−Removed: should consider carefully all of the risks described below, together with the other information contained in this Report, including
−Removed: the financial statements.
−Removed: If any of the following risks occur, our business, financial condition or results of operations may
−Removed: be materially and adversely affected.
−Removed: The risk factors described below are not necessarily exhaustive and you are encouraged to
−Removed: perform your own investigation with respect to us and our business.
−Removed: are a recently formed company with no operating history and no revenues, and you have no basis on which to evaluate our ability
−Removed: to achieve our business objective.
−Removed: are a recently formed company with no operating results.
−Removed: Because we lack an operating history, you have no basis upon which to
−Removed: evaluate our ability to achieve our business objective of completing our initial business combination with one or more target
−Removed: We may be unable to complete our business combination.
−Removed: If we fail to complete our business combination, we will never
−Removed: generate any operating revenues.
−Removed: performance by Centerview Capital or its affiliates, including Centerview Capital Consumer, our management team and Conyers Park
−Removed: I, is not indicative of future performance of an investment in us.
−Removed: regarding performance by, or businesses associated with, our management team, Centerview Capital or its affiliates, including
−Removed: Centerview Capital Consumer and Conyers Park I, is presented for informational purposes only.
−Removed: Any past experience and performance
−Removed: of our management team, Centerview Capital or its affiliates, including Centerview Capital Consumer and Conyers Park I, is not
−Removed: a guarantee either:
−Removed: (1) that we will be able to successfully identify a suitable candidate for our initial business combination;
−Removed: or (2) of any results with respect to any initial business combination we may consummate.
−Removed: You should not rely on the historical
−Removed: record of the performance of our management team, Centerview Capital or its affiliates, including Centerview Capital Consumer
−Removed: and Conyers Park I, as being indicative of the future performance of an investment in us or the returns we will, or are likely
−Removed: to, generate going forward.
−Removed: An investment in us is not an investment in Centerview Capital or its affiliates, including Centerview
−Removed: Capital Consumer and Conyers Park I.
−Removed: public stockholders may not be afforded an opportunity to vote on our proposed business combination, which means we may complete
−Removed: our initial business combination even if a majority of our public stockholders do not support such a combination.
−Removed: may not hold a stockholder vote to approve our initial business combination unless the business combination would require stockholder
−Removed: approval under applicable law or the NASDAQ rules or if we decide to hold a stockholder vote for business or other legal reasons.
−Removed: Except as required by law or the NASDAQ rules, the decision as to whether we will seek stockholder approval of a proposed business
−Removed: combination or will allow stockholders to sell their shares to us in a tender offer will be made by us, solely in our discretion,
−Removed: and will be based on a variety of factors, such as the timing of the transaction and whether the terms of the transaction would
−Removed: otherwise require us to seek stockholder approval.
−Removed: Accordingly, we may complete our initial business combination even if holders
−Removed: of a majority of our public shares do not approve of the business combination we complete.
−Removed: we seek stockholder approval of our initial business combination, after approval of our board, our initial stockholders have agreed
−Removed: to vote in favor of such initial business combination, regardless of how our public stockholders vote.
−Removed: many other blank check companies in which the initial stockholders agree to vote their founder shares in accordance with the majority
−Removed: of the votes cast by the public stockholders in connection with an initial business combination, after approval of our board,
−Removed: our initial stockholders have agreed to vote their founder shares, as well as any public shares purchased during or after our
−Removed: initial public offering, in favor of our initial business combination.
−Removed: As a result, in addition to our initial stockholders’
−Removed: founder shares, we would need 16,875,001, or 37.5%, of the 45,000,000 public shares outstanding to be voted in favor of a transaction
−Removed: (assuming all outstanding shares are voted) in order to have our initial business combination approved.
−Removed: Our initial stockholders
−Removed: own shares representing 20% of our outstanding shares of common stock.
−Removed: Accordingly, if we seek stockholder approval of our initial
−Removed: business combination, after approval of our board, it is more likely that the necessary stockholder approval will be received
−Removed: than would be the case if our initial stockholders agreed to vote their founder shares in accordance with the majority of the
−Removed: votes cast by our public stockholders.
−Removed: only opportunity to affect the investment decision regarding a potential business combination will be limited to the exercise
−Removed: of your right to redeem your shares from us for cash, unless we seek stockholder approval of the business combination.
−Removed: the time of your investment in us, you were not be provided with an opportunity to evaluate the specific merits or risks of one
−Removed: or more target businesses.
−Removed: Since our board of directors may complete a business combination without seeking stockholder approval,
−Removed: public stockholders may not have the right or opportunity to vote on the business combination, unless we seek such stockholder
−Removed: Accordingly, if we do not seek stockholder approval, your only opportunity to affect the investment decision regarding a
−Removed: potential business combination may be limited to exercising your redemption rights within the period of time (which will be at
−Removed: least 20 business days) set forth in our tender offer documents mailed to our public stockholders in which we describe our initial
−Removed: business combination.
−Removed: ability of our public stockholders to redeem their shares for cash may make our financial condition unattractive to potential
−Removed: business combination targets, which may make it difficult for us to enter into a business combination with a target.
−Removed: may seek to enter into a business combination transaction agreement with a prospective target that requires as a closing condition
−Removed: that we have a minimum net worth or a certain amount of cash.
−Removed: If too many public stockholders exercise their redemption rights,
−Removed: we would not be able to meet such closing condition and, as a result, would not be able to proceed with the business combination.
−Removed: Furthermore, in no event will we redeem our public shares in an amount that would cause our net tangible assets to be less than
−Removed: $5,000,001 upon consummation of our initial business combination (so that we are not subject to the Commission’s “penny
−Removed: rules) or any greater net tangible asset or cash requirement which may be contained in the agreement relating to
−Removed: our initial business combination.
−Removed: Consequently, if accepting all properly submitted redemption requests would cause our net tangible
−Removed: assets to be less than $5,000,001 upon consummation of our initial business combination or such greater amount necessary to satisfy
−Removed: a closing condition as described above, we would not proceed with such redemption and the related business combination and may
−Removed: instead search for an alternate business combination.
−Removed: Prospective targets will be aware of these risks and, thus, may be reluctant
−Removed: to enter into a business combination transaction with us.
−Removed: ability of our public stockholders to exercise redemption rights with respect to a large number of our shares may not allow us
−Removed: to complete the most desirable business combination or optimize our capital structure.
−Removed: the time we enter into an agreement for our initial business combination, we will not know how many stockholders may exercise
−Removed: their redemption rights, and therefore will need to structure the transaction based on our expectations as to the number of shares
−Removed: that will be submitted for redemption.
−Removed: If our business combination agreement requires us to use a portion of the cash in the trust
−Removed: account to pay the purchase price, or requires us to have a minimum amount of cash at closing, we will need to reserve a portion
−Removed: of the cash in the trust account to meet such requirements, or arrange for third party financing.
−Removed: In addition, if a larger number
−Removed: of shares are submitted for redemption than we initially expected, we may need to restructure the transaction to reserve a greater
−Removed: portion of the cash in the trust account or arrange for third party financing.
−Removed: Raising additional third party financing may involve
−Removed: dilutive equity issuances or the incurrence of indebtedness at higher than desirable levels.
−Removed: The above considerations may limit
−Removed: our ability to complete the most desirable business combination available to us or optimize our capital structure.
−Removed: of the deferred underwriting commissions payable to the underwriters will not be adjusted for any shares that are redeemed in
−Removed: connection with a business combination.
−Removed: The per-share amount we will distribute to stockholders who properly exercise their redemption
−Removed: rights will not be reduced by the deferred underwriting commission and after such redemptions, the per-share value of shares held
−Removed: by non-redeeming stockholders will reflect our obligation to pay the deferred underwriting commissions.
−Removed: ability of our public stockholders to exercise redemption rights with respect to a large number of our shares could increase the
−Removed: probability that our initial business combination would be unsuccessful and that you would have to wait for liquidation in order
−Removed: to redeem your stock.
−Removed: our business combination agreement requires us to use a portion of the cash in the trust account to pay the purchase price, or
−Removed: requires us to have a minimum amount of cash at closing, the probability that our initial business combination would be unsuccessful
−Removed: is increased.
−Removed: If our initial business combination is unsuccessful, you would not receive your pro rata portion of the trust account
−Removed: until we liquidate the trust account.
−Removed: If you are in need of immediate liquidity, you could attempt to sell your stock in the open
−Removed: however, at such time our stock may trade at a discount to the pro rata amount per share in the trust account.
−Removed: situation, you may suffer a material loss on your investment or lose the benefit of funds expected in connection with our redemption
−Removed: until we liquidate or you are able to sell your stock in the open market.
−Removed: requirement that we complete our initial business combination within the prescribed time frame may give potential target businesses
−Removed: leverage over us in negotiating a business combination and may decrease our ability to conduct due diligence on potential business
−Removed: combination targets as we approach our dissolution deadline, which could undermine our ability to complete our business combination
−Removed: on terms that would produce value for our stockholders.
−Removed: potential target business with which we enter into negotiations concerning a business combination will be aware that we must complete
−Removed: our initial business combination by July 22, 2021.
−Removed: Consequently, such target business may obtain leverage over us in negotiating
−Removed: a business combination, knowing that if we do not complete our initial business combination with that particular target business,
−Removed: we may be unable to complete our initial business combination with any target business.
−Removed: This risk will increase as we get closer
−Removed: to the timeframe described above.
−Removed: In addition, we may have limited time to conduct due diligence and may enter into our initial
−Removed: business combination on terms that we would have rejected upon a more comprehensive investigation.
−Removed: may not be able to complete our initial business combination within the prescribed time frame, in which case we would cease all
−Removed: operations except for the purpose of winding up and we would redeem our public shares and liquidate, in which case our public
−Removed: stockholders may only receive $10.00 per share, or less than such amount in certain circumstances, and our warrants will expire
−Removed: sponsor, officers and directors have agreed that we must complete our initial business combination by July 22, 2021.
−Removed: be able to find a suitable target business and complete our initial business combination by such date.
−Removed: If we have not completed
−Removed: our initial business combination by such date, we will:
−Removed: (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as
−Removed: promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem the public shares, at a per-share price,
−Removed: payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account including interest earned on the funds held
−Removed: in the trust account and not previously released to us to pay up to $1,000,000 of our working capital requirements as well as
−Removed: to pay our franchise and income taxes (less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of
−Removed: then outstanding public shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public stockholders’
−Removed: rights as stockholders
−Removed: (including the right to receive further liquidating distributions, if any), subject to applicable law, and (iii) as promptly as
−Removed: reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of our remaining stockholders and our board of directors,
−Removed: dissolve and liquidate, subject in each case to our obligations under Delaware law to provide for claims of creditors and the
−Removed: requirements of other applicable law.
−Removed: In such case, our public stockholders may only receive $10.00 per share, and our warrants
−Removed: will expire worthless.
−Removed: In certain circumstances, our public stockholders may receive less than $10.00 per share on the redemption
−Removed: of their shares.
−Removed: See “—
−Removed: If third parties bring claims against us, the proceeds held in the trust account could be
−Removed: reduced and the per-share redemption amount received by stockholders may be less than $10.00 per share”
−Removed: and other risk factors
−Removed: search for a business combination, and any target business with which we ultimately consummate a business combination, may be
−Removed: materially adversely affected by the recent coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.
−Removed: December 2019, a novel strain of coronavirus was reported to have surfaced in Wuhan, China, which has and is continuing to spread
−Removed: throughout China and other parts of the world, including the United States.
−Removed: On January 30, 2020, the World Health Organization
−Removed: declared the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) a “Public Health Emergency of International Concern.”
−Removed: On January 31, 2020, U.S.
−Removed: Health and Human Services Secretary Alex M.
−Removed: Azar II declared a public health emergency for the United
−Removed: States to aid the U.S.
−Removed: healthcare community in responding to COVID-19, and on March 11, 2020 the World Health Organization characterized
−Removed: the outbreak as a “pandemic.”
−Removed: A significant outbreak of COVID-19 and other infectious diseases could result in a widespread
−Removed: health crisis that could adversely affect the economies and financial markets worldwide, and the business of any potential target
−Removed: business with which we consummate a business combination could be materially and adversely affected.
−Removed: Furthermore, we may be unable
−Removed: to complete a business combination if continued concerns relating to COVID-19 restrict travel, limit the ability to have meetings
−Removed: with potential investors or the target company’s personnel, vendors and services providers are unavailable to negotiate
−Removed: and consummate a transaction in a timely manner.
−Removed: The extent to which COVID-19 impacts our search for a business combination will
−Removed: depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted, including new information which may emerge
−Removed: concerning the severity of COVID-19 and the actions to contain COVID-19 or treat its impact, among others.
−Removed: If the disruptions
−Removed: posed by COVID-19 or other matters of global concern continue for an extensive period of time, our ability to consummate a business
−Removed: combination, or the operations of a target business with which we ultimately consummate a business combination, may be adversely
−Removed: affected in a material way.
−Removed: we seek stockholder approval of our initial business combination, our sponsor, directors, officers, advisors and their affiliates
−Removed: may elect to purchase shares from public stockholders, which may influence a vote on a proposed business combination and reduce
−Removed: the public “float”
−Removed: of our Class A Common Stock.
−Removed: we seek stockholder approval of our initial business combination and we do not conduct redemptions in connection with our business
−Removed: combination pursuant to the tender offer rules, our sponsor, directors, officers, advisors or their affiliates may purchase shares
−Removed: in privately negotiated transactions or in the open market either prior to or following the completion of our initial business
−Removed: combination, although they are under no obligation to do so.
−Removed: Such a purchase may include a contractual acknowledgement that such
−Removed: stockholder, although still the record holder of our shares is no longer the beneficial owner thereof and therefore agrees not
−Removed: to exercise its redemption rights.
−Removed: In the event that our sponsor, directors, officers, advisors or their affiliates purchase shares
−Removed: in privately negotiated transactions from public stockholders who have already elected to exercise their redemption rights, such
−Removed: selling stockholders would be required to revoke their prior elections to redeem their shares.
−Removed: The purpose of such purchases could
−Removed: be to vote such shares in favor of the business combination and thereby increase the likelihood of obtaining stockholder approval
−Removed: of the business combination, or to satisfy a closing condition in an agreement with a target that requires us to have a minimum
−Removed: net worth or a certain amount of cash at the closing of our business combination, where it appears that such requirement would
−Removed: otherwise not be met.
−Removed: This may result in the completion of our business combination that may not otherwise have been possible.
−Removed: addition, if such purchases are made, the public “float”
−Removed: of our Class A Common Stock and the number of beneficial
−Removed: holders of our securities may be reduced, possibly making it difficult to maintain the quotation, listing or trading of our securities
−Removed: on a national securities exchange.
−Removed: a stockholder fails to receive notice of our offer to redeem our public shares in connection with our business combination, or
−Removed: fails to comply with the procedures for tendering its shares, such shares may not be redeemed.
−Removed: will comply with the tender offer rules or proxy rules, as applicable, when conducting redemptions in connection with our business
−Removed: Despite our compliance with these rules, if a stockholder fails to receive our tender offer or proxy materials, as
−Removed: applicable, such stockholder may not become aware of the opportunity to redeem its shares.
−Removed: In addition, the tender offer documents
−Removed: or proxy materials, as applicable, that we will furnish to holders of our public shares in connection with our initial business
−Removed: combination will describe the various procedures that must be complied with in order to validly tender or redeem public shares.
−Removed: For example, we may require our public stockholders seeking to exercise their redemption rights, whether they are record holders
−Removed: or hold their shares in “street name,”
−Removed: to either tender their certificates to our transfer agent prior to the date
−Removed: set forth in the tender offer documents or proxy materials mailed to such holders, or up to two business days prior to the vote
−Removed: on the proposal to approve the business combination in the event we distribute proxy materials, or to deliver their shares to
−Removed: the transfer agent electronically.
−Removed: In the event that a stockholder fails to comply with these or any other procedures, its shares
−Removed: may not be redeemed.
−Removed: will not have any rights or interests in funds from the trust account, except under certain limited circumstances.
−Removed: your investment, therefore, you may be forced to sell your public shares or warrants, potentially at a loss.
−Removed: public stockholders are entitled to receive funds from the trust account only upon the earliest to occur of:
−Removed: (i) our completion
−Removed: of an initial business combination, (ii) the redemption of any public shares properly tendered in connection with a stockholder
−Removed: vote to amend our amended and restated certificate of incorporation (a) to modify the substance or timing of our obligation to
−Removed: redeem 100% of our public shares if we do not complete our initial business combination by July 22, 2021, (b) which adversely
−Removed: affects the rights of holders of our Class A Common Stock, and (iii) the redemption of our public shares if we are unable to complete
−Removed: an initial business combination by July 22, 2021, subject to applicable law and as further described herein.
−Removed: In addition, if we
−Removed: are unable to complete an initial business combination by July 22, 2021 for any reason, compliance with Delaware law may require
−Removed: that we submit a plan of dissolution to our then-existing stockholders for approval prior to the distribution of the proceeds
−Removed: held in our trust account.
−Removed: In that case, public stockholders may be forced to wait beyond July 22, 2021 before they receive funds
−Removed: from our trust account.
−Removed: In no other circumstances will a public stockholder have any right or interest of any kind in the trust
−Removed: Accordingly, to liquidate your investment, you may be forced to sell your public shares or warrants, potentially at a
−Removed: may delist our securities from trading on its exchange, which could limit investors’
−Removed: ability to make transactions in our
−Removed: securities and subject us to additional trading restrictions.
−Removed: securities are currently listed on NASDAQ.
−Removed: However, we cannot assure you that our securities will continue to be listed on NASDAQ
−Removed: in the future or prior to our initial business combination.
−Removed: In order to continue listing our securities on NASDAQ prior to our
−Removed: initial business combination, we must maintain certain financial, distribution and stock price levels.
−Removed: Generally, we must maintain
−Removed: a minimum amount in stockholders’
−Removed: equity (generally $2,500,000) and a minimum number of holders of our securities (generally
−Removed: 300 round-lot holders).
−Removed: Additionally, in connection with our initial business combination, we will be required to demonstrate
−Removed: compliance with NASDAQ’s initial listing requirements, which are more rigorous than NASDAQ’s continued listing requirements,
−Removed: in order to continue to maintain the listing of our securities on NASDAQ.
−Removed: For instance, our stock price would generally be required
−Removed: to be at least $4.00 per share, our stockholders’
−Removed: equity would generally be required to be at least $5.0 million and we
−Removed: would be required to have 300 round-lot holders.
−Removed: We may not be able to meet those initial listing requirements at that time.
−Removed: NASDAQ delists our securities from trading on its exchange and we are not able to list our securities on another national securities
−Removed: exchange, we expect our securities could be quoted on an over-the-counter market.
−Removed: If this were to occur, we could face significant
−Removed: material adverse consequences, including:
−Removed: limited availability of market quotations for our securities;
−Removed: liquidity for our securities;
−Removed: determination that our Class A Common Stock is a “penny stock”
−Removed: require brokers trading in our Class A Common Stock to adhere to more stringent rules
−Removed: and possibly result in a reduced level of trading activity in the secondary trading market
−Removed: for our securities;
−Removed: limited amount of news and analyst coverage;
−Removed: decreased ability to issue additional securities or obtain additional financing in the
−Removed: National Securities Markets Improvement Act of 1996, which is a federal statute, prevents or preempts the states from regulating
−Removed: the sale of certain securities, which are referred to as “covered securities.”
−Removed: Because our Units, Class A Common Stock
−Removed: and warrants are currently listed on NASDAQ, our Units, Class A Common Stock and warrants are covered securities.
−Removed: states are preempted from regulating the sale of our securities, the federal statute does allow the states to investigate companies
−Removed: if there is a suspicion of fraud, and, if there is a finding of fraudulent activity, then the states can regulate or bar the sale
−Removed: of covered securities in a particular case.
−Removed: While we are not aware of a state having used these powers to prohibit or restrict
−Removed: the sale of securities issued by blank check companies, other than the State of Idaho, certain state securities regulators view
−Removed: blank check companies unfavorably and might use these powers, or threaten to use these powers, to hinder the sale of securities
−Removed: of blank check companies in their states.
−Removed: Further, if we were no longer listed on NASDAQ, our securities would not be covered
−Removed: securities and we would be subject to regulation in each state in which we offer our securities.
−Removed: will not be entitled to protections normally afforded to investors of many other blank check companies.
−Removed: the net proceeds of our initial public offering and the sale of the private placement warrants are intended to be used to complete
−Removed: an initial business combination with a target business, we may be deemed to be a “blank check”
−Removed: company under the United
−Removed: States securities laws.
−Removed: However, because we have net tangible assets in excess of $5,000,000, we are exempt from rules promulgated
−Removed: by the Commission to protect investors in blank check companies, such as Rule 419.
−Removed: Accordingly, investors will not be afforded
−Removed: the benefits or protections of those rules.
−Removed: Among other things, this means that we will have a longer period of time to complete
−Removed: our business combination than do companies subject to Rule 419.
−Removed: Moreover, if our initial public offering were subject to Rule
−Removed: 419, that rule would prohibit the release of any interest earned on funds held in the trust account to us unless and until the
−Removed: funds in the trust account were released to us in connection with our completion of an initial business combination.
−Removed: we seek stockholder approval of our initial business combination and we do not conduct redemptions pursuant to the tender offer
−Removed: rules, and if you or a “group”
−Removed: of stockholders are deemed to hold in excess of 10% of our Class A Common Stock, you
−Removed: will lose the ability to redeem all such shares in excess of 10% of our Class A Common Stock.
−Removed: we seek stockholder approval of our initial business combination and we do not conduct redemptions in connection with our initial
−Removed: business combination pursuant to the tender offer rules, our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that a
−Removed: public stockholder, together with any affiliate of such stockholder or any other person with whom such stockholder is acting in
−Removed: concert or as a “group”
−Removed: (as defined under Section 13 of the Exchange Act), will be restricted from seeking redemption
−Removed: rights with respect to more than an aggregate of 10% of the shares sold in our initial public offering, which we refer to as the
−Removed: “Excess Shares.”
−Removed: However, we would not be restricting our stockholders’
−Removed: ability to vote all of their shares
−Removed: (including Excess Shares) for or against our business combination.
−Removed: Your inability to redeem the Excess Shares will reduce your
−Removed: influence over our ability to complete our business combination and you could suffer a material loss on your investment in us
−Removed: if you sell Excess Shares in open market transactions.
−Removed: Additionally, you will not receive redemption distributions with respect
−Removed: to the Excess Shares if we complete our business combination.
−Removed: And as a result, you will continue to hold that number of shares
−Removed: exceeding 10% and, in order to dispose of such shares, would be required to sell your stock in open market transactions, potentially
−Removed: of our limited resources and the significant competition for business combination opportunities, it may be more difficult for
−Removed: us to complete our initial business combination.
−Removed: If we are unable to complete our initial business combination, our public stockholders
−Removed: may receive only approximately $10.00 per share on our redemption of our public shares, or less than such amount in certain circumstances,
−Removed: and our warrants will expire worthless.
−Removed: have encountered and expect to encounter intense competition from other entities having a business objective similar to ours,
−Removed: including private investors (which may be individuals or investment partnerships), other blank check companies and other entities,
−Removed: domestic and international, competing for the types of businesses we intend to acquire.
−Removed: Many of these individuals and entities
−Removed: are well-established and have extensive experience in identifying and effecting, directly or indirectly, acquisitions of companies
−Removed: operating in or providing services to various industries.
−Removed: Many of these competitors possess greater technical, human and other
−Removed: resources or more local industry knowledge than we do and our financial resources are relatively limited when contrasted with
−Removed: those of many of these competitors.
−Removed: While we believe there are numerous target businesses we could potentially acquire with the
−Removed: net proceeds of our initial public offering and the sale of the private placement warrants, our ability to compete with respect
−Removed: to the acquisition of certain target businesses that are sizable is limited by our available financial resources.
−Removed: This inherent
−Removed: competitive limitation gives others an advantage in pursuing the acquisition of certain target businesses.
−Removed: Furthermore, because
−Removed: we are obligated to pay cash for the shares of Class A Common Stock which our public stockholders redeem in connection with our
−Removed: initial business combination, target companies will be aware that this may reduce the resources available to us for our initial
−Removed: business combination.
−Removed: This may place us at a competitive disadvantage in successfully negotiating a business combination.
−Removed: are unable to complete our initial business combination, our public stockholders may receive only approximately $10.00 per share
−Removed: on the liquidation of our trust account and our warrants will expire worthless.
−Removed: In certain circumstances, our public stockholders
−Removed: may receive less than $10.00 per share upon our liquidation.
−Removed: See “—
−Removed: If third parties bring claims against us, the
−Removed: proceeds held in the trust account could be reduced and the per-share redemption amount received by stockholders may be less than
−Removed: $10.00 per share”
−Removed: and other risk factors below.
−Removed: the net proceeds of our initial public offering and the sale of the private placement warrants not being held in the trust account
−Removed: are insufficient to allow us to operate until July 22, 2021, we may be unable to complete our initial business combination, in
−Removed: which case our public stockholders may only receive $10.00 per share, or less than such amount in certain circumstances, and our
−Removed: warrants will expire worthless.
−Removed: funds available to us outside of the trust account may not be sufficient to allow us to operate until July 22, 2021, assuming
−Removed: that our initial business combination is not completed during that time.
−Removed: We believe that the funds available to us outside of
−Removed: the trust account are sufficient to allow us to operate until July 22, 2021;
−Removed: however, we cannot assure you that our estimate is
−Removed: Of the funds available to us, we could use a portion of the funds available to us to pay fees to consultants to assist
−Removed: us with our search for a target business.
−Removed: We could also use a portion of the funds as a down payment or to fund a “no-shop”
−Removed: provision (a provision in letters of intent designed to keep target businesses from “shopping”
−Removed: around for transactions
−Removed: with other companies on terms more favorable to such target businesses) with respect to a particular proposed business combination,
−Removed: although we do not have any current intention to do so.
−Removed: If we entered into a letter of intent where we paid for the right to receive
−Removed: exclusivity from a target business and were subsequently required to forfeit such funds (whether as a result of our breach or
−Removed: otherwise), we might not have sufficient funds to continue searching for, or conduct due diligence with respect to, a target business.
−Removed: If we are unable to complete our initial business combination, our public stockholders may receive only approximately $10.00 per
−Removed: share on the liquidation of our trust account and our warrants will expire worthless.
−Removed: In certain circumstances, our public stockholders
−Removed: may receive less than $10.00 per share upon our liquidation.
−Removed: See “—
−Removed: If third parties bring claims against us, the
−Removed: proceeds held in the trust account could be reduced and the per-share redemption amount received by stockholders may be less than
−Removed: $10.00 per share”
−Removed: and other risk factors below.
−Removed: the net proceeds of our initial public offering and the sale of the private placement warrants not being held in the trust account
−Removed: are insufficient, it could limit the amount available to fund our search for a target business or businesses and complete our
−Removed: initial business combination and we will depend on loans from our sponsor or management team to fund our search for a business
−Removed: combination, to pay our franchise and income taxes and to complete our initial business combination.
−Removed: If we are unable to obtain
−Removed: these loans, we may be unable to complete our initial business combination.
−Removed: the net proceeds of our initial public offering and the sale of the private placement warrants, only $951,060 (as of December
−Removed: 31, 2019) will be available to us outside the trust account to fund our working capital requirements.
−Removed: If we are required to seek
−Removed: additional capital, we would need to borrow funds from our sponsor, management team or other third parties to operate or may be
−Removed: forced to liquidate.
−Removed: Neither our sponsor, members of our management team nor any of their affiliates is under any obligation to
−Removed: advance funds to us in such circumstances.
−Removed: Any such advances would be repaid only from funds held outside the trust account or
−Removed: from funds released to us upon completion of our initial business combination.
−Removed: We do not expect to seek loans from parties other
−Removed: than our sponsor or an affiliate of our sponsor as we do not believe third parties will be willing to loan such funds and provide
−Removed: a waiver against any and all rights to seek access to funds in our trust account.
−Removed: If we are unable to obtain these loans, we may
−Removed: be unable to complete our initial business combination.
−Removed: If we are unable to complete our initial business combination because
−Removed: we do not have sufficient funds available to us, we will be forced to cease operations and liquidate the trust account.
−Removed: Consequently,
−Removed: our public stockholders may only receive approximately $10.00 per share on our redemption of our public shares, and our warrants
−Removed: will expire worthless.
−Removed: In certain circumstances, our public stockholders may receive less than $10.00 per share on the redemption
−Removed: of their shares.
−Removed: See “—
−Removed: If third parties bring claims against us, the proceeds held in the trust account could be
−Removed: reduced and the per-share redemption amount received by stockholders may be less than $10.00 per share”
−Removed: and other risk factors
−Removed: to our completion of our initial business combination, we may be required to take write-downs or write-offs, restructuring and
−Removed: impairment or other charges that could have a significant negative effect on our financial condition, results of operations and
−Removed: our stock price, which could cause you to lose some or all of your investment.
−Removed: Even if we conduct extensive due diligence on
−Removed: a target business with which we combine, we cannot assure you that this diligence will surface all material issues that may be
−Removed: present inside a particular target business, that it would be possible to uncover all material issues through a customary amount
−Removed: of due diligence, or that factors outside of the target business and outside of our control will not later arise.
−Removed: As a result of
−Removed: these factors, we may be forced to later write-down or write-off assets, restructure our operations, or incur impairment or other
−Removed: charges that could result in our reporting losses.
−Removed: Even if our due diligence successfully identifies certain risks, unexpected
−Removed: risks may arise and previously known risks may materialize in a manner not consistent with our preliminary risk analysis.
−Removed: these charges may be non-cash items and not have an immediate impact on our liquidity, the fact that we report charges of this
−Removed: nature could contribute to negative market perceptions about us or our securities.
−Removed: In addition, charges of this nature may cause
−Removed: us to violate net worth or other covenants to which we may be subject as a result of assuming pre-existing debt held by a target
−Removed: business or by virtue of our obtaining post-combination debt financing.
−Removed: Accordingly, any stockholders who choose to remain stockholders
−Removed: following the business combination could suffer a reduction in the value of their shares.
−Removed: Such stockholders are unlikely to have
−Removed: a remedy for such reduction in value.
−Removed: third parties bring claims against us, the proceeds held in the trust account could be reduced and the per-share redemption amount
−Removed: received by stockholders may be less than $10.00 per share.
−Removed: placing of funds in the trust account may not protect those funds from third-party claims against us.
−Removed: Although we will seek to
−Removed: have all vendors, service providers (other than our independent registered public accounting firm), prospective target businesses
−Removed: or other entities with which we do business execute agreements with us waiving any right, title, interest or claim of any kind
−Removed: in or to any monies held in the trust account for the benefit of our public stockholders, such parties may not execute such agreements,
−Removed: or even if they execute such agreements they may not be prevented from bringing claims against the trust account, including, but
−Removed: not limited to, fraudulent inducement, breach of fiduciary responsibility or other similar claims, as well as claims challenging
−Removed: the enforceability of the waiver, in each case in order to gain advantage with respect to a claim against our assets, including
−Removed: the funds held in the trust account.
−Removed: If any third party refuses to execute an agreement waiving such claims to the monies held
−Removed: in the trust account, our management will perform an analysis of the alternatives available to it and will only enter into an
−Removed: agreement with a third party that has not executed a waiver if management believes that such third party’s engagement would
−Removed: be significantly more beneficial to us than any alternative.
−Removed: of possible instances where we may engage a third party that refuses to execute a waiver include the engagement of a third party
−Removed: consultant whose particular expertise or skills are believed by management to be significantly superior to those of other consultants
−Removed: that would agree to execute a waiver or in cases where management is unable to find a service provider willing to execute a waiver.
−Removed: In addition, there is no guarantee that such entities will agree to waive any claims they may have in the future as a result of,
−Removed: or arising out of, any negotiations, contracts or agreements with us and will not seek recourse against the trust account for
−Removed: Upon redemption of our public shares, if we are unable to complete our business combination within the prescribed
−Removed: timeframe, or upon the exercise of a redemption right in connection with our business combination, we will be required to provide
−Removed: for payment of claims of creditors that were not waived that may be brought against us within the 10 years following redemption.
−Removed: Accordingly, the per-share redemption amount received by public stockholders could be less than the $10.00 per share initially
−Removed: held in the trust account, due to claims of such creditors.
−Removed: Our sponsor has agreed that it will be liable to us if and to the
−Removed: extent any claims by a vendor for services rendered or products sold to us, or a prospective target business with which we have
−Removed: discussed entering into a transaction agreement, reduce the amount of funds in the trust account to below (i) $10.00 per public
−Removed: share or (ii) such lesser amount per public share held in the trust account as of the date of the liquidation of the trust account
−Removed: due to reductions in the value of the trust assets, in each case net of the interest which may be withdrawn to pay taxes.
−Removed: liability will not apply with respect to any claims by a third party who executed a waiver of any and all rights to seek access
−Removed: to the trust account and except as to any claims under our indemnity of the underwriters of our initial public offering against
−Removed: certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.
−Removed: Moreover, in the event that an executed waiver is deemed
−Removed: to be unenforceable against a third party, then our sponsor will not be responsible to the extent of any liability for such third
−Removed: party claims.
−Removed: We have not independently verified whether our sponsor has sufficient funds to satisfy its indemnity obligations
−Removed: and believe that our sponsor’s only assets are securities of our company.
−Removed: We have not asked our sponsor to reserve for such
−Removed: indemnification obligations.
−Removed: Therefore, our sponsor may not be able to satisfy those obligations.
−Removed: As a result, if any such claims
−Removed: were successfully made against the trust account, the funds available for our initial business combination and redemptions could
−Removed: be reduced to less than $10.00 per public share.
−Removed: In such event, we may not be able to complete our initial business combination,
−Removed: and you would receive such lesser amount per share in connection with any redemption of your public shares.
−Removed: None of our officers
−Removed: will indemnify us for claims by third parties including, without limitation, claims by vendors and prospective target businesses.
−Removed: directors may decide not to enforce the indemnification obligations of our sponsor, resulting in a reduction in the amount of
−Removed: funds in the trust account available for distribution to our public stockholders.
−Removed: the event that the proceeds in the trust account are reduced below the lesser of (i) $10.00 per public share or (ii) such lesser
−Removed: amount per share held in the trust account as of the date of the liquidation of the trust account due to reductions in the value
−Removed: of the trust assets, in each case net of the interest which may be withdrawn to pay taxes, and our sponsor asserts that it is
−Removed: unable to satisfy its obligations or that it has no indemnification obligations related to a particular claim, our independent
−Removed: directors would determine whether to take legal action against our sponsor to enforce its indemnification obligations.
−Removed: we currently expect that our independent directors would take legal action on our behalf against our sponsor to enforce its indemnification
−Removed: obligations to us, it is possible that our independent directors in exercising their business judgment may choose not to do so
−Removed: if, for example, the cost of such legal action is deemed by the independent directors to be too high relative to the amount recoverable
−Removed: or if the independent directors determine that a favorable outcome is not likely.
−Removed: If our independent directors choose not to enforce
−Removed: these indemnification obligations, the amount of funds in the trust account available for distribution to our public stockholders
−Removed: may be reduced below $10.00 per share.
−Removed: after we distribute the proceeds in the trust account to our public stockholders, we file a bankruptcy petition or an involuntary
−Removed: bankruptcy petition is filed against us that is not dismissed, a bankruptcy court may seek to recover such proceeds, and we and
−Removed: our board may be exposed to claims of punitive damages.
−Removed: after we distribute the proceeds in the trust account to our public stockholders, we file a bankruptcy petition or an involuntary
−Removed: bankruptcy petition is filed against us that is not dismissed, any distributions received by stockholders could be viewed under
−Removed: applicable debtor/creditor and/or bankruptcy laws as either a “preferential transfer”
−Removed: or a “fraudulent conveyance.”
−Removed: As a result, a bankruptcy court could seek to recover all amounts received by our stockholders.
−Removed: In addition, our board of directors
−Removed: may be viewed as having breached its fiduciary duty to our creditors and/or having acted in bad faith, thereby exposing itself
−Removed: and us to claims of punitive damages, by paying public stockholders from the trust account prior to addressing the claims of creditors.
−Removed: before distributing the proceeds in the trust account to our public stockholders, we file a bankruptcy petition or an involuntary
−Removed: bankruptcy petition is filed against us that is not dismissed, the claims of creditors in such proceeding may have priority over
−Removed: the claims of our stockholders and the per-share amount that would otherwise be received by our stockholders in connection with
−Removed: our liquidation may be reduced.
−Removed: before distributing the proceeds in the trust account to our public stockholders, we file a bankruptcy petition or an involuntary
−Removed: bankruptcy petition is filed against us that is not dismissed, the proceeds held in the trust account could be subject to applicable
−Removed: bankruptcy law, and may be included in our bankruptcy estate and subject to the claims of third parties with priority over the
−Removed: claims of our stockholders.
−Removed: To the extent any bankruptcy claims deplete the trust account, the per-share amount that would otherwise
−Removed: be received by our stockholders in connection with our liquidation may be reduced.
−Removed: we are deemed to be an investment company under the Investment Company Act, we may be required to institute burdensome compliance
−Removed: requirements and our activities may be restricted, which may make it difficult for us to complete our business combination.
−Removed: we are deemed to be an investment company under the Investment Company Act, our activities may be restricted, including:
−Removed: ● restrictions
−Removed: on the nature of our investments;
−Removed: ● restrictions
−Removed: on the issuance of securities, each of which may make it difficult for us to complete
−Removed: our business combination.
−Removed: addition, we may have imposed upon us burdensome requirements, including:
−Removed: ● registration
−Removed: as an investment company;
−Removed: of a specific form of corporate structure;
−Removed: record keeping, voting, proxy and disclosure requirements and other rules and regulations.
−Removed: order not to be regulated as an investment company under the Investment Company Act, unless we can qualify for an exclusion, we
−Removed: must ensure that we are engaged primarily in a business other than investing, reinvesting or trading in securities and that our
−Removed: activities do not include investing, reinvesting, owning, holding or trading “investment securities”
−Removed: more than 40% of our total assets (exclusive of U.S.
−Removed: government securities and cash items) on an unconsolidated basis.
−Removed: is to identify and complete a business combination and thereafter to operate the post-transaction business or assets for the long
−Removed: We do not plan to buy businesses or assets with a view to resale or profit from their resale.
−Removed: We do not plan to buy unrelated
−Removed: businesses or assets or to be a passive investor.
−Removed: do not believe that our anticipated principal activities will subject us to the Investment Company Act.
−Removed: To this end, the proceeds
−Removed: held in the trust account may only be invested in United States “government securities”
−Removed: within the meaning of Section
−Removed: 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act having a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds meeting certain conditions
−Removed: under Rule 2a-7 promulgated under the Investment Company Act which invest only in direct U.S.
−Removed: government treasury obligations.
−Removed: Pursuant to the trust agreement, the trustee is not permitted to invest in other securities or assets.
−Removed: By restricting the investment
−Removed: of the proceeds to these instruments, and by having a business plan targeted at acquiring and growing businesses for the long
−Removed: term (rather than on buying and selling businesses in the manner of a merchant bank or private equity fund), we intend to avoid
−Removed: being deemed an “investment company”
−Removed: within the meaning of the Investment Company Act.
−Removed: The trust account is intended
−Removed: as a holding place for funds pending the earliest to occur of:
−Removed: (i) the completion of our primary business objective, which is
−Removed: a business combination;
−Removed: (ii) the redemption of any public shares properly tendered in connection with a stockholder vote to amend
−Removed: our amended and restated certificate of incorporation to (a) modify the substance or timing of our obligation to redeem 100% of
−Removed: our public shares if we do not complete our initial business combination by July 22, 2021, or (b) which adversely affects the
−Removed: rights of holders of our Class A Common Stock;
−Removed: or (iii) absent a business combination, our return of the funds held in the trust
−Removed: account to our public stockholders as part of our redemption of the public shares.
−Removed: If we do not invest the proceeds as discussed
−Removed: above, we may be deemed to be subject to the Investment Company Act.
−Removed: If we were deemed to be subject to the Investment Company
−Removed: Act, compliance with these additional regulatory burdens would require additional expenses for which we have not allotted funds
−Removed: and may hinder our ability to complete a business combination.
−Removed: If we are unable to complete our initial business combination,
−Removed: our public stockholders may receive only approximately $10.00 per share on the liquidation of our trust account and our warrants
−Removed: will expire worthless.
−Removed: in laws or regulations, or a failure to comply with any laws and regulations, may adversely affect our business, investments and
−Removed: results of operations.
−Removed: are subject to laws and regulations enacted by national, regional and local governments.
−Removed: In particular, we are required to comply
−Removed: with certain SEC and other legal requirements.
−Removed: Compliance with, and monitoring of, applicable laws and regulations may be difficult,
−Removed: time consuming and costly.
−Removed: laws and regulations and their interpretation and application may also change from time to time and those changes could have a
−Removed: material adverse effect on our business, investments and results of operations.
−Removed: In addition, a failure to comply with applicable
−Removed: laws or regulations, as interpreted and applied, could have a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations.
−Removed: stockholders may be held liable for claims by third parties against us to the extent of distributions received by them upon redemption
−Removed: of their shares.
−Removed: the DGCL, stockholders may be held liable for claims by third parties against a corporation to the extent of distributions received
−Removed: by them in a dissolution.
−Removed: The pro rata portion of our trust account distributed to our public stockholders upon the redemption
−Removed: of our public shares in the event we do not complete our initial business combination by July 22, 2021 may be considered a liquidating
−Removed: distribution under Delaware law.
−Removed: If a corporation complies with certain procedures set forth in Section 280 of the DGCL intended
−Removed: to ensure that it makes reasonable provision for all claims against it, including a 60-day notice period during which any third-party
−Removed: claims can be brought against the corporation, a 90-day period during which the corporation may reject any claims brought, and
−Removed: an additional 150-day waiting period before any liquidating distributions are made to stockholders, any liability of stockholders
−Removed: with respect to a liquidating distribution is limited to the lesser of such stockholder’s pro rata share of the claim or
−Removed: the amount distributed to the stockholder, and any liability of the stockholder would be barred after the third anniversary of
−Removed: the dissolution.
−Removed: However, it is our intention to redeem our public shares as soon as reasonably possible following July 22, 2021
−Removed: in the event we do not complete our business combination and, therefore, we do not intend to comply with the foregoing procedures.
−Removed: we will not be complying with Section 280, Section 281(b) of the DGCL requires us to adopt a plan, based on facts known to us
−Removed: at such time that will provide for our payment of all existing and pending claims or claims that may be potentially brought against
−Removed: us within the 10 years following our dissolution.
−Removed: However, because we are a blank check company, rather than an operating company,
−Removed: and our operations will be limited to searching for prospective target businesses to acquire, the only likely claims to arise
−Removed: would be from our vendors (such as lawyers, investment bankers, etc.) or prospective target businesses.
−Removed: If our plan of distribution
−Removed: complies with Section 281(b) of the DGCL, any liability of stockholders with respect to a liquidating distribution is limited
−Removed: to the lesser of such stockholder’s pro rata share of the claim or the amount distributed to the stockholder, and any liability
−Removed: of the stockholder would likely be barred after the third anniversary of the dissolution.
−Removed: We cannot assure you that we will properly
−Removed: assess all claims that may be potentially brought against us.
−Removed: As such, our stockholders could potentially be liable for any claims
−Removed: to the extent of distributions received by them (but no more) and any liability of our stockholders may extend beyond the third
−Removed: anniversary of such date.
−Removed: Furthermore, if the pro rata portion of our trust account distributed to our public stockholders upon
−Removed: the redemption of our public shares in the event we do not complete our initial business combination by July 22, 2021 is not considered
−Removed: a liquidating distribution under Delaware law and such redemption distribution is deemed to be unlawful, then pursuant to Section
−Removed: 174 of the DGCL, the statute of limitations for claims of creditors could then be six years after the unlawful redemption distribution,
−Removed: instead of three years, as in the case of a liquidating distribution.
−Removed: may not hold an annual meeting of stockholders until after the consummation of our initial business combination, which could delay
−Removed: the opportunity for our stockholders to elect directors.
−Removed: accordance with NASDAQ corporate governance requirements, we are not required to hold an annual meeting until one year after our
−Removed: first fiscal year end following our listing on NASDAQ.
−Removed: Under Section 211(b) of the DGCL, we are, however, required to hold an
−Removed: annual meeting of stockholders for the purposes of electing directors in accordance with our bylaws unless such election is made
−Removed: by written consent in lieu of such a meeting.
−Removed: We may not hold an annual meeting of stockholders to elect new directors prior to
−Removed: the consummation of our initial business combination, and thus we may not be in compliance with Section 211(b) of the DGCL, which
−Removed: requires an annual meeting.
−Removed: Therefore, if our stockholders want us to hold an annual meeting prior to the consummation of our
−Removed: initial business combination, they may attempt to force us to hold one by submitting an application to the Delaware Court of Chancery
−Removed: in accordance with Section 211(c) of the DGCL.
−Removed: of Class A Common Stock will not be entitled to vote on any election of directors we hold prior to our initial business combination.
−Removed: to our initial business combination, only holders of our founder shares will have the right to vote on the election of directors.
−Removed: Holders of our public shares will not be entitled to vote on the election of directors during such time.
−Removed: In addition, prior to
−Removed: the completion of an initial business combination, holders of a majority of our founder shares may remove a member of the board
−Removed: of directors for any reason.
−Removed: Accordingly, you may not have any say in the management of our company prior to the consummation
−Removed: of an initial business combination.
−Removed: have not registered the shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants under the Securities Act or any
−Removed: state securities laws at this time, and such registration may not be in place when an investor desires to exercise warrants, thus
−Removed: precluding such investor from being able to exercise its warrants except on a cashless basis and potentially causing such warrants
−Removed: to expire worthless.
−Removed: have not registered the shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants issued in our initial public offering
−Removed: under the Securities Act or any state securities laws at this time.
−Removed: However, under the terms of the warrant agreement, we have
−Removed: agreed that as soon as practicable, but in no event later than twenty business days after the closing of our initial business
−Removed: combination, we will use commercially reasonable efforts to file with the Commission a registration statement for the registration,
−Removed: under the Securities Act, of the shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants and thereafter will use
−Removed: commercially reasonable efforts to cause the same to become effective within 60 business days following our initial business combination
−Removed: and to maintain a current prospectus relating to the Class A Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants, until the expiration
−Removed: of the warrants in accordance with the provisions of the warrant agreement.
−Removed: We cannot assure you that we will be able to do so
−Removed: if, for example, any facts or events arise which represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration
−Removed: statement or prospectus, the financial statements contained or incorporated by reference therein are not current or correct or
−Removed: the Commission issues a stop order.
−Removed: If the shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants issued in our initial public offering
−Removed: are not registered under the Securities Act, we will be required to permit holders to exercise their warrants on a cashless basis.
−Removed: However, no warrant will be exercisable for cash or on a cashless basis, and we will not be obligated to issue any shares to holders
−Removed: seeking to exercise their warrants, unless the issuance of the shares upon such exercise is registered or qualified under the
−Removed: securities laws of the state of the exercising holder, or an exemption from registration is available.
−Removed: Notwithstanding the above,
−Removed: if our Class A Common Stock is at the time of any exercise of a warrant not listed on a national securities exchange such that
−Removed: it satisfies the definition of a “covered security”
−Removed: under Section 18(b)(1) of the Securities Act, we may, at our option,
−Removed: require holders of public warrants who exercise their warrants to do so on a “cashless basis”
−Removed: in accordance with Section
−Removed: 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act and, in the event we so elect, we will not be required to file or maintain in effect a registration
−Removed: statement, but we will be required to use commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify the shares under applicable blue
−Removed: sky laws to the extent an exemption is not available.
−Removed: In no event will we be required to net cash settle any warrant, or issue
−Removed: securities or other compensation in exchange for the warrants in the event that we are unable to register or qualify the shares
−Removed: underlying the warrants under applicable state securities laws and there is no exemption available.
−Removed: If the issuance of the shares
−Removed: upon exercise of the warrants is not so registered or qualified or exempt from registration or qualification, the holder of such
−Removed: warrant shall not be entitled to exercise such warrant and such warrant may have no value and expire worthless.
−Removed: In such event,
−Removed: holders who acquired their warrants as part of a purchase of Units will have paid the full unit purchase price solely for the
−Removed: shares of Class A Common Stock included in the Units.
−Removed: If and when the warrants become redeemable by us, we may exercise our redemption
−Removed: right even if we are unable to register or qualify the underlying shares of Class A Common Stock for sale under all applicable
−Removed: state securities laws.
−Removed: grant of registration rights to our initial stockholders may make it more difficult to complete our initial business combination,
−Removed: and the future exercise of such rights may adversely affect the market price of our Class A Common Stock.
−Removed: to an agreement entered into concurrently with the issuance and sale of the securities in our initial public offering, our initial
−Removed: stockholders and their permitted transferees can demand that we register the private placement warrants and the shares of Class
−Removed: A Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the founder shares and the private placement warrants held by them and holders of warrants
−Removed: that may be issued upon conversion of working capital loans may demand that we register such warrants or the Class A Common Stock
−Removed: issuable upon exercise of such warrants.
−Removed: We will bear the cost of registering these securities.
−Removed: The registration and availability
−Removed: of such a significant number of securities for trading in the public market may have an adverse effect on the market price of
−Removed: our Class A Common Stock.
−Removed: In addition, the existence of the registration rights may make our initial business combination more
−Removed: costly or difficult to conclude.
−Removed: This is because the stockholders of the target business may increase the equity stake they seek
−Removed: in the combined entity or ask for more cash consideration to offset the negative impact on the market price of our Class A Common
−Removed: Stock that is expected when the securities owned by our initial stockholders or holders of working capital loans or their respective
−Removed: permitted transferees are registered.
−Removed: we are not limited to a particular industry, sector or any specific target businesses with which to pursue our initial business
−Removed: combination, you will be unable to ascertain the merits or risks of any particular target business’
−Removed: we expect to focus our search for a target business in the consumer sector, we may seek to complete a business combination with
−Removed: an operating company in any industry or sector.
−Removed: However, we are not, under our amended and restated certificate of incorporation,
−Removed: permitted to effectuate our business combination with another blank check company or similar company with nominal operations.
−Removed: Because we have not yet entered into a definitive agreement with any specific target business with respect to a business combination,
−Removed: there is no basis to evaluate the possible merits or risks of any particular target business’s operations, results of operations,
−Removed: cash flows, liquidity, financial condition or prospects.
−Removed: To the extent we complete our business combination, we may be affected
−Removed: by numerous risks inherent in the business operations with which we combine.
−Removed: For example, if we combine with a financially unstable
−Removed: business or an entity lacking an established record of revenues or earnings, we may be affected by the risks inherent in the business
−Removed: and operations of a financially unstable or a development stage entity.
−Removed: Although our officers and directors will endeavor to evaluate
−Removed: the risks inherent in a particular target business, we cannot assure you that we will properly ascertain or assess all of the
−Removed: significant risk factors or that we will have adequate time to complete due diligence.
−Removed: Furthermore, some of these risks may be
−Removed: outside of our control and leave us with no ability to control or reduce the chances that those risks will adversely impact a
−Removed: target business.
−Removed: We also cannot assure you that an investment in our securities will ultimately prove to be more favorable to
−Removed: investors than a direct investment, if such opportunity were available, in a business combination target.
−Removed: Accordingly, any stockholders
−Removed: who choose to remain stockholders following the business combination could suffer a reduction in the value of their shares.
−Removed: stockholders are unlikely to have a remedy for such reduction in value.
−Removed: performance by Centerview Capital Consumer, including our management team, may not be indicative of future performance of an investment
−Removed: in the Company.
−Removed: regarding performance by, or businesses associated with, Centerview Capital Consumer and its affiliates is presented for informational
−Removed: purposes only.
−Removed: Past performance by Centerview Capital Consumer, including our management team, is not a guarantee either (i) of
−Removed: success with respect to any business combination we may consummate or (ii) that we will be able to locate a suitable candidate
−Removed: for our initial business combination.
−Removed: You should not rely on the historical record of Centerview Capital Consumer’s or our
−Removed: management team’s performance as indicative of our future performance of an investment in the company or the returns the
−Removed: company will, or is likely to, generate going forward.
−Removed: may seek acquisition opportunities in industries or sectors which may or may not be outside of our management’s area of
−Removed: will consider a business combination outside of our management’s area of expertise if a business combination candidate is
−Removed: presented to us and we determine that such candidate offers an attractive acquisition opportunity for our company.
−Removed: management will endeavor to evaluate the risks inherent in any particular business combination candidate, we cannot assure you
−Removed: that we will adequately ascertain or assess all of the significant risk factors.
−Removed: We also cannot assure you that an investment
−Removed: in our securities will not ultimately prove to be less favorable to investors in our initial public offering than a direct investment,
−Removed: if an opportunity were available, in a business combination candidate.
−Removed: In the event we elect to pursue an acquisition outside
−Removed: of the areas of our management’s expertise, our management’s expertise may not be directly applicable to its evaluation
−Removed: or operation, and the information contained herein regarding the areas of our management’s expertise would not be relevant
−Removed: to an understanding of the business that we elect to acquire.
−Removed: As a result, our management may not be able to adequately ascertain
−Removed: or assess all of the significant risk factors.
−Removed: Accordingly, any stockholders who choose to remain stockholders following our business
−Removed: combination could suffer a reduction in the value of their shares.
−Removed: Such stockholders are unlikely to have a remedy for such reduction
−Removed: we have identified general criteria and guidelines that we believe are important in evaluating prospective target businesses,
−Removed: we may enter into our initial business combination with a target that does not meet such criteria and guidelines, and as a result,
−Removed: the target business with which we enter into our initial business combination may not have attributes entirely consistent with
−Removed: our general criteria and guidelines.
−Removed: we have identified general criteria and guidelines for evaluating prospective target businesses, it is possible that a target
−Removed: business with which we enter into our initial business combination will not have all of these positive attributes.
−Removed: If we complete
−Removed: our initial business combination with a target that does not meet some or all of these guidelines, such combination may not be
−Removed: as successful as a combination with a business that does meet all of our general criteria and guidelines.
−Removed: In addition, if we announce
−Removed: a prospective business combination with a target that does not meet our general criteria and guidelines, a greater number of stockholders
−Removed: may exercise their redemption rights, which may make it difficult for us to meet any closing condition with a target business
−Removed: that requires us to have a minimum net worth or a certain amount of cash.
−Removed: In addition, if stockholder approval of the transaction
−Removed: is required by law, or we decide to obtain stockholder approval for business or other legal reasons, it may be more difficult
−Removed: for us to attain stockholder approval of our initial business combination if the target business does not meet our general criteria
−Removed: and guidelines.
−Removed: If we are unable to complete our initial business combination, our public stockholders may receive only approximately
−Removed: $10.00 per share on the liquidation of our trust account and our warrants will expire worthless.
−Removed: may seek acquisition opportunities with a financially unstable business or an entity lacking an established record of revenue
−Removed: or earnings, which could subject us to volatile revenues or earnings or difficulty in retaining key personnel.
−Removed: the extent we complete our initial business combination with a financially unstable business or an entity lacking an established
−Removed: record of revenues or earnings, we may be affected by numerous risks inherent in the operations of the business with which we
−Removed: These risks include volatile revenues or earnings and difficulties in obtaining and retaining key personnel.
−Removed: our officers and directors will endeavor to evaluate the risks inherent in a particular target business, we may not be able to
−Removed: properly ascertain or assess all of the significant risk factors and we may not have adequate time to complete due diligence.
−Removed: Furthermore, some of these risks may be outside of our control and leave us with no ability to control or reduce the chances that
−Removed: those risks will adversely impact a target business.
−Removed: are not required to obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm or from an independent accounting firm, and
−Removed: consequently, you may have no assurance from an independent source that the price we are paying for the business is fair to our
−Removed: company from a financial point of view.
−Removed: we complete our business combination with an affiliated entity or our board cannot independently determine the fair market value
−Removed: of the target business or businesses, we are not required to obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm that
−Removed: is a member of FINRA or from an independent accounting firm that the price we are paying is fair to our company from a financial
−Removed: point of view.
−Removed: If no opinion is obtained, our stockholders will be relying on the judgment of our board of directors, who will
−Removed: determine fair market value based on standards generally accepted by the financial community.
−Removed: Such standards used will be disclosed
−Removed: in our tender offer documents or proxy solicitation materials, as applicable, related to our initial business combination.
−Removed: may issue additional common stock or preferred stock to complete our initial business combination or under an employee incentive
−Removed: plan after completion of our initial business combination.
−Removed: We may also issue shares of Class A Common Stock upon the conversion
−Removed: of the Class B Common Stock at a ratio greater than one-to-one at the time of our initial business combination as a result of
−Removed: the anti-dilution provisions contained in our amended and restated certificate of incorporation.
−Removed: Any such issuances would dilute
−Removed: the interest of our stockholders and likely present other risks.
−Removed: amended and restated certificate of incorporation authorizes the issuance of up to 500,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock,
−Removed: par value $0.0001 per share, 50,000,000 shares of Class B Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and 1,000,000 shares of preferred
−Removed: stock, par value $0.0001 per share.
−Removed: There are currently 425,166,667 and 38,750,000 authorized but unissued shares of Class A Common
−Removed: Stock and Class B Common Stock, respectively, available for issuance, which amount takes into account the shares of Class A Common
−Removed: Stock reserved for issuance upon exercise of outstanding warrants but not the shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon conversion
−Removed: of Class B Common Stock, which amount is not currently determinable.
−Removed: There are no shares of preferred stock issued and outstanding.
−Removed: Shares of Class B Common Stock are convertible into shares of our Class A Common Stock initially at a one-for-one ratio but subject
−Removed: to adjustment as set forth herein, including in certain circumstances in which we issue Class A Common Stock or equity-linked
−Removed: securities related to our initial business combination.
−Removed: Shares of Class B Common Stock are also convertible at the option of the
−Removed: holder at any time.
−Removed: may issue a substantial number of additional shares of common or preferred stock to complete our initial business combination
−Removed: (including pursuant to a specified future issuance) or under an employee incentive plan after completion of our initial business
−Removed: We may also issue shares of Class A Common Stock to redeem the warrants or upon conversion of the Class B Common
−Removed: Stock at a ratio greater than one-to-one at the time of our initial business combination as a result of the anti-dilution provisions
−Removed: contained in our amended and restated certificate of incorporation.
−Removed: However, our amended and restated certificate of incorporation
−Removed: provides, among other things, that prior to our initial business combination, we may not issue additional shares of capital stock
−Removed: that would entitle the holders thereof to (i) receive funds from the trust account or (ii) vote on any initial business combination.
−Removed: The issuance of additional shares of common or preferred stock:
−Removed: significantly dilute the equity interest of investors in our initial public offering;
−Removed: subordinate the rights of holders of common stock if preferred stock is issued with rights
−Removed: senior to those afforded our common stock;
−Removed: cause a change of control if a substantial number of shares of our common stock are issued,
−Removed: which may affect, among other things, our ability to use our net operating loss carry
−Removed: forwards, if any, and could result in the resignation or removal of our present officers
−Removed: and directors;
−Removed: adversely affect prevailing market prices for our Units, Class A Common Stock and/or
−Removed: could be wasted in researching acquisitions that are not completed, which could materially adversely affect subsequent attempts
−Removed: to locate and acquire or merge with another business.
−Removed: If we are unable to complete our initial business combination, our public
−Removed: stockholders may receive only approximately $10.00 per share, or less than such amount in certain circumstances, on the liquidation
−Removed: of our trust account and our warrants will expire worthless.
−Removed: anticipate that the investigation of each specific target business and the negotiation, drafting and execution of relevant agreements,
−Removed: disclosure documents and other instruments will require substantial management time and attention and substantial costs for accountants,
−Removed: attorneys and others.
−Removed: If we decide not to complete a specific initial business combination, the costs incurred up to that point
−Removed: for the proposed transaction likely would not be recoverable.
−Removed: Furthermore, if we reach an agreement relating to a specific target
−Removed: business, we may fail to complete our initial business combination for any number of reasons including those beyond our control.
−Removed: Any such event will result in a loss to us of the related costs incurred which could materially adversely affect subsequent attempts
−Removed: to locate and acquire or merge with another business.
−Removed: If we are unable to complete our initial business combination, our public
−Removed: stockholders may receive only approximately $10.00 per share on the liquidation of our trust account and our warrants will expire
−Removed: ability to successfully effect our initial business combination and to be successful thereafter will be totally dependent upon
−Removed: the efforts of our key personnel, some of whom may join us following our initial business combination.
−Removed: The loss of key personnel
−Removed: could negatively impact the operations and profitability of our post-combination business.
−Removed: ability to successfully effect our business combination is dependent upon the efforts of our key personnel.
−Removed: The role of our key
−Removed: personnel in the target business, however, cannot presently be ascertained.
−Removed: Although some of our key personnel may remain with
−Removed: the target business in senior management or advisory positions following our business combination, it is likely that some or all
−Removed: of the management of the target business will remain in place.
−Removed: While we intend to closely scrutinize any individuals we engage
−Removed: after our initial business combination, we cannot assure you that our assessment of these individuals will prove to be correct.
−Removed: These individuals may be unfamiliar with the requirements of operating a company regulated by the Commission, which could cause
−Removed: us to have to expend time and resources helping them become familiar with such requirements.
−Removed: addition, the officers and directors of an acquisition candidate may resign upon completion of our initial business combination.
−Removed: The departure of a business combination target’s key personnel could negatively impact the operations and profitability
−Removed: of our post-combination business.
−Removed: The role of an acquisition candidate’s key personnel upon the completion of our initial
−Removed: business combination cannot be ascertained at this time.
−Removed: Although we contemplate that certain members of an acquisition candidate’s
−Removed: management team will remain associated with the acquisition candidate following our initial business combination, it is possible
−Removed: that members of the management of an acquisition candidate will not wish to remain in place.
−Removed: The loss of key personnel could negatively
−Removed: impact the operations and profitability of our post-combination business.
−Removed: key personnel may negotiate employment or consulting agreements with a target business in connection with a particular business
−Removed: These agreements may provide for them to receive compensation following our business combination and as a result,
−Removed: may cause them to have conflicts of interest in determining whether a particular business combination is the most advantageous.
−Removed: key personnel may be able to remain with the company after the completion of our business combination only if they are able to
−Removed: negotiate employment or consulting agreements in connection with the business combination.
−Removed: Such negotiations would take place
−Removed: simultaneously with the negotiation of the business combination and could provide for such individuals to receive compensation
−Removed: in the form of cash payments and/or our securities for services they would render to us after the completion of the business combination.
−Removed: The personal and financial interests of such individuals may influence their motivation in identifying and selecting a target
−Removed: However, we believe the ability of such individuals to remain with us after the completion of our business combination
−Removed: will not be the determining factor in our decision as to whether or not we will proceed with any potential business combination.
−Removed: There is no certainty, however, that any of our key personnel will remain with us after the completion of our business combination.
−Removed: We cannot assure you that any of our key personnel will remain in senior management or advisory positions with us.
−Removed: The determination
−Removed: as to whether any of our key personnel will remain with us will be made at the time of our initial business combination.
−Removed: pursuant to an agreement entered into concurrently with the issuance and sale of the securities in our initial public offering,
−Removed: our sponsor, upon consummation of an initial business combination, will be entitled to nominate three individuals for election
−Removed: to our board of directors.
−Removed: may have a limited ability to assess the management of a prospective target business and, as a result, may affect our initial
−Removed: business combination with a target business whose management may not have the skills, qualifications or abilities to manage a
−Removed: public company, which could, in turn, negatively impact the value of our stockholders’
−Removed: investment in us.
−Removed: evaluating the desirability of effecting our initial business combination with a prospective target business, our ability to assess
−Removed: the target business’
−Removed: management may be limited due to a lack of time, resources or information.
−Removed: Our assessment of the capabilities
−Removed: of the target’s management, therefore, may prove to be incorrect and such management may lack the skills, qualifications
−Removed: or abilities we suspected.
−Removed: Should the target’s management not possess the skills, qualifications or abilities necessary
−Removed: to manage a public company, the operations and profitability of the post-combination business may be negatively impacted.
−Removed: any stockholders who choose to remain stockholders following the business combination could suffer a reduction in the value of
−Removed: their shares.
−Removed: Such stockholders are unlikely to have a remedy for such reduction in value.
−Removed: officers and directors will allocate their time to other businesses thereby causing conflicts of interest in their determination
−Removed: as to how much time to devote to our affairs.
−Removed: This conflict of interest could have a negative impact on our ability to complete
−Removed: our initial business combination.
−Removed: officers and directors are not required to, and will not, commit their full time to our affairs, which may result in a conflict
−Removed: of interest in allocating their time between our operations and our search for a business combination and their other businesses.
−Removed: We do not intend to have any full-time employees prior to the completion of our initial business combination.
−Removed: Each of our officers
−Removed: is engaged in several other business endeavors for which he may be entitled to substantial compensation and our officers are not
−Removed: obligated to contribute any specific number of hours per week to our affairs.
−Removed: In particular, certain of our officers and directors
−Removed: are employed by Centerview Capital Consumer, which is an investment manager to various private investment funds, which make investments
−Removed: in securities or other interests of or relating to companies in industries we may target for our initial business combination.
−Removed: Certain of our officers serve as directors of Simply Good Foods.
−Removed: Our independent directors also serve as officers or board members
−Removed: for other entities.
−Removed: If our officers’
−Removed: and directors’
−Removed: other business affairs require them to devote substantial amounts
−Removed: of time to such affairs in excess of their current commitment levels, it could limit their ability to devote time to our affairs
−Removed: which may have a negative impact on our ability to complete our initial business combination.
−Removed: For a complete discussion of our
−Removed: officers’
−Removed: and directors’
−Removed: other business affairs, please see Item 10 “Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate
−Removed: Governance”
−Removed: and Item 13 “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence.”
−Removed: of our officers and directors are now, and all of them may in the future become, affiliated with entities engaged in business
−Removed: activities similar to those intended to be conducted by us and, accordingly, may have conflicts of interest in allocating their
−Removed: time and determining to which entity a particular business opportunity should be presented.
−Removed: we consummate our initial business combination, we will continue to engage in the business of identifying and combining with one
−Removed: or more businesses.
−Removed: Our sponsor and officers and directors are, and may in the future become, affiliated with entities that are
−Removed: engaged in a similar business.
−Removed: officers and directors also may become aware of business opportunities which may be appropriate for presentation to us and the
−Removed: other entities to which they owe certain fiduciary or contractual duties.
−Removed: they may have conflicts of interest in determining to which entity a particular business opportunity should be presented.
−Removed: conflicts may not be resolved in our favor and a potential target business may be presented to another entity prior to its presentation
−Removed: Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that we renounce our interest in any corporate opportunity
−Removed: offered to any director or officer unless such opportunity is expressly offered to such person solely in his or her capacity as
−Removed: a director or officer of our company and such opportunity is one we are legally and contractually permitted to undertake and would
−Removed: otherwise be reasonable for us to pursue.
−Removed: For a complete discussion of our officers’
−Removed: and directors’
−Removed: business affiliations
−Removed: and the potential conflicts of interest that you should be aware of, please see Item 13 “Certain Relationships and Related
−Removed: Transactions, and Director Independence.”
−Removed: officers, directors, security holders and their respective affiliates may have competitive pecuniary interests that conflict with
−Removed: our interests.
−Removed: have not adopted a policy that expressly prohibits our directors, officers, security holders or affiliates from having a direct
−Removed: or indirect pecuniary or financial interest in any investment to be acquired or disposed of by us or in any transaction to which
−Removed: we are a party or have an interest.
−Removed: In fact, we may enter into a business combination with a target business that is affiliated
−Removed: with our sponsor, our directors or officers, although we do not intend to do so, or we may acquire a target business through an
−Removed: Affiliated Joint Acquisition with one or more affiliates of Centerview Capital and/or one or more investors in funds managed by
−Removed: Centerview Capital.
−Removed: We do not have a policy that expressly prohibits any such persons from engaging for their own account in business
−Removed: activities of the types conducted by us.
−Removed: Accordingly, such persons or entities may have a conflict between their interests and
−Removed: particular, Centerview Capital Consumer is focused on investments in the consumer sector.
−Removed: As a result, there may be substantial
−Removed: overlap between companies that would be a suitable business combination for us and companies that would make an attractive target
−Removed: for such other affiliates.
−Removed: may engage in a business combination with one or more target businesses that have relationships with entities that may be affiliated
−Removed: with our sponsor, officers, directors or existing holders which may raise potential conflicts of interest.
−Removed: light of the involvement of our sponsor, officers and directors with other entities, we may decide to acquire one or more businesses
−Removed: affiliated with our sponsor, officers or directors.
−Removed: Our directors also serve as officers and board members for other entities,
−Removed: including, without limitation, those described under Item 13 “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director
−Removed: Independence.”.
−Removed: Such entities may compete with us for business combination opportunities.
−Removed: Our sponsor, officers and directors
−Removed: are not currently aware of any specific opportunities for us to complete our business combination with any entities with which
−Removed: they are affiliated, and there have been no preliminary discussions concerning a business combination with any such entity or
−Removed: Although we are not specifically focusing on, or targeting, any transaction with any affiliated entities, we would pursue
−Removed: such a transaction if we determined that such affiliated entity met our criteria for a business combination as set forth in Item
−Removed: 1 “Business - Selection of a Target Business and Structuring of our Initial Business Combination”
−Removed: and such transaction
−Removed: was approved by a majority of our disinterested directors.
−Removed: Despite our agreement to obtain an opinion from an independent investment
−Removed: banking firm that is a member of FINRA, or from an independent accounting firm, regarding the fairness to our company from a financial
−Removed: point of view of a business combination with one or more domestic or international businesses affiliated with our officers, directors
−Removed: or existing holders, potential conflicts of interest still may exist and, as a result, the terms of the business combination may
−Removed: not be as advantageous to our public stockholders as they would be absent any conflicts of interest.
−Removed: may acquire a target business through an Affiliated Joint Acquisition with one or more affiliates of Centerview Capital and/or
−Removed: one or more investors in funds managed by Centerview Capital.
−Removed: This may result in conflicts of interest as well as dilutive issuances
−Removed: of our securities.
−Removed: may, at our option, pursue an Affiliated Joint Acquisition opportunity with an entity affiliated with Centerview Capital and/or
−Removed: one or more investors in funds managed by Centerview Capital.
−Removed: Any such parties may co-invest with us in the target business at
−Removed: the time of our initial business combination, or we could raise additional proceeds to complete the acquisition by making a specified
−Removed: future issuance to any such parties.
−Removed: Accordingly, such persons or entities may have a conflict between their interests and ours.
−Removed: addition, any specified future issuance in connection with an Affiliated Joint Acquisition would trigger the anti-dilution provisions
−Removed: of our Class B Common Stock, which, unless waived, would result in an adjustment to the conversion ratio of our Class B Common
−Removed: Stock such that our initial stockholders and their permitted transferees, if any, would retain their aggregate percentage ownership
−Removed: at 20% of the sum of the total number of all shares of common stock currently outstanding plus all shares issued in the specified
−Removed: future issuances.
−Removed: If such adjustment is not waived, the specified future issuance would not reduce the percentage ownership of
−Removed: holders of our Class B Common Stock, but would reduce the percentage ownership of holders of our Class A Common Stock.
−Removed: our sponsor, officers and directors will lose their entire investment in us if our business combination is not completed, a conflict
−Removed: of interest may arise in determining whether a particular business combination target is appropriate for our initial business
−Removed: May 2019, our sponsor purchased an aggregate of 11,500,000 founder shares for an aggregate purchase price of $25,000, or approximately
−Removed: $0.002 per share.
−Removed: In June 2019, our sponsor transferred 25,000 founder shares to each of Ms.
−Removed: Rosenfeld and Messrs.
−Removed: Klein, Blaylock
−Removed: and Schena, our independent directors.
−Removed: The founder shares will be worthless if we do not complete an initial business combination.
−Removed: In addition, our sponsor purchased an aggregate of 7,333,333 private placement warrants, each exercisable for one share of our
−Removed: Class A Common Stock at $11.50 per share, for a purchase price of $11,000,000, or $1.50 per whole warrant, that will also be worthless
−Removed: if we do not complete a business combination.
−Removed: Holders of founder shares have agreed (A) to vote any shares owned by them in favor
−Removed: of any proposed business combination and (B) not to redeem any founder shares in connection with a stockholder vote to approve
−Removed: a proposed initial business combination.
−Removed: In addition, we may obtain loans from our sponsor, affiliates of our sponsor or an officer
−Removed: The personal and financial interests of our officers and directors may influence their motivation in identifying
−Removed: and selecting a target business combination, completing an initial business combination and influencing the operation of the business
−Removed: following the initial business combination.
−Removed: may issue notes or other debt securities, or otherwise incur substantial debt, to complete a business combination, which may adversely
−Removed: affect our leverage and financial condition and thus negatively impact the value of our stockholders’
−Removed: investment in us.
−Removed: we have no commitments as of the date of this Report to issue any notes or other debt securities, or to otherwise incur outstanding
−Removed: debt, we may choose to incur substantial debt to complete our business combination.
−Removed: We have agreed that we will not incur any
−Removed: indebtedness unless we have obtained from the lender a waiver of any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to the
−Removed: monies held in the trust account.
−Removed: As such, no issuance of debt will affect the per-share amount available for redemption from
−Removed: the trust account.
−Removed: Nevertheless, the incurrence of debt could have a variety of negative effects, including:
−Removed: and foreclosure on our assets if our operating revenues after an initial business combination
−Removed: are insufficient to repay our debt obligations;
−Removed: ● acceleration
−Removed: of our obligations to repay the indebtedness even if we make all principal and interest
−Removed: payments when due if we breach certain covenants that require the maintenance of certain
−Removed: financial ratios or reserves without a waiver or renegotiation of that covenant;
−Removed: immediate payment of all principal and accrued interest, if any, if the debt security
−Removed: is payable on demand;
−Removed: inability to obtain necessary additional financing if the debt security contains covenants
−Removed: restricting our ability to obtain such financing while the debt security is outstanding;
−Removed: inability to pay dividends on our common stock;
−Removed: a substantial portion of our cash flow to pay principal and interest on our debt, which
−Removed: will reduce the funds available for dividends on our common stock if declared, our ability
−Removed: to pay expenses, make capital expenditures and acquisitions, and fund other general corporate
−Removed: ● limitations
−Removed: on our flexibility in planning for and reacting to changes in our business and in the
−Removed: industry in which we operate;
−Removed: vulnerability to adverse changes in general economic, industry and competitive conditions
−Removed: and adverse changes in government regulation;
−Removed: ● limitations
−Removed: on our ability to borrow additional amounts for expenses, capital expenditures, acquisitions,
−Removed: debt service requirements, and execution of our strategy;
−Removed: disadvantages compared to our competitors who have less debt.
−Removed: may only be able to complete one business combination with the proceeds of the initial public offering and the sale of the private
−Removed: placement warrants, which will cause us to be solely dependent on a single business which may have a limited number of products
−Removed: This lack of diversification may negatively impact our operations and profitability.
−Removed: the net proceeds from our initial public offering and the sale of the private placement warrants, $437,066,525 is available to
−Removed: complete our initial business combination and pay related fees and expenses (which includes up to approximately $15.75 million,
−Removed: for the payment of deferred underwriting commissions).
−Removed: may effectuate our business combination with a single target business or multiple target businesses simultaneously or within a
−Removed: short period of time.
−Removed: However, we may not be able to effectuate our business combination with more than one target business because
−Removed: of various factors, including the existence of complex accounting issues and the requirement that we prepare and file pro forma
−Removed: financial statements with the Commission that present operating results and the financial condition of several target businesses
−Removed: as if they had been operated on a combined basis.
−Removed: By completing our initial business combination with only a single entity, our
−Removed: lack of diversification may subject us to numerous economic, competitive and regulatory developments.
−Removed: Further, we would not be
−Removed: able to diversify our operations or benefit from the possible spreading of risks or offsetting of losses, unlike other entities
−Removed: which may have the resources to complete several business combinations in different industries or different areas of a single
−Removed: In addition, we focus our search for an initial business combination in a single industry.
−Removed: Accordingly, the prospects
−Removed: for our success may be:
−Removed: dependent upon the performance of a single business, property or asset, or
−Removed: upon the development or market acceptance of a single or limited number of products,
−Removed: processes or services.
−Removed: lack of diversification may subject us to numerous economic, competitive and regulatory developments, any or all of which may
−Removed: have a substantial adverse impact upon the particular industry in which we may operate subsequent to our business combination.
−Removed: may attempt to simultaneously complete business combinations with multiple prospective targets, which may hinder our ability to
−Removed: complete our business combination and give rise to increased costs and risks that could negatively impact our operations and profitability.
−Removed: we determine to simultaneously acquire several businesses that are owned by different sellers, we will need for each of such sellers
−Removed: to agree that our purchase of its business is contingent on the simultaneous closings of the other business combinations, which
−Removed: may make it more difficult for us, and delay our ability, to complete our initial business combination.
−Removed: With multiple business
−Removed: combinations, we could also face additional risks, including additional burdens and costs with respect to possible multiple negotiations
−Removed: and due diligence investigations (if there are multiple sellers) and the additional risks associated with the subsequent assimilation
−Removed: of the operations and services or products of the acquired companies in a single operating business.
−Removed: If we are unable to adequately
−Removed: address these risks, it could negatively impact our profitability and results of operations.
−Removed: may attempt to complete our initial business combination with a private company about which little information is available, which
−Removed: may result in a business combination with a company that is not as profitable as we suspected, if at all.
−Removed: pursuing our acquisition strategy, we may seek to effectuate our initial business combination with a privately held company.
−Removed: definition, very little public information exists about private companies, and we could be required to make our decision on whether
−Removed: to pursue a potential initial business combination on the basis of limited information, which may result in a business combination
−Removed: with a company that is not as profitable as we suspected, if at all.
−Removed: management may not be able to maintain control of a target business after our initial business combination.
−Removed: may structure a business combination so that the post-transaction company in which our public stockholders own shares will own
−Removed: less than 100% of the equity interests or assets of a target business, but we will only complete such business combination if
−Removed: the post-transaction company owns or acquires 50% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the target or otherwise acquires
−Removed: a controlling interest in the target sufficient for us not to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment
−Removed: We will not consider any transaction that does not meet such criteria.
−Removed: Even if the post-transaction company owns
−Removed: 50% or more of the voting securities of the target, our stockholders prior to the business combination may collectively own a
−Removed: minority interest in the post business combination company, depending on valuations ascribed to the target and us in the business
−Removed: combination transaction.
−Removed: For example, we could pursue a transaction in which we issue a substantial number of new shares of Class
−Removed: A Common Stock in exchange for all of the outstanding capital stock of a target.
−Removed: In this case, we would acquire a 100% interest
−Removed: in the target.
−Removed: However, as a result of the issuance of a substantial number of new shares of common stock, our stockholders immediately
−Removed: prior to such transaction could own less than a majority of our outstanding shares of common stock subsequent to such transaction.
−Removed: In addition, other minority stockholders may subsequently combine their holdings resulting in a single person or group obtaining
−Removed: a larger share of the company’s stock than we initially acquired.
−Removed: Accordingly, this may make it more likely that our management
−Removed: will not be able to maintain our control of the target business.
−Removed: We cannot provide assurance that, upon loss of control of a target
−Removed: business, new management will possess the skills, qualifications or abilities necessary to profitably operate such business.
−Removed: do not have a specified maximum redemption threshold.
−Removed: The absence of such a redemption threshold may make it possible for us to
−Removed: complete a business combination with which a substantial majority of our stockholders do not agree.
−Removed: amended and restated certificate of incorporation does not provide a specified maximum redemption threshold, except that in no
−Removed: event will we redeem our public shares in an amount that would cause our net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001 upon consummation
−Removed: of our initial business combination (such that we are not subject to the Commission’s “penny stock”
−Removed: any greater net tangible asset or cash requirement which may be contained in the agreement relating to our initial business combination.
−Removed: As a result, we may be able to complete our business combination even if a substantial majority of our public stockholders do
−Removed: not agree with the transaction and have redeemed their shares or, if we seek stockholder approval of our initial business combination
−Removed: and do not conduct redemptions in connection with our business combination pursuant to the tender offer rules, have entered into
−Removed: privately negotiated agreements to sell their shares to our sponsor, officers, directors, advisors or their affiliates.
−Removed: event the aggregate cash consideration we would be required to pay for all shares of Class A Common Stock that are validly submitted
−Removed: for redemption plus any amount required to satisfy cash conditions pursuant to the terms of the proposed business combination
−Removed: exceed the aggregate amount of cash available to us, we will not complete the business combination or redeem any shares, all shares
−Removed: of Class A Common Stock submitted for redemption will be returned to the holders thereof, and we instead may search for an alternate
−Removed: business combination.
−Removed: exercise price for the public warrants is higher than in many similar blank check company offerings in the past, and, accordingly,
−Removed: the warrants are more likely to expire worthless.
−Removed: exercise price of the public warrants is higher than is typical in many similar blank check companies in the past.
+Added: Investing in our securities involves risks.
+Added: Before you make a decision regarding our securities, in addition to the risks and uncertainties
+Added: discussed above under Forward-Looking Statements, you should carefully consider the specific risks set forth herein.
+Added: If any of these risks actually occur, it may materially harm our business, financial condition, liquidity and results of
+Added: As a result, the market price of our securities could decline, and you could lose all or part of your investment.
+Added: Additionally, the risks and uncertainties described in this Annual Report are not the only risks and uncertainties that we
+Added: Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently believe to be immaterial may become material and adversely affect our business.
+Added: The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the financial
+Added: statements and notes to the financial statements included herein.
+Added: Summary of Principal Risks Associated with Our Business
+Added: Set forth below is a summary of some of the principal risks we face:
+Added: the COVID-19 pandemic and the measures taken to mitigate its spread
+Added: including its adverse effects on our business, results of operations, financial condition and liquidity;
+Added: developments with respect to retailers that are out of our control;
+Added: changes to labor laws or wage or job classification regulations, including minimum wage, or other market-driven
+Added: wage changes;
+Added: our ability to continue to generate significant operating cash flow;
+Added: consolidation within the industry of our clients creating pressure on the nature and pricing of our services;
+Added: our reliance on continued access to retailers platforms;
+Added: consumer goods manufacturers and retailers reviewing and changing their sales, retail, marketing, and technology
+Added: programs and relationships;
+Added: our ability to successfully develop and maintain relevant omni-channel services for our clients in an evolving
+Added: industry and to otherwise adapt to significant technological change;
+Added: client procurement strategies putting additional operational and financial pressure on our services;
+Added: our ability to effectively remediate material weaknesses and maintain proper and effective internal controls in
+Added: potential and actual harms to our business arising from the matter related to the April 2018 acquisition of Take
+Added: 5 Media Group (the Take 5 Matter);
+Added: our ability to identify attractive acquisition targets, acquire them at attractive prices, and successfully
+Added: integrate the acquired businesses;
+Added: our ability to hire, timely train, and retain talented individuals for our workforce, and to maintain our
+Added: corporate culture as we grow;
+Added: our ability to avoid or manage business conflicts among competing brands;
+Added: difficulties in integrating acquired businesses;
+Added: our substantial indebtedness and our ability to refinance at favorable rates;
+Added: limitations, restrictions, and business decisions involving our joint ventures and minority investments;
+Added: exposure to foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations and risks related to our international operations;
+Added: the ability to maintain applicable listing standards;
+Added: the ability to recognize the anticipated benefits of the Transactions (as defined herein), which may be affected
+Added: by, among other things, competition, our ability to grow and manage growth profitably, maintain relationships with customers and suppliers and retain our management and key employees;
+Added: changes in applicable laws or regulations;
+Added: the possibility that we may be adversely affected by other political, economic, business, and/or competitive
+Added: Risks Related to the Companys Business and Industry
+Added: The COVID-19 pandemic and the measures taken to mitigate its spread have had, and are likely to continue to have,
+Added: an adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and liquidity.
+Added: COVID-19 pandemic, including the measures taken to mitigate its spread, have had, and are likely to continue to have, adverse effects on our business and operations.
+Added: There are many uncertainties regarding the
+Added: current COVID-19 pandemic, including the scope of potential public health issues, the anticipated duration of the pandemic and the extent of local and worldwide social, political and economic disruption it has
+Added: caused and may cause in the future.
+Added: To date, the COVID-19 pandemic and measures taken to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, including restrictions on large gatherings,
+Added: closures of face-to-face events and indoor dining facilities, shelter in place health orders and travel restrictions, have had
+Added: far-reaching direct and indirect impacts on many aspects of our operations, including temporary termination of certain in-store demonstration services and other
+Added: services, as well as on consumer behavior and purchasing patterns, in particular with respect to the foodservice industries, and declines in consumer demand for restaurant, school and hotel dining, where we promote our clients products.
+Added: March 2020, our marketing segment has experienced a significant decline in revenues, primarily due to the temporary suspension or reduction of certain in-store demonstration services and decreased demand in
+Added: our digital marketing services, both of which we believe were caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the various governmental and private responses to the pandemic, and which may continue in the future.
+Added: sales segment, we have experienced significant shifts in consumer spending preferences and habits.
+Added: We can provide no assurances that the strength of that segment will continue or that we will be able to continue to evolve our business in the future
+Added: as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact our clients businesses.
+Added: We have taken several
+Added: actions in response to these business disruptions, including reducing certain of our discretionary expenditures, reducing our real estate foot print, through lease terminations and amendments (including abandoning several office leases prior to
+Added: reaching termination agreements with its landlords), eliminating non-essential travel and terminating, furloughing or instituting pay reductions and deferrals for some of our associates.
+Added: However, the pandemic
+Added: has had, and may continue to have, an adverse effect on our results of operations, including our revenues, our financial condition and liquidity.
+Added: The COVID-19 pandemic also may have the effect of heightening many of the other risks described in
+Added: these Risk Factors , including:
+Added: potential changes in the policies of retailers in response to the
+Added: COVID-19 pandemic, including changes to or restrictions on their outsourcing of sales and marketing functions and restrictions on the performance of in-store
+Added: demonstration services, if permitted at all;
+Added: potential changes in the demand for services by our clients in response to the
+Added: COVID-19 pandemic;
+Added: the need for us to adapt to technological change and otherwise develop and maintain omni-channel solutions;
+Added: our ability to generate sufficient cash to service our substantial indebtedness;
+Added: our ability to maintain our credit rating;
+Added: our ability to offer high-quality customer support and maintain our reputation;
+Added: our ability to identify, perform adequate diligence on and consummate acquisitions of attractive business
+Added: targets, and then subsequently integrate such acquired businesses;
+Added: our ability to hire, timely train and retain talented individuals for our workforce;
+Added: our ability to maintain our corporate culture;
+Added: severe disruption and instability in the U.S.
+Added: and global financial markets or deteriorations in credit and
+Added: financing conditions, which could make it difficult for us to access debt and equity capital on attractive terms, or at all;
+Added: our ability to effectively manage our operations while a significant amount of our associates continue to work
+Added: remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic;
+Added: deteriorating economic conditions, higher unemployment, public transportation disruptions or other disruptions as
+Added: a result of the COVID-19 pandemic which could result in lower-than-planned sales during key revenue-producing seasons, leading to lower revenues;
+Added: potential cost-saving strategies implemented by clients that reduce fees paid to third-party service providers
+Added: such as ourselves;
+Added: our ability to implement additional internal control measures to improve our internal control over financial
+Added: We cannot predict the full extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic may
+Added: affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and liquidity as such effects will depend on how the COVID-19 pandemic and the measures taken in response to the
+Added: COVID-19 pandemic continue to develop.
+Added: However, these effects may continue, evolve or increase in severity, each of which could further negatively impact our business, financial condition, results of
+Added: operations and liquidity.
+Added: Our business and results of operations are affected by developments with and policies of retailers that are out of our
+Added: A limited number of national retailers account for a large percentage of sales for our consumer goods manufacturer
+Added: We expect that a significant portion of these clients sales will continue to be made through a relatively small number of retailers and that this percentage may increase if the growth of mass retailers and the trend of retailer
+Added: consolidation continues.
+Added: As a result, changes in the strategies of large retailers, including a reduction in the number of brands that these retailers carry or an increase in shelf space that they dedicate to private label products, could materially
+Added: reduce the value of our services to these clients or these clients use of our services and, in turn, our revenues and profitability.
+Added: Many retailers have critically analyzed the number and variety of brands they sell, and have reduced or
+Added: discontinued the sale of certain of our clients product lines at their stores, and more retailers may continue to do so.
+Added: If this continues to occur and these clients are unable to improve distribution for their products at other retailers, our
+Added: business or results of operations could be adversely affected.
+Added: These trends may be accelerated as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
+Added: Additionally, many retailers, including several of the largest retailers in North America, which own and operate a significant number of the
+Added: locations at which we provide our services, have implemented or may implement in the future, policies that designate certain service providers to be the exclusive provider or one of their preferred providers for specified services, including many of
+Added: the services that we provide to such retailers or our clients.
+Added: Some of these designations apply across all of such retailers stores, while other
+Added: designations are limited to specific regions.
+Added: If we are unable to respond effectively to the expectations and demands of such retailers or if retailers do not designate us as their exclusive provider or one of their preferred providers for any
+Added: reason, they could reduce or restrict the services that we are permitted to perform for our clients at their facilities or require our clients to purchase services from other designated services providers, which include our competitors, either of
+Added: which could adversely affect our business or results of operations.
+Added: Changes to wage or job classification regulations, including minimum wages and
+Added: market-driven wage increases, could adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations.
+Added: Changes in labor
+Added: laws related to employee hours, wages, job classification and benefits, including health care benefits, could adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations.
+Added: In addition, in response to the
+Added: COVID-19 pandemic, we have significantly reduced our workforce.
+Added: As of December 31, 2020, we employed approximately 62,000 associates, many of whom are paid above, but near, applicable minimum wages.
+Added: Additionally, many of our salaried associates are paid at rates that could be impacted by changes to minimum pay levels for exempt roles.
+Added: Certain state or municipal jurisdictions in which we operate have recently increased their minimum wage by a significant amount, and other jurisdictions are considering or plan to implement similar actions, which may increase our labor costs.
+Added: increases at the federal, state or municipal level to the minimum pay rate required to remain exempt from overtime pay may adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations.
+Added: Furthermore, market competition may create further pressure for us to increase the wages paid to our associates or the benefits packages that
+Added: they receive.
+Added: If we experience market-driven increases in wage rates or benefits or if we fail to increase our wages or benefits packages competitively, the quality of our workforce could decline, causing our client service to suffer.
+Added: low unemployment rates may increase the likelihood or impact of such market pressures.
+Added: Any of these changes affecting wages or benefits for our associates could adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations.
+Added: Consolidation in the industries we serve could put pressure on the pricing of our services, which could adversely affect our business, financial
+Added: condition or results of operations.
+Added: Consolidation in the consumer goods and retail industries we serve could reduce aggregate
+Added: demand for our services in the future and could adversely affect our business or our results of operations.
+Added: When companies merge, the services they previously purchased separately are often purchased by the combined entity, leading to the
+Added: termination of relationships with certain service providers or demands for reduced fees and commissions.
+Added: The combined company may also choose to insource certain functions that were historically outsourced, resulting in the termination of existing
+Added: relationships with third-party service providers.
+Added: While we attempt to mitigate the revenue impact of any consolidation by maintaining existing or winning new service arrangements with the combined companies, there can be no assurance as to the
+Added: degree to which we will be able to do so as consolidation continues in the industries we serve, and our business, financial condition or results of operations may be adversely affected.
+Added: Consumer goods manufacturers and retailers may periodically review and change their sales, retail, marketing and technology programs and relationships
+Added: to our detriment.
+Added: The consumer goods manufacturers and retailers to whom we provide our business solutions operate in highly
+Added: competitive and rapidly changing environments.
+Added: From time to time these parties may put their sales, retail, marketing and technology programs and relationships up for competitive review, which may increase in frequency as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impacts on the consumer goods manufacturers and retailer industries.
+Added: We have occasionally lost accounts with significant clients as a result of these reviews in the
+Added: past, and our clients are typically able to reduce or cancel current or future spending on our services on short notice for any reason.
+Added: We believe that key competitive considerations for
+Added: retaining existing and winning new accounts include our ability to develop solutions that meet the needs of these manufacturers and retailers in this environment, the quality and effectiveness of our services and our ability to operate efficiently.
+Added: To the extent that we are not able to develop these solutions, maintain the quality and effectiveness of our services or operate efficiently, we may not be able to retain key clients, and our business, financial condition or results of operations
+Added: may be adversely affected.
+Added: Our largest clients generate a significant portion of our revenues.
+Added: Our three largest clients generated approximately 12% of our revenues in the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020.
+Added: These clients are
+Added: generally able to reduce or cancel spending on our services on short notice for any reason.
+Added: A significant reduction in spending on our services by our largest clients, or the loss of one or more of our largest clients, if not replaced by new clients
+Added: or an increase in business from existing clients, would adversely affect our business and results of operations.
+Added: In addition, when large retailers suspend or reduce in-store demonstration services, such as in
+Added: response to the COVID-19 pandemic, our business and results of operations can be adversely affected.
+Added: reliant on continued access to retailer platforms on commercially reasonable terms for the provision of certain of our e-commerce services in which our clients products are resold by us, as the vendor of
+Added: record, directly to the consumer.
+Added: A growing portion of the e-commerce services we provide
+Added: involve the purchase and resale by us, as the vendor of record, of our clients products through retailer platforms.
+Added: The control that retailers such as Amazon have over the access and fee structures and/or pricing for products on their
+Added: platforms could impact the volume of purchases of these products made on their platform and our revenues from the provision of such e-commerce services.
+Added: If such retailers establish terms that restrict the
+Added: offering of these products on their platform, significantly impact the financial terms on which such products are offered, or do not approve the inclusion of such products on their platform, our business could be negatively impacted.
+Added: Additionally,
+Added: we also generally rely on the retailers payment processing services for purchases made on its platform by consumers.
+Added: To the extent such payment processing services are offered to us on less favorable terms, or become unavailable to us for any
+Added: reason, our costs of revenue with respect to this aspect of our business could increase, and our margins could be materially adversely impacted.
+Added: We cannot assure you that we will be successful in maintaining access to these retailer platforms on
+Added: commercially reasonable terms, or at all.
+Added: The retail industry is evolving, and if we do not successfully develop and maintain relevant omni-channel
+Added: services for our clients, our business, financial condition or results of operations could be adversely impacted.
Historically,
−Removed: the exercise price of a warrant was generally a fraction of the purchase price of the Units in the initial public offering.
−Removed: exercise price for our public warrants is $11.50 per share.
−Removed: As a result, the warrants are less likely to ever be in the money
−Removed: and more likely to expire worthless.
−Removed: order to effectuate our initial business combination, we may seek to amend our amended and restated certificate of incorporation
−Removed: or governing instruments in a manner that will make it easier for us to complete our initial business combination but that our
−Removed: stockholders may not support.
−Removed: order to effectuate a business combination, blank check companies have, in the recent past, amended various provisions of their
−Removed: charters and modified governing instruments.
−Removed: For example, blank check companies have amended the definition of business combination,
−Removed: increased redemption thresholds and changed industry focus.
−Removed: We cannot assure you that we will not seek to amend our charter or
−Removed: governing instruments or change our industry focus in order to effectuate our initial business combination.
−Removed: provisions of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation that relate to our pre-business combination activity (and
−Removed: corresponding provisions of the agreement governing the release of funds from our trust account) may be amended with the approval
−Removed: of holders of 65% of our common stock, which is a lower amendment threshold than that of some other blank check companies.
−Removed: may be easier for us, therefore, to amend our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and the trust agreement to facilitate
−Removed: the completion of an initial business combination that some of our stockholders may not support.
−Removed: other blank check companies have a provision in their charter which prohibits the amendment of certain of its provisions, including
−Removed: those which relate to a company’s pre-business combination activity, without approval by a certain percentage of the company’s
−Removed: stockholders.
−Removed: In those companies, amendment of these provisions sometimes requires approval by between 90% and 100% of the company’s
−Removed: public stockholders.
−Removed: Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that any of its provisions related to pre-business
−Removed: combination activity (including the requirement to deposit proceeds of our initial public offering and the private placement of
−Removed: warrants into the trust account and not release such amounts except in specified circumstances, and to provide redemption rights
−Removed: to public stockholders as described herein) may be amended if approved by holders of 65% of our common stock entitled to vote
−Removed: thereon, and corresponding provisions of the trust agreement governing the release of funds from our trust account may be amended
−Removed: if approved by holders of 65% of our common stock entitled to vote thereon.
−Removed: In all other instances, our amended and restated certificate
−Removed: of incorporation may be amended by holders of a majority of our outstanding common stock entitled to vote thereon, subject to
−Removed: applicable provisions of the DGCL or NASDAQ rules.
−Removed: Our initial stockholders, who collectively beneficially own up to 20% of our
−Removed: common stock, will participate in any vote to amend our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and/or trust agreement
−Removed: and will have the discretion to vote in any manner they choose.
−Removed: As a result, we may be able to amend the provisions of our amended
−Removed: and restated certificate of incorporation which govern our pre-business combination behavior more easily than some other blank
−Removed: check companies, and this may increase our ability to complete a business combination with which you do not agree.
−Removed: Our stockholders
−Removed: may pursue remedies against us for any breach of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation.
−Removed: sponsor, officers and directors have agreed, pursuant to a written agreement with us, that they will not propose any amendment
−Removed: to our amended and restated certificate of incorporation that would affect the substance or timing of our obligation to redeem
−Removed: 100% of our public shares if we do not complete our initial business combination by July 22, 2021, or which adversely affects
−Removed: the rights of holders of our Class A Common Stock, unless we provide our public stockholders with the opportunity to redeem their
−Removed: shares of Class A Common Stock upon approval of any such amendment at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate
−Removed: amount then on deposit in the trust account, divided by the number of then outstanding public shares.
−Removed: These agreements are contained
−Removed: in a letter agreement that we have entered into with our sponsor, officers and directors.
−Removed: Our stockholders are not parties to,
−Removed: or third-party beneficiaries of, these agreements and, as a result, will not have the ability to pursue remedies against our sponsor,
−Removed: officers or directors for any breach of these agreements.
−Removed: As a result, in the event of a breach, our stockholders would need to
−Removed: pursue a stockholder derivative action, subject to applicable law.
−Removed: may be unable to obtain additional financing to complete our initial business combination or to fund the operations and growth
−Removed: of a target business, which could compel us to restructure or abandon a particular business combination.
−Removed: we believe that the net proceeds of our initial public offering and the sale of the private placement warrants are sufficient
−Removed: to allow us to complete our initial business combination, because we have not yet entered into a definitive agreement with any
−Removed: prospective target business we cannot ascertain the capital requirements for any particular transaction.
−Removed: If the net proceeds of
−Removed: our initial public offering and the sale of the private placement warrants prove to be insufficient, either because of the size
−Removed: of our initial business combination, the depletion of the available net proceeds in search of a target business, the obligation
−Removed: to repurchase for cash a significant number of shares from stockholders who elect redemption in connection with our initial business
−Removed: combination or the terms of negotiated transactions to purchase shares in connection with our initial business combination, we
−Removed: may be required to seek additional financing or to abandon the proposed business combination.
−Removed: We cannot assure you that such financing
−Removed: will be available on acceptable terms, if at all.
−Removed: To the extent that additional financing proves to be unavailable when needed
−Removed: to complete our initial business combination, we would be compelled to either restructure the transaction or abandon that particular
−Removed: business combination and seek an alternative target business candidate.
−Removed: If we are unable to complete our initial business combination,
−Removed: our public stockholders may receive only approximately $10.00 per share plus any pro rata interest earned on the funds held in
−Removed: the trust account and not previously released to us to pay our working capital requirements (up to $1,000,000 in the aggregate)
−Removed: as well as franchise and income taxes on the liquidation of our trust account and our warrants will expire worthless.
−Removed: even if we do not need additional financing to complete our business combination, we may require such financing to fund the operations
−Removed: or growth of the target business.
−Removed: The failure to secure additional financing could have a material adverse effect on the continued
−Removed: development or growth of the target business.
−Removed: None of our officers, directors or stockholders is required to provide any financing
−Removed: to us in connection with or after our initial business combination.
−Removed: If we are unable to complete our initial business combination,
−Removed: our public stockholders may only receive approximately $10.00 per share on the liquidation of our trust account, and our warrants
−Removed: will expire worthless.
−Removed: initial stockholders may exert a substantial influence on actions requiring a stockholder vote, potentially in a manner that you
−Removed: do not support.
−Removed: initial stockholders own shares representing 20% of our issued and outstanding shares of common stock.
−Removed: Accordingly, they may exert
−Removed: a substantial influence on actions requiring a stockholder vote, potentially in a manner that you do not support, including amendments
−Removed: to our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and approval of major corporate transactions.
−Removed: If our initial stockholders
−Removed: purchase any additional shares of common stock in the aftermarket or in privately negotiated transactions, this would increase
−Removed: their control.
−Removed: Factors that would be considered in making such additional purchases would include consideration of the current
−Removed: trading price of our Class A Common Stock.
−Removed: In addition, our board of directors, whose members were elected by our initial stockholders,
−Removed: is and will be divided into three classes, each of which will generally serve for a term of three years with only one class of
−Removed: directors being elected in each year.
−Removed: We may not hold an annual meeting of stockholders to elect new directors prior to the completion
−Removed: of our business combination, in which case all of the current directors will continue in office until at least the completion
−Removed: of the business combination.
−Removed: If there is an annual meeting, as a consequence of our “staggered”
−Removed: board of directors,
−Removed: only a minority of the board of directors will be considered for election and our initial stockholders, because of their ownership
−Removed: position, will have considerable influence regarding the outcome.
−Removed: In addition, prior to the completion of an initial business
−Removed: combination, holders of a majority of our founder shares may remove a member of the board of directors for any reason.
−Removed: our initial stockholders will continue to exert control at least until the completion of our business combination.
−Removed: may amend the terms of the warrants in a manner that may be adverse to holders with the approval by the holders of at least 50%
−Removed: of the then outstanding public warrants.
−Removed: As a result, the exercise price of your warrants could be increased, the exercise period
−Removed: could be shortened and the number of shares of our Class A Common Stock purchasable upon exercise of a warrant could be decreased,
−Removed: all without your approval.
−Removed: warrants are issued in registered form under a warrant agreement between Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as warrant
−Removed: agent, and us.
−Removed: The warrant agreement provides that the terms of the warrants may be amended without the consent of any holder
−Removed: to cure any ambiguity or correct any defective provision, but requires the approval by the holders of at least 50% of the then
−Removed: outstanding public warrants to make any change that adversely affects the interests of the registered holders.
−Removed: Accordingly, we
−Removed: may amend the terms of the public warrants in a manner adverse to a holder if holders of at least 50% of the then outstanding
−Removed: public warrants approve of such amendment.
−Removed: Although our ability to amend the terms of the public warrants with the consent of
−Removed: at least 50% of the then outstanding public warrants is unlimited, examples of such amendments could be amendments to, among other
−Removed: things, increase the exercise price of the warrants, shorten the exercise period or decrease the number of shares of our Class
−Removed: A Common Stock purchasable upon exercise of a warrant.
−Removed: may redeem your unexpired warrants prior to their exercise at a time that is disadvantageous to you, thereby making such your
−Removed: warrants worthless.
−Removed: have the ability to redeem outstanding warrants at any time after they become exercisable and prior to their expiration, at a
−Removed: price of $0.01 per warrant, provided that the last reported sales price of our Class A Common Stock equals or exceeds $18.00 per
−Removed: share for any 20 trading days within a 30 trading-day period ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which we give
−Removed: proper notice of such redemption and provided certain other conditions are met.
−Removed: If and when the warrants become redeemable by
−Removed: us, we may exercise our redemption right even if we are unable to register or qualify the underlying securities for sale under
−Removed: all applicable state securities laws.
−Removed: Redemption of the outstanding warrants could force a you (i) to exercise your warrants and
−Removed: pay the exercise price therefor at a time when it may be disadvantageous for you to do so, (ii) to sell your warrants at the then-current
−Removed: market price when you might otherwise wish to hold your warrants or (iii) to accept the nominal redemption price which, at the
−Removed: time the outstanding warrants are called for redemption, is likely to be substantially less than the market value of your warrants.
−Removed: None of the private placement warrants will be redeemable by us so long as they are held by the sponsor or its permitted transferees.
−Removed: addition, we may redeem your warrants after they become exercisable for $0.10 per warrant upon a minimum of 30 days’
−Removed: written notice of redemption provided that holders will be able to exercise their warrants prior to redemption for a number of
−Removed: Class A Common Stock determined based on the redemption date and the fair market value of our Class A Common Stock.
−Removed: Exhibit 4.2 of this Report.
−Removed: Any such redemption may have similar consequences to a cash redemption described above.
−Removed: such redemption may occur at a time when the warrants are “out-of-the-money,”
−Removed: in which case you would lose any potential
−Removed: embedded value from a subsequent increase in the value of the Class A Common Stock had your warrants remained outstanding.
−Removed: warrants and founder shares may have an adverse effect on the market price of our Class A Common Stock and make it more difficult
−Removed: to effectuate our business combination.
−Removed: issued warrants to purchase 11,250,000 shares of Class A Common Stock as part of the Units sold in our initial public offering
−Removed: and, simultaneously with the closing of our initial public offering, we issued in a private placement warrants to purchase an
−Removed: aggregate of 7,333,333 shares of Class A Common Stock at $11.50 per share.
−Removed: Prior to our initial public offering, our sponsor purchased
−Removed: an aggregate of 11,500,000 founder shares in a private placement (250,000 founder shares have been forfeited following the partial
−Removed: exercise of the underwriters’
−Removed: over-allotment option).
−Removed: The founder shares are convertible into shares of Class A Common Stock
−Removed: on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment as set forth herein.
−Removed: In addition, if our sponsor makes any working capital loans,
−Removed: up to $1,500,000 of such loans may be converted into warrants, at the price of $1.50 per warrant at the option of the lender.
−Removed: Such warrants would be identical to the private placement warrants, including as to exercise price, exercisability and exercise
−Removed: Our public warrants are also redeemable by us for Class A Common Stock as described in Exhibit 4.2 of this Report.”
−Removed: the extent we issue shares of Class A Common Stock to effectuate a business combination, the potential for the issuance of a substantial
−Removed: number of additional shares of Class A Common Stock upon exercise of these warrants and conversion rights could make us a less
−Removed: attractive acquisition vehicle to a target business.
−Removed: Any such issuance will increase the number of issued and outstanding shares
−Removed: of our Class A Common Stock and reduce the value of the shares of Class A Common Stock issued to complete the business combination.
−Removed: Therefore, our warrants and founder shares may make it more difficult to effectuate a business combination or increase the cost
−Removed: of acquiring the target business.
−Removed: private placement warrants are identical to the warrants sold as part of the Units in our initial public offering except that,
−Removed: so long as they are held by our sponsor or its permitted transferees, (i) they will not be redeemable by us, (ii) they (including
−Removed: the Class A Common Stock issuable upon exercise of these warrants) may not, subject to certain limited exceptions, be transferred,
−Removed: assigned or sold by our sponsor until 30 days after the completion of our initial business combination and (iii) they may be exercised
−Removed: by the holders on a cashless basis.
−Removed: each unit contains one-fourth of one warrant and only a whole warrant may be exercised, the Units may be worth less than Units
−Removed: of other blank check companies.
−Removed: unit contains one-fourth of one warrant.
−Removed: Because, pursuant to the warrant agreement, the warrants may only be exercised for a
−Removed: whole number of shares, only a whole warrant may be exercised at any given time.
−Removed: This is different from other offerings similar
−Removed: to ours whose Units include one share of common stock and one warrant to purchase one whole share.
−Removed: We have established the components
−Removed: of the Units in this way in order to reduce the dilutive effect of the warrants upon completion of a business combination since
−Removed: the warrants will be exercisable in the aggregate for one-fourth of the number of shares compared to Units that each contain a
−Removed: warrant to purchase one whole share, thus making us, we believe, a more attractive merger partner for target businesses.
−Removed: Nevertheless,
−Removed: this unit structure may cause our Units to be worth less than if they included a warrant to purchase one whole share.
−Removed: requirements of being a public company may strain our resources and divert management’s attention.
−Removed: a public company, we are subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, the Sarbanes Oxley Act, the Dodd-Frank Wall
−Removed: Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, the listing requirements of NASDAQ and other applicable securities rules and regulations.
−Removed: Compliance with these rules and regulations increase our legal and financial compliance costs, make some activities more difficult,
−Removed: time-consuming or costly and increase demand on our systems and resources, particularly after we are no longer an “emerging
−Removed: growth company.”
−Removed: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires, among other things, that we maintain effective disclosure controls and
−Removed: procedures and internal control over financial reporting.
−Removed: In order to maintain and, if required, improve our disclosure controls
−Removed: and procedures and internal control over financial reporting to meet this standard, significant resources and management oversight
−Removed: may be required.
−Removed: As a result, management’s attention may be diverted from other business concerns, which could adversely
−Removed: affect our business and operating results.
−Removed: We may need to hire more employees in the future or engage outside consultants to comply
−Removed: with these requirements, which will increase our costs and expenses.
−Removed: market for our securities may not develop, which would adversely affect the liquidity and price of our securities.
−Removed: price of our securities may vary significantly due to one or more potential business combinations and general market or economic
−Removed: Furthermore, an active trading market for our securities may never develop or, if developed, it may not be sustained.
−Removed: You may be unable to sell your securities unless a market can be established and sustained.
−Removed: we must furnish our stockholders with target business financial statements, we may lose the ability to complete an otherwise advantageous
−Removed: initial business combination with some prospective target businesses.
−Removed: federal proxy rules require that a proxy statement with respect to a vote on a business combination meeting certain financial
−Removed: significance tests include historical and/or pro forma financial statement disclosure in periodic reports.
−Removed: We will include the
−Removed: same financial statement disclosure in connection with our tender offer documents, whether or not they are required under the
−Removed: tender offer rules.
−Removed: These financial statements may be required to be prepared in accordance with, or be reconciled to, accounting
−Removed: principles generally accepted in the United States of America, or GAAP, or international financial reporting standards, or IFRS,
−Removed: depending on the circumstances and the historical financial statements may be required to be audited in accordance with the standards
−Removed: of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), or PCAOB.
−Removed: These financial statements may also be required to
−Removed: be prepared in accordance with GAAP in connection with our current report on Form 8-K announcing the closing our initial business
−Removed: combination within four business days following such closing.
−Removed: These financial statement requirements may limit the pool of potential
−Removed: target businesses we may acquire because some targets may be unable to provide such financial statements in time for us to disclose
−Removed: such statements in accordance with federal proxy rules and complete our initial business combination within the prescribed time
−Removed: are an emerging growth company within the meaning of the Securities Act, and if we take advantage of certain exemptions from disclosure
−Removed: requirements available to emerging growth companies, this could make our securities less attractive to investors and may make
−Removed: it more difficult to compare our performance with other public companies.
−Removed: are an “emerging growth company”
−Removed: within the meaning of the Securities Act, as modified by the JOBS Act, and we may
−Removed: take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are
−Removed: not emerging growth companies including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements
−Removed: of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports
−Removed: and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and
−Removed: stockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved.
−Removed: As a result, our stockholders may not have access
−Removed: to certain information they may deem important.
−Removed: We could be an emerging growth company for up to five years, although circumstances
−Removed: could cause us to lose that status earlier, including if the market value of our Class A Common Stock held by non-affiliates exceeds
−Removed: $700 million as of any June 30 before that time, in which case we would no longer be an emerging growth company as of the following
−Removed: We cannot predict whether investors will find our securities less attractive because we will rely on these exemptions.
−Removed: If some investors find our securities less attractive as a result of our reliance on these exemptions, the trading prices of our
−Removed: securities may be lower than they otherwise would be, there may be a less active trading market for our securities and the trading
−Removed: prices of our securities may be more volatile.
−Removed: Section 102(b)(1) of the JOBS Act exempts emerging growth companies from being required to comply with new or revised financial
−Removed: accounting standards until private companies (that is, those that have not had a Securities Act registration statement declared
−Removed: effective or do not have a class of securities registered under the Exchange Act) are required to comply with the new or revised
−Removed: financial accounting standards.
−Removed: The JOBS Act provides that a company can elect to opt out of the extended transition period and
−Removed: comply with the requirements that apply to non-emerging growth companies but any such an election to opt out is irrevocable.
−Removed: have elected not to opt out of such extended transition period, which means that when a standard is issued or revised and it has
−Removed: different application dates for public or private companies, we, as an emerging growth company, can adopt the new or revised standard
−Removed: at the time private companies adopt the new or revised standard.
−Removed: This may make comparison of our financial statements with another
−Removed: public company which is neither an emerging growth company nor an emerging growth company which has opted out of using the extended
−Removed: transition period difficult or impossible because of the potential differences in accountant standards used.
−Removed: obligations under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act may make it more difficult for us to effectuate our initial business combination, require
−Removed: substantial financial and management resources, and increase the time and costs of completing an acquisition.
−Removed: 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires that we evaluate and report on our system of internal controls over financial reporting
−Removed: beginning with our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ending December 31, 2020.
−Removed: Only in the event we are deemed to be a large
−Removed: accelerated filer or an accelerated filer will we be required to comply with the independent registered public accounting firm
−Removed: attestation requirement on our internal control over financial reporting.
−Removed: Further, for as long as we remain an emerging growth
−Removed: company, we will not be required to comply with the independent registered public accounting firm attestation requirement on our
−Removed: internal control over financial reporting.
−Removed: The fact that we are a blank check company makes compliance with the requirements of
−Removed: the Sarbanes-Oxley Act particularly burdensome on us as compared to other public companies because a target company with which
−Removed: we seek to complete our business combination may not be in compliance with the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act regarding
−Removed: adequacy of its internal controls.
−Removed: The development of the internal control over financial reporting of any such entity to achieve
−Removed: compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act may increase the time and costs necessary to complete any such acquisition.
−Removed: in our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and Delaware law may inhibit a takeover of us, which could limit the
−Removed: price investors might be willing to pay in the future for our Class A Common Stock and could entrench management.
−Removed: amended and restated certificate of incorporation contains provisions that may discourage unsolicited takeover proposals that
−Removed: stockholders may consider to be in their best interests.
−Removed: These provisions include a staggered board of directors and the ability
−Removed: of the board of directors to designate the terms of and issue new series of preferred shares, which may make the removal of management
−Removed: more difficult and may discourage transactions that otherwise could involve payment of a premium over prevailing market prices
−Removed: for our securities.
−Removed: are also subject to anti-takeover provisions under Delaware law, which could delay or prevent a change of control.
−Removed: Together these
−Removed: provisions may make the removal of management more difficult and may discourage transactions that otherwise could involve payment
−Removed: of a premium over prevailing market prices for our securities.
−Removed: amended and restated certificate of incorporation will designate the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware as the sole and
−Removed: exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our
−Removed: stockholders’
−Removed: ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with our company or our company’s directors,
−Removed: officers or other employees.
−Removed: amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that, unless we consent in writing to the selection of an alternative
−Removed: forum, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be the sole and exclusive
−Removed: forum for any (1) derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of our company, (2) action asserting a claim of breach of
−Removed: a fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer, employee or agent of our company to our company or our stockholders, or any claim
−Removed: for aiding and abetting any such alleged breach, (3) action asserting a claim against our company or any director or officer of
−Removed: our company arising pursuant to any provision of the DGCL or our amended and restated certificate of incorporation or our bylaws,
−Removed: or (4) action asserting a claim against us or any director or officer of our company governed by the internal affairs doctrine
−Removed: except for, as to each of (1) through (4) above, any claim (a) as to which the Court of Chancery determines that there is an indispensable
−Removed: party not subject to the jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery (and the indispensable party does not consent to the personal jurisdiction
−Removed: of the Court of Chancery within ten days following such determination), (b) which is vested in the exclusive jurisdiction of a
−Removed: court or forum other than the Court of Chancery, or (c) arising under the federal securities laws, including the Securities Act,
−Removed: as to which the Court of Chancery and the federal district court for the District of Delaware shall concurrently be the sole and
−Removed: exclusive forums.
−Removed: Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph will not apply to suits brought to enforce any
−Removed: liability or duty created by the Exchange Act or any other claim for which the federal district courts of the United States of
−Removed: America shall be the sole and exclusive forum.
−Removed: Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in any shares
−Removed: of our capital stock shall be deemed to have notice of and to have consented to the forum provisions in our amended and restated
−Removed: certificate of incorporation.
−Removed: If any action the subject matter of which is within the scope the forum provisions is filed in a
−Removed: court other than a court located within the State of Delaware (a “foreign action”) in the name of any stockholder,
−Removed: such stockholder shall be deemed to have consented to:
−Removed: (x) the personal jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located within
−Removed: the State of Delaware in connection with any action brought in any such court to enforce the forum provisions (an “enforcement
−Removed: action”), and (y) having service of process made upon such stockholder in any such enforcement action by service upon such
−Removed: stockholder’s counsel in the foreign action as agent for such stockholder.
−Removed: choice-of-forum provision may limit a stockholder’s ability to bring a claim in a judicial forum that it finds favorable
−Removed: for disputes with our company or its directors, officers or other employees, which may discourage such lawsuits.
−Removed: Alternatively,
−Removed: if a court were to find this provision of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation inapplicable or unenforceable
−Removed: with respect to one or more of the specified types of actions or proceedings, we may incur additional costs associated with resolving
−Removed: such matters in other jurisdictions, which could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results
−Removed: of operations and result in a diversion of the time and resources of our management and board of directors.
−Removed: we effect our initial business combination with a company with operations or opportunities outside of the United States, we would
−Removed: be subject to a variety of additional risks that may negatively impact our operations.
−Removed: we effect our initial business combination with a company with operations or opportunities outside of the United States, we would
−Removed: be subject to any special considerations or risks associated with companies operating in an international setting, including any
−Removed: of the following:
−Removed: costs and difficulties inherent in managing cross-border business operations and complying
−Removed: with different commercial and legal requirements of overseas markets;
−Removed: and regulations regarding currency redemption;
−Removed: corporate withholding taxes on individuals;
−Removed: governing the manner in which future business combinations may be effected;
−Removed: and trade barriers;
−Removed: ● regulations
−Removed: related to customs and import/export matters;
−Removed: payment cycles and challenges in collecting accounts receivable;
−Removed: issues, such as tax law changes and variations in tax laws as compared to the United
−Removed: fluctuations and exchange controls;
−Removed: of inflation;
−Removed: and language differences;
−Removed: strikes, riots, civil disturbances, terrorist attacks, natural disasters and wars;
−Removed: ● deterioration
−Removed: of political relations with the United States;
−Removed: appropriations of assets.
−Removed: may not be able to adequately address these additional risks.
−Removed: If we were unable to do so, our operations might suffer, which may
−Removed: adversely impact our results of operations and financial condition.
−Removed: may face risks related to consumer sector companies.
−Removed: combinations with companies in the consumer sector entail special considerations and risks.
−Removed: If we are successful in completing
−Removed: a business combination with such a target business, we may be subject to, and possibly adversely affected by, the following risks:
−Removed: inability to compete effectively in a highly competitive environment with many incumbents
−Removed: having substantially greater resources;
−Removed: inability to manage rapid change, increasing consumer expectations and growth;
−Removed: inability to build strong brand identity and improve customer satisfaction and loyalty;
−Removed: ● Limitations
−Removed: on a target business’
−Removed: ability to protect its intellectual property rights, including
−Removed: its trade secrets, that could cause a loss in revenue and any competitive advantage;
−Removed: high cost or unavailability of materials, equipment, supplies and personnel that could
−Removed: adversely affect our ability to execute our operations on a timely basis;
−Removed: inability to attract and retain customers;
−Removed: inability to license or enforce intellectual property rights on which our business may
−Removed: ● Seasonality
−Removed: and weather conditions that may cause our operating results to vary from quarter to quarter;
−Removed: inability by us to successfully anticipate changing consumer preferences and buying trends
−Removed: and manage our product line and inventory commensurate with customer demand;
−Removed: liability for negligence, copyright, or trademark infringement or other claims based
−Removed: on the nature and content of materials that we may distribute;
−Removed: of our operations upon third-party suppliers whose failure to perform adequately could
−Removed: disrupt our business;
−Removed: operating results may be adversely affected by changes in the cost or availability of
−Removed: raw materials and energy;
−Removed: may be subject to production-related risks which could jeopardize our ability to realize
−Removed: anticipated sales and profits;
−Removed: in the retail industry and markets for consumer products affecting our customers or retailing
−Removed: practices could negatively impact customer relationships and our results of operations;
−Removed: business could involve the potential for product recalls, product liability and other
−Removed: claims against us, which could affect our earnings and financial condition.
−Removed: of the foregoing could have an adverse impact on our operations following a business combination.
−Removed: However, our efforts in identifying
−Removed: prospective target businesses will not be limited to the consumer sector.
−Removed: Accordingly, if we acquire a target business in another
−Removed: industry, these risks will likely not affect us and we will be subject to other risks attendant with the specific industry in
−Removed: which we operate or target business which we acquire, none of which can be presently ascertained.
−Removed: Staff Comments
+Added: substantially all of our sales segment revenues were generated by sales and services that ultimately occurred in traditional retail stores.
+Added: The retail industry is evolving, as demonstrated by the number of retailers that offer both traditional
+Added: retail stores and e-commerce platforms or exclusively e-commerce platforms.
+Added: In addition, the COVID-19 pandemic has placed
+Added: pressure on the traditional retail store model, including store closures, changes in consumer spending, and extensive health and safety risks and compliance requirements, If consumers continue to shift to purchase more products online and e-commerce continues to displace brick-and-mortar retail sales, there may be a decrease in the demand for certain of our services.
+Added: Consumers are increasingly using computers, tablets, mobile phones and other devices to comparison shop, determine product availability and complete purchases online, a trend that has accelerated during the
+Added: COVID-19 pandemic, and which may continue thereafter.
+Added: Omni-channel retailing is rapidly evolving and we believe we will need to keep pace with the changing consumer expectations and new developments by our
+Added: While we continue to seek to develop effective omni-channel solutions for our clients that support both their e-commerce and traditional retail needs, there can be no assurances that these efforts will result in revenue gains
+Added: sufficient to offset potential decreases associated with a decline in traditional retail sales or that we will be able to maintain our position as a leader in our industry.
+Added: If we are unable to
+Added: provide, improve or develop innovative digital services and solutions in a timely manner or at all, our business, financial condition or results of operations could be adversely impacted.
+Added: We may be unable to adapt to significant technological change, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations.
+Added: We operate businesses that require sophisticated data collection, processing and software for analysis and insights.
+Added: technologies supporting the industries we serve are changing rapidly, particularly as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
+Added: We will be required to continue to adapt to changing technologies, either by developing
+Added: and marketing new services or by enhancing our existing services, to meet client demand.
+Added: Moreover, the introduction of new services
+Added: embodying new technologies, including automation of certain of our in-store services, and the emergence of new industry standards could render existing services obsolete.
+Added: Our continued success will depend on
+Added: our ability to adapt to changing technologies, manage and process increasing amounts of data and information and improve the performance, features and reliability of our existing services in response to changing client and industry demands.
+Added: experience difficulties that could delay or prevent the successful design, development, testing, introduction or marketing of our services.
+Added: New services or enhancements to existing services may not adequately meet the requirements of current and
+Added: prospective clients or achieve market acceptance.
+Added: Our ability to maintain our competitive position depends on our ability to attract and retain
+Added: talented executives.
+Added: We believe that our continued success depends to a significant extent upon the efforts, abilities and
+Added: relationships of our senior executives and the strength of our middle management team.
+Added: Although we have entered into employment agreements with certain of our senior executives, each of them may terminate their employment with us at any time.
+Added: replacement of any of our senior executives likely would involve significant time and costs and may significantly delay or prevent the achievement of our business objectives and could therefore have an adverse impact on our business.
+Added: In addition, we
+Added: do not carry any key person insurance policies that could offset potential loss of service under applicable circumstances.
+Added: Furthermore, if we are unable to attract and retain a talented team of middle management executives, it may be
+Added: difficult to maintain the expertise and industry relationships that our clients value, and they may terminate or reduce their relationship with us.
+Added: Client procurement and fee reduction strategies could put additional operational and financial pressure on our services or negatively impact our
+Added: relationships, business, financial condition or results of operations.
+Added: Many of our clients seek opportunities to reduce their
+Added: costs through procurement strategies that reduce fees paid to third-party service providers.
+Added: As a result, certain of our clients have sought, and may continue to seek, more aggressive terms from us, including with respect to pricing and payment
+Added: Such activities put operational and financial pressure on our business, which could limit the amounts we earn or delay the timing of our cash receipts.
+Added: Such activities may also cause disputes with our clients or negatively impact our
+Added: relationships or financial results.
+Added: While we attempt to mitigate negative implications to client relationships and the revenue impact of any pricing pressure by aligning our revenues opportunity with satisfactory client outcomes, there can be no
+Added: assurance as to the degree to which we will be able to do so successfully.
+Added: Additionally, price concessions can lead to margin compression, which in turn could adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations.
+Added: If we fail to offer high-quality customer support, our business and reputation may suffer.
+Added: High-quality education, training and customer support are important for successful marketing and sales and for the renewal of existing
+Added: Providing this education, training and support requires that our personnel
+Added: who manage our online training resource or provide customer support have specific inbound experience domain knowledge and expertise, making it more difficult for us to hire qualified personnel
+Added: and to scale up our support operations.
+Added: The importance of high-quality customer support will increase as we expand our business and pursue new customers.
+Added: If we do not help our customers use multiple applications and provide effective ongoing
+Added: support, our ability to sell additional functionality and services to, or to retain, existing customers may suffer and our reputation with existing or potential customers may be harmed.
+Added: We may be adversely affected if clients reduce their outsourcing of sales and marketing functions.
+Added: Our business and growth strategies depend in large part on companies continuing to elect to outsource sales and marketing functions.
+Added: clients and potential clients will outsource if they perceive that outsourcing may provide quality services at a lower overall cost and permit them to focus on their core business activities and have done so in the past.
+Added: We cannot be certain that
+Added: the industry trend to outsource will continue or not be reversed or that clients that have historically outsourced functions will not decide to perform these functions themselves.
+Added: Unfavorable developments with respect to outsourcing could adversely
+Added: affect on our business, financial conditions and results of operations.
+Added: We have identified material weaknesses in our internal control over
+Added: financial reporting.
+Added: If we are unable to effectively remediate any of these material weaknesses or if we fail to maintain proper and effective internal controls in the future, our ability to produce accurate and timely financial statements could be
+Added: impaired, investors views of us could be harmed, and we could be subject to enforcement actions by the SEC.
+Added: detailed in Item 9A.
+Added: Controls and Procedures of this Report, on August 15, 2019, we concluded that our previously-issued audited consolidated financial statements and related notes as of and for the year ended December 31, 2018,
+Added: should be restated to reflect the corrections of misstatements as a result of the Take 5 Matter.
+Added: Specifically, we determined that revenues during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 attributable to the Take 5 business had been recognized
+Added: for services for which performance obligations were not performed on behalf of clients of Take 5 and that inaccurate reports were made to Take 5 clients about those services.
+Added: As a result of the inappropriate business and revenue recognition
+Added: practices at Take 5, we also determined that the acquired assets and liabilities of Take 5 were not properly stated at fair value at the acquisition date.
+Added: In addition, and unrelated to the Take 5 Matter, we corrected an error to the benefit from
+Added: income taxes for the three months ended September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2018.
+Added: The net impact of the errors in the provision for income taxes did not change the amount of the benefit from income taxes for the year ended
+Added: December 31, 2018.
+Added: In connection with our investigation into the Take 5 Matter and the other error corrections, we have identified
+Added: material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting.
+Added: A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material
+Added: misstatement of our annual or interim consolidated financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.
+Added: Specifically, we identified material weaknesses in the design and operating effectiveness of our risk assessment and
+Added: information and communication processes which contributed to the following material weaknesses:
+Added: We determined that we did not design and maintain effective controls related to our due diligence procedures for
+Added: potential acquisitions with respect to databases and information technology systems used to recognize revenue and determine the satisfaction of performance obligations.
+Added: Specifically, internal controls were not designed and maintained to assess the
+Added: risks associated with potential acquisitions and the need to perform due diligence as part of purchase accounting with respect to databases and information technology systems utilized to determine the satisfaction of performance obligations, and to
+Added: communicate and evaluate the results of due diligence.
+Added: We determined that we did not design and maintain effective controls to establish an appropriate basis for
+Added: reliance on data and information in our information technology systems used for revenue
+Added: recognition in certain of our newly acquired businesses.
+Added: Specifically, internal controls were not designed and maintained to ensure the completeness and accuracy of system generated reports used
+Added: to verify the satisfaction of performance obligations.
+Added: We determined that we did not design and maintain effective controls related to information and communication
+Added: specifically with respect to our whistleblower complaint process to properly investigate, communicate and resolve whistleblower complaints and allegations related to accounting or other misconduct in a timely manner, and with respect to
+Added: communication with appropriate parties.
+Added: Specifically, internal controls were not designed and maintained to ensure that individuals conducting investigations into allegations of accounting or other misconduct had the appropriate expertise and
+Added: supervision, and that the results of the investigations have been communicated to the appropriate parties or that other transactions are communicated to the appropriate parties.
+Added: We are in the process of designing and implementing measures to improve our internal control over financial reporting and remediate the
+Added: material weaknesses.
+Added: Our efforts include the following actions:
+Added: In order to validate more fully an acquisition target with databases and information technology systems used to
+Added: recognize revenue and determine the satisfaction of performance obligations, we are designing and implementing policies and procedures to perform more robust risk assessment and due diligence procedures in connection with such potential
+Added: acquisitions, including engaging third-party experts to evaluate such target companies databases or information technology, and enhancing the communication and evaluation of due diligence results, as appropriate.
+Added: We are enhancing our procedures related to the risk assessment, evaluation of the completeness and accuracy of
+Added: our internal reporting processes with respect to newly acquired businesses, including with respect to the completeness and accuracy of reports used to verify the satisfaction of performance obligations under client contracts and the accuracy of
+Added: recognized revenues.
+Added: We are designing, enhancing and implementing procedures and policies to promote timely and proper risk
+Added: assessment, investigation, resolution, communication and disclosure of any whistleblower complaints or reported allegations of accounting or other misconduct.
+Added: In addition, we are designing and implementing various controls, including additional policies, procedures and training, to enhance our
+Added: disclosure committee process and communication of pertinent information to the appropriate parties in connection with the issuance or reissuance of our consolidated financial statements.
+Added: While we are designing and implementing measures to remediate our existing material weaknesses, we cannot predict the success of such measures
+Added: or the outcome of our assessment of these measures at this time.
+Added: We can give no assurance that these measures will remediate any of the deficiencies in our internal control over financial reporting or that additional material weaknesses or
+Added: significant deficiencies in our internal control over financial reporting will not be identified in the future.
+Added: As a public company, we
+Added: are required, pursuant to Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, to furnish a report by management on, among other things, the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting for each Annual Report on Form 10-K to be filed with the
+Added: As further detailed in Item 9A.
+Added: Controls and Procedures, this Annual Report on Form 10-K does not include a report of managements assessment regarding internal control over financial reporting (ICFR), or an attestation report
+Added: of our independent registered public accounting firm, as allowed by the SEC for reverse acquisitions between an issuer and a private operating company when it is not possible to conduct an assessment of the private operating companys ICFR in
+Added: the period between the consummation date of the reverse acquisition and the date of managements assessment of ICFR (pursuant to Section 215.02 of the SEC Division of Corporation Finances Regulation S-K Compliance & Disclosure
+Added: Interpretations).
+Added: Starting with our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ending December 31, 2021, this assessment will need to include disclosure of any material weaknesses identified by our management in our internal control over financial
+Added: reporting and our independent registered public accounting firm will also be
+Added: required to attest to the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting.
+Added: Failure to comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act could potentially subject us to sanctions or investigations
+Added: by the SEC, the NASDAQ or other regulatory authorities, which would require additional financial and management resources.
+Added: If we are unable to
+Added: identify attractive acquisition targets, acquire them at attractive prices or successfully integrate the acquired businesses, we may be unsuccessful in growing our business.
+Added: A significant portion of our growth has been as a result of our acquisition of complementary businesses that grow our service offerings,
+Added: expand our geographic reach and strengthen valuable relationships with clients.
+Added: However, there can be no assurance that we will find attractive acquisition targets, that we will acquire them at attractive prices, that we will succeed at effectively
+Added: managing the integration of acquired businesses into our existing operations or that such acquired businesses or technologies will be well received by our clients, potential clients or our investors.
+Added: We could also encounter higher-than-expected earn-out payments, unforeseen transaction- and integration-related costs or delays or other circumstances such as disputes with or the loss of key or other personnel from acquired businesses, challenges or delays in
+Added: integrating systems or technology of acquired businesses, a deterioration in our associate and client relationships, harm to our reputation with clients, interruptions in our business activities or unforeseen or higher-than-expected inherited
+Added: Many of these potential circumstances are outside of our control and any of them could result in increased costs, decreased revenue, decreased synergies or the diversion of management time and attention.
+Added: In order for us to continue to grow our business through acquisitions we will need to identify appropriate acquisition opportunities and
+Added: acquire them at attractive prices.
+Added: We may choose to pay cash, incur debt or issue equity securities to pay for any such acquisition.
+Added: The incurrence of indebtedness would result in increased fixed obligations and could also include covenants or other
+Added: restrictions that would impede our ability to manage our operations.
+Added: The sale of equity to finance any such acquisition could result in dilution to our stockholders.
+Added: We may encounter significant difficulties integrating acquired businesses.
+Added: The combination of any businesses is a complex, costly and time-consuming process.
+Added: As a result, we have devoted, and will continue to devote,
+Added: significant management attention and resources to integrating acquired businesses.
+Added: The failure to meet the challenges involved in integrating businesses and to realize the anticipated benefits of any acquisition could cause an interruption of, or a
+Added: loss of momentum in, the activities of our combined business and could adversely affect our results of operations.
+Added: The difficulties of combining acquired businesses with our own include, among others:
+Added: the diversion of management attention to integration matters;
+Added: difficulties in integrating functional roles, processes and systems, including accounting systems;
+Added: challenges in conforming standards, controls, procedures and accounting and other policies, business cultures and
+Added: compensation structures between the two companies;
+Added: difficulties in assimilating, attracting and retaining key personnel;
+Added: challenges in keeping existing clients and obtaining new clients;
+Added: difficulties in achieving anticipated cost savings, synergies, business opportunities and growth prospects from
+Added: the Transactions;
+Added: difficulties in managing the expanded operations of a significantly larger and more complex business;
+Added: contingent liabilities, including contingent tax liabilities or litigation, that may be larger than expected;
+Added: potential unknown liabilities, adverse consequences or unforeseen increased expenses associated with an
+Added: acquisition, including possible adverse tax consequences to the combined business pursuant to changes in applicable tax laws or regulations.
+Added: Many of these factors are outside of our control, and any one of them could result in
+Added: increased costs, decreased expected revenues and diversion of management time and energy, all of which could adversely impact our business and results of operations.
+Added: These difficulties have been enhanced further during the COVID-19 pandemic as a result of our office closures and work-from home policies, which may hinder assimilation of key personnel.
+Added: If we are not able to successfully integrate an acquisition, if we incur significantly greater costs to achieve the expected synergies than we
+Added: anticipate or if activities related to the expected synergies have unintended consequences, our business, financial condition or results of operations could be adversely affected.
+Added: An inability to hire, timely train and retain talented individuals for our workforce could slow our growth and adversely impact our ability to operate
+Added: our business.
+Added: Our ability to meet our workforce needs, while controlling wage- and associate-related costs, is subject to numerous
+Added: external factors, including the availability of talented persons in the workforce in the local markets in which we operate, prevailing unemployment rates and competitive wage rates in such markets.
+Added: We may find that there is an insufficient number of
+Added: qualified individuals to fill our associate positions with the qualifications we seek.
+Added: Competition in these communities for qualified staff could require us to pay higher wages and provide greater benefits, especially if there is significant
+Added: improvement in regional or national economic conditions.
+Added: We must also train and, in some circumstances, certify these associates under our policies and practices and any applicable legal requirements.
+Added: Any inability to hire, timely train or retain
+Added: talented individuals may result in higher turnover and increased labor costs, and could compromise the quality of our service, all of which could adversely affect our business.
+Added: Our corporate culture has contributed to our success and, if we are unable to maintain it as we evolve, our business, operating results and financial
+Added: condition could be harmed.
+Added: We believe our corporate culture has been a significant factor in our success.
+Added: However, as our company
+Added: evolves, including through acquisitions and the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, such as working remotely and reductions in workforce, it may be difficult to maintain our culture, which could reduce our
+Added: ability to innovate and operate effectively.
+Added: The failure to maintain the key aspects of our culture as our organization evolves could result in decreased employee satisfaction, increased difficulty in attracting top talent, increased turnover and
+Added: compromised the quality of our client service, all of which are important to our success and to the effective execution of our business strategy.
+Added: If we are unable to maintain our corporate culture as we evolve and execute our growth strategies, our
+Added: business, operating results and financial condition could be harmed.
+Added: Acquiring new clients and retaining existing clients depends on our ability to
+Added: avoid or manage business conflicts among competing brands.
+Added: Our ability to acquire new clients and to retain existing clients,
+Added: whether by expansion of our own operations or through an acquired business may in some cases be limited by the other parties perceptions of, or policies concerning, perceived competitive conflicts arising from our other relationships.
+Added: our contracts expressly restrict our ability to represent competitors of the counterparty.
+Added: These perceived competitive conflicts may also become more challenging to avoid or manage as a result of continued consolidation in the consumer goods and
+Added: retail industries and our own acquisitions.
+Added: If we are unable to avoid or manage business conflicts among competing manufacturers and retailers, we may be unable to acquire new clients or be forced to terminate existing client relationships, and in
+Added: either case, our business and results of operations may be adversely affected.
+Added: Limitations, restrictions and business decisions involving our joint
+Added: ventures and minority investments may adversely affect our growth and results of operations.
+Added: We have made substantial investments
+Added: in joint ventures and minority investments and may use these and other similar methods to expand our service offerings and geographical coverage in the future.
+Added: arrangements typically involve other business services companies as partners that may be competitors of ours in certain markets.
+Added: Joint venture agreements may place limitations or restrictions on
+Added: our services.
+Added: As part of our joint venture with, and investments in Smollan, we are restricted under certain circumstances from making direct acquisitions and otherwise expanding our service offerings into markets outside of North America and
+Added: As a result of our acquisition of Daymon Worldwide Inc., or the Daymon Acquisition, pursuant to the terms of our arrangements with Smollan and our joint venture, Smollan and our joint venture may elect to purchase from us, and have
+Added: purchased, certain Daymon business units that operate outside of North America.
+Added: If Smollan or our joint venture do not elect to purchase those business units, we may, under certain circumstances, elect to retain, sell or discontinue those business
+Added: The limitations and restrictions tied to our joint venture and minority investments limit our potential business opportunities and reduce the economic opportunity for certain prospective international investments and operations.
+Added: Additionally,
+Added: though we control our joint ventures, we may rely upon our equity partners or local management for operational and compliance matters associated with our joint ventures or minority investments.
+Added: Moreover, our other equity partners and minority
+Added: investments may have business interests, strategies or goals that are inconsistent with ours.
+Added: Business decisions, including actions or omissions, of a joint venture or other equity partner or management for a business unit may adversely affect the
+Added: value of our investment, result in litigation or regulatory action against us or adversely affect our growth and results of operations.
+Added: international operations expose us to risks that could impede growth in the future, and our attempts to grow our business internationally may not be successful.
+Added: We continue to explore opportunities in major international markets.
+Added: International operations expose us to various additional risks that could
+Added: adversely affect our business, including:
+Added: costs of customizing services for clients outside of the United States;
+Added: the burdens of complying with a wide variety of foreign laws;
+Added: potential difficulty in enforcing contracts;
+Added: being subject to U.S.
+Added: laws and regulations governing international operations, including the U.S.
+Added: Foreign Corrupt
+Added: Practices Act and sanctions regimes;
+Added: being subject to foreign anti-bribery laws in the jurisdictions in which we operate, such as the UK Bribery Act;
+Added: reduced protection for intellectual property rights;
+Added: increased financial accounting and reporting complexity;
+Added: exposure to foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations;
+Added: exposure to local economic conditions;
+Added: limitations on the repatriation of funds or profits from foreign operations;
+Added: exposure to local political conditions, including adverse tax policies and civil unrest;
+Added: the risks of a natural disaster, public health crisis (including the occurrence of a contagious disease or
+Added: illness, such as the coronavirus), an outbreak of war, the escalation of hostilities and acts of terrorism in the jurisdictions in which we operate;
+Added: the disparate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, including the measures
+Added: taken to mitigate its spread, across various jurisdictions.
+Added: Additionally, in many countries outside of the United
+Added: States, there has not been a historical practice of using third parties to provide sales and marketing services.
+Added: Accordingly, while it is part of our strategy to expand into international markets, it may be difficult for us to grow our international
+Added: business units on a timely basis, or at all.
+Added: The economic effects of the United Kingdoms withdrawal from the European Union, or
+Added: Brexit, may affect relationships with existing and future customers and could have an adverse impact on our business and operating results.
+Added: Effective December 31, 2020, the United Kingdom officially withdrew its membership from the European Union (Brexit).
+Added: consequences of Brexit and the terms of the future trade agreements and other relationships with the European Union continue to be highly uncertain.
+Added: Brexit could potentially disrupt the free movement of goods, services and people between the United
+Added: Kingdom and the European Union, undermine bilateral cooperation in key geographic areas and significantly disrupt trade between the United Kingdom and the European Union or other nations as the United Kingdom pursues independent trade relations.
+Added: Because this is an unprecedented event, it remains unclear what long-term economic, financial, trade and legal implications Brexit will have and how it will affect the regulation applicable to our business globally and in the region.
+Added: The impact on
+Added: us will depend, in part, on the outcome of tariff, trade, regulatory and other negotiations.
+Added: Any of these developments, along with any political, economic and regulatory changes that may occur, could cause political and economic uncertainty in
+Added: Europe and internationally and could adversely affect our sales in Europe.
+Added: Brexits impact on us will depend, in part, on the outcome of tariff, trade, regulatory and other negotiations.
+Added: Furthermore, declines of local currencies of our
+Added: international customers relative to the U.S.
+Added: dollar as a result of Brexit, the COVID-19 pandemic or otherwise may impair the purchasing power of our international customers and could cause international buyers
+Added: to decrease their participation in our marketplaces, and our reported international sales and earnings could be reduced.
+Added: Finally, Brexit could lead to legal uncertainty and potentially divergent national laws and regulations as the United Kingdom
+Added: determines which European Union laws to replace or replicate, and those laws and regulations may be cumbersome, difficult or costly in terms of compliance.
+Added: In addition, Brexit may lead other European Union member countries to consider referendums
+Added: regarding their European Union membership.
+Added: Any of these effects of Brexit, among others, could adversely affect our business, financial condition, operating results and cash flows.
+Added: We may be subject to unionization, work stoppages, slowdowns or increased labor costs.
+Added: Currently, none of our associates in the United States are represented by a union.
+Added: However, our associates have the right under the National
+Added: Labor Relations Act to choose union representation.
+Added: If all or a significant number of our associates become unionized and the terms of any collective bargaining agreement were significantly different from our current compensation arrangements, it
+Added: could increase our costs and adversely impact our profitability.
+Added: Moreover, if a significant number of our associates participate in labor unions, it could put us at increased risk of labor strikes and disruption of our operations or adversely affect
+Added: our growth and results of operations.
+Added: In December 2019, a union which commonly represents employees in the supermarket industry filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to represent approximately 120 of our employees who work in and
+Added: around Boston.
+Added: An election was held, and based on certified results of the election we prevailed in this election.
+Added: Notwithstanding this successful election, we could face future union organization efforts or elections, which could lead to additional
+Added: costs, distract management or otherwise harm our business.
+Added: If goodwill or other intangible assets in connection with our acquisitions become
+Added: impaired, we could take significant non-cash charges against earnings.
+Added: acquisitions to complement and expand the services we offer and intend to continue to do so when attractive acquisition opportunities exist in the market.
+Added: As a result of prior acquisitions, including the acquisition of our business in 2014 by our
+Added: current parent entity, Karman Topco L.P.
+Added: (Topco), and the Daymon Acquisition, we have goodwill and intangible assets recorded on our balance sheet of $2.2 billion and $2.5 billion, respectively, as of December 31, 2020, as
+Added: further described in Note 3 to our consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2020.
+Added: Under accounting guidelines, we must assess, at least annually, whether the value of
+Added: goodwill and other intangible assets has been impaired.
+Added: For example, during the year ended December 31, 2018 and in connection with our annual impairment assessment of goodwill and intangible assets, we recognized
+Added: non-cash goodwill and non-cash intangible asset impairment charges of $652.0 million and $580.0 million, respectively, in our sales reporting unit due to our
+Added: revised future year earnings expectations, primarily related to a reduction in revenues in several of our in-store reset and merchandising programs in 2018.
+Added: We can make no assurances that we will not record any additional impairment charges in the future.
+Added: Any future reduction or impairment of the
+Added: value of goodwill or other intangible assets will similarly result in charges against earnings, which could adversely affect our reported financial results in future periods.
+Added: Failures in, or incidents involving, our technology infrastructure could damage our business, reputation and brand and substantially harm our business
+Added: and results of operations.
+Added: Our business is highly dependent on our ability to manage operations and process a large number of
+Added: transactions on a daily basis.
+Added: We rely heavily on our operating, payroll, financial, accounting and other data processing systems which require substantial support, maintenance and cost to maintain, and may be subject to disabilities, errors, or
+Added: If our data and network infrastructure were to fail, or if we were to suffer a data security breach, or an interruption or degradation of services in our data center, third-party cloud, and other infrastructure environments, we could
+Added: lose important data, which could harm our business and reputation, and cause us to incur significant liabilities.
+Added: Our facilities, as well as the facilities of third-parties that provide or maintain, or have access to our data or network
+Added: infrastructure, are vulnerable to damage or interruption from earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, fires, cyber security attacks, terrorist attacks, power losses, telecommunications failures and similar events.
+Added: In the event that our or any third-party
+Added: providers systems or service abilities are hindered by any of the events discussed above, our ability to operate may be impaired.
+Added: A third partys decision to close facilities or terminate services without adequate notice, or other
+Added: unanticipated problems, could adversely impact our operations.
+Added: Any of the aforementioned risks may be augmented if our or any third-party providers business continuity and disaster recovery plans prove to be inadequate in preventing the loss
+Added: of data, service interruptions, disruptions to our operations or damages to important systems or facilities.
+Added: Our data center, third-party cloud, and managed service provider infrastructure also could be subject to
+Added: break-ins, cyber-attacks, sabotage, intentional acts of vandalism and other misconduct, from a spectrum of actors ranging in sophistication from threats common to most industries to more advanced and
+Added: persistent, highly organized adversaries.
+Added: Any security breach, including personal data breaches, or incident, including cybersecurity incidents, that we experience could result in unauthorized access to, or misuse, modification, destruction or
+Added: unauthorized acquisition of, our internal sensitive corporate data, such as personal data, financial data, trade secrets, intellectual property, or other competitively sensitive or confidential data.
+Added: Such unauthorized access, misuse, acquisition, or
+Added: modification of sensitive data may result in data loss, corruption or alteration, interruptions in our operations or damage to our computer hardware or systems or those of our employees, or customers.
+Added: Our systems have been the target of
+Added: cyber-attacks.
+Added: Although we have taken and continue to take steps to enhance our cybersecurity posture, we cannot assure that future cyber incidents will not occur or that our systems will not be targeted or breached in the future.
+Added: incident results in litigation, we may be required to make significant expenditures in the course of such litigation and may be required to pay significant amounts in damages.
+Added: Moreover, negative publicity arising from these types of disruptions
+Added: could damage our reputation.
+Added: We may not carry sufficient business interruption insurance to compensate us for losses that may occur as a result of any events that cause interruptions in our service.
+Added: Significant unavailability of our services due to
+Added: attacks could cause us to incur significant liability, could cause users to cease using our services and materially and adversely affect our business, prospects, financial condition and results of operations.
+Added: We use complex software in our technology infrastructure, which we seek to continually update and improve.
+Added: Replacing such systems is often
+Added: time-consuming and expensive and can also be intrusive to daily business operations.
+Added: Further, we may not always be successful in executing these upgrades and improvements, which may result in a failure of our systems.
+Added: We may experience periodic
+Added: system interruptions from time to time.
+Added: Any slowdown or failure of our underlying technology infrastructure could harm our business and reputation, which could materially adversely affect our results of operations.
+Added: recovery plan or those of our third-party providers may be inadequate, and our business interruption insurance may not be sufficient to compensate us for the losses that could occur.
+Added: Failure to comply with federal, state and foreign laws and regulations relating to privacy, data protection and consumer protection, or the expansion of
+Added: current or the enactment of new laws or regulations relating to privacy, data protection and consumer protection, could adversely affect our business and our financial condition.
+Added: A variety of federal, state and foreign laws and regulations govern the collection, use, retention, sharing and security of personal
+Added: The information, security and privacy requirements imposed by such governmental laws and regulations relating to privacy, data protection and consumer protection are increasingly demanding, quickly evolving and may be subject to
+Added: differing interpretations.
+Added: These requirements may not be harmonized, may be interpreted and applied in a manner that is inconsistent from one jurisdiction to another or may conflict with other rules or our practices.
+Added: As a result, our practices may
+Added: not have complied or may not comply in the future with all such laws, regulations, requirements and obligations.
+Added: We are subject to the
+Added: California Consumer Protection Act of 2018 (CCPA), which became effective in 2020 and regulates the collection, use and processing of personal information relating to California residents, and which grants certain privacy rights to
+Added: California residents, including rights to request access to and to request deletion of personal information relating to such individuals, under certain circumstances.
+Added: Compliance with the new obligations imposed by the CCPA depends in part on how its
+Added: requirements are interpreted and applied by the California attorney general and courts.
+Added: Alleged violations of the CCPA may result in substantial civil penalties or statutory damages when applied at scale, up to $2,500 per violation or $7,500 per
+Added: intentional violation of any CCPA requirement, which may be applied on a per-person or per-record basis.
+Added: The CCPA also establishes a private right of action if certain
+Added: personal information of individuals is subject to an unauthorized access and exfiltration, theft, or disclosure as a result of a businesss violation of the duty to implement and maintain reasonable security procedures and practices, which
+Added: authorizes statutory damages $100 to $750 per person per incident even if there is no actual harm or damage to plaintiffs.
+Added: This private right of action may increase the likelihood of, and risks associated with, data breach litigation.
+Added: November 2020, the State of California adopted the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 which goes into effect January 1, 2023 and provides for expansion and amendment to the CCPA, including additional and strengthened privacy rights for
+Added: California residents, new requirements regarding sensitive data and data sharing for digital advertising, and tripled damages for violations involving childrens data.
+Added: The CPRA establishes a dedicated privacy regulator under California law,
+Added: with rulemaking and enforcement responsibilities.
+Added: We are also subject to international privacy rules, many of which, such as the General
+Added: Data Privacy Regulation (GDPR), and national laws implementing or supplementing the GDPR, such as the United Kingdom Data Protection Law 2018 (which retains key features of GDPR post-Brexit), are significantly more stringent than those
+Added: currently enforced in the United States.
+Added: The GDPR requires companies to meet requirements regarding the handling of personal data of individuals located in the European Economic Area (the EEA).
+Added: The GDPR imposes mandatory data breach
+Added: notification requirements subject to a 72-hour notification deadline.
+Added: The GDPR also includes significant penalties for noncompliance, which may result in monetary penalties of up to the higher of
+Added: 20.0 million or 4% of a groups worldwide turnover for the preceding financial year for the most serious violations.
+Added: The GDPR and other similar regulations require companies to give specific types of notice and informed consent is
+Added: required for the placement of a cookie or similar technologies on a users device for online tracking for behavioral advertising and other purposes and for direct electronic marketing, and the GDPR also imposes additional conditions in order to
+Added: satisfy such consent, such as a prohibition on pre-checked tick boxes and bundled consents.
+Added: In addition, under GDPR, transfers of personal data are prohibited to countries outside of
+Added: the EEA that have not been determined by the European Commission to provide adequate protections for personal data, including the United States.
+Added: Switzerland has similar restrictions.
+Added: There are mechanisms to permit the transfer of personal data from
+Added: the EEA and Switzerland to the United States, but there is also uncertainty as to the future of such mechanisms, which have been under consistent scrutiny and challenge.
+Added: In July 2020, decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union
+Added: invalidated the EU-U.S.
+Added: Privacy Shield Framework, a means that previously permitted transfers of personal data from the EEA to companies in the United States that certified adherence to the Privacy Shield
+Added: It is currently unclear what, if any, arrangement may replace the Privacy Shield Framework.
+Added: Standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission to permit transfers from the EU to third countries currently remain as a basis on
+Added: which to transfer personal data from the EEA to other countries.
+Added: However, the standard contractual clauses are also subject to legal challenge, and in November 2020, the European Commission published a draft of updated standard contractual clauses.
+Added: We presently rely on standard contractual clauses to transfer personal data from EEA member countries, and we may be impacted by changes in law as a result of future review or invalidation of, or changes to, this mechanism by European courts or
+Added: While we will continue to undertake efforts to conform to current regulatory obligations and evolving best practices, we may be unsuccessful in conforming to permitted means of transferring personal data from the European Economic
+Added: We may also experience hesitancy, reluctance, or refusal by European or multi-national customers to continue to use some of our services due to the potential risk exposure of personal data transfers and the current data protection obligations
+Added: imposed on them by certain data protection authorities.
+Added: Such customers may also view any alternative approaches to the transfer of any personal data as being too costly, too burdensome, or otherwise objectionable, and therefore may decide not to do
+Added: business with us if the transfer of personal data is a necessary requirement.
+Added: Although we take reasonable efforts to comply with all
+Added: applicable laws and regulations and have invested and continue to invest human and technology resources into data privacy compliance efforts, there can be no assurance that we will not be subject to regulatory action, including fines, in the event
+Added: of an incident or other claim.
+Added: Data protection laws and requirements may also be enacted, interpreted or applied in a manner that creates inconsistent or contradictory requirements on companies that operate across jurisdictions.
+Added: third-party service providers could be adversely affected if legislation or regulations are expanded to require changes in our or our third-party service providers business practices or if governing jurisdictions interpret or implement their
+Added: legislation or regulations in ways that negatively affect our or our third-party service providers business, results of operations or financial condition.
+Added: For example, we may find it necessary to establish alternative systems to maintain
+Added: personal data in the EEA, which may involve substantial expense and may cause us to divert resources from other aspects of our business, all of which may adversely affect our results from operations.
+Added: Further, any inability to adequately address
+Added: privacy concerns in connection with our solutions, or comply with applicable privacy or data protection laws, regulations and policies, could result in additional cost and liability to us, and adversely affect our ability to offer our solutions.
+Added: GDPR, CCPA, CPRA and other similar laws and regulations, as well as any associated inquiries or investigations or any other government actions, may be costly to comply with, result in negative publicity, increase our operating costs, require
+Added: significant management time and attention and subject us to remedies that may harm our business, including fines or demands or orders that we modify or cease existing business practices.
+Added: Our systems may not be able to satisfy these changing
+Added: requirements and manufacturer, retailer and associate expectations, or may require significant additional investments or time in order to do so.
+Added: We expect that new industry standards, laws and regulations will continue to be proposed regarding privacy, data protection and information
+Added: security in many jurisdictions, including the European e-Privacy Regulation, which is currently in draft form, as well as proposed privacy legislation at the U.S.
+Added: federal and state levels.
+Added: In addition, new
+Added: data processes and datasets associated with emerging technologies are coming under increased regulatory scrutiny, such as biometrics and automated decision-making.
+Added: We cannot yet determine the impact such future laws, regulations and standards may
+Added: have on our business.
+Added: Complying with these evolving obligations is challenging, time consuming and expensive, and federal regulators, state attorneys general and plaintiffs attorneys have been and will likely continue to be active in this
+Added: For instance, expanding
+Added: definitions and interpretations of what constitutes personal data (or the equivalent) within the United States, the EEA and elsewhere may increase our compliance costs and legal
+Added: As another example, various state privacy proposals have included a private right of action for basic privacy violations which, if passed, would dramatically increase both the legal costs of defending frivolous lawsuits and the penalties
+Added: and costs associated with alleged violations.
+Added: A significant data breach or any failure, or perceived failure, by us to comply with any
+Added: federal, state or foreign privacy or consumer protection-related laws, regulations or other principles or orders to which we may be subject or other legal obligations relating to privacy or consumer protection could adversely affect our reputation,
+Added: brand and business, and may result in claims, investigations, proceedings or actions against us by governmental entities or others or other penalties or liabilities or require us to change our operations and/or cease using certain data sets.
+Added: Moreover, the proliferation of supply chain-based cyberattacks and vendor security incidents increases these potential legal risks and costs even where the attack did not target us, occur on our systems, result from any action or inaction by us.
+Added: Depending on the nature of the information compromised, we may also have obligations to notify users, law enforcement, regulators, business partners or payment companies about the incident and may need to provide some form of remedy, such as refunds
+Added: or identity theft monitoring services, for the individuals affected by the incident.
+Added: The Take 5 Matter may lead to additional harms, risks and
+Added: uncertainties for us, including litigation and governmental investigations, a reduction in revenue, a potential deterioration in our relationships or reputation and a loss in investor confidence.
+Added: As further described elsewhere in this Annual Report, we restated our previously issued audited consolidated financial statements for the year
+Added: ended December 31, 2018 based on our determination that revenue during those periods attributable to the Take 5 business had been recognized for services for which performance obligations were not performed on behalf of clients of Take 5 and
+Added: that inaccurate reports were made to Take 5 clients about those services.
+Added: See Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations Take 5 Matter and Business Legal
+Added: Proceedings .
+Added: As a result of these matters, we may be subject to a number of additional harms, risks and uncertainties,
+Added: including substantial costs for accounting and legal fees in connection with or related to the restatement, potential lawsuits by clients or other interested parties who claim to have been harmed by the misconduct at Take 5, other costs and fees
+Added: related to the Take 5 Matter (in excess of the amounts already being offered as refunds), potential governmental investigations arising from the Take 5 Matter, a reduction in our current and anticipated revenue and a potential deterioration in our
+Added: associate and client relationships or our reputation.
+Added: In addition, if we do not prevail in any litigation or governmental investigation related to these matters, we could be subject to costs related to such litigation or governmental investigation,
+Added: including equitable relief, civil monetary damages, treble damages, repayment or criminal penalties, which may not be covered by insurance or may materially increase our insurance costs.
+Added: We have incurred and will continue to incur additional
+Added: substantial defense and investigation costs regardless of the outcome of any such litigation or governmental investigation.
+Added: In addition, there can be no assurance to what degree, if any, we will be able to recover any such costs or damages from the
+Added: former owners of Take 5 or whether such former owners of Take 5 engaged in further unknown improper activities that may subject us to further costs or damages, including potential reputational harm.
+Added: Likewise, such events have caused and may cause
+Added: further diversion of our managements time and attention.
+Added: Any adverse outcome related to these matters cannot be predicted at this time, and may materially harm our business, reputation, financial condition and/or results of operations, or the
+Added: trading price of our securities.
+Added: Our business is seasonal in nature and quarterly operating results can fluctuate.
+Added: Our services are seasonal in nature, with the fourth fiscal quarter typically generating a higher proportion of our revenues than other fiscal
+Added: Adverse events, such as deteriorating economic conditions, higher unemployment, higher gas prices, public transportation disruptions, public health crises (including the
+Added: COVID-19 pandemic) or unanticipated adverse weather, could result in lower-than-planned sales during key revenue-producing seasons.
+Added: For example, frequent
+Added: or unusually heavy snowfall, ice storms, rainstorms, windstorms or other extreme weather conditions over a prolonged period could make it difficult for consumers to travel to retail stores or foodservice locations.
+Added: Such events could lead to lower
+Added: revenues, negatively impacting our financial condition and results of operations.
+Added: Our business is competitive, and increased competition could
+Added: adversely affect our business and results of operations.
+Added: The sales, marketing and merchandising services industry is competitive.
+Added: We face competition from a few other large, national or super-regional agencies as well as many niche and regional agencies.
+Added: Remaining competitive in this industry requires that we closely monitor and respond to trends in all industry sectors.
+Added: cannot assure you that we will be able to anticipate and respond successfully to such trends in a timely manner.
+Added: Moreover, some of our competitors may choose to sell services competitive to ours at lower prices by accepting lower margins and
+Added: profitability or may be able to sell services competitive to ours at lower prices due to proprietary ownership of data or technical superiority, which could negatively impact the rates that we can charge.
+Added: If we are unable to compete successfully, it
+Added: could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and our results of operations.
+Added: If certain competitors were to combine into integrated sales, marketing and merchandising services companies, additional sales, marketing and
+Added: merchandising service companies were to enter the market or existing participants in this industry were to become more competitive, including through technological innovation such as social media and crowdsourcing, it could have a material adverse
+Added: effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.
+Added: Damage to our reputation could negatively impact our business, financial
+Added: condition and results of operations.
+Added: Our reputation and the quality of our brand are critical to our business and success in
+Added: existing markets and will be critical to our success as we enter new markets.
+Added: We believe that we have built our reputation on the high quality of our sales and marketing services, our commitment to our clients and our performance-based culture, and
+Added: we must protect and grow the value of our brand in order for us to continue to be successful.
+Added: Any incident that erodes client loyalty to our brand could significantly reduce its value and damage our business.
+Added: Also, there has been a marked increase
+Added: in the use of social media platforms and similar devices, including blogs, social media websites, Twitter and other forms of internet-based communications that provide individuals with access to a broad audience of consumers and other interested
+Added: Many social media platforms immediately publish the content their subscribers and participants post, often without filters or checks on accuracy of the content posted.
+Added: Information concerning us may be posted on such platforms at any time.
+Added: Information posted may be adverse to our interests or may be inaccurate, each of which may harm our performance, prospects or business.
+Added: The harm may be immediate without affording us an opportunity for redress or correction.
+Added: We rely on third parties to provide certain data and services in connection with the provision of our services.
+Added: We rely on third parties to provide certain data and services for use in connection with the provision of our services.
+Added: For example, we
+Added: contract with third parties to obtain the raw data on retail product sales and inventories.
+Added: These suppliers of data may impose restrictions on our use of such data, fail to adhere to our quality control standards, increase the price they charge us
+Added: for this data or refuse altogether to license the data to us.
+Added: If we are unable to use such third-party data and services or if we are unable to contract with third parties, when necessary, our business, financial condition or our results of
+Added: operations could be adversely affected.
+Added: In the event that such data and services are unavailable for our use or the cost of acquiring such data and services increases, our business could be adversely affected.
+Added: We may not be able to adequately protect our intellectual property, which, in turn, could harm the
+Added: value of our brands and adversely affect our business.
+Added: Our ability to implement our business plan successfully depends in part on
+Added: our ability to further build brand recognition using our trade names, service marks, trademarks, proprietary products and other intellectual property, including our name and logos.
+Added: We rely on U.S.
+Added: and foreign trademark, copyright and trade secret
+Added: laws, as well as license agreements, nondisclosure agreements and confidentiality and other contractual provisions to protect our intellectual property.
+Added: Nevertheless, our competitors may develop similar business solutions and concepts, and adequate
+Added: remedies may not be available in the event of an unauthorized use or disclosure of our trade secrets and other intellectual property.
+Added: success of our business depends on our continued ability to use our existing trademarks and service marks to increase brand awareness and further develop our brand in both domestic and international markets.
+Added: We have registered and applied to
+Added: register our trade names, service marks and trademarks in the United States and foreign jurisdictions.
+Added: However, the steps we have taken to protect our intellectual property in the United States and in foreign countries may not be adequate, and third
+Added: parties may misappropriate, dilute, infringe upon or otherwise harm the value of our intellectual property.
+Added: In addition, the laws of some foreign countries do not protect intellectual property to the same extent as the laws of the United States.
+Added: Third parties may also assert that we infringe, misappropriate or otherwise violate their intellectual property, particularly with
+Added: respect to our digital solutions, and may sue us for intellectual property infringement.
+Added: Even if we are successful in these proceedings, we may incur substantial costs, and the time and attention of our management and other personnel may be diverted
+Added: in pursuing these proceedings.
+Added: If a court finds that we infringe a third partys intellectual property, we may be required to pay damages or be subject to an injunction.
+Added: With respect to any third-party intellectual property that we use or wish
+Added: to use in our business (whether or not asserted against us in litigation), we may not be able to enter into licensing or other arrangements with the owner of such intellectual property at a reasonable cost or on reasonable terms.
+Added: Consumer goods manufacturers and retailers, including some of our clients, are subject to extensive governmental regulation and we and they may be
+Added: subject to enforcement in the event of noncompliance with applicable requirements.
+Added: Consumer goods manufacturers and retailers,
+Added: including some of our clients, are subject to a broad range of federal, state, local and international laws and regulations governing, among other things, the research, development, manufacture, distribution, marketing and post-market reporting of
+Added: consumer products.
+Added: These include laws administered by the U.S.
+Added: Food and Drug Administration (the FDA), the U.S.
+Added: Drug Enforcement Administration, the U.S.
+Added: Federal Trade Commission, the U.S.
+Added: Department of Agriculture and other federal,
+Added: state, local and international regulatory authorities.
+Added: For example, certain of our clients market and sell products containing cannabidiol (CBD).
+Added: CBD products are subject to a number of federal, state, local and international laws and
+Added: regulations restricting their use in certain categories of products and in certain jurisdictions.
+Added: In particular, the FDA currently prohibits marketing of food, beverages or dietary supplements that contain CBD.
+Added: These laws are broad in scope and
+Added: subject to evolving interpretations, which could require us to incur costs associated with new or modified compliance requirements or require us or our clients to alter or limit our activities, including marketing and promotion, of such products, or
+Added: to remove them from the market altogether.
+Added: If a regulatory authority determines that we or our current or future clients have not
+Added: complied with the applicable regulatory requirements, our business may be materially impacted and we or our clients could be subject to enforcement actions or loss of business.
+Added: We cannot predict the nature of any future laws, regulations,
+Added: interpretations or applications of the laws, nor can we determine what effect additional laws, regulations or administrative policies and procedures, if and when enacted, promulgated and implemented, could have on our business.
+Added: We may be subject to claims for products for which we are the vendor of record or may otherwise be in
+Added: the chain of title.
+Added: For certain of our clients products, we become the vendor of record to the retailer or otherwise may be
+Added: in the chain of title.
+Added: For these products, we could be subject to potential claims for misbranded, adulterated, contaminated, damaged or spoiled products, or could be subject to liability in connection with claims related to infringement of
+Added: intellectual property, product liability, product recalls or other liabilities arising in connection with the sale or marketing of these products.
+Added: As a result, we could be subject to claims or lawsuits (including potential class action lawsuits),
+Added: and we could incur liabilities that are not insured or exceed our insurance coverage or for which the manufacturer of the product does not indemnify us.
+Added: Even if product claims against us are not successful or fully pursued, these claims could be
+Added: costly and time consuming and may require our management to spend time defending the claims rather than operating our business.
+Added: that has been actually or allegedly misbranded, adulterated or damaged or is actually or allegedly defective could result in product withdrawals or recalls, destruction of product inventory, negative publicity and substantial costs of compliance or
+Added: Any of these events, including a significant product liability judgment against us, could result in monetary damages and/or a loss of demand for our products, both of which could have an adverse effect on our business or results of
+Added: We generate revenues and incur expenses throughout the world that are subject to exchange rate fluctuations, and our results of
+Added: operations may suffer due to currency translations.
+Added: operations earn revenues and incur expenses primarily in U.S.
+Added: dollars, while our international operations earn revenues and incur expenses primarily in Canadian dollars, British pounds or euros.
+Added: Because of currency exchange rate fluctuations, including possible devaluations, we are subject to currency
+Added: translation exposure on the results of our operations, in addition to economic exposure.
+Added: There has been, and may continue to be, volatility in currency exchange rates as a result of the United Kingdoms withdrawal from the European Union,
+Added: especially between the U.S.
+Added: dollar and the British pound.
+Added: These risks could adversely impact our business or results of operations.
+Added: We are subject
+Added: to risks related to recent proposals for reform regarding LIBOR.
+Added: Certain of our financial arrangements, including the New Senior
+Added: Secured Credit Facilities are made at, or will be made at, variable rates that use the London Interbank Offered Rate, or LIBOR (or metrics derived from or related to LIBOR), as a benchmark for establishing the interest rate.
+Added: LIBOR is the subject of
+Added: recent proposals for reform.
+Added: On July 27, 2017, the United Kingdoms Financial Conduct Authority announced that it intends to stop persuading or compelling banks to submit LIBOR rates after 2021.
+Added: These reforms may cause LIBOR to cease to
+Added: exist, new methods of calculating LIBOR to be established or the establishment of an alternative reference rate(s).
+Added: These consequences cannot be entirely predicted and could have an adverse impact on the market value for or value of LIBOR-linked
+Added: securities, loans and other financial obligations or extensions of credit held by or due to us.
+Added: Changes in market interest rates may influence our financing costs, returns on financial investments and the valuation of derivative contracts and could
+Added: reduce our earnings and cash flows.
+Added: Fluctuations in our tax obligations and effective tax rate and realization of our deferred tax assets may
+Added: result in volatility of our operating results.
+Added: We are subject to taxes by the U.S.
+Added: federal, state, local and foreign tax
+Added: authorities, and our tax liabilities will be affected by the allocation of expenses to differing jurisdictions.
+Added: We record tax expense based on our estimates of future payments, which may include reserves for uncertain tax positions in multiple tax
+Added: jurisdictions, and valuation allowances related to certain net deferred tax assets.
+Added: At any one time, many tax years may be subject to audit by various taxing jurisdictions.
+Added: The results of these audits and negotiations with taxing authorities may
+Added: affect the ultimate settlement of these matters.
+Added: We expect that throughout the year there could be ongoing
+Added: variability in our quarterly tax rates as events occur and exposures are evaluated.
+Added: Our future effective tax rates could be subject to volatility or adversely affected by a number of factors,
+Added: changes in the valuation of our deferred tax assets and liabilities;
+Added: expected timing and amount of the release of any tax valuation allowance;
+Added: tax effects of equity-based compensation;
+Added: changes in tax laws, regulations or interpretations thereof;
+Added: future earnings being lower than anticipated in jurisdictions where we have lower statutory tax rates and higher
+Added: than anticipated earnings in jurisdictions where we have higher statutory tax rates.
+Added: In addition, our effective tax
+Added: rate in a given financial statement period may be materially impacted by a variety of factors including but not limited to changes in the mix and level of earnings, varying tax rates in the different jurisdictions in which we operate, fluctuations
+Added: in the valuation allowance, deductibility of certain items or changes to existing accounting rules or regulations.
+Added: Further, tax legislation may be enacted in the future which could negatively impact our current or future tax structure and effective
+Added: We may be subject to audits of our income, sales and other transaction taxes by U.S.
+Added: federal, state, local and foreign taxing authorities.
+Added: Outcomes from these audits could have an adverse effect on our operating results and financial
+Added: Risks Related to Ownership of Our Common Stock
+Added: We are controlled by Topco, the Advantage Sponsors, and the CP Sponsor, whose economic and other interests in our business may be different from yours.
+Added: Our authorized capital stock consists of 3,290,000,000 shares of common stock and 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, and as of
+Added: March 16, 2021, the Advantage Sponsors (as defined herein), Topco and Conyers Park II Sponsor LLC, an affiliate of Centerview Capital Management, LLC, which was Conyers Parks sponsor prior to the Merger (the CP Sponsor)
+Added: collectively own 254,310,000 shares, or 79.86% (including 65.56% held by Topco), of our outstanding common stock.
+Added: Subject to applicable law, the Advantage Sponsors, through their direct ownership of our common stock and their ownership of equity
+Added: interests of Topco, and the CP Sponsor are able to exert significant influence in the election of our directors and control actions to be taken by our stockholders, including amendments to our second amended and restated certificate of incorporation
+Added: and approval of mergers, sales of substantially all of our assets, and other significant corporate transactions.
+Added: It is possible that the interests of Topco, the Advantage Sponsors and the CP Sponsor may in some circumstances conflict with our
+Added: interests and the interests of our other stockholders, including you.
+Added: We are a controlled company within the meaning of the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
+Added: listing requirements and as a result, may rely on exemptions from certain corporate governance requirements.
+Added: To the extent we rely on such exemptions, you will not have the same protections afforded to stockholders of companies that are subject to
+Added: such corporate governance requirements.
+Added: Because of the voting power over our company held by Topco, the Advantage Sponsors, and
+Added: the CP Sponsor and the voting arrangement between such parties, we are considered a controlled company for the purposes of the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (NASDAQ) listing requirements.
+Added: As such, we are exempt from the corporate governance
+Added: requirements that our board of directors, compensation committee, and nominating and corporate governance committee meet the standard of independence established by those corporate governance requirements.
+Added: The independence standards are intended to
+Added: ensure that directors who meet the independence standards are free of any conflicting interest that could influence their actions as directors.
+Added: We do not currently utilize the exemptions afforded to a controlled company, though we are entitled to do so.
+Added: To the extent we utilize these
+Added: exemptions, you will not have the same protections afforded to stockholders of companies that are subject to all of the corporate governance requirements of NASDAQ.
+Added: The anti-takeover provisions of our certificate of incorporation and bylaws could prevent or delay a
+Added: change in control of us, even if such change in control would be beneficial to our stockholders.
+Added: Provisions of our certificate of
+Added: incorporation and bylaws, as well as provisions of Delaware law, could discourage, delay, or prevent a merger, acquisition, or other change in control of us, even if such change in control would be beneficial to our stockholders.
+Added: These include:
+Added: authorizing the issuance of blank check preferred stock that could be issued by our board of
+Added: directors to increase the number of outstanding shares and thwart a takeover attempt;
+Added: provision for a classified board of directors so that not all members of our board of directors are elected at
+Added: not permitting the use of cumulative voting for the election of directors;
+Added: permitting the removal of directors only for cause;
+Added: limiting the ability of stockholders to call special meetings;
+Added: requiring all stockholder actions to be taken at a meeting of our stockholders;
+Added: requiring approval of the holders of at least two-thirds of the shares
+Added: entitled to vote at an election of directors to adopt, amend, or repeal the proposed bylaws or repeal the provisions of the second amended and restated certificate of incorporation regarding the election and removal of directors;
+Added: establishing advance notice requirements for nominations for election to the board of directors or for proposing
+Added: matters that can be acted upon by stockholders at stockholder meetings.
+Added: In addition, although we have opted out of
+Added: Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (DGCL), our certificate of incorporation contain similar provisions providing that we may not engage in certain business combinations with any interested
+Added: stockholder for a three-year period following the time that the stockholder became an interested stockholder, subject to certain exceptions.
+Added: Generally, a business combination includes a merger, asset, or stock sale or other
+Added: transaction resulting in a financial benefit to the interested stockholder.
+Added: Subject to certain exceptions, an interested
+Added: stockholder is a person who, together with that persons affiliates and associates, owns, or within the previous three years owned, 15% or more of our outstanding voting stock.
+Added: Under certain circumstances, this provision will make it more difficult for a person who would be an interested stockholder to
+Added: effect various business combinations with us for a three-year period.
+Added: These provisions also may have the effect of preventing changes in our board of directors and may make it more difficult to accomplish transactions which stockholders may
+Added: otherwise deem to be in their best interests.
+Added: Moreover, our certificate of incorporation provides that Topco and its affiliates do not
+Added: constitute interested stockholders for purposes of this provision, and thus any business combination transaction between us and Topco and its affiliates would not be subject to the protections otherwise provided by this provision.
+Added: and its affiliates are not prohibited from selling a controlling interest in us to a third party and may do so without your approval and without providing for a purchase of your shares of common stock, subject to the
+Added: lock-up restrictions applicable to Topco.
+Added: Accordingly, your shares of common stock may be worth less than they would be if Topco and its affiliates did not maintain voting control over us.
+Added: For additional information about our relationship with Topco and its affiliates, please see Certain Relationships and Related
+Added: Transactions, and Director Independence elsewhere in this Annual Report.
+Added: The provisions of our certificate of incorporation and bylaws requiring exclusive venue in the Court
+Added: of Chancery in the State of Delaware or the federal district courts of the United States of America for certain types of lawsuits may have the effect of discouraging lawsuits against our directors and officers.
+Added: Our certificate of incorporation and bylaws require, to the fullest extent permitted by law, that (i) any derivative action or proceeding
+Added: brought on our behalf, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any of our directors, officers, or other employees to us or our stockholders, (iii) any action asserting a claim against us arising pursuant to
+Added: any provision of the DGCL or our certificate of incorporation or bylaws, or (iv) any action asserting a claim against us governed by the internal affairs doctrine will have to be brought only in the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware
+Added: (or the federal district court for the District of Delaware or other state courts of the State of Delaware if the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware does not have jurisdiction).
+Added: Our certificate of incorporation and bylaws also require that
+Added: the federal district courts of the United States of America will be the exclusive forum for the resolution of any complaint asserting a cause of action arising under the Securities Act;
+Added: however, there is uncertainty as to whether a court would
+Added: enforce such provision, and investors cannot waive compliance with federal securities laws and the rules and regulations thereunder.
+Added: Although we believe these provisions benefit us by providing increased consistency in the application of applicable
+Added: law in the types of lawsuits to which they apply, the provisions may have the effect of discouraging lawsuits against our directors and officers.
+Added: These provisions do not apply to any suits brought to enforce any liability or duty created by the
+Added: Exchange Act or any other claim for which the federal courts of the United States have exclusive jurisdiction.
+Added: Because we have no current plans to
+Added: pay cash dividends on our Class A common stock, you may not receive any return on investment unless you sell your Class A common stock for a price greater than that which you paid for it.
+Added: We have no current plans to pay cash dividends on our Class A common stock.
+Added: The declaration, amount and payment of any future dividends on
+Added: our Class A common stock will be at the discretion of our board of directors and will depend upon our results of operations, financial condition, capital requirements, and other factors that our board of directors deems relevant.
+Added: The payment of
+Added: cash dividends is also restricted under the terms of the agreements governing our debt and our ability to pay dividend may also be restricted by the terms of any future credit agreement or any securities we or our subsidiaries may issue.
+Added: The trading price of our Class A common stock may be volatile or may decline regardless of our operating performance.
+Added: The market prices for our Class A common stock are likely to be volatile and may fluctuate significantly in response to a number of
+Added: factors, most of which we cannot control, including:
+Added: quarterly variations in our operating results compared to market expectations;
+Added: changes in preferences of our clients;
+Added: announcements of new products or services or significant price reductions;
+Added: the size of our public float;
+Added: fluctuations in stock market prices and volumes;
+Added: defaults on our indebtedness;
+Added: changes in senior management or key personnel;
+Added: the granting, vesting, or exercise of employee stock options, restricted stock, or other equity rights;
+Added: the payment of any dividends thereon in shares of our common stock;
+Added: changes in financial estimates or recommendations by securities analysts;
+Added: negative earnings or other announcements by us;
+Added: downgrades in our credit ratings;
+Added: material litigation or governmental investigations;
+Added: issuances of capital stock;
+Added: global economic, legal, and regulatory factors unrelated to our performance, including the COVID-19 pandemic;
+Added: the realization of any risks described in this Annual Report under Risk Factors .
+Added: In addition, in the past, stockholders have instituted securities class action litigation against companies following
+Added: periods of market volatility.
+Added: If we were involved in securities litigation, we could incur substantial costs and our resources and the attention of management could be diverted from our business.
+Added: Risks Related to Indebtedness
+Added: We need to continue
+Added: to generate significant operating cash flow in order to fund acquisitions and to service our debt.
+Added: Our business currently
+Added: generates operating cash flow, which we use to fund acquisitions to grow our business and to service our substantial indebtedness.
+Added: If, because of loss of revenue, pressure on pricing from customers, increases in our costs (including increases in
+Added: costs related to servicing our indebtedness or labor costs), general economic, financial, competitive, legislative, regulatory conditions or other factors, including any acceleration of the foregoing as a result of the
+Added: COVID-19 pandemic, many of which are outside of our control our business generates less operating cash flow, we may not have sufficient funds to grow our business or to service our indebtedness.
+Added: If we are unable to generate sufficient cash flow or are otherwise unable to obtain funds necessary to meet required payments of principal,
+Added: premium, if any, and interest on our indebtedness, or if we otherwise fail to comply with the various covenants in the agreements governing our indebtedness, we could be in default under the terms of the agreements governing such indebtedness.
+Added: the event of such default, the lenders under our credit facilities could elect to terminate their commitments thereunder, cease making further loans and institute foreclosure proceedings against our assets, and we could be forced into bankruptcy or
+Added: If our operating performance declines, we may in the future need to obtain waivers from the required lenders under our credit agreements to avoid being in default.
+Added: If we or any of our subsidiaries breach the covenants under our credit
+Added: agreements and seek a waiver, we may not be able to obtain a waiver from the required lenders.
+Added: If this occurs, we would be in default under our credit agreements, the lenders could exercise their rights as described above, and we could be forced
+Added: into bankruptcy or liquidation.
+Added: Our substantial indebtedness could adversely affect our financial health, restrict our activities, and affect our
+Added: ability to meet our obligations.
+Added: We have a significant amount of indebtedness.
+Added: As of December 31, 2020, we had total
+Added: indebtedness of $2.2 billion, excluding debt issuance costs, with an additional $60.7 million of letters of credit outstanding under our New Revolving Credit Facility.
+Added: The terms of our New Senior Secured Credit Facilities and our Notes
+Added: contain customary covenants that restrict us from taking certain actions, such as incurring additional debt, permitting liens on pledged assets, making investments, making distributions to equity holders, prepaying junior debt, engaging in mergers
+Added: or restructurings, and selling assets, among other things, which may restrict our ability to successfully execute on our business plan.
+Added: For a more complete description of the covenants and material terms of the New Senior Secured Credit Facilities
+Added: and our Notes, please see Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations Liquidity and Capital Resources in this Annual Report.
+Added: Despite current indebtedness levels, we and our subsidiaries may still be able to incur additional
+Added: indebtedness, which could increase the risks associated with our indebtedness.
+Added: We and our subsidiaries may be able to incur
+Added: additional indebtedness in the future because the terms of our indebtedness do not fully prohibit us or our subsidiaries from doing so.
+Added: Subject to covenant compliance and certain conditions, as of December 31, 2020, the New Revolving Credit
+Added: Facility would have permitted additional borrowings of up to $289.3 million, which also would have been permitted pursuant to the Notes.
+Added: In addition, we and our subsidiaries have, and will have, the ability to incur additional indebtedness as
+Added: incremental facilities under our New Senior Secured Credit Facilities and we or our subsidiaries may issue additional notes in the future.
+Added: If additional debt is added to our current debt levels and our subsidiaries current debt levels, the
+Added: related risks that we and they now face could increase.
+Added: Failure to maintain our credit ratings could adversely affect our liquidity, capital
+Added: position, ability to hedge certain financial risks, borrowing costs, and access to capital markets.
+Added: Our credit risk is evaluated
+Added: by the major independent rating agencies, and such agencies have in the past downgraded, and could in the future downgrade, our ratings.
+Added: Our credit rating may impact the interest rates on any future indebtedness as well as the applicability of
+Added: certain covenants in the agreements governing our indebtedness.
+Added: We cannot assure you that we will be able to maintain our current credit ratings, and any additional, actual or anticipated changes or downgrades in our credit ratings, including any
+Added: announcement that our ratings are under further review for a downgrade, may have a negative impact on our liquidity, capital position, ability to hedge certain financial risks, and access to capital markets.
+Added: Our variable rate indebtedness subjects us to interest rate risk, which could cause our debt service obligations to increase significantly.
+Added: Borrowings under our New Revolving Credit Facility and New Term Loan Facility are at variable rates of interest and expose us to interest rate
+Added: If interest rates were to increase, our debt service obligations on the variable rate indebtedness would increase even though the amount borrowed remained the same, and our net income and cash flows, including cash available for servicing our
+Added: indebtedness, will correspondingly decrease.
+Added: On a pro forma basis, assuming no other prepayments of the New Term Loan Facility and that our New Revolving Credit Facility is fully drawn (and to the extent that LIBOR is in excess of the 0.50% and
+Added: 0.75% floors applicable to our New Revolving Credit Facility and New Term Loan Facility, respectively), each one-eighth percentage point change in interest rates would result in an approximately
+Added: $1.3 million change in annual interest expense on the indebtedness under our New Senior Secured Credit Facilities.
+Added: In the future, we may enter into interest rate swaps that involve the exchange of floating- for fixed-rate interest payments in
+Added: order to reduce interest rate volatility or risk.
+Added: However, we may not maintain interest rate swaps with respect to any of our variable rate indebtedness, and any swaps we enter into may not fully or effectively mitigate our interest rate risk.
+Added: General Risk Factors
+Added: Our business and financial
+Added: results may be affected by various litigation and regulatory proceedings.
+Added: We are subject to litigation and regulatory proceedings
+Added: in the normal course of business and could become subject to additional claims in the future.
+Added: These proceedings have included, and in the future may include, matters involving personnel and employment issues, workers compensation, personal and
+Added: property injury, disputes relating to acquisitions (including contingent consideration), governmental investigations and other proceedings.
+Added: Some historical and current legal proceedings and future legal proceedings may purport to be brought as class
+Added: actions or representative basis on behalf of similarly situated parties including with respect to employment-related matters.
+Added: We cannot be certain of the ultimate outcomes of any such claims, and resolution of these types of matters against us may
+Added: result in significant fines, judgments or settlements, which, if uninsured, or if the fines, judgments and settlements exceed insured levels, could adversely affect our business or financial results.
+Added: See Legal Proceedings .
+Added: We are subject to many federal, state, local and international laws with which compliance is both
+Added: costly and complex.
+Added: Our business is subject to various, and sometimes complex, laws and regulations, including those that have
+Added: been or may be implemented in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
+Added: In order to conduct our operations in compliance with these laws and regulations, we must obtain and maintain numerous permits, approvals and
+Added: certificates from various federal, state, local and international governmental authorities.
+Added: We may incur substantial costs in order to maintain compliance with these existing laws and regulations.
+Added: In addition, our costs of compliance may increase if
+Added: existing laws and regulations are revised or reinterpreted or if new laws and regulations become applicable to our operations.
+Added: These costs could have an adverse impact on our business or results of operations.
+Added: Moreover, our failure to comply with
+Added: these laws and regulations, as interpreted and enforced, could lead to fines, penalties or management distraction or otherwise harm our business.
+Added: Our insurance may not provide adequate levels of coverage against claims.
+Added: We believe that we maintain insurance customary for businesses of our size and type.
+Added: However, there are types of losses we may incur that
+Added: cannot be insured against or that we believe are not economically reasonable to insure.
+Added: Further, insurance may not continue to be available to us on acceptable terms, if at all, and, if available, coverage may not be adequate.
+Added: If we are unable to
+Added: obtain insurance at an acceptable cost or on acceptable terms, we could be exposed to significant losses.
+Added: We have incurred and will continue to
+Added: incur increased costs as a public company.
+Added: As a public company, we have incurred and will continue to incur significant legal,
+Added: accounting, insurance, and other expenses that we did not incur as a private company, including costs associated with public company reporting requirements.
+Added: We also have incurred and will incur costs associated with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and
+Added: related rules implemented by the SEC.
+Added: The expenses incurred by public companies for reporting and corporate governance purposes generally have been increasing.
+Added: We expect these rules and regulations to increase our legal and financial compliance
+Added: costs and to make some activities more time-consuming and costly, although we are currently unable to estimate these costs with any degree of certainty.
+Added: In estimating these costs, we took into account expenses related to insurance, legal,
+Added: accounting, and compliance activities, as well as other expenses not currently incurred.
+Added: These laws and regulations could also make it more difficult or costly for us to obtain certain types of insurance, including director and officer liability
+Added: insurance, and we may be forced to accept reduced policy limits and coverage or incur substantially higher costs to obtain the same or similar coverage.
+Added: These laws and regulations could also make it more difficult for us to attract and retain
+Added: qualified persons to serve on our board of directors, on our board committees, or as our executive officers.
+Added: Furthermore, if we are unable to satisfy our obligations as a public company, we could be subject to delisting of our Class A common
+Added: stock, fines, sanctions, and other regulatory action and potentially civil litigation.
+Added: Our management has limited experience in operating a public
+Added: Our executive officers have limited experience in the management of a publicly traded company.
+Added: Our management team may
+Added: not successfully or effectively manage our transition to a public company that will be subject to significant regulatory oversight and reporting obligations under federal securities laws.
+Added: Their limited experience in dealing with the increasingly
+Added: complex laws pertaining to public companies could be a significant disadvantage in that it is likely that an increasing amount of their time may be devoted to these activities which will result in less time being devoted to the management and growth
+Added: of the Company.
+Added: We may not have adequate personnel with the appropriate level of knowledge, experience, and training in the accounting policies, practices or internal controls over financial reporting required of public companies in the United
+Added: The development and implementation of the standards and controls necessary for the Company to achieve the level of accounting standards required of a public company in the United States may require costs greater than expected.
+Added: It is possible
+Added: that we will be required to expand our employee base and hire additional employees to support our operations as a public company which will increase our operating costs in future periods.
+Added: An active, liquid trading market for our Class A common stock may not be available.
+Added: We cannot predict the extent to which investor interest in our company will lead to availability of a trading market on NASDAQ or otherwise in
+Added: the future or how active and liquid that market may be for our Class A common stock.
+Added: If an active and liquid trading market is not available, you may have difficulty selling any of our Class A common stock.
+Added: Among other things, in the
+Added: absence of a liquid public trading market:
+Added: you may not be able to liquidate your investment in shares of Class A common stock;
+Added: you may not be able to resell your shares of Class A common stock at or above the price attributed to them
+Added: in the Transactions;
+Added: the market price of shares of Class A common stock may experience significant price volatility;
+Added: there may be less efficiency in carrying out your purchase and sale orders.
+Added: If securities analysts do not publish research or reports about our business or if they publish negative evaluations of our common stock, the price of
+Added: our Class A common stock could decline.
+Added: The trading market for our Class A common stock will rely in part on the
+Added: research and reports that industry or financial analysts publish about us or our business.
+Added: If few analysts commence coverage of us, the trading price of our stock could be negatively affected.
+Added: Even with analyst coverage, if one or more of the
+Added: analysts covering our business downgrade their evaluations of our stock, the price of our Class A common stock could decline.
+Added: If one or more of these analysts cease to cover our common stock, we could lose visibility in the market for our
+Added: Class A common stock, which in turn could cause our Class A common stock price to decline.
+Added: Substantial future sales of our Class A
+Added: common stock, or the perception in the public markets that these sales may occur, may depress our stock price.
+Added: substantial amounts of our common stock in the public market, or the perception that these sales could occur, could adversely affect the price of our common stock and could impair our ability to raise capital through the sale of additional shares.
+Added: Certain shares of our common stock are freely tradable without restriction under the Securities Act, except for any shares of our common stock that may be held or acquired by our directors, executive officers, and other affiliates, as that term is
+Added: defined in the Securities Act, which are be restricted securities under the Securities Act.
+Added: Restricted securities may not be sold in the public market unless the sale is registered under the Securities Act or an exemption from registration is
+Added: Topco, the Advantage Sponsors, the CP Sponsor and members of our management have rights, subject to certain conditions, to require us to file registration statements covering Topcos shares of our common stock or to include shares in
+Added: registration statements that we may file for ourselves or other stockholders.
+Added: Following the expiration of the period covered by, or the
+Added: waiver of the, lock-up agreement between Topco, the Advantage Sponsors and the CP Sponsor entered into in connection with the Transactions, those parties will have the right to sell or distribute the shares of
+Added: our common stock they hold.
+Added: Those shares may be sold in the public market subject to applicable restrictions under the federal securities laws, including the limitations under Rule 144 of the Securities Act (particularly those applicable to our
+Added: directors, officers, and affiliates, which restrict the manner and volume of shares that may be sold).
+Added: Those shares may also be sold in registered offerings pursuant to the registration rights described elsewhere in this Annual Report.
+Added: sales, including sales of a substantial number of shares or the perception in the market that the holders of a large number of shares intend to sell shares, could reduce the market price of our Class A common stock.
+Added: We may also issue shares of
+Added: our common stock or securities convertible into our common stock from time to time in connection with financings, acquisitions, investments, or otherwise.
+Added: Any such issuance could result in ownership dilution to you as a stockholder and cause the
+Added: trading price of our common stock to decline.
+Added: Unresolved Staff Comments.
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