UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

☒QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2019

 

OR

 

☐TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the transition period from              to             

 

Commission File Number 001-37900

Everspin Technologies, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)

 

 

5670 W. Chandler Boulevard, Suite 100

Chandler, Arizona 85226

(Address of principal executive offices including zip code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (480) 347-1111

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    YES  ☒    NO  ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to submit such files).    YES  ☒    NO  ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer”, “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    YES  ☐    NO  ☒

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

The number of shares of Registrant’s Common Stock outstanding as of May 1, 2019 was 17,131,780. 

 

 

Table of Contents

 

 

In this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, “we,” “our,” “us,” “Everspin Technologies,” and “the Company” refer to Everspin Technologies, Inc. The Everspin logo and other trade names, trademarks or service marks of Everspin Technologies are the property of Everspin Technologies, Inc. This report contains references to our trademarks and to trademarks belonging to other entities. Trade names, trademarks and service marks of other companies appearing in this report are the property of their respective holders. We do not intend our use or display of other companies’ trade names or trademarks to imply a relationship with, or endorsement or sponsorship of us by, any other companies.

PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements

 

EVERSPIN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Condensed Balance Sheets

(In thousands, except share and per share amounts)

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed financial statements.

EVERSPIN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Condensed Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss

(In thousands, except share and per share amounts)

(Unaudited)

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed financial statements.

EVERSPIN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Condensed Statements of Stockholders’ Equity

(In thousands, except share and per share amounts)

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed financial statements.

 

EVERSPIN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Condensed Statement of Cash Flows

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed financial statements.

EVERSPIN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

 

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Financial Statements

 

1. Organization and Nature of Business

 

Everspin Technologies, Inc. (the Company) was incorporated in Delaware on May 16, 2008. The Company’s magnetoresistive random-access memory  (MRAM) solutions offer the persistence of non-volatile memory with the speed and endurance of random-access memory (RAM) and enable the protection of mission critical data particularly in the event of power interruption or failure. The Company’s MRAM solutions allow its customers in the industrial, automotive, transportation, and enterprise storage markets to design high performance, power efficient and reliable systems without the need for bulky batteries or capacitors.

 

Ability to continue as a going concern 

 

The accompanying condensed financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the settlement of liabilities and commitments in the normal course of business for the foreseeable future. Management expects operating losses and cash flow deficits to continue for the foreseeable future. The Company’s ability to achieve profitability is dependent primarily on its ability to gain market share for both its Toggle MRAM and STT MRAM products. These conditions, and our cash balances, raise doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern for at least a year after the issuance date of the accompanying condensed financial statements. The Company plans to address these conditions by reductions in spending, improvements in product margins, increasing revenue, raising capital through equity or debt financings, licensing of its Intellectual Property, or a combination thereof. There is no assurance, however, that the Company will be successful in these plans. If additional funding is available, there is no assurance that it will be available on terms acceptable to the Company. The accompanying condensed financial statements do not include any adjustments that may be needed if the Company were unable to continue as a going concern.

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

 

Basis of Presentation

 

The accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (GAAP) and applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regarding interim financial reporting. As permitted under those rules, certain footnotes or other financial information that are normally required by GAAP have been condensed or omitted, and accordingly the balance sheet as of December 31, 2018 has been derived from the audited financial statements at that date but does not include all of the information required by GAAP for complete financial statements. These unaudited interim condensed financial statements have been prepared on the same basis as the Company’s annual financial statements and, in the opinion of management, reflect all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments) that are necessary for a fair statement of the Company’s financial information. The results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2019 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the year ending December 31, 2019 or for any other interim period or for any other future year.

 

The accompanying condensed financial statements and related financial information should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and the related notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2018, included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC.

 

Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of the condensed financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the condensed financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. On an ongoing basis, management evaluates its estimates, including those related to revenue recognition, fair value of assets and liabilities, inventory, product warranty reserves, income taxes, and stock-based compensation. The Company believes its estimates and assumptions are reasonable; however, actual results may differ from the Company’s estimates.

 

Accounts receivable, net

 

The Company estimates credits to distributors based on the historical rate of credits provided to distributors relative to sales. At March 31, 2019, the allowance for product returns and the allowance for price concessions were $96,000 and $26,000, respectively. At December 31, 2018, the allowance for product returns and the allowance for price concessions were $144,000 and $569,000, respectively.

 

Accounts receivable, net consisted of the following (in thousands):

 

 

Concentration of Credit Risk

 

Financial instruments that potentially expose the Company to a concentration of credit risk consist principally of cash and cash equivalents that are held by a financial institution in the United States and accounts receivable. Amounts on deposit with a financial institution may at times exceed federally insured limits. The Company maintains its cash accounts with high credit quality financial institutions and, accordingly, minimal credit risk exists with respect to the financial institutions.

 

Significant customers are those which represent more than 10% of the Company’s total revenue or net accounts receivable balance at each respective balance sheet date. For the purposes of this disclosure, the Company defines “customer” as the entity that is purchasing the products or licenses directly from the Company, which includes the distributors of the Company’s products in addition to end customers that the Company sells to directly. For each significant customer, revenue as a percentage of total revenue and accounts receivable as a percentage of total accounts receivable, net are as follows:

 

*Less than 10%

 

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

 

Fair value is defined as an exit price, representing the amount that would be received to sell an asset, or paid to transfer a liability, in an orderly transaction between market participants. The framework for measuring fair value provides a three-tier hierarchy prioritizing inputs to valuation techniques used in measuring fair value as follows:

 

Level 1— Observable inputs such as quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets;

Level 2— Inputs, other than quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets, which are observable either directly or indirectly; and

 

Level 3— Unobservable inputs in which there is little or no market data requiring the reporting entity to develop its own assumptions

 

The carrying value of accounts receivable, accounts payable, and other accruals readily convertible into cash approximate fair value because of the short-term nature of the instruments. As of March 31, 2019, based on Level 2 inputs and the borrowing rates available to the Company for loans with similar terms and consideration of the Company’s credit risk, the carrying value of the Company’s variable interest rate debt, excluding unamortized debt issuance costs, approximates fair value. The Company’s financial instruments consist of Level 1 assets. Where quoted prices are available in an active market, securities are classified as Level 1. Level 1 assets consist of highly liquid money market funds that are included in cash equivalents.

 

The following tables sets forth the fair value of the Company’s financial assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis (in thousands):

 

 

 

Leases

 

The Company leases office, lab, manufacturing space and equipment in various locations with initial lease terms of up to five years.  These leases require monthly lease payments that may be subject to annual increases throughout the lease term.  The terms of these leases also include renewal options at the election of the Company to renew or extend the lease for a range of an additional two to five years. These optional periods have not been considered in the determination of the right-of-use-assets (ROU) or lease liabilities associated with these leases as the Company did not consider it reasonably certain it would exercise the options.

 

The Company determines if an arrangement is a lease at inception. ROU assets represent the Company’s right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and lease liabilities represent the Company’s obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. The classification of the Company's leases as operating or finance leases along with the initial measurement and recognition of the associated ROU assets and lease liabilities is performed at the lease commencement date. The measurement of lease liabilities is based on the present value of future lease payments over the lease term. The Company’s uses its incremental borrowing rate, based on the information available at commencement date, to determine the present value of lease payments when its leases do not provide an implicit rate. The Company uses the implicit rate when readily determinable. The ROU asset is based on the measurement of the lease liability, includes any lease payments made prior to or on lease commencement and excludes lease incentives and initial direct costs incurred, as applicable. Lease expense for the Company’s operating leases is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Amortization expense for ROU assets associated with finance leases is recognized on a straight-line basis over the shorter of the useful life of the asset or the lease term and interest expense associated with finance leases is recognized on the balance of the lease liability using the effective interest method based on the estimated incremental borrowing rate.

 

The Company has lease agreements with lease and non-lease components. The Company has elected to not separate lease and non-lease components for any leases involving real estate and office equipment classes of assets and, as a result, accounts for the lease and non-lease components as a single lease component. The Company will separate lease and non-lease components for any leases involving manufacturing facility classes of assets. Further, the Company elected the short-term lease exception policy, permitting it to not apply the recognition requirements of this standard to

leases with terms of 12 months or less (short-term leases) for all classes of assets. As of March 31, 2019, the Company did not have any short-term leases.

 

Operating leases are included in right-of-use assets, lease liabilities, and lease liabilities, net of current portion in the Company’s balance sheet. Finance leases are included in property and equipment, other current liabilities, and other long-term liabilities in the Company’s balance sheet. 

 

Stock-based Compensation

 

Stock-based compensation arrangements include stock option grants and restricted stock unit (RSU) awards under the Company’s equity incentive plans, as well as shares issued under the Company’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), through which employees may purchase the Company’s common stock at a discount to the market price.

 

The Company measures its stock option grants made to employees based on the estimated fair value of the options as of the grant date using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. Stock-based compensation expense is recognized over the requisite service period using the straight-line method. The Company has made an accounting policy election to account for forfeitures as they occur, rather than estimating expected forfeitures at the time of the grant.

 

Stock-based compensation expense for options granted to non-employees as consideration for services received is measured on the date of performance at the fair value of the consideration received or the fair value of the equity instruments issued, using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model, whichever can be more reliably measured. Compensation expense for options granted to non-employees is recognized as the underlying options vest. The Company has made an accounting policy election to account for forfeitures as they occur, rather than estimating expected forfeitures at the time of the grant. In addition, the Company made an accounting policy election to use the contractual term as the expected term rather than estimating the expected term.

 

Recently Adopted Pronouncements

 

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016 02, Leases (Topic 842), which establishes a comprehensive new lease accounting model. The new standard: (a) clarifies the definition of a lease; (b) requires a dual approach to lease classification similar to current lease classifications; and (c) causes lessees to recognize leases on the balance sheet as a lease liability with a corresponding ROU asset for leases with a lease-term of more than 12 months. This ASU is effective for fiscal years and interim periods within those years beginning after December 15, 2018. In July 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-10, Codification Improvements to Topic 842 Leases and ASU No. 2018-11, Leases (Topic 842) Targeted Improvements. ASU 2018-10 clarifies how to apply certain aspects of ASU 2016-02. The Company adopted this standard on January 1, 2019, using the modified retrospective method. The comparative information has not been restated and continues to be reported under the accounting standards in effect for those periods.

 

Topic 842 permits the application of certain practical expedients, of which the Company elected the “package of three” expedient, that eliminated the requirements to reassess prior conclusions about lease identification, lease classification, and initial direct costs. Further, the Company elected the short-term lease exception policy, permitting it to not apply the recognition requirements of this standard to short-term leases.

 

Upon adoption of Topic 842, on January 1, 2019, the Company recorded an operating lease ROU asset of $3.6 million, operating lease liabilities of $4.0 million, and derecognized the deferred rent liability of $390,000. The accounting for the Company’s finance leases remained substantially unchanged.

 

In June 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-07, Compensation-Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Improvements to Nonemployee Share-Based Payment Accounting. ASU 2018-07 is intended to reduce the cost and complexity and to improve financial reporting for nonemployee share-based payments. The ASU expands the scope of Topic 718, (which currently only includes share-based payments to employees) to include share-based payments issued to nonemployees for goods or services. Consequently, the accounting for share-based payments to nonemployees and employees will be substantially aligned. The standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within that fiscal year. Early adoption is permitted, but no earlier than a company’s adoption date of Topic 606. The Company adopted this standard on January 1, 2019 and the impact of its adoption on the Company’s financial statements was not material.

 

Recently Issued Pronouncements

 

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-13, Financial Instruments-Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments, which amends the incurred loss impairment methodology in current GAAP with a methodology that reflects expected credit losses and requires consideration of a broader range of reasonable and supportable information to inform credit loss estimates. ASU 2016-13 is effective for annual reporting periods, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2019, and requires a cumulative effect adjustment to the balance sheet as of the beginning of the first reporting period in which the guidance is effective. In April 2019, the FASB issued ASU No. 2019-04, Codification Improvements Financial Instruments-Credit Losses (Topic 326). The new ASU provides narrow-scope amendments to help apply ASU No. 2016-13.  The Company is evaluating the impact of the adoption of ASU 2016-13 on its financial statements.

 

 

 

3. Revenue

 

The Company sells the majority of its products to its distributors, but also recognizes revenue under licensing and royalty agreements. The following table presents the Company’s revenues disaggregated by sales channel, (in thousands):

 

 

The following table presents the Company’s revenues disaggregated by timing of recognition (in thousands):

 

The following table presents the Company’s revenues disaggregated by type (in thousands):

 

 

The Company recognizes revenue in three primary geographic regions: North America; Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA); and Asia-Pacific and Japan (APJ).  The following table presents the Company’s revenues disaggregated by the geographic region to which the product is delivered or licensee is located (in thousands):

 

 

 

 

4. Balance Sheet Components

 

Inventory

 

Inventory consisted of the following (in thousands):

 

 

Accrued Liabilities

 

Accrued liabilities consisted of the following (in thousands):

 

 

 

 

 

 

5. Leases 

 

During 2017, the Company entered into an operating lease for 27,974 square feet of office space for its corporate headquarters located in Chandler, Arizona, that expires in January 2022. The Company has the option to renew the lease through August 2024;  however, the Company does not consider it reasonably certain it will exercise the renewal option. 

 

 The Company leases office and lab space for its design facility located in Austin, Texas, under an operating lease that expires in January 2022. The Company has the option to renew the lease for an additional five years;  however, the Company does not consider it reasonably certain it will exercise the renewal option.  

 

The Company has another operating lease for its Arizona manufacturing facility, which includes office and fabrication space. This lease is cancellable upon 24 months’ notice by either of the parties and expires in January 2021.  

 

The undiscounted future non-cancellable lease payments under the Company’s leases were as follows (in thousands):

 

 

As determined under ASC 840, the future minimum rental commitments under the Company’s operating leases at December 31, 2018 were as follows (in thousands):

 

 

Other information related to the Company's lease liabilities was as follows:

 

 

Lease costs for the Company’s operating leases were $396,000 and $327,000, respectively, for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018. Variable lease payments for operating leases were immaterial for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018. Lease costs for the Company’s finance lease were immaterial for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018.

 

 

 

6. Debt

 

2017 Credit Facility

 

On May 4, 2017, the Company entered into a Loan and Security Agreement with Silicon Valley Bank (2017 Credit Facility) for a $12.0 million term loan. The term loan provided for interest at a floating rate equal to the prime rate minus 0.75%.  The term loan provided for a period of interest-only payments through April 30, 2018, followed by fixed principal and interest payments based on a 24-month amortization schedule. An end of term fee of 6% of the amount borrowed must be made when the loan is prepaid or repaid, whether at maturity or as a result of a prepayment or acceleration or otherwise.

 

On July 6, 2018, the Company entered into the First Amendment to the 2017 Credit Facility (the Amended Credit Facility). The Amended Credit Facility extended the period of interest-only payments through December 31, 2018, followed by fixed principal and interest payments based on either a 24-month or a 36-month amortization schedule if the Company achieves certain milestones. As of September 30, 2018, the Company determined it would not meet the milestones, therefore, the Amended Credit Facility is based on a 24-month amortization schedule and matures in December 2020. The Amended Credit Facility provides for interest at a floating rate equal to the prime rate minus 0.75%.  As of March 31, 2019, the interest rate was 4.75%.  The terms of the Amended Credit Facility included the refund of $1.0 million in principal payments previously made by the Company. An end of term fee of 7% of the amount borrowed must be made when the loan is prepaid or repaid, whether at maturity or as a result of a prepayment or acceleration or otherwise. The additional payment is being accreted using the effective interest method. As of March 31, 2019, the effective interest rate under the Amended Credit Facility was 7.77%.  

 

The Company is permitted to make voluntary prepayments of the Amended Credit Facility with a prepayment fee, calculated as of the effective date of the first amendment, equal to (i) $240,000 during the first 12 months and (ii) $120,000 if prepaid in months 13-24.  The Company is required to make mandatory prepayments of the outstanding loan upon the acceleration by lender following the occurrence of an event of default, along with a payment of the end of term fee, the prepayment fee and any other obligations that are due and payable at the time of prepayment. In the event of default, the interest rate in effect will increase by 5.0% per annum.

 

In conjunction with the Amended Credit Facility, outstanding warrants held by SVB to purchase 9,229 shares of the Company’s common stock at $26.00 per share were cancelled. The Company subsequently issued a warrant to SVB for the purchase of 9,375 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $8.91 per share. The warrant can be exercised at any time and expires five years after the date of issuance. The Company estimated the fair value of the warrant as $43,000 on the date of issuance using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The warrant was recorded as a discount to the debt and will be amortized into interest expense over the remaining term of the loan using the effective interest method.

 

Security for the Amended Credit Facility includes all of the Company’s assets except for intellectual property. The Company is required to comply with certain covenants under the Amended Credit Facility, including requirements to maintain a minimum liquidity ratio, meet certain revenue targets, and restrictions on certain actions without the consent of the lender, such as limitations on its ability to engage in mergers or acquisitions, sell assets, enter into transactions involving related parties, incur indebtedness or grant liens or negative pledges on its assets, make loans or make other investments. Under these covenants, the Company is prohibited from paying cash dividends with respect to its capital stock. The Company was in compliance with all covenants at March 31, 2019.  The Amended Credit Facility contains a material adverse effect clause which provides that an event of default will occur if, among other triggers, an event occurs that could reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, operations or condition, or on the Company’s ability to perform its obligations under the term loan. As of March 31, 2019, management does not believe that it is probable that the clause will be triggered within the next twelve months, and therefore the term loan is classified as long-term.

 

The carrying value of the Company’s Amended Credit Facility at March 31, 2019 was as follows (in thousands):

 

 

The carrying value of the Company’s Amended Credit Facility at December 31, 2018 was as follows (in thousands):

 

 

The table below includes the principal repayments due under the Amended Credit Facility as of March 31, 2019 (in thousands):

 

 

 

 

7. Stock-Based Compensation

 

The following table summarizes the stock option and award activity for the three months ended March 31, 2019:

 

 

The total grant date fair value of options vested was $710,000 and $377,000 during the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

 

The weighted-average grant date fair value of employee options granted during the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018 was $4.00 and $4.74 per share, respectively.

 

2016 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

 

In January 2019, there was an increase of 170,955 shares reserved for issuance under the Company’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP). The Company had 440,344 shares available for future issuance under the Company’s ESPP as of March 31, 2019. Employees did not purchase any shares during the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018.

 

Modification of Stock Awards

 

In February 2018, the Company modified the terms of 400,000 vested and unvested stock option awards granted to the Chief Executive Officer, by reducing their exercise price from $16.25 per share to $7.64 per share. There was no change to any of the other terms of the option awards. The modification resulted in an incremental value of $600,000 being allocated to the options, of which $63,000 was recognized to expense immediately based on options that were vested at the time of the modification. The remaining incremental value of $537,000 attributable to unvested options will be recognized over the remaining vesting term through September 2021.

 

Restricted Stock Units

 

The following table summarizes Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) activity for the three months ended March 31, 2019:

 

 

The fair value of RSUs is determined on the date of grant based on the market price of the Company’s common stock on that date. As of March 31, 2019, there was $1.1 million of unrecognized stock-based compensation expense related to RSUs to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 3.2 years.

 

Stock-based Compensation Expense

 

The Company recognized stock-based compensation expense from awards granted to employees and non-employees under its equity incentive plans and from its ESPP as follows, excluding amounts related to GLOBALFOUNDRIES, Inc. (GF) (in thousands):

 

 

As of March 31, 2019, there was $5.8 million of total unrecognized compensation expense related to unvested options which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.9 years. Compensation cost capitalized within inventory at December 31, 2019 and 2018 was not material.

 

8.  Significant Agreements

 

GLOBALFOUNDRIES, Inc. Joint Development Agreement

 

On October 17, 2014, the Company entered into a Joint Development Agreement (JDA) with GF, for the joint development of the Company’s Spin Transfer Torque MRAM (STT-MRAM) technology. The term of the agreement is the later of four years from the effective date or until the completion, termination or expiration of the last statement of work entered into pursuant to the JDA. The JDA also states that the specific terms and conditions for the production and supply of the developed STT-MRAM technology would be pursuant to a separate manufacturing agreement entered into between the parties. In October 2018, the Company entered into the Third Amendment to the JDA with GF, which extended the term of the JDA until December 2019.  

 

Under the JDA, each party licenses its relevant intellectual property to the other party. For certain jointly developed works, the parties have agreed to follow an invention allocation procedure to determine ownership. In addition, GF possesses the exclusive right to manufacture the Company’s discrete and embedded STT-MRAM devices developed pursuant to the agreement until the earlier of three years after the qualification of the MRAM device for a particular technology node or four years after the completion of the relevant statement of work under which the device was developed. For the same exclusivity period associated with the relevant device, GF agreed not to license intellectual property developed in connection with the JDA to named competitors of the Company.

 

Generally, unless otherwise specified in the agreement or a statement of work, the Company and GF share project costs, which do not include personnel or production qualification costs, under the JDA. If GF manufactures, sells or transfers to customers wafers containing production quantified STT-MRAM devices that utilize certain design information, GF will be required to pay the Company a royalty.

 

The Company incurred project costs, recognized as research and development expense, of $0.8 million and $2.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018 respectively. The Company entered into a  Statement of Work (SOW) and an Amendment to the SOW, under the JDA with GF effective August 2016 and June 2018, respectively. The Company is entitled to revenues under the SOW and its Amendment upon delivery and acceptance of product.  The Company did not recognize any revenue from GF in the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018. 

 

On October 21, 2014, GF participated, along with other investors, in the Company’s Series B redeemable convertible preferred stock financing and purchased 192,307 shares at $26.00 per share. Contemporaneously, the Company sold 461,538 shares of its common stock to GF at a discounted price of $0.00026 per share. The common shares vest upon the achievement of a goal as set forth in the Statement of Work #1 (the SOW) under the JDA. The unvested common shares are subject to repurchase by the Company, if the JDA is terminated for any reason, for a one-year period after such termination, at a price that is the lower of the original price paid by GF or the fair value of the