Workforce Reduction and Cost Savings - The company reduced its US workforce by nearly 25% and expects annualized future cost savings of approximately 4.3millionfromthisreduction[70].−Thecompanyplanstoreduceannualoperatingexpensesbelow40 million in 2025 through identified cost savings[71]. - The company incurred pre-tax charges of approximately 0.6millioninthefourthquarterof2024duetotheorganizationalchanges[70].RevenueandSalesPerformance−Totalrevenuedecreasedby4.10.5 million, for the three months ended September 30, 2024, compared to the same period in 2023[75]. - Advanced Energy segment sales decreased by 15.2%, or approximately 4.7million,fortheninemonthsendedSeptember30,2024,comparedtothesameperiodin2023[76].−TheOEMsegmentsalesincreasedby14.50.9 million, for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, compared to the same period in 2023[76]. - International sales represented approximately 32.2% of total revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2024, compared to 27.8% for the same period in the prior year[77]. Profitability and Expenses - Gross profit for the three months ended September 30, 2024, decreased 12.8% to 6.95million,withagrossmarginof60.50.1 million[82]. - Professional services expense decreased by 10.0% for the three months ended September 30, 2024, primarily due to decreases in accounting and audit fees, board of director's stock-based compensation, and recruiting expenses totaling 0.4million[82].−Salariesandrelatedexpensesdecreasedby22.60.8 million[85]. - Selling, general and administrative (SG&A) expenses decreased by 11.4% for the three months ended September 30, 2024, primarily due to decreases in commissions and advertising expenses totaling 0.4million[87].CashFlowandFinancing−NetcashusedinoperatingactivitiesfortheninemonthsendedSeptember30,2024,wasapproximately15.1 million, primarily funding a loss from operations of 15.8million[97].−AtSeptember30,2024,thecompanyhadapproximately28.0 million in cash and cash equivalents, down from approximately 43.7millionatDecember31,2023[96].−Thecompanyplanstocontinuefundingoperationsthroughexistingcash,productsales,andpotentiallyadditionalequityordebtfinancing,butthereisuncertaintyregardingtheavailabilityofsuchfinancing[100].−Thecompanycloseda7.0 million registered direct offering, issuing 3,000,000 shares of common stock and 2,934,690 prefunded warrants with an exercise price of 0.001pershare[105].−Thecompanyissued150,000sharesofcommonstockinconnectionwiththeamendmenttothePerceptiveCreditAgreement[103].FinancialCovenantsandAgreements−TheamendmenttothePerceptiveCreditAgreementreducedthefinancialcovenanttrailingtwelve−monthrevenuetargetsfortheAdvancedEnergysegmentto34.4 million for 2024, 37.0millionfor2025,52.4 million for 2026, and 60.3millionfor2027[102].−Amaximumoperatingexpensefinancialcovenantwasintroducedwithfullyeartargetsof40.0 million for 2025 and 45.0millionfor2026[102].−AsofSeptember30,2024,thecompanywasincompliancewiththefinancialcovenantsofthePerceptiveCreditAgreement,asamended[102].InventoryandReceivablesManagement−Thecompanymaintainsareserveforuncollectibleaccountsreceivable,analyzinghistoricalbaddebtexperienceandthecompositionofoutstandingreceivables[111].−Areserveforexcessandobsoleteinventoryismaintained,reflectingthepotentialinabilitytosellproductsatpricesexceedingcurrentcarryingcosts[112].−Thecompanyrecordedavaluationallowanceonnetdeferredtaxassetsduetohistoricallossesandexpectationsofcontinuedlossesinthenearfuture[115].MarketConditionsandChallenges−Inflationandglobalsupplychaininstabilityarebeingaddressedthroughinitiativessuchasfindingalternativesuppliersandstreamliningthesuppliernetwork[117].InterestIncomeandExpense−Interestincomeincreasedbyapproximately0.1 million and 0.8millionforthethreeandninemonthsendedSeptember30,2024,respectively,duetoahigheraveragebalanceininvestments[91].−Interestexpenseincreasedbyapproximately0.8 million and 2.9millionforthethreeandninemonthsendedSeptember30,2024,respectively,duetocashandnoncashinterestexpenseonthePerceptiveCreditAgreement[92].OtherFinancialHighlights−Gainonsale−leasebackfortheninemonthsendedSeptember30,2023,wasapproximately2.7 million, resulting from the sale and leaseback of the Clearwater, FL facility[89]. - Purchase commitments totaled approximately $2.7 million, expected to be purchased within the next twelve months[105].