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Cibus Inc

For the period ended Mar 31, 2024. Filed May 9, 2024.

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Mar 31, 2024 · Filed May 9, 2024

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Item 1. Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Unaudited and in Thousands, Except Par Value and Share Amounts)

March 31, 2024December 31, 2023
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents$24,507$32,699
Accounts receivable650530
Prepaid expenses and other current assets1,5601,991
Total current assets26,71735,220
Property, plant, and equipment, net14,65715,775
Operating lease right-of-use assets20,45821,685
Intangible assets, net34,95335,411
Goodwill434,898434,898
Other non-current assets1,3511,422
Total assets$533,034$544,411
Liabilities, redeemable noncontrolling interest, and stockholders’ equity
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable$6,672$6,127
Accrued expenses1,8041,747
Accrued compensation3,3043,858
Deferred revenue1,4601,210
Current portion of notes payable527833
Current portion of financing lease obligations151187
Current portion of operating lease obligations5,9855,927
Class A common stock warrants1,8081,418
Other current liabilities1116
Total current liabilities21,72221,323
Notes payable, net of current portion441536
Financing lease obligations, net of current portion116113
Operating lease obligations, net of current portion15,65217,025
Royalty liability - related parties173,581165,252
Other non-current liabilities1,6951,868
Total liabilities213,207206,117
Commitments and contingencies (See Note 9)
Redeemable noncontrolling interest41,61044,824
Stockholders’ equity:
Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value; 210,000,000 shares authorized; 21,614,892 shares issued and 21,014,970 shares outstanding as of March 31, 2024; 21,240,379 shares issued and 20,567,656 shares outstanding as of December 31, 202388
Class B common stock, $0.0001 par value; 90,000,000 shares authorized; 3,142,636 shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2024, and December 31, 2023——
Additional paid-in capital783,351775,017
Class A common stock in treasury, at cost; 39,099 shares as of March 31, 2024, and 32,663 shares as of December 31, 2023(1,912)(1,785)
Accumulated deficit(503,213)(479,778)
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)(17)8
Total stockholders’ equity278,217293,470
Total liabilities, redeemable noncontrolling interest, and stockholders’ equity$533,034$544,411
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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(Unaudited and in Thousands, Except Share and Per Share Amounts)

Three Months Ended March 31,
20242023
Revenue:
Revenue$545$42
Total revenue54542
Operating expenses:
Research and development12,0132,209
Selling, general, and administrative6,9852,296
Total operating expenses18,9984,505
Loss from operations(18,453)(4,463)
Royalty liability interest expense - related parties(8,329)—
Other interest income (expense), net193(21)
Non-operating income (expense)(369)(910)
Loss before income taxes(26,958)(5,394)
Income tax expense(14)—
Net loss$(26,972)$(5,394)
Net loss attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interest(3,537)—
Net loss attributable to Cibus, Inc.$(23,435)$(5,394)
Basic and diluted net loss per share of Class A common stock$(1.12)$(5.46)
Weighted average shares of Class A common stock outstanding – basic and diluted20,862,938988,145
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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

(Unaudited and in Thousands)

Three Months Ended March 31,
20242023
Net loss$(26,972)$(5,394)
Foreign currency translation adjustments(28)—
Comprehensive loss(27,000)(5,394)
Comprehensive loss attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interest(3,540)—
Comprehensive loss attributable to Cibus, Inc.$(23,460)$(5,394)
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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF REDEEMABLE NONCONTROLLING INTEREST AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

(Unaudited and in Thousands, Except Shares Outstanding)

Class A Common Stock · Class B Common Stock
Three Months EndedMarch 31, 2024 · Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest · Shares · Amount · Shares · Amount · AdditionalPaid-InCapital · SharesinTreasury · AccumulatedDeficit · Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) · TotalStockholders’Equity
Balance at December 31, 2023$44,82420,567,656$83,142,636$—$775,017$(1,785)$(479,778)$8$293,470
Net loss(3,537)——————(23,435)—(23,435)
Stock-based compensation—————2,528———2,528
Issuance of common stock and payment of minimum employee taxes withheld upon net share settlement of restricted stock units—97,273————————
Issuance of common stock from the ATM facility, net of offering expenses356,4776,1326,132
Payment of taxes related to vested restricted stock units—(6,436)————(127)——(127)
Change in value of redeemable noncontrolling interest326(326)(326)
Foreign currency translation adjustments(3)———————(25)(25)
Balance at March 31, 2024$41,61021,014,970$83,142,636$—$783,351$(1,912)$(503,213)$(17)$278,217
Three Months EndedMarch 31, 2023Class A SharesOutstandingClass A CommonStockAdditionalPaid-InCapitalSharesinTreasuryAccumulatedDeficitTotalStockholders’Equity
Balance at December 31, 2022976,908$5$220,422$(1,043)$(212,151)$7,233
Net loss————(5,394)(5,394)
Stock-based compensation——828——828
Issuance of common stock and payment of minimum employee taxes withheld upon net share settlement of restricted stock units17,718—————
Balance at March 31, 2023994,626$5$221,250$(1,043)$(217,545)$2,667
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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Unaudited and in Thousands)

Three Months Ended March 31,
20242023
Operating activities
Net loss$(26,972)$(5,394)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used by operating activities:
Royalty liability interest expense - related parties8,329—
Depreciation and amortization1,794486
Stock-based compensation2,528828
Change in fair value of liability classified Class A common stock warrants390819
Other(22)—
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions:
Accounts receivable(120)—
Due to/from related parties—(112)
Prepaid expenses and other current assets43156
Accounts payable646(13)
Accrued expenses47879
Accrued compensation(554)73
Deferred revenues248(42)
Right-of-use assets and lease liabilities, net(88)50
Other assets and liabilities, net(137)(5)
Net cash used by operating activities(13,480)(2,375)
Investing activities
Purchases of property, plant, and equipment(228)—
Net cash used by investing activities(228)—
Financing activities
Proceeds from issuances of securities6,534—
Costs incurred related to issuances of securities(454)—
Proceeds from draws on revolving line of credit from Cibus Global, LLC—1,000
Payment of taxes related to vested restricted stock units(127)—
Repayments of financing lease obligations(33)(97)
Repayments of notes payable(401)—
Net cash provided by financing activities5,519903
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents(3)—
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents(8,192)(1,472)
Cash and cash equivalents – beginning of period32,6993,526
Cash and cash equivalents – end of period$24,507$2,054
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NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

  1. NATURE OF BUSINESS & SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of Presentation

The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of Cibus, Inc. (Cibus or the Company and, prior to the completion of the Merger Transactions (as defined below), Calyxt, Inc., or Legacy Calyxt) have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (U.S. GAAP or GAAP) for interim financial information and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) applicable to interim financial statements and has included the accounts of Cibus, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiaries. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. In the Company’s opinion, the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of its statements of financial position, results of operations, and cash flows for the periods presented but they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by U.S. GAAP for complete financial statements. Except as otherwise disclosed herein, these adjustments consist of normal recurring items. Operating results for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of results that may be expected for the fiscal year as a whole or any other interim period.

For further information, refer to the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for theyear ended December 31, 2023, filed with the SEC on March 21, 2024 (Annual Report). The accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2023, was derived from the audited consolidated financial statements. This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q should be read in conjunction with the Company’s consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Annual Report.

Nature of Business and Organization

Cibus, Inc. completed the Merger Transactions (as defined below under “—Completion of Merger Transactions”) on May 31, 2023, with Cibus Global, LLC (Cibus Global), and the Company carries on its business through Cibus Global and its subsidiaries. Cibus is the sole managing member of Cibus Global and as sole managing member, the Company operates and controls all of the business and affairs of Cibus Global. As a result, the Company consolidates the financial results of Cibus Global and its subsidiaries and reports redeemable noncontrolling interest representing the economic interest in Cibus Global held by the other members of Cibus Global.

Cibus Global, a Delaware limited liability company, was formed on May 10, 2019. Immediately prior to the effective date of this formation, Cibus Global was organized as a British Virgin Islands company (Cibus Global, Ltd.), which was formed on September 11, 2008.

Cibus Global is a plant trait company using gene editing technologies to develop and license gene edited plant traits that improve farming productivity or produce renewable low carbon plant products.

Completion of Merger Transactions

On May 31, 2023, the Company completed the business combination transactions contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of January 13, 2023, as amended by the First Amendment thereto dated as of April 14, 2023 (as amended, the Merger Agreement, and the transactions contemplated thereby, the Merger Transactions), by and among Legacy Calyxt; Calypso Merger Subsidiary, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company; Cibus Global; and certain blocker entities party thereto. Among other things, as part of the Merger Transactions, the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation was further amended and restated (the Amended Certificate of Incorporation). The Company is organized in an “Up-C” structure, and the Company’s only material asset consists of membership units of Cibus Global. The Amended Certificate of Incorporation designatestwo classes of the Company’s common stock: (i) Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the Class A Common Stock), which shares have full voting and economic rights, and (ii) Class B Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the Class B Common Stock), which shares have full voting, but no economic rights. Each share of Legacy Calyxt’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (Legacy Common Stock) existing and outstanding immediately prior to the Merger Transactions remained outstanding as a share of Class A Common Stock without any conversion or exchange thereof.

At the closing of the Merger Transactions, the Company contributed all of its assets and liabilities to Cibus Global, in exchange for common units of Cibus Global (Common Units). The Company issued an aggregate of 16,527,484 shares of Class A Common Stock (including 1,019,282 shares of restricted Class A Common Stock) and 4,642,636 shares of Class B Common Stock to Cibus Global equityholders, as consideration in the Merger Transactions, pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement. Upon closing, Legacy Calyxt stockholders held approximately 4.8 percent of the issued and outstanding common stock of the Company and legacy holders of membership units of Cibus Global (including profits interest units and warrants) held approximately 95.2 percent of the issued and outstanding common stock of the Company.

The primary purpose of the merger was to bring together the technology platforms and facilities of two pioneering companies to create a leading agricultural technology company for the development of productivity traits and to consolidate significant patented plant

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Reverse Stock Splits

Prior to the Merger Transactions, Legacy Calyxt effected a one-for-ten reverse stock split (the First Reverse Stock Split) of the Legacy Common Stock, which became effective on April 24, 2023. The First Reverse Stock Split was reflected on the Nasdaq Capital Market beginning with the opening of trading on April 25, 2023.

Immediately prior to the Merger Transactions, the Company effected a one-for-five reverse stock split (the Second Reverse Stock Split and, together with the First Reverse Stock Split, the Reverse Stock Splits) of the Legacy Common Stock, which became effective on May 31, 2023. The Second Reverse Stock Split was reflected on the Nasdaq Capital Market beginning with the opening of trading of the Class A Common Stock on June 1, 2023.

No fractional shares were issued in connection with the Reverse Stock Splits and instead, fractional shares were rounded up to the nearest whole share number. The par value and authorized shares of Legacy Common Stock and preferred stock of the Company were not adjusted as a result of the Reverse Stock Splits.

Pursuant to the Amended Certificate of Incorporation, following the consummation of the Merger Transactions, the Company is authorized to issue up to 310,000,000 shares, consisting of (i) up to 300,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, divided into (A) up to 210,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock and (B) up to 90,000,000 shares of Class B Common Stock and (ii) up to 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share. Unless otherwise noted, all share and per share amounts in these financial statements have been retroactively adjusted for all periods presented to give effect to the Reverse Stock Splits.

Share information related to the Company's common stock as of March 31, 2024, is as follows:

Class A Common StockClass B Common StockTotal Common Stock
Authorized210,000,00090,000,000300,000,000
Issued21,614,8923,142,63624,757,528
Outstanding21,014,9703,142,63624,157,606

Class A Restricted Stock

In connection with the Merger Transactions, the Company issued restricted shares of Class A Common Stock (Class A Restricted Stock), which remain subject to vesting conditions, to Cibus Global Members that held unvested profits interest units at the time of the consummation of the Merger Transactions. Shares of Class A Restricted Stock are considered to be legally issued and outstanding as of the date of grant, notwithstanding that the shares remain subject to risk of forfeiture if the vesting conditions for such shares are not met. For financial statement presentation purposes, Class A Restricted Stock is treated as issued, but will only be treated as outstanding after such awards have vested and, therefore, have ceased to be subject to a risk of forfeiture. Accordingly, unvested shares of Class A Restricted Stock are excluded from the calculation of net loss per share of Class A Common Stock.

Going Concern

The Company has incurred losses since its inception. The Company’s net loss was $27.0 million and cash used for operating activities was $13.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024. The Company’s primary source of liquidity is its cash and cash equivalents, with additional capital resources accessible, subject to market conditions and other factors, from the capital markets, including through offerings of common stock or other securities.

As of March 31, 2024, the Company had $24.5 million of cash and cash equivalents and $21.7 million of current liabilities.

The Company anticipates that it will continue to generate losses for the next several years. Over the longer term and until the Company can generate cash flows sufficient to support its operating capital requirements, it expects to finance a portion of future cash needs through (i) cash on hand, (ii) commercialization activities, which may result in various types of revenue streams from future product development agreements and technology licenses, including upfront and milestone payments, annual license fees, and royalties, (iii) government or other third party funding, (iv) public or private equity or debt financings, or (v) a combination of the foregoing.

On January 2, 2024, the Company entered into a Sales Agreement (Sales Agreement) with Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated (Stifel). Pursuant to the terms of the Sales Agreement, the Company may offer and sell through Stifel, from time-to-time and at its sole discretion, shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock, having an aggregate offering price of up to $80.0 million (ATM Facility). During the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company issued 356,477 shares of Class A Common Stock and received net proceeds of approximately $6.2 million from the ATM Facility. Subsequently, from April 1, 2024, through May 8, 2024, the Company issued 506,206 shares of Class A Common Stock and has received net proceeds of approximately $9.5 million from the ATM Facility.

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The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and satisfaction of liabilities in the ordinary course of business. The financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of recorded asset amounts or the amounts and classification of liabilities that might result from the outcome of the uncertainties described above.

Management will need to raise additional capital to support its business plans to continue as a going concern within one year after the date that these financial statements are issued. The Company instituted cost reduction initiatives designed to preserve capital resources for the advancement of its priority objectives. Such initiatives include reductions in capital expenditures, streamlining of independent contractor utilization and cost management, reduced and prioritized spending on business travel, careful management of contract approvals to ensure they align with priority objectives, and prioritization of near-term payment obligations. However, it is doubtful these cost reduction initiatives alone will be sufficient to forestall a cash deficit. If the Company is unable to raise additional capital in a sufficient amount or on acceptable terms, the Company may have to implement additional, more stringent cost reduction measures to manage liquidity, and the Company may have to significantly delay, scale back, or cease operations, in part or in full. If the Company raises additional funds through the issuance of additional debt or equity securities, including as part of a strategic alternative, it could result in substantial dilution to its existing stockholders and increased fixed payment obligations, and these securities may have rights senior to those of the Company’s shares of common stock. These factors raise substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for at least one year from the date of issuance of these financial statements. Any of these events could significantly impact the Company’s business, financial condition, and prospects.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements and related disclosures in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, and disclosures of contingent liabilities at the date of the condensed consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Management evaluates its estimates on an ongoing basis. Although estimates are based on the Company’s historical experience, knowledge of current events and actions it may undertake in the future, actual results may ultimately materially differ from these estimates and assumptions. Key estimates made by the Company include revenue recognition, useful lives and impairment of long-lived assets, valuation of equity-based awards and related equity-based compensation expense, valuation of intangible assets, valuation allowances on deferred tax assets, and the valuation of the Royalty Liability (defined below under “Royalty liability - Related Parties”).

Fair Value Measurements of Financial Instruments

The Company follows Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) Topic 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures, for financial assets and liabilities that are recognized or disclosed at fair value in these condensed consolidated financial statements on a recurring basis. Under ASC 820, fair value refers to the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants in the market in which the reporting entity transacts its business. ASC 820 clarifies fair value should be based on assumptions market participants would use when pricing the asset or liability and establishes a hierarchy that prioritizes inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to observable unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements).

The carrying amounts reflected in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets for cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and accrued expenses approximate their fair value due to their short-term nature. Based on the borrowing rates currently available to the Company for notes payable with similar terms and consideration of default and credit risk, the carrying value of the notes payable approximates fair value, which is considered a Level 2 fair value measurement.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

The Company considers all liquid investments purchased with original maturities of three months or less to be cash equivalents. Cash and cash equivalents include cash in readily available checking and money market accounts. The Company maintains its cash in bank deposit accounts which, at times, may exceed federally insured limits. The Company has not experienced any losses with these financial institutions.

Contract Assets and Liabilities

Contract assets primarily include amounts related to contractual rights to consideration for completed performance not yet invoiced. The Company recognized $0.2 million in contract assets as of March 31, 2024, which are included in prepaid expenses and other current assets in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets. There were $0.2 million in contract assets as of December 31, 2023.

The Company records contract liabilities when cash payments are received or due in advance of performance, primarily related to advances of upfront and milestone payments from contract research and collaboration agreements. Contract liabilities consist of deferred revenue on the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets. The Company expects to recognize the amounts included in deferred revenues within one year.

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The following table represents the deferred revenue activity:

In ThousandsDeferred Revenue
Balance as of December 31, 2023$1,210
Consideration earned(545)
Consideration received795
Balance as of March 31, 2024$1,460

For the three months ended March 31, 2024, $0.2 million of the deferred revenue balance as of December 31, 2023, was recognized as revenue in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations.

Royalty Liability – Related Parties

The royalty liability - related parties (Royalty Liability) calculation is based on the Company’s current estimates of future Subject Revenues (as defined in Note 10) collected by the Company from customers and, in turn, expected Royalty Payments (as defined in Note 10) based on these Subject Revenues to be paid to Royalty Holders (as defined in Note 10) over the life of the arrangement based on 10 percent of the actual Subject Revenues collected. The Warrant Exchange Agreement (as defined in Note 10) is on a cash basis meaning that all Royalty Payments to Royalty Holders in a given period are based on cash actually collected by the Company for Subject Revenues in that period. The Company will periodically reassess the estimated future Royalty Payments using internal projections and external sources. If the amount or timing of these payments significantly deviates from the original estimates, an adjustment will be recorded prospectively as an increase or decrease to interest expense. Fluctuations in the Royalty Liability balance, resulting from changes in Cibus' business model and anticipated Subject Revenues, may cause fluctuations in the Company’s earnings.

Estimates of total future Subject Revenues to be collected from customers are inherently uncertain. Such estimates are impacted by management’s estimate of the number of total acres for various geographies on which seeds with each Cibus trait will be planted, which is based on industry sources or references regarding the need for a specific trait in specific crops and geographies, taking into account assumptions about competition, trait relevance, switching costs and adoption timeframes, and various other factors. Such estimates are also impacted by management’s assumptions regarding the potential per acre fees that the Company may receive in respect of applicable traits, taking into account available market information regarding competitors’ current trait fees as well as assumptions regarding competition, trait relevance and trait value in specific geographies and potential savings to farmers, switching costs, and various other factors.

See Note 10 for further details.

Stock-Based Compensation

The valuation of stock options is a critical accounting estimate that requires the use of judgments and assumptions that are likely to have a material impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements. The Company generally measures the fair value of employee and nonemployee stock-based awards on their grant date and records compensation expense on a straight-line basis over the related service period of the award, which is generally the vesting period. The Company estimates the fair value of each stock option on the grant date, or other measurement date if applicable, using a Black-Scholes option pricing model, which requires it to make predictive assumptions regarding employee exercise behavior, future stock price volatility, and dividend yield. The Company generally measures compensation expense for grants of restricted stock units and restricted stock awards using the Company’s share price on the date of grant. The Company may use a Monte Carlo simulation pricing model when estimating the fair values of performance stock units (PSUs), which requires the Company to make predictive assumptions. The Company estimates fair values and accounts for employee and nonemployee awards in a similar manner.

Due to the Company’s limited history, it does not always have sufficient historical stock option activity to make predictive assumptions based solely on its stock or stock option activity for the Black-Scholes option pricing model. As a result, the Company may need to use data from other comparable public companies or alternative calculation methods as allowed by GAAP.

The Company estimates its future stock price volatility using a weighted average historical volatility which takes into consideration the Company's historical volatility and historical volatility from a group of guideline companies, over the expected term of the option. The group of comparable public companies is determined by management on an annual basis. When selecting a comparable company, management considers relevant factors including industry and strategy, size, maturity, and financial leverage. The comparable companies used by management to calculate expected volatility may change from year-to-year because of changes in those factors and because a new comparable company may become publicly traded.

The expected term of stock options is estimated using the average of the vesting tranches and the contractual life of each grant for employee options, or the simplified method, as the Company has limited historical information to develop reasonable expectations about future exercise patterns and post-vesting employment termination behavior for its stock option grants.

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The Company estimates the risk-free interest rate based on the United States Treasury zero-coupon yield curve at the date of grant for the expected term of the option.

Due to the limited historical experience of the Company’s stock awards program, it has elected to account for forfeitures of awards as they occur. If an award is forfeited prior to vesting, the associated reduction in expense is reflected net in stock-based compensation expense in that period. Stock-based compensation expense is recorded in research and development (R&D) and selling, general, and administrative (SG&A) expenses in the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of operations.

Net Loss Per Share of Class A Common Stock

Weighted average shares of Class A Common Stock outstanding excludes unvested Class A Common Stock, which will be treated as outstanding for financial statement presentation purposes only after such awards have vested and, therefore, have ceased to be subject to a risk of forfeiture. Accordingly, unvested shares of Class A Restricted Stock are excluded from the calculation of net loss per share of Class A Common Stock.

The 2023 Pre-Funded Warrants, defined below in Note 6, remain outstanding and exercisable, subject to an ownership limitation, as of March 31, 2024. The weighted average shares of Class A Common Stock outstanding includes theshares issuable upon exercise of the 2023 Pre-Funded Warrants and are included in the determination of the Company’s basic and diluted net loss per share of Class A Common Stock.

For all periods presented, there is no difference in the number of shares used to calculate basic and diluted shares outstanding as inclusion of the common stock equivalent securities would be antidilutive.

The following table shows the computation of basic and diluted net loss per share of Class A Common Stock for the three months ended March 31, 2024, and 2023:

As of March 31,
In Thousands, Except Share and Per Share Amounts20242023
Numerator:
Net loss attributable to Cibus, Inc.$(23,435)$(5,394)
Denominator:
Weighted average shares of Class A common stock outstanding20,812,938988,145
Effect of pre-funded warrants50,000—
Weighted average shares of Class A common stock outstanding – basic and diluted20,862,938988,145
Basic and diluted net loss per share of Class A common stock$(1.12)$(5.46)

The Company’s potential dilutive securities, which include warrants issued by the Company (which can be exercised to purchase the Company's Class A Common Stock) in a follow-on offering in 2022 (Common Warrants), unvested performance stock units, unvested restricted stock units, unvested restricted stock awards, and options to purchase Class A Common Stock, have been excluded from the computation of diluted net loss per share of Class A Common Stock as the effect would be antidilutive. Therefore, the weighted average number of common shares outstanding used to calculate both basic and diluted net loss per share of Class A Common Stock is the same. The following potential dilutive securities, presented on an as converted basis, were excluded from the calculation of net loss per share of Class A Common Stock due to their antidilutive effect:

As of March 31,
20242023
Stock options outstanding109,503112,618
Unvested restricted stock units67,41178,675
Unvested performance stock units—18,732
Unvested restricted stock awards560,823—
Common warrants158,483158,483
Total896,220368,508

Common Warrants

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The Common Warrants expire on August 23, 2027, and are each exercisable forone share of the Company’s Class A Common Stock for $69.04 per share, after giving effect to the Reverse Stock Splits. The Common Warrants have been classified as a liability because they include a put option election available to their holder that is contingently exercisable if the Company enters into a fundamental transaction (Fundamental Transaction). Pursuant to the terms of the Common Warrants, a Fundamental Transaction occurs if (i) the Company, directly or indirectly, effects any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another person in which the Company is not the surviving entity, (ii) the Company (and all of its subsidiaries, taken as a whole), directly or indirectly, effects any sale, lease, license, assignment, transfer, conveyance, or other disposition of all or substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions, (iii) any, direct or indirect, purchase offer, tender offer, or exchange offer is completed pursuant to which holders of the Company’s Class A Common Stock are permitted to sell, tender, or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property and has been accepted by the holders of 50 percent or more of the outstanding Class A Common Stock of the Company, (iv) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any reclassification, reorganization, or recapitalization of the Class A Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Class A Common Stock is effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash, or property, or (v) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions consummates a stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination with another person or group of persons whereby such other person or group acquires more than 50 percent of the voting power of the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock (not including any shares of Class A Common Stock held by the other person or other persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the other persons making or party to, such stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination) (the Fundamental Change Put). If the Fundamental Change Put is exercised by the holder of a Common Warrant, holder may elect to receive either the consideration of the Fundamental Transaction or put the Common Warrants back to the Company in exchange for cash, based on terms and timing specified in the Common Warrant agreement. If the Fundamental Change Put option is exercised, the Company is required to pay cash to the holder in an amount as determined by the Black-Scholes pricing model, with assumptions determined in accordance with the terms of the Common Warrants. The Company believes that the Merger Transactions did not qualify as a Fundamental Transaction.

The Common Warrants are reported at fair value with changes in fair value reported in earnings. The Company reports the changes in fair value of the Common Warrants in non-operating income (expense) in its condensed consolidated statements of operations.

See Note 6 below paragraph titled “December 2023 Equity Follow-On Offering” for a detailed discussion on the 2023 Pre-Funded Warrants issued in December 2023. The 2023 Pre-Funded Warrants remain outstanding and exercisable, subject to an ownership limitation also described below, as of March 31, 2024. The 2023 Pre-Funded Warrants are considered equity instruments and are reported in stockholders’ equity in the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets, and the shares issuable upon exercise are included in the determination of the Company’s net loss per share of Class A Common Stock.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

From time-to-time, new accounting pronouncements are issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) or other standard setting bodies and adopted by the Company as of the specified effective date. Unless otherwise discussed, the impact of recently issued standards that are not yet effective are not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations, or cash flows upon adoption.

In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures, which requires public entities, on an annual basis, to provide disclosure of specific categories in the rate reconciliation, as well as disclosure of income taxes paid disaggregated by jurisdiction. ASU 2023-09 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting ASU 2023-09.

  1. MERGER WITH CIBUS GLOBAL

As described in Note 1, on May 31, 2023, the Company completed the Merger Transactions.

Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest

All of the issued and outstanding Cibus Global membership units (Common Units) are held solely by the Company and certain members of Cibus Global who elected in connection with the Merger Transactions to receive units (Up-C Units), each consisting ofone share of Class B Common Stock andone Common Unit, at the closing of the Merger Transactions (Electing Members). The Up-C Units are generally exchangeable for shares of Class A Common Stock on aone-for-one basis, subject to certain restrictions. In accordance with ASC 810, Consolidation, Cibus Global is considered a Variable Interest Entity with Cibus as its sole managing member and primary beneficiary. As such, Cibus consolidates Cibus Global, and the remaining Common Unit holders that hold economic interest directly in Cibus Global are presented as redeemable noncontrolling interest on the Company’s financial statements. There are no restrictions on the use of assets of Cibus Global.

Redeemable noncontrolling interest represents the portion of Cibus Global Common Units that are not owned directly by the Company. Redeemable noncontrolling interest is classified as temporary equity because the Common Units contained certain redemption features that were not solely within the control of the Company. As of May 31, 2023, (the closing date of the Merger Transactions) the Common Unit holders of the redeemable noncontrolling interest owned approximately 22 percent of Cibus Global. As of March 31, 2024, the

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Common Unit holders of the redeemable noncontrolling interest owned approximately 13 percent of Cibus Global.

Purchase Price

The purchase price for Cibus Global was determined as follows:

Number of shares of Common Stock received by Cibus Global, LLC equityholders as merger consideration (1)20,150,838
Multiplied by the fair value per share of Cibus, Inc. Class A Common Stock (2)$31.50
Purchase price$634,751,397

(1) This share number represents the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock issued to Cibus Global members in the Merger Transactions and comprises:15,508,202 shares of Class A Common Stock and 4,642,636 shares of Class B Common Stock. This share number excludes 1,019,282 shares of Class A Restricted Stock, which are treated as issued and outstanding for financial statement presentation purposes only after such awards have vested and, therefore, have ceased to be subject to a risk of forfeiture.

(2) Reflects the purchase price per share of the Company's Class A Common Stock, which was the closing price of the Class A Common Stock on May 31, 2023, the closing date of the Merger Transactions.

Purchase Price Allocation

The acquisition of Cibus Global was accounted for using the acquisition method, whereby all of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed were recognized at their fair value on the acquisition date, with any excess of the purchase price over the estimated fair value recorded as goodwill. The purchase price allocation is preliminary and subject to change, including upon completion of the Company's analysis on the deferred tax impact of the acquisition, §704(b) and §704(c) tax capital account allocations, and the impact of the merger of certain blocker entities with and into Cibus, Inc. in connection with the Merger Transactions.

Identifiable assets acquired, liabilities assumed, and noncontrolling interest, if applicable, are recorded at their estimated fair values at the acquisition date. Significant judgment is required in determining the acquisition date fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed, predominantly with respect to intangible assets and the Royalty Liability. Evaluations included numerous inputs, including forecasted cash flows that incorporate the specific attributes of each asset. The Company evaluated all available information, as well as all appropriate methodologies, when determining the fair value of assets acquired, liabilities assumed, and noncontrolling interest. In addition, the Company determined the amortization period and method of amortization for each finite-lived intangible asset.

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The following table sets forth the preliminary allocation of the consideration:

In ThousandsMay 31, 2023
Cash and cash equivalents$59,381
Accounts receivable2,216
Due from related parties19
Note receivable2,500
Prepaid expenses and other current assets2,535
Property, plant and equipment10,588
Operating lease right-of-use-assets9,519
Goodwill585,266
Intangible assets135,429
Other non-current assets457
Accounts payable(5,582)
Accrued expenses(3,477)
Accrued compensation(2,859)
Due to related parties(8)
Deferred revenue(1,186)
Current portion of notes payable(517)
Current portion of operating lease obligations(4,687)
Current portion of financing lease obligations(165)
Other current liabilities(17)
Notes payable, net of current portion(749)
Operating lease obligations, net of current portion(6,006)
Financing lease obligations, net of current portion(10)
Royalty liability - related parties(146,360)
Other non-current liabilities(1,536)
Consideration transferred$634,751

Receivables have been recognized at their fair value, and the Company has not recognized, and it does not expect, any credit losses and therefore expects cash flows to match the recognized receivables.

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Intangible Assets Acquired

Intangible assets acquired, and their related average useful lives, were as follows:

In Thousands, except useful lifeMay 31, 2023Weighted Average Amortization (Years)
In-process research and development$99,051Indefinite
Developed technology14,14820
Trade name22,23020
Total$135,429

The weighted average amortization period for the Company's finite-lived intangible assets, including developed technology and trade names, was 20 years.

The Company incurred expenses of approximately $8.2 million in connection with the completion of the Merger Transactions, of which approximately $0.4 million was recognized in 2022. During 2023, approximately $3.5 million in legal and professional fees, $1.9 million in severance costs resulting from pre-existing employment agreements, and $1.1 million in stock compensation expense from accelerated share vesting per the individual stock award agreements, were included in SG&A expense in the condensed consolidated statements of operations. Additionally, during 2023, approximately $1.3 million in stock compensation expense from accelerated share vesting per the individual stock award agreements, was included in R&D expense in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.

These unaudited pro forma figures for the three months ended March 31, 2023, have been prepared as though the business combination had occurred on January 1, 2022. Pro forma adjustments have been made to reflect non-recurring stock compensation expense, legal and professional fees, severance costs, and amortization of acquired intangible assets, directly attributable to the business combination. The unaudited pro forma financial information is not indicative of the results of operations that would have been achieved had the acquisitions reflected herein been consummated on the dates indicated or that will be achieved in the future.

Three Months Ended
Unaudited and in ThousandsMarch 31, 2023
Pro forma revenues$235
Pro forma net loss(23,272)
Pro forma net loss attributable to controlling interest(19,280)
Pro forma net loss attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interest$(3,992)

Tax Receivable Agreement

In conjunction with the Merger Transactions, the Company entered into a Tax Receivable Agreement (TRA) with the Electing Members. Pursuant to the TRA, the Company generally will be required to pay to the Electing Members, in the aggregate,85 percent of the net income tax savings that the Company actually realizes (or in certain circumstances, is deemed to realize) as a result of (i) certain favorable tax attributes the Company acquired from the blocker entities party to the Merger Agreement in connection with the Merger Transactions (including net operating losses), (ii) increases to the Company's allocatable share of the tax basis of Cibus Global's assets resulting from future redemptions or exchanges of Common Units for shares of Class A Common Stock or cash, (iii) tax attributes resulting from certain payments made under the TRA and (iv) deductions in respect of interest under the TRA. The payment obligations under the TRA are the Company's obligations and not obligations of Cibus Global.

During the three months ended March 31, 2024, there wereno Up-C Units exchanged by Electing Members for shares of Class A Common Stock. As of March 31, 2024, the Company has recorded a full valuation allowance against its net deferred tax assets as the realizability of the tax benefit is not at the more likely than not threshold. Since the benefit has not been recorded, the Company determined that the TRA liability is not probable and therefore no TRA liability has been recorded as of March 31, 2024.

  1. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS MEASURED AT FAIR VALUE AND CONCENTRATIONS OF CREDIT RISK

Financial Instruments Measured at Fair Value and Financial Statement Presentation

The accounting guidance establishes a three-tier hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used in the valuation methodologies in measuring fair value as of the measurement date as follows:

Level 1: Fair values are based on unadjusted quoted prices in active trading markets for identical assets and liabilities.

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Level 2: Fair values are based on observable quoted prices other than those in Level 1, such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets or quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in inactive markets.

Level 3: Fair values are based on at least one significant unobservable input for the asset or liability.

Fair Value Measurements and Financial Statement Presentation

The Company’s financial instruments measured at fair value and their respective levels in the fair value hierarchy as of March 31, 2024, and December 31, 2023, were as follows:

March 31, 2024 · December 31, 2023
Fair Value of AssetsFair Value of Assets
In ThousandsLevel 1Level 2Level 3TotalLevel 1Level 2Level 3Total
Money market funds (1)$1,035$—$—$1,035$7,015$—$—$7,015
Total$1,035$—$—$1,035$7,015$—$—$7,015

(1) Included in cash and cash equivalents on the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets.

March 31, 2024 · December 31, 2023
Fair Value of LiabilitiesFair Value of Liabilities
In ThousandsLevel 1Level 2Level 3TotalLevel 1Level 2Level 3Total
Common Warrants$—$—$1,808$1,808$—$—$1,418$1,418
Total$—$—$1,808$1,808$—$—$1,418$1,418

The following table summarizes the Common Warrants activity for the three months ended March 31, 2024:

In ThousandsLevel 3 Fair Value of Liabilities
Balance as of December 31, 2023$1,418
Change in fair value390
Balance as of March 31, 2024$1,808

The following table summarizes the Common Warrants activity for the three months ended March 31, 2023:

In ThousandsLevel 3 Fair Value of Liabilities
Balance as of December 31, 2022$291
Change in fair value819
Balance as of March 31, 2023$1,110

The Company estimates the fair value of the Common Warrants as of the date of issuance and at the end of every reporting period using a Black-Scholes option pricing model, which requires it to make assumptions regarding future stock price volatility and dividend yield. The Company estimates the risk-free interest rate based on the United States Treasury zero-coupon yield curve for the remaining life of the Common Warrants. The Company estimates its future stock price volatility using a weighted average historical volatility which takes into consideration the Company's historical volatility and historical volatility from a group of guideline companies, over the remaining life of the Common Warrants. The Company does not pay dividends and does not expect to pay dividends in the foreseeable future.

The estimated fair values of the Common Warrants, and the assumptions used for the Black-Scholes option pricing model were as follows:

As of March 31, 2024As of December 31, 2023
Estimated fair value of Common Warrants per share$11.41$8.95
Assumptions:
Risk-free interest rate4.4%3.9%
Expected volatility107.4%100.7%
Expected term to liquidation (in years)3.43.6
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As of March 31, 2024, the Company had no other financial instruments measured at fair value.

Concentrations of Credit Risk

The Company invests its cash and cash equivalents in highly liquid securities and interest-bearing deposit accounts. The Company diversifies the risk associated with investing in securities by allocating its investments to a diverse portfolio of short-dated, high investment-grade securities, which it classifies as cash and cash equivalents that are recorded at fair value in its condensed consolidated financial statements. The Company maintains the credit risk in this portfolio in accordance with its internal policies and, if necessary, makes changes to investments to minimize credit risk. The Company has not experienced any counterparty credit losses. As of March 31, 2024, and December 31, 2023, the Company did not hold any short-term investments.

  1. PROPERTY, PLANT, AND EQUIPMENT, NET

Property, plant, and equipment, net consists of the following:

In Thousands, except useful lifeUseful Life(Years)As of March 31, 2024As of December 31, 2023
Property, plant, and equipment, net:
Buildings10 - 20$900$900
Leasehold improvementsshorter of lease term or - 154,0433,912
Office furniture and equipment5 - 1015,47715,102
Office furniture and equipment under financing leases3 - 725373
Computer equipment and software3 - 54,2033,761
Assets in progressN/A295704
Total property, plant, and equipment24,94324,752
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization(10,286)(8,977)
Total$14,657$15,775

Depreciation and amortization expense is as follows:

Three Months Ended March 31,
In Thousands20242023
Depreciation and amortization expense$1,309$412
  1. GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS

Goodwill

In connection with the Merger Transactions with Cibus Global, the Company recognized goodwill totaling $585.3 million (of which $150.4 million was impaired in the fourth quarter of 2023). The company hadno goodwill prior to the Merger Transactions. Goodwill represents future economic benefits arising from acquiring Cibus Global, primarily due to its strong market position and its assembled workforce that are not individually identified and separately recognized as intangible assets. None of the goodwill recognized is expected to be deductible for income tax purposes.

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Intangible Assets

Intangible assets were as follows:

In ThousandsAs of March 31, 2024As of December 31, 2023
Intangible Assets, net:
Developed technology$14,148$14,148
Trade name22,23022,230
Other150150
Total intangible assets36,52836,528
Less accumulated amortization(1,575)(1,117)
Total$34,953$35,411

Total amortization expense is as follows:

Three Months Ended March 31,
In Thousands20242023
Amortization expense$458$53

As of March 31, 2024, amortization expense for each of the next five years is estimated as follows:

In ThousandsAmortization Expense
Remainder of 2024$1,375
2025$1,833
2026$1,833
2027$1,833
2028$1,833
2029$1,833
  1. STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Common Warrants

The Company issued Common Warrants in a follow-on offering in 2022. The Common Warrants expire on August 23, 2027, and are each exercisable forone share of the Company's Class A Common Stock for $69.04 per share. The Common Warrants are recorded as a liability in the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets. Per the terms of the Common Warrants, holders of outstanding Common Warrants are not entitled to exercise any portion of such warrant if, upon exercise, the holder’s ownership of the Company’s Class A Common Stock (together with its affiliates) or the combined voting power of the Company’s securities beneficially owned by such holder (together with its affiliates) would exceed 4.99 percent after giving effect to the exercise.

December 2023 Equity Follow-On Offering

On December 14, 2023, the Company issued 2,106,723 shares of its Class A Common Stock and, in lieu of Class A Common Stock to one of the Company’s executive officers, pre-funded warrants (2023 Pre-Funded Warrants) to purchase 50,000 shares of Class A Common Stock (Warrant Shares) in an underwritten registered direct offering (2023 Follow-On Offering). The offering price for each share of Class A Common Stock in the 2023 Follow-On Offering was $9.00 per share, except for shares of Class A Common Stock purchased by an executive officer of the Company, which were offered at a price of $10.58 per share, which was the closing bid price for shares of the Company's Class A Common Stock on December 11, 2023, and $10.57 per 2023 Pre-Funded Warrant, which was the closing bid price for shares of Class A Common Stock on December 11, 2023, minus the $0.01 exercise price per 2023 Pre-Funded Warrant. The 2023 Pre-Funded Warrants are immediately exercisable until fully exercised at an exercise price of $0.01 per share, subject

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The 2023 Pre-Funded Warrants remain outstanding and exercisable, subject to an ownership limitation, as of March 31, 2024. The 2023 Pre-Funded Warrants were recorded as a component of stockholders’ equity within additional paid-in capital in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets, and the shares issuable upon exercise are included in the determination of the Company’s basic and diluted net loss per share of Class A Common Stock.

Warrant transactions for the three months ended March 31, 2024, were as follows:

Pre-Funded WarrantsWeighted Average ExercisePrice Per ShareCommon WarrantsWeighted Average ExercisePrice Per Share
Outstanding as of December 31, 202350,000$0.01158,483$69.04
Issued————
Forfeited/canceled————
Exercised————
Outstanding as of March 31, 202450,000$0.01158,483$69.04
Exercisable as of March 31, 202450,000$0.01158,483$69.04

During the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company issued 356,477 shares of Class A Common Stock and received net proceeds of approximately $6.2 million from the ATM Facility. Subsequently, from April 1, 2024, through May 8, 2024, the Company issued 506,206 shares of Class A Common Stock and has received net proceeds of approximately $9.5 million from the ATM Facility.

Class A Common Stock

Shares of Class A Common Stock have full voting and economic rights. Unvested shares of Class A Restricted Common Stock, which were issued as equity compensation to certain of the Company's employees and executive officers, carry all voting, dividend, distribution, and other rights as apply to shares of Class A Common Stock generally, except that (i) shares of Class A Restricted Common Stock are subject to transfer restrictions and (ii) dividends and distributions are held by the Company until vesting of the underlying shares of Class A Restricted Common Stock and remain subject to the same forfeiture provisions as such shares.

Class B Common Stock

Upon the Closing of the Merger Transactions, the Company issued shares of Class B Common Stock. The Class B Common Stock have full voting rights. The Class B Common Stock have no economic rights and do not participate in dividends or undistributed earnings. However, holders of Class B Common Stock hold a corresponding number of economic, non-voting Common Units through which they would receivepro rata distributions from Cibus Global.

Cibus Global Common Units

In connection with the Merger Transactions, the Company, Cibus Global, and the Electing Members entered into an Exchange Agreement (the Exchange Agreement). The Exchange Agreement sets forth the terms and conditions upon which holders of Up-C Units, comprising an equal number of shares of Class B Common Stock and Cibus Global Common Units, may exchange such Up-C Units for shares of Class A Common Stock. The Up-C Units are generally exchangeable for shares of Class A Common Stock on aone-for-one basis, subject to certain restrictions. The Electing Members’ ownership of Common Units represents the redeemable noncontrolling interest. During the three months ended March 31, 2024, there wereno Up-C Units exchanged by Electing Members for Class A Common Stock. As of March 31, 2024, there were 24,157,606 Cibus Common Units outstanding. Of the 24,157,606 Cibus Common Units outstanding,21,014,970 are held by Cibus Inc. and 3,142,636 are held by the Electing Members.

Preferred Stock

Pursuant to the Amended Certificate of Incorporation, following the consummation of the Merger Transactions, the Company is authorized to issue 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share. As of March 31, 2024, the Company hasnot issued any preferred stock.

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  1. STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

The Company uses broad-based stock plans to attract and retain highly qualified officers and employees and to help ensure that management’s interests are aligned with those of its shareholders. The Company has also granted equity-based awards to directors, non-employees, and certain employees of Cellectis, the Company's largest shareholder and former parent company prior to the completion of the Merger Transactions.

In December 2014, Legacy Calyxt adopted the Calyxt, Inc. Equity Incentive Plan (2014 Plan), which allowed for the grant of stock options, and in June 2017, it adopted the Calyxt, Inc. 2017 Omnibus Plan (2017 Plan), which allowed for the grant of stock options, restricted stock units (RSUs), performance stock units (PSUs), and other types of equity awards. As part of the Merger Transactions, the name of the 2017 Plan was amended to reflect the name change of the Company.

As of March 31, 2024,2,065,602 shares were available for grant in the form of stock options, restricted stock, RSUs, and PSUs under the 2017 Plan. Stock-based awards currently outstanding also include awards granted under the 2014 Plan. No further awards are available for grant or will be granted under the 2014 Plan.

Stock Options

There wereno stock options granted during the three months ended March 31, 2024, or 2023.

Option strike prices are set at 100 percent or more of the closing share price on the date of grant and generally vest over three tosix years following the grant date. Options generally expire 10 years after the date of grant.

Information on stock option activity is as follows:

Options ExercisableWeighted AverageExercise Price Per ShareOptions OutstandingWeighted Average Exercise Price Per Share
Balance as of December 31, 2023108,781$365.07109,521$367.35
Granted————
Vested135769.11——
Exercised————
Forfeited——(18)227.00
Balance as of March 31, 2024108,916$365.57109,503$367.37

Stock-based compensation expense related to stock option awards is as follows:

Three Months Ended March 31,
In Thousands20242023
Stock-based compensation expense$19$354

As of March 31, 2024, both options outstanding and options exercisable had nominal aggregate intrinsic value and a weighted average remaining contractual term of 3.2 years.

As of March 31, 2024, unrecognized compensation expense related to non-vested stock options was nominal which has a weighted average remaining recognition period of 0.7 years.

Restricted Stock Awards

The Company granted awards of Class A Restricted Stock (RSAs), in connection with the Merger Transactions, to Cibus Global members who held unvested restricted profits interest units. The RSAs will continue to vest following their original vesting schedules over the remaining life of the awards which is generally 2 months tofour years after the date of grant.

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Information on Class A restricted stock award activity is as follows:

Restricted Stock AwardsWeighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Unvested balance as of December 31, 2023640,060$31.50
Granted——
Vested(77,686)31.50
Forfeited(1,551)31.50
Unvested balance as of March 31, 2024560,823$31.50

The total fair value of RSAs that vested is as follows:

Three Months Ended March 31,
In Thousands20242023
Fair value of shares vested$1,464$—

There wereno RSAs granted during the three months ended March 31, 2024, or 2023.

Stock-based compensation expense related to RSAs is as follows:

Three Months Ended March 31,
In Thousands20242023
Stock-based compensation expense$2,446$—

As of March 31, 2024, unrecognized compensation expense related to RSAs was $17.2 million which has a weighted average remaining recognition period of 2.1 years.

Restricted Stock Units

The Company grants RSUs which generally vest over three tofive years after the date of grant. Upon vesting, the RSUs are settled as shares of Class A Common Stock.

Information on restricted stock unit activity is as follows:

Restricted Stock UnitsWeighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Unvested balance as of December 31, 2023147,222$18.21
Granted——
Vested(19,587)18.19
Forfeited(60,224)18.15
Unvested balance as of March 31, 202467,411$18.27

The total fair value of RSUs that vested is as follows:

Three Months Ended March 31,
In Thousands20242023
Fair value of shares vested$385$142

There wereno RSUs granted during the three months ended March 31, 2024. The weighted average grant date fair value of RSUs granted during the three months ended March 31, 2023, was $21.68.

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Stock-based compensation expense related to RSUs is as follows:

Three Months Ended March 31,
In Thousands20242023
Stock-based compensation expense$63$311

As of March 31, 2024, unrecognized compensation expense related to RSUs was $1.0 million which has a weighted average remaining recognition period of 3.2 years.

Performance Stock Units

From time-to-time, the Company issues PSUs to certain individuals in management in order to align their objectives with stockholders of the Company. Depending upon the type of PSU award, the Company uses a Monte Carlo simulation pricing model when estimating the fair value of these awards.

The total fair value of PSUs that vested is as follows:

Three Months Ended March 31,
In Thousands20242023
Fair value of shares vested$—$76

There wereno PSUs granted during the three months ended March 31, 2024, or 2023.

Stock-based compensation expense related to PSUs is as follows:

Three Months Ended March 31,
In Thousands20242023
Stock-based compensation expense$—$163

As of March 31, 2024, there isno unrecognized compensation expense related to PSUs.

  1. INCOME TAXES

The Company provides for a valuation allowance when it is more likely than not that it will not realize a portion of the deferred tax assets. The Company has established a full valuation allowance for deferred tax assets due to the uncertainty that enough taxable income will be generated in the taxing jurisdiction to utilize the assets. Therefore, the Company has not reflected any benefit of such deferred tax assets in the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements.

The Company uses an estimated annual effective tax rate, which is based on expected annual income, statutory tax rates, and tax planning opportunities available in the various jurisdictions in which the Company operates, to determine its quarterly provision for income taxes. Current income taxes are recorded based on statutory obligations for the current operating period for the foreign jurisdictions in which the Company has operations. As such, the Company recorded a nominal income tax provision for foreign jurisdictions for the three months ended March 31, 2024. No current income tax provision has been recorded for United States operations for the three months ended March 31, 2024, due to the Company's history of net operating losses, and the maintenance of a full valuation allowance against its deferred tax assets.

During the three months ended March 31, 2024, there wereno Up-C Units exchanged by Electing Members for shares of Class A Common Stock. As described in Note 2, the Company has recorded a full valuation allowance against its net deferred tax assets as the realizability of the tax benefit is not at the more likely than not threshold. Since the benefit has not been recorded, the Company determined that the TRA liability is not probable and therefore no TRA liability has been recorded as of March 31, 2024.

As of March 31, 2024, there were no material changes to what the Company disclosed regarding tax uncertainties or penalties as of December 31, 2023.

  1. LEASES, COMMITMENTS, AND CONTINGENCIES

Leases

The Company's financing lease right-of-use (ROU) assets are included in other non-current assets in the condensed consolidated balance

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The Company is obligated under non-cancellable operating leases, primarily for office, laboratory, greenhouse, and warehouse space, as follows:

As of March 31, 2024As of December 31, 2023
In Thousands, except remaining termRemaining Term (years)Right-of-Use-AssetRemaining Term (years)Right-of-Use-Asset
Roseville, Minnesota lease14.1$12,98814.3$13,117
San Diego, California laboratory lease1.42,8971.73,377
San Diego, California headquarters lease1.22,6381.43,178
San Diego, California greenhouse lease4.41,4094.71,475
Other leases< 1.0 - 3.0526< 1.0 - 3.0538
Total$20,458$21,685

The Roseville, Minnesota lease includes four options to extend the lease forfive years. These options to extend the lease are not recognized as part of the associated operating lease ROU assets and lease liabilities as it is not reasonably certain that the Company will exercise those options. The Company’s lease agreement does not include options to terminate the lease.

The Company's headquarters are located in San Diego, California where it leases its headquarters facility, which includes office and laboratory space, and it has the first standardized high-throughput (gene editing) trait development facility for editing plants (Oberlin Facility) with terms that expire in May 2025 and August 2025, respectively. The Company hasone option to extend the Oberlin Facility lease forone year. As the Company is not reasonably certain to exercise this option at lease commencement, the option was not recognized as part of the associated operating lease ROU asset or lease liability.

Additionally, the Company has certain leases for greenhouse and warehouse facilities, with terms that expire in August 2028 and August 2026, respectively. The Company hadone option to extend the term of the greenhouse lease, forfive years, and executed this right with an amended lease agreement beginning in September 2023 and expiring at the end of August 2028. There are no other options to extend this lease. The Company hasone option to extend the warehouse lease forfive years. However, as the Company is not reasonably certain to exercise this option at lease commencement, the option was not recognized as part of the associated operating lease ROU asset or lease liability.

Certain leases include rent abatement, rent escalations, tenant improvement allowances, and additional charges for common area maintenance and other costs. The Company is required to pay base rent expense as well as its proportionate share of the facilities operating expenses. The non-lease components, consisting primarily of common area maintenance, are paid separately based on actual costs incurred. Therefore, the variable non-lease components were not included in the operating lease ROU assets or lease liabilities and are reflected as expense in the period incurred.

The components of lease expense were as follows:

Three Months Ended March 31,
In Thousands20242023
Finance lease costs$59$3
Operating lease costs1,684388
Total$1,743$391

Operating lease costs for short-term leases was not material for the three months ended March 31, 2024, or 2023.

Supplemental cash flow information related to leases was as follows:

Three Months Ended March 31,
In Thousands20242023
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:
Operating cash flows (operating leases)$1,367$72
Financing cash flows (finance leases)$33$97
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Supplemental balance sheet information related to leases was as follows:

As of March 31, 2024As of December 31, 2023
OperatingFinancingOperatingFinancing
Weighted average remaining lease term (years)10.71.310.61.3
Weighted average discount rate7.6%10.6%7.5%9.8%

As of March 31, 2024, future minimum payments under operating and finance leases were as follows:

In ThousandsOperatingFinancingTotal
Remainder of 2024$5,377$169$5,546
20254,8181204,938
20262,013—2,013
20271,921—1,921
20281,863—1,863
20291,590—1,590
Thereafter13,848—13,848
31,43028931,719
Less: interest(9,793)(22)(9,815)
Total$21,637$267$21,904
Current portion5,9851516,136
Noncurrent portion$15,652$116$15,768

Cibus Non-Profit Foundation

During 2022, Cibus Global created the Cibus Charitable Foundation, Inc., a nonprofit legal entity (the Cibus Non-Profit Foundation). As of March 31, 2024, the Cibus Non-Profit Foundation has not received any donations or commenced operations. The Company is obligated to make donations to the Cibus Non-Profit Foundation each fiscal year at a rate of 1.0 percent of all net royalty revenue in the applicable fiscal year that is equal to or greater than $100 million up to, and including, $1.0 billion, and then steps up to 2.0 percent in respect of any portion of such net royalty revenue in excess of $1.0 billion. For purposes of this calculation, net royalty revenue refers to all royalty payments received by the Company, net of all taxes (other than income taxes) and all amounts payable pursuant to the Royalty Liability. The donation payable by the Company may be reduced, including to zero, to the extent necessary to comply with any covenant or obligation in any instrument evidencing third party indebtedness, to permit a financing to occur, to preclude undercapitalization, to satisfy working capital requirements or provide for strategic needs of the Company, to ensure timely payment of the Company's liabilities and debts to third parties as they become due, or to comply with applicable law. The Company has agreed not to enter any change of control transaction unless the surviving entity assumes the obligation to pay such donations to the Cibus Non-Profit Foundation.

This obligation is contingent upon the Cibus Non-Profit Foundation obtaining and maintaining its status as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, although such registration has not yet been achieved. The Cibus Non-Profit Foundation must use all donations received consistent with its mission statement: to drive sustainable agriculture and sustainable agricultural communities in the developing world. Accordingly, as of March 31, 2024, the Company had not recorded a liability related to its obligations to the Cibus Non-Profit Foundation within the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements.

Litigation and Claims

The Company is not currently a party to any material pending legal proceeding.

  1. ROYALTY LIABILITY - RELATED PARTIES

On December 31, 2014, Cibus Global entered into a Warrant Transfer and Exchange Agreement (Warrant Exchange Agreement) and a related Intellectual Property Security Agreement (IP Security Agreement), pursuant to which certain investors, including certain directors of the Company and entities affiliated with directors of the Company (collectively, Royalty Holders), exchanged warrants issued by Cibus Global in previous financing transactions, for the right to receive future royalty payments (Royalty Payments). The Warrant Exchange Agreement and IP Security Agreement remain in place following the Company’s acquisition of Cibus Global in the Merger Transactions.

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Under the Warrant Exchange Agreement, the Royalty Holders are entitled to future Royalty Payments equal to 10 percent of specified Subject Revenues (as defined in the Warrant Exchange Agreement) actually collected, attributable to product sales, license fees, sublicense payments, distribution fees, milestones, maintenance payments, royalties, and distributions to the Company, arising from products or technology developed using or based upon intellectual property rights in RTDS or oligonucleotide directed mutagenesis technology applied in plants, biologicals, animals, and humans, as well as improvements related to such products or technology. Subject Revenues exclude revenues attributable to certain Nucelis product lines (certain applications in microorganisms), amounts received from the sale or disposition of the Company’s assets to the extent the purchaser agrees to be bound by the Warrant Exchange Agreement, fair market value payments for Cibus Global capital stock, and revenues attributable to collaboration and research projects. Royalty Payments are contingent because they are based upon the actual cash amounts constituting Subject Revenues that are collected from the Company’s customers.

Royalty Payments will not begin until after the first fiscal quarter in which the aggregate Subject Revenues cash inflow during any consecutive 12 month period equals or exceeds $50.0 million, at which point Cibus Global will be obligated to pay all aggregated but unpaid payments under the Warrant Exchange Agreement. As of March 31, 2024, the amount of aggregated, but unpaid, Royalty Payments is $0.6 million.

The initial term of the Warrant Exchange Agreement is 30 years from the date the first Royalty Payment becomes due and may be extended for an additional 30-year term upon written notice and a $100 payment. Pursuant to the IP Security Agreement, Cibus Global’s payment and performance obligations under the Warrant Exchange Agreement are secured by a security interest in substantially all of Cibus Global’s intellectual property.

The Royalty Liability calculation is based on the Company’s current estimates of future Subject Revenues collected by the Company from customers and, in turn, expected Royalty Payments based on these Subject Revenues to be paid to Royalty Holders over the life of the arrangement based on 10 percent of the actual Subject Revenues collected. The Warrant Exchange Agreement is on a cash basis meaning that all Royalty Payments to Royalty Holders in a given period are based on cash actually collected by the Company for Subject Revenues in that period. The Company recorded the Royalty Liability obligation at fair value as of May 31, 2023, in connection with the acquisition of Cibus Global, LLC. The Company will periodically reassess the estimated future Royalty Payments using internal projections and external sources. Any change in estimated future Royalty Payments, resulting from changes in Cibus’ business model and anticipated Subject Revenues, is recognized prospectively as an adjustment to the effective yield as an increase or decrease to interest expense.

As of March 31, 2024, the Royalty Liability reflected an effective yield of 21.7 percent.

The Royalty Liability activity is as follows:

In ThousandsRoyalty Liability - Related Parties
Balance as of December 31, 2023$165,252
Interest expense recognized8,329
Balance as of March 31, 2024$173,581
  1. SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

Certain statement of operations amounts were as follows:

Three Months Ended March 31,
In Thousands20242023
Stock-based compensation expense:
Research and development$881$184
Selling, general, and administrative1,647644
Total$2,528$828

Supplemental statement of cash flows information is as follows:

Three Months Ended March 31,
In Thousands20242023
Interest paid$39$3
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Non-cash transactions not reported in the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows is as follows:

Three Months Ended March 31,
In Thousands20242023
Property, plant, and equipment acquired through assuming liabilities$47$—
Unpaid stock offering costs included in stockholders’ equity$115$—
Establishment of operating lease right-of-use assets and associated operating lease liabilities$45$—
  1. COLLABORATION AGREEMENT

Prior to the Merger Transactions, Cibus Global and Procter & Gamble (P&G), a leading multi-national consumer product company, entered into a collaboration agreement under which P&G will fund a multi-year program to develop sustainable low carbon ingredients or materials that do not negatively impact the environment during production, use, or disposal to help P&G advance its sustainability objectives. As of March 31, 2024, the Company had $1.5 million of deferred revenue from R&D activities under the P&G agreement. The Company has determined the P&G agreement should be accounted for under Topic 606, and it will recognize revenue over time proportional to the R&D activities performed by the Company related to the collaboration agreement. During the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company recognized $0.2 million in revenue in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.

  1. RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Cellectis, the Company's largest shareholder prior to the completion of the Merger Transactions, has guaranteed the lease agreement for the Company’s Roseville, Minnesota facility. Cellectis’ guarantee of the Company’s obligations under the lease will terminate at the end of the second consecutive calendar year in which the Company’s tangible net worth exceeds $300 million. The Company agreed to indemnify Cellectis for any obligations incurred by Cellectis under its guaranty of the obligations under the lease, effective upon Cellectis’ ownership falling to 50 percent or less of the Company’s outstanding common stock. This indemnification obligation was triggered in October 2022.

Prior to the Merger Transactions, amounts payable to Cellectis were reported in the Company's condensed consolidated balance sheets as Due to related parties. Beginning with the three months ended June 30, 2023, any amounts payable to Cellectis are included in accrued expenses in the Company's condensed consolidated balance sheets.

  1. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Subsequent to March 31, 2024, from April 1, 2024, through May 8, 2024, the Company issued 506,206 shares of Class A Common Stock and has received net proceeds of approximately $9.5 million from the ATM Facility.

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