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Updates since PacBio's last earnings release

• Initiated a company-wide restructuring plan to reduce operating expenses and sharpen our strategic focus to concentrate resources on the long-read business. The initiative is expected to lower annualized non-GAAP operating expenses by approximately $45 million to $50 million by the end of 2025.

• Entered into a licensing agreement with The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and Centre for Novostics to enhance current methylation detection capabilities in HiFi sequencing and implement new deep learning models to enable native detection of 5hmC, hemimethylated 5mC, and 6mA. These capabilities are expected to be delivered through software updates to Revio™ and Vega™ systems and support expanded use in cancer research, neuroscience, and liquid biopsy applications.

• Selected by the Davos Alzheimer’s Collaborative (DAC) as sequencing partner for a new initiative to advance Alzheimer’s disease research in North Africa. PacBio HiFi sequencing will be used to help develop a high-quality, comprehensive multi-omics dataset from underrepresented populations, supporting DAC’s global research efforts in neurodegenerative disease.

• Published results demonstrating HiFi’s ability to resolve highly similar paralogous genes, historically a major challenge in human genetics. The study showed HiFi sequencing enables a more complete characterization of gene families such as SMN1/SMN2 and CYP21A1P/CYP21A2, with potential applications in rare disease diagnostics and carrier screening.

• Appointed Jim Gibson as Chief Financial Officer, effective March 31, 2025. Mr. Gibson brings more than three decades of financial leadership experience in life sciences and technology, including roles at Tesla, Netflix, Apple, and Affymetrix.
  

“We are off to a solid start to the year, highlighted by a full quarter of shipments of the Vega platform, record consumables revenue and improved non-GAAP gross margin,” said Christian Henry, President and Chief Executive Officer. “At the same time, we remain cautious given the current macroeconomic environment, including uncertainty around academic funding and the potential impact of trade policy developments. In response, in early April we proactively restructured the organization to reduce cost and sharpen our focus on long-read innovation. These changes are intended to position PacBio to navigate near-term challenges while continuing to drive toward our goal of achieving cash flow breakeven exiting 2027.”

Independent Investigation

We recently received a letter from an attorney representing an employee impacted by our recent reduction in force that made certain allegations regarding employment practices and cybersecurity matters. The Company has formed a committee of independent directors to investigate the allegations with its advisors. The Company does not believe that the outcome of the investigation will have any impact on the current, or any previously reported, financial results. Further, we are not aware of any historical or current material cybersecurity breaches. The ongoing investigation may impact the Company’s ability to timely file its Form 10-Q for the first quarter of 2025.

Quarterly Conference Call Information

Management will host a quarterly conference call to discuss its first quarter ended March 31, 2025, results today at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time. Investors may listen to the call by dialing 1-888-349-0136, if outside the U.S., by dialing 1-412-317-0459, requesting to join the “PacBio Q1 Earnings Call". The call will be webcast live and available for replay at PacBio's website at https://investor.pacificbiosciences.com.

About PacBio

PacBio (NASDAQ: PACB) is a premier life science technology company that designs, develops, and manufactures advanced sequencing solutions to help scientists and clinical researchers resolve genetically complex problems. Our products and technologies, which include our HiFi long-read sequencing, address solutions across a broad set of research applications including human germline sequencing, plant and animal sciences, infectious disease and microbiology, oncology, and other emerging applications. For more information, please visit www.pacb.com and follow @PacBio.

PacBio products are provided for Research Use Only. Not for use in diagnostic procedures.

Statement regarding use of non‐GAAP financial measures

PacBio reports non‐GAAP results for basic and diluted net income and loss per share, net income, net loss, gross margins, gross profit (loss) and operating expenses in addition to, and not as a substitute for, or because it believes that such information is superior to, financial measures calculated in accordance with GAAP. PacBio believes that non-GAAP financial information, when taken collectively, may be helpful to investors because it provides consistency and comparability with past financial performance. However, non-GAAP financial information is presented for supplemental informational purposes only, has limitations as an analytical tool and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for financial information presented in accordance with GAAP. In addition, other companies may calculate similarly titled non-GAAP measures differently or may use other measures to evaluate their performance, all of which could reduce the usefulness of PacBio’s non-GAAP financial measures as tools for comparison.

PacBio's financial measures under GAAP include substantial charges that are listed in the itemized reconciliations between GAAP and non‐GAAP financial measures included in this press release. PacBio excludes recurring charges from its non-GAAP financial statements, including amortization of intangible assets and changes in fair value of contingent consideration, and further excludes infrequent and limited charges including impairment charges, restructuring related expenses for discrete restructuring events and gains or losses on the extinguishment of debt. The amortization of acquired intangible assets excluded from GAAP financial measures relates to acquired intangible assets that were recorded as part of the purchase accounting during the year ended December 31, 2021. The amortization related to these intangible assets will occur in future periods until they are fully amortized.

Management has excluded the effects of these items in non‐GAAP measures to assist investors in analyzing and assessing past and future operating performance. In addition, management uses non-GAAP measures to compare PacBio’s performance relative to forecasts and strategic plans and to benchmark its performance externally against competitors.

PacBio encourages investors to carefully consider its results under GAAP, as well as its supplemental non‐GAAP information and the reconciliation between these presentations, to more fully understand its business. A reconciliation of PacBio’s non-GAAP financial measures to their most directly comparable financial measure stated in accordance with GAAP has been provided in the financial statement tables included in this press release. PacBio is unable to reconcile future-looking non-GAAP guidance included in this press release without unreasonable effort because certain items that impact this measure are out of PacBio's control and/or cannot be reasonably predicted at this time.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements other than statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements, including statements relating to PacBio’s cost-saving plans and initiatives as well as the expected financial impact and timing of these plans and initiatives; PacBio’s financial guidance and expectations for future periods; developments affecting our industry and the markets in which we compete, including the impact of new products and technologies and tariffs; anticipated future customer use of our products; and the availability, uses, accuracy, coverage, advantages, quality or performance of, or benefits or expected benefits of using, PacBio products or technologies; and, our expectations as to the timing and outcome of our independent committee investigation, the filing of our periodic reports, and the investigation’s expected financial and operational impacts. Reported results and orders for any instrument system should not be considered an indication of future performance. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements because they are subject to assumptions, risks, and uncertainties and could cause actual outcomes and results to differ materially from currently anticipated results, including, challenges inherent in developing, manufacturing, launching, marketing and selling new products, and achieving anticipated new sales; potential cancellation of existing instrument orders; assumptions, risks and uncertainties related to the ability to attract new customers and retain and grow sales from existing customers; risks related to PacBio's ability to successfully execute and realize the benefits of acquisitions; the impact of tariffs and export restrictions ; rapidly changing technologies and extensive competition in genomic sequencing; unanticipated increases in costs or expenses; interruptions or delays in the supply of components or materials for, or manufacturing of, PacBio products and products under development; potential product performance and quality issues and potential delays in development timelines; the possible loss of key employees, customers, or suppliers; customers and prospective customers curtailing or suspending activities using PacBio's products; third-party claims alleging infringement of patents and proprietary rights or seeking to invalidate PacBio's patents or proprietary rights; risks associated with international operations; and other risks associated with general macroeconomic conditions and geopolitical instability; risks related to our ongoing independent investigation, including the possible discovery of new information in the course investigation and any related expansion of the investigation’s scope and/or extension of its timing; the findings, conclusions and recommendations of the independent committee, which may include, among other things, findings resulting in material weaknesses; the Board and PacBio’s response to the independent committee’s findings, conclusions and recommendations, including possible significant costs associated with the implementation of remedial measures; the review of our independent registered public accounting firm of the independent committee’s findings, conclusions and recommendations; the risk that required SEC reports, including but not limited to the Form 10-Q for the first quarter of 2025, may not be able to be filed on a timely basis and the related consequences thereof, including the potential receipt of a notice of failure to satisfy a continued listing rule or standard by NASDAQ; the expenses incurred to date, and expected to be incurred in the future, related to the investigation, including costs associated with legal, accounting, and professional services associated with the investigation; and the greater risks associated with litigation and/or government and regulatory proceedings. Additional factors that could materially affect actual results can be found in PacBio's most recent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including PacBio's most recent reports on Forms 8-K, 10-K, and 10-Q, and include those listed under the caption “Risk Factors.” These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and speak only as of the date hereof; except as required by law, PacBio disclaims any obligation to revise or update these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances in the future, even if new information becomes available.

The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements that follow should be read in conjunction with the notes set forth in PacBio's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q when filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Statement regarding preliminary financial results

This press release contains preliminary financial results which are unaudited and based on current expectations and may be adjusted as a result of, among other things, completion of quarterly review procedures.

Contacts

Investors:

Todd Friedman
ir@pacb.com

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