YayYo (YAYO) Risk Analysis
Risk Overview Q3, 2020
Source: the company's latest filing for the period ended Sep 30, 2020, filed Nov 12, 2020
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- Natural and Human Disruptions - Risk 1COVID-19 has had a negative impact on our business the first half of 2020 and continues to present a material risk to our operations
In December 2019, a novel strain of coronavirus surfaced in China, which has and is continuing to spread throughout the world, including the United States. On January 30, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) a "Public Health Emergency of International Concern," and on March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization characterized the outbreak as a "pandemic." The governors of New York, California and several other states, as well as mayors of many cities, have ordered their residents to cease traveling to non-essential jobs and to curtail all unnecessary travel, and to stay in their homes as much as possible in the coming weeks, as the nation confronts the escalating coronavirus outbreak, and similar restrictions have been recommended by the federal authorities and authorities in many other states and cities. Since the beginning of 2020 and the spread of COVID-19, rideshare companies have increasingly been negatively impacted. According to its recent investor update call, Uber's gross bookings in Seattle are down by 60-70%, and Uber assumes similar declines in other big cities hit by COVID-19. As Americans practice social distancing and self-isolation, Uber, Lyft, and other rideshare companies have seen a steep decline in ridership and revenue, as a result. Given that rideshare drivers are both at risk themselves and of risk to the public, and in addition to decreased demand overall, less people are even still driving. As a result, the Company has seen a decline in revenue during the first half of 2020 which is having a negative impact on the cash flows of the business, but saw a positive upward movement in revenue during the third quarter ended September 30, 2020. The Company has seen increased demand from drivers wanting to rent cars for ridesharing purposes and new drivers renting cars for both rideshare and delivery gig economy. With the recent increase in the number of positive COVID-19 cases, the Company is not able to predict the ultimate impact that COVID -19 will have on its business. If another lockdown were to occur, the Company could be forced to significantly scale back its business operations and its growth plans, and could ultimately have a significant negative impact on the Company. The Company cannot at this time estimate the long term effect of this unprecedented situation on any of the rideshare market, or the delivery gig economy in general, or the Company in particular.
Risk Highlights Q3, 2020
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Risk Factors Full Breakdown - Total Risks 83
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 1We have significant working capital requirements and issuance of common stock or the exercise of outstanding warrants and options to meet these working capital requirements and fund our operations may dilute your investment.
We have been operating at a loss since inception and our working capital requirements continue to be significant. As of December 31, 2019, 2018, and 2017, our working capital deficit was $556,395, $5,007,729 and $618,910, respectively. We have been supporting our business predominantly through the sale of debt and equity since inception. Since 2017, we have also been supporting our business through our operating cash flow from our limited operational business segments. However, to date the majority of our working capital needs have been funded through third-party capital financings. We will need additional funding to develop our business segments, to increase our sales and marketing capabilities, technologies and assets, as well as for working capital requirements and other operating and general corporate purposes. Our working capital requirements depend and will continue to depend on numerous factors, including the timing of revenues, the expense involved in development of our products and services, and capital improvements. If we are unable to generate sufficient revenue and cash flow from operations, we will need to seek additional equity or debt financing to provide the capital required to maintain or expand our operations, which may have the effect of diluting our existing stockholders or restricting our ability to run our business. There can be no assurance that we will be able to raise sufficient additional capital on acceptable terms, or at all. If such financing is not available on satisfactory terms, or is not available at all, we may be required to delay, scale back or eliminate the development of business opportunities and our operations and financial condition may be materially adversely affected. Debt financing, if obtained, may involve agreements that include covenants limiting or restricting our ability to take specific actions, such as incurring additional debt, could increase our expenses and require that our assets be provided as a security for such debt. Debt financing would also be required to be repaid regardless of our operating results. Equity financing, if obtained, could result in dilution to our then existing stockholders. As of the date of this filing, we have issued and outstanding the Bellridge Capital Warrant to purchase an aggregate of 1,500,000 shares of our common stock. We have also reserved an aggregate of 10,000,000 shares of common stock for issuance under our 2016 Equity Incentive Plan (the "2016 Plan"). As of June 30, 2019, we have options to purchase an aggregate of 300,000 shares of our common stock outstanding pursuant to our 2016 Plan.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 2Raising additional capital by issuing additional securities may cause dilution to our current and future shareholders.
We will need to, or desire to, raise substantial additional capital in the future. Our future capital requirements will depend on many factors, including, among others: - Our degree of success in generating rental and servicing fees from both our Fleet Management business and the Rideshare Platform; - The costs of establishing or acquiring sales, marketing, and distribution capabilities for our services; - The extent to which we acquire or invest in businesses, products, or technologies, and other strategic relationships; and - The costs of financing unanticipated working capital requirements and responding to competitive pressures. If we raise additional funds by issuing equity or convertible debt securities, we will reduce the percentage of ownership of the then-existing shareholders, and the holders of those newly-issued equity or convertible debt securities may have rights, preferences, or privileges senior to those possessed by our then-existing shareholders. Additionally, future sales of a substantial number of shares of our common stock, or other equity-related securities in the public market could depress the market price of our common stock and impair our ability to raise capital through the sale of additional equity or equity-linked securities. We cannot predict the effect that future sales of our common stock, or other equity-related securities would have on the market price of our common stock at any given time.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 3Our corporate governance documents provide that we will indemnify our directors, officers and employees to the fullest extent permitted by law which may discourage stockholders from bringing a lawsuit against directors for breach of their fiduciary duties.
Our Certificate of Incorporation limits the liability of directors to the maximum extent permitted by Delaware law. Delaware law provides that directors of a corporation will not be personally liable for monetary damages for breach of their fiduciary duties as directors, except for liability for any: - breach of their duty of loyalty to us or our stockholders; - act or omission not in good faith or that involves intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law; - unlawful payments of dividends or unlawful stock repurchases or redemptions as provided in Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law; or - transactions for which the directors derived an improper personal benefit. These limitations of liability do not apply to liabilities arising under the federal or state securities laws and do not affect the availability of equitable remedies such as injunctive relief or rescission. Our bylaws provide that we will indemnify our directors, officers and employees to the fullest extent permitted by law. Our bylaws also provide that we are obligated to advance expenses incurred by a director or officer in advance of the final disposition of any action or proceeding. We believe that these bylaw provisions are necessary to attract and retain qualified persons as directors and officers. The limitation of liability in our Certificate of Incorporation and bylaws may discourage stockholders from bringing a lawsuit against directors for breach of their fiduciary duties. They may also reduce the likelihood of derivative litigation against directors and officers, even though an action, if successful, might provide a benefit to us and our stockholders. Our results of operations and financial condition may be harmed to the extent we pay the costs of settlement and damage awards against directors and officers pursuant to these indemnification provisions.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 4Concentrating voting control will limit or preclude our other stockholders' ability to influence corporate matters, including the election of directors, any merger, consolidation or other major corporate transaction requiring stockholder approval, which may negatively impact your liquidity and/or your gain on your investment.
As a condition to our listing on Nasdaq,(i) Ramy El-Batrawi, our founder and original Chairman of the Board and original Chief Executive Officer, resigned from all positions with the Company, (ii) X, LLC, an entity that is wholly-owned and controlled by Mr. El-Batrawi, agreed to sell 12,525,000 of its 15,425,000 shares of common stock, reducing, X, LLC's beneficial ownership to 9.9% of our common stock then outstanding, and (iii) Mr. El-Batrawi entered into a Voting Trust Agreement (the "Trust") pursuant to which the voting power of all of his outstanding common stock was controlled by a trustee who was required to use the voting power of the common stock held in the Trust to vote on all matters presented for a vote of stockholders in the same proportion that the shares of common stock not subject to the Trust voted on such matters. However, the Trust terminated upon our delisting from Nasdaq, and Mr. El-Batrawi has investment and voting control over our shares beneficially owned by him (2,900,000 shares as of the date of this Annual Report). As of the date of this Annual Report, the Gray Mars Venus Trust ("Gray Mars"), of which John Gray is the beneficial owner, owns approximately 35.1% of our outstanding shares of common stock and thereby has a significant ability to influence corporate matters, including the election of directors, any merger, consolidation or other major corporate transaction requiring stockholder approval, which may negatively impact your liquidity and/or your gain on your investment. In addition to the stock controlled by John Gray, seven other individuals or entities own 34.5% of our common stock, which further concentrates the influence on corporate matters among a few shareholders. As a result, these stockholders, if they act together, will be able to control the management and affairs of our company and most matters requiring stockholder approval, including the election of directors and approval of significant corporate transactions. For example, effective January 22, 2020, eight stockholders, including the Trust and Gray Mars, acting by written consent, holding approximately 76% of our common stock then outstanding, removed three directors of the Company from office, and thereafter the remaining directors of the Company elected three new directors to fill such vacancies. This concentration of ownership may have the effect of delaying or preventing a change in control and might adversely affect the market price of our common stock. This concentration of ownership may not be in the best interests of our other stockholders.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 5Our common stock is quoted on the OTC Pink, and thus may have a limited market and lack of liquidity.
Our common stock is quoted on the OTC Pink, which may have an unfavorable impact on our stock price and liquidity. The OTC Pink Market is a significantly more limited market than the New York Stock Exchange or The Nasdaq Stock Market. The quotation of our shares on such marketplace may result in a less liquid market available for existing and potential stockholders to trade shares of our common stock, could depress the trading price of our common stock, and could have a long-term adverse impact on our ability to raise capital in the future. There can be no assurance that there will be an active market for our shares of common stock, either now or in the future, or that stockholders will be able to liquidate their investment or liquidate it at a price that reflects the value of the business.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 6Our existing shareholders may experience dilution if we elect to raise equity capital
Due to our past liquidity issues, we have had to raise capital in the form of debt and/or equity to meet our working capital needs. We may also choose to issue equity or debt securities in the future to meet our liquidity or other needs which would result in additional dilution to our existing stockholders. Although we will attempt to minimize the dilutive impact of any future capital-raising activities, we cannot offer any assurance that we will be able to do so. We may have to issue additional shares of our common stock at prices at a discount from the then-current market price of our common stock. If we raise additional working capital, existing shareholders may experience dilution.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 7Our stock price could become more volatile and your investment could lose value.
All of the factors discussed in this section could affect our stock price. A significant drop in our stock price could also expose us to the risk of securities class actions lawsuits, which could result in substantial costs and divert management's attention and resources, which could adversely affect our business.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 8Our stock is a penny stock
Our stock is a penny stock. The Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") has adopted Rule 15g-9 which generally defines "penny stock" to be any equity security that has a market price (as defined in Rule 15g-9) less than $5.00 per share or an exercise price of less than $5.00 per share, subject to certain exceptions. Our securities are covered by the penny stock rules, which impose additional sales practice requirements on broker-dealers who sell to persons other than established customers and "accredited investors". The term "accredited investor" refers generally to institutions with assets in excess of $5,000,000 or individuals with a net worth in excess of $1,000,000 or annual income exceeding $200,000 or $300,000 jointly with their spouse. The penny stock rules require a broker-dealer, prior to a transaction in a penny stock not otherwise exempt from the rules, to deliver a standardized risk disclosure document in a form prepared by the SEC, which provides information about penny stocks and the nature and level of risks in the penny stock market. The broker-dealer also must provide the customer with current bid and offer quotations for the penny stock, the compensation of the broker-dealer and its salesperson in the transaction and monthly account statements showing the market value of each penny stock held in the customer's account. The bid and offer quotations, and the broker-dealer and salesperson compensation information, must be given to the customer orally or in writing prior to effecting the transaction and must be given to the customer in writing before or with the customer's confirmation. In addition, the penny stock rules require that prior to a transaction in a penny stock not otherwise exempt from these rules; the broker-dealer must make a special written determination that the penny stock is a suitable investment for the purchaser and receive the purchaser's written agreement to the transaction. These disclosure requirements may have the effect of reducing the level of trading activity in the secondary market for the stock that is subject to these penny stock rules. Consequently, these penny stock rules may affect the ability of broker-dealers to trade our securities.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 9Sales of our common stock under our resale registration statement and under Rule 144 could reduce the price of our stock.
An aggregate of 25,067,786 of our outstanding shares of common stock are subject to lock-up agreements. An additional 339,125 of our outstanding shares of common stock are "restricted securities" and are subject to restrictions on transfer. In general, persons holding "restricted securities," must hold their shares for a period of at least six months, may not sell more than 1% of the total issued and outstanding shares in any 90-day period, and must resell the shares in an unsolicited brokerage transaction at the market price. Shares shall be locked up as follows: (i) 2,900,000 shares of common stock held by X, LLC, 10,325,000 shares of common stock held by Gray Mars Venus Trust, Arizona 2015, 2,844,945 shares of common stock controlled by David Haley, 2,758,824 shares of common stock held by James Malackowiski, 2,018,750 shares of common stock held by John O'Hurley and 1,654,412 shares held by Acuitas Group Holdings, LLC, until May 13, 2020; and (ii) 1,500,000 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of outstanding warrants held by Bellridge Capital, L.P. for 60 days; (iii) 400,000 shares of common stock held by Bellridge Capital, L.P. for 30 days and (iv) an additional 2,165,855 shares of common stock held by other stockholders for periods ranging from 47 days to six months; provided, however, certain shares may not be subject to a lock up period in the event that such shares are sold at certain minimum prices. However, Rule 144 will only be available for resale in the 90 days after the Company becomes subject to the ongoing SEC reporting requirements. The Company may voluntarily file current reports on Form 8-K. The availability for sale of substantial amounts of common stock under Rule 144 could reduce prevailing market prices for our securities. The registration statement to which this Report relates also registers the potential resale by certain selling stockholders of an aggregate amount up to 1,650,000 shares of our common stock consisting of up to (i) 150,000 shares of our common stock and (ii) 1,500,000 shares of our common stock issuable upon exercise of outstanding Bellridge Capital Warrant.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 10We are an "emerging growth company" under the JOBS Act of 2012 and we cannot be certain if the reduced disclosure requirements applicable to emerging growth companies will make our common stock less attractive to investors.
We are an "emerging growth company", as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the "JOBS Act"), and we may take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not "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 shareholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved. We cannot predict if investors will find our common stock less attractive because we may rely on these exemptions. If some investors find our common stock less attractive as a result, there may be a less active trading market for our common stock and our stock price may be more volatile. In addition, Section 107 of the JOBS Act also provides that an "emerging growth company" can take advantage of the extended transition period provided in Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act") for complying with new or revised accounting standards. In other words, an "emerging growth company" can delay the adoption of certain accounting standards until those standards would otherwise apply to private companies. We are choosing to take advantage of the extended transition period for complying with new or revised accounting standards. We will remain an "emerging growth company" until the last day of the fiscal year following the fifth anniversary of the date of the first sale of our common stock pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, although we will lose that status sooner if our revenues exceed $1.07 billion, if we issue more than $1 billion in non-convertible debt in a three year period, or if the market value of our common stock that is held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the last day of our most recently completed second fiscal quarter.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 11Our Amended and Restated Bylaws provide that a state court located within the State of Delaware (or, if no state court located within the State of Delaware has jurisdiction, the federal district court for the District of Delaware) will be the sole and exclusive forum for certain disputes which could limit stockholders' ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with the Company or its directors, officers or employees.
Our Amended and Restated Bylaws provide that unless the Company consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, a state court located within the State of Delaware (or, if no state court located within the State of Delaware has jurisdiction, the federal district court for the District of Delaware) shall be the sole and exclusive forum for claims with respect to (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Company, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director or officer or other employee of the Company to the Company or the Company's stockholders, (iii) any action asserting a claim against the Company or any director or officer or other employee of the Company arising pursuant to any provision of the Delaware General Corporation Law or the Certificate of Incorporation or the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (in each case, as they may be amended from time to time), or (iv) any action asserting a claim against the Company or any director or officer or other employee of the Company governed by the internal affairs doctrine. This exclusive forum provision would not apply to suits brought to enforce any liability or duty created by the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or any other claim for which the federal courts have exclusive jurisdiction. To the extent that any such claims may be based upon federal law claims, Section 27 of the Exchange Act creates exclusive federal jurisdiction over all suits brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations thereunder. Furthermore, Section 22 of the Securities Act creates concurrent jurisdiction for federal and state courts over all suits brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the Securities Act or the rules and regulations thereunder. This 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 the Company or its directors, officers, other employees or agents, which may discourage such lawsuits against the Company and its directors, officers, other employees and agents. Alternatively, if a court were to find the choice of forum provision contained in our Amended and Restated Bylaws to be inapplicable or unenforceable in an action, the Company may incur additional costs associated with resolving such action in other jurisdictions, which could have a material adverse effect on the Company's business, results of operations, and financial condition.
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