QUANTUM CORP /DE/
For the period ended Jun 30, 2025. Filed Sep 11, 2025.
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Jun 30, 2025 · Filed Sep 11, 2025
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What changed in Management’s Discussion and Analysis?
Read the current filingPrevious report: 10-Q
Period ended 2024-12-31; filed 2025-02-12.
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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of OperationsCurrent report: 10-Q
Period ended 2025-06-30; filed 2025-09-11.
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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of OperationsThe baseline is this issuer’s latest earlier reporting period of the same form that was filed before the current report. A previous 10-Q is a different quarter, not a year-over-year comparison. Amendments are excluded.
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Tables are not compared: 18 previous and 11 current tables excluded. Dates, whitespace, punctuation and numbering changes are ignored; changes to financial figures remain significant.
A changed paragraph is not evidence that risk increased or decreased. An unchanged paragraph does not establish that risk stayed the same.
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Current report
Product gross margin decreased by $3.3 million, or by 560 basis points, for the three months ended June 30, 2025, as compared with the same period in fiscal 2024. This decrease was primarily due to an inventory provision accrued for certain end-of-life products, as well as supply chain logistics costs including import tariffs.
Current report
In June 30, 2024, we recorded a non-cash loss of $1.7 million related to the change in fair value of our warrant liabilities driven by fluctuations in our stock price. As of June 30, 2025, there were no outstanding warrants.
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Gain (Loss) on debt extinguishment
Current report
We generated negative cash flows from operations of approximately $16.9 million and $1.9 million for the quarters ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and generated net losses of approximately $17.2 million and $19.9 million for the quarters ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. We have funded operations through the sale of Common Stock, term debt borrowings and PNC Credit Facility borrowings described in Note 4: Debt.
Current report
On January 25, 2025, the Company entered into a SEPA, in which pursuant to and subject to its terms, the Company has the right, but not the obligation, to sell up to $200 million of Common Stock at any time during the three-year period following the date of the SEPA. As of June 30, 2025, the Company has issued approximately 7.5 million shares of Common Stock under the SEPA for net proceeds of approximately $82.8 million.
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Previous report
Product gross margin increased by $0.6 million, or by 90 basis points, for the three months ended December 31, 2024, as compared with the same period in fiscal 2024. This increase was primarily due to a more favorable mix of revenues, weighted towards our higher margin product lines, as well as improvements in our operational efficiency and logistics costs.
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In December 31, 2024, the change in fair value of warrant liabilities increased $66.0 million, or (1,500)%, as compared with the same period in fiscal 2024, due to a lower average stock price in the second fiscal quarter of 2024.
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Comparison of the Nine Months Ended December 31, 2024 and 2023
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Revenue
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Product Revenue
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In the nine months ended December 31, 2024, product revenue decreased $22.2 million, or 16%, as compared to the same period in fiscal 2024. The primary driver of the decrease was a $20 million decrease in demand from our large hyperscale customers, as well as more general decreases in the overall tape market with declines in media and devices revenue. Outside of the Tape and Hyperscale business, our remaining Secondary and Primary storage systems are also offered as a subscription. We expect the product revenue portion of our Primary and Secondary storage systems to decrease as we continue to transition to subscription-based offerings.
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Service and Subscription Revenue
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We offer a broad range of services including product maintenance, implementation, and training as well as software subscriptions. Service revenue is primarily comprised of customer field support contracts which provide standard support services for our hardware. Standard service contracts may be extended or include enhanced service, such as faster service response times.
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Service and subscription revenue decreased $3.8 million, or 4%, in the nine months ended December 31, 2024 compared to the same period in fiscal 2024. This decrease was primarily driven by certain long-lived products reaching their end-of-service-life, partially offset by increases in subscription-based revenue.
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Royalty Revenue
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Gross Profit and Margin
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Product Gross Margin
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Product gross margin decreased 420 basis points, for the nine months ended December 31, 2024, as compared with the same period in fiscal 2024. This decrease was primarily due to a less favorable mix of revenues, weighted towards our lower margin product lines, which were partially offset from improvements in our operational efficiency and logistics costs.
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Service and Subscription Gross Margin
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Service and subscription gross margin increased 200 basis points for the nine months ended December 31, 2024, as compared with the same period in fiscal 2024. This increase was primarily driven by lowered operation costs as we continue to drive efficiencies.
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Royalty Gross Margin
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Operating Expenses
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In the nine months ended December 31, 2024, general and administrative expense increased $14.4 million, or 41%, compared with the same period in fiscal 2024. This increase was primarily driven by non-recurring costs related to our previously announced restatement of our historical financial statements, and other related projects.
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In the nine months ended December 31, 2024, restructuring expenses decreased $0.2 million, or 8%, as compared with the same period in fiscal 2024. The decrease was the result of cost reduction initiatives in the prior year.
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Other Income (Expense)
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Interest Expense
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Warrant liabilities
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In December 31, 2024, the change in fair value of warrant liabilities increased $63.8 million, or 868%, as compared with the same period in fiscal 2024 due to a lower average stock price in the second fiscal quarter of 2024.
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Loss on Debt Extinguishment
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The following discussion and analysis compares the change in the consolidated financial statements for quarters ending December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 and should be read together with our consolidated financial statements, the accompanying notes, and other information included in this Quarterly Report. In particular, the risk factors contained in Part II, Item 1A may reflect trends, demands, commitments, events, or uncertainties that could materially impact our results of operations and liquidity and capital resources. For comparisons of quarters ended December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, see our Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in Item 2 of our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 31, 2023, filed with the SEC on September 6, 2024, and incorporated herein by reference. Our fiscal year ends on March 31 of each calendar year. "Fiscal 2024" refers to the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024.
Current wording
The following discussion and analysis compares the change in the consolidated financial statements for quarters ending June 30, 2025 and June 30, 2024 and should be read together with our condensed consolidated financial statements and the related notes thereto included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, and the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto and management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025 (the “Annual Report”). In particular, the risk factors contained in Part I, Item 1A of the Annual Report under the heading “Risk Factors” may reflect trends, demands, commitments, events, or uncertainties that could materially impact our results of operations and liquidity and capital resources. For comparisons of quarters ended June 30, 2024 and June 30, 2023, see our Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in Item 2 of our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2024, filed with the SEC on August 14, 2024, and incorporated herein by reference. Our fiscal year ends on March 31 of each calendar year. "Fiscal 2025" refers to the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025.
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In the three months ended December 31, 2024, product revenue increased $1.5 million, or 4%, as compared to the same period in fiscal 2024. The primary driver of the increase was in Primary storage systems with higher sales of our StorNext based solutions.
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In the three months ended June 30, 2025, product revenue decreased $5.1 million, or 12%, as compared to the same period in fiscal 2024. The primary driver of the decrease was in Primary storage systems with a large video surveillance order in the prior period.
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Service and subscription revenue decreased $1.2 million, or 4%, in the three months ended December 31, 2024 compared to the same period in fiscal 2024. This decrease was due to certain long-lived products reaching their end-of-service-life.
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Service and subscription revenue decreased $1.8 million, or 7%, in the three months ended June 30, 2025 compared to the same period in fiscal 2024. This decrease was due to certain long-lived products reaching their end-of-service-life.
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We receive royalties from third parties that license our linear-tape open media patents through our membership in the linear-tape open consortium. Royalty revenue saw a small increase of $0.3 million, or 14%, in the three months ended December 31, 2024 compared to the same period in fiscal 2024 due to product mix.
Current wording
We receive royalties from third parties that license our linear-tape open media patents through our membership in the linear-tape open consortium. Royalty revenue saw a decrease of $1.1 million, or 38%, in the three months ended June 30, 2025 compared to the same period in fiscal 2024 due to decreased market volume.
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Service and subscription gross margins increased 760 basis points for the three months ended December 31, 2024, as compared with the same period in fiscal 2024. This increase was primarily driven by improvements in our operations efficiency.
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Service and subscription gross margins increased 400 basis points for the three months ended June 30, 2025, as compared with the same period in fiscal 2024. This increase was primarily driven by improvements in our operational efficiency and logistics costs.
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In the three months ended December 31, 2024, sales and marketing expenses decreased $1.8 million, or 13%, as compared with the same period in fiscal 2024. This decrease was primarily driven by improved operational efficiency and increased leverage of our channel.
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In the three months ended June 30, 2025, sales and marketing expenses decreased $0.6 million, or 5%, as compared with the same period in fiscal 2024. This decrease was primarily driven by improved operational efficiency and increased leverage of our channel.
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In the three months ended December 31, 2024, general and administrative expenses increased $2.2 million, or 19%, as compared with the same period in fiscal 2024 This increase was primarily driven by higher expense in compliance focused outside services related to ongoing projects.
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In the three months ended June 30, 2025, general and administrative expenses decreased $7.5 million, or 36%, as compared with the same period in fiscal 2024. This decrease was primarily driven by higher expense in the prior year related to compliance focused outside services.
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In the three months ended December 31, 2024, research and development expenses decreased $1.1 million, or 12%, as compared with the same period in fiscal 2024 This decrease was the result of the continued consolidation of acquisition costs, and efficiencies realized through improved organization design.
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In the three months ended June 30, 2025, research and development expenses decreased $1.6 million, or 20%, as compared with the same period in fiscal 2024. This decrease was the result of the continued consolidation of acquisition costs, and efficiencies realized through improved organization design.
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In the three months ended December 31, 2024, restructuring expenses increased $0.8 million, or 170% as compared with the same period in fiscal 2024 The increase was the result of cost reduction initiatives in the current year.
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In the three months ended June 30, 2025, restructuring expenses increased $1.2 million, or 103% as compared with the same period in fiscal 2024. The increase was the result of cost reduction initiatives in the current year.
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In the three months ended December 31, 2024, interest expense increased $2.9 million, or 74%, as compared with the same period in fiscal 2024 due to a higher effective interest rate on our Term Loan.
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In the three months ended June 30, 2025, interest expense increased $2.7 million, or 72%, as compared with the same period in fiscal 2024 due to a higher effective interest rate on our Term Loan.
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In the nine months ended December 31, 2024, loss on debt extinguishment was related to a prepayment of our Term Loan.
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In June 30, 2025, gain on debt extinguishment was related to the net of discount on issuance of term loans to a new lender and write-off of all unamortized debt issuance costs and fees. In June 30, 2024, loss on debt extinguishment was related to prepayment of our long-term debt.
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We consider liquidity in terms of the sufficiency of internal and external cash resources to fund our operating, investing and financing activities. Our principal sources of liquidity include cash from operating activities, cash and cash equivalents on our balance sheet and amounts available under our revolving credit facility agreement with PNC Bank, National Association, as amended from time to time (the “PNC Credit Facility”). We require significant cash resources to meet obligations to pay principal and interest on our outstanding debt, provide for our research and development activities, fund our working capital needs, and make capital expenditures. Our future liquidity requirements will depend on multiple factors, including our research and development plans and capital asset needs.
Current wording
We consider liquidity in terms of the sufficiency of internal and external cash resources to fund our operating, investing and financing activities. Our principal sources of liquidity include cash from operating activities, and cash and cash equivalents on our balance sheet. We require significant cash resources to meet obligations to pay principal and interest on our outstanding debt, provide for our research and development activities, fund our working capital needs, and make capital expenditures. Our future liquidity requirements will depend on multiple factors, including our research and development plans and capital asset needs.
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We had cash and cash equivalents of $20.4 million as of December 31, 2024, which consisted primarily of bank deposits and money market accounts. As of December 31, 2024, our total outstanding Term Loan debt was $105.9 million and PNC Credit Facility borrowings were $37.5 million. As of December 31, 2024, we had $1.6 million available to borrow under the PNC Credit Facility.
Current wording
We had cash and cash equivalents of $37.4 million as of June 30, 2025, which consisted primarily of bank deposits and money market accounts. As of June 30, 2025, our total outstanding Term Loan debt was $104.3 million and our revolving credit facility agreement with PNC Bank, National Association, as amended from time to time (the “PNC Credit Facility”) had an available borrowing base of $23.3 million, of which the entire amount was available to borrow at that date. As discussed in Note 13: Subsequent Events, the Company terminated the PNC Credit Facility on August 13, 2025.
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We are subject to various debt covenants under our debt agreements. Our failure to comply with our debt covenants could materially and adversely affect our financial condition and ability to service our obligations. As discussed in Note 1: Description of Business and Significant Accounting Policies—Going Concern, we expect to be in violation of our net leverage covenant as of the June 30, 2025 testing date and the violation will cause the outstanding Term Loan and PNC Credit Facility outstanding balances to become due as an event of default. As a result, we have classified the Term Loan and PNC Credit Facility as current liabilities in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet. We entered into a Standby Equity Purchase Agreement (the “SEPA”) on January 25, 2025, pursuant to which we have a right, but not the obligation, to sell up to $200 million of Common Stock at any time during the three-year period following the date of the SEPA. See Note 12: Subsequent Eventsfor additional information related to the SEPA. Additionally, the Company is evaluating strategies to obtain the additional funding, including potential covenant waivers. We may be unable to obtain additional funding. As such, there can be no assurance that we will be able to obtain additional liquidity when needed or under acceptable terms, if at all. For additional information about our debt, see the sections entitled “Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Indebtedness” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Liquidity and Capital Resources” in the Annual Report.
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We are subject to various debt covenants under our credit agreements. Our failure to comply with our debt covenants could materially and adversely affect our financial condition and ability to service our obligations. As discussed in Note 1: Description of Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies—Going Concern, we believe we will be in violation of our net leverage ratio financial covenant as of the December 31, 2025 testing date and the violation will cause the Term Loan outstanding balance to become due as an event of default. As a result, we classified the Term Loan as a current liability in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. Additionally, the we are evaluating strategies to restructure or refinance our debt, including potential covenant waivers. We may be unable to obtain additional funding. As such, there can be no assurance that we will be able to obtain additional liquidity when needed or under acceptable terms, if at all.
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The following table summarizes our consolidated cash flows for the periods indicated.
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The following table summarizes our condensed consolidated cash flows for the periods indicated.
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Net cash used in operating activities was $20.3 million for the nine months ended December 31, 2024. This use of cash was primarily attributed to lower earnings.
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Net cash used in operating activities was $16.9 million for the three months ended June 30, 2025. This use of cash was primarily attributed to lower earnings.
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Net cash used in operating activities was $20.7 million for the nine months ended December 31, 2023. This use of cash was primarily attributed to cash used in operations excluding changes in assets and liabilities of $8.0 million in addition to cash used from working capital changes.
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Net cash used in operating activities was $1.9 million for the three months ended June 30, 2024. This use of cash was primarily attributed to cash used in operations excluding changes in assets and liabilities of $16.3 million offset in part by cash provided by working capital changes.
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Net cash used in investing activities was $4.3 million in the nine months ended December 31, 2024, which was attributable to capital expenditures.
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Net cash used in investing activities was $1.2 million in the three months ended June 30, 2025, which was attributable to capital expenditures.
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Net cash used in investing activities was $5.0 million in the nine months ended December 31, 2023, which was attributable to capital expenditures.
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Net cash used in investing activities was $1.6 million in the three months ended June 30, 2024, which was attributable to capital expenditures.
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Net cash provided by financing activities was $19.4 million for the nine months ended December 31, 2024, which was related primarily to borrowings on our Term Loan.
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Net cash provided by financing activities was $39.0 million for the three months ended June 30, 2025, which was related primarily to borrowings on our Term Loan.
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Net cash provided by financing activities was $24.1 million for the nine months ended December 31, 2023, which was related primarily to borrowings on the PNC Credit Facility of $14.6 million and borrowing on our Term Loan of $9.6 million net of issuance costs.
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Net cash used in financing activities was $4.8 million for the three months ended June 30, 2024, which was related primarily to borrowings on our PNC Credit Facility.
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We receive royalties from third parties that license our linear-tape open media patents through our membership in the linear-tape open consortium. Royalty revenue saw a small increase of $0.4 million, or 5%, in the three months ended December 31, 2024 compared to the same period in fiscal 2024 due to product mix.
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Gross profit and margin percentages are key metrics that management monitors to assess the performance on the business.
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Royalties do not have significant related cost of sales.
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In the nine months ended December 31, 2024, sales and marketing expense decreased $6.5 million, or 14%, compared with the same period in fiscal 2024. This decrease was primarily driven by improved operational efficiency and increased leverage of our channel.
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In the nine months ended December 31, 2024, research and development expenses decreased $4.6 million, or 16%, as compared with the same period in fiscal 2024. This decrease was the result of the continued consolidation of acquisition costs, and efficiencies realized through improved organization design.
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The change in other income (expense), net during the nine months ended December 31, 2024 compared with the same period in fiscal 2024 was related primarily to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates during the three months ended December 31, 2024.
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In the nine months ended December 31, 2024, interest expense increased $5.8 million, or 52%, as compared with the same period in fiscal 2024 due to a higher effective interest rate on our Term Loan.
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The income tax provision for the nine months ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 is primarily influenced by foreign and state income taxes. Due to our history of net losses in the United States, the protracted period for utilizing tax attributes in certain foreign jurisdictions, and the difficulty in predicting future results, we believe that we cannot rely on projections of future taxable income to realize most of our deferred tax assets. Accordingly, we have established a full valuation allowance against our U.S. and certain foreign net deferred tax assets. Significant management judgment is required in assessing our ability to realize any future benefit from our net deferred tax assets. We intend to maintain this valuation allowance until sufficient positive evidence exists to support its reversal. Our income tax expense recorded in the future will be reduced to the extent that sufficient positive evidence materializes to support a reversal of, or decrease in, our valuation allowance.