BlackSky Technology Inc
For the period ended Mar 31, 2024. Filed May 9, 2024.
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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
March 31, 2024
- Organization and Business
BlackSky Technology Inc. (“BlackSky” or the “Company”), headquartered in Herndon, Virginia, is a space-based intelligence company that delivers real-time imagery, analytics and high-frequency monitoring. The Company owns and operates an advanced purpose-built commercial, real-time intelligence system that combines the power of the BlackSky Spectra tasking and analytics software platform and the Company's proprietary high-resolution low earth orbit (“LEO”) small satellite constellation. The constellation is optimized to cost-efficiently capture imagery at high revisit rates where and when customers need it. The BlackSky Spectra software platform processes millions of observations a day by integrating data from the Company's proprietary satellite constellation and from other third-party sensors such as synthetic aperture radar and radio frequency satellites, millions of GPS-enabled terrestrial data sources and Internet of Things (“IoT”) connected devices. Blacksky Spectra applies advanced, proprietary artificial intelligence ("AI") and machine learning (“ML”) techniques to process, analyze, and transform these raw feeds into actionable intelligence via alerts, information, and insights. Customers can access Blacksky Spectra's data and analytics through easy-to-use web services or through platform application programming interfaces.
BlackSky hastwo primary operating subsidiaries, BlackSky Global LLC and BlackSky Geospatial Solutions, Inc. The Company also owns fifty percent of LeoStella LLC (“LeoStella”), its joint venture with Thales Alenia Space US Investment LLC (“Thales”). LeoStella is a vertically-integrated small satellite design and manufacturer based in Tukwila, Washington, from which the Company procures satellites to operate its business. The Company accounts for LeoStella as an equity method investment.
The Company's equity issuances during the three months ended March 31, 2024 were in the form of an at-the-market (“ATM”) offering whereby 953 thousand shares were sold at an average purchase price per share of $1.43, resulting in gross proceeds of $1.4 million. The transaction costs of $79 thousand for the equity issuances incurred during the three months ended March 31, 2024, consisting of legal fees and placement agent fees, have been recorded as a reduction to additional paid-in capital in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of changes in stockholders’ equity and consolidated balance sheets, and as a reduction to the proceeds from the transaction in the consolidated statements of cash flows.
- Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Preparation
The Company has prepared its unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 8 of Regulation S-X of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. In addition, the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the Company’s proportionate share of the earnings or losses of its equity method investments and a corresponding increase or decrease to its investments, with recorded losses limited to the carrying value of the Company’s investments. All intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated upon consolidation.
The Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a historical cost basis, except for certain financial assets and liabilities, including derivative financial instruments, which are stated at fair value. Unless otherwise indicated, amounts presented in the Notes pertain to the Company’s continuing operations.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingencies at the reporting date, and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. These estimates are based on management’s best knowledge of current events and actions the Company may undertake in the future. Actual results could materially differ from these estimates. Significant estimates made by the Company include, but are not limited to, revenue and associated cost recognition, the collectability of accounts receivable, the recoverability and useful lives of property and equipment, the valuation of equity warrants and warrant liabilities, fair value estimates, the recoverability of goodwill and intangible assets, the provision for income taxes, the incremental borrowing rate to measure the operating lease right of use assets, and stock-based compensation.
Investments
The Company invests in short-term investments, which generally consist of A-1, or higher, rated corporate debt and governmental securities. The investments are classified as held-to-maturity and have a stated maturity date of one year or less from the balance sheet date. Any investments with original maturities less than three months are considered cash equivalents.
As of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the Company’s short-term investments had a carrying value of $20.4 million and $19.7 million, respectively, which represents amortized cost, and an aggregate fair value of $20.4 million and $19.7 million, respectively, which represents a Level 1 measurement based off of the fair value hierarchy.
Equity Method Investments
Investments where the Company has the ability to exercise significant influence, but not control, are accounted for under the equity method of accounting and are included in investment in equity method investees on the Company's unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets. Significant influence typically exists if the Company has a 20% to 50% ownership voting interest in the investee or retains a voting seat on the investee's board of directors. In evaluating whether the Company has significant influence, the Company considers the nature of its ownership interest in the investee, as well as other factors that may give the Company the ability to exercise significant influence over the investee's operating and capital financial policies. Under this method of accounting, the Company's share of the net earnings or losses of the investee are included in the Company's unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. The Company did not recognize any percentage of LeoStella's estimated net loss during the three months ended March 31, 2024 since our investment in LeoStella was $0 as of December 31, 2023. As of March 31, 2024, the Company accounts for its LeoStella joint venture as its only equity method investment. The investment in LeoStella is not significant to the financial statements.
Intra-entity profits arising from the sale of assets from the equity method investments to the Company are eliminated and deferred if those assets are still held by the Company at the end of the reporting period. The intra-entity profits will be recognized as the assets are consumed. As of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the Company had differences between the carrying value of its equity method investment and the underlying equity in the net assets of the investee of $0.3 million and $1.2 million, respectively.
Equity method investments are evaluated for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amounts of such investments may be impaired. If a decline in the value of an equity method investment is determined to be other than temporary, a loss is recorded in earnings in the current period.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The Company accounts for certain assets and liabilities at fair value. Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date.
The process for analyzing the fair value measurement of certain financial instruments on a recurring, or non-recurring, basis includes significant judgment and estimates of inputs including, but not limited to, share price, volatility, discount for lack of marketability, application of an appropriate discount rate, and probability of liquidating events. The Company utilizes the market valuation methodology and specific option pricing methodology, such as the Monte Carlo simulation, method to value the more complex financial instruments and the Black-Scholes option-pricing model to value standard common stock warrants and common stock options.
The framework for measuring fair value specifies a hierarchy of valuation techniques based on whether the inputs to those valuation techniques are observable or unobservable. Observable inputs reflect market data obtained from independent sources, while unobservable inputs reflect the Company's assumptions. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurement) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurement).
The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are as follows:
Level 1 Inputs. Inputs are unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities available at the measurement date.
Level 2 Inputs. Inputs are unadjusted quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets and liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable, and inputs derived from or corroborated by observable market data.
Level 3 Inputs. Inputs are unobservable inputs which reflect the Company’s own assumptions on what assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on the best available information.
Revenue Recognition
The Company generates revenue from the sale of imagery and software analytical services and professional and engineering services. Imagery and software analytical services revenue, which is mostly from contracts from government agencies, includes imagery, data, software, and analytics. This revenue is primarily recognized from services rendered under non-cancellable subscription order agreements or, in limited circumstances, variable not-to-exceed purchase orders. Professional and engineering services revenue is generated from both time and materials basis contracts and firm fixed price service solutions contracts and firm fixed price long-term engineering and construction contracts.
In accordance with Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606)” (“ASC 606”), the Company uses the five-step model of identifying the contract with a customer, identifying the performance obligations contained in a contract, determining the transaction price, allocating the transaction price, and determining when performance obligations are satisfied, which can require the application of significant judgment, as further discussed below.
Revenue is measured at the fair value of consideration received or receivable and net of discounts. The Company applies a policy election to exclude transaction taxes collected from customer sales when the tax is both imposed on and concurrent with a specific revenue-producing transaction. The Company estimates any variable consideration, and whether the transaction price is constrained, upon execution of each contract. The Company did not have any active contracts with significant variable consideration as of March 31, 2024.
Imagery & Software Analytical Services Revenue
Imagery
Imagery services include imagery delivered from the Company’s proprietary satellite constellation and Spectra software platform and in limited cases directly uploaded to certain customers. Customers can directly task the Company's proprietary satellite constellation to collect and deliver imagery over specific locations, sites and regions that are critical to their operations. The Company offers customers several service level subscription options that include on-demand tasking or multi-year assured access programs, where customers can secure priority access and imaging capacity at a premium over a region of interest on a take or pay basis. Imagery revenue is recognized ratably over the subscription period based on the promise to continuously provide contractual satellite capacity for tasked imagery or analytics at the discretion of the customer.
Data, Software, and Analytics
The Company leverages proprietary AI and ML algorithms to analyze data coming from both the Company’s proprietary sensor network and third-party space and terrestrial sources to provide hard-to-get data, insights, and analytics for customers. The Company continues to integrate and enhance its offerings by performing contract development, while retaining the intellectual property rights. The Company also offers services related to object, change and anomaly detection, site monitoring, and enhanced analytics, through which the Company can detect key pattern of life changes in critical locations such as ports, airports, and construction sites; retail activity; commodities stockpiles; and other sites that contain critical commodities and supply chain inventory.
The Company's analytics services are also offered on a similar subscription basis and provide customers with access to the Company's site monitoring, event monitoring and global data services. Analogous with the recognition of revenue for imagery, software analytical services revenue is recognized ratably over the subscription period.
Professional and Engineering Services Revenue
The Company performs various professional services, that are highly-interrelated, including providing technology enabled professional service solutions to support customer-specific software development requests, integration, testing, and training. The Company also provides engineering services, which include, developing and delivering advanced satellite and payload systems for a limited number of customers that leverage the Company’s capabilities in mission systems engineering and operations, ground station operations, and software and systems development. These promises, based on the context of the contract, are capable of being distinct performance obligations.
For firm fixed price professional and engineering service contracts, the Company recognizes revenue over time using the cost-to-complete method to measure progress to complete the performance obligation, ("Estimate at Completion" or "EAC"). A performance obligation's EAC includes all direct costs such as labor, fringe, materials, subcontract costs and overhead. Significant judgment is used to estimate total costs at completion on a contract by contract basis including, but not limited to, labor productivity, program schedule, technical risk analysis, complexity, scope of the work to be performed and other identified risks. Due to the continuous nature of the work, as well as when a change in circumstances warrants a modification, the EAC is reviewed and may result in cumulative changes to the contract profit. The Company recognizes changes in estimated contract sales or costs and the resulting changes in contract profit on a cumulative basis in the period in which the change is identified. If at any time, the estimate of contract profitability indicates a probable anticipated loss on the contract, the Company recognizes the total loss as and when known. The following table presents the effect of aggregate net EAC adjustments on the Company's professional and engineering services contracts:
| Three Months Ended March 31, | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2023(1) | ||
| (in thousands) | |||
| Revenue | $(261) | $(355) | |
| Basic and diluted net loss per share | $0.00 | $0.00 | |
(1) For the three months ended March 31, 2023, the amounts represent the effect of aggregate net EAC adjustments on two professional and engineering service contracts
For contracts structured as cost-plus-fixed-fee or on a time and materials basis, the Company generally recognizes revenue based on the right-to-invoice when practically expedient, as the Company is contractually able to invoice the customer based on the control transferred to the customer in an amount that corresponds directly with the value to the customer of the entity’s performance completed to date.
Imagery and Software Analytical Service and Professional and Engineering Service Costs
Imagery and software analytical service costs primarily include internal labor to support the ground station network and space operations, third-party data and imagery, and cloud computing and hosting services. The Company recognizes stock-based compensation expense for those employees whose work supports the imagery and software analytical service costs it provides to customers, under imagery and software analytical service costs, excluding depreciation and amortization. For those employees who provide these services to support customer-based programs, the stock-based compensation expense is classified under imagery and software analytical services costs.
Professional and engineering service costs primarily include the cost of internal labor for design and engineering in support of long-term development contracts for satellites and payload systems, as well as subcontract direct materials and external labor costs to build and test specific components, such as the communications system, payload demands, and sensor integration. In addition, the Company also recognizes internal labor costs and external subcontract labor costs for its customer-centric software service solutions. The Company recognizes stock-based compensation expense for those employees who provide professional and engineering services support to customers, under professional and engineering service costs, excluding depreciation and amortization.
Sponsor Shares
On September 9, 2021, BlackSky's predecessor company, Osprey Technology Acquisition Corp. (“Osprey”), completed its merger (the "Merger") with Osprey Technology Merger Sub, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Osprey, and BlackSky Holdings, Inc. Osprey pre-Merger Class B common shares were exchanged for shares of the Company’s Class A common stock (the "Sponsor Shares") upon completion of the Merger. The Company accounted for the Sponsor Shares in accordance with the guidance contained in ASC 815-40, under which the Sponsor Shares did not meet the criteria for equity treatment and were recorded as derivative liabilities in the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets as of March 31, 2024. The Sponsor Shares are adjusted to fair value at each reporting period and the change in fair value is recognized in (loss) gain on derivatives in the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss.
Stock-Based Compensation
Restricted Stock Awards and Restricted Stock Units
The Company has granted restricted stock awards ("RSAs") and grants restricted stock units ("RSUs") to certain employees, for which the grant date fair value is equal to the fair value of the Class A common stock on the date of grant. In order to determine the fair value of its Class A common stock on the date of grant prior to the Merger, the Company historically performed a valuation analysis using a combination of market and income approaches. Subsequent to the Merger, the Company uses the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) trading price as the fair value of the Class A common stock for valuation purposes. For all awards for which vesting is only subject to a service condition, including those subject to graded vesting, the Company has elected to use the straight-line method to recognize the fair value as compensation cost over the requisite service period.
Certain of the Company’s outstanding RSUs had performance vesting conditions that were triggered upon the consummation of the Merger. Therefore, since the performance conditions attributable to these RSUs had been met, the Company commenced recording the associated compensation expense, inclusive of a catch-up amount for the service period between their grant date and satisfaction of the performance condition, as of the closing of the Merger. The fair value of the RSUs that include a performance condition is recognized as compensation expense over the requisite service period using the accelerated attribution method, which accounts for RSUs with discrete vesting dates as if they were a separate award. Expense related to stock-based payments is classified in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss based upon the classification of each employees’ cash compensation. As of March 31, 2024,73 thousand RSUs with performance vesting conditions were outstanding and the associated remaining expense of $0.1 million will be recognized through September 30, 2025.
Stock Options
The Company uses the Black-Scholes option pricing model to value all options, including options under the 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan ("ESPP"), and the straight-line method to recognize the fair value as compensation cost over the requisite service period. The fair value of each option granted was estimated as of the date of grant. The Company did not grant any options during the three months ended March 31, 2024. The Company uses the following inputs when applying the Black-Scholes option pricing model:
Expected Dividend Yield. The Black-Scholes valuation model requires an expected dividend yield as an input. The dividend yield is based on historical experience and expected future changes. The Company has not historically paid and currently has no plans to pay dividends on its Class A common stock.
Expected Volatility. The Company does not have sufficient historical share price history; therefore, the expected volatility was estimated based upon the historical share price volatility of guideline comparable companies.
Risk-free Interest Rate. The yield on actively traded non-inflation indexed U.S. Treasury notes was used to extrapolate an average risk-free interest rate based on the expected term of the underlying grants.
Expected Term. For options granted in 2021 through 2023, since there was not a history of option exercises as a public company, the Company considered the option vesting terms and contractual period, as well as the demographics of the holders, in estimating the expected term. For options granted prior to 2021, the expected term was the estimated duration to a liquidation event based on a weighted average consideration of the most likely exit prospects for that stage of development. BlackSky Holdings, Inc. ("Legacy Blacksky") was privately funded and, accordingly, the lack of marketability was factored into the expected term of options granted. The Company will review its estimate in the future and adjust it, if necessary, due to changes in the Company’s historical exercises.
The most significant assumption used to determine the fair value of the Legacy BlackSky equity-based awards was the estimated fair value of the Legacy BlackSky Class A common stock on the grant date. In order to determine the fair value of its Class A common stock on the date of grant prior to the Merger, Legacy BlackSky historically relied on a valuation analysis performed using a combination of market and income approaches. Subsequent to the Merger, the Company uses the NYSE trading price as the fair value of the Company's Class A common stock for valuation purposes.
Legacy BlackSky historically adjusted the exercise price of certain outstanding stock options. For each award with an adjusted exercise price, Legacy BlackSky calculated the incremental fair value, which was the excess of the fair value of the modified award over the fair value of the original award immediately before the modification. The incremental fair value was recognized as stock-based compensation expense immediately to the extent that the modified stock option already had vested, and for stock options that were not yet vested, the incremental fair value has been recognized as stock-based compensation expense over the remaining vesting period.
- Accounting Standards Updates (“ASU”)
Accounting Standards Recently Issued But Not Yet Adopted
On November 27, 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") No. 2023-07 Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures. Among other new disclosure requirements, ASU 2023-07 requires companies to disclose significant segment expenses that are regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker ("CODM"). ASU 2023-07 will be effective for annual periods beginning on January 1, 2024 and interim periods beginning on January 1, 2025. ASU 2023-07 must be applied retrospectively to all prior periods presented in the financial statements. The Company is assessing the effect of this update on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.
On December 14, 2023, the FASB issued ASU No. 2023-09 Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures. ASU 2023-09 requires companies to disclose, on an annual basis, specific categories in the effective tax rate reconciliation and provide additional information for reconciling items that meet a quantitative threshold. In addition, ASU 2023-09 requires companies to disclose additional information about income taxes paid. ASU 2023-09 will be effective for annual periods beginning January 1, 2025 and will be applied on a prospective basis with the option to apply the standard retrospectively. The Company is assessing the effect of this update on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.
- Revenue
Disaggregation of Revenue
The Company earns revenue through the sale of imagery and software analytical services and professional and engineering services. The Company’s management primarily disaggregates revenue as follows: (i) imagery; (ii) data, software and analytics; (iii) professional services; and (iv) engineering services. This disaggregation allows the Company to evaluate market trends in certain imagery and software analytical services and professional and engineering services.
The following table disaggregates revenue by type for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023:
| Three Months Ended March 31, | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2023 | |
| (in thousands) | ||
| Imagery | $15,895 | $12,912 |
| Data, software, and analytics | 1,938 | 2,848 |
| Professional services | 4,087 | 2,628 |
| Engineering services | 2,316 | 9 |
| Total revenue | $24,236 | $18,397 |
The approximate revenue based on geographic location of end customers is as follows for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023:
| Three Months Ended March 31, | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2023 | |
| (in thousands) | ||
| North America | $15,192 | $14,019 |
| Middle East | 2,494 | 1,525 |
| Asia Pacific | 6,248 | 2,625 |
| Other | 302 | 228 |
| Total revenue | $24,236 | $18,397 |
Revenue from categories of end customers for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023 is as follows:
| Three Months Ended March 31, | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2023 | |
| (in thousands) | ||
| U.S. federal government and agencies | $14,757 | $13,670 |
| International governments | 9,019 | 4,383 |
| Commercial and other | 460 | 344 |
| Total revenue | $24,236 | $18,397 |
Backlog
Backlog represents the future sales the Company expects to recognize on firm orders it receives and is equivalent to the Company’s remaining performance obligations at the end of each period. It comprises both funded backlog (firm orders for which funding is authorized and appropriated) and unfunded backlog. The Company's backlog excludes unexercised contract options. As of March 31, 2024, the Company had $244.8 million of backlog, which represents the transaction price of executed contracts less inception to date revenue recognized. The Company expects to recognize revenue relating to its backlog, of which a portion is recorded in deferred revenue in the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets, of $44.5 million, $37.9 million, and $162.4 million in the nine months ended December 31, 2024, fiscal year 2025, and thereafter, respectively.
- Contract Assets and Liabilities
The components of contract assets and contract liabilities consisted of the following:
| March 31, | December 31, | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2023 | |
| (in thousands) | ||
| Contract assets - current: | ||
| Unbilled revenue | $24,134 | $15,213 |
| Total contract assets - current | $24,134 | $15,213 |
| Contract assets - long-term: | ||
| Unbilled revenue - long-term | $2,607 | $8,150 |
| Contract assets - long-term | 560 | 610 |
| Total contract assets - long-term(1) | $3,167 | $8,760 |
| Contract liabilities - current: | ||
| Deferred revenue - current | $2,157 | $3,670 |
| Total contract liabilities - current | $2,157 | $3,670 |
| Contract liabilities - long-term: | ||
| Other contract liabilities - long-term | $443 | $169 |
| Total contract liabilities - long-term | $443 | $169 |
(1) Total contract assets - long term is included in other assets in the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets.
Contract liabilities include payments received and billings made in advance of the satisfaction of performance obligations under the contract and are realized when the associated revenue is recognized under the contract. Contract assets include (i) unbilled revenue, which is the amount of revenue recognized in excess of the amount billed to customers, where the rights to payment are not just subject to the passage of time; and (ii) costs incurred incremental to the contract and to fulfill contract obligations. Other contract assets and other contract liabilities primarily relate to contract commissions on customer contracts.
Changes in short-term and long-term contract assets and contract liabilities for the three months ended March 31, 2024 were as follows:
| Contract Assets | Contract Liabilities | |
|---|---|---|
| (in thousands) | ||
| Balance as of January 1, 2024 | $23,973 | $3,839 |
| Billings or revenue recognized that was included in the beginning balance | (3,356) | (2,897) |
| Changes in contract assets or contract liabilities, net of reclassification to receivables | 6,930 | 1,319 |
| Cumulative catch-up adjustment arising from changes in estimates to complete | (196) | 65 |
| Changes in costs to fulfill and amortization of commission costs | (50) | — |
| Changes in contract commission costs | — | 274 |
| Balance as of March 31, 2024 | $27,301 | $2,600 |
- Property and Equipment - net
The following summarizes property and equipment - net as of:
| March 31, | December 31, | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2023 | |
| (in thousands) | ||
| Satellites | $116,219 | $125,124 |
| Software | 22,707 | 20,384 |
| Software development in process | 3,362 | 2,673 |
| Computer equipment | 1,804 | 1,642 |
| Office furniture and fixtures | 4,674 | 4,039 |
| Other equipment | 813 | 811 |
| Site equipment | 2,557 | 2,557 |
| Total | 152,136 | 157,230 |
| Less: accumulated depreciation | (92,253) | (90,114) |
| Property and equipment — net | $59,883 | $67,116 |
- Debt and Other Financing
The carrying value of the Company’s outstanding debt consisted of the following amounts:
| March 31, | December 31, | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2023 | |
| (in thousands) | ||
| Current portion of long-term debt | $375 | $— |
| Non-current portion of long-term debt | 85,703 | 84,578 |
| Total long-term debt | 86,078 | 84,578 |
| Unamortized debt issuance costs | (1,079) | (1,076) |
| Outstanding balance | $84,999 | $83,502 |
| Effective Interest Rate | March 31, | December 31, | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Name of Loan · 2024 · 2023 | |||
| (in thousands) | |||
| Loans from Related Parties | 12.23% - 12.57% | $84,578 | $84,578 |
| Satellite Procurement Vendor Financing | 12.74% | 1,500 | — |
| Total | $86,078 | $84,578 | |
Satellite Procurement Vendor Financing
The Company entered into a vendor financing agreement for multiple launches providing for $27.0 million, of which a portion will be drawn down equally per launch and will be repaid quarterly on a pro-rata basis across a three-year period after each successful launch milestone. Payments will accrue interest at 12.6% per annum, beginning on each launch date. The Company may prepay at any time until the maturity date without premium or penalty.
Commercial Bank Line
On April 11, 2024, the Company, and certain subsidiaries of the Company, as co-borrowers, entered into a commercial bank line with Stifel Bank. The commercial bank line provides for a $20.0 million revolving credit facility, including a $0.5 million sub-facility for the issuance of letters of credit and other ancillary banking services. The commercial bank line provides that $10.0 million of the commitments were immediately available for borrowing, and the remaining $10.0 million of commitments are available at any time after June 28, 2024. The commercial bank line matures on June 30, 2026.
The commercial bank line accrues interest at a rate equal to the greater of (A) the prime rate or (B) 6%. Interest on the loan is payable quarterly in arrears. The Company is required to pay an unused line fee of 0.25% per annum, payable quarterly in arrears. The Company may borrow, prepay and re-borrow revolving loans, without premium or penalty. The principal amount of outstanding loans, together with accrued and unpaid interest, is due on the loan maturity date. The Company is also obligated to pay a fee to the lender upon the occurrence of certain change of control events or the refinancing, repayment, or termination of the commercial bank line, along with other customary fees for a loan facility of this size and type.
The Company’s obligations under the commercial bank line are secured by substantially all of the Company’s assets, including intellectual property. Pursuant to a subordination arrangement, the security interest granted to Stifel Bank is senior to the security interest the Company granted to Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA pursuant to that certain Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of October 31, 2019, as amended.
The commercial bank line contains customary affirmative and negative covenants, including covenants limiting the Company's ability to, among other things, incur debt, grant liens, pay dividends and distributions on its capital stock, make investments and acquisitions, and make capital expenditures, in each case subject to customary exceptions for a loan facility of this size and type. The commercial bank line also contains financial covenants requiring compliance with a minimum revenue covenant, measured at the end of each fiscal quarter, and maintenance, at all times, of unrestricted cash and cash equivalents with Stifel Bank or in controlled accounts in an aggregate amount at least equal to the outstanding obligations under the commercial bank line. If the Company fails to meet the minimum cash covenant, the commercial bank line provides the Company with the ability to cure the breach with the deposit of proceeds from the issuance of capital stock or subordinated debt.
Fair Value of Debt
The estimated fair value of the Company’s outstanding long-term debt was $91.0 million and $78.7 million as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively, which is different than the historical cost of the long-term debt as reflected in the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets. The fair value of the long-term debt was estimated using Level 3 inputs, based on interest rates available for debt with terms and maturities similar to the Company’s existing debt arrangements and credit rating.
- Equity Warrants Classified as Derivative Liabilities
Warrant Valuation
Equity warrants that are classified as derivative liabilities must be measured at fair value upon issuance and re-valued at the end of each reporting period through expiration and are included in derivative liabilities in the Company's unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets. Any change in fair value between the respective reporting dates is recognized as an unrealized gain or loss in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss (see Note 13). The Company's derivative liabilities were made up of only equity warrants and the Sponsor Shares as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023.
The following table is a summary of the number of shares of the Company’s Class A common stock issuable upon exercise of warrants at March 31, 2024:
| Number of Shares | Exercise Price | Redemption Price | Expiration Date | Classification | (Loss) Gain in Value for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2024 | Fair Value as of March 31, 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in thousands) · (in thousands) | |||||||
| Public Warrants | 15,813 | $11.50 | $18.00 | 9/9/2026 | Liability | $(406) | $1,202 |
| Private Placement Warrants - Issued October 2019 | 4,163 | 11.50 | 18.00 | 9/9/2026 | Liability | — | 416 |
| Private Placement Warrants - Issued October 2019 | 4,163 | 20.00 | 18.00 | 9/9/2026 | Liability | — | 167 |
| Private Placement Warrants - Issued March 2023 | 16,404 | 2.20 | N/A | 9/8/2028 | Liability | 164 | 12,303 |
In addition, the Company has 1.8 million Class A common stock warrants outstanding which have an exercise price of $0.11 and expiration dates from June 27, 2028 to October 31, 2029. These warrants are equity classified and are included in additional paid-in capital in the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets.
- Other Income (Expense)
| Three Months Ended March 31, | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2023 | |
| (in thousands) | ||
| Transaction costs associated with debt and equity financings | $— | $(905) |
| Other | 1 | (38) |
| $1 | $(943) | |
- Net Loss Per Share of Class A Common Stock
The following table includes the calculation of basic and diluted net loss per share:
| Three Months Ended March 31, | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2023 | |
| (in thousands except per share information) | ||
| Net loss available to common stockholders | $(15,810) | $(17,315) |
| Basic and diluted net loss per share | $(0.11) | $(0.14) |
| Shares used in the computation of basic and diluted net loss per share | 143,228 | 124,144 |
The potentially dilutive securities listed below were not included in the calculation of diluted weighted average common shares outstanding, as their effect would have been anti-dilutive during the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023.
| Three Months Ended March 31, | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2023 | |
| (in thousands) | ||
| Restricted Class A common stock | 15 | 46 |
| Class A common stock warrants | 1,770 | 1,770 |
| Stock options | 7,132 | 8,163 |
| Restricted stock units | 15,444 | 7,050 |
| Public Warrants (exercisable for Class A common stock) treated as liability | 15,813 | 15,813 |
| Private Placement Warrants (exercisable for Class A common stock) treated as liability | 24,729 | 24,729 |
| Sponsor Shares | 2,372 | 2,372 |
- Stock-Based Compensation
The stock-based compensation expense attributable to continuing operations is included in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss as indicated in the table below:
| Three Months Ended March 31, | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2023 | |
| (in thousands) | ||
| Imagery & software analytical service costs, excluding depreciation and amortization | $66 | $93 |
| Professional & engineering service costs, excluding depreciation and amortization | 149 | 182 |
| Selling, general and administrative | 3,148 | 2,737 |
| Total stock-based compensation expense | $3,363 | $3,012 |
The Company recorded stock-based compensation related to capitalized internal labor for software development activities of $0.1 million and $0.2 million during the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. These amounts are included in property, plant, and equipment - net in the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets.
- Related Party Transactions
A summary of the Company’s related party transactions during the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023 is presented below:
| Amount Due to Related Party as of | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Payments in the Three Months Ended March 31, · March 31, · December 31, | ||||||
| Nature of Relationship · 2024 · 2023 · 2024 · 2023 | ||||||
| Name · Description of the Transactions · (in thousands) | ||||||
| LeoStella | Joint Venture with Thales Alenia Space | The Company owns 50% of LeoStella, its joint venture with Thales. The Company contracts with LeoStella for the design, development and manufacture of satellites to operate its business. | $11,893 | $5,519 | $164 | $10,843 |
| Ursa Space Systems | Strategic Partner | The chairman of the Company’s board of directors, Will Porteous, is also an investor and member of the board of directors of Ursa Space Systems. The Company has a non-cancelable operational commitment with Ursa Space Systems. | 125 | 83 | 42 | 42 |
| Thales Alenia Space | Shareholder and Parent of Wholly-owned Subsidiary, Seahawk (Debt Issuer) | Design, development and manufacture of telescopes. | 750 | 3,464 | — | 750 |
| Seahawk | Debt Issuer and subsidiary of Thales Alenia Space | In 2019, the Company raised and converted $18.4 million from prior debt into new, outstanding debt and issued 13.5 million warrants to purchase Legacy BlackSky common stock. | — | — | 22,793 | 22,793 |
| Intelsat | Debt Issuer | In 2019, the Company entered into a term loan facility for $50.0 million and issued 20.2 million warrants to purchase Legacy BlackSky common stock. | — | — | 61,785 | 61,785 |
The Company recorded revenue from related parties of $2.0 million and $0 for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. Accounts receivable from related parties was $0 as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023.
Interest on the term loan facility is accrued and is due semi-annually. The Company did not make any interest payments during the three months ended March 31, 2024 or 2023. As of March 31, 2024, the Company had interest due to related parties of $4.3 million, of which $0.9 million is to be paid as cash interest on a semi-annual basis and was included in other current liabilities and $3.4 million is paid in kind as principal due on the maturity date and was included in other liabilities. As of December 31, 2023, the Company had interest due to related parties of $1.7 million, of which $0.3 million was included in other current liabilities and $1.4 million was included in other liabilities.
- Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The following tables present information about the Company’s liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 and indicate the fair value hierarchy level of the valuation techniques and inputs that the Company utilized to determine such fair value:
| March 31, 2024 | Quoted Prices in Active Markets | Significant Other Observable Input | Significant Other Unobservable Inputs |
|---|---|---|---|
| (Level 1) | (Level 2) | (Level 3) | |
| (in thousands) | |||
| Liabilities | |||
| Public Warrants | $1,202 | $— | $— |
| Private Placement Warrants - Issued October 2019 | — | — | 583 |
| Private Placement Warrants - Issued March 2023 | — | — | 12,303 |
| Sponsor Shares | — | — | 1,316 |
| $1,202 | $— | $14,202 | |
| December 31, 2023 | Quoted Prices in Active Markets | Significant Other Observable Input | Significant Other Unobservable Inputs |
|---|---|---|---|
| (Level 1) | (Level 2) | (Level 3) | |
| (in thousands) | |||
| Liabilities | |||
| Public Warrants | $795 | $— | $— |
| Private Placement Warrants - Issued October 2019 | — | — | 583 |
| Private Placement Warrants - Issued March 2023 | — | — | 12,467 |
| Sponsor Shares | — | — | 1,304 |
| $795 | $— | $14,354 | |
The carrying values of the following financial instruments approximated their fair values as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 based on their maturities: cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, accounts receivable, prepaid expenses and other current assets, accounts payable, accrued liabilities, and other current liabilities.
There were no transfers into or out of any of the levels of the fair value hierarchy during the three months ended March 31, 2024 or 2023.
Changes in the fair value of the Level 3 liabilities during the three months ended March 31, 2023 of $15.4 million included the Sponsor Shares, the October 2019 Private Placement Warrants, and the March 2023 Private Placement Warrants. The following is a summary of changes in the fair value of the Level 3 liabilities during the three months ended March 31, 2024:
| Sponsor Shares | Private Placement Warrants - Issued October 2019 | Private Placement Warrants - Issued March 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| (in thousands) | |||
| Balance as of January 1, 2024 | $1,304 | $583 | $12,467 |
| Loss (gain) from changes in fair value | 12 | — | (164) |
| Balance as of March 31, 2024 | $1,316 | $583 | $12,303 |
- Commitments and Contingencies
Legal Proceedings
From time to time, the Company may become involved in various claims and legal proceedings arising in the ordinary course of business, which, by their nature, are inherently unpredictable. Regardless of outcome, litigation and other legal proceedings can have an adverse impact on the Company because of defense and settlement costs, diversion of management resources and other factors.
On May 7, 2024, a putative class action lawsuit relating to the Merger of Legacy BlackSky on September 9, 2021 with a wholly owned subsidiary of Osprey was filed. The lawsuit is captioned Drulias v. Osprey Sponsor II, LLC, et al. (“Drulias”) (Del. Ch. 2024). The Drulias complaint asserts breach of fiduciary duty and unjust enrichment claims against the former directors of Osprey (the “Osprey Board”); the former officers of Osprey; and Osprey Sponsor II, LLC (the “Sponsor”); and aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty claims against HEPCO Capital Management, LLC; JANA Partners LLC; and Brian O’Toole. The Drulias complaint seeks, among other things, damages and attorneys’ fees and costs. The terms of the Merger required the Company to indemnify the directors of Osprey. The Company is still in the process of evaluating the merits of the complaint and potential outcomes.
On May 8, 2024, a putative class action lawsuit relating to the Merger was filed in the Delaware Court of Chancery. The lawsuit is captioned Cheriyala v. Osprey Sponsor II, LLC (“Cheriyala”) (Del. Ch. 2024). The Cheriyala complaint asserts breach of fiduciary duty against the former directors of the Osprey Board, the former officers of Osprey, and the Sponsor; aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty claims against Blacksky Holdings, Inc., O’Toole and Brian Daum; and unjust enrichment claims against the Sponsor and Jonathan Cohen. The Cheriyala complaint seeks, among other things, damages and attorneys’ fees and costs. The Company is still in the process of evaluating the merits of the Cheriyala complaint and potential outcomes.
Though the Company is not named in either suit, it expects to have certain indemnification requirements of directors, officers and former directors and officers.
Compliance with Debt Covenants
As of March 31, 2024, all debt instruments contain customary covenants and events of default. The Company was in compliance with all financial and non-financial covenants as of March 31, 2024.
Other Commitments
During 2023, the Company entered into a new operating lease for office space with a commencement date in January 2024 and an expiration date in August 2036. The Company recognized an operating lease right-of-use asset and a long-term operating lease liability of $3.7 million in its unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets during the three months ended March 31, 2024.
- Concentrations, Risks, and Uncertainties
The Company has a concentration of contractual revenue arrangements with the U.S. federal government and agencies as well as with commercial customers. Accounts receivable related to U.S. federal government and agencies was $5.0 million and $6.0 million as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively. The Company had the following customers whose revenue and accounts receivable balances individually represented 10% or more of the Company’s total revenue and/or accounts receivable:
| Revenue · Accounts Receivable | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Three Months Ended March 31, · As of March 31, 2024 · As of December 31, 2023 | ||||
| 2024 · 2023 | ||||
| (in thousands) | ||||
| U.S. federal government and agencies | 61% | 74% | 85% | 83% |
| Customer B | 16% | 14% | * | * |
| Customer C | 10% | * | * | * |
- Revenue and/or accounts receivable from these customers were less than 10% of total revenue and/or accounts receivable during the period.
The Company generally extends credit on account, without collateral. Outstanding accounts receivable balances are evaluated by management, and accounts are reserved when it is determined collection is not probable. As of March 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company evaluated the realizability of the aged accounts receivable, giving consideration to each customer’s financial history and liquidity position, credit rating and the facts and circumstances of collectability on each outstanding account, and did not have a significant reserve for uncollectible accounts.
- Subsequent Events
The Company evaluated subsequent events through May 8, 2024 and determined that there have been no events that have occurred that would require adjustments to its disclosures or the consolidated financial statements, other than those previously disclosed in Notes 7 and 14 above.
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