Summary of Significant Accounting Policies |
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| Summary of Significant Accounting Policies |
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Basis of Presentation and Principles of Consolidation
Management of Local Bounti is responsible for the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in this document, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP"). The Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in the statements herein.
The Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements do not include all of the disclosures required by GAAP for annual financial statements and should be read in conjunction with the audited Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2023 (the "Annual Financial Statements") as filed with the SEC. In the opinion of the Company, the accompanying Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements contain all adjustments, consisting of only normal recurring adjustments, necessary to fairly present its financial position as of September 30, 2024, its results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, its cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, and its stockholders' (deficit) equity for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023. Results of operations for the interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year ending December 31, 2024 or any future period. The Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet at December 31, 2023 was derived from the Annual Financial Statements but does not contain all of the footnote disclosures from the Annual Financial Statements.
Liquidity and Going Concern
The CEA business is highly capital-intensive. Since its inception, the Company has incurred losses and generated negative cash flows from operations. At September 30, 2024, the Company had an accumulated deficit of $387.0 million and cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash of $6.8 million. Currently, the Company’s primary sources of liquidity and capital resources are cash on hand, cash flows generated from the sale of products, and the credit facilities with Cargill Financial.
As of September 30, 2024, the Company's outstanding debt principal totaled $431.7 million. On April 1, 2025, the Company is required to begin making quarterly principal payments under the Senior Facility (defined below) and quarterly interest payments under both the Senior Facility and the Subordinated Facility (defined below).
The Company’s current operating plan indicates that it will continue to incur losses from operations and generate negative cash flows from operating activities until the Texas and Washington facilities start operating at full commercial scale and generate sufficient gross profit to cover its losses. The Company's cash on hand as of September 30, 2024, and projected cash inflows generated from operations over the next 12 months are not expected to be sufficient to fund anticipated cash outflows for operations and the required debt service obligations beginning April 1, 2025. These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern for the next twelve months.
The Company’s Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements as of September 30, 2024, do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty and have been prepared to assume the Company will continue as a going concern.
The Company’s plan to alleviate the conditions that raised substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern includes the following:
•Renegotiate the terms of the credit facilities with Cargill Financial to provide the Company with additional working capital over the next twelve months, subject to terms and conditions precedent to the Senior Facility.
•Renegotiate the terms of the credit facilities with Cargill Financial to defer all principal payments due under the Senior Facility through November 30, 2025, subject to terms and conditions precedent to the Senior Facility.
•Renegotiate the terms of the credit facilities with Cargill Financial to allow for the payment in kind of the interest payments on the Senior Facility and the Subordinated Facility through November 30, 2025, subject to terms and conditions precedent to the Senior Facility.
•Renegotiate the terms of the credit facilities with Cargill Financial to waive the restricted cash requirement of two quarters of future interest and principal payments through November 30, 2025, subject to terms and conditions precedent to the Senior Facility.
•Continue to ramp production at the Company’s Washington and Texas facilities to full commercial scale to accelerate and significantly increase revenue growth.
•Reduce production costs as a result of manufacturing and technical developments.
•Lower research and development and general and administrative costs.
•Reduce or delay uncommitted capital expenditures, including nonessential facilities and information technology projects.
•Raise additional working capital through other sources of debt and equity financings.
While the Company fully expects to implement and execute its plans and to have access to these additional sources of capital, such plans or other additional sources of financing may not be achievable on favorable terms and conditions, or at all, and these conditions and events in the aggregate do not alleviate substantial doubt regarding the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern over the next twelve months from the date these Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements are issued.
Property and Equipment
Property and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Expenditures for additions and improvements are capitalized; expenditures for maintenance and repairs that neither materially add to the value of the property nor appreciably prolong its economic life are charged to expense as incurred.
Assets to be disposed of by sale are reported as assets held for sale at the lower of the carrying amount or the asset's fair value less cost to sell, and depreciation is ceased. Assets to be disposed of other than by sale are recorded at cost less accumulated depreciation and classified as held and used until the asset is disposed. Upon sale or other disposition of an asset, the Company recognizes a gain or loss on disposal measured as the difference between the net carrying amount of the asset and the net proceeds received.
During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, the Company recognized a $1.6 million loss on assets disposed of other than by sale, primarily related to construction-in-progress assets related to certain growing technology and equipment that will not be utilized in the Company's current facilities or in future construction projects, following the Company’s realignment of its facility in Hamilton, Montana (the "Montana Facility") away from a research and development focus and an assessment of recent growing process advancements and alignment of the Company's technology across its facilities. Loss on disposals are included in "Selling, general and administrative" on the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.
Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements
In August 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-06, Debt—Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives and Hedging—Contracts in Entity's Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40): Accounting for Convertible Instruments and Contracts in an Entity’s Own Equity, which simplifies the accounting for certain financial instruments with liability and equity characteristics, including convertible instruments and contracts on an entity’s own equity. The standard reduces the number of models used to account for convertible instruments, removes certain settlement conditions that are required for equity contracts to qualify for the derivative scope exception, and requires the if-converted method for calculation of diluted earnings per share for all convertible instruments. The Company adopted this guidance on January 1, 2024. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on the Company's Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, Income Statement—Reporting Comprehensive Income—Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses, which requires additional disclosures and disaggregation of certain costs and expenses presented on the face of the income statement. The standard is effective for the Company for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2027. The requirements in ASU 2024-03 can be applied either on a retrospective or prospective basis. Early adoption is permitted. The Company has not concluded to early adopt or on the method of adopting the provisions of ASU 2024-03 and is currently evaluating the impact of this standard on its Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740), which requires disclosure of specific categories and disaggregation of information in the rate reconciliation table. The ASU also requires disclosure of disaggregated information related to income taxes paid, income or loss from continuing operations before income tax expense or benefit, and income tax expense or benefit from continuing operations. The standard is effective for the Company for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2024. Early adoption is permitted and the amendments should be applied on a prospective basis. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this standard on its Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
In November 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-07, Segment Reporting (Topic 280), which improves reportable segment disclosure requirements, primarily through enhanced disclosures about significant segment expenses. The standard is effective for the Company for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this standard on its Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
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