Syntec Optics Holdings (OPTX) Risk Analysis

Provisions in our second amended and restated certificate of incorporation and our amended and restated bylaws to be in effect immediately prior to the consummation of the Business Combination may discourage, delay or prevent, a merger, acquisition or other change in control of Syntec Optics that stockholders may consider favorable, including transactions in which stockholders might otherwise receive a premium for their shares. These provisions could also limit the price that investors might be willing to pay in the future for shares of Syntec Optics common stock, thereby depressing the market price of its common stock. In addition, these provisions may frustrate or prevent any attempts by our stockholders to replace or remove our current management by making it more difficult for stockholders to replace members of our board of directors. These provisions provide, among other things, that: - the Syntec Optics board of directors will be divided into three classes, with each class serving staggered three-year terms, which may delay the ability of stockholders to change the membership of a majority of our board of directors;         - the Syntec Optics board of directors has the exclusive right to expand the size of its board of directors and to elect directors to fill a vacancy created by the expansion of the board of directors or the resignation, death or removal of a director, which prevents stockholders from being able to fill vacancies on our board of directors;         - Syntec Optics stockholders may not act by written consent, which forces stockholder action to be taken at an annual or special meeting of stockholders;         - a special meeting of stockholders may be called only by a majority of the Syntec Optics board of directors, which may delay the ability of Syntec Optics stockholders to force consideration of a proposal or to take action, including the removal of directors;- the second amended and restated certificate of incorporation prohibits cumulative voting in the election of directors, which limits the ability of minority stockholders to elect director candidates;         - the Syntec Optics board of directors may alter certain provisions of the Syntec Optics amended and restated bylaws without obtaining stockholder approval;         - the approval of the holders of at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the Syntec Optics common shares entitled to vote at an election of the Syntec Optics board of directors is required to adopt, amend, alter or repeal our amended and restated bylaws or amend, alter, change or repeal or adopt any provision of the second amended and restated certificate of incorporation inconsistent with the provisions of the Syntec Optics second amended and restated certificate of incorporation regarding the election and removal of directors;         - stockholders must provide advance notice and additional disclosures to nominate individuals for election to the Syntec Optics board of directors or to propose matters that can be acted upon at a stockholders' meeting, which may discourage or deter a potential acquirer from conducting a solicitation of proxies to elect the acquirer's own slate of directors or otherwise attempting to obtain voting control of the Syntec Optics common stock; and         - the Syntec Optics board of directors is authorized to issue shares of preferred stock and to determine the terms of those shares, including preferences and voting rights, without stockholder approval, which could be used to significantly dilute the ownership of a hostile acquirer. Moreover, because Syntec Optics is incorporated in Delaware, it will be governed by the provisions of Section 203 of the DGCL, which prohibits a person who owns in excess of 15% of the Syntec Optics outstanding voting stock from merging or combining with Syntec Optics for a period of three years after the date of the transaction in which the person acquired in excess of 15% of the Syntec Optics outstanding voting stock, unless the merger or combination is approved in a prescribed manner.

The second amended and restated certificate of incorporation will require, to the fullest extent permitted by law, that derivative actions brought in Syntec Optics' name, actions against current or former directors, officers or other employees for breach of fiduciary duty, any action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the DGCL, the second amended and restated certificate of incorporation or the Syntec Optics amended and restated bylaws, any action asserting a claim governed by internal affairs doctrine of the State of Delaware or any other action asserting an "internal corporate claim" (as defined in Section 115 of the DGCL), confers jurisdiction to the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (or, if and only if the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware does not have subject matter jurisdiction thereof, any state court located in the State of Delaware or, if and only if all such state courts lack subject matter jurisdiction, the federal district court for the District of Delaware), unless Syntec Optics consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum. This provision would not apply to suits brought to enforce a duty or liability created by the Exchange Act or any other claim for which the federal courts have exclusive jurisdiction. The second amended and restated certificate of incorporation also provides that, unless Syntec Optics consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the federal district courts of the United States shall be the exclusive forum for the resolution of any complaint asserting a cause of action arising under the Securities Act. This provision may limit a stockholder's ability to bring a claim in a judicial forum that it finds favorable for disputes with Syntec Optics and Syntec Optics' directors, officers or other employees and may have the effect of discouraging lawsuits against Syntec Optics' directors, officers and other employees. Furthermore, stockholders may be subject to increased costs to bring these claims, and the exclusive forum provision could have the effect of discouraging claims or limiting investors' ability to bring claims in a judicial forum that they find favorable. In addition, the enforceability of similar exclusive forum provisions in other companies' certificates of incorporation has been challenged in legal proceedings, and it is possible that, in connection with one or more actions or proceedings described above, a court could rule that this provision in the second amended and restated certificate of incorporation is inapplicable or unenforceable. In March 2020, the Delaware Supreme Court issued a decision in Salzburg et al. v. Sciabacucchi, which found that an exclusive forum provision providing for claims under the Securities Act to be brought in federal court is facially valid under Delaware law. We intend to enforce this provision, but we do not know whether courts in other jurisdictions will agree with this decision or enforce it. If a court were to find the exclusive forum provision contained in the second amended and restated certificate of incorporation to be inapplicable or unenforceable in an action, Syntec Optics may incur additional costs associated with resolving such action in other jurisdictions, which could harm its business, prospects, financial condition and operating results.

The beneficial ownership of Common Stock is based on 36,920,226 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding. Mr. Kapoor owns 30,631,090 shares of Common Stock, representing 83% of the shares issued and outstanding. As a result, these stockholders, if they act together, will not be able to influence Syntec Optics' management and affairs and all matters requiring stockholder approval, including the election of directors, amendments of Syntec Optics' organizational documents and approval of significant corporate transactions. Mr. Kapoor will retain voting and investment discretion following the business combination given Mr. Kapoor's holdings of approximately 83% the outstanding shares of Syntec Optics, will be able to influence the corporate decisions without having to act with other stockholders. They may also have interests that differ from yours and may vote in a way with which you disagree and which may be adverse to your interests. This concentration of ownership may have the effect of delaying, preventing or deterring a change in control of Syntec Optics and might affect the market price of Syntec Optics' common stock. The numbers of shares and percentage interests set forth above are based on a number of assumptions, including that: (1) Syntec Optics Holdings, Inc. does not issue any additional equity securities prior to the Business Combination and no other event occurs that would change the Merger Consideration from what it would have been as of the date of the initial signing of the Business Combination Agreement; and (2) there is no exercise of OmniLit's 14,107,989 outstanding warrants at an exercise price of $11.50 per share (which warrants are not exercisable until 30 days after the completion of the Business Combination). If the actual facts differ from these assumptions, the numbers of shares and percentage interests set forth above will be different.

Syntec Optics' common stock and warrants are listed on The Nasdaq Stock Market. Nasdaq listing standards require us to satisfy certain corporate governance and financial and liquidity criteria and to file periodic reports with the SEC in a timely manner. In 2025, we received notices from Nasdaq related to our failure to timely file periodic reports and related inquiries regarding certain current report filings. Although we submitted a compliance plan that was accepted by Nasdaq, we cannot assure you that we will remain in compliance with Nasdaq's continued listing requirements in the future. If Nasdaq delists our securities, we could face significantly reduced liquidity and trading volume, increased volatility, a loss of analyst coverage, reduced ability to access capital markets on acceptable terms (or at all), and a decline in the market price of our securities. Delisting could also trigger defaults or other adverse consequences under certain agreements, increase the costs and burdens of regulatory compliance, and impair our ability to attract and retain employees and business partners.

Warrants will become exercisable for the Company's common stock, which would increase the number of shares eligible for future resale in the public market and result in dilution to our stockholders. There are 7,187,500 outstanding public warrants to purchase 7,187,500 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share, which warrants will become exercisable commencing the later of 30 days following the Closing and 12 months from the closing of the OmniLit IPO, which closed on November 12, 2021. In addition, there will be 6,920,500 private warrants outstanding exercisable for 6,920,500 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share. To the extent such warrants are exercised, additional shares of common stock will be issued, which will result in dilution to the holders of the Company's common stock and increase the number of shares eligible for resale in the public market. Sales of substantial numbers of such shares in the public market could adversely affect the market price of the Company's common stock, the impact of which is increased as the value of our stock price increases.

Syntec Optics common stock and warrants are listed on Nasdaq under the symbols "OPTX" and "OPTXW" respectively, and trade on that market. However, Syntec Optics cannot assure you that an active trading market for its common stock will be sustained. Accordingly, Syntec Optics cannot assure you of the liquidity of any trading market, your ability to sell your shares of its common stock when desired or the prices that you may obtain for your shares.

The trading market for Syntec Optics' common stock will depend, in part, on the research and reports that securities or industry analysts publish about Syntec Optics. Syntec Optics will not have any control over these analysts. If Syntec Optics' financial performance fails to meet analyst estimates or one or more of the analysts who cover Syntec Optics downgrade its common stock or change their opinion, Syntec Optics' stock price would likely decline. If one or more of these analysts cease coverage of Syntec Optics or fail to regularly publish reports on Syntec Optics, it could lose visibility in the financial markets, which could cause Syntec Optics' stock price or trading volume to decline.

We have the ability to redeem outstanding public warrants at any time after they become exercisable and prior to their expiration, at a price of $0.01 per warrant, upon a minimum of 30 days' prior written notice of redemption; provided that the last reported sales price of Syntec common stock equals or exceeds $18.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any ten Trading Days within a 30 Trading Day period ending three business days prior to the date we send the notice of redemption to the warrant holders. If and when the warrants become redeemable by us, we may exercise our redemption rights provided that there is an effective registration statement covering the issuance of the shares of Syntec Optics common stock issuable upon exercise of the Syntec Optics warrants. Redemption of the outstanding warrants could force the warrant holders to (i) exercise their warrants and pay the exercise price therefor at a time when it may be disadvantageous for them to do so, (ii) sell their warrants at the then-current market price when they might otherwise wish to hold their warrants or (iii) accept the nominal redemption price which, at the time the outstanding public warrants are called for redemption, is likely to be substantially less than the market value of their warrants. If we call the warrants for redemption as described above, our management will have the option to require all holders that wish to exercise warrants to do so on a "cashless basis."

We may issue additional shares of Syntec common stock or other equity securities of equal or senior rank in the future in connection with, among other things, future acquisitions, repayment of outstanding indebtedness or under our 2023 Incentive Plan, without stockholder approval, in a number of circumstances. Our issuance of such additional shares of Syntec common stock or other equity securities of equal or senior rank could have the following effects: - your proportionate ownership interest in Syntec will decrease;         - the relative voting strength of each previously outstanding share of common stock may be diminished; or         - the market price of our shares of Syntec common stock may decline.