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be materially adversely affected.
−Removed: As a result, the trading price of Company Common Stock could decline, and investors could lose part
−Removed: or all of their investment.
+Added: As a result, the trading price of our common stock could decline, and investors could lose part or
+Added: all of their investment.
The risks below are not the only risks we face.
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deem to be immaterial may also adversely affect our business, financial condition, or results of operations.
−Removed: All dollar amounts presented in this Form 10-K, unless otherwise specified, are expressed in thousands.
−Removed: investment in our Common Stock should be considered high risk .
−Removed: investment in RLBY should be considered high risk and requires long-term commitment, with no certainty of return.
−Removed: face risks related to health pandemics, wars, inflation, and other widespread outbreaks of contagious disease, such as COVID-19 and its
−Removed: variants, or other potential causes of global instability which could significantly disrupt our operations and impact our financial results.
−Removed: of Economic Conditions and Public Health Factors
−Removed: demand for staffing services is closely tied to general economic conditions.
−Removed: One notable shift in the industry has been the widespread
−Removed: adoption of remote work, which has negatively impacted the media staffing sector.
−Removed: Some companies have chosen not to restore their pre-pandemic
−Removed: workforce levels or leveraged new technology to create a more efficient operation, requiring fewer personnel to meet their needs.
−Removed: conversations expanding towards more return-to-work initiatives, staffing services demand may potentially increase.
−Removed: Employee turnover
−Removed: may increase with individuals looking to remain in a remote position.
−Removed: public health developments, including potential new viruses or variants of COVID-19, introduce additional uncertainties.
−Removed: The impact on
−Removed: our business will depend on various factors, including vaccine distribution, government regulations at federal, state, and local levels,
−Removed: and evolving client policies aimed at mitigating health risks.
−Removed: Given these uncertainties, we remain focused on agility, proactive workforce
−Removed: planning, and diversifying our service offerings to navigate potential disruptions effectively.
−Removed: RELATED TO OUR COMPANY
−Removed: between Reliability and the Vivos Group put our growth plans on hold as Reliability cannot tap the public markets for capital.
−Removed: Approximately
−Removed: 84.4% of Company’s Common Stock is owned by two groups of related parties (“Vivos Group”), as outlined below.
−Removed: during the period of receivership, Vivos Group owners or holders of all common stock shares are ineligible to vote those shares per the
−Removed: arbitration awards (see Item 3).
−Removed: Directly Owned
−Removed: Silvija Valleru
−Removed: Shirisha Janumpally
−Removed: Kalyan Pathuri
−Removed: Party Indebtedness;
−Removed: to the Merger, shareholders of Vivos (“Vivos Debtors”), directly and through affiliated entities, borrowed funds from Maslow
−Removed: (the “Related Party Debt”).
−Removed: As of December 31, 2019, the aggregate outstanding balance including principal and interests
−Removed: was approximately $4,169.
−Removed: Related Party Debt is currently in default, and as of December 31, 2024, had a balance of $5,847.
−Removed: In August 2022, Maslow learned it had
−Removed: prevailed in arbitration against the Vivos Group.
−Removed: In May and October of 2023, the Company secured three supplemental awards.
−Removed: 29, 2024, these arbitration awards entered as judgments in Reliability’s case against the Vivos Group, allowing the appointed Receiver
−Removed: to pursue collection efforts.
−Removed: Additionally,
−Removed: prior to the Merger, members of the Vivos Group incurred financial obligations through their other business ventures and caused Maslow
−Removed: to become co-obligor or guarantor, pledging Maslow’s assets as security.
−Removed: In 2021, Maslow paid approximately $450 to satisfy obligations
−Removed: incurred before the Merger.
−Removed: September 2022, MMG discovered, after it was concealed by the codefendants and their counsel, that a lawsuit filed by Vivos IT, LLC against Second Wind Consultants (“SWC”) in May 2019
−Removed: included MMG as a plaintiff.
−Removed: The lawsuit, which accused SWC of fraud in the inducement and unjust enrichment, was initiated by five parties
−Removed: including Vivos IT, LLC, Maslow Media Group, Inc., Suresh Venkat Doki, Naveen Doki, and Silvija Valleru.
−Removed: The case related to a debt restructuring
−Removed: services agreement secured by the Vivos Group for their then-owned entities, including Maslow Media Group, Inc., Health Care Resources
−Removed: Network, Inc., Mettler & Michael, Inc., 360 IT Professionals, Inc., and US IT Solutions, Inc.
−Removed: to MMG management, SWC countersued all plaintiffs on September 30, 2019, seeking to collect an unpaid balance of $403.
−Removed: This litigation
−Removed: was not disclosed to Maslow management or Reliability prior to the Merger’s closing on October 29, 2019.
−Removed: On December 18, 2024,
−Removed: MMG and other original parties settled with Second Wind Consultants.
−Removed: MMG’s portion was $10.
−Removed: It is highly likely that the initial portion
−Removed: of the recovered arbitration award will be in shares of our common stock rather than cash, which could negatively impact the Company’s
−Removed: liquidity and working capital.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2024, the Vivos Group’s outstanding
−Removed: Notes Receivable obligation was $5,847.
−Removed: However, the composition of Vivos Group assets available to settle this obligation remains uncertain.
−Removed: Management anticipates that common stock will be used to satisfy the initial portion of the overall liability.
−Removed: With awarded legal fees
−Removed: and the fraud award of $1,000, the total liability as of February 28, 2025, was $8,280.
−Removed: Company could be subject to unknown liabilities incurred by its previous sole shareholder, Vivos Holdings, LLC .
−Removed: subsequent to the Merger with Reliability, discovered that unbeknownst to them at the time of origination that it was guarantor or direct
−Removed: obligor for loans, advances, or other liabilities for the benefit of the Vivos Group and related entities.
−Removed: For example, we became aware
−Removed: of being a party to the SWC lawsuit in September 2022.
−Removed: Legal fees for the SWC matter which resulted in a $10 settlement, were
−Removed: approximate additional $170.
−Removed: There may be additional obligations of other Vivos Group entities for which Maslow
−Removed: may have liability as a result of these arrangements that are not known to the management of Maslow.
−Removed: These liabilities could have a material
−Removed: adverse effect on the Company and the value of the Common Stock.
−Removed: Reliability periodically runs lien checks to detect if there are any
−Removed: other new uncommunicated pre-existing liabilities on the record.
−Removed: Arbitration outcome could lead to a new shareholder base where the new affiliated parties decide a different strategic direction for
−Removed: the Company and take appropriate action.
−Removed: a new shareholder base is the outcome of the arbitration, a new shareholder base may decide to change the strategic direction of the
−Removed: Company in a significant way.
−Removed: This might include, but is not limited to, capitalization plans, whether the Company remains a public company,
−Removed: merger and acquisition plans, corporate structure, and executive management.
−Removed: success of our business depends on our ability to attract and retain qualified employees that possess the skills demanded by clients
−Removed: and intense competition may limit the ability to attract and retain such qualified employees .
−Removed: the Company’s staffing, executive recruiting, and video production services, the success of the Company depends on the ability
−Removed: to attract and retain qualified employees who possess the skills and experience necessary to meet the requirements of clients or to successfully
−Removed: bid for new client projects.
−Removed: The legal dispute with the Vivos Group has negatively impacted the Company’s ability to attract and
−Removed: retain some top talent The ability to attract and retain qualified employees could be impaired by improvement in economic conditions
−Removed: resulting in lower unemployment, increases in compensation, or increased competition.
−Removed: During periods of economic growth, the Company
−Removed: faces increasing competition from other staffing companies for retaining and recruiting qualified temporary and permanent employees,
−Removed: which in turn leads to greater advertising and recruiting costs and increased salary expenses.
−Removed: These problems can be exacerbated by the
−Removed: fact that the Company often must attract and retain employees with skills specific to the video production industry, which narrows the
−Removed: pool of available, qualified employees that the Company may draw upon.
−Removed: If the Company cannot attract and retain qualified temporary and
−Removed: permanent employees, the quality of its services may deteriorate and the financial condition, business, and results of operations may
−Removed: be materially adversely affected.
−Removed: success depends to a large degree on growth in market acceptance of human resources outsourcing and related services we provide .
−Removed: the majority of our revenues currently come from EOR services, a substantial portion of our success depends on the willingness of clients
−Removed: to outsource their contingent staffing requirements to a third-party service provider.
−Removed: Many companies have invested in substantial personnel,
−Removed: infrastructure, and financial resources in their own internal HR organizations, and therefore, may be reluctant to switch to our solution.
−Removed: Companies may not engage us for other reasons, including a desire to maintain control over all aspects of their HR activities, a belief
−Removed: that they manage their HR activities more effectively using their internal administrative organizations, perceptions about the expenses
−Removed: associated with our services, perceptions about whether our services comply with laws and regulations applicable to them or their businesses,
−Removed: or other considerations that may not always be evident.
−Removed: We also lost some of our headcounts with existing clients who decided to convert
−Removed: placed resources to their payroll.
−Removed: This has had a modest impact on our business with a few clients.
−Removed: Additional concerns or considerations
−Removed: may also emerge in the future.
−Removed: We must address our potential clients’ concerns and explain the benefits of our approach in order
−Removed: to convince them to change the way that they manage their HR activities, particularly in parts of the United States where our Company
−Removed: and solution are less well-known.
−Removed: If we are not successful in addressing potential clients’ concerns and convincing companies that
−Removed: our solution can fulfil their HR needs, then the market for our solution may not develop as we anticipate, thus our business may not
−Removed: significant or prolonged economic downturn could result in clients using fewer staffing and executive recruiting services offered by
−Removed: the Company, terminating their relationship with the Company, or becoming unable to pay for services on a timely basis or at all.
−Removed: demand for the types of services our Company offers is sensitive to changes in the level of economic activity, the Company’s business
−Removed: has in the past, and may in the future, suffer during economic downturns.
−Removed: Demand for the services we provide is highly correlated to
−Removed: changes in the level of economic activity and employment.
−Removed: Consequently, as economic activity begins to slow down, it has been the Company’s
−Removed: experience that companies tend to reduce their use of our services, resulting in decreased revenues and profit levels.
−Removed: In addition, the
−Removed: Company may experience pricing pressure during economic downturns, which could have a negative impact on the results of operations.
−Removed: many of our clients are corporate media departments and broadcast networks.
−Removed: As a result, any industry downturn that affects these kinds
−Removed: of companies could have a major effect on our business.
−Removed: deterioration of the financial condition and business prospects of clients could reduce their need for the staffing and executive recruiting
−Removed: services we provide and could result in a significant decrease in the Company’s revenues and earnings derived from these clients.
−Removed: In addition, during economic downturns, companies may slow down the rate at which they pay their vendors, seek more flexible payment
−Removed: terms, or become unable to pay their debts as they become due.
−Removed: late 2022 and early 2023, some of our clients announced layoffs, which led to a reduced usage of our staff in 2024.
−Removed: Our two largest clients,
−Removed: however, increased their business as measured by revenue by 2% and 6%, respectively, in 2024 over 2023.
−Removed: 2023, two of our top 20 clients informed us they were scaling back their media operations due to financial hardship.
−Removed: Thus, revenues for
−Removed: these two clients declined in revenue by a combined $492 in 2024 over 2023 and an additional $56 when comparing 2024 to 2022.
−Removed: unemployment insurance expense is a direct cost of doing business in the staffing industry.
−Removed: State unemployment tax rates are established
−Removed: based on a company’s specific experience rate of unemployment claims and a state’s required funding formula on covered payroll.
−Removed: Economic downturns have in the past, and may in the future, result in a higher occurrence of unemployment claims resulting in higher
−Removed: state unemployment tax rates.
−Removed: This would result in higher direct costs for us.
−Removed: In addition, many states’ unemployment funds were
−Removed: depleted during the recent economic downturn and many states have borrowed from the federal government under the Title XII loan program.
−Removed: Employers in all states receive a credit against their federal unemployment tax liability if the employer’s federal unemployment
−Removed: tax payments are current and the applicable participating state is also current with its Title XII loan program.
−Removed: If a state fails to
−Removed: repay such loans within a specific time period, employers in such states may lose a portion of their tax credit.
−Removed: Company is exposed to employment-related claims and costs, as well as periodic litigation that could materially adversely affect the
−Removed: Company’s financial condition, business, and results of operations .
−Removed: business model involves employing individuals and placing such individuals in our clients’ workplaces.
−Removed: However, the Company has
−Removed: limited control over the work environments at client locations.
−Removed: As the employer of record, the Company assumes certain risks and potential
−Removed: liabilities related to workplace incidents involving both employees and clients, including:
−Removed: of misconduct or negligence on the part of employees;
−Removed: discrimination
−Removed: or harassment claims against employees, or claims by employees of discrimination or harassment by clients or the Company;
−Removed: immigration-related
−Removed: relating to violations of wage, hour, and other workplace regulations;
−Removed: related to wrongful termination or denial of employment;
−Removed: of employment rights related to employment screening or privacy issues;
−Removed: relating to employee benefits, entitlements to employee benefits, or errors in the calculation or administration of such benefits;
−Removed: claims relating to misuse of clients’ confidential information, misappropriation of assets, or other similar claims.
−Removed: Company may incur fines and other losses and negative publicity with respect to any of these situations.
−Removed: Some of the claims may result
−Removed: in litigation, which is expensive and distracts attention from the operation of ongoing business.
−Removed: Company assumes the obligation to make wage, tax, and regulatory payments for our employees, and, as a result, is exposed to client credit
−Removed: Company generally assumes responsibility for and manages the risks associated with employees’ payroll obligations, including liability
−Removed: for payment of salaries, wages, and certain taxes.
−Removed: These obligations are fixed, whether clients make payments as required by service
−Removed: contracts with the Company, which exposes the Company to credit risks of clients.
−Removed: compensation costs for employees may rise and reduce our margins and require more liquidity.
−Removed: Company is responsible for, and pays, workers’ compensation costs for individuals employed by the Company – both regular
−Removed: staff and client employees for which the Company is the employer of record.
−Removed: At times, these costs have risen substantially as a result
−Removed: of increased claims and claim trends, general economic conditions, changes in business mix, increases in healthcare costs, and government
−Removed: In October 2024, our premiums rose 27.9%.
−Removed: Although the Company carries insurance, unexpected changes in claim trends, including
−Removed: the severity and frequency of claims, actuarial estimates, and medical cost inflation could result in costs that are significantly different
−Removed: than initially reported.
−Removed: If future claims-related liabilities increase due to unforeseen circumstances, or if new laws, rules, or regulations
−Removed: are passed, costs could increase significantly.
−Removed: There can be no assurance that the Company will be able to increase the fees charged
−Removed: to clients in a timely manner and in a sufficient amount to cover increased costs as a result of any changes in claims-related liabilities.
−Removed: currently depend on five customers for a material portion of our net revenue.
−Removed: The loss of or a substantial reduction in business of one
−Removed: of these five customers would significantly reduce our net revenue and adversely impact our operating results.
−Removed: 2024, revenue reliance was concentrated among five key clients, compared to seven in 2023 that each contributed more than 5% of total
−Removed: In 2024, three clients contributed 10% or more of total revenue with the top two accounting for 49.5% of total revenue and our
−Removed: top client alone representing 26.9%.
−Removed: The top five clients collectively generated 74.4% of total revenue.
−Removed: 2023, two clients exceeded the 10% revenue threshold, contributing a combined 40.3%, with the top client responsible for 25.1%.
−Removed: loss of or a substantial reduction in business from these customers would have a significant negative impact on our business and our
−Removed: operating results.
−Removed: We may not be successful in finding a client or clients that could replace the level of loss of these customers, and
−Removed: as such, it could have a negative impact on our revenue and results of operations for a prolonged period.
−Removed: disclosure of employee and client data could result in liability and harm to the reputation of the Company.
−Removed: business of the Company involves the use, storage, and transmission of information about employees and clients.
−Removed: It is possible that security
−Removed: controls over personal and other data and practices that the Company follows may not prevent improper access to, or disclosure of, personally
−Removed: identifiable or otherwise confidential information.
−Removed: Our security controls may be inadequate, or hackers or other malicious groups or
−Removed: organizations may attempt to interfere with our data through different means, including but not limited to malware attacks, denial of
−Removed: service attacks, consensus-based attacks.
−Removed: Any event that results in a disclosure of our clients’ and employees’ data could
−Removed: harm the reputation of the Company and subject the Company to liability under contracts and the laws that protect personal data and confidential
−Removed: information, resulting in increased costs or loss of revenue.
−Removed: Further, data privacy is subject to frequently changing rules and regulations,
−Removed: which sometimes conflict among the various jurisdictions in which the Company provides services.
−Removed: The failure to adhere to or successfully
−Removed: implement processes in response to changing regulatory requirements in this area could result in legal liability or impairment to the
−Removed: reputation of the Company in the marketplace.
−Removed: Company could face disruption and increased costs from outsourcing and offshoring various aspects of its business.
−Removed: Company may outsource aspects of its business to lower cost of employment areas in the United States and potentially to places such as
−Removed: This outsourcing solution would focus predominantly on shared service activities which traditionally consist of back-office functions,
−Removed: such as “hire to retire,” “procure to pay,” and “order to cash” processes.
−Removed: Although the goal of outsourcing
−Removed: our operations is to reduce the operational costs of our business, it is possible that we will not realize any benefit from outsourcing
−Removed: such aspects of our business or even increase our overhead expenses.
−Removed: A transition may create the risk of errors and omissions or technical
−Removed: disruptions that could negatively impact our clients, and in turn damage our reputation, resulting in a loss of customers.
−Removed: Company depends on its management team to manage its business effectively .
−Removed: Company’s future success is largely dependent upon its ability to understand, develop, and execute the business plan and to attract
−Removed: and retain highly skilled management, operational, and executive personnel.
−Removed: Thus, the Company is highly dependent on its officers to
−Removed: provide the necessary skills, experience, and background to execute the Company’s business plan.
−Removed: Additionally, the employer of
−Removed: record business is a specialty service which requires a full understanding of the service and its merits to be able to educate clients
−Removed: and potential clients to win business and operate optimally.
−Removed: The loss of any officer’s services with this knowledge could stifle
−Removed: the Company’s growth for four to nine months, and could impede, particularly initially, the Company’s EOR business with existing
−Removed: clients, record and reputation with new clients, ability to develop and execute on its objectives, and as such, negatively impact the
−Removed: Company’s possible overall development.
−Removed: regulation could negatively impact the business .
−Removed: Company’s business is subject to various government regulations in the jurisdictions in which it operates.
−Removed: Currently, the Company
−Removed: has clients and places employees in all 50 U.S.
−Removed: Due to the wide scope of the Company’s operations, the Company could be
−Removed: subject to regulation by various political and regulatory entities, including various local and municipal agencies and government sub-divisions.
−Removed: The Company may incur increased costs necessary to comply with existing and newly adopted laws and regulations or penalties for any failure
−Removed: The Company’s operations could be adversely affected, directly or indirectly, by existing or future laws and regulations
−Removed: relating to its business or industry, such as the imposition of additional licensing or tax requirements.
−Removed: Failure to comply with the
−Removed: legal regulations in places where we do business, or the regulatory prohibition or restriction of employment services, could lead to
−Removed: financial liability and regulatory action against the Company, which could significantly harm our development as a business.
−Removed: Company may face significant competition from companies that serve its industries .
−Removed: Company may face competition from other companies that offer similar solutions.
−Removed: Some of these potential competitors may have longer operating
−Removed: histories, greater brand recognition, larger client bases, and significantly greater financial, technical, and marketing resources than
−Removed: the Company possesses.
−Removed: These advantages may enable such competitors to respond more quickly to new or emerging trends and changes in
−Removed: customer preferences.
−Removed: These advantages may also allow them to engage in more extensive market research and development, undertake extensive
−Removed: far-reaching marketing campaigns, adopt more aggressive pricing policies, and make more attractive offers to potential customers, employees,
−Removed: and strategic partners.
−Removed: Increased competition may result in price reductions, reduced gross margin, and loss of market share.
−Removed: may not be able to compete successfully, and competitive pressures may adversely affect its business, results of operations, and financial
−Removed: staffing industry is highly competitive with low barriers to entry which could limit the Company’s ability to maintain or increase
−Removed: our market share or profitability.
−Removed: staffing services industry is highly competitive with limited barriers to entry.
−Removed: Although we specialize in EOR and provide staffing services
−Removed: specifically for video production where the market is not yet saturated by competitors, we still face significant competition on a national,
−Removed: regional, and local scale with full-service and specialized temporary staffing companies.
−Removed: We expect that the level of competition will
−Removed: remain high, which could limit our ability to maintain or increase our market share or profitability.
−Removed: of our existing or potential competitors have substantially greater financial, technical, and marketing resources than we do, which may
−Removed: enable them to:
−Removed: in innovative technologies;
−Removed: more competitive in cash paid for acquisitions;
−Removed: greater resources to sales and marketing;
−Removed: price products and services below market rates;
−Removed: better benefit packages that we may not be able to match.
−Removed: Company is subject to the potential factors of market and customer changes, which could result in our inability to timely respond to
−Removed: the needs of our clients.
−Removed: business of the Company is susceptible to rapidly changing preferences of the marketplace and its customers.
−Removed: The needs of customers are
−Removed: subject to constant change.
−Removed: Although the Company intends to continue to develop and improve its services to meet changing customer needs
−Removed: of the marketplace, there can be no assurance that funds for such expenditures will be available or that the Company’s competition
−Removed: will not develop similar or superior capabilities or that the Company will be successful in its internal efforts.
−Removed: The future success
−Removed: of the Company will depend in part on its ability to respond effectively to rapidly changing trends, industry standards, and customer
−Removed: requirements by adapting and improving the features and functions of its services.
−Removed: In the Company’s industry, failure by a business
−Removed: to adapt to the changing needs and demands of customers is likely to render the business obsolete.
−Removed: publicity could adversely affect our business and operating results .
−Removed: publicity about our industry or our Company, including the utility of our services, even if inaccurate, could adversely affect our reputation
−Removed: and confidence in the use of our services, which could harm our business and operating results.
−Removed: Harm to our reputation can arise from
−Removed: many sources, including poor performance or misconduct by the workers we supply and recruit for our clients, misconduct by our partners,
−Removed: outsourced service providers, or other counterparties, and failure by us to meet minimum standards of service expected by clients in our industry.
−Removed: Company has generated revenues, but limited profits, to date .
−Removed: business model of the Company involves significant costs of services, resulting in a lower gross and net margin on revenues than many
−Removed: staffing businesses derive.
−Removed: Coupling this fact with the required operating expenses incurred by the Company, the Company has only generated
−Removed: approximately $1,000 in operating income from operations in any one year, with a high net income of approximately $500 since 2015.
−Removed: income for the Company specifically was $386 in 2018, $195 in 2019, and in 2020, with the Company taking on the added expense of being
−Removed: a public company, additional expenses of approximately $900 for management compensation, administrative costs, D&O insurance, consulting,
−Removed: and legal fees for reporting and regulatory compliance, had the most impact on our incurring a net loss of $789.
−Removed: In 2021, the Company
−Removed: earned a record $7,893 in net income, but $9,631 was achieved as Other Income based on eligibility for government programs.
−Removed: Maslow Media,
−Removed: as a standalone company, has been profitable, but on its own, has not supported the last 4-year average of $954 in corporate costs (see
−Removed: The Company hopes and expects that as its business expands, it will enjoy economies of scale resulting in higher operating and
−Removed: net margins and improved cash flows, but there is no guarantee this will occur.
−Removed: Company may suffer from a lack of availability of additional funds .
−Removed: have ongoing needs for working capital in order to fund operations, pay costs associated with being a public company, and to continue
−Removed: to expand our operations.
−Removed: To that end, we will be required to raise additional funds through equity or debt financing.
−Removed: However, there
−Removed: can be no assurance that we will be successful in securing additional capital on favorable terms, if at all.
−Removed: There is a potential that
−Removed: we will continue to lack shares of Company Common Stock available for equity financing.
−Removed: If additional debt is incurred, the Company may
−Removed: fail to comply with the terms of such financing, which could result in significant liabilities for our Company.
−Removed: If we are unsuccessful,
−Removed: we may need to (a) initiate cost reductions;
−Removed: (b) forego business development opportunities;
−Removed: (c) seek extensions of time to fund liabilities,
−Removed: or (d) seek protection from creditors.
−Removed: In addition, any future sale of our equity securities would dilute the ownership and control of
−Removed: your shares and could be at prices substantially below the prices at which our shares currently trade.
−Removed: Our inability to raise capital
−Removed: could require us to significantly curtail or terminate our operations.
−Removed: Our plan is to increase our cash reserves through the sale of
−Removed: additional equity or debt securities.
−Removed: The sale of convertible debt securities or additional equity securities could result in additional
−Removed: and potentially substantial dilution to our shareholders.
−Removed: The incurrence of indebtedness would result in increased debt service obligations
−Removed: and could result in operating and financing covenants that would restrict our operations and liquidity.
−Removed: In addition, our ability to obtain
−Removed: additional capital on acceptable terms is subject to a variety of uncertainties.
−Removed: addition, if we are unable to generate adequate cash from operations, and if we are unable to find sources of funding, it may be necessary
−Removed: for us to sell all or a portion of our assets, enter into a business combination, or reduce or eliminate operations.
−Removed: These possibilities,
−Removed: to the extent available, may be in terms that result in significant dilution to our shareholders or that result in our shareholders losing
−Removed: all of their investment in our Company.
−Removed: acquisition strategy creates risks for our business .
−Removed: expect that we will pursue acquisitions of other businesses, assets, or technologies to grow our business.
−Removed: We may fail to identify attractive
−Removed: acquisition candidates, or we may be unable to reach acceptable terms for future acquisitions.
−Removed: We might not be able to raise enough cash
−Removed: to compete for attractive acquisition targets.
−Removed: If we are unable to complete acquisitions in the future, our ability to grow our business
−Removed: at our anticipated rate will be impaired.
−Removed: may pay for acquisitions by issuing additional shares of Common Stock, if such shares become available, which would dilute our shareholders,
−Removed: or by issuing debt, which could include terms that restrict our ability to operate our business or pursue other opportunities and subject
−Removed: us to meaningful debt service obligations.
−Removed: We may also use significant amounts of cash to complete acquisitions.
−Removed: Most acquisitions will
−Removed: include “Earn Out” provisions which ensure adequate generation of revenue and profits, but cash required to pay Earn Outs
−Removed: likely will exceed that total or incremental cash flow generated by the acquired business.
−Removed: To the extent that we complete acquisitions
−Removed: in the future, we likely will incur future depreciation and amortization expenses associated with the acquired assets.
−Removed: We may also record
−Removed: significant amounts of intangible assets, including goodwill, which could become impaired in the future.
−Removed: Acquisitions involve numerous
−Removed: other risks, including:
−Removed: integrating the operations, technologies, services, and personnel of the acquired companies;
−Removed: maintaining our internal standards, controls, procedures, and policies;
−Removed: of management’s attention from other business concerns;
−Removed: over-valuation
−Removed: by us of acquired companies;
−Removed: resulting from activities of the acquired company, including claims from terminated employees, customers, former shareholders, and
−Removed: other third parties;
−Removed: revenues to offset increased expenses associated with the acquisitions and unanticipated liabilities of the acquired companies;
−Removed: indemnification or security from the selling parties for legal liabilities that we may assume in connection with our acquisitions;
−Removed: markets in which we have no prior experience and may not succeed;
−Removed: associated with foreign acquisitions, such as communication and integration problems resulting from geographic dispersion and language
−Removed: and cultural differences, compliance with foreign laws and regulations, and general economic or political conditions in other countries
−Removed: loss of key employees of the acquired companies;
−Removed: of relationships with clients and employees of the acquired companies or our clients and employees as a result of the integration
−Removed: of acquired operations and new management personnel.
−Removed: Company may suffer from a lack of liquidity .
−Removed: incurring indebtedness, the Company may subject itself to increased debt service obligations, which could result in operating and financing
−Removed: covenants that would restrict our operations and liquidity.
−Removed: This would impair our ability to hire the necessary senior and support personnel
−Removed: required for our business, as well as carry out its acquisition strategy and other business objectives.
−Removed: Company has only been able to secure asset-based lending at this time.
−Removed: Company relies on its factoring relationship with Gulf Coast Bank which is based on accounts receivable balance.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2024,
−Removed: Maslow could raise an additional $2,151 in cash through factoring.
−Removed: In the past, Maslow tried to tap non-asset-based lending but the market
−Removed: for such loans is challenging, and the Vivos Group’s association has prevented loans from proceeding in the past.
−Removed: Thus, at this
−Removed: time, Maslow is limited in borrowing based on the amount of unfactored accounts receivable that is available.
−Removed: Company services numerous geographic areas and therefore may be subject to risks such as natural disasters and travel-related disruptions,
−Removed: which may materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
−Removed: operate in all U.S.
−Removed: states and territories and in numerous countries around the world.
−Removed: To do so, we often send workers to locations that
−Removed: could be affected by a range of factors beyond our control that could adversely affect our ability to service our clients.
−Removed: These factors
−Removed: could also affect our employees, vendors, insurance carriers, and other contractual counterparties.
−Removed: Such factors include:
−Removed: terrorist activities, or threats, and heightened travel security measures instituted in response to these events;
−Removed: of pandemic or contagious diseases or consumers’ concerns relating to potential exposure to contagious diseases;
−Removed: disasters, such as hurricanes, fires, earthquakes, tsunamis, tornados, floods, volcanic eruptions and human-caused disasters;
−Removed: weather and even forecasts of severe weather, including abnormally hot, cold, and/or wet weather;
−Removed: prices and travel costs and the financial condition of the airline, automotive, and other transportation-related industries, any
−Removed: travel-related disruptions or incidents and their impact on travel;
−Removed: or statements by U.S.
−Removed: and foreign governmental officials related to travel and corporate travel-related activities (including changes
−Removed: visa rules) and the resulting public perception of such travel and activities.
−Removed: or more of these factors could adversely affect our ability to offer services to clients, which could materially adversely affect our
+Added: All dollar amounts presented
+Added: in this Form 10-K, unless otherwise specified, are expressed in thousands.
+Added: of Economic Conditions and Global Instability
+Added: for staffing and employer-of-record (“EOR”) services is closely tied to general economic conditions and client workforce
+Added: Economic downturns, labor market weakness, reductions in client spending, or industry-specific contractions may cause clients
+Added: to reduce their use of our services, terminate engagements, or seek pricing concessions, any of which could reduce our revenue and profitability.
+Added: addition, broader events such as inflationary pressures, high interest rates, geopolitical instability, economic sanctions, public health
+Added: events, or other disruptions may adversely affect clients’ operations, vendor payment behavior, and workforce demand.
+Added: These conditions
+Added: may also increase our operating costs, including compensation, benefits, insurance, and financing costs, and could adversely affect our
business, financial condition, and results of operations.
−Removed: downturn of the U.S.
−Removed: or global economy could result in our clients using fewer workforce solutions or becoming unable to pay us for our
−Removed: services on a timely basis or at all, which would materially adversely impact our business.
−Removed: demand for workforce solutions and services, particularly staffing services, is sensitive to changes in the level of economic activity,
−Removed: our business may suffer during an economic downturn, which can be caused by such events as the COVID-19 pandemic.
−Removed: During periods of weak
−Removed: economic growth or economic contraction, the demand for staffing services typically declines.
−Removed: When demand drops, our operating profit
−Removed: is typically impacted unfavorably as we experience a deleveraging of our selling and administrative expense base as expenses may not
−Removed: decline as quickly as revenues.
−Removed: In periods of decline, we can only reduce selling and administrative expenses to a certain level without
−Removed: negatively impacting our long-term prospects.
−Removed: Additionally, during economic downturns companies may slow the rate at which they pay their
−Removed: vendors, or they may become unable to pay their obligations.
−Removed: If our clients become unable to pay amounts owed to us, or pay us more slowly,
−Removed: then our cash flow and profitability may suffer.
−Removed: client’s use of our services may be terminated on short notice, leaving us vulnerable to a significant loss in revenue.
−Removed: staffing needs can change and, as a result, we could lose staffing or EOR headcount rather quickly.
−Removed: In early 2022, this was the case
−Removed: when Client A moved eight heads from our payroll to theirs and Client B’s loss of major sports program, which we staffed, to a
−Removed: competitor had approximately $1,800 impacting our revenues in 2024.
−Removed: In 2022, our client did not rebid on a government contract, and it
−Removed: was awarded to another party.
−Removed: The end customer requires a minority or disadvantaged business to own the contract, a requirement that
−Removed: our Company does not meet.
−Removed: The result was a loss of approximately $130 in revenue in 2022 and $320 in 2024 revenue.
−Removed: A reduction in such
−Removed: needs and resulting loss of clients or placements at clients could result in a significant decrease in revenue within a short period
−Removed: of time that would be difficult to quickly replace.
−Removed: to retain or attract new clients.
−Removed: growth and profitability of our business is dependent upon our ability to retain and capture new clients.
−Removed: Our ability to achieve success
−Removed: in both areas is reliant in large part on our sales and service organization.
−Removed: If we are unable to execute effectively, or our selected
−Removed: business development efforts falter, we may not be able to attract a significant number of new clients and our existing client base could
−Removed: shrink, resulting in an adverse impact on our revenues and profitability.
−Removed: Concentration
−Removed: Risk of Customers
−Removed: business relies on relationships with several large customers to generate a large portion of our revenue.
−Removed: This revenue concentration
−Removed: in a relatively small number of customers makes us particularly dependent on factors affecting those companies.
−Removed: Our top four workforce
−Removed: clients made up approximately 69.5% of our revenues in 2024.
−Removed: Whereas our top four made up approximately 57.7% of our 2023 revenues.
−Removed: of December 31, 2024, three clients each with over 10% of our accounts receivable totaled 80.7% compared to the 2023 group of three
−Removed: which comprised 73.6% of our receivables as of December 31, 2023.
−Removed: face risks related to health pandemics, wars, inflation, and other widespread outbreaks of contagious disease, including COVID-19 and
−Removed: its variants, or other potential causes of global instability which could significantly disrupt our operations and impact our financial
+Added: RELATED TO OUR COMPANY
+Added: business model requires significant working capital
+Added: business requires significant working capital, and delays in client payments or reduced access to receivables-based financing could adversely
+Added: affect our liquidity.
+Added: The Company utilizes receivables
+Added: purchase programs with certain financial institutions.
+Added: These arrangements may be accounted for as sales of financial assets under ASC
+Added: 860 when control is surrendered;
+Added: however, changes in structure or facts could result in a different accounting outcome.
+Added: The classification
+Added: of these arrangements requires judgment and is based on an evaluation of factors including control over the transferred assets and the
+Added: Company’s continuing involvement.
+Added: Changes in the structure of these arrangements or in the Company’s assessment of the applicable
+Added: accounting criteria could result in a different accounting treatment, which could impact the Company’s reported financial position,
+Added: results of operations, and cash flows.
+Added: significant portion of our services involves employing field talent and funding payroll, employment taxes, and benefit-related obligations
+Added: before we collect payment from clients.
+Added: As a result, our liquidity is sensitive to the timing of client payments, customer concentration,
+Added: and the availability and cost of receivables-based financing arrangements, including factoring.
+Added: clients delay payment, dispute invoices, reduce usage of our services, or become unable to pay amounts owed, our cash flow may be adversely
+Added: If receivables-based financing is reduced or becomes more expensive (including due to concentration limits, eligibility requirements,
+Added: or other program restrictions), we may experience liquidity constraints.
+Added: Such constraints could impair our ability to fund payroll and
+Added: operating needs and increase financing costs, which could adversely impact our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
+Added: may not be able to raise additional capital on acceptable terms, if at all, and equity financings may dilute existing shareholders.
+Added: have ongoing needs for working capital to fund operations, invest in systems and personnel, pay costs associated with being a public
+Added: company, and pursue strategic initiatives.
+Added: We may be required to raise additional funds through equity or debt financing.
+Added: be able to obtain additional debt or equity financing, such financing may be available only on terms that are costly, include restrictive
+Added: covenants, require significant collateral, or result in substantial dilution to existing shareholders.
+Added: future sale or issuance of equity securities would dilute existing shareholders and could be at prices substantially below the prices
+Added: at which our shares trade.
+Added: If additional debt is incurred, we may be subject to meaningful debt service obligations and covenants that
+Added: could restrict our operations and liquidity.
+Added: If we are unable to raise capital or generate adequate cash from operations, we may be required
+Added: to reduce costs, delay initiatives, forego business opportunities, or pursue other alternatives that could materially adversely affect
+Added: our business.
+Added: capital structure and potential future issuances of shares, including shares held in treasury, could dilute existing shareholders and
+Added: adversely affect the market price of our common stock.
+Added: may seek to raise capital, pursue acquisitions, recapitalize the Company, or fund strategic initiatives through the issuance of equity
+Added: securities, including shares currently held in treasury, or through the issuance of convertible securities or warrants.
+Added: sale or issuance of a substantial number of shares of common stock, or the perception that such sales may occur, could adversely affect
+Added: the market price of our common stock and increase volatility.
+Added: Any such issuance would dilute existing shareholders and could reduce earnings
+Added: per share or voting power.
+Added: In addition, the availability of treasury shares for reissuance may create an overhang that could negatively
+Added: impact investor perception or market pricing.
+Added: revenue and accounts receivable are highly concentrated among a small number of customers, and the loss of, or reduction in business
+Added: from, one or more major customers could materially adversely affect our results.
+Added: depend on a limited number of customers for a significant portion of our revenue.
+Added: For the year ended December 31, 2025, our two largest
+Added: customers represented approximately 58.4% of total revenue, and our top five customers represented approximately 76.7% of total revenue.
+Added: A substantial portion of our revenue is derived from EOR arrangements with large institutional clients.
+Added: loss of, or a substantial reduction in business from, any of these customers, whether due to budget reductions, internalization of workforce
+Added: needs, program changes, competitive pressures, regulatory developments, or other factors, could significantly reduce our revenue and
+Added: adversely affect our operating results.
+Added: We may not be able to replace lost revenue on a timely basis, or at all.
+Added: addition, and consequently, accounts receivable is concentrated among a small number of customers.
+Added: If one or more major customers delays
+Added: payment, disputes invoices, or becomes unable to pay, our liquidity and working capital could be materially adversely affected.
+Added: business is sensitive to economic downturns, and clients may reduce their use of our services or delay payments.
+Added: demand for staffing and workforce solutions is sensitive to changes in the level of economic activity, our business may suffer during
+Added: an economic downturn.
+Added: When demand drops, our operating results may be impacted unfavorably because selling and administrative expenses
+Added: may not decline as quickly as revenue.
+Added: In addition, during downturns clients may slow vendor payments, seek more flexible payment terms,
+Added: dispute charges, or become unable to pay their obligations.
+Added: These factors could significantly affect our business, financial condition,
+Added: and results of operations.
+Added: are exposed to employment-related claims and costs, and litigation or regulatory actions could be costly and adversely affect our business.
+Added: business model involves employing individuals and placing them in client work environments over which we have limited control.
+Added: employer of record for many placements, we assume certain risks and potential liabilities, including claims relating to discrimination,
+Added: harassment, workplace safety incidents, wage and hour compliance (including meal and rest break requirements), overtime classifications,
+Added: worker classification standards, immigration matters, employee benefits, wrongful termination, background screening, privacy, and other
+Added: employment-related matters.
+Added: jurisdictions, including California and New York, provide for representative actions, statutory penalties, and enhanced remedies for
+Added: technical or administrative violations of wage and hour laws.
+Added: Even inadvertent errors in payroll practices or compliance procedures may
+Added: result in claims, investigations, fines, penalties, settlements, and / or defense costs.
+Added: a result, we may incur fines, penalties, damages, legal fees, and other costs, and we may be subject to negative publicity.
+Added: and regulatory matters can be expensive, time-consuming, and distracting to management, and could materially adversely affect our business,
+Added: financial condition, and results of operations.
+Added: assume payroll and related obligations for our employees and are exposed to client credit risk.
+Added: generally assume responsibility for payroll and related obligations for field talent, including the payment of wages and certain employment
+Added: These obligations are fixed regardless of whether clients make payments in accordance with their contractual terms.
+Added: fail to pay on a timely basis or at all, we may be required to fund payroll and related obligations using working capital or financing
+Added: sources, which could materially adversely affect our liquidity and results of operations.
+Added: compensation and other insurance costs may increase and reduce our margins and liquidity.
+Added: are responsible for workers’ compensation and other insurance costs for both staff employees and field talent.
+Added: Premiums, claims
+Added: frequency and severity, medical cost inflation, actuarial estimates, and changes in insurance markets or regulations may increase costs.
+Added: There can be no assurance that we will be able to increase fees charged to clients in a timely manner or in amounts sufficient to cover
+Added: increased insurance-related costs.
+Added: Increased costs could reduce margins, increase working capital requirements, and materially adversely
+Added: affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
+Added: regulation could increase compliance costs and expose us to penalties or liability.
+Added: business is subject to numerous federal, state, local, and, in some cases, international laws and regulations, including employment,
+Added: wage and hour, paid leave, workplace safety, unemployment insurance, worker classification, data privacy, and other requirements.
+Added: we place employees across multiple jurisdictions, compliance can be complex and resource intensive.
+Added: Changes in law, increased enforcement
+Added: activity, or failures in compliance processes could result in fines, penalties, litigation, and reputational harm, and could materially
+Added: adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
+Added: success of our business depends on our ability to attract and retain qualified employees and field talent.
+Added: success depends on our ability to attract and retain qualified personnel, including recruiters, sales and client service staff, and field
+Added: talent with skills demanded by clients.
+Added: Competition for qualified personnel may intensify, compensation levels may increase, and the
+Added: available pool of qualified talent may be limited to certain specialties.
+Added: If we cannot attract and retain qualified personnel, the quality
+Added: of our services may deteriorate, our ability to grow may be constrained, and our business and results of operations may be materially
+Added: adversely affected.
+Added: business depends on key members of management, and the loss of their services could disrupt operations.
+Added: future success depends in part on the experience and leadership of key members of our management team.
+Added: The loss of one or more key personnel,
+Added: or difficulties in recruiting and retaining qualified management and operational personnel, could disrupt operations, adversely affect
+Added: customer relationships, delay strategic initiatives, and materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of
+Added: Cybersecurity incidents
+Added: or data breaches could disrupt operations and expose the Company to liability.
+Added: collect, store, and transmit sensitive employee and client information.
+Added: Security controls and practices may not prevent improper access
+Added: to, or disclosure of, confidential information, including personally identifiable information.
+Added: Cybersecurity incidents may occur through
+Added: a variety of means, including malware, ransomware, social engineering, credential compromise, or system vulnerabilities.
+Added: incident that results in unauthorized access, disclosure, or loss of data could harm our reputation, result in contractual or regulatory
+Added: liability, and increase costs, which could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
+Added: In addition, data privacy and cybersecurity regulations are evolving and may increase compliance costs.
+Added: Company could face disruption and increased costs from outsourcing or the use of third-party service providers.
+Added: rely on third-party providers and may outsource certain functions.
+Added: Transitioning processes to third parties or offshore resources may
+Added: create risks of errors, omissions, service disruptions, or control failures.
+Added: Any such issues could negatively impact clients, damage
+Added: our reputation, and result in liability or loss of customers.
+Added: acquisition strategy creates risks, and acquisitions may not be successful.
+Added: may pursue acquisitions of businesses, assets, or technologies.
+Added: We may fail to identify attractive targets or may be unable to complete
+Added: acquisitions on acceptable terms.
+Added: Acquisitions involve risks, including integration difficulties, diversion of management attention,
+Added: overvaluation, unanticipated liabilities, impairment of goodwill or intangibles, disruption to customer or employee relationships, and
+Added: challenges in maintaining internal controls.
+Added: If acquisitions are not successful, our business and results of operations could be materially
+Added: adversely affected.
+Added: operations across numerous geographies may be affected by natural disasters, travel disruptions, or other events beyond our control.
+Added: operate in multiple jurisdictions and may be affected by natural disasters, severe weather, travel disruptions, terrorism, war, public
+Added: health events, or other factors beyond our control.
+Added: These events could adversely affect our ability to service clients, impact employees
+Added: and vendors, disrupt operations, and materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
RELATED TO OWNERSHIP OF COMMON STOCK
−Removed: stock price may be volatile or may decline regardless of our operating performance, resulting in substantial losses for our shareholders .
−Removed: market price of Common Stock has been, and will likely continue to be, volatile for the foreseeable future.
−Removed: The market price of Common
−Removed: Stock may fluctuate significantly in response to numerous factors, many of which are beyond our control, including the factors listed
−Removed: or anticipated fluctuations in our results of operations;
−Removed: financial projections we provide to the public, any changes in these projections or our failure to meet these projections;
−Removed: of securities analyst coverage;
−Removed: of applicable “penny stock” rules and FINRA Rule 2111;
−Removed: of securities analysts to initiate or maintain coverage of our Company, changes in financial estimates by any securities analysts
−Removed: who follow our Company, or our failure to meet these estimates or the expectations of investors;
−Removed: change by any securities analysts who follow our Company;
−Removed: announcements
−Removed: by us or our competitors of significant innovations, acquisitions, strategic partnerships, joint ventures, or capital commitments;
−Removed: in operating performance and stock market valuations of other business services companies generally, or those in our industry in
−Removed: and volume fluctuations in the overall stock market, including as a result of trends in the economy as a whole;
−Removed: in our board of directors or management;
−Removed: of large blocks of Common Stock, including sales by our executive officers, directors, and significant shareholders;
−Removed: threatened or filed against us;
−Removed: sales, hedging, and other derivative transactions involving our capital stock;
−Removed: economic conditions in the United States and abroad;
−Removed: events or factors, including those resulting from war, incidents of terrorism, or responses to these events.
−Removed: addition, stock markets have experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations that have affected and continue to affect the market prices
−Removed: of equity securities of many business services companies.
−Removed: Stock prices of many business services companies have fluctuated in a manner
−Removed: unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of those companies.
−Removed: In the past, shareholders have instituted securities class
−Removed: action litigation following periods of market volatility.
−Removed: If we were to become involved in securities litigation, it could subject us
−Removed: to substantial costs, divert resources and the attention of management from our business and adversely affect our business, results of
−Removed: operations, and financial condition.
−Removed: stock is subject to risks arising from restrictions on reliance on Rule 144 by shell companies or former shell companies.
−Removed: a regulation of the SEC known as “Rule 144,” a person who beneficially owns restricted securities of an issuer and who is
−Removed: not an affiliate of that issuer may sell them without registration under the Securities Act provided that certain conditions have been
−Removed: One of these conditions is that such person has held the restricted securities for a prescribed period, which is six months for
−Removed: common stock.
−Removed: However, Rule 144 is unavailable for the resale of securities issued by an issuer that is a shell company (other than a
−Removed: business combination related shell company) or, unless certain conditions are met, was, at any time, previously a shell company.
−Removed: SEC defines a shell company as a company that has (a) no or nominal operations and (b) either (i) no or nominal assets, (ii) assets consisting
−Removed: solely of cash and cash equivalents;
−Removed: or (iii) assets consisting of any amount of cash and cash equivalents and nominal other assets.
−Removed: a result of the Merger described in Item 1.01, the Company ceased being a shell company as such term is defined in Rule 12b-2 under the
−Removed: Exchange Act.
−Removed: we believe that as a result of the Merger, Reliability ceased to be a shell company, the SEC and others whose approval is required for
−Removed: shares to be sold under Rule 144 might take a different view.
−Removed: 144 is available for the resale of securities of former shell companies if and for as long as the following conditions are met:
−Removed: issuer of the securities that was formerly a shell company has ceased to be a shell company;
−Removed: issuer of the securities is subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act;
−Removed: issuer of the securities has filed all Exchange Act reports and materials required to be filed, as applicable, during the preceding
−Removed: 12 months (or such shorter period that the issuer was required to file such reports and materials), other than Current Reports on
−Removed: least one year has elapsed from the time that the issuer filed current comprehensive disclosure with the SEC reflecting its status
−Removed: as an entity that is not a shell company known as “Form 10 Information.”
−Removed: the Company filed Form 10 Information with the SEC on its Current Report on Form 8-K filed October 29, 2019, shareholders who receive
−Removed: the Company’s restricted securities will not be able to sell them pursuant to Rule 144 without registration until the Company has
−Removed: met the other conditions to this exception and then for only as long as the Company continues to meet the condition described in subparagraph
−Removed: (iii), above, and is not a shell company.
−Removed: No assurance can be given that the Company will meet these conditions or that, if it has met
−Removed: them, it will continue to do so, or that it will not again be a shell company.
−Removed: issuance of the additional shares of Common Stock could cause the value of Common Stock to decline.
−Removed: sale or issuance of a substantial number of shares of Common Stock, or anticipation of such sales, could make it more difficult for us
−Removed: to sell equity or equity-related securities in the future at a time and at a price that we might otherwise wish.
−Removed: Further, if we do sell
−Removed: or issue more Common Stock, any investors’ investment in the Company will be diluted.
−Removed: Moreover, the Company has outstanding warrants.
−Removed: The conversion or exercise of the warrants for shares of Company Common Stock would dilute the common shareholders.
−Removed: If significant dilution
−Removed: occurs, any investment in Common Stock could significantly decline in value.
−Removed: application of the “penny stock” rules could adversely affect the market price of Common Stock and increase transaction costs
−Removed: to sell those shares.
−Removed: This can be exacerbated by the current low float of the stock in relation to the shares outstanding.
−Removed: SEC adopted Rule 3a51-1, which establishes the definition of a “penny stock,” for the purposes relevant to us, as any equity
−Removed: security that has a market price of less than $5.00 per share or with an exercise price of less than $5.00 per share, subject to certain
−Removed: For any transaction involving a penny stock, unless exempt, Rule 15g-9 requires:
−Removed: broker or dealer approve a person’s account for transactions in penny stocks and
−Removed: broker or dealer receive from the investor a written agreement to the transaction, setting forth the identity and quantity of the
−Removed: penny stock to be purchased.
−Removed: order to approve a person’s account for transactions in penny stocks, the broker or dealer must:
−Removed: financial information and investment experience objectives of the person and
−Removed: a reasonable determination that the transactions in penny stocks are suitable for that person and the person has enough knowledge
−Removed: and experience in financial matters to be capable of evaluating the risks of transactions in penny stocks.
−Removed: broker or dealer must also deliver, prior to any transaction in a penny stock, a disclosure schedule prescribed by the SEC relating to
−Removed: the penny stock market, which, in highlight form, sets forth the basis on which the broker or dealer made the suitability determination,
−Removed: and that the broker or dealer received a signed written agreement from the investor prior to the transaction.
−Removed: brokers may be less willing to execute transactions in securities subject to the “penny stock” rules.
−Removed: This may make it more
−Removed: difficult for investors to dispose of Common Stock and cause a decline in the market value of Common Stock.
−Removed: Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) sales practice requirements may also limit a stockholder’s ability to buy and
−Removed: sell our stock.
−Removed: addition to the “penny stock” rules described above, FINRA adopted Rule 2111 that requires a broker-dealer to have reasonable
−Removed: grounds for believing that an investment is suitable for a customer before recommending the investment.
−Removed: Prior to recommending speculative
−Removed: low-priced securities to their non-institutional customers, broker-dealers must make reasonable efforts to obtain information about the
−Removed: customer’s financial status, tax status, investment objectives, and other information.
−Removed: Under interpretations of these rules, FINRA
−Removed: believes that there is a high probability that speculatively low-priced securities will not be suitable for at least some customers.
−Removed: The FINRA requirements make it more difficult for broker dealers to recommend that their customers buy Common Stock, which may limit
−Removed: your ability to buy and sell our stock and have an adverse effect on the market for our shares.
+Added: market price of our common stock may be volatile or may decline regardless of our operating performance.
+Added: market price of our common stock has been, and may continue to be, volatile.
+Added: The market price may fluctuate significantly due to factors
+Added: beyond our control, including fluctuations in operating results, lack of analyst coverage, the OTC market environment, “penny stock”
+Added: rules, sales of significant blocks of stock, general market conditions, and other events.
+Added: addition, stock markets have experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations that have affected the market prices of equity securities
+Added: of many companies.
+Added: If we were to become involved in securities litigation, it could subject us to substantial costs, divert resources
+Added: and management attention, and adversely affect our business, results of operations, and financial condition.
+Added: common stock is subject to “penny stock” rules, which may reduce liquidity and increase transaction costs for investors.
+Added: common stock may be deemed a “penny stock” under SEC rules.
+Added: The application of “penny stock” rules and FINRA
+Added: sales practice requirements may reduce the ability of broker-dealers to recommend or execute transactions in our common stock, which
+Added: could reduce liquidity, increase transaction costs for investors, and adversely affect the market price of our common stock.
do not intend to pay dividends for the foreseeable future.
−Removed: have never declared nor paid any cash dividends on our stock and do not intend to pay any cash dividends in the foreseeable future.
−Removed: anticipate that we will retain all our future earnings for use in the development of our business and for general corporate purposes.
−Removed: Any determination to pay dividends in the future will be at the discretion of our board of directors.
+Added: have never declared or paid cash dividends on our common stock and do not intend to pay cash dividends in the foreseeable future.
+Added: anticipate retaining any future earnings for use in our business.
RELATED TO OUR PREVIOUS STATUS AS A SHELL COMPANY
−Removed: may have contingent liabilities related to our operations prior to the Merger of which we are not aware and for which we have not
−Removed: adequately provided for.
−Removed: For example, in October 2022, we learned about a Vivos IT, LLC lawsuit against Second Wind Consultants
−Removed: (“SWC”) in May 2019 which included MMG as a plaintiff.
−Removed: SWC sought over 2 years to collect the balance of $403 not paid
−Removed: by the Vivos Group.
−Removed: This matter was settled on December 16, 2024 with MMG paying $10 if it’s portion of the settlement.
−Removed: However, the legal cost to MMG to get this settled over two years was $153.
−Removed: In July 2021 the Company paid $475 plus $3 in
−Removed: attorney fees to settle a debt owed by the Vivos Group to Libertas Funding, LLC (“Libertas”).
−Removed: This settlement relieved
−Removed: MMG from obligation to Libertas given the Vivos Group had included MMG as a signing company to its debt in July 2018.
−Removed: In March 2022,
−Removed: Vivos Real Estate defaulted on its mortgage loan with FVCBank for which Maslow was listed as a guarantor.
−Removed: In June 2024, this matter
−Removed: was resolved with the sale of the property, leaving Maslow with no liability.
−Removed: identified as a shell company with no operating activities prior to the Merger.
−Removed: Upon completion of the Merger, we acquired all of the
−Removed: operations of The Maslow Media Group, Inc.
−Removed: Prior to the consummation of the Merger, Reliability, Incorporated was engaged from 1971 to
−Removed: 2007 in the design, manufacture, market, and support of high-performance equipment used to test and condition integrated circuits.
−Removed: business was closed in 2007.
−Removed: We cannot assure you that there are no material claims outstanding, or other circumstances of which we are
−Removed: not aware, that would give rise to a material liability relating to those prior operations, even though we do not record any provisions
−Removed: in our financial statements related to any such potential liability.
−Removed: If we are subject to past claims or material obligations relating
−Removed: to our operations prior to the consummation of the Merger, such claims could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition,
−Removed: and results of operations.
−Removed: RELATED TO THE MERGER AND OWNERSHIP OF COMMON STOCK
−Removed: and risks associated with being a public company.
−Removed: company incurs costs with demands upon management and accounting and finance resources as a result of complying with the laws and regulations
−Removed: affecting public companies;
−Removed: any failure to establish and maintain adequate internal control over financial reporting or to recruit, train
−Removed: and retain necessary accounting and finance personnel could have an adverse effect on our ability to accurately and timely prepare our
−Removed: consolidated financial statements.
−Removed: a public operating company, we are now incurring significant administrative, legal, accounting, and other burdens and expenses beyond
−Removed: those of a private company, including those associated with corporate governance requirements and public company reporting obligations.
−Removed: We enhanced and supplemented our internal accounting department with additional accounting and finance personnel with public company
−Removed: experience and expertise, added requisite technical resources, as well as refined our quarterly and annual financial statement closing
−Removed: process, to enable us to satisfy such reporting obligations over the past four years.
−Removed: However, even with perceived success in doing so,
−Removed: there can be no assurance that our finance and accounting organization will be able to adequately meet the increased demands that result
−Removed: from being a public company.
−Removed: we are required to comply with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
−Removed: In order to satisfy the requirements of Section 404 of
−Removed: the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, we are required to document and test our internal control procedures and prepare annual management assessments
−Removed: of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting.
−Removed: These assessments will need to include disclosure of identified
−Removed: material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting.
−Removed: Testing and maintaining internal control over financial reporting
−Removed: will involve significant costs and could divert management’s attention from other matters that are important to our business.
−Removed: Additionally,
−Removed: we cannot provide any assurances that we will be successful in remediating any deficiencies that may be identified.
−Removed: If we are unable
−Removed: to remediate any such deficiencies or otherwise fail to establish and maintain adequate accounting systems and internal control over
−Removed: financial reporting, or we are unable to recruit, train, and retain necessary accounting and finance personnel, we may not be able to
−Removed: accurately and timely prepare our consolidated financial statements and otherwise satisfy our public reporting obligations.
−Removed: Any inaccuracies
−Removed: in our consolidated financial statements or other public disclosures (in particular if resulting in the need to restate previously filed
−Removed: financial statements), or delays in our making required SEC filings, could have a material adverse effect on the confidence in our financial
−Removed: reporting, our credibility in the marketplace, and the trading price of Common Stock.
−Removed: devote significant resources to address public company-associated requirements, including compliance programs as well as our financial
−Removed: reporting obligations.
−Removed: Complying with these rules and regulations has substantially increased our legal and financial compliance costs
−Removed: and make some activities more time-consuming and costly.
−Removed: Common Stock may not be eligible for listing on a national securities exchange .
−Removed: Common Stock is not currently listed on a national securities exchange, and we do not currently meet the initial quantitative listing
−Removed: standards of a national securities exchange.
−Removed: We cannot assure you that we will be able to meet the initial listing standards of any national
−Removed: securities exchange, or, if we do meet such initial qualitative listing standards, that we will be able to maintain any such listing.
−Removed: Our Common Stock is currently quoted on the pink sheets OTC of the OTC Marketplace under the symbol of “RLBY,” and, unless
−Removed: and until our Common Stock is listed on a national securities exchange, we expect that it will continue to be eligible and quoted on
−Removed: the “pink sheets,” to which time we are eligible to apply to the OTCQB or OTCQX.
−Removed: In order to qualify for the OTCQB for instance,
−Removed: we would need our float to be a minimum of 10% of outstanding shares to even apply for an exception.
−Removed: Currently, our float is 10.4% of
−Removed: our outstanding shares.
−Removed: In those venues, however, an investor may find it difficult to obtain accurate quotations as to the market value
−Removed: of our Common Stock.
−Removed: In addition, if we continue to fail to meet the criteria set forth in SEC regulations, various requirements would
−Removed: be imposed by law on broker-dealers who sell our securities to persons other than established customers and accredited investors.
−Removed: Consequently,
−Removed: such regulations normally deter broker-dealers from recommending or selling common stock, which may further affect its liquidity.
−Removed: would also make it more difficult for us to raise additional capital.
−Removed: We cannot predict whether there will be an active trading market
−Removed: for our Common Stock and the market price of our Common Stock may remain volatile.
−Removed: Given our low float of approximately 30,129,085 shares
−Removed: and the absence of an active trading market, shareholders may have difficulty buying and selling our Common Stock at all or at the price
−Removed: you consider reasonable.
−Removed: Market visibility for shares of our Common Stock may be limited, which may have a depressive effect on the market
−Removed: price for shares of our Common Stock and on our ability to raise capital or make acquisitions by issuing our Common Stock.
−Removed: Our compliance with regulations concerning corporate
−Removed: governance and public disclosure has resulted and may in the future result in additional expenses.
−Removed: Evolving disclosure, governance and compliance laws,
−Removed: regulations and standards relating to corporate governance and public disclosure, including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (“SOX”)
−Removed: and the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
−Removed: New or changing laws, regulations, and standards are subject to varying
−Removed: interpretations in many cases due to their lack of specificity, and, as a result, their application in practice may evolve over time as
−Removed: new guidance is provided by regulatory and governing bodies, which could result in continuing uncertainty regarding compliance matters
−Removed: and higher costs necessitated by ongoing revisions to disclosure and governance practices.
−Removed: As a result, our efforts to comply with evolving
−Removed: laws, regulations, and standards of a public company are likely to continue to result in increased general and administrative expenses
−Removed: and a diversion of management time and attention from revenue-generating activities to compliance activities.
−Removed: UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS
−Removed: Not applicable.
−Removed: The Company does not have any active office leases
−Removed: at this time and has been operating the Company in a remote environment since April of 2020.
+Added: on reliance on Rule 144 applicable to former shell companies may limit resale of restricted securities.
+Added: 144 may be unavailable for the resale of securities issued by an issuer that is a shell company or was previously a shell company, unless
+Added: certain conditions are met, including continued compliance with Exchange Act reporting requirements.
+Added: If we fail to meet these conditions,
+Added: resale of restricted securities under Rule 144 may be limited, which could adversely affect liquidity for holders of restricted securities.
+Added: may have contingent liabilities arising from actions taken by prior owners or related parties that were not disclosed to us at the time
+Added: of the Merger.
+Added: we believe previously identified matters have been resolved, prior owners of Maslow and related entities entered into financing arrangements,
+Added: guarantees, and litigation matters in which Maslow was included as a borrower, guarantor, or named party without the knowledge of current
+Added: management at the time of the Merger.
+Added: While certain of these matters have been settled, there can be no assurance that additional undisclosed
+Added: liabilities, guarantees, or claims will not arise.
+Added: If we become subject to such obligations, the resulting legal costs, settlements,
+Added: or judgments could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
+Added: RELATED TO BEING A PUBLIC COMPANY
+Added: and risks associated with being a public company, including compliance with internal control requirements, may adversely affect our business.
+Added: a public company, we incur significant legal, accounting, governance, and compliance costs and demands on management.
+Added: We are required
+Added: to maintain effective disclosure controls and internal controls over financial reporting, including compliance with Section 404 of the
+Added: Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
+Added: Although we are currently exempt from auditor attestation requirements applicable to larger issuers, compliance with
+Added: these requirements requires significant management attention and financial resources.
+Added: If we fail to maintain effective internal controls,
+Added: identify material weaknesses, are unable to recruit and retain qualified accounting and finance personnel, or fail to timely prepare
+Added: and file required reports, we could be required to restate financial statements, become subject to regulatory scrutiny, lose investor
+Added: confidence, and experience a decline in our stock price.
+Added: disclosure, governance, and compliance requirements applicable to public companies may increase costs and require ongoing modifications
+Added: to our practices, diverting management time and resources from operating the business.
+Added: Listing + Exchange Eligibility
+Added: common stock is not listed on a national securities exchange, and an active trading market may not develop.
+Added: common stock is quoted on the OTC Markets platform, and the Company currently files periodic reports with the Securities and Exchange
+Added: Our securities are not listed on a national securities exchange such as the New York Stock Exchange or Nasdaq, and we do
+Added: not currently meet the quantitative listing standards required for such exchanges.
+Added: There can be no assurance that we will qualify for
+Added: or obtain a listing on a national securities exchange or maintain quotation on a higher tier of the OTC Markets platform in the future.
+Added: in securities quoted on OTC markets is generally less liquid than trading on national securities exchanges.
+Added: Limited trading volume, a
+Added: relatively small public float, and reduced market visibility may make it difficult for investors to buy or sell our common stock at desired
+Added: These factors may also contribute to significant volatility in the market price of our common stock and could adversely affect
+Added: our ability to raise capital or use equity securities as consideration in acquisitions or other strategic transactions.
+Added: addition, our common stock may be deemed a “penny stock” under applicable SEC rules.
+Added: Broker-dealers effecting transactions
+Added: in penny stocks are subject to additional regulatory requirements, including enhanced disclosure obligations and suitability determinations.
+Added: These requirements may discourage broker-dealer participation in trading our securities and could further limit liquidity and market
+Added: activity in our common stock.
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