Momentus Inc. Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2021 Financial Results

Momentus Inc. (NASDAQ: MNTS) (“Momentus” or the "Company”), a U.S. commercial space company that plans to offer transportation and other in-space infrastructure services, today announced its financial results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2021.

"We want to be a leading player in the emerging space transportation and infrastructure market," said Momentus Chief Executive John Rood. "We’re focused on making this happen and are making meaningful progress. We’ve matured our technology through rigorous ground testing and assembly of Vigoride orbital transfer vehicles. We’ve signed Launch Services agreements with our strategic partner SpaceX for the inaugural launch of Vigoride and other missions in 2022 and 2023. And we've continued to develop our innovative Microwave Electrothermal Thruster using water as a propellant and are eager to demonstrate it in space."

Fourth Quarter 2021 Business Highlights:

• Focused our efforts to bring our Vigoride orbital transfer vehicle to market.
• Completed assembly and initial system-level functional testing on the Vigoride-3 vehicle that we plan to fly on a demo mission later this year.
• Subsequent to the close of the quarter, we completed system-level thermal vacuum testing on Vigoride 3, which is late-stage environmental testing that simulates the environment in space.
• Completed Critical Design Review of our next-generation of Vigoride, called Block 2.2, to incorporate changes from the prior baseline. We now have three Block 2.2 vehicles in early stages of production.
• Signed a Launch Services Agreement that reserves two ports for Momentus on SpaceX’s Transporter-5 mission, which is targeted for June of 2022. We plan to use one of these two ports for the inaugural mission of our Vigoride vehicle using Vigoride-3, which is designed to take our customers’ satellites to custom orbits. Our launch plans remain subject to the receipt of licenses and other government approvals, and successful completion of our current efforts to get Vigoride and other space hardware ready for flight.
• We plan to use our second port on the Transporter-5 mission to aggregate ride-share demand from customers that do not require a custom orbit. We plan to use a deployer from a third party to place customer satellites in orbit.
• Subsequent to the close of the quarter, we signed Launch Services Agreements that reserve space for Vigoride on four follow-on SpaceX missions, including Transporter-6, which is targeted for October of 2022, Transporter-7, which is targeted for January of 2023, Transporter-8, which is targeted for April of 2023, and Transporter-9, which is targeted for October 2023.
• Established a Strategic Advisory Group comprised of five leaders and technology experts with world-class expertise and more than 150 years of combined experience in creating, implementing, and managing aerospace and technology businesses and programs for industry-leading companies and educational institutions.
• Continued to make progress implementing our National Security Agreement, including meaningful progress upgrading and safeguarding our enterprise IT systems.

Conference Call Information

Momentus Inc. will host a conference call to discuss the results at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time (5:00 p.m. Eastern Time) today. To access the conference call, parties should dial (844) 646-2696 and enter the conference ID number 9898339 (international participants should dial +1 (918) 922-6901). The live audio webcast along with supplemental information will be accessible on the Company’s Investor Relations website at https://investors.momentus.space/events-and-presentations. A recording of the webcast will also be available following the conference call.

About Momentus Inc.

Momentus is a U.S. commercial space company that plans to offer in-space infrastructure services, including in-space transportation, hosted payloads and in-orbit services. Momentus believes it can make new ways of operating in space possible with its planned in-space transfer and service vehicles that will be powered by an innovative water plasma-based propulsion system that is under development. The Company anticipates flying its first Vigoride vehicle to Low Earth Orbit on a third-party launch provider as early as June 2022, subject to receipt of appropriate government licenses, approvals and availability of slots on its launch provider's manifest, for which there is no assurance such licenses, approvals and availability will be received, if at all.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains certain statements which may constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding Momentus or its management team’s expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future, projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, and are not guarantees of future performance. The words “may,” “will,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “expect,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “future,” “expect,” “intends,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “aim,” “strive,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “would” and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking.

Forward-looking statements are neither historical facts nor assurances of future performance. Instead, they are based only on our current beliefs, expectations and assumptions regarding the future of our business, future plans and strategies, projections, anticipated events and trends, the economy and other future conditions.

Because forward-looking statements relate to the future, they are subject to inherent uncertainties, risks and changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict and many of which are outside of Momentus’ control. Many factors could cause actual future events to differ materially from the forward-looking statements in this press release, including but not limited to: the ability of the Company to obtain licenses and government approvals for its missions, which are essential to its operations; the ability of the Company to effectively market and sell satellite transport services and planned in-orbit services; the ability of the Company to protect its intellectual property and trade secrets; the development of markets for satellite transport and in-orbit services; the ability of the Company to develop, test and validate its technology, including its water plasma propulsion technology; delays or impediments that the Company may face in the development, manufacture and deployment of next generation satellite transport systems; the ability of the Company to convert backlog or inbound inquiries into revenue; changes in applicable laws or regulations and extensive and evolving government regulations that impact operations and business, including export control license requirements; the ability to attract or maintain a qualified workforce with the required security clearances and requisite skills; product service or product or launch failures or delays that could lead customers to use competitors’ services; investigations, claims, disputes, enforcement actions, litigation and/or other regulatory or legal proceedings; the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Company’s business; the Company’s ability to comply with the terms of its National Security Agreement and any related compliance measures instituted by the director who was approved by the CFIUS Monitoring Agencies (the “Security Director”); the possibility that the Company may be adversely affected by other economic, business, and/or competitive factors; and/or other risks and uncertainties included in the section entitled “Risk Factors” in the prospectus dated September 14, 2021 related to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-259281) filed by the Company on September 3, 2021 , as such factors may be updated from time to time in our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), accessible on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov and the Investor Relations section of our website at investors.momentus.space. These filings identify and address other important risks and uncertainties that could cause the Company’s actual events and results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. Readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on forward-looking statements, and, except as required by law, the Company assumes no obligation and does not intend to update or revise these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

Fiscal Year 2021 Financial Results

Reclassifications

Certain reclassifications have been made to the prior year’s financial statements to conform to the current year’s presentation. None of the reclassifications have changed the total assets, liabilities, shareholders’ deficit, income, expenses or net losses previously reported.

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures (unaudited)

This press release references certain non-GAAP financial measures, including adjusted EBITDA, non-GAAP selling, general, and administrative expense and non-GAAP research and development expense. The Company defines adjusted EBITDA as earnings before interest expense, taxes, depreciation and amortization, stock-based compensation, and certain other items the Company believes are not indicative of its core operating performance. The Company defines non-GAAP selling, general, and administrative expenses and research and development expenses as those respective GAAP amounts, excluding stock-based compensation and non-recurring items not indicative of core operating performance None of these non-GAAP financial measures is a substitute for or superior to measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (GAAP) and should not be considered as an alternative to any other performance measures derived in accordance with GAAP.

The Company believes that presenting these non-GAAP financial measures provides useful supplemental information to investors about the Company that is helpful in understanding and evaluating its operating results, enhancing the overall understanding of its past performance and future prospects, and allowing for greater transparency with respect to key financial metrics used by its management in financial and operational-decision making. However, there are a number of limitations related to the use of non-GAAP measures and their nearest GAAP equivalents. For example, other companies may calculate non-GAAP measures differently, or may use other measures to calculate their financial performance, and therefore any non-GAAP measures the Company uses may not be directly comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies.

Full year adjusted EBITDA

A reconciliation of adjusted EBITDA to net loss for the years ended December 31, 2021, and December 31, 2020 is set forth below:

A reconciliation of selling, general, and administrative expenses to non-GAAP selling, general, and administrative expenses for the years ended December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, is set forth below:

A reconciliation of research and development expenses to non-GAAP research and development expenses for the years ended December 31, 2021, and December 31, 2020, is set forth below:

Quarterly adjusted EBITDA

A reconciliation of adjusted EBITDA to net loss for the three months ended December 31, 2021, December 31, 2020, and September 30, 2021, is set forth below:

A reconciliation of selling, general, and administrative expenses to non-GAAP selling, general, and administrative expenses for the three months ended December 31, 2021, December 31, 2020, and September 30, 2021, is set forth below:

A reconciliation of research and development expenses to non-GAAP research and development expenses for the three months ended December 31, 2021, December 31, 2020, and September 30, 2021, is set forth below:

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