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Risk Overview Q2, 2026
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- Accounting & Financial Operations - Risk 1An impairment of the value of our goodwill, definite-lived intangible assets, or other long-lived assets could have a material adverse effect on our financial statements.
We have a significant amount of goodwill, definite-lived intangible assets, and other long-lived assets on our consolidated financial statements. Under GAAP, we are required to evaluate our goodwill, definite-lived intangible assets, and other long-lived assets for impairment. As of June 30, 2026, assets required to be tested for impairment either annually or more frequently, if events or circumstances indicate an impairment may exist, represented approximately 33% of the assets on our unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets. We have recorded a significant amount of goodwill and intangible assets as a result of acquisitions. As of June 30, 2026, there was $28.0 million of goodwill and $34.5 million of intangible assets on our unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets. The intangible assets are principally composed of developed technology, customer relationships and trade names. Failure to achieve business objectives and financial projections could result in asset impairments, which would result in non-cash charges to our unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. Refer to Note 5. Goodwill and Intangible Assets, Net for further information related to goodwill and intangible assets. In addition, as of June 30, 2026, we have $60.6 million of other long-lived assets subject to impairment testing. These assets are comprised of property & equipment and operating lease assets. Refer to Note 8. Property and Equipment, Net and Note 9. Leases for further information related to property and equipment, and lease assets. Goodwill is tested for impairment annually as of October 1, or when events or changes in circumstances indicate that impairment may exist. Definite-lived intangible assets and other long-lived assets are tested for impairment when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable. Determining whether an impairment exists can be difficult as a result of increased uncertainty and requires management to make significant estimates and judgments. A non-cash intangible asset impairment charge could have a material adverse effect on our financial position and results of operations. Events or circumstances that could trigger an impairment review include, but are not limited to, a significant adverse change in legal factors or in the business or political climate, an adverse action or assessment by a regulator, unanticipated competition, a loss of key personnel, significant changes in the manner of our use of the acquired assets or the strategy for our overall business, significant negative industry or economic trends or significant underperformance relative to projected future results of operations. For the six months ended June 30, 2026 and for the year ended December 31, 2025, we did not identify any indicators that our definite-lived intangible assets or other long-lived assets may not be recoverable or that our goodwill was impaired. However, future changes in operations or our environment could result in future impairment charges which could have an adverse effect on our financial results.
Risk Highlights Q2, 2026
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Risk Factors Full Breakdown - Total Risks 68
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 1Our directors may be engaged in a range of business activities that could result in conflicts of interest.
We may be subject to various potential conflicts of interest because some of our officers and directors may be engaged in a range of business activities that could result in conflicts of interest. In addition, our executive officers and directors may devote time to their outside business interests, so long as such activities do not materially or adversely interfere with their duties owed to us. In some cases, our executive officers and directors may have fiduciary obligations associated with these business interests that interfere with their ability to devote time to our business and affairs and that could adversely affect our operations. These business interests could require significant time and attention from our executive officers and directors. In addition, we may also become involved in other transactions which conflict with the interests of our directors and the officers who may from time-to-time deal with persons, firms, institutions or companies with which we may be dealing, or which may be seeking investments similar to those desired by us. The interests of these persons could conflict with our interests.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 2The market price and trading volume of our common stock may be volatile and could decline significantly.
Stock exchanges and quotation systems, including The Nasdaq Capital Market ("Nasdaq"), on which our common stock is listed or may be listed or quoted on in the future have from time to time experienced significant price and volume fluctuations. Even if an active, liquid and orderly trading market develops and is sustained for our common stock, the market price of our common stock may be volatile and could decline significantly. In addition, the trading volume in our common stock may fluctuate and cause significant price variations to occur. If the market price of our common stock declines significantly, you may be unable to resell your shares at or above the market price of our common stock as of the date of purchase. We cannot assure you that the market price of our common stock will not fluctuate widely or decline significantly in the future in response to a number of factors, including, among others, the following: - the realization of any of the risk factors presented in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, as supplemented by those presented in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q;- actual or anticipated differences in our estimates, or in the estimates of analysts, for our revenues, results of operations, level of indebtedness, liquidity or financial condition;- additions and departures of key personnel;- our ability to maintain the listing of our common stock on Nasdaq;- failure to comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act or other laws or regulations;- future issuances, sales, resales or repurchases or anticipated issuances, sales, resales or repurchases, of our common stock;- publication of research reports about us, or our industry;- the performance and market valuations of other similar companies;- broad disruptions in the financial markets, including sudden disruptions in the credit markets;- speculation in the press or investment community;- actual, potential or perceived control, accounting or reporting problems; and - changes in accounting principles, policies and guidelines. In the past, securities class-action litigation has often been instituted against companies following periods of volatility in the market price of their shares. This type of litigation could result in substantial costs and divert our management's attention and resources, which could have a material adverse effect on us.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 3We are an emerging growth company and a smaller reporting company, and any decision on our part to comply only with certain reduced reporting and disclosure requirements applicable to emerging growth companies and smaller reporting companies could make our common stock less attractive to investors.
We are an "emerging growth company," as defined in the JOBS Act, and, for as long as we continue to be an emerging growth company, we may choose to take advantage of exemptions from various reporting requirements applicable to other public companies but not to emerging growth companies, including: - not being required to have our independent registered public accounting firm audit our internal control over financial reporting under Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act;- reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and Annual Report on Form 10-K; and - exemptions from the requirements of holding non-binding advisory votes on executive compensation and stockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved. We will remain an emerging growth company until the earliest of (i) the end of the fiscal year following the fifth anniversary of the first sale of our common stock pursuant to a registration statement under the Securities Act; (ii) the last day of the fiscal year in which we have more than $1.235 billion in annual revenues; (iii) the date we become a "large accelerated filer," with at least $700 million of equity securities held by non-affiliates; or (iv) the date on which we have issued, in any three-year period, more than $1.00 billion in non-convertible debt securities. We cannot predict if investors will find our common stock less attractive if we choose to rely on any of the exemptions afforded emerging growth companies. If some investors find our common stock less attractive because we rely on any of these exemptions, there may be a less active trading market for our common stock and the market price of our common stock may be more volatile. Under the JOBS Act, emerging growth companies can also delay adopting new or revised accounting standards until such time as those standards apply to private companies. We have elected to avail ourselves of this provision of the JOBS Act. As a result, we will not be subject to new or revised accounting standards at the same time as other public companies that are not emerging growth companies. Therefore, our consolidated financial statements may not be comparable to those of companies that comply with new or revised accounting pronouncements as of public company effective dates. We are also a "smaller reporting company" as defined in the Exchange Act. We may continue to be a "smaller reporting company" even after we are no longer an emerging growth company. We may take advantage of certain of the scaled disclosures available to smaller reporting companies and will be able to take advantage of these scaled disclosures for so long as our voting and non-voting common stock held by non-affiliates is less than $250.0 million measured on the last business day of our second fiscal quarter, or our annual revenues are less than $100.0 million during the most recently completed fiscal year and our voting and non-voting common stock held by non-affiliates is less than $700.0 million measured on the last business day of our second fiscal quarter.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 4Anti-takeover provisions in our charter documents and under Delaware law could make an acquisition of us, which may be beneficial to our stockholders, more difficult and may prevent attempts by our stockholders to replace or remove our current management.
Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and our amended and restated bylaws contain provisions that could delay or prevent a change in control of our company. These provisions could also make it difficult for stockholders to elect directors who are not nominated by current members of our Board or take other corporate actions, including effecting changes in our management. These provisions: - establish a classified Board so that not all members of our board are elected at one time;- permit only the Board to establish the number of directors and fill vacancies on the board;- provide that directors may only be removed "for cause" and only with the approval of two-thirds of our stockholders;- require super-majority voting to amend some provisions in our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws;- authorize the issuance of "blank check" preferred stock that our board could use to implement a stockholder rights plan;- eliminate the ability of our stockholders to call special meetings of stockholders;- prohibit stockholder action by written consent, which requires all stockholder actions to be taken at a meeting of our stockholders;- prohibit cumulative voting; and - establish advance notice requirements for nominations for election to our board or for proposing matters that can be acted upon by stockholders at annual stockholder meetings. In addition, our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware will be the exclusive forum for: any derivative action or proceeding brought on our behalf; any action asserting a breach of fiduciary duty; any action asserting a claim against us arising pursuant to the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "DGCL"), our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, or our amended and restated bylaws; or any action asserting a claim against us that is governed by the internal affairs doctrine. Section 22 of the Securities Act creates concurrent jurisdiction for federal and state courts over all claims brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the Securities Act or the rules and regulations thereunder. Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that the federal district courts of the United States of America will, unless we consent in writing to an alternative forum, be the exclusive forum for resolving any complaint asserting a cause of action arising under the Securities Act ("Federal Forum Provision"). Our decision to adopt a Federal Forum Provision followed a decision by the Supreme Court of the State of Delaware holding that such provisions are facially valid under Delaware law. While there can be no assurance that federal courts or state courts will follow the holding of the Delaware Supreme Court or determine that the Federal Forum Provision should be enforced in a particular case, application of the Federal Forum Provision means that suits brought by our stockholders to enforce any duty or liability created by the Securities Act must be brought in federal court and cannot be brought in state court. Neither the exclusive forum provision nor the Federal Forum Provision applies to suits brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the Exchange Act. Section 27 of the Exchange Act creates exclusive federal jurisdiction over all claims brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations thereunder. Accordingly, actions by our stockholders to enforce any duty or liability created by the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations thereunder also must be brought in federal court. Our stockholders will not be deemed to have waived our compliance with the federal securities laws and the regulations promulgated thereunder. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring or holding any interest in any of our securities shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to our exclusive forum provisions, including the Federal Forum Provision. These provisions may limit a stockholder's ability to bring a claim in a judicial forum of their choosing for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees, which may discourage lawsuits against us and our directors, officers and other employees. In addition, Section 203 of the DGCL may discourage, delay or prevent a change in control of our company. Section 203 imposes certain restrictions on mergers, business combinations and other transactions between us and holders of 15% or more of our common stock.
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