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Nature of the Business and Basis of Presentation
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
Nature of the Business and Basis of Presentation Nature of the Business and Basis of Presentation
indie Semiconductor, Inc. (“indie”) and its predecessor for accounting purposes, Ay Dee Kay, LLC, a California limited liability company (“ADK LLC”) and its subsidiaries are collectively referred to herein as the “Company.” The Company offers highly innovative automotive semiconductors and software solutions for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (“ADAS”), autonomous vehicle, connected car, user experience and electrification applications. The Company focuses on edge sensors across multiple modalities spanning LiDAR, radar, ultrasound and computer vision. These functions represent the core underpinnings of both electric and autonomous vehicles, while the advanced user interfaces are transforming the in-cabin experience to mirror and seamlessly connect to the mobile platforms people rely on every day. indie is an approved vendor to Tier 1 automotive suppliers and its platforms can be found in marquee automotive manufacturers around the world. Headquartered in Aliso Viejo, California, indie has design centers and sales offices in Austin, Texas; Boston, Massachusetts; Detroit, Michigan; San Francisco and San Jose, California; Cordoba, Argentina; Budapest, Hungary; Dresden, Frankfurt an der Oder, Munich and Nuremberg, Germany; Edinburgh, Scotland; Schlieren, Switzerland; Rabat, Morocco; Haifa, Israel; Quebec City and Toronto, Canada; Seoul, South Korea; Tokyo, Japan and several locations throughout China. The Company engages subcontractors to manufacture its products. The majority of these subcontractors are located in Asia.
Execution of At-The-Market Agreement
On August 26, 2022, the Company entered into an At Market Issuance Agreement (“ATM Agreement”) with B. Riley Securities, Inc., Craig-Hallum Capital Group LLC and Roth Capital Partners, LLC (collectively as “Sales Agents”) relating to shares of its Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class A common stock”). In accordance with the terms of the ATM Agreement, the Company may offer and sell shares of its Class A common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $150,000 from time to time through the Sales Agents, acting as the Company’s agent or principal. The Company implemented this program for the flexible access that it provides to the capital markets. As of December 31, 2023, and since the inception of the program indie has raised gross proceeds of $70,339 and issued 7,351,259 shares of Class A common stock at an average per-share sales price of $9.57 and had approximately $79,661 available for future issuances under the ATM Agreement. During the year ended December 31, 2023, indie raised gross proceeds of $53,136 and issued 5,219,500 shares of Class A common stock at an average per-share sales price of $10.18. For the year ended December 31, 2023, indie incurred total issuance costs of $1,136.
Warrant Exchange
On September 22, 2023, indie announced the commencement of an exchange offer (the “Offer”) and consent solicitation (the “Consent Solicitation”) relating to its outstanding (i) Public Warrants to purchase shares of Class A common stock of the Company and (ii) Private Warrants to purchase shares of Class A common stock (together with the Public Warrants, the “Warrants”).
The Offer and the Consent Solicitation expired at 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time on October 20, 2023. Upon expiration of the Offer and the Consent Solicitation, 24,658,461 Warrants, or approximately 90.0% of the outstanding Warrants, were tendered. Subsequently, the Company issued 7,027,517 shares of Class A common stock, or an exchange ratio of 0.285, for the Warrants tendered in the Offer on October 25, 2023. Additionally, the Company received the approval of approximately 89.8% of the outstanding Warrants to amend the warrant agreement governing the Warrants (the “Amendment No. 2”), which exceeded the majority of the outstanding warrants required to effect the Amendment No. 2. This amendment permitted the Company to require that each Warrant that remained outstanding upon settlement of the Exchange Offer to be converted into 0.2565 shares of Class A common stock, which was a ratio 10.0% less than the exchange ratio applicable to the Exchange Offer.
The Company completed its exchange of the remaining 2,741,426 untendered Warrants on November 9, 2023 through the issuance of 703,175 shares of Class A common stock. As a result of the completion of the Exchange Offer and the exchange for the remaining untendered Warrants, the Warrants were suspended from trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market as of the close of business on November 8, 2023, and delisted.
Recent Acquisitions
On February 9, 2023, indie entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, pursuant to which Gonzaga Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation and indie’s wholly-owned subsidiary, merged with and into GEO Semiconductor Inc., a Delaware corporation (“GEO”), with GEO surviving as a wholly-owned subsidiary of indie. The aggregate consideration for this transaction consisted of (i) $93,448 in cash (including accrued cash consideration at closing and net of cash acquired); (ii) the issuance by indie of 6,868,768 shares of Class A common stock, with a fair value of $75,556; (iii) 1,907,180 shares of Class A common stock, with a fair value of $20,979 payable in the next 24-month period after closing through March 3, 2025 for the purpose of adjustment and indemnity holdbacks; and (iv) an earn-out with fair value of $59,280 at closing payable in cash or in Class A common stock, subject to achieving certain GEO-related revenue targets through September 30, 2024. The purchase price is subject to working capital and other adjustments as provided in the Agreement and Plan of Merger. The transaction was completed on
On February 21, 2023, Symeo GmbH (“Symeo”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, completed its acquisition of all of the outstanding capital stock of Silicon Radar GmbH (“Silicon Radar”). The acquisition was consummated pursuant to a Share Purchase Agreement by and among Symeo, the Company and the holders of the outstanding capital stock of Silicon Radar. The closing consideration consisted of (i) $9,245 in cash (including debt payable at closing and net of cash acquired), (ii) the issuance by indie of 982,445 shares of Class A common stock at closing, with a fair value of $9,834; and (iii) a contingent consideration with fair value of $9,240 at closing, payable in cash or in Class A common stock, subject to Silicon Radar’s achievement of certain revenue-based milestones through February 21, 2025. The purchase price is subject to working capital and other adjustments as provided in the Share Purchase Agreement.
On September 18, 2023, Ay Dee Kay Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, completed its acquisition of Exalos AG, a Swiss corporation (“Exalos”), pursuant to that Share Sale and Purchase Agreement by and among indie, Ay Dee Kay Ltd., and all of the stockholders of Exalos, whereby Ay Dee Kay Ltd. acquired all of the outstanding common shares of Exalos. The closing consideration consisted of (i) the issuance by indie of 6,613,786 shares of Class A common stock at closing, with a fair value of $42,791; (ii) a contingent consideration with fair value of $13,225 at closing, payable in cash or shares subject to Exalos’ achievement of certain revenue-based milestones through September 30, 2025; and (iii) a holdback of $2,500 subject to final release 12 months from the acquisition date and payable in shares of Class A common stock. The purchase price is subject to working capital and other adjustments as provided in the Share Sale and Purchase Agreement.
See Note 3 — Business Combinations for additional description of these acquisitions.
Reverse Recapitalization with Thunder Bridge Acquisition II
On June 10, 2021 (the “Closing Date”), the Company completed a series of transactions (the “Transaction”) with Thunder Bridge Acquisition II, Ltd. (“TB2”) pursuant to the Master Transactions Agreement dated December 14, 2020, as amended on May 3, 2021. In connection with the Transaction, Thunder Bridge Acquisition II Surviving Pubco, Inc, a Delaware corporation (“Surviving Pubco”), was formed to be the successor public company to TB2, and TB2 was domesticated into a Delaware corporation and merged with and into a merger subsidiary of Surviving Pubco. Immediately prior to the closing of the Transaction (the “Closing”), shareholders of TB2 redeemed an aggregate of 9,877,106 common shares of TB2 and the outstanding common shares and warrants of TB2 were converted into 24,622,894 Class A common shares of Surviving Pubco and 17,250,000 warrants to purchase Class A common shares of Surviving Pubco. The outstanding common shares and warrants of TB2 sponsors were converted into 8,625,000 shares of Class A common shares and 8,650,000 private placement warrants. In addition, TB2 issued 1,500,000 working capital warrants to an affiliate of the sponsor in satisfaction of a working capital promissory note (see Note 9 — Warrant Liability). Concurrent with the Closing, TB2 raised $150,000 in a Private Investment in Public Entity (“PIPE”) financing, pursuant to which Surviving Pubco issued 15,000,000 Class A common shares. On the Closing Date, Surviving PubCo changed its name to indie Semiconductor, Inc., and listed its shares of Class A common stock on the Nasdaq under the symbol “INDI.”
Immediately prior to the Transaction, (i) the Company’s existing warrants to purchase the Company’s Class G units were net exercised and 10,019 Class G units of the Company were issued to the holders of the warrants; (ii) the SAFEs were converted into an aggregate of 284,925 Class A units; (iii) the Embry notes and the interest accrued thereunder were converted into 185,000 Class A units and 100,000 Class C units; and (iv) all 1,251,566 Class C, D, E, F and G units of the Company were converted into Class A units as per their rights and preferences. Immediately thereafter, each outstanding Class A unit and Class B unit was split into approximately 27.8 Class A units and Class B units, respectively (the “Exchange Ratio”). Following the split, 77,497,793 Class A units were exchanged for 43,670,422 Class A common shares and 33,827,371 Class V common
shares in indie and 9,564,150 Class B units were exchanged for 9,564,150 Class A common shares in indie (1,791,147 of such shares were subject to vesting conditions).
The closing Exchange Ratio was determined by dividing (i) a number of shares of the Company’s Class A common stock equal to (A) the Closing Merger Consideration (as defined below), divided by (B) $10.00 per share, by (ii) the total number of ADK LLC membership units outstanding immediately prior to the Closing. The “Closing Merger Consideration” of $894,628 was determined by taking $900,000 of merger consideration less applicable adjustments of $5,372.
3,450,000 Class A common shares of indie were issued and held in escrow (“Escrow Shares”) for the potential future release to the sponsors of TB2 in the event the earn-out milestones are met. Additionally, the former owners of ADK LLC may be entitled to receive up to 10,000,000 earn-out shares of the Company’s Class A common stock if the earn-out milestones are met. See Note 10 — Contingent and Earn-Out Liabilities for the milestone details.
Immediately following the Closing, the Company’s Board of Directors consisted of nine directors, seven of whom were designated by the Company. A majority of the directors qualified as independent directors under rules of Nasdaq.
The Transaction was accounted for as a reverse recapitalization in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”). Under the guidance in Accounting Standards Codifications (“ASC”) Topic 805, indie is treated as the “acquirer” for financial reporting purposes. As such, the Company is deemed the accounting predecessor of the combined business and is the successor registrant for U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) purposes, meaning that the Company’s financial statements for previous periods will be disclosed in the registrant’s future periodic reports filed with the SEC. The most significant change in our reported financial position and results of operations was gross cash proceeds of $399,511 from the merger transaction, which includes $150,000 in gross proceeds from the PIPE financing that was consummated in conjunction with the Transaction. The increase in cash was offset by transaction costs incurred in connection with the Transaction of approximately $43,463 plus the retirement of indie’s long-term debt of $15,607. Approximately $29,770 of the transaction costs and all of indie’s long-term debt were paid as of June 30, 2021. Approximately $21,848 of the transaction costs paid as of June 30, 2021 were paid by TB2 as part of the Closing. The remainder of the transaction costs were paid in the third quarter of 2021.
The table below summarizes the shares of Class A and Class V common stock issued immediately after the closing of the Transaction as well as the impact of the Transaction on the consolidated statement of stockholders’ equity as of June 10, 2021:
Class A Common StockClass V Common StockAdditional Paid in Capital
SharesAmountSharesAmount
Redemption of Class H units(125,101)$— — $— $(900)
Embry notes conversion8,023,072 — — 4,118 
Warrants net settlement conversion278,533 — — — — 
SAFEs conversion7,466,891 454,077 — 86,099 
PIPE and SPAC financing44,797,894 — — 377,654 
Earn-out liability— — — — (119,759)
Transaction expenses— — — — (21,575)
Warrants liability— — — — (74,408)
Reverse recapitalization on June 10, 202160,441,289 $6 454,077 $ $251,229 
Amendments to Articles of Incorporation

indie held its 2023 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on June 21, 2023. At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders approved the amendment of the Company’s existing Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of Class A common stock, from 250,000,000 to 400,000,000 (the “Amendment”).

The Board of Directors previously approved the Amendment, subject to and conditioned upon stockholder approval at the Annual Meeting. Following stockholder approval of the Amendment, the Company prepared an Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation to reflect the Amendment. The Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation became effective upon its filing with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on June 22, 2023.
Risks and Uncertainties

Current and continued inflationary conditions have led, and may continue to lead to rising prices or rising interest rates, which has had a dampening effect on overall economic activity and consumer demand for automotive products. Additionally, the conflict in the Middle East and the implication of this event has created global political and economic uncertainty. The Company is closely monitoring developments, including potential impact to the Company’s business, customers, suppliers, its employees and operations in Israel, the Middle East and elsewhere. At this time, the impact to indie is subject to change given the volatile nature of the situation.
Basis of Presentation
The consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP and the rules and regulations of the SEC. Any reference in these notes to applicable guidance is meant to refer to the authoritative U.S. GAAP as found in the ASC and the Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”). The consolidated financial statements include the consolidated accounts of the Company’s majority-owned subsidiary, ADK LLC, of which 90% was owned by indie as of December 31, 2023. ADK LLC’s consolidated financial statements include its wholly-owned subsidiaries indie Services Corporation, indie LLC and indie City LLC, all California entities, Ay Dee Kay Limited, a private limited company incorporated under the laws of Scotland, indie GmbH, Symeo GmbH and Silicon Radar GmbH, all of which are private limited liability companies incorporated under the laws of Germany, Exalos AG, a company limited by shares organized under the laws of Switzerland, indie Kft, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Hungary, TeraXion Inc., a company incorporated under the laws of Canada, indie Semiconductor Israel Ltd., a private limited company incorporated under the laws of Israel, Ay Dee Kay S.A., a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Argentina, indie Semiconductor Morocco, a limited liability company under the laws of Morocco, indie Semiconductor Japan KK, a limited liability company under the laws of Japan, Wuxi indie Microelectronics (“Wuxi”), a Chinese entity with 59% voting controlled and 34% owned by the Company as of December 31, 2023 and Wuxi’s wholly-owned subsidiaries, indie Semiconductor Suzhou, indie Semiconductor HK, Ltd and Shanghai Ziying Microelectronics Co., Ltd.
All significant intercompany accounts and transactions of the subsidiaries have been eliminated in consolidation. The noncontrolling interest attributable to the Company’s less-than-wholly-owned subsidiary is presented as a separate component from stockholders’ equity (deficit) in the consolidated balance sheets, and a noncontrolling interest in the consolidated statements of operations and consolidated statements of stockholders’ equity (deficit) and noncontrolling interest (see Note 2 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies — Consolidation).

Reclassifications

Certain prior year amounts in the consolidated balance sheet have been reclassified for consistency with the current year presentation. These reclassifications had no effect on the reported results of operations.