ADVANCED ENERGY INDUSTRIES INC
For the period ended Jun 30, 2024. Filed Jul 30, 2024.
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Jun 30, 2024 · Filed Jul 30, 2024
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Read the current filingPrevious report: 10-Q
Period ended 2024-03-31; filed 2024-05-01.
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Item 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONSCurrent report: 10-Q
Period ended 2024-06-30; filed 2024-07-30.
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Item 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONSThe baseline is this issuer’s latest earlier reporting period of the same form that was filed before the current report. A previous 10-Q is a different quarter, not a year-over-year comparison. Amendments are excluded.
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Current report
Recent Acquisitions
Current report
On June 20, 2024, we acquired Airity Technologies, Inc. (“Airity”), which is based in Redwood City, California. This acquisition adds high voltage power conversion technologies and products, which broadens our range of targeted applications within our Semiconductor Equipment and Industrial and Medical markets. SeeNote 2. Acquisitionsin Part I, Item 1 “Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements.”
Current report
The Data Center Computing Market went through five quarters of weak demand starting in the first quarter of 2023, driven by reduced investments of our hyperscale customers, slowed demand for Enterprise systems and the timing impact of large customer orders on our revenues. Starting in the second quarter of 2024, demand rebounded from both our hyperscale and enterprise customers, driven by accelerated investments in artificial intelligence and improved demand in the traditional server market, which we expect to continue for several quarters.
Current report
Starting in 2023, leading companies in both the telecom and networking markets reported weakening demand. However, an improved supply of critical components in 2023 drove higher customer orders, more than offset the weakening market condition, which continued in 2024. As lead times shorten and customers rebalance their elevated inventory levels of our products, demand for our products declined meaningfully in the first half of 2024, which we expect to continue throughout the year.
Current report
Total revenues in the three month period decreased from the same period in the prior year due to customer inventory rebalancing, resulting in lower demand in our Industrial and Medical and Telecom and Networking markets. This offset a modest revenue recovery in the Semiconductor Equipment market from the trough level a year ago and a demand recovery in the Data Center Computing market.
Current report
The decrease in Industrial and Medical revenues for both the three and six month periods was primarily due to lower demand and customers working down their elevated inventories compared to a record year in 2023 and shortened lead times following the supply chain crisis.
Current report
The increase in Data Center Computing revenue for the three month period was due to investments at several large hyperscale customers mostly driven by artificial intelligence adoption, and, to a lesser degree, a recovery in demand for traditional enterprise servers. The decline during the six month period was due to lower revenue in the first quarter of 2024 from slow demand and minimal large hyperscale orders.
Current report
The decrease in Telecom and Networking revenues for both the three and six month periods was due to the prior year benefit of improved supply of critical components. This enabled fulfillment of outstanding orders in 2023, which was not expected to continue in 2024 and beyond. In addition, we experienced a slow demand environment and inventory rebalancing from our customers.
Current report
During the three month period we experienced a slight increase in R&D related to higher program and materials cost as well as higher stock-based compensation expense compared to the same period in the prior year. For the six month period we had decline in program and materials cost as well as a decrease in compensation costs. The decline in compensation costs was due to lower variable compensation, partially offset by higher stock-based compensation expense.
Current report
Amortization expense remained flat as the new intangible assets acquired in the Airity acquisition were the only additions, and they did not add significant expense during the three and six month periods ended June 20, 2024.
Current report
of fixed assets, and other miscellaneous items. We had lower unrealized foreign exchange gains during the three months ended June 30, 2024 compared to the same period in the prior year. However, for the six months ended June 30, 2024, we had higher unrealized foreign exchange gains compared to the same period in the prior year.
Current report
Income Tax
Current report
For both the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, our effective tax rate for 2024 was higher than the same period in the prior year primarily due to the impact of smaller beneficial discrete items in the current period relative to the larger beneficial discrete items in the prior period.
Current report
Net cash used in investing for the six months ended June 30, 2023 was $36.8 million, primarily driven by the following:
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Previous report
While there is increased demand for high end computing applications, such as artificial intelligence, continued slow demand in the enterprise server and storage market and timing of large customer orders impacted our revenue in the first quarter of 2024. However, we are beginning to see indications of recovery in this market driven by hyperscale and artificial intelligence investments.
Previous report
Starting in 2023, leading companies in this market reported weak demand, and the slower demand environment continued in 2024. In addition, we experienced the impact of customers rebalancing inventories as a result of fulfilling outstanding backlog and shorter lead times for our products.
Previous report
The decrease in Industrial and Medical revenue was primarily due to lower demand and reduction of customers’ inventories.
Previous report
The decrease in Data Center Computing revenue was due to the cyclical downturn in the data center server and storage market and timing of large hyperscale programs at some customers.
Previous report
The decrease in Telecom and Networking revenue was due to a slowing demand environment, reduced capital spend, and inventory rebalancing from our customers following a strong 2023.
Previous report
The decrease in research and development was primarily driven by $1.3 million in lower program and material costs. In addition, we had a $0.4 million decline in compensation costs due to lower headcount and variable compensation, partially offset by higher stock-based compensation expense.
Previous report
Amortization expense remained flat as we did not acquire any new intangible assets.
Previous report
of fixed assets, and other miscellaneous items. The increase in income between periods was primarily a result of higher
Previous report
unrealized foreign exchange gains.
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Income Tax Provision (Benefit)
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Net cash used in investing for the three months ended March 31, 2023 was $16.2 million due to purchases of property and equipment largely driven by investments in our manufacturing footprint and capacity.
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This management discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 20, 2024 (“2023 Form 10-K”).
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This management discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on February 20, 2024 (the “2023 Form 10-K”).
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This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains, in addition to historical information, forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Statements in this report that are not historical information are forward-looking statements. For example, statements relating to our beliefs, expectations, and plans are forward-looking statements, as are statements that certain actions, conditions, events, or circumstances will continue. The inclusion of words such as “anticipate,” “expect,” “estimate,” “can,” “may,” “might,” “continue,” “enable,” “plan,” “intend,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “will,” “likely,” “potential,” “believe,” and similar expressions and the negative versions thereof indicate forward-looking statements; however, not all forward-looking statements may contain such words or expressions. These forward-looking statements are based upon information available as of the date of this report and management’s current estimates, forecasts, and assumptions. Although we believe that our expectations reflected in or suggested by these forward-looking statements are reasonable, we may not achieve the results, performance, plans, or objectives expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond our control.
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This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (this “report”) contains, in addition to historical information, forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Statements in this report that are not historical information are forward-looking statements. For example, statements relating to our beliefs, expectations, and plans are forward-looking statements, as are statements that certain actions, conditions, events, or circumstances will continue. The inclusion of words such as “anticipate,” “expect,” “estimate,” “can,” “may,” “might,” “continue,” “enable,” “plan,” “intend,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “will,” “likely,” “potential,” “believe,” and similar expressions and the negative versions thereof indicate forward-looking statements; however, not all forward-looking statements may contain such words or expressions. These forward-looking statements are based upon information available as of the date of this report and management’s current estimates, forecasts, and assumptions. Although we believe that our expectations reflected in or suggested by these forward-looking statements are reasonable, we may not achieve the results, performance, plans, or objectives expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond our control.
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The demand environment in each of our markets is impacted by macroeconomic conditions, various market trends, customer buying patterns, design wins, and other factors. Although we are currently experiencing a lower demand environment, we continue to believe that the long-term market growth drivers support our long-term strategy, research and development efforts, and capital investments. However, in the short-term it is unclear how certain macroeconomic conditions, including higher interest rates impacting end customers’ capital investment and customer buying patterns, will affect customer demand and our revenue.
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The demand environment in each of our markets is impacted by macroeconomic conditions, various market trends, customer buying patterns, design wins, and other factors. Although we are currently experiencing a lower demand environment in certain markets, we continue to believe that the long-term market growth drivers support our long-term strategy, research and development efforts, and capital investments. However, in the short-term it is unclear how certain macroeconomic conditions, including the effect of higher interest rates impacting end customers’ capital investment, the timing of inventory digestion, and customer buying patterns related to timing of inventory, will affect customer demand and our revenue.
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In the first quarter of 2024, the ongoing Semiconductor Equipment market downturn continued to limit our business. The market entered a downturn beginning in the fourth quarter of 2022 due to a combination of unfavorable macroeconomic conditions, overcapacity in the market for memory devices, prolonged weakness in demand for consumer electronics, built up semiconductor inventory consumption resulting in falling manufacturing utilization, and U.S. export restrictions to China for certain semiconductor equipment.
Current wording
The Semiconductor Equipment market is slowly recovering from a cyclical downturn, which began in the fourth quarter of 2022. A number of external factors continued to limit the market in the first half of 2024, including unfavorable macroeconomic conditions, overcapacity in NAND flash wafer fabs, prolonged weakness in demand for consumer electronics, the buildup of inventory that resulted from falling manufacturing utilization, and U.S. export restrictions to China for certain semiconductor equipment.
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Although we expect these factors to continue to impact our business levels in the near term, we believe the long-term growth drivers for demand in this market will resume due to the need for more manufacturing capacity to support expected demand growth for semiconductor devices and related capital equipment.
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We continue to believe the long-term growth drivers for this market will resume as more manufacturing capacity is needed to support increasing demand for semiconductor devices and related capital equipment.
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Following a year of record revenue in the Industrial and Medical market, starting in the second half of 2023, we began to experience the impact of weaker macroeconomic conditions on our demand. In addition, in the first quarter of 2024, we saw a rebalancing of customers’ inventories as a result of fulfilling outstanding backlog and shorter lead times for our products. This trend accelerated in the first quarter of 2024. While we believe the long term growth drivers in these markets remain strong, we expect these factors will continue to limit our revenue levels in the near term.
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Beginning in the second half of 2023, the impact of weaker macroeconomic conditions started to impact demand for our products in the Industrial and Medical Market. In addition, in the first half of 2024, elevated inventory levels of our products following the supply chain crisis and extended lead times resulted in high levels of inventory rebalancing by our customers. We expect these factors will continue to limit our revenue levels in the near term, but we believe the long-term growth drivers will enable growth to return to this market after end markets recover and our customer inventories return to normal levels.
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Total revenue decreased from the same period in the prior year due to a cyclical downturn in the semiconductor and data center industries as well as lower demand within our Industrial and Medical and Telecom and Networking markets.
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Total revenues in the six month period decreased from the same periods in the prior year due primarily to inventory rebalancing, resulting in lower demand in our Industrial and Medical and Telecom and Networking markets. The Semiconductor Equipment market has not fully recovered from the cyclical downturn, and revenue in the Data Center Computing market was impacted by timing of several large programs in first quarter.
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The decrease in Semiconductor Equipment revenue was primarily due to an ongoing cyclical downturn in the semiconductor industry.
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The increase in Semiconductor Equipment revenue for the three month period was primarily due to improved demand for our products compared to quarterly trough in the same period in the prior year. The revenue for the six month period remained constant due to an ongoing cyclical downturn in this market.
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The decrease in gross profit was largely due to the decline in revenue and higher operating costs based on investments made in 2023. Gross margin percentage declined year over year primarily due to a decline in volume across all markets, which drove lower utilization in the manufacturing operations. This was partially offset by favorable product mix due to the overall revenue decline being weighted towards lower margin products. Additionally, we paid lower premiums for scarce parts compared to previous periods.
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For both the three and six month periods, the decrease in gross profit was largely due to the decline in revenue and higher operating costs based on investments made in 2023. Gross margin declined in both periods due to the decline in volume, which drove manufacturing utilization lower. This was partially offset by more favorable product mix, savings realized from our 2023 restructuring program, and lower premiums paid for scarce parts.
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The decrease in selling, general, and administrative was primarily related to actions taken to control costs, including headcount reduction and lower variable employee compensation, partially offset by higher stock-based compensation cost.
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Selling, general, and administrative expense remained constant due to actions taken to control costs, including headcount reduction and lower variable employee compensation, partially offset by higher stock-based compensation cost.
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The decrease in restructuring, asset impairments, and other charges is primarily driven by timing of our restructuring plan decisions. We have two restructuring plans in process, including the following:
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The decrease in restructuring, asset impairments, and other charges is primarily driven by the timing of our restructuring plan decisions. We have two restructuring plans in process, including the following:
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We experienced an increase in interest income on higher cash balances, due in part to proceeds from issuance of the Convertible Notes in the third quarter of 2023, ability to concentrate cash in investment accounts, and higher short term market interest rates.
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We experienced an increase in interest income on higher cash balances, due in part to proceeds from the issuance of the Convertible Notes in the third quarter of 2023, our ability to concentrate cash in investment accounts, and higher short term market interest rates.
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Our effective tax rates differ from the U.S. federal statutory rate of 21% for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, primarily due to the benefit of earnings in foreign jurisdictions which are subject to lower tax rates, as well as tax credits, partially offset by net U.S. tax on foreign operations. The effective tax rate for 2024 was higher than the same periods in 2023 primarily due to unfavorable mix of earnings.
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Our effective tax rates differ from the U.S. federal statutory rate of 21% primarily due to the benefit of earnings in foreign jurisdictions which are subject to lower tax rates, as well as tax credits, partially offset by net U.S. tax on foreign operations.
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As of March 31, 2024, our cash and cash equivalents totaled $1,017.8 million, while our available funding under our Revolving Facility was $200.0 million. Additionally, we generated $8.0 million of cash flow from continuing operations in the three months ended March 31, 2024. We believe our sources of liquidity will be adequate to meet anticipated debt service, share repurchase programs, and dividends. During the ordinary course of business, we evaluate our cash requirements and, if necessary, adjust our expenditures to reflect the current market conditions and our projected revenue and demand. Our capital expenditures are primarily directed towards manufacturing and operations and can materially influence our available cash for other initiatives.
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As of June 30, 2024, our cash and cash equivalents totaled $986.1 million, while our available funding under our Revolving Facility was $200.0 million. Additionally, we generated $14.9 million of cash flow from continuing operations in the six months ended June 30, 2024. We believe our sources of liquidity will be adequate to meet anticipated debt service, share repurchase programs, and dividends. During the ordinary course of business, we evaluate our cash requirements and, if necessary, adjust our expenditures to reflect the current market conditions and our projected revenue and demand. Our capital expenditures are primarily directed towards manufacturing and operations and can materially influence our available cash for other initiatives.
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In addition, we may, depending upon the number or size of acquisitions we pursue, seek additional debt or equity financing from time to time; however, such additional financing may not be available on acceptable terms, if at all.
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In addition, we may seek additional debt or equity financing from time to time; however, such additional financing may not be available on acceptable terms, if at all.
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On September 12, 2023, we completed a private, unregistered offering of $575.0 million Convertible Notes and received net proceeds of approximately $561.1 million after the discount for the initial purchasers’ fees. We intend to use the net proceeds to fund future growth, which may include strategic acquisitions, opportunistically repay existing outstanding indebtedness, repurchase our common stock, or general corporate purposes.
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On September 12, 2023, we completed a private, unregistered offering of $575.0 million Convertible Notes and received net proceeds of approximately $561.1 million after the discount for the initial purchasers’ fees and other expenses. We intend to use the net proceeds to fund future growth, which may include strategic acquisitions, opportunistically repay existing outstanding indebtedness, repurchase our common stock, or general corporate purposes.
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For more information seeNote 16. Long-Term Debt in Part I, Item 1 “Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements.” For more information on the interest rate swap that fixes the interest rate for a portion of our Term Loan Facility, seeNote 6. Derivative Financial Instrumentsin Part I, Item 1 “Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements.”* *
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For more information seeNote 16. Long-Term Debt in Part I, Item 1 “Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements.” For more information on the interest rate swap that fixes the interest rate for a portion of our Term Loan Facility, seeNote 7. Derivative Financial Instrumentsin Part I, Item 1 “Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements.”* *
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During the three months ended March 31, 2024, we paid a quarterly cash dividend of $0.10 per share, totaling $3.8 million. We currently anticipate that a cash dividend of $0.10 per share will continue to be paid on a quarterly basis, although the declaration of any future cash dividend is at the discretion of the Board and will depend on our financial condition, results of operations, capital requirements, business conditions, and other factors.
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During the six months ended June 30, 2024, we paid quarterly cash dividends of $0.10 per share, totaling $7.7 million. We currently anticipate that a cash dividend of $0.10 per share will continue to be paid on a quarterly basis, although the declaration of any future cash dividend is at the discretion of the Board of Directors and will depend on our financial condition, results of operations, capital requirements, business conditions, and other factors.
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Net cash from operating activities from continuing operations for the three months ended March 31, 2024 was $8.0 million, as compared to $31.9 million for the same period in the prior year. The decrease of $23.9 million as compared to the same period in the prior year was primarily due to lower net income from continuing operations. Additionally, we had unfavorable decreases in accounts payable, accrued expenses, and other liabilities, as well as an unfavorable increase in inventory. This was partially offset by a favorable decrease in accounts receivable.
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Net cash from operating activities from continuing operations for the six months ended June 30, 2024 was $14.9 million, as compared to $55.5 million for the same period in the prior year. This $40.6 million decrease was primarily due to lower net income from continuing operations. Additionally, during the current year, we had a significant use of cash for inventories due to a strategic inventory buildup as well as lower cash flow from accounts receivable as a result of a decline in revenue. The above items were partially offset by an increase in accounts payable.
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Net cash used in investing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2024 was $18.7 million, primarily driven by the following:
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Net cash used in investing activities for the six months ended June 30, 2024 was $47.6 million, primarily driven by the following:
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Net cash used in financing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2024 was $14.1 million and included the following:
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Net cash used in financing activities for the six months ended June 30, 2024 was $23.2 million and included the following:
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Net cash used in financing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2023 was $10.8 million and included the following:
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Net cash used in financing activities for the six months ended June 30, 2023 was $19.0 million and included the following:
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During the three months ended March 31, 2024, foreign currency translation had a minimal impact on cash. See “Foreign Currency Exchange Rate Risk” in Part I, Item 3 of this Form 10-Q for more information**.**
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During the six months ended June 30, 2024, foreign currency translation had a minimal impact on cash. See “Foreign Currency Exchange Rate Risk” in Part I, Item 3 for more information**.**
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Current report — wording carried from elsewhere
SeeNote 11. Restructuring, Asset Impairments, and Other Chargesin Part I, Item 1 “Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements” regarding our July 29, 2024 actions.