Company: RPID
Filing Date: 2025-05-09
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001380106-25-000102
Chunk: 139

Company: RAPID MICRO BIOSYSTEMS, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-05-09
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 4
Chunk 139
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, resulting in significant variations in sales of our systems over time;

•the level of demand for our platform and solutions, which may vary significantly;

•the length of time of the sales cycle for purchases of our systems;

•seasonality in our business due to our customers’ budgetary cycles and time off during summer vacation and end-of-year periods;

•lead time needed for validation prior to our customers’ using and purchasing our consumables;

•changes in demand for our consumables;

•the timing and cost of, and level of investment in, technology development and commercialization activities, which may change from time to time;

•the start, completion, and output of manufacturing runs;

•the costs of manufacturing and shipping our products or of providing services to our customers, which may impact our operating gross margin in any given period;

•system repairs or replacements that may impact our customers’ confidence in us and our products and our reputation in the market;

•the relative reliability and robustness of our platform;

•the introduction of new products or product enhancements by us or others in our industry;

•expenditures that we may incur to acquire, develop or commercialize additional products and technologies;

•expenditures involved in preparing, filing, prosecuting, maintaining, defending and enforcing patent claims;

•future accounting pronouncements or changes in our accounting policies; 

•the ability of our sales organization to design and execute effective sales processes;

•our implementation of cost reduction efforts, and the resulting costs and savings related to these actions; and

•general market conditions and other factors, including factors, such as inflation and tariffs, unrelated to our operating performance or the operating performance of our competitors.

The effect of any single factor, or the cumulative effects of a combination of factors, could result in large fluctuations and unpredictability in our quarterly and annual operating results. As a result, comparing our operating results on a period-to-period basis may not be meaningful. Investors should not rely on our past results as an indication of our future performance. We may continue to experience fluctuations in our operating results as a result of these factors. 

*We have in the past and may in the future fail to meet our publicly announced guidance or other expectations about our business and future operating results, which could adversely affect our business, reputation and financial results and cause our stock price to decline.

From time to time, we announce earnings guidance and other expectations regarding the future performance of our business in our quarterly and annual earnings conference calls, quarterly and annual earnings releases, or otherwise, that represents our management