Financing transaction |
6 Months Ended |
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Jun. 30, 2025 | |
Warrants and Rights Note Disclosure [Abstract] | |
Financing transaction | Note 10. Financing transaction
Private Investment - Sylebra
On November 8, 2023, the Company entered into Subscription Agreements (the “Sylebra Subscription Agreements”) with entities affiliated with Sylebra Capital Limited (“Sylebra”) and Adage Capital Management, providing for the purchase of an aggregate of 7,360,460 shares of the Company’s common stock, $0.0001 par value per share (the “PIPE Shares”), at a price of $2.90 per PIPE Share for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $21.4 million (the “Private Placement”). The PIPE Shares are recorded as outstanding common stock.
Standby Equity Purchase Agreement - Sylebra
On November 8, 2023, the Company also entered into a Standby Equity Purchase Agreement (as amended from time to time, the “Facility Agreement”) with entities affiliated with Sylebra, pursuant to which the Company will have the right, but not the obligation to sell to Sylebra up to $125 million of its shares of convertible redeemable non-voting preferred stock, subject to satisfaction of certain conditions, by November 8, 2026. Each sale the Company requests under the Facility Agreement (each, an “Advance” and collectively, the “Advances”) may be for a number of shares of preferred stock with an aggregate value of at least $25.0 million but not more than $50.0 million (except with Sylebra’s consent).
When and if issued, the preferred stock will be issued at a price per share of $10,000. Holders of the preferred stock will be entitled to a quarterly dividend at the rate of 7.0% per annum payable in cash or in kind at the option of the Company. The preferred stock will have an initial liquidation preference of $12,000 per share, plus accrued dividends. The preferred stock will have no voting rights as a class or series except in such instances as required by Delaware law or certain matters enumerated in the Facility Agreement related to the protection of the preferred stock.
The preferred stock will be convertible at the option of the holders into the number of shares of common stock equal to $10,000 divided by the then-applicable conversion price. At any time after the two year anniversary of any issuance of any series of preferred stock, the Company will have the option to convert all (but not less than all) of any series of then-outstanding preferred stock by paying a make-whole payment, in either stock or cash, equal to three years of dividends, provided that the closing price of the common stock exceeds 250% of the then-applicable conversion price for at least 20 out of 30 consecutive trading days prior to the date of conversion. To the extent, if any, a conversion would result in the holder thereof becoming the beneficial owner of more than 19.9% of the Company’s outstanding common stock, the Company will issue to such holder a pre-funded warrant in the form attached to the Facility Agreement. The preferred stock will be subject to customary pre-emptive rights.
The Company’s right to request Advances is conditioned upon the Company achieving a minimum of one new passenger auto-original equipment manufacturer (“OEM”) or commercial OEM program award with at least a 50,000 unit volume, the trading price of the common stock being below $38 at the time of the Advance request and other customary conditions. As of June 30, 2025, all conditions to request an Advance under the Facility Agreement were met.
Any preferred stock issued in connection with the Facility Agreement will rank senior to common stock upon the Company’s liquidation, dissolution or winding up. Any such preferred stock will be entitled to priority cumulative dividends which shall accrue daily from and after the original issue date of such preferred stock and shall compound on a quarterly basis on each dividend payment date. The accrued dividends shall in all cases be payable upon liquidation.
The Company shall pay dividends on each share of preferred stock in cash or in kind through issuance of shares of common stock with an aggregate value equal to the amount of the dividend to have been paid divided by the dividend conversion price. The board of directors of the Company may at its sole discretion elect to pay the dividends in cash in lieu of shares of common stock. The preferred stock has no voting rights unless it is converted into shares of common stock. Additionally, upon the occurrence of a change of control, the holders of preferred stock shall be entitled to receive in full a liquidating purchase in cash and in the amount per share of the preferred stock equal to the sum of (i) the liquidation preference plus (ii) accrued dividends with respect to such shares of preferred stock.
In connection with this financing, the Company also paid the entities affiliated with Sylebra, (a) a facility fee in the amount of $2.5 million, (b) an origination fee in the amount of $0.6 million, (c) an administrative fee in the amount of $0.3 million and (d) fees and expenses of Sylebra and its counsel, of approximately $0.4 million. The issuance costs related to the Facility Agreement were expensed as incurred as it failed to meet the equity classification guidance under ASC 815-40, and were deemed to be a derivative asset. The fair value of the derivative asset was not material as of and for the period ended June 30, 2025.
In addition, upon receipt of stockholder approval in December 2023, the Company issued to Sylebra 3,000,000 Series A Warrants to purchase shares of common stock at an exercise price of $5.00. The Company analyzed the Series A Warrants and determined that they are freestanding and do not exhibit any of the characteristics within ASC 480, and as such do not meet the characteristics of a liability under ASC 480. However, Series A Warrants do not meet all requirements for equity classification under ASC 815, and therefore are classified as a liability on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets.
As of June 30, 2025, the Company had 3,000,000 Series A Warrants outstanding. The Series A Warrants were issued as consideration for entering into the Facility Agreement as discussed above. Each Series A Warrant is currently exercisable and expires in December 2027. Holders shall not have the right to exercise the Series A Warrants to the extent such person would beneficially own in excess of 19.9% of the Company’s outstanding common stock immediately after giving effect to such exercise.
The exercise price and number of shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the Series A Warrants may be adjusted in certain circumstances including in the event of a stock dividend or split, subsequent rights offerings, pro rata purchases, merger, reorganization, recapitalization, or spin-off. However, the Series A Warrants will not be adjusted for issuances of shares of common stock at a price below their respective exercise prices. The Series A Warrants do not entitle the holders to any voting rights, dividends or other rights as a stockholder of the Company prior to being exercised for common stock.
Share Subscription Agreement - LGIT
On May 13, 2025, the Company entered into a strategic collaboration with LG Innotek Co., Ltd. (“LGIT”). In connection with this partnership, the parties entered into a Share Subscription Agreement (the “LG Subscription Agreement”), and a Joint Development Agreement (“JDA”), (collectively referred to as the “LGIT Transaction”).
Pursuant to the LG Subscription Agreement, LGIT agreed to make a strategic investment in the Company of $32.5 million (the “Private Placement”) in exchange for the common shares. LGIT agreed to pay a fixed price per share of $9.26 at closing (i.e., the “Long Forward”) or a price per share equal to the volume weighted average price (“VWAP”) if the VWAP for 10 days preceding the record date is less than $7.41 per share (the “Barrier Put Option”). The closing date is defined as ten business days after all closing conditions under the LG Subscription Agreement have been satisfied. Notwithstanding the foregoing, LGIT’s share ownership is subject to an ownership limit of 9.9% such that the price per share paid at closing will be adjusted to ensure the share ownership limit is not exceeded. The record date represents the earlier of two months following contract inception or satisfaction of all closing conditions. As of the date of issuance of these financial statements, the record date has passed, and the Barrier Put Option was not triggered.
The Company analyzed the Share Subscription Agreement and determined the long forward and barrier put option should be classified as a share subscription liability because the instrument was not considered indexed to the Company’s common stock as total number of shares to be issued are not fixed. The instrument requires a gross share settlement. The Company recognized the share subscription liability at fair value at contract inception and at each of the reporting date.
Pursuant to the JDA, the Company agreed to provide non-recurring engineering services to LGIT in exchange for a total consideration of $7.5 million. However, based on the contract analysis, JDA and LG Subscription Agreement were determined to be a combined contract in which all the proceeds were allocated to the LG Subscription Arrangement and no proceeds were allocated to JDA, accordingly no revenue shall be recognized for non-recurring engineering services to be provided under the JDA. As a result, during the quarter ended June 30, 2025, the Company accrued for the expected loss from the JDA amounting to $3.8 million as cost of revenue in the condensed consolidated financial statements. Further the difference between the fair value of the share subscription liability of $8.6 million and the total consideration of $7.5 million assigned to share subscription liability is recognized as a component of fair value loss on share subscription liability on the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. |