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ASPEN AEROGELS INC

For the period ended Mar 31, 2025. Filed May 8, 2025.

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Mar 31, 2025 · Filed May 8, 2025

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(UNAUDITED)

(1) Description of Business and Basis of Presentation

Nature of Business

Aspen Aerogels, Inc. (the Company) is an aerogel technology company that designs, develops and manufactures innovative, high-performance aerogel materials used primarily in the energy industrial, sustainable insulation materials and electric vehicle (EV) markets. The Company has provided high-performance aerogel insulation to the energy industrial and sustainable insulation markets for nearly two decades. The Company has developed and commercialized its proprietary line of PyroThin aerogel thermal barriers for use in battery packs in EVs. In addition, the Company is developing applications for its aerogel technology in the battery materials market and a number of other high-potential markets. The Company's core business is organized into two reportable segments: Energy Industrial and Thermal Barrier.

The Company maintains its corporate offices in Northborough, Massachusetts. The Company hasfour wholly owned subsidiaries: Aspen Aerogels Rhode Island, LLC (Aspen RI), Aspen Aerogels Germany, GmbH, Aspen Aerogels Georgia, LLC (Aspen Georgia), and Aspen Aerogels Mexico Holdings, LLC (Aspen Mexico). Additionally, the Company engaged Prodensa Servicios de Consultora (Prodensa) to establish OPE Manufacturer Mexico S de RL de CV, a maquiladora located in Mexico (OPE), which assembles thermal barrier PyroThin products and operates an automated fabrication facility for PyroThin. OPE is currently owned by Prodensa, which charges a management fee. There is an option for OPE to be purchased by the Company after a period of 18 months. As of March 31, 2025, the Company has notified Prodensa of the intent to purchase OPE. During the period between inception and the exercise of the purchase option, OPE operations are consolidated within the Company financial statements.

Liquidity

During the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company incurred net loss of$301.2 million, generated$5.6 million of cash in operations and used$13.0 million of cash for capital expenditures. The Company had unrestricted cash and cash equivalents of$192.0 million as of March 31, 2025.

In January 2024 and September 2024, the Company entered into sale and leaseback arrangements, pursuant to which the Company sold certain equipment to an equipment leasing company for one-time cash payments of $5.0 million and $10.0 million, respectively, and leased back such equipment from the leasing company. The associated monthly lease rents will be paid over the lease term ofthree years.

On August 19, 2024, the Company and Aspen RI (each, a Borrower and collectively, the Borrowers) entered into a Credit, Security and Guaranty Agreement (the Credit Agreement and the facilities provided thereunder, collectively, the MidCap Loan Facility) with MidCap Funding IV Trust, as agent (the Agent), MidCap Financial Trust, as term loan servicer, and the financial institutions or other entities from time to time party thereto as lenders (the Lenders), with respect to the MidCap Loan Facility, which is comprised of (i) the Term Loan Facility in an aggregate principal amount of $125.0 million (the Term Loan Facility) and (ii) the Revolving Facility in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the lesser of $100.0 million and the value of the borrowing base (defined as the sum of (x)85% of certain eligible accounts of the Borrowers and (y) the lesser of 85% of the NOLV (as defined in the Credit Agreement) or 85% of the cost of certain eligible inventory of the Borrowers (the Borrowing Base) (the Revolving Facility). At closing of the transactions contemplated by the Credit Agreement, the Company drew $125.0 million from the Term Loan Facility and $43.0 million from the Revolving Facility. The proceeds of the borrowings at closing, net of fees and costs, were used to repurchase the 2022 Convertible Notes (as defined below) for $150.0 million and for general corporate purposes. The amount available to the Company at March 31, 2025 under the Revolving Facility was$13.7 million. On May 6, 2025, the Credit Agreement was amended adding Aspen Georgia as a Borrower and amending the MidCap Loan Facility. See "Note 9. Debt" for further details.

The Company has developed a number of promising aerogel products and technologies for the EV market. The Company will continue to invest in research and development of next-generation aerogel products and manufacturing process technologies. The Company believes that the commercial potential for the Company’s products and technology in the EV market is significant.

The Company expects its existing cash balance will be sufficient to support current operating requirements, current research and development activities and the capital expenditures required to support the evolving commercial opportunity in the EV market and other strategic business initiatives. However, the Company may supplement its cash balance with equity financings, debt financings, equipment leasing, sale-leaseback transactions, customer prepayments, or government grant and loan programs to provide the additional capital necessary to purchase the capital equipment, construct the new facilities, establish the operations and complete the aerogel capacity expansions required to support these evolving commercial opportunities and strategic business initiatives.

Unaudited Interim Financial Information

The accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (U.S. GAAP) and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Certain information and disclosures normally included in the consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. As such, the information included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 (the Annual Report), filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on February 27, 2025.

In the opinion of the Company’s management, the unaudited interim consolidated financial statements have been prepared on the same basis as the audited consolidated financial statements and include all adjustments that are of a normal recurring nature and necessary for the fair statement of the Company’s financial position as of March 31, 2025 and the results of its operations and stockholders’ equity for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 and the cash flows for the three-month periods then ended. The Company has evaluated subsequent events through the date of this filing.

The Company’s results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2025 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the year ending December 31, 2025 or any other period.

(2) Significant Accounting Policies

Please refer to "Note 2. Summary of Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies," to the Company's consolidated financial statements from the Annual Report for the discussion of the Company's significant accounting policies.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of the consolidated financial statements requires the Company to make a number of estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Significant items subject to such estimates and assumptions include allowances for doubtful accounts, sales returns and allowances, product warranty costs, inventory valuation, the carrying amount of property and equipment, right-of-use assets, lease liabilities, stock-based compensation, and deferred income taxes. The Company evaluates its estimates and assumptions on an on-going basis using historical experience and other factors, including current economic conditions, which are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. Management adjusts such estimates and assumptions when facts and circumstances warrant. Illiquid credit markets, volatile equity markets and declines in business investment can increase the uncertainty inherent in such estimates and assumptions. As future events and their effects cannot be determined with precision, actual results could differ significantly from these estimates. Changes in these estimates resulting from continuing changes in the economic environment will be reflected in the financial statements in future periods.

Restricted Cash

As of March 31, 2025, the Company had$0.4 million of restricted cash to support its outstanding letters of credit.

Concentration of Credit Risk

Financial instruments, which potentially expose the Company to concentrations of credit risk, consist principally of accounts receivable. The Company’s customers are primarily insulation distributors, insulation contractors, insulation fabricators and select energy and automotive end-users located throughout the world. The Company performs ongoing credit evaluations of its customers’ financial condition and generally requires no collateral to secure accounts receivable. The Company maintains an allowance for doubtful accounts based on its assessment of the collectability of accounts receivable. The Company reviews the allowance for doubtful accounts quarterly. During the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company recorded an increase for estimated customer uncollectible accounts receivable of$0.1 million. During the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company recorded an increase for estimated customer uncollectible accounts receivableof less than $0.1 million.

For the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, two customers represented 74% and 64% of total revenue, respectively.

At March 31, 2025, the Company hadone customer that accounted for 71% of accounts receivable. At December 31, 2024, the Company hadtwo customers which accounted for 80% and 5% of accounts receivable, respectively.

Revenue Recognition

The Company recognizes revenue in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (ASC 606). See "Note 3. Revenue from Contracts with Customers" for further details.

Recently Issued Accounting Standards

From time to time, new accounting pronouncements are issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) or other standard setting bodies. Recently issued standards typically do not require adoption until a future effective date. Prior to their effective date, the Company evaluates the pronouncements to determine the potential effects of adoption to its consolidated financial statements.

Standards Implemented Since December 31, 2024

The Company has not implemented any accounting standards that had a material impact on its consolidated financial statements during the three months ended March 31, 2025.

Standards to be Implemented

In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09 Income Taxes (Topic 740) Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures that requires disclosure of disaggregated income taxes paid, prescribes standard categories for the components of the effective tax rate reconciliation, and modifies other income tax-related disclosures. Topic 740 is effective for the Company’s fiscal year 2025. The Company is currently evaluating income tax disclosures related to its annual report for fiscal year 2025.

Although there are several other new accounting pronouncements issued by the FASB, the Company does not believe any of these accounting pronouncements had or will have a material impact on its Consolidated Financial Statements.

The Company believes that the impact of recently issued accounting standards that are not yet effective will not have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

(3) Revenue from Contracts with Customers

Revenue Recognition

Revenue is recognized when a customer obtains control of promised goods or services in an amount that reflects the consideration that the entity expects to receive in exchange for those goods or services. To determine revenue recognition for arrangements within the scope of ASC 606, the Company performs the following five steps: (i) identification of the contract with a customer; (ii) identification of the performance obligations in the contract; (iii) determination of the transaction price; (iv) allocation of the transaction price to the separate performance obligations in the contract; and (v) recognition of the revenue associated with performance obligations as they are satisfied. The Company applies the five-step model to contracts when it is probable that the Company will collect the consideration it is entitled to in exchange for the goods or services it transfers to the customer. At contract inception, once the contract is determined to be within the scope of ASC 606, the Company assesses the goods or services promised within each contract and determines those that are performance obligations and assesses whether each promised good or service is distinct. If the contract contains a single performance obligation, the entire transaction price is allocated to the single performance obligation. Contracts that contain multiple performance obligations require an allocation of the transaction price based on the estimated relative standalone-selling prices of the promised products or services underlying each performance obligation. The Company determines standalone-selling prices based on the price at which the performance obligation is sold separately. If the standalone-selling price is not observable through past transactions, the Company estimates the standalone-selling price considering available information such as market conditions and internally approved pricing guidelines related to the performance obligations. The Company then recognizes as revenue the amount of the transaction price that is allocated to the respective performance obligation when (or as) the performance obligation is satisfied.

When determining the transaction price of a contract, an adjustment is made if payment from a customer occurs either significantly before or significantly after performance, resulting in a significant financing component. Applying the practical expedient in paragraph ASC 606-10-32-18, the Company does not assess whether a significant financing component exists if the period between when the Company performs its obligations under the contract and when the customer pays is one year or less. The Company did not have any contracts outstanding at December 31, 2024 and did not enter into any contracts during the three months ended March 31, 2025 that contained a significant financing component.

The Company records deferred revenue for product sales when (i) the Company has delivered products, but other revenue recognition criteria have not been satisfied, or (ii) payments have been received in advance of the completion of required performance obligations.

Thermal Barriers

The Company supplies fabricated, multi-part thermal barriers for use in battery packs in the EV market. These thermal barriers are customized to meet customer specifications. Although thermal barrier products are customized with no alternative use to the Company, the Company does not always have an enforceable right to payment. Under the provisions of ASC 606, the Company recognizes revenue at a point in time when transfer of the control of the products is passed to the customer according to the terms of the contract, including under bill and hold arrangements. The timing of revenue recognition is assessed on a contract-by-contract basis.

Energy Industrial

The Company generally enters into contracts containingone type of performance obligation. For a majority of the contracts, the Company recognizes revenue at a point in time when transfer of control of the products is passed to the customer, which is generally upon delivery according to contractual shipping terms within customer purchase orders. For a limited number of customer arrangements for customized products with no alternative use to the Company and an enforceable right to payment for progress completed to date, the Company recognizes revenue over time using units of production to measure progress toward satisfying the performance obligations. Units of production represent work performed as we do not generate significant work in process and thereby best depicts the transfer of control to the customer. Customer invoicing terms for contracts for which revenue is recognized under the over time methodology are typically based on certain milestones within the production and delivery schedule. The timing of revenue recognition is assessed on a contract-by-contract basis.

The Company also enters into rebate agreements with certain customers. These agreements may be considered an additional performance obligation of the Company or variable consideration within a contract. Rebates are recorded as a reduction of revenue in the period the related revenue is recognized. A corresponding liability is recorded as a component of deferred revenue on the consolidated balance sheets. These arrangements are primarily based on the customer attaining contractually specified sales volumes.

The Company estimates the amount of its sales that may be returned by its customers and records this estimate as a reduction of revenue in the period the related revenue is recognized. The Company currently estimates return liabilities using historical rates of return, current quarter credit sales, and specific items of exposure on a contract-by-contract basis. Sales return reserves were approximately$0.7 million and $0.3 million as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively.

Shipping and Handling Costs

Shipping and handling costs associated with outbound freight after control over a product has transferred to a customer are accounted for as fulfillment costs and are included in the cost of product revenue. The associated amount of revenue recognized includes the consideration to which the Company expects to be entitled to receive in exchange for incurring these shipping and handling costs.

Disaggregation of Revenue

In the following tables, revenue is disaggregated by primary geographical region and source of revenue:

Three Months Ended March 31,
20252024
U.S.InternationalTotalU.S.InternationalTotal
(In thousands)
Geographical region
Asia$—$7,165$7,165$—$7,213$7,213
Canada—811811—1,8681,868
Europe—4,7554,755—9,3619,361
Latin America—27,82027,820—15,37115,371
U.S.38,172—38,17260,688—60,688
Total revenue$38,172$40,551$78,723$60,688$33,813$94,501
Source of revenue
Energy industrial$17,316$12,506$29,822$14,033$15,049$29,082
Thermal barrier20,85628,04548,90146,65518,76465,419
Total revenue$38,172$40,551$78,723$60,688$33,813$94,501

Contract Balances

The following table presents changes in the Company’s contract liabilities during thethree months ended March 31, 2025:

Balance atDecember 31,2024AdditionsDeductionsBalance at March 31, 2025
(In thousands)
Contract liabilities
Deferred revenue
Energy industrial$2,199$1,410$(964)$2,645
Total contract liabilities$2,199$1,410$(964)$2,645

During the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company recognized$1.0 million of revenue that was included in deferred revenue as of December 31, 2024.

A contract asset is recorded when the Company satisfies a performance obligation by transferring a promised good or service and has earned the right to consideration from its customer. These assets may represent a conditional right to consideration and are included within accounts receivable and other current assets on the consolidated balance sheets.

A contract liability is recorded when consideration is received, or such consideration is unconditionally due, from a customer prior to transferring goods or services under the terms of the contract. Contract liabilities are recognized as revenue after control of the products or services is transferred to the customer and all revenue recognition criteria have been met.

(4) Inventories

Inventories consist of the following:

March 31,December 31,
20252024
(In thousands)
Raw materials$13,260$13,671
Work in process16,8069,664
Finished goods26,67324,216
Total$56,739$47,551

(5) Property, Plant and Equipment, Net

Property, plant and equipment consist of the following:

March 31, · December 31, · Useful
2025 · 2024 · life
(In thousands)
Construction in progress$72,329$352,567—
Buildings27,04527,03230 years
Machinery and equipment206,306201,7893-10 years
Computer equipment and software9,8279,7943 years
Leasehold improvements25,13424,843Shorter of useful life or lease term
Total340,641616,025
Accumulated depreciation(161,359)(156,749)
Property, plant and equipment, net$179,282$459,276

Depreciation expense was$5.8 million for both the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

In February 2025, the Company decided to cease construction at its previously planned second manufacturing plant in Statesboro, Georgia (the Statesboro Plant) and demobilize the site. The Company is in the process of assessing options to derive value from the assets, including potentially relocating certain equipment to improve and expand its existing manufacturing facility in East Providence, Rhode Island. In connection with the same, the Company adjusted the construction in progress balance to its salvage value and recorded impairment charges of$286.6 million during the three months ended March 31, 2025. The construction in progress balance at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 included$50.9 million and $323.6 million, respectively, for the previously planned Statesboro Plant.

The Company recorded impairment charges of approximately $6.0 million during the three months ended March 31, 2024 for equipment that will no longer be needed in manufacturing following customer directed engineering changes to a part the Company manufactures and for other property, plant and equipment that have become obsolete following development of new and more efficient equipment. The impairment charges of $6.0 million during the three months ended March 31, 2024 consist of $3.3 million impairment included in cost of revenue and $2.7 million included in impairment on the Company's consolidated statement of operations.

(6) Accrued Expenses

Accrued expenses consist of the following:

March 31,December 31,
20252024
(In thousands)
Employee compensation$3,624$19,371
Other accrued expenses13,05717,124
Total$16,681$36,495

(7) Related Party Transactions

Convertible Note

During the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company issued a $100.0 million aggregate principal amount convertible note (the 2022 Convertible Note) to Wood River Capital, LLC (Wood River), an entity affiliated with Koch Strategic Platforms, LLC (Koch), for the previously planned Statesboro Plant.

The Company repurchased the 2022 Convertible Note on August 19, 2024. See "Note 8. Convertible Note – Related Party" for additional detail.

During the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company incurred $2.8 million of interest from the 2022 Convertible Note.

Other

The Company had $2.8 million in accounts payable as of December 31, 2023, due to an entity affiliated with Koch for project management service. On March 27, 2024, we entered into a Settlement and Release Agreement with the affiliate of Koch to settle the accounts payable for $1.2 million, which was paid during the three months ended June 30, 2024.

(8) Convertible Note – Related Party

2022 Convertible Note

On February 15, 2022, the Company entered into a note purchase agreement (the Note Purchase Agreement) with Wood River, relating to the issuance and sale to Wood River of the 2022 Convertible Note in the aggregate principal amount of $100.0 million. The transactions contemplated by the Note Purchase Agreement closed on February 18, 2022. The maturity date of the 2022 Convertible Note was February 18, 2027, subject to earlier conversion, redemption, or repurchase.

The 2022 Convertible Note was a senior unsecured obligation of the Company and ranked equal in right of payment to all senior unsecured indebtedness of the Company and ranked senior in right of payment to any indebtedness that was contractually subordinated to the 2022 Convertible Note.

On August 19, 2024, the Company entered into a note purchase and sale agreement with Wood River (the Note Repurchase Agreement), pursuant to which the Company repurchased from Wood River $123.9 million in aggregate capitalized principal amount (inclusive of PIK interest paid through June 30, 2024) of the 2022 Convertible Note, such aggregate amount being the entire outstanding amount of the 2022 Convertible Note, for a total purchase price of $150.0 million in cash, which amount equals to the Redemption Price (as defined in the 2022 Convertible Note). Pursuant to the Note Repurchase Agreement, all rights and obligations, covenants and agreements under the 2022 Convertible Note and the Note Purchase Agreement were satisfied and discharged. The Redemption Price less capitalized principal amount and accrued interest to redemption date, of $24.6 million along with unamortized deferred issuance costs was classified in the income statement as Loss on Extinguishment of Debt during the three months ended September 30, 2024.

(9) Debt

On August 19, 2024, the Borrowers entered into the Credit Agreement, by and among the Borrowers, the Agent, the Lenders and the other parties party thereto as additional guarantors and/or borrowers from time to time. Loans borrowed under the MidCap Loan Facility mature on August 19, 2029.

The MidCap Loan Facility is comprised of (i) the Term Loan Facility in an aggregate principal amount of $125 million and (ii) the Revolving Facility in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the lesser of (A) $100 million and (B) the value of the Borrowing Base.

Loans borrowed under the Term Loan Facility will bear interest rate equal to Term SOFR (as defined in the Credit Agreement) for a one-month interest period plus 4.50% per year, subject to a Term SOFR floor of 4.50% and a Term SOFR cap of 7.50%. The Term Loan Facility is subject to amortization of principal, payable quarterly on the last day of each quarter, commencing September 30, 2024, in an amount as set forth in the Credit Agreement with the remaining aggregate principal amount payable on the maturity date. The Borrowers are required to pay the Lenders an exit fee of $2.5 million on the maturity date. Additionally, the Borrowers are required to pay an origination fee of $1.3 million annually on the anniversary of the closing date.

Loans borrowed under the Revolving Facility will bear an interest rate equal to Term SOFR plus 4.60% per year, subject to a Term SOFR floor of 2.50%. The Revolving Facility has a required minimum balance set at 30% of the average borrowing base during the immediate preceding month. The Borrowers are required to pay the Lenders under the Revolving Facility an unused line fee of 0.30% of the average unused availability under the Revolving Facility, subject to the aforementioned minimum balance.

The MidCap Loan Facility is guaranteed by Aspen Mexico and is secured by a lien on substantially all existing and after-acquired assets of the Loan Parties, including the equity interest in Aspen RI, Aspen Mexico and Aspen Georgia owned by the Company, in each case, subject to customary exceptions. Aspen Georgia is not a guarantor (thus not a Loan Party) and its assets are excluded from the collateral under the MidCap Loan Facility, subject to its entrance into the DOE Loan Documents (as defined in the Credit Agreement) within one year from the closing date of the MidCap Loan Facility. To the extent the DOE Loan Documents will not be entered into within such one-year period, Aspen Georgia will be obligated to become a Loan Party under the MidCap Loan Facility and pledge substantially all of its assets as security for the obligations thereunder.

The Credit Agreement includes representations and warranties, affirmative covenants (including reporting obligations), negative covenants and events of default that are usual and customary for facilities of this type, in each case, subject to certain permitted exceptions as set forth therein. The Credit Agreement includes financial covenants for the benefit of the Lenders, including (i) a covenant to maintain Liquidity (as defined therein) equal to or greater than $75.0 million at all times and (ii) a covenant to maintain EBITDA (as defined therein) equal to or greater than the specified applicable amount set forth in the Credit Agreement, tested quarterly with the first test set at $45.0 million commencing with the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2024.

The Borrowers will have the right to prepay the loans outstanding under the MidCap Loan Facility (or, with respect to the Revolving Facility, terminate the commitments thereunder), subject to a premium equal to 3.0% of the amount prepaid or terminated, as applicable, during the first year after the closing date, which premium will be decreased to 2.0% during the second year after the closing date and to 1.0% thereafter. The Borrowers will be required to mandatorily prepay the loans outstanding under the Term Loan Facility with, among other things, certain casualty insurance proceeds or proceeds from non-ordinary course assets sales (which will also be subject to the aforementioned premium). The Borrowers will be required to mandatorily prepay the balance outstanding under the Revolving Facility (i) if the outstandings exceed the borrowing base in an aggregate amount equal to that excess or (ii) upon a cash dominion event of all the funds deposited in the lockbox account during the cash dominion period. A cash dominion event is triggered (x) upon the occurrence of any Specified Event of Default (as defined in the Credit Agreement to include payment default, failure to deliver monthly or annual financials, financial covenant breach or bankruptcy) or any event of default arising from the failure to comply with the requirement to deliver a monthly borrowing base certificate, in each case, after any applicable grace period set forth in the Credit Agreement and/or cure rights applicable thereto or (y) if the Liquidity is less than $100 million.

MidCap debt consists of the following:

March 31,December 31,
20252024
(In thousands)
Term loan112,000118,500
Exit fee428264
Term loan issuance costs(3,512)(4,053)
Total debt108,916114,711
Current portion13,50019,750
Long term portion95,41694,961

The revolving line of credit had an outstanding balance of$29.0 million as of March 31, 2025, net of unamortized issuance costs. During the three months ended March 31, 2025 the Company repaid$13.2 million of the revolving line credit to reduce the outstanding balance to the borrowing base.

Amendment to MidCap Loan Facility

On May 6, 2025, the Company, Aspen RI, Aspen Mexico and Aspen Georgia entered into that certain Amendment No. 1 and Joinder to Credit, Security and Guaranty Agreement (“Amendment No. 1”), by and among the Company, Aspen RI, Aspen Mexico, Aspen Georgia, MidCap Funding IV Trust, as Agent, MidCap Financial Trust, as term loan servicer, and the Lenders party thereto, amending the MidCap Loan Facility (the MidCap Loan Facility, as amended by Amendment No. 1, the “Amended MidCap Loan Facility”).

Under Amendment No. 1, Aspen Georgia has become a borrower under the Amended MidCap Loan Facility and has (a) guaranteed the obligations of the Credit Parties (as defined in the Amended MidCap Loan Facility) and (b) granted Agent for the benefits of the Lenders a lien on substantially all of its existing and after-acquired assets, in each case, subject to customary exceptions.

As a result of Amendment No. 1, the applicable margin under the MidCap Loan Facility has been amended such that upon the effectiveness of Amendment No. 1, (a) (i) Loans borrowed under the Term Loan Facility will bear interest rate equal to Term SOFR (as defined in the Amended MidCap Loan Facility) for one-month interest period plus 5.00% per year, subject to a Term SOFR floor of 4.50% and a Term SOFR cap of 7.50% and (ii) Loans borrowed under the Revolving Facility will bear interest rate equal to Term SOFR for one-month interest period plus 5.10% per year, subject to a Term SOFR floor of 2.50%, in each case of (i) and (ii), until the first Pricing Date (as defined in Amended MidCap Loan Facility as the date five business days after the delivery of a compliance certificate to the Agent for the most recently ended fiscal quarter) after December 31, 2025 and (b) on such first Pricing Date and as thereafter adjusted on each Pricing Date (i) Loans borrowed under the Term Loan Facility will bear interest equal to Term SOFR for one-month interest period plus a margin equal to (x) if the recently reported EBITDA (as defined in the Amended MidCap Loan

Facility)is equal to or above $50 million,4.50% or (y) if the recently reported EBITDA is below $50 million,5.00%, in each case of (x) and (y), subject to a Term SOFR floor of 4.50% and a Term SOFR cap of 7.50%, and (ii) Loans borrowed under the Revolving Facility will bear interest equal to Term SOFR for one-month interest period plus a margin equal to (x) if the recently reported EBITDA is equal to or above $50 million,4.60% or (y) if the recently reported EBITDA is below $50 million,5.10%, in each case of (x) and (y), subject to a Term SOFR floor of 2.50%. The schedule for amortization of principal of the Term Loan Facility (which remains payable on the last day of each fiscal quarter with remaining principal amount payable on the maturity date) has also been updated with new amounts as set forth in the Amended MidCap Loan Facility.

Pursuant to Amendment No. 1, the financial covenants under the MidCap Loan Facility have been amended such that (a) the minimum Liquidity (as defined in the Amended MidCap Loan Facility) which must be maintained at all times has changed from $75 million to an amount equal to the greater of (i) $50 million and (ii)85% of the then aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Term Loan Facility and (b) the minimum EBITDA level to be tested quarterly has changed to reflect a new range from $15 million to $50 million, with the next test set at $15 million with respect to the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2025 and a $50 million level applicable commencing with the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2027 and thereafter. The Liquidity amount trigger of a cash dominion event has also been reduced from $100 million to an amount equal to the greater of (i) $50 million and (ii)85% of the then aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Term Loan Facility.

(10) Commitments and Contingencies

Cloud Computing Agreement

The Company is party to multiple cloud computing agreements that are service contracts for enterprise resource planning software and payroll services. The amortization period of a cloud computing agreement was adjusted during the three months ended March 31, 2024 to align with implementation of a new enterprise resource planning software that will begin to amortize during 2025. The amortization associated with the payroll services agreement began during the three months ended September 30, 2024 and will amortize over a period offive years. The capitalized implementation costs are classified on the consolidated balance sheets as follows:

March 31,December 31,
20252024
(In thousands)
Cloud computing costs included in other current assets$311$637
Cloud computing costs included in other assets5,7594,299
Amortization of cloud computing costs(1,343)(1,053)
Total capitalized cloud computing costs$4,727$3,883

Thermal Barrier Contracts

The Company is party to production contracts with General Motors LLC (GM) to supply fabricated, multi-part thermal barriers (Barriers) for use in the battery system of its next-generation EVs (Contracts). Pursuant to the Contracts, the Company is obligated to supply Barriers at fixed prices, adjusted periodically, and at volumes to be specified by the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) up to a daily maximum quantity through the respective terms of the agreements, which expire at various times from 2026 through 2034. While the OEM has agreed to purchase its requirement for Barriers from the Company for locations to be designated from time to time by the OEM, it has no obligation to purchase any minimum quantity of Barriers under the Contracts. In addition, the OEM may terminate the Contracts any time and for any or no reason. All other terms of the Contracts are generally consistent with the OEM’s standard purchase terms, including quality and warranty provisions that are customary in the automotive industry.

Charges for Engineering Change

In January 2024, the Company was notified by a customer of an engineering change to one of the parts the Company manufactures for that customer to enable incremental productivity increases and support a set of broader system level changes that could drive higher demand for its parts. The Company submitted claims to the customer for reimbursement for estimated inventory and equipment losses incurred by the Company and its vendors due to potential obsolescence. In connection with the same, during the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company recognized a charge of $6.8 million, net of contractual recoverable of $1.9 million, in cost of revenues for inventory obsolescence and impairment of equipment. During the three months ended June 30, 2024, the customer approved reimbursement of parts of the claim totaling $4.2 millionfor equipment losses incurred by the Company and its vendors, which was recognized as an offset to the charge the Company recognized during the three months ended March 31, 2024 in cost of revenues. During the three months ended September 30, 2024, the customer approved the remaining claims related to inventory obsolescenceof $2.2 million, in addition to the contractual recoverable amount of $1.9 million, which was also recognized as an offset to the charge recognized during the three months ended March 31, 2024 in cost of revenues.

Letters of Credit

The Company has provided certain customers with letters of credit securing obligations under commercial contracts. As of March 31, 2025, the Company had$0.4 million of restricted cash to support our outstanding letters of credit. The Company had letters of credit outstanding of $0.4 million at December 31, 2024 and these letters of credit were secured by the Company’s restricted cash.

Federal, State and Local Environmental Regulations

The Company is subject to federal, state and local environmental laws and regulations. These laws generally provide for control of pollutants released into the environment and require responsible parties to undertake remediation. Penalties may be imposed for noncompliance.

Litigation

The Company is, from time to time, a party to litigation that arises in the normal course of its business operations. See Part II, Item 1 “Legal Proceedings” of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for a description of certain of the Company’s current legal proceedings. The Company is not presently a party to any litigation for which it believes a loss is probable requiring an amount to be accrued or a possible loss contingency requiring disclosure.

Purchase Commitments

As of March 31, 2025, the Company had purchase commitments of approximately$215.5 million, which included capital commitments of$159.9 million. Capital commitments include $153.7 million of commitments related to the Company's previously planned Statesboro Plant, which are anticipated to be terminated as part of the demobilization. The Company does not anticipate any breakage or cancellation fees in connection with such termination. The Company's purchase commitments related to capital expenditures, excluding for the previously planned Statesboro Plant, are anticipated to be spent over the next three years, while the Company's remaining purchase commitments are anticipated to be spent throughout 2025.

Purchase obligations relate primarily to open purchase orders for capital expenditures, inventories, and goods and services. Purchase obligations are entered into with various vendors in the normal course of business and are consistent with the Company's expected requirements.

Warranty

The Company offers warranties to its customers depending upon the specific product.

The Company’s standard warranty period for energy industrial products extends toone year from the date of shipment. This standard warranty provides that the Company’s products will be free from defects in material and workmanship, and will, under normal use, conform to the specifications for the product.

The Company’s thermal barrier products provide quality and warranty provisions customary in the automotive industry.

The Company recorded warranty expense of$0.2 million during thethree months ended March 31, 2025 and $0.2 million during thethree months ended March 31, 2024.

(11) Leases and sale and leaseback

The Company leases office, laboratory, warehouse and fabrication space in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Monterrey, Mexico under operating leases. Under these agreements, the Company is obligated to pay annual rent, real estate taxes, and certain other operating expenses. The Company also leases equipment under operating and finance leases. The Company’s leases expire at various dates through 2034.

Maturities of operating and finance lease liabilities as of March 31, 2025 are as follows:

YearOperating LeasesFinance Leases
(In thousands)
2025 (excluding the three months ended March 31, 2025)4,6421,384
20265,6711,846
20274,7642,551
20284,668129
20294,217-
Thereafter15,179-
Total lease payments39,1415,910
Less imputed interest(13,497)(824)
Total lease liabilities$25,644$5,086

The Company incurred operating lease costs of$1.6 million and$1.4 million during the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. Cash payments related to operating lease liabilities were$1.5 million and$1.1 million during the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

The Company incurred finance lease costs of$0.2 million during the three months ended March 31, 2025. Cash payments related to finance lease liabilities were$0.4 million during the three months ended March 31, 2025. The Company didnot incur any finance lease costs or make any cash payments during the comparable 2024 period.

As of March 31, 2025, the weighted average remaining lease term for operating leases was 7.4 years and the weighted average discount rate for operating leases was 12.1%.

As of March 31, 2025, the weighted average remaining lease term for finance leases was 2.9 years and the weighted average discount rate for finance leases was 10.2%.

Sale and leaseback transaction

In January and September 2024, the Company entered into sale and leaseback arrangements, pursuant to which the Company sold certain equipment to an equipment leasing company for one-time cash payments of $5.0 million and $10.0 million, respectively, leased back such equipment from the leasing company. The transactions were considered as failed sale and leaseback transactions and, accordingly, were accounted for as financing transactions. The Company did not recognize a gain on any of the proceeds received from the lessor that contractually constitute payments to acquire the assets subject to these arrangements. Instead, the sale proceeds received were accounted for as finance obligations. The monthly lease rents will be paid over the term ofthree years and will be allocated between interest expense and principal repayment of the financial liability.

The outstanding finance obligation balance as of March 31, 2025 was$12.3 million. Maturities of finance obligations for sale and leaseback at March 31, 2025 are as follows:

YearFinance Obligation
(In thousands)
2025 (excluding the three months ended March 31, 2025)4,201
20265,602
20275,279
Total lease payments15,082
Less imputed interest(2,800)
Total lease liabilities$12,282

(12) Stock based compensation

During the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company granted 305,158 restricted stock units (RSUs) with an aggregate grant date fair value of$2.4 million and non-qualified stock options (NSOs) to purchase 430,175 shares of common stock with an aggregate grant date fair value of$2.4 million to employees under its equity incentive plans. The RSUs and NSOs granted to employees will typically vest over athree-year period.

In March 2025, the Company issued an aggregate of 610,323 performance share units (the PSU Awards) to certain employees. Each PSU Award provides the grantee with the opportunity to earn between 0% and 200% of the target number of performance share units, based on the Company’s total stockholder return for athree-year performance period (January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2027) relative to the total stockholder return of the components of the Russell 2000 Index. Vesting of any performance share units so earned generally is also contingent upon the grantee’s continued employment (or other service) with the Company through the third anniversary of the date of grant, and any vested performance share units will be settled in shares of the Company’s common stock at (or shortly after) vesting. The Company used a Monte-Carlo simulation model to estimate the grant date fair value of the awards. The PSU Awards had a total aggregate fair value of$7.0 million at the time of grant.

In March 2025, the Company also granted RSUs that vest over a period ofthree years which are settled in cash. The Company has accounted for these as liability-classified awards and accordingly changes in the market value of the instruments will be recorded to costs of revenue or operating expense, as applicable, over the vesting period of the award. The fair value of a liability-classified award is determined on a quarterly basis beginning at the grant date until final vesting. These awards will be settled on the vesting dates and the maximum liability is capped at 200% of the fair value of the award at the grant date.

Stock-based compensation is included in cost of revenue or operating expenses, as applicable, and consists of the following:

Three Months Ended
March 31,
20252024
(In thousands)
Cost of product revenue$(53)$161
Research and development expenses208424
Sales and marketing expenses463322
General and administrative expenses1,4553,799
Total stock-based compensation$2,073$4,706

The Company's 2023 Equity Incentive Plan (the 2023 Equity Plan) was approved by stockholders at the Company’s annual meeting of stockholders on June 1, 2023 as the successor to the Company’s 2014 Employee, Director and Consultant Equity Incentive Plan (the 2014 Equity Plan), and no further awards may be made under the 2014 Equity Plan after that date. As of March 31, 2025,5,920,675 shares of common stock were reserved for issuance upon the exercise or vesting of outstanding stock-based awards granted under the Company’s equity incentive plans. Any cancellations or forfeitures of awards outstanding under the 2023 Equity Plan, the 2014 Equity Plan or the 2001 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (the 2001 Equity Plan) will result in the shares reserved for issuance pursuant to such awards becoming available for grant under the 2023 Equity Plan. As of March 31, 2025, the Company has either reserved in connection with statutory tax withholdings or issued a total of 6,185,959 shares under the Company’s equity incentive plans. As of March 31, 2025, there were 1,015,360 shares of common stock available for future grant under the 2023 Equity Plan.

On March 5, 2024, the Compensation and Leadership Development Committee (the Committee) of the Board of Directors of the Company approved the cancellation of the outstanding, unearned portion of the performance-based restricted shares granted to certain employees pursuant to the 2014 Equity Plan on June 29, 2021 (to Donald R. Young) and June 2, 2022 (to certain other employees). The Committee determined that based on current market conditions, the likelihood of achievement of any of the remaining performance hurdles applicable to the unearned restricted shares is remote, and that the unearned restricted shares therefore had ceased to have incentive value for the grantees. On March 6, 2024, the Company entered into cancellation agreements, pursuant to which the applicable employees agreed to such cancellation.

The cancelled unearned restricted shares were added to the number of shares available for awards under the Company’s 2023 Equity Plan. For financial accounting purposes, the cancellation of the unearned restricted shares resulted in the immediate charge of approximately $2.2 million of unamortized stock compensation costs of which $2.0 million is included in the general and administrative expenses and $0.2 million is included in research and development expenses in the accompanying consolidated statement of operations.

(13) Net Income (Loss) Per Share

The computation of basic and diluted net loss per share consists of the following:

Three Months Ended
March 31,
20252024
(In thousands, exceptshare and per share data)
Numerator:
Net loss$(301,249)$(1,835)
Denominator:
Weighted average shares outstanding, basic and diluted82,065,67675,762,893
Net loss per share, basic and diluted$(3.67)$(0.02)

Potentially dilutive common shares that were excluded from the computation of diluted loss income per share because they were anti-dilutive consist of the following:

Three Months Ended
March 31,
20252024
Common stock options4,712,7735,604,256
Restricted common stock units1,207,902604,220
Restricted common stock awards13,264201,878
Convertible note, if converted—4,045,687
Total5,933,93910,456,041

The potential dilutive shares from common stock options, restricted common stock units, restricted common stock awards, and the convertible note were excluded from the calculation of diluted net loss per share because their effect would have been anti-dilutive for the periods presented. The Company excludes the shares issued in connection with restricted stock awards from the calculation of basic weighted average common shares outstanding until the restrictions lapse.

(14) Income Taxes

The Company incurred net operating loss for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024. The Company incurred net operating losses and recorded a full valuation allowance against net deferred tax assets for all prior periods. Accordingly, the Company has not recorded a provision for federal income taxes for the three months ended March 31, 2025. The Company has recorded a provision for state income taxes of less than $0.1 million. The Company has provided$1.0 million and $0.8 million of income tax expense related to its Mexican maquiladora operations for thethree months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

(15) Segment Information

Operating segments are identified as components of an enterprise about which separate, discrete financial information is available for evaluation by the chief operating decision maker in making decisions on how to allocate resources and assess performance. The Company’s chief operating decision maker is the Chief Executive Officer. The Company’s chief operating decision maker reviews consolidated operating results to make decisions about allocating resources and assessing performance for the entire Company. The Company reports two segments: Energy Industrial and Thermal Barrier. We evaluate segment performance based on the segment profit (loss) before corporate expenses.

Summarized below are the Revenue, Cost of Goods Sold and Segment Operating Profit for each reporting segment:

Revenue · Cost of Goods Sold
Three Months Ended · Three Months Ended
March 31,March 31,
2025202420252024
(In thousands)
Energy industrial$29,822$29,082$18,132$17,520
Thermal barrier48,90165,41937,77941,838
Total$78,723$94,501$55,911$59,358
Segment Operating Profit (Loss)
Three Months Ended
March 31,
20252024
(In thousands)
Energy industrial$11,690$11,562
Thermal barrier11,12223,581
Total$22,812$35,143
Corporate expenses25,75130,005
Restructuring and demobilization costs9,790—
Impairment of property, plant and equipment286,6122,702
Operating profit (loss)(299,341)2,436
Other expense, net(832)(3,515)
Income tax expense(1,076)(756)
Net loss$(301,249)$(1,835)
Depreciation Expense
Three Months Ended March 31,
20252024
(In thousands)
Energy industrial$2,867$3,425
Thermal barrier2,9262,361
Consolidated depreciation expense$5,793$5,786
Total Assets
March 31,December 31,
20252024
(In thousands)
Energy industrial$94,248$103,453
Thermal barrier146,802159,934
Total assets of reportable segments241,050263,387
Construction in progress72,326352,545
All other corporate assets241,600279,212
$554,976$895,144

(16) Restructuring and Demobilization Costs

In February 2025, the Company announced and began implementing a restructuring plan to realign the Company’s operational focus to improve costs and align capital expenditure to anticipated long term demand. The plan included reducing the Company’s headcount and ceasing construction of the Company's previously planned Statesboro Plant. In connection with the demobilization, the

Company is no longer pursuing its application for a loan from the Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office and has withdrawn from the loan application process.

As a result of the restructuring and the demobilization, the Company incurred the charges shown in the following table. Asset write-downs are included within impairment expenses in the consolidated statements of operations.

March 31,
(In thousands)
Severance and other personnel costs$2,866
Demobilization costs751
Deferred financing costs write-off6,173
Total$9,790

(17) Subsequent Events

The Company has evaluated subsequent events through May 8, 2025, the date of issuance of the consolidated financial statements for the three months ended March 31, 2025.

On May 6, 2025, the Credit Agreement was amended adding Aspen Georgia as a Borrower and amending the MidCap Loan Facility. See "Note 9. Debt" for further details.

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