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 automobile and monetary outcomes for the quarter and 12 months ended December 31, 2023.
“Now we have spent the previous few months remodeling Nauticus from an organization with nice R&D capabilities to 1 poised to be commercially profitable,” stated John W. Gibson, Jr., Nauticus’ CEO and President. “We efficiently raised further capital, reorganized our operations, materially lowered anticipated G&A prices, and initiated sea trials for our Aquanaut Mk2 automobile 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 workforce has efficiently examined to a depth of higher than 1,200 meters. We’ve gone from promise to product. The subsequent technology of subsea automobile is now within the water.”
Operational Highlights
- Product Construction: The Firm has reorganized its personnel and operations to concentrate on its 4 principal merchandise: Autonomous Options, Authorities Options, Olympic Arms and toolKITT software program. Every of those product teams has a devoted chief and workforce targeted on revenue-producing alternatives.
- Aquanaut Testing: Nauticus’ Aquanaut Mk2 automobile exceeded expectations throughout its preliminary exams within the Gulf of Mexico, together with launch and restoration, emergency procedures, and maneuverability. A video of a part of the exams is on the market 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 nations. 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 areas as properly.
- Buyer Focus: Nauticus continued engagement with its early adopter prospects. Nauticus additionally engaged Jorge Machnizh, a seasoned gross sales and enterprise growth chief. Jorge’s expertise consists of software program and repair gross sales in deepwater markets.
- Value Alignment: The Firm took steps to convey its G&A and different prices extra carefully in keeping with different firms of its measurement 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 12 months income of $6.6 million, in comparison with $3.2 million and $11.4 million for the prior-year durations.
- Working Bills: Whole bills throughout the fourth quarter have been $35.3 million, a $24.9 million enhance from the prior-year interval. Bills for the 12 months have been $61.7 million, a $31.2 million enhance 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.
- Web Loss: For the fourth quarter, Nauticus recorded a internet lack of $39.5 million, or $1.23 per diluted share. This compares with $8.2 million from the identical interval in 2022. Full 12 months 2023 internet loss was $50.7 million in comparison with $33.2 million for full 12 months 2022.
- Adjusted Web Loss: Nauticus reported adjusted internet 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 internet loss is a non-GAAP measure which excludes the influence of sure objects, as proven within the non-GAAP reconciliation desk beneath.
- 2024 G&A Value: Nauticus is anticipating to scale back G&A prices from $18.2 million in 2023 to $8.3 million in 2024.
Steadiness 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 personal traders to restructure its personal warrants, eliminating the overhang from the ratcheting conversion mechanism, and add further financing of $0.7 million.
- In Q1, the Firm closed further financing of $13.3 million to offer liquidity wanted for operations and testing.
- Through the fourth quarter, the Firm labeled $2.9 million as property held on the market, offset by a legal responsibility of $1.2 million.
Management Updates
Nauticus additionally introduced in an skilled management workforce 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 power, know-how 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 12 months as a advisor, expanded her function within the fourth quarter of 2023 to incorporate CFO on an interim foundation;
- Nick Bigney, a authorized govt with expertise as normal counsel of each private and non-private firms within the power and know-how area, joined as Common Counsel within the fourth quarter of 2023.
Mr. Gibson, Mrs. Hay and Mr. Bigney be part of the Firm’s longstanding Chief Know-how Officer, JD Yamokoski, to kind the Firm’s govt workforce.
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 12 months 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 will even be accessible on the Firm’s web site (https://ir.nauticusrobotics.com/). Following the conclusion of the decision, a recording will probably be accessible 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 choice permitting the robotic to adapt to altering environments. The corporate’s enterprise mannequin consists of 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 technology of autos to scale back operational price 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 variety of know-how merchandise for retrofit/upgrading conventional ROV operations and different third-party automobile platforms. Nauticus’ providers present prospects with the required information assortment, analytics, and subsea manipulation capabilities to assist and preserve property whereas lowering their operational footprint, working price, and greenhouse fuel emissions, to enhance offshore well being, security, and environmental publicity.
Cautionary Language Concerning Ahead-Trying Statements
This press launch accommodates forward-looking statements inside the that means of Part 21E of the Securities Trade Act of 1934, as amended (the “Act”), and are supposed to benefit from the safety of the protected harbor for forward-looking statements supplied by the Act in addition to protections afforded by different federal securities legal guidelines. Such forward-looking statements embrace however are usually 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 details, 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,” “initiatives,” “forecasts,” “might,” “will,” “ought to,” “seeks,” “plans,” “scheduled,” “anticipates,” “intends,” or “proceed” or comparable expressions. Ahead-looking statements inherently contain dangers and uncertainties that will trigger precise occasions, outcomes, or efficiency to vary materially from these indicated by such statements. These forward-looking statements are primarily based on Nauticus’ administration’s present expectations and beliefs, in addition to various assumptions regarding future occasions. There might be no assurance that the occasions, outcomes, or developments recognized in these forward-looking statements will happen or be achieved. Ahead-looking statements converse solely as of the date they’re made, and Nauticus will not 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 because of new data, future occasions, or in any other case, besides as required by legislation. Readers ought to rigorously overview the statements set forth within the experiences which Nauticus has filed or will file sometimes with the Securities and Trade Fee (the “SEC”) for a extra full dialogue of the dangers and uncertainties going through the Firm and that would trigger precise outcomes to be materially totally different from these indicated within the forward-looking statements made by the Firm, particularly the sections entitled “Danger Components” and “Cautionary Observe Concerning Ahead-Trying Statements” in paperwork filed sometimes with the SEC, together with Nauticus’ most up-to-date Annual Report on Type 10-Okay. Ought to a number of of those dangers, uncertainties, or different components materialize, or ought to assumptions underlying the forward-looking data or statements show incorrect, precise outcomes might range 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 Belongings: |
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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, internet |
212,428 |
1,622,434 |
|
Inventories |
2,198,797 |
6,666,912 |
|
Contract property |
– |
573,895 |
|
Pay as you go bills |
1,889,218 |
5,046,599 |
|
Different present property |
1,025,214 |
56,410 |
|
Belongings held on the market |
2,940,254 |
– |
|
Whole Present Belongings |
9,221,131 |
36,963,047 |
|
Property and tools, internet |
15,904,845 |
15,167,367 |
|
Working lease right-of-use asset |
834,972 |
317,208 |
|
Different property |
187,527 |
155,490 |
|
Whole Belongings |
$26,148,475 |
$52,603,112 |
|
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 |
|
Whole 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, internet of low cost (associated social gathering) |
31,597,649 |
15,922,118 |
|
Whole Liabilities |
$67,935,325 |
$52,575,293 |
|
Stockholders’ Fairness (Deficit) |
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Widespread inventory, $0.0001 par worth; 625,000,000 shares licensed, 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 |
|
Gathered deficit |
(118,791,703) |
(68,105,102) |
|
Whole Stockholders’ Fairness (Deficit) |
(41,786,850) |
27,819 |
|
Whole 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 social gathering |
– |
14,000 |
– |
500 |
224,400 |
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Whole 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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Value of income (unique of things proven individually beneath) |
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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Common 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 |
– |
||||
Whole 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 (earnings) expense: |
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Different expense (earnings), internet |
(388,328) |
(54,024) |
(133,311) |
627,580 |
(33,247) |
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Loss on lease termination |
453,162 |
– |
– |
453,162 |
– |
||||
International foreign money transaction loss (acquire) |
(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 honest worth of warrant liabilities |
3,872,731 |
497,849 |
8,656,392 |
(14,902,427) |
6,461,087 |
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Curiosity expense, internet |
1,410,875 |
656,357 |
873,738 |
8,776,277 |
3,714,017 |
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Whole different (earnings) expense, internet |
5,336,399 |
1,100,182 |
9,480,473 |
(4,411,122) |
9,881,242 |
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Web 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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Web 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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Web loss |
$(50,686,601) |
$(28,260,571) |
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Changes to reconcile internet loss to internet 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 price |
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 honest worth of warrant liabilities |
(14,902,427) |
6,461,087 |
|
Noncash influence 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 property |
82,604 |
– |
|
Loss on lease termination |
453,162 |
– |
|
Achieve on short-term investments |
(40,737) |
– |
|
Modifications in present property and liabilities: |
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Accounts receivable |
1,410,006 |
(828,298) |
|
Inventories |
(11,334,716) |
(6,666,912) |
|
Contract property |
573,895 |
319,480 |
|
Pay as you go bills and different property |
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) |
|
Web 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) |
|
Web 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 |
|
Fee 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 notice payable |
– |
(17,850,333) |
|
Proceeds from reverse recapitalization with CleanTech Acquisition Corp, internet |
– |
14,947,876 |
|
Proceeds from issuance of widespread inventory for Pipe Funding |
– |
31,000,000 |
|
Proceeds from issuance of debentures and SPA Warrants, internet of low cost |
– |
35,800,000 |
|
Fee of transaction prices on fairness funding |
– |
(12,582,000) |
|
Web money from financing actions |
11,943,614 |
53,315,543 |
|
Web change in money and money equivalents |
(17,033,761) |
(3,165,708) |
|
Money and money equivalents, starting of 12 months |
17,787,159 |
20,952,867 |
|
Money and money equivalents, finish of 12 months |
$753,398 |
$17,787,159 |
NAUTICUS ROBOTICS, INC.
Unaudited Reconciliation of Web Loss Attributable to Widespread Stockholders (GAAP) to Adjusted Web Loss Attributable to Widespread Stockholders (NON-GAAP)
Adjusted internet loss attributable to widespread stockholders is a non-GAAP monetary measure which excludes sure objects which might be included in internet loss attributable to widespread stockholders, probably the most immediately comparable GAAP monetary measure. Gadgets excluded are these which the Firm believes have an effect on the comparability of working outcomes and are usually excluded from printed estimates by the funding group, together with objects whose timing and/or quantity can’t be fairly estimated or are non-recurring.
Adjusted internet loss attributable to widespread stockholders is offered as a result of administration believes it supplies helpful further data to traders for evaluation of the Firm’s basic enterprise on a recurring foundation. As well as, administration believes that adjusted internet loss attributable to widespread stockholders is extensively utilized by skilled analysis analysts and others within the valuation, comparability, and funding suggestions of firms equivalent to Nauticus.
Adjusted internet loss attributable to widespread stockholders shouldn’t be thought of in isolation or as an alternative to internet loss attributable to widespread stockholders or every other measure of an organization’s monetary efficiency or profitability offered in accordance with GAAP. A reconciliation of the variations between internet loss attributable to widespread stockholders and adjusted internet loss attributable to widespread stockholders is offered beneath. As a result of adjusted internet loss attributable to widespread stockholders excludes some, however not all, objects that have an effect on internet loss attributable to widespread stockholders and should range amongst firms, our calculation of adjusted internet loss attributable to widespread stockholders will not be similar 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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Web 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 honest 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 internet loss attributable to widespread |
$(8,807,606) |
$(5,727,499) |
$(7,703,174) |
$(34,330,528) |
$(15,661,685) |
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