FUELCELL ENERGY INC

(Tabular amounts in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

Note 1. Nature of Business and Basis of Presentation

Headquartered in Danbury, Connecticut, FuelCell Energy, Inc. (together with its subsidiaries, the “Company,” “FuelCell Energy,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) is a global leader in delivering environmentally responsible distributed baseload energy platform solutions through our proprietary fuel cell technology. Today, we offer commercial technology that produces clean electricity, heat, clean hydrogen, and water and is also capable of recovering and capturing carbon for utilization and/or sequestration, depending on product configuration and application. We also continue to invest in product development and commercializing technologies that are expected to add new capabilities to our platforms’ abilities to deliver hydrogen and long duration hydrogen-based energy storage through our solid oxide technologies, as well as further enhance our existing platforms’ carbon capture solutions.

FuelCell Energy is focused on advancing sustainable clean energy technologies that address some of the world’s most critical challenges around energy access, security, resilience, reliability, affordability, safety and environmental stewardship. As a leading global manufacturer of proprietary fuel cell technology platforms, FuelCell Energy is uniquely positioned to serve customers worldwide with sustainable products and solutions for industrial and commercial businesses, utilities, governments, municipalities, and communities.

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) regarding interim financial information. Accordingly, they do not contain all of the information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all normal and recurring adjustments necessary to fairly present the Company’s financial position as of January 31, 2024 and October 31, 2023 and results of operations as of and for the three months ended January 31, 2024 and 2023 have been included. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated.

Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed or omitted. The balance sheet as of October 31, 2023 has been derived from the audited financial statements at that date, but it does not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s financial statements and notes thereto for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2023, which are contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K previously filed with the SEC. The results of operations for the interim periods presented are not necessarily indicative of results that may be expected for any other interim period or for the full fiscal year.

Principles of Consolidation

The unaudited consolidated financial statements reflect our accounts and operations and those of our subsidiaries in which we have a controlling financial interest. We use a qualitative approach in assessing the consolidation requirement for each of our variable interest entities ("VIEs"), which are tax equity partnerships further described in Note 3. “Tax Equity Financings.” This approach focuses on determining whether we have the power to direct those activities of the tax equity partnerships that most significantly affect their economic performance and whether we have the obligation to absorb losses, or the right to receive benefits, that could potentially be significant to the tax equity partnerships. For all periods presented, we have determined that we are the primary beneficiary in all of our tax equity partnerships. We evaluate our tax equity partnerships on an ongoing basis to ensure that we continue to be the primary beneficiary.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements and related disclosures in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. Estimates are used in accounting for, among other things, revenue recognition, lease right-of-use assets and liabilities, excess, slow-moving and obsolete inventories, product warranty accruals, loss accruals on service agreements, share-based compensation expense, allowance for doubtful accounts, depreciation and

amortization, impairment of goodwill and in-process research and development intangible assets, impairment of long-lived assets (including project assets), valuation of derivatives, and contingencies. Estimates and assumptions are reviewed periodically, and the effects of revisions are reflected in the consolidated financial statements in the period they are determined to be necessary. Due to the inherent uncertainty involved in making estimates, actual results in future periods may differ from those estimates.

Liquidity

Our principal sources of cash have been proceeds from the sale of our products and projects, electricity generation revenues, research and development and service agreements with third parties, sales of our common stock through public equity offerings, and proceeds from debt, project financing and tax monetization transactions. We have utilized this cash to accelerate the commercialization of our solid oxide platforms, develop new capabilities to separate and capture carbon, develop and construct project assets, invest in capital improvements and expansion of our operations, perform research and development, pay down existing outstanding indebtedness, and meet our other cash and liquidity needs.

As of January 31, 2024, unrestricted cash and cash equivalents totaled $297.5 million compared to $250.0 million as of October 31, 2023. During the year ended October 31, 2023 and the three months ended January 31, 2024, the Company invested in United States (U.S.) Treasury Securities, all of which had matured as of January 31, 2024. The amortized cost of the U.S. Treasury Securities outstanding totaled $0 as of January 31, 2024 compared to $103.8 as of October 31, 2023 and is classified as Investments - short-term on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

The Company, from time to time, has offered and sold shares under its Open Market Sale Agreement (as defined in Note 11. “Stockholders’ Equity”). During the quarter ended January 31, 2024, no sales were made under the Open Market Sale Agreement. See Note 11. “Stockholders’ Equity” for additional information regarding the Open Market Sale Agreement.

During the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2023, the Company closed on a tax equity financing transaction with Franklin Park 2023 FCE Tax Equity Fund, LLC (“Franklin Park”), a subsidiary of Franklin Park Infrastructure, LLC, fortwo fuel cell power plant installations -- the 14.0 MW Derby Fuel Cell Project and the 2.8 MW SCEF Fuel Cell Project, both located in Derby, Connecticut (collectively, the “Derby Projects”). Franklin Park’s tax equity commitment with respect to the Derby Projects totals $30.2 million. Of this amount, approximately $9.1 million was received on October 31, 2023 and the remaining approximately $21.1 million was received during the three months ended January 31, 2024. In connection with the initial closing of this tax equity financing transaction in fiscal year 2023, the Company paid closing costs of approximately $1.8 million, which included appraisal fees, title insurance expenses and legal and consulting fees.

During the three months ended January 31, 2024, the Company completed the Technical Improvement Plan to bring the Groton Project (defined elsewhere herein) to its rated capacity and the Groton Project reached its design rated output of 7.4 MW. The Company achieved all conditions precedent required for the first annual funding from East West Bank and, as a result, the Company received a $4.0 million contribution during the three months ended January 31, 2024 which is recorded as noncontrolling interest on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

We believe that our unrestricted cash and cash equivalents, expected receipts from our contracted backlog and release of short-term restricted cash less expected disbursements over the next twelve months will be sufficient to allow the Company to meet its obligations for at least one year from the date of issuance of these financial statements.

To date, we have not achieved profitable operations or sustained positive cash flow from operations. The Company’s future liquidity, for fiscal year 2024 and in the long-term, will depend on its ability to (i) timely complete current projects in process within budget, (ii) increase cash flows from its generation operating portfolio, including by meeting conditions required to timely commence operation of new projects, operating its generation operating portfolio in compliance with minimum performance guarantees and operating its generation operating portfolio in accordance with revenue expectations, (iii) obtain financing for project construction and manufacturing expansion, (iv) obtain permanent financing for its projects once constructed, (v) increase order and contract volumes, which would lead to additional product sales, service agreements and generation revenues, (vi) obtain funding for and receive payment for research and development under current and future Advanced Technologies contracts, (vii) successfully commercialize its solid oxide, hydrogen and carbon capture platforms, (viii) implement capacity expansion for solid oxide product manufacturing, (ix) implement the product cost reductions necessary to achieve profitable operations, (x) manage working capital and the Company’s unrestricted cash balance and (xi) access the capital markets to raise funds through the sale of debt and equity securities, convertible notes, and other equity-linked instruments.

We are continually assessing different means by which to accelerate the Company’s growth, enter new markets, commercialize new products, and enable capacity expansion. Therefore, from time to time, the Company may consider and enter into agreements for one or more of the following: negotiated financial transactions, minority investments, collaborative ventures, technology sharing, transfer or other technology license arrangements, joint ventures, partnerships, acquisitions or other business transactions for the purpose(s) of geographic or manufacturing expansion and/or new product or technology development and commercialization, including hydrogen production through our carbonate and solid oxide platforms and storage and carbon capture, sequestration and utilization technologies.

Our business model requires substantial outside financing arrangements and satisfaction of the conditions of such arrangements to construct and deploy our projects to facilitate the growth of our business. The Company has invested capital raised from sales of its common stock to build out its project portfolio. The Company has also utilized and expects to continue to utilize a combination of long-term debt and tax equity financing (e.g., sale-leaseback transactions, partnership flip transactions and the monetization and/or transfer of eligible investment and production tax credits) to finance its project asset portfolio as these projects commence commercial operations, particularly in light of the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act in August 2022. The Company may also seek to undertake private placements of debt securities to finance its project asset portfolio. The proceeds of any such financing, if obtained, may allow the Company to reinvest capital back into the business and to fund other projects. We may also seek to obtain additional financing in both the debt and equity markets in the future. If financing is not available to us on acceptable terms if and when needed, or on terms acceptable to us or our lenders, if we do not satisfy the conditions of our financing arrangements, if we spend more than the financing approved for projects, if project costs exceed an amount that the Company can finance, or if we do not generate sufficient revenues or obtain capital sufficient for our corporate needs, we may be required to reduce or slow planned spending, reduce staffing, sell assets, seek alternative financing and take other measures, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and operations.

Note 2. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Recently Adopted Accounting Guidance

There is no recently adopted accounting guidance.

Recent Accounting Guidance Not Yet Effective

In November 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued guidance to improve reportable segment disclosure requirements, primarily through enhanced disclosures about significant segment expenses. In addition, the guidance enhances interim disclosure requirements, clarifies circumstances in which an entity can disclose multiple segment measures of profit or loss, provides new segment disclosure requirements for entities with a single reportable segment and contains other disclosure requirements. The purpose of the guidance is to enable investors to better understand an entity’s overall performance and assess potential future cash flows. The guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. Early adoption is permitted. We are currently evaluating the impact that the new guidance will have on our consolidated financial statements.

In December 2023, the FASB issued guidance to enhance income tax disclosures by providing information to better assess how an entity’s operations, related tax risks, tax planning and operational opportunities affect its tax rate and prospects for future cash flows. Additional disclosures will be required to the annual effective tax rate reconciliation including specific categories and further disaggregated reconciling items that meet the quantitative threshold. Additionally, disclosures will be required relating to income tax expense and payments made to federal, state, local and foreign jurisdictions. This guidance is effective for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2024. We are currently evaluating the impact that the new guidance will have on our consolidated financial statements.

Note 3. Tax Equity Financings

Derby Tax Equity Financing Transaction

Since the Derby Projects became operational during the three months ended January 31, 2024, we have begun to allocate profits and losses to noncontrolling interests under the hypothetical liquidation at book value ("HLBV") method. For the three months ended January 31, 2024, the net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests totaled $20.7 million. There wereno amounts allocated to noncontrolling interest for the three months ended January 31, 2023 for Derby Fuel Cell Holdco, LLC (the partnership that acquired the equity interests in the project company that owns the Derby Projects) because the

Derby Projects were not yet operational at that time. As such, the Company had not yet allocated profits or losses to the noncontrolling interest under the HLBV method. During the three months ended January 31, 2024, the Company made priority return distributions to Franklin Park of $0.1 million.

Groton Tax Equity Financing Transaction

The Company closed on a tax equity financing transaction in August 2021 with East West Bancorp, Inc. (“East West Bank”) for the 7.4 MW fuel cell project (the “Groton Project”) located on the U.S. Navy Submarine Base in Groton, CT. East West Bank’s tax equity commitment totals $15 million.

For the three months ended January 31, 2024 and 2023, the net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests for Groton Station FuelCell Holdco, LLC (the partnership that acquired the equity interests in the project company that owns the Groton Project) totaled $3.6 million and $2.9 million, respectively.

Yaphank Tax Equity Financing Transaction

The Company closed on a tax equity financing transaction in November 2021 with Renewable Energy Investors, LLC (“REI”), a subsidiary of Franklin Park Infrastructure, LLC, for the 7.4 MW fuel cell project (the “LIPA Yaphank Project”) located in Yaphank Long Island. REI’s tax equity commitment totaled $12.4 million.

This transaction was structured as a partnership flip. Under this partnership flip structure, a partnership, in this case YTBFC Holdco, LLC (the “Yaphank Partnership”), was organized to acquire from FuelCell Energy Finance II, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, all outstanding equity interests in Yaphank Fuel Cell Park, LLC, which in turn owns the LIPA Yaphank Project and is the party to the power purchase agreement and all project agreements. REI holds Class A Units in the Yaphank Partnership and a subsidiary of the Company holds the Class B Units.

During each of the three month periods ended January 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company made priority return distributions to REI of $0.1 million. For the three months ended January 31, 2024 and 2023, net (loss) income attributable to noncontrolling interest for the Yaphank Partnership totaled ($0.3) million and $0.4 million, respectively.

Note 4. Revenue Recognition

Contract Balances

Contract assets as of January 31, 2024 and October 31, 2023 were $45.1 million ($22.7 million long-term) and $42.1 million ($25.8 million long-term), respectively. The contract assets relate to the Company’s rights to consideration for work completed but not yet billed. These amounts are included on a separate line item as Unbilled receivables, and balances expected to be billed later than one year from the balance sheet date are included within Other assets on the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets. We bill customers for power platform and power platform component sales based on certain contractual milestones being reached. We bill service agreements based on the contract price and billing terms of the contracts. Generally, our Advanced Technologies contracts are billed based on actual revenues recorded, typically in the subsequent month. Some Advanced Technologies contracts are billed based on contractual milestones or costs incurred.

Contract liabilities as of January 31, 2024 and October 31, 2023 were $4.3 million and $3.1 million, respectively. The contract liabilities relate to the advance billings to customers for services that will be recognized over time and in some instances for deferred revenue relating to variable consideration for previously sold products. The net change in contract liabilities represents customer billings offset by revenue recognized.

Consideration Payable to a Customer

As of October 31, 2023, the Company had recorded $6.3 million ($6.0 million long-term) as consideration payable to Toyota Motor North America (“Toyota”), which is included within Accrued liabilities and Long-term debt and other liabilities on the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets. The Company received payment for the sale of an investment tax credit with respect to the Toyota project at the Port of Long Beach during the year ended October 31, 2023 and the net amount of $6.3 million will be recorded as a reduction to revenue during the period of measurement, which is the 20-year term of the hydrogen production and power purchase agreement between Toyota and the Company (“Toyota HPPA”).

Advanced Technologies Revenue – EMTEC Joint Development Agreement and Rotterdam Pilot Project Purchase Order

In May 2023, the Company entered into a second letter agreement with ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Company (formerly known as ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company) (“EMTEC”), pursuant to which the parties agreed that the conditions to the Company’s agreement to invest in the future demonstration of the technology for capturing carbon at an ExxonMobil refinery located in Rotterdam, Netherlands (such demonstration, the “Rotterdam Project”) were met in April 2023 and, as a result, the Company will recognize $2.5 million of the $5.0 million milestone payment received in fiscal year 2022 under the Company’s Joint Development Agreement with EMTEC as revenue across future deliverables to EMTEC. Of this $2.5 million, the Company recognized revenue of $0.5 million through January 31, 2024. The other $2.5 million of the $5.0 million milestone payment received in fiscal year 2022 under the Company’s Joint Development Agreement with EMTEC was applied during fiscal year 2023 to discount EMTEC’s purchase of the Company’s fuel cell module and detailed engineering design for the Rotterdam Project.

On January 31, 2024, the Company received a purchase order valued at $11.6 million from Esso Nederland B.V. (“Esso”), an affiliate of Exxon Mobil Corporation and EMTEC, for fuel cell modules as well as engineering, procurement, fabrication, testing and delivery services required for the construction and implementation of the modular point source carbon capture pilot plant at the Esso Rotterdam Manufacturing Complex.

Remaining Performance Obligations

Remaining performance obligations are the aggregate amount of total contract transaction price that is unsatisfied or partially unsatisfied. As of January 31, 2024, the Company’s total remaining performance obligations were: $140.4 million for service agreements (expected to be recognized as revenue over approximately three tofifteen years which is based on the remaining term of the service agreements), $346.0 million for generation power purchase agreements (“PPAs”) (expected to be recognized as revenue over approximately nineteen totwenty years based on the PPA terms remaining), $18.3 million for Advanced Technologies contracts (expected to be recognized within approximatelytwo years) and $0 for product purchase agreements.

Note 5. Investments – Short-Term

The Company began to invest in U.S. Treasury Securities during fiscal year 2023. The U.S. Treasury Securities were classified as held-to-maturity and were recorded at amortized cost. There areno U.S. Treasury Securities outstanding as of January 31, 2024. The amortized cost basis and fair value (based on quoted market prices) as of October 31, 2023 were $103.8 million. The contractual maturities of investments as of October 31, 2023 were within one year and the weighted average yield to maturity was 5.45%.

Note 6. Inventories

Inventories (current and long-term) as of January 31, 2024 and October 31, 2023 consisted of the following (in thousands):

Raw materials consist mainly of various nickel powders and steels, various other components used in producing cell stacks and purchased components for balance of plant. Work-in-process inventory is comprised of material, labor, and overhead costs incurred to build fuel cell stacks and modules, which are subcomponents of a power platform.

Note 7. Project Assets

Project assets as of January 31, 2024 and October 31, 2023 consisted of the following (in thousands):

The estimated useful lives of these project assets are 20 years for balance of plant and site construction, andfour toseven years for modules. Project assets as of January 31, 2024 and October 31, 2023 included twelve andnine, respectively, completed, commissioned installations generating power with respect to which the Company has a PPA with the end-user of power and site host with a net aggregate value of $260.1 million and $167.5 million as of January 31, 2024 and October 31, 2023, respectively. Certain of these assets are the subject of sale-leaseback arrangements with Crestmark Equipment Finance (“Crestmark”). The increase in operating project assets at January 31, 2024, compared to October 31, 2023, is a result of the inclusion of the Toyota Project and the Derby Projects, all of which became operational during the three months ended January 31, 2024.

Project assets as of January 31, 2024 and October 31, 2023 also include installations with carrying values of $0.7 million and $90.6 million, respectively, which are being developed and constructed by the Company in connection with projects for which we have entered into PPAs.

Project construction costs incurred for long-term project assets are reported as investing activities in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.

Note 8. Goodwill and Intangible Assets

As of January 31, 2024 and October 31, 2023, the Company had goodwill of $4.1 million and intangible assets of $15.8 million and $16.1 million, respectively, that were recorded in connection with the Company’s 2012 acquisition of Versa Power Systems, Inc. (“Versa”) and the 2019 Bridgeport Fuel Cell Project acquisition.

The Versa acquisition intangible asset represents an indefinite-lived in-process research and development intangible asset for cumulative research and development efforts associated with the development of solid oxide fuel cell stationary power generation. Amortization expense for the Bridgeport Fuel Cell Project-related intangible asset for each of the three month periods ended January 31, 2024 and 2023 was $0.3 million.

The following tables summarize the carrying value of the Company’s intangible assets as of January 31, 2024 and October 31, 2023 (in thousands):

Note 9. Accrued Liabilities

Accrued liabilities as of January 31, 2024 and October 31, 2023 consisted of the following (in thousands):

Note 10. Leases

The Company enters into operating lease agreements for the use of real estate, vehicles, information technology equipment, and certain other equipment. We determine if an arrangement contains a lease at inception, which is the date on which the terms of the contract are agreed to and the agreement creates enforceable rights and obligations. The impacts of accounting for operating leases are included in Operating lease right-of-use assets, Operating lease liabilities, and Long-term operating lease liabilities in the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets. The Company currently has no finance leases.

Operating lease expense for each of the three month periods ended January 31, 2024 and 2023 was $0.4 million and $0.3 million, respectively. As of January 31, 2024, the weighted average remaining lease term (in years) was approximately 17 years and the weighted average discount rate was 6.96%. Lease payments made during the three months ended January 31, 2024 and 2023 were $0.2 million and $0.3 million, respectively.

Undiscounted maturities of operating lease liabilities as of January 31, 2024 were as follows (in thousands):

Note 11. Stockholders’ Equity

2022 Open Market Sale Agreement

On July 12, 2022, the Company entered into an Open Market Sale Agreement with Jefferies LLC, B. Riley Securities, Inc., Barclays Capital Inc., BMO Capital Markets Corp., BofA Securities, Inc., Canaccord Genuity LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Loop Capital Markets LLC (the “Open Market Sale Agreement”) with respect to an at the market offering program under which the Company may, from time to time, offer and sell up to 95.0 million shares of the Company’s common stock. Pursuant to the Open Market Sale Agreement, the Company is required to pay and has paid each agent a commission equal to 2.0% of the gross proceeds from each sale of shares made by such agent under the Open Market Sale Agreement. From the date of the Open Market Sale Agreement through January 31,

2024, the Company sold approximately 62.8 million shares under the Open Market Sale Agreement at an average sale price of $2.66 per share, resulting in gross proceeds of approximately $166.8 million before deducting sales commissions and fees, and net proceeds to the Company of approximately $162.7 million after deducting commissions and fees totaling approximately $4.1 million. No sales were made under the Open Market Sale Agreement during the quarter ended January 31, 2024.

As of January 31, 2024, approximately 32.2 million shares were available for issuance under the Open Market Sale Agreement. However, in order to sell additional shares under the Open Market Sale Agreement, the Company must file a prospectus supplement covering such sales under its Registration Statement on Form S-3, which was filed in October 2023.

Note 12. Redeemable Preferred Stock

The Company is authorized to issue up to 250,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share, in one or more series, of which 105,875 shares were designated as 5% Series B Cumulative Convertible Perpetual Preferred Stock (“Series B Preferred Stock”) in March 2005.

Series B Preferred Stock

As of January 31, 2024, the Company had 105,875 shares of Series B Preferred Stock, with a liquidation preference of $1,000.00 per share, authorized for issuance. As of January 31, 2024 and October 31, 2023, there were 64,020 shares of Series B Preferred Stock issued and outstanding, with a carrying value of $59.9 million. Dividends of $0.8 million were paid in cash during each of the three month periods ended January 31, 2024 and 2023.

Note 13. Loss Per Share

The calculation of basic and diluted loss per share was as follows (in thousands, except share and per share amounts):

Note 14. Restricted Cash

As of January 31, 2024 and October 31, 2023, there was $51.3 million and $49.6 million, respectively, of restricted cash and cash equivalents pledged as performance security, reserved for future debt service requirements, and reserved for

letters of credit for certain banking requirements and contracts. The allocation of restricted cash is as follows (in thousands):

Note 15. Debt

Debt as of January 31, 2024 and October 31, 2023 consisted of the following (in thousands):

OpCo Financing Facility Interest Rate Swap – Fair Value Adjustment

The Company’s interest rate swap related to the OpCo Financing Facility (as defined elsewhere herein) is recorded at its fair value each reporting period, with the resulting gains/losses recorded to other income/expense. The interest rate swap is a Level 2 asset/liability since the value can be determined based on the observed values for underlying interest rates. The fair value adjustment for the three months ended January 31, 2024 resulted in a loss of $3.5 million as a result of a decrease of approximately 100 basis points in the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”). The Company has recorded a derivative liability within long-term debt and other liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheets, which had an estimated fair value of $0.2 million as of January 31, 2024 and the Company recorded a derivative asset within other assets on the Consolidated Balance Sheets, which had an estimated fair value of $3.3 million as of October 31, 2023.

Note 16. Benefit Plans

Long-Term Incentive Plans

The Board periodically approves Long-Term Incentive Plans which include performance-based awards tied to the Company’s common stock price as well as time-vesting awards. None of the awards granted as part of Long-Term Incentive Plans include any dividend equivalent or other stockholder rights. To the extent the awards are earned, they may be settled in shares or cash of an equivalent value at the Company’s option.

Long-Term Incentive Plan Awards for Fiscal Year 2024:

On December 11, 2023, the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) approved certain awards to be made under the Company’s Long-Term Incentive Plan for fiscal year 2024 (the “LTI Plan”). The LTI Plan is as a sub-plan consisting of awards made under the Company’s 2018 Omnibus Incentive Plan. The participants in the LTI Plan are members of senior management. The awards under the LTI Plan consist of two components:

On December 11, 2023,6,548,760 RSUs were awarded to senior management under the LTI Plan, which included 3,274,384 PSUs (all of which are contingent) and 3,274,376 time-based vesting RSUs. The 3,274,384 PSUs granted during the three months ended January 31, 2024 are contingent upon approval by the Company’s stockholders at the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of the authorization of sufficient additional shares of common stock under the Company’s 2018 Omnibus Incentive Plan to accommodate all of the shares of the Company’s common stock potentially issuable pursuant to the contingent awards granted in December 2023. If such stockholder approval is not obtained at the Annual Meeting, the awards will be immediately canceled without consideration therefor.

In addition to the awards granted to senior management, during the three months ended January 31, 2024, the Board also granted a total of 5,597,389 time-based vesting RSUs to certain salaried employees to promote ownership of the Company’s equity and retention. Of the time-based vesting RSUs granted during the three months ended January 31, 2024,3,978,496 are contingent upon approval by the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting of the authorization of sufficient additional shares of common stock under the Company’s 2018 Omnibus Incentive Plan to accommodate all of the shares of the Company’s common stock potentially issuable pursuant to the contingent awards granted in December 2023. If such stockholder approval is not obtained at the Annual Meeting, the awards will be immediately canceled without consideration therefor. The time-based vesting RSUs granted during the three months ended January 31, 2024 vest at a rate of one-third of the total number of RSUs granted on each of the first three anniversaries of the date of grant. PSUs are issued assuming participants achieve 100% target performance. The Company also reserves additional shares assuming the maximum performance targets are met.

Share-Based Compensation

Share-based compensation was reflected in the Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss as follows (in thousands):

Restricted Stock Units Including Performance Share Units

The following table summarizes our RSU activity for the three months ended January 31, 2024:

Note 17. Commitments and Contingencies

Service Agreements

Under the provisions of its service agreements, the Company provides services to maintain, monitor, and repair customer power plants to meet minimum operating levels. Under the terms of such service agreements, the particular power plant must meet a minimum operating output during defined periods of the term. If minimum output falls below the contract requirement, the Company may be subject to performance penalties and/or may be required to repair or replace the customer’s fuel cell module(s).

Power Purchase Agreements

Under the terms of the Company’s PPAs, customers agree to purchase power from the Company’s fuel cell power plants at negotiated rates. Electricity rates are generally a function of the customers’ current and estimated future electricity pricing available from the grid. As owner or lessee of the power plants, the Company is responsible for all operating costs necessary to maintain, monitor and repair the power plants. Under certain agreements, the Company is also responsible for procuring fuel, generally natural gas or biogas, to run the power plants. In addition, under the terms of some of the PPAs, the Company may be subject to a performance penalty if the Company does not meet certain performance requirements.

Project Fuel Exposure

Certain of our PPAs for project assets in our generation operating portfolio and project assets under construction expose us to fluctuating fuel price risks as well as the risk of being unable to procure the required amounts of fuel and the lack of alternative available fuel sources. We seek to mitigate our fuel risk using strategies including: (i) fuel cost reimbursement mechanisms in our PPAs to allow for pass through of fuel costs (full or partial) where possible, which we have done with our 14.9 MW operating project in Bridgeport, CT; (ii) procuring fuel under fixed price physical supply contracts with investment grade counterparties, which we have done fortwenty years for our Tulare BioMAT project, the initial seven years of theeighteen year PPA for our LIPA Yaphank Project (through September 2028), six years of thetwenty year PPA for our 14.0 MW and 2.8 MW Derby projects (through October 2029), and the initialtwo years of thetwenty year hydrogen power purchase agreement for our Toyota project (through May of 2025); and (iii) potentially entering into future financial hedges with investment grade counterparties to offset potential negative market fluctuations. The Company does not take

a fundamental view on natural gas or other commodity pricing and seeks commercially available means to reduce commodity exposure. If the Company is unable to secure fuel on favorable economic terms, it may result in impairment charges.

The Company net settled certain natural gas purchases under a previous normal purchase normal sale contract designation during the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2023 which resulted in a change to mark-to-market accounting. The Company recorded a $1.9 million loss associated with the natural gas contract derivative for the three months ended January 31, 2024. The Company has recorded the derivative asset within other assets on the Consolidated Balance Sheets, which had an estimated fair value of $2.3 million and $4.1 million as of January 31, 2024 and October 31, 2023, respectively. The natural gas contract derivative is classified as a Level 2 financial asset since the values can be determined based on readily observable inputs for underlying natural gas forward prices.

Other

As of January 31, 2024, the Company had unconditional purchase commitments aggregating $95.4 million for materials, supplies and services in the normal course of business.

Legal Proceedings

From time to time, the Company is involved in legal proceedings, including, but not limited to, regulatory proceedings, claims, mediations, arbitrations and litigation, arising out of the ordinary course of its business (“Legal Proceedings”). Although the Company cannot assure the outcome of such Legal Proceedings, management presently believes that the result of such Legal Proceedings, either individually, or in the aggregate, will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements, and no material amounts have been accrued in the Company’s consolidated financial statements with respect to these matters.