+Added: business is subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control, including those highlighted in the section
+Added: titled “Risk Factors” immediately following this summary.
+Added: These risks include, among others, the following:
+Added: have in the past been adversely affected by COVID-19 and may continue to be adversely affected by COVID-19 and/or governmental responses
+Added: thereto, supply chain issues relating thereto;
+Added: are currently unprofitable, have recently generated net losses, and we may incur losses in the future;
+Added: may need additional financing in the future, which may not be available on favorable terms, if at all;
+Added: may not be able to manage our future growth;
+Added: of our competitors are better established and have resources significantly greater than we do;
+Added: will need to expand our member base or our profit margins to attain profitability;
+Added: face risks associated with our operations within the pharmaceutical distribution market;
+Added: are dependent on our current management;
+Added: rely on third party contracts, which may not be renewed or may be terminated;
+Added: are currently facing and may in the future face difficulties in sourcing products and inventory due to a variety of causes;
+Added: have in the past, and may in the future, not be able to sell our inventory, at or above the price we acquired such inventory for,
+Added: and have in the past, and may in the future, be forced to write-down inventory and certain of our other assets which may have a material
+Added: adverse effect on our balance sheet;
+Added: have in the past, and may in the future, not receive products or receive refunds for deposited amounts and have experience losses
+Added: in connection with such deposits;
+Added: may be subject to claims that we violated intellectual property rights of others, which are extremely costly to defend and could
+Added: require us to pay significant damages and limit our ability to operate;
+Added: business and operations depend on the proper functioning of information systems, critical facilities and distribution networks and
+Added: a disruption, cyber-attack, failure or destruction of such networks, systems, or technologies may disrupt our business or result
+Added: in liability;
+Added: may be losses or unauthorized access to or releases of confidential information, including personally identifiable information, that
+Added: could subject the Company to significant reputational, financial, legal and operational consequences;
+Added: face risks associated with our business in the telehealth market, including risks associated with legal challenges, relationships
+Added: with third parties and affiliated professionals, our network of qualified providers, competition for services;
+Added: new technologies,
+Added: failure to develop widespread brand awareness and regulatory risks;
+Added: certificate of incorporation limits the liability of our officers and directors and provides for indemnification rights, mandatory
+Added: forum selection provisions and limits the ability of stockholders to call special meetings of stockholders;
+Added: incur significant costs to ensure compliance with U.S.
+Added: and NASDAQ Capital Market reporting and corporate governance requirements;
+Added: may not be able to comply with NASDAQ’s continued listing standards;
+Added: changes that affect our distribution channels could harm our business;
+Added: fraud laws are often vague and uncertain, exposing us to potential liability;
+Added: and expanded laws or regulations could have a material adverse effect on our business operations, cash flows or future prospects;
+Added: public health crisis involving the abuse of prescription opioid pain medication could have a material negative effect on our business;
+Added: Consolidation
+Added: healthcare industry may negatively impact our results of operations;
+Added: have identified material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting and controls and procedures;
+Added: may not be sufficient liquidity in the market for our securities in order for investors to sell their shares.
+Added: The market price of
+Added: our common stock may continue to be volatile;
+Added: may experience dilution to future equity sales, the exercise or conversion of outstanding convertible securities or future transactions;
+Added: Chief Executive Officer and President are our two largest stockholders and, as a result, they can exert control over us and have
+Added: actual or potential interests that may differ from yours;
+Added: associated with the JOBS Act and our status as an emerging growth company;
+Added: associated with future acquisitions, including unknown liabilities and difficulty integrating such acquisitions;
+Added: security attacks and website problems;
+Added: litigation, government investigations, and other proceedings that may adversely affect our business and results of operations
should be aware that there are substantial risks for an investment in our common stock.
−Removed: You should carefully consider these risk
−Removed: factors before you decide to invest in our common stock.
−Removed: any of the following risks were to occur, such as our business, financial condition, results of operations or other prospects,
−Removed: any of these could materially affect our likelihood of success.
−Removed: If that happens, the market price of our common stock, if any,
−Removed: could decline, and prospective investors would lose all or part of their investment in our common stock.
+Added: You should carefully consider these risk factors
+Added: before you decide to invest in our common stock.
+Added: any of the following risks were to occur, such as our business, financial condition, results of operations or other prospects, any of
+Added: these could materially affect our likelihood of success.
+Added: If that happens, the market price of our common stock, if any, could decline,
+Added: and prospective investors would lose all or part of their investment in our common stock.
Related to Our Business Operations
−Removed: business, financial condition and results of operations are subject to various risks and uncertainties, including those described
−Removed: This section discusses factors that, individually or in the aggregate, could cause our actual results to differ materially
−Removed: from expected and historical results.
−Removed: Our business, financial condition or results of operations could be materially adversely
−Removed: affected by any of these risks.
+Added: business, financial condition and results of operations are subject to various risks and uncertainties, including those described below.
+Added: This section discusses factors that, individually or in the aggregate, could cause our actual results to differ materially from expected
+Added: and historical results.
+Added: Our business, financial condition or results of operations could be materially adversely affected by any of these
It is not possible to predict or identify all such factors.
−Removed: Consequently, the following description
−Removed: of Risk Factors is not a complete discussion of all potential risks or uncertainties applicable to our business.
−Removed: have been, and may in the future be, adversely affected by the global COVID-19 pandemic, the duration and economic, governmental
−Removed: and social impact of which is difficult to predict, which may significantly harm our business, prospects, financial condition
−Removed: and operating results.
+Added: Consequently, the following description of Risk Factors is not a complete
+Added: discussion of all potential risks or uncertainties applicable to our business.
+Added: have been, and may in the future be, adversely affected by the global COVID-19 pandemic, the duration and economic, governmental and
+Added: social impact of which is difficult to predict, which may significantly harm our business, prospects, financial condition and operating
2020 and continuing into 2022, there has been a widespread worldwide impact from the COVID-19 pandemic, and we have been, and may in
the future be, adversely affected as a result.
−Removed: Numerous government regulations and public advisories, as well as shifting social behaviors,
−Removed: have temporarily limited or closed non-essential transportation, government functions, business activities, and person-to-person interactions,
−Removed: and the duration of such trends is difficult to predict.
−Removed: The outbreak of the COVID-19 coronavirus, the global response to such coronavirus,
−Removed: including travel restrictions and quarantines that governments are instituting, has adversely affected our operations, may continue to
−Removed: have an adverse effect on our operations, and/or may have a significant negative impact on our results of operations, the production
−Removed: of pharmaceuticals and our ability to timely obtain pharmaceuticals for resale.
−Removed: Currently, we are experiencing reductions to, and interruptions
−Removed: in, the delivery of supply chain pharmaceuticals that are having a negative impact on our wholesalers and certain technology outsourcing
−Removed: in India and the Philippines.
+Added: The outbreak of the COVID-19 coronavirus, the global response to such coronavirus, including
+Added: travel restrictions and quarantines that governments instituted during 2020 and 2021, adversely affected our operations, and future restrictions
+Added: or governmental requirements may have an adverse effect on our operations in the future, and/or may have a significant negative impact
+Added: on our results of operations, the production of pharmaceuticals and our ability to timely obtain pharmaceuticals for resale.
+Added: we are experiencing reductions to, and interruptions in, the delivery of supply chain pharmaceuticals that are having a negative impact
+Added: on our wholesalers and certain technology outsourcing in India and the Philippines and we are also having a hard time finding qualified
+Added: staff, due to the pandemic.
Notwithstanding the above disruptions, our results of operations have not, to date, been materially adversely
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However, if we continue to experience production difficulties, quality control problems or further shortages
−Removed: in supply of pharmaceuticals in the future, this could harm our business and results of operations, any of which could have a material
−Removed: adverse effect on our operations and the value of our securities.
−Removed: In addition, employee sicknesses and remote working environments, and
−Removed: the potential negative effect thereof on productivity and internal controls, related to the coronavirus and the federal, state and local
−Removed: responses to such virus, could materially impact our consolidated results for the year for 2021 and beyond.
+Added: in supply of pharmaceuticals or personnel in the future, this could harm our business and results of operations, any of which could have
+Added: a material adverse effect on our operations and the value of our securities.
+Added: In addition, employee sicknesses and remote working environments,
+Added: and the potential negative effect thereof on productivity and internal controls, related to the coronavirus and the federal, state and
+Added: local responses to such virus, could materially impact our consolidated results for the year 2022 and beyond.
The COVID-19 outbreak could
also restrict our access to capital such as credit facilities and lead to material nonrecurring charges, write-downs, impairments and
−Removed: The Company is actively and continually monitoring the pandemic’s effect on our businesses and endeavoring to
−Removed: adapt quickly in real time to meet the rapidly-changing demands of our Customers and Suppliers.
−Removed: mitigate the spread of COVID-19, we implemented travel restrictions and remote working arrangements for most of our employees
−Removed: in order to minimize physical contact, and we implemented additional sanitation and personal protection measures.
−Removed: Company’s employees started working remotely around March 17, 2020, and as a result, productivity did not drop, if productivity
−Removed: drops it could impact revenues and profitability.
−Removed: The Company’s corporate office is closed through June 30, 2021, at the
−Removed: earliest, unless the current situation improves.
−Removed: These measures might not fully mitigate COVID-19 risks to our workforce
−Removed: and we could experience unusual levels of absenteeism that might impair operations and delay delivery of products.
−Removed: pandemic affects product manufacturing, supply and transport availability and cost.
−Removed: The pandemic reduces demand for some products
−Removed: due to delays or cancellations of elective medical procedures, consumer self-isolation and business closures, among other reasons.
−Removed: The COVID-19 pandemic also influences shortages of some products, with product allocation resulting in delivery delays for customers.
−Removed: Additionally, as a result of the recent coronavirus outbreak, various states have adopted
−Removed: price gouging laws.
−Removed: Our failure to comply with such laws and regulations could subject us to claims, penalties, fines or lawsuits.
+Added: The Company is actively and continually monitoring the pandemic’s effect on our businesses and endeavoring to adapt quickly
+Added: in real time to meet the rapidly-changing demands of our Customers and Suppliers.
+Added: mitigate the spread of COVID-19, we implemented sanitation and personal protection measures.
+Added: Company’s corporate office reopened on January 3, 2022, in accordance to Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidance,
+Added: allowing only management and certain key operational employees to return to the office, while hourly employees remain working remotely
+Added: until further notice.
+Added: These measures might not fully mitigate COVID-19 risks to our workforce, and we could experience unusual
+Added: levels of absenteeism that might impair operations and delay delivery of products.
+Added: The COVID-19 pandemic affects product manufacturing,
+Added: supply and transport availability and cost.
+Added: The pandemic has in the past reduced demand for some products due to delays or cancellations
+Added: of elective medical procedures, consumer self-isolation and business closures, among other reasons, which may become issues again in
+Added: the future if the number of persons infected does not continue to decline.
+Added: The COVID-19 pandemic also influences shortages of some products,
+Added: with product allocation resulting in delivery delays for customers.
+Added: Additionally, as a result of
+Added: the coronavirus outbreak, various states have adopted price gouging laws.
+Added: Our failure to comply with such laws and regulations could
+Added: subject us to claims, penalties, fines or lawsuits.
have been impacted and may be further impacted by COVID-19 as follows:
a result of COVID-19, various states have adopted price gouging laws.
−Removed: Our failure to comply with such laws and regulations
−Removed: could subject us to claims, penalties, fines or lawsuits;
−Removed: price fluctuations as a result of supply and demand issues caused by COVID-19 have caused values of inventory to decrease,
−Removed: which has had a direct impact on gross profit and has resulted in a direct write-off of inventory value;
+Added: Our failure to comply with such laws and regulations could
+Added: subject us to claims, penalties, fines or lawsuits;
+Added: price fluctuations as a result of supply and demand issues caused by COVID-19 have caused values of inventory to decrease, which
+Added: has had a direct impact on gross profit and has resulted in a direct write-off of certain inventory value;
Terms with customers may be altered or extended, which would have an impact on current ratios and cash flow;
−Removed: was a material impairment with respect to goodwill and may affect right-of-use assets as the evaluation of the long-term impact
+Added: have previously been material impairments with respect to goodwill and may be future material
+Added: impairments and/or effects on right-of-use assets as the evaluation of the long-term impact
to delivery of service or physical space assessments changes.
+Added: have been shortages in the supply of generic pharmaceuticals which impact our revenues as
+Added: our transaction fees revenue rely on the sale of generic pharmaceuticals through our marketplace
+Added: have been labor market challenges in hiring staff
may cause further disruptions to our business, including, but not limited to:
−Removed: one or more of our customers to file for bankruptcy protection or shut down, including
−Removed: as a result of broader economic disruption;
−Removed: health system or health plan subscription agreement fees generated, as well as visit
−Removed: fees, by customers or providers, as a result of funding constraints related to loss of
−Removed: revenue or employment;
+Added: one or more of our customers to file for bankruptcy protection or shut down, including as a result of broader economic disruption;
+Added: health system or health plan subscription agreement fees generated, as well as visit fees, by customers or providers, as a result
+Added: of funding constraints related to loss of revenue or employment;
impacting collections of accounts receivable;
−Removed: impacting our ability to facilitate the provision of our telehealth services due to unpredictable
−Removed: impacting our ability to forecast our business’s financial outlook;
−Removed: regulatory uncertainty on our telehealth services, if certain restrictions on reimbursement
−Removed: or the practice of medicine across state lines are reintroduced at some point in the
+Added: impacting our ability to facilitate the provision of our telehealth services due to unpredictable demand;
+Added: impacting our ability to forecast our business’s financial outlook;
+Added: regulatory uncertainty on our telehealth services, if certain restrictions on reimbursement or the practice of medicine across state
+Added: lines are reintroduced at some point in the future;
our business, results of operations and financial condition.
−Removed: ongoing impacts of the pandemic may cause a general economic slowdown or recession in one or more markets, disruptions and volatility
−Removed: in global capital markets and other broad and adverse effects on the economy, business conditions, commercial activity and the
−Removed: healthcare industry.
+Added: ongoing impacts of the pandemic may cause, or make more likely, a general economic slowdown or recession in one or more markets, disruptions
+Added: and volatility in global capital markets and other broad and adverse effects on the economy, business conditions, commercial activity
+Added: and the healthcare industry.
The pandemic might impact our business operations, financial position and results of operation in unpredictable
−Removed: ways that depend on highly-uncertain future developments, such as determining the effectiveness of current or future government
−Removed: actions to address the public health or economic impacts of the pandemic.
−Removed: Any of these risks might have a materially adverse impact
−Removed: on our business operations and our financial position or results of operations.
+Added: ways that depend on highly-uncertain future developments, such as determining the effectiveness of current or future government actions
+Added: to address the public health or economic impacts of the pandemic.
+Added: Any of these risks might have a materially adverse impact on our business
+Added: operations and our financial position or results of operations.
were recently unprofitable, we have recently generated net losses, and we may incur losses in the future.
−Removed: 2017, we became profitable for the first time;
−Removed: in prior years, we were unprofitable and generated a net accumulated deficit of
−Removed: Our current business model has been in constant and improved development since 2010 with results that culminated in
−Removed: net income for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2018 of $288,983 and $9,038, respectively.
−Removed: generated from our consolidated operations for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 were $17,122,520 and $7,436,264, respectively.
−Removed: incurred a net loss of $2,536,051 for the year ended December 31, 2020, compared to a net loss of $284,428 for the year
−Removed: ended December 31, 2019.
−Removed: We may incur other losses in the foreseeable future due to the significant costs associated with our
−Removed: business development, including costs associated with maintaining compliance under SEC reporting standards.
−Removed: We cannot assure you
−Removed: that our operations will annually generate sufficient revenues to fund our continuing operations or to fully implement our business
−Removed: plan, and thereafter sustain profitability in any future period.
−Removed: likelihood of our success must be considered in light of the problems, expenses, difficulties, complications and delays frequently
−Removed: encountered in connection with the start and growth of a business, the implementation and execution of our business plan, and
−Removed: the regulatory environment affecting the distribution of pharmaceuticals in which we operate.
−Removed: we do not obtain additional financing, our business, prospects, financial condition and results of operations will be adversely
−Removed: anticipates that we will require additional working capital in the future to pursue continued development of products, services,
−Removed: and marketing operations.
+Added: generated from our consolidated operations for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 were $9,889,433 and $17,122,520,
+Added: respectively.
+Added: incurred a net loss of $5,315,883 for the year ended December 31, 2021, compared to a net loss of $2,536,051 for the year ended December
+Added: We may incur other losses in the foreseeable future due to the significant costs associated with our business development,
+Added: including costs associated with maintaining compliance under SEC reporting standards.
+Added: We cannot assure you that our operations will annually
+Added: generate sufficient revenues to fund our continuing operations or to fully implement our business plan, and thereafter sustain profitability
+Added: in any future period.
+Added: likelihood of our success must be considered in light of the problems, expenses, difficulties, complications and delays frequently encountered
+Added: in connection with the start and growth of a business, the implementation and execution of our business plan, and the regulatory environment
+Added: affecting the distribution of pharmaceuticals in which we operate.
+Added: we do not obtain additional financing, our business, prospects, financial condition and results of operations will be adversely affected.
+Added: anticipates that we will require additional working capital in the future to pursue continued development of products, services, and
+Added: marketing operations.
We cannot accurately predict the timing and amount of such capital requirements.
−Removed: Additional financing
−Removed: may not be available to us when needed or, if available, it may not be obtained on commercially reasonable terms.
−Removed: If we are not
−Removed: able to obtain the necessary additional financing on a timely or commercially reasonable basis, we will be forced to delay or
−Removed: scale down some or all of our development activities (or perhaps even cease the operation of our business).
+Added: Additional financing may not be
+Added: available to us when needed or, if available, it may not be obtained on commercially reasonable terms.
+Added: If we are not able to obtain the
+Added: necessary additional financing on a timely or commercially reasonable basis, we will be forced to delay or scale down some or all of
+Added: our development activities (or perhaps even cease the operation of our business).
+Added: Our access to additional capital may be negatively
+Added: affected by future recessions, downturns in the economy or the markets as a whole, or inflation.
have no commitments for any additional financing, and such commitments may not be obtained on favorable terms, if at all.
−Removed: additional equity financing will be dilutive to our stockholders, and debt financing, if available, may involve restrictive covenants
−Removed: with respect to dividends, raising future capital, and other financial and operational matters.
−Removed: If we are unable to obtain additional
−Removed: financing as needed, we may be required to reduce the scope of our operations or our anticipated expansion, which could have a
−Removed: material adverse effect on us.
+Added: Any additional
+Added: equity financing will be dilutive to our stockholders, and debt financing, if available, may involve restrictive covenants with respect
+Added: to dividends, raising future capital, and other financial and operational matters.
+Added: If we are unable to obtain additional financing as
+Added: needed, we may be required to reduce the scope of our operations or our anticipated expansion, which could have a material adverse effect
+Added: and global economic conditions could materially adversely affect the Company’s business, results of operations, financial condition
+Added: macroeconomic conditions, including inflation, slower growth or recession, new or increased tariffs, changes to fiscal and monetary policy,
+Added: tighter credit, higher interest rates, high unemployment and currency fluctuations could have a material adverse impact on demand for
+Added: the Company’s products and services.
+Added: In addition, consumer confidence and spending could be adversely affected in response to financial
+Added: market volatility, negative financial news, conditions in the real estate and mortgage markets, declines in income or asset values, changes
+Added: to fuel and other energy costs, labor and healthcare costs and other economic factors.
+Added: addition to an adverse impact on demand for the Company’s products, uncertainty about, or a decline in, U.S.
+Added: or global economic
+Added: conditions could have a significant impact on the Company’s suppliers, the pharmacy industry as a whole, the Company’s network
+Added: of independent pharmacies and other partners.
+Added: Potential effects include financial instability;
+Added: inability to obtain credit to finance
+Added: operations and purchases of the Company’s products, payment defaults and insolvency.
+Added: downturn in the economic environment could also lead to increased credit and collectability risk on the Company’s receivables;
+Added: limitations on the Company’s ability to raise new funding through the sale of debt or equity;
+Added: reduced liquidity;
+Added: and declines in
+Added: the value of the Company’s securities.
+Added: These and other economic factors could materially adversely affect the Company’s business,
+Added: results of operations, financial condition and growth.
business is subject to rigorous regulatory and licensing requirements.
−Removed: described in greater detail in “
−Removed: Business ”, above, our business is highly regulated in the United States, at
+Added: described in greater detail in “ Item 1.
+Added: Business ”, above, our business is highly regulated in the United States, at
both the federal and state level, and in foreign countries.
−Removed: If we fail to comply with regulatory requirements, or if allegations
−Removed: are made that we fail to comply, our results of operations and financial condition could be adversely affected.
−Removed: lawfully operate our businesses, we are required to obtain and hold permits, product registrations, licenses and other regulatory
−Removed: approvals from, and to comply with operating and security standards of, numerous governmental bodies.
−Removed: For example, as a wholesale
−Removed: distributor of controlled substances, we must hold valid DEA registrations and state-level licenses, meet various security and
−Removed: operating standards, and comply with the Controlled Substances Act (CSA).
−Removed: Failure to maintain or renew necessary permits, product
−Removed: registrations, licenses or approvals, or to comply with required standards, could have an adverse effect on our results of operations
−Removed: and financial condition.
+Added: If we fail to comply with regulatory requirements, or if allegations are
+Added: made that we fail to comply, our results of operations and financial condition could be adversely affected.
+Added: lawfully operate our businesses, we are required to obtain, and hold permits, product registrations, licenses and other regulatory approvals
+Added: from, and to comply with operating and security standards of, numerous governmental bodies.
+Added: For example, as a wholesale distributor of
+Added: controlled substances, we must hold valid DEA registrations and state-level licenses, meet various security and operating standards,
+Added: and comply with the Controlled Substances Act (CSA).
+Added: Failure to maintain or renew necessary permits, product registrations, licenses
+Added: or approvals, or to comply with required standards, could have an adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition.
We are also required to comply with various state pricing gouging laws.
−Removed: Products that we source and distribute
−Removed: must also comply with regulatory requirements.
+Added: Products that we source and distribute must also comply with
+Added: regulatory requirements.
Noncompliance
−Removed: or concerns over noncompliance may result in suspension of our ability to distribute or import products, product bans, recalls
−Removed: or seizures, or criminal or civil sanctions, which, in turn, could result in product liability claims and lawsuits, including
−Removed: class actions.
−Removed: of our competitors are better established and have resources significantly greater than we have, which may make it difficult to
−Removed: fend off competition.
−Removed: expect to compete with the three largest ADR distributors (McKesson, Cardinal Health and AmerisourceBergen), in addition to other
−Removed: pharmaceutical distributors, buying groups, software products, and various start-up drug companies.
−Removed: Many of these operations have
−Removed: substantially greater financial and manufacturer-backed resources, longer operating histories, greater name recognition and more
−Removed: established relationships in the industry than us.
+Added: or concerns over noncompliance may result in suspension of our ability to distribute or import products, product bans, recalls or seizures,
+Added: or criminal or civil sanctions, which, in turn, could result in product liability claims and lawsuits, including class actions.
+Added: of our competitors are better established and have resources significantly greater than we have, which may make it difficult to fend
+Added: off competition.
+Added: expect to compete with the three largest ADR distributors (McKesson, Cardinal Health and AmerisourceBergen), in addition to other pharmaceutical
+Added: distributors, buying groups, software products, and various start-up drug companies.
+Added: Many of these companies have substantially greater
+Added: financial and manufacturer-backed resources, longer operating histories, greater name recognition and more established relationships
+Added: in the industry than us.
In addition, a number of these competitors may combine or form strategic partnerships.
−Removed: As a result, our competitors may establish a more favorable footing in the pharmaceutical industry with respect to pricing or
−Removed: other factors.
−Removed: Our failure to compete successfully with any of these companies would have a material adverse effect on our business
−Removed: and the trading price of our common stock.
+Added: As a result, our competitors
+Added: may establish a more favorable footing in the pharmaceutical industry with respect to pricing or other factors.
+Added: Our failure to compete
+Added: successfully with any of these companies would have a material adverse effect on our business and the trading price of our common stock.
three distributors listed above have a strong control over our industry, as they have contracts with approximately 24,000 independent,
−Removed: retail pharmacies that limit the participants’
−Removed: ability to purchase pharmaceuticals outside of those primary distributors.
−Removed: Additional restrictive elements exist within the pharmaceutical channels of distribution.
−Removed: For example, a number of the inventory
−Removed: management systems, either developed by the distributors or third-party vendors, have been developed to require compliance to
−Removed: these restrictive purchasing agreements.
−Removed: Management anticipates that other existing and prospective competitors will adopt technologies
−Removed: or business plans similar to ours or seek other means to develop operations competitive with ours, particularly if our development
−Removed: of large-scale production progresses as scheduled.
+Added: retail pharmacies that limit the participants’ ability to purchase pharmaceuticals outside of those primary distributors.
+Added: restrictive elements exist within the pharmaceutical channels of distribution.
+Added: For example, a number of the inventory management systems,
+Added: either developed by the distributors or third-party vendors, have been developed to require compliance to these restrictive purchasing
+Added: Management anticipates that other existing and prospective competitors will adopt technologies or business plans similar
+Added: to ours or seek other means to develop operations competitive with ours, particularly if our development of large-scale production progresses
+Added: as scheduled.
will need to expand our member base or our profit margins to attain profitability.
−Removed: we are paid an administrative fee of up to 6 percent of the buying price on the generic pharmaceuticals sold to pharmacies and
−Removed: up to 1 percent on brand pharmaceuticals that pass through our pharmaceutical exchanges.
+Added: we are paid an administrative fee of up to 6 percent of the buying price on the generic pharmaceuticals sold to pharmacies and up to
+Added: 1 percent on brand pharmaceuticals that pass through our pharmaceutical exchanges.
Our management is aware that the competitiveness
−Removed: of the group of suppliers that participate in our system and price products on our exchange is a key factor in determining how
−Removed: many purchasing pharmacies and wholesalers will purchase products through our platforms.
−Removed: However, price is not the only factor
−Removed: that influences where retail pharmacies will obtain their product.
−Removed: Quality fulfillment services are also important, and retail
−Removed: pharmacies have historically received quality fulfillment services from the three major ADR distributors.
−Removed: In order to be more
−Removed: competitive, we must improve our customer service and wholesaler fulfillment efforts, because the independent, retail pharmacy
−Removed: has for years considered this element of the fulfillment process as important as price.
−Removed: Other factors influencing the pharmacies
−Removed: purchasing behavior in the future will be changes brought upon by the ACA, which regulates some aspects of pharmaceutical spending
−Removed: Management believes that we should benefit substantially from our pricing and product knowledge that is offered by
−Removed: our platform.
+Added: of the group of suppliers that participate in our system and price products on our exchange is a key factor in determining how many purchasing
+Added: pharmacies and wholesalers will purchase products through our platforms.
+Added: However, price is not the only factor that influences where
+Added: retail pharmacies will obtain their product.
+Added: Quality fulfillment services are also important, and retail pharmacies have historically
+Added: received quality fulfillment services from the three major ADR distributors.
+Added: In order to be more competitive, we must improve our customer
+Added: service and wholesaler fulfillment efforts, because the independent, retail pharmacy has for years considered this element of the fulfillment
+Added: process as important as price.
+Added: Other factors influencing the pharmacies purchasing behavior in the future will be changes brought upon
+Added: by the ACA, which regulates some aspects of pharmaceutical spending and pricing.
+Added: Management believes that we should benefit substantially
+Added: from our pricing and product knowledge that is offered by our platform.
Profitability
−Removed: may be further increased as a result of lower cost of goods, should the Company build stronger relationships with manufacturers
−Removed: and other larger buying groups that serve wholesalers and distributors.
−Removed: On a larger scale, those margins are expected to drop
−Removed: depending upon the breadth of products provided in the market and the sale turn rates required.
−Removed: We are currently undertaking a
−Removed: significant effort to increase our membership base through attendance at annual conferences and other strategies.
−Removed: Trxade has an
−Removed: expanded e-mail marketing strategy based on our competitive price advantages and price trend analysis tools.
+Added: may be further increased as a result of lower cost of goods, should the Company build stronger relationships with manufacturers and other
+Added: larger buying groups that serve wholesalers and distributors.
+Added: On a larger scale, those margins are expected to drop depending upon the
+Added: breadth of products provided in the market and the sale turn rates required.
+Added: We are currently undertaking a significant effort to increase
+Added: our membership base through attendance at annual conferences and other strategies.
+Added: Trxade has an expanded e-mail marketing strategy based
+Added: on our competitive price advantages and price trend analysis tools.
are inherent risks associated with our operations within the Pharmaceutical Distribution Market.
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all of our end-user agreements require our customers to indemnify us and for any and all liabilities resulting from our participation
−Removed: in the pharmaceutical distribution industry, we cannot assure you that the parties required to provide such indemnification will
−Removed: have the financial resources to do so.
−Removed: Additionally, although we have evaluated appropriate state statutes and federal laws pertaining
−Removed: to pharmaceutical distribution in an effort to diminish our risks, the Board of Pharmacy for each state is responsible for interpreting
+Added: in the pharmaceutical distribution industry, we cannot assure you that the parties required to provide such indemnification will have
+Added: the financial resources to do so.
+Added: Additionally, although we have evaluated appropriate state statutes and federal laws pertaining to
+Added: pharmaceutical distribution in an effort to diminish our risks, the Board of Pharmacy for each state is responsible for interpreting
their state laws, and their interpretations may not comport with our analysis.
−Removed: It is also possible that any third-party logistics
−Removed: arrangements may disrupt service, create a loss of income, or other unforeseen disruptions should the service provider experience
−Removed: any legal, financial or other difficulties of their own.
+Added: It is also possible that any third-party logistics arrangements
+Added: may disrupt service, create a loss of income, or other unforeseen disruptions should the service provider experience any legal, financial
+Added: or other difficulties of their own.
do not have a traditional credit facility with a financial institution, which may adversely impact our operations.
do not have a traditional credit facility with a financial institution, such as a working line of credit.
−Removed: The absence of such
−Removed: a facility could adversely impact our operations, as it may constrain our ability to have available the working capital for equipment
−Removed: purchases or other operational requirements.
−Removed: If adequate funds are not otherwise available, we may be required to delay, scale
−Removed: back or eliminate portions of our business development efforts.
−Removed: Without credit facilities, we could be forced to cease operations
−Removed: and investors in our securities could lose their entire investment.
+Added: The absence of such a facility
+Added: could adversely impact our operations, as it may constrain our ability to have available the working capital for equipment purchases
+Added: or other operational requirements.
+Added: If adequate funds are not otherwise available, we may be required to delay, scale back or eliminate
+Added: portions of our business development efforts.
+Added: Without credit facilities, we could be forced to cease operations and investors in our
+Added: securities could lose their entire investment.
+Added: offer limited credit to the pharmacies which limits the amount of the orders that they place and may result in us losing business and
+Added: a reduction in our revenues.
+Added: currently offer a limited amount of credit to our members.
+Added: Such limited credit reduces the risk that such members do not pay for products;
+Added: however, it also limits the amount of revenue we generate per member.
+Added: We believe that if we were to increase the amount of credit we
+Added: provide to members we would generate more revenues, but bear more risk of non-payment.
+Added: We are currently exploring increasing the amount
+Added: of credit we provide to members, which may in turn result in an increase in receivables and write-offs.
are dependent upon our current management, who may have conflicts of interest.
are dependent upon the efforts of our current management.
−Removed: All of our officers and directors have duties and affiliations with
−Removed: other companies.
−Removed: Even though these companies are not competitors or involved in pharmaceutical distribution, involvement of our
−Removed: officers and directors in other businesses may still present a conflict of interest regarding decisions they make for Trxade or
−Removed: with respect to the amount of time available for Trxade.
+Added: All of our officers and directors have duties and affiliations with other companies.
+Added: Even though these companies are not competitors or involved in pharmaceutical distribution, involvement of our officers and directors
+Added: in other businesses may still present a conflict of interest regarding decisions they make for Trxade or with respect to the amount of
+Added: time available for Trxade.
The loss of any of our officers or directors and, in particular, Mr.
Prashant Patel, our President or Mr.
−Removed: Suren Ajjarapu, our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Company, could have a materially
−Removed: adverse effect upon our business and future prospects.
−Removed: Company purchased, on behalf of and for the benefit of Mr.
−Removed: Suren Ajjarapu, a personal disability insurance policy providing for
−Removed: a $1,500,000 lump sum benefit, payable to Mr.
+Added: Suren Ajjarapu, our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Company, could have a materially adverse effect upon our business and
+Added: future prospects.
+Added: Company holds, on behalf of and for the benefit of Mr.
+Added: Suren Ajjarapu, a personal disability insurance policy providing for a $1,500,000
+Added: lump sum benefit, payable to Mr.
Ajjarapu, in the event of Mr.
−Removed: Ajjarapu’s disability.
−Removed: The premiums on
−Removed: such policy will be paid by the Company for so long as Mr.
+Added: Ajjarapu’s disability.
+Added: The premiums on such policy will be paid
+Added: by the Company for so long as Mr.
Ajjarapu is employed by the Company.
−Removed: Company also obtained a $4,000,000 key-man life insurance policy on the life of Mr.
−Removed: Suren Ajjarapu, and a $1,500,000 lump sum
−Removed: disability insurance policy on Mr.
+Added: Company also holds a $4,000,000 key-man life insurance policy on the life of Mr.
+Added: Suren Ajjarapu, and a $1,500,000 lump sum disability
+Added: insurance policy on Mr.
Ajjarapu, providing for the Company as beneficiary of such policies.
−Removed: our management team has considerable information technology and entrepreneurial experience, none of our management was involved
−Removed: in pharmaceutical distribution prior to joining the Company and, as such, did not have any technical experience in pharmaceutical
−Removed: distribution prior to joining us.
+Added: our management team has considerable information technology and entrepreneurial experience, none of our management was involved in pharmaceutical
+Added: distribution prior to joining the Company and, as such, did not have any technical experience in pharmaceutical distribution prior to
In the event of the loss of Mr.
−Removed: Ajjarapu’s services, we will seek to hire and retain a
−Removed: qualified professional.
−Removed: In the event of the loss of his services in connection with his death, upon obtaining funding from the
−Removed: key-man life insurance, management intends to hire qualified and experienced personnel.
−Removed: We may be unable to find a suitable or
−Removed: qualified replacement for Mr.
−Removed: Ajjarapu and as such our operations and/or prospects may suffer.
+Added: Ajjarapu’s services, we will seek to hire and retain a qualified professional.
+Added: event of the loss of his services in connection with his death, upon obtaining funding from the key-man life insurance, management intends
+Added: to hire qualified and experienced personnel.
+Added: We may be unable to find a suitable or qualified replacement for Mr.
+Added: Ajjarapu and as such
+Added: our operations and/or prospects may suffer.
rely on third party contracts.
depend on others to provide products and services to us.
−Removed: We do not manufacture pharmaceuticals and we do not sell pharmaceuticals
−Removed: to the end consumer.
−Removed: We do not control these wholesalers, suppliers and purchasers and, although our arrangements with them will
−Removed: be terminable or of limited length, a change may be difficult to implement.
−Removed: At this time, we have a working relationship with
−Removed: over 50 wholesalers and the nation’s largest buying group.
−Removed: Although we believe that those entities are satisfied with their
−Removed: business relationship with Trxade, if our buying group and two or three of the wholesalers decided no longer to do business with
−Removed: us, that supplier void would materially and adversely affect our competitiveness in the marketplace.
+Added: We do not manufacture pharmaceuticals and we do not sell pharmaceuticals to
+Added: the end consumer.
+Added: We do not control these wholesalers, suppliers and purchasers, and although our arrangements with them will be terminable
+Added: or of limited length, a change may be difficult to implement.
+Added: At this time, we have a working relationship with over 50 wholesalers and
+Added: the nation’s largest buying group.
+Added: Although we believe that those entities are satisfied with their business relationship with
+Added: Trxade, if our buying group and two or three of the wholesalers decided no longer to do business with us, that supplier void would materially
+Added: and adversely affect our competitiveness in the marketplace.
+Added: depend on suppliers to make their drugs and other medical products available to us for resale and are subject to risks associated with
+Added: the availability of these drugs and other medical products.
+Added: do not directly manufacture any of the products we sell and instead we rely on third parties to manufacture and/or procure such drugs
+Added: and other medical products for us to resell.
+Added: Supply chain constraints have, and may in the future have, a negative impact on the availability
+Added: of drugs and medical products that we sell.
+Added: Our supplier relationships could be interrupted, become less favorable to us or be terminated
+Added: and the supply of these drugs or products could be interrupted or become insufficient.
+Added: Supply interruptions or other disruptions in manufacturing
+Added: processes could be caused by events beyond our control, including natural disasters, supplier facility shut-downs, defective raw materials,
+Added: the impact of epidemics or pandemics, such as COVID-19, and actions by U.S.
+Added: or international governments, including export restrictions
+Added: A sustained supply reduction or interruption, and an inability to develop alternative and additional sources for such supply,
+Added: could result in lost sales, increased cost, damage to our reputation, and may have an adverse effect on our business.
+Added: may have difficulties in sourcing or selling products due to a variety of causes.
+Added: might experience difficulties and delays in sourcing and selling products due to a variety of causes, such as:
+Added: difficulties in complying
+Added: with the legal requirements for export or import of pharmaceuticals or supplies;
+Added: suppliers’ failure to satisfy production demand;
+Added: manufacturing or supply problems such as inadequate resources;
+Added: and real or perceived quality issues.
+Added: Difficulties in product manufacturing
+Added: or access to raw materials could result in supplier production shutdowns, product shortages and other supply disruptions.
+Added: pandemic has adversely affected the availability of some products, resulting in product allocation and delivery delays.
+Added: risks might have a materially adverse impact on our business operations and our financial position or results of operations.
technological change in our industry presents us with significant risks and challenges .
−Removed: industry is characterized by rapid technological change, changing consumer requirements, short product lifecycles and evolving
−Removed: industry standards.
+Added: industry is characterized by rapid technological change, changing consumer requirements, short product lifecycles and evolving industry
Our success will depend on our ability to develop or to acquire and market new services.
−Removed: There is no guarantee
−Removed: that we will possess the resources, either financial or personnel, for the research, design and development of new applications
−Removed: or services, or that we will be able to utilize these resources successfully and avoid technological or market obsolescence.
−Removed: there can be no assurance that technological advances by one or more of our competitors or future competitors will not result
−Removed: in our present or future applications and services becoming uncompetitive or obsolete.
+Added: There is no guarantee that we will
+Added: possess the resources, either financial or personnel, for the research, design and development of new applications or services, or that
+Added: we will be able to utilize these resources successfully and avoid technological or market obsolescence.
+Added: Further, there can be no assurance
+Added: that technological advances by one or more of our competitors or future competitors will not result in our present or future applications
+Added: and services becoming uncompetitive or obsolete.
are currently facing and may in the future face difficulties in sourcing products and inventory due to a variety of causes.
−Removed: to the continued effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the governmental responses to contain the spread of such virus, we have to
−Removed: date experienced issues with the availability of certain products, resulting in product allocation and delivery delays, which
−Removed: has not to date, had a material adverse effect on our results of operations.
−Removed: We might also experience difficulties and delays
−Removed: in sourcing products and inventory due to a variety of causes in the future, such as:
−Removed: difficulties in complying with the legal
−Removed: requirements for export or import of pharmaceuticals or components;
−Removed: suppliers’
−Removed: failures to satisfy production demand;
−Removed: manufacturing
−Removed: or supply problems such as inadequate resources;
+Added: to the continued effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the governmental responses to contain the spread of such virus, we have
+Added: to date experienced issues with the availability of certain products, resulting in product allocation and delivery delays, which has
+Added: not to date, had a material adverse effect on our results of operations.
+Added: We might also experience difficulties and delays in sourcing
+Added: products and inventory due to a variety of causes in the future, such as:
+Added: difficulties in complying with the legal requirements for export
+Added: or import of pharmaceuticals or components;
+Added: suppliers’ failures to satisfy production demand;
+Added: manufacturing or supply problems
+Added: such as inadequate resources;
real or perceived quality issues;
−Removed: and advanced deposits which are at risk of
−Removed: return if product is not delivered.
−Removed: Difficulties in product manufacturing or access to raw materials could result in supplier
−Removed: production shutdowns, product shortages and other supply disruptions.
−Removed: Any of these risks might have a materially adverse impact
−Removed: on our business operations and our financial position or results of operations.
−Removed: have in the past, and may in the future, not be able to sell our inventory, at or above the price we acquired such inventory for,
−Removed: and have in the past, and may in the future, be forced to write-down inventory in the future.
−Removed: to the supply and demand nature of our pharmaceutical business
−Removed: and the personal protective equipment (PPE) business, especially in connection with the rapidly changing regulations, recommendations
−Removed: and guidance surrounding COVID-19, the inventory of products we have acquired, or may acquire in the future, has been/may be,
−Removed: acquired at a cost higher than the price at which we may be able to resell such products.
−Removed: As a result, in the past we have, and
−Removed: in the future we may not be able to, make a profit on such sales and have in the past and may in the future, have to write-down
−Removed: a significant portion of our inventory.
−Removed: During the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, write-down to market value was $1,220,269
−Removed: and $0, respectively.
+Added: and advanced deposits which are at risk of return if product is not delivered.
+Added: Difficulties in product manufacturing or access to raw materials could result in supplier production shutdowns, product shortages and
+Added: other supply disruptions.
+Added: Any of these risks might have a materially adverse impact on our business operations and our financial position
+Added: or results of operations.
+Added: have in the past, and may in the future, not be able to sell our inventory, at or above the price we acquired such inventory for, and
+Added: have in the past, and may in the future, be forced to write-down inventory and certain of our other assets which may have a material
+Added: adverse effect on our balance sheet.
+Added: to the supply and demand nature of our pharmaceutical business and the personal protective equipment (PPE) business, especially in connection
+Added: with the rapidly changing regulations, recommendations and guidance surrounding COVID-19, the inventory of products we have acquired,
+Added: or may acquire in the future, has been/may be, acquired at a cost higher than the price at which we may be able to resell such products.
+Added: As a result, in the past we have, and in the future we may not be able to, make a profit on such sales and have in the past and may in
+Added: the future, have to write-down a significant portion of our inventory.
+Added: During the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, write-down
+Added: to market value was $376,348 and $1,220,269, respectively.
+Added: A significant write-down of assets may have a material adverse effect on our
+Added: balance sheet and results of operations.
may not receive products or receive refunds for deposited amounts and may experience losses in connection with such deposits.
might not receive products or the return of funds on deposits that have been provided.
−Removed: We have two deposits outstanding as of
−Removed: the date of this report in an aggregate amount of approximately $1,081,250.
−Removed: In the event we do not receive products for the deposited
−Removed: amounts or the return of our deposits (through litigation or otherwise), this will cause us financial harm and result in us taking
−Removed: a significant charge on our financial statements and taking a loss in the amount of such deposit amount.
−Removed: Additionally, in the
−Removed: future we may provide additional deposits for products which may be material, which deposits may not be refunded timely, if at
−Removed: all, and which products may not be delivered, or may be defective or unusable.
−Removed: Any significant losses of deposited funds could
−Removed: have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations and the value of our securities.
−Removed: In July 2020, the Company’s
−Removed: wholly-owned subsidiary, Integra, entered into an agreement with Studebaker Defense Group, LLC (“Studebaker”) wherein Integra
−Removed: would pay Studebaker a down payment of $500,000 and Studebaker would deliver 180,000 boxes of nitrile gloves by August 14, 2020.
−Removed: wired the $500,000 to Studebaker, but to date, Studebaker has not delivered the gloves or provided a refund of the deposit.
−Removed: 2020, we filed a complaint against Studebaker Defense Group, LLC in Florida state court, Case No.
−Removed: 20-CA-010118 in the Circuit Court for
−Removed: the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit in Hillsborough County for, among other things, breach of contract.
−Removed: Studebaker did not answer the complaint,
−Removed: nor did counsel for Studebaker file an appearance.
−Removed: Accordingly, in February 2021 the Company filed a default judgment;
−Removed: March 22, 2021, counsel for Studebaker filed an appearance and the Company anticipates that Studebaker will file a motion to vacate
−Removed: the judgment.
−Removed: A hearing on our motion for a default judgement has been set for April 27, 2021.
−Removed: The Company anticipates that irrespective
−Removed: of the outcome of such hearing on April 27, 2021, the Company will prevail on the merits;
−Removed: and believes Studebaker has the
−Removed: ability to satisfy a judgment.
−Removed: August 2020, Company’s subsidiary, Integra, entered into an agreement with Sandwave Group Dsn Bhd, wherein Integra
−Removed: would pay Sandwave a down payment of $581,250 and Sandwave’s supplier, Crecom Burj Group SDN BHD (“Crecom”),
−Removed: would deliver 150,000 boxes of nitrile gloves within 45 days.
−Removed: Integra wired the $581,250 to Sandwave, which in turn wired the
−Removed: purchase price to Crecom, which Crecom accepted;
+Added: We have two deposits outstanding as of the date
+Added: of this report in an aggregate amount of approximately $1,081,250.
+Added: In the event we do not receive the return of our deposits (through
+Added: litigation or otherwise), this will cause us financial harm and as a result the Company has taken a significant charge on our financial
+Added: statements by taking a loss in the amount of such deposit amount.
+Added: Additionally, in the future we may provide additional deposits for
+Added: products which may be material, which deposits may not be refunded timely, if at all, and which products may not be delivered, or may
+Added: be defective or unusable.
+Added: Any significant losses of deposited funds could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition,
+Added: results of operations and the value of our securities.
+Added: July 2020, the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Integra, entered into an agreement with Studebaker Defense Group, LLC (“Studebaker”)
+Added: wherein Integra would pay Studebaker a down payment of $500,000 and Studebaker would deliver 180,000 boxes of nitrile gloves by August
+Added: Integra wired the $500,000 to Studebaker, but to date, Studebaker has not delivered the gloves or provided a refund of the
+Added: On December 31, 2020, we filed a complaint against Studebaker in Florida state court, Case No.
+Added: 20-CA-010118 in
+Added: the Circuit Court for the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit in Hillsborough County, for among other things, breach of contract.
+Added: 29, 2021, Integra Pharma Solutions filed a motion for clerk’s default against Studebaker.
+Added: On February 2, 2021, the clerk of court
+Added: issued default against Studebaker.
+Added: On March 4, 2021, Integra Pharma Solutions filed a motion for final default judgment against Studebaker.
+Added: On March 22, 2021, counsel for Studebaker filed a notice of appearance in the case.
+Added: On March 24, Studebaker filed a response in opposition
+Added: to the motion for final judgment, and on March 25, 2021, Studebaker filed a motion to dismiss the case.
+Added: On May 14, 2021, the Court denied
+Added: Integra’s motion for final default judgment, granted Studebaker’s motion to set aside the clerk’s default, and denied
+Added: Studebaker’s motion to dismiss.
+Added: An amended answer and affirmative defenses were filed by Studebaker on October 14, 2021.
+Added: motion to strike the affirmative defenses, or in the alternative, motion for more definite statement is scheduled for hearing on April
+Added: We have also scheduled the deposition of Studebaker’s corporate representative on April 12, 2022, and moved to compel
+Added: better answers to outstanding discovery.
+Added: The litigation remains pending and is in the discovery phase.
+Added: Integra remains confident it can
+Added: successfully prosecute its claims against Studebaker on the merit.
+Added: On June 30, 2021, the $500,000 was recorded as Loss on
+Added: Inventory Investment.
+Added: August 2020, Integra, entered into an agreement with Sandwave Group Dsn Bhd (“Sandwave”), wherein Integra would pay Sandwave
+Added: a down payment of $581,250 and Sandwave’s supplier, Crecom Burj Group SDN BHD (“Crecom”), would deliver 150,000 boxes
+Added: of nitrile gloves within 45 days.
+Added: Integra wired the $581,250 to Sandwave, which in turn wired the purchase price to Crecom, which Crecom
however, to date, Crecom has not delivered the nitrile gloves.
−Removed: demanded return of its $581,250 and Crecom has acknowledged that Integra is entitled to a refund, but to date Crecom has
−Removed: failed to return Integra’s money.
−Removed: In February 2021, Integra filed a complaint against Crecom in Malaysia:
−Removed: WA-22NCC-55-02/2021 in the High Court of Malaysia at Kuala Lumpur in the Federal Territory, Malaysia for the Malaysian
−Removed: equivalent of breach of contract.
+Added: Integra demanded return of its $581,250 and Crecom has acknowledged
+Added: that Integra is entitled to a refund, but to date Crecom has failed to return Integra’s money.
+Added: In February 2021, Integra filed
+Added: a complaint against Crecom in Malaysia:
+Added: WA-22NCC-55-02/2021 in the High Court of Malaysia at Kuala Lumpur in the Federal Territory,
+Added: Malaysia for the Malaysian equivalent of breach of contract.
Crecom filed an appearance on March 1, 2021.
−Removed: and Crecom had 14 days to file an answer,
−Removed: which they did not do;
−Removed: however, Crecom has filed a request for extension which we are contesting.
−Removed: There is a hearing scheduled
−Removed: on April 20, 2021 to hear the matter and, in the meantime, we are preparing our Application for Summary Judgement.
−Removed: If a judgment is entered against Crecom, the process of executing the judgment, and ultimately
−Removed: collecting, can take three to six months.
−Removed: The Company believes that it will prevail in the lawsuit filed;
−Removed: believes Crecom has the ability to satisfy a judgment, and the steps to enforce a judgment in Malaysia, if any,
−Removed: may be cumbersome, time consuming or costly.
+Added: In April 2021, an Application
+Added: for Summary Judgment was filed with the court, and on May 25, 2021, the Court extracted the sealed application, and a copy thereof was
+Added: served on Crecom’s attorneys and Crecom, 14 days later, filed an Affidavit in Reply with the court alleging that there are issues
+Added: to be tried and that this case must go to a full trial.
+Added: On June 28, 2021, the court directed both parties to file their written submissions/arguments
+Added: in relation to the application for summary judgment on or before July 12, 2021, and scheduled a hearing thereon for August 26, 2021.
+Added: At the final hearing on October 18, 2021, the ruling for the summary judgment was denied and a trial date is pending.
+Added: The Company believes
+Added: that it will prevail in the lawsuit filed;
+Added: but the steps to enforce a judgment in Malaysia, if any, may be cumbersome, time consuming
+Added: The Company cannot determine the timing of the judgment, nor the amount ultimately collected.
+Added: At June 30, 2021, the $581,250
+Added: was recorded as Loss on Inventory Investment.
+Added: quarterly results have in the past, and may in the future, fluctuate significantly due to certain non-recurring sales of products.
+Added: quarterly revenues have in the past and may in the future fluctuate significantly due to certain non-recurring sales of personal protective
+Added: equipment (PPE) and other products and associated costs of revenues therewith, which may be compounded in our year over year financial
+Added: As such, we believe that quarter-to-quarter comparisons of our revenues, operating results and cash flows may not be meaningful
+Added: and should not be relied upon as an indication of future performance.
+Added: investments in new businesses and new products, services, and technologies is inherently risky, and could disrupt our ongoing businesses.
+Added: have invested and expect to continue to invest in new businesses, products, services, and technologies.
+Added: Such endeavors may involve significant
+Added: risks and uncertainties, including insufficient revenues from such investments to offset any new liabilities assumed and expenses associated
+Added: with these new investments, inadequate return of capital on our investments, distraction of management from current operations, and unidentified
+Added: issues not discovered in our due diligence of such strategies and offerings that could cause us to fail to realize the anticipated benefits
+Added: of such investments and incur unanticipated liabilities.
+Added: Because these new ventures are inherently risky, no assurance can be given that
+Added: such strategies and offerings will be successful and will not adversely affect our reputation, financial condition, and operating results.
+Added: To date we have taken losses and/or write-downs on several businesses, products, services, and technologies.
+Added: For example, (a) we had
+Added: $725,973 of loss on impairment of goodwill for the year ended December 31, 2020, in connection with the acquisition of Community
+Added: Specialty Pharmacy, LLC;
+Added: (b) we designed and invested resources into the “Bonum Health Hub”, a self-enclosed, free standing
+Added: virtual examination room, which was launched by the Company’s wholly-owned Bonum Health, LLC, in November 2019 and was expected
+Added: to be operational in April 2020;
+Added: however, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Company does not anticipate installations moving forward,
+Added: and has taken a write off of the hubs purchased at June 30, 2021 in the amount of $143,891, which is included under loss on inventory
+Added: investments in the statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2021;
+Added: and (c) we also used resources and funding
+Added: to create a Health Passport application during 2020 and 2021, which was planned to store a user’s health and vaccination status
+Added: and allow confirmation thereof via a QR code;
+Added: however, we did not generate any revenue from this product and the product was discontinued
+Added: at the end of December 2021.
+Added: The use of resources for new businesses and new products, services, and technologies, to the extent such
+Added: new businesses and new products, services, and technologies do not generate revenues or profits may take management’s focus and
+Added: time away from more profitable endeavors, may require the Company to take significant write-downs or write-offs, may take funding away
+Added: from the Company’s other operations or growth opportunities, which may ultimately be more profitable, and may have a material adverse
+Added: effect on the Company’s cash flows, liquidity and revenues, any or all of which may cause the value of the Company’s securities
+Added: to decline in value or become worthless.
Relating to Our Information Systems;
Technology and Intellectual Property
−Removed: may be subject to claims that we violated intellectual property rights of others, which are extremely costly to defend and could
−Removed: require us to pay significant damages and limit our ability to operate.
−Removed: on the Internet and technology industries, and other patent and trademark holders seeking to profit from royalties in connection
−Removed: with grants of licenses, own large numbers of patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade secrets and frequently enter into litigation
−Removed: based on allegations of infringement or other violations of intellectual property rights.
−Removed: There may be intellectual property rights
−Removed: held by others, including issued or pending patents and trademarks, that cover significant aspects of our technologies, content,
−Removed: branding or business methods.
−Removed: Any intellectual property claims against us, regardless of merit, could be time-consuming and expensive
−Removed: to settle or litigate and could divert our management’s attention and other resources.
−Removed: These claims also could subject us
−Removed: to significant liability for damages and could result in our having to stop using technology, content, branding or business methods
−Removed: found to be in violation of another party’s rights.
−Removed: We might be required or may opt to seek a license for rights to intellectual
−Removed: property held by others, which may not be available on commercially reasonable terms, or at all.
−Removed: If we cannot license or develop
−Removed: technology, content, branding or business methods for any allegedly infringing aspect of our business, we may be unable to compete
−Removed: Even if a license is available, we could be required to pay significant royalties, which could increase our operating
−Removed: We may also be required to develop alternative non-infringing technology, content, branding or business methods, which
−Removed: could require significant effort and expense and be inferior.
+Added: may be subject to claims that we violated intellectual property rights of others, which are extremely costly to defend and could require
+Added: us to pay significant damages and limit our ability to operate.
+Added: on the Internet and technology industries, and other patent and trademark holders seeking to profit from royalties in connection with
+Added: grants of licenses, own large numbers of patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade secrets and frequently enter into litigation based
+Added: on allegations of infringement or other violations of intellectual property rights.
+Added: There may be intellectual property rights held by
+Added: others, including issued or pending patents and trademarks, that cover significant aspects of our technologies, content, branding or
+Added: business methods.
+Added: Any intellectual property claims against us, regardless of merit, could be time-consuming and expensive to settle or
+Added: litigate and could divert our management’s attention and other resources.
+Added: These claims also could subject us to significant liability
+Added: for damages and could result in our having to stop using technology, content, branding or business methods found to be in violation of
+Added: another party’s rights.
+Added: We might be required or may opt to seek a license for rights to intellectual property held by others, which
+Added: may not be available on commercially reasonable terms, or at all.
+Added: If we cannot license or develop technology, content, branding or business
+Added: methods for any allegedly infringing aspect of our business, we may be unable to compete effectively.
+Added: Even if a license is available,
+Added: we could be required to pay significant royalties, which could increase our operating expenses.
+Added: We may also be required to develop alternative
+Added: non-infringing technology, content, branding or business methods, which could require significant effort and expense and be inferior.
Any of these results could harm our operating results.
business and operations depend on the proper functioning of information systems, critical facilities and distribution networks.
−Removed: rely on our and third-party service providers’
−Removed: information systems for a wide variety of critical operations, including
−Removed: to obtain, rapidly process, analyze and manage data to:
+Added: rely on our and third-party service providers’ information systems for a wide variety of critical operations, including to obtain,
+Added: rapidly process, analyze and manage data to:
the purchase and distribution of inventory items from distribution centers;
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business also depends on the proper functioning of our critical facilities and our distribution networks.
−Removed: Our results of operations
−Removed: could be adversely affected if our or a service provider’s information systems, critical facilities or distribution networks
−Removed: are disrupted (including disruption of access), are damaged or fail, whether due to physical disruptions, such as fire, natural
−Removed: disaster, pandemic or power outage, or due to cyber-security incidents, ransomware or other actions of third parties, including
−Removed: labor strikes, political unrest and terrorist attacks.
−Removed: Manufacturing disruptions also can occur due to regulatory action, production
−Removed: quality deviations, safety issues or raw material shortages or defects, or because a key product or component is manufactured
−Removed: at a single manufacturing facility with limited alternate facilities.
−Removed: rely on network and information systems and other technologies and a disruption, cyber-attack, failure or destruction of such
−Removed: networks, systems, or technologies may disrupt our business or result in liability.
−Removed: and information systems and other technologies, including those related to our computer, data back-up and processing systems,
−Removed: network management, customer service operations and programming delivery, are critical to our business activities.
−Removed: information systems-related events, such as computer hackings, cyber-attacks, computer viruses, worms or other destructive or
−Removed: disruptive software, process breakdowns, denial of service attacks, malicious social engineering or other malicious activities,
−Removed: or any combination of the foregoing, or power outages, natural disasters, terrorist attacks or other similar events, could result
−Removed: in a degradation or disruption of our services or damage to our properties, equipment and data.
−Removed: These events also could result
−Removed: in large expenditures to repair or replace the damaged properties, networks or information systems or to protect them from similar
−Removed: events in the future.
+Added: Our results of operations could
+Added: be adversely affected if our or a service provider’s information systems, critical facilities or distribution networks are disrupted
+Added: (including disruption of access), are damaged or fail, whether due to physical disruptions, such as fire, natural disaster, pandemic
+Added: or power outage, or due to cyber-security incidents, ransomware or other actions of third parties, including labor strikes, political
+Added: unrest and terrorist attacks.
+Added: Manufacturing disruptions also can occur due to regulatory action, production quality deviations, safety
+Added: issues or raw material shortages or defects, or because a key product or component is manufactured at a single manufacturing facility
+Added: with limited alternate facilities.
+Added: rely on network and information systems and other technologies and a disruption, cyber-attack, failure or destruction of such networks,
+Added: systems, or technologies may disrupt our business or result in liability .
+Added: and information systems and other technologies, including those related to our computer, data back-up and processing systems, network
+Added: management, customer service operations and programming delivery, are critical to our business activities.
+Added: Network and information systems-related
+Added: events, such as computer hackings, cyber-attacks, computer viruses, worms or other destructive or disruptive software, process breakdowns,
+Added: denial of service attacks, malicious social engineering or other malicious activities, or any combination of the foregoing, or power
+Added: outages, natural disasters, terrorist attacks or other similar events, could result in a degradation or disruption of our services or
+Added: damage to our properties, equipment and data.
+Added: These events also could result in large expenditures to repair or replace the damaged properties,
+Added: networks or information systems or to protect them from similar events in the future.
risk of these systems-related events and security breaches occurring has intensified, in part because we maintain certain information
necessary to conduct our businesses in digital form stored on cloud servers.
−Removed: While we develop and maintain systems seeking to
−Removed: prevent systems-related events and security breaches from occurring, the development and maintenance of these systems is costly
−Removed: and requires ongoing monitoring and updating as technologies change and efforts to overcome security measures become more sophisticated.
−Removed: Despite these efforts, there can be no assurance that these events and security breaches will not occur in the future.
−Removed: we may provide certain confidential, proprietary and personal information to third parties in connection with our businesses,
−Removed: and while we obtain assurances that these third parties will protect this information, there is a risk that this information could
−Removed: be compromised.
−Removed: any of our systems are damaged, fail to function properly or otherwise become unavailable, we may incur substantial costs to repair
−Removed: or replace them, and may experience loss or corruption of critical data and interruptions or delays in our ability to perform
−Removed: critical functions, which could adversely affect our business and results of operations.
−Removed: In addition, we are currently making,
−Removed: and expect to continue to make, substantial investments in our information technology systems and infrastructure, some of which
−Removed: are significant.
−Removed: Upgrades involve replacing existing systems with successor systems, making changes to existing systems, or cost-effectively
−Removed: acquiring new systems with new functionality.
−Removed: Implementing new systems carries significant potential risks, including failure
−Removed: to operate as designed, potential loss or corruption of data or information, cost overruns, implementation delays, disruption
−Removed: of operations, and the potential inability to meet business and reporting requirements.
−Removed: While we are aware of inherent risks associated
−Removed: with replacing these systems and believe we are taking reasonable action to mitigate known risks, these technology initiatives
−Removed: may not be deployed as planned or may not be timely implemented without disruption to our operations.
−Removed: may be losses or unauthorized access to or releases of confidential information, including personally identifiable information,
−Removed: that could subject the Company to significant reputational, financial, legal and operational consequences.
−Removed: Company’s business requires it to use, transmit and store confidential information including, among other things, personally
−Removed: identifiable information (“
−Removed: PII ”) with respect to the Company’s customers and employees.
−Removed: The Company devotes
−Removed: significant resources to network and data security, including through the use of encryption and other security measures intended
−Removed: to protect its systems and data.
−Removed: But these measures cannot provide absolute security, and losses or unauthorized access to or
−Removed: releases of confidential information occur and could materially adversely affect the Company’s reputation, financial condition
−Removed: and operating results.
−Removed: The Company’s business also requires it to share confidential information with third parties.
−Removed: the Company takes steps to secure confidential information that is provided to third parties, such measures are not always effective
−Removed: and losses or unauthorized access to or releases of confidential information occur and could materially adversely affect the Company’s
−Removed: reputation, financial condition and operating results.
−Removed: example, the Company may experience a security breach impacting the Company’s information technology systems that compromises
−Removed: the confidentiality, integrity or availability of confidential information.
−Removed: Such an incident could, among other things, impair
−Removed: the Company’s ability to attract and retain customers for its products and services, impact the Company’s stock price,
−Removed: materially damage supplier relationships, and expose the Company to litigation or government investigations, which could result
−Removed: in penalties, fines or judgments against the Company.
−Removed: Company has implemented systems and processes intended to secure its information technology systems and prevent unauthorized access
−Removed: to or loss of sensitive data.
−Removed: As with all companies, these security measures may not be sufficient for all eventualities and may
−Removed: be vulnerable to hacking, employee error, malfeasance, system error, faulty password management or other irregularities.
−Removed: to the risks relating to general confidential information described above, the Company is also subject to specific obligations
−Removed: relating to health data and payment card data.
−Removed: Health data is subject to additional privacy, security and breach notification
−Removed: requirements, and the Company can be subject to audit by governmental authorities regarding the Company’s compliance with
−Removed: these obligations.
−Removed: If the Company fails to adequately comply with these rules and requirements, or if health data is handled in
−Removed: a manner not permitted by law or under the Company’s agreements with healthcare institutions, the Company could be subject
−Removed: to litigation or government investigations, may be liable for associated investigatory expenses, and could also incur significant
−Removed: fees or fines.
+Added: While we develop and maintain systems seeking to prevent
+Added: systems-related events and security breaches from occurring, the development and maintenance of these systems is costly and requires
+Added: ongoing monitoring and updating as technologies change and efforts to overcome security measures become more sophisticated.
+Added: Despite these
+Added: efforts, there can be no assurance that these events and security breaches will not occur in the future.
+Added: Moreover, we may provide certain
+Added: confidential, proprietary and personal information to third parties in connection with our businesses, and while we obtain assurances
+Added: that these third parties will protect this information, there is a risk that this information could be compromised.
+Added: any of our systems are damaged, fail to function properly or otherwise become unavailable, we may incur substantial costs to repair or
+Added: replace them, and may experience loss or corruption of critical data and interruptions or delays in our ability to perform critical functions,
+Added: which could adversely affect our business and results of operations.
+Added: In addition, we are currently making, and expect to continue to
+Added: make, substantial investments in our information technology systems and infrastructure, some of which are significant.
+Added: Upgrades involve
+Added: replacing existing systems with successor systems, making changes to existing systems, or cost-effectively acquiring new systems with
+Added: new functionality.
+Added: Implementing new systems carries significant potential risks, including failure to operate as designed, potential
+Added: loss or corruption of data or information, cost overruns, implementation delays, disruption of operations, and the potential inability
+Added: to meet business and reporting requirements.
+Added: While we are aware of inherent risks associated with replacing these systems and believe
+Added: we are taking reasonable action to mitigate known risks, these technology initiatives may not be deployed as planned or may not be timely
+Added: implemented without disruption to our operations.
+Added: the past, we had an incident with an email account being compromised and an attempt was made to get the us to wire outgoing money.
+Added: did not fall victim to the attempt, conducted a thorough investigation, performed cleanup procedures, and instituted additional
+Added: security measure to mitigate the risk of this incident from occurring in the future.
+Added: Risk mitigation includes the board of directors
+Added: inquiring with the information technology department on status of cyber risks management, on a quarterly basis.
+Added: may be losses or unauthorized access to or releases of confidential information, including personally identifiable information, that
+Added: could subject the Company to significant reputational, financial, legal and operational consequences.
+Added: Company’s business requires it to use, transmit and store confidential information including, among other things, personally identifiable
+Added: information (“ PII ”) with respect to the Company’s customers and employees.
+Added: The Company devotes significant resources
+Added: to network and data security, including through the use of encryption and other security measures intended to protect its systems and
+Added: But these measures cannot provide absolute security, and losses or unauthorized access to or releases of confidential information
+Added: occur and could materially adversely affect the Company’s reputation, financial condition and operating results.
+Added: The Company’s
+Added: business also requires it to share confidential information with third parties.
+Added: Although the Company takes steps to secure confidential
+Added: information that is provided to third parties, such measures are not always effective and losses or unauthorized access to or releases
+Added: of confidential information occur and could materially adversely affect the Company’s reputation, financial condition and operating
+Added: example, the Company may experience a security breach impacting the Company’s information technology systems that compromises the
+Added: confidentiality, integrity or availability of confidential information.
+Added: Such an incident could, among other things, impair the Company’s
+Added: ability to attract and retain customers for its products and services, impact the Company’s stock price, materially damage supplier
+Added: relationships, and expose the Company to litigation or government investigations, which could result in penalties, fines or judgments
+Added: against the Company.
+Added: Company has implemented systems and processes intended to secure its information technology systems and prevent unauthorized access to
+Added: or loss of sensitive data.
+Added: As with all companies, these security measures may not be sufficient for all eventualities and may be vulnerable
+Added: to hacking, employee error, malfeasance, system error, faulty password management or other irregularities.
+Added: In addition to the risks relating
+Added: to general confidential information described above, the Company is also subject to specific obligations relating to health data and
+Added: payment card data.
+Added: Health data is subject to additional privacy, security and breach notification requirements, and the Company can be
+Added: subject to audit by governmental authorities regarding the Company’s compliance with these obligations.
+Added: If the Company fails to
+Added: adequately comply with these rules and requirements, or if health data is handled in a manner not permitted by law or under the Company’s
+Added: agreements with healthcare institutions, the Company could be subject to litigation or government investigations, may be liable for associated
+Added: investigatory expenses, and could also incur significant fees or fines.
payment card rules and obligations, if cardholder information is potentially compromised, the Company could be liable for associated
−Removed: investigatory expenses and could also incur significant fees or fines if the Company fails to follow payment card industry data
−Removed: security standards.
−Removed: The Company could also experience a significant increase in payment card transaction costs or lose the ability
−Removed: to process payment cards if it fails to follow payment card industry data security standards, which would materially adversely
−Removed: affect the Company’s reputation, financial condition and operating results.
−Removed: errors or failures of our platform or services to conform to specifications could cause unforeseen liabilities or injury, harm
−Removed: our reputation and have a material adverse impact on our results of operations.
+Added: investigatory expenses and could also incur significant fees or fines if the Company fails to follow payment card industry data security
+Added: The Company could also experience a significant increase in payment card transaction costs or lose the ability to process
+Added: payment cards if it fails to follow payment card industry data security standards, which would materially adversely affect the Company’s
+Added: reputation, financial condition and operating results.
+Added: errors or failures of our platform or services to conform to specifications could cause unforeseen liabilities or injury, harm our reputation
+Added: and have a material adverse impact on our results of operations.
software and technology services that we operate are complex.
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services may contain errors, especially when first introduced.
−Removed: Failure of a customer’s system to perform in accordance with
−Removed: our documentation could constitute a breach of warranty and could require us to incur additional expense in order to make the
−Removed: system comply with the documentation.
−Removed: If such failure is not remedied in a timely manner, it could constitute a material breach
−Removed: under a contract, allowing the client to cancel the contract, obtain refunds of amounts previously paid, or assert claims for
−Removed: significant damages.
+Added: Failure of a customer’s system to perform in accordance with our
+Added: documentation could constitute a breach of warranty and could require us to incur additional expense in order to make the system comply
+Added: with the documentation.
+Added: If such failure is not remedied in a timely manner, it could constitute a material breach under a contract, allowing
+Added: the client to cancel the contract, obtain refunds of amounts previously paid, or assert claims for significant damages.
Associated with Bonum Health Telemedicine Services
telehealth market is immature and volatile.
−Removed: telehealth market is relatively new and unproven, and it is uncertain whether it will achieve and sustain high levels of demand,
−Removed: consumer acceptance and market adoption.
−Removed: Our success will depend to a substantial extent on the willingness of our clients’
−Removed: members or patients to use, and to increase the frequency and extent of their utilization of, our services, as well as on our
−Removed: ability to demonstrate the value of telehealth to employers, health plans, government agencies and other purchasers of healthcare
−Removed: for beneficiaries.
−Removed: Negative publicity concerning our services or the telehealth market as a whole could limit market acceptance
−Removed: of our services.
−Removed: If our clients, or their members or patients, do not perceive the benefits of our services, or if our services
−Removed: are not competitive, then our market may not develop at all, or it may develop more slowly than we expect.
−Removed: Similarly, individual
−Removed: and healthcare industry concerns or negative publicity regarding patient confidentiality and privacy in the context of telehealth
−Removed: could limit market acceptance of our healthcare services.
−Removed: If any of these events occurs, it could have a material adverse effect
−Removed: on our business, financial condition or results of operations.
−Removed: respect to our planned “
−Removed: Bonum Health Hub ”
−Removed: telehealth services, the market for such services is new and unproven,
−Removed: and it is uncertain whether it will achieve consumer acceptance and market adoption.
−Removed: The success of our “
−Removed: will depend to a substantial extent on the willingness of patients to use new technologies such as our planned
−Removed: Bonum Health Hubs ”.
−Removed: Negative publicity concerning our “
−Removed: Bonum Health Hubs ”
−Removed: or the telehealth
−Removed: market as a whole, could limit market acceptance of the “
−Removed: Bonum Health Hubs ”.
−Removed: Similarly, individual and healthcare
−Removed: industry concerns or negative publicity regarding patient confidentiality and privacy in the context of telehealth could limit
−Removed: market acceptance of our “
−Removed: Bonum Health Hubs ”.
−Removed: If any of these events occurs, it could have a material adverse
−Removed: effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.
−Removed: telehealth business could be adversely affected by legal challenges to our business model or by actions restricting our ability
−Removed: to provide services in certain jurisdictions.
+Added: telehealth market is relatively new and unproven, and it is uncertain whether it will achieve and sustain high levels of demand, consumer
+Added: acceptance and market adoption.
+Added: Our success will depend to a substantial extent on the willingness of our clients’ members or patients
+Added: to use, and to increase the frequency and extent of their utilization of, our services, as well as on our ability to demonstrate the
+Added: value of telehealth to employers, health plans, government agencies and other purchasers of healthcare for beneficiaries.
+Added: Negative publicity
+Added: concerning our services or the telehealth market as a whole could limit market acceptance of our services.
+Added: If our clients, or their members
+Added: or patients, do not perceive the benefits of our services, or if our services are not competitive, then our market may not develop at
+Added: all, or it may develop more slowly than we expect.
+Added: Similarly, individual and healthcare industry concerns or negative publicity regarding
+Added: patient confidentiality and privacy in the context of telehealth could limit market acceptance of our healthcare services.
+Added: these events occurs, it could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.
+Added: telehealth business could be adversely affected by legal challenges to our business model or by actions restricting our ability to provide
+Added: services in certain jurisdictions.
ability to conduct telehealth services in a particular U.S.
−Removed: state is dependent upon the applicable laws governing remote healthcare
−Removed: and the practice of medicine and healthcare delivery in general in such location which are subject to changing political, regulatory
−Removed: and other influences.
−Removed: With respect to telehealth services, which we plan to offer through our “
−Removed: Bonum Health Hubs ”,
−Removed: such services and our ability to offer such services are subject to rules established or interpreted by state medical boards and
−Removed: whether such boards consider such “
−Removed: Bonum Health Hubs ”
−Removed: services to be the practice of medicine.
+Added: state is dependent upon the applicable laws governing remote healthcare and
+Added: the practice of medicine and healthcare delivery in general in such location which are subject to changing political, regulatory and
+Added: other influences.
+Added: With respect to telehealth services, such services and our ability to offer such services are subject to rules established
+Added: or interpreted by state medical boards and whether such boards consider such services to be the practice of medicine.
The definition
−Removed: of practicing medicine is subject to change and open to evolving interpretations by medical boards and state attorneys’
−Removed: generals, among others.
−Removed: Accordingly, we must monitor our compliance with laws in the jurisdictions in which we operate, on an
−Removed: ongoing basis, and we cannot provide assurance that our activities and arrangements, if challenged, will be found to be in compliance
−Removed: with the law.
−Removed: Additionally, it is possible that the laws and rules governing the practice of medicine, including remote healthcare,
−Removed: in one or more jurisdictions may change in a manner which negatively effects our ability to operate.
−Removed: If a successful legal challenge
−Removed: or an adverse change in the relevant laws were to occur, and we were unable to adapt our business model accordingly, our operations
−Removed: in the affected jurisdictions would be disrupted, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition
−Removed: and results of operations.
−Removed: our telehealth business, we will be dependent on our relationships with affiliated professions and our business would be adversely
−Removed: affected if those relationships were disrupted.
−Removed: is a risk that state authorities in some jurisdictions may find that contractual relationships with physicians providing telehealth
−Removed: violate laws prohibiting the corporate practice of medicine.
−Removed: State corporate practice of medicine doctrines also often impose
−Removed: penalties on physicians themselves for aiding the corporate practice of medicine, which could discourage physicians from participating
−Removed: in our network of providers.
−Removed: A material changes in our relationship with our healthcare providers, whether resulting from a dispute
−Removed: among the entities, a change in government regulation, or the loss of these affiliations, could impair our ability to provide
−Removed: services through our planned “
−Removed: Bonum Health Hub ”, and could have a material adverse effect on our business,
−Removed: financial condition and results of operations.
−Removed: “Bonum Health Hub”
−Removed: telehealth business will depend on our ability to maintain and expand a network of qualified providers.
−Removed: success of our “
−Removed: Bonum Health Hubs ”
−Removed: is dependent upon our ability to maintain a network of qualified telehealth
−Removed: If we are unable to recruit and retain board-certified physicians and other healthcare professionals, it would have
−Removed: a material adverse effect on our “
−Removed: Bonum Health Hubs ”
−Removed: business and ability to grow such operations.
−Removed: be willing to pay the costs demanded by such services providers and/or changes in Medicare and/or Medicaid reimbursement levels
−Removed: and other pressures on healthcare providers and consolidation activity among hospitals, physician groups and healthcare providers
−Removed: may make such providers harder or more expensive to find and contract with.
−Removed: The result of the above may be that our “
−Removed: Health Hubs ”
−Removed: are unsuccessful, which may result in a material adverse effect to our operations.
+Added: of practicing medicine is subject to change and open to evolving interpretations by medical boards and state attorneys’ generals,
+Added: among others.
+Added: Accordingly, we must monitor our compliance with laws in the jurisdictions in which we operate, on an ongoing basis, and
+Added: we cannot provide assurance that our activities and arrangements, if challenged, will be found to be in compliance with the law.
+Added: Additionally,
+Added: it is possible that the laws and rules governing the practice of medicine, including remote healthcare, in one or more jurisdictions
+Added: may change in a manner which negatively effects our ability to operate.
+Added: If a successful legal challenge or an adverse change in the relevant
+Added: laws were to occur, and we were unable to adapt our business model accordingly, our operations in the affected jurisdictions would be
+Added: disrupted, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
+Added: our telehealth business, we will be dependent on our relationships with affiliated professions and our business would be adversely affected
+Added: if those relationships were disrupted.
+Added: is a risk that state authorities in some jurisdictions may find that contractual relationships with physicians providing telehealth violate
+Added: laws prohibiting the corporate practice of medicine.
+Added: State corporate practice of medicine doctrines also often impose penalties on physicians
+Added: themselves for aiding the corporate practice of medicine, which could discourage physicians from participating in our network of providers.
+Added: A material change in our relationship with our healthcare providers, whether resulting from a dispute among the entities, a change in
+Added: government regulation, or the loss of these affiliations, could impair our ability to provide services and could have a material adverse
+Added: effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
+Added: “Bonum Health” telehealth business will depend on our ability to maintain and expand a network of qualified providers.
+Added: success of our “ Bonum Health ” telehealth services is dependent upon our ability to maintain a network of qualified
+Added: telehealth providers.
+Added: If we are unable to recruit and retain board-certified physicians and other healthcare professionals, it would
+Added: have a material adverse effect on our “ Bonum Health ” business and ability to grow such operations.
+Added: We may not be willing
+Added: to pay the costs demanded by such services providers and/or changes in Medicare and/or Medicaid reimbursement levels and other pressures
+Added: on healthcare providers and consolidation activity among hospitals, physician groups and healthcare providers may make such
+Added: providers harder or more expensive to find and contract with.
+Added: The result of the above may be that our “ Bonum Health ”
+Added: telehealth services are unsuccessful, which may result in a material adverse effect to our operations.
technological change in the telehealth industry presents us with significant risks and challenges.
−Removed: telehealth market is characterized by rapid technological change, changing consumer requirements, short product lifecycles and
−Removed: evolving industry standards.
−Removed: Our success will depend on our ability to enhance our offerings with next-generation technologies
−Removed: and to develop or to acquire and market new services.
−Removed: There is no guarantee that we will possess the resources, either financial
−Removed: or personnel, for the research, design and development of new applications or services, or that we will be able to utilize these
−Removed: resources successfully and avoid technological or market obsolescence.
−Removed: Further, there can be no assurance that technological advances
−Removed: by one or more of our competitors or future competitors will not result in our present or future software-based products and services
−Removed: becoming uncompetitive or obsolete.
−Removed: telehealth industry is competitive, and if we are not able to compete effectively, our business, financial condition and results
−Removed: of operations will be harmed.
−Removed: the telehealth market is in an early stage of development, it is competitive and we expect it to attract increased competition,
−Removed: which could make it difficult for us to succeed.
−Removed: We currently face competition in the telehealth industry from a range of companies,
−Removed: including specialized software and solution providers that offer similar solutions, often at substantially lower prices, and that
−Removed: are continuing to develop additional products and becoming more sophisticated and effective.
−Removed: These competitors include Doctor
−Removed: On Demand, MDLive and Teladoc.
−Removed: In addition, large, well-financed health systems have in some cases developed their own telehealth
−Removed: tools and may provide these solutions to their customers at discounted prices.
−Removed: The surge in interest in telehealth, and in particular
−Removed: the relaxation of HIPAA privacy and security requirements, has also attracted new competition from providers who utilize consumer-grade
−Removed: video conferencing platforms such as Zoom and Twilio.
−Removed: Competition from large software companies or other specialized solution
−Removed: providers, communication tools and other parties could result in continued pricing pressures, which is likely to lead to price
−Removed: declines in certain product segments, which could negatively impact our future market, sales, profitability and market share (if
−Removed: If we are unable to successfully compete in the telehealth market, our business, financial condition and results of operations
−Removed: could be materially adversely affected.
−Removed: emergence of new technologies may render our telehealth solution obsolete or require us to expend significant resources in order
−Removed: to remain competitive.
−Removed: healthcare industry is massive, with a number of large market participants with conflicting agendas, and it is subject to
−Removed: significant government regulation and is currently undergoing significant change.
−Removed: Changes in the telehealth industry, for example,
−Removed: such as the emergence of new technologies as more competitors enter our market, could result in our telehealth solution being
−Removed: less desirable or relevant.
−Removed: If healthcare benefits trends shift or entirely new technologies are developed that replace existing
−Removed: solutions, our existing or future products could be rendered obsolete and our business could be adversely affected.
−Removed: we may experience difficulties with industry standards, design or marketing that could delay or prevent our development, introduction
−Removed: or implementation of new applications and enhancements.
+Added: telehealth market is characterized by rapid technological change, changing consumer requirements, short product lifecycles and evolving
+Added: industry standards.
+Added: Our success will depend on our ability to enhance our offerings with next-generation technologies and to develop
+Added: or to acquire and market new services.
+Added: There is no guarantee that we will possess the resources, either financial or personnel, for the
+Added: research, design and development of new applications or services, or that we will be able to utilize these resources successfully and
+Added: avoid technological or market obsolescence.
+Added: Further, there can be no assurance that technological advances by one or more of our competitors
+Added: or future competitors will not result in our present or future software-based products and services becoming uncompetitive or obsolete.
+Added: telehealth industry is competitive, and if we are not able to compete effectively, our business, financial condition and results of operations
+Added: will be harmed.
+Added: the telehealth market is in an early stage of development, it is competitive and we expect it to attract increased competition, which
+Added: could make it difficult for us to succeed.
+Added: We currently face competition in the telehealth industry from a range of companies, including
+Added: specialized software and solution providers that offer similar solutions, often at substantially lower prices, and that are continuing
+Added: to develop additional products and becoming more sophisticated and effective.
+Added: These competitors include Doctor On Demand, MDLive, Teladoc
+Added: In addition, large, well-financed health systems have in some cases developed their own telehealth tools and provide these
+Added: solutions to their customers at discounted prices.
+Added: The surge in interest in telehealth, and in particular the relaxation of HIPAA privacy
+Added: and security requirements, has also attracted new competition from providers who utilize consumer-grade video conferencing platforms
+Added: such as Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet and Twilio.
+Added: Competition from large software companies or other specialized solution providers,
+Added: communication tools and other parties could result in continued pricing pressures, which is likely to lead to price declines in certain
+Added: product segments, which could negatively impact our future market, sales, profitability and market share (if any).
+Added: If we are unable to
+Added: successfully compete in the telehealth market, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be materially adversely
+Added: emergence of new technologies may render our telehealth solution obsolete or require us to expend significant resources in order to remain
+Added: healthcare industry is massive, with a number of large market participants with conflicting agendas, and it is subject to significant
+Added: government regulation and is currently undergoing significant change.
+Added: Changes in the telehealth industry, for example, such as the emergence
+Added: of new technologies as more competitors enter our market, could result in our telehealth solution being less desirable or relevant.
+Added: healthcare benefits trends shift or entirely new technologies are developed that replace existing solutions, our existing or future products
+Added: could be rendered obsolete, and our business could be adversely affected.
+Added: In addition, we may experience difficulties with industry standards,
+Added: design or marketing that could delay or prevent our development, introduction or implementation of new applications and enhancements.
we fail to develop widespread brand awareness cost-effectively, our business may suffer.
−Removed: believe that developing and maintaining widespread awareness of our brand in a cost-effective manner is critical to achieving
−Removed: widespread adoption of our products and attracting new clients.
−Removed: Our brand promotion activities may not generate client awareness
−Removed: or increase revenue, and even if they do, any increase in revenue may not offset the expenses we incur in building our brand.
−Removed: If we fail to successfully promote and maintain our brand, or incur substantial expenses in doing so, we may fail to attract or
−Removed: retain clients necessary to realize a sufficient return on our brand-building efforts or to achieve the widespread brand awareness
−Removed: that is critical for broad client adoption of our solution.
−Removed: Associated with Our Planned MedCheks Health Passport Platform
−Removed: health passport market may not achieve and sustain high levels of demand, consumer acceptance and market adoption.
−Removed: health passport market is relatively new and unproven, and it is uncertain whether it will achieve and sustain high levels of
−Removed: demand, consumer acceptance and market adoption.
−Removed: Our success in this new market will depend to a substantial extent on the willingness
−Removed: of our customers to use, and to increase the frequency and extent of their utilization of, our services, as well as on our ability
−Removed: to demonstrate the value of health passports to employers, health plans, government agencies and other purchasers.
−Removed: Negative publicity
−Removed: concerning our services or the health passport market as a whole could limit market acceptance of our services.
−Removed: If our s, or their
−Removed: members or patients, do not perceive the benefits of our services, or if our services are not competitive, then our market may
−Removed: not develop at all, or it may develop more slowly than we expect.
−Removed: Similarly, individual and healthcare industry concerns or negative
−Removed: publicity regarding patient confidentiality and privacy in the context of health passport could limit market acceptance of our
−Removed: Our health passport may not be adopted by customers due to among other things, their belief that smartphones lack appropriate
−Removed: security or their failure to understand blockchain.
−Removed: If customers fail to adopt our health passport, or health passports fail to
−Removed: become adopted in the marketplace, it could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of
−Removed: Separately, governments may come out with their own health passports or similar technology which makes our health
−Removed: passport obsolete.
+Added: believe that developing and maintaining widespread awareness of our brand in a cost-effective manner is critical to achieving widespread
+Added: adoption of our products and attracting new clients.
+Added: Our brand promotion activities may not generate client awareness or increase revenue,
+Added: and even if they do, any increase in revenue may not offset the expenses we incur in building our brand.
+Added: If we fail to successfully promote
+Added: and maintain our brand, or incur substantial expenses in doing so, we may fail to attract or retain clients necessary to realize a sufficient
+Added: return on our brand-building efforts or to achieve the widespread brand awareness that is critical for broad client adoption of our solution.
Associated with Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law
−Removed: certificate of incorporation provides for indemnification of officers and directors at our expense and limits their liability,
−Removed: which may result in a major cost to us and hurt the interests of our stockholders because corporate resources may be expended
−Removed: for the benefit of officers or directors.
+Added: certificate of incorporation provides for indemnification of officers and directors at our expense and limits their liability, which
+Added: may result in a major cost to us and hurt the interests of our stockholders because corporate resources may be expended for the benefit
+Added: of officers or directors.
Certificate of Incorporation provides for indemnification as follows:
−Removed: “To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law,
−Removed: the Corporation is authorized to provide indemnification of, and advancement of expenses to, such agents of the Corporation (and
−Removed: any other persons to which Delaware law permits the Corporation to provide indemnification) through Bylaw provisions, agreements
−Removed: with such agents or other persons, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, in excess of the indemnification
−Removed: and advancement otherwise permitted by Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, subject only to limits created by
−Removed: applicable Delaware law (statutory or non-statutory), with respect to actions for breach of duty to the Corporation, its stockholders
−Removed: and others.”
−Removed: have been advised that, in the opinion of the SEC, indemnification for liabilities arising under federal securities laws is against
−Removed: public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.
−Removed: In the event that a claim for indemnification
−Removed: for liabilities arising under federal securities laws, other than the payment by us of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
−Removed: officer or controlling person in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding, is asserted by a director, officer
−Removed: or controlling person in connection with our activities, we will (unless in the opinion of our counsel, the matter has been settled
−Removed: by controlling precedent) submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction, the question whether indemnification by us is against
−Removed: public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
−Removed: The legal process
−Removed: relating to this matter if it were to occur is likely to be very costly and may result in us receiving negative publicity, either
−Removed: of which factors is likely to materially reduce the market and price for our shares.
−Removed: certificate of incorporation contains a specific provision that limits the liability of our directors for monetary damages to
−Removed: the Company and the Company’s stockholders and requires us, under certain circumstances, to indemnify officers, directors
−Removed: and employees.
+Added: “To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Corporation
+Added: is authorized to provide indemnification of, and advancement of expenses to, such agents of the Corporation (and any other persons to
+Added: which Delaware law permits the Corporation to provide indemnification) through Bylaw provisions, agreements with such agents or other
+Added: persons, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, in excess of the indemnification and advancement otherwise permitted
+Added: by Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, subject only to limits created by applicable Delaware law (statutory or non-statutory),
+Added: with respect to actions for breach of duty to the Corporation, its stockholders and others.” Our obligation to indemnify our officers
+Added: and directors may discourage stockholders from bringing a lawsuit against our officers or directors for breach of their fiduciary duty.
+Added: These provisions also may have the effect of reducing the likelihood of derivative litigation against our officers and directors, even
+Added: though such an action, if successful, might otherwise benefit us and our stockholders.
+Added: Furthermore, a stockholder’s investment
+Added: may be adversely affected to the extent we pay the costs of settlement and damage awards against our officers and directors pursuant
+Added: to these indemnification provisions.
+Added: have been advised that, in the opinion of the SEC, indemnification for liabilities arising under federal securities laws is against public
+Added: policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.
+Added: In the event that a claim for indemnification for liabilities
+Added: arising under federal securities laws, other than the payment by us of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
+Added: person in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding, is asserted by a director, officer or controlling person in connection
+Added: with our activities, we will (unless in the opinion of our counsel, the matter has been settled by controlling precedent) submit to a
+Added: court of appropriate jurisdiction, the question whether indemnification by us is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
+Added: Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
+Added: The legal process relating to this matter if it were to occur is likely
+Added: to be very costly and may result in us receiving negative publicity, either of which factors is likely to materially reduce the market
+Added: and price for our shares.
+Added: certificate of incorporation contains a specific provision that limits the liability of our directors for monetary damages to the Company
+Added: and the Company’s stockholders and requires us, under certain circumstances, to indemnify officers, directors and employees.
limitation of monetary liability against our directors, officers and employees under Delaware law and the existence of indemnification
rights to them may result in substantial expenditures by us and may discourage lawsuits against our directors, officers and employees.
−Removed: certificate of incorporation contains a specific provision that limits the liability of our directors for monetary damages to
−Removed: the Company and the Company’s stockholders.
−Removed: We also have contractual indemnification obligations under our employment and
−Removed: engagement agreements with our executive officers and directors.
−Removed: The foregoing indemnification obligations could result in us
−Removed: incurring substantial expenditures to cover the cost of settlement or damage awards against our directors and officers, which
−Removed: the Company may be unable to recoup.
−Removed: These provisions and resultant costs may also discourage us from bringing a lawsuit against
−Removed: our directors and officers for breaches of their fiduciary duties and may similarly discourage the filing of derivative litigation
−Removed: by our stockholders against our directors and officers, even though such actions, if successful, might otherwise benefit us and
−Removed: our stockholders.
+Added: certificate of incorporation contains a specific provision that limits the liability of our directors for monetary damages to the Company
+Added: and the Company’s stockholders, including as a result of a breach of their fiduciary duties, except to the extent such exception
+Added: from liability is not permitted under Delaware General Corporation Law.
+Added: We also have contractual indemnification obligations under our
+Added: employment and engagement agreements with our executive officers and directors, as well as pursuant to indemnification agreements.
+Added: foregoing indemnification obligations could result in us incurring substantial expenditures to cover the cost of settlement or damage
+Added: awards against our directors and officers, which the Company may be unable to recoup.
+Added: These provisions and resultant costs may also discourage
+Added: us from bringing a lawsuit against our directors and officers for breaches of their fiduciary duties and may similarly discourage the
+Added: filing of derivative litigation by our stockholders against our directors and officers, even though such actions, if successful, might
+Added: otherwise benefit us and our stockholders.
directors have the right to authorize the issuance of shares of preferred stock and additional shares of our common stock.
−Removed: directors, within the limitations and restrictions contained in our certificate of incorporation and without further action by
−Removed: our stockholders, have the authority to issue shares of preferred stock from time to time in one or more series and to fix the
−Removed: number of shares and the relative rights, conversion rights, voting rights, and terms of redemption, liquidation preferences and
−Removed: any other preferences, special rights and qualifications of any such series.
−Removed: Any issuance of shares of preferred stock could adversely
−Removed: affect the rights of holders of our common stock.
−Removed: Should we issue additional shares of our common stock at a later time, each
−Removed: investor’s ownership interest in our stock would be proportionally reduced.
+Added: directors, within the limitations and restrictions contained in our certificate of incorporation and without further action by our stockholders,
+Added: have the authority to issue shares of preferred stock from time to time in one or more series and to fix the number of shares and the
+Added: relative rights, conversion rights, voting rights, and terms of redemption, liquidation preferences and any other preferences, special
+Added: rights and qualifications of any such series.
+Added: Any issuance of shares of preferred stock could adversely affect the rights of holders
+Added: of our common stock.
+Added: Should we issue additional shares of our common stock at a later time, each investor’s ownership interest
+Added: in our stock would be proportionally reduced.
Anti-takeover
−Removed: provisions may impede the acquisition of Trxade.
−Removed: provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law (DGCL) have anti-takeover effects and may inhibit a non-negotiated merger or
−Removed: other business combination.
−Removed: These provisions are intended to encourage any person interested in acquiring Trxade to negotiate
−Removed: with, and to obtain the approval of, our directors, in connection with such a transaction.
−Removed: As a result, certain of these provisions
−Removed: may discourage a future acquisition of Trxade, including an acquisition in which the stockholders might otherwise receive a premium
−Removed: for their shares.
−Removed: In addition, we can also authorize “
−Removed: blank check ”
−Removed: preferred stock, which could be issued by
−Removed: our Board of Directors without stockholder approval and may contain voting, liquidation, dividend and other rights superior to
−Removed: our common stock.
+Added: provisions may impede the acquisition of the Company.
+Added: provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law (DGCL) have anti-takeover effects and may inhibit a non-negotiated merger or other
+Added: business combination, notwithstanding the fact that our certificate of incorporation provides that we are not subject to Section 203
+Added: of Delaware General Corporation Law, which relates to certain restrictions on business combinations with interested stockholders.
+Added: provisions are intended to encourage any person interested in acquiring the Company to negotiate with, and to obtain the approval of,
+Added: our directors, in connection with such a transaction.
+Added: As a result, certain of these provisions may discourage a future acquisition of
+Added: the Company, including an acquisition in which the stockholders might otherwise receive a premium for their shares.
+Added: In addition, we can
+Added: also authorize “ blank check ” preferred stock, which could be issued by our Board of Directors without stockholder
+Added: approval and may contain voting, liquidation, dividend and other rights superior to our common stock.
Reporting and Listing Risks
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incur significant costs associated with our public company reporting requirements and with applicable U.S.
−Removed: and NASDAQ Capital
−Removed: Market corporate governance requirements, including requirements under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and other rules implemented
−Removed: by the SEC and The NASDAQ Capital Market.
−Removed: The rules of The NASDAQ Capital Market include requiring us to maintain independent
−Removed: directors, comply with other corporate governance requirements and pay annual listing and stock issuance fees.
−Removed: All of such SEC
−Removed: and NASDAQ obligations require a commitment of additional resources including, but not limited, to additional expenses, and may
−Removed: result in the diversion of our senior management’s time and attention from our day-to-day operations.
−Removed: We expect all of these
−Removed: applicable rules and regulations to significantly increase our legal and financial compliance costs and to make some activities
−Removed: more time consuming and costly.
−Removed: We also expect that these applicable rules and regulations may make it more difficult and more
−Removed: expensive for us to obtain director and officer liability insurance and we may be required to accept reduced policy limits and
−Removed: coverage or incur substantially higher costs to obtain the same or similar coverage.
−Removed: As a result, it may be more difficult for
−Removed: us to attract and retain qualified individuals to serve on our Board of Directors or as executive officers.
−Removed: will continue to incur increased costs as a result of being a reporting company, and given our limited capital resources, such
−Removed: additional costs may have an adverse impact on our profitability.
+Added: and NASDAQ Capital Market
+Added: corporate governance requirements, including requirements under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and other rules implemented by the SEC
+Added: and The NASDAQ Capital Market.
+Added: The rules of The NASDAQ Capital Market include requiring us to maintain independent directors, comply
+Added: with other corporate governance requirements and pay annual listing and stock issuance fees.
+Added: All of such SEC and NASDAQ obligations require
+Added: a commitment of additional resources including, but not limited to, additional expenses, and may result in the diversion of our senior
+Added: management’s time and attention from our day-to-day operations.
+Added: We expect all of these applicable rules and regulations to significantly
+Added: increase our legal and financial compliance costs and to make some activities more time consuming and costly.
+Added: We also expect that these
+Added: applicable rules and regulations may make it more difficult and more expensive for us to obtain director and officer liability insurance
+Added: and we may be required to accept reduced policy limits and coverage or incur substantially higher costs to obtain the same or similar
+Added: As a result, it may be more difficult for us to attract and retain qualified individuals to serve on our Board of Directors
+Added: or as executive officers.
+Added: will continue to incur increased costs as a result of being a reporting company, and given our limited capital resources, such additional
+Added: costs may have an adverse impact on our profitability.
are an SEC-reporting company.
−Removed: The rules and regulations under the Exchange Act require reporting companies to provide periodic
−Removed: reports with interactive data files, which require that we engage legal, accounting and auditing professionals, and eXtensible
−Removed: Business Reporting Language (XBRL) and EDGAR (Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval) service providers.
−Removed: The engagement
−Removed: of such services can be costly, and we may continue to incur additional losses, which may adversely affect our ability to continue
−Removed: as a going concern.
−Removed: In addition, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as well as a variety of related rules implemented by the SEC,
−Removed: have required changes in corporate governance practices and generally increased the disclosure requirements of public companies.
−Removed: For example, as a result of being a reporting company, we are required to file periodic and current reports and other information
−Removed: with the SEC and we have adopted policies regarding disclosure controls and procedures and regularly evaluate those controls and
−Removed: additional costs we continue to incur in connection with becoming a reporting company (expected to be several hundred thousand
−Removed: dollars per year) will continue to further stretch our limited capital resources.
−Removed: Due to our limited resources, we have to allocate
−Removed: resources away from other productive uses in order to continue to comply with our obligations as an SEC reporting company.
−Removed: there is no guarantee that we will have sufficient resources to continue to meet our reporting and filing obligations with the
−Removed: SEC as they come due.
−Removed: may not be able to comply with NASDAQ’s continued listing standards.
−Removed: common stock was approved for listing on The NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol “
−Removed: MEDS ”, on February 13,
−Removed: Notwithstanding such listing, there can be no assurance any broker will be interested in trading our stock.
−Removed: Therefore, it
−Removed: may be difficult to sell your shares of common stock if you desire or need to sell them.
−Removed: Our underwriters are not obligated to
−Removed: make a market in our securities, and even they do make a market, they can discontinue market making at any time without notice.
−Removed: Neither we nor the underwriters can provide any assurance that an active and liquid trading market in our securities will develop
−Removed: or, if developed, that such market will continue.
+Added: The rules and regulations under the Exchange Act require reporting companies to provide periodic reports
+Added: with interactive data files, which require that we engage legal, accounting and auditing professionals, and inline eXtensible Business
+Added: Reporting Language (iXBRL) and EDGAR (Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval) service providers.
+Added: The engagement of such services
+Added: can be costly, and we may continue to incur additional losses, which may adversely affect our ability to continue as a going concern.
+Added: In addition, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as well as a variety of related rules implemented by the SEC, have required changes in corporate
+Added: governance practices and generally increased the disclosure requirements of public companies.
+Added: For example, as a result of being a reporting
+Added: company, we are required to file periodic and current reports and other information with the SEC, and we have adopted policies regarding
+Added: disclosure controls and procedures and regularly evaluate those controls and procedures.
+Added: additional costs we continue to incur in connection with becoming a reporting company (expected to be several hundred thousand dollars
+Added: per year) will continue to further stretch our limited capital resources.
+Added: Due to our limited resources, we have to allocate resources
+Added: away from other productive uses in order to continue to comply with our obligations as an SEC reporting company.
+Added: Further, there is no
+Added: guarantee that we will have sufficient resources to continue to meet our reporting and filing obligations with the SEC as they come due.
+Added: may not be able to comply with NASDAQ’s continued listing standards.
+Added: common stock was approved for listing on The NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol “ MEDS ”, in February 2020.
+Added: Notwithstanding
+Added: such listing, there can be no assurance any broker will be interested in trading our stock.
+Added: Therefore, it may be difficult to sell your
+Added: shares of common stock if you desire or need to sell them.
+Added: Our underwriters are not obligated to make a market in our securities, and
+Added: even if they do make a market, they can discontinue market making at any time without notice.
+Added: Neither we nor the underwriters can provide
+Added: any assurance that an active and liquid trading market in our securities will develop or, if developed, that such market will continue.
is also no guarantee that we will be able to maintain our listing on The NASDAQ Capital Market for any period of time by perpetually
−Removed: satisfying NASDAQ’s continued listing requirements.
−Removed: Our failure to continue to meet these requirements may result in our
−Removed: securities being delisted from NASDAQ.
−Removed: the conditions required for continued listing on The NASDAQ Capital Market, NASDAQ requires us to maintain at least $2.5 million
−Removed: in stockholders’
−Removed: equity or $500,000 in net income over the prior two years or two of the prior three years, to have a majority
−Removed: of independent directors, and to maintain a stock price over $1.00 per share.
−Removed: Our stockholders’
−Removed: equity may not remain above
−Removed: NASDAQ’s $2.5 million minimum, we may not generate over $500,000 of yearly net income, we may not be able to maintain independent
−Removed: directors, and we may not be able to maintain a stock price over $1.00 per share.
−Removed: If we fail to timely comply with the applicable
−Removed: requirements, our stock may be delisted.
−Removed: In addition, even if we demonstrate compliance with the requirements above, we will have
−Removed: to continue to meet other objective and subjective listing requirements to continue to be listed on The NASDAQ Capital Market.
+Added: satisfying NASDAQ’s continued listing requirements.
+Added: Our failure to continue to meet these requirements may result in our securities
+Added: being delisted from NASDAQ.
+Added: the conditions required for continued listing on The NASDAQ Capital Market, NASDAQ requires us to maintain at least $2.5 million in stockholders’
+Added: equity or $500,000 in net income over the prior two years or two of the prior three years, to have a majority of independent directors,
+Added: an audit committee of at least three independent directors (subject to certain limited exceptions), and to maintain a stock price over
+Added: $1.00 per share.
+Added: Our stockholders’ equity may not remain above NASDAQ’s $2.5 million minimum, we may not generate over $500,000
+Added: of yearly net income, we may not be able to maintain independent directors or an audit committee of at least three independent directors
+Added: (subject to certain limited exceptions), and we may not be able to maintain a stock price over $1.00 per share.
+Added: If we fail to timely
+Added: comply with the applicable requirements, our stock may be delisted.
+Added: In addition, even if we demonstrate compliance with the requirements
+Added: above, we will have to continue to meet other objective and subjective listing requirements to continue to be listed on The NASDAQ Capital
Delisting from The NASDAQ Capital Market could make trading our common stock more difficult for investors, potentially leading
to declines in our share price and liquidity.
−Removed: Without a NASDAQ Capital Market listing, stockholders may have a difficult time
−Removed: getting a quote for the sale or purchase of our stock, the sale or purchase of our stock would likely be made more difficult and
−Removed: the trading volume and liquidity of our stock could decline.
−Removed: Delisting from The NASDAQ Capital Market could also result in negative
−Removed: publicity and could also make it more difficult for us to raise additional capital.
−Removed: The absence of such a listing may adversely
−Removed: affect the acceptance of our common stock as currency or the value accorded by other parties.
−Removed: Further, if we are delisted, we
−Removed: would also incur additional costs under state blue sky laws in connection with any sales of our securities.
−Removed: These requirements
−Removed: could severely limit the market liquidity of our common stock and the ability of our stockholders to sell our common stock in
−Removed: the secondary market.
−Removed: If our common stock is delisted by NASDAQ, our common stock may be eligible to trade on an over-the-counter
−Removed: quotation system, such as the OTCQB Market, where an investor may find it more difficult to sell our stock or obtain accurate
−Removed: quotations as to the market value of our common stock.
−Removed: In the event our common stock is delisted from The NASDAQ Capital Market,
−Removed: we may not be able to list our common stock on another national securities exchange or obtain quotation on an over-the counter
−Removed: quotation system.
+Added: Without a NASDAQ Capital Market listing, stockholders may have a difficult time getting
+Added: a quote for the sale or purchase of our stock, the sale or purchase of our stock would likely be made more difficult, and the trading
+Added: volume and liquidity of our stock could decline.
+Added: Delisting from The NASDAQ Capital Market could also result in negative publicity and
+Added: could also make it more difficult for us to raise additional capital.
+Added: The absence of such a listing may adversely affect the acceptance
+Added: of our common stock as currency or the value accorded by other parties.
+Added: Further, if we are delisted, we would also incur additional costs
+Added: under state blue sky laws in connection with any sales of our securities.
+Added: These requirements could severely limit the market liquidity
+Added: of our common stock and the ability of our stockholders to sell our common stock in the secondary market.
+Added: If our common stock is delisted
+Added: by NASDAQ, our common stock may be eligible to trade on an over-the-counter quotation system, such as the OTCQB Market or the OTC Pink
+Added: market, where an investor may find it more difficult to sell our stock or obtain accurate quotations as to the market value of our common
+Added: In the event our common stock is delisted from The NASDAQ Capital Market, we may not be able to list our common stock on another
+Added: national securities exchange or obtain quotation on an over-the counter quotation system.
changes that affect our distribution channels could harm our business.
−Removed: the federal level, track and trace legislation requiring the use of pharmaceutical pedigree may restrict and disrupt the movement
−Removed: of pharmaceuticals along the supply chain should the cost of complying with this legislation be too burdensome for smaller suppliers.
−Removed: Changes in the United States healthcare industry and regulatory environment could have a material adverse impact on our results
−Removed: of operations.
−Removed: of our products and services are intended to function within the structure of the healthcare financing and reimbursement system
−Removed: currently being used in the United States.
−Removed: In recent years, the healthcare industry in the United States has changed significantly
−Removed: in an effort to enhance efficiencies, reduce costs and improve patient outcomes.
−Removed: These changes have included cuts in Medicare
−Removed: and Medicaid reimbursement levels, changes in the basis for payments, shifting away from fee-for-service and towards value-based
−Removed: payments and risk-sharing models, increases in the use of managed care, and consolidation in the healthcare industry generally.
−Removed: We expect that the healthcare industry in the United States shall continue to change and evolve in the near future.
−Removed: the healthcare industry’s (or our pharmaceutical suppliers’) pricing, selling, inventory, distribution or supply policies
−Removed: or practices could significantly reduce our revenues and net income.
−Removed: Additionally, if we experience disruptions in our supply
−Removed: of generic drugs, our margins could be adversely affected.
+Added: the federal level, track and trace legislation requiring the use of pharmaceutical pedigree may restrict and disrupt the movement of
+Added: pharmaceuticals along the supply chain should the cost of complying with this legislation be too burdensome for smaller suppliers.
+Added: in the United States healthcare industry and regulatory environment could have a material adverse impact on our results of operations.
+Added: of our products and services are intended to function within the structure of the healthcare financing and reimbursement system currently
+Added: being used in the United States.
+Added: In recent years, the healthcare industry in the United States has changed significantly in an effort
+Added: to enhance efficiencies, reduce costs and improve patient outcomes.
+Added: These changes have included cuts in Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement
+Added: levels, changes in the basis for payments, shifting away from fee-for-service and towards value-based payments and risk-sharing models,
+Added: increases in the use of managed care, and consolidation in the healthcare industry generally.
+Added: We expect that the healthcare industry
+Added: in the United States shall continue to change and evolve in the near future.
+Added: Changes in the healthcare industry’s (or our pharmaceutical
+Added: suppliers’) pricing, selling, inventory, distribution or supply policies or practices could significantly reduce our revenues and
+Added: Additionally, if we experience disruptions in our supply of generic drugs, our margins could be adversely affected.
distribute generic pharmaceuticals, which can be subject to both price deflation and price inflation.
−Removed: Continued volatility in
−Removed: the availability, pricing trends or reimbursement of these generic drugs, or significant fluctuations in the nature, frequency
−Removed: and magnitude of generic pharmaceutical launches, could have a material adverse impact on our results of operations.
−Removed: Additionally,
−Removed: any future changes in branded and generics drug pricing could be significantly different than our projections.
−Removed: Generic drug manufacturers
−Removed: are increasingly challenging the validity or enforceability of patents on branded pharmaceutical products.
−Removed: During the pendency
−Removed: of these legal challenges, a generics manufacturer may begin manufacturing and selling a generic version of the branded product
−Removed: prior to the final resolution of its legal challenge over the branded product’s patent.
−Removed: To the extent we source, contract
−Removed: manufacture, and distribute such generic products, the brand-name company could assert infringement claims against us.
−Removed: generally obtain indemnification against such claims from generic manufacturers as a condition of distributing their products,
−Removed: these rights may not be adequate or sufficient to protect us.
+Added: Continued volatility
+Added: in the availability, pricing trends or reimbursement of these generic drugs, or significant fluctuations in the nature, frequency and
+Added: magnitude of generic pharmaceutical launches, could have a material adverse impact on our results of operations.
+Added: Additionally, any future
+Added: changes in branded and generics drug pricing could be significantly different than our projections.
+Added: Generic drug manufacturers are increasingly
+Added: challenging the validity or enforceability of patents on branded pharmaceutical products.
+Added: During the pendency of these legal challenges,
+Added: a generics manufacturer may begin manufacturing and selling a generic version of the branded product prior to the final resolution of
+Added: its legal challenge over the branded product’s patent.
+Added: To the extent we source, contract manufacture, and distribute such generic
+Added: products, the brand-name company could assert infringement claims against us.
+Added: While we generally obtain indemnification against such
+Added: claims from generic manufacturers as a condition of distributing their products, these rights may not be adequate or sufficient to protect
are also required to comply with various state pricing gouging laws.
−Removed: healthcare industry is highly regulated, and further regulation of our distribution businesses and technology products and services
−Removed: could impose increased costs, negatively impact our profit margins and the profit margins of our customers, delay the introduction
−Removed: or implementation of our new products, or otherwise negatively impact our business and expose us to litigation and regulatory
−Removed: investigations.
+Added: healthcare industry is highly regulated, and further regulation of our distribution businesses and technology products and services could
+Added: impose increased costs, negatively impact our profit margins and the profit margins of our customers, delay the introduction or implementation
+Added: of our new products, or otherwise negatively impact our business and expose us to litigation and regulatory investigations.
fraud laws are often vague and uncertain, exposing us to potential liability.
−Removed: are subject to extensive, and frequently changing, local, state and federal laws and regulations relating to healthcare fraud,
−Removed: waste and abuse.
−Removed: Local, state and federal governments continue to strengthen their position and scrutiny over practices involving
−Removed: fraud, waste and abuse affecting Medicare, Medicaid and other government healthcare programs.
−Removed: Many of the regulations applicable
−Removed: to us, including those relating to marketing incentives, are vague or indefinite and have not been interpreted by the courts.
−Removed: The regulations may be interpreted or applied by a prosecutorial, regulatory, or judicial authority in a manner that could require
−Removed: us to make changes in our operations.
−Removed: If we fail to comply with applicable laws and regulations, we could become liable for damages
−Removed: and suffer civil and criminal penalties, including the loss of licenses or our ability to participate in Medicare, Medicaid and
−Removed: other federal and state healthcare programs.
−Removed: reducing reimbursements for pharmaceuticals could ruin our industry.
−Removed: our profit margins and the profit margins of our customers may be adversely affected by laws and regulations reducing reimbursement
−Removed: rates for pharmaceuticals, medical treatments and related services, or changing the methodology by which reimbursement levels
−Removed: are determined.
−Removed: The federal government may adopt measures that could reduce Medicare or Medicaid spending, or impose additional
−Removed: requirements on healthcare entities.
−Removed: We cannot predict what alternative or additional deficit reduction initiatives or Medicare
−Removed: payment reductions, if any, will ultimately be enacted into law, or the timing or affect any such initiatives or reductions would
−Removed: Any of the changes discussed above may have a material adverse impact on our results of operations.
+Added: are subject to extensive, and frequently changing, local, state and federal laws and regulations relating to healthcare fraud, waste
+Added: Local, state and federal governments continue to strengthen their position and scrutiny over practices involving fraud, waste
+Added: and abuse affecting Medicare, Medicaid and other government healthcare programs.
+Added: Many of the regulations applicable to us, including
+Added: those relating to marketing incentives, are vague or indefinite and have not been interpreted by the courts.
+Added: The regulations may be interpreted
+Added: or applied by a prosecutorial, regulatory, or judicial authority in a manner that could require us to make changes in our operations.
+Added: If we fail to comply with applicable laws and regulations, we could become liable for damages and suffer civil and criminal penalties,
+Added: including the loss of licenses or our ability to participate in Medicare, Medicaid and other federal and state healthcare programs.
+Added: reducing reimbursements for pharmaceuticals could negatively affect our industry.
+Added: our profit margins and the profit margins of our customers may be adversely affected by laws and regulations reducing reimbursement rates
+Added: for pharmaceuticals, medical treatments and related services, or changing the methodology by which reimbursement levels are determined.
+Added: The federal government may adopt measures that could reduce Medicare or Medicaid spending, or impose additional requirements on healthcare
+Added: We cannot predict what alternative or additional deficit reduction initiatives or Medicare payment reductions, if any, will
+Added: ultimately be enacted into law, or the timing or affect any such initiatives or reductions would have on us.
+Added: Any of the changes discussed
+Added: above may have a material adverse impact on our results of operations, cash flows, prospects and/or the value of our securities.
security and licensure standards of federal agencies challenge our ability to comply with applicable laws and regulations.
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(the FDA), various state boards of pharmacy, state health departments, the U.S.
−Removed: Department of Health and Human Services (HHS),
−Removed: the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), and other comparable agencies.
−Removed: We are also subject to certain state laws
−Removed: relating to price gouging.
−Removed: Although we have enhanced our procedures to ensure compliance, a regulatory agency or tribunal may
−Removed: conclude that our operations are not compliant with applicable laws and regulations.
−Removed: In addition, we may be unable to maintain
−Removed: or renew existing permits, licenses or any other regulatory approvals or obtain without significant delay, future permits, licenses
−Removed: or other approvals needed for the operation of our businesses.
−Removed: Any noncompliance by us with applicable laws and regulations or
−Removed: the failure to maintain, renew or obtain necessary permits and licenses could lead to litigation and have a material adverse impact
−Removed: on our results of operations.
+Added: Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Centers
+Added: for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), and other comparable agencies.
+Added: We are also subject to certain state laws relating to price
+Added: Although we have enhanced our procedures to ensure compliance, a regulatory agency or tribunal may conclude that our operations
+Added: are not compliant with applicable laws and regulations.
+Added: In addition, we may be unable to maintain or renew existing permits, licenses
+Added: or any other regulatory approvals or obtain without significant delay, future permits, licenses or other approvals needed for the operation
+Added: of our businesses.
+Added: Any noncompliance by us with applicable laws and regulations or the failure to maintain, renew or obtain necessary
+Added: permits and licenses could lead to litigation and have a material adverse impact on our results of operations.
tracking laws and regulations could increase our regulatory burdens.
−Removed: and state and federal agencies, including state boards of pharmacy and departments of health and the FDA, have made increased
−Removed: efforts in the past year to regulate the pharmaceutical distribution system in order to prevent the introduction of counterfeit,
−Removed: adulterated or mislabeled drugs into the pharmaceutical distribution system (otherwise known as “
−Removed: pedigree tracking ”).
−Removed: In November 2013, Congress passed (and President Barack Obama signed into law) the Drug Quality and Security Act (the “
−Removed: DQSA ”).
+Added: and state and federal agencies, including state boards of pharmacy and departments of health and the FDA, have made increased efforts
+Added: in the past year to regulate the pharmaceutical distribution system in order to prevent the introduction of counterfeit, adulterated
+Added: or mislabeled drugs into the pharmaceutical distribution system (otherwise known as “ pedigree tracking ”).
+Added: 2013, Congress passed (and President Barack Obama signed into law) the Drug Quality and Security Act (the “ DQSA ”).
The DQSA establishes federal standards requiring supply-chain stakeholders to participate in an electronic, interoperable, lot-level
prescription drug track-and-trace system.
−Removed: The law also preempts state drug pedigree requirements and establishes new requirements
−Removed: for drug wholesale distributors and third-party logistics providers, including licensing requirements in states that had not previously
−Removed: licensed such entities.
−Removed: addition, the Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007 requires the FDA to establish standards and identify and validate
−Removed: effective technologies for the purpose of securing the pharmaceutical supply chain against counterfeit drugs.
−Removed: These standards
−Removed: may include track-and-trace or authentication technologies, such as radio frequency identification devices, 2D data matrix barcodes,
−Removed: and other similar technologies.
−Removed: On March 26, 2010, the FDA released the Serialized Numerical Identifier (the “
−Removed: guidance for manufacturers who serialize pharmaceutical packaging.
−Removed: We expect to be able to accommodate these SNI regulations in
−Removed: our distribution operations.
−Removed: The DQSA and other pedigree tracking laws and regulations have increased the overall regulatory burden
−Removed: and costs associated with our pharmaceutical distribution business and have had a material adverse impact on our results of operations.
+Added: The law also preempts state drug pedigree requirements and establishes new requirements for
+Added: drug wholesale distributors and third-party logistics providers, including licensing requirements in states that had not previously licensed
+Added: such entities.
+Added: addition, the Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007 requires the FDA to establish standards and identify and validate effective
+Added: technologies for the purpose of securing the pharmaceutical supply chain against counterfeit drugs.
+Added: These standards may include track-and-trace
+Added: or authentication technologies, such as radio frequency identification devices, 2D data matrix barcodes, and other similar technologies.
+Added: On March 26, 2010, the FDA released the Serialized Numerical Identifier (the “ SNI ”) guidance for manufacturers who
+Added: serialize pharmaceutical packaging.
+Added: To date we have been able to accommodate these SNI regulations in our distribution operations.
+Added: DQSA and other pedigree tracking laws and regulations have increased the overall regulatory burden and costs associated with our pharmaceutical
+Added: distribution business and have had a material adverse impact on our results of operations.
are uncertain how new privacy laws shall be interpreted.
are numerous federal and state laws and regulations related to the privacy and security of personal information.
−Removed: In particular,
−Removed: regulations promulgated pursuant to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) establish privacy
−Removed: and security standards that limit the use and disclosure of individually identifiable health information (known as “
−Removed: health information ”) and require the implementation of administrative, physical and technological safeguards to protect
−Removed: the privacy of protected health information and ensure the confidentiality, integrity and availability of electronic protected
−Removed: health information.
−Removed: We are directly subject to certain provisions of the regulations as a “
−Removed: Business Associate ”
−Removed: through our relationships with customers.
−Removed: We are also directly subject to the HIPAA privacy and security regulations as a “
−Removed: Entity ”
−Removed: with respect to our operations as a healthcare clearinghouse, specialty pharmacy and medical surgical supply
−Removed: If we are unable to properly protect the privacy and security of protected health information entrusted to us, we could
−Removed: be found to have breached our contracts with our customers.
−Removed: Further, if we fail to comply with applicable HIPAA privacy and security
−Removed: standards, we could face civil and criminal penalties.
−Removed: Although we have implemented and continue to maintain policies and processes
−Removed: to assist us in complying with these regulations and our contractual obligations, we cannot provide assurances regarding how these
−Removed: regulations will be interpreted, enforced or applied by the government and regulators to our operations.
−Removed: In addition to the risks
−Removed: associated with enforcement activities and potential contractual liabilities, our ongoing efforts to comply with evolving laws
−Removed: and regulations at the federal and state level might also require us to make costly system purchases /or modifications from time
−Removed: are continued uncertainties associated with efforts to change or repeal healthcare reforms, and we cannot predict their full effect
−Removed: on us at this time.
−Removed: ACA significantly expanded health insurance coverage to uninsured Americans and changed the way healthcare is financed by both
−Removed: governmental and private payers.
−Removed: While certain provisions of the ACA took effect immediately, others have delayed effective dates
−Removed: or require further rulemaking action or regulatory guidance by governmental agencies to implement or finalize (e.g., nondiscrimination
−Removed: in health programs and activities, or excise taxes on high-cost employer-sponsored health coverage).
−Removed: Further, there are continued
−Removed: uncertainties associated with efforts to add, change or repeal certain provisions of the ACA or other healthcare reforms, and
−Removed: we cannot predict their full effect on us at this time.
−Removed: While there is currently a substantial lack of clarity around the likelihood,
−Removed: timing and details of any such policies and reforms, such policies and reforms may have a material adverse impact on our results
−Removed: of operations.
+Added: In particular, regulations
+Added: promulgated pursuant to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) establish privacy and security standards
+Added: that limit the use and disclosure of individually identifiable health information (known as “ protected health information ”)
+Added: and require the implementation of administrative, physical and technological safeguards to protect the privacy of protected health information
+Added: and ensure the confidentiality, integrity and availability of electronic protected health information.
+Added: We are directly subject to certain
+Added: provisions of the regulations as a “ Business Associate ” through our relationships with customers.
+Added: We are also directly
+Added: subject to the HIPAA privacy and security regulations as a “ Covered Entity ” with respect to our operations as a healthcare
+Added: clearinghouse, specialty pharmacy and medical surgical supply business.
+Added: If we are unable to properly protect the privacy and security
+Added: of protected health information entrusted to us, we could be found to have breached our contracts with our customers.
+Added: Further, if we
+Added: fail to comply with applicable HIPAA privacy and security standards, we could face civil and criminal penalties.
+Added: Although we have implemented
+Added: and continue to maintain policies and processes to assist us in complying with these regulations and our contractual obligations, we
+Added: cannot provide assurances regarding how these regulations will be interpreted, enforced or applied by the government and regulators to
+Added: our operations.
+Added: In addition to the risks associated with enforcement activities and potential contractual liabilities, our ongoing efforts
+Added: to comply with evolving laws and regulations at the federal and state level might also require us to make costly system purchases /or
+Added: modifications from time to time.
+Added: We might be adversely
+Added: impacted by healthcare reform such as changes in pricing and reimbursement models.
+Added: Many of our products and services
+Added: are designed and intended to function within the structure of current healthcare financing and reimbursement systems.
+Added: The healthcare
+Added: industry and related government programs are changing.
+Added: Some of these changes increase our risks and create uncertainties for our business.
+Added: For example, some changes
+Added: in reimbursement methodologies (including government rates) for pharmaceuticals, medical treatments and related service reduces profit
+Added: margins for us and our customers and impose new legal requirements on healthcare providers.
+Added: Those changes have included cuts in Medicare
+Added: and Medicaid reimbursement levels, changes in the basis for payments, shifting away from fee-for-service and toward value-based payment
+Added: and risk-sharing models, and increases in the use of managed care.
+Added: In the U.S., the Patient Protection and Affordable
+Added: Care Act (“ACA”) significantly expanded health insurance covered to uninsured Americans and changed the way healthcare is
+Added: financed by both governmental and private payers.
+Added: There are continued efforts to challenge the ACA.
+Added: There are also efforts to broaden
+Added: healthcare coverage.
+Added: lawmakers also have explored proposals to reduce drug prices, including requiring price transparency and drug
+Added: importation measures.
+Added: These proposals might result in significant changes in the pharmaceutical value chain as manufacturers, PBM, managed
+Added: care organizations and other industry stakeholders look to implement new transactional flows and adapt their business models.
+Added: Provincial governments in
+Added: Canada that provide partial funding for the purchase of pharmaceuticals and independently regulate the sale and reimbursement of drugs
+Added: have sought to reduce the costs of publicly funded health programs.
+Added: For example, provincial governments have taken steps to reduce consumer
+Added: prices for generic pharmaceuticals and, in some provinces, change professional allowances paid to pharmacists by generic manufacturers.
+Added: Many European governments
+Added: provide or subsidize healthcare to consumers and regulate pharmaceutical prices, patient eligibility and reimbursement levels in order
+Added: to control government healthcare system costs.
+Added: Some European governments have implemented or are considering austerity measures to reduce
+Added: healthcare spending.
+Added: These measures exert pressure on the pricing and reimbursement timelines for pharmaceuticals and may cause our customers
+Added: to purchase fewer of our products and services or influence us to reduce prices.
billing and coding laws may subject us to fines and investigations.
billing, coding and collection activities are governed by numerous federal and state civil and criminal laws.
−Removed: In connection with
−Removed: these laws, we may be subjected to federal or state government investigations and possible penalties may be imposed upon us, false
−Removed: claims actions may have to be defended, private payers may file claims against us and we may be excluded from Medicare, Medicaid
−Removed: or other government-funded healthcare programs.
−Removed: Any such proceeding or investigation could have a material adverse impact on our
−Removed: results of operations.
+Added: In connection with these
+Added: laws, we may be subjected to federal, or state government investigations and possible penalties may be imposed upon us, false claims
+Added: actions may have to be defended, private payers may file claims against us, and we may be excluded from Medicare, Medicaid or other government-funded
+Added: healthcare programs.
+Added: Any such proceeding or investigation could have a material adverse impact on our results of operations.
may be difficult and costly for us to comply with the extensive government regulations to which our business is subject.
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federal and state governments.
−Removed: In addition, as we expand our operations,
−Removed: we may also become subject to the regulations of foreign jurisdictions, as well as additional regulations relating to environmental
−Removed: matters, transportation of pharmaceutical products, shipping restrictions, and import and export restrictions.
−Removed: We are also required
−Removed: to comply with various state pricing gouging laws.
+Added: In addition, as we expand our operations, we
+Added: may also become subject to the regulations of foreign jurisdictions, as well as additional regulations relating to environmental matters,
+Added: transportation of pharmaceutical products, shipping restrictions, and import and export restrictions.
+Added: We are also required to comply
+Added: with various state pricing gouging laws.
the enactment of new rules and regulations could adversely affect our business.
−Removed: For example, the ACA has the primary goal of reducing
−Removed: the cost of healthcare and providing medical coverage to some of the nation’s 25 million uninsured.
Depending on future
−Removed: enforcement or additional rules and regulations created around it, pharmaceutical pricing controls could be established resulting
−Removed: in substantially reduced margins and limited reimbursement for pharmacies and all other healthcare provider bases.
−Removed: In turn, this
−Removed: may adversely affect our cash flow, profitability, and growth.
+Added: enforcement or additional rules and regulations created around it, pharmaceutical pricing controls could be established resulting in
+Added: substantially reduced margins and limited reimbursement for pharmacies and all other healthcare provider bases.
+Added: In turn, this may adversely
+Added: affect our cash flow, profitability, and growth.
Relating to Our Industry in General
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Pharmaceutical segment distributes prescription opioid pain medications.
−Removed: In recent years, the abuse of prescription opioid pain
−Removed: medication has become a public health crisis.
−Removed: significant number of counties, municipalities and other plaintiffs, including a number of state attorney generals, have filed
−Removed: lawsuits against pharmaceutical manufacturers, pharmaceutical wholesale distributors, retail chains and others relating to the
−Removed: manufacturing, marketing or distribution of prescription opioid pain medications.
−Removed: The defense and resolution of future lawsuits
−Removed: and events relating to these lawsuits could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations, financial condition,
−Removed: cash flows or liquidity or have adverse reputational or operational effects on our business.
−Removed: legislative, regulatory or industry measures related to the public health crisis involving the abuse of prescription opioid pain
−Removed: medication and the distribution of these medications could affect our business in ways that we may not be able to predict.
−Removed: example, several states have now adopted taxes or other fees on the sale of opioids, and several other states have proposed similar
−Removed: legislative initiatives.
+Added: In recent years, the abuse of prescription opioid pain medication
+Added: has become a public health crisis.
+Added: significant number of counties, municipalities and other plaintiffs, including a number of state attorney generals, have filed lawsuits
+Added: against pharmaceutical manufacturers, pharmaceutical wholesale distributors, retail chains and others relating to the manufacturing,
+Added: marketing or distribution of prescription opioid pain medications.
+Added: The defense and resolution of future lawsuits and events relating
+Added: to these lawsuits could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations, financial condition, cash flows or liquidity or
+Added: have adverse reputational or operational effects on our business.
+Added: legislative, regulatory or industry measures related to the public health crisis involving the abuse of prescription opioid pain medication
+Added: and the distribution of these medications could affect our business in ways that we may not be able to predict.
+Added: For example, several
+Added: states have now adopted taxes or other fees on the sale of opioids, and several other states have proposed similar legislative initiatives.
These laws and proposals vary in the tax amounts imposed and the means of calculation.
−Removed: Liabilities for
−Removed: taxes or assessments under any such laws could have an adverse impact on our results of operations unless we are able to mitigate
−Removed: them through operational changes or commercial arrangements where permitted.
+Added: Liabilities for taxes or assessments under any
+Added: such laws could have an adverse impact on our results of operations unless we are able to mitigate them through operational changes or
+Added: commercial arrangements where permitted.
healthcare environment may not be favorable to us.
a number of years, the U.S.
−Removed: healthcare industry has undergone significant changes designed to increase access to medical care,
−Removed: improve safety and patient outcomes, contain costs and increase efficiencies.
−Removed: These changes include adoption of the Patient Protection
−Removed: and Affordable Care Act (ACA), a general decline in Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement levels, efforts by healthcare insurance
−Removed: companies to limit or reduce payments to pharmacies and providers, the basis for payments beginning to transition from a fee-for-service
−Removed: model to value-based payments and risk-sharing models, and the industry shifting away from traditional healthcare venues like
−Removed: hospitals and into clinics, physician offices and patients’
+Added: healthcare industry has undergone significant changes designed to increase access to medical care, improve
+Added: safety and patient outcomes, contain costs and increase efficiencies.
+Added: These changes include adoption of the Patient Protection and Affordable
+Added: Care Act (ACA), a general decline in Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement levels, efforts by healthcare insurance companies to limit or
+Added: reduce payments to pharmacies and providers, the basis for payments beginning to transition from a fee-for-service model to value-based
+Added: payments and risk-sharing models, and the industry shifting away from traditional healthcare venues like hospitals and into clinics,
+Added: physician offices and patients’ homes.
expect the U.S.
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Possible changes include repeal and replacement
−Removed: of major parts of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, further reduction or limitations on governmental funding at
−Removed: the state or federal level, efforts by healthcare insurance companies to further limit payments for products and services or changes
−Removed: in legislation or regulations governing prescription pharmaceutical pricing, healthcare services or mandated benefits.
−Removed: These possible
−Removed: changes, and the uncertainty surrounding these possible changes, may cause healthcare industry participants to reduce the number
−Removed: of products and services they purchase from us or the price they are willing to pay for our products and services, which could
−Removed: adversely affect us.
+Added: of major parts of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, further reduction or limitations on governmental funding at the state
+Added: or federal level, efforts by healthcare insurance companies to further limit payments for products and services or changes in legislation
+Added: or regulations governing prescription pharmaceutical pricing, healthcare services or mandated benefits.
+Added: These possible changes, and the
+Added: uncertainty surrounding these possible changes, may cause healthcare industry participants to reduce the number of products and services
+Added: they purchase from us or the price they are willing to pay for our products and services, which could adversely affect us.
Consolidation
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Consolidations create larger enterprises with greater negotiating
−Removed: power, and also could result in the possible loss of a customer where the combined enterprise selects one distributor from two
+Added: power, and also could result in the possible loss of a customer where the combined enterprise selects one distributor from two incumbents.
If this consolidation trend continues, it could adversely affect our results of operations.
−Removed: have identified material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting which could, if not remediated, adversely
−Removed: affect our ability to report our financial condition, cash flows and results of operations in a timely and accurate manner and/or
−Removed: increase the risk of future misstatements, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, cash
−Removed: flows and results of operations and could cause the market value of our shares of common stock and/or debt securities to decline.
+Added: have identified material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting and controls and procedures which could, if not
+Added: remediated, adversely affect our ability to report our financial condition, cash flows and results of operations in a timely and accurate
+Added: manner and/or increase the risk of future misstatements, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition,
+Added: cash flows and results of operations and could cause the market value of our shares of common stock and/or debt securities to decline.
effective internal control over financial reporting and effective disclosure controls and procedures are necessary for us to produce
reliable financial statements.
−Removed: As reported under “
−Removed: Controls and Procedures ”, as of December 31, 2020, our
−Removed: CEO and CFO have determined that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective.
−Removed: Additionally, our management is responsible
−Removed: for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over our financial reporting, as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the
−Removed: Exchange Act.
−Removed: As disclosed below under “
−Removed: Controls and Procedures ”, based on reviews conducted by management,
−Removed: we have concluded that a material weakness exists in the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting.
−Removed: weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal controls over financial reporting such that there is a
−Removed: reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of our annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected
−Removed: on a timely basis.
+Added: As reported under “ Item 9A.
+Added: Controls and Procedures ”, as of December 31, 2021, our CEO and
+Added: CFO have determined that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective.
+Added: Additionally, our management is responsible for establishing
+Added: and maintaining adequate internal control over our financial reporting, as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act.
+Added: below under “ Item 9A.
+Added: Controls and Procedures ”, based on reviews conducted by management, we have concluded that a material
+Added: weakness exists in the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting.
+Added: A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination
+Added: of deficiencies, in internal controls over financial reporting such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement
+Added: of our annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.
+Added: Such internal control over financial
+Added: reporting and disclosure controls and procedures have been ineffective since approximately June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2015, respectively.
+Added: material weaknesses identified in our controls and procedures as of December 31, 2021, included the fact that (1) The Company did not
+Added: maintain a fully integrated financial consolidation and reporting system throughout the period and as a result, extensive manual analysis,
+Added: reconciliation and adjustments were required in order to produce financial statements for external reporting purposes.
+Added: and (2) the Company
+Added: does not currently have a sufficient complement of technical accounting and external reporting personnel commensurate to support standalone
+Added: external financial reporting under public company or SEC requirements.
+Added: Specifically, the Company did not effectively segregate certain
+Added: accounting duties due to the small size of its accounting staff and maintain a sufficient number of adequately trained personnel necessary
+Added: to anticipate and identify risks critical to financial reporting and the closing process.
+Added: In addition, there were inadequate reviews
+Added: and approvals by the Company’s personnel of certain reconciliations and other processes in day-to-day operations due to the lack
+Added: of a full complement of accounting staff.
+Added: material weaknesses identified in our internal control over financial reporting include the fact that:
+Added: the Company did not maintain a
+Added: fully integrated financial consolidation and reporting system throughout the period and as a result, extensive manual analysis, reconciliation
+Added: and adjustments were required in order to produce financial statements for external reporting purposes;
+Added: and the Company does not currently
+Added: have a sufficient complement of technical accounting and external reporting personnel commensurate to support standalone external financial
+Added: reporting under public company or SEC requirements.
+Added: Specifically, the Company did not effectively segregate certain accounting duties
+Added: due to the small size of its accounting staff and maintain a sufficient number of adequately trained personnel necessary to anticipate
+Added: and identify risks critical to financial reporting and the closing process.
+Added: In addition, there were inadequate reviews and approvals
+Added: by the Company’s personnel of certain reconciliations and other processes in day-to-day operations due to the lack of a full complement
+Added: of accounting staff.
effective disclosure controls and procedures and effective internal control over financial reporting are necessary for us to produce
−Removed: reliable financial statements and the Company is committed to remediating its material weaknesses in such controls as promptly
−Removed: Company has identified certain remediation actions and is in the process of implementing them, but such efforts are not complete
−Removed: and remain ongoing.
−Removed: If we do not complete our remediation in a timely manner or if our remedial measures are insufficient to address
−Removed: the material weaknesses, or if additional material weaknesses in our internal controls are discovered or occur in the future,
−Removed: it may materially adversely affect our ability to report our financial condition and results of operations in a timely and accurate
−Removed: manner and there will continue to be an increased risk of future misstatements.
−Removed: Although we regularly review and evaluate internal
−Removed: controls systems to allow management to report on the effectiveness of our internal controls over financial reporting, we may
−Removed: discover additional weaknesses in our internal controls over financial reporting or disclosure controls and procedures.
−Removed: time we evaluate our internal controls over financial reporting and disclosure controls and procedures, if we identify one or
+Added: reliable financial statements and the Company is committed to remediating its material weaknesses in such controls as promptly as possible.
+Added: Company has identified certain remediation actions and is in the process of implementing them, but such efforts are not complete and
+Added: remain ongoing.
+Added: If we do not complete our remediation in a timely manner or if our remedial measures are insufficient to address the
+Added: material weaknesses, or if additional material weaknesses in our internal controls and/or controls and procedures are discovered or occur
+Added: in the future, it may materially adversely affect our ability to report our financial condition and results of operations in a timely
+Added: and accurate manner and there will continue to be an increased risk of future misstatements.
+Added: Although we regularly review and evaluate
+Added: internal controls systems to allow management to report on the effectiveness of our internal controls over financial reporting and controls
+Added: and procedures, we may discover additional weaknesses in our internal controls over financial reporting or disclosure controls and procedures.
+Added: The next time we evaluate our internal controls over financial reporting and disclosure controls and procedures, if we identify one or
more new material weaknesses or have been unable to timely remediate our existing material weaknesses, we would be unable to conclude
that our internal controls over financial reporting or disclosure controls and procedures are effective.
−Removed: If we are unable in the
−Removed: future to conclude that our internal controls over financial reporting or our disclosure controls and procedures are effective,
−Removed: we may not be able to report our financial condition and results of operations in a timely and accurate manner, which could have
−Removed: a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, cash flows and results of operations and could cause the market
−Removed: value of our shares of common stock to decline.
−Removed: In addition, any potential future restatements could subject us to additional
−Removed: adverse consequences, including sanctions by the SEC, stockholder litigation and other adverse actions.
−Removed: Moreover, we may be the
−Removed: subject of further negative publicity focusing on such financial statement adjustments and resulting restatement and negative
−Removed: reactions from our stockholders, creditors or others with whom we do business.
−Removed: The occurrence of any of the foregoing could have
−Removed: a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, cash flows and results of operations and could cause the market
−Removed: value of our shares of common stock to decline.
−Removed: may experience adverse impacts on our reported results of operations as a result of adopting new accounting standards or interpretations.
−Removed: implementation of and compliance with changes in accounting rules, including new accounting rules and interpretations, could adversely
−Removed: affect our reported financial position or operating results or cause unanticipated fluctuations in our reported operating results
−Removed: in future periods.
−Removed: significant amount of our revenues has historically been due to only a small number of customers, and if we were to lose any of
−Removed: those customers, our results of operations would be adversely affected .
−Removed: the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, sales to two customers represent greater than 10% of revenue at 25% and 15% in 2020
−Removed: and 10.3% and 10.8% in 2019.
−Removed: As a result, in the event our customers do not pay us amounts owed, sales to such customers cease
−Removed: or we are unable to find new customers moving forward, it could have a materially adverse effect on our results of operations.
−Removed: Related to Our Common Stock
−Removed: common stock has in the past been a “
−Removed: penny stock ”
−Removed: under SEC rules, and may be subject to the “
−Removed: stock ”
+Added: If we are unable in the future
+Added: to conclude that our internal controls over financial reporting or our disclosure controls and procedures are effective, we may not be
+Added: able to report our financial condition and results of operations in a timely and accurate manner, which could have a material adverse
+Added: effect on our business, financial condition, cash flows and results of operations and could cause the market value of our shares of common
+Added: stock to decline.
+Added: In addition, any potential future restatements could subject us to additional adverse consequences, including sanctions
+Added: by the SEC, stockholder litigation and other adverse actions.
+Added: Moreover, we may be the subject of further negative publicity focusing
+Added: on such financial statement adjustments and resulting restatement and negative reactions from our stockholders, creditors or others with
+Added: whom we do business.
+Added: The occurrence of any of the foregoing could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition,
+Added: cash flows and results of operations and could cause the market value of our shares of common stock to decline.
+Added: may experience adverse impacts on our reported results of operations as a result of adopting new accounting
+Added: standards or interpretations.
+Added: implementation of and compliance with changes in accounting rules, including new accounting rules and interpretations, have not affected
+Added: our reported financial position or operating results to date or cause unanticipated fluctuations in our reported operating results in
+Added: future periods.
+Added: significant amount of our revenues has historically been due to only a small number of customers and we depend on a small number of major
+Added: wholesalers, and if we were to lose any of those customers or suppliers, our results of operations would be adversely affected .
+Added: the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, no sales to customers represented greater than 10% of revenue in 2021 and sales to two customers
+Added: represented 25% and 15% of revenue, respectively, in 2020.
+Added: In the event our customers do not pay us amounts owed, sales to
+Added: such customers cease or we are unable to find new customers moving forward, it could have a materially adverse effect on our results
+Added: of operations.
+Added: We have a working relationship with over 25 wholesalers and the nation’s largest buying group.
+Added: Although we believe
+Added: those entities are satisfied with their business relationship with Trxade, if our buying group and two or three of the largest wholesalers
+Added: decided no longer to do business with Trxade, and we were unable to find additional entities to step into their shoes, the resulting
+Added: supplier void would materially and adversely affect our competitiveness in the marketplace, and could cause a material adverse effect
+Added: on our results of operations.
+Added: might be harmed by changes in our relationships or contracts with suppliers .
+Added: attempt to structure our agreements with wholesalers to ensure that we are appropriately and predictably compensated for the services
+Added: We cannot control the frequency or magnitude of pharmaceutical price changes.
+Added: We might be unable to renew agreements with
+Added: wholesalers in a timely and favorable manner.
+Added: Any of these risks might have a materially adverse impact on our business operations and
+Added: our financial positions or results of operations.
+Added: Related to Our Common Stock and Organizational Documents
+Added: common stock has in the past been a “ penny stock ” under SEC rules, and may be subject to the “ penny stock ”
rules in the future.
−Removed: It may be more difficult to resell securities classified as “
−Removed: the past (including immediately prior to our common stock being listed on The NASDAQ Capital Market in February 2020), our common
−Removed: stock was a “
−Removed: penny stock ”
−Removed: under applicable SEC rules (generally defined as non-exchange traded stock with a
−Removed: per-share price below $5.00).
−Removed: While our common stock is not now considered a “
−Removed: penny stock ”
−Removed: because it is listed
−Removed: on The NASDAQ Capital Market, if we are unable to maintain that listing, unless we maintain a per-share price above $5.00, our
−Removed: common stock will become “
−Removed: These rules impose additional sales practice requirements on broker-dealers
−Removed: that recommend the purchase or sale of penny stocks to persons other than those who qualify as “
−Removed: established customers ”
−Removed: accredited investors.
−Removed: For example, broker-dealers must determine the appropriateness for non-qualifying
−Removed: persons of investments in penny stocks.
−Removed: Broker-dealers must also provide, prior to a transaction in a penny stock not otherwise
−Removed: exempt from the rules, a standardized risk disclosure document that provides information about penny stocks and the risks in the
−Removed: penny stock market.
−Removed: The broker-dealer also must provide the customer with current bid and offer quotations for the penny stock,
−Removed: disclose the compensation of the broker-dealer and its salesperson in the transaction, furnish monthly account statements showing
−Removed: the market value of each penny stock held in the customer’s account, provide a special written determination that the penny
−Removed: stock is a suitable investment for the purchaser, and receive the purchaser’s written agreement to the transaction.
−Removed: remedies available to an investor in “
−Removed: penny stocks ”
−Removed: may include the following:
−Removed: penny stock ”
−Removed: is sold to the investor in violation of the requirements listed above, or other federal
−Removed: or states securities laws, the investor may be able to cancel the purchase and receive a refund of the investment.
−Removed: penny stock ”
−Removed: is sold to the investor in a fraudulent manner, the investor may be able to sue the persons
−Removed: and firms that committed the fraud for damages.
−Removed: requirements may have the effect of reducing the level of trading activity, if any, in the secondary market for a security that
−Removed: becomes subject to the penny stock rules.
−Removed: The additional burdens imposed upon broker-dealers by such requirements may discourage
−Removed: broker-dealers from effecting transactions in our securities, which could severely limit the market price and liquidity of our
−Removed: These requirements may restrict the ability of broker-dealers to sell our common stock and may affect your ability
−Removed: to resell our common stock.
+Added: It may be more difficult to resell securities classified as “ penny stock.
+Added: the past (including immediately prior to our common stock being listed on The NASDAQ Capital Market in February 2020), our common stock
+Added: was a “ penny stock ” under applicable SEC rules (generally defined as non-exchange traded stock with a per-share price
+Added: below $5.00).
+Added: While our common stock is not now considered a “ penny stock ” because it is listed on The NASDAQ Capital
+Added: Market, if we are unable to maintain that listing, unless we maintain a per-share price above $5.00, our common stock will become “ penny
+Added: ” These rules impose additional sales practice requirements on broker-dealers that recommend the purchase or sale of
+Added: penny stocks to persons other than those who qualify as “ established customers ” or “ accredited investors.
+Added: For example, broker-dealers must determine the appropriateness for non-qualifying persons of investments in penny stocks.
+Added: Broker-dealers
+Added: must also provide, prior to a transaction in a penny stock not otherwise exempt from the rules, a standardized risk disclosure document
+Added: that provides information about penny stocks and the risks in the penny stock market.
+Added: The broker-dealer also must provide the customer
+Added: with current bid and offer quotations for the penny stock, disclose the compensation of the broker-dealer and its salesperson in the
+Added: transaction, furnish monthly account statements showing the market value of each penny stock held in the customer’s account, provide
+Added: a special written determination that the penny stock is a suitable investment for the purchaser, and receive the purchaser’s written
+Added: agreement to the transaction.
+Added: remedies available to an investor in “ penny stocks ” may include the following:
+Added: a “ penny stock ” is sold to the investor in violation of the requirements listed above, or other federal or states
+Added: securities laws, the investor may be able to cancel the purchase and receive a refund of the investment.
+Added: a “ penny stock ” is sold to the investor in a fraudulent manner, the investor may be able to sue the persons and
+Added: firms that committed the fraud for damages.
+Added: requirements may have the effect of reducing the level of trading activity, if any, in the secondary market for a security that becomes
+Added: subject to the penny stock rules.
+Added: The additional burdens imposed upon broker-dealers by such requirements may discourage broker-dealers
+Added: from effecting transactions in our securities, which could severely limit the market price and liquidity of our securities.
+Added: These requirements
+Added: may restrict the ability of broker-dealers to sell our common stock and may affect your ability to resell our common stock.
brokerage firms will discourage or refrain from recommending investments in penny stocks.
−Removed: Most institutional investors will not
−Removed: invest in penny stocks.
−Removed: In addition, many individual investors will not invest in penny stocks due, among other reasons, to the
−Removed: increased financial risk generally associated with these investments.
+Added: Most institutional investors will not invest
+Added: in penny stocks.
+Added: In addition, many individual investors will not invest in penny stocks due, among other reasons, to the increased financial
+Added: risk generally associated with these investments.
these reasons, penny stocks may have a limited market and, consequently, limited liquidity.
−Removed: We can give no assurance at what time,
−Removed: if ever, our common stock will not be classified as a “
−Removed: penny stock ”
−Removed: in the future.
−Removed: significant number of our shares are eligible for sale and their sale or potential sale may depress the market price of our common
+Added: We can give no assurance at what time, if
+Added: ever, our common stock will not be classified as a “ penny stock ” in the future.
+Added: significant number of our shares are eligible for sale and their sale or potential sale may depress the market price of our common stock.
of a significant number of shares of our common stock in the public market could harm the market price of our common stock.
−Removed: of our common stock is available for resale in the public market, and if sold would increase the supply of our common stock, thereby
−Removed: causing a decrease in its price.
−Removed: Some or all of our shares of common stock may be offered from time to time in the open market
−Removed: pursuant to effective registration statements and/or compliance with Rule 144, which sales could have a depressive effect on the
−Removed: market for our shares of common stock.
−Removed: Subject to certain restrictions, a person who has held restricted shares for a period of
−Removed: six months may generally sell common stock into the market.
−Removed: The sale of a significant portion of such shares when such shares
−Removed: are eligible for public sale may cause the value of our common stock to decline in value.
+Added: common stock is available for resale in the public market, and if sold would increase the supply of our common stock, thereby causing
+Added: a decrease in its price.
+Added: Some or all of our shares of common stock may be offered from time to time in the open market pursuant to effective
+Added: registration statements and/or compliance with Rule 144, which sales could have a depressive effect on the market for our shares of common
+Added: Subject to certain restrictions, a person who has held restricted shares for a period of six months may generally sell common
+Added: stock into the market.
+Added: The sale of a significant portion of such shares when such shares are eligible for public sale may cause the value
+Added: of our common stock to decline in value.
may not be sufficient liquidity in the market for our securities in order for investors to sell their shares.
−Removed: The market price
−Removed: of our common stock may continue to be volatile .
+Added: The market price of our
+Added: common stock may continue to be volatile .
market price of our common stock will likely continue to be highly volatile.
−Removed: Some of the factors that may materially affect the
−Removed: market price of our common stock are beyond our control, such as conditions or trends in the industry in which we operate or sales
+Added: Some of the factors that may materially affect the market
+Added: price of our common stock are beyond our control, such as conditions or trends in the industry in which we operate or sales of our common
+Added: This situation is attributable to a number of factors, including the fact that we are a small company which is relatively unknown
+Added: to stock analysts, stock brokers, institutional investors and others in the investment community that generate or influence sales volume,
+Added: and that even if we came to the attention of such persons, they tend to be risk-averse and would be reluctant to follow an unproven company
+Added: such as ours or purchase or recommend the purchase of our shares until such time as we became more seasoned and viable.
+Added: a consequence, there may be periods of several days or more when trading activity in our shares is minimal or non-existent, as compared
+Added: to a mature issuer which has a large and steady volume of trading activity that will generally support continuous sales without an adverse
+Added: effect on share price.
+Added: It is possible that a broader or more active public trading market for our common stock will not develop or be
+Added: sustained, or that trading levels will not continue.
+Added: These factors may materially adversely affect the market price of our common stock,
+Added: regardless of our performance.
+Added: In addition, the public stock markets have experienced extreme price and trading volume volatility.
+Added: volatility has significantly affected the market prices of securities of many companies for reasons frequently unrelated to the operating
+Added: performance of the specific companies.
+Added: These broad market fluctuations may adversely affect the market price of our common stock.
+Added: exercise of outstanding warrants, options and shares issued in connection with a joint venture and acquisition will be dilutive to our
+Added: existing stockholders .
+Added: of the date of this Report, we had 8,181,041 shares of our common stock issued and outstanding and the following securities,
+Added: which are exercisable into shares of our common stock:
+Added: 44,535 shares of our common stock issuable upon the exercise of warrants with exercise prices ranging from $0.06 to $9.00 per share,
+Added: with a weighted average price of $0.32;
+Added: 410,964 shares of our common stock issuable upon the exercise of options with exercise prices ranging from $2.46 per share to $9.60 per
+Added: share, with a weighted average price of $4.88.
+Added: the life of the options and warrants, the holders have the opportunity to profit from a rise in the market price of our common stock
+Added: without assuming the risk of ownership.
+Added: The issuance of shares upon the exercise of outstanding securities will also dilute the ownership
+Added: interests of our existing stockholders.
+Added: availability of these shares for public resale, as well as any actual resales of these shares, could adversely affect the trading price
of our common stock.
−Removed: This situation is attributable to a number of factors, including the fact that we are a small company which
−Removed: is relatively unknown to stock analysts, stock brokers, institutional investors and others in the investment community that generate
−Removed: or influence sales volume, and that even if we came to the attention of such persons, they tend to be risk-averse and would be
−Removed: reluctant to follow an unproven company such as ours or purchase or recommend the purchase of our shares until such time as we
−Removed: became more seasoned and viable.
−Removed: a consequence, there may be periods of several days or more when trading activity in our shares is minimal or non-existent, as
−Removed: compared to a mature issuer which has a large and steady volume of trading activity that will generally support continuous sales
−Removed: without an adverse effect on share price.
−Removed: It is possible that a broader or more active public trading market for our common stock
−Removed: will not develop or be sustained, or that trading levels will not continue.
−Removed: These factors may materially adversely affect the
−Removed: market price of our common stock, regardless of our performance.
−Removed: In addition, the public stock markets have experienced extreme
−Removed: price and trading volume volatility.
−Removed: This volatility has significantly affected the market prices of securities of many companies
−Removed: for reasons frequently unrelated to the operating performance of the specific companies.
−Removed: These broad market fluctuations may adversely
−Removed: affect the market price of our common stock.
−Removed: exercise of outstanding warrants, options and shares issued in connection with a joint venture and acquisition will be dilutive
−Removed: to our existing stockholders.
−Removed: of the date of this Report, we had 8,093,199 shares of our common stock issued and outstanding and the following securities, which
−Removed: are exercisable into shares of our common stock, which are due to be issued or granted, and which are contingently issuable:
−Removed: 82,751 shares of our common stock issuable upon the exercise of warrants with exercise prices ranging from $0.06 to $9.00 per
−Removed: 425,817 shares of our common stock issuable upon the exercise of options with exercise prices ranging from $2.46 per share to
−Removed: $9.60 per share;
−Removed: 20,000 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of options with an exercise price of $6.55 per share granted in February
+Added: Certain of the shares of common stock underlying outstanding options will be available for resale immediately in
+Added: the public market without restriction.
+Added: cannot predict the size of future issuances of our common stock pursuant to the exercise of outstanding options or warrants, or the effect,
+Added: if any, that future issuances and sales of shares of our common stock may have on the market price of our common stock.
+Added: Sales or distributions
+Added: of substantial amounts of our common stock (including shares issued in connection with an acquisition), or the perception that such sales
+Added: could occur, may cause the market price of our common stock to decline.
have never paid or declared any dividends on our common stock.
have never paid or declared any dividends on our common stock or preferred stock.
−Removed: Likewise, we do not anticipate paying, in the
−Removed: near future, dividends or distributions on our common stock.
−Removed: Any future dividends on common stock will be declared at the discretion
−Removed: of our Board of Directors and will depend, among other things, on our earnings, our financial requirements for future operations
−Removed: and growth, and other facts as we may then deem appropriate.
−Removed: Since we do not anticipate paying cash dividends on our common stock,
−Removed: return on your investment, if any, will depend solely on an increase, if any, in the market value of our common stock.
+Added: Likewise, we do not anticipate paying, in the near
+Added: future, dividends or distributions on our common stock.
+Added: Any future dividends on common stock will be declared at the discretion of our
+Added: Board of Directors and will depend, among other things, on our earnings, our financial requirements for future operations and growth,
+Added: and other facts as we may then deem appropriate.
+Added: Since we do not anticipate paying cash dividends on our common stock, return on your
+Added: investment, if any, will depend solely on an increase, if any, in the market value of our common stock.
common stock price is likely to be highly volatile because of several factors, including a limited public float.
−Removed: market price of our common stock has been volatile in the past and the market price of our common stock is likely to be highly
−Removed: volatile in the future.
−Removed: You may not be able to resell shares of our common stock following periods of volatility because of the
−Removed: market’s adverse reaction to volatility.
+Added: market price of our common stock has been volatile in the past and the market price of our common stock is likely to be highly volatile
+Added: in the future.
+Added: You may not be able to resell shares of our common stock following periods of volatility because of the market’s
+Added: adverse reaction to volatility.
factors that could cause such volatility may include, among other things:
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of these factors could have a significant and adverse impact on the market price of our common stock.
−Removed: In addition, the stock market
−Removed: in general has at times experienced extreme volatility and rapid decline that has often been unrelated or disproportionate to
−Removed: the operating performance of particular companies.
−Removed: These broad market fluctuations may adversely affect the trading price of our
−Removed: common stock, regardless of our actual operating performance.
−Removed: Chief Executive Officer and President are our two largest stockholders and, as a result, they can exert control over us and have
−Removed: actual or potential interests that may differ from yours.
+Added: In addition, the stock market in
+Added: general has at times experienced extreme volatility and rapid decline that has often been unrelated or disproportionate to the operating
+Added: performance of particular companies.
+Added: These broad market fluctuations may adversely affect the trading price of our common stock, regardless
+Added: of our actual operating performance.
+Added: Chief Executive Officer and President are our two largest stockholders and, as a result, they can exert control over us and have actual
+Added: or potential interests that may differ from yours.
Suren Ajjarapu, our CEO, and Mr.
−Removed: Prashant Patel, our President, beneficially own, in the aggregate, over 53% of our common stock.
−Removed: As a result, these stockholders, acting together, will be able to influence many matters requiring stockholder approval, including
−Removed: the election of directors and approval of mergers and other significant corporate transactions.
+Added: Prashant Patel, our President, beneficially own, in the aggregate, over 53% of our
+Added: common stock.
+Added: As a result, these stockholders, acting together, will be able to influence many matters requiring stockholder approval,
+Added: including the election of directors and approval of mergers and other significant corporate transactions.
This concentration of ownership
−Removed: may have the effect of delaying, preventing or deterring a change in control, and could deprive our stockholders of an opportunity
−Removed: to receive a premium for their shares of common stock as part of a sale of our company and may affect the market price of our
+Added: may have the effect of delaying, preventing or deterring a change in control, and could deprive our stockholders of an opportunity to
+Added: receive a premium for their shares of common stock as part of a sale of our company and may affect the market price of our stock.
Ajjarapu and Mr.
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of our Board of Directors.
−Removed: common stock may continue to be followed by only a limited number of analysts and there may continue to be a limited number of
+Added: common stock may continue to be followed by only a limited number of analysts and there may continue to be a limited number of institutions
+Added: acting as market makers for our common stock.
+Added: the foreseeable future, our common stock is unlikely to be followed by a significant number of market analysts, and there may be few
institutions acting as market makers for our common stock.
−Removed: the foreseeable future, our common stock is unlikely to be followed by a significant number of market analysts, and there may
−Removed: be few institutions acting as market makers for our common stock.
−Removed: Either of these factors could adversely affect the liquidity
−Removed: and trading price of our common stock.
−Removed: Until our common stock is fully distributed, and an orderly market develops in our common
−Removed: stock, if ever, the price at which it trades is likely to fluctuate significantly.
−Removed: Prices for our common stock are determined
−Removed: in the marketplace and may be influenced by many factors, including the depth and liquidity of the market for shares of our common
−Removed: stock, developments affecting our business, including the impact of the factors referred to elsewhere in these Risk Factors, investor
−Removed: perception of us and general economic and market conditions.
−Removed: No assurances can be given that an orderly or liquid market will
−Removed: ever develop for the shares of our common stock.
−Removed: of the anticipated low price of the securities being registered, many brokerage firms may not be willing to effect transactions
−Removed: in these securities.
−Removed: Purchasers of our securities should be aware that any market that develops in our stock will be subject to
−Removed: the penny stock restrictions.
+Added: Either of these factors could adversely affect the liquidity and trading price
+Added: of our common stock.
+Added: Until our common stock is fully distributed, and an orderly market develops in our common stock, if ever, the price
+Added: at which it trades is likely to fluctuate significantly.
+Added: Prices for our common stock are determined in the marketplace and may be influenced
+Added: by many factors, including the depth and liquidity of the market for shares of our common stock, developments affecting our business,
+Added: including the impact of the factors referred to elsewhere in these Risk Factors, investor perception of us and general economic and market
+Added: No assurances can be given that an orderly or liquid market will ever develop for the shares of our common stock.
+Added: bylaws require, to the fullest extent permitted by law, that derivative actions brought in our name, actions against our directors, officers,
+Added: other employees or stockholders for breach of fiduciary duty and certain other actions may be brought only in the Court of Chancery in
+Added: the State of Delaware, and if brought outside of Delaware, the stockholder bringing the suit will, subject to certain exceptions, be
+Added: deemed to have consented to service of process on such stockholder’s counsel, which may have the effect of discouraging lawsuits
+Added: against our directors, officers, other employees or stockholders.
+Added: bylaws require that unless the Company consents in writing to an alternative forum, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware shall,
+Added: to the fullest extent permitted by law, be the sole and exclusive forum for (a) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf
+Added: of the Company;
+Added: (b) any action asserting a claim of breach of fiduciary duty owed by, or other wrongdoing by, any director, officer,
+Added: employee or agent of the Company to the Company or the Company’s stockholders;
+Added: (c) any action asserting a claim arising pursuant
+Added: to any provision of Delaware General Corporation Law or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Company;
+Added: (d) any action to
+Added: interpret, apply, enforce or determine the validity of the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Company;
+Added: or (e) any action asserting
+Added: a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine, in each case subject to said Court of Chancery having personal jurisdiction over the
+Added: indispensable parties named as defendants therein (or such indispensable parties consenting to the personal jurisdiction of the Court
+Added: of Chancery within 10 days following any determination by the Court of Chancery that an indispensable party is not subject to such personal
+Added: jurisdiction);
+Added: provided that, if the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware dismisses any action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction,
+Added: such action may be brought in another state or federal court sitting in the State of Delaware.
+Added: Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise
+Added: acquiring any interest in shares of our capital stock shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to the forum provisions in our
+Added: This choice of forum provision may limit or make more costly a stockholder’s ability to bring a claim in a judicial forum
+Added: that it finds favorable for disputes with us or any of our directors, officers, other employees or stockholders, which may discourage
+Added: lawsuits with respect to such claims.
+Added: Alternatively, if a court were to find the choice of forum provision contained in our bylaws to
+Added: be inapplicable or unenforceable in an action, we may incur additional costs associated with resolving such action in other jurisdictions,
+Added: which could harm our business, operating results and financial condition.
+Added: described above, our bylaws provide that the exclusive forum provision will be applicable to the fullest extent permitted by applicable
+Added: law, subject to certain exceptions.
+Added: However, Section 27 of the Exchange Act creates exclusive federal jurisdiction over all suits brought
+Added: to enforce any duty or liability created by the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations thereunder.
+Added: As a result, the exclusive forum
+Added: provision will not apply to suits brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the Exchange Act or any other claim for which the
+Added: federal courts have exclusive jurisdiction.
+Added: We also note that investors cannot waive compliance with the federal securities laws and
+Added: the rules and regulations thereunder.
+Added: Section 22 of the Securities Act, creates concurrent jurisdiction for state and federal courts
+Added: over all suits brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the Securities Act or the rules and regulations thereunder.
+Added: stockholders have no right to call special meetings of stockholders.
+Added: bylaws provide that special meetings of our stockholders may be called only by the chairperson of the board of directors, the chief executive
+Added: officer or president (in the absence of a chief executive officer).
+Added: Because our stockholders do not have the right to call a special
+Added: meeting, a stockholder could not force stockholder consideration of a proposal over the opposition of our board of directors by calling
+Added: a special meeting of stockholders prior to such time as the chairperson of the board of directors, the chief executive officer or president
+Added: (in the absence of a chief executive officer) believed the matter should be considered or until the next annual meeting provided that
+Added: the requestor met the notice requirements.
+Added: The restriction on the ability of stockholders to call a special meeting means that a proposal
+Added: to replace our board of directors also could be delayed until the next annual meeting.
+Added: in our certificate of incorporation and bylaws may inhibit a takeover of us, which could limit the value of our securities and could
+Added: entrench management.
+Added: certificate of incorporation and bylaws contain provisions that may discourage unsolicited takeover proposals that stockholders may consider
+Added: to be in their best interests.
+Added: These provisions include the ability of the board of directors to designate the terms of and issue new
+Added: series of preferred shares and the requirement to receive the affirmative vote of holders of at least two-thirds of the outstanding capital
+Added: stock of the Company to amend any provision of the bylaws of the Company, without Board of Directors approval (which Board of Directors
+Added: approved amendments may be affected solely by the Board of Directors, without stockholder approval, subject to certain exceptions, without
+Added: stockholder approval), which may make the removal of management more difficult and may discourage transactions that otherwise could involve
+Added: payment of a premium over prevailing market prices for our securities.
+Added: These provisions may make the removal of management more difficult
+Added: and may discourage transactions that otherwise could involve payment of a premium over prevailing market prices for our securities.
Relating to The JOBS Act
−Removed: JOBS Act allows us to postpone the date by which we must comply with certain laws and regulations and to reduce the amount of
−Removed: information provided in reports filed with the SEC.
−Removed: We cannot be certain if the reduced disclosure requirements applicable to
−Removed: emerging growth companies ”
−Removed: will make our common stock less attractive to investors.
−Removed: are and we will remain an “
−Removed: emerging growth company ”
−Removed: until the earliest to occur of (i) the last day of the
−Removed: fiscal year during which our total annual revenues equal or exceed $1.07 billion (subject to adjustment for inflation), (ii) the
−Removed: last day of the end of our 2024 fiscal year (5 years from our first public offering), (iii) the date on which we have, during
−Removed: the previous three-year period, issued more than $1 billion in non-convertible debt, or (iv) the date on which we are deemed a
−Removed: large accelerated filer ”
+Added: JOBS Act allows us to postpone the date by which we must comply with certain laws and regulations and to reduce the amount of information
+Added: provided in reports filed with the SEC.
+Added: We cannot be certain if the reduced disclosure requirements applicable to “ emerging
+Added: growth companies ” will make our common stock less attractive to investors.
+Added: are and we will remain an “ emerging growth company ” until the earliest to occur of (i) the last day of the fiscal
+Added: year during which our total annual revenues equal or exceed $1.07 billion (subject to adjustment for inflation), (ii) the last day of
+Added: the end of our 2024 fiscal year (5 years from our first public offering), (iii) the date on which we have, during the previous three-year
+Added: period, issued more than $1 billion in non-convertible debt, or (iv) the date on which we are deemed a “ large accelerated filer ”
(with at least $700 million in public float) under the Exchange Act.
−Removed: as we remain an “
−Removed: emerging growth company ”
−Removed: as defined in the JOBS Act, we may take advantage of certain exemptions
−Removed: from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not “
−Removed: emerging growth companies ”
−Removed: as described in further detail in the risk factors below.
−Removed: We cannot predict if investors will find our common stock less attractive
−Removed: because we will rely on some or all of these exemptions.
−Removed: If some investors find our common stock less attractive as a result,
−Removed: there may be a less active trading market for our common stock and our stock price may be more volatile.
−Removed: If we avail ourselves
−Removed: of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements, as is currently our plan, our reduced disclosure may make it more difficult
−Removed: for investors and securities analysts to evaluate us and may result in less investor confidence.
+Added: For so long as we remain an “ emerging growth company ”
+Added: as defined in the JOBS Act, we may take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other
+Added: public companies that are not “ emerging growth companies ” as described in further detail in the risk factors below.
+Added: We cannot predict if investors will find our common stock less attractive because we will rely on some or all of these exemptions.
+Added: some investors find our common stock less attractive as a result, there may be a less active trading market for our common stock and
+Added: our stock price may be more volatile.
+Added: If we avail ourselves of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements, as is currently
+Added: our plan, our reduced disclosure may make it more difficult for investors and securities analysts to evaluate us and may result in less
+Added: investor confidence.
election not to opt out of the JOBS Act extended accounting transition period may not make our financial statements easily comparable
to other companies.
−Removed: to the JOBS Act, as an “
−Removed: emerging growth company ”, we can elect to opt out of the extended transition period
−Removed: for any new or revised accounting standards that may be issued by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) or the
−Removed: We have elected not to opt out of such extended transition period which means that when a standard is issued or revised and
−Removed: it has different application dates for public or private companies, we, as an “
−Removed: emerging growth company ”, can
−Removed: adopt the standard for the private company.
−Removed: This may make a comparison of our financial statements with any other public company
−Removed: which is not either an “
−Removed: emerging growth company ”
−Removed: nor an “
−Removed: emerging growth company ”
−Removed: has opted out of using the extended transition period, more difficult or impossible as possible different or revised standards
+Added: to the JOBS Act, as an “ emerging growth company ”, we can elect to opt out of the extended transition period for any
+Added: new or revised accounting standards that may be issued by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) or the SEC.
+Added: We have elected
+Added: not to opt out of such extended transition period which means that when a standard is issued or revised and it has different application
+Added: dates for public or private companies, we, as an “ emerging growth company ”, can adopt the standard for the private
+Added: This may make a comparison of our financial statements with any other public company which is not either an “ emerging
+Added: growth company ” nor an “ emerging growth company ” which has opted out of using the extended transition period,
+Added: more difficult or impossible as possible different or revised standards may be used.
JOBS Act also allows us to postpone the date by which we must comply with certain laws and regulations intended to protect investors
and to reduce the amount of information provided in reports filed with the SEC.
−Removed: JOBS Act is intended to reduce the regulatory burden on “
−Removed: emerging growth companies ”.
−Removed: The Company meets the
−Removed: definition of an “
−Removed: emerging growth company ”
−Removed: and so long as it qualifies as an “
−Removed: emerging growth company, ”
−Removed: it will, among other things:
+Added: JOBS Act is intended to reduce the regulatory burden on “ emerging growth companies ”.
+Added: The Company meets the definition
+Added: of an “ emerging growth company ” and so long as it qualifies as an “ emerging growth company, ” it
+Added: will, among other things:
exempt from the provisions of Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act requiring that its independent registered public accounting
firm provide an attestation report on the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting;
−Removed: exempt from the “
−Removed: say on pay ”
−Removed: provisions (requiring a non-binding stockholder vote to approve compensation
−Removed: of certain executive officers) and the “
−Removed: say on golden parachute ”
−Removed: provisions (requiring a non-binding stockholder
−Removed: vote to approve golden parachute arrangements for certain executive officers in connection with mergers and certain other
−Removed: business combinations) of The Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act) and certain
−Removed: disclosure requirements of the Dodd-Frank Act relating to compensation of Chief Executive Officers;
−Removed: permitted to omit the detailed compensation discussion and analysis from proxy statements and reports filed under the Exchange
−Removed: Act and instead provide a reduced level of disclosure concerning executive compensation;
−Removed: exempt from any rules that may be adopted by the PCAOB requiring mandatory audit firm rotation or a supplement to the auditor’s
+Added: exempt from the “ say on pay ” provisions (requiring a non-binding stockholder vote to approve compensation of certain
+Added: executive officers) and the “ say on golden parachute ” provisions (requiring a non-binding stockholder vote to
+Added: approve golden parachute arrangements for certain executive officers in connection with mergers and certain other business combinations)
+Added: of The Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act) and certain disclosure requirements of the
+Added: Dodd-Frank Act relating to compensation of Chief Executive Officers;
+Added: permitted to omit the detailed compensation discussion and analysis from proxy statements and reports filed under the Exchange Act
+Added: and instead provide a reduced level of disclosure concerning executive compensation;
+Added: exempt from any rules that may be adopted by the PCAOB requiring mandatory audit firm rotation or a supplement to the auditor’s
report on the financial statements.
−Removed: Company currently intends to take advantage of all of the reduced regulatory and reporting requirements that will be available
−Removed: to it so long as it qualifies as an “
−Removed: emerging growth company ”.
−Removed: The Company has elected not to opt out of the
−Removed: extension of time to comply with new or revised financial accounting standards available under Section 102(b)(1) of the JOBS Act.
−Removed: Among other things, this means that the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm will not be required to
−Removed: provide an attestation report on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting so long as
−Removed: it qualifies as an “
−Removed: emerging growth company ”, which may increase the risk that weaknesses or deficiencies in
−Removed: the internal control over financial reporting go undetected.
−Removed: Likewise, so long as it qualifies as an “
−Removed: emerging growth
−Removed: company ”, the Company may elect not to provide certain information, including certain financial information and certain
−Removed: information regarding compensation of executive officers, which it would otherwise have been required to provide in filings with
−Removed: the SEC, which may make it more difficult for investors and securities analysts to evaluate the Company.
−Removed: As a result, investor
−Removed: confidence in the Company and the market price of its common stock may be adversely affected.
+Added: Company has and intends to continue to take advantage of all of the reduced regulatory and reporting requirements that will be available
+Added: to it so long as it qualifies as an “ emerging growth company ”.
+Added: The Company has elected not to opt out of the extension
+Added: of time to comply with new or revised financial accounting standards available under Section 102(b)(1) of the JOBS Act.
+Added: Among other things,
+Added: this means that the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm will not be required to provide an attestation report
+Added: on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting so long as it qualifies as an “ emerging
+Added: growth company ”, which may increase the risk that weaknesses or deficiencies in the internal control over financial reporting
+Added: go undetected.
+Added: Likewise, so long as it qualifies as an “ emerging growth company ”, the Company may elect not to provide
+Added: certain information, including certain financial information and certain information regarding compensation of executive officers, which
+Added: it would otherwise have been required to provide in filings with the SEC, which may make it more difficult for investors and securities
+Added: analysts to evaluate the Company.
+Added: As a result, investor confidence in the Company and the market price of its common stock may be adversely
Notwithstanding
−Removed: the above, we are also currently a “
−Removed: smaller reporting company ”, meaning that we are not an investment company,
−Removed: an asset-backed issuer, or a majority-owned subsidiary of a parent company that is not a smaller reporting company and have a
−Removed: public float of less than $75 million and annual revenues of less than $50 million during the most recently completed fiscal year.
−Removed: In the event that we are still considered a “
−Removed: smaller reporting company ”, at such time are we cease being an
−Removed: emerging growth company ”, the disclosure we will be required to provide in our SEC filings will increase,
−Removed: but will still be less than it would be if we were not considered either an “
−Removed: emerging growth company ”
−Removed: smaller reporting company ”.
−Removed: Specifically, similar to “
−Removed: emerging growth companies ”, “
−Removed: reporting companies ”
+Added: the above, we are also currently a “ smaller reporting company ”, meaning that we are not an investment company, an
+Added: asset-backed issuer, or a majority-owned subsidiary of a parent company that is not a smaller reporting company and have a public float
+Added: of less than $700 million and less than $100 million annual revenues or a public float of less than $250 million, during the most recently
+Added: completed fiscal year.
+Added: In the event that we are still considered a “ smaller reporting company ”, at such time are we
+Added: cease being an “ emerging growth company ”, the disclosure we will be required to provide in our SEC filings will increase,
+Added: but will still be less than it would be if we were not considered either an “ emerging growth company ” or a “ smaller
+Added: reporting company ”.
+Added: Specifically, similar to “ emerging growth companies ”, “ smaller reporting companies ”
are able to provide simplified executive compensation disclosures in their filings;
−Removed: from the provisions of Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act requiring that independent registered public accounting firms
−Removed: provide an attestation report on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting;
−Removed: and have certain other decreased
−Removed: disclosure obligations in their SEC filings, including, among other things, only being required to provide two years of audited
−Removed: financial statements in annual reports.
−Removed: Decreased disclosures in our SEC filings due to our status as an “
−Removed: emerging growth
−Removed: company ”
−Removed: smaller reporting company ”
−Removed: may make it harder for investors to analyze the Company’s
−Removed: results of operations and financial prospects.
+Added: are exempt from the provisions of Section 404(b)
+Added: of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act requiring that independent registered public accounting firms provide an attestation report on the effectiveness
+Added: of internal control over financial reporting;
+Added: except from the requirement to include the detailed compensation discussion and analysis
+Added: disclosures and have certain other decreased disclosure obligations in their SEC filings, including, among other things, only being required
+Added: to provide two years of audited financial statements in annual reports.
+Added: Decreased disclosures in our SEC filings due to our status as
+Added: an “ emerging growth company ” or “ smaller reporting company ” may make it harder for investors to
+Added: analyze the Company’s results of operations and financial prospects.
to adequately manage our planned aggressive growth strategy may harm our business or increase our risk of failure.
−Removed: the foreseeable future, we intend to pursue an aggressive growth strategy for the expansion of our operations through increased
−Removed: product development and marketing.
−Removed: Our ability to rapidly expand our operations will depend upon many factors, including our ability
−Removed: to work in a regulated environment, market value-added products effectively to independent pharmacies, establish and maintain
−Removed: strategic relationships with suppliers, and obtain adequate capital resources on acceptable terms.
−Removed: Any restrictions on our ability
−Removed: to expand may have a materially adverse effect on our business, results of operations, and financial condition.
−Removed: Accordingly, we
−Removed: may be unable to achieve our targets for sales growth, and our operations may not be successful or achieve anticipated operating
+Added: the foreseeable future, we intend to pursue an aggressive growth strategy for the expansion of our operations through increased product
+Added: development and marketing.
+Added: Our ability to rapidly expand our operations will depend upon many factors, including our ability to work
+Added: in a regulated environment, market value-added products effectively to independent pharmacies, establish and maintain strategic relationships
+Added: with suppliers, and obtain adequate capital resources on acceptable terms.
+Added: Any restrictions on our ability to expand may have a materially
+Added: adverse effect on our business, results of operations, and financial condition.
+Added: Accordingly, we may be unable to achieve our targets
+Added: for sales growth, and our operations may not be successful or achieve anticipated operating results.
Additionally,
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Our future success will depend, in part, upon the ability of our senior management to manage growth effectively.
−Removed: This will require
−Removed: us to, among other things:
+Added: This will require us
+Added: to, among other things:
additional management information systems;
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additional office space;
−Removed: close coordination among our engineering, operations, legal, finance, sales and marketing, and client service and support
−Removed: organizations;
+Added: close coordination among our engineering, operations, legal, finance, sales and marketing, and client service and support organizations;
our expanding international operations.
a result, we may lack the resources to deploy our services on a timely and cost-effective basis.
−Removed: Failure to accomplish any of
−Removed: these requirements could impair our ability to deliver services in a timely fashion or attract and retain new customers.
+Added: Failure to accomplish any of these requirements
+Added: could impair our ability to deliver services in a timely fashion or attract and retain new customers.
we do not successfully implement any acquisition strategies, our operating results and prospects could be harmed.
−Removed: face competition within our industry for acquisitions of businesses, technologies and assets, and, in the future, such competition
−Removed: may become more intense.
−Removed: As such, even if we are able to identify an acquisition that we would like to consummate, we may not
−Removed: be able to complete the acquisition on commercially reasonable terms or at all because of such competition.
−Removed: Furthermore, if we
−Removed: enter into negotiations that are not ultimately consummated, those negotiations could result in diversion of management time and
−Removed: significant out-of-pocket costs.
−Removed: Even if we are able to complete such acquisitions, we may additionally expend significant amounts
−Removed: of cash or incur substantial debt to finance them, which indebtedness could result in restrictions on our business and use of
−Removed: available cash.
−Removed: In addition, we may finance or otherwise complete acquisitions by issuing equity or convertible debt securities,
−Removed: which could result in dilution of our existing stockholders.
−Removed: If we fail to evaluate and execute acquisitions successfully, we
−Removed: may not be able to realize their benefits.
−Removed: If we are unable to successfully address any of these risks, our business, financial
−Removed: condition or operating results could be harmed.
+Added: face competition within our industry for acquisitions of businesses, technologies and assets, and, in the future, such competition may
+Added: become more intense.
+Added: As such, even if we are able to identify an acquisition that we would like to consummate, we may not be able to
+Added: complete the acquisition on commercially reasonable terms or at all because of such competition.
+Added: Furthermore, if we enter into negotiations
+Added: that are not ultimately consummated, those negotiations could result in diversion of management time and significant out-of-pocket costs.
+Added: Even if we are able to complete such acquisitions, we may additionally expend significant amounts of cash or incur substantial debt to
+Added: finance them, which indebtedness could result in restrictions on our business and use of available cash.
+Added: In addition, we may finance
+Added: or otherwise complete acquisitions by issuing equity or convertible debt securities, which could result in dilution of our existing stockholders.
+Added: If we fail to evaluate and execute acquisitions successfully, we may not be able to realize their benefits.
+Added: If we are unable to successfully
+Added: address any of these risks, our business, financial condition or operating results could be harmed.
we make any acquisitions, they may disrupt or have a negative impact on our business.
−Removed: we make acquisitions in the future, funding permitting, which may not be available on favorable terms, if at all, we could have
−Removed: difficulty integrating the acquired company’s assets, personnel and operations with our own.
−Removed: We do not anticipate that any
−Removed: acquisitions or mergers we may enter into in the future would result in a change of control of the Company.
−Removed: In addition, the key
−Removed: personnel of the acquired business may not be willing to work for us.
−Removed: We cannot predict the effect expansion may have on our core
−Removed: Regardless of whether we are successful in making an acquisition, the negotiations could disrupt our ongoing business,
−Removed: distract our management and employees and increase our expenses.
−Removed: In addition to the risks described above, acquisitions are accompanied
−Removed: by a number of inherent risks, including, without limitation, the following:
+Added: we make acquisitions in the future, funding permitting, which may not be available on favorable terms, if at all, we could have difficulty
+Added: integrating the acquired company’s assets, personnel and operations with our own.
+Added: We do not anticipate that any acquisitions or
+Added: mergers we may enter into in the future would result in a change of control of the Company.
+Added: In addition, the key personnel of the acquired
+Added: business may not be willing to work for us.
+Added: We cannot predict the effect expansion may have on our core business.
+Added: Regardless of whether
+Added: we are successful in acquiring, the negotiations could disrupt our ongoing business, distract our management and employees and increase
+Added: our expenses.
+Added: In addition to the risks described above, acquisitions are accompanied by a number of inherent risks, including, without
+Added: limitation, the following:
difficulty of integrating acquired products, services or operations;
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effect of any government regulations which relate to the business acquired;
−Removed: unknown liabilities associated with acquired businesses or product lines, or the need to spend significant amounts to retool,
−Removed: reposition or modify the marketing and sales of acquired products or operations, or the defense of any litigation, whether
−Removed: or not successful, resulting from actions of the acquired company prior to our acquisition;
+Added: unknown liabilities associated with acquired businesses or product lines, or the need to spend significant amounts to retool, reposition
+Added: or modify the marketing and sales of acquired products or operations, or the defense of any litigation, whether or not successful,
+Added: resulting from actions of the acquired company prior to our acquisition;
expenses under the labor, environmental and other laws of various jurisdictions.
−Removed: business could be severely impaired if and to the extent that we are unable to succeed in addressing any of these risks or other
−Removed: problems encountered in connection with an acquisition, many of which cannot be presently identified.
−Removed: These risks and problems
−Removed: could disrupt our ongoing business, distract our management and employees, increase our expenses and adversely affect our results
−Removed: of operations.
−Removed: may apply working capital and future funding to uses that ultimately do not improve our operating results or increase the value
−Removed: of our securities.
+Added: business could be severely impaired if and to the extent that we are unable to succeed in addressing any of these risks or other problems
+Added: encountered in connection with an acquisition, many of which cannot be presently identified.
+Added: These risks and problems could disrupt our
+Added: ongoing business, distract our management and employees, increase our expenses and adversely affect our results of operations.
+Added: may apply working capital and future funding to uses that ultimately do not improve our operating results or increase the value of our
general, we have complete discretion over the use of our working capital and any new investment capital we may obtain in the future.
−Removed: Because of the number and variety of factors that could determine our use of funds, our ultimate expenditure of funds (and their
−Removed: uses) may vary substantially from our current intended operating plan for such funds.
+Added: Because of the number and variety of factors that could determine our use of funds, our ultimate expenditure of funds (and their uses)
+Added: may vary substantially from our current intended operating plan for such funds.
intend to use existing working capital and future funding to support the development of our products and services, product purchases
in our wholesale distribution division, the expansion of our marketing, or the support of operations to educate our customers.
−Removed: We will also use capital for market and network expansion, acquisitions, and general working capital purposes.
−Removed: However, we do
−Removed: not have more specific plans for the use and expenditure of our capital.
−Removed: Our management has broad discretion to use any or all
−Removed: of our available capital reserves.
−Removed: Our capital could be applied in ways that do not improve our operating results or otherwise
−Removed: increase the value of a stockholder’s investment.
+Added: also use capital for market and network expansion, acquisitions, and general working capital purposes.
+Added: However, we do not have more specific
+Added: plans for the use and expenditure of our capital.
+Added: Our management has broad discretion to use any or all of our available capital reserves.
+Added: Our capital could be applied in ways that do not improve our operating results or otherwise increase the value of a stockholder’s
websites may encounter technical problems and service interruptions.
websites may in the future experience slower response times or interruptions as a result of increased traffic or other reasons.
−Removed: These delays and interruptions resulting from failure to maintain Internet service connections to our site could frustrate visitors
−Removed: and reduce our future web site traffic, which could have a material adverse effect on our business.
+Added: delays and interruptions resulting from failure to maintain Internet service connections to our site could frustrate visitors and reduce
+Added: our future web site traffic, which could have a material adverse effect on our business.
sale of shares by our directors and officers may adversely affect the market price for our shares.
−Removed: of significant amounts of shares held by our officers and directors, or the prospect of these sales, could adversely affect the
−Removed: market price of our common stock.
−Removed: Management’s stock ownership may discourage a potential acquirer from making a tender
−Removed: offer or otherwise attempting to obtain control of us, which in turn could reduce our stock price or prevent our stockholders
−Removed: from realizing a premium over our stock price.
−Removed: may be diluted significantly through our efforts to obtain financing and satisfy obligations through the issuance of additional
−Removed: shares of our common stock.
+Added: of significant amounts of shares held by our officers and directors, or the prospect of these sales, could adversely affect the market
+Added: price of our common stock.
+Added: Management’s stock ownership may discourage a potential acquirer from making a tender offer or otherwise
+Added: attempting to obtain control of us, which in turn could reduce our stock price or prevent our stockholders from realizing a premium over
+Added: our stock price.
+Added: may be diluted significantly through our efforts to obtain financing and satisfy obligations through the issuance of additional shares
+Added: of our common stock.
possible, our Board of Directors will attempt to use non-cash consideration to satisfy obligations.
−Removed: In many instances, we believe
−Removed: that the non-cash consideration will consist of restricted shares of our common stock or where shares are to be issued to our
−Removed: officers, directors and applicable consultants.
−Removed: Our Board of Directors has authority, without action or vote of the stockholders,
−Removed: but subject to NASDAQ rules and regulations (which generally require shareholder approval for any transactions which would result
−Removed: in the issuance of more than 20% of our then outstanding shares of common stock or voting rights representing over 20% of our
−Removed: then outstanding shares of stock), to issue all or part of the authorized but unissued shares of common stock.
−Removed: In addition, we
−Removed: may attempt to raise capital by selling shares of our common stock, possibly at a discount to market.
−Removed: These actions will result
−Removed: in dilution of the ownership interests of existing stockholders, which may further dilute common stock book value, and that dilution
−Removed: may be material.
−Removed: Such issuances may also serve to enhance existing management’s ability to maintain control of the Company
−Removed: because the shares may be issued to parties or entities committed to supporting existing management.
+Added: In many instances, we believe that
+Added: the non-cash consideration will consist of restricted shares of our common stock or where shares are to be issued to our officers, directors
+Added: and applicable consultants.
+Added: Our Board of Directors has authority, without action or vote of the stockholders, but subject to NASDAQ rules
+Added: and regulations (which generally require shareholder approval for any transactions which would result in the issuance of more than 20%
+Added: of our then outstanding shares of common stock or voting rights representing over 20% of our then outstanding shares of stock), to issue
+Added: all or part of the authorized but unissued shares of common stock.
+Added: In addition, we may attempt to raise capital by selling shares of
+Added: our common stock, possibly at a discount to market.
+Added: These actions will result in dilution of the ownership interests of existing stockholders,
+Added: which may further dilute common stock book value, and that dilution may be material.
+Added: Such issuances may also serve to enhance existing
+Added: management’s ability to maintain control of the Company because the shares may be issued to parties or entities committed to supporting
+Added: existing management.
growth depends in part on the success of our strategic relationships with third parties.
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our technology providers.
−Removed: Identifying partners, and negotiating and documenting relationships with them, requires significant
−Removed: time and resources.
−Removed: Our competitors may be effective in providing incentives to third parties to favor their products or services,
−Removed: or utilization of, our products and services.
−Removed: In addition, acquisitions of our partners by our competitors could result in a decrease
−Removed: in the number of our current and potential customers.
−Removed: If we are unsuccessful in establishing or maintaining our relationships
−Removed: with third parties, our ability to compete in the marketplace or to grow our revenue could be impaired and our results of operations
−Removed: Even if we are successful, we cannot assure you that these relationships will result in increased customer use of
−Removed: our products or increased revenue.
+Added: Identifying partners, and negotiating and documenting relationships with them, requires significant time and
+Added: Our competitors may be effective in providing incentives to third parties to favor their products or services, or utilization
+Added: of, our products and services.
+Added: In addition, acquisitions of our partners by our competitors could result in a decrease in the number
+Added: of our current and potential customers.
+Added: If we are unsuccessful in establishing or maintaining our relationships with third parties, our
+Added: ability to compete in the marketplace or to grow our revenue could be impaired and our results of operations may suffer.
+Added: Even if we are
+Added: successful, we cannot assure you that these relationships will result in increased customer use of our products or increased revenue.
litigation, government investigations, and other proceedings may adversely affect our business and results of operations.
−Removed: a company offering a wide range of products and services, we are regularly subject to actual and threatened claims, litigation,
−Removed: reviews, investigations, and other proceedings, including proceedings relating to goods and services offered by us and by third
−Removed: parties, and other matters.
−Removed: Any of these types of proceedings, including currently pending proceedings as discussed herein, may
−Removed: have an adverse effect on us because of legal costs, disruption of our operations, diversion of management resources, negative
−Removed: publicity, and other factors.
−Removed: The outcomes of these matters are inherently unpredictable and subject to significant uncertainties.
−Removed: Determining legal reserves and possible losses from such matters involves judgment and may not reflect the full range of uncertainties
−Removed: and unpredictable outcomes.
−Removed: Until the final resolution of such matters, we may be exposed to losses in excess of the amount recorded,
−Removed: and such amounts could be material.
−Removed: Should any of our estimates and assumptions change or prove to have been incorrect, it could
−Removed: have a material effect on our business, consolidated financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.
−Removed: In addition, it
−Removed: is possible that a resolution of one or more such proceedings, including as a result of a settlement, could require us to make
−Removed: substantial future payments, prevent us from offering certain products or services, require us to change our business practices
−Removed: in a manner materially adverse to our business, requiring development of non-infringing or otherwise altered products or technologies,
−Removed: damaging our reputation, or otherwise having a material effect on our operations.
+Added: a company offering a wide range of products and services, we are regularly subject to actual and threatened claims, litigation, reviews,
+Added: investigations, and other proceedings, including proceedings relating to goods and services offered by us and by third parties, and other
+Added: Any of these types of proceedings, including currently pending proceedings as discussed herein, may have an adverse effect on
+Added: us because of legal costs, disruption of our operations, diversion of management resources, negative publicity, and other factors.
+Added: outcomes of these matters are inherently unpredictable and subject to significant uncertainties.
+Added: Determining legal reserves and possible
+Added: losses from such matters involves judgment and may not reflect the full range of uncertainties and unpredictable outcomes.
+Added: final resolution of such matters, we may be exposed to losses in excess of the amount recorded, and such amounts could be material.
+Added: any of our estimates and assumptions change or prove to have been incorrect, it could have a material effect on our business, consolidated
+Added: financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.
+Added: In addition, it is possible that a resolution of one or more such proceedings,
+Added: including as a result of a settlement, could require us to make substantial future payments, prevent us from offering certain products
+Added: or services, require us to change our business practices in a manner materially adverse to our business, requiring development of non-infringing
+Added: or otherwise altered products or technologies, damaging our reputation, or otherwise having a material effect on our operations.
+Added: may be adversely affected by climate change or by legal, regulatory or market responses to such change.
+Added: long-term effects of climate change are difficult to predict;
+Added: however, such effects may be widespread.
+Added: Impacts from climate change may
+Added: include physical risks (such as rising sea levels or frequency and severity of extreme weather conditions—which may affect our
+Added: current operations due to among other things, the fact that we are based in Florida, which is only on average 6 feet higher than current
+Added: sea level), social and human effects (such as population dislocations or harm to health and well-being), compliance costs and transition
+Added: risks (such as regulatory or technology changes) and other adverse effects.
+Added: The effects of climate change could increase the cost of
+Added: certain products, commodities and energy (including utilities), which in turn may impact our ability to procure goods or services required
+Added: for the operation of our business.
+Added: Climate change could also lead to increased costs as a result of physical damage to or destruction
+Added: of our facilities, loss of inventory, and business interruption due to weather events that may be attributable to climate change.
+Added: events and impacts could materially adversely affect our business operations, financial position or results of operation.
+Added: might be adversely impacted by changes in accounting standards.
+Added: consolidated financial statements are subject to the application of U.S.
+Added: GAAP, which periodically is revised or reinterpreted.
+Added: to time, we are required to adopt new or revised accounting standards issued by recognized authoritative bodies, including the Financial
+Added: Accounting Standards Board (“ FASB ”) and the SEC.
+Added: It is possible that future accounting standards may require changes
+Added: to the accounting treatment in our consolidated financial statements and may require us to make significant changes to our financial
+Added: Such changes might have a materially adverse impact on our financial position or results of operations.
all of the foregoing reasons and others set forth herein, an investment in our securities involves a high degree of risk.
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