Research Frontiers Q2 2026 Earnings Report

Research Frontiers EPS Results

• Actual EPS: -$0.02
• Consensus EPS: N/A
• Beat/Miss: N/A
• One Year Ago EPS: N/A

Research Frontiers Revenue Results

• Actual Revenue: $0.09 million
• Expected Revenue: N/A
• Beat/Miss: N/A
• YoY Revenue Growth: N/A

Research Frontiers Announcement Details

• Quarter: Q2 2026
• Date: 8/6/2026
• Time: After Market Closes
• Conference Call Date: Thursday, August 6, 2026
• Conference Call Time: 4:30PM ET

Research Frontiers (NASDAQ:REFR) Inc. (NASDAQ:REFR) is a materials science company specializing in the development and licensing of its proprietary SPD-Smart™ light control film. This patented Suspended Particle Device technology enables electronic tinting of glass to provide variable light transmission, glare reduction and solar heat management. SPD-Smart films are designed for integration into architectural windows, automotive sunroofs and skylights, as well as aerospace and specialty applications.

The company’s core business model revolves around licensing its SPD technology and supplying the functional film to manufacturing partners. Licensees incorporate SPD-Smart film into their glass and glazing systems, creating smart windows for commercial buildings under brands such as Saint-Gobain’s SageGlass, and sunroofs for automotive OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers worldwide. By switching rapidly between clear and shaded states, these products deliver energy efficiency benefits and enhance occupant comfort.

Founded in 1965 and headquartered in Easton, Pennsylvania, Research Frontiers maintains a robust intellectual property portfolio covering multiple generations of SPD formulations and device architectures. The company’s research and development efforts emphasize improving film durability, scaling production processes and expanding light control capabilities to meet the evolving requirements of modern architecture and transportation markets.

Through strategic partnerships across North America, Europe and Asia, Research Frontiers is commercializing its SPD-Smart technology at scale. Collaborations with glass manufacturers, automotive suppliers and specialty converters aim to accelerate adoption of electronically switchable glass solutions that support sustainability goals and offer design flexibility. Ongoing initiatives include developing higher-clarity films, integrating advanced digital controls and exploring new smart building and mobility opportunities.

Research Frontiers Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

Key Takeaways

• Negative Sentiment: Gauzy’s financial restructuring sharply reduced SPD emulsion and film production, causing lower royalties, delayed programs, and customer supply constraints. Management expects production to recover but acknowledged that the disruption could weigh on revenue for the next several quarters.
• Positive Sentiment: Management said Gauzy’s restructuring is nearing completion, with court proceedings potentially concluding as soon as September and financing already supporting employee payments and production restarts. Research Frontiers believes Gauzy could emerge leaner and better capitalized, with full-scale production resuming under its preferred Plan A.
• Positive Sentiment: The company said major automotive programs with Mercedes, Ferrari, Cadillac, and McLaren remain intact, while two new aircraft programs were won during the disruption. Customer support and continued program commitments were presented as evidence that SPD technology retains strong market acceptance.
• Positive Sentiment: Research Frontiers added KLIM, a Polaris division, as a licensee to develop SPD motorcycle helmet visors and sports goggles, while also advancing Black SPD and architectural retrofit products. Management described the retrofit opportunity as potentially large and faster to commercialize than automotive programs once film supply normalizes.
• Negative Sentiment: The company remains below Nasdaq’s $1 minimum bid requirement, with an initial compliance period extending to late November, and may need additional capital depending on how its manufacturing contingency plans develop. Management said it may pursue debt or equity financing, particularly if Research Frontiers directly acquires SPD production assets under Plan D.

Presentation

[Operator]

Good afternoon, and welcome to Research Frontiers investor conference call to discuss the second quarter of 2026 results of operations and recent developments. The company will be answering many of the questions that were emailed to it prior to this conference call in their presentation. In some cases, the company has responded directly to email questions prior to this call or will do so afterwards. There will be a live question and answer session after the company's presentation. Some statements today may contain forward-looking information identified by words such as expect, anticipate, and forecast. These reflect current beliefs and actual results may differ materially from those expressed due to various risk factors, including those detailed in our SEC filings. Research Frontiers assumes no obligation to update or revise these statements.

[Operator]

The call is being recorded and will be available for replay on Research Frontiers' website at smartglass.com for the next 90 days. I would now like to turn the conference over to Joe Harary, President and Chief Executive Officer of Research Frontiers. Please go ahead, sir.

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

Thank you, Paul, and good afternoon, everyone. I'd like to welcome all of you to our second quarter 2026 investor conference call. Before I begin discussing the current quarter, I'd like to start by talking about our last conference call. Many of you have noticed that unlike virtually every other conference call we've held over the years, we did not have a live question and answer session. Some shareholders criticized that decision, and I understand why. The reason wasn't because we were trying to avoid questions. In fact, throughout our history, we've devoted an extraordinary amount of time to answering shareholder questions, not only during our conference calls, but also before and after them by email and telephone. I estimate we've probably spent more time in open dialogue with shareholders than many companies our size. The decision last quarter was driven by timing.

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

At the time of our last conference call, there were significant court proceedings underway involving our principal licensee, Gauzy. We believe it would have been inappropriate and potentially harmful to speculate publicly while those proceedings were still unfolding. Judges generally prefer that important matters be resolved in their courtroom rather than in the court of public opinion, and we believe the responsible course was to allow that legal process to move forward. Today, the situation is much clearer than it was three months ago, and so rather than simply reading mostly from a prepared script, I'd like this call to be more of a town hall meeting. I'll spend a few minutes discussing where we are today, what has happened over the past several quarters, and perhaps more importantly, what has not happened. I'd like to devote most of our remaining time to answering your questions.

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

Out of respect to your fellow shareholders, so we can answer as many live questions as we can on this call, I ask that you try to keep your questions to those that are of general interest to shareholders. When I step back and look objectively at the past nine months, I think it's important not to lose sight of the bigger picture. We spent the last several quarters dealing with an extraordinary situation. Let's be clear about what that situation actually was. Understanding this is important because it explains almost everything that has happened over the past nine months. It was not a technology problem. It was not a product problem. It was not a customer acceptance problem. It was not a competitive problem. It was fundamentally a supply chain disruption resulting from the financial restructuring of our principal SPD film manufacturer and licensee, Gauzy.

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

Everything that followed flowed from that one event. Making that distinction is important because it explains both the challenges we experienced and why we remain optimistic about the future. Sometimes companies and their investors become so focused on what did happen that they lose sight of what didn't happen. We did not lose confidence in our technology. We did not lose our intellectual property. We did not lose our automotive qualifications. We did not lose our development pipeline. We did not lose customer interest. Remarkably, we did not lose the major programs already underway. In fact, what impressed me most over the past nine months was the patience shown by our customers and the hard work by our licensees. These are sophisticated global companies with many alternatives available to them, yet they remain committed to SPD, and that tells me something very important.

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

They understand the unique performance advantages SPD technology provides, they continue to believe those advantages are worth having and worth waiting for. I think that patience is perhaps the strongest independent valuation of our technology that we could have asked for. Another proof point came from something that occurred during this very challenging period. We actually entered into a new license agreement with KLIM, a division of New York Stock Exchange-listed company, Polaris, and a globally recognized leader in premium motorcycle equipment to develop SPD applications for motorcycle helmet visors and sports goggles. Think about what that says. During one of the most difficult periods in our industry's recent history, another company carefully evaluated SPD technology, evaluated our intellectual property, evaluated the markets they wanted to serve, and decided that now is the right time to become a Research Frontiers licensee.

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

Companies don't make long-term product development decisions based on technologies they don't believe in. They do so because they see opportunity. That agreement wasn't just another press release. It was another independent validation of where SPD technology is headed. Many people have asked, what has management been doing during these past several quarters? The answer is simple. We haven't been standing still. While Gauzy worked through its restructuring, we continued to support them as well as moving the business forward. Development of Black SPD technology continued. Another encouraging validation came from the CEO of LTI or AIT, the company that developed our retrofit product for the architectural market. He not only remains enthusiastic about the opportunity for SPD retrofit products, but also personally participated in our February friends and family financing.

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

I believe that's another indication that people who know this technology best and know our industry best continue to have confidence in where it's all headed. Our retrofit product for the architectural market continued to advance and is well positioned to move forward as film production returns to normal. We continue supporting automotive OEM programs. We continue supporting aircraft programs. In fact, two major new programs were won during this period. We continue working with our licensees and customers around the world. We continue strengthening relationships with existing customers while adding new ones. We continue managing our expenses carefully while preserving the financial flexibility necessary to position the company for future growth. In other words, we didn't spend nine months waiting, we spent nine months preparing.

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

We spent nine months navigating through the challenges that Gauzy faced and helped them and their customers and their industries move forward. Some investors have asked, why don't we simply establish another SPD film manufacturer immediately? It's a reasonable question. Historically, Research Frontiers has had only one commercial SPD film manufacturer at any given time. First Hitachi, then Gauzy. Producing automotive-grade SPD film is not like purchasing an off-the-shelf commodity. It requires years of development, substantial capital investment, highly specialized manufacturing expertise, and perhaps most importantly, consistent quality that automotive manufacturers demand. Could there be additional film manufacturers in the future? Certainly. Those decisions have to be made thoughtfully because consistency and quality are absolutely critical in the automotive industry. I'd also like to briefly address two accounting matters that a few shareholders had asked us about right before this call.

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

First, the reserve and going concern language relating to receivables associated with Gauzy and Vision Systems. Our accounting treatment reflects uncertainty regarding timing, not uncertainty about our expectation of ultimate collectability. The test is you have to have auditable proof that you're going to get paid within 12 months to count something. We believe these amounts will ultimately be collected in full. However, because the exact timing depends upon court-supervised proceedings outside of our control, our auditors appropriately recommended that we take a conservative accounting approach. We would not have to do that had the court indicated, for example, that on September seventeenth or eighteenth, distributions will be made to creditors. In any event, this is prudent financial reporting, and it should not be interpreted as a change in management's confidence regarding ultimate collection. Second, regarding our Nasdaq listing compliance. Our board and management are actively monitoring the situation.

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

Our objective remains to regain compliance to improve business performance and improve market valuation. We believe that's the appropriate long-term solution rather than something like a reverse stock split. One thing I've learned over many years in this business is that technology companies are often tested not when everything is going well, but when unexpected events occur. Over the past nine months, I believe the entire SPD ecosystem has demonstrated remarkable resilience. Mercedes has continued supporting its existing SPD-equipped vehicles. Programs with Ferrari remain intact. Programs with Cadillac remain intact. Programs with McLaren remain intact. Aircraft opportunities continue moving forward, and as I mentioned earlier, two new ones from a large OEM were won recently. Retrofit development and project acquisition continues. New applications continue to emerge. New licensees continue joining us. Customer enthusiasm has remained strong.

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

When I look at all these facts together, I don't see a technology or a company in retreat. I see a technology whose underlying momentum has continued despite a temporary interruption in its supply chain. Our business model remains exactly what it's always been. We invent, we innovate, we license, and our licensees manufacture. Our customers incorporate SPD into products that improve the lives of people around the world. That business model has enabled us to build an extraordinary intellectual property portfolio while addressing markets ranging from automotive and aerospace to architecture, marine, transportation, and now premium eyewear. In addition to what our licensees have invested, Research Frontiers has invested well over $125 million over the years to bring SPD technology from the laboratory and into commercial production. Many companies spend years proving that a technology works in the laboratory but never succeed in commercializing it.

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

Others achieve commercialization but never reach the quality, consistency, reliability, and cost structure demanded by industries like automotive and aerospace. We and our licensees have accomplished all that. SPD today is not an experimental technology. It is a proven, reliable commercial product that has met the demanding standards of some of the world's leading manufacturers, and we're the only company that has done that across four different automotive OEMs. Many companies never get that far. They never accomplish that. Many spend considerably more before ultimately abandoning their technologies. We didn't. SPD has proven in reliable commercial technology. When I step back today and look at where we are today compared with a year ago, I actually see more reasons for optimism than pessimism. The smart glass market continues to expand. Our intellectual property portfolio is strong. Our application pipeline continues to broaden.

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

We've added a new licensee, we added two new aircraft programs, and our customers have remained committed. The restructuring process that has dominated so much of our recent discussion regarding Gauzy is substantially closer to its conclusion than to its beginning, and may be concluded as soon as next month. Nine months ago, some investors wondered whether SPD technology could survive the disruption created by Gauzy's restructuring. Today, I believe the evidence points to a very different conclusion. SPD didn't simply survive. It continued attracting customers. It continued attracting new licensees. It continued opening new applications, and it continued earning the confidence of companies making long-term commitments to the technology. Our job now is to convert that resilience into renewed growth as production returns to normal.

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

We have a great deal of work ahead of us, and I remain very confident in the long-term opportunities for SPD technology and the dedication of the people who work every day to realize that opportunity. With that, rather than continue with prepared remarks, I'd like to turn this town hall discussion over. Let's open the floor to questions. As always, if your questions are of general interest to our shareholders, we'll answer as many as we can during today's call. If we don't get to your question or if it's specific to your individual circumstances, please contact us after the call and we'll do our best to respond as promptly as possible. We usually respond to email questions within 24 hours. Thank you. Let's begin.

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

As we wait for people to join the Q&A queue, let me answer a question received from several shareholders about the status of current production of SPD emulsion and film, and possible scenarios that Research Frontiers might be considering. This is probably the most asked question I have received, so I know it's on many people's minds right now. As Gauzy has publicly disclosed, its financial restructuring substantially affected its operations over the past several months. Like many companies undergoing court-supervised restructurings, there were periods when liquidity constraints affected its ability to operate at normal production levels. Also, workers were unpaid, and some left and some were laid off. As a result, production of SPD emulsion and film slowed significantly and at some point essentially stopped while those issues were being addressed. Things started to flow again.

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

Gauzy has continued supplying customers using existing inventories of SPD emulsion and film while working through the restructuring process. That inventory, together with careful prioritization of customer requirements, has allowed important programs to continue, even though production has not yet been at the level any of us would like. You can see this reflected in the lower royalties that we had this quarter. Looking forward, there are several possible paths by which the supply of SPD film can continue, and they all ultimately support the same long-term objective: restoring and expanding production capacity. The first plan, Plan A, is what we believe to be the most likely outcome. Gauzy successfully completes its restructuring and resumes full-scale production of both SPD emulsion and SPD film. This would be the least disruptive to our supply chain and the timing of product deliveries.

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

Another possible outcome, Plan B, would be for Gauzy to continue manufacturing SPD emulsion while another qualified company coats that emulsion into finished SPD film. Plan C would be for another qualified manufacturer to produce both SPD emulsion and SPD film under license from us. Finally, depending on circumstances and opportunities that may arise, Plan D is that Research Frontiers itself could participate more directly in preserving or acquiring certain SPD manufacturing assets, if doing so we're determined to be in the best interest of our shareholders. The important point is that none of these scenarios changes the long-term opportunity for SPD technology. They simply represent different paths forward towards restoring and expanding manufacturing capacity. Some may be more disruptive to our supply chain than others, so we are also factoring that in.

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

Variants of these contingency plans are all underway, Once again, our expectation is that Gauzy will successfully emerge from bankruptcy shortly under Plan A. Our objective remains exactly what it has always been: to ensure that the market has a reliable, high-quality supply of SPD film capable of supporting the growing demand we continue to see across automotive, aerospace, architectural, and other markets. Paul, if we have any questions in the queue, let's try them.

[Operator]

If you would like to ask a question, please press star one on your telephone keypad now. You will be placed into the queue in the order received.

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

Please be prepared to ask your question when prompted. Once again, if you would like to ask a question, please press star one on your phone now. Our first question comes from Jeff Harvey, an investor.

[Jeff Harvey, Shareholder at Private Investor]

Hi, Joe.

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

Hey, Jeff. How are you?

[Jeff Harvey, Shareholder at Private Investor]

Good. Couple of questions. First of all, given the financial difficulty that Gauzy's in, I'm very concerned they're not going to be able to get funding to the level that they would need to really be able to ramp up film production for your customers. The second thing is, as you mentioned to me, it was announced that Clayens bought Vision Systems, then you told me that they never got approval for aerospace applications. I just wondered if you could talk a little bit about that. Today, Gauzy traded 230 million shares, which is a highly unusual number.

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

Yes, it is.

[Jeff Harvey, Shareholder at Private Investor]

At $0.07, ended up at $0.40, now $0.38 after hours. I don't know if

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

Yeah

[Jeff Harvey, Shareholder at Private Investor]

there's something today at the French court.

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

Okay. Great questions, Jeff, and thank you for asking them. Let me start with the first question you had, which is about the financial ability of Gauzy moving forward. I'm going to throw out some numbers, and it's my best understanding of the situation in France, in Germany, and in Israel. In France, there was a bankruptcy proceeding, an involuntary bankruptcy proceeding, or what they call a rehabilitation proceeding filed. As part of that process, Gauzy presents a plan of continuation, and they're presenting a revised plan on September 7th, so coming up. The plan of continuation that they presented actually had major funding coming from the sale of a division that doesn't involve SPD technology. My understanding was that it was an American company that was well-capitalized in the industry that offered $125 million.

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

For some reason, that was for a sliver of the Vision Systems company business. For some reason, I'm not sure what it was, the court instead directed that the entire Vision Systems company, including that division that could've been sold for $125 million, be sold to a company called Clayens, which is a local company not too far from where Vision Systems is in France. We may never know what happened there, and the lawyer representing France committed suicide at some point right before the hearing. It just seems odd that they would reach that result where they would accept EUR 9 million or roughly $10 million for the entire company compared to a signed agreement for $125 million for part of it. That's one of the things that I think in September will work itself through.

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

What I'm told is, one of the rules of tendering, like Clayens did, is that if you lose an appeal, you lose the money you put down. They put down EUR 9 million, and it's being held in escrow by the court. Regardless of whether Gauzy wins or loses that appeal, that $9 million is released to pay Vision Systems' debt, which pays us in full. If they win the appeal, they still get the EUR 9 million, but they also get $125 million. That alone can be a substantial benefit to Gauzy. They're not just relying on that. In Israel, they've got a court approval on July 18th rather, so very recently, for a debt restructuring plan. It's not through a bankruptcy proceeding. It's through a negotiated process under Israeli law.

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

What that process does, and I'm not an expert in Israeli reorganization law, but what it does basically is it pays all of the employees $1.00 on the dollar immediately. Okay. That's great because we got to get people back to work and making film and emulsion. It also takes some of the institutional creditors, like the Israeli equivalent of the IRS and their pension funds, pension regulatory agency, and it pays them off over five years after a six-month break before they start paying. Five years, they get pushed out interest-free, and they paid that off. Larger creditors, we don't qualify for that is my understanding, get paid after a six-month hiatus over three years. Then companies like us are owed less amounts of money, and we get paid immediately from that.

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

In order to do that, Gauzy has to show that they have the money to execute on that plan. They've arranged for, and I know two of the participants are former directors of Gauzy that have invested substantial amounts of money, and I think they're each billionaires, in Gauzy over the years, to supply a $7 million financing. That financing allows them to pay off the employees and the smaller creditors, get production started again in Germany. I'm told, as of this morning when I spoke to the CEO of Gauzy, that money has started to flow towards Germany now as a result of that financing. Things are starting to restart because of all this. I think ultimately what's going to happen is Gauzy is going to emerge from this as a leaner, better capitalized, and I think more focused company.

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

That'll be good for us. Your second question was why would the court sell plans to a company that didn't have the necessary operating permits to run an aerospace company? It's very hard to get an answer on that, so I can't opine. My understanding was that the equivalent of the French FAA actually weighed in to confirm that Clayens did not have the permits necessary to run an aerospace business. We'll see what happens in September on that. Your third question, I'm trying to remember. I'm sorry.

[Jeff Harvey, Shareholder at Private Investor]

Well, as I mentioned, their stock traded 230 million shares today.

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

Oh.

[Jeff Harvey, Shareholder at Private Investor]

Was there something that-

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

There was no news that either I nor the CEO of Gauzy was aware of that would account for that kind of price movement and volume. I think at one point it went up to $0.94. It was crazy. We were actually on the phone when it was happening. Around 10:30 A.M. this morning, the volume and the stock was going nuts.

[Jeff Harvey, Shareholder at Private Investor]

In looking back, though, what would have been the process of switching to another manufacturer? I'm just concerned this is going to drag on a long time. Your revenue is going to be down for the next few quarters as a result of this. Why not go to the plan B and switch to somebody else?

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

Well, that takes time, and given the fact that there would be two entrants in the market sharing a market, it becomes a little more difficult than if there's one entrant in the market. It's one of the plans that we're pursuing, Jeff, is to talk to a third-party manufacturer that can do everything. It also takes time for them to gear up. If you look at Hitachi, they had this as the special project of the president with all the resources and best engineers and any money they needed, and they were licensed in 1999, and it wasn't until 2010 that after five years of testing at Mercedes-Benz, that a commercial product came out. The situation is different. You have an established market now. You don't have an emerging market with no customers like existed back then.

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

If you just do the math, it took them four or five years to get SPD film up to automotive quality. This is Hitachi Chemical, which has excellent precision coating capabilities. Gauzy took less time to do it. Because the technology has matured and technology has advanced, such as coating and curing technology, it probably is not going to take as long to get a new person up and running. In our discussions, a lot of the companies already have the necessary equipment and capabilities. That's kind of the things we're pursuing in parallel here.

[Jeff Harvey, Shareholder at Private Investor]

Okay. Thank you.

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

Thanks a lot.

[Operator]

Thank you. Our next question comes from John Nelson, an investor.

[John Nelson, Shareholder at Private Investor]

Hi, Joe.

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

Hey, John.

[John Nelson, Shareholder at Private Investor]

Thanks for supplying a lot of useful information regarding updates for the company and the Gauzy situation. The options provided are available. The questions I have are more related to the product line. You had mentioned the German plant was not producing film, I'm assuming the Israeli plant is still producing?

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

Well, it's not really a matter of producing film. A lot of the people weren't allowed to return to work until there was actually a plan in place to pay them. Remember, these are countries that protect workers quite strongly. Once things started flowing back towards Germany and in Israel with the recent developments, including the July 18th court hearing where the court approved the debt restructuring plan. It still has to go to creditors, when they approved that started the flow of money towards getting people back to work. We don't have to wait for every T to be crossed and I to be dotted for that to happen. In the meantime, I think Gauzy doesn't want to deplete their inventory completely because they need to replenish it for some of the bigger orders that are waiting.

[John Nelson, Shareholder at Private Investor]

Are you, or I should say, is Gauzy currently shipping products to some or all of your current customer list?

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

They have been. As of today, I don't know if they have to wait to make more film. Everybody has been pretty much kept in the information loop and we're able to plan around this disruption, which is something that Research Frontiers took a very active role in terms of helping these customers as well as Gauzy. We want to keep the customers happy.

[John Nelson, Shareholder at Private Investor]

Okay, good. Do you think you'll be able to name the two new major aircraft programs that you said-

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

This morning I went on the manufacturer's website, and for whatever reason, they just said, "Smart windows." They didn't name it yet. I think like everything, with the passage of time, we're able to reveal more and more. Let's let the customer have a little bit of time, and then after that, you may hear their name on the conference call, on a future conference call. Similar to what we did with Ferrari, where we announced it a couple of years before Gauzy formally got permission, but we were able to do it.

[John Nelson, Shareholder at Private Investor]

Okay. Then, you mentioned Ferrari. They have a new model that they've introduced. Is there any indications that your product will be offered on the new model as an option?

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

I don't see on their configurator a lot of information about it. That doesn't mean that it's not an option or not. I think at some point, we'll be able to perhaps say something. It's a weird world that these automotive companies live in, and I can understand it. They want you thinking about their name, not Research Frontiers or anyone else's name. They're very reluctant to name who the suppliers are.

[John Nelson, Shareholder at Private Investor]

Mm-hmm. Understood. You had mentioned that the SPD Black development program was still being continued.

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

Moving forward, yes. The idea with the Black SPD, obviously, is to get something that's not the sapphire blue, but more of a black. I've seen samples of the product. It looks amazing. I saw it when I was in Israel. I saw it in the backroom at CES, a much cruder form than when I saw it in Israel, basically it's advanced a lot. Really, it's just a matter of resource and people. They have the emulsion. They need people and the ability to put that through. Certainly, it's an exciting product.

[John Nelson, Shareholder at Private Investor]

Okay, good. On the retrofit product, has that been officially introduced or marketed, and if not, do you have any sense of when the timing, when that product will be available for customers?

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

Sure. Let me share with you a conversation. I think it'll probably answer your question indirectly, if I could, John. The CEO of LTI, he's owed money from Gauzy. We had a conversation maybe about a week ago, and I gave him an update as to everything that I knew was going on at Gauzy, based on my own analysis and my conversations, almost on a daily basis with Gauzy. He said, "That's all really good, Joe, but the main thing I'm interested in is getting film production restarted again, because there is huge business in the retrofit that dwarfs anything I'm owed." He's already started, and is ready to hit the ground running with that.

[John Nelson, Shareholder at Private Investor]

Mm-hmm. Okay, good.

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

What I like about the architectural retrofit is the lead times are much more within everyone's control. It's really a sales and marketing and spec job. You speak to the project, you get it specced in, and then you deliver the glass. As opposed to automotive, where it could take three or four years.

[John Nelson, Shareholder at Private Investor]

Years.

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

This is a lot quicker, and especially when it's a retrofit where there's not a lot of prep you have to do. You could just go in over a weekend and upgrade an existing building.

[John Nelson, Shareholder at Private Investor]

Okay, good. Looking forward to seeing some product sales out of that category. Thank you.

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

Me too. Thanks.

[John Nelson, Shareholder at Private Investor]

Yeah.

[Operator]

Our next question comes from Bruce Denny, an investor. Mr. Denny, your line is open. Mr. Denny, can you hear us?

[Operator]

Can we come back to him? He may not otherwise resolve yet. Okay. All right. Just as a reminder, if you would like to ask a question, please press star one on your phone now. Our next question comes from Michael K. of K Associates.

[Analyst at K Associates]

Thank you. I may have to leave in the middle because someone will be coming. There was a conflict in terms of time. Could you hear me?

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

Sure, can we hear you. By the way, congratulations.

[Analyst at K Associates]

Oh, thank you.

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

Congratulations, professor, on the award that the university gave you.

[Analyst at K Associates]

Yeah.

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

It's a very nice recognition.

[Analyst at K Associates]

Thank you. I appreciate it. Several things. During many conference calls, you indicated two things, more than two, that the SPD was superior to all other types of light control technologies on the market, also that in terms of cost-cutting, the sweet spot had been reached. Given that, even before the Gauzy, as such a travesty or whatever you want to call it seems that-

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

I call it hitting a brick wall.

[Analyst at K Associates]

Yeah.

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

It's true. The performance and the cost were all coming in line nicely, then, around that same time, I think that was in September, by November they hit the brick wall.

[Analyst at K Associates]

Well, I want to ask that I would think that given those two attributes, lower cost and superiority of the technology, that there would have been many more contracts and deals being made with OEMs. I would think also that given the price of the shares, just pennies, that some companies simply wouldn't acquire Research Frontiers unless there's a poison pill or something like that that would make it difficult.

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

There is a poison pill in place, and other shark repellents to make sure that when we do get an offer, our shareholders are getting a fair offer. As far as deals, the way this works is you don't see an announcement of a deal between us and, let's say, a car company. You see a supply agreement being granted to a glass company, and that's usually the extent of the visibility, and usually that happens well after the contract has been awarded. I remember with Mercedes-Benz, I once asked the head of the project, I said, "Hans, why don't you announce that Pilkington and Asahi haven't won the business?" He goes, "Joe, we keep everybody off balance a little bit in our supply chain, so we wait till the last minute.

[Analyst at K Associates]

The other thing is, one of the positives, I've been a very long-time shareholder, as you had mentioned several times that it was important to have another company that could do the film and the emulsion. That was extremely prescient, so to speak, because now that would have come in handy to have a backup company.

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

Right

[Analyst at K Associates]

Given the mishegoss, if you'd pardon the expression.

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

Yes

[Analyst at K Associates]

that happened with Gauzy.

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

Right.

[Analyst at K Associates]

You didn't follow through on your feeling about the importance, maybe even having a company in the U.S., that could do film and emulsion and such.

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

I addressed it a bit earlier. I'm not sure if you were on the call back then, but we talked about that specific question about why do you have one film supplier and not multiple ones.

[Analyst at K Associates]

The other thing, the last one. What I don't understand, do you have contacts with the SEC or something? Given the share price of the company, the fact that it did not meet it's not profitable, but especially that it's been trading well under $1. How come it has not been delisted? I don't want such to occur, of course.

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

Well, it's not the SEC-

[Analyst at K Associates]

In the light of the circumstance, yeah.

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

Sure. Well, no, it's not a matter of circumvention. We received a notice from Nasdaq. It wouldn't be the SEC. The SEC basically deals with the registration of securities and making sure that in that process, there's proper disclosure of everything to investors. That's the extent of what the SEC really does. They also prosecute insider trading and all this other stuff. Basically, they don't get involved with listing. That's under the umbrella of Nasdaq or the New York Stock Exchange, who sets the listing standards. We did receive a notice when our stock went below $1 for a certain period of time, that we had 180 days, which puts us till the end of November, basically, to come back in compliance. That also puts us in compliance with the market value requirement as well.

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

What I said earlier was, we plan on addressing that by good old-fashioned operational excellence and results of operation. If it doesn't happen, we'll reevaluate that as we get closer to November. Usually, they give you another 180 days, although it's not guaranteed, if you don't meet the first one. So-

[Analyst at K Associates]

Basically, you have until November or even later to comply with.

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

Right. What I believe is going to happen, Michael, is that once the cloud is lifted over Gauzy. Because all this happened really as a result of Gauzy hitting that brick wall that they did. Once that left it.

[Analyst at K Associates]

I apologize.

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

Okay. All right. Thank you. Good talking to you.

[Analyst at K Associates]

Thank you very much.

[Analyst at K Associates]

Good talking to you. We'll catch up after the call if you want.

[Operator]

All right. At this time, we have no further questions in the queue. I'll turn the call back-

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

Okay.

[Operator]

Oh, actually, sorry. We did just get a question. As a reminder-

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

Sure

[Operator]

if you do have a question, make sure that you press star one on your telephone keypad. Our next question comes from Gerard Sherman, an investor.

[Gerard Sherman, Shareholder at Private Investor]

Hi, Joe. A question for you on the cash situation. What are we looking at for the next raise, and how do you plan on doing it?

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

Not sure we're going to have to if we collect what we're owed, and that's part of the balancing. Also, if we go to plan D, okay, which is us maybe acquiring some of the production assets of Gauzy, we would need more than if we did plan A, B, or C. It's probably too early to figure out if we need to raise money and how much. If we do need to raise for a plan D, us acquiring the production assets, then it would be more than if it's just for working capital and things like that. As of the end of the quarter, we had over $1 million. Right.

[Gerard Sherman, Shareholder at Private Investor]

Yeah, that makes sense. What are our options? Do we have any ability of taking on debt? Does it always have to be an equity raise? Do you have more than one option?

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

All options are available. We've avoided debt since 1986, but under the right circumstances, that may be appropriate. As a board, we'll discuss that if it becomes a discussion topic. If we collect what we're owed and the market restarts the way we think it will, we may not have to raise capital.

[Gerard Sherman, Shareholder at Private Investor]

Okay. All right. Thank you.

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

Thanks.

[Operator]

Our next question comes from Bruce Denny, an investor.

[Bruce Denny, Shareholder at Private Investor]

Hello?

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

Hey, Dr. Denny. How are you?

[Bruce Denny, Shareholder at Private Investor]

Good. How are you?

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

Very good.

[Bruce Denny, Shareholder at Private Investor]

Sorry about the snafu earlier.

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

Glad you're okay.

[Bruce Denny, Shareholder at Private Investor]

Yeah. I wanted to ask about that new contract you're talking about with an airline or manufacturer.

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

Yes.

[Bruce Denny, Shareholder at Private Investor]

What scale are we talking about? Boeing or

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

Well, we already have Boeing and Airbus. This would be some new programs. This manufacturer was so interested and enthusiastic about SPD that it actually wrote a letter to the French court explaining why SPD is strategically important to it, which was nice to see. I happened to be in Melbourne, Florida, at the Vision Systems North America facility when that person was there, we had an opportunity also to chat about it, and he's very excited about it. That's all I can say. At this point, I do think that it's nice when customers support you like that, and they definitely stepped up to the plate for Gauzy.

[Bruce Denny, Shareholder at Private Investor]

Oh, very good. Are they major manufacturers?

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

Yes. You would've heard of them.

[Bruce Denny, Shareholder at Private Investor]

Right. Are they employing the SPD technology in greater numbers, or is it still very low volume that they're doing, or what do you see happening?

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

When you say very low volume, it depends on what you're comparing it to. For example, the transport category aircraft market is one-tenth of the size of the sunroof market for cars. It's still a $25 million revenue opportunity for Research Frontiers. Relatively speaking, it's not the volume that you would get from architectural or automotive in terms of the dollar values, but it's still very significant. The good thing about our business is it doesn't cost us anything to be diversified across all these different industries because we don't have the manufacturing costs.

[Bruce Denny, Shareholder at Private Investor]

Right.

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

We collect our royalty. The royalty per window is much higher there. One window in aircraft is like 10 windows in, let's say, automotive.

[Bruce Denny, Shareholder at Private Investor]

Oh, I see. Yeah. Are you aware of any-

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

Actually, it's 15 because we get a higher royalty also in aircraft.

[Bruce Denny, Shareholder at Private Investor]

Okay. Well, that's encouraging. How about General Motors? I know they're getting their toe in the water with the CELESTIQ. Have you been in discussions with them about introducing it in other products?

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

Yeah. We've had multiple discussions. One is just high volume cars within GM. Because of, I think, the benefits that SPD has that they're demonstrating in the CELESTIQ, they could easily translate that experience into other cars. Well, they didn't shoot themselves in the foot. Their supplier shot themselves in the foot with the Corvette roof. It was a competitor of ours, and it didn't go well. They weren't able to mass produce it, and they had to pull it from production. That hurt the supplier, but it helps us because I think it makes the fact that we've been in four different car model manufacturers and multiple car models even more remarkable, that we were able to operate in the rigors of the automotive environment.

[Bruce Denny, Shareholder at Private Investor]

Mm-hmm. How about the Asian market? Asian manufacturers interfacing with that?

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

Yeah. Moving forward on all fronts. Like I said earlier, the most remarkable thing about this process is that the technology is so strong and beneficial that people, I think, understand the value and it's remarkable, but they've stayed with us, so.

[Bruce Denny, Shareholder at Private Investor]

Okay. All right.

[Bruce Denny, Shareholder at Private Investor]

It's a tribute to our licensees and to our technology.

[Bruce Denny, Shareholder at Private Investor]

Okay, very good. Thank you, Joe.

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

Thank you.

[Operator]

Our next question comes from Leonard Litzau, an investor.

[Leonard Litzau, Shareholder at Private Investor]

Good afternoon, Joe. I appreciate your call and the information you're giving us. I think we need people like that.

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

Len, I think we lost you for a minute there. Can you repeat that?

[Leonard Litzau, Shareholder at Private Investor]

Yeah, she keeps telling me my line is on hold.

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

Hold on. Now I can hear you. Now I can hear you fine.

[Leonard Litzau, Shareholder at Private Investor]

Okay

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

It just clicked off.

[Leonard Litzau, Shareholder at Private Investor]

Okay. Well, I want to thank you for all of the information that came out. It seems like everything is moving forward. My question, assuming that we get through this thing between now and the end of September, how quick will the volumes start increasing so that when nobody's left and the auto manufacturers, you say, are still there, and with the retrofit of the windows, which would be obviously a very big push, I would assume. Are you seeing the ability of them to make enough film to satisfy what's out there? Will it happen by the end of the year?

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

Yeah, I believe yes to both questions. There's been a pent-up demand because of the supply issue that needs to be filled, but there's also new projects-

[Leonard Litzau, Shareholder at Private Investor]

Black. Yeah

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

are out there. Right. Just in general, just new products for SPD and new customers that need it. There's a lot of different things that will be restarted almost immediately when film restarts. That's why I was so happy to hear this morning that they've started to direct money towards rehiring their people and things like that so that everyone can get back to the job they do so well when they do it.

[Leonard Litzau, Shareholder at Private Investor]

that was a very important piece of information. I totally agree.

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

Yes.

[Leonard Litzau, Shareholder at Private Investor]

I know you've worked hard, and I know you've had more on your plate than most people would like to have, and I think you've done a good job doing it. Thanks for keeping us in the loop.

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

Yeah. Thank you.

[Operator]

Our next question comes from Terry Christie, an investor.

[Terry Christie, Shareholder at Private Investor]

Yeah. Hi, Joe.

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

Hi, Terry.

[Terry Christie, Shareholder at Private Investor]

How you doing? We've been going back and forth a little bit the last couple of days.

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

Yes. Yeah.

[Terry Christie, Shareholder at Private Investor]

Yeah. One of the companies that you mentioned in there as competitor is Ambilight.

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

Right.

[Terry Christie, Shareholder at Private Investor]

I've been doing the good old-fashioned, let's get on AI and see what's going on. Not all of that's accurate. According to them, BYD and some of their subs, as well as Audi, are using the Ambilight products and say they're using, I guess, multiple film layers in order to get the various effects they want to get.

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

Yeah.

[Terry Christie, Shareholder at Private Investor]

Do you know what the basic performance difference is between their product and the SPD-.

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

Sure

[Terry Christie, Shareholder at Private Investor]

product?

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

Sure. It's an electrochromic product, which means as it gets bigger, it gets slower. I actually sat at CES in one of their cars with their CTO, and we had a nice chat about everything.

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

It has the same inherent limitations of other electrochromics, the iris effect. It gets slower as it gets bigger, those types of things. They do have one advantage, kind of, in China at least, and that is why maybe you see BYD there is, as you can imagine, in China, when the CCP says to do something, you do something. I imagine, and this is not just imagination, this was directly confirmed by somebody else, not the CTO, but somebody else.

[Terry Christie, Shareholder at Private Investor]

Yeah.

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

They were directed. BYD was directed to do business with them, and they were directed to do business with BYD, you don't say no when that happens in China. We don't have that kind of situation where Xi Jinping is going to tell someone to use Research Frontiers' product. For the rest of the world, we're good.

[Terry Christie, Shareholder at Private Investor]

Yeah. The thing that got my attention was the laminating. Obviously, that's something that's been working on, or being worked on here.

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

Yeah. All these companies have something that switches. The question is, what are the warts? Years ago, Merck had a thing that looked black, but it was a liquid that had to get poured between two pieces of glass. The wart was, you couldn't put it on anything that was remotely curved or not flat and horizontal or vertical. The warts become apparent when you try to move it from an idea into the real world. It doesn't mean there's not a market for it. Even slow-switching electrochromic, where you don't need speed, like on a warehouse glass or something like that, maybe you can get away with it. For things like homes or offices, electrochromic's not going to cut it. In automotive, they tend to not want to use electrochromics because the car usually arrives at its destination before the glass switches.

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

So that-

[Terry Christie, Shareholder at Private Investor]

Well, there we're talking about using PDLC laminate.

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

Yeah. PDLC doesn't have a switching problem, but electrochromic does in terms of speed.

[Terry Christie, Shareholder at Private Investor]

Yeah, they're talking layering them together.

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

Yeah. PDLC really is good for privacy only, and it may look like the glass is switching, but it's not doing any thermal benefit, which is really why you put it on the sunroof.

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

Anyway, I don't want to get into too many specifics about Ambilight. They are a competitor in some markets, and I think they wish they were us in most of them.

[Terry Christie, Shareholder at Private Investor]

Okay. Well, that's good news. Okay. You think we're going to be up and running this year?

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

Yeah. I think that, well, since money is starting to flow to restart Germany, I think that helps a lot. Also, just in general, getting out of the bankruptcy will allow Gauzy management to focus on what they do best. We'll go back to normal, and then we'll also do better. That's where we're at.

[Terry Christie, Shareholder at Private Investor]

Yeah. Okay, Jim. Thank you.

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

Thanks.

[Operator]

At this time, we have no further questions in queue. I will now turn the call back over to Mr. Harary for any closing remarks.

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

Okay. Thank you very much. I appreciate it, Paul, and thank you, everybody, for your patience as we went through a lot of detailed information, but I think everyone deserves to know what's going on. If I haven't fully answered anyone's questions, please feel free to call or email. Perhaps the most important point I'd like everyone to remember today is this. Nothing has happened over the past nine months that's changed our view of the long-term opportunity of SPD. If anything, the continued commitment of our customers, our licensees, and now a new licensee like KLIM, and a direct investment by a licensee, has reinforced that confidence. We also have four contingency plans for moving forward. The past nine months have undoubtedly been some of the most challenging periods our company's experienced in recent years, and we've never tried to minimize that.

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

We've just tried to work through it. Our principal supplier went through a major financial restructuring, and certainly production slowed and stopped for a while, and programs were delayed. Our financial statements reflected an appropriate accounting conservatism while these proceedings worked their way through the courts, and these are simply the facts, but those facts only tell part of the story. The other part of the story is what didn't happen. Our technology didn't stop working, and our patents didn't lose their value, and our customers didn't abandon us, and our licensees didn't walk away. The markets we serve certainly didn't disappear. They actually expanded. In fact, despite all the uncertainty, we continue adding new opportunities, continuing advancing new applications, continuing strengthening our intellectual property, and continued earning the confidence of companies willing to make long-term commitments to SPD technology. The new license agreement with KLIM is very exciting.

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

It's just one example of that confidence. The volumes can be very large. I like the fact that it's a consumer application because it has visibility to a lot more people and a lot of different people than those that drive McLarens and Ferraris. The continued commitment we've seen from our automotive, aerospace, and other partners is another thing that I take great pride in. To me, those are the powerful indicators of where the technology is ultimately headed, but you can make your own judgment on this. Over the long history of Research Frontiers, we've seen economic recessions, financial crises, supply chain disruptions, industry changes and downturns and global events that no one could have predicted. Every one of those periods seemed enormously important at the time.

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

Yet through all of them We continued improving our technology, expanding our intellectual property portfolio, adding new licensees, entering into new markets, and moving steadily towards broader commercialization. I believe this period will ultimately be viewed much in the same way, not as a change in the long-term direction of our company, but as a temporary interruption and a much steadier journey upwards. Today, I believe we're much closer to the end of this difficult chapter than to its beginning. As Gauzy completes its restructuring and resumes full production, I believe the conversation will shift away from court proceedings and supply constraints and back to what has always driven this company: innovation, commercialization, and growth. As Gauzy completes its restructuring, I believe it will also emerge as a leaner, more focused, and more appropriately capitalized company.

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

That should ultimately benefit Gauzy and their customers, Research Frontiers, and the entire SPD-SmartGlass ecosystem. We're ready. Our technology is ready, our customers are ready, our licensees are ready, new applications are ready, and our management teams are ready. To our long-term shareholders, I'd like to sincerely thank you for your patience, your thoughtful questions, and your continued confidence during what has unquestionably been a very difficult period. Many of you have been with us for years, and some, including a number of our board members, for decades. We never take that support for granted. For those that have joined us more recently, we welcome you, and we hope today's discussion has helped provide greater context for where we are, how we got here, and why we remain optimistic about the future.

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

We don't control every event that affects our business, but we do control how we respond. Over the past nine months, we've stayed focused, we've stayed disciplined, we've continued investing in our future, and we've continued building value for the long term. Perhaps the strongest endorsement of SPD over the past nine months didn't come from us at all. It came from our customers. Despite every delay, despite every headline, despite every challenge, they've stayed with the technology. In business, actions speak louder than words, and I think that's one of the strongest votes of confidence SPD could receive from our customers. Many times, the mark of a good captain is a steady, watchful, and experienced hand at the tiller, especially in rough seas.

[Joe Harary, President and CEO at Research Frontiers]

Our mission today is the same as it has always been: to make SPD-SmartGlass a standard featured in products around the world that improve comfort, safety, energy efficiency, and the user experience. I remain as excited about that opportunity today as I have ever been. I thank you for your continued support of Research Frontiers, and we look forward to updating you again next quarter with Gauzy continuing to execute on their plans in Israel, Germany, and France, and the final appeal in France scheduled for mid-September that could bring substantial additional capital to the company, also Gauzy expanding in the United States. I'm very confident that we will be able to once again focus where our attention belongs on the steady and growing adoption of SPD technology across the automotive, aerospace, architectural, and consumer markets that we serve. Thank you again.

[Operator]

This concludes today's conference call. Thank you for attending.

Participants

Executives

• Joe Harary, President and CEO

Analysts

• Jeff Harvey, Shareholder at Private Investor
• John Nelson, Shareholder at Private Investor
• Analyst at K Associates
• Gerard Sherman, Shareholder at Private Investor
• Bruce Denny, Shareholder at Private Investor
• Leonard Litzau, Shareholder at Private Investor
• Terry Christie, Shareholder at Private Investor