Bionik Laboratories (BNKL) Risk Analysis
Risk Overview Q1, 2023
Source: the company's latest filing for the period ended Mar 31, 2023, filed Jun 21, 2023
Risk Change Over Time
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 1After the planned termination of the registration of our common stock under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and suspension of our reporting obligations under Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, your broker may no longer hold your shares in street name, which would make it more difficult for you to transfer your shares.
At such time that we terminate the registration of our common stock under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and suspend our reporting obligations under Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, brokers that hold your stock may distribute or "kick-out" such shares to the beneficial owners. Owners of certificated shares or shares held in book-entry form at our transfer agent would make it more difficult for you to transfer your shares, even if a market for transfer exists.
- Corporate Activity and Growth - Risk 2We may not be successful in operating and rebranding Tower Aquatic or other physical therapy clinics we acquire in conjunction with our national strategic rollout of rehabilitation clinics.
As part of our growth strategy, we intend to continue pursuing acquisitions of outpatient physical therapy clinics and rebranding those clinics in conjunction with our national strategic rollout of rehabilitation clinics. The success of Tower Aquatic and other acquired clinics depends on several factors including: - the difficulty and expense of integrating acquired personnel into our business;- the successful negotiation of competitive rates with insurance companies;- the diversion of management's time from existing operations;- our ability to recruit, train and retain experienced therapists;- the difficulty of assignment and/or procurement of managed care contractual arrangements; and - cultivation and maintenance of relationships with physicians and other referral sources in the markets in which they operate.
Risk Highlights Q1, 2023
Risk Word Cloud
Risk Factors Full Breakdown - Total Risks 39
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 1AddedAfter the planned termination of the registration of our common stock under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and suspension of our reporting obligations under Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, your broker may no longer hold your shares in street name, which would make it more difficult for you to transfer your shares.
At such time that we terminate the registration of our common stock under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and suspend our reporting obligations under Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, brokers that hold your stock may distribute or "kick-out" such shares to the beneficial owners. Owners of certificated shares or shares held in book-entry form at our transfer agent would make it more difficult for you to transfer your shares, even if a market for transfer exists.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 2The concentration of our capital stock ownership with insiders will likely limit your ability to influence corporate matters.
Our executive officers, directors, and their affiliated entities together beneficially own approximately 57% of our issued and outstanding common stock. As a result, these stockholders, if they act together or in a block, could have significant influence over virtually all matters that require approval by our stockholders, including the election of directors and approval of significant corporate transactions, even if other stockholders oppose them. This concentration of ownership might also have the effect of delaying or preventing a change of control of our company that other stockholders may view as beneficial.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 3An active and visible public trading market for the Company's Common Stock may not develop and the market for our common stock is limited.
Our common stock is thinly traded and will likely cease trading after the planned termination of the registration of our common stock under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and suspension of our reporting obligations under Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act., Any reported sales price may not be a true market-based valuation of our common stock. In addition, the stock market in general has at times experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations that have often been unrelated or disproportionate to operating performance. Consequently, holders of shares of our common stock may not be able to liquidate their investment in the Company's shares at prices that they may deem appropriate. Although we may in the future consider again registering under the Exchange Act and seeking to list our common stock on a national securities exchange, we can give no assurance that we will ever do so.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 4The market price for our Common Stock may be volatile.
The market price for our Common Stock may be volatile and subject to wide fluctuations in response to factors including the following: - Actual or anticipated fluctuations in our quarterly or annual operating results;- Changes in financial or operational estimates or projections;- Conditions in markets generally;- Changes in the economic performance or market valuations of companies similar to ours;- Announcements by us or our competitors of new products, acquisitions, strategic partnerships, joint ventures, or capital commitments;- Our intellectual property position; and - General economic or political conditions in the United States, Canada or elsewhere. In addition, the securities market has from time to time experienced significant price and volume fluctuations that are not related to the operating performance of particular companies. These market fluctuations may also materially and adversely affect the market price of shares of our common stock.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 5As our Common Stock is subject to the SEC's penny stock rules, broker-dealers may experience difficulty in completing customer transactions and trading activity in our securities may be adversely affected.
The SEC has adopted regulations, which generally define "penny stock" to be an equity security that has a market price of less than $5.00 per share, subject to specific exemptions. The market price of our Common Stock is currently and may in the future continue to be less than $5.00 per share and therefore would be a "penny stock" according to SEC rules, unless we are listed on a national securities exchange. Under these rules, broker-dealers who recommend such securities to persons other than institutional accredited investors must: - Make a special written suitability determination for the purchaser;- Receive the purchaser's prior written agreement to the transaction;- Provide the purchaser with risk disclosure documents which identify certain risks associated with investing in "penny stocks" and which describe the market for these "penny stocks" as well as a purchaser's legal remedies; and - Obtain a signed and dated acknowledgment from the purchaser demonstrating that the purchaser has actually received the required risk disclosure document before a transaction in a "penny stock" can be completed. When our common stock is subject to these rules, broker-dealers may find it difficult to effectuate customer transactions and trading activity in our securities may be adversely affected. As a result, the market price of our securities may be depressed, and you may find it more difficult to sell your securities.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 6Our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, designates the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders' ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers, employees or agents.
Our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended provides that, unless we consent in writing to an alternative forum, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware will be the sole and exclusive forum for: (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Company, (ii) any action asserting a claim for breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer, employee or agent of the Company to the Company or the Company's stockholders, (iii) any action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the Company's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, or the By-laws or (iv) any action asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine. This choice of forum provision does not preclude or contract the scope of exclusive federal jurisdiction for any actions brought under the Exchange Act. Section 27 of the Exchange Act creates exclusive federal jurisdiction over all suits brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations thereunder. As a result, the exclusive forum provision will not apply to suits brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the Exchange Act or any other claim for which the federal courts have exclusive jurisdiction, and the Company does not intend for the exclusive forum provision to apply to Exchange Act claims. It could apply, however, to a suit that falls within one or more of the categories enumerated in the exclusive forum provision and that asserts claims under the Securities Act, inasmuch as Section 22 of the Securities Act creates concurrent jurisdiction for federal and state courts over all suits brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the Securities Act or the rules and regulations thereunder. There is uncertainty as to whether a court would enforce such an exclusive forum provision with respect to claims under the Securities Act. In addition, our stockholders will not be deemed to have waived the Company's compliance with the federal securities laws and the rules and regulations thereunder. Subject to the foregoing, any person purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in any shares of our capital stock shall be deemed to have notice of and to have consented to this provision of our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended. This choice of forum provision may limit our stockholders' ability to bring a claim in a judicial forum that it finds favorable for disputes with us or our directors, officers, employees or agents, which may discourage such lawsuits against us and our directors, officers, employees and agents even though an action, if successful, might benefit our stockholders. Stockholders who do bring a claim in the Court of Chancery could face additional litigation costs in pursuing any such claim, particularly if they do not reside in or near Delaware. The Court of Chancery may also reach different judgments or results than would other courts, including courts where a stockholder considering an action may be located or would otherwise choose to bring the action, and such judgments or results may be more favorable to us than to our stockholders. Alternatively, if a court were to find this provision of our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, inapplicable to, or unenforceable in respect of, one or more of the specified types of actions or proceedings, we may incur additional costs associated with resolving such matters in other jurisdictions, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 7ChangedWe will not have a liquid market for the Company's Common Stock or attract the attention of research analysts at major brokerage firms as a result of our planned deregistration from the Exchange Act.
We have been unable to establish a liquid market for the Company's common stock. Moreover, few security analysts of brokerage firms provide coverage of the Company, which we expect will continue or get worse after the planned termination of the registration of our common stock under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and suspension of our reporting obligations under Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act,. We cannot predict whether an active market for the Company's Common Stock will ever develop in the future, in the event we determine to again seek to be registered under the Exchange Act. In the absence of an active trading market: - Investors will likely have difficulty buying and selling or obtaining market quotations;- Market visibility for shares of the Company's common stock will be limited or non-existent; and - A lack of visibility for shares of the Company's common stock will likely have a depressive effect on the market price for shares of the Company's Common Stock. The Company's common stock is quoted on the OTCPink tier of the OTC Marketplace. These markets are relatively unorganized, interdealer, over-the-counter markets that provide significantly less liquidity than NASDAQ or the NYSE. No assurances can be given that our common stock will ever actively trade, especially after the planned termination of the registration of our common stock under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and suspension of our reporting obligations under Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act. In any of these events, there will likely remain a highly illiquid market for the Company's common stock and you may be unable to dispose of your common stock at desirable prices or at all.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 8ChangedWe cannot assure you that the Company's Common Stock will ever be listed on a national securities exchange.
We cannot assure you that the Company's common stock or other securities will ever be listed on any national securities exchange. As of May 26, 2022 our common stock commenced trading on the OTCPink tier of the OTC Marketplace, from the OTCQB tier. If our Common Stock remains quoted on the OTC Marketplace, whichever the tier, rather than being listed on a national securities exchange, an investor may find it more difficult to dispose of shares or obtain accurate quotations as to the market value of the Company's Common Stock. Similarly, an investor may find it more difficult to deposit or dispose of shares or obtain accurate quotations as to the market value of the Company's Common Stock. In addition, as a result of our planned termination of the registration of our common stock under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and suspension of our reporting obligations under Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, (a) it is expected that our common stock will be quoted on a lower tier of the Pink Market or even not on the OTC Marketplace and (b) we may never re-register under the Exchange Act and as part of such registration, list our common stock on a national securities exchange.
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