ASURE SOFTWARE INC 10-Q

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS Except for the risk factor set forth below, which was also included on our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2024, there have been no material changes from the risk factors previously disclosed in the Company’s 2023 Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the SEC on February 26, 2024, and investors are encouraged to review these risk factors prior to making an investment in the Company. In connection with recent acquisitions the risk factor set forth below has been restated to include the acquisition of complementary businesses in addition to the acquisition of reseller partners. We have acquired and plan to continue to acquire from time to time our Reseller Partners' businesses that have licensed our proprietary software and other complementary businesses either through stock acquisition or through an asset purchase of their client service agreements and related assets. These acquisitions could prove difficult to integrate, result in unknown or unforeseen liabilities, disrupt our business, dilute stockholder value and ownership and adversely affect our operating results and financial condition. Acquisitions and investments involve numerous risks, including: • potential failure to achieve the expected benefits of the combination or acquisition; • difficulties in, and the cost of, integrating operations, technologies, services, platforms and personnel; • diversion of financial and managerial resources from existing operations; • the potential entry into new markets in which we have little or no experience or where competitors may have stronger market positions; • potential write-offs of acquired assets or investments, and potential financial and credit risks associated with acquired customers; • potential loss of key employees of the acquired company; • inability to generate sufficient revenue to offset acquisition or investment costs; • inability to maintain relationships with customers and partners of the acquired business; • difficulty of transitioning the acquired technology onto our existing platforms and customer acceptance of multiple platforms on a temporary or permanent basis; • increasing or maintaining the security standards for acquired technology consistent with our other services; • potential unknown liabilities associated with the acquired businesses including regulatory noncompliance; • negative impact to our results of operations because of the depreciation and amortization of amounts related to acquired intangible assets, fixed assets and deferred compensation; • additional stock based compensation; • the loss of acquired deferred revenue and unbilled deferred revenue; • delays in customer purchases due to uncertainty related to any acquisition; • ineffective or inadequate controls, procedures and policies at the acquired company; 28 Table of Contents • potential additional cybersecurity and compliance risks resulting from entry into new markets; and • the tax effects of any such acquisitions. Any of these risks could have an adverse effect on our business, operating results and financial condition. To facilitate these acquisitions or investments, we may seek equity or debt financing, which may not be available on terms favorable to us, or at all, which may affect our ability to complete acquisitions or investments. If we finance acquisitions by issuing equity or convertible or other debt securities or loans, or issue equity as consideration for an acquisition, our existing stockholders may be diluted, or we could face constraints related to the terms of, and repayment obligations related to, the incurrence of indebtedness.