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The efforts of governmental and third-party payers to raise revenue or contain or reduce healthcare or other costs could include restructuring the tax benefits available through HSAs and other CDBs, which may adversely affect our business, operating results, and financial condition.
−Removed: For example, the federal government or states may seek to raise revenues by enacting tax laws that eliminate the tax deductions available to individuals who contribute to HSAs.
+Added: For example, the federal government or states may seek to raise revenues by enacting tax laws that limit or eliminate the tax deductions available to individuals who contribute to HSAs and other CDBs.
We cannot predict if any new tax reforms will ultimately become law, or if enacted, what their terms or the regulations promulgated pursuant to such reforms will be.
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As a non-bank custodian, we rely on our federally insured custodial Depository Partners and our insurance company partners to hold HSA cash that we custody.
−Removed: The portion of HSA cash held by our insurance company partners is increasing with the increased adoption of our Enhanced Rates program.
+Added: The portion of HSA cash held by our insurance company partners continues to increase with the increasing adoption of our Enhanced Rates program.
The HSA cash held through our insurance company partners is not federally insured, and our members bear the risk of loss with respect to either the failure of the insurance company partner holding their HSA cash or the breach by the insurance company partner of its obligations to guarantee principal or pay interest thereon.
−Removed: In addition, we deposit Client-held funds with our Depository Partners in interest-bearing demand deposit accounts, and for certain Clients these amounts exceed maximum federal deposit insurance levels.
−Removed: If any material adverse event were to affect one of our Depository Partners or our insurance company partners, including a significant decline in its financial condition, a decline in the quality of its service, loss of deposits, its inability to comply with applicable banking, insurance or other regulatory requirements, systems failure or its inability to return principal or pay interest thereon, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected.
+Added: In addition, we deposit Client-held funds with our Depository Partners in interest-bearing demand deposit accounts, and federal deposit insurance may not be available for certain Clients.
+Added: If any material adverse event were to affect one of our Depository Partners or our insurance company partners, including a significant decline in its financial condition, a decline in the quality of its service, a loss of deposits, its inability to comply with applicable banking, insurance or other regulatory requirements, systems failure or its inability to return principal or pay interest thereon, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected.
In addition, in the event of such a failure of, or breach by, one of our insurance company partners, the HSA cash held through that insurance company partner would be at risk and no assurance can be given that our contractual arrangements with that insurance company partner would be sufficient for our members to fully recover their HSA cash, which would in turn result in reputational and financial harm to the Company.
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Failure to adequately manage the liquidity of the custodial assets held by our Depository Partners and insurance company partners could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
−Removed: Certain of our arrangements with our depository and insurance company partners require that we keep a minimum amount of HSA cash with such partner.
−Removed: If we fail to comply with those minimum HSA cash requirements, including as a result of withdrawals by our members, we may be subject to penalties payable to our partners or a reduction in the interest payable.
+Added: Certain of our arrangements with our Depository Partners and insurance company partners require that we keep a minimum amount of HSA cash with such partner.
+Added: If we fail to comply with those minimum HSA cash requirements, including as a result of withdrawals by our members, we may be subject to penalties payable to our partners or a reduction in the interest paid to us under such arrangements.
Such penalties or reductions, if imposed, could have a material and adverse impact on our business, financial condition and results of operations, and we may not have sufficient capital on hand to pay such penalties.
−Removed: Integration of our acquisitions may not be successful, and we may not realize the synergies anticipated from our acquisitions.
−Removed: The success of our acquisitions depends in part on our ability to realize the anticipated business opportunities from combining the operations of the acquired businesses with our business in an efficient and effective manner.
−Removed: Integration of our acquisitions could take longer and be more costly than anticipated, and it could result in the loss of key team members, the disruption of our ongoing business and the acquired business, tax costs or inefficiencies, or inconsistencies in standards, controls, information technology systems, procedures and policies, any of which could adversely affect our ability to maintain relationships with team members, Clients, Network Partners or other third parties, and could harm our financial performance.
−Removed: In addition, we may not realize the anticipated cost, revenue, and other synergies associated with successfully integrating our acquisitions.
−Removed: Our management team and other team members continue to spend significant amounts of time on integration efforts relating to the Further Acquisition.
−Removed: Similar to the work completed to integrate the acquisition of WageWorks, as part of the Further Acquisition integration process we are working to migrate certain Clients and Network Partners to different technology platforms.
−Removed: In connection with the WageWorks technology platform migrations, we experienced the following challenges, all of which could also occur in connection with the Further technology platform migration:
−Removed: • we experienced Client and Network Partner attrition when we were unable to meet Client or Network Partner expectations or technical requirements;
−Removed: • certain Clients and Network Partners refused to cooperate with the platform migration process, resulting in delays to and additional costs associated with this process and the loss of certain of those Clients and Network Partners;
−Removed: • we experienced Client and Network Partner dissatisfaction, which may have impaired our long-term relationships with impacted Clients and Network Partners;
−Removed: • we faced challenges in integrating the back-office systems and people associated with these technology platforms.
−Removed: A decline in interest rate levels would reduce our ability to earn income on our HSA Assets and Client-held funds and to attract HSA contributions.
−Removed: We partner with our depository and insurance company partners to hold our HSA Assets and other Client-held funds.
−Removed: We earn a significant portion of our consolidated revenue from fees we earn from our depository and insurance company partners, approximately 39%, 30%, and 25% during the fiscal years ended January 31, 2024, 2023, and 2022, respectively.
−Removed: A decline in prevailing interest rates has in the past and may again in the future negatively affect our business by reducing the yield we realize on our HSA Assets and other Client-held funds.
+Added: A decline in interest rates would reduce our income on our HSA Assets and Client-held funds and our ability to attract HSA contributions.
+Added: We partner with our Depository Partners and insurance company partners to hold our HSA Assets and other Client-held funds.
+Added: We earn a substantial portion of our revenue from fees we earn from our Depository Partners and insurance company partners, which comprised approximately 45%, 39%, and 30% of our revenues during the fiscal years ended January 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively.
+Added: A decline in prevailing interest rates would negatively impact our business by reducing the yield we realize on our HSA Assets and other Client-held funds.
In addition, if we do not offer competitive interest rates on HSA Assets, our members may choose another HSA custodian.
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If the value of the invested HSA Assets our members hold declines, whether due to market conditions or other factors, our fees, which are based on a percentage of the asset values, would be adversely affected, which would in turn negatively impact our results of operations.
+Added: Integration of our acquisitions may not be successful, and we may not realize the synergies anticipated from our acquisitions.
+Added: The success of our acquisitions depends in part on our ability to realize the anticipated business opportunities from combining the operations of the acquired businesses with our business in an efficient and effective manner.
+Added: Integration of our acquisitions could take longer and be more costly than anticipated, and it could result in the loss of key team members, the disruption of our ongoing business and the acquired business, tax costs or inefficiencies, or inconsistencies in standards, controls, information technology systems, procedures and policies, any of which could adversely affect our ability to maintain relationships with team members, Clients, Network Partners or other third parties, and could harm our financial performance.
+Added: In addition, we may not realize the anticipated cost, revenue, and other synergies associated with successfully integrating our acquisitions.
+Added: O ur management team and other team members continue to spend time on integration efforts relating to our recent acquisitions, including the Further acquisition.
+Added: As part of that integration process, we are working to migrate certain Clients and Network Partners to different technology platforms.
+Added: We have experienced challenges and increased costs related to Clients' and Network Partners' dissatisfaction as well as technological issues in integrating acquisitions, which could continue to occur as we continue integrating past and future acquisitions.
If we are not successful in adapting to our rapidly evolving industry, our growth may be limited, and our business may be adversely affected.
The market for our products and services is subject to rapid and significant change and competition.
−Removed: The market for administration of HSAs and other CDBs is characterized by rapid technological change, new product and service introductions, evolving industry standards, changing customer needs, existing competition, and the entrance of non-traditional competitors.
+Added: The market for administering HSAs and other CDBs is characterized by rapid technological change, new product and service introductions, evolving industry standards, changing customer needs, existing competition, and the entrance of non-traditional competitors.
In addition, there may be a limited-time opportunity to achieve and maintain a significant share of this market due in part to our rapidly evolving industry, industry consolidation, and the substantial resources available to our existing and potential competitors.
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These projects carry risks, such as cost overruns, delays in delivery, performance problems, and lack of acceptance by our Clients, Network Partners and members.
+Added: Achieving our business strategy depends in large part on the success of our recent CEO transition.
+Added: On January 6, 2025, our longtime President and Chief Executive Officer, Jon Kessler, retired, at which time Scott Cutler joined the Company as his successor.
+Added: Any significant leadership change involves inherent risk and can be difficult to manage.
+Added: Our new CEO is critical to executing on and achieving our business strategy, and our success depends, in large part, on the effectiveness of this transition.
+Added: If our new CEO is unsuccessful at leading the Company and our management team, or is unable to successfully execute the Company’s strategy, our business may be harmed and our financial condition and results of operations may be adversely affected.
Any diminution in the use of HSAs or other CDBs would materially adversely affect us.
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If our members do not fully use their HSAs or CDBs, if employers reduce or cease to offer HSAs or other CDB programs, if the rate of adoption of these accounts decreases, if existing Clients, Network Partners and members do not recognize or acknowledge the benefits of our services or we do not drive engagement, then the market for our services might decline or develop more slowly than we expect, which could adversely affect our operating results.
+Added: The use or anticipated use of AI technologies, including generative AI, by us or third parties, may increase or create new operational and competitive risks.
+Added: AI technologies – including generative AI –present numerous opportunities, such as benefits from increased operational efficiencies and innovative new products.
+Added: We expect the use of AI technologies in the marketplace to increase as we, our service providers, and our competitors seek to leverage and maximize those benefits.
+Added: However, the development and deployment of such technologies also poses certain risks.
+Added: For example, new products and services incorporating or utilizing AI and machine learning may raise technological, security, legal and other risks and challenges related to, among other items, the use of personal information or the information of clients who have not granted permission for the use of their data in such AI systems, flaws in our models or training datasets that may result in biased or inaccurate results or other unanticipated outcomes, ethical considerations regarding AI, potential infringement of third-party intellectual property rights, exposure of data, and our ability to safely deploy and implement governance and controls for AI systems.
+Added: We are also exposed to risks arising from the use of AI technologies by bad actors, who may use such technologies to commit fraud, misappropriate funds, and facilitate cyberattacks.
+Added: Further, our competitors may adopt AI or generative AI more quickly or more effectively than we do, causing competitive harm.
+Added: Any of these risks could negatively impact our reputation, the demand for our products and services, our financial condition and results of operations, and otherwise draw adverse regulatory scrutiny.
We may be unable to compete effectively against our current and future competitors.
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We view our competition in terms of direct and indirect competitors.
−Removed: Our direct HSA competitors are HSA custodians and administrators that include state or federally chartered banks, such as Webster Bank and Optum Bank, insurance companies, well-known retail investment companies, such as Fidelity Investments, and non-bank custodians approved by the U.S.
+Added: Our direct HSA competitors are well-known retail investment companies, such as Fidelity Investments, HSA custodians and administrators that include state or federally chartered banks, such as Webster Bank and Optum Bank, insurance companies, and non-bank custodians approved by the U.S.
We also have numerous indirect HSA administration competitors, including benefits administrators and health plans, that license technology platforms and partner with other HSA custodians to provide "white label" HSA offerings.
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Well-known retail mutual fund companies, such as Fidelity Investments, have entered the HSA and CDB business and gained significant market share.
−Removed: Our market share could decline if Fidelity and other mutual fund companies continue expanding their presence in the market.
+Added: Our market share could decline if Fidelity Investments and other mutual fund companies continue expanding their presence in the market.
These investment companies have significant advantages over us in terms of brand name recognition, years of experience managing tax-advantaged retirement accounts (e.g., 401(k) and IRA), highly developed recordkeeping, trust functions, and fund advisory and customer relations management, among others.
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Finally, our competitors may have the ability to devote more financial and operational resources than we can to developing new technologies and services, including services that provide improved operating functionality, and adding features to their existing service offerings.
+Added: They may have a greater ability to use AI to provide enhanced products and service offerings.
If successful, their development efforts could render our services less desirable, resulting in the loss of our existing customers or a reduction in the fees we earn from our products and services.
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For example, the COVID-19 pandemic had a materially adverse impact on the interchange fees generated due to decreased usage of our payment cards in our commuter product and in healthcare spending.
−Removed: If our customers do not use these payment cards at the rate we expect, if they elect to withdraw funds using a non-revenue generating mechanism such as direct reimbursement, if the impacts of societal changes arising out of the COVID-19 pandemic continue, or if other alternatives to these payment cards develop, our results of operations, business, and prospects would be materially adversely affected.
+Added: If our customers do not use these payment cards at the rate we expect, if they elect to withdraw funds using a non-revenue generating mechanism such as direct reimbursement, or if other alternatives to these payment cards develop, our results of operations, business, and prospects would be materially adversely affected.
Failure to maintain effective internal control over financial reporting could have a material adverse effect on our reputation, results of operations and financial condition.
Effective internal control over financial reporting is necessary for us to provide reliable financial reports, prevent fraud and operate successfully as a public company.
−Removed: A ny failure to execute on our internal controls and continue to maintain effective internal controls, to timely implement any necessary additional improvement to our internal controls or to effect remediation of any future material weakness or significant deficiency could, among other things, result in losses from fraud or error, harm our reputation or cause investors to lose confidence in our reported financial information, all of which could have a material adverse effect on our reputation, results of operations, or financial condition.
+Added: A ny failure, whether in connection with our growth, acquisitions, or otherwise, to execute on our internal controls and continue to maintain effective internal controls, to timely implement any necessary additional improvement to our internal controls or to effect remediation of any future material weakness or significant deficiency could, among other things, result in losses from fraud or error, harm our reputation or cause investors to lose confidence in our reported financial information, all of which could have a material adverse effect on our reputation, results of operations, or financial condition.
Management reviews and updates our systems of internal controls and procedures, as appropriate.
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Cyber-attacks, including ransomware attacks, or other privacy or data security incidents could materially adversely impact our business.
−Removed: Our proprietary technology platforms enable the exchange of, and access to, sensitive information, and, as a result, we are frequently the target of cyber-attacks or other privacy or data security incidents.
−Removed: As one of the largest providers of HSAs and other CDBs, we are an attractive target for cyber-attacks, including ransomware attacks, which means we must continue to secure and monitor each of our technology platforms, making sure these platforms are aligned to our industry benchmark security posture.
−Removed: In addition, geopolitical events, including the war between Russia and Ukraine, have resulted in, and may continue to result in, an increase in cyber-attacks.
+Added: As one of the largest providers of HSAs and other CDBs, our proprietary technology platforms enable the exchange of, and access to, sensitive information.
+Added: As a result, we are frequently the target of cyber-attacks, including ransomware attacks, which means we must continue to monitor and take steps to secure each of our technology platforms, making sure these platforms are aligned to our industry benchmark security posture.
+Added: geopolitical events, including the war between Russia and Ukraine, have resulted in, and may continue to result in, an increase in cyber-attacks.
Substantially all of our workforce works remotely.
−Removed: This remote work environment increases the risk of cybersecurity breaches and incidents, and the potential impact of these on our operations is also higher while our team members log in to our network remotely.
−Removed: Our ability to ensure the security of our technology platforms and thus sensitive customer and partner information is critical to our operations.
+Added: This remote work environment increases the risk of cybersecurity breaches and incidents, and the potential impact of these on our operations is also higher while our team members log into our network remotely.
+Added: In addition, we use third-party partners to service our members.
+Added: These third-party partners must have access to member information in order to provide this service.
+Added: Third-party partner remote access to our member information further increases the risk of cybersecurity breaches and incidents through those partners, and from time to time our third-party partners are also the victims of cybersecurity breaches and incidents that may involve member information.
+Added: Our ability to ensure the security of our technology platforms and sensitive customer and partner information is critical to our operations.
We rely on standard Internet and other security systems to provide the security and authentication necessary to effect secure transmission of data.
Despite our security measures, our information technology and infrastructure are vulnerable to cybersecurity threats, including attacks by hackers and other malfeasance.
−Removed: Such security breaches could compromise our networks, or those of third-party service providers on which we rely, and result in the information stored or transmitted there to be accessed, modified or used in an unauthorized manner, publicly disclosed, lost, or stolen.
−Removed: Such access, use, disclosure, or other loss of information could result in regulatory scrutiny, legal claims or proceedings leading to liability, including under laws that protect the privacy of personal information, disrupt our operations and the services we provide to our Clients, damage our reputation, and cause a loss of confidence in our products and services, which could adversely affect our business, operations, and competitive position.
+Added: Such threats could result in actual security events that compromise our networks, or those of third-party service providers on which we rely, and result in the information stored or transmitted there to be accessed, modified or used in an unauthorized manner, publicly disclosed, lost, or stolen.
+Added: Such access, use, disclosure, or other loss of information may result in regulatory scrutiny, and legal claims and liability, including under laws that protect the privacy of personal information, as it has in the past.
+Added: Cybersecurity events disrupt our operations and the services we provide to our Clients, damage our reputation, and cause a loss of confidence in our products and services, which could adversely affect our business, operations, and competitive position.
Security breaches, including a major breach of our network security and systems, could result in serious negative consequences for our business, including the loss of sensitive information, theft or loss of actual funds, litigation, indemnity obligations to our Clients, fines, penalties and other liabilities, including under laws that protect the privacy of personal information, disrupt our operations and the services we provide to our members, Clients and Network Partners.
−Removed: Such breaches could damage our reputation, and cause a loss of confidence in our products and services, reducing demand and resulting in an unwillingness of members, Clients, Network Partners and other data owners to provide us with their payment information or personal information, and otherwise harm our brand.
−Removed: Furthermore, if third parties improperly obtain and use the personal information of our members, we may be required to expend significant resources to resolve these problems.
−Removed: While we have security measures in place, we have experienced data privacy incidents in the past, including several incidents in 2018.
−Removed: As a result, or if our security measures are breached again or unauthorized access to data is otherwise obtained as a result of third-party action, team member error or otherwise, our reputation could be significantly damaged, our business may suffer and we could incur substantial liability, which could result in loss of sales, Clients and Network Partners.
+Added: We have been the victim of such breaches, which have damaged our reputation and caused a loss of confidence in our products and services, and may lead to a reduction in demand and result in an unwillingness of members, Clients, Network Partners and other data owners to provide us with their payment information or personal information, and otherwise harm our brand.
+Added: Furthermore, when third parties improperly obtain and use the personal information of our members, we are required to expend significant resources to investigate and resolve these problems.
+Added: While we have security measures in place, we have experienced data privacy incidents in the past, including an incident in 2024 in which a business partner's user account containing personally identifiable information was breached.
+Added: As a result of the incident, we are now subject to several putative class action lawsuits seeking unspecified damages, and we are subject to regulatory inquiries related to the incident.
+Added: Whether as a result of these incidents, or if our security measures are breached again or unauthorized access to data is otherwise obtained as a result of third-party action, team member error or otherwise, our reputation could be significantly damaged, our business may suffer and we could incur substantial liability, which could result in loss of sales, Clients and Network Partners.
Because techniques used to obtain unauthorized access to or sabotage systems change frequently and such novel techniques may not be identified until they are launched against a target, we may be unable to anticipate, or to implement adequate preventative measures to address, these techniques.
Any or all of these issues could negatively impact our ability to attract new, or increase engagement by, members, Clients and Network Partners, and subject us to third-party lawsuits, regulatory fines, contractual liability, and other action or liability, thereby harming our operating results or financial condition.
−Removed: Fraudulent and other illegal activity involving our products and services could lead to financial and reputational damage to us and reduce the use and acceptance of our products and services.
−Removed: Criminals are using increasingly sophisticated methods to capture personal information in order to engage in illegal activities such as counterfeiting and identity theft.
−Removed: Even if we can secure our systems against these activities, we are vulnerable through third parties.
−Removed: We rely upon third parties for certain services, such as some transaction processing services and data feeds, which subjects us to risks related to the vulnerabilities of those third parties.
+Added: Fraudulent activity, whether involving member accounts or our third-party service providers, has led, and could continue to lead, to financial and reputational damage to us and could reduce the use and acceptance of our products and services.
+Added: Criminals are using increasingly sophisticated methods to obtain personal information, which they then use to commit fraud.
+Added: As a non-bank custodian of HSAs, we are frequently targeted by sophisticated and persistent bad actors for fraudulent activity, through various tactics such as high-volume credential stuffing attacks, denial of service attacks, and social engineering attacks, among others.
+Added: We have experienced a significant increase in the volume and sophistication of outside fraudulent activity targeting member accounts, resulting in a significant loss to us as we incurred service costs to reimburse and protect impacted members.
+Added: Losses due to fraud committed against us and our Clients, members, and Network Partners may not be covered by insurance policies, and losses not covered by insurance may be material.
+Added: Even in the event that losses relating to fraudulent activity are covered
+Added: by insurance, premiums and/or deductibles related to our insurance coverage may increase or the scope of our coverage may decrease, any of which could have an adverse impact on our financial results.
+Added: We are also vulnerable to criminal fraudulent activity through our third-party service providers.
+Added: We rely upon third parties to provide certain services, such as some transaction processing services and data feeds, and such reliance subjects us to risks related to the vulnerabilities of those third parties.
For example, we are exposed to risks relating to the theft of payment card numbers housed in a merchant's point of sale systems if our members use our payment cards at a merchant whose systems are compromised.
−Removed: We may make our members whole for losses sustained when using our payment cards, even in instances where we are not directly responsible for the underlying cause of such loss.
−Removed: A single significant incident of fraud, or increases in the overall level of fraud, involving our payment cards, our custodial accounts or our reimbursement administration services, could result in financial and reputational damage to us, which could reduce the use and acceptance of our products and services, or cause our Clients, members and Network Partners to cease doing business with us.
+Added: We may reimburse our members for losses sustained when using our payment cards, even in instances where we are not directly responsible for the underlying cause of such loss.
+Added: In addition, because of a significant increase in outside fraudulent member account activity, we have suffered reputational damage that could reduce the use and acceptance of our products and services, or cause our Clients, members, and Network Partners to look for alternative providers.
+Added: Further fraud incidents, or increases in the overall level of fraud involving either member accounts, our reimbursement administrative services, or our third-party service providers, could result in financial and reputational damage to us.
+Added: If we fail to successfully protect against fraud in the future, our business and financial results may be adversely affected.
We rely on software licensed from third parties that may be difficult to replace or that could cause errors or failures of our technology platforms that could lead to lost customers or harm to our reputation.
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In addition, we have service level agreements with certain of our Clients and Network Partners for which the availability of this software is critical.
−Removed: Any decrease in the availability of our service as a result of errors, defects, a disruption or failure of our licensed software may require us to provide significant fee credits or refunds to our customers.
−Removed: Our software licensed from third parties is also subject to change or upgrade, which may result in our incurring significant costs to implement such changes or upgrades.
+Added: Any decrease in the availability of our services as a result of errors, defects, a disruption or failure of our licensed software may require us to provide significant fee credits or refunds to our customers.
+Added: Our software licensed from third parties is also subject to change or upgrade, which may result in us incurring significant costs to implement such changes or upgrades and interruptions or delays in our services as a result of such changes or upgrades.
Developing and implementing new and updated applications, features, and services for our technology platforms may be more difficult than expected, may take longer and cost more than expected, or may result in the platforms not operating as expected.
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In addition, potential Clients and Network Partners are increasingly seeking a bundled solution, encompassing a wide range of features.
−Removed: We are currently investing in a significant modernization of our proprietary technology platforms to support new opportunities and enhance security, privacy and platform infrastructure, while maintaining existing applications, features, and services.
+Added: We are currently investing in a modernization of our proprietary technology platforms to support new opportunities and enhance security, privacy and platform infrastructure, while maintaining existing applications, features, and services.
If we are unable to do so on a timely basis or if we are unable to implement this modernization without disruption to our existing applications, features and services, or if we encounter technical obstacles that result in the technology not operating properly, we may lose potential and existing Clients and Network Partners.
We rely on a combination of internal development, strategic relationships, licensing, and acquisitions to develop our content offerings, products and services.
−Removed: These efforts may:
−Removed: • cost more than expected;
−Removed: • take longer than originally expected to develop or implement;
−Removed: • require more testing than originally anticipated;
−Removed: • require significant cost to address or resolve technical defects or obstacles;
−Removed: • require additional advertising and marketing costs;
−Removed: • require the acquisition of additional personnel and other resources.
−Removed: The revenue opportunities earned from these efforts may fail to justify the effort or resources spent.
−Removed: In addition, material performance problems, defects or errors in our existing or new software may occur in the future, which may harm our operating results.
+Added: These efforts may be more expensive than expected, take longer to develop and implement, and require additional personnel and resources.
+Added: The revenue opportunities earned from these efforts may fail to justify the effort or resources spent and may not have the anticipated returns on attracting and retaining new Clients and Network Partners.
+Added: In addition, material performance problems, defects or errors in our existing or new software have occurred and may occur in the future.
+Added: Similar challenges in the future may affect our reputation, the demand for our products and services, our financial condition and results of operations, and otherwise draw adverse regulatory scrutiny.
New products and services, including those incorporating or utilizing AI and machine learning, may raise technological, security, legal and other risks and challenges related to, among other items, the use of personal information in such AI systems, flaws in our models or training datasets that may result in biased or inaccurate results or other unanticipated outcomes, ethical considerations regarding AI, potential infringement of third-party intellectual property rights, and our ability to safely deploy and implement governance and controls for AI systems.
Realization of these risks could negatively impact our reputation, the demand for our products and services, our financial condition and results of operations, and otherwise draw adverse regulatory scrutiny.
−Removed: Any disruption of service at our facilities, our third-party data centers, or our cloud service providers could interrupt or delay our customers’ access to our products and services.
+Added: Disruptions of service at our facilities, our servers, our third-party data centers, or our cloud service providers have interrupted and delayed our customers’ access to our products and services and will be harmful if repeated.
The ability of our team members, members, Network Partners, and Clients to access our technology platforms is critical to our business.
−Removed: We cannot ensure that the measures we have taken to enable access to our technology platforms will be effective to prevent or minimize interruptions to our operations.
+Added: We may experience disruptions to certain data centers and servers upon which we rely to provide timely services to our clients.
+Added: For example, an unplanned storage service outage in 2024 led to multiple critical services for our members being unavailable and degraded.
+Added: We cannot ensure that the measures we have taken to enable access to our technology platforms, including changes in response to previous disruptions to important platforms, will be effective to prevent or minimize interruptions to our operations.
Our technology platforms are hosted by third-party data centers, and we increasingly rely on third-party cloud service providers to support our technology platforms.
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• software and hardware errors, or failures in our own systems or in other systems;
+Added: • mistakes in updating, maintaining, and accessing databases, data centers, and servers;
• network environment disruptions such as computer viruses, hacking and similar problems in our own systems and in other systems;
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• actions or events caused by or related to third parties.
−Removed: We attempt to mitigate these risks through various business continuity efforts, including redundant infrastructure, 24/7/365 system activity monitoring, backup and recovery procedures, use of a secure storage facility for backup media, separate production and test systems, and change management and system security measures, but our precautions may not protect against all potential problems.
+Added: We attempt to mitigate these risks through various business continuity efforts, including redundant infrastructure, 24/7/365 system activity monitoring, backup and recovery procedures, use of a secure storage facility for backup media, separate production and test systems, and change management and system security measures, but our precautions, even after previous incidents, may not protect against all potential problems.
Our data recovery centers are equipped with physical space, power, storage and networking infrastructure and Internet connectivity to support our technology platforms in the event of the interruption of services at our data centers.
−Removed: Even with these data recovery centers, our operations would be interrupted during the transition process should our primary data center experience a failure.
−Removed: Disruptions at our data centers could cause disruptions to our technology platforms and data loss or corruption.
−Removed: We have experienced interruptions and delays in service and availability for data centers, and bandwidth and other
−Removed: technology issues in the past.
+Added: Even with these data recovery centers, our operations can be interrupted during transition processes when our primary and other data centers experienced failures.
+Added: Disruptions at our data centers may cause disruptions to our technology platforms and lead to data loss or corruption.
+Added: We have experienced interruptions and delays in service and availability for data centers, and bandwidth and other technology issues in the past.
Frequent or persistent system failures that result in the unavailability of our technology platforms or slower response times could reduce our members', Clients' and Network Partners' ability to access our technology platforms, impair the delivery of our products and services, and harm the perception of our platforms as reliable, trustworthy, and consistent.
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The healthcare regulatory and political framework is uncertain and evolving, and we cannot predict the effect that further healthcare reform and other changes in government programs may have on our business, financial condition, or results of operations.
−Removed: Healthcare laws and regulations are rapidly evolving and may change significantly in the future, which could adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.
+Added: Healthcare laws and regulations are rapidly evolving and may change significantly, which could adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.
+Added: These changes may accelerate under the new U.S.
+Added: administration (and through reactions to the administration) in ways we cannot predict.
In addition, proposals to implement a single payer or "Medicare for all" system in the U.S.
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We cannot predict if any new reforms will ultimately become law, or if enacted, what their terms or the regulations promulgated pursuant to such reforms will be, and such reforms could have a material adverse effect on our business.
−Removed: We are subject to privacy regulations, including regarding the access, use, and disclosure of personally identifiable information.
−Removed: If we or any of our third-party service providers experience a privacy breach, it could result in substantial financial and reputational harm, including possible criminal and civil penalties.
+Added: We are subject to privacy regulations, including regarding the access, use, and disclosure of personally identifiable information, and the privacy breaches that we or our third-party service providers have experienced or may experience in the future could result in substantial financial and reputational harm, including possible criminal and civil penalties.
State and federal laws and regulations govern the collection, dissemination, access, and use of personally identifiable information, including HIPAA and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act ("HITECH"), which govern protected health information, and the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, which governs nonpublic personal information.
In the provision of services, we and our third-party service providers collect, access, use, maintain, and transmit personally identifiable information in ways that are subject to these laws and regulations.
−Removed: Although we have implemented measures to comply with these privacy and data protection laws and regulations, we have experienced data privacy incidents in the past, though none have materially impacted our operations or financial condition.
−Removed: Any further unauthorized disclosure of personally identifiable information
−Removed: experienced by us or our third-party service providers that process such information on our behalf could result in substantial financial and reputational harm to us, including possible criminal and civil penalties.
−Removed: In situations where we are subject to HIPAA and HITECH, in which we are a business associate providing services to covered entities, the covered entities direct HIPAA compliance matters in the event of a security breach, which complicates our ability to address harm caused by the breach.
+Added: Although we have implemented measures to comply with these privacy and data protection laws and regulations, we have experienced data privacy incidents, including an incident in 2024 in which a business partner's user account containing personally identifiable information was breached, though none have materially impacted our operations or financial condition.
+Added: Any further unauthorized disclosure of personally identifiable information experienced by us or our third-party service providers that process such information on our behalf could result in substantial financial and reputational harm to us, including possible criminal and civil penalties.
+Added: In situations where we are subject to HIPAA and HITECH, for which we are a business associate providing services to covered entities, the covered entities direct HIPAA compliance matters in the event of a security breach, which complicates our ability to address harm caused by the breach.
Additionally, as we have in connection with prior security incidents, we may be required to notify impacted individuals, plan sponsors, and regulatory authorities depending on the severity of the breach, our role, legal requirements, and contractual obligations.
Privacy and data protection regulation have become priority issues in many states, and as such the regulatory environment is continually changing.
−Removed: For example, the CCPA provides a private right of action for data breaches.
+Added: For example, many states provide a private right of action for data breaches.
Additional privacy requirements are expected as new state and federal privacy laws are enacted.
−Removed: Continued compliance with current and potential new privacy and data protection laws and regulations, and meeting expectations with respect to the control of personal data in a rapidly changing technology environment, could result in higher compliance and technology costs for us, as well as costly penalties in the event we are deemed to not be in compliance with such laws and regulations.
+Added: Compliance with current and potential new privacy and data protection laws and regulations, and meeting expectations with respect to the control of personal data in a rapidly changing technology environment, could result in higher compliance and technology costs for us, as well as costly penalties in the event we are deemed to not be in compliance with such laws and regulations.
Legislative, regulatory, and legal developments involving taxes could adversely affect our results of operations and cash flows.
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Significant judgment is required in determining our provisions for income taxes.
−Removed: Changes in tax rates, enactments of new tax laws, revisions of tax regulations, and claims or litigation with taxing authorities could result in substantially higher taxes.
+Added: tax rates, enactments of new tax laws, revisions of tax regulations, and claims or litigation with taxing authorities could result in substantially higher taxes.
We do not collect sales and use taxes in all jurisdictions in which our customers are located, other than from sales of certain commuter services, based on our belief that such taxes are generally not applicable to our services.
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Such additional sales and use tax liability could adversely affect the results of our operations.
+Added: Regulatory changes and changes in the enforcement environment under the new U.S.
+Added: administration may have an adverse result on our business.
+Added: administration has already made, and expects to further make, many changes to the federal government and federal law and enforcement.
+Added: These include changes to federal workforce headcount, a high volume of executive orders, and many new or modified regulations and guidance.
+Added: Such changes create uncertainty around our business and our Clients.
+Added: In addition, changes to the legal, regulatory or political environment may require management's attention, divert resources from other areas, and expose us to potential liability.
+Added: As a federal contractor, we are required to follow federal law, including executive orders, directed at federal contractors.
+Added: We are unable to anticipate the scope of potential changes federal contractors will be required to comply with and cannot predict what impact any such changes may have on us or whether we will be able to implement adequate preventative measures to address any future requirements.
+Added: Additionally, we administer programs allowing eligible federal government employees access to our technology platforms and services.
+Added: We generate revenue from this relationship, and in the event that the program or the number of federal employees who participate in the program change significantly, our financial results could be affected.
Changes in laws and regulations relating to interchange fees on payment card transactions could adversely affect our revenue and results of operations.
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To the extent that our payment cards lose their exempt status, the interchange rates applicable to transactions involving our payment cards could be impacted, which could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.
−Removed: Failure to comply with, or changes in, payment card industry, credit card association or other network rules or standards set by Visa or MasterCard, or changes in card association and debit network fees or products or interchange rates, could materially adversely affect us.
−Removed: We, and the banks that issue our prepaid debit cards, are subject to Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards and Visa and MasterCard association rules that could subject us to a variety of fines or penalties that may be levied by the card associations or networks for acts or omissions by us or businesses that work with us, including card processors.
+Added: Failure to comply with, or changes in, payment card industry, credit card association or other network rules or standards set by Visa or changes in card association and debit network fees or products or interchange rates, could materially adversely affect us.
+Added: We, and the banks that issue our prepaid debit cards, are subject to Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards and Visa association rules that could subject us to a variety of fines or penalties that may be levied by the card associations or networks for acts or omissions by us or businesses that work with us, including card processors.
Failure to comply with these rules and standards could result in significant fines, other penalties, or the termination of our interchange revenue agreements.
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We are subject to complex regulation, and any compliance failures or regulatory action could adversely affect our business.
−Removed: Our business, including HSAs and many of the CDBs we administer and our investment adviser and trust company subsidiaries, is subject to extensive, complex, and frequently changing federal and state laws and regulations, including IRS, Health and Human Services (“HHS”), and Department of Labor (“DOL”) regulations;
+Added: Our business, including HSAs and many of the CDBs we administer and our investment adviser and trust company subsidiaries, is subject to extensive, complex, and frequently changing federal and state laws and regulations,
+Added: including IRS, Health and Human Services (“HHS”), and Department of Labor (“DOL”) regulations;
ERISA, HIPAA, HITECH, and other privacy and data security regulations;
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Any claim of non-compliance, regardless of merit or ultimate outcome, could subject us to investigation by the HHS, the DOL, the SEC, the Wyoming Division of Banking, or other regulatory authorities.
−Removed: This in turn could result in additional claims or class action litigation brought on behalf of our members, Clients or Network Partners, any of which could result in substantial cost to us and divert management’s attention and other resources away from our operations.
+Added: This in turn could result in additional claims or class action litigation brought on behalf of our members, Clients or Network Partners, any of which, regardless of merit or ultimate outcome, could result in substantial cost to us and divert management’s attention and other resources away from our operations.
Furthermore, investor perceptions of us may suffer, and this could cause a decline in the market price of our common stock.
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In addition, all of our business is subject, to varying degrees, to fiduciary and other service provider obligations under ERISA, the Internal Revenue Code, and underlying regulations.
−Removed: A failure to comply could subject us to disgorgement of profits, excise taxes, civil penalties, private lawsuits, and other costs, including reputational harm.
+Added: A failure to comply with these or other regulatory and compliance obligations could subject us to disgorgement of profits, excise taxes, civil penalties, private lawsuits, and other costs, including reputational harm.
If we are unable to meet or exceed the net worth test required by the IRS, we could be unable to maintain our non-bank custodian status.
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Risks relating to our service and culture
−Removed: Any failure to offer high-quality customer support services could adversely affect our relationships with our members, Clients, and Network Partners and our operating results.
−Removed: Our customers depend on our support and customer education organizations to educate them about, and resolve technical issues relating to, our products and services.
−Removed: We may be unable to respond quickly enough to accommodate short-term increases in customer demand for education and support services.
−Removed: Increased customer demand for these services, without a corresponding increase in revenue, could increase costs and adversely affect our operating results.
−Removed: In addition, as substantially all of our team members in our support and customer education areas now work remotely, it is more difficult to train and manage these team members, which could adversely affect the service we provide.
−Removed: Our sales process is highly dependent on the reputation of our products, services, and business and on positive recommendations from our existing customers.
−Removed: Further, we use third-party service providers for certain call centers
−Removed: and COBRA claims and transaction processing, including certain offshore service providers for member chat service, which service providers may not provide the same quality of support services for our Clients and members.
+Added: Any failure to offer high-quality member, Client and Network Partner support services could adversely affect our relationships with our members, Clients, and Network Partners and our operating results.
+Added: Our members, Clients and Network Partners depend on our support and education organizations to educate them about, and resolve technical issues relating to, our products and services.
+Added: We may be unable to respond quickly enough to accommodate short-term increases in demand for education and support services.
+Added: Increased demand for these services, without a corresponding increase in revenue, could increase costs and adversely affect our operating results.
+Added: Our sales process is highly dependent on the reputation of our products, services, and business and on positive recommendations from our existing members, Clients and Network Partners.
+Added: Further, we use third-party service providers for certain call centers and COBRA claims and transaction processing, including certain offshore service providers for member chat service, which service providers may not provide the same quality of support services for our Clients and members.
Any failure to maintain high-quality education and technical support, or a market perception that we do not maintain high-quality education support, could adversely affect our reputation, our ability to sell our products and services to existing and prospective customers and our business and operating results.
We promote 24/7/365 education and support along with our proprietary technology platforms.
−Removed: Interruptions or delays that inhibit our ability to meet that standard have in the past hurt our reputation and ability to attract and retain customers, and such interruptions or delays in the future would likely also do so.
−Removed: We rely on our management team and team members and our business could be harmed if we are unable to retain qualified personnel.
−Removed: Our success depends, in part, on the skills, working relationships and continued services of our executive leadership team and other key personnel.
+Added: Interruptions or delays
+Added: that inhibit our ability to meet that standard have hurt our reputation and ability to attract and retain customers, and any such interruptions or delays in the future would likely also do so.
+Added: We rely on our management team (including our new CEO) and team members and our business could be harmed if we are unable to retain qualified personnel.
+Added: Our success depends, in part, on the skills, working relationships and continued services of our executive team, including our new CEO, and other key personnel.
While we have entered into employment agreements with our executive officers, all of our team members are “at-will” employees, and their employment can be terminated by us or them at any time, for any reason, and without notice, subject, in certain cases, to severance payment rights.
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New team members may not become as productive as we expect, and we may be unable to hire or retain sufficient numbers of qualified individuals.
−Removed: If our retention efforts are not successful or our team member turnover rate increases in the future, our business, results of operations and financial condition could be materially and adversely affected.
+Added: If our retention efforts are not successful or our team member turnover rate increases, our business, results of operations and financial condition could be materially and adversely affected.
If we cannot maintain our corporate culture as we grow, we could lose the innovation, teamwork, passion, and focus on execution that we believe contribute to our success.
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If these Network Partners choose to instead partner with our competitors, or otherwise reduce offering, or cease to offer, our products and services, our results of operations, business, and prospects could be materially adversely affected.
−Removed: A change in relationship with any of our bank identification number sponsors, or the failure by these sponsors to comply with certain banking regulations, could materially and adversely affect our business.
−Removed: We rely on a limited number of bank identification number ("BIN") sponsors in relation to the payment cards we issue.
+Added: A change in relationship with our bank identification number sponsor, or the failure by our sponsor to comply with certain banking regulations, could materially and adversely affect our business.
+Added: We rely on a single bank identification number ("BIN") sponsor in relation to the payment cards we issue.
A BIN sponsor is a bank or credit union that provides the BIN that allows a prepaid card program to run on one of the major card brand networks (e.g., VISA, MasterCard, Discover or American Express).
−Removed: Our BIN sponsors enable us to link the payment cards that we offer our members to the VISA and Mastercard networks, thereby
−Removed: allowing our members to use our payment cards to pay for expenses with a “swipe” of the card.
−Removed: If any material adverse event were to affect our BIN sponsors, including a significant decline in the financial condition of any of our BIN sponsors, a decline in the quality of service provided by our BIN sponsors, the inability of our BIN sponsors to comply with applicable banking and financial service regulatory requirements or industry standards, systems failure or the inability of our BIN sponsors to pay us fees, our business, financial condition, and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected because we may be forced to reduce the availability of, or eliminate entirely, our payment card offering, which would materially impact our interchange revenue.
−Removed: In addition, we do not have long-term contracts with our BIN sponsors, and our BIN sponsors may increase the fees charged to us or terminate our relationship.
−Removed: If we were required to change BIN sponsors, we could not accurately predict the success of such change or that the terms of our agreement with a new BIN sponsor would be as favorable to us, especially in light of the regulatory scrutiny of the payment card industry, which has rendered the market for BIN sponsor services less competitive.
+Added: Our BIN sponsor enables us to link the payment cards that we offer our members to the VISA network, thereby allowing our members to use our payment cards to pay for expenses with a “swipe” of the card.
+Added: If any material adverse event were to affect our BIN sponsor, including a significant decline in the financial condition of such BIN sponsor, a decline in the quality of service provided by our BIN sponsor, the inability of our BIN sponsor to comply with applicable banking and financial service regulatory requirements or industry standards, systems failure or the inability of our BIN sponsor to pay us fees, our business, financial condition, and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected because we may be forced to reduce the availability of, or eliminate entirely, our payment card offering, which would
+Added: materially impact our interchange revenue.
+Added: In addition, we do not have long-term contracts with our BIN sponsor, and our BIN sponsor may increase the fees charged to us or terminate our relationship.
+Added: If we were required to change BIN sponsor, we could not accurately predict the success of such change or that the terms of our agreement with a new BIN sponsor would be as favorable to us, especially in light of the regulatory scrutiny of the payment card industry, which has rendered the market for BIN sponsor services less competitive.
Replacing our third-party service providers would be difficult and disruptive to our business.
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In the past, certain of these service providers have failed to maintain adequate levels of support, did not provide high quality service to us and our members, increased the fees they charge us, discontinued their lines of business, terminated our contractual arrangements or ceased or reduce operations, and as a result, we suffered additional costs and were required to pursue new third-party relationships, which resulted in reputational harm, material disruption of our operations and our ability to provide our products and services, missed service-level agreements with Clients and Network Partners, and diverted management’s time and resources, and these events and consequences could happen with our current service providers moving forward.
−Removed: Transitioning to a new service provider often takes a significant amount of time and resources and, if we are unable to complete a transition to a new provider on a timely basis, or at all, we could be forced to temporarily or permanently discontinue certain services, such as our payment card services, which could disrupt services to our customers and adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
+Added: Transitioning to a new service provider often takes a significant amount of time and resources and, if we are unable to complete a transition to a new provider on a timely basis, or at all, we could be forced to temporarily or permanently discontinue certain services, such as our payment card services, which could disrupt services to our customers and adversely affect our business, financial condition, reputation, and results of operations.
We may also be unable to establish comparable new third-party relationships on as favorable terms or at all, which could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
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Our acquisition strategy may not be successful.
−Removed: We have in the past acquired, and, as a key part of our strategy, seek to acquire or invest in, assets, businesses, products, or technologies that we believe would complement or expand our products and services, enhance our technical capabilities, or otherwise offer growth opportunities.
+Added: As a key part of our strategy, we seek to acquire or invest in assets, businesses, products, or technologies that we believe would complement or expand our products and services, enhance our technical capabilities, or otherwise offer growth opportunities.
There is no assurance that we will be successful in consummating such acquisitions, or even if consummated, realize the anticipated benefits of these or any future acquisitions.
−Removed: The pursuit of potential acquisitions has in the past, and may in the future, divert the attention of management and cause us to incur various expenses related to identifying, investigating, and pursuing suitable acquisitions, whether or not they are consummated.
+Added: The pursuit of potential acquisitions may divert the attention of management and cause us to incur various expenses related to identifying, investigating, and pursuing suitable acquisitions, whether or not they are consummated.
Acquisitions also increase the risk of unforeseen legal liability, including for potential violations of applicable law or industry rules and regulations, arising from prior or ongoing acts or omissions by the acquired businesses that are not discovered by due diligence during the acquisition process.
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Our ability to grow also depends upon our ability to successfully hire, train, supervise, and manage new team members, obtain financing for our capital needs, expand our systems effectively, control increasing costs, allocate our human resources optimally, maintain clear lines of communication between our operational functions and our finance and accounting functions, and manage the pressures on our management and administrative, operational, and financial infrastructure.
−Removed: There can be no assurance that we will be able to accurately anticipate and respond to the changing demands we will face as we continue to expand our operations or that we will be able to manage growth effectively or to achieve further growth at all.
+Added: There can be no assurance that we will be able to accurately anticipate and respond to the changing demands we will face as we continue to expand our operations or that we will be able to manage growth effectively
+Added: or to achieve further growth at all.
If our business does not continue to grow or if we fail to effectively manage any future growth, our business, financial condition, and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected.
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We may need to record write-downs from future impairments of identified intangible assets and goodwill.
−Removed: Our consolidated balance sheet includes significant intangible assets, including approximately $1.65 billion in goodwill and $835.9 million in intangible assets, together representing approximately 79% of our total assets as of January 31, 2024.
+Added: Our consolidated balance sheet includes significant intangible assets, including approximately $1.65 billion in goodwill and $1.20 billion in intangible assets, together representing approximately 83% of our total assets as of January 31, 2025.
The determination of related estimated useful lives and whether these assets are impaired involves significant judgments.
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Our substantial debt could limit our ability to fund operations, expose us to interest rate volatility, limit our ability to raise additional capital and have a material adverse effect on our ability to fulfill our obligations under our Credit Agreement and Indenture and to our Network Partners, Clients and members.
−Removed: We are party to a credit agreement (the "Credit Agreement"), which consists of (i) a five-year senior secured term loan A facility in the aggregate principal amount of $350 million (the "Term Loan Facility") and (ii) a five-year senior secured revolving credit facility (the “Revolving Credit Facility” and, together with the Term Loan Facility, the “Credit Facilities”), in an aggregate principal amount of up to $1 billion.
+Added: We are party to a credit agreement (the "Credit Agreement"), which consists of a five-year senior secured revolving credit facility in the aggregate principal amount of $1 billion (the “Revolving Credit Facility”), of which $461.9 million was outstanding as of January 31, 2025 .
We have also issued $600 million of 4.50% unsecured Senior Notes due 2029 (the "Notes").
−Removed: Under the Credit Agreement, we have the right to request additional commitments for new term loans and increases to then-existing term loans and revolving credit commitments in an amount up to the sum of (i) $300 million, plus (ii) an unlimited additional amount so long as the pro forma First Lien Net Leverage Ratio (as defined in the Credit Agreement) does not exceed 3.85 to 1.00 (assuming any such new or increased revolving commitments are fully borrowed).
+Added: Under the Credit Agreement, we have the right to request additional loans or commitments for in an amount up to $450 million, plus (ii) an additional amount so long as the pro forma First Lien Net Leverage Ratio (as defined in the Credit Agreement) does not exceed 3.85 to 1.00 as of the date such loans or commitments are incurred.
We also have the right to incur additional debt from time to time, subject to the restrictions contained in the Credit Agreement and the indenture under which the Notes were issued (the "Indenture") .
The substantial debt we have outstanding, combined with our other financial obligations and contractual commitments, has important consequences, including the following:
−Removed: • our level of debt may make it more difficult for us to satisfy our obligations with respect to our debt, and any failure to comply with the obligations under any of our debt instruments, including restrictive covenants,
−Removed: could result in an event of default under the Credit Agreement or the Indenture and the agreements governing such other debt;
+Added: • our level of debt may make it more difficult for us to satisfy our obligations with respect to our debt, and any failure to comply with the obligations under any of our debt instruments, including restrictive covenants, could result in an event of default under the Credit Agreement or the Indenture and the agreements governing such other debt;
• we use a portion of our cash flow from operations to pay principal and interest on our debt, thereby reducing the availability of our cash flow to fund working capital, capital expenditures, strategic acquisitions, investments and alliances and other general corporate requirements;
−Removed: • our interest expense has increased substantially, and could continue to increase, if interest rates continue to increase, because any outstanding borrowings under our Credit Facilities are based on variable interest rates;
−Removed: • the interest rate on our Revolving Credit Facility will depend on the level of our specified financial ratios, and therefore could increase if such specified financial ratios increase;
+Added: • our interest expense has increased substantially, and could continue to increase if interest rates increase beyond current levels, because any outstanding borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility are based on variable interest rates;
+Added: • the interest rate on our Revolving Credit Facility will depend on the level of its specified financial ratios, and therefore could increase if such specified financial ratios increase;
• such substantial debt could leave us vulnerable to general economic downturns and adverse competitive and industry conditions and could place us at a competitive disadvantage compared to those of our competitors that are less leveraged;
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• consolidate, merge or transfer all or substantially all of our assets and the assets of our subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.
−Removed: The terms of the Revolving Credit Facility in the Credit Agreement also require us to achieve and maintain compliance with specified financial ratios.
−Removed: The restrictions contained in the Credit Agreement:
+Added: The terms of the Revolving Credit Facility in the Credit Agreement also require us to achieve and maintain compliance with specified financial ratios and contain the following restrictions:
• limit our ability to plan for or react to market conditions or meet capital needs or otherwise restrict our activities or business plans;
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A breach of any of these restrictive covenants or our inability to comply with the required financial ratios would result in a default under some or all of the debt agreements.
−Removed: During the occurrence and continuance of a default, lenders under our Credit Facilities may elect to declare all outstanding borrowings, together with accrued interest and other fees, to be immediately due and payable, which would result in an event of default under the Indenture.
+Added: During the occurrence and continuance of a default, lenders under our Revolving Credit Facility may elect to declare all outstanding borrowings, together with accrued interest and other fees, to be immediately due and payable, which would result in an event of default under the Indenture.
The lenders will also have the right in these circumstances to terminate any commitments they have to provide further borrowings.
Additionally, our Credit Agreement contains a cross-default provision, which generally causes a default or event of default under the Credit Agreement upon a qualifying default or event of default under any other debt instrument (including under the Indenture) and the Indenture contains a cross-acceleration provision.
−Removed: unable to repay outstanding borrowings when due, the lenders under our Credit Facilities will also have the right to proceed against the collateral granted to them to secure the debt.
−Removed: If lenders under the Credit Facilities accelerate the debt thereunder, then the obligations under the Notes would be accelerated.
−Removed: We cannot provide assurance that, if the indebtedness under our Credit Facilities or the Notes were to be accelerated, our assets would be sufficient to repay in full that indebtedness and our other indebtedness.
+Added: If we are unable to repay outstanding borrowings when due, the lenders under our Revolving Credit Facility will also have the right to proceed against the collateral granted to them to secure the debt.
+Added: If lenders under the Revolving Credit Facility accelerate the debt thereunder, then the obligations under the Notes would be accelerated.
+Added: We cannot provide assurance that, if the indebtedness under our Revolving Credit Facility or the Notes were to be accelerated, our assets would be sufficient to repay in full that indebtedness and our other indebtedness.
If not cured or waived, such acceleration could have a material adverse effect on our business and our prospects.
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