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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

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Quarterly Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For Quarterly Period Ended June 30, 2025

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Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the Transition Period From to

Commission File Number 0-14602

CYANOTECH CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Nevada	91-1206026
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(IRS Employer Identification Number)

73-4460 Queen Kaahumanu Hwy. #102, Kailua-Kona, HI 96740

(Address of principal executive offices)

(808) 326-1353

(Registrant’s telephone number)

Not Applicable

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934 during the past 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.:

Large accelerated filer ☐	Accelerated filer ☐
Non-accelerated filer ☒	Smaller reporting company ☒
	Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☒

As of August 1, 2025, the number of shares outstanding of the registrant’s common stock was 7,242,243.

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CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Report and other presentations made by Cyanotech Corporation (“CYAN”) and its subsidiary contain “forward-looking statements,” which include statements that are predictive in nature, depend upon or refer to future events or conditions, and usually include words such as “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “plan,” “believes,” “predicts”, “estimates” or similar expressions. In addition, any statement concerning future financial performance, ongoing business strategies or prospects and possible future actions are also forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based upon current expectations and projections about future events and are subject to risks, uncertainties and the accuracy of assumptions concerning CYAN and its subsidiary (collectively, the “Company”), the performance of the industry in which CYAN does business, and economic and market factors, among other things. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements.

Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of the Report, presentation or filing in which they are made. Except to the extent required by the Federal Securities Laws, we undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Our forward-looking statements in this Report include, but are not limited to:

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Statements relating to our business strategy;

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Statements relating to our business objectives; and

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Expectations concerning future operations, profitability, liquidity and financial resources.

These forward-looking statements are subject to risk, uncertainties and assumptions about us and our operations that are subject to change based on various important factors, some of which are beyond our control, including those factors described in Item 2 of Part I of this quarterly report and in Item 1A of Part I of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on June 20, 2025. Additionally, the following factors, among others, could cause our financial performance to differ significantly from the goals, plans, objectives, intentions and expectations expressed in our forward-looking statements:

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The added risks associated with or attributed to the current local, national and world economic conditions, including but not limited to, the volatility of crude oil prices, inflation and currency fluctuations;

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Access to available and reasonable financing on a timely basis;

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The Company’s inability to generate enough revenues to meet its obligations or repay maturing indebtedness; and

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Failure of capital projects to operate as expected or meet expected results.

It is not possible to predict or identify all potential risks and uncertainties and the above referenced factors and list do not comprise a complete list of all potential risks and uncertainties. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should any of our assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary in material respects from those projected in any forward-looking statement contained in this report. All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this report and are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements included in or incorporated by reference into this report. Except as is required by law, the Company expressly disclaims any obligation to publicly release any revisions to forward-looking statements to reflect events after the date of this report. Throughout this report, Cyanotech Corporation, together with its subsidiary, are referred to as “the Company.”

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CYANOTECH CORPORATION

FORM 10-Q

INDEX

PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.	Financial Statements	4
	Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2025 and March 31, 2025 (unaudited)	4
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 (unaudited)	5
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 (unaudited)	6
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 (unaudited)	7
	Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)	8
Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	21
Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	26

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	27
Item 1A	Risk Factors	27
Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	27
Item 3.	Defaults upon Senior Securities	27
Item 5.	Other Information	27
Item 6.	Exhibits	28

SIGNATURES		29

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements

CYANOTECH CORPORATION

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In thousands, except share data)

(Unaudited)

	June 30, 2025			March 31, 2025
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash	$	383		$	257
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for credit losses of $16 as of June 30, 2025 and March 31, 2025		1,560			1,953
Inventories		8,110			7,788
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		470			547
Total current assets		10,523			10,545

Equipment and leasehold improvements, net		8,590			8,927
Operating lease right-of-use assets, net		3,769			3,902
Other assets		113			116
Total assets	$	22,995		$	23,490

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	$	2,234		$	2,217
Accrued expenses		740			715
Customer deposits		106			110
Operating lease obligations, current portion		566			555
Short term debt - bank		565			760
Line of credit – related party		3,750			3,000
Current maturities of long-term debt		2,817			2,886
Total current liabilities		10,778			10,243

Long-term debt – related party		1,000			1,000
Long-term operating lease obligations		3,217			3,363
Total liabilities		14,995			14,606

Commitments and contingencies

Stockholders’ equity:
Preferred stock of $0.01 par value, 10,000,000 shares authorized; no shares issued and outstanding		—			—
Common stock of $0.02 par value, 50,000,000 shares authorized; 7,232,217 shares as of June 30, 2025 and 7,199,908 shares as of March 31, 2025 issued and outstanding		145			144
Additional paid-in capital		34,885			34,844
Accumulated deficit		(27,030	)		(26,104	)
Total stockholders’ equity		8,000			8,884
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$	22,995		$	23,490

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements

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CYANOTECH CORPORATION

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(In thousands, except per share data)

(Unaudited)

	Three Months Ended June 30,
	2025			2024

Net sales	$	5,820		$	5,898
Cost of sales		4,047			4,422
Gross profit		1,773			1,476

Operating expenses:
General and administrative		1,300			1,268
Sales and marketing		1,152			1,165
Research and development		74			84
Total operating expenses		2,526			2,517

Loss from operations		(753	)		(1,041	)

Interest expense, net		(173	)		(161	)

Loss before income taxes		(926	)		(1,202	)

Income tax expense		—			—

Net loss	$	(926	)	$	(1,202	)

Net loss per share:
Basic and diluted	$	(0.13	)	$	(0.17	)
Shares used in calculation of net loss per share:
Basic and diluted		7,211			6,948

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements

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CYANOTECH CORPORATION

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

(Unaudited)

Three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024

	Common Stock Shares			Common Stock Amount		Additional Paid-in Capital			Accumulated Deficit			Total Stockholders’ Equity
	(in thousands, except share data)
Balances as of April 1, 2025		7,199,908		$	144	$	34,844		$	(26,104	)	$	8,884
Issuance of vested shares of restricted stock		51,716			1		(8	)		—			(7	)
Shares withheld for tax payments		(19,407	)		—		—			—			—
Share-based compensation expense		—			—		49			—			49
Net loss		—			—		—			(926	)		(926	)
Balances as of June 30, 2025		7,232,217		$	145	$	34,885		$	(27,030	)	$	8,000

Balances as of April 1, 2024		6,947,246		$	139	$	34,576		$	(22,901	)	$	11,814
Issuances of vested shares of restricted stock		1,848			—		—			—			—
Shares withheld for tax payments		(715	)		—		—			—			—
Share-based compensation expense		—			—		48			—			48
Net loss		—			—		—			(1,202	)		(1,202	)
Balances as of June 30, 2024		6,948,379		$	139	$	34,624		$	(24,103	)	$	10,660

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements

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CYANOTECH CORPORATION

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

	Three Months Ended June 30,
	2025			2024
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net loss	$	(926	)	$	(1,202	)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization		362			378
Amortization of debt issue costs and other assets		6			6
Amortization of operating leases right-of-use assets		133			128
Share-based compensation expense		49			48
Net (increase) decrease in assets:
Accounts receivable		393			(35	)
Inventories		(301	)		397
Prepaid expenses and other assets		77			(81	)
Net increase (decrease) in liabilities:
Accounts payable		(7	)		822
Accrued expenses		25			(170	)
Customer deposits		(4	)		80
Operating lease obligations		(135	)		(128	)
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities		(328	)		243
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Investment in equipment and leasehold improvements		(22	)		(47	)
Net cash used in investing activities		(22	)		(47	)
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Payments on short term debt and line of credit – bank		(195	)		(120	)
Draws on line of credit – related party		750			—
Principal payments on long-term debt – bank		(72	)		(63	)
Taxes paid related to net share settlement of restricted stock units		(7	)		—
Net provided by (cash used) in financing activities		476			(183	)
Net increase in cash		126			13
Cash at beginning of period		257			707
Cash at end of period	$	383		$	720

SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION:
Cash paid (received) during the period for:
Interest	$	165		$	164
Income taxes	$	(2	)	$	—

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements

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CYANOTECH CORPORATION

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

June 30, 2025

(Unaudited)

1.	ORGANIZATION AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION

Cyanotech Corporation (the “Company”), located in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, was incorporated in the state of Nevada on March 3, 1983, and is traded on the OTCQB Market under the symbol “CYAN”. The Company is engaged in the production of natural products derived from microalgae for the dietary supplements market.

The Company is an agricultural company that produces high value natural products derived from microalgae grown in complex and intricate open-pond agricultural systems on the Kona coast of Hawaii. The Company's products include Hawaiian Spirulina Pacifica®, a superfood with numerous benefits, including boosting the immune system and overall cellular health; and BioAstin® Hawaiian Astaxanthin®, a powerful antioxidant shown to support and maintain the body's natural inflammatory response.

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information pursuant to the instructions to Form 10-Q and Regulation S-X of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). These interim condensed consolidated financial statements are unaudited and, in the opinion of management, include all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments and accruals) necessary to present fairly the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations, Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity and Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the periods presented in accordance with GAAP.

Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and notes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. The results of operations for the interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results expected for the full fiscal year. The Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of March 31, 2025 was derived from the audited consolidated financial statements. These condensed consolidated financial statements and notes should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2025, contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K as filed with the SEC on June 20, 2025.

Liquidity and Going Concern

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements, as of June 30, 2025 and March 31, 2025 and for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, have been prepared assuming the Company will continue as a going concern. The going concern assumption contemplates the realization of assets and satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. The Company sustained operating losses and negative cash flows from operations for most of these same periods. Further, as discussed below, the Company was not in compliance with two debt covenant requirements as of March 31, 2025 and 2024. In June 2023, First Foundation Bank (the “Bank”) instituted a freeze on additional advances from the Revolving Credit Agreement (the “Line of Credit”). These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The condensed consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments to the carrying amounts and classification of assets, liabilities, and reported expense that may be necessary if the Company was unable to continue as a going concern.

As of June 30, 2025, the Company had cash of $383,000 and a negative working capital deficit of $255,000 compared to cash of $257,000 and working capital of $302,000 as of March 31, 2025. The Company had the Line of Credit with the Bank that provided for borrowings up to $2,000,000 on a revolving basis, however, as part of the covenant waiver as of March 31, 2023, the borrowings under the Line of Credit were frozen. On October 13, 2023, the Bank converted the Line of Credit to a term loan in the amount of $1,480,000 with an original maturity date of August 30, 2024 (the “2023 Loan”). As of June 30, 2025 and March 31, 2025, the Company had $565,000 and $760,000, respectively, outstanding on the 2023 Loan, with a maturity date extended to March 31, 2026 (see Note 5).

The Company also has a loan facility with a related party that allows the Company to borrow up to $4,000,000 on a revolving basis (the “Revolver”). As of June 30, 2025 and March 31, 2025, the Company had $3,750,000 and $3,000,000, respectively, of outstanding borrowings on the Revolver, which was included in line of credit – related party on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. The Revolver expires on April 12, 2026 (see Notes 5 and 12).

As of June 30, 2025, the Company had $2,882,000 outstanding debt payable to the Bank (“2012 Loan”) that requires the payment of principal and interest monthly through August 2032. Pursuant to the 2012 Loan and the 2023 Loan, the Company is subject to annual financial covenants, customary affirmative and negative covenants and certain subjective acceleration clauses. As of March 31, 2025, the Company’s debt service coverage ratio and current ratio fell short of the Bank’s annual requirement. On June 4, 2025, the Bank provided the Company with a letter waiving the covenant violations as of March 31, 2025, but noting that the Bank reserves its right to declare a default in the future if any covenants remain out of compliance at applicable measurement dates.

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In April 2019, the Company obtained a loan in the amount of $1,500,000 from a related party. The proceeds were used to pay down accounts payable and for general operating capital purposes. On April 12, 2021, December 14, 2022, August 14, 2023, August 9, 2024, and May 2, 2025, the Company amended this loan (see Notes 5 and 12). As of both June 30, 2025 and March 31, 2025, the Company had $1,000,000 outstanding on the related party note. The loan matures on April 12, 2027.

The Company continues to experience a loss from operations and continues to rely on its funding source to provide liquidity. To address the resulting continued cash flow challenges, the Company continues to monitor cost savings initiatives implemented in fiscal year 2023. This includes stopping or slowing production of inventory in alignment with current customer demand, maintaining a reduced headcount and compensation, primarily through attrition and furloughs, respectively, and eliminating certain discretionary selling, general and administrative expenses. The Company has made some additional changes in the sales and marketing team by hiring a Head of Sales to strengthen its eCommerce footprint, optimize the Company’s marketing efforts and improve its retail strategy.

Funds generated by operating activities and available cash are the Company’s most significant sources of liquidity for working capital requirements, debt service and funding of maintenance levels of capital expenditures. The Company has developed its operating plan to produce a significant portion of the cash flows necessary to meet all financing requirements, with the remaining need from capital raising. Although the Company has a history of either being in compliance with debt covenants, or obtaining the necessary waivers, execution of its operating plan is dependent on many factors, some of which are not within the control of the Company. However, no assurances can be provided that the Company will achieve its operating plan and cash flow projections for the next fiscal year or its projected consolidated financial position as of June 30, 2026. Such estimates are subject to change based on future results and such change could cause future results to vary significantly from expected results.

2.	SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Consolidation

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Cyanotech Corporation and its wholly owned subsidiary, Nutrex Hawaii, Inc. (“Nutrex Hawaii” or “Nutrex”, collectively the “Company”). The Company operates in one business segment and uses one measurement of profitability for its business. Intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosures of any contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the condensed consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the periods reported. Management reviews these estimates and assumptions periodically and reflects the effect of revisions in the period that they are determined to be necessary. Actual results could differ from those estimates and assumptions.

Financial Instruments and Fair Value

The Company applies a framework for measuring fair value. That framework provides a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (level 3 measurements). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are described below:

	Level 1 —	Inputs to the valuation methodology are unadjusted quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets that the Company has the ability to access.
	Level 2 —	Inputs to the valuation methodology include:

	●	Quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets;
	●	Quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in inactive markets;
	●	Inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability; and
	●	Inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means.

If the asset or liability has a specified contractual term, the Level 2 input must be observable for substantially the full term of the asset or liability.

Level 3 —

Inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable and significant to the fair value.

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There were no financial assets or liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of June 30, 2025 and March 31, 2025.

Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Accrued Expenses and Customer Deposits - Due to the short-term nature of these instruments, management believes that the carrying amounts approximate fair value.

Line of Credit, Revolver, Short-Term and Long-Term Debt - The carrying amount of the Line of Credit, Revolver and short and long-term debt approximates fair value as interest rates applied to the underlying debt are adjusted quarterly to market interest rates, which approximate current interest rates for similar debt instruments of comparable maturities.

Cash

Cash primarily consists of cash on hand and cash in bank deposits.

Concentration Risk

A significant portion of revenues and accounts receivables are derived from a few major customers. For the three months ended June 30, 2025, three customers individually accounted for 20%, 12% and 12% of the Company’s total net sales, and for the three months ended June 30, 2024, two customers individually accounted for 31% and 13% of the Company’s total net sales. Three customers accounted for 62% of the Company’s accounts receivable balance as of June 30, 2025 and two customers accounted for 61% of the Company’s accounts receivable balance as of March 31, 2025.

Accounts Receivable

Accounts receivable are recorded at the invoiced amount and do not accrue interest. Credit is extended based on evaluation of the customer’s financial condition. Collateral is not required. The allowance for credit losses reflects management’s best estimate of expected credit losses inherent in the accounts receivable balance. Management determines the allowance based on historical experience, specifically identified nonpaying accounts and other currently available evidence. Management reviews its customer account balances monthly with a focus on significant individual past due balances over 90 days. All other balances are reviewed on a pooled basis. Account balances are charged off against the allowance after all means of collection have been exhausted and the potential for recovery is considered remote. The Company does not have any off-balance sheet credit exposure related to its customers or otherwise.

Segment Reporting

Operating segments are identified as components of an entity about which separate discrete information is available for evaluation by the chief operating decision maker, or decision-making group, in deciding how to allocate resources and in assessing performance. The Company determined that based on the regularly reviewed and provided financial package to its Chief Executive Officer (the “CEO”) and Chief Financial Officer (the “CFO”), that the CEO and CFO together are its singular Chief Operating Decision Maker (the “CODM”). Additionally, the Company determined that due to its sole focus on the cultivation and production of microalgal products, the Company views its operations and manages its business as one operating and reportable segment focused on the manufacture and distribution of natural products derived from microalgae, astaxanthin and spirulina.

The CEO and CFO together are the CODM and manage the business based on condensed consolidated financial results and use consolidated net income or loss, including significant operating expenses, for the purpose of assessing performance, allocating resources across departments and making operating decisions.

The CODM uses consolidated income (loss) from operations and operating expenses to monitor actual results versus budget and prior year’s results, which facilitates the assessment of the Company’s performance in line with the Company’s strategic goals. Monitoring of budget versus actual results are used in assessing performance of the segment and in establishing management’s compensation.

All revenue, operating expenses and assets attributed to this one segment are reflected in the condensed consolidated financial statements. The Company’s significant segment expenses align with the categories on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. The measure of segment assets is reported on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as total consolidated assets. All segment long-lived assets are located in the United States of America.

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Revenue Recognition

The Company records revenue based on the five-step model which includes: (1) identifying the contract with the customer; (2) identifying the performance obligations in the contract; (3) determining the transaction price; (4) allocating the transaction price to the performance obligations; and (5) recognizing revenue when the performance obligations are satisfied. Substantially all of the Company’s revenue is generated by fulfilling orders for the purchase of its microalgal dietary supplements to retailers, wholesalers, or direct to consumers via online channels, with each order considered to be a distinct performance obligation. These orders may be formal purchase orders, verbal phone orders, e-mail orders or orders received online. Shipping and handling activities for which the Company is responsible under the terms and conditions of the order are not accounted for as performance obligations but as fulfillment costs. These activities are required to fulfill the Company’s promise to transfer the goods and are expensed when revenue is recognized.

Revenue is measured as the net amount of consideration expected to be received in exchange for fulfilling a performance obligation. The Company has elected to exclude sales, use and similar taxes from the measurement of the transaction price. The amount of consideration expected to be received and revenue recognized includes estimates of variable consideration, which includes costs for trade promotion programs, coupons, returns and early payment discounts. Such estimates are calculated using historical averages adjusted for any expected changes due to current business conditions and experience. The Company reviews and updates these estimates at the end of each reporting period and the impact of any adjustments are recognized in the period the adjustments are identified. In assessing whether collection of consideration from a customer is probable, the Company considers the customer's ability and intent to pay that amount of consideration when it is due. Payment of invoices is due as specified in the underlying customer agreement, typically 30 days from the invoice date, which occurs on the date of transfer of control of the products to the customer. Revenue is recognized at the point in time that control of the ordered products is transferred to the customer. Generally, this occurs when the product is delivered, or in some cases, picked up from one of the Company’s distribution centers by the customer. Revenue from extraction services is recognized when control is transferred upon completion of the extraction process.

Customer contract liabilities consist of customer deposits received in advance of fulfilling an order and are shown separately on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. During the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, the Company recognized $1,000 and $45,000, respectively, of revenue from deposits that were included in contract liabilities as of March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. The Company’s contracts have a duration of one year or less and therefore, the Company has elected the practical expedient of not disclosing revenues allocated to partially unsatisfied performance obligations.

Disaggregation of Revenue

The following table represents revenue disaggregated by major product line and extraction services for the:

($ in thousands)	Three Months Ended June 30, 2025		Three Months Ended June 30, 2024
Packaged sales
Astaxanthin packaged	$	2,968	$	3,260
Spirulina packaged		1,150		1,429
Total packaged sales		4,118		4,689

Bulk sales
Astaxanthin bulk		1,156		775
Spirulina bulk		506		342
Total bulk sales		1,662		1,117

Contract extraction and R&D services revenue		40		92
Total net sales	$	5,820	$	5,898

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

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In December 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") 2023-09, “Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosure” (“ASU 2023-09”), which enhances the transparency and decision usefulness of income tax disclosures. Adjustments to the annual disclosure of income taxes include: a tabulate rate reconciliation comprised of eight specific categories; income taxes paid, disaggregated between significant federal, state, and foreign jurisdictions; eliminating requirements to disclose the nature and estimate of reasonably possible changes to unrecognized tax benefits in the next 12 months or that an estimated range cannot be made; and adds a requirement to disclose income (or loss) from continuing operations before income tax expense (or benefit) and income tax expense (or benefit) from continuing operations disaggregated between domestic and foreign. ASU 2023-09 is effective for public business entities for fiscal years beginning on or after December 15, 2024, with early adoption permitted. The amendments in ASU 2023-09 should be applied on a prospective basis. Retrospective application is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating ASU 2023-09 to determine its impact on the Company’s disclosures.

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” (“ASU 2024-03”), which enhances the disclosure of expenses on the income statement. ASU 2024-03 is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim reporting periods within annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027. The Company is currently evaluating ASU 2024-03 to determine its impact on the Company’s disclosures.

3.	INVENTORIES

Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or net realizable value. Cost is determined by the first-in, first-out method. Inventories consist of the following as of:

	June 30, 2025		March 31, 2025
	(in thousands)
Raw materials	$	552	$	567
Work in process		3,112		1,498
Finished goods		4,115		5,379
Supplies		331		344
Inventories	$	8,110	$	7,788

The Company recognizes abnormal production costs, including fixed cost variances from normal production capacity, fixed production overhead costs, idle facilities, freight handling costs and spoilage, as an expense in the period incurred, without adjusting overhead absorption rates. Normal production capacity is defined as the production expected to be achieved over a number of periods or seasons under normal circumstances, taking into account the loss of capacity resulting from planned maintenance. The Company had abnormal production capitalization of $45,000 and $22,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

Starting in fiscal year 2025, cultivation of astaxanthin was completed in the most productive nine months of the year. The Company calculates total production costs for the year based on normal capacity of production expected to be achieved in a year under normal circumstances. These costs are then allocated into inventory based on the period of production, not including abnormal production costs. Allocating fixed and overhead costs requires management’s judgement to determine when production is outside of the normal range of expected variation in production.

Other non-inventoriable fixed costs of $0 and $68,000 were expensed to cost of sales for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

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4.	EQUIPMENT AND LEASEHOLD IMPROVEMENTS, NET

Equipment and leasehold improvements, net consist of the following as of:

	June 30, 2025			March 31, 2025
	(in thousands)
Equipment	$	21,967		$	21,972
Leasehold improvements		15,138			15,138
Furniture and fixtures		419			419
		37,524			37,529
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization		(29,235	)		(28,885	)
Construction-in-progress		301			283
Equipment and leasehold improvements, net	$	8,590		$	8,927

Management has determined that no asset impairment existed as of June 30, 2025. Depreciation and amortization expense were approximately $362,000 and $378,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

5.	LINE OF CREDIT AND LONG-TERM DEBT

Total debt consists of the following as of:

	June 30, 2025			March 31, 2025
	(in thousands)
Short-term debt - bank	$	565		$	760
Line of credit – related party		3,750			3,000
Long-term debt		2,882			2,954
Long-term debt - related party		1,000			1,000
Unamortized debt issuance costs		(65	)		(68	)
Less current maturities		(7,132	)		(6,646	)
Total long-term debt – related party	$	1,000		$	1,000

Line of Credit and Term Loans

On June 3, 2016, the Company entered into a Credit Agreement with the Bank, after the necessary approvals from the State of Hawaii were received, to secure the lien on the Company’s leasehold property in Kona, Hawaii. The Credit Agreement further defined the terms and conditions for the 2012 Loan and allowed for the Line of Credit, which was subsequently converted to the 2023 Loan. The Credit Agreement grants the Bank the following security interests in the Company’s property: (a) a lien on the Company’s leasehold interest in its Kona facility; (b) an assignment of the Company’s interest in leases and rents on its Kona facility; and (c) a security interest in all fixtures, furnishings and equipment related to or used by the Company at the Kona facility. Each security interest is further subject to the terms of the Credit Agreement. Borrowings under the Credit Agreement bear interest at the Wall Street Journal prime rate plus 2%, floating, provided that at no time shall the annual interest rate be less than 5.25%.

On October 13, 2023, the Bank converted the Line of Credit to the 2023 Loan in the amount of $1,480,000, with no further advances or disbursements under this facility, with an original maturity of August 30, 2024. On August 28, 2024, the Bank extended the maturity date of the 2023 Loan from August 30, 2024 to March 31, 2025. On June 2, 2025, the Bank extended the maturity date of the 2023 Loan from March 31, 2025 to March 31, 2026, at which time the full unpaid principal balance owed under the Credit Agreement, together with all interest, shall be due and payable in full. The 2023 Loan was amended to require four equal installments due May 2025 through August 2025 of $77,500 plus interest accrued, then beginning in September 2025, monthly payments of $40,000 plus interest accrued. All interest on the unpaid balance of the loan is accrued at the Wall Street Journal prime rate plus 2%, floating, provided that at no time shall the annual interest rate be less than 7.0%. As of June 30, 2025 and March 31, 2025, the Company had $565,000 and $760,000, respectively, outstanding on the 2023 Loan which bears interest for both periods at 7.5% plus 2%. The 2023 Loan was included in current liabilities on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

In 2012, the Company executed the 2012 Loan with a lender providing for $5,500,000 in aggregate borrowings secured by substantially all the Company’s assets, including a mortgage on the Company's interest in its lease at the National Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority, pursuant to a Term Loan Agreement dated August 14, 2012 (the “2012 Loan Agreement”). The 2012 Loan is evidenced by promissory notes in the amounts of $2,250,000 and $3,250,000, the repayment of which is partially guaranteed under the provisions of a United States Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) Rural Development Guarantee program. The proceeds of the 2012 Loan were used to acquire processing equipment and leasehold improvements at its Kona, Hawaii facility.

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The provisions of the 2012 Loan required the payment of interest only for the first 12 months of the term; thereafter, and until its maturity on August 14, 2032, the obligation fully amortizes over nineteen (19) years. Interest on the 2012 Loan accrues on the outstanding principal balance at an annual variable rate equal to the published Wall Street Journal prime rate (7.5% at both June 30, 2025 and March 31, 2025) plus 1.0% and is adjustable on the first day of each calendar quarter and fixed for that quarter, provided that at no time shall the annual interest rate be less than 5.5%. The balance under the 2012 Loan was $2,882,000 and $2,954,000 as of June 30, 2025 and March 31, 2025, respectively, and was included in current maturities of long-term debt in the debt table above. See Loan Covenants, Violations and Waiver below.

The 2012 Loan included a one-time origination and guaranty fees totaling $214,500 and an annual renewal fee payable in the amount of 0.25% of the USDA guaranteed portion of the outstanding principal balance as of December 31 of each year, beginning December 31, 2012. The USDA has guaranteed 80% of all amounts owing under the 2012 Loan. The balance in unamortized debt issuance costs was $65,000 and $68,000 as of June 30, 2025 and March 31, 2025, respectively, and was included in current maturities of long-term debt in the debt table above. See Loan Covenants, Violations and Waiver below.

Loan Covenants, Violation and Waiver

The Company’s 2023 Loan and the 2012 Loan are subject to annual debt service and other financial covenants, including covenants which require the Company to meet key financial ratios and customary affirmative and negative covenants. As of March 31, 2023, the Company was not in compliance with the required debt service coverage ratio, however, was in compliance with the two other covenants. Due to this violation, the Bank would be contractually entitled to require immediate repayment of the outstanding term loans and the outstanding line of credit balance. On June 22, 2023, the Bank issued the Company a letter waiving the covenant violation as of March 31, 2023, and implemented an immediate freeze on any and all further advances of the Credit Agreement through the maturity date. As of March 31, 2024, the Company was not in compliance with the debt service coverage and current ratio, however, was in compliance with the third covenant. On September 12, 2024, the Bank issued a letter waiving the covenant violations as of March 31, 2024, but noting that the Bank reserves its right to declare a default in the future, if any covenants remain out of compliance at applicable measurement dates. As of March 31, 2025, the Company was not in compliance with the debt service coverage and current ratio, however, was in compliance with the third covenant. On June 4, 2025, the Bank issued a letter waiving the covenant violations as of March 31, 2025, but there can be no assurance that the Bank will provide such a waiver and may declare a default if any covenants remain out of compliance at applicable measurement dates.

Although the 2012 Loan matures in August 2032, it is probable that a debt covenant violation occurs within the next twelve months. Therefore, the 2012 Loan and related unamortized debt issuance costs are classified as current on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2025 and March 31, 2025.

Line of Credit and Debt – Related Party

In April 2019, the Company obtained a loan pursuant to the Skywords Note (as defined below in Note 12 Related Party Transactions) in the amount of $1,500,000 with a related party and the interest was payable quarterly. The Skywords Note was originally due in April 2021. In April 2021, the Company amended the Skywords Note, which extended the maturity date to April 2024, converted $500,000 into the Revolver, adjusted the interest rate to reflect a floor of 5%, and granted a security interest in substantially all of the Company’s personal property assets, subject to limited exceptions. Concurrently, with the amendment and conversion of the original Skywords Note, the Company repaid in cash the principal amount of $500,000 plus accrued interest to date of $1,900 (see Note 12). In December 2022, the Company further amended the Skywords Note to extend the maturity date to April 2025 and increase the Revolver to $1,000,000. On August 14, 2023, the Company further amended the Skywords Note to increase the Revolver to $2,000,000. On August 9, 2024, the Company further amended the Skywords Note to increase the Revolver from $2,000,000 to $4,000,000 and extend the maturity date to April 2026, as well as to extend the maturity of the Skywords Note to April 12, 2027.

The balance under the Skywords Note was $1,000,000 as of both June 30, 2025 and March 31, 2025. The balance was included in long-term debt as of both June 30, 2025 and March 31, 2025, in the debt table above. As of June 30, 2025 and March 31, 2025, the balance under the Revolver was $3,750,000 and $3,000,000, respectively, which was included in line of credit – related party in the debt table above. Interest accrues on the outstanding principal balance and the Revolver at an annual variable rate equal to the published Wall Street Journal prime rate (7.5% at both June 30, 2025 and March 31, 2025) plus 1.0% and is adjustable on the first day of each calendar quarter and fixed for that quarter, provided that at no time shall the annual interest rate be less than 5.0%.

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Future principal payments, excluding unamortized debt issuance costs, under the term loans as of June 30, 2025 are as follows:

Fiscal year payments due	(in thousands)
Remainder of 2026	$	3,447
2027		—
2028		1,000
Total principal payments	$	4,447

6.	OPERATING LEASES

The Company leases facilities, equipment and land under non-cancelable operating leases expiring through 2037. One of its facility leases contains price escalations and a renewal option for five years. Right-of-use assets represent the right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and lease liabilities represent the obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. Right-of-use assets and liabilities are based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term, using the Company’s incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at recognition, and the Company has elected to exclude non-lease components. The Company also leases two 84-month solar leases for two of its buildings, and a 48-month lease for equipment, which are included in the right-of-use assets and liabilities. As of June 30, 2025, the weighted average remaining lease terms of all operating leases was 8.4 years, the weighted average discount rate was 7.4%, and for both the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, the operating lease costs were $203,000.

Supplemental balance sheet information related to leases consists of the following as of:

Operating leases	Balance Sheet Classification	June 30, 2025			March 31, 2025
		(in thousands)
Right-of-use assets	Operating lease right-of-use assets	$	6,167		$	6,167
Accumulated lease amortization	Operating lease right-of-use assets		(2,398	)		(2,265	)
Total right-of-use assets		$	3,769		$	3,902

Current lease liabilities	Operating lease obligations	$	566		$	555
Non-current lease liabilities	Long-term operating lease obligations		3,217			3,363
Total lease liabilities		$	3,783		$	3,918

Maturities of lease liabilities as of June 30, 2025 are as follows:

Payments	(in thousands)
Remainder of 2026	$	616
2027		828
2028		618
2029		418
2030		364
Thereafter		2,240
Total undiscounted lease payments		5,084
Less: present value discount		(1,301	)
Total lease liability balance	$	3,783

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7.	ACCRUED EXPENSES

Accrued expenses consist of the following as of:

	June 30, 2025		March 31, 2025
	(in thousands)
Wages	$	134	$	270
Vacation		355		355
Interest and legal		147		22
Other accrued expenses		104		68
Total accrued expenses	$	740	$	715

8.	COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

From time to time, the Company may be involved in litigation and investigations relating to claims and matters arising out of its operations in the normal course of business. There were no significant legal matters outstanding at June 30, 2025.

9.	SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION

The Company has share-based compensation plans, which are more fully described in Note 9 Share-Based Compensation, to the consolidated financial statements included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025 as filed with the SEC on June 20, 2025.

As of June 30, 2025, the Company had two equity-based compensation plans: the 2016 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2016 Plan”) and the 2024 Independent Director Stock Option and Restricted Stock Grant Plan (the “2024 Directors Plan”). These plans allow the Company to award stock options, restricted stock units and shares of restricted common stock to eligible employees, certain outside consultants and independent directors. The Company has also issued stock options, which remain outstanding as of June 30, 2025, under the 2014 Independent Director Stock Option and Restricted Stock Grant Plan and Amendment (the “2014 Directors Plan”), an equity-based compensation plan which expired in accordance with its terms on August 22, 2024. This plan allowed the Company to award stock options and shares of restricted common stock to independent directors.

The following table presents shares authorized, available for future grant and outstanding under each of the Company’s equity-based compensation plans:

	As of June 30, 2025
	Authorized		Available		Outstanding

2016 Plan		1,300,000		92,484		816,343
2024 Directors Plan		800,000		604,126		195,874
2014 Directors Plan		—		—		12,000
Total		2,100,000		696,610		1,024,217

Stock Options

All stock option grants made under the equity-based compensation plans were issued at exercise prices no less than the Company’s closing stock price on the date of grant. Options under the 2016 Plan, 2024 Directors Plan and 2014 Directors Plan were determined by the Board of Directors or the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors in accordance with the provisions of the respective plans. The terms of each option grant include vesting, exercise, and other conditions set forth in a Stock Option Agreement evidencing each grant. No option can have a life in excess of ten (10) years. The Company records compensation expense for employee stock options based on the estimated fair value of the options on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. The model requires various assumptions, including a risk-free interest rate, the expected term of the stock options, the expected stock price volatility over the expected term of the stock options, and the expected dividend yield. Compensation expense for employee stock options is recognized ratably over the vesting term. Compensation expense recognized for options issued under all Plans was $19,000 and $29,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

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A summary of option activity under the Company’s stock plans for the three months ended June 30, 2025 is presented below:

Option Activity	Shares		Weighted Average Exercise Price		Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term (in years)		Aggregate Intrinsic Value
Outstanding as of April 1, 2025		322,000	$	2.20		6.7	$	—
Granted		425,000	$	0.35			$	—
Outstanding as of June 30, 2025		747,000	$	1.15		8.4	$	23,225
Exercisable as of June 30, 2025		238,667	$	2.70		5.6	$	—
Vested and expected to vest as of June 30, 2025		625,682	$	1.30		8.1	$	16,865

The aggregate intrinsic value in the table above is before applicable income taxes and represents the excess amount over the exercise price optionees would have received if all options had been exercised on the last business day of the period indicated, based on the Company’s closing stock price of $0.33 and $0.35 as of June 30, 2025 and March 31, 2025, respectively.

A summary of the Company’s non-vested options for the three months ended June 30, 2025 is presented below:

Nonvested Options	Shares			Weighted Average Grant-Date Fair Value
Nonvested at April 1, 2025		100,000		$	0.56
Granted		425,000		$	0.20
Vested		(16,667	)	$	1.94
Nonvested at June 30, 2025		508,333		$	0.21

The weighted average grant-date fair value of stock options granted during the three months ended June 30, 2025 was $83,000. As of June 30, 2025, total unrecognized stock-based compensation expense related to all unvested stock options was $99,000, which is expected to be expensed over a weighted average period of 2.7 years.

Restricted Stock Units (“RSUs”)

RSUs are service-based awards granted to eligible employees under the 2016 Plan. RSUs represents a right to one share of the Company’s common stock upon vesting. The RSUs are not entitled to voting rights until vested and generally vest over a one-to-three-year period, subject to the employees’ continued employment with the Company on each vesting date. The fair value of RSUs is based on the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the date of the grant and is amortized to share-based compensation expense over the estimated life of the award, generally the vesting period. Compensation expense recognized for RSUs issued under the 2016 Plan was $30,000 and $19,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

The following table summarizes information related to awarded RSUs:

Nonvested Restricted Stock Units	Shares			Weighted Average Grant Price
Nonvested restricted stock units as of April 1, 2025		17,638		$	2.76
Granted		115,625		$	0.40
Vested		(51,716	)	$	0.42
Forfeited		(204	)	$	0.63
Nonvested restricted stock units as of June 30, 2025		81,343		$	0.89

As of June 30, 2025, total unrecognized stock-based compensation expense related to unvested restricted stock units was $41,000, which is expected to be expensed over a weighted average period of 2.4 years.

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INCOME TAXES

The Company utilizes its estimated annual effective tax rate to determine its provision or benefit for income taxes for interim periods. The income tax provision or benefit is computed by multiplying the estimated annual effective tax rate by the year-to-date pre-tax book income (loss). The Company recorded no income tax expense for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, therefore resulting in 0.0% effective tax rate for both periods. The effective tax rate differs from the statutory rate of 21% as a result of state taxes (net of federal benefit) and the net change in valuation allowance against the net deferred tax asset the Company believes is not more likely than not to be realized. The Company continues to carry a full valuation allowance on its net deferred tax assets.

The Company is subject to taxation in the United States and eleven state jurisdictions. The preparation of tax returns requires management to interpret the applicable tax laws and regulations in effect in such jurisdictions, which could affect the amount of tax paid by the Company. Management, in consultation with its tax advisors, files its tax returns based on interpretations that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. The income tax returns, however, are subject to routine reviews by the various taxing authorities. As part of these reviews, a taxing authority may disagree with respect to the tax positions taken by management (“uncertain tax positions”) and therefore may require the Company to pay additional taxes. Management evaluates the requirement for additional tax accruals, including interest and penalties, which the Company could incur as a result of the ultimate resolution of its uncertain tax positions. Management reviews and updates the accrual for uncertain tax positions as more definitive information becomes available from taxing authorities, completion of tax audits, expiration of statute of limitations, or upon occurrence of other events.

As of June 30, 2025 and 2024, there was no liability for income tax associated with unrecognized tax benefits. The Company recognizes accrued interest related to unrecognized tax benefits as well as any related penalties in interest income or expense in its Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations, which is consistent with the recognition of these items in prior reporting periods.

In general, the Company’s open tax years range from fiscal years ended 2020 to 2025. The Company has net operating loss carry forwards, which cause the federal and state statutes to remain open for earlier fiscal years.

On July 4, 2025, the President of the U.S. signed into law the One Big Beautiful Business Act of 2025 (the “Tax Act of 2025”). The legislation includes numerous changes to U.S. corporate income tax law, including but not limited to permanent 100% bonus depreciation for qualified property, immediate expensing of domestic research and experimental expenditures, modifications to the limitation on business interest expense, increased Section 179 expensing limits, changes to the international tax regime, and expanded limitations on the deductibility of executive compensation under Internal Revenue Code Section 162(m). Most provisions are effective for tax years beginning after December 31, 2024, with certain transition rules and exceptions. In accordance with Accounting Standards Codification 740, Income Taxes, the financial statement effect of newly enacted tax legislation much be recognized in the period that includes the enactment date. As such, the Company will reflect the impact of this legislative change in its condensed consolidated financial statements beginning in the second quarter for the year ending March 31, 2026.

The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the Tax Act of 2025 on its condensed consolidated financial statements. The effects of the new law, including remeasurement of deferred tax assets and liabilities and changes to current and future tax expense, will be reflected in the period of enactment and in future periods as additional guidance is issued, and the Company completes its analysis.

11.

EARNINGS (LOSS) PER SHARE

Basic loss per share is computed on the basis of the weighted average number of common shares outstanding. Diluted loss per share is computed on the basis of the weighted average number of common shares outstanding plus the potentially dilutive effect of outstanding stock options using the treasury stock method.

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Basic and diluted loss per share computations for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 are as follows:

	Three Months Ended June 30, 2025
	Net Loss			Shares		Per Share
	(Numerator)			(Denominator)		Amount
	(in thousands)
Basic and diluted loss per share	$	(926	)		7,211	$	(0.13	)

	Three Months Ended June 30, 2024
	Net Loss			Shares		Per Share
	(Numerator)			(Denominator)		Amount
	(in thousands)
Basic and diluted loss per share	$	(1,202	)		6,948	$	(0.17	)

Basic and diluted per share amounts are the same in periods of a net loss because common share equivalents are anti-dilutive when a net loss is recorded. Restricted stock units become dilutive within the period granted and remain dilutive until the units vest and are then included in the calculation of basic earnings per share.

12.

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

In April 2019, the Company obtained an unsecured subordinated loan from Skywords Family Foundation, Inc. (“Skywords”) in the principal amount of $1,500,000 pursuant to a Promissory Note (the “Skywords Note”) executed by the Company in favor of Skywords. Skywords is controlled by the Company’s Chairman of the Board of Directors and largest stockholder. The Skywords Note bore interest at a rate of 1% plus the prime rate (as published by the Wall Street Journal), which was recalculated and payable on a quarterly basis. The principal amount and any accrued and unpaid interest were originally due and payable on April 12, 2021. The proceeds of the Skywords Note were used to pay down accounts payable and for general operating capital purposes.

On April 12, 2021, the Company entered into an Amended and Restated Promissory Note (the “Skywords Amended Note”) with Skywords. The Company and Skywords agreed to amend, restate, replace and otherwise modify without novation, the Skywords Note in order to convert $500,000 of the outstanding principal amount into revolving loans that may be prepaid and reborrowed from time to time in principal amounts not to exceed $500,000, extend the maturity date by three years, adjust the interest rate to reflect a floor of 5% and secure Skywords’ interest by granting a security interest in substantially all of the Company’s personal property assets, subject to limited exceptions (the “Collateral”). On April 12, 2021, concurrently with the conversion, the Company repaid in cash to Skywords, the principal amount of $500,000 plus accrued interest to date of $1,900. The Skywords Amended Note bears interest at a rate of 1% plus the prime rate (as published by the Wall Street Journal), which will be recalculated and payable on a quarterly basis, provided that at no time shall the annual interest rate be less than 5%. The Company may prepay the Skywords Amended Note at any time without penalty.

On April 12, 2021, in connection with the grant of a security interest in the Collateral, the Company also entered into an Intercreditor and Subordination Agreement with the Bank and Skywords. The Company is indebted to the Bank pursuant to two Term Loans and a Credit Agreement, each of which granted the Bank a security interest in substantially all of the Company’s personal property assets. The Bank’s security interest in the Company’s personal property assets ranks senior to Skywords’ security interest in the Collateral, and the Intercreditor and Subordination Agreement generally governs the relationship between the Bank and Skywords as secured lenders to the Company and includes customary terms.

On December 14, 2022, the Company entered into a First Amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Skywords Amended Note. The Amendment extends the maturity date to April 12, 2025 and increases the revolving amount that the Company may borrow from time to time under the Skywords Note from $500,000 to $1,000,000.

On August 14, 2023, the Company entered into a Second Amendment (the “Second Amendment”) to the Skywords Amended Note. The Second Amendment increases the revolving amount that the Company may borrow from time to time under the Skywords Amended Note from $1,000,000 to $2,000,000.

On August 9, 2024, the Company entered into the Third Amendment (the “Third Amendment”) to the Skywords Amended Note. The Third Amendment extends the maturity date to April 12, 2026 and increases the revolving amount that the Company may borrow from time to time under the Skywords Note from $2,000,000 to $4,000,000. The Third Amendment also extends the maturity date of the Skywords Note to April 12, 2027.

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On May 2, 2025, the Company entered into the Fourth Amendment (the “Fourth Amendment”) to the Skywords Amended Note. To assist in reducing the Company’s ongoing cash outflows, the Fourth Amendment allows the Company to elect to pay the interest accrued during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026 in the form of its common stock in lieu of cash. As of June 30, 2025, no common stock has been issued in lieu of cash and the Company continues to accrue interest on both the Skywords Amended Note and the Revolver.

As of both June 30, 2025 and 2024, the Skywords Note principal balance was $1,000,000, and was included in long-term debt on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. As of June 30, 2025 and March 31, 2025, the balance on the Revolver was $3,750,000 and $3,000,000, respectively, and was included in line of credit – related party on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. At both June 30, 2025, and March 31, 2025, the interest rate was 7.5%.

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Item 2.

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Overview:

We are an agricultural company and a world leader in the production of natural products derived from microalgae grown in complex and intricate agricultural systems on the Kona coast of Hawaii. Incorporated in 1983, we are guided by the principle of providing beneficial, quality microalgal products for health and human nutrition in a technology enabled, reliable and environmentally sensitive operation. We are Good Manufacturing Practices (“GMP”) certified by the Merieux NutriSciences, reinforcing our commitment to quality in our products, quality in our relationships (with our customers, suppliers, employees and the communities we live in), and quality of the environment in which we work. Our products include:

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BioAstin® Hawaiian Astaxanthin® - a powerful, natural antioxidant clinically studied to support and maintain the body’s natural inflammatory response, to enhance skin, and to support eye, joint, brain and immune health†. It has expanding applications as a human dietary supplement and dietary ingredient; and

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Hawaiian Spirulina Pacifica® - a nutrient-rich superfood dietary supplement clinically supported for natural energy, immune system support, cardiovascular health and as a concentrated source of protein, antioxidant carotenoids, and essential nutrients†

†These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

Microalgae are a diverse group of microscopic plants that have a wide range of physiological and biochemical characteristics and contain, among other things, high levels of natural protein, amino acids, vitamins, pigments and enzymes. Microalgae have the following properties that make commercial production attractive: (1) microalgae grow much faster than land grown plants, often up to 100 times faster; (2) microalgae have uniform cell structures with no bark, stems, branches or leaves, permitting easier extraction of products and higher utilization of the microalgae cells; and (3) the cellular uniformity of microalgae makes it practical to control the growing environment in order to optimize a particular cell characteristic. Efficient and effective cultivation of microalgae requires consistent light, warm temperatures, low rainfall and proper chemical balance in a very nutrient-rich environment, free of environmental contaminants and unwanted organisms. This is a challenge that has motivated us to design, develop and implement proprietary production and harvesting technologies, systems and processes in order to commercially produce human dietary supplement products derived from microalgae.

Our production of these products at the 96-acre facility on the Kona Coast of the island of Hawaii provides several benefits. We selected the Keahole Point location in order to take advantage of relatively consistent warm temperatures, sunshine and low levels of rainfall needed for optimal cultivation of microalgae. This location also offers us access to cold deep ocean water, drawn from an offshore depth of 2,000 feet, which we use in our Ocean-Chill Drying system to eliminate the oxidative damage caused by standard drying techniques and as a source of trace nutrients for microalgal cultures. The area is also designated a Biosecure Zone, with tight control of organisms allowed into the area and free of genetically modified organisms (“GMO”). We believe that our technology, systems, processes and favorable growing location generally permit year-round harvest of our microalgal products in a cost-effective manner.

Results of Operations

The following tables present selected consolidated financial data for each of the periods indicated ($ in thousands):

	Three Months Ended
	June 30,
	2025			2024
Net sales	$	5,820		$	5,898
Net sales increase (decrease)		(1.3	)%		14.6	%
Gross profit	$	1,773		$	1,476
Gross profit as % of net sales		30.5	%		25.0	%
Operating expenses	$	2,526		$	2,517
Operating expenses as % of net sales		43.4	%		42.7	%
Operating loss	$	(753	)	$	(1,041	)
Operating loss as % of net sales		(12.9	)%		(17.7	)%
Net loss	$	(926	)	$	(1,202	)

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Comparison of the Three Months Ended June 30, 2025 and 2024

*Net Sales* (in thousands)
	Three Months Ended
	June 30,				$			%
	2025		2024		Change			Change
Packaged sales
Astaxanthin	$	2,968	$	3,260	$	(292	)		(9.0	)%
Spirulina		1,150		1,429		(279	)		(19.5	)%
Total Packaged sales	$	4,118	$	4,689	$	(571	)		(12.2	)%

Bulk sales
Astaxanthin	$	1,156	$	775	$	381			49.2	%
Spirulina		506		342		164			48.0	%
Total Bulk sales	$	1,662	$	1,117	$	545			48.8	%

Contract extraction and R&D services revenue	$	40	$	92	$	(52	)		(56.5	)%

Total sales
Astaxanthin	$	4,124	$	4,035	$	89			2.2	%
Spirulina		1,656		1,771		(115	)		(6.5	)%
Contract extraction and R&D services revenue		40		92		(52	)		(56.5	)%
Total sales	$	5,820	$	5,898	$	(78	)		(1.3	)%

Net Sales The net sales decrease of 1.3% for the current quarter compared to the same period last year was driven by a decrease in both astaxanthin and spirulina package sales and contract extraction revenue, partially offset by an increase in both astaxanthin and spirulina bulk sales. During the current quarter compared to the same period last year, we saw lower demand in packaged sales due to the timing of shipments, which was partially offset by higher demand in bulk sales due to both timing of customer orders and increased demand.

Gross Profit Gross profit as a percent of net sales for the first quarter of fiscal 2026 increased by 5.5 percentage points compared to the same period last year, which was the result of higher production volumes, which resulted in lower production costs for the current year quarter.

Operating Expenses Operating expenses of $2.5 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2026 remained flat compared to the same period in fiscal 2025.

Income Taxes We did not record income tax expense for the first quarter of fiscal 2026 or 2025. We continue to carry a full valuation allowance on our net deferred tax assets.

Liquidity and Going Concern

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements, as of June 30, 2025 and March 31, 2025 and for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, have been prepared assuming we will continue as a going concern. The going concern assumption contemplates the realization of assets and satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. We sustained operating losses and negative cash flows from operations for most of these same periods. Further, as discussed below, we were not in compliance with two debt covenant requirements as of March 31, 2025 and 2024. In June 2023, the Bank instituted a freeze on additional advances from the Line of Credit. These conditions raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. The condensed consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments to the carrying amounts and classification of assets, liabilities, and reported expense that may be necessary if we were unable to continue as a going concern.

As of June 30, 2025, we had cash of $0.4 million and a negative working capital deficit of $0.3 million compared to cash of $0.3 million and working capital of $0.3 million as of March 31, 2025. We had the Line of Credit with the Bank that provided for borrowings up to $2 million on a revolving basis, however, as part of the covenant waiver as of March 31, 2023, the borrowings under the Line of Credit were frozen. On October 13, 2023, the Bank converted the Line of Credit to the 2023 Loan in the amount of $1.48 million with an original maturity date of August 30, 2024. As of June 30, 2025 and March 31, 2025, we had $0.6 million and $0.8 million, respectively, outstanding on the 2023 Loan, with a maturity date extended to March 31, 2026 (see Note 5).

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We also have a loan facility with a related party that allows us to borrow up to $4.0 million on the Revolver. As of June 30, 2025 and March 31, 2025, we had $3.75 million and $3.0 million, respectively, of outstanding borrowings on the Revolver, which was included in line of credit – related party on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. The Revolver expires on April 12, 2026 (see Notes 5 and 12).

As of June 30, 2025, we had $2.9 million outstanding on the 2012 Loan that requires the payment of principal and interest monthly through August 2032. Pursuant to the 2012 Loan and the 2023 Loan, we are subject to annual financial covenants, customary affirmative and negative covenants and certain subjective acceleration clauses. As of March 31, 2025, our debt service coverage ratio and current ratio fell short of the Bank’s annual requirement. On June 4, 2025, the Bank provided us with a letter waiving the covenant violations as of March 31, 2025, but noting that the Bank reserves its right to declare a default in the future if any covenants remain out of compliance at applicable measurement dates.

In April 2019, we obtained a loan in the amount of $1.5 million from a related party. The proceeds were used to pay down accounts payable and for general operating capital purposes. On April 12, 2021, December 14, 2022, August 14, 2023, August 9, 2024, and May 2, 2025, we amended this loan (see Notes 5 and 12). As of both June 30, 2025 and March 31, 2025, we had $1.0 million outstanding on the related party note. The loan matures on April 12, 2027.

We continue to experience a loss from operations and continue to rely on our funding source to provide liquidity. To address the resulting continued cash flow challenges, we continue to monitor cost savings initiatives implemented in fiscal year 2023. This includes stopping or slowing production of inventory in alignment with current customer demand, maintaining a reduced headcount and compensation, primarily through attrition and furloughs, respectively, and eliminating certain discretionary selling, general and administrative expenses. We have made some additional changes in the sales and marketing team by hiring a Head of Sales to strengthen its eCommerce footprint, optimize our marketing efforts and improve our retail strategy.

Funds generated by operating activities and available cash are our most significant sources of liquidity for working capital requirements, debt service and funding of maintenance levels of capital expenditures. We have developed our operating plan to produce a significant portion of our cash flows necessary to meet all financing requirements, with the remaining need from capital raising. Although we have a history of either being in compliance with debt covenants, or obtaining the necessary waivers, execution of our operating plan is dependent on many factors, some of which are not within our control. However, no assurances can be provided that we will achieve our operating plan and cash flow projections for the next fiscal years or our projected consolidated financial position as of June 30, 2026. Such estimates are subject to change based on future results and such change could cause future results to vary significantly from expected results.

Cash Flows The following table summarizes our cash flows for the periods indicated ($ in thousands):

Three Months Ended

June 30,