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EXHIBIT 99.01 CAUTIONARY STATEMENTS FOR PURPOSES OF THE SAFE HARBOR PROVISIONS OF THE PRIVATE
SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT OF 1995 We desire to take advantage of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. Many of the following important factors discussed below have been discussed in
our prior SEC filings. You should be cautioned that the following important factors have affected, and in the future could
affect, our actual results. There may also be additional factors not discussed in this report that
could also affect future results. These factors could cause our future financial results to differ
materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements made by us. Forward-looking
statements may relate to such matters as:  
    our ability to generate future revenues;
    the commercialization of our products;
    the expansion and ongoing operation of our production facilities;
    the optimization of production costs; and
    our ability to enter into future business collaborations and marketing partnerships. Forward-looking statements may include words such as will, should, could, anticipate,
believe, plan, estimate, expect, intend, and other similar expressions. This list does
not constitute all factors which you should consider prior to making a decision to invest in our
securities. You should also not assume that the information contained herein is complete or
accurate in all respects after the date of this filing. We disclaim any duty to update the
statements contained herein. If we are unable to successfully expand and continuously utilize our production capacity or
enter into favorable agreements with third parties to produce our oils or if our suppliers fail
to produce and supply us with adequate amounts of oil, our customers may not be able to obtain a
sufficient supply of DHA and ARA from us, and our future revenues from these products may be
limited. To meet our customers projected demand for our nutritional oils that are used to supplement infant
formulas, we have developed a process for the large-scale production of our oils at our Winchester,
Kentucky and Kingstree, South Carolina manufacturing plants. We estimate the worldwide infant
formula market to be approximately $8.5 to $9.5 billion. If our licensees were to penetrate 100% of
this market with DHA and ARA supplemented formulas, we estimate that we would receive greater than
$400 million in revenues annually from these sales. Our sales into the non-infant nutritional
supplement and food and animal feed markets to date have been less than $10 million annually. Since
fiscal 2003, the demand for our nutritional oils for use in infant formula products has exceeded
production capacity. These shortfalls resulted from an acceleration of such demand over what our
customers had projected, coupled with a shortage or inconsistent supply of ARA from DSM that began
in the first quarter of fiscal 2004. As customer demand has increased, we have requested that our
customers provide us with longer lead-times in order to fill their orders. Even with the longer
lead-times and increased production each quarter, since fiscal 2003, we have limited the orders we
accept for our nutritional oils. To the extent that demand continues to exceed our or DSMs
current production capabilities, we may be unable to provide the required quantities of oil
cost-effectively and may experience backlogs or our customers may seek alternative sources of
supply or delay entry into new markets. Although some of our licensees have a right to manufacture
DHA and ARA, we are not aware of any of our licensees doing so or preparing to do so. We are
nearing completion of our extensive expansion in Kingstree for the fermentation and processing of
our nutritional oils and DSM is expanding its capacity in Belvidere, New Jersey and Capua, Italy.
We had production capacity equaling between $280 and $300 million in annualized sales of our
nutritional oils at January 31, 2005. Capacity is expected to increase throughout fiscal 2005 and
we expect to have production capacity equivalent to approximately $500 million in annualized sales
of our nutritional oils in the second half of fiscal 2005 based on current prices. Our ability to
maintain commercial production at these higher levels has not been successfully tested. As we
increase our production at our Kingstree plant, we may encounter many risks associated with our
commercial manufacturing such as:  
    the construction phase of our fermentation expansion at our Kingstree plant may not be
completed in the timeframe that we have planned or at the projected cost;
    we may experience problems processing, handling and shipping the higher quantities of oil produced from our expanded facilities;
    the costs of expanding, operating and maintaining our production facilities may exceed our expectations;
    product defects may result;
    higher than anticipated product losses may result;
    environmental and safety problems may result from our production process; and
    regulatory issues relating to the scale-up and operation regarding our production process may arise. If we were to experience any one or more of these problems, there could be a material adverse
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Our future revenues from sales of DHA may be limited if we are: (a) unable to cost effectively
manufacture our DHA-containing oil at our Winchester and Kingstree plants; (b) unable to
successfully expand our production at our Kingstree facility; or (c) unable to enter into other
satisfactory third-party manufacturing agreements; or if our licensees are able to find alternative
sources for DHA. We have entered into an agreement with a third-party manufacturer, DSM, to supply (except for
limited rights Martek retains) our ARA out of its plants in Capua, Italy and Belvidere, New Jersey.
If DSM fails to supply us with required amounts of ARA under our agreement, we would not be able to
meet our customers demands unless we were able to utilize alternative sources of supply. In this
regard, we would have to either manufacture the ARA at one or both of our plants, which may be more
costly and would also reduce our DHA oil production capacity, or enter into other third-party
manufacturer supply agreements. If we are unable to find alternative supply sources or are unable
to cost effectively manufacture the ARA in our Winchester or Kingstree plants, our future revenues
from sales of our oils may be limited. A substantial portion of our nutritional oil products sales are made to four of our existing
customers under agreements with no minimum purchase requirements. If demand by these customers
for our nutritional oil products declines, our revenues may materially decline. We rely on a substantial portion of our product sales to four of our existing customers.
Approximately 90% of our product sales revenue during the quarter ended January 31, 2005 was
generated by sales of DHA and ARA to four customers. Approximately 44% of these sales were to Mead
Johnson and the remaining sales were to Wyeth, Abbott Laboratories and Nestle combined. We cannot
guarantee that these customers will continue to demand our nutritional products at current levels.
None of our license agreements requires our licensees to purchase any minimum amount of products
from us now or in the future, and certain of our license agreements allow our licensees to
manufacture our products themselves or purchase nutritional oils from other sources. If demand by
any of these customers for our nutritional products declines, we may experience a material decline
in our revenues. Failure to effectively manage our growth could disrupt our operations and prevent us from
generating the revenues and gross profit margins we expect. In response to current and projected levels of demand for our nutritional oils, we have been
actively working to accelerate our production build-out plans. To manage our growth successfully we
must implement, constantly improve and effectively utilize our operational and financial systems
while expanding our production capacity and workforce. We must also maintain and strengthen the
breadth and depth of our current strategic relationships while developing new relationships. Our
existing or planned operational and financial systems may not be sufficient to support our growth;
we may not successfully control production costs and maintain current and anticipated gross profit
levels; and our management may not be able to effectively identify, manage and exploit existing and
emerging market opportunities. If we do not adequately manage our growth, our business and future
revenues will suffer. Our oils are very sensitive to oxidation and not very compatible with many liquid or dry foods
that are currently on the market. If economical methods are not developed to successfully
incorporate our oils into various food and beverage applications, or it is determined that large
amounts of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) must be added to DHA in order to achieve optimal
cardiovascular health benefits, we may never be able to gain large scale entry into the food and
beverage market. Although we believe that the food and beverage market could be a large market for DHA fortification
with our DHA-S oil, the potential in this market could be limited if methods are not developed that
allow incorporation of the oil into various foods and beverages with acceptable flavor and texture
for the duration of the shelf life of the food products. While DHA-enriched food and beverage
products with acceptable flavor and stability have been developed, risks exist for other finished
food products, such as cereals, milk and certain types of nutritional bars for which DHA
fortification has not yet been successfully established. Even if we can successfully incorporate
our oils into foods and beverages, manufacturers of these products will have to develop methods to
demonstrate feasibility in their production processes. The timing and extent of our sales into the
food and beverage market, therefore, are dependent not only on market demand, but also on
manufacturing issues over which we have little or no control. Separately, the rationale for supplementing foods and beverages with DHA is to improve overall
cardiovascular system and/or central nervous system development and health. In September of 2004,
the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized a qualified health claim which may be utilized
for food products containing both DHA and EPA relating to the reduction of risk of coronary heart
disease. No minimum amounts for either DHA or EPA were established as prerequisites for the claim.
Our DHA-S oil includes limited amounts of EPA and therefore products containing the DHA-S oil
qualify for use of the qualified health claim. Studies have been completed in the past to
investigate the independent effects of DHA and EPA on cardiovascular health and additional studies
may be on-going or conducted in the future. If the consensus of results from these studies
establishes that relatively large amounts of EPA are required to be supplemented with DHA in order
to achieve the optimal cardiovascular health benefit, then our penetration of the food and beverage
market may be limited. Since infant formula pricing is very competitive, the premium that our oils adds to the cost of
the formula may never allow it to be priced at levels that will allow worldwide acceptance by
consumers. Infant formula pricing is very competitive and the market is very sensitive to product price
changes. Because the inclusion of our oils into infant formula may add 10% to 20% to the retail
cost of standard infant formula, there is the risk that our licensees may not be able to sell
supplemented products at prices that will allow them to gain worldwide market acceptance while, at
the same time, remaining profitable. This may lead to price pressure on us. If we have to reduce
our prices, we may not be able to sell products at a price that would enable us to be profitable.
We are prohibited from granting a license to any party for the inclusion of our nutritional oils in
infant formula with payment terms or royalty rates that are more favorable than those provided to
the licensees under the terms of several of our current license agreements without either the
written consent of those current licensees or prospectively offering such new more favorable terms
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If market demand for our products continues to grow, we may need significant additional capital
to expand our production capability. We may also need additional capital in the future to
continue our research and development efforts, to conduct product testing, including preclinical
and clinical trials, and to market our products. Our nutritional oil sales are increasing, and meeting projected demand will require expanding our
production capability for our nutritional oils. We are now in the process of expanding or improving
our Kingstree and Winchester facilities. As of January 31, 2005, we had approximately $67.5
million in cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments as well as $45 million of our
revolving credit facility available to meet future capital requirements. As of January 31, 2005, we
believe that at least $40 million may be needed over the ensuing 12 months to complete the
expansions and production improvements as well as for other company-wide capital needs. We also may
require additional capital to fund our research and development, product testing, and marketing
activities. The timing and extent of our additional cash needs will primarily depend on: (a) the
timing and extent of future launches of infant formula products containing our oils by our
licensees; (b) the timing and extent of introductions of DHA into foods and/or nutritional
supplements for children and adults; (c) whether or not we enter into collaborations with third
parties to produce our nutritional oils; and (d) our ability to generate profits from the sales of
our nutritional products. To continue to fund our growth, we will pursue various sources of funding, which may include debt
financing, equity issuances, asset-based borrowing, lease financing, and collaborative arrangements
with partners. In May 2004, we amended and expanded our three year secured revolving credit
facility to $100 million. This debt financing arrangement will require us to comply with financial
covenants, which we may not be able to meet if demand for our products was to drop, if there was a
significant change in our financial position or if our cash needs are greater than we currently
anticipate. Additionally, funding from other sources may not be available, or may not be available
on terms that would be commercially acceptable or permit us to continue the planned
commercialization of our products or expansion of our production capacity. In August 2004, our
shelf registration statement was declared effective by the SEC. The shelf registration statement
enables us to issue debt securities, preferred stock, common stock and warrants in the aggregate
amount of $200 million, of which $113.8 million is available for future issuance. Future equity
issuances may be dilutive to our existing shareholders. If we obtain funds through collaborative or
strategic partners, these partners may require us to give them technology or product rights,
including patent rights, that could ultimately diminish our value. If we cannot secure adequate
funding, we may need to scale back our research, development, manufacturing, and commercialization
programs, which may have a material adverse effect on our future business. The market price of our common stock may experience a high level of volatility due to factors
such as the volatility in the market for biotechnology stocks generally, and the short-term
effect of events like product launches and license announcements. We are a public growth company in the biosciences sector. As frequently occurs among these
companies, the market price for our common stock may experience a high level of volatility. During
the fifty-two week period ending January 31, 2005, our common stock traded between $73.36 and
$38.50 per share. During the fifty-two week period ending January 31, 2004, our common stock traded
between $69.10 and $21.11 per share. The following are examples of items that may significantly
impact the market price for our common stock:  
    announcements of technical innovations, new commercial products and product launches by us or our competitors;
    arrangements or strategic partnerships by us or our competitors;
    announcements of license agreements, acquisitions or strategic alliances;
    patent or other intellectual property achievements or adverse developments;
    quarterly fluctuations in our results of operations;
    failure or delay in expansion and continuous operation regarding our commercial
manufacturing or failure or delay of our third-party manufacturers in expansion and
continuous operation regarding their commercial manufacturing;
    failure to enter into favorable third-party manufacturing agreements;
    regulatory decisions (approvals or disapprovals) or changes concerning our products and our competitors products;
    announcements related to threatened, new or existing litigation;
    changes in our estimates of financial performance or changes in recommendations by securities analysts; and
    general market conditions for growth companies and bioscience companies. Because we may experience a high level of volatility in our common stock, you should not invest in
our stock unless you are prepared to absorb a significant loss of your capital. At any given time,
you may not be able to sell your shares at a price that you think is acceptable. The market liquidity for our stock is relatively low. As of January 31, 2005, we had 31,295,309
shares of common stock outstanding. The average daily trading volume in our common stock during the
fifty-two week period ending January 31, 2005 was approximately 770,000 shares. Although a more
active trading market may develop in the future, the limited market liquidity for our stock may
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If significant shares eligible for future sales are sold, the result may depress our stock price
by increasing the supply of our shares in the market at a time when demand may be limited. As of January 31, 2005, we had 31,295,309 shares of common stock outstanding, stock options
outstanding to purchase an aggregate of approximately 4.1 million shares of common stock and
warrants outstanding to purchase up to approximately 31,000 shares of common stock at an exercise
price of $19.05 per share. Of these options and warrants, approximately 3.1 million were
exercisable at March 8, 2005. Furthermore, we have filed a universal shelf registration statement
with the SEC, which was declared effective in August 2004, pursuant to which we may issue debt
securities, preferred stock, common stock and warrants to purchase debt securities, preferred stock
or common stock in an aggregate amount of up to $200 million, of which $113.8 million is available
for future issuances. To the extent that these options and warrants for our common stock are
exercised or we issue additional shares to raise capital to increase production capacity or if our
financial requirements otherwise warrant, the increase in the number of our outstanding shares of
common stock may adversely affect the price for our common stock. This could hurt our ability to
raise capital through the sale of equity securities. If we continue to require additional outside
sources of capital to finance, among other things, our research and development, product testing
and the manufacturing and marketing of our products, we may need to raise additional capital
through the sale of equity securities. We have agreed to issue and register for resale up to 1,931,853 additional shares, to former
OmegaTech stockholders and option holders pursuant to our Agreement and Plan of Merger with
OmegaTech, if certain regulatory and financial milestones were achieved by October 31, 2004. The
representative for these interest holders has asserted that shares related to two of these
milestones should be issued, an assertion with which we do not agree. While we have not resolved
this matter, a substantial number of these additional shares would be issued and become eligible
for resale if it were determined that these two milestones were achieved. See Item 1 of Part II of
this Form 10-Q, Legal Proceedings, for further discussion. The market price of our common stock
could decline as a result of sales of a large number of shares of our common stock in the market or
the perception that these sales could occur, which could limit your ability to sell at a price
satisfactory to you. Our current patents may not be able to provide protection against competitive products and we
may be unable to protect our intellectual property portfolio in the future. European and United States patent authorities have not adopted a consistent policy regarding the
breadth of claims allowed for health and bioscience patents. Our issued patents, or patents that we
may obtain in the future, may not afford adequate protection against competing technology because
governmental agencies may revoke our patents or may limit the scope of our patents. If this
happens, companies may be able to produce products using our previously patented technology. A
number of our competitors have challenged our patents, particularly in Europe:  
    Aventis S.A. and Nagase & Co. Ltd. are challenging our European patent covering our
DHA-containing oils. At a hearing in October 2000, the Opposition Division of the European
Patent Office (EPO) revoked our patent on the grounds that it was not novel. We
immediately appealed this ruling, and in July 2002 we received a positive ruling from an
Appeal Board of the EPO, setting aside the prior decision to revoke this patent. Consistent
with our request, the patent has been returned to the Opposition Division for a
determination as to whether it has met the legal requirement of inventive step. A
hearing is now scheduled for August 2005 and the process is not expected to be complete
until 2007.
    With respect to our ARA patent issued by the EPO, BASF AG, Friesland Brands B.V., and
Suntory Limited have filed their grounds for opposing this patent with the Opposition
Division of the EPO. Marteks blended oil patent will remain in full force and effect
throughout the opposition process. An initial hearing at the Opposition Division is
scheduled for April 2005. The opposition process is not expected to be completed until some
time in late 2006 or 2007.
    With respect to our blended-oil (blend of DHA and ARA oils for use in various
applications, including infant formula) patent issued by the EPO, BASF AG and Suntory
Limited have filed their grounds for opposing this patent with the Opposition Division of
the EPO. In November 2004, the Opposition Division of the EPO revoked Marteks European
DHA/ ARA oil blends patent as a result of these challenges. The Company immediately filed
an appeal of this decision; as a consequence, the blends patent has been reinstated and
will remain in full force and effect during the appeal. The appeal process is not expected
to be complete until 2006.
    Prior to our purchase of OmegaTech, Aventis Research and Technologies GmbH & Co. KG, and
Nagase Limited challenged OmegaTechs European patent covering its DHAcontaining oils. At
a hearing in December 2000, the Opposition Division of the EPO upheld some of the claims
and revoked other claims. OmegaTech immediately appealed this ruling, as did Aventis.
During the appeal process, the patent will remain in full force and effect. An appeal
hearing is scheduled for May 2005.
    In September 2003, we filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in
Delaware against Nutrinova Inc., Nutrinova Nutrition Specialties & Food Ingredients GmbH,
Celanese Ventures GmbH, and Celanese AG alleging infringement of two of our U.S. patents.
Celanese Ventures GmbH and Celanese Ag have been dropped from the lawsuit. We have added an
additional two patents to the suit, bringing the total number that Nutrinova is accused of
infringing to four patents. The lawsuit alleges that Nutrinova has been making, using,
offering to sell, selling and/or importing into the United States DHA that infringes the
patents. In October 2003, Nutrinova filed counterclaims alleging inequitable conduct and
invalidity, unenforceability and/or noninfringement of 19 of our U.S. patents. A scheduling
hearing in the case was held in January 2005, and the trial is scheduled for October 2006.
A hearing before the court on the meaning and scope of the patent claims in dispute is
scheduled to be held in late November 2005. We also filed a patent infringement suit
involving Nutrinova Nutrition Specialties & Food Ingredients GmbH and Celanese Ventures
GmbH in Germany in January 2004. The complaint alleges infringement of our European patent
relating to DHA-containing oils. A hearing in this case is scheduled to be held in a
district court in Dusseldorf in April 2005.
    Suntory has opposed our blended oil patent in Japan, where we believe there currently
are no sales of infant formula containing our blended oils. The patent was revoked by the
Japanese Patent Office and the revocation upheld by the Tokyo High Court in September 2004.
We appealed this decision to the Japanese Supreme Court and, as expected, that court has
declined to hear the matter. Thus, the revocation of this patent has become final. We
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    With respect to our ARA patent in South Korea, where we believe there are limited sales
of infant formula containing our ARA oil, Suntory has also filed an opposition. A hearing
on the matter has not been scheduled. Suntory has also initiated an invalidation case
against our blended oil patent in South Korea. Our response to Suntory was filed in
February 2005. No hearing date has been set. At this point, it is not possible to indicate
what the likely outcome of these two South Korean matters will be. If any of the challenges described above or any other challenges to our patents which may arise in
the future are successful, our competitors may be able to produce similar products and, as a
result, we may experience decreases in the future sales of our nutritional oils, decreases in the
royalty revenues on sales of infant formula containing our oils and decreases in license fees
related to our oils. If our products are found to infringe on the intellectual property rights of
others, we may have to pay substantial damages. The revocation of our European DHA patent, ARA
patent or blended-oils patent could result in a decrease in revenues under our license agreements. We expect that in the future, as our nutritional oils continue to be commercialized, opposition to
our intellectual property by our competitors will continue and most likely increase. We believe
that challenges to our suite of U.S. patents may arise in the future. We may incur substantial
costs in the future protecting and defending our patents and cannot be sure that we will be able to
successfully defend our patents or that our competitors will not be able to design around our
intellectual property. We are aware of several products that are currently available, and products under development,
that may present a serious competitive threat to our products. Our success depends upon achieving and maintaining a superior competitive position in the infant
formula and adult nutritional product markets. Many potential competitors, which include companies
such as BASF AG, Cargill, Suntory Limited, Celanese Ventures and Nagase & Co. Ltd., have
substantially greater research and development capabilities, marketing, financial and managerial
resources and experience in the industry. If a competitor develops a better product or technology,
our products or technologies may be rendered obsolete. We believe that, to date, we have developed the purest forms of DHA and ARA oils commercially
available in significant quantities; however, we are aware that other sources of DHA and ARA are or
may be available. Specifically:  
    the Ross Products Division of Abbott Laboratories filed a Generally Recognized as Safe
notification on January 2, 2002 seeking FDA concurrence that its fish oil source of DHA and
its fungal source of ARA are Generally Recognized as Safe when used as ingredients in
infant formula. At this time, the notification continues to be under consideration by the
FDA;
    Suntory Limited and Cargill Inc, through a joint venture with a company in China, and a
second, independent Chinese manufacturer have announced the intent to begin producing and
distributing a fungal source of ARA;
    some infant formulas now on the market outside the United States use DHA derived from other sources, such as fish or eggs;
    some baby food products now on the market in the United States use DHA derived from eggs;
    fish oil-based products currently dominate the adult DHA supplement market;
    certain foods containing fish oils are on the market in various parts of the world;
    we are aware that Nutrinova is actively marketing a DHA-rich microalgal oil to the food
and beverage and dietary supplement markets in the United States, China and Europe. We have
filed a patent infringement suit against Nutrinova in both the United States and Germany;
    we are aware that other companies, several with greater financial resources than ours,
are developing plant-based DHA and other companies are developing chemically synthesized
DHA; and
    we are aware of the development of microencapsulated fish oil products by several large
companies, including BASF and DSM. Although microencapsulation of the oil resolves many of
the odor, stability and taste issues found with fish oil, a microencapsulated product
currently is significantly more costly than regular fish oil. Because fish oil is
significantly less costly than our DHA oil, fish oil presents a substantial competitive
threat. As
of March 8, 2005, no other sources of DHA and ARA have received clearance from the FDA for
inclusion in U.S. infant formulas. Experts differ in their opinions on the importance of DHA and/or ARA in infant formula. Some
experts feel that they are not necessary ingredients for infant development and that
supplemented formulas will remain a premium product and never gain widespread acceptance. If
this occurs, or if clinical trials that are now ongoing do not yield positive results on the
benefits of DHA on cardiovascular or other health problems, our future revenues may be limited
in the infant formula market, foods market and the nutritional supplement market. Ultimately our success in the infant formula industry depends on growing acceptance of our
nutritional oils as necessary or beneficial additives to infant formulas. Notwithstanding existing
clinical results that have demonstrated the beneficial effects of adding our nutritional oils to
infant formula, some experts in the field of infant nutrition do not believe that our nutritional
oils are necessary or that they provide any long-term beneficial effects. There have also been
clinical studies where no beneficial effects have been found, possibly due to dose, duration or
other factors. Experts generally recommend that mothers breastfeed rather than use infant formulas
whether or not they contain our nutritional oils. Some experts also believe that infant formula
without our oils contains sufficient precursor fats that infants can convert into DHA and ARA as
needed. In addition, some physicians are unimpressed by studies showing that infant formulas
fortified with our oils improve infants cognitive ability at early ages, suggesting that these
results may not carry over to improved results later in life. Due to these differences in opinion,
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that the use of DHA and/or ARA in infant formula may never gain widespread acceptance worldwide. As
of January 31, 2005, our products have been in the U.S. infant formula market for approximately 3
years and we believe that these products have penetrated approximately 75% of the U.S. infant
formula market. Internationally, our products have been included in term infant formula in over 30
countries. Many of these introductions have occurred in the last three to four years. In addition to sales into the infant formula market, approximately 1% of product sales revenues in
the quarters ending January 31, 2005 and 2004 came from sales of our nutritional oils to the adult
supplement market. Investigators at universities and at other research centers, such as the
National Institutes of Health, have observed a relationship between low levels of DHA and a variety
of health risks. We are currently trying to establish what contribution, if any, supplementation
with our oils will make in addressing these problems. Although clinical data are not required to
market food ingredients or nutritional supplements outside of the infant formula market, we believe
that further clinical studies are needed to validate the benefits of DHA supplementation.
Accordingly, we are sponsoring studies to further investigate the potential benefit of DHA
supplementation on cardiovascular health and we are aware of research being conducted regarding the
impact of DHA supplementation on certain visual and neurological disorders. Unless these studies,
which are more extensive than earlier pilot studies, establish and quantify the positive impact of
DHA supplementation, we may only have a limited adult market opportunity. Our business would be harmed if we fail to comply with applicable good manufacturing practices
as required by the FDA. In connection with the manufacture of certain of our products, we are required to adhere to
applicable current good manufacturing practice (GMP) requirements as required by the FDA. GMP
regulations specify component and product testing standards, control quality assurance requirements
and records and other documentation controls. As the manufacturer of DHA and ARA that are marketed
as dietary supplements and used as ingredients in infant formulas sold in the United States, and
may be used in food and beverages, we are subject to GMP and various other requirements applicable
to such products. There can be no assurance that we will be able to continue to manufacture our
nutritional oils in accordance with relevant dietary supplement and infant formula requirements for
commercial use. Ongoing compliance with GMP and other applicable regulatory requirements is
monitored through periodic inspections by state and federal agencies, including the FDA and
comparable agencies in other countries. A determination that we are in violation of such GMP and
other regulations could lead to an interruption of our production output and the imposition of
civil penalties, including fines, product recalls or product seizures, and, in the most egregious
cases, criminal sanctions. Our corporate compliance program cannot guarantee that we are in compliance with all potentially
applicable federal and state regulations. Our business is subject to extensive federal and state regulation. Current products and products in
development cannot be sold if we or our customers do not obtain or maintain regulatory approvals.
While we have developed and instituted a corporate compliance program, we cannot assure you that we
or our employees are or will be in compliance with all potentially applicable federal and state
regulations. If we fail to comply with any of these regulations a range of actions could result,
including, but not limited to, the failure to approve a product candidate, restrictions on our
products or manufacturing processes, including withdrawal of our products from the market,
significant fines, or other sanctions. Our business exposes us to potential product liability claims and recalls, and our insurance may
not provide adequate coverage. Our development, manufacture and marketing of products involve an inherent risk of exposure to
product liability claims, product recalls, product seizures and related adverse publicity. In
addition, as only a small amount of our oils resides in our customers end product, a recall of our
oils could impact a much larger recall of our customers end products. Insurance coverage is
expensive and difficult to obtain, and we may be unable to obtain coverage in the future on
acceptable terms, if at all. Although we currently maintain product liability and recall insurance
for our products in the amounts we believe to be commercially reasonable, we cannot be certain that
the coverage limits of our insurance policies or those of our strategic partners will be adequate.
If we are unable to obtain sufficient insurance at an acceptable cost, if a successful product
liability claim is made against us, or if there is a product recall, whether fully covered by
insurance or not, our business and future sales could be adversely impacted. Our opportunity in the U.S. infant formula market may be limited by the adoption or renewal rate
of supplemented formulas into the Women, Infants and Children program. We estimate that of our total current annual U.S. market opportunity for sales of supplemented
infant formula, approximately half, or $70 million, will come from Women, Infant and Children
(WIC)-funded sales. Most WIC state agencies provide only one brand of infant formula to its
participants, depending on which company has the rebate contract in a particular state. Since early
2002, approximately 45 state WIC programs have adopted a brand of infant formula supplemented with
our oils. WIC is a federal grant program that is state administered for the benefit of low-income
nutritionally at-risk women, infants and children. If our licensees do not attempt to gain adoption
of a supplemented brand of infant formula in other states, other state WIC agencies do not agree to
adopt a supplemented infant formula into their WIC program, supplemented formulas are removed from
WIC programs that previously adopted them, or if any of our licensees fail to renew, in a timely
fashion, their contract awards from WIC agencies for the adoption of a supplemented infant formula,
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Our manufacturing process involves the handling of hazardous materials and the mishandling of
these hazardous materials could result in substantial costs and harm to our business. In connection with our research and manufacturing activities, we utilize some hazardous materials.
We are subject to federal, state and local laws and regulations governing the use, storage,
handling and management of hazardous materials and specified waste products. The cost of compliance
with these laws and regulations could be significant. Moreover, we could be subject to loss of our
permits, government fines or penalties and/or other adverse governmental or private party action if
such hazardous materials are used, stored, handled, emitted or otherwise managed in violation of
law or any permit. In addition, we could be subject to liability if hazardous materials are
released into the environment. A substantial fine, penalty or judgment, the payment of significant
environmental remediation costs or property or personal injury damages, or the loss of a permit or
other authorization to operate or engage in our ordinary course of business could result in
material, unanticipated expenses and the possible inability to satisfy customer demand for our
nutritional oils. On March 12, 2003, an explosion occurred at a public wastewater treatment works in Winchester,
Kentucky, resulting in property damage. On April 8, 2003, we received a report from the state fire
marshal that concluded that the incident resulted from the introduction of n-hexane into the local
sewer system. We use n-hexane in the production process for our DHA oil. The state fire marshal
report did not rule out other possible contributors to the incident. Although n-hexane was found at
the site of the incident, there are other factors which we believe may be relevant, including the
presence of other flammable substances that were not discharged from our plant and existing
conditions at the water treatment facility. We continue to have active discussions relating to the
cause of and determination of responsibility for the property damage with the City of Winchester,
the Winchester Municipal Utilities Commission (WMU) and WMUs insurer. We have entered into an
agreement with the City of Winchester, WMU and WMUs insurer to extend any applicable statute of
limitations and allow the parties to continue discussing this matter. We learned in March 2004 that
the federal Environmental Protection Agency, utilizing personnel from its Criminal Investigation
Division, had asked questions of current and former employees relating to the explosion at the
wastewater treatment plant and n-hexane. Current and former employees have testified before a
federal grand jury that is investigating the matter. As of January 31, 2005, we have recorded a
liability totaling approximately $1 million as an estimate of certain future costs that we might
incur as a result of this incident. Through January 31, 2005, we have incurred and paid
approximately $500,000 in legal fees related to the incident. In addition to any potential
liabilities for property damage, this incident resulted in the delay of the issuance of certain
permits required for the expansion of our existing Winchester plant and was a consideration in our
decision to begin immediate expansion at our Kingstree, South Carolina plant. While we cannot be
certain of the ultimate outcome of our discussions with the City of Winchester, WMU and WMUs
insurer or the Environmental Protection Agency and grand jury activity, we believe that they will
not have a material adverse impact on our production, financial condition or results of operations. Our adoption of the Financial Accounting Standards Boards SFAS No. 123 (revised 2004),
Share-Based Payment, or alternative incentive compensation plans that we could adopt could
result in our recognition of significant additional compensation expense. In October 2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board concluded that SFAS No. 123 (revised
2004), Share-Based Payment (SFAS 123R), would be effective for interim or annual periods
beginning after June 15, 2005. We currently expect to adopt SFAS 123R in the quarter ended October
31, 2005, and currently plan to apply SFAS 123Rs modified prospective method, whereby a company
recognizes share-based employee costs from the beginning of the fiscal period in which the
recognition provisions are first applied as if the fair-value-based accounting method had been used
to account for all employee awards granted, modified, or settled after the effective date and to
any awards that were not fully vested as of the effective date. SFAS 123R and the related
accounting is described in more detail in Note 1 to our consolidated financial statements under the
heading Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements. In December 2004 and January 2005, we
accelerated the vesting of certain unvested stock options previously issued by us. The
acceleration will enable us to avoid recording approximately $28 million of future compensation
expense that would have been required to be recognized under SFAS 123R. After giving effect to
this acceleration of vesting and based upon our projection of unvested stock options at the
implementation date, we expect the adoption to result in the recognition of additional compensation
expense of approximately $1.2 million to $1.7 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2005. In
light of our anticipated adoption of SFAS 123R, we and our compensation committee are reevaluating
our current incentive compensation plans and may adopt new plans that involve equity, cash or other
forms of incentive compensation that may increase the absolute amount or volatility of our future
compensation expense. Changes in foreign currency exchange rates or interest rates could result in losses. Beginning in January of 2004, our purchases of ARA from DSMs Capua, Italy plant were denominated
in euros. Fluctuations in the euro-U.S. dollar exchange rate can adversely impact our cost of ARA
oil and our gross margins. To reduce the risk of unpredictable changes in these costs, we may,
from time to time, enter into forward foreign exchange contracts. However, due to the variability
of timing and amount of payments under these contracts, the forward foreign exchange contracts may
not mitigate the potential adverse impact on our financial results and in fact may themselves cause
financial harm. We have entered into foreign currency forward contracts with outstanding notional
values aggregating approximately 13.8 million euros at January 31, 2005. The terms of these
contracts are from 30 to 90 days. We have significantly increased our manufacturing capacity, and have incurred substantial costs
in doing so. To achieve sufficient revenue from our nutritional oils, we must be able to produce sufficient
quantities of our nutritional oils at approved facilities. In connection with our efforts to
alleviate supply constraints with our infant formula licensees, we have completed an extensive
build-out in our Winchester, Kentucky facility and are nearing completion of an extensive expansion
of our Kingstree, South Carolina facility. The build-out at these two facilities is expensive, and
our ability to recover the costs we incurred in the build-outs will depend on increased revenue
from, and greater manufacturing efficiency achieved in the production of, our nutritional oils
produced at these facilities. There are no assurances that we will be able to achieve these goals. 7