SES AI Corp

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(Dollars in thousands, unless otherwise stated)

Note 1. Nature of Business

Organization

SES AI Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries (together the “Company” or “SES”), is engaged in the development of AI-enhanced high-performance, Lithium-Metal (“Li-Metal”) and Lithium-ion (“Li-ion) rechargeable battery technologies for electric vehicles (“EVs”), Urban Air Mobility (“UAM”) and other applications. The Company’s mission is to accelerate the world’s energy transition through material discovery and battery management. The Company’s differentiated battery technology has been designed to combine the high energy density of Li-Metal with the cost-effective, large-scale manufacturability of conventional Li-ion batteries which will help to promote the transition from the global dependence on fossil fuel-based automotive vehicles to clean and efficient EVs. The Company’s headquarters are located in Woburn, Massachusetts with research and development facilities located there, in Shanghai, China, and in Chungju, South Korea. Principal operations have commenced, and the Company has derived revenue from its principal business activities starting in October 2024.

Note 2. Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”)and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for interim financial reporting. Management believes that all adjustments necessary for the fair presentation of results, consisting of normally recurring items, have been included in the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for the interim periods presented. The results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2025 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the full year or any other future interim or annual periods. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The Company’s fiscal year ends on December 31.

The year-end balance sheet data was derived from audited consolidated financial statements. These unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements do not include all of the annual disclosures required by U.S. GAAP; accordingly, they should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes as of and for the year ended December 31, 2024 included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 28, 2025, as amended on April 30, 2025 (the “2024 Annual Report on Form 10-K”).

Use of estimates

The preparation of these unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make use of estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of commitments and contingencies, and the reported amounts of revenues, if any, and expenses. The Company bases its estimates on available historical experience and on various other factors that the Company believes are reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not apparent from other sources. Changes in estimates are reflected in reported results for the period in which they become known. Actual results may differ from those estimates.

Significant estimates and assumptions include those related to the valuation of (i) certain equity awards, including common stock awards prior to the Business Combination, the Sponsor Earn-Out Shares, the Earn-Out Restricted Shares, and performance stock units, (ii) revenue from customers, (iii) deferred tax assets and uncertain income tax positions, (iv) the measurement of operating lease liabilities, and (v) the evaluation of the recoverability of long-lived assets, including intangible assets. On an ongoing basis, the Company evaluates these judgments and estimates for reasonableness.

Fair Value Measurements

Fair value is defined as an exchange 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. When determining the fair value measurements for assets and liabilities required or

permitted to be either recorded or disclosed at fair value, the Company considers the principal or most advantageous market in which it would transact, and it also considers assumptions that market participants would use when pricing the asset or liability.

The Company maximizes the use of observable inputs and minimizes the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. GAAP establishes a fair value hierarchy based on the level of independent, objective evidence surrounding the inputs used to measure fair value. A financial instrument’s categorization within the fair value hierarchy is based upon the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The fair value hierarchy is as follows:

Level 1 Observable inputs such as quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Company has the ability to access at the measurement date.

Level 2 Inputs other than the quoted prices in active markets that are observable either directly or indirectly.

Level 3 Unobservable inputs in which there are little or no market data and which require the Company to develop its own assumptions.

Certain of the Company’s financial instruments, including cash and cash equivalents, accounts payable, accrued expenses and other current liabilities are carried at cost, which approximates their fair value because of their short-term nature. The following table presents information about the Company’s financial assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis:

(1) Fair value was determined using publicly quoted market prices obtained from third-party sources in their respective markets.

There wereno transfers in or out of Level 3 measurements during the three months ended March 31, 2025.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-9,Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures, which requires disaggregated information about a reporting entity’s effective tax rate reconciliation as well as additional information on income taxes paid. The ASU is effective on a prospective basis for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024. Early adoption is also permitted for annual financial statements that have not yet been issued or made available for issuance. We are currently evaluating the impact this ASU will have when adopted and anticipate this ASU will likely result in the required additional disclosures being included in our consolidated financial statements.

In November 2024, The FASB issued ASU No. 2024-03,Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses, which requires more detailed information about the types of expenses included in certain expense captions presented on the consolidated statements of operations. Additionally, this amendment requires the disclosure of a qualitative description of the amounts remaining in relevant expense captions that

are not separately disaggregated quantitatively and the disclosure of the total amount of selling expenses. The new standard is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2027. We are currently evaluating the impact of adoption on our consolidated financial statements.

The Company has reviewed all accounting pronouncements issued during the three months ended March 31, 2025 and concluded they were either not applicable or not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements.

Note 3. Revenue

We disaggregate our revenue from customers by the type of arrangement, primarily from the sale of battery products and from providing research and development services, as this depicts how the nature, amount, timing, and cash flows are affected by economic factors. The following table summarizes the Company’s disaggregated revenue:

Remaining Performance Obligations

We have performance obligations associated with commitments in customer contracts for future services that have not yet been recognized as revenue. As of March 31, 2025, the aggregate amount of the transaction price allocated to the remaining performance obligations related to customer contracts that were unsatisfied or partially unsatisfied, was $2.3 million, which is expected to be recognized as revenue withinone year. This amount does not include contracts to which the customer is not committed. The estimated timing of the recognition of remaining unsatisfied performance obligations is subject to change and is affected by changes to scope, changes in timing of delivery of products and services, or contract modifications.

Note 4. Partnerships

In March 2024, the Company extended a joint development agreement (“JDA”) with Hyundai Motor Company (“Hyundai”) to jointly research and develop B-sample Li-Metal battery technology, until December 2025. Under the terms of the JDA, the Company will fund the research and development activities, and the capital expenditures related to the buildout of pilot manufacturing lines.

The Company’s B-Sample JDA with Honda Motor Company, Ltd. (“Honda”) has been replaced with a B-sample services agreement in January 2025, with a term through the end of 2025.

The Company’s partnership with GM Global Technology Operations LLC (“GM Technology”), an affiliate of GM Ventures LLC (“GM Ventures”), and General Motors Holdings LLC (“GM Holdings”) (collectively, “General Motors” or “GM”) to jointly research and develop the A-Sample Li-Metal batteries concluded in September 2024.

The following table summarizes credits to research and development recorded in accordance with the terms of the JDA agreements:

Note 5. Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash consisted of the following:

Restricted cash includes cash held in checking and money market funds as collateral to secure certain insurance policies and a letter of credit for corporate lease activity.

Note 6. Short-Term Investments

The following table provides amortized costs, gross unrealized gains and losses, and fair values for the Company’s investments in available-for-sale U.S. treasury securities as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, which have maturity dates that range from 0 month to 10 months and 0 month to 10 months, respectively. Fair value was determined using market prices obtained from third-party sources. Realized gains or losses were insignificant for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024.

The Company has $1.2 million and $1.0 million marketable equity securities as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively, with an initial cost of $0.5 million. Total unrealized gain of $0.7 million and $0.5 million is recorded under miscellaneous (expense) income, net in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss for the periods ended March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively.

Note 7. Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities

The components of accrued expenses and other current liabilities consisted of the following:

Note 8. Government Grant

In December 2022, the Company was awarded a grant (the “Grant”) from certain government agencies. The incentives received under the Grant, which is in the form of cash, can be used for facilities related expenses and the purchase of property and equipment. The Company is required toadhere to the following conditions attached to the incentives, which include purchase of a government grant guarantee insurance policy, required minimum investments into specified spending categories and the creation of a minimum amount of permanent full-time jobs in a certain geographical location over the next five years, with the option to extend to 10 years by remaining in a certain geographical location. If determined that we were ineligible to receive the Grant, we could be required to repay the Grant in its entirety with interest. The Company has yet to fulfill the required minimum investment and minimum employment conditions hence interest payable was recorded. The compliance with these conditions will continue to be monitored over the remaining grant period.

As of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Company has received, but not yet earned, cash grants of 12.0 billion Korean won. This balance is equivalent to $8.1 million after translation as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively, which is disclosed as a noncurrent liability in the unaudited interim condensed consolidated balance sheets.

Note 9. Sponsor Earn-Out Liabilities

The Sponsor Earn-Out shares in Tranche 2 through Tranche 5 have been measured at their estimated fair value using a Monte Carlo simulation valuation model. Inherent in the valuation model are assumptions related to expected stock price volatility, risk-free interest rate, expected term, and dividend yield. The key inputs used in the Monte Carlo simulation model at their respective measurement dates were as follows:

The stock price is based on the closing price of the Company’s Class A common stock as of the valuation date and simulated through the end of the earn-out period following Geometric Brownian Motion. The Company estimates the volatility of its common stock by using a weighted average of historical volatilities of SES’s shares and select peer companies’ common stock that matches the expected term of the awards (range of the weighted average of volatility was 91.5% -222.9% and 87.3% -122.5% as of March 31,2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively). The expected term is derived from a probability weighted model, considering a number of inputs, including the probability of a change in control. The risk-free interest rate is based on the yield curve for zero-coupon U.S. Treasury notes with maturities corresponding to the expected term of the awards. The dividend rate is based on the historical rate, which the Company anticipates remaining at zero.

The following table provides a reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances for the Sponsor Earn-Out liabilities:

Note 10. Commitments and Contingencies

Commitments

Under the terms of one of the JDAs entered into in 2021 and amended in March 2024, the Company is committed to undertake certain research and development activities to the benefit of both itself and its OEM Partner which involves expenditures related to engineering efforts and purchases of related equipment. The JDA has an agreed-upon value of up to $35 million, of which the Company has spent $24.0 million as of March 31, 2025.

In December 2021, the Company amended the lease agreement for an office space in Woburn, Massachusetts. The amendment includes an obligation for the Company to pay monthly relinquishment charges (equal to the total rental obligation for the duration of the lease term) only if the new tenant does not pay the monthly rental amount and the lessor has provided a notice to collect the relinquishment charges from the Company. As of March 31, 2025, the Company assessed the probability of any liability to be incurred for relinquishment charges as remote.

Legal Contingencies

From time-to-time, the Company may be subject to claims arising in the ordinary course of business or become involved in litigation or other legal proceedings. While the outcome of such claims or other proceedings cannot be predicted with certainty, the Company’s management expects that any such liabilities, to the extent not provided for by insurance or otherwise, would not have a material effect on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

Indemnifications

The Company enters into indemnification provisions under agreements with other companies in the ordinary course of business, including, but not limited to, partnerships, landlords, vendors, and contractors. Pursuant to these arrangements, the Company agrees to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the indemnified party for certain losses suffered or incurred by the indemnified party as a result of the Company’s activities. The maximum potential amount of future payments the Company could be required to make under these agreements is not determinable. The Company has never incurred costs to defend lawsuits or settle claims related to these indemnification provisions. In addition, the Company indemnifies its officers, directors, and certain key employees against claims made with respect to matters that arise while they are serving in their respective capacities as such, subject to certain limitations set forth under applicable law, and applicable indemnification agreements. The Company maintains insurance, including commercial general liability insurance, product liability insurance, and directors and officers insurance to offset certain potential liabilities under these indemnification provisions. To date, there have been no claims under these indemnification provisions.

Note 11. Stock-Based Compensation

The Company’s stock-based compensation included in its unaudited interim condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss, net of forfeitures, was as follows:

The following table summarizes stock-based compensation expense by award type, net of forfeitures:

PSUs are measured at their estimated fair value using a Monte Carlo simulation valuation model with the effect of the market condition reflected in the grant date fair value of the award. The fair value of RSUs is estimated based on the closing price of the Company’s Class A common stock at the date of grant.

Note 12. Income Taxes

The Company’s effective tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2025 was 0.0% compared with (1.8)% for the three months ended March 31, 2024. The difference between the provision for income taxes and the income tax determined by applying the statutory federal income tax rate of 21% principally results from income taxes on earnings from its foreign tax jurisdictions offset by losses generated in the U.S. where no benefit was recorded because the Company had fully reserved its deferred tax assets as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 and the recording of uncertain tax positions and interest expense.

Note 13. Net Loss Per Share

Basic net loss per share is computed by dividing net loss by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted net loss per share is computed by dividing net loss, as adjusted for changes in fair value recognized in earnings from equity contracts classified as liabilities, by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding and, when dilutive, common share equivalents from outstanding stock options and restricted stock units (using the treasury-stock method). The weighted-average number of common shares used in the computation of basic and diluted net loss per share were as follows:

The number of common stock equivalents excluded from the computation of diluted net loss per share because either the effect would have been anti-dilutive, or the performance criteria related to such shares and awards had not been met, were as follows:

14. Segment and Geographic Information

Operating Segments

Operating segments are defined as components of an entity for which separate financial information is available and that is regularly reviewed by the Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”) in deciding how to allocate resources to an individual segment and in assessing performance. The Company’s CODM is its Chief Executive Officer. The Company has determined that it operates inone operating and reportable segment, as the CODM reviews financial information presented on a consolidated basis for purposes of making operating decisions, allocating resources, and evaluating financial performance. The CODM uses operating income (loss) as the measure of financial performance and for resource allocation decisions.

Significant Expenses

The Company concluded it operates asone operating and reportable segment based on the information regularly reviewed by the CODM for decision making, resource allocation, and evaluating financial performance. The information included is categorized into different significant expense lines such as compensation and benefits, lab and equipment, professional services, general and administrative, facility, and sales and marketing. For the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company reported to its CODM$6.4 million in compensation and benefits excluding stock compensation and net of reimbursements,$5.8 million in lab and equipment net of reimbursements,$3.9 million in general and administrative,$6.1 million in professional services,$1.5 million in facility, and$0.2 million in sales and marketing. For the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company reported to its CODM$7.1 million in compensation and benefits excluding stock compensation and net of reimbursements,$1.3 million in lab and equipment net of reimbursements,$4.8 million in general and administrative,$2.0 million in professional services,$1.0 million in facility, and$0.2 million in sales and marketing.

Geographic Information

For the three months ended March 31, 2025, revenue outside of the United States, based on customer billing address in the Asia Pacific region, was 100% of total revenue.

Note 15. Related-Party Transactions

Pursuant to the director nomination agreement, dated as of July 12, 2021, with the Company (the “Director Nomination Agreement”), General Motors Company and its affiliates (“GM”) were considered related parties due to their board representation and the board member’s employment position at GM, which remained in effect as long as GM continues to hold more than 5% of the fully diluted outstanding equity securities of SES as per the agreement. On October 29, 2024, GM and the Company mutually agreed to terminate the Director Nomination Agreement and GM terminated its board representation. Hence, GM is no longer considered a related party during 2025. See “Note 4 – Partnerships” for more details about our prior partnership with GM.