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Risk Overview Q4, 2025
Source: the company's latest filing for the period ended Dec 31, 2025, filed May 27, 2026
Risk Change Over Time
- Accounting & Financial Operations - Risk 1We have concluded that our internal control over financial reporting and our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of December 31, 2025 due to material weaknesses, which has adversely affected our ability to report our financial results in a timely and accurate manner and could have a material adverse impact on our business and financial condition.
We are required to evaluate the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures and our internal control over financial reporting and publicly disclose the results of these evaluations and related matters in accordance with the requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. As described in Part II - Item 15. Controls and Procedures of this Form 20-F, we have identified material weaknesses in internal controls over financial reporting. As a result of these material weaknesses, our management concluded that our internal control over financial reporting and disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of December 31, 2025. We are engaged in developing and implementing a remediation plan, as described in Part II - Item 15. Controls and Procedures of this Form 20-F, designed to address the material weaknesses, but our remediation efforts are not complete and are ongoing. Although we are working to remedy the ineffectiveness of the Company's internal control over financial reporting, there can be no assurance as to when the remediation plan will be fully implemented, or the aggregate cost of implementation. Until our remediation plan is fully implemented, our management will continue to devote time and attention to these efforts. If we do not complete our remediation in a timely fashion, or at all, or if our remediation plan is inadequate, there will continue to be an increased risk that we will be unable to timely file future periodic reports with the SEC and that our future consolidated financial statements could contain errors that will be undetected. If we are unable to remediate our material weaknesses or report our results in a timely and accurate manner, our stock price may decline, our stock may be delisted from the NASDAQ, our ability to raise capital may be limited and we may not be able to comply with the applicable covenants in our financing arrangements. In addition, we could be subject to regulatory investigations and penalties or stockholder litigation. Any of these risks could have a material adverse impact on our business and financial condition.
- Accounting & Financial Operations - Risk 2If we fail to maintain proper and effective internal controls, our business and financial condition could be materially adversely impacted.
We cannot assure you that we will not discover additional deficiencies in our internal control over financial reporting. Moreover, because of the inherent limitations of any control system, material misstatements due to error or fraud may not be prevented or detected on a timely basis, or at all. Further and continued determinations that there are deficiencies in the effectiveness of the Company's internal control over financial reporting could result in another restatement of our consolidated financial statements, cause us to fail to meet our reporting obligations, reduce our ability to obtain financing, negatively affect investor or customer confidence in our management and the accuracy of our financial statements and disclosures, or result in adverse publicity and concerns from investors, any of which could have a negative effect on the price of our common stock, subject us to regulatory investigations and penalties or stockholder litigation, and materially adversely impact our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.
- Accounting & Financial Operations - Risk 3Due to inherent limitations, there can be no assurance that our system of disclosure and internal controls and procedures will be successful in preventing all errors, theft and fraud, or in informing management of all material information in a timely manner.
Management does not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures and internal controls over financial reporting will prevent all errors or fraud. A control system is designed to give reasonable, but not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. In addition, any control system reflects resource constraints and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Inherent limitations of a control system may include: judgments in decision making may be faulty, breakdowns can occur simply because of error or mistake and controls can be circumvented by collusion or management override. Due to the inherent limitations in a cost-effective control system, misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and may not be detected.
- Debt & Financing - Risk 4Our failure to timely file this Form 20-F with the SEC limits our access to the public markets to raise debt or equity capital, may impact our ability to obtain alternative financing, and could have negative consequences under the terms of our existing credit agreements.
Our failure to timely file this Form 20-F with the SEC restricts our ability to use a registration statement on Form F-3, which limits our ability to access the public markets quickly and efficiently. It may also restrict our ability to raise capital through traditional private placements, as potential investors may be reluctant to invest in a company that is not current or has a history of not being current in its SEC filings. In addition, our failure to file periodic reports could constitute a default under certain covenants in existing or future credit facilities, which could lead to the acceleration of outstanding indebtedness or other adverse consequences. The combined effect of these factors could materially and adversely affect our liquidity, financial condition, and results of operations.
Risk Highlights Q4, 2025
Risk Word Cloud
Risk Factors Full Breakdown - Total Risks 66
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 1Volatility in the market price of our common stock could lead to losses by investors.
The market price of our common stock has experienced volatility in the past and may experience volatility in the future which could lead to losses for investors. Factors impacting volatility in the market price of our common stock include, among others: - general market and economic conditions;- public perception of biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies;- our results of operations;- issuance of new or changed securities analysts' reports or recommendations;- developments impacting the industry or our competitors;- declines in the market prices of stocks generally;- strategic actions by us or our competitors;?announcements by us or our competitors of significant contracts, new products, acquisitions, joint marketing relationships, joint ventures, other strategic relationships or capital commitments;- the public's reaction to press releases, other public announcements by us or third parties, including our filings with the SEC;- guidance, if any, that we provide to the public, any changes in this guidance or failure to meet this guidance;- changes in the credit rating of our debt;- sale, or anticipated sale, of large blocks of our stock;- additions or departures of key personnel;- regulatory or political developments;- our performance on sustainability matters;- litigation and governmental investigations;- changing economic conditions;- exchange rate fluctuations;- changes in accounting principles; and - other events or factors, including those resulting from natural disasters, war, acts of terrorism or responses to those events. In addition, stock markets have from time to time experienced significant price and volume fluctuations unrelated to the operating performance of particular companies. Future fluctuations in stock markets may lead to volatility in the market price of our common stock which could lead to losses by investors.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 2An investor's return may be reduced if we lose our foreign private issuer status.
We are a "foreign private issuer," as such term is defined in Rule 405 under the U.S. Securities Act 1933, and, therefore, we are not required to file quarterly reports on Form 10-Q or current reports on Form 8-K with the SEC. In addition, the proxy rules and Section 16 short-swing profit recapture rules are not applicable to us. Recently, the United States passed new legislation that imposes Section 16 reporting obligations on our directors and officers. More regulatory changes could follow. If we lose our status as a foreign private issuer by our election or otherwise and we become subject to the full reporting regime of the United States securities laws, we will be subject to additional reporting obligations and proxy solicitation obligations under the Exchange Act and our officers, directors and 10% shareholders would become subject to the short-swing profit rules. The imposition of these reporting rules would increase our costs and the obligations of those affected by the short-swing rules.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 3A future transfer of ICON ordinary shares, other than one effected by means of the transfer of book entry interests in the Depositary Trust Company ("DTC"), may be subject to Irish stamp duty.
Transfers of ICON ordinary shares effected by means of the transfer of book entry interests in the DTC should not be subject to Irish stamp duty where ICON ordinary shares are traded through DTC, either directly or through brokers that hold such shares on behalf of customers through DTC. However, if ICON ordinary shares are held as of record rather than beneficially through DTC, any transfer of ICON ordinary shares could be subject to Irish stamp duty (currently at the rate of 1% of the higher of the price paid or the market value of the shares acquired). Payment of Irish stamp duty is generally a legal obligation of the transferee. The potential for Irish stamp duty to arise could adversely affect the price of ICON ordinary shares.
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