Exhibit 99.1

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PureCycle Technologies Provides First Quarter 2024 Update

Orlando, Fla. – May 7, 2024, PureCycle Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: PCT), a U.S.-based company revolutionizing plastic recycling, today, announced a corporate update for the first quarter ending March 31, 2024.

 

Management Commentary

PureCycle Chief Executive Officer Dustin Olson said, “We had a productive quarter in Ironton and were able to start providing existing and future customers with resin from the commercial facility, so they could begin to sample the material. The production activities in the first quarter also allowed our team to further understand this first-of-its-kind technology and how our purification technology processes various post-consumer feedstocks. The information we gathered was integral to the work completed during the operational pause in April and should help lay the groundwork for continued improvements throughout the rest of 2024.”

 

Ironton Facility Update

The month of April was spent making improvements to the Ironton Facility. The Company completed several projects that should help to improve the reliability of the Ironton Facility and drive more consistent product quality. These projects included process improvements to both co-product 1 and co-product 2 recovery and removal systems, as well as reliability improvements to seals, pumping systems, and various digital items. The Company extended the planned outage by one week to complete additional projects and plan to begin restarting operations later this week.

 

PureCycle Financials Update

The Company reported a net loss of $85.6 million, or $0.52 per diluted share of common stock, for the first quarter of 2024, compared to a net loss of $25.8 million, or $0.16 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2023. The recent first quarter included a loss of $21.2 million, or $0.13 per diluted share, from the purchase of its outstanding Southern Ohio Port Authority Revenue Bonds as announced in March; a $9.1 million non-cash loss, or about $0.06 per diluted share versus prior year, from the change in fair value of its warrants; and $8.0 million or $0.05 per diluted share versus prior year, from higher depreciation expense as a result of the commissioning of the Ironton assets.

 

The Company reached an agreement for the sale of $37.5 million of Series A Revenue Bonds to Pure Plastics LLC at a price of $800 per $1,000 of face value. As part of the terms of the sale, the Company will also exchange its Pure Plastics Term Loan, with an amount outstanding of $45.5 million, for Series A, B, and C Revenue Bonds. In aggregate, the Company will sell $94.3 million of Series A, B, and C Bonds as part of this transaction. The transaction will close in three tranches, each subject to the achievement of certain conditions, and is expected to be completed in a little over a month.

 

 


 

The early termination of the Pure Plastics Term Loan will also result in a pre-payment premium as required under the Pure Plastic Term Loan. Both parties agreed to the issuance of approximately three million warrants in lieu of a cash payment.

 

Conference Call

The Company will hold a conference call on Tuesday, May 7 at 10:00 a.m. EST to provide an update on recent corporate developments, including activity from the first quarter.

 

First Quarter 2024 Conference Call Details

Date: Tuesday, May 7, 2024

Time: 10:00 a.m. EST

Participant Link: PureCycle Technologies First Quarter 2024 Corporate Update

For participants interested in a listen-only webcast, please access the conference call using the above link. For a calendar reminder, please click HERE.

The conference call will have a live Q&A session. For analyst participants who would like to ask management a question after prepared remarks, please click HERE. You will receive a number and a unique access pin.

During prepared remarks, management will try to answer investor questions submitted in advance. To submit a question, please send an e-mail to investorquestion@purecycle.com.

The corporate update will be available for replay by clicking HERE or through the Company’s website at www.purecycle.com. A replay of the conference call will be available after 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time until May 6, 2025.

 

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PureCycle Contact

Christian Bruey

cbruey@purecycle.com

+1 (352) 745-6120

About PureCycle Technologies

PureCycle Technologies LLC., a subsidiary of PureCycle Technologies, Inc., holds a global license for the only patented solvent-driven purification recycling technology, developed by The Procter & Gamble Company (P&G), that is designed to transform polypropylene plastic waste (designated as No. 5 plastic) into a continuously renewable resource. The unique purification process removes color, odor, and other impurities from No. 5 plastic waste resulting in an ultra-pure recycled (UPR) plastic that can be recycled and reused multiple times, changing our relationship with plastic. www.purecycle.com

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements, including statements about the financial condition, results of operations, earnings outlook and prospects of PCT. In addition, any statements that refer to projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements generally relate to future events or PureCycle’s future financial or operating performance and may refer to projections and forecasts. Forward-looking statements are often identified by future or conditional words such as “plan,”

 

 


 

“believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “outlook,” “estimate,” “forecast,” “project,” “continue,” “could,” “may,” “might,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “should,” “would” and other similar words and expressions (or the negative versions of such words or expressions), but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking.

 

The forward-looking statements are based on the current expectations of PureCycle’s management and are inherently subject to uncertainties and changes in circumstances and their potential effects and speak only as of the date of this press release. There can be no assurance that future developments will be those that have been anticipated. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties or other assumptions that may cause actual results or performance to be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those factors described in the section entitled “Risk Factors” in each of PureCycle’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 and PureCycle’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, those discussed and identified in other public filings made with the Securities and Exchange Commission by PureCycle and the following: PCT's ability to obtain funding for its operations and future growth and to continue as a going concern; PCT's ability to meet, and to continue to meet, applicable regulatory requirements for the use of PCT’s ultra-pure recycled (“UPR”) resin in food grade applications (including in the United States, Europe, Asia and other future international locations); PCT's ability to comply on an ongoing basis with the numerous regulatory requirements applicable to the UPR resin and PCT’s facilities (including in the United States, Europe, Asia and other future international locations); expectations and changes regarding PCT’s strategies and future financial performance, including its future business plans, expansion plans or objectives, prospective performance and opportunities and competitors, revenues, products and services, pricing, operating expenses, market trends, liquidity, cash flows and uses of cash, capital expenditures, and PCT’s ability to invest in growth initiatives; the ability of PCT’s first commercial-scale recycling facility in Lawrence County, Ohio (the “Ironton Facility”) to be appropriately certified by Leidos, following certain performance and other tests, and commence full-scale commercial operations in a timely and cost-effective manner or at all; PCT’s ability to meet, and to continue to meet, the requirements imposed upon it and its subsidiaries by the funding for its operations, including the funding for the Ironton Facility; PCT’s ability to minimize or eliminate the many hazards and operational risks at its manufacturing facilities that can result in potential injury to individuals, disrupt its business (including interruptions or disruptions in operations at its facilities), and subject PCT to liability and increased costs; PCT’s ability to complete the necessary funding with respect to, and complete the construction of, (i) its first U.S. multi-line facility, located in Augusta, Georgia; (ii) its first commercial-scale European plant located in Antwerp, Belgium and (iii) its first commercial-scale Asian plant located in Ulsan, South Korea, in a timely and cost-effective manner; PCT’s ability to establish, sort and process polypropylene plastic waste at its plastic waste prep facilities; PCT’s ability to maintain exclusivity under the Procter & Gamble Company license; the implementation, market acceptance and success of PCT’s business model and growth strategy; the success or profitability of PCT’s offtake arrangements; the ability to source feedstock with a high polypropylene content at a reasonable cost; PCT’s future capital requirements and sources and uses of cash; developments and projections relating to PCT’s competitors and industry; the outcome of any legal or regulatory proceedings to which PCT is, or may become, a party including the securities class action and putative class action cases; geopolitical risk and changes in applicable laws or regulations; the possibility that PCT may be adversely affected by other economic, business, and/or competitive factors, including rising interest rates, availability of capital, economic cycles, and other macro-economic impacts; turnover in employees and increases in employee-related costs; changes in the prices and availability of labor (including labor shortages), transportation and materials, including inflation, supply chain conditions and its related impact on energy and raw materials, and PCT’s ability to obtain them in a timely and cost-effective manner; any business disruptions due to political or economic

 

 


 

instability, pandemics, armed hostilities (including the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine and the current conflict in the Middle East); the potential impact of climate change on PCT, including physical and transition risks, higher regulatory and compliance costs, reputational risks, and availability of capital on attractive terms; and operational risk.

 

 

 

 


 

PureCycle Technologies, Inc.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

 

ASSETS

 

 

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

(in thousands)

 

March 31, 2024

 

 

December 31, 2023

 

CURRENT ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

25,021

 

 

$

73,411

 

Debt securities available for sale

 

 

2,187

 

 

 

48,226

 

Restricted cash – current

 

 

7,566

 

 

 

25,692

 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

 

16,397

 

 

 

15,316

 

Total current assets

 

 

51,171

 

 

 

162,645

 

Restricted cash – non-current

 

 

7,353

 

 

 

203,411

 

Prepaid expenses and other non-current assets

 

 

4,689

 

 

 

4,772

 

Operating lease right-of-use assets

 

 

28,785

 

 

 

29,799

 

Property, plant and equipment, net

 

 

642,017

 

 

 

638,746

 

TOTAL ASSETS

 

$

734,015

 

 

$

1,039,373

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CURRENT LIABILITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable

 

$

8,363

 

 

$

2,881

 

Accrued expenses

 

 

29,406

 

 

 

35,391

 

Accrued interest

 

 

2,597

 

 

 

8,190

 

Current portion of long-term debt

 

 

3,204

 

 

 

9,148

 

Total current liabilities

 

 

43,570

 

 

 

55,610

 

NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deferred revenue

 

 

5,000

 

 

 

5,000

 

Long-term debt, less current portion

 

 

242,937

 

 

 

467,708

 

Related party note payable

 

 

41,452

 

 

 

39,696

 

Warrant liability

 

 

36,003

 

 

 

22,059

 

Operating lease right-of-use liabilities

 

 

26,270

 

 

 

27,253

 

Other non-current liabilities

 

 

1,944

 

 

 

1,811

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES

 

$

397,176

 

 

$

619,137

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COMMITMENT AND CONTINGENCIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common shares - $0.001 par value, 250,000 shares authorized; 164,612 and 164,279 shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023

 

 

165

 

 

 

164

 

Preferred shares - $0.001 par value, 25,000 shares authorized; 0 shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additional paid-in capital

 

 

766,519

 

 

 

764,344

 

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

 

 

2

 

 

 

(32

)

Accumulated deficit

 

 

(429,847

)

 

 

(344,240

)

TOTAL STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

 

 

336,839

 

 

 

420,236

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

$

734,015

 

 

$

1,039,373

 

 

 

 


 

PureCycle Technologies, Inc.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

(Unaudited)

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

(in thousands except per share data)

 

 

 

 

 

Costs and expenses

 

 

 

 

 

Operating costs

$

21,194

 

 

$

7,372

 

Research and development

 

1,831

 

 

 

1,754

 

Selling, general and administrative

 

15,957

 

 

 

12,695

 

Total operating costs and expenses

 

38,982

 

 

 

21,821

 

Interest expense

 

15,054

 

 

 

657

 

Interest income

 

(3,602

)

 

 

(1,933

)

Change in fair value of warrants

 

13,944

 

 

 

4,835

 

Loss on debt extinguishment

 

21,214

 

 

 

 

Other expense

 

15

 

 

 

462

 

Total other expense

 

46,625

 

 

 

4,021

 

Net Loss

$

(85,607

)

 

$

(25,842

)

Loss per share

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

$

(0.52

)

 

$

(0.16

)

Diluted

$

(0.52

)

 

$

(0.16

)

Weighted average common shares

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

164,355

 

 

 

163,588

 

Diluted

 

164,355

 

 

 

163,784

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other comprehensive income

 

 

 

 

 

Unrealized gain on debt securities available for sale

$

18

 

 

$

641

 

Cumulative translation adjustment

 

16

 

 

 

 

Total comprehensive loss

$

(85,573

)

 

$

(25,201

)

 

 


 

PureCycle Technologies, Inc.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Unaudited)

 

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

(in thousands)

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

Cash flows from operating activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

$

(85,607

)

 

$

(25,842

)

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity-based compensation

 

 

2,682

 

 

 

2,166

 

Change in fair value of warrants

 

 

13,944

 

 

 

4,835

 

Depreciation expense

 

 

9,256

 

 

 

1,294

 

Amortization of debt issuance costs and debt discounts

 

 

2,538

 

 

 

265

 

Accretion of discount on debt securities

 

 

(318

)

 

 

(138

)

Operating lease amortization expense

 

 

767

 

 

 

926

 

Loss on extinguishment of debt

 

 

21,214

 

 

 

 

Changes in operating assets and liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

 

(340

)

 

 

(1,148

)

Prepaid expenses and other non-current assets

 

 

83

 

 

 

(174

)

Accounts payable

 

 

1,196

 

 

 

1,218

 

Accrued expenses

 

 

214

 

 

 

2,116

 

Accrued interest

 

 

(4,151

)

 

 

324

 

Operating right-of-use liabilities

 

 

(656

)

 

 

(597

)

Net cash used in operating activities

 

$

(39,178

)

 

$

(14,755

)

Cash flows from investing activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purchase of property, plant & equipment

 

 

(14,348

)

 

 

(46,632

)

Purchase of debt securities, available for sale

 

 

(30,586

)

 

 

 

Sale and maturity of debt securities, available for sale

 

 

76,961

 

 

 

99,371

 

Net cash provided by investing activities

 

$

32,027

 

 

$

52,739

 

Cash flows from financing activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

Payment to purchase revenue bonds

 

 

(253,230

)

 

 

 

Debt issuance costs

 

 

(1,119

)

 

 

(1,344

)

Payments to repurchase shares

 

 

(598

)

 

 

(277

)

Other payments for financing activities

 

 

(476

)

 

 

(11

)

Net cash used in financing activities

 

$

(255,423

)

 

$

(1,632

)

Net (decrease) increase in cash and restricted cash

 

 

(262,574

)

 

 

36,352

 

Cash and restricted cash, beginning of period

 

 

302,514

 

 

 

227,523

 

Cash and restricted cash, end of period

 

$

39,940

 

 

$

263,875

 

Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-cash operating activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest paid during the period, net of capitalized interest

 

 

16,383

 

 

 

 

Non-cash investing activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additions to property, plant, and equipment in accrued expenses

 

 

15,656

 

 

 

30,809

 

Additions to property, plant, and equipment in accounts payable

 

 

5,903

 

 

 

20,509

 

Additions to property, plant, and equipment in accrued interest

 

 

 

 

 

4,271

 

Non-cash financing activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

PIK interest on related party note payable

 

 

1,441

 

 

 

 

Reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents reported in the consolidated balance sheet

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

25,021

 

 

$

38,381

 

Restricted cash and cash equivalents - current

 

 

7,566

 

 

 

68,028

 

Restricted cash and cash equivalents - non-current

 

 

7,353

 

 

 

157,466

 

Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

 

$

39,940

 

 

$

263,875