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(in thousands, except per share amounts)
−Removed: Three Months Ended March 31,
+Added: Three Months Ended June 30,
+Added: Six Months Ended June 30,
Compensation and benefits
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Income tax expense
−Removed: Basic and diluted weighted average common shares outstanding
+Added: Basic and diluted weighted average common
+Added: shares outstanding
Basic and diluted loss per share
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Total liabilities
−Removed: Stockholders’
+Added: Stockholders’ equity
Preferred stock, par value $ 0.01 per share, authorized 10,000,000 shares;
−Removed: Common stock, par value $ 0.01 per share, authorized
−Removed: 30,000,000 shares;
−Removed: Issued 21,125,748 and 21,025,748 as of March 31, 2022 and December
−Removed: 31, 2021, respectively;
−Removed: Outstanding 20,310,529 and 20,210,529 at March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021,
−Removed: respectively;
−Removed: and 217,932 and 215,632 shares issuable as
−Removed: of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively
+Added: Common stock, par value $ 0.01 per share, authorized 30,000,000 shares;
+Added: Issued 21,343,680
+Added: and 21,025,748 as of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively;
+Added: Outstanding 20,335,711 and 20,210,529 at June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively,
+Added: and 80,000 and 215,632 shares issuable as of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively
Additional paid-in capital
Accumulated deficit
−Removed: Treasury stock, at cost ( 815,219 shares at March 31, 2022 and December
+Added: Treasury stock, at cost ( 1,007,969 shares at June 30, 2022 and 815,219 at December 31, 2021)
Total stockholders' equity
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(in thousands)
−Removed: Three Months Ended
+Added: Six Months Ended
Cash flows from operating activities
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Net cash used in operating activities
+Added: Cash flows from financing activities
+Added: Purchase of Treasury Stock
+Added: Net cash used in financing activities
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
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IN STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
−Removed: THREE MONTHS ENDED March 31, 2022 and 2021
+Added: THREE AND SIX MONTHS ENDED June 30, 2022 and
(in thousands, except per share data)
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Balance at March 31, 2021
+Added: Equity based compensation expense
+Added: Stock based compensation expense to directors
+Added: Balance at June 30, 2021
Balance at December 31, 2021
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Balance at March 31, 2022
+Added: Purchase of Treasury Stock
+Added: Stock based compensation expense to directors
+Added: Balance at June 30, 2022
See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated
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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
−Removed: Three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021
+Added: Three months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021
Basis of presentation and description of activities
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Wright Investors’ Service Holdings, Inc.
−Removed: (the “Company”)
−Removed: has nominal operations and nominal assets aside from its cash and cash equivalents, and is therefore considered a shell company, as defined
+Added: (the “Company”) has nominal operations and nominal assets aside from its cash and cash equivalents, and is therefore considered
+Added: a shell company, as defined in U.S.
securities laws and regulations.
−Removed: The Company is not engaged in the business of investing, reinvesting, or trading in securities,
−Removed: and it does not hold itself out as being engaged in those activities.
−Removed: The Company intends to evaluate and explore all available strategic
+Added: The Company is not engaged in the business of investing, reinvesting,
+Added: or trading in securities, and it does not hold itself out as being engaged in those activities.
+Added: The Company intends to evaluate and explore all
+Added: available strategic options.
The Company will continue to work to maximize stockholder value.
−Removed: Such strategic options may include acquisition of an investment
−Removed: advisory business, acquisition of a financial services business, creating partnerships or joint ventures for those or other businesses
−Removed: and investing in other businesses that provide attractive opportunities for growth.
−Removed: The directors will also consider alternatives for
−Removed: distributing some or all of the Company’s cash and cash equivalents.
−Removed: Until such time as a decision is made as to how the liquid
−Removed: assets of the Company are so deployed, the Company intends to invest its liquid assets in high-grade, short- term investments (such as
−Removed: cash and cash equivalents) consistent with the preservation of principal, maintenance of liquidity and avoidance of speculation.
−Removed: The Company may be classified as an inadvertent investment company
−Removed: if the Company acquires investment securities in excess of 40% of its total assets.
−Removed: As of March 31, 2022, the Company is not considered
−Removed: an inadvertent investment company.
+Added: Such strategic options may include acquisition
+Added: of an investment advisory business, acquisition of a financial services business, creating partnerships or joint ventures for those or
+Added: other businesses and investing in other businesses that provide attractive opportunities for growth.
+Added: The directors will also consider
+Added: alternatives for distributing some or all of the Company’s cash and cash equivalents.
+Added: Until such time as a decision is made as to
+Added: how the liquid assets of the Company are so deployed, the Company intends to invest its liquid assets in high-grade, short- term investments
+Added: (such as cash and cash equivalents) consistent with the preservation of principal, maintenance of liquidity and avoidance of speculation.
+Added: The Company may be classified as an inadvertent
+Added: investment company if the Company acquires investment securities in excess of 40% of its total assets.
+Added: As of June 30, 2022, the Company
+Added: is not considered an inadvertent investment company.
New accounting guidance not yet adopted
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Per share data
−Removed: Loss per share for the three months ended March
+Added: Loss per share for the three months ended June
30, 2022 and 2021, respectively, is calculated based on 20,415,711 and 20,277,195 weighted average outstanding shares of common stock,
−Removed: including weighted average issuable shares of 200,690 and 297,352 at March 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
+Added: including weighted average issuable shares of 80,000 and 437,418 at June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
+Added: Loss per share for the six months ended June 30,
+Added: 2022 and 2021 respectively, is calculated based on 20,458,382 and 20,197,158 weighted average outstanding shares of common stock, including
+Added: weighted average 148,966 and 357,380 shares which are issuable at June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
Investment valuation
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to measure fair value into three levels:
−Removed: Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
−Removed: Inputs other than quoted market prices that are observable, either directly or indirectly, and reasonably available.
−Removed: Observable inputs
−Removed: reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability and are developed based on market data obtained
−Removed: from sources independent of the Company.
−Removed: Unobservable inputs.
−Removed: Unobservable inputs reflect the assumptions that the Company develops based on available information about what
−Removed: market participants would use in valuing the asset or liability.
+Added: Level 1 Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
+Added: Level 2 Inputs other than quoted market prices that are observable, either directly or indirectly, and
+Added: reasonably available.
+Added: Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability and are
+Added: developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Company.
+Added: Level 3 Unobservable inputs.
+Added: Unobservable inputs reflect the assumptions that the Company develops based
+Added: on available information about what market participants would use in valuing the asset or liability.
An asset or liability's level
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liabilities and Level 3 assets and liabilities involve greater judgment than Level 1 or Level 2 assets or liabilities.
−Removed: of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company held $ 5,025,000 and $ 5,250,000 in U.S.
+Added: of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company held $ 4,630,000 and $ 5,250,000 in U.S.
government debt securities.
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are reported as Cash and cash equivalents, and those with longer maturities are reported as investments, on the condensed consolidated
−Removed: balance sheets as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021.
+Added: balance sheets as of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021.
following table presents the Company’s financial instruments at fair value (in thousands):
−Removed: Value Measurements
−Removed: as of March 31, 2022
+Added: Fair Value Measurements
+Added: as of June 30, 2022
Quoted Prices
−Removed: Treasury bills included in cash and
−Removed: cash equivalents
−Removed: Value Measurements
+Added: Treasury bills included in cash and cash equivalents
+Added: Fair Value Measurements
as of December 31, 2021
Quoted Prices
−Removed: Treasury bills included in cash
−Removed: and cash equivalents
−Removed: Income tax expense represents minimum state taxes.
−Removed: No tax benefit has been recorded in relation to the pre-tax loss for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, due to a full valuation
−Removed: allowance to offset any deferred tax asset related to net operating loss carry forwards attributable to the losses.
+Added: Treasury bills included in cash and cash equivalents
+Added: No tax benefit
+Added: has been recorded in relation to the pre-tax loss for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, due to a full valuation allowance
+Added: to offset any deferred tax asset related to net operating loss carry forwards attributable to the losses.
+Added: Capital Stock
The Company’s Board of Directors, without
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or privately negotiated transactions.
−Removed: At March 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company had repurchased 2,041,971 shares of its common
−Removed: stock and a total of 2,958,029 of the authorized shares, remained available for repurchase as of March 31, 2022.
−Removed: to note 8 for subsequent events.
+Added: On April 5, 2022, in accordance with the Board of Directors’ prior authorization, the Company
+Added: purchased 192,750 shares of its common stock in a privately negotiated transaction at a price of $ 0.25 per share for an amount of approximately
+Added: At June 30, 2022, the Company had repurchased 2,234,721 shares of its common stock and a total of 2,765,279 of
+Added: the authorized shares, remained available for repurchase as of June 30, 2022.
During the quarter ended
−Removed: March 31, 2022, a) the Company incurred $ 20,000 of director fees payable in 68,966 shares of its common stock which were not issued as
−Removed: of March 31, 2022, and b) 100,000 stock awards vested as of March 31, 2022.
−Removed: As of March 31, 2022, there were 217,932 shares
−Removed: of Company common stock to be issued to the independent directors of the Company, in payment of quarterly directors’ fees due to
−Removed: them for services in 2021 and the first quarter of 2022.
−Removed: The shares were issued on April 28, 2022.
−Removed: The equity compensation awards were
−Removed: issued pursuant to the exemption from the registration requirements of Section 5 of the Securities Act of 1933 (“1933 Act”)
−Removed: provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the 1933 Act.
+Added: June 30, 2022, a) the Company incurred $ 20,000 of director fees payable in 80,000 shares of its common stock to the independent directors
+Added: of the Company, in payment of quarterly directors’ fees due to them for services in the second quarter of 2022, which were not issued
+Added: as of June 30, 2022, and b) issued 217,932 shares of Company commons stock to the independent directors of the Company, in payment of
+Added: quarterly directors’ fees due to them for services in 2021 and the first quarter of 2022.
+Added: The equity compensation awards were issued
+Added: pursuant to the exemption from the registration requirements of Section 5 of the Securities Act of 1933 (“1933 Act”) provided
+Added: by Section 4(a)(2) of the 1933 Act.
Incentive stock plans and stock-based compensation
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2022, all shares had vested and were issued.
−Removed: The Company recorded
−Removed: compensation expense of approximately $ 1,750 and $ 3,300 for each of the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively, related
−Removed: to those stock awards.
−Removed: There was no unrecognized compensation expense related to these unvested stock awards at March 31, 2022.
+Added: The Company recorded compensation expense of zero and approximately $ 3,500 for each of the three months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively, related to those stock awards.
+Added: recorded compensation expense of approximately $ 1,750 and $ 6,800 for each of the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively,
+Added: related to those stock awards.
+Added: There was no unrecognized compensation expense related to these unvested stock awards at June 30, 2022.
Common stock options
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the securities laws.
−Removed: As of March 31, 2022,
+Added: As of June 30, 2022,
all options were vested and there were no outstanding options under the 2007 NPDC Plan.
There were no grants, forfeitures or exercises
−Removed: of options during the three months ended March 31, 2022.
−Removed: Subsequent Events
−Removed: On April 5, 2022, in
−Removed: accordance with the Board of Directors’ prior authorization, the Company purchased 192,750 shares of its common stock in a privately
−Removed: negotiated transaction at a price of $ 0.25 per share for an amount of approximately $ 48,000 .
+Added: of options during the three and six months ended June 30, 2022.
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