Item 1. Financial Statements
Item 1. Financial Statements.
WRIGHT INVESTORS' SERVICE HOLDINGS, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
June 30,
December 31,
2025
2024
(unaudited)
Assets
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents
$ 394
$ 1,440
Investments
1,464
914
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
36
84
Total current assets
1,894
2,438
Other assets
8
8
Total assets
$ 1,902
$ 2,446
Liabilities and stockholders’ equity
Current liabilities
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
$ 71
$ 115
Total current liabilities
71
115
Total liabilities
71
115
Stockholders’ equity
Preferred stock, par value $ 0.01 per share, authorized 10,000,000 shares; none issued
-
-
Common stock, par value $ 0.01 per share, authorized 30,000,000 shares; issued 21,628,680 as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024;
outstanding 20,620,711 at June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024.
216
216
Additional paid-in capital
34,392
34,392
Accumulated deficit
( 31,030 )
( 30,530 )
Treasury stock, at cost ( 1,007,969 shares at June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024)
( 1,747 )
( 1,747 )
Total stockholders' equity
1,831
2,331
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
$ 1,902
$ 2,446
See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated
financial statements.
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WRIGHT INVESTORS' SERVICE HOLDINGS, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(unaudited)
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
Three Months Ended June 30,
Six Months Ended June 30,
2025
2024
2025
2024
Expenses
Compensation and benefits
$ 113
$ 115
$ 228
$ 228
Other operating
145
154
317
326
Total operating expenses
258
269
545
554
Loss from operations
( 258 )
( 269 )
( 545 )
( 554 )
Interest and other income, net
14
36
45
102
Net loss
$ ( 244 )
$ ( 233 )
$ ( 500 )
$ ( 452 )
Basic and diluted weighted average common shares outstanding
20,620,711
20,620,711
20,620,711
20,620,711
Basic and diluted loss per share
$ ( 0.01 )
$ ( 0.01 )
$ ( 0.02 )
$ ( 0.02 )
See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated
financial statements.
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WRIGHT INVESTORS' SERVICE HOLDINGS, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE
LOSS
(unaudited)
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
Three Months Ended June 30,
Six Months Ended June 30,
2025
2024
2025
2024
Net loss
$ ( 244 )
$ ( 233 )
$ ( 500 )
$ ( 452 )
Other comprehensive loss:
Unrealized holding gain on available for sale debt securities
-
-
-
16
Reclassification adjustment for gains realized in net loss
-
-
-
( 56 )
Total other comprehensive loss
-
-
-
( 40 )
Comprehensive loss
$ ( 244 )
$ ( 233 )
$ ( 500 )
$ ( 492 )
See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated
financial statements.
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WRIGHT INVESTORS' SERVICE HOLDINGS, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES
IN STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
THREE AND SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2025 and
2024
(UNAUDITED)
(in thousands, except per share data)
Accumulated
Total
Additional
other
Treasury
stock-
Common stock (Issued)
paid -in
Accumulated
comprehensive
stock, at
Holders’
shares
amount
capital
deficit
income
cost
equity
Balance at December 31, 2023
21,628,680
$ 216
$ 34,392
$ ( 29,610 )
$ 40
$ ( 1,747 )
$ 3,291
Net loss
-
-
-
( 219 )
-
-
( 219 )
Other comprehensive loss
-
-
-
-
( 40 )
-
( 40 )
Balance at March 31, 2024
21,628,680
$ 216
$ 34,392
$ ( 29,829 )
$ -
$ ( 1,747 )
$ 3,032
Net loss
-
-
-
( 233 )
-
-
( 233 )
Balance at June 30, 2024
21,628,680
$ 216
$ 34,392
$ ( 30,062 )
$ -
$ ( 1,747 )
$ 2,799
Balance at December 31, 2024
21,628,680
$ 216
$ 34,392
$ ( 30,530 )
$ -
$ ( 1,747 )
$ 2,331
Net loss
-
-
-
( 256 )
-
-
( 256 )
Balance at March 31, 2025
21,628,680
$ 216
$ 34,392
$ ( 30,786 )
$ -
$ ( 1,747 )
$ 2,075
Net loss
-
-
-
( 244 )
-
-
( 244 )
Balance at June 30, 2025
21,628,680
$ 216
$ 34,392
$ ( 31,030 )
$ -
$ ( 1,747 )
$ 1,831
See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated
financial statements.
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WRIGHT INVESTORS' SERVICE HOLDINGS, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(unaudited)
(in thousands)
Six Months Ended
June 30,
2025
2024
Cash flows from operating activities
Net loss
$ ( 500 )
$ ( 452 )
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
Realized gain on investments
-
( 56 )
Changes in other operating items:
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
48
64
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
( 44 )
( 5 )
Net cash used in operating activities
( 496 )
( 449 )
Cash flows from investing activities
Proceeds from redemptions and sale of investments
24
3,210
Purchase of investments
( 574 )
( 554 )
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities
( 550 )
2,656
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents
( 1,046 )
2,207
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period
1,440
125
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period
$ 394
$ 2,332
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information
Unrealized loss on available for sale securities
$ -
$ ( 40 )
See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated
financial statements.
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WRIGHT INVESTORS’ SERVICE HOLDINGS, INC.
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
June 30, 2025 and 2024
(unaudited)
1. Basis of presentation and description of activities
Basis of presentation
The accompanying interim financial statements
have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for interim financial information
and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 8 of Regulation S-X. The information and note disclosures normally included
in complete financial statements have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. The Condensed Consolidated
Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2024 has been derived from audited financial statements. These financial statements should be read in
conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2024 as presented in
our Annual Report on Form 10-K. In the opinion of management, this interim information includes all material adjustments, which are of
a normal and recurring nature, necessary for a fair presentation. The results for the 2025 interim period are not necessarily indicative
of results to be expected for the entire year.
Description of activities
Wright Investors’
Service Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) has nominal operations and nominal assets aside from its cash and cash equivalents
and investments in U.S. Treasury Bills and mutual funds, and is therefore considered a shell company, as defined in U.S. securities laws
and regulations. The Company is not engaged in the business of investing, reinvesting, or trading in securities, and it does not hold
itself out as being engaged in those activities.
The Company
intends to evaluate and explore all available strategic options. The Company will continue to work to maximize stockholder value. Such
strategic options may include acquisition of an investment advisory business, acquisition of a financial services business, creating partnerships
or joint ventures for those or other businesses and investing in other businesses that provide attractive opportunities for growth. The
directors will also consider alternatives for distributing some or all of the Company’s cash and cash equivalents and investments
in U.S. Treasury Bills and mutual funds . Until such time as a decision is made as to how the liquid
assets of the Company are so deployed, the Company intends to invest its liquid assets in high-grade, short- term investments (such as
cash and cash equivalents and Investment in U.S. Treasury Bills and mutual funds) consistent with the preservation of principal, maintenance
of liquidity and avoidance of speculation.
The Company
may be classified as an inadvertent investment company if the Company acquires investment securities in excess of 40% of the Company’s
total assets (exclusive of government securities). As of June 30, 2025, the Company is not considered an inadvertent investment company.
2. Per share data
Loss per share for the three and six months ended
June 30, 2025 and 2024 is calculated based on 20,620,711 weighted average outstanding shares of common stock. The Company had no dilutive
or potentially dilutive securities during the periods presented.
3. Segment Disclosure
The Company's operations are reported within one reportable
segment and constitutes the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, all of which are inactive, which are reported in the condensed
consolidated financial statements. The Company currently has no or nominal operations, no revenues from operations and is considered a
shell company, as defined in the U.S. securities laws and regulations.
The Company's chief operating decision maker (“CODM”)
is the Chief Executive Officer . The CODM evaluates the results and performance of the reporting segment and decides how to allocate resources
based on condensed consolidated net loss which is reported on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. Additionally, the measure
of segment assets is reported on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as total assets.
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The accounting policies for the reportable segment are the same as those described above in the summary of significant accounting policies. The expenses and net loss for the one reportable segment are the same as those presented on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. Significant expense categories, including compensation and benefits, other operating expenses, and interest and other income, net are included on the Company's Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.
4. New accounting standards
In November 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards
Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2023-09, Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures, which
requires entities to disclose disaggregated information about their effective tax rate reconciliations as well as expanded information
on income taxes by jurisdiction. The standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024, on a prospective basis.
The Company discloses its income tax rate reconciliation in its annual consolidated financial statements only and does not expect the
adoption to have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.
In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03,
Income Statement Reporting-Comprehensive Income-Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement
Expenses. The standard update improves the disclosures about a public business entity’s expenses by requiring more detailed information
about the types of expenses (including compensation and benefits and other operating expenses) included within income statement expense
captions. The guidance will be effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim reporting periods
beginning after December 15, 2027. Early adoption is permitted. The standard will be applied on a prospective basis, with retrospective
application permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adoption of the standard on its financial statement disclosures.
5. Investment valuation
The
Company carries its investments at fair value. Fair value is an estimate of the exit price, representing the amount that would be received
to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants (i.e., the exit price at the measurement
date). Fair value measurements are not adjusted for transaction costs.
A
fair value hierarchy provides for prioritizing inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three levels:
Level
1 Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
Level
2 Inputs other than quoted market prices that are observable, either directly or indirectly, and reasonably available. Observable inputs
reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability and are developed based on market data obtained
from sources independent of the Company.
Level
3 Unobservable inputs. Unobservable inputs reflect the assumptions that the Company develops based on available information about what
market participants would use in valuing the asset or liability.
An
asset or liability's level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of any input that is significant to the fair value
measurement. Availability of observable inputs can vary and is affected by a variety of factors. The Company uses judgment in determining
fair value of assets and liabilities and Level 3 assets and liabilities involve greater judgment than Level 1 or Level 2 assets or liabilities.
As
of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Company held investments in equity securities which consist of mutual funds of $ 1,464,000 and
$ 914,000 , respectively. U.S. government securities are valued using a model that incorporates market observable data, such as reported
sales of similar securities, broker quotes, yields, bids, offers, and reference data. Certain securities are valued principally using
dealer quotations. Mutual funds are valued at the closing price reported by the fund sponsor from an actively traded exchange. Mutual
funds are categorized in Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy, depending on the unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical
assets. The U.S. government debt securities, which have maturities of three months or less at time of purchase, are reported as Cash
and cash equivalents on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2024. There were no U.S. government debt securities
as of June 30, 2025. There were no U.S. government debt securities with maturities of more than three months as of December 31, 2024.
Short-term
investments in marketable securities have a stated maturity of twelve months or less from the balance sheet date. These securities are
considered as available for sale and are reported at fair value. For debt securities, unrealized gains and losses are recorded net of
tax as a component of Accumulated other comprehensive income within stockholders' equity. Credit losses related to available-for-sale
debt securities are recorded through an allowance for credit losses rather than as a reduction in the amortized cost basis of the securities.
Realized gains and losses are calculated based on the specific identification method and are included in Interest and other income,
net, in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations.
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The Company
follows the guidance in ASC 321, “Investments – Equity Securities” (“ASC 321”) for its investments in equity
securities with unrealized and realized gains and losses recorded in Interest and other income, net, on the Condensed Consolidated
Statements of Operations.
The
following table presents the Company’s financial instruments at fair value (in thousands):
Fair Value Measurements
as of June 30, 2025
Total
Quoted Prices
in Active
Markets for
Identical
Assets
(Level 1)
Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
Investments in Mutual Funds
$ 1,464
$ 1,464
$ -
$ -
Fair Value Measurements
as of December 31, 2024
Total
Quoted Prices
in Active
Markets for
Identical
Assets
(Level 1)
Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
Investments in Mutual Funds
$ 914
$ 914
$ -
$ -
Investments
in equity securities as of June 30, 2025 are summarized by type below (in thousands).
Cost
Gross
Unrealized
Gains
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
Fair
Value
Mutual Funds
$ 1,464
$ -
$ -
$ 1,464
Total
$ 1,464
$ -
$ -
$ 1,464
Investments
in equity securities as of December 31, 2024 are summarized by type below (in thousands).
Cost
Gross
Unrealized
Gains
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
Fair
Value
Mutual Funds
914
-
-
914
Total
$ 914
$ -
$ -
$ 914
The Company
may be exposed to credit losses through its available-for-sale investments. An available-for-sale security is impaired when its fair
value declines below its amortized cost basis. Unrealized losses resulting from the amortized cost basis of any available-for-sale debt
security exceeding its fair value are evaluated for identification of credit losses. When evaluating the investments for impairment
at each reporting period, the Company reviews factors such as the extent of the unrealized loss, historical losses, current and future
economic market conditions, and financial condition of the issuer. As of June 30, 2025, the Company has not recognized an allowance
for expected credit losses related to its available-for-sale securities as the Company has not identified any unrealized losses for these
investments attributable to credit factors.
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6. Income taxes
No tax benefit
has been recorded in relation to the pre-tax loss for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, due to a full valuation allowance
to offset any deferred tax asset related to net operating loss carry forwards attributable to the losses. As of June 30, 2025, the Company
had no material uncertain income tax positions.
7. Capital Stock
The Company’s
Board of Directors, without any vote or action by the holders of common stock, is authorized to issue preferred stock from time to time
in one or more series and to determine the number of shares and to fix the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating,
optional or other special rights of any series of preferred stock.
The Board
of Directors authorized the Company to repurchase up to 5,000,000 outstanding shares of common stock from time to time either
in open market or privately negotiated transactions. The Company did not repurchase any common stock during the six months ended June
30, 2025 and June 30, 2024. At June 30, 2025 and 2024, the Company had repurchased 2,234,721 shares of its common stock and
a total of 2,765,279 of the authorized shares, remained available for repurchase as of June 30, 2025.
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