introducing newer, higher value-added products. If we are unable to maintain overall average selling prices or to offset any declines in average selling prices with savings on product costs, our gross margin will decline.COVID-19.

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Results of Operations

The following tables set forth our results of operations for the periods indicated:

Three Months Ended June 30, 

    

2023

    

2022

    

2023

    

2022

    

(In thousands)

(As a percentage of revenue)

Product sales

$

13,406

$

13,223

85

%

90

%

Licensing, royalty, patent, and other revenue

 

2,341

 

1,484

 

15

 

10

Total revenue

 

15,747

 

14,707

 

100

 

100

Cost of product sales

6,090

5,793

39

39

Cost of licensing, royalty, patent, and other revenue

464

323

3

2

Total cost of sales

 

6,554

 

6,116

 

42

 

42

Gross profit

 

9,193

 

8,591

 

58

 

58

Operating expenses:

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Research and development

 

2,708

 

2,699

 

17

 

18

General and administrative

 

3,507

 

2,860

 

22

 

19

Sales and marketing

 

1,355

 

1,292

 

9

 

9

Total operating expenses

 

7,570

 

6,851

 

48

 

46

Income from operations

 

1,623

 

1,740

 

10

 

12

Interest expense

 

 

(70)

 

 

Other income (expense), net

 

2,262

 

1

 

14

 

Net income and comprehensive income

$

3,885

$

1,671

25

%

11

%

Six Months Ended June 30, 

June 30, 

June 30, 

2023

    

2022

    

2023

    

2022

(In thousands)

(As a percentage of revenue)

Product sales

$

27,183

$

25,894

89

%

89

%

Licensing, royalty, patent, and other revenue

 

3,410

 

3,160

 

11

 

11

Total revenue

 

30,593

 

29,054

 

100

 

100

Cost of product sales

12,213

11,545

40

40

Cost of licensing, royalty, patent, and other revenue

757

595

2

3

Total cost of sales

 

12,970

 

12,140

 

42

 

42

Gross profit

 

17,623

 

16,914

 

58

 

58

Operating expenses:

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Research and development

 

5,907

 

5,135

 

19

 

18

General and administrative

 

6,727

 

5,589

 

22

 

19

Sales and marketing

 

2,670

 

2,426

 

9

 

8

Total operating expenses

 

15,304

 

13,150

 

50

 

45

Income from operations

 

2,319

 

3,764

 

8

 

13

Interest expense

 

(63)

 

(145)

 

 

(1)

Other income (expense), net

 

2,390

 

(13)

 

8

 

Net income and comprehensive income

$

4,646

$

3,606

15

%

12

%

Comparison of the three months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022

Revenue

We generated 79% and 87% of our revenue from products sold to distributors for the three months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

In addition to selling our products to our distributors, we maintain a direct selling relationship, for strategic purposes, with several key customer accounts. We have organized our sales team and representatives into three primary

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regions: North America; Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA); and Asia-Pacific (APAC). We recognize revenue by geography based on the region in which our customer is located and to which our products are sold, and not to where the end products in which they are assembled are shipped. Our revenue by region and by type of revenue for the periods indicated were as follows (in thousands):

Three Months Ended June 30, 

2023

    

2022

APAC

$

7,964

$

8,371

North America

4,517

3,780

EMEA

3,266

2,556

Total revenue

$

15,747

$

14,707

Three Months Ended

 

June 30, 

Change

 

    

2023

    

2022

    

Amount

    

%

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Product sales

$

13,406

$

13,223

$

183

 

1.4

%

Licensing, royalty, patent, and other revenue

 

2,341

 

1,484

 

857

 

57.7

%

Total revenue

$

15,747

$

14,707

$

1,040

 

7.1

%

Gross margin impact of licensing revenue. Our licensingTotal revenue which we collect as licensing fees and royalty payments, generates significantly higher gross margin than product revenue. Dueincreased by $1.0 million, or 7.1%, from $14.7 million during the three months ended June 30, 2022 to $15.7 million during the high gross margin profile of this revenue stream, fluctuationsthree months ended June 30, 2023. The increase was primarily due to an increase in licensing revenue may havegenerated from the RAD-Hard 2 project, along with a greater impact on gross margin than a corresponding change in the demand for our products. Therefore, as licensing revenue fluctuates, we may see significant variations in gross margin.

Technology, process,higher volume of units produced and product development investment. We invest heavily to develop our MRAM technology, including the core MRAM technology, the joint development agreement with GLOBALFOUNDRIES, and the design of new and innovative products based on MRAM, to provide solutionssold related to our currenttoggle MRAM products.

Licensing, royalty, patent, and future customers. We anticipate that we will continue to invest in our research and development to achieve our technology and product roadmaps. Our product development is targeted to specific segments of the market where we believe the densities and performance of our products can provide the most benefit. We believe our close coordination with our customers regarding their future product requirements enhances the efficiency of our research and development expenditures.

Financial Operations Overview

Revenue

We derive our revenue from the sale of our MRAM-based products in discrete unit form, as embedded technology, and through licensing of and royalties on our MRAM technology. For sales through distributors, we defer recognition of revenue and the related expenses of our discrete MRAM products until the distributor has sold the products to its end customer. We recognize license fees when the applicable development milestones have been met in accordance with the terms of the licensing agreement. Our licensingother revenue is largely dependent ona highly variable revenue item characterized by a small number of transactions annually with revenue based on size and terms of each transaction. Our best estimate of royalty revenue earned is made through the year, with an annual adjustment recognized for actual sales in the first quarter of each fiscal year. Licensing, royalty, patent, and other revenue increased by $0.8 million, or 57.7%, from $1.5 million during a given year. We recognizethe three months ended June 30, 2022 to $2.3 million during the three months ended June 30, 2023. The increase was driven by an increase of $1.1 million in licensing revenue for royalties resulting from our licensing agreements in accordance with the termsthree months ended June 30, 2023 compared to the three months ended June 30, 2022, offset by a decrease of the licensing agreement.$0.3 million of other revenue related to foundry services.

Cost of Sales and Gross Margin

Three Months Ended

 

June 30, 

Change

 

    

2023

    

2022

    

Amount

%

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Cost of product sales

$

6,090

$

5,793

$

297

5.1

%

Cost of licensing, royalty, patent, and other revenue

464

323

141

43.7

%

Total cost of sales

$

6,554

$

6,116

$

438

    

7.2

%

Gross margin

 

58.4

%  

 

58.4

%  

 

  

 

  

Cost of product sales primarily includesincreased by $0.3 million, or 5.1%, from $5.8 million during the costthree months ended June 30, 2022, to $6.1 million during the three months ended June 30, 2023. The increase was due to price increases from suppliers, partially offset by increased yields on toggle products.

Cost of our products including costslicensing, royalty, patent, and other revenue increased by $141,000, or 43.7% from $323,000 during the three months ended June 30, 2022, to purchase wafers, costs paid for wafer fabrication,$464,000 during the three months ended June 30, 2023. The increase was due to an increase in licensing costs associated with the assembly and testing of our products, shipping costs and costs of our manufacturing personnel. Cost of sales also includes indirect costs, such as warranty, inventory valuation reserves and overhead costs.RAD-Hard projects.

Gross profit is revenue less cost of sales. Gross margin is gross profit expressed asremained consistent at 58.4% during the three months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively. We have been able to maintain a percentageconsistent margin by offsetting increased pricing from suppliers with increased yield on toggle products and increased licensing revenue.

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Operating Expenses

Our operating expenses consist of research and development, general and administrative and sales and marketing expenses. Personnel-related expenses, including salaries, benefits, bonuses and stock-based compensation, are among the most significant component of each of our operating expense categories. In addition, we expect to increase research and development expenditures, hire additional personnel necessary to support our growth, and incur additional expenses associated with being a public company.

Three Months Ended

 

June 30, 

Change

 

    

2023

    

2022

    

Amount

    

%

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Research and development

$

2,708

$

2,699

$

9

 

0.3

%

Research and development as a % of revenue

17

%  

18

%  

Research and Development Expenses

Our research and development expenses consist primarily of personnel-related expenses for the design and development of our products and technologies, test wafers required to characterize our technology, and expenses associated with our joint development agreement with GLOBALFOUNDRIES. Expenses. Research and development expenses also include consulting services, circuit design costs, materials and laboratory supplies, fabrication and new packaging technology, and an allocation of related facilities and equipment costs. We expect our research and development expenses to increase as we hire additional personnel to develop new products and product enhancements. We recognize research and development expenses as they are incurred.

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General and Administrative Expenses

Our general and administrative expenses consist primarily of personnel expenses, allocated facilities costs, expenses for outside professional services, and expenses for personnel and consultants engaged in executive, finance, legal, information technology and administrative activities. We expect to incur additional 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 Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, and those of any national securities exchange on which our securities are traded, additional insurance expenses, investor relations activities and other administrative and professional services.

Sales and Marketing Expenses

Our sales and marketing expenses consist primarily of compensation for our sales, marketing, and business development personnel, including bonuses and commissions for our sales representatives. We expect our sales and marketing expenses to increase as we hire additional sales personnel and representatives and increase our marketing activities.

Interest Expense

Interest expense consists of cash and non-cash components. The non-cash component consists of interest expense recognized from the amortization of debt discounts derived from the issuance of warrants and debt issuance costs capitalized on our balance sheets as a reduction of the debt balance. The non-cash component also includes interest expense on our convertible promissory notes as well as the amortization of debt discounts from the bifurcation of an embedded derivative related to the notes. These notes were converted into shares of our common stock upon the completion of our initial public offering, (“IPO”) in October 2016. The cash component of interest expense is attributable to our borrowings under our loan agreements.

Other Income, Net

Other income, net consists primarily of the change in fair value of our convertible preferred stock warrant liability. Prior to the completion of our IPO, our convertible preferred stock warrants were exercisable into shares that were contingently redeemable. As such, these warrants were classified as a liability on our balance sheetsremained consistent at their estimated fair value and were marked to market at each reporting period. We continued to record adjustments to the estimated fair values of the convertible preferred stock warrants until they converted into common stock warrants upon the closing of the IPO.

Loss on extinguishment of debt

In the second quarter of 2017, we repaid the outstanding balance of our revolving loan and term loan at which time the unamortized balance of the debt discount and a prepayment penalty for the term loan were recognized as a loss on extinguishment of debt.

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Results of Operations

The following table sets forth our results of operations for the periods indicated:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

September 30, 

 

September 30, 

 

 

    

2017

    

2016

    

2017

    

2016

    

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Product sales

 

$

8,933

 

$

7,008

 

$

24,215

 

$

19,731

 

Licensing and royalty revenue

 

 

75

 

 

156

 

 

1,598

 

 

299

 

Total revenue

 

 

9,008

 

 

7,164

 

 

25,813

 

 

20,030

 

Cost of sales

 

 

3,753

 

 

2,859

 

 

10,549

 

 

8,563

 

Gross profit

 

 

5,255

 

 

4,305

 

 

15,264

 

 

11,467

 

Operating expenses:

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

Research and development

 

 

6,420

 

 

3,111

 

 

19,236

 

 

14,342

 

General and administrative

 

 

3,031

 

 

1,586

 

 

8,669

 

 

4,881

 

Sales and marketing

 

 

1,112

 

 

788

 

 

3,331

 

 

2,476

 

Total operating expenses

 

 

10,563

 

 

5,485

 

 

31,236

 

 

21,699

 

Loss from operations

 

 

(5,308)

 

 

(1,180)

 

 

(15,972)

 

 

(10,232)

 

Interest expense

 

 

(178)

 

 

(798)

 

 

(584)

 

 

(1,982)

 

Other income, net

 

 

40

 

 

534

 

 

83

 

 

814

 

Loss on extinguishment of debt

 

 

 —

 

 

 —

 

 

(246)

 

 

 —

 

Net loss

 

$

(5,446)

 

$

(1,444)

 

$

(16,719)

 

$

(11,400)

 

The following table sets forth the statements of operations data for each of the periods presented as a percentage of revenue:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

 

September 30, 

 

September 30, 

 

 

 

    

2017

    

2016

    

2017

    

2016

 

    

Total revenue

 

100

%  

100

%  

100

%  

100

%

 

Cost of sales

 

42

 

40

 

41

 

43

 

 

Gross profit

 

58

 

60

 

59

 

57

 

 

Operating expenses:

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Research and development

 

71

 

43

 

75

 

72

 

 

General and administrative

 

34

 

22

 

34

 

24

 

 

Sales and marketing

 

12

 

11

 

13

 

12

 

 

Total operating expenses

 

117

 

76

 

122

 

108

 

 

Loss from operations

 

(59)

 

(16)

 

(63)

 

(51)

 

 

Interest expense

 

(2)

 

(11)

 

(2)

 

(10)

 

 

Other income, net

 

 —

 

 7

 

 —

 

 4

 

 

Loss on extinguishment of debt

 

 —

 

 —

 

(1)

 

 —

 

 

Net loss

 

(61)

%  

(20)

%  

(66)

%  

(57)

%

 

Comparison of the Three Months Ended September 30, 2017 and 2016

Revenue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30, 

 

Change

 

 

    

2017

    

2016

    

Amount

    

%

 

 

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Product sales

 

$

8,933

 

$

7,008

 

$

1,925

 

27

%

Licensing and royalty revenue

 

 

75

 

 

156

 

 

(81)

 

(52)

%

Total revenue

 

$

9,008

 

$

7,164

 

$

1,844

 

26

%

Total revenue increased by $1.8 million or 26%, from $7.2$2.7 million during the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2016,2023 and 2022, respectively. The primary driver of research and development expenses relate to $9.0 million during the three months ended September 30, 2017. Product salesour new xSPI family of STT-MRAM products.

Three Months Ended

 

June 30, 

Change

 

    

2023

    

2022

    

Amount

    

%

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

General and administrative

$

3,507

$

2,860

$

647

 

22.6

%

General and administrative as a % of revenue

22

%  

19

%  

General and Administrative Expenses. General and administrative expenses increased by $1.9$0.6 million, or

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27%, from $7.0 million during the three months ended September 30, 2016, to $8.9 million during the three months ended September 30, 2017. The increase in product sales was due to increased sales volume and mix in our first generation MRAM products.

Licensing and royalty revenue is a highly variable revenue item characterized by a small number of transactions annually with revenues based on size and terms of each transaction.  Licensing and royalty revenue decreased by $0.1 million, from $0.2  million during the three months ended September 30, 2016, to $0.1 million during the three months ended September 30, 2017. The decrease was primarily due to decreased royalty revenue due to a decline in customer usage.

Cost of Sales and Gross Margin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30, 

 

Change

 

 

    

2017

    

2016

    

Amount

 

%

 

 

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Cost of sales

 

$

3,753

 

$

2,859

 

$

894

    

31

%

Gross margin

 

 

58.3

%  

 

60.1

%  

 

  

 

  

 

Cost of sales increased by $0.9 million or 31% 22.6%, from $2.9 million during the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2016,2022 to $3.8$3.5 million during the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017.2023. The increase is primarily due to increases related professional service and depreciation costs.

Three Months Ended

 

June 30, 

Change

 

    

2023

    

2022

    

Amount

    

%

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Sales and marketing

$

1,355

$

1,292

$

63

 

4.9

%

Sales and marketing as a % of revenue

9

%  

9

%  

Sales and Marketing Expenses. Sales and marketing expenses increased by $0.1 million, or 4.9%, from $1.3 million during the three months ended June 30, 2022, to $1.4 million during the three months ended June 30, 2023. The increase was primarily due to an increase in variable compensation costs.

Interest Expense

Three Months Ended

 

June 30, 

Change

 

    

2023

    

2022

    

Amount

    

%

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Interest expense

$

$

70

$

(70)

 

(100.0)

%

Interest expense decreased by $70,000, or 100.0%, from $70,000 during the three months ended June 30, 2022, to $0 during the three months ended June 30, 2023. The decrease was due to no outstanding balance under the credit facility during the three months ended June 30, 2023 as we paid off the outstanding balance in full in March 2023, resulting in no interest incurred during the three months ended June 30, 2023.

Other Income (Expense), Net

Three Months Ended

June 30, 

Change

    

2023

    

2022

    

Amount

    

%

(Dollars in thousands)

Other income (expense), net

$

2,262

$

1

$

2,261

 

226,100.0

%

20

Other income (expense), net increased by $2.3 million in income for the three months ended June 30, 2023. The change was primarily due to the employee retention tax credit received of $2.0 million along with an increase in interest income earned on the money market cash account as a result of the increased cash balances and increasing interest rates, offset by a loss on prepayment and termination of our 2019 Credit Facility.

Comparison of the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022

Revenue

We generated 82% and 81% of our revenue from products sold to distributors for the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

Our revenue by region and by type of revenue for the periods indicated were as follows (in thousands).

Six Months Ended June 30, 

2023

    

2022

APAC

$

15,555

$

17,605

North America

8,847

6,885

EMEA

6,191

4,564

Total revenue

$

30,593

$

29,054

Six Months Ended

 

June 30, 

Change

 

    

2023

    

2022

    

Amount

    

%

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Product sales

$

27,183

$

25,894

$

1,289

 

5.0

%

Licensing, royalty, patent, and other revenue

 

3,410

 

3,160

 

250

 

7.9

%

Total revenue

$

30,593

$

29,054

$

1,539

 

5.3

%

Total revenue increased by $1.5 million, or 5.3%, from $29.1 million during the six months ended June 30, 2022 to $30.6 million during the six months ended June 30, 2023. The increase was primarily due to an increase of product sales by $1.3 million, or 5.0%, from $25.9 million to $27.2 million driven by a higher volume of toggle units produced and sold, along with average sales price increases to offset supplier price increases.

Licensing, royalty, patent, and other revenue increased by $0.2 million, or 7.9%, from $3.2 million during the six months ended June 30, 2022 to $3.4 million during the six months ended June 30, 2023. The increase was driven by a increase of $1.4 million in licensing, offset by a decline of $0.9 million in revenue related to foundry services and a decline of $0.3 million in royalty revenue.

Cost of Sales and Gross Margin

Six Months Ended

 

June 30, 

Change

 

    

2023

    

2022

    

Amount

    

%

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Cost of product sales

$

12,213

$

11,545

$

668

5.8

%

Cost of licensing, royalty, patent, and other revenue

757

595

162

27.2

%

Total cost of sales

$

12,970

$

12,140

$

830

6.8

%

Gross margin

 

57.6

%  

 

58.2

%  

  

Cost of product sales increased by $0.7 million, or 5.8%, from $11.5 million during the six months ended June 30, 2022, to $12.2 million during the six months ended June 30, 2023. The increase was due to the significantan increase in product sales inand price increases from suppliers, partially offset by increased yields on toggle products.

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Cost of licensing, royalty, patent, and other revenue increased by $0.2 million, or 27.2% from $0.6 million during the threesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017.

2022, to $0.8 million during the six months ended June 30, 2023. The increase was due to an increase in licensing costs associated with the RAD-Hard projects.

Gross margin decreased from 60.1%58.2% during the threesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2016,2022, to 58.3%57.6% during the threesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017. The decrease was2023. Our gross margin decreased primarily due to product mix. price increases from suppliers along with a decrease in foundry services and royalty revenues.

Operating Expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30, 

 

Change

 

 

    

2017

    

2016

    

Amount

    

%

 

 

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Research and development

 

$

6,420

 

$

3,111

 

$

3,309

 

106

%

General and administrative

 

 

3,031

 

 

1,586

 

 

1,445

 

91

%

Sales and marketing

 

 

1,112

 

 

788

 

 

324

 

41

%

Total operating expenses

 

$

10,563

 

$

5,485

 

$

5,078

 

93

%

Our operating expenses consist of research and development, general and administrative and sales and marketing expenses. Personnel-related expenses, including salaries, benefits, bonuses and stock-based compensation, are among the most significant component of each of our operating expense categories.

Six Months Ended

 

June 30, 

Change

 

    

2023

    

2022

    

Amount

    

%

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Research and development

$

5,907

$

5,135

$

772

 

15.0

%

Research and development as a % of revenue

19

%  

18

%  

Research and Development Expenses. Research and development expenses increased by $3.3$0.8 million, or 106%15.0%, from $3.1$5.1 million during the threesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2016,2022, to $6.4$5.9 million during the threesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017.2023. The increase wasis primarily due to a $1.6 million increase in supplies and maintenance, a $1.2 million increase in the amount attributabledevelopment expenses related to the vestingour new xSPI family of shares of common stock issued to GLOBALFOUNDRIES driven by the stock price component of the expense, a $0.4 million increase in expenses from our joint development agreement with GLOBALFOUNDRIES due to the use of more technologically advanced materials, and a $0.1 million increase in employee and contract labor costs due to increased headcount.STT-MRAM products.

Six Months Ended

 

June 30, 

Change

 

    

2023

    

2022

    

Amount

    

%

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

General and administrative

$

6,727

$

5,589

$

1,138

 

20.4

%

General and administrative as a % of revenue

22

%  

19

%  

General and Administrative Expenses. General and administrative spendingexpenses increased by $1.4$1.1 million, or 91%20.4%, from $1.6$5.6 million during the threesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2016,2022 to $3.0$6.7 million during the threesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017.2023. The increase wasis primarily due to a $0.5 million increase inincreases related to profit sharing, professional services incurred due to becoming a publicly traded company, such as accounting services, insurance, legalservice costs, and investor relations, and a $0.8 million increase in employee and contract labor costs primarily due to our change in Chief Executive Officer.depreciation.

Six Months Ended

 

June 30, 

Change

 

    

2023

    

2022

    

Amount

    

%

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Sales and marketing

$

2,670

$

2,426

$

244

 

10.1

%

Sales and marketing as a % of revenue

9

%  

8

%  

Sales and Marketing Expenses. Sales and marketing expenses increased by $0.3 million, or 41%10.1%, from $0.8$2.4 million during the threesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2016,2022, to $1.1$2.7 million during the threesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017. The increase was primarily attributable to a $0.1 million increase in employee and contract labor costs and a $0.2 million increase in travel expenses as a result of increased headcount to drive growth.  

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Interest Expense

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30, 

 

Change

 

 

    

2017

    

2016

    

Amount

    

%

 

 

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Interest expense

 

$

178

 

$

798

 

$

(620)

 

(78)

%

Interest expense decreased by $0.6 million or 78%, from $0.8  million during the three months ended September 30, 2016, to $0.2 million during the three months ended September 30, 2017. The decrease was primarily related to an overall  $0.6 million decrease in the interest payable to GLOBALFOUNDRIES,  interest on our 2016 convertible promissory notes and lower interest expense on our 2017 Credit Facility with Silicon Valley Bank, compared to our prior facility with Ares Venture Finance. 

Other Income, Net

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30, 

 

Change

 

 

    

2017

    

2016

    

Amount

    

%

 

 

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Other income, net

 

$

40

 

$

534

 

$

(494)

 

(93)

%

Other income, net was $40,000 during the three months ended September 30, 2017 compared to $0.5 million during the three months ended September 30, 2016. The change was primarily related to the fair value remeasurement of our warrant liabilities which were reclassified to equity upon the IPO in October 2016.

Comparison of the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017 and 2016

Revenue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30, 

 

Change

 

 

    

2017

    

2016

    

Amount

    

%

 

 

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Product sales

 

$

24,215

 

$

19,731

 

$

4,484

 

23

%

Licensing and royalty revenue

 

 

1,598

 

 

299

 

 

1,299

 

*

%

Total revenue

 

$

25,813

 

$

20,030

 

$

5,783

 

29

%


*Not meaningful

Total revenue increased by $5.8 million or 29%, from $20.0 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2016, to $25.8 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2017. Product sales increased by $4.5 million or 23%, from $19.7 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2016, to $24.2 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2017.2023. The increase was primarily due to $3.9 million in increased sales volume and mix in our first generation MRAM products and a  $0.6 million increase in sales of our Legacy products.

Licensing and royalty revenue is a highly variable revenue item characterized by a small number of transactions annually with revenues based on size and terms of each transaction.  Licensing and royalty revenue increased by $1.3 million from $0.3 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2016, to $1.6 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2017. The increase was primarily due to $1.2 million in milestones earned for the achievement of specified events during the nine months ended September 30, 2017, from GLOBALFOUNDRIES.

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Cost of Sales and Gross Margin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30, 

 

Change

 

 

    

2017

    

2016

    

Amount

    

%

 

 

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Cost of sales

 

$

10,549

 

$

8,563

 

$

1,986

 

23

%

Gross margin

 

 

59.1

%  

 

57.2

%  

 

  

 

 

 

Cost of sales increased by $2.0 million or 23%, from $8.6 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2016, to $10.6 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2017. The increase was primarily due to increased sales volume offset in part by higher yields on our Gen 1 MRAM products.

Gross margin increased from 57.2 % during the nine months ended September 30, 2016, to 59.1% during the nine months ended September 30, 2017. The increase was primarily due to increased sales, product mix and higher yields on our Gen 1 MRAM products.

Operating Expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30, 

 

Change

 

 

    

2017

    

2016

    

Amount

    

%

 

 

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Research and development

    

$

19,236

 

$

14,342

 

$

4,894

 

34

%

General and administrative

 

 

8,669

 

 

4,881

 

 

3,788

 

78

%

Sales and marketing

 

 

3,331

 

 

2,476

 

 

855

 

35

%

Total operating expenses

 

$

31,236

 

$

21,699

 

$

9,537

 

44

%

Research and Development Expenses. Research and development expenses increased by $4.9 million or 34%, from $14.3 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2016, to $19.2 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2017. The increase was primarily due to a $2.6 million increase in equipment maintenance and supplies expenses related to the move to our new office and laboratory space in March 2017 and more purchases in the nine months ended September 30, 2017 compared to the same period in 2016,  a $1.6 million increase in expenses incurred in our joint development agreement with GLOBALFOUNDRIES due to the use of more technologically advanced materials, a $0.6 million increase in employee and contact labor costs due to an increase in headcount, bonuses and stock-basedvariable compensation expense, and a $0.5 million increase in the amount attributable to the vesting of shares of common stock issued to GLOBALFOUNDRIES due to revaluing shares. The increases were partially offset by an increase in the allocation of expenses to cost of goods sold due to an increase in production in 2017.  costs.

General and Administrative Expenses. General and administrative spending increased by $3.8 million or 78%, from $4.9 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2016, to $8.7 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2017. The increase was primarily due to a $2.1 million increase in professional services incurred due to becoming a publicly traded company, such as accounting services, insurance, legal and investor relations, and a $1.6 million increase in employee and contract labor costs due to an increase in headcount, of which $0.6 million was due to our change in Chief Executive Officer and $1.0 million was due to increases in headcount and stock-based compensation expense.

Sales and Marketing Expenses. Sales and marketing expenses increased by $0.9 million or 35%, from $2.5 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2016, to $3.3 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2017. The increase was primarily due to a $0.9 million increase in employee and contract labor costs as a result of higher headcount and an increase in salaries, bonuses and stock-based compensation expense.

Interest Expense

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30, 

 

Change

 

 

    

2017

    

2016

    

Amount

    

%

 

 

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Interest expense

 

$

584

 

$

1,982

 

$

(1,398)

 

(71)

%

Six Months Ended

 

June 30, 

Change

 

    

2023

    

2022

    

Amount

    

%

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Interest expense

$

63

$

145

$

(82)

 

(56.6)

%

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Interest expense decreased by $1.4 million$82,000, or 71%16.0%, from $2.0 million$145,000 during the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2016,2022, to $0.6 million$63,000 during the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017.2023. The decrease was primarily related to a $0.9 million decrease in interest expense on our 2016 convertible promissory notes and a $0.5 million decrease due to lower outstanding balances under the credit facility that we paid off in full in March 2023, resulting in less interest expense on our 2017 Credit Facility with Silicon Valley Bank, compared to our prior facility with Ares Venture Finance.incurred.

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Other Income (Expense), Net

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30, 

 

Change

 

 

    

2017

    

2016

    

Amount

    

%

 

 

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Other income, net

 

$

83

 

$

814

 

$

(731)

 

(90)

%

Six Months Ended

June 30, 

Change

    

2023

    

2022

    

Amount

    

%

(Dollars in thousands)

Other income (expense), net

$

2,390

$

(13)

$

2,403

 

(18,484.6)

%

Other income (expense), net was $83,000 duringincreased by $2.4 million in income for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017 compared to $0.8 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2016.2023. The decreasechange was primarily related to the fair value remeasurement of our warrant liabilities which were reclassified to equity upon the IPO in October 2016.

Loss on extinguishment of debt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30, 

 

Change

 

    

2017

    

2016

    

Amount

    

%

 

 

(Dollars in thousands)

Loss on extinguishment of debt

 

$

246

 

$

 —

 

$

246

 

*


*Not meaningful

Loss on extinguishment of debt was $0.2 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 due to the payoffERTC received of $2.0 million along with an increase in interest income earned on the money market cash account as a result of the increased cash balances and increasing interest rates, offset by a loss on prepayment and termination of our prior facility with Ares Venture Finance in May 2017. There was no such loss during the nine months ended September 30, 2016.2019 Credit Facility.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

We have generated significant losses since our inception and had an accumulated deficit of $113.2 million as of September 30, 2017. As of SeptemberJune 30, 2017,2023, we had $17.8$30.8 million of cash and cash equivalents, compared to $29.7$26.8 million as of December 31, 2016.

In October 2016,2022. As of June 30, 2023, we completedhave no outstanding debt as we paid off our IPO2019 Credit Facility in which we sold 5,000,000 shares at a price of $8.00 per share for net proceeds of $33.9 million, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, and offering costs. Concurrent with the IPO, we issued 625,000 shares of our common stockfull in a private placement for net proceeds of $4.7 million, after deducting the placement agent fee.

In May 2017, we executed a Loan and Security Agreement with Silicon Valley Bank for a $12.0 million term loan. The term of the loan is three years, which would be extended by one year if we achieve a revenue target of $4.0 million for our Spin-Torque product. The loan bears interest at a floating rate equal to the prime rate minus 0.75% and is payable monthly. The outstanding balance of the loan is to be repaid monthly beginning on May 1, 2018 over the remaining term of the loan. The loan is secured by a first priority perfected security interest in our assets excluding any intellectual property.

March 2023. We believe that our existing cash and cash equivalents as of September 30, 2017, coupled with our anticipated growth and sales levelswill beare sufficient to meet our anticipated cashcapital requirements through November 30, 2018.in the next 12 months. Our future capital requirements will depend on many factors, including, among other things, our growth rate, the timing and extent of our spending to support research and development activities, the timing and cost of establishing additional sales and marketing capabilities, and the introduction of new products. If we need to raise additional capital to fund our operations, we may be required to seek additional equity or debt financing, and such additional financing may not be available to us on

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acceptable terms or at all. If we are unable to raise additional capital or generate sufficient cash from operations to adequately fund our operations, we will need to curtail planned activities to reduce costs and extend the time period over which our current resources will be able to fund operations. Doing so will likely harm our ability to execute on our business plan.

Cash Flows

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

September 30, 

 

    

2017

    

2016

 

 

(In thousands)

Cash used in operating activities

 

$

(14,521)

 

$

(7,332)

Cash used in investing activities

 

 

(2,170)

 

 

(596)

Cash provided by financing activities

 

 

4,806

 

 

7,620

Six Months Ended

June 30, 

    

2023

    

2022

(In thousands)

Cash provided by operating activities

$

7,531

$

3,350

Cash used in investing activities

 

(1,048)

 

(794)

Cash used in financing activities

 

(2,448)

 

(914)

Cash Flows From Operating Activities

During the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017,2023, cash used inprovided by operating activities was $14.5$7.5 million, which consisted of a net lossincome of $16.7$4.6 million, adjusted by non-cash charges of $3.9$3.2 million and a changechanges of $1.7 million in our net operating assets and liabilities.liabilities of $0.3 million. The non-cash charges primarily consisted of stock-based compensation of $1.5 million, compensation expense related to vesting of common stock issued to GLOBALFOUNDRIES under our joint development agreement of $1.2$2.4 million, depreciation and amortization of $0.8$0.6 million, and a loss on extinguishmentprepayment and termination of debtour 2019 credit facility of $0.2 million. The change in our net operating assets and liabilities was primarily due to a decrease in accounts receivable of $1.6 million due to timing of cash receipts for outstanding balances, an increase in inventory of $0.7 million, a decrease in prepaid and other current assets of $0.2 million, a decrease in accounts payable of $0.7 million, a decrease in accrued liabilities of $0.7 million primarily due to timing of variable compensation costs, and interest expense related toa decrease in deferred revenue of $0.1 million.

During the six months ended June 30, 2022, cash provided by operating activities was $3.4 million, which consisted of net income of $3.6 million, non-cash charges of $2.5 million and changes of net operating assets and liabilities of $2.7 million. The non-cash charges primarily consisted of stock-based compensation of $2.1 million, and depreciation and amortization of debt issuance costs of $0.2$0.5 million. The change in our net operating assets and liabilities was primarily due to an increase in inventory of $2.6 million to meet demands of future sales and growing backlog and an increase of $0.5 million in accounts receivable due to timing of cash receipts for outstanding balances. These changes were partially offset by an increase in accounts payable and accrued liabilities of $0.9 million due to the timing of payments, an increase of $0.3 million in deferred income on shipments to distributors, and a decrease of $0.3 million in prepaid and other current assets.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2016, cash used in operating activities was $7.3 million, which consisted of a net loss of $11.4 million, adjusted by non-cash charges of $2.2 million and a change of $1.9 million in our net operating assets and liabilities. The non-cash charges primarily consisted of depreciation and amortization of $0.6 million, stock-based compensation of $0.5 million, change in fair value of the derivative liabilities of $(0.8) million, compensation expense related to vesting of common stock issued to GLOBALFOUNDRIES under our joint development agreement of $0.8 million and non-cash interest of $1.1 million. The change in our net operating assets and liabilities was primarily due to a net increase of $2.7 million in the related party amount due to GLOBALFOUNDRIES in connection with the joint development agreement, an increase of $0.8 million in accounts payable and accrued liabilities due to timing of payments and an increase of $0.2 million in the deferred income on shipments to distributors due to an increase in such activity since year end. These changes were partially offset by an increase of $1.1 million inventory in anticipation of shipments in the fourth quarter, an increase of $0.4 million in accounts receivable due to timing of cash receipts for outstanding balances, and an increase of $0.3 milliona decrease in prepaid expenses and other assets for advances made for the purchase of wafers.$0.7 million, a decrease in accounts payable of $0.2 million, a decrease in accrued liabilities of $1.4 million primarily due to variable compensation costs and profit sharing, and a decrease in deferred revenue of $0.8 million.

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Cash Flows From Investing Activities

Cash used in investing activities during the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017,2023 was $2.2$1.0 million, primarilyreflecting $1.1 million for the purchase of manufacturing equipment offset by a nominal amount in proceeds received on the sale of property and capitalized costs related to the move to our new office and laboratory space in Chandler, Arizona.equipment.

Cash used in investing activities during the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2016,2022 was $0.6$0.8 million, which consisted of capital expenditures primarilyreflecting $1.0 million for the purchase of manufacturing equipment offset by $0.2 million in proceeds received on the sale of property and equipment.

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Cash Flows From Financing Activities

DuringCash used in financing activities during the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017, cash provided by financing activities2023, was $4.8$2.5 million, consisting mainly of proceeds$2.8 million of $12.0 million in borrowings, and $1.2 million from stock option exercises and purchases of shares in employee stock purchase plan, offset in part by payments of long-term debt of $8.4 million.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2016, cash provided by financing activities was $7.6 million consisting of proceeds of $8.5 million in borrowings from convertible promissory notes obtained from certain stockholders and a $1.5 million draw down against the revolving loan. These increases were partially offset by payments of offering costs in connection with our IPO of $1.6 million, and payments on long-term debt of $0.6 million and capital lease obligations of $0.2 million. 

Contractual Obligations

The following table summarizes our contractual obligations as of September 30, 2017 (in thousands):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Payments Due by Period

 

 

Less Than

 

1 to 3

 

3 to 5

 

More Than

 

 

 

 

    

1 Year

    

Years

    

Years

    

5 Years

    

Total

 

 

(In thousands)

Long-term debt, current and non-current, including interest(1)

 

$

2,083

 

$

8,795

 

$

3,081

 

$

 —

 

$

13,959

Operating leases

 

 

1,510

 

 

1,153

 

 

552

 

 

 —

 

 

3,215

 

 

$

3,593

 

$

9,948

 

$

3,633

 

$

 —

 

$

17,174


(1)

The interest charges have been calculated using a rate of 3.50%, the 2017 Credit Facility borrowing rate. The debt bears interest at a variable rate and interest charges in future periods may be higher.

There were no material changes in our contractual obligations from December 31, 2016, other than the refinancing of our long-term debt.

Prior Facilities

In June 2015, we entered into a loan and security agreement with Ares Venture Finance for a term loan of $8.0 million and a $4.0 million revolving loan for working capital purposes and to repay our existing debt to another lender. In April 2017, we repaid the outstanding balance of our revolving loan of $1.1 million. In May 2017, we used a portion of the proceeds of the term loan executed with Silicon Valley Bank to pay off the outstanding principal balance of $6.2 million on the June 2015 term loan.

2017our 2019 Credit Facility, offset by $0.3 million in proceeds from the exercise of employee stock options.

On May 4, 2017, we entered into a Loan and Security Agreement with Silicon Valley Bank (“2017 Credit Facility”) for a $12.0Cash used in financing activities during the six months ended June 30, 2022 was $0.9 million, term loan. Theconsisting mainly of $1.2 million of payments of term loan provides for interest at a floating rate equal toinstallments offset by $0.3 million in proceeds from the prime rate minus 0.75%. The term loan provides for a periodexercise of interest-only payments through April 30, 2018, followed by fixed principal and interest payments based on either a 24-month amortization schedule or a 36-month amortization schedule if we meet certain sales milestones, and an additional payment of 6% of the Loan Amount when the loan is prepaid or repaid, whether at maturity or as a result of a prepayment or acceleration or otherwise.employee stock options.

Security for the 2017 Credit Facility includes all of our assets except for Intellectual Property. The 2017 Credit Facility contains customary covenants restricting our activities, including limitations on our ability to sell assets, engage in mergers and acquisitions, enter into transactions involving related parties, incur indebtedness or grant liens or negative pledges on our assets, make loans or make other investments. Under these covenants, we are prohibited from paying dividends with respect to our capital stock. The 2017 Credit Facility also contains a material adverse effect clause which provides that an event of default will occur if, among other triggers, an event occurs that could reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse effect on our business, operations or condition, or on our ability to perform our obligations under the term loan. We were in compliance with all covenants at September 30, 2017.

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Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We have not entered into any off-balance sheet arrangements and do not have any holdings in variable interest entities.

Critical Accounting Policies and Significant JudgmentsJudgements and Estimates

Our condensed financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, or U.S. GAAP. The preparation of these condensed financial statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, as well as the reported revenue generated, and expenses incurred during the reporting periods. OurWe base our estimates are based on our historical experience and on various other factors that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying value of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

There have been no material changes to our critical accounting policies and significant judgments and estimates as compared to the critical accounting policies and significant judgments and estimates discloseddescribed in the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC for the year ended December 31, 2016.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

We are exposed to market risks in2022, filed with the ordinary course of our business, including the effects of interest rate changes and foreign currency fluctuations. Information relating to quantitative and qualitative disclosures about these markets risks is described below.

Interest Rate Risk

We are primarily exposed to interest rate risk from variable rate borrowings under our 2017 Credit Facility, and to a lesser extent, from our cash position. We do not enter into investments for trading or speculative purposes andSEC on March 2, 2023, that have not used any derivative financial instruments to manage our interest rate risk exposure. We have not been exposed to, nor do we anticipate being exposed to, material risks due to changes in interest rates. A hypothetical 10% increase in our borrowing rates would not have a material impact on interest expense on our principal balances as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016.

Foreign Currency Risk

Our results of operations and cash flows are subject to fluctuations due to changes in foreign currency exchange rates.

Substantially all of our revenue is denominated in United States dollars. Our expenses are generally denominated in United States dollars; however, we do incur expenses in the currencies of our subcontracted manufacturing suppliers, which are located in Europe and in Asia. Our results of operations and cash flows are, therefore, subject to fluctuations due to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and may be adversely affected in the future due to changes in foreign exchange rates. The effect of a hypothetical 10% change in foreign currency exchanges rates applicable to our business would not havehad a material impact on our historicalcondensed financial statements.statements and related notes.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

We have not hedged exposures denominated in foreign currencies or used any other derivative financial instruments. Although we transact the substantial majority of our business in U.S. dollars, future fluctuations in the value of the U.S. dollar may affect the competitiveness of our products and thus may impact our results of operations and cash flows.

Not required for a smaller reporting company.

Item 4. Controls and ProceduresProcedures

Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures.

Our management, with the participation ofincluding our Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and our Chief Financial Officer have(CFO), evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities

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Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) prior to the filing of this quarterly report. Based on that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer have concluded that, as ofJune 30, 2023, the end of the period covered by this quarterly report,Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Based on this evaluation, our CEO and CFO concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at the reasonable assurance level.

Material weakness in internal control over financial reporting.

In connection with the audit of our financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, we identified material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting, as defined in the standards established by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board of the United States. Our management has determined that we had a material weakness in our internal control over financial reportinglevel as of December 31, 2014 and 2015, relating to the design and operation of our financial reporting processes. WeJune 30, 2023.

There have concluded that this material weakness was due to the fact that we did not yet have the appropriate resources with the appropriate level of experience and technical expertise to oversee our closing and financial reporting processes. Our management also determined that we had an additional material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2016, relating to information technology general and application controls. We have concluded that this material weakness is due to the current configuration of our ERP system, which is undergoing additional integration.

Our management implemented a plan that contains the following elements to remediate the identified weaknesses:

    We have hired additional accounting and finance staff members to augment our current staff and to improve the effectiveness of our closing and financial reporting processes;

    We have completed the transition of our financials to SAP to facilitate the integration with other company data and systems;

    In May of 2016, we added an independent board member with significant semiconductor CFO experience to chair our audit committee;

·

We have hired an IT Director who has extensive industry experience;

·

We have engaged an external IT Security firm to complete an unbiased Information Security Assessment and execute internal security scans to identify risks and mitigation plan;

·

We have engaged external consultants to assist us with preparation of the financial statements; and

    We are formalizing our accounting policies and internal controls, including the information technology general controls, and strengthening supervisory reviews by our management;

We expect to complete the last noted measure prior to the year end and will continue to implement measures to remedy our internal control deficiencies in order to meet the deadline imposed by Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Our independent registered public accounting firm has not assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting and, under the JOBS Act, will not be required to provide an attestation report on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting so long as we qualify as an “emerging growth company”.

Changes in internal control over financial reporting.

Other than the changes intended to remediate the material weakness noted above, there werebeen no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the quartersix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017,2023 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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Inherent limitation on the effectiveness of internal control.

The effectiveness of any system of internal control over financial reporting, including ours, is subject to inherent limitations, including the exercise of judgment in designing, implementing, operating, and evaluating the controls and procedures, and the inability to eliminate misconduct completely. Accordingly, any system of internal control over financial reporting, including ours, no matter how well designed and operated, can only provide reasonable, not absolute assurances. In addition, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that

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controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. We intend to continue to monitor and upgrade our internal controls as necessary or appropriate for our business, but cannot assure you that such improvements will be sufficient to provide us with effective internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II – OTHER INFORMATIONINFORMATION

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Item 1. Legal proceedingsProceedings

We are not party to any material legal proceedings at this time. From time to time, we may become involved in various legal proceedings that arise in the ordinary course of our business.

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Item 1A. Risk factorsFactors

The following are important factors that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements made by us or on our behalf. The risks and uncertainties described below are not the only ones we face. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we deem immaterial also may impair our business operations. If any of the following risks or such other risks actually occurs, our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows could be harmed.In addition, many of the following risks and uncertainties may be exacerbated by the ongoing presence of COVID-19, including any new variants that may become predominant, and any worsening of the global business and economic environment as a result.

Risk Factor Summary

We are subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties, including risks related to our financial condition and our indebtedness, risks related to our business and our industry, risks related to our intellectual property and technology, risks related to regulatory matters and compliance, risks related to our common stock and certain general risks, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows. These risks include, but are not limited to, the following principal risks:

We may need additional funding and may be unable to raise capital when needed, which could force us to delay, reduce, or eliminate planned activities.
We cannot be certain that we will sustain profitability.
The limited history of STT-MRAM adoption makes it difficult to evaluate our current business and future prospects.
We may be unable to match production with customer demand for a variety of reasons including macroeconomic factors due to the cyclical nature of the semiconductor industry, our inability to accurately forecast customer demand, supply chain constraints, or the capacity constraints of our suppliers, which could adversely affect our operating results.
As we expand into new potential markets, we expect to face intense competition, including from our customers and potential customers, and may not be able to compete effectively, which could harm our business.
We rely on third parties to distribute, manufacture, package, assemble and test our products, which exposes us to a number of risks, including reduced control over manufacturing and delivery timing and potential exposure to price fluctuations, which could result in a loss of revenue or reduced profitability.
Disruptions in our supply chain may adversely impact our ability to fulfill customer demand which, in turn, may adversely impact our business, results of operations, and financial condition.
Our joint development agreement and strategic relationships involve numerous risks.
We must continuously develop new and enhanced products, and if we are unable to successfully market our new and enhanced products for which we incur significant expenses to develop, our results of operations and financial condition will be materially adversely affected.
Our success and future revenue depend on our ability to secure design wins and on our customers’ ability to successfully sell the products that incorporate our solutions. Securing design wins is a lengthy, expensive, and competitive process, and may not result in actual orders and sales, which could cause our revenue to decline.
The loss of one or several of our customers or reduced orders or pricing from existing customers may have a significant adverse effect on our operations and financial results.

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We face competition and expect competition to increase in the future. If we fail to compete effectively, our revenue growth and results of operations will be materially and adversely affected.
Our costs may increase substantially if we or our third-party manufacturing contractors do not achieve satisfactory product yields or quality.
The complexity of our products may lead to defects, which could negatively impact our reputation with customers and result in liability.
We may experience difficulties in transitioning to new wafer fabrication process technologies or in achieving higher levels of design integration, which may result in reduced manufacturing yields, delays in product deliveries and increased expenses.
Changes to industry standards and technical requirements relevant to our products and markets could adversely affect our business, results of operations, and prospects.
Our success depends on our ability to attract and retain key employees, and our failure to do so could harm our ability to grow our business and execute our business strategies.
We currently maintain, and are seeking to expand, operations outside the United States which exposes us to significant risks.

For a more complete discussion of the material risk factors applicable to us, see below.

Risk Factors Related to Our BusinessFinancial Condition and Our IndustryIndebtedness

We have a history of lossesmay need additional funding and may be unable to raise capital when needed, which may continue incould force us to delay, reduce, or eliminate planned activities.

Our total revenue was approximately $30.6 million for the future,six months ended June 30, 2023, and we cannot be certain that we will achieve or sustain profitability.

We have incurred net losses since our inception. We incurred net losses of $16.7 million and $16.7$60.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2016 and the nine months ended September 30, 2017, respectively.2022. As of SeptemberJune 30, 2017,2023, we had an accumulated deficitcash and cash equivalents of $113.2approximately $30.8 million. We expect to incur significant expenses related to the continued development and expansion of our business, including in connection with our efforts to develop and improve upon our products and technology, maintain and enhance our research and development and sales and marketing activities and hire additional personnel. Our ability to generate sufficient revenue and to transition to profitability and generate consistent positive cash flows is uncertain. In addition, as a public company, we will incur significant additional legal, accounting and other expenses that we did not incur as a private company. We do not know whether our revenue will grow rapidly enough to absorb these costs, and our limited operating history makes it difficult to assess the extent of these expenses, or their impactBased on our results of operations.

Further, our revenue may not increase or may decline for a number of possible reasons, many of which are outside our control, including a decline in demand for our products, increased competition, business conditions that adversely affect the semiconductor memory industry, including reduced demand for products in the end markets thatcurrent operating plan, we serve, or our failure to capitalize on growth opportunities. If we fail to generate sufficient revenue to support our operations, we may not be able to achieve or sustain profitability.

We may require additional capital to fund our business, which may not be available to us on favorable terms or at all.

We believe that our existing cash and cash equivalents, as of September 30, 2017, coupled with our anticipated growth and sales levels, will be sufficient to meet our anticipated cash requirements through November 30, 2018. Our futurefor at least the next 12 months. However, our existing capital requirements will depend on many factors, including our growth rate, the timing and extent of our spending to support research and development activities, the timing and cost of establishing additional sales and marketing capabilities, and the introduction of new products. We may be requiredinsufficient to seekmeet our long-term requirements. We have no committed sources of funding and there is no assurance that additional equity or debt financing, and we cannot assure you that any such additional financingfunding will be available to us in the future or be secured on acceptable termsterms. If adequate funding is not available when needed, we may be forced to curtail operations, including our commercial activities and research and development programs, or at all. Ifcease operations altogether, file for bankruptcy, or undertake any combination of the foregoing. In such event, our stockholders may lose their entire investment in our company.

Further, we are unablemay need to raise additional capitalfunds through financings or generate sufficient cash from operationsborrowings in order to adequately fundaccomplish our operations, we will need to curtaillong-term planned activities to reduce costs. Doing so will likely harm our ability to execute on our business plan.

objectives. If we raise additional funds through issuances of equity, convertible debt securities or other securities convertible into equity, our existing stockholders could suffer significant dilution in their percentage ownership of our company, and any new equity securities we issue could have rights, preferences, and privileges senior to those of holders of our common stock. If

In addition, if we do not meet our payment obligations to third parties as they become due, we may be subject to litigation claims and our creditworthiness would be adversely affected. Even if we are unablesuccessful in defending against these claims, litigation could result in substantial costs and would be a distraction to obtain adequate financing or financingmanagement, and may have other unfavorable results that could further adversely impact our financial condition. Stockholders should not rely on terms satisfactoryour balance sheet as an indication of the amount of proceeds that would be available to us, whensatisfy claims of creditors, and potentially be available for distribution to stockholders, in the event of liquidation.

We cannot be certain that we require it,will sustain profitability.

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adoption of our products and our ability to continuecapture market share from legacy technologies is uncertain. Our revenue may also be adversely impacted by a number of other possible reasons, many of which are outside our control, including business conditions that adversely affect the semiconductor memory industry resulting in a decline in end market demand for our products, adverse impacts resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, increased competition, ongoing supply chain

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constraints, or our failure to grow or supportcapitalize on growth opportunities. We also rely on achieving specific cost reduction targets that have uncertainty in their timing and magnitude. We may also incur unforeseen expenses in the ongoing operation of our business that cause us to exceed our operational spending plan. As a result, our ability to generate sufficient revenue growth and/or control expenses to maintain and grow profitability and generate consistent positive cash flows is uncertain.

Risk Factors Related to respond to business challenges could be significantly limited.Our Business and Our Industry

Our

The limited operating history of STT-MRAM adoption makes it difficult to evaluate our current business and future prospects.

We have been in existence as a stand-alone company since 2008, when Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. (subsequently acquired by NXP Semiconductor) spun-out its MRAM business as Everspin. We have been shipping magnetoresistive random accessrandom-access memory “(MRAM”)(MRAM) products since our incorporation in 2008, and we have experienced a high rate of growth for our products.2008. However, we may not be ableonly began to sustainmanufacture and ship our Spin Transfer Torque MRAM (STT-MRAM) products in the growth rate for salesfourth quarter of these products and our revenue could decline. We have also been developing our next-generation of Spin-Torque MRAM (“ST-MRAM”) products. Adoption of these products is important to the future growth of our business, but revenue associated with these products has not been material to date.2017.

Our limited operating history and limited experience selling our STT-MRAM products, combined with the rapidly evolving and competitive nature of our market, makes it difficult to evaluate our current business and future prospects. In addition, we have limited insight into emerging trends that may adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects. We have encountered and will continue to encounter risks and difficulties frequently experienced by growing companies in rapidly changing industries, including unpredictable and volatile revenue and increased expenses as we continue to grow our business. The viability and demand for our products may be affected by many factors outside of our control, such as the factors affecting the growth of the industrial, automotive, and transportation, and enterprise storage industriesdata center market segments and changes in macroeconomic conditions. If we do not manage these risks and overcome these difficulties successfully, our business will suffer.

 

We may be unable to match production with customer demand for a variety of reasons including macroeconomic factors due to the cyclical nature of the semiconductor industry, our inability to accurately forecast customer demand, supply chain constraints, or the capacity constraints of our suppliers, which could adversely affect our operating results.

We make planning and spending decisions, including determining production levels, production schedules, component procurement commitments, personnel needs, and other resource requirements, based on our estimates of product demand and customer requirements. Our products are typically purchased pursuant to individual purchase orders. While our customers may provide us with their demand forecasts, they are not contractually committed to buy any quantity of products beyond purchase orders. Furthermore, many of our customers may increase, decrease, cancel, or delay purchase orders already in place without significant penalty. The short-term nature of commitments by our customers and the possibility of unexpected changes in demand for their products reduce our ability to accurately estimate future customer requirements. On occasion, customers may require rapid increases in production, which can strain our resources, necessitate more onerous procurement commitments, and reduce our gross margin. If we overestimate customer demand, we may purchase products that we may not be able to sell, which could result in decreases in our prices or write-downs of unsold inventory. Conversely, if we underestimate customer demand or if sufficient manufacturing capacity is unavailable, we could lose sales opportunities and could lose market share or damage our customer relationships.relationships if, for example, we underestimate customer demand, are affected by supply chain constraints, or sufficient manufacturing is unavailable. We manufacture MRAM products at our 200mm facility we lease in Chandler, Arizona and use a single foundry, GLOBALFOUNDRIES, Singapore Pte. Ltd., for production of higher density products on advanced technology nodes, which may not have sufficient capacity to meet customer demand. The rapid pace of innovation in our industry could also render significant portions of our inventory obsolete. Excess or obsolete inventory levels could result in unexpected expenses or write-downs of inventory values that could adversely affect our business, operating results, and financial condition.

As we expand into new potential markets, we expect to face intense competition, including from our customers and potential customers, and may not be able to compete effectively, which could harm our business.

We expect that our new and future generation MRAM products will be applicable to markets in which we are not currently operating. Selling into these markets, including higher density memory markets and the module business could put us into direct competition with our current or potential customers or other competitors with substantially more resources and experience than us. The markets in which we operate and may operate in the future are extremely competitive and are characterized by rapid technological change, continuous evolving customer requirements and declining average selling prices. We may not be able to compete successfully against current or potential competitors, which include our current or potential customers as they seek to internally develop solutions competitive with ours or as we develop products potentially competitive with their existing products. If we do not compete successfully, our market share and revenue

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may decline. We compete with large semiconductor manufacturers and designers and others, and our current and potential competitors have longer operating histories, significantly greater resources and name recognition

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and a larger base of customers than we do. This may allow them to respond more quickly than we can to new or emerging technologies or changes in customer requirements. In addition, these competitors may have greater credibility with our existing and potential customers. Some of our current and potential customers with their own internally developed solutions may choose not to purchase products from third-party suppliers like us.

We rely on third parties to distribute, manufacture, package, assemble and test our products, which exposes us to a number of risks, including reduced control over manufacturing and delivery timing and potential exposure to price fluctuations, which could result in a loss of revenue or reduced profitability.

Although we operate an integrated magnetic fabrication line located in Chandler, Arizona, we purchase wafers from third parties and outsource the manufacturing, packaging, assembly and testing of our products to third-party foundries and assembly and testing service providers. We use a single foundry, GLOBALFOUNDRIES Singapore Pte. Ltd., for production of higher density products on advanced technology nodes. Our primary product package and test operations are located in China, Taiwan and other Asian countries. We also use standard CMOS wafers from third-party foundries, which we process at our Chandler, Arizona facility.

Relying on third-party distribution, manufacturing, assembly, packaging, and testing presents a number of risks, including but not limited to:

    our interests could diverge from those of our foundries, or we may not be able to agree with them on ongoing development, manufacturing and operational activities, or on the amount, timing, or nature of further investments in our joint development;

    capacity and materials shortages during periods of high demand;demand or supply constraints;

    reduced control over delivery schedules, inventories and quality;

    the unavailability of, or potential delays in obtaining access to, key process technologies;

    the inability to achieve required production or test capacity and acceptable yields on a timely basis;

    misappropriation of our intellectual property;

    the third party’s ability to perform its obligations due to bankruptcy or other financial constraints;

    exclusive representatives for certain customer engagements;

    limited warranties on wafers or products supplied to us; and

potential increases in prices.prices including due to inflation.

We currently do not have long-term supply contracts with our third-party contract manufacturers for our MRAM products, including NXP, United Microelectronics Corporation, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Limited (“TSMC”), United Test and Assembly Center (“UTAC”), Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (“ASE”), and Amkor, and we typically negotiate pricing on a per-purchase order basis and in some cases on an annual basis. Therefore, they are not obligated to perform services or supply components to us for any specific period, in any specific quantities, or at any specific price, except as may be provided in a particular purchase order. During periods of high demand and tight inventories, our third-party foundries and packaging, assembly and testing contractors may allocate capacity to the production of other companies products while reducing deliveries to us, or significantly raise their prices. In particular, they may allocate capacity to other customers that are larger and better financed than us or that have long-term agreements, decreasing the capacity available to us. Shortages of capacity available to us may be caused by the actions of their other, large customers that may be difficult to predict, such as major product launches.

Our manufacturing agreement with GLOBALFOUNDRIES includes a customary forecast and ordering mechanism for the supply of certain of our wafers, and we are obligated to order and pay for, and GLOBALFOUNDRIES is obligated to supply, wafers consistent with the binding portion of our forecast. However, our manufacturing arrangement is also subject to both a minimum and maximum order quantity that while we believe currently addresses our projected foundry capacity needs, may not address our maximum foundry capacity requirements in the future. We may also be obligated to pay for unused capacity if our demand decreases in the future, or if our estimates prove inaccurate.

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GLOBALFOUNDRIES also has the ability to discontinue its manufacture of any of our wafers upon due notice and completion of the notice period. This could cause us to have to find another foundry to manufacture those wafers or redesign our core technology and would mean that we may not have products to sell until such time. Any time spent engaging a new manufacturer or redesigning our core technology could be costly and time consuming and may allow potential competitors to take opportunities in the market place.marketplace. Moreover, if we are unable to find another foundry to manufacture our products or if we have to redesign our core technology, this could cause material harm to our business and operating results.

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If we need other foundries or packaging, assembly, and testing contractors, or if we are unable to obtain timely and adequate deliveries from our providers, we might not be able to cost-effectively and quickly retain other vendors to satisfy our requirements. Because the lead-timelead time needed to establish a relationship with a new third-party supplier could be several quarters, there is no readily available alternative source of supply for any specific component. In addition, the time and expense to qualify a new foundry could result in additional expense, diversion of resources or lost sales, any of which would negatively impact our financial results.

If any of our current or future foundries or packaging, assembly and testing subcontractors significantly increases the costs of wafers or other materials or services, interrupts or reduces our supply, including for reasons outside of their control, such as due to COVID-19, or if any of our relationships with our suppliers is terminated, our operating results could be adversely affected. Such occurrences could also damage our customer relationships, result in lost revenue, cause a loss in market share, or damage our reputation.

Disruptions in our supply chain and increased cost of components used in our products may adversely impact our business, results of operations and financial condition, including our ability to fulfill customer demand.

If we fail to procure sufficient components used in our products, we may be unable to deliver our products to our customers on a timely basis, which could lead to customer dissatisfaction and could harm our reputation and ability to compete. We would likely experience significant delays or cessation in producing some of our products if a labor strike, natural disaster, public health crisis, geopolitical event, or other supply disruption were to occur, including as a result of COVID-19 or the military conflict in Ukraine, at any of our main suppliers.

Further, the upturn in the semiconductor industry has stretched the supply chain, and we are subject to supply shortages, as well as higher costs as suppliers opportunistically raise prices. For example, there is currently a worldwide shortage of semiconductor, memory and other electronic components affecting many industries. Our products are dependent on some of these electronic components. A continued shortage of electronic components may impact us significantly and could cause us to experience extended lead times and increased prices from our suppliers, which could be significant. Extended lead times and decreased availability of key components could result in a significant disruption to our production schedule, all of which would have an adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition. Additionally, the military conflict in Ukraine creates additional uncertainty and risks relating to our supply chain and the cost of components. See “—General Risk Factors—Unfavorable economic, market and geopolitical conditions, domestically and internationally, may adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows” for additional information.

We do not have any guarantees of supply from our third-party suppliers, and in certain cases we have limited contractual arrangements or are relying on standard purchase orders or on component parts available on the open market, which may further result in increased costs combined with reduced availability. A continued delay in our ability to produce and deliver our products could also cause our customers to purchase alternative products from our competitors and/or harm our reputation. 

Our joint development agreement and strategic relationships involve numerous risks.

We have entered into strategic relationships to manufacture products and develop new manufacturing process technologies and products. These relationships include our joint development agreement with GLOBALFOUNDRIES to develop advanced MTJ technology and ST-MRAM.STT-MRAM. These relationships are subject to various risks that could adversely affect the value of our investments and our results of operations. These risks include the following:

    our interests could diverge from those of our foundries, or we may not be able to agree with them on ongoing development, manufacturing and operational activities, or on the amount, timing, or nature of further investments in our joint development;

    we may experience difficulties in transferring technology to a foundry;

    we may experience difficulties and delays in getting to and/or ramping production at foundries;

    our control over the operations of foundries is limited;

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    due to financial constraints, our joint development collaborators may be unable to meet their commitments to us and may pose credit risks for our transactions with them;

    due to differing business models or long-term business goals, our collaborators may decide not to join us in funding capital investment, which may result in higher levels of cash expenditures by us;

    our cash flows may be inadequate to fund increased capital requirements;

    we may experience difficulties or delays in collecting amounts due to us from our collaborators;

    the terms of our arrangements may turn out to be unfavorable;

    we are migrating toward a fabless model as 300mm production becomes required and this increases risks related to less control over our critical production processes; and

    changes in tax, legal, or regulatory requirements may necessitate changes in our agreements.

Further, GLOBALFOUNDRIES may terminateThe term of the joint development agreement, with us if we materially breach a termas amended, is the completion, termination, or expiration of the agreement, such as, but not limitedlast statement of work entered into pursuant to by our failing to pay any undisputed sum which has been outstanding

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for 45 or more days from the date of invoice, and fail to remedy the breach within 60 days after receiving notice from GLOBALFOUNDRIES. If GLOBALFOUNDRIES terminates the joint development agreement, our ability to continue to develop our MRAM technology will be significantly impaired.agreement.

If our strategic relationships are unsuccessful, our business, results of operations, or financial condition may be materially adversely affected.

The market for semiconductor memory products is characterized by declines in average selling prices, which we expect to continue, and which could negatively affect our revenue and margins.

Our customers expect the average selling price of our products to decrease year-over-year and we expect this trend to continue. When such pricing declines occur, we may not be able to mitigate the effects by selling more or higher margin units, or by reducing our manufacturing costs. In such circumstances, our operating results could be materially and adversely affected. Our stand-alone and embedded MRAM products have experienced declining average selling prices over their life cycle. The rate of decline may be affected by a number of factors, including relative supply and demand, the level of competition, production costs and technological changes. As a result of the decreasing average selling prices of our products following their launch, our ability to increase or maintain our margins depends on our ability to introduce new or enhanced products with higher average selling prices and to reduce our per-unit cost of sales and our operating costs. We may not be able to reduce our costs as rapidly as companies that operate their own manufacturing, assembly and testing facilities, and our costs may even increase because we rely in part on third parties to manufacture, assemble and test our products, which could also reduce our gross margins. In addition, our new or enhanced products may not be as successful or enjoy as high margins as we expect. If we are unable to offset any reductions in average selling prices by introducing new products with higher average selling prices or reducing our costs, our revenue and margins will be negatively affected and may decrease.

The semiconductor memory market is highly cyclical and has experienced severe downturns in the past, generally as a result of wide fluctuations in supply and demand, constant and rapid technological change, continuous new product introductions and price erosion. During downturns, periods of intense competition, or the presence of oversupply in the industry, the selling prices for our products may decline at a high rate over relatively short time periods as compared to historical rates of decline. We are unable to predict selling prices for any future periods and may experience unanticipated, sharp declines in selling prices for our products.

Unfavorable economic and market conditions, domestically and internationally, may adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

We have significant customer sales both in the U.S. and internationally. We also rely on domestic and international suppliers, manufacturing partners and distributors. We are therefore susceptible to adverse U.S. and international economic and market conditions. If any of our manufacturing partners, customers, distributors or suppliers experience serious financial difficulties or cease operations, our business will be adversely affected. In addition, the adverse impact of an unfavorable economy may adversely impact customer spending, which may adversely impact demand for our products.

We must continuously develop new and enhanced products, and if we are unable to successfully market our new and enhanced products for which we incur significant expenses to develop, our results of operations and financial condition will be materially adversely affected.

To compete effectively in our markets, we must continually design, develop, and introduce new and improved technology and products with improved features in a cost-effective manner in response to changing technologies and market demand. This requires us to devote substantial financial and other resources to research and development. We are developing next-generationnew technology and products, which we expect to be one of the drivers of our revenue growth in the future. However, we may not succeed in developing and marketing these new and enhanced products. We also face the risk that customers may not value or be willing to bear the cost of incorporating our new and enhanced products into their products, particularly if they believe their customers are satisfied with current solutions. Regardless of the improved features or superior performance of our new and enhanced products, customers may be unwilling to adopt our solutions due to design or pricing constraints, or because they do not want to rely on a single or limited supply source. Because of the extensive time and resources that we invest in developing new and enhanced products, if we are unable to sell customers our new generations of our products, our revenue could decline and our business, financial condition, results of operations

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and cash flows would be negatively affected. For example, we generated limited revenue from sales of our ST-MRAM products to date. While we expect revenue from our ST-MRAM products to increase, if we are unable to scale MRAM to gigabit densities togenerate more customer adoption of our 1Gb product and address applications currently served by DRAM,new growth opportunities with subsequent STT-MRAM products, we may not be able to materially increase our revenue. If we are unable to successfully develop and market our new and enhanced products that we have incurred significant expenses developing, our results of operations and financial condition will be materially and adversely affected.

Our success and future revenue depend on our ability to secure design wins and on our customers’ ability to successfully sell the products that incorporate our solutions. Securing design wins is a lengthy, expensive, and competitive process, and may not result in actual orders and sales, which could cause our revenue to decline.

We sell to customers, including OEMs and ODMs, that incorporate MRAM into their products. A design win occurs after a customer has tested our product, verified that it meets the customer’s requirements and qualified our solutions for their products. We believe we are dependent, among other things, on the adoption of our 256Mb and 1Gb MRAM products by our customers to secure design wins. Our customers may need several months to years to test, evaluate, and adopt our product and additional time to begin volume production of the product that incorporates our solution. Due to this generally lengthy design cycle, we may experience significant delays from the time we increase our operating expenses and make investments in our products to the time that we generate revenue from sales of these products. Moreover, even if a customer selects our solution, we cannot guarantee that this will result in any sales of our products, as the customer may ultimately change or cancel its product plans, or efforts by our customer to market and sell its

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product may not be successful. We may not generate any revenue from design wins after incurring the associated costs, which would cause our business and operating results to suffer. Any delay in the development of our 256Mb and 1Gb MRAM products, or failure of our customers to adopt our 256Mb and 1Gb MRAM products, could inhibit revenue growth or cause declines, which would significantly harm our business and prevent us from becoming profitable.

If a current or prospective customer designsincorporates a competitor’s solution into its product, it becomes significantly more difficult for us to sell our solutions to that customer because changing suppliers involves significant time, cost, effort, and risk for the customer even if our solutions are superior to other solutions and remain compatible with their product design. Our ability to compete successfully depends on customers viewing us as a stable and reliable supplier to mission criticalmission-critical customer applications when we have less production capacity and less financial resources compared to most of our larger competitors. If current or prospective customers do not include our solutions in their products and we fail to achieve a sufficient number of design wins, our results of operations and business may be harmed.

We rely on our relationships with OEMs and ODMs to enhance our solutions and market position, and our failure to continue to develop or maintain such relationships in the future would harm our ability to remain competitive.

We develop our products for leading OEMs and ODMs that serve a variety of end markets and are developing devices for automotive, transportation, industrial and storage applications. For each application, manufacturers create products that incorporate specialized semiconductor technology, which makers of memory products use as the basis for their products. These manufacturers set the specifications for many of the key components to be used on each generation of their products and, in the case of memory components, generally qualify only a few vendors to provide memory components for their products. As each new generation of their products is released, vendors are validated in a similar fashion. We must work closely with OEMs and ODMs to ensure our products become qualified for use in their products. As a result, maintaining close relationships with leading OEMs and ODMs that are developing devices for automotive, transportation, industrial and storage applications is crucial to the long-term success of our business. We could lose these relationships for a variety of reasons, including our failure to qualify as a vendor, our failure to demonstrate the value of our new solutions, declines in product quality, or if OEMs or ODMs seek to work with vendors with broader product suites, greater production capacity or greater financial resources. If our relationships with key industry participants were to deteriorate or if our solutions were not qualified by our customers, our market position and revenue could be materially and adversely affected.

The loss of one or several of our customers or reduced orders or pricing from existing customers may have a significant adverse effect on our operations and financial results.

We have derived and expect to continue to derive a significant portion of our revenues from a small group of customers during any particular period due in part to the concentration of market share in the semiconductor industry. Our five largest end customers togethercustomer accounted for 34%10% of our total revenue for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30,

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2017, but none of these customers2023. Our largest end customer accounted for more than 10% of our revenue during the period. Our four largest end customers together accounted for 32%14% of our total revenue for the year ended December 31, 2016, but none of these customers individually accounted for more than 10% of our total revenue during the period.2022. The loss of a significant customer, a business combination among our customers, a reduction in orders or decrease in price from a significant customer or disruption in any of our commercial or distributor arrangements may result in a significant decline in our revenues and could have a material adverse effect on our business, liquidity, results of operations, financial condition, and cash flows.

Our results of operations can fluctuate from period to period, which could cause our share price to fluctuate.

Our results of operations have fluctuated in the past and may fluctuate from period to period in the future due to a variety of factors, many of which are beyond our control. Factors relating to our business that may contribute to these fluctuations include the following factors, as well as other factors described elsewhere in this report:

    the receipt, reduction, delay or cancellation of orders by large customers;

    the gain or loss of significant customers or distributors;

    the timing and success of our launch of new or enhanced products and those of our competitors;

    market acceptance of our products and our customers’ products;

    the level of growth or decline in the industrial, automotive and transportation, enterprise storage and other markets;

    the timing and extent of research and development and sales and marketing expenditures;

    the amount and timing of operating expenses related to the maintenance and expansion of our business, operations and infrastructure;

    changes in our product mix;

    our ability to reduce the manufacturing costs of our products;

    competitive pressures resulting in lower than expected average selling prices;

    fluctuations in sales by and inventory levels of OEMs and ODMs that incorporate our memory products in their products;

    cyclical and seasonal fluctuations in our markets;

    fluctuations in the manufacturing yields of our third-party manufacturers;

    quality issues that arise from manufacturing issues at our third-party manufacturers;

    events that impact the availability of production capacity at our third-party subcontractors and other interruptions in the supply chain including due to geopolitical events, natural disasters, materials shortages, bankruptcy or other causes;

    supply constraints for and changes in the cost of the other components incorporated into our customers’ products;

    the timing of expenses related to the acquisition of technologies or businesses;

    product rates of return or price concessions in excess of those expected or forecasted;

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    costs associated with the repair and replacement of defective products;

    unexpected inventory write-downs or write-offs;

    costs associated with litigation over intellectual property rights and other litigation;

    the length and unpredictability of the purchasing and budgeting cycles of our customers;

    loss of key personnel or the inability to attract qualified engineers; and

    geopolitical events, such as war, threat of war or terrorist actions, or the occurrence of natural disasters.

The semiconductor memory industry is highly cyclical and our markets may experience significant cyclical fluctuations in demand as a result of changing economic conditions, budgeting and buying patterns of customers and other factors. As a result of these and other factors affecting demand for our products and our results of operations in any given period, the results of any prior quarterly or annual periods should not be relied upon as indicative of our future revenue or operating performance. Fluctuations in our revenue and operating results could also cause our stock price to decline.

If sales of our customers’ products decline or if their products do not achieve market acceptance, our business and operating results could be adversely affected.

Our revenue depends on our customers ability to commercialize their products successfully. The markets for our customers products are extremely competitive and are characterized by rapid technological change. Competition in our customers markets is based on a variety of factors including price, performance, product quality, marketing and distribution capability, customer support, name recognition and financial strength. As a result of rapid technological change, the markets for our customers products are characterized by frequent product introductions, short product life cycles, fluctuating demand and increasing product capabilities. As a result, our customers products may not achieve market success or may become obsolete. We cannot assure you that our customers will dedicate the resources necessary to promote and commercialize their products, successfully execute their business strategies for such products, or be able to manufacture such products in quantities sufficient to meet demand or cost-effectively manufacture products at a high volume. Our customers do not have contracts with us that require them to manufacture, distribute or sell any products. Moreover, our customers may develop internally, or in collaboration with our competitors, technology that they may utilize instead of the technology available to them through us. Our customers failure to achieve market success for their products, including as a result of general declines in our customers markets or industries, could negatively affect their willingness to utilize our products, which may result in a decrease in our revenue and negatively affect our business and operating results.

Our revenue also depends on the timely introduction, quality and market acceptance of our customers products that incorporate our solutions. Our customers products are often very complex and subject to design complexities that may result in design flaws, as well as potential defects, errors and bugs. We incur significant design and development costs in connection with designing our solutions for customers products. If our customers discover design flaws, defects, errors or bugs in their products, or if they experience changing market requirements, failed evaluations or field trials, or issues with other vendors, they may delay, change or cancel a project. If we have already incurred significant development costs, we may not be able to recoup those costs, which in turn would adversely affect our business and financial results.

We face competition and expect competition to increase in the future. If we fail to compete effectively, our revenue growth and results of operations will be materially and adversely affected.

The global semiconductor market in general, and the semiconductor memory market in particular, are highly competitive. We expect competition to increase and intensify as other semiconductor companies enter our markets, many of which have greater financial and other resources with which to pursue technology development, product design, manufacturing, marketing and sales and distribution of their products. Increased competition could result in price pressure, reduced revenue, and profitability and loss of market share, any of which could materially and adversely affect our business, revenue, and operating results. Currently, our competitors range from large, international companies offering a wide range of traditional memory technologies to companies specializing in other alternative, specialized emerging memory technologies. Our primary memory competitors include Cypress, Fujitsu, Infineon, Integrated Silicon Solution, Intel, Macronix,

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Microchip, Micron, Renesas, Samsung, and Toshiba. The main competition for sensor products includes AMR, Crocus, GMR and Hall Effect. These technologies directly compete with our products and are supplied by Alps, Asahi Kasei Microdevices, Fairchild, Invensys (now Schneider), Kionix and Micronas. In addition, as the MRAM market opportunity grows, we expect new entrants such as Avalanche willmay enter this market and existing competitors, including leading semiconductor companies, may make significant investments to compete more effectively against our products. These competitors could develop technologies or architectures that make our products or technologies obsolete.

Our ability to compete successfully depends on factors both within and outside of our control, including:

    the functionality and performance of our products and those of our competitors;

    our relationships with our customers and other industry participants;

    prices of our products and prices of our competitors’ products;

    our ability to develop innovative products;

    our competitors’ greater resources to make acquisitions;

    our ability to obtain adequate capital to finance operations;

    our ability to retain high-level talent, including our management team and engineers; and

    the actions of our competitors, including merger and acquisition activity, launches of new products and other actions that could change the competitive landscape.

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In the event of a market downturn, competition in the markets in which we operate may intensify as our customers reduce their purchase orders. Our competitors that are significantly larger and have greater financial, technical, marketing, distribution, customer support and other resources or more established market recognition than us may be better positioned to accept lower prices and withstand adverse economic or market conditions.

Our customers require our products and our third-party contractors to undergo a lengthy and expensive qualification process. If we are unsuccessful or delayed in qualifying any of our products with a customer, our business and operating results would suffer.

Prior to selecting and purchasing our products, our customers typically require that our products undergo extensive qualification processes, which involve testing of our products in the customers systems, as well as testing for reliability. This qualification process may continue for several months or years. However, obtaining the requisite qualifications for a memory product does not assure any sales of the product. Even after successful qualification and sales of a product to a customer, a subsequent revision in our third-party contractors manufacturing process or our selection of a new contract manufacturer may require a new qualification process, which may result in delays and excess or obsolete inventory. After our products are qualified and selected, it can and often does take several months or more before the customer commences volume production of systems that incorporate our products. Despite these uncertainties, we devote substantial resources, including design, engineering, sales, marketing and management efforts, to qualify our products with customers in anticipation of sales. If we are unsuccessful or delayed in qualifying any of our products with a customer, sales of those products may be precluded or delayed, which may impede our growth and harm our business.

Our costs may increase substantially if we or our third-party manufacturing contractors do not achieve satisfactory product yields or quality.

The fabrication process is extremely complicated and small changes in design, specifications or materials can result in material decreases in product yields or even the suspension of production. From time to time, we and/or the third-party foundries that we contract to manufacture our products may experience manufacturing defects and reduced manufacturing yields. In some cases, we and/or our third-party foundries may not be able to detect these defects early in

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the fabrication process or determine the cause of such defects in a timely manner. There may be a higher risk of product yield issues in newer ST-MRAMSTT-MRAM products.

Generally, in pricing our products, we assume that manufacturing yields will continue to improve, even as the complexity of our products increases. Once our products are initially qualified either internally or with our third-party foundries, minimum acceptable yields are established. We are responsible for the costs of the units if the actual yield is above the minimum set with our third-party foundries. If actual yields are below the minimum, we are not required to purchase the units. Typically, minimum acceptable yields for our new products are generally lower at first and gradually improve as we achieve full production, but yield issues can occur even in mature processes due to break downs in mechanical systems, equipment failures or calibration errors. Unacceptably low product yields or other product manufacturing problems could substantially increase overall production time and costs and adversely impact our operating results. Product yield losses willmay also increase our costs and reduce our gross margin. In addition to significantly harming our results of operations and cash flow, poor yields may delay shipment of our products and harm our relationships with existing and potential customers.

The complexity of our products may lead to defects, which could negatively impact our reputation with customers and result in liability.

Products as complex as ours may contain defects when first introduced to customers or as new versions are released. Delivery of products with production defects or reliability, quality or compatibility problems could significantly delay or hinder market acceptance of the products or result in a costly recall and could damage our reputation and adversely affect our ability to retain existing customers and attract new customers. Defects could cause problems with the functionality of our products, resulting in interruptions, delays, or cessation of sales of these products to our customers. We may also be required to make significant expenditures of capital and resources to resolve such problems. We cannot assure youour stockholders that problems will not be found in new products, both before and after commencement of commercial production, despite testing by us, our suppliers, or our customers. AnyFor example, any such problems could result in:

    delays in development, manufacture and roll-out of new products;

    additional development costs;

    loss of, or delays in, market acceptance;

    diversion of technical and other resources from our other development efforts;

    claims for damages by our customers or others against us; and

    loss of credibility with our current and prospective customers.

Any such event could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

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We may experience difficulties in transitioning to new wafer fabrication process technologies or in achieving higher levels of design integration, which may result in reduced manufacturing yields, delays in product deliveries and increased expenses.

We aim to use the most advanced manufacturing process technology appropriate for our solutions that is available from our third-party foundries. As a result, we periodically evaluate the benefits of migrating our solutions to other technologies to improve performance and reduce costs. These ongoing efforts require us from time to time to modify the manufacturing processes for our products and to redesign some products, which in turn may result in delays in product deliveries.

For example, as smaller line width geometry manufacturing processes become more prevalent, we intend to move our future products to increasingly smaller geometries to integrate greater levels of memory capacity and/or functionality into our products. This transition will require us and our third-party foundries to migrate to new designs and manufacturing processes for smaller geometry products.

We may face difficulties, delays, and increased expense as we transition our products to new processes, and potentially to new foundries. We will depend on our third-party foundries as we transition to new processes. We cannot assure youour stockholders that our third-party foundries will be able to effectively manage such transitions or that we will be able to maintain our relationship with our third-party foundries or develop relationships with new third-party foundries. If we or any of our third-party foundries experience significant delays in transitioning to new processes or fail to efficiently implement transitions, we could experience reduced manufacturing yields, delays in product deliveries and increased expenses, any of which could harm our relationships with our customers and our operating results.

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As smaller line width geometry manufacturing processes become more prevalent, we intend to move our future products to increasingly smaller geometries to reduce costs while integrating greater levels of functionality into our products. This transition will require us and our third-party foundries to migrate to new designs and manufacturing processes for smaller geometry products. We may not be able to achieve smaller geometries with higher levels of design integration or to deliver new integrated products on a timely basis. We periodically evaluate the benefits, on a product-by-product basis, of migrating to smaller geometry process technologies to reduce our costs and increase performance. We are dependent on our relationships with our third-party foundries to transition to smaller geometry processes successfully. We cannot assure you that our third-party foundries will be able to effectively manage any such transition. If we or our third-party foundries experience significant delays in any such transition or fail to implement a transition, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be materially harmed.

Changes to industry standards and technical requirements relevant to our products and markets could adversely affect our business, results of operations and prospects.

Our products are only a part of larger electronic systems. All products incorporated into these systems must comply with various industry standards and technical requirements created by regulatory bodies or industry participants to operate efficiently together. Industry standards and technical requirements in our markets are evolving and may change significantly over time. For our products, the industry standards are developed by the Joint Electron Device Engineering Council, an industry trade organization. In addition, large industry-leading semiconductor and electronics companies play a significant role in developing standards and technical requirements for the product ecosystems within which our products can be used. Our customers also may design certain specifications and other technical requirements specific to their products and solutions. These technical requirements may change as the customer introduces new or enhanced products and solutions.

Our ability to compete in the future will depend on our ability to identify and comply with evolving industry standards and technical requirements. The emergence of new industry standards and technical requirements could render our products incompatible with products developed by other suppliers or make it difficult for our products to meet the requirements of certain of our customers in automotive, transportation, industrial, data storage, and other markets. As a result, we could be required to invest significant time and effort and to incur significant expense to redesign our products to ensure compliance with relevant standards and requirements. If our products are not in compliance with prevailing industry standards and technical requirements for a significant period of time, we could miss opportunities to achieve crucial design wins, our revenue may decline and we may incur significant expenses to redesign our products to meet the relevant standards, which could adversely affect our business, results of operations and prospects.

Our success depends on our ability to attract and retain key employees, and our failure to do so could harm our ability to grow our business and execute our business strategies.

Our success depends on our ability to attract and retain our key employees, including our management team and experienced engineers. Competition for personnel in the semiconductor memory technology field, and in the MRAM space in particular, is intense, and the availability of suitable and qualified candidates is limited. We compete to attract and retain qualified research and development personnel with other semiconductor companies, universities, and research institutions. Given our experience as an early entrant in the MRAM space, our employees are frequently contacted by MRAM startups and MRAM groups within larger companies seeking to employ them. The members of our management and our key employees are at-will. If we lose the services of any key senior management member or employee, we may not be able to locate suitable or qualified replacements, and may incur additional expenses to recruit and train new

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personnel, which could severely impact our business and prospects. The loss of the services of one or more of our key employees, especially our key engineers, or our inability to attract and retain qualified engineers, could harm our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

We currently maintain and are seeking to expand operations outside of the United States which exposes us to significant risks.

The success of our business depends, in large part, on our ability to operate successfully from geographically disparate locations and to further expand our international operations and sales. Operating in international markets requires significant resources and management attention and subjects us to regulatory, economic, and political risks that are different from those we face in the United States. We cannot be sure that further international expansion will be successful. In addition, we face risks in doing business internationally that could expose us to reduced demand for our products, lower prices for our products or other adverse effects on our operating results. The success and profitability, as well as the expansion, of our international operations are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, many of which are outside of our control, such as the following:

● public health issues, such as COVID-19, which can result in varying impacts to our business, employees, partners, customers, distributors or suppliers internationally as discussed elsewhere in this “Risk Factors” section;

● difficulties, inefficiencies and costs associated with staffing and managing foreign operations;

● longer and more difficult customer qualification and credit checks;

● greater difficulty collecting accounts receivable and longer payment cycles;

● the need for various local approvals to operate in some countries;

● difficulties in entering some foreign markets without larger-scale local operations;

● changes in import/export laws, trade restrictions, regulations and customs and duties and tariffs (foreign and domestic);

● compliance with local laws and regulations;

● unexpected changes in regulatory requirements, including the elimination of tax holidays;

● reduced protection for intellectual property rights in some countries;

● adverse tax consequences as a result of repatriating cash generated from foreign operations to the United States;

● adverse tax consequences, including potential additional tax exposure if we are deemed to have established a permanent establishment outside of the United States;

● the effectiveness of our policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 and similar regulations;

● fluctuations in currency exchange rates, which could increase the prices of our products to customers outside of the United States, increase the expenses of our international operations by reducing the purchasing power of the U.S. dollar and expose us to foreign currency exchange rate risk if, in the future, we denominate our international sales in currencies other than the U.S. dollar;

● new and different sources of competition;

● political, economic, and social instability;

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● terrorism and acts of war, such as the military conflict in Ukraine, which could have a negative impact on sales throughout Europe and Asia; and

● US Department of Commerce regulations or restrictions on exports of certain semiconductor technologies and equipment to China.

Our failure to manage any of these risks successfully could harm our operations and reduce our revenue.

Risk Factors Related to Our Intellectual Property and Technology

Failure to protect our intellectual property could substantially harm our business.

Our success and ability to compete depend in part upon our ability to protect our intellectual property. We rely on a combination of intellectual property rights, including patents, mask work protection, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets and know-how, in the United States and other jurisdictions. The steps we take to protect our intellectual property rights may not be adequate, particularly in foreign jurisdictions such as China. Any patents we hold may not adequately protect our intellectual property rights or our products against competitors, and third parties may challenge the scope, validity, or enforceability of our issued patents, which third parties may have significantly more financial resources with which to litigate their claims than we have to defend against them. In addition, other parties may independently develop similar or competing technologies designed around any patents or patent applications that we hold. Some of our products and technologies are not covered by any patent or patent application, as we do not believe patent protection of these products and technologies is critical to our business strategy at this time. A failure to timely seek patent protection on products or technologies generally precludes us from seeking future patent protection on these products or technologies.

In addition to patents, we also rely on contractual protections with our customers, suppliers, distributors, employees, and consultants, and we implement security measures designed to protect our trade secrets and know-how. However, we cannot assure youour stockholders that these contractual protections and security measures will not be breached, that we will have adequate remedies for any such breach or that our customers, suppliers, distributors, employees, or consultants will not assert rights to intellectual property or damages arising out of such contracts.

We may initiate claims against third parties to protect our intellectual property rights if we are unable to resolve matters satisfactorily through negotiation. Litigation brought to protect and enforce our intellectual property rights could be costly, time-consuming, and distracting to management. It could also result in the impairment or loss of portions of our

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intellectual property, as an adverse decision could limit our ability to assert our intellectual property rights, limit the value of our technology or otherwise negatively impact our business, financial condition, and results of operations. Additionally, any enforcement of our patents or other intellectual property may provoke third parties to assert counterclaims against us. Our failure to secure, protect and enforce our intellectual property rights could materially harm our business.

We may face claims of intellectual property infringement, which could be time-consuming, costly to defend or settle, result in the loss of significant rights, harm our relationships with our customers and distributors, or otherwise materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

The semiconductor memory industry is characterized by companies that hold patents and other intellectual property rights and that vigorously pursue, protect, and enforce intellectual property rights. These companies include patent holding companies or other adverse patent owners who have no relevant product revenue and against whom our own patents may provide little or no deterrence. From time to time, third parties may assert against us and our customerscustomers’ patent and other intellectual property rights to technologies that are important to our business. We have in the past, and may in the future, face such claims.

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Claims that our products, processes, or technology infringe third-party intellectual property rights, regardless of their merit or resolution, could be costly to defend or settle and could divert the efforts and attention of our management and technical personnel. We may also be obligated to indemnify our customers or business partners in connection with any such litigation, which could result in increased costs. Infringement claims also could harm our relationships with our customers or distributors and might deter future customers from doing business with us. If any such proceedings result in an adverse outcome, we could be required to:

    cease the manufacture, use or sale of the infringing products, processes or technology;

    pay substantial damages for infringement;

    expend significant resources to develop non-infringing products, processes or technology, which may not be successful;

    license technology from the third-party claiming infringement, which license may not be available on commercially reasonable terms, or at all;

    cross-license our technology to a competitor to resolve an infringement claim, which could weaken our ability to compete with that competitor; or

    pay substantial damages to our customers to discontinue their use of or to replace infringing technology sold to them with non-infringing technology, if available.

Any of the foregoing results could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations. Furthermore, our exposure to the foregoing risks may also be increased if we acquire other companies or technologies. For example, we may have a lower level of visibility into the development process with respect to intellectual property or the care taken to safeguard against infringement risks with respect to the acquired company or technology. In addition, third parties may make infringement and similar or related claims after we have acquired technology that had not been asserted prior to the acquisition.

We make significant investments in new technologies and products that may not achieve technological feasibility or profitability or that may limit our revenue growth.

We have made and will continue to make significant investments in research and development of new technologies and products, including new and more technically advanced versions of our MRAM technology.

Investments in new technologies are speculative and technological feasibility may not be achieved. Commercial success depends on many factors including demand for innovative technology, availability of materials and equipment, selling price the market is willing to bear, competition and effective licensing or product sales. We may not achieve significant revenue from new product investments for a number of years, if at all. Moreover, new technologies and

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products may not be profitable, and even if they are profitable, operating margins for new products and businesses may not be as high as the margins we have experienced historically or originally anticipated. Our inability to capitalize on or realize substantial revenue from our significant investments in research and development could harm our operating results and distract management, harming our business.

Our success depends onInterruptions in our ability to attract and retain key employees, and our failure to do so could harm our ability to grow our business and execute our business strategies.

Our success depends on our ability to attract and retain our key employees, including our management team and experienced engineers. Competition for personnel in the semiconductor memoryinformation technology field, and in the MRAM space in particular, is intense, and the availability of suitable and qualified candidates is limited. We compete to attract and retain qualified research and development personnel with other semiconductor companies, universities and research institutions. Given our experience as an early entrant in the MRAM space, our employees are frequently contacted by MRAM startups and MRAM groups within larger companies seeking to employ them. The members of our management and key employees are at-will employees and although we issued refresh equity awards to our personnel in connection with our initial public offering, and repriced options in mid-December 2016 to reflect our then current stock price, there can be no assurance that these awards will be effective to retain our key employees. If we lose the services of any key senior management member or employee, we may not be able to locate suitable or qualified replacements, and may incur additional expenses to recruit and train new personnel, which could severely impact our business and prospects. The loss of the services of one or more of our key employees, especially our key engineers, or our inability to attract and retain qualified engineers, could harm our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We may not be able to effectively manage our growth, and we may need to incur significant expenditures to address the additional operational and control requirements of our growth, either of which could harm our business and operating results.

As we continue to expand our business, we expect our headcount and overall size of our operations to grow significantly. To effectively manage our growth, we must continue to expand our operational, engineering and financial systems procedures and controls and to improve our accounting and other internal management systems, such as our new ERP system that we have recently implemented. This may require substantial managerial and financial resources, and our efforts in this regard may not be successful. Our current systems, procedures and controls may not be adequate to support our future operations. If we fail to adequately manage our growth, or to improve our operational, financial and management information systems, or fail to effectively motivate or manage our new and future employees, the quality of our products and the management of our operations could suffer, which could adversely affect our operatingbusiness.

We rely on the efficient and uninterrupted operation of complex information technology systems and networks to operate our business. Any significant disruption to our systems or networks, including, but not limited to, new system implementations, computer viruses, security breaches, facility issues, natural disasters, terrorism, war, telecommunication failures or energy blackouts, could have a material adverse impact on our operations, sales, and financial results. Such disruption could result in a loss of our intellectual property or the release of sensitive competitive information or supplier, customer, or employee personal data. Any loss of such information could harm our competitive position, result in a loss of customer confidence, and cause us to incur significant costs to remedy the damages caused by any such disruptions or security breaches. Additionally, any failure to properly manage the collection, handling, transfer, or disposal of personal data of employees and customers may result in regulatory penalties, enforcement actions, remediation obligations, litigation, fines, and other sanctions.

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We may engage in acquisitionsexperience attacks on our data, attempts to breach our security and attempts to introduce malicious software into our IT systems. If attacks are successful, we may be unaware of the incident, its magnitude, or investments in, other companies, each of which may divert our management’s attention,its effects until significant harm is done. Any such attack or disruption could result in additional dilutioncosts related to stockholdersrebuilding of our internal systems, defending litigation, responding to regulatory actions, or use resources that are necessary to operate our business.

We may in the future seek to acquirepaying damages. Such attacks or invest in businesses, products or technologies that we believedisruptions could complement or expandhave a material adverse impact on our business, enhance our technical capabilities or otherwise offer growth opportunities. However, our term loan and revolving credit facility prohibits our ability to merge with or acquire any other entity. Even if we were allowed to pursue such acquisitions or investments, they could create risks for us, including:

    difficulties in assimilating acquired personnel, operations, and technologies or realizing synergies expected in connection with an acquisition, particularly with acquisitions of companies with largefinancial results.

Third-party service providers, such as wafer foundries, assembly and widespread operations, complex products or that operate in markets in which we historicallytest contractors, distributors and other vendors have had limited experience;

    unanticipated costs or liabilities, including possible litigation, associated with the acquisition;

    incurrence of acquisition-related costs;

    diversion of management’s attention from other business concerns;

    use of resources that are needed in other parts of our business; and

    use of substantialaccess to certain portions of our available cash to consummate an acquisition.

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A significant portion ofand our customers’ sensitive data. In the purchase price of companies we acquire may be allocated to acquired goodwill, which must be assessed for impairment at least annually. If such acquisitionsevent that these service providers do not yield expected returns, we may be required to take charges toproperly safeguard the data that they hold, security breaches and loss of data could result. Any such loss of data by our earnings based on this impairment assessment process, whichthird-party service providers could harm our results of operations.

We may be unable to complete acquisitions at all or on commercially reasonable terms, which could limit our future growth. Acquisitions could also result in dilutive issuances of equity securities or the incurrence of additional debt, which could adversely affect our operating results and result in a decline in our stock price and further restrict our ability to pursue business opportunities, including potential acquisitions. In addition, if an acquired business fails to meet our expectations, our operating results may suffer.

We maintain operations outside of the United States and intend to expand our international operations, which exposes us to significant risks.

We have limited operations in Europe and Asia. We intend to expand our operations internationally. The success ofnegatively impact our business, depends, in large part, on our ability to operate successfully from geographically disparate locations and to further expand our international operations, and sales. Operating in international markets requires significant resourcesfinancial results, as well as our relationship with our customers.

Risk Factors Related to Regulatory Matters and management attention and subjects us to regulatory, economic and political risks that are different from those we face in the United States. We cannot be sure that further international expansion will be successful. In addition, we face risks in doing business internationally that could expose us to reduced demand for our products, lower prices for our products or other adverse effects on our operating results. Among the risks we believe are most likely to affect us are:Compliance

    difficulties, inefficiencies and costs associated with staffing and managing foreign operations;

    longer and more difficult customer qualification and credit checks;

    greater difficulty collecting accounts receivable and longer payment cycles;

    the need for various local approvals to operate in some countries;

    difficulties in entering some foreign markets without larger-scale local operations;

    compliance with local laws and regulations;

    unexpected changes in regulatory requirements, including the elimination of tax holidays;

    reduced protection for intellectual property rights in some countries;

    adverse tax consequences as a result of repatriating cash generated from foreign operations to the United States;

    adverse tax consequences, including potential additional tax exposure if we are deemed to have established a permanent establishment outside of the United States;

    the effectiveness of our policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 and similar regulations;

    fluctuations in currency exchange rates, which could increase the prices of our products to customers outside of the United States, increase the expenses of our international operations by reducing the purchasing power of the U.S. dollar and expose us to foreign currency exchange rate risk if, in the future, we denominate our international sales in currencies other than the U.S. dollar;

    new and different sources of competition; and

    political and economic instability, and terrorism.

Our failure to manage any of these risks successfully could harm our operations and reduce our revenue.

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To comply with environmental laws and regulations, we may need to modify our activities or incur substantial costs, and if we fail to comply with environmental regulations, we could be subject to substantial fines or be required to have our suppliers alter their processes.

The semiconductor memory industry is subject to a variety of international, federal, state, and local governmental regulations directed at preventing or mitigating environmental harm, as well as to the storage, discharge, handling, generation, disposal and labeling of toxic or other hazardous substances. Failure to comply with environmental regulations could subject us to civil or criminal sanctions and property damage or personal injury claims. Compliance with current or future environmental laws and regulations could restrict our ability to expand our business or require us to modify processes or incur other substantial expenses which could harm our business. In response to environmental concerns, some customers and government agencies impose requirements for the elimination of hazardous substances, such as lead (which is widely used in soldering connections in the process of semiconductor packaging and assembly), from electronic equipment. For example, the European Union adopted its Restriction on Hazardous Substance Directive which prohibits, with specified exceptions, the sale in the EU market of new electrical and electronic equipment containing more than agreed levels of lead or other hazardous materials and China has enacted similar regulations. Environmental laws and regulations such as these could become more stringent over time, causing a need to redesign technologies, imposing greater compliance costs, and increasing risks and penalties associated with violations, which could seriously harm our business.

SomeIncreasing public attention has been focused on the environmental impact of the facilities ofelectronic manufacturing operations. While we have not experienced any materially adverse effects on our suppliers are located near known earthquake fault zones, and the occurrence of an earthquake or other catastrophic disaster could damage our facilities, which could cause us to curtail our operations.

Some of our foundries and suppliers facilities in Asia are located near known earthquake fault zones and, therefore, are vulnerable to damageoperations from earthquakes. We are also vulnerable to damage from other types of disasters, such as power loss, fire, floods and similar events. If any such disaster were to occur, our ability to operate our business could be seriously impaired. In addition, we may not have adequate insurance to cover our losses resulting from disasters or other similar significant business interruptions. Any significant losses that are not recoverable under our insurance policies could seriously impairrecently adopted environmental regulations, our business and financial condition.

Provisionsresults of our credit facility may restrict our ability to pursue our business strategies.

Borrowings under our existing credit facility are secured by substantially all of our assets, exceptoperations could suffer if for intellectual property. Our term loan facility prohibits our ability to, among other things:

    dispose of or sell assets;

    consolidate or merge with other entities;

    incur additional indebtedness;

    create liens on our assets;

    pay dividends;

    make investments;

    enter into transactions with affiliates; and

    redeem subordinated indebtedness.

These restrictions are subject to certain exceptions. In addition, our existing credit facility requires that we meet certain operating covenants, such as maintaining insurance on the collateral and meeting certain financial covenants, such as a minimum liquidity ratio. The operating restrictions and covenants in the term loan facility, as well as any future financing agreements that we may enter into, may restrict our ability to finance our operations, engage in business activities or expand or fully pursue our business strategies. Our ability to comply with these covenants may be affected by events beyond our control, and we may not be able to meet those covenants. A breach of any of these covenants could result in a default under the credit facility, which could cause all of the outstanding indebtedness thereunder to either

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become immediately due and payable or increase by five percent of the interest rate charged during the period of the unremedied breach.

Our ability to use net operating losses to offset future taxable income may be subject to certain limitations.

In general, under Section 382 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or the Code, a corporation that undergoes an ownership change is subject to limitations on its ability to utilize its pre-change net operating losses, or NOLs, to offset future taxable income, and tax credits to offset tax. We may experience an ownership change in the future, and our ability to utilize our NOLs and tax credits could be further limited by Section 382 of the Code. Future changes in our stock ownership, many of which are outside of our control, could result in an ownership change under Section 382 of the Code. Our net operating losses and tax credits could also be impaired under state laws. As a result, we might not be able to utilize a material portion of our state NOLs and tax credits.

We will incur significantly increased costs and devote substantial management time as a result of operating as a public company.

As a public company since October 2016, we are incurring significant legal, accounting and other expenses that we did not incur as a private company. For example, we are subject to the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, and are required to comply with the applicable requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, or the Dodd-Frank Act, as well as rules and regulations subsequently implemented by the SEC and the NASDAQ Stock Market, including the establishment and maintenance of effective disclosure and internal controls and the establishment corporate governance practices. Compliance with these requirements has increased our legal and financial compliance costs and is making some activities more time consuming and costly.

Ifreason we fail to retain finance personnel and strengthen our financial reporting systems and infrastructure, we may not be ablecontrol the storage or use of, or to timely and accurately report our financial results or comply withadequately restrict the requirements of being a public company, including compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and SEC reporting requirements.

We have hired additional accounting and finance staff members to augment our current staff and to improve the effectiveness of our closing and financial reporting processes. Any inability to retain such personnel would have an adverse impact on our ability to accurately and timely prepare our financial statements. We may be unable to locate and hire qualified professionals with requisite technical and public company experience when and as needed. In addition, new employees will require time and training to learn our business and operating processes and procedures. If our finance and accounting organization is unable for any reason to respond adequately to the increased demands as a result of being a public company, the quality and timeliness of our financial reporting may suffer, which could result in the identification of material weaknesses in our internal controls. Any consequences resulting from inaccuracies or delays in our reported financial statements could cause the trading price of our common stock to decline and could harm our business, operating results and financial condition.

If we fail to strengthen our financial reporting systems, infrastructure and internal control over financial reporting to meet the demands placed upon us as a public company, including the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, we may be unable to report our financial results timely and accurately and prevent fraud. We expect to incur significant expense and devote substantial management effort toward ensuring compliance with Section 404.

Interruptions in our information technology systems could adversely affect our business.

We rely on the efficient and uninterrupted operation of complex information technology systems and networks to operate our business. Any significant disruption to our systems or networks, including, but not limited to, new system implementations, computer viruses, security breaches, facility issues, natural disasters, terrorism, war, telecommunication failures or energy blackouts, could have a material adverse impact on our operations, sales and financial results. Such disruption could result in a loss of our intellectual property or the release of sensitive competitive information or supplier, customer or employee personal data. Any loss of such information could harm our competitive position, result in a loss of customer confidence, and cause us to incur significant costs to remedy the damages caused by any such disruptions or security breaches. Additionally, any failure to properly manage the collection, handling, transferdischarge or disposal of, personal data of employees and customers may result in regulatory penalties, enforcement actions, remediation obligations, litigation, fines and other sanctions.

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We may experience attacks on our data, attempts to breach our security and attempts to introduce malicious software into our IT systems. If attacks are successful, we may be unaware of the incident, its magnitude, or its effects until significant harm is done. Any such attack or disruption could result in additional costs related to rebuilding of our internal systems, defending litigation, responding to regulatory actions, or paying damages. Such attacks or disruptions could have a material adverse impact on our business, operations and financial results.

Third-party service providers, such as wafer foundries, assembly and test contractors, distributors and other vendors have access to certain portions of our and our customers sensitive data. In the event that these service providers do not properly safeguard the data that they hold, security breaches and loss of data could result. Any such loss of data by our third-party service providers could negatively impact our business, operations and financial results, as well as our relationship with our customers.

If we fail to remediate a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting, or experience any additional material weaknesses in the future or otherwise fail to maintain an effective system of internal controls in the future, we may not be able to accurately report our financial condition or results of operations which may adversely affect investor confidence in us and, as a result, the value of our common stock.

As a result of being a public company, we will be required,hazardous substances under Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act to furnish a report by management on, among other things, the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting beginning with our Annual Report on Form 10‑K for the year ended December 31, 2017. This assessment will need to include disclosure of any material weaknesses identified by our management in our internal control over financial reporting. 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 our annual and interim financial statements will not be detected or prevented on a timely basis.

In connection with the audit of our financial statements as of and for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, we identified material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting, as defined in the standards established by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board of the United States. Our management has determined that we had a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2014 and 2015, relating to the design and operation of our financial reporting processes. We have concluded that this material weakness was due to the fact that we did not yet have the appropriate resources with the appropriate level of experience and technical expertise to oversee our closing and financial reporting processes. Our management also determined that we had an additional material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2016, relating to information technology general and application controls. We have concluded that this material weakness is due to the current configuration of our ERP system, which has undergone additional integration in 2017.

We are enhancing our internal controls, processes and related documentation necessary to remediate our material weakness and to perform the evaluation needed to comply with Section 404. We may not be able to complete our remediation, evaluation and testing in a timely fashion. During the evaluation and testing process, if we identify one or more material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting, such as the one we identified as described above, we will be unable to conclude that our internal controls are effective. The effectiveness of our controls and procedures may be limited by a variety of factors, including:

    faulty human judgment and simple errors, omissions or mistakes;

    fraudulent action of an individual or collusion of two or more people;

    inappropriate management override of procedures; and;

    the possibility that any enhancements to controls and procedures may still not be adequate to assure timely and accurate financial control.

When we cease to be an “emerging growth company” under the federal securities laws, our auditors will be required to express an opinion on the effectiveness of our internal controls. If we are unable to confirm that our internal control over financial reporting is effective, or if our auditors are unable to express an opinion on the effectiveness of our

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internal controls, we could lose investor confidence in the accuracy and completeness of our financial reports, which could cause the price of our common stock to decline.

The issuance of new accounting standardspresent or future interpretations of existing accounting standards could adversely affect our operating results.environmental regulations.

We prepare our financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, or GAAP. A change in those principles could have a significant effect on our reported results and might affect our reporting of transactions completed before a change is announced. GAAP is issued and subject to interpretation by the Financial Accounting Standards Board, the SEC and various other bodies formed to promulgate and interpret accounting principles. A change in these principles or interpretations could have a significant effect on our reported financial results, and could affect the reporting of transactions completed before the announcement of a change. The issuance of new accounting standards or future interpretations of existing accounting standards, or changes in our business practices or estimates, could result in future changes in our revenue recognition or other accounting policies that could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations.

Regulations related to “conflict minerals” may force us to incur additional expenses, may make our supply chain more complex and may result in damage to our reputation with customers.

Pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, the SEC has adopted requirements for companies that use certain minerals and metals, known as conflict minerals, in their products, whether or not these products are manufactured by third parties. These requirements will require companies to perform diligence and disclose and report whether or not such minerals originate from the Democratic Republic of Congo and adjoining countries. The implementation of theseThese requirements could adversely affect the sourcing, availability and pricing of minerals used in the manufacture of our products, and affect our costs and relationships with customers, distributors, and suppliers as we must obtain additional information from them to ensure our compliance with the disclosure requirement. In addition, we will incur additional costs to complyin complying with the disclosure requirements, including costs related to determining the source of any of the relevant minerals and metals used in our products. Since our supply chain is complex, we mayhave not bebeen able to sufficiently verify the origins for these minerals and metals used in our products through the due diligence procedures that we implement, which may harm our reputation. In such event, we may also face difficulties in satisfying customers who require that all of the components of our products are certified as conflict mineral free and these customers may discontinue, or materially reduce, purchases of our products, which could result in a material adverse effect on our results of operations and our financial condition may be adversely affected.

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Our ability to use net operating losses to offset future taxable income may be subject to certain limitations.

In general, under Section 382 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or the Code, a corporation that undergoes an “ownership change” is subject to limitations on its ability to utilize its pre-change net operating losses, or NOLs, to offset future taxable income and tax credits to offset tax. As of December 31, 2022, we had gross federal net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $119.9 million, of which $79.1 million will expire in 2028 through 2037 if not utilized, and $40.8 million will carryover indefinitely. As of December 31, 2022, we had state net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $50.3 million, of which $47.5 million will expire in 2028 through 2042 if not utilized, and $2.8 million will carryover indefinitely. The federal NOLs generated prior to 2018 will continue to be governed by the NOL tax rules as they existed prior to the adoption of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (2017 Tax Act), which means that generally they will expire 20 years after they were generated if not used prior thereto. The 2017 Tax Act repealed the 20-year carryforward and two-year carryback of NOLs originating after December 31, 2017, and also limits the NOL deduction to 80% of taxable income for tax years beginning after December 31, 2017. Any NOLs generated in 2018 and forward will be carried forward and will not expire. There is no current impact to us as we continue to be in a loss position for U.S. income tax purposes. Future changes in our stock ownership, many of which are outside of our control, could result in an ownership change under Section 382 of the Code. The ability to utilize our net operating losses and tax credits could also be impaired under state law. As a result, we might not be able to utilize a material portion of our state NOLs and tax credits.

Risks Related to Our Common Stock

An active trading market may not be sustained.

Prior to the initial public offering of our common stock in October 2016, there was no public market for our common stock. Although our stock is currently traded on the NASDAQ Stock Market, an active trading market may not be sustained. The lack of an active market may impair the value of your shares and your ability to sell your shares at the time you wish to sell them. An inactive market may also impair our ability to both raise capital by selling shares and acquire other complementary products, technologies or businesses by using our shares as consideration.

We expect that the price of our common stock will fluctuate substantially.

The market price of our common stock is likely to be highly volatile and may fluctuate substantially due to many factors, including:

    the duration and severity of COVID-19 and its effects on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows;

    the introduction of new products or product enhancements by us or others in our industry;

    announcements by us or our competitors of significant acquisitions, strategic partnerships, joint ventures, capital commitments or restructurings;

    disputes or other developments with respect to our or others’ intellectual property rights;

    product liability claims or other litigation;

    quarterly variations in our results of operations or those of others in our industry;

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    sales of large blocks of our common stock, including sales by our executive officers and directors;

    changes in senior management or key personnel;

    changes in earnings estimates or recommendations by securities analysts; and

    general market conditions and other factors, including factors unrelated to our operating performance or the operating performance of our competitors.competitors, including those due to the duration and severity of COVID-19 and the military conflict in Ukraine.

In recent years, the stockStock markets generally have experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations that have often been unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of those companies. Broad marketFurther, the semiconductor memory industry is highly cyclical, and industry factorsour markets may significantly affect the marketexperience significant cyclical fluctuations in demand as a result of changing economic conditions, budgeting and buying patterns of customers and other factors. Fluctuations in our revenue and operating results could also cause our stock price to decline.

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In addition, in the past, class action litigation has often been instituted against companies whose securities have experienced periods of volatility in market price.price, or for other reasons. Securities litigation brought against us following volatility in our stock price or otherwise, regardless of the merit or ultimate results of such litigation, could result in substantial costs, which would hurt our financial condition and operating results and divert managementsmanagement’s attention and resources from our business.

These and other factors may make the price of our stock volatile and subject to unexpected fluctuation.

Securities analysts may not publish favorable research or reports about our business or may publish no information at all, which could cause our stock price or trading volume to decline.

The trading market for our common stock will be influenced to some extent by the research and reports that industry or financial analysts publish about us and our business. We do not control these analysts. As a newly public company, we may be slow to attract research coverage and the analysts who publish information about our common stock will have had relatively little experience with our company or industry, which could affect their ability to accurately forecast our results and could make it more likely that we fail to meet their estimates. In the event we obtain securities or industry analyst coverage, if any of the analysts who cover us provide inaccurate or unfavorable research or issue an adverse opinion regarding our stock price, our stock price could decline. If one or more of these analysts cease coverage of our company or fail to publish reports covering us regularly, we could lose visibility in the market, which in turn could cause our stock price or trading volume to decline.

We are an “emerging growth company” and we cannot be certain if the reduced disclosure requirements applicable to “emerging growth companies” will make our common stock less attractive to investors.

We are an emerging growth company, as defined in the JOBS Act, and we may take advantage of certain exemptions and relief from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies. In particular, while we are an emerging growth company (1) we will not be required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, (2) we will be exempt from any rules that may be adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board requiring mandatory audit firm rotations or a supplement to the auditors report on financial statements, (3) we will be subject to reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements, and (4) we will not be required to hold nonbinding advisory votes on executive compensation or stockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved.

We may remain an emerging growth company until as late as December 31, 2021, the fiscal year-end following the fifth anniversary of the completion of our initial public offering, though we may cease to be an emerging growth company earlier under certain circumstances, including (1) if the market value of our common stock that is held by nonaffiliates exceeds $700 million as of any June 30, in which case we would cease to be an emerging growth company as of the following December 31, or (2) if our gross revenue exceeds $1.07 billion in any fiscal year.

Investors may find our common stock less attractive if we rely on the exemptions and relief granted by the JOBS Act. If some investors find our common stock less attractive as a result, there may be a less active trading market for our common stock and our stock price may decline or become more volatile.

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Sales of a substantial number of shares of our common stock in the public market by our existing stockholders could cause our stock price to fall.

Sales of a substantial number of shares of our common stock in the public market, or the perception that these sales might occur, could depress the market price of our common stock and could impair our ability to raise capital through the sale of additional equity securities. We are unable to predict the effect that sales may have on the prevailing market price of our common stock.

Our directors, officers and principal stockholders have significant voting power and may take actions that may not be in the best interests of our other stockholders.

Our officers, directors and principal stockholders each holding more than 5% of our common stock, collectively, control a significant percentage of our outstanding common stock. As a result, these stockholders, if they act together, will be able to control the management and affairs of our company and most matters requiring stockholder approval, including the election of directors and approval of significant corporate transactions. This concentration of ownership may have the effect of delaying or preventing a change of control and might adversely affect the market price of our common stock. This concentration of ownership may not be in the best interests of our other stockholders.

Our disclosure controls and procedures may not prevent or detect all errors or acts of fraud.

We are subject to the periodic reporting requirements of the Exchange Act. We have designed our disclosure controls and procedures to provide reasonable assurance that information we must disclose in reports we file or submit under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to management, and recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the SEC. We believe that any disclosure controls and procedures, no matter how well-conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met.

These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty, and that breakdowns can occur because of simple error or mistake. Additionally, controls can be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people or by an unauthorized override of the controls. Accordingly, because of the inherent limitations in our control system, misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected.

Provisions in our corporate charter documents and under Delaware law could make an acquisition of us more difficult and may prevent attempts by our stockholders to replace or remove our current management.

Provisions in our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and our amended and restated bylaws may discourage, delay, or prevent a merger, acquisition, or other change in control of us that stockholders may consider favorable, including transactions in which stockholders might otherwise receive a premium for their shares. These provisions could also limit the price that investors might be willing to pay in the future for shares of our common stock, thereby depressing the market price of our common stock. In addition, these provisions may frustrate or prevent any attempts by our stockholders to replace or remove our current management by making it more difficult for stockholders to replace members of our board of directors. Because our board of directors is responsible for appointing the members of our management team, these provisions could in turn affect any attempt by our stockholders to replace current members of our management team. Among others, these provisions include that:

    our board of directors has the right to expand the size of our board of directors and to elect directors to fill a vacancy created by the expansion of the board of directors or the resignation, death or removal of a director, which prevents stockholders from being able to fill vacancies on our board of directors;

    our stockholders may not act by written consent or call special stockholders’ meetings; as a result, a holder, or holders, controlling a majority of our capital stock would not be able to take certain actions other than at annual stockholders’ meetings or special stockholders’ meetings called by the board of directors pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the total number of authorized directors, the chairman of the board or the chief executive officer or the president;officer;

    our amended and restated certificate of incorporation prohibits cumulative voting in the election of directors, which limits the ability of minority stockholders to elect director candidates;

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    the affirmative vote of holders of at least 66-2/3% of the voting power of all of the then outstanding shares of voting stock, voting as a single class, will be required (a) to amend certain provisions of our certificate of incorporation, including provisions relating to the size of the board, removal of directors, special meetings, actions by written consent and cumulative voting and (b) to amend or repeal our amended and restated bylaws, although oursuch bylaws may be amended by a simple majority vote of our board of directors;

    stockholders must provide advance notice and additional disclosures to nominate individuals for election to the board of directors or to propose matters that can be acted upon at a stockholders’ meeting, which may discourage or deter a potential acquiror from conducting a solicitation of proxies to elect the acquiror’s own slate of directors or otherwise attempting to obtain control of our company; and

    our board of directors may issue, without stockholder approval, shares of undesignated preferred stock; the ability to issue undesignated preferred stock makes it possible for our board of directors to issue preferred stock with voting or other rights or preferences that could impede the success of any attempt to acquire us.

Moreover, because we are incorporated in Delaware, we are governed by the provisions of Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, which prohibits a person who owns in excess of 15% of our outstanding voting stock from merging or combining with us for a period of three years after the date of the transaction in which the person acquired in excess of 15% of our outstanding voting stock, unless the merger or combination is approved in a prescribed manner.

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Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware and the federal district courts of the United States of America will be the exclusive forums for substantially all disputes between us and our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers, or employees.

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware is the exclusive forum for the following types of actions or proceedings under Delaware statutory or common law:

    any derivative action or proceeding brought on our behalf;

    any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer or other employee to us or our stockholders;

    any action asserting a claim against us arising under the Delaware General Corporation Law, our amended and restated certificate of incorporation or our amended and restated bylaws; and

    any action asserting a claim against us that is governed by the internal-affairs doctrine.

This provision would not apply to suits brought to enforce a duty or liability created by the Exchange Act. Furthermore, Section 22 of the Securities Act creates concurrent jurisdiction for federal and state courts over all such Securities Act actions. Accordingly, both state and federal courts have jurisdiction to entertain such claims. To prevent having to litigate claims in multiple jurisdictions and the threat of inconsistent or contrary rulings by different courts, among other considerations, our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that, unless we consent in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the federal district courts of the United States will be the exclusive forum for resolving any complaint asserting a cause of action arising under the Securities Act. While the Delaware courts have determined that such choice of forum provisions are facially valid, a stockholder may nevertheless seek to bring a claim in a venue other than those designated in the exclusive forum provisions. In such instance, we would expect to vigorously assert the validity and enforceability of the exclusive forum provisions of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation. This may require significant additional costs associated with resolving such action in other jurisdictions and there can be no assurance that the provisions will be enforced by a court in those other jurisdictions.

These exclusive forum provisions may limit a stockholder’s ability to bring a claim in a judicial forum that it finds favorable for disputes with us or our directors, officers, or other employees, which may discourage lawsuits against us and our directors, officers, and other employees. If a court were to find either exclusive-forum provision in our amended and restated certificate of incorporation to be inapplicable or unenforceable in an action, we may incur further significant additional costs associated with resolving the dispute in other jurisdictions, all of which could seriously harm our business.

General Risk Factors

Unfavorable economic and market conditions and the presence of COVID-19, domestically and internationally, may adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

We have significant customer sales both in the United States and internationally. We also rely on domestic and international suppliers, manufacturing partners and distributors. We are therefore susceptible to adverse U.S. and international economic and market conditions. If any of our manufacturing partners, customers, distributors or suppliers experience slowdowns in their business, serious financial difficulties or cease operations, including as a result of the presence of COVID-19, our business will be adversely affected. In addition, the adverse impact of general economic factors that are beyond our control, including, but not limited to, housing markets, recession, inflation, deflation, consumer credit activity, consumer debt levels, fuel and energy costs, interest rates, bank failures, tax rates and policy, unemployment trends, potential industry downturn, the impact of natural disasters such as pandemics, civil disturbances, terrorist activities and acts of war, including the military conflict in Ukraine, may adversely impact consumer spending, which may adversely impact our customers’ spending and demand for our products. As an example, in the United States, capital markets have experienced and continue to experience volatility and disruption. Furthermore, inflation rates in the United States have recently increased to levels not seen in decades resulting in federal action to increase interest rates, affecting capital markets. In addition to the foregoing, adverse developments that affect financial institutions, transactional counterparties or other third parties, such as bank failures, or concerns or speculation about any similar events or risks, could lead to market-wide liquidity problems, which in turn may cause third parties, including customers, to become unable to meet their obligations under various types of financial arrangements as well as general disruptions

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or instability in the financial markets. Additionally, the military conflict in Ukraine and escalating geopolitical tensions resulting from such conflict have resulted and may continue to result in sanctions, tariffs, and import-export restrictions which, when combined with retaliatory actions taken by Russia, could cause further inflationary pressures and economic and supply chain disruptions, as well as cause us to experience extended lead times and increased prices from our suppliers. Any of the foregoing could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

Additionally, we could be negatively impacted by the widespread outbreak of an illness, any other communicable disease or any other public health crisis that results in economic and trade disruptions, including the disruption of global supply chains. The global COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted, and may continue to disrupt, our day-to-day operations and the operations of our customers, partners and service providers. For example, we have experienced electronics supply chain and demand disruptions from extended factory shutdowns, particularly in some Asian countries, which created unusual order patterns, and subsequently slowed Toggle MRAM demand, particularly from our industrial customers. While some of restrictions implemented by many government authorities and businesses have begun to be lifted, the lingering impact of COVID-19 continues to create significant volatility throughout the global economy, including supply chain constraints, labor supply issues, and higher inflation.

Widespread recovery from COVID-19 will be impacted by future developments, including future waves of outbreak or new variant strains of the virus, government and private sector requirements, and the emergence and effectiveness of medical and other measures to address COVID-19. Any of the foregoing could adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations. The ultimate impact of COVID-19 on our business, operations, or the global economy as a whole remains highly uncertain.

To the extent macroeconomic uncertainties and COVID-19 continue to adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations, many of the other risks described in this “Risk Factors” section will be exacerbated, including but not limited to, those related to our ability to increase sales to existing and new customers, develop and deploy new offerings and applications and maintain effective marketing and sales capabilities.

Our business may be adversely impacted by natural disasters and other catastrophic events.

Our operations and business, and those of our manufacturing partners, customers, distributors, or suppliers, can be disrupted by natural disasters; industrial accidents; public health issues, such as COVID-19; cybersecurity incidents; interruptions of service from utilities, transportation, telecommunications, or IT systems providers; manufacturing equipment failures; or other catastrophic events. For example, some of our foundries and suppliers’ facilities in Asia are located near known earthquake fault zones and, therefore, are vulnerable to damage from earthquakes. We are also vulnerable to damage from other types of disasters, such as power loss, fire, floods, and similar events. If any such natural disasters or other catastrophic events were to occur, our ability to operate our business could be seriously impaired. In addition, we may not have adequate insurance to cover our losses resulting from disasters or other similar significant business interruptions. Any significant losses that are not recoverable under our insurance policies could seriously impair our business and financial condition.

Item 2. RecentUnregistered Sales of Unregistered SecuritiesEquity Securities and Use of Proceeds

(a) Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

None.

(b) Use of Proceeds

Shares of our common stock began trading on the NASDAQ Global Select Market on October 7, 2016. The shares were registered under the Securities Act on registration statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-213569) declared effective October 7, 2016.

There has been no material change in the planned use of proceeds from the IPO from that described in the prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b)(4) under the Securities Act on October 7, 2016. As of September 30, 2017, we had used approximately $26.0 million of the proceeds from our IPO.

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities.Securities

None.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.Disclosures

Not applicable.

Item 5. Other Information.Information

On August 17, 2017, we and Phillip LoPresti, our former President and Chief Executive Officer, mutually agreed that Mr. LoPresti would resign as our President and Chief Executive Officer effective August 31, 2017. In connection with his resignation, we entered into a transition and separation agreement with Mr. LoPresti on August 23, 2017 providing that Mr. LoPresti’s last date of employment would be August 31, 2017, following which Mr. LoPresti would no longer serve as President and Chief Executive Officer or as a member of our board of directors, and following such date, Mr. LoPresti would serve as a consultant until February 28, 2018, or such earlier date that his employment is terminated by either him or us. The agreement provides that: (a) Mr. LoPresti would work approximately 10 hours per week during the period from the date of the agreement until his employment terminated; (b) during this period his base salary would be $10,000 per month; and (c) Mr. LoPresti would be entitled to the severance benefits, if Mr. LoPresti 

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None.

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signed a liability release in favor of us and allowed the release to become effective: (1) cash severance of twelve months of Mr. LoPresti’s annual base salary to be paid on our regular payroll schedule, plus an amount equal to Mr. LoPresti’s 2017 annual target bonus, pro-rated for the period of employment in 2017; (2) continued health care coverage for up to twelve months consistent with what we currently provide, so long as Mr. LoPresti timely elects such continued coverage; and (3) accelerated vesting of 25,799 shares subject to outstanding stock options as though Mr. LoPresti remained an employee through August 31, 2018, and the ability to exercise all of his vested stock options for a period of twelve months following the effective date of his resignation.

In October 2017, we entered into an amendment to our lease with Freescale in Chandler, Arizona to add 17,951 square feet of office space. The initial term of this amendment to the lease ends on January 31, 2022. The amendment provides us with 11 months free rent for the additional space, and total additional lease payments under the amendment will be $1.1 million over the initial lease term.

Item 6. ExhibitsExhibits

EXHIBIT INDEX

Incorporation By Reference

 

Exhibit
Number

Description

Form

SEC File No.

Exhibit/
Reference

Filing Date

3.1

Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation

8-K

001-37900

3.1

10/13/2016

3.1.1

Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation

8-K

001-37900

3.1

5/22/2019

3.1.2

Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation

8-K

001-37900

3.1

5/27/2020

3.1.3

Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation

8-K

001-37900

3.1

5/25/2023

3.2

Amended and Restated Bylaws

8-K

001-37900

3.2

5/22/2019

31.1*

Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Exchange Act

31.2*

Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Exchange Act

32.1**

Certification of Principal Executive Officer and Principal 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 its XBRL 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

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Incorporation By Reference

 

 

Exhibit
Number

    

Description

    

Form

    

SEC File No.

    

Exhibit/ Reference

    

Filing Date

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.1

 

Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation.

 

8-K

 

001-37900

 

3.1

 

10/13/2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.2

 

Bylaws.

 

S-1

 

333-213569

 

3.6

 

9/09/2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.1

 

Form of Common Stock Certificate of the Company.

 

S-1

 

333-213569

 

4.1

 

9/09/2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.2

 

Reference is made to Exhibits 3.1 and 3.2.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.1

 

Executive Employment Agreement, dated August 18, 2017 between Everspin Technologies, Inc. and Kevin Conley.

 

8-K

 

001-37900

 

10.1

 

8/23/2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.2*

 

Separation and Consulting Agreement, dated August 23, 2017 between Everspin Technologies, Inc. and Phillip LoPresti

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.3*

 

Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement under the 2016 Equity Incentive Plan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31.1*

 

Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31.2*

 

Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

32.1**

 

Certification of Principal Executive Officer and Principal 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*

 

XBRL Instance Document

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

101.SCH*

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

101.CAL*

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

101.DEF*

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

101.LAB*

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

101.PRE*

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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101.LAB*

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label 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)


*     Filed herewith.

**   Furnished herewith. Exhibit 32.1 is being furnished and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, nor shall such exhibit be deemed to be incorporated by reference in any registration statement or other document filed under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, except as otherwise specifically stated in such filing.

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SIGNATURES

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.

Everspin Technologies, Inc.

Date: November 13, 2017August 3, 2023

By:

/s/ Kevin ConleySanjeev Aggarwal

Kevin ConleySanjeev Aggarwal

President and Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer) and DirectorOfficer)

Everspin Technologies, Inc.

Date: November 13, 2017August 3, 2023

By:

/s/ Jeffrey WinzelerAnuj Aggarwal

Jeffrey WinzelerAnuj Aggarwal

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

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