UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 10-Q
(Mark One)
☒
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2024
OR
☐
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: 001-39493
SPIRE GLOBAL, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Delaware
85-1276957
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. EmployerIdentification No.)
8000 Towers Crescent Drive
Suite 1100
Vienna, Virginia 22182
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(202) 301-5127
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Trading
Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
Class A common stock, par value of $0.0001 per share
SPIR
New York Stock Exchange
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
Accelerated filer
Non-accelerated filer
Smaller reporting company
Emerging growth company
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☒
The registrant had outstanding 25,734,974 shares of Class A common stock and 1,507,325 shares of Class B common stock as of February 14, 2025.
Table of Contents
Page
PART I.
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
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Item 1.
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
6
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss
7
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity
8
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
10
Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
11
Item 2.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
34
Item 3.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
58
Item 4.
Controls and Procedures
59
PART II.
OTHER INFORMATION
63
Legal Proceedings
Item 1A.
Risk Factors
64
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
67
Defaults Upon Senior Securities
Mine Safety Disclosures
Item 5.
Other Information
Item 6.
Exhibits
Signatures
68
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SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws, which statements involve substantial risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements generally relate to future events or our future financial or operating performance. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements because they contain words such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “could,” “would,” “intend,” “target,” “project,” “contemplate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “potential,” “seek” or “continue” or the negative of these words or other similar terms or expressions that concern our expectations, strategy, plans or intentions. Forward-looking statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q include, but are not limited to, statements about:
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We caution you that the foregoing list may not contain all of the forward-looking statements made in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. You should not rely upon forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. We have based the forward-looking statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q primarily on our current expectations and projections about future events and trends that we believe may affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, and prospects. The outcome of the events described in these forward-looking statements is subject to risks, uncertainties, and other factors, including those described in Part I, Item 1A “Risk Factors” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2023 and in Part II, Item 1A “Risk Factors” of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Moreover, we operate in a very competitive and rapidly changing environment. New risks and uncertainties emerge from time to time and it is not possible for us to predict all risks and uncertainties that could have an impact on the forward-looking statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. We cannot assure you that the results, events, and circumstances reflected in the forward-looking statements will be achieved or occur, and actual results, events, or circumstances could differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements.
Neither we nor any other person assumes responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of any of these forward-looking statements. Moreover, the forward-looking statements made in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q relate only to expectations as of the date on which the statements are made. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements made in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or to reflect new information or the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as required by law. We may not actually achieve the plans, intentions or expectations disclosed in our forward-looking statements and you should not place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements. Our forward-looking statements do not reflect the potential impact of any future acquisitions, mergers, dispositions, joint ventures or investments we may make.
In addition, statements that “we believe” and similar statements reflect our beliefs and opinions on the relevant subject. These statements are based upon information available to us as of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, and while we believe such information forms a reasonable basis for such statements, such information may be limited or incomplete, and our statements should not be read to indicate that we have conducted an exhaustive inquiry into, or review of, all potentially available relevant information. These statements are inherently uncertain and investors are cautioned not to rely upon these statements.
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PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
Spire Global, Inc.
(In thousands, except share and per share amounts)
(Unaudited)
September 30,
December 31,
2024
2023
Assets
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents
$
29,061
29,136
Marketable securities
7,574
11,726
Accounts receivable, net (including allowance of $251 and $586 as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively)
9,163
9,911
Contract assets
4,148
4,718
Other current assets
8,255
16,848
Total current assets
58,201
72,339
Property and equipment, net
68,335
60,446
Operating lease right-of-use assets
12,267
14,921
Goodwill
50,126
51,155
Customer relationships
17,538
19,363
Other intangible assets
11,215
12,660
Other long-term assets, including restricted cash
6,509
8,380
Total assets
224,191
239,264
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
Current liabilities
Accounts payable
10,794
8,012
Accrued wages and benefits
2,562
1,829
Long-term debt, current portion
92,225
—
Contract liabilities, current portion
27,214
31,178
Other accrued expenses
11,004
8,326
Total current liabilities
143,799
49,345
Long-term debt
4,910
114,113
Contract liabilities, non-current
22,566
17,923
Contingent earnout liability
937
220
Deferred income tax liabilities
830
804
Warrant liability
9,495
5,988
Operating lease liabilities, net of current portion
10,808
13,079
Other long-term liabilities
Total liabilities
193,353
201,480
Commitments and contingencies (Note 9)
Stockholders’ equity
Common stock, $0.0001 par value, 1,000,000,000 Class A and 15,000,000 Class B shares authorized, 25,098,385 Class A and 1,507,325 Class B shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2024; 21,097,351 Class A and 1,507,325 Class B shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2023
Additional paid-in capital
529,526
477,624
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
(8,829
)
(4,556
Accumulated deficit
(489,862
(435,286
Total stockholders’ equity
30,838
37,784
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
Three Months Ended September 30,
Nine Months Ended September 30,
(As Restated)
Revenue
28,568
22,126
88,792
73,408
Cost of revenue
15,843
12,640
55,927
41,254
Gross profit
12,725
9,486
32,865
32,154
Operating expenses:
Research and development
5,631
7,931
19,185
22,904
Sales and marketing
5,655
6,993
15,941
20,572
General and administrative
12,303
11,223
32,156
33,764
Loss on decommissioned satellites
246
156
953
628
Allowance for current expected credit loss on notes receivable
2,609
2,689
Total operating expenses
26,444
26,303
70,924
77,868
Loss from operations
(13,719
(16,817
(38,059
(45,714
Other income (expense):
Interest income
407
540
1,432
1,741
Interest expense
(4,828
(4,728
(14,654
(14,015
Change in fair value of contingent earnout liability
515
13
(717
217
Change in fair value of warrant liabilities
854
(119
(1,109
984
Issuance of stock warrants
(2,399
Foreign exchange gain (loss)
4,872
(1,840
2,573
(1,313
Other expense, net
(530
(387
(1,541
(1,828
Total other income (expense), net
1,290
(6,521
(16,415
(14,214
Loss before income taxes
(12,429
(23,338
(54,474
(59,928
Income tax provision (benefit)
44
(1
102
436
Net loss
(12,473
(23,337
(54,576
(60,364
Basic and diluted net loss per share
(0.50
(1.12
(2.30
(3.16
Weighted-average shares used in computing basic and diluted net loss per share
24,921,585
20,756,394
23,745,015
19,117,078
(In thousands)
Other comprehensive (loss) gain:
Foreign currency translation adjustments
(1,986
(1,575
(4,275
1,168
Net unrealized gain (loss) on investments (net of tax)
(2
35
Comprehensive loss
(14,455
(24,914
(58,849
(59,161
(In thousands, except share amounts)
Common Stock
AdditionalPaid in
AccumulatedOtherComprehensive
Accumulated
TotalStockholders'
Shares
Amount
Capital
Loss
Deficit
Equity
Balance, June 30, 2024
26,283,274
524,567
(6,847
(477,389
40,334
Release of Restricted Stock Units
322,436
Issuance of common stock under Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Exercise of stock options
Stock compensation expense
4,959
Net unrealized gain on investments (net of tax)
Balance, September 30, 2024
26,605,710
Balance, December 31, 2023
22,604,676
907,182
79,903
370
37,758
269
13,382
Issuance of common stock under Securities Purchase Agreements
2,976,191
1
37,881
37,882
Balance, June 30, 2023(As Restated)
22,186,291
470,325
(4,128
(394,755
71,444
Release of Restricted Stock Units and Performance Stock Units
168,831
3,530
Redemption of fractional shares due to reverse stock split
(47
Net loss (As Restated)
Foreign currency translation adjustments (As Restated)
Net unrealized loss on investments (net of tax)
Balance, September 30, 2023(As Restated)
22,355,075
473,854
(5,705
(418,092
50,059
Balance, December 31, 2022
19,467,183
455,765
(6,908
(357,728
91,131
603,120
83,707
422
9,516
Issuance of common stock under the Equity Distribution Agreement, net
2,166,384
7,866
Conversion of warrants to common stock
34,728
286
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Cash flows from operating activities
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization
16,351
11,642
Stock-based compensation
Amortization of operating lease right-of-use assets
4,104
2,185
Amortization of debt issuance costs
2,901
1,595
1,109
(984
717
(217
2,399
Loss on decommissioned satellites and impairment of assets
1,474
630
Other, net
(232
(526
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable, net
741
(4,834
812
(345
8,660
(7,396
Other long-term assets
1,544
1,261
1,478
(767
675
1,249
Contract liabilities
452
10,991
2,892
(1,125
Operating lease liabilities
(4,134
(1,945
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
749
(39,434
Cash flows from investing activities
Purchases of short-term investments
(30,147
(37,752
Maturities of short-term investments
34,897
41,500
Purchase of property and equipment
(21,491
(11,993
Net cash used in investing activities
(16,741
(8,245
Cash flows from financing activities
Proceeds from Securities Purchase Agreements, net
Proceeds from long-term debt
19,886
Proceeds from issuance of common stock under the Equity Distribution Agreement, net
Payments on long-term debt
(20,113
Proceeds from exercise of stock options
Proceeds from employee stock purchase plan
Net cash provided by financing activities
18,407
28,174
Effect of foreign currency translation on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
(2,486
2,291
Net decrease in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
(71
(17,214
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
Beginning balance
29,641
47,569
Ending balance
29,570
30,355
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information
Cash paid for interest
10,964
12,068
Income taxes paid
46
585
Noncash operating, investing and financing activities
Property and equipment purchased but not yet paid
2,009
2,603
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease liabilities
490
4,795
Accrued long-term debt issuance costs
1,875
Conversion of warrants to Class A common stock
Issuance of stock warrants with long-term debt (Note 8)
2,579
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(In thousands, except shares and per share data, unless otherwise noted)
Spire Global, Inc. (“Spire” or the “Company”), founded in August 2012, is a global provider of space-based data and analytics that offers its customers unique datasets and insights about earth from the ultimate vantage point. The Company collects this space-based data through its proprietary constellation of multi-purpose nanosatellites. The Company designs, manufacturers, integrates, and operates its own satellites and ground stations to deliver unique end-to-end comprehensive solutions. The Company offers the following three data solutions to customers: Maritime, Aviation, and Weather and Climate. As a fourth solution, the Company is providing “space-as-a-service” through its Space Services solution.
The Company is headquartered in Vienna, Virginia and has several wholly-owned operating subsidiaries in the United States, United Kingdom, Luxembourg, Singapore, Australia, Germany, and Canada.
On August 16, 2021, Spire Global Subsidiary, Inc. (formerly known as Spire Global, Inc.) (“Legacy Spire”) closed its previously announced merger with NavSight Holdings, Inc. (“NavSight”), a special purpose acquisition company. As a result, Legacy Spire continued as the surviving corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of NavSight (the “Merger,” and such consummation, the “Closing”). NavSight then changed its name to Spire Global, Inc. and Legacy Spire changed its name to Spire Global Subsidiary, Inc.
On September 14, 2022, the Company entered into an Equity Distribution Agreement (the “Equity Distribution Agreement”) with Canaccord Genuity LLC, as sales agent (the “Agent”). In accordance with the terms of the Equity Distribution Agreement, the Company may offer and sell its Class A common stock, having an aggregate offering price of up to $85,000 from time to time through the Agent pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-3, which became effective on September 26, 2022. Under the Equity Distribution Agreement, the Company sold (i) 2,166,389 shares of its Class A common stock during the year ended December 31, 2023 for gross proceeds of $8,235 and (ii) no shares during the nine months ended September 30, 2024.
On March 24, 2023, the Company, was notified by the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) that the Company was not in compliance with Rule 802.01C of the NYSE’s Listed Company Manual (“Rule 802.01C”) relating to the minimum average closing price of the Company’s Class A common stock, par value of $0.0001 per share, required over a consecutive 30 trading-day period. On August 31, 2023, the Company effected a reverse stock split at a ratio of 1-for-8 (the “Reverse Stock Split”) of its common stock. In connection with the Reverse Stock Split, every eight shares of the Company’s Class A and Class B common stock issued and outstanding as of the effective date were automatically combined into one share of Class A or Class B common stock, as applicable. On September 25, 2023, the Company received formal notice from the NYSE that the Company had regained compliance with Rule 802.01C.
On February 4, 2024, the Company and Signal Ocean Ltd (“Signal Ocean”) entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “SPA”) for the issuance and sale of 833,333 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock to Signal Ocean at a price of $12.00 per share (the “Private Placement”). The Private Placement closed on February 8, 2024, resulting in gross proceeds to the Company of $10.0 million.
On March 21, 2024, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”) with institutional investors (the “Investors”), pursuant to which the Company issued and sold in a registered direct offering (the “Offering”), (i) an aggregate of 2,142,858 shares of Class A common stock and (ii) warrants exercisable for an aggregate of 2,142,858 shares of Class A common stock (“Securities Purchase Agreement Warrants”) to the Investors. Each share of Class A common stock and accompanying Securities Purchase Agreement Warrant to purchase one share of Class A common stock was sold at an offering price of $14.00. The aggregate gross proceeds to the Company from the Offering totaled $30,000 before deducting the placement agent’s fees and related offering expenses. The Securities Purchase Agreement Warrants had an exercise price equal to $14.50 per share of Class A common stock, were exercisable for a term beginning on March 25, 2024, and expired on July 3, 2024, with no warrants exercised.
On March 21, 2024, the Company entered into a placement agency agreement (the “Placement Agency Agreement”) with Alliance Global Partners (“A.G.P” or the “Placement Agent”), pursuant to which the Company engaged A.G.P as the exclusive placement agent in connection with the Offering. The Company paid A.G.P a cash fee equal to 6% of the gross proceeds from
the sale of shares and Securities Purchase Agreement Warrants to the Investors, or $1,800, in March 2024. The Company agreed to pay a cash fee equal to 4% of the gross exercise price paid in cash with respect to the exercise of the Securities Purchase Agreement Warrants, which are now expired.
On November 13, 2024, the Company entered into a Share Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with Kpler Holding SA, a Belgian corporation (“Buyer”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell its maritime business to Buyer and enter into certain ancillary agreements (the “Transactions”). The maritime business to be sold pursuant to the Transactions does not include any part of the Company’s satellite network or operations. The Purchase Agreement provides that the closing of the Transactions is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain closing conditions set forth in the Purchase Agreement. Refer to Note 12, Subsequent Events, for detailed discussion.
Restatement of Financial Statements
On March 3, 2025, the Company filed its Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2023 (the “Form 10-K/A”), which included audited restated consolidated financial statements as of and for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, as well as unaudited restated condensed consolidated financial information as of the quarter ends and for the interim periods in the fiscal years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 (collectively, the “Affected Periods”) to make corrections related to consideration of embedded leases for a contract in its “Space as a Service” business (the “Space Services Contract”), recognition of an allowance for current expected credit losses related to a note receivable issued to a customer, revenue recognition for contracts in its customer-funded or co-funded research and development arrangements (the “R&D Services Contracts,” and together with the Space Services Contracts, the “Space Services and R&D Services Contracts”) and Space Services Contracts, and income statement classification of costs related to R&D Services Contracts. The Form 10-K/A included corrections to the condensed consolidated financial statements for the Affected Periods presented in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Therefore, the Company has reflected these corrections to the condensed consolidated financial statements for prior periods presented in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Additionally, prior period amounts in the applicable notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements have been corrected. Refer also to Note 13 of Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for unaudited restated condensed consolidated financial information for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023.
Basis of Presentation
The condensed consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes are unaudited and have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) for interim financial reporting.
Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed or omitted pursuant to rules and regulations applicable to interim financial reporting. The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements were prepared on the same basis as the audited consolidated financial statements and, in the opinion of management, contain all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair statement of its financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the periods indicated. These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements included within the Form 10-K/A.
The information as of December 31, 2023, included on the condensed consolidated balance sheets was derived from the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
Results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for any other interim period or for the year ending December 31, 2024.
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Liquidity Risks and Uncertainties
The Company has a history of operating losses and negative cash flows from operations since inception. During the nine months ended September 30, 2024, net loss was $54,576, cash provided by operations was $749 and the Company received net proceeds of $9,825 from the Private Placement, and $28,056 from the Offering. The Company held cash and cash equivalents of $29,061, excluding restricted cash of $509, and investment in short-term marketable securities of $7,574 as of September 30, 2024.
The Company’s ability to continue as a going concern for the next 12 months from the date of issuance of these condensed consolidated financial statements is dependent upon its ability to obtain sufficient cash to meet its obligations, including the repayment of all amounts owed pursuant to the Blue Torch Financing Agreement. The Company has failed to meet its leverage ratio and minimum liquidity financial covenants and SEC periodic filing requirement non-financial covenant under the Blue Torch Financing Agreement, and therefore Blue Torch Finance LLC (“Blue Torch”) has the right to accelerate and declare all or any portion of the loans outstanding under the Blue Torch Financing Agreement to be due and payable. Further, upon the filing of the Form 10-K/A, the Company failed to comply with the non-financial covenant requiring the Company to have a report or opinion of its auditor without an explanatory paragraph expressing substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern. Based on the Company’s current cash and cash equivalents and investment in marketable securities balances and expected future financial results, if the Transactions do not close, the Company will not have sufficient liquidity to continue operations for at least the next twelve months from the issuance of these condensed consolidated financial statements. Furthermore, the Company will not have sufficient cash to repay the balance of the loans outstanding under the Blue Torch Financing Agreement in the event Blue Torch declares all or any portion of the loans to be due and payable.
The Company entered the Purchase Agreement with Buyer, pursuant to which the Company agreed to complete the Transactions. The maritime business to be sold pursuant to the Transactions does not include any part of the Company’s satellite network or operations. The purchase price to be paid by Buyer to the Company at the closing of the Transactions is a cash payment based upon an enterprise value of $233,500, subject to certain adjustments. The Transactions also include a twelve-month transition service and data provision agreement for $7,500. The Purchase Agreement provides that the closing of the Transactions is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain closing conditions set forth in the Purchase Agreement.
On February 10, 2025, the Company filed a complaint in the Delaware Court of Chancery against Buyer seeking a grant of specific performance ordering Buyer to satisfy its obligations under the Purchase Agreement and consummate the closing in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Agreement. In the complaint, the Company also requested a declaratory judgment declaring that Buyer has breached its obligations under the Purchase Agreement and is not excused from performing its obligations under the Purchase Agreement, including proceeding with the closing.
Kpler removed the matter to the District of Delaware, pursuant to a contract term in the Purchase Agreement promising not to contest removal to that court. The District of Delaware initially selected a March 4 trial date, but on February 26, 2025, the court set a trial date of May 28-30, 2025. There is no assurance as to what action the District of Delaware will take with respect to the proceeding initiated by the Company and there is no assurance as to whether or not the Transactions will be consummated on the terms contemplated or at all. The amount of any damages which may be sought or obtained from Buyer cannot be determined at this time.
The Company intends to use the proceeds from the closing of the Transactions to repay all amounts owed under the Blue Torch Financing Agreement. However, as described above, there is currently no assurance that the Transactions will close or when the Transactions may close. Given the expected delay in the closing of the Transactions, the Company intends to seek additional equity or debt financing (including securities convertible or exchangeable for equity) and may seek waivers of or amendments to contractual obligations, delay, limit, reduce, or terminate certain commercial efforts, or pursue merger, disposition or other strategies, any of which could adversely affect its business, results of operations, and financial condition. There is no assurance that the Company will be successful in achieving any of the foregoing. Due to the Company’s projected cash needs, including amounts owed pursuant to the Blue Torch Financing Agreement and the Company’s breach of its covenants under the Blue Torch Financing Agreement, there is substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least 12 months from the date of issuance of these condensed consolidated financial statements. The condensed consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
Macroeconomic and Geopolitical
Over the past two years, the Company has been impacted by the macroeconomic environment, such as fluctuations in foreign currencies, increasing interest rates and geopolitical conflicts like the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Israel's war with Hamas and the increased tensions between China and the United States.
The U.S. Dollar exhibited a decrease in strength against the local functional currencies of our foreign subsidiaries for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2023. The U.S. Dollar's decrease had a positive impact on the Company's revenue, as approximately one-third of the Company's sales are conducted in foreign currencies. Conversely, the decrease in the value of the U.S. Dollar had an unfavorable impact on the Company's expenses, given that a majority of the Company's workforce resides in countries other than the United States.
The macroeconomic environment has caused existing or potential customers to re-evaluate their decision to purchase the Company's offerings, at times resulting in additional customer discounts, extended payment terms, and longer sales cycles.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine and the continued conflict created additional global sanctions, which caused scheduling shifts or launch cancellations by third-party satellite launch providers and negatively impacted the availability of launch windows for the Company's constellation replenishment efforts.
If any of these factors continue or worsen, and/or if new macroeconomic or geopolitical issues arise, the Company's results and financial condition could be further negatively impacted. The Company cannot predict the timing, strength, or duration of any economic slowdown, downturn, instability, or recovery, generally or within any particular industry or geography. Any downturn of the general economy or industries in which the Company operates would adversely affect its business, financial condition, and results of operations.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the dates of the condensed consolidated financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Management’s significant estimates include assumptions for revenue recognition, which requires estimates of total costs used in measuring the progress of completion for the cost-based input method, allowance for current expected credit losses, valuation of certain assets and liabilities acquired from the acquisition of exactEarth in November 2021 (the “Acquisition”), realizability of deferred income tax assets, and fair value of equity awards, contingent earnout liabilities, and warrant liabilities. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Based on an evaluation of the lifespans of its in-service satellites and on current capabilities to extend the useful life of in-service satellites via software updates, the Company changed the estimated useful life of its capitalized satellites and related launch costs from three to four years for depreciation purposes. The Company determined it was appropriate to make this change beginning June 2023.
In November 2023, the Company updated the estimated useful lives for 43 capitalized satellites and related launch costs based on updated de-orbit dates. This change represents a change in accounting estimate and the impact of the change was a decrease in loss from continuing operations before income taxes of approximately $225, or $0.01 per basic and diluted share, and an increase in loss from continuing operations before income taxes of approximately $4,367 or $0.18 per basic and diluted share, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, respectively.
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities, and Restricted Cash
The Company considers all highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents. Restricted cash included in other long-term assets, including restricted cash on the condensed consolidated balance sheets, represents amounts pledged as guarantees or collateral for financing arrangements and lease agreements, as contractually required.
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The Company invests in highly rated securities with the primary objective of minimizing the potential risk of principal loss. The Company’s investment policy generally requires securities to be investment-grade and limits the amount of credit exposure to any one issuer. The Company’s investments in marketable debt securities have been classified and accounted for as available-for-sale. The Company classifies its marketable debt securities as either short-term or long-term based on each instrument’s underlying contractual maturity date. Unrealized gains and losses on marketable debt securities classified as available-for-sale are recognized in accumulated other comprehensive loss. Interest on securities classified as available-for-sale is included in interest income on the condensed consolidated statements of operations.
The following table shows components of cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash reported on the condensed consolidated balance sheets and in the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows as of the dates indicated:
Restricted cash included in Other long-term assets
509
497
29,633
Concentrations of Credit Risk
Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, marketable securities, and accounts receivable. The Company typically has cash accounts in excess of Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation insurance coverage limits. The Company has not experienced any losses on such accounts and management believes that the Company’s risk of loss is remote. The Company has $4,500 note receivable and $709 accrued interest receivables relating to one customer. The Company has established a $3,907 allowance for current expected credit loss for the note receivable and accrued interest receivable as of September 30, 2024.
The Company has a concentration of contractual revenue arrangements with various government agencies. Entities under common control are reported as a single customer. As of September 30, 2024, and December 31, 2023, the Company did not have any customers that accounted for more than 10% of the Company’s total accounts receivable.
The following customers represented 10% or more of the Company’s total revenue for each of the following periods:
Customer A
%
*
Customer B(1)
20
19
22
28
Customer C
* Revenue from this customer was less than 10% of total revenue during the period.
(1) Consists of multiple U.S. government agencies, of which one government agency represented greater than 10% of total revenue for each of the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, and another government agency represented greater than 10% of the total revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2023.
Related Parties
In conjunction with the Company's acquisition of exactEarth in November 2021, Myriota Pty Ltd (“Myriota”), an existing Spire customer, became a related party as a result of exactEarth's approximately 13% ownership of Myriota at the time of acquisition. As of September 30, 2024, the Company had 11.5% ownership of Myriota. The investment in Myriota of $1,233 and $2,216 was included in other long-term assets, including restricted cash on the condensed consolidated balance sheets as of September 30, 2024, and December 31, 2023, respectively. The Company accounts for this investment using the equity method of accounting. The Company's share of earnings or losses on the investment is recorded on a one month lag, due to the timing of receiving financial statements from Myriota, as a component of other expense, net in the condensed consolidated statements of operations. The Company generated $115 and $558 in revenue from Myriota for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, respectively, and had no accounts receivable, and $180 of contract liabilities, noncurrent from Myriota, as of September
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30, 2024. The Company generated $216 and $679 in revenue from Myriota for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, respectively, and had no accounts receivable from Myriota as of December 31, 2023.
Accounting Pronouncements Recently Adopted
In March 2023,the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2023-01, Leases – Common Control Arrangements (Topic 842), to improve the accounting for amortizing leasehold improvements associated with arrangements between entities under common control. The amendment requires that leasehold improvements be amortized by the lessee over the useful life of the leasehold improvements to the common control group (regardless of the lease term) as long as the lessee controls the use of the underlying asset through a lease. Additionally, leasehold improvements should be accounted for as a transfer between entities under common control through an adjustment to equity when the lessee no longer controls the use of the underlying asset. The amendments in this update are effective for financial statements issued for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2023, with early adoption permitted. The adoption of ASU 2023-01 as of January 1, 2024, did not impact the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.
In August 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-05, Business Combinations – Joint Venture Formations (Subtopic 805-60): Recognition and Initial Measurement. The amendments in this ASU are intended to facilitate consistency in the application of accounting guidance upon the formation of entities qualifying as joint ventures (“JVs”). This ASU generally requires the use of business combinations accounting at the JV formation date, which would result in the contributed assets/liabilities being revalued to fair value and potentially result in the recognition of goodwill and other intangibles on the JV’s financial statements. However, this ASU does not alter the ongoing accounting for the JV’s operations. This guidance is effective for JVs with formation dates on or after January 1, 2025. The adoption of ASU 2023-05 as of January 1, 2024, did not impact the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.
Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted
In November 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-07, Segment Reporting - Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures (Topic 280), to improve reportable segment disclosure requirements, primarily through enhanced disclosures about significant segment expenses. The amendments enhance interim disclosure requirements, clarify circumstances in which an entity can disclose multiple segment measures of profit or loss, provide new segment disclosure requirements for entities within a single reportable segment, and contain other disclosure requirements. The ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. Early adoption is permitted and will be applied retrospectively to all prior periods presented in the financial statements. The Company is currently evaluating the ASU to determine its impact on the Company’s disclosures.
In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, Income Taxes - Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures (Topic 740), to further enhance income tax disclosures to enable investors to better assess how an entity’s operations, related tax risks, tax planning, and operational opportunities affect its tax rate and prospects for future cash flows. The improvements primarily relate to the disaggregation of rate reconciliation categories and income taxes paid by jurisdiction. The other amendments improve the effectiveness and comparability of disclosures by adding disclosures of pretax income (or loss) and income tax expense (or benefit) to be consistent with SEC regulations. The ASU is effective for public business entities for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2024. Early adoption is permitted and should be applied prospectively or retrospectively. The Company is currently evaluating the ASU to determine its impact on the Company’s disclosures.
In March 2024, the SEC adopted final rules under SEC Release No. 33-11275, The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors, which will require registrants to provide certain climate-related information in their annual reports and registration statements. The rules will require disclosure of material climate-related risks, how the board of directors and management oversee and manage such risks, and the actual and potential impact of such risks on the registrant. It will also require disclosure about material climate-related targets and goals, and the financial impact of severe weather events and other natural conditions in the notes to audited financial statements. In April 2024, the SEC voluntarily stayed the final rule as a result of pending legal challenges. The disclosure requirements will apply at the earliest to reports for the Company's fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 (or potentially later depending on the Company's filer status at the time), pending resolution of the stay. The Company is currently evaluating the impact on the Company's disclosures.
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In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, Income Statement-Reporting Comprehensive Income-Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40). Additionally, in January 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-01 to clarify the effective date of ASU 2024-03. The standard provides guidance to expand disclosures related to the disaggregation of income statement expenses. The standard requires, in the notes to the financial statements, disclosure of specified information about certain costs and expenses, which includes purchases of inventory, employee compensation, depreciation and intangible asset amortization included in each relevant expense caption. This guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim periods within annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027, on a retrospective or prospective basis, with early adoption permitted. The Company is assessing the guidance, noting the adoption impacts disclosure only.
Disaggregation of Revenue
Revenue from subscription-based contracts was $20,200 and $57,959, or 71% and 65% of total revenue, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, respectively, and was $16,604 and $56,450, or 75% and 77% of total revenue, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, respectively. Revenue from non-subscription-based contracts was $8,368 and $30,833, or 29% and 35% of total revenue, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, respectively, and was $5,522 and $16,657, or 25% and 23% of total revenue, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, respectively.
The following revenue disaggregated by geography, derived from billing addresses, was recognized:
Three Months Ended September 30, 2024
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024
Americas (1)
14,304
50
50,864
57
EMEA(2)
12,334
43
31,729
36
Asia Pacific
1,930
6,199
Total
100
Three Months Ended September 30, 2023
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2023
9,534
37,772
51
8,890
40
25,482
3,702
17
10,154
Contract Assets
As of September 30, 2024, contract assets were $4,148, which was reported in contract assets on the Company's condensed consolidated balance sheets. As of December 31, 2023, contract assets were $4,917, of which $4,718 was reported in contract assets, and $199 was reported in other long-term assets, including restricted cash on the Company's condensed consolidated balance sheets.
Changes in contract assets for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 were as follows:
Balance as of January 1
4,917
2,881
Contract assets recorded during the period
3,967
3,233
Reclassified to accounts receivable during the period
(4,724
(2,880
Other
(12
Balance as of September 30
Contract Liabilities
As of September 30, 2024, contract liabilities were $49,780, of which $27,214 was reported in contract liabilities, current portion, and $22,566 was reported in other long-term liabilities on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets. As of December 31, 2023, contract liabilities were $49,101, of which $31,178 was reported in contract liabilities, current portion, and $17,923 was reported in other long-term liabilities on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets.
Changes in contract liabilities for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 were as follows:
49,101
34,873
Contract liabilities recorded during the period
33,650
29,286
Revenue recognized during the period
(33,202
(18,347
231
(129
49,780
45,683
Remaining Performance Obligations
The Company has performance obligations associated with commitments in customer contracts for future services that have not yet been recognized as revenue. These commitments for future services exclude (i) contracts with an original term of one year or less, and (ii) cancellable contracts. As of September 30, 2024, the amount not yet recognized as revenue from these commitments was $200,117.
The Company expects to recognize its remaining performance obligations as of September 30, 2024, over the following periods:
September 30, 2024
1 to 12 months
75,308
38
13 to 24 months
34,899
25 to 36 months
23,581
Remaining
66,329
33
200,117
Other current assets consisted of the following:
Technology and other prepaid contracts
3,114
9,874
Notes receivable
1,125
3,344
Other receivables
1,394
1,476
Prepaid insurance
1,704
487
Deferred contract costs
468
1,238
450
429
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Property and equipment, net consisted of the following:
Satellites in-service
41,392
59,751
Internally developed software
1,760
2,138
Ground stations in-service
4,449
4,444
Leasehold improvements
6,001
5,800
Machinery and equipment
4,513
4,787
Computer equipment
1,807
1,908
Computer software and website development
99
Furniture and fixtures
1,393
1,336
61,414
80,263
Less: Accumulated depreciation and amortization
(26,304
(36,326
35,110
43,937
Satellite, launch, and ground station work in progress
32,814
16,483
Finished satellites not yet placed in-service
411
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Depreciation and amortization expense related to property and equipment was $2,328 and $13,733 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, respectively. Depreciation and amortization expense related to property and equipment was $2,877 and $8,998 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, respectively.
The Company recorded losses of $246 and $953 on decommissioned satellites for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, respectively. The Company recorded losses of $156 and $628 on decommissioned satellite for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, respectively.
Other accrued expenses consisted of the following:
Operating lease liabilities, current
3,180
3,506
Accrued operating costs
1,513
913
Professional services
2,027
1,088
Corporate and sales tax
233
285
Accrued interest
907
853
Software
754
1,403
927
The following table summarizes changes in goodwill balance:
Balance at December 31, 2023
Impact of foreign currency translation
(1,029
Balance at September 30, 2024
Intangible assets consisted of the following:
Gross Carrying Amount
Accumulated Amortization
22,955
(5,417
Developed technology
13,046
(3,080
Trade names
2,211
(1,253
Patents
419
(334
FCC licenses
480
(274
39,111
(10,358
December 31, 2023
23,427
(4,064
13,313
(2,312
2,257
(940
Backlog
3,117
(3,117
(308
(249
43,013
(10,990
As of September 30, 2024, the weighted-average amortization period for customer relationships and developed technology was 9.2 years, for trade names was 2.2 years, and for patents and FCC licenses was 5.7 years. Amortization expense related to intangible assets was $871 and $2,619 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, respectively, and $881 and $2,644 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, respectively.
No impairment charges were recognized for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023. The patents asset balance included $32 and $57 of capitalized patent costs that will begin amortization upon the issuance of an official patent right to the Company as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively.
As of September 30, 2024, the expected future amortization expense of intangible assets is as follows:
Fiscal year ending December 31,
Future Amortization Expense
Remainder of 2024
876
2025
3,498
2026
3,452
2027
3,038
2028
3,035
Thereafter
14,822
28,721
Capitalized patent costs, unissued
32
28,753
Long-term debt consisted of the following:
Blue Torch term loan
117,996
5,128
Total long-term debt
123,124
Less: Debt issuance costs
(9,011
Non-current portion of long-term debt
The Company recorded interest expense, including amortization of deferred issuance costs from long-term debt of $4,825 and $14,650 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, respectively, and $4,729 and $14,012 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, respectively.
As of September 30, 2024, the scheduled principal payments of long-term debt was as follows:
Future Principal Payments
273
327
328
3,982
Total debt payments
Blue Torch Credit Agreement
On June 13, 2022, the Company, as borrower, and Spire Global Subsidiary, Inc. and Austin Satellite Design, LLC, as guarantors, entered into a financing agreement (the “Blue Torch Financing Agreement”) with Blue Torch Finance LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Blue Torch”), as administrative agent and collateral agent, and certain lenders (the “Lenders”). The Blue Torch Financing Agreement provides for, among other things, a term loan facility in an aggregate principal amount of up to $120,000 (the “Blue Torch Credit Facility”). A portion of the proceeds of the term loan was used to repay the Company’s then-existing $70,000 credit facility with FP Credit Partners, L.P., and the remainder of the proceeds of the term loan may be used for general corporate purposes.
The Blue Torch Credit Facility is scheduled to mature on June 13, 2026. Subject to certain exceptions, prepayments of principal under the Blue Torch Credit Facility will be subject to early termination fees in the amount of 3.0%, 2.0% and 1.0% of the principal prepaid if prepayment occurs within the first, second, and third years following the closing date, respectively, plus if prepayment would have occurred on or prior to the first anniversary of the closing date, a make-whole amount equal to the amount of interest that would have otherwise been payable through the maturity date of the Blue Torch Credit Facility.
The $120,000 term loan was available and drawn at closing, of which $19,735 was placed in an escrow account by Blue Torch with such amount to be released upon the Company achieving certain metrics related to annualized recurring revenue and a total annualized recurring revenue leverage ratio. These metrics were achieved and the $19,735 was released from the escrow account and delivered to the Company in February 2023. The term loan accrues interest at a floating rate, to be based, at the Company's election, on either a reference rate or a 3-month Term Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”) (subject to a 1.0% floor), plus an interest rate margin of 7.0% for reference rate borrowings and 8.0% for 3-month Term SOFR borrowings, plus an incremental Term SOFR margin of 0.26161%. The Company elected the Term SOFR rate which was 13.1929% as of September 30, 2024. Principal on the term loan is only payable at maturity and interest on the term loan is due and payable quarterly for Term SOFR borrowings. The Company is also required to pay other customary fees and costs in connection with the Blue Torch Credit Facility, including a commitment fee in an amount equal to $2,400 on the closing date, a $250 annual agency fee and an exit fee of $1,800 upon termination of the Blue Torch Financing Agreement.
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The Blue Torch Financing Agreement contains customary affirmative covenants and customary negative covenants limiting the Company's ability and the ability of its subsidiaries to, among other things, dispose of assets, undergo a change in control, merge or consolidate, make acquisitions, incur debt, incur liens, pay dividends, repurchase stock, and make investments, in each case subject to certain exceptions. The Company must also comply with a maximum debt to annualized recurring revenue leverage ratio financial covenant tested monthly during the first two years of the Blue Torch Financing Agreement, a maximum debt to EBITDA leverage ratio financial covenant tested monthly during the third and fourth years of the Blue Torch Financing Agreement and a minimum liquidity financial covenant tested at all times.
On June 13, 2022, in connection with the Blue Torch Financing Agreement, the Company issued warrants to Blue Torch, which were exercisable for an aggregate of 437,024 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock with a per share exercise price of $16.08 (the “2022 Blue Torch Warrants”). In addition, in connection with the closing of the financing, the Company paid Urgent Capital LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, a fee for introducing the Company to the Lenders, for the purpose of loan financing, in the amount equal to $600 in cash and a warrant to purchase 24,834 fully paid and non-assessable shares of the Company's Class A common stock with a per share exercise price of $16.88 (the “Urgent Warrants”).
On September 27, 2023, the Company entered into the Waiver and Amendment No. 2 to Financing Agreement (the “Waiver and Amendment”) with Blue Torch and the Lenders, which amends the Blue Torch Financing Agreement to (a) waive an event of default under the Blue Torch Financing Agreement arising out of the total annualized recurring revenue leverage ratio being greater than the permitted ratio, (b) amend the financial covenants to provide covenant relief from the maximum debt to annualized recurring revenue leverage ratio and the maximum debt to EBITDA leverage ratio set forth in the Blue Torch Financing Agreement for future periods, and (c) provide for a second amendment exit fee. The second amendment exit fee is $1,800 (which is an amount equal to one and a half percent (1.50%) of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the term loans on the effective date of the Waiver and Amendment), bears interest from the date of the Waiver and Amendment at the Adjusted Term SOFR for a 3-month interest period plus the applicable margin under the Financing Agreement, and is payable by the Company in cash upon the termination of the Blue Torch Financing Agreement, either as a result of acceleration of the loans or at the final maturity date. The Waiver and Amendment required a repayment by the Company of $2,500 of the outstanding principal balance of the term loans and a prepayment premium of $50, which were paid on October 2, 2023. The Waiver and Amendment also requires additional reporting if the Company’s liquidity level is less than $35,000 at any time during a month and revises the minimum liquidity covenant to require liquidity of at least $30,000 at all times, commencing on September 30, 2023, which in both cases represent a $5,000 incremental change from the original requirements.
On September 27, 2023, in connection with the Waiver and Amendment, the Company and certain affiliates of Blue Torch amended and restated the 2022 Blue Torch Warrants to reduce the per share exercise price from $16.08 to $5.44. The Company also concurrently issued new warrants to certain Blue Torch affiliates that are exercisable for an additional 597,082 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock at a per share exercise price of $5.44 (the “2023 Blue Torch Warrants” and together with the 2022 Blue Torch Warrants and the Urgent Warrants, the “Credit Agreement Warrants”).
The Company evaluated the Credit Agreement Warrants and concluded that they do not meet the criteria to be classified within stockholders’ equity. The agreements governing the Credit Agreement Warrants include a provision that could result in a different settlement value for the Credit Agreement Warrants depending on their holder. Because the holder of an instrument is not an input into the pricing of a fixed-for-fixed option on the Company’s Class A common stock, the Credit Agreement Warrants are not considered to be indexed to the Company’s Class A common stock.
As the Credit Agreement Warrants meet the definition of a derivative, the Company recorded these warrants as liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets at fair value (Note 8) based on the Black-Scholes model as of June 13, 2022, and September 27, 2023, with inputs that include the Company’s Class A common stock price in an actively traded market, making this fair value classified as a Level 2 financial instrument. The other significant assumptions used in the model are the exercise price, expected term, volatility, interest rate, and dividend yield. Subsequent changes in their respective fair values are recognized in the consolidated statements of operations at each reporting date. Changes in the fair value of the warrant liabilities will continue to be recognized until the warrants are exercised, expire, or qualify for equity classification.
The Credit Agreement Warrants may be exercised on a cashless basis. The Credit Agreement Warrants are exercisable for a term beginning on the date of issuance and ending on the earlier to occur of ten years from the date of issuance or the
consummation of certain of the Company's acquisitions as set forth in the Credit Agreement Warrants. The number of shares for which the Credit Agreement Warrants are exercisable and the associated exercise price are subject to certain proportional adjustments as set forth in the Credit Agreement Warrants.
On April 8, 2024, the Company entered into Amendment No. 3 to Financing Agreement (the “Third Amendment”) with Blue Torch and the Lenders, which amends the Blue Torch Financing Agreement to (i) increase the maximum debt to EBITDA leverage ratio for the monthly periods ending June 30, 2024, July 31, 2024, and August 31, 2024, and to decrease the maximum permitted ratio thereafter, and (ii) amend the minimum liquidity covenant to require liquidity of at least $20,000 at all times, commencing on April 8, 2024, which represents a $10,000 decrease from the requirement in effect immediately prior to the effective date of the Third Amendment. On April 8, 2024, in accordance with the terms of the Third Amendment, the Company made a prepayment to Blue Torch of $10,000 in principal, plus an early termination fee of $200.
On August 27, 2024, the Company entered into Waiver and Amendment No. 4 to Financing Agreement (the “Fourth Amendment”) with Blue Torch and the Lenders, which amends the Blue Torch Financing Agreement to (i) waive events of default under the Blue Torch Financing Agreement arising out of the maximum debt to EBITDA leverage ratio being greater than the ratio permitted by the Blue Torch Financing Agreement and the failure to deliver the financial statements for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2024 required by the Blue Torch Financing Agreement, (ii) amend the financial covenants in the Blue Torch Financing Agreement to provide immediate covenant relief from the leverage ratios set forth in the Blue Torch Financing Agreement and extend the duration of the annualized recurring revenue (ARR) leverage ratio through December 31, 2024, and (iii) provide for a fourth amendment fee. The fourth amendment fee is in an amount equal to three and a half percent (3.50%) of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the term loans on the effective date of the Fourth Amendment, bears interest from the date of the Fourth Amendment at Adjusted Term SOFR for a 3-month interest period plus the applicable margin under the Blue Torch Financing Agreement, and shall be paid-in-kind and added to the principal balance of the term loans. On August 27, 2024, in accordance with the terms of the Fourth Amendment, the Company made a prepayment to Blue Torch of $10,000 in principal, plus an early termination fee of $100.
As the Company was not in compliance with its leverage ratio and minimum liquidity financial covenants and SEC periodic filing requirement non-financial covenant under the Blue Torch Financing Agreement, the balance due was reflected as a current liability in the condensed consolidated balance sheets as of September 30, 2024.
Government Loan
In November 2021, the Company completed the Acquisition and assumed an interest free loan agreement with the Strategic Innovation Fund(“SIF”) which was recorded at an amount equal to the proceeds received. Under this agreement and subsequent amendment, the Company was eligible to receive funding for certain expenditures incurred from February 13, 2018 to May 12, 2023, up to a maximum of $5,701. The SIF loan agreement of $4,910 and $5,128 was included in long-term debt, non-current on the condensed consolidated balance sheets as of September 30, 2024, and December 31, 2023, respectively. Any amount outstanding under this loan is repayable in 15 annual payments beginning February 28, 2026, and has a stated interest rate of zero.
Lease expenses were $1,118 and $3,443 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, respectively, and were $1,217 and $3,469 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, respectively. Aggregate variable lease expenses and short-term lease expenses were $322 and $923 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, respectively, and were $147 and $434 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, respectively.
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The following table provides the required information regarding the Company's leases for which the Company is the lessee:
Right-of-use assets
Liabilities
Current
Non-current
Total lease liabilities
13,988
16,585
Weighted-average remaining lease term (years)
5.0
5.4
Weighted-average discount rate
Approximately 83% of the Company's right-of-use (“ROU”) assets and lease liabilities relate to office facilities leases, with the remaining amounts representing primarily ground station leases.
As of September 30, 2024, the maturity of operating lease liabilities are as follows:
1,101
4,137
3,709
2,592
1,922
3,708
Total lease payments
17,169
Less: Interest on lease payments
(3,181
Present value of lease liabilities
Operating cash flows paid included in the measurement of operating lease liabilities were $898 and $4,134 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, respectively, and were $1,055 and $1,945 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, respectively, and were included in net cash used in operating activities in the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows. Amortization of ROU assets was $801 and $4,104 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, respectively, and was $1,057 and $2,185 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, respectively.
The Company follows the guidance in Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 820, “Fair Value Measurement” for its assets and liabilities that are re-measured and reported at fair value at the end of each reporting period.
The fair value of the Company’s common stock warrant liabilities reflects management’s estimate of amounts that the Company would have received in connection with the sale of the assets or paid in connection with the transfer of the liabilities in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The following fair value hierarchy is used to classify assets and liabilities based on the observable inputs and unobservable inputs used in order to value the assets and liabilities:
Level 1:
Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
Level 2:
Significant other observable inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1, such as quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets and liabilities in markets that are not active, or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data.
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Level 3:
Unobservable inputs reflecting management’s assumptions, consistent with reasonably available assumptions made by other market participants. These valuations require significant judgment.
The Company classifies financial instruments in Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy when there is reliance on at least one significant unobservable input to the valuation model. In addition to these unobservable inputs, the valuation models for Level 3 financial instruments typically also rely on a number of inputs that are readily observable, either directly or indirectly. The Company’s assessment of a particular input to the fair value measurement requires management to make judgments and consider factors specific to the asset or liability. The fair value hierarchy requires the use of observable market data when available in determining fair value. The Company recognizes transfers between levels within the fair value hierarchy, if any, at the end of each period.
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis
The following tables present the Company’s fair value hierarchy for its financial instruments that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis.
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents:
Money market funds
2,520
Marketable securities:
U.S. treasury bills and bonds
Corporate bonds
0
Commercial paper
Long-term liabilities:
Credit Agreement Warrants
10,432
10,114
8,840
1,395
U.S. government and agency securities
1,491
2,886
6,208
Financial Assets
The Company values its Level 1 assets, consisting of money market funds, and U.S. treasury bills and bonds, using quoted prices in active markets for identical instruments.
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Financial assets whose fair values that are measured on a recurring basis using Level 2 inputs consist of commercial paper, corporate bonds, and U.S. government and agency securities. The Company measures the fair values of these assets with the help of a pricing service that either provides quoted market prices in active markets for identical or similar securities or uses observable inputs for their pricing without applying significant adjustments.
On June 13, 2022, in connection with the Blue Torch Financing Agreement, the Company issued the 2022 Blue Torch Warrants to Blue Torch, which were exercisable for an aggregate of 437,024 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock with a per share exercise price of $16.08. Additionally, in connection with the closing of the financing, the Company issued the Urgent Warrants to Urgent Capital LLC for introducing the Company to the Lenders, which is exercisable for an aggregate of 24,834 shares of the Company's Class A common stock with a per share exercise price of $16.08.
On September 27, 2023, in connection with the Waiver and Amendment, the Company and certain affiliates of Blue Torch amended and restated the 2022 Blue Torch Warrants to reduce the per share exercise price from $16.08 to $5.44. The Company also concurrently issued the 2023 Blue Torch Warrants to those affiliates that are exercisable for an additional 597,082 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock at a per share exercise price of $5.44.
The fair value of the Credit Agreement Warrants is estimated using the Black-Scholes model with inputs that include the Company’s Class A common stock price in an actively traded market, making this fair value classified as a Level 2 financial instrument. The other significant assumptions used in the model are the exercise price, expected term, volatility, interest rate, and expected dividend yield.
The table below quantifies the significant inputs used for the Credit Agreement Warrants:
Fair value of the Company’s Class A common stock
9.99
7.82
Exercise price
5.44 - 16.08
Risk-free interest rate
3.67% - 3.81%
3.88
Expected volatility factor
96.0
55.0
Expected dividend yield
Remaining contractual term (in years)
7.7 - 9.0
8.5 - 9.7
Securities Purchase Agreement Warrants
On March 21, 2024, the Company entered into the Securities Purchase Agreement with the Investors, pursuant to which the Company issued and sold in the Offering, (i) an aggregate of 2,142,858 shares of Class A common stock and (ii) Securities Purchase Agreement Warrants exercisable for an aggregate of 2,142,858 shares of Class A common stock to the Investors. Each share of Class A common stock and accompanying Securities Purchase Agreement Warrant to purchase one share of Class A common stock was sold at an offering price of $14.00. The aggregate gross proceeds to the Company from the Offering totaled $30,000 before deducting the placement agent’s fees and related offering expenses. The Securities Purchase Agreement Warrants had an exercise price equal to $14.50 per share of Class A common stock, were exercisable for a term beginning on March 25, 2024 and expired on July 3, 2024, with no warrants exercised. The warrant liability relating to the Securities Purchase Agreement Warrants was reversed as of June 30, 2024, since the Company's per share market value as of June 30, 2024, was below the exercise price of such warrants.
Contingent Earnout Liability
In connection with the Merger, eligible Spire equity holders are entitled to receive additional shares of the Company's Class A common stock upon the achievement of certain earnout triggering events. The estimated fair value of the contingent earnout liability is determined using a Monte Carlo simulation using a distribution of potential outcomes on a monthly basis over the earnout period, which is a period up to five years post-closing of the Merger, prioritizing the most reliable information available, making this fair value classified as a Level 3 liability. The assumptions utilized in the calculation are based on the achievement
of certain stock price milestones, including the current price of the Company’s Class A common stock, expected volatility, risk-free interest rate, expected term and expected dividend yield.
The table below quantifies the significant inputs used for the contingent earnout liability:
3.70
4.09
Earnout expiration date
August 16, 2026
The following table presents a summary of the changes in the fair value of the Company’s Level 3 financial instruments that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis:
Fair value as of December 31, 2023
Fair value as of September 30, 2024
Cash and Cash Equivalents and Marketable Securities
The following tables summarize the Company's cash, cash equivalents and available-for-sale securities by significant marketable securities category:
Amortized Cost
Unrealized Gains
Unrealized Losses
Fair Value
Cash
26,541
Cash equivalents:
Marketable Securities:
7,571
-
19,022
8,838
1,492
11,725
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The following table represents amortized cost and estimated fair value of marketable securities, by contractual maturity:
Due in one year or less
In accordance with the Company's investment policy, investments are placed in investment grade securities with high credit quality issuers, and generally limit the amount of credit exposure to any one issuer. The Company evaluates securities for impairment at the end of each reporting period. The Company did not record any impairment charges related to its available-for-sale securities during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023.
L3Harris Commitment
In conjunction with the Acquisition, the Company acquired the agreement (the “L3Harris Agreement) with L3Harris Technologies, Inc. (“L3Harris”) to receive satellite automatic identification system (“S-AIS”) data from the L3Harris AppStar payloads on-board Iridium NEXT Constellation, Iridium's Real-Time, Second-Generation satellite constellation with 58 AppStar payloads. Under the Amended and Restated L3Harris Agreement dated January 21, 2020 (the “A&R L3Harris Agreement”), the Company incurs a fixed fee of $358 per month. The A&R L3Harris Agreement expires on August 7, 2031.
Under the A&R L3Harris Agreement, the Company will pay a 30% share of S-AIS data revenues for the portion of exactEarth annual S-AIS data revenue which is in excess of $16,000. No revenue share was owed to L3Harris under the A&R L3Harris Agreement, with respect to AIS Analytics sales, as of or for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023. The Company recognized $1,239 and $3,722 in cost of revenue on the condensed consolidated statements of operations for costs incurred to acquire exclusive access rights to data generated from satellites for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, respectively, and $1,243 and $3,731 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, respectively.
The following table summarizes the operational fees commitment under the A&R L3Harris Agreement, which includes the fixed payment obligations to L3Harris:
Future Payment Obligations
1,075
4,300
11,189
29,464
Note Receivable
The Company has outstanding a $4,500 note receivable plus accrued interest of $709 issued to a Space Services customer as of September 30, 2024. The note and accrued interest were due in October 2024. The Company is aware that the customer has been using cash in its operations and its available cash is low. Given the customer's financial performance, there is an indication that it will not have sufficient cash available to repay the note when it is due. The customer has announced that it has secured a financing arrangement with its principal shareholder that would provide it sufficient funds to repay the note and the customer has asserted to the Company its intention to repay the note. The Company believes that a loss of the entire principal value and accrued interest is reasonably possible but not probable. The Company recorded a provision for the current expected credit loss of $3,907 as of September 30, 2024.
Litigation
At times, the Company is party to various claims and legal actions arising in the normal course of business. Although the ultimate outcome of these matters is not presently determinable, management believes that the resolution of all such pending matters, based on an assessment of the current facts and circumstances, will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, results of operations, financial condition or cash flows; however, there can be no assurance that the ultimate resolution of these matters will not have a material impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements in any period.
In connection with the Closing, the Company adopted the 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2021 Plan”) and the 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “2021 ESPP”). The number of shares available for issuance under the 2021 Plan is increased on the first day of each fiscal year, beginning on January 1, 2022, in an amount as provided in the 2021 Plan. Pursuant to this automatic increase feature of the 2021 Plan, 1,054,867 shares were added as available for issuance thereunder on January 1, 2024. As of September 30, 2024, 690,690 shares were available for issuance under the 2021 Plan.
The number of shares available for issuance under the 2021 ESPP is increased on the first day of each fiscal year, beginning on January 1, 2022, in an amount as provided in the 2021 ESPP. Pursuant to this automatic increase feature of the 2021 ESPP, 210,973 shares were added as available for issuance thereunder on January 1, 2024. As of September 30, 2024, 663,756 shares were available for issuance under the 2021 ESPP.
The following table summarizes stock option activity under our equity compensation plans:
Number ofOptions
Weighted-AverageExercisePrice
Weighted-AverageRemainingContractualTerm
Aggregate Intrinsic Value ('000)
(in years)
Options outstanding as of December 31, 2023
2,198,552
17.11
Granted
33,901
10.17
Exercised
(37,758
7.13
Forfeited, canceled, or expired
(196,734
21.66
Options outstanding as of September 30, 2024
1,997,961
16.74
4.7
1,117
Vested and expected to vest at September 30, 2024
Exercisable at September 30, 2024
1,912,896
16.56
4.6
The aggregate intrinsic value of options exercised was $189 and the cash proceeds from the options exercised was $269 during the nine months ended September 30, 2024. There were no options exercised during the nine months ended September 30, 2023. The aggregate fair value of options vested was $2,435 and $2,795 during the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. There were 33,901 and 61,446 options granted during the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. The weighted-average grant date fair value of such options granted was $10.17 and $5.37 during the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
The following table summarizes restricted stock unit ("RSU") activity under the 2021 Plan:
Number of RSUs
Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value per Share
Outstanding as of December 31, 2023
1,847,583
RSUs granted
3,101,757
12.09
RSUs vested
(907,182
11.18
RSUs forfeited
(857,204
13.05
Outstanding as of September 30, 2024
3,184,954
10.97
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For RSUs with service-based vesting conditions, the fair value is calculated based upon the Company’s closing stock price on the date of grant, and the stock-based compensation expense is recognized over the applicable grant vesting term, generally three to four years.
As of September 30, 2024, there was $28,919 of total unrecognized compensation expense related to options and RSUs expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 2.6 years.
The following table summarizes the components of total stock-based compensation expense based on roles and responsibilities of the employees within the condensed consolidated statements of operations:
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182
173
1,180
957
3,408
2,510
893
673
2,512
1,729
2,828
1,852
7,280
5,104
The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted net loss per share attributable to common stockholders:
Numerator:
Denominator:
The Company has two classes of common stock, Class A and Class B. Class B common stock has no economic rights, and therefore, has been excluded from the computation of basic and diluted net loss per share. Potentially dilutive securities have been excluded from the computation of diluted net loss per share as the effect would reduce net loss per share. Therefore, the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding used to calculate both basic and diluted net loss per share is the same.
The Company excluded the following potential shares of Class A common stock, presented based on amounts outstanding at each period end, from the computation of diluted net loss per share for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, because including them would have had an anti-dilutive effect:
Three and Nine Months Ended September 30,
Stock options and 2021 ESPP
2,048,107
2,409,700
RSUs
2,119,625
1,058,940
6,292,001
5,588,265
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On November 13, 2024, the Company entered into the Purchase Agreement with Buyer, pursuant to which the Company agreed to complete the Transactions. The maritime business to be sold pursuant to the Transactions does not include any part of the Company’s satellite network or operations. The purchase price to be paid by Buyer to the Company at the closing of the Transactions is a cash payment based upon an enterprise value of $233,500, subject to certain adjustments. The Transactions also include a twelve-month transition service and data provision agreement for $7,500. The Purchase Agreement provides that the closing of the Transactions is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain closing conditions set forth in the Purchase Agreement.
The following tables present the effect of the restatement on the Company's previously reported: unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations and condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive loss for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and unaudited condensed consolidated statements of cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2023. The values as previously reported were derived from the previously filed Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the periods ended September 30, 2023.
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
Notes
As Previously Reported
Restatement Adjustments
As Restated
(i)
27,317
(5,191
77,978
(4,570
(ii)
9,555
3,085
29,548
11,706
17,762
(8,276
48,430
(16,276
(iii)
10,538
(2,607
29,953
(7,049
(iv)
11,049
174
33,718
28,736
(2,433
84,871
(7,003
(10,974
(5,843
(36,441
(9,273
Foreign exchange loss
(v)
(1,829
(11
(1,240
(73
Other (expense) income, net
(vi)
(620
(2,420
592
Total other expense, net
(6,743
222
(14,733
519
(17,717
(5,621
(51,174
(8,754
(vii)
78
(79
560
(124
(17,795
(5,542
(51,734
(8,630
(0.86
(0.26
(2.71
(0.45
31
Description of restatement adjustments in condensed consolidated statements of operations:
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss
(1,779
204
973
195
(19,576
(5,338
(50,726
(8,435
Description of restatement adjustments in condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive loss:
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(448
(78
Change in contract assets
(1,146
801
(177
(7,219
Change in contract liabilities
6,977
4,014
(536
(589
Net cash used in operating activities
(27,733
(11,701
(23,694
11,701
(19,946
2,343
(52
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash - Ending balance
30,407
Description of restatement adjustments in condensed consolidated statements of cash flows:
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes thereto included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and the audited consolidated financial statements included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2023 (the “2023 Form 10-K/A”). This discussion contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results could differ materially from those anticipated by these forward-looking statements as a result of many factors. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include those identified below and those discussed in the section titled “Risk Factors” in the 2023 Form 10-K/A and in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Our historical results are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for any period in the future.
Restatement of Previously Issued Financial Statements
This Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations reflects the effects of the restatement of our condensed consolidated financial statements as described in Note 1 – Nature of Business. For further detail regarding the restatement, refer to the section titled Part I, Item 4 “Controls and Procedures.”
Overview
Spire is a global provider of space-based data, analytics and space services, offering unique datasets and powerful insights about Earth so that organizations can make decisions with confidence in a rapidly changing world. Spire builds, owns, and operates a fully deployed satellite constellation. We believe our constellation is one of the world’s largest “listening” constellations, observing the Earth in real time using radio frequency technology.
The data acquired by our multipurpose satellites provide global weather intelligence, ship and plane movements, and spoofing and jamming detection to better predict how their patterns impact economies, global security, business operations, and the environment. We also offer space-as-a-service solutions that empower customers to leverage our established infrastructure to put their business in space. We provide customers these solutions through an application programming interface (“API”) infrastructure.
Spire also offers research and development services (“R&D Services”) to third parties, for the advancement of contracted satellite technologies. In addition to providing research and development services, we grant the counterparty a license to the developed intellectual property.
Our platform applies our value-add insights and predictive analytics to this proprietary data to create commercially valuable datasets. We offer three data solutions to our customers, which vary in complexity and price and can be delivered in near real-time via our API that can be easily integrated into our customers’ business operations:
For each data solution, we have the capability to offer customers a variety of features and additional value. The four forms of data we monetize are:
These value-add data features allow customers to solve various use cases and provide a path to expand throughout the customer’s relationship.
As our fourth solution, we are also pioneering an innovative business model through our Space Services solution. We leverage our fully deployed infrastructure and large-scale operations to enable our customers to obtain customized data through our API. Our Space Services offering provides our customers with fast, scalable, and reliable access to space.
Our solutions are offered to customers across numerous industries and we not only have the opportunity to upsell within each one, but we also have the opportunity to cross-sell among all our solutions.
We provide our solutions to global customers either through a subscription or based on a specific project. We currently sell directly to end customers and utilize reseller partners when beneficial.
Recent Developments
On November 13, 2024, we entered into a Share Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with Kpler Holding SA, a Belgian corporation (“Buyer”), pursuant to which we agreed to sell our maritime business to Buyer and enter into certain ancillary agreements (the “Transactions”). The maritime business to be sold pursuant to the Transactions does not include any part of our satellite network or operations. The purchase price to be paid by Buyer to us at the closing of the Transactions is a cash payment based upon an enterprise value of $233.5 million, subject to certain adjustments. The Transactions also include a twelve-month transition service and data provision agreement for $7.5 million. The Purchase Agreement provides that the closing of the Transactions is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain closing conditions set forth in the Purchase Agreement.
We believe all conditions to closing contained in the Purchase Agreement have been satisfied or could be satisfied. Notwithstanding our notice to Buyer to that effect, Buyer has failed to consummate the closing. Buyer has cited various reasons for declining to close, including a review of the Transactions by the UK Competition and Markets Authority. We have rejected these reasons. We believe that Buyer’s failure to close is not consistent with the terms of the Purchase Agreement, which do not give Buyer the option to delay closing once all closing conditions have been met.
As a result of the foregoing, on February 10, 2025, we filed a complaint in the Delaware Court of Chancery against Buyer seeking a grant of specific performance ordering Buyer to satisfy its obligations under the Purchase Agreement and consummate the closing in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Agreement. In the complaint, we also requested a declaratory judgment declaring that Buyer has breached its obligations under the Purchase Agreement and is not excused from performing its obligations under the Purchase Agreement, including proceeding with the closing.
Kpler removed the matter to the District of Delaware, pursuant to a contract term in the Purchase Agreement promising not to contest removal to that court. The District of Delaware initially selected a March 4 trial date, but on February 26, 2025, the court set a trial date of May 28-30, 2025. There is no assurance as to what action the District of Delaware will take with respect to the proceeding initiated by us and there is no assurance as to whether or not the Transactions will be consummated on the terms contemplated or at all. The amount of any damages which may be sought or obtained from Buyer cannot be determined at this time
Highlights from the Three Months Ended September 30, 2024
Macroeconomic and Geopolitical Impact
Over the past two years, we have been impacted by the macroeconomic environment, such as fluctuations in foreign currencies, increasing interest rates, and geopolitical conflicts like the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Israel's war with Hamas, and the increased tensions between China and the United States.
The U.S. Dollar exhibited a decrease in strength against the local functional currencies of our foreign subsidiaries for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2023. The U.S. Dollar's decrease had a positive impact on our revenue, as approximately one-third of our sales are conducted in foreign currencies. Conversely, the decrease in the value of the U.S. Dollar had a unfavorable impact on our expenses, given that a majority of our workforce resides in countries other than the United States.
The macroeconomic environment has caused existing or potential customers to re-evaluate their decision to purchase our offerings, at times resulting in additional customer discounts, extended payment terms, and longer sales cycles. Particularly, government agency delays in accepting requests for proposal negatively impacted the timeliness of some of our U.S. federal government orders and revenues expected in the third quarter of 2024.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine and the continued conflict created additional global sanctions, which caused scheduling shifts or launch cancellations by third-party satellite launch providers and negatively impacted the availability of launch windows for our constellation replenishment efforts.
If any of these factors continue or worsen, and/or if new macroeconomic or geopolitical issues arise, our results and financial condition could be further negatively impacted. We cannot predict the timing, strength, or duration of any economic slowdown, downturn, instability, or recovery, generally or within any particular industry or geography. Any downturn of the general economy or industries in which we operate would adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
Key Factors Affecting Our Performance
We believe that our current and future performance depends on many factors, including, but not limited to, those described below. While these areas present significant opportunity, they also present risks that we must manage to achieve successful results. For additional information about these risks, see the section titled “Risk Factors” in the 2023 Form 10-K/A and in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. If we are unable to address these risks, our business and results of operations could be adversely affected.
Expansion of and Further Penetration of Our Customer Base
We employ a “land and expand” business model that focuses on efficiently acquiring new customers (“land”) and then growing our relationships with these customers over time (“expand”). We have the capability to offer customers additional data sets and a variety of enhanced features that potentially grow the value of the services for which our customers contract with us. Our future revenue growth and our path to profitability are dependent upon our ability to continue to land new customers and then expand adoption of our solutions within their organizations.
We track our progress landing new customers by measuring the number of ARR Solution Customers (as defined below) we have from one fiscal period to the next. The number of ARR Solution Customers decreased to 606 as of September 30, 2024, from 827 as of September 30, 2023. We track our increases and decreases in our customer contract values by measuring our ARR Net Retention Rate (as defined below). Our ARR Net Retention Rate was 90% and 92% for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, respectively, and 86% and 101% for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, respectively.
Expansion into New Industries and Geographies
As our solutions have grown, we continue to focus on further penetration of our initial industries including maritime, aviation, logistics, and government (civil and defense/intelligence). We believe our technology and solutions give us the ability to expand into additional industries, including energy, financial services, agriculture, transportation, and insurance, and also into additional geographies, including Latin America, Africa and the Middle East. Our revenue growth is dependent upon our ability to continue to expand into new industries and geographies. The costs associated with these expansions may adversely affect our results of operations.
Impact of the Solar Cycle on our Assets' Remaining Life
A stronger solar cycle has the potential to impact some of our satellites, accelerating their deorbiting and shortening their useful lives. The solar cycle is the cycle that the Sun’s magnetic field goes through approximately every 11 years. In 2019, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (“NOAA”), NASA, and the International Space Environment Services panel forecasted that Solar Cycle 25 (December 2019 to approximately 2030) would be relatively weak after a relatively weak Solar Cycle 24 (December 2008 to December 2019). Subsequently, NOAA noted that Solar Cycle 24 was the weakest cycle in 100 years with sunspots reaching a maximum of 116 – below the average of 179. In October of 2023, NOAA updated their projection for the strength and duration of Solar Cycle 25, stating that the cycle is expected to be more intense than Cycle 24, and predicting that the peak of the cycle would be earlier, by the end of 2024. A stronger solar cycle has accelerated the deorbiting of our satellites sooner than expected or planned. Our ability to minimize the solar cycle impact, our ability to replenish our existing constellation in a timely manner and the costs associated with these actions may adversely affect our results of operations.
Investment in Growth
We continue investing in growing our business and capitalizing on our market opportunities while balancing the uncertainties from the macroeconomic environment and geopolitical factors. We intend to continue to add headcount to our global sales and marketing teams to acquire new customers and to increase sales to existing customers. We also intend to continue to add headcount as needed to our research and development teams and otherwise invest to improve and innovate our nanosatellite, ground station and data analytics technologies. Our spending on research and development decreased by $2.3 million, or 29%, for the three months ended September 30, 2024, compared to the three months ended September 30, 2023. Our total headcount across all functions increased to 442 employees as of September 30, 2024, from 420 employees as of September 30, 2023. The costs of these investments may adversely affect our results of operations, but we believe that these investments will contribute to our long-term growth.
Acquisitions
Our business strategy may include acquiring other complementary solutions, technologies, or businesses that we believe will allow us to continue on our path to profitability, reduce the time or costs required to develop new technologies, incorporate
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enhanced functionality into and complement our existing solution offerings, augment our engineering workforce and enhance our technological capabilities.
Impact of Foreign Exchange Rates
We report in U.S. Dollars, and the functional currency of our foreign operating subsidiaries is the local currency, including the Euro, the British Pound Sterling, the Singapore Dollar and the Canadian Dollar. The U.S. Dollar exhibited a decrease in strength against the local functional currencies of our foreign subsidiaries for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, as compared to the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023. The U.S. Dollar's decrease had a positive impact on our revenue, as approximately one-third of our sales are conducted in foreign currencies. Conversely, the decrease in the value of the U.S. Dollar had a unfavorable impact on our expenses, given that a majority of our workforce resides in countries other than the United States. Approximately 38% of our revenues were generated in currencies other than the U.S. Dollar. The financial statements of these subsidiaries are translated into U.S. Dollars using exchange rates in effect at each balance sheet date for assets and liabilities and average exchange rates during the period for revenues and expenses. To the extent we experience significant currency fluctuations, our results of operations may be impacted.
Key Business Metrics
We review the following key business metrics to evaluate our business, measure our performance, identify trends affecting our business, formulate business plans, and make strategic decisions:
Annual Recurring Revenue
We define ARR as our expected annualized revenue from customers that are under contracts with us at the end of the reporting period with a binding and renewable agreement for our subscription solutions or customers that are under a binding multi-year contract that can range from components of our Space Services solution to a project-based customer solution. Customers with Space Services Contracts are considered recurring when there is a multi-year binding agreement that has a renewable component in the contract. Customers are also considered recurring when they have multiple contracts over multiple years. Customer contracts for data trials and one-time transactions are excluded from the calculation of ARR.
The increase in our ARR for the three months ended September 30, 2024 was primarily driven by obtaining new ARR Customers. Our ARR has fluctuated from period to period in the past due in part to the timing of some of our Space Services Contracts, including when engagements start and stop. We expect our ARR to continue to fluctuate from period to period in the future. ARR is a leading indicator and accordingly, will tend to outpace the impact on our revenue as we recognize the contract value of various agreements over time.
The following table summarizes our ARR as of each period end indicated:
As of September 30,
(dollars in thousands)
%Change
ARR
103,898
103,063
Number of ARR Customers and ARR Solution Customers
We define an ARR Customer as an entity that has a contract with us or through our reseller partners contracts, that is either a binding and renewable agreement for our subscription solutions, or a binding multi-year contract as of the measurement date independent of the number of solutions the entity has under contract. A single organization with separate subsidiaries, segments, or divisions may represent multiple customers, as we treat each entity that is invoiced separately as an individual customer. In cases where customers subscribe to our platform through our reseller partners, each end customer that meets the above
definition is counted separately as an ARR Customer. All entities that have contracts for data trials and one-time transactions are excluded from the calculation of ARR Customers.
We define an ARR Solution Customer similarly to an ARR Customer, but we count every solution the customer has with us separately. As a result, the count of ARR Solution Customers exceeds the count of ARR Customers at each period end, as some customers contract with us for multiple solutions. Our multiple solutions customers are those that are under contract for at least two of our solutions: Maritime, Aviation, Weather and Climate, and Space Services. All entities that have contracts for data trials and one-time transactions are excluded from the calculation of ARR Solution Customers.
The decrease in each of our ARR Customers and ARR Solution Customers at the dates presented was driven by our move to de-emphasize sales to customers with very low ARR or revenue. We expect this strategy to ultimately increase our ARR and revenue per customer, increase our ARR in total, and reduce our customer count as we drive towards the most efficient use of our resources.
The following table summarizes the number of our ARR Customers and ARR Solution Customers as of each period end indicated:
ARR Customers
565
794
(29
)%
ARR Solution Customers
606
827
(27
ARR Net Retention Rate
We calculate our ARR Net Retention Rate for a particular fiscal period end by dividing (i) our ARR from those ARR Customers at that fiscal period end that were also customers as of the last day of the prior fiscal period end by (ii) the ARR from all customers as of the last day of the prior fiscal period. This calculation measures the overall impact from increases in customer contract value (upsells), the decreases in customer contract value (downsells) and the decreases in customer value resulting from customers that have chosen not to renew their contracts with us (lost customers).
The following table summarizes our ARR Net Retention Rate for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023:
90
86
92
101
(9
Our ARR Net Retention Rate can be impacted from period to period by large increases or decreases in customer contract value and large decreases in contract value from customers that have not renewed their contracts with us. An ARR Net Retention Rate greater than 100% is an indication that we are growing the value of the solutions our customers are purchasing from us at a fiscal period end versus the prior fiscal period end. An ARR Net Retention Rate less than 100% is an indication that the value of the solutions our customers are purchasing from us declined at a fiscal period end versus the prior fiscal period end. Our ARR Net Retention Rate increased by 4% for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and decreased by 9% for the nine months ended September 30, 2024. The increase during the three months ended September 30, 2024 was driven by our “land and expand” strategy of providing existing customers with additional coverage, data sets, and a variety of enhanced features and services. The decrease during the nine months ended September 30, 2024 was driven primarily by the reduced value of NOAA's RO weather award as compared to the value of the corresponding award in the nine months ended September 30, 2023.
Components of Results of Operations
We derive revenue from providing data, insights and access to our cloud-based technology platform sold on a subscription basis. Some of our customer arrangements include additional performance obligations that encompass the delivery of specific goods, services or intellectual property apart from the ongoing services provided on a subscription basis, which may impact the timing
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of revenue recognition. Additionally, some of our customer arrangements include material rights to receive discounted subscription services in the future, which impacts the timing of revenue recognition.
Subscription periods for our solutions generally range from one to two years and are typically non-cancelable, with customers having the right to terminate their agreements only if we materially breach our obligations under the agreement. Our subscription fees are typically billed either monthly or quarterly in advance.
Cost of Revenue
Cost of revenue consists primarily of personnel costs, depreciation, hosted infrastructure costs, high-power computing costs, third-party operating and royalty costs associated with delivering our data and services, to our customers and costs associated with contracts in our customer-funded or co-funded research and development arrangements (the “R&D Services Contracts”). In addition, cost of revenue includes the amortization of purchased intangibles associated with our acquisition of exactEarth in November 2021 (the “Acquisition”). Personnel costs are primarily related to the cost of our employees supporting and managing our constellation operations including satellite operations, ground station control and launch management. Personnel costs also include the cost of our employees supporting and managing projects for our research and development services. Costs associated with the manufacture and launch of our satellites, including personnel costs, are capitalized and depreciated upon placement in service, typically over a four-year expected useful life. As satellites reach the end of their expected useful life, they are generally replaced with replenishment satellites to maintain our constellation at optimal performance. Costs associated with the acquisition and development of new ground stations, including the bill of materials and labor to install the ground station, are capitalized and depreciated upon placement in service typically over a four-year to ten-year expected useful life. We anticipate ongoing capital spending to repair and replenish ground stations as they reach the end of their expected useful life to keep our ground station network at optimal performance. Our proprietary ground station network is primarily located in third-party locations where we incur lease and other operational charges. Cost of revenue also includes royalties associated with third-party data sets that we integrate into our data solutions.
Operating Expenses
Research and Development. Research and development expenses consist primarily of employee-related expenses, third-party consulting fees, and computing costs. Our research and development efforts are focused on improving our satellite technology, developing new data sets, developing new algorithms, enhancing our smart and predictive analytics, and enhancing the ease of use and utility of our space-based data solutions.
Sales and Marketing. Sales and marketing expenses consist primarily of employee-related expenses, sales commissions, marketing and advertising costs, costs incurred in the development of customer relationships, brand development costs, travel-related expenses, allowance for current expected credit losses, and amortization of purchased intangible backlog associated with the Acquisition. Commission costs on new customer contract bookings are considered costs of obtaining customer contracts. Commission costs for multi-year deals are considered contract acquisition costs and are deferred and then amortized over the period of the contract. Commission costs on contracts completed with a term of twelve months or less are expensed in the period incurred.
General and Administrative. General and administrative expenses consist of employee-related expenses for personnel in our executive, finance and accounting, facilities, legal, human resources, and management information systems functions, as well as other administrative employees. In addition, general and administrative expenses include fees related to third-party legal counsel, corporate insurance, fees related to accounting, tax and audit costs, office facilities costs, software subscription costs, and other corporate costs.
Loss on Decommissioned Satellites. Loss on decommissioned satellites consists of the write-off of the remaining capitalized costs associated with the manufacture and launch of our satellites prior to the end of the satellite’s useful life. We contract with third-party companies to launch, carry, and deploy our satellites into space. A loss could result from a third-party launch or deployer failure, a technical failure of the satellite, or the deorbit or decommissioning of a satellite before the end of the satellite’s useful life. A technical failure could include a satellite that is not able to communicate with our network of ground stations or fulfill its intended technical mission for a duration greater than one month. The loss amount is presented net of any insurance proceeds received. Due to the nature of these events, we cannot predict the magnitude or frequency of future satellite deorbit and launch failure losses. We sometimes purchase launch insurance when financially practical; however, the proceeds
from these insurance policies will typically only cover a portion of our launch loss. We incurred a $0.2 million and $1.0 million loss on decommissioned satellites for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, respectively, and a $0.2 million and $0.6 million loss on decommissioned satellites for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, respectively.
Allowance for Current Expected Credit Loss on Notes Receivable. Allowance for current expected credit loss on notes receivable consists of allowance for current expected credit loss recorded on a note receivable and accrued interest issued to a Space Services customer.
Other Income (Expense)
Interest Income. Interest income includes interest earned on our cash balances and short-term marketable securities.
Interest Expense. Interest expense primarily includes interest costs associated with our debt and amortization of deferred financing costs.
Change in Fair Value of Contingent Earnout Liability. Change in fair value of contingent earnout liability includes mark-to-market adjustments to reflect changes in the fair value of the contingent earnout liability.
Change in Fair Value of Warrant Liabilities. Change in fair value of warrant liabilities includes mark-to-market adjustments to reflect changes in fair value of warrant liabilities.
Issuance of Stock Warrants. Issuance of stock warrants includes expense related to the value of the right to purchase company shares.
Foreign Exchange Gain/Loss. Foreign exchange gain/loss consists of the net effect of realized and unrealized foreign currency gains and losses resulting from changes in the currency exchange rates for transactions denominated in non-functional currency relative to each subsidiary’s functional currency. We use the local currency as our functional currency for our subsidiaries in Luxembourg, the United Kingdom, Singapore, Australia, Germany, and Canada.
Other Expense, Net. Other expense, net consists primarily of tax credits, grant income, share of equity investment loss, and write-off of certain prepaid assets.
Income Tax Provision
Provision for income taxes consists of federal income taxes in the United States and income taxes in certain foreign jurisdictions. We do not provide for income taxes on undistributed earnings of our foreign subsidiaries since we intend to invest these earnings outside of the United States permanently. We account for income taxes using the asset and liability method, whereby deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized based on differences between the financial reporting and tax bases of assets and liabilities and are measured using the enacted rates and laws that will be in effect when the differences are expected to reverse.
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Results of Operations
Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024, Compared to Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2023
The following tables set forth selected condensed consolidated statements of operations data for each of the periods indicated:
(in thousands)
Cost of revenue(1)
Operating expenses(1):
Total stock-based compensation
Three Months Ended September 30, 2024, Compared to Three Months Ended September 30, 2023
Total revenue increased $6.4 million, or 29%, for the three months ended September 30, 2024, primarily due to increased ARR from our existing customers and growth in revenue recognized for both Space Services Contracts and R&D Services Contracts, partially offset by a decrease in our RO-based revenue primarily from the reduced value of NOAA's RO weather award during the three months ended September 30, 2024 as compared to the prior year period. Our ARR Customers decreased 29% to 565 as of September 30, 2024, from 794 as of September 30, 2023. The decrease in ARR Customers was aligned with our stated move
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to de-emphasize sales to customers with very low ARR or revenue and instead focus on high ARR or revenue customers. Our ARR Net Retention Rate was 90% and 86% for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. The increase in ARR Net Retention Rate was driven by our “land and expand” strategy of providing existing customers with additional coverage, data sets, and a variety of enhanced features and services.
We derived 50% of our revenue from the Americas, 43% of our revenue from Europe, Middle East, Africa (“EMEA”), and 7% of our revenue from Asia Pacific (“APAC”) for the three months ended September 30, 2024. We derived 43% of our revenue from EMEA, 40% of our revenue from the Americas, and 17% of our revenue from APAC for the three months ended September 30, 2023. We derived 71% of our revenue from subscription arrangements for the three months ended September 30, 2024, compared to 75% for the three months ended September 30, 2023. The distribution of our revenue can fluctuate significantly from period to period driven primarily by the timing of the non-subscription revenue recognition in our contracts. Revenue from subscription-based contracts was $20.2 million, or 71%, of total revenue, for the three months ended September 30, 2024, and was $16.6 million, or 75%, of total revenue, for the three months ended September 30, 2023. The proportional decrease in revenue from subscription arrangements was driven by higher revenue recognized for Space Services Contracts within the period.
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024, Compared to Nine Months Ended September 30, 2023
Total revenue increased $15.4 million, or 21%, for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, primarily due to increased ARR with our existing customers and growth in revenue recognized for both Space Services Contracts and R&D Services Contracts, all partially offset by a decrease in our RO-based revenue primarily from the reduced value of NOAA's RO weather award. Our ARR Net Retention Rate was 92% and 101%, for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. The decrease in ARR Net Retention Rate was driven primarily by the reduced value of NOAA’s RO weather award during the nine months ended September 30, 2024 as compared to the prior year period.
We derived 57% of our revenue from the Americas, 36% of our revenue from EMEA, and 7% of our revenue from APAC for the nine months ended September 30, 2024. We derived 51% of our revenue from the Americas, 35% of our revenue from EMEA, and 14% of our revenue from APAC for the nine months ended September 30, 2023. We derived 65% of our revenue from subscription arrangements for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, compared to 77% for the nine months ended September 30, 2023. The distribution of our revenue can fluctuate significantly from period to period driven primarily by the timing of the non-subscription revenue recognition in our contracts. Revenue from subscription-based contracts was $58.0 million, or 65%, of total revenue, for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, and was $56.5 million, or 77%, of total revenue, for the nine months ended September 30, 2023. The proportional decrease in revenue from subscription arrangements was driven by higher revenue recognized for Space Services Contracts within the period.
Total cost of revenue
Gross margin
45
(7
Headcount (at end of period) (1)
(1) Excludes headcount relating to R&D Services Contracts. R&D Services Contracts headcount are included in Research and development.
Cost of revenue increased $3.2 million, or 25%, primarily driven by an increase in personnel expenses of $2.5 million and an increase in downlink data service expenses of $0.9 million, partially offset by a decrease in other miscellaneous expenses of $0.2 million. The increase in personnel costs was driven by increased work related to R&D Services Contracts during the period. The increase in downlink data service expenses was primarily driven by the purchase of supplemental data to support a radio frequency geolocation (“RFGL”) contract.
Gross margin was 45% and 43% for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. The increase in gross margin was driven primarily by higher revenue. Our gross margin can fluctuate significantly from period to period driven primarily by the timing of the revenue as well as the timing of our technology investments to support future growth.
Cost of revenue increased $14.7 million, or 36%, primarily driven by an increase in depreciation expense of $4.9 million, an increase in satellite operation expense of $4.4 million, an increase in personnel expenses of $4.0 million, an increase in downlink data service expenses of $1.3 million, and an increase in other miscellaneous expenses of $0.1 million. The increase in depreciation expense was primarily driven by a reset of the estimated useful lives of our satellites to account for the impact of increased solar activity related to the current solar cycle. The increase in satellite operation expense was driven by recognition of launch costs associated with a Space Services Contract. The increase in personnel costs was driven by increased work related to R&D Services Contracts during the period. The increase in downlink data service expenses was primarily driven by the purchase of supplemental data to support a RFGL contract.
Gross margin was 37% and 44% for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. The decrease was driven primarily by the higher expenses described above. Our gross margin can fluctuate significantly from period to period driven primarily by the timing of the revenue as well as the timing of our technology investments to support future growth.
We expect cost of revenue, including depreciation and amortization expenses, third-party operating costs, and royalties, and high-powered computing costs to decrease in absolute dollars during the remainder of the year as accelerated depreciation declines to reflect our constellation replenishment efforts.
Operating expenses consist of our research and development, our sales and marketing, and our general and administrative expenses, as well as loss on decommissioned satellites in some periods. As we continue to invest in our growth, we expect our operating expenses to increase in absolute dollars as revenue grows. However, we expect our operating expenses as a percentage of revenue to decrease over time.
Research and Development
(16
Percentage of total revenue
250
221
(1) Includes headcount relating to R&D Services Contracts. R&D Services Contracts expenses are included in Cost of revenue.
Research and development expenses decreased $2.3 million, or 29%, primarily due to a decrease in personnel expenses. The decrease in personnel costs was driven by increased work related to R&D Services Contracts during the period, which causes a greater proportion of costs to be allocated to cost of revenue.
Research and development expenses decreased $3.7 million, or 16%, primarily driven by a decrease in personnel expenses of $4.5 million, partially offset by an increase in professional services fees of $0.4 million and an increase in computing costs of $0.4 million. The decrease in personnel costs was driven by increased work related to R&D Services Contracts during the period, which causes a greater proportion of costs to be allocated to cost of revenue. The increase in professional services fees was driven by additional technical resources required to support new development processes and capabilities. The increase in computing costs was primarily driven by higher expenses to support customer growth.
We expect research and development expenses to increase in absolute dollars in future periods primarily due to higher headcount as we continue to invest in the development of our solutions offerings and new technologies. However, we expect research and development expenses to decrease as a percentage of revenue in future periods as our revenue growth exceeds our increase in research and development spend.
Sales and Marketing
(19
(23
Headcount (at end of period)
66
77
(14
Sales and marketing expenses decreased $1.3 million, or 19%, primarily driven by a decrease in bonus and commission expenses of $0.6 million, a decrease in marketing expenses of $0.2 million, a decrease in bad debt expenses of $0.2 million, a decrease in personnel costs of $0.2 million, and a decrease in other miscellaneous operating expenses of $0.1 million. The decrease in marketing expenses was driven by lower advertising and event spend compared to the prior year quarter. The decrease in bad debt expenses was driven by cash collections and recovery efforts. The decrease in personnel costs was driven by an overall reduction in headcount.
Sales and marketing expenses decreased $4.6 million, or 23%, primarily driven by a decrease in bonus and commission expenses of $1.6 million, a decrease in bad debt expenses of $1.0 million, a decrease in marketing expenses of $0.7 million, a decrease in personnel costs of $0.7 million, a decrease in travel and entertainment of $0.5 million, and a decrease in other miscellaneous operating expenses of $0.1 million. The decrease in bonus and commission expenses was primarily driven by lower bonus accruals for management. The decrease in bad debt expenses was driven by cash collections and recovery efforts. The decrease in marketing expenses was driven by lower advertising and event spend compared to the prior year period. The decrease in personnel costs was driven by an overall reduction in headcount. The decrease in travel and entertainment was driven by reduced travel within the period.
We expect sales and marketing expenses to generally grow in absolute dollars in the future, primarily due to increased employee-related expenses as we grow our headcount, to support our sales and marketing efforts and our continued expansion of our sales capacity across our solutions. However, we expect sales and marketing expenses as a percentage of revenue to decrease in future periods as our revenue growth exceeds our increases in sales and marketing spend.
General and Administrative
(5
Percentage of total revenues
91
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General and administrative expenses increased $1.1 million, or 10%, primarily driven by an increase in stock-based compensation expense of $1.0 million, an increase in professional services expenses of $0.7 million and an increase in other miscellaneous operating expenses of $0.2 million, partially offset by a decrease in bonus expenses of $0.5 million and a decrease in insurance costs of $0.3 million. The increase in stock-based compensation expense was driven by higher stock grants which resulted in a higher total value of stock-based awards recognized in the current period. The increase in professional
services fees was driven by higher third-party accounting, legal and other consulting services relating to the restatement. The decrease in bonus expenses was driven by lower bonus accruals for management. The decrease in business insurance costs was driven by an improvement in annual rates particularly on directors and officers insurance.
General and administrative expenses decreased $1.6 million, or 5%, primarily driven by a decrease in bonus expenses of $1.6 million, a decrease in insurance costs of $1.1 million, a decrease in severance expenses of $1.0 million, and a decrease in travel and entertainment expenses of $0.4 million, partially offset by an increase in stock-based compensation expense of $2.2 million and an increase in other miscellaneous operating expenses of $0.3 million. The decrease in bonus expenses was primarily driven by lower bonus accruals for management. The decrease in business insurance costs was driven by an improvement in annual rates particularly on directors and officers insurance. The decrease in severance expenses was driven by lower severance payouts in the current period compared to the prior period. The increase in stock-based compensation expense was driven by higher stock grants which resulted in a higher total value of stock-based awards recognized in the current period.
We expect our general and administrative expenses to generally grow in absolute dollars in future periods as our employee-related expenses increase to support our revenue growth. However, we expect our general and administrative expenses as a percentage of revenue to decrease as revenue growth exceeds our increases in general and administrative spend.
Loss on Decommissioned Satellites
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We recognized a non-cash expense of $0.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024, on decommissioned satellites primarily due to failure to establish communications with the satellites and the current solar cycle, which decreases the life of satellites due to increased solar activity, and $0.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023, on decommissioned satellites due to the deorbit of satellites prior to completion of their useful lives.
We recognized a non-cash expense of $1.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, on decommissioned satellites primarily due to failure to establish communications with the satellites and the current solar cycle, which decreases the life of satellites due to increased solar activity, and $0.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023, on decommissioned satellites due to the deorbit of satellites prior to completion of their useful lives.
Due to the nature of these events, we cannot predict the magnitude or frequency of future decommissioning losses. While we sometimes purchase launch insurance when financially practical, the proceeds from these policies will typically only cover a portion of our loss in the event of an unplanned satellite deorbit or launch failure.
Allowance for Current Expected Credit Loss on Notes Receivable
We recognized an expense of $2.6 million to reserve for a current expected credit loss on a note receivable issued to a Space Services customer for the three months ended September 30, 2024. There was no such reserve for a current expected credit loss recognized during the three months ended September 30, 2023.
We recognized an expense of $2.7 million to reserve for a current expected credit loss on a note receivable issued to a Space Services customer for the nine months ended September 30, 2024. There was no such reserve for a current expected credit loss recognized during the nine months ended September 30, 2023.
(25
(18
(430
(818
(213
(365
(296
*Not Meaningful
Interest income decreased by $0.1 million, or 25%, primarily driven by lower interest earned on cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities.
Interest expense increased by $0.1 million, or 2%, for the three months ended September 30, 2024, primarily due to higher amortized debt issuance costs associated with our Blue Torch Finance LLC (“Blue Torch”) term loan.
Change in fair value of contingent earnout liability was a gain of $0.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024, compared to an immaterial gain for the three months ended September 30, 2023. The gain in the three months ended September 30, 2024, was primarily due to a decrease in the fair value of the liability driven by the decline of the underlying stock price, partially offset by a higher volatility rate used in the model. For additional information, see Notes 2 and 8 to our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and Notes 3 and 9 to our consolidated financial statements included in our 2023 Form 10-K/A.
Change in fair value of warrant liabilities was a gain of $0.9 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024, compared to a loss of $0.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023, a change of 818%. The $0.9 million gain for the three months ended September 30, 2024, was primarily due to a decrease in the fair value of the warrant liabilities driven by the decline of the underlying stock price, partially offset by a higher volatility rate used in the model. The $0.1 million loss for the three months ended September 30, 2023, was primarily driven by a reduction in the per share exercise price of the 2022 Blue Torch Warrants (as defined below under “Liquidity and Capital Resources”) in connection with an amendment executed on September 27, 2023.
We recognized a foreign exchange gain of $4.9 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024, compared to a foreign exchange loss of $1.8 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023, a change of 366%. The $4.9 million gain for the three months ended September 30, 2024, was primarily due to the remeasurement of intercompany balances between our Luxembourg entity and the U.K. entity with the U.S. entity denominated in U.S. Dollars. The weakening of the U.S. Dollar for the period ended September 30, 2024, relative to the Euro and British Pound Sterling at June 30, 2024, triggered the remeasurement and unrealized gain. The loss of $1.8 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023, was primarily driven by the strengthening of the U.S. Dollar during the period relative to the local currencies of our subsidiaries, namely the Euro, British Pound Sterling, Singapore Dollar, and Canadian Dollar and the impact on the customer receivables recorded upon initial sale.
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Other expense, net was a loss of $0.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024, an increase of 37% compared to $0.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023, primarily driven by loss on impairment of assets during the three months ended September 30, 2024.
Interest income decreased by $0.3 million, or 18%, driven by lower interest earned on cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities.
Interest expense increased $0.6 million, or 5%, for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, primarily as a result of higher amortized debt issuance costs associated with our Blue Torch term loan for the nine months ended September 30, 2024.
Change in fair value of contingent earnout liability was a loss of $0.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, compared to a gain of $0.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023, a change of 430%. The loss for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, was primarily driven by an increase in the fair value of the liability driven by appreciation of the underlying stock price and a higher volatility rate used in the model for the period. The gain in the prior period was primarily due to the decrease in the fair value of the liability driven by the decline in the underlying stock price during the period. For additional information, see Notes 2 and 8 to our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and Notes 3 and 9 to our consolidated financial statements included in our 2023 Form 10-K/A.
Change in fair value of warrant liabilities was a loss of $1.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, compared to a gain of $1.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023, a change of 213%. The $1.1 million loss for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, was primarily due to the appreciation of the underlying stock valuation for the warrants issued to Blue Torch and subsequently amended in July 2023. The $1.0 million gain for the nine months ended September 30, 2023, was primarily driven by changes in our estimate of the fair market value of our Credit Agreement Warrants
Issuance of stock warrants was a net loss of $2.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, compared to no such expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2023. In March 2024, we entered into a definitive Securities Purchase Agreement with institutional investors that included the issuance of stock warrants.
We recognized a foreign exchange gain of $2.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, compared to a foreign exchange loss of $1.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023, a change of 296%. The $2.6 million gain for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, was primarily due to the remeasurement of intercompany balances between our Luxembourg entity and the U.S. entity denominated in U.S. Dollars. The strengthening of the U.S. Dollar for the period ended September 30, 2024, relative to the Euro at December 31, 2023, triggered the remeasurement and unrealized losses. The loss of $1.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023, was primarily due to the remeasurement of intercompany balances between our United Kingdom entity and the U.S. entity denominated in U.S. Dollars. The weakening of the U.S. Dollar for the period ended September 30, 2023, relative to the British Pound Sterling at December 31, 2022, triggered the remeasurement and unrealized gains.
Other expense, net was a loss of $1.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, a decrease of 16% compared to $1.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023, primarily driven by higher grant income during the nine months ended September 30, 2024.
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The income tax provision increased immaterially for the three months ended September 30, 2024, as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2023, and decreased $0.3 million, or 77% for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, as
compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2023, primarily due to the research and development expenditure deduction in our U.K. subsidiary.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
We believe that in addition to our results determined in accordance with GAAP, non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA is useful in evaluating our business, results of operations and financial condition. We believe that this non-GAAP financial measure may be helpful to investors because it provides consistency and comparability with past financial performance and facilitates period to period comparisons of operations, as this eliminates the effects of certain variables from period to period for reasons that we do not believe reflect our underlying business performance. In addition to our GAAP measures, we use this non-GAAP financial measure internally for budgeting and resource allocation purposes and in analyzing our financial results.
For the reasons set forth below, we believe that excluding the following items provides information that is helpful in understanding our results of operations, evaluating our future prospects, comparing our financial results across accounting periods, and comparing our financial results to our peers, many of which provide similar non-GAAP financial measures.
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The following table outlines the reconciliation from net loss to Adjusted EBITDA for the periods indicated:
Depreciation & amortization
3,862
3,759
Interest, net
4,421
4,188
13,222
12,274
Taxes
EBITDA
(4,146
(15,391
(24,901
(36,012
Adjustments to EBITDA:
(515
(13
(854
119
Foreign exchange (gain) loss
(4,872
1,840
(2,573
1,313
530
387
1,541
1,828
Mergers and acquisition related expenses
1,015
Other unusual and infrequent costs
1,364
Other acquisition accounting amortization
168
172
506
507
Adjusted EBITDA
(3,120
(9,200
(5,503
(22,406
Limitations on the Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
There are limitations to using non-GAAP financial measures because non-GAAP financial measures are not prepared in accordance with GAAP and may be different from non-GAAP financial measures provided by other companies.
The non-GAAP financial measures are limited in value because they exclude certain items that may have a material impact upon our reported financial results. In addition, they are subject to inherent limitations as they reflect the exercise of judgments by management about which items are adjusted to calculate our non-GAAP financial measures. We compensate for these limitations by analyzing current and future results on a GAAP basis as well as a non-GAAP basis and also by providing GAAP measures in our public disclosures. Some of these limitations are:
Non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered in isolation from, or as a substitute for, financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP. We encourage investors and others to review our financial information in its entirety, not to rely on any single financial measure to evaluate our business, and to view our non-GAAP financial measures in conjunction with the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Our principal sources of liquidity to fund our operations are from cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities, which totaled $36.6 million as of September 30, 2024, primarily from net proceeds from borrowings under the Blue Torch Credit Facility (as defined below), proceeds from the Private Placement and Offering (each as defined below), and the sale of common stock under the Equity Distribution Agreement with Canaccord Genuity LLC, as sales agent (the “Equity Distribution
Agreement”). Of the $36.6 million total, $29.1 million was in cash and cash equivalents of which approximately $20.4 million was held outside of the United States. The remaining $7.6 million was held in short-term marketable securities, all of which was held in the United States and which can be converted to cash with minimal transaction costs. These amounts compare to cash and cash equivalents, and marketable securities of $40.9 million as of December 31, 2023, of which $29.1 million was in cash and cash equivalents with $13.7 million held outside of the United States. The remaining $11.7 million was held in short-term marketable securities. The cash and cash equivalent amounts are exclusive of restricted cash which totaled $0.5 million as of each of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023.
On February 4, 2024, we entered into a securities purchase agreement for the issuance and sale of 833,333 shares of our Class A common stock to Signal Ocean Ltd at a price of $12.00 per share (the “Private Placement”). The Private Placement closed on February 8, 2024, resulting in gross proceeds to us of $10.0 million.
On March 21, 2024, we entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with institutional investors (the “Investors”), pursuant to which we issued and sold in a registered direct offering (the “Offering”), (i) an aggregate of 2,142,858 shares of Class A common stock and (ii) warrants exercisable for an aggregate of 2,142,858 shares of Class A common stock (“Securities Purchase Agreement Warrants”) to the Investors. Each share of Class A common stock and accompanying Securities Purchase Agreement Warrant to purchase one share of Class A common stock was sold at an offering price of $14.00. The aggregate gross proceeds to us from the Offering totaled $30.0 million before deducting the placement agent’s fees and related offering expenses. The Securities Purchase Agreement Warrants had an exercise price equal to $14.50 per share of Class A common stock, were exercisable for a term beginning on March 25, 2024, and expired on July 3, 2024, with no warrants exercised.
On March 21, 2024, we also entered into a placement agency agreement (the “Placement Agency Agreement”) with Alliance Global Partners (“A.G.P” or the “Placement Agent”), pursuant to which we engaged A.G.P as the exclusive placement agent in connection with the Offering. We paid A.G.P a cash fee equal to 6% of the gross proceeds from the sale of shares and Securities Purchase Agreement Warrants to the Investors, or $1.8 million, in March 2024. We agreed to pay a cash fee equal to 4% of the gross exercise price paid in cash with respect to the exercise of the Securities Purchase Agreement Warrants.
Our ability to continue as a going concern for the next 12 months from the date of issuance of these condensed consolidated financial statements is dependent upon our ability to obtain sufficient cash to meet our obligations, including the repayment of all amounts owed pursuant to the Blue Torch Financing Agreement (as amended, and as defined below), which is scheduled to mature on June 13, 2026. We have failed to meet our leverage ratio and the minimum liquidity financial covenants and the non-financial covenants to periodically file with the SEC and have a report or opinion without any explanatory paragraph expressing substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern under the Blue Torch Financing Agreement, and therefore Blue Torch has the right to accelerate and declare all or any portion of the loans outstanding under the Blue Torch Financing Agreement to be due and payable. Further, upon the filing of our 2023 Form 10-K/A, we failed to comply with the non-financial covenant requiring us to have a report or opinion of our auditor without an explanatory paragraph expressing substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. Based on our current cash and cash equivalents and investment in marketable securities balances and expected future financial results, if the Transactions (as defined above) does not close, we will not have sufficient liquidity to continue operations for at least the next twelve months from the issuance of the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements. Furthermore, we will not have sufficient cash to repay the balance of the loans outstanding under the Blue Torch Financing Agreement in the event Blue Torch declares all or any portion of the loan to be due and payable.
We entered into the Purchase Agreement with Buyer, pursuant to which we agreed to complete the Transactions. The maritime business to be sold pursuant to the Transactions does not include any part of our satellite network or operations. The purchase price to be paid by Buyer to us at the closing of the Transactions is a cash payment based upon an enterprise value of $233.5 million, subject to certain adjustments. The Transactions also include a twelve-month transition service and data provision agreement for $7.5 million. The Purchase Agreement provides that the closing of the Transactions is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain closing conditions set forth in the Purchase Agreement.
Kpler removed the matter to the District of Delaware, pursuant to a contract term in the Purchase Agreement promising not to contest removal to that court. The District of Delaware initially selected a March 4 trial date, but on February 26, 2025, the court set a trial date of May 28-30, 2025. There is no assurance as to what action the District of Delaware will take with respect to the proceeding initiated by us and there is no assurance as to whether or not the Transactions will be consummated on the terms contemplated or at all. The amount of any damages which may be sought or obtained from Buyer cannot be determined at this time.
We intend to use the proceeds from the closing of the Transactions to repay all amounts owed under the Blue Torch Financing Agreement. However, as described above, there is currently no assurance that the Transactions will close or when the Transactions may close. Given the expected delay in the closing of the Transactions, we intend to seek additional equity or debt financing (including securities convertible or exchangeable for equity) and may seek waivers of or amendments to contractual obligations, delay, limit, reduce, or terminate certain commercial efforts, or pursue merger, disposition or other strategies, any of which could adversely affect our business, results of operations, and financial condition. There is no assurance that we will be successful in achieving any of the foregoing. Due to our projected cash needs, including amounts owed pursuant to the Blue Torch Financing Agreement and our breach of our covenants under the Blue Torch Financing Agreement, there is substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least 12 months from the date of issuance of the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements. The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
On June 13, 2022, we, as borrower, and certain of our subsidiaries, as guarantors, entered into a financing agreement (the “Blue Torch Financing Agreement”) with Blue Torch Finance LLC, as administrative agent and collateral agent, and certain lenders (the “Lenders”). The Blue Torch Financing Agreement provides for, among other things, a term loan facility in an aggregate principal amount of up to $120.0 million (the “Blue Torch Credit Facility”). A portion of the proceeds of the term loan was used to repay our then-existing $70.0 million credit facility with FP Credit Partners, L.P., and the remainder of the proceeds of the term loan may be used for general corporate purposes.
The Blue Torch Credit Facility is scheduled to mature on June 13, 2026, upon which we must repay the outstanding principal amount of any outstanding loans thereunder, together with all accrued but unpaid interest, fees and other obligations owing under the Blue Torch Credit Facility. Subject to certain exceptions, prepayments of the Blue Torch Credit Facility will be subject to early termination fees in an amount equal to 3.0% of the principal prepaid if prepayment occurs on or prior to the first anniversary of the closing date, 2.0% of principal prepaid if prepayment occurs after the first anniversary of the closing date but on or prior to the second anniversary of the closing date and 1.0% of principal prepaid if prepayment occurs after the second anniversary of the closing date but on or prior to the third anniversary of the closing date, plus if prepayment would have occurred on or prior to the first anniversary of the closing date, a make-whole amount equal to the amount of interest that would have otherwise been payable through the maturity date of the Blue Torch Credit Facility.
The $120.0 million term loan was available and drawn at closing, of which $19.7 million was placed in an escrow account by Blue Torch with such amount to be released upon our achieving certain metrics related to annualized recurring revenue and a total annualized recurring revenue leverage ratio. These metrics were achieved and the $19.7 million was released from the escrow account and delivered to us in February 2023. The term loan accrues interest at a floating rate, to be based, at our election, on either a reference rate or a 3-month Term Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”) rate (subject to a 1.0% floor), plus an interest rate margin of 7.0% for reference rate borrowings and 8.0% for 3-month Term SOFR borrowings, plus an incremental Term SOFR margin of 0.26161%. We elected the Term SOFR rate which was 13.1929% as of September 30, 2024. Principal on the term loan is only payable at maturity and interest on the term loan is due and payable quarterly for Term SOFR borrowings. We are also required to pay other customary fees and costs in connection with the Blue Torch Credit Facility, including a commitment fee in an amount equal to $2.4 million on the closing date, a $0.3 million agency fee annually and an exit fee in an amount equal to $1.8 million upon termination of the Blue Torch Financing Agreement.
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Our obligations under the Blue Torch Financing Agreement are or will be guaranteed by certain of our domestic and foreign subsidiaries meeting materiality thresholds set forth in the Blue Torch Financing Agreement. Such obligations, including the guarantees, are secured by substantially all of our personal property and that of our subsidiary guarantors, including pursuant to a Security Agreement entered into on June 13, 2022 among us, Spire Global Subsidiary, Inc., Austin Satellite Design, LLC and Blue Torch. As of the closing date, such subsidiary guarantors were Spire Global Subsidiary, Inc., Austin Satellite Design, LLC, Spire Global Canada Subsidiary Corp. and exactEarth Ltd.
The Blue Torch Financing Agreement contains customary affirmative and negative covenants limiting our ability and the ability of our subsidiaries to, among other things, dispose of assets, undergo a change in control, merge or consolidate, make acquisitions, incur debt, incur liens, pay dividends, repurchase stock and make investments, in each case subject to certain exceptions. We must also comply with a maximum debt to annualized recurring revenue leverage ratio financial covenant tested monthly during the first two years of the Blue Torch Financing Agreement, a maximum debt to EBITDA leverage ratio financial covenant tested monthly during the third and fourth years of the Blue Torch Financing Agreement and a minimum liquidity financial covenant tested at all times. As of September 30, 2024, we were in compliance with all applicable financial covenants under the Blue Torch Financing Agreement.
The Blue Torch Financing Agreement also contains customary events of default that include, among other things, certain payment defaults, cross defaults to other indebtedness, inaccuracy of representations and warranties, covenant defaults, change of control defaults, judgment defaults, and bankruptcy and insolvency defaults. If an event of default exists, Blue Torch as agent on behalf of the Lenders may require immediate payment of all obligations under the Blue Torch Financing Agreement and may exercise certain other rights and remedies provided for under the Blue Torch Financing Agreement, the other loan documents and applicable law. Under certain circumstances, a default interest rate will apply on all obligations during the existence of an event of default under the Blue Torch Financing Agreement at a per annum rate equal to 2.00% above the applicable interest rate.
On June 13, 2022, in connection with the Blue Torch Financing Agreement, we issued warrants to affiliates of the Lenders to purchase shares of Class A common stock (the “2022 Blue Torch Warrants”), which were exercisable for an aggregate of 437,025 shares of our Class A common stock with a per share exercise price of $16.08.
In addition, on June 13, 2022, in connection with the closing of the financing, we paid Urgent Capital LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, a fee for introducing us to the Lenders, for the purpose of loan financing, in the amount equal to $0.6 million in cash and a warrant to purchase shares of Class A common stock (the “GPO Warrant” and, collectively with the 2022 Blue Torch Warrants and the 2023 Blue Torch Warrants (as defined below), the “Credit Agreement Warrants”), which is exercisable for an aggregate of 24,834 shares of our Class A common stock with a per share exercise price of $16.08.
On September 27, 2023, we entered into the Waiver and Amendment No. 2 to Financing Agreement (the “Waiver and Amendment”) with Blue Torch and the Lenders, which amends the Blue Torch Financing Agreement to (a) waive an event of default under the Blue Torch Financing Agreement arising out of the total annualized recurring revenue leverage ratio being greater than the permitted ratio, (b) amend the financial covenants to provide covenant relief from the maximum debt to annualized recurring revenue leverage ratio and the maximum debt to EBITDA leverage ratio set forth in the Blue Torch Financing Agreement for future periods, and (c) provide for a second amendment exit fee. The second amendment exit fee is $1.8 million (which is an amount equal to one and a half percent (1.50%) of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the term loans on the effective date of the Waiver and Amendment), bears interest from the date of the Waiver and Amendment at Adjusted Term SOFR for a 3-month interest period plus the applicable margin under the Financing Agreement, and is payable to Blue Torch by us in cash upon the termination of the Blue Torch Financing Agreement, either as a result of acceleration of the loans or at the final maturity date. The Waiver and Amendment required a repayment by the Company of $2.5 million of the outstanding principal balance of the term loans on October 2, 2023, with a prepayment premium of $0.05 million. The Waiver and Amendment also requires additional reporting if our liquidity level is less than $35.0 million at any time during a month and revises the minimum liquidity covenant to require liquidity of at least $30.0 million at all times, commencing on September 30, 2023, which in both cases represent a $5.0 million incremental change from the original requirements.
On September 27, 2023, in connection with the Waiver and Amendment, we and certain affiliates of Blue Torch amended and restated the 2022 Blue Torch Warrants to reduce the per share exercise price from $16.08 to $5.44. We also concurrently issued new warrants to those affiliates that are exercisable for an additional 597,082 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock at a per share exercise price of $5.44 (the “2023 Blue Torch Warrants").
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The Credit Agreement Warrants may be exercised on a cashless basis. The Credit Agreement Warrants are exercisable for a term beginning on the date of issuance and ending on the earlier to occur of ten years from the date of issuance or the consummation of certain of our acquisitions as set forth in the Credit Agreement Warrants. The number of shares for which the Credit Agreement Warrants are exercisable and the associated exercise price are subject to certain proportional adjustments as set forth in the Credit Agreement Warrants.
On April 8, 2024, we entered into Amendment No. 3 to Financing Agreement (the “Third Amendment”) with Blue Torch and the Lenders, which amends the Blue Torch Financing Agreement to (i) increase the maximum debt to EBITDA leverage ratio for the monthly periods ending June 30, 2024, July 31, 2024, and August 31, 2024, and to decrease the maximum permitted ratio thereafter, and (ii) amend the minimum liquidity covenant to require liquidity of at least $20.0 million at all times, commencing on April 8, 2024, which represents a $10.0 million decrease from the requirement in effect immediately prior to the effective date of the Third Amendment. On April 8, 2024, in accordance with the terms of the Third Amendment, we made a repayment to Blue Torch of $10.0 million in principal, plus an early termination fee of $0.2 million.
On August 27, 2024, we entered into the Waiver and Amendment No. 4 to Financing Agreement (the “Fourth Amendment”) with Blue Torch and the Lenders, which amends the Blue Torch Financing Agreement to (i) waive events of default under the Blue Torch Financing Agreement arising out of the maximum debt to EBITDA leverage ratio being greater than the ratio permitted by the Blue Torch Financing Agreement and the failure to deliver the financial statements for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2024 required by the Blue Torch Financing Agreement, (ii) amend the financial covenants in the Blue Torch Financing Agreement to provide immediate covenant relief from the leverage ratios set forth in the Blue Torch Financing Agreement and extend the duration of the annualized recurring revenue (ARR) leverage ratio through December 31, 2024, and (iii) provide for a fourth amendment fee. The fourth amendment fee is in an amount equal to three and a half percent (3.50%) of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the term loans on the effective date of the Fourth Amendment, bears interest from the date of the Fourth Amendment at Adjusted Term SOFR for a 3-month interest period plus the applicable margin under the Blue Torch Financing Agreement, and shall be paid-in-kind and added to the principal balance of the term loans. On August 27, 2024, in accordance with the terms of the Fourth Amendment, we made a prepayment to Blue Torch of $10.0 million in principal, plus an early termination fee of $0.1 million.
On November 11, 2024, we and Blue Torch entered into a forbearance agreement (the “Forbearance Agreement”), pursuant to which each of the lenders party to the Blue Torch Financing Agreement agreed not to exercise their default-related rights and remedies with respect to certain events of default related to the failure to deliver quarterly financial information as of and for the periods ended June 30, 2024 that was required to be provided to the lenders by October 31, 2024, the leverage ratio being greater than required as of June 30, 2024 and our anticipated failure to file the financial statements for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2024 with the SEC by November 15, 2024 (collectively, the “Specified Defaults”), until the earliest to occur of (A) the occurrence of any other event of default other than the Specified Defaults, (B) the date on which Blue Torch delivered a notice terminating the forbearance period, which notice could have been delivered at any time upon or after the occurrence of an additional event of default or any breach of the Forbearance Agreement or (C) 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on December 24, 2024.
As part of the Acquisition in November 2021, we assumed a loan agreement with the Strategic Innovation Fund ("SIF") which was recorded at fair value of the debt. As of September 30, 2024, $4.9 million was included in long-term debt, non-current on our unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets related to the SIF loan agreement. Under this agreement and subsequent amendment, we were eligible to receive funding for certain expenditures incurred from February 13, 2018 to May 12, 2023, up to a maximum of $5.7 million. The loan is repayable in 15 annual payments beginning February 28, 2026 and has a stated interest rate of zero.
For additional information, see Note 6 to our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
Equity Distribution Agreement
On September 14, 2022, we entered into the Equity Distribution Agreement with Canaccord Genuity LLC, as sales agent. In accordance with the terms of the Equity Distribution Agreement, we may offer and sell shares of our Class A common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $85.0 million from time to time through the agent pursuant to a registration
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statement on Form S-3, which became effective on September 26, 2022. In June 2023, we sold approximately 2.2 million shares of our Class A common stock through this arrangement, resulting in net proceeds of $7.9 million. As of September 30, 2024, approximately $76.8 million of shares were remaining, but had not yet been sold, under the Equity Distribution Agreement.
Cash Flows
The following table summarizes our net cash used in operating activities, net cash used in investing activities, and net cash provided by financing activities for the periods indicated:
Cash Flows from Operating Activities
Our largest source of operating cash inflows is cash collections from our customers. Our primary uses of cash from operating activities are for employee-related expenditures, expenses related to our technology infrastructure, expenses related to our computing infrastructure (including computing power, database storage and content delivery costs), building infrastructure costs (including leases for office space), fees for third-party services, and marketing program costs.
Net cash provided by operating activities was $0.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024. The net cash provided by operating activities reflected our net loss of $54.6 million, adjustments for non-cash items of $42.2 million and a net decrease of $13.1 million in net operating assets. Non-cash items primarily consisted of $16.4 million of depreciation and amortization expense, $13.4 million of stock-based compensation expense, $2.9 million of debt issuance amortization costs, $4.1 million of amortization of operating lease right-of-use assets, $2.4 million of issuance of stock warrants expense, a $1.5 million loss on decommissioned satellites and impairment of assets, a $1.1 million change in fair value of warrant liabilities, and a $0.7 million change in fair value of contingent earnout liability, partially offset by $0.2 million of other, net. Changes in operating assets and liabilities included an $8.7 million decrease in other current assets, a $2.9 million increase in other accrued expenses, a $1.5 million decrease in other long-term assets, a $1.5 million increase in accounts payable, a $0.8 million decrease in contract assets, a $0.7 million decrease in accounts receivable, net, a $0.7 million increase in accrued wages and benefits, and a $0.5 million increase in contract liabilities, partially offset by a $4.1 million decrease in operating lease liabilities.
Net cash used in operating activities was $39.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023. This reflected our net loss of $60.4 million, adjustments for non-cash items of $23.8 million and a net increase of $2.9 million in our net operating assets. Non-cash items primarily included $11.6 million of depreciation and amortization expense, $9.5 million of stock-based compensation, $2.2 million of amortization of operating lease right-of-use assets, $1.6 million of debt issuance amortization costs, and $0.6 million of loss on decommissioned satellites, partially offset by a $1.0 million change in fair value of warrant liabilities, $0.5 million of other, net, and a $0.2 million change in fair value of contingent earnout liability. Changes in operating assets and liabilities primarily included a $7.4 million increase in other current assets, a $4.8 million increase in accounts receivable, net, a $1.9 million decrease in operating lease liabilities, a $1.1 million decrease in other accrued expenses, a $0.8 million decrease in accounts payable, and a $0.3 million increase in contract assets, partially offset by an $11.0 million increase in contract liabilities, a $1.3 million decrease in other long-term assets, and a $1.2 million increase in accrued wages and benefits.
Cash Flows from Investing Activities
Cash flows from investing activities primarily relate to cash used for business acquisitions, the procurement, development, and deployment of capital assets, including satellites and related launch costs, ground stations, machinery and equipment, furniture, computer equipment and software, and leasehold improvements.
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The following table summarizes our net cash used in investing activities relating to capital expenditures by source of spend:
Change
Spire platform / Infrastructure
3,028
2,045
4,866
5,028
(3
Customer funded (Space Services)
5,878
3,297
16,625
6,965
139
Total CapEx
8,906
5,342
21,491
11,993
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Net cash used in investing activities was $16.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024. The net cash used in investing activities was driven by purchases of short-term investments of $30.2 million and purchases of property and equipment of $21.5 million, partially offset by maturities of short-term investments of $34.9 million.
Net cash used in investing activities was $8.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023. The net cash used in investing activities was driven by purchases of $37.8 million in short-term investments and $12.0 million of investment in property and equipment, partially offset by $41.5 million in maturities of short-term investments.
Cash Flows from Financing Activities
Cash flows from financing activities relate primarily to net proceeds from the issuance of long-term debt, convertible notes, warrants and Class A common stock.
Net cash provided by financing activities was $18.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024. The net cash provided by financing activities was driven by proceeds from the securities purchase agreements with Signal Ocean Ltd. and certain institutional investors of $37.9 million, proceeds from our employee stock purchase plan of $0.4 million, and proceeds from exercise of stock options of $0.3 million, partially offset by payments on long-term debt of $20.1 million.
Net cash provided by financing activities was $28.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023. This was driven by $19.9 million of proceeds from long-term debt, $7.9 million of proceeds from issuance of common stock under the Equity Distribution Agreement, and $0.4 million of proceeds from our employee stock purchase plan. Long term debt proceeds were driven by the second tranche of the Blue Torch loan transaction.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
Our condensed consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with GAAP. In the preparation of these condensed consolidated financial statements, we are required to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue, costs and expenses and related disclosures. On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our estimates and assumptions. Our actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.
There have been no material changes to our critical accounting policies and estimates as compared to those disclosed in Part II, Item 7, "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates" in our 2023 Form 10-K/A.
Accounting Pronouncements Recently Adopted and Not Yet Adopted
See Note 2 to our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
Emerging Growth Company Status
We are an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, as modified by the Jumpstart our Business Startups Act (the "JOBS Act"). Under the JOBS Act, emerging growth companies can delay adopting new or revised accounting standards issued subsequent to the enactment of the JOBS Act until such time as those standards apply to private companies. We have elected to use this extended transition period for complying with new or revised accounting standards that have different effective dates for public and private companies until the earlier of the date that we are (i) no longer an emerging growth company or (ii) affirmatively and irrevocably opt out of the extended transition period
provided in the JOBS Act. As a result, our consolidated financial statements may not be comparable to companies that comply with the new or revised accounting pronouncements as of public company effective dates.
Smaller Reporting Company Status
Additionally, we are a “smaller reporting company” as defined in Item 10(f)(1) of Regulation S-K. Smaller reporting companies may take advantage of certain reduced disclosure obligations, including, among other things, providing only two years of audited financial statements. We will remain a smaller reporting company until the last day of the fiscal year in which (i) the market value of our common stock held by non-affiliates exceeds $250 million as of the prior June 30, or (ii) our annual revenues exceeded $100 million during such completed fiscal year and the market value of our common stock held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the prior June 30.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
Foreign Currency Exchange Risk
Our results of operations and cash flows are subject to fluctuations due to changes in foreign currency exchange rates, particularly changes in the Euro, British Pound Sterling, Singapore Dollar, and Canadian Dollar and may be adversely affected in the future due to changes in foreign currency exchange rates. We continue to experience foreign currency fluctuations primarily due to the periodic re-measurement of our foreign currency monetary account balances that are denominated in currencies other than the functional currency of the entities in which they are recorded. Changes in exchange rates may negatively affect our revenue and other results of operations as expressed in U.S. Dollars. We do not currently engage in foreign exchange hedging contracts. As we continue to expand our international presence, we will assess options for mitigating foreign exchange risk.
We have experienced and will continue to experience fluctuations in our net loss as a result of gains or losses related to revaluing certain asset and liability balances that are denominated in currencies other than the functional currency of the entities in which they are recorded. We had gains of $4.9 million and $2.6 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, respectively, and losses of $1.8 million and $1.3 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, respectively. A hypothetical 10% strengthening or weakening of the U.S. Dollar relative to the currencies in which our revenue and expenses are denominated would have resulted in an increase or decrease in our pre-tax loss of approximately $1.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024.
Interest Rate Sensitivity
As of September 30, 2024, we had cash and cash equivalents totaling $29.1 million, which were held primarily in demand deposit accounts, and $7.6 million in investment in short-term marketable securities. The cash and cash equivalents are held for working capital purposes or strategic investment purposes.
We are exposed to market risks related to fluctuations in interest rates related to the Blue Torch Credit Facility. The Blue Torch Credit Facility accrues interest at a floating rate, to be based, at our election, on either a reference rate or a 3-month Term SOFR rate (subject to a 1.0% floor), plus an interest rate margin of 7.0% for reference rate borrowings and 8.0% for 3-month Term SOFR borrowings, plus an incremental Term SOFR margin of 0.26161%. Accordingly, increases in SOFR could increase our interest payments under the Blue Torch Credit Facility. For example, a hypothetical increase of 100 basis points in the interest rate of the Blue Torch Credit Facility would have an approximately $1.1 million impact on an annual basis on our results of operations. The SIF loan is interest free.
Inflation Risk
We are exposed to inflation risk. Inflationary factors, such as increases in component parts, labor and other overhead expenses, could impair our operating results. Although there has been an increase in inflation in recent periods, it has not had a substantial impact on our results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 or 2023. However, a higher rate of inflation in the future may have a negative impact on our operational and capital expenditures which we may not be able to pass along as cost increases to our customers.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Disclosure controls and procedures are controls and other procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended ("Exchange Act"), is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in company reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
We performed an evaluation under the supervision and with the participation of management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule(s) 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) as of September 30, 2024. Based upon that evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of September 30, 2024 because of the material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting described below.
Notwithstanding the material weaknesses described below, our management has concluded that our condensed consolidated financial statements for the periods covered by and included in this Quarterly Report are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) and fairly present, in all material respects, our financial position, results of operations and cash flows for each of the periods presented herein.
Material Weaknesses in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
We have identified material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of our annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. The following material weaknesses were identified:
The material weaknesses above resulted in certain immaterial audit adjustments, which were recorded prior to the issuance of the consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2020.
Additionally, each of the material weaknesses described above could result in a misstatement of substantially all of our accounts or disclosures that would result in a material misstatement to the annual or interim consolidated financial statements that would not be prevented or detected.
These IT deficiencies did not result in a misstatement to the financial statements; however, the deficiencies, when aggregated, could impact our ability to maintain effective segregation of duties, as well as the effectiveness of IT-dependent controls (such as automated controls that address the risk of material misstatement to one or more assertions, along with the IT controls and underlying data that support the effectiveness of system-generated data and reports) that could result in misstatements potentially impacting all financial statement accounts and disclosures that would result in a material misstatement to the annual or interim financial statements that would not be prevented or detected. Accordingly, management has determined these deficiencies in the aggregate constitute a material weakness.
Remediation Efforts on Material Weaknesses in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
In response to the material weaknesses identified, we have implemented several changes to our internal control over financial reporting and will continue performing remedial actions in 2024, as described below.
The remediation and ultimate resolution of each of the material weaknesses will be reviewed with the Audit Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors.
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We have made progress to address the material weaknesses related to the control environment, as described below:
Key Professionals
In fiscal 2022 and 2023 and continuing to date, we identified and hired a number of professionals with appropriate levels of internal controls and accounting knowledge to improve the overall domestic and international financial accounting and reporting departments. The positions hired include chief accounting officer, director of accounting and Americas controller, director of technical accounting, accounting manager, senior and staff accountants, senior financial systems manager, and system administrator. In addition, we engaged with external consultants and experts to provide technical accounting and financial systems services. The Company continues to monitor personnel requirements and expertise needed to have an effective control environment, including providing necessary ongoing training to its finance and accounting personnel.
Risk Assessment
We engaged a third-party consulting firm to assist in designing and implementing a risk assessment process to identify and evaluate changes in the Company’s business and the impact on its internal controls. During fiscal 2023, we conducted a financial risk assessment to identify key business processes and establish internal materiality thresholds. We performed walkthroughs of all key processes, identified key controls, and developed narratives describing risk points, processes, and corresponding controls. A Risk and Control Matrix ("RCM") was created to serve as the basis for a testing program. During the first six months of fiscal year 2024, we updated our process narratives to reflect improvements we have made to our processes, tested the design of key controls, implemented remediation actions for deficiencies noted during our tests of design, and began our testing of effectiveness of internal controls. We continue to utilize the expertise of a third-party consulting firm, although we expect to place greater reliance on our internal resources as our organization matures.
We engaged a third-party consulting firm to complete an initial Enterprise Risk Assessment ("ERA"). During fiscal 2023, with the assistance of the consulting firm, we identified key risks for technology-based organizations and interviewed management team members and the Chair of the Audit Committee to discuss key risk areas. We reviewed responses received, compiled a list of identified risks, and developed heat maps to depict the likelihood, impact, and preparedness of the Company to respond to the identified risks. Action and testing plans were developed to address the risks. During the three months ended June 30, 2024, we began our annual ERA following the same process implemented during fiscal 2023. We have completed our interviews of management team members, identified and discussed the various risks faced by our business, prioritized five key risks that will be management’s focus, and assigned executive leaders to develop a mitigation response for each key risk. As of September 30, 2024, we planned to identify existing controls that mitigate each key risk, implement new internal controls where appropriate, and create and execute plans of action to mitigate the potential impact of the key risks.
We expect to remediate this material weakness after we complete our testing of design and effectiveness of internal controls for fiscal year 2024. We have completed the creation of mitigation plans for the key risks identified during the ERA.
Segregation of Duties
During fiscal year 2022, we completed our initial assessment on segregation of duties with assistance from a third-party consulting firm and began our analysis across all processes and locations, including establishing appropriate authorities and responsibilities. During 2022, we designed and implemented controls over the segregation of duties related to journal entries and account reconciliations, including the implementation of automated controls that prevent the same person from creating and posting journal entries in our general ledger system. With the hiring of additional personnel including a senior financial system manager in late 2022, and an accounts receivable specialist and a senior accountant in 2023, we were able to implement additional controls to segregate the preparation and review of account reconciliations during fiscal year 2023. During the first three months of fiscal year 2024, we hired another senior accountant and have implemented accounting software to automate the segregation between the preparation and review of account reconciliations. Additionally, we have reviewed segregation of duties within our key accounting processes and developed a plan to remediate segregation of duties issues.
Although we have implemented and tested the additional controls as detailed in our remediation plan above, the controls have not been in place and operating for a sufficient period to evaluate if the material weakness has been remediated.
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Non-routine, Unusual or Complex Transactions
Over the course of 2022, we hired key accounting personnel and engaged with third-party technical accounting experts to improve our controls related to the identification of and proper application of GAAP accounting for non-routine, unusual, or complex transactions. Since the Merger that occurred in August 2021, warrant instruments have been accounted for in accordance with our accounting policies based on GAAP. During the fourth quarter of 2022, we trained our accounting team and designed new controls to identify and account for the fair value of the contingent earnout liability, and hired a third-party technical accounting firm to assist with the proper application of GAAP for non-routine, unusual, or complex transactions, including any business combinations that may arise in the future. With the addition of the director of technical accounting in fiscal year 2023 and the addition of a chief accounting officer in fiscal year 2024, we have placed greater reliance on our internal resources to address non-routine, unusual, or complex transactions. For the nine months ended September 30, 2024, we continued to rely on the expertise of third-party valuation consultants to assist with estimating the fair value of our contingent earnout liability. We will consider engaging third-party accounting consultants for non-routine, unusual or complex transactions in the future to augment our internal resources if the circumstances warrant it.
We have tested the controls designed for non-routine, unusual or complex transactions and are in the process of testing the controls for operating effectiveness. We expect to remediate this material weakness after we have completed our testing of operating effectiveness and finalized our policy for business combinations.
IT General Controls
Management designed and maintained testing and approval controls for program development to ensure that the software is aligned with business and IT requirements. This includes final approval and testing of the software prior to migration to production. We have designed and implemented certain IT general controls (“ITGCs”), including controls over user access rights and privileges and change management. During the six months ended June 30, 2024, we completed our testing of ITGCs and found them to be in place and functioning effectively. We have completed our testing of design and implementation, however, the controls have not been in place and operating for a sufficient period to evaluate if the material weakness has been remediated.
Space Services and R&D Services Contracts
We are implementing measures designed to improve our internal control over financial reporting to remediate this material weakness over the accounting for our Space Services and R&D Services Contracts with customers. In our remediation plan, we are including enhanced training, updating our revenue recognition procedures and engaging external experts to assist with complex revenue contract arrangements.
While the above actions and planned actions are subject to ongoing management evaluation and will require validation and testing of the design and operating effectiveness of internal controls over a sustained period, we are committed to continuous improvement and will continue to diligently review our internal control over financial reporting. The material weaknesses will not be considered remediated until management completes the design and implementation of the measures described above, until the controls operate for a sufficient period of time, and until management has concluded, through testing, that the controls are effective.
Limitations on Effectiveness of Controls and Procedures
Our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, do not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures or our internal control over financial reporting will prevent all errors and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, have been detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty, and that breakdowns can occur because of a 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 management override of the controls. The design of any system of controls is also based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in
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achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions; over time, controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or the degree of compliance with policies or procedures may deteriorate. Due to inherent limitations in a cost-effective control system, misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There have been no changes (other than those described above) in our internal control over financial reporting during the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2024 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
PART II—OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings.
From time to time, we are involved in various legal proceedings arising from the normal course of business activities.
Stockholder Litigation
On August 20, 2024, we and two of our executive officers were named as defendants in a purported federal securities law class action filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, captioned Michal Bousso v. Spire Global, Inc. et al., Court File No. 1:24-cv-1458 (the "Bousso Lawsuit"). On October 14, 2024, a second plaintiff filed a similar lawsuit against us and three current or former executive officers, also in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, captioned Kohei Tagawa v. Spire Global, Inc. et al., Court File No. 1:24-cv-1810 (the “Tagawa Lawsuit”). On November 22, 2024, the court consolidated the Bousso Lawsuit and the Tagawa Lawsuit, appointed Michal Bousso as lead plaintiff, and renamed the case to “In re Spire Global, Inc. Securities Litigation,” Master File No. 1:24-cv-1458-MSN-WEF (the “Master Securities Lawsuit”). On December 23, 2024, the plaintiff filed an amended complaint in the Master Securities Lawsuit, which alleges violations of Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Exchange Act (and Rule 10b-5 thereunder), arising from or relating to our announcements in August 2024 that certain of our previously issued audited and unaudited financial statements should not be relied upon. Plaintiff alleges that we and the individual defendants made false or misleading statements relating to (1) how revenue was recognized for pre-space services for certain space contracts, and (2) how costs for certain contracts were characterized. The plaintiff seeks to represent a class of shareholders who purchased or otherwise acquired our common stock between May 11, 2022 and August 14, 2024. The plaintiff seeks damages and other relief, including attorneys' fees and costs. The defendants are vigorously defending this lawsuit. On January 22, 2025, the defendants moved to dismiss the amended complaint in its entirety. Briefing on Defendants’ motion to dismiss is scheduled to be completed by the end of February 2025, and the motion is presently scheduled to be heard by the Court on March 14, 2025. By statute, discovery is stayed in the Master Securities Lawsuit until the resolution of Defendants’ motion to dismiss
On September 5, 2024, a stockholder derivative lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, purportedly on behalf of us against certain of our officers and directors and us (as a nominal defendant), captioned Lawrence Hollin v. Platzer et al., Court File No. 1:24-cv-01558 (the “Hollin Lawsuit”). On September 10, 2024, a second stockholder derivative lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, also purportedly on behalf of us against certain of our officers and directors and us (as a nominal defendant), captioned Richard Cobb v. Platzer et al., Court File No. 1:24-cv-01596 (the “Cobb Lawsuit”). On November 12, 2024, a third stockholder derivative lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, also purportedly on behalf of us against certain of our officers and directors and us (as a nominal defendant) captioned L. Robert Oros v. Platzer et al., 1:24-cv-02020 (the “Oros Lawsuit”). On November 14, 2024, the Court consolidated the Hollin Lawsuit and the Cobb Lawsuit and renamed the case to In re Spire Global, Inc. Stockholder Derivative Litigation, No. 1:24-cv-01596 (the “Master Derivative Case”). On December 2, 2024, the Court consolidated the Oros Lawsuit into the Master Derivative Case. The lawsuits in the Master Derivative Case arise out of the same subject matter as the Master Securities Lawsuit, and they allege some or all of the following claims: (1) breach of fiduciary duty; (2) gross mismanagement; (3) waste of corporate assets; (4) unjust enrichment; (5) as against the director defendants, violations of Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 14a-9 promulgated thereunder; (6) as against the officer defendants, contribution under Sections 10(b) and 21D of the Exchange Act; and (7) aiding and abetting. Each of the lawsuits in the Master Derivative Case seeks damages and other relief, including attorneys' fees and costs. The Master Derivative Case is currently stayed pending the motion to dismiss in the Master Securities Lawsuit.
Share Purchase Agreement Litigation
As previously disclosed, on November 13, 2024, we entered into a Share Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with Kpler Holding SA, a Belgian corporation (“Buyer”), pursuant to which we agreed to sell our maritime business to Buyer and enter into certain ancillary agreements (the “Transactions”). The maritime business to be sold pursuant to the Transactions does not include any part of our satellite network or operations. The purchase price to be paid by Buyer to us at the closing of the Transactions is a cash payment based upon an enterprise value of $233.5 million, subject to certain adjustments. The Transactions also include a twelve-month transition service and data provision agreement for $7.5 million. The Purchase Agreement provides that the closing of the Transactions is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain closing conditions set forth in the Purchase Agreement.
We believe all conditions to closing contained in the Purchase Agreement have been satisfied or could be satisfied. Notwithstanding our notice to Buyer to that effect, Buyer has failed to consummate the closing. Buyer has cited various reasons for declining to close, including a review of the Transactions by the UK Competition and Markets Authority. We have rejected these reasons. There is currently no governmental order in effect prohibiting closing and, in the Purchase Agreement, Buyer agreed to “use best efforts, and to take any and all actions necessary, to eliminate each and every impediment that is asserted” by relevant government entities so as to enable the parties to consummate the Transactions promptly. We believe that Buyer’s failure to close is not consistent with the terms of the Purchase Agreement, which do not give Buyer the option to delay closing once all closing conditions have been met.
Kpler removed the matter to the District of Delaware, pursuant to a contract term in the Purchase Agreement promising not to contest removal to that court. The District of Delaware initially selected a March 4 trial date, but on February 26, 2025, the court set a trial date of May 28-30, 2025. There is no assurance as to what action the District of Delaware will take with respect to the proceeding initiated by us and there is no assurance as to whether or not the Transactions will be consummated on the terms contemplated or at all. Whether or not the Transactions are consummated as required, we reserve all of our rights under the Purchase Agreement and in law and equity, including the right to seek damages and other remedies from Buyer. The amount of any damages which may be sought or obtained from Buyer cannot be determined at this time.
Except as disclosed above, we are not currently a party to any legal proceedings that, if determined adversely to us, would, in our opinion, have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition, or cash flows. Future litigation may be necessary to defend ourselves, our partners, and our customers by determining the scope, enforceability, and validity of third-party proprietary rights, or to establish our proprietary rights. The results of any current or future litigation cannot be predicted with certainty, and regardless of the outcome, litigation can have an adverse impact on us because of defense and settlement costs, diversion of management resources, and other factors.
Item 1A. Risk Factors.
Our operations and financial results are subject to various risks and uncertainties. You should carefully consider the factors described in Part I, Item 1A, "Risk Factors" in the 2023 Form 10-K/A, and as described below, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flows, and the trading price of our stock. Except as set forth below, there have been no material changes to our risk factors included in our 2023 Form 10-K/A. Our business, financial condition, results of operations, or prospects could also be harmed by risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently do not believe are material.
Failure to complete the Transactions would have a material adverse effect on us.
On November 13, 2024, we entered into a Share Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with Kpler Holding SA, a Belgian corporation (“Buyer”), pursuant to which we agreed to sell our maritime business to Buyer and enter into certain ancillary agreements (the “Transactions”). The maritime business to be sold pursuant to the Transactions does not include any
part of our satellite network or operations. The purchase price to be paid by Buyer to us at the closing of the Transactions is a cash payment based upon an enterprise value of $233.5 million, subject to certain adjustments. The Transactions also include a twelve-month transition service and data provision agreement for $7.5 million. The Purchase Agreement provides that the closing of the Transactions is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain closing conditions set forth in the Purchase Agreement.
If the Transactions are not completed, the market price of our Class A common stock could decline as a result and our business would be adversely affected, including as a result of the need to pay expenses relating to the uncompleted Transactions, such as legal, accounting, printing and financial advisory fees; negative reactions from our employees, customers, suppliers and financing sources, from other persons with whom we have important business relationships and from regulators; and litigation related to the Transactions. If the Purchase Agreement is terminated and we seek to negotiate a similar deal with a different counterparty, we might not be able to find a party willing to enter into a transaction with terms equivalent to or more attractive than the terms agreed to in the Purchase Agreement.
The Transactions, and uncertainty regarding the Transactions, may adversely affect our relationships with customers, suppliers, strategic partners and others and could adversely affect our ability to manage our business.
There is currently uncertainty regarding the completion of the Transactions. This uncertainty and the prospect of the Transactions itself have caused and may continue to cause customers, suppliers, strategic partners and others that deal with us to delay or defer entering into contracts with us or making other decisions concerning us or to seek changes in or cancellation of existing business relationships with us. Delays or deferrals of contracts or other decisions or changes in or cancellations of existing agreements or relationships could in some individual cases or in the aggregate have an adverse impact on our business, regardless of whether the Transactions are ultimately completed.
In addition, under the terms of the Purchase Agreement, we are subject to certain restrictions on the conduct of our business prior to the completion of the Transactions, including being obligated to use commercially reasonable efforts to carry on our business in the ordinary course and not to engage in specified types of actions, subject to certain exceptions. These restrictions could delay or otherwise adversely affect our ability to execute certain of our business strategies or limit our ability to respond to competitive or other developments that arise prior to the completion of the Transactions and could negatively affect our business and operations.
Uncertainties associated with the Transactions may result in our losing management and other key personnel, which could adversely affect our business and operations.
We are dependent on the experience and industry knowledge of our officers and other key management, technical and professional personnel to execute our business plans. Our success will depend in part upon our ability to retain key management
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and other key personnel. Current and prospective employees of ours may experience uncertainty about their roles with us following the Transactions or have other concerns regarding the timing of the Transactions or the operations of the Company following the Transactions, any of which may have an adverse effect on our ability to retain, attract or motivate key management and other key personnel. If we are unable to retain personnel, including key management, who are critical to future operations, we could face disruptions in our operations, loss of customers, loss of key information, expertise or know-how and unanticipated additional recruitment and training costs. In addition, the loss of key personnel could diminish the anticipated benefits of the Transactions.
We have incurred and expect to incur significant transaction costs in connection with the Transactions.
We have incurred and expected to continue to incur a number of non-recurring costs associated with negotiating and completing the Transactions, including, among others, fees paid to financial, legal, accounting and other advisors, employee retention, severance and benefit costs, filing fees and, potentially, termination fees. These fees and costs have been, and will continue to be, substantial and, in many cases, will be borne by us whether or not the Transactions are completed, and could have an adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations and cash flows.
There is no assurance that we will be able to realize the anticipate benefits from the Transactions.
Even if the Transactions are completed, there is no assurance that we will be able to realize the anticipated benefits from the Transactions. In the event that we complete the Transactions, we will be highly dependent on the success of our remaining businesses. Moreover, there may be post-closing risks associated with the Transactions, which could result in liability to us following the closing of the Transactions.
The U.S. political and economic environment could materially impact our business operations and financial performance, and future budget and program decisions by the new U.S. presidential administration may directly affect us.
The political and economic environment in the U.S. and elsewhere has resulted in and may continue to result in uncertainty. Changing regulatory policies because of the changing political environment could impact our regulatory and compliance costs and future revenues, all of which could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and operating results. Failure to adapt to or comply with evolving regulatory requirements or investor or stakeholder expectations and standards could also negatively impact our reputation, access to capital and our stock price.
Additionally, levels of U.S. federal government spending are difficult to predict and subject to significant risk. Considerable uncertainty exists regarding how future budget and program decisions will unfold, including the spending priorities of the new U.S. presidential administration and Congress and what challenges budget reductions will present for us and our industry generally. For example, recent changes at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, including significant reductions in staffing levels, could impact our existing contracts and/or the timing of payments under those contracts. We are unable to predict whether budget reduction initiatives will impact our contracts with government agencies, and if so, the extent of those impacts. Pressures on and uncertainty surrounding the U.S. federal government’s budget, and potential changes in budgetary priorities, could adversely affect the funding of federal programs on which we rely, which could in turn adversely affect our business, financial condition and operating results.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
None.
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities
Not applicable.
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures
Item 5. Other Information
During the three months ended September 30, 2024, none of our directors or officers (as defined in Rule 16a-1(f) of the Exchange Act) adopted or terminated any contract, instruction or written plan for the purchase or sale of our securities that was intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c) of the Exchange Act or any non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement (as defined in the SEC’s rules).
Item 6. Exhibits
The exhibits listed below are filed as part of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, or are incorporated herein by reference, in each case as indicated below.
ExhibitNumber
Incorporated by Reference
Description
Form
File No.
Exhibit
Filing Date
2.1
Share Purchase Agreement, dated November 13, 2024 between Kpler Holding SA and Spire Global, Inc.
8-K
001-39493
November 13, 2024
3.1
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended through June 5, 2024.
3.2
June 6, 2024
Bylaws of Spire Global, Inc.
S-1
333-259733
September 23, 2021
10.1
Spire Global, Inc. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended effective June 4, 2024.
10.2
Waiver and Amendment No. 4 to Financing Agreement, dated as of August 27, 2024, among Spire Global, Inc., Spire Global Subsidiary, Inc., Austin Satellite Design, LLC, Blue Torch Finance LLC and the lenders party thereto.
August 29, 2024
10.3
Employment Contract, effective January 6, 2025, between Celia Pelaz and Spire Global Germany GmbH
December 3, 2024
10.4
Consulting Agreement, effective August 12, 2024, between Thomas Krywe and Spire Global, Inc.
10.5
Managing Director Service Agreement, dated as December 19, 2024, between Peter Platzer and Spire Global Germany GmbH
December 20, 2024
10.6
Employment Contract, dated as December 19, 2024, between Theresa Condor and Spire Global Germany GmbH
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
31.1
Certification of the 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 the 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*
Certifications of the 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.
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* The certifications attached as Exhibit 32.1 that accompany this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are deemed furnished and not filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and are not to be incorporated by reference into any filing of Spire Global, Inc. under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, whether made before or after the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, irrespective of any general incorporation language contained in such filing.
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.
Date: March 3, 2025
By:
/s/ Theresa Condor
Theresa Condor
Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Leonardo Basola
Leonardo Basola
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)