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Atomera Incorporated
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PART I. Financial Information
Item 1. Financial Statements
Atomera Incorporated
Condensed Balance Sheets
(in thousands, except per share data)
| March 31, | December 31, | |||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||||
| (Unaudited) | ||||||||
| ASSETS | ||||||||
| Current assets: | ||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | $ | ||||||
| Short-term investments | ||||||||
| Accounts receivable | ||||||||
| Interest receivable | ||||||||
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | ||||||||
| Total current assets | ||||||||
| Property and equipment, net | ||||||||
| Long-term prepaid maintenance and supplies | ||||||||
| Security deposit | ||||||||
| Operating lease right-of-use asset | ||||||||
| Financing lease right-of-use-asset | ||||||||
| Total assets | $ | $ | ||||||
| LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY | ||||||||
| Current liabilities: | ||||||||
| Accounts payable | $ | $ | ||||||
| Accrued expenses | ||||||||
| Accrued payroll-related expenses | ||||||||
| Current operating lease liability | ||||||||
| Current financing lease liability | ||||||||
| Deferred revenue | ||||||||
| Total current liabilities | ||||||||
| Long-term operating lease liability | ||||||||
| Long-term financing lease liability | ||||||||
| Total liabilities | ||||||||
| Commitments and contingencies (see Note 9) | ||||||||
| Stockholders’ equity: | ||||||||
| Preferred stock $ par value, authorized shares; issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 | ||||||||
| Common stock: $ par value, authorized shares; shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2025; and shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2024 | ||||||||
| Additional paid in capital | ||||||||
| Other comprehensive income | ||||||||
| Accumulated deficit | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Total stockholders’ equity | ||||||||
| Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity | $ | $ | ||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed financial statements.
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Atomera Incorporated
Condensed Statements of Operations
(Unaudited)
(in thousands, except per share data)
Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||||
| Revenue | $ | |||||||
| Cost of revenue | ( | ) | ||||||
| Gross margin | ( | ) | ||||||
| Operating expenses | ||||||||
| Research and development | ||||||||
| General and administrative | ||||||||
| Selling and marketing | ||||||||
| Total operating expenses | ||||||||
| Loss from operations | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Other income (expense) | ||||||||
| Interest income | ||||||||
| Accretion income | ||||||||
| Interest expense | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Other expense, net | ( | ) | ||||||
| Total other income, net | ||||||||
| Net loss | $ | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||
| Net loss per common share, basic | $ | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||
| Net loss per common share, diluted | $ | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||
| Weighted average number of common shares outstanding, basic | ||||||||
| Weighted average number of common shares outstanding, diluted | ||||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed financial statements.
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Atomera Incorporated
Condensed Statements of Comprehensive Loss
(Unaudited)
(in thousands, except per share data)
Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||||
| Net loss | $ | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||
| Unrealized loss on available-for-sale securities | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Net loss | $ | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed financial statements.
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Atomera Incorporated
Statements of Stockholders’ Equity
For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2025 and 2024
(Unaudited)
(in thousands)
| Common Stock | Additional Paid-in | Other Comprehensive | Accumulated | Total Stockholders’ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Shares | Amount | Capital | Loss | Deficit | Equity | |||||||||||||||||||
| Balance January 1, 2025 | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | |||||||||||||||||
| Stock-based compensation | – | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| At-the-market sale of stock, net of commissions and expenses | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net loss | – | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Unrealized gain (loss) on available-for-sale securities | – | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Balance March 31, 2025 | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | |||||||||||||||||
| Common Stock | Additional Paid-in | Other Comprehensive | Accumulated | Total Stockholders’ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Shares | Amount | Capital | Loss | Deficit | Equity | |||||||||||||||||||
| Balance January 1, 2024 | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | |||||||||||||||||
| Stock-based compensation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stock option exercise | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Forfeiture of restricted stock issuance | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| At-the-market sale of stock, net of commissions and expenses | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net loss | – | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Unrealized gain (loss) on available-for-sale securities | – | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Balance March 31, 2024 | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | $ | |||||||||||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed financial statements.
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Atomera Incorporated
Condensed Statements of Cash Flows
(Unaudited)
(in thousands)
| Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||||
| CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES | ||||||||
| Net Loss | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||
| Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities: | ||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization | ||||||||
| Operating lease right of use asset amortization | ||||||||
| Financing lease right of use asset amortization | ||||||||
| Stock-based compensation | ||||||||
| Net accretion of discounts on available-for-sale securities | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | ||||||||
| Accounts receivable | ||||||||
| Unbilled contracts receivable | ||||||||
| Interest receivable | ( | ) | ||||||
| Prepaid and other current assets | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Accounts payable | ( | ) | ||||||
| Accrued expenses | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Accrued payroll expenses | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Operating lease liability | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Deferred revenue | ( | ) | ||||||
| Net cash used in operating activities | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES | ||||||||
| Acquisition of property and equipment | ( | ) | ||||||
| Purchase of available-for-sale securities | ( | ) | ||||||
| Maturity of available-for-sale securities | ||||||||
| Net cash provided by investing activities | ||||||||
| CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES | ||||||||
| Proceeds from at-the-market sale of stock, net of commissions and expenses | ||||||||
| Proceeds from exercise of stock options | ||||||||
| Payments on principal of financing lease | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Net cash provided by financing activities | ||||||||
| Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents | ( | ) | ||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period | ||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents at end of period | $ | $ | ||||||
| Supplemental information: | ||||||||
| Cash paid for interest | $ | $ | ||||||
| Cash paid for taxes | $ | $ | ||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed financial statements.
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ATOMERA INCORPORATED
NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2025 and 2024
| 1. | NATURE OF OPERATIONS |
Atomera Incorporated (“Atomera” or the “Company”) was incorporated in the state of Delaware in March 2007 under the name MEARS Technologies, Inc. and is engaged in the development, commercialization and licensing of proprietary processes and technologies for the semiconductor industry. On January 12, 2016, the Company changed its name to Atomera Incorporated.
Atomera is an early-stage company, having only limited revenue-generating activities, and is devoting substantially all its efforts toward technology research and development and to commercially licensing its technology to designers and manufacturers of integrated circuits.
| 2. | LIQUIDITY AND MANAGEMENT PLANS |
At March 31, 2025, the Company
had cash and cash equivalents of approximately $
On May 31, 2022, Atomera entered
into an Equity Distribution Agreement with Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. and Craig-Hallum Capital Group LLC (“Craig-Hallum”),
as agents, under which the Company may offer and sell, from time to time at its sole discretion, shares of its $0.001 par value common
stock in “at the market” offerings to or through the agents, having aggregate offering proceeds of up to $50.0 million (the
“ATM”). During the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company sold approximately shares pursuant to the ATM at
an average price per share of approximately $, resulting in approximately $
Based on the funds it has available as of the date of the filing of this report, the Company believes that it has sufficient capital to fund its current business plans and obligations over, at least, 12 months from the date that these financial statements have been issued. The Company’s future capital requirements and the adequacy of its available funds will depend on many factors, including the Company’s ability to successfully commercialize its technology, competing technological and market developments, and the need to enter into collaborations with other companies or acquire technologies to enhance or complement its current offerings.
| 3. | SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES |
Significant Accounting Policies
There have been no material changes in the Company’s significant accounting policies to those previously disclosed in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on March 4, 2025.
Basis of Presentation of Unaudited Condensed Financial Information
The unaudited condensed financial statements of the Company for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and pursuant to the requirements for reporting on Form 10-Q and Article 8 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. However, such information reflects all adjustments (consisting solely of normal recurring adjustments) which are, in the opinion of management, necessary for the fair presentation of the Company’s financial position and its results of operations. Results shown for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results to be obtained for a full fiscal year. The balance sheet information as of December 31, 2024 was derived from the audited financial statements included in the Company's financial statements 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 March 4, 2025. These unaudited condensed financial statements should be read in conjunction with that report.
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Cash, Cash Equivalents, and Short-Term Investments
The Company considers all highly-liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less, when purchased, to be cash equivalents. Cash equivalents may be invested in money market funds or U.S. agency bonds. Cash and cash equivalents are carried at cost, which approximates their fair value.
The Company's portfolio of short-term investments is comprised solely of U.S. treasury bills and agency bonds with maturities of more than three months, but less than one year. The Company classifies these as available-for-sale at purchase date and will reevaluate such designation at each period end date. The Company may sell these marketable debt securities prior to their stated maturities depending upon changing liquidity requirements. These debt securities are classified as current assets in the condensed balance sheets and recorded at fair value, with unrealized gains or losses included in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss).
Gains and losses are recognized when realized. Gains and losses are determined using the specific identification method and are reported in other income, net in the condensed statements of operations when incurred. Unrealized gains and losses are included in other comprehensive income (loss) on the condensed balance sheets.
Adoption of Recent Accounting Standards
In December 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures (“ASU 2023-08”). This new guidance requires entities on an annual basis disclose specific categories in the income tax rate reconciliation and provide additional information for reconciling items that meet a quantitative threshold. The guidance applies to annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024 on a prospective basis, (early adoption is permitted). The Company adopted this standard on January 1, 2025 for the annual period ending December 31, 2025. While the standard requires additional disclosures, the adoption did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations or financial statement disclosures.
Recent Accounting Standards
In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03 (as clarified by ASU 2025-01 in January 2025), Income Statement-Reporting Comprehensive Income-Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses), requiring public entities to disclose additional information about specific expense categories in the notes to the financial statements on an interim and annual basis. ASU 2024-03 is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and for interim periods within annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027, with early adoption permitted. The Company does not believe ASU 2024-03 will have a material impact on its financial position, results of operations or financial statement disclosure.
| 4. | FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS |
Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 820, Fair Value Measurements (“ASC 820”) states that fair value represents the amount that would be received to sell 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. The three-tiered fair value hierarchy, which prioritizes which inputs should be used in measuring fair value, consists of:
Level 1 — Quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets and liabilities.
Level 2 — Inputs other than Level 1 that are observable, either directly or indirectly, such as unadjusted quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities, unadjusted quoted prices in the markets that are not active, or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities.
Level 3 — Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities.
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The Company’s cash equivalents and short-term investments were measured at fair value on a recurring basis as Level 1 assets.
The Company’s cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments classified by security type as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 consisted of the following (in thousands):
| March 31, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cost | Unrealized Gain/(Loss) | Accretion of Discount | Fair Value | |||||||||||||
| Cash | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
| Money market funds | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
| December 31, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cost | Unrealized Gain/(Loss) | Accretion of Discount | Fair Value | |||||||||||||
| Cash | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
| Money market funds | ||||||||||||||||
| US agency bonds | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
| 5. | REVENUE |
The Company recognizes revenue in accordance with ASC 606. The amount of revenue that the Company recognizes reflects the consideration it expects to receive in exchange for goods or services and such revenue is recognized at the time when goods or services are transferred and/or delivered to its customers. Revenue is recognized when the Company satisfies a performance obligation by transferring the product or service to the customer, either at a point in time or over time. The Company usually recognizes revenue from integration service agreements and from manufacturing licenses at a point in time unless the agreements provide for customer acceptance in which case revenue is recognized over time. Revenue from MSTcad licenses is recognized over a period of time.
The following table provides information about disaggregated revenue by primary geographical markets and timing of revenue recognition (in thousands):
Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||||
| Primary geographic markets | ||||||||
| North America | $ | $ | ||||||
| Asia Pacific | ||||||||
| Total | $ | $ | ||||||
| Timing of revenue recognition | ||||||||
| Products and services transferred at a point in time | $ | $ | ||||||
| Products and services transferred over time | ||||||||
| Total | $ | $ | ||||||
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Unbilled contracts receivable
Timing of revenue recognition may differ from the timing of invoicing customers. Accounts receivable includes amounts billed and currently due from customers. Unbilled contracts receivable represents unbilled amounts expected to be received from customers in future periods, where the revenue recognized to date exceeds the amount billed, and the right to receive payment is subject to the underlying contractual terms. Unbilled contracts receivable amounts may not exceed their net realizable value and are classified as long-term assets if the payments are expected to be received more than one year from the reporting date.
Deferred Revenue
The Company records deferred
revenue for customers that were issued invoices, but the Company has not yet recognized the revenue based on its revenue recognition policy.
As of March 31, 2025, the Company did
| 6. | BASIC AND DILUTED LOSS PER SHARE |
Basic net loss per share is calculated by dividing the net loss by the weighted-average number of shares outstanding for the period. Diluted net loss per share is computed by dividing the net loss attributable to common stockholders by the sum of the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding and the dilutive common stock equivalent shares outstanding during the period. The Company’s potentially dilutive common stock equivalent shares, which include incremental common shares issuable upon (i) the exercise of outstanding stock options and (ii) vesting of restricted stock units and restricted stock awards, are only included in the calculation of diluted net loss per share when their effect is dilutive. Since the Company has had net losses for all periods presented, all potentially dilutive securities are anti-dilutive. Accordingly, basic and diluted net loss per share are equal.
The following potential common stock equivalents were not included in the calculation of diluted net loss per common share because the inclusion thereof would be anti-dilutive (in thousands):
Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||||
| Stock Options | ||||||||
| Unvested restricted stock awards | ||||||||
| Unvested restricted stock units | ||||||||
| Total | ||||||||
| 7. | LEASES |
The Company accounts for leases over one year under ASC 842. Lease expense for the Company’s operating leases consists of the lease payments recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Expenses for the Company’s financing leases consists of the amortization expenses recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term and interest expense.
The Company’s lease agreement for a tool used in the development and marketing of the Company’s technology established a monthly lease payment of $150,000 per month. The lease contains a provision for an annual adjustment of lease payments based on tool availability and usage during the preceding 12 months and the adjusted payment is calculated on August 1 of each year of the lease. Effective August 1, 2023, the lease payments for this tool were adjusted to $137,650 per month for the period August 1, 2023 through July 31, 2024. This adjustment to the lease payments also resulted in a reduction in the ROU and corresponding lease liability. Effective August 1, 2024, the lease payments for this tool were adjusted to $124,071 per month for the period August 1, 2024 through July 31, 2025. This adjustment to the lease payments also resulted in a reduction in the ROU and corresponding lease liability.
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Lease expense for operating leases consists of the lease payments recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Expenses for financing leases consists of the amortization expenses recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term and interest expense. The components of lease costs were as follows (in thousands):
Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||||
| Financing lease costs: | ||||||||
| Amortization of ROU assets | $ | $ | ||||||
| Interest on lease liabilities | ||||||||
| Total financing lease costs | $ | $ | ||||||
| Operating lease costs | ||||||||
| Fixed lease costs | $ | $ | ||||||
| Variable lease costs | ||||||||
| Short-term lease costs | ||||||||
| Total operating lease costs | $ | $ | ||||||
Future minimum payments under non-cancellable leases as of March 31, 2025 were as follows (in thousands):
| For the Year Ended December 31, | Financing leases | Operating leases | ||||||
| Remaining 2025 | $ | $ | ||||||
| 2026 | ||||||||
| Total future minimum lease payments | ||||||||
| Less imputed interest | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Total lease liability | $ | $ | ||||||
The table below provides supplemental information and non-cash activity related to the Company’s operating and financing leases (in thousands):
Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||||
| Operating cash flow information: | ||||||||
| Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of operating lease liabilities | $ | $ | ||||||
| Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of financing lease liabilities | $ | $ | ||||||
The table above does not include
short-term leases that are one-year or less. The weighted average remaining discount rate is
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| 8. | STOCK BASED COMPENSATION |
In May 2017, the Company’s shareholders approved its 2017 Stock Incentive Plan (“2017 Plan”) after its 2007 Stock Incentive Plan (“2007 Plan”) had expired in March 2017. The 2017 Plan provides for the grant of non-qualified stock options and incentive stock options to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock and for the grant of restricted and unrestricted shares and units. The 2017 Plan provides for the issuance of shares of common stock. In May 2023, the Company’s shareholders approved its 2023 Stock Incentive Plan (“2023 Plan”). The 2023 plan provides for the issuance of shares of common stock. All employees and employees of any subsidiary (including officers and directors who are also employees), as well as all of the nonemployee directors and other consultants, advisors and other persons who provide services to the Company are eligible to receive incentive awards under the 2017 Plan and 2023 Plan. Generally, stock options, restricted stock and restricted stock units issued under the 2017 Plan and 2023 Plan vest over a period of one to three to four years from the date of grant. As of March 31, 2025, approximately shares remain available for issuance under both available plans.
The following table summarizes the stock-based compensation expense recorded in the Company’s results of operations for stock options, restricted stock and restricted stock units granted under the Company’s incentive plans (in thousands):
| Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||||
| Research and development | $ | $ | ||||||
| General and administrative | ||||||||
| Selling and marketing | ( | ) | ||||||
| Total | $ | $ | ||||||
As of March 31,2025, there was approximately $ of total unrecognized compensation expense related to unvested share-based compensation arrangements. This cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of years.
Stock Options:
The weighted average grant date fair value per share of the options granted under the Company’s Plans was $ for the three months ended March 31, 2024. There were no stock options issued in the three months ended March 31, 2025. The following table summarizes stock option activity during the three months ended March 31, 2025 (in thousands except exercise prices and contractual terms):
Number of Shares | Weighted- Average Exercise Prices per Share | Weighted- Remaining Contractual Term (In Years) | Intrinsic Value | |||||||||||||
| Outstanding at January 1, 2025 | $ | |||||||||||||||
| Forfeited | ( | ) | $ | |||||||||||||
| Expired | ( | ) | $ | |||||||||||||
| Outstanding at March 31, 2025 | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||
| Exercisable at March 31, 2025 | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||
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Restricted Stock Awards:
The Company has issued restricted stock awards to employees, directors and consultants and estimates the fair value based on the closing price on the day of grant. There were no restricted stock awards issued in the three months ended March 31, 2025. The following table summarizes all restricted stock award activity during the three months ended March 31, 2025 (in thousands except per share data):
Number of Shares | Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value per Share | |||||||
| Outstanding at January 1, 2025 | $ | |||||||
| Vested | ( | ) | $ | |||||
| Outstanding non-vested shares at March 31, 2025 | $ | |||||||
Restricted Stock Units:
Beginning in January 2025, the Company began issuing restricted stock units (“RSUs”) to employees, directors and consultants and a portion of the RSUs issued are subject to time-based vesting and a portion are subject to performance-based vesting criteria. The fair value of time-based RSUs is based on the closing price on the day of grant and they vest over three to four years. Awards of performance-based restricted stock units by the Company have a performance period of one, two and three years with the vesting of each award tranche dependent on the Company’s Total Shareholder Return (“TSR”) relative to the TSR of companies in the Russell 2000 Index over that tranche’s performance period. The fair value for performance-based awards is fixed at the grant date using a Monte Carlo simulation and the amount of compensation expense is not adjusted during the performance period regardless of changes in the level of TSR achievement.
The weighted average grant date fair value per share of the RSUs granted was $. The following table summarizes all restricted stock unit activity during the three months ended March 31, 2025 (in thousands except per share prices data):
| Time-Based Units | Performance- Based Units | Total Restricted Stock Units | Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value per Share | |||||||||||||
| Outstanding at January 1, 2025 | $ | |||||||||||||||
| Granted | $ | |||||||||||||||
| Forfeited | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | $ | |||||||||
| Outstanding at March 31, 2025 | $ | |||||||||||||||
| 9. | COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES |
Litigation, Claims and Assessments
The Company may be subject to periodic lawsuits, investigations and claims that arise in the ordinary course of business. The Company is not party to any material litigation as of March 31, 2025, or through the date these financial statements have been issued.
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| 10. | EQUITY |
On April 28, 2024, the Company
sold shares of its common stock to the Chief Executive Officer, Scott Bibaud, at a price of $ per share, which was determined
to be the fair market value on the date of the transaction. The total proceeds from the sale amounted to approximately $
| 11. | SEGMENT INFORMATION |
The Company operates as a single operating segment. The Company's chief operating decision maker ("CODM") is its chief executive officer and chief financial officer who review financial information. The CODM uses total operating expense, operating margin and related impact on cash consumption to assess financial performance and allocate resources. These financial metrics are used by the CODM to make key operating decisions, such as the determination of the overall headcount, allocation of headcount, research and development expenditures, licensing and royalty rates offered to customers and capital expenditure commitments. The measure of assets is reported on the accompanying condensed balance sheets as total assets.
The following table presents selected financial information with respect to the Company’s single operating segment for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024:
| Three Month Ended March 31, | ||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||||
| Revenue: | $ | $ | ||||||
| Less expenses(1): | ||||||||
| Employee related expenses | ||||||||
| Stock-based compensation | ||||||||
| Tool related expenses | ||||||||
| Consulting expenses | ||||||||
| Metrology and other outsourced research expenses | ||||||||
| Intellectual property related expenses | ||||||||
| Other operating items(2) | ||||||||
| Operating margin | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
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| 12. | SUBSEQUENT EVENTS |
Management has evaluated subsequent events and transactions through the date these financial statements were issued.
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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
The following discussion and analysis of the financial condition and results of operations of Atomera Incorporated should be read in conjunction with our financial statements and the accompanying notes that appear elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Statements in this Quarterly Report include forward-looking statements based upon current expectations that involve risks and uncertainties, such as our plans, objectives, expectations and intentions. We use words such as “anticipate,” “estimate,” “plan,” “project,” “continuing,” “ongoing,” “expect,” “believe,” “intend,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “could,” and similar expressions to identify forward-looking statements. Although forward-looking statements in this Quarterly Report reflect the good faith judgment of our management, such statements can only be based on facts and factors currently known by us. Consequently, forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks, uncertainties, and changes in condition, significance, value and effect, including those risk factors set forth in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 filed with the SEC on March 4, 2025. Such risks, uncertainties and changes in condition, significance, value and effect could cause our actual results to differ materially from those expressed herein and in ways not readily foreseeable. Readers are urged not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this Quarterly Report and are based on information currently and reasonably known to us. We undertake no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements in order to reflect any event or circumstance that may arise after the date of this Quarterly Report. Readers are urged to carefully review and consider the various disclosures made in this Quarterly Report, which attempt to advise interested parties of the risks and factors that may affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
Overview
We are engaged in the business of developing, commercializing and licensing proprietary processes and technologies for the $550+ billion semiconductor industry. Our lead technology, named Mears Silicon Technology™, or MST®, is a thin film of reengineered silicon, typically 100 to 300 angstroms (or approximately 20 to 60 silicon atomic unit cells) thick. MST is our proprietary and patent-protected performance enhancement technology that we believe addresses a number of key engineering challenges facing the semiconductor industry. We believe that by incorporating MST, transistors can be made smaller, with increased speed, reliability and power efficiency. In addition, since MST is an additive and low-cost technology, we believe it can be deployed on an industrial scale, with machines commonly used in semiconductor manufacturing. We believe that MST can be widely incorporated into the most common types of semiconductor products, including analog, logic, optical and memory integrated circuits.
We do not design or manufacture integrated circuits directly. Instead, we develop and license technologies and processes that we believe offer the designers and manufacturers of integrated circuits a low-cost solution to the industry’s need for greater performance and lower power consumption. Our customers and partners include:
| · | foundries, which manufacture integrated circuits on behalf of fabless manufacturers; | |
| · | integrated device manufacturers, or IDMs, which are the fully-integrated designers and manufacturers of integrated circuits; | |
| · | fabless semiconductor manufacturers, which are designers of integrated circuits that outsource the manufacturing of their chips to foundries; | |
| · | original equipment manufacturers, or OEMs, that manufacture the epitaxial, or epi, machines used to deposit semiconductor layers, such as the MST film, onto silicon wafers; and | |
| · | electronic design automation companies, which make tools used throughout the industry to simulate performance of semiconductor products using different materials, design structures and process technologies. |
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Our commercialization strategy is to generate revenue through licensing arrangements whereby foundries, IDMs and fabless semiconductor manufacturers pay us a license fee for their right to use MST technology in the manufacture of silicon wafers as well as a royalty for each silicon wafer or device that incorporates our MST technology. We also license our MSTcad software to our customers for use in simulating the effects of using MST technology on their wafers and/or devices. To date, we have generated revenue from (i) licensing agreements with ST Microelectonics (ST) and Asahi Kasei Microdevices (AKM), both of which are IDMs, one fabless manufacturer and one foundry, (ii) a joint development agreement, or JDA, with a leading semiconductor provider, (iii) engineering services provided to foundries, IDMs and fabless companies and (iv) licensing MSTcad.
We were organized as a Delaware limited liability company under the name Nanovis LLC on November 26, 2001. On March 13, 2007, we converted to a Delaware corporation under the name Mears Technologies, Inc. On January 12, 2016, we changed our name to Atomera Incorporated.
On May 31, 2022, we entered into an Equity Distribution Agreement with Oppenheimer & Co. Inc and Craig-Hallum Capital Group LLC, as agents, under which we may offer and sell, from time to time at our sole discretion, shares of our common stock having aggregate offering proceeds of up to $50.0 million in an “at-the-market” or ATM offering, to or through the agents. During the three months ended March 31, 2025, we sold approximately 164,000 shares pursuant to the ATM at an average price per share of approximately $15.19, resulting in approximately $2.4 million of net proceeds after deducting commissions and other offering expenses.
Results of Operations
Revenues. To date, we have only generated limited revenue from customer engagements for engineering services, integration license agreements, a manufacturing license granted under a JDA, our license agreement with ST and licensing of MSTcad. Our license agreement with ST, which was executed in April 2023, is our first commercial manufacturing and distribution agreement and, assuming successful completion of contractual milestones and payments of associated fees, will entitle us to royalties on all MST-enabled products manufactured for commercial purposes. Our MSTcad licenses grant customers the right to use MSTcad software to simulate the effects of incorporating MST technology into their semiconductor manufacturing process. MSTcad licenses are granted on a monthly or yearly basis and revenue is recognized over time.
Revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 was approximately $4,000 and $18,000 respectively. Our revenue consisted of MSTcad licensing and related consulting services revenue.
Cost of revenue. Cost of revenue consists of costs of materials, as well as direct compensation and expenses incurred to provide deliverables that result in payment of success fees, delivery of wafers in connection with integration license agreements and consulting services provided for our MSTcad licenses. Cost of revenue is expensed when incurred and may not correspond with revenue earned in the same period. Cost of revenue was not recorded during the three months ended March 31, 2025. Cost of revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 was $0 and approximately $3,000, respectively. We anticipate that our cost of revenue will vary substantially depending on the mix of license and engineering services revenues we receive and the nature of products and/or services delivered in each customer engagement.
Operating expenses. Operating expenses consist of research and development, general and administrative, and selling and marketing expenses. For the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, our operating expenses totaled approximately $5.5 million and $5.0 million, respectively.
Research and development expense. To date, our operations have focused on research, development, patent prosecution, and commercialization of our MST technology and related technologies such as MSTcad. Our research and development costs primarily consist of payroll and benefits costs for our engineering staff and costs of outsourced fabrication (including epi tool leases) and metrology of semiconductor wafers incorporating our MST technology.
For the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, we incurred approximately $3.3 million and $2.9 million, respectively, of research and development expenses, an increase of approximately $397,000, or 14%. This increase was primarily due to increases in device fabrication costs of approximately $182,000, employee costs of approximately $90,000 and outside metrology increases of approximately $84,000.
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General and administrative expense. General and administrative expenses consist primarily of payroll and benefit costs for administrative personnel, office-related costs and professional fees. General and administrative costs were approximately $2.1 million and $1.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively, representing an increase of approximately $277,000, or 15%. The increase is primarily related to increases of approximately $174,000 in legal costs and fees related to our patent portfolio and approximately $56,000 in corporate legal expenses.
Selling and marketing expense. Selling and marketing expenses consist primarily of salary and benefits for our sales and marketing personnel and business development consulting services. Selling and marketing expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 were approximately $124,000 and $350,000, respectively, representing a decrease of approximately $226,000, or 65%. The decrease in costs is primarily due to a reduction in headcount.
Interest income. Interest income for three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 was approximately $270,000 and $205,000, respectively. Interest income for the periods presented reflected interest earned on our cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments.
Accretion income. Accretion income for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 was approximately $6,000 and $46,000, respectively. Accretion income relates to the increase in value of our available-for-sale securities from the purchase date through the maturity date.
Interest expense. Interest expense for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 was approximately $21,000 and $39,000, respectively. Interest expense is related to the tool financing lease entered into in August 2021.
Other income (expense), net. Other expense for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 was approximately $1,000 and $0, respectively, and consisted of losses on foreign currency between the date of receipt of goods or services and the date the payment was made.
Cash Flows from Operating, Investing and Financing Activities
Net cash used in operating activities of approximately $4.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 resulted primarily from our net loss of approximately $5.2 million and a decrease in our accrued payroll expenses of approximately $926,000, offset by approximately $1.0 million of stock-based compensation and an increase of approximately $269,000 in accounts payable.
Net cash used in operating activities of approximately $4.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024 resulted primarily from our net loss of approximately $4.8 million and payment of accrued payroll expenses of approximately $928,000, offset by approximately $1.0 million of stock-based compensation and approximately $550,000 of collected contracts receivable.
Net cash provided by investing activities of approximately $996,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2025 consisted primarily of the maturity of short-term available-for-sale investments.
Net cash provided by investing activities of approximately $2.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024 consisted primarily of the maturity of short-term available-for-sale investments, offset by the purchase of short-term available-for-sale investments.
Net cash provided by financing activities of approximately $2.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 primarily related to the net proceeds from sales under our ATM, offset by the principal payments on our financing lease.
Net cash provided by financing activities of approximately $3.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024 primarily related to the net proceeds from sales under our ATM, offset by the principal payments on our financing lease.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
As of March 31, 2025, we had cash and cash equivalents of approximately $24.1 million and working capital of approximately $21.7 million. For the three months ended March 31, 2025 we had a net loss of approximately $5.2 million and used approximately $4.8 million of cash and cash equivalents in operations. Since inception, we have incurred recurring operating losses.
During the three months ended March 31, 2025, we sold approximately 164,000 shares of common stock pursuant to the ATM at an average price per share of approximately $15.19, resulting in approximately $2.4 million of net proceeds to the Company after deducting commissions and other offering expenses.
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We believe that our available working capital is sufficient to fund our presently forecasted working capital requirements for, at least, the next 12 months following the date of the filing of this report. However, our future capital requirements and the adequacy of our available funds will depend on many factors, including our ability to successfully commercialize our MST technology, competing technological and market developments, and the need to enter into collaborations with other companies or acquire technologies to enhance or complement our current offerings. If we are not able to generate sufficient revenue from license fees and royalties in a timeframe that satisfies our cash needs, we will need to raise more capital. In the event we require additional capital, we will endeavor to acquire additional funds through various financing sources, including our ATM, follow-on equity offerings, debt financing and joint ventures with industry partners. In addition, we will consider alternatives to our current business plan that may enable us to achieve revenue-producing operations and meaningful commercial success with a smaller amount of capital. If we are unable to secure additional capital, we may be required to curtail our research and development initiatives and take additional measures to reduce costs in order to conserve cash.
Critical Accounting Estimates
There have been no changes to our critical accounting estimates from those included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 filed with the SEC on March 4, 2025.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure about Market Risk.
Not applicable.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures.
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Our management, with the participation of our chief executive officer and principal financial and accounting officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures pursuant to Rule 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Based on this evaluation, management concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of March 31, 2025 because of the material weakness described below.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
As disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, management previously identified a material weakness in our internal controls because we did not design and implement effective controls over the review and approval of journal entries into our general ledger. We have implemented enhanced controls during the three months ended March 31, 2025 to review and approve journal entries and are currently testing the operational effectiveness of these controls.
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PART II. Other Information
Item 1A. Risk Factors
The primary risk factors affecting our business have not changed materially from the risk factors set forth in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 filed with the SEC on March 4, 2025.
Item 5. Other Information
The table below summarizes
the terms of arrangements
| Name and Position | Adoption or Termination Date |
Total Number of Shares to be Sold (1) |
Expiration Date |
| Amended | Up to |
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(1) The actual number of shares sold will depend on the vesting of restricted stock awards and the number of shares withheld by the Company to satisfy its income tax withholding obligations, and may vary from the approximate number provided.
Item 6. Exhibits
The following is a list of exhibits filed as part of this Report on Form 10-Q:
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Exhibit No. |
Description | Method of filing | ||
| 31.1 | Certifications Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | Filed electronically herewith | ||
| 31.2 | Certifications Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | Filed electronically herewith | ||
| 32.1 | Certification of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (18 U.S.C. Section 1350) | Filed electronically herewith | ||
| 101.INS | Inline XBRL Instance Document (the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document) | Filed electronically herewith | ||
| 101.SCH | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document | Filed electronically herewith | ||
| 101.CAL | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document | Filed electronically herewith | ||
| 101.DEF | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document | Filed electronically herewith | ||
| 101.LAB | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document | Filed electronically herewith | ||
| 101.PRE | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document | Filed electronically herewith | ||
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted in IXBRL, and included in exhibit 101). | Filed electronically herewith |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
| ATOMERA INCORPORATED. | |||
| Date: May 7, 2025 | By: | /s/ Scott A. Bibaud | |
| Scott A. Bibaud Chief Executive Officer, |
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| (Principal Executive Officer) | |||
| and Director | |||
| Date: May 7, 2025 | By: | /s/ Francis B. Laurencio | |
| Francis B. Laurencio | |||
| Chief Financial Officer | |||
| (Principal Financial and | |||
| Accounting Officer) | |||
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