Basis of Presentation	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2024
Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Basis of Presentation	Note 1. Basis of Presentation Description of Business Danimer Scientific, Inc., together with its subsidiaries (“Company”, “Danimer”, “we”, “us”, or “our”), is a performance polymer company specializing in bioplastic replacements for traditional petroleum-based plastics. Our common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “DNMR”. The Company (formerly Live Oak Acquisition Corp. (“Live Oak”)), was incorporated in the State of Delaware on May 24, 2019 as a special purpose acquisition company formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, recapitalization, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses. Live Oak completed its initial public offering in May 2020. On December 29, 2020 (“Closing Date”), Live Oak consummated a business combination (“Business Combination”) with Meredian Holdings Group, Inc. (“MHG” or “Legacy Danimer”), with Legacy Danimer surviving the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Live Oak. The Business Combination was accounted for as a reverse recapitalization, meaning that Legacy Danimer was treated as the accounting acquirer and Live Oak was treated as the accounting acquiree. Effectively, the Business Combination was treated as the equivalent of Legacy Danimer issuing stock for the net assets of Live Oak, accompanied by a recapitalization. In connection with the Business Combination, Live Oak changed its name to Danimer Scientific, Inc. On August 11, 2021, we closed the acquisition of Novomer, Inc. (integrated into our business as “Danimer Catalytic Technologies”). Financial Statements The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements (“financial statements”) have been prepared in accordance with the instructions to Form 10-Q and do not include all of the information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) for complete financial statements. The financial statements consolidate all assets and liabilities of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. All intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated. We have made certain reclassifications to previously reported amounts to conform to the current presentation. In our opinion, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. Results of operations for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of results for the entire year. As a result, these financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 (“2023 Form 10-K”). We do not have any material items of other comprehensive income (loss); accordingly, there is no difference between net loss and comprehensive loss and we have not presented a separate Statement of Comprehensive Income (Loss) that would otherwise be required. There were no significant changes to our critical accounting estimates or our significant accounting policies as disclosed in our 2023 Form 10-K. Strategic Reorganization and Other Charges During the three months ended June 30, 2024, we announced the pending retirement of our Chief Executive Officer which resulted in $0.3 million in expense related to the related transition and retirement agreement. Additionally, we launched a reduction in force and curtailed certain non-core product development activities and recorded $0.4 million in strategic reorganization and other related charges, primarily related to severance costs. In July 2024, we temporarily suspended our Danimer Catalytic Technologies business, including additional reduction in force, to further capital conservation. There were no asset impairments associated with this suspension, but we do expect to record additional strategic reorganization and other related charges in the quarter ending September 30, 2024 that will reduce the immediate cost savings realized. Risks and Uncertainties Preparation of the financial statements is on a going concern basis of presentation according to GAAP, which assumes that we will continue our operations for the foreseeable future and be able to realize our assets and discharge our liabilities and commitments in the normal course of business. Historically, we have financed our operations through issuance of equity and debt financings, such as our senior secured term loan, convertible notes, new market tax credit transactions and our asset-based lending arrangement as described in Note 9. These financings have been used to fund working capital, capital expenditures, and our day-to-day operations. Based on our current plans and projections, we believe our unrestricted cash resources of $40.3 million and $27.4 million in working capital at June 30, 2024, will be sufficient to satisfy our liquidity requirements for more than one year from when these financial statements were issued. Our ability to generate revenues in the near-term is highly dependent on the successful commercialization of our biopolymer products, which is subject to certain risks and uncertainties. As the market for our products expands, we anticipate that it will take time for our PHA sales and production to ramp-up to an economical scale sufficient to fund our operations. As a result, we have experienced significant losses and negative cash flows in recent years and this may continue in the near-term, as we incur costs and expenses for the continued development and expansion of our business, including the costs of enhancing manufacturing capacity and ongoing product research and development. The amounts we spend will impact our ability to become profitable and this spending will depend, in part, on the number of new products that we attempt to develop. Our long-term success is largely based on our PHA-based resin go-to-market strategy and the effective development of alternative biodegradable resin products to support a variety of end-use cases. We are in discussions with, and in certain instances have begun production for, large restaurant chains and consumer goods companies and their converters to expand the use of our PHA-based resins in cutlery, straws, single-use food packaging and films. Customer trends and government regulations are moving toward non-petroleum-based plastics; however, due to recent economic conditions, including the COVID-19 pandemic and supplemental supply chain disruptions, decreased Eastern European demand due to the conflict in Ukraine, and rising inflation, our projected sales growth has shifted into later periods. As a result of these developments, we have taken actions to reduce our operating costs across all areas of the business and to more closely monitor our liquidity position. For example, we have reduced discretionary spending, reduced labor costs through employee headcount rationalization, increased senior management focus on collections of accounts receivable, postponed certain capital expenditures, and launched an initiative to reduce on-hand inventory levels to respond to the business environment. We have also temporarily suspended operations at our Danimer Catalytic Technologies business to further capital conservation. If these plans are insufficient to sustain our liquidity, we expect to take further actions, which could include identifying alternative funding sources, to preserve sufficient liquidity.

Basis of Presentation

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2024

Note 1. Basis of Presentation

Description of Business

Danimer Scientific, Inc., together with its subsidiaries (“Company”, “Danimer”, “we”, “us”, or “our”), is a performance polymer company specializing in bioplastic replacements for traditional petroleum-based plastics. Our common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “DNMR”.

The Company (formerly Live Oak Acquisition Corp. (“Live Oak”)), was incorporated in the State of Delaware on May 24, 2019 as a special purpose acquisition company formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, recapitalization, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses. Live Oak completed its initial public offering in May 2020. On December 29, 2020 (“Closing Date”), Live Oak consummated a business combination (“Business Combination”) with Meredian Holdings Group, Inc. (“MHG” or “Legacy Danimer”), with Legacy Danimer surviving the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Live Oak. The Business Combination was accounted for as a reverse recapitalization, meaning that Legacy Danimer was treated as the accounting acquirer and Live Oak was treated as the accounting acquiree. Effectively, the Business Combination was treated as the equivalent of Legacy Danimer issuing stock for the net assets of Live Oak, accompanied by a recapitalization. In connection with the Business Combination, Live Oak changed its name to Danimer Scientific, Inc. On August 11, 2021, we closed the acquisition of Novomer, Inc. (integrated into our business as “Danimer Catalytic Technologies”).

Financial Statements

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements (“financial statements”) have been prepared in accordance with the instructions to Form 10-Q and do not include all of the information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) for complete financial statements. The financial statements consolidate all assets and liabilities of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. All intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated. We have made certain reclassifications to previously reported amounts to conform to the current presentation. In our opinion, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. Results of operations for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of results for the entire year. As a result, these financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 (“2023 Form 10-K”).

We do not have any material items of other comprehensive income (loss); accordingly, there is no difference between net loss and comprehensive loss and we have not presented a separate Statement of Comprehensive Income (Loss) that would otherwise be required.

There were no significant changes to our critical accounting estimates or our significant accounting policies as disclosed in our 2023 Form 10-K.

Strategic Reorganization and Other Charges

During the three months ended June 30, 2024, we announced the pending retirement of our Chief Executive Officer which resulted in $0.3 million in expense related to the related transition and retirement agreement. Additionally, we launched a reduction in force and curtailed certain non-core product development activities and recorded $0.4 million in strategic reorganization and other related charges, primarily related to severance costs.

In July 2024, we temporarily suspended our Danimer Catalytic Technologies business, including additional reduction in force, to further capital conservation. There were no asset impairments associated with this suspension, but we do expect to record additional strategic reorganization and other related charges in the quarter ending September 30, 2024 that will reduce the immediate cost savings realized.

Risks and Uncertainties

Preparation of the financial statements is on a going concern basis of presentation according to GAAP, which assumes that we will continue our operations for the foreseeable future and be able to realize our assets and discharge our liabilities and commitments in the normal course of business.

Historically, we have financed our operations through issuance of equity and debt financings, such as our senior secured term loan, convertible notes, new market tax credit transactions and our asset-based lending arrangement as described in Note 9. These financings have been used to fund working capital, capital expenditures, and our day-to-day operations.

Based on our current plans and projections, we believe our unrestricted cash resources of $40.3 million and $27.4 million in working capital at June 30, 2024, will be sufficient to satisfy our liquidity requirements for more than one year from when these financial statements were issued.

Our ability to generate revenues in the near-term is highly dependent on the successful commercialization of our biopolymer products, which is subject to certain risks and uncertainties. As the market for our products expands, we anticipate that it will take time for our PHA sales and production to ramp-up to an economical scale sufficient to fund our operations. As a result, we have experienced significant losses and negative cash flows in recent years and this may continue in the near-term, as we incur costs and expenses for the continued development and expansion of our business, including the costs of enhancing manufacturing capacity and ongoing product research and development. The amounts we spend will impact our ability to become profitable and this spending will depend, in part, on the number of new products that we attempt to develop.

Our long-term success is largely based on our PHA-based resin go-to-market strategy and the effective development of alternative biodegradable resin products to support a variety of end-use cases. We are in discussions with, and in certain instances have begun production for, large restaurant chains and consumer goods companies and their converters to expand the use of our PHA-based resins in cutlery, straws, single-use food packaging and films. Customer trends and government regulations are moving toward non-petroleum-based plastics; however, due to recent economic conditions, including the COVID-19 pandemic and supplemental supply chain disruptions, decreased Eastern European demand due to the conflict in Ukraine, and rising inflation, our projected sales growth has shifted into later periods. As a result of these developments, we have taken actions to reduce our operating costs across all areas of the business and to more closely monitor our liquidity position. For example, we have reduced discretionary spending, reduced labor costs through employee headcount rationalization, increased senior management focus on collections of accounts receivable, postponed certain capital expenditures, and launched an initiative to reduce on-hand inventory levels to respond to the business environment. We have also temporarily suspended operations at our Danimer Catalytic Technologies business to further capital conservation. If these plans are insufficient to sustain our liquidity, we expect to take further actions, which could include identifying alternative funding sources, to preserve sufficient liquidity.