ChromaDex Corp. [CDXC] Filings

10-Q 1 cdcx-20230930.htm 10-Q cdcx-20230930

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

☒ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2023

Commission File Number: 001-37752


			CHROMADEX CORPORATION
			(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)


Delaware						26-2940963
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)						(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

10900 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 600, Los Angeles, California						90024
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)						(Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (310) 388-6706

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of each class	Trading Symbol	Name of Each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share	CDXC	The Nasdaq Capital Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 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.

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Yes

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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 (Section 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).

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Yes

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

Large accelerated filer

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Accelerated filer

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Non-accelerated filer

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Smaller reporting company

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Emerging growth company

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If an emerging growth company, indicate 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.

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Yes

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

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Yes

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As of November 6, 2023 there were 75,124,418 shares of the registrant’s common stock issued and outstanding.

ChromaDex Corporation

Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q

For the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2023

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PART I - Financial Information (unaudited)			Pg.

Item 1. Financial Statements (unaudited):			3

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022			3

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and September 30, 2022			4

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and September 30, 2022			5

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and September 30, 2022			7

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements			8

Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations			27

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk			35

Item 4. Controls and Procedures			35

PART II - Other Information

Item 1. Legal Proceedings			35

Item 1A. Risk Factors			37







Item 5. Other information			56

Item 6. Exhibits			57

Signatures			58

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PART I

Item 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)

ChromaDex Corporation and Subsidiaries

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(In thousands except par values, unless otherwise indicated)


	September 30, 2023		December 31, 2022
Assets
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents, including restricted cash of $152 for both periods presented	$	26,773	$	20,441
Trade receivables, net of allowances of $993 and $122, respectively; Including receivables from Related Party of $2.9 million and $3.1 million, respectively	5,601		8,482
Inventories	12,624		14,677
Prepaid expenses and other assets	2,183		2,967
Total current assets	47,181		46,567

Leasehold improvements and equipment, net	2,293		2,799
Intangible assets, net	552		671
Right-of-use assets, net	3,003		3,523
Other long-term assets	454		497
Total assets	$	53,483	$	54,057
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
Current liabilities
Accounts payable	$	9,198	$	9,679
Accrued expenses	9,193		7,337
Current maturities of operating lease obligations	854		680
Current maturities of finance lease obligations	10		16
Customer deposits	189		157
Total current liabilities	19,444		17,869
Deferred revenue	3,806		3,955
Operating lease obligations, less current maturities	2,911		3,539
Finance lease obligations, less current maturities	14		22
Total liabilities	26,175		25,385

Commitments and Contingencies (Note 10)

Stockholders' Equity
Common stock, $0.001 par value; authorized 150,000 shares; 74,910 shares and 74,567 shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively	75		74
Additional paid-in capital	217,808		214,094
Accumulated deficit	(190,574)		(185,493)
Cumulative translation adjustments	(1)		(3)


Total stockholders' equity	27,308		28,672
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	$	53,483	$	54,057

See accompanying Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

(In thousands, except per share data)


	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2023		2022		2023		2022
Sales, net	$	19,495	$	17,063	$	62,374	$	51,054
Cost of sales	7,526		6,856		24,531		20,273
Gross profit	11,969		10,207		37,843		30,781

Operating expenses:
Sales and marketing	6,035		5,868		19,918		22,126
Research and development	1,241		1,224		3,799		3,547
General and administrative	5,840		6,180		19,557		22,292
Total operating expenses	13,116		13,272		43,274		47,965
Operating loss	(1,147)		(3,065)		(5,431)		(17,184)

Nonoperating income (expenses):
Other income, net - Employee Retention Tax Credit	—		2,085		—		2,085
Interest income (expense), net	188		(5)		379		(23)
Net loss	$	(959)	$	(985)	$	(5,052)	$	(15,122)





Basic and diluted loss per common share attributable to ChromaDex Corporation	$	(0.01)	$	(0.01)	$	(0.07)	$	(0.22)

Basic and diluted weighted average common shares outstanding	75,050		68,345		74,938		68,331

See accompanying Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity

(In thousands, unless otherwise indicated)


	Three Months Ended September 30, 2023
	Common Stock			Additional Paid-in Capital		Accumulated Deficit		Cumulative Translation Adjustments		Total Stockholders' Equity
	Shares	Amount

Balance, July 1, 2023	74,856	$	75	$	216,691	$	(189,615)	$	(1)	$	27,150


Issuance of restricted stock	54	—		—		—		—		—
Share-based compensation	—	—		1,117		—		—		1,117



Net loss	—	—		—		(959)		—		(959)
Balance, September 30, 2023	74,910	$	75	$	217,808	$	(190,574)	$	(1)	$	27,308


	Three Months Ended September 30, 2022
	Common Stock			Additional Paid-in Capital		Accumulated Deficit		Cumulative Translation Adjustments		Total Stockholders' Equity
	Shares	Amount
Balance, July 1, 2022	68,155	$	68	$	203,798	$	(183,090)	$	2	$	20,778


Issuance of restricted stock	14	—		—		—		—		—
Share-based compensation	—	—		1,229		—		—		1,229
Translation adjustment	—	—		—		—		1		1
Net loss	—	—		—		(985)		—		(985)
Balance, September 30, 2022	68,169	$	68	$	205,027	$	(184,075)	$	3	$	21,023

See accompanying Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity Continued

(In thousands, unless otherwise indicated)


	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2023
	Common Stock			Additional Paid-in Capital		Accumulated Deficit		Cumulative Translation Adjustments		Total Stockholders' Equity
	Shares	Amount

Balance, January 1, 2023	74,567	$	74	$	214,094	$	(185,493)	$	(3)	$	28,672


Issuance of restricted stock	343	1		—		—		—		1
Share-based compensation	—	—		3,714		—		—		3,714
Translation adjustment	—	—		—		—		2		2

Adjustment to retained earnings: Cumulative effect of initially adopting ASC 326	—	—		—		(29)		—		(29)
Net loss	—	—		—		(5,052)		—		(5,052)
Balance, September 30, 2023	74,910	$	75	$	217,808	$	(190,574)	$	(1)	$	27,308


	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2022
	Common Stock			Additional Paid-in Capital		Accumulated Deficit		Cumulative Translation Adjustments		Total Stockholders' Equity
	Shares	Amount
Balance, January 1, 2022	68,126	$	68	$	200,614	$	(168,953)	$	(2)	$	31,727


Issuance of restricted stock	43	—		—		—		—		—
Share-based compensation	—	—		4,413		—		—		4,413
Translation adjustment	—	—		—		—		5		5
Net loss	—	—		—		(15,122)		—		(15,122)
Balance, September 30, 2022	68,169	$	68	$	205,027	$	(184,075)	$	3	$	21,023

See accompanying Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(In thousands)


	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2023		2022

Cash Flows From Operating Activities
Net loss	$	(5,052)	$	(15,122)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:

Depreciation of leasehold improvements and equipment	693		648
Amortization of intangibles	119		143
Amortization of right of use assets	520		638
Share-based compensation expense	3,714		4,413
(Gain) Loss on disposal of leasehold improvements and equipment	(5)		7
Provision for doubtful trade receivables	945		28
Non-cash financing costs	60		54
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Trade receivables	1,907		454
Inventories	2,053		(2,035)
Implementation costs for cloud computing arrangement	(60)		(281)
Prepaid expenses and other assets	767		(2,261)
Accounts payable	(481)		(1,304)
Accrued expenses	1,856		275
Deferred revenue	(149)		(118)
Customer deposits and other	35		2
Operating lease liabilities	(454)		(311)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	6,468		(14,770)

Cash Flows From Investing Activities
Purchases of leasehold improvements and equipment	(127)		(162)
Proceeds from the sale of leasehold improvements and equipment, net	5		—


Net cash used in investing activities	(122)		(162)

Cash Flows From Financing Activities


Payment of debt issuance costs	—		(15)
Principal payments on finance leases	(14)		(10)
Net cash used in financing activities	(14)		(25)

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	6,332		(14,957)
Cash and cash equivalents, including restricted cash of $152 for both periods - beginning of period	20,441		28,219
Cash and cash equivalents, including restricted cash of $152 for both periods - end of period	$	26,773	$	13,262

Supplemental Disclosures of Cash Flow Information

Cash payments for principal on operating lease liabilities	$	508	$	372

Supplemental Schedule of Noncash Operating Activity

Adjustment to retained earnings, cumulative effect of initially adopting ASC 326	$	29	$	—

See accompanying Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.


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			Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

Note 1. Nature of Business

ChromaDex Corporation and its wholly owned subsidiaries, ChromaDex, Inc., ChromaDex International, Inc., ChromaDex Analytics, Inc., ChromaDex Asia Limited, Asia Pacific Scientific, Inc., ChromaDex Europa B.V. and ChromaDex Sağlik Ürünleri Anonim Şirketi (collectively, “ChromaDex” or the “Company”) are a global bioscience company dedicated to healthy aging. The ChromaDex team, which includes world-renowned scientists, is pioneering research on nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+), an essential coenzyme that is a key regulator of cellular metabolism and is found in every cell of the human body. NAD+ levels in humans have been shown to decline with age, among other factors, and may be increased through supplementation with NAD+ precursors.

ChromaDex is the innovator behind the NAD+ precursor nicotinamide riboside (NR), commercialized as the flagship ingredient Niagen®. Nicotinamide riboside and other NAD+ precursors are protected by ChromaDex’s patent and/or licensed rights portfolio. The Company delivers Niagen® as the sole active ingredient in its consumer product Tru Niagen®. The Company further develops and commercializes proprietary-based ingredient technologies and supplies these ingredients as raw materials to the manufacturers of consumer products. Additionally, the Company offers natural product fine chemicals, known as phytochemicals, and related research and development services.

Note 2. Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation: The accompanying Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“generally accepted accounting principles” or “GAAP”) for interim financial information and the instructions to Form 10-Q and Regulation S-X promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. In the opinion of management, the interim Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements include all adjustments, including normal recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair presentation of the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows for such periods. Results of operations for any interim period are not necessarily indicative of results for any other interim period or for the full year. These Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s 2022 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 8, 2023.

Basis of Consolidation: The accompanying Unaudited Condensed Financial Statements and notes thereto have been prepared on a consolidated basis and reflect the consolidated financial position of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated from these financial statements.

Significant Accounting Policies: There have been no changes to the Company’s significant accounting policies described in the Company’s 2022 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC that have had a material impact on the Company’s Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and related notes.

Recent Accounting Standards Adopted by the Company: In June 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2016-13, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic ASC 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments. The standard’s main goal is to improve financial reporting by requiring earlier recognition of credit losses on financing receivables and other financial assets in scope. The new guidance represents significant changes to accounting for credit losses: (i) full lifetime expected credit losses will be recognized upon initial recognition of an asset in scope; (ii) the current incurred loss impairment model that recognizes losses when a probable threshold is met will be replaced with the expected credit loss impairment method without recognition threshold; and (iii) the expected credit losses estimate will be based upon historical information, current conditions, and reasonable and supportable forecasts. ASU 2016-13 introduces two distinctive credit loss impairment models: (i) current expected credit loss impairment model (Subtopic 326-20) applicable to financial assets measured at amortized cost; and (ii) available-for-sale debt securities impairment model (Subtopic 326-30). The Company adopted this standard on January 1, 2023 using the modified retrospective method resulting in an adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings of $29,000.


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Note 3. Liquidity

Evaluation of Ability to Maintain Current Level of Operations

In connection with the preparation of these Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for the nine months ended September 30, 2023, management evaluated whether there were conditions and events, considered in the aggregate, that raised substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to meet its obligations as they became due over the next twelve months from the date of issuance of the Company’s third quarter of 2023 interim Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. Management assessed that there were such conditions and events, including a history of recurring operating losses, a history of negative cash flows from operating activities and inflationary pressures. For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, the Company incurred a net loss of $5.1 million, however, during the same period the Company’s operating activities provided cash of $6.5 million. As of September 30, 2023, the Company had unrestricted cash and cash equivalents of $26.6 million which consists of bank deposits and short-term investments, including low-risk, fixed-income investments and highly liquid investment-grade debt instruments with an original maturity of three months or less. The fair value of the Company’s cash and cash equivalents is derived using Level 1 inputs.

Management evaluated these conditions and anticipates that its current unrestricted cash and cash equivalents and cash to be generated from net sales will be sufficient to meet its financial obligations as they become due over at least the next twelve months from the issuance date of these Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. The Company may, however, seek additional capital within the next twelve months, both to fund its projected operating plans after the next twelve months and/or to fund the Company’s longer-term strategic objectives.

Note 4. Loss Per Share Applicable to Common Stockholders

The following table sets forth the computations of loss per share amounts applicable to common stockholders for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022:


	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
(In thousands, except per share data)	2023		2022		2023		2022
Net loss	$	(959)	$	(985)	$	(5,052)	$	(15,122)

Basic and diluted loss per common share	$	(0.01)	$	(0.01)	$	(0.07)	$	(0.22)

Basic and diluted weighted average common shares outstanding (1):	75,050		68,345		74,938		68,331

Potentially dilutive securities (2):
Stock options	11,917		10,064		11,917		10,064
Restricted stock units	677		748		677		748

(1) Includes a weighted average of approximately 167 and 177 nonvested shares of restricted stock for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, respectively, and 183 nonvested shares of restricted stock for each of the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 which are participating securities that feature voting and dividend rights.

(2) Excluded from the computation of loss per share as their impact is antidilutive.


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Note 5. Business Segments

The Company has the following three reportable segments:

•Consumer Products segment: provides finished dietary supplement products that contain the Company's proprietary ingredients directly to consumers as well as to distributors;

•Ingredients segment: develops and commercializes proprietary-based ingredient technologies and supplies these ingredients as raw materials to the manufacturers of consumer products; and

•Analytical Reference Standards and Services segment: offers the supply of phytochemical reference standards and other research and development services.

The Company’s reportable segments are significant operating segments that offer differentiated services. This structure reflects the Company’s current operational and financial management and provides the best structure to maximize the Company's objectives and investment strategy, while maintaining financial discipline. The Company's Chief Executive Officer, who is its chief operating decision maker (CODM), reviews financial information for each operating segment to evaluate performance and allocate resources. The Company evaluates performance and allocates resources based on reviewing net sales, gross profit and operating income (loss) by reportable segment. The Company's CODM does not review assets by segment in his evaluation and therefore assets by segment are not disclosed below. There are no intersegment sales that require elimination. The “Corporate and other” classification includes corporate items not allocated by the Company to each reportable segment.

The following tables set forth financial information by segment:


Three months ended September 30, 2023	Consumer Products segment		Ingredients segment		Analytical Reference Standards and Services segment		Corporate and other		Total

(In thousands)
Net sales	$	17,400	$	1,424	$	671	$	—	$	19,495
Cost of sales	6,024		739		763		—		7,526
Gross profit (loss)	11,376		685		(92)		—		11,969
Operating expenses:
Sales and marketing	5,934		—		101		—		6,035
Research and development	1,142		99		—		—		1,241
General and administrative	—		—		—		5,840		5,840
Operating expenses	7,076		99		101		5,840		13,116

Operating income (loss)	$	4,300	$	586	$	(193)	$	(5,840)	$	(1,147)


Nine Months Ended September 30, 2023	Consumer Products segment		Ingredients segment		Analytical Reference Standards and Services segment		Corporate and other		Total

(In thousands)
Net sales	$	51,924	$	8,252	$	2,198	$	—	$	62,374
Cost of sales	18,387		3,852		2,292		—		24,531
Gross profit (loss)	33,537		4,400		(94)		—		37,843
Operating expenses:
Sales and marketing	19,599		37		282		—		19,918
Research and development	3,278		521		—		—		3,799
General and administrative	—		—		—		19,557		19,557
Operating expenses	22,877		558		282		19,557		43,274

Operating income (loss)	$	10,660	$	3,842	$	(376)	$	(19,557)	$	(5,431)


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Three months ended September 30, 2022	Consumer Products segment		Ingredients segment		Analytical Reference Standards and Services segment		Corporate and other		Total

(In thousands)
Net sales	$	14,561	$	1,819	$	683	$	—	$	17,063
Cost of sales	5,224		899		733		—		6,856
Gross profit (loss)	9,337		920		(50)		—		10,207
Operating expenses:
Sales and marketing	5,696		12		160		—		5,868
Research and development	1,089		135		—		—		1,224
General and administrative	—		—		—		6,180		6,180
Operating expenses	6,785		147		160		6,180		13,272

Operating income (loss)	$	2,552	$	773	$	(210)	$	(6,180)	$	(3,065)


Nine Months Ended September 30, 2022	Consumer Products segment		Ingredients segment		Analytical Reference Standards and Services segment		Corporate and other		Total

(In thousands)
Net sales	$	44,018	$	4,710	$	2,326	$	—	$	51,054
Cost of sales	15,694		2,302		2,277		—		20,273
Gross profit	28,324		2,408		49		—		30,781
Operating expenses:
Sales and marketing	21,634		36		456		—		22,126
Research and development	3,204		343		—		—		3,547
General and administrative	—		—		—		22,292		22,292
Operating expenses	24,838		379		456		22,292		47,965

Operating income (loss)	$	3,486	$	2,029	$	(407)	$	(22,292)	$	(17,184)

Disaggregation of Revenue

The Company disaggregates its revenue from contracts with customers by type of goods or services for each of its segments, as the Company believes it best depicts how the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of its revenue and cash flows are affected by economic factors. Disaggregated revenues are as follows:


Three Months Ended September 30, 2023	Consumer Products Segment		Ingredients Segment		Analytical Reference Standards and Services Segment		Total
(In thousands)
Tru Niagen®, Consumer Product	$	17,400	$	—	$	—	$	17,400
Niagen® Ingredient	—		1,424		—		1,424
Subtotal Niagen® Related	17,400		1,424		—		18,824

Other Ingredients	—		—		—		—
Reference Standards	—		—		654		654
Consulting and Other	—		—		17		17
Subtotal Other Goods and Services	—		—		671		671

Total Net Sales	$	17,400	$	1,424	$	671	$	19,495


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Nine Months Ended September 30, 2023	Consumer Products Segment		Ingredients Segment		Analytical Reference Standards and Services Segment		Total
(In thousands)
Tru Niagen®, Consumer Product	$	51,924	$	—	$	—	$	51,924
Niagen® Ingredient	—		7,822		—		7,822
Subtotal Niagen® Related	51,924		7,822		—		59,746

Other Ingredients	—		430		—		430
Reference Standards	—		—		2,122		2,122
Consulting and Other	—		—		76		76
Subtotal Other Goods and Services	—		430		2,198		2,628

Total Net Sales	$	51,924	$	8,252	$	2,198	$	62,374


Three Months Ended September 30, 2022	Consumer Products Segment		Ingredients Segment		Analytical Reference Standards and Services Segment		Total
(In thousands)
Tru Niagen®, Consumer Product	$	14,561	$	—	$	—	$	14,561
Niagen® Ingredient	—		1,804		—		1,804
Subtotal Niagen® Related	14,561		1,804		—		16,365

Other Ingredients	—		15		—		15
Reference Standards	—		—		661		661
Consulting and Other	—		—		22		22
Subtotal Other Goods and Services	—		15		683		698

Total Net Sales	$	14,561	$	1,819	$	683	$	17,063


Nine Months Ended September 30, 2022	Consumer Products Segment		Ingredients Segment		Analytical Reference Standards and Services Segment		Total
(In thousands)
Tru Niagen®, Consumer Product	$	44,018	$	—	$	—	$	44,018
Niagen® Ingredient	—		4,389		—		4,389
Subtotal Niagen® Related	44,018		4,389		—		48,407

Other Ingredients	—		321		—		321
Reference Standards	—		—		2,248		2,248
Consulting and Other	—		—		78		78
Subtotal Other Goods and Services	—		321		2,326		2,647

Total Net Sales	$	44,018	$	4,710	$	2,326	$	51,054


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			Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

Disclosure of Major Customers

Major customers are defined as customers whose sales or trade receivables individually consist of more than ten percent of total sales or total trade receivables, respectively. Percentage of net sales from major customers of the Company’s consumer products segment and ingredients segment for the periods indicated were as follows:


	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
Major Customers	2023		2022		2023		2022
A.S. Watson Group - Related Party	16.0	%	15.4	%	15.7	%	12.0	%

The percentage of the amounts due from major customers to total trade receivables, net for the periods indicated were as follows:



Major Customers	At September 30, 2023		At December 31, 2022
A.S. Watson Group - Related Party	52.0	%	36.6	%
Nestlé (NHSc)	*		23.6	%

Amazon Marketplaces	20.2	%	*
Life Extension	12.9	%	*

* Represents less than 10%

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, the Company recorded provision for doubtful trade receivables of approximately $0.2 million and $0.9 million, respectively. Primarily, the higher provision was a result of the Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing by iMedia Brands, Inc., which owns ShopHQ, a multiplatform interactive television network, which has been a sales channel for Tru Niagen®.

As of September 30, 2023, concentration for the Company's outstanding trade receivables is significant, with approximately 85% of the total outstanding trade receivables aggregated among three customers. Whenever a significant concentration is present it poses a potential risk to the Company's financial performance and cash flows, as any adverse changes in the payment behavior or financial health of these major customers could impact the Company's cash flows and financial results.

The Company has determined that the current concentration is primarily due to the timing of purchases, and the Company does not consider the concentration of its trade receivables to be a significant risk. Nevertheless, to ensure prudence and safeguard against potential challenges arising from this concentration, the Company remains vigilant in monitoring the creditworthiness and payment behavior of these major customers. Furthermore, the Company continues to pursue new partnerships and business opportunities which helps to diversify its customer base and minimize the risk of an overreliance on any particular trade receivable. Despite the Company’s risk mitigation efforts, there is no assurance that the Company will not experience delays or defaults in payment from its customers, which could result in an increase in the Company's bad debt expense, a reduction in cash flows, and a negative impact on its financial performance.


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Note 6. Related Party Transactions

A.S. Watson Group is a related party through common ownership of an enterprise that beneficially owns more than 10% of the common stock of the Company. The sale of consumer products and corresponding trade receivables to related parties during the periods indicated are as follows:



	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
Net Sales	2023		2022		2023		2022
A.S. Watson Group - Related Party	$3.1	million	$2.6	million	$9.8	million	$6.7	million



Trade Receivable as of	September 30, 2023		December 31, 2022
A.S. Watson Group - Related Party	$2.9	million	$3.1	million

Note 7. Inventories

The Company's major classes of inventory and corresponding balances as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022 are as follows:


(In thousands)	September 30, 2023		December 31, 2022
Consumer Products - Finished Goods	$	7,078	$	7,901
Consumer Products - Work in Process	2,201		2,992
Bulk ingredients	2,784		3,284
Reference standards	561		500
Total Inventory	$	12,624	$	14,677

Note 8. Leases

The Company accounts for its leases in accordance with ASU No. 2016-02 (Topic 842) which requires that a lessee recognize the assets and liabilities that arise from operating leases. The ASU requires lessees to recognize a liability for lease obligations, which represents the discounted obligation to make future lease payments, and a corresponding right-of-use (ROU) asset on the balance sheet. The Company leases office space facilities and a research and development laboratory under non-cancelable operating leases with varying expirations extending through fiscal year 2029. The lease agreements provide for renewal options and rent escalation over the lease term as well as require the Company to pay maintenance, insurance and property taxes. Lease expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease.

Operating Leases

As of September 30, 2023, the Company had right-of-use assets and corresponding operating lease liabilities of approximately $3.0 million and $3.8 million, respectively. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, the components of operating lease expense are as follows:


	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
(In thousands)	2023		2022		2023		2022
Operating leases
Operating lease expense	$	231	$	235	$	692	$	727
Variable lease expense	79		47		191		132
Operating lease expense	310		282		883		859
Short-term lease rent expense	4		33		12		160
Total expense	$	314	$	315	$	895	$	1,019


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	At September 30, 2023
Weighted-average remaining lease term (years), operating leases	4.0
Weighted-average discount rate, operating leases	5.7	%

Future minimum lease payments under operating leases as of September 30, 2023 are as follows:


Year	(In thousands)
2023 (Remainder)	$	231
2024	1,101
2025	1,135
2026	901
2027	491
2028	358
Thereafter	30
Total	4,247
Less present value discount	(482)
Present value of total operating lease liabilities	3,765
Less current portion	(854)
Long-term obligations under operating leases	$	2,911

Subsequent to September 30, 2023, the Company entered into a lease amendment for its Los Angeles, California office space. Pursuant to this amendment, the Company received a total value of approximately $355,000 in rent abatement for approximately eight months starting in November 2023.

Note 9. Share-Based Compensation

Equity Plans

The Company grants awards to recipients through the 2017 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (the “2017 Plan”), which was approved by stockholders and the Board of Directors. In June 2023, stockholders approved an amendment to the Company’s 2017 Equity Incentive Plan to increase the number of shares available for issuance by 3.65 million shares of common stock. Pursuant to the latest amendment, the 2017 Plan provides for the issuance of shares that total no more than the sum of (i) 18,150,000 new shares, (ii) any returning shares such as forfeited, cancelled, or expired shares granted under either the 2017 Plan or the Second Amended and Restated 2007 Equity Incentive Plan and (iii) 500,000 shares pursuant to an inducement award. The number of shares available to be issued under the 2017 Plan will be reduced by (i) one share for each share that relates to an option or stock appreciation right award and (ii) 1.5 shares for each share which relates to an award other than a stock option or stock appreciation right award (a full-value award). As of September 30, 2023, there were approximately 5.7 million remaining shares available for issuance under the 2017 Plan. Options expire 10 years from the date of grant.

The Company uses the Black-Scholes option-pricing model to recognize the value of stock-based compensation expense for stock option awards that are not market based. Determining the appropriate fair-value model and calculating the fair value of stock option awards at the grant date requires judgment, including estimating stock price volatility and expected option life. The fair-value of the restricted stock unit awards at the grant date is based on the market price on the grant date. The Company develops estimates based on historical data and market information, which can change significantly over time, and adjusts for forfeitures as they occur.

General Vesting Conditions

The Company’s stock options and restricted stock unit (RSU) awards are generally subject to a one-year cliff vesting period after which 1/3rd of the shares vest with the remaining shares vesting ratably each month over a two-year period subject to the applicable grantee’s continued service. Beginning in the second quarter of 2022, RSU awards are generally subject to a three-year vesting period with 1/3rd vesting per year on the anniversary of the grant date. Certain stock option awards are market or performance based and vest based on certain triggering events established by the Compensation Committee. Certain executive stock option and RSU awards provide for accelerated vesting if there is a change in control or termination without cause.


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Stock Options

The Company used the following weighted average assumptions for options granted during the nine months ended September 30, 2023:


Weighted Average:	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2023
Expected term	6.2 years
Expected volatility	75.4	%
Risk-free rate	3.6	%
Expected dividends	—	%

Service Period Based Stock Options

The following table summarizes activity of service period-based stock options during the nine months ended September 30, 2023:


		Weighted Average
(In thousands except per share data and remaining contractual term)	Number of Options	Exercise Price		Remaining Contractual Term (Years)	Aggregate Intrinsic Value
Outstanding at December 31, 2022	9,397	$	4.21	6.2	$	44
Options Granted	2,650	1.79
Options Exercised	—	—			—
Options Forfeited	(1,171)	3.98
Outstanding at September 30, 2023	10,876	$	3.64	6.1	$	3	*

Exercisable at September 30, 2023	7,507	$	4.32	4.6	$	1	*

*The aggregate intrinsic values in the table above are based on the Company’s stock price of $1.46, which is the closing price of the Company’s stock on the last day of business for the period ended September 30, 2023.

There were no activities related to performance or market-based stock options during the nine months ended September 30, 2023.

Restricted Stock Units

The following table summarizes activity of RSUs during the nine months ended September 30, 2023:


(In thousands except per share fair value)	Number of RSUs	Weighted Average Fair Value
Unvested shares at December 31, 2022	650	$	2.77
Granted	429	1.81
Vested	(327)	2.83
Forfeited	(75)	2.35
Unvested shares at September 30, 2023	677	$	2.18

Expected to vest at September 30, 2023	677	$	2.18


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Restricted Stock Awards

The following table summarizes activity of restricted stock awards during the periods indicated:


(In thousands except per share fair value)	Number of Awards	Weighted Average Fair Value
Unvested shares at December 31, 2022	183	$	3.25
Granted	—	—
Vested	(16)	$	4.23
Forfeited	—	—
Unvested shares at September 30, 2023	167	$	3.15

Expected to vest as of September 30, 2023	167	$	3.15

Total Share-Based Compensation

Total share-based compensation expense was as follows:


	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
(In thousands)	2023		2022		2023		2022
Share-based compensation expense
Cost of sales	$	87	$	73	$	253	$	203
Sales and marketing	180		414		879		1,134
Research and development	247		252		746		730
General and administrative	603		490		1,836		2,346
Total	$	1,117	$	1,229	$	3,714	$	4,413

In future periods, the Company expects to recognize approximately $4.3 million and $1.2 million in share-based compensation expense for unvested options and unvested RSUs, respectively, that were outstanding as of September 30, 2023. Future share-based compensation expense will be recognized over 1.5 and 1.7 weighted average years for unvested options and RSUs, respectively. The Company also has total unrecognized share-based compensation expense of $1.0 million pertaining to the Joint Venture. Such expense will only be recognized if Blue Hat Registration is achieved, the timing of which is uncertain as of September 30, 2023. For additional discussion of the Joint Venture, see Note 12, Joint Venture Agreement.


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Note 10. Commitments and Contingencies

Legal proceedings

1. Elysium Health, LLC

(A) California Action

On December 29, 2016, ChromaDex filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, naming Elysium Health, Inc. (together with Elysium Health, LLC, “Elysium”) as defendant (Complaint). On January 25, 2017, Elysium filed an answer and counterclaims in response to the Complaint (together with the Complaint, the “California Action”). Over the course of the California Action, the parties have each filed amended pleadings several times and have each engaged in several rounds of motions to dismiss and one round of motion for judgment on the pleadings with respect to various claims. Most recently, on November 27, 2018, ChromaDex filed a fifth amended complaint that added an individual, Mark Morris, as a defendant. Elysium and Morris (Defendants) moved to dismiss on December 21, 2018. The court denied Defendants’ motion on February 4, 2019. Defendants filed their answer to ChromaDex’s fifth amended complaint on February 19, 2019. ChromaDex filed an answer to Elysium’s restated counterclaims on March 5, 2019. Discovery closed on August 9, 2019.

On August 16, 2019, the parties filed motions for partial summary judgment as to certain claims and counterclaims. The parties filed opposition briefs on August 28, 2019, and reply briefs on September 4, 2019. On October 9, 2019, among other things, the court vacated the previously scheduled trial date, ordered supplemental briefing with respect to certain issues related to summary judgment. Elysium filed its opening supplemental brief on October 30, 2019, ChromaDex filed its opening supplemental brief on November 18, 2019, and Elysium filed a reply brief on November 27, 2019, and the court heard argument on January 13, 2020. On January 16, 2020, the court granted both parties’ motions for summary judgment in part and denied both in part. On ChromaDex’s motion, the court granted summary judgment in favor of ChromaDex on Elysium’s counterclaims for (i) breach of contract related to manufacturing Niagen® according to the defined standard, selling Niagen® and ingredients that are substantially similar to pterostilbene to other customers, distributing the Niagen® product specifications, and failing to provide information concerning the quality and identity of Niagen®, and (ii) breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing. The court denied summary judgment on Elysium’s counterclaims for (i) fraudulent inducement of the Trademark License and Royalty Agreement, dated February 3, 2014, by and between ChromaDex and Elysium (License Agreement), (ii) patent misuse, and (iii) unjust enrichment. On Elysium’s motion, the court granted summary judgment in favor of Elysium on ChromaDex’s claim for damages related to $110,000 in avoided costs arising from documents that Elysium used in violation of the Supply Agreement, dated February 3, 2014, by and between ChromaDex and Elysium, as amended (Niagen® Supply Agreement). The court denied summary judgment on Elysium’s counterclaim for breach of contract related to certain refunds or credits to Elysium. The court also denied summary judgment on ChromaDex’s breach of contract claim against Morris and claims for disgorgement of $8.3 million in Elysium’s resale profits, $600,000 for a price discount received by Elysium, and $684,781 in Morris’s compensation.

Following the court’s January 16, 2020 order, ChromaDex’s claims asserted in the California Action, among other allegations, were that (i) Elysium breached the Supply Agreement, dated June 26, 2014, by and between ChromaDex and Elysium (pTeroPure® Supply Agreement), by failing to make payments to ChromaDex for purchases of pTeroPure® and by improper disclosure of confidential ChromaDex information pursuant to the pTeroPure® Supply Agreement, (ii) Elysium breached the Niagen® Supply Agreement, by failing to make payments to ChromaDex for purchases of Niagen®, (iii) Defendants willfully and maliciously misappropriated ChromaDex trade secrets concerning its ingredient sales business under both the California Uniform Trade Secrets Act and the Federal Defend Trade Secrets Act, (iv) Morris breached two confidentiality agreements he signed by improperly stealing confidential ChromaDex documents and information, (v) Morris breached his fiduciary duty to ChromaDex by lying to and competing with ChromaDex while still employed there, and (vi) Elysium aided and abetted Morris’s breach of fiduciary duty. ChromaDex sought damages and interest for Elysium’s alleged breaches of the Niagen® Supply Agreement and pTeroPure® Supply Agreement and Morris’s alleged breaches of his confidentiality agreements, compensatory damages and interest, punitive damages, injunctive relief, and attorney’s fees for Defendants’ alleged willful and malicious misappropriation of ChromaDex’s trade secrets, and compensatory damages and interest, disgorgement of all benefits received, and punitive damages for Morris’s alleged breach of his fiduciary duty and Elysium’s aiding and abetting of that alleged breach.


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Elysium’s claims alleged in the California Action were that (i) ChromaDex breached the Niagen® Supply Agreement by not issuing certain refunds or credits to Elysium, (ii) ChromaDex fraudulently induced Elysium into entering into the License Agreement, (iv) ChromaDex’s conduct constitutes misuse of its patent rights, and (v) ChromaDex was unjustly enriched by the royalties Elysium paid pursuant to the License Agreement. Elysium sought damages for ChromaDex’s alleged breaches of the Niagen® Supply Agreement, and compensatory damages, punitive damages, and/or rescission of the License Agreement and restitution of any royalty payments conveyed by Elysium pursuant to the License Agreement, and a declaratory judgment that ChromaDex has engaged in patent misuse.

On January 17, 2020, Elysium moved to substitute its counsel. The same day, the court ordered hearing on that motion for January 21, 2020, and granted Elysium’s motion at the hearing. On January 23, 2020, the court issued a scheduling order that, among other things, set trial on the remaining claims to begin on May 12, 2020. On March 19, 2020, in light of the global 2019 coronavirus disease ("COVID-19" or "COVID") pandemic and ongoing private mediation efforts, the parties jointly stipulated to adjourn the trial date. The court vacated the trial date on March 20, 2020. The court held a telephonic status conference on June 9, 2020, during which the court indicated that it will reschedule the jury trial as soon as conditions permit. On November 4, 2020, the parties submitted a joint status report indicating that they will propose a new trial date as soon as the court announces that it will resume jury trials. On November 18, 2020, the court set trial to begin on September 21, 2021.

On December 11, 2020, Elysium filed a “Notice of Correction of Depositions” related to the depositions of its chief executive officer, Eric Marcotulli, and chief operating officer, Daniel Alminana, both taken in March 2019. On March 8, 2021, based in part on information that Elysium submitted under seal with that notice, ChromaDex filed a motion for sanctions or, in the alternative, reconsideration of the court’s January 16, 2020 order regarding summary judgment, in which ChromaDex moved to dismiss Elysium’s third, fourth, and fifth counterclaims. Elysium’s opposition brief was filed on March 22, 2021. ChromaDex filed its reply brief on March 29, 2021. On April 27, 2021, the court denied ChromaDex, Inc’s motion for terminating sanctions, but concluded that the evidence at issue in the motion will be admissible at trial.

The jury trial portion of the case commenced on September 21, 2021. The jury returned a verdict on September 27, 2021. The verdict found (i) Elysium liable for breaches of the Niagen® and pTeroPure® Supply Agreements for failing to pay for purchases of the ingredients totaling approximately $3.0 million, (ii) Mark Morris liable for breach of a confidentiality agreement, requiring him to disgorge approximately $17,307, (iii) ChromaDex liable for breaching the Niagen® Supply Agreement for not issuing certain refunds or credits to Elysium in the amount of $625,000, and (iv) ChromaDex liable for fraudulent inducement of the Licensing Agreement in the amount of $250,000, along with $1,025,000 in punitive damages arising from the same counterclaim. On October 25, 2021, ChromaDex informed the court that it would request prejudgment interest on the approximately $3.0 million in damages awarded by the jury for Elysium’s breaches of the Niagen® and pTeroPure® Supply Agreements. Elysium’s opposition brief was filed on January 24, 2022, and ChromaDex, Inc.’s reply brief was filed on January 31, 2022. On February 10, 2022, the court denied ChromaDex Inc.’s motion for prejudgment interest.

On February 18, 2022, ChromaDex, Inc. and Elysium jointly filed a notice informing the court that ChromaDex, Inc. had filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (SDNY Court) a motion to enforce a settlement agreement between ChromaDex, Inc. and Elysium that ChromaDex, Inc. asserts would materially affect the California Action. On April 22, 2022, ChromaDex, Inc. and Elysium jointly filed a notice informing the court that the SDNY Court had granted ChromaDex, Inc.’s motion to enforce the settlement agreement. On April 29, 2022, ChromaDex, Inc. filed a notice informing the court that the SDNY Court had dismissed the SDNY action with prejudice pursuant to the settlement agreement. On August 22, 2022, ChromaDex, Inc. filed a motion for entry of judgment pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 54(b) on the basis that the settlement agreement was enforceable and resolved the claims and counterclaims tried to the jury in the California Action. Elysium’s opposition brief was filed on August 29, 2022, and ChromaDex, Inc.’s reply brief was filed on September 2, 2022. On September 13, 2022, the court denied ChromaDex, Inc.’s motion for entry of judgment pursuant to Rule 54(b).


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On September 28, 2022, ChromaDex, Inc., Elysium, and Mark Morris filed a joint stipulation requesting that the court stay the California Action pending the final resolution of ChromaDex, Inc.’s appeal in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit captioned ChromaDex, Inc. v. Elysium Health, Inc., No. 2022-1116 (the “Federal Circuit Appeal”). On September 28, 2022, the court issued an order staying the California Action pending the final resolution of the Federal Circuit Appeal. On June 16, 2023, ChromaDex, Elysium, and Mark Morris filed a joint status report and stipulation informing the court that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit had issued its mandate in the Federal Circuit Appeal and requesting the court continue the stay of the California Action until August 22, 2023, in order to allow the parties in the Federal Circuit Appeal the opportunity to file a petition for a writ of certiorari in the Supreme Court. On June 20, 2023, the court approved the joint stipulation and continued the stay until August 22, 2023. On August 14, 2023, at the request of the parties, the court further continued the stay until September 21, 2023. On September 15, 2023, ChromaDex, Elysium, and Mark Morris filed a joint status report and stipulation informing the court that ChromaDex and the Trustees of Dartmouth College had filed a petition for writ of certiorari in the Supreme Court and requesting the court continue the stay pending the Supreme Court’s decision on the petition. On September 15, 2023, the court approved the joint stipulation and continued the stay pending the Supreme Court’s decision on the petition.

(B) Southern District of New York Action

On September 27, 2017, Elysium Health Inc. (Elysium Health) filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, against ChromaDex (Elysium SDNY Complaint). Elysium Health alleged in the Elysium SDNY Complaint that ChromaDex made false and misleading statements in a citizen petition to the Food and Drug Administration it filed on or about August 18, 2017. Among other allegations, Elysium Health averred that the citizen petition made Elysium Health’s product appear dangerous, while casting ChromaDex’s own product as safe. The Elysium SDNY Complaint asserted four claims for relief: (i) false advertising under the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a); (ii) trade libel; (iii) deceptive business practices under New York General Business Law § 349; and (iv) tortious interference with prospective economic relations. On October 26, 2017, ChromaDex moved to dismiss the Elysium SDNY Complaint on the grounds that, inter alia, its statements in the citizen petition are immune from liability under the Noerr-Pennington Doctrine, the litigation privilege, and New York’s Anti-SLAPP statute, and that the Elysium SDNY Complaint failed to state a claim. Elysium Health opposed the motion on November 2, 2017. ChromaDex filed its reply on November 9, 2017.

On October 26, 2017, ChromaDex filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against Elysium Health (ChromaDex SDNY Complaint). ChromaDex alleges that Elysium Health made material false and misleading statements to consumers in the promotion, marketing, and sale of its health supplement product, Basis, and asserts five claims for relief: (i) false advertising under the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. §1125(a); (ii) unfair competition under 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a); (iii) deceptive practices under New York General Business Law § 349; (iv) deceptive practices under New York General Business Law § 350; and (v) tortious interference with prospective economic advantage. On November 16, 2017, Elysium Health moved to dismiss for failure to state a claim. ChromaDex opposed the motion on November 30, 2017 and Elysium Health filed a reply on December 7, 2017.

On November 3, 2017, the Court consolidated the Elysium SDNY Complaint and the ChromaDex SDNY Complaint actions under the caption In re Elysium Health-ChromaDex Litigation, 17-cv-7394, and stayed discovery in the consolidated action pending a Court-ordered mediation. The mediation was unsuccessful. On September 27, 2018, the Court issued a combined ruling on both parties’ motions to dismiss. For ChromaDex’s motion to dismiss, the Court converted the part of the motion on the issue of whether the citizen petition is immune under the Noerr-Pennington Doctrine into a motion for summary judgment, and requested supplemental evidence from both parties, which were submitted on October 29, 2018. The Court otherwise denied the motion to dismiss. On January 3, 2019, the Court granted ChromaDex’s motion for summary judgment under the Noerr-Pennington Doctrine and dismissed all claims in the Elysium SDNY Complaint. Elysium moved for reconsideration on January 17, 2019. The Court denied Elysium’s motion for reconsideration on February 6, 2019, and issued an amended final order granting ChromaDex’s motion for summary judgment on February 7, 2019.

The Court granted in part and denied in part Elysium’s motion to dismiss, sustaining three grounds for ChromaDex’s Lanham Act claims while dismissing two others, sustaining the claim under New York General Business Law § 349, and dismissing the claims under New York General Business Law § 350 and for tortious interference. Elysium filed an answer and counterclaims on October 10, 2018, alleging claims for (i) false advertising under the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. §1125(a); (ii) unfair competition under 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a); and (iii) deceptive practices under New York General Business Law § 349. ChromaDex answered Elysium’s counterclaims on November 2, 2018.


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ChromaDex filed an amended complaint on March 27, 2019, adding new claims against Elysium Health for false advertising and unfair competition under the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a). On April 10, 2019, Elysium Health answered the amended complaint and filed amended counterclaims, also adding new claims against ChromaDex for false advertising and unfair competition under the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a). On July 1, 2019, Elysium Health filed further amended counterclaims, adding new claims under the Copyright Act §§ 106 & 501. On February 9, 2020, ChromaDex filed a motion for leave to amend its complaint to add additional claims against Elysium Health for false advertising and unfair competition. On February 10, 2020, Elysium Health filed a motion for leave to amend its counterclaims to identify allegedly false and misleading statements in ChromaDex’s advertising. Those motions were both granted after respective stipulations. On March 12, 2020, Elysium Health answered the second amended complaint. On March 13, 2020, ChromaDex filed an answer and objection to Elysium Health’s third amended counterclaims.

On December 14, 2020, Elysium Health filed a motion to supplement and amend its counterclaims to add claims regarding alleged advertising related to COVID, to add an allegation about a change to the ChromaDex website, and to remove its copyright infringement claim under the Copyright Act. On January 19, 2021, the Court denied Elysium Health’s motion to add claims regarding alleged advertising related to COVID. The Court granted the unopposed requests to add an allegation about a change to ChromaDex’s website and to remove Elysium’s Copyright Act claim. Pursuant to the Court’s order, Elysium filed fourth amended counterclaims on April 21, 2021.

All discovery closed on April 23, 2021. The Court vacated a previously scheduled joint pretrial order and trial date because of COVID-19, and the Court has informed the Parties that trial date will be rescheduled in November or December 2021.

Both parties filed dispositive and Daubert motions on June 4, 2021. Opposition papers were filed by both parties on June 25, 2021, and reply papers were filed on July 9, 2021. On January 10, 2022, both parties appeared for oral argument on the dispositive and Daubert motions.

On February 3, 2022, ChromaDex reached a settlement in order to resolve the SDNY action in its entirety as well as the claims tried to the jury in the Central District of California (the “Settlement Agreement”). Shortly thereafter, before the parties could notify the Court, the Court issued a ruling on the pending dispositive and Daubert motions, dismissing ChromaDex’s SDNY complaint in its entirety on the grounds that ChromaDex’s damages were uncertain, and dismissing some of Elysium’s claims. Elysium then asserted that a settlement had not been reached. ChromaDex thereafter filed a motion to enforce the Settlement Agreement in its entirety on February 16, 2022. Elysium’s opposition to that motion was filed on March 2, 2022, and ChromaDex’s reply was filed on March 9, 2022. On April 19, 2022, the Court concluded that a settlement had been reached and granted ChromaDex’s motion to enforce the Settlement Agreement. On April 28, 2022, pursuant to the Settlement Agreement, the Court dismissed the entire action with prejudice. On May 11, 2022, Elysium filed a notice of appeal. On May 25, 2022, ChromaDex filed a notice of cross-appeal. Elysium filed its opening brief on August 24, 2022. ChromaDex filed its opening and response brief on November 22, 2022. Elysium filed its reply and response brief on January 20, 2023. ChromaDex filed its reply brief on February 10, 2023. Oral argument took place on October 13, 2023. On October 26, 2023, the court of appeals issued a decision affirming the district court’s decision enforcing the Settlement Agreement, and also dismissed ChromaDex’s conditional cross-appeal as moot.

On September 17, 2018, ChromaDex and Trustees of Dartmouth College filed a patent infringement complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware against Elysium Health, Inc. The complaint alleges that Elysium’s BASIS® dietary supplement infringes U.S. Patent Nos. 8,197,807 (‘807 Patent) and 8,383,086 (‘086 Patent) that comprise compositions containing isolated nicotinamide riboside held by Dartmouth and licensed exclusively to ChromaDex On October 23, 2018, Elysium filed an answer to the complaint. The answer asserts various affirmative defenses and denies that Plaintiffs are entitled to any relief.


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On November 7, 2018, Elysium filed a motion to stay the patent infringement proceedings pending resolution of (1) the inter partes review of the ‘807 Patent and the ‘086 Patent before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) and (2) the outcome of the litigation in the California Action. ChromaDex filed an opposition brief on November 21, 2018 detailing the issues with Elysium’s motion to stay. In particular, ChromaDex argued that given claim 2 of the ‘086 Patent was only included in the PTAB’s inter partes review for procedural reasons the PTAB was unlikely to invalidate claim 2 and therefore litigation in Delaware would continue regardless. In addition, ChromaDex argued that the litigation in the California Action is unlikely to have a significant effect on the ongoing patent litigation. After the PTAB released its written decision upholding claim 2 of the ‘086 Patent, proving right ChromaDex’s prediction, ChromaDex informed the Delaware court of the PTAB’s decision on January 17, 2019. On June 19, 2019, the Delaware court granted in part and denied in part Elysium’s motion, ordering that the case was stayed pending the resolution of Elysium’s patent misuse counterclaim in the California Action.

On November 1, 2019, ChromaDex filed a motion to lift the stay due to changed circumstances in the California Action, among other reasons. Briefing on the motion was completed on November 22, 2019. On January 6, 2020, the Delaware court issued an oral order instructing the parties to submit a joint status report after the January 13, 2020 motions hearing in the California Action. The joint status report was submitted on January 30, 2020. On February 4, 2020, the Delaware court issued an order granting ChromaDex’s motion to lift the stay and setting a scheduling conference for March 10, 2020. On March 19, 2020, the Delaware court entered a scheduling order, which, among other things, set the claim-construction hearing for December 17, 2020 and trial for the week of September 27, 2021. On April 17, 2020, ChromaDex served infringement contentions. Elysium filed a Second Amended Answer on July 10, 2020.

On April 24, 2020, ChromaDex moved for leave to amend the complaint to add Healthspan Research, LLC as a plaintiff. On May 5, 2020, Elysium filed its opposition to ChromaDex’s motion for leave to amend and moved to dismiss ChromaDex for alleged lack of standing. ChromaDex filed its opposition to Elysium’s motion to dismiss and reply in support of its motion to amend on May 19, 2020. Elysium filed its reply in support of its motion to dismiss on May 26, 2020. The Court held a hearing on the motion for leave to amend the complaint and Elysium’s motion to dismiss on September 16, 2020. On December 15, 2020, the Court entered orders (i) granting in part and denying in part Elysium’s motion to dismiss ChromaDex for alleged lack of standing; and (ii) denying ChromaDex’s motion for leave to amend. ChromaDex filed a motion for reargument on December 29, 2020. Elysium filed a response to the motion for reargument on January 28, 2021. ChromaDex filed a motion for leave to file a reply on February 8, 2021. Elysium filed a response to the motion for leave to file a reply on February 12, 2021. ChromaDex filed a reply to the motion for leave to file a reply on February 19, 2021. The Court granted the motion for leave to file the reply on April 26, 2021, and denied the motion for reargument on April 27, 2021.

On July 22, 2020 the parties filed a Joint Claim Construction Chart and respective motions for claim construction. The parties filed a Joint Claim Construction Brief on November 5, 2020. The Court held a Markman hearing on claim-construction issues on December 17, 2020. The Court entered a claim-construction ruling on January 5, 2021.

Fact discovery closed on January 26, 2021. Opening expert reports were served on February 9, 2021. Responsive expert reports were served on March 9, 2021. Reply expert reports were served on March 30, 2021. Both parties filed dispositive and Daubert motions on April 27, 2021.

On September 21, 2021, the Court granted Elysium’s motion for summary judgment that the claims of the ‘807 and ‘086 patents are invalid based on patent-ineligible subject matter. ChromaDex filed a notice of appeal on November 2, 2021. ChromaDex’s opening brief was filed on February 2, 2022. Elysium’s response brief was filed on April 11, 2022. ChromaDex’s reply brief was filed on May 9, 2022. Oral argument occurred on December 6, 2022. On February 13, 2023, the court of appeals issued a decision affirming the district court’s decision. On March 15, 2023, ChromaDex filed a petition for a panel rehearing and/or rehearing en banc. On April 10, 2023, the court of appeals invited Elysium to file a response to the petition and on April 24, 2023, Elysium filed a response to the petition. On May 10, 2023, the court of appeals denied the petition. On May 17, 2023, the court of appeals issued the mandate. On June 16, 2023, Elysium filed a bill of costs and a motion for attorneys’ fees and costs. On June 30, 2023, ChromaDex filed objections to Elysium’s bill of costs. On July 21, 2023, ChromaDex filed a response to Elysium’s motion for attorneys’ fees and costs. On July 28, 2023, ChromaDex filed an application for an extension of time to September 7, 2023 to file a petition for writ of certiorari. On August 1, 2023, the Supreme Court granted the requested extension. On August 14, 2023, Elysium filed a reply in support of its motion for attorneys’ fees and costs. On September 7, 2023, ChromaDex filed a petition for writ of certiorari. On October 16, 2023, the Supreme Court denied the petition. The Company does not believe that this decision will have a material impact on the Company’s NR business.


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2. Thorne Research, Inc.

(A) Inter Partes Review Proceedings

On or around September 28, 2020, Thorne Research, Inc. (Thorne) provided notice to ChromaDex that it intended to terminate its March 25, 2019 Supply Agreement and subsequent amendments with ChromaDex, effective as of December 31, 2020. A discussion between ChromaDex and Thorne followed, and Thorne asserted that it could challenge the ‘086 Patent in an inter partes review (IPR) proceeding on the basis of prior art, but would be willing to enter into a mutual existence agreement that would permit Thorne to source NR from a third party. Thorne did not offer substantive information supporting a prior art claim or about the nature of the threatened IPR.

On December 1, 2020, Thorne filed a petition for IPR of the ‘086 Patent. Dartmouth’s preliminary response to the petition was filed on March 15, 2021. On June 10, 2021, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) issued a decision instituting an IPR on the ‘086 Patent. On September 21, 2021, Dartmouth filed its Patent Owner Response. On December 21, 2021, Thorne filed its reply. Oral argument was held on March 15, 2022. On May 31, 2022, the PTAB issued a final written decision holding that the challenged claim was unpatentable. On August 2, 2022, Dartmouth filed a notice of appeal. On December 29, 2022, the parties filed a joint stipulation to dismiss the appeal. On January 3, 2023, the appeal was dismissed.

On February 1, 2021, Thorne filed a petition for IPR of the ‘807 Patent. Dartmouth’s preliminary response to the petition was filed on May 18, 2021. On August 12, 2021, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) issued a decision instituting an IPR on the ‘807 Patent. On November 9, 2021, Dartmouth filed its Patent Owner Response. On February 15, 2022, Thorne filed its reply. Oral argument was held on May 17, 2022. On August 10, 2022, the PTAB issued a final written decision holding that the challenged claims were not unpatentable. On October 12, 2022, Thorne filed a notice of appeal. On April 4, 2023, the court of appeals stayed the appeal pending issuance of the mandate in the pending appeal from the Delaware patent infringement action. On June 22, 2023, the court of appeals directed the parties to inform the court of appeals by no later than August 1, 2023 how they believe the appeal should proceed. On August 1, 2023, the parties requested that the court of appeals continue the stay of briefing until Dartmouth has determined whether it will seek certiorari. On August 25, 2023, the court of appeals granted the request, and instructed the parties, within seven days of the Supreme Court’s disposition of any petition for certiorari or the expiration of the time to seek certiorari if no petition is filed, to inform the court how they think the appeal should proceed. On October 23, 2023, the parties jointly informed the court of appeals that the Supreme Court had denied the petition for writ of certiorari and that they believed the decision on appeal should be vacated and remanded with instructions to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board to dismiss the IPR proceedings.

(B) Southern District of New York – Patent Infringement Action

On May 12, 2021, ChromaDex and Trustees of Dartmouth College filed a patent infringement complaint in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. The complaint alleges that certain of Thorne’s dietary supplements containing isolated NR infringe the ‘807 and ‘086 Patents, which claim compositions containing isolated nicotinamide riboside and are held by Dartmouth and licensed exclusively to ChromaDex. On July 6, 2021, Thorne filed an answer and counterclaims to the complaint. The answer asserts various affirmative defenses and denies that Plaintiffs are entitled to any relief. The counterclaims seek declaratory judgment of patent invalidity for the ‘807 and ‘086 Patents. On July 8, 2021, the parties filed a proposed stipulation and order staying the matter pending issuance of the institution decision in the ‘807 Patent IPR. On July 9, 2021, the Court granted the stipulation and order to stay. On August 19, 2021, the parties filed a proposed stipulation and order staying the matter pending issuance of final written decisions in the IPRs. On August 20, 2021, the Court granted the stipulation and order to stay. On August 24, 2022, the parties filed a status report agreeing to continue to stay until fourteen days after the deadline to appeal the final written notice decision in the ‘807 Patent IPR. On October 26, 2022, the parties filed a further status report agreeing to continue the stay through resolution of the appeals.

3. Contingencies

(A) In September 2019, the Company received a letter from a licensor stating that the Company owed the licensor $1.6 million plus interest for sublicense fees as a result of the Company entering into a supply agreement with a customer. After reviewing the relevant facts and circumstances, the Company believes that the Company does not owe any sublicense fees to the licensor and has corresponded with the licensor to resolve the matter. The Company does not believe that the ultimate resolution of this matter will be material to the Company’s results of operations, financial condition or cash flows.


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(B) On November 17, 2020, the Company received a warning letter (the Letter) from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The Letter references statements issued by the Company relating to preclinical and clinical research results involving nicotinamide riboside and COVID-19. The statements were included in press releases and referenced in social media posts.

On November 18, 2020, the Company provided a response to the Letter stating that the Company disagrees with the assertion in the Letter that the Company’s products are intended to mitigate, prevent, treat, diagnose or cure COVID-19 in violation of certain sections of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act or that they were unsubstantiated under the FTC Act, but rather accurately reflected the state of the science and the results of scientific research. Nonetheless, the Company also responded that it had deleted social media references to the studies and removed related press releases from its website.

On April 30, 2021, the Company received an additional warning letter (the Second Letter) from only the FTC. The Second Letter references the original Letter, and cites additional statements issued by the Company and certain officers and advisors of the Company relating to nicotinamide riboside and scientific studies related to COVID-19. The Second Letter asserts that such statements contain coronavirus-related prevention or treatment claims and are deceptive in violation of the Federal Trade Commission Act.

On May 4, 2021, the Company provided a response to the Second Letter stating that it had removed the social posts from its accounts identified in the Second Letter and requested that third parties remove the post from their accounts that were identified in the Second Letter. The Company stated that the press release identified in the Second Letter is appropriate and not a deceptive act or practice under applicable law. The Company affirmed its belief in the need to accurately report on the scientific results of its studies to its investors and welcomed the opportunity to discuss its research and development program with the FTC and receive guidance on future releases.

The Company does not believe that the ultimate resolution of this matter will be material to the Company’s results of operations, financial condition or cash flows.

Note 11. Employee Retention Tax Credit

In March 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) was signed into law, providing numerous tax provisions and other stimulus measures, including the Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERTC): a refundable tax credit against certain employment taxes for qualifying businesses keeping employees on their payroll during the COVID-19 pandemic. The ERTC was subsequently amended by the Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2020, the Consolidated Appropriation Act of 2021, and the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, all of which amended and extended the ERTC availability and guidelines under the CARES Act. During the third quarter of 2022, the Company evaluated its eligibility for the ERTC and is eligible to claim a refundable tax credit against the employer share of Social Security taxes equal to fifty percent (50%) of the qualified wages paid to employees between March 27, 2020 and December 31, 2020 and seventy percent (70%) of the qualified wages paid to employees between January 1, 2021 and September 30, 2021. For fiscal year 2020, qualified wages are limited to $10,000 annually per employee for a maximum allowable ERTC per employee of $5,000 annually and qualified wages are limited to $10,000 per calendar quarter in 2021 for a maximum allowable ERTC per employee of $7,000 for each calendar quarter in 2021.

The Company determined that it qualified for the ERTC in the last three quarters of 2020 and all three quarters of 2021 and filed a claim for the credit in August 2022. During the quarter ended September 30, 2022, the Company recorded an aggregate benefit of approximately $2.1 million in Other income, net - Employee Retention Tax Credit in its Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations to reflect the ERTC for all eligible quarters.

During the fourth quarter of 2022, the Company received $0.6 million related to the ERTC. During the nine months ended September 30, 2023, the Company received another $0.9 million related to the ERTC. As of September 30, 2023, the Company's Consolidated Balance Sheets include an ERTC benefit of $0.9 million and associated commissions payable of $0.1 million recorded within prepaid expenses and other current assets and accrued expenses, respectively.

On September 14, 2023, the IRS announced an immediate halt in processing new claims for the employee retention credit until at least the end of the year, citing ongoing concerns about improper claims. The IRS guaranteed ongoing processing of existing claims, albeit at a reduced pace and with increased compliance scrutiny. To date, the Company has not received communications from the IRS regarding the Company’s existing claims. Nevertheless, the Company is diligently monitoring the situation to ensure continued compliance.


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Note 12. Joint Venture Agreement

On September 30, 2022, Asia Pacific Scientific, Inc., an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, and Hong Kong (China) Taikuk Group Ltd (Taikuk) entered into a shareholders agreement (the “Shareholders Agreement”) pursuant to which Taikuk has agreed to contribute $1.0 million (the “Subscription Price”) in exchange for an 11% non-voting equity interest in ChromaDex Asia Pacific Ventures Limited, a subsidiary of Asia Pacific Scientific, Inc. (the “Joint Venture” or “JV”). Additionally, the Company shall pay $1.0 million in cash to Taikuk (the “Taikuk Fee”) upon the closing of the Shareholders Agreement (the “Closing”). The Company and Taikuk have mutually agreed that no exchange of funds for the Taikuk Fee and Subscription Price was necessary and, accordingly, no cash has or will exchange hands related to these provisions of the Shareholders Agreement. The articles of association of the JV were amended and restated simultaneously with the Closing.

The purpose of the JV is to commercialize Tru Niagen® and other products containing nicotinamide riboside to be developed by the Company in the ordinary course (the “Products”) in Mainland China and its territories, excluding Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan (the “Territory”). The Shareholders Agreement has an initial term of 20 years, unless earlier terminated. The Company indirectly owns an 89% equity interest (and all of the voting interests) in the JV and has the right to elect all three directors of the JV.

Prior to being able to commercialize the Products in the Territory, the JV will have to obtain all applicable regulatory approvals, including “Blue Hat” or health food registration with the Peoples Republic of China State Administration for Market Regulation for Products in the name of the Company or its designee (collectively, the “Blue Hat Registration”). Upon completion of Blue Hat Registration, the Company shall make a payment of $1.0 million in cash to Taikuk (the “Blue Hat Registration Fee”). If the Blue Hat Registration is not obtained within 24 months of the Closing (which may be extended by an additional 12 months upon mutual consent of the parties), the JV may repurchase the 11% non-voting interest purchased by Taikuk for $1 (the “Right of Repurchase”). The Right of Repurchase functions as a performance vesting condition under ASC 718 and the 11% non-voting equity interest is accounted for as nonemployee share-based compensation. The equity interest will only vest if Blue Hat Registration is achieved, at which time the minority interest will be recorded. As of September 30, 2023, it is uncertain when Blue Hat Registration will be achieved. Consequently, no amounts related to the Blue Hat Registration Fee or the 11% non-voting interest have been recognized in the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023.

The fair value of the 11% non-voting interest and corresponding share-based compensation expense of $1.0 million was determined as of the grant date of September 30, 2022 and based on a discounted cash flow model, which utilizes Level 3, or unobservable, inputs. The most significant of these inputs were the combined weighted averages of the a) discount rate at 27.5%, b) present value of estimated future cash flows of $3.9 million and c) the present value of the terminal value at $5.6 million.

Once Blue Hat Registration is complete and certain distribution agreements relating to the commercialization of the Products in the Territory are assigned and entered into (the “Distribution Agreements”), Taikuk would be entitled to certain royalty payments based on the Company’s and the JV’s net revenue for sales of the Products in the Territory under the Distribution Agreements. Operating activity under the JV was not material during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023.


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Note 13. Subsequent Events

Effective as of November 2, 2023, the Company entered into a Ninth Amendment (Ninth Amendment) to the Manufacturing and Supply Agreement (such agreement as amended, the “Grace Manufacturing Agreement” or “Agreement”), originally effective in January 2016 with W.R. Grace & Co. –Conn. (Grace). In January 2019, Grace was issued patents related to the crystalline form of NR chloride which limit the Company’s ability to find alternatives for supply (Grace Patents). Pursuant to the Ninth Amendment, the Company is committed to purchase approximately $17.1 million of total inventory between January 1, 2024 and December 31, 2024. In addition, the Company has remaining purchase commitments from the Eighth Amendment totaling $4.5 million to be purchased during the three months ended December 31, 2023. The Grace Manufacturing Agreement will expire on December 31, 2024, subject to further renewal of the Agreement to be negotiated by the parties. If the Company is unable to extend the agreement on satisfactory terms, it could have a material adverse impact to its financial results and strategic position in the market. See Item 1A. Risk Factors, “We rely on single supplier, W.R. Grace, for NR and a limited number of third-party suppliers for the raw materials required to produce our products.” for more information.

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ITEM 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and accompanying notes, which appear elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. We urge you to carefully review and consider the various disclosures made by us in this Quarterly Report and in our other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, as well as subsequent reports we may file from time to time on Form 10-Q and Form 8-K, for additional information. All dollar amounts in this Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations are approximate.

Growth and percentage comparisons made herein generally refer to the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 compared with the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 unless otherwise noted. Unless otherwise indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, all references in this document to “we,” “us,” “our,” the “Company,” “ChromaDex” and similar expressions refer to ChromaDex Corporation, and depending on the context, its subsidiaries.