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Atlas Technology Group (ATYG) Risk Analysis

Public companies are required to disclose risks that can affect the business and impact the stock. These disclosures are known as “Risk Factors”. Companies disclose these risks in their yearly (Form 10-K), quarterly earnings (Form 10-Q), or “foreign private issuer” reports (Form 20-F). Risk factors show the challenges a company faces. Investors can consider the worst-case scenarios before making an investment. TipRanks’ Risk Analysis categorizes risks based on proprietary classification algorithms and machine learning. Atlas Technology Group disclosed 33 risk factors in its most recent earnings report. Atlas Technology Group reported the most risks in the “Finance & Corporate” category.

Risk Overview Q4, 2023

Source: the company's latest filing for the period ended Dec 31, 2023, filed Apr 15, 2024

Risk Distribution
33Risks
Sector Avg.Finance & CorporateTech & InnovationLegal & RegulatoryProductionAbility to SellMacro & Political
Finance & Corporate - Financial and accounting risks. Risks related to the execution of corporate activity and strategy

Risk Change Over Time

Atlas Technology Group disclosed risks per quarterNo. of Risks33Q4Q4Showing: Q4, 2023
Risks removedRisks addedRisks changedAtlas Technology Group Risk Factors
New Risk (1)
  • Litigation & Legal Liabilities - Risk 1
    We have agreed to the indemnification of officers and directors as is provided by delaware statutes.

    Delaware General Corporation Laws provide for the indemnification of our directors, officers, employees, and agents, under certain circumstances, against attorney's fees and other expenses incurred by them in any litigation to which they become a party arising from their association with or activities on our behalf. We will also bear the expenses of such litigation for any of our directors, officers, employees, or agents, upon such person's promise to repay us therefore if it is ultimately determined that any such person shall not have been entitled to indemnification. This indemnification policy could result in substantial expenditures by us that we will be unable to recoup.

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Risk Highlights Q4, 2023

Main Risk Category
Finance & Corporate
With 21 Risks
Number of Disclosed Risks
33
No changes from last report
S&P 500 Average: 32
Recent Changes
1Risks added
1Risks removed
1Risks changed
Since Dec 2023
Number of Risk Changed
1
No changes from last report
S&P 500 Average: 1

Risk Word Cloud

we do not anticipate paying cash dividends on our common stock.anticipate paying cash dividendswe may be unsuccessful in finding a merger that can be accomplished with positive long-term results.positive long-term resultsthe price of our common stock could be highly volatile.price of our common stockif the registration of our common stock is revoked in the future, our business opportunities will cease to exist.registration of our common stockwe may not be able to meet the filing and internal control reporting requirements imposed by the sec which may result in a decline in the price of our common shares and an inability to obtain future financing.internal control reporting requirements imposedreduction of percentage share ownership following business combination and dilution to stockholdersreduction of percentage share ownershipwe may not be able to meet the filing and internal control reporting requirements imposed by the sec which may result in a decline in the price of our common shares and an inability to obtain future financing.inability to obtain future financingwe may not be able to meet the filing and internal control reporting requirements imposed by the sec which may result in a decline in the price of our common shares and an inability to obtain future financing.price of our common shareswe may be negatively affected by adverse general economic conditionsadverse general economic conditionsreporting requirements under the exchange act and compliance with the sarbanes-oxley act of 2002, including establishing and maintaining acceptable internal controls over financial reporting, are costly and may increase substantially.maintaining acceptable internal controls

Risk Factors Full Breakdown - Total Risks 33

Share Price & Shareholder Rights14 | 42.4%
  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 1
    If the registration of our common stock is revoked in the future, our business opportunities will cease to exist.

    In the event our securities registration was to be revoked, we would not have the ability to raise money through the issuance of shares and would lose the ability to continue the business plan set out in this filing. Common stock issued and outstanding at that time would no longer be tradable.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 2
    Loss of control by our present management and stockholders may occur upon issuance of additional shares.

    We may issue further shares as consideration for the cash or assets or services out of our authorized but unissued common stock that would, upon issuance, represent a majority of our voting power and equity. The result of such an issuance would be those new stockholders and management would control us, and persons unknown could replace our management at this time. Such an occurrence would result in a greatly reduced percentage of ownership of us by our current shareholders.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 3
    The price of our common stock could be highly volatile.

    Shares of our common stock can only be traded in the expert market as of the date of this report. We believe this is due to there being no broker dealers willing to quote our stock. We intend to seek approval for our shares of common stock to be traded on the Pink Sheets again. There is no guarantee that we will be successful in becoming relisted on the Pink Sheets. Even if we are successful in getting our stock relisted, it is likely that our common stock will be subject to price volatility, low volumes of trades and large spreads in bid and ask prices quoted by market makers. Due to the low volume of shares traded on any trading day, persons buying or selling in relatively small quantities may easily influence prices of our common stock. This low volume of trades could also cause the price of our stock to fluctuate greatly, with large percentage changes in price occurring in any trading day session. Holders of our common stock may also not be able to readily liquidate their investment or may be forced to sell at depressed prices due to low volume trading. If high spreads between the bid and ask prices of our common stock exist at the time of a purchase, the stock would have to appreciate substantially on a relative percentage basis for an investor to recoup their investment. Broad market fluctuations and general economic and political conditions may also adversely affect the market price of our common stock. No assurance can be given that an active market in our common stock will be sustained. If an active market does not continue, holders of our common stock may be unable to readily sell the shares they hold or may not be able to sell their shares at all.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 4
    Our stock will in all likelihood be thinly traded and as a result you may be unable to sell at or near ask prices or at all if you need to liquidate your shares.

    Shares of our common stock can only be traded in the expert market as of the date of this report. We believe this is due to there being no broker dealers willing to quote our stock. We intend to seek approval for our shares of common stock to be traded on the Pink Sheets again. There is no guarantee that we will be successful in becoming relisted on the Pink Sheets. Even if we are successful in getting our stock relisted, we cannot give you any assurance that a broader or more active public trading market for our shares of common stock will develop or be sustained, or that any trading levels will be sustained. Due to these conditions, we can give investors no assurance that they will be able to sell their shares of common stock at or near ask prices or at all if you need money or otherwise desire to liquidate your shares of common stock of our Company.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 5
    Reduction of percentage share ownership following business combination and dilution to stockholders

    Our primary plan of operation is based upon a business combination with a private concern which, in all likelihood, would result in us issuing securities to stockholders of such private company. The issuance of previously authorized and unissued shares of our common stock would result in reduction in percentage of shares owned by present and prospective stockholders and may result in a change in control or management. In addition, any merger or acquisition can be expected to have a significant dilutive effect on the percentage of the shares held our stockholders.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 6
    There is a very limited trading market for our common stock and investors are not assured of the opportunity to sell their stock, should they desire to do so.

    Our common stock can only be traded in the expert market as of the date of this report. We believe this is due to there being no broker dealers willing to quote our stock. We intend to seek approval for our shares of common stock to be traded on the Pink Sheets again. There is no guarantee that we will be successful in becoming relisted on the Pink Sheets again. However, that stock has traded in very limited quantities in the past. We believe a significant factor in the limited market is our limited capitalization and liquidity, results of operation and the characterization of our stock as a "penny stock." We hope to remedy our financial condition and results of operation in the future. This, in turn, may assist us in obtaining listing of our stock on the OTC-QB, Nasdaq or NYSE American Exchange. However, there is no assurance that any of these objectives will be met or that the market will ever increase to a point where investors could sell their stock at a desirable price, should they desire to do so.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 7
    Our directors' liability to us and stockholders is limited.

    Delaware General Corporation Laws exclude personal liability of our directors and our stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty except in certain specified circumstances. Accordingly, we will have a much more limited right of action against our directors that otherwise would be the case. This provision does not affect the liability of any director under federal or applicable state securities laws. We have no full-time employees which may impede our ability to carry on our business. Our officers are independent consultants who devote up to 10 hours per week to Company business. The lack of full-time employees may very well prevent the Company's operations from being efficient, and may impair the business progress and growth, which is a risk to any investor.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 8
    We may not be able to meet the filing and internal control reporting requirements imposed by the sec which may result in a decline in the price of our common shares and an inability to obtain future financing.

    As directed by Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, as amended by SEC Release No. 33-8934 on June 26, 2008, the SEC adopted rules requiring each public company to include a report of management on the company's internal controls over financial reporting in its annual reports. In addition, the independent registered public accounting firm auditing a company's financial statements may have to also attest to and report on management's assessment of the effectiveness of the company's internal controls over financial reporting. We may be required to include a report of management on its internal control over financial reporting. The internal control report must include a statement: Of management's responsibility for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over its financial reporting; Of management's assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting as of year-end; and Of the framework used by management to evaluate the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting. Furthermore, our independent registered public accounting firm may be required to file its attestation on whether it believes that we have maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 9
    We are an "emerging growth company," and any decision on our part to comply only with certain reduced disclosure requirements applicable to "emerging growth companies" could make our common stock less attractive to investors.

    We are an "emerging growth company," as defined in the JOBS Act, and, for as long as we continue to be an "emerging growth company," we expect and fully intend to take advantage of exemptions from various reporting requirements applicable to other public companies but not to "emerging growth companies," including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and shareholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved. We could be an "emerging growth company" for up to five years, or until the earliest of (i) the last day of the first fiscal year in which our annual gross revenues exceed $1.07 billion, (ii) the date that we become a "large accelerated filer" as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act, which would occur if the market value of our common stock that is held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the last business day of our most recently completed second fiscal quarter, or (iii) the date on which we have issued more than $1 billion in non-convertible debt during the preceding three year periods. In addition, Section 107 of the JOBS Act also provides that an "emerging growth company" can take advantage of the extended transition period provided in Section 7(a)2(B) of the Securities Act for complying with new or revised accounting standards. In other words, an "emerging growth company" can delay the adoption of certain accounting standards until those standards would otherwise apply to private companies. We have elected to opt in to the extended transition period for complying with the revised accounting standards. We have elected to rely on these exemptions and reduced disclosure requirements applicable to "emerging growth companies" and expect to continue to do so.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 10
    We are a reporting company.

    We are subject to the reporting requirements under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, Section 13a, due to the effectiveness of our Registration Statement on Form 10 under Section 12(g) which became effective. As a result, stockholders will have access to the information required to be reported by publicly held companies under the Exchange Act and the regulations thereunder. As a result, we will be subject to legal and accounting expenses that private companies are not subject to and this could affect our ability to generate operating income.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 11
    Our directors may have conflicts of interest which may not be resolved favorably to us.

    Certain conflicts of interest may exist between our directors and us. Our Directors have other business interests to which they devote their attention and may be expected to continue to do so although management time should be devoted to our business. As a result, conflicts of interest may arise that can be resolved only through exercise of such judgment as is consistent with fiduciary duties to us. See "Directors and Executive Officers" (page 45 below), and "Conflicts of Interest." (page 46 below).

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 12
    Because our principal shareholder controls our activities, he may cause us to act in a manner that is most beneficial to himself and not to other shareholders which could cause us not to take actions that outside investors might view favorably.

    Our principal shareholder has the voting rights of, and ability to convert his one share of Series A preferred stock into, 68% of our outstanding common stock. As a result, he effectively controls all matters requiring stockholder approval, including the election of directors, the approval of significant corporate transactions, such as mergers and related party transactions. This insider also has the ability to delay or perhaps even block, by his ownership of our stock, an unsolicited tender offer. This concentration of ownership could have the effect of delaying, deterring or preventing a change in control of our company that you might view favorably.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 13
    We intend to attempt to relist our shares of common stock on the pink sheets

    There is no guarantee that we will be successful in becoming relisted on the Pink Sheets. If we are unable to have our shares of common stock re-listed on the Pink Sheets, it's unlikely that we will be able to find an entity with experienced management and opportunities for growth in return for shares of our common stock to create values for our shareholders that will be prepared to merge with us.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 14
    We have a shareholders' deficit, have incurred significant losses and anticipate future losses

    During the year ended December 31, 2023, we incurred losses of $92,225, resulting in an accumulated deficit of $31,145,855 and a stockholders' deficit of $340,106. Future losses are likely to occur as, until we have opportunities for growth in return for shares of our common stock to create value for our shareholders as we have no sources of income to meet our operating expenses. As a result of these, among other factors, we received from our registered independent public accountants in their reports for the financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, an explanatory paragraph stating that there is substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.

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How do companies disclose their risk factors?
Publicly traded companies initially disclose their risk factors to the SEC through their S-1 filings as part of the IPO process. Additionally, companies must provide a complete list of risk factors in their Annual Reports (Form 10-K) or (Form 20-F) for “foreign private issuers”. Quarterly Reports also include a section on risk factors (Form 10-Q) where companies are only required to update any changes since the previous report. According to the SEC, risk factors should be reported concisely, logically and in “plain English” so investors can understand them.
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What are all the risk factor categories?
TipRanks has identified 6 major categories of risk factors and a number of subcategories for each. You can see how these categories are broken down in the list below. 1. Financial & Corporate Accounting & Financial Operations - risks related to accounting loss, value of intangible assets, financial statements, value of intangible assets, financial reporting, estimates, guidance, company profitability, dividends, fluctuating results. Share Price & Shareholder Rights – risks related to things that impact share prices and the rights of shareholders, including analyst ratings, major shareholder activity, trade volatility, liquidity of shares, anti-takeover provisions, international listing, dual listing. Debt & Financing – risks related to debt, funding, financing and interest rates, financial investments. Corporate Activity and Growth – risks related to restructuring, M&As, joint ventures, execution of corporate strategy, strategic alliances. 2. Legal & Regulatory Litigation and Legal Liabilities – risks related to litigation/ lawsuits against the company. Regulation – risks related to compliance, GDPR, and new legislation. Environmental / Social – risks related to environmental regulation and to data privacy. Taxation & Government Incentives – risks related to taxation and changes in government incentives. 3. Production Costs – risks related to costs of production including commodity prices, future contracts, inventory. Supply Chain – risks related to the company’s suppliers. Manufacturing – risks related to the company’s manufacturing process including product quality and product recalls. Human Capital – risks related to recruitment, training and retention of key employees, employee relationships & unions labor disputes, pension, and post retirement benefits, medical, health and welfare benefits, employee misconduct, employee litigation. 4. Technology & Innovation Innovation / R&D – risks related to innovation and new product development. Technology – risks related to the company’s reliance on technology. Cyber Security – risks related to securing the company’s digital assets and from cyber attacks. Trade Secrets & Patents – risks related to the company’s ability to protect its intellectual property and to infringement claims against the company as well as piracy and unlicensed copying. 5. Ability to Sell Demand – risks related to the demand of the company’s goods and services including seasonality, reliance on key customers. Competition – risks related to the company’s competition including substitutes. Sales & Marketing – risks related to sales, marketing, and distribution channels, pricing, and market penetration. Brand & Reputation – risks related to the company’s brand and reputation. 6. Macro & Political Economy & Political Environment – risks related to changes in economic and political conditions. Natural and Human Disruptions – risks related to catastrophes, floods, storms, terror, earthquakes, coronavirus pandemic/COVID-19. International Operations – risks related to the global nature of the company. Capital Markets – risks related to exchange rates and trade, cryptocurrency.