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Business Context and Reporting Period

Company: Mobix Labs, Inc. (MOBX)

Filing Type: Form 10-Q (Unaudited)

Reporting Period: Three months ended December 31, 2024 (Fiscal Q1 2025)

Business Overview: Mobix Labs designs, develops, and sells components for advanced wireless and wired connectivity, RF, switching, and EMI filtering technologies. The company serves commercial, industrial, automotive, medical, aerospace, and defense markets. Recent strategic moves include the December 2023 acquisition of EMI Solutions and the May 2024 acquisition of RaGE Systems to expand its portfolio in 5G communications and mmWave imaging.

Key Financial Metrics

Note: All figures in millions unless otherwise stated. Q1 2024 figures reflect the period prior to the full integration of recent acquisitions and the reverse recapitalization.

Material Changes vs. Prior Period

• Revenue Surge: Net revenue increased by 1,012% to $3.17 million, driven primarily by the inclusion of EMI Solutions (acquired Dec 2023) and RaGE Systems (acquired May 2024) in the consolidated results.
• Profitability Shift: The company swung from a net income of $0.94 million in Q1 2023 to a net loss of $19.84 million in Q1 2025. This deterioration is largely due to non-cash fair value adjustments rather than core operational cash burn.
• Non-Cash Fair Value Adjustments:
  • Earnout Liability: Recognized a non-cash loss of $1.94 million due to changes in the fair value of the earnout liability (up from a $24.76 million gain in the prior year).
  • Warrants: Recognized a non-cash loss of $2.66 million related to the change in fair value of liability-classified warrants (PIPE Common Warrants and Private Warrants).
• Liquidity Decline: Cash balances dropped significantly from $14.80 million at the end of Q1 2023 to $0.41 million at the end of Q1 2025. This reflects the consumption of merger proceeds and ongoing operational losses.
• Operating Expenses: Selling, General, and Administrative (SG&A) expenses remained relatively flat at $15.71 million, though they included a $1.65 million charge for the RaGE Earn-out liability.

Guidance, Outlook, Risks, and Contingencies

Going Concern Warning

Management has expressed substantial doubt regarding the company's ability to continue as a going concern. As of December 31, 2024, the company does not have adequate liquidity to meet operating needs and satisfy obligations beyond the next approximately 90 days. The company expects to incur continuing losses and will need to raise additional debt or equity financing.

Outlook and Strategy

• Capital Raising: The company is actively seeking additional capital. In January 2025 (subsequent event), it entered into a stock purchase agreement allowing an investor to purchase up to ~847,000 shares for up to $1.0 million.
• Acquisition Integration: Focus remains on integrating EMI Solutions and RaGE Systems to scale revenue in wireless and connectivity markets.

Key Risks

• Financing Risk: Inability to raise capital on acceptable terms or at all could force a reduction in operations or cessation of business.
• Stock Price Volatility: Significant fluctuations in the stock price directly impact the fair value of liability-classified instruments (Earnout, Warrants), causing volatile non-cash gains or losses.
• Customer Concentration: One customer accounted for 67% of net revenue in Q1 2025. One customer also represented 71% of accounts receivable.
• Internal Controls: The company identified material weaknesses in internal controls over financial reporting, including insufficient segregation of duties and lack of formal accounting policies. Remediation is underway but not yet complete.

Investor Verification Checklist

• Liquidity Runway: Verify the status of the January 2025 stock purchase agreement and any other financing efforts to confirm if the 90-day liquidity gap can be bridged.
• Debt Maturity: Review the schedule for the $1.62 million in debt that has reached maturity and is currently due, as well as the terms of the related-party promissory notes.
• Customer Dependency: Assess the stability of the single customer representing 67% of revenue and 71% of receivables.
• Internal Control Remediation: Monitor progress on the remediation plan for material weaknesses in financial reporting, specifically regarding revenue recognition and complex transaction accounting.
• Non-Cash Volatility: Understand that reported net loss is heavily influenced by fair value changes in warrants and earnouts, which do not impact cash flow but significantly affect GAAP earnings.