HOUSTON, April 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Nauticus Robotics, Inc. (“Nauticus” or the “Firm”) (NASDAQ: KITT) at the moment introduced preliminary testing outcomes for its Aquanaut Mk2 car and monetary outcomes for the quarter and yr ended December 31, 2023.
“Now we have spent the previous few months reworking Nauticus from an organization with nice R&D capabilities to at least one poised to be commercially profitable,” mentioned John W. Gibson, Jr., Nauticus’ CEO and President. “We efficiently raised extra capital, reorganized our operations, materially decreased anticipated G&A prices, and initiated sea trials for our Aquanaut Mk2 car within the Gulf of Mexico. These sea trials embrace not simply depth, however maneuverability, emergency procedures, launch and restoration, and are milestone occasions in Nauticus’ imaginative and prescient. Our staff has efficiently examined to a depth of larger than 1,200 meters. We’ve gone from promise to product. The subsequent era of subsea car is now within the water.”
Operational Highlights
- Product Construction: The Firm has reorganized its personnel and operations to deal with its 4 predominant merchandise: Autonomous Options, Authorities Options, Olympic Arms and toolKITT software program. Every of those product teams has a devoted chief and staff targeted on revenue-producing alternatives.
- Aquanaut Testing: Nauticus’ Aquanaut Mk2 car exceeded expectations throughout its preliminary checks within the Gulf of Mexico, together with launch and restoration, emergency procedures, and maneuverability. A video of a part of the checks is obtainable on the Firm’s YouTube channel at https://youtu.be/GyPD1E-vqHA.
- Facility Consolidation: The Firm introduced meeting and upkeep in-house, eliminating exterior distributors in Canada and different international locations. Within the first quarter of 2024, Nauticus negotiated an exit to redundant workplace area in Houston and continues to work on subleasing or in any other case eliminating area in different places as properly.
- Buyer Focus: Nauticus continued engagement with its early adopter clients. Nauticus additionally engaged Jorge Machnizh, a seasoned gross sales and enterprise growth chief. Jorge’s expertise contains software program and repair gross sales in deepwater markets.
- Price Alignment: The Firm took steps to convey its G&A and different prices extra intently in step with different firms of its dimension and operational historical past.
- Protection Contracts: Nauticus accomplished DIU contracts throughout the fourth quarter of 2023 and first quarter of 2024, and certificates of profitable completion are anticipated.
Monetary Outcomes
- Income: Nauticus reported fourth quarter income of $1.1 million and full yr income of $6.6 million, in comparison with $3.2 million and $11.4 million for the prior-year durations.
- Working Bills: Complete bills throughout the fourth quarter had been $35.3 million, a $24.9 million improve from the prior-year interval. Bills for the yr had been $61.7 million, a $31.2 million improve from 2022.
- Impairment Expenses: Within the fourth quarter of 2023, Nauticus reported an impairment cost for property plant and tools of $25.3 million in comparison with $0 in 2022.
- Internet Loss: For the fourth quarter, Nauticus recorded a web lack of $39.5 million, or $1.23 per diluted share. This compares with $8.2 million from the identical interval in 2022. Full yr 2023 web loss was $50.7 million in comparison with $33.2 million for full yr 2022.
- Adjusted Internet Loss: Nauticus reported adjusted web lack of $8.8 million for the fourth quarter, and $34.4 million for 2023 in comparison with $5.7 million and $15.7 million for a similar interval in 2022. Adjusted web loss is a non-GAAP measure which excludes the impression of sure gadgets, as proven within the non-GAAP reconciliation desk under.
- 2024 G&A Price: Nauticus is anticipating to scale back G&A prices from $18.2 million in 2023 to $8.3 million in 2024.
Stability Sheet and Liquidity
- As of December 31, 2023, the Firm had money and money equivalents of $0.8 million, in comparison with $17.8 million as of December 31, 2022.
- Within the fourth quarter of 2023 and first quarter of 2024, the Firm efficiently labored with its non-public buyers to restructure its non-public warrants, eliminating the overhang from the ratcheting conversion mechanism, and add extra financing of $0.7 million.
- In Q1, the Firm closed extra financing of $13.3 million to offer liquidity wanted for operations and testing.
- Throughout the fourth quarter, the Firm labeled $2.9 million as belongings held on the market, offset by a legal responsibility of $1.2 million.
Management Updates
Nauticus additionally introduced in an skilled management staff within the fourth quarter of 2023 to information the Firm to the following stage of economic growth:
- John Gibson, a longtime govt and CEO with 30+ years of vitality, expertise and public firm expertise, joined as President within the fourth quarter of 2023 and was named CEO within the first quarter of 2024;
- Victoria Hay, a seasoned finance and accounting govt who has labored with Nauticus for over a yr as a guide, expanded her position within the fourth quarter of 2023 to incorporate CFO on an interim foundation;
- Nick Bigney, a authorized govt with expertise as common counsel of each private and non-private firms within the vitality and expertise area, joined as Normal Counsel within the fourth quarter of 2023.
Mr. Gibson, Mrs. Hay and Mr. Bigney be part of the Firm’s longstanding Chief Expertise Officer, JD Yamokoski, to kind the Firm’s govt staff.
Convention Name Particulars
Nauticus will host a convention name on April 10, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. Central Daylight Time (11:00 a.m. EDT) to debate its outcomes for the quarter and yr ended December 31, 2023. To take part within the earnings convention name, members ought to entry the webcast at https://events.q4inc.com/attendee/275183074, or by dialing toll free 800-267-6316, convention ID: KITT. A hyperlink to the webcast can even be out there on the Firm’s web site (https://ir.nauticusrobotics.com/). Following the conclusion of the decision, a recording might be out there on the Firm’s web site.
Nauticus Robotics, Inc. develops autonomous robots for the ocean industries. Autonomy requires the intensive use of sensors, synthetic intelligence, and efficient algorithms for notion and determination permitting the robotic to adapt to altering environments. The corporate’s enterprise mannequin contains utilizing robotic techniques for service, promoting autos and parts, and licensing of associated software program to each the industrial and protection enterprise sectors. Nauticus has designed and is at the moment testing and certifying a brand new era of autos to scale back operational value and collect information to keep up and function all kinds of subsea infrastructure. In addition to a standalone service providing and forward-facing merchandise, Nauticus’ strategy to ocean robotics has additionally resulted within the growth of a spread of expertise merchandise for retrofit/upgrading conventional ROV operations and different third-party car platforms. Nauticus’ companies present clients with the required information assortment, analytics, and subsea manipulation capabilities to help and keep belongings whereas decreasing their operational footprint, working value, and greenhouse gasoline emissions, to enhance offshore well being, security, and environmental publicity.
Cautionary Language Relating to Ahead-Wanting Statements
This press launch incorporates forward-looking statements inside the that means of Part 21E of the Securities Change Act of 1934, as amended (the “Act”), and are supposed to benefit from the safety of the protected harbor for forward-looking statements offered by the Act in addition to protections afforded by different federal securities legal guidelines. Such forward-looking statements embrace however usually are not restricted to: the anticipated timing of product commercialization or new product releases; buyer curiosity in Nauticus’ merchandise; estimated working outcomes and use of money; and Nauticus’ use of and desires for capital. Typically, statements that aren’t historic information, together with statements regarding potential or assumed future actions, enterprise methods, occasions, or outcomes of operations, are forward-looking statements. These statements could also be preceded by, adopted by, or embrace the phrases “believes,” “estimates,” “expects,” “tasks,” “forecasts,” “might,” “will,” “ought to,” “seeks,” “plans,” “scheduled,” “anticipates,” “intends,” or “proceed” or comparable expressions. Ahead-looking statements inherently contain dangers and uncertainties which will trigger precise occasions, outcomes, or efficiency to vary materially from these indicated by such statements. These forward-looking statements are based mostly on Nauticus’ administration’s present expectations and beliefs, in addition to various assumptions regarding future occasions. There will be no assurance that the occasions, outcomes, or traits recognized in these forward-looking statements will happen or be achieved. Ahead-looking statements communicate solely as of the date they’re made, and Nauticus shouldn’t be underneath any obligation and expressly disclaims any obligation, to replace, alter, or in any other case revise any forward-looking assertion, whether or not on account of new info, future occasions, or in any other case, besides as required by legislation. Readers ought to rigorously evaluate the statements set forth within the reviews which Nauticus has filed or will file once in a while with the Securities and Change Fee (the “SEC”) for a extra full dialogue of the dangers and uncertainties dealing with the Firm and that would trigger precise outcomes to be materially completely different from these indicated within the forward-looking statements made by the Firm, specifically the sections entitled “Threat Elements” and “Cautionary Be aware Relating to Ahead-Wanting Statements” in paperwork filed once in a while with the SEC, together with Nauticus’ most up-to-date Annual Report on Kind 10-Ok. Ought to a number of of those dangers, uncertainties, or different components materialize, or ought to assumptions underlying the forward-looking info or statements show incorrect, precise outcomes might differ materially from these described herein as supposed, deliberate, anticipated, believed, estimated, or anticipated. The paperwork filed by Nauticus with the SEC could also be obtained freed from cost on the SEC’s web site at www.sec.gov.
NAUTICUS ROBOTICS, INC. |
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UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS |
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December 31, 2023 |
December 31, 2022 |
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ASSETS |
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Present Property: |
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Money and money equivalents |
$753,398 |
$17,787,159 |
|
Restricted certificates of deposit |
201,822 |
250,375 |
|
Quick-term investments |
– |
4,959,263 |
|
Accounts receivable, web |
212,428 |
1,622,434 |
|
Inventories |
2,198,797 |
6,666,912 |
|
Contract belongings |
– |
573,895 |
|
Pay as you go bills |
1,889,218 |
5,046,599 |
|
Different present belongings |
1,025,214 |
56,410 |
|
Property held on the market |
2,940,254 |
– |
|
Complete Present Property |
9,221,131 |
36,963,047 |
|
Property and tools, web |
15,904,845 |
15,167,367 |
|
Working lease right-of-use asset |
834,972 |
317,208 |
|
Different belongings |
187,527 |
155,490 |
|
Complete Property |
$26,148,475 |
$52,603,112 |
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LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT) |
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Present Liabilities: |
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Accounts payable |
$7,035,450 |
$324,484 |
|
Accrued liabilities |
7,339,099 |
3,142,977 |
|
Contract legal responsibility |
2,767,913 |
– |
|
Working lease liabilities – present |
244,774 |
410,158 |
|
Complete Present Liabilities |
17,387,236 |
3,877,619 |
|
Warrant liabilities |
18,376,180 |
32,688,342 |
|
Working lease liabilities – long-term |
574,260 |
87,214 |
|
Notes payable – long-term, web of low cost (associated get together) |
31,597,649 |
15,922,118 |
|
Complete Liabilities |
$67,935,325 |
$52,575,293 |
|
Stockholders’ Fairness (Deficit) |
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Widespread inventory, $0.0001 par worth; 625,000,000 shares approved, 50,035,824 and 47,250,771 shares issued, respectively, and 50,035,824 and 47,250,771 shares excellent, respectively |
$5,004 |
$4,725 |
|
Extra paid-in capital |
76,999,849 |
68,128,196 |
|
Amassed deficit |
(118,791,703) |
(68,105,102) |
|
Complete Stockholders’ Fairness (Deficit) |
(41,786,850) |
27,819 |
|
Complete Liabilities and Stockholders’ Fairness (Deficit) |
$26,148,475 |
$52,603,112 |
NAUTICUS ROBOTICS, INC. |
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Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations |
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Three Months Ended |
Twelve Months Ended |
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12/31/2023 |
12/31/2022 |
9/30/2023 |
12/31/2023 |
12/31/2022 |
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Income: |
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Service |
$1,063,603 |
$3,213,825 |
$1,593,854 |
$6,605,852 |
$11,210,559 |
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Service – associated get together |
– |
14,000 |
– |
500 |
224,400 |
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Complete income |
1,063,603 |
3,227,825 |
1,593,854 |
6,606,352 |
11,434,959 |
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Prices and bills: |
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Price of income (unique of things proven individually under) |
4,444,682 |
3,643,415 |
2,651,380 |
11,928,931 |
11,863,862 |
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Depreciation |
242,360 |
146,643 |
160,744 |
729,412 |
516,949 |
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Analysis and growth |
414,678 |
282,634 |
275,154 |
1,399,560 |
2,376,912 |
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Normal and administrative |
1,194,961 |
6,278,067 |
6,303,662 |
18,271,832 |
15,040,603 |
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Severance |
1,075,408 |
– |
401,228 |
1,476,636 |
15,962 |
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Impairment of property and tools |
25,354,791 |
– |
– |
25,354,791 |
– |
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Loss on contract |
2,542,913 |
– |
– |
2,542,913 |
– |
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Complete prices and bills |
35,269,793 |
10,350,759 |
9,792,168 |
61,704,075 |
29,814,288 |
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Working loss |
(34,206,190) |
(7,122,934) |
(8,198,314) |
(55,097,723) |
(18,379,329) |
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Different (revenue) expense: |
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Different expense (revenue), web |
(388,328) |
(54,024) |
(133,311) |
627,580 |
(33,247) |
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Loss on lease termination |
453,162 |
– |
– |
453,162 |
– |
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Overseas foreign money transaction loss (achieve) |
(12,041) |
– |
83,654 |
44,020 |
(260,615) |
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Loss on trade of warrants |
— |
– |
– |
590,266 |
– |
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Change in truthful worth of warrant liabilities |
3,872,731 |
497,849 |
8,656,392 |
(14,902,427) |
6,461,087 |
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Curiosity expense, web |
1,410,875 |
656,357 |
873,738 |
8,776,277 |
3,714,017 |
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Complete different (revenue) expense, web |
5,336,399 |
1,100,182 |
9,480,473 |
(4,411,122) |
9,881,242 |
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Internet loss |
(39,542,589) |
(8,223,116) |
(17,678,787) |
(50,686,601) |
(28,260,571) |
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Much less: Deemed dividend from earnout shares |
– |
– |
– |
– |
(4,957,366) |
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Internet loss attributable to widespread stockholders |
$(39,542,589) |
$(8,223,116) |
$(17,678,787) |
$(50,686,601) |
$(33,217,937) |
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Primary and diluted earnings (loss) per share |
$(1.23) |
$(0.21) |
$0.43 |
$(1.24) |
$(1.75) |
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Primary and diluted weighted common shares excellent |
41,191,799 |
39,750,778 |
41,155,115 |
40,943,444 |
18,982,139 |
NAUTICUS ROBOTICS, INC. |
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UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS |
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Years ended December 31, |
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2023 |
2022 |
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Money flows utilized in working actions: |
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Internet loss |
$(50,686,601) |
$(28,260,571) |
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Changes to reconcile web loss to web money utilized in working actions: |
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Depreciation |
729,412 |
516,949 |
|
Accretion of debt low cost |
4,033,330 |
1,342,062 |
|
Amortization of debt issuance value |
52,092 |
– |
|
Accretion of RCB Equities #1, LLC exit price |
27,608 |
– |
|
Inventory-based compensation |
4,427,073 |
2,602,175 |
|
Loss on trade of warrants |
590,266 |
– |
|
Change in truthful worth of warrant liabilities |
(14,902,427) |
6,461,087 |
|
Noncash impression of lease accounting |
346,714 |
196,555 |
|
Curiosity expense assumed into Convertible Senior Secured Time period Mortgage |
378,118 |
– |
|
Impairment of property and tools |
25,354,791 |
– |
|
Settlement of liquidated damages with widespread inventory |
3,685,629 |
– |
|
Loss on disposal of belongings |
82,604 |
– |
|
Loss on lease termination |
453,162 |
– |
|
Acquire on short-term investments |
(40,737) |
– |
|
Modifications in present belongings and liabilities: |
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Accounts receivable |
1,410,006 |
(828,298) |
|
Inventories |
(11,334,716) |
(6,666,912) |
|
Contract belongings |
573,895 |
319,480 |
|
Pay as you go bills and different belongings |
607,784 |
(4,902,797) |
|
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities |
9,400,137 |
(7,731,279) |
|
Contract liabilities |
2,767,913 |
– |
|
Working lease liabilities |
(338,979) |
(323,434) |
|
Internet money utilized in working actions |
(22,382,926) |
(37,274,983) |
|
Money flows utilized in investing actions: |
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Capital expenditures |
(11,633,153) |
(14,247,005) |
|
Proceeds from sale of property and tools |
38,704 |
– |
|
Proceeds from sale of short-term investments |
5,000,000 |
– |
|
Buy of short-term investments |
– |
(4,959,263) |
|
Internet money utilized in investing actions |
(6,594,449) |
(19,206,268) |
|
Money flows from financing actions: |
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Proceeds from notes payable |
11,791,884 |
2,000,000 |
|
Cost of debt issuance prices on notes payable |
(607,500) |
– |
|
Proceeds from train of warrants |
338,055 |
– |
|
Proceeds from train of inventory choices |
421,175 |
– |
|
Funds of word payable |
– |
(17,850,333) |
|
Proceeds from reverse recapitalization with CleanTech Acquisition Corp, web |
– |
14,947,876 |
|
Proceeds from issuance of widespread inventory for Pipe Funding |
– |
31,000,000 |
|
Proceeds from issuance of debentures and SPA Warrants, web of low cost |
– |
35,800,000 |
|
Cost of transaction prices on fairness funding |
– |
(12,582,000) |
|
Internet money from financing actions |
11,943,614 |
53,315,543 |
|
Internet change in money and money equivalents |
(17,033,761) |
(3,165,708) |
|
Money and money equivalents, starting of yr |
17,787,159 |
20,952,867 |
|
Money and money equivalents, finish of yr |
$753,398 |
$17,787,159 |
NAUTICUS ROBOTICS, INC.
Unaudited Reconciliation of Internet Loss Attributable to Widespread Stockholders (GAAP) to Adjusted Internet Loss Attributable to Widespread Stockholders (NON-GAAP)
Adjusted web loss attributable to widespread stockholders is a non-GAAP monetary measure which excludes sure gadgets which might be included in web loss attributable to widespread stockholders, probably the most straight comparable GAAP monetary measure. Gadgets excluded are these which the Firm believes have an effect on the comparability of working outcomes and are sometimes excluded from printed estimates by the funding neighborhood, together with gadgets whose timing and/or quantity can’t be fairly estimated or are non-recurring.
Adjusted web loss attributable to widespread stockholders is offered as a result of administration believes it offers helpful extra info to buyers for evaluation of the Firm’s basic enterprise on a recurring foundation. As well as, administration believes that adjusted web loss attributable to widespread stockholders is extensively utilized by skilled analysis analysts and others within the valuation, comparability, and funding suggestions of firms similar to Nauticus.
Adjusted web loss attributable to widespread stockholders shouldn’t be thought-about in isolation or as an alternative choice to web loss attributable to widespread stockholders or some other measure of an organization’s monetary efficiency or profitability offered in accordance with GAAP. A reconciliation of the variations between web loss attributable to widespread stockholders and adjusted web loss attributable to widespread stockholders is offered under. As a result of adjusted web loss attributable to widespread stockholders excludes some, however not all, gadgets that have an effect on web loss attributable to widespread stockholders and will differ amongst firms, our calculation of adjusted web loss attributable to widespread stockholders might not be akin to equally titled measures of different firms.
Three Months Ended |
Twelve Months Ended |
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12/31/2023 |
12/31/2022 |
9/30/2023 |
12/31/2023 |
12/31/2022 |
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Internet loss attributable to widespread stockholders (GAAP) |
$ (39,542,589) |
$(8,223,116) |
$(17,678,787) |
$(50,686,601) |
$(33,217,937) |
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Change in truthful worth of warrant liabilities |
3,872,731 |
497,849 |
8,656,392 |
(14,902,427) |
6,461,087 |
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Impairment of property and tools |
25,354,791 |
– |
– |
25,354,791 |
– |
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Inventory compensation expense |
432,053 |
1,997,768 |
917,993 |
4,427,073 |
2,602,175 |
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Severance |
1,075,408 |
– |
401,228 |
1,476,636 |
15,962 |
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Bills associated to enterprise mixture |
– |
– |
– |
– |
3,519,662 |
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Deemed dividend for earnout shares |
– |
– |
– |
– |
4,957,366 |
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Adjusted web loss attributable to widespread |
$(8,807,606) |
$(5,727,499) |
$(7,703,174) |
$(34,330,528) |
$(15,661,685) |
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