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IPOWER (IPW) Risk Analysis
Risk Overview Q1, 2024
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- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 1If we fail to comply with the continued listing requirements of the Nasdaq Stock Market, it could result in our common stock being delisted, which could adversely affect the market price and liquidity of our securities and could have other adverse effects.
On August 24, 2023, we received a letter from the Nasdaq Listing Qualifications Staff of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC ("Nasdaq") stating that for the 30 consecutive business day period between July 13, 2023 to August 23, 2023 the Company's common stock had failed to maintain a minimum closing bid price of $1.00 per share, as required for continued listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market pursuant to Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) (the "Minimum Bid Price Requirement"). Pursuant to Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A), the Company has an initial period of 180 calendar days, or until February 20, 2024 (the "Initial Compliance Period"), to regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement. Since the Company had not achieved compliance during the Initial Compliance Period, the Company submitted a plan of compliance (the "Plan of Compliance") to Nasdaq seeking an additional 180-day extension (the "Additional Grace Period") to regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement. The Plan of Compliance sets forth the steps the Company will take to regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement within the Additional Grace Period, including effectuating a reverse split of our common stock, if deemed necessary. On February 21, 2024, the Company received formal approval from Nasdaq granting us an additional 180 days, or until August 19, 2024 (the "Compliance Date"), to regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement. If at any time before the Compliance Date the closing bid price for the Company's common stock is at least $1.00 for a minimum of 10 consecutive business days, Nasdaq's Staff will provide the Company written confirmation that it has regained compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement. If the Company does not regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement by the Compliance Date, the Staff will provide written notification to the Company that its common stock will be subject to delisting. At that time, the Company may appeal the Staff's delisting determination to a Nasdaq Hearings Panel. There can be no assurance that the Company will regain compliance or otherwise maintain compliance with any of the other listing requirements. Nonetheless, the Company intends to monitor the closing bid price of its common stock and will, if necessary, consider available options to regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement prior to the Compliance Date.
Risk Highlights Q1, 2024
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Risk Factors Full Breakdown - Total Risks 65
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 1ChangedIf we fail to comply with the continued listing requirements of the Nasdaq Stock Market, it could result in our common stock being delisted, which could adversely affect the market price and liquidity of our securities and could have other adverse effects.
On August 24, 2023, we received a letter from the Nasdaq Listing Qualifications Staff of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC ("Nasdaq") stating that for the 30 consecutive business day period between July 13, 2023 to August 23, 2023 the Company's common stock had failed to maintain a minimum closing bid price of $1.00 per share, as required for continued listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market pursuant to Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) (the "Minimum Bid Price Requirement"). Pursuant to Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A), the Company has an initial period of 180 calendar days, or until February 20, 2024 (the "Initial Compliance Period"), to regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement. Since the Company had not achieved compliance during the Initial Compliance Period, the Company submitted a plan of compliance (the "Plan of Compliance") to Nasdaq seeking an additional 180-day extension (the "Additional Grace Period") to regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement. The Plan of Compliance sets forth the steps the Company will take to regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement within the Additional Grace Period, including effectuating a reverse split of our common stock, if deemed necessary. On February 21, 2024, the Company received formal approval from Nasdaq granting us an additional 180 days, or until August 19, 2024 (the "Compliance Date"), to regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement. If at any time before the Compliance Date the closing bid price for the Company's common stock is at least $1.00 for a minimum of 10 consecutive business days, Nasdaq's Staff will provide the Company written confirmation that it has regained compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement. If the Company does not regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement by the Compliance Date, the Staff will provide written notification to the Company that its common stock will be subject to delisting. At that time, the Company may appeal the Staff's delisting determination to a Nasdaq Hearings Panel. There can be no assurance that the Company will regain compliance or otherwise maintain compliance with any of the other listing requirements. Nonetheless, the Company intends to monitor the closing bid price of its common stock and will, if necessary, consider available options to regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement prior to the Compliance Date.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 2In the event of liquidation or dissolution of our company, stockholders may not recoup all or any portion of their investment.
In the event of a liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of our Company, whether voluntary or involuntary, the proceeds and/or assets of our Company remaining after giving effect to such transaction, and the payment of all of our debts and liabilities will be distributed to the holders of common stock on a pro rata basis. There can be no assurance that we will have available assets to pay to the holders of common stock, or any amounts, upon such a liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of our Company. In this event, stockholders could lose some or all of their investment.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 3Now that we are an actively-traded Nasdaq-listed company, the market price of our common stock may be volatile.
As our securities are publicly-traded and even though an active market for our common stock has developed, 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 operational estimates or projections; - conditions in markets generally; - changes in the economic performance or market valuations of companies similar to ours; and - general economic or political conditions in the United States and elsewhere. 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 4If securities or industry analysts do not publish research or reports about our business, or if they adversely change their recommendations regarding our common stock, the market price for our common stock and trading volume could decline.
The trading market for our common stock is influenced by research or reports that industry or securities analysts publish about our business. If industry or securities analysts decide to cover us and in the future downgrade our common stock, the market price for our securities would likely decline. If one or more of these analysts cease to cover us or fail to regularly publish reports on us, we could lose visibility in the financial markets, which in turn could cause the market price or trading volume for our common stock to decline.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 5Our stockholders will experience further dilution if we issue additional equity or equity-linked securities in the future.
If we issue additional shares of common stock, or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of common stock, our stockholders, including investors who purchase shares of common stock in this offering, will experience additional dilution, and any such issuances may result in downward pressure on the price of our common stock. As a result, investors purchasing shares or other securities in the future could have rights superior to existing stockholders.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 6We are an emerging growth company and a smaller reporting company within the meaning of the Securities Act, and if we take advantage of certain exemptions from disclosure requirements available to "emerging growth companies" or "smaller reporting companies," this could make our securities less attractive to investors and may make it more difficult to compare our performance with other public companies.
We are an "emerging growth company," as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, or JOBS Act, and, for as long as we continue to be an "emerging growth company," we intend to take advantage of certain 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, 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 stockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved. We could be an "emerging growth company" for up to five years following the effectiveness of this registration statement, 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 $1.0 billion in non-convertible debt during the preceding three year period. Additionally, we are a "smaller reporting company" as defined in Item 10(f)(1) of Regulation S-K. Smaller reporting companies may take advantage of certain reduced disclosure obligations, including, among other things, providing only two years of audited financial statements. We will remain a smaller reporting company until the last day of the fiscal year in which (1) the market value of our common stock held by non-affiliates exceeds $250 million as of the prior June 30, or (2) our annual revenues exceeded $100 million during such completed fiscal year and the market value of our common stock held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the prior June 30. To the extent we take advantage of such reduced disclosure obligations, it may also make comparison of our financial statements with other public companies difficult or impossible. After we are no longer an "emerging growth company," we expect to incur additional management time and cost to comply with the more stringent reporting requirements applicable to companies that are deemed accelerated filers or large accelerated filers, including complying with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404. We cannot predict or estimate the amount of additional costs we may incur or the timing of such costs.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 7We have a limited operating history on which stockholders and potential investors can evaluate our business or base an investment decision.
Our business prospects are difficult to predict given our limited operating history and unproven business strategy. While we inherited in 2018 the business of our predecessor entity, BizRight LLC, an entity through which we acquired certain assets and assumed certain liabilities, we did not begin operations under iPower Inc. (formerly BZRTH Inc.) until our formation in April 2018. Thereafter, we launched our e-commerce platforms, www.Zenhydro.com and www.simpledeluxe.com, where we sell our own in-house branded products, marketed under the iPower and Simple Deluxe brands, and provide distribution for hundreds of other brands manufactured by a number of third-party vendors. Accordingly, the operation of our e-commerce platform, branding and marketing of our own in-house branded products, and our relationships with third-party vendors and suppliers have been limited. If we are unable to effectively maintain our relationships with third-party vendors and suppliers, manage our e-commerce operations, as well as other sales platforms/distribution network, our business is unlikely to succeed. Our business should be viewed in light of these risks, challenges and uncertainties.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 8There are risks, including stock market volatility, inherent in owning our common stock.
The market price and volume of our common stock have been, and may continue to be, subject to significant fluctuations. These fluctuations may arise from general stock market conditions, the impact of risk factors described herein on our results of operations and financial position, or a change in opinion in the market regarding our business prospects or other factors, many of which may be outside our immediate control.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 9Future sales of our common stock in the public market could cause the market price of our common stock to decline.
As a public company, sales of a substantial number of shares of our common stock in the public market, or the perception that these sales might occur, could depress the market price of our common stock and could impair our ability to raise capital through the sale of additional equity securities.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 10Our founders, officers and directors control, and will continue to control, our company for the foreseeable future, including the outcome of matters requiring stockholder approval.
Our founders, officers and directors collectively will beneficially own approximately 53.98% of our outstanding shares of common stock. As a result, such individuals will, for the foreseeable future, have the ability, acting together, to control the election of our directors and the outcome of corporate actions requiring stockholder approval, such as: (i) a merger or a sale of our company, (ii) a sale of all or substantially all of our assets, and (iii) amendments to our articles of incorporation and bylaws. This concentration of voting power and control could have a significant effect in delaying, deferring, or preventing an action that might otherwise be beneficial to our other stockholders and be disadvantageous to our stockholders with interests different from those entities and individuals. Certain of these individuals also have significant control over our business, policies and affairs as officers or directors of our company. Therefore, you should not invest in reliance on your ability to have any control over our company. See "Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters" for further discussion of the stockholding of our founders and principal stockholders.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 11Prior to our initial public offering in 2021, we unilaterally terminated an engagement agreement with Boustead Securities LLC and may be subject to litigation or arbitration in the event we are not able to come to agreement on amounts Boustead deems itself to be owed under such agreement.
Pursuant to an engagement agreement, dated and effective August 31, 2020 (the "Engagement Agreement"), with Boustead Securities LLC ("Boustead"), we engaged Boustead to act as our exclusive placement agent for private placements of our securities and as a potential underwriter for our initial public offering. The Engagement Agreement set forth certain terms and conditions, including that in the event the Company completed a private placement or a public offering of its securities, Boustead would receive (i) cash compensation equal to 7% of the offering proceeds, plus (ii) a non-accountable expense allowance equal to 1% of the gross amount to be disbursed to the Company, plus (iii) warrants to purchase the equivalent of 7% of the stock issued in such offering. The term of the Engagement Agreement was the later to occur of (i) 18 months from the date Boustead received an executed copy of the Engagement Agreement from the Company or (ii) 12 months from the completion date of the initial public offering or (iii) the mutual written agreement of the Company and Boustead. Upon the termination or expiration of the Engagement Agreement, the Company was required to pay to Boustead any out-of-pocket expenses incurred up to the date thereof. In addition, upon termination or expiration of the Engagement Agreement, Boustead was entitled to a success fee, as set forth in the Engagement Agreement, if the Company completed a sale, merger, acquisition, joint venture, strategic alliance, or other similar agreement with a party, including the pre-IPO and IPO investors, or which became aware of the Company or which became known to the Company prior to such termination or expiration, during the twelve (12) month period following the termination or expiration of the Engagement Agreement. On February 28, 2021 we informed Boustead that we were terminating the Engagement Agreement and any continuing obligations we may have had under its terms. On April 15, 2021, we provided formal written notice to Boustead of our termination of the Engagement Agreement and all obligations thereunder, effective immediately. On April 16, 2021, counsel to Boustead advised us that they believed our termination of the Engagement Agreement was improper and threatened to seek immediate judicial intervention to obtain injunctive relief and damages. On April 21, 2021, our special litigation counsel responded to such allegations and threats, refuting Boustead's claims. On April 23, 2021, counsel to Boustead provided written notice stating that, subject to the size of our initial public offering, they believe they will be entitled to 7% of the capital raised in addition to warrants. On April 30, 2021, Boustead filed a statement of claim with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, or FINRA, demanding to arbitrate the dispute, and is seeking, among other things, monetary damages against the Company and D.A. Davidson & Co. A pre-hearing conference is presently scheduled for the matter on September 26, 2023. The matter had been previously scheduled to be heard before a FINRA arbitration panel in late September and October. However, those hearing dates have been cancelled and have yet to be rescheduled. While we believe we have meritorious defenses against Boustead's claims, we cannot provide assurance that any potential monetary damages arising from the Boustead dispute will not be in excess of 7% of the capital raised in our initial public offering. The party prevailing in any proceeding under the Engagement Agreement may be entitled to their costs and attorneys' fees, which could be substantial. As such, any proceeding arising from our Engagement Agreement with Boustead may be expensive to defend and could result in a substantial settlement payment or damages award, and there can be no assurance of a favorable outcome for us. In addition, we have indemnified D.A. Davidson & Co. and the other underwriters against any liability or expenses they may be subject to or incur in connection with the Boustead dispute.
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