•R&D expenses were $21.4 million, a decrease of $12.1 million, or 36.1 percent. The decrease was driven by reduced personnel-related costs and other technology costs in connection with implementing the expanded Liquidity Improvement Plan. We continue to invest in critical technology costs, facilities expenses (primarily related to the Crop Accelerator facility) and workforce-related expenses to drive innovation in feed, food, and fuel with its CropOS® technology platform.
•销售、总务和管理费用 expenses were $37.3 million, an increase of $3.8 million, or 11.4 percent. Excluding a non-recurring $7.8 million reversal to stock-based compensation expense in 2023,
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these expenses decreased by 4.0百万美元,受 由于人员成本减少-相关费用和专业费用。
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forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements include, among other things, statements regarding: the Company’s progress toward an asset-light business model, and the anticipated pace of such transition; the Company’s financial and operating performance during its business transition; the Company’s cost-cutting measures under its expanded Liquidity Improvement Plan and other cost-saving measures, actions to implement such plan, and the anticipated benefits of and timeline to implement such plans; the Company’s current expectations and assumptions regarding the industries and markets in which it operates; potential strategic partnership and licensing opportunities; the Company’s anticipated liquidity, path to profitability, and runway for growth; expectations regarding the sources of expected revenues, costs, profit and earnings; projections of market opportunity; the anticipated advantages, potential and capabilities of the Company’s seed portfolio and innovation pipeline and the expected timeline for the commercialization of the Company’s current and anticipated innovations; anticipated demand for quality soy traits and the Company’s seed innovations; the expected timeline for the expansion of the Company’s seed portfolio; the expected timing and results of planned academic studies and commercial feeding trails; current projections and assumptions regarding the Company’s business and the industries and markets in which the Company currently operates or plans to operate; expectations regarding the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern; execution of the Company’s business plan and the strategic review of the Company’s business; any financial or other information based upon or otherwise incorporating judgments or estimates relating to future performance, events or expectations; the Company’s strategies, positioning, resources, capabilities, and expectations for future performance; estimates and forecasts of financial and other performance metrics; the Company’s outlook, and financial and other guidance; and management’s strategy and plans for growth. Factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations include, but are not limited to: risks associated with the Company’s ability to generally execute on its business strategy, including its transition to an asset-light business model in a timely manner with sufficient liquidity; risks relating to acreage acquisition; risks associated with developing and maintaining partnering and licensing relationships in an asset-light business model, and maintaining relationships with customers and suppliers; risks associated with realizing the anticipated advantages of the Company’s seed innovations and products; the risk that the Company will not realize the anticipated benefits of the divestiture of its soy processing facilities; risks associated with the loss of revenues from the Company’s divestiture of its soy processing 与增长和管理资本资源相关的风险;与行业条件和消费者偏好变化相关的风险;与公司在其扩大的流动性改善计划和其他节约成本措施下的削减成本措施相关的风险,即使这些计划成功,也可能对公司的业务和前景产生不利影响;公司采取的与其扩大的流动性改善计划和其他节约成本措施相关的削减成本措施可能不足以实现这些计划目标的风险;公司作为持续经营主体的能力相关的流动性和其他风险;公司增长和可盈利增长的能力相关的风险,包括继续获得必要的资本资源以实现增长的风险;未能筹集额外资金以满足公司现金需求相关的风险;保持关键员工、客户、合作伙伴和供应商关系的风险;公司探索战略替代方案相关的风险;未能实现公司UHP-LO大豆预期商业或营养效益的风险;最近试验验证的效益可能无法在未来重复或改善的风险;与饲料试验的准确性和重复性一般相关的风险;与全球和区域经济、农业、金融和大宗商品市场、政治、社会和健康状况效果相关的风险;公司风险管理策略的有效性;以及在我们提交给SEC的文件中《风险因素》和《关于前瞻性声明的警示说明》一节提出的其他风险和不确定性,请查阅SEC网站。e 电话www.sec.gov公司无法保证其能够筹集到额外资金,改善其流动性状况,或继续持续经营。本新闻稿中的任何内容都不应被视为任何人对此处列出的前瞻性声明将会实现或任何此类前瞻性声明的考虑结果将会实现的陈述。公司目前可能不知情或目前认为不重要的其他风险可能也会导致实际结果与前瞻性声明中所含内容有所不同。读者不应过度依赖前瞻性声明,这些声明仅在其发布日期有效。该公司明确放弃更新这些前瞻性声明的责任,除非法律另有要求。