−Removed: MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
−Removed: AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
+Added: MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL
+Added: CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following Management’s
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results and the timing of events could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of several
−Removed: Historical results may not
−Removed: indicate future performance.
−Removed: Our forward-looking statements reflect our current views about future events, are based on assumptions and
−Removed: are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated
+Added: Historical results may
+Added: not indicate future performance.
+Added: Our forward-looking statements reflect our current views about future events, are based on assumptions
+Added: and are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated
by these statements.
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we cannot guarantee future results, events, levels of activity, performance, or achievements.
−Removed: by tech and data, iPower Inc.
−Removed: is an online supplier of consumer goods, including hydroponics equipment, general gardening supplies, and
−Removed: consumer home goods.
−Removed: Through the operations of our e-commerce platforms and channel partners, and our 99,347 square foot fulfillment centers
−Removed: in Rancho Cucamonga, California, we believe we are one of the leading marketers, distributors and retailers in the consumer gardening
−Removed: and home goods categories based on management’s estimates.
−Removed: Our core strategy continues to focus on expanding our geographic reach
−Removed: across the United States and internationally through organic growth, both in terms of expanding customer base as well as brand and product
−Removed: iPower has developed a set of methodologies driven by proprietary data formulas to effectively bring products to market and
−Removed: are actively developing our in-house branded products and through supply chain partners, which to date include the iPower and Simple
−Removed: Deluxe brands and more, some of which have been designated as Amazon best seller product leaders and Amazon Choice products,
−Removed: among others.
−Removed: and Expectations
−Removed: Brand Development
−Removed: plan to increase investments in product and brand development.
−Removed: We actively evaluate potential acquisition opportunities of companies and
−Removed: product brand names that can complement our product catalog and improve on existing products and supply chain efficiencies.
−Removed: Global Economic
−Removed: at present the majority of our products are sourced either in the United States or China, the military conflict between Russia and Ukraine
−Removed: may nonetheless increase the likelihood of supply chain interruptions and hinder our ability to find the materials we need to make our
−Removed: Thus far, as a result of the general global economic disruption, we have experienced a decrease in the speed with which we are
−Removed: able to purchase new inventory, as well as an increase in costs due to delays in shipping, resulting increase in time with which products
+Added: by technology and data, iPower operates as an online retailer and supplier of consumer goods and provides value-added e-commerce services
+Added: to third-party products and brands.
+Added: Our capabilities include established online sales channels, robust fulfillment operations, a network
+Added: of warehouses serving the United States, competitive last-mile delivery partners, and a differentiated business intelligence platform.
+Added: Leveraging these capabilities, we utilize proprietary, data-driven methodologies to support product launches and sales optimization, with
+Added: the objective of efficiently bringing products to market and delivering value to customers in the United States and other markets.
+Added: sales channels currently include Amazon Vendor Central, Amazon Seller Central (3P), Walmart.com, TikTok, Temu, other online marketplaces,
+Added: and our owned e-commerce websites.
+Added: are also actively developing and marketing in-house branded products, as well as products offered through supply-chain partners.
+Added: brand portfolio includes iPower, Simple Deluxe, and other brands, offering products across categories such as home goods, fans, pet products,
+Added: outdoor and gardening products, and consumer electronics.
+Added: While we continue to focus on our core product categories, we seek to expand
+Added: our product catalog through additional in-house development and partnerships with suppliers, guided by market data analytics.
+Added: is positioning itself at the intersection of digital assets and real-world commerce by leveraging its established e-commerce, logistics,
+Added: and data infrastructure to support the distribution and integration of compliant digital-asset products through licensed partners.
+Added: initiated the Digital Treasury Strategy on June 17, 2025, with the plan of creating a Digital Treasury Strategy business.
+Added: As this Digital
+Added: Treasury Strategy is a newly planned addition to our business model, we cannot predict its success or how it will affect our business
+Added: over the long term.
+Added: Digital Treasury Strategy is intended to provide measured, long-term exposure to digital assets that management believes may become increasingly
+Added: integrated into commerce, while aligning the Company’s treasury strategy with its operational focus on digital-asset-related initiatives.
+Added: Global Economic Disruption
+Added: While at present the
+Added: majority of our products are sourced either in the United States or China, the military conflict between Russia and Ukraine may nonetheless
+Added: increase the likelihood of supply chain interruptions and hinder our ability to find the materials we need to make our products.
+Added: far, as a result of the general global economic disruption, we have experienced a decrease in the speed with which we have been able
+Added: to purchase new inventory, as well as an increase in costs due to delays in shipping, resulting increase in time with which products
remain in our warehouse facilities, thus resulting in reduced profits.
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that we may be unable to acquire the materials and services we need to continue to make certain products.
−Removed: sell hydroponic gardening products to end users that may use such products in new and emerging industries or segments, including the growing
−Removed: The demand for hydroponic gardening products depends on the uncertain growth of these industries or segments due to varying,
−Removed: inconsistent, and rapidly changing laws, regulations, administrative practices, enforcement approaches, judicial interpretations, and
−Removed: consumer perceptions.
−Removed: For example, certain countries and a total of 46 U.S.
−Removed: states plus the District of Columbia have adopted frameworks
−Removed: that authorize, regulate and tax the cultivation, processing, sale and use of cannabis for medicinal and/or non-medicinal use, including
−Removed: legalization of hemp and CBD, while the U.S.
−Removed: Controlled Substances Act and the laws of U.S.
−Removed: states prohibit growing cannabis.
−Removed: our products could be impacted by changes in the regulatory environment with respect to such industries and segments.
−Removed: of Digital Treasury Strategy
−Removed: June 17, 2025, the Company adopted a digital asset reserve, allocation and development strategy (the “Digital Treasury Strategy”)
−Removed: with the plan of creating a Digital Treasury Strategy business.
−Removed: To date, we have not effectuated the Digital Treasury Strategy business
−Removed: and do not know if it will be effectuated.
−Removed: As this Digital Treasury Strategy is a newly planned addition to our business model, we cannot
−Removed: predict its success or know whether we will commence this strategy or, once commenced, if we will continue with this strategy for the
−Removed: The Company will provide additional updates to shareholders when and if we do effectuate such strategy.
+Added: Reverse Stock Split
+Added: the 2025 annual meeting of stockholders of the Company, the Company’s stockholders approved a proposal authorizing the board of
+Added: directors of the Company (the “Board”), in its sole discretion, to effect a reverse stock split of the outstanding shares
+Added: of the Company’s common stock, at a reverse split ratio in the range of one-for-two (1:2) to one-for-two hundred (1:200), as determined
+Added: by the Board, whereby every two to two hundred shares of the authorized, issued and outstanding common stock will be combined into one
+Added: share of authorized, issued and outstanding common stock.
+Added: Pursuant to such authority granted by the Company’s stockholders at the
+Added: Annual Meeting, the Board approved a reverse split of between one-for-twenty (1:20) and one-for-thirty (1:30) (the “Reverse Stock
+Added: Split”) of the common stock on October 13, 2025, subject to final determination of the Company’s management.
+Added: Company management
+Added: subsequently determined to effectuate a one-for-thirty (1:30) Reverse Stock Split and October 22, 2025, the Company filed a certificate
+Added: of amendment to amend the certificate of incorporation of the Company with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada, with an effective
+Added: date of October 27, 2025.
+Added: Reverse Stock Split became effective at the start of trading on October 27, 2025 (the “Effective Time”), at which time, every
+Added: thirty (30) shares of the Company’s issued and outstanding common stock immediately prior to the Effective Time was automatically
+Added: reclassified into one (1) share of common stock, without any change in the par value per share.
+Added: The Reverse Stock Split reduced the number
+Added: of shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise or vesting of the Company’s outstanding warrants and restricted stock units
+Added: in proportion to the ratio of the Reverse Stock Split and caused a proportionate increase in the exercise prices of such stock options.
+Added: The Reverse Stock Split did not change the total number of authorized shares of common stock or preferred stock.
+Added: October 27, 2025, trading of the Company’s common stock continued on The Nasdaq Capital Market on a Reverse Stock Split-adjusted
+Added: Promissory Notes
+Added: November 24, 2025, the Company issued three promissory notes totaling $2 million (the “Promissory Notes”) in exchange for
+Added: gross proceeds of $2 million.
+Added: The Promissory Notes were entered into with certain investors and related parties, including an entity controlled
+Added: by the Company’s CEO, Chenlong Tan.
+Added: Promissory Notes bear 6.5% interest per annum and were repayable upon the earlier of 90 days or the Company’s entry into new financing
+Added: arrangements.
+Added: The funds received in connection with the Company’s issuance of the Promissory Notes were used to pay off the Company’s
+Added: existing asset-backed lending facility with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
+Added: (“JPMorgan”) pursuant to the Company’s credit
+Added: agreement with JPMorgan, originally dated November 12, 2021, as amended (the “Credit Agreement”).
+Added: As a result of the repayment,
+Added: the Company has initiated the termination of the related Uniform Commercial Code filings.
+Added: Promissory Notes were repaid on February 12, 2026.
+Added: Stockholder Action
+Added: On December 21, 2025, a majority
+Added: of the Company’s stockholders (representing 53.1% of the Company’s outstanding voting power) took the following actions to
+Added: (1) the Convertible Note Facility (defined below);
+Added: (2) the issuance of in excess of 20% of the Company’s outstanding common
+Added: stock at a price less than the “Minimum Price” as defined in Nasdaq List Rule 5635(d);
+Added: (3) authorizing an amendment to the
+Added: Company’s articles of incorporation for the sole purpose of increasing the Company’s authorized shares from 200,000,000 shares,
+Added: consisting of 180,000,000 shares of common stock and 20,000,000 shares of preferred stock, to 1,000,000,000 shares, consisting of 950,000,000
+Added: shares of common stock and 50,000,000 shares of preferred stock;
+Added: (4) authorizing the Board to approve one or more reverse stock splits,
+Added: in the range of 1-for-250 shares, with the Board to determine when, if ever, to effectuate such reverse stock split;
+Added: and (5) authorizing
+Added: the Company’s Board to adopt a mirror preferred stock in order to allow the Company to more easily achieve quorum in the event the
+Added: Company needs to call a meeting to effectuate a reverse stock split for purposes of maintaining its Nasdaq listing or increase the Company’s
+Added: Authorized shares.
+Added: The Company filed a preliminary
+Added: information statement on Schedule 14C (the “Schedule 14C”) with the SEC on January 7, 2026.
+Added: Following any SEC review, the
+Added: Company will then finalize and mail the Schedule 14C to stockholders as of the December 22, 2025 record date.
+Added: Convertible Note Facility
+Added: On December 22, 2025, the
+Added: Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with a certain institutional investor (the “Investor”) named therein
+Added: (the “Purchase Agreement”) providing for the purchase by the Investor of a 6% original issue discount (OID) convertible note
+Added: facility in the aggregate original principal amount of $30,000,000 (the “Convertible Note Facility”), in which the Investor
+Added: initial purchased (i) a series A senior secured convertible note in the aggregate original principal amount of $5,184,024 (the “Series
+Added: A Convertible Note”), and shares of the Company’s common stock, issuable pursuant to the terms of the Series A Convertible
+Added: Notes (the “Series A Conversion Shares”) in reliance upon the exemption from securities registration afforded by Section 4(a)(2)
+Added: of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Rule 506(b) of Regulation D as promulgated by the Securities
+Added: and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the Securities Act, and (ii) $1,815,976 aggregate principal amount of a series B
+Added: senior secured convertible note (the “Series B Convertible Notes,” together with the Series A Convertible Notes, the “Convertible
+Added: Notes”), and shares of the Company’s common stock issuable pursuant to the terms of the Series B Convertible Notes (the “Series
+Added: B Conversion Shares”) in a registered direct offering pursuant to a currently effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3
+Added: 333-274665), which has been declared effective by the SEC on September 29, 2023.
+Added: In addition, pursuant to the Purchase Agreement,
+Added: the parties closed on an additional approximately $2,000,000 of Series A Convertible Notes (the “Additional Series A Notes”),
+Added: bringing the total amount of 6% OID Convertible Notes sold to $9,000,000, with the Additional Series A Notes to be paid for and issuable
+Added: upon the effectiveness of a resale registration statement registering the Series A Convertible Notes.
+Added: At closing, as consideration for
+Added: issuance of the Convertible Notes, the Company received gross proceeds of $6,580,000, before deducting expenses.
+Added: Digital Offering LLC acted
+Added: as placement agent and received $394,800 in placement agent fees.
+Added: The Convertible Notes are
+Added: convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock at a fixed Conversion Price of $17.70 per share, subject to adjustment as
+Added: provided in the Convertible Notes.
+Added: The holder may elect to convert at an Alternate Conversion Price, which provides for conversion at
+Added: a discounted price based on recent trading VWAP.
+Added: The Alternate Optional Conversion Price is equal to the lower of (i) the Conversion Price
+Added: or (ii) the greater of (x) the Floor Price (as defined below) or (y) 95% of the lowest VWAP during the seven (7) consecutive trading day
+Added: period ending on the trading day immediately preceding delivery of the conversion notice.
+Added: The Alternate Event of Default Conversion Price
+Added: is equal to the lower of (i) the Conversion Price or (ii) the greater of (x) the Floor Price or (y) 90% of the lowest VWAP during the
+Added: ten (10) consecutive trading day period ending on the trading day immediately preceding delivery of the conversion notice.
+Added: The Floor Price
+Added: is $2.27 per share, subject to adjustment.
+Added: The Convertible Notes are
+Added: senior secured obligations of the Company, secured by Collateral (as defined in the Security and Pledge Agreement), consisting of all
+Added: of the cryptocurrency and cryptocurrency related assets of the Company and certain of its subsidiaries.
+Added: On December 23, 2025, the
+Added: Company entered into a Registration Rights Agreement with the Investor (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), which provides
+Added: the Investor with certain registration rights with respect to the resale of the Series A Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion of
+Added: the Series A Convertible Notes.
+Added: Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company filed a registration statement with the SEC
+Added: on January 12, 2026 to register the resale of the Series A Conversion Shares.
+Added: On February 9, 2026, the Company
+Added: delivered an Additional Mandatory Closing Notice to the Investor and, on February 10, 2026, consummated the Additional Mandatory Closing
+Added: in accordance with the Purchase Agreement, receiving $1,880,00 in exchange for issuing a $2,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the
+Added: Additional Mandatory Series A Note to the Investor after satisfaction of all applicable closing conditions, including the effectiveness
+Added: of the resale registration statement and the absence of any Event of Default.
+Added: Acquisitions under the Digital Treasury Strategy
+Added: June 17, 2025, the Company adopted a digital asset reserve, allocation and development strategy with the plan of creating a Digital
+Added: Treasury Strategy business.
+Added: On December 29, 2025, the Company announced the following initial acquisitions under the Digital Treasury
+Added: (1) the purchase of 15.1 Bitcoin (BTC) at an average price of $87,686.33 per BTC, for a total notional value of approximately
+Added: $1,325,400 and (2) the purchase of 301.1 Ethereum (ETH) at an average price of $2,934.67 per ETH, for a total notional value of approximately
+Added: As this Digital Treasury Strategy
+Added: is a new addition to our business model, we cannot predict its success or if we will continue with this strategy for the long term.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
−Removed: For the three months ended September 30, 2025
−Removed: The following table presents certain
−Removed: unaudited condensed consolidated statement of operations information and presentation of that data as a percentage of change from period
+Added: For the three months ended December 31,
+Added: 2025 and 2024
+Added: The following table presents
+Added: certain unaudited condensed consolidated statement of operations information and presentation of that data as a percentage of change from
+Added: period to period.
Three Months Ended
−Removed: September 30,
Three Months Ended
−Removed: September 30,
Revenues - product sales
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Loss before income taxes
−Removed: Income tax benefit
+Added: Income tax (benefit) expense
Non-controlling interest
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Operating loss % of revenues
+Added: Net income (loss) % of revenues
+Added: for the three months ended December 31, 2025 decreased 62.6% to $7,133,602 as compared to $19,072,571 for the three months ended December
+Added: While pricing remained stable, the decrease was mainly due to the combination of decreased orders from Amazon, disruption of
+Added: product supply, and decreased logistic service income, during the quarter ended December 31, 2025.
+Added: In addition, the Company also experienced
+Added: a significant decrease in Amazon orders as a result of the negative impact from uncertainty over tariffs during quarter ended December
+Added: Costs of Revenues
+Added: Costs of revenues for the
+Added: three months ended December 31, 2025 decreased 62.6% to $3,994,680 as compared to $10,682,685 for the three months ended December 31,
+Added: The decrease was primarily due to the decrease in sales.
+Added: Gross profit was $3,138,922
+Added: for the three months ended December 31, 2025 as compared to $8,389,886 for the three months ended December 31, 2024.
+Added: While the gross profit
+Added: ratio of the product sales revenues decreased to 44% for the three months ended December 31, 2025 from 46.3% for the three months ended
+Added: December 31, 2024, the overall gross profit ratio of the total sales revenues for the three months ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 was
+Added: The decrease in the gross profit ratio of the product sales revenues was primarily driven by increases in product costs.
+Added: Operating Expenses
+Added: Operating expenses for the
+Added: three months ended December 31, 2025 decreased 27.6% to $5,576,899 as compared to $7,706,279 for the three months ended December 31, 2024.
+Added: The decrease was mainly due to the combination of a decrease in selling and fulfillment expenses of $1.6 million as a result of decrease
+Added: in sales and a decrease in general and administrative expenses of $0.6 million, which included payroll expenses, stock-based compensation
+Added: expense, insurance expenses, allowance for credit losses, travel expenses and other operating expenses.
+Added: The decrease in general and administrative
+Added: expenses was primarily attributable to the implementation of a cost-cutting plan during the current quarter, as compared to the prior-year
+Added: period which included expenses related to the expansion of our vendor network, the development of the SuperSuite platform, and an increase
+Added: in the allowance for credit losses and inventory reserves totaling $1.76 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2024.
+Added: Income (Loss) from Operations
+Added: (loss) from operations was $(2,437,977) for the three months ended December 31, 2025 as compared to $683,607 of income from operations
+Added: for the three months ended December 31, 2024.
+Added: The decrease in income was primary due to the combination of decrease in sales and operating
+Added: expenses as discussed above.
+Added: Other Income (Expense)
+Added: Other income (expense) consists
+Added: of interest expense and other non-operating income (expense).
+Added: Other income (expense) for the three months ended December 31, 2025 was
+Added: $424,188 as compared to $(347,432) for the three months ended December 31, 2024.
+Added: The increase in other income was mainly due to combination
+Added: of the increase in other non-operating income of $639,109 resulted from refund of Employee Retention Tax Credit, change in fair value
+Added: of derivative liability, and gain on disposal of vehicle.
+Added: Net Income (Loss) Attributable to iPower
+Added: Net income (loss) attributable
+Added: to iPower Inc.
+Added: for the three months ended December 31, 2025 was $(1,193,281) as compared to $218,819 for the three months ended December
+Added: 31, 2024, representing an increase in net loss of $1,412,100, which was primarily due to a combination of the increase in loss from operations
+Added: and the increase in other income as discussed above.
+Added: Comprehensive Income (Loss) Attributable
+Added: to iPower Inc.
+Added: Comprehensive
+Added: income (loss) attributable to iPower Inc.
+Added: for the three months ended December 31, 2025 was $(1,193,660) as compared to $374,949 for the
+Added: three months ended December 31, 2024, representing an increase in comprehensive loss of $1,568,609.
+Added: The increase was due to the reasons
+Added: discussed above, along with a decrease in other comprehensive income of $156,509 due to reduced foreign currency translation adjustments
+Added: resulting from the translation of RMB, the functional currency of our subsidiary and VIE in the PRC, to USD, the reporting currency of
+Added: For the six months ended December 31, 2025
+Added: The following table presents
+Added: certain unaudited condensed consolidated statement of operations information and presentation of that data as a percentage of change from
+Added: period to period.
+Added: Six Months Ended
+Added: Six Months Ended
+Added: Revenues - product sales
+Added: Revenues - service income
+Added: Cost of revenues - product costs
+Added: Cost of revenues - service costs
+Added: Operating expenses
+Added: Operating loss
+Added: Other income (expenses)
+Added: Loss before income taxes
+Added: Income tax (benefit) expense
+Added: Non-controlling interest
+Added: Net loss income attributable to iPower Inc.
+Added: Other comprehensive income
+Added: Comprehensive loss attributable to iPower Inc.
+Added: Gross profit % of revenues – product sales
+Added: Gross profit % of revenues – service income
+Added: Operating loss % of revenues
Net loss % of revenues
−Removed: for the three months ended September 30, 2025 decreased 36.8% to $12,017,467 as compared to $19,008,521 for the three months ended September
−Removed: 30, 2024.While pricing remained stable and with the additional logistics service income, the decrease was mainly due to the combination
−Removed: of decreased orders from Amazon and temporary disruption of product supply during the quarter ended September 30, 2025.
−Removed: In addition, the
−Removed: Company also experienced a significant decrease in amazon orders due to uncertainty over tariffs during quarter ended September 30, 2025.
+Added: for the six months ended December 31, 2025 decreased 49.7% to $19,151,069 as compared to $38,081,092 for the six months ended December
+Added: While pricing remained stable, the decrease was mainly due to the combination of decreased orders from Amazon and disruption
+Added: of product supply during the six months ended December 31, 2025.
+Added: In addition, the Company also experienced a significant decrease in Amazon
+Added: orders due to uncertainty over tariffs during the six months ended December 31, 2025.
Costs of Revenues
Costs of revenues for the
−Removed: three months ended September 30, 2025 decreased 31.5% to $7,210,943 as compared to $10,520,624 for the three months ended September 30,
−Removed: The decrease was primarily due to a combination of the costs related to the logistics
−Removed: service income and the decrease in sales, freight costs, and lowered product costs resulting from management’s efforts on supply
−Removed: chain management.
−Removed: Gross profit was $4,806,524 for
−Removed: the three months ended September 30, 2025 as compared to $8,487,897 for the three months ended September 30, 2024.
−Removed: the overall gross profit ratio of the total sales revenues decreased to 40.0% for the three months ended September 30, 2025 from
−Removed: 44.7% for the three months ended September 30 , 2024 , the gross profit ratio of product sales
−Removed: revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024 was 43.9% and 45.7%, respectively.
−Removed: The decrease in the gross profit
−Removed: ratio was primarily driven by the increase in the logistics service income and secondarily by increases in freight costs and product costs.
+Added: six months ended December 31, 2025 decreased 47.2% to $11,205,623 as compared to $21,203,309 for the six months ended December 31, 2024.
+Added: The decrease was primarily due to a combination of the costs related to the logistics service income and the decrease in sales.
+Added: Gross profit was $7,945,446
+Added: for the six months ended December 31, 2025 as compared to $16,877,783 for the six months ended December 31, 2024.
+Added: While the overall gross
+Added: profit ratio of the total sales revenues decreased to 41.5% for the six months ended December 31, 2025 from 44.3% for the six months ended
+Added: December 31, 2024, the gross profit ratio of product sales revenue for the six months ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 was 44.0% and 46.0%,
+Added: respectively.
+Added: The decrease in the gross profit ratio was primarily driven by the decrease in the logistics service income and secondarily
+Added: by increases in freight costs and product costs.
Operating Expenses
−Removed: Operating expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2025 decreased
−Removed: 42.1% to $6,501,703 as compared to $11,234,331 for the three months ended September 30, 2024.
−Removed: The decrease was mainly due to the combination
−Removed: of a decrease in selling and fulfillment expenses of $0.7 million as a result of decreased costs related to advertising, merchant fees,
−Removed: rental expenses and delivery fees, and a decrease in general and administrative expenses of $4.0 million, which included payroll expenses,
−Removed: stock-based compensation expense, insurance expenses, allowance for credit losses, travel expenses and other operating expenses.
−Removed: in general and administrative expenses was primarily attributable to the implementation of a cost-cutting plan during the current quarter,
−Removed: as compared to the prior-year period which included expenses related to the expansion of our vendor network, the development of the SuperSuite
−Removed: platform, and an increase in the allowance for credit losses and inventory reserves totaling $1.76 million for the quarter ended September
+Added: Operating expenses for the
+Added: six months ended December 31, 2025 decreased 36.2% to $12,078,602 as compared to $18,940,610 for the six months ended December 31, 2024.
+Added: The decrease was mainly due to the combination of a decrease in selling and fulfillment expenses of $2.3 million as a result of decreased
+Added: sales and costs related to advertising, merchant fees, rental expenses and delivery fees, and a decrease in general and administrative
+Added: expenses of $4.6 million, which included payroll expenses, stock-based compensation expense, insurance expenses, allowance for credit
+Added: losses, travel expenses and other operating expenses.
+Added: The decrease in general and administrative expenses was primarily attributable to
+Added: the implementation of a cost-cutting plan during the current period, as compared to the prior-year period which included expenses related
+Added: to the expansion of our vendor network, the development of the SuperSuite platform, and an increase in the allowance for credit losses
+Added: and inventory reserves totaling $1.8 million for the six months ended December 31, 2024.
Loss from Operations
−Removed: from operations was $1,695,179 for the three months ended September 30, 2025 as compared
−Removed: to $2,746,434 for the three months ended September 30, 2024 .
−Removed: The decrease in loss
−Removed: resulted from the decrease in operating expenses being greater than the decrease in gross profit.
−Removed: income consists of interest expense and other non-operating income.
−Removed: Other income for the three months ended September 30, 2025
−Removed: was $697,947 as compared to $ 77,805 for the three months
−Removed: ended September 30, 2024 .
−Removed: The increase in other income was mainly due to combination
−Removed: of the increase in other non-operating income of $620,142 resulted from discounted settlement and write-offs of aged accounts payable,
−Removed: recognition of loss on deconsolidation of VIE, and a decrease in interest, including amortization of debt discount, on the revolving loan
−Removed: of $78,243 during the three months ended September 30, 2025 resulted from the decreasing loan balance.
−Removed: Net Loss Attributable to iPower Inc.
−Removed: loss attributable to iPower Inc.
−Removed: for the three months ended September 30, 2025 was $533,648
−Removed: as compared to $2,029,281 for the three months ended September 30, 2024 , representing a decrease
−Removed: in net loss of $1,495,633.
−Removed: The decrease was primarily due to the decrease in operating expenses and
−Removed: the increase in other income as discussed above.
+Added: Loss from operations was $4,133,156
+Added: for the six months ended December 31, 2025 as compared to $2,062,827 for the six months ended December 31, 2024.
+Added: The increase in loss
+Added: was primary due to the combination of decrease in sales and operating expenses as discussed above.
+Added: Other Income (expense)
+Added: Other income (expense) consists
+Added: of interest expense and other non-operating income (expense).
+Added: Other income (expense) for the six months ended December 31, 2025 was $1,122,135
+Added: as compared to $(269,627) for the six months ended December 31, 2024.
+Added: The increase in other income was mainly due to combination of the
+Added: increase in other non-operating income of $1,219,713 resulted from discounted settlement and write-offs of aged accounts payable, recognition
+Added: of loss on deconsolidation of VIE, a decrease in interest, including amortization of debt discount, on the revolving loan of $73,924 during
+Added: the six months ended December 31, 2025 resulted from the termination of the revolving ABL, refund of Employee Retention Tax Credit, change
+Added: in fair value of derivative liability, and gain on disposal of vehicle.
+Added: Net Income (Loss) Attributable to iPower
+Added: Net loss attributable to iPower
+Added: for the six months ended December 31, 2025 was $1,726,929 as compared to $1,810,462 for the six months ended December 31, 2024, representing
+Added: a decrease in net loss of $83,533, which was primarily due to the combination of increase in loss from operations and the increase in
+Added: other income as discussed above.
Comprehensive Loss Attributable to iPower
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loss attributable to iPower Inc.
−Removed: for the three months ended September 30, 2025 was $508,705 as compared to $2,084,335 for the three months
−Removed: ended September 30, 2024, representing a decrease in comprehensive loss of $1,575,630.
−Removed: The decrease was due to the reasons discussed above,
−Removed: along with an increase in other comprehensive income of $79,997 as a result of foreign currency translation adjustments resulting from
+Added: for the six months ended December 31, 2025 was $1,702,365 as compared to $1,709,386 for the six months
+Added: ended December 31, 2024, representing a slight decrease in comprehensive loss of $7,021, which was due to the reasons discussed above,
+Added: along with a decrease in other comprehensive income of $76,512 as a result of foreign currency translation adjustments resulting from
the translation of RMB, the functional currency of our subsidiary and VIE in the PRC, to USD, the reporting currency of the Company.
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Sources of Liquidity
−Removed: the three months ended September 30, 2025, we primarily funded our operations with cash and cash equivalents generated from operations,
−Removed: borrowing from related party, as well as through borrowing under our credit facility from JPMorgan Chase Bank (“JPM”).
−Removed: Additionally,
−Removed: on June 18, 2024, we closed on a registered direct offering of 69,445 shares of common stock (the “Shares”) and a concurrent
−Removed: private placement of warrants to purchase up to 69,445 shares of common stock (the “Warrants”), which Shares and Warrants
−Removed: were sold for aggregate gross proceeds of $5,000,002.
−Removed: As of September 30, 2025, we had cash and cash equivalents of $903,975, representing
−Removed: a $1,103,915 decrease from $2,007,890 in cash as of June 30, 2025.
−Removed: The cash decrease was primarily due to the combined result of cash
−Removed: provided by operating activities, cash used in investing activities and financing activities resulting from our payments to pay down the
−Removed: JPM revolving line of credit.
+Added: the six months ended December 31, 2025, we primarily funded our operations with cash and cash equivalents generated from operations, borrowing
+Added: from related party, as well as through borrowings under our credit facility from JPMorgan Chase Bank (“JPM”) and close of
+Added: a convertible notes financing on December 23, 2025.
+Added: Additionally, on June 18, 2024, we closed on a registered direct offering of 69,445
+Added: shares of common stock (the “Shares”) and a concurrent private placement of warrants to purchase up to 69,445 shares of common
+Added: stock (the “Warrants”), which Shares and Warrants were sold for aggregate gross proceeds of $5,000,002.
+Added: As of December 31,
+Added: 2025, we had cash and cash equivalents of $2,011,738, representing a $3,848 increase from $2,007,890 in cash as of June 30, 2025.
+Added: cash increase was primarily due to the combined result of cash provided by operating activities, cash used in investing activities and
+Added: financing activities resulting from our payments to pay down the JPM revolving line of credit and proceeds from convertible notes.
on our current operating plan, we believe that our existing cash and cash equivalents and cash flows from operations will be sufficient
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catalog, which will have a net beneficial impact to our margin profile and ability to generate cash.
−Removed: Currently, we have approximately
−Removed: $1.0 million in unused credit under the revolving line with JPM.
−Removed: our current working capital position and available funding from our revolving credit line and proceeds from our June 2024 registered
−Removed: direct offering, we believe we will be able to work through the current challenges by managing payment terms with customers and
+Added: our current working capital position and available funding from our revolving credit line and proceeds from our June 2024 registered direct
+Added: offering, we believe we will be able to work through the current challenges by managing payment terms with customers and vendors.
Working Capital
−Removed: of September 30, 2025 and June 30, 2025, our working capital was $4.1 million and $4.9 million,
−Removed: respectively.
−Removed: The historical seasonality in our business during the year can cause cash and cash equivalents, inventory and accounts payable
−Removed: to fluctuate, resulting in changes in our working capital.
−Removed: We anticipate that past historical trends to remain in place through the balance
−Removed: of the fiscal year with working capital remaining near this level for the foreseeable future.
+Added: of December 31, 2025 and June 30, 2025, our working capital was $6.7 million and $4.9 million, respectively.
+Added: The historical seasonality
+Added: in our business during the year can cause cash and cash equivalents, inventory and accounts payable to fluctuate, resulting in changes
+Added: in our working capital.
+Added: We anticipate that past historical trends to remain in place through the balance of the fiscal year with working
+Added: capital remaining near this level for the foreseeable future.
Operating Activities
−Removed: largest source of cash provided by operations is from sales of products.
−Removed: Our primary uses of cash from operating activities include payments
−Removed: to suppliers for products, to employees for compensation, and other general expenses.
−Removed: Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
−Removed: for the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024 was $1,686,463 and $(1,415,643), respectively.
−Removed: The increase in cash provided by operating activities mainly resulted from an increase in cash received
−Removed: from customers, which was partially offset by an increase in cash paid for cost of revenues and operating expenses.
+Added: Our largest source of cash
+Added: provided by operations is from sales of products.
+Added: Our primary uses of cash from operating activities include payments to suppliers for
+Added: products, to employees for compensation, and other general expenses.
+Added: Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities for the six months
+Added: ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 was $763,906 and $(1,387,926), respectively.
+Added: The increase in cash provided by operating activities mainly
+Added: resulted from an increase in cash received from customers, which was partially offset by an increase in cash paid for cost of revenues
+Added: and operating expenses.
Investing Activities
−Removed: cash used in investing activities for the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024
−Removed: was $1,037,272 and $202,140, respectively.
−Removed: The increase was mainly due to deconsolidation of VIE cash, payments made for investment in
−Removed: joint venture and prepayments made for software developments during the quarter ended September 30, 2025.
+Added: Net cash used in investing
+Added: activities for the six months ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 was $5,593,628 and $664,366, respectively.
+Added: The increase was mainly due
+Added: to deconsolidation of VIE cash, payments made for investment in joint venture, purchase of digital assets, and prepayments made for software
+Added: developments during the quarter ended December 31, 2025.
Financing Activities
−Removed: cash used in financing activities was $1,778,026 and $ 3,308,599 , respectively, for the three
−Removed: months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024.
−Removed: The decrease in net cash used in financing activities
−Removed: was primarily due to a decrease in payments on the revolving loan.
+Added: Net cash provided by (used
+Added: in) in financing activities was $4,822,051 and $(2,558,389), respectively, for the six months ended December 31, 2025 and 2024.
+Added: in net cash provided by financing activities was primarily due to a combination of proceeds from a convertible note financing and payments
+Added: on the revolving loan.
OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENTS
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CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES
−Removed: our consolidated financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, or GAAP, and pursuant
−Removed: to the rules and regulations of the SEC.
−Removed: The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management
−Removed: to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes.
−Removed: results could differ from those estimates.
−Removed: In some cases, changes in the accounting estimates are reasonably likely to occur from period
+Added: prepare our consolidated financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, or GAAP,
+Added: and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC.
+Added: The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires
+Added: management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying
+Added: Actual results could differ from those estimates.
+Added: In some cases, changes in the accounting estimates are reasonably likely to occur
+Added: from period to period.
Accordingly, actual results could differ materially from our estimates.
−Removed: To the extent that there are material differences between
−Removed: these estimates and actual results, our financial condition and results of operations will be affected.
−Removed: We base our estimates on experience
−Removed: and other assumptions that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances, and we evaluate these estimates on an ongoing basis.
−Removed: refer to accounting estimates of this type as critical accounting policies, which we discuss further below.
−Removed: While our significant accounting
−Removed: policies are more fully described in Note 2 to our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, we believe that the following
−Removed: accounting policies are critical to the process of making significant judgments and estimates in the preparation of our unaudited condensed
−Removed: consolidated financial statements.
+Added: To the extent that there are material differences
+Added: between these estimates and actual results, our financial condition and results of operations will be affected.
+Added: We base our estimates
+Added: on experience and other assumptions that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances, and we evaluate these estimates on an ongoing
+Added: We refer to accounting estimates of this type as critical accounting policies, which we discuss further below.
+Added: While our significant
+Added: accounting policies are more fully described in Note 2 to our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, we believe that the
+Added: following accounting policies are critical to the process of making significant judgments and estimates in the preparation of our unaudited
+Added: condensed consolidated financial statements.
Revenue recognition
−Removed: recognizes revenues from service and product sales, net of promotional discounts and return allowances, when the following revenue recognition
−Removed: criteria are met:
−Removed: a contract has been identified, separate performance obligations are identified, the transaction price is determined,
−Removed: the transaction price is allocated to separate performance obligations and revenue is recognized upon satisfying each performance obligation.
−Removed: The Company transfers the risk of loss or damage upon shipment or completion of service, therefore, revenue from product sales is recognized
−Removed: when it is shipped to the customer and the revenue from services is recognized upon completion of services.
−Removed: Return allowances, which reduce
−Removed: product revenue by the Company’s best estimate of expected product returns, are estimated using historical experience.
−Removed: evaluates the criteria of ASC 606 - Revenue Recognition Principal Agent Considerations in determining whether it is appropriate to record
−Removed: the gross amount of product sales and related costs or the net amount earned as commissions.
−Removed: Generally, when the Company is primarily
−Removed: responsible for fulfilling the promise to provide a specified good or service and the Company has discretion in establishing the price,
−Removed: revenue is recorded at gross.
−Removed: Payments received prior to
−Removed: the delivery of goods to customers are recorded as customer deposits.
−Removed: periodically provides incentive offers to its customers to encourage purchases.
−Removed: Such offers include current discount offers, such as percentage
−Removed: discounts off current purchases and other similar offers.
−Removed: Current discount offers, when accepted by the Company’s customers, are
−Removed: treated as a reduction to the purchase price of the related transaction.
+Added: Company recognizes revenues from service and product sales, net of promotional discounts and return allowances, when the following revenue
+Added: recognition criteria are met:
+Added: a contract has been identified, separate performance obligations are identified, the transaction price is
+Added: determined, the transaction price is allocated to separate performance obligations and revenue is recognized upon satisfying each performance
+Added: The Company transfers the risk of loss or damage upon shipment or completion of service, therefore, revenue from product sales
+Added: is recognized when it is shipped to the customer and the revenue from services is recognized upon completion of services.
+Added: Return allowances,
+Added: which reduce product revenue by the Company’s best estimate of expected product returns, are estimated using historical experience.
+Added: Company evaluates the criteria of ASC 606 - Revenue Recognition Principal Agent Considerations in determining whether it is appropriate
+Added: to record the gross amount of product sales and related costs or the net amount earned as commissions.
+Added: Generally, when the Company is
+Added: primarily responsible for fulfilling the promise to provide a specified good or service and the Company has discretion in establishing
+Added: the price, revenue is recorded at gross.
+Added: Payments received prior
+Added: to the delivery of goods to customers are recorded as customer deposits.
+Added: Company periodically provides incentive offers to its customers to encourage purchases.
+Added: Such offers include current discount offers, such
+Added: as percentage discounts off current purchases and other similar offers.
+Added: Current discount offers, when accepted by the Company’s
+Added: customers, are treated as a reduction to the purchase price of the related transaction.
discounts are recorded in the period in which the related sales are recorded.
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balances each reporting period to determine if an allowance for credit loss is required.
−Removed: evaluates the creditworthiness of all of its customers individually before accepting them and continuously monitors the recoverability
+Added: Company evaluates the creditworthiness of all of its customers individually before accepting them and continuously monitors the recoverability
of accounts receivable.
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conditions and product obsolescence.
−Removed: estimated realizable value of the inventory is less than cost, the Company makes provisions in order to reduce its carrying value to its
−Removed: estimated market value.
+Added: the estimated realizable value of the inventory is less than cost, the Company makes provisions in order to reduce its carrying value
+Added: to its estimated market value.
The Company also reviews inventory for slow moving and obsolescence and records allowance for obsolescence.
−Removed: Variable interest entities
+Added: Digital Assets
+Added: The Company accounts for its
+Added: digital assets, which currently are comprised solely of Bitcoin (“BTC”) and Ethereum (“ETH”), as indefinite-lived
+Added: intangible assets in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 350-60, “Intangibles—Goodwill
+Added: and Other—Crypto Assets.” The Company has ownership of and control over its digital assets and may use third-party custodial
+Added: services to secure it.
+Added: The Company’s digital assets are initially recorded at cost and are subsequently remeasured on the balance
+Added: sheet at fair value.
+Added: The Company determines the
+Added: fair value of its digital assets on a recurring basis in accordance with ASC Topic 820, “Fair Value Measurement,” based on
+Added: quoted prices on the active exchange that the Company has determined is its principal market for such digital assets (Level 1 inputs).
+Added: The Company determines the cost basis of digital assets using the specific identification of each unit received.
+Added: Realized and unrealized
+Added: gains and losses from changes in the fair value of digital assets are recognized in the statement of operations.
+Added: Variable interest
February 15, 2022, the Company acquired 100% of the ordinary shares of Anivia and its subsidiaries, including Daheshou (Shenzhen) Information
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excess, limited to the total amount of goodwill allocated to that reporting unit.
−Removed: the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, the Company performed a qualitative goodwill impairment analysis following the steps
+Added: the six months ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company performed a qualitative goodwill impairment analysis following the steps
laid out in ASC 350-20-35-3C and noted no goodwill impairment.
−Removed: As of September 30, 2025 and June 30, 2025, the goodwill balance amounted
+Added: As of December 31, 2025 and June 30, 2025, the goodwill balance amounted
to $3,034,110 and $3,034,110, respectively.
−Removed: Intangible Assets, net
−Removed: life intangible assets at September 30, 2025 include a covenant not to compete, supplier relationships and software recognized as part
+Added: Embedded derivative liability
+Added: The Company evaluates the
+Added: embedded features of its financial instruments, including its convertible notes payable in accordance with ASC Topic 480, “ Distinguishing
+Added: Liabilities from Equity ,” and ASC Topic 815 “ Derivatives and Hedging .” Certain conversion options and redemption
+Added: features are required to be bifurcated from their host instrument and accounted for as free-standing derivative financial instruments
+Added: should certain criteria be met.
+Added: The Company applies significant judgment to identify and evaluate complex terms and conditions for its
+Added: financial instruments to determine whether such instruments are derivatives or contain features that qualify as embedded derivatives.
+Added: Embedded derivatives must be separately measured from the host contract if all the requirements for bifurcation are met.
+Added: The assessment
+Added: of the conditions surrounding the bifurcation of embedded derivatives depends on the nature of the host contract and the features of the
+Added: Bifurcated embedded derivatives are recognized at fair value.
+Added: The following table provides
+Added: a roll-forward of changes for financial instruments measured at fair value on a recurring basis for the six months ended December 31,
+Added: Derivative Liability
+Added: Balance as of June 30, 2025
+Added: Initial fair value upon issuance of convertible notes
+Added: Extinguishment of derivative liability upon conversion of convertible notes
+Added: Gain on change in fair value of derivative liability
+Added: Balance as of June 30, 2025
+Added: Intangible Assets,
+Added: life intangible assets at December 31, 2025 include a covenant not to compete, supplier relationships and software recognized as part
of the acquisition of Anivia.
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Supplier relationship
−Removed: The Company reviews the recoverability of long-lived
−Removed: assets, including intangible assets, when events or changes in circumstances occur that indicate the carrying value of the asset may not
−Removed: be recoverable.
−Removed: The assessment of possible impairment is based on the ability to recover the carrying value of the asset from the expected
−Removed: future pretax cash flows (undiscounted and without interest charges) of the related operations.
−Removed: If these cash flows are less than the
−Removed: carrying value of such asset, an impairment loss is recognized for the difference between estimated fair value and carrying value.
−Removed: measurement of impairment requires management to make estimates of these cash flows related to long-lived assets, as well as other fair
−Removed: value determinations.
−Removed: The Company did not record any impairment charge for the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024.
+Added: Company reviews the recoverability of long-lived assets, including intangible assets, when events or changes in circumstances occur that
+Added: indicate the carrying value of the asset may not be recoverable.
+Added: The assessment of possible impairment is based on the ability to recover
+Added: the carrying value of the asset from the expected future pretax cash flows (undiscounted and without interest charges) of the related
+Added: If these cash flows are less than the carrying value of such asset, an impairment loss is recognized for the difference between
+Added: estimated fair value and carrying value.
+Added: The measurement of impairment requires management to make estimates of these cash flows related
+Added: to long-lived assets, as well as other fair value determinations.
+Added: The Company did not record any impairment charge for the six months
+Added: ended December 31, 2025 and 2024.
Stock-based Compensation
−Removed: applies ASC No.
−Removed: 718, “Compensation-Stock Compensation,” which requires that share-based payment transactions with employees
−Removed: and nonemployees upon adoption of ASU 2018-07, be measured based on the grant date fair value of the equity instrument and recognized
+Added: Company applies ASC No.
+Added: 718, “Compensation-Stock Compensation,” which requires that share-based payment transactions with
+Added: employees and nonemployees upon adoption of ASU 2018-07, be measured based on the grant date fair value of the equity instrument and recognized
as compensation expense over the requisite service period, with a corresponding addition to equity.
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be reversed) because the vesting condition in the award has not been satisfied.
−Removed: will recognize forfeitures of such equity-based compensation as they occur.
+Added: Company will recognize forfeitures of such equity-based compensation as they occur.
The Company accounts for income
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to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized.
−Removed: has analyzed filing positions in each of the federal and state jurisdictions where the Company is required to file income tax returns,
−Removed: as well as open tax years in such jurisdictions.
+Added: Company has analyzed filing positions in each of the federal and state jurisdictions where the Company is required to file income tax
+Added: returns, as well as open tax years in such jurisdictions.
The Company has identified the U.S.
−Removed: federal jurisdiction, and the states of Nevada and
−Removed: California, as its “major” tax jurisdictions.
−Removed: However, the Company has certain tax attribute carryforwards which will remain
−Removed: subject to review and adjustment by the relevant tax authorities until the statute of limitations closes with respect to the year in which
−Removed: such attributes are utilized.
−Removed: believes that our income tax filing positions and deductions will be sustained on audit and does not anticipate any adjustments that will
−Removed: result in a material change to its financial position.
−Removed: Therefore, no reserves for uncertain income tax positions have been recorded pursuant
−Removed: to ASC 740, Income Taxes.
−Removed: The Company’s policy for recording interest and penalties associated with income-based tax audits is to
−Removed: record such items as a component of income taxes.
+Added: federal jurisdiction, and the states of
+Added: Nevada and California, as its “major” tax jurisdictions.
+Added: However, the Company has certain tax attribute carryforwards which
+Added: will remain subject to review and adjustment by the relevant tax authorities until the statute of limitations closes with respect to the
+Added: year in which such attributes are utilized.
+Added: Company believes that our income tax filing positions and deductions will be sustained on audit and does not anticipate any adjustments
+Added: that will result in a material change to its financial position.
+Added: Therefore, no reserves for uncertain income tax positions have been recorded
+Added: pursuant to ASC 740, Income Taxes.
+Added: The Company’s policy for recording interest and penalties associated with income-based tax audits
+Added: is to record such items as a component of income taxes.
Recently issued accounting
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effect on the consolidated financial position, statements of operations and cash flows.
−Removed: QUANTITATIVE AND
−Removed: QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
−Removed: “smaller reporting company,” we are not required to provide the information required by this Item.
+Added: AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
+Added: a “smaller reporting company,” we are not required to provide the information required by this Item.
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