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Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd

For the period ended Aug 2, 2025. Filed Sep 4, 2025.

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Aug 2, 2025 · Filed Sep 4, 2025

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Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

  1. Description of Business and Basis of Presentation

Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd was formed as an exempted company under the laws of the Cayman Islands in September 2014. Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd directly owns Credo Technology Group Ltd., which owns, directly and indirectly, all of the shares of its subsidiaries in mainland China, Hong Kong, Singapore and the United States (U.S.). References to the “Company” in these notes refer to Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, unless otherwise specified.

The Company’s mission is to redefine high-speed connectivity by delivering breakthrough solutions that enable the next generation of AI-driven applications. The Company is committed to enabling faster, more reliable, more energy-efficient, and scalable solutions that support the ever-expanding demands of AI, cloud computing, and hyperscale networks. The Company’s connectivity solutions are optimized for optical and electrical Ethernet applications, including the 100G, 200G, 400G, 800G and emerging 1.6T markets. The Company’s products are based on its Serializer/Deserializer (SerDes) and Digital Signal Processor (DSP) technologies. The Company’s product families include integrated circuits (ICs), Active Electrical Cables (AECs) and SerDes Chiplets. The Company’s intellectual property (IP) solutions consist primarily of SerDes IP licensing.

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements are presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (US GAAP) applicable to interim periods, under the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC). Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with US GAAP have been condensed or omitted as permitted by the SEC. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes should be read in conjunction with the Company’s fiscal year 2025 audited financial statements included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 3, 2025. The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include all adjustments, including normal recurring adjustments and other adjustments, that are considered necessary for fair presentation of the Company’s financial position and results of operations. All inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated. Operating results for the periods presented herein are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the entire year.

The Company’s fiscal year is a 52- or 53-week period ending on the Saturday closest to April 30. Its fiscal year ending May 2, 2026 (fiscal year 2026) is a 52-week fiscal year. The first quarter of fiscal year 2026 ended on August 2, 2025, the second quarter ends on November 2, 2025, and the third quarter ends on January 31, 2026.

  1. Significant Accounting Policies

The Company believes that other than the accounting policies as described below, there have been no significant changes to the items disclosed in Note 2, “Significant Accounting Policies,” included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 3, 2025.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of these condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes.

The Company bases its estimates and judgments on historical experience, knowledge of current conditions and beliefs of what could occur in the future, given the available information. Estimates are used for, but not limited to, write-down for excess and obsolete inventories, the standalone selling price for each distinct performance obligation included in customer contracts with multiple performance obligations, variable consideration from revenue contracts, the realization of tax assets and estimates of tax reserves, and impairment of long-lived assets. Actual results may differ from those estimates and such differences may be material to the financial statements. In the current macroeconomic environment, these estimates require increased judgment and carry a higher degree of variability and volatility. As events continue to evolve and additional information becomes available, these estimates may change materially in future periods.

Reclassifications

Certain prior period balances were reclassified to conform to the current period’s presentation. None of these reclassifications had an impact on reported net income or cash flows for any of the periods presented.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted

In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740) Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures, which requires disclosure of disaggregated income taxes paid, prescribes standard categories for the components of the effective tax rate reconciliation, and modifies other income tax-related disclosures. This standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024, and may be applied on a retrospective or prospective basis. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting this guidance on its consolidated financial statements and disclosures.

In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, Income Statement—Reporting Comprehensive Income— Expense Disaggregation Disclosures, which requires disclosure of, in interim and annual reporting periods, additional information about certain expenses in the financial statements. This standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2027 and may be applied on a retrospective or prospective basis. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting this guidance on its consolidated financial statements and disclosures.

In July 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-05, Financial Instruments-Credit Losses (Topic 326)-Measurement of Credit Losses for Accounts Receivable and Contract Assets, providing all entities with a practical expedient when estimating expected credit losses for current accounts receivable and current contract assets arising from transactions accounted for under Topic 606. This ASU is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2025. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of electing the practical expedient and the impact it may have on its consolidated financial statements and disclosures.

  1. Concentrations

Financial instruments that subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments and accounts receivable. Cash is placed in major financial institutions around the world. The Company’s cash deposits exceed insured limits. Short-term investments are subject to counterparty risk up to the amount presented on the balance sheet.

Historically, a relatively small number of customers have accounted for a significant portion of the Company’s revenue. The particular customers which account for revenue concentration have varied from period-to-period as a result of the addition of new contracts, completion of existing contracts, and the volumes and prices at which the customers have recently bought the Company’s products. These variations are expected to continue in the foreseeable future.

The following tables summarize the accounts receivable and revenue as a percentage of total accounts receivable and total revenue, respectively, for the Company’s most significant customers. In the tables below, customers are defined as the contracting entities who place purchase orders or enter into revenue contracts with the Company:

Accounts ReceivableAugust 2, 2025May 3, 2025
Customer A68%86%
Customer B21%*
Three Months Ended
RevenueAugust 2, 2025August 3, 2024
Customer A50%56%
Customer B35%*
  • Less than 10% of total accounts receivable or total revenue.
  1. Revenue Recognition

The following table summarizes revenue disaggregated by primary geographical market based on destination of shipment for product sales revenue and location of contracting entity for IP license revenue, which may differ from the customer’s principal offices (in thousands):

Three Months Ended
August 2, 2025August 3, 2024
Hong Kong$74,885$29,272
United States82,82810,800
Mainland China51,7819,748
Rest of World13,5809,894
$223,074$59,714

Contract Balances

The contract assets are primarily related to the Company’s fixed-fee IP licensing arrangements and rights to consideration for performance obligations delivered but not billed as of August 2, 2025 and May 3, 2025.

Contract assets are presented within the “Other current assets” caption on the consolidated balance sheet. The Company had a contract asset balance of $10.8 million as of August 2, 2025, compared to $9.9 million as of May 3, 2025. The increase in contract assets of $0.9 million was primarily driven by IP license revenue where certain billing milestones were not met prior to the timing of revenue recognition.

Deferred revenue is presented within the “Other current liabilities” and “Other non-current liabilities” captions on the consolidated balance sheet. The Company had a deferred revenue balance of $3.1 million as of August 2, 2025, compared to $1.5 million as of May 3, 2025. The increase in deferred revenue of $1.6 million was primarily due to an advance received from a customer.

During the three months ended August 2, 2025, the Company recognized $0.4 million of revenue that was included in the deferred revenue balance as of May 3, 2025. During the three months ended August 3, 2024, the Company recognized $1.3 million of revenue that was included in the deferred revenue balance as of April 27, 2024.

Remaining Performance Obligations

Revenue allocated to remaining performance obligations represents the transaction price allocated to the performance obligations that are unsatisfied, or partially unsatisfied, which includes unearned revenue and amounts that will be invoiced and recognized as revenue in future periods. The contracted but unsatisfied performance obligation was approximately $3.4 million and the satisfied but unrecognized performance obligation was approximately $0.7 million as of August 2, 2025 which the Company expects to recognize over the next 12 months. The Company applied a performance constraint on the satisfied but unrecognized performance obligation due to uncertainty around the collectability of milestone payments.

Customer Warrant

During fiscal year 2022, the Company issued a warrant to Amazon.com NV Investment Holdings LLC (Holder) to purchase an aggregate of up to 4.1 million of the Company’s ordinary shares at an exercise price of $10.74 per share (the Customer Warrant). The exercise period of the Customer Warrant is through theseventh anniversary of the issue date. A total of 4.1 million Customer Warrant shares were fully vested and remained unexercised as of August 2, 2025 and May 3, 2025.

  1. Fair Value Measurements

Fair value is an exit price representing the amount that would be received in the sale of an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants. As such, fair value is a market-based measurement that should be determined based on assumptions that market participants would use in pricing an asset or a liability. As a basis for considering such assumptions, the accounting guidance establishes a three-tier value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used in the valuation methodologies in measuring fair value:

Level 1 - Observable inputs that reflect quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets.

Level 2 - Other inputs that are directly or indirectly observable in the marketplace.

Level 3 - Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity.

The fair value hierarchy also requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value.

The Company measures the fair value of money market funds using Level 1 inputs. The Company’s certificates of deposit are classified as held-to-maturity securities as the Company intends to hold until their maturity dates. The certificates of deposit are valued using Level 2 inputs. Pricing sourcesmay include industry standard data providers, security master files from large financial institutions, and other third-party sources used to determine a daily market value.

The following tables present the fair value of the financial instruments measured on a recurring basis, or measured at amortized cost which approximates fair value, as of August 2, 2025 and May 3, 2025 (in thousands).

August 2, 2025
Level 1Level 2Level 3Total
Cash equivalents:
Money market funds$149,424$—$—$149,424
Certificates of deposit—60,350—60,350
Short-term investments:
Certificates of deposit—260,010—260,010
Total cash equivalents and short-term investments$149,424$320,360$—$469,784
May 3, 2025
Level 1Level 2Level 3Total
Cash equivalents:
Money market funds$148,036$—$—$148,036
Certificates of deposit$—65,137$—65,137
Short-term investments:
Certificates of deposit—195,010—195,010
Total cash equivalents and short-term investments$148,036$260,147$—$408,183

The carrying amount of the Company’s financial instruments, including cash equivalents, short-term investments, accounts receivable and accounts payable, approximate their respective fair values because of their short maturities. As of August 2, 2025 and May 3, 2025, there were no unrealized losses or gains associated with the Company’s financial instruments. The interest income recognized for the three months ended August 2, 2025 and August 3, 2024 was $4.3 million and $5.8 million, respectively.

  1. Supplemental Financial Information

Inventories

Inventories consisted of the following (in thousands):

August 2, 2025May 3, 2025
Raw materials$16,065$12,734
Work in process28,74624,583
Finished goods71,86652,712
$116,677$90,029

Property and Equipment, Net

Property and equipment consisted of the following (in thousands):

August 2, 2025May 3, 2025
Production equipment$45,208$44,789
Computer equipment and software29,04427,901
Laboratory equipment24,11721,944
Leasehold improvements3,8443,222
Others292291
Construction in progress16,6119,687
119,116107,834
Less: Accumulated depreciation and amortization(49,672)(44,203)
$69,444$63,631

Depreciation and amortization expense was $5.5 million for the three months ended August 2, 2025, and $4.2 million for the three months ended August 3, 2024. Computer equipment and software primarily includes technology licenses for computer-aided design tools relating to the Company’s R&D design of future products and intellectual properties. Production equipment and construction in progress primarily include mask set costs capitalized relating to the Company’s products already introduced or to be introduced.

Other Current Liabilities

Other current liabilities consisted of the following (in thousands):

August 2, 2025May 3, 2025
Accrued expenses$15,511$12,202
Accruals relating to inventory purchases6,03510,164
Current payables relating to purchases of property and equipment9,2608,420
Current portion of operating lease liabilities3,2633,342
Others6,2471,328
$40,316$35,456

Other Non-current Liabilities

Other non-current liabilities consisted of the following (in thousands):

August 2, 2025May 3, 2025
Non-current payables relating to purchases of property and equipment$1,585$5,762
Other non-current liabilities1,4771,509
$3,062$7,271
  1. Commitments and Contingencies

Non-cancelable Purchase Obligations

Total future non-cancelable purchase obligations as of August 2, 2025 are as follows (in thousands):

Fiscal YearPurchase Commitments to Manufacturing VendorsTechnology License FeesTotal
Remainder of 2026$32,397$5,913$38,310
20276,4006,70013,100
20284,8513505,201
2029—350350
Total unconditional purchase commitments$43,648$13,313$56,961

Technology license fees include the liabilities under agreements for technology licenses between the Company and various vendors.

Under the Company’s manufacturing relationships with its foundry partners, cancellation of outstanding purchase orders is allowed but requires payment of all costs and expenses incurred through the date of cancellation.

As of August 2, 2025, the total value of non-cancelable purchase orders payable within the next one year that were committed with the Company’s third-party subcontractors was approximately $28.1 million. Such purchase commitments are included in the preceding table.

The Company entered into a manufacturing supply capacity reservation agreement with an assembly subcontractor in fiscal year 2023. Under this arrangement, the Company has paid refundable deposits to the supplier in exchange for reserved manufacturing production capacity over the term of the agreement, which approximates five years. In addition, the Company committed to certain purchase levels that were in line with the capacity reserved. If the Company does not meet the purchase level commitment, the agreement requires the Company to pay a fee equal to the difference between the actual purchase and the purchase commitment, up to the value of refundable deposits made. The Company currently estimates that it has made purchase level commitments of at least $15.5 million for the remainder of fiscal year 2026 through fiscal year 2029 under the capacity reservation agreement. Such purchase commitments are included in the preceding table. In addition, the Company had refundable deposits of $7.9 million of which $2.6 million was recorded in other current assets and $5.3 million was recorded in other non-current assets on the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet.

Warranty Obligations

The Company’s products generally carry a standardone-year warranty. The Company’s warranty expense was not material in the periods presented.

Indemnifications

In the ordinary course of business, the Company has entered into agreements that contain certain indemnification obligations of varying scope and terms to customers, vendors, lessors, investors, directors, officers, employees and other parties with respect to certain matters, including, but not limited to, certain losses arising out of the Company’s breach of such agreements, services to be provided by the Company or from intellectual property infringement claims made by third parties. These indemnification obligations may survive termination of the underlying agreement and the maximum potential amount of future payments the Company could be required to make under these indemnification provisions may not be subject to maximum loss limitations. The Company has not incurred material costs to defend lawsuits or settle claims related to these indemnification obligations. Accordingly, the Company had no liabilities recorded for these agreements as of August 2, 2025 and May 3, 2025.

Legal Proceedings

From time to time, the Company may be a party to various litigation claims in the ordinary course of business. Legal fees and other costs associated with such actions are expensed as incurred. The Company assesses, in conjunction with legal counsel, the need to record a liability for litigation and contingencies. Accrual estimates are recorded when and if it is determined that such a liability for litigation and contingencies are both probable and reasonably estimable. As of the date of issuance of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, the Company was not subject to any material litigation. No accruals for loss contingencies or recognition of actual losses have been recorded in any of the periods presented.

  1. Leases

The Company leases office space, in the United States and internationally, under operating leases. The Company’s leases have remaining lease terms generally betweenone year andsix years. Operating leases are included in right-of-use assets, other current liabilities, and non-current operating lease liabilities on the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets. The Company does not have any finance leases.

Lease expense and supplemental cash flow information are as follows (in thousands):

Three Months Ended
August 2, 2025August 3, 2024
Operating lease expenses$1,145$1,016
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of operating lease liabilities$1,090$955
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease obligation$346$3,531

The aggregate future lease payments for operating leases as of August 2, 2025 are as follows (in thousands):

Fiscal YearOperating Leases
2026$3,056
20273,590
20283,573
20293,512
20302,913
Thereafter1,252
Total lease payments17,896
Less: Interest(2,288)
Present value of lease liabilities$15,608

As of August 2, 2025, the weighted-average remaining lease term for the Company's operating leases was 4.8 years and the weighted-average discount rate used to determine the present value of the Company's operating leases was 6.4%.

  1. Share Incentive Plan

Restricted Stock Unit (RSU) Awards

A summary of information related to RSU activity during the three months ended August 2, 2025 is as follows:

RSUs Outstanding
Number of Shares (in millions)Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair ValueWeighted-Average Remaining Contractual TermAggregate Intrinsic Value (in millions)
Balances as of May 3, 20259.5$33.881.39$458.1
Granted0.7$67.69
Vested(0.9)$15.83
Canceled/ forfeited(0.1)$27.10
Balances and expected to vest as of August 2, 20259.2$38.161.32$992.0

Performance-based Restricted Stock Unit (PSU) Awards

A summary of information related to PSU activity during the three months ended August 2, 2025 is as follows:

PSUs Outstanding
Number of Shares (in millions)Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair ValueWeighted-Average Remaining Contractual TermAggregate Intrinsic Value (in millions)
Balances as of May 3, 20250.2$43.702.53$10.1
Granted0.8$63.21
Balances and expected to vest as of August 2, 20251.0$59.272.18$111.9

Share Option Awards

A summary of information related to share option activity during the three months ended August 2, 2025 is as follows:

Options Outstanding
Outstanding Share Options (in millions)Weighted-Average Exercise PriceWeighted-Average Remaining Contractual TermAggregate Intrinsic Value (in millions)
Balance as of May 3, 20253.5$2.234.79$162.8
Options vested and exercised(0.7)$2.38
Balance and expected to vest as of August 2, 20252.8$2.204.62$295.1
Exercisable as of August 2, 20252.8$2.194.61$295.0

Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)

The Company issued 0.1 million shares during the three months ended August 2, 2025 and 0.1 million shares during the three months ended August 3, 2024, under the ESPP.

Summary of Share-based Compensation Expense

The following table summarizes share-based compensation expense included in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations (in thousands):

Three Months Ended
August 2, 2025August 3, 2024
Cost of revenue$356$281
Research and development19,1589,170
Selling, general and administrative15,9417,189
$35,455$16,640
  1. Income Taxes

The Company’s tax provision for interim periods is determined using an estimate of its annual effective tax rate, excluding zero rate jurisdictions, and adjusted for discrete items, if any, that arise during the period. Each quarter, the Company updates its estimate of the annual effective tax rate, and if the estimated annual effective tax rate changes, the Company makes a cumulative adjustment in such period. The Company’s quarterly tax provision, and estimate of its annual effective tax rate, is subject to variation due to several factors, including variability in accurately predicting its pre-tax income or loss and the mix of jurisdictions to which they relate, intercompany transactions, changes in tax laws, the applicability of special tax regimes, changes in how we do business, and discrete items.

Provision for income taxes for the three months ended August 2, 2025 and August 3, 2024 was as follows (in thousands except percentages):

Three Months Ended
August 2, 2025August 3, 2024% Change
Provision for income taxes$1,289$622207.2%
Effective tax rate2%(7)%9%

The Company’s effective tax rate for the three months ended August 2, 2025 differs from the same period in the prior fiscal year primarily due to the Company generating consolidated net income in the three months ended August 2, 2025 as compared to a consolidated net loss in the same period in fiscal year 2025.

During the three months ended August 2, 2025, there were no material changes to the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits and the Company does not expect any significant changes in the next 12 months.

On July 4, 2025, the United States enacted the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (“OBBBA”), which changes or makes permanent certain tax laws for corporations. Currently, the Company does not expect the provisions of the OBBBA to have a material impact on its effective tax rate or total provision for income taxes.

  1. Net Income (Loss) Per Share

The Company reports both basic net income (loss) per share, which is based on the weighted-average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the period, and diluted net income (loss) per share, which is based on the weighted-average number of ordinary shares outstanding and potentially dilutive shares outstanding during the period. Net income (loss) per share for the three months ended August 2, 2025 and August 3, 2024, respectively, was determined as follows (in thousands, except per share amounts):

Three Months Ended
August 2, 2025August 3, 2024
Numerator:
Net income (loss)$63,399$(9,540)
Denominator:
Weighted-average shares outstanding used in basic calculation171,927165,140
Effect of dilutive shares
Share-based compensation awards9,115—
Customer Warrant3,535—
Weighted-average shares outstanding attributable to ordinary shareholders184,577165,140
Net income (loss) per share:
Basic$0.37$(0.06)
Diluted$0.34$(0.06)

Potential dilutive securities include dilutive ordinary shares from share-based awards attributable to the assumed exercise of share options, restricted share units and employee stock purchase plan shares using the treasury stock method. Under the treasury stock method, potential ordinary shares outstanding are not included in the computation of diluted net income (loss) per share if their effect is anti-dilutive. The following potentially dilutive securities outstanding (in thousands) have been excluded from the computations of diluted weighted average shares outstanding for thethree months ended August 2, 2025 and August 3, 2024:

Three Months Ended
August 2, 2025August 3, 2024
Share-based compensation awards29615,227
Customer Warrant—4,080
29619,307
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