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Risk Overview Q2, 2026
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- Technology - Risk 1The increasing use of AI tools, both internally and by third parties, creates risks of potential financial and reputational harm.
A growing number of threat actors are utilizing AI tools that could automate and enhance cybersecurity attacks against us. We utilize software and platforms designed to detect such cybersecurity threats, including AI-based tools, but these threats could become more sophisticated and harder to detect and counteract, which may pose significant risks to our data security and systems. Such future cybersecurity attacks, if successful, could lead to data breaches, loss of confidential or sensitive information, and financial or reputational harm. If we, or other third parties we conduct business with, experience an actual or perceived breach of privacy or security incident due to the use of AI, we may be adversely impacted, lose confidential information, and incur harm to our reputation and the public perception of the effectiveness of our security measures. In addition, investors, analysts, and other market participants may use AI tools to process, summarize or interpret our financial information or other data about us. The use of AI tools in financial and market analysis may introduce risks similar to those described above, including an inaccurate interpretation of our financial or operational performance or market trends or conditions, which in turn could result in inaccurate conclusions or investment recommendations.
Risk Highlights Q2, 2026
Risk Word Cloud
Risk Factors Full Breakdown - Total Risks 50
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 1Anti-takeover provisions in our charter documents and under Delaware law could make an acquisition of us more difficult, limit attempts by our stockholders to replace or remove our current management and may negatively affect the market price of our common stock.
Provisions of our Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws may have the effect of delaying or preventing a change of control or changes in our management, including, generally, provisions that: - do not provide cumulative voting in the election of directors, which limits the ability of minority stockholders to elect director candidates;- allow only the Board to fill a vacancy on the Board, however occurring, including a vacancy resulting from an enlargement of the Board;- require advance notice for stockholder proposals to be brought before a meeting of stockholders, including proposed nominations of persons for election to the board of directors;- only allow stockholder action to be taken at an annual or special meeting;- require a vote of holders of at least 66 2/3% of the voting power of our outstanding voting stock entitled to vote thereon to amend or repeal certain provisions of our Certificate of Incorporation or its By-laws;- limit the ability of stockholders to call a special meeting; and - authorize blank check preferred stock. These provisions may make it more difficult for stockholders to replace members of our board of directors, which is responsible for appointing the members of our management. In addition, pursuant to our Certificate of Incorporation, we have expressly elected not to be governed by Section 203 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the "DGCL"), which generally prohibits a Delaware corporation from engaging in any of a broad range of business combinations with a stockholder owning 15% or more of our outstanding voting stock, unless the stockholder has held the stock for a period of at least three years. Instead, the Certificate of Incorporation provides that, notwithstanding any other provisions of the DGCL or Certificate of Incorporation, and subject to limited exceptions, we shall not engage in any business combination with any interested stockholder for a period of three years following the time that such stockholder became an interested stockholder unless: (i) the Board has approved, before the acquisition time, either the business combination or the transaction that resulted in the person becoming an interested stockholder, (ii) upon consummation of the transaction that resulted in the person becoming an interested stockholder, the person owns at least 85% of the corporation's voting stock at the time the transaction commenced (excluding for such purposes any shares owned by directors who are officers and shares owned by employee stock plans in which participants do not have the right to determine confidentially whether shares will be tendered in a tender or exchange offer) or (iii) at or after the person or entity becomes an interested stockholder, the business combination is approved by two-thirds of the total number of authorized directors, whether or not there exist any vacancies in previously authorized directorships, and by a majority of the independent directors (as defined in the Stockholders Agreement (as defined below)). This could delay or prevent a change of control transaction or discourage a potential acquirer from pursuing such a transaction, which transaction might have otherwise been of benefit to the other stockholders.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 2The choice of forum provision in our Certificate of Incorporation could limit our stockholders' ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or agents.
Our Certificate of Incorporation provides that, unless we consent in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (the "Court of Chancery") is, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the sole and exclusive forum for any (i) derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of us, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer, other employee or stockholder of ours, to us or our stockholders, (iii) any action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the DGCL or as to which the DGCL confers jurisdiction on the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, or (iv) any action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of our Certificate of Incorporation or our By-laws or governed by the internal affairs doctrine. The choice of forum provision may limit a stockholder's ability to bring a claim in a judicial forum that it finds favorable for disputes with us or our directors, officers or agents, which may discourage such lawsuits against us and our directors, officers and agents. Alternatively, if a court were to find the choice of forum provision contained in our Certificate of Incorporation to be inapplicable or unenforceable in an action, we may incur additional costs associated with resolving such action in other jurisdictions, which could adversely affect our business and financial condition.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 3The warrants are exercisable for common stock, which would increase the number of shares eligible for future resale in the public market and result in dilution to stockholders.
The warrants to purchase an aggregate of 4,681,432 shares of our common stock are currently exercisable. Each such warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one share of common stock at a price of $3.77 per whole share, subject to adjustment. To the extent such warrants are exercised, additional shares of common stock will be issued, which will result in dilution to the then existing holders of 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 our common stock.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 4We may issue debt and equity securities that are senior to our common stock as to distributions and in liquidation, which could negatively affect the value of our common stock.
In the future, we may increase our capital resources by entering into debt or debt-like financing or issuing debt or equity securities, which could include issuances of senior notes, subordinated notes or preferred stock. In the event of our liquidation, our lenders and holders of our debt or preferred securities would receive a distribution of our available assets before distributions to the holders of our common stock. Our decision to incur debt and issue other securities in future offerings will depend on market conditions and other factors beyond our control. We cannot predict or estimate the amount, timing or nature of our future offerings and debt financings. Future offerings could reduce the value of our common stock and dilute the interests of our stockholders.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 5The warrants are speculative in nature and may not have any value.
The outstanding warrants to purchase shares of our common stock will have value only if price of our common stock exceeds the exercise price of the warrants. There can be no assurance that the market price of our common stock will equal or exceed the exercise price of the warrants. In the event that the price of our common stock does not exceed the exercise price of the warrants, the warrants will not have any value. Holders of the warrants may exercise their right to acquire the shares of common stock and pay an exercise price of $3.77 per share prior to four years from the date of issuance, after which date any unexercised warrants will expire and have no further value.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 6Holders of the warrants will have no rights as a common stockholder until they acquire our common stock.
Until holders of the warrants acquire shares of our common stock upon exercise of the warrants, the holders will have no rights with respect to the common stock underlying the warrants. Upon exercise of the warrants, the holder will be entitled to exercise the rights of a common stockholder as to our common stock only as to matters for which the record date occurs after the exercise.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 7The market price of shares of our common stock may experience volatility, which could cause holders of the warrants to incur substantial losses.
Volatility in the trading price of our common stock could significantly affect the value or trading price, if any, of the warrants. This could result in significant volatility in the value or trading price, if any, of the warrants. The warrants will have value only if the price of our common stock exceeds the exercise price of the warrant. There can be no assurance that the market price of our common stock will equal or exceed the exercise price of the warrants. In the event that the price of our common stock does not exceed the exercise price of the warrants, or if the price of our common stock falls below the exercise price of the warrants after a holder exercises its option, the warrants will not have any value and the holders of our warrants may incur substantial losses.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 8An active trading market for the warrants does not exist and may not develop.
The warrants have no established trading market and are not listed on any securities exchange, and we do not intend to list the warrants on any securities exchange. We cannot assure you that an active trading market in the warrants will develop and, even if it develops, we cannot assure you that it will last. In either case, the trading prices of the warrants could be adversely affected and holders' ability to transfer the warrants will be limited.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 9Our stock price has been and may continue to be volatile.
Our common stock price has experienced substantial volatility in the past and may remain volatile in the future. Volatility in our stock price can arise as a result of a number of the factors discussed in this "Risk Factors" section. During 2025, our closing stock price ranged from a high of $5.14 per share to a low of $2.75 per share. The stock market has experienced significant price and volume fluctuation with such volatility often unrelated to the operating performance of these companies. Actual or perceived divergence between our actual results and our forward-looking guidance for such results, the published expectations of investment analysts, or the expectations of the market generally, can cause significant swings in our stock price. Our stock price can also be affected by market conditions in our industry as well as announcements that we, our competitors, vendors or our customers may make. These may include announcements by us or our competitors of financial results or changes in estimated financial results, technological innovations, the gain or loss of customers, or other strategic initiatives. These and other factors affecting global economic conditions or financial markets may materially adversely affect the market price of our common stock in the future.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 10We are party to a stockholders' agreement with certain stockholders which provides such stockholders with certain rights that may differ from the rights of our other stockholders.
In connection with the ECI Acquisition, we entered into a First Amended and Restated Stockholders Agreement (the "Stockholders Agreement") with JPMC Heritage Parent LLC, Heritage PE (OEP) III, L.P. (together with JPMC, the "JPM Stockholders"), and ECI Holding (Hungary) Kft ("Swarth"). The Stockholders Agreement sets forth certain arrangements and contains various provisions relating to board size, board representation, standstill restrictions and transfer restrictions as further described therein, including the right of the JPM Stockholders and Swarth to each designate up to three directors for nomination to our nine-member board of directors, subject to the JPM Stockholders and Swarth maintaining certain levels of beneficial ownership of our common stock. Therefore, the JPM Stockholders and Swarth will be able to exert significant influence over matters requiring board approval, and our stockholders other than the JPM Stockholders and Swarth will have limited or no ability to influence the outcome of certain key transactions. The interests of the parties to the Stockholders Agreement may differ from those of other holders of our common stock. Additionally, we are party to a Second Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of August 12, 2022, with the JPM Stockholders, Swarth and certain other stockholders. The JPM Stockholders and Swarth collectively own approximately 45% of our common stock as of December 31, 2025, and may decide to sell their shares in bulk or from time to time, except as provided under the Stockholders Agreement, which timing we cannot control. The sale of shares by these stockholders may increase the volatility of our stock price, and our stock price could decline as a result.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 11Delaware law and our charter documents contain provisions that could discourage or prevent a potential takeover, even if such a transaction would be beneficial to our stockholders.
Some provisions in our Certificate of Incorporation, our By-Laws, as well as provisions of Delaware law, may discourage, delay or prevent a merger or acquisition that may be deemed undesirable by our Board of Directors but that a stockholder may consider favorable. These include provisions, among others,- authorizing the Board of Directors to issue shares of preferred stock;- limiting the persons who may call special meetings of stockholders;- prohibiting stockholder actions by written consent;- permitting the Board of Directors to increase the size of the Board and to fill vacancies;- requiring a super-majority vote of our stockholders to amend our amended and restated by-laws and certain provisions of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation; and - establishing advance notice requirements for nominations for election to the Board of Directors or for proposing matters that can be acted on by stockholders at stockholder meetings. As a Delaware corporation, we are also subject to provisions of Delaware law, including Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation law, which prevents some stockholders holding more than 15% of our outstanding common stock from engaging in certain business combinations without approval of the holders of substantially all of our outstanding common stock. These provisions of our Certificate of Incorporation, our By-Laws or Delaware law could have the effect of delaying or deterring a change in control that some stockholders may consider beneficial and therefore could limit the opportunity for our stockholders to receive a premium for their shares of our common stock and could also affect the price that some investors are willing to pay for our common stock.
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